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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-19
DELLE HAVEN FEMALE INSTITUTE,
II Alexsndria. Va

DELLE HAVEN FEMALE INSTITUTE,
ID Alexandria, Va.
The exercises Of this school will be resumed
on the 18th instant.
The organization is such as to embrace all
grades of scholarship from thu primary to the
most advanced collegiate The Principal de.
sires to sssure all who are inclined to pstronize
this school that teachers of known ability and
experience ere employed in every darartment
Special attention is csled to the superior facili
ties offered in the Department of Music. Prof
+. J. Hair, teacher of great reputation, will
preside over this departn ent, and will be assisted
by Mrs. and Miss Penick. Young ladies of the
city, who hsvo completed their literary course,
honeii! Of Prof, Hairs instruction at tho lnstl.
tute For other particulars send for Catalogue,
or apply to
sep 7-tF N. PBNICK, Principal.
NGUSICAL-Miss E.. V. EVANS will re-.
IVA sumo her classes in Vocal and Instru-
mental Music or about Sept. Is, 1877. From
her thorough and practical Knowledge Of Music
and tho bost methods of instruction, she feels
confident she can promise satisfaction. se3-3wS
THE FIFTH ANIMAL SESSION OF
4 Miss TEBBS' SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
LADIES and LITTLE GIRLS, at No. 123
Quesn street, will commence Sept. l7th, 1877.
Terms for English per quarter So, SS and $40.
French and German S4 each. sep 3-2w
A ELLINGTON INSTITUTE,
n
A SELECT SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES
Cor. Washington and Duke streets,
Alexandra, Virginia
Miss REBECCA G. POWELL. Principal.
The next annual session Of this school will be-
gin on Thursday, September Goth. a limited
number of bosrders will be received, and all
pupils will be carefully and thoroughly instruct
ed in English and French.
Terms for day scholars $32 per half session in
advance.
Circulars can be obtained from French's book
store, or on application to Miss Powell, corner
Washington and Duke streets, Alexandria, Va.
aug 21-Ol
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NTOR RENT--The DWELLING No 32G
= King street. ct present occupied by Major
E. Jarney. Possession given October lst. Ap-
ply 10 [sap 1S-3sl DR.. w. 3. GREGORY.
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RUNAWAY WIVES. The King Of the Maputa
river, 10 South Africa, whose name is Noslngela'
has lost eight more wives. They ran away from
him, Unfortunately, however, five OF them
were caught. The royal husband thcrcupon
ordered them 10 be stranglcd--a simple process
thus briefly described by an eye witness, who
writes to the Natal (Sou.h Africa Mercury:
"a Moose is made in piece Of rope, which Is
pacad around the neck OF the Yc'lm. Cattrcs
take hold Of each cnt, shich they pull, while
another Galfta on each side beats The rope with
stick in order to tighten It,
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DrGU pUHIi 81. ,ll, E.OUIS rABER.
..'i.a citizens Of Alexandra. a!d strangers will
Gnti Ill they rasy want 70 ae- and drihjl, Of the
bost quality s.nd sarYei IL me ;.estest style, ST
ihl; new festEErsIlt. Jo &u-tE
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FISH. OYSTERS, &c.

VIM. q. SMITH. SAM L. SMITH
UyILLIAM Il. SMITH s. CO.,
Dealers in
PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS,
No. 19 north Royal street, (Market Building)
Alexandria, Virginia.
Having completed our arrangements for the
Produce, Oyster and Fish business, we are now
prepared to furnish the trade with anything in
our line at prices to suit.
Rs- MELONS and CANTALEUPSa spe-
atty.
We will also receive fresh SALT WATER
FISH three times week, which will be offered
for sale st stall No. 8, City Market, by Mr.. j. e.
GRIMES. Orders will receive our special st-
ention, aug
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ALEXANDRIA VA WEDNESDAY, SEPT 10, 1877.
ENss GAK.s. GEE RENT.

WELLING FO& RENT ON SOUTH
~ PITT STREET-Fcr rent desirable
TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 81
south Pitt street. now being put in complete re-
pair, having iino large yard and gag ard "atcr
on the premises. Apply az 50 King strcct'
sep lS-eC3#
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-19

Gen. IIood is reported to b, tho commander
of brigade, more quaint in appearance than
was lis Old brigade in the army Of Northern
Virgiaia. The Raleigh News says: "a gen
tIcmap Who was recently at the Allegheny
Springs was asked ii he had seen Hoods Brig
adc, aDl On answering in the negative it was
pcintcd out to him. The gallant general has
nine children, all under the age Of eight years,
and three pairs Of them twins. They arc ottlcer-
cd by four nurses, goVcrncss, his wife and his
mo,hcrin law, and thc corps present tino ap
pesrarcc on dress parade.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02

Not among the least IN the revolu
tons of trade wrought by the civil war
is the grest change in the current of
market truck. Before the war, the
North mainly depended upon the outly-
ing districts of Long Island and New
Jersey for its early vegetables, though
potatoes, peas, tomatoes, etc., came then,
as now from Bermuda, but iG late years
vast tracts, of cheap land in the South
ern and border States have been pur-
chased by enterpris;ng Northern farm
ers, who have lately converted them into
truck farms, the growth of cheap steam
transit, on land and water, materially
aiding them in their enterprise. Even
so far South as Florida, truck farming,
for the supplying of the Northern mar
ket has been found so profitable as to in
duce great competition in that line, the
Florida farmers are now seeking to ex-
tend their operations to the Western
portions of Tic Southern States. They
are looking for a market in Kentucky,
Tennessee and the Northern sections Of
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
which, though prices ara not so remu-
nerative as along the Eastern seaboard,
will relieve the pressure of recent COM
petition. The principal difficulty is a
lack Of railroad advantages. 1t Is only
a question of time, however, when this
will be overcome. York
Shipping List.
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CALLED BY THE ANGELS.

The farmers wife is sitting alone
In the dusk of winters day,
While over the hills the shadows fall
AMI over the meadows gray,
And the cares Of many a busy hour
steal fast from her heart away.
Her eyes have wandered through mist OF
tears.
To the church-yard under the hill
ing dove,
Lies soft and pure and still,
And where her treasures, so long ago,
she LAID at the Masters will.
And all how Oft, a the days 90 by,
She starts, az her listening ear.
HaS almost caught on the passing breeze
Voices so sweet and clear.
'''Tis thc angels calling!" she thinks, "Ah
me,
1t is weary waiting here"
The farmer comes from his work at last,
In tile dusk o Il winters day,
And sits him down by his faithful wife,
And she parts his locks so gray,
A nd )Oks IN his face with loving smile
That years steal never away.
And back again, as her dim eyes turn
To the hills where the shadows fall,
She thnke, My treasures are lying there,
But He has not taken al
Since one j. waiting beside me still
Till the angels voices call"
But the weeks are slow, and the aged two
IN the dusk OF many day,
W III watch the shadows come and go
Ger the meadows cold and gray,
Ere they. AZ the Masters Will, may lie
Where their treasures are laid away.
Harper's Weekly.
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How 10 Utilize Poor Lnnd.

Those farmers who have fields of worn
out land-and who have not ?-and have
no means of adequately manufing them,
can make at least one profitable crop ON
the same by adopting this course To-
matoes are most admirably adapted to be
grown on WORKOUT land. For field or
garden crop, the plants shogld not be
set nearer than six feet apart. Put a
halfbushel of welI-rotted manure, thor
oughly mixed with the poor soil, III the
spots where the tomato plants are to be
set, (the surface OF these prepared spots
being about two and half feet III diam
eter.) will insure Just that healthy growth
which Il cultiVator Is always so glad 10
see. At first the roots of the plants will
luxuriate in the fortified soil, but after
ward they will have travelled to the outer
limits of the rich earth and begin to pen
citrate the thoroughly poor soil. This
will check the luXuriant growth, and
tend to induce truitfulness in the plant,
and afford large and profitable crop
Besides that, the plants, put out ia this
way, will completely cover the soil, which
also has a highly beneficial effect, so
that the field may be plowed shallow the
succeeding Fall and thoroughly harrow
ed, and then, very early in Spring, clio
ver-seed can be scattered oyer it with an
almost positive certainty that good set
of clover will be the result. Besides,
manuring poor field in spots six feet
apart each way is much easier task than
thoroughly manuring the entire surface
ofsuch Il field. An acre set six feet apart
each way will contain l,2l0 tomato
plan IS; they will be set in rich earth, and
it will not be difficult to estimate the
Weld that may be reasonably expected
from an acre thns presented.-Southern
Farmer
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Early Planting.

Memphis Avalanche.l
GRAND JUNCTION, April Is, 1877.
EDITOR AvALANCHE-I feel called
upon to note the error into which our
farming interest have fallen-the fatal
error Of not preparing our land and plant
ing earlier. We shall never raise another
full and remunerative crop Of corn and
cotton until we go back to the custom Of
our earlier days and plant our corn IN
March and our cotton in early April.
These crops require time for maturity as
well as good labor. Corn must be p an
ted early in order to make before the dry
season comes on; cotton must have
time to mature the middle and top crop.
These are old facts, but they are not
needed, and the practice now is TO do
nothing all January and February but to
eat, drink and be merry. The lntelll-
gent farmers Of the country must wake
up and compel the siothful ones to be up
and doing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02
TO Care GaPes in Chickens.

"P," gives the following remedy, viz;
Place the head of the chicken through
the smaller end of a paper funnel, and
blow tobacco smoke in at the larger end
until the chicken becomes nearly stupe
fed and quiet. Then remove it, when it
will lie quietly for few minutes, gradu-
ally reviving it will soon resume its place
in the yard. A repition of the dose
three or four times may be nece ssary.
Have never lost a chick thus treated,
and recommend It as the best cure for
gapes, Of the many have tried. Care
must be taken not to over do the thing,
too much isn't quite enough.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02
EEnraI HBreViIicS.

Extreme dizziness in the country mar
kets is the general complain in our Eng
lish exchanges what is termed dull
times is therefore not confined to the
United States.
Twelve millions annually to provide
luxurious rooms for Custom-house loun-
gers, and fifteen thousand TO the Agri-
cultural Department, is the way we do
things in country where the farm pro
duets exceeds in value all other industries
combined.
A man out in Oregon says that he has
discovered that ticks on cattle are devel-
oped from oak grubs, which if true would
render Darwin's man monkey theory not
a very hard one to believe.
We notice that those Of our cotempo-
raries who are SO very particular to have
all their original matter headed written
expressly for the -" are very much
given to appropriating articles without
credit, which were not written for their
columns.-Rural New Yorker.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02

J. H. s., Union City, Tenn, gives his
experiences with millet as follows: -Four
wears ago, / sowed on May 22d, on fall
plowed ground, replowed in the spring,
at the rate of one bushel per acre, about
four acres of Hungarian In four days
the blades were to be seen above ground,
and continued growing very fast. When
| cut it a large portion was four feet
high, and yielded from three and a half
to four tons per acre. l cut it rather
late-it should be cut soon after the butt
of the stocl: turns yellow. When cut
and cured properly it is worth more
per ton TO feed than tiGothy. | weighed
one load of it, and kept track of the num-
Der of days feeding it; fed only Il pounds
per day per head, while of timothy | near
" fed double. In Hungarian hay the
large heads so full of seeds are as good as
little grain along with other feed, but
| was Inclined to the belief that it acted
500 much as diuretic. | tried it the
following year, with less good luck, as
we'll as care. [ did not sow till 10th of
June, on good ground, having plowed it
but once, and, of course, not so good a
seed bed, although the ground VAS richer.
But fer some reason I realized only about
a two-thirds crop, but as | cut 1t while
it was vet in the milk, ia the most ad-
vaneed patches some of it was not SO tor
ward. But, to say the least, this last
crop made as fine hay as CATTLE could
wish for they all did nicely on 1t. am
of opinion better favored quality of
butter can be made from this Hungarian
than from timothy / shall try it again
this year. but will not SOW latter than the
1st Of June, and from what experience
have had with it will spare no pains in
preparing the ground. Some of my
ground was plowed last fall what was
not. l will pIow soon, and then again be-
fore planting"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02

The Southern FarE. thinks the fates
are against the raising of sheep IN Ten
Gessee. Ii says: CAS- there was some
doubt whether the legislature would sue
coed in getting a bill through for the en-
enlargement of dog raising, tile Su
preme Court has taken the matter in
hand and pronounced any law taxing dogs
to be unconstitutional. The 'bob-tailed
yaller dog may count upon having a
good time as long as he has such staunch
friends in office"
Now that dogs are declared constitu-
al, we advise the sheep breeders of Ten
nesssee to get some good crosses qf the
Rocky Mountain goat in their ffocks so
they may practic5 the noble art of self
defense, unless indeed the courts should
furthermore declare that sheep had no
rights that yellow dogs were bound to
respect.
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seceipa. for .he fable.

MAcARoNI SoUP-Boil three pounds
zeal knuckle or scrag. with bones broken,
in three quarts Of water for three hours;
cook one fourth pound of macaroni,
broken into inch pieces, in water in yes
sci by itself till tender add little butter
ust as it is done; strain the meat out OF
the soup; season to taste; put the maca-
roni and the water it was cooked in IN the
soup, let boil once and serve.
MAcARoNI SoUP.-Throw four ounces
macaroni in boiling water. add one ounce
of butter and one onion stuck with few
cloves When tender-drain and put into
two quarts of clear gravy soup; simmer
for ten minutes and serve with grated
Pdrmesan cheese.
French SoUP.-FOur pounds Of the
veiny part or rump of good beef, not fat,
one pound Of veal off the leg, four carrots,
two parsnips, four onions, celery one head,
four cloves; put on Goals (uot on the fire.
at o'clock boil slowly till O'Clock;
when it begins to boil add two table
spoonfuls salt, no pepper, one gallon Of
water.
FIFTH AND MEAT SAUCE.-Six table
spoonfuls water, four of vinegar put
into saucepan and warm, thicken with
yolks Of two eggs; do not boil it; add
juice OF one lemon.
CALVES FEET JELLY CHEAP.-Get a
package of geIatine and follow the dl-
rections given. You will find the jelly
easy to make and delicious il quality
Reader.
PLAIN FRUIT CAKE.-One cupful
brown sugar, one cupful butter, one cup
full molasses, one cupful milk, three cup
fuls -four, four eggs one and one.half tea
spoonfuls cream tartar, one teaspoonful
soda. one pound raisins, chopped fine;
one pound currants. Bake in a slow oven.
Lille.
FLANNEL CAKE.-To one pint of -four
add one-halfpint of corn meal, four eggs
one tablespoonful yeast, with milk enough
to make stiff batter; set to rise over
night Thin with warm milk and water
before baking next morning.-L.J. Z.
LADY CAKE.-One cupful butter, two
cupfuls sugar, four cupfuls -four, one
cupful milk, three eggs, one half tea
spoonful soda, flavor to taste.-rLillie.
SPONGE CAKE.-Four eggs, beaten for
half an hour; one cupful sugar, one cup
full hOur.-Lillie.
JUMBLEs-Take four eggs, three cup
fuIs sugar, very little nutmeg, one tea
spoonful baking soda, one cupful butter;
stir in the -four until it will roll; cut iii
rounds with a hole in the centre. Will
keep good two or three weeks.--L. j. c.
CRAZY BIsCUIT.-Three pints Of milk,
FIVE teaspoonfuls Of yeast, one teaspoon
full Of salt. boil the milk, and then cool,
stir in -four, making it little thicker
than pancake batter; add the salt, and
when Iukewarm put in the yeast. In
the morning, add one egg, half cupful
sugar, one teaspoonful saleratus, mix and
let stand to rise; when light, make into
biscuits; let raise again, and bake in a
medium oven.--Lillie,
SCoLLoPED OYTERs.-Take the oysters |
from the liquor; place some in baking
dish or pan; CRATE bread crumbs, seasoned
highly with pepper and salt; scatter
few celery seeds over them and small bits
of butter; add another yer Of oysters /
and the bread crumbs with seasoning; |
then pour over the oyster liquor. Bake |
Is or 20 minutesr--L. |. {.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02

Water melons requife ? rich soil, or
to he planted in hills which afe ei,riGhed
with large shoveIful of very good com
post of we'll rotted stable manure and
rich earth. The hills should be eight
feet apart each way. \ very good
method of getting early plants is to cut
pieces of sod from an old meadow, about
three inches square and two thic,-.
These are laid grass side downward upon
a board in warm room, and two seeds
are planted in each piece. The sods are
watered regularly, and when the plants
are of proper size the pieces of sod are
removed to the hills, and planted in
them in the midst of the mixed earth
and compost. The varieties chiefly Gull
tivated for market are mountain sweet,
black Spanish, black Italian, and ice
cream, the last being the best.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02
New Wav of PIOyving.

A new way of blowing has been in
vented, and agriculture will derive ad-
vantage from certain compounds here
tofore employed in engineering. Dyna-
mite, ignited by a lighted body, will
burn as quickly as a lucifer match; but if
set fire to by means Of percussion cap,
it will detOnate at once with great VIC
fence Engineers now use it freely for
mining in quarries. At the works now
going on at the Trocadero, Paris, pass
ers-by may at certain hours be startled
by deep rumbling sound. This is
caused by the springing of dynamite
mines, which, without any violent pro-
lection of materials, make the obstacles
crumble away and break up the under
ground rocks, the fragments of which
are used for the buildings OF the great
Exhibition. Now, dynamite will per
form a similar service in the fields. The
Duke of Sutherland, in Scotland, and
DR. Hanson, in Austria, have employ
ed it for clearing land and for digging
much deeper than any instrument could.
A certain number of dynamite cartridges
are buried at regular distances in the
soil and connected by electric wires. The
explosion is simultaneous, and though
nothing is thrown up, the field is etfectu-
ally plowed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-02

There is nothing that goes further to-
ward supporting family than good
garden; and by garden is meant some
thing more than few rows of potatoes,
heans and corn; the garden, especially
upon the farm, should contain full list of
all varieties of vegetables in their sea-
son as we'll as the small fruits; and gar
den will furnish a family with a large
share of its living through the season,
besides turning out comfortable supply
for winter. w. H. Yeomans.
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Sale of Lands.

DY VIRTUE of a decree of the CHANGERS
ID Court for the Fir-t District of binds
county. Mississippi, made the 4th day of
April, 1917, the UNDERSIGNED, as AdministTa-
trix, Sc. of William W. Dunton, deceased,
will on Monday, the l4th day OF May 1877,
proceed to sell, for cash. 10 the highest bidder,
at public auction, between the hours of IL
o'clock A. NJ. and o'clock p. NJ, in front of the
POstotfce, in the Town of Clinton, in said
Kinds county, in lots not exceeding one hun
dred and sixty (1GO) acres in any one lot all
of the right and title of which SAID DECEASED
seized and possessed at the time of his
death Of, in, and to the following portions of
lands, all Of which are situated in said Kinds
county and near the town of Clinton to wit:
n 4 of VIZ of NW14 of Section 81. Township
., of Range l, West, and all that portion of the
~ of said NW4, which lies north of the
Raymond road and containing about IL acres;
also all the y of the NEL of Section SO, in
Township q, Range 2, West, except 20 acres
on the west side thereof, conveyed to John
Lusk; also 36-l00 aGres of the w - of
NWH of Section 81, Township 6, Range !
West, conveyed to said W. W. Dunton, on the
9Th dav of July 1859; also that portion of the
VIZ of the seq of Section -, Township 6,
Range l.. west, that lies on the line of the
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad, containing
about 1917 acres, bur subject to a deduction of
10 acres, conveyed by said W. w. Dunton to
10. Holly; also, about = acres in Section 10
Township 8, Range l. west, which was con-
veyed to said W. W. Dunton, by The Southern
Railroad Company; also, about - Il acres in
the E12 of the SEA of Seqti9n "A, Township g.
OF Kange Z, west which was conveyed to said
W. W nunton nv George Stokes and, also,
Lots No IS and No. ll2 on the map, or plat, of
said Town of Clinton. For more full des-
scription of all of said lands reference is here
by made to said decree for such sale which is
here referred to as part of this notice
II. J. SHIRLEY
Adm'rx etc, of W. W. DUYToN.
aprilll, 77-4w.
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PREMIUMS

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year 1871 may have, without charge, the num-
bers for the last quarter of isT6 of such peri
odlcals as they may subscribe for
Neither premiums to subscribers nor dis
count to clubs can be allowed unless the mo-
ney Is RENTED direct TO the publishers. No
premiums given to clubs.
Circulars with further particulars NAV be
had on application.
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MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
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For Sale or Rent.

A NICE DWELLING HOUSE WITH TEN
u acres ground attacked, situated on the
Canton Road half mile north of Street Rail-
road, and known as the " PETRIEr place. The
house has eight rooms AID is in good repair
For terms apply on premises to w. g. HAMIL-
ToE, or In jackson to the undersigned.
e. WATKINS.
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Seals and PresSe S.

HNHE UNDERSIGN WILL FILL orders
i promptly for teais and Presses tor
Masonic Lodges. Chapters, Councils, Com
manderies, l. o. o. f. Lodges. AMI other Soci-
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Public and Justices of the Peace.
Prices according to size, design and engrav-
ing. Designs furnished when requested
Address,
J. L. POWER
June 2S-tf. Jackson. Miss
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