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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-30

The DRUM CoRPs-The Third Regi.
ment Drum Corps has gotten into some
difficulty on the occasion of their trip
TO Richmond. 1t appears that while it
was yet undetermined whether the
| corps would be engaged for or ordered
to duty with the regiment the corps
| closed an engagement with Lee Camp
to furnish that camp with music on
their trip to Richmond. In the mean
time the regiment decided to have the
services of the drum corps, but before
an order to this effect could be issued
the members of the corps who had been
furnished by Lee Camp with tickets to
Richmond left for that city. Upon be-
ing informed of the circumstances Capt.
Thomas Perry, commander of Lee
Camp, this morning telegraphed to the
members of the camp already in Rich
mond to turn the drum corps over to
the Third Regiment, the camp in the
meantime having been reimbursed for
their outlay in purchasing tickets for
the corps.
Capt. Mushbach, of thu Alexandria
Light Infantry, who will lct as Colonel
of the Third Regiment, will leave here
for Richmond this evening. To-mor-
row he will issue the following order:
PrcuxOSD We InIv 1904
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-30
SOC MEMS NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Csc.

25 dozen Gents Fine Cheviot Shirts with
yoke back, in neat patterns. Positively
worth SOC at 25c
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DRY GOODS.
BEyDHBIINS 5
Bargains That Will Arouse the People.
AT 8 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING

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full sleeves, wide skirts. and lined to tn
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at 8 o'clock Monday morning at 39c
AT 8 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING.
200 Ladies' Laundered Shirt Waists will
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Our soc and 75c Shirt Waists on sale Mon
day morning at 8 o'clock for SOC.
EMBRoIDERIEs FOR CENTS.
1000 yards Cambria Embroderies il
| strips of 114 yaids that sold for sc, Sc, and
loo. To be sold in strips only at &c per yard
FRUIT OF THE LOOM AT Gac.
90 pieces of the vel, known brand Fruit OF
! the Loom Blcached Cotton. Recognized
value Toe per yard. No remnants. All full
pieces and as many yards as you want Mon.
day at 6a4c.
BERKLEY CAMBRICS AT sac.
25 pieces Fine Berkeley Cambrics, ono yard
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Sa,c per yard.
39c WASH SILKS 23c.
Every yard of Fancy Wash Silks in our
house, about 300 yards in beautiful designs.
Sold for 39c this season. To DO closed out
Monday at 23c por yard.
ABSORBENT COTTON DIAPER Acc.
% pieces of the new Absorbent Cotton
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on sale for 49c piece.
25c INDIA LINEN FOB 12bc.
1000 yards Fine Sheer India Linens that
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Toe INDIA LINENS sc.
15 pieces 40 inches wide) India Linens
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19c CORSET COVERS 12lhc.
Is dozen Ladies' Corset Covers, square
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BOYS SHIRTS Acc.
10 dozen Boys Laundered Percal Shirts,
sizes II, 1875, ID, 1915 and Id, at 49c
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the power house at Four-mile run early
this morning had his knee cap quite
painfully hurt by getting it caught be-
tween two cars. He was attended by
DIR. Snowden
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10c INDIA LINENS sc.
Is pieces 40 inches wide) India Linens
that you cannot duplicate under 10c, at 5cpcr
ward
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

you have passed out beyond the sentry
resolve that you will begin life anew,
forgetting those things that are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things
which are before. Press onward until
you have attained to the position of
manly man.
There are some who pretend to believe
that others are totally depraved and
that convicts are wholly so. | do not
believe such nonsense. l am sure that
| could take the most wicked and de-
praved man among you and talk to
him of the mother who bore him and
loved him, and his eyes would fill with
tears. and that alone would give the lie
to the assertion, for no man that loves
the memory of fond and devoted
mother can be totally depraved, and
that love alone is sufficient basis up
on which to build up the character OF
manly man. If have written any
thing in this article that will cheer
and inspire new hopes for the future
for any poor soul among you, L shall
feel myself fully repaid for writing it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, d. d.,
writes of "The Young Man on the
Fence" in the December Ladies Home
journal. He believes that when all
has been said that admits of being said
in regard to young mans equipment
for life, and in regard to what he ought
to do and what he ought to eschew, it
still remains a. fact that his acqulsl-
tions and his achievements will de-
pend principally on his way of looking
at life and on the spirit with which he
takes hold of life. He can deal with
it at arms length or he can grip it at
short range. He can treat the world
as an article of virtu to be elegantly
inspected, or he can handle it as aprac-
tical commodity to thrust his hands
into. He can approach it with an eye
of half-supercilious Interrogation, or
he can come down upon it with
plump bound that means respect, con-
fidence and the will to have frank COM
merce with it. There is enough in
almost any young fellow to get great
deal into life if he has the disposition
to construe things with a seriousness,
and by seriousness l do not mean sour
ness, but practical earnestness-the
spirit, namely, that will prevent his
looking upon the world as being little
better than an ill-timed joke, awkward
enough to make the whole thing un-
comfortable. and ludicrous enough to
excuse any sophisticated person from
concerning himself much with it,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

What the world needs today is manly
men, and the young are marching for
ward to meet the wants Ct their coun-
try. And when | speak of men, l refer
to them as clearly and broadly distin-
guished from the paltry counterfeits,
the petty shuttlecocks, the supple
kneed sycOphants, the pert and pre-
tentious coxcombs, the dude who takes
long strides, parts his hair in the centre
and carries cane which he holds at
the middle-these are human nOnentl-
ties who are but drones in this great
world of ours. | mean men of iron
mould and dauntless purpose, who
grasp not after baubles, who bow not
at the venal shrine of false and. pros
tituted "public opinion"-men whose
spirits rise as adversities thicken, ac-
auire fresh courage and sterner resolve
with each succeeding failure, confront
new perils and difficulties. new foes
and trials, with unquailing front,-men
who gather to their hearts more of the
light and essence of heaven as the
world glowers and glooms around them.
The age has had enough of tinsei, is
sick of surfeiting overdose of spuri-
GUS heroes and wretched charlatans,
and the pure gold, the refined gold, the
gold, without discount or alloy, must
ring in the manhood of him who seeks
and yearns to fulfill its mighty requi
sitions now. Action-fearless, unself
ish, discriminating action,-whict
spurns the shackles of gross conven
tionality and scOrns to follow in the
same dead, dreary, beaten track, il
whose dust and glare gainless millions
have grovelled wearily on before, mus
be the test of this golden purity, th'
standard of this high manhood's trial
How many of the young men of toda!
are destined to make their mark in thi
world and leave behind them the rec
ord of useful lives, with no shame t.
remember, no wish to forget.
Young men, there may be mountain
in your pathway. You may have t.
ford streams with tired and weary fee
or bridge them with sore and bleedin
hands, but you will discover that wit
no more certainty do the recurren
waves wear away by ceaseless buffet
ings and gradual encroachments tn
granite of their rocky shores, than d
persistent effort and answering pei
severance, when sustained by calmnes
probity and intelligence, wear ava
the rough places in life. Does what
have written apply to you? Most al
suredly. Many of you are young an
will be once more, free men. Whe
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
STILLWATER MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER B. 1896.

tirely proper when that word will ex-
press an idea more correctly than
would common word But when this
object is not attained, affectation is
very clearly displayed by the choosing
of large, awe-inspiring words. When
imposing words are employed simply
for the sake of display, the speaker
shows his ignorance; if they are also
used incorrectly he makes himself an
object of ridicule. f. L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Loating is not rest. Envy is dog
that bites before barking. The man
who loafs is least satisfied with his
nav. Good fortune does not always
travel in a carriage IT all our wishes
were gratified how poor we all would
be. On the day we have done no good
we have done much evil. When the
world can't understand man it calls
him a crank. 1t costs about as much
to be stingy as it does to be extrava-
giant. How easy it is for lazy man
to prove that luck is against him. We
sometimes pray for more grace when
what we need is more grit. A self
made man generally spoils his boy in
irving to make him like himself. No
man who gives as much as he ought
to give, ever wants his money back.
The things that do the most to make
us happy can not be had for money.
Don't try to stop the wind; have your
ship ready to be helped on its way by
it. When one man is heating fur
mace for another he thinks about the
price of coal. It is hard to understand
why unassuming people are so apt to
wear squeaking shoes. Our trials do
not weaken us, they only show us that
we are weak.-Ram's Horn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
EXPRESSION oFTHOUGHT.

The expression of words presuppoSeS
the existence of a thought in the mind
of the speaker. BY the use of words,
the speaker causes his thought to ex-
ist in the minds of the listeners. Ii
the words employed by the speaker do
not express his thought, the listeners
can not know that thought. Accuracy,
therefore. in the choice of words is of
great Importance. IT we employ words
which embody an idea other than the
one we sought to convey. the object de-
sired by their use is not attained.
Observation reveals the fact that very
few people clearly express their
thoughts. They do not place the lis
tener in possession of the exact idea
present in their minds. Whatever
that thought may be, words to convey
it can be found. That those words
are not employed is caused by lack OF
training. TO cease at once the use OF
loose language is impracticable. In
conversation, we can not spend two or
three minutes searching our vocabu-
larv for the desired words. But, by
careful attention, the habit of using
accurate language may be formed. The
habit once developed, no more ref1ec-
tion is required to find words to clearly
convey thoughts than was necessary
to loosely and carelessly express them
before that habit was formed. 1t is
extremely interesting to reflect upon
the conversation of those who habitu
ally use exaggerated or contorted Ian
guage.
In everyday life one may hear {
large variety Of slang expressions an(
the habit of using them can be easily
formed. There are certain slang words
which are now used all over the coun
try, and by all classes of people. IL
fact they have become part of tn
language employed by standard writ
ers; and properly speaking, therefore
can no longer be called slang words
They are used by everybody becaus
they express the ideas more accuratel
or conveniently than did the word
formerly employed. No one can oh
ject to the use of this class of slang
) sSuper' for watch; "benny'' for over
coat; dough" for money and "mug
} for man, have not, however, bee
adopted by the community at large
$ These, and similar words, would pei
, haps be understood by some people
t but the average citizen would requir
2 some explanation.
h Some people are in the habit of en-
t ploying long and unusual words, whe
: ordinary words would more clearly e.
e press their thoughts. They follow tn
o practice, it is presumed, because the
: believe that their listeners will be col
). vinced of their learning. 1t hasa col
Y trary effect. Those persons who, fl
I the sake of effect, employ unusu
j. words, are, without exception, ign
d rant, narrow-minded, uneducated. I
n make use of all uncommon word is e
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
Vol. X.-No. 19.
>@>sPQEFRK
SS6%ZzHGSg@S~ f.
FANCY

Waking one morn. found the earth
Had taken new and wOndrOus birth;
The mountains. wales, each brook and stone
All had a language like our own.
l list for flowers and ferns to tell
Where all the bards and muses. dwell.
The trees. the leaves and creeping vine
All sing in accents most divine!
The clouds and sky would reproduce
The artists lore for view and use.
All natures stores our servants are
We speak the wish, and reach star.
We do not walk or ride; but still
We glide to distant points at will.
No thoughts of grief or sin abide
Each aching heart is satisfied.
Fen homely forms take beauty dress.
And all the world is lOvelineSs.
Iasked sphinx with visage old
To me this wondrOus change unfold.
Up spake saucy little elf
"'Tis fancy-yOu are not yourself.
Harriet L. butcher in Minneapolis HOusekeepe
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Look at the coming man of the fu-
ture; the boy with an honest face,
firm lip and a. sparkling, intelligent
eve. The elements of manhood are
his: he knows no deceit, is respectful
to older persons, and does not use
slang or silly language. His conver-
sation is intelligent and is of some
thing more entertaining and refining
than the vulgar and silly twaddle called
Jokes. He has learned the habit of at
tention, and does not presume to speak
upon any and every subject which is
discussed before him. He does one
thing at time and that well. He loves
knowledge and his time is spent, not
in reading silly tales, but in storing
his mind with useful knowledge upon
instructive literature, or in solving
some knotty problem in science. Look
at him, we say, you can tell him by
these qualifications.-Boy's Lantern.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
THE GUIDE OF LIFE.

Every birthday is golden milestone
in the path of youth. BY them we
measure the progress of our life. The
custom to make such days memorable
by celebration and by bestOwals of gifts
and greetings, is handed down to us
from remote ages. The object of it is
that we may, when the meridian of
life has passed, look back upon them,
single them out one by one, and with
such recolIections in mind shape the
course of our after-life, always remem-
bering that past time never returns.
Errors committed in our youth may
be atoned for by noble deeds in the fu-
ture. This may be consoling, but 1t
should not deter us from exercising
vigilance against such errors. They
alone are truly happy, who can survey
their past free from errors and stains,
and devote their future to progress and
honor instead of atOnement.
How we'll we remember the time
when we left oar childhoods home!
We had been surrounded by love and
affection, and spent our time amid
CHEEKY associations. We went forth
from under that friendly, sheltering
roof where there had been nothing but
happy existence. We went forth to
battle against the world and its frowns,
but found it losing battle. Why?
How was it that we did not rise to
fame, wealth and honor? Because we
did not begin right. We threw away
the good advice, that, perhaps, was the
only thing our parents were able to
give us. We threw it away as worth
less rubbish We did not recognize it
as worth having or remembering. We
scrambled and fought for the dollar,
the "almighty dollar" believing it to
be the only essential thing for our well
fare. And so we built our future on
illusions and air castles-the fruits of
our vivid imaginatiOns. But, as we
rushed on, we found out their true
value. They resembled the frail soap
bubbles we were wont to make when
children-the larger and more magnifi
cent; the nearer the end-and when
they finally bursted nothing remained
Let us then dig into our memory, un
earth the remembrances of our child
hoods home. and call to mind the ad
} vice that was given us by our parents
: These home influences are the only
| safeguards that will ferry us past thu
} shoals and dangers that abound on al
: sides: and by strictly adhering to then
we will land safely on the shores of th'
i. misty beyond.
3 Old age is the night of life, as nigh
7 is the old age of day. Still, the nigh
S is full of magnificence, and to many i
: is more brilliant than the day. Whel
). we pass away from life to death w
: cease to exist. In time we may be fol
y gotten. But, if we have made the mos
4 of our active existence, when we ar
}. laid away to become a part of mothe
: earth, we shall still live in the memor
}, of those we leave behind. Let us liv
Q so that we may be remembered, not i
disgust and abht rrence, but in fonc
l. ness and gratitude. We all have
n mission in this world; let us fulfill tha
Z mission. Let us live for a purpose
is not by adding ourselves to the man
y who fill the penal institutions through
l. out the world, but to some nobler pu
l. pose. e. E. Z.
)r
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

If there is one thing this world ad-
mires it is brave mana man who
dares to look the devil in the face and
tell him that he is the devil.-Garfield
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

some way to enter, we will probably
find them looking and acting just as
they do on earth, for they are every
body's good angels. JASPER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE MANLY MAN.

[BY GEN. r. w. JOHNSON. L. 5. A.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Strive to develop that which makes
YOU weep when conscience stings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
STING THE TROLLEY COMPANIES.
A PATERSON JURY AWARDS $500 TO BOY
FOR LOSS OF MEMORY BY AN
ACCIDENT

po,arson Sent 20 Especial .-The trolley COM
nanies operating railways through this county have
heen assess ID $4,000 for injuries sustained by ci-
ze,s in tho last week and suits for 100000 are
nendnp The sum Of g. 800 was awarded to William
poueston OF Midvale WHO had his right foot
crushed in a collision between two troley-cars OF
tho Paterson Railway Company NJ the Broadway
curve some time
Farmer Prosecutor Gourey. while defending A
suit brought by Edward McHarg. through MS
guardian against the New-Jersey Electric halfway
con,n,ny caught a tartar In the innocent nine
v..ro.d plaintif who sued for 5000 damages Tor
q, ,,rjos sustained three months ago. The boy was
running across Grand-st.. when trolley-car came
ao,,, tho stacr hill 1T the rate of fifteen miles an
,o,r Little Eddie cleared the track but his up
uf,ed foot was struck by the outer edge OF the
,rdar and he was thrown backward and nit by
,ha outer edge of the car He lay in the hospital
for sovan weeks At the hearing to-day Judge
D,xo, decided that he should he sworn. II was
asserted that the boy was nervous had lost his
,,erorr and at times was irresponsible, as tho
resuI, of the accident Mr.. Gour,ey however. re-
,.tv.d brirh, replies 10 his questions about his
studies the lad endeavoring to show intelligence
How many are five times five Eddie? quer'ed
The hoy looked UP shamefacedly at Judge Dixon
and his lip tremhcd go 3. ..,. .,,,i,-
since nv head was cut. IT mai me lose my place
and / was always ahead before
asked for a non-suit, claiming that the lad was ufl
USUALLY bright. He called Drs. Myers ana gerrl-
berry. who corroboraed ms statement 1uuSg
contributor negligence get up as defence
Tho case then went the jury. who returned a
verdict giving $40 the hoy In compensation for his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
MYSTERY SURROUNDS A REFINERY.

BUILT AS AN ANTITRUST CONCERN. 1T IS NOW
IN THE HANDS OF UNKNowN CAPITALISTS.
Camden Sept. 3o.-Mystery surrounded the fine
pew refinery OF the United States Sugar Refining
Company ever since the ground was broken for IT.
two or three years ago. and now mystery surrounds
the announcement that IL has bee scld 10 party
Of New-Orleans capitalists.
Started ostensi5ly independent refinery. be-
yond the control OF the Sugar Trust. the names
Of its financial hackers have never been made pub
lie by Adolph segai. It's promoter. and II seems
equally difficult now 10 ascertain the names OF these
new ga rtasts from the South. One Of them is said
be Mr.. Hawley.
The new purchasers. whoever they may be. have
already placed representative, In the person OF l.
D. Wheaton. In charge Of the refinery. Mr.. Wheaton
Is practical sugar fetner from Brooklyn. where
the Sugar Trust has large refneres. As 10 his en-
pioyers he appeared TO know very little other than
that they were from New orleans and that Mr..
Hswley was at their head. Whether the New-Or-
leans capitalists the representatives. Of the Su
gar Trust ne declined to say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
A SAD HOLIDAY FOR HIN.

Paterson. Sept 20 tSpeclaD.-Louis Demeley Of
No Is Market-st.. will have to remember
his celebration OF the feast day OF St Michael for
a long time Yesterday the Italian societies turned
out to celebrate the holiday The paraders were
marching past. when Demeley. with a companion.
started setting of dynamite bombs Demeiey had
made one containing extra charge and forgot
that 1t was lighted. While he was watching the
antics Of his brother. who had placed a small
bomb behind group OF young women at tho
curb An explosion, followed by a shrek Of agony,
caused everybody 10 gaze al Dene.cy, who Was
Eringing MS hand and writing In pain Hts four
burned lie was removed to st. Joreph's Hospital
II was necessary to amputate his hand above the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
TO SUE A TROLLEY COMPANY.

FARMERS WHOSE WAGONS HAVE BEEN DEMoI-
IsHEp WILL. SEEK REDRESS IN THE COURTS
Hasbrouck Heights. Sept. 20 tSpeciaD.-fienry
Gross and l.. Brandon hurg. farmers, living at this
place have decided 10 the Rutherford and
Hoboken trolley line for damages TO their vehicles
and 10 themselves
This brings out a general complaint that farmers
who have 10 use the old Paterson plank road make
against the trolley line. which runs the full length
OF the road Last week. Mr.. Gross says. he was
run into by trolley-car and thrown down steep
embankment. iniurlng himself. wrecking the wagon
and injuring OF the horses so badly that IL had
be shot.
Mr. Blandcnburg declares that he into
by a trolley lear and suffered serious damage. Both
that they went the company'E Office,
where they treated with great discourfesy,
and they will seek redress through the courts. a
verdict for 5000 rendered against this com
any at ;he present term OF court. Ac ording %
the agreement with the Board OF Freehoiders. the
trolley company is obliged TO keep certain part
OF the road in order but 1t is one OF the roads
in New-Jersey. Bergen County has spent about
$4,000 on the road in 2 few YEAR, yet II Is unh; for
wheeling or pleasure driving. The county has about
five miles OF ths roadway. between the ltacksnsack
and Passaic rivers. and ii is said 10 be a bona
for the macada mZer.