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selves be shielded.

selves be shielded.
Father, my theory, like my plan, was
foolishness. Only a mailman would
have dreamt of concealing a crime
whereof there was but one witness, by
a second crime whereof the witnesses
must have been five hundred. The
American had travelled in disguise and
cut off the trace of his identity to all
men save myself When he died at
the hands of the fanatics, whose faith
he had outraged, alone of all Chris
tians knew that it was Christian
blood that had stained the streets Of
Fee. But how different my own death
must have been. had Travelled open
~, as a Christian and an Englishman.
At the consulate of Tangier / was
known by name and repute, and at
that of Fee l had registered myself.
My presence had been notified at every
town had passed through, and the
men OF my caravan would not have
dared to return to their homes with
out me. In the case of the murder Of
the American the chances to the
Moorish authorities of claim for indem-
nifty were as one to five hundred. In
the case Of the like catastrophe to my
self they must have been as five hum
dred to one. Thus, in spite of the fan
atheism and ineradicable hatred of the
MOslem for the NaZarene, Morocco to
me, as to all Christian travellers, trav-
cling openly and behaving themselves
properly, was as safe a place as Eng
land itself.
But how can man be hot and cold
and wise and foolish in a moment? l
was in no humor to put the matter to
myself temporarily, and though / had
been SO cool as to persuade myself that
the authorities whom l had bribed
could not be madmen enough to think
that they could conceal the murder of
the American by numbering me, yet l
must have remained convinced that
Larby himself was such mailman.
AS a surgeon l had some knowl-
edge of madness, and the cold, clear,
steely glitter of the mans eyes when
he look at me was thing that l could
not mistake. | had seen it before in
religious monomaniacs. 1t was an in
fallible and fatal sign. With that
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What took place there between these
two it is not for us to relate. Suffice
it TO say that an hour later Jimmy
emerged from the Goodheart mansion
and started for his home. When he
reached the house he found that his
mother and father had retired for the
night. Letting himself in by skeleton
key, he tiptoed along the hall to the
sitting room Picking up his fathers
bag of tools and securing dark Ian
tern from a closet, he stole out again
into the silent night, which now wrap
ped the great city in its sable pail. AS
he walked rapidly along the stars came
out oIs by one to light him on his way,
and afar off church bell began ring
church bell said:
Jimmy Burling-ame, Jimmy
Burling-ame,
"Do-your-duty daddy,
Jimmy Burling-ame.
The boy soon found himself in a
street lined with the stately mansions
of the rich. Taking a paper from his
pocket, he turned his bull's-eye lantern
upon it. Then he flashed the light
upon the transom of the house before
which he stood.
NO It's That is it, he said, and
went cautiously to the cellar window.
The sash raised easily at his touch.
Dear Mr.. Goodheart was right"
said Jimmy, as he went through the
opening. "He said | would find the
window unlocked" By the light of
his lantern he made his way to the
lower hall and walked softly upstairs.
Again he turned the light on his paper.
"Silverware kept in dining room side
board. Kind, thoughtful friend! Din
ing room, second room in rear" Feel
ing his way along the wall, he passed
through the front parlor and entered
the library behind. Jimmy paused a
moment and then crept- on. He en-
tered the dining room and there stood
the sideboard containing he knew not
what wealth Of silverware. Wealth
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and, with her soon, listened with tense
nerves to the sounds.
"Sober!" she cried, as she fell into a
chair CAS- l feared, the worst has
come" Her son stood with his arm
about her neck awaiting the entrance
of his father.
He had not long to wait.
The door opened slowly and a man
stood on the threshold viewing the
scene before him. Them he passed
slowly into the room. He was about
As years of age, but looked much old
er owing to his pinched face, How
it came to be SO pinched the reader
will soon know. His mien was sad
and his walk was that of a man who
had lost his spirit. Dropping a bag
containing some tools upon the floor
beneath the sign, God Bless Our
Home" he sank into chair and bur-
led his face in his hands.
Sobs shook his frame
1t is pitiful to see womans tears,
but when men weep it is terrible.
Then James Burlingame said to his
wife: cat last the blow has fallen"
But the woman had suffered so much
that she did not realize the extent Of
her new misfortune. Seeing that she
did not understand, he continued in a
voice shaking with emotion: II have
been expelled from the Safe Breakers
union!" Nothing now was heard but
the sad antiphonal sobbing of hus-
band and wife. James, the boy, alone
remained calm. He listened while he
heard his father tell how the union
had taken action in his case on &C
count of the affair on Elston avenue
and expelled him "for conduct unbe-
coming a gentleman and a burglar"
Then the son spoke UP.
LET us discuss the matter calmly"
The family then held a council.
"Of course" said the father, 81 could
go in some other line. There is the
gold brick business
NO" promptly said the son, cit is
played out. Did you not read only
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light In the eyes, like the glance Of q
dagger, ne6 will kill the wives they
love and women will slaughter the
children OF their bosom. When saw
it in Larby l shivered with chilly
presentiment. It seem to say that
could see my home no more. / have
seen my home once more, am back
in England, am here, but
Father, am telling you again, and
again? That hour comes back and
back How long will it haunt me-
How long? For ever and ever. When
time for me is swallowed up in eter-
nifty, eternity will be swallowed up in
the memory of that hour. Peace! Do
you say peace? All, yes, yes, God be
merciful.
Before I had spoken to Larby his
presence in our company had been
only dark and fateful shadow Now
Never in my life until then had | felt
hatred for any human creature. But
hated that man with all the sinews
of my soul. What was it to me that
he was a mailman? He intended to
keep me from my dying boy. Why
should l feel tenderness towards him
because he was the father of his little
Hoolia? By killing me he would kill
my little Noel.
1 began to recall the doctrines Of
the American as he propounded them
on the ship. 1t was the life of an
honest man against the life of a
scoundrel. These things should be
rated ad valorem. If the worst came
to the worst, why should l have more
respect for this madman's life than
for my own?
| looked at the man and measured
his strength against mine. He was a
brawny fellow with broad shoulders,
and l was no better than a weakling
l was afraid of him, but | was yet more
afraid of myself. Sometimes | sur
prised my half-conscious mind in the
act of taking out of its silver-mounted
sheath the large curved knife which
had bought of the hawker at Tangier,
and now wore in the belt of my Nor
folk jacket. In my cowardice and my
weakness this terrified me. Not all
my borrowed philosophy served to
support me against the fear of my
own impulses Meantime l was in the
agony of suspense and dread. The
nights brought me no rest and the
mornings no freshness.
On the fourth day out of Fee we
arrived at Wazzan, and there, though
the hour was still early, my men
decided to encamp for the night
protested and they retorted; I threat
ened and they excused themselves.
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meath his eyebrows like badger in a
den. His detection was extreme and ap-
parent.
The car was long in coming, for the
hour was late. and at last, when no one
else was in sight up or down the Sark
street, he half Strengthened himself and
made bold to SLOUGH forward toward me,
taking off his hat as he did so. The
act was humility itself, and / turned
round to meet him. He didn't hold out
an open hand as beggars generally do
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IT WAS the night before Thanks
Il giving.
Mrs. Burlingame sat in dis
ipirited attitude at a table, leaning her
head upon her hand. Across the table
sat James Burlingame, Jr., a boy of
twelve. the only child of the family.
"Read it again, janis" she said. The
boy took up newspaper and read IN
a clear. resonant tones the Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation of President Mckin-
lev. When he had finished there vas
pause, after which the mother ~
II cannot see anything in that to 9 il4hge
my opinion. We have nothing to be
thankful for"
DO not say that, mother" said the
boy in CHEEKY voice. Remember that
every cloud has a silver lining He
was about to add: "And P. DE- @.
velveteen braid" but he refrained and
said "And the darkest hour is just
before the dawn. Cheer up, mother.
Papa will soon return and who knows
but that he will bring with him joyous
tidings," but the lad swallowed lump
in his throat. 1t was the only thing he
had had to swallow that day, and in
his heart he was thankful for that. He
turned away and, to hide his emotion,
began studying the Berean leaflet for
next Sabbath's lesson. Cheered by her
sons words, Mrs. Durlingame arose
and went to the kitchen. The gas
range was cold. The hard-hearted gas
trust had shut off the gas from her
apartment. "And to think" she said.
half to herself, chat the son of the i'm
mortal Abraham Lincoln is at the head
of that iniquitious and soulless corpora
ton. o Temporal O'Meara." for Mrs.
Burlingame had received classical ed
ucation in her youth. 81 might get up
a chafing dish dinner" she continued,
"but, no. we have not come to that
yeti" AS she was musing mans foot
steps were heard coming down the
hall. She went into the other room
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BUCK DUKES COLORED FRIEND.

Come All the Way From North Carolina to
See Him.
New York Journal
| was waiting for car and he was
leaning against the corner of building
watching me. He was tall, shambling.
ragged, dirty and black. He dropped
at the shoulders and his head hung low,
as if he feared something unseen in the
air that might come down upon and
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THE LAST CONFESSION.
BY HALL GAME,
IAN Rights Reserved.)

Author Of Tha seapegoa "Te Bondman "The Deemster, &c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-02
Something to Depend On

Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm Of
Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, in speaking
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that
last wiuter his wife was attacked with
La Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could DO nothing for her. 1t seemed to
develop into Hssty Consumption
Having DIR. Kings New Discovery in
store, and selling lots of it, he took a
bottle home, and to the surprise of all
she began to get better from first dose,
and half dozen dollar bottles cured her
sound and well. DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it. Free trial bottles at E. l..
Aliens Drug Store.
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EoR RENT.
CAN'T YOUFINDIT? ?

Then you have not called at E. J. Miller &
Co. s. We have never offered finer line OF
HOLIDAY NOVELTIES since We have been
in business. We have line of Haviland
China in those dainty little things that take
the eye at once. Ask 10 see these sure A
beautiful line Of Japancscware. You cant
tell it from Dresden. Banquet Lamps and
Oynx Top Tables. Cut Glass, Bric.a- Brac,
Punch Bowls Salad Sets, Coffee Sets, Delft,
Gold Ornaments and Dresden Globes In.
decd VIC cannot enumerato the many things
we can offer you. And the price-wcl you
will be surprised. Do us the kindness to call
and see our line. We do not belong to that
class of merchants who complain of your going
to Washington. If you can't find what you
want in our line, or you can't get as low a
price from rs, then 20 by all means where
you can get it. But we do claim that you
should first see what VIC cen offer you, both
in price and in the article itself. Don't wait
until the last moment. Come and see us to-
morrow. Will set aside anything you desire
until Christmas Eve, only asking small de-
posit on articles OF which we have no dupli.
Gates to prevent losing sales If not con-
vcniont for you come in the day, remember
our store is open overy night. Dealers may
claim that they can sell you the same things
We have 1t is not true. NOT A STORE
IN TOWN Has a DUPLICATE OF OUR
STOCK OF FANCY GOODS. EXCLUSIVE
STYLES Don't be content TO buy some.
thing just like you noghbors BUY SOME.
THING PRETTIER. 1t is our aim to please
kindly give us the opportunity TO provo it.
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Opening aud Closing Of the Mai


Northern mails close at 7 30 and 90 3. M
and 1 Is, > so and 30 p. NJ. Open at
s 90 a. M. - 90 NJ and 90 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville, close
at 7 so and 10 90 q. III. and 2 10 and
80 p. NJ Open at S 90 a. nj. and 8 10
P. NJ.
Southern mails, via Richmond close at
10 40 q. m. and 13 and S 45 P. m.
Manassas Division msils close at 7 50 3. II.
aud ) so p. ~ Open at 10 90 a. m.
Alcxsndris and Round Hill mails close at
8 40 3. m. and 90 p. m. Open st 8 90 .. m.
and 3 80 p. NJ.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at is
o. m. and s 80 p. M. Open at 90 q. M. and
/ AS p. III.
Washington mails close at so and 90 a.
M. and Is, > so and so p. M. Open at
s 90 g. M. L. 90 N. and 90 and 80 p. m.
Office Hcurs-Open at % a. IN. Close st
90 p. IN
Sunday Hours -opOn al 900 a. IN. Close
Ut 9 so =. nj.
Carriers STANDARDIZATION msdo on
inside routes-6 30 and 10 90 8. N. and
) W and 5 80 p. m. Full route-6 so a. m.
and S so p. t. Sunday collection 90 p,
IN. Carriers indow open Sunday 8 90 a. m.
and close 8 so y. III.
Deliveries made S 90 a. m, II 90 m, and
5 0O p M.
All msil shonld be in Office ten minutes
before hour indicated for closing.
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TINE ANNUAL. MEETING of the Stock
Il holders of the COCHNO WER MARBLE
COMPANY will be held at the principal of
flee of the company, No 1O7 north Fairfax
street, in the city of Alexandria, Va, on
TUESDAY, January 18th, 1897, at eleven
o'clock n. m.
BENZ. DURFEE, Secretary.
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A1fxsaaris. Q5azettq.
PUBLIsHED DAILY AND WEEKLY At
Gazette Building. 80 4 S12 Prince st.

III AuVAnce.
Marriage and death notices must be paid for
in advance.
Tha GAZETTE Office is connected Nth tie
telephone Exchanges. Advertisements, CT
dcrs icr tho paper, news or any information
or business can be sent by telephone.
Entaras, at the Posta.'ce /. - :ryi?. Ti5ljn.
Ia as second -class matter.
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TINE ANNUAL meeting Of MECHANICS
A BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS. NOS. >,
3, A and 5, of Alexandra, Va. will be held
at 212 King street, on THURSDAY January
- S97, at 7:30 o'clock p. IL.
.i.ONARD MARBURY, Secretary
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dec31 oOtd

T1HE ANNUAL sroc KHoLDeRs' MEET.
l. ING of the COLUMBIA NATIONAL
SAND DREDGING COMPANY will be held
at Flcischmann'S Hotel, Alexandria. Va. on
TIL URSDAY. January 18th, 1897, at twelve
o'clock noon the object Of the meeting being
TO elect officers and transact other business.
c. Il. PEARSON, President
PHILIP MAUaO, Secretary.
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CTOCKHOLDERs' MEETING.

N1HE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock
a holders of the PEOPLES GAS SAY.
ING ASSOCIATION of Baltimore, Nd,
will he held at tho principal office Of the
association, 216 and 21S King street, in the
city of alexandria, Va, on TUESDAY, the
12th day of January, 1897, at a o'clock IN.
CHAS IL. DICKSON, Secretary.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock.
Il holders of THE WASHINGTON & AL
tXANDRIA TURNPIKE COMPANY is call
I'd for MONDAY, January, 4, 1897. at IL
o'clock a. N at the office of the Washington
-outhern Railway Company, corner of Cam-
cron and Fayette streets, Alexandria, Va
Election for five Directors and a Clerk and
Treasurer same day and place.
ALBERT HEWSON,
Cec12 10, ,26&an2 Clerk.
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MEDICINAL.
Sickness makes a mans


and nervous debility holds him down just
rs surely as a great weight. He feels that
he IS down, but he hasn't strength or en-
ergy enough to get up again. His whole
body seems tired out. His head IS heavy.
All effort is dstasteful He is as tired in the
morning as he was when he went 10 bed.
The sleep he gets is heavy, dreamful, and
nnrefreshing His body is full Of turgid,
healthless, impure blood. He is subject 10
headaches and dizziness and palpitation of
the heart nj the least cxertion. He is on the
direct road to serious sickness Few men
appreciate how serious is their case when
they say: oh there is nothing the matter
with me. My blood is little out Of order
that is all.
Pure blood is essential to life. The more
impure il becomes, the stronger hold disease
has on the system. If instead of contain
ing ,.s,i,, giyins liss;giving properties, the
Blood is full of disease bTeedGHe
how is the daily waste of the tissues to b
rcplaced2 1t is perfectly natural THAT th'
man will lose vitality and nerve forcc-tha
he will lose flesh and vigor. He will be use
less to himself and to everyone else.
Impure blood comes from perfectly rea
sonable causes, and if the proper nleasure
are taken, it is easy to puriiyit. DR.. Pierce;
Golden Medical Discovery IS the creates
blood purifier that was ever known. 1t Il
more than this. II is cleanser and invig
orator for the whole system. 1t strength
ems the digestion, works directly on the
liver, restoring it to healthy normal ac
ton. II soothes and strengthens the
nerves, makes assimilation easy and nu
triton perfect It drives all impurity ou'
OF the blood, and substitutes just the ma
terial needed 10 bring the whole body bach
TO the highest state OF life
When constipation is one of the symptoms OF
debility. Dr Piercc's Pleasant Pellets should b'
used to clear the system of effete matter ant
permit the Discovery" TO do its best work
one little Pellet is gentle laxative. and two
a mild cathartic These two medicines may he
had at anv good drug store and full particulars
concerning them will be sent, on request, by the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, No. 20;
Main Street Buffalo NY
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dec29 tC

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec. %. 1897.
NOTICE Under the second hy-lGw of the
~ ECREEA MANGANESE COMPANY,
4 general meeting of the stock elders OF that
company will be held at No. sc Duke -trcct.
ilcXandria, Va at l. o'clock N. on rfl"GS-
DAY, the .,Sth day of January 1897. 70. tie
transaction OF such business as n;uy be
brought before it.
L. w. REID.
MINNIE D. GREEN,
3. w. GREEN.
dec % 1awlw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-02

EINE TOILET soAPs.-A line ofGe Of nice
4 Toilet Soaps just received and for sale al
moderate pricesby J.C. M1LBURN. .
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MEDICINAL.

". T. SMITH, cor. Princess and Columbus st
Q. &. LENNON. 5O4 Kirz ST.. Alexandria.
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MEETsNGG.

y 0''o"'
The annual meeting OF the -NDE en-
DENT NUT UAL FEE lISUGA.;CE Cost
PANY of Fairfax county, Va, viii be held at
their Office, Alexandria, Va, on MONDAI
January 11th, 1897. at 10a n.
R II. HaYENER, Secretary.
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dec11 1aW3w

The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the GEORGE W. kNOX EXPRESS COM
PANY will be held at p. m, JANUARY
7TH, 1897, at the office of the company; No.
212 King street, Alexandria, Va.
CHAS. E. VAN ARSDALE.
deco dow Secretary.
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THE BACHELOR DINNER.

There were some remarkable revela-
lations in the Seeley case yesterday.
According to the story told in an ALI
davit by Little Egypt" which, it is
claimed, is corroborated by at least ten
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-02
PROPERTY FOR SALE.

DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
For sale, on easy terms, tho fine DWELL.
ING HOUSE and spacious grounds situated
ut the southwest corner of Pitt and Prince
streets, in the city of Alexandria, the late
residence OF Robert A. Cline, deceased. This
is one of the finest properties in the city OF
Alexandria, is in an excellent state of repair,
and in every way, by reason of Its location
and otherwise desirable as a residence Fo,
information as to price and terms OF sale, ap.
ply at Ill south Fairfax street Alexandria,
Virginia. JAMES +. CATION,
myS tt Attorney for Owners.
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NEW GOODS-Atmore's Mince Meat Self
~ Raising Buckwheat, Pancake Flour and
Maple Syrup just received By
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THE pRopHYLACTIc Tooth Blu, II
L the most perfect cleaner m;de. Price
50 cents. For sale by
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dec. % 1aw4 v
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13

tired CT the subject of electricity
There was among the passengers one
quiet man from Boston, who, strange
a; it may appear, coming from such a
cultured city, had no information to
bestow upon his fellow mortals. He
was q silent man who enjoyed his CT
gar, and kept pretty much to himself.
Nevertheless, like all other frequent
ers of the smoking room, he was COM
PEELED during the voyage to take in a
good deal of electricity. However, he
made no complaint, but kept right on
saying nothing till one evening few
days before landing, he entered the
smoking room somewhat later than
the others, who were all seated there,
while the president of the electrical
company as usual was holding forth
upon the blessings that electricity
would ultimately bestow upon the
world.
The Boston man took a cigar from
his pocket and meditatively bit the end
off it, paying no attention TO the con-
versation so largely monopolized by
the electrical magnate. He wandered
absent mindedly to one of the wall
brackets which held an electrical light
ed globe on it's end, and putting his CT
gar between his lips attempted to light
it at the electric lamp as man would
at candle. A ripple of amusement
ran around the smoking room as the
man from Boston endeavored to light
his cigar at the frosted globe.
Nov look at that" said the presi-
dent in a whisper. would you ina
CINE that any intelligent man living in
America today would not know bet
ter than to try to light cigar by an
iEcandescent light?"
"Oh, it's all right" said another.
"He's a man who doesn't talk much,
but thinks good DEAL and he has for
gotten himself for the moment"
But just as this man was speaking a
red glow came round the end Of the CT
gar, puff Of smoke came out of the
Bostonian's mouth land he forthwith sat
quietly down as if he had done the
most ordinary thing in the world;
opened his book and went on reading,
paying no attention to the buzz Of ex-
CARNATIONS that rose up around him.
The Jaw Of the president of the cleo