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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Manassas battle field will be
sold at auction Monday.

The Manassas battle field will be
sold at auction Monday.
W. T. Fentress, a well-known me r
chant of Portsmouth, is dead.
The fifth annual convention of the
Christian Endeavor Society of Virginia
convened in, st. Marks Lutheran
Church, Roanoke, last night.
Mr.. W. D. Sale has bought for s., 500
the Grymes homestead, Selma" in
Orange county, and Mr.. ]. G. Bell has
purchased in the same county the old
Kendall place, near Lahore.
At the regular monthly meeting last
night of the Richmond chamber of
commerce the committee on banking
and finance was directed to invite Sec
rotary Carlisle to visit that city next
month and make an address on the
financial question.
The Court of Appeals recently moved
into handsome quarters in the new
State library, at Richmond, and the old
courthouse on Eleventh street was
sold at auction yesterday, and was
bought by contractors for S4,7OO. This
building is one of the oldest in the
State.
General Norman. adjutant general,
Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans,
has written to General Peyton Wise,
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments for the Confederate Veterans, re-
union in Richmond next May, asking
that the meeting be postponed until
July 1, in order to allow the veterans
to visit New York July 4. General
Wise has the matter under considera-
ton.
A row broke out yesterday among
the Italians and other laborers work.
ing on the Chesapeake and Western
railroad, near Harrisonburg, now IN
course of construction. One Italians
skull was crushed by q shovel, and ne
is not expected to live. Two inen-Ma
lone and Harlow-were both cut BY
stilettos, and Harlow is mortaily
wounded. Malone will get well. The
Italians were attacked first. Both Har
low and Malone are from AlbemarIe
county.
Quite stir has been caused in Shen.
andoah county by the announcement
that Mrs. Mary E B. Allen, of Allen,
dale, near Mt. Jackson, had instituted
proceedings in the Circuit Court for dl
vorce from her husband, Tiphen w
Allen, ST. They were married on Feb
ruary 81, 1867, and had seven children,
all of whom are living. Mr.. Allen IS q
weIl.known farmer, owning one of the
fuest farms in tue valley. Cruelty,
non.support and drinking is the ground
| on which the suit is based.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-30

ONYX TABLEs-The cheapest Table on
W the market will cost you only $3.50
each. Ask to see them.
E. MILLER & CO.,
BIT King Street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-30

n TToN BATTING for comforts, beauti-
" full quality, at
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-30

pURE LINEN BLEAcHED TABLE
i DAbiASK at SOC, 65c-an Toe, at
A. G. SLAYMAKERS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
HIS HABIT TO STAY
Joe Fowler Would Rather Kill a
Nan Than Eat.
career and Death by the Rope of the Hus-
band of the Once Fsr-Farned Rclle
Iowlsr-New He1Ico's Most
Notorious Desperate.

He was standing by the hotel bar
chawin' his pistols a. FIVE o'clock in tbs
morning.
This testimony was given in court by
Ia witness concerning the 6oings and
mental condition of Joe Fowler, who,
In 1883, was being tried for his life at
the general term in Socorro, Y. II. On
being asked by his counsel what he
meant bv the expression ''chawin' his
pistols" he explained that Joe, after an
all nights drinking bout, TO show his
steadiness and nerve had put the muz-
zles of his two loaded revolvers into his
mouth and was pulling the hammers
part way back and letting them snap
down upon the cartridges.
Joe Fowler, who figured as danger
Gus man for years in New Mexico, was
1T one time the keeper of q dance hail
In Santa Fe. From there he went to
Socorro county, bought or took up a
stock range, and was q ranchman for
several years, at which business he
prospered. He was z short, thick-set
man, with whom homicide had become
a habit, and his bearing and expression
were warning that he was a man to
be let alone if possible. He had made
his reputation as bad man" before
going to Socorro county, and he added
TO it by several shooting exploits while
living at his ranch. The most murder
Gus and Characteristic one, perhaps,
was his killing of three men between
Socorro and his ranch. The men were
camping together on the prairie at
night, and he killed them in their sleep.
There were no witnesses, and Fowler's
account OF the affair was that in riding
to his ranch alone he. overlook them on
the prairie, and that they, not recogniz-
ing him, confided to him their intention
of going to his ranch, killing the pro-
prietor, and getting away with as much
booty as they could find. Whatever
may have been the general opinion as
to the truth of his story, the men being
dead there was no means of disproving
1t, and Joe went free.
- He was the husband of the notorious
Belle Fowler, the petite, black-eyed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09

we have perused it. BY the bones 81
my ancestors never have encountered
such wit, such pathos, such lofty
thought. With fear and trembling L
return the writing. Were to publish
the treasure you sent ne the emperor
would order that If should be made the
standard, and that none be published
except such as equaled it knowing
literature as l do, and that it would be
impossible in ten thousand years to
equal what you have done, 1 send your
writing back. Ten thousand times 1
crave your pardon. Behold, my head is
at your feet. Do what you will. Your
servants servant. Tue EDITOR"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09

siren, once of the variety stage. who
figured SO sensationally in the New
Mexico cities in the eighties. He had
married her in Santa Fe, and she lived
with him during his stay at the ranch.
Their matrimonial life was not wholly
rose strewn, for she carried upon her
cheek as a u1emento of one episode of it
q deep though not disiguring scar,
which was currently credited to her
husbands knocking her down with a
blow from carbine. After his death
bhe came in for a share of his property.
which was considera bic, and while it
lasted she was famous among the gam
bling saloons of Santa Fe, Las Vegas
and other New Mexico towns as a play
er for high stakes, and sometimes as q
dealer at faro.
1t was on the same night, in imme-
date sequence to the 'chawin'" of his
pistols, that Joe got into the trouble
that cut short his life. He had sold his
ranch and stock, and with large sum
of money had come into Socorro to en-
Joy himself. After his all night S
drinking he was getting into danger
Gus mood. and now that he was snap
ping pistols at his head two officers of
the law thought it time to interfere for
his own and the public safety. They
came behind him, each seized him by an
arm, and, wrestling his pistols from him.
they took him out of the house and
Were walking him up the street toward
isAe lookup. A citizen of Socorro. a
friend Of Joe. seeing him in custody.
came up to the party To intercede for
#; the prisoner. Joe waited until he got
near enough, and then. without provo
cation. drew d bowie knife and sta bbed
the friend to the heart, killing him in
stantly.
He was brought TO trial. convicted.
sentenced 10 be hanged. AID placed in
the Socorro Jail TO await the day of ex-
ecuJion. From the desperate character
of the man ard the money that he had
at his disposal, there was special dam
ger in his ease of escape or rescue.
This the citizens of Socorro were deter
mined should not happen, and they
took effective measures that the muir
Glerer of their fellow citizen should be
avenged. A steel cage was ordered
from the east, in which more securely
to confine the prisoner. and every night
detachment Of vigilantes guarded the
Jail, patrolling It's four walls on the
outside.
Before the appointed time for the
execution of the death sentence arrived
the governor Of the territory granted
the prisoner a reprieve. The citizens
OF Socorro treated the respite as waste
paper, continued to mount guard over
the Jail. and punctually on the day and
hour set by the court for the execution
they took Joe Fowler from his cell and
hanged him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
Editing in China

The following is said to be an exacs
translation of the letter sent by Chi.
nese editor to a would-be contributor,
whose manuscript he found it necessary
to return: Industrious Brother OF the
Sun and Moon, behold thy servant,
PROSTATE before thy feet. llowtow to
thee and beg that of thy graciousness
thou mayst grant that may speak and
live. Thy honored manuscript, has
deigned to cast the light of its august
eOunsenanSe upcI US. With ra9tura
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
tnlrft<rcS nCus.

Our of l7,oo0, 0c0 nhabitsnts of Spain
over i1,eQ9, goo are ignorant OF the ar.
Of reading or writing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
At the Cafe.

Mrs. Swellbones-They say that il
you drink absinthe it makes your hand
tremble dreadfully.
Mrs Flasher-Really? Waiter, make
that a large absinthe instead of a ginger
ale. am going to wear nine diamond
rings at the opera tonight. - n. Y
World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
An Abstruse OpAStiox.

The two men had just told the hostess
that they had had a delightful even
ing, and were going out into the rainy
tight.
You remember the old query as TO
where all the pins go" said one of them,
as he made reach toward the hall
rack.
Eyes"
well, there's problem that has
been botherirg me more than that"
What's the problem?"
''Who is it that buys all the umbrel-
las?"
And his companion also made reach
and gave the conundrum up.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
I. kuechenmelster,
Harry st. Greenhouses.

q fine strain Of Pansies a 50 cents a doz.
These are young plants just beginning
To bloom; a sure success II planted as
directed: also Geraniums. Nerbeles,
Roses. French Cannas, Calues. Border
plants. bulbs. etc Ny plants are ! No.
l. and prices the lowest. Plants set
cut free OF charge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
J0a North Main Street.
REMOVAL

REMOVAL
DIR. c. G. Furlev Las removed his
office tn 140 n. Main st. Office hours
8 to II and to o'clock. Residence
1920 y. Lawrence Telephone SO.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
The Sal moan Mascot.

In time of war it is the tapos duty
to lead on to combat the warriors of
her village, and she is often in the
thick Of the skirmishing; but should
she be wounded or killed, 1t Is a pure
accident, as the Samoans have the
greatest horror of hurting a woman in
any way, and would not even injure
their enemy's tapo. There is a story
told of how. during the war which
was carried on in Upolu for a consider
able time five or six years ago, two ar
mics had met and were drawn up blaz-
ing into each others lines, when a ma
tive woman appeared with COW she
wished to place in safety. The entire
firing was Immediately suspended on
both sides till she and her charge had
crossed the lines and were completely
out of harms way. The women could
rely so thoroughly on the gallantry of
their countrymen that they had no fear
during the fighting, and would take
food to their husbands and brothers at
any time, and pass through the ranks
of the warriors of the belligerent army
with perfect impunity: as long as the
daylight lasted, and they could be
easily seen, they We're quite safe.-In
Stevenson's Samoa-Marie Fraser.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
SCRAPS.

The household work of the families
in the United States was. in 1880, done
by 1.075653 domestic servants.
Over one-half the population OF
Rhode Island and nearly one-half that
of Connecticut is employed in the mills.
1t is claimed that Lake Erie produces
more fish to the square mile than any
other body of water in the world.
Native-bor farmers of this country
form 26 per cent of its population
farmers of foreign birth number lI.b
per cent.
OF all the handicraftsmen the car
penters were the most numerous when
the tenth census was taken. numbering
373,14S.
1t is estimated by engineers VINO
have studied the subject that 16ooo'-
0O0-horse power goes to waste ever?
hour over Niagara Falls.
The letters in the various alpha5ets
of the world vary from Il to 2o2 IN
number. The Sandwich Islanders III
phabet has II, the Tartarian 2O2,
A Philadelphia oculist. whS has )eeh
studying the human eye for thirty
years, declares that all great men o.
the past and present had or have DUO
or gray eyes.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14

the first thing the men do on entering
the casino is to disrobe and search for
vermin. and moreover the majority sell
dom trouble themselves about resu1n-
ing their raiment until they are ready
to go cut The condensation caused by
the sudden change of temperature rem
ders the clothes so wet that after all
it is only natural that the natives should
Immediately remove them.
"A casino can be described as simply
a cellar with roof over it. 1t is a
deep. square excavation, with pyram-
idal roof Of rough logs, covered thick
~ with earth. At even short distance
it can be easily mistaken for a small
hillock The only light and ventila-
ton is by a little opening at the top,
which is protected by curtain made
of fish skin. The internal arrangement
varies in different places in respect 20
details, but the main features are the
same. Around three sides of the in
terror bank of earth is left. which
extends like broad step or divan. On
this the natives sit in their customary
sQuattIng attitude.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14

building up, made a circle with the
rope on the floor, and put seven differ
ent species of snakes inside of the roDe
circle. Every single one crawled over it
as II 1t wasn't there, and since then my
irlend has lost faith in it's protective
powers An old campaigner says to a
reporter for the Inter-Ocean that this
was poor test. "a hair lariat must be
maze purposely for this use, and the
sharp projections of the butts of the
halr be made prominent. A hair lariat
can be, and is, made as smooth as any
othef larlat. They are strong, but use
less as protector from snakes | have
used one in places where snakes were 50
thlck that half dozen could be run
from under single bush, and never
kne" one to crawl over or inside Of my
bed"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14

bers are strict teetotalers every day in
the year except one. Regularly on the
first day of September, year after
year, all the adult members of the COM
mune assemble in the parish church
and every one takes a solemn VOW be-
fore the altar to drink no wine, beer or
spirits from the morrow" of the fol-
lowing day for the whole year. The
clause from the morrow" is intro
duced in order to give them reward
for their virtue in the shape of whole
day of drunken carnival. AS soon as
they leave the church they begin to in
dulge in horrible bacchanalian drink
ing, which continues throughout the
day, until neither man nor woman in
the village is sober. This is naturally
followed by considerable physical SUI
fering and then mental remorse, where
upon the penitent parish enters upon
it's twelve-month Of model sobriety, and
all live like the Rechabites. Some stu
dents imagine that this queer proceed
ing may be prehistoric tribal custom.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
1mpeaching - Witness.

Lawyer (for the defenses-"You were
IN the saloon when the shooting oc-
curred?"
Witness Qor the state)-"T was"
LaWyer-"State the location of the
saloon
Witness-"No. All Chestnut street,
Lexington, KY"
LaWyer-"What was the defendant
doing when you entered the saloon?"
Wltness-"He was treating TIE
crowd"
Lawyer-"What did he say"
Witness-"He said: Mister Beaure-
gard, will you and Mister Blublud and
Mister Fireater and Mister Redeye and
Mister Cornbred and Mister jefferson
join me in drink, suhs?'"
Lawyer-"Your honor, the defense
rests. l would respectfully submit 60
this intelligent jury that there are not
six plain misters in the whole state Of
Kentucky"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14

ment sufices of itself to keep the tenn
perature a little above the freezing
point. which is considered comfortable
enough in a country where wood is SO
precious.
The casino has no door in our sense
of the word. The following ingenious
method is used instead: Close by there
is a little structure which serves as u
yestibule. This has a large hole in the
floor. and from the bottom of this hole
or shaft extends a tunnel which termi-
mates in the fire-pit OF the casino. \
person desiring to enter casino goes
into the vestibule, jumps down into the
hole and then crawls along the tunnel
until he reaches corresponding hole
in the floor of the casino. Woe TO the
luckless stranger who fails to emerge
as soon as this hole is reached. for
should he proceed any further he would
discover that the short section of the
tunnel which remains between this exit
and the fire-pit is the sink.
Crawling along in The dark. slippery
tunnel is not graceful proceeding.
and this bobbing up from the hole is
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
unir ROpeS and Suakrs.

There is common superstition
among western cowboys that a rattle
snake will not cross hair rope" said
Superintendent Brown, of the Phila-
delphia Geological Garden, the other
day. The cowboy don't mind rattle
snake much, anyhow, but when he has
to spend the night in the open, he fire.
quently takes the precaution of encir-
cling his camp with rope of this de-
scription, and then goes to sleep with a
quiet mind. | often wondered if there
was any truth in this belief, but never
happened to have a hair rope and rat
tlesnake handy to test it, until one day
when a friend of mine came from the
West, and we began talking ON the sub
ject. He had hair rope with him,
and we decided to try it on the snakes
in the reptile house. We shut the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14

ers. The silt deposited by these rivers
has rendered the sea SO shallow that
for miles from the shore there is not
water enough at low tide to float a row.
boat. The whole country is volcanic:
immense lava beds and extinct craters
are everywhere to be met with. There
are interminable wet plains. called by
the Russian name of tundra. The tur-
dras are covered with rank growth of
moss. in which the feet sink so deep
that travelling over them is well-nigh
impossible, except during the winter
season.
The villages are organized on a very
convenient socialistic plan The main
edifice OF every settlement is called the
casino. Around this the private resi-
dences Of barraboras are grouped with
out any regard to regularity. Near cacl
barrabora is it's storehouse, called 4
cache or lafkak
The casino or koshga is the great
local institution OF Alaska. 1t is common
property, and serves as the exchange.
clubhouse. restaurant, workshop, bath
house, hospital and theater for the resi-.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
CONFESSED SHE DIDN'T DO 1T.
The Little Girl Disappointed the Ex-
pectations of Her Guilty Mates.


pectations of Her Guilty Mates.
Something dreadful had happened at
| the Queensville district school, says
Philadelphia Times. May Greene, the
| belle of the village had smuggled her
Sunday sash out of the bureau, and,
,, "unbeknownst to her mother" had
worn it to school. Her triumph, how
| ever, was shortlived. She had hung
the sash most carefully on hook in the
cloakrOom while she ran out at recess
for good rOmp. On her return she
was dismayed to find that it had been
carefully questioned, but no one, of
| course. knew anything about it, The
teacher accordingly announced that
when the afternoon session should open
she would lay all lessons aside and hold
court Of investigation. She herself
would be the judge. May Greene should
be the plaintiff and every scholar in
turn should come up into witness
box, rugged up for the occasion, and tell
exactly what he knew about the mat
ter. She also said that if anyone would
confess his wrong doing before the
opening OF court he would be pardoned
and all proceedings stopped. Two guilty
boys, discarded beauX of the gay
coquette. were now pale with dsmay.
They had told untruths when privately
questioned and now they feared they
would not be able to brave them out
before the awful court ordeal-es-
pecially since it had begun to he whis-
pered around that they knew more of
the matter than had at first appeared.
They therefore hit upon the following
expedient The youngest child in the
school, little Annie Cork, was the pet
of the county. If she now could be in
duced to confess to the cutting of the
sash surely she would be pardoned on
account of her popularity. She was
therefore beset by the guilty young
sters, who, by dint of dire threats and
large brides. and by urging confession
upon her as duty, finally secured her
bewildered consent Ito confess" When
the afternoon bell rang the scholars
came in promptly. looking askance at
the awful witness box and at the mutt
lated finery floating out from the teach
er's desk. The judge was about to open
court, when in came the criminals
triumphantly leading the innocent
child between them. They informed
the judge that Annie Cork had come to
confess. and. ofiiciously placing her on
the witness stand, they withdrew to
their seats. The chilG's helpless atti-
tude was too much for the tender
hearted judge. who took her by the
hand and said gently. We'll. dear,
have You really come to confess?"
'Yeth." she faltered, oppressed by
the earnest stiffness in the room: but.
gaining courage from the judges kind
ly manner. "Yeth, teacher-I'th come to
confeth-Ith come to confetti that l
didn't do it,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-14
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Our Great Colleges Were Not Such Vast
Institutions as They Are Now.

Our Great Colleges Were Not Such Vast
Institutions as They Are Now.
Dartmouth College consisted of a
wooden building $50 feet long, so feet
wide and SO feet high.
= At Dartmouth English grammar AMI
arithmetic were textbooks in the soph-
omOre year.
Princeton, the greatest Presbyterian
college, was a huge stone edifice. its
faculty consisting of a president, vice.
president, one professor, two master Of
languages and seventy students.
Harvard University had four brick
buildings: the faculty consisted of a
president and six professors, and in it's
halls thronged 100 to 100 students.
Yale boasted of one brick building
and a chapel with a steeple 125 feet
high" The faculty was president, a
professor of divinity and three tutors.
The greatest Episcopal college in the
United States was William and Mary's.
1t was under royal and state patronage
and was, therefore. more substantially
favored than most of our American
schools. At this time, it is said in
curious old state report, the college was
building of three stories, like a
brick kiln" and had thirty gentlemen
students.
The students lodged in dormitories,
ate at the commons" and were salts
fled with what we would consider
prison diet. Breakfast, a small can of
coffee. a biscuit, about an ounce CT but
ter. Dinner, one pound of meat, two
potatoes and some vegetables. Sup
per. bread and milk. The only un-
limited supply furnished was cider,
which was passed in can from mouth
to mouth. The days were spoken of as
boil day. roast day. stew day, etc