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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

Sheep pay if properly taken care Of
not ten per cent, but two hundred per
cent, and money invested in them is
more secure than in bank. You should
remember that sheep require careful
attention, and to be made proofagainst
disease, occasionally feed them Stone
braker's Horse and Cattle Powders.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

Mistress-What have you marked
IT. NJ" on all your pies for, Norah ?
Norah-Sure, ma'am, that's to tell
TIL mince pies from tn apple pies, II.
NJ" on the mince pies is '''tis mince,"
and "T. NJ" on tn apple piesis faint
mincen-so l kin tell 'em, ma'am, wild
out cuttin' EN-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

A TOWER OF ALUMrNUM.-Fh frame work
of the clock tower on the Philadelphia City
Hall has been completed. and the exterior
metal work will soon be put in place. This
will be q novelty, every piece being first COW
cred witch copper and tien with aluminium.
The immense tower, shining like silver and
free from oxidation, is expected to make q
great landmark. The statue of William Penn,
which is to surmount the tower reaching an
attitude of 535 feet, is almost completed. The
figure is 81 feet high and weighs 80 tons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

From 1861 to IS, both the federal and
confederate armies used Stonebraker's
Horse and Cattle Powders, and every
package still carries the Endorsement OF
the .. S. government upon the wrap
per. Price. 25 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

WAS sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes
used Ey's Cream Balm with gratifying re-
suits Am apparently curcd.-Z. c. Warren,
Rutland. Vt.
l SUFFERED from severe cold in my head
for months and could get no relief Was adj
yised to use Ely's Cream Balm. 1t has work
ed like magicin its cure. l am free from my
cold after using the Balm one week, and l be-
lieve it is the best remedy known.-Samuel
J. Harris, Wholesale Grocer, 119 Front ST.,
New York
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

18th biennial meeting of the Supreme
Lodge knights of Pythias of the world
commenced this morning and will cor.
tinue in session for 10 days or until all
the business before it is completed
Ever since Sunday throngs of knights
and their ladies have been arriving and
marching through crowded streets to
the crowded camp and overcrowdrd
hotels and lodging houses. Nearly
every arriving body of knights has
been. accompanied by band. The
nominal population to-day is estimated
at 100000. This evening att O'Clock
the grand parade of all the uniformed
bodies will take place.
The reception was held in the Grand
Opera House. The exercises consisted
of merely an address of welcome and
responses. The supreme lodge then
adjourned to Masonic Hall where it
went into secret session.
The proceedings Of the lodge con-
sisted of the initiation of new men,
bers and the hearing of reports. After
the initiation of members, Supreme
Chancellor Shaw presented his report.
The order enters the twenty-cighth
year gifts existence, says the report
with splendid army of 3OS0O0 men,
an increase during the year Of 1900.
The development Of the uniform rank
is marvel. The record shows an in
crease of 1873 new divisions during the
past year, with a total membership ex-
ceeding $4,000, being an increase dur
ing the year of 5000 members.
The report of the board Of trustees
of the endowment rank states that On
July /, 1892 the endowment rank con-
sisted of l, &. active sections, compris-
ing %, 407 members with endowments
in force amounting to $685., 600 and
an increase since the last biennial re-
port of 500 sections, 5000 members
and ST. 100000 endowmen;s. The re
sources Of the rank are stated TO be
$S7, GIL 900 and the liabilities, represent
ing death losses accruing July l, 1892,
slS7, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

WHEN THE people of Anderson coun-
tv. Tennessee; Allegheny county, Penn
sylvania; and Erie county, New York,
have their taxes raised in order to pay
the expense necessarily incurred in the
suppression of the mobs that have re-
Gently disgraced those counties, they
will experience realizing sense of the
benefits of mob violence, and deem it
wiser, if indications of similar disturb
ances occur hereafter, to adopt effective
repressive measures at once, than to
wait until loss has been sustained which
must be made good.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23
ONE OF the effects of the recent in

ONE OF the effects of the recent in
reference with transportation caused
by the strike at Buffalo was the advance
of two cents pound on beef, which the
poor people whose supplies OF beef
came by way ofthat city had to pay, But
the thought OF such an advance never
entered the heads of the men who de-
rallied the trains, burnt cars SO as 10
block the tracks, and destroyed bridges;
and, what is worse, fit had, would not
have prevented them from doing just Us
they did. Selfshness is the actualns
motive of mankind, but strikers who
resort to violence push it not only to a
reckless, but to an absurd extent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Many of the Homestead iron strikers
have secured work elsewhere and have
left their old homes.
Queen Victoria has conferred q
baronetcy upon Sir Julian Pauncefote,
British minister at Washington.
The case of Lizzie Borden, charged
with the murder of her father and
step-mother, which was called at
FAIL River yesterday,was continued till
Thursday.
secretary Charles Foster predicts
that the republicans will carry every
northern State and five or six southern
States. He says ''the solid South is
now thing of the past"
The International Peace Congress
was opened in Berne, Switzerland, yes
terday. DR.. Ruchonnet was elected
president. Mrs Belva Lockwood made
an address OH the progress of the peace
idea in the United States.
President Harrison's proclamation
about the Welland canal has caused q
stir throughout Canada, and public
opinion seems 10 be opposed to the Do
minion government making any coll
cessions to the United States.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued an order directing that the sew
eral offices ofthe department in Wash
ington close hereafter at 4 o'clock in
stead of at o'clock, which has been
the custom during the excessively warm
weather.
It's asserted that certain pension claim
agents in Washington are arranging to
use the coming Grand Army encamp-
ment as the occasion for the dissemina-
ton of an attack on Mr.. Cleveland,
charging him with opposition to pension
legislation.
At the Cleveland House at Tacoma
yesterday Henry Harris stabbed and
shot his daughter, Eta, aged twenty
four, and then shot himself, both dying
soon afterward. 1t was the daughters
waywardness that caused the fathers
desperation.
Owing to the intense heat Emperor
Francis Joseph has countermanded the
orders for the Austrian army maneuv-
ers, which were to have been held next
week. The heat has loosened the ice in
the snow fields of the Alps and The vii
lage Of fash was almost destroyed by
falling ice.
While an engine was pushing 9
heavy freight train for the Iron Noun
tain near the bridge at Memphis, Tenn,
Yesterday, the boiler exploded, and en-
gineer James Blundertield was thrown
into the air one hundred feet and in
stantIy killed. Fireman Robert Prater
was torn to u mass, and the engine was
demolished. and the track torn up.
Gen. Carnes and his troops are still
arresting miners and others who are
suspected of having conspired with
them against the peace and dignity OF
the State of Tennessee. Seventy-live
miners have been taken into custody at
Jellico and more than 300 guns seized
The searching of houses for firearms
and ammunition goes on, and a large
quantity has been found in Coal Greek
The War Department has honored the
requisition of the Governor of Tennes
see for small quantity of artillery am
munition and it will be shipped from
the Rock Island Arsenal to the place
designated by the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

A northern drug Journal notes the sale Of
10000 ounces OF quinine at 16 cents sn
ounce. Before quinine was put on the free
Isl it sold from $3.50 to IS an ounce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23
The Right ocPostmastors to Continue
in Office

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.--ln response
to a request therefor by the Postmaster
General Attorney General Miller has
given an opinion in the case Of James
Hill, postmaster at Yicksburg, Miss.
Under date of June ., 1891. Hill WAS
commissioned as postmaster at Eicis-
burg, his commission under the proyis-
ions of the statute to continue until the
end OF the next session of the Senate
and no longer. After the assembling
of Congress in December, 1891, the
nomination of Hill was duly sent TO
the Senate for consideration by that
body. The Senate, however, adjourn
ed without taking any action thereon.
The Attorney General i'll his opinion says
Congress has provided for the continuance of
the business of the Office by providing that
the incumbent and his surctics shall continue
to manage it and discharge its functiors until
the vacancy is filled or agents are sent to take
charge thereof
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

THE FACT is glaringly apparent that
though ex-Secretary Blaine, Senator
Sherman, and Mr.. Robert Ingersoll,
profess to see untold good in the high
tariff, they don't really believe that the
repeal of the Mckinley bill would re,
suit disastrously to themselves or to
their friends, for otherwise they would
devote at least a little of their spare
time to writing or speaking in favor o.
the man whose election as President
would certainly prevent the repeal o
that bill during the next five years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

A REMARKABLE SNAKE.-It is not
often that we risk our reputation for
veracity by repeating fish and snake
stories, but in the present instance the
risk is nothing and we publish the fol-
lowing well verified, remarkable snake
story.
A young professional gentleman OF
this city recently travelled overland to
Tappahannock. On the route he dis
covered n large black snake, slowly
crawling among the branches of q tree
that stood by the road side.
Following the snake with his eye, the
observer saw an unusually large hor-
nets nest nest attached to one OF the
branches of the tree and towards which
the snake was cautiously advancing.
When close to the nest the snake
coiled itself about limb, released its
tail and with it gave several hard raps
upon the exterior of the nest, as il
knocking for admission. The noise OF
tho blows and the swaying Of the nest
caused the hornets to leave their
home and prepare for an attack upon
the intruder.
The snake ceased tapping with its
tail as soon as the hornets left the nest,
uncoiled itself and quickly disappeared,
taking the place of the hornets within
their nest.
Presently the snakes head was seen
to peer out and his bright black eyes
glistened as he anticipated feast from
which the bravest man would shrink
with fear. The snake drew his head
within the entrance hole to the nest till
nothing was seen Of it, except an occa-
sional forked tongue that darted in and
out with lightning rapidity.
Thinking the coast clear the hornets
began to return to their nest when the
snake took them in rs rapidly as they
could enter. Watching the proceeding
for some time and our informant con-
Guiding that all the hornets had been
safely hived, he stood up in his buggy,
tapped the nest with his whip and
awaited the result.
No hornets appearing the nest was
knocked to the ground, opened, and bis
snakeship discovered in torpid condi,
ton, with his size greatly increased.
TIE snake was killed, post mortem
held with the following result: Stomach
stuffed with dead hornets.
Who will say this isn't the best snake
story ever told in Virginia
The author, Dir. w. S. White, attor-
new for the Commonwealth for Stafford
county, vouches for the truth of it,
Fredericksburg Lance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

Guineas 20, 10, so total CIR 60.
The will was recorded in the county
court of AIiddlesex, at the court house
of Urbanna, on Dec. 24th, 1892, and
Richard Henry Lee qualified as excel
or.-Fredericksbur1 Lance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23

II is calculated that in ninety years,
at the present rate of increase, Austria
liza will contain 40, 100000 of citizens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23
The Knights Of Pxthias.

y -1's' 01 t1iH5'
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 23.-The
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
ENauLFED BY IN EARTH5 To-, re-
one-third of the Island Of Conpou', ~
49,. .pissppearsj in tbe-ssn---Ruild Inv y
in La Union in Ruins.

The steamer City Of Panama brings news
Of recent earthquakes in San Salvador.
Signs Of activity were noticed about the
crater OF the Conchaqua volcano, near
Launcon, in the Gulf OF Fonzeca, October
g. A violent earthquake followed at 10
o'clock that night
The 5000 inhabitants OF La Union fed TO
the beach. Shock after shock struck the
city, and the older buildings were tumbled
In ruins The stone cathedral was reduced
10 heap. and 80 or % other buildings were
completely wrecked. Tweniy-four persons
were injured. The trembles lasted Tor sew
eral days. One third OF the Island of Con-
chaauita, in the Gulf Of Fonzeca. seven
mics from La Union was sp of by the
shock and suddenly sank out OF sight.
The crater of Conchaqua did not break
forth, but il still shows signs Of coming
eruptions.
la Union is one Of the principal seaports
of Brazil, and is connected with San Miguel
by railroad. The population is several
thousand,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
THE LARGE PENSION ROLL
COMMISSIONERS RAuM's REPORT.
Almost sl4o. 100000 Paid TO $4,000
Persons in aTwelve-Month. High
Water Mark Expected TO Be
Reached in 1904.

The annual report of Commissioner
Raum. Of the Pension 0fiice, was made pub
lie II shows that on June 80, 1892 there
we're $40, 06S pensioners on the rolls OF the
is pension agencies, an increase OF lg9,s0s
in the last fiscal year. These pensioners
we're classified as follows: Widows and
daughters Of Revolutionary soldiers, Y;
Army invalid pensioners, s9s4s; army
widows, minor children. etc. l0s,65s; navy
invalid pensioners 5,o46, navy widows, min
or children, 1900: survivors Of the War OF
1872 1866; widows Of soldiers Of the War OF
1912. 665i; survivors of the Mexican war,
10, 2i5 widows of soldiers of Mexican war,
1882. Act of Juue ~, 1890: Army invalid
pensioners. 2s3, 734; army widows, minor
children, etc, 4i,696; navy invalid pension
ers. 1884; navy widows, minor children, ,e:c..
2,ol7.
The total amount expended for pensions
during the fiscal year was sl39, ,035. .6l3. The
amount due ~ i35 pensioners on the rolls
on June 30 1892, who were not paid for
want OF time, but who will be paid out of
the funds appropriated for the fiscal year
1893. is 81 S52 "a The appropriation for
the fiscal year 1898 is Siii.h56,0 600, buttak-
ing the cost Of the allowances made during
the first tour months of this fiscal year as
basis for ca culation the Commissioners es.
Inmates that there will be deficiency Of
SO. sos. .62l.
la making his estimate for an appropria.
ton of slGj, 900, 900 for the fiscal year 1892
| General Raum says there is much difficulty
In forecasting the probable cost Of this ser
vice for period So far In advance; 1T as
many allowances for pensions shall be made
during 1893 as were made during 1892, the
estimated amount shall not be sufficient,
but he does not believe that this will be the
case.
The Commissioner says that IL has been
the policy OF the office during the past three
years to detail larger part OF the official
force upon original claims than upon in
crease CLAIMS. and as "A result OF this plan,
22i Ol7 certificates were issued in original
case and 1881 certificates issued in increas
claims under various laws. During the Ms
cal years 1893 aud 1894 he believes the ad'
| judication of original claims will be substan.
TALLY completed and made current, and
that at the close of the fiscal year 1894 the
highest number Of pensioners to DC ON the
rolls will have been placed there.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
A Suspension of the Influx Probable
During the Worlds Fair.

n
During the Worlds Fair.
The annual report of w. d. Owens, su'
perin,endent OF immigration, shows that
579, ,G63 immigrants arrived in this country
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892
There were returned 2,s0l who came in VIC
lation Of law. OF this number l,1O3 were
contract laborors. The law adopted March
8, 1891, the report says, has exercised u
wholesome and deterrent effect upon immi'
grafton and especially upon the undesiTa
BILE classes. The character Of the immigrants
arriving during the past year was greatly
superior to that Of many previous years.
Surgeon General Wyman, OF the Marine
Hospilal Service, in his annual report to the
Secretary OF the Treasury will recommend,
so IL IA said. as measure Of safety 10 the
country during the progress of the Worlds
Colum bian Exposition, that immigration be
SUSPENDED for at least one year from Janu'
ary /, next This is ba ed on the prediction
Of sanitary experts that cholera u almost
certain 10 r.appear in European countries
next spring. Il is regarded as almost certain
that the Secretary OF the Treasury. will in,
dorse the proposition as part oil his general
plan for the establishment Of quarantine
service.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
cLEvELAND's GAME BAG FULL.
The President-Elect Brings Down 1873
Snipe and Four Ducks in an Hours
Shooting on the Beach.

shooting on the Beach.
Having been forced by bad weather TO
abandon cunning for duck, President-elect
Cleveland went out upon the beach at TX
more, Va, shortly before noon
Tuesday TO shoot snipe. The
birds were found in great numbers, and Mr..
Cleveland succeeded in bagging l26 in lit
tie over an hour. cfthese 53 were brought
down at one shot. Four black ducks, which
left the water and flew over the beach, also
fell victims to his fowling piece.
While cunning on the Beach, Mr.. Cl,ve-
land was AN eye witness If thrilling spec
tacle. Five residents of Cobbs Island were
on their way in twosail boat to Broad.
water for the purpose Of paying their re-
specis 10 the Pre- ident elect While In the
great Machipongo inlet, between White
Point and Coe Point, opposite the United
States Life Saving Station, the boat capslz-
ed, throwing the occupants into the water
All OF the party would certainly have been
drowned had IL not been for The prompt as
sistance Of the life "a ing crew. who imme-
diatey went TO their assistance and succeed
ed IN bringing them safely to land.
Mr.. Cleveland's hand, which was pain
fully but not seriously injured in attempt
ing To- loek his gun, has given but little
trouble
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08

Rev. John Witherspoon Scott. d. n, was
born in Beaver county, Pa, June %, 1900
and, was. therefore in his g3d year. lie was
q son Of George McElroy Scott native OF
Bucks county, who aiterward went to
Beaver county 20 take charge of Pre,by.
terian church. Dr. Scott graduated from
Washlngton-Jefferson College. and subse.
quently took postgraduate course at Yale.
Afterward he sccemed a profc. sorshipin the
college from which he graduated, which po.
sition he held Tor two years
About this time lie married Mary Neal,
and, going West. he accepted n prufeSsOrship
in Miami University az Miami, O.. ia 1896
While there three children we're born to him
Elizabeth, afterward Mrs Lord Carolina
afterward Mrs. Harrison, and John Neal
Scott. A number Of years later DR.. Scott
founded the Oxford o. Female College, and
in 1850 became its President
As he advanced IN years, DIR. Scott gave
mn the college work. and coming to Wash.
ington. he was appointed to clerkship in
the Interior Department. which position he
held up to The time of the advent in Wash
ington, OF President Harrison, when he re.
signed nj the instance of the President and
took up his abode at the White House
Here the venerable man led the happy, con.
tented and tranquail existence that man OF
his age 80 thoroughly appreciates after a life
Of activity.
The room he occupied was one OF the bes,
In the house. the windows overlooking the
main entrance. the front lawn and Penn!
sylyania avenue. 1t was well supplied with
bis fovorite books. Dr. Scott was always the
lirst riser of the Presidents household and
was usually about long before the family
were stirring. Although he always had .
carriage at his disposal, he scarcely ever used
Il, preferring to walk WHEN possible. lie
was engaged for months prior TO his death
On a voluminous geneoiogy Of the Scott
family, but was unable to finish il.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
INTERNAL REVENUE FIGURES
Gauging Yields Better Returns Than
Weighing spirits.---Good Effect
of the Bounty Upon Sugar

Gauging Yields Better Returns Than
Weighing spirits.---Good Effect
of the Bounty Upon Sugar
Production.
The commissioner OF Internal Revenue,
Mr.. Mason, of West Virginia. in his annual
report just issued, estimates the receipts OF
internal revenue next year at sl65, ,000, 600.
Last year he estimated 1t at $3.50, COO coo and
it yielded sl53, 500, Oo0 The cost OF collect
ion has been $50 per cent; last year it was
2Ss.
There has been IN increase in the number
OF distillers, operating principally small dis
tilleries, and the relaxation of the law with
regard TO these has given much trouble and
facilitated frauds.
The adoption by Congress OF his recon-
mendation to dispeI a with the regauging
oil spirits after rectincaton, has effected q
saving of 500, 900 per annun. Is
Discussing The change IN the method OF
gauging them, he says: THE fact has been
demonstrated that gaugng by scales has
yielded an average of one ffty.sixth of a
more per gallon package than gauging by
weight,
The production Of oleomargarine has in
creased from 800, 000 pounds u month TO
over 400, 600 600. The oelomargarine produc.
ing States are Illinois, which paid taxes at
the rate or cents per pound to the amount
OF S66S, 900; Kansas, tl42, 900; Connecticut,
100000; Ohio, S7s,00O Nebraska, t45, 900;
and Pennsylvania, s40,00
The number OF licensed sugar growers,
under the bounty law last year, were 1850,
Of whom 7E made sugar from cane, 4.240
from maple trees and Is from beets and
sorghum. The mspel sugar production is
chiefly confined TO the New England States,
though there are several hundred growers
registered in New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
The Commissioner states that many
thousand dollars have been invested in i'm
proved sugar making machinery IN Louisi-
ana, because of the bouIty, and the licenses
issusd for maple sugar making next year
having increased to u. 100. lie estimates the
amount of bounty that will have to be paid
out next year for sugar Of all kinds at
10000