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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08
The Cars Watch Dog

One Of the striking figures in the Russian
palace at Gatschips is the great Danish
hound ;hat stetches bis powerful frame in
the hall eading to the private apartments
of the Car. This grea. dog. said to be the
largest of its species In the world, was pre-
seuted to the Cz,rins about io1r years ago
by her father, the King OF Danmark. II is
said that the Gar took liking to the ami
msl from the start, and never goes on any
prolonged Journey without It's company.
Having but little confidence In those about
MIN, he seems TO centre his faith 10 the dog
as guardian OF unfailiDg fidelity, aud the
dog apparently reciprocates the attachment.
II was reported last summer, when Dibi-
list rumors were rife, end documents OF a
threatening nature found their way TO the
very table of the Czar's private cabinet, that
the autocrat of all the Russias permitted the
hound to sleep In the hall adjoining the bed
room. For come unexplained reason the
dog bacame suspicious OF one OF the guards
men and growled continually when this man
wss put on duty a5 eentinel In the palace.
Nothing could be shown and nothing was
suspected agaiost the maD, but to satisfy the
dog he was Withdrawn from sentry duty. In
the case of another sentinel it s reported in
ST. Petersburg that the hound )eaped UPON
him md nearly tore him to pieces the first
time he saw him. The Czsr, hearing the
cries for help, went to the door of his apart
ment and hastily called the dog, which obey
ed his summons The seusinel was found to
be sadly lacerated. The Gar directed that
the Injured msn should be cared for and com.
pensated, but also ordered tha: hs never be
permitted to enter the palace again. The
autocrat apparently has faith in the judg.
ment of the dog, whom he has named Peter,
after the founder of Russia's greatness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
EsTABLIsHED 1s49.
RoBT. w. FRENCH,
successor to Geo. E French,
Bookseller, Stationer&Printer

AT & 419 KING ST.. ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Wholesale and retail dealer in al kinds OF STA.
TONERS GOODS. I carry larger and more
varied line than any other house in the South Of
Commercial ard Fine Stationery, Envelopes,
Shipping Tags Bill, Note and Letter Heads, State
ments, Paper Bags Of all sizss, slat 8, Pencils,
Penholders inks, Mucilage Tablets, Toys, Fancy
Goods, &c. &C. An indispensable line OF attract
i've and quick selling goods for dealers.
HEADQUA ETEES
FOR EVERYTHING IN THE MUSICAL LINE.
Sheet music, Music Books, Music Folios and
every variety of Musical Inst, uments. Agent for
the celebrated Eetey Organs and Pianos, the Royal
st. John Sewing Machines and the Remington
Standard Ty pewriter.
Lowest prices for the highest grsde Of goods.
Your patronage cordially solicited The bright
faces Of my new and besutiful goods will greet
you and my sslesmen will show yon oveIy at.
tention. [ap9J RoBT W. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08
EoR SALE.
REAL ESTATE FOB SALE.

ONE TFACT OF LAND, 446 acres 21s miles
from Alexsndria on the Mount Vernon road,
the survey of the Mount Vernon Avenue passing
through the place. This property is well calcu.
lated for gardening and dairy purposes being well
watered and has a frontage on the Potomac River
OF miles also unsurpassed scenery overlooking
both tho cities Of Alexsndria and Washington.
Persons seeking investments will find it to their
advantage to examine this land.
I'd. 124 ACRES and another Of 521h ACRES,
about miles from the CITY, not far from the above
described property.
Perhaps there is no land on the market at this
time offering greater advantages to seekers OF
profit than the above named property. For de
scription and terms apply to
Miss KATIE r. G. JOENsT>;N
514 Cameron s.leeb
ONEAL & LONT, Real Estate Brokers,
Or to No. 1O3 Fairfax at, bet. Cameron and King
aug27 I'll, ,&S,tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08
ALEXANDRIA VA. WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY g. 1891
MEDICINAL.
Wake Ub.

If you wake up in the
morning with a bitter or
bad taste in your mouth,
Languor, Dull Headache,
Despondency, Constipa-
ton, take Simmons Liver
Regulator. 1t corrects
the bilious stom ach,
sweetens the breath and
cleanses thefurred tongue.
Children as well as adults
sometimes eat something
that does not digest well,
producing Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Restlessness,
or Sleeplessness-a good
dose of Regulator will
give relief. So perfectly
harmless is this remedy
that it can be taken by
the youngest infant or
the most delicate person
without injury, no matter
what the condition of the
system may be. It can
do no harm if it does no
good, but its reputation
for 40 years proves it
never fails in doing good.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08

II you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWNS IRON BITTERs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-08
NOTICE.
aILBURN'S POSITITE CURE
FOS sssyLE.s. FEVER AMP
Ng&EiREA

will positively BREAK Up Chills sad FevOr IN
s1pE OF rw STY FoUR HOURS
These c.psulc8 act directly upon tbs liver, and
"1, Csn be Obtained Of the following druggists in
Alexandria, Va at SOC peg box. or CT Lewis u
a;burn, sole manufacturer, 7ol 9th street n. w.
Wsshiryton, d. c. or sept 5g mail upon receipt
of price: Wsrfeld & Eall, E. 3. Loadbester &
Bro, Ernest l. Allen, JoAn D. II. Lunt, H. stsoler
& Co W D Hudson, Chea. g. Lenncn and ". L.
SNjtb feb14 6m
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-14
VARIOUS BREVITlES.

JUDGE JAMES J. KTLBRETH, of tho
court of common sessions of New York
city, says: My own Judgment, based
upon my experiences at the bar, is that
excessive drinking and the use of
liquor in some form or other, either di-
rectly or indirectly, is the cause of
ninety per cent. of the crime, poverty
and misery of the community"
THE one chief reason for my be-
coming an abstainer, says Archdeacon
Farrar, was because | saw on all sides
the waste, the ruin, the misery, the
degradation, the disease, the wretched-
ness of homes, the destruction of hui
man bodies the human faculties, and
human souls; the national disgrace and
calamity, the cruel determination or
debasement of the weaker races of
mankind in our colonies and depend
encies, which are caused by drink"
In Darkest Africa" the darkest Of
all the shadows is that caused by the
sale of intoXicants to the untutored ma
tives. Either license, or light taxation,
as the only restraint upon greedy
liquor traders, means in effect whole
sale ruin for the natives. Prohibition
| alone will be adequate for their pres
ervation. The Fifty-fr congress
ought not to adjourn without provid
ing by appropriate legislation for the
prohibition of American expectation OF
Intoxicating liquors to Africa.-Na
tional Temperance Advocate.
FINLAND appears to be the most
fo,r,,,.n1 ~, I,a
CARDS temperance legislation. LEGAL
option is an old established reform,
which country districts have so far de,
rived benefit from that they are free
of drink shops altogether. The TEN.
perance societies appear to great adj
vantage, when their methods of pro-
| viding well-Stockcd libraries properly
| lighted reading rooms and comfortab BILE
and enticing coffee houses for those
they desire to wean from the public
house are compared with some others
in different lands.
A LADY who kept a record of the
wife murders perpetrated by drunken
| husbands, which have been reported in
the daily papers for year, says that
| three Thousand and four cases have oc-
Cured during that time. Now let some
one tell us how many sons, daughters,
brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers and
neighbors have been murdered by
drunken men. Then let us find out
how many broken limbs and heads and
| fortunes and hearts have resulted from
the use of strong drink. When one be-
gins to estimate the aggregate of mis-
chief wrought by rum, he is puzzled to
comprehend the Indifference of the peo-
pie to the presence of such d mighty en-
CINE of destruction. Many are pro-
foundly stirred on this subject, but few
are fully awake to the peril that be-
sets us. N. y. Advocate.
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DrCrnd ation of Drink.

Wine and whisky are linked with
crime; and the reason of it is that they
help to produce crime. They deaden
conscience, infame the imagination,
make men reckless and desperate. One
of the most learned and prominent
lawyers of North Carolina, Il man who
could have been governor of the state,
and who enriched himself by his prac-
tice through the sheer force of his in
tellect, ! have seen standing on the
streets of AShcville begging Il nickel to
get drink. When sober, he was an
aristocrat in feeling; when drunk he
WASH fawning beggar; when sober there
was in him the spirit of chivalry;
when drunk he had not even shame.
Alcohol burns up the good, while it
inflames the bad. and this work may
be done by wine, or wine may prepare
the way for the stronger man to enter
our moral house and take possession.
If, then, we prize moral character, let
us shun the wine cup.-Rev. A. c.
niyDn
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COL. LAWRENCE KIP ON THE ROAD.

grocer the butcher and the baker all
want horses of medium weight and rea
sonably quick pace.
The thoroughbred is magnificent
animal. Primarily only a gambling tool
in country where but little riding to
hounds is done, he yet has qualities
which, when crossed with trotting
stock, help to produce an animal Of
unrivalcd beauty, speed, bottom and
value.
Industrial America owes big debt
to the men who have developed its trot
ter and roadster stock, and to none
more than to Robert Bonner.
Mr.. Bonner is the ideal of the horse
man. He has never raced q horse for
money or won a dollar on track in his
life, yet there has not been a time in
twenty-five years when he has not
owned the best trotting and road horses
in the world He has spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars upon his hobby
and benefited trottlng stock in Ameri-
ca intellectually, and yet mis- efforts in
this direction are due to an accident. II
Mr.. Bonner had not in the prime of life
been advised by his physician to drive
twenty miles a day for the benefit of hi:
health Dexter might have died a cart
horse, Maud S. have been bought from
Mr.. Vanderbilt by some of the racing
men who pcstcred him to sell and the
great Bonner stable might never have
been heard Of For when Mr.. Bonner
once began taking his twenty-mile ride
he could not bear to see another man
lowed naturally.
Mr.. Frank Work is another famous
owner and user of fast roadsters. 1t was
Mr.. Work who chaffed Mr. Vanderbilt
for race when the latter owned Maud
S. and Aldine. 1t was Mr.. Work, too,
who took the Duke of Marlborough up
the road, on the occasion of his first
visit to this country, behind Dick Swiv-
eller AS the pair fairly flew along
the level road the dukes eyes bulged
out with excitement and he grasped the
buggy seat with both hands, fearing
every moment that the whole affair
seeming SO fragile to an Englishman's
evcs--would be smashed into l1indiing
wood. That was some years ago. This
summer it is announced that the duke
has purchased lot of Kentucky trota
ting stock to take to England. Evidently
he liked the sensation after he got used
to it.
There are plenty of old New York
families whose taste for horses has
always been pronounced. Col. Law
renee Kip has been for years a veritable
treasure house of valuable lore concern
ing the trotters along the road, and
their owners. The Turnbulls, law.
renees, jays Sheppard Knapps, Webbs,
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ly across meadow, pasture and plowed
land in the wake of fox has been de-
veloped in this long-legged animal at
the expense of the more practical quail
tiles of the roadster. Except for the
hackney horses, the big gap between
the hunter and the cart horse is not
very well filed in England, or France
Or Germany either, for that matter.
When, once in awhile, pair of we'll
matched American roadstcrS, light, per-
fcctly broken to the pole, kind, tractable
and we'll under control, is seen on an
English road pulling light wagon at a
ESQ or even 2:40 gait, the eyes of our
transatlantic cousins bulge out with as
constituent.
The fact is, the Americans, the most
practical people in the world, have
evolved a practical horse. The i'm
provcmcnt of trotting stock has been
worth millions of dollars to the country,
worth many times its utmost cost in
time and money.
The successful trotter is more than
mere money-making machine. The I'M
successful trottcr is first-rate roadster
and the descendants of both in the third
and fourth generations are the best
general purpose" horses in the world.
The great Perchcron and Clydesdale
horses are admirable for heavy truck
ing; but heavy trucking grows relative
" less important with the multiplica-
ton of railway lines and the perfection
of docks, elevators and canals. The
general purpose horse, on the contrary,
grows more valuable. The farmer who
has got the stumps all pulled out of his
fields has no more use for oxen, but
wants lively, handy team of medium
weight, equally clever at pulling now
ing machine over a big field in reason
able time or making quick trip to
market. Nine out of ten farming opera
tions depend more upon a horses docil-
ity and quickness than upon main
strength. The doctor, the minister, the
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ways been for "high stepping" or sen.
sational dress parade horses for pulling
the family carriage. stylish built
team of horses, well matched in color
and trained to endure cruelty tight
check rein, who lift their feet at every
step as if picking their way over sue.
cession of low hurdles, will always
command ready sale in New York
Their action is absolutely inconsistent
with sustained speed, but they look
well in action, or rather, correspond tC
the requirements of vicious and un,
natural taste.
The model carriage horse, to be
driven either singly or to the pole, may
be of Messenger or Morgan blood, OF
Hambletonian or a dcscendent of the
great Mambrino family. He may be
of medium size and may be below it;
his neck must be muscular at the base
and taper rapidly, his muzzle fine, eye
prominent and large, hips powerful,
bones fine and small, flesh well dis.
tributed. He will be kindly in DISPOSE
ton if well trained, and will be good
for a reasonable degree of speed for
years. His gait will be natural and
swinging. He will lie close to the
ground and waste no time in perpendic-
ular action. He may be of any color tc
suit individual taste. With such horse
a reasonable man may go down the
road" and be happy.
DAVID WECuSLER.
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HOUSE SACOUES.
Fabrics for Neat and Artistic House Gar
mentS.

ments.
Toilette sacques and breakfast Jack
cts for wearing in ones own home are
made OF thin French lawns, white with
china blue, or lavender design of waving
ribbons, or else an ecru or pink ground
strewn with Pompadour fieurettes. The
new and comfortable shape for these
garments has full back gathered in
the ncck-not on the ShOulders-and IL
drawing string across the back of the
waist The fronts fall open straight
from the neck, and are edged, las the
whole garment is) with inch-wide gui-
pure, disclosing vest of nainsook. laid
in tiniest tucks run by hand, from the
throat to the waist, held there by the
ribbon drawing-string brought from the
back, and tied in a bow in front. A
turned-over collar and cuffs are of the
tucked nainsook edged with guipure.
The sleeves are OF ample width, and in
some Sacques have merely frill at the
wrists made by passing ribbon through
button-holes wrought in the lawn; in
this case the waist ribbon is also passed
through button-holeS in the back I'm
ported garments Oh InlS klnu are SOlu
for thirty dollars, but clever amateur
can make them at home for a very small
outlay of money, as their beauty con-
sists in their delicate coloring, graceful
shape, and fine needlc-work. Sheer
dimities with corded lines that give
them strength and dots or Greek keys
of red, blue, or lavender, are inexpen-
sive fabrics for house sacques and their
durable trimmings are torchon laces of
very fine quality. French nainsook or
the cheaper Victoria lawn is used for
entirely white sacques, with open en-
broidery as lengthwise insertions and
edges for trimming. More dressy than
these are India silk sacques Of white
ground, with rosebud stripes or polka
dots of blue or red, made of inexpensive
remnants of four or five yards, the edges
button-holed in scallops by the clever
needle-woman. Striped wash silks are
similarly made, and cost from sixty
cents a yard upward. -tIarpers Bazaar.
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to control and encourage their importa.
ton and breeding. Seward Webb, John
A. Logan, Jr., and A. j. Cassatt are prime
movers in the enterprise, and Mr.. Lo,
gan has imported from England con.
siderable number of the haclneys.
For purposes of speculation this will do
very well, as anything English will sell
in this country, and some wretchedly
stocl1y specimens of the genus hack
ney, beasts not worth their passage
across the Atlantic, have taken prizes
in their class in this country. But all
lovers of the American trotter and
roadster will be sorry to see too great
an infusion into the trotting blood of the
country of the coarser blood of the
English horse. A Norfolk or York
shirk hackney who can travel in better
than three minutes is regarded, and
justly, as marvel. Perhaps small
element of the stout, serviceable hack
ney strain would not harm American
carriage and buggy horses, but it is diff
ticult to see why anyone should care to
import hackneys in numbers except to
crafty passing whim.
Akin to the present demand for hack
neys is the curious passion there has al
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-14

Bloodgoods, Bronsons, Rives, Undcr-
hills, Sturgises and Vanderbilts are
names which occur with remarkable
frequency in the annals of the old
Bloomingdale road years ago, then of
the boulevard and finally, as the city
grew and encroached upon the old
resorts, OF the region along the Ma
combs dam drive.
Society in New York takes its tone
very largely from England in horsey
matters. All the young men in the
smart set have practiced until they can
shift their cigars from their mouths to
the rein hand before lifting their hats
to the ladies of their acquaintance, as
deity as that mirror of good form and
bad morals, the prince of Wales him
self. The drivers salute which one
sees on London 'bus-that rigid lifting
of the right arm with the whip held
perpendicularly- be seen in it's per-
lection any day on Fifth avenue. The
Coaching clubs annual parade on Fifth
avenue is as fine sight as the parade
in London, or James Gordon BENEFITS
famous appearance on the Avenue de
POpera and Champs Elysees in Paris. 1t
is becoming more and more the custom
every year to take the coaching anc
carriage horses into the country Mr.
| Ward McAllister has had his horses
with him in Saratoga for month, off
and on. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt will
have at Newport her carriage horses
| bought for twelve thousand dollars from
NJ. Thome, of Paris, and driven by Ma.
poleon HIS old position Guillot A
considerable section of the Coaching
club Travelled all the way from New
York to DR.. Seward Wcbbs enormous
place near Burlington, VT, in four.
INLAND pulled by relays of horses.
The rise and increase of the passion
for coaching has created demand for
hackney horses, and a National Hack
ney Horse association has been formed
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A GLORIOUS VICTORY.

He stood with q foot on the threshold,
And cloud on his boyish face,
While his city comrade urged him
To enter the gorgeous place
There's nothing to fear, old fellow!
II isn't a lions den;
Were waits you royal welcome
From lips OF the bravest men,"
Twas the old, old voice OF the tempter
That sought in the old, old way,
To lure with lying promise
The innocent feet astray.
You'd think it was Blue. boards closet,
To see how you stare and shrink,
1 tell you there's naught to harm you
It's only game and drink
He heard the words with a shudder-
It's only game and a drink
And his lips made bold to answer:
But what would my mother thInli?"
The name that his heart held dearest
Had started a secret spring,
And forth from the willy tempter,
He fled like a hunted thing.
Away! till the glare of the city
And Its gilded halls of sin
Are shut from his sense and vision,
The shadows of night within.
Away! till his feet have bounded
Ger fields where his childhood trod;
Away! in the name of virtue
And the strength of his mothers Cod!
On the page where the angel keepeth
The record of deeds well done,
That night was the story written
OF glorious battle won.
And he stood by his home in the starlight
All ruiltlpSS Of sword and Shial6-
A drawer and nobIer victor
Than the hero Of bloodiest field
M. A Maitland. in n Y. Observer.
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THE CATAMARAN.
The Queer But Swift Craft of the Fijian
Islanders,

Islanders.
'We saw to windward," saws Il Fiji
correspondent rccounting a naval adj
venture, "a native boat bearing down
upon us under full stress of sail. A
Fiiian boat is made of followed cocoa
nut log sharpened ut both ends. About
ten feet on one side of it is placed a long
and slender log of lighter wood, both
parts of the craft being at once con-
nected by and supporting raised plat
form of bamboo. Such a boat floats on
the water like cork, and offers no
more resistance than racing shell. A
mast set in the center of the platform
supports triangular sail of mating,
with the base of the figure uppcrmost.
A very top-heavy effect is thus produced,
but nothing can overturn the light YES
sci, owing to the breadth of its base,
and it flies through the water like the
wind.
THE catamaran that pursued us
easily kept up with the launch, although
we drove it at full speed to keep ahead,
and with the huge, misshapen mat sail
Tapping and rolling like great bats
wing as the boat thrashed through the
pillows, and sent showers of spray over
the glistening bodies of the dozen ma
tives who stood or squatted upon the
deck, the picture was something fas-
cinatingly strange and barbaric and
never to be forgotten. When the boat
vh3 near us, our launch ran under q
jutting point where thicllly clustered
palms cut off the wind and the cata-
maran, becoming becalmed. got out
oars and turned in for the shore. To
laCO Rla1a
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Easy Honors Ere Cheap.

1t is always gratifying to see men
and women who have commenced at
the foot of the ladder and by their own
earnestness of purpose, perseverance
and integrity worked up to positions of
honor and trust. The fortunes, posi-
tions of high standing and the good
things of this world that are earned by
hard and faithful labor are more APP
preciated than the things that come to
to us easily. We all value much more
that which we work hard for than that
which is given to us.-F armers' Voice.
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Drink and Murder.

A whisky drinker will commit MUIR
der only under the direct excitement of
liquor; beer drinker is capable of do
ing it in cold blood. Long observation
has assured us that a large proportion
of murders, deliberately planned and
executed without passion or malice,
with no other motive than the acquisi-
ton of property or money, often of
triAing value, are perpetratcd by beer
drinkers. We believe further that the
hereditary evils of beer drinking cX-
coed those proceeding from ardent spir-
its-first because the habit is constant
and without paroxysmal Interruptions,
which admit of some recuperation;
secondly, because beer drinking is
practiced by both sexes more generally
than the spirit drinking, and thirdly,
because the animalizing tendency is
more uniform, and the vicious results
are more generally trausmitted-Pa'
ciic Medical Journal