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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30
DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN.

On and after SATURDAY, July l, 1871, tw>
daily passenger trains will run between WASH
lNGTON and LYNCHBURG, etiectng double
daily connections through between NEW YORK
and NEW ORLEANS. At Gordonsville con-
ncction is made by mail train with the Chcsu.
peu1e and Ohio Railroad daily, Sunday except.
ed to Richmond Staunton and the Y lRGlNlA
SPRINGS; ut Lynchburg with Atlantic, Mis-.
sissippi and Ohio Railroad for the West and
Southwest, and at Washington for the North
and Northwest.
Leave Washington daily at G.5J Il. m. and $50
D. H., and Aexandria at s a. III. and $50 p. M.
arriving at Lynchburg ut 5.U p. III. and Il. III.
Leave Lynchburg ut q. H. and III p. m, Ar
rive at Alexandria ut SIS p IN. and t. Il. H.,
and ut Washington at e. Is p. III. and !: 70 II. IN.
For MANASSAS DIVISION leave Washington
daily excepting Sunday with main line train,
at $50 Il. IN. and Alexandria at 500 Il. III.
Leave Manassas Junction 1T $50 y. M pass
Strasburg at l245 p. m, and arrive at 1arrlsol-
burg ut $40 p. m, connecting with Harmon x
Cos. Stage Lines to 5tuunton, Rawlcy Springs
&c, Sc.
Eastward, leave Hnrrisonburg at 9:45 d. III.
pass Strasburg at 1915 D. NJ, arrive ut NJ anissas
Junction at 400 y. m, connecting with main
line through t. Washington and the y rtt ar
West.
Good connections by comfortable contan =
made to Fairfax Court House from Fuirsa
ton to Middleburg from Plains; and to u ~.
Vile from Piedmont.
Both the Eastward and Westward bolIn' .t.hs
make close connection at Stra;burg Wit T.
Winchester and Strusburg Railroad to Wa -.
ter uarpers Ferry, Capon Springs, &c.
Elegant sleeping cars are run daily bctwcr..
New York and Lynchburg, without change.
Also, cars through between Baltimore aud
Lynchburg, avoiding the Inconvenience Of trains
fer in Washington.
Through tickets ard haegagc checked 10 ali
prominent points. ~
j. NJ. BROADUS,
je 29-tr General Ticket l. gent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30
INSURANCE.
Liverpool and London Globe
Insurance Company.

PREAIUMS RECEIVED IN THE UNITED
STATES:
Oct. 9 TO Nov. 6, 1s70......... S19s. $50 SO
1871 56S.41S 93
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30
LIFE!NSJRANEEC 90. OF VIRGINIA.
CAPITAL 100000.

LIFE!NSJRANEEC 90. OF VIRGINIA.
CAPITAL 100000.
a. G. McIlwaine, President
3 3 A B Ts nnaI; vico Presidents.
s. B. Paul, Secretary.
ID. p. Fackler, Consulting Actuary.
Dr. DR. D. Ply w: h h"sSteT' Medical Directors
John +. Lay and John b. Wilson, General
gents, and Secretaries of Richmond Board.
HOME OFFICE, PETERSBURG, VA,
With Local Boards in Richmond and Norfolk.
This is HOME institution and invests at
reserve from premiums in the State and within
the limits Of tho department from which it is de-
rived.
We invite examination and solicit investment
in this solvent home institution, with names and
capital commanding confidence.
NJ H. &. WILLIS
Gen. Ast for Alex. and adjoining counties.
Office No. south Royal street.
BEDFORD BRowx, VI. d., Med. Tx. sep S-3n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Caters and Boots,

Ballnorals and Caters, Slippers, Prince AIberts,
N. A. Fancy and Plain Slippers.
Also very large assortment Of Misses and
Children's Buttoned and Plain Caters,
Dress and Undress Morocco
Balmornls.
Also Boys and Youths BOOTS and SHOES,
of every variety and style Also the justly Gel
ebrated CHAMPION SHOE, the best Planter 5
Shoe ever invented.
GS-His stock of BOOTS aud SHOES of his
OWN MAKE is unexce!ed by My other es-
Enlistment in this city
Come, one and all, to No. 81 King street, AL
exandrs, Va sign of the Opera and Golden
Boots, and directly opposite the new Sarepta
Hall.
N. B.-All kinds OF Ladies' and Gentlemen $
work made to order, und tit guaranteed.
Repairing neatly done, and charges very mod
crate. r. FAFf,
oct G-2m IS King street.
a SIIEllsk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30

DR. LOOCKERMAN, from this date re-
- spectfully informs the public that. having
he is now prepared to perform all Dental opera
tions at greatly reduced rates-aearty one hqy
his former charges-warranting all work to be
first class only. Office hours from 3 a. N. to
~ n, iy 5-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30

CHERWOODS COFFEE AND TEA POT
= STAND, Table Mats, Spice Boxes, Tea
Trars Gru,ers, Sifters, Dust Pans and Brushes,
Egg Bc,,lers, StraiHcrs and great variety, VI
utRer useful housekeeping articles, at very 10"
noyol ESTWISLE'S CHINA STORE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30

ICoAl! COAL! Goa Ii
! Constantly on hand supply of superior quail,
| be sold al market rates, 224O lbs to the ton.
NJ ELDRIDGE s. CO.,
janlS No South Wharves
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30

HOOE, WEDDEKBUKN q CO.,
nov palm Agents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-30

e" IT. HEMPLER PRA CIICAL OP1I-
IL. THAN, OFFERS EXTRA INDUCE
MENTS no THOSE In WANTOFOPTICAL
4 BEAUTYFUL AND DURABLE GOLD
SPECTACLE FOR ST ; LIGHTER FRAMES
So, Sc. 4 VERY FINE GOLD NOSE GLiSS
FOR $3.50; OTHER QUALITIES FOR s.
AND ST. PRICES RED UCED on All
GOODS. GOODS MESREPR ESENl'ED
AND ONE PRICE ONLY No. 453 Pennsyl-
vania av., cor. a. ST., Washington d. G.
IKn shinnfna, az lH-Ghn
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
A Historic Hog Skin.

Col Job Stout, Recorder of Hardin
county, Iowa, has a wonderful pocket
book, according to this from the Eldora-
do Ledger:
at was made of pig skin, dressed by
one of the pilgrim fathers, and manu-
factured into its present shape by him
self. It was from the back of the first
hog slain by the colonists. a forefather
OF Col. Steut's carried the pig-skin wal
let through the French wal and the In
dian, and was shot beside the brave Gen.
Wolf on the bloody heights Of Abraham,
in September, 1853. The pocketbook,
containing some English coin, foundits
way back to the right family, and held
nothing but English coin and Bank of
England notes until the Revolutionary
war. Col. Stout's grandfather marched
with it on his person to Canada with
Gen. Montgomery. twas at Saltwater;
ferried the Delaware at the memorable
Trenton surprise and when peace was
declared, contained two thousand dollars
of Continental currency, most Of which
it's present owner retains. In the late
~internecine war, Col. Job Stout carried
the pig-skin wallet through several en-
gagements, and when he fell at Rich
mond, the historical wallet Of pilgrim
pig-skin was perforated with bullets and
saturated with blood. The Colonels
coat is now on exhibition at Indianapo-
lis, riddled by forty bullets. This wallet
has been in use hundred and ninety
wears" .
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Living by the Day.

I compare, says John Newton, the
troubles we have to undergo in the
course of a year to a great bundle Of
fagots, far too heavy for us to lift. But
God does not require us to carry the
whole at once. He mercifully unties
the bundle, and gives us first one bun
die, which we are to carry for to-day,
and then another, which we are to carry
tomorrow, and 30 on. This we might
easily manage, if we would only take
the burden appointed for us each day,
but we choose to increase our troubles
by carrying yesterdays stick over again
to-day and adding to-morrow's burden
to our load before we are required to
bear it. William Jay puts the same
truth in another way. We may consider
the year before us as a desk containing
three hundred and sixty-fve letters adj
dressed to us-one for each day, an
nouncing its trials and prescribing its
employments, with an order to open
daily but the letter for to-day. Now we
may be strongly tempted to unseal be-
forehand some Of the remainder. This,
however, would only serve to embarrass
us, while we should violate the rule our
Owner and Master has laid down for us,
stake therefore no thought for the
morrow, for. the morrow shall take
thought for the things of ITSELF"
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07

"Well there, Mister Smith, you could
not have spoken my mind better. A
poor, lone woman like me does not know
what to do with SO many creatures, and
| should be glad to trade, if we can fix
it,"
So they adjourned to the meadow.
Farmer Smith looked at Roan-then at
the widow-then at the Downing COW
then at the widow again, and so on over
the whole forty. The same call was
made every day for q week, but Farmer
Smith could not decide which cow he
wanted. At length, on Saturday, when
Widow Jones was in a hurry to get
through her baking for Sunday, and had
ever so much to do in the house, as all
farmers wives and widows have on Sat-
urday, she was q little impatient. Farm
er Smith was as irresolute as ever.
"That Downing COW is a fair crea-
ture; but"
He stopped and glanced at the wild
owls face. and then walked around her
not the widow, but the COW.
"That ere short-horn Durham is not
a bad looking beast, but Idon't know
Another look at the widow.
"The Downing cow I knew before the
late Doctor Jones bought her."
Here he sighed at the allusion to the
late MI. Jones. She sighed, and they
both looked at each other. 1t was q
highly interesting moment.
"Old Roam is q faithful old mich,
and SO is Brindle ; but I have known
better"
A long stare succeeded this speech +;
the pause was getting awkward, and at
last Mrs. Jones broke out:
CLAW! Mr.. Smith, if I'm the cow you
want, do say So"
The intentions of Widower Smith and
the Widow Jones were duly published
the next day, as is the law and custom
in Massachusetts,, and as soon as they
were duly published, they were married.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
The History Of. q Rag Carpet.

A contributor to the Toledo Blade
having set forth the advantages of a rag
carpet, "Jan4 Brandon" gives the other
side Of the story:
I was the only girl in a family of six,
as poor as poverty and as proud as
Lucifer. We, that is mother and I,
wanted a carpet, and we concluded to
make a rag carpet; the boys agreed to
help us and we went to work. We
saved and washed, dried, cut and sewed
for four mortal years. Sometimes the
boys would say they would cut no more,
but after a brief season of repentance
they invariably returned to the charge.
Mothers hands were blistered, mine
were blistered, the boys blistered theirs,
and then father took up the shears, but
he soon gave it up saying that "the tar
nal thing would cost more than it would
be worth" The rags were all cut, sewed,
colored and wound into balls at last.
Aunt Dolly spun the warp of wool from
our pet lambs back, and wove the car
pet. It looked well enough and we had
enough to cover the parlor floor and the
best bedroom-about forty yards in all.
While we were lacking down the car
pet one of the neighbours girls came in,
and after praising our carpet said:
1--WE have got a new carpet"
"When did you make it?" mother
asked.
"Oh! we didn't make it. it is a
boughten carpet" sgt
"Wecouldn'ta afford a boughten carpet"
replied mother. "They cost so much"
"Ours only cost two dollars a yard,
and it's real nice we girls braided for
it and it only took us a year."
Mother looked at me and I looked at
mother, neither of us spoke but our looks
spoke q whole library. Mary Jones and
her sisters had earned a carpet worth
twice rs much as ours in a year by braid
ing palm-leaf hats at thirteen cents
apiece. When the last tack had been
driven into its place we rose from our
knees sadder and wiser m
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07

w A 7 C H ( S

The extensive use OF these watches for the last IF.
zen snr ssars Dy ~ ka mosy s Conafnesor e Engineers = f1b ? and
has thoroughly demonstrated the strength, steadi-
1sss, durability e. ana accuracy Of q the Waitham
is 70 decide the question as to The real value Of these
speaking for themselves in the pockets Of the PEG
plea proof ana q guarantee of their superiority
over all others,
The superior organization ana great extent Of the
Company's Works at Waltham, enables them to
produce watches at q price which renders competi-
ton futile, and those who buy any other watch
watches than is necessary AH3 ~ III
These time pieces combine every Improvement
that q long experience has proved Of real practical
use. Having mad the refusal Of nearly every inven-
In Europe, only those were finally adopted which
works, and long use on the part OF the public, DE-
monstrated to be essential to correct and enduring
time keeping. $3.50 E54tE
Among the many improvements we would partic-
ularize:
The invention and use OF q centre-pinion Of pecu.
Lar construction, TO prevent damage to the train by
American Watch Company. who, having had the
refusal OF al other c0ntrivances, adopted FOggs's
patent pinion as being the best and ~faultless. 5
ve maIqsn sdn aas dtsS% y Wsfc5 hasTs pri e sgs 3. nov 9Ss , uni-
are used in all grades Of Waltham Watches.
Al Waltham Watches have dust proof caps, pro-
tectng the movements from dust, aud lessening the
necessity OF the frequent cleaning necessary In 9TH
or watches. Maya~ IN = a -
Our new patent stem winder, or keyless watch, is
already 9 decided success, and q great Improvement
ket. and by Tar the cheapest watch Of its quality
now offered to the public. To those In por.
lions OF the United States where matchmaker do
not abound, watches with the above mentioned I'm.
pr0vements which tend to ensure accuracy, cleanli-
ness. durability and convenience. must prove inval-
liable.
The trademarks Of the various STYLES made Nv the
company are as follows: aBf4aan 4 |.g0ifgs
AMERICAN WATCH Co., waltham, Mass.
AMN. WATCH Co, waltham, Mass. Z.
AMERICAN WATCH CO., Crescent ST., wakham,
| Mass. g.asyeg eaYs Ansgo sasss-s~a rsa I
APPLETON, TRACY & Co, Waltham, Mass.
AMERICAN WATCH CO, Adams St, Waltham,
Mass. s So a& 9# .Bc08
WALTHAA WATCH CO., Waltham, Mass.
P.S. BARTLETT, Waltham, Mass.
WIN. ELLERY, Waltham, Mass.
HOME WATCH Co., Boston; Mass. SsaAakIi
Examine the spelling of these name s carefully be
iore buying. Any variation even Of a single letter
Indicates counterfeit AHa eat ES|T1a@
For sale by all leading jewelers.. No watches re-
tailed by the Company.
AN Illustrated history Ct watch making. contain
to any address on application.
Ksa ROBBINS ~ APPLETON.
General Agents for merican Watch co.
s1s2 Broadway, New York.
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
Remarkable Family of Gigantic Turks.

On Friday, January Fl, the Hoor of
our Office trembled under the tread of
the largest client that ever pressed it's
boards since Mum 81 Co. commenced
business. Seating himself at our desk,
on a chair las much out Of proportion to
his bulk as an ordinary baby's chair
would be to a common-sized man) this
huge individual explained to us the
nature of an invention for which he was
DESTROYS to secure a patent. Having
transacted his business, and created a
very unusual sensation among the num-
erous attaches of the Office, he rose to de-
part. On his way out, our associate edi-
tor adroitly approached him, and sue
ceeded in gaining from him the follow
ing statement, the publication of which,
in our sober columns, will, we are sure,
minister to hat love of the marvellous, a
trace of which always remains, even in
the most philosophic bosom.
The name of the individual referred to
is Colonel Ruth Goshen, and he resides
at present in Algonquin, Ill. He is a
native of Turkey in Asia, and was born
among the hills of Palestine. He is the
fifteenth, and last child (the baby of a
family of ffteen-ten sons and five
daughters-sired by a patriarch now 90
years old, living in the valley Of Damas-
Gus, and by occupation a coffee planter.
This venerable sire weighs, at the pres
ent time, 500 pounds avoirdupois, and
his wife, aged 81, weighs $50 pounds.
The entire family are living, and not
one of them weighs less than 500pounds.
The Oldest son weighs $50 pounds, and
the youngest, our huge client, outstrip-
ping them all, weighs $50 pounds. Not
one Of the family is less than Z feet in
hight, and the Colonel is a stripping of
only Z feet s inches in his stockings. He
is not an unduly fat man, is merely what
would be called moderately portly, and
is 33 years old.
He was a colonel in the Austrian
army in 1859, and a colonel commanding
in the Mexican army at the battle of
Puebla, May 9Th, 1862, in which the
Mexicans were victorious. His father at
one time resided in Leeds, Eng, but re-
turned to Turkey In 1S45. ss@
The colonel states that there has never
been any sickness in the family to speak
OF, and that all are-so far as he knows
well and hearty. 1t was at Leipsic,
Germany, that the colonel met his fate
in the person of a fair mudchen, weighing
100 pounds, and 5 feet 8 inches in hight,
and the union has been blessed with two
sons, who give promise of rivalling their
father in stature.
The colonel is q fnely-proportioned
man, and walks with a firm and elastic
step. He is as straight as an arrow, and
has coal-black eyes, hair, and mustache.
He is an actor by profession. He in
forms us that his last engagement was at
Simm's Theater, in Baltimore, and that
he expects to play an engagement in
New York during the present season.
Scientific american. ~@
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
New York Markets.

FLOUR AND MEAL-Them market was dull, but the
tone rather more steady, and prices ruled firm, es.
gssts Y e ssr : g. ssa e ioa su sSsrss; s ss.se ! w ss' 60 for ss sna
ping extras, ana " . 3s,2s for medium to choice
ct %. 80 q 81. 20 for shipping extras, and $40 q SEES
TOT trade and family extras. Rye -four s.. 40 a $6.2O.
Corn meal in more demand at % q s.. 50 for Western
$3.50 " 100 lbs. for State and Pennsylvania.
suNDRMs.-cotton firm but quiet; sales on the
spot at l5hc. for middling uplands, aid 14Ac. for
Spirits turpentine in good demand and firm at S. q
s strsine eio e &. s. Ssf fe E Sae; h nsmin wea 4 ISLE salss to Of
refined, on the spot. Freights dull, but very firm.
Whiskey again l0wor at s2Nc. z9
GRAM.-Wheat was fairly active for speculation,
spqin pTii ie s h3gee and sa afiast at o, g = ? q q & e lsr ! 10 = d 7
Barley was more active at 81 q $fo5 for common
Canada $115 for Bay OF Quinte, and $1.O8 for West.
ern and State. Oats was in light demand, but re-
mains firm; sales at 66 q 6sAc. for white. Corn was
Western mixed isssI1 on track and a ssoss eS 81 = at st' s. ao 3
$40. TOR do, on track and afioat.
GROCERIES, Cofee in fair demand ana steady
* * ! l Sc : iss oard SlSs ys To Guass; S SaIs gF5bS Ss firm firm ct ct
g 72c. for New Orleans, sales Porto Rico at eoc.
ing 9t a9Hc.; sales at 10a 10Ac.; refined hard lake.,
PRoy1sIoNs.-PorI dull and lower sales Of prime
mess az ?zz,50, ana 800 barrels fer April at 81. 62k.
fierce beet dull At Us 3 81 tor prime mess, AID sas
con dull and heavy: sales Of city long clear at 1iac
closing ct liz a nAe. for long clear, and l2c. fol
ssG IS. a Usr meats tp aeass; P nseeaI. hams c't at n iaSe; fs q
l0A a 11c., and Weston dull at sh asAc. Lard dull
and heavy sales ct sl24 q 13kc. for common tt
Butter steady at IS a 26c. for Western, and "a a 4sc
for state. Cheese l5a 2 16Ac; for factory, and y {
a sic. for fresh, and Is q 2oc.e for lined.
LIVE STOCK MARKET-With no fresh offerings
o. neeves there were no sales; and with q veal
Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1871-03-07
LITERARY NOTICES.

: PETERSON'S MAGAZINE for March is
unusually interesting. Its double-page colored
fashion-plate presents four exquisite costumes
and one riding habit. The engraving, "Char-
lie in Trouble,n is very suggestive. 1t also
contains a large number of other handsome
engravings. It's literary contents will be found
quite up to the mark of excellence, among the
writers being Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens, Frank
Lee Benedict. and other celebrated and popn-
sTERsoN, Publisher, 800 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
"A NEW s.NUMBER.-THE PHRENO-
LOGICAL JOURNAL for March contains-Noah
Webster, the eminent photographer, with a
portrait What Can / Do Besty or the qualif-
cation for a@Phrenologist; Progress of Re-
ligious Civilization,as illustrated IN the i'm
proved condition of the Race Thomas De
Witt Talmadge, the eminent divine; Brain
sWayes-a neWtheory the new king of Spain,
with portrait; thelate Gen. Prims with por-
trait our Domestic Props, or the servant
question: the Food Supply of Europe and
America. interesting facts japan, It's present
condition; Furnishing Criminals, q reform de-
-manded:Howto Rise in the World, or wherein
lies Greatness-birth or culture iceland, the
Land of Fire and Ice; ETC., etc. Price $500 a
year; 80 cents a number. Sent TO new sub
cCIl0CI6s Ou bIt0 Ola IL ~
r. WELLS, Publisher, New York:
FRANK LEsLIEs LADY's MAGAZINE
We take great pleasure in recommending the
March number of this popular magazine to all
our lady friends. Its fashions as usual are
strictly reliable, and its household srecipes in
valuable, while its general literary contents are
of a hfrh order. The March number contains
full information and illustrations concerning
the Spring Fashions for ladies aud children.
1t has three superb colored plates. The four
page engraving gives thirteen complete cos
tunes, oil stylish and genteel. II devotes one
page to the new styles of hair dressing; an
other to new designs ii. jewelrY. Full descrip-
lions of each fashion are given. The numer-
GUS engravings throughout the magazine are
exceedingly fine, and handsomely printed on
tinted paper. The stories are unusually in.
teresting, and taken altogether, we think 1t
the best Lady's Magazine published. $3.50 Q
year. FRANK LESLIE, Publisher, 537 Pearl
st.,New York.