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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-29
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The stock market was
| again very active at the opening this morning,
| and first prices, while somewhat irregular, were
| quito weak, declines from last evenings figures
extending to y per cent The market became
strong immediately, however, and fractional ad-
vances followed. The advance made little pro-
gress after 1870, though the tone Of the dealings
still continues strong. There was a well-1str
uted business throughout, aud at IL o'clock the
market was active and strong at the best prices
reached. Money easy at 2.
BALTIMORE Sept. 29.-Virginas consolidated
=; psstdue coupons =: d. 10.4Os 351b; do
new IS G5 bid to-day.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The weekly bank state
ment shows the following changes
Reserve, increase, $2s13450
Loans, decrease, $50 600
Specie, increase, 4726 700
Legal tenders, decrease, L 81 800
Deposits, increase, 2405 800
Circulation, decrease. 1901 800
The banks now hold in excess of the
% per cent rule. 14557275
ALEXANDRIA MARKET, September 29.-Flour
is firm and active; spring Wheat brands of the
best grades have boon again advanced, and cur
rent prices are more readily obtained for all
classes Of winters. Wheat is steady and strong
for good, sound, dry samples at better figures
with light offerings of that quality, most of the
receipts being more or less injured sales at 80 10
100 for fair to good tail ends and common lots
rs to 90. Corn is easy at so to "a Rye 81 to
90. Oats 30 to 80. Eggs Butter and other pro.
duee are scarce and in constant demand.
BALTIMORE Sept 2e.-cotton steady; mid
ding 1OAa10&. Flour strong aud higher.
Wheat-Southern steady and firm; Fnltz 103a
107 longberry 1O4a1O7; Western quiet and
firm: No winter red spot aud Sept 9S4. Oct
SO 1aa995s Dec 102. CoIn-southern scarce and
firm White 57a5S yellow 53a54 Western dull
mixed spot 81; Oct so; year 454a451a; Jan
447sa45. Oats firm Southern and Penna 30a34;
Western white 31a33; do mixed 2sa3O. Bye
stiff at 63a64 Hay frmer; prime to choice
Western S15s16. Provisions firm. Mess Pork
SIS 75a16. Lard-rcfned 114b. Butter quiet
and steady; Western packed 12s15 creamery II
s23. Eggs scaIce and firm at 20421. Coffee
firm Rio cargoes fair 15Aa15la Sugar dull and
easy A soft 7a9.. Whisky ste.dy at 81 26a1 %.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29-Cotton quiet: uplands
10 7-l6; oreans 10 8 16; futures opened AID
closed steady. Flour firm. Wheat active and
firm. Corn active and ftm Pork strong at
az S16a16 25. Lard quiet and firm at 81.
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NOTICE

OFFICE OF THE ALEX ,NDRIA WATER Co
All persons who are in arrears in payment OF
their water bills are hereby notified that unig.s
paid by the FIRST OF OCTOBER THE "AItA
WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THEIR PREMISES
By order of the Board of Directors
sep20 I'd B. WHEAT, President,
T WILL DISPOSE OF AT RETAIL FOR CASH
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There was frost in the country surround
ing Lexington yesterday morning.
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the Stock CT
MERCHANT TAILOR sUITWGs

of the late j. L. Grigg, at COST. Those wishing
bargains will DO well to call.
sep24-1w Mrs. VI. V GRl'dt.
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SQUARE. oCTAG0N and FLAT CAST ST EEL
- will be sold at SO King street, corner Of 10y
al, at greatly reduced price Quality wsF[saI
ed. oct2Sl J. T. CREIGHTON son.
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LIME PERFUMERY.
L. Something New.
Blue Bolle of Scotland, Trailing Arbutus, lay
Ho, Marechal Mel Rose and Alpine vioIets st
je28 JOHN D II LUNlo
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HOMEMADE CAssIMERES-A large sssori'
i Il ment at prices TO suit the times. Az exani'
nation of them solicited by
octS AMOS B. sLAYMAKER.
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DR. BUCKLAND's SCOTCH OATS ESSENCE
- natures nerve tonic and brain food, IN to''
ties at 81 each, just received By
feb2O ES LEADBEATER & RR0.
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BEAUTIFULLY EMBROIDERED FlVE.BUI'
ID TON KID GLOVES, every pair warranted
at one dollar.
octS AMOS B. SLA ThAhEH'
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democratic meetings not Gully in New York
hut in the neighboriDg States. Virginia de'
mocrscy tells wherever it Roes.
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GARDEN TROWELs, of superior quality SOFA
W east steel, just received at 32s King street.
Alexandra, Va.
my21 j. T. CREIGHTON & sou.
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CUKE-RAISING FLOUG and BUCKWHEAI
nov16 J. C. M1L8rEN.
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LUN1os CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE.
Sold by all druggists and groCers roa''
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NEW SALMON AND LOBSTER, in cans, jqst
IN received.
aug30 GEO. McBUREEY tDN.
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THERMOMETERS of several kinds and sizes At
Il very low prices; slso Thermometers for daily
use, inst received.
aug11 ES LEADbEATER q BRO
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MIXED PICKLE aud CHOW CHOW for sale
oet4 4 'N0 eNll'n - ''1' y L C MLBURN.
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IN BBLs NEW HOMINY and HOMINY GRI IL
lU just received by
nov23 J.. G. NiLBUE.s,
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VXXX CONFECTIONER's POWDERED ST.,
n GAR. The best for fine CONNECTIONS so'
by [mh111 GEO. McBURNEY * son.
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GnILDREN'S HOSE, warranted fast black, hle
" quality, double knees. for sale by
sep18 AMOS B SLAYMAKER
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IF YOUR CHICKENS ARE SICK,
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Especial Correspondence of the Alexis GAZETTE
WASHING ron. D. c., Sept %, 1885,
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DLACK and CoLoRED SILK MITs-A full a.
- sortment just received at ....,,,,
my3 AMOS B. sLAYMAKEBS.
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 29.-virgnias consolidated
:; psst-due coupons =; d. 10.4Os 351h; do
new IS G5 bid to-day
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DIARY sALT-HIGGINss EUREKA SALT,
IL loose and in and a Id bags just recelS eap'
ano10 j. c. MILBURS.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-03-09

4 new weapon is now used among the Aus
Tians-the Mannlicher repeating rifle It
has magazine or reservoir under the lock,
containing five cartridges, which can be fired
in quick succession. It has range of near,y
1000 yards; tie bayonet is shorter than the
old bayonet, and is really big knife. Two
army corps. consisting Of $4,000 men, are
armed with this weapon, while the whole
Austrian army is being drilled in its use.
The rifles, after being properly tested, are
delivered to the men, who Represent the en-
emy they are to slaughter by agures drawn
on targets. These are placed in the advance,
and as the men move forward they fire into
these figures, admirably adapted to practice,
since they can't fire back. Then a suppositi-
tious cavalry force suddenly sweeps down on
the left flank. This force is pictured on
long white screen, which is made to rise in
simultaneously from the ground. The officer
calls out, Cavalry from the left-n,agaziue!n
and these ''ferce huzzars" are riddled by the
Austrians. Then the men are allowed to
break ranks and run up to the screen to sea
how many have been killed.
Z 1t is pity that international questions
couldn't be settled in this way:
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ClDlG. 1ICIl lie COLI - 0'
structed machine for stitching leather, be-
fore the invention of the Howe sewing ma
chine. From 1874 he was engaged in develop
ing improvements in steam engines at Provi-
dence, r. L., by which uniformity of motion
was attained. In 1856 the Corliss Steam En-
gine company was organized. In 1872 he was
appointed centennial commissioner for Rhode
Island, and the next year submitted plan
for sils,le engine Of l 400 horse power to
move all the machinery of the exhibition 1t
was predicted that his engine would he noisy
and troublesome, but MI Corliss gave it his
personal attention, spent $4,000 upon it be-
yond theappropriation of congress, and made
it a success in every particular.
Mr.. Corliss received numerous testimonials
of the appreciation Of different governments
and associations for the benefits conferred
by his inventions. At the expositions at Paris
in 1867 and at Vienna in 1873 he received
awards, and the Rumford medal by the
American Academy Of Arts and Sciences in
1870. In 1913 he won the French Montyon
prize for that year, the highest honor for
mechanical achievements He made no ex
hibit, but was awarded the prize because the
foreign engine builders who exhibited claimed
that their engines were of the Corliss type
He was also made an officer of the Order of
Leopold by the King of Belgium. In Rhode
Island Mr.. Corliss was highly esteemed He
served in the state senate, and was urged to
run for mayor of Providence and governor
of the state, but declined
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Suggestion to Newspaper Men.

"Why do newspapers persist il the prac-
tice Of printing an article, which a man may
want to paste in his scrap book for reference,
on both sides of the paper, SO he can't use it,
when they insist that correspondents and
contributors shall write only Oh one side of
the paper g was question asked by John
Mattocks, the lawyer and politician. "It
makes me mad, just a little, to find a presi-
dents message or Bismarck's speech to the
reichstag, printed in that way. Perhaps the
editors never thought of it, but they should.
Why, few years ago I asked my tailor why
he put colored batting in my vest, which, in
case should pe,'spire or be caught out in a
rain storm, would discolor my linen. He
didn't know why he did it; it was a matter
of habit He said the entire cost of the neces-
sary batting for vest was one cent, and
white was as cheapas colored. Hehad never
thought of it before, but at once concluded
that my suggestion was a good thing, and
decided to act upon it. Thai is why make
the suggestion about news, .r. Chicago
Times
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OSCAR AND HIS FIANCEE.

III natured gossips insist that spite had
something to do with Queen Sophie's action;
that it had been the intention to marry Prince
Oscar to a near relative of Queen Victoria,
and that the legislative assembly of Sweden
refused to appropriate the money needed for
settlement and for the celebration of the
marriage, upon which his mother determined
that he should renounce his rank and marry
a commoner. Be that as it may, the queen
has charmed all hearts in Paris by her sweet
and gracious demeanor. The marriage has
some grave consequences for Prince Oscar.
By the terms Of the Swedish constitution he
must renounce for himself and his heirs all
rights to the crown Of Sweden and Norway.
In Norway he loses the title of royal highness
and Duke of Gothland, and hereafter he is
only plain Lieut.. Bernadotte. All this lie
does cheerfully for the love of the fair Miss
Munck, and his royal mother not only ap-
proves the step, but goes to Paris to assist in
preparations for the grand wedding. So it
seems that queens and princes have deal of
human nature in them as well as other folks.
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WASHINGTON STREET, MT. VERNON.
iniuring many persons. Very lew "e.e s4
killed, Sixty houses were wrecked IN ~.
Clairsytlle. Only week later (Aprli %,
storm swept from Kansas through Missouri
and into Arkansas, killing some forty per-
cons aud doing immense damage. All through
tha % season the tornado struck here and there
do;ne I comparatively little damage, ana Inc
lot Weather e.laT appropriately with tne
-r,o ,J,T xost tornado O. September. which deV
,...., brownsville aud Aat:amoras drove
the waters of the gulf far up the Rio Grande.
cansing immense overhows, DESTROYED some
50O bindings and drowned thousands OF CAV
tla and horses. Corn and cotton were dlter'
allv beaten into the muddy earth ny tne neice
Wind and rain. This is the record OF but one
r. conclusion we can only say that the
signal office gives admirable dlrectlons aa
s. ea. accone. which every dweller in the tor
nado ~. lands should caresully observe IL IS
not ,l nossible to prevent them, but 1t IS posi-
he r. save the lives of ones self ana 1amlly,
though the dwelling and other buildings 'lis' ns;,
sno" s,ne dark feature remains for the pnli-
eesonher e to study: What will be tne enessI me- Ja
sotional character of these sudden anu ue
strmctiye phenomena! Will future .1a.;,.s As
e osns T ha timid. cowardly and superst'tlons nhe M
~ wellers in those regions where deau.y
sernants az lurk by every path or tne esf'''
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MAP OF MT VERNON.

/. Baptist. Church. 2. Bank. 3. Postofae 4.
Methodist Church.
About 100 years ago tradition records it
and the timber showed its track long
after tho white settlement) tornado from
the west terminated in a 'swirl" in what is
now Putnam county, Ind; the heavy
primeval forest Of oak, walnut, beech, hick-
ory and sugar tree (hard maple was piled III
twisted masses, as when the heavily headed
wheat is "lodged" by beating storm, and
up among these masses came an immense and
brushy growth of smaller timber. The re-
suit was en- almost impenetrable jungle, in
which tho panther and wildcat survived long
after the adjacent region was brought to
high state of cultivation. As late as 1916 it
was confidently asserted that a single PAN
ther remained, and that he might often be
heard "crying like lost child in the night
and making ready totlevour all who came to
his assistance"
We need not believe all the legends that
cluster about the forests which longest retain
their wildness; but every part Of the Missis-
sippi and Ohio valleys showed, in the native
timber. traces of former tornadoes. The
pioneer treading the dense forests would he
surprised by entering on a belt of timber
totally different from that on its borders;
the trees were Tricky set and slender, the solid
walnut and ok were replaced by the softer
bass wood, and the ground was spotted with
shallow holes and little mounds, the latter OF
which were called "Injun graves" They
we're always east or northeast OF the holes
Science has shown that such, belt was the
path of q prehistoric tornado; the holes
were left where the heavy trees were up
rooted: the mounds were made by the dis
inteeration of the ''root wads."
Since the population grew dense we, un-
happily, have no need of conjecture, for the
records are appalling. The season OF 1857,
for instance, opened with fierce tornado II
Belmont county, O., which swept WIDE belt
for ten miles, demolishing 200 houses and
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MAGAZ1NE FIRE.
ing King Humbert in Italy and then 20
to drilling After completing their time
in active duty they go through progressive
state toward age and peace, in some such
fashion as the Germans. There is the terri
torial militia and the mobile militia, the first
consisting of some $40, 900 men, the second
numbering some $50 1000, exclusive of officers.
Then Italy has one of the best navys in the
world, and if some italian citizen, reduced
by adversity to keeping peanut stand in the
domain of the United States, should be con-
sidered to be wronged, the Italian govern
ment could level New York with her iron
clads before the president would have time
to apologize.
To Americans who are used to the dimin,,-
tive figures Of the United States army-some
5000 officers and men-these armies would
seem quite sufficient to take care of any
power whose citizens are not born at pre-
sent arms But Austria, the remaining
power in the alliance, not only brist]es with
bayoGets, but is adding to her force. The
infantry of the Austro- Hungarian army
comprises 102 regiments of the line, one regi-
ment of Tyrolese sharpshooters and forty
battalions of rifles. This looks quite formid-
able, even considering regiment, as With
us, only about wv men; but When we COZ
slider that the Austrian infantry regiment
consists of 1915 men and officers, and that
the single regiment of Tyrolese sharpshoot-
ers numbers II 327 men, with $50 horses and
GO carriages, q citizen of the United States
is liable to prick up his ears. The modest
designation of regiment" III the case of these
Tyroleans, whom wo have been accustomed
to consider in this country only as warb.crs,
leads one to suspect that if the system is fol-
lowed out there must be more soldiers in
Austria than there is population. But we
see how few are spared from the service
when we notice the figures of the forty rife
battalions, which consist of only l, ,229 men
each. We are led back, however, to the
former opinion by the news that Austro-
Hungary has lately added nine divisions to
her effectual force, OF nearly as many men
aa she had hQfora
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ROYALTY scoRNED FOR A WOMAN
Prince Oscar, of Sweden, and His APP
nrOaclling Marriaga.

Prince Oscar, of Sweden, and His APP
preaching Marriage.
The marriage of Prince Oscar, second son
Of King Oscar and Queen Sophie, has stirred
the romantic feelings Of the European edi-
tors; and SO they give us an extremely touch
ing narration, along with some hints not SO
fattering to the parties Queen Sophie has
lately visited Paris lit will not he forgotten
that the Bernadotte royal line of Sweden be-
gan with the French Bernadotte of the Bona
parte era), and remained there some days as
Countess Hager, according to the monarch
ical custom of travelling incognito when it is
desired to avoid official honors. Her account
of the young couples betrothal is as follows:
Mile. Munck, the princes intended, is of
very ancient and noble Swedish family,
but entirely without fortune. For her beauty
and grace she was made lady of honor in
the suite of the Princess Royal of Sweden,
and while in that position was betrothcd to
young officer of artillery, the possessor Of a
large fortune Learning, however, that her
betrothed really loved another, she with
drew from the engagement, giving ofense to
her titled friends by the act, and went into
retirement. She was soon forgiven, how
ever, and recalled to the court; and about
this time Prince Oscar, who is in the marine
service, returned from voyage around the
world and at once fell deeply in love with
Miss Munck. Knowing that he could not
marry her without renouncing his rank, she
went into retirement once more, this time
concealing her identity under the garb of
nurse in Stockholm hospital.
After period Of grief and anxiety the
prince found her there, and at length pre-
vailed upon her to accept his hand if his
parents would consent. Queen Sophie was
easily prevailed upon to assist the happiness
Of her son, but the king long remained mex
orable. He yielded only to the tears and en-
treaties of the queen, and she at once devoted
her thoughts to preparing for the marriage.
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The Switzer Annie.

The Switzer apple, one of the "Goyern-
ment Russians" imported by the United
States department of agriculture in 1862
70, has, according to as high authority as
Wick, shown itself thorough ironclad
and a remarkably fine grower both in the
nursery and orchard It is a large and
handsome red apple, and the tree is a
heavy bearer. With Wick, on light soil,
it drops u good deal of its fruit in the
course Of the season. but carries q fair
crop to maturity. Grown in northern
Vermont and Quebec, it keeps until the
holidays or later.
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MRS. AMMoy AND HER crr1.

L..
trouble for her daughter, and exacted GER
tain promises from Mrs. Ammon, the exact
nature of which does not appear.
True enough, trouble arose at once, it be-
ing claimed by interested parties that the
daughter is incompetent to manage her
estate. Josephine left Mrs. Ammon's house
the day after her mothers funeral and her
whereabouts is unknown. The case came up
in the courts, and Mrs Ammon was asked to
state whether she had communicated with
the person whom she might suppose had the
girl in charge. Mrs. Ammon refused to an
swer the question. She was given till the
next morning to consider. The next morn
ing she again refused and was fined 500 and
sent to prison until she should answer.
There she remained for several weeks, and
it'appeared at one time that her term of dur
ance might last as long as that of Miss Re-
becca Jones did in New York Miss Jones,
it will be remembered, refused to testify and
was shut up for many months. But Mrs
Ammon has now been released on bail, and
she and her friends are correspondingly
haDny
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The two opposing armies might be drawn
up on neighboring fields and pepper these
painted figures, after which the officers could
count the killed and wounded, and the gem
z.eral whose army has received the most casu-
Ialties could march up to the general of the
Hvlctors, take off his hat and surrender his
sword Then the "powers" could sign
1treaty of peace in accordance with the mag
sn1tude of the victory, and the armies could
lgo home. Such an arrangement would be
Tar more in accordance with Christian prin-
1ciples and the spirit of the age. At any rate,
when the real figures come up to do the other
part of the firing, many poor fellow will
wish that they were the old familiar target
figures who received the balls so meekly, and
who died for their country without mur-
ssapr. --s=s-z==e
Why these immense standing armies in
Europe to drain an impoverished people
why this present armament on the part of
the powers2 we ask in America, while we re-
member our own peaceful pursuit of the
arts of peace and our forgetfulness of the art
of war. The answer is plain A territory
no larger than North America is divided
among dozen or more peoples, each sprung
from a different stock, speaking different
language and many of them with disputes on
hand that they have inherited from the rob-
ber barons of the Middle Ages It is useless
for them to cry peace Situated as they are,
they must continue to play at "corners'' for
territory, and the disarmament of any one
would be signal for the others to fight over
its carcass
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THE LATE GEORGE H. coRLlss.
Tie Inventor of the Aut matte Cut on
for Steam Engines.

Tie Inventor of the Aut matte Cut on
for Steam Engines.
Mr.. George H. Corliss, the inventor and
mechanical engineer, died at his home in
Providence, R. l., on the 21st of February
last. It frequently happens that man tolls
for many years to accomplish results without
being widely known among his fellow men,
until some especial work, either by itself or
coupled with some marked event, suddenly
causes his name to become familiar. Such
was the case with Mr.. Corliss. For more than
forty years he labored in the work of perfect
ing and constructing steam engines, practi-
cally revolutionizing their construction, but
it was not till he erected the great Corliss en-
gine at the Centennial exposition in Philadel-
phia that his name became generally known.
Mr.. Corliss was born at Easton, New York,
on June ., 1917 In 1926 he moved to Green