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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-26

iIoWTHE MARKET LOOKED THIS MORNING
'!Lo uara", this morning presented u vary NJ
ir-ctiva nurC%rar : snd IT, display of fruits
Ycd vegetables VS. ro0;t Tempting TnG!&to.s
bears. Cymh :Tg:, ca'.i.,g", h-rhb rf!es, rag ~
berries, wn"T'I",trf g, jUur srp>s and nearly
everything q g were abundant Pc.Chts h.va
made th"Ir GppcaTaUCc, ord tho pe0pr .rUiu the
:urrCu2d!rg country ~ iiiN. toe crop promises
Ia BE- ~ large thst "t last ycs'. The proc poet,
40 shat sli kinds q! fruit will Be- abundant III IL
YEAR. Pfias. god rs follows for irosn meat
I,sL cUts Of tCcf lSG per III; next bee. T. 10 15c
interior Zoe; veal ~ TO l@C Tor furs: s;,d choI
outlets lSG; i;U:.Cn - - 10 T"7 10 lamb rns. /
L. - l5c u,r l.; chops vs. Vegetables. Is & -
':omNlnc: - Ia .nG Per qurriHr furE rcsChcs 10
- &c per box: r-:pberri"t IL 10 T.: per quar-. :;
hlSCkbrrrjts 10 ~ per qt; piums lO2 per quart
eho-i,chH-rios to l0ta ct; June apples L to :" :,
quarter peek; peHTs SC per box; raw potatoes 80
~ iGc per pcrH CuCumhGTs - 10 { per Dozen :;
rn5hsgo ) t. 10 ger hGn-; c5mhinEs Soc per
,H'G: string beans :r' yer iicE; lTcea pcas
ne per peek beat. r., pr buEch; chickens
- 10 &c piece; butter .O>.I: per Id: eggs :Da
n"r O. zen ; corn IS 10 ;;Jc per lczcn ear SnSd
! t. 'n2 I.cr pair sturgeon 1 &jc per ~.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-26
LIST OF LETTERS,

Tho following is q list of tho letters remaining
in tho Postollico in this city June 26
Persons calling for letters will say they are AL.
ycrLiscd anu give tho date Of the list.
If not called for within thirty days, they will be
sOnt to tho dead letter ohiCo in WASHINGTON
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An Eloquent Passage. /.

The following was from the pen of
George D. Prentice: 1T cannot be that
earth is mans abiding place. 1t cannot
be that our life is mere bubble cast up
by eternity to float a moment on its waves
and then sink into nothingness. Else
why is it that the glorious aspirations
which leap like angels from the temple of
ones heart are forever wandering unsat-
isfed? Why is it that the stars that
hold their festival around the midnight
throne are set above the grasp of our lin
tied faculties, forever hooking us with
their unapproachable glory? And, final
ly, why is it that bright forms of human
beauty presented to our view are taken
from us, leaving the thousand streams Of
affection to flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our hearts? There is realm where
the rainbow never fadas; where the stars
will be spread out before us like the
islands that slumber in the ocean: and
where the beautiful beings which pass
before us like shadows will stay in our
presence forever"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21
Significance of Personal Beauty

A beautiful person is the natural form
OF beautiful soul. The mind builds its
own house. The soul takes precedence
Of the body and shapes the BODY to its
own likeness. A vacant mind takes all
the meaning out of the fairest face. A
sensual disposition deforms the hand
soonest features. A cold, selfish heart
shrivels and distorts the best looks. A
mean, groveling spirit takes all the dig
nifty out of the figures and all the char
acter out of the countenance. A
cherished hatred transforms the most
beautiful lineaments into an image of
ugllness. 1t is as impossible to preserve
good looks with a brood of bad passions
feeding on the blood, set of low loves
tramplng through the heart, and a sell
fish, disdainful spirit enthroned in the
will, as to preserve the beauty of an ell
egant mansion with litter Of swine in
the basement, tribe of gypsies in the
parlor, and owls and vultures in the ND
per part. Badness and beauty will no
more keep company great while than
poison will consort with health or an ell
egant carving survive the furnace fire.
The experiment of putting them together
has been tried for thousands of wears
but with one unvarying result. There
IS no sculptor like the mind. There is
nothing that 50 refnes, polishes, and en-
mobiles face and mien as the constant pre-
sence OF great thoughts. The man who
lives in the region of ideas, moonbeans
though they be, becomes idealized.
There are no arts, no gymnastics, no cos
metics which can contribute 1.-THE so
much to the dignity, the strength, the
ennobling of mans looks as great
purpose, a high determination, noble
principle, an unquenchable enthusiasm
But more powerful still than any of these
as beautifer Of the person is the over
purpose and pervading dispo-
sition Of kindness in the heart. Affection
is the organization force in the human
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Woman's True Source of
Strength.

The strength of women lies in their
heart. 1t shows itself in their strong
love and instructive perception of right
and wrong. Intellectual courage is rare
ly one of their virtues. AS rule. thew
are inclined to be restless and excitable.
allowing their judgments and actions to
be swayed by quick emotions of all kinds.
but, above al, it is in their hopefulness
and their endurance that they find their
chief power. Who is the last person TO
give up hope in the case of member Of
family who has apparently gone alto
gether to the bad?' What mother or
sister with deep and ardent love for such
will ever cease to cherish hope or to en-
dure suffering on their account? The
patience Of women is proverbial, and
their whole lives are bound up in their
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affections. Few people will deny that
love In one form or another makes up the
beauty of life to woman 1t enters into
all she does. Any work outside her i'm
mediate circle is undertaken most often
from pure desire to help some one else to
know something of the mysterious happi-
ness OF love. Unlike men, women chief
ly look for personal intercourse with
those for whom they are working. If
their interest lies among the poor, they
are desirous of sympathetic personal ac-
qualntance with them, and very little
good work of lasting kind has been
done by women without their own infu-
ence of love being brought to bear on the
individual case.-N5neteenth Centat1TL
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RaphaeIs Great Painting.

One of the most remarkable paintings
in the world is Raphael's masterpiece,
entitled The TRANSPORTATION. It has
hung in the Vatican at Rome three
hundred years, and its colors are still
unfaded. A copy OF it in mosaic, 50 per-
feet as almost to be taken for the origi-
nal, also fills the head of the aisle in the
Basilica at st. Peters. The design is as
simple as the artless narrative of the
evangelists. In the centre, and in raj
ment white as the light, is He, the fash
ion Of whose countenance. was altered.
On either hand and floating in the air,
appear in glory Moses and Elias. Be
meath, the disciples, overshadowed by
bright cloud, their hands shielding their
dazzled eyes, are fallen on their faces
sore afraid Of the voice proceeding out of
the cloud but catching glimpses Of Jesus
TRANSPORTED before them. Then Just below
the brow Of the hill, the only son, torn by
a spirit, foaming, crashing his teeth and
pining away is brought to the disciples
that they may cure him, and they can
not. The scribes are cavilling-physi-
clans close the books they have con
suited in vain-the disciples confess their
impotence-the mother and sisters of
the possessed are half frantic-and the
multitude has no hope; but the vision
above is on the point Of bursting upon
them to amaze them all at the mighty
power Of God Some say that the wild
eyes Of the boy, rolling in agony, are al,
ready catching a glimpse Of the Redeem
er TRANSPORTED in glory on high.-GoLden
Days.
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Material Progress Since 1910.

1t is not too much to say that no great
invention which had not its beginning in
the decade of 1S40-185O has appeared
IN the past thirty years In that period
occurred the most signal development of
the applications Of chemistry to manu-
features and agriculture; an enormous
expansion of commerce by means of rail
roads and ocean steamships the discov-
cry of ether; and ~the perfection and
diffusion OF some of the most precious
contributions ever made to the welfare of
mankind In 1885 only 984 miles of rail
road had been completed in the United
States; in 1910 they had been nearly
trebled (20lS); in 1845 they had been
nearly quadruped 6, 1857. In 1885 Bos-
ton was connected with Worcester, and
Baltimore with Washington; from Phil
adelphia the traveller could 90 no farther
west by rail than the Susquehanna at
Columbia In 1889, Ericsson brought
over the propeller to these hospitable
shores. In 1910 the Cunard line of
ocean steamers was established, but for
long time only sidewheelers" were
tolerated. The first regular ship, the
Britannia, reached Boston after a trip of
fourteen days and eight hours. Morse's
telegraph, after vain offers on both sides
of the Atlantic, was at last subsidized by
our own government, and in 1874 com
munication was opened between Balti-
more and Washington What hath
God wrought signalled Morse at
the capital to Alfred Vail at Baltimore.
The news dispatches to the press "by
electro telegraph" or "by magnetic tel
egraph" were meagre, while public pat
ronage was so timid that the wits of the
day made fun of delighted father in
Baltimore who wired" the news of the
birth of a grandson to Post-office official
at the Capital" as if the mail were too
slow at twenty miles an hour In
April, 1910, Goodyear. was in the debtors
prison "a lodging almost as familiar to
him as his own home) in Boston he had
'the year before found the clue to the
vuleanizing of rubber, but the process
was not reduced to certainty till 1914.
At about the same time (1845-47) the
Mccormick reaper was confirming the
independence of the New World of the
Old as a granary. CAS- late as 1868
wheat had been imported into the
United States from Portugal and the
Baltic. The sewing machine devised
by Elias Howe in 1843 was patented in
1916, but the Importance of this inven-
ton was not fully realized for more than
dozen years afterward The daguer-
reotype dates from 1889, and in 1910
the enterprising Mr.. Plumb began to
take likenesses in Boston-with small
success for some months. Five years
later his galleries" were to be found
not only in that city, but in New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
and even Dubuque, Iowa. Finally, July
oath, l847, the patent was issued for
Hoes lightning press, with its impress
sion cylinder" (the type revolving on
circular bed) and printing capacity of
ten to twenty thousand impressions per
hour.-HpplncOtt's Magazine.
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construction. Woman is fairer than man
because she has more affection than man.
LONELINESS is the outside of love. Kind
ness, goodwill, prevailing desire and
determination to make others happy,
make the body temple of the Holy
Ghost The soul that is full of pure and
generous affections fashion the features
into its own angelic likeness as the rose
by inherent impulse grows in grace and
blossoms into loveliness which art cannot
equal.-Home Journal
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21
MAGAZINES.

THE V1ReN1As for July is received. Always
welcome. We regard this publication as of
great value to our people, and think it deserves
a most liberal patronage. 1t is doing more to
help along the development of our mineral re-
sources than any other agency in the State.
The present number has paper on the geolo-
gical formation of a large iron bearing area in
Botetourt county, Va, by Prof. j. L. Campbell.
Published by Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21

MISTER Horn AND His FRIENDS; or, Givers and
Giving. By Mark Guy Pearse, author of
Daniel Quorm," etc.
This book is finely illustrated. The aim of
the author is to teach and enforce the lesson of
systematic giving The style is very attractive.
1t is book well calculated to do much good
This book is No. 90 of l. K Funk & Co.'S Stan
dard Series Price 10 cents.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21
The Chinese-Russian Question

The outbreak of hostilities between
the two great Asiatic Powers has been
long expected, but it was scarcely anti
cipated that, supposing the above report
to be true, China would take the initia-
tive without previous declaration of war,
still less that she would with such
secrecy, vigor and success reconquer the
disputed province of Kulia or Hi. 1t
will be remembered that this province
adjacent to Russian Siberia revolted
from the Chinese dominion some ten
years ago when the Mohammedans of
Kashgaria set up a kingdom under
Yakub Beg, the "Atalik Ghazi," and
when the sMohammedan Dunganis, north
of the Desert of Kobi, also threw off the
yoke of the Central Flowery Kingdom.
AS China was then in no condition to
enforce her claims Russia, like good
neighbor, kindly offered to occupy Kulia
and hold it for China until the latter
power should be able to assert her do
minion in Sungaria and Kashgaria.
This she did three years ago. suppress
ing the Dungani instruction, capturing
Yarkand and Kashgar and killing the
Atalik Ghazi. Russia was then re-
quested to evacuate Kulga, as per agree
ment, China offering to pay reasonable
indemnity for the expenses of occupa-
ton. But Russia, which had converted
LII and Kulla into an appanage of Turk
estan, had built up a Furnishing com
merce and introduced Western civil
ization" d la Russo had no idea of re-
linquishing her hold upon that impor-
tant province, which her statesmen and
geographers were fond Of considering as
but the entering wedge to further en-
croachments upon the outlying Chinese
territories, which were supposed to be
ripe for revolt. The recuperation oil
Chinese military power, as demonstrated
IN Kashgaria took Russia completely
by surprise, and far three years She has
been trying hard to find some valid
Pretext for declining to restore Kulia.
The mission of the Chinese plenipoten-
tlary Chung How to Russia, last wear
was expressly for the purpose of making
Peremptery demand for Kulja. But
Chung How proved no match for Mus
covite diplomacy, and was inveigled into
signing the treaty of Livadia, by which
Russia restored only the least valuable
ParC OF huIJa, on promise OF large in
demnity. Returning to China the un-
fortunate Chung Huw was condemned
to be beheaded, and his fate still trem-
6les in the balance, despite the efforts Of
European Ministers in China. The
Dragon Throne prepared for war, and
has now proved to be terribly in ear
nest. The issue is by no means so OBJ
vlous as the opti1dists at st. Petersburg
represent. China can vastly outnum.
Der Russia at any given point in Central
ASA, her armies are equipped with all
the latest improvements in artillery and
counts large number of European Of
hcers. Should Chinese Gordon" now
on his way to Shanghai, take command
OF the Monaghan army Of invasion, Rus
sia may have cause to regret her lack Of
international honesty.-N Y Herald
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21

THE CREATIONS OF DEMosTHENEs Translated
by Thomas Leland. Vol. l ISSUED in two
volumes)
This first volume contains some twelve of the
most famous orations of this great Athenian ora
tor. No SO, 1. X. Funk & Co.'S Standard Sc
ries. Price 20 cents.
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gives no sympathy or help to prosecuted
Jews, and thus virtually gives aid and
comfort to their prosecutors. We ear
nestly ask the prayers of all Christians
for Persia at this crisis. j. H. S:
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THE FoRrS1enrLY REVIEW for July Co

THE FoRrSIGHrLY REVIEW for July. Contents:
Religious Liberty and Atheism M. Gimel on
the Division of Land in France; The Sultan's
Heirs in Asia A New Poet; State Education
A Help or Hindrance? Parties and the Distri-
button of Seats; Edgar Allan Poe; The Rail
roads of the United States; Democracy in Vic
toria; Home and Foreign Affairs
New York. George Munro, publisher.
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for August. Boston
Houghton, 0sgood & Co. Contents
The Saltwater Tragedy, 1922; Stella Hos
pitality; Kintu; Mr.. Hunts Teaching; The
Archbishop and Gil Bias; Sylvia's Suitors
Among the Pueblos, ETC., etc.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21

AN ADDRESS, (Euthanasia and the Evolution
Hypothesis delivered before the South Carolina
Medical Association at its annual meeting in
Columbia, S. c., April 21st, 1880, by F. M. Rob
ertson, M, D. In this little pamphlet DR.. Rob-
ertson makes some strong points against the
evolutionists
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21

No man breaches his sermon we'll to
others if he does not first preach it to his
own heart.-O1Oen.
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THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL OF VIRGINIA for
July William F. Fox, editor
THE WESTMINSTER TEACHER for August Pres
byterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-25
The Elderace school.

The closing exercises of the Elderage School Cat No. 136 Sherman avenue), con- ducted by the Misses Bangs, took place Fri day evening last. The school occupies a de- servedly high position among our educational institutions and wins golden opinion from year to year. The Rev. Drs. Sims and Sawyer favored the closing exercises with their pres ence and delivered addresses which were of rare interest. Both gentlemen occupy a high social and scholarly position. The following young ladies received testimonials : Grade No 1, Emmie s. Mersick, Clara A. Searles, Mary J. Bassett, Martha E. Wood ruff; No. ?, M L. Crocker, Lizzie M Ander- son, Mary L. Warner No. 3, Alice M Hogg- son. An original essay was read by Annie M
 Barlow, who received certificate of gradu- ation The school has received the services as teacher of Miss Cushing (sister of w L.
 Gushing, Esq, rector of Hopkins Grammar SchooD, a graduate two years since at Smith College, who is recommended by President Seelye as not only superior scholar, but a teacher of more than ordinary talent
 correspondent,T T. E. says: It is so well known
 it almost goes without saying that thoroughness and nate the young girls who come within the healtbful influence of this Christian home Two receptions were held last week Tn the ample school parlOrs, when flowers and music, carefully prepared recita- tions, children lovely in white robes fair girl graduate the and sympathy of many friends evenings of delightful interest. Even we obtuse that music is to us chiefly a studied noise, were moved to something akin to appreciation. The ad- dresses by Rev. Dr. Sims, of Brooklyn, and Rev. pr. Sawyer, of New Haven, we can scarcely commend too highly. Dr. Sims, unique, full of wise common and ripe expressions all alike felt the inspra- ton of his noble words and the charm of his delight full manner To the Elderage and it's friends Dr. Sawyer has ceased to be stranger. In his weekly readings and informal talks to the public, he has shown himself competent to give wise, fatherly counsel and to say gracious helpful words in fitting and beautiful English, expected nothing less wor- thy this occasion and not disappointed. God bless the good school and it's faithful teachers
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-25
Garfield and Arthur.

Formation ofa Republican Club for the
 Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Wards-Fire-
 works and Red Fire.
 At the meeting at Tyler's Hall last evening for the formation of Garfield and Arthur club for the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards there was good attendance and 54 members were enrolled Much interest was apparent and good workers are enlisted. F. J. Hart presided, Charles H. R. Mott secretary. The following committee was appointed to bring forward names for the organization of the club
 Fifth Ward-F. J. Hart, Thomas Beers, B. H. Douglass, jr.
 Sixth Ward-Ellery Camp. F. H. Brown, George filling.
 Seventh Ward-C H. R. Mott, Franklin J. Hart, S. A. Kimberly.
 A meeting for organization will soon be called. The club having engaged room ln Brewster building, No. 7, repaired thlther and made things lively for some time with a fine display of rockets, red fire, etc., attract ing great attention. The club having re- ceived the offer of flag accepted it and will fling it to the breeze soon.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-25
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Rev. W. w. Staples, Baptist pastor at Mi trouble.
 2 The Garfield and Arthur Central Club has a meeting Saturday night at Tylers Hall, at which a large attendance is expected.
 A large kerosene lamp bursted in front of Max Kaltschmidt's saloon, on State street, last evening, causing much excitement for a few minutes, and quite a gathering of people.
 Miss R. L. Young, formerly principal of | the training school in this city, but lately of Cleveland, O., is making short visit among her numerous friends here, the guest of the Rev. Gurdon l.. Moves.
 Prof. Wheeler, of Yale, will probably be referee again at the Yale-Harvard boat race. The Harvard eight arrive at New London to- day The Yale eight came back to this city yesterday to De present at examination.
 Prof. W. G. Sumner, of Yale, is down for the opening address at the tifty-frst annual toga, Tuesday evening, July 6. The closing address, Thursday evening, will be by Henry Ward Beecher.
 Maggie O'Connel, young woman in Hart ford, fell out of a third story window yester- day. She was supposed to be killed at first, but after the physicians had labored with her for some time she came to and was removed to the hospital.
 Mir. Edward B. Clapp, principal of the graded school in Westville, will remain in charge of the school another year, his salary having been raised to $1, POO. Under MT. Clapp's management the school has greatly improved, and it is good thing for the edu- cational interests of Westville that he has consented to remain there, as he is thor ough scholar and an efficient instructor