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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

Sweet reposs is enjoyed By those who
take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Il sootbea
disturbed feelings brought oo BY cough or
cold. % cents.
Salvation Oil should be kept 10 the work.
shop and In the factory.-Scarcely day
passes, where there are many bends at
work, that there is net cali for this intallI-
bic curative. For cure CT cuis. b; uIsse,
bnrns, scalds snd chilbains. i. is indispensa-
bic. Price IS GEMS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

REMARKABLE PAIR Welded Mr. Solo.
mon Morris and Miss Marg Mitchell were
married et Windsor, N O, Wedoesdsy
The groom is fye feei four inches nigh aod
weighs 266 pounds. The bride 's hVe feet hVs
inches high and weighs 265 poueds. A
large number OF friends we're present TO see
The marriage and psrtake of tbs hounsiful
repast prepared by the bridal party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28
Suicide.

Los ANGELES, CAL. Dso. % Bert Nc
GregoT. newspaper reporter. AID girl OF
II, named Leah Benjamin, whom he secret
~ married two months ago, attempted to
commit suicide yesterday by taking mor-
phpe. When found MoGregor vas dead
but the girl may recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

Half a million dollars worth of property
iD Chattanooga, Teon was destroyed By a
FIRE that started In D. B. foreman & Co g.
dry eooda store, Saturday,. Thirty youCg
women on the third Fl Dor narrowly escs ped
two OF them being iDj AIRED by falling from y
window In their fright while waiting for the
addsEmen to rescue them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28
THE R1cRMoNp Dispatch sag /:

'Mr Springer viii 30 surprised to learn that he
bought the charmsnehip Of the committee of
ways and means, AID bir Crisp TO learn that he
sold that il pOr5aut position
II tie Dispatch wsre more fainter With
the way tn which ;bings are done in Wash.
ington 1t would not talk this way. Other
people thsn Mir. Springer got committee
places by fulfilling heir promise to vote fos
the successful candidate for Speaker. And
there is nothing new about thia Similar
things have been doue at every reorgen!za-
tiou OF the loser branch Of Coagrass ;or
MANY Wars
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28
a Dwarf Mason

BROOKLYN. N. Y, D.c % Toe smallest
man who sger bscams maste. u ason will
receive the necessary desess 70 night In q
lodge room in this city. He Is General
Lit eff ger" otherwise known az Rsbert
II. E6zza and is only thirty-thrss inches
high
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

The British forces have made forward
movement against the HAMA and Magyar
tribesmen on the Cashmere front or and
have captured another fort located short
distance from the fort of Nlt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

Buy D.. Boll's Cough Syrup. 1t cures
witneu tah. 20 De had at ell dealers for 25
CENTS.
"HeaveL's last bass gifs-my ever new de.
lisht." iB nol my hso @a-stone house, nor my
ra.r,see aac pair, oor uy fac new yacht,
nor my prettieet Cir. nor my hope OF s seat
In congress. not Il ae, ut my wonderful
cure for psin, Ssi7ati, u Oh.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

stonebraker's Eminent is the standard
Iiniment used 10 thu hospitals aud schools
throughout the world. Psioe % cents bot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

The Gear has dsposed his brother, Grad Duke
5ergius, Governor Of Moscow, because of his I'M
popularity and alleged political intriguing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

Many Of those who gave snd received Christ
mas gifts lsst Friday, now scout tho idea that it
is more blessed to give than to receive
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

BROWNS IRON 8ITTERs ALMANAC
For 1892
Contains Ono Hundred Recipes for max
ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly
at home. This book is given away u drug
and general stores,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28


} the dead letter Office.
Lyr4, Miss Bette
Martin, Hrs James LIE
McReynolis, hrs G E
Monch, william
Eewmsn, Pater
Bath, ehArleg
Rust, Mrs e E
Smith, 4 ]
Thomas, Miss Eliza
Waters, Capt j
Williams. Miss Sarah
PARK AGNEW, P. ii.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28
LIST OLE LETTERS.

The following is list of the letters remaining III
the Alexandria, Va, postoffice December %.
Persons calling for letters will please say they are
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

Advertised letters, not called for within two
Weeks, will be sent to the dead letter Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-28

OIIhD 1IO4I
Alexandra, Ve., DEC % 1891
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30

q sergeant In the regiment garrisoning
Saarbrucken She had come to say fare
well to her sweetheart before the fighting
should begin, and be should march away,
mayhap never to return
Some of the liyelier spirits among us
conceived the idea that the pair should get
married before the parting should be said.
Both were willing. The bridegroom's Off
Ger gave him leave, on condition that
should the alarm sound be was to join his
battalion without a moments delay. All
was in readiness, and the clergyman was
just about to join the pair in holy matri-
mony, when the sound of bugle suddedly
broke in on the stiffness 1t was the alarm.
The bridegroom hurriedly embraced the
bride, buc&led on his accoutrements, and
darted off to the alarmplatz. In ten min
utes more the combat was in full swing
the French had carried the heights over
hanging the town. and were pouring down
upon it their artillery and mitrailleuse fire.
Our hotel was right in the line of fire, and
soon became exceedingly disagreeable
quarters. We got the women down into
the cellar and waited for events. A shell
crashed into the kitchen, burst inside the
cooking stove, and blew the wedding break
fast, which was still being kept hot, into
what an American colleague called ever
lasting smash" 1t was too hot to stay
there, and everybody strategically ma
neuvered to the rear, including the Ger
man battalion which had constituted the
garrison.
A few days later was fought, close to
Saarbrucken. the desperate battle of the
Spicheren. in which the bridegroom's regi-
ment took leading part The day after
the battle was wandering about the bat
tlefield helping to relieve the wounded,
and gazing shudderingly on The heaps of
dead. Suddenly Icame on our bridegroom,
his back resting against stump. He was
stone dead, with bullet through his
throat.-Archibaid Forbes in Nineteenth
Canturv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30

which is from seven to twelve inches long,
| Species are numerous which vary from six
! to eight inches in length.
1t has been found impossible to keep o.
| triches alive III tho London Zoo" Their
Omniverous threats discriminate against
nothing, and poisonous coppers which mis-
chievous people feed them are as eagerly
devoured as any other delicacy.
A veritable curiosity has been captured
in Africa. 1t is an elephant larger than
the late lamented Jumbo, peagreen in
color, trunhless and has tusks that branch
Out something like the horns of deer. It
is in possession of native king, who will
not part with it.
1t is reported that shark nearly twenty
four feet in length was recently caught in
the harbor of Panama. The skin was about
half an inch thick. 1t was captured by a
b pooh thrown from a steamer, and the
vessel was turned completely around by the
powerful fish when first made fast
Ten species of North American birds are
put down by the ornithologists as miss
ing" OF these, two-the great aux and
the Labrador duck-are believed to have
become extinct within the memory of Hv-
ing men. Perhaps representatives of the
other eight will yet be found. Most of
them are very diminutive.
A curious fish was recently caught at
Atlantic City, struggling in the surf close
to the shore. 1t was about five feet long.
with big fms, more like lippers, fore and
aft, and an immense mouth armed with
four rows Of teeth. The body was fat,
after the order of the founder, and its skin
brown and as coarse as sandpaper. 1t
weighed $50 pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
stonewaIl Jackson,s Riding.

Stonewall Jackson was the worst rider
in both armies. He wobbled about in the
saddle like a man in state of profound
intoxication, and seemed every moment
about to fall off his horse. He never fell,
but always kept the spectators betting
odds with themselves that he would be-
fore he had gone another hundred yards.
His wonderfully bad riding was as well
known in the Federal as in the Confeder-
ate army, and once nearly led to his cap
ture
1t was during his famous march to Bull
Run that Jackson and several members of
his staff undertook TO do a little reconnoit-
ering on their own account. The weather
was bad, and it was wet and rainy, and
they had on long waterproof coats that
completely concealed their uniforms. They
completed the examination of the country
they were looking over, and turned to go
back, when they found on nearing bridge
over a small stream that the approach TO
it was guarded bya detachment of Fed
eral troops, having a piece of artillery
which they had planted on the road in a
position from which it could rake the
bridge. jackson did not hesitate mo-
ment. GallOping up behind his men he
shouted out to the officer in command:
"Who directed you to put that gun on
the road? Take it away and mount it in
the woods on the hill yonder. l never saw
such a piece of folly. Here in the open
ground your men will be shot from the
brush on the other side"
On he went as though in a terrible pas
sion, berating the officer, who colored,
apologized and hastily gave the order for
removing the gun. Jackson, with his staff
at his heels, galloped off to the left as
though to pass down the stream, made a
sudden turn, Numbered across the bridge
and escaped. The befudd1ed officer in
command of the gun had not gone afar
when he saw jackson and his party cross
the bridge toward the enemy's lines, and,
conjecturing the truth from Jackson's
riding, got his gun into position and sent
a shot after them. 1t was not, however,
till the next day that he learned from
prisoner that his guess had been correct,
and that the officer who fell into such a
passion about the gun was no other than
the famous Confederate general.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
Physical Development.

An athlete, who is also a member of a
society specially devoted to the encourage
ment of physical development, gives some
general hints as to the cultivation of the
physique that are worth considering. He
says that members, on entering the phys
ical cultivation society, are first taught
what not to do. They are told not to stoop.
not to breathe through the mouth or to
breathe air that has temperature much
above that of the external air, or that is
impure, or that contains dust, not to wear
tight fitting or too heavy clothes, braces,
corsetS or shoes with high heels or narrow
toes.
The novice is told to acquire the habit of
holding the body erect, the shoulders back
and the chest well forward; to breathe
through the nose and to take inspirations.
followed by full expirations several times
daily; to develop the muscles, especially of
the chest, by gymnastic exercises; to take
tub daily, if he finds that it does not i'm
pair his vitality, and to wear loose clothes
i. e.. such as do not by their weight or
shape impede the movements of the BODY.
He must live in rooms that are in free
and direct communication with the exter-
nal air, night and day, summer and win
ter, and to take care that their tempera-
ture is not too high; to spend as much
time possible daily in the open air, and to
maintain the temperature by muscular ex-
ercise. Walking is especially insisted on
as most healthy exercise, and broad toes
and low heels tend to promote it, and the
practice of singing should be cultivated by
every one, rs it produces results, the bene-
fits of which can scarcely be overestimated.
New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Massachusetts will devote $4,000 TO Ia
educational exhibit. The states entire ap-
preparation is s75. 900.
Guatemala has appropriated 800, 600 in
gold for its exhibit at the exposition and
$4,000 additional for its buildings.
Henry Ba.lantiBe, American consul al
Bombay, has been appointed q special com
missioner to bring a suitable exhibit from
India 70 the Worlds fair, and he expects
TO receive valuable assistance from Mrs.
Ballantine, who is familiar with East In
dian life aud customs.
The effort to have tribe Of African pig
mics exhibited AZ the exposition Is pretty
certain 70 succeed Tippoo Tib has given
bis consent. and the consent Of the king Of
Belgium, which also Is necessary. can
easily be obtained, it is believed, through
the state department.
Lieutenant Stafford, United States navy.
special Commissioners 70 Peru and Bolivia,
has secured for the exposition Eve samples
Of the ceremonial dresses % the Jibsros and
Zaparros Indians The Zapzrros costumes
are woven Of human hsir. aud are ornA-
rlsnted with eeometrical designs
Henry Allen Gtlmour, the young Anglo
Indian who Is interesting himself in pre-
pairing fer exhibition a. the Worlds fair a
collection Of Hindoo Tn4zufzcsureS. works
Of AT aud eurios. hobaobs with the Gui-
oowa-s and Mahsrzjahs, and expects 20
show rs something that viii astoniAh-
No side shows are 70 be permitted
within TIE exposition grounds. Tbedsrec-
tory has decided that the entrances fee
shall cattle the TssifOT 20 see everything
within the inclOzsre- Thens Will be, how
ever, several thsztSes bui3t and ksps run
ming Visitors ~ho choose 70 aftend tie
performances vii have % pap an sdnisziou
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
pan, crls>L AND BRUSH.

Leander Richardson. the editor Of the
New York Dramatic News. j. feet inches
in height and weighs 20 pounds.
jules Verne's son Michel. who has writ
ten short stories in the style ~ bis father,
bids fair 70 step into the fame Of the Older
Verne
Tello d'ADery. the juvenile editor Of
Sunny Hours published in New York. las
had the ordzr o. the Msdj,dieh conferred on
him by the kned.T
Mrs. Alden. best known by her pen nams
Of "Pansy" dresses plainly but always
wears somewhere. IA her bonnet. on hef
breast or al ner belt. knot q pansieA
Miss Theo Alice Ruggles. Bosson's won-
an sculptor - ouly twenty years Old
When she was only seventeen two u hsl
works were accepted By the Paris salon
Lord Tennyson j. not ~ old or feebIs
that be cannot enjoy his trips % London
or bear the fatigue Of going around the
picture galleries and other popular resOrtA
he still trips along With tie crowd
Herbert Hege Bancroft. who has earned
fame with his history Of the Pacific coast,
began life ~ a clerk ~ bookstore. lie
now owns one o. the most vaiuaDis and
complies historical Libraries IN tbs world
Miss Mona Card, the originator u the
controversy On ths question Ia Marriages
. Eailuret" has written q new book. which
IL to Be called a Rornanoe u the Moor
The "Moora" are not turbansd psrsonsgss.
but Yorkshire laudA
Alexandra Dumas - one % the most
open handed phiiaufhroplsts Ia Paris A
great part 81 TIE large income be derives
from his books and plays 10 dispersed IN
charity, and many a poor and otscufs
author owes him dsbt q gratltnds thas
can never bs sholly repaid
William Morris. the Knzlish pot sss
artist, Affects E.nzulAriy shabby and IN
picturesque attire. lie NAY - Zen Ia
London wearing zn Cd back sl0uch aaf.
an ancient Aaek coat. bsgEy trousers sad
bias flannel shirt TIE nsckt3s il usga.ly
missing and sometiloes be wears DO collar
Nina Blaschl. grszt-rranddaazhssr q
DAVID the ill1stri0gs Daistsr q rs First
I'm pre-. bas igst reosiFsd from ths ruls-
istsr % Instruction 10 Paris tas badzs %
0shcef 81 f1s academy. Tnts high d.
tinction L. AWARDED only 90 Artists - e
merit Nine Bizsehi - . scs.D
treas. her works hare Desn tFina h1aOF.
ably nsnfiousd-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
WHIP AND SPUR.

Allerton (2:12) and Axtell (2:12) are now
tie for the honor of being the fastest trot-
ting descendants of George Wilkes.
Eugene Leigh has bought Bramble, by
Bonnie Scotland, for $1,000, and will put
him at the head of his Kentucky stable.
One of Nancy Hanks feats this season
vas performed when she beat Belle Ham
lin in a special mile dash at Buffalo in 2:16.
Sam Bryant bought Proctor Knott as a
yearling at the Belle Meade sale for 1928.
His first start was at Nashville in the
spring of 1888.
One hundred hussars, under General
Sir Evelyn Wood, once rode their horses
in the Transvaal distance of seventy-fve
miles in eighteen hours.
Andy Mcdowell has purchased Sciota
Girl for Mr.. Marcus DAILY. He says he will
hook her double with Yolo Maid and pace
against any team in the country for big
money.
A five mile trot for fifty dollars side
took place at Landsdown park, Ottawa,
not long ago, between Little Dick and
Gray Eagle. The former won easily by
800 yards in seventeen minutes.
Jockey Soden made lucky hit when he
purchased the S-year-old chestnut colt
Mirabeau, by Jils johnson, for $500. He
has won half dozen races, and several
offers of 5000 have been made for him.
The PAGER Johnston may be turned over
to Splan again. 1t was Splan who gave
him his record of 1861 at Chicago over
the West Side track. Johnston's recent
defeat by Hal. at Philadelphia, caused =
sensation.
A ten mile race, horse versus bicycle, took
place at the Crystal Palace, Sydenhsm, re-
Gently. Rellew rode two horses over thirty
hurdles against Jack Keen. eX-English
champion bicyclist, on 4s-inch ordinary
The horses won by fifty yards in IS min
utes &c 2-5 seconds
The Earl of Westmoreland died in Lon
don recently at the age of sixty-fve. For
thirty years he was a bright light Of the
English turf. In one year be won twelve
matches out of thirteen. He won the Lin
colnshire in 1863 with Manrico, and the
City and Suburban in 1854 with Merry
Hart
A novel match race was trotted at Phil
adeiphia recently. Jackson. OF Gloucester
City, matched his mare Dollie against Os-
car Eastiake's Frank Dollie, driven by
Miss Sallie St. Clair, won the last tao
heats in good style. This is believed 70 be
the first race in which q female driving a
trotter participated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
StOrka' Nests.

Sparrows and wrens not unfrequently
build in the stork's huge pile of sticks, a
nest within a nest, which we rarely see
in England. In Holland and Denmark a
common mode of inducing storks TO take
up their abode is to fasten a cart wheel
on the top of tall pole erected in some
field. At the village of Luitsedam, near
the Hague. there is one Of these, which
is regularly tenanted.
Closer to the town, in the plantations
around the house of one of the gentry,
there is an enormous nest. 1t is placed
at the top of large silver fir, the lead
ing shoot Of which has been broken by
the wind. At Wassenasr, a village some
miles off, where immense quantities Of
bulbs are grown, a pair yearly rear their
young ones on the church tower.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
The Iaoouav from Irying's Works.


Washington Irving was one of the
hndlest Of men and one of the most
modest and least self asserting of authors.
1t is evident from Murrav's memoirs.
however, that Irving was led apparently,
according TO his own Letters" bv the
counsel of overzealous friends) to place
too high an estimate upon the com
merclal value of some of the earlier of
his writings, and that Murray, having
overpersuaded himself to accent the
authors estimate. became a heavy loser
by the publication of some of Irvipg's
most famous books Irvings later ar
rangement with his American publisher.
the late q. 2. Putnam, under which the
publisher, in place OF speculation in the
volumes by paying at guesswork advance
prices for the copyrights, paid royalty
on the copies actually sold, proved much
more satisfactory for both author and
publisher and produced for the author
and his heirs substantial income ex-
tending over thirty yesrS-George b
Putnam IN Forum
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30

The widow Of Booth, ST., gave Edwin
her husbands wardrobe after a time,
and with occasional twisting we made
that serve for everything. We used TO
sew the ermine cap Of Richard onto
Richelieu's robe, and then ripit off again
when the crook back monarch bad 20
have it. In Memphis we met Ada Men
ken, who conceived violent attachment
for Ted, but ne did not reciprocate. The
women were always going wild over
him, yet he summed female society
Interview in New York Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.

A resident of Parker's Ford, Pa, Is said
90 have ring dove which Is q years old.
and has been in one cage all its life.
The jelly fish hasn't any teeth, but uses
himself Just rs Il he were a piece Of paper
when he Is hungry. getting MS food and
then wrapping himself about l.
II is said that red fox guards the barn
yard Of farnsr in Butler county. Pa.
and the chickens ard geese are perfectly
safe from thieves when ne Is around
The creates. bird cage on the continent
Is said 20 he ;be Grand Central railroad
station n New York The noisy English
sPaTrows swarm there hy thousands and
nest n the gTsaE areLlng roof glraers.
Australia has Some gigantic ezterPillzrN
Mr.. a ;. orhG. Of SidBey. mentions ore
moth lg-EG, abundant sETIrZ tie suHnsr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
A Lawyer outwitted,

An old whtewasher stood before IN,
court as a witness. The lawyer for the de
PENDANT tried 10 confuse him.
You are Friedrich Mulleri"
"YeS."
Are you the Friedrich Muller who was
sentenced under mitigating circumstances
for robbery"
mo, am not that Muller"
You are, perhaps. the Muller who was
sentenced 70 two years imprisonment fos
thefts"
NO, am not that Muller, either"
Were you ever in prisonsn
''Yes, twice
How long the first timer"
A whole afternoon. +"
An sfternoOn' And the second time,
You must make truthful statements, for
you are sworn II you were in prison foi
% short time, what did you dot"
Il only whitewsshed cell for a lawyer
who had cheated his clients.p
The lawyer did not ask any more cues
aons on that sublect.-From the German
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
A New Ipstrumrnt.

A scientific instrument has been gotten
up by Professor Bigelow which is called
the aurora inclinometer. By extensive
researches ne has found that the same
law which underlies the working of cleo
trlclty and magnetism Is operating on
the sun. and that sunlight is magnetic
field IN which the magnetized earth TO
tates as does the arnature Of a dynamo.
The instrument VIII De sent 10 Alaska
where 1t viii be used in the study OF the
aurora, as IL is there seen II the best con-
cltionS New York Tina
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30

The empress q GerzsasT e "a szesilsas
swimmer
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eulf-rs tao5oughlY. aae rrznss5-s 6ts ass.-s
sszas3e - f'iestsnent Rfrh fs.s sk.il - : &c.
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Esif0rnzN. al - eliissszE patterns IA -,
lng csgrsrs = sHes4ieeee- His fssarlts
book - '-I1s Hozl2n - y axe.