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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

ATE a CALF-Monday a big mule on
the farm of Mr.. Henry Rowland, O.
near Clearspring, was noticed while ors
in the field to be acting Very queerly,
and seemed to be biting al something
on the ground, and great agitation wa5
noticed among the cows IN tae same
field.
Upon investigation it was fo@ud that
the mule was kneeling on the body O. =
three days old cali, and had {.le carcass
nearly devoured. The COWS tied 10
horn him away when he first ca':sLt
it, but he kicked and paved them
fiercely, and, while the caif's mcs.1er
bawled frantically, ate the ca.E aimost
entirely, except the bones. Itiss2id 70
be very rarely that mule develops a
taste for flesh, but the above c..se IS
witnessed to by Messrs. Prather aad
Staley, of that section.- Winchsate''
Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
y EVENING, JUNE %, 1892.
FOR SALE AND RENT.

EOR RENT.-DWELLING, No. 917 King
II street. Large and airy Rent moderate
to good tenant Possession given July 1st.
Apply at No. 421 King street. je21 cow
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

The EVIL EYE.-Cross-eyedness
came very near costing John Carlow,
colored, his life yesterday. As is we'll
known, some colored people believe in
the evil eye, which, among them, is
generally associated with eyesight that
is not exactly straight. This belief is
so strong among some of them that
crossing fingers, turning around in @
chair are often resorted to in order that
the evil effects Of seeing u cross-eyed
person may be avoided. Leonard har-
ris, colored, is, apparently, q firm be-
lever in the evil eye. When he went
to work on the Philadelphia wharf yes
terday he met Carlow, whose eyes look
ed in different directions. This hoo
dooed him, and he accordingly went
away, and finally landed at the Weems
Line wharf. Here his bug-a-b0o again
presented himself, and he became in
furiated. He warned Carlow never to
cross his path again or else there wonld
be trouble. The tongue warfare was
nip and tuck. Finally, Harris struck
Carlow, and sent him headlong in the
basin Apparently, Carlow could not
swim, for he sank three times before he
could be rescued When brought
ashore, after hard work, he was resus-
citated, and sent to the Maryland Uni
@crsity Hospital in the southern patrol
wagon. His condition is considered
very serious. Harris was arrested by
Sergeant Riley, and Justice Schenkel
committed him to jail to await the re-
suit of Carlow's injuries.-Ba'timore
Americdn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

A MAN1Ac's DREAD SAcRIFICE.-Er-
nest Rossner, German carpenter, OF
Woods, Pa. Run, became possessed ofthe
hallucination that his wife and children
must be sacrificed to appease the wrath
of God, or else the whole earth would
be destroyed by fire and wafer. IAe
man told his wife that she and her
children must die and that he would
follow them as quickly as possible. As
he hated the sight OF blood he wou.d
strangle them. Mrs. Rossner saw that
her husband was in earnest, and she
cried for help. The man then tied
three handkerchiefs together and hung
himself to the bedpost. But the loop
,..a- tal-or of hofnro hn ,raS nI:nr he I
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

DAINT YOUR OWN BUGGY-Jrst re-
e ceived the following new line Of Colc-s
Olive Fonce, Ponceau, Ecarlate, and Jet Coach
Black. Call for sample. For sale by
W. T. CREIGHTON &; co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
AUCTION SALES.
" O'Ycal & Limit. Auctioneers,

NN SATURDAY, the ID day of July,
~ 1892, at 10 o'clock a. m., will offer for
s,le at the wood and coal yard, late Hewes &
Aitchcson's, corner of Duke and Fairfax
streets, in the city OF Alexandria, Va, the
following described property; to wit:
/ HORSES. ) CARTS . WAGONS, with
harness, ENGINE and BOILER, SAW and
SPLITTER. ] Safe, . Desks, Hosting En-
CINE ct wharf, % tons Of Coal, more or less,
and 10 cords OF Wood more or less, being a
part of the property Of the late firm of Hewcs
& Aitchcson.
Terms of sale: Cash.
Dew. AITCHES0N,
Surviving Partner of Hcwes & Aitchcson.
ieo1 Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
We offer for sale the
UTOOD AND COAL YARD
w AND FINE DWELLING
EODC CAT L

I offer at private sale the Wood and Coal
Yard and Outfit of the firm of Geo. S. Smith
& Son, on Fairfax street, between Queen and
Princess streets Alexandria, Va. The outfit
consists of one shute wagon, two shute carts,
two wood carts, five horses, engine and boiler,
one woodcutter, one set of Fairbanks scales
and all other necessary appliances.
The yard is doing good business and this
is frst-class opportunity for person to en-
gage in profitable enterprise.
Also the residence, 222 north st. Asaph
street. The house and side lot has frontage
on st. Asaph street of fifty feet nine inches
and has double parlor, dining room, kitchen
five bed rooms and conservatory, water, gas
and latrobc stoves, and is in frst-class condi-
ton.
nov27 If WIN. IT. SMITH. Citv Serrt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

By j. T. Rafferty, & Co.. Auctioneers.
A DEMONSTRATORS SALE OF THE
"A HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, comprising
Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture
at the residence Of the late William Sisson,
1f2 south Fayette street at public auction
THURSDAY. June 23, at 10 a. m.
j. .T..,RAFFERTY & CO., Auctioneers,
r. ". CLARK, Administrator. ie16 1w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
HALL AND OFFICE ACCoMMoDA

HALL AND OFFICE ACCOMNlODA-
Ill TIONS.
1t is proposed to convert part of the Prince
street wing of the POTOMAC SHOE COM
PANY'S building (not necessary for, and re-
moved from the manufacturing departments
into OFFICES, which will be STEAM HEAT
ED, and provided with ALL MODERN CON-
VENIENCES, and with light STEAM POW
Err, if required. Pending the necessary altera-
tions, applications for special space or arrange
ments, are invited. One of the upper stories,
23x60 feet, clear of partitions, pillars or OBJ
structions, will be rented as Hall. This
property, centrally located, yet removed from
Street hustle, offers special advantages for the
purposes indicated, Address
POTOMAC SHOE COMPANY.
fcb22 Prince and Fairfax streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
By O'Neal and Lunt. Auctionecrs.

-AN'NN'N''NNAS'
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
-1e executed by Henry c. Simpson and wife
and dated November %, 1880, and recorded
in deed book No. q, page 429, and by direc-
ton Of the Board of Directors Of the Me-
chanics' Building Association No. 4, of Alex
andria Va, the undersigned, trustees, will
sell at public auction, in front of the Royal
street entrance of the Market Building, Alex
andria Va at ~ o'clock, noon, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1892,
the following property; to wit:
All that LOT OF GROUND with the two
story frame dwelling thereon, in the city of
Alexandiia, Va, bounded as follows; viz
Beginning at a point on the west side ofPayne
street 264 feet north of Queen street. and
running thence north on Payne street is feet;
thence west parallel with Queen street 113
feet inches to an alley 20 feet wide thence
south on said alley 16 feet, and thence east
parallel with Queen street 113 feet 5 inches
to the beginning, with the use of said alley in
common with others entitled thereto.
Terms OF Sale: Cash.
Il. H. WATTLES,
T. Z. C0RBETT, Trustees.
ic9 Is j. NJ. HILL,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

Mrs.
lsed for
OTHERS
G, with
CHILD,
: :;CUEEs
for d.
part OF
BE sure
Nc SY-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23
Right at Your Doors

We HAVE 50 ARRANGED THINGS,
THAT WE cay DELIvER ALL GOODS
BOUGHT or rs At ynvR HOUSE TIE
sAliE DaT - IuacHAsED. THIS
WILL SURELY r2 RECOGNIZED Asa
CONVENIENCE BY OUR MANY Gus
TONERS wro RESIDE N ALEXAN-
DRIA.
REMEMBER, WE CARRY AS COM
pLETE LINE OF DRY AND FANCY
GOODS AS you FIND ANYWHERE IN
THE UNITED STATES. OUR FORTY
SIX DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS BRIM-
FULL OF NEW THINGS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-23

A CARD
We have this day opened GENERAL
AUCTION and COMMISSION HOUSE at
10 King street for the transaction of all bus
iness in the general merchandise and real es-
tate line. We promise that all business en-
trusted to our care will be properly attended
TO and that prompt returns will characterize
all our dealings with the public.
Soliciting share of the public patronage,
We are respectfully.
IT. RAFFERTY, & Co,
Auctionecrs and Commission Merchants.
ic1 q I W
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
A Columbus Novel.

We are about to celebrate the four
hundredth anniversary of the conti-
nent by Columbus. Many readers
not aware of the fact, will be glad to
know that one of the Fenimore Coop
er's Observation-Disclosures of Castillo
is Columbus story. The hero OF
that romance accompanies Columbus
on his venturous enterprise, and a
large part OF the narrative consists
of an account of the voyage, of the
discoveries, and all that occurred.
At this juncture readers will find it
timely and entertaining. The real ex-
periences ofColumbus are interviewer
with some romantic adventures
of the hero, and there is introduced
in the story an Indian girl. Ozema,
who is probably the most fascinating
Of all the savage beauties that figure
in fiction.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
New Rental Method.

A New York lawsuit disclosed a
novel and ingenious kind of business,
invented, it is said, by Jared Flagg,
Jr. The operator buys house for
$50, 600, paying 5000 down and CIV
ing a mortgage for the remainder. 1t
is rather handsomely furnished on
the installment plan, Mt a cost OF &c..
900, of which but one installment OF
$52Ois paid. The house is then rent
ed to O tenant, who let's furnished
rooms or keeps a boarding house. at
a rent of $50 to 90 week. with an
agreement that at the end otfive years
the furniture shall become the prop
erty of the boarding house keeper.
This prospect seems very fascinating
to widows who have n small estate,
or Others who have saved up their
wages until they have n goodly bank
account, which they usually lose in
this singular speculation. The oper-
ator receives from $4,000 to 81, 900
q year, out of which he pays 5000 for
interest and taxes and 81 400 on in
stallment, leaving a clear profit OF
81, 900 upon the operation. The cruel
feature of the business is that after
q hard working woman makes a
weeks default the operator dispos-
sesses her forthwith and gets new
customer York Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
Life Among Birds.

The distinguished German biologist
Weismann. has pointed out that there
is less exact knowledge on this subject
than might be expected, considering
how many in number are the orni-
biologists and the archaeological soci-
cites. Small singing bird, live from
eight to eighteen years. Ravens have
lived for almost 100 years in captivity.
and parrots longer than that Fowls
live ten to twenty years (and are then
sold as spring chickens to young
housekeepers). The wild goose lives
upward OF 100 years, and swans are
said to have attained the age OF 800.
The long life OF birds has been inter-
preted as compensation for their fee Die
fertility and for tho great mortality
among their young. From the small
island OF St Kilda off Scotland 90
600 young gannets and an immense
number OF eggs are annually collected;
and although this bird lays only one
egg per annum and is four years in at
tanning maturity. its numbers do not
diminish. Obviously. as Weismann
says such birds must reach great
age or they would long ago have been
exterminated Chicago Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
A Double Entendre.

They have started story on
Chaplain Trone, of the Missouri Leg
islature, which, he wig undoubtedly
feel called upon to deny. 1t is to
the effect that during one of his mis-
sionary tours in Northern Arkansas
last Summer, he was requested to
announce, after meeting, that there
would be strawberry festival at
the same place the following night.
After making the announcement, the
Chaplain added: "The ladies who
give milk will please come at seven. -
There was a blush and litter on the
feminine side of the house, and a
broad grin among the boys near the
door. The Chaplain, who had not
noticed his own double entendre,
continued in the most innocent man.
ner to remark:
Ladies who have no milk can
bring their beaux and sweethearts
along and get some."
The congregation dispersed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
Egyptian Stockings.

The Egyptians of the present
Kopts as well as Arabs-run about
with bare feet. The ancient Egyp.
tians, on the contrary, who are now
only to be seen in dried condition
in museums, possessed very good
method of knitting stockings, as is
shown in the collection at the Louvre,
in Paris. In the grave of a mummy
there was found a pair OF knitted
stockings, which gave the surprising
evidence, firstly, that short stock
ings, resembling socks, were worn by
the ancient Egyptians; and second
ly, that the art OF knitting stockings
had already attained great perfec-
ton in ancient Egypt.-New York
Ledger.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

THE generation is disinclined to
work itself TO death. 1t Is inclined
rather TO make the most OF life. Time
was within the recollection OF old
citizens when every retail business.
whether downtown or other had its
doors open until late in the evening.
Time was also when professional men
reached their Offices before 8 and
refused to leave them until after G.
Time was moreover when labor in
handicraft as we'll as unskilled labor
worked twelve hours day. There
has been gradual change from that
condition until now the hours OF
activities. professional mercantile
industrial or other. are fewer and
the Saturday half holiday during the
summer has become custom. This
situation has been reached almost
insensibly and nobody has seriously
suffered by it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
The Chicken Crop.

Government statistics show that
56O,0OO,O00 are required to repre-
sent the annual expenditure for the
chicken crop ofthe United States, and
that $4,000, 900 dozen of eggs,
worth $2,677,00 are imported to
this country per year. Show me n
wheat crop result that can touch
those. figures.
The expenditure in this country
each year for poultry and eggs will
amount to a much larger sum than
that which comes to the credit of
either the wheat crop, the cotton crop
or the dairy product.-Interview in
New York Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

THE true power OF u lawyer lies In
his ability to make clear statment 4"
according to Mr.. Daniel Webster who
himself possessed that ability. The
remark may properly be applied to
others besides lawyers. 1t may be
appl ed. for example to writer's the
writer's OF books and writer's Of mag
azines and journals. The ability TO
make clear statement Is not pos
sessed by all writer's and the fact is TO
be regretted. Webster's remark may
also be properly applied TO public
speakers many OF whom are incapa-
bic OF making "a clear statement and
honce lack the true power OF oratory.
1t may likewise be applied to preach
ers very many of whom do not even
attempt to cultivate the power OF
clear statement This is TO be re-
GREETED. We are disposed TO enter
tain the opinion that OF all kinds OF
thinkers IL is the men OF science who
possess in tho highest degree the
ability OF making clear statements:
and there are reasons why this should
be so. But ovcn.some OF these mcp
offer ms very nuddled statemen,s tha,
obfuscate the mini
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

IRISH public opinion has begun to
protest against the share OF imperial
burdens levied upon Ireland. Al
present Ireland pays OF these burdens
upwards OF $50. 900. 000 Her just
share as Mr.. Gilfen. the statistician.
has pointed out. is nearer half OF this.
Ireland now contributes one-twolfth
Of tho imperial revenue. Mr.. Glad
stone proposed to have her pay one
fifteenth and Mr. Clifton calculates
her fair share at one-twentieth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

How to purify the air OF public
school-room has always been an I'M
solved problem. Where SO many
pupils are seated so close together as
is necessary under tho present system
of public school education. the air
must be more or less contaminated.
but whether enough to be injurious to
health is question for discussion.
Air in the open. removed from dwell
ings. and even in the country, is
under certain conditions OF humidity
or great heat to more or less degree
impure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

THE merchant dong business in
the large cities has reduced adver.is-
ing to science. He no longer tells
the public that he is doing business
at the old stand. but that he has
this. that or the other thing to sell
and that he is prepared to give bet
ter bargains than his competitors
That is the kind OF advertising that
pays and it pays better than any
other investment
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

in hammock slowly swinging,
Where the firehi~s are winging,
Underneath the trees,
Bit n youth and maiden slender,
And with conversation tender
wsrm the evening breeze.
He In telling her Of his passion
Urging her In lover fashion
To become his vile.
She 10 listening. coy. unwilling;
But she doesn't miss n thrilling
Word, you bet your lifel
So when certain OF his bliss, her Z
Lover forward bends to kiss her,
And will not desist--
With bis arm around her stealing,
And his brown eyes so appealing,
How can che resist?
But he misses the sweet token:
For before the words IRE spoken
That will seal his bliss.
snnpi the hammock rope In parted,
And the lovers broken-hearted,
Feel too mad to kiss.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

The newspaper of generation ago
nay have been a more scholarly pro-
duction than the average sheet OF the
present day but as a newspaper it
was Of little account comparatively.
The day OF newspaper essays has
gone by. People now read their
papers to learn what is going on in
the world and not to learn what some
pedantic individual thinks about some
thing that he knows nothing about
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

CAREFUL calculations on the pros
poets OF trade are made by the great
commercial agencies and into the
summing up are brought all the in
iuences OF supply and demand, the
advance OF the season, the condition
OF the money market and everything
else bearing upon the subject; but II
will always be noticed that the condi-
ton OF the farmer forms the basis OF
all The American farm is the foun.
dalton OF all our prosperity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

for my going that he Is willing to GO
snacks with me-"
haven't seen Jim Gerar since, and
don't know whether he was insane
that night or not. know Brunton,
and he Is q very peculiar man. But
can it be possible that Jim Gerar's
story was true? Or was it insanity
The time of the worlds fair will tell
Chicago News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
The Eccentric Boy at School.


The eccentric boy at a public
school is unable. to take a kick kind;
ly; he resents having his hat knock
ed into the gutter. or being aske d
why his tie is like a telescope, or
being made the victim of BOBBY
traps; and the ability to take these
little attentions with good temper is
half the battle with new boy at O
great school who wishes to lead q
happy existence. The average
schoolboy, of course, does not mind
these things, and, being neither a
positive Ounce nor a genius, gets
through his school days fairly well,
and neither needs nor desires the ex,
ceptional treatment which ought to
be given to exceptional youths
London Telegraph.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

Dip you ever hear OF man who
had striven all his life faithfully and
singly towards an object an In no
measure obtained it' II man con-
stantly aspires Is he not elevated
Did ever man try heroism. mag
nanimity. truth sincerity. and find
that there was no advantage In them
that it was a vain endeavorp
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
NOT the F,r.t.

Collector-I suppose you know why
I come. To-day is the frstP
Chronic Debtor with sigh)-Yes
but you amt the first There has
been dozen other bill collectors here
before you You are the twelfth in.
stead OF the first Texas Siftings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
MICHIGAN
EANsE,

THERE was once q slang phrase that
money makes the mare GO" but In
the present day OF horseracing. whom
II Is made business by thousands OF
race track followers and pool room
loungers. 1t has become an every day
fact that horses make the money GO
especially the slow horses
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
Groa. Hook Agents.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Washington.
Longfellow. Daniel Webster Grant
Bismarck. Mark Twain. Jay Gould,
ex-Iresident Hayes and James G.,
Blaine all tried the book canvassing
business in early life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
A scientific statement.

The new science OF experimental
psychology aims at measuring the
mental capacities OF men as the
anthropometrist measures their physt
cal capacities
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

AM not dream
in g. I hav Q
gone round the
world in TWEEN
ty-eight hours.
! have no de-
sire to repeat
the trip which l
havej just ended,
ana which was
nota voluntary
journey on my
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17
IN rs HOURS.
CHAPTER I.

A Drummer's Lively Trip Around the
World.