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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-20
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Having taken out letters of administration as
to so much of the estate Of DANIEL +. HOOE
as is unadministered, / hereby give notice to all
persons who are owing the estate to come for
ward and make payment and to all persons
having claims against the estate to present them
for settlement JNO. B SMOOT,
Administrator de bons non,
dec 3l-w4w with the will annexed.
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HAIR DYE.
JOHN r. BURRAGE

., JOHN T. BURRAGE
Is now prepared to manufacture HAIR D4 +,
in any quantity, from twenty-five cents worth
up. he wishes to call the attention of the PEG
pie to it. It dyes a natural black. a trial is
all he asks. Warranted not to wash oil. Per-
fectly harmless. No ~ Fairfax street. between
King and Cameron. nov II
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LOWER POTOMAC LINE

su- LOWER POTOMAC LINE
A'1 Baltimore AND po 1St RIVER
LANDINGS. Also for
FREDERICKSBURG AND RICHMOND;
The steamer GE0RGEANNA will, on and
Light street, every THURSDAY, at pm,
arrrivinga at Alexandria, Washington and George
town on Saturday of each week.
Returning, will leave Alexandra cvesy
MONDAY, arriving in Baltimore every We'd
~ c. +. IRVINE, Agent
HooE s JOHNSTON,
feb 24-tf Agents, Alexandria, Va.
RIVER ROUTE.
The steamer WAWAsET will resumer her
TWO TRIPS A WEEK to usual pT~e
landings on the Potomac, on TU Els -
DAY, March S, 1872, leaving Washington ut i
a. m. and Alexandria at a. IN.
Tuesdays trip, including intermediate land
ings to Currioman.
to Cone river. s. S. HOWISON,
President Potomac Ferry Co.
S. GEDNEY, Cen Sup't feb 2-n
.ekRn MEEcHAN gTE5 k MFR fEW YORK
The line consists of the following frst-clsss
outside steamers:
4. G. KNIGHT Capt. w. S. Johnson
JOHN GIBSON. ...... 90. Capt. w. II Winters
AND
VALLEY CITY .... Capt Bedcll
Will leave New York EVERY SATUR DAI
for this port; and, returning, will leave Alexan
lria EVERY FRIDAY, ut II o clock.
All freight must be on the dock by 9 n. m
For freight or passage apply to
aOOE s. JOHNSTON,
Agents. No. Prince street.
Agents in New York,
GEO. B. MERkICk,
apo 22G South ST.. Pier No. 80 East river
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TNGLISH WATERPROOF.
d. HOOMES s. ASH By.
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rOODSI SEASON AT IS KING ST.

TOODS IN SEASON AT SIS KING ST.
The subscribers have on hand, at their store,
No. So King street, corner of Royal, supply OF
goods suited to the season. such as SLEIGH
BASKETS, SLEIGH RUM EKS and BELLS,
New York Club SKATES cheap Skates arc
Straps, SAUSAGE CUTTERS and STUF-
FERS of the best quality, &C., which will be
sold at the very lowest cash prices.
dec IL JOHN T. CREIGHTON s. son.
CERGEANTS NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
The uncolected STATE TAX BILLS for the
year 1872 are now in my hands for collection.
Having bat q limited time to col!ccl ana make
returns to the Treasurer, respectfully ask those
who have no: paid to call and settle and save
further expense. j. NJ. O1EO AM,
City Sergeant.
Office No 10 south Royal street, up stairs.
dec 1D-tf
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ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MAN
" ASSAS RAILROAD.-C'EE, ssa -sss4A.s=:s7
Through tickets for BhLTl- ~ - . ssa...
MORE PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK
and all the GREAT WEST are on sale at the
ticket office, corner Duke and Henry streets, for
the regular through trains, leaving at =. As a. m
and $50 p. m. Baggage checked through /" the
North or West }. N. BROADUS,
oct 3l-tf Gen Ticket Agent
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NEW BOOKS, MAGAZINES, REVIEWS
IN AND NEWSPAPERSF FOX 1873.
At FREN CHS,
NO. IS KING STREET.
Now is the time to subscribe for the coming
year. Everything furnished at publishers
NEW NOVELS.
THE WANDERING HEIR, by Charles
Reade; paper covers, 25c; bound, 60c
DOCTOR VAIN WEIGHTS PATIENT,
by Edmund Yates; SOC.
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A
PH.ETON, by William Black; 75c.
Tom Hoods Comic Annual for 1873, SOC.
London Illustrated Almanac for 1873, soc.
Frank Lesle's Illustrated Almanac soc.
Atlantic Monthly Almanac, SOC.
Catholic Almanac SOC.
Nasts Almanac, Csc
Church Almanac, l5c
Haperstown Almanac by the dozen or gross.
A FULL line of DIARIES for 1873. New lot
ust in.
ment of her children, by Pye Henry Chevssse;
l' The eG most COMPLETE FILE ever invented ::
Amberg's Holder File and Binder-perpetual,
therefore the cheapest 1t beats anything in the
market. $3.50.
For the New Year-A splendid stock of Blank
Books Ledgers, Journals. Day Books, Memo
randum and Pass Books, Bank Books, Sheriff :
Books and everything in the Blank Book line
dec 81 6. E. FRENCH.
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ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY will re-
ceive promrt attention jan
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SH1NN s CO.,
Successors to Samuel Hsrtley)
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. l3 Union street,
Alexandria, Va.
gg- Particular attention paid to the selling OF
FLOUR GRAIN and all kinds Of COU NTR4
PRODUCE, and filing all orders for GROCE-
RIES, GUANO, PLASTER, SEEDS, &C.,
&C., at the lowest market rates.
@rAgents for the sale of james S. WEIGH 8
celebrated brands of FAMILY FLOUR.
ms-Agents for the sale of the "RO UND TOP
HYDRA ULIC CEMENT" jan b-tf
J. BRoDEEs. J. LANNoN.
T BRODERs s. co.,
y. No. II King street,
Alexandria, Va.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Wholesale Dealers in
GROCERIES,
Provisions
SALT FISH,
and PRODUCE.
Also keep on hand q general assortment OF
Cordage, Tar, Pitch, Nails Lime, Packing Oils,
Lamps and Ship and Naval Stores.
All orders and consignments promptly attcnd-
cd 70, and goods forwarded without delay to con-
signces on arrival.
Agents for Dupont's Gunpowder.
XXX Ale and Porter always On hand.
Agents for the Baltimore and Potomac Trans
portstion line. nh l0-tf
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GEORGE w. HARRISON,
RATS!

OATS! .1. hAlo!
RATS COME OUT OF THEIR HOLES TO
DIE since we received the celebrated M I
TIME HAS COME RAT POISON" Call and
try a box only twenty five cents.
isnl3 COOK u CREIGHTON.
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NOTICE.
We have this day added to OUT stock OF
SHIRTINGS Striped and Plaid Osnabergs,
Denims, Mariners Stripes, Prints and Notions,
and OTTER the same, for cash, at q mere fraction
over factory prices. HOOMES & ASHRf.
g VI pPO0F
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FEATHER STRIP

WEATHEk 5 T RIPS
Ifyou wish to keep your house comfortable,
nut on BROWNS METALLIC WEATHER
y - ~ -. LEWIS HOOFF, Jr
dec 2.-2w No. 90 King street.
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Having taken out letters of administration on
the estate Of MARY D. HOOE, deceased, l
hereby give notice to all persons who arc owing
the estate 70 come forward and make payment,
and to HI persons having claims against the es-
tate to present them for settlement.
dec 3l-w4w JNO. B. SHOOT, Admir-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
A. Mexican Tragedy.

A young officer in the Mexican army
fell in love with a lady in Puebla. She
promised him her hand in case he
would resign his commission. He did
SO, bought hacienda, and then re-
turned to claim the pledge. She, in
the meantime, had been wooed and
won by another. Upon the first visit
of her first lover, she informed him
that her heart had undergone change.
The passionate lover became frantic,
and upon leaving told her that he
would call the next day, and if she
persisted he would kill himself in her
presence. He called next day, and was
persistently refused IN the presence Of
her mother, whereupon he drew a re-
volveT and exclaimed that the love
which was not for him should not be
enjoyed by another, and fired at her
heart, but she rose and received the
ball in her abdomen. He then shot
himself. The insane assassin died the
same afternoon, and his victim closed
her existence on the third day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
1t will Begin IFS work. IF a few

it will begin it's work. IF few hens
are put together--say twelve or fifteen
they viii be little family among
themselves, on intimate footing, yet
having, like other families, their little
quarrels, which gives piquancy to their
otherwise tame lives. It is these small
domestic groups that are the success
full egg producers. They need but be
repeated, group added to group, with
partitions between, so that each is dis
tlnct, IN no way connected, as though
but one existed Thus you have the
principle of the one in all You can
increase the number of communities at
will. Each is by itself, aud oontented.
There IS peace and prosperity. But
remove the partitions, and Babel is
the result. There will be strangeness
introduced, and fear and insecurity
with it, that will be fatal to domesticity
and check the maternal desire. And
though time be given it, the foreign
cast will never be dispelled from Sc
large number; the thought of insecu-
rlty will always accompany, especially
with the more timid. This is the
secret of the poor success with large
communities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
LaVerin~ Shrubs.

It is often to us subject of surprise
to find SO few persons, especially those
residing in the country distance from
nurseries, who attempt to increase
their stock of shrubbery by layering
the branches. Almost every variety of
shrub can be thus multiplied. Even
among those who do this it is not often
that the queen Of flowers, the Rose, is
thus treated. It is usually propagated
by sticking cuttings from the new wood
in August, and nursing carefully
through the winter. By layering the
growing branches, however, it is by
the succeeding season a bloomer; and
this too can be done easily, that is,
without the use of sash or hot bed.
usually resorted to with the cutting.
La laying down, slit the part of the
branch that enters the ground, from
one joint to another, then cover with
two inches of soil, and fasten down
with forked stick Not only roses,
but almost every kind of shrub can be
thus prcpagated. And the person who
does not know how to do this should
go without them all the days of his
llfe.-Ger. Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
0XyIen n Poison.

Oxygen, on the plentifulness of which
In the air we breathe, the bounding
blood of health is supposed to depend,
is as fatal as a dose of strychnine if in
hailed IN a condensed form. Paul Bert,
French ccientist, has demonstrated
this by some recent experiments with
birds and animals. Placing sparrows
under pressure of three and half
atmospheres, the birds were seized
with violent commissions. The same
results followed when sparrows were
confined in common air, under pres
sure OF seventeen atmospheres. In OK
ygen at pressure of three and a half
atmospheres, or in air at twenty-five at
mospheres, the commissions were very
violent and soon fatal. In the latter
case the symptoms were as follows ::
Commissions commence after four or
five minutes. The bird hobbies in
moving about, as though walking on
hot GOALS. 1t then futters it's wings,
falls on It's back, and spins about with
it's claws doubled up. Death super
venes after few such spasms. In or
der to produce commissions in dog,
oxygen was found to require a pressure
OF three and half atmospheres, and
a pressure of five atmospheres is fatal.
The amount of oxygen III the arterial
blood Of q dog, in commissions, was
found to be considerably less than
twice the normal quantity. From these
facts, M. Bert draws the startling CON
clusion that oxygen is the most fearful
poison known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
middlemen,

Discussing the question of how far
middiemen can be dispensed with, a
writer urges that the difficulties in the
way of dispensing with them 'Emay be
overcome to a great and profitable ex-
tent by cooperation in buying and
selling in large quantities, for cash, +"
and adds: lone of the best ways OF
doing this, in many cases, is by eatab-
fishing markets in the railroad towns.
This, it seems to us, ought to be one of
the very first measures put op foot by
the cooperative societies. It brings
sellers together where they may see
each others products und compare
them, and have constant and practi-
cal demonstration before their eyes of
the actual differences of quality and the
consequent differences of prices OBJ
tanned, and in the comparative ease of
selling. In short, it gives that mer-
camille education to the farmer that
makes him match for the middlemen,
and enables him to dispense with all
but his really necessary aud useful aid.
This mercantile knowledge, the knowl-
edge OF grades and qualities and cor
responding marketable value is really
essential to success, and would pro-
duce wonderful aggregate to the far
mers Of any state where it is carried
fully into effect.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Propagating from Cuttings.

AS the season for fall work among
the flowers is near at hand, [ will be-
gin with that. [ have spent many
years in cultivation of plants, propa-
eating from seeds, layers, cuttings,
etc. The most satisfactory results
from cuttings were obtained from those
made from the fall prunings of shrubs,
roses, &c. This is done in November.
I have good-sized dry goods box,
with the bottom taken out plant in
the ground to the depth of three feet !;
at the bottom throw in brick bats,
stones, &C., for drainage then mix
ture of sand and good garden soil to
within eighteen inches of top; in this
put your cuttings, quite close together,
the cuttings having one bud at the
lower extremity, and one or two above.
The box is then covered with a glass,
and left without further care until
spring. 1t should, however, stand
towards the south, SO as to get all the
benefit of the sun Many of the cut
tings will be rooted by the middle of
May.-Ra1ral NeV Yorker.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
"A Good Use for q nuisance.

The nuisance is old tin cans fruit.
vegetable or oyster cans. Throw them
IN the fire and let them unsolder,
punch holes through each of the four
corners, large enough-take piece of
twlne, put through the holes, and tie
the can together. Set it on piece of
board or single, cut just large enough
for it to rest upon. Fill up the can
with prepared soil, and you have SUI
perb pot, or can, to start flowers or 9TH
er plants in.
When your plants are large enough
to put out, dig hole large enough to
set the can in, take away the bottom,
set the can, cut the strings. and the
can flies open, slip it up over the plant,
fl up with dirt, and your plant won't
know it has been disturbed. The old
way, we some times ruin the plants by
Earring the plants to loosen the dirt so
that it will come out. With the cans
[ have never lost any, nor even check
ed their growth in the least. I even
start poppy, larkspurs, &C., in them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
most four hundred, and he has put these

horrible old peas here instead /"
1.-THE fact is, said Susan unsparingly,
:" he has been trading with you for the same
ones over and over, and as fast as you have
put them in here, he has taken them out
Have you any in your pockets ?n
Yes, the four children had just five apiece,
which they had bought of Jem not more
than an hour before.
"That's all there are, you may depend on
it, said Susan. He has used them over
and over But you shall have all your little
notions back anyhow
So, saying she marched home again, and
filled her apron from Jems chest with dolls,
boats, beads, boxes, all sorts of toys and
keepsakes, and did not stop till she had
laid them all down in heap on Mrs.
Bowens table. The children crowded
around to sort them, and divide property
It was something to have all the old treas
ures back, but they felt terribly defrauded
about the black-eyed- Susans. It was al
most impossible for them to believe that
there were not nearly four hundred some
where, and it seem SO poverty-stricken to be
left with only five apiece.
"But have free planted in my flower
pot.D said little May, with CLEAN of hope
But Maggie too suspicious now to believe
anything, went to the little flower-pot which
had been so carefully tended and watered,
and dug up the earth with her fingers.
She found three peas there just beginning
to sprout, and no black-eyed-Susansa at all !
That broke poor May down completely.
It was. just as Susan Towne said, and
Jem did not deny it when he found he was
discovered. But he laughed and said he
meant to tell them all about it when they
opened the Bank of Africa" and that it
was only good joke.
It is great while ago that all this hap
pened, and [ don't know as [ should ever
have heard the story if I had not been
walking drought the Salom's Bazaar some
weeks since with friend, and we presently
reached counter where stood q box full of
black-eyed-Susans, selling at ten cents a
cupful. She bought q cupful at once, and
told me with a smile that one Of the long
ings of her life was now satisfied, for she
had always wanted a hundred black-eyed-
Susans ever since she was a little fve-year-
old girl called May Bowen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Tie Drivers Story.
From the New York Evening Post,


"Ah, sir, this is going to be hard
winter" said great burly car-driver
to us the other evening; ''and I saw
yesterday what such as you don't see
very often, and hardly believe when it's
told to ye. One of the men who drove
on this line nigh three years sent his
little gal to ask me to come and see him,
and [ laid off last night and went,
Now [ heard how he was sick with
sick until [ got there.
As sure as live, sir there was that
fellow what one year ago was as strong
and hearty a young man as you ever
saw, with his legs no bigger than my
wris.-and him lynn on the floor and
heavin' and choking all the day and
mighty
He told me he hadn't sent for me I'M
til he had to, and on looking round, sir,
saw there wasn't any furniture left !;
and altho' year ago he had his little
room fixed up comfortable like, he had
sold even the straw IN his tick and was
lynn on the floor. / wouldn't care
to live, Jim, said he (speakin' very
hoarse and troublesome-like), but for
my poor wife and children; for altho'
am only in their way I like to see
'em round, and I shan't trouble 'em
much longer And here he looked at
his--wife and smiled, when she cum UP
and, takin' hold of his hand, told him
not to talk like that, put to pluck up
hope for her sake and the little ones.
Bye and bye, after looking at her and
then round the room at the children,
his lips commenced to tremble and the
tears to fill his eyes, in spite of his
tryin' to smile; and altho' [ think I'm
as hard-hearted as any man, couldn't
stand it and just burst out cryin'.
Well, it seems he hadn't had anything
to eat that day, SO I gave him two dol
lars Gall I had) and sent for some
bread, and a bundle of straw, and, best
of all for him, do believe, I got his
babies stick of candy and a whistle,
and Left 'em almost happy. My old
woman has been over to-day to take 'em
an old bedstead we amt usin', and we
collected eight dollars for 'em from the
drivers, and we're thinkin' of getting
up ball, hoping to make enough to
oOHu uIa w OH uOSplodl duu 10 give his
wife a start So they're not so bad of
now as they might be. But there's
lots just like 'em, and there's goin' to
be more afore the winters through.
Hold on till [ slow up bit, sir.
There ;! Goodnight, sir; goodnight d
And we walked away bordering on the
terrible words of that kind-hearted
man: ''There's lots just like 'em.''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
How so Use n SPADE.

The man who can handle a spade
properly does not find 1t very hard Or
laborious to work. He first let's the
spade fall of it's own weight down to
the spot where the spadeful is to be
taken up, taking care that the breadth
on the surface ground is not more than
four inches; then he draws back the
spade little, which takes off much of
the friction of the descending blade.
One good thrust of the spade with the
foot then sends the blade down to it's
full depth. A backward pressure
makes lever Of the handle end heel
OF the spade, and dexterous turn of
the wrist sends the spadeful upside
down just where it is wanted. There
is no rak1ng Or "sputtering' needed to
make the ground level. A slight sap
with the corner OF the spade makes
the work as regular and plane as if
laid off with an instrumental Thomas
Meehan, IN For7aey's Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
ShiDbuilding.

A London perio dical, Moller's Trade
Circular, states that the high prices
now charged in England, owing to the
increased cost Of coal and iron, for new
steamships, has given great impetus
to their building in Sweden, Denmark,
and the north Of Germany, where the
cost of the material is much lower than
in England. The same journal says !:
g Also in America, where shipbuilding
had almost ceased few years ago,
great progress is now making; ex-
tensive iron and coal fields having been
discovered IN different parts of the
country, have supplied the means of
working as cheaply as in this country.
Within barely eighteen months a sin
gle shipbuilder has actually launched
or put on the stocks iron. steamers of
the aggregate capacity of $4,000 tons,
two of which were 5000 tons each.
Under these circumstances great COM
petition may be expected abroad in the
iron shipbuilding, provided a reduc-
ton IN the price of law material does
not enable the builders in this country
to check the same, and maintain their
former superiority"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



Saving and Restoring the Forests.
ID. Hough, in an earnest plea for
saving and restoring our forest lands,
argues that the State Government
should interfere, and presents these as
means By which they may do the work:
l. BY withholding from sale lands re-
turning to its possession from non
payment of taxes. 2. By exempting
from taxation for limited period, and
by Offering bounties for lands planted
and 1nclosed for the growth of forest
trees. 3. By offering reward for the
largest number OF trees planted in a
year 4. By requiring railroad and
turnpike companies to plant the sides
OF their roads with trees. 5. By i'm
posing tree tax, payable by planting
trees. 6. By fixing penalties for the
destruction of trees by the wayside or
IN private grounds. 7. By requiring
the elements Of forest culture to be
taught In our public schools.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Proportion Of Cream to Milk.

The proportion of cream to milk
yielded by COWS of the various breeds
used in the dairy, was ascertained by
experiment. in England some time
since to be as follows: Brittany cows.
1927 to 22.00 per cent. Of cream
Jerseys, 1866 to 5000 per cent;
cross of Jersey and short-horn. 1876
to 1905 per cent; short horn or Dur
ham, 1892 to 1856 per cent; Devon,
Ia. 81 to 100 per cent; and Ayrshire,
Ii. ~ to 1884 per cent. The variations
depended on the feed, which for the
lowest yield was grass or hay only, and
for the highest was the most abundant
food of the richest character that could
be procured AS a general thing, how
ever, cream is yielded in larger proper
ton i'll our dairies than IN those Of
England. Mr.. Crozier, of Northport,
L. l., writes that he has taken one
quart of cream from three quarts Of
milk from one of his Jersey cows.