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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-19

1O5 AID 107 south Fairisx street
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patton; Me-.
cines, Psinx, oils, Dye Stufs, Spices, nias
gists' Fancy Goo1s and Specislties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virgins 70.
j. C. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas y Cot
Tinted Gloss and Prepared Pats, sc.
Manufacturers OF standard Phsrmacoruc.l
Preparations.
We have made large additions to oui ..cS
and are buying LEADING Proprietary Articles
Chemicals, &c, direct from the manufacturers
We are therefore enabled to supply the r,.e
with all goods usually carried by wcal-
pointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE S.
prices as low as those given by the best hoa,a
in larger cities. All goods forwarded by int
fIeight or express after receipt of order
Promptness is our speedily. We snSr.niee
tho purity of sll drugs furnished. Core
ruCndonce invited
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-19
DRUGGISTS.

UNPUBLISHED 1892.
Z G. LRADBEATER. G. c. LEADB1.TER.
z. 6. LEA DBEATER, JR, ]. LEADBEATEs
E.S. LEADBEATER & SONS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-19

ESTABLISHED 1892
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
Hot Enough.

The elderly inhabitants Of little
New Hampshire town delight in stories
Of the ready wit Of the old minister
under whose preaching they sat as
boys and girls. over sixty years ago
On the occasion Of an Association din
ner," gi-en in The town to the minis
ters Of the county, there was a liberal
feast, 20 5e follored, as was the Gus
tom in these days, by Z social pipe"
The minister had taken a spoonful CT
the rich pudding which closed the re-
past. ;Gt when the spoon reached his
lips, he decided that the. pudding was
too hot TO be eaten. So he adroitly,
and as he fiattered himself, without be-
ing observed. returned the spoonfal to
his plate. But one OF his friends had
spied him, and called across the table
in resonant tones: Brother Williams,
what ails Your pudding? What are you
going to do with that last mouthful ?'
save it TO light my pipe with, after
dinner" returned Mr.. Williams, not
at all disconnected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
A CURIOUS BET.
How the Old Woman Dashed Reckless
Youths HOPES,


Two Of the younger members OF a
well-krown club, both of whom are
so fond Of betting that they are willing
to wager money upon almost anything,
became involved in an argument over
the popularity of mustaches a few days
ego, says the Philadelphia Record. One
contended that the wearing Of the h,r-
suite adornment was on the wane; the
other said that more mustaches are
worn now than ever before The up
shot OF the matter was that the first
ciIered to bet that seven persons with
ont E1ustaches Qncluding women, for
the sake OF making the test more in
teresting) would pass the club win
dows before three with mustaches
should go by. The wager was prompt
~ accepted, referee was selected and
the three stationed themselves at the
point Of vantage to take observations.
The first four to pass were young
women and the anti-mustache man
grew jubilant. His jaw fell, however,
when the next two pedestrians, with
luxurious growths upon their lips,
hove in sight. Then followed two
more women, and the watchers waited
eXpectantly. The ninth passer-by was
young man who was raising a mus
tache, yet in it's infancy. A warm ar
gument followed as to the disposition
OF this case, but the referee settled the
matter by crediting one-half to each
side, making the score six and one-half
to two and one-half. An cid woman
was approaching in the distance, and
the man who had two and one-half
points began to lose hope, but when
she arrived opposite the reviewing
stand it was seen that she had more
hair on her lip than her male prede-
cessor. The referee decided against
the fellow who had proposed the bet,
and the winner bought the drinks.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
strong Jaw. and muscular neck. His

strong Jaw, and muscular neck. HIS
forehead, square and impending,
was as white as ivory In
comparison with the face below;
his hair, in accordance with the fashion
introduced by The late war, wascropped
close. But what especially moved Miss
Grace were those long, lazy blue eyes,
which seemed to tolerate everything,
but to be interested In nothing-hardly
even in her. Now, Grace could not
help knowing she was a pretty girl,
and it was somewhat OF a novelty to her
that Freeman should appear so indiffer-
ent. 1t would have been difficult to
devise better opportunity than this
to monopolize masculine admiration,
and she fell to specializing as to what
sort of an experience Mr.. Freeman must
have had, so to panoply him against her
magic. On the other hand, she was the
recipient of whatever attentions he
could bring himself to detach from the
horizon-line, or from his own thoughts
(Which appeared to amount, practically,
to about the same thing). She had no
other rivals; and woman will submit
alniably to good deal Of indifference,
provided she be assured that no other
woman is enjoying what she lacks.
Freeman, for his part, had nothing to
complain of. Grace Parsloe was a sim
gulnrly pretty girl. Singular properly
qualities her. She was not Ike the
! others-by which phrase he epitomized
the numerous comely young women
whom he had, at various times and
in several coupt tries, attended, teased,
and kissed. Both physically and men,
tally, she was very fine-wrought Her
bones were small; her body ard limbs
were slender, but beautifully fash
ioned. She was supple and vigorous.
Grace is product Of brain as
well as an effect of bodily SYM
metry. Grace had the quality
on both counts. She answered to
ones conception of Mahomet's houris,
assuming that the conception is not of
a fat person. Her head was small, but
well proportioned,-compact as to the
forehead, rather broad across the cheek
bones, thence tapering to the chin.
Her eyes were blue, but of an Eastern
strangeness of shape and setting; they
were subject to great and sudden
changes of expression, depending, ap-
pnrently, on the varying state of her
emotions, and betraying an intensity
more akin to the Oriental temperament
than to ours. There was in her some
thing subtle and fierce; yet OVERLAPPING
1t, like a smooth and silken skin,
were the conventional polish and
| bearing of an American school,
graduate. She was indeed, noticeably
artificial and self-conscious in manner
and in the intonations Of her speech;
though 1T was an aesthetic delight to
see her move or pose, and the quality
of her voice was music's self. But
Freeman, after due meditation, come
to the conclusion that this was the cut
come of her recognition of her own
singularity; in trying to be like other
people, she fell into caricature. FREQ
man, somehow, liked her the better for
1T. Like most men of brain and pith,
who have seen and thought much, he
was thankful for a new thing, because
SO far as it went, it renewed him. It
! pleased him to imagine that he could,
with word or look, cause this veil
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
MISTAKES OF MARRIAGE.
Florence nIarryat Takes Gloomy view
of the Subject

Florence Marryat Takes Gloomy View
OF the Subject.
II the mistakes OF marriage" could
be prevented by thorough knowledge
OF the sciences Of phrenciogy and ply
siognomy, parents and guardians would
doubtless welcome their addition, even
II to be paid for as extras" to tho
modern school curriculum. In a lee
ture delivered in the French room OF
the ST. James hall last night by Miss
Florence Marryat the utility Of such
instruction was strongly urged, says
the London Daily News, as likely TO
enable potential lovers to judge wheth-
ed each possessed such primary and
complimentary attributes as would con-
duce to welded bliss. Sad to relate,
The speaker took an exceedingly gloomy
view Of the average status OF connu-
bal happiness. and emphatically pro-
nounced that the majority of united
couples found marriage to be a failure,
worse even than penal servitude, since
the convict was at least sometimes left
10 himself" This alarming state OF
domestic felicity was, Miss Marryat
considered, due to the fact that young
couples saw too little OF one another
before the ceremony in church. and
too much afterward A typical court
ship was vigorously described, and
then, in the often ridiculous and fatal
honeymoon" the youthful pair quickly
exhausted all they had to talk about,
not to mention the discovery that their
tastes differed in sports and amuse-
ments- Some good advice not to med
die, not to be inquisitive. and not to
be jealous followed, but when the lee
turess pleaded for a little more inde-
2endence which should allow husbands
sometimes to spend few days unac-
companied on the moors or in Paris.
The gentlemen present made up for the
smallness of their numbers by the
Vlgor Of their applause, while the Ia
dies, in strong majority, manifested
polite signs Of distinct d!sapproval.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
a DISAPPEARING RIVER.
The HassayamTa IN Arizona Dips Ou
OF Sight Every Few Miles.


OF Sight Every Few Miles.
There is 4 river out in our territory
called the Hassyampa, which is typical
Of Arizona" said j. c. Adams, the
mayor OF Phoenix, Ariz., and one of the
most progressive citizens of that lively
town. This river viii run along for
a few miles as q broad, beautiful
stream, and, narrowing suddenly, dis
appear through the sands, only to crop
up again a few miles further on and
run along as placidly and beautifully
as n well-regulated stream should.
There is q legend connected with this
river that anyone who ever tastes of
its waters can never afterward tell the
truth. Tho miners in the country
through which it flows are called
'Hassay2npas.' and from them come
most OF the weird wild stories of ad-
venture that the people in the east ex-
pee: from Arizona, the erstwhile home
Of Alkall Ike and Cactus Bill This
water can be bottled and brought east,
so that an AriZonian who comes here
on a mission can take . small nip and
then tell his friends about Arizona"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
THE ONLY RELIC LEFT.
How Mrs. Robert Burns snenced Relic
Hunter.

Robert Burns wife, after his death,
continued to live at Dumfries, and it
was customary for strangers to visit
the place says the Detroit Free Press.
a young EnglishEan one day called
upon the widow, and. after he had
seen all that she had to show, the
poets bedroom, his original portrait Of
Nasmyth, and his family bible, he
entreatcd her TO present him with
some relic which he might carry away
with him. Indeed sir" said Mrs.
Burns. "I have given away so many
relics that l have not one left" "Oh.
you surely must have something" SAID
the perscyering Saxon. Anything will
do-anyt'ing you please" Some fur
ther alteration took place, the lady re-
asserting that she had no relic to give.
and he as repeatedly renewed his re-
quest. At length, fairly tired out
with the mans opportunities, Mrs.
Burns said TO him with q smile, Dear
sir, unless you take me, then, dinna
see how you are to get what you
want" Her suggestion had the desired
effect and the petition was at once
withdrawn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
What Are Sun Spots.

At a recent meeting OF the Royal
Dublin society Prof. ]. Jolly presented
a new theory Of sun spots. He sug-
gested that there may be certain levels
IN the brilliant shell of hot vapors con-.
stituting the visible surface Of the sun,
where the temperature, although very
high. falls below the critical tempera-
ture CT the elements there present. In
that case those elements would be pre-
cipitated into liquids, IL the pressure
were sufficiently great. Such liquefied
masses. floating in gaseous matter OF
greater density, would, he thinks, pre-
sent the Characteristic appearance of
sun-srots, for If the liquid were Opaque
1t would look darker than the sur
rounding photosphere. When the liq-
uid re-evaporates, the spot disappears.
This theory implies that the sun spots
are the first visible beginnings of a
change Of state in the sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

of artifice to b thrown aside, and
the primitive passion ana fierce
ness behind 1t to starr forth.
He allowed himself to imagine,
with certain satisfaction, that were
he to make this young woman jealous
she would think nothing of thrusting
dagger between his ribs Reality
what delight it isl The actual touch
and feeling of the spontaneous natural
creature have been so buried beneath
centuries of hypocrisy and humbrg
that we have ceased to believe in them
save as a metaphysical abstraction. But
even as water, long depressed
underground in perverse channels,
surges up to the surface, and above it.
at last, in a fountain of relief, so ma
ture, after enduring ages of outrage
and banishment, leaps back to her
rightful domain in some Individual
whom we call extraordinary because he
or she is natural. Grace Parsloe did
seem (reg.rded as to her temper
anent and quality) to belong
where she was; therefore She
was delightful incident there.
Had she been met with in the days Of
the Old Testament, or In the depths of
Persia or India at the present time.
even, she might have appeared COM
monplace. But here she was in con-
ventional costume, with conventional
manners. And, just as the nauteh.
girls, and other oriental dancers and
posturers, wear costume which sue.
gests nature more effectively than does
nature itself, so did Grace,s conyen-
tionality suggest to Freeman the essen
tial absence of conycntfonality more
forcibly than If he had seen her clad In
turban and translucent caftan, dane
Ing OF John the Baptist's head, or
driving a nail into that of Siscra. Grace
certainly owed much of her import
ance to her situation, which rendered
her foreign and piquant but, then.
everything, In this world, is relative.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
PRESENT DAY BARBARIANS.
French African Expedition Said to Be
Guilty of Astonishing Cruelty.

From the Boston Transcript. A
grewsome account of the conduct
of the French expedition which has
just made its way to the Nile is given
by one OF It's members in a private let
ter. He says they impressed all their
native porters and other help by force,
in brief, seized and made slaves of
them. Then, If any of them tried to
escape, they shot or hanged them.
When they came upon q village and
found it deserted they set it afire,
whereupon the inhabitants, who were
hiding near by, would come back and
try to extinguish the flames, thus Civ
Ing the French an opportunity to seize
some of them to replenish their slave
train. The French would seize the
chief and tie him up until he furnished
the required number of slaves. If they
did not succeed In calling any of the
natives within reach by incendIarism
or other means they simply looted the
village. At night they kept as close a
watch upon the slaves as possible,
"but they would nov and then all run
away together. and 1t was not easy to
kill the whole lot"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
FIRST FIREPRooF HOTEL.
Built Entirely of Masonry and Cost
Somewhere Near CO coo. 600.

Built Entirely of Masonry and Cost
Somewhere Near c., COG. 900.
From the Denver Republican: "The
first freproof hotel erected In the
United States was built in Rochester,
n. "" said F. c. Holt of New York
1T was built by O man named Powers,
and was named after him. have been
told by those who run the hotel, but
do not know how true 1t Is, that the
hotel was the first of that kind in the
world. Tire building is absolutely in
destructible by fire, not being one OF
those so-called freproof structures
that make the hottest kind of a fire
when they once get started to bdrning.
1t is built almost entirely OF stone and
masonry, and cost in the neighborhood
Of S2,000,000. That was some fifteen
or eighteen years ago. and l presume
the same building could be- erected to-
day for considerably less than that fig
ure. 1t was the wonder Of the age
when It was completed, hut during the
past few years so many fireproof ho-
tells and other buildings have been
erected that it is no longer spoken OF in
that line. except as the first built in
this country
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
NOT A BICYCLE BADGE.
Revolutionary Daughter. In London Has,
Her Pin Inspected.

From the New York Sun: A we'll
known Daughter of the American Rev.
olution, while in London not long ago.
was invited to very smart dinner.
AS is her invariable custom, she wore
her society pin, which, as every one
knows. is Of gold and in the form of a
good sized spinning wheel. In this
daughters case the pin was more con-
spicuous than some of the same order
of orders. being set with diamonds.
All during dinner the daughter noticed
that an athletic looking girl across the
table stared hard at the pin, but, being
in England, where D. A. RS and ID.
A. r. pins are novelties, she thought
nothing of 1t. But so soon as tho
women had withdrawn to the draw
Ing room the athletic looking girl
marched straight up TO the daughter
and in blunt British fashion asked to
look at the pin. We'll, you Americans
know how to do things" said the girl.
That's the stunningest badge for a
wheel club that ever saw"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

air, but not yet bolted down to the
earth. The General, therefore, was
q pioneer, and was by noIneans
overrun with friends from the
East in search of an agreeable winter
climate The easiest way to reach him
if you were not pressed for time
was round the cape which forms the
southernmost point of South America
and sticks its sharp snout inquiringly
into the Antarctic solitudes, as if it
scented something questionable there.
The speediest route, though open to
many discomforts was by way of the
Isthmus; and then there were always
the saddle, the wagon, and the stage,
with the accompaniments of road
agents, tornadoes, deserts, and star
vation.
Miss Grace Parsloe came via the 18th
mus: and the latter part of her journey
had been alleviated by the society of a
young gentleman from New York,
Freeman by name. There We're other
passengers on the vessel; but these two
discovered sympathies Of origin ard
education which made companionship
AatuIdi. Ancy sat togeLner az table,
leaned side by side over the taffrai',
discussed their fellow-travellers, and
investigated each other. As he lolled
on the bench with folded arms and
straw hat tilted back from his forehead,
she, glancing sideiong as her manner
was, saw sunburnt aquiline nose, a
mustache Of . lighter brown than the
visage which It decorated. lean,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
A Novel Rat Tran

The Scientific American describes an
invention which it calls "a humane
rat trap" The inventor asserts that
not only are ordinary traps cruel, but
they terd to defeat their own purpose.
because they teach rats and mice to be
wary. The new device is a wide-open
trap. which is 60 arranged that rat
entering it is clasped round the body
with a rubber band. which carries bells
and is covered with tufts coated with
phosphorescent paint. The trap does
not impr!son the rat, but simply turns
It into scarecrow. This. the inven-
tor thinks. would be the most effectuai
method of Kidding house of such
pests.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
OPPOSITION TO THE rHEATER.
Western Manager Claims Churches Are
Ills Competitors.

An exchange says: The manager Of
an opera house in western town has
made an attack upon the religious So
cieties OF the place, in a vigorous pro-
test and memorial to the city council
He claims that the churches and the
halls connected with them are running
his business by giving entertainments
and concerts OF the same description
as those for which he has to pay $100
annually into the city treasury. They,
on the other hand, are exempt from
this tax. He asks that either his H.
cense shall be rebated, or that the
churches be subject to the same charge,
threatening at the same time to put in
variety shows Sunday afternoon and
evening If his petition Is not granted.
We are no defenders Of the practice Of
giving shows for the benefit Of religion,
at least to the extravagant extent to
which such things are now carried. In
fact, in some of the so-called '1nstitu-
tional churches" 1t would seem as If the
entertainment or the social occasion
had come to be the central feature, and
religion had fallen into the position Of
mere side issue, or accident OF the
situation, If it's observances have not
actually given place to a Sunday lee
ture on natural science, sociology, or
subjects of the day. Perhaps such an
onslaught as that of this worldly busi-
ness man, by putting things in their
true light, may arouse some people to
a realizing sense Of the distance to
which they have drifted from their old
moorings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
How Agassiz Worked out Scientific
Problem as Related by Himself.


Problem Gs Related by Himself.
The letters on sleep and dreams in
the Spectator remind me Of a case In
the experience Of Agassiz and which
he told me himself, though 1t ia record
ed in his work on the American fishes.
He was studying 4 fossil fish IN the
Jardin des Plantes. but had never been
able to determine the species to his
satisfaction. After a time he dreamed
that he caught the very nsh. and with
out difficulty determined the question,
thinking as he woke from the dream,
that he would have 10 difficulty. But
on returning to the fossil something IN
the dream had escaped him, and he
could no more determine the species
than before The next night he had
the same dream, and again forgot the
essential point. He then determined to
take q pencil and paper with him to
bed, and MAKE his note as soon as he
woke. The dream came a third time,
but to his surprise on fully awakening
he found the drawing made and lying
on the table bedside, with three bones
displayed in it which were not visible
in the fossil, and which solved the
problem. On returning to the Jardln
des Plantes he obtained permission OF
his friend, the director, to chip away
a scale OF stone which lay On the SPOT
where the bones were in the drawing,
and found them there as his drawing
had given them. It IS thirty years
since Agassiz told rae the incident, but
those who have access to the history
OF the North American fishes will be
able to read it in his own words in the
introduction, and correct my version if
my memory has in any detail failed
me.-London Spectator
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

DO you REMEMBER THE TINE LICKED
YoU?''
silk stocking and sandal-slipper, and at
the other end a dark, youthful, oval
face, with glorious eyes and dull black
hair. A voice of music asked
'What is lacustrine, papa2r
20, SO you are awake again, Senori:a
Miriam?"
Il haven't been asleep. What Is
lacustrine?''
ASK the professor"
'sLacus, you know, my dear" sail
the latter. Means fresh water indi-
cations as against salt
Then how does Great Salt Lake
.'0h, for that matter, the whole ocean
was fresh originally. Moisture, cvapo-
ration, precipitation. Water is a great
solvent: earthquakes break the crust,
and there Jon are"
'sThen, before the earthquakes, the
Salt Lakes were freshp'' rejoined the
hammock.
There was fresh water west Of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
The Barometer anu, Mon. w.,.,.

A man weighs less when the barom-
eter is high Notwithstanding the fact
that the atmospheric pressure is more
than when the barometer is low. AS
the pressure of air on an ordinary
sized man is. about fifteen tons. the rise
OF the mercury from 30 inches to 81
inches adds about one ton to the load
he has to carry.