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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-06
MADAME DELAcHAmPs
ALoNBIN MOUNTAIN GORGI

CNuGLY ENsCONCED AMID THE WILDS OF
y one of the Middle States, lived Madame Della
champs, many years ago, with no known protector,
save faithful dog that stood beside her to de-
fend in time of need. Her small, moss-covered
cabin, wrapped with the wild rose and honeysuckle,
appeared hid away by a cluster of underground,
and closely environed the north and east by o
deep, craggy ravine that led away back to the noun
tain gorge.
Here, smiling the ambient air, waited from
lures green sward clinging to the mountain side
bathing her brow in early morn's gentle dewdrop,
she lived solitary and alone for many long years
The catamount's unearthly midnight yell, and the
VOLTS doeful howl, frequently aroused her from
pleasant midnight slumbers.
Now and then she would emerge from her
known home and mingle with the inhabitants
around about for one or two months at q time. She
was eccentric in her acts and oil viewed her as
living curiosity.
While from home, she apparently had but one OBJ
ject, and that was the relief of her afflicted sex.
Under belt her left side, could be an old.
fashioned dirk of considerable size, carried for her
own protection, while strapped across her shoulder
was suspended curious sack made from the
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SEWING MACHINES.

SEWING MACHINES.
rVNHE IMPROVED
SINGER SEWING MACHINE,
THE BEST FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK.
Its Sales indicate it Durability and Popularity
provei it; its Work confirms it.
EIGHTY-sIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
AND EIGHT-oNE SOLD LAST YEAR.
NO OTHER MACHINE SOLD so MANY.
We Mother force crowd sales. The Machine
must stand upon its merits. Call and examine it,
Sewing Machines REPAIRED.
SHAFFER & STRONG,
If 913 Main street.
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WANTS.

WANTS.
VNTANTED-AaENTS TO SELL A NEW BOOB
wv of great value to Farmers, Mechanics and
Working men of all trades and occupations. 18th
Edition now ready. The
FARMERS Il MECHANICs MANUAL.
Edited by GEO II. WARING, JR.
Author of Elements of Agriculture" "Draiping
for Profit and for Heslth,' and formerly
Agricultural Engineer of Central
Park, New York.
SEQ OofAvo PAGES AND OVER 2o0 ILLUSTRATIONS.
The New Orleans Grimes" says at is book
which should be In the hands of every Farmer and
Mechanic"
The New Orleans "Pieayunep says: $50 valuable
a book should be found in the house of every Farms
or and Mechanic its elegant illustrations will make
II welcome everywhere"
Active men and women can make more money and
give better satisfaction In selling this book thar any
work in the field.
Send for 16-page circular, cling all about it,
q. .. TREAT G Co. Publishers.
ang 28--tf. No. 86I Broadway, N.
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EnsUhAHCEs

EnsURAHCE.
ETIREMANS FUND
T. INSURANCE COMPANY
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Gold $500 900, 900
Assets (January 1st, 1870. $767 063
NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF REFERENCE:
DANIEL DOwS. A.A Low,
GEORGE 0PDYKE, IL. b. CLAFLIN,
VIM. T. COLEMAN, JOHN WINSL0W.
POLICIES GRANTED IN CURRENCY AND GOLD.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
deposited with the State Treasurer of Virginia. in
State Registered Bonds. for security of Virginia
policy holders
Having been appointed agents of the above first
class liberal, and promptpaying company, we So
licit the patronage of all desiring insurance.
TH0S. d. ALFRIEND SON,
18-3m coz Main street.
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ATONE ARE GENUINE UNLESS DONE UP IN
steel engraved wrapper, with fac-slinie.ef
Chemical Waiehou.e andsssigned
su I-a&w III. T. HELNBoLD.
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DIcTUREs, PICTURES, PICTURES.
LO0KING-GLASSEs, LooKING-GLAssEs,
L0oKING-GLASSES.
FRAMES, FRAMES, FRAMES.
ALL sTl LES, ALL SIZES AND DESCRIPTION,
LARGE FAMILY BIBLES. BIBLES, BIBLES.
CARPETS, CARPETS, CARPETS.
CLOCKS, CLOCKS, CLOCKS.
VIII be sold by payments of weekly inslallments,
as cheap they be bought in the city for cash
FRAMES of all description aud style made on pre-
misses. Parties in want of any Of the above will save
money by calling ut the store, OF purchasing from
my agents
WILLIAM DAFFR0N,
Nos. ana 10 Eighteenth st. bet. Main and Franklin,
Richmond, Va, and l9l Main ST., Lynehburg, Va.
no 0--3n
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The laws of the State of New York, WHICH AP
PLY TO ALL POLICIES ISSUED BY THIS CON-
PANY give an insurance effected for wife chill
dren, to them exclusively, free from the claims OF
creditors
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sEOURITY, CHEAPNEss, LLBERALITY, PRO-
dRESS AND SUCCESS MARK AND DISIFN-
aUIsH THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS
COMPANY
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Address

J. P. DRoMaooLH CO., Props,
Memphis, Tenn.
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yETANTED--We desire to obtain $4,000 IN
w VIRGINIA STATE BONDS, and to any party
making us the loan we will give them ample secu-
rity for its return within year, besides hand
some interest for its
To any party who Is active intelligent and enef-
getc, who control sufficient capital 10 ,5OO)
to purchase these bonds will give them inte-
rest in q business in Virginia that will pay them be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 year, besides security
for the return of the amount invested
Address EMERSON & POWELL,
~ lift 110l Penn. Avenue Washington, b. O.
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ON every side. Here she is threatened by
General Grant and Congress with re-recon-
struction; and there by exacting tax
collectors and creditors" people who
are driving at our ruin by intolerable Lewis
for taxes and old debts" Ofthese it says
Well, we next meet class of people who
are driving at our ruin by intolerabe levies
for taxes, and old debts. They demand dollars
from those who have not so many cents to
spare. Presto changed Another sound comes
from our pursuers. Regard not your interests
poor creatures Listen only to our instruc-
INNS about the mode of preserving your honor.
We are made at one time to sacrifice our
honor 20 mistaken interest, and we are next
TO sacrlnce all our material interests to meet q
mistaken view of honor One day we are
told that our honor is nothing, and our in
terests are to have all our care, and the next
DAY we are taught that our interests are of lit
tie value, but our honor is the only thing
worthy of our care. Under both colors theY
take money from us, and disturb the repose
of our society.
In another article, referring to the fact
that the payment Of the interest on our
State debt and one per cent. sinking fund,
will require an annual appropriation OF
some three millions--ab )ut two millions
OF which will have to be paid to foreigners
outside of the State--tho Enquirer con-
eludes:
"These facts present problem very trouble
some TO- those charged with the management
OF public affairs in this State. We trust thai
y may DC solved in some way consistent with
the public interests and the public honor"
Well what would you do, repudiate OF
what Perhaps You would like to sec
Mr: Pendleton's idea prevail that the
United States shall assume the debts Of
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LIBENAi.fTy ~ FARMiSG.


In ,ais art. and almost in this art alone
ait is the liberal hand which maketll
rich"
Iiberali,y in providing utensils is the
saving Of time and labor, The more per-
feet his instruments. the more profitable
are they.
So. also, it is with his working cattle
and his stock, The most perfect in their
kinds are always the most profitable.
I.ihcrality in good barns, aud warm
shelters, is the source Of health strength
and comfort to animals; causes them to
thrive on less food, and secures from dam
age NIL sorts of crops.
Liberalty also in the provision Of food
for domestic animals is the source Of flesh
muscle. aud manure.
Libcrality to the earth, in seed, culture
and compost. is the source of its bounty
Thus il is in agriculture, us in every part
Of creation. wise and patcrnal Proyi-
dcnce has inscparably connected cur duty
and our happiness.
In raising animals, the condition Of his
sccccss is Kindness and bcncvolencc to-
ward them.
In cultivating the earth the condition
Of mans success is his industry upon tt
Josiah Qaincey.
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lIlrttm .tor q. MalAe,.,rn 7'ransertgt

Mn, Enron From ons who has lately
mingled in the pleasures OF your charming
town aud ncighborhood, please accept this
tribute of grateful remembrance
To me the country is pleasant at all
times, aud a sccptic needing proc! of thc
fact has but TO step aboard the cars, aud
leave them Mt the conductors shril cry of
" Alic,lictown ~ Before the "iron mons
ter" bent bis EARNING shricl through this
part ofthc country. this village. with its
modest church school house, aud grocery
store, scarce obtained a glance from the
casual passcr-by; but behold what a
chaug,.
In this progressive age, the nineteenth
century, tie entcrpfisine men OF that re.
gion, thinking to rise above the dead level
of the surrounding country. put their
shoulders 10 the wheel and see the result ,
\ handsome depot, superior to any upon
the Delaware Il Il line graccs the spot
where formerly it, kindly shelter to the
weary Traveller. Within this building cy-
cry modern convenience finds place and
in an apartment dedicated her shiino,
fair Flora in exotic plant, Of every hue
dispcnscs her fragrant smiles with no spar
ing hand
\ short distance from the depot. the
National Hotel timer than any in the
State, stands ready To extend its hospital
tiles to all who may desire them.
Still further in the the town the "lIall"
rcars its majestic head above its humber
ncighbors. a lasting monument of credit to
its builders.
The streets at all times present lively
aspect, while all through the day are yc-
hicles arriving from the country, either
bringing produce to the marke, or their
occupants to have social chat with the
busy towIei..en,
Then when tired Of all this activity aud
hustle, Iikc riic through the country
and view, no less than in the town, the
fruits of mans industry As far MS the
eye can reach, beautiful fields Of waving
grain. surrounded by luxurant hedges,
(pecuiar TO this part Of the coun,ry.) en-
trance the vision; aud, ere returning to
the busy little world beyond, rein in your
horse upon the brow of "S,. AIMS Hin
and gaze upon that iyy-bound relic of old
en- times.
Should your visit be extended into the
I" shadowy mists Of September you might
walk through orchard after orchard of lns-
cius golden fruit, and as one after another
d., ,.,sapprars, leaving but the phantom of
ston. to TIL the tale, you might thank
your sta IL. 1t your 10, had bsen cast at
This season of he year in the garden
spot" Of peaches. :,
But all this p. .-atius 3 will amount to moth
ing. Mr. Editor. unless Middle,own be
visited and its hospitA litieS aud gaieties en-.
joyed.
| think you will agree with me in say
ing that anyone who doubts the truth OF
these assertions, will discover heir unpar-
donable error after having been u guest
at one Of your ca-partics, or having
danced one quadrillc to the bewitc. hing
strains Of the Ampaion Band.
May 2d, 1871. AMiSrH.
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INDIA RUBBER. The belt Of land around
the globe. five hundred miles south of the
equator, nbounds in trees producing the
gum of india-rubbcr. Thoy can be tap
ped for twenty successive seasons, without
injury; aud the trees stand SO close that
ono man can gather the sap Of eighty in a
day. each tree yielding on an average
three table-spoons-full daily. Forty three
thousand Of these trees have been counted
in tract of country thirty miles long by
eight wide. There are in America and
Europe more than one hundred and iify
manufactures of india-rubbcr articles
employing some fvo hundred operatives
each, consuming more than ten million
pounds of the gum per year. and the busi-
ness is considered to be still in It's infancy.
But to whatever extent it may increase,
there will still be plenty Of material to
supply the demand.
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REManKAnLR SrnrSg "A cnrrespon.
dent sends to tho JoaraW uf GiemisirI
the following account of remarkable
spring in Texas: About sixty miles
north of t'alcna, near the town of Liberty,
there is spring, the wa,cr Of which i.
quite acid, Stimulating lemonade, and those
who taste il like it SO much that they
drink almost immodcra,ely. When YOU
feel hot, it is quite delicious aud under
any circumstances. whether YOU are hot OF
cold, the drinking Of it produces pcrspi.
ration, with no unpleasant effects after
ward The spring has no apparent ou.
let or inlet 1t is probably sixty fee,
across it, aud it is covered with n white
froth or foam, which upon close cxamin.
alton, appears like cream of tartar on a
wiuecase. 1t kills insects. worms and
other small animals that come near and
use it, No fish or other evidence of life
is seen within its waters.
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A SINGULAR SUPERSTITION.
A Maryland paper says:


There lives a family iu Dorchester
county. every dark-eyed member of which
for the past fifty years has gone blind a.
the age Of twenty to twenty-five years.
Those with blue eyes escape the terrible
afiliction. There is a tradition about
this singular circumstance which we lay
before our readers rs We heard it: Some
sixty years sincc--so goes the s,ory--a
beautiful black-eyed girl Of twenty from
some cause or other lost her cyesight
Her misfortune brought pcnury aud want
with il. Being reduced to bcggary she
was wont to GO abroad asking aims. Dur
ing one Of her journeys she visited the
neighborhood iE which resided tho anccs-
tors OF those who are now sightless. In
stead Of her helpless condition exciting.
as il should have done. feeling Of SYM
pathy. she was treated with ridicule by
some Of the young members Of the house
her evil star had led her to- Two Of the
boys, as matter Of mere deviltry, ioos
her out, promising TO conduct her to q
place where plenty awaited. Instead Of
giving her n safe conduct. they carried
her into swamp and left her 1t is said
that she cried out bcsccching them to put
her on tho public road, but they needed
not her lamentations. Finding herself
about to be deserted among the tangled
bushwood, she turned her prayer to a
curse, asking her Maker, in her revenge
ful anger, to punish her bctrnyers, by
making their offspring for seven genera
tions as helpless as she was. 1t is said
tha, she was found dead in the swamp,
having pcrished from hunger aud cold
This may appear somewhat romantic but
whether the ,radiiionary part of it be false
or true. it is assurcdly fact that the
male offspring Of the family referred to
lose their sight as riaa;ol Hundreds
of persons in Dorchester r.l ycrify it,"
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AHAn Widows. When an Arab woman
intends marrying again after the death Of
her husband, she goes ;hc night before
the ceremony to pay visit to his grave.
There she knecls and prays him not to be
oiiendcd-not to be jealous. As, howev-
cr, she feels he will be offended or jealous.
the widow brings with her donkey Ia
den with two goats skins with watcr.--
The prayer ended, she proceeds to pour
the water upon the grave to keep tho
first husband cool uuder the irritating
circumstances about to take place. and
having well saturated him, she then de-
parts
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Fi.IIsTs.

The Home L,Griai has thiy to say o,
" true fiirts and false
When n clown follows the will o'-,hc-
wisp to his discontinue, we blame the
foolish man, aud not the misguilng light.
And SO. If men will be SO vain aud un-
thinking as to imagine that every pleas
ant beauty adores them because she does
not suub them, and designs to marry them
because she yonchsafcs to chat. whose
t,dlt is it when tie preaumptuous loycr
Is Informed with cold poli,encss that his
position is that Of friend only? The
real mistake consists in conccisiug moth
ing between the sexes but love People
rush into the error that woman must
either DC discourtions to a man or in love
with him the possibility of her entertain
ing proper and healthy friendship for
fifty Of the opposite sex never seems to
strike the world. Now the so-called airt
is emincntly free from all the charges that
are usually alleged against her. She is
open and undisguiscd Her affability is
known aud commented on from the fact
that sho cnayerses without hesitation.
"i'''tt itFAi anu SUI - wears ntT
heart upon her sleeve there is 10 con-
ccalment, no attempt Mt reservation, no
aiicc,ation Of reserve. The really design.
ing woman is Of another east. Her plots
are darkly laid and darlly carried out
her demennor staid. and her STYLE ire
proachablc. Z" She gives side glance
and looks down"
She encourages, not with the open in
vitation o. ali assault, bu. with the covert
affection of a ret,oat She leads on quiet
ly but without appearing to do 50. and
the world is kept in ignorance fher plans
till her discretion is rewarded, and a prize
secured, So anglers catch fsh-quic.ly,
concealed, cautiously. But he who chat
ters on the bank, faunts hi. rod and line.
and hu,ters his brilliant hues, fails if he
thinks to net,
Middletown transcript., 1871-05-20
Glle farmer.
THE cui,cuLio MASTERED.

For many years past the curculio ha,
been an almost unconquerable enemy o,
the fruit grower, and not few have cu
down their plumb trees as cumbcrers o.
the ground, not receiving any return.
from them. A writer in the Farme,
says: ~ have remaining few mic,
trees, loft standing for ornament and
shade, and year after year these tree.
have bloomcd aud aud set full, but IN
spite Of every effort until the present sea.
son. not quart Of fruit was received. -
While the trees were in bloom last
spring, my wife determined to try an cx-
pertinent upon one Of them, which she
did, and il resulted more favorable than
could have been expected. Early every
morning., while in full bloom. corn meal
was strcwn over the ground beneath the
branches, and the Whole flock from tho
poultry yard at once set to work to gath
cr up the PARTICLES Of grain.
" The ground was daily thoroughly
scratched over, aud meal, insects and
everything to the fowls edible gathered
up. Later in the season brood ofchieks
were coopcd beneath the tree, aud the OPP
Grafton of sowing meal continued This
operation was not omitted for day, from
the time Of the putting forth Of the trees
until the plumbs were out Of reach Of the
little pests. Now for the result: This
tree. and this alone, was loaded with
fruit, to the perfect anazement d II who
saw it 1t was literally covered with
fruit us perfect as could be desired. So
heavily were the limbs laden that props
had to be usel all around the tree. |
really believe there were more and better
plums upon this single tree than in all
the township, and l am almost disposed
to say, all of the county Not plum
maturcd on any other tree on my promises,
aud all are Of the same variety as the one
saved
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Thirst QugScEp WITHOUT DRfSKrxa. :.

| lHiHsT QukSCED WITHOUT URfNKfNu.- -
1t may not be generally known to our
readers that water, even salt water, inbi-
bed through the skin appeascs thirst al
most as well as fresh water taken inward
ly. In illustration Of this subjedt, a cor.
respondent has sent US the following
abridged quotation from a " Narrative OF
Captain Kennedy's losing his Vessel,
and his Distresses afterwards" which was
noticed in " Dodslcys Annual Register
for 1869" 81 cannot conclude without
making mention Of the great advantage I
received from soaking my clothes twice a
day in salt water. and putting them on
without wringing. Ii was considerable
time before could make the people COM
ply with this measure, although from see
ing the good effects produced, they after.
wards practiccd it twice day Of their own
accord. To this discovery I may with
justice attribute the preservation Of my
own life and six other persons, who must
have perished If it had not been put in
use. The hint was first communicated to
me from the perusal Of a treaties written
hy DR.. Lind. The water absorbed through
the pores of the skin produced in every
respect the same effect as would have re-
suited from the moderate drinking Of any
liquid. The saline PARTICLES. however.
which remained in our clothes became in
crus,ed by heat Of the sun and that Of our
own bodies, lacera,ing our skins and being
otherwise inconvcnent; but VIC found
that by washing out these PARTICLES and
frequently wetting our clothes withou,
wrlueing twice day, tho skin became
well IN q short time After these opera
iions ", uniformly found that the ,iolcn,
drought went OFT, aud the parched tongue
was cured in few minutes after bathing
and washing our clothes; and at the same
time we found ourselves as much refresh
ed as if we had received some actual nour-
lshmcnt -Four persons in the boat who
drank salt water went deirious and died
but those who avoided this and followed
the above practice experienced no such
symptoms"
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A CURE FOR nor: CHOLERA.

Rczin II. Worihington, Sr. Esq. Of the
second district Of Baltimore county, sends
TO the Towsontown Journal the following
prescription, which he states is sure cure
for hog cholera. 1t is as follows:
Ta,-c ten grains Of calomcl and ten
grains Cf tartar cmetic and make them into
a pill. as soon as it is known that the
hog is sick give the pill. If there is no
change for the better by next day. or a.
bout twcnty-f nr hours, give another pill
Of the same ingredients. Mr.. Worthing-
ton informs us that lie has never known n
second dose Of medicine fai! to effect a
perfect cure and 70 store the hog to health
Mr.. Worthington himself has cured more
than one hundred hogs, which have been
afflicted with cholera, by this medicine.
Middletown transcript., 1871-05-20

PiscicULruRg.-T black bass Of tho
Ohio in 1854 was transferred from that
river to the Potomac. which 10 now abuu,
dantly filed with this fine fish, many bass
weighing from three to Eve pounds beins
frequently caught in the latter stream
The transfer, although in contemplation
for several years. was not accom- pIished.
until the railroad to tho Ohio was com pleted
The first lot Of young fish was carried in
large tin bucket, perforated and made
to fit the opening in the water tank Of th.
locomotive tender, which was supplied
with fresh water ut the regular stations.
This plan proved completely successful,
and the young and small black bass arriv-
cd at their destination alive, fresh and
sound. Several other lots Of fish wero in
this way taken from the Ohio and deposi.
ted in the canal basin at Cum bcrland. Md.
where they had free access TO the Poto.
mac river and its tributaries. From this
small stock introduced seventeen years
ago the Potomac IL now filled with black
bass
Middletown transcript., 1871-05-20

MiN. GnowiSG A correspondent ol
the Fall River news states that Mr.
Owen, Of Westerly, X. / some years
since, bought pair Of minks, Of n sepe.
cies commonly called by fur dealers and
trappers the " American Sable" for $500;
iha, he had 90, his money back, and now
has cighiy-sevcn minks on hand. one pair
of which he has refused 500 for. The
sable mink is rather smaller in size and
of darker hue than the New England
minks. This minkcry is attracting con
siderable attention among farmers in
Wcstport, Mass. and elsewhere.
Middletown transcript., 1871-05-20

VALUE or VINEYARDS Three Califo,.
MIA Commissioners appointed to award
damages to grape-growcr for injury dono
his vineyard, near Folsom, by tho con-
s,ruction of a canal through it. allowed
him sl9, 900. or g., 900 per acre. Sew.
cral witnesses testified that his vines were
worth $3.50 900, and that SIS 900 vines
yielded from 600 to 700 tons Of grapcs
annually, which at $50 per ton would Is
mount to S35. 900.