Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-09
Clerk of House of DELEGATES,

A SINGULAR Discovery. We learn that
within the last two weeks singular discovery
has been made at the hous of Jesse Garth, for
many years deceased. 1t is said that distinct
and accurate llkeuess of Mrs Garth, who has
| been dead Tor twenty years, can be seen on
pane OF glass IN the upper sash of one ofthe win
doWs presenting very much the appearance of
| photograph negative. The discovery Is said
| to have been made By womao who was wash
| Ing clothes IN the yard. who imagiued some one
was watching her through the window, aud
| went Inside to see who it was. We gather these
facts from DR.. Charles Brown, who has him
sell seen the singular picture Brown remem.
oers that about twenty years ago, Mr.. Garth
| told him that his wife, while standing at that
window, was stunned by sudden fash of
| lIghtnlug, aud the Doctors theory is that the
| outline OF hel features were photographed 90
the window pane at that time. The youngest
daughter OF MIR. Garth, and others who were
we'll acquainted with Mrs. Garth, have seen the
picture and prouounce it striking hkeuess.
| 1t IS said 10 be more distinct about 9
o'clock 10 the moroing and 10 the evening
| thao at any other time of the day.-Chor.
! Chronicle
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS Judge Barton
| recently decided 10 the Caroline County Circuit
Court that failure to attach label setting
| forth the exact elements composing fertilizers,
| their chemical proportions, and the name of
manufacturer, was fatal to recovery 10 suits
tor sales. The following is the Virginia law on
the subject, and on which Judge Barton based
his decision:
"A commercial manures and artifciay
manufactured or manipulated fertilizers brought
into or manufactured 10 the State of Virginia,
for sale, aud sold, or kept for sale therein, shall
have permanently affixed to every sack, bag,
barrel, box or other package thereof, stamped
or printed label, which shall specify legibly, the
name or names of the manufacturer or manu-
facturers, bis, her, or their places of business,
the net weight of such sack. bag, barrel, box,
or other packages, the component parts of such
manure or fertilizer, the percentage by weight,
| which it contains Of the following constituents,
viz, OF phosphorc acid, soluble 10 pure cold
water, OF phosphoric acid, iusoluble in pure cold
water, of available ammonia, potash and soda"
A BILLET DoUx The Detroit Free Press
says:
The other evening Detroit joker slipped
little pink love letter into the pocket of stsid
ola cltlzcn as they were riding on the lest car.
vi course, the old citizens wife made dive for
his overcoat pockets Us she passed through the
hall, and when she had digested the love letter
she determined to commit suicide. While going
up stairs to get her bonnet she got mad and
changed her mind. Walking into the room
where he was sitting before cheerful fire, she
exclaimed: Loves you better than her own
life, eh 2" WHO what 2" he inquired And
she wants to know how that bald headed wife OF
yours gets along, eh?' Il reslly-I can't"
And she wants Its fifty dollars to buy her set of
p sHS, she sbou "hy b what are
got the proofl'' she shouted, making a dash for
his hair The worthy man has sworn the most
SOLEMN osths to his innocence offered to let her
employ detective to shadow him accounted
tor every hour of his absence during last year
and furnished fifty theories in regard to the let.
ter-and ) ct the wife coldly remarks that she is
staying there solely on the children's account,
SoCGABILlTY Think how much happiness
you convey to each other by kindly notice and
cheerful conversation. Think how much sun.
shine such sociability lets back toto your own
soul. Who does not feel more cheerful and co.,
tented tor receiving polite bow, and q ge.
nisl good morning with hearty shake of the
hand?' Who does not make himselt happier
by these little expressions of fellow feeling and
good will? Silence, aud a stiff, unbeudug re
serve are essentially selfish and vulgar. The
generous and polite mao has pleasant recogni-
ton and cheerful words TOR all be meets. He
scatters nbeams wherever be goes He paves
the path of others with smiles. He makes So
ciety seem genial, aud the world delightful to
those who would else find them cold, selfish, and
forloro. And what he gives is but 1.-THE of
what he receives. Be social wherever you 20, |
and wrap your lightest words in tones that are
sweet and spirit that is genial