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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17
Els. LEADBEATER & SONS,

NicLEShlE AND hEi AID bhotiI'o &c,
105 and 1u7 south Fairfax street,
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals. Patent Me1i-
cincs. Paints. Oils. Dye Stutls, Spices. Drug
.,ists Fancy Goods and SpccaticS.
Wholesale agents ia Northern Virginia for
J. c. Ayers Medicines and john Lucas K Co.'S
Tinted Gloss and Prepared Paints, &c.
Manufacturers OF Standard Pharmaceutical
Preparations.
We have made large additions to or stock
md are buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals. SC. direct from the manufacturers.
Wc are therefore enabled to supply the trade
.ith nj! goods usually carried by a well-ap-
pointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE at
prices rs low rs those gi"cn by the hest houses
in larger cities All goods forwarded by first
freight or express after receipt OF order.
Pronpncss is our speciality. We guarantee
rho purity of ali drugs furnished. Core
spondcnce invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17
MANASSAS BRANCH.

WARRENTON-Train Nos 9, H. Ia and
20 connect daily to and from Warrcnton.
FRANKLIN DIYISION-Lcave Rocky
Mount daily except Sunday 6 45 a. m, ar
rive franklin Junction 40 n. m. Leave
Franklin Junction daily except Sunday 500
p. IN: arrive Rocky Mount S:2O p. m.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. 0 and 10 Pullman Buffet
Sleepcrs between New York and Atlanta, and
Atlanta and New Orleans, and Atlanta and
Memphis via birmingham.
On trains Nos. II and 10 Pullman Buffet
Slccpcrs between Washington and Atlanta !
New York and Washington and Hot Springs
via Salisbury and Ashvilc
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 10 r. m,
and 4 so p M. daily, arrive at Round Hill
II 40 a. m.and 10 p. III.
Leave w. s. .. Junction daily Al p. m.
for lIcrndon. arriving at Hcndon 40 p. M.
Returning trains Leave Round Hill % Il.
m. and 20 p. m. daily, arriving at Alexan-
dria ut s % 4. m. and Oh p. m.
Leave Herndon daily at 5 40 a. m, arrive
Alexandria wv. & o. Junction) 81 a. IN.
The 9 10 a. IN. train from Alexandria con-
meets at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge
Bcrryville aud Winchester, and at Leesburg
with stages for Aldic and Middleburg.
The 8 10 ii. m. train and 30 y. m. train
from Alexandria connect at Vienna with
stages for Fairfax Courthouse.
Through tickets on sale at the principal
stations to all points. For rates or informa-
ton apply to any agent of the company er to
WA. TURK, G. P. A, Washington, ID. c.
S. II. HARDWICK, A.G.P.A.. Atlanta, Ga.
Us. B. THOMPSON, Supt., Rich, Va.
VIII. GREEN, Gen. Mgr, Washington.
T. o. TROY, Asst Supt. AleIa:, Va.
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17

SUFFERED from acute Inflammation in my
nose aud hcad-lor y week II Il time l could
not see. used Ely's Cream Balm and in Il
few days WAS cured. 1t is wonderful how
quick il helped mc.-Mrs. George 5. JudSon,
Hartford, Conn
FoR THREE weeks was suffering from a
severe cold in my head, accompanied by 4
pan in the temples. Ely'S Cream Balm was
recommended to me. After only SIX app!ica-
Iiors of the Balm every trace of my cold was
rsmoved.-Hcnry C. C.mk, New York Ap-
nr:IiSrr,s Dllicc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS, --,--
MOUN1F Y ERNON
(foMB OF wAsHINGToH)
WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA & MOUNT
VERNON ELECTRIC RAILWAY
InhiDiNN
tfoMn OF wAsnINGToN.)

Picturesque and beautiful route. new and
magnificent cars now running daily from
Alexandria direct to the gate of the Mansion.
Opportunity to visit Christ Church, Mar
shall House, Braddock House and other places
OF historic interest in Alexandria.
Passengers from Washington take steamers
foot of Seventh street. Special excursion
ticket 30c round trip; connecting also with
trains of Pennsylvania Railroad at Alcxan-
drl Take cars at Sixth street depot.
In Difference to the wishes of the Ladies
Mount Vernon Association, cars stop on SUN
DAY ut Little Hunting Creek, one mile this
side of Mount Vernon, the grounds being
closed on that day.
Tickets now OH sale at the office of the COM
pany, JOG Fairfax street Alexandria,
City division including Alexandria and
New Alexandria. 6 tickets for 25c.
Mount Vernon division 5 tickets for SOC.
Round trip tickets from Alexandria to
Mount Vernon 2Oc.
scp27 +. A. REED, Superintendent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17
MEDICINAL.
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
| recommend it us superior to any prescription
Known IL me" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. oxford St, brooklyn, n. \.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-17

"For several years / have recommended
your Castoria' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
 Afflicted Royalty.
sun sets

The princess of Wales, who is so deal that she hears nothing unless it is loudly shouted into her ear, has in. herited this unfortunate affliction from her mother, the queen of Denmark, who has for many years been stone deaf. The defect of hearing. proceeds in both cases from a throat malady which has in slight degree been in herited by Princess Maud, who is con, stantly troubled with a relaxed oi swollen throat
 ssuee- -n,cg r.,....s s..s s'se sasa the summer young man. What do you meant" asked the summer girl. 'sT understand there are spots On it. "Wel," she answered, spitefully, .Im glad of it. Let the horrid old thing get few freekles himself and see how he likes it Washington Star.
 Don't you think Harry was good to-day, papa?n said mamma T didn't want him to have any candy, and when a lady offered him some, he said, No. thank you; I don't care for any We'll said papa, T dessay he was obedient. but he did tell an untruth, you know, when he said that. Harp er's Bazar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
MINING FOR HIDDENITE.
A Gem Accidentally Discovered That If
 as Valuable as the Diamond.

Gem Accidentally Discovered That Is
 Valuable as the Diamond.
 Some years ago, Edison, the electric wizard, was convinced that platinum existed in North Carolina He sent William Earl Hidden, an accomplished mineralogist, in search of it. Mr. Hid den little knew at the time how full of results to him that pursuit of platinum would be. He could not find the desired mineral, but he found something far better, says the Great Divide.
 In Alexander county, quiet part of the state many miles from a railroad, he was directed by Mir. J. A. D. Steph- enson to gem-bearing ground, and looking little more narrowly found some of the gems. He purchased some land, returned to Edison, reported his vain quest of platinum, then went back to North Carolina He at once began to develop the mine. Sinking shaft in a simple way, he gradually made the opening larger and larger, until superfcially. the mine presented the aspect of a stone quarry. Out of this rude pit in the earth were taken unnumbered gems, one hitherto un- known. To this MT. J. Lawrence Smith, of St. Louis, an eminent scien- tist, gave Hidden's name, and hidden ite," the equivalent of the diamond in Yalues became instantly the fashion. Its tender-tintedg green crystals, its in tense hardness and it's new beauties when cut were only some ofits charms. From the day of it's discovery to the present it has been hopeless task to supply the demand for it. Every hid denite found is purchased long in ad- vance.
 But, strange as is this flashing green miracle of the earth, the place of it's birth is yet stranger. The laborers who are working in the mine handle their picks with the greatest care They are on the watch for pockets. Possibly for an hour the digging goes on and no pocket is struck. Present. ly the pick goes into an opening; with careful fingers the earth is partially removed, and finally the miner feels with his hands every portion. of the walls of the opening. Itmay happen that his search is in vain, but it is of tener the case that his fingers touch little crystals that are so imbedded in the sides of the pocket that their points alone project outward, They are carefully picked out. Perhaps all are beryls, perhaps there are . dozen kinds of gems, or it may be that there are only hiddenites. Sometimes gems worth hundreds of dollars are thus taken from one pocket.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
Some Singular Changes.

When animals or plants are removed from their peculiar and natural dis tricts to one entirely different in eli mate some surprising changes take place. As soon as possible after such removal they change their character and habits so as to conform with their new homes, or else cease to exist. A good wool-bearing sheep transferred from some northern pasture to the tropics changes his coat to a thin GOV ering of struggling hairs scarcely re- sembling wool; the dog becomes destl- ute of hair altogether, and even bees cease to lay up their stores of honey and in a great measure lose their in- dustrious habits,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
KNEW HER RIGHTS.

EE<n They Included Special Train,
 Why, She Got the Special Train.
 erhaps it is because she is colored TH Miss Lily May Tucker, professor kxhe divine art of cookery at Quogue, IsL knows her civil rights. Anyway, Heobtained one of her rights where |zong men would merely have sworn md walked. Wishing to go from qogue to Riverhead recently, by way EManor, to do some shopping, Miss lg asked for ticket by that route. he ticket was supplied to her and she zn for it. Then she boarded the
 xin and arrived rapidly at Manor, a was there informed that the train |6ch last summer ran from Manor to z&erhead was not running this sea M Right there is where a mere &ite man would have made Q feeble khibition of the inferiority of his 4pr and sex.
 But Lily! She just looked over that &tion agent and said:
 You mean it hasn't been running, lpng man. It's agoing to run, cause fe got ticket that calls for my from Manor to River
 kd and I'm going by that route. Then she sat down on bench and T the station agent walk the plat Ffn After awhile he went into his
 ice and telegraphed something to
 hebody. When he got an answer {went out and looked at Miss Lily's Pket Then he telegraphed some pre, and some more was telegraphed [him. Then he went out again, 4ping his brow, and said that if Miss Fly insisted upon going. by the Fute called for on her ticket special pin would have to be made up to |rry her. Miss Lily made answer: Fl ain't sisting; I'm just waiting Ire for that train what's going to Ike me to Riverhead.
 And the train was made up and Miss lly in her lonely majesty, was trans 'rted to Riverhead as per her ticket.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
ROSENBAUM & FEES
 Mo- 2ll Main Street

Iunucncc o1 -1een- cosnpetlu1on engendered by the establishment in their midst of European trading and manufacturing firms. This has result e. in the production and remarkable development of native industries. The schools established by various Eu- ropean societies have also been re- markedly successful, but doubt if any practical results in the way of conversion to Christianity have been attained.
 The Hindoo has a very real horror of losing caste, and so will hold no communication with Christians; the natives without caste are in a great measure too indifferent to trouble themselves about a new religion, par ticularly religion introduced by a people whom they blame for many hardships; for the advent of Europeans n India has not been without it's lrawbaelzs."
 Dr. Chumoololl was asked if he had ever seen any of the Jogas or adopts, and answered with some disdain that he had no belief in any of the pretend cd manifestations. q think a great deal of good might result from the cultivation of such moral modes of liv- ing and thinking as are so strictly en- joined upon the adherents of theoso. phy" said he, but must confess l have no sympathy with the Joga as ordinarily shown.
 T have seen many curious things. For instance, man who swallowed yard after yard of linen cloth, and finally drew it back clean, smooth and without q mark, as though it had just left the store. 1se
 sl have seen such as claimed, by virtue of long fasting asceticism, the complete domination of all passions and the entire subjugation of the material part of their existence, to be able to penetrate at, will into an. un- seen world, but have never seen any performances or manifestations en- tirely free from suspicion Of trickery.' ''
 A Curnous Ulalect-
 A Berlin magazine describes the negro English of the west coast of Africa. Whoever means to do business on the west coast Of Africa must learn this curious language, be he a German or Briton. Luckily this is not tvery difficult. The whole language com prises only about three hundred words, and these people despise everyone who does not speak it. The extreme sim plicity of the idiom is we'll illustrated by the following examples: ..Dem steamer go sleep here for night, the steamer will anchor here tonight; dem steamer him belly be full, thessteamer is fully loaded: dem steamer be hun gry, the steamer has still room for car go; when sun come for bed, when the sun sets"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
AN ERA OF TRANQUILITY.
alexander Dumas Belief Concernfnp ina
 Earth,s Near Destinv

alexander Dumas Belief Concerning ths
 Earth's Near Destiny.
 long and highly interesting letter rom M. Alexander Dumas appears in Paris contemporary. It is in renlv .o request for an expression of opin- lon on the part of the well-known lit terateur on the new and at present ill., aehned movements in the great cen ters of learning among the rising gen eratlon on the subject of Mysticism. !" ana on the controversy as to whether or not this movement is based oa a re- llglous tendency. M Dumas sums up ms opinion in the following interest ing profession of faith
 The power, whatever it may be. that created the. world, which I can not believe created itself, having up to now retained. while using us as in- struments, the privilege of knowing why 1t made us and what it does with us' this power appearing more and more determined to keep it's secret. I believe, if l may be allowed to speak 1reelys that humanity is. beginning to cease its efforts. to penetrate this eternal mystery. 1t has tried reli- glens, which have proved nothing since they are all different: it has con suited philosophers, who were equally unsuccessful, since they were contra dlctory. Humanity is now going to endeavor to overcome the difficulty alone by the simple use of its instinct and common sense, and, as it has been placed on earth without knowing why or how, it is about to try to be as hap py as possible with the means furnished by the earth itself"
 The eminent acadcmician foresees Tn the not very remote future an era when the useless search after the eternally hidden having ceased people will agree to live at peace with one an- other. M. Dumas, who detects this tendency even in facts which appear to be most directly opposed to it, con cludes:
 These armaments of all nations. these continual menaees, this resump- tion of race oppression, are evil signs, but not signs of bad augury. They are the last convulsions of what is go- ing to disappear. The social body re- sembles the human body, the ,malady being only a violent effort of the or ganism to throw off a morbid and nox- ious element. Those millions of armed men who are drilling every day in view of war of general extermination have no hatred toward those they may be called upon to fight, and none of their leaders dare declare war. An agree ment is inevitable within given time, which will be shorter than we suppose. do not know whether it is. because I am not much longer for this life, and that tho light from over the horizon already affects my vision. but do be- lieve that our world is about to wit ness the realization of the words: Love one another without inquiring whether it was a man or god who ut tered them'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
SURGERY or THE FUTURE.
May Be Possible Yet to Supply the De
 fects of Nature.

A"S DO fosstpkc let to supply the De-
 fleets of Nature.
 The advance in scientific knowledge
 a wonderful thing and nothing in it
 more wonderful than the develop pent of modern brain surgery. A few
 years ago, says the Boston Advertiser,
 rupture of a blood vessel in the mem Rranes of the brain was sufficient to 2roouce death, but the. great surgeons
 to-day have no fear of such result.
 IS simple matter of trephining the huli at the injured point, letting out ne extravasated blood and presto, onsclousness returns and the patient pVes. Does not this suggest infinite possibilities in the matter of mental improvement? Why cannot the skill
 il surgeon operate upon the skull in suca manner as to supply natures E'elects? It is supposed that idiocy is l'ns result of lack of proportion be- Eween the brain and the skull. Con bequently, if the skull can be sufficient enlarged to prevent overcrowding |oi the brain, the difficulty is at once Leinoved. Suppose that a man is de- |;.cient m any particular mental quail ". eaH in the phrenologist and the con, hold consultation, have a Iaeie @ lnclsioA here, remove strip of . anium there, and the lack is no long !. er, existent. When this subject is prop ,;a; ras studied the ancient joke about the ,,s ,.eh man who told his son's tutor, .., saea ne complainedathat the boy had loso no capacity" to ''buy him one!' will ,ose Us point, and the veriest idiot baso ma capacity purchasable if he ky b,a money enough. It is even possi- ,,e. uae, is It not, that Dr. Johnson spoke rae. e wisely than he knew when he re- onans s,sshea that it required a surgical lsco.eas.o lsas.oh to get a joke through a sc;o,ss ss.'inan' head, and was an uncon- of s ths prophet of the cerebral surgery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-11-11
LOFTS OF A FAkIR.
.s Jugglery in India-A Skin That
 P Dod Hot Iron.

Jugg1ery III Iuuid-<A SaAh hAh
 Defied Red-Hot Iron.
 Evans. in an article entitled
 Miracles in Popular Science,
 &eo,,nts of several astonishing
 e,formed by Hindoo jugglcrs.
 them were the following:
 short time the falzir had suffi- E. recoyered from his trance to
 ], and. when the sheik pointed
 .razier. he thrust his hand into
 sd some of the live coals, blew %;ll they emitted sparks, bit off
 of them as one would bite
 sle and eagerly ate them up.
 went to a large prickly eac-
 b;eh was standing on the plat Slncl;ed a leaf armed with strong
 bit of a piece and swallowed h equal avidity he crunched and he'd thin sheets of glass. Frag-
 cf the cactus and the glass were 3 to the spectators, who exam fbem and convinced themselves zbev were really the substances 9ere represented to be. An at- 4 brought ip 9 shovel, the iron Ef which was red-hot, so that a S,aper thrown upon it flashed at Into flame. The fakir took the ! 2n handle of the shovel with his Rand. placed his left hand on the Id iron plate, which he also with apparent relish, and then s,non it with his bare feet until eane black. This last exploit the air with a faint odor of Id horn.
 Esword, so sharp that it cut Sof paper in two when drawn the edge, was handed to the who thrust it with all his force st his throat, his breast and his The sword was then held in bntal position about three feet the ground with the edge up- |bv the servant, who took hold of oint, which was wrapped in sew bids of cloth for the protection of md, and by another 'Aissaui, who # by the hilt. The fakir placed snds on the shoulders of the two md leaping up barefoot on the ofthe sword stood there for some ds. He then stripped and rest is naked abdomen on the edge of word balanced himself in the air ut touching the floor with his the sheik meanwhile pressing upon the fakir's back with the , weight of his body."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
JOHN e FAME.

lie A~ccompIishes a Feat White VIII
Make Him Famous Among New York
Criminals.
NEW YORK. June Il.-By digging GU,
Of his cell in the Tombs prison and es.
Gaping undetected last Thursday night,
John Myers has accomplished IA feat
which will make his name memorable
in the history of crime in this city. His
is the first successful attempt to break
ont of this prison since il was built.
nearly sixty years ago.
The only escape that parallels Myers
WAS TINT of murderer VIM. Sharkev,
who nineteen years ago passed the
doorkeeper, disguised in woman's
clothing.
Danny" Drisroll. leader of the
Why" gang" who was hanged some
years ago. dug through his cell in
murderers' row. but was detected he.
fore he could put his scheme of escape
into effect. Myers was a burglar. and a
very common burglar at that. and was
being held for sentence after pleading
guilty before Recorder Smyth in gen.
eral session on Juno q to two indict.
ments for burglary in the third degree.
His tools We're two iron braces from his
cot and an old spoon. He wrapped his
sheets around his jimmy to deaden the
sound and when he had made a hole
big enough to crawl through. tore his
tn strips, made a rope and
to liberty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
LOST HALF A HUNDRED FLEAS.
The Catastrophe Which Befcii a Natural
ISt at u Wedding Ceremony.

The Catastrophe Which BefeiI a Natural
ISt at u Wedding Ceremony.
A naturalist, who is both an ardent
student in his branch of science and
absent-mindcd to a degree which keeps
his family on the alert, recently cclc-
brated his silver wedding, says the Buff
falo Commercial. Many guests were
invited for the occasion, and the house
was made ready for the reception of the
company. Just as the first guest ar
rived ono of the daughters was sent to
summon the father, who had not come
from his study. Care had been taken
hat he should be reminded t. dress in
sine, so he. was all ready, and at the
summons of the daughter he came to
the drawing-room. When they reached
the the daughter noticed that he
carried in his hand 4 small wooden box,
and as he shook hands with the nearest
guest she saw him drop it. The cover
rolled off, but she gavc n sigh of relief
when she saw that the box was ap-
parently empty. The naturalist, how
ever, uttered a cry of dismay, and in
stantly vent down on his hands and
knees In m attempt to gather up ON
thing ''1lave you spilled anything,
fathcr?" she asked. Spilled anything"
he echoed, in evident indignation Mt
her calm tone. 81 have lest fifty fleas
that ! have just received from Egypt"
The effect of this intelligence on the
family was nothing in comparison to
the effect the catastrophe had upon the
company before the evening was over;
and the only thing the naturalist said
d his friends In answer to their con-
gratulations upon his happy married
life. so his daughters declared after all
was over, was to ask that If they car
ried away any of his Egyptian fleas
they would return the insects to him.