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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

7 EDGER'S FLUID lEED), The UNI
IL EEESAL DISlNFECTANT. German
| gsna!e 0: Soca.} !: Is he only true disintectant
known, Gil o!cer preparations sold tor this pu--
pose being merely ceOtyrizecs tor articles which
posses tie property OF oTerpowe-lng unpleasant
smells py lcelc ON! pu.ge.taac often disagree
able sid dangerous lua4ltles.l /. l. particularly
adapted .o- di:inlec.i.g sick rooms il cases OF
typnus ever, sms.! pox, cholera, scar!e. fever.
! i.A-rhe., s2d y. Contagious diseases, and iol
purifying rooms IL which there sre dead bodies,
:~4laoviIl ~ once 5. unpleasant! sue.!s, and
l-St-OylL- euectL.!:y .cy .aia2. germs OF dis
easc. b p.aclng ne dilute! fuid IN dishes 0:
o.>!u;, scout oed chambers, scnooi rooms, work
scopS, no>rita. wards, g., y keeps the sir in 3
pe!:ec: Sta:c o. purity. For stables, slaughter
~nou=es, butchers :4ops, dai-ies, cellars, &c, it
i !craluaoie, keeping lem II y perfectly
wholesome state, by merely sprilkli2g the d.
.u."l tuiu over .-c floors aLc Wa.IS. Il Keeps
dus: bis. w.te- closets, dra.ns, urinais, &C..
swee: and wholesome, hy using once OF twice s
day. FoE sac oy JANABY & CO.,
SEP IL las King street.
STlLL THEY COME AND STILL THEY
GO-CvLS,antly addiag 70 oar stock-Popu.
- Goods-Polu.a- iviles-Faacy Dress Goods,
at sn1 below cost-Jsnussy Il, lo7o-We have
u crest Many goods IN our STOCK which We are
se..lrg 81 prices les: thsI cost o: importation,
and invite consumers az country merchants -
tska advantage u cuc low figures. We are con-
sIsL.!y IL lte I!STh.I S-u rcCelTil e tFesn gUOIS
Al the line.
D. F. BRASHEAR,
Il: B. HooAEs. No. 100 hing street,
jar II Aie1srdcia. Va.
DER UMERlhS-Lubin's and Piver's Ex-
L tracts, JaIacy'S Orange Blossom Cologne.
Genuine imported +. Marie Fsrins Cologne,
DreAel'< Vienns Be-. Cologne, Hesd's Grand
Duchess Cologne, y. Hynzon jennings Double
Eau de Cologne. Eoyts German Cologne and
Lsnma1 s hemp;s Florida Wster. Also Cou-
dray's Genuine French Extra Is in bulk. Of all
the popular odo:s, aid for ssie by the ounce or
pound. dec 81 JANNEY u CO.
HUNS. GALS. WADS, &c-Jus. opened At
" - King Street, alexandria, Va, corner Of
Roya!. Al assortment. Q: English Twist Snot
GU2$, of 2oo3 quality, and 81 very low prices
Also y Brecch LoaGer. with al the fixtures,
shells, &c. Musket Caps. Gun Wsds, Flasks,
Pouches, Bets, &c, 10 which We invite stten.
ton.
SEP z il CREIGHTON & SON.
MOTIONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c, &c
~ We call specisl attention 10 our full stock
OF Hosiery. Cows, Hs2dEcrcniefs, skirts, Fan
cy Silk Ties. Ladies Tes.s, Belts, Mems Me.l-
10 Vests, Suspenders, Umbrellas, Overskirts,
&c all ., popular prices.
D. 7. BRASHEAR,
b. B. HOMES. No. 100 King street,
nov Alexandria, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28
Ladies' Misses and Chjldren's Boots,
Shoes and Slippers.

We are this day receiving 5 full line OF Is.
dies, Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes anC
Slippers, suitable for Fall and Winter, en-
bracing all of the latest styles. We solicit pur
chssers to call and examine for themselves, st
they will be sold st low prices.
oct w. I. WADDEY, a King 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28
NOTICE.
FRESH STOCK

REDUCED PRICES.
It is not our custom to publish prices of goods,
but will say to our friends and customers that
on an examination Of stock they will find our
prices on sll goods - low, snd often lover, tnan
they can be bought in this city.
Our large sales enabling US to buy Dcmestics,
such as Bleached and Unbleached Coltoas, oy
the case sud bale, we can snd do offer them less
than they are generally sold. Il will be to the
interest Of purchasers 10 compare our prices be-
fore purchasing.
O; Is D.. r. W.
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NE GOODS

I have Just opened from New York another
line OF superior BLACK GRO. CHAIN SILKS,
yerv cheap. Some of these are the "Cschmere,"
finish and very handsome.
ALSO,
Long and Square Black Cashmere Shswls.
Black Grape Wells.
Black Cashmeres.
White Flannels, Sc.
Some very handsome Crimson snd Green Ter
rvs. for furniture covering and curtains.
nov o j. VI. STEWART.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

Joseph Lippman, a wealthy citizen of Sa-
vannah, Ga, aged sixty-eighty years, died re-
Gently and left a will, 10 the fourth clause Of
which he takes a retrospect of his long lite, 10
which be states that, With a full knowledge
that his earthly career is about closing, he can
~recellect no act Of his life to be a,oned or re-
sretted By himself or family. Few men Of the
advanced age of the deceased could probably
say as much.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

The continue favors o; ;-oss sc -sTs once
used the Gazette IS an advertising -+-.--a i
warrant for saying ths: i. ps?s 20 siTs"2ss '2!s
columns. Never before did i: pay - -. - :e-!
the public what is for sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

From me S:s:e Cspia. il: will receive e,'ty
and accurs.e accounts .: ,ae proceedings 0: TIE
Geue-sl Assembly s2d t: 81 re ope7a:!o-s Oh
the S:ste government: Likely - interest iAs PEG
pie.
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Al&tanotla 6a55dh
FRIDAY EVENING. JAN'Y, IS,

ASEAL IN THE DELAwARE.-Says the Tren-
ton State Gazette: The capture of a sealinth
Delaware, near this city, the other day, so far
from the latitude where seals most do coDgre-
gate. has created no little inquiry among the
curious, and among the number Dr.. Charles
c. Abbott, 3 gentleman who has devoted much
study to the pecuiarities Of animals of land
aud water, as well as fowls of the air, has been
examining this seal. He says this seal is of
the common species of the Atlantic coast, who
have been simply driven away from these wa
ters by civilization. When the Swedes settled
in south jersey and on the Pennsylvania shore
theyEhad quite a large seal fishery. Dr.. Ao-
ere called Kitchen refuse heaps" consisting
of stone implements and pottery, large quaint
ties of the bones of the seal, showing that they
were an animal 10 common use.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

NEW GOODS-Rece;ved this day: Shoe
Boschee's German Syrup, Green's August
Flower, Benson's Pills, Hemp. Canary and
Rape Seed, Wizard Oil, Flsgg's Relief, Mrs.
Aliens Zylobsisamum, seth Arnold's Balsam,
White Pepper, Lsc:opepline Powder, CASH
mere Bouquet Soap, Dursng's Rhe-matic Rem.
dy, Coop=T'S Sheet Ge!stine, Pierce's Medical
Discovery. Nj. Eagle Tripoli, Perry's Floral
spray Cologne AMI Heed's America Snoe
Dressing. Also q choice assortment Of HaiT,
Tooth, Nail and Shaving Brushes, and Hard
Rubber and Bufslo Dressing Combs.
ian JANNEY s. CO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

N KID GLOVRS.
l have received this Day my Fall supply Of
KID GLOVES, at prices Is follows: Two out
ton, =. 75c Sl.W, Sl.50 and S2-25 per pair.
oc, e.. G. BERRY, y King 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28
FIFTY DOLLARS PER TON.

In mechanical condition and quality EXCEL
SIOE is the conceded standard of excellence,
md competitive tests for seventeen years have
established its superiority for 81 soils and for a.:
crops. Apply to
suc IA Z. NJ. LAWSON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-28

CTANDARD FERTILIZERS.
We offer the following popular Fertilizers at
reduced prices:
OBERiS "AA" GUANO, S5.
AMMONIATED SUP. PHOSPHATE, S45.
BLOOD GUANO-PURE BLOOD AND
EUREKA ANNOTATED SUP. PHOS-
PLATE, SO.
GUANAHANI GUANO, S35.
For particulars and Circulars, containing tes-
timonials, spply 10
P. B. HOOE. Agent
sug6 No. 2 Prince street
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co.MMIssIOr

D B. H0OE,
(Successor TO Fowle & Co.,l
NO. 2 PRINCE STREET,
GENERAL
COMMISSION AND SHIPPING MERCT.
Dealer in eli kinds of
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASIAh
Agent OF the
NEW YORK s. BALTIMORE STEaMERS
Also ofth
LIVERPOOL s. LONDON - GLOBE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
feb ST
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11
Grapes as Food.

We have on former occasions referred 10
the value Of fruit as au article of diet, both
In health and sickness. Grapes may doserv-
edly claim high rank among the fruits in
this respect. They contain considerable
amount ofhydro-carbonaoeous matter, together
with potassium salts--a combination which
does not tend to irritate, but on the contrary,
TO sooth the stomach, aud which is conse-
quently used with advantage even in dyspep-
sia. According TO DIR. Hartsen of Cannes,
in France, who has recently contributed an
article on the subject to foreign medical
journal, the organic acids, in the grape, es-
pccially tartaric acid, deserve more consider
alton than they have generally received
Their nutritive value has, he thinks, been
much underrated. 1t is known that they are
changed to carbonic acid in the blood, and
possibly careful research may show that they
are convertible into facts. DIR. Hartsen
thinks that they should be ranked with the
the carbohydrates as food. They have been
found a valuable diet in fever, and the sue.
cess Of the "grape-course" in the Tyrol aud
other parts Of Europe appears to show that
they are positively beneficial in other dis.
eases. No doubt the good results of a resi-.
dence at these establishments are in meas.
ure to be ascribed to to the climate
and the general hygienic discipline adopted
The advantage does not wholly consist in the
fact that so many pounds Of grapes are eater
daily, but partly in the fact that other les
healthiul things are not eaten; and pure ali
and exercises are also important elements ia
the curative treatment, But after giving al
due weight to these allied influences we mus
allow no small fraction of the beneficial re
suit to the grapes.
We rejoice, therefore, at the increased cul
tivation Of tho vine in this country, anC
hope to see it 60 on extending wherever sol
and climate permit. Let every man whit
can do it plant centennial grape vine, or
score of vines, beside the centennial tree
which the papers have been advising him Il
set out. He can eat the fruit of the forme
sooner than he can sit under the shade of til,
latter and the children will bless his me NOR
for both.-Boston Journal of Chemistry.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11

complishes all that seems to be within the
SCOPE Of its official action, but a project is
now on foot among some Of the individual
members Of the club TO establish breeding
and cow-testing farm, where carefully con-
Quoted trials may be made and recorded.
Should this project be carried out, the char
acter Of the gentlemen interested in il will
be a sufficient guaranty Of absolute honesty
and thoroughness, and honesty and thorough
ness are the two chief essentials in the con-
Quoting Of all such trials 1t would be the
purpose Of this association not only to breed
on its own account class OF animals whose
excellence should be based on absolute per-
torrance at the pail and churn, but to fur.
nish facilities for private breeders, in all
parts Of the country, who might choose to
send their best COW to take their degree at
its examinations. Something Of this sort
would be valuable under any circumstances,
and it is especially necessary in view of the
fact that Jersey breeders are very largely
wealthy men whe have passionate fondness
for, and implicit confidence in their own
herds and who honestly believe---at least
dozen of them whom | know--thst they
have the best butter producers that have
ever been bred. These gentlemen are very
much influenced in forming their opinion by
the statements of their herdsmen, aud herds
men, as we all know,a are not always reliable.
Some of these consider il slight crime to
tell their employers little "whoppers," which
can have no other practical effect than that
Of making their employers happy. Then,
too, the disposition Of mankind to encourage
its own pleasant deception is very great.
What we want, and what, hope VIC are to
have, is a strictly conscientious and impair.
tial test by weight and measure Of every
drop of milk drawn, Of all the cream raised,
aud Of all the butter made, each cows prod
uct being kept by itself, and q systematic
record kept year after year, Some Of the
practical questions that would be incidentally
decided by such system are these l. Will
a COW produce more butter within the year
If she comes in in the fall than If in the
spring? 2. VIII COW give most, year after
year, if fed only on grass and hay, or if fed
largely with grain2 3. Is that COW the
most profitable which gives the largest flow
Of milk, or does the extra richness of thC
moderate flow moro than compensate for the
loss of quantity, butter being the object
4. Does the great mixer, or the steady
mixer, produce the most milk during the
whole year ? 5. Does the quantity oil
cream or its richness have the greatest in
fluence on the total product Of butter
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11
Shade in Pastures.

Some utilitariaus on the farm are fond Of
arguing that COWS do not feed so freely, aud
consequently do not produce so abundnntly
when allowed shade. But so far as we can
learn, says an intelligent writer, there have
been no properly conducted experiments that
prove that larger yield Of milk can be OBJ.
tanned from COWS when they are not allowed
shade in hot weather, than when they are
allowed shade. 1t is true COWS will not
yield so much milk when they have the run
of large tracts Of timber, because 10 wood
lands the cows crop the leaves Of trees and
feed upon various plants that have a ten
dency TO lessen the yield Of milk. 1t is
quite different with shade trees seated here
and there over grass lands-they have ae-
quirod size, and the branches are above the
reach Of cattle. We do not believe that
COWS deprived Of shade will yield more milk
than those which have It under such cir.
cumstances. All our experience 10 the care
and management Of miloh COWS teaches us
that the more comfort you can give the ami
NAL the more milk she will yield-otheT
things being equal-and when cows seek
shade during hot weather, they do it to es-
cape the burning ray of the sun, and be-
cause it affords them relief aud comfort il
the same way that it does man when SINH
larly exposed. 1t is cruel practice to COM
pei cattle to bear the intense rays of the SUI
during our hot summers. They need pro.
lection at such seasons, and il man find,
shade at times not emily grateful and neces
sarY there is no reason why the same rule
may not apply in some degree to our domes
tic animals. We have reason to believe
that milk is not anfrequently seriously im
paired when cows have been exposed fol
many hours TO intense heat under the direc
rays of the sun. 1t has tendency to maxi
the animals feverish, and hence where pas
lures are stripped of shade trees, it is wei
to erect temporary shades. And these TEN
porary shades can be made useful for enrich
ing knolls and the poorest parts Of the fell
that need manures for these shades will
draw the cattle to such points of rest, au'
there will be an accumulation OF dropping
which will be Of great utility in renovatiu[
these spots. Then by changing the shade
from place to place as occasion requires
these poor spots will be permanently beue
fitted oil over the feld.-Dr. HOSkinS Il
| Vermont Waichmdn
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11

the nitrogen and phosphoric acid Of the
guano, or fish or bone, or superphosphates,
or other special fertilizers, but also the pot
ash and other materials that these latter do
not furnish. Ashes are, for many soils,
standard fertilizer. Places where tree or
a brush heap has been burned, often show
the effects Of the manuring for years. 1t is
an old saying, that The land never forgets
ashes. Ashes supply directly all the soil
ingredients Of plant-food except nitrogen.
Their indirect action is also, very likely, not
unimportant in rendering other materials in
the soil available. Instead Of wearing out
soils, they strengthen them. May not this
difference be due, in part at least, to the
fact that they furnish the other Ingredients
Of pant.food which the guanO aud Rsh lack 2
Stable manure furnishes all the Ingredients
Of plaut-food. 1t is complete fertilizer.
Farmers do not complain that it helps to
exhaust their land"
In brief, these special fertilizers are use
fu in proportion as they supply the materi.
ais which the crops need and the soils lack
in the special cases where they are used.
Otherwise they cannot be profitable. And
as have repeatedly urged, the question
whether a guano, or phosphate, or bone ma
nure, will be profitable on a given soil is
best settled by experience and experiment.
Prof. Atioater in american AgriculturiSt
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11
Weeds in the Highways.

A western paper recommends that the
coming winter farmers clubs should adopt
for discussion some such question as what
action, legislative or otherwise, is necessary
and practicable to keep the public highways
free from weeds. To us, who have always
been among the foremost in laboring for
good highways, the most practicable plan
seems to be to induce abundant travel along
them. Where business prospers grass does
not grow in the streets; aud where public
highway is well-traveled there is no chance
for anything TO grow in them.
We were very much struck by the answer
given to western farmer on the centennial
grounds by an eastern one who had grown
quite wealthy. The question was, how to
hurry his western farm quickly into profit
able market lie was told to increase his
taxes This seemed no doubt absurd to
the listener, as il will 10 most who read it
for ii there is anything which more than an-
other we all try to avoid, it is an increase
Of taxation. But there is a deep meaning
in the expression. 1t means that il prop
erty is to increase in value, one must do
something himself to make il more valuable,
even at the risk Of higher taxation. We
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11
Bots in Horses.

Mr.. A. Keplinger, Of Indiana, says that
when your horse has bots, drench him with
two quarts Of fresh milk and one of molasses I;
give all at one dose wait fifteen minutes,
and give two quarts Of warm sage tea. In
thirty minutes after this. give one pint of
curriers' oil, or enough to physic the horse.
The cure will complete, as the milk and mo.
lasses cause the bots to let 60, the tea puck
ers them up, and the oil carries them away.
He says one trial viii satisfy any one of the
efficacy of this antidote. Now l have q
king cure.all for bots, which was published
in the Indiana Farmer some years ago. l
do not know who edited the paper at that
time, but it certainly is the best remedy for
bots have read Of. The then editor Of the
Farmer tried the remedy himself, and told
us it had not failed once in, perhaps, fifty
times that he had tried it for himself, and
his neighbors. He told US it always cured
ound and well in from five to ten minutes
ime. The editor had horse bad with bots
for three days, in 1881, and tried all the
remedies he could hear Of, to 10 avail. FL
nally an Engishman came along, and told him
to give the horse a heaping tablespoonful
each of alum and copperas, pulverized fine,
and put them into one pint of apple vinegar.
This was poured down the sick horse, and in
ten minutes he was we'll He never knew
this remedy to fail.
The notion of Mr.. Keplinger as to remov-
ing bots reminds one of the remedies used
by the old negro doctor in Alabama. A
white man suffered terrible wound, which
halEsevered his leg. In the absence of the
family and great distance from a regular
physician, the old darkey, who bore repu'
taton among his race for healing skill, was
allowed to oficiate as surgeon. WheI
"Master" came home the following dialogue
took place; "Well, POmpoy, you dressed
Mr.. Smiths leg did yOu2"
"Yes, sah."
"What did you apply to it2"
"Rosin and alum, sah."
"Rosin and alum him why did yol
use rosin and alum, Pompey2"
The alum to draw the parts together, ant
the rosum to heal 'em, sah."
The wound healed
There is one advantage about the mill
and molasses, sage tea and curriers' oil whicl
cannot be claimed for some other remedie
for bots They will not kill the horse anc
will not hurt the bots.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-11
Real Value of Good Natural Grass Land.

When it is repeatedly stated that England
is more than half in permanent grass, that
within few years a great deal more has
been taken from the plowed portion never to
be cultivated by the pillow or turned over
again, it ought TO be convincing as TO the
profit from grass being more than from grain,
and IL a small island so over populated as to
require an immense importation Of human
food can increase her area Of perpetual grass,
there must be vast advantage 10 leaving
undisturbed by cultivation all the best land
Yet, here in Amerca; all the 6ne tracts OF
the blue and other native grasses, which are
we'll known to fatten cattle aud sheep, or, in
fact, every grass-eating animals, are broken
up aud plowed for tho purpose Of taking all
the plant food which the grass feeds on, to
grow whOat to send send away, thus impov-
erishing the country For the money re-
ceived for all the wheat does not enrich the
inhabitants, as they have to pay all of it,
and more added. to buy wool and cloth and
clothing Of all kinds, which wool would make,
if the grass and virgin soil was spared to
grow wool instead Of wheat.
Let that quack farmer, Mr.. Mechi, come
over to this continent and see the havoc made
by the plow, and he would never more blame
the land owners of England for their jealous
protection of the meadows and pastures.
Could anything be stronger proof Of the real
value Of good natural grass land than the fact
OF farms having more than half grass, or
fully two-thirds as moving and pastures,
being always more sought after th an
others. Moreover, it is notorious and
beyond contradiction that good farmer with
capital, renting farm Of say from 300 to
800 acres, ith about the proportion of gras
land stated, which he can never plow, is bet
ter situated than any who have all arabic
farms, and also, it can be added, in making
more money than any farmer on this side
Of the ocean who owns his land. This is
worth more in consideration, for he pays
taxes, has no protection, and his reat at
least $40 per acre.
Good natural grass land in America, il
not violated aud robbed of its plant-iood
would pay well, for all the animals raised
by its aid, all the butter, wool or meat pro-
duced are nearer clear profit than aught else,
aud men Of capital who would, like English
noblemen, hold this uninterruptedly in grass,
only using such as was not so well adapted
for permanency, would not have a quantity
Of unsalable, exhausted soil on their hands
In the West and especially in the southwest,
there are men who are what is termed "land
poor" They owu great many acres, which
they have rented TO laboring men on shares,
aud some at money rental, but in either case
the land gradually becomes weaker, and af-
ter few revivals OF clover, the deepest
best soil succumbs, aud poverty results to th
soil and to all owners who have not invested
the cash as received Working Farmer IN
Rural NeW Yorker.