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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

BALTIMORE. Mar 15.-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat stcadier; No . red spot and
Mar 71ia72; May 74a744; June 14!a743 ;
July 75i bid steamer No 2 red GS bid
milling wheat by sample 72a14. Corn quiet
mixed spot and Mar 47sa41l; April Ala
As; May 4a!a49i; July 49la40i bid steam
cr mixed 454a45l white corn by sample asa
49,; yellow do 48la49. Oats quiet and
steady: No . white Western 41a414 No
mixed do 37a37i. Rye dull; No CD. Hay
firm and easy good to choice timothy SIG 0O
to SIT 90. Provisions dull.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15
BALTIMORE. Mar. 15.-virginia consols :
do 1O-4Os =; do IS 69a70i.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, MAR 10.
There is nothing new to say in regard to
prices in the wholesale markets. Flour is
very easy at current figures. Wheat is weak,
but we again report very small receipts and
that the best samples are wanted by local
mills sales IS to 10, latter for choice Ian
caster. Corn 81 to SO in bulk on cars or
vessel. Rye "a to IS. Oats 81 to ~. Seed
Oats AZ to 90 Eggs are in liberal supply at
10 to 10. Butter is wanted at Is to 2S. Po-
tatoes. Green Apples, Dried Apples, other
Fruits, Vegetables and produce sell very
quickly. Pork, Poultry, Veal Calves and
lambs are firm Millfeed, Hay, Straw and
Cotton Seed Meal are steady.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

ARLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. Mar. IL
% cattle were offered and sold as follows
Best Sadie, good 4la5c, medium 39a1ic,
common 2ia3ic per ID. Some sheep and
Lambs were up and sold as follows: Sheep
:3a5c, lambs 5a6ic calves 5aTc per ID. 10
cows and calves sold at S20a$50 Market
good for all kinds Of stock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15
COMMON couNCIL

Tho board, Mr.. President in Tie
chair, had quorum at the opening
hour and Immediately proceeded to
business.
Mr. j, Schoield, in a petition to the
City Council, set ouJ t:.Gt some years
ago he was notified by the city auti,ori
lies to place paved sidewalk in front
of a row of six houses, which he owned
on Princess stYect, between Columbus
and Alfred. lie complied with the or
der and expended 1921, bat when, after
an absence from the city, he came back
he found that the City Council had not
done its part OF Tie work and had left
the sidewalk unpaved along the Court
house lot so that his tenants had been
compelled to pass through the mud to
get from Columbus street to his houses.
He asked that the City Counc!! should
pave the sidewalk north of the court
house lot.
The petition was referred.
When an application of Mr.. Charles
A. Howard for compensation Sis for
loss of time, expenditures, &c. occa-
stoned by an injury which occurred
while engaged rs fireman, was read
with certificates from the chief cngi-
neer, &c.
Mr.. Uhler moved that the communi-
cation be laid on the table The peti-
TONER was a volunteer fireman-not an
employee Of The city. # a precedent
was set in this case there would bc a
constant series of applications on ac-
count of injuries TO persons or clothing
On Mr.. Mushbach's motion the pcti
ton was referred to the committee on
iinan0e.
A petition of City Sergeant Smith.
asking to be reimbursed for moneys
spent by him for the purchase OF coal
for the city jail, was referred to the
committee Gu finance. Cspt. Smith seis
forth that for a number of years past
he has paid for the coal used ut the
city Jail and now asks to be reimbursed.
An ordinance requiring the erection
Of iron fire escapes on certain buildings
Ia the CITY WAS, after going to com.
mittee circumference, passed The ordi-
nance provides that iron lire escapes
shall be erected on the outside OF all
workshops ana: factories CT three stories,
all hotels and school buildings Of over
two stories and on all places of public
amusement.
No other matter occasioned discus
sion and the board adjourned at an
early hour
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

TINE REGULAR annual meeting Of 5Re
i Stockholders of the NEW ALEXAN-
DRIA WOODEN WARE COMPANY will be
lbid OIL the FIRST MONDAYin April, 1898,
at 5 p. NJ, at the office of the Land and
River Improvement Company of New Alex
andria, No JOG south Fairfax street, Alexan-
dria. Va. PARK AGNEW, President,
/. d. SCOTT. Secretary. mh15td
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

NEW YORK, Mar 15.-Flour quiet and
weak. Wheat moderately active and steady.
Corn steady and moderately active: Pork
dull and weak; mess STA 90 to $40 90.
Lard quiet and steady steam SIP 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET Mar 14-Cat-
tle-martet steady; hest native S5a575,
Others Si.50a4 80, Texans S3a4.50, cows
3.25a395 per 100 lbs. Hogs-market
closed higher packers and mixed 81 .40a7 IS,
prime heavy and butchers weights 81 .SOa
7.95 light S7.4Oa7.45. skips and pigs 1918
a7.25 per 100 lbs. Sheep-market steady /;
natives $4.25a55O, Westerns $5.10a5.35
per 100 lbs Lambs 81 .50a5. 10 per 100 lbs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15
QUIT DEPARTMENT.

Our Costumes and Tea Gowns-Amcrican
copies of Worth, hingat, and Sarah Meyer.
TwaEty-scvea Costumes aud Tea Gowns of
this kind ON exhibition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares.
BROWNS Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion. removes excess OF bile
end cures malaria Get the genuine
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15

OlUlHUIlO IN OulOllCLl O5AAh,
OF ALEXANDRIA, IN THE STATE OF vIR-
GINA,
At the close of business, March 9th, 1898
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, 1928. 100 33
OvcrdriftS. secured and unSc-
cured, 293 50
u s Bonds 10 secure circulation, 25.000 OO
Stocks. securities. etc, 12,2IS u
Due from approved reserve
agents, 1892 10
Due from other National banks, 1896 50
Due from State banks and bank
ers, 1.423 80
fixtures. 900 90
Current expenses and taxes paid, 1,4S5 3::S
CHECKS aud other cash items, 1924 OS
Bills of other banks, 135 90
Fractional paper currency, nick
els. and cents 245 90
Specie. G.ulS ono
Lcgal-tendcr notes, 100St 90
Redemption fund with L. S.
Treasurer, . per cent OF cir
cuatlon, 10 %
Total, S497 1886 81
LIABILITIES.
CAPITAL stock paid in. 100000 90
Surplus fund.- 10000 90
Undivided profits, 17,105 II
National bank notes outstand-
ing. 22,30O 90
Individual deposits subject to
check, 321, 4Sa %
Demand certificates of deposit, 3,36t So
Due to other National banks, 1886 90
Due to State banks and bankers, 2.12O 50
Total, S197,336 81
State of ruginj0, city Of alexandria:
l. VIM. H. Lambert, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do socnnly swear that the above
statement is true to the hest of my knowledge
and belief,
WM. H. LAMBERT, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
| 18th day of March. 1898
J. JOHNSTON GREEN, Notary Public,
COrrect-attcst:
p. B. HooE,
b, WHEAT,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15
NKIssEs' DEPARTMENT.

Cares, Jackets, Refers, with bishop sleeves,
Gretchens of silk ginghams, and suits of i'm.
ported materials are here in abundance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
JOHN ALIENS STORY.
At Relates to Josiah Quincy and His
Labors,

It Relates to Josiah Quincy and His
Labors.
Apropos of his (Josiah Quincy 50
keen scent for places Congressman
Allen tells this story: IA young man
desired position in the postoiiice de-
partment and applied to his congress
man. he was told he could get no
place until a vacancy should arise
lie waited for several weeks, and one
day, when his money was nearly ex-
hausted, he went down to the Poto-
mas beach. He found there man7
6&thers and among them a young map
whPm he recognized as 4 clert IN the
division where he had sought place.
The( clerk ventured- beyond his depth
and was droy, ned When his BODY
was brought to the shore the appli.
cant lost not a moments time in mast
,entng to the congressman.
Now he said, i can have q place
There is vacancy
"'Where?' asked the congressman
Why, clerk in the division mann,
ing him) was drowned this afternoon
''The congressman looked at him sad
~. regret 20 inform you,' he, said.
that you are too late; the Place has
been filed
"'How can that be-? shouted the ap-
plicant, in despair. The man has 1uss
been drowned
"'Yes, know, replied the congress.
man, but the place has been filed.
1t was obtained by Massachusett,
friend of Mr.. Quincy. who saw this
clerk go in and guessed correctly that
he could not SWIM"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Royal rgrRorHAL-.
Romance Not Always Confined Entirci9
to the Poor and Lowly.

Romance Not Always Confined ENTIRELY
to the Poor and Lowiy.
The method of the emperor of Aus
tria's engagement to the present
empress had ! certain amount of ro-
nance about It In 1853 he gave .
ball at IschI to celebrate his birth
day, and am,,ng the guests was the
Duchess Louise of Bavaria. with her
two eldest laughters. Helen and Eliza
beth, who we're all, of course, invited.
rhe ducness was, however, disln-
clined to IJring Princess Elizabeth, on
toe plea that she was not yet out, and
bad rot dress in which to appear.
But the emperor would take no ex-
ciise, and said, in his simple, good ma
tured way, that the simplest of dresses
and a rose in her hair would suffice to
make his pretty cousin queen of the
feast
Then the mother gave way. and the
pretty cousin became not only queen
of the feast but queen of Francis
Joseph's heart and empress OF Austria.
He danced exclusively with her oil
the evening, which naturally aroused
good deal OF attention. During the
evening he took her to a table, on
which lay huge album containing
pictures of the various national COS
tunes of the eighteen states of Aus
tria. The emperor turned over the
/ pages, and then said gently: They
are nv subjects; say ore word ono
you shall reign over them" The
! princess, who had already known the
emperor from childhood, ms cad o.
making an answer, simply placed hel
hand IN his. Next day the whole i'm
perial family assem- bted in the littl'
parish church of Ischl, and the be
| trothal of the emperor of Austri;
with the Princess Eliza beth of Bavari;
vas celebrated with all due solemnity
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Largest silver and Cold Coins.

The late proposition to put dollars
worth Of silver In the coin of that
denomination rcminds me that An
nam, a French Erotectorate in Asia,
has silver coin that weighs as much
as fifteen United States ''buzzard''
dollars The largest gold coin IN cir
culation is the 'loof," which also be,
longs to the Oriental French colony
mentioned above. This monster gold
disk will weigh as much as os5 Ameri,
can gold dollars, and, although
weighty ane awkwardly large, are
considered valuable property. The
gold piece which GENES next in size TO
the '1oof' is the 'obang" of Japan, a
coin containing about SAT worth Of
pure gold.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
LOTS or FISHING.
B6s the Name of>tas Place Was Not
suggestive ofS2ort-

B6s The Name Oftas Place Was No,
suggestive ofSRort-
When one goes to the moff22(ains he
thinks of fishing and hunting, e7Gn, II
he does not indulge in those pursuits.
Are there any fish about here?"
said 1 to the gentlemanly and urbane
hotel clerk.
"Yes, plenty out there in the ice
box" said he with laugh that made
his large and elegant diamond rattle
in its sash until the putty almost
loosened.
Don't get gay" said I, hurting a
look of intense scorn at him rs there
any fishing about here?'
PLENTY down in the Bull Pasture, -
ssid he.
What do you catch there?" said 1,
''bun cats and buffaloes or cattle and
clover blossoms?" Then 1 laughed a
bovine laugh.
mo" said he, "trout and bass"
Come off," said 1, whoever heard
of trout ana bass living in bull pas
Gu-e?"
It was now his turn to laugh again,
and he called it.
81 reckon you don't know geog-
raphy," he said; that pleasant little
river you see winding like a stream Of
light through the valley and past
Goshen is the Bull Pasture river
''Ye gods" l cried, whats in a
nameP" and the clerk said there were
two words in this one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
laDaAn@zs SLAVES.
DIR. Bernard R steLner's HiS4oSscal PAe
per AB6ut CennoetIcus.

DIR. Bernard IN steInar's HiS4oSacal PAS
per Agout CcnneetIcut.
D. Bernard C. Steiner, librarian o3
the Enoch' Pratt Free library, in Bal
-.tipcre. has completed monograph on
be published IN the John Hopkins
university studies in historical and
political scienee.
Among the interesting facts in the
work IS the statement that the first
slaves in Connecticut were not ne
groes, but Indians, being of the Pc
quot tribe, which was oTerthrown by
she settlers in 1858. The first law
against sne slave trade, too, was
passed IN 1715 against the Importation
of the Tuscarora Indians, who had
been captured by the Carolinians in
war 'ThaN FRS idea of slavery in Con-
necticut was then that captives in war
were slaves Soon after the founda-
tion OF the colony negroes were intro
duced, few at time, chiefly from
the West Indies and not from Africa.
They were owned for the most part
as household servants, and the Con-
necticut notion of slavery was the
paLriarchaI one, that slaves belonging
to the family of the master differed
from apprentices only in being bound
to service for life.
Slavery was tolerated everywhere in
Connecticut throughout the colonial
period, but with the coming of the
revolution came the idea that it was
unright eous to hold men in bondage
This feeling led to the act of 1874, pro-
hibitfng the foreign slave trade, and
that of 1884, providing that all there
after born as slaves should be free ON
reaching their twenty fifth year
This age was afterward lessened TO
21. Connecticut is remarkable as be-
ing state which succeeded in gradual
emancipation. When slavery was fin
ally abolished there, IN 1913, fewer
than twenty slaves were in the state,
none of whom were under Ga years Of
Hge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
The Enemy af Mniaa

The mole plague in the southern
counties cfySeotland, which for a time
proved terrible sco1rge TO farmers.
he's now all but disappeared. This is
due to the fact that owls were pre.
served by the gamekeepers and be-
eAnaA extraordinarily nlaut;Epl
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11

ties put forward this spring than | have
known to be the case for several years.
Probably it was because there was such
strenuous effort made to force us into
crinoline that other things were mo-
mentarily overlooked. think the dan
ger Of the pure and unadulterated hoop
skirt has passed, and womankind has
settled down into the flowing skirts that
are seen on every side. Not over half
the new costumes imported or home
made have very wide skirts.
But the 1880 styles have, as the little
boys say, ''caught on" and some Of the
costumes one meets are such striking
pictures of olden times that one is al
most rude enough to stop short and stare
at them from the sudden surprise. Their
quaint picturesqueness saves them from
ridicule, and we even begin to look on
them as pretty.
Among the things have noted par
ticularly in my peregrinations during
the past week is that pink as color for
the street is quite favorite, and there is
great deal Of it seen. 1t is mostly in
bHlu SOOuSs anu u ldVOIlt0 Way 10 W udY0
the skirt made in three deep founces,
the edges bordered with an embroidery
wherein rosebuds and their green leaves
predominant. noticed one where there
was trailing wreath of laurel leaves in
dull green's in chenille on a challie
ground. The challie was plain. The
pink is just the tint Of apple or peach
blossoms or wild rose. One had con
volvulous vine around each founce.
This does not infer that there are no
other colors seen, for the whole gamut
of color runs riot, but the shades are SO
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11

To j. S.-We think that the young
lady's indignation has a just foundation
in your iinpertinence-tha is, If your
own statement Of the affair be taken as
the basis Of facts. You had no business
to hint that she used cosmetics even If
you did honestly think So" Her ring
ing for a glass of water and Offering that
and her handkerchief to you to enable
you to test the matter on the spot by
washing her cheeks was masterstroke.
She did a sensible thing in putting the
question beyond doubt by rubbing her
face, when you declined her offer, with
her damp handkerchief, and then did a
most becoming thing when she rang for
the servant to show you out, stating that
you wished to retire. That was well
done. Such spirited girl as that can
have no need of cosmetics. You made q
mistake and must now abide the conse-
quences. That seems to Us about the
whole sum and essence of the matter
New York Ledger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11

Alexander Dumas, tho great French
story writer, was very fond and proud Of
his son Alexander, who also became 4
famous author. His regard for him was
increased apparently, by the fact that
the son had o very good appreciation Of
the value Of money! quality which the
father did not POSSESS in the slightest de-
gree.
A recent writer Of recollections relates
that he once visited Dumas at st. Ger
main. lie had just been bitten in the
hand by his dog and was unable to write,
but was debating novel.
His son went out as the visitor came in.
Alexander has just left me, said the
father What good fellow that boy
is! Just fancy, this morning received
ESQ francs. lie said to ire, III take 80
francs of it. didn't quite hear and
thought he vas going to leave me only
50. SO called out. Hold onl Let me
have 100 Of it at leastr But tell you
I'm only going to take 50r he called out.
oh, oh, said l, 4 thought you were go
ing to take the 600 Well, take as much
as you want.
And Dumas added proudly, What q
golden hearted fellow Alexander is, to
be surer'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11
NEW YORK SHOPPERS.

Edith Sessions Tupper Describes Their
characteristics Ia Entertaining Style.
The Fourteenth and the Twenty-third
street shoppers are as unlike as the
Broadway and Fifth avenue promenad-
ers. Fourteenth street is the rendezvous
Of the country cousins, whose fresh
cheeks and speech bewrayeth them
Here, too, are the bargain hunters, wom-
en- of anxious face and worrying frowns
and tawdry fnery. Here are the me
chanics' wives, with their brood tugging
at their skirts, and the Sixth avenue
bellies in hamboyant frizzes and faring
frocks.
The Twenty third street shoppers are
more richly dressed, but their gowns are
not the perfection Of taste. Here come
the ladies Of the respectable middle
classes. Here you see many diamonds
of a morning in ears, on hands, throat
and breast. Here are the ultrafashion-
able DANES, the women who make up
their faces and bleach their hair, the ladies
who delight in fuss and feathers, BAN
giles, flying ribbons and many artificial
flowers. The trim, trig, severely plain,
tailor made girl is seldom seen.
If you wish to see her i'll all her glory,
you must cross to Fifth avenue Here
she is found in the perfection of fault
less fit, style and shape. There are no
diamonds to be seen. A jewcled pin
possibly holds the tiny hat or bonnet in
shape, but nothing more ostentatious is
! 41or1 r. h1o Al,,Nsv 6
silken skirts and catch the perfume of
the big bunch of Parma violets as she
passes, erect, correct, stiff and patrician,
sometimes with mamma, anon with d
big mastif or with two white capped
maids walking behind her.
But if you wish to see quite another
type look at the Broadway promcnads Or
about o'clock. Here is the quintes-
sence Of coquetry, impudence, impish-
ness and delightful deviltry. Such a
watt of heavy perfumes, such gleam-
ing of suspiciously bright eyes, such par
terres of flowers, such outre and daring
combinations Of color, such staggering,
such jaunty behavior, such grimaces,
airs and affectationsl The Broadway
Boubrette, the Broadway firt, the Broad
way mink, are not to be equaled Oh
tarth.
Any day about noon there is an army
of self supporting women-typewriters,
stenographers. artists and journalists-to
be seen in East Sixteenth street There
is a famous restaurant in that neighbor-
hood which these women frequent 1t is
popular because it combines reasonable
prices with those agreeable and dainty
surroundings so dear to the soul Of the
gentlewoman, even if she be bread
winner These woilen are as i rule
plainly and sensibly dressed, and their
faces have neither the hauteur of repose,
the anxiety, the coquetry nor the self
complacent smirk of the other types
EDITH SESSIONS TUPPER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11
womANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Can There BE hob of American Women?
There Cant

Can There BE a blob of American Women?
There Can!
There are times, not often, when con
fess the actions Of women overwhelm me
with humiliation, almost despair. One
Of these times was the occasion of the
marriage of little Miss Bradley Martin
to the Earl of Craven. The wedding
took place in Grace church, New York,
and the ceremony was performed by
Bishop Potter. Bishop Potter ought to
be ashamed of himself for marrying a
16-year-old girl to anybody, and Mrs.
Bradley Martin ought to ask forgiveness
Of heaven every day the rest Of her
life for allowing daughter Of that
age to be married. Three thousand
invitations had been issued to the
ceremony, however, and the church was
crowded to its utmost capacity. Then
came the mob Of women who had no in
vitations' mostly. The police formed a
line beyond which the women were not
suDnosed to advance even in their silly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11

Rossetti was both romantic and
shrewd, and among Yankee speculators
there arc few keener men Of business
than was this childlike genius. Yet he
treated the purchasers Of his pictures
with scant courtesy. George Rae, bank
er and fine judge Of art, had bought
several of them, but he objected to the
price Rossetti had set on "The Bride" {"
A few days after he returned, and Ros-
setti greeted him sarcastically.
"What do you want for your pictureT
asked Rae.
"Three hundred guineas."
why, you offered it to me for 250p
Il really don't remember" was the
lordly reply; perhaps I did. But why
didn't You take it? Well, you may have
it for e30O. If the odd shillings are Of
any use to you, Rae, you're welcome to
themr-Harry Quilter's Preferences"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11

One Of the interesting objects in the
lower part Of the city is piece of crude
Para rubber that weighs 1900 pounds.
It resembles rough casting of iron and
is in the shape Of bell. In the window
where it is exhibited is a shoe Of rubber
like those worn by the Indian women Of
Brazil. Its ornamentation is beautiful.
The toe is crimped, while on the insteI
and the quarters are flowers, the daisy
and the pansy. 1t seems to be very
comfortable shoe. Leather is not un-
known to the Indians who live in the
rubber district, but rubber with them
takes the place of wood, iron and cloth
New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11
THE APOLOGY.

Chide not if here you hapIy find
The rough romance of country love:
sing as well the brook and wind
The green below, the blue above.
Here shall you read Of spreading cress.
The velvet OF the sparrow's neck;
Sometimes shall glance the glowing treas
And Laura's snow without speck.
The crab that sets the mouth nwry,
The chestnut with its domes Of pink,
The splendid palace of the sky,
The pool where drowsy cattle drink,
The stack where Colin hides to catch
The milkmaid with her beaded load:
The singing lark, a poets match,
That travels up the great blue road;
The cherry whence the blackbird bold
Steals ruby mouthfuls at his ease,
The glory of laburnum gold,
The valiant piping Of the breeze
All. all are here. The rustic Muse
Shall sing the pansy and the thrush.
All, chide not If she sometimes choose
The country love. the country blushl
IN. r. Gale.