Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-23

isaac c. Mask ot MOOrhcld, West Virginia,
write, to the Country Gentleman rs follows:
There is a handy means Tor the destruction
ot this heretofore fatal eHcmy To the peach
tree, which Is praetlced here, which has proved
certain bcyond peradventurc. IL Is simple OF
easy Application AMI expeditions. Ii consists
n the use ol boiling water applied to the col
iar of the tree, in quantities varying according
80 ne age OF the tree. In small trees, say one
,nch ia diametcs, hal. lint is sufficient, and
a pint Is enough for larger ones. Remove the
Garth from arounl the tree 4 few inches tIOm
the body ard few inches in depth, aud Just
pour the water boiling hot on the exposed
roots, and t will Kill every egg as well as worm
With poslt!ye certainty. IL has been tried here
tine and again upon trees that were more
than halt killed, and perfect restoration has
been the result in every ease No danger need
be- apprchcnded from the effects on the trees,
unless "a large number ot trees have TO be OPP
Grated upon \ fire should be made IN the
orchard Tor heating the water, so that 1t can be
applied boiling hot. Considering the impor
t1ncc of this remedy to peach growers who
may not have heard OF it, deem 1t but com
.non .uStce 20 give it circulation through tho
aolums OF your papcr. Its certainty as
remedy may be implicitly rched upon.
The great ice manullctory at New Orleans
l. one of the wonders OF the age. yet, when
A., processes of converting distilled water into
snlil blocks of crystal ice are explained to the
intelligent visitor. the simplicity of the opera
uon bcpcts surprise. Not very much space Is
,,.r.irel for the purpose, aud the hull OF ship
4, Is SAID eau he used quite as advantageouSly
a. "a building upon shore. The water can be
distilled from the ocean BRINE, and the very
hest quality ot ice manufactured. Now comes
the application All manner OF meats KILLED
aud dressed, and all manner ot fish and game
Killed and dressed, can be carried to the hot
,.>t CHARTERS Of the earth frozen solid. Meat
ptc~crving warehouses can be erected under
thr blazing unof the tropics, and customers
>,rvel every morning with fresh, luscious joints
and cuts Que oi these warehouses has been
,recied at New Orleans, and will operate, in
.lnucctlob with vessel similarly fitted up, IN
me enterprise of bringing and selling Texas
beef, killed aud dressed before being delivered
On ship board.
REMARKAGLE FEAT. One OF the most re-
narkabe ltats ever performed IN tins remar-
kahle country and ia this remarkable age was
accomplished on the 18th instant In the chang
inp of the gauge OF the Missouri Pacific rail
road, embracing distance Of COS miles, in less
than sixteen hours, and without the Interrupt
:;nn of 4 single train. il was at first believed
tnat .hree or lodr days would be required to
complete the work, but the reality exceeded
the most Slnguine expectations. The change
"a gauge, which was from five feet SIX inches
10 i1ur feet nine inches, necessltated the en-
ploymcnt OF $50 men, and the expenditure
of over 81 ,OO0, 900 1t was probably the great
est days work ever recorded in the annals OF
railroad enterprise.
4 DNIN,rTI,E Princess. An eli ike lady,
the Princess Fclicie, was recently received by
the French Empress at the TuIleries through
the mediation of Princess Mettcrnich. The
Princess Felcic walks erect beneath the out
stretched arms of 4 child of two years, yet the
lady has attained the advanced age OF six
Tier parents are peasants OF Province, her
brothers are stout and we'll known laborers.- -
r. attire Princess Feiicie Tor her audience with
the Empress dolls dress maker was sent Tor,
and among her stores were found muslin
irock, sash of blue, and plumed hat, which
cNactly fitted her lilipuian form.
CrRr FOR CANCER.-A well known citizen
oi Philadelphia, who had been using weak
solution OF carbolic acid as wash to correct
the offensive Odor arising from cancer
Gus affection, discovered that the Application
also en;ireiy removed the cancer. One fourth
Ut an ounce Of carholic acid is diluted with q
quart tthirty,two fluid ouuces) of water, an6
the lotion is applied three times day. a
weaker solution, containing one eighth OF al
ounce of carbolic acid to the quart OF water
would probably be saIcr application. Puia
diphid Ledger.
ADMITTED TO RECoRD.-lu the year 1866
Mr. Robert Wilhtts, of this city, died ant
lett will deyisug all his property to coloret
woman. named Fanny Barnes, who had taker
care of him Tor several years before his death
The probate of the will was resisted by the lc
cal heirs upon the ground that he wasno,
-0D,poS 7ncqtis at the time It was executed. Th
physician who ATTENDED the testatcr, and tn
other subscribing witnesses testified TO his san
lty, aud Yesterday Judge Bramhall decide
tLa. the will should be admitted to record
Richmoad Enquirer.
BuMoNS In answer TO correspondent
the philadelphia Ledger states that aeeordln
to the English system of notation. billion
j. one million millions, that Is, as man
millions as there are units in million. A
rordinr m the French svstem billion Is Oh