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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01
MARRIED.

On Wednesday. the 3Oth ultimo, at p m, at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, near Delaplane
Station. Miss FANNIE B. JONES, daughter of the
late Jas. F. Jones, of Fauquier county, to Mr..
HUGH NJ McILHAEY, of Stanton, Va. The
Rev. w. Strothar Jones' the brides brother off,
ciAting
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ROLAND, Iowa, May l.-Edward Thomp-
son fatally crushed his wife's skull with an
axe yesterday, then jumped into we'll and
was drowned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01
KILLED HIS FATHER-IN.LAW.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May about 90
miles south of Birmingham, last Monday,
Jim Smithson, farmer, shot aud killed his
father-in- law, named Blankenship. Smith
son escaped and is still at large.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01
aS193;1sE
LARGE FIRE.

.PREsoUE ISLE, Me-, May Livery store
but two in the town-more than 90 build
ings-were burned to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-Galli-
lee VS. Calvert ct ais. and Black vs. Trower
ct ais Argued and continued till to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

Late advices from South America report
Il deluge in Bueuos Ayres, and u rising Of
slaves in Brazil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

ALEXANDRIA MARKET. May Flour is steady
with fair demand at unchanged figures. Wheat
is Arm and strong; choice lots readily command
better prices. Corn is strong active and higher
Rye and Oats are steady. There is no change In.
produce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

AN ASSISTANT U. S. district attorney re-
Gently testified before Congressional COM
lnttee that he had never read law and was
not considered a lawyer. Evidently General
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

which makes Hostc'ter's Stomach Bitters 80 effec-
tive as an invigorant. For sale by all Druggists
and Dealers generally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01
DIED.

IN this city, on Wednesday, April Both, DAISY,
daughter Of Joseph S. and the late Oceanna Beach
in the 4th year of her age. 1c5- Funeral from her
parents residence, corner Queen and Pitt Streets
tomorrow friday morning at 10 o'clock
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY l

MR.. MORRISON, in mis- opening speech on
the revenue reform bill that bears his name,
now before Congress, aptly exposed the
gross Inconsistency of the few democrats in
Congress who, while processing to be IN
favor of tariff reform, oppose the passage
Of bill referred to, when he said:
"Some of our friends here would cure the
Ills of overtaxation with declaration OF
purpose, the execution Of which they would
carefully avoid. And here is the dec!ara-
ton. 1t is called the Ohio platform:
We favor tariff for revenue limited the ncccssi-
tic, Of Government economically administered and 50
adjusted i'll its application as 10 prevent unequal bur
dens. encourage productive Industries al nome. aoro
just compensation 10 labor but not to create or foster
monopolies.
A tariff for revenue limited to the neces-
sites Of the Government is demanded by
this plan of relief Is the tariff now so lin
tied? If not, then why refuse TO limit 1t :?
Who among the representatives OF the good
Nv people Of that State who made this dec
laration believes it is SO limited? Who
among them believes the pending bill will
reduce the revenue below the necessities VI
the Government These are questions to
which the plain people Of the country want
an answer. They will demand to know
why tariff taxes are not removed in part II
they are beyond the revenue limit. DO
gentlemen expect to escape reaponaihlllty
because rates are not rightly adjusted?
The adjustment will be the same when
reduction is made, but whatever OF monopo-
ly belongs to it will he tostered by ~ per
cent. less than it now is. If this plat
form has an honest meaning it is that the
tariff shall be lowered to q revenue basis.
And gentlemen but deceive themscl yes who
expect the people will be deceived by a re-
ftlsal to legisiate in accordance with this de-
cared purpose If the protective policy IS
to be the continuing policy of the Govern
ment, it will be, and ought TO be, intrtsted
10 its friends, the republican party
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

As REPUBLICAN Office holders i'll the South
pay no regard to the executive order pro-
hibiting fedora! office holders from partici-
pating in active politics, and as republican
conventions ia the South are run by Office
holders who hold their positions by the
favor of the President, he will doubtless
have solid Southern delegation in his favor
at Chicago, unless the straightout delega-
ton from Virginia be admitted. If he be
nominated, therefore. it will be 10y States
not one of which will cast its electoral vote
for him. On the contrary the States that
will vote for the nominee OF the national
republican convention, will in that couven-
tion, vote against Mr.. Arthur. And thus
has Northern republican treatment Of the
South prove veritable boomerang.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

MARKED OUT IN PLAIN FIGURES at 75c.
lfl psir-1OO pairs Ladies' Lasting Fixed
Button aud Lace Shoes. We will run them of
for 10 DAYS only. mh2Ol r. KAUFMAN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is not as popular
with the more intelligent colored people of
the North as he is with Gen. Mahone's
ignorant negro cohorts in Virginia. for
whereas the latter, in obedience to the Gen
erals commands, endorse him and instruct
their delegates to the national republican
convention to vote for him, the former, &C.
cording to a resolution introduced in the
national colored conference at Pittsburg
yesterday, have declared that President
Arthur's administration was remarkable for
GOODNESS toward the colored people, and at
the same time displayed great anxiety to
conciliate voters of other nationalities."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

New YORK, May Stocks weaker. Money
easy at taa2 per cent. Cotton quiet; uplands
11'4; Orleans ~ Flour heavy Wheat 1a2Ac
lower and heavy. Corn opened a,a1c lower, but
recovered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

TUBE ROSE AND GLADIOLUS BULBS, re.
i ceived and for sale by
SUMMERS & ALLEN,
ap21 H. W. cor. King and Royal SITS.
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BALTIMORE, May Iva. SIS defd -; do con-
solidated 411a do I'd series =; do past due cou-
pons =; do new 10-40s SO; do new ss 541h
bid to-day. Cotton dull; middling 11a..
Flour quiet aud steady. Wbeat-southern higher
and firm Western lever, closing steady; South
ern red 112a115; do amber Halls: No
Maryland 115a116; No Western winter red
spot 1041sa1O41a; May 1O414 bid June 1O5loa
1o6; July loalaa1osa:; August 1o2Aa1o2Hs
Southern white 61a63 do yellow 6Oa624 West
ern mixed spot 5! bid, fresh May SIN bid June
57Aa59; July 595sa6O; August 81 bid. Oats
dull; Southern 4Oa43; Western white 42a43;.
do mixed 39a41; Penna 4Oa43. Rye dull at
6Sa7O Eggs lower and weak at 1919. Coffee
frmer; Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair 91la1Ob..
Whiskey quiet at 81 1G. Other articles un..
changed.
CHICAGO May Iii a. m.-The markets dis.
played unexpected strength this morning owing
to the fact that early outside advices were unfa.
vorable. June Wheat opened at 90, sold up
steadily to 931h, and is now 932a July Wheat
commands premium Of bag June Corn opened,
at Sd, aud is quoted now at 55as. June Oats 3o7.,
NEW YORK, Nav -Stocts waaEar Nop.r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-01

ON OUR COUNTEkS-3OO pairs of Ladies'
" Kid Pebble Button Boots they are manufac-
turers samples So cents pair; arc worth great
deal more money. mh2Dl r KAUFMANN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Matrimonial Collisions.

The collision of husband and wife i.
so frequent as to have literature to it.
self. In this case the man, though he
suffers also, suffers much the least He
can, if he is severely disappointed, get
mentally away; he can form new
! friendships, he can harden himself until
he is more or less apathetic, he can put
affection, which makes the true string
of such unions, away from him. and so,
with his GOODNESS restored, can 90 or
and find life endurable. He is free &c
strive, though the striving is useless.
The woman-we are speaking through.
out of the good-can not get away,
either from the house. or, what is more
important, from herself, can not strive
without loss of self-Iespect, can not en-.
franchise herself from her own sense of
right, her own necessity to herself OF
concealing her disappointment from her
own heart. She can not be quietly dis
contented, or coolly disappointed, OF
patiently callous. The condition is
imperative and she must suffer
daily, hourly, perhaps through
life, from a cause which even a mental
change, possible to be made if duty dld
not forbid, would either remove or, at
least, diminish to much smaller pro.
portions. A woman so situated can not
be either serene or genuinely happy,
can at best be resigned, feeling all the
while how harsh destiny is. vet how IT.
resistible, because it exerts its force not
from outside, but straight on her own
heart. Il must bear" SAYS the huS-
band to himself, and he bears; Il ought
to cure it, says the wife, and it is in
durable. The pain in the one case is
disappointment. the pain in the other
that of contention with the MEMORABLE.
which yet you know it is your duty BOT
to contend with. Patience is usually
the medicine; but. Griselda, whatever
else she may be, is not serene, and
Griselda is but a fairy tale.-London
Spectator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
The English Mile.

NJ. Faye has explained why it takes
sixty-nine and half English miles to
make degree instead of sixty. as was
established. The English geographers
deduced their mile from Ptolemy, and
Ptolemy refers to Eratosthenes Era.
tosthenes measured the arc of the mer-
idian on the basis of the distance be.
tween Syenne and Alexandria, in
Egypt, which gave 700 stadia to the
degree. Ptolemy says that he verified
the measurements of Eratosthenes and
found the same result, which lie gives,
however, as SEQ stadia to the degree.
The discrepancy arises from a change
which took place in the st ndard of the
fOot-of which 6u0 went to the stadium
during the 400 years betw en- Eratos-
themes and Ptolemy. Eratosthenes used
the ancient Egyptian foot. which is
shorter than ours, while Ptolemy used
the Phileterian foot, which is longer
than ours. Making allowance for this
difference, tho two measurements
agree. The English geographers. in
making their calculation, believed that
Ptolemy had used still another foot. the
Greek foot, which Is one and half hun
dredths longer than ours, but shorter
than the one he did actually use. II
the English geographers of the sixteenth
century had strained this valuation ever
so little. and had carried it to five one
hundredths, they would have found $50
English feet for the stadium, which they
believed to be 600 Greek feet. and these
$50 feet. or 210 yards, multiplied by 500.
would give them 1O5. 900 yards for the
degree and exactly 1,760 yards for the
mile.-N. Y Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
A Lesson OF Thrift.

Into the hills east of st. Helena about
two years ago came two Italians, father
and son, Just arrived from the old coun-
try. They had no means of any conse-
quence, and could not purchase land.
There was, however, a quarter-section
of Government land on side hill,
rough and almost inaccessible and COW
cred with underbrush. with rocks of all
sizes upon nearly every square foot OF
it. Tnis land, which every one else
had rejected as incapable of cultiva.
ton, these sturdy Italians took up. They
built themselves a little shanty. There
being no water near, they felled small
trees, grooved troughs in them, and
thus constructed an aqueduct $50 feet
long, through which to bring water for
household use. They then set to work
clearing the land, removing the trees
and underbrush, and brought into a till
able state quite tract of it on which
they will set out grape vines. On be-
ing asked if it wasn't too rocky, the
old man answered, "Oh, no." and then
marking places about eighteen inches
apart on the ground, he said. "Here,
rock. There rock. Here lplacing his
hand midway between the two marks)
putta vine. Very good" And thus
they are bringing into cultivation some
of the most dlscouraging land, so far as
appearance goes, to be found in the
county. Wherever there is space be-
tween the rocks sufficient to afford a
foothold for the vine, there the vine
goes. The son works out during the
SUNNI r. earning sufficient to meet their
frugal wants during the winter. and in
a few years time they will have a place
to be proud of.-Napa (CalD Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
How Cheap Pictures are Made.

"Do you know how these pictures
are painted?' inquired an art connois.
seur of a reporter, referring to the paint.
ings displayed in an "art auction
house."
The newspaper man confessed his
ignorance, and asked to be informed.
''Well, l will tell you a story regard.
ing their construction as it was told to
me by thoroughly reliable party. He
said he knew an artist in Chicago who
was a good painter, but had wrecked
himself by drink. Broken down. he
took to painting pictures for auction.
GERS, and this Is how he did it: He
would spread a long strip of canvas
along the room and then mark it of
into sections the size he intended tC
up about dozen pots of paint-a
many colors as it was necessary fol
him to use. Taking the brush from one
pot he would paint daub, tree OF
something on each section; then he
would take up another color and &C
along the strip of canvas daubing water
or houses on each picture, and so on
till he had turned out the whole string,
all alike, you know. In this way he
managed to paint about twenty pictures
day. He received seventy-cents fol
each picture. My informant assured
me this was all he was paid. Well
that would be about Sl5 for the day's
work. This would be enough for the
artist to 90 off on a drunk with, anG
that is just what he would do, and re-
main drunk for a few days. Then his
funds would be out and he would &C
to work again. In this way he man
aged to keep afloat and be drunk the
greater part of the time. You can un
derstand how these fellows can sell pic.
lures for trihe and yet thrive If they
sell picture at all they make money
on it, as it costs them next to nothing.
The frames they get for about fifty
cents a piece as they buy SO many at 9
time. Why, $3.50 pays them we'll for
picture. st. Louis Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

English miners, it is calculated,
lose 80 per cent of their time through
drunkenness.
"A millionaire in Marseilles has been
sentenced to six months Imprisonment
and heavily fined for lending young
men money at rates of interest varying
from 20 to 60 per cent.
Queen Victoria is very fond of ap-
Piles, ard they do say it is interesting
to watch the old lady popping the seeds
on the kitchen stove to see If she will
get married this year.
AN idea of the depth of interest felt
In Birmingham, England, in the sports
practised by its citizens may be formed
from the fact that the recent defeat of
the Assn Villa football team, by
Queens Park, Glasgow, in their tie for
the association cup, was described in
one local paper inside black mourn
ing border.
"A physician in Vienna operated for
emaurosis several months ago on a
man in his 102d year, and restored his
sight, the operation being the first of
the kind on record. More recently the
same physician repeated this operation
on man ninety-six years of age, and
with the same success.
--Mutso Hito l.. Emperor of Japan,
who is now thirty-two years old. is the
l23d sovereign of that country. He
has reigned since the death of his father,
in 1867. His IS the only dynasty that
has ruled in Japan, and began 600 b.
c. There is no other monarch in the
world who can boast so unbroken de-
scent from so ancient stock.
The late organist of a London
(Eng.) church left a bequest amount
ing to more than $500 year for strew-
ing gravel in slippery months along the
steep inclines of streets in the neighbor-
hood where he lived. His widow for
several years supervised the operation
in person when the weather was bad,
but she is now dead, and, though the
work is still carried on, the horses are
said to miss the energy and superin-
tendence of their old friends.
The new penal code in Italy abol-
ishes capital punishment. But this is
only making the law conform to the
practice. During twenty years past,
out Ct over 1.500 convictions for capital
crimes. in which the death sentence was
imposed, an aggregate of only thirty
one executions have taken place, and
for the past nine years not one con-
demned person has been executed. 1t
would seem 10 be quite as well that the
form of law should be done away with.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral at
Westminster it to be commenced forth
with. 1t is to form the center of vast
quadrangle. comprising the site of the
Tothill-fields Prison, recently pur-
chased for $4,000 from the Middle
sex magistrates, and a site adjoining,
long in possession of Cardinal Manning.
As frontage to this vast square houses
are 10 be built in architectural keeping
with the building and of character to
adorn the neighborhood. The Cathe-
dral itself, which is to cost something
like S5C0,000, is to be $40 feet in length
and $50 feet in width. Westminster
Abbey is 81 feet in length by POS feet
across the transepts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
In France Epiphany Is called .Kmr's

In France Epiphany Is called "Kmg'a
day. because Of the alteration of the
wise men. The heather celebrated, al
the end of December and the beginning
of January. the feasts of Saturn. and
during these celebrations the slaves
were COMPOUNDED with the masters.
| Lots were cast for an imaginary king.
dom, and if the lot fell to the slave.
everybody, even his master, obeyed him
for the time. Many people consider
these pagan feasts the foundation of the
celebration of the present 'rOi de Ia
feue." But it is more probable that ii
originated in the thirteenth century, and
the Jete of electing king, which to us
in these days seems without any real
Specification. had a most praiseworthy
object. Duke Louis of Bourbon, in the
fifteenth century, on this day gave a
grand feast, and chose for King child
eight years old, the poorest and ugliest
in the kingdom, dressed him in the rich
est attire, placed him on the throne,
and then distributed large sums of mon
ey to all the poor. A practical illustra.
ton of 'Inasmuch as We have done il
unto one of the least of these. my little
ones, We have done it unto me-" When
the election of king was no longer a
matter of charity in the family, but an
affair of choice, a portion of the i'm
mense cake eaten on this day was called
Gods portion" and given to the poor.
''LG tere'' is species of bean, and is
placed in the cake, and whoever finds
the piece containing the teue is king.
In Tuscany there is superstition
similar to the Saint Nicholas of Belgium
or our Santa Claus. La Befaua enters
all the houses by the chimneys the night
of the 5th of January and fills the chill
dren's shoes with toys and bonbons.
But during the whole year the nurses
and governesses threaten the children
that La Befana will punish them if their
behavior is not very correct. In order
not to destroy their reputation for We.
racity, it was decided that eating la te,t
the night before would counterfeit the
effect of La Befana's anger. This may
be the origin of the ''gateau de la teUe."
Paris Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

"A Mrs Wallace, who lives near
Kingston, in Canada. is engaged in the
menial occupation of keeping q toll
gate, but she has great head. The
farmers of her county opened road
across private property and thus got by
without going through the gate. On a
recent Saturday she sat AMI watched
fifty-n ne teams 60 across lots, which
she figured uD was q loss of - 80 to
her. Then she TO up and went and
rented the farm over which the new
road ran, and now they can take which
road they please but they pay her the
toll all the same Chicago JOHrnd.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

FoR Is years have been afflicted with
Catarrh SO that have been confined to my
room for two months at time. have
tried all the humbugs in hopes of relief, but
to no success until met with an old friend
who had used Ely's Cream Balm and ad-
vised me to try it. Iprocured bottle to
please him, and from the first application
found relief. 1t is the test remedy have
ever tried.-W. c. MATHEWS, Justice Of
the Peace, Shenandoah, Iowa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

Mr.. ]. b. Goldsmith, owner of the Wal.
nut Grove stock farm, N. Y, says Of the
wonderful curative qualities Of ST. Jacobs
Oil, that having long used It for rheuma-
tism and on his breeding farm for ailments
of horses and cattle, he cheerfully accords
this great pain-cure his preference, as the
best he ever used, in an experience Of
twenty years.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
Color Your Butter.

-, fa az ,s snas ny 70 sen wniss outer are
pay. II they would use Wells, Richardson
& Co.'s Improved Butter Color, and mar
ket their butter In perfect condition, they
would still get good prices, but 1t will not
pay to make any but the best in color and
quality. This color il used by all the lead
ing creameries and dairymsn, and is sold
by druggists and merchants.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

Railroad men on the Boston. Hoosac
Tunnel & Western Railroad greatly fear
an engine on that road which bears the
number 49," 1t killed its
fourth victim recently.-Boston Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

merchant who was reported to be at the
point of death from an attack of Pneumonia
has entirely recovered by the use of DIR.
WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and
in giving publicity to this statement we are
actuated by motives of public benefaction,
trusting that others may be benefited.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

T General Sherman, in referring to 9
young lady who wrote him letter ad-
dressed "St. Louis, ILL.,, says that
''she has be n educated to the highes.
notch in Europe. but If called upon 10
define the western boundary of the
United States would probably put it
somewhere in New Jersey."-M y.
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

HAVE seen remarkable results from use
of Swift's Specific on a cancer. A young
man near here has been afflicted five years
with the most angry looking eating cancer
ever saw, and was nearly dead. The first
bottle made a wonderful change, and after
five bottles were taken, he is nearly or
quite well. 1t is truly wonderful.
M. +. CRUMLEY, NJ. D., Oglethorpe, Ga.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14
A Messenger OF Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood, diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, etc. 1t tells of
wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scott's Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81. DIR. Scott, Kansas City, Mo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-14

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Cures throat and lung affections. DON'T
trifle. Pixies toothache drops cure in / min.