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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-29
WHEELER IL WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.

WHEELER Il WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
Awarded the Highest Premium over Eighty
two Competitors, Paris Exposition, 1867.
Also at American Institute, y. T.; .aos1 MGcaan,cs
Boston; Mechanics Association, Cincin-
natl: Franklin Institute Phila; Me-
chancsl Association, st. Louis
kentucky Institute, Louis
vile; Mechanics 1nstit.,
San Francisco; Met.
Mecs'. Institute,
Washington
D. G.
At the State Fairs of Maine, New York. Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont, New Jer-
sey, Mississippi, Indiana lilinois, Melans; Con-
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Wisconsin, California, and
at hundreds of coun-
ty fairs.
1855 1861, 1862 1863
Paris. Liverpool.
Paris London: Linz
Manchester Warwick. Kornigsburg.
Ashton Cornwall liverpool
Manchester.
Lancashire.
lS6t-Dantzc, Agram, krcms. l865-Dublin,
Stettin, Cologne, Wismar, Dunedin:
This Machine makes the LOCh- h-SIlICH, ana
no human testimony could be clearer or more
unequivocal and emphatic than that which ac-
cords the superiority OF EXCELLENCE TO this
Machine over all Others for family use and gen.
eral manufacturing purposes.
The qualities which recommend the Wheeler
s. Wilson Machine are:
l. Beauty and excellence of stitch alike on
both sides of the fabric sewed.
q Strength, frmness and durability Of seam,
that will not ravel.
8. Economy of thread.
A. It's attachments and wide range of applica-
ton to purposes and material.
S. Compactness and elegance Of model and
finish.
6. Simplicity and thoroughness of construc-
ton.
T. Speed, ease of operation and management,
and quietness of movement
Sold on easy monthly payments, or at a re-
duced price for cash, at GREENS NOllON
oct 1-Sm VIM. II. DANIEL, Agent
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of Stockholders of the
Fairfax s. GEORGETOWN TURNPIKE
COMPANY will be held in the Baptist Church
at Falls Church, Va, on SATU RDA1, DE-
cember 7th, 1872 at 2 o'clock.
By order Of the Directors:
nov ls-eotd W. H. DANIEL, Secty.
uUFFERS PATENT BLIND HINGES,
IL The best and cheapest Hinge in use.
The annoyance of fastening the blind or shut
ter on the approach Of storms is by the use oil
this Hinge, wholly obviated. Call and see
sample ut 50 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-29

DINE SEGARS AND CHOICE CHEW
4 ING TOBACCO-At the request of many
of our customers who desire really hrst-clasS
article in the above line, we have just supplied
ourselves with very superior STOCK OF ZONES
of Chewing Tobacco. We earnestly invite an
inspection of our stock by all lovers. Of the
weed.n nov 9J JAN " " VI w.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-29

Physician of this celebrated institution has dis,
Ett;rtllal Remedy in the world for all
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MARRIAGE

Reflect that y sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
Luppness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes II weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly durkcns TO the view, the mind
becomes Swallowed wi h despair and filed with
the mcanchoiy reflection that the happiness OF
another is Lllghtcd with our own.
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FI.N.Y.NTI.4L.

fI.S-T.ftf.fL.
For SALE BY
BURKE IL HERBERT,
The following irst-cass Securities:
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS LYNCH Is G.
and DANyILLE 4. Il. CO., Us, at - and; ac-
crued interest interest payable lst April and lst
October guaranteed by Orange and AlcXan-
drla r. r. Co.; free Of State tax.
ALEXANDRIA CORPORATION BONDS
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS WEST WIS
CONSIN 4. r., per cent god, interest payable
January and July, at "! and interest
Above bonds sold free OF commissions.
We BUY and SELL STOCKS and BONDS
on commission, negotiate loans, Sc make col
lections on all accessible points, and viii give
prompt attention to any business entrusted to US.
aug 9-tf
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NOW Is THE TINE 10 save Is per Ct By
IN purchasing your stoves Mt Inc oid prices IL:
desire to close out my last years stock, CON
sisting of about ore hundred FIRST GLASS
STOVES, FIRE PLACE HEATERS and
RANGES. E. II. CLARkSUN,
aug lO-tf Il South Royal st.
DAISINS-Crown, London l.. yer and Lay
u crs; boxes, hall boxes and quarter boxes
for sale cheap by the
CHINESE TEA COMPANY,
nov q II north Royal street.
C,HEET ZlNC for sale by the sheet by
- u.t3I JAS f. CAkLlN SONS.
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DRUGS .a.N.D CHEMICALS.

ffESa ...........
'';'7%% -
. .. IL
EI3sIglHsX7s2
~ -
This unrvaled Medicine is warranted not to
contain single particle of MERCURY, or any
injurious mineral substance but is
PURELY VEGETABLE.
For FORTY YEARS it has proved its great
value in all diseases Of the LIVER, BOWELS and
KIDNEYS. Thousands of the good and great IN
all parts of the country vouch for its wonderful
and peculiar power in purifying the BLOOD,
Stimulating the torpid i!yEK WEE, and bowh5 v sno
tenn. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATORS is
acknowledged to nave no equal as
LIVER MEDICINE.
It contains four medical elements, never united
in the same happy proportion in any other prep
aration, viz: \ gentle Cathartc, wonderful
Tonic an unexceptonabe Alternative and a Ger
tain Corrective of all impurities of the body.
Such signal success has attended its use, that 1t
is now regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC
or Liver COMPLAINT and the painful offspring
thereof to wit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSIlPA-
TION, Jaundice, Bilious Attacks, SICK HEAD
ACHE Collie Depression of Spirits, SOUR
STOMACH, Heart Burn, &c., &c.
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CIILLS AND FEVER.
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR is mar
ufactured only by
Macon, Ga, and Philadelphia.
Price ST per package; sent by mail, postage
paid, $l.25. Prepared ready tor use IN bottles,
~ Beware of all Counterfets and limitations.
For sale by E. 5. Leadbeater s Bro. apoO-ly
ESTABLISHED 1892,
r.. S. LEAD ATEk & BRO
DEALERS IN
PURE DRUGS AND MED CINES,
CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS,
- '' SPICES, ACIDS, SC,
Nos. and South Fairfax ST.,
aug 2-tf Alexandria, Va.
III. COOK. wM F. CREIGHTON.
ToOK s CREIGHTON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS PAINTS,
WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY.
No los King street.
Prompt attention given to orders and lnquir'
les from the country. mar 9-tl
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DALI TRADE, 1872.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

"UFFER;S PATENT BLIN D HINGES,
IL The best and cheapest Hinge in use,
The annoyance of fastening the blind or shut
ter on the approach Of storms is by the use of
this Hinge, wholly obviated. Call and see
sample ut SO King street
nov 10 J. T. CREIGHTON i son.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

1t is singular that there is place so
good as the House of Lords. or perhaps
the House of Commons, TO see genuine
curiosities in old.fashioned costumes.
There are plenty of men in either House
who seem to have permanently adopted
some favorite fashion of their youth,
and chung to it fondly and faithfully
through all times and changes, as more
romantic souls cling to the memory of
lost love. Stand any day about half.
past at the rear Of Westminster Hall
and note some Of the costumes that
pass you the young men, of course,
and many of the oldsters, are made up
TO the hour 10y Poole, the fashionable
tailor. who cuts the clothes and some
times backs the bills of the aristocracy.
But never mind these com monplace
correct ones. Look at that old Peer,
the collar of whose coat comes up so far
behind as almost to touch the curly
brim of his high.crowned hat. The
coat has a fur collar; it is long in the
waist and long in the skirts plumed out
in front like the breast of pigeon or a
pantomime Prince. | suppose that
coat was in fashion when George the
tall old Commoner in blue coat with
gilt buttons, buff waistcoat and tight
gray trowsers. Look at another, who
wears white duck" as they used to be
called in the days Of our fathers, tight.
ly strapped down over the boots-that.
/ suppose. began to dress after the
Duke of Wellington, and has not no.
ticed any change since then. Talk of
the costume of Greeley, why he would
be a glass of fashion and a mold of
form when compared with some of these
legislative eccentricities. As matter
OF fact, hardly any of our leading states
men ever dress well. Gladstone's
clothes seem to be thrown on with a
pitchfork las the old phrase was. Disraeli
looks like an ancient picture of a
bright dandy from book of old
fashions. Bright dresses like a plain
country manufacturer. The Marquis of
Salisbury is as shabby looking as an old
clothes man. Earl Granville and the
Duke OF Argyle alone seem to care
much about maintaining the sartorial
dignity Of British statesmanship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
A Paris BAZAAR.

In Paris, since the resurrection of
trade from its temporary prostration af
ter the war, the excellent bazaar system
has become more complete than ever.
One of the best of these bazaars is the
.Magasin Bon Marche, which does bust.
ness of about $6,000,000 in gross receipts
year. Though nominally one and
under the same proprietorship, the es-
Enlistment is divided into twenty-five
shops, each of which is entirely indie.
pendent of the Others. The building
covers four thousand square yards, and
is five stories high. Less than twenty
years ago a small Diapers shop stood
upon the site, and from that this has
sprung. The arrangement for the COM
fort of employees is remarkable. About
ninety girls are connected with the
trade, who are required for strict sur
vigilance to lodge on the premises.
Large, well-ventiated and wellfu
nished bedrooms are provided for
them, and an elegant drawing.room
with piano, pictures, games, and all that
luxurious comfort requires, is common
property. dining.room for the whole
seven or eight hundred employees is at.
tached, with excellent fare, and hair.
dressing and billiard-rooms are connect.
ed with it. The salaries allowed these
clerks are small, but they are allowed
percentage on all they sell, and per.
sonal attractions in that case counting
for so much, the young ladies may be
supposed TO have an advantage over
their male competitors.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
a Veritable Cain.

Tom Mcclellan, the Ohio desperate,
killed Myers and Vallandigham. but
that wasn't all he did. Mr.. Craighead.
OF Dayton, who defended the murderer
with such ability as to get verdict of
acquittal from a Montgomery county in.
ry, has been debarred from nomination
for Congress on account of his connec-
ton with this case; Gov. McBu-ney. an.
other of McGehsn's counsel, has met
with similar check to his political as.
Pirations from the same cause; and
Jud &c Hume, still another of Mcclellan
victims, had been defeated in the Ohio
State Democratic Convention, where his
name was offered as candidate for the
nomination of Judge of one of the
state Courts, principally because he had
defended the Dayton murderer. And
.ne lawyers had to sue Mcclellan to get
Their pay. A Cain-llke curse seems to
follow Mcclellan, which is worse than
the penitentiary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
The Road to Ruin.

If English novelists, especially those
of the later school, which celebrates the
physical strength and delightful WICK
edness of the typical guardsman, are 10
be trusted, the young Englishman In
want Of money is in the unenViapie
| abit of appealing to usurers VINO extor.
from his necessities an enormous rate
of interest. Not even the most reckless
of the heroes Of romance has, however,
rivaled the exploits of young gentie-
man named Brooks, who recently ODD
tanned from the Vice Chancellor an IN
junction forbidding bill discounter
named Morris to negotiate promissory
note which Brooks, before attaining his
majority, had given to him under the
following circumstances
Brooks desired to obtain FL 100. lie
therefore resorted TO the astute Morris,
who gave him the money in exchange
for promissory note for Ct ,625, bearing
interest at the rate Of one shilling per
pound per month. or something more
than fifty per cent. Had this note been
due in one year from its date Brooks
would have owed Morris no less than
f2,000 making the FL, 100 which he
borrowed cost him FL 500. This, how
ever, was by no means the full extent
to which he was feeced. He afterwards
borrowed other sums of Morris, doubt
less on the same peculiar terms, and ul-
timately gave him in settlement his
note for CO, 600, receiving in exchange
his former notes and 1885 in cash. For
this transaction Morris charged f39O
for "interest and commission" besides
exacting the usual interest of one shil-
ling per pound per month on the note
of f2,600. Brooks finally grew tired OF
borrowing money at the rate of over
one hundred per cent, and, as has been
said, appealed to the Court of Chancery
to forbid Morris to negotiate his last
note. This injunction vas granted, up
on Brooks undertaking to pay to Morri.
the amount he actually received, to-
gether with fl00. The usurer was thus
defeated, and it is probable that Brooks
will hereafter shun the bill discounters.
The case is of interest as showing
with what ease a young man in London
can ruin himself. There are doubtless
scores of young men who are now liv-
ing at an extravagant rate upon bills
discounted by Morris and his kind, at
the enormous rate at which he "accom-
modated" Brooks. These transactions
they naturally desire to keep from the
ears of their relatives, and they are thus
forced to 90 on giving new notes in sat
isfaction of old ones until they finally
come into their property" By this
time they are so heavily in debt that
the property in question finds its way
Immediately into the hands of the dis
counters, and the unfortunate spend.
thrifts are ruined without having had
the poor satisfaction Of having spent the
money they owe. In such cases as
these the interference of a court of
equity is certainly judicious, and Brooks
example in appealing to Chancery for
protection will doubtless find many i'm
York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
Personal.
STANLEY is going to explore China.
BRET HARrE has turned his attention
to play.writing.

STANLEY is going to explore China.
BRET HARrE has turned his attention
to play writing.
Miss n. C. STEWART is candidate for
Congress in Alabama.
WALT WHITMAN is a clerk in the At.
torney Generals office.
The chief cook at Saratoga hotel
gets 81 500 for four months.
O'DoNovAN Rosa is a candidate for
Congress in Morrisseys district.
MINNIE HAUcK, the prima donna, is
engaged to an Italian nobleman.
The wife and daughter of the late
Henry j. Raymond are living in Paris.
The great African traveller has a son
who writes his name w. Oswell Living
stone.
JOAQUIN MILLER has presented Grace
Greenwood with a pair o. earrings made
of rattlesnake's rattles, mounted with
gold.
SrANLEY's hair grew gray in Africa
from fever which Frustrated him TWEEN
ty.three times. He is % years DID, five
feet seven inches high. broad shouldered
and robust.
THE Danbury Conn NewS, which has
made wide reputation for the eccen.
trio and original wit of its paragraphs,
owes this particular quality to Mr.. j. M.
Bailey, who does not seem to have felt
his power until about a year since,
though since that time his oddities have
flashed through the press like young
meteors.
A WIsCoNsINITE who thinks his head is
lively enough for business purposes, re-
Gently carried barrel of flour out of
burning building, emptied the con.
tents in duck pond where they would
not burn, and then removed the empty
barrel to place of safety.
The celebrated "Beau Hick man, )"
who formerly lived in luxury by assess
ments levied on verdant Congressman,
and who then constituted himself "the
glass of fashion and mold of form"
now has to find boarding with a negro
family in back alley in Washington
city.
AN Indiana woman who was some
years ago discharged from the insane
asylum, after several years treatment,
as incurably insane, soon after being
taken home fell AM struck her head
against a kettle, fracturing her skull.
From that time on she possessed full
control of her faculties until her death,
which occurred recently.
ROBERT GORDON MILNE, graduate of
Oxford University, England, class of
1867, who served science of TWEEN
ty-five days in a cnain gang at Los An.
geles, Cal, recently, for petty otfense,
publishes in local paper fine, schol.
arly production, replete with classical
quotations, taking grounds against the
system of degrading criminals by COM
polling them to work in the public
streets with ball and chain.
No MARRIED man in Illinois can get
his "tod without the following "per-
NIT " from his wife: Permission is
hereby granted by me, the lawful wife
of -, and declare and witness by
my own signature, tina my husband has
the perfect right and liberty to drink,
and as often as he chooses TO drink, and
what he chooses to drink, and | hereby
relinquish all the claims arising there
FROM"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

INDIANA granted 643 divorces last
year.
MILWAUKEE will ship 100000 brick
this year.
SODA dissolved in hot water will re-
move pain.
In Richmond, Va, the police do the
lamp-lighting.
DENVER, CAL, has one saloon TO every
seven inhabitants.
SARATOGA hotels charge black.and-
tan dogs S. week.
The United States consume annually
100000 tons of sugar.
CALIFoRyIAs taxable property
amounts to $500, 100000.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, proposes to be.
come the Western Saratoga.
DEATHS from Bright's disease are
multiplying in this country.
OVER 2,25OOOO gloves are annually
manufactured in this country.
NEBRASKA is the only State that had
railroad when she joined the Union.
PEOPLE sometimes wonder where all
the wooden toothpicks come from.
There is firm down East which turns
out one hundred and eighty bushels OF
them daily.
A YOUNG lady in Connecticut was scared
into commissions few days since, by
sitting down on sofa on which there
lay cane carved to represent serpent,
which she mistook for live snake.
THE debt of Canada. in twenty years,
from 1851 to 1872, has increased from
$40, 4Sl ,472 to $l26,S32, 00S. In 1867 the
Dominion started, since when the debt
has grown faster than before.
THERE are one hundred and twenty
two mills in the Saginaw Valley, Mich,
with a capacity of 900,000,000 feet of
lumber per season. They give employ
ment to about five thousand men, who
are paid in the aggregate 81 $50 per
day.
The system of Enclosures is now com.
ing into general use In Texas. Som: of
these Enclosures are on vast scale.
One -of them in Southwestern Tex
as consists of 10000 acres, and af-
fords pasture for $4,000 head of cattle,
which require $50 men on saddle.horses
to attend to them.
Do you know what a clambake is?
Ignorance exists in various quarters of
the world. You pour several bushels of
CLAIMS upon red hot stones, cover them
over with wet canvas, heap seaweed on
the mass, and in half an hour-a feast
for the gods. But clambake dinner
Includes besides some clam chowder,
plenty of boiled and sweet potatoes, and
if some baked fish is included we have
the feast in its perfection.
IN 1851 we had in this country about
900 miles of railroad in operation in
1861 it amounted to $4,000 miles, and at
the close of last year S,453 miles. The
average cost per mile is $4,000. Total
cost of the railroads, 100000, or
more than our national debt. The cost
of construction and repairs of these
roads is greater then the total expense
of running the General Government,
including interest on debt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
The South.

The authorities OF Brownsville. Texas, re-
Gently pursued five Mexican desperadoes
across the river into Mexico, where they were
seized by body of cavalry cooperating with
the Brownsville people, and summary exc
cuted. There seems to be determination on
the part of the Texans in that region TO rid
the country Of these Mexican marauders. and
declare their purpose to kill the scoundrels
whenever and wherever found
The New Orleans Board of Health an
nounces that there has not been a single case
of yellow fever IN that city during the present
season
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

ed, it will be made to pay the tax for the next
larger denomination.
An application has been made to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office to pre-
empt the Arizona diamond lands Ii is stated
that. az these stones are found only in mining
lands, it will be held that they are not
open to entry, but come under the restrictions
of the act of Congress.
The Postofico Department has at last
agreed upon the size, style, color, etc, of the
forthcoming postal card. 1t will be of light
amber color, 5x316 inches in size, and weigh
about N drachms.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has refused
an application 20 distill spirits from canta-
loupes under the exemption allowed fruit
distillers, on the ground that the law recog-
nizes those only as fruit distillers who dstill
from apples, peaches and grapes.
The Second National Bank of Washington,
capital 5000, 900, has commenced operations.
The Kentucky war claims, which have just
been allowed, amounted to 1927 ,22S instead
of 1895, 258, as heretofore announced.
Gen. Gideon j Pillow having asked to be
ItuluntTdttu lOI ldiBo ioN VI hiuioo bOiNSu
by the Federals at Helena, Ark, in 1862, At
torney General Williams holds that the claim
is not good, the property having been seized
in disloyal State, the owner at the time being
dsloval to the Government.
And now comes the announcement that the
postal card system is not to go into effect at
present. The Acknowledgement has decided
that the Postmaster General has no authority
under the new postal code to contract for
postal cards, Congress having failed to make
any appropriation for that purpose.
Thus far, 1000 claims, averaging $4,000
each, have been presented to the Southern
Claims Commission, of which number $50
claims, involving 81 900, 900, have been re-
ported upon, $50 of them being rejected.
Nearly three million letters we're sent to the
dead letter Office last year. They contained
S92, 900 in cash, and more than $4,000, 900 in
drafts checks, etc. On an average, every
letter that goes to the dead letter office con-
tans one dollar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

The unhappy Carlotta, widow of the late
Emperor Macmillan, Is reported TO be in a
dying condition.
The Spanish Government has been very
successful IN the recent elections for men,
bers of the Cortes. more than two-thirds OF
those elected being it's supporters.
The English crop reports continue unfavor-
able. France, however, promises an abundant
harvest OF cereals.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
Washington.

The Kentucky war claim. amounting to
s235, 25S, has finally passed the Third Audi
tors office, and a warrant for its payment has
been issued
The Internal Revenue Bureau has become
impressed with the idea that the Government
does not get all the revenue to which it is en-
titled from the beer brewers. and a movement
is contemplated Oh that interest. Where any
barrel contains fraction over the size stamp