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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01

7 - BOXES kINGSFORD' CORN
L y STARCH, Maizena,, Fox: Pearl and
kngsfords Pure Starches, for sale by
GEO. McBURNEG & SON,
aug 10 l66 end 10 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01

During last month the highest temperature
Was "a and the lowest $50; rain fell on S days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01

u. S. COURTS. United States Circuit
and District Courts met this morning, Judge
R. w. Hughes presiding in both.
In the Circuit Court 10 the matter OF Turn-
lull g. Co. VS.. Thomas ct ais; the defendant,
a. Thomas, was allowed thirty days wherein to
take further testimony to sustain the statements
made in the amended answer to the original
bill filed, aud the cause was referred to Il.
Johnston, special commissioner, to take such
testimony said commissioner 70 report by the
10th of November.
In the matter Of George w. Lewis ct ais. VS..
Sarah Parsons ct ais; ejectment; case continued
till October Sd, and Marshal directed to sum-
mon jury to try the issue.
In the District Court, in the matter of A. NJ
Taylor, an order was issued awarding an in-
junction against Marsh 4 Co. and the Sheriff
and Deputies of Loudouu county.
In the matter of John Hawxhurst an order
was issued awarding an injunction against VIM.
Arnold and j. Nj. Steuart.
Iu re p. S. Gaines, II. Z. Smith and Hedg-
man Carney; report of special commissioners
filed in these cases.
In the matter of Caroline Grandson vs John
W. aud Julia WrepD; upoo habeas corpus;
Marshal produced the children of the COM
plainant 10 court upon an order heretofore Is
sued, and the said children being examined oy
the court. it was ordered that they be discharg-
ed from the custody of the Marshal, and that
the writ be dismissed, the children preterlng
to remain with the defendants.
Both courts adjourned till tomorrow at ~
o'clock
During last month the highest temperature
Was 94o and the lowest $50; rain fell on days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01

KNITTING Ca II RlC.
90 soft. finish Cambria, for Skirts, very cheap
at Tcct II D. +. WILMER cos.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30
Care of Farmers Boots and Shoes.

A farmer who has been accustomed to
wear thick boots for more than forty
years past says: Before wearing the
boots give the bottoms good coating of
tallow or coal tar, and dry it in; then oil
the "uppcrs' with castor oil, about one
tablespoonful to each boot; then oil them
twice week with the castor oil, when
one teaspoonful will be sufficient If
the weather should be rainy, or you are
compelled to work in water during the
day. wash your boots clean at night, hold
them by the fire until quite warm, and oil
trouble about your boots getting hard and
shrinking up so that you cannot get them
on. If the leather should become red
give coat of ordinary shoe backing be.
tore oiling. The effect of castor oil is to
soften the leather, while it fills the pores
and prevents the water from entering. I
have stood in mud and water two or three
inches deep for ten hours a day for a
week without feeling any dampness or
having any difficulty in getting my boots
on or off. OF course, if they are kept con-
stantly wet they must be oiled every
night. Some may think that castor oil
is too expensive, but as so little is re-
quired each time the cost is trifling.
Fifty cents, or less, will furnish a suffi.
Gent quantity to last as long as an ordi-
nary pair of boots, and they will wear
much longer when the oil is used than
with anything ever tried. When boots
are exposed to mud and wet several hours
day coat of shellac varnish applied
after the leather is oiled will exclude the
water better than any other MATERIAL
U0r ". y Herald.
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How to Break a Balky Horse-A
balky horse succeeded in blockadinq
SAMSON street, Wednesday week, and had
to be taken out Of the shafts of the wagon
to which he was harnessed before the
blockade could be raised. Few persons
engaged in handling horses know how to
successfully treat balky animal. When
he evinces his obstinacy, loss of temper,
imprecations and liberal beatinqs and
kickings are the customary applications.
all of which tend to increase rather than
diminish his obstinacy. The following
simple and humane treatment is pretty
generally employed by native Californians,
ana Is always accompanied with success !:
Take an ordinary packing rope. pass the
same under the horses belly; let a man
take hold Of each end of the same and
draw 1t saw-fashion against the inside
of the fore-legs. No sooner will the horse
feel the saving Of the rope, than he viii
commence stepping forward. Follow him
up few steps, continue saving his fore.
legs with the rope, and he will 20 ahead
With out further trouble,-Philadelphi
Gazette. "
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was denied; she would not unmask until
the knot was TIED, but generously accord
ed him an hours grace to turn the matter
in his mind. His friend advised him, as
he could lose nothing, to take the lady;
and the three went off in her gilded coach
to church, were tho lady gay and her at
torney were made one without delay
Though sweet, pretty Cupids hover'd
Round her eyes, her face was c0ver'd
With = mask-he took her thus,
Just for better or for worse
He did not repent the leap in the dark
when he found his summer mornings ad-
venture had brought "beauty, honor,
riches, store;" but, taking his place among
the gentry of the country, lived happy
ever afterward. The hero of this ro-
nance was, in 1714, High Sheriff of Berk-
shire.
Not in such warlike fashion did Mar
garet Charlton attack Richard Baxter.
She sought to attain the end by negotia-
ton; and never was bachelor Of forty
five more astonished than that worthy
minister when Margaret's ambassadress
opened her mind to him. He was des-
tined to an additional shock. While he
was vehemently declaring the idea pre-
posterous, Margaret was listening at the
study door, and, losing all selfcontrol,
burst into the room, threw herself at her
idols feet, crying, "Dear Mr.. Bax-
ter, protest with q sincere heart that
l do not make tender of myself to you
upon any worldly or carnal account; but
to have a more perfect converse with so
holy and prudent yoke.fellow to assist
me on my way to heaven, and to keep me
steadfast in my perseverance which de-
sign to Gods glory and my souls good ~
Margaret Charlton was very pretty Bax
ter was mortal and succumbed.
| 1t were hardly fair to reckon pretty
Elizabeth Simpson among proposing
ladies, although answering Mr.. Inch
bald's suggestion that he would marry
with "Who would marry me ?" was tanta
mount to seeking the reply, II will, il
you will have me-" The actor was not
so unready as Dean Ramsay's Scotch
beadle, who could hit upon no bette1
way of popping the question than by tax
ing the object of his affections to the
churchyard gate and saying: Mary, my
folk lie there; would you like to liz
there, Mary?" Being, like Barkis, will
ing, Mary was as indifferent as TO how thu
question was put as the Galloway girl
who, when her uncouth swain carelessly
remarked: II think I'll marry thee
Jean," responded: "Man Jock, would
be muckle obliged to ye if ye would
~ the Year Round.
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"Hazing" Severely Punished.

A CORRESPONDENT, writing to New
York paper of hazing at the Naval Acad-
envy, Annapolis, says:
zone day, about two months ago, when
a certain member of the third class was
Superintendent of one OF the floors, q well
developed plebeian came along the entry
whistling. At the sight of his superior
officer he ceased, as he was in duty bound.
The Superintendent, with an insolent de-
sire of displaying his authority over a
fellow larger than himself, ordered him
to do it again The plebe, we'll know
ing that he would be Spotted for COM
pliancc, remained silent; whereupon the
temporary official declared that if he
would not obey he should be made to do
so. Nothing, however, could be done at
that moment, 80 the youngster was al
lowed to 20 his way. That night nine
teen third class men entered his room and
passed him round;' that is, they formed
a ring into which the offender was dragged
and pushed violently from one to an
other, always falling against two or three
strong hands that pushed him back again
before he had time to take breath, and
thus he was buffeted from side to side by
nineteen pairs of muscular arms until
this great stalwart lad. nearly six feet tall,
tainted from exhaustion. The hazers
then departed, climbing out Of the
windows and sliding down the post
of the veranda. The first class man
who was on duty that night caught
a glimpse Of these forms descending in
suspicious manner, and, having
taken an observation of the window from
whence they came, went to the unlucky
pIebe's room and found him insensible
He was resuscitated and questioned; Al
first he was unwilling to tell any tales, bu
after q thorough investigation the truth
was ascertained, and the matter was laiC
before the Government, who at once
adopted most decisive measures. Thu
whole third class was quarantined from
the beginning of April to the end of thu
year; that is, for two months and q hal
they have not moments recreation. Al
their hours of pleasure are forfeited
While the other classes are playing foot
ball or taking the young ladies out tt
row the boys of '76 are working away a
extra drills; when the others have half al
hours leisure to 60 to the library or ru1
into friends room they are prisoners il
their own apartments. The nineteen VIII,
were engaged in the affair just men
toned, in addition to being guaranteed
are ordered on the practice cruise thi
summer; losing thereby the only leave o
absence that they have during the who'll
four years of their academic course-th'
one visit home to which so many toast
have been drank and so many songs sung
which is looked forward to and looket
back upon from the time they enter tn
academy until the time they leave it."
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1T is said that one or two geranium
leaves, bruised, bound upon . cut or
abrasion, will heal it at once.
The Rural Messenger says CORE
,spondent checked pear bill Zht by digging
down to the roots of his trees and throw.
ing quantity of scrap iron and covering
all over.
Snow, or Brides, Cake.-A pound
each Of -four and sugar, half q pound of
butter, and the whites of sixteen eggs
beaten to stiff froth. Flavor it with
rose.
"A well. known physician says that he
considers the following prescription for
purifying the blood as the best he has
ever used: One ounce of yellow dock,
one-half ounce of horse radish, one quart
of hard cider. Dose, one wine-glassful
four times day.
Cranberry Marmalade.-Sweet and
insipid apples and those which are past
their prime and need to be cut up on &C.
count of decay may be made very &C.
ceptable by stewing and mixing with
stewed cranberries in the proportions, say,
of one part cranberries to two parts apple.
Not quite so much sugar will be required
as for the cranberries alone, unless the
apples are sour. Strain through a COL
ander, mix evenly and serve at any meal
"A bushel of wheat in New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa.
Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ken
lucky, New Jersey, Vermont, Missouri
and Canada is sixty pounds. In Con.
necticut it is fifty-six pounds. Rye is
fifty-six pounds to the bushel in all the
States named but Illinois, where it is
fifty -four. Corn is fifty-six pounds to the
bushel in all the States named but New
York, where it is fifty.eight, and Mis-.
souri,, where it is fifty-two. Barley is
forty eight pounds to the bushel in New
York, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
Michigan, Kentucky, New Jersey and
Canada. In Pennsylvania it is forty.
seven; in Illinois forty four; in Massa,
chusetts and Vermont forty-six.
"A Good Fertilizer. 1000
pounds of good mold, sieve and screen il
to get the gravel out, and make it as fine
as possible; then spread on floor, add
| 100 pounds sulphate ammonia, 100 pounds
common salt, and mix with rake; wher
thoroughly mixed add twenty five pounds
plate Of soda; mix we'll; then add 40(
| pounuo SAouHo ooAe, I"eHCy i've Pouuus
best Peruvian guano, and $50 pound.
ground plaster. Mix the whole thoroughly
throw in pile for forty eight hours, anG
it is fit for use. If it is to be used fol
potatoes in districts where potato bugs
are numerous, five gallons sulphuric aciG
may be sprinkled over the mass. The
caution is added that the acid must no
be used in confined place, as the fume.
are injurious to health, and that if it il
spilled on the floor water must be thrown
on 1t, as the mixture generates great heat
| Scientific american.
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Means What He Says.

Though combinations strong as proofs of
Holy Writ" and as numerous as the sands on
the sea shore were produced to prove that
the proprietor of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
is in earnest, and means what be says when
he offers $500 reward for any case of Catarrh
some skeptics and fogies who would continue
to shout "Hunbugr' "HUMBUGr "lt can
not be, because DR.. Homespun says Catarr1f
cannot be cured" Now, this DR.. Homespun
Is the identical, good-natured old fellow who
honestly believes and persists in declaring that
this earth is not round or spherical but as fat
as a "slap-jack, " and does not turn over, other
wise the water would all be spilled out of
Deacon Bascom's mill-pond. But astronomi-
cal science has positively demonstrated and
proven that DIR. Homespun is wrong in sup
posing the earth to be fat and stationary,
and medical science is daily proving the
fact that he is no less mistaken and
behind the times in regard to the durability Of
Catarrh: In short, it has been positively
proven that this world naovcs, and that medi-
Cal science IS progressive-the opinion Of DR..
Homespun to the contrary notwithstanding.
That DR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure
Catarrh thousands who have used it attest.
Then buy 1t, and use 1t, in doubt do not stand,
You will hnd it In drug stores all over the land.
lFrom The Cats kill Recorder, Nov. IS, 1871
GOOD REMEDY.
We invite attention to the advertisement of
sage's Catarrh Remedy. Our readers will
bear us witness that we never knowingly
commend humbugs Of any name or nature,
and large portion of patent medicines NAV
safely be classed as impositions upon public
credulity. But having witnessed the bene-
fetal effects Of sage's Remedy upon the mem
bers Of our family and others, in Catarrhal
cases, we unqualidedly pronounce it a valu-
able medicine, entitled to public confidence
me proprietor could easily obtain in Cats
kill many certificates of it's merits.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

MORE than thousand Physicians recon-
mend the National Surgical Institute of Indian
apolis, Indiana. and direct their patients there
for treatment, for Physicians in general prac-
tice have not the apparatus, appliances and
facilities to do them justice. This Institution,
with $500, 900 capital stock, treats thousands
of cases of Paralysis, Diseased and Deformed
Joints, Crooked Legs and Feet, Piles, Fistula,
Catarrh and Chronic Diseases. Address the
Institute for circular
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

MoCKING.B1RDs can initiate human &C.
tions as well as human voices, it seems.
A Macon (Ga.) paper says that two pets
of this stripe got jealous Of each other and
undertook to fight it out in desperate
fashion. One Of them, getting enough of
it, sang out, "Quit, quit" and followed
this up by crying "Pollce, police" And,
oddly enough, there was a policeman
within hearing who came up and stopped
the fight.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

Children Often Look Pale and Sick
From no other than having worms In the stou.
ach.
BROWNS vERM1FUGE CoMF1rs
will destroy Worms without injury to the child being
perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring other
injurious ingredients usually used in prepara-
tions.
CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 215 Fulton street, New York.
Sold By Druggists and Chemists, and Dealers tn
Medicines. at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

A Connecticut lady remained too
long on a train to kiss female friends, the
other day, and, trying to get off after it
had started, was thrown on her face eff
ever kiss anybody again!" she said, re-
vengefully, as she arose, any woman, at
least" she added, thoughtfully, "then it
will be when I am crazy"
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

A FIVE weeks Normal School for Plan
lists and Organists will begin at Evanston,
H., July s, offering superior advantages.
Full particulars can be had by addressing
W. S. B. Matthews, Chicago, III.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

THERE are several kinds of worms which
trouble horses; the pin-worms (pointed at
2oth ends) are the most common and most
DANGEROUS. Sheriddn's Cavalry Condition Po,o.
GERS Will in few days eject the worms, and
the horse will begin to thrive
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

GoDEY.-The illustrations in the June
number are fully up to the standard of this maya
zine, and the literary contents are also of the
usual excellence. A new story, by Marion Har-
land-"Mre. Killers Queer Whlm"-is begun in
this number, and will be finished in the next.
The June number completes the eighty eighth
volume and forty-fourth year Of this deservedly
successful publication. Many extra good things
are promised for the July number. An excellent
story, by Caroline Orme, entitled Country
commenced, to run through five or six numbers
In addition TO the other attractions will be given
another Of those handsome chrome illustrations,
$500 per year; four copies $1,000, and beautiful
chrome to each subscriber.
II ASTHMA can be cured. See Hurst's advertise
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

Thirty Years' Experience Of nm Odd
Nurse.
MRS. W1NsIows SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip.
ton OF one OF the best Female Physicians and Nurses
In the United States and has been used for thirty
years with neverfailing safety and success BY mill
ions OF mothers and children from the feeble infant
of one week old to the adult 1t corrects scdty OF
the stomach. relieves wind colc regulates the bow
els, and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rene.
dy in the World IN all cases of DYSENTERY and
D1ARRHEA IN CHILDREN. whether 1t arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the facsimile Of CURTIS g. PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
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why VIII You SuAer ;
TO all persons suffering
from rheumatism, Neuralgia,
;f::tiii.1. 49,,
Cramps in the limbs or stom-
ach, Bilious Collie. Pain in the
back. bowels or side, We would
ssy THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcHA
>AND FAMILY L1N1AEHr is OF all
others the remedy you want
for internal and external use.
It has cured the above COM
plants in thousands Of cases.
There Is no mistake about It.
Trvit Gold hr al nr.,uD3ot.
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GOOD AGENTS WANTED,

The immense c1rcul alton of the Christian
Union has been built up by dctire cdnUdssers.
No other publication compares with it for
eagerness for Mrs. Stoves new story, the
popularity Of the paper, the friendly support
of thousands of old subscribers, the artistic
premiums for immediate deliuerli, light outfit
and complete " instructions to beginners, as
sure repeated success to agents. and offer active,
money. All who want safe, independent bust
ness write at once for terms, or send 81 for
chrome outfit to }. B. FORD & CO., New York,
Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, or San Francisco
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FACTORIES and machine shops should not
be allowed to run a day without .Johnson's
Aaodyne Imminent. In case of a sudden acct
dent, an Immediate use of it may save weeks
of suffering, and perhaps limb, or even life
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

The New PANAcEA.- science
having demonstrated that alcohol is
"neither food nor physic," but, on the
contrary, species Of poison, the intro
duction of potent tonic which is entirely
free from it is certainly subject for con-
graduation. DIR. Walkers VINEGAR
B1TTERs is medicine which may be fairly
characterized as an unobjectionable spe-
cif1c for many distressing and dangerous
diseases.
Temperance organizations, heretofore
in favor of permitting the sale of alcohol
for medical purposes, are of opinion that
VINEGAR B1TTERs possesses all the eff.
cacy as an invigorant that has ever been
even claimed for spirituous stimulants,
and on this account, as we'll as because OF
the singular success which mas attended
its use in dyspepsia, liver complaint, dis
orders of the bowels, nervous diseases,
general debility and all maladies growing
out of intemperance, they warmly recon:
mend it as restorative and Alternative OF
surprising excellence. 43
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-30

The NORTHWESTERN HORsE-NAII. Co..,
" Finished" Nail is the best in the world.
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W1LHoFT's ToN1c!-A SAFE, SURE AM
Of this world.renowned medicine proves in
contestibly that no remedy has superseded the
use OF this reliable Tonic. No spleen has beer
found so hard as not to yield to its softenine
lnfiuence7 and no liver so hypertrophied III
not to give up it's long-retained bilious secre.
tions, and no Chill or Fever has yet refused
to tall into line. WHEELocK, F1NLAY s. Co.
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRuGG1sTs.
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II ASTHMA can be cured. See Hurst's advertise
ment.
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DoN'T 1AxrrR w1rH A 0o1p.-rerhaps in
the whole category of diseases to which hu-
manlty Is susceptible. the cough is most neg
lected In it's early stage. A simple cough Is
generally regarded - temporary affection
unpleasant, and nothing more; but to those
Who have paid dearly for experience, 1t is the
signal Tor attack tor the most fearful Of all
diseases Consumption. A cough win lead to
consumption not checked 50 sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, yet It is an easy
enemy to thwart, II met by the proper remedy:
Ane''s Lung Balsana is the great cough remedy
OF the age, and it has earned it's reputation by
merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
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PRINTING PRESSES.

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York; Kelley, Howell & Ludwig, 917 Marketst.,
Philadelphia; s. p Rounds, us Monroe.st, Chicago.
a. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
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Profitable EMPLOYMENT.

send 25c. for sample Of the :
finest collection of Novelties ever offered. Price
list free s1No1AI1 8 Co, $50 Broadway, n. 7. r.
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