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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The insurgents have destroyed large
quantities of tobacco plants growing
under the protection of Spanish forts in
Cuba.
At Louisville Ky, Thursday even
ing fire damaged the pillow factory Of
B F. Avery & Sons, to the extent OF
$4,000.
Sir Tatton Sykes, on the stand in
London, yesterday declared that his
wife forged his name to the notes she
gave to the money lender.
The President yesterday sent COM
munication to Congress, recommending
an appropriation OF $473, 1926 to pay
the claims of British subjects for losses
sustained through the seizure of their
sealing vessels in Behring SEA.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Chronicle, in startling state.
ment this morning, quotes largely from
an article in Civilta Catholica, which,
he declares, is directly inspired by the
Vatican and the Pope, advocating, as
the solution of the eternal question be-
tween the Vatican and Quirinal, the
establishment OF an Italian republic.
A gigantic project is on foot at At.
lanta, Ca, backed by Pennsylvania
and New York capitalists, to harness
Chattanooga river and furnish power
to Atlanta and surrounding towns.
Yesterday Henry B. Wilson, and
Emerson Mcmillan, bankers of New
York and G. E. Smith, of York, Pa,
applied for charter for the Atlanta
Power Company.
A sensation has been caused 10 Pa
chuca, Slate of Hidalgo, Mexico, by the
discovery of large stores of arms and
ammunition in different parts of the
city and on different ranches. 1t is al
legged that these supplies were placed
in their hiding places by the order OF
Gen. Crairoto, while governor of the
State, and that the latter was Matching
revolution which had for its object
the overthrow of the present national
government and the placing of himself
in the chief executives chair. The
general, who has been under police
surveillance for some time, has been
placed under arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-15

Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va, was
frightfully burned on the face and neck Pain
was instantly relieved by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve which healed the injury without
leaving scar. 1t is the famous pile remedy.
Charles G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-15

The Insurgents have destroyed large
quantities of tobacco plants growing
under the protection of Spanish forts in
Cuba.
, 1898-02-23

The extraordinary mild winter has had the
effect of raising the hopes and kindling the
spirits of thousands Of possible mllHon"iles
Klondyke is on every lip. From every quar-
ter Of the globe come accounts Of more or less
elaborate preparation for a fitting towards
the North Pole. Not only that, but actual
travel in the iii ection Of tile new goldfelds
hus already commenced, surprising IN vol
ume and variety all the movements OF poPu-
lution in Old Culiforni IN and Australian days.
Five railway companies have alone contract
ed for the sale of 45 900 passenger tickets,
and scores Of sea-eoing craft are already Oh
the high sea around Cope Horn. in fact all the
great transportation companies are daily IN
undated with letters from China to Peru,
from Jerusalem to Scandinavia, all demand
ing information Vow to get there The
American railroad managers, need We say,
are playing up to the demand, seeing III the
GOLD frenzy a certain increase OF passenger
traffic. Trains filed with samples Of nuggets,
mining machinery, and other exhibits are
carving the fs,er into every obscure village,
and the Great Rush 30 Klondyke this year
will he one Of the records Of the century.
What the end Of it all will be no man can
foresoe, but that there will be death, and
misery, and violence, and decentralization, az
well as al enormous increase to the wealth OF
The world. cannot be disputed. 10 any one
inclined to 20 northwald we should say
Hold hard."
, 1898-02-23
WORK AND SLEEP.
from the Church Family NeVSPoPer.)

Cir James Sawyer, who has lately been
discoursing on longevity to the meni els OF
the Acock's Green Institute, birmingham,
rightly insisted on "a snfliclcncy Of sleep
as one Of the things needful to make q mans
DAYS long in he land. But Nhat is q "suti-
cienov"? Sir James defines it as One-thlIu
Of twenty-four hours. For what Matthew
Arnold called tho 'ayerage sensual man,
that is 10 say the man Of normal HhySlOIo"
gical needs and cravings, this amount is pro
badly not too much. But kOme OF the great
est workers Of our day have done with much
less than eight hours Of sleep. Dr. james
Legpe. Professor Of Chinese in the Universe
tn Of Oxford, who hos Just died at The age Of
oiobtv.twO. was. it is said, III the habit OF
rising at am. and allowed himself only tive
hours of sleep. Brunei, the famous engineer
fol q considerable part of his life worked
nearly twenty -four hours q day friends and
-. sistants have left it on recoId that lie hard
!, ever went 10 bed, and yet never seemed
fir, d out or of spirits. Sir George a. Elliott,
uil., wards Lord Heathheld, who was IN
con mnnd throughout the great siege Of
GIBRALTAR, which lasted four years, never
Ir,i Il all that time slept moIe than four
houls out Of the twenty-tour. He lived
to the oge of eighty. In IA recent number Oi
OOsmopOIiS Professor Max Muller records q
conversation which lie had with Alexander
Won HUMBOLDT on the subject OF sleep. GAS
| get old" said Humboldt. Il want more
sleop-four hours al least When l was
young two hours Of sleep was quite enough
81, NO" On Professor Max Muller limiting
hot he found this a hard saying, Humboldt
said 1T is quite u mistake, though il is very
snread, that we want seven OF eight
hours Of sleep. When / was your age, |
simnIv Law down on the sofa, turned down
NV Iamp. and after two hours sleep | was
as fresh as ever" He lived to be eighty
nine. These examples are, to use the conSe-
Grated phrase of The hagiog, aphoIs, more
for admiration than for imitation; but they
serve to show that longevity and a small
allowance Of sleep are not IN all cases lucom-
pntiblo.-British Medical journal.
, 1898-02-23
WHAT BECOMES OF OLD PINS?

Whc:c then, do the old supplies 60
qLe ringenicus peIs,n' NnSNtls III the
noges of a trade contemporary. lie hndS
iL3It il is the d~isintcgruting effects u the
ii, which resolve one by one these hltIe
instruments into their cleme"tS. ne put
some hundreds Of brNss and steel pms,
needles. hailpins, and 50 to1lh IN a quiet
corner Of his garden where they would ho
snbiect to the agencies OF dampncNs with
,viHd and other influences although safe
from intruders. Tho results arc notable.
ordinary lairpins took one bundled and
+fty. -four days on MI average to oXldlse INTO
y E9ownish rust-ferrous o~xido-which was
scattered by the wind as fast as 1t was
formed. not a trace being dct,ctcd at the
ond of seven months. Common bright pms
orcupicd eighteen months before Their DIS
onpenronce was complete, but a haSs pm
II Tuod INTO verdigris long before that. AT
no end Of fifteen months an ordinary pen
bClde had its nib entirely lnhted away.
Tsod Wax yestns were almost gone, Win
tbo execution Of the cotton wick, III less
Alan eight DAYS from the time they were
deposited. but the sulphur heads OF some
nniit ones were as perfect as ever. we see
M his experiment., which has no novelty,
hut much interest, all excellent example OF
tha wnv IN which Nature perpetnally 4leaks
49, har old manufactured material 70 put 1T 10
Flosh uses for HE march If life. Every CO.
Toured leaf swinging at the present season
mon tree and crceper is another token OF
that csaseless process OF destruction Win I"
view to reconstruCton.-I6td.
, 1898-02-23
THE DREYFUs SCANDAL IN PARIS.

The French Government declines to publish
the declarations which aIe stated Ia have been
made bv Dreyfus to Captain Lebru'-lenault
when tie former was degraded, by taking
that cousso," a scmj-oficial note states, "lhe
Government would bring under discussion and
nppcar to vince u doubt the tuthorlty u q
lrral d@ecisiou. Great excitement was manI-
tested in the lohbics Of The Chamber on Mon
day, and nothing was spoken about but The
Dravfus case. When The House met the
Government resisted all ettempts to discuss
matters connected with the cause e6ifbre, and
il looked at one time as if The Ministry were
oninp 10 I've defeated. Tie Prime Minister,
however, formally declared that if the Cham
Der voted tor an immediate discussion the
Cabinet would resign, and amidst general
eommotion a motion 'u' ging the mpollcy OF
any prolongatiOn Of an agitation winch mad
allcady lasted too long" was carried b. 80
to 252.
Serious demonstrations have taken place
against A.. lola, who has demanded,
in the Amore, IA fresh trial of DreytuS and
against the SO called Dreyius Syndicate.
The Minister of War has lodged a formal
request for the prosecution OF NJ. Emile lola
and the publisher Of The Aurore.
The summons against NJ, lola and tie man
oger of the Aurore, to appear before the AS
size Court to answer the charge of libelling
the Minister Of War, was served upon them
on Wednesday. The students Of Paris, on
leaving their classes renewed lheiI mdnitesta-
lions, but the police kept them within CON
troll. In several large towns III the PROVINCES
The demonstrations took the form Of attacks
anon shops kept by Jews, and i'll some places
considerable damage was done.-Uid.
, 1898-02-23

complicated that it is hard to know what
secret springs muy not be moving this last
development of q national scandal. The
Socialist party in Paris is always ready to
faston upon my new body of discomfort, and
perchance We may be on the eve of another
era of burricn}rs in the French Capital. Then
will come the chance for a new Saviour Of
Society" At present the government Of
France seems 10 he drifting on Tie top of q
wave of panic, and tLe phase nous 6omme0
trahiS' is on, e more on everybo Us lips.
, 1898-02-23

Paris is beginning to display once more the
revolutionary tpint which seems perennlally
~ lurk in it's bouleyards. The Dreyfus case
viii its bundled heads seems to have acted
80 a poisonous ointment upon the mind OF a
large portion of Frcnchmen. and grave fears
have evidently been aroused by the violent
meetings and mob demonstrations OF the past
week. The A~nii.Semite party have greediIy
seized the opportunity TO attack with cxocer-
bated fury the whole Jewish community IN
Paris. and it is stated that the Partisan
bronoh OF The Rothsohild family is alarmed
for its personal sa'ey. lhe DrSytus
campaign has, moreover, extended to Large
proylncIal cities, but French parties are SO
, 1898-02-23

coffee, milk. OF btotI at short intervals, ana
even his midday meal is Il a very light
character, taken with a solitary glass Of
wine. Then comes a short siesfa aud a drive
in the opeu AR. A very slight evening meal
completes his dietaly. InvnIids might very
we'll take leaIt of grace from reading these
few things about The P,pe. They show that
perfection of health may he joined 10 per-
lection Of delioacy, md that a froil body may
be a good servant to a strenuous soul.
, 1898-02-23

a CORRESPONDENT has been giving some in
tcrcsting facts abort the Pope, who is now
in the eighty seventh year Of his age, and
the twentieth year Of his Iopedom. y lie.
nal kable thing about the Pon'iff IS his mar
v~ellous immunity from illness md the in
timities Of life. The interesting part Of all
is hat he is an exceedingly delicate and
even fragile man. Then his life has been
altoge her an indoor hfc-the lie Of II stu
dent. lie is a great worker, and is always
full of occupation. After all, is not this tue
secret Of green old age?
, 1898-02-23

There is, however, another characteristic
Of the Pope which We might al do we'll to
initiate, and that is the z eat tIuaIity Of
life. He Sleeps only four hours and rises at
six. Until two o'clock he only takes a little
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
BRETHREN AT OUTS.

The Hon. JOS Bailey the Hon Benton
McMnlin and the Hon. New York Jour
nal are al outs. For some time past tie
Journal has been making war on Mr..
Bailey. and in q recent interview That
distinguished gentleman paid his re-
spects TO the party organ IN New YORK
characterizng it I'm terms that were H.
plomatc yet severe, and at the same time
taxing occasion 10 say that in spite OF all
the efforts Of tie Journal to defeat him.
DE would again be selected as leader VI
the Democratic FORCES in the House
After this interview appeared the Hon.
Benton MoMillin, who has not been on
good terms with Mr.. Bailey for several
years past, jumped into print with tie
prediction Of the downfall Of the Boy
orator Of Texas. Mr.. McMmin also paid
hs respects 10 the New y ork journal,
and said that it was only few months
ago since that paper severely censurcd
him for opposing Mr.. Bailey and hound
ed him all over the country for expos
ing Bailey IN the identical fashion now
adopted by the journal. But that was
not all. A1r. McMinin declared that Mr.
Bailey was guilty OF all sorts of political
crimes and that on the wool schedule I'm
the Dingley bill Bailey is on record as
voting with the Republicans
"He was under no obligation to vote
with them?" asked the reporter
THE Republicans clearly enough en-
couraged his leadership" said Mr. McMl-
lin Speaker Reed helped Mr.. Bailey by
appointing him to desirable committee
positions.
And now Mr.. Bailey comes back at Mr..
MoMillin and says that If the Tennessee
statesman has beed correctly reported,
he is guilty Of uttering an "unvarnished
lie"
Tut, tut, Here is a strange quarrel.
Mr. Bailey and AIR. McMillin and the
New York Journal are all followers of
the Hon William J. Bryan, and they are
in full accord as to the one md only
principle ana policy of the Chicago Demo-
crazy. TO wit. the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at the ratio of sixteen
to one. Agreed on that one point why
should they be wrangling among them
selves about the non-essentiais? What
matters it about tariff. so long as Mr.
Baileys record on silver is all right?
Tut tut,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
SOME ADVICE FROM WASHING
TON.

The Washington Post has been under
taking TO give the Democrats Of the
South some advice. The Post wants the
Southern Democrats TO assert them
selves and 90 put forward a candidate Tor
the presidency. Among other things it
says:
The South to-day, equips the Demo
cratic party with most Of its brains and
it's conservatism. There are exceptions,
Of course. but our proposition holds goOt
ps a rule and the fact remains that the
South does not take its proper place In
the conduct and manas ment OF the DEM
ocratic party. 1T still submits without
protest 10 the disqualification imposed
upon Il by the civil war. 1t still con
sents after thrty-three years OF time ana
after the splendid demonstration OF pa
triotism made last summer, TO be held IN
an inferior position, to be kept out OF
sight as "a thing to be ashamed Of. and
10 be used only as the rank and file OF an
army which IL really dominates by virtue
OF numbers. intellect. and Nalor. NO
greater anomaly can be imagined IMAM
that which Is presented by the South
acauiescence in the arrogant and ridicu-
lous hypothesis set up within the Demo
cratic councils by the North and East.
1t has reached point at NHiNH ''N't
Northern and Eastern Democrats regard
II with wonder and contempt
Nonsense. Nobody thinks less OF the
Southern people because they have not
attempted 10 push their men forward in
national contests. The courage Of South
ern men has been established. Their in
dependence their manhood, their asser-
tiveness on ali proper occasions have never
been questioned. Southern Democrats
have had entire confidence in themselves
and in their leaders. and under different
conditions they would have had a candi-
date on more than one occasion for the
presidential nomination But for reasons
which 1t were superilgous 10 mention the
South has felt that 1t was in keeping
with her dignity and her modesty that she
wait for the people of other sections to
cali upon one of her distinguished states
men to take the lead in national contests.
The South has lost nothing by her course,
and the Posts assertion that she has
gained for herself the contempt OF the
North is absurd If not insoIent. The
South can well afford to wait for the
fullness Of time.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
THE TIMEs RICHMOND VA TUESDAY NOVEMBER %. $685.

practice for the white Democrats TO use
the negro vote 10 defeat other white
Democrats" Everybody knows this to
be true. The Herald declares that
politicians OF different brands have
taught the negro 10 sell his vote Tor
dime and a drink OF whisky. In hotly-
contested elections among rocN-ripped
Democrats. where the negro holds the
balance of power. his vote has been
bid for 20 the tune OF thousands OF dol
lars. In many OF the States the negro
has been put into politics by the Demo-
Gratis. They have used him 10 win their
own fights and IL has not been strange
that other white men not Democrats have
I'm time turned the colored vote against
the Southern Democrats.
This IS a strong indictment, yet TO II
many communities in which the whites
predominate by a large majority must
plead guilty The Herald mentions one
community OF this kind IN the following;
The negro has been taught his own
political importance by the white people
Of the South. 1t has been p bitter mis-
take both 10 the whites and TO the blacks
"a mistake that has been atoned for
with human lives on both sides in many
localities in tho South. Let Us hope
that the citizens of Augusta who insist
on keeping the negro in politics In order
90 win personal and factiOnal adyan-
tages over their own fellow citizens may
soon realize that il is easier and better
10 settle political disputes among them
selves than by corrupting and appealing
TO the cOlOred vote.
The radical troubles are traceabie gen.
orally 10 tho politicians of the country
This IS so North as well IS South The
demagOgue who bought negro votes last
year is ready 10 lead a raid against the
negroes this year after he has found 70
impossible IN buy and use them again.
10 Is time that citizens who stand ready
t0 condemn the low methods Of pOliti-
clans who resort 60 money. mean whisky
whitecap warnings. powder or dynamite
as "a means of getting offices for them
selves were coming together in a move
ment 10 improve the conditions out Of
which many of the 0utragcs grow and by
which innocent residents of riot0us COM
muuitios are disgracod Augusta is not
the only city I'm The South in which white
Democrats have engaged I'm a scandal
ling scramble over the negro vote.-Dal-
las News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
The Drnmmcr,s Dream.

A little room On q little hotel
Tn a little country town.
On a little bed with a mJSty smell.
man was lying down.
great big man with "a great big snore-
And he lay ON his back you see
And peaceful look on bis face he wore
For sound asleep was he.
= his dream what mary lous trips ne
made.
What tremendous bills he soldi
And nobody failed and every one paid,
And his orders were as good as gold.
lie smiled and smOthered a scornJul
laugh
When his feilOW-drUmmer bowed;
For he knew mo- other had sold the half
OF what his order book showed.
lie GOT this irfor from home one day;
Dear Sir-We'vc no filter term
To use in your case than simply 20 SAY,
Henceforth you are one of the FIRM
And glorious change this made In his
life.
Hc now from tho road withdrew.
And really soon got 90 know his wife,
His son and his daughter. too.
And then he moved from his obscure Fat
To "a house ON the avenue;
Lived swell. was happy, got healthy and
fat.
Respected and wealthy too.
But with n thumD. bang, whang, thump
again.
The landlord stood M the door.
"Irs purity nigh time for that G.lo train''
And the drummer's dream was DER.
View Orleans Picayune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
AN: ABoLITloNI>Ts CONFESSION.

Those oVer-zealous persons of the North
VINO, little while ago. were SO much in
favor of negro suffrage, are getting their
eyes open to The solemn facts. Several
days ago Bishop Turner, OF the African
Methodist Church. came out with the
statement that there was no chance for
the negro in America, and that his on.y
hope was in being deported to his native
land. He therefore urged that the United
States government appropriate $l00O00. O0j
to be used in conveying the negroes
from the United States to Liberia.
The Chicago Evening Post, in order TO
test the sentiment of the community
with reference to Bishop Turner's pro-
position, interviewed q large number OF
Chicago clergymen and brought out some
interesting daiverances. For example.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, who as soldier
fought to give the negro his freedom
and as clergyman preached for his
enfranchisement, did not hesitate TO de-
clare that in his opinion a grave error
was committed when the colored man
was given the right OF suffrage before ne
was prepared for it. After declaring that
Bishop Turner's plan was impracticablc.
he sail:
"ine statesmen Of the days OF recon
struction committed a grave error when
they gave to the liberated slaves the
franchise. / thought OF this only to-day.
when | was looking through some old
sermons 1 preached just after the war.
There are many of Us who advocated
equal suffrage then and regret IL now.
the whites of the South will never allow
the negroes TO have either political or
social equality. Where the negroes dom
inato they select sometimes for officials
tho lowest and most ignorant of their
race. and when this state Of affairs arises
tho whites either intimidate the blacks
or count them out after they have voted.
1t is d rctrlbution OF historty or of di-
vino providence. Tho negro never should
have been brought here in slavery. lie
forms our great menace now
This is. indeed an interesting confes-
sion. The Bishop admits that a grave
mistake has been made. But what are
he ana his associates going to do about
it? Are they willing to correct the mis-
take? That is the question.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-29
SENSIBLE NEGRO TALK.

We COPY elsewhere this morning from
the Philadelphia Times, letter signed
Samuel f. Jackson. who Is, the Philadel-
phia Times states editoriany, IAN edu-
Gated colored citizen" in which the race
troubles of the South are discussed. Jack
son has rather an odd way OF expressing
himself but his diagnosis OF the situation
is characterized by the very highest in
telligonce. He is perfectly right when he
says that statute laws cannot he enforced
amongst a people when they run counter
60 the genius. the instincts. the habits
and the race proc'ivities OF the people.
These constitute the higher law to which
all ruio must conform. and that statute
is born dead which seeks TO set them
aside and impose a rule at variance with
them.
The Philadelphia Times in discussing
this letter gives It's entire endorsement to
what has recently transpirod in North
Carolina. quoting from another letter 1t
has received from another negro whom il
describes as zone Of the most accom-
plished and practical colored citizens Of
North Carolina" The passage quoted is
as follows:
This election has eliminated the negro
from politics in North Carolina and Il IS
pathetic TO sec what ne has had 10 suffer
In the process. The best thinking colored
men here do not fear Democratic rule.
We have had II before and 1t WAS better
than anything we have had since. The
only thing We fear now. Col Me-
Clure. Is the effect OF the intense feeling
against the negro that has been engen-
derod in The recent campaign. While we
feel that tho race question was made so
bitter for the most part as a means TO
an end. we fear that so much momentum
has been given 10 the spirit Of race an
tagonism that even the counse,s Of the
best white men win not suffice TO keep it
from tlnging the measures Of the next
Legislature with race hate and race op-
prcssIoa. we do not object 10 white rule
or particularly Democratic rule II that
rule can be kept along Just and humane
lines.
We fear that this negro speaks for
only small per cent OF the negroes OF
North Carolina. and yet II. mean white
men would cease from rousng the negroes
pp to political excitement that the mean