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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

There is very good demand for Flolr AMI tlo
markets arc stroug aud steady. Wheat is fairly
act 20 and in light receipt, the farmers being tso
blsy seeding and housing Corn to ship; sales SNOW
tho usual range, owing to the variety OF olisse'
offered OF 80 to 1C4 latter for strictly primo
| longbcrry Corn SO 60 kyo 60s75. Csts IL
81. Eggs 20 Do Butter is abundant sud dull
at 1920. Pot4toas are lower at 55475. 9th y
produce sells readily at quotations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

B Shepherd White. The young forger who
was to have been trsd in Washin2ton on
Saturday, has forfeited his bail and left the
oitv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

New YORK, Oct 20-Cotton easy aplane
1OA Orleans 10 TAG; futures eady. Flor
quiet and firm. Wheat active and firm. Coz
quiet and irm. Pork quiet and steady at $i1 .
ALI %. Lard quiet anu Fl m at So 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

ARLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. Get 17.-10j
Cattle were offered and sold follows Best 3.
dc good 3As3 PC; medium 2%.a3e; common
2a2ihc. 3!7 Sheep aud Lambs Offered
Sheep 3a44; Lambs 5o64c. Calves 5.6'5e
Cows and Calves sold at S25a45. Market 20 i
Good Cattle in demand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

CHICAGO. Oct. 20-11:35 a. m-whcas-rc
1O5 Msy 1C9s. Corn-Nov 52ls May 5i3..
Oats Dec 43is; May 46as' Mess Pork j.
Sl2 2211; May $l2 90. Lard-Jan So 90
May 81 05. Short ribs-Jan s. 95 May So 30
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20
I sss q star, Eyes first born, in whose

= SOC star, Eyes first born, in whose
train"
Comes the damp twilight that bringeth pain.
For aches OF head, neuralgia, cut and bruise,
Try Salvation o., theae will you lose.
dow can Mrs Smith wear euch hand
some velvet coat ?' My dear Obi d, don't
you know her husband saves Doctors bills
By using D.. Butts Cough Syrup for the
children"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

noMEsTro SEWING MAcHINT-This 10
~ good season TO purchase se"l, hAeH'
The Domestic" with all the attachments .
leader. Old II .chibes received in p'It pay - I''
for new. We give full insTnctlon5 sne SCI -
az Lowest nrcss and on accommodating terms
oct 8 E. s. LEADS EATER & BRO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

A Fatal Baptism.
PERRY, Mich, Oct. 20 Three miles from
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

DUlLDEES' HARDWARE of all DESCRIPTIONS
= for sale in qnsntitics TO suit at 529 King
street. corner of Koysl, st low prices by
90 ] Z CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

ID s.p1o JC. auLBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

n EMON HOT DRCPS cures colds, hoarseness
i and sore throat Price % cents ger bottle.
Fo- sale nv ERNEST L. ALLEN
febIC Cor. Fing and Pitt sts., Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

C,RossE & ELACKWELL'S FINE PICKLES
ia Il - &c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

CPEClAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO Sci
y OF SOLID B6ONZE METAL FRONT DOOR
and VESTIBULE L0 Ks, handsome goods at less
tan ,naI prices. Call aud see at 329 King st.
san19 ]. T. CREiGHTON & SOY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-20

{ AUNDRY WAX-An elegant, smooth and
II glossy finish put ON your linen By the use c:
Laundry Max. Five cents cake. for sale by
ERNEST L. ALLEN,
seb10 Corner Ring and Pitt streets.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
Two Womanly Women.

One was perhaps 25, the other a lit,
tie younger. They were pretty, N
were stylishly dressed. A carriage
stood at the Fourteenth street entrance
of Wizards Hotel, awaiting their
pleasure. 1t could not be supposed
that they were in very distressful tinan-
cial straits.
They sat at a table in the reception
room OF Wizards, devising, connecting,
and instituting Il telegraphic message
to send to some friend. The elder on g
did the writing, and scratching, and re-
writing, which used up SIX or eve
Western Union blanks. The younger
one leaned closely over the %scrlvener
and furnished suggestions at just the
right time to make the scrivener tear
up blanks:
ave will be there tomorrow"
That was what they wanted to say.
That was what they did say in the
very first writing.
"But," said the younger. IF we say
We are coming home we shall both
have to sign it,"
Carrie and l will be there to-mor-
row."
That was the result Of much men
tai effort spent in composing and much
physical exertion spent in erasing.
Il guess that will do" said the
younger, and the two seemed to breathe
with that freedom which tells of great
responsibilities un~shouldered.
Hold on" said the elder, at the
door.
WHAT" asked the other.
Carrie and 1 will be there to-
morrow One, two, three, four, five,
six, %seven-only seven words"
"Well?"
"Why, we have to pay as much fol
seven words as we do for ten"
Here was more difficulty. 1t would
never do to pay for ten words and send
only seven. That would be a reckless
and a wicked waste. They proposed
many ways to lengthen it, but each
time they talked off a new message on
their fingers they found they had eithe,
too few or too many words.
"Pshaw! !" said the youngerone; why
didn't / think of it before? Ihave it.
Have you? Have you?"
"Why. of course. Leave it just as ii
is and add, eYours, very truly"
If the young lady had had an inspira'
ton she could not have looked proud.
er of it; and as for the older one, she
simply looked on the sweet face before
her as hat of a wonderful being.
Carrie and I will be there to-mor
row. Yours, very truly" was the mes
sage that went through some OPERATOR
hands yesterday Washing
ton Critic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

turneth away wrath.
Who keeps her sweetest smiles and
most loving words for her husband.
Who is his confidante in sorrow or in
JOY, and WHO does not feel the neces-
sity of explaining her private affairs TO
the neighborhood.
Who respects the rights of hus-
band and children, and in return has
due regard paid to her.
Who knows that the strongest argu-
ment is her womanliness, and SO She
c~ultivates it.
Who is sympathetic in JOY or in
grief, and who finds work for her hands
to do.
Who makes friends and keeps them.
Who is not made bitter by trouble.
but who strengthens and sw%eetens I'M
der it.
Who tries to conceal the faults of
her husband rather than blazon them
forth to the uninterested public.
The woman whose Hitchcock has love
written on every page.
Who makes a home for a mana
home in a house and in a heart. A
home that he is sure of, a home that is
full OF love, presided over by one whose
price is above rubies.
She is the model wife.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
Woman's Ways.

1t is said that every woman who
lures on woman's rights carries a:
i'll her handbook.
Nothing suits a cross man more
to find a button off his coat when
wife has not time to sew it on.
When a woman pays special atte'
to her toilet, it is a warming to
other woman to look out.
When you find a woman that doe
enjoy being a martyr, you have toT
woman who has short hair.
There are only a few certaintie
the world. One of them is the MOI
you can always depend upon her.
When you have found a good
you have found q man who is tryln
deserve the admiration of al h(
woman.
A boy who imposes on his sister
impose on his wife as q man. Mot
usually teach their sons to impose
their sisters.
When a girl gets married, and b
hard time, We feel sorry for her,
we really ought to feel sorry tf
mother.
1t is pitiful that when a woman N
a favor from her husband, she send
daughter to ask for it, and whe'
wants a favor from her, he knows
best medium is his son.
When a man gets down, there
rush of men and women to help ll)
but when woman gets down, fAs'
a rush OF men and women to lice
further down the hill.-AfAS
ElI1o
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
amending His PRAYER.

The infant son of a pious North y
father, in whose family praye:sl,
SAID morning and evening, was y
III, and the physician adm' nj
medicine. On being put to Ne a,
little fellow was advised by his u, -
tan mother to pray that his hea a.
restored. SO kneeling at his CRU
little lips lisped: "God bless +. y
God bless mamma, God bless Fl
body; God bless the doctor ale
medcin' to make me we'll. Amen h
Next morning the poor niue
was worse, and he alarmed M.
parents by symptoms Of sceptlcls Va :
the efficacy of prayer. He was asJ
lshed that perhaps the Lord Ns n
quite ready to answer his prayeE'r
Try again. So kneeling the seeon"
he prayed thus: "God bless
God bless mamma, God bless even
God bless the doctor; and | nyl
God the med'cin' will work 'v~
Amen"
The boy got well.-BufaIo '0'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

How FEW people are blessed with
presence Of mind when danger threat
ems! A lamp explodes; five out of six
run screaming from the vicinity, leav-
ing it to do it's deadly work unchecked
the sixth snatches up a wooden shawl
OF blanket and smothers the flames.
A m faints in a public place. A
struggling, suffocating crowd presses
about. Suddenly three OF four in the
crowd begin to exclaim, "Stand
back! Give her air!' But not one of
them makes a move to stand back him
self, and the crowd gathers more and
more closely, until some one with the
gift of leadership comes to the rescue.
The wheels of a carriage become in
terlock with those of a heavy wagon.
The horses are terrified and FESTIVE
an accident seem imminent when a
man cries, to the one next him, "Help
me lift the carriage %clear!" In the
flash of an eye it is done and the peril
averted. Leadership lies in thought
cultivate it, you who can.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

A BURGLAR in Bondy, France, got
into the rooms of two men while they
We're absent, and, fastening the door
from the inside, prevented them from
getting in when they came back unex-
pectedly. The police sent for the vii
lage locksmith. but he, very strangely,
could not be found, so they burst open
the door just as the burglar got ulon
the roof of the building. He was seen
and pursued down to the street and
into a canal. The shock of the cold
bath made him unconscious, and he
died in a short time. When they had
washed from his face the black with
which he had disguised himself the
riddle of the village locksmith's where
abouts was solved. He was the bur-
glar himself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

DURING the season of 1889 a most
remarkable crop "a raised by David
Drew. at Plymouth, N. H. In 1888
Mr.. Drew came into possession of
some corn grains found wrapped with
a mummy in Egypt, supposed to be
1000 years old. These were planted
and grew. 1t had many of the char
acteristics Of real corn; the leaves were
alternate; it grew to be over six feet
high; the mid-ribs We're white: but the
product OF the stock. there is where
the curious part ome in. Instead of
growing in an ear like modern maize.
it hung in heavy clusters at the top,
on spikelets; there was no tassel, no
silk, each sprig was thickly studded
with grains, each provided with a sep
arate husk, like wheat grains.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

LUMINOUS paint absorbs light during
the day and gives it forth at night.
The ceiling of an English car painted
with the composition lights the vehicle
at night. England had the only fac
tory and charged So a pound for the
paint, but a new factory in Triesch,
Austria, is selling it for so cents pei
pound. 1t is made Of roasted oyster
shells and sulphur.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

TENNYsoN wrote not long ago in a
letter, sent on the occasion Of the sud
den death of a Methodist minister on
his way to chapel in the Isle Of Wight
81 cannot but look upon his death as a
happy one-sudden, painless, while he
was on his way to his chapel to render
thanks and praise to his Maker. Our
liturgy prays against sudden death
but I myself could pray for such a
death as Isaac Porter's."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

OF General Sheridan's children a
Washington correspondent writes: All
three are pupils Of the Convent of yisi-
t%ation, on Connecticut avenue. They
are day scholars, living in retirement
with their mother in their plain, auiet
home on Rhode Island avenue. Mary,
the eldest, is about fourteen, and re-
sembles her father, both in face and
figure. The twins, Louise and Irene,
are twelve years old, and look very
much like Mrs. Sheridan. They are
dressed in plain black frocks and coats
so exactly alike that their best friends
cannot tell them apart. They wear
their brown hair in a d%emi-length that
admits Of neither plat O curl. They
have the pretty c%onvent-bred manner
of paying instant attention when
spoken to, and are as serious as little
nuns. But there is a naive originality
about them that is charming.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

In 1857, William Parker, a Liver
pool sailor. aged twenty-six, accom-
panied by his young wife and two chill
dren, took passage on the packet ship
William and Mary, bound for Montreal.
A short time after the steamer left the
Mersey, Parker, who was on the spar
deck leaning over the rail, lost his bal
ance and tumbled into the sea. Par
ker was swept astern and given up for
lost. The widow continued her voyage,
finally settling down in the vicinity Of
Montreal, and, soon finding an adj
mirer, married again. The second mar
rage was disturbed the other day by
the sudden appearance of Parker, who
it seems, had been picked up by a
Portuguese merchantmen bound for
South America, and, arriving in that
country, resolved to seek his fortune
before joining his family.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

A New YORK shoemaker suggests
that if men would adopt the English
fashion of keeping boots on trees they
would get ten times the wear out of
them. When the shoes are taken off
they should be put on a tree at once.
The leather is stretched to it's full ex-
tent then, and all the wrinkles smoothed
away. There is no chance for the
leather to crack, as it does if the
leather is allowed to remain in one
condition long.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

A GENTLEMAN at Poona (India) re.
Gently received a letter that had been
posted at a station twenty miles away
two years and four months before, &C.
companied by the explanation from the
postal authorities that the delay was
owing to the fact that it "had beer
posted by the wrong train" Instead
OF being grateful for the explanation he
is mean enough to insinuate that the
train the letter got on must have had
an %uncommonly long run.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
GER.

excitement, both before and after the
event; so that, apart from the expos
IRE to the chances of Chill" and i'm
proper food and drink ON the occasion,
there is an amount Of wear and tear
and waste attending these parties
which ought to be estimated, and the
estimate can scarcely be a low one.
1t may seem ungracious to strive to
put a limit on the pleasures of the
young, but it must not be forgotten
that early youth is the period of growth
and development, and that anything
and everything that causes special
waste of organized material, without a
compensatory stimulus to nutrition.
ought to be avoided. We turn from
these to the mental and nerve injuries
inflicted on the growing organism,
They are certainly not to be disregard
ed. A perfect storm of excitement
RACES in the little brain from the mo-
ment the invitation has been received.
and the affair is talked about in the
nursery until after the evening. Sleep
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

TINE was when hanged en-me
who had been legally dropped through
traps with ropes about their necks-
walked around in Ireland in considera-
BILE numbers, alive and we'll. They
We're esteemed by their neighbors as
persons of distinction, for no Irishman
can help %honoring anybody who has
cheated the law under any circumstan-
ces, says the San Francisco -lrgonaet.
The finger of pride points out these
rescued malefactors to strangers. and
usually they died a happy Irish death
from the offerings Of whisky made
them by their multitudes Of admirers.
These hanged men escaped justice
through the %connivance of the Sheriff,
who for a consideration allowed the
friends Of the condemned to stand
under the gallows. catch the criminal
as he fell, and hold him up until in
due time the slack rope was cut. The
hero Of the hour was then borne home
III his coffin, and the ~neighborhood
vent upon a rejoicing spree.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN, of Missis-
sippi, was recently requested by one
of his colored constituents to give him
a recommendation in writing so that
he could secure a position as Waterman
in one of the departments in Washing.
ton. AS Mr.. Allen knew that the man
was worthy he at once complied with
the request. The certificate of char
acter was so warmly complimentary
that Sambo was astonished when he
read it. Look. heah, Marse Allen
he said, cant you glib me somethin' to
do yo'self on dat recommendation ?"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
TIE more W the temperament

HE more nervous the temperament
the more sleep is required. Sleep is
better than any stimulant. If all those
who work mentally would take time in
the middle of the day, say for half an
hour, and would accustom themselves
to go to sleep, they would find that
they would wear better, last longe,
and do their work much better. Sleel
is a remedial agent. Brain workers
require more sleep than physical work:
ers. They should go to sleep at ten
o'clock at night and should have thei,
breakfast at eight.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
He Came Out a Winner.

A couple of old salts met after a long
absence and the following animated
conversation ensued:
A-Well, old man, how are YOU get
ting on?
B-First rate; I have taken a wife.
"A very sensible idea.
B-Not a bit OF it; she's a regular
Tartar!
A-Then I'm sorry for You. mate.
B-There's no need; she bought me
a large vessel as her marriage por-
ton.
A-Then you made a good bargain
after all!
B-Nothing to boast Of, I can tell
you; the ship turned out a worthless
old finder box.
A-Ihen I'm sorry I spoke.
B-Bahl YOU can speak as mucb oc
you like! The old tub was Well in.
sured and went down Oh her trst
voyage. '
Aeso you got the pull there, any,
how? ""S
B-Not so much mate: I ONLY co+
five thousand dollars out OF the Ion 90 90
my share. 0' 10
A-Ihat was too bad!
B--Too bad? Nothing of the sort
W1fe was on board and went down Win
the rest. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

One of the best shooting territories
in this country east of the Rocky
Mountains is found in and neal the
Okifnokee Swamp, which covers a
large area in Charlton, Ware and
Clinch counties, Georgia, and Baker
County. Fla. It includes numerous
lakes, the haunt of wild fowl, and
forests of timber, the abode of large
and small game in great profusion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

SAYS an English newspapers: ut
would be interesting to know how
many Waterloo veterans are still in the
land of the living. In the new edition
of Harris Army List there are some
half-dozen names, but Of these three
only can be at once verified as still
living, namely, Lord Albemarle, Gen.
Wichcote, ard Col. William Hewett."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

In an Omaha church recently, Sam
Jones shouted: is there q man pres
ent who never spoke a cross word to
his wife," The silence was becoming
oppressive. People looked here and
there. Every husband present wanted
to get up but did not dare to. But the
sadness that had possession of Jones
face vanished a moment later when a
round-faced, good-natured man rose
from his seat. "Thank God!n ex-
claimed Sam, there is one man who
never spoke a cross word to his wife !"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

THE story of the discovery Of a gold
mineo of astonishing riches in China is
supported by many specifications. The
gold-bearing quartz is reported to be
on a peninsula across the Corean Sea
from the Peninsula of Corea, and di-
rectly west. The mountains are very
p~recipitous, and the ou%tcroppings of
rocks rich in gold have been traced for
sixty miles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11

A CANTON China paper estimates
that ESQ, 900 people die every year in
China by fire and food. but it is not
satisfied. "The fact is" it remarks,
with cold-blooded cynicisr1, "the great
need Of China is the sudden removal of
1000, COO or 5000, 600 inhabitants to
make elbow-room for those who are
left"