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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
New York Life Insurance 10.
Cash Assets Sl3,O0O.oOO
Anm,,ml Income over 100000
TONTINE INVESTMENT POLICY.

This form Of investment, has a greater variety
of benefits aud more Substantial nds untnges thai
ANY other fur m ni TunL'ne Lie Insurance.
THE ADEANTAuk >
of which, ut the option of p"ilcy holders, are MS
tu.lnss: The conversion II the cnt re uccuinu-
latlon into an annuity for lie; the CONVERSION -:
the entire IL, Gun uiatiuls int" u paid w policy
all ANNUITY iur llt. or time that the pulley has To
run thu pay nebt of the accumulated dividend
in cash The pay ncnt OF the entire acculhu'a-
tluns in CASH
Before in>uring, procure an explanatory
pamphlet.
Flrst-cIass Cal agents wanted in every eou'1-
ty IN the State, with whom lIbrIa ARRANGEMENT Is
will be made Addr,ss or call on
w. K. DAVIS, General Agent.
ap ll-3m 122 Ming 81 /, Alexandria. "a
ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERPRISE
LlFEIN>URANCE COMPANY
OF VIRGINIA.
A. G. McIlwuine, President.
B B1bFcT{ y p"aI; Vice Presidents.
Samuel Is Paul, Secretary.
d. p. Fackicr Consulting Actuary.
DR.. D. W; ;I Lssseter' Medical Directors.
Judge Johu F. Lay, Superintendent. vi
Agencies.
taken within the department ot Ae4anar ria IN
the following local board of stuGk n"ders:
v IN u. Cazcnove, President.
VIM Ii. MarLury, Arthur Herbert,
John W. Green Vim. COgan,
Samuel +. Gregory, {. ". Green,
T. >. Leadbrater Benonl heat,
VIM j. Buolhr, l.. ". Reid.
NJ. Fl. u. WILLIS,
General Agent and Srcr-tnry,
Office No. ~ King st.
DR. BEDFORD BRowS. Med. Ia. lrb loft
4 LEXANDklA INSURANCE Comply.
IA Office No. 81 King street.
BoARU OF DIRECTORS.
VI. D. Corse, Jonn Is. SnIoot,
+. a. Reid, George Ii. Robinson,
t. 5. Leadbeater William Cusnn,
Benoni Wheat
Property in the city and country insured
against loss by fire at lowest rates.
Inland marine risks taken OH the most favor
able terms.
All losses will be promptly adjusted and paid
Keep ycur money ut home by lnsurIhg III this
Company, owned and controlled exclusively by
your own citizens, and which WAS organized e1-
press y with view to stop the drain vi lnoiey
from this city and vicinity ~ other otnses. " ny
build up other cities with your money III prefer
cllce to Alexandria?
BENUNI WHEAT, President.
MORTON MAKYE, Secry. oct 2b-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

THE PIEDMONT r. R.-Tne Till let"re Y M
eress f.r confirming The acrinT Ut me pe''pe
IN r, gard t, rhls load was ham percd win Hucn
..vor. r,.strictn,s Ia secure The. u lie treasury
from l,ss. and to insure that If und'r ak"'', 1t
si,unli not prove f.i,ure, that ma"y l"I1rso",
surpassed that even if pa, sed, It would not
amount IL anything. "a parties W. I'll not NIX
emnarkng In The enterprise. AID yet It IS
said that with all the c'mliti"n- and re''rl'-
ions, there are lar,e> " Inns aud il lie to con-
struc, the road. = GeoryetoWn Courier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

THE MARKET House BUILDING 1t is OK
pected that ,xt week there wi be an ample
supply If hli:k<, and that on NJ 'ndly week,
work will be actively resumed on tho new VI tr-
kct House huilling, and its c'n>tru'tinn rapid
~ pushed fnrward Me>>rs Lucas & Eichbrrs
have large kin Of bricks burned. and will
commence their delivery the md lie nf next
we, k, and after tina, there will be no further
delay from that cause
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. received direct from
I pnwrrs s Weightnan, Of phiIad"llh'a II
large invoice Of which we w"utl mention III
, ,'ti nrbnlic Acrl both IN crystal and So
iut"n !; also Benznc, On 'c, Fyr"gEsl.n', Lae.lc
s,'h,,Ie ind Vulciranale "f Ammonia, lodide
and Brnmi.ie of Ammonium, Citrate, sutni,rate
,,nJ Subrurbnnate If Isl multi, Blue Mas i'll h.
hrs. Cuiun., Chlnoldine.. Choral llydrate,
Chlurnturun Cudcine, C"lio1ion, Corrosive Sub
I,d;un lodriorrn. Iron by II, drugen, and Bro
midc uud ferr cynde of Iron Al:" Qu'nlne,
Su phae Cinclona, ludihe and brpnide OF
Potassium Morphine, Opluma d Lunar taustIc
Orders solicited trom County Ply slc'a's::
mvl JAANkY i co.
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M1- DUTrHER's LIGHTNING FLY lILEh
sweeps ll III II "nh clears Tic h"use Sp.aFh'!
1ry it-,ud l., dealer every wher,. u 2"a"2n'
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Tue WASHINGTON CAPITAL AND HERALD
full of spicy aud interesting matter can lie
iouud at j. r. Cox's, Alexandra News Depot,
corner OF King aud PIT street, To morrow
morning: also delivered by the mouth or week
by leaving address at The above place. as COX
!: ,b,, ,uthor ID agent in Alexandria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
Local BreyitieS.

improvements cont nue. IN various quarters
of rh,. CITY. Tht house, OF Rl>hei and H 'oge,
On Washington street, are We'll und'r way.
Work upon he Hydrauliru House will TIC re.
sumrd AS suon as u hearing If the l'et,ing m
junction is had 4 new fr,nt is to Be put IN
the hou.e occupied uy Mr.. SimpS"n. IN Far
fix street adj ,iuing Blu. ke Il Herbert 5 ucw
banking house.
Tnose attending the recent French Elk
nali,n at the school of III. Sisters of the ill., y
Gross, on Fairiax street. were well pleased. }.
Carroll Brcut, uf Washington, conducted the
examination.
O,ite large number of our friends from
this civ and the nei ghbring c'untl,s, have
gone. or iu,end t, go to NurtD k TO be present
at the sessions Of the Episcopal Convention at
that place.
The drought in all the neighbnring country,
continues to be severe. Water Is everywhere
wasted The weather, too Is very warm-'lSe
weather in u,id summer
The lecture of The Rev. Mr.. Wall, at the
Assembly Rooms, last night. was very III.
>,,uctive and interesting Que. We regret that
there was not larger audience to hear It,
An entrance into Christ Church was effected
nv sou,e thief ur thieves u few lights since.
but failing in their supposed Object, they left
without taking anything.
The SMALLPOX hospital, near Co'roSs. has
been stripped OF its furniture, by some unknown
parties.
The season for bathing in the river has com'
meuccd ear y this year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
I,KUTECr YOUR z t,JPEKl Y.

The experience of last year has created much
ANXIOUS enquiry turtne beat protection 81 lie
and proper, j! asnlRsl lightning In every III
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

pETERsoN's MAGAZINE Jefferson Maya
zine tor June has been received from Mr.
Geo. + Freuch'S, No. % klns street.
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A Hoo CAsE.-One Of the amusing sights

4 Hoo UAsE.-Une OF the amusing SlgTltS
which King street sometimes sees Was witness
ed on that thnroughfare yesterday af ernoon.
A cnlored boy aud a hog rode together d 'wn
the street in cart. The by was light
weisht The hog was one OF the heavi .>t 1T
rkers 1t was the o'jcct Of the hoy 10 keep
the hog in the cart. 1t was tn. ohj c, of The
hog to get out of the cart The hoy and the
hog did MT agree. This wa, evident from the
struggle which went on b tive N them. SOM
tilnesthe boy would beuppermo>t and sonIetimrs
the hog, but at leng h the animal Was tired
and reduc, t., Obedience Not, however, un
til much amusement had been created.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

ns-My thanks are hereby rendered to lnr
6rpm,u and c,tiz..ns VIII, SO promptly aided III
Inc ea tinguishulent of the fire at my rt>i'rnce'
this IuUruIng lNp ll-llJ NJ. -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11

DR. TUFTS Hair Dye On ATS Es sugar Lead
nv U-culw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
Weather hepOrf.
OFFICE CHEF SlGNAL OFFICER
AsHINGTON. May II, ~ Il. IN.

WASHINGTON. May ! !, ~ a. IN.
Probabilities. The | w,st tar meter over
K. Sureror move ,orti.elstward Iniu Caua"'
T { area OF cloud aud rain ext n =, EVER the
i wei lake gin and northern New En- Il aud j, ID,
I creased illness ,ver the east ana .h.''tte
A iantic states with >outhcaste ly to s''u II
westerly w,nls. Clear aud Ih.rta! clouL'
~. ather with light 10 flesh win oV 'l1 NJ.
So h RI States. Rising ba ON ter. 'th'ry
10 we>.er y wiudS and cl,arng We, her r: 'A'.r.
eastward over the Northwest, lake 'llc'iiah
and lower Mississippi valley during inc u!
aud over the Oni, Wiley and low iaHc
region probably to nght. Dangerous Willis
are not ANTICIPATED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
AMERICAN COMPOUND LIGHT
NTNG kOD

N1NG kOD
has been recommended u, the best.
let AiIl. account IT It's Uclns III one Solid piece
l-ern tip,;otrrmInus
~. 40 presenting 'n-and one-haIt times
more c~nuu .LI,isy than ANY other KIND.
3 TIL. inducing surface Is ot copper. one
b, 81 known material or this purpose
4th IL cns.s le-s per foot, npd takes less num-
Der of feet, under their improved mode OF put
ting up
,th. 1t is an absolute safeguard against both
utlnv,, hcriv and ground rclrlclty.
The eIuuir, has been I'D great that the amer
lean Com pound Lightning Rod Company have
sent their General Agent,
Prot JOSEPH ASH,
to this place, who is now engaged in erecting
rods aud soliciting orders iii this and adjoining
H. h S first. class crrtifc ,te regarding the ca
uacltv ul til, So rods. from a. T. Stewart, Booths
theatre. P.>es Opera House, New York Gus
tom House Bellevue Hospital, and hundreds Of
ay-Orders left at the City Hotel will receive
prompt attention. my . q WIDOW
NEW WALL PAPERS.
Tho largest and best selected stock of WALL
PAPERS and DECORATIONS ever offered
IN THU city-n.w designs selected with great
care from the best Manufacture RS
All orders for faperng private or public
OulIUlnSS promptly tAcCuLtu win hi1ioS'S eH'i.
The many years experience makes me conf
den, ni giving satisfaction u all who ny favor
me with their patronage j. z. CLAkNE.
an Il No 1853 King street Alexa.
pIlULSrEkY The sub-cri er is now
u ully prepared t" do al! kinds # re-
PAIRING and UPHDLSTEklAG WORK
with n,a,n durability and dispatch, AID to
the emit e satisfaction OF VII who may avor MIN
win work. lie will nl-v attend to putting down
Carpets and repairing Mattresses:
0"' &. kREIG,
my lin No. - y. fnlrlax ST:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
Hair, Bald and Bald Patcs.

Says the London Saturday Racielc:
In he biographical literature Of two
or three generations back we find
no personal description complete
without some notice 0 tthe sit orthc
hair on the brow and temples. Look
at the portraits Of the time; they
have all hair on their heads. Men
who had achieved fame had still
hair enough to be regarded as lea-
turc. Walter SCOTS portraits show
Il shaggy abundance Of hair, Camp
bcIl'sa fine Brutus head. De Quincy,
among its points of likeness between
Wordsworth and Milton, find one in
the way which the hair lay upon the
forehead. Talford speaks Of ChaIcs
Lambs black hair curlcd crispy
about an expanded forehead, and 50
remaining for the twenty years he
knew hin; and of CoIcridgc's hair
silvcrcd ull over. Haydon surveys
Bcntham, the whito-haircd philoso-
phcr, from his window, "his head
the finest and most venerable ever
placcd on human shoulders" lie
maIiciouslv records lIazIitt at the
oIass Arranging his hair, trv inc diff
fercnt effects. and asking whether
he shall show his forehead moro
or less. What temptation has
poct or phjlosophcr to make Il foo
of himself bv askinr such 4 question
now-a-days? Ithas long ag6 ceased
with him 70 be Il possible alternative
whether TO cover his forehead or
reveal its maeniiicicnt develop
mcnts. Time and Nature have ta-
ken thc matter into their own hands.
I'm those dovssto be sure, men had
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
Hints on House Building.

\ paper on this subject, read ly
EdwarI Roberts, L. S. A., before the
Royal Institute of British Architects,
closes as follows:
l. Never allow perviyus drains in
pervious soils.
.. Never allow IL ccsspool or drain
near well.
3. Never select gravel rs u build
ing, site if well drained clay can be
obtained.
/. Never allow drinking water to
be drawn from cistern supplying II
water closet.
). Never allow water-pipes to be
inserted into water closet traps.
&. Never allow rain-watcr to run
to the ground if it is required above.
Z. Never allow water to stand IN
pipes exposed to frost.
s. Never allow pipes to he fixed 50
that they cannot empty themselves.
Q. Never ventlate except by pipes
or tubes; inlcts and outlets being OF
equalsize.
10. Never use glazed tarthcnware
pipes for upward ilucs.
ii. Never allow chandeliers +" he
the exclusive light merely b cause
it has been customary,-ScrlJnsrJ Jor
Nay.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
Preaching Defined.

Sydney Smith thus defines the OBJ
joct Of preaching; ut is constantly
to remind mankind of what he. is
constantly forgetting; not to supply
the dcfects.of human intelligence,
but to fortifythe feebloncss of human
resolutions; to recall mankind from
the by.paths where they turn, into
the path Of salvation, which all
know, but few tread"
The aims and topics of the pull
pit have been oloquontly condensed
by Talfourd. We transcribo the pas
sage:
THE subjects of the pulpit have
never been varied from the day the
Holy Spirit visibly descended on the
first advocate OF the gospel in
tongues of fire. They are in no dam
ger OF being exhausted by frequency,
or changed with the >icissitudes OF
mortal fortune. They have imme-
date relation to that eternity the
idea of which is the living soul of all
poetry and art. 1t is the province
of the preacher of Christianity to de-
velop the connection between this
world and the next, to watch over
the beginning of a course that will
endure forever, and to trace the
broad shadows cast from i'm
perishable realities on the shifting
scenery Of earth, The mysteries OF
our being, life and death, both in
their sublimer relation, are topics of
their ministry. There is nothing af-
fec'ing in the human conditions,
nothing majestic in the affections,
nothing touching in the instability
of human dignities, the fragillty of
loveliness, or the heroism of self
sacrifice, which is not theme suited
to their high purposes. 1t is theirs
to dwell on the Oldest history of the
world, on the beautiful simplicity Of
the patriarchal age, on the stern and
awful religious and marvellous story
of the Hebrews, on tie character,
miracles and death of the Savior, on
all the wonders and all the beauty
of the Scriptures"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
How Fame Vanishcs.

Mr.. H. Ramsdell writes the follow
ing concerning Admiral Wilkes; "A
few days ago, l happened in at one
of the hand some committee rooms
of the Capitol, where three or four
clerks, a messenger or two, one or
two loafers, and perhaps two or three
Congressman, were willing away
half-hour or 50. They We're smoking,
laughing and storytelling. While
peal of laughter OF some joke was
out, the door opened and an old
man entered the room. His form
was shruuk and bent, his eyes with
out brightness, his face witherod and
pinched, and his hair gray. His
under-jaw hung down and his lips
were unclosed. His dress, merely
ordinary, inclined TO shabbiness.
His head was covered with u fatigue
cap, navy pattern, with an unusually
vide visor or forepieco. No atten-
ton was paid to the old gentleman.
He approached one OF the young
men, and removing his cap asked tor
certain information. A polite an
swor was given, but no unusul at
tcntion was paid to tho old gentle
man, and he tottered out OF the room.
His coming and his going excited no
remark; it WAS II usual circumstance
for people Of all grades and ages to
make inquiries III thatroom, and such
rs go there are answered cour'eouSly,
but briefly. There Was nothing I'M
usual in this case, only ] happened
to know tho old man. He is only
another of the cases that every day
occur to remind us OF the mutability
of human affairs. Sss what a change
is here. Ten ycar@so the world
was ringing with this mans name.
1t was shouted from tho West In
dians; it thrilled from the West and
the East; it was bono across the
| Atlantic, taken up in Great Britain
and echoed across the channel into
France. Returning, it resounded
from the Potomac TO the Cult Of
Mexico, and was cheered by hundreds
of thousands Of soldiers who were
camped about this city. Songs were
sung for him; addresses were made
to him; his picture Was for sale at
newspaper stands; tho press tccmod
with his praise; the government hon
ored him, the whole country was
proud OF him; wherever he went he
was honorcd, the boys in the streets
took their hats Off to him. he
was tho lion everywhere, in tho
streets, ut the hotel, in society, a
church; wherever he went, eycrybod.
did homage to him. Now, see til,
} change?-thero are now "nonc 81
poor to do him reverence, "
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
Spread Of Cotton Manufacturing.

The New York Shipping and
Commercial List, in its issue Of last
Saturday, in writing on the subicc'
of Cotton Manufacturing in the
South, says:
In Georgia and Alabama the most
successful efforts have been made in
this direction, and many thousand
Spindlcs arc now running within
SIGHT of the cotton fields. There are
now running in Alabama six fac
tories, which number in the aggrc-
gate over forty-thousand spindlcs,
and consume upwards Of twenty
thousand bales Of cotton annually.
Tho fact iSsi@niticant Of the changes
which have been wrought by the new
order Of things. In the days OF
slave labor, manufactures received
very little attention in that quarter.
SO long as they had Il market for
their cotton, the land and slave own
crs were quite content with the til
Iagc ofthcir productive soil, leaving
to the others and other labor sys-
TENS the manufacture Of their wear
ing apparel, and even the very in
strumguts with which they wicklcd
the earth to make it yield of its
abundance. Now, all this is in pro.
cess OF change. Mills and manuiac-
tories are sprinGjng up in several OF
the cotton-producing States, North
ern capitalists finding it profitable
in conjuncticn with the owners OF
land and water power, to invest their
money in the erection of mi!ls for
the manipulation of the gloat South
oln staple on the soil that quickened
it. Heretofore, less than one-ff-
tecnth Of the cotton crop has been
worked into yarn and fabrics in
Southern factories Iu the future,
the local consumption Of cotton
will gradua ly expand, albeit, with
tIc HulCIlOl luCllltltS VI SollC vi
the Eastern States, it is not prob
able that the competition between
the two sections will for many years
to come, be very sharp, or that the
products OF Southern mills will find
their way North to any great extent.
Nor is it probable that the spread of
manufactures in the South, will, to
any appIcciablo extent, interfere
with the manufacturing interest of
the North All the products Of
Northern mills, of whatever descrip
tion, will find, as heretofore, n ready
market, and the increase in the de-
mand will so in direct ration with
the growth OF the whole county in
wealth and population; while tne
South, with the advantages of hav-
ing tho raw staple united with water
power at its doors, would have nc
successful rival, and The value of It's
cotton crop could be increased be-
yond pressnt computation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-09
SUNDRIES.

Talleyrand once said that "boauty
without grace is mere hook with
cut the bat"
The Last inycntion--A paper says
the late Mr.. Dickens is to "monu-
mcutcd.'
TIE man ta' i pretty woman llts
is not her victim. No, no; it IS the
man tie doesn'tjilt.
A locG! Mrs. P.rtinston has studied
geometry to some purpose. She says
tie angle of mpudcnco is equal to
the angle Of reflection.
Rome is well supplied with daily
newspapers, the number having
reached eighteen, and mere are an
nounced.
1t is said thqt the style Of the
Spanish ladies dress has not mate
rially chargcd Tor two Hundred years.
HE London omnibus pay an an
nua tax of over EGO0,OOO to the
Government, and employs 5,COOper-
sons.
A case i an Iowa court involv-
ing but three dollars, had been on
three days ut last accounts, and was
not finished.
Playing the harp is getting to be
a very fashionable accomplishment,
especially among yonrS ladies whom
nature has gifted with handsome
arms.
1t is again Eecoming the fashion
for ladies' to wear their fans susptn-
dcd by gold chain from the waist
Some fifteen or twenty public
school hou.cs are being erected III
the several districts Of London.
During the year 1871, thirteen
Swiss guides lost their lives upon
tie Alps. Ava anches are the most
fatal calamitics, though the guides
sometimes .alL over prcclplco'.
4 miuerul substance possessing
the properties OF caout, b""c Is sald
to have been discovered in Australia,
These gum deposits are reported as
ineXhaustible.
WHY does widow feel her be
reavement less when she wears q cor
sets? Because she is solaced.
There is something quaint, but
with IL look of manufacture about 1t,
in the following inscription on a
tombstone:
The fashion OF throwing an old
slipper after the carriage ol newly
married couple is supposed to mean
hat the chances Of matrimony are
'ery slippery.
Vrank Duckland, of England, ,
writes to Seth Green, the New York
sh breeder, that he has successfully
,troduced American brook trout IN
, English waters. From eggs sent
N three years ago by MIR. Green, he
Nv has trout of two and three
unds weight.