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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
gaWs OF TEE Bay.

Secretary Blaine is thought IN Nsw YORK.
to be about to enter upon an active CANVASS
fos tbs presidential nomination.
Mr.. Edward S.sbler, jr., read paper ts-
fore the Taxpayers AIS 1cation in Baltimore
last night on vitrfe1 brick az tho read reg
of the future.
Mr. Sserrest III. Kim and Mr. G. D PEI.
oimar sEy !hs Baltimore and Oaio will COZ.
.!nue 10 fight for !ts pisce on the directory
CO tie o ,ia and MiEslsslepi Rsilrcad.
a combustion Of the Crisp. Springer and
Hatch forcss against those of BILLS and Mo
Mlilu FOR the House of Representatives
speekership ia talked Ct IN Washlr g,on.
Tgala Sanso. toe Japanese policeman who
attempted to ssasssioste the CzareEitcn OF
Ruseia a. O:su lest May. died recently in
the peni'ontiarg al Kushiro, H3kadIde.
The report OF Prof. T. Msnaerhail, o5!of
OF the U. 8. Geodetic aud Coast Su,vsy on
the Indiana Ohio boundary, shows That leo
square Diles Of Indiana territory belongs TO
Oslo.
Isaac B. Sawtslls has 60. fsssei % the
murder Of bis h-otner Hiram, wtosa asad-
less end armle55 BODY VA found buried in
tbs Maine woods q yfar ago laet spring.
I.aao has been fouad guilty OF nusder in
the frat degtee io tho Safe OF Nay Ramp.
shire, Gnd bss beaa sen!ouc'd 10 be hanged
on Jan. s. 1892
TheP Postmaster Ger erel yesterday issusi an
order directing that ell prom otions CT clerks
In the fifty postcficss now under tao ci7i!
service law and rules ba msde ong sfey 9
competitive examination. This is, IL effect,
en- exten!ioa CT tho system established for
promotions 10 the Postoffice Department in
Washington, July /, 1891,
George ". Mckee, msj IT Of oEdr aaco, U.
s. army. who has been In command CT the
Frankfo7d Arsenal. Philedelrhis, about a
year, died Monday night ct the arsenal OF
nioP ordnance officer st Winchester, Va, to
1866, and was OF temporary duty 10 L7u!s.-
ana and Texas In 1S65-1S69.
Gov. Ncgthen, of Georgia. he's written 3
letter indcrsing tie wing OF the Farmers
Alliance which Is opposed to the eub-.rsas.
n.o echeme. although prominent sill.
acos man, Gov. Ncrthen has commended
since the dag Of hia Inauguration that tho
democratic party wRs good enough for him
and that the third party agitation was sensa-
less and absurd.
The election just held In Mississippi wsa
the last, excepting for Presidential electors,
which will be held until the autumn oi1S95.
Tho reason for this Ia. according to tbs rew
constitution. S.ste aod county officers are
elected for four years. and tho terms OF the
present Governor end other S;ate cl[issrs
hsvo baen extended to 1896 Mississipp! 10
therefore 10 1t for good, long rest from pr
litical excitement.
Edgsrd M. Field. VITO wrecked the G;m
of Field, L'ndley. Weohers & Co, OF New
York. who has stripped his father, Cyrus W
FiaId, Of ell pcssesaions, house end lands
aud securities, and rp,n whoee life there is
al Insurance OF 500 000. has attempted sui
eide. II what manner he aought to kill
himsalfis not recited r the papers or which
hs was committed yesterday to Vernon
House, a. Mount Vernon. as dangerous
ma6msn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
Murder and Suicide.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.-samuel rolak aged
81 yta 8, proprietor of restaur Int On Washing
ton avenue, shot his wife this morning, then
placing the revolver at his own head fired and
fell dead. The woman WAS removed to the Penn
sy.vsria ho5pit.l where her conditi,r is pro-
nounced prtc,rious. Jealously /, said to have
been the cause of the trouble. The couple have
had csnsi Ierabe difficulty OF late and Cross sui.s
sganst each other for assault AMI battery were to
have came up in court this morning. The womsn
was dressed in her best clothes and 1t Is supposed
was about to start for court when new quarrel
sroso which ended ia the shooting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

sEcRETAaY NOBLE, In his annual report
recommends thai lhe goverDment OF tnls
country take charge Of the proposed IN
tsr.oosan canal anrcss the isthmus OF MICA
rsgua. The territory from the ncrthern ez
tren;tv of Alaska to the Bio Grande Is sboul
az much as any government can well iooA
after and sske csre OF. end Why Mr. Noble
wants thst OF this carntry to assume ccn'ro
Of more, aod that, too, within the jar!solc'
tion OF country with which his own 10 Of
peace, he knows better than anybody else
General Washington advised bis country
mon 60 avoid al! foreign entapglementa, and
wise as TIA mar who rstsirs Mr.. Raum may
be, bis meat ardent admirers don't pretend
TO believe that he is q wiser man than the
Father Of his Country
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
ALeeislature at Stake.

Tn, Kings county election returns. tie last t,
come in, have been tabulated, aud the list is now
complete for the action Of the New York Board Of
Cauyassers, VIII will meet in Albany to DAY.
The revised statutes provide that 'the Board
shall have power to adjourn from diy to dsy fer
term not exceeding five days" This limits their
session to the following Tuesday, A mandamus
has been issued By Judge Edwards as Trey at the
instance of prominent republicans, requiring the
State Board OF Canyassers to chow cause before
him on Saturday why it should not be restrained
from caRvassng Datchess county returns and Civ
ting the certificate to tho democrats
The State board OF canvassers mst to-day at al.
bsny when another o1dsr by Judge Longdon was
served on the boar1 grsnting a stay of proceed
ing in reference to ths Steuben county count.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

THE PROTECTIVE tariff has bseu in opera.
ton for thirty gears. During that time the
rich have grown richer and the poor poorer,
SO that now nearly all the wealth Of the
whole couDtry has been concentrated In the
hands Of few people. mes'ly In the North.
AZ no change could possibly be fer the woree,
why wouldn't |. be we'll to try low tariff for
while, just to sea what would DO the effect.
Every laborer in tie protected iadustriss
knows that the protective tariff does not in-
crease his wsges, but he, 90 vel! es every
body else, knows that 1t increases the price
of tbs necesssrlas Of life. Therefore nobody
would be hurt By thu change, though the
profits OF few rleh people would be re-
duce5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

STRANGE AS 1t msy seem, there are some
white republicans in this congressional dis
trlct, and, stranger still, some Of them are
farmers. They sill admire Senator Allison,
OF Iowa. Aud yet Mr.. Allison. rank repub-
llcau as he is, in public speech, said "the
protective tariff affords the farmer practi.
caly no protection ct all, as the market
price OF bis products is fixed by the price
whch ti, surplus brings In London, where
1t is Ia competition with that produced By
the pauper labor Of the rest OF the world"
What the American farmer nesds ia free
trade-!bsrty to buy in the cheapest and to
sell In the dearest market.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

q GRAND JURY ct Chicago has just indict-
cd ssvsn railrssd men for violating the In.
te.s.sse commerce Law by varying freight
charges. Why, all railroads vary snon
charges, and cannot help doing no. Bat
railroad mansgers ere wise people and tz
;hsir charges az low SIS possible, knowing that
the lower the charges the mere business, and
consequently the more profit. The less the
government interieres with the business OF
the country the better for 1t and for the peo'
pie, too. The Interstate commerce law was
passed nomiually 10 the interest OF the farm
erg, but If any farmer has been benefited by
1t, he has not as yet said 80. The Interstate
commerce commission, as we'll as many 9th.
err high-p,iced government commissions,
should be abolished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
ALEX A N d b A. "A
wzDNEsDAY EVENING. DFCEMBER 2.
Nh NOZZLE. President Harrison's Score

ME- NOBLE, President Harrison'a score
tary OF the 1otesicr, approves tbs census 70,
ports made by Commissioner Porter ana
eays the honesty of the work done BY Mr.
Porto, Will compare favorably With that OF
any similar work either In this or any otnef
country. According TO the testimony CT
many other people equally as we'll informed
and whose reputation for reliability is az
least more generally reoogniz,d than thai OF
Mr.. Noble, Mr.. Porter's work he's not only
ocs. double the SUN of the last census, but is
By 10 means as accurate. 10 one city alone
he failed 20 sname,a:e no less than 2oo OOo
people, and wherever else bic returns nave
bsan tested thsy have beea iauad Incorrect
But The endorsement of q man who endorses
Commissioners Raum as Mr.. Noble does oy
rsteiains hic, ns toe disburser OF hundreds
OF millions CT dollars 9 year, Is not worth
much.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

JUST BEFORE the recent elections, Score
tery Rusk, the famous FARMERS friend"
aud ell tie ether rank and partisan repuolt'
caus, asserted thst both Germany and
France had removed the restrictions on the
importation ef American meat. and that
there being consequently an enlarged mar
kes for such msst, there would necessarily
bs greater demand and higher prioe for
1t, all to the benefit OF the American farmer
Now that thu election is over. 1t appeara
that With freight and duty added, American
meat is dearer In Germany than German
meat, and that 10 France the 'luty on Amer.
ieaa meat i, absolutely prohibitory. But
Secretary Rusk still poses ss the Farmers
Friend"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
Smothered to Death

DETROIT, Dec. About two o'clock this
morning Ere brckc ou. In tie grocery store
OF George ]. Refs. eud communicating 10
toe dwelling hou,e overhead sno.hered to
death Charles Rsla, sgad %. and hls broth
ers, Josie and E Idle, eyed II and z years.
Twn other children and hired girl escaped
by Jumping out Of the windowe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

THERE ARE physicians and physicians, but the
Philadelphia medico whose assertion that Mr..
Blaine, whose sge is now over three score years.
will be in batter trim physically Dix months from
this time than he is now, has been published far
and wide, is pleasant gentleman, to ssy the
least. And, what's more every body, except the
Harrison men, hope that what he ssys may prove
true. No man the republicans could nominate for
President would suit the democrats better than
Mr.. Blaine, fer none could be more vulnerable
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

There Ia the most intense excitement
throughout the Bed Rlver Valley over the
order Just issued by the Great Northern B.
B. warning farmers to yaosts land belonging
to the company by Dso. 10. There Ia dan.
ger Of bloodshed unleas the railway reeedss
from its position.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

TIE MAKERS OF maple ,ugar in Vermont, wto
have no foreign competitors, will be paid one
hundred thousand dollars SIS bounty on their this
years crop. Mr.. Edmunds, it will be remem.
bared, said he would not vote for tho McKiolsy
bill unless it should contain provision fer a
bounty on msple sugar. Such provision was
inserted, the bill passed by counted not legal
msiority, the Vermonters got 100000, and
the other people of Che country gos-left.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

PLUCKY GIRLs.-several months ago
Ernest schm!!z. of L,porto Ind. waa Sc
Vsreis burned With gasoline, and bis ply
sician he's d5oidSd that the only way bis
injuries can bs healed Is by skin grating.
Az Will require considerable quantity of
eptde.mis, the Young ladies OF the Laporta
Charity Circle have consented to furnish tie
neoaezary smonnt CT outioe. Operations
will be ooumeDced Immediately, providing
the young ladies adore TO their agreement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

L you ere ef.red bot.s Of Salvation OIL.
without wrapper, or mutilated or defaced
don't Buy it ST any price, you may be sure
that there Ia soostaiag Sroog-it NAV bs 8
worthless or dangerous oounterfeis. Insist
apon getting perfect, unbroken, genuine
package, In yellow wrapper.
Try it. l. wilt cure you. Dr.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. ali dealers have 1t. Psice
% csIss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

UCKLEN, ARNICA SALYE.
The BEST sALvE in tho o I'd for Cu.s Brui-es,
sores, rlcers, Salt Bhcum. Fever Sorts, letter,
Chapptd Hands, Chi b!Sins, Coras AID all Skin
Eruption S, snd positively curos Pics. OF 10 pay
required. 1t is eusrantced to give perfect sstif
faction, or money refunded. P.ico % ctnts por
to1. For sAl, by e. 8. Lesdbester & tr).
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
TIE Virginia Legislature.

RICHMOND, Dec. 2.-The Legislature met
to-day when the Governors message WAS
read and appropriately referred. Last
Nights CAUCUS nominees were elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

Thomas Hughes and 8. johnson Poe were
to-day appointed receivers in Baltimore Of
the Baltimore & Drum Point railroad,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

Doctors and undsrtakers are generally
poor where the people use Stonebgaker's
Liniment for pain. Price % cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-02

hereby certify that Francis l.. Smith, co1nuia-
sioner Of sale above named, has executed bord
with approved security, according 10 the terms Of
the decree in above entitled cause, in the penalty
Of $1,000, conditioned according to Law.
JOHN s. BEACH,
Clerk Of the Corporation Court Of the city Of
Aexandria, Va. noy10 1aY4W
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19
CAMERA FOR CHILDREN.
An Enthusiastic Artist Tells Exactly How
to Construct One.

An Enthusiastic Artist Tells Exactly How
to Construct One.
The boys and girls who have wistful-
ly gazed at the expensive Photographic
apparatus exposed for sale in the shop
windows have probably never thought
that camera was within their grasp
by little labor and very small ex-
penditure of money.
Procure a wooden box of about the
dimensions shown in the cut with a
cover fitting tightly over one end.
The box must be large enough inside
to admit plate of glass 81 by An
inches and narrow piece of wood must
be fastened just inside the cover TO pre-
vent the plate falling into the interior
of the box.
In the center of the end opposite the
cover make a very small round hole,
not larger than would be made by a
steel knitting needle. A match smoothed
down to exactly fit into this hole will
be your Items cover"
Now, if your box does not admit a
single ray of light when the cover is on
and the match inserted your camera is
finished.
Glass plates s4x4A inches, coated
with preparation ready to receive
your picture, can be obtained of any
dealer in Photographic materials for
forty-fve cents per dozen. 1t is best to
use what is termed slow plate, such
as Carbutts No. 10. These plates can
not be exposed to either daylight or
gaslight, and must be opened in dark
room.
A sheet of orange or ruby paper can
be purchased for a trifie and pasted
over the front of box, within which
a candle may be lighted, and you have
q light in which the plates can be ex-
posed.
You will notice that the plates are
smooth on one side but have white
coating on the other. Place the coated
side facing the hole in the front of your
box and put on the cover, which must be
securely fastened.
You are now ready to take picture.
Do not try one indoors, but outside on
clear day. Stand about fifty to one
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19
Pond Cd Ritlng on Noses.

A missionary, writing of the degraded
condition of the people of the Gilbert
islands, in the South Pacific, says:
''The further you go north in the Gil
bert islands the less you see Of the hor-
rid scars which on Tapitouca disfigure,
or, as they think, distinguish all the
male sex But at the same time, as
you go north, there seems greater in
tent to kill than at the south, where
the intention seems to be to lacerate
and make the most horrid wounds,
those which win produce the greatest
amount of misery. One singular pro-
pensity of an excited Gilbert islander is
to bite off noses. This accounts for the
great number of noseless persons one
meets A few years ago one of them
in his wrath climbed up and bit of the
nose from the figurehead of the Morn
ing Start 1t has since been replaced
with one of lead
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19
ORIGIN OF DOLLS,

The Meaning Of the Word IDOL" Ex-
planned at Length.
It is a safe assertion to make that
every girl has at some time or other
played with dolls; in fact, it is almost
impossible to imagine girl without a
doll. OF course, the older ones have
outgrown their dolls, and only keep the
old favorites as souvenirs of childish
days and pretty playthings, and it is
quite likely that they would be puzzled
to explain why they call the little
image doll" and not, as the French
do, a ''puppet," or, with the Italians, a
''bambino," or baby.
What is the meaning of the word
''doll?" To explain, it is necessary to
go back to the middle ages, when it was
the fashion all over the Christian world
for mothers to give their little children
the name of a patron saint. Some
saints were more popular than others,
and st. Dorothea was at one period
more popular than all
Dorothea, or Dorothy, as the English
have it, means ''gift from God" But
Dorothea or Dorothy is much too long a
name for little, toddling baby, and so
it was shortened to Dolly and Doll, and
from giving the babies nickname it
was an easy step to give the name to
the little images of which the babies
were SO fond.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19

tied together, neclxtie fashion, under
the chin. The shirt or waistcoat, of
the same material, Is short, made all in
one piece like the trousers, and of the
same knotted material; this is slipped
on by polSing the head through SLIT in
the top.
But the main curiosity in this arrnor
is the cuirass, or chest-and-head pro-
tector, the like of which is known no
where else. The wool, or substance of
the cloth, is of cocoanut threads the size
of wrapping Irvine, but tightly twisted
and tough, while the warp upon which
these are woven is much heavier; so
that the finished cloth is as thick as our
heaviest canvas. The threads are crowd
ed very compactly together, also, so
that no slight force would be needed to
force a blow through. The selvage is
bound over a stout cord, and ornamented
by alternate plaits of black hair and
yellow fiber. Ornamental designs are
worked in with horse-hair, too.
But the form of this outer war-jacket
is still more remarkable. 1t consists of
two parts, joined into one garment by
the bands covering the shoulders.
Through the round hole between the
shoulder-bands the head energies, while
the broad back part is folded around
under the arms on each side and laced
firmly to the front flap by stout cords.
This done there stands erect behind
the wearer's head fan-shaped shield,
kept stiff by its well-bound border and
held erect and fixed by cords passing
down to the shoulder on each side.
Encased in this armor, a fixed shield
worn to protect his neck and head from
blows behind, and thick palm-leaf
shield held before his face upon his left
arm, the Caroline Islander is well-itted
to go into any sort of fight his savage
neighbors may be able to get up,
though bullets and swords would find
his ingenious precautions of small ac-
count.-Ernest Ingersoll, in Wide
Awake
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19

beak in it; stick on the legs; stick the
legs in the stand. Can any thing be
simpler?
Never chop a cork; cut it as if you
were saving it. Above all, do not use
new corks; their roughness is their
chief artistic merit.
To make figure that will move, take
four sticks for the arms and legs, cut a
cork for his body and thrust in his
limbs. Cut round knob out of another
cork, mortise in nose, cut out mouth,
and, with skewer or hairpin, burn out
his eyes and buttons.
Then, with piece of match, FIX on
his head, and if you can find some
feathers, give him topknot.
Cut nick in the side of his right foot,
and in his waist fix a couple of table
forks. Then stand him on a string
sloping from one end of the room to
the other, and away he will go as
gracefully as any live rope-walker.-
VIM. Alva, in Golden DAVIS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19
kicked by a Dead Mule.

An old Union soldier tells this story
of mules last kick:
In the First Division, Second Corps,
we had mule noted for his wonderful
kicking powers. In fact, he was ready
to give any one kick, upon all occa-
sions. On the road to Richmond he got
his leg broken in bridge, and was
taken out of the team and shot, and was,
to all appearances, dead. when soldier
ran up, seized the mule by the tail, and
exclaimed:
"Now kiclxl''
And the mule, having just one kick,
let him have it, breaking the soldiers
jaw, and sent him rolling in the ditch.
The soldier never heard the last of be-
ing kicked by a dead mule.-N. Y.
World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-19

could drive hims He brought them
home in just the same condition they
started out.
II was only with the boys of the fam
lily that John ventured to Joke"
There were four of them-Ernest,
Walter, Henry and Albert - bright
young fellows who delighted TO tickle
Johns nose with a fragrant smelling
apple, snatching it away when he pre-
pared to enjoy it.
John was pig in his love for mellow
ripe apples. The boys thought it fun to
tease him a little and make him anxious
to get it, before giving it up to him.
They really did teach him to play
''hide and seek" with them.
One OF his tricks was to sigh and
swell up his body when being saddled,
If one Of the little boys was about to
ride him.
OF course the saddle was invariably
turned after they had ridden little
distance.
Another trick was snatching a cap
from their heads and galloping away
with it to the furthest corner, whinny-
ing defiance to the capless youngster
One May afternoon as sat beside a
window some boyish voices called:
"We are going TO ride out to Muddy
Fork. John is lazy-don't have enough
to do"
John looked at me, and plainly saw
fun in his eyes. He made a nip at an
apple geranium and then went along as
sober as judges are said to be
His expression plainly said TO me:
'These four boys seated upon my
back are hunting for fun; I'll help find
it."
Ernest and Albert whistled gayly.
Henry and Walter urged lazy bones"
along.
''Such good horse as he is. 1t isn't
every one that would carry such load
Of restless boys" was my thought, as
John slowly crept along. head down.
apparently meditating deeply
In an hour, four boys, wet and muddy,
walked in at the gate, angry and ready
to have it out with that sly old horse"
"What has he done?" inquired
DohC. Ohoi
tette of boyish voices "Ele polxed along
as if he was almost asleep until we got
into the water All at once he laid
down. spilled us off his back and just
galloped back home"
HE did it on purpose. of course he
did. He thinks he can play tricks on
us little boys. He don't dare try EN-
with the men"
I'D like to pound his back, said one.
We went to the back gate and saw
him standing there, looking meek and
subdued, only detected a twinkle in
his eyes.
He received scolding which he did
not heed. A few minutes afterward
saw him in the stable-yard with four
boys perched upon his back. = Ella
Guernsey, in Prairie Farmer.