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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13
The all absorbing Topic
what Shall We Buy for Christmas.

What Shall We Buy for Christmas:
Let us help you out with few suggestions
Buy for the old gentleman a par OF SLY
PIERS. They are useful comfortable and sure 10
please For the young man pair OF PAIENI
LEATHER WALKING SHOES or anua-
| Pumn~. Could there be anything more al.
pioiniate? For tho small boy 81 pair o.
| LACED SHOES Gust like ara s. or a par OF
! GUM BOOTS. Either are sure winners WIN
Young America For moihera pair oil La
| DI. s. COMFORTS. BuSkiu, or Slippers. rue
always enjoys and appreciates par Of IL, H. d.
For the young lady PAR Of nice PsItNi
LEATHER or FINE KID DANCING sou
RECEPTION SLIPPERS These viii peat
beyond sny doubt. For misses aud CHILDREN
q nair of nice KID.LAC d SHOES or Blu
CHEERS. They are all anxious tor them'@
they will be pleased and get something 'ef
viceable and useful. Fora large assoriieh
of tho latest designs in these goods We as
Z. PAFF X son.
dcc14 I'm i23 King street
yXYATCH GIVEN AwAY.-E.ery one
w buying . pounds of Cands Nus o.
Raisns will receive ticket. The lucky n'..
Der secures Handsome Gold Watch 'ao;
Sc to 25c Basins &c to 15c Best n'zf
nuts 1910
Cor. Prince and st A-aph 81
pEsT MINcE MEAT, , pound. for 20 d
- Mats Sweet Cider 25c per slllon a.
kinds of Preserves Zoe per pound
] WM GOODS
~. Cor. Prince and St. AsaPh So
zoo TURKEYS, all sizes 5ol chies &
COO ems. j. WM. GOOIe
n. E. Cor. Prince and st. Asaph It. Is
NEW YORK HAND.PIcEED NAG 3
IN BEANS, Pearl Hominy and hon7
rit 8 for sale by 80
WILL HAVE for sale Saturday 12 ?! ~ b
w nice lot of Home Dressed / i M -
and CHICKENS. ~ 80
WIN. P. wooLLs < SOY 81
WHY NOT buy the BEST BEEFSIh5s
w TOMATOES, heavier aud Deter -
any other; for sale only by ,,.,,.py
TUST received 80 small, mild cured ~ a
~ cured HAMS, at 12l2c. Try one ''''
will have no other. .oy II
W. p. WooLLS s s02>
NHBxIMUM, Minimum, Clinical. s.sp rs 81
W. Dai,y and Brewers ThernoDe@ts] @
Hydrometers, Anercids, Barometer, o az
sale by E. s. LEADBEAIkkS - :. M
WE HAVE few new American 'h l.. Vi 81
w MACHINES on hand whrh W
close out cheap, at -,rrggs M
. BARRELS CHOICE cRANDh''-D M
~ just received by prPc Ha
ELoUR-A carload, 125 sanei; az
~ Flour, bought before the al'o oIRS. I
sale low by j. C. MlLDS1
A LABAsTER STARCH for cola1s M
"A Cuffs, SC package, received ed, 'y pT'SE
. OLD DUST SOAP POWDER, eqs1
VI weight to eight sc package, 'p or! r. M
25c by j. c. HI..Ds~
COUNTRY BUCKwHEAT al ,crs
y H. y 900 o King
oo1 -cURRASTs, cleaned,
L CO4 and In Lib package 'pI,gS la
,o-day by j. I, @l1---- ~
NEW ALMONDS, walnuts Peo1I .o.s
~ berts and Brazil Nuts. rec ,,,r epsr-BS E
~ J. I. A1Et-~,M =
DICHMoND PICKLES, in glass r g
All Toe at II. C. WAL LIZ I'D; E
A TMoRE's MINcE MEAT Just ITs,
"a by !. Z. @t11@~
TOWELS, very cheap, all qua,l,iil,eet: Is
4 AMOS B. SLA II hAN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-Wheat-Dec 55ss /;
May 59Ss; July 60A. Corn-Dec 471s; Jan
49: May 50sa5O1h.' Oats-Dec 1893; Jan
297s; May 32aa. Pork-Jan S12 05; May
S12 35 Lard-Jan Sc 92aS6 IS; Nav
ST 171haSy 20. Ribs-Jan IS 971h; May
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

100 BOXES CHOICE CIGARS, 25 in
4OO 8 box, only 81. A nice. Xmas
present. : J. WMaGOODS,
n. E. Cor. Prince and st. Asaph SITS.
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ELOUR-A carload, 125 tar,es .o 81 d
a Flour, bought before the 80, ooITgS
sale lnW hv I C. MILbo..-l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

TUST received 80 small, mild eaFel y ~ ID
~ cured HAMS, at 12lac. Try one ai'
will have no other. coy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

WYE HAVE few new American 9E L. ii
w MACHINES on hand whch W.
~ Sl' AMOS B. sLAYNAHsss.c:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

GoLD DUST SOAP P0wDER' e.
" weight to eight sc packass,:s, 'P ri, r.,
O6c hu c. VI ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

MAXIMUM, Minimum, Clinlcal, '!.n LIS
IYI Dairy and Brewers Theril0is. ~ d
Hydrometers, Aneroids, Barometer; 6 6S
sale by E.S. LEADBEATkE g 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

WI. IIlHcc III" -. -
pEsT MINcE MEAT, pounds for 22 %
- Mats Sweet Cider 25c per slllon ~
kinds of Preserves 10c per pound
]. WM GOODS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

dcc14 I'm i23 King street
WyATCH GIVEN AwAY.-Esery one
w buying . pounds of Candr Nus q
Raisins will receive ticket. The lucky NUE.
Der secures Handsome Gold Watch 'aoi
Sc to 25c. Baisins &c to 15c Best n'AN
nuts 1910
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

. BARRELS CHOICE CRANBh''-D
n just received by prRS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

A LABAsTER STARCH for coliaf, 4
"A Cuffs, SC a package, received ,s,r '4 pI'SS,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

QOI cURRANTs, eleaae9 lscarII
i CO4 and In Lib package, p,if'gi.]
IN dow byy 4. d iLIL~~(l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-13

WHY NOT buy the BEST BEEFSiL y.
w TOMATOES, heavier aud better -
any other; for sale only by ,,,,py
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

instantly after being struck. 1t should
be set in motion and then hit as it is
|receding, not as it is approaching. The
face should be kept towards the bag
and the blows be made from the
shoulder. The right kind of a bag is
of the same shape and three or four
times the size of a Rugby foot ball. 1t
is inflated with air, and secured to the
ground and ceiling Ply rubber.
WHAT DEVELOPMENT WILL DO.
The use of the striking bag brings all
the muscles into play, either directly or
indirectly-the eyesight even is quick
ened and improved. The balls are
somewhat expensive, SIS being the price
asked for balls suitable for women and
children's use-the very heavy leather
covered striking bags cost all the way
from SO to SIS, and weigh from ten to
twenty-five pounds. Mrs Duncan Ell
lott is an advocate of the striking bag
and also of Indian clubs, which she
considers a fascinating form of eXer-
else. Their use developes the muscles
of the wrist, arms and to some extent,
the shoulders and back.
One word more-when to exercise is
an important consideration. The after
noon or evening is better than the
morning and exercise should always
precede bathing and not, as rule, fol-
low it.
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puds-never- n half-growrn nlanta

Ibuds-never to half-grown plants.
To comment a little on these rules. ft
Il Is useless to select summer bloss0mers
for the house In winter. A few bego-
MAS. abutilons and petunias are par
4 ticularly boomers, but most plants
! must have their season Of rest. Few
roses, geraniums or frichsias bloom
well in winter, but these few any flor,
Elst can NAME Albums. ageratunns.
cannas, cyclamen. cinerarias. petunias,
nicotiana. callas, the otalicite orange
+ hyacinths. paper white and double Ro-
man narcissus, and Chinese sacred Ill,
Fles are among the surest blooniers foi
h the beginner
I Nearly all plants can be grown In a
4 moderately warm room, but in either a
very warm or quite cool room. the
cnoice must be more restricted For in
stance begnnias. heliotropes. impatisnts,
sulldnl, salvias and torentias would
soon come to grief in a low tempera-
f. tufe tunless protected well at night
while they would flourish in the warm
room. Inc exact reverse would be the
: case with carnations, ten-week-stocks
ana camelias. In the same way bego-
mas prfmulas nicotiana, and a few
otner plants will flower well In shady
WINDOW, While roses, geraniunls and
helfotropes must have sun. and Dlentv
of it, to bloom.
! 1t is the attention to the rninutia ~
plant culture that makes the successful
amateur Yet these rules are not bur-
densome to the true flower-lover. for IL
Is not task to minister to our friends.
reasonable wants. as our plants wants
are. Clean, weil-fed plants are ALWAYS
ready to bloom if they have half =
chance. =
I0RA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

curtains may be had for the two upper
shelves, with all the necessary fittings
for Is cents apiece. If the shelves
round outward, describing a half circle,
hardware dealer will adjust stout
brass wire by means of screw eyes
about them to sustain the curtain. The
upper and lower division of the shelves
should each have a separate set of
idraperies. A model closet for dainty
elegance had its shelves painted in
white enamel paint and was furnished
with substantial brass hooks and rods.
It's curtains were of delicate pink china
silk, interlined with unbleached muslin
and lined with yellow silk.
The lower curtains, which swung by
means of rings from the rod, touched
the floor completely shielding from
view the lower shelf. The edges of
these curtains at the center were fin
ished in fluffy pink silk tassels. The
ones several inches, hiding the rod and
rings. These curtains were set directly
upon their rod by means of a casing
and furnished by their fullness a ruche
or heading several inches deep, which
stood above the rod. They were also
finished above the edges with tassels
A rich rosette of wide pink satin ribbon
was placed at one end of the rod. Two
floating streamerS sprung from it's
base, and two bands of ribbon dexter
ously twisted passed across the cur
tain and ended in a second rosette at
/ the other side. These rosettes resem-
ibled huge Mermet roses in the light
and shade of their tender pink color
ing Brussels lace curtains overset the
lower curtains. At the foot of the cur
tains was spread a white goatskin rug.
The cutains may be readily removed,
when the corner can be thoroughly
aired and cleaned by good open day
light, which is SO essential for any
place given over to the keeping of
clothes frequently worn.
FLORENCE WYNNE ELLIS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

at the back, and two again down on
the lace collar, just at the point where
the points are deeply cut up.
DRESS NUMBER TWO.
The second figure is smart little
study from gown designed in the
new combination of blue and yellow,
so popular just now, in New York par
ticularly. It's foundation is a forget
me-not blue taffeta, with one scant lit
tie finger wide ruf1e& on the foot, and
butter colored lace forms the deep coll
lar and sleeve fiounces. Over the bust
soft, wide scarf of striped blue and
yellow silk is looped, drawn away I'M
der the arms, to be caught on one
shoulder under the lace at the back,
and from there brought down and ar
ound to fall in graceful drapery on the
left hip. There has been no silk so pop
ular for autumn wearing in skirt
waists as the light, small checked gray
and white taffetas, made with high
black satin collars and bag sleeves,
! full down to the wrist, where the gath
ering is drawn Into a band cuff of
black. When the weather grows crisp
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16
A CORNER CUPBOARD.

Modern homes have innumerable and
handy closets built into the walls their
doors embellished with mirrors and
fitted inside with spacious drawers and
every convenience. But those who live
In transient, incommodious houses have
much TO complain of in this respect,
and they may be glad to learn of a
cupboard which, like the Arabs tent,
may be folded and quietly taken away.
In the construction of this temporary
closet select an available corner of the
room. take careful measurements for
the three pieces Of pine boards of which
the shelves will be made-a carpenter
will saw these planks into shape. A
direct diagonal on one side, leaving the
projecting corner on the other, or the
diagonal side may be sawed into the
shape of half circle
He will also fit the first shelf into
the selected corner just above the base
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16
LoRA S. LAMAeyE
RETURN OF THE rIcruREsauE.

New York. Sept 1s.-Stepping into
an ultra-fashionable Eondon shop two,
weeks ago I asked the little mi1Iiner 10
snow me the very smartest hat design
ed for the opening season.
with the ubiquitous Thank you" Of
the English saleswoman, regardless of
Whether you or she is doing the favor,
my request was granted.
1t was a Gaiusborough, Had ono AZ
the famous famed ladies' stepped down
from the wall of the Academy and Of
Iered heF picturesque hat for sale the
resemblance could not have been more,
perfect And this shame. beyond ain
question. is to be the correct head
covering for the winter weather
velvet is the material preferred,
though felt, of course, is always in
vogue At the right side. set at a
c0quetish angie. are a bunch of curled
ostrich tips, While two narrow binds az
velvet, overlaid with jet rassemen.e lie.
enclfcle the crown, and lastly bril-
liant jet buckle is de-oratfveiy placed,
completing charming conferti1n
The hat must rs tilted n bit to the
left. and underneath the right side Of
the brim must he added long cared
DOW OF light velvet that contrasts pref
tily with the hair and complexion.
WINE women out OF every ten are de-
lighted at the revival OF this fashion.
for the picturesque is always the most
becoming.
The hat ] saw was of black velvet
and black tips. the jet crys "a IL ng two
pink velvet bands, while the bow on
the under side was of the same mater
ial.
1t was sold and sent home later to a
New York woman, and will probably
be the first one worn here, although
orders were already being filed for
American buyers.
HALLMARK
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signed for butter. cheese and biscuit;
cheese and biscuit form one course at
every well regulated dinner table or
course-dinner There are some I'LL
advised people who always want but
ter for their biscuit-and for these.
presume, was designed this dish. which
would hardly be used. however. except
at the family table.
Could anything be sweeter than the
silver pepper grinder with cut glass
body accompanied by a fiuted mustard
Jug? They are simply captivating
The egg-frame toast rack and butter
dish in silver. fig. II. at the pretty sum
of $50. F. S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16
DAINTY TABLE FURNISHINGS

There is no more fascinating study to
the mind feminine than dainty trfles
for the dining table.
The shops at present are full OF
quaint and pretty designs for all man
ner of things that one can use, in sill
yer. china and glass.
For instance, who could imagine any,
thing more appropriate for cherries and
strawberries than a silver futed dish,
with a bunch of cherries all in silver
for a handle for the one. and straw
berry bowl fashioned like leaf for the
other.
Very attractive also is the grape
stand hung with silver fruit. and for
peaches and other fruit a pyramid Of
shell-shaped dishes.
A silver nut dish rejoices in the quite
Egyptian title "Oiris"
Louis XIV ware is still in high favor.
as some of the new designs show
The vegetable dishes are rather old in
design, consisting Of three partitions,
drainer and hot water department.
The entree dish and biscuit box are
both very heavily chased
One of the very newest things out Is
the stand. 1t is in silver and is de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16
WINDOW GARDENING.
suggestions For Those Who Mean to
Cultivate Home Plants in Winter.

suggestions For Those Who Mean to
Cultivate Home Plants in Winter.
Most window gardens are filled with
a miscellaneous selection of so-ca1led
Towering plants, whose few, scattering
blossoms scarcely pay for their care,
and might with profit give place to
those without beauty of flower, but
whose foliage is at least attractive. In
deed, so often is this the case, that
many households are banishing all flow
ering plants. depending solely upon
palms, aspedistras, ETC., for their win
dow adornment.
But if one prefers flowers to foliage
and most people do-this is all wrong
A few fine foliage plants are indeed at
tractive, but they do not take the place
of fragrant blossoms, that never seen,
half as lovely as when all outside ma
ture is hidden beneath snow and ice
1t is not necessary for the window tC
be flowerless, even with the poor facil
/ tiles of the common living room, if the
| following rules are adhered to:
First-Select only such plants as art
winter boomers.
| Second-Choose only those that will
| thrive in the temperature at which yot
keep your room. Select carefully Il
1 suit the aru0unL OF sunshine or Snad'
lin your window.
Third-Examine every plant to maxi
sure that it is entirely free from insects
before bringing to the window in tn
lautumn.
F'ourth-Shower the leaves of you
plants once a week, to keep down dus
land insects If insects appear, figh
them at once, and never give up unit
they are routed.
4 F'ifth-Keep Towering plants in small
or medium sized pots. See that the sol
lis rich, the drainage an inch deep a
bottom of pot, and crust of har,
earth is never allowed to form at tn
| top of the pot w.
i SALTWATER only when dry, the
give sufficient water to wet to the bot
tom of the pot Be charry of water ii
severely cold weather.
i Seventh-Turn the pots frequently
pinch off faded flowers and witheret
LEAVES. Allow all Holland bulbs toroo
six or eight weeks in the dark befor
bringing to the window.
( Eighth--Give weak liquid nanur
once a fortnight to all plants shown
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

chests and shoulder blades need all
the attention that can be given them.
The woman of leisure devotes at least
three hours to athletic exercises in
some form or other The woman of
business gives ten minutes, daily,
which is better than nothing, for ply
steal development.
TO BROADEN HER CHEST.
For instance, one exercise which
helps to expand her chest, raise the
form - three great considerations = is
prescribed by an authority.
Bring forward the arms, raise the
fore arms. and place the fingers of
each hand lightly on the front Of each
shoulder. Then, with a quick move
ment and without removing the fin
gers from the shoulders, jerk the arms
forward, then back again, and repeat.
! Another exercise: stand quite erect,
extend the arms above the head, inter
lace the thumbs and keep the fore
fingers in touch. Then, keeping the
knees quite rigid, bend the trunk grad
ually until, without unlocking the
thumbs, the fingers touch the toes.
This is a very good exercise seldom
successful without a little practice.
A WISE OUTLAY OF MONEY.
There isn't a better investment for
five dollars you can pay more than a
chest weight, and they make them
nowadays disguised as book cases with
curtains. so that they are not un-
slightly bits of furniture for ones bed
room or boudoir
A chest weight and a pair of dumb
bells are the two best pieces of gym
lnastic apparatus that one can possibly
own.
Il have used the chest weight daily
| for twenty-three years and / would
give up every other piece of apparatus
| in gymnasium use, before parting with
it," says one enthusiastic admirer
One of the first exercises with the
chest weight is the following:
Stand perfectly erect, with the back
to the apparatus, and raise the
weights by pushing the arms straight
forward; this develops the muscles of
the chest and arms. Then turn about
and pull the weights toward you; the
muscles of the back and the arm fiex-
ors then come into play Next raise
the arms above the head and force
the weights backwards: this motion
benefits the muscles of the upper back.
the neck anG the eXtensor muscles of
the arms. Bend back still further.
and the small of the back is acted
upon benefcially. Then bend forward
at the hips and the most sensitive
portion of the body. the abdomen, will
be strengthened. The abdominal mus
Giles need more exercise perhaps than
any other. and as a rule. they get
least The abdomen is heir to all
kinds of complaints, to remove the most
of which only proper exercise is nee
essary.
CAUTION AND CLEvERNESS.
In using this pulley. it should be re-
membered that a light weight is best.
1t is not the number of times of pull
ing that counts. it is the rapidity with
which the motions are made. Forty
strokes to the minute is about the av-
erage, although one sometimes becomes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16
DIANA CROSSWAYS.
WOMEN AND BOOKS.

Does the new woman" read a diff
ferent class of books from her prede-
cessor, the old-fashioned woman?
This is query 1 gave some libra
rians to answer and learned in return
that the new woman does. ''I don't
mean to say" one replied, that every
woman who comes in to get a book
eschews the romantic and new, but the
surprising fact is that so many actu-
ally ask for the deepest works on po-
litical subjects. My assistant and my
self were at first amused; now we re-
gard it as significant movement"
The change began, l gathered from a
concensus of reports, about three years
ago; since then it has rapidly broad
ened and deepened. All works on soci-
ology and political science are called for
as eagerly by one sex as the other. The
favorites seem to be Professor Ely's Sc
ries on political science. All govern
mental questions are carefully studied
and anything that relates to the tariff
is popular.
ITO my mind" said an aged keeper
of books, 1.-The American woman as she
is represented in New York by her
reading, is developing in a political way
| marvelously; not that it will have any
effect in helping them to obtain suf-
frage, but such knowledge will make
them powers behind the throne.
Take the French woman of de
StaePs era and the English women of
today-they are amazingly learned In
local political measures. 1 do not con-
slider that this reading is an evidence
Of the new woman" but rather that
the Americans do not wish to be behind
women of other countries in their abil-
ity to compete Intellectually with men
on national subjects.
YES" said another librarian, "there
is no use denying that women are call
ing for heavy political works more ev-
cry day, but" he thoughtfully added,
cit has long been a question with me as
to their reading them; 1 think possibly
the husbands had sent for them.
II. HALLMARK.
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ing over the bust to fasten at the back,
and is supplied with a high enough
collar to answer admirably for a street
wrap for the morning in goldfish wea-
ther. When the more expensive faced
cloth is not used a servicable and
handsome cape can be made of rough,
dark goods or heavy whipcord, lined
with plaid silk.
Second to brown and black as a COM
bination, blue cloth and black MORE
will be the most popular arrangement
for street gowns. The cloth in the fig
ure referred to is a fine soft, satin
faced French cloth. The coat tails fall
to the now approved length, the frogs
clasping the front are of black silk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

board Of the wall and fasten II firmly
in place. -Four feet and a, half above
this. by means of wooden boards
screwed against the wall for support.
he viii adjust the second shelf. and
fourteen inches above this, in the same
manner. ne viii place the third and
last shelf.
The first shelf for shoes and slippers.
the second. when completed with brass
clothes hooks for gowns ard wraps; the
corner behind these for umbrellas and
pa-asoks and above the incest closet in
The ~orld for hat boxes.
a general fittings Of the chamber
wherein this closet Is placed should
suggest its proper decoration, attrac-
I'VE curtains. which hide its contents
nd protect them from dust at the
anne time
If the shelves are diagonal across the
'front.'. riny brass rods to suspend the