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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-01

His Honor, or Fste's Mysteries, thrilling re-
alistic story Of the D. s. Army" by Cynthis Cleye-
land, author of "s.e-SsW," is the title of 3 book
received from its author, in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-01
LIST OF LETTERS.

The following is list of the letters remaining IL
the Alexandris, Vs., postofice February 1.
Persons calling for letters will please say they
advertised.
Advertised letters, not called for within two
weeks. will be sent to the dead letter Office.
Amson, Mrs Susie Kirchner, Miss Katie
Brown, Miss Matte Lee Mrs Bette
Clark, Rev B Masters, Mrs n
Edwards, Geo F Minor, Miss Alice III
Grimes, Mrs Srse B Miller, Miss Lilly
Hiden, Clara Randall, Eddie
Graham, Murdoch robertson, Miss Lottie
Hammock, Capt Vim simpson, Miss q F
Ives, Mrs Blanche W Smith, Miss Title
Jenkins, LleYsllyn Rilkerson, Miss Anna
Johnson, Mrs N
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-01
Proceedings Of Congress.
WARRINGTON, D. g., Feb. /.

The Senate was not In session to day, hav-
ing adjourned Thursday till Monday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-01
SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l

ALEX A N DIR I A. " 1
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
How to Keen Warm.

1t may not DO generally known that
when exposed to severe cold feeling of
warmth is readily created by repeatedly
filling the lungs to their utmost extent
in tho following manner: Throw the
shoulders well back and hold the head
well up. Initiate the lungs slowly, the
air entering entirely through the nose.
When the lungs are completely filled
hold the breath for ten seconds or longer
and then expire it quickly through the
mouth. After repeating tho exercise
while one is chilly, feeling of warmth
will be felt over the entire body, and
even in the feet and hands. 1t is inn
portant to practice this exercise many
times each day, and especially when in
the open air. If the habit ever becomes
universal then consumption and many
other diseases will rarely, if ever, be
heard of. Not only while practicing the
breathing exercise must the clothing be
loose over the chest, but beginners will
do we'll to remember in having their
clothing fitted to allow for tho perma-
nent expansion of one, two and even
three inches which will follow.-North-
western Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Helping "A Sparrow Tn.

In University place the other day, a
boy picked up a sparrow which was un-
ablo to fly from having daubed its wings
with fresh paint from some cornice.
He was carrying it away in his hand
when a poorly dressed man, who was
warming his back in the autumn sun,
held out his hand and asked for it. The
bird was passed over, and tho man took
very ragged handkerchief from his
pocket and began wiping at the paint,
saying, as he did so:
"Thats the way Of the world-go for
feller when he's down. Fifty would
wiring your neck where one would give
you a show"
He wiped away for minute or two.
and then continued:
"If somebody would give mo an en-
couraging word and half show, could
be a man yet; but somebody won't do it.
It's easier to kick man down hill than
to boost him up. There, young chap,
your wings are all right now. Go and
be happy. Next time your nose smells
fresh paint, you shy off"
He gave tho bird toss, and it flew to
the naked limb of one of the elms and
then turned about and cried, "Peek!
peek!" as if in gratitude.
call right! All right" replied the
man, with a wave of his hand. "Per-
haps you'll do as much for me some
time. Go along now and attend to busi-
ness. New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Those Smoking Cars.

The smoking car is a novelty on tho
South Side lines, and it looks as though
it would always be novelty to the fair
sex. The poor conductor may warn them
when they get on that it is smoking
car, but they never seem to heed him.
Then, when they sit down in tho cloud
of smoke inside, they begin to kick vigor-
ously. The other day a nicely dressed
lady persisted in boarding "smoler'
OH State street, in spite of the conductors
explanation. Three men were putting
away at more or less questionable cigars,
while a fourth man had a stalwart pipe
which was loaded to tho rim with that
powerful brand of alleged tobacco known
as "Brakcmen's Pleasure" AS soon as
the lady entered this asphyxiating at
mosphere she turned to the door and pro-
cecded to bcrate the poor conductor for
permitting smoking in his car. In vain
he tried to explain that the company's
rules permitted smoking in certain cars
She kept up hcr trade until every man
in the Car who had IL cigar, cigarette or
pipc lit it for the purpose Of giving her
the full benefit of the new rule AS she
sank into her scat, thoroughly exhausted,
two flashily dressed women stepped OH
the car. "This is a smoking car, ladies, -
said tho desperate conductor. CAL right,
that's just what wo want" said one of
the females; and they took seats and ig-
nited cigarettes. At this the objecting
lady signaled the conductor and sailed
out of the car in high dudgeon. She
walked down town.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25

The Dimensions of Heaven.

The following calculations, based on
text in Revelations, is both curious and
interesting. 1t is copied from The
Charlottesville Jeffersonian. and will be
found good food for reflection: Revela-
tions xxi, 16: "And he measured the city
the New Jerusalem) with reed. 10000
furlongs. The length and the breadth
and the height are equal"
Twelve thousand furlongs-7,920 900
feet, which, being cubed, is 943,0Ss, ,0O0,-
0OO, 900, ,000, 100000 cubic feet, and
half of which we will reserve for the
throne of God and the court of heaven.
half of the balance streets. and the re.
mainder divided by 4.O96, the cublcal
feet in the room. 10 feet square anu l6
feet high. will be 30. .S43, 75O, 900. .0OOroonls
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain 9O0,0GO,0 900
of inhabitants, and that generation will
last thirty and one-third years-2,70o.-
000, 900, 900 persons. Then suppose there
were II ,23O such worlds, equal to this in
number of inhabitants and duration Of
years-then there would be room l6
feet long, 10 feet wide and 16 feet high
for each person, and room to spare.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Education.

A Detroit father has undertaken little
educational venture with his own chill
dren, and he is trying to make them give
up slang, the use of ambiguous terms of
speech and other peculiarities affected
by the youth Of the day. Yesterday he
asked his 14-vear-old daughter where a
certain book was
II haven't an idea, papa!" answered
tho young lady,
81 didn't ask you for IDEAS" said the
father sternly; "just answer my question.
Where is that book?"
"On the top shelf in the book case," re-
cited the girl like parrot.
"Can you reach it?'
"Yes, sir"
There was long silence, the father
waiting impatiently for the book. At last
he asked:
Nell, why don't you bring it2"
Bring what, sirs"
"The book 1 wanted"
"You did not say you wanted me to
get it," said the daughter in a demure
voice; "you asked me if could reach
it,"
"Nellie," said the father, as smile
made his mustacho tremble, "get that
book like a good girl and bring it here to
me-"
CHOW, you're talking sense, pop; I'll
have the book in a jiffy," and she whisked
off after it, while the father sighed over
the degeneracy Of the times.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Tie smallnox a1icrol,e.

DIR. Sicard, of Beziers, in memoir
handed in to the French Academic de
Medecin for competition for the Alva-
renga prize, announces that he has at
last discovered the long sought for mi
crobe of smallpox. He reports it to be
bacterion belonging to the class of
cocci; round, with transparent center,
cneilicated in the middle, while its
edges are raised. "This bacterion can
be readily cultivated on gelatine that
has been sterilized by bichloride of mer-
curry. 1t can be found at all stages of
smallpox, not only in the pustules of the
skin, but in the mucus of the bronchial
tubes and in the blood as well. It is
likewise found suspended in the air of
rooms containing smallpox patients, and
if water be allowed to stand in such
rooms i'll open vessels, it soon contains
the smallpox bacterion. However, when
animals are inoculated with cultures of
this bacterion, although they manifest
uneasiness, the symptoms are entirely
transitory, not at all serious, and, above
all, show no relation to variola, either in
its form or evolution"
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
GOLDEN PLuMED TAssEL OF CORN.

An emblem, they tell US, this country should seek
From its posies that nod to the sun
A blossom, whose home ranges widely, to speak
For nation of many in one
Now let US suggest. here. plant growing wide.
Waving welcome to freedoms first morn,
And sacred, our own. as the flag of our pride.
Tis the golden plumed tassel of corn
For purest of daisies the many have plead,
And still more for the gay golden rod
Some for the sunflower that waves bis grand hea6
High above all that bloom oer the sod;
But hero is plant that Is Yankee all thro
And was Yankee ere Yankee vas born;
Ere Freedom had hoisted the banner Of blue
'Bove the golden plumed tassel OF corn
From tho homo Of the OAK to the palnettor
shade
From her center way down to each sea;
From mountain to mead. and thro' green glen
and glade,
1t waves DER the land Of the FREQ.
Should heel of invader that free soil pollute
And her proud banner trampe with scorn,
Yet will the broad earth, in defiant salute,
Wave her golden plumed tassel Of corn
Let Great Britain boast Of her roses perfume
And France Of pure lily so fair
While Scotland may weave from her thistle's red
bloom
grand garland to twine In her hair.
but for proud motto, to stand all alone,
And the cap-stone Of freedom adorn,
We place there above all tho posies we own
The golden plumed tassel Of corn
-Gcorge E Powell in st. Paul Pioneer Press
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Lace Washing.

The washers of nice lace form class
of labor quite by themselves, and few
people have any idea of the amount of
labor involved in the cleansing operation,
and of the skill and knowledge required.
This labor, of course, comes chiefly in
drying, for the washing is but simple
thing in comparison. A table is cushion
ed and covered closely with a spotless
cloth, and on this the lace is stretched
with an intricate care that is amazing;
through every mesh pin is placed tc
hold it in place, and the whole pattern is
thus pricked out till every leaf and spray
is firmly fastened SO that it cannot
shrivel or contract, whole day being
sometimes used up in preparing single
yard of lace, SO that when dry it is lifted
off soft and perfect and unimpaired in
the design.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
Establishing Their Geuealory.

1t was at the depot in Macon, Ga. A
colored man from the country stood
looking at the locomotive when the COL
ored fireman called out:
"Hey, yo' niger, what yo' lookin' at?"
"Whos nigger?" demanded the other.
"Yo' is."
$50 is yo'."
"Look out, dar, niger. doan' take
no sass Off shucks!"
"Yo' is shucks yo'self."
"Humph! Do yo' know what my fad
der sold fur befo' de wah?"
"No."
"Fo'teen hundred dollars in gold, sab,
an dey reckoned dat was 5000 under
price. Who was yo' fadder, sah?"
"He was do gem'lan who bought yo'
fadder fur waitah, sab, an he allus
flowed he paid a thousand dollars mo-
dan he was worth. New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
StrYker. "Send him here.n

And presently Trooper Kelly-a wiry
little 1rishman, with a twinkling eye and
an expression of mingled devilment and
imperturbability in his face-came forth
from the stable door and stood attention.
"Where were you when this assault
took place, Kelly?"
"At the far end of the stables, SIR"
replied Kelly. with prompt and conf
dent tone.
Then Of course you saw and know
nothing of it."
''Not a wor-rad, SIR"
"Why did you let a gang from that
English ranch como here and beat your
sergeant before your very eyes?'
Kelly REDEEMED at the very idea.
'I'd ha' died first, sirl Sure they'd
niver dared"- And then Kelly stopped
short. His Celtic pride had been touch
ed to the quick, and had it not proved
too much for even Irish wit?
"How did they get the sergeant out of
the stable at this hour of the night?"
Sure they called him out, sir"
"And the sergeant happened to be
down there by the door at the time?"
mo, sir; he was in his room beyant-
up there by the forage"
"That's a long distance from this door,
Kelly; and if he could hear it in his
room you could hear it farther away"
~ wasn't farther away thin, sir; was
down here when they axed for him."
"Then why didn't you open the door
and SEQ who was making such racket,
shouting for Sergt. Gwynne after taps?"
'Sure they didn't shout at all at all,
sir; they axed for him quiet and re-
spectacle like, an I wint and told him."
"Ah, yes, see. And then, having
told him, you went away to the far end
of the stable"
"Yis, sir, justso, Sir; an the moment
heard the scrimmidge, sir, l ran as
hard as | could"
"Of course you considered it was none
of your business whatpeople might want
With the stable sergeant at night"
"No, sir If lie wanted me ho had a
right to tell me to come"
1--WE differ on that point, Kelly. Re
lieve him, Sergt. Hosrner."
On the following morning Col. Brain
ard was surprised to note in Capt. Stry-
kers column of remarks explanatory of
the alterations from the status of the
previous day:
"Sergt. Gwynnc from daily duty as
stable sergeant to sick in hospital; Sergt.
Leary from duty to arrest, and Private
Kelly from duty to confinement"
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25

so-better So" She was silent mo.
ment, and Perry's puzzled faculties took
refuge in a long look over toward Dun
raven again: he fancied he saw figures
moving down tho slope on the southern
side.
"Onc thing want you to promise
me-" she presently said, sad and soft
and low. There was no reply. Looking
up, she saw his head was averted. Was
he feeling the sting, then, after all? Was
he actually suffering little pang after
this affectation of nonchalance?
conc thing you must promise, for my
sakc." sho repeated.
And still no answer came. How odd!
He was bending over in the saddle as
though turning from her, perhaps to hide
his faco from her and from them all. He
had shifted tho reins into his right hand,
and was apparently fumbling at the
breast of his riding coat with the left.
Was it tho handkerchief he needed?
Were thcro starting tears in those blue
eyes that he dared not let her see? She
could not lose that luxury! Out went
the little hand and touched his arm. Her
tonc was sweet, thrilling, appealing, yet
commanding; she would sec his face.
no DE Continued
a Good Investment.
Several winters ago woman was com.
ing out from a public building where the
heavy doors swung back and made egrcss
somewhat difficult. A little urchin sprang
to the rescue, and, as she held open the
door, she said, "Thank you," and passed
on.
''D'ye hear that?" said tho boy to
companion standing near by him.
''No; what!"
"Why, that lady said THANK ye' to the
likes O. me"
Amused at tho conversation, the lady
turned and said to tho boy:
"It always pays to be polite, my boy;
remember that"
Years passed away, and last December,
when doing her Christmas shopping, this
same lady received exceptional courtesy
from a clerk in Boston, which caused her
to remark to a lady who was with her:
"What a great comfort to be civilly
treated once in while, though l don't
know that blamo the store clerks for
being rude during the holidays"
The young mans quick ear caught the
words, and he said:
"Pardon me, madame, but you gave
me my first lesson in politeness a few
years ago."
The lady looked at him in amazement
while he related the little forgotten Incl
dent, and told her that the simple
"Thanll you" awakened his ambition to
be something in the world. He went and
applied for situation as Office boy in
the establishment where lie was now an
honored and trusted clerk.
"Only two words, dropped into the
treasury of a street conversation, but
they yielded returns most Unsatisfactory
The Congregationalist.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-01
The Other Side.

The following statement regarding
the death Of Dennis Hanley in Utica
was taken by FREE TRADER reporter
in Utica last Tuesday, and is generally
understood by the Utica people to be
correct, or nearly so:
Dennis Hanley, in company with
Thos. Manley, Thos. MOriarity, VIM.
Hickey, James Hickey, Jules Hanson
and another man, whose name could
not be obtained, left Utica on the
evening of Jan. II at P. NJ. for their
home In Waltham. ThOS. Manley
drove the team to John Harris corner,
as far as he was going in that direction,
and here had to leave the company to
90 on foot in another direction to his
own house. AS the team stopped,
ThOs. Manley remarked to Dennis
Hanley that one of the horses was
sick and gave the lines to him, and
the balance of the party got out OF the
wagon, except julie Hanson. ThOs.
Moriarity also told Hanley his horse
was sick. Thos. Manley then started
to go home on a cross road, when Thos.
Moriarity took the lines and COM
menced whipping the team, when
ThOs. Manley went back and took the
horses by the bits to hold them, and
they ran into the fence and stopped.
Then Hanley took the lines and jump
ed into the wagon, and asked MORT
arity if he wanted to make his team
run away, and added: 81 am capable
of taking care of my own team"
Moriarity then pulled off his coat and
said: IL can lick you or any man OF
your name" Hanley then got out and
replied: "YOu can't lick one side of
me-" VIM. Hickey then came up and
said to Hanley: "If you hit MOriarlty,
III kill you"
Hanley and Hickey then commenced
a scufile, Hanley receiving severe cuts
or scratches in the face. The parties,
after fighting for moment, were
separated, and Hanley then got into
his wagon, and Thos. Marley got in
with him and drove the team for a
mile and a half toward Hanley's home,
and then getting out, sent Hanley
home, feeling that he was safe, the
others having left the wagon, and
Manley went back to his own home.
Hanley got home and from that time
was taken sick from his exposure the
night before. and Doctors ApplingtOn
and Coles, of La Sale, were sum-
moned, as erysipelas had set in. Han
ley lived eight days and, as claimed,
died from this cause.
The above statement was given the
reporter by one of the party, and is
cOrrObOrated in most every particular
by the business men of Utica, as not
one of them believe or think his death
resulted from any blow or blows, as
most of the party had been drinking
freely, as reported, but it was not
stated that Hanley had drank any
thing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-01
A Word from MIR. Rugg,
OTTAWA

OTTAWA, ILL.,, Jan. 20, 1890.
Editor of the OTTAWA FREE TRADER
In your paper Of this date you pub
lish an article from Rev. II. d.
Jenkins. You head the article, "Is
1t SO?" cannot say from any actual
statistics about the per cent. now and
when the slaves were first freed, who
can read and write, but do know the
best and most reliable negrOs in the
the parts l have been in are the old
slaves who were brought up under
taSk-masterS to work, and that the
younger generation are, as a general
thing, very unreliable, and many of
them thievish and lazy. In my judy
ment it was mistake in giving them
and write, and | would apply the same
to whites as well as blacks. They are
now being used by politicians, bought
up, and the man who is willing to pay
the most gets the most. 1t is an
alarming feature of our government,
both north and south, and should be
stopped by severe laws, but there
never will be peace and harmony and
a prospecting country where the negro
is in the majority, for the whites will
never submit to being governed by
them, neither would any northern
community. They are race by them
selves and, for the benefit of both
parties, should be by themselves, and
have their own officers. If certain
country or territory were set apart,
as for the Indians, it would be best
for all such, is my opinion.
G.. II. RUGG.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-01
Obituary,

Dennis Hanley died at his home in
Waltham Jan. %, at o'clock, aged q
years.
His remains were accompanied to
st. Vincent cemetery, at La Sale, by
one of the largest process 'ons seen for
many years. Never in this community
has a death caused so much universal
sorrow and regret. All the tender care
of willing hands and loving hearts
were of no avail in warding off the
cold messenger of death. His pure
spirit, fortified by the divine rights of
the church, passed peacefully and
quietly from life of disappointment
and care to one, the happiness of
which no pen can describe. While we
believe that the loss to those who are
near and dear to him was his gain, yet
it is hard to part with one of so many
noble qualities, Of happy, genial dis
position, native wit and generous
nature. He endeared himself not only
to the family circle, but also to that
of his friends, who were as numerous
as his acquaintance. AS a son, he was
dutiful and affectionate; as a brother,
kind and unselfish; as a friend, true
and sincere. If honesty, industry and
Sobriety are attributes to success in
life, then for him there was a bright
future. His grief-stricken mother,
brothers and sisters have the heart
felt sympathy Of all who know them
in this their hour Of deep affection,
and eau only commend them to Him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-01
VALLEY CIRCUIT DATES.
Meeting OF the Delegates at the CLIFTON
House Wednesday.

HOUSE Weuncsuhys
Messrs. w. A. Nicolaus, Of Joliet:
J. G. Campbell and j. w. Knox, OF
Streator; and w. w. Taylor and l.. w:
Hess, of Ottawa; representatives OF
the driving park associations OF these
three cities of the Illinois Valley CIR
cult, met in the parlors of the Clifton
House at 3 o'clock Wednesday after.
noon, to arrange the program ana
dates for the summer races. D.. =:
Campbell, of StreatOr, was elected
chairman and l.. w. Hess, of Ottawa,
secretary.
After three hours deliberatiOn, 1t
was decided to open the circuits
races at Streator Ottawa and Joliet
to follow in order, the dates to be,
Streator, July 20 to Aug. l; Ottawa,
Aug. s to 8; and Joliet, Aug. II to 10.
All dates inclusive. The program for
each association Is, Of course, the
same. The two, three and four year
old colt races nine trOtting and pacing
races are given, as usual, with the ad-
ditiOn of four running races, one each
day, making total Of four races per
day, or sixteen races at each meet
ing, u,
The stakes in the colt races will be
the same as in those Of last year, and
Secretary Hess will receive entries in
the colt races for the entire circuit.
This is new departure here, but 1T
is not unusual in other circuits. The
purses and classes in the trOttiIg,
pacing and running races will not be
announced until June, as their an
nouncement might be used by other
circuits to the disadvantage OF the
Valley Circuit. There will be, how
ever, free-fOr-all trOtting and free
for.all pacing race. the purses at
each meeting will aggregate about
$4,000.
Secretary Hess informed FREE
TRADER reporter, last evening, THAT
the prospects for brilliant meeting
for Ottawa were never brighter in any
year than for 1890. Races occur at
Aurora, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur
and Elgin, previous to the dates for
the Illinois Valley Circuit, and with
the races of this circuit AMI those of
the Northwestern Breeders AssOcia-
ton, which follow Joliet, horsemen
will be afforded nine or ten weeks of
good horse racing, circumstance GER
tain to attract some of the best horse
flesh in the country, both east and
west.
There are rumOrs of general i'm
prOvements at the Driving Park dur
Ing the spring. The talk is of build
ing an ample club house, erecting eX-
tensive stables and making improve
ments in the grand stand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-01

Mrs. Mary Brady, wife of M. f.
Brady, died at the family residence on
the gravel road, few miles south of
this city, Monday evening. She was
the mother of nine children, all of
whom are now living. Death was
caused by LA Grippe" She was As
years old. The time for holding the
funeral has not yet been fixed.