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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

FRENCH ELECTIoNEERING.-Apropos
of bribery and corruption, an amusing
anecdote was related recently. a hot
contest was about TO take place years
ago in country town. the candidates
being legitimist, an Orleanist and a
republican. One Saturday morning
people ran up to the wife of the Or
leanist politician with the exclamation
that al was lost !" as the legltimist
rival was going to present every poor
member of the congregation with a
four-pound loaf after divine services
the following day. The lady reflected
moment and then said that she would
be equal TO the occasion. She kept her
word. As the people filed out of the
church on Sunday morning the legiti-
mist candidate distributed his bread /;
but. posted on the other side of the
door the Orleanist's wife presented to
the recipients of the four-pound loaves
a pat of butter or q pot of jam. AS it
turned out the willy republican carried
the day after all. He happened to be a
dealer in wines. and sending round a
bottle to every poor elector he dis
tanced his opponents and triumphantly
headed the polls.-L0ndon Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

a DENIAL OF GEN. FIELDS STATE
MEST.-Mr. j. w. Rodes. of this city,
who was one of Gen. Lees couriers,
says he can procure the aifidavits OF 80
men in this county 10 prove the ialsity
of Gen. Fields insinuation that Gen.
Lee either encouraged or allowed any
depreciation to be committed by his sol
diers while in Pennsylvania His or
ders were rigidly enforced and all dam
age to private property was punished
whenever reported. $50 particular
was he said Mr.. Rodes, THAT or one
occasion while passing through Tenn
sylvania Gen. Lee came upon several
of his soldiers, among them certain OIL
GERS, who were in cherry trees, satisfy
ing their hunger. Gen. Lee stopped,
and calling courier, sent to the owner
of the cherries to ask permission before
he would touch one of them. The lady
of the house not only consented but OIL
hearing that Gen. Lee had made the re-
quest, sent waiter of strawberries tc
the Confederate chieftain, and went IL
person to extend the permission asked
ANY statement that carries the ideS
that Gen. Lees conduct in Pennsylva,
MIA was other than honorable is the
basest kind of falsehood. "-Chariottes.
rifle Progress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

Neuralgia paroxysms are often of ex-
IRENE violence, and brought on by the
slightest provocation. such as draught
of cool air. The skin is swollen and in
famed, md even after the attack has
abated feels stiff and tender. On the
first intimation OF such an attack rub
with Salvation Oil, that peerless lini-
ment and pain cure. 80
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06
country

MR.. s. p. BAYLEY, JR.. in a public
card. accuses the commissioners of the
District of Columbia of being in mortal
dread of the daily newspapers ofWash-
ington, and of "skulking cowardice" in
sacrificing hin 10 appease the latter'S
wrath; and, what IS more, he proves, GER
tainly to the general reader, that what
he says is true.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

Thinks it is unequaled by any other.
Mr.. Robert ]. Lanyon, in letter from
his home 1917 Warnock ST., Phila., Pa,
saws: II had two severe colds and one
bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup cured
me in both cases. This valuable rene
dy is unequaled by any other
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

In speaking of the solidifcation of
body by cooling, Professor Dewar says
that water can be made to become solid
by the evaporation of Il quarter OF its
weight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

A newsboy named Roy lIirrick was
killed by cable car about 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning, near the inteFseo:
ton of Pennsylvania avenue and
Fourth street southeast. The little fell
low was seven years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

THE PREVAILING cool nights neces-
state the use Of blankets. and the cool
mornings and evenings require wooden
clothing. The Mckinley bill raises the
cost of pair Of blankets from 50 to s.,
and puts tax of 80 per cent. on wool
en- clothes. and on wooden shawls tax
varying from Sc to l50 per cent, the
higher rate on the cheapest goods.
But, al the same, he republicans say
the high tariff is for the especial benefit
of wage earners
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

BAD FOR THE LAwYEBs.-Circuit
Court. Judge Barton presiding, was
held at King George last Friday. A
respectable crowd Of citizens Of the
county were in attendance There were
six lawyers present. Seven chanceFy
DEGREES were entered, one Of which in
volved the enormous sum of $25. No
common law cases were tried and no
politics discussed. We are informed
that the business of Stafford can be
transacted III an hours time. We re-
fer to this condition of affairs to show
what peaceful, law-abiding and non
LAWYER ridden section this part Of Viz
ginia is and how desirable place 70
live. Persons who have had the mis-
fortune to get within the clutches of
the law. may live here free from such
annoyance the rest Of their days
Fredericksburg Free Lance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

BLACK GLASS was once used for mirrors. as
well as transparent glass with some black
substance on the back. rs reated that the
Spaniards found mirrors OF polished black
stone. both convex and concaTe. among the
natives of South America.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

If A southern man reading 4 news
paper in northern hotel were to hear
man sitting near him tell somebody
else he thanked God he was not born
in the South, would his love go out to
that man? Not much. But though
Mr.. Harrison told the whole country
he thanked God he was not born south
of the Potomac, men born and raised
in the South are doing all they can to
rc-elect him, either directly by voting
for him. or indirectly by voting for
General Weaver. But, fortunately fol
the South, and even for the Very men re.
ferred to, there are only a few Of them
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

Vim. NJ. Runk, of the extensive dry goods
firm Of palington. Runk & Co.. committed
suicide this morning at his country home at
s.. DayidS, near Philadelphia,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

TAXES IN New YoRK.-Monday
was discount day for New York tax
PAYERS. The total amout received was
not far from $5G00.0G0. Last year the
figures for the first week were less than
$S.OO0,0 COO The total amount to be
raised this year is something over $685.
600, 900, and at least 100000 of this
sum viii be paid during the present
month. The tax rate this year is $l;S5
on each 800 of valuation. which is the
lowest rate in thirty years. The biggest
item outside of the allowance made to
pay the interest on the city debt is for
the Police Department. They have a
little over $5,o00.0O0 this year The
board of education and the department
of public works also come in pretty;
heavy with 100000 or $4,0oo,9W
apiece. There are about a dozen de- De
partments that cost the city over 81,
600. 900 each.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06
The Georgia Election.

Returns from - counties out OF q
total of 1871 give the Georgia democrat
ic ticket majority gilmore than 3d.
0Oo. There seems to be no doubt that
the r,aiority will reach 10000 when the
OF all the counties is in. The
third partyites will probably carry not
over six or eight counties for The leg
islaturc. and it is estimated that their
strength will be about twenty members
of the house out of 175. The negroes
declined to be led by the white rcpub-
licans into voting for populist. or third
party. candidates. but voted the
Straight democratic ticket instead.
Governor Northen's majority i'll the
Tenth district will be probably 1000.
This Is Congressman Watson's district
and is recognized rs the stronghold of
the third party il eor@ia. Northen's
majority owe! Peek indicates that the
district will 20 democratic in Novem-
Der.
Arthur Glover, 4 third partyite, and
Perry Franklyn, a democrat, were
auarrelling about the election in Au-
1tlSl2. IcH!y ilt;u, At POHeeAhoh'
threatened to arrest them. Rather
than submit. Glover shot him i'll the
stomach, i. is feared, fatally. Isaiah
Horton. coiorcd, was shot and killed
by Dan Bowes. nj the Poor House pre-
cinct six miles from Augusta \ num-
Der of democratic negroes, led by Bow
les. were marching to the polls, when
eight or ten third party negroes, led by
Horton, rushed into the democratic
line. Horton ran up, and struck Bow
les twice, knocking him TO his knees.
He had his hand in Bowles' collar, and
was preparing to strike him a third
time. when Bowles drew n pistol, and
shot him through the heart. a coro-
ner's jury, composed of four democrats
and two third party men. rendered 4
verdict of iustiGablc homicide.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-06

Judge Ward, OF Campbell county, is
critically i'll.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
FACTS ABOUT COLOR BLINDNESS.
Looking Steadily at One Color Makes 1t
Lose Its Particular Hue.

Looking Steadily at Ono Color Makes 1t
Lose Its Particular Hue.
Youths Companion.1
While the number Of color-blind persons
is not very large, only about five in every
hundred suffering from any defect in this
respect, and most of those being affected
only in minor degree, yet the phenomenon
sometimes assumes very remarkable phases.
Captain Abney recently stated that he
had found two persons who possessed
monochromatic vision, that is to say, all
colors appeared to thep to be simply differ
ent shades of grav.
If the reader will look at photograph of
a landscape, or better, of a garden filled
with brilliant flowers, he will be able to
form an idea of the appearance which ma
ture must present to one who suffers from
the infiction called monochromatic vision.
One can sometimes initiate the effects of
color-blindness through over-fatigue of the
eve. Thus Mr.. Brett, the English painter,
told the members of the Royal Astronom-
ical Society not long ago, that in painting a
scarlet geranium, after working at it for
quarter of an hour, the artist will not
know that it is scarlet at all, but will 60 on
painting it as if it were black or colorless.
'.Red," he explained, ''is a very irritant
color to the retina," and he added that "you
can look at green until all is blue"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
HOW TO KEEP COOL.
Practical Hints to Those Who Suffer in the
Swelterins Heat.

Practical Hints to Those Who Suffer in the
sweltering Heat.
Philadelphia Times.1
Anybody can, of course, keep cool if they
are able to run away from the city and en-
joy the racy ocean breeze or the fine
scented zephyrs of the hills, but the stay
at-homes are the ones who are on the look
out for something to make them feel little
more comfortable when the thermometer is
up in the nineties and the energies down to
zero.
OF course we can all talk, advice is cheap,
which probably accounts for so much of its
being given away gratuitously, yet the fol-
lowing hints are really worth observing: To
begin with, don't fret and stew because it is
SO warm. 1t won't reduce the temperature
the hundredth part of degree. yet it will
have a tendency to make you hotter than
ever before in your life. Therefore, it is to
be avoided religiously.
Next wear thin clothes and eat light food,
such as salads, ices and cold tea, and avoid
heavy, hot and greasy viands. From to
in the morning let the air have full sway
through the rooms of your house; after that
close the shutters and doors until sundown,
when they should again be thrown wide
open until bedtime. In this way the heat
OF the day is kept out and the sweeter,
cooler breezes of the dawning and the wan
ing hours are given full sway. Then dur
ing the heated term place big dish of
water in the room where it seems most
oppressive. Change it once or twice and
You will find that the temperature will be
perceptibly lowered. 1t won't hurt you to
try these simple methods and may add
greatly to your comfort.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
TWO ANCIENT ROMAN AUTHORS.
MedalIIons Of Horafius and Virgil LateI
Cnearthed in Pompeii.
Manchester Guardian

Medal1Ions Of Horatius and Virgil Lately
Cnearthed in Pompeii.
Manchester Guardian.]
Lovers of literature will be interested in
the recent discovery in small house of the
buried city of Pompeii of two medallions
representing respectively Horace and Vir-
gil. The death of Horace occurred eight
years before the Christian era, and that of
Virgil 10 years earlier, while the date of the
destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of
Vesuvius is A. d. 79.
Hence the portraits are not cotemporary,
though they cannot be placed very long
after the age of the poets. But although
they are in that respect only fancy portraits,
M. CASTOR Boissier has pointed out to the
French Academic des Inscriptions that they
have distinct resemblance to the minia-
lures of Horace and Virgil given in the
manuscripts of the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries The Pompeiian medallions are
only of very mediocre character when re-
garded solely from an artistic standpoint.
This very fact strengthens the idea of a con-
tinuous artistic tradition as to the bodily
presentment of the two poets. The Pom
peiian artist and the monastic scribe could
have had no direct connection, but they
may easily have derived their figures from
common source.
Another point of interest is to see the
popular criticism within less than a GEN.
tury after their death, linking together
Horace and Virgil. How enduring their
fame is may be realized if we remember
that now, after the lapse of 10 centuries,
they have more readers and admirers than
at any preceding period. 1t is to be feared
that few of the literary regulations of mod
ern ages will Withstand so successfully "the
cankered tooth Of Time"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

musical column on Sundays that you can
claim the political support of the paper.
Do not, because you have been out late
with the editor, fool yourself with the idea
that he will let you dictate the course Of
the paper. You might come in on him dur
ing one of his lucid intervals and be thrown
out. Editors do not feel bound to drop
their work in the morning and play croquet
with the casual outcasts whom they met the
evening before.
Do not go into the editors Office to ''cheer
MIN up" You would not go into mer-
chants Office to cheer him up, would you?
Not if he saw you first. Editors are the
only ones who have twice as much to do as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
VALUE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

The Good to Be Derived From Them Not
Yet Quite Understood.
The value of many documents issued from
our Government members is but little under
stood by the people of this country, says a
writer in the st. Louis Globe Democrat
It is fact, however, that some of the most
valuable contributions to the knowledge of
this country are made in the form of public
documents.
Every Consul is required to transmit to
the Government whatever is of interest in
the city where he is stationed, and volume
of Consular reports is often as interesting as
a book of travels. In addition the Bureau
of Education sends out every year an i'm
mense mass of literary matter pertaining to
the educational systems Of this and other
countries.
While the reports of the Government agri-
cultural stations ought to be in the hands of
every farmer, and if properly used would
increase the aggregate production of our
land 10 per cent in a single year, yet neither
teachers nor farmers seem as q rule to care
for these documents, and, although they are
to be had Tor the asking, thousands of them
every year, it is said, are left undistributed
because no one calls for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
BAsKING IN THE SUN.
1t Would Be Well for Mankind Sometimes
to Copy Animals.

1t Would Be Well for Mankind Sometime IS
to Copy Animals
"Basking in the sun" is in itself of real
and considerable benefit, and it is no COM
pliment to our human intelligence to find
that cats and dogs understand that fact
much better than We do, saws DR.. Hutch
inson in the North american Revie'c
Even the ''blue grass" craze had truth un-
derlying it, and owed such success as it
achieved to the proportion of sunlight
which penetrated its colored medium. The
love of sunshine is naturally one of our
strongest instincts, and We should be far
healthier and happier if we followed and
developed it Instead of practically ignoring
and repressingit. How sparkling, sunny
morning exhilarates us and makes us feel
that tits too fine a day to spend indoors" ="
and vet how few holidays are taken for that
reason. The wealth of the sunbeams Is
poured out lavishly all around us, and we
turn from it to struggle for few pitiful
handfuls of something else that is yellow
and shining, but not half so likely to bring
us happiness, and often has strange, red
spots upon it. Give nature q chance, and
we will find that there is more than mere
fanciful connection between natural SUM-
light and that Sunny" disposition. which,
after all, is the true "philosopher's stone. I"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
A LILLIPUTIAN NAVAL BATTLE.
BY the Aid of Chalk and Matches a Fiery
Combat Can Take Place.

BY the Aid of Chalk and Matches a Fiery
Combat Can Take Place.
Harper's Young People.1
The amusing experiment of lilliputlan
naval battle can be made with white chalk
and the ordinary table vinegar. Model, say
a dozen chunks of chalk to the resemblance
of ships, planning the bottoms evenly, and
using matches for masts, smoke-stacks and
turrets The rival forces you can distinguish
by coloring the enemy's ships with black
ink, leaving your own white. Having
them in pan or plate close to an imaginary
dividing line, pour good quantity of vine
gar between the chalk sticks. Instantly you
will hear an audible seething, like the
kissing of shells in actual warfare, while
ships as if putting up steam will begin to
move forward in slow revolutions, leaving
behind them streaks of foam such as are OBJ
served in the wake of moving vessels
When meeting at the dividing line, they
will have attained quite respectable speed,
humping and cutting together in the endeavor
to push one another furthest from the
dividing line. The engagement often proves
an exciting one Of course, the side has won
which has the larger number of ships nearest
the center after the affray.
The chemical solution of this seeming
mystery is quite simple. Chalk being
largely carbon, combines with the acid of
the vinegar in carbonic acid-the same
gases that cause the effervescence of most
mineral waters The gases rise to the
sur face of the vinegar in small bubbles of
sufficient strength to cause the current which
turns the chalk.
Since the patriotic youth will want to see
the American boats win, it will be we'll for
H. 49, ,hArf hat <hn has #
chalk contains the largest proportion of car
bon. 1t will also prove of advantage to
plane the chalk carefully, so as to permit it
to glide easily
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
ORGANS IN POLITICS.
An Aspiring Georgian Asks Bill Nye
About Their Advisability.
ADVISED TO GET ONE AT ONCE.
Office Seekers Can Say Nice Things About
Themselves in Them.
THE WAY TO SUDSIDlZE THE PRESS
rooaREspoNpENcE OF THE DISPATCH. ]

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH1
BUCK SHOALS, N. c., August 12.-The
following letter from Georgia seems to re-
quire and call loudly for public reply, let
the chips fall where they may.
Mr.. Smith is only one of large class each
member of which would be glad to have
some of the questions contained in this let
ter settled at once and forever.
After this week they will be regarded as
settled:
MACON, GA, July 81.
MY DEAR Mr. NYE-You will excuse me If
encroach on your valuable time long enough
to gain some Information about matter
over which I am put to considerable
thought. am at present residing in small
villa near Macon, Ga, where have been
raised all my life. Ny neighbors have hon
ored me on several occasions by elect1ng me
to positions on the school board and such.
Some of them have gone so far as to mention
my name N connection with higher honors
So far have managed to be noncommittal
on all subjects rather waiting unanimous
call from the people. Recent developments
almost convince me that am pursuing the
wrong course il hope for success, and this
is the subject of which would speak.
The campaign is drawing near to hand and
some candidates have already announced.
AS yet see no immediate hope OF success
unless do likewise NV nature is very SEN
sitive and don't think could stand defeat
since figuring so prominently for so long
time in my district. 1 have exhausted my
brains in trying to devise some means py
which can create excitement ana eaten The
people by storm
1t is impossible to find platform that is
not already filed, and don't like to play
second fiddle to any mans lead. Inc ques-
tions l would ask are these:
Do you think it the wise policy to subs1d1ze
the press? speak to you in all confidence,
and know YOU will treat my questions as
such. This think can do, but not without
figuring against my general Discrimination to
do so.
con, the editor and proprietor of our only
weekly paper was on the train too. He ap-
preached me first, and want you TO re-
member that fact. He told me that his wife
was very unhealthy, and that he had about
made up his mind to change his residence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
Welcome the Editor Extends.

The only editor who succeeds in making
his Office a delightful rendezvous is the
editor who finds himself at the close of the
second year with "a host of friends" a
large exchange list and two bundles of
paper at the express Office which he cannot
fuse to see anybody. Almost anybody could
drop in casually and have fun with me.
Even when the bailiff came in, and I knew
thatI ought to work, said: "Come right
in. I never have refused anybody yet, and
it is too late now to begin" So he came
in.
The manner in which you met the editor
you speak of was extremely fortunate.
Always meet an editor on the train If you
can, especially if you wish to subsidize him.
His wite's ill health will be a good thing,
not SO much for her, but for yourself
You are no doubt getting good property
much, however, on the good will of paper.
When I closed out at what was called by
the foreign clothier, who closed me out, "a
great sacofze," 1 did not get so much for
the good will of the paper as I did for the
navy revolver which I had used in securing
the good will.
You need an organ if you contemplate
coming before the people as a candidate,
and 1 would say that you should lose no
time IN CLOSING GHe CraQe. u MESS he mas
basely deceived you regarding the bucket
and the potash, you will do well to close
with him at once.
The Use of an Organ in Politics.
The beauty of having an organ while you
are candidate is that while you can say the
most fulsome things about yourself no one
will suspect that you have any interest in
the paper. No one ever does. With
paper, Mr.. Smith, you will be surprised to
notice how the public will be as clay in
your hands. Guard with jealous care the
good will of the paper. L used to put the
good will Of my paper on top of the dIction-
ary, and then put the dictionary in my chair
to make it high enough to fit the desk.
When the Office was afterward shot into by
admirers OF the paper, the good will and
the dictionary alone escaped mutllation..
You will excuse me, Mr.. Smith, if in
closing wish you we'll, and also express
my amazement that a green politician
should punctuate so well and write such
good copy for the printer as you do.
Can it be that you are, after all. a jour
nalist? BILL NYE