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LETTER CARRIERS IN THE ALPS.
Their Terrible Hardships In Winter and
Heroic Devotion to Duty.

Their Terrible HardshIps In Winter and
Heroic Devotion to Duty.
Among letter carriers the world over
probably there are few who undergo for SO
small pittance such terrible hardships as
those who carry the mails in the high Alps
in winter. They are paid but 20 cents per
day and frequently lose their lives in the
performance of their duty. The world at
large hears Of them but rarely and then
only from some chance traveller who has
been snowbound in q hospice in those high
attitudes.
The postman at Villar d'Arene, in the
Alpes Maritimes, was badly frost bitten
last winter while making his rounds. A
Partisan journalist happened to be in the
village when the mail arrived and said to
him, "You have good excuse for not 60
Ing over your route today, because you are
Ill and more than three feet of new snow
fell last night"
Yes, monsieur" the carrier replied, at
know all that very well, but-que voule3-
vousH There Is in the bag q letter from
Louis Jousset, which comes from Tonquin.
You cannot understand how impatiently
his parents are awaiting that letter from
their son. Every day they ask me, Is there
nothing from him YETI They are anxious
about him. He Is so far away. And now a
letter has come, shall make them waltz
Oh, no. have not the courage, though
fear from the pain suffer that neither the
postman nor the letter will reach their des-
tination."
On the way from Abries, on the French
side to Bobbio, In Italy, some miles before
reaching the Col de 10 Croix, separating the
two countries, there is house of refuge,
which was built nearly 100 years ago by
the French government. For some time
previous to last winter 1t was kept by a
cantonnier and his wife, but through care
lessness or complacence they allowed
italian soldiers to come there and spy
across the border. Last winter, therefore,
two gendarmes were stationed there, and
the place was furnished with telephone
to the village below. They were supplied
with provisions every two days by post
man named Blanc, from Abries some
miles distant. The snow fell so deeply one
night in February that it filled the steep
pass which led to the house where the two
soldiers were stationed. Blanc, neverthe-
less, knowing that they would soon be
without provisions, set out to relieve them.
He did not return, and the next day his
body was found The two gendarmes,
meanwhile, were starving, and it was only
at the risk Of their lives that some hardy
villagers rescued them two days later
New York World.
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Boards, Snuff and the English Bar.

Forty years ago an Old Bailey practi-
tioner who wore a beard was summoned
to attend meeting Of the bar and charged
with violating the honorable traditions
OF the profession" He sought acquittal
on the ground that q serious affection Of
the throat compelled his transgression Of
the unwritten ordinances Of the bar, but
his judges declined to accept his defense
and sent him to Coventry. Times, The Law
Journal, points out, have changed now.
Half Of the ordinary members Of the court
OF appeals now wear boards, Lord Justice
Lopes, Lord Justice Rigby and now Lord
Justice Kay having departed from the ira
ditions Of the bench. The only other Judges
who wear boards are Lord Watson and Sir
Francis Jeune."
Another terrible instance of departure
from ancient precedent was deplored last
night by the lord chief Justice in his anus
ing speech to the Hardwicke society. The
"eminently judicial" habit of taking snuff
was, he regretted to say, falling into almost
complete desuetude. He remembered Sir
James Bacon telling him on one occasion
that when he was junior there was not q
single man in the court, from the Judge
on the bench to the usher, who did not
carry snuffbox, and he ended by saying,
Hero am, the only man left with q
snutfbox." And now the only man left Is
the chief himself, but all that one man can
do he does. Gazette
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Where Is the sonI.Looated,

At different periods in history since men
first became imbued with the idea that hui
man beings were possessed OF souls, vari-
Gus ideas have been advanced as to the ex-
act spot which that intangible something
claims as its seat. Within the past thou
sand years reputed authorities on psychol-
ogy have located it in widely separated Sec
tions Of the brain, as well as in several
other organs of the body, such as the heart
liver, spleen and spinal cord. Five or six
years ago, in 1889, believe, DR.. A. H.
Stevens of San Francisco gave the world
his views on the subject, declaring that he
believed it to be situated in that portion of
the brain known to the anatomists as the
corpus Callosum.
More than 1900 years before the west
coast speculative philosopher above men
toned startled the world with his an
nouncement Of the discovery of the soul s
seat, it was believed in Greece Rome and
Egypt that it was located in the pineal
gland of the brain. This gland is little sac
containing calcareous grit, and for which
che psychologists have not discovered any
particular use. The discussion of the subject
is an interesting one, but it is plain that it
is matter wholly within the unknowable
and undiscoverable. Louis Republic
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to an experienced miner would have indi-
Gated fall of top coal or rock near by.
The babe laughed on, holding pieco of
apple toward Jerry, who, with his head
high in the air, listened intently. In a
moment there was a crashing, rattling,
tearing noise in the stables where five
mulesw" confined then the swift thump
of hoofs Town the narrow gangway-the
mules, frightened by tho fall, had broken
out of the stable and were dashing toward
the bottom of the shaft.
To reach that point they would pass Jer-
ry and the baby. The gangway was mar
row, two mules could hardly pass abreast,
the baby was in the middle of the track,
the cruel hoofs Of the rapidly advancing
animals would crush out her life in their
wild rush. Jerry seemed to realize it all.
He backed away from the baby, who, in
nocent of the danger, held out her hands
and called him. His head was turned to
one side, his ears laid straight back. The
rushing animals came nearer. With q
backward heave of his whole body Jerry's
hoofs flew out and struck full on the
breast of the first mule. The force of the
blow was terrific. The animal was hurled
back against the other four, who stopped
bewildered. At that instant the three men
rushed out of the side gangway, and the
baby was snatched up into her fathers
arms.
The stable boss understood the situation
at a glance, and springing past Jerry,
with whip and voice. drove the five mules
back, while the baby's father kissed her
again and again, and Jerry calmly munched
some pieces of apple which had fallen from
the baby's hands. Occasionally he looked
up, and one could then see those two large
melancholy eyes shining there in the dark
ness, lit up with new contentment, as if
even this hopeless prisoner could under
stand the happiness that comes from deed
nobly done.-American Gazette.
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pains all through
anybody, and kid
ney trouble.
None of the doc
tors did me any
good. l took
twelve bottles of
your Vegetable
Compound, and
cannot thank
you enough for
the relief l
found.
81 am now
well cured of all
those pains. |
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T. EBANON SPRINGS R. R.
IL VIM. V. REYNOLDS, Receiver.
Change of time in effect January LIST, 1891.
LEAVE BENNINGTON.
S:25 a. m. For Petersburgh junction, North
Adams and Boston and all points
East and West on the Fitchburg
Railroad. Also on all points on
Lebanon Springs Railroad.
$40 p. m. For Petersburgh Junction. No.
Adams and Boston.
5;45 p. m. For Petersburgh Junction, Will
Jamestown ana North Adams and
all points on Lebanon! Springs
rvilroad.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT BENNINGTON.
1898 a. m. From Troy, .Hoosick Falls. Will
Jamestown, North Adams and all
points east on Fitchburg railroad
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad,
4:3O %, m, From Troy, Hoosic1 Falls and
points west on Fitchburg r. R.,
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
6;O8 %, m. From North Adams, Williams
town, Boston and all points least
on Ftchburg railroad. Also
from all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
=. D. BENNETT, Superintendent.
JOSEPH CHILDS. General Passenger Agent.
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EITCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
Il Route On and after Jan. 3lst, 1895, trains
will run as follows:
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNINGToN:& RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington rs. arrive Troy at So a m.
New York 20 IN, Hoosick Falls 8 81, North
Adams So, Greenfield II ~ m, Fitchburg "a,
Boston 10 m, MechancYille o O3 Saratoga
9 SO am.
Leave Bennington IL 40 m, arrive in Troy 2 20
New York 90, Hoosrk Falls 8 So, North Adams
46, Greenfield 81. Ftchburg "a, Boston 10 IL
pm.
Leave Bennington 49, arrive Troy 55. Hoo
sick Falls IA, North Adams co, Mechanicville
46, Saratoga SO pm.
Leave Bennington II 10 M arrive Troy 20,
New York Is Leave Bennington for the
north IL u nd 10 a IN, So, 8 10pm.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
Via. Bennington and Rutland Railway:
] 90 m, from New York. Albany and Troy.
9 80 m. from New York, Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls, North Adams Saratoga and Mechan-
icville,
303 m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
3S p m, from Albany. Troy, HoOsick Falls, No
Adams Boston and Saratoga. Arrive from
the north l 20, I so Il m. l 10 and 40 pm.
j, X. WATSON, Genl Pass Agt.
G. A. NIMMO, Boston.
GenI Western Passenger Agen', Troy.
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A RHYME OF A PIPER.

"Plper, wherefore wilt thou roamP
Piper, wilt thou bide;
Here thou shalt have hearth and home
And neighbors at thy side.
Many flocks Wen give thee, too,
Piper, and thou bide."
"Nay and nay For one unheard
Calleth me to follow.
All / ask, brother bird
Singing through the hollow,
And friendly star at night,
And brook to follow"
Josephine Preston Peabody.
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To have perfect health you must
have pure blood, and the best way to
have pure blood is to take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
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Tho [Banm@p [B60nd]@0oy2
BLANK BOOKS A SPECIALITY.

Flat opening Blank Books any style binding and ruled to
any pattern These books warranted the equal any
made Blanks ruled to any pattern The Bndery is replete
with machinery and execute book binding in every
branch Of the art and in perfection of workmanship
not be e1eeled Paper Ruling Blank Book Making Gold
fact everything that usually DONE and things
not often done in frstcass binding establishment.
The prices excessive quality we solicit COM
parison with the best work in the country
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woman? Man works from theory only.
Why do tens of thousands of women
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
telling their most secret thoughts 3?
Because they know that their letters
go straight to the hands of woman, are
opened, read, and answered by woman,
who as a woman has made woman's ills
a life study, and because she never fails
them, and cures cases which the doctor
cannot.
The lady who asks that the following
letter be published, gives concisely the
uniform expression of gratitude con-
tanned in thousands of other letters in
Mrs. Pinkham's possession.
"For eight years l suffered with neu-
ralgia of the womb, backache, severe
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should advise every woman to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound who
has any female trouble. l had a friend
who was to go under an operation. L
advised her first to try the Compound.
She did, and is now so much better
and stronger she has given upa thoughts
OF the operation" MRS. NJ. WILDE,
2137 Park ST.. Tioga, Pa.
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T7[E[g SPECIALITY is
E [F9[b0CRt5
aaANDaa
Book Work.

The amount of pamphlet and book issued the BAN
Office is than double that of all other printing
fees in Bennington Co. combined During the past few months
we have issued nearly sevenyve jobs of pamphlet
work.
The of printers in keeping pace with rapid and
varying changes in the printers the
in this line That is why favored with the
pamphlet work of this vicinity.
Senator Morrill, said of the "History of the Bennington Cen
enna issued from this office at is veryeaboate and
liable work.
prominent Rutland gentleman said of the congregational
Year Book recently issued ut is the handsomest piece Of
book work ever issued from Vermont printing Office"
Blanks with without printed headings; Posters Bills
Dodgers. Printing of any description
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-07
iy31 1w

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
~ the City Engineers Office, room s Mar
ket Building Alexandria, Virginia. un-
til 10 o'clock noon on AUGUST 10th, 1895,
and opened Immediately thereafter, for
GRADING AND PAVING Cameron street
from the east line of Fairfax street to the east
line of Lee street, and relaying the two foot
crossings across Cameron street at Lee street
and east foot crossing at Fairfax street.
Also for REDRESSING AND REsETTING,
AND FURNISHING NEW CURB where
necessary on both sides of Cameron street,
between Fairfax street and Lee street.
Each bid must be accompanied by certi-
fed check for one hundred dollars ($100) as
a guarantee Of good faith on the part of the
bidder, and that the contract will be entered
into and bond executed by the bidder, on
award of the contract.
Specifications under one cover can be seen
at the City Engineers Office
Default in this respect by the successful
bidder shall work a forfeiture of depost.
Immediately after the award Of the con-
tract, checks will be returned to the unsue-
cessful bidders, and to the successful bidder
after giving the necessary bond as required for
the proper fulfllment of the contract.
Twenty per cent. of the contract price will
be retained until the work is accepted by the
Committee on Streets. Bond will be required
with surety or sureties, to be approved by the
Committee on Streets, in the sum of five hun
dred dollars $500 for the faithful execution
of the contract
The right to reject any or all bids is re-
served. II. r. BUBKE,
jy24 I'd Chairman Com. on Streets.
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MAsoN's FRUIT JARS, best quality flint
lXI glass, for sale by
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DIAz SHOT THE Ducks.-This story is told of
President Diaz by his father-in-law. Minister
Rubio, Secretary of the Interior: Rubio had
been persuaded, much against his will, tc ac-
company the president on duck chase. On
the lake the president saw a number of ducks
rise on the opposite side and begin flying to.
ward him. He at once took his position in
the bow of the boat. The boatman was slowly
psddling toward the bank. Just as President
Diaz raised his gun to fire the boat struck bot.
tom. and the president sat down in the mud.
Without noticing tie interruption he let &C
both barrels and brought down two ducks, al
the same time remarkirg to Rubio: II wonder
if the President of the United States could
heat that"
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d 1s6 ALEXANDRIA VA. WEDNESDAY, EVENING, AUG
) Q2agettf.
pUpL1sHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY

PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY At
Gazette Building. SO IL sf2 Prince ct.
Daily one year, So; six months SO ;one month
50cents.
Tri-Weekly one year 81; ak months So;
three months 81.
All transient advertisements must be paid for
in advance.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed to ex-
ceed their space unless the excess is paid for
st 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.
rEntersd at the Postoffice Alexandria, Virgin.
ia. as second-class matter.l
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REAL ESTATE, &c.
M. B. HARLOW & CO.,
Real Estate Loan G Insurance Brokers,
NO. 1O7 S. ROYAL STREET.
REAL ESTATE, &c.
FOR SALE.

A decided bargain. Good location. Eight
rooms and bath. New Frame House. Large
lot. Good dry cellar Furnace. Gas, Water
and closets throughout. If sold this week
can be bought for So, 100.
$1O0 cash if sold this week. $3.50 in easy
payments will buy four-room Frame House.
Lot 19x113' 5" to 20-feet alley.
A very desirable Brick House on Royal
street, between Prince and Duke; rooms
modern Improvements. Price $4,000.
A Fine Three-story Brick, business prop.
erty on King street, near Royal, occupied by
Mrs. Wenzell, Milliner. Price So, 900.
Duke street, 15.room Brick House; a. m.
i; location unsurpassed. Price $5 500;
$4,000 cash balance to suit purchaser.
Prince street, near Alfred, 12-room Brick
House; large lot; choice locality. Price
So, 500. Easy terms.
Pitt street, Beautiful Home; 10 rooms
a. M j.; lot 82x12O; side alley; fruit, flowers,
and plenty of shade. Price $4,000.
We have for sale very fine Business Prop
erty on north side of King, between Royal
and Pitt streets. Price $4,000.
Store and Dwelling southwest corner Queen
and Pittstreets. Price $4,000.
Large Three-Story Brick, Fairfax street,
between Cameron and Queen, 8 rooms and
bath, metal roof, good cellar with vault terms
easy. Price So 500.
A Beautiful Home, LA south Patrick
street, Three-Story Brick House; q. m. i. /;
lot 63x144 to paved court and alley stable
and carriage house; fruit trees and shade.
Price $4,000 on easy terms
House and Lot, Cameron and Patrick
streets, southwest corner. Price $1,000.
Easy payments.
A nice Frame House. SIT Queen street; lot
13x100 TO 10-foot alley. Price very low.
Terms easy.
House and Lot, south side of Prince street,
between Pitt and Royal; 20x80; Frame
House. Price 81, 200.
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. ICHMOND FEMALE SEMINARY

d edmond FEMALE SEMINARY
Az No. 8 East Grace ST., Richmond, Va.
JOHN Il. POWELL, Principal. MRS. T. q.
PEYToN, Associate Principal. The twenty
third session of this Boarding and Day School
will begin September 25th, 1895, and close
June 10th, 1896. Course of instruction from
Primary to Collegiate Department full and
thorough. The best advantages in Music,
Art and Languages. Richmond offers many
advantages for Improvement in Lectures, Con.
certs, etc. For details, apply for catalogue to
the Principal. iy1 M .w&f ON
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LOTS.

Prince street, near Alfred, Lot 25x1OO
feet to an alley. Improved by two small
Brick Houses 81, 400.
Five splendid Building Lots; 20x74; st.
Asaph street between Queen and Princess,
5000 each. Very easy terms.
Eight Desirable Building Lots on Lee
street, east side, between Wilkes and G;bbon
Price 1925 per lot, easy terms.
A very fue Lot on Washington street, be-
tween Wythe and Madison streets Price
$500.
Thirteen Lots on south side of Gibbon
street. between Royal and Pitt, 20xlO0,
Brick House. Price for the whole, $4,000.
Very easy terms.
One of the most desirable Lots in the city,
Cameron street, near Christ Church, 45x90.
Price So 600.
Four nicely situated Lots on Payne street,
between Pendleton and Wythe streets Price
$3.50. Cash S25, Is per week. Size 1890
feet.
Patrick street, near King, Two Lots,
171bx1O7 feet each 5000.
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tressing diseases, such as headaches, indiges-
non, biiiousness, skin diseases, boils, carbun-
Giles, piles, fstulas and maladies too numerous
to mention.
If people would pay more attention to
properly regulating the action of their bow
els, they would have less frequent occasion
to call for their doctors services to subdue
attacks Of dangerous diseases.
That, of all known agents TO accomplish
this purpose, DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are unequalled, is proven by the fact that
once used, they are always in favor. Their
secondary effect is to keep the bowels open
and regular, not to further constlpate, as Is
the case with other pills. Hence, their great
popularity with sufferers from habitual con-
st;Dation, piles and indigestion.
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.There IS Danger i'm peIay.,

Since 1861 have been great sufferer
from catarrh I tried Ely's Cream Balm and
to all appearances am cured Terrible head
aches from which I had long suffered are
gone. w. j. Hitchcock, late Major q. S.
Vol: and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured me
OF catarrh when everything else failed. Many
acquaintance have used it with excellent re-
suits. Alfred w. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
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AUCTION SALES.

PY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST
~ dated October 29th, 1892 and recorded
in deed book, No %, folio 66, of the land
records Of the city of Alexandria, Virginia,
executed by John e. Rocket and wife, to the
trustees of the Alexandria Perpetual Building
Fund Association, and being thereunto re-.
quired and directed by the Board of Direc-
tors of the said association, the undersigned
trustees of the said association will, at 70
o'clock M, on
SATURDAY,
the 18th day of August, 1895,
in front of the Royal street entrance to the
Market Building, in the city OF Alexandria,
Virginia, expose to sale at public auction, for
cash. ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND with
the IMPROVEMENTS thereon, situated at
the intersection of the south side of Pendle-
ton street with the west side of Columbus
street, in the city of Alexandria, Virginia,
and bounded as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of said streets and running thence
south and binding on Columbus street Sc
feet more or less thence west parallel to
Pendleton street 100 feet; thence north
parallel to Columbus street So feet, moro or
less, to Pendleton street; and thence east on
Pendleton street 100 feet to the beginning,
with all appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser.
LEWIS NICK. BELL,
FRANK WAKEFIELD, Trustees
SAMUEL B. FISHER,
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HEALTH RESORT.
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF CITY sUPT. OF SCHOOLS,
" ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 81, 1885.
In obedience to the instructions of the
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, the an
nual examination for Teachers will be held
in Room No. 1, Washington School Building,
south Washington street, as follows.
For White Teachers, August 9Th and 7th.
For Colored Teachers, August Sth and 9th.
The examination will begin on each day at
8 o'clock a. IN.
All persons proposing to stand this exami-
nation will present themselves promptly on
the days and at the hour named supplied
with pens, ink and paper of uniform size
legal cap preferred.
z. KEMPER,
City Superintendent of Schools.
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GEED.-Landreth' Extra Early Peas and
y other Garden Seed; also English Mixed
Lawn Grass Seed, just received by
E. 8. LEADBEATER q SONS.
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Emmett J. Scott, the negro editor of
the Texas Freeman, in an article in
the Monthly Reoiesv, of Boston, on the