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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09
Rv Green & Wise,

(Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers)
PY VIRTUE Of q deed Of trust, dated on tle
the Clerks Office of the Corporation Court Of
the city OF Alexandria, liber No. 3, page ITO.
tho undersigned. the trustee therein named, will
expose for sale. by public auction, on MON
DAY, August 9Th, 1873 in front OF the Court
House door, Market Building, Fairfax st., Alez.
andris, Va, at II NJ, the property eonveyed ~
the said deed of trust, to wit: TEN EN- ENt
and LOT OF GROUND, situated on tho south
side Of Duke street. il the city OF AleXandtla,
Va, beginning at 8 point forty feet east OF ~.
Assph street, and running thence eastwAroly
thence south parallel with st. Asaph street one
hundred feet, more or less. to an alley; thenoe
west parallel with Duke street twenty three fee'
five inches; thence north parallel with st. Asapn
street twenty-five feet; thence west parallel with
Duke street sixty feet, and thence north u ina
point of beginning.
Terms of Sale: Enough in cash on tue day OF
sale to pay the sum of 1858 46. with interest
thereon from the 18th day of January. 1871 and
interest on the sum o. $3.50 60 from the said 26Ih
day of January 1877, until the 10Th day of July.
1878. and the residue on the Goth day Of Janue
~ 1879, with interest thereon from the said 2o!h
day of July, 1873 the deferred payment to be
secured by deed of trust on the property at the
cost of purchaser.
DUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE
In pursuance Of decree of the Circuit Court
of Rappahannock county, entered in the suit OF
Turner, &C., va. Turner's administrator ana
others, the undersigned, commissioners, Will
sell, by public auction to the highest bidder, Ia
the town Of Woodvile in the said county, on
| the ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY. 1878, tn
TRACT OF LAND, lying adjacent to sa'
town. of which Zephanish Turner died posses
Cd, ana also TWO HOUSES and LOTS in Sal
town, one known as the Amiss lot and the othe;
| as the Stone House lot The said tract Of lane
| contains 9TH acres snd is one of the most vslu
| able farms in the county of Rsppahsunock., 1t
is divided into eight fields and q large meadow.
all uoder good fencing, and with running Water
| in every Held There is good house all the
| necessary out buildings, and hno young Or
| chard upon the said land.
Terms of Sale: So much of the purchase mon
ey to be paid in cash 30 will be sufficient to pay
! the crsts and expenses Attending the said sale.
| and he residue Of the purch lse money to be
paid in fOu DUAL annual psym ents with interest
thereon from the day of sale; said deferred pay
| ments TO be secured by the bonds OF the pur-
| chaser, with approved security, and retaining
| the legal title to the property sold until the
whole of the said purch asa money is paid but
| The purchaser shall psy in Cash one third OF tho
purchase money, them personal security VII! be
dispensed with it tbs purchaser SHALL fail to
! comply with The terms Of SALE then the land 10
| to bs Tesod at his risk.
J. Y. MENEFEE,
| II r MCFFETT,
! j. " FORBES. Com N 70.
NM n n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09

PERsoNAL.-R. l. Csroc. cEQ, Supetn'
tendent of Schools in this city, ana frot. a. ".
Smith. principal of Bethel Academy, tauqu'er
county, left on the steamer Lady OF the Lake
yesterday evening, for Hampton, where inc
session of tho Virginia Educational Association
commences to night.
Judge r. W. Hughes, Of the United States
Court, left on the same steamer for Norfolk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09

A MEETING Of the conservative executive
committee was held yesterday evening, with
Hugh Latham chairman, and j. X. Cation
secretary.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That no person shall be permit
ted to vote at the ward meetings to be held on
Thursday, the lth inst, except such as are
known conservatives, and were entitled to vote
at the general election, held May %, 1878, and
those who may become of age before the cleo
lion to be held in November next. and such
persons as shall have paid their poll tax be-
tween May % and July II, 1873.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09

TIE GLORIOUS FOURTH OF JULY IS ever,
but the rush at Isaac Eichberg' 9 is just oom'
mcncing again. We offer special inducements
this week, and name 10 part:
100 Adelaide Mats, $l00 apiece-a great
bargain, and worth So 50.
400 pieces Canton Flannel, los yard--re'
duoed from 1893.
IS pieces Fine Linen for dresses at POS
reduced from 30o
$50 pieces Torchin Lace from auction OF S
and lOc yard, formerly 20 and 25,.
50 pieces, yard wide, soft finish, heavy
BIeschcd Cotton at 50. formerly 10, yard,
% pieces lot Sheeting, one of the besmake,
at 90 yard, formerly 800.
1000 yards of yard wide PeIcalles at 81
yard, formerly l2!o and great many other
goods in proportion reduced. AS We intend this
fall to extend our business much larger we wish
to Inform our friends and the public that VIC
have come to tho conclusion TO make this de
duotion 10 order to start 10 with 40 entire new
stock and commence an early tall trade Please
to give US call and We will convince you that
there is only ono place to buy your goods at the
correct figure and at bottom prices; that Is,
Yours truly,
ls ISAAC EIcHBERG.
The ITALIAN INSECT POWDER will &c,
tainN kill Reaches. FteaS, Bedbugs. 60, 10,
your money refunded if it does DOT.
WAKEFIELD & HALL.
N5lw Agents for Alexandria.
For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WnsIow. :
| Soothing Syrup has been used for children. IL
correots acidity of the stomach, relieves vino
coils, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery aud
diarll CO.. WHITTIER arisiog from teethiDg OF
l Il fxiod ra1aadu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09

Gss- A called meeting of the Relief Hook and
Ladder Go. will be held this evening, at eight
O'clock. Busnoss FINAL arrange nonts for the
moonlight excursion down the river.
1t w. X DAVIDSON, SecLy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-09

The New MILITARY CoMPANY.-A meot
ing OF the new military company was held at
the Sun engine house, last night. with Lieut.
George R. Hill 10 tho chair, and Orderly Ser
geaut L. A. Howell az Secretary.
The committee ca name reported Chat o.
the Alexandria Light Infantry. which Was
adopted.
The report Of the committee on room was
received and Sarepta Hall rented for q drill
room.
The committee Oh subscriptions reported
1910, On their lists.
The names OF three young men for mem.
berohip were entered on the roll. to be balloted
for.
The meeting then adjourned.
90. MINING COMPANY certificate of in
corporation Of the Pgg River Mining Company,
granted by Judge Keith. was recorded 10 the
office of the clerk Of the Circuit Court OF this
city 10 day. The object Of the company is tho
mining OF iron and other ores Ia PittsylVanla
and the adjoining counties.
The principal Office will be in this city with
branch office 10 Philadelphia.
The officers are, President, Il. +. Mason,
Charlottesville; Secretary and Treasurer, l.. w.
Reid, Alexandria; Directors R. F. Mason,
Charlottesville, Alfred Earnshaw, Philadelphia;
w. J. Taylor. Chester, N. j.; l.. W. Reid and
w. II. Marbury, Alexandria.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Fine Language.

l wish young women could be
taught, says Mr.. Calhoun Runkle,
that it does not add one cubit to
the size of house to call it ''resi-
dence;" that a church or even a
MEETING house is as venerable as
'the sacred edifice;" that it is no
more genteel to "Tetire" thansto go
to bed; that the garment so fondly
and slowly covered with side-plait-
ings, so coldly and quickly frayed
out along the paving stones, is
really a gown, and not a promenade
costume;" that it need not bring a
blush to the cheek of even Mr..
Podsanp's Young Person to say
leg instead of climb" when leg is
meant; that the supper at an even
ing party is not the entertainment"
and that there are we'll founded OBJ
jections to the use of nicely as an
adjective describing the state of
ones health. ''To clothe low
creeping matter with high-fown
language" said old Fuller, sis not
fine fancy, but fat foolery." 1t
rather loads than raises a wren to
fasten the feathers Of an ostrich to
her wings" = Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Secret Of Cheerfulness.

An Italian lady, the wife of no
bleman, who lived in retirement
that he might free the family es-
tates from encumbrances, was noted
for her serenity. Though she had
been called upon to face many diff
culties she always retained a calm
cheerfulness. A friend once in
quired the secret of her composure.
81 am like the poor Arab" wrote
the lady; she had nc shoes, no mon
ey to buy any. He went to the
mosque at Damascus and saw a
man who had no legs, so he gave
thanks to God, and pitied himself
no longer for the want of shoes.
And so why should l complain
when there are so many people who
have more cause for grief than
L have? ! smooth the ruffied
plumes. l am placed by God amid
so many persons that may remem-
Der their burdens, and in trying to
help them bear forget my own"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
A Cure for Cancer.

A correspondent writes as follows
to the Columbus Miss Inderen-
dent.
send you herewith a remedy foI
that horrible disease, cancer, which
l believe is certain cure. A friend
of mine in Louisiana has been cured
by the use of this remedy, and q
gentleman in South Mississippi to
whom he gave the recipe has also
been cured. Please publish for the
benefit of suffering humanity.
Use the extract of sheep sorrel
prepared as follows:
Gather the sheep sorrel when
green, place it in a mortar, beat it
up very fine, express the juice,
strain it in order to get rid OF the
lint and trash. Place the juice in a
deep plate and set in the sun until
it evaporates to the consistency OF
molasses or honey. Spread the
salve thus produced on piece OF
kid, or on a linen cloth, and apply
to the effected part, renewing it two
or three times a day. This appli-
cation in two or three days, will
cause the ulcerous part to slough
off, after which apply simple oint-
ment to heal the sore.
This remedy is sure, and causes
considerable pain, but it is other
wise harmless. If the patient has
the nerve to stand the pain it pro-
duces it viii effect a radical cure.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
4 Cheap Hanging Basket.

Crochet a little saucer shaped
mat in red wool, loose open work
and place inside a saucer, soup
plate, or cover OF an old glass but
ter dish. Place in it a large spongC
with bird-seed and few hemp seec
sprinkled through it. Cut slit il
the top of the sponge and insert
hyacinth bulb. Now suspend the
hanging basket by four red cords
of twisted worsted, finish by tassels
at the top. Then fill your saucer
with water, and wait patiently few
days, and you have something beau
tiful. 1t will make yoa happy just
to remember it years after the
sponge has gone the way of al
sponges. There is a still less ex-
pensive hanging basket. Take a
turnip or carrot, cut off slice from
the top, and hollow out a dish
about an inch ia thickness. Fill
this hollow with water, and hang
up the turnip shell by three cords.
Very soon the green sprouts will
appear and will grow almost like
Jonah's gourd curYing upward in
long, beautiful wreaths. When one
gets too old, it may be replaced by
another you had started few week 5
later in the kitchen. 1t shows us
how much beauty and real poetry
there is in very place
things and lives. We need not 60
far away for something lovely to
delight both eye and heart.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLrNE HAROLD, EDITOR.
Cheap Girls.

A girl who makes herself too
cheap Is one to be avoided. No
young man wants anything to do
with cheap young lady. For q
wife, none but fool will approach
such a woman. Cheap iewelry no
body will touch if he can get any
better. Cheap girls are nothing
but the refuse, and the young men
know it, and they will look in every
direction for a life long friend and
companion before they will look at
the pinch back stuff that tinkles at
every turn for fascinating the eye
of any that will look.
You think it is quite the 'correct
thing" to talk loudly and coarsely,
be boisterous and hoydenish in
public places; to make yourself 50
bold and forward and commonplace
everywhere that people wonder
you. ever had a mother, or a home,
or anything to do. So be it.
You will probably be taken for
what you are worth, and one OF
these years, if you do not make
worse than a shipwreck of yourself,
you will. begin to wonder where the
charms are that once you thought
yourself possessed of, and what evil
spirits could have so befooled you.
-Mdcmillan's Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Deep Culture.

The depth one should pillow must
eyer depend upon certain condi-
tions, as the character of the soil
and the crops to be preferred to one
that is thin and everything a hard,
unbroken subsoil. Eight inches of
well pulverized, rich, mellow top
soil is pretty good standard to
aim for on most farms-quite as
much as we have manure for; but
in order to reach the eight inches
with a common pillow, / have found
a great help in the steel subsoll
plow, without mould board, pillow
which simply loosens the under
soil, without bringing it to the sur
face. 1t can be drawn in old land
as easily as a common, large sized
pillow in sod land. A hard gravelly
loan previously plowed but four or
five inches deep, with an under stra-
tum as hard as a roadbed, will new
er forget a good stirring with one
of these subsoil plows. In my own
practice, l aim TO pillow not less
than eight honestly measured inch
es in depth, the width should be
from fourteen to sixteen inches.
Such blowing gives ample room for
the travel of the team in the furrow;
it gives the material in which the
harrow or cultivator can afterwards
work without disturbing the soil.
Manure may be worked into such a
soil more thoroughly, while the
land has q greater capacity for alb
sorbing and retaining moisture
against a period of drought. If
ones's land is smooth and entirely
free from stones, rocks, or other OBJ
structions to the working of the
pillow, and the burrows are all turned
completely bottom side up to the
depth of eight or ten inches there
will be but little danger of hauling
back the burrows by any kind of
harrow in common use, but as COM
paratively very little land is plowed
in perfect manner, it often makes
a great difference what harrow we
choose to follow the pillow in the
work of preparing a good seed bed
for our crops.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
A GRAND OLD POEM.


Who shall Judge man by his mannersl
Who shall know him by his dressE
Flanders may be fit for princes,
Princes fit. for something less;
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothe the golden ore
Ofthe deepest thoughts and feelings,
That to honor upward soar.
There are springs of crystal nectar
Ever yelling out Of stone;
There purple buds aud golden,
Hidden, crushed and overgrown.
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prOspers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest,
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man appraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then;
Masters, rulers, lords, remember
That's your meanest kind OF men;
Men by labor. men by feeling,
Men by thought and men by fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine,
In a mans ennobling name.
There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There are little weed-clad rills,
There are feeble inch high saphngs,
There are cedars on the hills.
God, who counts bysOuls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me,
For TO him all vain distinctions,
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Ola nations wealth or fame;
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same
By the sweat of others fcreheads,
Living only to rejoice
While the poor mans outraged freedom,
Vainly lifteth up its voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loneliness and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is sunny right.
God, whose word-heard voice is singing
Boundless love to YOU and me,
Sinks oppression with its tides,
AS pebbles in the sea.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Cheerful Women.

In marrying, men should seek
happy women. They make a terri
BILE mistake when they marry for
beauty, or for talent, or for style;
the sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being
happy under any and every circum-
stance. Rich or poor, high or low,
it makes no difference, the bright
little fountain bubbles up just as
unsteady in their hearts. Nothing
ever goes wrong with them-no
trouble is too serious for them to
''make the best of it," Was ever a
stream OF calamity so dark and
deep that the sunlight of happy
face falling across its turbid tides
would not wake an answering beam?
Why, then, joyous tempered people
don't know half the good they do.
No matter how cross and Grabbed
you feel, no matter if your brain is
full of meditation on affecting dis
pensations, and your stomach with
medicines pills and tonics; just set
one of these CHEEKY little women
talking to you, and we are not
afraid to wager anything to cure
you. The long drawn line about
the mouth will relax-the cloud of
settled gloom will vanish, nobody
knows where, and the first thing
you know you will be laughing.
What a blessing these happy
women are! How often their little
hands guide the ponderous machine
of life, with almost an invisible
touch! How we look forward
through the weary day to their fire.
side smiles. No one knows, no one
will ever know, until the day of
judgment reveals, how much we
owe to these helpful, hopeful, I'M
complaining, happy women.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
CTTIzE1-N

expense of truth. True to her pa
rents, to her teachers, to her friends
and To her God. She hates fraud
and scorns aeceit. DR.. Green used
To SLY that the sins OF girls were
peccadilloes, and that they would
deceive on a small scale and com
init little frauds But | say the
true girl will not deceive on any
scale, and will not be guilty of
fraud III any Grade. Truth is God
like. It's origin is the bosom OF the
Eternal, its destiny is immortality.
Be it my task TO extend helping
hand and to offer an encouraging
word 20 our young people TO be
good, intelligent, honest and amia-
BILE, energetic and true. Be it my
JOY to look upon those who have re-
ceived from my tongue and per,
from my life and character impress
sions as pure as inspiration from
Heaven and IS lasting as eternity.
Be it my destiny in the bye and bye
to say, Here are the children thou
hast given me
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16

Man is superior to the lower ami
NAL, mainly from the fact that he
can avail himself of the recorded
experiences of others who have pre-
coded him for his guidence, and
hence does not need to commence
at the bottom round of the ladder
each time. The man who does not
avail himself of such opportunities,
signifies his willingness to be a
slave of ignorance, to spend his
life and strength in vainly battling
with natures forces, which wiser
heads have learned to conquer in a
far easier manner. The onward
march of thought and progress has
cheapened every other production,
has improved every other manufac-
ture. Why not admit the invigora-
ting life of investigation and adj
vance into agriculture?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Farm and Home.
AND USEFUL INFORMATION
Treatment Of Scarlet Fever.

DIR. Pigeon, in the highly authori-
tative London Lancet, says: 81 have
had wonderful success in my treat
ment of scarlet fever. All cases
were well marked, and the epider-
mis- on the arms came off like the
skin of snake The following is
the exact treatment: Thoroughly
annoint the patient with sulphur
ointment twice a day; give five to
ten grains of sulphur in little jam
three times a day. Sufficient sui
phur was burned twice daily ION
Goals or shovel) to fill the room
with the fumes, and of course was
inhaled by the patient. Under this
treatment each case improved i'm
mediately and none were over eight
days in making a complete recov-
cry. 1t prevents disease from
spreading. The worst case Yields
to it. It is a specific.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Small Farms.

1t is strange that such a large
number of the cultivators of the
soil in our State refuse to have
sheir eyes opened by their own ex-
perience, and that of those around
them, IN farming since the war. To
day, if you go into the country,
how many do you find struggling to
keep up hundreds of acres in farm
where one or two-hundred would be
more remunerative to them? Go
see and you will find insecure fences
shallow blowing, third of the nee
essary amount of manure used, and
in every way see that the farmer
has too large job on his hands.
The result naturally will be small
crop, of poor quality and that will
bring a low price. This is not all
fencing is neglected, stock run
down, and insufficiency of tools,
while bushes, weeds and briars
spring up all over the country.
To all who farm on the above
scale we say, sell of, or give some
of your land away, manure the rest
of it, cultivate 1t well and you will
have good yields and profitable
crops.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16

It's no use trying to please every
body; so, if you happen to be an
editor, or even an apology for one
just please yourself and let that suf
fee. This course 1may lead you
over the hill to the poor house, as
it has many a good man before you,
hut it will enabled you to maintain
your self-respect and moral man
hood, and without these life in q
palace, surrounded by all The lux
ury and tinsel of the woman oil
Babylon, would be intoierable TO
any one possessing. instincts above
the beasts of the field or the fowls
of the air.-Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
Pure Water.

A good supply Of pure water is a
fountain of life in any household,
but a well into which fall the drip
pings from barnyard, and kitchen
slops is pit-tall of disease. Every
well acts as a drain to an inverted
cone of earth, the bottom of the
well being the apex of the cone,
and the base of the cone is a circle,
with well for its center. The di-
ameter of this circle will vary with
the posterity of the soil. With a
very compact clay free from seams
it may be only three or four rods,
but with porous sand and gravel it
may be ten or fifteen rods, or even
more if the well is very deep. Any
foul material that gets into the wa
ter within this drainage area tends
TO find its way into the well. The
water filters through the soil, giving
up to the soil all suspended insolu-
bile matter and much that it holds
in solution; but when the soil be
comes saturated with this sewage
matter, this will then pass on into
the well and become a source of
disease. There is no other such
abundant cause of typhoid fever in
the country. Do not say the water
is clear; ''elear" and ''clean" are
two very different things as applied
to water. IL there is any possibili-
ty of contamination OF the water II
your well, you may apply this SIM
pie test. Fill a perfectly clean
quart bottle two thirds full of the
water; dissolve in this teaspoon
full of the clearest white sugar, cork
the bottle and set it away in a warm
place. If il remains clear and
bright you need fear no evil; but If
it turns milky white and gives of
offensive gases, beware how you
drink the dirty stuff.