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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

President ingalls, says the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad is doing a sat
isfactory business.
The races at the Shenandoah Driving
Park at Bcrryville will take place on
August 18th and 18th.
Ex-Congressman Dezendorf, of Nor
folk, in addressing republican club
there recently opposed the force bill,
while ex-Congrcssman George E. Bow
den advocated it. Mr.. Dezendorf said
it would defeat every republican Con-
gresham in the South.
The last q. S. crop report bulletin
has the following to say of Virginia {:
Temperature nearly 100 below normal,
retarding growth ofcorn; rainfall badly
distributed, none in the north to three
inches at Danville; rain needed north
and around Petersburg and Richmond;
too wet in southeast; corn and tobacco
doing well; warm nights needed.
Capt. Walter Chamberlain, of Rich
mond, one of the best known conduc-
tors on the Atlantic Coast line, was
killed Yesterday afternoon three miles
south of Petersburg. He was in charge
of an excursion train going from Dur
ham. n. c., to Washington. While
standing on the steps of the platform of
one of the coaches watching hot box
his head struck post and he was in
stantly killed.
Jeff Florence, who shot and killed
Jas. w. Jones at q picnic at Forest
burgh, near Dumfries, on Saturday, has
been arrested and lodged in jail at
Brentsville. Both were young men
and had been drinking at the time the
shooting was done. Some parties who
were present stated that Florence, who
was being pursued by Jones, retreated
into house near the picnic grounds
and there shot Jones, who had at the
time an open knife in his hand.
Yesterday afternoon about half-past
three o'clock a water-spout occurred
along the line of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, SO miles from Peters
burg. The tracks of the Norfolk and
Western were washed up for some dis
lance, and all trains over the road were
delayed s,veral hours. A material
train from Petersburg, and another
from Norfolk, with large force of
hands, have been sent to the place
where the washout occurred to repair
the damage.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg 4ppeal says: Speaker
CardYell is being strongly urged to be-
come candidate for Congress and
many of his friends think he viii do so.
Mr.. Wise is very anxious to secure the
nomination again and as have before
said there is very little chance of any
one beating him. However, he is TAX
ing nothing for granted, and is, / am
told, organizing his forces for the con-
flict. Mr.. Wise is splendid organizer
and it is difficult for anybody to get
ahead of him."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY -, 1892.

THE stonccutters and PAYERS long
strike in the North is over, and such OF
those who took part in it as the en-
plovers wanted, have gone back to work
on the same terms as existed when the
strike began. The strikers have lost
their wages. their families have suffer
ed. and the treasury OF their union mas
been depleted. They, therefore, GER
tainly have not been benefited by their
strike. But the officers of their union
and their walking delegates, who or
dered the strike, have not been subject
ed to any loss or inconvenience, have
drawn their pay just the same as II the
men were at work, and all the time
have lived easy, idle and luxurious
lives. But men have struck ever since
labor was organized, and they will con-
tinue to do so until the end of time, iol
it is their nature to, and nature cannot
be changed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

PROF. r. IL. DABNEY, OF the Unlver-
sity of Virginia, in an article in the
Richmond Times, calls attention to the
well known and regrettable fact that
Virginia and the whole South suffer
not only in the North and abroad, but
also among the young people at nome
for the lack of true history OF the
United States, and to supply that urgent
want he recommends the publication OF
cheap edition of the excellent work
of Percy Greg, an Enslishman, printed
in London in 1887, butnever reprinted
in this country, and now SO scarce as
to be almost unpurchasable even IN
England. Virginians and the natives
of all the other Southern States have
lust reason for pride in the history OF
their section OF the country, but how
can they feel that pride if they be ut
terly ignorant of the cause thereof?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

MIR. PowDERLY, talking about the
Homestead affair, says: "This fight is
but the rumbling of the coming revolu-
ton" In this many wiser and less self
Interested people than Mr.. Powderly
agree. But after the fire and blood OF
the revolution, just as before it, there
will be poor and rich people, and the
former will have to work, fer it will be
lust as true then as it is now, and as it
was when the Bible was written, that
man must earn his bread by the sweat
of his face.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
~ AN editorial article in the July

IN AN editorial article in the July
number of the Southern Planter on road
making, it is stated that the actual
money expended annually on the i'm
provement Of the country roads IN Nlr-
ginia amounts to more than $4,000.
And yet, with all this expense, owing
to the system in use, it is well known
that the roads are no better at the end
Of the wear than they are at the COM
mencement thereof. The article adj
yises the adoption of General Washing
tons wise advice on the subject, which
was to the effect that the State or ma
tional government take charge OF the
matter, for in his day the local authorl-
ties, for various reasons, were utterly
unequal to the task, and that they
continue to be so is plain to all who
have to drive over even the best Nir-
ginia roads
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13


CoNGREss.-1n the U. s. Senate yes
terday the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill conference report was
agreed to. The sundry civil bill was
called up and debate continued on the
amendment to close the Worlds Fair
on Sunday. Several other amendments
were presented and ordered printed,
among them one by Mr.. Daniel prohib-
ting the payment Of dividends on the
stock before the repayment of the gov
eminent advances. The committee on
Indian affairs was directed to continue
the investigations into the administra-
ton of the Indian Bureau. Senator
Pettigrew introduced IL bill to increase
to S72 per month the pensions of SOL
diers or sailors now receiving $50 per
month. who are totally disabled from
performing any manual labor. Senator
Pettigrew proposed as an amendment
to the House biIl placing binding Irvine
on the free list, the bill introduced some
time since to create tariff commission.
In the House the republicans, by fill
clustering, succeeded in preventing a
vote on the bill providing for the cleo
ton of Senators by direct vote of the
people, and at 5 o'clock the House took
a recess until o'clock in the evening
for the consideration ofpension bills.
Seven of the regular appropriation
bills have passed both Houses, and, OF
the remaining six, all save the sundry
civil, are so far advanced in conference
that they can be passed Mt almost any
time. 1t is the intention to have them
all out of the way. except, possibly, the
sundry civil, by the end of this week,
as the term ofthe extension of the ap-
preparation of the last year ends on the
18th Of the month. Tariff legislation
is at an end for the session practically.
Under the rules, the last six days of
the session are suspension" days, so
that lot of indiscriminate legislation
will probably be rushed through in
those expiring days of the session. One
of the bills which will probably be
called for passage on one of these sus-
pension days is the bill to provide for
the election of United States Senators
by popular votes,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

TIE FACT that the republican, MAORI
ty in the Z. 5. Senate refuse to permit
any of the measures for tariff relief that
have passed the democratic House to
leave the committee to which they were
referred and come before the Senate for
action, proves the wisdom of Senator
Hills advice, given even before he was
sworn in, to the effect that it would be
an unnecessary waste Of time for this
Congress to attempt to pass tariff bills,
and that single measure to show the
people of the country what the demo-
Gratis would do for their relief if they
had control of all the branches of the
government, would be all that was re-
CURED. There is no sense in butting
against stone wall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
Mr.. Cleveland on tho Force Bill.

MrDDLEsBoRo, KY, July 13.-Thc
following letter was received yesterday
from Grover Cleveland in reply to
resolutions passed by the Cleveland
Stevenson club Of this place:
II desire to thank you for sending
me copy of the resolutions adopted
by the democracy of Middlesboro.
do not wonder that those adopting
these resolutions speak of the force
bill as horror of republicanism. Such
doctrines as it embodies are direct at
tack upon the theory of our govern
ment, and while such measure espec-
tally menaces the welfare and prosper.
ity of the South, it must be condemned
and denounced byall those everywhere
who love their country, and have the
least claim to be numbered among
those who believe in the principle Of
true democracy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
of passing. the bill for the free coinage
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.J
WASHINGTON, July Is.

Congressman Fowler of New jersey,
chairman of the House fisheries COM
mittee. told the GAZETTE's correspond
ent to-day that majority of that COM
mittee had agreed to report favorabiy
the bill prohibiting fishing in the waters
of the District of Columbia so as to al
ford shad and herring a spawning
ground in that river, and that he would
present that report at the first oppSor1t,u-
nifty. The bill has already passed 'he
Senate. &c
Nire times has the craftsmanship OF
the national republican committee been
offered to as many different prominent
republicans. as many times has II
been refused, for the reason. 1t IS sup,
nosed. that if Mr.. Harrison be defeated
the blame would be put upon the CHAIR,
man and if elected, Mr.. Harrison would
deem the result as preordained ana not
the work of men, and that therefore no
man would be entitled to any credit 1or
it.
The fate ofthe silver bill in the House
was the chief subject of talk at the Cap
itol to-day, but so well was it known
that Mr.. Cleveland's powerful influence
had been brought to bear upon the
democratic majority, that the defeat OF
the bill was anticipated long before the
decisive vote was taken, and therefore
created no surprise.
4 gentleman from Fauquier county
Va, here to-day, says that yesterday
no less than fifty-four car loads Of tat
cattle were shipped from that county
most of them for export to England.
Information received to-day indicates tha'
the situation in the Coucr d Alenc mining dls
trict of Idaho is more serious than ut first
supposed. Colonel Parlin of tho 4th infantry
who is in command Of the federal troops al
Wardncr. near the scene OF the trouble oeie
graphed last night that affairs were IN very
bad condition Acting on this Information
General Schofeld this morning ordered III,
following additional troops to the CGur u
| Alenc district: 4 companies of infantry from
Fort Spokane troop OF cavalry and com
panies of infantry from Vancouvre barracks
! These troops with those previously ordered
from Fort Sherman and Fort Missoula VII
give Colonel Parliu an active force OF nearly
500 men. If these prove Inadequate TO re
store order rcinforcements will De sent iron
other posts in the Northwest.
Among the acts tie President signed TO
day were the river and harbor appropriation
bill and an act TO punish the carrying or sell
| ing of deadly or dangerous weapons within
the District of Columbia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

THE BALTIMORE Sun intimates that
the attempt to force the free silver bill
through Congress was conspiracy on
the part of some democrats to defeat Mr.
Cleveland. The Sua is and has been
such vehement Cleveland advocate
that it is suspicious of every one who is
not as energetic in support of the en-
President as it is. But it is needlessiy
so. All good and true democrats will
work and vote for Mr.. Cleveland, and
though some of them unwisely favor
the free silver bill, they are certainly
lust as reliable democrats rs the San is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13
The situation a, Homestead.

The Situation ~ Homestead.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July l3.-Absolute.
4 ly nothing is going on in Homestead.
save foraging for rations, sweltering in
the down pouring heat and waiting for
the next move in the game. Tie
soldiers are badly lodged, and worse
fed, and if the present weather con
tinues there will be some sickness. At
the strikers headquarters Mr. Cum.
mings said: There is nothing to do
but to wait" "The troops; he said.
cant stay here forever, and l don't
see how Mr.. Frick can expect the stu
alton to be materially changed after
they leave. Mr.. Frick depends upon
breaking up the Amalgamated Associa-
ton and upon taking back about two
thirds of the old men. This he can
never do and unless he does do it the
mills will stay idle, or he will come 10
us. We can afford to wait. Not a cent
in our treasury has been touched, and
we have powerful friends to fall back
upon when we have spent our own
money"
The congressional committee to III
vestigatc the causes of the trouble met
this morning.
AIr. Frick in answer to questions
said they had not called on the sheriff
previous to making arrangements with
the detectives because their experience
with the sheriff years ago convinced
them it would be useless
On June % he wrote the following
letter to the Pinkerton agency i'll New
York
ave will need 500 guards for service
at our Homestead mills as 4 measure OF
precaution against interference with our
plan to start the works. The only
trouble we anticipate is that an attempt
will be made to prevent such of our
men with whom we have made salts
factory arrangements from going to
work. We are not DESTROYS that the
men you send shall be armed unless
the occasion calls for such measure
later on for the protection Of our en-
ployees. We will wish these guards to
be placed on our property, and there to
remain unless called into other service
by the civil authority to meet an emer-
gency that is likely to arise. As soon
as your men are on the premises We
will notify the sheriff and ask that they
be deputized Immediately on an out
break of such a character as to render
such a step desirable"
Mr.. Prick requested and was granted
the privilege of reading the following
communication. The first letter writ
ten by himself to Manager Potter on
June % is as follows II have no doubt
you fully realize the Importance of not
doing anything orpcrmitting anything
to be done by any of our employees, or
any guards we may employ to protect
our property that is not entirely lawful
They should under no circumstance
resort to the use of arms unless it
should be for the protection of their
lives"
P1rTsBURG, July l3.-NIr. Loveioy.
secretary of the Carnegie Steel Co.
says: 1--WE will hold no conference
with the Homestead mill men. If the
men in every department of every mill
we have go out because we will grant
no conference with the Homestead men
it will not alter the case
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

A DISPATCH from Bloomington, H.,
SAYS: "Three hundred coal miners,
employees of the large company OF
which the Hon. a. f. Stevenson, demo
cratic candidate forYice-President, is the
head, visited him at his home few
nights since to congratulate him on his
nomination Contrast this with the
feeling of the employees of Mr.. Carne-
gle, who, from his castle in Scotland,
sent telegraph dispatch to Mr.. Harri-
son, the republican candidate for Presi-
dent, congratulating him upon his re-
nomination.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

Armed union miners in Idaho yester-
day forced the employees in three other
mines to surrender. AS stated yester-
day, the President has ordered q. S.
troops to the scene of the trouble in the
Ceur dAlepe district. In the destruc-
ton of the mill Monday number of
mon were killed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

The rains still continue In Mississippi.
The Tombigbee has left its banks and
the country is flooded, destroying thou
sands of acres of fine cotton and corn,
and sweeping away all the bridges
erected since the April floods. Nearly
all the cotton in the West Point section
is total loss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

Five deaths, attributed to cholera,
occurred yesterday at Aubervilliers, a
village five miles from Paris. Rail-
road communication with cholera-in-
fected districts in Russia is to be sus-
pended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

Mr.. William Wharton, aged 80 years,
committed suicide yesterday afternoon
at his home, about 100 yards from the
Richmond city limits, by blowing out
his brains with o shotgun. MIR Whar-
ton was from Caroline county and was
a street-car driver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

1t is stated that ). S. clarkson will on
Saturday be reelected republican ma
tional chairman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

SENATOR MORGAN is not true
prophet. The House defeated, instead
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

Harrison w. Crosby, who discovered
the art of sealing tin cans, died to-day
at Jamesburg, n. ].
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-13

al parliamentary motion to reconsider
the vote and to table that motion, and
then the House proceeded to other and
minor business.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-12
CARE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Neither piano nor an organ should
be left open at night, or habilually
when not in use The changes Of
temperature are very hurtful to the
tone of any instru nent, and especially
the gathering of dampness, which not
only inicrfcres with the tone and
quality OF the strings and recd4, but il
very likely seriously to affect the
works. Pianos ia particular should
be kept in as even temperature az
possible, Since they are much affected
by alterations of heat and cold, dry-
ness and moisture; if thus exposed
they require very frequent tuning and
are not satisfactory in action or tone
Care is also equally desirable in re.
gard to other stringed Instruments
the violin family, baujos, guitars and
like. In all of these the strings are
much affected by exposure to damp
ness and great changes of tempera-
ture. All fine instruments should be
habitually kept in cases lined with
balze or fiannel.-lNew York Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-12

Blackwood has a good account Of
journey of leo miles up the Yang
se-Kiang full of description and leay-
ing on the mind the impression that
China, besides being one Of the most
original of civilized countries, must
be one of the most beautiful. The
following passage may raise in some
fowl-breederS a new appreciation Of
Chinese skill in disciplining their
feathered hockS;
"During our stay at Hankow we
visited duck farm The process Of
keeping the ducks is simple A large
wooden shed stands near the edge of
the river, where the owner of the
farm or an employe spends the night
with his feathered friends There
mist have been several thousand of
ducks in the farm we visited. Before
sunrise the door of the shed is opened,
and out run the ducks, scrambling,
one over the other INTO the river,
where they spend the day feeding.
As soon as sunset approaches, from
all parts of the river they come, for
they wander far among the PUSHES and
islands during the day. and there is
still more hurry and scurry to get into
the shed than there was to get out at
dawn. The reason is simple. I'm
movable by the door sits the China
man, long cane in his hand, and wee
betide the last duck to enter, for
down on its back comes the long bam-
boo with a pain-inflicting thud. In
this way punctuality is insured among
ducks"
Children could hardly have learned
their lesson better than the ducks.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-12
The Match Industry.

The United Sta'es has at present
about GA. 1000, 900 inhabitants, and OF
these fully 80 per cent. are present or
prospective watch wearers. Little
more than thirty years have elapsed
since the average American concluded
that watch was necessity rather
than convenience, and from that
time matchmaking as an industry may
be dated. In 1860 there were only
two watch factories in the United
Staets, and their combined output did
not exceed 800 per day. AT present,
two alone of our many watch factor
les have a combined output of nearly
1000 per day. Matchmaking is cer-
tainly unique in our industrial his
tory, and its lightning stride from
struggling infancy to robust maturity
i, almost incomprehensible. A rough
calculation will give an idea of its
importance. Three of our factories
(the Elgin and Waltham, where move
ments only are made, and the Key
stone, in this city, where cases only
are turned ouD give employment to
nearly 5000 people, and at least four
times as many human beings are de-
pendent on them for support. The
United States has at present yearly
output of $4,000 watches, which
are disposed of by about $50 jobbers
aud about $4,000 retailers. = [PhiIa-
3eIphia Mauufac -urer,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-12

4 miner near the Senator recently
had a rather singular experience with
trade rats, known also as mountain
rats. As the nights were cold the
miner took his ore-sack 10 replenish
his rather hard bed. Having tlee;
lccted to come to town for several
weeks his supply of beans had given
out, and he had come down to a diet
Of straight bacon. Considerably out
Of humor, he started in to pull his
bed TO pieces one morning, and In re-
moving the sacks was agreeably sur.
prised to find three pounds Of beans,
with d little coffee mixed, which the
trade rats ha brought from the
Senator and stored in his bed. The
rats are native Amelic ans and very
different from their Imported Norway
cousins. They are called trade rats
because they generally leave some
article in exchange for what they take
away. The miner states that he
never killed a trade rat; that these
rodents habitually steal from one
cabin and carry their plumber
into an adjoining one; that on one
occasion he spilled couple of quarts
of corn on the floor of his cabin and
the next morning found the rats had
stored away every grain of it in a pair
of saddle-hags hanging upon the wall.
He also states that the rats have
thick caudal appendages about three
inches in length, which they keep
constantly throwing UP and down,
striking the floor with each downward
movement with the regular, measured
stroke of musical professor marking
time. They carry off plugs of to-
bacco. tooth-brushes, combs, and
brushes-in fact, anything which
they can manage to move. Prescott
Courier.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-12
THE BEST POTATOES.

Mealy potatoes are more healthful
than those that are waxy when cooked.
What is called Weakness in a potato
denotes deficiency of starch, this be.
ing the nourishng matter of these
iuOers. The best potatoes arc pro.
duced in cool climates, for in warm
ones they may grow to a large size.
but are generally deficient in starch.
OF course we refer to the common Or
what is enormously called the Irish
potato, for the exact reverse is trur
of the sweet potato, which belongs to
an entirely different family of plants,
'ond is n native of a much warmer
climatc.-[New York Sun.