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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-10

in Scotland which gave him to Ireland
has Just drawn upon Ireland for one Of
its ablest ministers, the Rev Robert
Macloy, of Ballymena. Mr.. Macloy has
accepted call to Paisley. He is man
OF tine presence and an eloquent preacher
The Conference of the Irish Methodist
Church has appointed three ministers to
visit the United States and Canada to
solicit aid to relieve Irish Methodism Of
some necessary liabilities resulting from
the union which was effected year or
two ago.
The Wesleyan Methodist Conference
meets to-day in Liverpool More than
one thousand ministers are expected to be
in attendance, and when the mixed Con-
ference meets, 23S laymen. 1t is too
large body to do business promptly. 1t
is not yet known who the President is.
Several prominent men are spoken of as
likely to be elected, but only one can en-
Joy the honor. HIBERNICUs.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-10

The service Of sin often proves expensive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
EEGAh ADTEsjEs.

I, "a 8 ClaCyIr COUNT OF ALTMAN
= dill county, Va Februsry 24.b, 1881.
70 ~.taaTlae an Lemon. Sarah Ana Newton,
g. ". EsL:!es. kpd !pl, hechman Evalne
!ieichmsn, Y. 5 Coz Oet, Sheriff Of Ale1sn-
dfis county, FaiIfux minor, K Kemper,
guardian I'D liten of Monroa and Minor
heisksle and to the creditors f the ate VII.
liam j. Mino. OF Alexsudri. cUunty, deceased
You are hereby notfa! that nsvo liked upon
The ~ b lay Of 10 arcn, 1851, to take and settle
at my othco, IN the County Court House Alex.
abdriR vs., tie ac2ount VI the r. al snd personal
esLate CT the iate William j. Miaor, deceased,
anG of "a debt, due anQ wing by him, and ii
ali liens upon the ssid real estste the amount
AID order o: prior y thereof required TO be
tskdn by decree Il The judge o. the Circuit
Cou5t 81 Alexandria equity, Va, rendered on
lie !9te day OF / February, 1881, III suit in
chaLctr? depending in saiG court between Lewis
sick plalat:b and Gatharlne Ann Lemon
an others. doeb dauts, al wnicu tim, and plsce
tao creditors o! sald dec dent are required t. Al.
lont, t. then H. d there file lhGir claims with the
VOUCHERS Inere0t.
&iVen under mg hand as commissioner in
Ihancery of said court the day and Year rst
sio'e-all. tENJ. AUSTIN,
ietZI-"41 Commissioner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

&hi Southwark. connects at Charlottesville
with lhes. x Chic Z. r., East and West At
LyacG burg, connects With Atlantic, Miss. s.
Ohio +. T., through Southwest Virginia, to
Nashville, New CresEE Memphis. Little Rock
AUG Goxss--and ct ranvi!le with Richmond s.
prnvi:e & K to South end Southwest.
Express :$outhwsrd connects at Charlottes.
v!l!u :, I'll Points On Ches s Ohio 4. r., and
al ;3siv,i4 :or I'll poia.s South East and South.
MIXED TRAINS for Ii ain Line leave Al.
cSardr!a dolly, oxccD: Sunday, 800 .. m. and
- O.! IN, ED returning arrive at Alexandra
20 : 40 &52 p u.
: 10 =, ii ari A!c14ndria 81 g. NJ, daily,
axcap, ulodss. arrive ut Strssburg at II rs D. M.
lonh9ciiGE ",th tOe Valley Road East and
). aso !-s:.y" 3..sshurs 50 p. M, arriving s.
a'asG'.tria ID g; . II.
Nike, T'R&IN FOR MANASSAS DIV
lS!QE .c&rar alexandria 6eily except sun
day, L: 90 :. Il, arriving St Strssburg st Il 05
g. IN. md retnTning leaves Strssburg Il 8 Ii
B. M, arriving III Aitx5ndfia 81 As 2. N.
Scr &lGd,apurg, Gaily connection OF Plains
!.aLIG.
For urp5:?n!e. regular connection at Dels-
ltraG
FOR ,Hah& &NGU22. laave Washington al
7 10 s.. =, I-.,I.
I'll .Eaila :naGo 1000 connections, 3! Wash.
;EF ac,., - sl:1 !rau. ortu and West.
E&I tTiG.LG sleeper leaves Washington t
I IL + ~ rUcn;ng through without chsr:.
tA Express t!"!n leaving Washington st IL o.
p. n 'tuyHa ariua.nh!e Reclining Chair Car,
with cs:;-ae 3s:ar.a nn!s $500, through to
h.&y!
i'auc1sn &Ieering Cars between Washington
Gil Ans us;a Gs, without change, on IL W
p, n. tc2iII
Hafoa;eG icks;s very low to the South and
5;a:iCER gLATTHHTER. G.
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Inland & Seaboagd CoaStillg CO,
Steamers OF this line sill rue 50 iui!o:ga:
EaeIG N0EE@UGI.

Connecting with Aecchsnts' saG Miners Liza
for Boston, steamer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

NJ EW AUCTION AND UOMMISSION
~ HOUSE
We have opened at No &c ROYAL ST. an
auction and Commission House.
We are now resdy to receive all kinds OF N er
chsndise and household goods on consignment
or purchase the same.
We think it may prove an advantage to per
SONS who have PRODUCE of any descrip:icD
70 send it to u.s. Located Immediately opposite
the main entrance 10 the Market on Royal 81,
goods cen DO exposed every morning IT public
auction, when the best prices may be expected
Prompt returns mado on sales
fersona having FURNITURE for sale will
tnd 1t to their advantage to give US q call
Ne "lil attend to suctionesring ST public ssl.a
Of property. and respectfully solicit snare al
pubic patronage. UNEEL 4 LUCAS
dEss~ Auction goods constantly On hand and for
sale. nov k-.f
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
Alexaudria OaEette
TUE DAY GVENING, MARCH 8

CAELYLs AND THE QUEEN "A c;rrespon-
dcut, w:iiO, from London OF Csriyle's dea b,
says: "Dcso Staaley. WHO vas among MIR.
Carlyle riep6s aud who is one of severs! &C
c sia8sica pe If roy 81 y orc, srrarg ID matt
ing at the DeaDery tween MI. Carlyle aud
the Q Ieep, by the Qleeb's desire. Ii took
plscs DOT long after Mr.. Carlyle had deolin' &
the Gland Cross Of the Bath-the ecccptai C,
OF which would tav made him Sir Thouus
Carlyle, g. g. B Perhaps the interview WIS
meant 10 dispeI the foolish rotlon that the
Qleen ives vcx d by his refusal More ptob-
ab i. was because the q leep, VINO Wis little
Likely 10 ootc!rG herself about such repJrts,
WaDtcd to see tie philosopher. The Q Ieen l.,
after all woman. AID has more than 0nca
shown lat she tbs womsus curiosity Tney
mat a. o'clock Ca; end COT slleIaoIe humber
OF peIsOus re pr, seat. Mr.. CarIyl: was duty
prrst o cd 10 Her Mfj sly b. the Daao, aud
was eracioGsIy received 1t is said that he al
ouce took The lead 10 the conversation. ? evcr
gave Voice o his loyal wishes for The q leen s
esl,h-sWo breaches OF etiquette which nadc
the hair of the ass mbled 1UufttTa 10 stand &c
ED. Ills believe TO b., scandal, bat shai l.
ccIten Is tiss Nj, Carlyle upGu the Quscb' :
ollie speeches o h III cuGlGe tu On euG. :0rIh b.
WITH ioCk.d chou, iiu for seat aud SIT dlau,
to The Tn peak bic hvrIlr o. the company,
tvtry Oiuer Ut mogr OF which boeR vel thst /!
was high uca,oo to ST in tcl Qu-ei's prsseDcy
I'll, her Mi sly ! I'D conm.uc,d lheG 70 DC
seated. But t., Queen, less bUrr,r struck I'D
the rest, and wl,I that COED LroeClug If VII CT
she rs islrcss Hben size chooses. saved the sit
usiio0 By oastit G herself. 81, waved her roya
hsLd 10 the rcst be seated slso, et1loIciug hcI
comnaud with the vOc after momeDt, u
Oh one or two upright msDDers ct the group
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
MEEbESENAE.
Mscon, Ga, Marck 81 1873

Mscon, Ga, Marct 81 1879
From h .virg been intimate with the propra.
tors of "Swifts Syph.itic Specific" l nave
Known much CT its ms; .scture and use. There
are men in this community who were victims in
early life to Syphilis, and who have taken the
5. :. s. med cine, aid ere now TO 81 sppe r-
srces snd in their own belief as free from toint
f his Mskcr. Ielicscy for bids their public re
mn endstiors. but an allowed TO refer the
skcptie pripats y to those who will endorse eve
rytnlnK that can be go d in lis favor. Being pro-
REASONABLY NIT en- opposed to rec ommendirg sc
cret remedies, 1t is with b. station sttsch nv
name to this article; but kno1o 1ohercof speak
when say our science has not made publ q
com binstion equal TO 'Swifts Syphiitic Specit.
lc' fer the purpose indicated.
T. l.. MAssEr BURG, Phi q.
THE SWIFT SPEClFIC COMPANY, Pro-
prietors, Atlanta, Gs
Sold By K. 5. Lrsdbester & Bro. Call for q
copy of Young MEMS Fri"I "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
WIN TER ARRANGEMENT,
s,aylnnjru Nv 90 ICON

., asS!nninR Nov. %, 1880.
mo n 81 l. TRAIN will leave Washippton
:. ~ - n. and alexandria 1T 925 = M.
uaiiS. eAc"p' sunday; pass Leesburs, yoing
T,s:.HFSd ii l. - a. u hnd STRIVE NJ Rou,d
~: a. |" '3p1i. hsays Bound aill al u 80 p.m.:
psss LeEr c1'E, Eol1 & eastward, 10 o. "a: sad
S @ al .Ale' snG7Is at 8 Is .. m, and 8,
%,HIhh'aStos ~ 81 p. N.
VI IA" at Eu& 10 ALTON TRAIN will leave
.shlnston at J 20 2. N. and Alexandra q,
:" Z: u. oaiiy, except Sunday, and arrive At
aTns'urE 1T u p. n;. Leave Leesburg at 1 20
a a, H. ahd strive 81 Aexandria at Is an. and
H>Saln 2ipn Il 50 u. m ' ''N
- -, s:"enHefa !Ton Washington will tsse
e, q W4SA'iiSsCn a1d Ohio cars at toe Bairimo-s
- J. ''ohae railroad staiion nt9 Ws.m. sno II
o. =, 49,. @H ~ throUEE giihout change Of cas-
ine 5I) 10 train frou. alexandra ana H. 81,
. o., u .:,'! t-oTl Houad Hill connect at KonrI
=, Ii'i %'fh AcJoy & Wissinton's Daily Line Of
C'hCHfs lcf Shickersviiiu, ;erryvjlle and VIA.
ca'tIer eco 194-aar'B Line Of Coaches which
burg ioie sno hldcle'
2GtA 'fs!ht westward, make close con nectic,.
'si,aa' 9th e':sson's Line Of Stages for Fail.
s'srss M 90 Zen sEeknss, "a eta nex mile
sis5sIf;2E 3z%si ets. sac.
,.1. j Il. AAVENER.
~ :. General Ticket Ase-;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

The steamers Of this conpRuy make corrac-
tons At Norfolk for Boston snd ell points hast
st New York with eli penis " est ana {, or:.i,
west, and at Alexandria with Virginia Midland
Railroad and Washington and Chic E,i:ohd
Through rates given and ireisn: handled care
fully and promptly. For further information,
apply to +. a. REED, Asont,
I.Dney'5 wh.ri
j. w. THOMPSON, President,
14l6 street,
sop 21-ty Washington, T. Q.
,y4s4sn ULYp&'S STMAM LIME W.NF
sassGEiSs LIZ To
PHILADELPHIA, FALL. RlVEk, pgoVy
DENCE AND BOSTON.
mers lesye Ale1ancris EyEgy T}TEs
DAY snd leave Philadalphis EVERY SAT-
URDAY. "1'
Thls line connects Of Alexandra with Sra {.
a. & ID. and W s. 0, Il. Rs, anG ct pb;lndsi
phis with Clyde's regular Steamships for Fsi
River, providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with pronaDtnesg and FRYE
free Of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, sns
wharfage In Boston. Quick time. Frequenl
departures. Through rates snd through 5ilj,
OF ladlng given, lneursnce s1 the lowest raias
agents:
r. a. REED, Alexandria,
WIZ ? CLYDE s CO. Phllata!. lin
JOHNSON s. CO. Wash. & Geo7g t'p
ial St!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

w a. JOHNSON g CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCKRs,
GEN hHAL co MISSION MERCHANTS,
And Deslers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand GIBSON'S Xxx XXX, xxx
and fURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET
and IONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAK.
ERS and T HON PSON'S PURE HYE
NHlSkl KS, to which they invite the attention
Of tbs trade.
Orders from the country for N arc hsndise sh ali
receive prompt attention.
Cohslgnments OF Flour, Grsin and Country
I:t0ouce solicited: FOR which they guarantee tn
hlgnest market prices and prompt returus
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal sts
alexandria, We. oct m
~ ARLOW BROS.
dhOCERs, COAAIsS1ON MERCHANTS.
And Dealers n
JOSH GIBsoN's son = cos CABINET
4, Xxx and Xxx WHISKIRS, and
Thonpsol's Pure Rye Whiskey: FOREIGN
Wines and Brsndies, Ale, Porter
and Chsmpagnes,
, @ AGENCY OF LAFLIN & RAND,s
fOWDER COMPANY.
N. W COR. CAMERON AND ROYAL SITS
E1sss roasted for the trade q! 75c per sack.
Fl ub BLUE! RUB BLUEl Is sbsolutelv
- ure and therefore good.
n I.R u
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
L-sE y GP f.Esa EMEE

EVERY MONDAY, WEDE nS0aY end
FAlDAi, a. 80 O'clock p.m.; retaining, ieava
Norfolk On alternate Gays at 4 90 u. IN.
This stsunch iron ste. olar las ;ust beea palat.
&c throughout, stss%rcoms newly furnished ana
csFpeted, snd is :hs hsndsoraess sa well n& tie
safest boat on the Potion river sn,; Chosa PEA
Gay, anu Is Inc onlq steamer maE;uH cos con-
nec.!oh With TIE Htw ( orr aud GO:ton s:aair-
efs; also meets witt t!chrIoli stu.. 2e:. &c
fsifosd ines outl. stops 81 FIN - tri<i'
ard fGiNl LOOKOUT gong and ra.usniag.
Fare, FIRST class. ~ So second Class 3 80
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
Ii. Is. E3Uri'S heirs vs.. VIM, b.
w FOOTE'S tSIS

w FCOTbS -f&'S.
ComnissioleI' Office, d eI.udria, Va,
Feoru,ry rs 1881. !
TO Haywood FootY William FOotc. Jsmes b.
thornton rud cnliy, his WIFE. E!iz beth ,jhe
vis, viii I'm Il. TnpieL, and Oatnsiile, hi,
wife, Joh fitzhusb, Lynaugh fnzbugn,
Francis tiiz ugn, Il, Coos FlzSuin aud
Fences, his wifi, Geo - Fitznugn, W g. 4.
HAzhu,;n, Eulus Il EnzIu2h, lucy Fizaugh,
;iarS = Fnzaugn, Eeeu s Lane, james ri
Lsac, Ju!is" LsEe Byncum I.sne, Lucinda
L.ae. HlGhatd L. Carte, John W. Cater,
'tOwusn= Il! Stewart Nm 4. Carrier, thu un
known Lsifs Of John Allison, otc aae. j, The
uGkbuWu ivirs Of Garrison Allison, Deceased
VA SO hereby uvu1 % that have fix. upon
4 II. u = the oist DAY Of Iarcn, 1881 at
II VcCtk l. III at my Cth e, No. nottn FAIR
I.A s.feei. hleXahdtIs, Us, as tue time On l
place WHEN and whsre 1 shall begin the execu
ncn 1T The decree rendered Ia The shove entl. ed
csus" or Lue lon day u February, 1881, by tt Q
Nl.cult court or EleXsnGrla county when de-.
cree requires m3 10 b. Certain sud teuort who Art,
me helfs &. Ian 0t JOnn q ID Harrison allison
respectively, Md IN part.e, now e1liLlsd to 10
Cuivu t4e leg aCl-s lef; 10 item respectively in
mad by Inc VIII Of Nm. (. Foole, deceased and
Ia VIA rIopoitloDs, I'll which TINS and place
you acu r, q aired To aLtend.
Given unLer my hand. RS Special Commits
sloner, The day and ear first above written.
GAO. a. Ill UhHBACH
ltt23-T4W Special Com missioner.
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FEE SF NJ EGs.sE

sasg sfte gfsasEz.
sTEasvFs g. %. 4. q. Est-s {; sgs...S4sig .5Dss.a
GSES!SsT
EVERY FRIDAY, a.l2m.; and re,u-ri17.
leave New York, from pior Il, Eass Iivu., EV.
ERY SATURDAY, 1T ( @ CLOCK y. IN.
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u AaalNGruN a VaIO kAlLsOAD

:!Gn?r1; iT4nagor, M,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

STEkMERB.

NJ TICE.
POTO.n-ag FERRY CO.'S. sTES.nERs
FOR LANDINGS
ON TaR POTOMAC RIVER
On and sitter Sunday, July 18Th,
Will leave IS follows:
Steamer T. Y. ARROWS SMITH lasves Poto-
mac Ferry Co.'S. wharf, foot of King street.
EVERY SUNDAY, III ES DAY and II U Rs
IA I, at 5O ~, for LeoGardt0wn ana all
intermediate landings
Steamer MYal!U leaves EVERY MON.
DA 7, WEjE GSOAY and EHlHAi, al 80
d. m, tor Eomini and intermediate lancings,
9AO. Il. Phillips, Manager,
Potomac Ferry Compsny.
j. B PADGBTT. Agent jyi7
Il Office
CHANGE OF THE.
On srd sitter Monday, October 4.h tie
boats of the POTION AU FEEkY CO. will run
as follows;
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA:
y O0. 7 81: 81, 80, 10 sc sud Il 30 y. n, and
II SO. 30, 2 80. 3 80, 80, s 80 and $50. n
LEAVE WASHINGTON:
81, 80. 8 80, . 81, 10 80 and II 50 q. H.. and
IL 80 80. 2 80, 80, 4 80, 20 and 6 80 o. 70.
0n sunday the first trip from each cid will be
ny25 GEO. R. PHILLIPS. Msasser.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
/ = a.! GREAT 1880
r&NNSY WANNA ROUTE

/ = 80 GREAT 1880
rSNNSY WANNA ROUTE
90 tee Nl&Tr. WsST 3 SOUTHWEST
DOUBLE TRACK
oT2EA i<AIL.s 5FLEN DID SCENRKy
q %ICENT GQUIPMENT.
laI.unry 3, 1851.
SE&j2E io9vr Washington from depot of BA L..
T'MU&E 6. EOTNaAC RAILROAD, cor.
HeG d sixth aud & stI acts, IS follows:
For ihi.edeil MS, New J ork and the East 8 and
~ ~ an daily, except Sunday, and 2.3J and
100 : =, daily. Hith Palace Cars. Lin q.
jtod Esp7esa Of Pullman Psrlor Cars $50 q.
n daily; ezca2i Sundsg. For Philsdo(pLia
: SO, 30 aid ~ =. Ii. dsiiy.
Fox ei-ssourS nnd me Vest 800 9. NJ, with
far!oT cor 10 PittS5urg aad Sleeping car to
i,0uIev,!!e AID Chicago lG.4O a. N. daily !;
for Csa@E"a!EuE ard the North, 500 g. NJ.
eFce!t Sunday sud 93J 2. N. daily, except
SataTd'.J, sith Palace Cat t, Cansndaigua
For "atSins lG,4C a n. daily except Sun.
deg.
For Baltimore, 6 d, 800, $50 and 1879 3. NJ:
"a E'Nn1sT .oUU and 1913 am; 2.30. 40, 8. 81
sn: loco j. 81,
Fos Pope's Greek Line, 6 40 a. m. and 4 % DIN,
asily, o5cep: Sunday.
For Annapolis ~ a. N. and 4 40 p. m. daily
except sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
FOR &ie2andriA 80, I 70, D. 20 and ii 20 a.
"a, sac :; 70 5, & ~, AID IL 80 .. III. Sun
p, dsT 81 7, 9 ~, and i ~ q. m. and D. N.
itains ie.7d AieSanGria for Wasnin pton, S.CN
s'o2. nd Al f.. Ia, ard 90. 8, s, 7, 90
p. IL 81 II night.
IN 'aoday T.! $50. snd loa. m. and 7 % snt
l.! T. IL.
- Rough TRAIN FOR THE SOUTH, via.
Q9an,ico end Richmond, will leave AleIan..
cfis ei 7 n sad II II 8. N. daily and s ~ ..
;. 9 I@;l a&cgpt sunday.
r"o' in"i, iesvDS at II II u. m makes but one
tt9p, VIZ: al Qusltico, between Aexsndrls
E.d tE!CninOnd.
uchets and information can be procured a,
arn2ipS' railroad 5tstious and ticket Office,
Eo4IN@aS' L. z. WARMER,
sph,,r o,,,,,,,, GENT. Passenger Agent
:!an2ra, af.nsgor, noroo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-06
The Wealthiest Colored Man in
GeOrQia

ATLANTA Letter to the Cincinnati Inquirer.l
His name is Henry Todd. and he lives at
Darien, in this State, When youth his mas
ter died and left him his freedom as a reward
for his faithful attention during the slavehold-
er's last sickness. Young Todd was so es.
teemed by the family that they insisted ON his
remaining in their employ, and paid him
handsome salary. He was sort Of assistant
overseer on the plantation. By the kindly aid
of white friends he soon became a landowner,
and then prosperous farmer. In few years
his affairs showed the result OF industry and
natural business talent in a snug little fortune.
His quiet manner and strict uprightness
guarded him from the bitter prejudice which
in those days both races felt for the average
money to hold slaves himself, and he
purchased several as matter of econo-
my. When the Confederacy fell he lost
twenty negroes and some money in Confed-
crate bonds. This severe blow was in a
measure counteracted by his good fortune hav-
ing on hand crop OF cotton, which then COM
manded so cents pound. After the war he
continued his farming operations, but also en-
gagged in the lumber business. His remarkable
success continued, and today he owns two large
lumber mills and exports very extensively.
He is sixty-fve years old, and has an excel
lent education. He is worth 100000 in good
investments. He lives in a neat country
home, surrounded by family OF five children,
mer they leave the coast, and spend the hot
summer months at a house which they own in
one of the cool mountain hooks Of north Geor-
gia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-06
Stories about Famous Hymn.

London Pail Mall Gazette.]
"a curious mistake" says a correspondent,
twas made on the handbill distributed among
the worshippers at Westminster Abbey yester.
day evening. 1t has been found convenient to
print on slips Of paper the hymns sung at each
Of the special services now being held, and on
the slips given out yesterday appeared the
well-known hymn beginning
Lord. dismiss US with thy blessing
with this appended statement Of authorship
and date: Hon. Walter Shirley, 1774' The
compiler Of the handbill seems to have trusted
TO the editorial accuracy OF John Wesley In
question was first attributed to Shirley. In
two other collections it is assigned to some po-
ct named MADAM, who is otherwise unknown;
but the real author was DIR. Hawker, Of Ply
mouth, well known to evangelical persons at
the beginning of the present century as the
writer of the devotional work Morning and
Evening Portions, and to general readers Of
the present day as the grandfather Of Robert
Stephen Hawker, the eccentric Vicar OF Nor
enstow, whose biography has been written by
Mr.. Barring Gould and DIR. +. G. Lee. In Mr..
Barring Gould's memoir there is an amusing
story of how, when quite boy, Robert Steph.
en- Hawker wrote what he considered an i'm
proved version of the hymn, and presented it
original was crude and fat Crude and fat
Sir!' roared the irate Doctor; Young puppy,
it is mine. wrote that hymn The young
emendator was only abashed for moment.
Il beg your pardon, grandfather he ex-
claimed; Il did not know that. 1t is very
nice hymn, but-but-'and as he went out Of
the door, mine is better "
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-06
Standard Time.

The problem of universal standard of time,
ton; SO obvious, easy and full of advantages
that we may reas onably hope to see it adopted
Let the World adopt Greenwich clock time,
subt~dcting the nearest hour of longitude; to
be prefxed, s0hen necessary, IN Roman Numer-
dls
To illustrate this plan, let us suppose it were
now in use; what would be the result? By
Portland time 1t is now 8h, Sim; by Green
wich time, 13h 3Sm, that is, 1h 3Sm a. m. Then
every clock in the world would at this moment
be at 38m past some hour. To change time
from one to another you would only have to
add even hours. Thus, in all the Atlantic
States it would be 8h 3Sm, and, in order to
make it definite to any one in tho world what
our Sh 3Sm meant we should only need write
V 8h 3Sm, and itwould be seen by adding the
V to~the s that it meant 13h 3Sm of Greenwich
time.
At this same moment it would be vi III 3Sm
in all the Mississippi States; VII Oh 3Sm in
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah; VIII Oh 3Sm
in Nevada and California; TX Al 3Sm at Sit
ka; x 3 SSm at Honolulu; XIV 11h 3Sm at
Melbourne; XVIII 7h 3Sm at Calcutta; XXI
3h 3Sm at Jerusalem and Cairo; sc. In each
case If the Roman is added to the Arabic hour
it gives 13h 3Sm or 25h 3Sm, both meaning 1h
3Sm, and failing to distinguish between noon
and midnight, only because Of the clocks not
being Venice or astronomical clocks, running
to "a hours.
By this plan, therefore, you have all the ad-
vantages of one fixed standard, and none Of
the inconveniences, at least, none worth com:
pairing with the advantages. The greatest diff
ference from local time anywhere would be
half an hour. All the Atlantic States would
60 by Philadelphia time; all the Mississippi
States by New Orleans or Peoria time at
GAINESVILLE they would have their choice the
course of travel and trade would decide wheth-
er the clocks should be half an hour fast or
one half an hour slow Of real GAINESVILLE time.
The travelling public and the railway men
would reap the most obvious and conspicuous
benefits; and it is to the railroads we must look
for the Inauguration of this great reform. All
Great Britain has already followed the rail-
ways; they adopted Greenwich time, and the
public followed them, and set their clocks all
to the one standard. There is no argument for
taking any other; it will be in every way bet
ter to make the standard international, Green
wich mean solar time. THOMAS HILL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-06

AND so Washington Gilbert is not DEM
ocrat. Curious; and yet he seems to have
all the symptoms. If ignorance Of finance,
natural tendency to blatherskite, willing
ness to ride two horses, leaving the Republi-
can party because he couldn't get office, and
fighting the Supreme Court because it said
stealing was wrong-does not constitute
Maine Democrat of the most approved fash
ion, what ON earth does? Scientists say
that ants will refuse to recognize one not Of
their particular set when no microscope will
show the slightest distinction. They look
at his antenn@, mandibles and things and
know him in the flash of an eyewinker.
The Second District Democracy have looked
over Washington Gilbert with superhuman
acuteness of vision, and he doesn't belong!
And yet to the rest of us he seems to be cov-
cred all over with strawberry marks. He
looks as like the rest of them as two peas,
or, to be scientifically exact, as two bad
eggs. Verify Providence has done wonders
for the lower creatures in the way of in
Stinct