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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06
And She Did,

Johnnie, if you haven't been swimming
how comes it that your shirt is on wrong
side OUT
Johnnie There wasn't any danger, ma !;
/ could touch bottom
so can L." replied his mamma, as she
reached for shipper.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Rev. H. P. CARSON, Scotland Oak, says:
1.-TWO bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
ly cured my little girl.
w. H. GRIFFIN, Jackson Michigan, writes:,
Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years, Halls
Catarrh Cure cured me-"
ALBERT BURcH, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
"Hars Catarrh Cure saved my life"
CONDUCTOR E. d. LOOMS, Detroit Mich,
says: The effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful"
F. A. RooD, Toledo Ohio, says: "Halls
Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return of it. It's
a sure cure"
E. B. WALTHALL & Co., Druggists, Horse
Cave, KY, say: "Halls Catarrh Cure cures
every one that takes it."
J. A. JOHNSON Medina, N. Y, says:
"Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-
MANUFACTURED
F. J. CHENEY & CO, TOLEDO O.
Testimonials sent free Sold by Druggists,
IS cents per bottle.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06
Easily Enough.

Little Brother Didn't You an
mamma get to church tbs morning
awful late?
Little SisterNo. we got there earl,.
The preacher was jes' sayin' One word
more.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06
NO QUARTER

{" " VAN AIs
will do you as much
good as the one that
buys Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. This
is what you get with
them +: An absolute
and permanen, curs
for Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious
Attacks, Sick and
Bilious Headaches,
and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach,
ond houya1s Nat
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Bakers Emulsion,
The great remedy for throat and lungs debility
etc, paatable as honey. sold by druggists.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

All the gold in the world could be stored
In room twenty-four feet square and
twentyfour feet deep.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

DUQUETTE & CO.'S POMONA COUGH
Tablets. Absolutely the best made" Two
ounce package for cts, at your Druggists
or Coufectioners. Ask for them aud STOP
THAT COUGH
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Bilkins-Your friend Scribbler seems
to be always short of funds. If his
books don't sell, why don't you try
him at office work when you need a
new man?
Boomer-No use. man who can't
succeed as novelist hasn't magma
ton enough for the real estate bust
ness.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Fully % per cent of all the champagne
made is lost by the bursting of bottles.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

The notation system . writing music
was invented in 1910.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Agents wanted in every state to han
die the best selling and most useful house
hold article made State rights for sale
1t will pay you to investigate. Address,
j. G. Ward, 522 First Natl. Bank Bldg,
Omaha, Neb.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

A recent invention is a cradle which
rocks by clockwork mechanism and at the
same time plays baby tunes
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06
Worse and Worse.

Minks-My wife no sooner reaches
Florida before the doctor there orders
her North, and as quick as she gets
home our doctor here orders her back
to Florida
Jinks-lium. | see how ii is. The
railroad combine has consolidated with
the doctors trust"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

The strongest telescope brings the moon
to an APPARENT distance of 100 miles
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

and bass. being equally adapted FOR
taking either salt or fresh water game
fish, whose natural bait consists of
small fish.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06
THE EVOLUTION

Forty-fivc years ago canned tomatoes
sold at SO cents can,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

There is one thing about woman's work;
they are never expected to whistle for their
nav.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

There are about thirty members left of
the once mighty tribes of Choctaws, near
New Orleans.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

FITS All ITS stopped ny DIR. kLiSES GREAT
NERVE REsT0RFR. No NJ after firSt days Mar
velous Treatise and 81 90 trial bottle free 10 Ft
:ascs SCnd TO DR. Kline 03 Arch St PhiIedephia Ia.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

In Shakespeare's time wits, critics and no
blemen were given seats on the stage.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

\ Darien, Ga. colored man claims to
have gathered 800 lemons from one tree
one day recently.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-04-06

Coughing Leads to Consumption
kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free Large bottles 80 cts
and $40
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

A FREAK.-A freak of humanity was
seen in the form of q little woman in
the waiting room OF the depot Friday
This little woman was Sarah Cross, q
daughter of Luny Cross, deceased, and
raised on the Holston river in Sullivan
county.
She is more than fifty years old, but
is perfect dwarf, being only eighteen
inches in height. Her face and head
are fully developed and her features
show no lack of intelligence. She talks
with as much freedom as if she were q
well-developed woman.
Her half-brother, who came with her
to the train, says that while she is un-
able to do house work, she is, neverthe-
less, quite thorough in needle work,
and generally makes herself useful
about the house. She is one of O large
family, and stands alone in the pecu-
liarity of her statue. The remainder of
the family are large and fully developed.
She took the train in the afternoon,
in company with her brother-in-law
and left for Williamsburg, KY, where
she goes to make her future home
Bristol Courier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
Atexamdria Gagstte.
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY AT

PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY AT
Gazette Building, $40 & 312 Prince st.
Daily one year, Sc; six months So zone month
80 cents.
Tr-Weekly one year 81 six months 50 /;
three months 81.
All transient advertisements must be paid for
in advance.
Contract advertisers will not be allowoi to ex-
ceed their space unless the excess is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum-
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
Marriage and death notices must be paid for
in advance.
Resolutions in memoriam, of thanks, tributes
of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons unless of public concern, will
only be printed in this paper as advertise
ments.
The GAZETTE Office is connected with the
Telephone Exchange. Advertisements, or
ders for the paper, news or any information
or business can be sent by telephone.
Entered at the Postottice Alexandria, Virgin
ia, as second-class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
Jewels Worth $4,000. 900.

The Worlds Fair exhibit of leading
New York jewelry house is said to be
worth about 100000. This exhibit,
now on show in New York, is thus de-
scribed in the Sun::
"There is q wonderful display of un-
mounted precious and semi-precions
stones, showing every stone ever intro
duced into the manufacture of the fine
arts, from their crude original state
with the very matrix in which they are
found, to the beautifully cut and highly
polished gems as they come from tie
iapidary. There is also fine collec-
ton of American pearls, many remarka-
BILE for their beautiful tints and curious
forms
A noteworthy ornamental piece is
miniature flower pot and saucer. The
earth in the pot is composed of rough
sapphire gravel, and growing from it is
rare Japanese plant, known as the
galax aphylia. 1t has two stems and
broad leaves, the veins and colors of
which are accurately represented in
enameling on gold. On one of the
stems caterpillar is seen crawling to-
ward the top, and alighting on the top
of the leaf is beautiful butterfly. The
caterpillar is studied with emeralds, be-
tween which the fur is seen as in ma
ture, and the wings of the butterfly are
formed of large table diamonds.
In the jewelry exhibit there are sug
gCstions of the Giardinitti jewelry, the
old Italian style of the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries, old Hungarian,
French, Spanish, Egyptian, East In
are at least two or three hundred
special pieces in this department alone.
Noticeable among these is large cor
sage ornament; it represents ladder
of maiden-hair fern, reaching from the
centre of the bust to either shoulder,
the ends forming into loop. There
are about 800 diamonds and l25 pearls
in this piece.
Another piece is q foulard, or Spanish
epaulette, which was suggested by
piece of Spanish lace, of which it is an
exact reproduction. All the minute
and delicate threads of the lace are
faithfully copied, the flowing ribbons
are drawn together into cluster at the
top, and the whole ornament, which is
intended to be worn upon the left
shoulder, is great mass of precious
stones, composed of 1000 diamonds,
1000 emeralds and several large yellow
sapphires.
Next to the diamonds, one of the spe-
cial pieces that will command attention
is an incense burner, in the form of a
rattlesnake coiled around the neck of a
duck. The snake is lifesize and model
ed from nature, as was also the duck.
The body metal is silver, the scales OF
the snake are made from opal matrix,
the serpcnt's eyes are of emeralds, and
its head and the rattles in the tail ale
formed of American pearls. The snake
is coiled up on top of an old log, and its
victim, the duck, is struggling to free
itself from the clutches of the viper.
One hundred pearls, 450 opals, and del
icate enamel work add to the general
effect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
AUCTION SALES.

P1 VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST,
~ bearing date on March 9th. 1893. and
recorded in deed book No. %, page 2S7, of
the land records of the city of Alexandria,
Virginia, executed by Frank T. Moses to me,
the undersigned will sell at public auction,
for cash, on the premises in the city of Alex
andria, Virginia, at ten o'clock a. m, on
TUESDAY, April 18th, 1893,
all the STOCK OF GOODS, MERCHANDISE
and LIQUORS and all the BAR FIXTURES,
COUNTERS, SHELVING, BOUFFETS,
GLASSWARE and other personal property
connected with the hotel, restaurant and bar
on the premises at the intersection of the
south side Of Cameron street with the west
side of Royal street, known as the CITY
HOTEL; also the unexpired term of the said
Frank T. Moses i'll the said premises, under 4
lease expiring OH the 1st day of November,
1893, together with the benefit of all cove
nants, stipulations and agreements in the said
lease contained, for an extension or renewal
of the same or otherwise; also all the good
will of the said hotel, restaurant and bar, and
the licenses, permits and privileges to the
same belonging or in anywise appertaining.
F. L. WIBLE,
apl6 is Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

A COLD of unusual severity developed into
q difficulty decidedly catarrhal in all its char
acteristics, threatening return of my old
chronic malady, catarrh. One bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm completely eradicated every
symptom of that painful and prevailing dis
order-E. W. Warner, Rochester, n. Y
WHEN began using Ely's Cream Balm my
catarrh was so bad had headache the whole
time and discharged large amount of filthy
matter. That has almost entirely disappeared
and have not had headache snce..J. H.
Sommers, Stephney, Conn. mh4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
For Oyer Fifty Years.

An OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDy.-Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS
for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING with
PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SooTHE5 the CHILD
SoFrESs THE GUM ALLAYs all PAIN; CURES
WIND CoLIc and is the best remedy for DI-
aRRHGA. Sold by Druggists in every part of
the world. Its value is lncalculable. Be sure
and ask for MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING Sy-
RUP, and take no other.
Twenty-Five cents per bottle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

FOR SALE AND RENT.

FoR RENT-THREE-SToRY BRICK,
~ No. 2O6 north Royal street. containing
nine rooms; summer kitchch and bath room
Reasonable rent to permanent tenant Po-
session given May 1st. Apply to
apS lot HARLOW RPOS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
MEDICINAL.
TO RESIST THE ATTACK


q G <E-~z@ OF tho germs of Con-
S,SE,&%33{I5 On sumption, Scrofula,
s-sy1nsiJ..ss, ) SSI77 Grip, Malaria, and
EES, - ;.s3aA many other diseases
&S/ ~ means fight or
C-Iy/ s,ErI.SiS, die for all of US.
'Gx/LSIEP These germs are
" everywhere in the
air we breathe.
The odds ere in favor of the germs, if our
liver is inactive and our blood impure.
What is needed most is an increase in our
cc-ra.lighting strength. To do this success
Tn,Iy YOU need TO put on healthy flesh, rouse
the liver to vigorous action, so it will throw
of these germs, and purify the blood so that
there will be no weak spot" nor soil for
geru.growtl.
We claim for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, that it does all this In way pecu-
liar to itself 1t is the development of gen.
erations o; medical thought-it has stood the
test Of (; quarter OF u century of cures.
That IS why the makers can guarantee II.
u every trouble caused by torpid liver or
;,npu"o 5loNd, i; tho Discovery" fails to
t~..! .l.s or c;ire, your money Is refunded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
CORPORATION NOTICES.
NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS.
Office Alexandria Gas Works.
Rooms 5 and 6 City Hall.
AiaxopJ-;, vo Avail IN 1 SOo

-hIoAaIIuIIat, Dr. APIII IOi iCoU.
Gas consumers will please take notice that
Saturday, the 18th of April Is the last day
for discount on gas bills for the quarter end
ing March 18th, 1898, and no discount will
be allowed after that date The office will be
open on Thursday and Friday from a. m. to
4 p. m. and on Saturday from 8 q. H. to p.
m., dinner hours included.
aplO 5t R. NJ. LATHAM, Supt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
HALL AND OFFICE ACCOAIMODA.

uALL AND OFFICE ACCOAIMODA.
Al 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, ifrequired. Pending the necessary altera-
tions, applications for special space or arrange
ments, are invited. One of the upper stories
23X6O 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.
feb22 Prince and Fairfax streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12
893-SPRINGG- 1893

The season is now upon Us and we were
never better prepared to serve you with the
latest and choicest goods in our lines. We
have just opened DRESS GOODS in the new
effects and shadinss from tho lowest price to
the best grades.
SILKS and TRIMMINGS in great variety
to match Dress Goods.
SPRING WRAPS and BLAZER SUITS.
We have gone into this line more extensively
than ever before aud are showing the largest
and most varied assortment in the city at cor
rect prices. Note the following specials:
All-wool Navy Blazer Suits from So up.
All-wool Capes in Black, Navy. Tan and
Gray from 50 up.
All-wool Capes, Extra Value, at 50.
This Is the season for rcnovating, and if
you are looking around for CHOICE MAT
TING to replace the warm carpet come in
and sea us we will show you 100 Rolls of
new fresh goods. These are all jointless and
we offer them at 15c per yard up. ouc 20
and 25c qualities cannot be beat
We are showing new goods i'll all our vari-
GUS departments. Space will not permit fur
ther detail.
A call and inspection is solicited.
D. Bendheiln's,
316 KING STREET.
P. S.-Agcnt for the celebrated WHITE
SEWING MACHINE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

Pretty strong reasons for trying Dr. Sage's
Catarrh RclueJ:y. 500 if You can't be cured
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

L On '-'''"'
THREE-SToRY BRICK HOUSE, - rooms,
lot 55x1OO feet. Choice location on Duke
street. One of the most desirable pieces of
property for sale in the city. Terms to suit.
r. F. KNOX,
mari If 216 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

CARATOGA CHIPS and FRENCH MCsH-
y ROOMS for sale by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

E'ANCY JELLY, CURED APRICoTs,
n Choice Sundried Peeled Peaches and
Fancy Evaporated Apples, just received by
J. C.. MILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

e
A FINE 9-RoOM BRICK DWELLING on
Duke street, has lot on each side, one of
which is valuable building lot.
A GOOD BRICK AND FRAME 9-ROOM
HOUSE on Fairfax street, has deep lot and
fronts on the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railroad
VALUABLE BUILDING LOT AND
WHARF PROPERTY.
Z. +. KNOX,
fah- tf Ole r.. ...ao.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

CALIFoRNIA EvAPoRATED PEACHES
" received to-day by -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

"AyE YOU seen those BIN TRAYS with
III photographs of President and MIS-.
a., v,,land in the center that we are offering?
E.J. MILLER & BON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

voU CAN get at TOWEL 2ox40 inches
- " AMOS B. sLAYMAKER,s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

A NICE LITTLE assortment of ALL WOOL
n VIRGINIA MADE CASSIMERES, suit
able for boys and men, very cheap at
AMOS B. SLAYNAKER'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-12

A NEW stock of SCOTCH KNITGLovEs
n to be found at
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-20
RAGGED RELICS.
A Strange Custom of Invalid Wis.
itors to Frances Holy Wells.
Peculiar Practice That Has Grown Out
Of Idolatrous BeIiefs-Queer Thank
Offerings for the Restor-
alton of Health.

The custom of fastening rags, shreds
and such worthless votive offerings to
bushes which grew near holy wells,
and springs which were noted for
health-giving properties, though now
obsolete, once fourished in England
and Scotland. Near to Newcastle, in
the suburb of Benwell, we'll which
was once famous for such gifts still
exists. The practice is not unknown
in Ireland. Indeed, says Antiquary,
it survives in all countries where Ro-
man Catholicism fourishes, which is
not surprising when it is borne in
mind that the Romish church had
special prayer for blessing clouts for
the cure of diseases. At Wierre Ef-
troy, in France, where the water of st.
Godeleine's well is esteemed efficacious
for ague, rheumatism, gout, and all
affections of the limbs, heterogene-
Gus collection of crutches, bandages,
rolls of rag, and other rejected ad-
juncts of medical treatment is to be
seen hanging upon the surrounding
shrubs. These are intended as thank
offerings and testimonies of restora-
ton. Other springs, famous for cur
ing ophthalmia, abound in the same dis
trict; and here, too, bandages, shades,
guards and rags innumerable are ex-
hibited.
Whatever may be the cause for,
keeping up the practice, it's origin was
unquestionably veneration for the
dead, or desire to render homage to
some supernatural power. Whether
men tore their clothes, broke their
weapons, or rendered their domestic
utensils useless, the object was the
same. Thus fragments of ancient
pottery, the debris of an African grave
or Manipuri cairn, and the rag
which 1utters upon bush, as we'll as
the candle which cutters before an
image of the Virgin, are all links in
the chain which connects the dead
past with the living present. In the
good times of old, men yielded to the
impulse to make some Offering, how
trifing so ever, to the superior powers,
as mark of respect, an act of petition,
or an acknowledgment of benefits re-
ceived. Travellers far from home,
with little about them that could be
spared, would bestow some portion of
their clothing at sacred spots, as rep
resentative of the complete garment.
Poor but pious pilgrims, who might
have journeyed over half continent,
either as an act of penance, or in
search of blessing, might regard even
a rag or thread as an acknowledgment
of the favor shown, or representative
of the offering due to the well or
tomb from whence they expected de-
liverance. So, partly from the neces-
sites of the case, partly from changes
of fashion, and most, perchance, from
the disposition of us all to give little
for much, rag-bushes, with the whole
religious tribe of leaden images, sa-
cred hearts, and wax candles, sprang
into vogue. So that in religion, as in
ordinary life, shams took the place OF
the real
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-20
Two Valuable Friends,

l. A physician cannot be always
had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected, Keep
handy the friend of many households
and the destroyer of all pain, the
famous Red Flag Oil, 25 cents.
2. Many a precions life could be
saved that is being racked to Seath with
that terrible cough. Secure good
nights rest by Investing 25 cents for a
bottle Of Pan Tina, the great remedy
for Coughs. Colds and Consumption,
Bottles of Pan-Tina sold at e. T.
Reynolds drug store.