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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

REGARDING the next U. S. Senator for
Virginia, the Philadelphia Record says
"There is reason to believe that the prize
will fall to John 8. Barbour, the indefat-
gable and sagacious chairman of the demo.
cratic State committee" The fact that Mr..
Barbour's invaluable services to his party
deserve the reward of the Senatorship is
recognized without as we'll as Throughout the
borders of the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
Proclamation from the President.

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE President
has issued a proclamation commanding all
persons atSeattle and other places in Wash
ington Territory who have assembled for
unlawful purposes to desist therefrom and
to dispense and retire peaceably to their
homes on or before twelve o'clock meridian
to morrow, November Sth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

THE COUNTIES Of Page, Rockingham and
Shenandoah before the war composed what
was known as the "Tenth Legion Of de-
mocracy. But democrat then was a loco
foco," and was considered by his whig op.
ponent as an ignoramus, with no better
sense than to vote for General Jackson, who
had then been dead for years. The result
of the recent election in those counties indi-
Gates that loco focoism still has an abiding
place there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
Tvo Steamboats DESTROYED

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 7.-Informa-
ton received here says storm at Decatur,
Ala, yesterday, destroyed two steamboats,
and did great damage No lives are re-
norted lost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

THERE'S no doubt of the fact, whether it be
from ignorance, prejudice malice or Doodle,
that the maintenance Of the solidity Of the
colored vote in the towns and cities of Virginia
is chiefly due to the influence of the colored
preachers, many of whom in the last cam
pagn not only read General Mahone's cir
culars and notices from their pulpits, but
practically turned their churches into cleo
pioneering bureaus. This fact should be re.
memberel
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
Amendments.

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE President
made the following appointments to-day ::
James A. Bayard, of Maryland, to be Score.
tary OF Arizona Joseph c. Sranghap, of
Indiana, to be Surveyor General CT Idaho !;
James A. Dawson, of Colorado, to be Sur.
vcyor General of Colorado; John Hise, of
Arizona, to be Surveyor General of Arizona.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
The Iowa Election.

DEsMoNEs, Nov. From returns re-
ceived up to an early hour this morning
Register places the majority of Larrabe,
rep, for Governor at 1864.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for chill
dren tecthing, is the prescription of ono of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States and has been used for forty years with
never-failing success by millions of mothers for
their children. During the process of tecthing
Its value is incalculable. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, gripping
In tho bowels, and wind-colic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 25 cents
bottle. mY6-1yrM.W YVES
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Spain and the Caroline Islands.

LONDON, Nov. THE Times this morn
ing says it is believed at Rome that the
Pope has recognized SPANS sovereignty
over the Caroline Islands and that concts.
sions are allowed Germany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

Advertising has got to be a necessity to a
successful pursuit of any business, and no
man is frstc class business man, no matter
how high an opinion he may have of him
self, who neglects it. Those who advertise
most literally do the most business, and az
q matter of course make the most money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
The Armstrong Case.

LONDON, Nov. THE jury in the Arm
strong abduction case to-day brought in
verdict of guilty against Stead and Rebecca
Jarrett and acquitted Booth and Jacques
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

Were / all / conld wish me, great gi0rj
GUS, and free. First flower o.! the Garth
and first gem of the sea. Life still would
not be worth living, if had chronic lheu-
matism, and couldnt get Salvation OIL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

TIE SITUATIoH- democrats are now IN
power and the country is still prosperous and
happy, and tho republicans are thus deprived ~
one Of their most effective clcctiouccTiug wcavnu-
the prediction Of the ruin and disorder that
would follow democratic accession 10 powcr..A
Y Ercuigg Post
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

The native. born Elephant bids fair to
rival the great imported Jumbo in size and
weight; but it is pretty generally known
that nothing rivals the great remedy, DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

In THE "black" ward in Richmond, at the
recent election, Mr.. Wise received more
votes than Mr.. Blaine did year ago. And
yet the enemies of Virginia say the vote of
suppressed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
DIED.

November 9th 1885, JOHN W. STEWART, in
the S1st year of his age. Mts-The funeral will
take place from his late residence at eleven
o'clock Monday morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

An unusually brilliant winter season is
anticipated in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

THE BLOODY shutters and South haters OF
the North now threaten to exclude Mr..
Barbour from the Senate, when he shall
have been elected thereto, and say they will
do SO because the republican vote of Vir-
ginis was "bulldozed" and suppressed" at
the recent election Such gabble is ridcu-
lous, and, as hate begets hate, those who
utter it ought to know that it gratifies the
men they hate, as it shows them how seri-
ously their haters are hurt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

OWING TO the superior natural facilities
of the South, iron can he made here 80
cheap that the products of the plants lc-
Gated in the less favorable North can net
compete with it successfully. The iron
works in Alabama are constantly in opera
ton, aud on full time, while many of those
in Pennsylvania are idle The South can
compete successfully with foreign iron
makers; the North can not. Remove the
tariff, and in few years the South would
supply the markets of the world with iron.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

New YORK, Nov 7.-stccks quiet and strong.
Money nominal 2l2a3. Cotton quiet; up!ands
95.16; Orleans 0 \; futures steady tlour dul!
and heavy. Wheat better. Corn higher. Pork
steady at 50 50alO 90. Lard weak AT s. 80.
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iR2IV WE'D

ARRIVED
Schr Plow Boy, Havre de Grace, 10 j Il Iln'
norman.
schr Kirwan, Norfolk, shingles to J II D
Smoot,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07
Bank Statement.

New YORK, Nov. THE weekly statement
of the Associated Banks issuci to-day shows The
following changes:
Looms, decrease, Si,iol.J"o
Specie dec ease, ,l@3.1D"
Legal tcnlc"s, decrease, TlISoO
Deposits decrease, i,IioSbo
Circul. ton increase $40
Reserve, decrease 29lod'h
The banks now hold a25,l52,5S IN excess Of
the % pcr cent rule.
ALEXANDRIA MARKET. Nov. Flour IS with
out material change and steady. Wheat is quiet
but firm. The speculative markets strengthened
at the opening yesterday on account Of report
circulated on Chicago board that the Minneapolis
milers had advanced prices, which proved ground
less. We still note good demand for milling
grades at unchanged figures. Corn is easy. Rye
is firm. Oats are firm AID strong Provisions
and produce OF all kinds are weak and the market
is we'll supplied.
CHICAGO Nov. Wheat opened weak, sold
Off to STA for December, stcaded and has Since
advanced to SI"ti. Corn very strong. H. for
November. Oats firm, JOl-a:iCi, for May. Pork
strong 50 371, for January. Lard 81 o5 for
January.
BALTIMORE, Nov. VA Gs dcfd : CON
SoHualeu % past que coupons o'' Nc" ~ NE
40; new }s 59t. bid to-day. Cotton easier;
middling ga. Flour quiet add steady. Wheat,
Southc n steady and firm; Western hrlner and
dull; Southern red 93a95: do amber oSaloo;
No 1 Maryland 9lls bid; No Western winter
red spot 91a911l: november 9lhla'l y; De-
ccmbfr 93Ea931a; January @5'2a@573; Feb
ruary 97I,aD7',. Corn-Southorn quiet aud
about steady Western frmer Southern white
5Oa52: do yellow 51a33; Western mixed spot
and November 40 bid: year 46s.ai7; January
46a464 February 4Ga, asked. Oats firm South
ern 3Oa35; Western white 32a3i do mixed 81
All Pcnna 3Oa35. Rye firm at G5aTO. Whisky
steady at 81 1881 20. Other articles unchanged.
New YORK, Nov. 7.-stocks quiet and strong.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-07

TRASS-English Mixed Lawn Gca-5 Seed
VI This is the proper season fer sowing 1t.
full supply on band.
now E. s. LEADBEhTER BIO.
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MARINE NEWS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, No3EMHER :. 1919.
Sun rises. .... 6 30 SUE sarz.. ......... 4 %
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

round it with their perpetual green.
John Tyler's body is buried in the Hol-
lywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va,
and it has not stone nor bust to mark
its resting place. Ten yards away is
President Monroe's grave, but he was
not buried here until the centennial
anniversary of his birth. Monroe
waited twenty-seven years for an APP
propriate tomb, and ne now rests in
vault over which is large granite sar-
cophagus, andson il an inscription tes-
tifying that il was erected "as an evil
dence of the affection of Virginia for
her good and honored son." Van
Buren's grave is now bleak and bare,
without flower or shrub, at Kinder
hook, aud a year or two ago the little
granite shaft which stood over the re-
mains of Thomas Jefferson had been
mutilated, and its inscription destroyed
by relic hunters. George Washington
has been twice buried. Mt. Vernon is
now his tombstone, and the sarcophagus
in which he lies is brick vault over
looking the Potomac. 1t has but one
word on it, Washington. The two
Adams are buried in the Unitarian
Church at Quincy. When John Adams
died, his son, then President, obtained
deed to burial lot in the cellar of
the church fourteen feet square, and in
this he built granite tomb for himself
and his father. Here lie the two Presi-
dents and their wives, and on the walls
of the church above are long inscrip-
tons commemorative of their lives and
worth. President Taylor has never
been buried. His body was brought
Immediately on his death at the capi
tai, to his fathers old farm in Ken
lucky and there put into vault. 1t
has lain there ever since, and there is a
gray granite monument, surrounded by
marble statue of the General, near
by. Frank Pierce has monument of
Italian marble at Concord, and, strange
to saw, the name engraved upon ii is
Francis Pierce, instead of Franklin
Pierce, as he was known to the country.
1t has no long inscription, and is like
the monument of Millard Fillmore at
Buffalo, simple to an extreme. James
Buchanan lies in vault in the Lancas-
ter Cemetery, and chronicles his life in
the dates of his birth and death and
the fact that he was the fifteenth Pres
ident of the United States. 1t takes
twenty-three lines to write the inscrip-
ton on Folks tombstone, and it lies in
Nashville, twelve miles away from that
of Andrew Jackson, much greater
man, who sums up his record in three.
Jackson's body lies in his garden at the
Hermitage beside his wife. The monu-
ment above them is of Tennessee lime
stone, and Jackson's life is given in
these words "Gen. Andrew Jackson,
born March 10, 1867; died June 8,
1916"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
What Is Il Sayagel

No one would call the ancient Brah-
mans savages, and yet writing was un-
known to them before the third CEN
fury b. G. Homer, quite apart from
his blindness, was certainly unacquaint-
ed with writing for literary purposes.
The ancient inhabitants of Germany,
as described by Tacitus, were equally
ignorant of the art of writing as We
hicle of literature; yet, for all that, we
could not say, with Gibbon, that with
them the nobler faculties of the mind
had lost their powers, the judgment
had become feeble, and the imagination
languid. And as we find that the use
of letters is by no means an indispensa-
bic element to true civilization, we
should arrive at the same conclusion in
examining almost every discovery which
has been pointed out as sine qua non
of civilized life. Every generation is
apt to consider the measure of comfort
which it has reached as indispensable
to civilized life, but very often, in small
as we'll as great things, what Is called
civilized to-day may be called barbar-
from eating the flesh of animals are apt
to look upon carnivorous people AS saw
ages people who abstain from intoxi-
eating drinks naturally despise nation
in which drunkenness is prevalent.
What should we say if we entered
town in which the streets were neither
paved nor lighted, and in which the
windows were without glass; where we
saw no carriages In any of the thor
oughfares, and where, inside the houses,
ladies and gentlemen might be seen
eating without forks, and wearing gar
ments that had never been washed
And yet, even in Paris no street was
paved before 1855. In London Hol-
born was first paved in 1417 and Smith
field in 1914, while Berlin was without
paved streets far into the seventeenth
century. No no ses had windows of
glass before the twelfth century, and as
late as the fourteenth century anything
might be thrown out of window at
Paris after three times calling ont
Care Peaur" Shirts we're an invention
of the crusades, and the fine dresses
which ladies and gentlemen wore dur
ing the middle ages were hardly ever
washed, but only refreshed from time
to time with precious scents. In 1850
we are told that there existed in Paris
no more than three carriages-one be-
longing to the Queen, the other to Diane
de Poitiers, and the third to Rene de
Laval. In England coaches ESQ called
from the Hungarian Koss) date from
1880, though whirlicotes go back to the
fourteenth century. So far as we know,
neither Dante nor Beat used forks
in eating, and yet we should hardly
class them as savages. Mar Muller, an
the Nineteenth Century.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Callahan's mountain tavern, on the
road to the Virginia Springs, writes
Ben Perley Poore in the Boston
Budget, enjoyed great reputation be-
fore the railroad days, and parties
would often go from Washington to en-
JOY few days there, deer-hunting and
trout-fishing. 1t was located in
double gap of the Alleghanies, where
four mountain roads met There was
small farm, hemmed in by the mount
aims, with stream of clear water
running through it, and spring of
cool, delicious water. When 1 used
first to go there the house was q low,
picturesque cottage, but on my last
visit, soon after the war, found that it
had been disfgrred 10y rompous Vir-
ginia veranda, with large white wooden
columns. On this veranda were the
domestic productions of tho region
maple tuga-, buckskin gloves, and
rattlesnakes each in boxes duly label
ed. The "snaiks" were visible through
pane of glass inserted in the top of
their box, and their rafting was plain
ly heard when they were disturbed.
They were plentiful thereabout, and
the antidote given to those who were
bitten by them was large quantity of
raw whisky, zone poison neutralizing
the other, as temperance man in our
party observed.
But the fare at Galatians was all
that an epicure could desire, even if
his appetite had not been sharpened by
ride in q stage coach. Never did L
taste such juicy venlson steaks, or such
crisp fried chicken, with fresh omelettes
and variety of the fancy warm bread
and cakes for which the Southern
matrons were famous. The coffee was
equally excellent, the milk was cold
and pure, and after this delicious re-
past there were those of the party who
enjoyed compound of old home made
peach brandy, with fresh honey from a
neighboring hive, there not being any
constabulary in those parts.
Troops from both armies camped
there during the war, and the landlord
informed me that Gen. Averill "camped
on" him seven times. He did the
Yankee General justice, however, and
said that, while the stock was taken,
the hay and grain were consumed, and
the fences were burned, no wanton
damage was inflicted nor was the house
disturbed. "The Confeds," added the
old man, with Sigh, treated us
heap worser, though wonst they paid
us in their money, but that want of no
count"
Just after crossing the summit of the
Alleghanain chain we saw large num-
Der of horses bones whitening in the
woods, while many of the trees appear
ed to have been Topped off about fifteen
or twenty feet from the ground. Our
driver on being questioned, said it was
the battlefield of Dry Greek. "The
Yanks was a-coming, and the Confeds
fought 'em har fur tew days, both sides
Airing at each other till the Yanks'
powder was gone; then they went
a-tarin.' He said, further, that each
side lost about hundred men: but he
was evidently ignorant of the facts, al
though he had been over the road twice
a day all summer. Even the name of
the rebel victor was unknown to him.
Such is fame.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
SPINNING.

Like blind spinner In the sun.
tread my days:
know that ell the threads will run
Appointed ways;
know each day win bring It's task.
And. being blind. no more ask
do not know the use or name
OF that spin;
Ioniy know that some one came.
And laid within
My hand the thread, and said Since you
Are blind but one thing you can do.
Sometimes the threads so rough and fast
And tangled ny,
Iknow wild storms are sweeping past.
And fear that
Shall fall, but dare not try TO md
A safe place. since am blind.
1 know not why. but am sure
That tint and place
In some great fabric to endure
Past time and race
My threads will have; so from the first.
Though blind, never feel accurst
think, perhaps, this trust has sprung
From one short word
Said over me whom was young
So young, heard
My brow, and sealed me His, though blind.
But whether this be seal or sign
Within, without,
IL matters not The bond divine
never doubt.
/ know He SET me here. and still,
And glad, and blind. i wait His VIII;
But listen, listen. day by day,
To hear them tread
Who bear the finished web away.
And cut the thread,
And bring Gods message In the sun,
Thou poor blind spinner work is done
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
The Ashes OF the Presidents.

It would be good idea for the United
States to have National MausoleuHn,
like Westminster Abbey, in which the
Presidents could be buried, and statues
of them erected, says'a Washington cor
respondents.
Gen. Harrison's body rests in brick
vault on the top of a little Hill fifteen
miles west of Cincinnati. A big, Fat
stone lies on its top, but there is no in
scription, and the or1y beauty about
the grave is the pine trees which sur
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
A Dipbmatist.

MADAM" said woman addressing
the matron of charity hospital, "can
you lend me eight ragged children this
afternoon?"
Eight ragged children What do
you want with them ?"
well, you see my husband is in the
penitentiary and l want to get him par
doned. Want the children to 60 with
me when 1 call on the Governor. y
drkansdtU Trdrcler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THAcKERAY says woman may be
loved for three things-her intellect,
her beauty, or her qualities of heart.
A man who recently married rich wife
says she might also be loved for her
bank account.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

AN attempt is being made TO account
for the remarkable powers exhibited bJ
some dogs on the presumption thai
scent is a faculty per SO sltogethos
distinct and different from the sense OF
smell. This is, as all philosophers
must know, misconception. The truth
is that each species of animal has some
specially developed faculty of relation
by which it is, more than by other
faculties, placed en- rapport with the
external world. The differences are
great even among small classes of be-
ings; for example, among dogs some
use sight more than smell-as the grey
hound. The sense of smell is, how
ever. generally developed TO a high
pitch among those animals which have
in a state of nature to hunt for their
prey or to avoid predatory enemies.
There is nothing that we can perceive
difficult to understand in the intelli-
gence exhibited by the lower animals.
The scientific doctrine of evolutionary
development affords satisfactory solu-
ton of every problem, and renders the
facts plain to see.
FoR half century no Cabinet officer
has reached the Presidency.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

RED hair Is considered the most beau
tiful in Turkey.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THE PROPER cAPER.
Who wouldn't kiss
A pretty miss?
How could you e'er resist her,
Especially
IL she should be
Some other fellows sister.
I'm sure that you
Would be tQo-too
Utterly glad to do it.
But have a care
No bro. her'S there,
Or you will surely rue 10.
But on the sly.
With no one by,
Your arm her waist supporting.
Lay rack her head,
Ant then-'nouph said,
Go do your own sweet counting.
Houston Posi-.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-12-05

not Kick, and ieel as tapugh 1 yodld trust
him. Then, if he feels as though he could
trust me, it is all right.
Many persons in Pittston are using
Ely's Cream Balm, Catarrh remedy, with
most satisfactory results. A lady is recover
ing the sense of smell which she had not
enjoyed for fifteen years. She had given up
her case as incurable. Mr.. Barber has used
it in his family and recommends it very
highly. A Tunkhannock lawyer, known to
many of our readers, testiiies that be was
cured of partial deafness. Pa,
Gazette. Not liquid or stuff. 50cents.
care you taking down the speeches yerJa-
tim n inquired a smiling individual of a re-
porter at a political meeting, 80, no"
replied the young man, 81 have too much
respect for the speakers to do that. ="
Ins and Outs
Nothing is so productive of distressing
headaches, as the tropical heat of summer.
st. Jacobs Oil will remove them at once.
There is no failure in life so sad as to fail
in C aracter, no bankruptcy so lameutable
as to become bankrupt in reputation.
There is something soft and tender in the
fall of single snow. flake, but it always
reminds us to look after our bottle of DR.
Bulls Cough Syrup-our old standby in the
days of Coughs and colds-for we have
always found itreliahle.
An exchange says that the folded
newspaper placed under the coat in the
small of the back is an excellent substitute
for an ovcrcoat. Editors have long known
this 1t is now thought to he the right thing
to let the public have possession Of the secret.
Troy Times.
"One fire burns out auother's burning,
and most pains suffer more to be cured, but
Salvation Oil is painless and certain. II
costs only 25c.
Those sharp pains in the small the bacl
and around the hips will quickly go afte
you apply Hop Plaster. Ladies, pay atten
tion to this 25c.
81 see, said Mrs Spriggins, this felle
Ado. is copied a lot don't think his Joke
are very good, and they're mostly abou
patent remedials. ."-LJe.
All writers agree that poetry as fin
art belongs at the top Of the heap, but it i
generally found at the bottom when the bas
ket is emptied.- Chicago Ledger.