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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

TJNllOMAS PEkkG,
GENERAL. COM MMIHSION MERCHANT
AND AGENT FOR
MAGNUM BONUM AND BAUGlrS
.ta. RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
No Is King street, Alexandria, Va
Particular attention given to the salo oi all
Gunno, Plaster Farming implements, Seeds,
Groceries, Fish, Salt, Lime, &c, ut lowest
market rates. aug 3l-tf
GEORGE WASHINGTON. 80. W. W. IERBEKT
WJASlIINGTON IL HERBERT, .
w Successors 10 Geo. Washingt"n.)
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. II North Union st.,
Alcxandria, Va.
, Particular attention gwen to the sale of all
kinds Of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and filling
orders for GROCERIES, GUANO, SEEDS,
PLASTER FISH, SALT, LIME, Sc, at the
lowest market price. feb l--tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

NOTICE--Having been appointed AdminlS-
~ TRAITOR on the estate of \. K. THORP, esq,
deceased all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make prompt payment, and those
to whom said estate is indebted will please pre-
sent tnoir claims. =.
jy 25-tf r A fhED
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

Married persons, or Young Men contemplate
ing marriage, aware of Physical Weakness
vo,,s Exc. olity, Palpitation, Organic Weak
ness, Nt-i us Debility, or any other Disquali
fcation SPEEDILY relieved.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. j.
may :,.i ;ously conldc in his honor rs gentle
man, d confidently rely upon his skill rs
Dhysi I'm '.. 20. ....
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PROFESSIONAL.
DR. A. F. COX, DENTIST,

nR. A. F. COX, DENTIST,
[Graduate of Baltimore College Dental SurgcryJ
Office, Cor Prince and Washington sts: od
Full upper or lower sets of Teeth....'...>l2 " "
Teeth extracted Observation-Disclosures. D ~
All operative work in proportion: !
Can be found after office hours ut his residence
corner Pitt and Duke streets.
1t gives mo pleasure to endorse DR.. COX, as
will guarantee all work done by him.
aug 29-tf DIR. IooCKERMAN.
nR. CHARLES f. II A M Z n
DENTIST, q '. -
tGradllato Baltimore Dental College)
OFFfCE-NO. 10 NORTH ST. ASAPlI ST.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. -.
ap p27-tf ....
DR. LOOCKERMAN, from this date. re-
~ spectfully informs tho public that, having
procured the necessary and competent assistance,
he is now prepared to perform all Dental opera
tions at greatly reduced rates-'aearly one hal
his former charges-warrantng all work to be
first class only. Office hours from s Il. IN. to
p m. iy 5-tf
FORGE A. MUSHBACu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

Especially, who have become the Victims OF
Solitary Vice and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an uhtimely
grave thousands of young men of the most eA-
altcd talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranccd listening Senates with
tho thunders of eloquence,. or walked to eStacy
tho living Tyre, may call with full confidence
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

anchoy, or depression OF spirits, heartburn, collie
or pains in the bowels, pain in the head, fever
and ague dropsy, boils, pain in the 6srk & &c,
Prepared only by j. II. ZElLlN q CO.
Druggists Macon, Georgia.
Price 81 by mail 81 25. For sale by
janlG-iy E. $. LEADBEATER s. BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

Dyspepsia, headache, )aun-
dice, costiveness, sick head
ache, chronic diarrhea, af-
iections ofthe bladder, camp
dysentery, affections of the
kidneys, fever, nervousness,
chills, diseases of the skin,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
Run into Hor"--The Origin of For
tune.

The newspapers often contain an
account of Nanderbilt's beginning.
Most of these accounts arc apocry-
phal. His own statement of his
first real success is this: He was Il
young man on Staten island. He
was master Of rowing. He was ath-
lctic, strong and daring. One night
stranger came to the landing and
wanted to be rowcd across to Go
wanus. The night was dark and
stormy, and the wind blew y gale.
Not boatman could be found who
would leave. The landlord said:
'Thcrc is no one who can row you
over but Corn Vanderbilt"-for so
he was called. "It was doubtful"
he said, whether he would do it,"
Vanderbilt was found, and in an
swcr to the request, said: "It's
pretty rough, but if you'll give me
$40, lie down in the boat, and not
stir, and do just what / bid you, Tll
try it," He rowed the man over
and back in safety. AS soon as he
landed on Staten island, the strang-
er said: "Young man, how would
you like to run an opposition steam
boat:' "Nothing would suit me
BETTER" was the reply. ''Have you
pluck enough to obey ordcrs?" said
the stranger. 81 have" was the re-
sponse. Suppose l was to tell you
to run into steamboat, what would
you do?" "Run into her, by"
The bargain was sealed amid the
storm that night on the island, and
Vanderbilt soon began his well
known career as steamboat man.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
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A Quaker Printers Proverbs,

Never sendst thou in an article
for publication without giving the
editor your name, for the name Of
tentimes secures a publication to
worthless articles.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door
of printing office, for he who an
swcreth the rap sneercth in his
sleeves and looseth time.
Neither do thou loaf about, ask
questions, or knock down type, or
the boys will love thee like they do
shade trecs-when thou leaveth.
Thou shouldst never read the
copy on the printers case or the
sharp and hooked container thereof,
or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire thou of the editor
for news, for behold, it is his bust
ness at the appointed time, to give
them to thee without asking.
1t is not ri light that thou shouldst
ask him who is the author of an az
ticle, for his duty requireth of him
to keep such things to himself.
When thou dost enter into his Of
fee, take heed unto thyself that thou
dost not look at what may be laying
open and concerncth thee not, for
that is not meet in the sight of good
breeding.
Neither examine the proof sheet,
for 1t is not ready to meet thine eye,
that thou mayst understand.
Prefer thine own town paper to
any other, and subscribe for it i'm
mediatcly.
Pay for it in advance and it shall
be well for thee and thine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
Love in the Oil District.

PENNSYLVANIA has been the scene
of other loves and woes besides
those recorded in "Gertrudc of Wy
oming." In Clarion county, near
the celebrated oil-producing dis
trict known as Parker'S Landing,
and not a great distance from where
the Clarion river mingles its pelu-
cid waters with the switter rolling
tide of the Allegheny, had lived for
years man named Hewitt, who,
coming to the country in its early
history, erected cabin and main
tained an humble existence by fol-
lowing his profession of horseshoe
ing.
The years glided along aud moth
ing occurred to vary the monotony
Of his humble and happy life except
an occasional fracas with an unruly
horse, or now and then being con
fined to his bed for a few weeks
from the effect Of a mule kick on the
Uranium, or dig in the ribs from
the hind foot of rebcllious OK; for
Howett used to pursue his trade in
all its branches, and furnished shoes
for every thing that came along,
whereby an honest penny could be
made. Meanwhile a daughter was
born to him, who grew up in her
mountain home, like the pines that
surrounded his dwelling, and was
as graceful and beautiful as the
wild flowers amid which she played.
Laura, for that is her name, obtain
ed fair education at the district
school, aided by her mother, who
was an accomplished graduate from
an Eastern acadamy, and her nat
ural beauty and brightness was in
creased by an occasional visit to
Pittsburg and Eastern cities, where
amid higher social scenes than those
which surrounded her birthplace,
she rapidly acquired the numerous
little graccs and coquctries of fash
ion which go to make up the "girl
of the period" 1t is no wonder,
then, that to the old man she was
the apple of his eyc-as a bushel OF
apples, in fact, of the old-fashioncd,
rosy-checked, ''none such" kind
| and that as she attained woman S
age and stature the father looked
with jealous eye upon the native
admirers who surrounded her, and
stcrnly frowncd upon the forward
young cultivator Of buckwheat who,
by the slightest action, sought to
win her young hearts affections and
transplant his wild flower to anoth-
er soil and home.
About this time the oil excite
mcnt, which for several years pre-
viously had ragged upon Oil Greek
and its tributaries, broke out in the
vicinity of Parker's; an influx of
strangers, operators and spectators
began, and shortly after a portion
of Mr.. Howitt's farm was discov-
cred to be on the belt, and leased
for a round sum to wealthy oper-
ators. Though now comparatively
wealthy, Hewitt still followed his
original trade, though with light
heart as he thought of the bank ac.
count, which would enable him to
bring up and educate his family in
a superior style, and place his
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
caugh, him by the wrist as in a
vice, and STAYED him from further

caugh, him by the wrist as in a
vice, and stayed him from further
violence. While an angry alterca-
tion was going on between Young
and the man of color, who was his
driver, Captain Hay, Of the "Ashcl, +"
who had brought over Chung in
his ship, and had pettcd him great
ly on the voyage, came in and beg
gcd to know what was the matter
Before word of explanation could
be given, the much wrongcd crea-
ture spoke for himself; for, as soon
as he perceived the entrance of his
patron, he waddlcd up to him, and,
with a look Of gentle appeal, caught
hold of his hand with his proboscis,
plunged it into his bleeding wound,
and then thrust it before his eyes.
The gesture seemed to say, as plain
ly as if it had been enforced by
speech, "See how these cruel men
treat Chunr. Can you approve of
lt:" The hearts Of the hardest
present were sensibly touched by
what they saw; and among them
the gentleman who had been so en-
energetic in prompting its harsh
treatment. 1t was under far bet
ter impulse that he ran out into the
street, purchased few apples at a
stall, and offered them to him.
Chung eyed him askance, took them,
threw them beneath his feet, and
when he had crushed them to "A
pulp, spurned them from him.
Young, who had gone into Convent
Garden with he same crowd rs the
gentleman who had preceded him.
shortly after re-cntcrcd, and also
held cut to him some fruit, when,
to the astonishmcnt of the by
ISLANDERS, the elephant ate every
morscl, and after, twincd his trunk,
with studied gcntleness, around
loungs waist, marking by this ac-
ton, that though he had resented a
wrong, he did not forget a Kindness.
1t was in the year 1914 that Har-
ris parted with Chung to Cross, the
proprietor of the menagcric at Exc
ter Change. One of the purchasers
first acts was to send Charles Young
q life ticket of admission to his ex-
hibition; and it was one of his in
nocent little vanities, when passing
through the Strand with any friend,
to drop in on Chung, pay him q Wis
it in his den, and show the relations
which existed between them. The
tragic end Of the poor creature must
be within the recollection of many
of your readers. From some cause
unknown, he went mad; and il took
l52 shots, discharged by Il dctach-
ment of the Guards, to dispatch
him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
IF so. WHY NOT?

MEssRs. b. H. BENNETT & Son, sue
cessors to Bennett, Eldridge & Co., Gro
GERS Burr's frame building Chatham ST.,
wish to call the attention Of the public to
the fact that they have on hand and are
constantly receiving large and well Sc
lected stock of Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Wooden, Stone and Earthen Ware, which
they offer at the lowest possible living
prices.
Selling exclusively for CASH, they are
not obliged as others are, in fixing prices
to add a certain per cent. for interest on
the money which must lie idle. and for
losses by bad debts, consequently they
are confident that their prices, the stock
through, will average from ten to fifteen
per cent less than can be afforded by
pains will be spared by them to procure
the best quality of goods, and to keep on
hand at all times complete assortment.
Their Teas in quality are unsurpassed,
and are offered as low as it is possible to
sell good article.
A full line of Sugars at bottom prices.
Coffees warranted to suit both in quality
and price
In Syrups. Tobaccos, Table Cutlery,
Crockery, Glass Ware, and in short,
throughout the entire stock. they are sat
isfied that they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for goods.
All are invited to call and examine
their stock, and to buy if suited, as they
do not wish to sell unless they can give
perfect satisfaction.
r# Cash paid for Produce.
35tf B. H. BENNETT & Son.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
Tho Singer.

Years since (but names to me beforc),
Two sisters sought at eve my door;
Two song birds wandering from their nest,
A gray old farmhouse in the West
Timid and young, the elder had
Even then a smile too sweetly sad;
The crown of pain that all must wear
Too early pressed her midnight hair.
Yet ere the summer eve grew long,
Her modest lips were sweet with song;
A memory haunted all her words
OF clover fields and singing birds.
Her dark dilating eyes expressed
The broad horizons of the West;
Her speech dropped prairie flowers; the gold
Of harvest wheat about her rolled.
Fore doomed to song she seemed to me;
Quericd not with destiny;
l knew the trial and the need,
Yet, all the more, | said, God speed!
What could other than did?
Could | singing bird forbid.
Deny the wnd-stirred leaf? Rebukc
The music of the forest brook:
She went with morning from my door,
But left me richer than before;
Thenceforth knew her voice of cheer,
The welcome of her partial ear.
Years passed; through all the land her name
A pleasant household word became;
All felt behind the singer stood
a sweet and gracious womanhood
Her life was earnest work. not play;
Her tired feet climbed the weary way;
And even through her lightest strain
We heard an undertone of pain.
Unseen of her her fair fame grew,
The good she did she rarely knew,
Unguessed of her in life the love
That raned its tears her grave above.
When last her full of peace,
She waited for her great release;
And that old friend so sage and bland,
Our later Franklin, held her hand.
For all that patriot bosom stirs
Had moved that womans heart of hers,
And men who toiled in storm and sun
Found her their meet companion.
Our converse. from her suffering bed
To healthful themes of life she led:
The outdoor world of bud and bloom
And light and sweetness filled her room.
Yet eycrmore an underthought
Or loss to come within us wrought
And all the while we felt the strain
OF the strong will that conquered pain.
God givcth quietness at last.
The common way that all have passed
She went, with mortal yearnings fond,
To fuller life and love beyond.
Fold the rapt soul in your embrace,
My dear ones! Give the singer place.
To you, to her-I know not where
| lift the silence of a prayer.
For only thus our own we find;
The gone before, the left behind,
All mortal voices die between;
The unheard reaches the unseen.
Again the hlackbrds sing; the streams
Wake. laughing, from their winter dreams,
The tassels of the maple flowers.
But not for her has spring renewed
The sweet surprises of the wood;
And bird and flower are lost to her
Who was their best interpreter
What to shut eyes has God revealed?
What hear the ears that death has sealed?
What undreamcd beauty passing show,
Requires the loss of all we know?
o silent land to which we move,
Enough, ifthcre alone be love;
And mortal need can ne'er outgrow
What il is waiting to bcstow?
o white soul from that far-of shore
Float some sweet song the waters DER,
Our faith confirm, onr fears dispel,
With the old voice we loved SO well.
atlantic Monthly for 1ugusf.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
$40 Miles of Railroad Track Changed
in One Day.

Yesterday closed on the compile
ton of one one of the greatest en-
terprises that has been attempted
in modern times-no less an under
taking than the change of three hun
dred and forty miles of the track of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
from a wide to a narrow gauge.
The width of the road before the
change was six feet. 1t is now four
feet nine inches. The modus opey-
andi of doing the work consisted in
raising the rails on each side, and
moving them seven and a half
inches toward the center. In order
to do this each spike had to be
drawn, the rails lifted separately,
moved inward, and respiked in
their new position. The idea of
moving both rails is a novel one.
Hitherto the custom has been to al
low one of the rails to remain in its
original place, and to move the 9TH
cr one toward it the required dis
tance. This plan was found to
work badly in curves, inasmuch as
the arc of the circle of the narrow
gauge was smaller than that of the
wide gauge, and consequently re-
qnircd less rails. 1t was therefore
necessary, in all curves, to cut the
rails, so as to make them conform
to the smaller curve. This one i'm
provement is great saving of time
and expense; and had the change
Of gauge which the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad Company have
Just completed been conducted in
the old way, it could never have
been performed in the short space
of time in which it has been.
At daybreak yesterday morning the
work was commenced all along the
track. Eight men were apportion-
ed off 70 each mile, and those who
completed their mile first were sent
forward to help the others. At 9
O'Clock the General Superintendent
Of the road received kilograms from
the different ovcrscc:s Of the work,
from which he ascertained that one
hundred and fifteen miles had al
ready been completed. He started
from the depot at East St. Louis,
Immediately after, with a train con
sisting Of one drawing room ear
and ten stock cars. He took all the
men he could Get from the ditfcren,
railroads centering in St. Louis and
East st. Louis. to work on the track
bctwec. East st. Louis and Odin
All these men were returned in the
evening, having completed theil
share of the work. On Saturday
$50 men were transported to tn,
work from the roads terminating il
St. Louis and East st. Louis.
The effect of this change will bt
most beneficial to East st. Louis. a
new depot for the narrow gauge
ears has been erected on plac,
which was formerly a large excava-
ton capable of containing sixteen
coaches. \ large engine house has
also been built ut the machine shops,
to accommodate the increased mum
Der of locomotives which viii be re
quired in consequence of the chang,
Of gauge and the anticipated III
crease of business. The company
expect, as soon as they get the roat
in good running order, to increas,
their business threc-fold.
On Saturday night the employc.
Of the Ohio and Mississippi Com
pany celebrated the winding up O
the broad gauge business ut Turner's
Hall, in East st. Louis, and dancing
and jollity ruled.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
For the BULLETIN
By-and-By.
BY MRS. ELI OZIAS

Though alone and forsaken we wander.
Though dark clouds obscure the bright sky,
Well not murmur. our Heavenly Father
Will make ii all right by y-andby.
Though the friends whom we now love and cheris
Desert us, oh why should we sigh.
There's dearer Friend smiling upon us,
Who will make it all right by-and-by.
Though our pathway be rugged and thorny,
1t will lead to bright home on high,
Well not falter, for angels are whispering
"You shall reach that bright home by and-by."
Bright flowers may fade, in the autumn
The birds to their sunny homes fly.
But the glorious spring time is coming,
We shall welcome them back by -and-by
oh then weary pilgrim despair not,
Look upward thy Father is nigh,
He is willing, and ready to lead you
To rest, in that "sweet by-and-by."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04
Sngacity of the Elephant.

From the Memoir of Charles Mayne Young
In July, 1910, the largest elephant
ever seen in England, was advcr-
tised as "just arrived" AS soon as
Henry Harris, the manager Of Con
vent Garden theatre, had heard of it,
he determined, if possible, to OBJ
tain it; for it struck him that if it
were to be introduced in the new
pantomimc of "Harlcquin Posmen-
ata," which he was about to pro-
duce at great cost, it would add
greatly to the attraction. Under
this impression, and before the pro-
prictor of Exeter Change had seen
it, he purchased it for the sum of
900 guineas. Mrs. Henry Johnston
was to ride it, and Miss Parker, the
Columbine, was to play up to it
Young happened to be one morning
at the box Office adjoining the Gov
cnt Garden theatre, when his ears
were assailcd by a strange and un-
usual noise within the walls. On
asking one of the carpenters the
cause Of it, he was told it was some
thing wrong with the elephant, he
could not exactly tell what. | am
not aware what may be the usage
nowadays; but then, whenever 4
new piece had been announced for
presentation on 4 given night, and
there was but scarce time for its
preparation, q rehearsal would take
place after the nights regular per-
formancc was over, and the au-
dicncc had been dismissed. One
such there had been the night be
fore my fathers curiosity had been
aroused. AS it had been arranged
that Mrs. Henry Johnston, seated
in howdah on the elephants back,
should pass over a bridge in the
centre of a numerous group of fol-
lowers, it was thought cxpcdicnt
that the unwieldy tractability should
be tested. On stepping mp to the
bridge, which was slight and tenn
porary. the sagacious brute threw
back his fore feet and refused to
bulge. 1t is well known as \ fact
in natural history that the elephant,
because of his unusual bulk, will
never trust its weight upon any OBJ
icct which is unequal to its support.
The stage manager, seeing how res
olutely the animal resisted every
attempt made to compel or induce
it to go over the bridge in question,
proposed that they should stay pro-
ccedings till next day, when he
might be in Il better mood. 1t was
during the repetition of the expert
mcnt that my father, having heard
the extraordinary sounds, deter
mined to go upon the stage, and see
if he could ascertain the cause On
them.
The first sight that met his eyes
kindlcd his Indignation. There
stood the huge animal, with down
cast eyes and tapping ears, meekly
submitting to blow after blow from
a sharp iron goad, which his keeper
was driving ferociously into the
tleshy part of his neck at the root
of the ear. The floor Oh which he
stood was converted into a pool OF
blood. One of the proprietors, inn
patient at what he regarded as
senscless obstinacy, kept urging the
driver to still severer eXtrcmitics
when Charles Young, who was i
great lover of animals, expostulated
with him; went up to the poor, pa
tient sufferer, and patted and ca
rcsscd him; and when the driver
was about to WELD his instrument
again with even still more viyor, Ii,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04

In reply to Il young friend leav-
ing a town because some things in
it were not exactly to her taste or
content, an old lady of experience
said: "My dear, when you have
found a place where everybody and
everything are always pleasant, and
nothing disagreeable, let me know,
and I'll move there too"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04

sions, Witnessing all the rites and
sublime mysteries Of the order, un-
til she became perfect in the work.
1t is also claimed that the obliging
janitor initiated her into the three
degrees of Masonry. The exposure
of this wrctched piece Of business
has created quite an excitement
among the Masons and Odd Fellows
of indianapolis. 1t is feared that
Mrs. Pillbcan will establish clandcs-
tine lodges, and initiate all the wo-
men of the town, ii she is not speed
lily Morganized. AS for the janitor,
he was promptly expelled as soon as
his perfidy was discovered.