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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

SOhlW RSSlON M EhCHANHS.
TAonAs PERRY
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
DEALER IN FLOUR, FISH, SALT, AND
FERTILIzE En-.
Also Agent for
WATTS RICEMOND CAST and CHILLED
PLOWS.
febl9-tf ALEXANDRA VA.
8. FISHER. @. VIM FISHER,
ElsHER & BROS,
Successors to Fisher, Ross s. Co..
GKOCERS, LIQHOR AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
No. IS Cameron street, Alexandria, Va
Special attention given 10 the sale of country
pr"duca poultry, &c jau2Htf
CHAs. S. TAYLOR, Jr.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Agent for
J. B. FICKLEN s. SONS BRIDGEWATER
FLOUR,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FEED
DEALER and GUTTER OF Hay.
Prompt attention given to oil orders both from
city and country
D KING STREET.,
jan12 Alexandra, vs..
GEO. WASHINGTON, Agt.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 20 South Union Street,
Alexandria, Va.
Consignmeuts Of Grain, Merchandise and sill
kinds Of Country Produce solicited. Special at
tention given to all business entrusted to mo
Prompt returns made. Agents for Cum berland
Bone Co.'s Amnonisted Super Phosphateo
HARMON & SMITH.
WHOLESALE
GROCERS AND GENERAL COkMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Corner Prince and Royal s:s.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Oonsignme2ia OF Grain and Country produces
solicited, and prompt return made. u IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

DRIME .. BREAKFAST PIKCES,
l. thin and lean. and choice S. O Shoulde;
and Hams just received ard for sale by
jS2 j. 9 hIiBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

I .. h1hBURN.
WHOLESALE AND FAMILY oRcUaG,
TEA DEALEE AND ooMM1ssIoE
MERCaANT,
no. 10 north Royal e., near Ngikes spaco,
Alszsndris, "a.
Consignments and orders will receive cSretp
and prompt attention. ny -
PH1L1P B. Hoos,
NC. ? PRINCE STREET
GENERAL
COMMISSION AND SHIPPING MSRyn,
Desler in all kinds OF
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASTER
LIVERPOOL 8 LONDON q GLOBE IN
sURAEOE COMPANY.
feb 5-sI
HARLOW EROS.
GRoOKRs, COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealers n
JOHN GIBSON'S SON & cos CABISEg
x, Xxx and Xxx WHISKiES, and
Thompson's Pure Rye Whiszay; Foreign
Wines and Brsndies, Ale Porter
and ChampsZnes,
E- AGENCY OF LAFLIN RAND,
POWDER COMPANY.
N. W COB. CAMERON AND ROYAL ST,
Coffee roasted for the trsds 2, Tia mar snrs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, 60.
GOOD REASONS FOR TIE DOCTORS
EAITHx

GOOD REASONS FOR THE DOCTORS
FAITH.
MONROE, Ga. March %, 1880.
We have for twelve months been prescribing
c'Swifps Sy philitlc Specifc'') in the trestmen,
Of Syphilis and many other diseases for which
1t Is recon- mended. and the results have been
most satisfactory, not having been dissppoiIts
in a sir gle Instance. We think, for all diseases
Ii is recommended to cure it stands without
pser, snd that sll thu medical profession will
sooner or lster be forced to acknowledge it in
the treatment Of syphilis IS sine qua non!
N. l.. GALLOWAY, Nj. u.
j. T. ROBINSON, NJ. u.
ATLANTA. Ca, May %, 1879.
GUo Of our wnrkmen had bad csse IF syphilis
Of five years standing, and YVES cured entirely
WITH "cwlfLs Spytilitc Specific"
VIM K & II. W. Hooper.
The SWIFT SPRCltlC COMPANY, Pro.
prietors, Atlanta, Gu.
cold by z S. LEADBEATHR s. BRO.
Call for o copy Of ~ Dung Mems Friend"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

FUR NEW Y5EN.
STEER mIsS e. G. kyy5G MT-9.TT sG%S
s1EBSg1-S-
ETEHT FRIDAY, st l2 H.; end returning.
leeva sew York. from pier IL, East rirur, EY.
EkX SATURDAY, ct G ciccs r. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

TAN CEM2NTI CAN CEMENT, lrco
~ lbs Can Cement for sale to the tr.ds a. inn
rates. McLSGN & UHLER
iyS Is King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-26

y RlDGEWATEk PATENT PROCpSS
- FAMILY FLOUR-For sale bv
CaAS, s. TAYLOR, JR.
SuRO Nos. u and ~ Ki,n -
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
The Book of Remembrance.

If the earthly history OF some OF
our brethren were written down II
a faithful record were kept of the
way they spend their time; If all the
hours OF idle vacancy, or idler occu::
patton, were put together, and
very small amount OF useful diligence
deducted, the lie of a bird or
quadruped would be a nobler one,
more worthy of its powers and more
equal to it's Creators end in forming
it. Such aregister is kept. Though
the triher does not chronicle his own
vain words and wasted hours, they
chronicle themselves. They find
their indelible place i'll that book OF
remembrance with which human
hand cannot tamper, and from which
no erasure save one eau blot them.
They are noted in the memory OF
God. And when once this lite OF
wondrous opportunities and awful
advantages is over-when the
twenty or fifty years OF probation are
fled aWay-when the moral existence,
with it's facilities for personal i'm.
provement and serviceableness to
others, is gone beyond recall-when
the trifer looks back to the long pill
grimage, with all the doors OF hope
and usefulness, past which he skip
ped in his frisky OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
anguish will it move to think that he
has gambolIed u trough such a world
without salvation to himself, without
any real benefit TO his brethren, a
busy tritler, viyacious idler, clever
tool
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23

court twice in the same dress were
disgraced; and many of the ladies
and gentlemen OF the palace seriously
impared their fortunes in their
anxiety to crafty the czarlna's ambl-
tion that her court should be the
most brilliant in Europe, the salaries
she gave them being inadequate.
Yet 1ncongruity ran through all their
grandeur; vulgarity and refinement
kissed each other
You would see brilliant rings ON
unwashed fingers with large tract
of soil under the nails. Rich fabrics
were cut into clothes that hung loose
on the body like sacks. A noble
man wearing a beautiful costume
would have his head covered with
filthy wig: This was the result OF
Peters efforts to force external civil
ization on his subjects without the
preliminary preparation of inward
culture and refinement of mind and
spirit. Yet she herself was thrift
personifed. Her own apparel was
ever the poorest and the plainest. A
silk handkerchief round her head,
scarlet jacket and black petticoat
her usual morning dress, and she al
ways wore plain long gown in the
afternoon. There was no more con-
slant visitor to the auction rooms
where drapery goods were sold than
the czarina; and when a piece OF
silk or article of vertu was put up,
the royal lips would often lisp out a
bid, and it was well understood that
no trown suggestive of Siberia would
overcast her majesty's face though
any OF her subjects trunlped her prlce
and secured the coveted possession.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
THE FLORIDA AGRIC ULTURIST.

To Mr.. -, of -, tor his long
and solemn speeches; also'
To Mr.. -, of -, tor running
the machinery of this session with
the assistance OF his colleague; Also
To Mr.. -, of -, for his witty
and wise remarks; also,
To the - delegation for the IN
crease of Legislative expenses; Also
To Mr.. -, OF =, tor his pa
tent and christian like SUBMISSION 10
the indefinite postponement oil his
fifteen bills; also, >.
To Mr.. -, of -, for his
prompt attendance day and night;
also,
To the member from -, who
stakes sugar in his'n" also,
To Mr.. -, OF -, Tor keeping
up the fun on his side OF the house.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
Fun at the Finish.
From the FioridiGR.

: From the FloridtGn.
Just at the close of the session of
the Legislature, in fact after the for
NAL adjournment, the following i'm
portant bill was introduced by the
member from the Everglades, and
passed without dissenting voice:
A bill to Incorporate the Great
Okeechobee Southern Central Rail.
way Company, and to give the
same Little Land.
The people OF the State of Florida
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
SEC. l. That Sam Alligator, Peter
Turtle, James Garfsh, Alfred Bull
frog, Marcellus Mocasin, Bob Rattle
coon, Hezekiah Owl, and their sue
cessors, are hereby constituted
body corporate and polite, to sue
and be sued, to plead and to be i'm
pleaded, to swindle and to be swim
died, to lie and 10 be lied on, to issue
false statements and circulars, TO
water their stock, and to fully do
and practice all such other things as
corporate bodies are generally be-
lieved to do, and shall be known by
the name of the Great Okeechobee
Southern Central RailWay Company.
SEC. 2. Said Company shall have
full power to construct railroad,
commencing at point due north
from the center OF Lake Okeechobee,
and near the shore, continuing thence
in an easterly and circular direction
on an arc that wi,l ,s,.d ., he point
of beginning, so as to make circle
inclosing the Great Okechobee Lake.
SEC. 8. In consideration OF the
great benefit that will accrue TO the
natural inhabitants OF that region,
the State OF Florida hereby grants to
SAID Railroad Company all the lands
over which she has any control
(schooI and seminary lands excepted)
which has not been already granted
at this date, and the State further
grants to said Company all her right,
interest, claim, title, dover and right,
of dover whatsoever in and to that
institution widely known as the
Board of Trustees OF the Internal I'M
provement Fund;
Provided, however, That the above
railroad shall describe a perfect cir
Gle, and be OF a sufficiently wide
gauge to suit the tread of the biggest
alligator.
The following resolutions were
also offered and adopted unani-
mously:
ResoIuecz, That the thanks and
gratitude OF this Assembly be ex.
pressed to Mr., OF -, for serv-
ing so often and so successfully as
Speaker pro tenn, and for moving to
dispense with the reading of the
journals before any one else could
have showing; also,
To Mr., of -. tor his ex-
treme energy in indefinitely post
poning bills; also,
To Mr., of -, for his sharp
criticisms and reflections upon the
clergy and upon the opposers of
drunkenness and gambling; also,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue or an
~ order for the sale of real estate of the late
John Lorrain, deceased, intestate, made by
the County Judge of Volusia, county dated on
the 26th day of August, A. D., 1880, will sell
by public auction before the Court House
door in the town of Enterprise, on Monday
title and interest which the said deceased had,
at the time of his death, in and to Lot No. 40,
as per map of a subdivision of the Thomas
80 south and east, Fla, containing 40 acres,
which said map is recorded in the Office of
the County Clerk of Volusia County, in Book
c., page 70. Also all those other, tracts or
said County and known and described on the
map of Holly Hill by number and 8, sub
divisions of lot l. and containing $50 acres.
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for conveyance
JOHN SAULS, Commissioner.
Enterprise, August 26, 1880.
The above sale is postponed until the 4th day
of April, 1881. being legal sale day.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
"a YuevT :sy!;sIA,sAestteaO...

The Burmese are an exceedingly
superstItious people, aud believe in
good and evil spirits aud omens OF
of all kinds with tenacity that rot
even conversion to Christianity will
eradicate; One Of the most curious
Is the belief that, according to the
day of the week on which a man is
born so will his character be. Thus,
people born on Monday are jealous !;
on Tuesday honest; Wednesday,
quick tempered, but soon calm again !;
Thursday, mild Friday, talkative;
Saturday, bot tempered and quarrel
some while Sundays children will
be parsimonious. The matter is rem
dered all the more serious because a
man gets his name from the day he
was born on, without any reference
TO his fathers appellation. He may
change his name as much as he likes,
SO long as he does not change the
initial letter OF the essential portion.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
An Astonishing Invention.
rom The Chicaqo Times

From The chicago Times.
The inventive genius OF Scotch
mon has, if we are to believe the
Scotch papers Of to-day, found way
to accomplish something which man
has never before dreamed of doing,
namely, calming the stormy sea. MIR.
Shields, Of Perth, has invented way
of sitting the waves Of the ocean.
and put it into successful operation,
He sinks bottles filled with oil: the
bottles are opened by process de-
vised by the inventor, and the oil, as
cending to the surface, stills the
waves, thus reducing the proverb
about pouring oil upon the troubled
waters" to practice. The invention
has been tested at Peterhead with,
it is said, amazing success. The
Scotch papers are full OF it. The in
venton may not be practicable upon
the high seas, where vast quantity
OF oil would manifestly be required
to still dangerous storm, but II the
claims OF Shields, the inventor, are
genuine, it could be made very use
tul in calming open roadsteadS or lily
sheltered harbors.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
MY WANTS.
By Rita.

y Rita.
'Tis thisI want-a friend that's true.
Who will my virtues kindly view
And all my faults as kindly scan,
Nor count me more or less than man
And even more
l want q hand my own to holo III
When days are dark, and drear, anu colui
An arm my faltering feetto stay
While here / tread life's weary way,
such love | want, and even more.
want true love-true woman's love,
As pure as that which rules above,
AS deep as the unsounded sea,
And broad as is immensely;
And even more
I want smile to light my home,
A kiss to greet me when l come,
A heart whose sweet and holy chime
Shall with my own keep even time;
Such love l want, and nothing more.
want q calm, secluded place
In the kind thoughts of all my race;
1 want that men should speak OF me
In gentle tones of charity;
And even more;
l want to feel, deep in my heart,
I've acted well my humble part,
And when my earthly course is run,
l want the Masters kind "well donep'
All this and nothing more.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.

l4l&
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
MARCH 20.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that after six months
IN publication of this notice will present my
vouchers and final account as administrators of
the estate of Douglas Dummett, to the Judge
of the County Court of the County of Volusia
and apply to be discharged from my duties as
such administrators ofsaid estate
ANNA DUMMETT,
Administrators.
St Augustine, Fla, Oct, 18th, 1850. l27 l52
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23
LAKE MONROE AND LAKE
JESSUP r. II.

NOTICE is hereby given, that in accordance
IN with the provisions of an act of the Legis-
lature of the State of Florida, entitled an act
and Canals, approved February 10th, 1874, we
the undersigned, have formed a company to
be styled, named, and known as the Lake
Monroe and Lake Jessup r. L.. Co., for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining and OPP
Grating Railroad from point on Lake Mon
roe, in the county of Orange, State of Florida,
to a point on Lake Jessup, in the county OF
conveyance of persons and property, said road
to be run through the county of Orange, and
to be twenty miles in length.
JOSEPH FINEGAN,
NJ. j. DOYLE,
j. L. PACE,
IA l5e S. j. Fox.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-23

The British Consul at Shanghai
recently wrote that $4,000 pounds Of
willow leaves were in course OF man
ipulation at one port alone, to be
mixed with tea for shipment, at the
ratio of from 10 to 20 per cent.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
A sehool-Girl's Composition on Ar
 iEona

A sehool-GirI's Composition on Ar
 izOna.
 me following article on Arizona was written by the ten-year old uaugh'er of Mir. Samuel Hughes. of thls city, who Is now attending school in Lawrence, Kansas:
 Arizona is one of the soutbwes,er, territories of the United States The son was Its capital for several wears Dut fTescott Is al present. but We Ihlhk Tucson will get it back oqair The population of Tucson is ketween 'UOO and 5000, but they think y,thin twelve months it will be 10, GOO. tLe immigration is so great. The houses are built of sun-dried bricks which they call adobes. There is but little Lm0er In the southern part of inc Territory. There are no forests in Arizona. There are a great many tribes ot Indians. The Yumas, Pimas. hoJaves, 1ayapais and Finals, wear long braid tied with red or blue rags. The Papagos are not wild And the dreadful Apaehesl There is church nine miles from the city. and Is called the San Xavier Church It IS supposed to be over two hundred years oid. It was built under the in- s;ruciion of the Jesuit Fathers. There Is an old woman, she is over one hun dred years old Her name is Mari ana She was old when my papa nrst went out there. She is blind and doubled and cannot walk. She creeps to her bed. There is a pole in inc mlddle of the room where she strikes her matches to light her cigarritos. The pole is rotten. They make her bed near and she creeps to it. My papa has given her everything. The oldest towns in the United States are St. Augustine, Santa Fe and Tucson All our family were born in Tucson, except papa and myself-my papa was born in Wales and myself in Los Angeles, California. The Papaco women make earthen vessels out of red dirt, the name in Spanish Is Ovas. We have them to keep water in 10 drink. There are some cactcus as high as a house, in Spanish it is Sa- guarO. There are several other kinds or cactus. There are silver, gold. copper, lead and coal mines. I think 1t Is time to close my composition.
 MARGARET HUGHEs.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
Beautiful Ore Specimens.

Col. C. P. Sykes showed us this morning some very pretty and valu- able ore specimens from the Arizona Queen mine, in the San Xavier group, the property of the Calabasas Land and Mining Company. One sample, a brilliant purple copper and silver ore of remarkable beauty, would be a valuable acquisition 10 any mineral cabinet. Assays of a quantity of this ore were being made today, and un- less appearances are very deceiving, the result will show gratifying results. Another small specimen brought in by Mir. Sykes was indeed q curiosity. In sinking the shaft large number of minute veins of alternate red iron ard light green copper were found, the copper predOminatIng as depth is at tained. The specimen was taken from the bottom of the shaft, is perhaps one and one half inches thick, and contains a dozen or more distinct stratas of copper and iron, forming a very odd and striking appearance, more like a specimen of the coniec- tioner's art than natures handiwork.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
The Orange Groves.

Many of the citizens of Arizona have been attracted to Southern Cali fornla, by the beauty of it's climate and scenery; its magnificent orange groves and vineyards. We find it stated in the Los Angeles Commercial that two of our prominent citizens have longing eyes towards the vine and fig tree of that paradisical semi trop. l. says;
 MT. J. s. Vosburg, one of the solid men and bankers of Tucson, has pur- chased the Job c. Davis place, ad- joining the Sierra Madre Villa prop erty on the north, and will make an elegant homestead of the same.
 Surveyor General Wasson, of Ari- zona, is intending to purchase tract of land in Pasadena, or near there. About 10, 900 acres of the choice mes a land in the San Gabriel Valley have changed hands this winter, and great improvements are going forward there in blowing, planting and building.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
The Silver King.

NIT. F. s. KetchuM. well known in mining circles, returned from Pinal District, where many valuable pros poets are being opened. Of the Sil- yer King mine he says; The mine Is much improved since his last visit October. Ia the 51O-foOt level the same rich ore body that has made the mine so famous, has been struck within ten feet of the working shaft, proving that it increases in size as depth is attained. This mine is tim bered with square sets. There are many thousands of tons of rich ore on the dump. Two new rOasters are be- ing erected. He says the develop ments warrant the increase of the re- ductIon works to at least double their present capacity. The copper prop critics on Mineral Creek are being de- veloped by Mir. Bollinger, who IS working about 40 men. Other pros poets in his vicinity should at once be opened, as they are looking well, and experience has shown that the only way the wealth of mines is prov en IS by showing up the ore bodies.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
Tiff for Tat.

An old lady of his flock once called upon Dr. Gill with a grievance. The Doctors neck bands were too long for her ideas of ministerial humanity, and after a long harangue on the sin of pride, she inlimated that she had brought a pair of scissors with her and would be pleased if her dear pas tor would permit her to cut them down to her notions of prOprlety. The Doctor not only listened patiently, but handed over the offending white bands to operate upon. When she had GU; them to her satisfaction and returned the bibs, it was the Doctors turn: Now" said he, you must do me a good turn, also" Yes, that 1 will Doctor; what can it bel? " Well you have something about you which is a deal too long, and which causes me no end of trouble, and 1 should like to see it shorter" Indeed, dear sir, 1 will not hesitate; what Is itg Here are the scissors. use them as you please. <" Come then, said the sturdy divine, good sister, put out your tongue
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
4 liiner,. Last Hope.
Nevada City Transcript ]

Great mines are often discovered when least expected. The following is told of discoverer of a gulch that has yielded many millions. He had followed mining and prospecting for forty years, had been all through California, Colorado and Montana, and had prospected twenty-five years in Georgia before coming West. He was not much on digging deep holes, but he would go around hunting for shallow diggings so long as the boys would "stake him." He was getting worn out prospecting, and when, on the 24 h of July, 1864, he was camped Ou a tributary Of Prickly Pear creek, in Northern Montana, he said 70 his thlee companions, .' Let's sink hole on that bar; it's the last chance if we can't find it there l don't know where next to prospect The younger members Of the party put the hole to bedrock, the diggings were named Last Chance, and two years later the old man threw away hIs tools and went home to Georgia with a joyful heart and s1O0,000 in clean gold dust, but not until he had seen the city of Helena, the metropolis of MOntan spring up about him.