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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
GEORGE r. HILL & CO.'S.

GEORGE R. HILL g. CO.'S
CAREFUL MANUFACTURES.
OUR NEW GOODS.
ALMOND-Fancy Nut Favored.
COCOANUT-Rich Fine Drop Top Coated.
PRIN CESS-Iced Sheet, soft oblong
SEASIDE-For light summer luncheon.
TOURIST-Sweet Hard Biscuit, figured top.
BISMARCK German Biscuit, Carawsy favor
SARATOGA-Crimp edge, Mace flavor.
These fancy goods are furnished the trade In
assorted or straight packages, attractively put
up for retail. They are no. kept IN stock, NO
tin cans used, consequently they are always
fresh and in high havor We respectfully solicit
'' ''>'' GEORGE r. HILL 8 CO.,
my 10 Alexandria, Va
E. W. AVERY
CHOICE FAMILY Re HSp y FANCY eRooA-
RES, VINE LIQUORS. &c, sc,
22G King st., cor: Alfred,
sep ALEXANDRIA, VA.
NEW STORE New GOODS,
NEW PR1CES
The subscriber respectfully announces that
LILO ''N no II III KING STREET.
and is prepared to offer full and carefully So
lected stock of
FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
st prices which cannot fail to please. Goods
delivered promptly to all parts Of the city and
satisfaction guaranteed in eyory particular. An
iHI my 5.tf u ''''N ' F. J. DAVIDSON.
~ EORGE BURNEY s. SON.
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCE.
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BROWS
STOUT.
ALSO, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERR
and MACKEREL.
NOS. I6s; AND i70 KING STREET,
Washington l!sll Buildiag,l
Eloxendris, Va.
Orders promptly filed. a'h M-tf
~ WIN. RAMSAY,
WnOI. g.5ALE AND FAMILY GROCEH
TEA DgALEk
6. L. coz. ZINC AND ST ASdPH SIS.
nov 22-tf Alexandria. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
FOR NORFOLK.

iron Th sS oegspI A afS s on rnn
leaves the company's wharf, Washington EV-
cry MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRI
DAY, at three o'clock p. No., and Alexs4dFis Ct
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY,
at 3 o'clock D. ~ This line connects at Nor
folk with the ships Of the Merchants and Nj.
ncrs Transportation Company for Boston and
Providence. and affords the cheapest and boss
throughout New England. Fareto Norfolk "a;
round trip S. Tickets good until used.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
The new AMI commodious iron 80 sE-s \
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON, -sss aaashaeesfQss
| built especially for this route, leaves the com
| DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at !
| o'clock 8. M, and Alexandria at 1850 a. mi
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY
| FRIDAY and SUNDAY, 81 & o'clock p. m.
exandria with the w. c., V. M. s. q. :. r. +.
Co. and with the w. & o. Il. r. Go. Freight
received for all points, North and South,
handled with care and forwarded with prompt
uess and dispatch.
For further information apply to
+. A. REED, Agent,
| jannoy's wharf,
| or al tho Office Of tho company, under the Ma.
tional Metropolitan Bank, 18TH street, opposite
the Treasury Department, Washington.
NH 10 SAMUEL BACON, President.
>ssza CLYDEs STEAM LINES WEEK.
s3ksfS LIZ 70
PHLLADELpulA, PROVIDENCE AND
| BOSTON.
Stoamer. lea7o Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY ana leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT,
URDAY, ut II o'clock 10. from Pior No. l n
| Wharres.
This line connects at Alexandris with the O..
a. 81 NJ. and W. s. .. K. Rs, and at Phladel
phia with tho new and popular Iron Limo" fol
Providence and Boston.
| Freight forwarded with rromptness and care
| free Of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia. and
no wharfage in Boston. Through to Boston il
sixty-fvo hours. Through rates and through
bills of lading gvon. Insurance guaranteed q
| less than usual ratcs.
| Agents:
! E. A. REED, Alexandria.
8 VIM p. CLYDE & CO., Phlladelpnia
! GEO. =. HYDE, GEORGETOWN. D. G.
| JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
| jan 8-tt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31

TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, in
L great variety, at MCLEAN s. UHLER'S
dec lO7 King st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
FOR NEW YORK

The Al Steamships z. &. KNIGHT >sSAA
and JOHN GIBSON leave the COM 3AEAh2
panys wharf Alexandria EVERY SATU T.
DAY MORNING, and New York, from PICK
al East River, EVERY SATURDAY ct four
O. clock p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
of tho
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

This company offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation of fraight and passengers,
and will run their stosmers regularly as follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31

VXy g., VIRG. MIDLAND & q. 5. X T.
W. JOHN s. BARBOUR, Receive
On and after Sunday, NoV'r. II, 1877. Pa.
senger Trains will run rs follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
ROCKS. STATIONERY, sc.


Mag AZINES AND < EV K w 5
M (American and Foreign)
AND ALL TIE LEADING DAlLlE5 AND
WEEKLIES FOR SALE AT
FRENCH'S, NO. 95 KING STREET.
Mailed TO any Fart of tho country ct publish
ers' rates.
Boys DIVA Book, complete Encyclopedias Of
Exercises and Diversions 81 90.
Kavansughs New Juvenile Speaker; 6oc; -,
Being a Boy, by Chas Dudley Warner; ST. Gu.
-Four Years with General Lee, being q sum-
mary of the more important events touching tho
career of General Robert f. Lee in tho War
between the Ststes, by Walter Ii. Taylor, OF his
staff; So.
What He Cost Her, by James Payne; doc.
Erema by L. D. Blackmore; SOC.
Carta, by Mrs. Oliphsnt; SOC.
Marjorie Bruces Lovers; Csc.
A Young Wife's Story; 25c.
Green Pastures and PicadilIy; So.
A great variety Of Almsnacs and Diaries for
1878. New Books daily.
jan l GEO. T.. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
EsOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

On and after Monday, February 26, - ,
ST, the steamer MATTANO, Capt. - u
VIM. II. Byles, will be run as follows: Leave
Alexandris EVERY MONDAY and THURS
DAY, from King street wharf, at 80 o'clock
q. M, for Landings on the Potomac as far down
as Nomini Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
for Washington, arriving early the same even
ing. Freight received daily.
feb 70 j. BRODERS s. co.. Agents.
INLAND 81 SEABOARD COASTING GO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31

DRUGS, CHEMICALS, dc.
Established 17SS.
EDW'D. 8. LEADBEATER THos. LEADDEATER.
T.. g. LEADBEATER & BRO,
Nos. 5 and 8. Fairfax st.,
DEALERS IN
PURE DRUGS and MEDICINES CHEMI-
GALS, PAINTS, OILS, PEOPRIETA
SPICES, AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS, FINE TOI-
LET GOODS, &C., sc.
Proprietors Of AnodyDe Pectorsl, Lubricating
Liniment, Essence Jamaica Ginger AMI Cough
Syrup, and Agents for Ayers Medicinoa, Aver
ilPs Chemical Paints, &C.
Every effort will be made to MAINTAIN tho high
reputation of our old establishment. doc 10
SAMUEL II. JANNEY. MAHLoN H. JANNEY.
A. A. WAKEFIELD. c. j. w. SUMMERS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31

T BRODERS & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers in
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR.
SALT AND FISH.
A full line OF celebrated pure, old Whiskeys,
Brandies, Gin, Rum, &C., Massey s. Co.'s Phila-
dylphis and Clagett's Baltimore A)es, and Berg
ner s. Engel's Lager Beer in casks or bottles.
Agents for James S. Welch Best Family
Flour, James S. Kirk s. Co.'S Standard Soaps,
Dupont s. Co.'S. Sporting and Blasting Gun
powder, and Baltimore and Potomac River
Steamers.
Orders promptly attended to. and conslgn'
| ments solicited. No. II King street,
| oct 26-tf Alexandra, va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.

SlDEf1,
BREASTS and
JOWLS
of my own curing, put up with the care, which
l am selling at the following low prices: Hams
at l2!e; Breast or Breakfast Pieces at lOc, and
Shoulders and Sides at 90. All who want
prime article of Bacon at low figures should
call on SAM'L. j. REED,
ian IS No. II south Fairfax st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-31
RAILROADS.
1877

1877 GREAT 1877
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO THE NORTH. WEST 81 SOUTHWEST
S7HE HA aaAA7fS, sFFf Rq9}M sEGEFFEzEY
November H. 1877.
Trains leave Washington from depot of BAL.
TIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD, CO...
neE Of Sixth and streets as follows:
For Phila. New York and the East, $50 p. m.
tied Express of Pullman Parlor Cars 93s
m. daily, except Sunday. For Phadelphi,
and New York 100 pm. daily, except Su%.
day for Philadelphia SIS p. m. daily.
For Pttsburg and the West 0l0 IN. daily wi.
Parlor Cars to Pittsbu-g; 7.40 D. m dsly
with Palace Car to Chicago.
For Canandaigua and the North, $50 =.
daily, except Saturday, with Palace c.: -
Watkins. For Watkins. 1910 a. H. daily
local TRAINS.
For Alexandria 8, 7, 8, 9.l0 10 and II ar, ~:
l., 40, 5, 600 and pm. On Sunday At 9.lo
a. ~, and and p. NJ.
Trains leave Alexardris for Washington. t. :,
$40, 9.l0 10 and II q. Ia, l, 3, 40, 8, & an.
On Sunday st $40 and 10 8. NJ, and 6 y. N
THROUGH TRAIN FOR THE SOUTH, 81.
Quantico and Richmond, will leave Alezsl.
except Sunday.
Tickets and information can be procure! al
principal railroad stations and ticket o:..:cc:
Southeast. l.. ?. FARMER,
Gen'i. Passenger Ago..
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. nov l.
VKy G., VIRG. MIDLAND & q. 5. L 4.
w JOHN s. BARBOUR, Receive.
On and after Sunday, NoV'r. II, 1877. Pa.
senger Trains will run rs follows:
South Bound. Express. Mail. Account
| Washington. lie 2 SIS am. 10 m. 6 80 pm.
| Alexandris -.... 3 rs 40 ~
Gordonsville... 703 II As I'm. all A
Charlottesville SEQ l 50 Cnan't :
| nchburg ...sr l035 " 800 " Richmt
Danville. ........ 229p:m. &HUn.,
| Dundee.. 2 IS II" iug.0G
| North Bound. Express. Mail. Acrom!G
Dundee .........le l 80 pm. Uonnec.
| Danvllle.. ......... ! 80 " 7. u q
| Lynchburg ..... 4 IS . 40 g. m. ~: y
Charlottesville. 72O z 80 pm. Wcs..
Gordonsville.... s 10 2Oo " u ~ q. NJ.
| Alexandria oar ~ 90 nig't Cos ~
| Washington. IL ~ a. b 80 %
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-03-16
TERMS.
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.


1t is the loFe of "a bonnet that
turns "a mans head.
By many it is thought meet to
give a poor dog a bone. tn
There is no turning over a new
leaf without new book. ...f
Whom the gods would destroy they
first make write open letters.
February, like the man you meet
on the corner, is little short.
There is bee in every bonnet.
The word cannot B spelled without
il.
There is something sound in Den
mark. Princess Caroline is 81 years
old.
Victor Emmanuel was good king,
and he had the biggest moustache in
Europe. ......
hmrs. Pitman never wore corsets
or high-heeled shoes" but what's
left of her'
The American Cardinal got to
RJme in time to learn who was
elected Pope. ~
Paris eats thousand horses every
month, This is what we call gallop-
ing consumption.
1t is likely that Turkey will be
sliced up and passed around among
Christian nations. ..
Many friends of Senator Conkhng
wanted him to I've different, and he
grows indifferent.
Riches will never take wings and
fly awsy if you sprinkle a little
economy on its tail, #A.
There is only one editor in Ken
lucky who is called Wufadam, and
he wants to change his name.
A good wife is n good thing to
have in a b use; but good man will
allow her to 60 out occasionally.
Lydia Maria Child is seventy-six,
and she moves and acts with the
spirit of '76, though yet IA Child.
The freedmen's bankers issued
n.ss hoaLs A. da,os;,ors and ;mma-
d;,teIv nassed ,hcir money bevond
recall.
An exchange gives a recipe for
Making mock mince pies. We shall
next bear of galvanized fish ..alls and
counterfeit hash.
n. p,a pooho. :, r.s
book on hell II MIGHT be AS we'll TO
turn all future punishment over to
the Beecher family.
An ,,,;,;o,, nar,;os ara ,ow looL.
inc for a GREAT Lender. when he is
found they will decide which way
thev desire to be led.
Thought of making public re.
sponse to toast makes timid man
quail. Such man cannot stand up
to make set speech.
The man who has pretty scolding
wife doesn't have any difficulty in
understanding how a thing of beauty
NAV be law forever.
A ,eoro o,co ,.v. tho oou,w;,o
toast: 1De Gube1or oh do s,atcMhe
esms i, w;d herrv l;,,Ie onnos;tion !.
he goes out wild none at ALL"
Shrouo,u >, r;,,o.. .r,o p;oou,no
.h;"hs eP ~ .,r's "'es 80 ~ &c. oaS aro
h"nnd " >, ,"o % H"'ps :" 49, az, u pu
o,an. nrun' :" .,,n. ~" & ~ wa m an,n;h;n n;, ~
sha,y ~ '' ~ '''''"s 'o'"'s -
'
A charity bal Is an occasion where
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-03-16
WHOLE NO, ,5o8b SILVER CITY NEV. SATURDAY. N
Delinquent Sale.

SOUTH END MINING COMPANY.-LOCA-
- ton of principal place of business, San
y ancisco, California; location of works
Devils Gate Mining District, Lyon county,
State of Nevada NOTICE = There are
delinquent upon the following d scribed
stock, on account of assessment no. - levied
on the Ninth (9th) day OF January, 1873. the
sc ,eral amounts ret opposite The lanes of
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-03-16

And in accordance with law and an amended
order of the Board of Director made on the
twelfth tl2l day OF October A. ID. 1878, many
shares OF each pal sel of such stock as may be
necessary will be sold at public auction, at
the Office OF said company. on Tt EsDAY, tie
TwtNTY-sIXTH day Of March, 1878.
at the hour of two ~ o'clock p. NJ, OF Id
day 20 pay said delinquent assessment thereon.
together with costs of advertising and *
Iseuses OF the sale.
J. ". CLARK. Secretary.
Office Room No. 2, Ais California street,
San Francisco, California.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14

ORIGIN OF CERTAIN FLowERs-Some of
our flowers came from lands of perpetual
summer, some from countries all ice and
snow, some from islands in the ocean,
Three of our sweetest exotics came origin
ally from Peru; the camelia was carried to
England in 1889, and few years after
wards the heliotrope and mignonette.-
Several Others came from the Cape of Good
Hope; a very large Gala was found in
bitches there, and some of the most brilliant
geraniums, or pelargoniums, which are a
spurious geranium. The verbena grows
wild in Brazil, the marigold is an African
flower, and great number are from China
and japan. The little Daphne was carried
to England by Captain Ross, from almost
the farthest land he visited toward the
North Pole.
Some of these plants are quite changed
in form by cultivation, Others have only be-
come larger and brighter, while others, de-
spite of all the care of florists and the shell
ter of hot houses, fall far short of the beau.
ty and fragrance of the tropics. Among
improved ones is the dahlia. When brought
to Europe it was very simple blossom, u
single circle Of dark petals surrounding a
mass of yellow ones Others, with scarlet
and orange petals were soon after trans,
planted from Mexico, but still remained
simple flowers, Long years of cultivation
in rich soil, with other arts OF skillful for
lists, have changed it to what it now is IA
round ball of beauty.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
Ono WAY of Carving a Turkey.

There is nothlng young unmarried man
likes better than to 90 to dinner at the
house of married friend and to be asked
to carve the turkey. He never carved q
turkey in his life, and with an old maid
on one side of him, watching him closely,
and on the other side fair girl for whom
he has tenderness, he feels embarrassed
when he begins. First he pushes the knife
down towards one of the thigh, joints
He can't find the joint, and he plunges the
knife around in search Of it until he makes
mincemeat out of the whole quarter of the
fowl. Then he sharpens his knife and
tackles it again. At last, while making a
terrific dig, he hits the joint suddenly, and
the leg flies into the maiden lady's lap,
while her dress front is covered with a
shower of stufling, Then he goes for the
other leg, and when the young lady tells
him he looks warm, the weather seems to
him suddenly to become 400 degrees warm,
er. This leg he finally pulls loose with his
fingers. He lays it on the edge of the plate
and while he is hacking at the wing he
gradually pushes the leg over on the table.
cloth, and when he picks it up it slips
from his hand into the gravy dish and
splashes the gravy around for six square
yards. Just as he has made up his mind
that the turkey has no joints to his wings
the host asks him if he thinks the wal
with Turkey will soon be over The CIR
next TO him laughs and he says he will ex
plain his views upon the subject after din
ner. Then he sops his brow with his hand
kerchiet, and presses the turkey so hare
with the fork that it slides off the dish anG
upsets goblet of water on the girl mex
to him. Nearly frantic, he gouges away
again at the wings, gets them off in mu
tilated condition, and digs into the breast
Before he can cut any off, the host asks hin
why he don't help to the turkey. Bewil
dered, he puts both legs on plate ant
hands them to the maiden lady, and ther
helps the young girl to a plateful of stuff
ing, and while taking her plate in return
knocks over the gravy dish. Then he sit
down with the camness of despair ant
fairs himself with a napkin, while the ser
want girl clears up and takes the turkey tc
the other end of the table, He doesn'
discuss the Eastern question that day.
He goes right home after dinner, ant
spends the night trying to decide whethe
to commit suicide or take lessons In cary
| ing
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
Driving Rats Away Without Poison.

We know of three methods: First, the
old French plan. This is followed, chief.
ly in Paris, by men who make it a special
business. They take deep tub, with wa
ter on the bottom and little elevation in
the middle like an island, on which is only
a place for just one rat to sit on. The trap
is covered, and has large balance valve,
opening downward. On the middle of this
valve piece of fried pork or cheese is
placed, and when the rat walks on to it to
get the cheese, the valve goes down, drops
the rat into the water, and moves back in
position. A road is made from the rat
hole to the top of the tub by means of
pieces of boards rubbed with cheese, so as
to make the walk more attractive for the
rats. In the course of a night, some ten,
twenty, or even more rats may 90 down,
and If the island was not there they would
be found most all alive swimming around:
but the provision of the little island saves
the trouble of killing them, because their
egotstic instinct of self:preservation causes
them to fight for the exclusive possession
of the island, on which in the morning the
strongest rat is found in solitary possession,
all the Others being killed and drowned
around him.
'1SSoh', oiS nv" Aoih luNculctl ny
one of the Friends. The floor near the rat
hole is covered with thin layer of
most caustic potassa. When the rats walk
on this it makes their feet sore these they
lick with their tongues, which makes their
mouth sore, and the result is that they shun
the locality, not alone, but appear to tell
all the rats in the neighborhood about it,
and eventually the house is entirely aban-
doned by them, Notwithstanding the houses
around are full of rats.
Third, the Dutch method This is said
to be used successfully in Holland. We
have, however, never tried it. A number
of rats are lett to themselves in very large
trap or cage, with no food whatever. Their
craving hunger will cause them to fight,
and the weakest will be eaten by the
strongest. After short time the fight is
renewed, and the next weakest is the vic
tim, and so it goes on till one strong rat is
left. When this one has eaten the last re
mains of the others, it is set loose. The
animal has now acquired such q taste for
rat-t flesh that he is terror Of all ratdom,
going about seeking what rat he may de-
YOUR. In an incredibly short time the
premises are abandoned by all other rats,
which will not come back before the can
| nibal rat has left or died.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-06-14
farMers' Column.
"Speed the PIOsU."
Celery Culture,

The soil on which celery is designed to
be grown should be such as is not subject
to drought, in common seasons. The seed
bed should be rich and mellow, free from
stones, sticks or like distractions and
specially prepared by thorough, deep pull
verifying of the soil, and mixing there
with we'll fined, partly decayed stable ma
nure that which has been prepared and
kept under cover is best. Fine the surface
soil thoroughly, making it even and smooth;
SOW the seed thinly in rows, eight or ten
inches apart make the beds of convenient
width to weed handy. After the seed is
sown, roll the bed with garden roller, or
spat it over to have compact surface.
Seed sown in the open ground in April is
early enough for early garden culture
Give all the after culturivation necessary to
keep perfectly clear of weeds, stirring the
soil to keep the plants healthy and growing.
We have found that much stronger roots
are produced if the plants are sheared or
stopped, once or twice previous to trans
planting.
The ground for transplanting into should
be rich, freshly prepared, and well worked.
Lay off in rows three feet apart for the
dwarf varieties, somewhat wider for the
larger kinds, having the surface as even as
possible; a convenient marker does this to
best advantage, and set plants six inches
apart in the row. Much depends upon the
care and skill used in transplanting, to
have it done well, SO that the roots are
properly inserted, the soil being put in con-
tact with them all, and properly firmed, so
that there will be the least possible check
of growth of the plants. Moist or damp
weather is the most suitable for transplant
ing, and July the best time for general gar
den culture often that planted early in
July will mature quite as early as that
planted month earlier. Give sufficient cul-
tivation to keep the soil loose, free of weeds
and healthy progressive growth. About
the last of August the plants will have
made sufficient growth to begin to earth
up-this earthing is necessary for the prop
er blanching and rendering il eatable; be
careful in earthing to close the stem up
Sc that no dirt will get into the centre, and
never cover the crown. Earthing is done
some three or four times as the plants grow,
the earth from between the rows being
used, hauled each way to the rows; the
last or finishing eartbing, is done with the
spade, banking to the top of the plants
Some three to five weeks are needed to
thoroughly blanoh so as to give the stems
that crisp, tender quality so desirable
Earthing should always be done when the
foliage of the plants is free of wet or mois-
ture, that the dirt may not stick to it,
Rural Home.