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Sharp County record., 1888-08-09
COPY YOUR LETTERS.
Good Advice for Young Authors as Well as
Business Men.

Good Advice for Young Authors as Well as
Business Men.
Keep a copy Of all important letters,
and especially Of all articles designed
for publication. If you have not time
to correct your manuscripts, keep them
at home till you find time; they arc
safer in your hands than in an editors.
When you send any thing for publica-
ton. do not expect to see it again. You
might as well expect an editor to hunt
up a last years snowflake as a letter or
article that came months ago, and
which is forgotten, destroyed or buried
beneath the food Of matters that come
pouring in upon him day after day.
But can not an editor return an ar
ticle which he does not publish? p
Certainly, provided you wish it re-
turned the same day, and without be-
inc read But if YOU want him to read
IL. he must have time-say, from six
weeks to ten years; and by that time
he will probably have so many impa-
tient letters to answer about that
missing manuscript that he will not
be likely to find time to look for it or
examine it. Keep q copy, and save
trouble.
Editors like to receive appropriate
articles, but to ask them to read, pre-
serve and return articles which they
do not want. never asked for, and can
not use, is to ask them to consume
their time and strength in fruitless la
bors, to the neglect of their own prop
er duties. So, good friends. write all
you please, but be sure and keep q
copv.-Fa1m and FireSjde.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09
Cremation and Crime.

If cremation becomes popular it will be
a great boon for poisoners and other muir
deres who dispose of their victims in such
a manner as to leave no outward indication
Of crime having been committed. 1t
frequently happens that several weeks.
and perhaps months, elapse before sus
picion is fastened upon the murderer, and
then it is necessary to exhume the remains
and hold a pOst-mOrtem and inquest in
order to prove the cause of death. In case
OF cremation this would be impossible In
the Maxwell case, for instance, the little
chloroformer would in all probability have
escaped hadit not been possible to disprove
his testimony, that he was treating Preller
for disease which rendered an operation
necessary by exhuming the remains and
making an examination. The theory was
a plausible one and would have had great
weight with the i'lry.-St. Louis Globe Demo.
erdt
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09
THE IMPORTED STYLE
Laundry Work as 1t Is Peri9r'n'p
ponents of the Latest ho"''

LdunuIN w bIh - ~ - a.,
ponents of the Latest Modes
This is a subject that is cao
Lvoided by some Of our mo''
nent writer's Of Housekeeping u
Knowing there must be some
reason for the omission We
cautiously to furnish few nln'
concerning the mystery 5poA'r
the importers themselves a'
and i'nin''
The clothes should be all
into the wash-tub without any y, Y !.
for their kind or degree lT
Iuged with soda and any and a, ".
pounds warranted to take ou'
without labor. ,.,g.
The next day the clothes 'l q,
drawn from this and passed to 'l'I
tub to be "rinSbed. y
Blueing and starching loliU ~,
when the articles are hung ID ... ~.
yard. the sun and wind are eAp'
complete the unfinished work ~.
The most high-toned imPor~ 1I,, r.
not actually iron clothes. The, : !,
them off, Or press them ,,,, (
them out of the kitchen ana OD'
way as fast as possible "A
The only comfortable way - d h
laundry work is that sugses,.or ..,,
silence Of the ones in AUTHORITY. y.
Hire one of the importer ,sli,.
latest styIe of "washtn and I%I y I,
on the days that she is ensager ,Sen ! /
mystical rites fee the hl''n'-
would a pestilence. and
Stay upstairs and in fear rorr rnr
bling sew up the holes IN m
bands stockings, and fastou n. h
tons on your husbands saLr,' L ussI
style importer wrug of the ""
fore. lin q
Or sit down and write PLAIN I
cal articles on laundry anu
work. that the minds Of young 5.lgior.
keepers may be put to conl's,o iron
that you may wiring shekeIs lloe roo
fding editors to repay tine i@ nup.
style importer is maklnslitc lite!
and unrebuked- in your nSl
Era LoUeH Carson, IN Ji''''
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09
SONG OF THE KITCHEN QUEEN.

come and GO from place to place,
With Independence airy;
II things don't please, ask no grace,
And make no 'engthy tarrN
FOR places, ne, arc easy got,
i anu walYs all around me;
.anu Jay ~ day me Ladies' trot,
- 9rng when they've found me.
put the wages up and up,
and take my worl5-days lightly;
And twice a week I'm out to sup
I1CW be treated rightly.
smash the dishes, burn the meats.
And will not wash or bake, ma am;
Idon't know how to get up Sweets
And never make a cake, ma am.
And yet you know you're mine for life.
You'll give me up? Oh, never!
For every girl that's made wife
Depends on me forever.
For men may come and you'll say yes"
Or 90, and leave you pining;
And still you will not learn that dress
Should second be to dining
And so 7 bend with regal sway
The grand domestic lever;
II is the nineteenth century way,
And it will last forever
Ever
Ishall reign forever.
-AriStiHe anderson, in Time.
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

-Alligators are steadily decreasing
in number under the onslaught made
on them in the last lev years, and the
animal will have to pe Initiated by
something else in o. to secure the
genuine alligator'le
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

According to the testimony OF
whaling captains the use OF steam yes
sells has been the ruin of the Greenland
whale fishery. The noise of the steam
engines so frightens the whales that
"they are receding farther and farther
into the ice whittier it is impossible to
follow them
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

WHEN you do any thing from a clear
Judgment it ought to be done; never shrink
from being seen TO do it, even though the
world should misunderstood it.-Epictetua
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

forgotten n sr . :, prsac sc
witt with .ysainn... you, Wha, h
nine o'clock, be aoI. 'ne D1Ay /
Farmcr. aa. me'
why, bless VT pe,, Ifsrt'
dis yera totygraf ail44, ,sSr, snSn
It makes ycre look to, y i, 'Snyitss
dan YOU is. Oats all E9aa I, "a
/ needn't git annoder tooka n !
ueE' ten Vars. See. --Dc.ni , yea
Press. ights
Mr.. McDudc-"What a Fn COZ
thing is space, Miss Ethel! d wn,
mensity of it quite fills my wn q
Miss Ethel (sarcastically1- She y
should imagine. Mr. McDuis ngs,
the nature Of your conyersatim cum
blizzard stood between them ddle
the remainder of the voyage ce I
A little Auburn boy who neh
,r4,,. bis orardfatber.'s cupsidr lape
..lI-,,a+, .oIor,, ofYors this il TX 81
phv: "When | grow up | shall sno
tobacco. and have my Little boz OFT
after the cuspidOr. Then he vi cs1'
r.,.;.t,,, yo,,.,o las
~'i'"' ~, r.,iab Ugh
-Molhef- l o"' l7''i'H' ''uA Il
YOU not for to 20 outen dat "a
Isaiah-.I didn' do it, NANNY 4
I didn'." Mother-"Den how aon
come pIayin' in de street when % oor
you not 90 outen the gate" la No No
Il climbed ober de fence. -H e
Toung People. IA,
First Tramp-"Well, how
did ye get out Of the felly"
Tramp-"Faix, only enough u
silf." First Tramp-"And is %
way yer stand in wild me, Ma J
Second Tramp-"Smc, all Vi y h
a kick. Ye can take yer share O i
if ye want it. Life.
You seem thoughtful this
ing, Bobby said the minlsie,
was making call. "Mr Ooo.
inquired Bobby, rousing u
"what is a vocabulary?' Ihe
ter kindly told him. 81 heard
morning" Bobby explained
didn't know what it meant M'
she had no idea what vocaoul@
had until she heard him taxing
the parlor stove. '-HarPcrS Da"
Sharp County record., 1888-08-09

was
scande.s w.
earthly
with thiv
the fTa
the UIaJeauI OF -.-
his army rercating-
awful SHOWS Of Russia
o.. -,..-,.-,,,,, ,I wi n -hig o..
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system
I'd better
me beforeIl
-Absent-r
Office Boy
house and te
forgotten N
with You. A.
and continues:
nine O'ciGH!E
FaYTIlCr
"Why bic
dis yGre tOtYgI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-13

they scattered ard were soop lost in g dense
forest a few miles from town. While there
is no danger of the regulators doing any of
their work within the city limits, they have
already sent notices TO farmers living in The
adjacent townships. Dlfarce, Napoleon,
Perrysburg, Maumee have each been visited
although no actual outrage wac attempted.
The skull and cross bonee with the represen.
tation of a bowie knife beneath, is q fsvorite
sign of the order in this vicinity. AT Ma
poleon, a notice bore the words God hates
liars and perjurers and adulterers. The
White Cappers are the Lords chosen people
to wreak ont his vepgence on the wicked
and unjust" The people are becoming
much alarmed.
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From Washington

[Special Correspondence OF the Alexs. GAzETTs]
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Dec. IS. 1883.
From consular reports received at the
State Department it appears that the great
influx Of foreign criminals and paupere
to this country is chiefly due to the agents
of transportation lines in the several Eu-
ropean countries.
a South Carolinian here 10 day says the
petition offered in the S,nate by Mr..
Chandler the other day from alleged bull
dozed voters in his State must be a hoax on
that Senator, as there being no opposition
to the democratic ticket in the district re-
ferred to at the last election there was no
need of bulldozing.
Messrs. Reed, Agnew and Reardon, of
Alexandria, appeared before a sub.commit-
tee of the Senate Finance Committeeto day,
composed of Senators Allison and Hiscock.
Mr.. Reed made a strong argument in favor
of so amending the tariff bill now before the
Senate as to provide for such a reduction in
the tariff on sugar imported in hogsheads
as would increase the West India demand
for shocks, and thereby revive an American
industry that has almost been destroyed By
reason of the cheap bagging in which sugar
is now imported, and which is obtained in
England.
Col. Clark, Clerk Of the House, says the
next House will certainly be republican by
one majority, aud will be by five if the
Governors of West Virginia and Tennessee
give certificates of election to the repuhli
can candidates in each one of those States
who are claiming them.
From Mr.. Ridd eberger's action in the
Senate to day it is apparent that he does
not intend 10 let his party allies have the
most agreeable Of times during the now
short period he will remain among them.
He interrupted the proceedings several
times for the purpose, it wss understood, of
introducing a resolution for the considera-
tion of the British exfradition treaty In open
session. During these Interruptions Mr..
Berry, of Arkansas, was in the chair, and
sailed him to order, as it was not the proper
time for the Introduction of resolutions.
Persistins, however. Mr. Iogslls resnm
ed the chair, raped Mr.. Riddleherger
TO order, directed him to take MS seat, and
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After the transaction of some routine busi-
ness the House proceeded to the considera-
ton of the Oklahoma bill.
Generation of the White Caps.

TOLEDO, O Dec. ia man named Mar
tin, living a few miles from Bowling Green,
received notice from the White Caps early
in the week that if he did not go to work
and support his family, ho would meet pun
| ishment at the hands OF "Wood County
VigilaDtes." Martin paid no attention to
the notices and Tuesday evening as he start
ed for homo in an intoxicated condition he
was seized by . band of masked men and
taken into the woods. A rope was tied
around his neck and one end thrown over e
limb. He began TO pray. Twice the men
cut the prayer short by drawing their victim
up until he dargled in the air. Then they
stripped him, tied him to a tree and applied
beech switches until his back was q mass Of
bleeding flesh. His clothes were then re-
placed and ne was taken home, where he
now lies sick. A few days sgo q mar nam
ed Miller, living at Leipsic, received q notice
similar to one sent 10 Martin. He paid no
attention 20 it, thinking it was q practical
Joke by some OF his Deiehbors, but learned
OF his mistake too late. He was visited ear
~ in the week By White Caps, taken from
the house aad numerically dashed. At
Fostorla notices were posted q week ago
and when they were torn down by those 10
whom they were directed, others were sent.
General notices addressed "To whom it may
concern were tackled on the trees in trent
of ex Governor Fosters residence and the
yards of other prominent c~itizans. For ten
days The thing was regarded as a great hoax,
and every one ridiculed the idea of White
Caps yisitirg Fostoria. TUESDAY night a
bapd of men, mounted ana equipped 10
White-Cep cuff, dashed through tho town.
An alts:p?l aaa made io foiloS them, but
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told him il he did not do so he would send
for the ssrgeant-at-arms and make him.
Mr.. Riddleberger then left his seat
and d sappeared 10 the cloak room.
In a few minutes, however. he returned and
took his seat,and Senator Vance having that
moment concluded his speech, Mr. Riddle
berger arose, made E rambling statement
about the occurrences of the morning, and
characterized the action OF the President pro
ter. as a threat to call In the police to sup
press hiu. He then reiterated his COM
plsinl about alleged advantage taken OF tenn
poraty absence of Senators to slur and put
of' morning business, and proceeded to insist
upon ticking up his motion for consideration
of the British extraditi0n treaty IN pubic
session; but he was declared out OF order
and took his seat. He remain ed quiet only
a moment; then going over to the demo
cratic side, talked earnestly with Senator
Vest. and soon afterward left tho chamber,
the sergeant alarms in the meantime keep
iny his eye upon him, and evidently ready
10 execute the order of the Chair 10 seat
him. Half an hour later MIR. Riddleberger
re-entered the Cham Der, and in%terrupting a
speech by Mr.. Vest, submitted a motion re
oliriug that OH the day after the holiday
recess the members of the Senate shall pro
coed 10 reorganize that body. meaning, of
course, the deposition of Mr.. Iogalls from
the position Of president pro tenn. The mo-
ton was received and laid over under rules.
Mr.. R;ddleberger then departed from the
chamber.
Representative Yost being asked to-day what
he thought of the statement that Mr. Blaine had
told Col. Parsons, of Virginia, that he had called
| President-eloct Harrison's attention to his
| (Blsine's) policy advocated in his book, Twenty
years in Congress" 10 settle the State debt of Nir-
ginia, and that the President elect was most fa'
vorably struck with the idea and would give such
a measure his support as the Chief Executive, as
q means to make friends in Virginia -? replied that
such an idea was Col. Parsons hobby, but that he
! Yost, didn't have much confidence in its success
Representative Martin. of Texas, was fined five
dollars in the police court here to-dsy for assault
ing a reporter for the Star, of this city. Mr.. Msr
tin attempted no defence.
The passage Of the direct land tax bill by tbs
House yesterday was announced in the GAZETTE
OF that day. The vote of the Virginia delegation
upon it was as follows: Ayes. Messrs. Bowden
Bowen, Browne, Brown and Gaines, republicans
Lee and O'Fcrrall, democrats, and Hopkins
knight of labor no, Mr.. Wise, democrat not vot
ing, Mr.. Yost. republican. As the bill was at
late hour amended, it will 90 to a conference
committee. 1t is generally expected that it vii
DO vetoed by the President.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

DR.. John S. Guyer, q prominent physician
of Middletown, Frederick county, died last
Sunday.
Mr.. Henry Fairfax, OF Loudoun caulty,
killed q hog last week, the net weight Of
which was 740 pounds.
Not q dollar in coupons Tor the payment
of taxes for the current year in Frederick
county and Winchester has been presented.
John T. Davis, for many years q promi-
nent citizs of Lynchburg, was stricken
with paralysis on Tuesday and died in a few
hours.
A fire on the farm Capt. Chas. W.Koon'z,
in Clarke county, one night last week
burned several head of horses, a large guam
tity Of hay, farming utensils, &c.
Among the nominations sent to the seuste
Yesterday for poslmasters were Richard j.
Halter, Marion Robert H. Jones, Martins
VILE. and James II. Rndeffer, Woodstock,
ali ia Virginia
Ia tie Uaited States Court ct Norfolk
yesterday a true bill WAS fouud against
Udited States Supervisor John F. East for
violating the election laws, and Judge OF
Election c. G. Small was acquitted.
At yesterdays meeting Of the stockhold
ers Of the West Point Terminal Company 10
Richmond the directory was increased from
Is to Is This increase was authorized with
the view of giving one of the new places to
Mr.. Geo. Gould, the eldest son of Mr.. jay
Gould. The latter, it is understood, has q
large interest 10 the Terminal Company, and
his son is to be- put in the directory to rep
resent his father's interest.
The schooner Sis Church, bound from
Cape Charles to Norfolk, went ashore in the
storm CD Tuesday night last between Ocean
View and Lynn Haven bay, and Captain
Frank Eaoch, Mate James Harris, and two
Portuguese seamen were lost. One of the
crew saved himself by swimming ashore.
The schooner keeled over about two huD-
dred yards from the shore, and the bodies
of the captain and three men could be seen
dashed in the rigging, where they persisted
By the surf beating over and drowning them.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Vice President elect Morton is visiting
President-elect Harrison at Indianapolis,
Tod.
The Philadelphia City Councils appro-
pirate SIS, 600. 900 q year for municipal pur.
poses.
Elzsy Morton, q colored boy four years of
age, was burned to death yesterday in Bal
timore.
Complete returns from West Virginia show
an average maj ority Of $50 for the Cleveland
electors.
Mr.. Newton Benedict, for many years
passport clerk of the Department of State,
died yesterday morning in Washington.
The directors of the East Tennessee Rail
road have reelected Samuel Thomas preai-
dent, and Calvin S. Br.ce vice. president.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
PAW will elect a new vice.president and
adopt 3 number of new plans of manage
ment.
When the tariff bill WAS under discussion
10 the Senate yesterday, q proposition from
the democratic side to admit cotton ties free
OF duty was defeated b5 9 party vote.
In Baltimore yesterday the Jury 10 the
case Of Stephen Conroy, who killed his
IlUiUeE hDu L hltiCh DGuuUii i-Su AVON
Years morning, brought in q verdict OF
guilty Of manslsughter, with a Recommended
ton OF mercy.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Caroline
Schmidt, aged twenty-!hree. of New York,
while inssne. threw herself from q fourth.
story window with her tWo children, three
years aud two years of age. One was in
stantly killed, and the other and his mad
mother badly injured.
The United States ships Galena and YAM
tic, forming Admiral Luce's expedition to
Hayti to demand the release of the Ameri.
can steamship Haytian Republic and 10 set
tie personal claims of American citizens
against the Haytian government, sailed at 3
y. m. yesterday from the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Some excitement vas created in Annapo-
lis last night by q report that forty dredging
vessels contemplated an attack upon the
sloop Folly. Off Hackett's Point. Gov.
Jackson requested aid CT the naval depart
ment and several officers of the Naval Acad-
envy volunteered their services. No lives
were lost in Mondays engagement in the
river.
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OFFICIAL.

AN okDlSANcEto appropriate on. of the row..
OF the city = sum sufficient to perfb 'el'a'
city. '0'A'ot tbi
Be it ordained, Tnat the sum Of eleven h,..
and fifty four dollars be, and the sam Naa'j
appropriated ont of the revenues Of tho "sIs1g
fiscal year for the payment of the cost NJ rte'rn'
haustCr lately erected at the Gas worss Of II \, "
2 This ord lance shall be in fro ir,n ,
after lis passage. '"i
Passed Common Council December n ,
JOHN T. SWEENEY. pre.t5
Passed Board of Aldermen Decem6sr II I'M
w. 81. MARBUEY, Preside, -'7'
Approved December -, 1888.
f. F. DOWNHAM. Magor
Teste: JAMES R. CATION. Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-13

Mr.. REAGAN, in the U. S Senate yester-
day, said one of the chief causes of Mr..
CIeveland's recent def-at was his civil SEW
ice reform policy. The Texas Senator never
uttered a more patent truth, and it is attest
ed By Mr.. Edgerton, the chief of the civil
service com mission. who p%ronounces the
existing civil service reform a humbug, and
SAYS but for it Mr.. Cleveland would now
be making arrangements for his secord
inauguration instead of for leaving the
White House.
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A New Belgian Minister.

WASHINGTON, Dec 18-The Department
of State has been officially informed by Mr..
Baunder den elsbroeck. the Belgian minister
to this country, that be has been appointed
minister to Spain, and that Mr.. GARNER
H-ldwier has been chosen to succeed him in
the United States.
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Fire.

PROVIDENCE. R. L, Dec. 13-Jast before
eight o'clock this morning a fire occurred in
William Sweeney's mattress and furniture
shop. Two aud probably three persons will
lose their lives from injuries they received
before making their exit from the building
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Prize Efoht.

NEw YORK, Dec. IS -"Whitey" Ryan,
of Brookly n, and Jim Farrell, of Philadel-
phia, engaged in a prize fight near Pelham,
this morning. Farrell was knocked cut In
nine rounds according to Marquis of Queens
berry rules. A purse OF $3.50 was awarded
the winner.
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Formally Removed.

New YORK, Dec. 13.-Haytian Consu!-General
Bassett wss formally removed from office this
morning. The official papers of his discharge ar
rived here yesterday by the steamer olaribel,
from Kingston.
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Will not Appoint the Republican
POstlmas terS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Postmaster General
Dickinson to-day said to an Associated Press re-
porter thatn no eaignations of postmssters had been
or would be accepted that are made for tho purpose
of forestalling the action of the incoming admin
i,t a.ion, by tho appointment of republicans.
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Secret Societies i'm Russia,

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 13.-Secret societies
with extensive rsmiacations, composed of young
Society which ilourished prior to 1949, have been
discovered in Russian Armenia. Their object is
to rebel against Russian rule and to establish an
Armenian union and independence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-13

THE PERFECT accord AMI friendly rela
tions existing between Messrs. Harrison and
Morton recall the painful memories Of the
contrary condition that existed between
Mr.. Cleveland and the late Vice. President
Hendricks.
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Sentenced To- be Hanged.

New YORK, Dec. 13.-Judgo Cowing, of the
Court of General Sessions, to-day sentenced John
Lewis, a colored man, to bo hanged on February
1st. Lewis was convicted lately of murder in the
first degree in shooting and killing his mistress,
Alice Jackson.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Adjourned.

Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND, Dec. l3-The Court of APP
peals. in session at Richmond, adjourned
for the term to-day. No decision was
reached in the case of Marshall vs. the
Farmers and Mechanics Saving Bank Of
Alexandria.
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Objections Withdrawn.

LONDON, Dec. 13-It is learned that Persia has
waived her objections to the appointment of a
Russian consul at Meshed and that the Car will
send 8 consul there ct once.