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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
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ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILwAr
After 6.45 p. NJ. SUNDAY, December :, 1873,
trains will run as follows:
Leave South ward from Alexandra 6 Freder-
icksburg depot at 7.L8 q. M, accommodation
daily, except Sunday l2.O2 q: m. Southern Ia
press daily, except Sunday. The Southern *.
press al r. O2 p. M runs through 20 Ricfm md
without change, connecting at kithmol Tor al
points South.
Leave Northward froii Alexandria s FreG,r-
icksburg depot at 3 As 81 m. Northern Express
daily, except Monday; 45S p. m. acconlmoda.
ton daily, EXCEPT Sunday, connects through
n orth and West. The Northern Express
leaving at 3.45 a. m. runs through to ba!.
timore without change, connecting with trails
on the Northern Central Railway for the Nrrth
and West.
ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILRoAH.
After SUNDAY, Dec. It'll, trains will run
as follows, daily, except Sunday:
Leave Alexandria for Washington from s.
Asaph street depot at 800, 100 500, $50, iuUl
and H. 100 a. M; and 800, 10, SOU, Gun, and
100 p. m.
Trains leaving at 90 a. N. and 600 p. m. run
daily; all others daily except Sunday. -,
The trains leaving Alexandrls At !, ana ~
a. m..3, and D. m connect through to Bsltl-
more The and IL g.. NJ. and p. m. Trains
connect ut Washington with through New lork
trains.
Leave Washington for Alexandria from pas
sanger DEPOT cor. 9TH and streets, ut d.t'
700, 500, 900, 1000, and HOO a. H.; ind 5.Oo
400, 100, 600 and 100 p. nj.
Trains leaving at 800 q. m. and 1.0O p. m run
daily all others daily except Sunday,
Trains leaving Washington at and 3: H.
3, 6, I and 1893 p. m connect with trains IRON
baltimore. The a M, s and 1888 y. n. train:
deliver passengers from New York.
Iris FREDERICKSBURG
trains leave passenger depot, cor. 9th and Is SIS,
at G. % q. nj. Quantico accom'n. and 30 p. H.
Southern Express for Richmond and all ponts
South AVN
TRAINS FOR PHILADELPHIA AND
NEW YORK.
Leave Alexandria at 100 and ll.UO n. m, ana
100 p. m.
Leave Washington at SOB q. m, and lib and
9.08 p. m.
be obtained at the St Asaph-street depot.
EDMUND L. QUARRY,
Superintendent.
ED. S. YOUNG,
General Passenger Agent. dec 3O-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

W. +. BROOKES,
DEALER IN
FINE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
lat King street,
Alexandria, Virginia.
ms- Special attention given to the selection OF
TEAS, COFFEES and FAMILY FLOUR.
jy loft
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
Il K6eLE HEES.

HKOLE3EES.
CAMUEL j. REED,
Dealer in Choice
FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
No. IA South Fairfax street. and
No. 81 Market, cor. Fairfax and Cameron sts.,
HIS on hand at all times full supply of choice
MEATS, consisting Of all kinds of Meats, Sau-
sage Meat, Smoked Sausage Mince Meat Pure
Leaf Lard put up in small packages expressly
for family Use by himself, with good supply OF
Prime Family Bacon, Hams, Breasts and Jowls,
with Spiced Beef Rounds-sll of my own curing
Also Raisins, Currants, Citron, &c, together
with a supply of cheice Fresh Butter received
weekly For sale at lowest prices Tor cash.
nov Diff
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
W~OOD IND EOAL.

.CoAL' COAL
We have now on hand and are constantly re-
ceving ut our wharf and storage yards, foot OF
Queen streets, all the best GOALS known to
this market We name in part:
sHAMoKIN and ASTFRANKLIN LOR-
JOHNS, from EAGLE VEIN COLLIERY.
The celebrated CONTINENTAL and RA-
EEL DELL, from the Goodrich Colliery' es-
And LEE and STANTON WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL, of Steamer, Broken,
1 Also, GEORGES CREEK CUMBERLAND
COAL. :,
kent distinct from that of others, and is es.
pecially prepared for family use: Yards floor
ed and Coal sent out we'll screened and free from
slate 2240 lbs to the ton. Orders left with
Messrs. Clarridge Grigg,, corner King an
IVY 0' T. j. MEHAFFEY q CO.,
jy17 Wharf and Yards foot ot Queen st:
{ ;oAL' COAL, ooAA'
To arrive and on wharf full stock Of
Lyken's Valley Red Ash Coal.
Lorbe ry Red Ash Coal.
Shamokin Coal.
Henry Clay Mine Coal
wan
Delano Mine White Ash Coal.
Lehigh White Ash Coal.
Locust Mountain Coal
Chestnut Red Ash Coal.
Chestnut White Ash Coal.
West Virginia Coal.
Cumberland Coal.
All of the best quality, and for salo at lowest
market rates-224O lbs to the ton.
Orders lett at 81 King street will be promptly
attended to. w. A. SMOoI,
" lott Shoots wharf, foot of Princess st.
IIAVING disposed of my interest IN the
al Wood and Coal Yard on King street to
John Leatherland, l shall continue the WOOD
and Coal business at yards on the north and
south corners of Union and Queen sts.,. where
will always be on hand full supply of the best
quality RED and WHITE ASH GOALS Of the
different sizes CUMBERLAND coal BY the
csrgo, car load or retail. on
Also HICKORY, OAK and PINE WOOD.
The patronage of the citizens is respectfully So
licited Ali orders left 1t the Office of the Alex
andria Insurance Co., No. "a KING street, with
Col. Marye, OF at Clarridge s. Griggs Drug
Store, corner King and Royal streets, will be
promptly attended to- Weight guaranteed:
iy 3-tf THOS. ). MEdAFFh1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

VIRGINIA: At Rules Leld in the CLERK
Y Office of the Corporation Court OF the cty
of Alexandria, on the 5th day of January, 1919
Robert NJ. Minor, plaintiff, and Albert Z: Minor,
Cassus f. Lee Sarah Ann Newton, Nlcnoiss
Lemon and Catharine A. Lemon, his wlfe !;
Elizabeth Minor, James S. Wood aid Mary r.,
his wife; Marietta Minor, Cornelia Minor, Mary
Jane Minor and Elizabeth NJ. Minor, deiend-
ants. II chsncery. e..
The object of this suit is to obtain decree Tor
the sale of lot of ground and brick house there
on on the southeast corner of Prince ana henry
streets, in the city of Alexandria.
The defendants Sarah Ann Newton, Nlcnot ra
Lemon and Catharire A. Lemon, ms VIE
Elizabeth Minor James s. Wood and N lar, r.
Wood his wife; Marietta Minor, Cornelia MI
nor. Mary Jane Minor and Elizabeth NJ; Minor,
not having tered their appearance ana gwen
security according to the act of Assem- ply ana
the rules of this Court. and it appearing Dy am
davit that they are not residents OF tbs state II
is ordered that the said defendants appear mere
within one month after due publication OF TINS
order, and do what is necessary to protect their
interests in this suit and that copy OF tnia Or
der be forthwith inserted in thu Alexandria Ga
zette, newspaper published in the city OF Alex,
dria, once week for four successive weeks, ana
posted at the front door of the Court House OF
this county. A copy, test: o,,-
MORTON MARYE, Clerk.
Jno, M. Johnson, D. q. jan 12-wiw
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"AIEY ANDRTA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
STEHM BOATS.


OFFICE POTOMAC FERRY CO.,
~ Washington, January l, 1874.
From January 1st until further notice the
Ferry Boats between WASHINGTON liz. \
and ALEXANDRIA will ruiz as fol- lk 1870
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA at 8, 9, 10 and IL
am, IL m., and l, 2, 9. 4 ind p. m:
LEAVE WASHINGTON at 8, 9, 10 and II
a. m, II M, and l, 2, 3, 4 and 5 p. IL.
S. S. HOWISON, President.
S. GEDNEY. Gen. Supt. jan l3-tf
YDE's STEAM LINES
PHILADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AND
BOSTON.
Steamers leave alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and SATURDAY., at ~ o'clock m.
Leave Philadelphia EVERY TUES sSes
DAY end SATU RDA 7, fromSk62is
Pier No. North Wharves, at II o'clock H.
This line connects at Alexandris with the o.,
A. s. NJ. and w. s O. r. Rs, anG at Philadel.
phia with the new and popular Iron Line" fol-
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care,
free of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
no Wharfage III Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-fve hours. Through rates and Though
bills Of lading given. Insurance guaranteed al
less than usual rates.
Agents:
F. A. REED, Alexandria.
WIN. P. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia
GEO. F. HYDE, Georgetown, d. G.
lie 2l-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
For \ short time only.

GUNS, PISTOLS, &c.-We are selling off
" our stock of Guns, &C., at extremely low
prices to close out. CaH and see
ian Is J. T. CREIGHTON 81 SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

GORGE NcBURNE1 s SON.
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCE-
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BROW N
STOUT.
Also, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERRING
and MACkEREL.
NOS. I66 AND 40 KING STREET,
washington Hall Building,)
Alexandria, Va
Orders promptly filled. NH 3l-u
NEW STORE.
F. G. SWAINE
Wouldinform his friends and the public gener.
ally that he mas leased the store on the corner OF
Cameron ard Royal streets, u. G. Milburn's old
stsn2) and will keep, in connection with the ne
Groce-y, Liquor and Commission store, No. %
Royal street, a trst-cass
where can be found 1t all times fresh Roll But,
ter, Poultry, Eggs, Rominy. Beans, Dried
Fruits, Potatoes, Canned Peaches, Pineapple
T.msoes and Corn, &C., &c. Call and exam
inc feb 7
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
Watering Horses After Meals.

1t is the practice with many horsemen
to give their horses no water until after
they have eaten their allowance of feed.
Concerning this practice a veterinarian
writes: "a full drink of water immedi-
ately after being fed should never be al
lowed to horses. When water is drunk by
them the bulk of it goes directly to the
large inteStines, and little of it is retained
in the stomach. In passing through the
stomach, however, the water carries con-
siderable quantities of the contents to
where it lodges in the intestines. If, then,
the food of horses stomachs is washed out
before it is digested, no nOurishment will
be derived from the feed. In Edinburgh
some old horses were fed with split peas,
and then supplied with water Immediately
before being killed. 1t was found that the
water had carried the peas from fifty TO
sixty feet into the intestines, where no di-
gestiOn took place at all"
Mr.. Cassie is quite correct in the views
set forth regarding the injurious effects of
large quantities of water swallowed imme-
diately after eating. A small quantity of
fluid swallowed along with. or immediate
" after, dry food. beneficially sOttens it
and assists in its subdivision and digestion.
An inOrdinate supply of water, or of
watery fluid, on the other hand, proves in
furious. 1t dilutes unduly the digestive
secretions; it mechanically carries onward
the imperfectly digested food, and thus in
terferes with the proper functions of the
canal and eXcites Indigestion and diarrhea.
These untOward effects are especially apt
to occur where horses freely fed and too
literally watered are shortly put to toler-
ably quick work. There is no more infal-
lible method of producing collie, diarrhea
and Inflammation of the bowels. The
horse is not peculiar in this effect; dogs,
and even their masters, similarly suffer
from copious draughts of water immedi-
ately after much solid fOOd.-Nea0 England
Homestead
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
The Inventor of the Circular Saw.

A correspondent of the Chicago Post
and Mail furnishes that journal with the
following remarkable biographical sketch:
Not long since an article appeared in
your paper, giving the credit for the in
ventiOn of the circular saw to some man
in Vermont, and the writer suggested the
idea of having monument erected to his
memory, and in response to the same |
have taken the liberty to send you the fol-
lowing:
In lonely, secluded position in the
northwest corner of the cemetery near the
ever-beautiful little village of Richmond,
Kalamazoo county, Michigan. the histo-
ran can find ION a pure white marble
slab, nearly concealed from view by a
large cluster of lilac busLes) engraved the
simple name of Benjamin Cummins, born
A. ID. l772, died a. ID. 1S4S." And who
was Benjamin Cummins? He was the in
ventOr of the circular saw now in use in
this country and Europe. Nearly sixty
years ago, at Burtonsville, n. Y. near
Amsterdam, this man hammered out at
his own blacksmith's anvil the first circu-
lar saw known to mankind. He was a
noted pioneer in Michigan, first cousin
to one of the Presidents of the United
States, slave-owner in New York State.
a leading Mason in the days of Morgan,
and at whose table the very elite of the
then great State of New York feasted and
drank freely of his choice liquors and
wines. A Vessel-Owner on the North
River before the DAYS of steamboats,, a
captain in the war of 1872, where, after
having three horses shot under him, with
one stroke of his broadswOrd he brought
his superior officer to the ground for an in
suit and because he was a traitor and a
coward, and, after having been court-mar-
tailed, inst ad of having been shot he was
colonel in his place. And in
this lowly grave are the ashes of the man
who. nearly seventy years ago, at Albany,
New York, took up and moved bodily a
block of brick buildings, and to the then
wonder and astOnishment of the world,
and who also subsequently constructed
a mile and half of the Erie Canal through
4 bed of rock, and who also built per con-
tract those first low bridges over the same.
He also aided in the construction of the |
first ten miles of railroad built in the
United States, and founded both the vii |
ages Of Esperance and Burtonsville, on !
he SchOharie, near Amsterdam. Now, !
therefore, if anyone should hereafter feel
Inclined to erect monument 10 the men, |
Dry of the inventor of the circular saw. |
hey will know exactly where to erect it, !
md it would not be in Vermont either. |
The study and aim of this mans life ap-
)eared to be to accomplish that which no |
other man could accomplishment when |
he object sought was secured, or over
,Ome, he passed it as quietly by as he
would the PEBBLES on the sea-shore. He |
vas twice married, and the father of TWEEN |
y-twO children; the last wife is still sur
L. 1 L
,ver the entire Northwest, he having en-
grated to Michigan in 1881, when the
State was wilderness; therefore his life
vas not failure.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
How TO Keep Cool.

The question of keeping cool becomes
OF some importance when the thermOme-
ter touches 81, as il did in Park row at $3.50
yesterday afternoon. This is exactly 81
degrees more than the same register
showed at the same hour OF MAY 8. 1873,
so that, in spite of previous indications to
the contrary, the season starts with quite
torrid promise, after ali. The whole
question might be dismissed by parOdying
the late Mr.. Greeley's celebrated theery of
resumption" the proper way TO keep cool
is to keep cool" The aphorism is some
thing more than piece of ALTERATION.
The wisdom of our ancestors has given
the phrase a secondary meaning, equiva-
lent TO saying, avoid fretulness and
malutaln an even temper and, in truth,
all devices for summer GOODNESS are thrown
away II this first requisite for their success
be neglected. The world Is very apt to 90
awry even with the lest eXacting of peo-
pie, but i'm the dOg-days one must learn to
ind contentment more easily than Sancho
PanZa, whose formula was, II would do
what pleased, and doing what | pleased
l should have my will, and having my will
| should be cOntented.n As it is clearly
impossible for every one TO have his own
way, let the rising of the mercury be the
signal for allowing the world to wag after
its own eccentric fashion. FenelOn, the
Quietist, may be studied with advantage
during the dOg-days. A patient, hum
bic, tranquil spirit is an excellent thing
TO cultivate during the heated term.
The prime requisite being given, let peo- |
pie eat and drink moderately, as well as
with an eye 10 judicious selection. Avoid |
habitual indulgence in alcoholic stimulants 1
as if they were poison. Not because they |
raise the temperature of the body, for they |
do so only temporarily, the ultimate effect |
being diminution of the amount of vital |
heat But avoid them because they over
stimulate the system at the expense of
succeeding languor; because they first |
overwork the heart and then depress
IL, thus leaving the brain and mus
Giles 10 pine for want of their
due allowance of renovafing blood. Malt |
liquors are directly heat-producing, and
cannot be recommended 10 those who
wish 10 keep cool; and butter. fat, and
sugar, in proportion as they enter into
cur daily food, help 10 increase the bodily
heat. Apply this rule freely to the exclu-
sion Of sirups from the seductive glass of
soda. and let il. in addition % other
reasons. beget moderate indulgence in ices.
CopiOus draughts OF hOttea will give more
certain relief to the parched and heated
,ystem than all the delusIve iced drinks i
hat have ever offered temporary alienation 5
# thirst and heat. at the expense of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
Vine Culture.

In a recent speech made in the House,
Mr.. Luttrell, of California, gave some in
teresting statistics TO prove that the wine
producing capabilities of California soil far
exceed those of the most favored wine
growing countries of Europe. The wine
crop of Germany is about 50,0000O0 gal
Ions per annum, grown on 100000 acres,
which would make the average yield 166
gallons to the acre. The crop in France
in 1869 was 1000, 100000 gallons. on about
100000 acres, which would show an av-
erage yield of $50 gallons per acre. But
the average yield of wine from the Cali
forn'a vineyards is 600 gallons to the acre,
nearly twice as great as the French aver
age and more than three times the Ger
man. French and German wines are es-
teemed superior to any produced in this
country but there is good deal of fancy
in this opinion. Many Germans who are
better judges of wine than Americans, are
beginning to show preference for Cali
fornia wines, and the time is not far dis
tant, probably, when the lower grades of
foreign wines will yield to wines of our
own producing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
A SchOOlbOy's Composition on Chickens.

Most usually it takes two eggs for to
make a chicken, because, if you will put
eighteen eggs under hen, only about nine
of 'em will hatch. A hen is so careless
and stubborn that most always she won't
cover her eggs all over, and so they get
chilled; then they are everlastingly gone
up. Also, the rats will rob nest so that
if you get half of a BROOD it is a tol'able
crop, and you should be thankful. Then,
| think, il stands to reason this ought to
prove what | said at first. a hen which
has got a young family is more crosser
than anything else which can be cOmpar-
ed with her under the sun in the United
States. There never was a thing which
can ruffle its feathers up backwards and
rage worse than a fool hen. 4 turkey
gObbler will do it, but he don't go off into
a red-hOt passion about it, and make afool
of hisself, and get enemies all for nothing,
like a hen would. A chicken in the spring
time, which was put to hatch in March, if
it has good luck and don't die of the pip,
or gaps, or chOlery-mOrbus or get drown
ded or something, will be big enough to
sell to the restaurant about in June. They
will fetch So dozen. and chicken is more
popular where it is spring chicken than
if it would live long enough TO get as
tough as Muthuseler. They say that
spring chicken is luxurious thing for to
broil and mix up with toast. That's what
I've heard. Once in a great while we
have spring chickens for dinner. Then we |
have the preacher, or else some company, |
and | eat at the second-handed table, and |
can always tell by the savory smell |
agoing on in the kitchen that broiled
chicken ought to be good enough for
anybody. But If can't get something to
eat more substantialler than a smell, al
ways fall back on roast beef. A chicken
don't gather shrewdness like owl, and it
never picks up any wisdom. 1t is not a
talented thing like fox. If you can show
ne more stupider thing than a hen, l
wish you would trot her out. The roost-
= has got what little sense there ever was
n the family. 1t is one Of the worst diff
,ulties with a chicken that she don't know
Is place. She won't stay in the barn-yard,
where she belongs, any way you can fix it.
4 your mother has got flOwer-beds in the
ront yard-and it's a mighty curious
mother which ain't-every last chicken on
he place will get in 10 scratch them, if it
axes till next Christmas and then good
" to the hyacinthes, and crocuSes, and
and all that kind of foolish
less. Then Is the time that YOU want TO
lave two jackets on, or else to forget to
ONE home early, if it was you that left
he lattice gate open. Anyhow, that's my
,lvice. Also. hen is hard-hearted and
ruel, and will kill every little desolated
tray chicken who tries TO associate with
Ter own brood, and this is a good enough
eason why she is like step-mOther. If a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
Civil Rights for the Baby.

1t is about time that some of the zeal
which has been devoted to the Cause of the
African and the Woman should be applied
! to securing civil rights for the Baby-at
! present the most sadly and most unjustly
! prosecuted member of our social system, a
fact which will have especially commend
| ed itself to such of our readers as, having
wives and children, have been compelled
to seek houses within the past month.
All classes raise their hands against the
chubby-fisted little Ishmaelite. The
clearinghouse keeper will none of him,
tor his still, small voice is alleged further
to discommode domestic economy than
the squalling of the lady who has q bed
room on the first floor, with the use of
piano, or the gentleman in the alcove-
room who breathes his melancholy
through the trombone. The hotel propri-
etor considers him an undesirable guest,
though the babe never yet was known to
pay his board with a fishing-line, leaving
tied one end thereof TO the windOw-sill of
his room and the other to his carpet-bag;
nor is it the custom of the sucking, hav-
ing lived for weeks upon the fat of the
land, to skip out upon his shell-like ear,
leaving behind him a trunk full of bricks
and old carpet-rags. The bandit who
preys upon society through the medium
of furnished rooms complains that her
tenants object to babies, though they sleep
unmOved under public hall on the next
fiat, which is occupied by a commercial
college on week days and church
society on Sundays, and is leased for balls
and amateur theatricals at night, and con-
slider rather as lullaby than otherwise the
dOleful sounds that issue from the rooms
where a professor teaches the violin and
key-bugle. and his wife gives lessons in
and singing. The landlord
and house agent set their faces like tlintS
against the child, preferring rather the
tenant of foreign extraction, !
who uses the stair-railings for fuel, de-
nudes the walls of plaster, wrenches off
the dOor-knObs and smashes the windows. |
All society cOnspireS against the baby, |
who, in the first place, is not responsible !
for his birth or actions, and, further, never |
makes any unnecessary noise. Precisely |
what the end of this opposition will be it |
is hard 10 say, but there must be an end. |
the blOated landlord and Malthu- |
sian mistress will triumph, and compel the |
future generation not to be born, and that |
part of the present generation which have |
TO practice infanticide or live in |
tents. or whether-as we sincerely hope |
and trust-the sucking child shall play in |
the hall of the hotel, and the weaned child |
ished room, it is hard TO say. At present, |
however. the child meets with little SYM
pathy and encouragement outside of his |
own family circle and a notable verse in |
the New Testament.-S. Louis Globe.