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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

NAPOLEON AND HANNIBAL-An interest
ing contribution to military criticism has
just been made in the shape CT comperi
son by Emperor William OF the abilities OF
Napoleon I. and Hannibal. 1t is contained
10 letter to the F.euct strste2ist, General
Bosdefsr. snd is ibe GU growth Of a CONVEX
saiion on the es'ne sucj sec betWesn the an
thor and tho re- cipient during tho last Rus
eisn maj m lvres. A commentary upon
Harnibeis tsctics at Seama ana 10 other
battles is jnclud ID in the communication.
General Boisdttfsr has frequently expressed
his high opinion of Emperor WiiliaDa's mill
tary ability and originality. He does not
think the Emperor is hostile to France.
Oae OF the remarks made by the Emperor
to M Boisdef-r during the ms. G ivres was
that the Frerch army was the finest 10
Europe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

To TINE THE SPEED OF TRAIN.-The sim
plest way to note the speed Of train, says an ex
ch pge. is to count the rythmicsl "chu,k.chuck''
of the wheels as they pass over the rail joints.
Sc sill rails are now thirty feet long, the rule Is:
THE number OF joints passed over In twenty sec.
onds is equal to the rate of sps ed in miles per
b, w." This viii work on all roads but those
having perfect track where the wheels pass
noiselessy joints, but as nearly all roads are
not perfect, macy of them far from it, the above
rule is good practical one. II you have any
trouble in catching thu sound sit hy an open win
dow or stsud on the plato m. This metnot also
hiss the advantage that You need nos take your
eyes Of tao wsich dial 10 order 10 catch the fleet
ing mile pnsts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

SHOT BY HIS WIFE W. 7. Anderson,
section foreman on the Georgia Pacific Rail-
rosd, was shot twice By his wife at Green
vile, Mics. on Wednesday. Andersen, who
hsd 5sen cut or the road. returned to fnd
his wife absent and his three little children
in charge OF coIored woman. About
o'clock 10 the morning Mrs. Anderson al
rived en- train, and as she stepped on the
platform NJ G Scnrry handed her reVol-
yer. The woman, accompanied by Scurry,
vent to ber home, and amid the screams
of her children forced on entrance into the
house. The woman then shot her husband
twice, one bali entering the thigh and the
other lodging somewhere In the throat
Mr.. Anderson sudScurry have been arres,-
ed. The woman lie hsodsoms brunette.
thirty years ODD. Anderson may recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27
Departure of the Empress Frederick

PARIS, F,b. 27-Emprees Frederick
Germany left Paiie this morning. No ~
pleasant incident marked her depsrinte
Ao!irg uuder advice. The Empress chsrecd
the line OF her route for fear Of being insa
ed. Several hundred people watched he
movements Of the Empress, the ma ,'i'y o.
the men present taking Of their hale as ;ar
Empress passed. There were no inau!ltg
cries Of any description, She left the Ger
mac embassy two hours earlier than put :
ly announced and proceeded to ca =.
where she will embark for England.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

The FAILURE Of the present Congress to
Pass that partial sra unjust measure, the
C,ngsr lard bill, is about the only thing Tor
which It eau not be Justly censured. No
sane map, who is di.interssted, is in favor Of
adulterated food OF sny sort, nor does any
right thiuking ual favor the taxing Of lard
composed 10 part of pure cotton seed oil, es-
Dscisily whsn go stamped, in order to prob
men who make what is called steamed lard
that ia lard composed in part of the entrali
of sound, and the whole osrcas'es OF ds'
essed hogs, but which Is falsely stamped a;
nnra lard
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

By Law. competitive examinations have
hesu abolished 80 far as appointments and
PROMOTIONS Ia the national ArcL!tect's office
sre concerned Il seems, to ordinary NOR
tails, that If such examinations be necessary
10 auy of Inc government Offices, the one, CT
ell Others, in which they should be more so,
.rould be the Architects. II they can be
,iely dispensed with In that, as they were
from tie origin of the fiioe until a few ycsrs
ago, and az they are now, surely there is nc
need for them 10 anv OF the others.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

WIEN o. S. Senator Logan of Ihiaoif
Died, five gears go, Congress adjourned and
is was bu:ed with great pomp FROM the
national Capitol. 81 WAS northern repub
Iioar. When U. s. Senator Wilson Of
Maryland died, faur days ago, the Senate
against the protests of scme Of its repabii.
can membera. adjourned Cor one day, end
he vac burieG quietly aud unostentatiously
from his boarding house. He was south.
srn Cemcc.at.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27
DIVORCE GRANrGD.-Judee Bradley, ii

TIE Equity Court OF Washington, yesterday
graz ID divorce in the case CT Ell, FiIz-
gers d nee Moore. Va. Thomas Fitzgerald.
The original bill, filed In July last, got out
lhet the PARTIES were married in Spottsylvs-
MA county, IL 1888, and that the husband
tef his wife 10 1885 20 lock for work and hes
nevar returned &c her. Fu, has written that
ae wss going to marry sgsio, aud that be
did marry Miss Smith In Cleceland, Ohio.
Judge Bradley. on the 5 OF February, post
poned the grsnting OF the divorce because
the marriage had not bsen proved and there
was 20 evidence OF Wi!lful deserton, but
Yesterday he heard the testimony Of the
wife, noted on the hill m2lainsnt exam
!red by me Feb. &c, 1891, A. G. B j." Sc,
and granted the divorce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27
TREASURER Huston RESIGNS. -Tseesur

TREASURER HUSTON RESIGNS. -T,sesur
er J. N. Huston he'd three.minate freeze.
on. iptarview yesterday afternoon with Pres
ideut Harrison, after which he went TO bis
office, wrote out bis resig uetiou and cent it
to the President, who accepted It st once.
TIE pu.polt Of tas 6usl Interview is yet
a state secret, bnt il is understood that the
President a. orce teltgrapbe6 ] e Lemcke,
ex s ate Treasurer OF Indiana, 8 resident OF
Evansville. rendering him the appointment,
and that Lemcke replied, accepting the
nteca
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

Now THAT there is new U S. district
attorney for the District of Columbia, it is
hoped be will let tie case Of the parties in.
Gicted 10 Washington for violation OF the
civil service Law come to trial, 50 that the
validity and cona!itntionsl!.y of that Law
nay be submitted to Judicial test. That
CASE has now oeen pending for several years,
the general impression en- the suit ct being
that the delay IL at the Instance of the ad
n inistratIon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

TREASURER HUsToNs vanity was so
wounded by the Preeideut't refusal to sp-
point him Secretary of the Treasury, that he
has II 81 ei and gene home in huff IT.
dead, 1t does aeem "a if Huston, C!arkson
aud Dadey, the men who elected Mr.. Har
rison by their effective use of the money
subscribed by the protective manufacturers
have not been paid according to their de-
carta
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

4 tall man is sometimes very short but
the aYersee man is Dever 80 short, that he
cannot buy o q Ssul's Cssarrh Cure to cure
himself when I'll cted with catarrt.
We request al mothers to stop using
'auds mum for the- babies, and use DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup, safe medicine. It contains
nothing Injurious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27
DRY GOODS.
NOODVA ARD & L0]1HROP
February 81, 1891,

Our Eleventh Anniversary Sale
will be continued the remainder of
the week, and the goods advertised
Wednesday will be offered at the
same low prizes as long as they
hold out.
Particular atteltio is called to
the departments represented to-
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27
DIED.

Ate:55 n. n Feb. Goth, 1891. CLEMENT ,
S[LLIN0. In the, 26.h yesc OF his age. ga5s- En-.
neral from the residence Of his father, MI. 4. J.
silling Bealeton. Va, February 25ts,, eleven
o'clock NJ Friends invited to atteEd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

The March number of the 81. Nicholas
Magazine has bsen received from its pub
fishers, The Century Company, New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-27

Mr. John Triplets Haxall. OF Richm +,
and Miss Rosa Stanley Gordon ware MAJ
ried at the BRIDES residence in Baltimore
yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Young Cows Are Best.

SoTfesp bhurnce PRACTICAL Farmer.
Young cows are best. | doubt if
it pays TO keep any o after eight
years unless It be for her calves,
for the milking qualities certainly
depreciate at that age when she has
passed her best. But as the calves
are an important part of the income
from 8. cow, it may pay TO keep the
best Ofthe old COWS on this account,
although my experience has been
that cid cows do not retain their
yield of milk 80 long as the young
ones. As an instance of the value
of an old COW I might mention one
which was IA years old when she
brought me her thirteenth heifel
calf, which was my best testing and
experimental COW, and which, when
between her second and third
calves, made 625 pounds of butter,
and in four years made 1649 pounds
of butter, all of which sold at an
average of SOC per pound, bringing
in that time the sum of 1924 SO, OF
over 5000 per year. Certainly this
old COW deserved to live her time
out and complete an honored old
age. She was a pure Jersey of the
old type, a fawn with white legs,
and was bought very cheap at the
time when there was a rage fol
solid colored squirrel-gray cows, an
lnfatuation which, but for its short
life, might have spoiled this mag.
nificent butter breed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
H AN ASS AN II"

The ass thought himself as fine look
ing as his neighbor, the horse, until he,
one day, saw himself in the looking
glass, when he said What an ass am IL
Are there not scores of people who
cannot see themselves as others see
them? They have bad blood, PIN.
Piles, blotches, eruptions, and other kim
bred disfigurements. All these annoy
ing things could be entirely e~radicated,
and the skin restored to "lily white
ness" if that w~orld-famed remedy, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
were given a fair trial.
1t cures all humors, from the ordi-
nary blotch, pimple or eruption to the
worst scrofula, or the most inveterate
blood-taints, no matter what their ma
ture, or whether they be inherited OF
acquired. The "Golden Medical Dis
covery" is the only blood purifier
guaranteed to do just what it is rec
commended to, or money refunded.
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL As
ISOLATION, Projectors, No. 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. 7.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Pumpkin Pie Party.

The spacious parlors of w. J.
Rixey's residence on South Jeffer-
son street, Friday were crowd.
ed with the youth and beauty oil
Mexico who were assembled to en-
JOY juicy pumpkin pie and spark.
ling bright eyes. Mrs. Rixey and
daughters entertained in their usual
charming manner and made all
feel at home. 1oasts to pumpkin
pie and bright eyes were ap-
p~ropriately responded to by Misses
Lena Johnson and BessieLackland
also by Capt. Matheson and Prose.
cutting Attorney F. R. Jesse. The
spread at 10 O'Clock was sumptuous
and we a testify was properly ap'
preclated. The entire entertain
ment was one of the most enjoya.
BILE we ever attended.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Lacking In Fast C~ruisers,

France is very deficient in large unar.
mored cruisers Of recent type. Previous to
the laying down of the Tage and Cecile in
1885 the only important steel cruiser
built or under construction was the
Sfax. of $500 tons, laid down in 1888
and completed in 1887. In 1885 the Tage
was begur- Her displacement of 1860
tons mnca exceeded that Of any unar
mored cruiser then afoat. She wa the
pioneer of the very large unarmored
cruiser. and the idea has been widely
copied. Her projection vas due to an
appreciation of the fact that only very
large vessels can sustain high speed in a
seaway, and if continuous high speed is
required large size Is q necessity.
Economists in all countries fought
strongly for smaller vessels, but the
facts bore too heavily against them.
When merchant vessels reached a length
of $50 feet, IL, 900 tons displacement and
a sustained sea speed of over nineteen
knots in any ordinary weather, it was
useless to build IN destroyers Of
three or four thousand tons, no matter
what might be the speed of the latter il
smooth water.
The latest cruisers designed by the
French carry thin vertical m fol
protection against high explosive shells,
New York Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
A Professional Peaoemaker.

A white haired old gentleman was re-
Gently called as a witness in a Paris
court of law.
"Your trade-professionw inquired the
judge.
"I-prevent duels."
Everybody laughed, the judge in
cluded.
"How do you manage itF" he inquired
"Just tell us all about it."
81 am 60 years of age, and enjoy al
income of 600 francs. Of course this
does not suffice to keep me, and l have
to look out for some employment. lam
an old soldier and must be doing some
thing. Every morning between 6 and
o'clock I go for a stroll in the Bots d.
Boulogne, where l have frequent oppor
tunities Of exercising my profession o.
peacemaker.
"In this way I have earned a nice bi
of money, for many a one is only to-
glad of a disturbance that prevents tbs
duel coming off. Now and again l hav,
been invited to a lunch to celebrate tn,
reconciliation of the parties. Some o
them load me with abuse; still l hav'
gained a number of kind friends, WHIT
assist me from time to time. On al
average l make 1900 francs a year as
| %preventer of duels. "-Universum.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

A chapter might be written on the
deleterious effects of tight collars, and
especially that variety which projects
stiffly beneath the neck, to the manifest
discomfort of the wearer and the amuse
ment of beholders. By COMPRISING the
veins they of course interfere with the
return of blood from the head, ard
thereby promote red noses and pimpled
faces, against which all the cosmetic To-
tons in the world are of no avail so long
as the mechanical cause is allowed to
remain. Tight collars are even accused
and with some show of reason-of
causing serious defects of the visual ap-
p~aratus, due to heightened blood press.
ure. arising from the artificial impedi,
ment to the blood flow at the root of the
neck. We should not be surprised to
End that these execrable c~ontrivances
were also responsible for watery eyes.
pendant lips and the general vacuous-
ness Of expression which usually char
acterizes the physiognomy of their wear.
ers.-Hospital Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

ment to the "Charleston Ora
goons," the "Mammoth Oak" all
draped in moss, etc.
Other places of interest which
we have visited and worthy of
mention are the Battery" along
which some of the most beautiful
residences front the sea, and the
United States Custom House and
Lower Market, with its supply Of
delicious fruit, etc.
We accepted an invitation from
Prof. Bond to visit the Citadel
Acadeny and our Fleet boys do
not know what strict discipline Is
until they see these boys as we
did behind those iron bars. Every
apartment we entered through
iron gates, true symbols of the
rigid rules there. Thirty boys out
of $50 had been shipped IN a very
recent examination, and the faculty
were holding a meeting to discuss a
second trial for them. We do hope
they got it, for We never saw boys
so blue.
Some of South Cardinals finest
men emerge from this school
Capt. Matheson, of the Fleet
school. was anxiously enquired
about by his old friends and We
were glad to speak of his pronounc
ed success.
The Charlestonians take great
pleasure in showing strangers their
hailowed old city, reciting true
history as they go.
Sunday morning We attended
services at the Citadel Baptis,
church here, where we hear'
the pastor in a 'uost excellent ser.
mon on "He gave Hi: life a IAN.
som for all" This is the church
where Emma Abbott frequently
sang and to which she bequeatheG
s., 900 at her death.
After a visit to the Magnolia this
afternoon, we leave the city by
the sea with many pleasant re-
membranes.
MIR. Eiitor-We intended to senG
you a box of roses and flowers,
now blooming all over the porches
and yards III the city, but having
to leave unexpectedly we will bee
you to take the will for the deco
until We return about the 7th o.
March.
have just received a copy o
your interesting paper of Feb. IL.
which is like a letter from home
and with it a message from thu
president of our Alumna. concern.
ing the Hardin College Chape.
chairs.
l am glad I am one and viii
take pleasure in doing all l car
WHEN I return home, and working
that Dur honor may be great.
Yours Truly,
I. RosAMoND.
s. PRICE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

Twenty years ago no photograph was
o often seen than that of President
Lincoln sitting with a big book on his
knee, and his little son Tad leaning
against him and looking at it with him
The book was then thought to be a Bi.
Bile. but it wasn't. 1t was Photographer
Brady's picture album, which the presi-
dent was examining with his son while
some ladies stood by. The artist begged
the president to remain quiet, and the
picture was taken.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

A new leather dressing is a stufing or
filling compound in which are employed
neatsfoot oil, beeswax. extract of log
wood. borax, CASTLE soap and other in
gradients, in specified proportions. in
order to soften and polish as well a.; pre-
serve leather.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Giving Away SOAP.

"Give them a barrel of SOAP" said the
proprietor of a large uptown hotel who
was appealed to on behalf of a charitable
institution. He meant by that order to
give a barrel of half used cakes of toilet
soap collected from the bedrooms. This
waste is one of the principal items in
hotels where it is the rule to put a fresh
cake of soap in each room for each new
occupant of the room.-New York Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
An ADDlied Proverh.

Stern Parent-Hello, you young repro
bate! Where are you going with that
fishing pole on Sunday morning? Ny
pole, too!
Erring Son-Goin' to do as you and
Solomon told me.
S. P.-The mischief you are!
E. S.-Yessir. Didn't you say that
Solomon said that if a man didn't let his
boy have the rod he'd spoil der kid?-
Pittsburg Bulletin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

Sailors are a bowlegged class. An old
salt always walks as if he were on the
deck of a ship, aud he never takes great
strides like a landsman. He is used to
having to walk great distances, in his
imagination. on the quarter deck, and he
can't get rid of the habit of making the
most of his promenade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Pertinent Questions.

rf"m tue fuiton sun.
While Charlie Rodgers, of Next
CO, was over surveying D. M.
fuckers addition to Fulton, one OF
our young ladies sent him a request
to lay off boulevard, mud, weeds
and ali, while be was at work. We
wondered why Mr.. Rodgers asked
so particularly if "she is single; is
she smart; can she cook ?" She
possesses all these traits, old man,
but has no idea of leaving the best
town in the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

senator NORTH, In spite OF his 81
years, is devoted heart and soul to the
improvement of the Capitol building at
Washington. 1t is to him that is to be
given the credit for the beautiful ter
races which add SO much of elegance
and beauty to the Capitol building.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Sugar High.

From the 81. LOUIS Chronicle.
A farmer near Mexico, Mo-, sold
a load of dressed hogs at % 4 cents
Der pound and then went into q
store and paid Is cents per pound
for a sugar-cured ham. He now
believes the packers use too costly
sugar to cure hams,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
Definitions,

Little Bub tat dinner)-Pop, what
1oes faith, hope, trust" mean?
Pop-Your ma bought this pie at the
bakers on ''trust." Can you understand
that?
"Yes, indeed"
II hope there1l be enough to go
round. Understand that?
"Oh, yes"
"Well, we'll need faith to enjoy it.
It's mince."-Good News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
An Electric Target.

An electric target is made by an En-
glish company. When a bullet strikes
the target. which is built up in sections.
the particular section hi. is pushed
against the spring of a lever, closing an
electric circuit and causing the section
to be indicated on the registering appa.
ratus at the firing end of the range. An
electric bell is simultaneously rung.-
Arkansaw Traveller.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
AT LAST.

Her lily hard wa clasped in his.
But, with a lovers foolish dread,
'Teli me you love me, dear he cried.
..You know It now" she said
Perhaps but tell me. dearest love"
Her sunny e dropped swestly low
And hid upon his beating heart.
She whispered, Now you know"
But say it, dear" Around his neck
One rounded arm crept gently slow.
She ~Inurmured, as he stopped to hear.
You cannot help but know"
"But let me hear you say II, love"
Her lips pursed up q pretty pout,
She stamped her foot love you! there!
Ihope you've found it out"
j. T. Newcomb In Puck
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

hair all fell out. until l was
entirely bald. headed; it then
broke out on my arms and
shoulders, until my arms were
just one sore. II covered my
entire body, my face. head,
and shoulders being the worst.
The white scabs fell constantly
from my head, shoulders, and
arms; the skin would thicken
and be red and very itchy,
and would crack and bleed
if scratched. After spending
many hundreds of dollars, /
Was pronnunced ioeurahIa 7
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

Banker Isidor Wormser. of New York,
probably spends as much money for
cigars during a day as any other man in
the city. He smokes from fifteen to
twenty cigars a day. The Perfecso is
his favorite brand and they cost him
twenty cents anisca.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

heard of the CUTrc RA REMEDIES, and after using
two bottles CuTicuRA RRsoLvENT, l could see a
change; and after | had taken four bottles, | was
almost cured; and when ! had used six bottle of
tCrTCGRA REsoLvEST, one box of CUrIcURA, and
one cake of CUTIcURA SOAP, l was cured of the
dreadful disease from which l had suffered for five
years. ] cannot express with a pen what ] gu ffered
before using the REMEDIES. They saved my life, and
l feel tt my duty to recommend them. Ny hair 10
Restored "a good as ever. and so Is my eyesight.
Mrs. ROSA KELLY, Rockwell City, Iowa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05

Miss Debby Westerman returned
to Kansas Thursday to take charge
of the school at Colby. Miss Debby
is a graduate of the Mexico High
School, class of 1888. She has
been teaching in Kansas for the
past two years and ranks high in
the profession.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-03-05
How 1t Happened.

Sorrowing Parent-And did nv own
little boy really tell a lie?
ChaIlie-N-no. papa; not 'zactly. I
ies' opened my lips and the tad lie told
Itself. Bullstn.