Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-06

NEWS OF THE DAY
"To slo,o the uery age and body Of the Ii

"1o sho,o the uery age and body Of the Times'
The court at Springt Id, Mass, before which
Mr.. Phelps suit Tor libel against the RepubE
eau has been on trial, has rendered verdict
| for 500 in favor of the plaintiff Mr. Phelps
sued for $2UO,O00 damages on account OF the
| new paper having accused him Ot various cCr
rupt practices as nan and politician.
The committee Of the New York State Sen
ate, appointed 10 investigate prices charged at
| New York and Buffalo for handling grain, re-
port that toe charges are too high, and II New
York is to lctalu its commercial supremacy
these terminal charges must be materially re-
duced.
In New York city. yesterday, there were re-
ports from Albany that the measure known as
the Underground Telegraph bill, " compelling
companies 10 cities aud large towns TO put
their wires ulder ground, would most like y he
passed by tue Legislature.
At mass meeting of brickayers iu New
York, last uigh,, it was reported by visiting
committees that after Saturday next employers
would advance the rate OF wages from 81 Do to
IS 50 per diem, without Increase 10 the hours
Of labor.
The city Of Port-au- Prince, Hayti, was upset
by revolution on Sunday, in which Gen. Brlce
was dragged from church and shot, and forty
foreigners were killed The city has been
| placed IN state OF Siege
The appropriation OF $4,000 to the Fifth
Maryland Regiment, to enable it to go to the
Bunker Hill Centennial Celebration 10 June,
was passed through both branches Of the Bal.
timore City Council last night.
| In the municipal election at Terre Haute,
Ind, the Democrats elected the Mayor by 39S
majority The city is Republican on the vote
for Couocllmen by suiall majority. The Dem
ocra,ic majority last October was 600.
| Treasurer Spinner yesterday received letter
from Boston, Mass, with one hundred dollars
enclosed, which the writer forwarded as con-
sceuce money, on account OF the iucome tax
The Frederick, Md, Examiner, Of yester-
day, says the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
took formal possession of the Frederick and
Pennsylvania Line Railroad on Saturday last
| j. G. Hester, special agent under the De-
partment of Justice in Washington, and ex-
| teDslvely Known 10 connection with political ar
| rests 10 Alabama, has been dismissed.
| President Grant turned Mr.. Douglas out of
the Office of Commissioner Of Internal REVENUE
with sudI. nuSss t.ai Was thoroughly sur
| prisng.
Boston Corbett, the man who shot Booth
the assassin Of President Lincoln, is living at
Cleveland, Ohio, making hats, and preaching.
The U. S. ship Lackawanna has arrived at
San Francisco, after an absence of three years
| on the Asiatic station.
TIE specie shipments from New York yes
terday amounted to 81 900 600 gold coin and
$l9l ,633 silver bars.
Bowen has been put upon the stand in the
Beecher-Tilton case.
Michael Levy, the well-knowu publisher,
died 10 Paris yesterday.
A LESSON FOR AMERICANS.-Mr Joseph
Medl, ex-Mayor OF Chicago, writing from
Paris to the Tribune Of the former city, speaks
of the economy of the French. He says
but that in which the French more particu-
larly excel is economy. Compared with these
French people the Americans arc wasteful, i'm
provldent and extravaganza 1t seems to me
they live on just about one half what tho Amer
leans co. They have a knack, so to speak, of
making little goa great way. and of extracting
su bsistence or comfort from things Americans
would throw away or never notice.
ut may be instructive TO point out few OF
the matters to which reference is hero made, In
the first place. not an ounce or food is wasted IN
harvesting or preparing for market. In the
next place. not an ounce more OF vegetables,
flesh, fish, or fowl, groceries or liquids than is
really needed, ever goes into the pot or kettle,
or is placed on the table. The wife of every
French family knows to a nicely what quantity
OF each kind Of food is the least that will suffice
to make q comfortable meal, and not a particle
m Iner6
no slop buckets full OF broken victuals left on
table after breakfast or dinner, to be thrown on
the street or manure hoap, or hung TO the oogs
or swine, US in America No pi: ces of bread
or meat, or vegetables are thrown away; such
quantities are not bought a; to become stale or
spoiled i'll the cellar or pantry. Servants are
nevor permitted to waste or steal food for poor
relations as ia America. The lady of the house
looks after the marketing, her kitchen, and ner
pantry with sharp eyes and uhhagging care;
Tine economy in the consumption OF fuel for
cooking and house warming is immense as COM
pared with that in our wasteiul country. One
reason, of course is that wood and coal in Franco
are scarce and dear. They cost at least double
the price paid therefor in the United States; but
the domestic consumption is not one quarer rs
much Paris cont .ins between four and FIVE
times the population of Chicago, but find that
the fuel consumed in it is less than in Chicago.
1t is true that the climate is much warmer Tor
six months Of the year in Paris than in Chicago;
Out, alter making the que ALLOWANCE LOT Lnat, IL
still remains true that only one third to two
ffths as much fuel is consumed pc. capita in
Paris as in Chicago: and As far rs lay observa-
ton and inquiries extend, the same proportion
holds good throughout all France.
A SAD DEATH-Mr. Henry Cupenharer
left bis home, uear OLD Forge, in this couaty,
on Saturday afternoon, TO go to Newtown for a
cart-load OF coal. Not returning Saturday
night, on Sunday morning search Was made for
him, and he was discovered lying 10 the road
within a quarter Of mile Of bis home, iuseD-
sible and nearly dead Dr. Charles Sydpor
was sent for, and Dr.. ". 5. Love, who hap
pened 10 be in the neighborhood, was also sum-
moned. They found that he was suffering
from very severe Il. of apopiexy, and bat be
was SO far gone that medical skill was unavall-
ing He died 10 about two hours. When
fouod he was lying hetwecu the horse and the