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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08
LOCAL RREVITIES.

Master Horace CoakIey is spending his
vacation with relatives in Stafford.
The Howell house, built in 1855 for school
purposes, but long used as dwelling, is now
being renodeled AS a school house.
The remains Of Mr. Hiram Webster we're
brought here from Washington this evening
and inferred. During the funeral the fire
bells were tolled.
The members of the Old Dominion Boat
Club will meet at the office of Mr.. A. w.
Armstrong to. night to make arrangements
for receiving the A. l.. |.
The little one-year. old daughter, Emma,
Of Mr. Charles w. Werdon of Washington,
died on Wednesday afternoon suddenly.
The remains were brought here for inter
mrnt.
General James r. Herbert was buried al
Loudnm Park Cemetery, Baltimore, yester.
day with military honors. The funeral was
attended by number of prominent clti-
zrn-, including several Of his relatives from
this city.
American Gunr, and Washington councils
together with Golden Rule Council, Order
Of American Mechanics, will pay a iraternal
visit to Virginia Council, No. =, Of this city
on Thursday, August ii. They will leave
Washington on the sos train.
The contract for the work ofdredging the
Potomac River channel, between the Long
Bridge aud the sewer canal, has been made
to the lowest bidders, Messrs. Culver & Co.,
of New York, at II cents per cubic yard
II price materially lower than that for which
any Of the previous work has been done, and
lower than was supposed to be possible.
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FOR SALE OR RENT.
EDUCATIONAL.
ST. JOHNS ACADEMY

THE MILITARY SCHOOL, AT ALEXANDRIA
The fifty second year will begin on MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1at, and end about tho 25th OF
June, 1855.
The barracks On Prince street having, notwlth-
standing three engagements, become too small
to accommodates the increasing patronage the
large building on Duke and Columbus streets
erected for the old Alexandria High School, has
been leased. aud will be used in connection with
them The spacious grounds there will give
ample room for recreation and drill and the ROOM
system will be substituted for the dornitory.
I he school is finely equipped with apparatus,
cabinets, library. &C. aud its past success is an
earnest of its future usefulness. The Principal
has had nearly forty years experience in the man
agement of boys and Young men, and is aided by
Young and competent assistants. The provcrhlal
hcalthlulness of Alexandria, its pure water, and
it's great accessibility, emncntly fit it for school
purposes. o ,
Board and tuition for school year, 5000. Send
for Catalogue la
RICHARD L. CARNE, A. NJ,
opod I'm Principal.
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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

There is but little activity in business or tinan-
rial circles and the prospect for a speedy I'M
prnvcmcnt is not promising owing principally to
the over production Of the country and the abb
seucc of foreign demand. Money is quite
abundant in the centres with but light de-
mand and until there is more active movement
of crops the supply in circulation will be limited.
Stocks and bonds are quiet generally. Virginia
securities are quiet and nominal
NEW YORK, August Sill a m.-Stocks are
heavy and lower this morning, especially for New
York Central. which fell off from 1851 to 1858
on London selling. The decline in the remainder
of tie list ranged from y to per cent. New
Jersey Central was exceptionally firm and rose
Is per cent to 1919
Soon-Therc WAS further decline in stocks
after II a. m but towards midday the market
became frmer and prices advanced u to 1 per
cent.
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RICHMOND MARKET, Augut 1.-Market gem
orally quiet and depressed. Flour in very mod
crate demand Offerings Of Wheat to day reached
about $500 bushels with salca at Ssa91 for white,
sOs99 for longberry and 7Oa9O for shorl'erry
mixed brought 93a!Ij. Very light offerings OF
Corn and Oats and the sales were on private
terms.
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DEAD.-Mr. VIM. E. Cash who, fifty years
ago, was resident of this city, but who,
since then, has been successful merchant
in Boston, died at his home in that city on
Wednesday evening last. aged 73 years.
Mr.. Cash was native of Fairfax county,
the eldest son of the gentleman who 80 long
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FREDERIcKsRuRG MARKET. August THE
market is very quiet and prices depressed. Flour
Lass IS, as 10 brand. Wheat S5a9O. Corn 7Oa
-: RYE 5Sa6O and Oats :;5a4O.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Aug. 7.-Hogs.-
Strong on best grades; rough packing 4oaSo 70;
packing and shipping S 75aS6 10; light 5 4Oa
s. IS; skips 5Oa$5 40. Cattle Market steady
export grades & 5Oa$6 80; good to choice ship
ping ) 9Oa6 40: common to medium 70aS5 so
grass Texans So Goa5. Shecp-Markct steady
inferior to fair 15aS3 SO per 100 lbs medium
to good :, 5OaS4 %: choice to extra 23sS4 rs
Lambs per head 1aS3; Texas Sheep 15a$4 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08

LyScHnURG MARKET. August THE market
is dull Flour quiet Receipts OF Whest light
and quotations from 80 to %. Corn i'll fair do
mand at 6;1a15. Rye and Oats nominal Re-
repts of Tobacco heavier but there has been no
change in prices.
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HOTEL ARRIvALs-Braddoc House, Aug.
rs. A. Wetztcr Z. n. J. Carver {. II. Fadely,
W. r. Slower. j. X. Slower and family, and John
Kern Baltimore; &. r. Howard, Washington; A.
NJ Harrison, Staunton, Va: T. NJ. Tripett and
wife, Mark ham, Va; w. W. Harper, aud u. l..
Parker New York.
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CINCINNATI Hoo MARKET. August Hogs
firm: common and light 5Oa$5 so; packing and
butchers 5OaS6 receipts $50 head; shipments
40
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Law SChOOlOf Washington & Lee Univ J

Gen. G. w. c. LEE, President.
instruction by textbooks and printed lectures,
with courses of lectures special subjects by
eminent iursts. Tuition and fees $50 for session
of nine months, beginning SEPTEMBER j.. For
catalogue and full information, address Chas. A.
Graves Prof of Law. Lexington, Va. iy1S-lm
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CHICAGO. August S-On change at IL a. III
Wheat was lac lower. Corn lsal4c higher
Oats 1baa, C lower
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08

NEW YORK, August 3. e Stocks steadicr. Money
1a2. Cotton firm; nplands 10 1916; Orleans
II Lie Flour dull. Wheat-dccline of gage
recovered aud advanced a tritle. Corn taaHsc
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AleSanlIrIa 6azette.
LOCAL MATTERS.

For the middle Atlantic states Pl.'hhy
cloudy weather aud occasionally i's shs
interior nearly stationary in Southern p ,,"r
ton, lower temperature in northern D, p po or
ton north to east winds, higher oaFTne t
For Saturday slightly cooler, generally 'a'r
,reather is indicated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08

There has been decline in Wheat during the
past week of fully four cents per bushel III the
Eastern and Western markets, due to favorable
reports from the European crops with but little
disposition on the part of buyersto deal i'll futures
1000 bushels were sold on Change this morning
at 81 for good Fultz; S4aS6 for fair, and SS for
ordinary loughcrry; no prime or mixed were
offered common lots brought 80, and damaged
TOasO. Corn Is steady; 600 bushels of white
brought 70a72 No yellow Corn, Rye or Oats
were offered. Potatoes are very abundant and
dull Other produce is without change.
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BALTIMORE, Aug. S.-Va Us defd :; do con-
solidated -; do 2ud series = do past due cou'
pons 81 new 10 4's s3; do new IS % bid to-
day. Cotton dull mddling II. Flour quiet
Howard street aud Western super " ooa
3 90; do extrs So 25a4 OO do family "a 23a
5 o. City Mills super 50 75aS3 IS; do extra
50 Bad 90: do Rio Brands 50 LAO %: Patapsco
family S5 10: do supnrlative patent $6 20.
Wheat-Sonthern weak and lower; Western low
err closing stea ty; Southern red S7aS9; do amber
9Oa93; No / Maryland % lea93; No Western
winter red spot and August 99i4S9a.; September
91a91t.: October 9.a,aS2l2. Corn-southern
firm and steady Western nominal; Southern
white 7Oa72; do yellUw 6Sa7O; Western mixed
spot and August 81; September 62b. Oats
irregular; Southern (new) 4Oai2; Western white
toldl loads do mixed told) i3a45 Pennsylvania
toldl l5a4S. Rye quiet and easy at Coats Hay
quiet and easy; prime to choice Penna and Md
new S17aSl9. Provisions quiet; mess Pork
81. D Bulkmeats-shouders aud clear rib sides,
packed, 7Aa1O. Observation-Disclosures s. clear rib
sides 1913 hams 14t4a16 Lard, refined, 9A.
Butter dull and steady; good to choice Western
12n15. Eggs quiet and easy at 12al4. Coffee
dull; Rio cargocs, ordinary to fair 9alO. Sugar
quiet soft 6As Whiskey nominal at 81 10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08

COLUMBIA S. F. E. Co.-The regular
monthly meeting of the Columbia Steam
Fire Engine Company was held last night,
with W. A. Smoot, President, in the chair,
and ]. H. Strider secretary.
Three names were added to the roll
of membership, and two applications for
membership were referred to proper COM
mittees.
The resignation Of w. A. Smoot as a
member of the Executive Committee, was
accepted and George Uhler was unanimous
" elected to fill the vacancy.
S. T. Jenkins was elected AS fireman of
engine.
A committee of three was appointed by
the chair to revise the constitution and by
laws of the company.
After disposing of some routine business
the meeting adjourned. :,
The death of Mr.. Hiram Webster an old
member of the Sun company, was announ'
ced and she members decided to attend the
funeral of the deceased in body this even
inu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
Our Young Folks. |
SAD.

Il $50
The team came a-prancing around to the
And Mabel and Myrtle and May
Went out In the carriage TO take the fresh
An dressed very dainty and gay.
With runies and ribbons and plaitings and
puts,
they eat livery very quietly folding their hands,
AS proper young ladies will do
The ponies were jogging quite soberly on.
Behaving remarkably well, -
When all on sudden mishap occurred.
Most shocking and mournful TO tell.
For, Watching them slyly from under the
hedge,
with covering eyes and With wide-spreadins
A dreadful and nerce-looking cat
And Rover he bristled, and Carlo he growled,
And then-down the Eravelly road
They tore and they dashed and they scamp
Forgetting their dear little load.
They flew over ruts and they bumped over
Then over a wall with crash.
With carriage and Mabel and Myrtle ana
And ali went TO terrible smash.
The mothers in tears and in grief and dismay
h Came weeping and waiting around,
And wringing their hands, as they woefuliy
The ruin and wreck on the ground.
They tenderiy gathered the poor little pets,
And dusty and draggled-did ever you hear
A story 80 sad and forlorn!
But the wise little mothers were quickly at
And with needle and thread and some glue
Soon each little dolly was hooking as sweet
4 a W w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
Yawning.

A Darwinian Cambridge professor
sends us the following "There is one
practice of the Yankees which threat.
ems to develop q most undesirable char.
acteristic. Il is tie habit of yawning.
Apparently it is rather more affected bv
people of the cities, especially bv
females and the moro talkative Of the
males. Unfortunately it is not at an
confined to them. Naturally enough
motioniess jaws become tiresome To
persons who ordinarily keep them NOV
ing. It is amusing to watch an ind;-
viduaA exercise his hyoid apparatus Ike
an asphyxiating fish. while the person
opposite inyoluntariy-so sympathetic
we are--gapes like boa CONSTRUCTOR.
and is initiated by another and another
down the car or through the audience.
But there is a serious aspect to the case
BY the laws OF use and heredity we are
abnormally developing the amusc1eI
which open the mouth. IL Thu. Is ~
lowed to go on. by and-by great deyelz
opment OF the mouth openers will be.
come characteristic of the Amer;can-
There are altogether too MANY neonls
~ THIS country at present who have
great difficulty in keeping their mouths
smut. Boston 1r0nsc71N. ~
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PITH AND POINT.

| DO not wat till the iron is hot, but
make it hot by striking. Edwards.
--Disparage and deprecate no one
an insect has feeling and an atom a
shadow. Fuller. +
| -"Yes,' sighed broken-down man
who had given his signature to oblige
friend, s.the most foolish thing ever
did in my life was to learn to write my
own name.-N. Y. Commercial! Adrer
tsser.
"A correspondent writes to coun-
try paper that by using phosphate he
has had the best corn he ever raised
We have never tried phosphate, but
we have found pair OF tight boots to
be very effective corn raiser. Buffalo
Express.
-Dumley came into the dining-room
and, casting sweeping glance over
the table, TANNED down into his chair,
and muttered undsr his breath, "Liver
again, of course. We've had liver ev-
cry morning for two weeks whats
the matter, MIR. Dumley?" asked the
landlady; aren't you feeling well this
morningP'' ''No, madam" ne replied,
shortly; Il am suffering with liver com.
plant. PHI G1etf4saa Can.
Old Mr.. L., one of the best of men,
is an invalid, but always maintains,
despite his sufferings, a cheerful extcr-
ior. How do you feel to-day, STRIP
queried a friend, recently. 'Im feel
ing very poorly, thank God" he an
swered, cheerful ly. ''Why is that"
asked the friend in astonishment. .'You
are suffering, and yet you thank God. .
ANYBODY can thank God when he is
feeling well,'' was the reply.-Boston
Globe.
What is my opinion of prudence?
It is the head on a nail which prevents
it being driven too far in...... W hat is
nv opinion of affectation? 1t is
cheap chrome touched up" to look
like an oil paintings. " hat is my
opinion of braggadocio? It is a linen
collar with the starch washed out of it.
....What is my opinion of intemper-
ancep 1t is q fire we kindle in our
selves without dollars worth of in
surance on the premises. II Merchant
1ruUeler.
An elder in one OF the churches
was last week making up club of
subscribers for Sunday-school paper.
In his rounds he called at house
where he found little girl of seven at
home. He explained his errand to her,
hoping to get her name to the list, and
she replied: well. I'll ask mother,
and I m quite sure she'll give me the
money, for she says we must patron
ize the peddlers who come along. or
they wilt be driven to steal and rob =
He hasn't gone back to see if she sue
ceeded. Detroit Free Press.
Bridget said Mrs. Wigglesworth
to the new kitchen lady from Messina.
..you may lay the table. !" is thy
servant hen, that he should do this
thinyp'' queried Mr.. Wigglesworth,
facetiously. as the door closed. why
noJ?'' returned his wife. for once COM
ing to time, .sShe is q Biddy.n And
Mr.. Wigglesworth said s'H'm!" and
went out to see if his sweet peas were
coming up. and found that with the
assistance of the neighbor's hens they
Courier Gazctte.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
Buddhism in Russia.

According to Russian law no subject
of the Car, whether born in or con-
verified to the Russian Established
Church, that is, the Greek Eastern
Church, can abandon his religion under
any circumstances whatever. And there
is no punishment severe enough for the
traitor to his religion. Neither gibbet
nor bullet nor Siberian mine is
deemed enough for such criminal. He
must either return to his religion or die
in an underground cell in some re-
ligious prison. Under such conditions
Russia certainly would seem to be not a
favorable soil for free religious thought
Yet no other country shows to-day such
a powerful religious fermentation as
Russia. The upper classes are fast
abandoning the Established Church for
deism, atheism, spiritualism, Free
Masonry, positivism and Professionalism,
and among the lower classes the Raskol
or Russian Professionalism is assuming
multifarious forms, from the purest
rationalism TO the crudest superstition.
By virtue of her geographical situa-
ton, Russia lies in the center of ali the
cardinal religions of the world On the
west she faces the Roman Catholics
and the Protestants. on the south the
Mohammedans and on the east the
Buddhists, the Brahmanists and the
Confucians. At home she has great
majority of Greek Catholics, 5000, COO
Roman Catholics, 100000 Hebrews
and as many Protestants, besides sew
the printing press have irreparably de-
stroyed the barriers between the ma
tions of the world, a momentous cues
ton has presented itself: (which re-
igion will be the religion of the worldp''
To-day, in the immense domains of the
Gar, q powerful religious struggle is
going on, Of which no other country
has any idea, and it is here in Russia
that the principal and final battles will
be fought that shall forever settle the
question as to where humanity shall
look for moral GU dance. ~
What curious things would happen
here if religious freedom should be pro-
claimed in Russia. Now, there are
millions and millions of Russians who
hold double belief, one for the Cars
sake and one to snit their own con-
science, But with freedom of religions
many who are now officially orthodox
would at once turn Roman Catholics.
or Protestants, or Raskolmiks, or Mo-
hammedans, OF positivists, or atheists,
or spiritualists, or Buddhists, or the
followers of Brahma-Somal.
Z The propagation of Buddhism in
Russia is of rather recent origin, and it /
is spreading among the educated and
well-to-do classes exclusively. 1 have /
long seen Russians entertaining in
secret all sorts of beliefs and unbeliefs. |
but it is only few days since I first
made the acquaintance of Russian /
Buddhists.
81 am only a novice in Buddhism
an aged Russian holding the Office of
Justice of the Peace said to me,,' and |
hardly consider myself as being fully
initiated intost principles of my new
religion. 1etdfeel that Buddhism has
tianity ever had. While was Chris
tian I had to believe in many things
agaiast which my mind revo1ted. and
90 TsknGR no peace in my conscience.
Buddhnh brings that peace and har- |
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
Nails.

A large dealer in builders hardware
said recently that the demand for
clinch or clout nails and for chisel
po nted nails had largely increased
within year, as compared with that
for the ordinary cut nails, and that
flooring nails with the wedge-shaped
heads were also used in place of the
nails with the fiat upset heads His
reasons were that better work resulted
from the better nails, and there was far
less waste. For the coarseSt purposes
the les first cost of the ordinary cut
nails with the fiat head induced builders
to continue the use; but he believes
the improved form and better material
of the tough wire and clinch nails
would, in time, drive out the inferior
material and defective form. The
principal advantage of the wedge
shaped head, as in floor nails, is that
the head never break off in driving. as it
is only a gradual enlargement of the
body of the nail, instead of an upset
across the nail. But the chisel point of
the WIRE nail is its especial merit, as it
cuts a clean passage through the fibers
of the WOO for the following of the
BIO y of the nail. instead of ''stunting''
and mutilating the fbers, as the blunt
pointed nails do.
The common cut nails will not usual
ly clinch, even when the elinch is
turned in the direction of the grain of
the wood; but they may be con-
siderably toughened by heating to
red. and gradual cooling. A hardware
establishment was burned few years
ago, and among the stores were nearly
a hundred kegs of cut nails of various
sizes. The remains from the fire were
sold to another dealer, and as soon "a
the value of the burned nails became
known he could sell no others until
they were gOne.-Scaenfafc american.
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lony for which Dvery human soul

mony for which every human soul
longs ii u
& .sDo you believe that Buddhism can
be inocnlated in Europeansps' asked,
t'Iido. indeed .ahe answered. There
is notion that religions are formed
! according to the characteristics of race
or nationality. 1t is wrong. Chris
tianity was of Eastern and Jewish
origin, and yet it holds all the European
nations Consider that truth, eternal
truth. can be but one. There is only
one system of mathematics in all the
world, one science of astronomy, one
exposition of physics and physiology,
and SO ON. Now, if religion embraces
| truth, it can be only one for all the
world. am sure that to-day more than
three-quarters of mankind hold to this
or that religion only through mere
habit, cultivated from childhood Do
not force upon your children any things
but pure moral principles, and you viii
see that all men, whether in Europe,
or Asia, or Africa. or America, will
have the same religion, which will be
the true one.n
..And that religion will be-"
Buddhism in substance.
sK..Are there many Buddhists in Russian
#.Well, Yesterday there were were
hundreds of them, and to-day there are
perhaps thousands. But who will and
| who can count themp Buddhism is
spreading also in Germany, England,
and, I believe, in the United States.
| But leaving out the Buddhists of Eu-
rope and America, Buddhism is already
the prevailing religion of the world,
counting at least hundred million
souls more than all the Christian de-
nominations taken together, yet it new
er has been spread by force, like Mo-
hammedanism or Christianity. Chris
tians will find in Buddhism the COM
mandments and moral precepts famil-
lar to them, but they will learn also
that Buddhists regard knowledge as a
virtue indispensable for those who long
for Nirvana or paradise. To believe is
not enough for Buddhists. 1t is neces-
sary to practice sweeping charity of
which Christians have no idea, and to
cleave with the thunderbolt of science
the mountain of ignorance, in order to
reach the state of bliss.'' 81 # 80
learned from other persons that the
Buddhism that is spreading among the
Russians is of purified form, s'Eu-
ropeanized Buddhism as they style it
here. For instance, they do not intend
to part with music. songs, and the the
alter, and they find it impractical in our
age to abstain from taking gold and sill
yer, although Buddha counts all of these
among forbidden things. 5''A
The question of a universal religion
is warmly discussed here at private tea
parties, and the statistics are conned
over which show that in the world there
are 100000 Jews, 370,o00,O00 Chris
tians, 100, 900, 900 Mohammedans, $780,.
900, 600 Hindus or Brahmanists, $780,
100000 Buddhists, about 200, 600, 900
Pagans, and a few positivists, spirit
ualists, Free Masons, and atheists
st. Petersburg Cor. N. Y San.