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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

The REFUSAL Of tie democratic members
of the q. s. House OF Representatives to at
tend the sessions Of that body, thereby al
lowing ,hs republican minority therein
to oppoge successfully every measure rot &C.
oeptab!e to It, ia shameful, to cay the least
They are paid nearly fourteen dollars day
and mileage for every day Ia tbs year, To-
Guiding recess and Sundays. If not satisfied
With that, they shou,d resign and permit
more efficient men to be elected In their
places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

OF THE eighsesn delegates elected to the
State democratic convention In this city
Yesterday, thirteen were on the straight Hill
aIoket. and of Ina remaining 67s on the IN
oledged ticket, several do not class them
selyes as Cleveland men. The democrats Of
Alexandra are intelligent, aud sre deficient
so neither memory nor gratitude.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

WHEN TIE hssd OF family offve remem'
bers that the yearly tax on the wooden goods
consumed In his house amounts to no less
than sixty dollars, he becomes not only an
ardent advocate OF the ffss wool BILL but an
earnest opponent Of appropriations for both
the Chicago fair and fer the entertainment
of the G. a. B. at Washington next Sep
konn her
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

An attempt on the life Of election com.
missioner Schweisthat,o of Chicago, was made
by man named Thomas Keenan, last night.
The reason for the action is that Keenan,
lost his savings by the closing Of the bank
which schTsisshst controlled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

EoR RENT.-A COMFORTABLE HOUSE, con.
T. tanning two parlers, dining room, kitchen,
bathroom and four chambers. Rooms large,
house in thorough repair, newly papered and
painted Situation delightful. apply at No.
22s south Washington street, Aie1Aldris, Va.
sp27 3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27
Attention, "Roch1alers" and Cash
Huy2rSg

TRADE CARDS, which secure from to 25 per
cent. discount are NOW READY; at 25c. to
"ROCHDALERS" and 'Sovereigns," and ct 81. 90
to others. Apply t, L. stabler & Co., FOL Kir g
street, the Alexandria Office Of the National Co.
operative Company. ap16 2w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

LYNcHBURa WENT for Hill, Alexandra
hss gone the same way. and Petersburg,
Norfolk, and Richmond will follow suit
All that right thinking people require to do
right. Ia to be we'll informed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

CSEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
| - Auditors Cfice, Aloxsndris. Va. until IL
o'clock noon on the 7th day Of May, 1892, and
openi d Immediately thereafter, for all the ABOR
and MA TER lALrequired to COBB and GUTTER
PAVE the sidewalks and pat d1wn street crossings
| on Alfred street from the south line of Duke 10
| the north line of wilkes streets.
approximate Quantities
| Earth excavation, 42O cubic yards; furbing,
1547 inosl feet; sidewalk pavement. 6 wide,
| 99l square yards; cutters, wide, 1852 square
yards digging for CROSSINGS, 3l2 lineal feet;
cobble stones for cross nes, 16 iqGaro yards
Also to PAVE, GUTTER and CURB LEE
| STREET, from the south iue Of Queen to til,
north .ilo Of Princess s:reet.
Appror mate Quantities.
Earth excavation, 80 cubic yards; curling,
| 7s7 linesl feet; cutters vile. 424 square
yards tagging TOR crossings, 436 linesl feet
cobble stone paving 1871 square yards.
also to PAVE The SIDEWALKS, PUT down
! STREET CROSSINGS and ieses the euro on
Columbus street, from Princess 10 Wytho streets
| inclusive.
Approximate Quantities.
Earth excavation, so cubic ystds curb reset
| 500 linesl feet sidewalk pavemonts g. vide, $50
square yards; fsgging for crossings $40 linesl
| feet; CT bile stcne crossiny % square yards.
Also to PAVE THE SIDEWALKS, and CURB
snd GUTTER where neci s ,sry, st. Assph street
| from Oror oco to Perdleton street
approximate Quantities.
Earth cxcsvaTion, 200 cubic yards tagging
for crossings 468 liaeal feet; cobb!e stones for
crossings, "a square yards; curb, 402 lin cal feet
gutter d wide, PIG square yards pavement g.
| wide, 495 fquare yards.
Also to PAVE THE SIDEWALKS, ard CUB
| end GUTTER where necessary, on Washir gson
street, from OIonoco 10 Perdleton street.
approximate Quantities
Earth excavation, $50 cubic y ards; curbing
$40 lnoal feet; brick lavement 6 wide, $40
squars yards. gutter a wide, 3S2 square yarda;
asggog for crossings 3S4 lineal feet cObbe stones
for crcssing', 20 square yards.
Also for PUTTING DOWN TWO CRO5sIN ca,
those running north and south, "a in all, on
Wilkes and Gibbon streets where said streets In
| tersect with Pitt, st. Assph. Washington, Column
bus, AL red and Henry ,tIeets.
Approximate Qaantiti s.
1872 feet Of stone fsggug; SO square yards Of
cobble stone paving.
a certified check for 500 mes. accompany
| each i'd otherwise 1t will not be considaei.
Immediately after the award Of tho contract.
checks will BIO promptly returned to unsuccessful
the necessary bond requi red for the proper ful
or all bids is reserved.
Specifications for the different classes Of work.
under one cover, can be seen at the Auditors
Office.
Mr. q. G. Graves, City Engineer, Is charged
with tn, supervision and direction Of this work,
ard will be ass sted by tho gu corintondent OF
Police in all mat els pertaining to lis DEP art
ment.
By order Of the Committee on Streets.
HERBERT BRYANT,
ap2I I'd Chairman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

in New York harbor yesterday evening the en-
Qineer OF tho ferry steamer Cincinnati fol into
the crank pit and was crushed TO de,th. The
steamer then Ian with full force into The Court
lsndt street pier and Injured several passengers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, April q.
SENATE

The presiding officer laid before the SEN
ste Communication from the Department
OF Justice In relation 10 the btquess OF $751;
600 TO the lated States By Gen. George W..
Cnllum, deceased, for the erection and main'
tenance of a memorial hail at the west
Point Military Academy.
It was referred to the committee on MILL
tary affairs.
The resolution calling on the Secretary OF
the Treasury for certain information SO to
the purchase of silver button and the COIN
age OF standard silver dolars under the act
OF 1890, was agreed to With an amendment
offsred by Mr.. Morrill,, requiring the secre-
tary to state also the amouut which the sil-
yer dollRrs and bullion on hand would have
COST at the present price Of silver bullion.
The army appropriation bill was then
taken up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

Cat the front Of the cartoon out OF any OF
the following articles end mall 1t 10 ia With
your pan'e and address plainly written en-.
closing cents In stamps and receive By
next mail so cent present suitable for a.
lady. gentleman or child. Address. The
Ssonebrsker Ohem Co Bsltimcrs, Md:
NAME OF ARTICLE.
stonebEaket's Fiavoring Extracts. Us CITE J
Stonebrakas's Liniment.
+ Cough Syrup.
Zodiac Gum Syrup.
Pain Relisver.
Worm Syrup.
Live. Pills.
Blood G, Liver oor.ector.
II your merchant has not the articles In
stock he will be glad to get them for you II
you will only ask him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27

LAM an old man and have been constant suf-
ferer with cstsrIh for the last ten years. ! am
entirely cured by the use of Ely's Cream Balm
1t is strange that SO simple remedy will cure
such stubbon disease.-Henry Billings, q. (
Pension Attorney, Washington, d. Q.
Fob EIGHT yeTs have suffered from catsrrh,
which affected my eyes and hearing; have en-
ployed many physicians without relief. am now
on my second bottle of Ely's Cream Balm and feel
confident Of q complete cure.-Mary G. Thomp-
son, Cerro Gordo Ill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27
HOUSE..

By unanimous conseot (the Walker ez.
puneicg resolution still blocking the way OF
the regular ordes) the House wentirto com.
mlttee Of the whole en- the dlploms tic srd
consular appropriation bill Mr. Hooker
was the FIST speaker. He oomplimented
Mr.. Blaine 90 his conduct OF the Stats De-
nartmEpt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-27
FOR DYSPEPSIA

FOR DYSPEPSIA,
Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
AID dealers keep it, 81 per bottle. Genuine has
trademark and crossed red lines on wrapper
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21

worst foes In 1864 there was exhib-
tied to the Boston Society of Natural
History the jaws OF shark In whose
stomach nearly the whole OF Q large
swordfiah was found.
1t was tiger shark. the most Zero
cious Of its kind. and ten or twelve
wounds in its flesh gave some notion
OF the conflict which must have oc-
CURED. 1In 1873 "a small mackerel
shark was captured in Gloucester har-
bor aud in Its nostril was found the
sword about two inches long. OF a
young swordhsh-
When this was pulled out the blood
flowed freely indicating that the
wound was recent Tremendous COM
bats have often been Witnessed be-
tween sharks and swordfish.
Swordfish are terror to schools Of
mackerel bluefish and other compare
lively small fry. They rise among the
prey. striking to right and left with
their swords until they have killed a
number. which they thereupon pro-
coed to devour. Sometimes they mp
pear actually to throw the fish in the
air. cutting them In two as they fall
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
NOT ABASHED.
Tho Old Lady Knew Who the sermon
Was Meant For.

Tho Old Lady Knew Who the Sermon
Was Meant For.
Thoroughly censorious people are
commonly oblivious TO their failing.
and particularly given to rebuking
evil-speaking. says Youths Com
panlon An eminent Canadian lawyer
now practicing in Toronto. tells this
story III illustration OF the foregoing
truth:
When / was young my best client
was wealthy old lady noted for say
ing caustic things about her acquaint-
ances. On Sunday morning when
/ was staying at her house. she vilified
one OF her neighbors named STAN
ford, without stint
BY way of changing the subject ]
proposed to req to her from volume
of sermons had happened to bring
with me. She assented. l started ut
random. found a misleading text and.
when too late discovered that was
in the middle OF q sermon on the gov
eminent Of the tongue
was afraid she would think / had
selected it 10 admonish her. yet
dared not stop for fear of seeming to
make the offense more pointed. So
on read to the end. pretty sure that
my reading would cost me a client
worth 81, 600 year to me. But when
l ended she said: THANK you Mr..
. 1t Is an excellent sermon. and
would fit my neighbor, Stamford. to
tn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
PEARLS From THE OCEAN
Some Methods Suggested for Making
Them by Artihce.


Them by Artifce
Ever 90 many experiments have
been made with view to procuring
the manufacture OF natural pearls
through artifice. For thousands OF
years the Chinese have practiced a
method OF introducing foreign objects
into oysters and other pearl bearing
mullusks for the purpose OF coating
them with the beautiful nacre which
adorns the inside OF some shells
Since their first trials in this line were
initiated numerous efforts have been
essayed to improve upon them. Quite
recently a distinguished Frenchman
discovered a way OF accomplishing
the result which he has declared sus-
ceptible OF development into an i'm.
portant industry. Now that the
pearl market Is seriously menaced by
the threatened exhaustion of the fish.
cries. 1t Is high time for human In,
genuity TO stop in and supply the de-
mand.
The process adopted by the French
nan aforesaid. M. Bouchon- Brandely
is simply to bore holes in tho shells o
the pearl oystor with gimlet intro
ducing through these perforation
little balls OF glass and stopping then.
hermet cally with corks. After four
weeks time the balls OF glass are
found to be covered with thin layer
OF pearl. In six months the layer has
become OF sufficient thickness to be
permanent and the higness Of the jewel
thus manufactured Is in proportion TO
the period allowed to eapse. or
course. this has its limitations mas
much rs the mollusk will not deposit
nacre indefinitely, its only object be-
ing to protect itself from irritation by
the intruder. Ths expert quoted
believes that pearls can be made OF
various colors to order by selection.
This signifies selection OF the mol
lusks employed for the purpose. says
tho Washington Star. Each one nat
urally deposits its own sort OF nacre.
Even pearl oysters differ in this re-
spect producing black pearls, gray
pearls or pearls OF pure white some
times according to the part OF the AMI
NAL where the nucleus makes It's lodg-
ment Conchs Of a well-known vari-
ETY. form pink pearls as do also fresh
water mussels. Supposing that there
is anything in M. Bouchon- Brandely's
theory. he can get any color OF pearl
he wishes by making choice OF she'll
fish. Recent experiments made by the
United States fish commission show
that marine mollusks of all kinds can
be kept admirably in aquaria although
previous notions have been held TO the
contrary. and thus there would seem
to be no good reason why every one
should not maintain his own pearl
fishery on small scale. collecting a
valuable crop at suitable intervals.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
Cunning of GuIls.

An example OF the cunning OF gulls
was observed at Tacoma when several
alighted on bunch of logs that had
been in the water for a long time
with the submerged sides thick with
barnacles One was a big. gray fell
low. who seemed to be the captain.
He walked to particular log. stood
on one side OF it close to the water
and then uttered peculiar cries. The
other gulls came and perched on the
same side Of the log, which, under
their combined weight rolled over
several inches. The gulls, step by
step kept the log rolling until the
barnacles showed above the water.
The birds picked eagerly at this food.
and the log was not abandoned until
every barnacle had been picked.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
M SCULlNlTIES.

Some of the poorest men on earth
are those who think they own millions.
Almost any man can be made to talk
il a corkscrew is used to draw him out.
Nearly every mother admires one of
her sons more than all her other chill
dren.
When some men discharge an obliga-
ton you can hear the report for miles
around.
Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us to the
end dare.to do our duty as we under
stand it.
There are men who would be willing
to go on mission to China who are
not willing to sit down and rock the
baby for half an hour.
"Real clevaw feIlaw, Brags is; real
clevaw fellawv' "But what is he clever
at?" "Why, at being so dooced clcvaw,
don't chew knaw."
Teacher: ''What is synonym"
Boy: cts word you can use in place
of another one when you don't know
how to spell the other one"
Little Jane was showing the pictures
in the album to the visitor, and on
coming to the picture of her fathers
first wife she said: That's my elder
mother"
A moral debating society in Connecti-
cut is at present earnestly engaged on
the following question: If a husband
deserts his wife which is most aban.
doned, the man or the woman?
The most recent innovation in do
nestle" circles is the female butler-s
parlor-maid dressed in livery of dark
blue, green and gold, or scarlet and
white-either looks smart.
The man who journeys through this
world with his eyes open will learn
things every day for nothing that other
people have had to go without butter
on their bread to find out.
M. Victor Hugo, talking about age,
confessed that the most disagreeable
advance to him was from 80 to 40.
'But," said friend, II should think II
great deal better to be 40 than So"
"Not at ALL" replied M. Hugo; 40 Is
the age of youth, while so is the youth
Of age"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21

At one of the hotels owned by the
Russ family in Harrisburg-and from
appearances the hotels at the state
capital will be exhausted before the
Russ family is satisfied-just previous
to my arrival an accident had taken
place. The ammonia tank in the ice
machine had sailed skyward. fortu-
nately taking with it only the inter-
mediate sections OF floor and roof A
reporter from local paper was on the
scene investigating when l arrived.
He had cornered white-haired son of
Ham. one of those delightful old
Southern negroes of whom not few
are to be found in Harrisburg, and
was extracting from him such details
of the explosion as the official shoe
black and factotun Of the hotol pos.
sessed. l Judge that the information
was not so valuable for truth as it was
rich in fancy, for heard the old man
say: mo, sab; t'want dat way tall.
All knows is dat dc pneumony tank
OBJ de electric machine busticated all
OBJ sudden, an all OATS left is de
fragments -nothin' certain suah but
de Fragments Hepburn Johns in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
LUCKY MAN.
Nothing Like Looking for tho silver Lin
Ing OF the Cloud.

Nothing Like Looking for the silver Lin
Ing OF the Cloud.
A man with long pennyroyal
beard was seen to cross Washington
street and creep under little ladder
that rested against lamp-post says
the Boston Herald. Being asked why
he did, he replied; Just to snow
superstitious people the fallacy OF
their beliefs. always open my UNI
brella before going out and never
look at the moon over my right
shoulder. have broken every look
ing-glass in my house, belong to the
Thirteen club and make my wife drop
her dish-cloth every time she cleans
up the table crockory.' Are you a
lucky MANI" II get few caraway
seed In my beard once In a while but
upon the whole have little to complain
Of" What's the matter with your
footP You appear to be lame" Il
knocked my big-toe nail of the other
day while chopping kindling wood.
But was lucky in not cutting off my
whole foot Don't you think sop II
see you have two fingers gone from
your left hand" Yes l got them
too near buzz saw about ten years ago.
but was mighty lucky in saving my
arm. The saw was humming at the
time and it would have taken off my
arm as easily rs it took off my fin
gers. I" You wear glasses; are your
eyes weakp' They are trife lame,
yes. / had probably the best pair OF
eyes in all Coos county when young
man. but unfortunately. one day l
was fooling with q powder flash and
the darned thing blew up. But by a
stroke OF good luck / saved my eye
sight though somewhat impaired.
Il notice bend in your back. Were
you born sop mot by any means.
A few years ago l was as straight as
an iron column. but one day l at
tempted to get aboard of train that
had started. missed my footing. and
fell between the cars and the depot
platform. My back got terrible
wrench. and at one time it was be-
lieved that / was injured for life. /
came out OF it pretty we'll. however
and every day l thank my lucky
stars that l did not go under the
wheels. How camo that nick in
your left carp "A big bulldog chew
ed that out when was only IS years
old. 1t was pretty bad affair but
I'm tarnation glad / didn't die from
hydrophobia, and the lucky man
continued his walk up the street
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
Correcting Royalty.

It Is said Of John Kemble. the cell
ebrated tragedian. that he was not
afraid to speak his mind to any one
when he doomed it necessary. Kings
and princes had no more terrors for
him than persons OF humble rank or
OF no rank at all. At one time he had
the honor OF giving lessons in elscu-
ton to the Prince OF Wales who AFTER
ward became King George w.. and his
patience was much tried. for his royal
pupil was far from being a brilliant
scholar. At last one day. when the
prince. according to the vitiated pro-
nunciation OF the time had been say
ing 'obleege'' instead Of 'oblige"
Kemble with great disgust depicted
on his countenance said. firmly: Sire.
must beseech your royal highness to
open your royal jaws and say oblige' ~
Manchester Examiner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
TREASURES OF LAND AND Sc A.

Wise people tell us that so much
sleep before midnight is worth double
the quantity afterwards; yet this maxim
is merely due to the fact that, to the
ordinary man, sitting up till IL means
over-fatigue, needing, consequently,
more rest next day.
Careful observation and comparisons
made by scientific Americans prove
that the hottest region on earth is on
the southwestern coast of Persia, where
the country borders the gulf of the
same name. The thermometer never
falls below 100 degrees at night and
frequently runs up to 1913 degrees in
the afternoon.
There must be particularly hot spot
in the earth under Wheeling, w. Va.
1t is hoped to sink the well now being
driven there at least mile. The we'll
is little less than five inches in diam
etef. It's popularity is that no vein Of
water has been tapped, and, being per
fectly dry, scientific men have an un-
exampled opportunity to conduct their
Investigations.
Opals have been found in great num-
bers of late in Oregon. A dredger at
work pumping gravel from the bottom
Of the Willamette river has brought up
quantities of the gems and several
miles of considerable extent have re-
Gently been opened in Multnomah
county. Most of the stones are cloudy,
but few of rare quality have been
found. AS high as $50 has been OBJ
tanned for one stone In the rough.
The sea yields many precious things
coral, amber and pearl--but it is not
generally known that, in certain parts
of the Mediterranean, a species of mus
sci Is found, of which the shells contain
one of the most beautiful textile mate
rails known. These shells are about
seven inches long and three inches
broad, and each of them contains apiece
of the fiber, weighing half drachm,
from which spun and woven goods are
made.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
A Very Young Bachelor.

The effects Of red tape on the Off.
cial mind seem to be experienced by
all who are brought under the influ.
ence of the circumlocution Office. A
Partisan flaneur has picked up the fol-
lowing particulars OF q conversation
which passed in an emigration Office.
The father of family presents him
self and asks for tickets.
flow many are your asks the
agent.
..Three-L my wife and my child. I"
Good; your age, your profession"
Thirty years carpenter; my wife
twenty-four. needlewoman."
The boyP" asks the agent
Seven months"
.His professionp"
The fathers eyebrows formed Gothic
arches on his forhead.
His profession. l sayp" repeated
the agent angrily. 1--WE have no time
to lose"
The father reflects, and at last re-
plies chelorr'-London Tit-Bits.