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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

Milk AZ A REMEDY. -Considcrabl has been
lately said il medical ournals concerning the
valu, Of milk az remedial agent in certain
diseases
An interesting nr:ico on this subject lately
apncSrcd in the London Milk Journal, il whcl
it Is Stated on tho authority OF DR.. BENZ. Clarke
that in the East Indies warm milk is used to =
g; ca. extent ~ y specific for diarrhna. a pint
every four hour: will check tho most vio!cLt
diar.kni, stomach ache, incpient cholera and
dy.rn:nry Ihc milk should never be bollnd,
bat Only heated sufficiently to be agrccnbly
warm, not too hot to drink. Milk which has
bean boiled il unit for use. This writer give!
several instances to show the value of this simple
substance in arrcsting this disease, among which
is the following: The writer says, ''it has never
failed in curing in six or twelve hours, and |
have tried it, | should think, fifty times. l have
also given it 20 dying man who had been SUBJ
icct to dyscntCry eight months iattery accom-
panied ny one continual dlarrhna, and 1t ac:eG
on him like charm. In two days his darrccs
was gone, III three weeks he became u hale, fit
man. and now nothing TINT may hcreaftcr occur
will ever shake his faith in hot milk" A writer
also communicates to the Medical Times and
GaZcttc g statement Of the va!ue Of milk in
twenty six Gases Of typhoid fever, in every one
OF which its Great waite was apparent II checks
dn.rThm@, and nnurish"s ma c3Ols the body.
People suffering from disease require food quite
a. much 81 those in hcnlth and much more so in
certain dis"nsc- where there Is rapid waste Of tho
system. Frequently all ordinary food in certain
hia,n@cs is rrJ""tnn by the stomach, and even
| uthcd by the patient, but nature, ever BENCH
c":t, hng furnished II food that III all diseases is
brnrfclhl-in yotnr directly curative. Such
fnni ia milk Tho writer in the journal last
q"trd, DR.. Al" <nnhcr Ynln after giving partic-
uIar "',anrvt.s"ns upon tho points above men
timed ~ IT, nrL."n in checking diarrhGt, its
n"nriel'g pr"prrti"a. md iLs action in cooling
the h,hy pnys. "Wn believe that milk nouT-hcs
IN fever, p'"urrL"n sleep, wards off dclirium,
op.h'a tho ,ntrlinrr, nna in fine, is the sine qua
non IN iyptr"Id frvnr." We nave also lately
trslrt The Ynuc If milk in scarlet fever, and
learn Tint IT, j.: nn~ recommended by the medical
u.nl.y IN NIL rn"r. 81 Lhio often very distressing
Cnlidicu'r di:'.ntr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

ton was completed, the Victoria and Albert
steamed to the front again, and She review
terminated with grand salute, fired sinful
taneousy by all the vessels Of the ,ct. Tic
ROYAL party then returned to Portsmouth, where
8 banquet and other festivities were enjoyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24
& aiiufera. Remedy.

The New \ nrk Journal Of Commerce publish
cs the following rccci pt COR cholera mixture, Of
which it says:
I'VE have seen il in constant use :or n@arly
two score years, and found it to be tie bt>t
remedy for !co>cnc>s OF the bowels ever y.t
devised. 1t is to be Commended for scvcra!
rc:sons 1t is not 10 b. mixed with liquor, and
therefore will not be used rs a alcoholic bev-
eragc: its ingredients are wcliknown among
all the common people, and it will have no
prejudice to combat. Each Of the materials
is in equal ton to tic others, and il may
therefore be compounded without professional
skill: and ,as the dose is 50 very small. it may
be carried in u tiny phial in tie wais!cpat
pocket, ard be always al hand. Its:
Tinct. opli.
CapSici,
Rhcl CO.,
Mcnlh pip,
Campho
Mix the above in equal parts: dose, ten to
thirty drops. In plain terms, take equal parts
tincturc of opium, red pepper, rhubarb, pep
pcrnint aud camphor, and mix them for use.
La case of diarrlr ,, take dose of ten or twcn-
ty Drops in three or four tcaspopntuls Of water.
30 one vino has this by him, and takes it in
time, will ever have the cholera. We commend
it 20 our western friends and hope tia! the
recipe will he widely published. Even when
10 cholera is anticipated, it is an excellent
remedy tor Ordinary summer complaint.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

The late political "nIovcmcnt, a. it il call
cd, in Louisiana, docs not seem 10 amount e.
much, one way or tho other.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

The money article in the Baltimore Sun to-
day saws -"The death Of Mr.. Horace T. CLARK,
in New York has upset many pla'!s Tor move
mcpts in the leading stocks, ard it is inposs-
bic now to say what will be done. The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company directors have de-
ciacd to issue 5000. 900 Of bonds, the stock
holders to have the first opportunity to take
them the proceeds to be devoted to paying
maturing indebtedness on contracts inr steam
crs now building, AMI to pay f'r new steamers
to be contracted for Stocks generally continue
dull and tend downward. and any particular
stock in the New ork market which is made
a target Of by the "bcars" yields readily
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

which make8the most superior quality OF lron-
anthracite and bituminous coal, can be deliver
ed here as oheaply, and in some instances
CHEAPER, than at the works of the Ashland
company.
With all the advantages possessed here We
can see no reason why iron furnaces and rolling
mills established at Alexandria would not be a
most rcuumerativc Investment and We trust
that Mcssrs. Barbour and Mckenzie will, :
necessary adept the plan 50 successfully pur-
sued by the Reading Railroad, and either lend
material aid to those willing to invest, or them
selves establish furnaces, feeling confident that
they will not only be Of great benefit directly to
the city anu the roads, but indirectly to all this
section OF the State, and that the good thus done
will extend, and Virginia, in the end, reap a
full Shurc of the prosperity which would be sure
to follow, and br;ld up the waste places, de-
velore her resources and make her she should
be-one Of the fist mauvtactu; ing States IN
the Union.
While the railroad companies may, and
dou btlcss will, be inst umenta! in the develop
ment Of this important interest, yet it is essen
,ial that the capitalists and business men Of our
community, and those directly aud Indirectly
connected with its prosperity, should contribute
to the con>unmation Of tie enterprise, aud the
suggestion made few days since, that meet
inc be called ard the subject fully discussed
and It's benefits shown, might now be carried
cut, the effect OF which would most likely be to
excite an interest which would probably be pro-
.Iuctve Of grca. COED, and go far towards hast
cuing the full development Of the undertaking.
IL connection with this subject We are pei
mttcd to publish the following letter from VIM.
Mines, IT,, proprietor Of the Shenandoah Iron
Works in this STATE the profits Of which, last
year, are said &c have amounted to $4,000:
SHENANDOAH IRON Works,
June 18th, 1873.
Hon. Lcris McEcn-ie:
Desr Sir: Yours Of the 9th is at hand. l think
with you there might be very extensive works
for the manufacture o. iron established in Alcx-
centrcing there would mako reduced rate for
the transportation Of ores and I would not hcsi-
tate taking stock but for the fact that the devcl
opnlent of our own property demands all the
money can put in, and particularly now that
tho S. V. 4. K. will soon be running through
tho property l have often wondered Why it
WAS there wcrc no iron works started in Alexan-
dris.; it has always seemed to me to bea desirable
place FOR the manufacture of iron, and # could
sp4r;, tho money would 1T once invest in tho en-
torpr,Sr With my best wishes for your success,
am yours respectfully,
VIM MuHES .JR
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

CunI.EhA I'npAUTIoSs. We mentioned on
SaurIay Il rad cxperincc which the city Of
Wheeling underwent some years ago in trying
10 ward Of the cholera. Dr. S. l.. Jcrsou,
the Health Officer Of that city, in telling the
lc1)Ie hcw to keep off the cholera, says,
amongst many other things:
For out houses that are offensive, copperas
i. tic iras, jisincctant 1t should be frequent
j. used Unless the case is very peculiar one,
he II:ai.h Officer will not order the cleansing
Of any more vaults, believing thorough dis
inicctlon i, preferable during the hot weather, >
Wheeling has learned that when the cholcr,
season la, arrived it is too late to clean up
R,chnDnd Ui patch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24
rl>nr NOT COMPREii HNSlNE WORK
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Til HOUR AND TILE MAN, an I1;storisal
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RUFFLINGS, RUCHES, &c, of different
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24

PnoraSE SWEARING. The President, when
asked recently whether the report was true
that he bad never, even in army life, used pro,
fame language, no matter what the provocaiion.
is said to have admitted the soft iurcach
ncn,, and added this explanations
:" have always regarded protauc language
:s UNNECESSARY, to say the least, and as | am
man Of few words, have never been able {"
understand the necessity for useless expressions
Of The character referred to. = Wash. Chronicle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-24
Terrific CARTRIDGE E.Nni">!o1.

New York. June ~. w lille Nathan Harsh
and a porter were engaged t. day i'll hr%aA'n-
up cid cartridges in Harsh Brothers ORDNANCE
store for the purpose cf filling new ones WIKI
their contents, terrific cNpoSlon occurred "i
over two thousand cartridges which were <trcwn
over the floor. The front ard bach windows
were blown ou;. and two men sitting IN the
front store were Violently blown into the street
and seriously injured Harsh aid the porte;
and W. Harsh 5 three M:& ANS we're found
frieht!ully injured Nuo Of ;Ha children wa :.
tcrr,blv d,stcurcd. the SKIN t~,,"s turned oil
the greater part 81: his >>:t
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

We have on one or two occasions, says
the Troy Press, given an account Of the
extraordinary feats of the famous eater
employed i'll the brewery of Fitzgerald
Bros, of this city. The first feat of
which public notice was given was his
consuml ton, for $50, of an eleven
pound boiled ham, four pounds of corned
beef, two loayes of bread, dozen cups
of coffee, and three pies, which feat he
accomplished but an hour and half
before partaking of his usual dinner.
He aftcrward offered challenge to any
man in the States of Massachusetts,
Vermont, Connecticut and New York, to
eat more OF any kind of food for bet OF
$500, but had no one to take him up,
with the exception of man i'll Southern
Massachusetts, who hoasted that he
could eat twice as much as the brewery
man, and afterwards swallow our home
champion besides, but this Massachu-
setts man never made his appearance.
The brewery man now offers to eclipse
all his. former efforts l,y the following
feat There will be double wedding
party, from North Adams, at the Man
SION House, ON the 18th inst, and the
champion offers to wager 500 that he
eat, at one sitting, the food prepared can
on that occasion for the whole party.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
Fresh Danherries.

IF every one had the confidence in
| the Government those people exhibit
| who send us newspapers without post
age, there would be no fear for the
| future.
4 READER in New Britain very truth
fully and Indignantly asserts that no
woman, however nervous she may be,
has right to wake her husband from a
sound sleep only to tell him, ON his in
| quiring what is the matter, Nothing,
only | wanted to know if You were
awake"
\ VERY prudent man in Danbury pro-
vidcs himself with an extra hat for the
month OF November. He carries il in
his coat-tail pocket, and when the
wind lifts the one from his head, he
straightway jams on the other and then
puts after the first, and thus not only
saves much chatting from the unregcn-
crate, but actually gets credit as
philanthropist-thc general impression
being that he is in pursuit of somebody
else $ hat.
Now THE winter games for the home
circle are setting in, and the family,
gathered beneath the rays of bright
lSuh, nave an WI otDNtuttl
enjoyment that is blessed to see.
Naught is heard but the grating of the
checker, the click of the domino, and
the muilied rasp of the card, with an
| occasional observation such as "Whose
turn is it ?" "Why don't you play,
mother ?" " You darncd old cheat ~
90, what lie ~ and the like.
The Essex street girls are pursued by
an extraordinary fate. No sooner is one
of them engaged than some grotesquc
occurrence breaks up the match. The
last instance was CD Friday night, when
Il young man leaving his young lady's
house fell down the front stoop, and Sc
verely cut himself with tintypc of his
adored, ON which he struck in IL sitting
posture. When he found out what hurt
him, he was so mad he could not speak,
and when she discovered where he car
ried her picture, she was SO enraocd she
did speak-and to some effect. They
then parted. She shut herself up in her
room, and he went for doctor to pick
out the pieces.
In answer to an item in oIlr last issue
without Il leader, Mr.. Willman writes
lilitb IG HIS HpG itDiutlpIctt VIC Hcltt,
that he is determined to have Il good
band here, and hints ut reorganiza-
ton and continued success. We don't
know how the dreadful error occurred,
and are very sorry it did occur, but we
don't want the band to feel that because
we put up a new office, and filled every
corner of it so the band has no chance
to rehearse under it, nor over it, nor up
against it, that we have any feeling
against the band. We moved from the
other building because we were cramped
for room there, and not because we
wanted to get away from the band.
Neither did we move from the Pahqui-
oque block to get away from the band.
If we did, we slipped up nightly on it,
because the band followed right after
us. We wish it to be understood here
in Danbury, and also in Europe and
Asia Minor, that if there is any one
thing above another thing which we de-
sire in this life it is Il genuine brass
band with three torch-boys about it and
hemlock platform under it. We hope
to keep brass band with us as long as
we live, and when we die we want one
on our tombstone.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

Mr.. Choate rarely failed to show men
tai supremacy anywhere, and generally
came off with flying colors from any
play of wit with judge, lawyer
or witness. But occasionally when
teasing a witness, the great lawyer
found his match and was silenced. Here
is a case :
Choate, i'll an important assault and
battery case at sea, had Dick Barton,
chief mate of the clipper ship Challenge,
on the stand, and badgered him so for
about an hour, that Dick got his salt
water up, and hauled by the wind to
bring the keen Boston lawyer under his
batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony,
Dick had said that the night WAS dark
and rainy.
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked
"Was there moon that night %
"Yes, sir
"Ah, yes q moon -
eyes, IL full moon"
"Did you see it .
Not mite"
Then how do you knew there was
moon?"
"The Nautical Almanac said so,
antt L Will DellcNc tnat sooner tnan any
lawyer in the world.
What was the principalluminary that
night, sir?'
"Biunacle lamp aboard the Chal-
lenge."
"Ah you are growing sharp, Mr..
Barton.
What in blazes have YOU been
grinding me this hour for-to make me
dull ?"
BE civil, sir And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in. -
"Sho-you're joking"
No, sir, l am in earnest, and de-
sire you to answer me.
81 sha mt"
"Ah you refuse, do you?'
Yes l can't !"
"Indeed ! You are the chief mate of
a clipper ship, and are unable to an
swer SO simple question?'
{" Yes its the simplest question |
ever had asked me. Why, l thought
every fool of Il lawyer knew there was
no latjt,Idc at the equator!'
That shot silenced the great lawyer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

WHICH Is WH1cu?-" All, Pat" said
a school-mistrcss to chuckle-headed
urchin, into whose muddy brain she
was attempting to beat the alphabet,
" am afraid you will never learn any
thing. Now what is that letter, eh?'
Sure don't you know, maam ?" re-
phi d Patrick.
Il thought you would have rccol-
lected that much, because it has dot
over the top of it.
"Och, maam, mind it well ; but
sure | thought it was a fly spcck."
"Well, now, remember, Pat, it's |. y
"You, ma'am? ?'
"No, no not U, but l."
"Not l, but U. ma'am. How
that ?"
"Not U, but 1, blockhcad.
"Oh yes; faith, now ] have it,
ma'am. You mean TO say that you, not
[, are blockhead. y
"Fool! fool !" exclaimed the peda
goguess, almost bursting with rage.
"Jist rs you p!aze," replied Pat
"Tool or blockhead, it's no matter t.
me which ye are, so long as ye are free
to own it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
ParlOr Science.

A PIECE of cotton cloth, impregnated
with basic alum and dipped i'll hot in
fusion of cochineal, is dyed a beautiful
crimson.
A RED-HoT iron ball may be placed for
a short time close to the skin of tho
hand, provided thin film of charcoal is
interplsed, because the latter is bad
conductor Of heat.
The iodide of mercury, when rubbed
across sheet of paper, affords a beau
tiful scarlet color. If this streak be
carefully heated, it will change to u
primrose yellow, and if the crystals are
scratched with pin, the color changes
to scarlet again.
The "mineral rainbow" may be pro-
duced by pouring small quantity OF q
solution of terchloride of gold into Il
dish, plate, or cup containing some
ether in which phosphorus has been dis
solved. The gold is instantly reduced
in thin films, presenting purple, blue
and red colors.
WHITE SILK may be gilded by wetting
it with solution of terchloride of gold,
and then exposing the thread to the ac-
ton of sulphurous acid gas, which may
be obtained by burning little sulphur
under jar and confining the vapor.
The silk will be coated in a few moments
with minute particles of gold.
PLACE small piece Of lighted sulphur
in copper capsule attached to the end
of a long wire, and lower it into a jar of
oxygen. The sulphur will burn with u
| beautiful purple or lilac colored light.
The similar combustion OF phosphorus
| yields an intensely white light, and the
| substance emits clouds of white tlaky
matter resembling smoke.
For very amusing experiment, place
five glasses in row, then pour into the
first a solution of iodide of potassium,
the second solution of corrosive sub
Innate, the third a small quantity of
iodide of potassium and some oxalatc of
ammonium, the fourth solution OF
chloride of calcium, and the fifth some
sulphide of ammonium. Now pour part
of the contents of the first glass into the
second, and scarlet color will be OBJ
tanned next pour the second into the
third, and the mixture will be colorless
again, pour the third into the fourth,
and the contents will be white finally,
pour the fourth into the fifth, and the
mass will be dense black. Then you
will have had two glasses colorless, one
scarlet, one white, and one black.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
Ocean Disasters of the Nineteenth
Century,

In Feb, 1905, Abergavenny, lost on
the Bill of Portland 300 persisted.
| In October same year, Ameas, lost off
Newfoundland $40 persisted.
| Dec, 1905, Aurora, foundered on the
Goodwin sands 300 lives lost.
Oct, 1906, Athenian, lost near Tunis;
347 perished
Feb, 1907, Ajax, burned off Teredos;
$50 lost.
Dec, 1910, Minotaur, lost on the
Haak bank 800 perished.
Dec, 1911, Saldanha, lost on the Irish
coast; 800 persisted.
Dec, 1912, st. George, Defense and
Hero, lost on the coast of Jutland; 1000
perishcd.
Jan, 1916, Seahorse, lost near Ira
more bay 3G5 soldiers OF the 9TH regi-
ment persisted.
Aug, 1881, Lady Sherbroke, lost near
Cape Ray; 273 persisted.
Aug, 1898, Amphitrit e, filled with
female conyicts, lost on Boulogne sands;
all lost
Nov, 1888, Protector; IFS persisted.
March, 1874, President, of New York,
lost in gale never heard from.
Dec, 1917, Avenger, lost on the coast
OF Africa ; 200 persisted.
April, 1917, Exmouth, bound for
Quebec, lost, with 2f0 drowned.
March, 1850, Royal Adelaide, lost on
the Tongue sands of Mar9ate over 400
persisted
Feb, 1852, Birkenhoad, troop-ship,
lost on the coast OF South Africa 4Jl
persisted.
Feb, 1858, Independence, lost on the
coast OF California 40 persons drowned
or burned to death.
Sept, 1853, Annie Jane, lost west of
Scotland 3iS lives lost.
JAN, 1888, Taylour, lost, with $50
persons.
April, 1854, Favourite, lost in col
hsion 2Ol drowned.
May, 1851. Lady Nugent, lost in Il
hurricane, with 100 persons.
Sept, 1854, the mail steamer Arctic,
lost of Newfoundland, with 300 lives.
In the same year the City of Glasgow
disappeared, with all on board.
Jan, 1856, Collins steamer Pacific
disappeared with all on board never
since heard Of
Aug, 1867, Central America, found
dered at sea lost $50 persons.
pcDt, 1ooo, AiSlllit, DuInI III ulu-
ocean Al lives lost.
April. 1859, Pomona, wrecked ON
Blackwater bank, through the master
mistaking the light 400 lost.
Oct, 1858, Royal Charter, wrecked on
Anglesea coast; 446 lives lost.
Feb, 1860, Hungarian, wrecked off
the coast of Nova Scotia, with all on
board 600 lost.
Sept, 1860, Lady Elgin, lost on Lake
Michigan, with 2S7 persons.
April, 1868, Anglo-Saxon, wrecked on
a reef off Cape Race, Newfoundland,
about 237 out Of i46 lives lost.
JAN, 1863, London, foundcred in the
Bay OF Biscay, about 800 pcrished.
Feb, 1871, City Of Boston disap
pearcd, and never heard from.
Feb, 1873, the emigrant ship North
fleet, lost by collision, with 800 lives.
On the night of March 81, 1873, the
steamship Atlantic went to pieces off
the coast OF Nova Scotia, and about 700
lives were lost.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

THE CURIOSITY or A FIY.-Talk about
the curiosity Of woman! We will
back Il fly against any woman. just
watch him as he gaily trayerses a bald
mans Uranium, halts on the eyelid, and
taking cursory glance around him,
waltzes over the end OF his nose, peeps
up one nostril, and having satisfied his
curiosity there, curvettes over the upper
lip and takes glance up the other.
With a satisfactory smile at having seen
all there is to be seen there he makes Il
bce-lme for the chin, stoppinga a moment
to explore tie cavity formed by the
closed lips. Arriving at the chin, he
takes a notion to creep down under the
the shirt collar, but suddenly hesitating,
he turns around rs if he had forgotten
something, and proceeds TO an eXplora-
ton of the cars. This concluded, he
carries ont his original intention, and
disappears between the neck and shirt
collar, emerging, after lapse of some
minutes, with an air seeming to say he
has performed his duty. What matters
the frantic attempts to catch him, the
enraged gestures, and prOfane language
They disturb his equanimity not a mo-
ment. Driven from one spot he alight'
on another he finds he has got duty
| to perform and he does it.