Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, JAN To- As Mr.. ,Haw ms. coun-.
sel,for the prosecution. was leaving the court
to dan he was molbcd by the fri,ud of the
TiebIorne claimant. The police nrrrfered 10
save him from violence, and four PEI sens were
arrested.
A serious riot took place at the e., elton 10
Limerick to-day Two rival candidates of the
| zoe tinnal'' party are running, and fight took
place between their parllspns sktnves and
pistols were freely used, aed FscTerxlA persons
were wounded The police. ~eame~upoa~
ground iu force and put down the riot, after ar
resting number of the participants ,,.r. /
LONDON, Jan II 5 u. m.--:The extensive
-four mills at Laith, were almost totally destroy
ed by fire last oight ., The loss iS,estimaied at
ESQ 900 sterling Four hundred. hands are
thrown oct OF employment Ty1s1 ,-:.'l'.,,'
BERLIN. Jan. l6---Ihe North German Ga
zette to day says that if the policy Of France Is
made subservieut TO the temporal alius OF the
Papacy, the peaceiof Europe will be conipro-
missed. q il. t-1-I = y " = 80 =. ;. ~
There was an exciting scene in the .Eandtag
to-day Herr Mallimickrodt. an ultram1utane
deputy, quoted a passage from a recent work OF
Ten La Nfarmnra; alleging that Bismarck ,gein
1866, discussed the ccssi0n to France. of a. por-
ton of Rhenish territory. Prince Bismarck
4
ious and malicious falscheod. - ..h Z
MADRID, JAN l6..--The Spanish govern
nent has thanked France for her conduct IN
the case of the iron-clad Numaucla.
ROME, Jan l6. The report That the Pope
would hold another eUuslstory next moDthr Is
erroneous. The conslstory was he'd to-day,
when the final ceremonies Of the Installation of
the recently appointed cardinals we're celebrat-
| ed and num- Der OF bishops were appointed.
ENTERTAINMENT IN WAsuINGToN-- From
the Washington Star. The browning excut
of yesterday was the informal evening entertar-
meut given by Mr. and Mrs Thomas Bryan,
at Highland Place. 1t is rarely a good thing
can be repeated and afford fresh pleasure to a
large audience, tut in whatever they underta Ike
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan are sure to succeed. DIR.
Rryan's gifts of oratory aud mimicry are far
/ above the usual standard, and as he is willing
to contribute his share to the amusement on
such occasions the guests were surprised and
i delighted whether he essayed the comic or the
pathetic. While be was reading one of the
funniest pieces ever written, entitled "Stlvers
Horse, )" the President entered. aud Mrs. Bryan
motoned where he would fluid mt chair.
Mr.. Bryan apparently did not sec him untl' the
| President was quite near to him; he had just
reached the words, "Where my eye fell upon
and gracefully reaching out his hand to vel
come his distinguished guest, he concluded the
sentence with" The President Of the United
States" in SO natural a tone and manner that
it was almost impossible to believe that 1t was
not written down in the book from which he
read. The ready tact he displayed upon this
occasion called forth round ofapplause. Judge
Drake gave great pleasure to all by his renil-
ton of "Shylock the Wv" from the lngoldsby
Legends The points were all we'll made by
the iue eloculioDary powers of thejudge:: Then
| followed scene from the opera of Martha,
in which several charming young ladies' ap
peared. After this the chairs were removed,
and large portion of the company present
Joined 10 the Virginia reel, Miss Lucy Page and
General Sherman leading.
WHEN MEN ARE AT THEIR BEST. DR.
Bread states that from az analysis of the lives
of thousand representative men 10 all the
great branches Of human effort, he had made
the discovery that the golden decade was be-
tween thirty and forty, the silver between forty
and ffty, the brazeu between twenty and thir-
ty the iron between fifty and sixty The su
periority of youth and middle lie over old age
in original work appears all the greater when
we consider the fact that nearly all the positions
of honor and profit and prestige-protessorsh'ps
aud public stations-are in the hands OF the
old. Reputation, like money and position, Il
mainly confined to the old. Meo are not wide.
" know until long after they have done the
work that gives them their fame. Portraits
Of great men are deusiou; statues are lies.
They are taken when meu have become ia
NOUS, which, on the average, Is at least tWety-
FIVE years after they did the work which gave
them their fame. Original work requires en-
thusiasm. Hall the original work done by
men under forty-6ve were annihllated, the
world would be reduced to- barbarism. Men
are at their best at that time when enthulasn
and experience are most evenly balauoed;' this
period on the average is from thirty. eight to
forty. After this the law is that experience
increases butenl husiasm declines La the life
of almost every old man there comes polot,
sooner or later, when experience ceases TO have
any educating power. r..
| THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES is composed Of
tffty-thrce farmers, thirty eight lawyers, nine
physicians, eight merchants four ministers,
three journalists, two teachers two manufae
turerers, one shoemaker, one miller, one coop
er, one actiooaer, one banker, one carpenter
and four laborers. There are eleven members
over sixty years of age, twenty between htfy
and sixty, thirty-sX between forty and tity,
thir,ysevep between thirty aud forty; and four
between tweutysi six and thirty. There are one
hundred and Que Conservatives aud thirty one
Republicans, of which seventeen are colored.
Banks of Madison and Armstrong ofRocking-
ham, are the oldest members in point OF age.
There are seven contested seats. -Rich: iStatt
Journal. .'s.' ~ ---'.H, 20 ..''..
GOOD Round SALARIES. One of \. T.,
q, = . r. rt,hIo Inru
in Boston house this year. a bid by a New
York house with $40, 900 salary for cloak
buyer in Boston house couldn't touch him.
Az old Boston dry goods enpoye has just gone
abroad as buyer for New York house at
s35, 900 a year, and expenses. A New York
-trm is to-day trying to tempt az Boston cotton
| goods salesman into its employ at q 9 salary OF