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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-29

Alexandria Market, July %.
Tho grain market closed quiet with the
quotations unchanged since yesterday. Wheat
is dull, but Con is wanted. Country Pro-
duce is in fair demand at quotations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-29

AT 25c to SOC ~pair-2oys' Washable Duck
and Linen Pants.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-29

AT 49c pair. From 75c-Boys' All-wtol
Pants. Sizes 3 to is years.
The sun., 1898-02-17
The Bible and the Church.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: In your
remarks about in1delity in the Church, from
time to time. have you not been confounding
two very different attitudcsi In to-day's SUN
you put DIR. McGiffert and DR.. Briggs in tho
same class. The attitude of the former is doubt
less destructive of Christianity in the Catholic
sense. as no weight is given to tho voice OF the
Church as a witness to Christian teaching. But
to say the same OF the former Is to make the
Church depend upon the Scriptures. Now, the
Scriptures were not the cause of the Church,
either in the Old Dispensation or the New The
jewish Church gave to the world the Old Tcsta-
ment; tho Christian Church gave to the world
the New Testament. For years before tho canon
was settled the Church appealed to lite unbroken
tradition, that is. its history The. sacramental
teaching Of the Holy Eucharist, the fundamental
of the Catholic faith. were believed irrespective
OF Scriptural exegesis. and had no bearing upon
dates and authorship Of Old Testament Scrip
tures-Dr. Briggs's special field of stuuy. Now,
there are those who are even more radical than
DIR. Briggs. who. nevertheless, hold strongly to
the Nicene faith-the priesthood of the ministry,
the sacrifciai nature of tho Eucharist, as wit.
messed to in all the liturgles of the Church-and
they would resent being classified with DR.. Nc
Giffert theologically. ANGLICAN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.
The sun., 1898-02-17
Tho Triple Attack.

The three manifestoes put forward stimuli
taneously by tho Democrats, the Populists
and the Silver Republicans, show that
among silver politicians the fervor to
establish the silver standard has given
way to determination to destroy the gold
standard. They are less OF advocates for
free silver and more Of opponents Of the
regime that exists, their apparent conclusion
being that it will be better to dull little
the sharp points of the silver canvass and
try to gather in all the wavering and irreg-
ular elements of discomfort and opposition
for concentrated assault upon the Repub.
lican party. This may mean, of course, the
setting aside of such a crystalliZed apostle
of silver as WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, and
the selection Of q candidate less positive,
cause. and, therefore, more harmonizing
of the heterogeneous mass of voters who.
1t Is hoped, win follow.
On the Republican side Of the contest
there will be, also, no lack Of contra
diction as to the precise Interpretation of
the party's platform. The campaign of
1896 was full of it, and the campaigns Of
1898 and 1900 will not be free from 1t.
But above all doubt or mystiflcation will
stand the idea that the gold standard, which
Is inseparably bound up with the national
good faith and credit, shall be preserved.
On the Republican side, no matter what
schemes may be heard Of for easing trouble,
public or private, financial or social, the
central purpose of the canvass will be to
protect the American dollar against de.
probation, the good name Of the United
States from obliteration by the fraud Of
free silver, and our political system from
the revolution of the Chicago platform.
The sun., 1898-02-17

10 disbarment from o promising foreign
market1 That is q question which may
become burning one In the twentieth CEN
tury, and, therefore, men deserving the
name Of Statesmen should foresee its immi-
nence and act beforehand.
BY the retention of wei-hai.Wei, the Toxic
Government has practically torn to atoms
the revision of the Shimonoseki treaty, to
which she was coerced by the combination
Of Russia, France, and Germany. The pur-
pose of that revision was to condemn ia
pan to remain an insular, and never TO be-
come Continental power. From the
moment, however, that she retains We'll
hal.wei she becomes q mainland power In
the teeth of the protests of Russia, France,
and Germany. In other words, henceforth
she must be reckoned with, when the hour
comes for proceeding from the partition OF
the Chinese seacoast to the distribution OF
tho vast interior of the Middle Kingdom.
The sun., 1898-02-17
Reversible Sentences.

From London Truth.
Scandalous society and life mako 000sipS
frantic.
This reads backward:
Frantic gossps mako life and society 1oanda-
lous,
Apply the same rule to the others given belows
Dies slowly fading day; winds mournful sight
Bright stars are waking
Flies owlet, hootng. holding revel high,
Night silence holding.
Solomon had vast treasures-silver and Rold
things precious Happy and rich and wise was
he Faithful served he God.
She sits lamenting sadly, often too much
alone.
Dear Harry-Devotedly yours remain L Have
you forgotten 500 check Reply Immediately
please, and hand to yourS-Grace Darling.
Man is noble and generous often, but some
times vain and cowardly.
Carefully toiled eggs are good and palatable.
Love Is heaven and heaven is love, youth says.
All beware! says age. Trying Is poverty and
Badly governed and fearfuly troubled now IL
Ireland.
Exercise take; excess beware;
Rise early and hrea free air;
Eat slowly: trouble drive away,
Feet warmish keep; blend work with play.
Adicu, darlinRi Time flies fast; sails arc set
boats are ready. Farewell!
Matter and mind arc mysteries. Never mind.
What Is matter Matter is-never mind. What
is mndf Mind is-never matter.
Honesty and truth good and admirable
qualities. as sympathy and love are endoaring
traits.
Politics and religion avoid arguing in. Here
is good and sound advice.
The sun., 1898-02-17

and Poetry." The subject Of the Afternoon
Club is "vIcroR Hueo." The Mary X. Denny
Ooterie devotes itself 10 LOCKE and His Philos-
ophy," "Lifo Of JOHN BUNYAN." and "History
of the East India Company" . solid diet Tho
Fortnightly Literary Club investigates "Tho
Humane idea in Municipal Government" and
Current Events."
Less grave societies are not unknown In Indian.
apolis. The Clomatis Pleasure Club will give
Calico Hop Friday evening. The Mizpah Cinch
Club was entertained last Thursday. Fashion
andliterature combine In the Hoosier Poet Chap
tor Of tho Round Table. which entertained
with shoddy aristocracy party Tuesday even
ing" But. after all, literature is tho absorbing
pursuit in Indianapolis, as this question, 3D.
dressed 10 the Journal Of that town. shows;
"h RupTARp KnINa the author and editor Of the
Cambridge 'Codex BeEas'7"
Doubtless some light win be thrown upon this
question at tho approaching meeting Of the
Indiana Union Of Literary Clubs.
The sun., 1898-02-17
Fire FiEhtinG ia the South Before the WAR;
FSom the SavonnoA Es,ps.

Old citizens are commenting on the change the
Eavannah Fire Department has undergone since
tho ante.bellum days The recent fires have
given riso to many recollections OF former
methods Of checking flames.
The eyes Of ono man, who was posted in
glass house In the City Exchange dome, con.
stit1ted the alarm system. He was sort Of
sentinel, and while Keeping watch oyer the city
cried out the hours and whether things were
well or no. There are few members OF the
police force to-day who served in the old Glass
house and recall the days when Itire alarms
were sounded by ringing the old bell.
Hand pumps formed the apparatus, to drTe,
water. and the effective work they did is well
remembered. An aremen before the war were
volunteers and with the exception of the chiefs
Of :divisions. were composed entirely of colored
men They were strong. hardy. and TO get 10 a
enjoyed by them. While working the pump.
they would strike up tune keeping time with
the movements Of the pump handle and ring,
as to catch even the ear of the critic. Thcn.
too there was fun for the negroes getting to their
respective station houses. 1t WAS a standin;
rule that the first man to place his hand on 'iS
lock at the station received O dollar. and I'll
were wild to earn i. It was as much an honor
IRE. The station houses were built of brick
and located In the squares at different parts OF
tho city.
The sun., 1898-02-17

It is we'll that Mr.. DE LONE being caught
In the perpetration of insult to the coun-
try, should be driven from his post as the
Spanish Minister in Washington. 1t will
be we'll when Spain disavows the act OF
her representative, in accordance with the
requirements of courtesy indispensable be-
tween two countries not at war. DE LONE.
though, is small potato. And assurances
conveyed automatically that Spain holds
the United States on the level of esteem
occupied by the most favored nations.
still looking upon the President as Great
and Good Friend, are gratifying, but not
vital, as are the relation of the United
States to the beiiigerents In Cuba.
The Cubans are fighting like heroes
against foe from whose inhumanity the
wretched people of Armenia would have
prayed for deliyerance to the Turk. The
atrocities in Armenia, against which the
great powers of Europe were compelled
by irresistible public sentiment to make
concerted protest, were scarcely as one to
Thousand compared with the awful volume
of human destruction that has occurred in
Cuba. And the United States, the seat
of the greatest struggle for liberty ever
known, occupies the revolving position
of standing as barrier against such
European sympathy for Cuba as was given
to Armenia, for the reason that we, as
the guardians of the western hemisphere,
are expected to satisfy the obligations Of
civilization there unaided.
The force of the Republican platform re-
solving upon practical help to the Cuban
revolutionists grows greater every day.
The sun., 1898-02-17

1t is satisfactory to find the baseball stu
alton perfectly understood in 30 important q
city with a League club as Philadelphia. This
Is from tho Philadelphia Press:
"The demand for legislation by the League to pre-.
vent rowdyism on the ball neld has been vigorous
that the magnates must at the spring meeting, q
fortnight hence. take action the greatest evil
which confronts the game. Tho betterment OF the
pastme in this respect rests almost entirely with the
club owners. Let them give tho order to their play
ers that rowdyism. either by action words. will
not be tolerated. and the players win not be eager
to take part In scenes which disgrace to the
game and which driving awaylthe respectable
element from tho ball parks.
"Until the club owners. however become q unit on
this question. little good. fear cancome OF the az
itation. Even now while some magnates have como
out natfooted for reform in this respect. Others
have done so In half-hearted way. and . few.
judging by their actions. not Averse to their
players acting in dlsorderly manner. provided they
win sgame by such methods"
For the good Of the game and for the credit OF
common sense 1t Is to be hoped that the obstruc.
tionists will reform themselves before the
League meeting comes round. and help in giving
the national game an umpire such as presides
over all other great sports.
The sun., 1898-02-17

Two well-known participants in the great
financial debate happen to have emitted some
surprising talk on almost the same day. The
Hon. ]. STERLING MORTON. who from the quar-
ters of the Secretary of Agriculture at Washing:
ton has gone to live in Arbor Lodge In Nebraska
City, thinks that one condition of prosperity ia
the stoppage by the banks OF the custom of pay.
ing interest on deposits. IF all tho banks in
the United States would cease paying interest
on deposits" says Mr.. MORTON new enter.
prises and vast improvements would develop in
the banks cease to make depositing attractive,
the money will pass by their vaults. and presa
forward to the promotion Of industry.
II Mr.. MORTON will visit vault he will find
that the money which ought to be there, accord.
ing to his calculation. has already gone out and
on into business.
Then the Richmond Times thinks that the
great necessity is banks to mako currency.
Free silver could be of no use." says our con-
temporary. "for the reason that the people who
now demand financial relief could no moro get
one Of the fifty-ceat dollars under the present
law than they can now get the hundred-cent
gold dollar" Some device Is needed to mako IL
easier to get money. Banks. currency making
banks. are the thing that will mako IL easier.
Let US have such banks.
Such are tho wonders of thought.
If. however, people who can't get money now
will be able to get 1t from banks. let us have
enough banks by all means. A bank for every
man. q bank apiece. would be none too much.
The sun., 1898-02-17
HypnotiIlnG n Hen.


Did you ever hypnotze chicken I" asked
p9lice Commissioner Kind the other might:
" It's dead easy. Just catch your hen, place y
on the floor in front OF you with its tail toward
you. Take piece OF chalk and draw s'raiRt :
ine beginning at point just under The A.h
head ana extending foot and hall or moro,
The bird will fasten it, eyes ON the cas-. 3;
and IN twinkliEg almost she Is UNCONSCIOUS 4
her about as much AS you please, but her gaas
WIN immediately return 10 the chalk ltlr.
When was sailing before tho mast II was nn5
an unusual thing on calm day. when mo .
was no work In sight, TO sec dozen or more
sailors, each with hon In his hands, drawing
chalk markC, IL 10 the most perfect case OF com'
plete hypnotism ] ever saw, Just Try IL SSAo
time II YOU don't believe It."
The sun., 1898-02-17
Josiah and Harmony.

The Hon. JOSIAH QU1Noy, Mayor Of Bos-
ton, conceals beneath q calm and even
clamlike exterior q soul that vibrates to
the music of the spheres. When a youth
he performed energetically upon the comb
and.paper and the squash-vine pipe; and
there are old men about Wollaston who
still recall with regret the vigor Of his
attack upon the side-drum. Serious con-
tinued thoughts and the cares Of state
have long kept him from executing any
moro music, but he loves It; he loves It In
his heart.
A recent communication of his to tho
Board Of Aldermen shows that tho stern
and rock-bound coast of statesmanship is
still swept by the waves Of melody. "I
have come to the conclusion" the Mayor
writes, "that, in order to raise free public
music to proper plane In dignity and
Importance, 1t should be placed under the
direction, even II the appropriation 10 no
larger than In the past, of an unpaid board,
composed Of persons Of musical taste, who
would appreciate the social and educational
value Of free music, and the opportunity Of
rendering useful service to our people by
its judicious development"
For which judicious development he
recommends an ordinance establishing q
Department Of Public Music, composed of
five unpaid members. The ordinance
should pass, and the Mayor should be an
eco6icio advising IL not executing member.
BY way of encouraging Mr.. QUINoY's
musical programme, Mr.. Alderman CoNRY
has introduced this order:
"ordored. That the Committee on Ordinances b
requested to consider tho wisdom of establishing Q
municipal brass band. for the purpose of providing
free concerts during the summer months"
If a municipal brass band is established,
perhaps Mr.. QUINCY can be induced to re-
Rume his performances upon the side
drum. Whether he can or can't, Boston
needs brass bands by the hundreds. Give
her suffering citizens o chance to drown
themselves in the seas of sound and
thereby to forget the Attucks memorial
and the Cass monument.
1t would be unjust to the Hon. JOSIAH
QUINCY to suppose that in his zeal for the
improvement of public music he is inspired
by merely aesthetic motives, however al
truistic. He has a higher purpose. He Is
resolved that the concord of sweet sounds
shall breathe an irenic spirit into the
discovered fragments Of the Massachusetts
Democracy. He hopes that the Boston
bands will incite to harmony the war
ring Callahanites and Cookies, and stir,
even in the rocky heart of the immortal
WILLIAMS the late remorse of love.
The sun., 1898-02-17
Even with Her Crsss-EInmInsr.


snow" said tho lawyer who was conducting
the The @croMssSefaminsti9n. 20 O. will you please state
~ think" said the lady with the sharp nose
"that II was"
Never mind what you think" interrupted
the lawyer. 1--WE want facts here. We don't
care what you think. and we haven't any lms
70 ts IN 70 y .nnh So
first met this man."
The witness made no reply.
"Come. come" urged tho lawyer. II demand
an answer to my question.
sui no response from the witness.
your Honor" said the lawyer. turning to the
Court. Ithink am entitled TO answer to
the question have put"
"The witness win please answer tho quot
tion." said tho Court In impressive tones.
Cant" said the lady.
why notf
The, Court, doesn't care to hear what !
think, does itr
mo"
"Then there's no use questioning me any fur.
ther; am not lawyer. l can't talk w!thous
thinking"
So they called tho next witness.
The sun., 1898-02-17
znurn BEATS pInLoMIor.
The Trup Into which the Latter wouid uavs
Ice Rupuy de Lone.
Tron tns 81. LOpts Globe Dsmocrc


Frop TIE ST. Louts Globe Democrat.
WASHINGTON. Feb 1.-THE late Senatov
Plumb of Kansas once described diplomacy n,
"gilded lying" Truth invaded the realm Of
diplomacy at one point In tho Dupuy letter in.
cident. Tho Spanish Minister held his own
counsel until late in the afternoon OF tho day
his letter TO CanaleJas appeared In print. Iii,
yet q question whethor diplomacy might ros
have helped him out Of the scrape. When ths
lettor was first read. In Washington there was
general skepticism. Several papers coupled
publication with the assertion that 1t was a
forgery, and even quoted tho Minister as 60
Lomo camo when the telegraph boy brought 10
ing to this ofoct: Il have seen the letter wfi"b
you are reported to have written to me. Ii is
SaSSS Il yoa d$ Sd h
ceive such q letteri' Canalojas replied: Il
never received such letter from you or heard
he sniS had wtsn tho and deeanss Rs Rss
to be the original was forgery Gpi' Go't to thHt
timo tho Minister had refused to admit TO his
that he o aad bs s letter He had
inal. Should he put n bold face on the matter,
and. aided by the proof that no such letter lad
What passed in the diplomats mind that
AFTERNOON would be interesting: Late, after
tary Of State called at the Spanish Legation.
The tall, blond Anglo Saxon Of tho purcst type
sat down facing the small, swarthy Latin OF 40
"You have seen In the papers, Mr.. Minister"
said the Assistant Secretary, "a letter purport.
jasy' Diplomacy would haSe admitted iEs iU
seeing and would have fenced for the next
point. To the credit Of the Spaniard it must 30
said that he was q man more than n diplomat in
tho emergency. "Yes," he said, II have seen ii,
wrote It." A moment later he had occasion
to realize that truth is better than diplomacy.
Tho Assistant Secretary, concealing any sur.
prise that he may have felt at the quick adms-
sion Of the point for which he had come, i'm.
his coat, and drew forth the original letter,
asking. lis this iti' The Minister glanced over
tho sheets, and at once identified the copy as
tho original. As he did SO there was ghost OF
q smile in the corners Of his mouth; He muso
have been thinking of the trap into which
diplomacy would have led him but from which
truth telling had saved him.
The sun., 1898-02-17

Up to midnight last night neither the
official reports to the Government at Washing
ton nor the dispatches to tho newspapers
from Havana had supplied q definite ao-
count Of tho origin of the explosion which
destroyed the battleship Maine and killed
nearly 26o of her men in the harbor
of Havana on Tuesday night From Madrid
1t was easy enough to obtain posi-
tive assurances that It was an accident,
assurances. however. that were not supported
by convincing details. In tho circumstances,
the advice of Capt. sIesBEE that the Judgment
of the people of the United States be suspended
Is still advice to be needed.
The sun., 1898-02-17
WHITE HOUSE BLAOKLIsE
names or Uninvited Persons who Crowd Int
Receptions Procured-ConEresamen Blamed.

names or Uninvited Persons who Crowd Int
Receptions sProcured-Congresamen Blamod.
From the ST. Louts Globe Democrat.
WASHINGTON. Feb 13-The White House has
o blacklist. 1t is an interesting souvenir OF
this seasons receptions. 1t goes to prove that
there are persons who own fine clothes and who
arc not SO thin-skinned as to remain away from
places to which they are not invited. The invi.
tations given this year to the White House re-
ceptions were prepared with unusual care.
Lists of tho invited were kept and cards
were issued to individuals by name Tho
heretofore indefinite and indiscrimnate "and
ladies was not employed. That there might
be no Observation-Disclosures, the secretary to tho
ciated with him In the Management of details
let 1t be known through the newspapers that
without invitations. But the method to be ee en-.
ployed was not explained.
The trap was set and Il did its duty. At one
came to the White House and participated. At
another affair the number Of pninyitod present
gues. on advaneInsto the entrance Of the rceeiv.
name to the officers. who viii present you. The
name Of each guest was called out twice. first BY
done, with distinctness. But this year an at:
nook and took down every name that was called
out. Comparison with the roster of the invited
o Ss II s an n
the blacklist was created.
This was not all. Doorkeepers from the SEN
edge Of face4 to that Of the White House ushers.
Alphabetical lists of tho invited wore in the
possession Of tho ofioials. When there was
doubt about any ono tho lists were consulted.
SOmo Of the unlimited were asked for their ad.
to several OF those who had oome without in.
yitations, asking explanations of the breach.
Most Of tho letters were ignored. Several
whom they claimed to have received verbal in.
vtations. Half . dozen department people
superior otficials