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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-22

COURT OF APPEALS. This Court adjourned
its winter term on Saturday last 1t sat one
hundred and thirty days, and decided sixty -one
causes besides hearing arguments in good
many others. The decision in the Building
Fund aud Homestead cases is reserved until
the court meets at Wytheville in June, These
aSes were argued Just at the end of. the term
here, and there are yet written arguments to be
put in the hands of the judges, and in conse
quence thereof, and owing to their great i'm
portance the court desires a thorough consld,
Grafton of them before it delivers its opinion
The Special Court of Appeals will meet in
Richmond on the LIST day Of July, and the
Court of Appeals have set apart for it to try
fifty cases upon its docket, counting from the
j4th case. Mr.. Christian, the clerk, will, as
soon as he can, make out docket of these
cases, and send one to each Of the counsel in
terested in them Rich. enquirer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-22

LouDoUN County, From the Leesbnrg
Washngtonian. MIR. Alexander Egn, lett
Aide on Sunday night last, about . clock,
to go to his home iu the neighborhood OF Mid
dleburg, and is supposed to have been brown
from his horse, as he was found next morning
sreechless and fatally injured; He died on
Wednesday last lie was highly esteemed as
good citizen.
The weather continues unusually dry many
of our farmers experiencing much difficulty in
getting water for their stock. Springs and
wells have goue dry Which were never knowD
to fail before.
The wheat and pasture fields are beginning to
present beautiful appearance. A few more
weeks aud the cat,e-lean from starvation in
consequence OF the scarcity Of forage, will be in
clover.
The April term Of the Circuit Court com
mences in Leesl,urg, to-day, 22d inst. Judge
Keith presiding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-22

ITALIAN MACAkONI received this day by
L apo j. {, MlLBURN.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
DO Bees Eat Grapes!

If YOU will take pin and puncture a
given number of grapes in cluster, you
will find the bees feeding on all OF them,
while those not punctured are untouched.
This is pretty conclusive proof on this
point, and ought to satisfy most people.
II is quite common practice to make an
arbor of grapes over the bee-stands, and
vet il is seldom the bees attack these
grapes The grapevines are not pushed
forward with high culture, or pruned with
that skill that produces large crops, hence
the crop is light They are not much dis
turbed bv insects, or liable to skin-burst-
ing, and the result is the bees do not eat
them. But in the vineyard the case is
different. There the vines are exposed to
the most direct rays of the sun; the fruit
is pushed forward with high culture and
close pruning, that shall induce more
vigorous growth Of fruit the skin is more
delicate, and, being pressed with fluid. is
liable to burst insects are more numer-
Gus. for the conditions are such as to
draw them to the spot for food or breed
inc and they delight to feed on this richer
and more succulent fruit, that has been
grown under more favorable condition
of things. Mr.. Nusbit, beekeeper Of
note. in Kentucky, in writing to the
Country Gentleman, says that thirty years
of careful observation have convinced
him that bees never attack the sound
grapes. During that time he has had a
large vineyard for wine-making, and at
times has kept hundred stands Of bees.
Many other prominent bee-keepers have
given similar testimony, and not one, 50
far as know, has taken the other side OF
the question. / am therefore fully salts
fed, from my own observation, as
well as the testimony OF others, that
bees do not eat or attack SOUND
grapes, and that IN eating those that
have been injured, they produce no in
Jury to the crop The injured grapes are
not fit to go to market, and must be care
fully clipped from the clusters, whether
the bees sip the juice from them or not
It is also certain that, when there Is plen..
ty of buckwheat in bloom at the time OF
the ripening Of grapes, the bees VIII neg
lect the grapes for the buckwheat
But the bees do the hOrticulturists an
immense amount of good, especially in
wet, cold springs, when they carry the
fertilizing pollen from flower to flower,
in the orchard and the fruit-garden, that
insures to us better crop of fruit.
In connection with our apiary Is also a
large orchard, containing many thousand
trees. This orchard has produced uni
formly good crops Of fruit; that Is, bet
ter average than similar orchards where
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
Rather MOnOtOnOus.

1t is impossible to choke off the poets.
We say disagreeable things about them
every week, and yet they continue to send
in their illusions with the same calm con-
.dence as of old that we have silver
mine somewhere which is kept in perpct-
ual operation for the solitary purpose of
purchasing rhymes AT stupendous prices.
This week we have one from being who
has chosen for his theme 1.-The Watch
ing Mother" This vigilant parent, if we
understand the thing, Is sitting by her in
FAINT child in the middle of the night
ready To respond when it inquiries for
parcgoric. The poet says Beside the
couch she sat, whereon her infant slept;
and as she looked upon his face, she bow
ed her head and wept He was her only
one, into her heart he'd slept and as her
mothers love weled up she bowed her
head and wept. lie was but one year old,
and hardly yet he crept. Perhaps he'd
diet All dreadful thought She bowed
her head and wcpt Thus far an angel
form her boy from harm had kept with
thankful, grateful heart, she bowed her
head and wept" Perhaps this will be
enough for once. There are sixty-two
verses, and in every one of them that
singular parent bowed her head and
wept 1t made no difference to her
whether her offspring crept or walked, or
accepted its food regularly or screamed,
or took notice, or had guardian angels,
or measles, or anything, that infatuated
mother bowed her head and wept all the
same. 1t il extremely affecting, but un-
qucstionably monoionous. We shall
give the rest of the poem at intervals, one
verse at time, during the year. Per
haps il may run over into next year.
Persons who tire Of il can have the adj
dress of the poet by applying at this office.
II he must be shot, let the murderous
deed be committed by some other frenzied
suffer than us.--PhiLadeiphia Sunday
UesIateh
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
How the Case Was Put.

ONE of the foremost LAWYERS in Canada
is the famous Queens Counsel O'Reilly,
of Kingston, who secured such reputa-
ton by his successful and highly dramatic
management of the prosecution of Whelan
for the murder of the Hon. Thomas
Darcy MCGEE. Tall, handsome, ford,
he recalls irresistibly the Irish counselor
OF fifty years ago, alike prepared for the
bottle or the bar, ready with joke, a
challenge, or demurrer. Well, Mr..
OReilly was once engaged for the plain
tiff in suit where it was sought to re-
cover 81, 1000, alleged to be due by defend
ant, who denied the existence of any
liability whatever. 1t was on country
circuit The jurors were of the agricul-
tural persuasion. For two mortal DAYS
the counsel on both sides pelted them
with authorities, references, objections
cross-eXamlnations, rebutting evidence,
testimony in rebuttal-heaven and
the Chief Justice only knows what-tiii
the honest farmers were reduced to a
comatose condition. All this time O'Reilly
had stood aloof, and when he rose, a
mournful sigh broke from the twelve
jurors, sure that he, too, would bring
down upon them perfect avalanche of
authorities. Judge of their surprise and
relief when the eminent counsel, in his
blandest voice, commenced Gentlemen,
| shall not seek willfully to confuse you
with false quotations, which cannot affect
the Judgment of honest and sensible men.
The case is very plain one. My client
says the defendant owes him 81, 900 the
defendant says he owes my client moth
ing. They have been talking the matter
over these two days, and come to no con-
clusion. | ask you to look at this ques-
ton from the standpoint of your own
plain, practical common sense. Suppose
that any one of you were about to trade
horses (here the jurors pricked up their
ears)-to trade horses with mel repeat,
with me- You asked 800, offered $50
We couldn't come to terms. We natural
ly went to some honest and sensible
neighbor, as it might be your worthy fore
man, and he decided that we should
SPLIT the difference, AS the fairthing between
man and man. That is all ask you to
do-just deal fairly between us, as you
would be dealt by. / leave my case in
your hands, In five minutes the jury re-
turned verdict for the plaintiff for 81 900,
that being their way of splitting the diff
ference between so and $4,000, and the
plaintiff has not ceased to regret to this
day that he did not bring suit for $4,000.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

mind must be taken up and worked over.
and become part of the mind itself, or il
is good for nothing If it has no nutri-
ton in it, nothing to make new thoughts
and new ideas, if it cannot give some
thing to the mind or waken something in
it, then it is chatf, rubbish, poison any
thing but food. Half dozen lines Of
the right sort, read in the right way, are
worth volumes of trash, or even of good
sense carelessly read and then forgotten.
Don't throw away your books, Johnny.
but learn to go through them. as the
miner goes through his painful of sand
and quartz, watching for the CLEAN Of
gold, and carefully picking out the pre-
cious bits.
And we should like to say to Johnny's
father and mother, do not rest satisfied
while your boy "reads everything" 1t is
direful day for you if you have neglected
to direct and cultivate his taste until he
has come to be n mere devourer of the
stories of wild, improbable adventure and
exciting fiction, which is poured out like
flood for the destruction of our boys; but
even yet you can do something to counter
act the evil if you are willing to work for
it-by taking your child with you into the
fields of art, of history, and of science,
which may be made as charming to the
unfolding mind as the regions of romance.
LitMe IoLlnlaL
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

Mn STURGEON has been staying in
Rome. and. on recent Sunday, preached
in the Presbyterian Church, outside the
Porta de Popolo, the regular minister OF
which is DR.. Lewis. A correspondent OF
the London Telegraph, describing the ser
vice. writes Perhaps the boldest thing
Mr.. Spurgeon ever said in his life was
,aid in his running comments before the
sermon while reading a chapter ef Scrip.
tnre Somehow or other he introduced
Rome and Roman affairs into his DIS
course. and raising his hands and eyes at
the same time-the hands clasped, the
ewes turned up to the ceiling-he broke
ont with out warning or preparation OF
onv kind in the following terms .
Victor Emmanuel y Emmanuei VI
Heaven. thou true Victor! help the Italians,
bless and sanctify their cause, and make
them prosperous do not think the cry
If FIRE. or Stop thief uttered in the
middle of the sermon would have caused
,,uch more sensation than his prayer did.
Some of the congregation looked frighten-
Cd some indignant, some painfully anus
od few old ladies seemed as II tney
wou,d rush out of the church, but, being
too far from the door, kept their seats.
Others appeared bewildered, hardly know
inc whether to laugh or to cry, and quite
beside themselves. Others, agaih.amhu a
they formed the greater portion OF .ne
congregation, both as REGARDS. men anu
women-sat as it were, speli-pound, anu
deyout looking, wondering what Woufd
come next.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
Youths Department.
WILLIES LODGER.

Two little boys. named Willie,
Live in the house with me-
One is as good darling
As ever wish To see;
His eyes are glad, his smile is sweet,
His voice is kind. his dress is neat
And he is the boy for ire.
This Willie SAYS. ''Good morningl"
Happy as any bird.
A merrier laugh, a heartier step,
No mortal ever heard
THANK you" he says. and IF you pleases"
lie will not pout, he will not tease
OH he is the boy for me!
The other Willie, sad to say,
Il very, very bad;
l think he is as cross a child
As ever u mother had
go way" he shrieks. He squalls and cries,
The angry tears oft fill his eyes
He is not the boy for me.
He fingers round my Willie,
And whispers evil things
Oh how we dread him for we know
The sin and grief he brings.
Who keeps him, them Why. Willie's self;
He keeps this calf. this wicked elf,
Who Is not the boy for me-
II were you. dear Willie,
I'd make him stay away
This boy who grievcs your mother,
And spoils the brightest day.
For he lives In you, where he don't belong;
So turn him out, and fight him strong!
- See here" I'd say, clear ont you pupil
This heart IL mine. Your time is upl
You're not the boy for me.
Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
Plans of Life.

/ DEEM it of the first moment to a true
plan of life to give to the true acquisition
of worldly gear its Just position, as an
important incident, not the chief object,
of a manly career He who has reached
his thirtieth fOrticth, tiftieth year, yet is
still poor and needy, may possibly have
been kept poor by unusual burdens or
successive misfortunes; but, in the alb
sence of these, the natural presumption is
strong that he has been idle, or luxurious
or dissipatcd, and misused or neglected his
opportunities He had no moral right to
become a husband and father without
earnestly striving to make that reasonable
and lust provision for the legitimate
wants of his household, in the absence of
which the great Apostle would regard
him as " worse than an intdel.
A comfortable home that does not be-
long to any other husband, wife and
children excepted; calling or pursuit
whereby livelihood may to moral GER
tainty be gained & vicinage which, how
ever rude and repulsive at first, shall at
length become agreeable and attractive I;
the appreciation of the good and the dis
like or dread of the irreclaimably profil-
gate and depraved-so much, at least,
should be included in the plan of life OF
every thoughtful youth. There be those
whose hatred honcrs its object !; there be
some whose defamation is praise. He
who aspires to please every one, will be
sure to deserve the hearty appreciation OF
none. Let him rather resolve and strive
so to bear himself that his friends and his
enemies alike shall be such that, whoever
is acquainted with both, shall know that
his heart is pure and his life noble, and he
cannot fail to die conscious and thankful
that he has not lived wholly in yain.-
Hoyseh0I MdQdsine
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

"Oh, erery ning," says his father, proud.
ly. johnny is perfect book-worm, and
we just have TO drive him away from his
book"
Sorry to hear il, Master Johnny; live
boy has no business to be book-worm.
II Il no more sign Of a smart boy to be
a great reader than it is Of q strong man
10 be a great eater. One may read too
much as well as eat too much, and the
brain as well as the stomach be
loaded with undigested food that is only
an injury to it. It is not what you eat,
but what you digest, that makes you
strong. II is not the food in your stom-
ach, but the food taken up by the won
derful machinery Of your body and made
over into blood, and bone, and nerve, and
sinew, that keeps up the daily growth OF
your body and builds you up into man.
And just so the food which you give your
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

no bees are kept; and for this the bees
have credit, while they are never charged
with injury to the vineyard, where tons
grapes are produced That their good
offices are seen in the better setting OF the
grapes, | am fully convinced. No one
need hesitate to keep bees for of los
ing their grapes by them, for this, /
think, is settled beyond all cavil.
Though, when flowers are not to be had.
they may swarm in the cider-mill, or the
wine-press, and persist in eating ripe APP
pies that have their skins abraded; this is
the extent of their foraging, and no more.
Cor CHICAGO Tribune
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
A Fancy Picture Of Shakspeare's
Household.

From Holmes "Poet of the Breakfast Table, Id
the Atlantic Monthly.
wonder if anything like this ever nap
pened The author writing
~. ~ 10 be, or not to be? that is the ques''0"'
Whether tbs no5s-"
William. shall we have pudding to-
Gay, or fiapjacks?"
Flapjacks an it please thee, Anne, vi
q pudding, for that matter or what VIII,
good woman, or thou come not betWAs
me and my thought
Exit Mistress Anne, with strongly &C
cented closing of the door and murma srs
thee to talk as # fhou hadst no stomach
10 fill. We poor wives must swink LOT
our masters, while they sit in their arm arm,
chairs chair growing as great in the grin
through laziness as that ill-mannereu 1lu
mt man William hath writ OF in his poo ,, ,
ofplayers' stuff. One had as well meddie
with a porkpen, which hath thorns All
over him, as try to deal with William
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

when his, eyes be rolling in that mad
way"
withdrawing once more-after an
exclamation in strong English of the old
er pattern
I" Whether tis no6ler-nobley--nobler
do what? Q these women these women !,
to have buildings or fiapjacks! Oh =
. Whether tss n0bLer-n the miad-to
suffer
the stinqs-ond arrous-of-
"Oh' oh these women | will cen
step over to the parsons and have cup
of sack with his reverence, for methinks.
Master Hamlet hath forgot that which
was just now on his lips to speak"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

No more amusing anecdote is told OF
Artemus Ward than the following One
day while travelling in the cars, and feel.
ing miserably, and dreading TO be bored
by strangers, man took seat beside
him and presently said, "Did you hear
the last thing on Horace Greeley ?"
Greeley? Greeley Z" said Artemns.
Horace Greeley? Who is he = The
man was quiet about five minutes. Pref
ty soon he said, George Francis Train
is kicking up a good deal OF row over
in England. Do you think they will put
him in Bastie p "Train Train George
Francis Train 2" said Artemus, solennly.
a. never heard of him. This ignorance
kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes /;
then he said, "What do you think about
General Grants chances for the Prcsidcn.
cyg Do you think they will run him.
"Grant? Grant Hang it, man, said
Artemus, "you appear TO know more
strangers than any man ever saw The
man was furious he walked up the car,
but at last came back and said, You
COMPOUNDED ignoramus, did you ever hear
of Adam - Artemus looked up and said,
"What was his other name ?"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

HoRsE AND Doc FLEsH,-A correspond
ant of the Medical and SuyytcM Reporter.
u,ho had experience during the siege OF
p p" saws: dHorse-fesh looks and tastes
exactly like beef. and not only WI" !, h MN i
Guilty can be DISTINGUISHED from aa ~, J hnw -
in fact preferable to 1t. II IS oe'.ar i T. =,
ever. the same as cat-meat, 70 pu. y ~
pickle for thirty-six hours. pDg m Innt
When properly prepared, resembles NUT
ton and even deer.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

CHILDREN invent curious etymologies.
"Come, Conner said distracted father
who had endured the children's noise on
Christmas day, till patience ceased TO be a
virtue, sthere's no reason why you should
scream and holloa SC" "Why, father"
said one Of the little fellows, don't you
know this is a hollerdayY'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

THE New York Commercial Adoertiaer
says "Young men in society sometimes
to x hea sec one hGS supd ey sn
lum they know what to expect, but to see
young men, with capacities Of energy and
strength, taking absolute pains to appear
as though born fools, is aggrayating to
the most intense degree"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

Alexis pronounces Russia with the
short u, not Rooshia, as many persons In,
correctly pronounce 1t.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
OilIng Harness.

HARNESS should be washed ana Oilca
once in six months after il Is commenced
being used. II it Is neglected for years
and becomes hard, it is next TO impossible
Ia make il soft and as pliabe ms harness
should be to wear well and be easy for
the horse Harness leather is tanned
from oak and hemlock- sometimes from
mixture of both. Oak makes the soft
est leather and Is more durable and agree
able for harness work, il being from one
TO four pounds lighter i'm harness of the
same appearance. To oil harness
properly take every strap apart, NJ far as
practicable, and put il in tub of warm
soap suds--if IL soaks through all the bet
ter thoroughly wash, and with stiff
brush, or otherwise, remove all gum and
dirt. If any repairing Is needed, now is
the time TO do it. The best oil to use is
pure ncatsfoot If this cannot be obtained,
liver, or tanners oil, as IL is sometimes
called, may be used. ] am aware that
other oils or greases are used, but do
not believe in their efficacy : ut least l
never knew a tanner to use other than the
oils named. and used to be conversant
with their modes Of manufacturing
leather.
Upon bench or board placed in a
handy position, lay out the strap to be
oiled straight, and with common paint
brush apply the oil to the entire surface
and edges Of the strap. The appearance
Of the harness will be benefited by the
addition Of n little lampblack, and the
oiling should be commenced ~ soon AZ
the water has dried from the outside OF
the leathcr-at least the leather should
not be more than half dry whom the oil IL
applied. Now good freeze of your wet
or partially wet leather will greatly tend
to soften your oftimes neglected and
stiHened leather, and add greatly to its
value The principles are: freezing wet
leather softens 1t, and that the oil goes in
as the water goes out-just what the cur
ricr aims TO do in the manufacture of the
leather When the harness IL sufficiently
dry, wipe it of well with cloth, to re-
move the excess of lampblack, buckle up,
and the job Is done for six months.
Prairie Farmer.
AN old-fashioned duel took place In
December, at Cairo, Egypt, between
Artim Bey, equery to the Viceroy and
one OF the wealthiest men in the country,
and an Italian named Gobetti. Gobetti,a
brother had been dismissed from the ser
vice of the Prince for improper conduct,
and afterward admitted to the service OF
the Viceroy. Artim Bey took occasion
to display contempt for Gobetti, the
equerry, which was resented by his
brother, the advocate. Notes were ex,
changed, and meeting agreed upon.
The weapons were foils without button,
and the duel was fought in fencing hall.
A doctor belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental line OF steamers was present.
Gobetti was pierced through the heart,
and Artim Bey seriously wounded. Swag-
gering and bravado arc common in Egypt,
and II is expected that the fatal termina-
ton of this duel Will influence the young
men Of Cairo to be more polite in their
expressions toward each other, and less
hasty in uttering threats which they may
be called upon to fulfil.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08

Why are our sidewalks in winter like
music If you do not G sharp you will
b fiat.