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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-19
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.

N0710H' .,>, = ,...,
hsvo resumed my PORK PACKING bus no
re:s and will be prepared to furnlsh iamilles
with with all kinds Ct CHOICE MEATS, all of my
own manufacture, viz:
SAUSAGE MEAT,
SMOKED SAUSAGE,
MINCE MEAT,
SPARE RIBS,
CHINE PIECES,
Hogs HEADS,
HAMS,
SHOULDERS,
BREAST PIECES,
HEAD CHEESE and
PURE LEAF LARD, put up expressly tor
family use in small packages, together VIII a
GOOD and choice lot of FAMILY GkOCEh!hI
and PROVISIONS of all kinds. We have ]us5
received LOT Of choice MACKEREL, NOS. l, Z
and 3. in bbls, half bbls and k,ts. puun
noy9 No. IA s. Fairfax st, Alexandra.
T BEoDERs & co.
Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers in
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR,
SALT AND FISH.
A full line OF celebrated pure, ola WhlsKeys'
Brsndies Gin. Rum, &C.. Massey q CO., fhlla'
d.lphia and Clagetts Baltimore AIes, ana 6erg'
| nor s. Engea Lager Beer, in casks or bottles:
Flour, James S. Kirk s. Co.'S. Standard Soaps
Dupont s. Co.'S Sporting and Blasting Gun
| noWdor. and Baltimore and Potomac KiVe'
| steamers
Orders promptly attended 70, and eonagn
| ments solicited. NO. IL hihs e'ice'
| oct 26lf Ale1anurla, d.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-19

TXT A, JOHNSON,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER s. COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Also Agent for Arlington Brewery and Lsf-
lsnd & Rands Powder Co.
Consignments of Grain, Flour and all kinds
OF Country Produce solicited, Liberal advances
made on consgnments in store.
oct N E. cor. Cam. and Royal SIS.
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
ID. j. MILLER & CO.,

DEALERS IN
CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
Us King street, Alexandria,
Res poctfully call tho attention Of tho trade to
their largo and splendid selection of
CHINA, GLASSWARE. &c,
which thoy Offer for sale at tho
LOWEST RATES.
They also have in store large assortment Of
LAMPS OF ALL KINDS,
including all tho latest patents and designs.
A call is solicited. Orders from the country
promptly filled. nov -
DONALD MCLEAN. GEO. uHLER.
MCLEAN g. UHLER,
IVA Successors to A. II. Mott 4 Bro,)
DEALERS IN
uOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, CUTLERY,
PLATED, PLANISHED, STAMPED.
JAPANED, TIN, WOOD
AND WILLOW
WARES,
(uf overy descrption.l
| l07 King street. Alexandria, va.
N. Ball orders from the country promptly
| filled sp2-ly
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Il. HILL s. CO.'S.

GEORGE Il. HILL s. CO.'S.
CAREFUL MANUFACTURES.
OUR NEW GOODS.
Nut Favored.
COCOANUT-Rich Fine Drop Top Coated.
Drop, bright flavor.
PRINCESS-Ice Sheet, soft oblong.
SEASIDE-For light summer luncheon.
OURIST-Sweet Hard Biscuit, figured top.
BISMARCK-Ge German Biscuit. Caraway flavor
SARATOGA-Crimp edge, Mace flavor.
These fancy goods are furnished the trade IN
assorted or straight packages, attractivey put
up for retail. They are no: kept IN stock; NO
tin cans used, consequently they are always
fresh and in high flavor. We respectfully solicit
an examination of these goods.
"'' ''''' GEORGE r. HILL. & CO.,
nv 10 Alexandria, Va.
ID W. AVERY,
CHOICE FAMILY Y' AID )" Fanny eRooh.
RIES, WINE LIQUORS, &c, &c,
22G King st., cor: Alfred -.
sen8 ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
AVE- NEW PRICESl
The subscriber respectfully announces that
n0 A"S '" NO IL KING STREET,
and is prepared to Offer full and carefully So
lected stock of
'0O' FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
at prices which cannot fail to please. Goods
delivered promptly to oil parts of the city. and
satisfaction guaranteed in every particular An
in9 mv 5.tf OWN F. j. DAVIDSON.
GORGE McBURNEY s. SON,
Dealers in
OHOINE FAMILY AMI IA GH - RnGE
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE End BROW n
STOUT
Also, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERR
and MACKEREL.
NOS lG6 AND ITO KING STREET,
Washington Hall Building,i
Alexandria. Va.
Orders promptly filed. oh Wit
- WIN. RAMSAY,
WHOLE5hLE AND FAMILY GROCER
TEA DKhLEE
S. E. COR. ZINC AND ST ASAPH SIS.
nov 22-tf Alexandria. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-19

BUFFALO LITHIA WATER, q mos
- popular remedy for Rheumatism, &C., sc.
Circulars can be had with strong recommends
tons, Our sales during the past year have been
very large.
nov % K. 8. LEADBEALER & BRO.
~ WE HAVE very large stock of Boys
and Youths Kip and Calf Boots. which we
will sell less than the cost of Shoes. All in
want will save time, money and trouble by
calling at once at ITO King St.
nov27 WADDEY'S.
w ANY ONE KNOWING WHAT 1T IS
TO wear disproportioned Boot or Shoe had
better examine our stock of goods, as the
shapes and makes for sale by US will suit all
feet and pockets.
WADDEY. 10 King street.
% DON'T BUY BOOTS AND SHOES else
where, but come at once to ITO King st.,
and see the elegant styles of Boots and
Shoes large assortment at popular prices.
sep2l w. B. WADDEY.
@ GENTS FINE BOOTS AND SHOES A
specially, small expenses 8 novelty, lowest
prices q reality. is what we can prove at
WADDEY'S, ITO King street.
NEW BUCKWHEATFLOUR and FRESH
~ DAT MEAL, received this day by
oct 10 DAVY & HARMON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-19
RAILROADS.

1874 GREAT LIS 1877
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE IN
TO THE NORTH, WEST s. SOUTHWEST
STEEL RAILS, SPLENDID SCENERY
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
November II, 1877.
Trains leave Washington from depot of BAL
TIMORE s. POTOMAC RAILROAD, cor
ner Of Sixth and 3 streets, IS follows
and l.4O a. m. daily, with Pal ace Cars Linn.
tied Express of Pullman Psrlor Cars 90 8
N. daily, except Sunday. For Philadelphis
and New York 1.S0 pm. daily, except Sun
day; for Philadelphia 525 p. m. daily:
For Pittsburg and the West 10. 10 Am. daily win
Psrlor Cars to Pittsbu-g; TAO p. m. daily
with Palace Car TO Chicago.
For Csnandaigus and tho North. 7.1u y n.
daily, except Saturday, with falace Ger TO
Watkins. For Watkins. 1910 a. III. daily
'Aesp' '1no LyScAL TRAINS.
For Alexandria 6, 7, 8, $40. 10 and II an, anil
l. 420, 6, GOO and p.m. On Sunday a. $40
u. M, and and p. M.
Trains leave Alexsrdris ior Washington, i, 7,
$40, 9.lO 10 and II a L., l, 8, 4.2O. 8. and Z
On Sunday at 8. 10 and 10 q. H., and p m.
THROUGH TRAIN FOB the SOUTH, Wis
Quantico and Richmond, will leave Alexan-
dria at 3. 10 a. M. daily, and 100 p. m. daily
except Sunday,
Tickets and information can be procured at
principal railroad stations and ticket offices
Southeast. l.. T. FARMER,
Gen'i. Passenger Agent
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. nov l3
wv g.. VIRG. MIDLAND l. q. s. r X.
w. JOHN s. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On and after Sunday, NoV'r. II, 1877, Pas-
senger Trains will run us follows:
South Bound. Express Mail Accomdn
Washington lie SIS am. s 10 q m. 6 so pm.
Alexsndria 900. 325 " 40 70
Gordonsville 7O3 II as pm. ell IS "
CharlottesyilleI SEQ $50 d" Conn't to
Lynchburg lar 10 IS 500 Rlchmd
Danville ...""... 229p.m. &Hunt-
Dundee...... 235 ington.
, North Bound. Express. Mail. Accomdn
Dundee .........lu l 80 p. m. Connect
DanvIlle.. "...... ! IS Z. q v.
Lvnchburp ..,,.. 415 as g. m. East &
Charlottesville. 7O IL 80 p. m. West
Gordonsville.... $40 2 05 u 30 q. m.
Alexandria lar IL 90 nig't sos IS
WASHINGTON, IL 80 O. m. 30 I 20 -
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DRICES REDUCED.
r am now putting up SETS OF TEETH AT
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
Full sets from $40 to Sl0.
Partial sets in proportion
Satisfaction guaranteed
Where sets are to be put in no charge will be
~ DR. FAWCETT, Dentist.
aug loft no. 81 N. Wash. st., Alexa., Va.
TLAUGHTON s. STUART,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
LAW,
NO. q SOUTH FAIRFAX STREET,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Practice in tho Courts Of Alexandria, and the
adjoining counties, aud in the Supreme Court of
Appeals of Virginia. sop25
nRNT tai OTICE.
DR. D. N. RUST,
Has removed his Office to tho
| NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRINCE AND
WASHINGTON STREETS.
| doc 2i-tf
| A CARD.-Circumstancos rendering 1t de-
| "a sirsble that should locate in Baltimore, l
have transferred my DENTAL PRACTICE in
Alexandria to DIR. D. N RUST He has been
or so many years associated with me as to need
no introduction Oh endorsement, his skill, ability
and reputation for honesty and high integrity
to tho favor Of my friends and patients, rs well
worthy of the position to which he succeeds, and
bespeak for him the practice with which, for &c
long, have boon favored. ,
JAMES &. HODHklN.
Alexandria, Va, mar lott
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W.B. WaddeV, no King street,

Invites tho attention Of the public generally to
his superb stock of FALL AND WINTER
BOOTS AND SHOES, which have been made
with great care and special reference 10 Vir-
ginia taste Besides the most durable styles in
the market we have secured great many
which are owned exclusively by us. All should
examine our stock before purchasing.
nov 81 ITO King st., AleEandria. Va.
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E>OR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

= -
On and after Monday, February &C. H. b
81, the steamer MATTANO, Capt.
VIM. II. Byles, will be run as follows: Leave
Alexandria EVERY MONDAY and THURS
DAY, from King street wharf, at 80 o'clock
a. m. for Landings on the Potomac as far down
as Nomini. Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at 6 o'clock,
for Washington, arriving early the same even
ing. Freight received daily.
fob % J. BRODERS s. CO., Agents.
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COMsEEsSIeN MERCHANTS.

GRocEEY AND COMMISSION house.
Tho Grocery snd Commission business for
merly conducted by Kelly s. Carter at No. 8
Cameron street. will be continued by tao ury
firm of KELLY & CARR. -
FIRST CLASS GROCERIES sold in q a..
titles to suit purchasers.
Consignments of GRAIN aHd COUNTRY
PRODUCE disposed Of to the best advantage
j. FRANK KELLY.
j. w. CARR
=. All persons indebted to the old firm will please
settle Immediately.
nov l4-tf j. FRANK KELLY.
r Alexandria Sept. %, 1877.
l. WOULD INFORM MY FKIEND is AND
the public generally that l have this day made
q business connection with the well known firm
of HARLOW BROS, Grocors, Liquor, Feed
and General Commission Merchants. N. W.
| corner Cameron and Royal streets, and would
| solicit share Of their patronage.
sep 29-tf F. G. SWAINE.
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FOR NEW YORK

Che Al steamships E. g. KNIGHT xssssss
and JOHN GIBSON leave the COM $&e&
bAY M6KNN1E1 and NV FE BfX s ATp pisi
Al East River, EVERY SATURDAY at four
o'clock p. m.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

;, This company offers unrivalled facilities for
the transportation of fraight and passengers,
and will run their steamers regularly IS follows:
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F. g. SWA1NE,
WITH
HARLOW BROS,
Ill GROCERS, LIQUOR, FEED,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
N. w. COR CAMERON AND ROYAL STS.
Liberal advances made on all consi gnments
in store. sep 29-ii
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South Bound. Express. Mail. Accomdn
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VIZ g.. VIRG. MIDLAND l. q. s. Il K.
w. JOHN s. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On aud after Sunday, NoV'r. IL, 1877, Pas-
senger Trains will run us follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-19

BASKETS! BASKETSll BASKETSill
D Ofice, Work Open and Covered, Market,
Lunch and Clothes Baskets and Clothes Ham,
pers. McLEAN q Uhhhh,
dec1 107 King street.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30
The Royal Palace in Spain.

Henry Fay, Esq, in a letter from
Madrid to the N. Y. Observer, writes :
The Royal is one of the finest in
Europe. 1t is situated on the western
side of the city overlooking the Valley
or the Manzanares and wide sweep OF
country to the West, reaching to the
Guadarama Mountains, which, standing
in rugged and lonely grandeur, covered
with SHOWS, limit the view in that direc-
ton. The palace was intended to sur
round square, and to be 47o feet on
each side and 100 feet high. 1t was
laid out on scale so grand that itwould
have rivaled the Tuilleries, but it has
never been finished. Only one side of
this immense pile, with additionalwings,
is completed. 1t is palace $50 feet
long, built of white stone resembling
marble, and stands nearly hundred
feet high. The Spaniards are fond of
display, and the palace shows all the
magnificent variety of tapestry, velvet,
gorgeous furniture, rich marble and mo-
saics generally found in princely man.
sions. The stables interested me more
than the palace. There were about so
horses for the use of the young king,
and his household, coach horses, driving
horses and saddle horses. Each had a
name over his stall They were reared
in Spain, France and England. The
Spanish horses, especially the Andalu-
sian, did not show the finest points,
They had short, heavy bodies; long
tails, held close to the body; tapering
necks fine thick breast, but short, hol-
low backs. The carriages were superb.
l counted one hundred of all sorts and
sizes ranged in an immense room.
There were some ten or twelve state
coaches used from the time of Ferdi-
nand and Isabella down. They were
covered with gold and inlaid with ivory
on the outside, and lined with Gobelin
tapestry, satin gold and silver cloth
within. One of these was the carriage
of Crazy Jane, daughter of Ferdinand
and Isabella and mother of Charles the
", who is said to have carried her hus-
bands body in its coffin with her for
forty years, until her death. The har-
ness is made in the Royal stables and
are the most magnificent trappings that
horses ever wore There is a guard of
twenty horse and about one hundred foot
soldiers always on duty around the pal
ace, and they are relieved every two
hours. All this, for country which is
hopelessly in debt, appears most ex-
travagant display. These appendages
of royalty are finer perhaps than those
of any crowned head in Europe.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30
Spurgeon on Human Perfection.

Mr.. Spurgeon, writing under his sig
nature of John Ploughman, expresses
the following terse and homelyviews on
the subject of human perfection.
He who boasts of being perfect is
perfect in folly. l have been a good
deal up and down in the world, and l
never did see either perfect horse or a
perfect man, and l never shall until two
Sundays come together. You cannot
get white flour out of a coal sack, nor
perfection out of human nature; he
who looks for it had better look for su-
gar in the sea. The old saying is,
''lifeless, faultless." OF dead men we
should say nothing but good, but as for
the living, they are all tarred, more or
less, with the black brush, and half an
eye can see it. Every head has soft
place in it, and every heart has its black
drop. Every rose has its prickles, and
everp day has its night. Even the sun
shows spots, and the skies are darkened
with clouds. Nobody is so wise but he
has folly enough to stock stall at Van
ity Fair. Where l could not see the
FOOLS cap 1 have, nevertheless, heard
the bells jingle. AS there is no sun
shine without some shadow, SO is all hu-
man good mixed up with more or less
evil l.; even poor law guardians have
their little failings, and parish beadles
are not wholly of heavenly nature. The
best wine has its lees. All mems faults
are not written on their foreheads, and
it's quite as well they are not, or hats
would need wide brims, yet as sure as
eggs are eggs faults are sure to nestle in
every mans boom. There is no telling
when a mans sins may show themselves,
for hares pop out of ditch just when
you are not looking for them. A horse
that is weak in the legs may not stumble
for mile or two, but its in him, and
the rider had better hold him up we'll.
The tabby cat is not tapping milk just
now, but leave the dairy open, and we
will see if she is not as bad thief as
the kitten. There's fire in the flint,
cool as it looks wait till the steel gets
knock at it, and you will see. Every
body can read that riddle, but it is not
everybody that will remember to keeE
his gunpowder out of the way of the
CANDLE
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30
POETRY.
SOCRATES SNOOKS.

Mister Socrates SnoOks, lord of creation,
The second time entered the married relation:
Xantippe CalOric accepted his hand,
And they thought him the happiest man in the land
But scarce had the honeymoon passed DER his head,
When, one morning, to Xantippe, Socrates said:
81 think, for man of my standing in life,
This house is too small, as l now have wife;
So, as early as possible, carpenter Carey
Shall be sent for to widen my house andmy dairy"
"Now, Socrates, dearest" Xantippe replied,
81 hate to hear every thing vulgarly my'd;
Now, whenever you speak of your chattels again,
Say our COW house, barn yard, our pig pen"
"By your leave, Mrs. Snooks, | will say what l
please
Of my houses, my lands, my gardens, my trees"
"Say our" Xantippe exclaimed, in rage.
II won't, Mrs Snooks, though you ask it an age"
Oh, woman though only part of mans rib,
If the story in Genesis don't tell a fib,
Should your naughty companion e'er quarrel with
you,
You certain to prove the best man of the two.
In the following case this was certainly true;
For the lovely Xantippe just pulled off her shoe,
And laying about her, all sides at random,
The adage was verifed-"Nil disperandum."
Mr.. Socrates Snooks, after trying in vain,
To ward off the blows which descended like rain
Concluding that valor's best part was discretion
Crept under the bed like a terrified Hessian:
But the dauntless Xantppe, not one whit afraid,
Converted the siege into blockade.
At last, after reasoning the thing in his pate,
lie concluded twas useless to strive against ate
And so, like a tortoise prOtrudng his head,
Said, "My dear may we come out from under our
bed?"
"Hah hah!' she exclaimed "Mr. Socrates SnoOks,
l perceive you agree to my terms by your looks;
Now, Socrates-hear me-from this happy hour,
If you'll only obey me, I'll never look sour"
'Tis said the next Sabbath, ere going to church,
He chanced for a clean pair of trowsers to search;
Having found them, he asked, with few nervous
twitches,
Speakers Garland.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30
The Man Who had His Boots
"Chalked."

A man, on coming down town this
morning, discovered that his boots need
ed polishing, and called bootblack, to
whom, the operation being concluded,
he rendered the customary fee. "Keep
your nickles, mister" urbanely replied
the artist, drawing the cuff of his jacket
across his nose we don't charge moth
ing to friends of the profession
"Friends of the profession How
What? l don't understand you," said
the West Slider "We'll, I'll explain" p"
said the boy, "Maybe you don't live on
West Van Buren, up near Ashland ave-
nue., beyond where the boys used to play
base ball, and near them big houses
with marble boddices in the gardens,
and maybe you havn't garden plot and
a hose ?" The man said his informant
information, whatever its source, was
indubitably correct "Well, mister, "
continued the boy, 81 see you the other
evening singing water out of that hose
all over creation, like as if you was No
ah and the Twelfth ward was Sodom and
GOmOrrah, and seen you sprinkle the
boots of two dollars worth of young
swells as was going down to get theil
girls to go to the theatre, and of course
they had to have them shined up again
You was making business for us, anc
we allow you the regular commission
Your hats chalked-your boots | NEAR
at every box in town. You cam
drop cent, not if your feet was twice
as big as they are. And, mister, if oul
society ever strikes it rich, they're go
ing to have statute of you, life size, II
plaster, with hose in your hand squirt
ing round like Cassabianca, or Ben Bull
winkle, or any of them pillars of fire
and we'll put it up in Union Park, be
you we do" and the enthusiastic boy
bowing humbly to his benefactor, de
parted. Chicago Z'zJnne.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30

R9@A Connecticut debating society
is asked, els it wrong to cheat law
yer?', Perhaps not but it isn't GUS
tOmary.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30
SELECTED MATTER.
Houses and Things.

In an article with the above title, in
Sc,71ner for June, DIR. Holland writes
as follows:
"The mistake of this era in the histo-
ry of "household art and home decora-
tion," lies, it seems to us, in the attempt
to do too much with furniture. Ruskin,
in one of his books, distinguishes be-
tween building and architecture. There
are certain structures in which arChitec-
ture should never be attempted. A
grain elevator, a store-house, barn.
these are buildings, and architecture is
out of place in them. There is no more
reason why they should be beautiful than
there is why meal-sack should be beau
tiful, or a wheelbarrow, or a coal-Cart.
So it seems to us that there may be, and
that there are, certain items of furniture
which we may legitimately excuse from
the duty of picturesqueness. If our car
pets are less beautiful than rugs upon
bare floors, if furnaces are less interest
ing than open fires, if the old fashioned
wash-bowl and pitcher are more pictur-
esque than the plumbers substitute,
what of it? In which direction shall we
make our sacrifices? Toward comfort
and convenience, or toward the piCtur-
esqueness of ruder times and smaller
means? We advocate comfort and con-
venienCe, and leave others to do as they
choose. The modern advocacy of beau
ty, in connection with all articles of
furniture and household convenience,
reminds one of the child who insists on
making play of everything, ng,-who cannot
take mouthful of food, or do an act OF
service, without making it in some way
a source of amusement.
"To come to the practical point, a
home may be interesting without being
more than moderately beautiful, and
may be more than moderately beautiful
without being interesting at all. If we
rely entirely upon furniture for the in
terest of house, if we make furniture
picturesque at the price of comfort and
convenience, our homes may be made
interesting in moderate way, provided
we follow out our individual ideas, and
do not fall back upon the conventional
isms of the manufacturers. But the
most interesting things in house should
never be its furniture. Given convent.
ent furniture, that shall be picturesque
when convenient, the question whether
a home shall be greatly interesting re-
lates mainly to other things-to books
pictures, objects of art, bric-a-brac, ano
treasures of various sorts, in fact or IL
association. We can point to homes
whose furniture attracts no attention
whatever, but which are absorbingly in
teresting through the artistic product
of its members. The more the culture
and taste of cultured and tasteful people
are expressed in their homes, through
various modes and forms of art, tn
more interesting those homes will be
and the more a guest is compelled t.
forget furniture, except as it answers t.
the higher harmonies of the house, tn
better. The best things of an interest
lug home are never bought of furni
ture dealer, though the most beautiful
may be. !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-06-30

The SUNDAY LAWS IN New YORK.
In the Atlantic Garden, on Sunday, a
barkeeper was kept busy opening weiss
beer bottles at one end of the long bar,
and at the other end another was filling
tall weiss beer glasses from a place un-
derneath the bar. A thirsty customer
approached and was heard to ask dis
tinctly for lager beer. A foaming weiss
beer glass was set before him. 81 said
l wanted lager beer" he complained: d:
eve don'd sell lager beer on Sunday, y
said the barkeeper. The customer ac-
cepted the alternative, threw down a
quarter of dollar, and received twenty
cents in change. The price of weiss
beer is ten cents glass. After drain
ing the glass, he set it down with sigh
of satisfaction, and said, "Why, that
was lager beer!" "Vas it?'' replied the
barkeeper, without the movement of a
muscle of his face; "dotvas mistake !!
~. Y Sun.