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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-07

TIE President in his message to Con
gresa to-day takes the wise ground that
unlesa the condition in Cuba shall be
entirely changed, this government
should let Spain paddle her own canoe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-07

Govggsog BrDD OF California, at the
rec1est OF the President, has reprieved
The murderer OF four men, for whose
mother Mr.. Cleveland mad formed 8
..rong attachment" before ne became
President, though his crime WAS that Of
a monster rather than man, IS he tried
70 Kill q WHOLE train load OF people,
none OF whom had ever sen him. let
alore done him any injury. In view OF
this reprieve and Of the influence that
Obtained it, is il at al wonderful that so
many people have lozt faith in free in,
a.itrtiousE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-07

SOME PEOPLE imagine they see the
dawn of the prosperity that was to &C.
cur from the election of Mr.. Mckinley
in the ability OF certain cities to float
four and five per cent. bonds. They
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-07

never labored under vainer delusion-
Induzry is 60 depressed ard business
60 slack that the few people who have
money can ind no profitable invest
nent for it, and have go Little CONT
dence in the promised revival that
thew are afraid TO lend ii except upon
gilt edged security, which few can ohes.
CITY bonds are about the safest DOW Il
sued, and people with money would 10
vest it them 8. even two or three Per
cept rather than let it lie idle.
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ELY BROTHERS

So Warren Street. New York CITY.
suffered from Catarrh three years it got
50 bad / could not work A.; used two bottles
| of Ely's Cream Balm and am entirely well
would not be without t,-A. C. Clarke, 341
Snawmut avenue Boston.
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PROFESSOR 0. G. COGAN.
THE WORLDS CHAMPION OF TIE
CT A

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AIEyANDPrA Va Der : 4

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec Z, 1895.
NTEMBERS OF ALEXANDRIA COUN.
IXl GIL, NO. 627, ROYAL ARCANUM-
You are hereby notified TO attend the stated
meeting of said council to be held in Potomac
Hall on TUESDAY EVENING next, the
9Th instant, at 7:3O o'clock. Business, an
nual election for officers. By order of the
Council.
J.E ALEXANDER Secretary.
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Good Investment.

On receipt of ten cents, cash OF stamps, g
generous sample will be mailed of the most
popular Catarrh and Hsy Fever Cure (Ely's
Cream Balm sufficient to demonstrate it,
gres. merit. Full size so centa
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United States has nevertheless a char
acter to maintain as a nation, which
plainly dictates that right and not
might should be the rule of its conduct.
This government has hoped to discover
the most promising and effective means
of composing the present strife, with
honor and advantage to Spain and
with the achievement of all the reason
able objects of the insurrection. 1t
would seem that if Spain should offer
to Cuba genuine autonomy-a measure
OF home rule which, while preserving
the sovereignty of Spain, would satisfy
all rational requirements of her Span.
ish subjects-there should be no Just
reason why the paciication OF the ISL
and might not be effected on that basis.
Such result would at once stop the
conflict which is now consuming the
resources of the island. 1t would keep
intact the possessions OF Spain without
touching her honor. 1t would put the
prosperity of the island and the for
tunes of its inhabitants within their own
control, without severing the natural
and ancient ties which bind them to
the mother country. Being sincerely
desirous in the interest of both as well
az IN its own account that the Cuban
problem should be solved with the least
POSSIBLE delay, it was intimated by this
Government to the government OF
Snain some months ago that, If satis-
factory measure of home rule were ten,
dared the Cuban insurgents, and would
be accepted by them upon a guaranty
Of its execution, the United States
wonld endeavor to find way not OBJ
;ectionable to furnishing such guaranty.
While no definite response to this init
nation has yet been received from the
Spanish a.riI government, it is believed to be
not altogether unwelcome, while, as
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20

The cost of the Companion is but
s1.75 year, and we know of no invest
menr that will give so great returns for
SO small an amount of money. New
subscribers viii receive the paper free
from the time the subscription is re-
ceiyed until January 1898. New sub
scribers also receive the Companion
four-page Calendar, autographed in
twelve colors, which is the most expen-
sive color production its publishers
have ever offered. Address
THE YoUTH's COMPANION,
205 Columbus Ave-, Boston, Mass.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20
Life at Washington.

The inauguration of President, the
selection of his Cabinet, and the seat
ing OF a new Congress national events
Of the coming year suggests the ques-
ton, "What are the powers and duties
of these high officials?" During 1897
it will be answered through the Youths
Companion, in a remarkable series of
articles by Secretary Wilson, Attorney
General Harmon, Senator Lodge and
Speaker Reed.
The Illustrated Announcement for
1897 (mailed free on application to the
Youths Companion, Boston, shows
that the above is only one of many
brilliant features" by which the Com
panion will signalize its seventy-first
year.
Three novelists who at present. I'll the
public ye-Ian Maclaren, Rudyard
Kipling and Stephen Crane-will con
tribute some of their strongest work
Practical affairs and popular interests
will be treated by Andrew Carnegie, /
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, DR.. Lyman
Abbott, Madame Lillian Nordica, Hon.
Carl Schurz, Charles Dudley Warner.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, and hundred
other famous men and women.
-Four fascinating serials, more than
two hundred short stories. and ten
times as many sketches and anecdotes
will be pfin5ed during 1907; and all the {
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high standard which has made the Com {
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accuracy.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20
story of Childs.

heard an interesting story on News
paper Row just the other day, of the
kindness of heart Of the late George w
Childs. Mr.. Childs was leaving the
Ledger office one night very late when
he heard an alarm of fire and an old
man came running down the stairs.
Mr.. Childs asked him his business.
I'm going to report that fire. said
the old man.
"How long have you been reporter
on this paper?" asked Mr. Childs.
Fourteen years" said the old man.
WELL" said Mr.. Childs, "you go
back to the city editor and tell him I
say to send somebody who is younger"
The old man obeyed. He was told
afterward that he need not appear for
duty again. Mr.. Childs had pensioned
him.
A year or so after that, the man who
told me the story happened to enter
Mr.. Childs' Office just as the pensioner
was leaving. The great editor was laugh
ing. The pensioner, he said, had come
in with great worry on his mind to
to ask serious question.
"Don't you get your money regular-
ly?" asked Mr.. Childs.
sob yes answered the man, "but it
has worried me lot lately, sir; it has
worried me lot to know what's going
to become of me when you die"
Post.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20
Fish story without Fish.

AS a Star reporter was browsing
around one of the down town hotels,
the clerk pointed out to him tall, an
gular boy of Is or 10, lolling all over
a chair in front of window command
ing view of the avenue and apparent
ly having first-rate time to be so far
away from home. The clerk took the
reporter over to the boy after minute
or two and introduced him, with the
remark that the reporter wanted to
know about that fish story.
"Wel,' smiled the youngster, sit
wasn't so much Of fish story as it was
dog story, and it wasn't so much a
dog story after it was all over as it was
when we first took the dog out with us.
You see, it was this way : -Four or five
of us young fellows, about two or three
weeks ago, took notion we'd go fishing
and we took dog along. We had
nice little dog that was so fond of the
water that people swore he'd never
been raised in Kentucky, but he was.
He was my dog and ought to know
We was fishing in pond, and after
about three hours of it we didn't get
smell, much less bite, and somebody
come along and said the way to fish
pond was with dynamite.
''All we had to do was fling cart
ridge in, let her blow up, and we'd have
fish to carry home on freight car The
cuss that told us was railroad hand |
and was working down the road about |
a mile, and if we'd go down there we
could get enough, and more too,
for half-dollar to shoot all the fish in
the country. Me and the other Teller
went along with him, and they fixed up
a cartridge tied to foater, and all we
had to do was to run like the devil. The
dynamite would do the rest. We forked
over the half-dollar course they
bought whiskey with it and went
back to the pond, where the others was
waiting
"Fhen we follered directions, but we
forgot the dog, and when slung in the
cartridge and the float, the dog gave a
yelp of joy, and, bangl he went in after ,
it, though we fired rocks at him and
howled our lungs out to make him let ,
go. That's the kind of dog he was;
he nevet did know when to let go was. ,
We'll, we seen we couldn't stay around +
there and we went a-whoopin', and the t
dog came after us, draggin' the dyna- +
mite, for it wasn't heavy, and catchin' d
up with us at forty miles an hour. z
"He was friskin' his tail and yellin' +
pleased most to death, and we we're r
gettin' scarder for we knew that stuff q
was goin' off pretty soon, and when it
lid there was goin' to be heavy thun-
Ter. l don't know what would have W
happened if it hadn't a-ben for fence a
hat we got over. The dog couldn't q,
ret the float through the cracks, and
While he was draggin' at it and barkin'
It it fit to kill, that cartridge went off
light by his nose, and when we could
1T on our feet again at the foot of the 4
I'LL we couldn't see anything of the
og or foater or about four pannels of =
ence. They all went together, and we
cit so thankful when we picked our
elves up that we organized a prayer
leetin' right there and sung hymn
Washington Star.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20
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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20

In 1896 the first potato'was planted
in England, in Holborn, about the time
that Sir Walter Raleigh was planting
the first potato in Youghal, near Cork.
For two centuries it was continued as a
botanical curiosity. When first eaten
it was delicacy, sometimes roasted
and stepped in sack, or baked with mar
row and spices or preserved and can
ned. When Parmentier developed the
plant in France, Louis XIV and Marie
Antoinette wore the flowers as orna-
ments. Friedrich the Great had to force
the Pomeranion farmers to plant pota-
toes by the fear of his soldiers 1t was
the famine of 1771 70 in Germanythat
demonstrated the value of the tubers.
The fact that it has been only within
the past century that the potato has
risen in its prominence as an esculent,
even in Ireland, the land of murphies.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-20

Before going to law, be sure it is
worth while. 1t takes only two to make
a quarrel, but all the courts in the
country may be required to settle it.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,.
THE FAiRY's clFTs


East night. when was snug In bed.
A fairy came to me and said:
--Dear child. three gifts to you bring--
A box. q mirror and q ring.
4 Each morning use the mirror bright,
TO bring your little faults 70 tight:
when you have found them. every ono.
Open this box. as have done.
--And pack them quickly out Of sight.
Remember! shut the lid down Tight
I'VE call these. best Of gifts to youth,
One. Self-control. the other, Truth:
This golden ring, Sincerity,
Wins friends wherever you may be"
i never spoke, did not stir:
I only lay and looked at her.
And when she went DO not know
She melted like q fake Of snow.
The door was barred, the window. too:
How do you s'pose that she got through
I'm sure she came. so real It seemed;
But mamma says must have dreamed.
~. Torrey Common. in N. 7. Independent
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07

a curious gift has been made to the
natural history museum of Soletta
This gift consists of birds nest con-
structed entirely of steel. There arc a
great many watchmakers at Soletta,
and in the vicinity of the workshops
there are always the remains Of the old
springs of watches which have been cast
aside. Last summer matchmaker dis
covered this curious birds nest. which
had been built In a tree in his courtyard
by apair of water wagtails. 1t measures
ten centimeters In circumference and
Is made solely of watch springs. When
the birds had fedged their brood, the
matchmaker secured their unique nest
as an interesting proof of the inteill-
gence of birds in adapting anything
which comes within their reach.-Lon-
don Daily News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
THE TOO UNsELFIsH WIFE.
She who Loves Peace Before Principles
Il Weak Spirited.

She who Loves Peace Before Principles
II Weak Spirited.
The last century wife, the wife
evolved under the common-law disci'
pline (which permitted the husband to
ehastise her according to his own in.
clinntion for the sake of maintain
ing discipline in the family and "for
her own good") was q creature of no
will, of no individuality. All there was
of her was absorbed when she married.
The common law has given place to
something better, and women OF
higher character now reign in our
homes and train the children. Butsome
of the old types are left, and that brow,
beaten nonentity called a wife, by
courtesy, is no uncommon sight, even
in an era Of sweetness and light"
Such women are themselves to blame,
and have the remedy in their own
hands.
In marriage the moro loving heart
will often yield until selfishness is seen
to be the real source of the demand;
then comes the total absorption of will
and desire and hope, making the wife
a spiritless, despised creature instead
of woman; or, on the other hand, a
firm stand is taken, which very likely
produces considerable of family jar.
This is too bad, but If Ito be or not to
be" is the question the sooner dig
Ilified stand is taken the better and
the less likely it will be to lead to quar-
reling noxious poison of family
life. In the end 1t is better for the well
fare of the family that neither should
sink his individuality in the other. Let
no one confound his thought with, a
reckless desire to have his or her 'own
way" The root of this is always selfish
and to be condemned. Peace and har-
mony in family life are worth every
thing. except principle or honor.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07

stEVEn KING 1AANMY. 11S ~
The baxIey w0pdex Yields right
nlonx "a pccr, good vi indifferent soils
80 70 100 bus. per sere. That pays ~
zoe. bushell
Salzer's mammoth catalogue Is full
81 good things. Silver Mine Oats yield
ed .0l is bushels in 1895. It will do
better In 1906 Hurrah for Tcosinte,
Sand vetch, Spurry and Giant Clover
and lots and lots OF grasses and clovers
they offer. IS packages earliest vege-
tables $1.00.
!, IF ron WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with 1oc. postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get
free ten grain and grass samples, In
Guiding barley, etc, and their catalogue.
Catalogue alone Sc. (K)
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07

most as fast as level between the dog
and the rider; and, in fact, the dog will
take nloderate-sized hill alone, with
the riders feet on the coast;ng bars,
though Mr.. Coe rarely subjects him to
such strain. Mr.. Coe has often taken
his dog with him on trips of IS miles or
more, often coming to this city and
returning the next day, and the dog
apparently Is not at all tired.
Last year Joe hasn't been used no
frequently because Mr.. Coe, having been
recently married, has been rejoiced
with a son and heir. and has had to
take exercise otherwise than by BIZ
cycling evenings, but whenever he goes
out he takes Joe with him. Besides, the
dog had been out hunting considerably
in the fall. his record of partridges
shot over him in one day so far being
IL. Meanwhile, being considerable Of
q dog around town, he takes his leisure
wandering around the streets OF Ware,
where he In very popular among the
townspeople. He has q habit of open
ing the doors of the stores on the main
street whenever he cares to go in, push
ing down the latch with his paws.
When once In he shuts It after him by
throwing his weight against It. and
usually does this part of the trick with
avigor and enthusiasm which threatens
to knock out the side of the build
ing. Mr.. Coe has had considera-
BILE experience in animal training,
having educated deer and buffalo,
among other pets, while he was boy
In Kansas, il fonder Of Joe than any Of
his conquests up TO date. He says IL
Is generally admitted In Ware that Joe
has more friends and knows more than
his master. : Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07

soda, that druggists sell to make settle,
water.
Put the contents of the other pack.
age, tartaric acid. in playing card
rolled up into tube, and tied around
with thread one end of the tube being
sealed or plugged with two pellets OF
biotting paper.
Suspend this miniature cartridge from
the cork by means of piece Of thread
attached by tin tack. The open end
of the cartridge must be uppermost,
and when ali is ready you cork the bot
tie tightly, having allowed enough
thread to swing the cartridge clear of
the water.
To explode the cartridge and dis
charge your novel cannon you lay the
bottle horizontally upon two pencils
on the table. They will act as your gun
carriage.
Pretty soon the water will penetrate
the blotting paper plugs and reach the
tartaric acid. Effervescence will at
cnce take place, and the carbolic acid
gas thus generated will throw the cork
from the bottle with a loud report,
the cartridge trailing after it like a
rocket.
And you will have still further iini-
tation of field artillery in the recoil of
the bottle, which will roll back several
inches.
Make this little experiment. It is
both pretty and harmless.-E. Y. Mer-
curry.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
usEfuLAND SUGGESTIVE.

-Lobster cscralis I'M means Of fur
nishing red mayonnaise when desired.
Dry the coral, pound IT to : powder and
rub it through sieve, then mix II win
a little lemon juice and add ~ 70 the
| mayonnaise. Eo
Birds when kept in cages should
always be provided with plenty Of gravel
and sand, or they cannot possibly %
kept in good condition. The cages
ought to be cleaned every day, and fresn
water provided. Different water should
be given for drinking and for bathing
Delicious Raised Buns-Use one
quart Of milk; boil one pint OF II. ADD
TO the whole quart a piece OF butter the
size of an egg, two-thirds OF cup Of
sugar and two eggs beaten together.
one-half cup of black currants and
one-half cup Of yeast. Let the mix
ture rise over night. Boston Budget.
To clean white wells, make solu-
ton Of white CASTLE soap and let the
veil soak in it 15 minutes. Then press
It between the hands in warm water
and soap until clean. Rinse in clear
water. then pour boiling water on
tcaspoonful Of starch, soak the veil N
1t for few minutes and then clap ~
between the hands until nearly dry.
Spread towel over a pillow and pin the
lace in each point smoothly over it and
let it remain until perfectly dry.
--Piquante Sauce--Put a tablespoon
Of butter in small saucepan and set
over the fire until brown; add table,
spoon Of flour and mix until smooth;
thin with = cupful Of stock and stir
until it boils. Have two tablespoons OF
finely chopped onions, one gill OF vine
gar, one tablespoon of capers, sprig
each Of thyme and parsley cooked in
a saucepan; add to the sauce; season
with salt and pinch Of cayenne; stir
ali together well and serve.-W Western
Rural.
To Cure Meat-For pork use salt
nine pounds, saltpeter one ounce, New
Orleans sugar one-fourth to one-half
pound, water three and one-half gal
Ions, meat 100 pounds. For beef, salt
five and one half pounds, saltpeter one-
half ounce, sugar one-fourth to one
half pound, water three and one-half
gallons, meat 100 pounds. For beef,
sprinkle enough salt to draw the blood
Ia mere sprinkle will do it), pour this
OF. Make the brine and skim 1t well,
then pour it on the meat and let it lie
some 80 days until tho heaviest pieces
are saltcd through, then hang, and
smoke to suit the taste.--E. G. Fisk, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
What Allied Him.

A gentleman of Berwyn, Pa, who is
employed with an electric light COM
pany, has two boys aged three and five
years respectively. The older one.
through frequent conversations with
his father, is familiar with electrical
terms, appliances and probabilities.
Little three-year-old, one cold morn
ing, was fumbling with half-frozen
wasp that had lodged on the window
sill. The wasp thawed out, and recov-
cred much of his usual animation, q
fact proven by q succession Of yells on
the part of the boy.
whats the matter with Dawson 2"
cried the father, as he rushed from an
adjoining room.
II 'spect he touched q live wire. /" re-
piled the brother, with o scarcely per-
.ceptible grin.-Home and Country.