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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-05
DRUGs IND CHE.nTGaES.

Nearly all diseases originate from indigestion
and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is always
snxiously sought after. II the Liver is Kegu-
lated in its action, health is almost inVaraoly
secured Want of action in the Liver causes
Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain IN the
Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stom-
ach, bad taste in the mouth bilious attacks, pal
ptation of the heart depression OF spirits, or the
blues, and hundred other symptoms, for wnlcn
SIMMONS LIVER REGU LATOR Is the best
remedy that has ever been discovered. Its acts
mildly, otfectually, and being simple vegetable
compound, can do no injury in any quantities
that it may be taken. 1t is harmless IN every
way: it has been used for FORTY YEARS, and
hundreds O! the good and great from all parts of
the country will vouch for its being the pures'
and best.
SIMMONS LIVER REGU LATOR,
OR MEDICINE,
Is harmless,
Is no drastic violent medicine,
Is sure to cure if taken regularly,
Is no Intoxicating beverage,
Is II fsultless family medicine,
is the cheapest medicine in the world,
Is given with safety and the happiest results to
the most delicate infant,
Does not interfere with business,
Does not disarrange the system,
Takes the place of Quinine and Bltters OF every
kind,
Contains the simplest and best remedies:
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-05

TPISCOPAL FEMALE INSTITUTE,
II Under charge Of Christ Church,
WISCB ESTER VA.
Rev. J. c. WHEAT, il. ID. Principal,
(For twenty years connected with the Virginia
Female Institute, Staunton Va, as Tencher
or Vice Principal } assisted by an experienced
we'll qualified corps Of teachers already APP
pointed
This Institute will be opened for the reception
of boarding pupils on the first Wednesday in
An early application is desirable, as the num-
Der of boarding pupils will be limited.
For Circulars address Rev. j. {. HEAI,
Staunton, Va, or Col. f. w. NJ. HOLIDAY,
Winchester, Va.
Relcrences-The Bishops and Clergy Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese OF
Virginia, Rev. Il. II. Phillips and Trustees Of
the Virginia Female institute
. Winchester, Va, jy 9-2m*
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

man Of the Committee on FOREIGN
/ Relations, and more PARTICULARLY in
the ease OF the scheme to acquire Son
| Domingo. An administration in the
flush Of popularity proposed this, and
Congress was ready to fall in with it.
both because OF Difference to the Pres
ident, and because il was supposed
I that the greed Of the American people
for annexation would make it popular.
But Mr.. Sumner pronounced the 81
object" which caused Congress, aud
the people, and the administration to
pause. His arguments brought refiec-
ton, and his courage infused that
quality into others and this danger
Gus scheme was sbandoned.
It was not unnatural that Mr.. sum
ner's devotion to great cause, his
sutferings, and final triumph in it,
and his answering rsctItude should
make him somewhat intolerant of
opposition and of those OF inferior
training, or what came into the anti
slavery cause after it had become the
only way to preferment; but he enm-
manded the respect and admiration
OF all for bis purity of character, his
learning, aRd capacity, and his great
services. In all the work of consti-
tutional and legislative reconstruction
to suit the vast change in the condi-
tions by the civil war and the aboli-
ton Of slavery, he bore q leading part.
Since the organization of the govern
ment no man has more imprt ssed his
ideas upon the legislation of the eoun.
try. A great statesman and orator
has fallen in the harness of tha eoun-
try's service, at an age when, had his
life not been shortened by brutal
violence, the country might have en-
joyed for many years more the benefit
ofhis ripe wisdom, and greatabllity.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
ReaIstrIetIng the state.

The chief labOrs Of the present Dem.
Ocratic Legislature of Ohio Is TO secure
offices for Democrats. Every inter-
est of the State is made to play second
fiddle to this all-eontrolling greed for
the spOils Of office. The original
scheme embraced the prescription of
every Republican, male or female, in
any way connected with the benevO-
lent institutions of the State, the re.
vision OF the municipal code for the
purpose OF placing the cities Of the
State under Democratic control, and
finally the redistricting OF the State
for Congressional purposes, the OBJ
Ject being, OF course, to secure larger
Democratic delegation in Congress.
This was regarded as q bold move,
and many Democrats refused to fol-
low the lead of the greedy horde of
office-seekers for this extreme meas
ure, but the legislative caucus, by
vote of 81 to G, decided in
favor Of the movement and
q committee OF twenty-one was ap-
pointed to agree upon plan for this
scheme to place DeOmcrats in Office.
This committee has had a trouble
some customer To deal with. Just
how to give every Democratic con-
gressional aspirant district, has been
q question not easily solved, but after
much labor, 1t is understood that the
following has been agreed upon by
the committee as 4 plan for re-dis-
tricting the State, and il will prOba-
bly, be adopted by the Legislature:
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
Warm Enough.

Jack Starlight was stopping at q
small village in the interior of the
State, and one Sunday last summer,
having nothing to occupy his time, he
came to the sensible conclusion that
be had better 60 to church in the even
ing; and so, after supper, he wendsd
his way TO the "meetin' house"
II was q very warm evening, aud
Jack thought, as he WAS q stranger, he
would 90 into the gallery. There were
only q few people up there, so he seat
ed himself In front seat and prepar-
ed to listen.
The minister was preaching one of
those red,hot sermons country minis
ters delight IN, and was happy.
Jack was not.
The gallery was getting warmer
every minute. The people down In
the body of the church looked COM
Portable, and our hero concluded 1t
was cooler down there, and decided to
try it.
Just as he started the minister was
In the midst Of s terrible warning to
young men, and the noise he msde at
tracted the dOmlnie's attention.
Thinking Jack was about to leave
the church, the clergyman stopped in
bis sermon, and said:
"Young man, you may not be aware
of it. but you are going straight to
hell?D
Jack stopped, looked back, and see
ing he was the person addressed, re-
piled:
''Is that sOP Well, Pun glad YOU
mentioned il. 1 was going down
where you are; but II that's the case
I'll stay where I am, for it's warm
enough up here"
Jack then cOolly sat down again,
amid the rather loud smiles of the
younger mem bers Of the congregation.
The minister gave out the next hymn
immedlately.-CdrsoH City Tribune.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
HOW 10 Make drafting Ea1.

Thomas MattesOn, Mexican county,
Penn, writes: Take two parts NUT
ton tallow, three parts beeswax, melt
the tallOw first, and put the beesWax
and resin into it. When 1t Is all
melted, stir it all up and pour 1t into
cold water and work it over. IL
there are Jumps in it. smash them
with your thumb and finger. The
longer you work il the more sticky II
grows. When IL begins 10 stick TO
your hands put some tallOw on them
Work it till It is all sticky as you
want 1t. Put in 3 tin pan with q
cover to Il, and it will keep for q
number of years. / think 1t is as good
as sticking sslve to put on any sores
Some people put in more talloW than
they put in resin or beesWax, to make
it softer to work In cold weather. but
IL there is tho much in it, it will melt
and run out In warm weather. 1
have had about forty years' exper-
ience in grating, and used q number
of sorts OF grating wax. Some people
put in hot water, and make more
trouble than there is need OF. l wet
nv finger with my tongue, and don't
find any difficulty In putting the wax
on. put little wax on the end Oi
the graft.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

"JOhn Paul" has been brought to
grief by preposterOus "run" of cred
itOrs upon him, and, In meditating
upon his mishap, he found the true
theory Of panics.
"IiOOking at my position now" he
says, 81 don't see that 1t differs mate
rally from that of q good many men
engaged In larger business. / could
keep going as long as the tailor and
my vRriO1s other trade connections
would trust me IL was only when
they wanted their pay that / bad to
fail. They preeipitated the evil by
their senseless behavior. II the idiOCs
had not sent in their bills l should be
still trading with them-all would be
going on smoothly. A panic Is sim
ply a want of confidence brought on
by finding out that people are insOlv-
ent sooner than they themselves had
calculated on. So long as il is not
known that they're insOlyent, every
things lovely. il nobody wanted
pay, there'd be no panics." This is a
clearer proposition by far than the
cognate one that national debt is a
national blessing. What use, then,
in beating round the bush and devils
ing long-winded plans for preventing
nanies9 gust sunnrssS the people
who want their pay, and tnuS nit tue
nail square on the head at once.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
Uneasy about sour Bill and our John. -

A correspondent OF the Mercer Dis
patch relates the following, told to
him by = peddler. about the early
home of Governor Bigler:
SAT the time | visited the place, the
father Of the family was dead, and
none of the children were at home,
except one daughter, who was mar
ried TO one Mr.. Mitchell, who worked
the farm. 1t was q cold, raw day
when l came, and the old lady was
sitting before n big fire reading q
newspaper. She was q very fiDe-loOk-
ing old woman, rather heavy, and
.hRra was something mOtberlV abOni
her."
"'WelI, Mr.. PeddIer,' said she,
have you heard the election returns
yet p
81 told her IIhad heard nothing but
the returns from a few neighbOring
townships and eounties-yOu know
railroads and telegraphs were not so
numerous then rs now"
Il assure you, SIR she said, Il feel
little uneasy about our Bill aud our
John. Bill is running for Governor
Of this State, and John Is running for
Governor OF California
81 tell you, that scene WAS worthy
OF picture-the good old lady read
ing her newspaper by the fire in her
humble log cabin, and her two sons
running for Governors of the two
richest States In the Union, and both
were elected "-Pitts6Nrgh CONNER
cidl.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
rhOs. Mast interviewed.

A reporter of the Chicago Times re-
Gently interviewed Thomas Mast, and
found him speeehless, as a natural re-
suit of his extended lecture tour. Mr..
Mast, however, made out, with the
aid OF his erayon, to make himself un-
derstood, and q lively conversation
was the result. We quote
"Would you have any objection to
icing interviewed, Mr.. Mast ?'
A spasm of pain crossed the artists
face for a moment, and then rushlng
to the bed he diyed down under II ana
brought out q large blackboard. Seiz-
ing y piece Of crayon he vigorously
commenced scratching upon 1t, and
in 8 few seconds the reporter beheld 8
PROSTATE figure of Mast writhing IN
the agonies of death, while upon his
body sat six able-bOdied men poking
him in the short ribs with lead PEN
ellis and notebooks. This led the re-
porter to infer that Mr.. Mast did not
like being interviewed.
Reporter-But why, Mr. Mast :?
What do you think Of reporters ?
The caricaturist here drew u pump
with quilts vigorously working the
handle.
Reporter-Ah, you think they ask
too many questions But do they
not always tell the truth in regard TO
their interviews
The figure of George Washington
armed with his little hatchet was mas
tiIv sketched upon the board, and un-
derneath it the single word, REPORT
er."
Q.I see you appreciate their YER
aeity. Pray tell me, do you erJoy
Chicago?
A picture of bOned turkey, cham
pagne, gin-coektsils and Calumet
snipe, fried, hastily followed.
After remarks as to some local cele-
brities ths conversation proceeded.
RepOrter-Are you meeting with
much success in your entertainments
A picture OF q railway train loaded
with ereenbacks, and each car ticket
ed 9TH. Mast" followed.
Reporter-How much do you ex
pect to make in Chicago?
A masonic eye with q well develop
( ed wink was drawn.
Reporter-Do you really labor from
patriotism, and do you think Presl-
dent Grant the modern eondensa-
tion OF Achilles, Cato and Gear?
The artist here drew a nose that
looked q great deal like his Own' and
upon the end of it thumb with four
fingers extended at wiggle.
Reporter-I have been much pleased
with you, Mr.. Mast, and should like
TO know you more intimately. l
shall take pleasure ia calling again.
OF course it will be agreeable TO you?
The artist hastily drew q No IL
boot, elevated at an angle Of about
forty-five degrees, AMI costly nestled
its extremities under just such coal
az the reporter wore.
Inferring from this that Mr. Mas
would be pleased to see him again
the reporter refused the kind otier o
a dozen paTauet reserved sests, anC
withdrew.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

were gazing seaward. My face must
have expressed little of the yearn-
ing pity that overhowed my heart.
rs it for me you are unhappy %
she asked doubtfully one day.
"Yes; find / have not fortitude
enough to bear other peoples misfor-
tunes.n
"YOu may easily bear mine.
have been very happy since l knew
that my waiting would be short"
"YOu have had but a dull, lonely
life, Eleanor. l cannot wonder 81
your indifference to it,"
A sudden rosy brightness transfig-
ured EleanOr's face, and for the mo-
ment she was more lovely than l can
tell.
"You are wrong, believe me-" she
said. II have had my share OF hap
piness; no woman could have more.
1t was like some great tropical bloom,
long in coming anS boon gone, but iL
was unutterably perfect"
L looked at her with wide eyes, and
the drawbridge Of her reserve fell in
stantly.
She lay still for long time, and
could hear the thud of her heart
beats.
When was leaving her, she show
ed me key on a chain that she al
ways wore about her neck.
Sometime you will use this ~ un-
lock my desk" she said, "and
find there what / can not
say to you now" Not many
days after, she went out of life as
calmly as she had passed through it
In her desk was a large packet OF
letters, bound with strip Of paper.
On this strip was written the precious
secret which she could not part with
while she lived, "Bury me with
these letters on my heart, and write
over my head only this, Eleanor
Eustaee, beloved wife of Haviland
Norton.'D
She had said on my wedding day
that she thought she might like me
very well, and 1 have reason to be-
lieve she did so, never any less and
any more, while l grew to regard her
with passionate admiration.
For long time after death, life,
alone with my widower, was a very
tame affair indeed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

A writer in paper at Newburyport /,
Mass, mOurns the religious degener-
acy Of the times and relates the fol-
lowing: "There Is bitter sarcasm in
the story told OF a minister on our sea-
board, which, though very likely to e
hypothetical, has terrible under-eur-
rent of truth. It Is said that in the
afternoon service he found handful
Of hearers, the rest having gone on q
steamer excursion for pleasure. He
entered the pulpit and said thus, as
the story goes: "My bearers, ! have
brought q sermon, but it is useless to
preach it. 1 find my duties as min
lister are very much simplitiedi the
times have changed; there Is but one
virtue TO be recommended, and that is
money; but one sin 10 be rebuked, and
that Is poverty; so you see my oeeu-,
patton Is gone, the ministry is played
out, and / must go to farming. Re-
ceive the benedietiOn."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
Hints 10 Butchers.

A worthy doctor named Slade, who
resides in st. Louis, has been for some
time past studying the most humane
way of killing animals. He Is of the
opinion that the victim should be led
quietly to the place of slaughter and
that everything calculated TO produce
q distressing effect on the nerves
should be removed as il appreciably
affects the quality Of flesh for food ;
for this reason he thinks that one ami
NAL should not be allowed to see the
death of another. Also that killing
should he permanently done by blow
ON the head causing insensibility, fol.
lowed by bleeding: or by cutting
through the spinal cord and so Destroy
ing sensation Immediately. DR.. Slade
thinks 1t is cruel to cut the throat
without first causing insensibllity. To
kill q horse without affecting his
nerves, blindfold him and tie him to
q post. The operator armed with a
heavy ak or hammer lthe doctor
thinks broad mallet the best instru-
ment), should stand to the left and in
front, aiming vigorous blow at the
forehead just between the pits above
InC CJCc. LUG VIII lh5ldAll1
fall. The head should then be drawn
back and the throat cut to the bone.
If, however, pistol or gun is used, it
should be aimed exactly at the spot
indicated, and death will be so sudden
that cutting the throat will be un-
necessary. A still easier death is sat
ursting sponge with ehlorOform and
putting it into feed-bag and fasten-
ing it close under the horses nose. In
ten minutes with frequent renewal
of the ehlOroform on the sponge, the
horse will be dead.
The skulls of all cattle are tough
er than horses and require harder
blows, they should be struck in the
center of the forehead about an inch
and a half below the base of the
horns. The reason calves are bled to
death is because blows on the head
iDjure the brain as an article of food.
Hogs should also be rendered insen-
sible by blows before their thFoats are
cut, and contrary to butchers belief,
the blood should be emptied equally
well. In shooting dogs the aim
should be close and just ovsr and ia.
front of the ear. Fish also may be
instantly killed by striking a quick,
sharp blow with a stick just behind
the ewes
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
4 CATHOLIC VIEW OF THE TEMPER,
ANCE QUESTION.
Father EOrtieFe or New Lexington on
Dram Selling and InGemperance.

The following is SYNOPSIS Of the
remarks made by Father M1rtiere on
Tue subject 81 dram selling On Sunday
last.
The dram seller lives in our midst
dealing IN ignorauc-, disease, degra-
uailon, poverty. ruined reputstiODs
strii-S. J-airusies, INSANITY, deiIrium
trsmenSi aud diShonOrsd and early
graves. The drunkards whom he
makes are wretehed enough, and COM
NIT through their intemperaucs the
most grleVouS crimes; but know not
II the SINS 0f the dram seller be not
worse and Tar more helpless of rspara-
ton than theirs. For in one il IS the
result OF weak aud uneducated mind,
unable to use Gods gifts with mOder-
alton or % bear up against the trials
and temptations OF this life, but the
other must be cold, heartless, eslcu-
lstlng, money-WOrshiping soul, who
can thus fatten himself upon the ap-
Petites Of others, and defraud his
neigh6Or by the sale Of his vile trash,
and take the hard earned dollar of his
customers In exchange without q
blush.
%! when I'VE see those walking
skeletons, those shadows of humanity
zlgzaging ON our streets, when we
think that those 4 leu, whom | could
point out to you, have become the
play things OF our street lOSfers, what
can we say of those dram shops but
that they are the DEVILS workshops.
On. dram seller, do You not hear the
voice of a righteous God who demands
OF you in tones Of wrath: Dram sell
Ter, where are my children d? You
have robbed me of my beautiful flock!
y cruel dram shops! scandal of our
times, look upon the ruin yGu have
wrought. See the black cloud which
hangs over your dwelling; It is
threatening mass of darkness and
woe, made up Of heavy curses, sighs
OF broken hearts; that cloud is filed
with the thunders and lightnings Of
the wrath OF God descending upon
you. "WOe to him that giveth drink
to his friend, and presenteth his gall,
and maketh him drunk that he may
see him stripped and naked"
Now, can ask you to quit K? Yes,
in The name Of the Church who, 10
the I'D canon Of the 81 council OF
Lateran declares that all priests are
absolutely forbidden tC give sbsolutiOn
to any one who remains in any en-
Ployment which they cannot pursue
without sin. | ask you to quit it in
the name of Christian charity, for
Christ says, at were better for y man
to have a mill stone hanged about his
neck and to be east into the depths of
the sea, rather than seands!ize one Of
the children of God" "But
the loss, father" What should you
care? Christ says, "If thy
right eye offend thee, pluck it out: II
thy right hand offend thee, cut it of
For it were better for thee to enter
lame and blind into life everlasting,
than, having two hands, or two eyes,
be cast into hell fire." Springfield
Republic.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19
SunflOwers asa CrOD.

We find in the RHTdl World the
following enumeration of its values
and It's uses: In the first place the
flowers abound in honey, aud furnish
food for bees. The seeds contain
oleaginOus matter, and yield oil at the
rate of one gallon per bushel which
Is but little inferior TO olive oil. One
acre will produce so bushels Of seed.
1t is also valuable for horses aud
poultry. 1t has been used for bread
by the American Indians, and also in
Portugal. The leaves ara excellent
fodder for cattle. The stalks while
growing may be utilized as bean poles
where they are scarce and difficult to
obtain, and when dry may be used as
roofing, or set up against fence to
form q wind break. They contain a
large amount of potash, and are ex-
cellent for kindling fires. The seed
has also been recommended for fuel.
The reputation OF the growing flower
to absorb miasmatie vapors and pre-
venting fever and sgue Is well known.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

"some years ago." said old Hank,
s'I took bed-bug to an iron foundfy
and dropped It in a ladle where ,'e t9e
melted iron was, and had it run Ihto
the skillet, Well, my old woman
nsed that skillet pretty steady for the
past six years, and here the otne5
Ssv she broke It all TO smash, ard
That 40 Won think, gentlemen, that
'ere insect Jest walked out Of his hole
where be had been lying like 8 frog IN
a rock, and made tracks for his old
roost up stairs. But, by-George, gen.
tlemen, he looked mighty pale"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

A Frenchman in Western Turkey
came near making a bad muss OF It.
His name vas Mr.. Amber, and the
Turks got up q story that he bad
hurled a pigs head, inscribing on 1t
some magic words, whereby when
clouds gathered, the head would
squeai from the ground and scare tne
rain away. The object Of this wicked
Amber WAS to create famine anu
sell his flour at high price. IL was a
desperate game on his part, aud shows
a state OF depEavity that Is rarely
ever seen in this world Bot just as
the Turks are about to investigate
the matter, after the manner Of the
good old Witchersft doctors, the tele-
graph to COnstantin0ple interfered
and the wretch escaped
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

II your seat is too hard to sit upon,
stand up. II . rock rises up before
you, roll It away, or climb over il. II
you want money, earn iL. II you
wish for confidence, prove yourself
worthy Of 1t. It takes longer 70 Skin
an elephant than . mouse, but tne
skin is worth something. Don't %
content with doing what another nAs
done-surpass It Reserve success,
and 1t will come. The boy was no.
born q man. The sun does not rise
like q rocket, or go down ike n oullel
fired from q gun, slowly but surely y
makes It's round, and never tires. II
I is As easy TO be . leader as q wbee
horse: II the job be long, the pay vii
be greater II the task be hard, th'
more competent you must be to DO 1t
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

ORGANIZED AS A NATIONAL BANK
IN 1865.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-19

&C. BOYD. J. r. kIoSELf'
BOYD a KIP6ELY,
A TrORNEYs AT LAW, Tim, Ohio. Of
"A dee over Husz' Book store opposite
tine Court House.
Aer. 80, lS7l.