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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17

Bargains in the latest styles of spring
goods this week at D. Ruben 4 Co. 5 Boot
and Shoe House, No. 6s King street, next
door to II. Strauss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17

Flour is steady at quotations. Wheat is higher.
with sales Mt 149a15O for Fultz, and 152al5l for
mixed; but We quote Lancaster at 152alj5.
Corn is off, with offerings of 5000 bushels, hut
the only sales reported were at 81 for white.
Country produce is quiet at quotations
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17

DIR. GuSrAvl's \. WILLIAMS, who WAS
drowned in the Shenandoah River. near
Front Royal, on the 9Th inst, was the last
OF the family oithc late Hon. Jared Williams
Of Frederick county. Va. member Of Con-
.rr-, from 1919 10 lS.J. Dr. Williams WAS
Assistant Surgeon in me {. $. army. ser
wing against the Indians in Florida. in the
administration ofl'resulcnt Andrew Jackson
He resi- gnrd. and married Miss Blakemore.
ofFlonl Royal and prarticed medicine there
several years. He then removed to Moore
field. Hardy county, and prartccd till he
removed To Bonneville, Mo. before the late
war. Three years ago. he came to live again
in Front Royal. He WAS 4 man Of highly
cultivated taste, most genial disposition, and
of*potlras reputation. His wife. and sever
ii SONS and daughters survive him
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17

RIRD CAGES! BIRD CAGES "A full lineoi
- the above always on hand Also Gravel r.
per, Cutie Fish and Mixed Seed of the hr7'
quality. MCLEAN & UHLER.
ape 76 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17
MARINE NEWS
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, APRIL T.. 1599.
Sun rses........... % Sun scts............. 63.

ARRIVED.
Stmp E c Knight, New York, to F A Reed 4 Go
Stmp Norfolk, Philada to F A Reed & Co.
Str Lady of the Lake, Norfolk, to A Reed
4 Co.
Str Sue, Baltimore, to J Broders & Co.
Str City of Alexandria, lower Potomac, to roo'
mac Ferry Co.
Str Mattano lower Potomac, to Broders s 60,
Schr Ella Little, Boston, to Wa A Smoot
SAILED
Str Lady Of the Lake, Norfk. by F A Reed & 70.
str Sue, Baltimore, by Broders Co.
Str City of Alexandria, lower Potomac. By Poto'
mac Ferry Co.
Str Mattano, lower Potomac, By J BrodcTs q &C.
PASSED UP.
Sehrs VIM Houston, from Bath, Maine, Win
Ice; Ollvent, from North Carolina with lumber
agnes Repplier, coal from Philadelphia, for WASH
ington.
MEMORANDA
Schr Walton, from Richmond at Boston l4tn,
Schr Montana, for Albany, to load for Rich'
mond, at Bath 10Th
sehr Emma Middleton, from Richmond al
Vineyard Haven 18th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17

forty years trial has proved BLACK
DnAuGar' the best liver medicine in the world
For sale by +. S. Leadbeater Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17
Death of Henri Giffar,l
Financial.

PARIS, April 1T.-Ienri Gifard, the French
Engineer is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17
Mothers ! Mothers MotharsIl,

A trial package of BLACK DRAUGHT, frc, q
charge. For sale by L. S. Leadbeatcr ( BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17


\ resolution was adopted providing that
Oh and after April 10Th the daily houro the
meeting Of the House shall be II Il. III.
Under call Of States,
Mr.. Gibson, of Louisiana, introduced Il
bill approprirting 100000 for the purchase
Of seed cane and for the distribution of the
same by the Commissioners OF Agriculture.
Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri, Offered a resolu-
ton to retire the circulation Of National
Banks and 10 continue them as banks Of dis
count and deposit.
Mr.. Ranney, Of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Elections, submitted the ma
,jority report in the contested election case
of Bisbee vs.. Finley from the 2nd District of
Florida, declaring the contestant, Bisbee,
entitled to the seat Laid over for further
action
4 motion to suspend the rules and make
the bill for the extension Of National bank
charters IL special order was defeated Yeas,
AS, Nays, So, not the necessary two-thirl:'
in the affirmative.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-17
Te-day's Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.

Slr. Hill. OF Colorado presented the ere
dentials OF George NJ. Chilcott, appointed by
the Governor Of Colorado, Il senator from
that State to fill, until the next meeting OF
the Legislature, the vacancy caused by the
the resignation ofHenry NJ. Teller.
The credentials having been read, Mr..
Chilcott qualified.
Mr.. Harris, from the District Committee,
reported adversely the bill to provide for
the completion of the dam at Great Falls, on
the Potomac. Indefinitely postponed.
Also, from the same committee, Il substi-
tute for the bill to increase the water supply
of Washington. Placed on the Calendar.
Mr.. McDil offered bill to establish 4
Il Board of Railway Commissioners to regu-
late inter State Commerce and for other
purposes Tabled temporarily.
Mr.. Ferry introduced a bill to provide
for the care and inspection Of all animals to
he slaughtered for food in the District OF
Columbia and to incorporate the Washing
ton stockyard and abattoir company.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
ENGLISH RAIL WAY CARS.

English railway cars generally are
limited to three classes. Each is divided
into several compartments, mostly four
each compartment being entered by a
door on the side, and separated by
closed par tion from the compartment
adjoining. These partitions render i'm
possible the characteristic long halls of
the American train. and only by means
of Small platform extending on the
outside can one section be entered from
another. This platform is also utilized
by the guard in collecting the tickets of
the passengers, and the same are passed
to him through the compartment win.
dows. The cars being entered on the
side, one half of the passengers must
ride back ward, aud if the train be full
the 'our persons who enjoy the window
seats are the only ones who ride swith
comfort, and catch imperfect glimpse
of the scenery through which the train
passes.
The first compartments are the most
expensive of all. The floor is generally
covered with a rug which is clean and
new. The windows glisten and are taste
fully curtaiued. The seats are luxurious
ly cushioned.
The second-class compartments, as a
rule, are not much less comfortable than
the first. The floor is often bare, bu,
clean, and the seats are less elegantly up.
holstered. A good second-class car in
England or Germany is often more richly
furnished than the average first class
car in Italy or France: but in either
country cushions, curtains and comfort
are generally wanting in third class com
partments. In thu English the floor is
bare and often covered with dirt, the
windows are dusty and the boards for
seats are hard. On account of the low
rates of fare the mass of the people pre-
crowded.
Between Liverpool and London. by
the Northwestern company's trains, for
u iirst-class carriage the charge is abou'
sS.25 in American currency; for a second
class, 81 %: for third class, only 81.
The ird-class compartment, too. may
be on the same car with the first, or, if
not, attached at least to the same train.
Firstclass passengers are allowed moe
baggage than the third, although i'll
either case articles that can be crowded
under the seat go free. All luggage is
weighed but is never checked, and for
any excess above a certain weight ticket
is required.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
An Astonished Conductor.

"Get aboard, old limpv.' said pert
conductor to an aged. plainly dressed
lame man standing on the platform. wait
my for the signal to depart; get aboard,
old limpy. or you'll be left.
At the signal, the old gentleman quiet
ly stepped aboard and took seat by him
self. When the conductor. in taking up
the tickets, came to him and demanded
his fare, he replied;
81 do not pay fare on this road
Then l will put YOU off at the next
station
The conductor passed on. and passen-
ger, who had seen the transaction, said
TO him:
Ibid you know that old gentleman?'
"No, did not
well, it is Mr.. -, the President
of this road
The conductor chan ged color and bit
his lips, but went on and finished taking
up tickets. As soon as he had done this,
he turned to 'old limpy and said:
"Sir, | resign my station as conddc-
tor"
"Sit down here, young man. do not
wish to harm you: but we run this road
for profit and to accommodate the pub
lie; and We make it an invariable rule to
treat every person with perfect civllity,
whatever garb he wears or whatever in
trinity he suffers. This rule is impcra-
tive upon every one of our employees.
shall not remove you for what you have
done, bat it must not be repeated.
This is true story. The ''old limpy'
was the Hon. Erastus Corning, Of New
York, who has been dead now for over
ten years. He was IA member of Con
gress for eight years, and one of the lead
ing railroad capitalists of the United
States.
That conductor never addressed an
other passenger as "old limpy.'
1t is unsafe as well as uugentleman'
to be impolite to the poorest looki
stranger. Many boy has started
the straight road to success by gen
manly conduct, while others have Il
a dismal failure because they were
and impolite.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
HOW TO RUN,

Very few boys know how to run.
don't mean that most boys can't run fast
i mean they can't run far. | don't be-
leve there is one boy in fifty of those
who may read this who can run Il quar-
ter of a mile at good smart pace with
out having to blow like a porpoise by the
time he has made his distance. And how
many boys are there who can run fast or
slow, full mile without stopping? 1t
hardly speaks well for our race, does it,
that almost any animal in creation that
pretends to run at all can ontrun any Of
us? Take the smallest terrier dog you
can find, that is sound and not il puppy,
and try race with him. He'll beat you
badly. He'll run 4 third faster than you
can, and ten times as far, and this with
legs not more than six inches long. And
then a good hound will sometimes follow
a fox for two days and nights without
stopping, going more than $50 miles and
he will do it without eating Or sleeping.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
The First Oyster.

According to an old adage, g He was
bold man who first ate an OYSTER How
the discovery was made Of the edible
qualities of this now famous mollusk is
thus pleasantly told by Mr.. Bertram.
Once upon time, he says, man of mel
ancholy mood was walking by the shores
of picturesque estuary. and listening
to the murinur of the " sad sea waves,
when he esped very old and ugly oys-
ter shell all coated over with parasite
and weeds. Its appearance was so I'M
prepossessing that he kicked it aside with
his foot. whereupon the molusk. aston
ished at receiving such treatment on its
own domain, CAPPED wide with indigna-
ton, preparatory to closing its bivalvc
still closer. Seeing the beautiful cream
colored layers that shone within the she'll
covering and fancying that the interior
of the shell itself was probably curious
or beautiful, he lifted up the aged native
for further examination, inserting his
finger and thumb W thin the valves.
The irate mollusk, thinking, no doubt
that this was intended as further in
suit snapped it's nacreous portcullis close
down upon his finger. causing him con-
siderable pain. After removing his i'll
iured digit, our inquisitive gentleman
very naturally put it in his mouth. DE
lightful y he exclaimed, opening wide his
eyes; "what is this ~ and again he
sucked his finger Then flashed upon
him the great truth that he had discov-
cred a new pleasure-had, in fact. opened
up to his fellows a source of immeasura-
BILE delight. He proceeded at once to
realize the thought. With stone he
opened the oysters threshold, and wariIv
ventured Oh piece of mollusk itself.
"DeliciousH he exclaimed, and then and
there. with no other condiment than Its
own Juice without the usual accompapi-
ment. as we now take it. of " foaming
brown stout, or "pale chablis. to wash
it down-and. sooth to say. it requires
neither,-did that solitary nameless man
indulge in the first oyster banquet.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
TO YOUNG MEN.

"A penny saved is a penny earned is
an oft-repeated expression, which | con
tend is incorrect, and to which | have
invariably replied "a penny saved Is
| worth more than four earned" " Why.
how is that the young man will say
yes, and the old man, too. who have new
er given the matter due consideration.
Now, in order to prove the correctness
young men, representing the different
types of character as they exist at this
time-farmers for instance.
No. l is fast and works most of his
time and earns say 500 year, but he
smokes cigars and takes his social glass
when i'll company with Others bets, likes
fast horses attends all the dances in the
neighborhood, etc. and at the end of thu
year has saved nothing of his earnings,
is in debt, and credit is gone.
No. , is not SO fast, but likes to smoke
and wear good clothes, but he does not
take care of them nor anything he works
with, and is careless in other respects
He also earns say $40 a year, out of
which he has saved SO at the end of the
year.
No is more careful and uses econo-
my when anything breaks he mends it
in time. when the connections of his ma
chine becomes loose, he tightens them
to prevent breakage: takes care of his
harness. houses his implements, and is
careful in other respects, by which
means he is enabled to earn say 5000 a
year, and he has saved out of that
amount $50 at the end of the year.
Thus it will be seen that only No. 3, the
most thrifty and careful, saved but one
penny out of four that he earned and
No saved nothing-not one penny out
of hundred earned.
This picture is not overdrawn, but
portravs the three classes or types Of
characters. as they exist at this time,
not only of young men, but some mar
ried men with families may be includ-
ed.
Now. in conclnsion and in order to
demonstrate the correctness of this the
orv. let No. 8 loan his $50 out, and every
dollar of interest it accumulated is worth
Just four other dollars that he earns, be-
cause it is clear. over and above his 9th
er earnings, ont of which he has to live.
1t is the same as that much saved. As TO
No. 9. let him also loan his $40 out. ana
every dollar of interest it accumnlates
is worth Just twelve other dollars that
he earns, for the same reason that he
saves only one-twelfth of what he earns.
So the less one saves the more valuable
it is to him. and the greater need there
is for his saving. As to No. l, have
nothing to say. but must leave him in
the hands of higher power to deal
with, to which he must account for
manner in which he improves the talent
entrusted to him. If he continues, he
will not only entail poverty and degra-
dation on himself, but on others he
comes in contact with. whom his exam
pie and influence affect. or those whom
he is instrumental in dragging down to
poverty with MIN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
MOTHER DON'T KNOW.

Walking along the street the other
evening we met two plainly dressed boys
carry the basket of clother which their
mother had washed. One might be thir-
teen and one nine. Both were smoking.
AS we said, Good evening. boys they
both put down their baskets and took
tn, il cigars from thir mouths.
1--WE have boy about your age ad-
dressing the elder, land so We are fond
Of boys
Their faces frightened.
I'VE should feel badly to have him
smoke as you are doing, because we think
1t would weaken his mind and his body,
and you know the m theirs depend npon
Their boys for very much in this world.
How much does your cigars cost you?'
Three cents, and | smoke three
day
And that would make over thirty
dollars year, which would buy clothes
OF books. How long have you smoked?'
"Since | was eight-tive years, and
Tommy, who is nine, has smoked for a
year
Does your father smoke o'-for if he
has had the habit there is little use for
precept usually.
He is dead"
"And what does your mother say?'
MY mother" said the boy, with a
downcast look, she don't know |
SMOKE"
4 smoker for five years. carrying home
the clothes she had worked hard to wash
deceiving her all the time. his conscience
seemed touched We patted the delicate
looking boy on the shoulder as we said.
Remember the talk we have had, and
we went on thinking. alas . of so many
mothers "who don't know"
And why don't they know Partly
from the mother-love that blinds them
possibly; partly from their absorption in
other things besides the immortal souls
given to their care; partly because they
have failed TO keep the sympathy of their
child, and partly because they do not
watch as well as pray. Mothers "don't
know what their boys and perhaps their
girls are reading, what conversations
they are having day by day, whether they
are on the streets at night. what promis-
cuous attentions they are receiving or
giving; and it is their business To know.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
WHOLE No. 2,O47

Then you may have heard how some Of
the runners in the South African tribes
will run for long diStances--hundreds of
understanding dispatches and making
very few stops.
make these comparisons to show that
our boys who cannot run a mile without
being badly winded are very poor rum
ncrs. But believe can tell the bows
something that will help them to run bet
ter. was pretty old boy when found
it out, but the first time tried it ran a
was not weary nor blown. And now I'm
going to give You the secret.
Breathe through your nose
Some animals, such as the dog and tile
fox, do open their mouths aud pant while
running, but they do this to cool them
selves, and not because they cannot get
air enough through their noses. There
are many reasons why we ought to make
our noses furnish all the air to our lungs.
One is. the nose is filled with little for
est hair, which is Always kept moist. like
all the inner surface of the nose, and par
ticles of dust that would otherwise rush
into the lungs and make trouble, are
caught and kept out by this little hairy
network. Then the passages of the nose
are longer, and smaller. and more crook
ed than that of the mouth, so that it pass
es through them the air becomes warm.
But these are only a few reasons why the
nose ought not to be switched off and
left idle, and So many noses are. while
their owners go putting through their
mouths.
All trainers of men for racing and row
ing, and all other athletic contests, I'M
derstand this, and teach their pupils ac-
cordingly. If the boys will try this plan
they will soon see the difference it will
make in their endurance. After YOU have
run a few rods holding your mouth tight
ly closed. there will come time when it
will seem as though you could not get
air enough through the nose alone;
but don't give up. Keep right on, and
in few moments you will overcome this.
st Nicholas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04

are from New Orleans to Galveston, Nov
] II. 1877. re was the founder of the
S""tArH quarterly Rtrie,r.
Josiah Stotldard Johns IL, Senator from
Louisiana, died March 10. 1>43. from the
effect of an explosion OF gun-powder on
a steam packet on the Red River.
Charles J, Julian. Senator from lndi-
ana, died October l.. 1859, from min
ries received while experimenting with a
rifle cannon which he had invented
There have been members of Congress
who have killed men not on the field Of
honor.
Henry Daniels from Virginia, shot his
hrother-in-law. at Mt. Sterling, Ky. in
1S31, as the result of a quarrel.
Daniel Sickels killed Philip Barton.
Key. Feb. p. 1859. at Washington.
Richard Weightman. a delegate from
New Mexico. in the Thirty second Con-
gress, killed Santa Fe trader with the
same knife with which he cut cadet
comrade at West Point-an act for which
he was expelled from West Point.
Charles F. MITCHELL of New York. was
convicted of forgery in 1912 and sent to
Sing Sing, but was pardoned year later
Jacob Barker. once 4 great inancier
was indicted in New York for conspiracy
to dcfraud; removed to New Orleans. and
was elected to the United States Senate
but was not admitted to his seat.
Richard Potter. representative from
North Carolina, was sentenced to six
months imprisonment in 1881. for assault
on two male relatives Of his wife: and
then removed to Texas, where he was
killed in IA private quarrel.
The assault of Brooks, of South Caro-
lima, upon Charles sumner is historical.
General Houston, of Tennessee. was
reprimanded before the bar of the House
for having waylaid and knocked down
with a bludgeon William Stansbury. a
representative from Ohio. in the Thirty
second Congress. on account of words
spoken il debate.
Thomas d. Reynolds, a representative
from Tennessee in the Twenty second
Congress. was assaulted in the Capitol,
May IA, 1882 by Morgan \. Heard. who
fired Il loaded horse pistol at him. tie
ball grazing his arm. and then struck
him with bludgeon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
THE LAWS IN SOME STATES.

We have queer state Of things. In
twenty eight States of the Union a mar
ried woman has legal ownership and Scpa-
rate control Of all property owned by her
before or descending to her after mar
riage. In ten States her husband can
not sell her property or ALLEVIATE it with
out her consent, but he has full income
resulting from it. In twenty-one States
n married woman's earnings belong to
her. In eight States her earnings are
legally restricted in various ways. In
Massachusetts the court recently decided
that 4 woman could not own her own
wardrobe if her husband gave her the
money to buy it. The Massachusetts
Legislature has been trying to amend
is solely responsible for her personal
debts. Pennsylvania. it appears. is not
one of these. Oar readers are probably
familiar with Il recent ease where a suit
was brought against husband and wife
for $500 to recover amount due for var
Gus dresses and ornaments which the
wife had purchased. It had been stated
when the goods were bought. that she
had separate estate. and an income of
s. 900 per annum. That did not make
any difference, it appeared i'll the eyes of
the law. Her husband was bound to fur
nish only Observation-Disclosures and cali
Goes, shoes and bonnets in reason. And
she--she wasn't bound to do any thing
at all. Size need not purchase the neces-
saries of liGe.-her husband was to be
looked to for these. and he WASH t called
upon to pay for any thing else. This is
uneven legislation-of the corduroy road
pattern. 1t opens the way for a good
deal of trouble to dealers, in case the
number of dishonest women should ever
begin to count up as against the honor
able shoppers.
The shop-keeper has no means of judg.
ing. The family may live in certain
style of apparent ease, and yet the hus-
band cannot be made to pay for his wite's
eXtravagances. She may he known to
have property, and upon this knowledge
the dealer sells her goods: but the knowl-
edge is of no use to him if she chooses
to dispute the bill. She can absolutely
snap her fingers at all obligations to pay
for fine linen and purple satin. This is
all wrong. The law should not emanci-
pate women from moral obligations.
which it does at present. 1t has gone
too far and not far enough. She can
hold her property in her own right, and
that is we'll. But she ought not to be
permitted to hold it against claims upon
it which She herself has made Natu-
rally, the intention of the law was to
protect women from being coaxed or
threatened to let their money go to spend
thrift husbands. Those were in the days
when he conld legally correct her with
4 stick no bigger than his thumb" The
law having the stick in mind and the vows
of obedience which the wife makes, con-
cluGed that no woman could hold any
property at all unless it was so padlocked
that neither her obedience. nor her fears
nor tenderness, should get it away.