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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

GOVERNMENT BONDS and other sccuri-
tics bought and sold on commission.
Collections made ON All accessible points III the
United States, and proceeds promptly rcmitted.
Internal Revenue stamps for sale sep
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NJ a RRi AGE

H.n,rt that = sound min.l anI body nrc the
most necessary requisites Ia promote r"nnuhlal
happiness, Indeed without these tn" journey
Through life brr"lnr, Il weary pI%rInnSe, th'
nrospccl hourly darkcr.s to the view, the mind
becomes sludowcd will despair, and filled w'tl,
the melancholy reflection that the happiness "'
another is blghtrd with our OWL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

A ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.-Having
~ taken out letters of administration upon the
estate of the lute JAMES HILTON, this IS to
e:7c notice that all debtors and creditors OF the
deceased must settle their accounts with mr.
&c. UNEAL, Sheriff,
dor 16tf Office No II south Royal st. .
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TOHN A. FIELD,
NO. fixing STREET.

MD- Give Inc n call. Jan o-u
ANDIN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA, for
l. 4 sale lease, or to cultivate on shares. Fer
tilizers furnished, if desired-to be paid for out
OII ACRES within 50 miles Of Alexan-
Aff dra, about 100 acres of which are
cleared The soil is MS kind as any IN the coun-
M ACRES on the south side of the Lit
OfO tic River Turnpike road, seven miles
from Alexandria and one mile north of Spring
field station, on the o., 4. & NJ. X; K. This
tract lies between the turnpike and railroad
OO II acres of which are in timothy.
- Apply to WIN. d. TX WIN,
ian 9-tf No s. Union ST., Alexa., Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

Physician Of this celebratel institution, has dis,
covered the most cerfair, Speedy, Pleasant and
Ehcctlal Remedy in the world for all
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

The BEST SOCIETY No company,or good
company" was motto given by distinguish
ed man to all his young friends. 1t was q mot
to he had always endeavored to tnllow.as far AZ
in his power, and it was i very wise one The
directions of the Bible are many with regard to
evil company, and all through it We are taught
to shun such society, lest we get a'snare to our
souls.
Another man of high position in the world,
made it a rule to associate with high minded,
intelligent men rather than with fashionable
idlers !; and he had derived more intellectual
improvement from them than from all the
books he had ever read.
Sir Forwell Buxton often spoke OF the great
benefits he had derived from his visits to the
Gumey family Their words and example
stimulated him to make the mostof his powers.
1T has given color to my whole life. he
sail Speaking of his success at the Unlver-
sity, he remarked, II can ascribe it to moth
Ing but my visits to this family, where caught
the infection of seltimprovement
Surely, if your visits have such au influence
upon your characters for life, it should be
matter Of serious Importance to us in what
families we.allow ourselves to be intimate
Boys and girls form attachments very easily,
and often with little torc-thought In this, as
IN all things else, you should not fail to take
advice of those who are older and wiser, and
never, never choose for friend one against
whom you have been warned by those who
dearly love you.
There are people whose very presence seem
to lift you up into better, higher atmosphere.
Choose such associates whenever 1t IS IN your
power, and the more you can live In their So
ciety the better, for both mind aud heart He
that walketh with wise men shall be wise but
companion of fools shall be destroyed. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

SHIRT MAKING.
y MADAME DURAND,
Having returned to Alexandria to prnctice her
vocation, begs leave to notify her old customers
and many friends in this vicinity that she is pre-
pared to do all work in her line at the shortest
notice.
Mad Durand is a professional Shirt Maker
having been engaged in this business for over
twenty Years.
She does all her work by measurement, and IN
every instance will guarantee perfect ht >,
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Alexandria Gazette

AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER,
For the COMntry,)
Published Regularlv on TUESDA Us, THURS
DAYS and .SATURD1 rs, at Sir Dollars per
Hrntt)n. .--.-.-- ....r
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DISEASE OF FlMPRU DENCE.


the melancholy reflection that the happiness ~
another is blightrd with our own.
DISEASE OF FIMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and npr'Iicnt s"tary :"
measure finds that he has irnhlheh me srenS "'
This painful disease it too often happens llat an
ill-tme sense of shame ar dread Of discovery de-
ters him fromappying to those who, from rducn-
tion and responsibility, can alone betrlend hini,
delaying till the constitutional symptoms OF tins
horrid disease makes their appearance, such n
ulccratcd sore throat, diseased nose, NOCTURNAL
pains in the head and -limDs, dil'll'ss 81 sisnt'
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arIn''
blotches on the head, face and cxtrGmltirs, pro-
crossing with frighttH rapidity till mt last the
pnlatc of the mouth or the bones OF the
nose fall in and the victim of this awful dIacas,
becomes IL horrid object Of commsscrati"n tlii
death puts period to ms drei'ni'il a'.nei.S: "y
sending him to that undiscovered country iron"
whence no traveller returns. n1r
Il is q melancholy fact that thousands, Pr Pr
victims to this terrible disease. through inLlH
into the hands Of ignorant or unsk,llui l donII,,
TENDERS, who, by the use Of that deadly
Pni.nn Mercury, Sc, destroy the constitution.
and inr,nublc of curing, keep the unhappy SUI
f;ercr month after month taklng thclr hoAi"uS "'
;n;uriou. rnnr4.+++tAs7 and instead OF Deihg re-
s.ored TO renewal OF Life, Vgorand Happincs,.
;p dcsnair leave him with ruined Health to sigh
over his CALLING disappointment
... -.-.- DR. JOHNSTON,
OFFICE, No l. SouTH FREDERICK STREET,
&c.. BALTIMORE, MD.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street II few
doors from the corner. Fiilnot TO observe name
and number. ,..........,
E4s- No letters received unless r'stpad and
containing i. stamp to be used on the reply
Persons writing should state age, and send p"f-
ton of advertisement describing symptoms.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PEESS
The many thousands cured at liI* h'iunli,n- "l,r,
Incnt year after year, and the nrI'rr"T, Iibn.
ant Surgical Operations prri"rmrd by VT, """
ston witne-sctby the representative. !hinh ." bny.
APPEARED again and again be"re the r!,, r,,ar,,"r nt
and responsibility, ia sufficient e'''''''' ''''
afflicted. ,.,,, :. ,,IrpEn
Baltimore, jy I-ly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14
MEETING.

STochHoLDEKs MEETING
Notice is hereby given that special meeting
Of the stockholders OF the ALEXANDRIA a and MI1
ASHlNGTON RAILROAD COMPANY
will convene ut the office Of the company, corner
OF King and st. Asaph streets, IN the CITY OF =
1871, mt L. o clock In.
feb 23-2awtti o. 4. STEVENS, Secretary
VHOICE VA ROLL. BUTTER just recciycd
~ by lnh Il }. c. MlLbUKN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

~ DRESS MAKING
Done in all its branches in the stcS1 s.S' 1t "'
Mrs. &. l.. SIMPSONS,
,.rs -S No. 70 King street
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NOR MBER Is
a large supply, of various pat'ern'-c'e"ler
Inn a,1n f. J. MILLER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-14

rONETHING NEW-THE ENTERPRISE
= COFFEE MILL for Hotels, Restaurants,
Knardinp Houses GrnceFs, &e- Call and cSunI
;n, II SIT JAS +. CARLIN " SONS,
feb 3 No. 63 King street.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
Blanching Celery.

THE last Of August IS the time to begin
earthing up celery that will be wanted for
use in October or November. The crop
designed for winter use need not be earth
ed up until later in the season, for if
blanched too early 1t will be neither as
good nor keep as well as that which is
blanched in cool weather In earthing up
some care is required to keep the soil on
the outside Of the head, and to do this the
operator should clasp the leaves and stems
in one hand, holding them together, while
with the other the earth should be drawn
around the plant and pressed firmly against
it. A very little soil will suffice for this
purpose, and more can be added if requir-
ed, when both hands are free to use the
hoe or spade. If the plants are not grow
ing as vigorously as required, then give
them liberal supply of liquid manure a
few days before the first earthing up OF
course the liquid should not be thick and
rank, for this would cause rust; but let it
be strong, and then dilute with considera,
bic water, so that the earth about the
plants may be well. soaked, and not merely
sprinkled. Celery intended for q late crop
should be frequently hood during this and
next month and if the weather is dry,
water freely, adding some kind of stimu-
lating manure, if necessary.-Rurl Nese
YOyE1T
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
The Humbug of Early Risisg.

ALL this talk about early risingis moon
shine The habit of turning out of bed in
the middle of the night suits some people ;
let them enjoy it. But it is folly to lay
down a general rule upon the subject.
Some men are fit for nothing all day after
they have risen early in the morning.
Their energies are dcadtned, their imagi-
nations are heavy, their spirits are de-
pressed. 1t is said you can work so well
in the morning. Some people can, but
others can work best at night; others,
again, in the afternoon. Long trial and
experiment form the only conclusive tests
upon these points. AS for getting up
early because Prof Cannon has written
letters to the papers proving the necessity
OF 1t, let no one be goose enough to do it.
We all know the model man, aged eighty
IL invariably rise at 5; l work three
hours, take light breal<fast-namcly, a
cracker and pinch of salt-work five
hours more; never smoke, never drink
anything but barley water, eat no dinner,
and 90 to bed at + in the evening" Il!
anybody finds that donkey fed sort of life
suit him, by all means let him continue it.
But few people would care to live to
eighty on those terms. If man cannot
get all ithcr. and crumplpd up on easier
conditions than those, it is almost as W, II
that he should depart before he is nuis-
ance to himself and bore to every body
else. School boys, and young people
generally, ought to get up early, for it is
found that nine tc1lths of them can stand
it and it does them good. But let no one
torture himself with the thought that he
could have been twice as good man as he
is if he had risen every morning at day
light. The habit would kill half of us in
five years-New York Times.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
Special Farming.

MANY of the complaints made that farm.
ing do IS not pay are founded on the fact
that some particular crop has been raised
to the exclusion Of others, and failure
has resulted disastrously. In mixed farm
ing this can not occur. A successful farmer
will tell you the secret of his success. He
has always something to sell. In the
winter time, he has grain of all sorts, wool
and mutton; in the spring, he has some
fat cattle or fresh COW; some fat calves
during summer, and at any time, if one
should want horse, he will have one tc
spare, having always colt to put in its
place. Thus money is all the time dropping
into his purse, and though the items may
be small, the aggregate is considerable
while he has abundance for his domestic
supply without having to purchase. Con.
trast this with the hop raiser, the cotton
grower, the fruit culturist, and all Others
who limit themselves to special product
They may handle more money in year
but how little Of it sticks to their fingers
They handle it but as trustees for others
and sometimes a failure will prevent them
handling sufficient for their pressing
needs.-Lea, TIL ind Home.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
Rotation or CrOpe.
All cultivated plants extract quaint

All cultivated plants extract a quantity
of mineral ingredients from the soil, which,
when the plants are burned, constitute
their ashes. The amount and nature Of
the food they exist on is thus asccrtained
If cereal crops are raised frequently Oft
the same soil, without anything being re-
stored by manuring, the acr>able produce
gradually diminiSh;s, aud after a time IT, is
found that the produce in seed, which w:,s
originally twelve 10 siXttr.t tines TIC
amount of What WAS soWn is reduced TO
five, and sometimes to three times tie
amount TAe fertility of the soil is grad
ua!ly diminished by the repetition OF crops
of the same kind, because they abstract
annually certain class Of its ing7s ,litnts.
The cxll> listing power is exercised by all
crops, but varies much. 1t may he said
that every plant diminishes the fertility Of
tho soil in the spot on which it is grown,
unless some portion OF it is returned to
the ground.
1t IL butter to prevent the exhaustion of
the soil than TO endeavor to cure it, 1t is
sometimes difficult to discover what the
land really r.uuires The best M thod of
preventing the exhaustion is by introduce
ing n juuicious rolation Of crops, which
are unlike each other, and cons qucntly
do not require exactly the sumo Eipd Of
ingredients to sustain ths If growth. In
adopting such a rotation, we copy nature.
In the natural forest, many generations o.!
broad ltaved trees live and die, and sue
coed Others; but the tim: comes at last
WHEN Il general pts'ilcnce seems to assal
them al. Their tops droop aud withcr,
their Iranches fall OF, their trunks rot ;
they die out, and a narrow leavtt race Sue
cecds tncm. This race again has its term
OF existence, which lasts perhaps several
centuries; but death scizes it, too, and the
broad i ayes of tao beach, the maple, the
| ash and the oak again cheer the eye. It's
ST., in the broad meadow: the grasses
change, and new varieties succeed 9th, Is
as the fields increase in age.
The alteration of crops, therefore, pos
sesses something Of the dignity ii 6
natural law, and man is evidently RICH,
when he initiates, on q small scale some
upon what do the good effects of rotation.
depend? Why do the broad leaves oter
na'c with the ,.arrow ii, the ancient forest
why do the grasses change in tho mcl
dows and pastures? Why does the iar.nc,
obtain II larger produce, and for ~ greater
number of years by growing unlike crops
alternately, than by continuing year aftcl
year to grow the same? The reason is
not merely that one crop carries off more
nilA anr' her crop less, Of he ingredients
which crops 1t rive flrin tie: soil bat th,.t
ono carries of more nl ono 'hu Z. nnuth I
crop more of another. Strain Carries I'll
phosphorus, straw, silica, and The bulk
alkaline matter
| Aher several successive crops of the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
DRE.i.KS AND REALITIES.
HI PIIlEItE CARY.

EI rIItEBE CARY.
y ROsamond, thou ia and good,
And perfect flower of womAnhood,
Thou royal rose Of June,
Why dtdst thou droop before thy time,
Why wither in thy first sweet prime,
ny didst thou die so soon
For looking backward through my tears
On thee and on my wasted years,
cannot choose but say,
" 1hou hat!st lived to be my guide,
o. thou hatlst lived and had died,
'lwcrc better far to-day.
y child Of light, y golden head
Br Sht sunbeam for one moment shed
Upon LIES lonely way
Why di ia thou vanish from our sights
Could they not spare my little light
From heavens unClouded day?
o friend 80 true, 0 friend 80 good
Thou one dream of my maidenhood,
That gave youth all its charms
What had done, or what hadst thou,
That through this lonesome world till now
We walk with empty armsr
And yet, had this poor soul been fed
With all it loved anu coveted
Had life been always fair
Would these dear dreams that ne'er depart,
That thrill with bliss my Utmost heart,
Forever tremble there's
# still they kept their earthly place,
The friends held in M , embrace,
And gave to d, ath, 2las
Could have learned that clear, calm faith
That looks beyond the bounds Of death,
And almost longs to passs
Sometimes, l think, the things we see
Are shadows Of the things to be;
That what we plan we build;
That every hope that hath been crossed,
And every dream we thought was lost,
In heaven shall be fulfilled:
That even the children Of the brain
Have not been Orn and died in vain,
Though here unclothcd and dumb;
But on some brighter, better shore
They live, embodied evermOre,
And wait for US to come.
And when on that last day we rise,
Caught uu between tho earth and skies,
Then shall we hear our Lord
Say, Thou hast done with doubt and death;
Hcnceforth, according to thy faith,
Shall be thy fuith's reward.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
Brandy is Medicine.

BRANDY kills multitudes every year who
enjoyed perfect health before they began
to use it hence it seems fair to infer that
it will kill the sick more speedily.
DR.. Lee said he WAS living near Buck
ingham Palace, in London, where Prince
Albert was taken sick. His case was doing
we'll for a few days, when they began
giving him brandy 10 strengthen him, to
enable him to recover more rapidly; and
the more he was stimulated the worse he
grew until he died. 1t is true that they
believed that it was the best thing for
him, but their thinking so did not make
it so.
Some years ago, when it was the Gus
tom to attempt curing delirium taemens by
giving brandy, one out of every four died
at Edinburgh Hospital. Since then, the
professor of the medical department has
treated 300 cases of delwiuna tyenae1s with
out alcohol, without losing single pa
tient.
Professor Gardner OF the Glasgow Uni
vers,ty, gave hundred men thirty ounces
of alcohol; scv. nteen died out of the
hundred. Another hundred were allowed
only three ounces, and eleven died cut Of
the hundred. OF 20, cases CT young pr.
sons, who were not allowed either wine
or whisk,y, not one died.
In s. tceto,al hospital at Leeis, Of 81
patients who took not = drop, all r.cov-
cred. Let facts decide-HaWs Journal n
Health.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
same Kind, the surface soil through which

same KIND, the surface soil through which
snc roots are spread, becomes SO devoid Of
those substances which the crop specially
requires, That the plant cannot extract the
necessary substances. The roots do their
pcst; tncy collect as diligently as they
cah' nuI inc supply of food gives out be-
lore INC plant arrives at maturity. In the
case OF gram crop, the first effect of
srarcl'y' say OF phosphoric acid, is to make
inc car smaller, and the number of grains
less; 'ne next, to continue tho growth
uhV'l ifost arrests vegetation. But sup
pose we alternate cereal crop, which re-
CURES much phosphorus, with grass or
clover crop which requires much silica,
or root crop, to which much alkaline
lEatter IS necessary, then the one crop
Would hvc upon and remove what the
ollers mad lett IN great abundance. In
ST. al OF r"bbing the soil every year of the
same substances, VIC should be eXhausting
IL more equally Of all, and we should be
able, tor double the time at least to crop
1t without the risk Of its ceasing entirely
to G We US profitable return. We should
gradually work up, also, every available
substance in the soil. whether such as are
naturally pre- sent in it, or such as we have
added i'll the form Of manure.
What is true of the simple alteration of
cereal crop with green crop, is more
true still of longer and more complicated
rotation. The greater the variety Of crops
we grow, and the longer the interval be-
tween crops Of the same kind, the more
perfectly do VIC avail ourselves Of the
benefits which an obedience to the sug-
Sestions of this principle is fitted to con-
Ter upon us. 1t is true that no rotation,
however judicious, will alone prevent the
land from becoming exhausted. Nothing
but regular and suitable manuring will do
this, unless there be in the decaying frag
ments Of rock mixed with the soil, or in
substances brought down from higher
grounds, or in the nature Of the rain and
snow that fall upon the ground, some un
usual and perennial source of those sub
stances which the crops annually require
Alternating green crops with cereals has a
very beneficial effect by keeping land free
from those weeds which ripen and shed
their seeds among grain crops and which
repetition of cereals has tendency to
establish in the soil.-Induyt,ia l Protector.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-07
Selecting Seed.

ALL the Improvements in SEED have been
the result Of selection. The best seed
selected Tor use has yielded all improved
product, and the process again and again
repeated has finally resulted in sscur-
In, the plant, root, or grain desired.
Com has been much improved by course
of selection, but farmers who have most
st Stake in this matter are too careless to
carry out experiments to final result
Now. if seed could be secured that
would produce with certainty two ears Of
corn to each stalk, our corn crop would
be vastly increased, and it is pretty Ger
tain that if for succession of years no
corn were planted but that which pro-
duced two ears to the stalk, the peculiarly
would become fixed, and corn having
this as a distinguishing characteristic
would become an established variety.
What we need is that farmers should be
careful to select their seed ears while the
corn is standing, that they may be sure
that the ears sclectt are perfect in shap':
and filing out, early in ripening, and grow
double. An improvement of ten per cent.
only in the corn crop from judici"us
selection Of seed, would add value OF
fifty millions Of dollars to The agricultural
income Of tn" county, and this is no
MEAN iiem.-XtGrtt and Home.