Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-19
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.


Don't run into debt. 1t is quite as easy
to walk, and much more dignfed.
4 Benjamin Bates, grand nephew of Ed |
Eard Bates Encouragement under Lin.
coin, committed suicide mt Richmond, yes
terday
Ex-Governor Sprague, Of Rhode Island,
is said to have secured majority of the
delegates in the Democratic State Conven-
ton for denominations The Ex-Governor
is in luck lately
How true il is that half the divorces
arise from the fact that husbands digestive
organs are not properly attended to- When
man is full he is happy, and the true secret
OF domestic bliss lies in good cooking
Major J. pendtcton Rogers, of General
fIA. Lees staff, died al his home, in Rich.
mond Saturday night. Major r. was we'll
known in this city and section and his death
will be learned with deep regret.
Another change in the directory Of the
E.M. K. w. Baltimore goes out, New York
and Richmond divide honors. Mr. Barbour
remains at the helm-a good pilot. who, it
is hoped, will be able to steer between Scylla
and Charybdis.
The Superintendent OF the Phila-
delphia Mint, says that the dies for The al
tered design On the new cent pieces will
not DE ready for two or three weeks. and
the altered coin cannot he issued till then.
The nickles now in circulation, will not I've
called in
The holding by The Court OF Appeals
that the Attorney General is entitled to feea
pears, will make that position one OF the
most lucrative in the State Including the
salary, the Office will probably he worth four
or five thousand year.
They are beginning to cut pants some
what wider in New York says Il fashion
paper. In that case, says an exchange, we
suppose it will soon be no longer necessary
for young men to grease their legs in the
morning before dressing. Do you take
Judge do you take:
A Washington correspondent, in gush-
ing letter, from that city says: Fifty years
from now Washington will be the most
gorgeous, the most magnificent city on the
face of the globe, rivaling in greatness and
grandeur the Babylon Of the ancient world"
Aye! it rivals il now in more ways than
one-and very dubious ways they are.
When you feel like ending your days in
peace and nothingness, go to Bermuda A
writer in the New York Times describes
this island as q paradise Of Incidence.
There is no extreme poverty, and it is easy
enough for anybody to live who has energy
enough to work one day out of six. But
then there are so many who would object to
the one
Oliver c. Black, coored, government
messenger in the Office Of Theodore n. Will
son, chief naval constructor, United States
navy, was recently dismissed from his place
by Secretary Chandler, for the reason, rs he
alleges, that he refused to act as hostler,
bootblack and general domestic servant in
Mr.. Wilson's house. That's the way the col
ored brother is treated by his friend and
ally"
The anniversary of the Paris commune
of 1871 was celebrated by the communists OF
New York yesterday. There was a large
assemblasc, each person wearing ribbon
Of red. Herr John Most, in the course of
an address, said the Paris commune was too
humane, and that the commune of the fiji
turc will be established regardless Of hui
manity and with firm hand to WELD the
sword OF destruction" Most would Kill any
Cause that he cspouSeh.
The sight of the havoc wrought by
| Thursday nights explosion in Parliament
street. London, is doing more to create I'M
easness in The public mind than was done
by all tho newspaper reports written.
Thousands Of people pass through the 81 rect
amazed n the devastation that was wrought,
and apparently realizing completely for the
first time the fact that, if this has been Of.
fected 50 easily at the very doors of rarlia-
mcnt without the police being able to OBJ
tain any warning of the attack or any clcw
to the perpetrators, mere handful of
desperadoes can hold the city of London at
their mercy. Efforts are being made to
prevent any future attempts of the same
sort. Most Of the climbs have put on night
watchmcn, and at the Bank of England the
nightly picket has been doubled. The
Prince of Wales the Duke of Cambridge,
Mr.. Gladstone, and nearly all the members
ofthe Cabinet have inspected the ruins
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