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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

BOARD OF HEALTn-At meeting OF the
Board of Health, held at the Mayor office
last night. there were present, Mr.. e. G. Bcr-
~, the President: Mr.. q. Fl. Robinson, acting
secretary, and Mcssrs Rudd, Neale and Smith:
DIR. j. B. johnson was also present and stated
that there was no case Of smallpox 10 the hos
pital, nor as far as his information extended.
in the city 1t was thcrcupon ordered
that the cook and purses at the hospital be
discharged on the 18th instant, and DIR.
johnson was instructed to dispose of the horse
and harness used at the place Bills amount
ing to about two hundred and fifty dollars for
hospital expenses we're ordered to be paid and
the Board then adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

AUCTION SALE,.-Messrs. Green & Wise,
will offer for sale tomorrow several pieces of
valuable property in this city and county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11
ASKING.
!" PARIS 81 MI Ms,

w I
At his old stand, corner Prince and 81: Asan n
streets, opposite the Pos,ofice, will faithfully
attend to all whitowasbing, pointing ana 700
work generally that may be entrusted to MN,
on reasonable terms. All work in hls line oono
With utmost neatncss and dispatch. lap ll-lm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

COOP FRIDAY. The services iu ST. Paul's,
Wrist, and St. Mary's Churches this morning
were numerousy attended,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

APPOINTMENT john +. Febrey, esq, has
been appointed, by the Board Of Education, a
Trustee of Public Schools for Arlington Dis
met IN The county of Alexandria, to serve out
'he uncXrircd term of Garrett Is. Wibrt, esq,
WIG has rrmOyEd from the county
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11
ALEXANDRIA MUSICAL DEPOT
V RECkER. 40 King street.

" BECKER, lI9 King street.
PIANOS and PAkLOK ORGANS, new and
second hand, ntal prices and to sur the t 4. y,
VAILED PIANOS, at factory prices. Sold
on reasonable SHE SHEET MUSIC.
ANY piece of Music published in the United
States sill be furnished.
A general assortment Of Musical Goods, viz :;
Over 80 Accordeons, of all kinds and prices.
Over rs Violins, from S!.I5 20 $50.
Fine Guitars, from 81. - t S25 including I'LL
toms Patent.
Vioincelos, Bows, Flies, Flutes H..rnoaicas,
Jewsharps, &c:
SPECIA LTI.-I import direct from France
the best and cheapest VIOLIN and GUITAR
STRINGS heretofore offered here nj Wholesale
and retail, including Genuine Italian, French
and German.
es.-ranos, Organs ard all kinds % Musical
Instruments tdncr., repaired or packed, Il: " hich
business | have had an experience Of over u
years. Planes in the Country attended to, mn" l
rrHE SALES OF LAST YEAR.
NEW TRIUMPHS.
Tho statistics from sworn returns Of the 81, ot
Of Sewing Machines in 1872, reported in 1879
show that the SINGER COMPANY sold over
45. 90 more machines than any ot.'er company,
again proving the grca. popularity Of their ma
cnlnos. We give the sales Of the three principal
compa!cs The Singer Go. 2l9 .5a; the Wheel
or & Wilson Go. la, res; the Howe Company
145 upO: the sales Of the other 'cnn,pAnies are
comparatively insignificant, none OF them selling
over - coo, and some not over 1909. Tn" Singer
is now offered ~ inc"nparah!y tnr best Sewing
Machine in existence. Sold on he most liberal
rms; thorough instruction gwen and satlsisc-
ton guaranteed &. G. BERRY, AGENT
sp ---------- = Ming Str'e'.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

WINCHESTER is deeply interested in the
Washington and Ohio Railroad. At meet.
ing of the Common Council Of that place, held
90 the first of April, committee composed OF
eighty-tivc ci:izis, was appointed to represent
the interests Of Winchester in the general
meeting of the Stockholders of said railroad, to
DC held in Alexandria on tho 10th inst. The
Alexandria Gazette ought to advise the hotel
propretors Of that city to enlarge their accom-
moiations, or some of those composing the
delegation may get wet it should rain.--
Clarke C0uricr.
Cone on there will be accommodation for
all. Fish are abundant aud our up country
friends can uxurate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

ISrERRUp TloN TO CANAL NAVIGATION. No
boats have arrived here by the canal since 6
=. IN. yesterday. The cause Of the temporary
SUSPENSION of navigation is not certainly known
but is surpassed to be the drawing off OF the
wafer from the short level at Harper Ferry,
which the last boatmeu who arrived here say
was II have been done soon after they passed
tina, point. Navigation was resumed this at
'crnoon when three boats arrived.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

NARROW GUAGE TRACTION ROAD. COL
James = Frcnch, brother of Mr.. Geo. French,
tue Inventor OF the tractiou locomotive, viii be
i''S e, al t"c meeting Of the stockholders OF
."' raIriLX md Georgetown Turnpike Compa-
NY 10 he hrI'i IN Georgetown TO morrow after
Lo'n' ana make application for permission to
~! rack "n that road upon which to put to
practical test the value of the new invention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

TEMPERANCE AFFAIRS. The committees ap
pointed by some of the churches and by the
several temperance organizations in the city, mel
last night and resolved to hold a grand temper,
ancc mass meeting at Sarcpta Hall next Mon
day night.
Welcome Lodge Good Tclnplars met last
night and resolved to keep up their organiza-
ton, Notwithstanding the withdrawal OF many
Of their mombcrS, who have instituted a new
lodge
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

HE ilsIlEHr.-T receipts Of fish at Fish
Town since Yesterday report have bccu 40 600
herring, 5000 shad and 4 large supply of rock
and perch Or the shad / 400 came in one boat
~ from Captain Davis OILERS in Nanjcmoy
t'cacl. For prices see commercial column
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

ERSoNM.-Sincc his return from Rich
n'nd Mr. 5. {. Neale, delegate in the last
legislature, has been quiet sick with a low
'e'er which has confined him to his bed His
many friends will be pleased to learn that he is
,'e'yer'nS aud will probably be ont again in a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

~OW LOST-FIVE DOLLARS Re WARD;
u Left my residence, saturday niyht, , Arr,l
5. a large rcddish-spotted horned COW, neavs
with calf with the Zip OF the left horn somswna a
blunt, rs if broken of, will give tno a'b' =
reward if returned t. me- or for information t"a'
GEO. ". DEARBORN,
sn11.3,. 81 south Water street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

CRY PASSENGER RAILwAY.-Mcssrs. Gar
ncr and Studds contractors, yesterday evening
comme1ccd the construction of the Alexandria
City Passenger Railway BY breaking ground
on Pcyton street, between King and Prince
streets. The track of the road will extend from
the wharf of the Potomac Ferry Company ur
King street to the Virginia House, thence
down Pcy,on street to the Stone Bridge, at the
head Of Duke street. From the western ter
minus a street will be laid out, graded and
gravcled to the pravc-y yards Immediately south
of that place, the intervening railroad culbank
mcuts being tcrraced with stone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11
WITH HIS UNRIVALED ORCH ESTRA
OF SIXTY PERFORMERS.

Admission to Matinee 81 o. only Seals can
be obtuinr al M,tz rott u Co.'S Music store.
ap It'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11
,,.nlic Hanging on King street!

TIE sacrifice of an lI7craNaIta clfl@cH J"T NC
public good
Notwithstanding the prevalence of crime of
late, it is duty to announce that an esteemed
faw davs ago, sacrificed great deal of money
IN order to- publicly hang out before his store,
,m inc and Fairfax streets samples OF the
hast and largest assortment of Spring Suits ever
Seen seen IN Alexandria. They embrace "li varieties
goods of the Latest ss sna wss hsDss "n vii
uIease not hang back but come inside and
choose for themselves, and never after need they
hang ,he,r heads and say "oh, hang it, am !, not
u VIII dressed man. "P -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

- DrZ CANS OF PEACHES, Sugar
y Corn and Tomatoes Of the very best
quality, for sale by the
i"''''''' CHINESE COMPANY,
NH 2G II North Royal street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

rHI-sIIESl BRUSHES
- Floor, Scruh, Window, Dust and Horse
Brushes IN assortment II
CARL1N S SONS,
nh D. G3 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

VERY FINE OLD FRENCH BRANDY
Y Holland Gin and Pure Janaica Rum, for
medicinal Uses, for sale By
GEO. McBURNEY e son,
NH Il lGG and 10 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-11

J1LAXSEED OIL MEA l. for sale by
kNON & ERWIN,
ap Jim 81 ana ~ hlhg 81.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-04
Truthful Of Snow.
BY GEORGE b. HERBERT.

Beautiful Snow No, thank you oh, no!
I'm not very sweet on Beautiful Shows
For while the earth's wrapt in its spotless folds,
AS rule. am rather martyr to colds
Beautiful Snowl with cough on your lungs
And chill that each nostril carefully bungs?
Beautiful Snow ? well that's rather jest,
With big mustard poultice stinging your
breast!
Beautiful Snow when delicate thaw
Makes the air chilly, and damp, and raw
Beautiful Snow they may sing whom it suits,
object to the stuff because 1t soaks through
my boots.
Beautiful Snow with its floating flakes,
My mind will nix with rheumatic aches;
Beautiful Snow! in the hillocks and clumps
l do not admire, while choked with the
mumps!
Beautiful Snow!-in fact, is all bosh-
Crisp, it's nuisance-thawed, 1t is slosh-
Beautiful Snow is like Beautiful Star,
Admired by me only when seen from far
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-04
Tried and Proved.

MFRS. CHARLTON'S accounts were
IyI not coming out right; there was a
deficit of five dollars in the treasury and
nothing to show for it; the very five dol
lars she was depending on to make all
square with the market man, whose little
bill was sure to come in next morning.
"And, Of course, to-mofrows dinner
will be charged in it, because ordered it
today" said Mrs. Charlton, knitting her
pretty brows 'if it wasn't for that should
have enough. o dear! Georgia. do you
suppose could have spent five dollars and
not remember anything about it? When
am so particular, too If could only
find that memorandum made in Johns
ofice-an old yellow envelope it was, an
old yellow envelope that he handed me, and
l wrote everything upon it. l declare,
George, don't believe you hear one word
/ say"
A young lady was sitting in the bay
window her head outlined against the dark
pane like head in cameo.
"What becoming dress that is, Geor-
gie," said Mrs. Charlton, dropping her
pencil, "such real old-fashioned apple
green shade, cut pompadour and trimmed
with mechlin. But, there, you make me
forget my trouble. Why, George, what a
far away look there is in your eyes. o,
what a selfish sister / am, to sit here worry
ing over my miserable accounts, and not
asking word about yourself. Mr.. Hart
was here this afternoon, / know, George
tell me quick, has anything happened ?"
"Only that he has asked me to marry
him." said George, quietly meeting the
wondering blue eyes that rose to hers.
What did you tell him? O, Geor-
gle p
"Told him would take day to con-
slider it, and he may come for his answer
tomorrow evening"
"a day to consider? Then it must end
in your refusing him, George, for If you
loved him you would have answered him al
once. Imagine me making John wait foi
his answer when he first told me he loved
me ~
You and are different, dear, yor
know" answered George, briefly, ant
drawing out her little gold watch, she ad
ded,," In twenty-four hours more it will b.
decided one way or the other"
"But you used to be so different" re
marked Mrs. Charlton. "OnIy last Sum
mer you felt just as do and what mic
little talks we used to hayei You like
to 60 out marketing with me, so you woul
know how to manage il you married poo
man, you said"
THAT seems long time ago." reptile
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-04

Phil asked for Tot finally, and when the
desert came she was brought down in all
the glory of new white dress and crimson
sash. She was shy of him at first, but soon
recognized him as an old friend, and gam
boled about him like playful kitten.
"What darling she is" said he, adj
miringly, and began to search in his pock-
cts for something to please her, finding
nothing but an old carte de visite of his
own but that was joy for Tot, who dotted
on pictures. She seized it with gurgle of
baby delight, and made as if she would
eat it up at once.
"Oh, don't tear it, Tot, don't tear it p
exclaimed Mrs. Charlton, "bring it to
mamma, and let her keep it for you"
But that was not Tots idea, and she
raced up and down the room with her
treasure, stopping at last on the floor in
the corner by an ottoman, it was home
made one Mrs. Charltan had contrived her
self, by mailing bright bits of carpets on
an old box. Tot tipped it over, and began
tugging at the carpet with great energy.
How comical children are" said Mr..
Charlton, looking after her. "Now that
old ottoman is as good to her as new
country to explore would be to Dr. Living
stone. What is she doing, Laura? Hiding
that picture away upon my word ~ And
he hastened to stop her.
"Wby, there are more things in here ~
he exclaimed ''it's a regular treasure
house.
"Here is an old yellow envelop, to be-
gin with" And with thumb and finger,
he drew it out from between the ottoman
cover and the wood
go, my memorandum % cried Mrs.
Charlton, running across the room to get it.
" IFS list of all bought last Tuesday,
and o, declare, if here isn't the five dollar
bill thought had lost tucked into the en-
velop. How careless in me ~
"Here's half a cookey," said Mr.. Charl-
ton, making further explorations, "and
leaf out Of the primer; and what's this
A letter for you, George you must have
dropped it someplace, and Tot has hidden
it away here"
GA letter for me % she exclaimed, com
ing forward.
eyes, and on my word the seal isn't
broken. Well, Miss Tot, this is very fine.
The letter may have layed there six
months, ever since the child first learned
to walk. l only hope it wasn't an invita-
tion to party"
George was reading it with dilating eyes
and wondering blush on her cheeks.
Philip approached and glanced curiously
at the envelope postmarked several months
before.
$50 you never got it ?'' he whispered /;
"what would your answer have been if you
had ?"
For an answer she turned and clasp his
hand. True love never runs smooth, and
that was doubtless the reason why uncon-
scious little Tot, following some hidden
guidance of nature, had seized the waiting
letter of appeal and put it safely away, till
months of delay and doubt had tried poor
Georges heart, and proved it pure gold at
last.
"Well," said Mr.. Charlton, after IA
brief comprehending look at the radiant
pair, "this is what you call happy New
Year, suppose ?" And wasn't it?
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-04
Railroad Restaurants.

A correspondent of the New York O6-
ser0er says: Not long since, in travelling
from Basle to Paris we became hungry.
AS if divining our condition, the guard put
his head in at the window Of the train and
politely asked, "Shall order dinner for
YOU at the next station ?' "But we do not
stop long enough for it," was our reply.
"True; it will be served in the train for
three francs, and the dishes removed at
the next stopping PLACE" "By all means
order it." The telegraph carried the or
der ten miles ahead in moment and
when the train drew up at the next sta
ton, the door was opened, and circular
basket, feet high and 1 foot in diameter,
was put in our compartment Upon the
top were a knife and fork, spoon and nap
kin; bottle Of water and flask of wine,
and glass; a little salt and pepper and a
large roll Opening a door in the side of
the basket, we saw four shelves, on each
side dish. The. first was hot soup, the
second slice of la mode beef, the third
vegetables, and the fourth half chicken
and salad. A bunch of delicious grapes
was also found on one of the shelves.
We ate our dinner quietly and comforta-
bly,, while the train rushed along at thirty
miles an hour and then restored the dishes
to their places. When the next stoppage
was made, porter removed the basket and
! received the pay.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

Again, cement Is modern, for the All
clients dressed and joined their stones
so closely that, IN buildings thousands
Jf years old, the thin blade of a pen
knife can not be forced between them.
The railroad dates back to Egypt. Ar
ago has claimed that they had knowl-
edge of steam. A painting has been
discovered of a ship fun Of machinery,
md a French engineer said. that the
arrangement of this machinery could
only be accounted for by supposiDg the
motive power to have been steam.
Bramah acknowledges that he took the
.dea of his celebrated dock from an an
oient Egyptian pattern. De Tocque-
vile says there was no social question
that was not discussed to rags in Egypt.
ANCIENT ADs TO VIsIoN.-Cicero said
that he had seen the entire HAD, which
IS poem as large as the New Testa-
ment, written on skin so that it could
be rolled up IN the compass Of nut
she'll. Now, this IS imperceptible to
The ordinary eye. Very recently the
whole contents of a London newspaper
were photographed on paper half as
long as the hand 1t was put under n
love's wing and sent into Paris, where
hey enlarged it and read the news.
This copy of the Iliad must have been
made by some such process. Pliny
says that Nero, the tyrant, had ring
with a gem IN it which he looked
through and watched the sword-play of
the gladiators, more clearly than with
he naked eye. So Nero had an opera
glass. AIauritius, the italian, stood on
he promOntsry of his island and could
sweep over the entire sea to the coast OF
Africa with his nGtlscopite, which is a
word derived from two Greek words
meaning to see a ship. Evidently
Mauritius, who was a pirate, had a
marine telescope. The signet of ring
N Dr. Abbot's museum said to belong
to Cheops, who lived five hundred
years before Christ, Is about the size of
a quarter of a dollar and the engraving
is invisible without the aid of glasses.
In Parma is shown gem once worn on
the finger of Michael Angelo, of which
the engraving is two thousand years
old, in WHICH there are the figures of
seven women. A glass is needed to
distinguish the forms at all Layard
says he would be unable to read the en-
cravings on Nineveh without strong
spectacles, they are so extremely small.
Rawlinson brought home a stone about
twenty inches long and ten wide, con-
tanning an entire treatise on mathema-
tics. 1t would be perfectly iIlegible
without glasses. Now, if we are un-
able to read it without the aid of
glasses, you may suppose that the man
who engraved it had pretty strong
spectacles. So, the microscope, instead
of dating from our time, finds its
brothers in the Books of Moses-and
these are infant brothers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

NUMBER %.
MORE GOOD THAN BAD.

There Is many rest in the road OF life,
II we would only stop to take It;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulOus heart would make it.
10 the soul that Is fun Of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass Is green and the flowers are bright,
Thorgh the winter storm prevaileth.
Better TO hope though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eye still Sifted;
For the sweet blue sky viii soon peep through
When the OTninous clouds are rifted
There never was night without day,
Or 81 evening without q morning:
And the dark hnEr, as the proyerb goes.
Is the hour before the daNniug.
There is many 3 gem in the path Of life,
Which We pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jewelsd crown.
Or the miser's hoard Of treasure
1t may be love Of a little child,
Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup Of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of Efe
A bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods viii with ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing:
Than to snap the delicate, minute threads
Of our curious lives Ssundpr
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends
And ait, and grieve, and wonder.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

OLD HINTS OF NEW THINGS. Years
before Franklin's invention of the light
ning-rod, and before muskets were
thought of, the old soldiers on guard Oh
the towers, if a spark passed between
them and the spear-head, ran and bore
warning of the state and condition of
affairs. Solomon's temple, lofty and
situated on an exposed part of hill,
was guarded by a system exactly like
Franklins. The Duchess of Burguu-
dy took a necklace from the neck of a
mummy and wore it to ball given ut
the Tuileries, and every body said they
thought it was the newest thing there.
A Hindoo princess came into court, and
her father seeing her said, "GO home,
you are not decently covered go home"
and she said, Father, 1 have seven
suits on :" but the suits were of muslin,
so thin that the-king could see through
them. Four hundred and fifty years
ago the spinning machine was first IN
troduced into Europe. Yet we have
evidence to show that 1t made its ap-
pearance two thousand years before.
We have not an astrology in the stars
serving only the kings and priests; We
have an astrology serving all those
around us. We have not a chemistry
hidden in underground cells, striving
for wealth, striving to change every
thing into gold. No, We have chem
istry laboring with the farmer, and
digging gold out Of the earth with the
miner. All! this IS the nineteeth cen
tury, and of the hundreds of things we
know, can show you ninety-nine of
them which have been anticipated. It
is the liberty of intelligence and a dif-
fusion of knowledge that has caused
this anticipation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07
News of the Week,
OFT WEST.

San Francisco-The ship Patrician, for
Cork, with a cargo of wheat. valued at so, OOJ
foundered on the bar while leaving port and
sunk. All hands were saved The vessel and
cargo are total loss.
st. Louis talks OF an air line road down
the west bank of tho A1ississippi to New Or
leans.
Chicago reports the conviction for murder
Of a man aged 92.s His sentence is for life.
The Kansas City and Council Blum Rail
road has been mortgaged for 5000, 900, to
provide fund for the entire equipment Of the
road, procure depot grounds, pay the floating
liabilities, and provide for contingencies.
In the United States District Court in Chi
Cago, Judge Blodgett, in case wherein Ger
tain distillers contested the right of the In
ternal Revenue Department to oblige them to
use the Tice meter, decided that the Govern
ment has full power to prescribe such regula-
tions as it sees fit for tho running of distiller
les including the use of any meter selected
by the Internal Revenue Department.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07
Do WN EAST.

Mrs. Putnam, wife Of Avery D. Putnam,
who was killed by Foster, now under sentence
OF death, has written letter to GOV. Dix,
asking communication of Fosters sentence.
New jersey has appropriated $4,000 to
procure statues of Stockton and Kearney for
the Halls Of Congress.
The widow of the late James Fisk has OBJ
tanned temporary injunction restraining the
Credit Mobilier from dissolving its organiza-
tisn until Judicial determination is had on
the claim Of Mrs. Fisk to 20, 900 shares of the
stock