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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

THE difference between the cabinets
of this and of European governments is
that while the members of the latter
learn their trade as apprentices, are born
and bred, as it were, among state al
fairs, study them from childhood and
continue to do so assiduously until
death, those of the former are appoint
ed because of their presumed POPULAR
tv and some influence they may have
had in securing the President his nom
ination or election, are selected from
among their fellows, in every respect
their equals, in the city and county
court houses or in one or other of the
two branches of Congress, know, when
first appointed, as littlei about interna-
t;onal affairs or the correct man
ner of conducting them as they
do of the man in the moon,
and who rely upon their subordina's S,
a little longer in the service, for
the information upon which they base
their official actions. How is it posi-
BILE, for instance, for a sheriil's
clerk to make good Secretary of War,
or for a county court lawyer to take
charge of the Navy Department? With
a Secretary of State well qualified for
his position it would have been impos-
sible for this country TO have become
involved in any OF its recent absurd IN
ternational complications.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
Mexican Rcvolutionists.

NoGALEs, Ariz., March 10.-Every
precaution is being taken to Illustrate
the designs of Lauro Aguirre and Flores
Chapa, who, with their followers, are
on their way to the Mexican border to
organize revolution against the Next
can government. The governor of
Sonora has ordered the gendarmes to
hold themselves in readiness to head
off the revolutionists should they at
tempt to enter the State, and COM
pany of gendarmes arrived at Nogales
yesterday under command of Roster
litski to guard this point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
Iowa Republicans.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 1O.-The
republican State convention will meet
here tomorrow at IL o'clock. The
convention, which will name delegates
to the national republican convention
at st. Louis. will be an immense gath.
ering. Much enthusiasm has already
been exhibited for Allison and as this
convention will formally launch bis
boom for President it will be an unpre-
cedented gathering.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

a RIOT IN A ScHooL,-There w.
a riot at the Central City pun"
school at Huntington, w. Va. ye'''.
cay. For several weeks a rumOs' "
big boys and girls have been aan ...,.
to break up the school ana iaSs . S;1
geance for fancied grievance WE" W..
they held against the instructors ~. -.
Mary Thornburg, one OF lhe Le'cNt n
was posted by friend among ~
pupils, and yesterday, noiceu +.
eral of big boys with s.ons5 ,bls
their pockets, and, fearing uo ,a,g.
quietly sent for the police. 75 il
Jones and two other officer ca"I Ms;
response. Upon their entering rel
Thornburg's room twenty OF me ..iT
pupils dashed out, and began nu'TTf The
powders through the window. lance.
police tried to quell the dis.l'G % t5s
but could not till every wind9" - Ms:
house had been broken, ana had
Thornburg and half dozen olhe. me- NJ
been struck and badly hurt by s. ;.5e.
The police had to shoot into me .e a.
fore the pupils could be dlsP r. r.o..
Warrants have been issued tof l1g ,,5on
ers, boys and girls alike, many o. ""
are members of good families.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
Spanish Flag Torn INTO shrcd-

LINCOLN, Neb., March l0.-Studen.s
in the eighth grade of the Park School.
at supposed prearranged singni, made
rush for the Spanish flag which hung
on the walls, pulled it down and to-cit
into shreds. The teachers were hardly
given time to interpose objections. even
if thew were so disposed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette,
W,curNcroN Marob IN

TCOrrespOEueuce Oh tn5 d1e4auur1a uszette.I
WASHINGTON. March 10.
General Curtis, republican Congress
man from New York, and Col. Lamb,
chairman of the republican committee
Virginia will commence a lecture
--ip Virginia for the benefit of the
Eps..iitty OF that State, in the chapel
Monte Hs,vS1rn5;tution next Tuesday night.
committee on postOtfices
IINT or to-day ordered a favor
a T TIHG GI Sf the bill to re-classify
Al iio sal clerks and prescribe
ses. Under the bill these
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
The WASHINGTON SEWAGE The bill to

THE WASHINGTON SEWAGE bill to
dispose of the sewage of the city, introduced
By Senator Proctor, yesterday, will be taken
up the District committee vers shortly. The
plan which he suggests is that recommended
several years ago by the commission appoint,
cd by President Harrison to report on that
matter, He proposes that the cost shall not
exceed $3.O5o.000. and bonds to that amount
are to be issued. The proposed plan includes
deeply laid intercepting sewers to carry prac-
tically all the sewage of the city to a suitable
outlet in deep water of the Potomac river,
storm water sewers to drain tine low districts
and to intercept the waters which would
otherwise reach it from the higher districts,
dikes to prevent the entrance of river wat
er during freshets, and pumps to lift the sew
age at all times aud the storm water of the
low districts when the river is unusually
high.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

A letter was received at Fairfax G.
h. recently by Mr.. R. E. Thornton
from Melville G. Parkhurst, the chief
of police of Somerville, Mass, stating
that A. ]. Wheaden, who is in jail at
Fairfax G. H., charged with breaking
into Mr.. Thornton's house, was for
mer resident of Somerville, and board
ed at No. is Porter street. He is a
jeweler by trade and is married. He
was member of DR.. Fulton's church,
but very poor one. He deserted his
wife, and did not pay his bills. His
wife says that she hopes he will
get twenty-five years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10
Rhode Island Rcnnhlicnn.

PROVIDENCE, &. l., Mar i0.-The r5plb
lican state convention was held hero t0-aly
The ticket Of last year was renomimati ~ 70,
entirety, with Charles Warren Lip'e oi
Governor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

An unknown man was picked up in
the gutter by policeman in Washing
ton last night and died in q patrol wag-
on. 1t is believed that his name was G.
Elsner,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

Select Councilman lidl Tritschler shot and
instantly killed his wife in b,d at Ailentow !,
Pa, this morning, and fred two bullets into
his own brain. He is dying. No c,use is
known, except that he was suffering with in
sonnia the past week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

While no physician or pbarmae.', ' . Ice
scientiously warrant cure, the - n,sl.
Co guarantee the purity, strength .''- *
cal virtues of Ayers SarsaparilIa' - V" ,.,s
only blood. purifier admitted At 49,
Worlds Fair in Chicago, 1893.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-10

Ex-senator Abbot, of Morgan county. Ohio.
was found guilty at 6 NJ, by a jury, of
bribery in the pharmacy legislative.bill- The
jury had been out all night
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
The Ideal Panacea,

James L Francis, Alderman, Chicago,
says: II regard DR.. Kings New Discov.
cry as an Ideal Panacea for coughs, colds
and lung complaints, having used it in
my family for the last five years, to the
exclusion OF physician's prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: II have been minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for so years
or more, and have never found anything
so beneficial, or that gave me such speedy
relief as DR.. Kings New Discovery"
Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now.
Trial bottles free at Fullerton & Co.'s
drug store.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
INSANITY Is TABOOED.
prominent Wisconsin Lawyer Who VIII
Not Enter That Defense

Frominent wisconsin Lawyer Who VIII
Not Enter That Defense.
The following story is told of John
Brennan, of Stevens Point, as a criminal
lawyer: The story goes, says the MIL
waukee Journal, that farmer who
had killed his wife in the northern part
OF the state sent for Mr.. Brennan to de-
fend him, Offering to deed him his farm
If he would take the case. Brennan
wanted his pay in advance, and so the
farmer made over the property to him.
The murder was most brutal and cold
blooded one, and Brennan knew that
there was but one plea that might save
his client from life sentence, and that
was insanity. The trial was one of the
fiercest ever fought in Wisconsin
court. The attorney for the defense oc-
cupied a whole day in his closing adj
dress to the jury. and the effort was a
mastery one. The jury found the man
insane and he was sent to Oshkosh
Once there. he improved rapidly and in
few weeks was discharged. His first
act was to sue Brennan for the recovery
OF his property, on the ground that he
was insane at the time of deciding it.
In the face of his own argument that
the man was insane, Brennan could do
nothing and the farmer won his case.
brennan has blacklisted INSANITY as n
defense for murderers, :,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
THE TRAMP GOT A eooo.mEAl


He Also Proved That Restaurant Men
Sometimes Make Grave Errors.
mo, sir! Inever feed tramps. said the
boss of the lunch counter. .sIf YOU oct
started to feeding buns. they will never
quit coming"
"A tall man, shabbily dressed, came
shutting into the room, and walked to
a seat in the rear as the proprietor was
talking. He heard the conversation.
lifted his eyebrows in a deprecatine
way and ordered sirloin steak. with
mushrooms and French fried potatoes,
The proprietor and his friend chatted
on and the tall man ate his steak and had
coffee, wheat cakes, cup custard. apple
pie and an order of cheese on the side.
When he arose and wended his way up
the aisle he bore in his hand check for
an even dollar. He paused in front of
the desk.
Il believe" he said, shat you said
few minutes ago that you never feed
tramps?"
EXACTLY" answered the proprietor.
The tall man chuckled. II am sorry.
sir" he said, "but you do not always tell
the truth"
And he escaped uninjured while the
proprietor was realizing the truth and
force of his observation.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
Navel Oranges.

1t has been shown that the tanger-
inc orange and possibly some other
varieties are formed through the effort
OF the orange to make a secondary
growth at the apex of the original one,
only that it failed to make any original
at all. In other words, the tangerine
orange is well-developed secondary
fruit. How this can be brought about
may be readily understood by carefully
examining the oranges known in the
market as the navel variety. In these
cases small orange can often be found
at the apex, sometimes of considerable
size. When the small one is largely
developed and the larger one wholly
suppressed, then we have the tanger-.
inc.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
SHE WAS ECONOMICAL,
but After Testing the Result Her Hus-
band Was Unappreciative,

But After Testing the Result Her Hus-
band Was Unappreciative.
With one of those good intentions
with which the internal regions are
said to be paved, an economic uptown
housewife recently dyed her hubby's
shabby hat. The operation was per
formed, says the Philadelphia Record,
with a toothbrush and a package of
patent dye, unknown to the owner of
the headgear. who put his hat on be-
fore 1t was dry and sailed forth to his
Chestnut street Office. On driving the
Derby turned beautiful bronze, at
tracing no little attention as it's igno-
rant and hlissful wearer passed
through the principal streets. Before
he reached the Office he was caught
in a shower, and when he afterward
saw himself in mirror his counte-
nance was decorated like that of an
Indian chieftain in war paint. The
dye wasn't fast black-indecd, it
wasn't even black, and to the preju-
diced eye of the unhappy husband it
seemed to have been composed OF
green, pink, blue, purple and yellow.
The lecture he delivered on "false econ
omy" when he reached home would
have done credit to Mrs. Caudle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
HOW SHE REFORMED A,m.
Ne Admittance In the Small Hours WITH.
out the Password.

Ne Admittance In the Small Hours WITH
out the Password.
"What is the matter?" asked one Of
Mr.. Vivvles' boon companions. "You
haven't taken the pledge, have you?'
NO; but I'm not looking on the wine
when tits red in the cup, just the same"
Reformed, have your" "Yep. You've
heard of woman's marrying man
with the idea of getting him to stop
drinking. 1t doesn't always work, but
1t did in my case. My wife is a stu
pendously clever woman" Made you
promise, did sheP" "She didn't have
to. When started downtown tonight
she said: I've lost the latch key, dear,
but it won't make any difference. You
ring the bell and I'll let you in.' said:
All right Only she said, we'd better
agree on some password, so that when
you ring can look out of the window
and make sure it isn't BURGLAR OF
course said L; 'what'll the password
be" 4 have it, she answered; 1T
mustn't be too simple. You just say
Irrepressible reprehensibility, and
then I'll come down and let you in
Gentlemen, if I can't say irrepressible
when 1 get home I
don't get in, and, moreover, assume
the chances of being taken for a house,
breaker. I've simply got to be careful"
And he went over and resolutely seated
himself next to the ice-water tank.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
An Unsoclable Town,

The electric car was running to the
exposition grounds at the rate of Is
miles an hour, and was about Is
minutes behind time, when a man an
peared in the middle of the track, wav-
ing red handkerchief excitedly.
The frightened motorman brought
the car to sudden halt and yelled:
what in the thunder is the matter ?"
"Nothin' TALL" said the man-who
was from the rural districts, and had
decided to walk to the fair grounds
Il jest wanted to know the time o. day.
an how long it'll take me to git to where
the show is!''
The motorman, the conductor and sew
eral enraged passengers were about to
demolish him, but voices from dozen
blockaded cars in the rear yelled ''Move
on!" and the man from the country
stepped aside, muttering:
This is the durndest town ever did
see! Git mad as creation eff you Jest ak
'em the time O. day!"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
MORE MILEAGE.
Territory Covered by G. H. & ID
Operative Over $4,000 Mil
Of Central Ira fflc Lines.

Commercial travel, as we'll as t
.terial portion of the general
availing itself of mileage tram
ton, will be highly gratified toI
that the O. 81. & D. R. R. Compan|
arranged for a still further extenI
the already far reaching territory
ed by their 500 one thousand mill
cts, effective October 15. q. HI
commercial mileage tickets are ac|
on the B. & o. r. R., west of and
ing Pittsburg and Benwood, and 4
the Pittsburg & Wheeling dill
This, in addition to the large nun
roads over which a @. II. d. n
book is now operative, renders it
the cheapest, most comprehensive
convenient books in the United
embracing as it does, $4,000 mi
round figures, of SO OF the most /,
nent and important rail ways in tn
ritory bounded by lineel drawn be
Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Buffalo,
land' Toledo, Detroit, Chicago Q
Louis.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
Coaching the Witness.

my good woman" said the learned
judge, you must give an answer in the
fewest possible words of which YOU are
capable to the plain and simple ques-
ton whether you were crossing the
street with the baby on your arms and
the omnibus was coming down on the
opposite side and the cab on the left
and the brougham was trying to pass
the omnibus. you saw the plaintiff be-
tween the brougham and the cab, or
whether and when you saw him at all,
and whether or not near the brougham,
and which OF them. respectively, or
how it was"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
6ERRY's HENS WE'RE SLEEPY.
Rode Seventeen Miles Perched on q Wag-
on Reach Without Waking.

Rode Seventeen Miles Perched on Wag-
on Reach without Waking.
Linn Berry has big chicken farm in
West Buxton and has several hundred
hens. He brings many eggs and
chickens dead and dressed) to Port
land, says the Portland (Me.) Press.
lie loads his wagon the night before
and starts at three o'clock g. m. He
has only to hitch up the horses and
drive off. He did SO the other MORN
ing. 1t is drive of II miles to this
city. He reached here at Just about
sunrise.
AS he approached the United States
hotel to deliver some produce some one
shouted at him and asked him if he had
brought his hens to market roosting
on the crossbar under the wagon. He
paid no attention, supposing the man
was guying him. But when he stopped
at the hotel and others called his at
tention to four hens roosting under the
wagon and just wakingup. it was doubt
ful which was most astonished, Mr.. Ber-
ry or the hens.
Two of the latter were panic-stricken
and started down Federal street. One
was caught on Temple street and the
other got down almost to Exchange
street before it was captured. The cook
at the hotel bought the four hens for
one dollar and took them home.
How many hens were asleep under
the wagon when Mr.. Berry started from
home he can't tell, but it is very possi-
BILE that there were more than four.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
HIS PRICES WERE HIGH. /.

Tho Queer Revenge Which Was Taken bv \
Traveller Upon Turkish Hotelkeeper.
Some time ago an Englishman Wis.
tied Caifa, an out-of-the-way place in
the dominion of the sultan of Turkey.
On asking for his hotel bill before
leaving he found himself charged out
rageous prices for the sorry accommo-
dation he had received. He flew into
a rage, but finally, on the advice of his
wife, paid the whole amount. A few
days afterwards the hotel keeper re-
ceived letter, saying: "Your prices
are too high!" A few weeks later a
package arrived. The inn keeper re-
moved wrapper after wrapper, 100 of
them, and then found a card on which
was written: "Your prices are too
high!" A few months later, quite
lately, large box was sent him, and he
paid goodly sum for freight charges.
On opening it, and after doing a ire
mendous amount of unpacking, he
found another card: "Your prices are
too high!" Since then the poor man
has refused to accept any more letters.
parcels or boxes.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
when Did the Century Beeini

DR.. Gardner, in his excellent volume
on Common Things, has thus replied to
the above question, founded upon error (:
Historical events are often referred to
by stating that they occurred in such or
such century. Now, one might we'll
suppose that there could arise no OBJ.
scurity or confusion in the use of such
q term; yet it is notorious that after the
year 1900, questions were constantly
raised in society as to whether such or
such a day or month belonged to the
eighteenth or the nineteenth century.
The first day, and the starting point
or zero, OF the Christian or Chronological
scale, was the midnight with which the
LIST OF January, A. D., commenced.
This was the moment, therefore,a at which
the fret century began, and it ended
evidently, when, dating from that mo.
ment, 100 years had elapsed, the first
century, therefore, ended, and the sec.
ond began, at the midnight between
the 3lst December, 100 A. D., and the
lst January, 1O1 A. D. In like manner,
the second century terminated, and the
third began, at the midnight between
the 3lst December, 200 A. D., and 1st
January, 2Ol A. D. It is evident, there.
fore, that the entire year, 100 A. D., be.
longed to the first century and the en-.
tire year, 200 A. D., to the second cen.
tury; and in the same manner it follows
that the entire year 1900 A. d. belonged
to the eighteenth century. The eigh.
teenth century began with the LIST Janu.
ary, 17O1 A. D., and terminated with
December 81, 1900 A. D., both these
days belong to that century. In like
manner, the first day of the nineteenth
century was 1st January, 1901 A. D., and
it's last day will be 31st December, 1900
A. D.
Thereforefore, the twentieth century
will begin Jan. l, 1901, and terminate |
December 81, 1000.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
WOULDN'T WEAR IT.
sad Mistake Made By . short-sighted
Bishop In England.

sad Mistake Made By . short-sighted
Bishop In England.
There Ii q hat story in which q WELL
known bishop and lately-deceased
marquis played leading parts. The mar
quis, who married Gaiety chorus girl,
and, generally speaking, lived up to the
high standard of his marriage life, was
accustomed to wear particular style
of hat, shorter than that favored by
most men. One day, says the st. James
Budget, he went into his hatmaker's
in Piccadilly and asked for new one to
be made. The shopwalker took the hat,
and walked down to the far end of the
shop to give the requisite instructions,
leaving the hatless marquis standing in
the shop. At this moment there entered
the short-sighted bishop of X, also in
want of new headgear. He saw only
a small man, who might have passed for
a shopkeeper, standing staring at him.
So he took his peculiar hat off his head
and went up to him. "Do you think,
my good man." he said, persuasively,
that you have a hat like that?" The
marquis looked at him for q moment,
speechless with indignation, while the
shopkeeper, seeing what was amiss,
hurried up as fast as he could. Unfor-
tunately, the marquis found his voice
before the hat man reached his client.
NO" he said giving the bishop back
his headgear: 81 haven't got a hat like
that, and if had I'm blowed if would
wear it'll"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
Through Cars to California via
True SOuthernl Route"

The Iron Mountain Route, in
nection with the Texas and Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways offers I'd
ist and home-seekers contemplat
trip to California the following fea
From st. Louis, daily Pullman
Buffet Sleeping Cars to Los Angel
other California points without cl
and every Wednesday and Thu
evening, Pullman Tourist Sleeping
to Los Angeles and other Oaliforr
points. The Tourist Cars used On thj
weekly excursions APP modern, al
built especially for California trava
The excursions are personally conducte,
and the object is toNenable those wi
do not wish to purchase first cid
tickets, the privilege of sleeping car n
commodations and no change Of III
No high attitudes and free from ice 4
snow, forming an ideal winter way
the land of sunshine, fruit and flows1
Via this route the dangers of snoj
blockades and delays are obviated. r
maps, time tables and full particuls
address N. R. Warwick, Agent, sl7 Vii
street, Cincinnati, OhiA.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-02
Slavery In England.

Slavery survived in England much
later than is generally supposed. The
word bondage in Northumberland still
means female farm servant. The
coolies and salters ii. e.. salt miners) OF
East Lothian were actually slaves till
1775. If they deserted their service
anyone harboring them was liable to a
penalty OF five pounds sterling If he
did not restore them in "a hours. The
last slave in England was not freed
completely until 1899 and in 1s42 there
was a coolie living who. as well as his
father and grandfather, had worked as
a slave in pit at Musselbure.