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The free press., 1894-02-22
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A female Goldfish will lay As, 00O,0 900
eggs in single season.
The bedrooms of several British
hotels are now being fitted up with
automatic gas fires.
At the New York Cancer Hospital
they claim that the virus of erysipelas
will cure cancerous tumors by injec-
tion.
Eugene Baldwin, of Montreal, has a
wind wheel which, with a dynamo and
batteries, furnishes light in his
house.
Not only has petroleum for fuel
been adopted on many locomotives OF
the Great Eastern road, in England,
but experiments are also being made
with it in some of the great Lancas-
hire cotton mills.
In France they are making. much
huO over " ClTCulhT ShW, WAgA uA0AAOAAS>O
set in the teeth, for cutting stone. 1t
is good thing, but the idea origin
ated in America and was patented here
nearly thirty years ago.
Trees are now felled in Galicia with
augers driven by electricity. The bor-
ing apparatus is mounted SO as to make
succession of cuts and as the open
ing deepens, wedges are inserted to
keep the rift from closing. The final
strokes are given with an axe or
saw.
An amphibious steam-tug, for use
in the Canadian lumber regions, is
described by the Age of Steel. 1t is
sort of a scow on runners, with
twenty-five horse power engine. In
the water it is propelled by side
wheels. On land it uses winding
drum and steel wire cable, hitched
to distant tree trunk.
The most extensive pneumatic tube
system in the world, probably, is that
which has recently been completed in
Chicago. 1t extends from the head
quarters of one of the great press
news agencies to nearly all of the daily
newspaper offices, and is to be used
exclusively for sending messages to
and from said Offices About seven
| teen miles of brass tubes three inches
! in diameter were used.
A simple device for discovering and
indicating the presence of firedamp IN
a mine has been invented in France.
Finely divided platinum black is
mixed with abestos and placed on a
shelf through which passes cord OF
guncotton. The latter holds back
spring contact that, on being released
closes an electric circuit and gives an
alarm. The platinum black becomes
heated when fredamp is sufficiently
abundant this sets fire to the gun
cotton and the alarm goes of.
The free press., 1894-02-22
SHYING At PAPER.

The habit of shying at bit of pa
per blowing about, or at hearing it
rustic, is almost one of the worst that
horse can have, as such scattered pa
per is to be found on city streets and
country lanes alike, and few places are
exempt from them.
Bicycles and electric cars are SO COM
mon now that no horse SHES from
them, but the little piece of paper
blown out of the edgerow, and seen
by the horse before it is seen by the
driver, is responsible for many an up
setor runaway. Every one who is
training colt should train him to
know that blowing paper is harmless.
1t is not difficult matter to train q
colt to become used to the sight and
sound of paper. Like every other
kind of training it requires gentleness
and frmness combined - New York
World
The free press., 1894-02-22
Optimism.

:, p.y reap your harvest OF wheat and
M a,tber your cookie and barley,
l'suI s.v husband harvest Of joys and cares
,.oripg late and early;
'''lIT The grain of gold
And the poppy bold
J, oornaower blue for adorning;
t,llest ears of the seven fat years
ss.,Ieaped by the CLEANER next morning.
draw your nets, you may draw'
your line.
i .Ivery fish in plenty;
lD' .rsle for honor, hook titles fine,
aI Dlaees and posts fill twenty;
The fish Of weight
Swallow up your bait,
,..,. and your wiles not scorning;
=, lustiest trout, there's no manner
Oidoubt, .
..rcbt by the fisher next morning.
thiok out thoughts that are witty
and wise,
:. NOV think some deep, some shallow;
w. .r .+ore YOUR brain with truth or with,
Lies,
g, NAV let your brain lie fallow. =,
Thought is good,
Re it understood;
,h, fact on your mind must he born in,
~. tbe latest thought that mankind can
be taught
,a,o tboucbt bv some thinker next morn
Ing.
! nav cling to this world OF time and
sense,
ru NAV think of another rarely;
! NAV sigh. ah, whittier? and ask, ah,
whence?
lni find life puzzling, fairly.
Yet life is sweet,
We still repeat,
nj, dear old earth we were born in.
n.d bettered to best, best changed into
best
N We wake to Gods cloudless next
morning.
-[Blackwood's Magazine.
The free press., 1894-02-22

F. j. Dreer of Philadelphia, is said
to possess the most extensive collec-
ton of William Penn letters and auto
graphs in existence. He also has quite
a number of letters written by Gen
eral Washington, one at the age of -,
thirteen dated from before the revolu-
ton, and one dated the day before his
death.
The free press., 1894-02-22
FARM AND GARDEN FOTEs.

FARM AND GARDEN FOTES.
Roots are cheap winter feed for
swine.
If you wish to succeed as breeder
never sell your best fillies. Keep
them for brood mares.
There is money in fruit if the
grower will bend his energies to pro-
duce first class quality.
An excellent way to make more val
liable farm is the establishment OF a
good and thrifty orchard.
For butter breed COW from stock
noted for butter production. For
milk breed from stock noted for
much milk giving.
Don't allow the strong, robust
weanings to rob the weaker ones.
They are pretty sure to do SO when
allowed to run together.
In his experiments Sir J. B. Lawes
found that the pig utilized far
greater per cent. of it's food than
either the OK or the sheep.
Always let your horse face the OBJ
ject of his fear and, when frightened,
remember, the more slowly you move
him the more control you have over
him.
Trees may now be transplanted un-
til the buds have swollen and started
to grow in the spring. SO long as the
life of the tree is dormant, transplant
ing can be done with impunity.
In pruning, all saw cuts should be
made Just SO close to the trunk or to a
side branch as to leave no dead pro-
lection, but not SO close as to cause a
stoppage of the ascending sap through
drying of the wood laid bare by the
cut
There is great need of stirring the
minds of dairy farmers to the adop-
tion of more clearly methods of sta
bling COWS. The way the majority of
cows look in the spring, plastered with
manure, is disgrace to the civiliza-
ton of the age.
If the sowing of crop is not rightly
done all remaining labor will be in
vain so far as the effort to produce a
full yield is concerned. We have
seen men who leave this most import
ant operation wholly to hired help. If
there is any one thing that the farmer
should do himself it is to SOW the
seed.
BY thorough system the profit
from an orchard can be doubled. OF
course, this means good deal of adj
ditional care and attention, and the
only question to be considered is
whether or not the increased revenue
will pay for the extra trouble. In
most cases it generally does. Why
should it not in yours?
Cold rains are really a serious draw
back to the poultry keeper. To them
can be safely attributed more colds
and more sickness among the fowls;
especially those that are not carefully
sheltered, than to almost any other
one cause. They emphasize the need
of good shelter for the fowls, if their
owners expect to reap any profit from
them.
In order to be wholly successful
farmer should make his plans a long
time in advance of the day when they
must be put into operation. The best
way is to mature plan of operations
that will require some years for fully
carrying out. This brings better re-
suits than the changeable way that
some have Of trying one way this
yeax and another the next.
The free press., 1894-02-22
A FOrty.POunder.

Museum Manager. = "What the
dance is the row downstairs? Who's
that hollerin' 'help?'"
Assistant "Oh! that's only the
strong mani The livin' skeleton Is
aunohin' his head. IL Puck.
The free press., 1894-02-22
|yVTSHELL'S GALLOP.

| Ss yonder horses foot that hangs
IL nail over the fireplace?" said
A Browne meditatively, as he
1.-THE ashes from the tip of his
Va his apartments up town on
say night. The wind and snow
klOlding carnival in the streets,
lg everybody within doors thank
Ibr the shelter of q home. Three
Il had dined with the colonel,
Fiey were now seated about the
CRATE in the enjoyment of fra
b cigars. They saw nothing un-
EIln the mass of horn their atten-
was called to, save perhaps that
Fs Furnished with great care, and
1t hung pendent from a knot
aue ribbons. All nodded assent,
ESer, when the colonel repeated
apery and waited, for they were
as hoof had history, and few
ella story better than this retired
officer, whose hair is as white as
aipet Of snow that lay outside,
Jung the footballs of the passers-by
causing the horses in Fifth avenue
'ussle for their feet every step
took
va ever tell you how my mare
'asu saved the life of my wife
Oaek In 90? No, 1 think not, "
as Colonel gazed a long time into
'lsfry depths of the fire and
y heavily two or three times as
-'0a Of recollections swept away
4i@lA OF the past. The guests
mat his thoughts were with the
asweet woman who had been
sayears, and when the Colonel
~ at the locket at his chain
4''d ner picture they remained
mos'm men in the army, I fell
'0uns' and was marriedin Fred
Wy IN %, returning to my post
'alost Immediately after 1 was
4'napplest man on earth. My
@'aw was a racing man, breed
-''Oughbreds, and when L went
" regiment l carried with me
''ai oiu mare as a present from
e'u'ieman, who said that having
w his own, he wanted the son of
pdon to be well mounted and a
'ue army. The mare was a
4'''aut In color, and, although
aersized, handled my 100
'nough it were play for her,
y absolutely tireless and pos
s3psed of such a high order
'pn several match races for
@e Utmost case. Nutshell
4il'e given to her by my fa-
NV, and out of respect for
oia not change it, al
often thought that IT
=. e'ned hitting for such a glo-
',s' :, l rode her through a
o. Engagements and never
'al'ing. In battle she had
Of a st, ION, and en-
su't ee contest
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T%ELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Mgr. Satolli left Washington to-day
for Poughkeepsie, n. y.
About 40 co!ored persons from Geor-
gia sailed from New York to-day for
Liberia.
Isaac J. Miller was nominated for
Mayor of Cincinnati this morning by
the democrats.
M,thias Ludotschka lay in wait in
the woods near Prairie du Chene, Wis,
yesterday, and when his s~tep.daughter
passed, shot and MORALLY wounded
her.
Miss Bessie Mitchell, aged eighteen,
committed suicide by throwing herself
in front of the fast mail last night at
Mason, Ills. Her body was instantly
ground to pieces.
Mars Reed, aged forty, was arrested
at Beloit, Wis, yesterday on a charge
of attempting to criminally assault a
child. People there talk of lynching
him. An attempt has already been
made to batter down the jail door.
Advices from Corea tells of a con-
spiracy to kill Prince Ii Tchok, the heir
to the Corean throne, together with
all of the Kings ministers and many
other dignitaries. The dispatches say
that upwards of a thousand persons
were arrested in connection with the
plot.
The marriage Of Miss Virginia Bonyge,
daughter of the California millionaire, Charles
W. Bonyge, to Viscount Deerhurst took place
in the Church Of All Saints, K~ensington, Eng.
to-day.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Mary J.. McKenny, q most esti-
mable lady, died yesterday at her
residence, near the Wilderness in Spot
svlvania county, aged IS years.
Mrs. Mamie N. Turner, wife of Prof
T. NJ. Turner, died yesterday morning
at her home in Stanton. Deceased
was g Miss Wyatt, of Richmond, but
was the widow Of DR.. Nance, of that
city, when she became the wife of Mr..
Turner.
The local option election held in Ro-
anoke on Sept. 5 last was declared void
in a decision rendered by Judge Whit
tie, in the Circuit Court of that city yes
terday on appeal from the Hastings
courts refusal to grant a malt liquor
license to Geo. K. Moore.
The case of Benton tried and con-
victed in Loudoun county for burglary
at the residence of Mr.. Neville, in that
county, which was removed to Fairfax
county, and which was to have been
tried at March court there, is held up
awaiting the action of the State Court
of Appeals, to which it had been ap-
pealed from the Loudouu court.
Yesterday Sheriff Rogers, of King
George county, brought to Fredericks-
burg and lodged in the city Jail for safe
keeping Chas. Bell6eld and Sam Moore,
the two colored men recently convicted
in the County Court of King George
and sentenced to IS years in the peni-
Tertiary for robbing Mr.. Oscar Johnson,
an account of which appeared in the
GAZETTE at the time.
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and Major Moore departed bearing it i n

and Major Moore departed bearing it in
his hip pocket.
DIR. \. S. Lincoln, of Washington,
testified that Col. Breckenridge had
brought Miss Pollard to him in May,
1898, representing that she needed at
t%ention, as she was un~reasonably jeal-
Gus and exceedingly nervous. Her
delicate condition had been referred to,
and DIR. Lincoln testified that he had
said that one of two other professions
were required in her case.
The examination of that witness was
brief, and al its conclusion, the court
adjourned till Monday.
The testimony will be resumed on
Monday at 10 O'Clock, when Dr.. Lincoln
will again be placed on the stand for
cross-examination. 1t vas by accident
purely hat the case was broken OFF at
the dramatic point reached yesterday
Just as the three credible witnesses"
whom Mr.. Calderon Carlisle promised
would sustain the averment of a
promise of m4rriag', had givsn the r
testimony, but the effect on public
opinion ofthis forcible presentment OF
4 side of the case has naturally been
very great. 1t is expected that the pro-
ceedings on Monday will give some clue
rs to the line Of defence which is to be
followed.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

A Brookly girl found a burglar in her
cellar yesterday and stood yer him
with a pistol until the police arrived.
Charles Mitchell, the pugilist, left
Florida yesterday for New York, where
he will spend a week and then sail for
Europe.
Senator Aldrich has notified the
Rhode Island State central committee
that he intends to resign from the Z. S.
Senate if the Legislature, as elected by
the people in April, is republican.
Last year the immigrants landed at
the ports of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore numbered 49,
7l2, which number was four.fifths OF all
who arrived at all American ports.
William Snyder and his wife, both
past seventy years old, were burned 10
death in their home. in Develan, y. y,
Yesterday. The husband reached the
door of the burning building, but re-
turned to save the wife.
1t is openly charged in Alabama that
Kolb aud the populist leaders obligated
themselves in 1892 in consideration Of
their receiving the republican vote in
State elections that year, to vote for
Harrison in the electoral college.
An unknown woman yesterday com
mitted suicide by leaping from Driving
Park Avenue bridge, in Rochester, \.
Y, 200 feet into the Genesee river be-
low. She was dressed in a dark gown,
was heavily yelled and wore a bonnet.
Mr.. L. S. Bent, chairman of the Jura-
qua Iron Company, of Pennsylvania,
mas written Senator VOORHEES,, chairman
of the Senate finance committee, that
the revised tariff bill makes the duty
on iron ore, -! per cent. higher than
it is on the finished manufacture.
A freight train of oil tank cars On the
Western New York and Pennsylvania
railroad ran into q landslide at Walnut
Bend. near Oil City, Pa, yesterday, and
was badly wrecked. The oil ignited
and the cars were consumed. Fireman
Martin was killed, and several of the
crew were slightly injured.
Peter Jackson, the colored pugilist,
who is matched to fight James ]. Cor
bett in June, underwent the new ''tape-
line measurements at the hands of DR..
John W. Gibbs, in New York, yester-
day. He showed unexpectedly good
form. His arms from the shoulder to
the finger tips measured 800 inches, be-
ing p inches longer than Corbett's.
Jackson is an inch shorter in stature
than Corbett. DR.. Glib measured Cor
bett recently and predicts that Jackson
will win.
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the kew before there were any actual
hostilities between his men and the
wreckers. Another case in point was
the loss of the Dispatch in October two
wears ago on the coast of Virgin
ia. when the wreckers along the
shore got nearly everything worth
stealing. The officers OF that ship are
now applying 10 Congress to remuner-
ate them for losses at that time. 1t is
said that the Columbian subjects on the
islands near Roncador would hardly
hesitate to burn the kearsarge if that
would enable them to get at her con-
tents with greater ease, and they prob
ABLY are aware that no time Is to be
lost if they expect the work before the
relief vessel gets there. Another point
that occurs is whether the relief ship
with only GO men on board will be per-
mitted to 90 near the wreck by the
islanders and whether it would not be
o wise provision to equip her with rapid
fire guns and a detachment of maI:2es.
Democratic Senators say that wheth-
err the appropriations made by the
| House be large enough or not, the Sen.
ate will not increase them this year, so
that the House will not hereafter, as it
has done before, have ground for at
tributing enlarged expenditures to tie
higher branch Of Congress.
Governor Charles O;Ferrall Of Vir-
GINA reached Washington from Rich
mond this morning and will remain un-
til Monday evening. In the afternoon
be visited the Capitol and was greeted
on the floor of the House by his old as
sociates from whom he parted last No
v.mber. Governor O'Ferrall says that
the Virginia navy will be strengthened
and her oyster grounds protected from
incursion from whatever quarter it may
come.
Representative Meredith of Virginia was at
the Government Printing Office this morning,
trying to have Mr.. Thompson of Fairfax
county. who WAS discharged from there under
the previous administration, reinstated.
Among the strangers in the city to-day
were Internal Revenue Collector Shepperd and
Mr.. Ellyson. Chairman Of the Virgins State
democratic committee.
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
SENATE.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day
HOUSE.


The Senate las not in session to-day.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House
the answer of Secretary Herbert to the
resolution of Representative Boutelle,
conveying the information asked for,
regarding the orders placing the naval
forces at Honolulu under the orders OF
Commissioner Blount while acting in
that capacity. 1t was referred without
action to the committee on naval affairs.
TIE resolution of Mr.. McSagny ask
ing the Secretary of Agriculture to re-
port to the House the date, duties, rate
of compensation and amount expended
on account OF all special agents appoint
ed for the department in the past four
year, offered on the 26th of February
was called up and passed.
Senate joint resolution providing for
the printing of 5 800 copies of the pro-
ceedings of the celebration of the cen
tennial of the laying of the corner stone
of the Capitol suitably illustrated was
agreed to.
On motion Of Mr.. Compton the house
resolved itself into committee of the
whole for consideration of the District
of Columbia appropriation bill.
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From Hawaii.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Mar. 10.-The
steamer Australia arrived from Homo
lulu this morning bringing advices to
the Thrill instant. On Washington's
birthday Minister Willis invited the
officials of the government TO notice the
day, which request they complied
with by closing public offices for the af-
ternoon. The most serious alarm ms
been taken by the government at the
fact of o very large number Of arrivals
OF steerage passengers from Victoria
and San Francisco.
The men are not in pursuit OF employ
ment, and are supplied with means Of
subsistence and they are known to be
in communication with the royalist;.
II is believed that a decisive move for
the possession Of the executive building
is fully planned by the royalists to be
executed within a few days. The dan
ger is believed to be imminent.
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Fauquier Notes.

Mrs. G. Z. Olinger died at her home,
Liberty, nea Bealeton station, on Tues
day.
Mrs. Judge Gaines and her daughter,
Miss Lena, have returned home after a
delightful visit to pleasant friends in
Alexandria.
The citizens OF Marshall, having fail
ed to get an ice crop, are iubilant at
having snow, and have pretty gener-
ally filled their ice-houses with snow.
The Middleburg Hop Club gave q
most agreeable entertainment on the
2nd at Smiths hall. Quite q large
number were present, and the evening
"a enjoyed TO the utmost. - arrentoR
Mder.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10, 1894.

WASHINGTON, Mar III, 1894.
The finance committee Of the Senate
met at half past 10 o'clock this morning
with all members present but Senators
sherman and Mcpherson, the latter
having been called TO New York on &C.
count of the serious illness of his
brother. 1t is the intention of the COM
mittee 10 remain in session the greater
part of the day and make as much
Roadway as possible, the democrats be-
DESTROYS of reporting the tariff bill to
the Senate Tuesday morning, if pos
sible. The republicans say this can
hardly be done, rs that short a time
would not give them sufficient oppor-
tunitv to 90 over the bill in detail. The
meeting of the committee was unex-
pectedlv cut short, owing to the impos-
sibility of the experts completing the
comparative statement and the figures
showing the receipts from the bill, in
time for the consideration of the COM
mittee. After an informal discussion of
the subject in general without even
reading Il single schedule the commit
tee adjourned until Monday morning at
1890 O'Clock. The republicans did not
unfold their plan ofcampaign and made
no requests regarding hearings. 1t
does not look as if the bill could by any
possibility be reported to the Senate
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A YOUNG MANS SUICIDE.-Mr.
George B. Meats, son of the late John
Meats, who lived near T%ilghmanton,
Washington county, Nd, cut his throat
with a razor yesterday morning and
died. Mr.. Meats had suffered with grip,
which left his mind unbalanced. While
in bed he asked his wife to hand him
an old razor lying near, that he might
peel an orange. Mrs. Meats gave him
The razor, and, after cutting several
times at the orange, Mr.. Meats threw
back his head and cut mis- throat from
ear to ear. DR.. Y. NJ. Reichard sewed
up the wound, but the man died soon
after. Mr.. Meats was fifty years old
and farmed the Simon Coffman place.
He leaves five grown children. His
wife was Miss Susan Fitch. Ajury re-
turned a verdict ofsuicide. Mrs. Meats
i very i'll.
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Lootine the Kearsarge.

New YORK, March 10.-A despatch
from Panama says the report is con-
firmed that British and Columbian
schooners have been looting the Kear-
sarge on Roncador reef. The hooters
landed a quantity Of arms and NUM-
tons at San Andrews and Old Proyi-
dence Islands. These the authorizes
coniscated. The stores saved from the
vessel have been sold at auction.
Efforts have been made by wreckers to
destroy the hull to secure the metal.
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The Southern Maga-ine for March has been
received from its publishers in Louisville.
Its contents are: Aunt Judy, I'm Going to
Coopcrtown': Sedan in 20. Aurora, My
Ghosts, Florida Love Song, Gone to Cooper
town, The White Woman of the South, Adrift.
1t Might Have Been Mrs. General Rayburn,
The Gorilla and His Cousins, The Light That
Failed, A Paradox of Cooperation, In the
Portrait Glass, A Reminiscence Of Old Bon
Air, Last Year, Mrs. Delire's Euchre Party,
On the Criticism of Women, Comment and
Criticism, The Editors Table, Books and
Writers, and Salmagundi.