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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-21


BE- q enaetsa ~ he Senate and House ef Repre-
gress assembled, That the Secretary OF War be,
and he 10 hereby. authorized and directed 70 sell,
in whole or In such subdivisioffs rs shall, In his
opinion, secure the greatest amount of money,
either by public auction, or by inviting proposals
for the purchase thereof and in either case 10 the
highest bidder, all the lands and tenements be-
longing to the United States, at Rome, New
YorE; Vergennes, Vermont; Fayetteville, North
Carolina Mount Vernon, Al sbama: and Chat
tahooehee, Florida, now or hereafter used for
arsenal purposes, and known, respectively as
Rome arsenal ChAmplain arsenal; North Caro-
lima arsenal, Mount Vernon arsenal, and Apa,
lachicola arsenal; and also the captured lands
and tenements belonging TO the United States at
Shreveport, Louisiana; Marshall and Jefferson
Texas; and In Marion and Davis counties, Texas
and q tract Of forty acres Of land, more or less,
situated about two and and one-half miles from
the present United States arsenal at Augusta,
Georgia, and comprises the site Of the old United
States arsenal nnd any adjoining land purchased
by the SO called "confederate States" which fell
to the United States as captured property, and
which has not hitherto been sold, and all the
material and buildings of the powder works
erected blythe so-called Confederate government
thereon: Provided, That no sale shall be made
under this act until the time, terms place, and
mode thereof shall have been published In
one Of the principal newspapers Ia the city OF
Washington, In two of the principal papers print
ed at the capital of the State, and one paper
printed In the county In which the arsenal or
lands to be sold are sitnated, for the space OF
sixty days prior to the sale. II no newspaper is
printed In the county where the property TO be
sold 10 situated, then the notice shall be publish
ed Ia newspaper printed In any adjoining
county.
Ssc. .. That the terms of payment for ths
property above directed TO be sold shall BE- In ali
| cases not less than one-fourth cash and the re-
mainder on credit of one, two, and three years
with interest at sig per centum per annum, se
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-21
Useful FACTS wOBTH kNOWING |!

TTSEFUL FACTS WOBTH KNOWING
THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOoTH-POw.
DER will keep the teeth clean, sound, and
white. Price 20 and 80 cents per bottle.
THOMPSONS POMADE OPTIME will cleanse
soften, beautify, and strengthen the hair.
Price % and 90 cents per bottle.
JOUvEN'S NOTORIOUS KID GLOVE
CLEANER will restore soiled gloves to heir
Pristine beauty and usefulness. Price % cents
per bottle.
SHERMAN'S COUGH LoZENGES will give
immediate relief, and certainly cure q cough
Price rs cents psr box.
SHERMAN'S WORM LOZENGES will expe
all worms, and are pleasant TO the taste
/, Price Is cents Der box
WELLS MACHINE-SPREADS STRENGTH
$ ENING PLASTERS, whenever plaster Is
needed, are unrivaled. Price 20. 70, and 81
cents each. -
CHINESE TOOTH-ACHE DROPS win instant
.ly relieve this most distressing malady. Price
% cents per bottle.
RExrORDS INDICATED GINGERBREAD
NUTS FOR WORMS are readily eaten by
children, and are eficacious. Price rs cents
per box.
All for sale by druggists, &c.
r. @. WELLS 4 CO.,
Wholesale Agents,
fa Sn-dSw1v No 20" rot.cr s+raef NJ ".
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-21
INSURANCE COMPANIES.

FIRs AND MARINE.
JOHN H. CLAIBORNE Co., Agents, HOS
Main street.
LIVERPOOL LONDON GLOBE, Daven.
port Co agents. ll04 Main street I'D hoor)
RICHMOND BANKING AND INSURANCE
CO., 1902 Main street. See advertisement.
TFI0S. NJ. ALFRIEND & SON, General Agents,
sG2 Main street See advertisement. -
MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF vIR-
GINA, Tenth and Bank streets.
CONTINENTAL OF NEW YORK-Thomas 8.
Arnisteau, agent-lll3 Main street.
LIPR.
LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Virginia
Department Office l0l4 Main street. See ad-
vertisement.
MUTUAL LIFE IN. Y.)-John III. Claiborne,
agent, 1lOs Main street.
PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON-Home ONCE
922 Main street.
BROOKLYN IN. Y.)--Thos. M. Alfriend Son
Agents-s02 Main street. See advertisement. =
UNIVERSAL LIFE IN. " Ill w. Rose. Agent,
Ills Main street.
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TYPE FOUNDERS.

II. l. PELOUZE L. CO., Franklin, between
Twelfth and Thirteeath streets. See adveI
tisement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
A Hair.Raising Adventure.

Our citizens will remember how the
showers came, night before last, in fire..
quent succession, pouring torrents while
Gay lasted, out stopping after brief
pour. Well, there were, at 5 o'clock on
that evening, seven men at the point
in Sycamore and Abigail streets to
which is completed the great sewer
which is really an uptown extension of
the big Eggleston avenue sewer. Their
business is to clean the open end of
that sewer, SO as to prevent delay to
workmen engaged in constructing it up
Sycamore street. 1t had occurred to
them that, by stirring the sediment at
the bottom of the sewer, the water
from the showers would wash it away,
and their work would, in this way, be
greatly expedited. After long cessa.
ton in the rain, they went into the
sewer some distance, and continued
their work.
While so engaged, one of those
heavy, sudden showers which charac-
terized the evening, came up and poured
down its tremendous streams. The
first warning they had of their peril
was a sudden rush Of water upon them,
carrying the whole party off their feet.
The four men nearest the mouth of
the sewer escaped with difficulty, bat
Ting up stream against powerful cur
rent; the other three were carried
down toward the river by the galloping
tide OF defiled waters. Two Of them
caught at a man-hole near the canal
and succeeded in making themselves
heard by their four companions who
had escaped. They were drawn up to
the solid ground by these. But John
Clark, one of their companions, was
not SO fortunate. He continued to
travel down to Court street, where he
made short turn and thence proceeded
before the every moment increasing
volume OF waters to Eggleston avenue
sewer, where he made a turn to the
right, whence it was straight road to
the river. Mr.. Clark tells the story
himself. He says he proceeded down
in the darkness, his back to the press
of waters and his face to their current.
AS he cr-l!d not stand up, he put him.
self as nearly as possible in sitting
position, and went down the hill very
much as boy slides down hill on
sled, only Mr.. Clark had no sled.
Coming to the mouth of the sewer,
where its waters discharge into the Ohio
river, he cried for help. MI. Lewis,
who lives in tenement wharf boat at
that point, and who hires rowboats to
parties, heard his cries, came to his re-
lief, and saved him. Mr.. Clark, last
night, exhibited badly torn pair of
pants and pretty roughly bruised
body Cincinnati Gazette.
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for the purpose of ascertaining the
voracity of the breed were perfectly
satisfactory. 1t was calculated that 400
of the animals would clean bill board
in an hour. This is an important con
sideration if, as DR.. Birdsdahl insists,
"a billboard, all things being equal, is
equivalent to the death of 800 people,"
AT a meeting of the Entomologists in
Salem, Mass, last week, a number of
cockroach breeders were present on in.
vitation and a very interesting exhibi.
ton was made of insects. 1t was there
shown that the English breed is supe-
rior to all others for scavenger purposes,
and, what is of no less importance, it
was commended that the popular antipa.
thy to the insects groundless, the animal
being harmless, and capable of the
greatest affection for the keeper.
Now that the cultivation Of the cock.
roach is becoming an intelligent pursuit
directed by scientific knowledge and
prompted by sanitary motives, we shall
doubtless soon have the insects intro
duced into the parks and streets under
such regulations as will protect them
from the malice of small boys and the
depredations of kindred animals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
Tea and Coffee.

The world uses l5O,OOO,OOO pounds of
tea each year, and 7l3,000,00O pounds
of coffee. China furnishes nearly all of
the tea, and Brazil over one.half of the
coffee. Only 100000 pounds of Java
and $4,000 Of Mocha is produced. The
United States consumes nearly one.third
of all the coffee produced in the world,
and the English people are the greatest
tea-drnkers out of China. The Germans
take rank next to the Americans as
coffee.dIinkers. The Americans con.
sumo about six pounds Of coffee and 122
pounds of beef per head.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
Lex Misunderstanding of Spanish
Officers in Cuba.
A correspondent writes from Havana

A correspondent writes from Havana
under date of Aug. IL:
The murder of the Mexican Gen. In.
clan and of his aide-de-camp by the
Spaniards has been partially balanced
by Gen. Agramonte. He had captured
seven Spanish officers, among them a
very distinguished colonel, and held
them prisoners in his camp. As soon
as the authorities in Puerto Principe
heard of this capture, the Government
Secretary and another officer repaired,
under flag of truce, to Agramonte's
camp. He received them Hospitality.
listened to their petition, informed them
that he then held seven Spanish officers
prisoners, that it was not his custom to
shoot prisoners, and that he was willing
to parole them on condition that Gen.
Inclan and his aide-de.camp be liberat.
ed. Agramonte's astonishment when
the Spanish commissioners regretted
that it was out of their power to com.
ply with that one condition, because the
patriot prisoners had already been shot,
can be imagined. Agrar onte then in.
vited the commissioners to breakfast,
and gave orders to his chief of staff to
have all the prisoners shot at once.
When the firing was heard, Agramonte
turned to his guests, and regretted that
he could not comply with their wishes,
because the Spanish officers had al.
ready been shot.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
Chinese Progress.

Only few years ago, neither China
nor Japan had vessel afloat larger
than the junks that played round their
shores. At that time the stars and
stripes could be seen on half the ship
ping in the ports of these two coun-
tries. But this order of things bids
fair to be reversed at no distant day.
Our foreign trading vessels have almost
disappeared from the seas, and grass is
growing in our ship-yards. But the
news comes from the Flowery Empire
that first. class steam frigate has been
launched in Chinese waters, every part
of which was manufactured at home by
native artisans. The increase of the
japanese navy is giving positive alarm
to the Russian Government. An i'm.
mense dock has been constructed in
the Gulf of Yeddo, capable of receiv-
ing for repairs the largest vessels in the
world. Extensive machine shops have
been erected, where all parts of war;
frigates are turned out, including en-
gines and boilers. In few years we
may look to see the vessels of China
and Japan bring the products of these
countries to our commercial cities. The
next step will probably be to do our
coasting trade, for which we have not
vessels enough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
A Persian Horror.

Many narrowing facts have been given
of the late dreadful famine in Persia,
but one incident is now related so in.
tensely horrible as almost to surpass all
belief, although seriously mentioned in
the Leuant Times. In the Persian CITY
of Flamatan, two famishing women,
aided by seven others, stole three chill.
dren and ate them. They were arrest
ed, and the bones of the dead children
found partially concealed in their
clothes. The Grand Vizier condemned
the two women to the gibbet, and their
companions in guilt to be starved to
death in prison. At the end of week
five of these seven wretches were found
dead in the prison, after having de-
voured the other two.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
DarkeY Logic.

Abe Music-"I tole you, Jim, dis
country's heap poarer an twas afo' de
wa Jess look at my ole mars he's
plump strapped and amt wuff a dolla',
an afo' de wa he owned a bundled
nigga's at was wuff a thousand dolls a
piece. | tell We de country's a heap
poarer"
Jim Henry" Go way, Abe; yer don't
reckon right, de country's heap bet
ter off. Afo' de wa us niggers was all
po'-we didn't own our own clos. But
now every niger owns his self, an dar
amt one cd 'em as could be bought for
ten thousand dollars
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
A Stern Judge.

Old Otsego county boasts Justice of
the Peace who flashes out in the annals
of local fame as arraigning himself for
delinquency. The Justice of the
Peace referred to mo matter about his
name or where he belongs) possesses
the eXcellant attributes of integrity.
He let down in weak moment. the iu-
dicial bars which should hedge him in
and roamed into the field of Bacchus.
In short, on recent occasion he i'm
bibed too much strong drink, and in
consequence awoke with a realizing
sense of that fact the next morning.
Now here was pretty go. A Justice
of the Peace had been on bender, or
part of one. A man who was appoint
ed to swing the fail of justice over the
heads of poor unfortunate fellows wan
dering over into the wrong pasture him
solf. But there it was. He felt re.
minders of it in the occasional throbs of
headache. But what was to be done !?
The more he viewed it the more he be-
came disguised with himself. He made
up his mind. He would attend to his
case. He would vindicate the outraged
law. So, at the usual hour, he entered
his Office. He formally opened court,
and then he called his own name as de-
PENDANT in suit in which "the people"
charged him with an offsnse against
the law, went over the circumstances
in detail so far as he could remember
them, read "the statute in such cases
made and provided" and then asked
the prisoner what he had to say" In
the role of prisoner he pleaded guilty to
the offense, said it was shame for a
man of his years and position, but
hoped "the Court would not be too Sc
we're or him, as he was determined to
reform" "The prisoner will stand up"
said the stern old Justice. Then the
prisoner arose. "Now," said the JUS
tice, 8" am very sorry you have been
brought into this court on a charge
which so seriously affects your good
name and standing in society you
have set a bad example, and if you 90
on at this rate you will bring sorrow
and disgrace on yourself and family. l
sentence you to pay fine of $40 and
costs, or to thirty days imprisonment
in the county jail" The prisoner"
said he would prefer to pay the fine
and then the court closed. He walked
over to the postmaster of the town and
paid the $l0.-O Utica Observer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
Current Items.

BuFrALo has ll4,00O people.
NEWARK, N. j., has 10000 people.
CONNECTICUT has $4,000 Freemasons.
THE public debt of Texas is 1923,
600.
AUBURN, Me-, turns out 1000 pairs of
shoes per hour.
CoTToN factories are springing up all
over the South.
NICKEL'PLATED hat.irons are coming
into general use.
EIGHTY palace cars arrive and depart
from Chicago daily.
In 1896, Cleveland had a population
OF only three persons.
THERE are 10000 professional must
clans in New York city.
AN Ohio hurricane lately carried a
bolt OF tiannel nine miles.
NEWARK, N. j., is to have Catholic
cathedral, to cost 81 100000.
The health of New Orleans has been
remarkably good this summer.
BEN BUTLER withdraws from the Cub
ernatorial field in Massachusetts,.
EXCELLENT whisky"i is manufactured
in Cincinnati from potato Feelings and
cigar stumps.
STRAUSS pronounces the American
pianos the best in the world, and he
ought to know.
THERE will be enough wild grapes in
Texas this season to make more wine
than was ever manufactured in France
in one year.
The new Manhattan Market, in New
York city, covers an entire square, and
cost ST. 100000. 1t is the largest market
in the world.
IT requires Sc steam presses and over
1000 employees to do the Government
printing; and at least SO per cent. of
the printing that is done is utterly
valueless to the country. There is no
department of the Government which
admits so largely OF retrenchment and
reform.
DR.. JOHN MURRAY is brave man.
DR.. John Murray is also distinguished
English physician, who has the amazing
effrontery to discover and declare that
tobacco is not wholly injurious, and
that common snuff will, in many cases,
arrest the progress of pulmonary con-
sumption.
THERE is colored woman in Louis.
vile who was bitten by mad dog thirty
years ago, and has had periodic parox-
ysms Of catalepsy ever since. These,
paroxysms seize her regularly about
twice month, and during their preva-
lence she banks like dog and wrestles
around the floor in lively manner, but
touches no one. She is entirely harm
less, and has raised family of children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
The Great st. Louis Bridge.

The work upon the st. Louis bridge
is going forward rapidly, and the super
structure is nearly completed. Theup.
per roadway will be fifty.four feet wide,
including two sidewalks, each eight feet
in width. This leaves a width of near.
ly thirty. eight feet, which will be divid-
ed into four tramways-two for street
cars and light driving, and two for
heavy teams. Underneath the above
will be double track railroad. 1t is
thought that both the bridge nd the
tunnel will be finished in year from
this time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

Mr.. SEWARD is making rapid progress
in his narrative of his journey round
the world. He has got through Asia
and Africa, and is now writing the &C.
count of his visit to Switzerland. The
latter part of the work will contain his
general reflections on the countries he
has seen, and a summing up of his
comparison of different races and ma.
tions, which, from a man of his ability
and experience, can hardly fail to be
highly instructive and interesting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
The Gentle Observation-Disclosures of a
Domestic Pest.

Inquiries made in Paris by Stronin,
and in Berlin by Ehlert, show that the
valuable character of the cockroach as
a scavenger and sanitary agent has not
been moderated by the ignorant classes.
Stronin says that in all those quarters
OF Paris where the paper and paste are
accumulated the people encourage the
multiplication of these insects, and
even undertake to tame and breed
them, and he attributes their immunity
from cerebro-spinal meningitis and
kindred diseases in great part to this
fact. A recent writer in the North
American Review, whose sanitary in.
formation and statistical style lead to
the suspicion that he holds an official
position, states that the .journeyman
bakers of this and other cities have
long been aware of the preference
which this insect has for putrescent
farinacious food. "The cellars where
the work is done," he says, Swarm
with these animals, and in one place,
occupied by Germans, found that the
vessel in which they kept their yeast,
and which was never covered from the
air, for obvious reasons, was a favorite
resort of the cockroaches. The yeast
every morning was thick with them,
and the workmen before using it were
in the habit of carefully straining the
animals out through coarse sieve"
The same writer naively remarks "that
such is the firm belief Of certain bakers
in the sanitary efficacy of the insect
that they frequently insert it in the
loaves themselves"
The awakening of public attention to
this hitherto neglected but valuable
animal has also led to the discovery that
there are, in certain English seaport
towns, distinct class of cockroach fan.
ciers. This fact and the success of the
importation of English sparrows in
destroying the measuring-worm nuts.
ance led no doubt to the recent attempt
to import English cockroaches. These
insects are not unlike our own blatta
orientalis. The box containing 5000,
which was recently sent to the Paris
Commissioners from Hull, were blooded
insects, and it was said had been crossed
with the kakerlac of South America.
Experiments instituted by commission
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

The late General Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
fixed the salaries of their Bishops at
$4,000 each, and made it obligatory for
the Bishops to live in the bounds of
their several districts. A general church
fund is to be raised to meet the salaries
of the Bishops and other officers on the
"dollarn plan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

YALE pays its Professors $4,000, Har.
ward $4,000, Dartmouth and Wooster
University $4,000, Marietta 81 800, 0ber.
lin and Wabash 81, 500, Western Reserve
1900. A slender stipend, at the lar.
gest, for work that in many cases is be.
Yond price.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30
The Found er of a City.

Scranton, now the third city in Penn.
sylvania, was founded only thirty years
ago by Joseph II. Scranton, who lived
to see populous and wealthy manu-
featuring city arise in that short period,
mainly through his own efforts, from
what was at first not even a hamlet. He
died on the 9th of June, at the age
of IS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

A GERMAN Psychologist asserts that
animals which are being fattened, par.
ticularly oxen, should not be encour.
aged to drink much water, for the
reason that, as has been found by ex-
pertinent, the absorption of water gen.
crates carbonic acid to excess and tram.
mels the formation Of fat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

BRILLIANT red carpets, as well as
green ones, contain arsenic. Lead, in
various forms, is used in the glazing of
some cuffs and collars made of paper,
and when the hands and neck perspire
the lead is absorbed, and poisoning re.
suits. When shall we be secure from
poisons in the most common articles?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

The Sioux are very observant. One
Of Spotted Tails followers, who speaks
a little English, seeing one of the ser.
want girls at a hotel take OFT her CHG
non, the other day, exclaimed, " How
White woman raise her own scalp In
dian no good herel"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

AN inqu ring citizen of Madison, Ind,
thrust his fingers into horses mouth
to see how many teeth he had. The
horse closed his teeth to see how many
fingers the man had. The curiosity Of
each was fully satisfied.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

NJ. BERNADoTTE, of Sweden, grandson
Of Napoloen's Marshal Of that name,
has gone to Pau. At home M. Berna-
dotte is known as King Of Sweden.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-30

A TALL, slim fellow is in trouble. He
wants to know what character to as.
sumo at masquerade. A kindly jour.
nal advises him to braid his legs and go
as a whip lash, swallow himself round
and round few dozen times, and go as
a roll Of tape, wrap himself in the
American flag, and 60 a, BARRIERS
pole, bristle his hair up and as a white.
wash brush, swallow a few marbles, and
60 as a rattle box, put an insulator in
his mouth and 60 as telegraph pole,
or walk on his hands and go as a pair
of scissors. He is in worse trouble now
than before,