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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-16

TENHE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY EX-CONFED-
L. ERATE AID SOCIETY.
This socety will give a series of entertain.
merts at WILLARD HALL, Washington, on the
18th. 18th aud 18th OF November, for the purpose
OF raising furd, for destitute ex-confede,a.e vet
Grams residing 10 the District of Columbia.
Luncheon each day fronl 10 to o'clock. Con-
ctrs Tue;d,y evening ut o'clock. Literary and
Dramst Entortsinment Wednesday evening at
cock. Reading by Richard Malcolm Johnston,
Music, &c, 1hursday evening at o'ciock.
Tickets may be obt,ined st the principal music
and dug stores il Washington.
Admission to the evening entertainments, Soc;
reserved seats, 75c
Tickets may be obtainad ut statin's, Lunts
AID Wa7feld & HalPs drug stores, and at French's
bookstore. nov14 st
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MEDICINAL

e Ax9s5c1. cures L1rer Complaint,
z Conferences. At druggists. Prics IS cts.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

General Horace Porter who was an aide
OF General Grant. contributes to recent
number OF the Century an account oil bis
last campaign. From IL we quote 80 fol
lows: The contest between the two com
manders was very striking and could not
fail to attract attention. as they sat ten feet
apart facing each other General Grant.
then forty three yesrs OF age. was five feet
eight inches in height, With shoulders
slightly aloped. His hsir and full beard
were a nut brown. without trace of gray
in them. He had on single breasted
blouse, made Of dark blne flannel. nnbut
toned in front, and showing waistcoat un
derneslh. He wore an ordinary pair OF
top boots, with bis trousers inside, and
was without spurs The boots and por-
,ions Of bis clothes we're spattered with
mud. He had op pair OF thread gloves,
Of dark yellow color, which he he'd taken
off on entering the room. HIS fel, sugar
loaf stiff brimmed bat was thrown OF the
table beside him. lie had no sword and
. pair OF shoulder straps was all there was
about him to design ate bis rank. In fact,
aside from these bis uniform was that Of a
private soldier. Lee, OF tho other hsnd,
vas fully six feet 10 height. and quite erect
for one OF bis age. for he Was Grrnps cen
inr by sixteen years. His hair ard full
beard we're silyery gray. aud qnits thick
except that the hair had become little
thin 10 front He wore q new Uniform OF
confederate gray. buttoned up 20 The
tbrost. and at bis aid. he carried long
sword Of exceedingly 6ne workmanship.
,h. hiIt s,nddsd with ierels. IL was seid
10 be the sword which bad been presontef
! to him by the t,ate Of Virgins. His top
boots were comparatively rev. spd seemed
| 10 have on them some ornamental stiichinc
Of red silk. Like bis uniiorn they we're
sineulsriy clesn ard but little trsvelst,in- =
cd. On the boots were handsome spurs
with large roseis. A felt Bat. which 10
color matched pretty closely ibst Of be nu
iform, and pair Of lore huekskin eauni
lets 10y beside him oo The table. We ask
ed Colonel Msrthsil s'tersafd how II ss'
that both be add bis chief wore sncb los
toseery. snd looked 40 much ~ Il they bad
,ust turned out to goto church. While viii
us On, ouiwsrd ssrb scarcely rose 10 tb'
dignity even Of The hsbty geIteel H'
enlightened us reesrfirs the eollrssi b,
explaining tlst when then bead4usrsef'
vsgops had been pressed 90 closely by oo'
cavalry few days before. and !, vas ioaod
they would have TO destroy sll their Bag
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12
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The boy was no, mi ore than FL 2 fee.
high But be was int lligeut and ener
se,ic, aud he hswked bis Newspapers with
a zeal that would have been creditable 10
a high proof drummer he was not IN
mindful of lis dignity, aud when one
Broad street purchaser accompanied hs
iend,r q pay men, for newspaper With
. frivolou, h.fiog remark, the brisk III
tie fellow embarrassed him with sharp
glance from two srsppiog black eyes.
remsrsing The While; Here s your chsnse
sir, have 10 time for iooliug.
Keep tue change ssid the purchaser.
dropping the fsce,ious aud sssumiog .
seriou. air. viii you tell me Los long you
have been selling pspersf
have been 10 the neSspsper bunness
three yesrs. replied the dininuiive men
chsut somewhst coiiiy.
Three year, exclaimed the man sith un'
ffeiguei surprise. Why. ny lad, you do
not look tlg enough 10 carry bundle Of
pspets.
Notwithstanding. ssid The mite. With
uurufflsd dignity. have been IN this busi'
! cess Tor three yesrs, and Tor two years 10.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

Many people suppose that rubber shoes
are made by melting the material and run
inx il into moulds. Such is not the case
Tho manuiacture OF rubber shoes is not
verv much different from the mar pufactnre
OF leather shoes. They are made on lasts
lust the same, but instead Of being sewed,
they are cemented.
We get most Of tho raw msterisl from
South America, said drummer. II is
about tho color Of molasses and II ID OF =
sponey nature. First il goes through
crushing process and comes out iu rough
sheets and looks very much like cow
bide. Then it is taken to compromising
room, where it is mixed with compound
and vulcanized After that II is cut up in'
to small pieces. according to the parts OF
the shoes which we wish 10 get. and sfter'
wards fitted into lasts by the workmen In
same manner that leather is,
How much pure rubber is contained IN
the manufactured artclep About seventy
per cent. The best Para gum costs ninety
five cents q pound, so yon see rubber boots
and shoes cannot be made for nothing. In
the small It rubber ehoe there are about
four ounces OF pure rubber, and from that
to probably pounds in pair OF rubber
boots. Old rubbers are ground up. into
what we call rag carpet and is used for I'M
soles. The work is nearly all done by
hand, and in TIE factories are employed
young children. men and women. A boot
maker gets twenty cents pair for msking
them, and good man ca turn out from
ten to twelve pairs day. There are be'
tween fifteen and twenty rubber boot iscto
ries ia the country. with total capacity
Of l6O, ,OOC pairs OF boots and shoes day.
There sre four factories having 9 ospscity
Of 40, 900 pairs. II is mystery where they
all 90.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

People who are frightened are not 81
WAYS coBscious Of what they do or say At
the time; they frequently report themsel'
- 10 have been perfectly calm and SEN
.jossessed ia csses Of real or fancied danger
While Is y.,vitnetses tell avery different sto
~. Little Mafy Woods had spent most oi
her lie in NC oouDtry. and she bad no
nor3 iegr Of & v shan OF d kitten bu'
whon her seyenteenycariold city cousip
Frances came 10 tht tsrm ono summer
Mary learned that u ere was at least one
person in tie eosid 10 whom COW was no
object OF terror
Frances had gone berrying With her III.
lie cousin, and as tho bars between the Der
~ pasture aud tho joining field happened
70 be down, . gentle. hsrmless oov had
wandered through the opening till she
came quite close to the children. Frances
describing the srene 10 her aunt. said;
OF coursc. Aunt Sally, ! didn't wan.
Mary - know was efrsid OF COW, but ]
really thought should scream when l
looked up and saw that dreadful. elsring
eyed creature close at our heels. Still /
wes perfectly calm. and just walked
quickly but firmly to the stone wall. tax
iug Mary b. the hand, and ! said, Let's
climb over this wall. Mary; ! SOC some
uIendli bushes over on the otber side
"A she followed me right over
She asked me little while sftervsrd u
I vas afraid Of cows. aud the child didn'I
rep~si the question. l wooidL't hsvs bad
her snspect ! IVES 80 frightened ior sSy
thing.
Tnat niiht, wbea the small Mary was
s-ttlng ready Tor btj. she ssid, Mother
Do Won know truly think cousiu Franco
il strsid Of cow,l
wh,issia Mn. Woods. ~
Well. aid the spppossd-to be nnsospee
,ipg child, you know vi were picsine of
riss 10 grandpss bill pasture. aud DIT
Pox'. Br ndie got 10 there. sud she cam
close up 20 u Copsu Francss h.d besl
hnsy pieAiag. and SHE diiI't bear Brinil'
tlll sue gave Ii tIe moo. Aod then cou'
10 Frsncss tar "A iust ss pale; add sht
grabbed my hsrd. md dragged ne sloni
% tho wsiI al fast a tver RE could, and
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12
sh.r,s.. In ns. shippers.

A good story Of Gen, Sheridan vas told
the other day by M,xicsa gentlmsn. On
it Innate friend VI the great northern sol
dier in hm lifetime. One day. calling on
the com mmander Of the army oi the union
At Office in wsshiogton, be found tho hero
Of Winchester At bis deck, his feet ineased
in slipper ana his shoes dcmocraticsliy
placed on top Of bis dess. While the sen,
crsl was apparently absorbed In some
writing tho Max,oau gentleman Who
though, some servant he'd left the warriors
shoes in the wrong place, took his care
and gently deposited the shoes on the
floor. 8Hk
Tho neSt day the Mexican sentiemsn
called again on Sherman aud found him ~
his desk, shoes on top Is before. The po'
lite resident Of the tropics bessa once
more removing the shoes 10 the floor
when all st once Sheridan roared out;
Don't you do that again, sirl you make
me ridiculous, sirl t
beg your pardon. general. but how
hsve made you ridiculousf
Why. sir. said Sheridan, atill annoyed,
yesterday, sir. l vent out to walk after you
had call, d on me, Twas nearer the White
house, when l noticed gentleman look
ing at me inteptly. Soon be addressed mo
stgipc: Excuse me. general, but arn't you
afraid Of chatcing cold2 Why. sir. mo-
rot tast know Of; what's the matter cir?
Well ssil the gentleman. tits very damp
and you are goiae sbout in your slippers
! tel you, s,r, ss, Sheridan. addressing
bis Mexican iriend, you made me ridicu
Ions. 1t is my habit s,r, 10 put my shoes
Oh my desL where eeunot fail 10 soc them
so may roi lolsst 80 put them on, and
coosound il sit, yen come ronnd here with
your notions Of propsiety aud send me o
round town in my slippers. sir.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12


Nonk Ia the language oi,Icalanl. !, is
pure old Norweeisn, 10 Sc ndinsva lee.
l,udic '- ,sueh, 10 ,be schools ss els.sio,
sad every Scsu3Ipaylsn sludea, has read
soue Of the loelapaia sasas, the sreater
part OF which be Understands from tho simi
iariiy OF his own tongue.
Iceland TO Jay ia for bahiad civilization !.
II Ia peep into the pact TO lind Twins peo
pie grinding corn with the same Kind OF
huge sto0es ~ 10 tho ancient world. weav,
ing their ovn clo,bins and liuen in hand
looms end eharnisg butter in tLe tall. old
iAshoned ohusas worked by pulling rod
mp and down by bAn,l.a Money is OF li,ilo
value, barter remains the ch,ci moans for
the exchange OF goods.
There is no tslesrsphin communication
vitht island. aud during the ak moaths
OF the year il is ice bound the loelsnderu
are entirely cut OF from the outside world.
They are so lefl 10 indoor occupations dur
ing the winters darkness that education
reaches q very high standard. Every one
10 the island csnfesd and write, and many
OF the peasants understand auottAr Ian
susgr beside their own, allhonBh many
we'll known works have been translated in.
10 lceisndic. tAa e
From May 10 September there Is no
night in Iceland, aud the midnight sun IN
visible during July and August. E,ernal
daylight sounds charming, but trying to
sleep il stent in the light Of day is not 80
Char aipg in practice. The want of night
OF the moon. OF the stars, makes the con
slant light very monotonous and trying,
but nothing to what On equal length o
darkness must be 10 the poor natives
Men slways kiss when they meet. bnt
| only once saw a man hiss woman. Up
country every ooe shakes hands or takes
of the cap to suy one they may meet on
the lonely path aud wishes them godspced
On their way. They are polite, but they
rarely smile.
Walking is impossible. the lava aud
scoria are too hard for the feet and the dis
tsnces too great. The natives always ride,
and women generally ride ssiriie.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

A little smmonia in tepid walter will soft
co and cleanse the fkin.
Spirits OF ammonia Inhaled will often
relieve severe headache.
Door plates should be cleaned by rub
bins With . cloth wet 10 ammonia aud
wster.
II The color has b,en tsken ont oi SILK
By fruit slsins, Smmonis viii usnaliy re.
store the color.
10 brie hten carpets wipe them with
warm wster 10 ahich has been poured
few drops OF ammonia.
One or two table fpQ1Diuls ol smmonis
added ~ g pail VI waleg vii clean ~in'
dows better than soap.
A few drop- in,n eupiul ol esfm water.
applied carefully. v u f'moye spots from
paintings sud cbromps
Grease spo,s m,5 be- tsken out with
ws.L ammonia ~ sstsr, 10y soa white pa
per over su1 irep siih hot iron.
Keep p.eL.f, silver ornaments ana
mounts bright BY rsbbipg with ~ooilen
cloth saturated 10 spiiits 81 smmotia.
When seid u sps and grisop clothing
suirits OF ammouis will lili i Apply
chioroiorm 10 fsstofe iae col0r
Ammonis applied .so or three times on
fresh cold sore y y kill il; IL will dnse
Il swsy. II lssd when The cold sore Is hfs'
\ feIt. "a,
Old brass ras, be CLEANED 70 look Ike
new by pouring s'tous amiDonia on y ahh
,cfubbing xiih sornb bfasb, iiase "a
clean water.
1 Equal psrls y -ilff yris ana iefpenliae
viii take psil. out d clothing. wen u is
| be hard sDd dry. sainrsss tie spo. as
of.en ~ Necessary snd vssh cut IN sosp'
i suHs
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12


OF the most prominelt traits In Gen.
Grants character. said Col, T. II Mathew.
son Of Washington TO . piltsburg Dispatch
reporter, when the conversation turned on
the late president. WAS the stesdfast mAn'
Der in which be stuck to his friends !
can recall cas-, which illustrates that. In
1874 the term Of . western senator expired,
and before leaving Washington be secured
. position in the liceSdepar.ment for
his only son, bright young fellow whose
only failure WAS M indulgence in IN occa'
sional spree. Marshall Jewell was then
postmaster general. and be had appointed
the boy. After month or so of work he
went on spree and under it's effects he re-
signed bis position. When hc bad straight
tened up aud realizsa his trick his heart
was broken; out OF money, out OF place,
with wife and child TO take care of, he
didn't know where to turn. All At once he
thought Of Gen. Graut, and Of he went to
the White. House. His acquaintance with
the attaches readily procured him an au
dience with the president, to whom be
made clean breast OF the whole affair.
Gan yon stop drinkipgP asked the presi
dent. i#as
Yes sir, replied the young man,
Viii, you promise me not to touch drop
OF any thing intoxicating for . year?
Yes, sir, came tho answer
Taking . card. Grant wrote: The post.
master general will please rein'state Mr.
10 his cle,kship in the postoliice depart
ment. u. s. g. he handed this to the
son OF his old friend. aud told him to be a
man.
The young man was soon in the pos,mas
tergeneral's oilica. The official slowly read
the card. There is no vacancy. , said. ]
have filled your place. However, put an
application on file, and it will be consider
ed in it's turn. The clerk returned IN q de-
iected mood to the White House,
He said there was no vacancy, did he?
said the president. and told you to file an
application, ehp We'll, you cant file thai
wife and baby Of yours, can you? Gran
took the card and wrote on the reverse
side: You make vacancy or l will.
The president Of the United States can
have my resignation il he desires IL, said
the postmaster general testify, when the
message was handed him, but be cannot
put You in this department while / am q
the head OF it.
The now thoroughly discouraged suppli'
ant for Office once more returned to the
White House and told Grant what the post
master general had said
Take this young man over to the nevy
department, said the president to CLERK
whom be called from an adjoining room'
and say to Secretary Roheson that desire
his appointment ss clerk. This time the
appointment was made.
There was cabinet council next day
and Graut asked for and was rendered the
post aster,general's resignation. The
clerka He kept his promise, and is to-day
4 respected, sober nun.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12
Buyinga New Hat.

like new hat, writes Ruth Ashmore
in the Ladies Home Jorual, AN still
enough u o girl Ior that like 10 see the
girls in their pretty new bate; but want
10 say this to ihem; Don't get bat that
is too fine for your froeka. Don't spend
oil your money in elaborate laees and
plumes and jets. when simple little tur
ban, made Of cloth like your frock. or
black felt suited in shspeto your face, and
trimmed with wing or swo. or some loops
OF ribbon. will not ONLY be becoming, but
will stand the winter wear. and by being
brushed often. look almost es good as new.
Let me tell you Of my experience and lot
me teach you something. Once bought
. very gorgeous pink bonnet. ought
to have spent iba money on something
else. but ii seemed 10 mo as II must have
that bonnet. II was tried on aud was bor'
ribly unbecoming; but the milIipcr said.
Wait until you SEQ II at night, then 10
color will come out The color did, 1t
Was . yelowish pink, that would have re
quired the complexion Of peach TO have
worn H. Back went to tho miliner--be'
cause believed in people and said,
Change me ths bonnet; aud they said; You
know We cant change your bonnet we
had too much trouble 10 get rid OF 'h"t
bonnet, so few people A. il becoming.
went home and l ofierea that bonnet 10
every one knew. Eventually one woman
was discovered who said il was becoming
to her, though, as have never seen It on
her TO this day, have no doubt ~ -
whether it really was becoming ~ NOT.
However, that winter wore the plainest
Of bonneis, one that looked as y Il bad
been intended Tor my grandmoiher; but
| took certain amount Of Joy IN II as pc
nance, and tell my story so that other
girls may not make the same mistake
hat did and get bonnet that y too iine
lor most times and OCCASIONS.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

fore sold papers was 10 the clothing
business
/. IL possible, com en,ed the quos,ioner
with increasing surprise. See here my l'.'
tie man. ho~ old are ycuf
Nine years old. calmly responded ihe
little fellow l had 70 get out and hustle
to help support the family when waA
four years old. belong 10 family who
waste no time.
The lad spoke lbe truth. He was born
10 East Broadssy. aud went TO work in .
clothing store when bui four years old ~
cash boy,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

gage except ID. clothes they carried 90
their backs, each one, naturally selsesed
Tie nev ct suit be had. aud sought to pro
pi,isie the gods Of destruction BY sscri'
tics Of his second boat.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

she said Lets climb over this ofr, Mary, !
scs sone splendea crrs ever on the other
side.
IL was the vcry wors, place in Tho sholc
vslt 70 gs~ over. and chs bcrr,rs weren't
big u slll And, concluded the small sase
s,ked her u sts Was AFRAID u COWS. aud
she didn't ansses me; 80 Prssmo che
didnt want 10 tell . ~rsaa story
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-12

EOR SALE.
Three second hand Upright pisnos. nearly
new, 4 second hand R.tel Organ, In good con-
di,ion. second hand BRIDGEPORT Organs. III be
soid at = big bargain. second hand Wilcox a
White Organs. Also large stoek OF new pianos
and organs which can be bought cheap ont ne
Installment plan. Every instrument warranted,
catalogues sent free. Address
ID. q. LONG.
sf IS Merchants Row, Rutland, VI.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-01
A NIan Is Ono Are OF Hl. Arterie..

A Man Is the Age of His Arteries.
While some persons are in full organic
decadence at thirty-flve years, some
others may not yet at fifty years have
undergone the notifications of nutrition
which are the beginning of old age
The capacity of man for violent ex.
ertion is determined by the more or
less complete integrity of the arterial
tissues.
In some cases arterial sclerosis is
nothing but the gradual and slow con-
sequences of the advance of age, but
assumes rapid pace that makes it a
fearful malady. In such cases we can
see young persons presenting the same
physiological reactions against fatigue
as the elderly man.
One of the first symptoms of that
acute aging of the arteries which is
called arterial sclerosis Is the dyspn9a
of effort. All elderly men are, in diff
ferent degrees, tainted with arterial de-
generacy, and all ought to avoid exces-
sive muscular effort If they would not
wear out their arteries before the time
that is, would not grow old prema-
turely; for every man Is ''of the age
of his arteries. Popular Science
Monthly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-01
1As PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Opportunities 1'i'ey Present Not
Utilized as They should he.

The Opportunities Ii,ey Present Not
Utilized as They should he.
The Rev. DR.. Ferdinand G. Iglehart
preached on Common Schools and
the Commonwealth" at the Park
Avenue Methodist church, at Eighty
sixth street and Park avenue. He said,
among other things:
The common school Is little re
public in itself, where the poor mans
child and the rich mans child may
stand on the same level and start out
with even chances in the race for life.
The cost of the dress or the coat, the
size or value of the house out of which
the children have come, the social
standing of the parents, have nothing
to do with the estimates of the school
room. Brains, application and be
havior are the things on which the
estimates and grades are made. There
is such an aristocracy of true worth in
our common schools as can be found
nowhere else on earth.
The immigration problem has been
have aided us greatly in solving it as
well as we have. 1t is wonderful to
see how rapidly the children of for
eigners in our schools learn our Ian
guage and institutions, drink in our
spirit, and how quickly Irish, German,
French, Protestant, Catholic and Jew
become Americans.
Too few children profit by their
educational advantages. Many do not
go to school at all, and of those who do
go, almost majority finish their edu-
cation at ten or eleven years of age.
Take this city. From the last printed
report of the superintendent of schools,
the one for 1890, we find that SO, 600 at
tended the primary schools and only
So, 600 the grammar schools. Almost
half then of the children entering the
schools at the bottom finish their edu-
catien at nine years of age Some go
out on the street to lives of idleness
and vice. Some go to work Mere
babes are sent out into the world to
earn few ceuts.
Let the children left to the intuition
of scoundrelism be taken off the streets
and sent to school. Let the pale faced
little boys and girls be taken out of the
stores and shops and places of employ
ment and properly educated. If gen.
GRAFTON benumbed by ignorance, be-
soften by vice and hardened by avarice
does not recognize its duty to its off
spring or its country, then should the
state reach out It's strong arm and
compel payment Of the obligation.
In many states laws for compulsory
education have been passed, but in
most of them insufficient means have
been provided for their execution. -
New York Tribune.