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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

GENERAL MAHoNE's Washington organ
denounces the whole democratic party in
Virginia because General Terry resented al
insult offered him by Mahone's latest con-
vert Colonel Woodson, but says never
word about Captain Wises assault upon
Rev. Mr.. Massey General Mahone's home
organ even goes so far as to applaud the
assailant in the latter case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23
expense.

A FEW years ago Governor. Cameron said
negroes were only fiji competitors with
monkeys for chestnuts. He now holds their
intelligence in such high esteem that he
has put two of them on the school board of
Richmond, which directs and controls the
instruction Of the children Of the white
people Of that city. AIahonesm effects
wonderful changes, to be sure, and they are
no less strange than rapid
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23
M5NETAaY AND COMMERCIAL

The week has been productive of noth;pp
Of special interest in monetary and con,
mercial circles, but closes with somewhat
more OF animation, the clear weather bri,o
ing out the people and enlvening the At.
pearance or things generally. L. $. bonds
are steady. Very few transactions in Viz
s'nia's. Railroad securities quiet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

THE DEVELOPMENTS that have been made
in the police and detective service ofthe Dis
trict Of Columbia show that the honest pco-
pie of that District would have been better
oNwithout than with such service. and sug-
gest the ACCESSIBILITY of rcverting to the
times when each individual man was the
protector Of his own life and property.
Such . system could certainly be no less eff
fective, and would save them nm immense
eyDanSe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

bottla has been picked Up OF the tea:l a.
Cape May containing letter written ca board
Inc steamer Eleanor, which statea that On the 9th
instant the vessel was il lat. 3!.43, long 1918
leaking badly, viii. every likelihood .. founder.
ing, and If assistance did nor couc speedily ali
hands Tould be lost
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

CAPT. WIsE'S recent assault upon Rev.
Mr.. Massey gives the Northern newspapers
an opportunity for tlings at Virginia, which
not few OF them have availed themselves
OF. The following from the Philadelphia
Record is sample:
"Rev. Massey gets of easily enough
There was Il time when chivalry would have
let day light through him with bullet in
stead of administering mild slap in the
face, after the fashion Of Mr. Wise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23
CATTLE MARKETS

on CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Feb, xa-toy. L.
quality fair and demand good; nnarIet onsne,
Ib, aaTgg but closed weaker, mixed Sc a5ae so
c caays 20 9oaa 90 light SO 2oa7 skips 81 2osG
yesterday more re sStiye and seader than
shlpping SO 16a6 TO- common TO fair "a F EHoS
mixed S outehering and canning moderately active
e snu urn a. common to fair Sc 5Oa3 rs: medium
20 good S4a4 60; stockers and feeders in rnodeI
She's she supply and good demand at So o5a4 Is
S3a4 medium to good 81 5os5 o5 "ho: - 'a 10
extra SIS 75a6 40. eno'ce 70
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

BudWeiser Beer is psppouncea Inc les, o..
arangot IN the city, Only to be had al
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

DIED.

suddenly oil February pa, 1883. az 7ban,.a
20 si5m OF heaEt. LiPPMAN GENTzBERGER, ago
i'i, yeats sna II days. Funeral took plscs fTor,
us late residence on Patrick street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

10 the Braddock House, where most clab-
orately and elegantly spread banquet table
awaited them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

fREDERicKssuRa MARKET Feb. 22,-Th-
mar ket has been fairly active hut the rsnai,.. ~
produceare light. Flour steady at 81 25a5 55 %
10 brand Wheat stiff at 12Oa125 for fair f.
cho!ee Corn o7a6o, Rye nomiraily 65s7o and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

CINCINNATI Hoe MARKET Fob ., u
hsn common and light soar Is uaclino a,s
ou.ehe1s. sb 95aI 60; receipts Lii head: shin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

RICHMOND MARKET, Feb 22.-Tbs martar
Turing the weak has been quite active for praiu
, WIN oniy fair receipts however. Flour steady
Rye aud Oats nominal. ''4'"'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

hSScaseRa MARKET. Feb. 22.-The market
sof Flour is strong aud prices have an upward
tendency Wheat steady and prices looking ND
quotations being from 115a12O Corn Quiet
oa.s scarce and wanted. Rye nominal The re-
hold to former quotations. Fine shipping readii~
brings highest figures. Extra and fancy Wranners
are much wanted at fancy prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23

nv NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Feb. 2o-B.eyes
ia ms market opened with fair demand at yester
as fcss but before the finish sellers gladly
were ere not cleared; extremes for steers * H0a
90, W per 100 lbs live weight, and rough Oxen
soiu down to "a 4Oa4 SO. Sheep -Marlat en-,
win quick sales at SIS 5Oa7 IS per 100 lbs toS
common common to prime n Sheep, aud Seas for Lambs
S Sa,pae G Of 3oo carcasses Of mutton Hogs,
81 2'a9 80, while mark pigs sold at So COZ "a a.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
Electricity Under Ground.

A new tunnel is about to be con-
structed under the Thames, about two
thirds of a mile in length, through
which passengers will be carried Ivy an
electric motor. The old Thames tun-
mel took eighteen years to construct,
and cost over 100000. The new
tunnel will be finished in less than two
years, and will not cost over 100000.
The length of time taken to convey
passengers through the new tunnel
will be about two minutes and a half,
the passages being lighted by electricity.
If this subway is successful, we may
expect to see it duplicated in number
Of cases on this side the ocean. Now
that the great Brooklyn bridge is
opened, it is found that at several
points along the East river there is
need Of sWifter communication be-
tween the two shores. Electricity as
motive power is by no means as cheap
as steam, but it is in every way pref
cradle for tunnel travel. 1t is noise
less, and there is no steam to make
the tunnel damp and noisome. The
same power that is used to. move the
car will light the passageway. The
tunnel under the North river is now
under way. It is intended only for
passengers. There is scarcely a doubt
but what it will he so constructed as
to admit of the use Of electrical ma
chimes. The ChcapneSs of the new
tunnels will render them very popular
in uniting the traffic and business of
the two shores.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
Getting Water in The Desert.

The supply of water always formed
a principal question, and often pre-
ponderant one, dur NO the marches of
the French troops in Algeria and
Tunis. Rivers having a permanent
supply Of water are very rare in those
countries, but walie5-bedS of torrents,
generally dry. but full after a shower
are numerous. The most ordinary
supplies Of water were sedirs, or
puddles of rain-water held in natural
basins Of clay or stone, near which the
camps were pitched whenever they
were accessible. They are to be found
in the beds Of wadies, and sometimes
in Slight depreSsi0ns of the plain,
where they are frequently of consider
able extent. When full they contain,
notwithstanding they are 50 Shallow,
pr0ligiouS quantities of water, which
is, however, exposed to an enormous
evaporation, so that it does not last
long. These natural reservoirs have
been covered with sand in many places,
where p2rmeab,e bcd several feet
high has been formed, With dry sur
face CORE Sponding with the general
level of the surrounding land. 1t is
only necessary to dig a hole. and wait
little while, for the water to rise to
certain level, forming a kind of eX-
temporaneouS well, which the Arabs
call an oglat. These wells contain but
little Water, and are soon dried up
when drawn from, but will become
filled again in the course of Il few
hours. These resources. pretariolS at
the best, are often wanting but the
country is full of ruins, at'eStng the
former existence of alarge p population,
and among them are many useful
structures, including well-mada els
terms still almost entire, and very ep.
Water is got from them by going down
steps to the surface, or by means of a
device call the guerber, which is in
general use. This is leathern bottle,
adjusted at the cub of the well by
means of pulleys and ropes, which are
worked in such a manner 10y man
and an OK that the vessel goes up and
down, fills Itself with water and
empties its'lf, without any one having
to handle it directly qpu!ar Science
N0Rtblg.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
Gold kasllet-straw bonnets, trimmed

Gold hasket-Straw bonnets, trimmed
with flame-colored lace and fancy silver
straws and velvet informing ed, are
the newest fancies in French millinery.
Viola Rosetta is the name of a new
and very popular dress material, which
closely resembles the Old-fashioned al
paca. 1t comes in all the fashionable
shades.
There is as great variety in the
fashion Of hair as in all things else.
The Langtry knot at the nape of the
neck is the most fashionable way of
arranging the hair at present.
Many Of the cotton sateenS and per-
Gales for summer dres es have large
bouquets of. detached flowers, such as
roses, lilies, etc, in bright colorS on
eeru, cream Or pale-blue grounds.
A very beautiful and striking m IN
tie is of lack and crimson brocaded
velvet grenadine, trimmed with Chan
lilly lace, made pannier style, and
draped full in the back. 1t is lind
with criDs n silk, and the dra9ery is
fastened with Jet ornaments,
A young New York bride recently
wore at the belt of her wedding dress,
Of cream satin, dainty half-baSket
made of pearls and lace over founda-
ton Of gold wire. The basket was
filled with orange bios oms, white
lilacS and primroses, with tiny gar
lands of delicate vines and small white
blossoms falling over her dress from
the edges of the basket.
1t is reported by dressmakers return
ing from Paris that in place OF the
tournure or crinolette, French mo-
disteS are introducing the old steel and
pliahle whalebones, which are run into
the hens of the rulleS OF a shirt which
fits figure closely in front and at the
sides. In the back the RULES being
about eight inches below the waist,
extending and slightly enlarging al
the way down to the bottom of the
skirt. The most expensive pieces are
male Of white Tampico or French hair
cloth, with double steels and extra
fastenings to keep the skirt in place
but the most desirable styles are those
made Of pique or white lawn, with
slightly embroidered rutlles, attached
by buttons which can be renewed and
Numbered. The expansion of these
new skirts are not exaggerated.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
Gambling i'm LeadyiIIe,

a letter from LeadTille. Col, says:
The gambling business is as openly
conducted as the dry goods store5-in
fact, more 50, since the stores do CT Sc
up once in a while, which is more than
can be said of the Tiger denS." The
principal business is carried on in
twelve or fifteen places, all run in con-
neltion with saloons. Most of the
tables are on the first floor, and in
several saloons operations can be plain
ly seen from the street. Some few
have an upstairs apartment, little
more exclusive and mere handsomely
furnished, which it seems to be the
fashion to call readingrOo Faro,
roulette and poker are the most popu-
lar games, and everybody plays, frcm
the small boy who makes bets of a
quarter each, to the man who has
"struck it rich and lays down pie
of twenty-dollar gold pieces on the ace
The element of risk and uncertainty in
mining OperatiOns-in which every
body out here is in some way interested
seems to stimulate this feverish anX-
iety to take a chance in something,
and the gambling table affords the
same kind of excitement to b. found in
the occupation of the prospector and
the miner TO the man who is poverty
stricken to-day and possibly wealthy
man next week any ordinary amuse-
ment is entirely too tame. Then there
are men here who have made fortunes
at gambling, but they are the dealers.
The players themselves almost invari-
ably lose more than they win. One of
the institutions of the town is Pap"
Wyman's place. Pap" is hurly,
bullet-headed saloon keeper who would
evidently enjoy the reputation of being
the worst man in Leadville. (He will
have to work hard to get it.. lie owns
one of the largest saloons and gambling
dens in the place, and he has his win
dows stained and painted with Bibili-
cal scenes to look like church. In
side he has large open Sible in prom
inent place on a stand, and the glass
cases of the clock bears the injunction
in large letters: "Please do not swear"
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
TOR THE FAIR SEX.


Andrews, in his Punishments OF
the Olden Time" says, with regard TO
the ducking stool: ''The latest recorded
example of its use in England oc-
CURED in Leominster. in 1909, a
woman, Jenny Pipes, alias Jane Cur
ran, was paraded through the town on
the ducking stool and actually ducked
in the water near Kenwater bridge by
order of the magistrates. In 1917 a
woman namel Sarah Leeke was
wheeled round the town in the chair,
but not ducked, as the water was too
low" The following quotation is from
" The Book of Days. vol. l., PIP. 20S,
209: lone of the last instances on
record in which the ducking stool is
mentioned as an instrument of Justice
is in the Lodon EUeaiRg Post of April
q, l745. Last week, says the jour
nal, a woman that keeps the Queens
Head alehouse at Kingston, in Surrey,
was ordered by the court to be ducked
for scolding, and was according Y
placed in the chair and duckel in the
river Thames, under Kingston bridge,
in the presence of two or three thou
sand people"
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Cerebral Dyspepsia.

DR.. John S. Main discusses in the
British Medical Journal what he calls
cerebral dyspepsia. A sudden piece of
bad sews, as is well known, will take
away all desire to eat even when the
stomach is empty, and the man per-
fectly healthy, and it is often tae case
that physicians traat dyspepsia, which
is really the expression or indication of
an overworried brain, as though the
stomach was diseased. The true
course is to use medicines that act di-
rectly upon the cerebrum. l have
found, he says, the most useful to be
bromide of ammonium, or bromide of
potassium-preferabIy the former
given in sufficient dose at bedtime to
secure good nights sleep; and, COM
bined with this, to be taken three or
four times during the day, such medi-
cines as are known to have building
up effect on the nervous system.
Among these, the most useful being
phosphorus, or the hypophosphites and
eodliver oil. Arsenic and quinine are
often also useful, and generous diet
is always indicated.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
A Mnnlprcnl Grn-

An acceleratlng gun, the invention
/ OF j. III. Stewart, of San francisco, is
attracting large amount o attention
from military men in the West. The
I invention, or new method of applying
force, consists of newly devised
breech cons. ructed upon Il philosoph-
zeal principle, and which admits of a
powerful accelerating force being APP
! piled TO the proiectile before it leaves
the mouth Of the gun. The re jults
thus far obtained Ivy crude expert
ments are really astonishing, as the
appended summary of its workings
show. The small gun-length, y
inches; weight, Poun1s; Solo cal
iber projectile, conical stetl bolt; We
loc,ty, about 5000 feet per second :;
charge, about 200 grams No. 2
sporting powder; unobstructel
range, three miles. Experiments at
point blank range, viz: Target Ne. l.
Pro;ectile passed through one-inch bar
iron and at same time through sixteen
inches of wood pla ell behind it Tar
get No, 2-Proiectile passed through
six pieces Of une-quarter inch boiltr
plate, with alternate pieces of wood,
same thi kness, all firmly bolted to-
.gether, this target thus Consi ting of
one and one-half inclps of iron and
one and one-luarter inches of wood.
The projectile at the same time passed
through three inches of wood placed
behind the target. The iron of target
No. is penetrabe at the distance of
one mile. The composite target No. ,
at a distance of 500 yards. Target No.
S-Projectile passed through one inch
bar of steel and penetrated full one
half inch into iron placed behind tar
get. The large gun--length % inches
gave equally as fine results. The
principe OF construction is simple, and
is applicable to muzzle-loading as well
as breechl loading guns. They can be
loaded, discharged and cleaned as
quickly as oth,r guns the cost OF
manufacture only trife greater.
This gun in construction is Just as
simple as any other gun ever manu-
featured
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
BlOtting PanPr.

Large manufactures are devoted to
the production of blotting paper, which
thus becomes an important article OF
commerce. The demand is always
good, and subject to little variation.
The sale of blotters is very large, but
it would be larger if insurance and
other companies did not scatter so
many advertising blotters. Blotting
paper is of comparatively recent origin.
1t is not so many years since blotting
sand was an article of foreign export
and domestic use. Foreign sand came
from the Mediterranean, but Block
Island beaches supplied Rhode Island
Some of the merchants of to-day re-
member when, as clerks in stationery
stores, they occupied leisure hours ana
rainy days in putting into convenient
packages blotting sand that came from
Block Island by the barrel in those
pointed shallops that plough the main
nowadays. The use of blotting sand
led to the manufacture of sand-sifters,
which in itself was an industry of some
magnitude. y piece of paper has dis
placed them, sand and all.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
News and Notes for Nyomen.

In 1860 only 270,097 women and
girls were employed in manufactures
in the United States; in 1870 this
number had become 1913, 40, and in
1880, 53l, $3.50.
Mrs. Mary Krom, principal of the
Denver school Of mines, is making a
tour of California. Mrs. Krom Ia
the distinction of being the only lady
assayer in the country.
Miss Nellie Coon, of Charles CITY,
Iowa has pieced two quilts, one con-
tanning 1888 and the other $3.50
blocks, both of which were completed
before her sixteenth year.
The empress of Austria is poet as
well as fearless rider and hunter.
And now she has had printing Office
set up in her palace, and is learning to
set type and manage a press, in order
that she may print her own poems.
Tine New Orleans Picayuqae thinks
the cOmpoSIrre Of the Northern bride
who, at church wedding the other
day, took hairpin from her head and
fastened her glove during the cere-
mony, was equaled by the New Or
leans bride who. when on her way to
the altar, deliberately stopped and
turned around to survey the audience.
Mrs. Emily C. Kimball, of Riley.
Mich, who is eighty three years of
age, has within the last two years
knitted twenty-four pairs of socks and
stockings and four pairs of mittens,
and made and quilted nine patchwork
quilts, some of them of very minute
pieces and intricate patterns, beside
assist ny with the houSework and
doing general sewing for the family.
AT recent English wedding the
magnificent bridecake, weighing about
100 pounds, was in three tiers, each of
meaallions, with basket and pockets of
flowers, with pillars between; from
each was cornucopia of flowers. The
whole was surmounted with vase to
hold the bouquet of the bride. AT
the base of this superb structure of
confectionery art were cupids, shells,
etc.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
Fashion Notes,

Plated skirts are very much worn
Jerseys will have another summer
of favOrs
BustIes and very full draperies grow
in fashionable favor.
Black lace bonnets are worn 10y
middle-aged women.
Glove bracelets are very narrow, and
have the knife-blade edge
Costly satin fabrics, brocaded with
clusters of walnuts, are imported.
Dresses for seaside wear are trimmed
with Spanish lace of the same color as
the skirt.
The draperies form The tournure or
hustle of dresses sent out 10y the best
dressmakers.
English turbans and fanchons divide
the popular favor of young ladies at
the moment.
The newest notion in sleeves is to
have but one seam, and that on the
outside of the arm.
A happy combination for carriage
costume is of bottle green and dark
garnet summer silk.
Pale mauve and pale yellow en-
broidery on white kid appears as a
trimming for evening toilets.
Dressmakers, even such as Worth
and Dusuzeau, can no longer "make
the fashions" for English and Ameri-
can women.
Linen galloon, colored India cottons,
leather and Irvine are combined in
novel trimmings for seaside and noun
tain dresses.
The trimmings of coaching costumes
of solid foulard, yelling or crepe
should be of gay figured or Powered
silk tapestry Stuffs.
Groups of tucks on fiounceS, placed
near the bottom and above the hem,
are much in favor, whether the fiounce
is plated or gathered.
Dotted and tambour muslins, worn
over color, with yards of lace and rib
bons for trimming, are among the
prettiest of toilets for the seaside.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
A Fair COmD'eNiOn.

A lady who has a beautiful COM
plexion, free from pimples and blotches,
regular and clear teeth and an amiable
disposition, whatever the features, can
scarcely fail to be regarded as good
looking, If not beautiful. Some use
oatmeal in washing the face, as a
means of improving the skin; but it
would be far more sensible and ply
Biological to take it internally as food.
The use Of flesh, in the extreme, GER
tainly tends to impair the complexion.
The use Of pork aid fats in general
produces a coarse skin - pimply,
shining, rough, with greasy look.
They deepen the color, and when
liver difficulty is added, the skin has
dingy, dark look, resembling that of
the mulatto To be as fair as jew
os5 is to live like one, eating no pork,
no pastry made with lard, nothing to
disligure the ctUntenance, to say moth
in of her improved health, as the
Jews are seldom, if ever, the victims
OF pulmonary consumption, scrofula,
blotches or humorS, while theyare free
from most of the diseases with which
we are scourged. Most of the natives
of Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Russia.
Sweden, Norway Of the peasantry, liv-
ing very simply at home, mostly on
grains, have good health, sound teeth
and fair compilations, as the result of
their good habitS.-ChjcGgO Herald.
The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
LAWS of Digestion.

l. Food for the supply of the daily
wants of the system is most IDLY
and thoroughly digested when taken
early in the day, ere the nervous and
Secretive forces are exhausted by toll.
2. Rapid digesti n in the early part
of the day contributes to the imme-
date demands of motion and enerya-
ton.
3. Food for the repair of the con-
tinuOuS wear and tear of the tissue is
in less immediate request the com
pleteneSS of its solution is of more
Importance than the rapidity, and it is
best ta' en- toward the evening, when
an opportunity is afforded for its
leisurely absorption during sleep.
4. The duration of digestion bears
a proportion to the quantity of food
eaten.
5. In youth the digestion is quicker,
and the stomach sooner emptiel than
in grown-up persons.
3, Rest before meas makes digestion
more complete. EXertion Immediately
before meals retards digestion and
eXertion Immediately afterward de-
ranges it.
z. Sleep retards digestion, but makes
it more complete.
s. Alcohol retards digestion and rem
derS it also incomplete.
9. Earnest preoccupation of mind
retards digestion, and may even quite
annul il.
10. Water weakens digestion and
encourages the absorption of fatty and
saccharine matter butts effect on the
complete solution of albumen is doubt
ful.-HouSekseper.