Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-04

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\ CARD DISCARDED. "A Mississippi lcgis.
lator having published Colonel McCardle, the
fighting editor Of the Vlrk k>burg Herald, as "a
hur, scoundre, aud coward, McCard!c denies
the impuation in the following language:
''With few words shall dispose oi this card
and it's author Tie man whose paine is at
tach, d to it | never saw, that | am aware OF!
From b; own account nc was aggrcred ny NY
editorial and for the reason that it might bc
construed as reflection upon MIN lCstead
Of asking for an cxpla,.a'lon, aud 10 default OF
getting one that was satisfactory, demanding
the usual satisfaction recognized BY gentle-
men, he rushcs irautcaily TO newspaper otilce,
and through the medium Of the foregoing card,
s. seeks to relieve his 0 crchargcd heart heal his
wounded honor, and soothc his laccrated scrsi
bi;ltos. Ii he fluids relief and puerto achieve
mcut, it would be cruel n me to deprive hun
ui' such u pleasure.
"As to any opinion the Senator from Monroe
may cntcrtau Or express of me, | trust to be
paidrncd When say that | am profoundly in
different 10 il. He aut we're both born in
kentucky; aud, though it has been many days
sGcs Jeff the good Old STATE, am willing to
lave the staple product OF that c'uDtry used IN
hanging me if | cannot get better lGdorse-
lncut from the gentlemen OF kcutu:kE than he
can Fifty thousand Confederate soldiers will
make an affidavit that | am 20 coward; aud,
as am tolcrably we'll known in Mississippi If
tie gentlemen who do know mc-Whig' Demo-
Gratis aud Republicans not say that am
al | n. }p
ed to drown myself in the Mississippi river
\ PRICELESS RECIPE FOR FARMERS. =
Every farmer who has to fence his land knows
TOO we'll how quickly posts planted in the earth
become rotten, especially In damp spot. All
of them will welcome the following process to
prevent rottenDess, a process as wonderful IN
it, effects as it is simple and almost co>!less.
Il is taken from lie Blen Public, ot plJou,
France.
Take hnseed oil, boil it, and mix i, with
charcoal dust until the mixture has the con.
sistence OF an ordinary paiut. Give to the posts
single coat Of the mixture or paint before
planting them. and no farmer, even living 10
the age of patriarchs of old, will live long
cGuugh to see the same posts rotten.
''Somc years ago | discovered the way Il
rendering wood more durable 10 earth than
iron Itself" says the author OF the c0mmuulca-
ton, but it seemed to me SO supple, and SO
inexpensive, that [ did not thirk it worth
while to make much ado and fuss about 1t:
Posts of soft wood thus prepared We're removed
after reIualDiug seven years III earth, aud were
found as sound as when they were planted.
The only prccau,ion to take Is to use only well
dried posts before covering them with the char
coal paint.
The above recipe is certainly cheap an!
seems to be we'll worth the tlal. Ii what Is
said Of the efficiency of that simple aud cheap
(about two cents per post process be only halt
true, certainly it would save yearly millions OF
doHars
A CLERGYMAN CoNQUERs A BURGLAR. "A
recent achievement OF Rev. u. t. Mcleod 10
Episcopalian clergyman, residing at Clark Hill,
near Niagara Falls, in Canada, is thus dcScrlh-
cd bv the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: On
"Wednesday uight last Mr.. Mel cd was awak-
eucd from sleep by the barking OF his ao@.
Thinking there might possibly be something
wrong about the premises, he proceeded to an
adjoining room aud there found large sz d
burglar. Both m.n being above the average
weight and strength, pretty lively tune en-
sued Tor few minutes. The minister, deter
mined on forcing an unconditional surrender on
the rart of the burglar, very soon brought his
antagonist to realizing sense OF the power and
Influence of muscular Christianity when proper
" directed Succeeding, after violent Slrug-
gle in throwing the burglar 70 the door, he
held him there until the arrival OF male ser
want, who was Sent 10 procure rope. | he SER
want was ordered 10 tie the man, tut, through
Il ar and trembling, his fingers were unable TO
perform the cfice. Seeing that ne had only
himself to rely upon, the parSon paced his
knee upon the breast OF his victim, AND hnaiy
succeeded, without aid, 10 securely blndlng lls
limbs, after which ne lashed him to heavy
piece Of furniture, aud then mounted guard
over him till morning. In the course OF the
Struggle Mr. McL2"d sustained quite severe
injury to one of his hands, bone having beer
fractured. The burglar was lodged IN Wet
land jail.
\ TOUCHING OBITUARY. The Daily Argus,
of Lcvcnworth, is no more. The editor OF the
Argus, 10 writing the obituary OF his paper,
sums up the history of his enterprise in the
following racy fashion, about four month
ago we took possession of this paper. 1t was
then in the very act of pegSing out, and vi
trcathcdinit four months more lite thanit other
wise would have had had we not taken posses
sion of it. Having neither friends, money, no
credit, we put into it all our surplus cash, anc
every dollar of our irieuds that we could ge
but as every body will see it is no go. Elhr
the people of the city don't appreciate our ct
forts. or we don't know how to run paper
We went into the business determined TO run
it or bust We have bursted. During our
connection with the Argus we have made som'
trends and numerous enemies The iormeI
will have our gratitude while life lasts; the lat
ter are affcctiouately requested to go to hell
With thcs few remarks we take leave Of pub
lie life, and now propose to enter into held Q
more usefulness, and if God is willing we vii
never go into the newspaper business again.
AN OLD USE FOR HAMMERS. ~ remember.
says a correspondent of the Medical aud Surgl
cal Journal, that when | was very youu!
they used TO raise blisters with Boiled ham
mcrs OId Dr. Twitchell, of kecne, (peac
To his ashesll once wanted to blister somt