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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

ALTHE recent Sste dsmocra.!c ccDven.
tion o! Lou!s:soa, aomo of the delegates. a
minority. Who were opposed 10 the L3uiss-
ana Lottery, toi:cd aud nominated ticket
of their owa Ths NJ ,fity Of tbs dele.
gates, amopg wacm we're enemies as wall as
friends of the lottery, remained end effected
the object for which they had been elected,
namely, the nomination OF democratic
State Ticket. Congressman Blanchard OF
LorisIena las FASTENED to declare In favor
of The boilers. But. ell the sams, Mr..
Speaker Crisp. 1t is reported, says he will
make Mr.. Blanchard chairman OF the River
and Harbor Committee. And 80 1t gee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dso. %.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, Deo. ~.
SENATE
Among the papers presented and referred
we're resolutions of the military order of the
Loyal Lsgion CT the United States urging
the completion Of navy sufficient in ships
and armament to command and enforce the
respect due the flag of this nation the world
over"
Also resolutions Of the trades ADD labor
assembly OF Danver, Col. protesting agsinst
allowing o. 8 military band, to oompste
With civilian tan6s.
Anohg the bits inroiuc,d and rtf,rred
was one to cstahl sh court OF Appeals for
the District CT Columbia, and enc to pro.
vide for the payment of bounty to D;strict
of Columbia volunteers.
a Communication from the Court oil
Gains transmitting awards In car!a'n
French spoiist!cn claims cages was present.
cd and gave RIGS TO discussion 80 to the
committee to which IL should be referred,
ST.. Mitchell end Mr.. Cockrell a,guirg that
It should 60 to the committee on claims and
Mr.. Haze and Mr. Allison stating that for
several years past the committee on appro.
p.iaticns had had jurisdiction OF these casss.
In tie course OF the discussion Mr.. Allleon
stated that the committee on appropriations
had IN number OF cases rejected or failed
to appropriate for awards made By the
court. Conspicuous among the c,ees which
the COMMITTEES had refused to recommend
appropriations for were the insurance com.
psnies' claims. He did not believe that the
government was under any Obligations to
pay the.e ancient insurance claims. he
did not consider himself bound to appropri-
ate to psy euch Awards eimply because they
wers reported by the Court OF O!alma. BE
thought that they should be referred TO the
judiciary committee to examine the dscis
ions Of the Court aud the laws rsspec i6s
them.
Mr. Mitchell coGcutred in The suggestion
end said that the awards OF the Court of
Claims were nero oerti6cations and had no
conclusiveness on the Senate or on Congress.
Mr. Cockreil expressed himself in the
same eeDse and ssid 1t was farcloal to call
them jademsn!s. They were no Judgments,
but mere fo6ings.
Finally thu mstter was referred to the
committee GA claims.
Mr. Stanford, accompanied by bis col.
league, Mr.. Feltou, advanced to the clerks
desk and took the oath Of oflioe for his new
senatorial term and then introduced sew.
rel bils Gem priaing the following: To pre-
vide the government with means sufficient
to supply the want OF sound circulating
medium. For the extension Of the exeou-
tive mansion. To encourage cooperation
In tbe District OF Columbia and to provide
for the formation OF associations for the pur.
pose OF conducting lawful buslress aud di
vidug profits. The Hcu,e resolution for 8
holiday recess from tomorrow until Tues
da7, Jan1ar; 5. was conquered In, and tten
af.sr short executive session, aud as
marx CT respect to the memory CT the late
Representative Ford, OF Michigan, Whose
6ea, dnrisg thu lass recess lad been for.
E1ally com municated from tie Hcuse.) the
Senate q. lilo sdjouGne1 I'LL Tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

at A negro meeting held in Washington
last night the police force oftbat city was cen'
deuned for arresting 6laorderly negroes and
for using necessary force when the arrest Of
negroes Is violently resisted. and the chief OF
the force Wss denounced SO democratic,
pro.slavery negro.hstiEg msj Or OF police"
One OF the speakers Acknowledged that
negro who was recently shot in Washington
by 6 policeman, had FIST fred at the officer,
and said tha. If the pistol had been in his.
the speakers hand, che bullet would not
have struck button, but would have found
the cowsrdly heart Of tho officer" In Chi
cago and New York white men ere arrested
for making suca speeches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

As STATED In yesterdays GAZETTE. the
late Senator Plumb was one Of the few re-
publican Senators bold enough and patriotic
enough to vote against the Ubiquitous Force
bill, which President Harrison even yet 80
fondly loves. By doing so he won the graf
itude Of the people OF the South, and his
memory will always be cherished by them
as that OF enc whc knowing the right had
the mao ileas. In dsfense thereof, even to
oppose hio own party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

SOUTH CAROLINA, like msoy CT The other
States, has refused TO make any epproprla-
ton for the Chicago fair, as Mr.. McMillip
would have /. called. And South Carolina
is rlghs States which have IL oney to throw
away can we'll afford to give 1t to the repub.
lican managers CT the fair referred to, but
those which have not, hsVe no right to tax
their poor people to raise money for any
such purpose.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
a Murderous Drunken Man

AURORA, Ills, Disc. %. George Mears, OF
this city, purchased revolver yesterday
and repaired to tie house OF George Worm
ley near Oswego, where Mra. Mears. who
had left him, res ded. As be entered the
housa he began fling. Mrs. Wormley was
shot in the neck aud enc son wcs struck In
the hip and badly Injured, Msars has been
babi.uaI drunkard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

Capitol from all points of the world remark
upon the appearance OF couvots at the Cap.
itol and ceosure the State authorities for
permitting it.
Both branches OF the Gsnersl Assembly
are we'll up wi b their work and when the
legislature reorgsn 10 in January the clerks
will have all tie pending bills in shape for
paIS.Ee,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

At no other season of the yeer sre coughs
aud colds 30 prevalent as at the present
time, and every sufsrer should caeck bis
complaint st once by the use Of Dr.. BULBS
Cough Syrup, and thns prevent it from lead
ing to serious lung affections.
Ahesd of all competitors is Salvation Oil
Sold everywhere. Price only 25 cent?.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
& B .ron's Last Spree.

ALgERT LEA, MINI, Dec. 22-O3car,
Baron Wedsl YArIsoury, Of Christiaus, Nor
way, died In bara here yesterday. a few
days ngo came information Of the death Of
the father aad bis own succession to tho
barony. A remittance of S. 1000 accom-
panied the letter. Thu new baron at once
went on q spree which ended In his death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
Walt Whitman,s Condition

CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. 22.-Walt Whitmsn's
condition remains practi a ? unchanged to-day
from that OF yesterday excepting that probably
be may bs sh.ly we ker because OF the small
amount Of rourishment ths. he has taken. He
has had no visitors to-day but expects his per
sonsl friend, DR.. Buckle, from Canaia, This after
noon. One Of his hyticisns. Dr.. McAlisser. who
visited him this morning reports his patient RESI-
ing as easily as could be expected for one having
lnnp affection.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

No one shou'd neglect cough, cold or
sore throat. Dr.. Bulls Cough ssrup cures
these ard prevents consumption. Price IS
cents.
Did ycu ever have toothache Z? II 80, ne
need nat tell y on how it fss Now, SAWS
ton Oil will cure tcothache, and from the
mass OF cumulative evidence we heve to
that effect, we have reason to believe that 1t
will do so every tims. Is cent?.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

SOME DOCTORS ard several newspapers at
tribute Senator Plumb's death to what they
call overwoIk. meaning thereby that his
brain was too constantly employ ed, or, IN
other words, that be thought too much.
There never was greater error, and hr.
Plumb would have died iass ss he Cid II ne
had lived all his life Ia ooscuri'y GA farm
End with no csre hu. for his crops and
his live stock. II is 80 natural for Grain
to think az It IL fer liver to secreie bile,
and that 1t does go night and day alike Is
proved by dreams, only the most vivid OF
which are remembered the next morning.
Nothing Is more common than the death OF
men OF Mr.. Plamb's age, but 1t would be
lust as correc. to say that all of them die
Of brain wcrk Gs 1t Is to attribute MIR.
P.umb's death to such cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

Mrs. Nary L. Murson was found murdered at
Shelton, Corn, last night. In her arms was II
one week old baby crying piteously. A negro
named Hawley who had been intimate with the
woman is su,pected Of the crime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
TSS
: DIED.

At Hampton, Va, December 90, 1891, in the
eighty.second year of her age, Mrs. EUPHAN
COOPER BAINBRIr C E, widow OF the late Msjor
William P. Painbridge, Fourth q. 8. Artillery,
and mother Of MIRA Charles E. Morse, of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER p.
ArA meeting of the New England sooie-

ArA mating of the New England Socle-
ty, of Brooklyn, last night, ez.Presioen1
cleveland made speech, 10 which ne sa'd 7;
"No one will deoy that the Pilgrims to
Nav England were we'll worthy OF aii tnsV
Ia dome or can be done to keep them In re-
membrsnce. And we cannot recall tnels
history and what they did and established
and what they taught without slao recalling
that there have been Pilgrims ftcm New
England who, finding their way to every
mart Of the land, have taken with than those
habits. opiuious and sentiments which. nav,
inc an early origin In American soil, snouia
he hest suited to American life everywhere,
and should be the best guarantee, IN every
situation CT the preservation, Ia thsir ,n'eg, :,
1ity and purity, IF American insiitutions'"
This is a fee country, and every man
here has an indisputed right to bis own
opinions. But the pilgrims vera full ofisms
when then went from England to Holland,
carried them back to Eog'aud With them,
brought them TO this country. ard their de-
scendsnts have inherited them. Many peg
ME lust as Wiss as Mr.. Cleveland sre
of the firm opinion that th's country would
have been saved much trouble II the pill
grims had STAYED ct home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

B. Myers was caught In the machinery of
Hurt & sons' mill, at Lynchturg yesterday,
and sustained Injuries which caused his
death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22

Professor Wilbur, the well known geologist and
mine expert, died at Aurora, Ill, last Eight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-22
NEWS ot FEB LAY.

Mr.. Hoey is said to have paid 100000 10
the eettem ent with Adams Express Conn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
THE ESCORTED Girl.
She is an Interesting Creature and You Like
Her ways-

From the Boston Home Journal.
These are the days when the escorted girl 10
prevalent lou can tell her at a glance The
girl whose brothers are accustomed 70 take
her about has an air of good fellowship which
is unmistakable. She isn't the escorted girl.
Oh, no!
The escorted girl has the conscious air Of
having just discovered that she Is desira bic.
but not having vet learned for q certainty that
she is worth while. She has the consciousness
Of suspecting that man IL her natural prev,
but of not being certain that she will get tie
chance TO devour him. She ENJOYS the sem
sation of being desired without the fun
knowledge that the desire will grow by what
il feeds on. She feels her power, but does
not quite know how 10 use Il. She tries
il, but with a slightly timid manner. She has
not yet gained confidence. There Is usually an
open attempt TO please in her manner. which
draws marked attention TO her. Ii is while
she is in this state that she gives away more Of
her real nature than she ever does later. And
il is while she is in this frame Of mind that she
comes under the head OF the girl have been
noting lately and for lack of better classinca-
ton have dubbed 1.-THE escorted girl"
There are women. L find, who never get be-
yond this stage. There are girls Of suggestive
possibilities who never realize all that they
promise for some undefinable reason. They
never grow sure of their rights. never wear
them with authority. This class Of women 10
not uncommon. 4 recolect them in NV youth.
One often made great efforts to be made ac-
quainted with them and never got any further.
They are often prettier than less attractive
girls, but lacking reality, they are only inspir-
ing to the imagination. Eemininity IL hard to
classify, however. and there is as much differ
ence OF opinion about il as about religion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

cutting the earth below you. You shoot ont of
the rough hills into smaller hills covered with
green and a second valley gives you pictures
that make you think of Italy You 70 by o
rose-colored church which was built hundreds
OF years ago upon q hill, and down in q valley
below it. you see village that makes you think
of the Austrian Tyrol. You whiz through the
village. Bare-headed women with frowsy-
headed babies on their backs stare at you.
Little girls clad only in blankets wave their
hands and a peon porter who is carrying a
great bundle on his back scowls at the train as
we dash through. You notice that this part of
the country is well cultivated. The valleys are
patchworks Of crops and the little old-fashioned
towns seemed to be filled with workers. What
queer towns they are, and how curious the
houses. They are more like huts than homes,
and their low ridge roofs Of boards are tied on
with ropes and kept steady with great rocks
placed here and there upon them. There are
few windows and no chimneys, the doors are
cotton.
Now you 60 up the mountain. The road
winds about in horse shoe curves and loops
and an hour later you are looking down thou
sands Of feet upon the village you have Just
passed through. You stop at Toluca, one of
the cleanest, prettiest little cities in Mexico,
and then go on through rich farming coun-
try till you come to Celaya. The road from
here TO San Luis Potosi is less interesting, but
at this city you find great future trading GEN.
ter OF the republic, and you go on northward
to Monterey. which is a Mexican town in the
mountains now much doomed by Americans.
and day later you find yourself in Texas and
on your way to New York. Every railway l
have passed over in Mexico have found well
built and well managed. The cars run slower
than ours do, but the roads are well ballasted
and the sleeping cars and passenger coaches
are good. ALI the roads have second and third
class carriages, and the last are patronized by
the Mexicans only. They are Of the same size
as the ordinary passenger coach, save that they
have long, uncushioned benches running
through them just under the windows, and an
other long bench with two seats and one back
runs lengthwise through the center of the
car from one end to the other. All of the men
wear big hats and all Of the women and girls
have shawls Of cotton or silk about their heads.
They are by all odds the most picturesque
travellers you see in Mexico and the only trav-
elers who represent the Mexican people.
FRANK G. CARPENTIR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
He Had Looked at the Chimney

| From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
| He was a sharper. You could see that in his
eye as he strolled up Alexander street the other
night just after tea time, and as he stopped in
| front of a house near the intersection of Gard
| ner Park and, leaning against the fence,
| who was sitting on the porch smoking and who
| was. Enthusiastically, the head-of the family YOU
could see it in every attitude and movement.
'How long since you've looked at your CHM
ney!' he asked OF the gentleman on the porch
| in a confidential manner.
The person addressed was evidently trife
| surprised. How long since I've looked at NV
chimney" he repeated in an inquiring Tone
| gancing at his wife, who was seated near by,
and then at the stranger, as if to assure
himself that he had understood the question
Alright.
'Yes, sir. said the questioner, smiling with
the confidence Of a man putting poser. "how
long is it since you looked at your chimney
| last!''
SWELL, now, don't Just remember"
81 bet you don't" said the stranger triumph
antly: but own up now, amt it at least two
| years."
Il dare say it isl
Three years, mebbe2"
Perhaps"
''Well, now, do you know that Is per cent of
| all fires in private houses have their origin in
| defective chimneys?''
Il wasn't aware that 20 great 80
VI course you weren't. And PROBABLY you
don't know that the SCOT that collects in Chin
ney contains the germs of cholera. rheumatism,
| typhoid fever, smallpox and -"
Dear me" said the lady, 'John, perhaps We
ought to have our chimneys looked at"
81 believe we had if all that this man has
| told us is true. He"
DO 1 look like an untruthful man, MADAME
said the stranger, taking of his hat and max
| ing a bow to the lady.
''Indeed you do not. And, John, think Won
ought to have him look at our chimneys."
IAN right Here, man, take this quarter
and come with me-"
But the stranger interrupted him. 'sNever
mind, old chap," he said, as he started Oh nm
the street. II looked at your chimney as I
came up. Tra-la-la. Send around for me
when you have q fire. So long, 90 long" And
he hourished his hand and glided merrily avav.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

building vas begun at both ends and more than
half the ties and rails had to be carried up the
mountains and on TO Mexico City. 1t cost IS
. rail TO bring them from Vera Cruz TO the
capital. and this was for the benefit of the
eeamsters- This same provision was adopted in
The building OF the Mexican Central railroad
that great trunk line which now runs from FL
faso over 200 miles south to Mexico City
lfe building Of IL had to be begun at both
ends. and the material used from the Mexico
City end vas shipped 70 Vera Cruz and at high
freight rates sent across this Mexican road to
the capital 1t shipped its rails and its iron
IRON England, but Its rolling stock came from
The United States The old Mexican road is
snAreiy English, though the chief director and
president Mr. Thomas Brauniff. was
born on Staten Island Of Scotcb-Irish
parents The road ia broad
gaage. and IL 10 splendidly ballasted and WILL
constructed. 1t has some Of the steepest grades
On record. and in going from the coast to
Mexico City IL rises $3.50 feet Ii had for a
time . monopoly, and 1t charged Jus. what
prices II pleased Its hrst-clsss freight rates
were at the start e76. and when the freight was
carried by passenger trains the rates we're s97
. ton For . long time ii charged over 10 cents
. mile for passenger fares, and it now charges
mere than s. 1t IL capitalized at $40. OOO. coo
and understand that 1t pays dividends on this
capitalization
IL has reduced Its rates since the organization
Of the Mexican Central and now that the Inter
Oceanic lie completed, it will have to make still
further reductions
TIES OF sTEL AND KBoSY.
This Mexican railroad has steel ties and Mex
leo has perhaps. the most costly ties in its rail-
roads tina. you viii find anywhere in the world
The Mexican Southern, which is being built to-
ward Tehuantepec, uses no other kind than
steel. and the Tampico division Of the Mexican
Central has ties Of ebony and mahogany. The
snssf objection 70 the ebony ties is that il is SO
hard TO drive the spikes into them. and it is al
most impcssibss to get them out when they
want TO change the rails. The steel ties are not
e expensive as il would seem. They cost from
" cents to 81. Mexican. when laid down here;
and this is from 30 to so cents
American They are hollow plates of
seei about three-eighths of an inch thick,
eas isugsh Of an ordinary tie and about four
inches wide When turned upside down they
toek IKE trough, and the earth is packed in
and around them They seem to make q very
orm tie and hold the rails perfectly. Oak
Ties cost from IS cents to 81 in Mexico.
Cedar ties cost about ellis, and almost
any kind Of q tic 10 worth so cents. The
lAtss-0csanic has steel disks with . cross piece
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
He Thought Only OF His Family.

From tine Cnlcago tribune.
The road was uneven and there were numer-
Gus sharp curves, and as the train was running
at high rate Of speed it was anything but
comfortable for the passengers. Sometimes it
actually seemed as though all the wheels on
one side of the Pullman were of the rail at
once.
This didn't serve to put any Of the passengers
at ease, but it seemed to have a particularly
bad effect on . little old fellow near the middle
of the car. He grew more and more nervous
with every jerk Of the car, and finally called
the porter to him.
flow soon will We reach place where can
send a Dispatch" he asked.
"'Bout ten minutes, seh." was the reply,
"All right. Bring me telegraph blank"
1t was brought and he hastily scrubbed the
following message to New York broker:
'Sell all my stock in x. and z. road at ono.
and at any price you can get"
"You don't seem to have much confidence in
the road" said the man in the next seat. who
had read the dispatch over the little mans
shoulder.
"I haven't" was the terss reply.
"yOu don,t think it has much Of . future,
apparently"
Future be hanged" returned the little
man II was thinking Of the present and my
"Your familyv' exclaimed the stranger.
''What has your family got to do with it?'
Everything, my friend, everything" ex-
planned the little man, and IL you were any
thing Of q hnancier you'd see It. I've got to
ride 200 miles on this road yet and how would
it look for my family to sue the road for dam
ages that IL secured would practically come
out Of my estate2 No, sir. I'll allow this dis
patch twenty minutes to reach New York and
I'll allow the broker twenty-five minutes TO
dispose of the stock. II this blamed car keeps
the rails for forty-nvs minutes more some one
else will be stuck for damages II I climb the
golden stairs. And II she holds the rails
back II want It and 60 back BY another
road"