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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-06

Notwithstanding the heat the called meeting
OF tho Common Council las: night ives tho best
attended this year. every sea. being flied. Dat
side tho bar was clear.
The bill to compell occupants to clear the
street cutters comiog up sgaio. excited some
debate, the same ground beng gone over as in
the former discussion OF the bill.
Mir. EVars thought there vas Law enoush
nova dozen books full Of law would not take
a blade OF grass from the gutter If the Law
now was entolcad i. would be sufficient.
MIR. Rick ssid that Mayor ke3per, o law.
yer. or Mayor Smith, lawyer, did rot thick
the present law sufficient but the legal opinion
OF MIR. Evans Was, it seemed, opposed 10 the
views Of these gentlemen.
The bill was passed, Mr.. E7a1s alone yoiag
10 the q: gative.
a resolution su!berizicg the use OF 4 part CT
West street, and q part of Cameron street by
tic agricultural lair grounds, coming 10 from
the Aldermen,
MIR. Javius could not vote fer the resolution
because be had taken an oath TO support the
constitution and laws Of the State, and The
Court of Appeals had decided that the streets
belonged to tie STATE. and Council could not
Authorize the closing OF them up. Besides this
he Was opposed to horse racing, and if CouooiI
granted this there might be c5ck igbtiog and
bear batting.
MIR. Evans said If any one objected this reso.
LUTON did DOT interfere with his right They
might get out an Injunction just as we'll afer
the passage Ct the resolution as bclcre.
Mr. Latham did Dot see that this resolution
iovoIved Couuc!i 10 horse racog, much les
cock fighting or besr bai,ing.
The resolution was agreed to.
When the bill making partial appropriations
for 1873. so came 10 from the Aldermen all
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"With the compliments of Capt,
Kidd" comes up at last. While some
workmen were digging a reservoir on the
east side Of the Kennebec River, at Atl-
gusta, Me, 4 few days ago, they struck
an iron chest which was three feet long
and eighteen inches in depth; Marks
about the chest led Charles V. Granger,
of Augusta, to claim the contents, which
are said to be gold and silver yaluable8.
The Kennobec ,IoarnaL says: Mr.. Gran
ger claims that his grandfather and Capt
Robert Kidd Che of Piratical fame), we're
great cronies, and says that when Capt.
Robert died he left with Grandpa Gran
ger maps, charts, etc, telling him where
SeveralmiIlious Of treasure were burned.
Mr.. Granger still holds those papers in
his possession and without doubt the
treasure found belongs to him.
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.AYenonlous Fish.
lLondon Telegraph


From a letter written by q cores.
pendent in the SeycheIle ArehipeIago,
it would seem that though q every pros
pect pleases" man is not the only vile
creature which the islands and their
waters boast. There is a small, but
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fish, we are told, called
the "laf, the aspines upon whose back
are hollow and filed, like the fangs of a
cobra, with dangerous poison, which
sometimes produces death and ALWAYS
intense PAIN You may draw it unob-
served into the boat when YOU are Ash
ing, and find cut its peculiarities before
its presence has been a~scertained. Sharks
too, are more than abundant, and. it
seems, hang about Che frail boats of the
place with such terrible earnegtness as4o
appal sailors and cause them to refrain
from tempting the deep; the creatures
eat the oars and MUNICH the sides of he
canoes, and altogether misconduct them
selves so graFely that harpoons had
to be used in order to repel them. Han.
PLY in-respeet to the laf," nature has
provided an antidote, for no sooner has
he stung than his body offers a cure to
any n who has the presence of mind
to seize it, cut itopen and apply 1t to the
wound. Against the teeth of the shark
no such protection is offered, vet those
who wish to avoid his mouth can do 81
by keeping ashore. They miss the en-.
ioyment of the loveliest waters in the
world, but they also escape a fate com
pared with which that Of Jonah vas
child's play.
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The Southern Farmer.


BEAN AND OTHER SoUPs-Soak one
quart of dried beans in lukewarm water
over night. The next morning put them
into four quarts of cold water, and let
them boil slowly for three hours. Just
before serving stir in a large spoonful of
butter, beef drippings, or pork fat. OF
course it will be much richer and haze 8
finer flavor if a small piece of salt pork
is boiled with it.
Dried pea soup is made in the same
manner, with the addition of a few
tomatoes, or a pint Of milk, put in at
last.
Never throw away bones left from
any kind Offresh meat. In winter they
will keep good several days. In sum-
mer crack them as you have them, cover
them with water and let them simmer
for several hours. With the addition
of a few vegetables you will be surprised
how good a soup this will make.
For potato soup boil a pound of salt
pork in three quarts of water until it is
done; then take it out; slice up dozen
large potatoes and two or three onions;
put them in the water and let them
boil about an hour, stirring often.
For beef soup take a two cent soup
bone (part of the shank; wash it and
put it in three quarts of water; let it boil
until all the scum has risen and been re-
moved; then put it where it will only
simmer. In three hours add to it a few
carrots (cut in Slices, two or three tur-
nips (quartered), a couple of large
onions, a bunch of parsley or a few
celery tops, and, to make it very nice, a
pint Of fresh or canned tomatoes. Let
all boil an hour or two longer and serve.
You can, if you choose, before putting
in the vegetables take out the meat, and
in serving strain out the vegetables,
which will make a good separate dish,
and thicken your soup with a couple Of
te~aspoonfuls of -four or pour it oYer
stale bread.
For tomato soup buy five cents worth
of bones; put them, after cracking we'll,
into two quarts Of wat2r; put on at ten
o'clock and boil slowly for two hours;
then add two onions and a can of toma-
toes. About fifteen minutes before din
ner, strain, blend two ~teaspoonfuls Of
-four and stir slowly. After boiling
fifteen minutes, stir again, and it is ready
for the table. The second stirring can
be dispensed With.-CuItiVator.
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The Dutchman,s Secret.

Chamberlain, of the Depot Hotel,
Reno, New, the other day, in illastra-
lion Of the policy of a certain class of
business men, told this story: Down
East, IN my country, a deviEmay-care
and rollieking old Dutchman and a.
straitlaeed and penurious old Yankee
had farms side by side. The old Dutch
man always had fine, large crops of.
wheat, while the crops of the old
Yankee we're almost invariably thin and
poor. One day the Yankee asked the
Dutchman the reason of this, the land
being the same and the crops being
sown at the same time. "Wel, I tells
YOU" said the old Dutehman. HI tells
you ware is der Inference. Ven you.
puts ter seed bag on your shoulders and
goes out to SOW you reaches in NIT your
thumb and two fingers, dis way, and as
you s~catters der grains you saws:
tGott bless der Yeatl Go-o-tt bless der
Teatl Go-o-tt bless der veatp But
when | puts der seed bag on my
shoulders and goes out to SOW, I reaches
in nit my whole hand, dis way. and az
| filings der grains to the winds I saws:
To hell NIT der veatl To hell NIT der
veatl To hell nit der YeatPn
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Keanfrg Ann1eg IN pIaster.-I have

| Keeping Apples In Plaster. Il have
been experimenting the past few years
with apples, and find those packed in
plaster keep much longer than any
other way | have tried. l use flour bar
rels, and find them preferable to apple
barrels, as they are made tighter. first
cover the bottom Of the barrel with
plaster, then a layer ofapples, then cover
with plaster, and so on till the barrel is
full; then put thehead in and drive the
hoops tight The plaster, being Of acold
nature, Keeps the fruit at an even tenn
perature, and being fine and dry, packs
20 close as to keep the apples alright.
I had Northern Spy and Swaar almost
as fresh ia May as when picked, and
found no decayed ones, and think they
would have kept till early apples were
ripe, had we not used them. Shall put
up several barrels for next spring and
summer use, as [ am satisfied that our
best varieties, such as SteePs Red Win
ter, Wagner and Seek-no-further, VIII
keep several months longer than putting
them up without plaster, and will retain
their flavor much better beside.-COT.
Rural NcW- Yorker.
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Tortured in every joint with inhammatory
rheumatism, is 8 prospect which may become
a melancholy fact If tie twinges of the dread
disorder are no. checked at the outset. Per,
sons OF a rheumatic tendency find Hostetter's
Stomach B!tters a usefuIremedy, nor do they
encounter the risk in using it they do from
resorting to that active poison Colchicum,
which is often employed TO arrest the NAL
ady. The use of the Bitters is equally as etfsc5.
i've in its results, and is attended with no risk
There is ample testimony to prove that the
ties OF no common order, besides those OF a
tonic and general Alternative. 1t stimulates the
action of the kidneys and promotes the re-
moval from the system of Impurities which
develop disease and are fraught with serious
danger, Fever aud ague, dyspepsia, debility,
nervousness, constipation, ETC., are remeded
BY it.
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IA Glass Mountain.

Another marvel recently brought, I'd
light in the Yellowstone Park Of North
America, is nothing less than a noun!
tain of obsidian or volcanic glass. Neal
the foot of the Beaver Lake a band Of
explorers came upon this remarkable
mountain, which rises in coIumnar cliffs
and rounded bosses to many hundreds Of
feet in altitude from kissing hot springs
at the margin of the lake. As it was
desirable to pass that way, the narty had
TO cut a road through the steep CLASSY
barricade. This they effected 5y max.
ing huge fires on the glass to thoroughly
heat and expand it and then dashing
the cold water of the lake against the
heated surface so as tosuddenly cool and
break it UP by shrinkage. Large frag-
ments were in this way detached from
the sald side Of the mountain, then
broken up small by sledge hammers and
picks, not however, without severe
lacerations Of the hands and faces Of the
men from flying splinters. In the Grand
Cemon of the Gibson river, the explorers
also found precipices of yellow, black
and banded obsidian, hundreds Of feet
high. The natural glass of these locIi-
ties has from time immelnorial been.
dressed by the Indians to Tip their spears
and arrows.
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Too Good To Be Kissedr.ss

lt-+f' 'N'Nf''NI
A correspondent writes: "In your
last number YOUR ~alIusion to promiscuous
kissing among disscnters remind me OF a
kiss called tic kiss of rcconcilatlon,'
with which a very high Anglican clergy
man scaled his sentence OF absolutlon.
were lis pcnitcnt but young and fair.
He heard confession in & private oratory,
established in his own house, and 50 de-
coyed his spiritual flock into constant
visits. One of them talked her mother
over to adopt the modern guise mock
turtle Romanism. She, too, knelt a
humble pcnitcnt before the ritualistic
fcigling. Did he kiss your motherP
l inquired. Her naive daughter an
swered: oh, no! Of course not. She
is such a saint, you see, that she requires
no reconciliation"
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An Extraordinary Railway Project.

One of the extraordinary projects,
with which the brainsof modern French
engineers appear to be teeming, is that
of constructing a railway from the from
tiers of Algiers across the desert of Sa-
hara to Timbuctoo, the great mart of
Soudan, in Central Africa. 1t was in
Soudan, in 1906, that Mungo Park, the
once celebrated traveller, was killed on
his second African journey, and it was
in the same region that Clapperton died
during his explorations in 1927. Den
ham, Caiilie, Lander, Barth, VOgel,
RohfIs and Nachtigal, have since struck
the Soudan in their travels from yari-
Gus points, but it has never been thor
oughly explored. What is known of it
is that it is very poPuIous; that it con.
tains magnificent rivers, large lakes, and
that except in its southern portion,
where marshes abound, it is extremely
fertile. But the heat is oppressive, and
the climate very unhealthy for Europe
ans. The total population is roughly
estimated at fifty millions. Its trade
with Europe is carried on by caravans
from Morocco and A~lgiersacross the great
desert. The exports consist of altar of
roses. gold dust, gum arabic, indigo,
ivory, ostrich feathers and skins. Of
these, Algiers receives about 81, 0 900
worth annually. Its imports, which
average about the same amount, consist
chiefly Of cotton goods, cutlery and
weapons. The distance from Algiers
to IImbRctoo, across the desert, is about
l,G00 miles. 1t is traversed by the cam
els, which are the beasts of burden of
the caravans, in about four months. The
proposition submitted to the French
Government in the interest of its Alge-
rian colony, is to cover this distance with
a railway, which starting from the vii
Iago of Appeyille, would penetrate
thence 220 miles to the Oasis Of Lagho-
nat, the last oasis in Algeria before en-
tering the desert. From that point the
road would stretch across some 200 miles
OF desert to the Oasis of Ell Goleah, and
thence to the Oasis Of Touat, 434 miles
further on. Exploring parties have al
ready been pushed out as far as Ell Co
leah, and it is stated hat "data have
been obtained in regard to that part Of
the desert which separates Ell Go!eah
from Touat." One-half of the route
may therefore be said to be more or less
perfectly known. The remaining half,
some eight hundred miles, is described
by Caillie as a fat country without
water, and " where the route Of the cara
vans is strewn with the skeletons of ami
mails, which no doubt have all died from
thirst. The cost of constructing the
road is put at $50, 200, 900; the time oe-
cupied in crossing the desert, at an ave
rage rate of speed of twenty miles an
hour, would be four days instead of four
months by camels, as now. The project
is a bold one, and if feasible, the doubt
still remains as to whether, on a com
merce of SIS, 000, 900, such an enterprise
would pay.
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Retaining titles.

There is a curious sort of modesty pre-
vailing among the owners of great man.
sions in London, which induces them to
retain the name of the original owner
even when his successor is ten times as
distinguished. Thus even the Duke of
Wellington was satisfied that his famous
mansion at Hyde Park corner should
continue to bear the name Of Lord Chan
cellor ApslSy, its original tenant, al
though 1t was entirely reconstructed by
the Duke; and Mr.. Holford, who owns
the most artistic mansion in London,
built on the site of what was known as
Dorchester House, retains that name.
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The Ways Of the Small Boy.

lDGlAOAt ~ 1ItS5sI .
The small boy looks on anything else
than a circus tent as a cover to a show
as a base infringement on his vested
rights. The impossibility of keeping d
small boy out of q circus is well known
to every showmanin America. All that
the Snowman can do is to reduce the
number of dead-head small boys to the
minimum. Barnum used to think that
he got off well if only fifty small boys
came In by the private entrance in a
city the size of Detroit. Theaters are
the special detestation of the amusement
loving street urchin, as he has hardly
any chance of crawIingunder the canvas
there. The boys of New York had, last
week, a hard time of it getting a sight
of the walkers. They arc loud in their
denunciati0ns Of the managers for having
such al interesting event in Madison
Square Garden instead of in a tent, as it
should have been. Seven boys were ar
rested on Friday for attempting the
"under the canvas" business at the
garden. They lifted the flap CT the
metaphorical canvas by taking up the
coaihole cover and dropping down into
the coal cellar, which opened into the
furnace room. Then they cut d hole ii
the ceiling and came out under the tiers
of seats. In this way scores of boys got
into the garden before the device was
discovered by the authorities and then
recovered by the carpenters. On the
day mentioned hammering was heard in
the lower regions, and on investigation
the aforesaid seven were industriously
saving and ~hammering away at the
obstruction. The place was litteredwith
dry shayings, and the only light was d
candle, which might at that moment
have upset and enveloped ten thousand
people in flames. The Judge evidently
thought boys ought to have a chance to
crawl under the canvas, for he only fined
the fearful lads a dollar each.
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ANTONY 10


III am dying, Egypt, dying" Shakespeare
lam dying, Egypt, dying,
Ebbs the crimson hfe-tide fast,
And the dark Plutonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast.
Let thine arm, OIL queen, support us,
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear,
Hearken 70 the great heart secrets
Thou, and thou alone, must hear.
Though my SCARED and veteran legiona
Bear their eagles high no more,
And nv wrecked and shattered galleys
Strewn dark Actium's fatal shorei
Though no glittering guards surround me-
Prompt to do their masters will
Imust perish like a Roman
Die the great Triumvir still.
Let not Caesars servile miniOns
Mock the lion thus laid low
Twas no foeman's hand that slew him.
Twas his own that struck the blow.
Here, then, pillowed on thy BOSOM,
Ere his star fades quite away,
Him who, drunk with thy care8ses
Madly flung a world away!
Should the base plebeian rabble
Dare assail my frame at Rome,
Where the noble spouse, OctaVia,
Weeps within her widowed home,
Seek her-say the gods have told NE,
Affairs, augurs, Circling wings,
That her blOOd-with mine cOmmingled
Yet shall mount the throne Of kings,
And for thee, star-eyed EgyqtianI
Glorious sorceress Of the Nile,
Light the path 10 Stygian horrors
With the splcndUrs Of thy smile.
Give tho Cesar ~crownsiand arches,
Lot his brow the laurel Irvine; j.,
I can soorn the Senate's trfun1phs, /
Triumrhing in love Ike thine.
I am dying, Egypt, dying;
Hark! insulting fOeman's cry
They are co~ming-quick my falchiOnl
Let me front them ere l die.
All! no more amid the battle
Shall my heart cxulting swell;
Isis and Osiris guard thee,
CleopatraI Rome! FAREWELL
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"A Texas newspaper gives the follow.
ing news paragraph from Johnson county
in that state:E "a lady was visited by
two Of her lady friends who spent the
day with her. She told them of lately
having come in possessiono of a large sum
OF money, and that the absence of her
husband annoyed her because she was
afraid of being robbed. That night a
stranger stopped ather house, and dur
ing the night, being awakened by a noise
In the lady's room, he looked through the.
window and saw two negroes choking
her in her bed. He fired at them and.
killed both, and just then two persons
fed from neal the house. On investira-
tion it was found that the negroes were.
the lady's guests disguised, ana it is sup
posed that the two who fled were their
husbands
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MY MARINER
Oh, he goes away, singing,

Oh, he goes away, singing,
Singing over the sea!
Oh, he comes again, bringing
Joy and htmselft to mel
Down through the rosemary hollow
And up the wet beach l ran,
NV heart in q flutter to follow
The flight Of my sailor-man.
Ffe on q husband sitting
Still in the house at homeI
Give me a mariner, fitting
And flashing over the foam!
Give me A voice resounding
The songs of the breezy mainl
Give me a free heart bounding
Everrnore hither agai1l
Coming is better han going;
But never was Queen so grand
As I, while I watch him blowing
Away from the lazy land.
Ihave welded an o~cean-rover,
And with him 1 own the sea;
Yet over the waves come over,
And anchor, my lad, by me.
Hank to his billowy laughter,
Blithe on the homeward tide!
Hark to it, hearth up n after;
OF to the h~arbor-sidei
Down through the rosemary hollow
And over the sand hills, Light
And swift as a sea-bird, follow;
And hol for o sail in sight!
Layconl. tn HaTVeT's RGg1sttc.
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ONE Of the Tnlms OF fashion In favor.
ing stripes is to have the lines perpen-
dieuiar as looked ut from the front Of.
the figure. When tile entire dress is dis
posed in striped material, a fancy is
shown for scarf-hke elect, which is pro-
dueed By placing underneath the pointed
basque 8 pleated width Of rich material,
one saiid TINT which IS carried in 1rap
cry form owe the hips to the basque ex-
tension at the back. Sleeves are now
made Of the main fabric Of the costume.
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Carefully AVOID the use OF rasping cathar
tics. They weaken the bowels and leave them
worse off than before. Use instead, that salu~
tory, non>irritgting aperient aud arti-biliOus
medicine, Dr.. Motifs Vegetable Liver Pills,
which will not only achieve the desired oh
Jet, relaxation of the bowels, without cars
ing pain or weakening them, but promote
digestion and assimilation and depurate the
blood. The MIL or e07a - 81 druggists.
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Wanted.

Sherman & Co, Marshall, Mich, want al
agent in this county at once at a salary oil
500 per month and expenses paid. For tuIl
full particulars address as above.
Prevent crooked boots and bIistered heel
by wearing lyons Heel Stifeners. Can bf
applied atany time.
EEFw .Tarksop5T RPeT FwEeF Navr Tohooo.
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Certainly Oue is nut wise j. ne purchases
any organ before obtaining the latest eatae
Iogue and circulars Of the Mason & Bamlii
Organ &c. See advertisement, and send pos,
tai card asking for them, and they will come
free. Z
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2 For n cent p~urohase a postal card and
send your address to Dr.. Sanford, 1872 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by
return mail, from which you can learn
out of order or is any way diseased, what Is
the best thing in the world to take Tor It. !
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Browns b.uAU-l4i AIUu4Aea lVI Pulmonary
and Asthmatic D sorders, have proved their
efficacy by a testof many years, and have re.
ceived testimonials from eminent men Who
have usad them. % cents a7bov
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fthe kidneys natures sl~uiceswsv) ID
not WORK properly the trouble is felt
every where. Then ba wise, and as soon s.
you see signs Of disorder take K1dnevI
Wort faith ullY, 1t will clean the sluice.
way Of sand, gravel or slime aud purify
the whole system. !