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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-10

BUILDERS HARDWARE, AT IS KING
ID ST, ALEXA., VA.
JOHN T. CREIGHTON & SON keep on
hand large and well assorted stock OF goods in
their line to which they invite the attention Of
purch asers Orders will be received and exc
cuted Tor Bronze and Silvered Glass Trimmings
such as are not usually kept in stock, and prices
guaranteed to be as low as sold in same quantity
In any other city. They ask especial attention
to this notice, as some of our mechanics who are
drawing their support from the citizens of Alex
andris are operating against our home market
in that line and paying more for the same goods
than they can be sold for by any hard ware deal
er in this city. A trial is asked, at 81 King st.
je N-tf
NOTICE-The following BOND OF the Or
IN ange and Alexandria Railroad Company
has been lost or mislaid. The public are w.rn,
ed not to receive it, rs payment has been stopped
and duplicate applied for, viz: Orange & Ale1-
andria 4. R. Co. Coupon eight Per cent bond,
No go, fer $1,000, interest payable lst OF !dsy May
and November principal due May ls:, 1878,
known as Third Mortgage bond
WIN M. RADFORD.
Address, Amsterdam, Botetourt co., Va.
je8-J2,9,l6,3
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Member of the Royal College of Surgery OF
London, Graduate Of one of tue most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the greater
mart Of whose life has been spent in the hospi-
tails of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else
where, has effected some of the most astonishing
cures that were ever known; many troubled with
ringing in the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing. attended
sometimes with arrangement OF mlnd, were
cured Immediately.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-10

DOCKET PISTOLS, Cartridges, Percussion
i Caps-a supply just received at sS King ST.
Prices redu. ed. - CON
je Il j. L. CR lON u oO'.
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-Nn BALES OF CLOVER and TIMO-
OOO THY HAY in store and for sale at
2Ol King street.
lie 7-Im AUIUSIUo w ALL.
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To BE PITIED,

In the dark ages it was considered dis.
graceful to cultivate the soil cpntact
with II involved the penalty of banisbment
rom society. There are vet in the sou,b
lew benighted spots where the people
think work is disgraceful. and verify be-
lieve, Ia the darkness OF their ignorance
mat respectability il only TO Le bad bv
following professional pursuits. To smell
we would recommend the teacbi,,,s q,
frof Ball, Of the scientific school who
very pertipently enquiries why America
ooys are growing too proud to learn n
trade aud become useful members of soc;-
ety IL springs from our educational sv..
ten which ignores our industrial HE aud
industrial pursuils-those pursuits thai 81.
evaie because they enrich tue community
ne only legitimate result, SAYS Professor
Dali, of our educational system will be the
production of lawyers aud doctors, or at
least clerks and school teachers. In con.
sequence OF this defect children receive
,he Impression that education Inns no
oearing on mechanics; ,hat a trade is only
manual drudgery. his is to be deploreJ
ana those who think no intellect is r,ouir.
e' on the iarn or in the workshop are To
oe plt'ed' Did any OF our readers ever
seriously think oil the amount OF knowl-
euse required u construct u winding stair.
""S' we venture the assertion that not
,wenty professional men in the city OF
N"sh'iiie are sufficiently expert in the
mathematics TO make the necessary calcu.
'a'io" 10 rim spiral stairway. And vet
NV comm dnity have been educated TO be-
i'e'e uiat man who can quote authori-
ties paa higher claim upon the attention
Vi tne people, and Is one more to be re-
sp-cled Tor intelligence, than he who can
pursue original investigations pertaining
% industrial enterprises, and 20 increase tie
wealth OF the community. There are times
! when this immature genius, the child OF
! original thought and industrial talent, is
not only respected, but becomes the means
OF security TO the commonwealth. During
the first days OF TIE civil war when de-
! spondency began to rest upon the hearts
OF our citizens Tor want of skilled mechan-
les, we distinctly remember what relief was
lett by the invention ola machine for maxi
ing percussion caps 10y one OF our citizens
! In time OF trouble aud perpl, kitty indus
trial talent Is most valuable aad in times
OF peace and quiet. though not recognized.
1t constitutes the power that drives along
the wheels OF progress and prosperity \
man who cannot appreciate 1t is to be pit
/ led for his ignorance and imbecilitv.-
| When our schools provide our youth with
some preparation aud knowledge for the
prosecution OF industrial pursuits. saws
Professor Ball. ave shall not find so many
boys selecting etfeminate employment sucn
a selling pins and needles, but they will
pursue the more manly, dignited, and re.
| sponsible vocations OF agriculture aud the
mechanical industries Nashvit Union
and Imericdn
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YOUNG Wan OF MEANS.

! arrived in New York few DAYS AGO.
ami imneiiatcly took rooms at the . tor.
have always made 10 rule TO have me
pest OF everything e.eIi.i have To get
trusted Tor 1t. hadn't been at the Astor
but one day when the clerk brought me
my biil.
the day?'
piled
lor?' O '''''0 NV
" on look like two cent stamp" lac
replied, very insulungly You either pay
The olll or 90 ont. Have you got any mon.
eyi" asked he
My estlmable young friend" replied.
on have probably heard OF Ben Frank
I'M, long deceased. That eminent phvsi.
can at one time was in the pruyerb line,
aud did very good business He SAID,
among other things, that time was money,
Now, haven got any money, but as re-
CARDS time, ! am in allluent circumstances
anu ifyOu will receipt that Till, will give
you check for as much time ~ YOU
tuInk equivalent. and throw you in coup.
le Of hours for your trouble
lie made no reply, but from the fact OF
The porter coming up Immediately after,
removing nay trunk to the sidewalk, and
hustlins me out after il, ! inferred that /
wasn't considered financial success.
! Immediately called hackman and
told him TO take me 10 a cheap but respect
alle hotel. And the cheaper it is"
added, the more respectable / shall con-
slider it."
lie DR. We me to the Excelsior House.
aud ! t'id him / was under a great many
obligations to him, and Il at any time I
could do him a favor, should feel ~.
suevcd o. nc did not speak to iue about 10,
Tor my proud spirit spurns an obligation.
~ you don't FORK over them fifty cents,
sir, said Doe there j be funeral in your
family, ani it won't be your vile, nor none
oi your ch Ireu"
But Im busted said I. "lf meeting
HOUSES were selling at two for cent, !
couldn't even buy thc handle ofthc contri-
uu.iJu I.N
lie swore az me awully, and said hc
"oIii have it out Ofmy trunk, 50 he hur,i
o. open
HIt The contents Of that trunk are Tar
FROM ,a liable. lJr ] carry il hlicl with
saNdlst 90 Oiss just a. resi- ectable aud
in 5000 cm.r elcy of this kind, .s iuvalus-
u'c
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BEATTY OF 0LD PEOPLE.

Men and women make their own beauty
or their own ugline--. Lord Lyttou speaks
in one oi his novels. of n man who wa.
uslier th7n he had any business to he
aud % he could tut read il, every human
carries bis lite in his face and is good
looking, or the reverse, a. that life ho.
been good or evil Tn our features the
fine chi-el of thought and emotion arr.
externally at work l;eanty b. not the mo.
nopoiy of blooming Young men and
Of white and pink muideus heirs d. 81,
-Iow-grOwlng beauty, which only comes d,
perfection IN old age Grace belong, to
40 period Of lite aud goodness improve.
the longer It exists. have seen sw.rf.r
Smiles nom a Up Of seventy hau upon "a
Hp oi seventeen
There D. the beauty OF youth and fh.
"cA n ui hOunc-s-a beauty much NOR.
7'.''W me'' aui more frequently found BOO
iHe ario-cnar by the fire. with efarachtI-
Nf'h around it- Knee than boo tnr hall
room or promenade husband and wife
"H" h1vc fought the world side Lv ,iI,
VINO nave made common stock OF Iov .f
-'I"" aud ascI together. are not un.r,-
qnehiIr found cuuuu-'y alike boo pc-soul.
appearance ani 600 pitch and tome of vote,
-J"-i "- win IeurIe. on thc ..trh. cx-
p'sri tp tne same tdtl influence. are each
oihel second self llc has rain,i d, f...,,-
i""e something. which bun-s m- man-
hood W.o nIl rrIiel She has camel b,
m'-Du ur sometime. which ACT. IA. II, t,i
t0 hcr nuuauuoui
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Ihc 'e-o-Paducah war still RACES -
says the Cairo Bulletin. The only mos
4'ioe- with which our citizens are annoy
e' J"si nov are a few hundred .trarglers
i'" taipcah They lite aud then lie
decent "ooi being instantaneous death to
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a. WILLIS,
Brich'mdker dnd Builder.

Announces to the people of this city that he
has located here for the purpose Of carrying on
the above named branches of business, and is
prepared to contract for making brick or build
ing houses at any time when called upon to do
go lie has had twenty years experience in
the business, and feels warranted in saving
that he fully understands it, and that his work
will not fail to give full satisfaction. Iibcr-
al share Of patronage l. respectfully solicited.
Orders LETT at the ArgH, Office, or ~ the resi-
dence Of VIM. +. Wallace, will he attended to
promptly. my22tf
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One Of The oIlc.t April TOOL trick. on
record is that r,-peiratci by Rabelia. -
TIE w1. iu Mar-eIIIcs and destitute OF
mnI- but aux.ousIy yearr,d 10 go io
ran lt wa- Cue fret Of April, aud 900
.dc. struck him lie filled two vial- with
brick dust and labeled them a. containing
robson 90 be administered 20 the ROYAL
family lie put these v.aI- where th,v
would be discovered lie WAS promptly
arrested and with great mystery All ex-
PLANTATION WAS refused him he was 49,
once placed ea SoUfe Tor Paris. and COM
vcyei there with great expedition. Car
rici Zoo the palace a- traitor, he explained
the jest The Walls were examined. and
ice was released amid general laughter.
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One argument used mr Wilson. capd.-
date Tor President d. that .hcIs to-
d.ty poorer man tuur when Le entered
the ~engie Perhnp- hc d.. but Grant d.
enough richer Than IS hrr hc became pre-i-
i.p, to make mp the difference Tine ar-
t1ment b. two-elgci sword. ana tre
"d.h eut i- The sharper
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Charlie Smith, white man. was mur-
derei aud hruialiy INITIATED near Pear.
son, Tennessee, last Friday, bv A negro
m'n who had been employed by one Shan.
dey Co do so. Shsndcy and the negro are
under arrr-t
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Low Figures for Cash.


Second Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, and be sme To call and get the full /
worth of your MONEY. my22tf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
MEMPHIS. TENN: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER q. lS72

pecially the young ones, lag behind with
their aprons to their eyes, the conscripts
stagger ten or twenty of row as in
Paris, and try to drown their cares in
torrents of patriotic songs out of tune.
In the eevening they will fuddle themselves
in the cabarets, and there will be some
old soldier to cheer them with tales
of peasants who set out for the army
without friend, and rose to be field
marshals like Soult, or kings like Berna-
dot 1t is only on the morrow, when the
liquor fumes have cleared away and the
sense of glory becomes less present than
that Of coming departure and the loss of
their sweathearts, who cannot be eX-
pected to wait seven years for them, that
they begin to bleat again. But throw a
twelve-month on the Parisian conscript
and on the raw recruit from the country,
and both will be different men. The
Partisan will have ripened into an easy
soldier, self-satisfed, and gallant; the
countryman, If he come from Normandy,
will be tough from Brittany, obedienti
from Bergundy, quick; from Provence,
fiery. Townsmen or rustics, they will
have adapted themselves to circum-
stances, and so learned the lesson prac-
ticed by many of us who, not being sol
diers, have drawn unlucky numbers in
the conscriptien of life, and yet tried to
put smiling face on the matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
A GOOD Lick.

Some sensible, old fashioned man,
who hasn't an car for the inharmonious
stuff nowadays called music, gives
it the following splendid lick:
1t was young woman, with as many
white muslin flounces around her as the
planet Saturn has rings, that did it. She
gave the music stool a whirl or two, and
fuffed down on it like whirl of soap
suds in hand-basin. Then she pushed
up her cuffs as if she were going to fight
for the champions belt. Then she
worked her hands and wrists, to timber
them, suppose, and spread out her fin
gers till they looked as though they
would nearly cover the keyboard, from
the growing end to the squeaky one.
Then those two hands of hers made a
jump at the keys as ifthey werea couple
Of tigers coming down on flock of
sheep, and the piano gave a great howl
as If it had been trod on. Dead stop
so still you can hear your hair grow
ing. Then another jump, and another
howl as if the piano had tEo tails and
you had trod on both of them at once,
and grand clatter and scramble and
strings of jumps, up and down, back
and forward, one hand over the other
like a stampede Of rats and mice more
than like anything call music.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
British Ale.
From LippincOtt's Magazlne.l

From Lippincotts Magazine.l
Wherever the Briton travels-and it
would be very difficult to discover the
country with which he and his brother
Jonathan do not insist upon becoming
acquainted, quite irrespective, some
times. Of whether its occupants want to
have the advantage of their soeiety-the
scarlet triangle of Bass or Burton is to
be found in competition with the harp Of
Guinness, of Dublin. What a draught
of the water Of the Nile was to the
daughters of the Pharaohs, draught of
genuine home beer is to the sons-aye,
and to the daughters-of Britain. See
that Iangnid, AsgIo-Indian beauty, what
Is tbat dark liquor that she is slipping,
with the dark foam upon it, as she and
that fascinating young CorDet Goahead
I;nger over their "tiffin," discussing the
hall of last night2 I" Ny doctor insists
upon my taking Guinness stout, Mr..
Goahead," she says in semi-aRologetlc
tones, after the last drops of an imperial
mint glide down her throat. Best thing
ont saws the cornet; couldn't 1--we IN
This beastly climate without that Bass
and. indeed the mess bills ofthe Fitheth
Light Cavalry show pretty conclusively
how essential the members of that dis
tinguished corps find these potations to
fortify their constitutions against the
fierce heats of India. Up in the bush"
of Australia, again, it is regarded as
nectar, and is often retailed at a price
which makes it nearly as inaccessible to
ordinary pockets. |UtIH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
Old Age.

l have seen, writes Chateaubriand, the
number of my constant friends dimin-
ish, till the hour when my venerable
grandmother last departed. She and
her sister had often said that one would
not be long separated from the other;
they kept their word and Madame de
Beedee survived Madamoiselle de Beis-
tilleul but few months. | am, perhaps,
the only man in the world who knows
that these persons existed. Twenty
times after this time | have made the
same observation; twenty times | have
seen social circles formed and dissolved
around me. The impossibility of the
duration and persistency Of humanities,
the deep oblivion which follows US, this
inyincible silence which takes hold of
our tomb and spreads over our house,
impresses upon me always the necessity
of isolation Any hand will suffice to
give to us the cup Of cold water of which
we have need in the feYerishness Of
death. Yet we part with sadness from
the hand which we have covered with
kisses, and which we could wish to hold
forever near our heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
cromweIl,s Dying Hours.

At the royal palace Of Whitehall on
the 3D. of September, 1868, man lay
dying. Eight days before he felt so con-
iident of life that he told his wife not to
think he should die, as he felt sure of
the contrary. Now he was speechless,
sinking; and the last thing about which
he had seriously troubled himself was a
curious metaphysical one. Tell me, /"
he said to Sterry, minister who stood
by him, " is it possible to fall from
grace?" " 1t is not possible, said the
minister. Then, exclaimed the dying
man, "I am safe; for / know that | was
once in grace" And then he prayed
Lord, though miserable and wretched
creature, | am in covenant with thee
through thy grace, and may and will
come to thee for thy people. Thou hast
made me mean instrument to do them
some good and thee service. Many of
them set too high a value upon me,
though others would be glad of my
death. Lord, however thou disposest of
me, continue and go on to do good for
them. Teach those who look too much
upon the instruments, to depend more
upon thyself, and pardon such as desire
to trample upon thy dust poor worm,
for they are thy people, too The at
tention Of all England was riveted on
the sick room at Whitehall, with keen
and sincere interest. From the lips of
many went forth earnest prayers that
God would be pleased to spare the in
valid life; in the hearts of many there
were fears and misgivings as TO what
would come in the event of that prayer
being rejected; in other hearts there
were Joy and exultation over the death
of a sinner; while in others, that should
have been kindly disposed, there was a
certain sort of assurance that there is
something in the misfortunes of our
greatest friends which is not displeasing
to us. A frightful wind-storm ragged,
roofing up trees in the park, and tear
ing off the roofs of houses in London.
The friends of the dying argued that God
was giving warning of his intention to
take to himself the soul of the sufferer;
his enemies argued that the prince of
the powers of the air were holding
fearful revels amid the storm-driven
clouds in honor of the prospects of seiz-
ing on great offenders soul. The
dying man was Oliver Cromwell, Lord
Protector of England aud Ireland, the
man who for ten years governed the
kingdom in a right kingly way, and
made it stronger and more respected by
all foreign powers than it had been since
the days of Henry V. and Agincourt.
1t was the third of September, the day
Cromwell was wont to call his fortunate
day. On third Of September he over
came the Scots army at Dunbar, when,
looking at the position of his army in
military point of view, he was committed
to certain destruction at their hands; on
third of September he had fought the
battle of Worcester, the Lords crown
ing mercy to him." us he called it, when
the Royalist cause was lost in England,
so long as Cromwell could move regi-
ment or man ship. In this last sense
surely the third of September was still
Cromwclrs fortunate day, for if ever a
man was weary of life and anxious to be
quit of the cares of it, Cromwell must
have been that man. - Historical
Sketches.
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Napoleon as an Author He in Sued
by Ais publisher.

M, Plon, the well-known publisher of
the Rue de la Gar ancitre,' has just
brought an action against the ex-Empe-
ror on very uncomfortable charge.
The trouble springs from the fallen mon
archs Life of Caesar, and it is impossi-
Bile to hear the facts without feeling
compassion 1t was hard enough to
write so laborious a book and have it
smashed by the reviewers; but the sequel
of the business, as initiated by the re-
morseless Plon, is cruel indeed,
The suit brought by NJ. Plon is against
e Louis Charles Napoleon Bonaparte,
formerly Emperor of the French, and
now residing at Chiselhurst, England, 7
and the demand is that that parsonage
shall pay to his prosecutor the sum Of
333,299 francs and 25 centimes. The
claim is to be tried at the First Chamber
of the Civil Tribunal at the opening of
the next tenn, and is for printing and
delivering" the small edition, so called,
of the Life Of Caesar. The delivery in
question consisted in sending the gratu-
itous copies to functionaries, review
ers, and other influential persons, most
Of whom-for they were sent all over
Europe-roundly abused the poor En-
perors work, even when they were
not called upon as journalists to
express any public opinion. This, doubt
less, was partly in confirmation of the
managers maxim that orders always
hiss" but it really seems very hard on
the unhappy author-a heaping up, as it
were, OF his misfortunes-that, having
lost throne and treasure, he should now
be openly sued in court of law to pay
for the copies of his work that were given
forth to bring him contumely. oh,
that nv enemy would write book, is
an old and ineligible aspiration, but
not even its author ever contemplated
such double aud mortifying punish
nent as has befallen Louis Napoleon.
1t now appears that the large edition
Of the Life of Cesar-that which was
offered to the public-left the publisher
out of pocket to the sum of two hundred
thousand francs. NJ. Plon was, how
ever, early on the alert as regards that,
and is said to have laid seizure on per-
sonal effects of the Emperor and En-
press found in the Garde- -Meuble, sufi-
cient to cover the sum. The larger
amount, however, remains undefrayed,
and this present action is intended to
recover it. Monarchs with literary tastes
will, it may be hoped, take warning, es-
pecially in these revolutionary times,
and see to it hereafter that if they must
write books, no such humiliating revela-
lion as this shall follow, and lend an
additional sting to their possible over
throw.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27

The doctrine Of divine right seems to
be carried out in China beyond really
comfortable limits. The Emperor, by
virtue Of his being the brother Of the
sun and moon, appropriates for his own
or governments use anything in the
real estate line which conveniently
comes under his hand, without dreaming
or inquiring to whom it belongs, or Of
offering an equivalent. By Hong Kong
papers we learn that lately he has ap-
propriated to himself all the cultivated
ground on both sides of the road between
Faku and Tietsin, without even asking
whether the owner was q native OF for
eigner. This manner Of doing things
has been customary with the sovereigRs
Of the Celestial Empire for ages, and q
very convenient custom It is, though it
must tend to keep real estate prices low
in the vicinity of the royal residence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
Splendid Premiums for Paintings
By native artists and amateurs.
Five Attractive Flowing Matches
Six Trotting Premiums,
ONE FOR EACH DAY.
Stock Premiums-alsO, for Poultry,
Very complete and liberal.

The Directors cordially invite a superior. dis
play of Agricultural Implements, Household
Fabrics, and ornamental Workmanship under
their liberal offer of premiums.
Premium Lists may be obtained by applica-
tion to the Secretary, at the Chamber OF Gem
merce.
Half-fare rates will be charged by the rail-
roads, but the person purchasing tickets for
the Fair must be certain to call for such tickets
at his place of starting, and have them
stamped by the Secretary on the Fair Grounds.
otherwise he will be charged full rates.