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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08
By Green G Wise,

GResl Estate Agents and Auctloneers.J
TOMMISSIONERS.S SALE OF VALUA
" BILE REAL ESTATE-By virtue Of a de-
cree of the Circuit Court Of Alexandria county,
Va, rendered at November term, 1868, IN the
suit of The Potomac Building Association, pl r.,
vs. Jesse Woodward and others, defendants, the
undersigned, commissioner, therein named, Will
proceed to SELL by public auction, on FklDAI,
July Sd, 1874 at II o clock m. in front ct the
Mansion House Hotel, in the city Of Alexandris,
the following described REAL- ESIAIE, IN
the city of Alexandria.
No. w. B. Nails; TRACT OF LAND, IN
Fairfax county, containing about 70 acres oelng @
the land of which Francis Hsmcrsley dled seiz-
ed. and which was conveyed to VIM. b. Nails
by VIM. Hamersley and James Hsmersley with
Eliza, his wife, by deed, dated the l!th OF July,
1856, lying about 81 miles from the city OF Alex
sndria, on the Telegraph road.
No. 2-Mary o. Sulliyan's LOT, on the south
side of Franklin street, at the middle OF square,
between Water and Fairfax, rs feet by oo feet
deep--vscant lot. ,,. = 49,. :! =.
half of TWO-STORY FRAME DWEL-A
LING and LOT, on the east side of Washington
street. between King and Prince, next to the
Church, 20 #. by 1G f. s in deep, beginning l3o
feet inches south of King. 80
a more particular description OF the properly
will he given on the day, of sale. ,..s.. sdi
Terms: One-tenth of the purchase money 70
be paid in cash the residue in three equal In.
stslments of G, 12 and 18 months the bonds OF
the purchaser, with good security, and bearing
interest, to be taken for the deferred payments
and the title to be retained until they are palo.
Conveysncing at the expense OF the purchaser.
ie 2cts G., w. WATTLES, Comm'r.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

~OALl COALl
~ COALl
TO arrive snd on wharf full stock Of
Lykens Valley Red Ash Coal
Lorberry Red Ash Coal.
Shamokin Coal.
Henry Clay Mine Coal.
Lee Mine White Ash Coal.
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 sale at lowest
market rates-2240 lbs to the ton.
Orders left ut 81 King street will be promptly
attended to. w. A. SMOOT,
jy loft Shoots wharf, foot OF Princess 81.
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COMMISSIONERS sALE.-PuEsqHsn;: H;: to
~ the decree of the County Court OF Fa,51a1 fsa =
county, rendered st December Court i8!2, IN
the t suit then pending in that Court of Davis,vs
eSn%sGRs'1 Pa s asasT asT
of June 1874, Court day, at II o'clock. m., sell
he bdde At pq6sd 9hd sgs9V soaV iii tSa tRs
TRACT OF LAND Except twenty,nHye H acres
heretofore sod1 boquesthcd to the said John ~ D.
Haynes by the late Isaac Haynes anp ss the
Little pke saoPns the esSdins sboss. sud
tract on te gaas 90 ooiI and eigibly located con-
taInine assI W sbout 100 acres-quantity explained at
sale. ho,d IN tho dow
&c ssia m and the residue in three equal payments
Of Of one one two and three years, with interest from
the day Of sale to Do secyry W % and the
tpant;on of the title to the land.
'oA'''A 81. W. THOMAS,
ALBERT STUART, Comm rs.
THOMAS MOORE, } ..t
Fairfax county, my lS-w4w >.a
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ALEXANDRIA, VA. MONDAY JUNE s. 1874.


WIN. +. BROOKES,
DEALER IN
FINE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
147 King street,
Alexandria, Virginia.
~ Special attention given to the selection o
TEAS, COFFEES and FAMILY FLOUR.
jy loft
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

= BRowNTowN STEAM TANNERY-The Cover
brothers have their large steam tannery at
b3rowntown, in this county. in successful opera
,loo,, and are buying large quantities of bark,
besides that which they had stripped on their
S own lands. This firm shipped from Front
hoyal Depot, during the month of May, twelve
hundred sides of leather, the average weight
o. each side being twenty pounds, making
tWenty-fopr thousand pounds, worth at least
sniIty cents per pound, thus netting them in
G%a,sh, seven thousand two hundred dollars.
l,here Is more wealth in our mountains than in
tae - mines of california and the pew Northwest
CAPITALISTS come and deveiope it Waren
Nentlnel. ASA.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

Tom COLLINS The joke alluded to below
has reached this city aud several have been
sold by it. The Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun says:
The Tom Collins joke has reached here,
and is creating a good deal of fmerriment in this
city. 1t is of Boston origin, and was started
here over a week and half ago. The joke
consists in telling person that TON Collins
has been slanderiug him iu an outrageous and
objectionable manner, and that Collins makes
bis headquarters at a certain restaurant. The
iuturiated subject of SANDER calls to see Col
lins. and the proprietor says ''he is out, but
has lett his card, at the same time handing
the applicant photograph of Collins, and the
joke is plainly seen. A general treat follows.
ln one restaurant on Ninth street at least two
hundred persons have called to-day to see Col
ns and been sold. Many come armed. Sew
eral females have been among the callers. A
wellknown wag sent an avenue merchant up to
see him to-day, at the same time loauing him
revolver, and when he (the merchant) found
out that he had been sold he pawned the re-
volver for four dollars and returned the wag
the ticket, thus turning the joke. Several per-
sous here applied to Major Richards, at police
headquarters, to arrest Collins, and some of our
magistrates here even issncd warrants for him
preparatory to entering suits for defamation OF
character, slander, &o.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

EoReE MebURSEY 6 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. 1856 AND I7O KING STREET,
(Washington Hall Building,)
Alexandria, Va.
Orders promptly filed. NH 31-tf
|NHw STORE.
F. G. SWAINE
Wouldinform his friends and the public gener.
ally that he has leased the store the corner OF
Cameron and Royal streets, 81. G. Milbufn's o. Ola
stand) and will keep, in connection with the
Grocery, Liquor and Commission store, No. "a
Royal street, frst-class
FAMILY GROCERY,
where can be found 1T all times fresh Roll But.
ter, Poultry, Eggs, Hopiny. Beans, Dried
Fruits, Potatoes, Canned Peaches, Pineapple,
Temaoes and Corn, &C., &c. Call and exam
inc. 1eo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

A WILL--The Introductory paragraph of
the last will and testament of the late Chief
Justice George Robertson, Of Kentucky, reads
thus :---"UnitiDg our destinies when she was
not sixteen and l was only nineteen years old
my devoted wife and myself, without any pat
rimonia estate, acquired during happy
unop of more than fifty Eve years comforta.
Bile independence, nationally enjoyed as the fruit
Of our cooperating energies After devotiug
to the advancement of our children at least
$4,000 in various ways, still retaining prop.
erty sufficient for the comfort of my desoate old
age, Idesire that what shall leave behind me
undsposed of in my life time shall be distributed
among my descendants in such portions as will
as nearly as possible approch legal equality,
aud for calculating that end l now publish the
testamentary disposition of the residual estate
which Providence enabled my admirable wife
and myself, BY habitual industry, to earn, and
by self-deuying economy and systematic pru-
dence to save"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

VIZ FRANKLIN CIR RE1G 81 TON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer IN
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDI-
CINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS,
No. SIS King street, (ata,der Sarepta Hau,)
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully compound
ed. Orders will receive prompt attention.
NH A-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-08

COATINGS, in Black Brown, Blue superior
" French Cloths and Doeskins-genune I'M
ported goods of the 1nest texture. Also medium
and low priced goods in great variety
ie3 RObI. u. WOOO.
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VANADA OAT MEAL in bulk; also Scotch
" do. in packages, and Canton Preserved
Ginxer-e fresh supply in store at reduced rates.
GEO. McBURNEY 81 SON,
mvH l66 and 10 King street.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-10-14
shOeing n Camel.

A traveller from Pekin 10 Siberia.
across the great desert of Cobb, tells
US that whenever q camel's feet have
become very tender and sore from
long marches, the POOR creature lies
down. The driver knows at once
that his feet hurt him, and looks to
End out if the thick skin of tie feet
is blistered. Whenever a blister is
found, two or three strong men, usu-
ally Mongols; keep watch of the
camel until it is not noticing them.
At just the right moment they make
a rush altogether upon the camel,
throw it over upon the side, and
make it fast. Then, with a needle
made for that use, they sew a square
piece of leather large enough to cover
the hurt place over the cancels foot,
the skin of which is quite thick
enough to sew through, without
hurting the animal. With this new
shoe on, the camel is quite ready to
get up and march on. The pieces
Of leather are very carefully prepared
for this use. II sometimes happens
that a camel lies down in the midst
of his long march across the desert
and dies. The natives take the
thickest part Of his skin to make
shoes Of These bits of skin they
take out day after day, when on the
march. and pull, until they become
so soft and yielding hat a camel
with blistered feet, seems grateful to
have shoes made Of It, although he
would resist the shoeing to the last,
were be not held so that be could
not move.
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Ten RuIes for Farmers.

/. Take good papers and read
them.
?. Keep an account of farm opera
tons.
8. Do not leave implements scatter
ed over the farm, exposed to snow,
rain and heat.
1. Repair tools and buildings at a
proper time, and do not suffer subse-
quent tbreetold expenditure OF time
and money.
5. Use money iudiciously and do
not attend auction sales to purshase
all kinds Of trumpery because it is
cheap.
6. See that fences are we'll repair.
ed, and cattle are not grazing.in the
meadows, or grain fields, or orchards
I. Do not refuse to make correct
experiments, in a small way, of many
new things,
s. Plant fruit trees well, care for
them, and of course get good crops
8. Practice economy by giving
stock shelter during the winter; also,
good food, taking out all that is IN
sound. half rotten, or mouldy.
10. Do not keep tribes of cats and
snarling dogs around the premises,
who eat more in a month than they
are worth in a MISUNDERSTANDING
Star.
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How 70 Cook Beefs1eaE.

Some time since a complete ency.
clopedia of useful knowledge in human
form became an inmate Of a family.
When this learned guest came among
them be was constituted as an oracle
ia many cases, and was asked one
morning wouldn't be tell or show
them q better way to cook the steak
for breakfast ?" He .ook the thin.
long-handled frying-pan from its nail,
and putting it on the stove heated it
quite hot. In this be put the pieces
Of steak previously pounded, but to
their surprise did not put a particle
OF butter in the frying-pan, and did
not salt his steak. He allowed the
steak to meerly glaze over, and then
turned it quickly to the other side,
turning 1t several times in this man
ner, until it was done. Four minu-
ties were not employed on this opera
ton, but a jusier steak was never
eaten. 1t was, when done, laid on
the platter, previously warmed, and
was buttered and sailed and set a
moment in the hot oven. Allowing
the steak to heat but a moment on
each side, helped il to retain all its
sweet juices, and putting the salt on
at the last moment after it was on
the platter, drew out its juices.
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Fruir as a Medicine.

The worst case of dyspepsia can
be CURED without the least particle
Of medicine, simply by eating nothing
that lard is an ingredient, using but
ter sparingly, eating bread made OF
unbolted -four, and making free use
of fruits especially apples. In fact,
on the departure of winter, most peo-
pie would be much better of if they
ate meat not much oftener than once
or twice a week, and use fruits and
vegetables instead. Pork and lard
are the greatest promoters of dYspeP-
STA, levers aud bilious diseases are
fed by keeping up our bodily heat Of
midwinter through June, July, Aug
ust and September, never changing
our diet from the heavy meets OF
January. An eminent French ply
sician says that the decrease of dys-
pepsia in Paris is owing to the in
creased consumption of apples-a
fruit, be maintains, which is an ad-
mirable preventive and tonic, as well
as a very n~ourishing and easily d.
gested article of food. The Paris
ians, devour one hundred millions
of them every winter, and we do not
doubt that these statements are per-
fectly correct. In fact, instances have
come under our observation, where
fresh fruit had an immediate effect in
checking bilious tendencies in indi-
viduals, and we have heard of whole
districts where bilious diseases have
become prevalent upon a failure of
the fruit crop. Fruit growers may
therefore, count on a constantly in
creasing demand for the products of
orchards and gardens, as the
health giving properties of fruit be-
come known.
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Iron Fence

Some one who has tried it saws
! discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer
than iron in the ground, butstbought
the process so simple and inexpen-
sive that it was not worth while
making any stir about It. / would
as soon have poplar, Eastwood, or
quaking ash as any other kind of
timber for fence-posts. After having
been set seven years they were as
sound when taken out as when they
were first put in the ground. Time
and weather seem TO have no effect
on them. The posts can be prepared
Tor less than two cents apiece. This
IS the recipe; Take boiled Iinseed oil
ana stir In it p~ulyerized charcoal to
the consistency Of paint. Put a coat
OF this over the timber, and there is
not a man that wiz live to e II
rot.
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Grating Trees.

Mr.. Upton, Of Burlington, Kansas
wrote the Hon ticulfurist as follows.
The quickest, surest, aud cheap,
est way / ever grew pears was when
grated or bpdded on bearing apple.
trees. | never picked better pears
from standards, or any other under.
growth for the pear, than / have
picked from old apple-trees topped
and budded or grated with pears:
and they always bore early ana pro-
iosely. In large apple orchards are
sometimes found worthless, scraggy
trees; such ! have practiced chang
ing to pears l never failed to get a
good crop in two years. In some
trees the pear would die oulg in six
years, while others were healthy 10
my knowledge for eighteen veors and
still doing well the last time | saw
them, IN 1865, in Franklin county.
Ohio.n
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/. W.


ANY person desiring TO purchase either a first
class Piano or Organ may apply 70 DR.. Brubaker.
enc OF the most competent musical judges. OF ad-
dress me at No. Al Vine street. Philadelphia
The following named persons viii be glad to tes-
tfy also 20 tie superiority Of my Instruments and
giFe such Information as may be desired: NJ. A.
Sanner, Somerset; Col. 4. j. 1utzy, Unsina, Som
erset c.; Anthony Degler, Confluence. Somerset
Ca; Lot Watson, Petersburg. Somerset Co: John
Mitchell. Addison. Somerset Co: Basil Bird. Ad-
olson. Somerset Co; Jerry Liston, Listonville.
Somerset Co; Rev. W. Il Lingley, Confluence.
Somerset Co.
Any order forwarded 10 me will be puneiually
attended 70. Parties desiring TO have a piano on
trial before purchasing can he accommodates
without extra charge for having the instrument
put up in their parlors or removed in case the iu-
stTument Is not taken, which latter, however. has
never occurred yet Ioner none bu; the very hest
instruments for sale and warrant them for 5 and 10
years. Ny terms are reasonable and easy, as |
have facilities which very few dealers can b0as Of.
Being practical Piano and Organ buildermvseif
IL IL but natural that / can offer advantages which
most dealers or agents do not possess. Without
entering into further details as TO the qualities of
my Instruments, l respectfully solicit the readers
~patiience 70 perusc the foregoing certificates and
also call attention TO cards Published in the Som
ersct Herald and Democrat Of July 5. m
ing myself 10 the public In general, but especially
% lovers Of music. / subscribe
Respectfully.
PROP. EDWARD HETZ. !
Juiy2 42l NineSt, Philadelphia
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EDWARD HETZ'S
p I A N Q

is by far the best now offered. Among the number
Of valuable autographs In possession Of Professor
Hetz, we see the following celebrated names: Mos
cheles, Prof TOPPER, Laehnef, Metfessel, Richard
Wagner. Or. BrendeL. Herzog, Riedel, Carl Cote,
O.. St0r, Lassen- GOttsehalk, and n long list Of
others Of the same rank teO numerous 70 mention;
But Il Is not only Eurode, il is this country, ana
especially the State Of Pennsylvania, we wish 70
speak Of. The extensive use and introduction Of
the piano. which naturally produced a great com
petition aad rivalry among manufacturers, and
consequently a real deluge Of second class nstru,,
ments. sOla unre the most pretentious names, and
peddled ali over the country by ignorant agents,
without the slightest responsibility or knowledge
Of music OF its instruments. The practical Guilt
walton Of the art Of tunes on the organ or piano.,
being one Of the greatest importance in the line Of
education. Prof. Edward Hetz took pains TO be-
come a master on both instruments, and without
regard 10 time and cost, acquired the instructor
shin Of the most celebrated master. Francis List,
who is, and has always been proud Of his scholar.
What our neighbors say and think about The
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-10-14

Professor Horseford, Of Harvard
University, has published 8 recipe
for improving and preserving cider,
by means of which the progress Of
the vinous and accetic lamentations
may be arrested at pleasure, and the
cider preserved in just such q state
as may be desired. 1t IS this:
"Put the new cider into clean casks
or barrels, and allow it to ferment
from one to three weeks. according
as the weather is cool or warm
When it has attained to a lively fer
mentstion, add to each gallon three
fourths Of a pound Of white sugar,
and let the whole ferment again I'M
til it possesses nearly the brisk, pleas
ant taste which it is desirable should
be permanent. Pour out a quart Of
the cider, and mix with it one-quarter
Of an ounce Of sulphite Of lime for
every gallon the cask contains. STR
It until it is intimately mixed, and
pour the emulsion into the liquid
Aeitate the contents of the eask
thoroughly for a few moments, .hen
let il rest that the cider may settle.
Fermentation will be arrested at once,
and viii not be resumed. | tmay be
bottled in the course of a few weeks,
or it may be allowed to remain 10
the cask and used on draught. If
bottled, it win become a sparkling
cider of surprising excellence"
Professor Horsford was the first to
use the sulphite of lime for this pui-
pose, and to him is due the credit OF
first calling attention to its usefulness.
1t is in no respect deleterious, as the
sulphate into which the sulphite is
changed by the liberation of sulphor-
Gus acid is entirely insolu able and re-
mains at the bottom of the vessel.
Remember, 1t is the sulphite of lime,
not sulphate, must be used. The quail
ity of the cider will remain unehang-
ed for years.
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TIE be

On receipt of fifteen cents, l will mail to any ad,
dress, a neat card with either of the above; show.
ing in the one case how sthe light will give light
ON any subject; and in the other case how 1.-THE
door viii open a door TO any subject, even the door
OF Heaven Or / will send the two cards for TWEEN
ty-ive cents.
Address, c.. F. WALKER, Friedens', Pa.
THAT the alphabet is a science I'm itself. Is GER
tainly something new, even in this day of inven-
ton and discovery. Though If Mr.. Walker sus-
tains the assertion by actual demonstration, we
viii all have to acknowledge the truth, and If we
do find it in the meaning of the letters Of the al
phabet.l-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-10-14

The Press OF June 2o.h, enc OF the leading
newspapers Of the State Of Pennsylvania, publish
ed in Philadelphia, under the editorsnlp Oh Coi
Foruev. published the following extract Of pri-
vate letter. dated Vienna, May n. 1878:
IalsO met Able List, the celebrated yirtuosi
and composer. he looks now very eld, anu hIs
family cares may account a good deal tor the snow
Of his hair. He always took, and yet takes a great
interest in our musical affairs, and seems 70 be
particularly well pleased about the success OF his
former scholar, Professor Edward Hetz. OF Phila-
delDhia. The pianos, exhibited by the latter, are
without question the best now offered. We may
add the TACT that List considers the pianos OF
Hetz by far the best in market, and SO do most Of
the virtuosio OF Europe.
As nattering as these lines are, they are not
more nor less than Professor Hetz deserves.
But n Is not alone FRANZ LIST, without
question the hrst performer on the piano now liv-
ing. who acknowledges the superiority oil the IN
Of Pref Hetz. .
we have seen a number Of testimonials, a real
Of autographs Of the most celebrated
pianists. who admit without exception, that
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FRoN J. W. NccoY.

PARAMOUNT. W. VA, June 90. 1874.
Having purchased Of Professor Hetz, OF Phila-
delphia, one Grand Square Piano. ~ octave. man
ufactured by p. Hale 4 Co. OF New York. for the
Prof, with his own latest Improvements thereto.
il gives me great pleasure 10 certify that said in
strumen; is very superior in tone and volume, and
easy Of manipulation TO any I have ever seen, and
the same opinion has been expressed by all who
have either played upon or heard il played. ANY
person wishing to purchase a first class instrument
would do well 10 examine those manufactured for
the Prof before looking elsewhere.
II lTclrnX
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FROM LOUIS \. rrAs.

BEDFORD. PA, March 4, 1874.
Having bought OF Prof. Ed. Hetz. Of Philadel-
phia, one Of his Grand Square Pianos, "a octave,
and containing the Professors own latest Improve
ments, II gives me much pleasure to certify that
said instrument is superior 10 any other In every
respect, an Cpl Mon shared by the most competent
eonnoisseurs. Any person wishing 10 purchases
FIRST class piano should not fail to examine those Of
Prof, Hetz before going elsewhere.
LOUIS n. FYAN.
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FRoM DIR. COLEMAN.

LArRoBE, Pa, June 10Th, 1878.
This is to certify, that 1 have had one of Prof
Hetz's Grand Pianos" for about one and a half
years. and it has proved an excellent instrument.
All who have xamined II, have spoken In terms Of
praise Of its merits, both in tune and finish, The
workmanship is excellent, and the tone Is all that
can be desired, and 1 take pleasure in recommend
ing these instruments to the public.
w. G. CoLEMAN