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Fol: NEW YORK

rha Al Steamships Il. 9. KNIGHT saksx
snd JOHN GIBSON leave the com-$AE&E
panys wharf, Alexandria, EVERY MON
DAY MORNING, and Now York, from pier
Ill East River. hEERE SATU RDAl At four
o'clock y. H.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

VIRGINIA, to with the Circuit Court Vi
Y Fairfax county, July Rules, 1871.
Fountain Beattiel
Agt. In chsnce:y.
Robt. LANG, def.
Memo The object Of this suit is t. ob.sin 3
decree for the specific performance &C ce.tsis
sgreem ent made and entered into between tgo
said Robert Lsng and Green s. Wise, agent. q.
Fountain Beattio, and ratified by the sal Foun
tain Besttie, dated the 9th day OF Dccembc-.
1878.
1t appearing by affidavit flel TINT the So
defendant is rot resident 0E TIE State Q: "
ginis. it is ordered that to appear within e."
month after due publication hereof and do VS.
is necessary to protect his interest. a copytes. :.
+. u. RICHARDSON, Cl":a.
Mosby and Kent S Nesle sol. FOR comp.
iy lO-WlW
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NOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
Of this
Di:iIRtuT DF COLUMBIA

This company Oilers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation Of freight and passengers
ani will run their STEAMERS regularly M follows:
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1t is related that the late General John e..
Breckenridge had son (Cabel) upon bis staff,
aud at the terrible charge Of tho kentucky
Brigade st Murfeesboro' chose him to carry an
order to distant part Of the line, saying 10 re-
ply to remouslrance that be would not direct
auy officer to face danger from which be
would spare member Of his own family The
boy galoped safely through q storm of bullets,
delivered the order aod returned uuhur. Ii is
now Announced that he is TO marry next month
the daughter Of Lloyd Tevis, now reputed the
richest man 10 California.
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..Alttau0ria @azttte
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY Is.

SANITARY INFLUENCE OF TREEs.-The value
of trees, 10 sanitary point of view, in large
and over crowded cities, can scarcely be over
estimated. Apart from the sense of relief and
GOODNESS which they iupart, their Influence as
purifiers of the atmosphere is almost incredible.
1t has been calculated that a good sized elm,
pine or lime tree will produce 100000 leaves,
having united area OF 200, 900 square feet.
The competent authority quoted proceeds to
show that not only do the leaves absorb del.
eerious gasses, but they exhal lie oxygen. Ibey7
must, therefore. be of benefit in over crowded
and unhealthy districts. When to this 1t ls al.
ded that trees modify temperature, promoting
GOODNESS 10 summer and warmth in winter, also
that they purify the soil below As we'll as the
atmosphere above, we have a very powerful
sanitary argument for tree planting. -Lond0n
Medical Examiner.
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MRS. a. @. NEWTON

Has taken the elegant, comm"iioWS and ".!-.' D.,
located dwelling st the northeast ro.Ecr o! '.''.'
e?on and -. Asaph streets, formerly =" ;r-.-
dence Of j. Ii. McNcigh, esq ~! Las r"a.":
i. thoroughly for the accommodates Of PEN
MANENT TRANS SILENT SD TABLE"
BOAkDERS, who will be acCuTln"dat"d g..
the most reasonable terms. iaH H.,
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EDUCATIONAL.

Episcopal HIGH SCHOOL OF VIR-
IL GINIA-The 34th Annual Session begins
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1877. Csts-
ogue, with full particulars, sent on application
10 the Principal
l.. n. BLACKBOARD. Nj. A.,
;u1o A)oyandria Va
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EPISCOPAL FEMALE INSTITUTE,
u WINCHESTER. VA.
Rev. j. q. WHEAT, DID, PRINCIPAL,
Assisted by Competent and Experienced Teach
ers in the Several Departments.
The exercises Of this Institute will be resumed
on Thursday, Sept. Ith, 1877.
For Circulars, stating terms, course Of study.
&c apply to J. g. WHEAT, Principal
References: Bishop and Clergy Of the Prot.
Ep. Oh. Of Virginia. jy 5-eoow
TINE SIXTH SESSION OF THE VIRGIN
i IA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHAN.
one bundled and thirty.two students are re-
ceived without charge for tuition or college fees,
which cost the rest $40 per snnum. Board va
ries from 81 month for those who occupy COL
lego rooms and live in messes to Sl5 for those
who pay the highest rate for room rem: and ia
bic board. send for Catalogue.
&. l.. G. MINOR, President,
ie l6-eo2w Blscksburg, Virginia.
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STEAMERS.

TUE POTOMAC FERRY M e9M n 81.
SPECIAL NOTICE-Both Fer. sK-A
~ Bosts will be on tho line between
Alexandria and Washington on and after Sum
day next, the Goth of May. running as follows :
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
AtT3O, s so, $50, 10 50 and II 80 8. M, and
y 30, So 2 50, 5 80. 4 80, $50 $50, 80 and 8
LEAVE WASHINGTON
At SO, S 50, go 10 SO end II 81 8. NJ, and
II 50, SO, . 50, 3 so, 4 so, 80, 49, 7 50 and s
r ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Alexandria at 9 So 10 30, and II 50 8:
~, and II so, So , 3d. 81 so, 80, 5 80, 6 so, so
Leave Washington st so, 10 80 and II 80 a
NJ. and T. 50 80, 2 80, : so, 4 so, s SO. 80 80
and 5 y. II.
GEO. K. PHILLIPS, Manager.
SAML. GEDNEY, Supt. my lG
THOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
On and after ri oudey, February ~ ,G% Il
ST, tho steamer MATTANO, Capt. Ia.
VIM. II. Byles, will be run as follows: Leave
Alexandris EVERY MONDAY and THU Rs
DAY, from King street wharf, at I 80 o'clock
a. H., for Landings on the Potomac as far down
a. NOmini. Leave Nonin EVERY TUES-
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at O'Clock,
for Washirg ton arriving early tho aaaic even
inr Freight received daily.
lob IS j. BRODEKS y CO., Agents.
INLAND y sEABUARn COAsTING co
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Doc LICENSES
Mayors Office Alexandria, Va.

Mayors Office, Alexandria, Va,
July 9th, 1877. {
Ali pcrsons>owning or intending to keep any
snimsl of the dog kind are hereby notified to
come forward and take out license for the
same from the Auditor. Persons found with 8
dog or dogs on their premises without the re-.
quired license may be fined by the Mayor Ave
dollars for every day so owned or hsrbored after
the 10Th day of July. And it is further ordered
that after the 10Th instant all dogs found running
at large in the streets Of this city without being
properly and securely muzzled shall be seized
by persons designated for that purpose and dealt
with according 10 law; and all dogs found run.
ming at large in the Market square shall be
killed.
jy 5-t20th b. KEMPER, Mayor.
II
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HAPPY RELIEF To YUING
2iMEN tro4l the effects .! Fro: s.! -
. y Abuses in cary lille. MANHOOD :"
q NiRESTORED. ImpoIimen.: - Ms:' :.
Z <risge removed. New method Of ,:c.: :. )!
> e. mcnt New and remarkable r1:Eet.2; =
SF- Books and circulars seat tree in sealed =.
:? rienvelopcs. Address HOW ARD a =
= ASSOCIATION, 40 N. Ninth st.. Pn1... :
Idelpha, Pa an Institution having -
Z high reputation for honorable conGur,
and professional skill. sp Fly
DUTLER S BALSAMIC MIXTURE, fU!.
ID FORTY YEARS KNOWN A. TIKI ~
FALLIBLE REMEDY.
Price one dollar per bottle. feb - =
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.
- ECEIFED TODAY
Ii At TRENCHES

- ECEIVED TODAY
AS at FRENCH'S,
NO. 05 KING STREET.
New and very handsome styles of Papeteries
at very low prices.
A job lot of Envelopes just received will be
sold 1T about one half the usual price.
NEW BOOKS TODAY.
The Marquis Of Lossie, by George Melon.
aid 75c.
Me; soc.
The American Senator. by Anthony Troll
lope; SOC.
Garth, by Julian Hawthorne; 81.
Alter Many Days, by Christian Reod ST.
a Woman Halter, BY Charles Read 15c.
New Books daily.
jy3 G.E. FRENCH.
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HORSE BRUSHES, Whi.ews:A Br4'@@"'
III Shoe Brushes, busting and o:hec Br.:2s.
in great variety, st - King St. oar h.'.~,
ere made TO order, and will be sod c"''
Wholesale purchasers will please eIs:a!"@
my29 }. n. CREIGHTON q S".'.
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DODEMER'S ALKALINE EFFERE b.
- CENT APEKlENT.
This preparation Is = combination Of H." - .
contained in several mineral water. !! In. 4.
immense advantage 20 &C. AZ an .pcrIo5: Is "".
SIS diurctIc. 10 preparation, th"rci"r',
more desirable Price ~ cts. lN.: rHr2y
and for sale by
n,vrt WAKEFIELD 4 Ia i,lr
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KNOX FLUTING MACHINES, =" -.
IL approved machine il the mark, 49, .
ceivei and for sale wholesale and ce!a.' =
ducel prices at - King 81, corner .; E,y11Xy
my2J J. T. CREIGHTOE \ 80
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IF YOU WANT A PAIR OF
EASY.FlTTlNG SHOES

EASY.FlTTlNG SHOES,
that will surround those psin!ul cocMs ur t.'
Ions and make you think there is somc;Aa.
this world to live for besides trials .rcUb.c
vexstions, pains, misery aaI tribUlst"!;, r"'
snd let II: Il. you in q par OF Hndcr=;L ,''>.
that will produce the happy elect.
ny Is WADDk1, Il NIX p.
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Use THE BEST-Tho CENTEH% !
~ INSECT DESTROYER vii! destroy -.
keep away reaches. Crotoa Bag, Ant B.
Bugs, &c. We are the sole sgea:= forth" H'':' -
and are prepared 10 sell It in lots e. ga: -
trade. McLEAN X UHLh"
ie25 ~ King :t7rr.
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A FRESH supply Of Crosse i b.a,"", =,
~ Chow Chow and Pccallii; $50 o.e D.
two pound Fresh Lobster, received 81 IN
by (ie II K. ". !,\ .hl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
Playing Chess with Human Men.

Most persons who have any acquaint-
ance with the literature of chess have
heard of the games said to have been
played in the middle ages with living
chessmen. According to n news letter
in the Pioneer, Lord Lytton has recently
revived this amusement i'll India. Dur
ing his visit to Mooltan his lordship,
after receiving and replying to an ad-
dress from the municipality of the city,
engaged, we are told, "in novel game
OF chess with Col. Millett. The chess
board, if such term may be allowed to
a carpet of red and white calico, with
checkers yard square, having been
spread in front of the hall, chessmen,
men and boys, dressed in opposing red
and white uniform appropriate to the va
rious pieces, We're marched in and took
their places. Then. by word of COM
mand, each piece moved to the square
indicated, and very lively game en-
sued, ending in an easy victory for the
viceroy." An emperor of Morocco who
once indulged III a similar amusement is
said to have added terrible realism to
the game by causing all the pieces taken
during its progress to be beheaded.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
COurting by Proxy.

Mr.. Leopold Stern was commercial
traveller for the business house of Sutro
& Newmark, of New York city, selling
goods for them mainly in the West and
Southwest. He received a commission
on his sales, and being an active sales
man, was enabled to make very good
wages. While on q trip in the South he
received instructions from one of the
partners in the firm to proceed to New
Orleans and there further the partners
suit for the hand Of very attractive
young womah whom the partner had
previously seen. The commercial travel
er did his partners business in SO satis-
factory manner that the young woman
was subsequently lead to the altar by the
New York business man, and a happy
married life has followed the union. The
commercial traveller, however, consumed
considerable time, several weeks, III
arranging affairs with the maiden, SO
that she might not look with disfavor on
the partner, and on his return ascertained
that he had been employed in business
that afforded him no commission. APP
plying for payment for his services, he
was given $500. He could easily have
made $500 in that time, he averred. The
partners refused 10 pay more than $500,
and the man who courted his partner S
wife tor his partner instituted suit for
tho remaining $400.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
Living BY Their Wits.

The Eureka (Nevada) Sentinel tells
the following story of the early days OF
Eureka, when coin was scarce and credit
difficult to obtain, and it used to worry
some of the pioneers to keep full larderi
There were four jolly good fellows living
up in New York canyon, the owners OF
several fine locations, but bankrupt i'll
purse, and their credit at the stores over
done. Their laziness was proverbial and
they lived by their wits, and grew lean
on their capital While at breakfast,
discussing the last remnants of provisions
in the cabin, and already hungry in an
ticipation of the coming famine, it was
suggested that beef stew would be in
order for dinner, provided the ingredients
could be obtained. There was good
water and excellent salt ON hand but
the butcher was obdurate, and the gro
Gerry keeper hard of heart, and it needed
considerable ingenuity to complete the
list necessary to the concoction of the
savory DISH After much consultation
plan was finally agreed on that prom
ised success, and the quartette started
for town to put the scheme in execution,
one of the party providing himself with n
couple of stout pins bent i'll the form of
a hook--a necessary outfit if the plan
worked. On arriving in town, two Of the
party lounged around the door of gro
Gerry, where potatoes, onions, and other
vegetables were temptingly exposed for
sale, while the party with the pins and
his companion proceeded to the butcher
shop. One halted ON the threshold and
gazed up and down the street, while the
other engaged the butcher in an animated
conversation, in the course of which he
pointed to our friend, and limited that it
would be most excellent joke to fasten
a piece of meat to the idler's coat. The
butcher saw the point and handed over II
huge round steak, which, with the aid of
the pins. was fastened to the apparently
unconscious victims coat tail. AS soon
as it was secured in the desired position,
he moved slowly up the street, leaving
the butcher convulsed with laughter at
the success of the joke. The attention
of the bystanders was attracted to the
strange appendage Some shouted, others
! laughed, and the victim increased his
pace to a run, followed by mob. As
he passed the grocery, the confederates
stationed at that point put into execution
their part of the scheme by literally pelt.
i ing him with potatoes and onions, an ex.
ample followed by the bystanders. He
did not stop-that was not in the play
but he was soon ont of view up the canyon
going at gait that would have atonishet
a race horse. The excitement over, the
three partners sauntered up the street
stopping by the way to fill their capa
ciolls pockets with the vegetables SO free
ly used as missiles, and then joined thei
companion at the cabin, indulging thei
mirth over the complete success Of thei
stratagem. The quartette partook of
savory beef stew at dinner, much to thei
qualification, and to the disgust of tn,
butcher when the joke was explained t.
him.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
The WAYS of the World.

More than half a century ago, says
Porte Crayon, two little boy cousins sat
together earnestly specializing on the ar
rival of beloved aunt, just from the
South, with big trrtnk reported to be
laden with tropical fruits expressly for
the children. Very soon their expect
ancy was resolved by the receipt OF
ripe golden orange each. Now at that
day the orange was so rarely seen by lis
that it was encircled with the glamour OF
romonce-an exotic so costly that when
we occasionally got pale, half wilted
specimen, it was carefully peeled and di-
vided into compartments enough to give
every member of the family taste.
But here each cousin held in his hands a
whole globe of fresh and succulent de-
light, to dispose of and enjoy according
to his own will. Without pausing a mo-
ment to admire the beauty or snuff the
external fragrance of his fruit, the first
hurriedly tore it open, and burying his
face i'll the luscious pulp, squirting the
rich Juice from his hair to his heels,
swallowed what he managed to get i'll
about three gulps, threw the skin into
the street, and wished he had another.
The other cousin meanwhile handled his
golden gift as if it had been ga gem too
rich for use," tenderly manipulating its
yielding plumpness, voluptuously exhal-
ing its refreshing fragrance, and when
he could no longer abstain, carefully
opened pinhole in one end, and suck
ing samples of the contents, like a mod
est gauger, until he had extracted the
asst drop from the precious cask. The
seeds, accurately counted, were kept tc
plant in an orangery, and the skin duti.
fully delivered to mamma to favor q
promised cake.
AS might readily have been foreseen,
when these boys became men, the first
stuck his two thumbs into his world
recklessly tearing it open as he had done
his orange, devouring' estate, body and
soul in three greedy swallows, dying Al
twenty-sevep, so palled with the flavor o.
this life that he scarcely wished for an
other. The careful cousin, now pas
threescore years, is still sucking his por
ton through pinhole, still straining fol
the last sweet drop, having squeezed hi
world until it is fiat, stale and unprofit
able as ship biscuit after long voy
aOe
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
The Great Snow of 1886.

The following reminiscence Of the
great snowfall of 1886, from the SYRIA
cuse journal, will be read with interest:
We chanced to meet two old settlers
neither very old men. but nevertheless
among those considered the Oldest in
habitants i'll these parts. One of them
lived at Auburn in the great snow year,
1886, when the people were fairly snow
ed into their dwellings,. He says the
supply of fuel ran out, and the men
turned out, and being unable to go be-
yond the village bounds, were obliged to
cut down the ornamental trees in the
streets and dooryards to keep themselves
and families from freezing. The other
was resident of Baldwinsyille at that
time, and he says that the supply of fuel
running out, the men of that place were
obliged to cut down a very handsome
and valuable grove of trees, within the
village limits, to provide means of heat
ing their dwellings. There was then no
coal used, and the dependence for fuel
was entirely upon wood.
In the great snowfall of SO, there was
an average depth of snow ON the ground
of at least four feet, in all this part of
the country. 1t was fully six feet deep
in Salina street, then the main thorough
fare. Such body of snow soon draws
the frost from the earth underneath it,
and by the heat of the ground gradual
melting takef place. This is why the
snow settles when it reaches three feet
or so in depth, and why, no matter how
much falls, the mass on the ground does
not increase in depth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
Chinese MaXims.

1t is the rich who want most things.
Towers are measured by their shadow,
and great men by those who are envious
of them.
We must DO quickly what there is no
hurry for, to be able to do slowly what
demands haste.
He who wishes to secure the good OF
others, has already secured his OWL.
The court is like the sea-everything
depends upon the wind.
What pleasure IL is to give! There
would be no rich people if they were ca
pable of feeling this.
The rich find relations in the most re-
mote foreign countries; the poor not
even in the bosom of their own families.
Who is the greatest liar? He who
speaks most of himself.
When a song gives much fame, virtue
gives very little.
For him who does everything in its
proper time, one day is worth three.
The way to glory is through the pal
ace; to fortune through the market; to
virtue through the desert.
The truths that we least wish to heal
are those which it is most to our advan.
tage to know.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
His Silver Plate.

Cardinal Alberoni had large guam
tity of silver plate, and among other ar
ticles he possessed various saltcellars,
wrought in the form of different animals.
A friend of his eminence borrowed a
saltcellar made in the shape of n tiger,
but forgot to return it for some time.
At length, after the lapse of some six or
seven months, he sent it back, request
ing at the same time the loan of another
in the shape of tortoise. The cardinal
desired to see the person who had
brought the message. "You are sent, {"
said he, "by the signor to borrow one of
my saltcellers ?" eyes, your eminence;
am his steward" "You will be good
enough to tell your master that l lent
him one in the form of a tiger, which is
one of the swiftest animals on the earth,
and it has been more than six months in
returning; were L to lend him the tor
toise, which is the slowest of animals,
fear it would never return"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
The Shadow of an ASS,

The Greeks had n proverb that run
thus "To dispute on the shadow of an
ass" This took rise from an anecdote
which Demosthenes is said to have relat-
ed to the Athenians to excite their atten-
ton during his defense of criminal
which was being but inattentively lis
tened to. GA traveller" he said, "once
went from Athens to Megara on hired
ass. 1t happened to be at the time of the
dog days, and at noon. He was much
exposed to the unmitigated heat of the
sun, and not finding 50 much as bush
under which to take shelter he bethought
himself to descend from the ass and seat
himself under its shadow. The owner of
the donkey, who accompanied him, OBJ
iected to this, declaring to him that when
he let the animal the use of its shadow
was not included in the bargain. The
dispute Mt last grew SO warm that it got
to blows, and finally gave rise to an action
OF law" After having said so much,
Demosthenes continued the defense of
his client but his auditors, whose curl
osity he had piqued, were anxious to
know how the judges decided on SO singu-
lar cause. Upon this the orator
commented severely on their childish in
justice i'll devouring with attention pal
Try story about an asses shadow while
they turned a deaf ear to a cause in which
the life OF human being was involved
From that day when man showed q
preference for discussing small and con-
temptible subjects to great and important
ones he was said "to dispute on the
shadow of an ass"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-02-15
Life Insurance.

The money now held by the life insur-
ance companies of this country, says the
New York San, amounts to $400, 900, 900.
Yet it would require five times this sum,
or $4,000, 100000, to pay all the out
standing policies should they mature at
once. On the other hand, while 150,0
policies are annually issued in the State
OF New York, less than 10000 are termi-
mated by death. More than Is, 900 lapse
by non-payment OF the premiums, and
the -est are gotten rid Of by surrender,
by expiry, OF by refusal to accept after
making application for insurance. A
widespread belief prevails that there is
fraud in the business somewhere; and
in Indiana the Legislature has appointed
q committee to prepare and report bill
for its regulation, SO as to protect the
public. The chairman of the committee,
the Hon. James b. Hendricks, requests
information and suggestions ON the SUBJ
iect from any one who has anything to
offer. His address is Indianapolis, Ind.