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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
Alexandria Market. Oct. 4

The flour ard grain markets are dull and
high grades of wheat are Oft shade. Coun'
try Produce is in fair demand ut quotations
and Provisions are unchanged
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04

'4.gn "gLls COUGH SYRUP HELPS
Sqp,idr,i paw, and cures ineipient con-
'sls. W. !, Ioosens the phlegm and
S,gs ms Is without doubt the best
~'oicIne, Price p cents,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
EDUCATIONAL.

7 ATTN SCHOLARS wanted by uni
versity graduate nj moderate terms Enquire
at this office. 0ct3 1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
DRESS TRIMMINGS.

The best OF the new things are here.
Edgings and Design Gimps, fine cut jet
bead, colored bead and steel, black silk and
and others in mohair and silk.
Bright lined Silks for waists, Bengaline,
Liberty Satins and silks
Unusual values in Petticosts.
Dress Skirts at Csc, 81 %, S1.49, $l.9O,
1924, $3.50, So. 40, $4.49 and SIS.
Greatest BLANKET SELLING You ever
saw or heard Of
Lace Curtains SOC to Sc.
4 showing of rare excellence in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
DRESS GOODS.

Plaid Dress Goods Sc, 1Oc 123c, zoe, 25c
to 81.
Rough Effects 1Oc, 124c, 15c, etc.
Two-toned Serges 9Oc, something entirely
new.
Cashmere Serges 65 and 75c
Rayadere Soutsche 25c to $125.
Baysdere Skirt Patterns up to So.
Broadcloths in all colors.
Coyet Cloths 75c to 81 %.
All-wool' Black Serges 25c to 81.
Satin Liberty Cloth 81.
54-inch-wide Vale Serge soc.
Brilliantine and Sicilian Cloth Coo.
Crepon 81 to $150.
French Poplin 90c.
Silk Velvets, all colors, were 75c, low Soc
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

a slope toward the bridegroom's house.
First came the pipers. then the bride,
muffled up in veil. riding mule led ly
her lover. AS we'll as could judge she
was very young, almost a child. Then
came a bevy of gorgeously dressed
damsels, sparkling with silver orna-
ments, followed by a crowd of her
friends and Kabyle Dick and Harry.
I'm front of the bridegroom's house
the procession stopped, the girls
frie:d s lined both sides of the parkway
and crowded about the door. The
pipcrs marched off on one side, while
the bridegroom lifted the girl from the
mule and held her in his arms. The
girls friends thereupon threw earth at
him when he hurried forward and car
ried her over the threshold through the
door. beating him all the time with
olive branches amid much laughter.
This throwing of earth, this mock OPP
position and good natured scourging
appear to be a symbolized relic of mar
riage by capture and living eXplana-
ton of the ancient Roman custom or
carrying the bride over the threshold
of her lovers house.
In the evening on such occasions
the pipers and drummers are called IN,
and the women dance, two at time,
facing each other. Nor does a couple
desist until, painting and exhausted,
thew step aside to make room for an
other. The dance has great energy OF
movement, though the steps are small.
AS leaves futter before the gale so do
they vibrate to the music-they shake,
they SILVER, they tremble. They also
deride the men by clapping their hands
and singing verses"
In Somaliland for seven days and
nights before a marriage is celebrated
bride and groom are together smut
closely in an all but alright mat hut.
The hut is two roomed and the inner
room Is sacred. but in the outer the
YOU couple hold a daily reception
which is wonderfully well attended, for
every one in the tribe may come, and
almost every one does. Not only may
anv one and every one visit the incar-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
Grated bridegroom and his bride, bu,

cerated bridegroom and his bride, but
each visitor may say anything and
everything that he or she chooses. The
jokes and the gibes, the criticisms and
the advice hurled at the luckless twain
are unthinkable. But they must ac-
cept all silently>and with apparent pla-
cidity. Presumably little loye-making
goes on within the nuptial mat huts,
for the heat is insufferable even from
Somali point of view, and the two lit
tie rooms are kept densely clouded with
the smoke of strong incense, constantly
rising from metal braziers on tho
ground.
In Egypt there are many professional
brides tirewomen," who make very
handsome incomes. Among the Egyp-
tians the firing of the bride is func-
ton Of even more Importance and GER
emony than is the nuptial rite itself.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

forever! /.
And II bis srisf the King ten IN :
death-ltke swoon.
It was this that the princess had
seen in the stone when she cried out
and ran to the deck And now the
seventh brother performed another
wonder He caused the king to dream
while in his swoon, and this is what
he saw:
When the feet had left. and the sea
was clear, the ship suddenly appeared
on the sea again, speeding towards the
land of ADDS. Then the princess ran
from the cabin to the deck, and when
she looked about her. she saw nothing
but the sea. Only moment the girl
hesitated; then she repeated some
magic words, and the next moment a
bird flew up into the air over the sea.
Then the fifth brother aimed his ar
row, and the wounded bird was fall
ing into the sea, when the sixth broth
er caught it and brought it to the deck.
Instantly the bird again became the
princess who wept and begged to be
released, but the seventh brother spoke
to her with his eloquent and persuasive
power. He told her how Gar ADDS,
whose image she had seen in the stone,
desired to make her his CZarina; how
armies had been slaiE -. order to win
her and how at last he had come for
her. Then he told her of the sinking
Of the vessel, and of her fathers de-
spair, and of his wish that he had
given her to the Gar.
"And even now" he continued, Gin
a dream your father sees you! Sees
you safe and we'll, and is glad. And
he bids me tell you to be glad for he
sees how wrong it was to keep you a
prisoner in our bower"
When the princess heard this she
asked for the stone, that she might see
indeed that his words were true. And
as she looked the seventh brother
again spoke.
"Ycur father shall remain in this
sleep until you have become the Gar
ina. He shall be blessed with seeing
you happy, and the stone l shall let
you keep, that whenever you desire
you may communicate with him, for
it has the power of bringing to him.
when you wish it, a sleep, full of Wis
ions of you"
After this it was not long until they
arrived at the capital Of the kingdom
of ADDS, and Helena soon forgave the
trick by which she had been made a
Czarina -Phiiadelphia Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
lot ELECTED.
Mas 50 Busy Fighting DueIs That His Cam
! for Goyehnor Went by Default.

was against the advice of friends, but
| felt that | had to do it. began al
the head of the opposition. Perhaps
yo' remember of reading of his sudden
demise-an editor named Gadsby.
walked in on him one day, and with
out beating around the bush said:
Mr.. Gadsby, am Kurnel Bunker
Knrnel Bunker-suh. Will yo' kindly
step out doahs and shoot at me at ter
paces?'
"And did he step?"
eyes, sub, he did, sub. He was a
game man, and he put on his coat and
followed me out, and he died like a
gentleman. l hoped that my prompt
and vigorous action would have a
Statutory effect on his contemporaries
but they only made a handle of it to
pour out other pitfalls Of vituperation
l was fo'ced to call upon State Sena-
tor Gildersleeve, who was coupling my
name with innuendo, and demand an
explanation of his utterances. Cad
sub, but l like to recall that event!
He was a BON gentleman and game
man. He received me Hospitality and
urbanely-even urbanely, sub. He had
his pistols cleaned and loaded and the
ground ali measured off and surgeon
at hand | had scarcely opened my
mouth on the subject which brought
me, when the senator courteously in
terrupted me with:
'Kurnel Bunker, yo will find
everything ready out on the lawn. Will
yo' have nip, sub, befo' we go out?'
'We went out, suh-we went out
arm in ARM said the colonel, "and it
was with all courtesy and the great
est respect for his attributes that I
dropped him dead at the first shot. l
do not think that even his widow ever
had hard thought Of me for what
happened. I believed this would dis
courage the opposition and I could re-
turn to my campaign but it did not
have that effect. | had to call out
the Hon. Cassius Johnson and pink
him, suh-pink him in the shoulder,
and ex-Judge Dawson fell under my
bullet, sub, and the list ran up to a
dozen, sub, befo' : had finished. Every
affair was beautifully managed and
strictly according to the code and even
my worst enemies had to admit that
l came cut Of each one with my honah
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
| unsullied.

unsullied."
But about the campaign. colonel?"
1t went by default-by default, sub.
[ couldn't travel about and make
speeches and fight duels. too. and I
thereto threw the campaign over my
shoulder. Honah first-office second.
The unknown person-the person with
sawmill or steamboat, or something
took advantage of the situation to
stump the State and make all sorts of
promises, and when the adorable and
atfectionate electors came to the bal
lot box they forgot me- If I reuem-
Der Alright, sub, that unknown persons
majority was about $4,000. l believe
the matter was referred to as a land
slide, and some of the papers observed
that I was buried ioteen feet deep. 1
was to blame for my own defeat, how
ever
But you saved your honor"
Il saved my honah, suh-saved it as
a gentleman should, and l have al
ways been glad that l took that co'se.
A man without honah, sub"
Have drink, colonel?" l asked, as
he made a long pause
Il don't mind if l do, suh," he re-
plied-"I don't mind if l do remove
this dryness from my throat. Thanks.
sub. Yo' seem, sub. to be a person of
thoughtfulness and observation.
CHARLES B. LEWIS.
Copyright. 1898, by John Brisben Walker J
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

consistency. X putty = II leaves tlae MN.
sxcept that 1t Il more ~ An orange colors
81 the addition Of tiItrAted water 70 re-
duce it to a more pliable state. the butter
is complete, no other ingredients, not
even salt, being used IT never grows ran
cid and keeps in any climate. i - put up
in one. two. five. ten, twenty-five and one
hundred pound tin cans and sealed. The
new butter is already in great demand at
sanitariums and health.resorts. 1t is used
for al purposes ordinary butter is used,
including shortening and frying. Physi-
clans pronounce 1t more healthful than
COW butter and it is much less expensive.
By the addition Of more water delicious
cream is made, and if desired it can In the
same way be reduced to the consistency
of milk. The new butter factory is To-
Gated but few rods from large dairy
barn, and is running in opposition to 1t.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

Auced to sacrifice himself. I think the
unknown person owned a sawmiil or a
steamboat, or something OF The sort.
While he was such a cipher that it
wasn't deemed necessary Cor me to
make a campaign, l deemed j. best to
make few speeches and exhibit my
self to the adoring people,
Il can believe, colonel, that you car
ried the people with you in your
speeches"
Thank yo', suh-thank yo'. l did,
suh-tbat is, the great majority of
them. 1t was said in the papers that
! was the popular idol, and that my re-
marks at my first meeting and adoring
populace lifted me on their shoulders
and bore me about in triumph, suh-in
triumph. The opposition were silent
until the campaign fully opened, and
then they blazed forth like a battery
suddenly unmasked"
But what could they say about you,
colonel?"
Nothing in truth, suh--nothing in
truth, but they resorted to the basest
lying and the grossest exaggeration.
Can yo' credit it that they tried to take
from me the honah OF leading my reg
iment in desperate charge at Gettys-
burg? Yes, they did, suh-they did.
Some of the papers said | was TO-
miles in rear at the time, land they
published a picture of me sitting on the
fence while my brave boys were
sweeping CALAMITY up the slope to die
for the cause! Cad, sub, but didn't my
blood boil when | saw that picture!
And they made charges. sub, that 1
was a political schemer, and charla-
tan, and dishonest at the core, and
that my political theories were the
phantoms of an insane man. Cad, CAD,
kbut if my friends had not locked me up
my room I should have hurried 10th
10 murder"
It you were right ahead with the
gn?" queried
\2h,' replied the colonel with a
Me head. II couldn't do it,
pah had been impugned
= belied, and with the
h the Bunkers from
Ronah has always
4 the canvass to
my honah. 1t
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
A CHRISTMAS VISION.

Once when rang the Christmas chimes.
Gladly welcoming tho birth
OF the day that meaning ALL
To the children of the earth,
shone there brightly through my dreams
Bethlehem's star of holy light,
Guiding pllgrime bearing gifts
Through the still dim eastern night.
Nearer. clearer there arose
Vision OF a good old boy.
Santa Claus. his jolly face
Beaming with good natured Joy.
AS l looked I saw besides,
Ger the housetops of the East.
Holy child that led the way
With the foremost gentle beast.
Then rang out the chimes more clear,
Brighter shone the stars soft beam,
And a voice within me said.
Gently breaking through my dream:
"One that dwelleth in the stars
Comes TO the children dear tonight,
Bringing holiness and peace.
Bearing gifts for their delight
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
PEANUT BUTTER.
To Be Manufactured on a Large Scale in
Kokomo.

A new factory has just been put into
operation in Kokomo, Ind, for the man.
ufacture of butter from peanuts. For
year or more Lane Brothers, of that city
have been working on a process for max
ing butter from the peanut to compete
with butter from the farm cow. and have
succeeded in producing the desired ar
ticie. At the present price of the nuts
the butter can be sold at fifteen cents per
pound. The process of manufacture is no
secret. The nuts, after the hulls are re-
moved, are carefully handpicked and
faulty kernels removed They are then
roasted in a urge rotary oven. Again
they are gone over by hand for the re-
moval OF scorched grains. The nuts are
then put through a mill and ground as
fine as the finest flour, the natural oil in
the grains giving it the appearance and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
Wooinss and
Weddings HI
Many Lands.

Among most of the many and very
different races domiciled in Algeria it
is customary to carry the bride over the
threshold of her husbands dwelling.
Indeed we find this peculiar marriage
custom all over the world and recorded
at all times. In old Rome from whose
pagan rites so many of all civilizations
marriage customs come, the bride was
carried home with professional, with
song of voice and song of flute, and
when home Cher husbands home) was
reached she was lifted over the thres-
hold, and not even the hem of her gar
ment was allowed to fiutter against the
Intel of the door. In some isolated
parts of Japan and in vast districts of
China this custom prevails. We find it
also in Persia and Syria, in Turkey,
in Austria, and in several other corners
OF Europe. We find it in Abyssinia
and among the Indians of this con-
tinent.
of the origin of this custom three seem
the most reasonable. The first of
these explanations and the most gener-
ally accepted is that it is purely sur
vival of actual marriage capture, when
the bride had to be carried by force.
The second explanation teaches that
lest she stumble at it's threshold, which
would be, or at least look, very bad
omen and which she, being shy and
embarrassed might lack the ready wit
of William the Conqueror to disallow.
The third explanation, and 1t seems
the most reasonable and is voted for
by Brand in his very carefully written
Popular Antiquities of Great Brit
AIMS the Romans thought 1t, as the
Chinese and many other people think
to-day, coarse and unmaidenly for the
newly made wife to appear willing to
enter her husbands house, and hence
the necessity of lifting the reluctant
maiden over the important threshold.
We find a very strange custom in
Tunis and other parts Of Algeria. The
bride walks into her new home, fol-
lowing her husband, who goes in back
ward holding out TO her sharp knife,
upon the blade of which she rests her
fingers as she and he move across the
threshold. The best reputed authori-
ties upon the sociology of North Africa
note this custom, but refrain from ex-
planning it. 1t probably means that
the wife who presumes TO approach her
lord more nearly than he allows or to
follow him with any uncertain football
| will cut her fingers.
The Kabyle women OF North Africa
are very handsome and are handsomely
treated. The Kabyles the monaga-
mists as well in practice as in theory.
| In his very readable Mountain Life in
Algeria" Mr.. Barclay gives the fol-
lowing vivid and authentic description
of Kabyle wedding:
"The bridegroom has gone to fetch
his bride, and l waited with many 9th
ers beside a stream that flowed at the
foot OF the village for his return. Sud-
denly we heard the sound Of pipes and
saw the marriage procession streaming
from the summit of a neighboring
hill and then lose itself among the
trees. A few minutes later 1t issued
from the avenue near u and ascended
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

.Yo, see. suh.o began the colonel.
nfter emptying his glass, the people
= bf NV state desired to do me honah
.nh. for my services in the deic, and
Indge Golden, as delegate OF the reo-
ole. waited upon me one mawnin and
aid:
z sKurnel Bunker, the people OF this
kreign State admire yo'. sub, and
va. sub. end wish to make yc>
rnor. Yo' are modest, retiring
q sub, as becomes brave and gal
q man. but trust~yo' will please
crafty the people by accepting the
- what the Judge said, sub,
Though his words were few, they
brought tears to my eyes. 1t was a
powerful surprise to me, and IL was
I some time befo' / could control my
emotions. When hadsucceeded l said
y him:
Judge Golden, never did care for
pf1ce, and u am satisfied to rest on my
record. Is soldier, but il the people Of
Ark4nsaw are calling to me, suh-if it's
,&6e desiah and the will of the sovereign
people sub, must obey. If I am elect
ed to the high and honorable Office
will do my best to retain the love and
affection of those who honah me-
THAI was the way it happened,
suh,' continued the colonel 10 me, "and
\ it is needless to add that my heat was
touched. may say. sub, that lay
tears mingled with the cocktail l
drank with the judge befo' lie went
away. Ny nomination followed few
days later, and the expressions of graf
iflcation and goodwill showered upon
me from every quarter would have
touched heart of stone. 1t is pleas
ant feeling, suk, to be beloved by the
people 'dssst is"
well you were nominated?' I said
as - colonel appeared to be lost 10
n1ection.
z Yes, suh-n6minated by acclama-
ton, sub. and for time the other
party hesitated about making a nomi
nation in opposition. 1t was so clear
that had walkover and would ride
in on the wave that they hesltated to
make a move. However. sun, they at
length decided to put up ticket, and
after a great deal Of persuasion al I'M
known person-an unknown person
way off in swamp county-was in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18
EXPLAINED.

Mother-Joe. why do you suppose
that old hen persists in laying in the
coal bin?
Joe-Why, mother. think she has
seen the sign, Now Is the time to lay
in your coal. Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Kennebec.

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded at the registry OF
deeds during the past week. Until the
new war revenue stamps are obtainablc
the business of the office will be carried
on as usual. and when the stamps are OBJ
tainable they will be affixed to the deeds
that should have them.
AUGUSTA-James w. Bailey to Mary
"A. Cooper land and buildings, 81 and
val con-; VIM. H. Tompkins 10 Fred A
Joseph Cain to Isabel F. Cain. land, 500
CHINA-Fred E. Worthing to Jane.
Barry, land. $50: Emeline Peva to Me.
lissa Merrill, land, SIS.
CLINTON-Sarah Hodgdon to Israel.E
Hodgdon, land. $685.: Eliza A. Manson &c
VIM. B. and Ursula E. Badger, land, s.
and other consideration.
TAYETTE-C. w. Manson to Samuc
Berry, land and buildings, $500.
FARMINGDALE-Fre b.. Mary j..
Mraia NJ. and Abbie r. Dingley, Emily G.
Swift, Maybel A. Decker. Eta A. Hayes
Clara Il. Tanner and Emma NJ. Bradley
to Joseph c. Atkins, land, $362.S.
GARDINER-Alphonso H. Nancy r.
Fred E.. Ada G. and George E. Potter t
Adelia z. Potter, land and buildings, 81
MANCTHESTER-Fra J. Hewins t.
Stephen A. Miller, land. $500: Hannah M
Gray to Eliab L. Eaton. land. $1,000.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Gilman to T
H. Merrill, land, $425.
OAKLAND-StephenC C. Watson to Ar
thur r. and Harry 3. Watson, land. $
and val. con-; Wesley H. Fletcher to Ale'
Whitmore, land, $2S5; Alec Whitmore t
s. C. Watson. land. SIS; David O.. Saw
telle to Alphonso r. Sawteiie. land. 500
RANDOLPH-Hannah J. Berry ant
Statira E. James to Caroline V. Ware
land. 1925.
READFIELDLOren s. Kicker to H
Edward Sedgley. land. $500; Edwin H
Hatch to F. C. Sedgley. land, 81 and val
con.
wATERVILLE-Frede Tortier t
Pierre Fortier, land. 500: Pierre Fortie
to Elwire F. Langlois. land, $50: Ami.
]. III. Council to Elmer l.. CraiE.land. $l2o
WINDSOR-Lafayette w. Lewis t
Samuel Lyons. land. $500.
wTSSLOw-A. G. Bowie to David F
Guptil. land. $500.
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the island, as they are looked upon
with awe by all from the governor to
the lowest native.
4 At the time Mr.. Bean was there,
there was only one horse on the island.
bullocks being hitched to the carts
and sledges.
In order.to land on the beach at
the city, one must go through a small
opening in the reefs that is very dan
gerous, and If the boat is capsizcd. the
person must fight against the deadly
undertow that is very strong here.
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were the governor and the chief, who
had regiment Of natives as an army.
They were barefooted and bareheaded,
wearing blue frock and blue trousers.
For weapon they carried an old
musket that was practically useless.
This army would drill every Sunday,
and latter in the day go to cock fight
making the day holiday. The people
We're very small in stature.
The Charlestown took the governor
a captive when it called there. and
left prize crew on the island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-06

about 30 years ago upon whaling
voyage. and will give a good idea of
the place as it was HI those days, and
probably Is today.
Mr.. Bean says he do not appre-
bend that the vessel Ne any trouble
in capturing the place, as it is very
weak and probably had 10 soldiers In
1t other than the tive soldiers. The
fort at the time NJ b, an was there.
was 'one made of L. "a iock cemented
together, and conta''cd but few old
muzzle- loading earn rs. A single
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-06
A CARD.
To my f+lends In Kennebec valley:

To my friends In Kennehec valley:
Itske pleasure in introducing to you
Dir. WA. Carlisle, who represents The
N. Steiaert 4 Sons Co., piano dealers,
Portland, Nc. Ibeiieye him 10 be up.
right In all his dealings. What he tells
yen ct might, you will flad true i'm the
morning. He is located permanently in
this city, and those desiring first class
p3ano ut the lowest possible price, and Oh
the most liberal terms, will do we'll to
call on him before purchasing.
p. 0. Fickery.
Augusta, Me-, April z, 1898.
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