Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-24
Alexandra Gazette

AltAdlluIld UdZtttt
AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER, ),
For the COuntryO
Published Reguiariy on TUESDA Us, THURS
DAY and SATURDAYS, at Sic Dollars per
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WHY LACE Is CosTLY.-The manufacture Of
lace is carried to its highest perfection in Bel
sium The finest specimen of Brussels lace IS
50 complicated rs to require the labor OF seven
persons on one piece, and each operative Is em-
ployed at distinct features of the work The
thread used is of exquisite tineness, which is
spun in dark underground rooms, where It IS
sufficiently moist to prevent the thread from
separating 1t is so delicate as scarcely to be
seen, and the room is SO arranged that all the
light admitted shall fall upon the work: 1t is
such material that renders the genuine Brussels
ground so costly. On piece OF Falenclenees
not two inches wide, from two to three hun
dred bobbins are sometimes used, and tor the
larger width Us many as eight hundred on the
same pillow The most valuable Valenciences
is determined by the number of times the bob
bins have been twisted in making the ground !;
the more frequent the twists the clearer and
more beautiful will be the lace. Belgium ar
nually sells of this lace alone to the value OF
over four million dollars. .-Chantilly lace is al
ways black, and is used chiefly for wells and
Aounccs: 1t is very. fine, and is extensively
worm Mechlin lace is made ut MechGn Ant
werp, and other localities.
ORCHARDS AND POULTRY An experienced
orcharlst says The public has yet to learn
the full advantages of keeping poultry. Few
seem to appreciate what they may do among
trees in an orchard of i quarter of an acre,
where they may be kept by picket fence four
or gve feet high putting in say IA fowls, and
observe the result He will avoid the annoy
ance of the garden, Of which so many complain,
what is needed keeping the ground we'll cul-
tivated, and destroying everything that can in
lure the fruit trees, in the shape OF bugs,
worms, or other insects, lay a large number Of
eggs, which are a cash article, to say nothing
of the chickens, which will pay for raising at
the present time. have tried it, and know it
is so. I have about 100 fowls, which have
worked admirably among my trees, keep.
ing the ground in good condition, keeping OH
the insects and promoting the growth OF the
orchard am satisfied that we have yet to
from the proper management of fowls, and 1t IS
quite possible that the method have suggest
ed may offer the best way of getting your apple
orchards into bearing condition.
The FoRBEARANCE of newspaper editors is
constantly tested days by enterprlslng
publishers at a distance, who, entering upon
the uncertain sea Of literature, forthwith send
right and left their announcements or few
numbers Of their bantlings, in order that they
NAV thus cheaply be advertised by the press.
We have before us the prospectus OF "a monthly
periodical for the home circle, with the follow
7'Editors who will give the above prospectus
an insertion in their columns and call attention
to it, editorially and send marked copy Of
paper, will be entitled to an exchange,
when it is stated that the price OF the perl
odical is only two dollars Il year, and that, even
according to our low rates of advertising, the
prospectus would occupy space worth from SIX
quest will be appreciated. This, however, Is
only one of many like demands on our time and
patience, nearly all of which, it is scarcely ne
cessary to add, come from New York.-George-
toaon C0ur3T
OUEER.-Coleridge tells of man who never
heard his name spoken by others, and who new
er smoke of himself, without taking off his hat
This, though very absurd, is nevertheless
amusing. Such man could never be the OBJ
iect of an unkind feeling. So far from quarrel
ing with the subject of an haucinatlon SO
Agreeable, the gravest looker-on may indulge
his curiosity in watching the illusions which
appear SO grand to him who suffers them, and
so grotesque to all the world besides. 1t IS a
curious fact that the more concelt man has
beyond certain point, the more endurable he
is to others. A little vanity provokes you;
4 little more incenSes YOU; amazes you-but
after that every addition is positively agreeable
TO this source we are constrained to ascrbe the
Measure with which we listen to the speeches OF
many of our public men-nOt accepting some
of our popular preachers 4. alexander
SAVE SoMETHINa.--Sa something, no
matter how little it may be, always save some,
thing. Never turn away your head from small
savings; they are the foundation OF great ones;
A penny is not much Many man would
rather throw away penny than pick it up, if
it lay before him. Yet a penny a day is nearly
four dollars year. four dollars is the interest
of nearly one hundred dollars capital. Waste
not, want not" is an old saying; and he who
is extravaeant enough to cast idly away what
can be made useful, though it be but trlhe,
may expect to see the day when even that trifte
would be acceptable.
PEAR TREEs-Pear trees growing in grass
are seldom productive. The best way OF treat
ing them is to dig away the grass and weeds
from wide space over the roots In the tall,
taking care not to damage the roots IN SO dolng
and to cover the yard with old barnyard man,
ure This should be lett unulsturDeu uhIil
spring, and then worked into the soil with
digging fork.
WASHING FLUID-The following has been
tested for more than five years with perfect sat
isfaction: Dissolve II pounds of washing soda
and pound Of borax in gallon Of water by
boiling. When the solution is cold, add about
half teacupful of aqua ammonia (spirits of
hartshon), and put it up in well-cor ked bottles
Use cupful to each pailtul of water in washing.
A Milwaukee widow, on being cautioned by
her minister. about flirting, said she knew that
it was wrong for unmarried ladies to tiirt, but
the Bible was her authority. 1t said widow
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