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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

THE TwENTY-SECoND.-There was
no public celebration of Washington's
birthday in this city to-day, and except
the closing ofthe banks and some of the
public Offices and the giving Of holiday
by the schools, everything went on as
usual. The snow which fell last night
turned into slush, which made walking
disagreeable, while the weather over
head was cloudy and unpropitious. The
Sons of the Revolution came here from
Washington to celebrate the day and,
Is stated yesterday, Alexandria-Was
ington Lodge of Masons and the Hy-
draulion Steam Fire Engine Company
will hold banquets tonight in honor Of
the birthday of Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

POLICE CoURT.-Mayor Strauss pre-
siding.-The following cases were dis
posed of this morning:
Pontius Plate, a tramp, arrested by
Officer Griffin for trespassing on the
property of the gas works, was ordered
out of the city.
A young maj arrested by Officers
Belts and Young for a~ssaulting an ac-
quaintance, was fined 81.
a colored boy arrested by Officers
Jones and McCuen for assaulting a COM
panion, was fined So.
Night Report.-Last night was cloudy
and snowy. Three prisoners and TWEEN
ty-one dodgers were at the station
house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

Arro1NTMENTs.-Mr. Thos. w. Rob
inson, the recently appointed collector
of this port, expects to receive his COM
mission in a day or two and will at
once enter upon the discharge of his
duties with Mr.. M. p. Vincent as his
deputy. Mr.. Robinson, it is under
stood, will appoint Mr.. Samuel Smith
.%ianitor of the Customs House building
and Mr.. j.. I. browns Waterman. Both
have been strongly endorsed by city
democrats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

GRACE CHURCH.-The usual We'd
nesday night service at this church was
conducted by Rev. S. A. Wallis, of Po-
hick and Olivet Churches, Fairfax
county, who exchanged with Rev. c. f.
Ball, the latter gentleman holding SER
vice at Olivet. Notwithstanding the
iuclement night there was a good con-
creation at Grace Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

FooT MAsHED.-Capt. Samuel Epp-
right, of one of the barges now lying at
the Wolfe street wharf, had one of his
feet badly mashed yesterday evening.
He was forging an iron bar when the
bar slipped from the anvil and falling on
the captains foot almost mashed off
one of his toes. He was attended by
DR.. PurViS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

LENTEN LECTUREs.-Rev. Professor
Carl Grammer's lectures at st. Paul's
Charch, each Wednesday and Friday
afternoons at five o'clock. have been
exceedingly interesting and Instructive.
They will be continued throughout the
season. The music is very good. All
pews are free.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

sun rises tomorrow at 6.33 sun sets
~ High water 1921 a. m. and
MP .. IN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

The little ~siN-year-old son of Mr.. w.
j. Simpson, who lives on south Alfred
street, fell from a chair on which Ike
was standing to-day and badly cut his
face. He was attended by Dr.. Smith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

Many Persons IRE broken
down from ovcrwork or household cares.
Browns Iron BittcrS Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess OF bile
and cures malaria. Get the genuine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22

WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs.-For this
clearing and warmer weather is in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22
Certified Milk.

Every dairy supplying our c~ondenseries is
under supervision. Milk is produced under
rigid hygienic rules. The company's reputa-
ton is therefore a certificate of the absolute
purity of the Gail Borden Eagle Brand Con-
densed Milk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22
POLK MILLER'S
Victory Poultry Food
Makes Hens Lay,
Cures Cholera and Gapcs in Fowls.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
OF Druggists and Merchants.
POLK MILLER DRUG Co,
Richmond. Va.

Richmond, Va.
Elgin's Best is the best Butter made
Price IS cents per pound.
New Buckwheat and Pure Pork
Sausage Meat. Try them.
Sweet Florida Oranges.
Extra Fine Malaga Grapes, large
clusters.
Cape Cod Cranberries.
One barrel New York Cider.
One barrel Pittsburg Kraut.
Cucumber Pickles; also Sweet Pickles.
Fine Home-canned Peaches, only a
few left. B. II. JENKINS,
je2 Cor. Duke and Fairfax streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22
OF TRADE MEETING

Members of the BOARD OF TRADE are
earnestly requested TO assemble at their rooms
TOMORROW MORNING. friday the Odd
inst. at 10 o'clock. to consider matters which
our Senator. the Hon. Geo. 4. Mushbach. con-
sidcrs of Importance 10 the interests of our
city. By order of
F. A. REED, President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-22
r. y. hHED, ItS!ucul
" II REARD0N. Secretary. 1t

nIVIDEND.-A dividend of ONE DOL
II LAR rcr share will be paid the stock
holders of the ALEXANDRIA INSURANCE
COMPANY NJ the office. 421 King street,
Alexandria, Va, on and after March LIST,
1891. GEORGE WISE,
fcb22 st Secretary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
Freedom.

Ny work ia done; the eventide is here;
Ny wages BOW ask Of thee.
Not gold nor jewels do ] crave, my Lord,
But. master, set my spirit free
The shadows lengthcn on my glacier path,
Heavier the chains that fret me here:
ask for freedom from their crushing weight
lis life, not death, | hold in fear.
Ny work is done; the hour Of rest draws
near:
The yesper-bells toll clear and sweet
Unto the aged should be spared, my Lord,
Tie pains that torture tired feet
According to my need, | ask OF thee
That thou bestOw the promised wage.
II faithful have been in small and great
Wit thou not now my pangs assuage!
My work is done: take me within the gate
W here enter only those thou wilt;
city lighted by thy glory great,
The city not by mOrtals built.
Come quickly, beseeCh and freely give
The guerdOn in its full degree
Which thou hast promised unto every man
According as his work shall be.
Yet. Master not my WILL but thine, be done,
On thee wait; forgive my prayer
Thou knoWest best if here I'm needed still.
Thou knOwest if m needed there
The wages are not due till work is done:
Submissive to the end I'll be,
knowing thy precious promise never fails ?
That my reward still rests with thee!
Clara Jessup Moore, in IippincOtt's
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
HER HOODOO SH|FFLER

There was to be a picnic at the lodge
that afternoon and Cora had promised
to go.
she'll never let me-" Cora thought,
welding the parlOr duster with
nervous hands-''never. She got on
her blue silk handkerchief today, and
don't / know by experience that she
wears it only when she's feeling dismal
and thinking over all the troubles she
ever had or ever will have, and that
she never wants me TO do anything
when she's that way"
"There's picnic at the lodge this
afternoon, Aunt Cecilia" she began,
Just a little impromptu affair. They
talked it up the other night at BesS
Lang's party, and promised to 20.
OF course, meant to speak to you
first"
"Certainly." said Aunt Cecilia. The
blue silk handkerchief was folded
around her plump neck in particular
way You should have spoken to
me Immediately. Who has invited
you?"
Mr. Pierce raised her soft
eyes anXiously ly-"the young man who
is here prospecting for the Bryan Val
lev railroad, YOU know. They are
thinking Of putting branch through
here. and Mr.. Picrse has been here
several times this summer. He wants
to call. and he's coming this merning
to see if it's all right about my going
this afternoon. | told him of course 1t
would be. We want to start about l
"Pierce?" said Aunt Cecilia. "One
of the West Gainesbro' Pierces?"
Il don't know; presume not. No,
think he's from"
Il know the West Gainesbro' Pierccs
root and branch" said Aunt Cecilia.
deliberately-"root and branch-aud
would no more allow niece of nine
! to associate with them-never mind,
will not argue it, Cora; l know the
Pierces. | am orieyed and displeased
that YOU have formed an acquaintance
so unpleasant TO me, whom you should
have considered. | hope not to hear
| of another"
But he isn't one of the Gainsbro'
Pierces" Cora cried-"Im sure he
isn't. Aunt Cecilia. l can't think Of
! the place he does come from. He told
me. too. But, oh. Aunt Cecilia, he's
SO gentlemanly and-nice."
Helpless tears stood in her eyes.
She had not quite realized before how
much he had come to be TO her
handsome. bright-mannered Albert
Pierce.
Il desire you to have nothing more
to do with him. said Aunt Cecilia.
a clandestine acquaintance of that
kind. Cora, | am a>tonishcd. We
will end this undesirable acquaintance
here and now, Cora. He is at the
Lane house, | presume. | will sent
Matthew there with a note, if YOU will
write it. My niece can not attend pic
mics with stranger, and Gainesbro
| Pierce
Aunt Cecilia had the phaetor
brought around early that Afternoon
! and called to Cora.
Aunt Cecilia wore her blue silk hand
kerchief-that was enough. Perhaps
yes surely, al! things would come ou
| right somehow.
~It I'll 90 back and get you a lac,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
HOW THE AUSTRALIAN SAVAGES
MARRY.

Here the rule is elopement. The
lad and girl make love to one an
other without the knowledge Of her
parents and run away together. The
brides family, furious, 60 in quest Of
her, and ii caught and brought back
she will be severely punished; her
mother and brother will beat her, and
her father even spear her through the
legs. AS for her husband, whenever
he returns he has to fight his wife'S
male relatives. The pair may have
to elope two or three times, with new
pursuit and fighting, till, at last, her
family grow tired of objecting, and
her mother will say: "Oh, it's all
right; better let him have her." The
wonderful thing is that this is not ex-
ceptional, but the regular marriage
rite of the tribe. The anger is not
real, and when the people are charg-
ed with being cruel, they answer that
it is not intended cruelty, but simply
to follow an ancestral custom. The
consequence of this Kurnal custom is
a change to civilized ideas of mar
riage; it is no longer a shifting union
between one group or tribe and an.
other, but a real pairing by mutual
choice of a man and wife, and to
some extent, male descent comes in
with it.
The Kurnal elopement marriage
shows another interesting feature
Though it is condoned at last by the
wife's family, the man is never allow
ed to look at, speak to or live in the
same camp with his wife'S mother
This is the best fact yet produced in
favor of the explanation of avoiding
parents-ln-law, as meaning that the
act of taking their daughter, though
practically allowed, can not be open
ly agreed to by their acknowledging
him. SO deeply rooted is this Gus
tom in Australia that it retains it:
hold on natives under missionary in
| fluence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15

Inen tntrG came / vigorous ring at
her door. 1t flashed across her mind
that possibly Mr.. Browne was going to
forestall the pOstman and know his
fate by word of mouth. Before going
to the door she lighted the gas and
went to the mirror. Standing there,
she said: statistics show, Katherine.
that women over 3d."
Then the bell rung again. As if
wavering a little she glanced at the
calendar. Bravely the words shone
before her eyes: BE more afraid of
the companionship that enslaves than
of the solitude that leaves you free"
"Ah. that helps" she said.
Then she opened wide the door.
1t certainly was not Mr. Browne who
stood there. Mr.. Browne WAS short
and rotund; horid also. This man was
tall, Of tine proportions, with slear-eut
features and a fine muStache.
Miss Gray?" he said, interrogativs-
y; Yes"
"My name is-but perhaps you re-
membe my name" and the tall man
stepped uninvited into the room.
Yes" she said, her eyes blazing, Il
remember your name. 1t is the name
Of the only man who ever treated me
with disrespect. Go back into the
silence that has covered you for ten
years"
Not yet" he said. The morning
mail brought me this letter that YOU
wrote me ten years ago. You accept
I'd me then; you said that you loved
me. I've the proof in my hands"
and he opened letter yellow and
stained. You say:
Dear EveriI--If-"
"Oh, don't" she cried.
Listen, dear" he said; "sit down be-
side me while | tell you. The post
office in the city where we both lived
ten years ago has recently undergone
repairs. A package of letters has been
aXhulned by the gas-titters or plumb
ers. This is one of them. | only hope
the others have been forwarded to as
happy destination. For the words in
the letter-they are true now as then,
are they not, Katherine?"
"Oh. don't know!' she said
Find out, dear. as quickly az You
can. The years have baen long and
hard; but these last eight hours have
been torture. l had no idea where TO
look for you-"
"What DO you think l must have en-
dured?" she asked.
Il don't dare think of it." Then he
added, as ninety-nine men out of
hundred would have done: "We won't
talk about it or think of it, We will
forget the sadness Of the past and plan
for our future"
How did you find me?" asked
Katherine.
q saw you at the restaurant whore
you were entertaining that little hood
lum. | knew you at once There's
no woman in the world like you. |,
too. had guest with me and could not
follow YOU. But an hour later caught
the boy on the street and by my sill
very eloquence and a Gol AZ learned
your name and where you lived"
My name"
"Yes. You might have changed it
and then-I should not be here"
a month later, little Joe was divid-
ing box of wedding-cake with num-
ber of his friends.
"Dey looked as happy as kings and
queens" said he, wen dey rode away
An | don't s'Dose 'twould ever have
happened if it hadn't been for me- y
Cariotta Perry in the NeaU Orleans
It7neS-D Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
Consistent.

"What's this we have here?' asked
the silver senator. As he entered the
conservatory with his wife. 1T is an
aquarium" "And the fish in it?"
Cold fish" We'll. I'm surprised at
You. Here. John. james, William,
have these gold fish taken out of this
al once aai ret some silver iish to take
tng.I uIa...,- ~ /. Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
B0IEGRS. GNGINGS.
ALL KINDS
lSEPERARATORS, CEURNS,
BUTTER WORKERS. VATS
PUMPS, SHAFTING,
In fact everything belonging to the creamery business

sell the outfit complete delivered
Butter Maker will the machinery and
the handling of and manufacturing butter without charge
Anyone contemplating the building Creamery
buying the machinery home possible that he
Repairs, full line Of which always keep had without
unnecessary delay expense buy all goods direct from the
in large quantities for spot cash and therefore compete
prices with every house in the country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15

Coughing Leads To consumption
Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
(Firs. publication Jan. Is, 1894.

(Firs. publication Jan. Is, 1S94.) No. 7
TN PROBATE MASITowoC COUNTY COURT.
l In the matter of the estate Of Katherine
To all whom it may concern: Letters testa-
mentary said estate having been issued to
Adelph s. Chloupek on the 10Th day Of January.
A. D., 1894, and months from and after said
day being allowed and limited for creditors to
present their claims for examination and allow
apce, notice is hereby given that the underslgn-
ed will, on Tuesday June 5th and on Tuesday
July 18th 1891, at the probate Office in the city
of ManitowOc, In said county. receive, examine,
and adjust all claims, and demands of all persons
against SAID deceased.
Dated January Is. 1894.
febl5 +. Il. MANSEAU. County Judge
FIRST publication Feb Sth. 189l) No. 10
-TATE OF WISCONSIN-CoUNTY COURT FOB
y MANITowoC COUNTY In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of John q. Dischoff,
deceased.
An instrument in writing purporting to De the
last will and testament of John g BIschoff late
of the city of Manitowoc in said county having
been delivered into said court,
And Carl William Bischoff of said city of Mani
towoc in said county, having presented to said
court his petition in writing duly verified repre-
senting among other things, that John u .Bischof
died testate, at said city of Aanitowoc, IN saia
county, the 23rd day of November. 1898; that
said instrument is the last will of said deceased
and that Carl William Bischoft is named therein
as executor, and praying that said instrument be
proven and admitted to probate and that letters
testamentary be thereon issued to Carl William
Bischoff.
1t is ordered that said petition and the matters
therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and
testament be taken at regular term OF said
county court. to be held at the probate Office in
the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday the 9th day of
March, 1894. ut 10 o'clock A. NJ.
And it is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of said hearing be given by publica-
tiun hereof for three successive weeks, once each
week, previous to the time of said hearing In the
MantowOc Pilot, newspaper published In SAID
Manitowo" county.
Dated Feb. 7th. 1894.
By the court:
F. E. MANSEAU, County Judge.
John Z. McNullen. attorney.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
WIT AND IIUMOR.

TOO MUCH FOR HER.
To love in cottage she didn't demur-
Her taste quite inclined her to that;
The only occasion for worry TO her
Was the proScct of love in a fiat.
Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
q A FORREST.
SCHMITZ & KIRWAN,
q q 4 g n SEDGWICK.

A TTORSEYS AT LAW. OFFICE IN Posi-
\ OFFICE BCILpING, North Eighth Street,
,nitOw0c, Wisconsin. mayll
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15

Inen tn6rg came i vigorous ring at
her door 1t flashed across her mind
that possibly Nj. Browne was going to
forestall the postman and know his
fate by word of mouth. Before going
to the door she lighted the gas and
went to the mirror. Standing there,
she said: statistics show, Katherine,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15

THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
She leaucd at eve against the gate, a maid di-
vinely fair
A passerby became so charmed he straight
way kissed her there.
The maiden neither screamed nor ran, but
answered his careSS.
And, having wheedled him awhile secured his
address.
And now no more he wonders at her mild be-
hayiOr then,
For he's defendant in a suit she brought for
thousand ten.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Latest u S. Govt Report
&y!a!:!!!! e! Rskias Bs%assz
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ncnu, Aunt Cecilia" she Ventures,
wont you put it on instead-instead
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15

Katherine sat in the early winter
twilight at her piano, singing some
sweet old song of her sariv youth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-28
ONE OF THEM MIND READERS

Two well dressed women boarded one of
the new cars which are being run on Broad
street. They were talking about tucks,
%iounces, etc., and were apparently enjoying
the conversation Suddenly one of the
couple glanced at the upper end of the car.
An expression of surprise passed over her
face and then she looked at a tiny watch
fastened to her belt. Thu next moment she
summoned the conductor to her side.
Your clock is slow, she said.
The conductors face grew pale, but he
said Thank YOU and walked to tho rear Of
the car. where he fished a large open-facad
watch from his vest pocket. The watch was
three minutes slow. He fixed it, saying,
THAT woman must be one Of them mind
readers
The car had proceeded several blocks when
the woman again called the conductor with
an imperious gesture
why don't you fix that clock2'' she asked
as she pointed to a ciroular-shaped machine
at the front of the car.
The conductor looked up and then ex-
claimed:-
That amt no clock; that's the registry
diall'
'soh" said the woman, ana after a pause
she continued. .slet me off here. please.r
The conductor stopped the car, and the
blushing woman alighted, while the mar of
the punch informed a Neus reporter that
that woman amt no mind reader, after
al.'-NeicarE Eeening Nel0S.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-28
CAUSES OF THBIEoREAsE OF CRIME

The causes at work to produce this great
increase of crime are not far to seek. One
of them unquestionably is the marked in
crease in the consumption OF intoxicating
liquors which is shown by the statistics Of
almost every nation. Tolstoi may perhaps
exaggerate when he asserts that alcohol is
accountable for 80 per cent. of crime, and
that OF women who go astray one-haIf yield
to temptation when under its influence: but
the best informed criminoIegists ascribe to
it a large share not only in stimulating to
crime and in bunting the moral perceptions,
but also in producing the peculiarly dan
gerous class of born criminals, who are hope
lessly incorrigible. Mario found by investi-
cation among c~onvicts that Al per cent. of
them were children of drunken parents, and
the incalculable extent to which such heredi-
tary criminality will infect society is amply
shown in Dugdale's remarkalls study of the
Jukes family.
The immense development in recent times
OF the urban population is another fruitful
source OF increasing crime. for cities
through their temptations and contaminat-
ing associations are hotbeds of vice. The in
crease OF wealth among all classes is to be
reckoned as another cause. for contrary to
the popular opinion poverty is not an incen-
tive to crime. Morrison tells us that every
rise in the rate of wages is followed by an
increase of offenders, and that the prisons
are never SO full as in a period of general
prosperity and abundant work.-August
Forum
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-28
HIS sWINDLlNG TRICK FAILED.

Morris Gottlieb. a clerk in the employ of
J. J. Simon g. Co, tobacco manufacturer
Utica, New York, a few days ago shipped
So cases of tobacco valued at $1,000 to
Samuel GoIdusky of Elm street, New York.
Mr.. Simon had received no order from
Goldusky for the goods and suspecting that
all was not right, investigated the matter.
In the meantime Gottlieb skipped out and
came to New York.
Mr.. Simon followed on the next train
and this morning met his dishonest clerk in
Jersey City at the ferry. He caught hold of
him and called for the police, but before
any came, Gottlieb broke away and made
his escape. He has not been retdken as yet.
Mr.. Simon then went over to Elm street
In search of Mr.. Goldusky, whom he has
good reasons to believe does not exist. He
thinks that Gottlieb intended to intercept
the tobacco when it arrived in Jersey City
and convert it into cash.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-28
TWO VERY OLD LADIES.

1t is well known that women attain an
extraordinary age more often than men.
ians was the Countess Desmond. who lived
145 years, and died in the reign of James 1
as the result of an accident. This extra
ordinary woman was, at the age of 100
years, so active and lively that she used to
take part in the dances with young people.
At the age of AS years she travelled from
those days. Even this instance. however, is
surpassed by the case OF a French woman
named Marie Prion, who died at st. colombo
at the age Of $50 years. --Eeehdnge.