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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-11
FOR TIE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS

Tho now and ecmmodious iron - s;y~ b
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON, lsSSsssssEsEE11sEssxs
built especially for this route 94y9s tho CON
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, q.
o'clock a. H., and Alexandria at 80 q. M;
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY and SUNDAY. al o'clock p. IN.
exsndris with the " G., v. NJ; s. e. =: Z: r.
Go. end with the w. & O. K. T. Go. Freight
received for all points, North aud South,
handled with care and forwarded with prompt
moss and dispatch.
For further information apply TO
+. A. KEED, Agent,
Jannoys wharf,
or al tho oIiico of tho company, under tho Ma.
tionsl Metropolitan Bank, 18th street. opposite
tho Treasury Department. Washington.
NH 10 SAM u Ell BACON, President.
>.sse CLYDE'S STEAM LINES WEkK.
SsA8AG LIZ TO
PHILADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AND
BOSTON.
Steamers loayo Alexandria EVERY TUES,
DAY and leave Philadelphis EVERY SAT-.
URDAY, ct II o clock N. from Pier No. l N.
Wharves.
This line connects at Alexandris with the O.,
A. s. M. and w s. o. 4. Rs, snd at Philadol-
phia with the now and popular Iron Line" for
Providence and Boston.
Freight Forwarded with promptness and care.
free Of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
no wharfage in Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-fve hours. Through rates and through
bills of lsding given. Insurance guaranteed at
less til sn usual rates.
Agents:
r. A. REED, Alexandria.
VIM. ?. CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphia.
GEO. F.. HYDE, GEORGETOWN y. G.
JOHNSON EROS, Washington.
ian S-ti
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-11

GHETLAND SHAWLS. new styles just
- received at
FERGUSON s. BROS,
je6 96 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-11
of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

This company offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation of fraght and passengers,
and will run thoir stosmors regularly IS follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-11
EANCY GOODS.
7. FERGUSON & BRO.

We have opened our stock or the season. Cor
DRES5 TRIMMINGS, Black and Co!ored
Silk Fringes, Worstod Fringos, in plain and
mixed colors, Buttons, sc.
HAMBURG AND TORCHON LAChS,
Hosiery Gloves, Corsots. SC, in great variety.
LADIES NECK WEAR-Ruchings, Ties,
Bows, Scarfa, Fancy Ribbons, Yelling, Sc.
HOOP SKIRTS ali sly les en- hands and made
to order at short notice.
PICTURE FRAMES. in Walnut Gilt and
fancy mouldings all sizes and made TO order,
WE HAVE ALSO large stock Of Hair
Braids, PuAs, Curl5, SC.
HIGH BACK COMBS, in Shell. Gilt, and
Silver Hair and Hat ornaments, and Scarf
Pins-to which wo invite your attention.
JAMES FEKGUSON &BRO..
my3 05 King street.
CPRING OPENlNGl
- SPRING OPENINGl
Just received this day per express beautiful
and we'll selected stock of the following goods,
which will be sold very cheap:
Ribbons, Ladies' Ties, Fancy Belts,
Hosiery, Gents Tics, Buttons,
| Rulings, Fans, Corsets,
Edgings, Veilings, Ruahos,
| Couture Pins, Kid Gloves, Head Ornaments.
| A beautiful limo of Children's Striped and
Plain Colored Hose, from Ia to 75c per pair.
An elegant three button Kid Glove, in light and
dark shades for 75c per pair. All the latest
styles of Vcilings. Lace Handkorchiefs only
Coo; Silk Fringes; tho bcst soc Corset in town,
| equal to what is usually sold for 75c, st
| NH u g. G.. BERRY'S, II King st.
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EsA.s.EsSSta ssY.

ny g., ViRG. MIDLAND i q. >: l.. Z.
w JOHN s. BARBOUR, Eecciger.
On and after Sunday, Juno 9th. 1875, Pas'
sanoer Trains will run US follows:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
sSlsuehtering the BufialO.

THE town of Griffin is supported bv
fifialo hunters, and is their general
rendezvous in this section. The num-
Der of hunters on the ranges this season
is estimated at 1.50O. We saw a; Griffin
a plat of ground of about four acres
covered with buffalo hides spread out to
dry, besides a large quantity piled up
for shipment. These hides are worth in
this place from 81 to 81 so each. The
generally accepted idea of the exciting
chase in buffalo hunting is not the plan
pursued by the men who make il a reg
ular business. They use the needle-gun
with telescope, buy the powder by the
keg, their lead in bulk, and the shells,
and make their own cartridges. The
guns in party of hunters are used by
only one or two men, who say they us
usally kill drove of thirty or for.y
buffaloes on one or two acres Of ground.
As soon as one is killed the whole herd,
smelling the blood, collect around the
dead body, snuiiing and paving up the
ground, and uttering a singular noise
The hunter continues to shoot them
down as long as he can remain conceal
ed, or until the last animal "biies the
dust" The buffalo pays no attention to
the report of the gun, and fees only at
sight or scent of his enemy. The others
OF the party then occupy themselves in
"peeling." Some of these have become
so skillful they offer to bet they can skin
a five or six-year-old bull in five min
utes. The meat is also saved and sent
to market, and commands good price.
-Shackelford County (Tsxasl Letter %
the Galrestog Nsscs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26

heavy load of degradation, misery, MUIR
der, that lies upon the land and most
heavily upon the hearts, the lives, the
homes of women.
In its minimizing utterance, the Cap
itai of Sunday was perfectly correct
when it said: ssThe ladies managing
the business managed it badly. If they
had employed the female lobby or sent
in delegation of pretty Treasury clerks,
the venerable Solons would have soften
ed, and thrown open their doors as
readily as their hearts" 1t seems an
ungracious thing to say; but it is the
truth. The woman who wins her way
with the majority of these men is not the
plain, earnest-eyed woman, with small
knob of native hair at the back of her
head. 1t is the siren of the gallery and
the ante-room, who sends in her card
and the invitation to the Senator at his
desk. She never talks of "rights."
She cares for no "cause" but her own
cause of ease and peif She shakes her
tresses, banged" and usually blonde !;
she lifts hor alluring eyes, and nine
times out of ten makes him do as she
listeth. No wonder, when the earnest
appeal of honest women reaches his
hands, he has neither response, honesty,
honor nor justice to give it. The
Graphic's Peleg Albright was quite
right when he wrote:
As long as men are bosses,
There is reason to declare,
Women's work will be problem
still of lips and eyes and hair.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26

relief, but the more they tried to calm
her the more violently she danced.
Finally she broke loose from them. and
tearing off her shoes and stockings lied
barefooted to the nearest house.
While the congregation watched her
flight down the aisle and Won
dered whether she could break
hole in the frozen river
large enough for drowning purpose. a
sudden and unanimous desire 10 sneeze
fell upon them. and for the next ten
minutes the uproar was deafening. At
the end of that time the minister dis
missed mis- audience by an elaborate
pantomime, and went home firmly con-
WINGED that the days of demoniacal pos
session and witchcraft had returned.
The next morning Mrs. Withers took
the earliest train for Chicago, and her
wicked brother-in-law, who was fright
ened at the horrible success of his Joke.
started prematurely upon his European
tour, leaving at least three thousand
dollars of bank assets which, had he
waited two weeks longer, he would have
been able to take with him.
This teaches us that our little fee.
were never made to be tortured with
pepper and mustard, and that it is better
that one person should suffer from cold
than that a whole congregation should
sneeze itself out of its collective boots.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
A Gigantic Eagle.

Mr.. James Hamilton, who lives near
Butler, in Tyler County, killed a gray
eagle few days ago that measured sew
en- feet and three inches from tip to tip
of wings. The day before the bird was
killed it made swoop at little four
year-old girl of Mr.. Hamilton who,
with her sister, was on the roof of the
piazza drying some walnuts, and might
have seriously harmed her had his efforts
not been obstrueted by the overhanging
limbs of some shade-trees When the
child saw the eagle after it had been
killed she exclaimed, "that's the thing
that made lick at me yesterday"
DR.. Hugh NJ. Neisler, from whose letter
to a friend in this city we get these facts,
has one of the wings hanging up in his
room. Such birds are not common in
his section.-Colnn,bus Goa. Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
The Minister and the Monte Men.

A minister on his way from Columbus
to New York was feeced out of fifty
dollars yesterday morning, while en-
route to this city on the Panhandle Rail.
road. An individual, dressed as a
countryman, came into the ear and took
a seat near the minister. Entering into
a conversation with the latter he inform
ed him how he had been swindled at
Columbus by three-card-monte men,
and proceeded to explain the modus OPP
erandi OF the operation. A second coun-
tryman put in an appearance at this
juncture and became interested in the
explanation, alleging that he could not
be cheated by such simple subterfuges.
The clergyman was thus induced
to investigate the practical work
ings of the game, which resulted in his
arriving in this city MINIS the sum above
mentioned. For obvious reasons he
declined to take any steps toward the
recovery of his money, but proceeded
on his journey rejoicing.-P itts6urg
Leader.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
Save the Old Paper.

Never throw away old paper. If you
have no wish to sell it, use il in the
house. Some housekeepers prefer it to
cloth for cleaning many articles of fur
niture. For instance, volume written
by lady who prided herself on her ex-
perience and tact, says: "After stove
has been blackened it can be kept look
ing very well for long time by rubbing
it with paper every morning. Rubbing
with paper is much nicer way of keep
ing the outside of a tea-kettle, coffee
pot, and teapot bright and clean than
the old way of washing them in suds.
Rubbing with paper is also the best way
of polishing knives, tin-ware, and
spoons; they shine like new silver. For
polishing mirrors, windows, lamp
chimneys, etc, paper is better than dry
cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much
better if brown paper, instead of cloth,
is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not
so apt to mold if piece of writing pa
per, cut to fit the can, is laid directly on
the fruit. Paper is much better to put
under a carpet than straw. 1t is warm
err, thinner, and makes less noise when
one walks over it,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
A New Breed OF Cats.

In the little manufacturing village Of
Queechy, VT, has arrived a new breed
of cats. Last spring they made their
first appearance. Several old family
cats. all of them quite aged, gave birth
to litters of kittens of very peculiar ap-
pearance. They were long haired, with
large legs and long claws and very
heavy tails. One specimen in each lit
ter was raised, so as to see this freak of
nature in maturity. AT six months OF
age theywere very large. Some of them
are striped like a lion, others are quite
black. The fur is from three to six
inches in length all over the body; tuft
of long hair rims the ears. The head is
like that OF any cat, except the eyes Of
all of them have a wild or frightened
look. At the neck the fur stands out
like wide rutfle, the tail is covered with
long fur, and would measure, perhaps,
six inches in circumference. All Of
them are very active, and will spring
from the foor,to. the top of room eight
or nine feet high with perfect ease.
When frightened they are disposed TO
turn and show fight, and they viii not
permit much petting.-Phitadeiphia
Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26
TO CORRESPONDENT.

An communications for this paper should he
accompanied by the name of the author. not
necessarily republication, but rs evidence of
good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only ON one side Of the paper. BE particularly
careful in giving names and dates. tn have
All letters or figures plain and distinct.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-26

Breach of trust is not viewed lenient-
ly in France, where people are very care
ful of their money. NJ. Guilhot, a very
noted notary at AngouienIe, has been
found defaulter to tie tune OF $780,
600. and consequently goes to Jail for 10
years.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03

ocI4 II iy
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
AND CHURCH ORGANS

Our Organs are UNIVERSALLY CELEBRATED
for BEATTY and PURITY Of TONE, com btned VITA
NOISFI ESS ACTION; fer general AUSlCAb SnH
MECHANICAL EXcELLEHCB, and for " lAHD-
ING" WE'LL in any climAts ,.,.
Among the many ltor instruments onllt ey Se as Me
desire 70 call especial attention 20 the
crgnn in the Church OF St. May Of the taored Asa9
AZ Bostop Mass finished October let is1 aeo 70 tne
one in tho Cathedral Of the holy Name n SoIOsE"'
m finished RoysLlbsr lSt. 1871. -, ,---.,
WE EMPLOY NO AGENTS except those mn -, s95c
tciy ccn nncted with our eatAblisbment. and PAH NO
COHISIsgIONs 70 middia-mop." We ths1efofo re-
Tpoefuly request she Clergy 70 appiy anScty " ~
iOE ~ ~ ~ " JOHNSON 4 SON. weatAeld Mas.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03

laid the foundation of Northern sucoees.
Above all, he, and gallant baud of officers
supporting him, Impressed generous, chiv-
alrio spirit on the conduct OF the war, which
soon faded away after his downfall and tho
future historian. in accounting some later OPP
erAtions, will doubt IL he is deslng with cam.
paigns Of generals or expeditions of briGAnds.
have now reached q point at which the great
campaign Of l662 opens to view. aud q con-
tiuuation Of my "Reminiscences" will tell the
story of my connection with II.
RICHARD TAYLOR.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
SHEET WAX AND PAPERS.

b. bsst brnuds OF Sheet Wax different cooTs and
.,-sa Fiower Cuttera Leaf AoUids, Paints and
RT1ahea All shades Of French Tissue Paper STAMPED
FloWers In boEea StamenB and wires, GLASS ehAaos
Chenille Bouquet Paper and . large sss2r5Inenb OF
FlEEsots, tH5o en- supplies Oy soi Msss1iao street
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
WAR Wv &ar3 Wv23E$
NO VEL'S
MN " K1 ~ u T u M8 e
RSR and MS:B PoYdras, Carondelet Street.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE FURN11URE.


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friends and the public t o
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11
61allNESIRAT0R,S sale.

= Ytrtue Of an order Of The Orphans COURT OF
- Cambria county, the undersigned Administra-
tor OF sarah Grasser. late OF the town of Munster
dee ii, VIII expose to public sale the premises
in the said. town of Munster,
Tuesday, the TTth dag Of October.
proXimO, at O'CLOCK, p. NJ. the following des-
cribed real estate, to wit:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE or LOT OF GROUND
known on the plan of said town as lot No. lO5
anr bounded on the east by Bedford street. the
s0uJu Dy huntington street, and on the west by
lot OF Rose Mchtm, decd having thereon erect
Ell two story FRAME House aId the requisite
outbuildinEs.
TERMS OF SALE One-tbtrd of the purchase
money TO be paid on condemnation of sale. and the
balance in two equal annual payments. with in
terest from date, to be secured by the Judgment
exemption notes of the purchaser
II. kINkEAD, Administrator.
Sept. y. 1873. -3t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11

- tome a.
1t is not unlikely marr,s
ers coald give a more s.,.z-
ply to this than to sno.F..
namely, what is a sponaa7
it was doubtful whether ~.
object belonged to the ann ~
table kingdom, but natprsil.
agreed that it is unquestior.l-.
referred to the former c.
article as an ordinary sporga =
sessess a history, from rs.
the ocean depths to its cr.51
the nursery and elsevLoe
point of Interest aud ins.s,..
it would be difficult TO sr--
anecdotes of its intellipercl -1
narrated, because it is tol.g
among the lowest forms ~
but DIR. James Muue ksssl5-
that the family has a clIarr, IA
a very special claim uponHss.
ful study of scientific mon h
this branch of the subject ve.l
enter; pass we therefore +,
mercial aspect.
Sponges, as is toIeraljvv.ri
are obtained il various r,-
Mediterranean and the Bai,r
Greek and Turks mainly ,-
fishery in the former die
their mode of diving. etc
to many; but Of the Bala-rs
information is not SO rar
year Dot, 600 pounds OF sr.- J
about $4,000 were exp6r
islands, of which 10000 r
sent TO England and gl
being reserved for the Ta..
and Canada. About 500 r
, coo persons, (mosdv ,5
{. employed in the fishery
cruise about among the f,
trips lasting from two 20 sv
according to tie weather H
being unable to work when \
is rough. The spongcs. when
are found to be a black
substance, giving of an rr
odOr that increases with rg.
After the divers have coIls.sf-
cent quantity, the spmgas ar 4
ashore and buried in tie sar7
posed TO the sun for a few isTs
are then beaten with clubs 10 rz
the decOmDOsed animal mat.g 4
/ flies away in the shape OF l.l.s
They are EeXt thoroughly us-s
sea water, after which they g
in the vessels hold. On a-..-.
port the sponges are sold tau-
who tIade ia them, and hv vl--.
are passed into the hands Of
per, who cuts of all coarse sr I
wise trims them This r-
having been performed they s
for the press, where they ars q
shipment. A sponge press sr5
like a cider press on a large s
it is made Of iron and require
two to eight men to turn tls w
Harper's ieekIg
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11

a SPIDERS RATI0Ns-.n O.
test what a spider can do H --
of eating, we arose about day
the morning TO supply lbs
with n flv. A first. however
der did uOt come from IFS r
we peeped among tie e-earas
discovered that an earF.- .-
caught, and was now beng
The spider left the eagWz
the fly, and at once re.ur
first course" This was -
a. m, in September 4, "a
earwig had been demo-isa-a
spider, after resting awhile
baby enjoying a nap. came
the fiy, which he had dl.---
m. A little after nine we5
with a daddy-long-legs, T.
bv noon. At 1 o'cloeka y
gree1ily seized, and then -l
with an appetite app1I-a
for his previous induigel--
merced on the blow Hy.
day and towards the cye-
many small green flies, OF
popularity termed midg
caught in the web; ofta-l
ed ore hundred and tUel
and fast prisoners in ;he
Soon after dark, provides
ern, we went to examine
spider vas suffering from
or in any other way iron
meals instead, however,
affected, he was employ
up together the varou5
midges. when he took tl-
treat and tea. This proc
peated, carrying mp the
detachments until the Wl1
for the web and It's COZ
bundled up together A
about an hour was tolLos
most industrious web-mahi
and before day break anoI--
was ready to be used I'd ",
Taking the relative SIZE o.
and the creatures it ate an
this to man, it would be sol
follows: At day break
gator was eaten; at Z ~
AZ 8 a. m, a young CAM
10 O'Clock, = sheep ana y
night l20 larks. Tins
would be a very fair allow
man during twenty-iouI IN
could we find one gifted W.
appetite and digestion We
comprehend how he mlS. .S
miles of web without kim.
provided he possessed 'il'
machinery.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11
H+6DEN - 1E-fkEE.s.

p
We take Efr1m Chembrr-' Journal
the following acco"ut OF Do. wooden
shoe makers: Let u= dccrE- O. party
Of WOO leu shoe mtbe--. er as ahev arc
termed sr5sF-r-s CO. work near
c1r -trparA Eh- whole family are
't'-...-r - fJIsr w..I E.7 son auj
son = Nv thc rJ8lier 7rl cliideu
ruuu nE 'l1u. iu ..e ..'a o.. oru-H.
UEIaT tIt5rc.s rises uHt .F fI.abs.
wrrre go sleep, not lrr C#. the two
mules wAlch cSgIv tlg baI. -ll-s OF
fhc. .encampWout are tethcrgd They
arc birds OF passage. trarcrsing the
the forest. 81 sqjouFug where tLc
wood is uFc.A Ia this greer. connie
- several Iuc beech trees are marked for
the axe they arc fifty feet high and
three feet I'm eir.h Each viii praba-
l.y ~ six dozen. pairs Of wooden
s.OssF- -O.hcr kinds OF wooG are spou-
gv and soon penetrate wi,h damp !;
but the beash s0L9's are light, of close
grain, and keep the feet dry ia spite
of snow and mud and i'm this respect
Of 2 eatly superior to leather All is
animation. The men cut down the
tree; il is sawn into lengths, and if
tha pieces prove too large, they ere
divided iuto quarters. The first work
man fashions the sabots roughly with
n hatchgt, taking care to give tie bend
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11

Any PERSON. man or VIZ 4.
float without any dlitcu.',.
finds himself suddenly llll
knowing how to swim hs ~,
drowing provided he has 81 i' f...
of mind to lie at full lenS-"
back. clasp his hands ac.g at,-- :.
CT behind his back, or w
placed on his lips, his iae' q.
wards the zenith. his heat
in the water. his feet toe''-
der water. except his - -
pcrpetually looking Al
over him. In this pos'
float for hours at case
safety bat stir or
his hands. and down hs
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11

Dill was engaged in doing all these things,
now so dreadful in Republican estimation,
but asserts its ability to maintain them by
competent proof Andrew II. Dill was
born Cf he was ever born at all, which the
Republican papers at the outse. denied,
because he first saw the light of day beneath
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11
TARMS AT PRIVATE SALE

the following properties, to wit: A tract Of land
IN Snyder township, Blair county, 11% miles from
last Tyrone, containing 1SS acres, well improved
having thereon all the necessary farm buildings
mis- farm viii DE divided into two or three parts
II desired by purchasers and if not sold before the
the first of March next, it will then be rented
Also the farm on which now reside, in Logan
township, 3l% miles from Altoona THIS propertv
is in high state of cultivation and has splendid
house barn and other buildings thereon cree, ed
Also tract Of improved land siluRr ed partly
in Blair and Cambria counties, containing 27s
acres This tract is underlaid with coal of excel
lent quality, well covered with timber and has a
railroad built to II, ready for shipping coal.
These lands viii be sold whole or divided
and on terms TO suit purchasers, viii exchang e
tor Altoona city property. For further inr,rma-
tIon call on or address WM. j ECKER.
Nov. % IS77.-1y. Box S69. A AltoOna