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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-12
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The rev and commodious iron aK-~ :
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON, a.fsg sslEssEs
built especially for th!s route, leaves the CON.
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Day ana FRIDAY, at O'clock q. m, and
Alexandria ri 100 Il. m; returning, srrlVes
EVERY WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY, vi
O'clock p. m.
This company makes close connections ut Al
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received for ali points, North and South,
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For further information "pply TO
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or al the Office of the company, unler the NJ.
tonxi metropolitan Bank, 18th street, opposite
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Steamers leave hlexandris EVERY TUES
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Freight forwarded with promptnesS and csres
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-12

This company offers unrivaliod facilities for
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NEWEST STYLES OF LADIES SUITS,
IN in Linen uhd Batlstn 1T popular prices al
my Is PREILF ELDER u GO1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-12
ANALYSIS.

,; $50
Ammonia. ..."''''''''''' 90
Soluble Phoslh Of Lime. ......'.-,
Bone Phosphate Of Lime ........'..'.''...' g.
DLhrH ''''''
Composed Of the most concentrated 'n"t'F'ns'
il is richer in Ammonia and Soluble IH"'ph,nnt"
than any other Fertilizer sold, except our ha
celsior," and is made viii the '.Inr care H''"
supervision uniform! quality guarH'''e'"' IL
..xnel.n nrInr Lnr drilling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-12

~ kRAUSES GREEN GUM PLASTERS
w. represent the on y remedy known to cure
Corns, and to suhdue, in a few hours the most
intense pain produced by Bunions. The effect
of these Pastors is, first to arrest the transform
alton of healthy skin into dead, hardened accu-
mutation. and then to so soften the already form
ed hard substance, that it can be easily removed
By the finger nail. For sale by
WAKEFIELD Sc HALL,
.aup9 Corner Prince and Fairfax streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-12

. TlERCES SMALL HAMS and SUGAR.
= CURED BEEF just received by
my II u. VIM. kAMoA1.
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26
A CHILD'S PRAYER.

She was hardly able to talk plainly. and
an officer had to give her his hand to as.
:&ist~ hegg eggg jTqR~the steps into the. Central
Station.
"Did you put my mother in jail ?' she
asked g 9hepushedE Ehsresnnzbpnnet 2 ~ back
and 'fo6ked from She 6ihe t to ali iaaihio6tkeer.
They had arrested red.faced, tangled.
hair woman, who fought the officers and
made use of foul language. No one dream
ed that the child was hers, but it was.
The little thing was so innocent and
pure, that. they didn't want her to ever
see the iron bars, but the mother heard
her v6fce:: calliied to hcr ana they opened
the cortider door. 4 The child grasped the
iron door, looked into the cell, and cried
out:
aWAy, mother, you are ip jail!'
aTfhe mother crowded Back, ashamed Uf
herself and the child knelt down on the
is"'; stsns s1s3 a&&E s,;as dNsN:g481 bars Of the
"Now I lay mo down to sleep, andI
hoge my mother will get out ofjail!'''
-Sfntai1CrrS
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

; ScHENcK' Pu1MoN1c SYRUP, SEA WEED ToS-
1c AND MANDRAKE P1LLs.-These deservidly
celebrate:t and popular medicines have affect
ed q revolution in the healing art, and proved
the 1allacy of several maxinls which have for
many years obstructed the progress of med.
ical science. The false supposition that "Con
sumption is incu-able'' deferred physicia,1s
from attempting to find remedies for that d.
sease, and patients afflicted with it reconciled
themselves to death without making an effort
to escape from a doom which they supposed
to be unavoidable. 1t now proved, however.
that Consumption can 6r curcd, and that. it has
6een cured in a very great number of cases
(some of them apparently desperate onesA bv
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup alone; and in
connection with Schenk's Sea W. ed Tonic
and Mandrake pills, one or both, acrn"ding to
the requirements Of the case
Dr. Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninte1-
rupted good health for more than forty years,
was supposed, at one time to be at the very
gate OF death, his physicians having pronounc
ed his case hopeless, and abandoned him to
his fate. He was cured by the atolsaid medi-
cines, and, since his recovery, many thous-
ands similarly affected have used Dr..
Schenck's preparations with the same remark.
able success.
Full directions accompany each, making it
not ABSOLUTELY necessary to personally see Dr.
Schenck unless patients wish their lungs ex-
amined, and for this purpose he is professions
ally at his principal Office, Corner Sixth and
Arch Sts, Philadelphia, every Monday, where
all letters for advice must be addressed.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

+ ,
eB za A%}S'ef2 B6sfaHR sbR Ees }yng just ready
Eo Alhaestthe1first manche saw on board
yas. ,PAlEeetlah Geurtis, who had rowede him
down to the port seven years before. He
found that bis old neigh Dor did not know
him. 50, changed Was :he1 With his +; long
beard and Moorish dress, ,whereupon,
without telling his name. he began to put
questions &bout'his old home, and flhallyY
asked him if he knew Mrs.: :Matsop. y>,,,
II rather think I do,'' said Pelatiah.
f''She's my wifi" ~ >r>';:'j - :" '':'.
"Your wife - cried the other. s.She
is mine before God and man, am Da.
vid Matson and she is the mother Of nv
children!:" !:'.' ''.' =: i:::''::W 1i'''..-
! ,i:> >"And mine, too!'' said Pelc: Pelc+'an:. ~
left her with ho " iii her arms. If you
are Dav;l a1-sson, your right: to her is
l9ut!aWed; at. any rate, she is mine, and, I
am not the one to give her up
~'@''God is greatW said poor David Mat
SON, unconsciously repeating the familiar
words Of Moslem submission. ellis will
be done. | loved her, I shalt never see
heragain. Give these, with my blessing,
to the good woman and the boys and
he handed over, with sigh. the little
buadle containing the gifts for his wife
and children. ~. ...
He shook hands with his rival. "Pela.
tiah,' he said, looking back as he left the
ship, ''be good to Anna and my boys.''
cay, ay, sir - responded the sailor, in
a careless tone. lie watched the poor
man passing slowly up the narrow street
until out Of sight. ''It's hard case for
old David he said, helping himself to a
fresh cud of tobacco; ''but I'm glad I've
seen the last Of him.
Pelatiah Curtis reached home; he told
Anna the story of her husband, and laid
his gifts on: her lay. She did not shrek
nor faint, for she was a healthy woman,
with strong nerves; but she stole away by
herself and wept bitterly. She lived many
years after. but could never be persuaded
to wear the pretty shawl which the hus-
band Of her youth sent as his farewell
gift. There is, however, tradition that,
in accordance with her dying wish, it was
wrapped about her poor old shoulders in
the coffin and buried with her.
The little, old, bulls eye watch, which
is still in the possession Of one Of her
grandchildren, is now all that remains of
David Matson, the lost man.
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26
20 WearisOme condition of humanity"'

~ HcaflSOlIe COnultlOn OF num2n1Cy.''
How many wretched homes in our land
How many heart-broken invalids! Life with
many signifies mere onerous existance. All
are subject to disease, but when health is re-
moved the hope is nearly gone out Sickness
is usually incurred through exposure or care
lessness. Especially is this true with those di-
seases peculiar to woman Through her own
imprudence and folly she is made to drag out
miserable existance-a source of annoyance
and anxiety to her friends, and any thing but
comfort and pleasure to herself. Exposure
to the cold at times when she should be most
prudent, and QYertaxing her body with labor
ious employment, are both fruitful causes of
many of the naaladies fro1n which she suffers.
Gradually the bloom leaves her cheeks, her
lips grow rashy white, her vivacity departs,
she continually experiences feeling OF
WEAKNESS and general languor, and altogether
presents, a ghostly appearance. What does
She need? Should she take some stimulating
drug, which will for the time make her s:feet
bctter," or does her entire SYSTEM demand
reparation2 she requires something which not
eans. but will tone and invigorate tle system.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Will do tnis.
i,nparts strength to the diseased parts,
t5 SsfN s'p previously tnere was only s sus
Ever Every invalid lady; should send for ,.y,e
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser.' in
which over fifty pages are devoted to the { con
sideration of those diseases peculiar to Women.
It will be sent, postpaid, to any address, for
$3.50. Address, R. V. Pierce, NJ. D. Worlds
Disperisary, Buffalo, N. Y. Agents wanted to
sci. this valuable work. -" :.
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

a6ur: :,1nl' man gained 81 Il wonderfully osnf
did we feed patient on brandy and
water with more eagerness.,: G!'stood by
US, saying ::7-77::The, end is not yet.''
DR.. D. came to request our presence in
The dead house'Ahe would like to
show, us the remains; Of the limb We
looked on calmly as he took ''it'' from
the pile in the corner and listened in =
dreamy way, to an account Of the ''diffi-
Guilty, SCIENCE; transverse something, -
but all the time we were hearing :''''>,::.
Save met + havea wife and FIVE chill.
idren II mnst n2t e. a'f I: 60 ."'''
b:o,-s saved him, and: that is worth living
.You saved him. replied the doctor.
mo one else would have gained permis-
sion for such an operatidt1;" and then
and there we called. him, Sour, man. .''' =.
He gained slowly But steadily, and we
lett him to take our place as patient, only
to hear on our recovery that ''our man.
had gone home to his family. IF his eye
should rest on this paper, he will doubt
less remember who held up the doctors
little daughter; for him to kiss; becaus
'''she was SO like his own
AS for DR.. D., we are quite sure he is
doing good somewhere; and should he
read this he will learn how much he " s
honored for his bravery. For Young
practitioner to face the opposition Of ali
his associates Isl no trifle ;but to per orm
difficult and peculiar operation, with
critical eyes upon one, with only one
chance in thousand of saving life, is
evidence of a noble heart as well as a
clear head.
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

baltimore Gazette, Jan. l2]
The arrival of the United States steam
er Brooklyn at Barbados, and the United
States steamer Monongahela at Key
West, removes the seal Of secresy about
the movements of the vessels of the South
Atlantic squadron. They are all to rem.
devious at Key West as an auxiliary
fleet to the main fleet at Port ROYAL.
Four more iron clads are to be immcdi.
ately equipped. Secretary Robson,
when asked what all these preparations
meant, said: "When the order was issued
last October to put the navy in fighting
order there was a reasonable ground for
doing it. Now there is more reasonable
ground, and that is the defence of nation.
al honor
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26
Soldiers. Additional i. Land Claim,
- - ''~ Wanted. - * ~

According to Act Of Congress-. June ssh,
1879, and the amendatory acts thereto. ali
honorable discharged soldiers who hats4 ts43aeIQ41
ed 80 days or more in the; Union 4rwg, e,a11t
have hofnesteaded 90, 80, or 120 acfe5 81 goYr
eminent land prior to- June %, 1870 }hndlmmil
final proof thereof, are now entitled to an AZ =
ditional 40, SO, or 100 aeres-en1 M RE{B{Qh "a !
aSd fbH,f 70 fhe ye;a 2L3s'Pa tbeSn s2tfy to ehd
will pay the highest: ,es$le rbrf foa6 6atsfsa{e
claims. Address, Z. !. Aedges,| Springfield,
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26
GROUNDS FOR A DIVORCE.
from the Atlanta Constitution.

FROM the ALllQta COnSL1CutOn.l
The new Year brought trouble to that
good old negro, Amos. Yesterday he
entered Gen. G.'s law Office, and seemed
to be in deep distress.
quirsd Sd'a ths ~ ssnegsf 81 re-, 1H0S ~
''Yes, gineral, Use got pow'ful bad
case, sah!' said Amos, shaking his head
gloomily.
"What's the trouble z
II wants to fgit me revorce, gineral--
me and dat gal what's been my wife is
fallen out, sah!'
"Well, that is bad E; let US see if you
have grounds for a divorce. What has
she been doing?''- ~":1.
wy, say, she's jis been particularly
raising do old Harry round the house for
de las four weeks. Fust thing fo' most
she tuck all de money she could find
bout; the :house ercbuy- Ghristmas gifts
fur hersef, and when l ak her fur dat
money back again, she jis cussed me out
from head to heels, sab y urged Amos.
"What else :"
"Well, useckon]y, sab, she invented two
of her sisters to come ddr can' quarter on
me fur de whole ob de holidays, TUX my
bed for ;;em to>sleep on, al I'd whFn fused
to- sib 1t~up, an got in it it1hyseaf, she cut
de cords and lemme collapse through onto
de Ao' ard den split de ;bislzit board ober
my hsada right dar. sah!',< pointing to a
sore place on his head:
III ;ftt6$6{& st6$6{a &as d"f& fPf3,,y g. "..., 't s. ~
nebber muffin more Oh her meanness
tw1xt dat timea and de oddcr night when
de glib party down here to dat nigger
boarding. house on Decanter Street. Den
she came up to mei and seq, amos, you
f doesn't go to parties, >and my jsecon
| Josefus is up hyar an want you to lend
him dem. black. suit Of Sunday clos oh
yours, now gineral, dat hog.eye Josefus
was dat gals s.sweet. heart fore married
her, and dat made me madder'n blazes.
an l upset things round dar in a hurry!''
"What dia you do?' -.
81 got On my mussel, an for an ole
man I'm boss niger when gifts start.
edll~~4 -feaehed~s,eu dis, hyaT~right
han, aa~ sfotcbcd her a>ditf ;op de>mout
! dat nfiade her t'in|2 III DIR was a; Bone facry
started under her nose, flung her down
de back stars, and emptied bout 'leben
flower boxes fulkofyearth on her! Bout
dat time Jossfua in de gate, and
he no more e*dtd]R dun sbe his foot on de step
fore jumped in among him, and I tell
ye: de homes truf general, dere aint nuf1
OBJ dat, niger: hi ac lel' on him, to patch
yer slipper at de toe! And dats wha1
Tor want a revorce. 'Kase dis marryin
'mong de niggers nowadays is got dowr
to loafer in, cut-throats bizness any
how" ''' - -. {: :: ". ...::'
Amos WAS given full legal advice in the
case, but it didn't quite suit his side Q
the matter! e ?.1t:,<
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

JOHN THEN was buried in a we'll, in
the town of Douglass, Dakota county,
last week. His body was recovered in
twenty-four hours, from under fourteen
feet Of earth.
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

's!s'!1! VIE ,'!c1!1r7''a yl71.; C!'" ysHF 3I5 !
Eha men had tears in ;{hsir eXess Is shssy thssy
Hmn9 camne9 ixto o'S8}u Sc8}utG IL The mornnihh aobe
PtFied3 TIE Judge tead her5sotgo' h64 and
try; for 7thet ychildia sako.to be, aew oman
Instead Of .a'iwretcha,., VI, "a. .nioz III II
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

l'.,IC0 jIufi:: :.N ,nI89K -oVbE 9d5
hands ,saltrheon1 aiSY 9sasK2dt @ asieea8hs
sss sssfa tBS s9 &asS tB sss i y az T.
eliot hnnsuodt evif tsseI is Yone71uo
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

SEND to the Boston tQne Price Clothing
Store, Minneapolis, for fhles for self.measure-
ments. AN heavy goods are being sold regard.
be returned ~''S''t
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

weal. Hasard.x e.. NUT NUT York, is the only
kind that can be relied on, as there are many
limitations, made from G99%#Pn 99 tar which are
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26
a wild whoop and aI T221t Z til lAG&r r tht 4e4t bf the

a wild whoop lid Witt fRGRr Che He4t bf| the
line. The next was the tall wontaa with
the t'hat and feathers Crying, :Ye
want SURPRISE, you blackguard!'1 hR
snatched her lantern from her hand and
dealt her blow with it over the he cad
which smashed its glass and trap1e and
StreWed 6dt6ers md f6wdrA il oil { thirecc:.
tions. '"''
The victorious McDugan, who in his
blindness knew nothing of the sex Of his
enemies, was striding over tha> brhstrate
form of the tall woman t0alake dash ii in
the direction of the pthcr lanterns that
were bobbipg about, when the leveled fe:
male, was seized with the war spirit. ~
'SMcDugan, ye divil! Is that yer
game g. and laying hold on McDugan's
l&sSshs> BrohEkt} ii b,ebchES Sd6~h about
his feet and stretched him upon the
ground, when both rolled down the hill
and tumbled into a pit that had once
been a cellar. A cry Of "Murdther ~
arising from this pit, the broken proces*
sion rallied and rushed to the rescue,
rolling and tumbling down the hill with a
great clatter Of lanterns.
There was 2 wild ~dIia ana compmotion
down III the pit for 6 tim, ,;out Of which
presently appeared McDugan, almost as
naked as tho day he was born, and limp
ing made for the tight in his door, mutt
tering as he toiled up the step: $50
this is one of ther divil.invintcd surprise:
pa-artys!G :Divil r ~rowast me cifiF don't
think I've cured that lot of sich vani.
ties!''
AS tho others collected the wreck of
lanterns and attire, they were heard to
swear that it would be.a long time before
the y would have anything to do wid.
that crazy, drunken ovid divil Of Me-:
Dugan-' '..~
Another peep at the window showed
the bare.legged and bloody.nosed McDu.
gan seated on his bedside with the black
bottle at his mouth. As he replaced the
bottle, he took his candle from the table,
hel ID it aloft, and gazing toward the door,
said: $50 it seems ovid McDugan has
had surprise pa-arty! -:
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

oure i II MAKE yea surprised pa.aIIy!
With this McDugan took look at his
black bottle, seemed to consider for a. no
ment, then, gathering the loose leg of his
pantaloons in. his hand, started for.the
door, muttering as he went $50 I've
got a surprise pa.arty-a pa.arty come
for surprise!' =:
The policeman shifted his position to
the corner Of the house and there saw the
surprise party formed in line in front of
McDngan's door,: The head man of the
procession was little man in tall stove.
pipe nat; behind this leader was q tall
woman with profusion of artificial
flowers in her hat, and after her came
others single and in pairs. al! holding
aloft their lanterns and gazing upon the
door. +.
Suddenly, with slam that nearly tore
it from it's hinges, the door was thrown
wide open and in it appeared the lrate,
bristllng and semi i-breeched McDugan.
.Perdition to yer sowls!:'. cried he; ssyc
want to be surpise pa-arty, do ye?" and
with that he took the little man in the
stovepipe lick in the slug" that sent
him ito grass aud sent his lantern roll
and iingling down the hill.
Blinded with whisky, rage and the light
Of the lanterns, all we're now :epemics
who came within reach Of McDugAn's: fist.
R}ated with his success in the case Of the
little man with the stoyepipe,, he uttered
The Grange advance., 1876-01-26

dong. The hope OF ever seeing them
again grew fainter and fainter, and at last
nearly died out; and he resigned himself
to his fate as a slave for life. =
But one day handsome. middle.aged
gentleman, in the dress of one Of our own
attended by great officer
Of the law, entered the ship.yard, and
called upsbefore him the American cap
tives. The stranger was none other than
Joel Barlow, commissioner Of the United
States to procure the liberation of slaves
belonging Is that government. He, took
the men by the hand as they came up,
and told them they were free. As you
might expect the poor fellows we're very
grateful; some laughed, some wept for
JOY, some shouted and sang and threw up
:thsir caps, while others,with David Mat
son among them, knelt down on the chips
and thanked God for the great deliver.
ar1ce. :: ' 49,,
This is a very affecting scene" ,"rsaid
the commissioner, wiping his eyes. II
aaukt k3ep thefiupreszien pf liz. for my
EG :Golumhiad d,,,.a ~, and d1aWing out his itab:
lets he proceeded to write an apostrophe
to freedom, which afterwarF found a
place in his great epic. ;.
~ David Matson had 7saved.I little money
during his captivity, by odd jobs and and
work on holidays. He got passage to
'Malaga; where he: bought "a nice shawl for
his wife and a watch for each of his <little
boys. He then went to the quay, where
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-16
OPEN On SUNDAY

Ii has been finally decided by the Cen
tennial Commission 10 not open the doors
Of the great exhibition on Sunday. The
plea for open doors on that day Is made
In the interest Of the poor. The laboring
man or woman who visits the exhibition
during the week, spends not only the
price OF the admission fee, but also the
price OF his or her time-of his or her
labor for the day spent in the recreation
and this makes the cost Of admission to
such one double what it is to the more
favored children OF fortune. But the
commission are afraid, if they open the
doors OF the exhibition on Sunday,
that it will in some way have
a tendency TO dcmoraliZe the community.
They might, we believe. learn les
son from the Lord of the Universe, who
does not himself shut up shop on Sunday.
The blessed sun shines, the flowers
bloom, the genial airs blow, the ever
lasting hills and mountains rear their
heads to heaven, and the oaks stretch out
in tranquil beauty. The Centennial Is
certainly moral show and as it will not
last always, the commission, in the inter
est OF the poor and as measure of pop
ular instruction In the arts, sciences ant
industries of the world, and in the grea
progress America has made in all these
might with safety recommend open door
Oh Sunday.