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ST. THOMAS STATION.
Saint Thomas, Nov. 24th-The cable
between Porto RICO and jamaica is inter
rupted, cutting off jamaica, Cuba, United
States, and Europe from telegraphic com
muuication with the West Indies.
The repairing ship Grappler" has been
called from the Grenada st. Vincent,
expedition to effect the repairs.
Every endeavour is being made to re-
store communication as speedily as posi-
BILE.
The %company's second repairing ship
Duchess. will, OH completion of Colon sec
ton, be at once ordered to proceed with
The repair of Grenada st. Vincent Gable,
which has proved a more tedious under
taking than anticipated, on account of
deep water and rocky bottom.
ST. Thomas. oath Nov.-The Federal
Council of the Leeward Islands unanimous.
~ passed on the 23rd instant an act grant
ing the West India and Panama Telegraph
co. all increase of subsidy Of one thou
sand pounds per annum.
st. Thomas, 25th Nov. Messages from
Jamaica, Cuba, United States and Europe
Will be accepted up to within fan hour of
the departure of mail from Barbados
on 30th.
Delay will be about four hours from
that date.
Messages will also be forwarded to
Jamaica by French steamer leaving ST
Thomas on or about the 7th. Delay
about four days.
New York, 21st.
Flour " brl. ST. Lawrence brand. 95. so
Meal, best Brandywine, ~ brl $4a to /
New Seasons Pork per brl. s21j
Su.,r Crystals ~ ID z 9 16ths to 81.
ous Fair to good refining " fb74 to 4.
, 1882-11-29
7 81 & Jaws"
gtriatia4a4rd, II, groiz.
WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER 1852.

On Monday the f"igate "Siellaud" Com
mander Albeck, left Frederiksted after a
stay at our Island since the 10th. During
this time there has been a lively inter
course between the ship and the island,
the principal features of which have been
% subscription ball in Christiansted, the
interchange Of visits between the President
and the Commander, and a morning party
onboard the frigate on Sunday, to which a
general invitation had been given by
Commander Albeck at the subscription
bail, and at which tue guests were stump
tuOusly entertained.
, 1882-11-29
The Dijmphna Expedition.
from Daqbiudet.J

A telegram from Archangel to Novojo
Wremya, dated Goth Of October is publish
ed in " Nationaltidende' and reads thus
SamojedS, who wander about as nomads
on the Tundra, have related, that they
have seen near to the Island Of Yaigatz, a
large wrecked vessel. 1t is supposed that
II belongs to Hoygaard'S Danish erpeIi-
ton which has recently been crui sing in
these parts and which was blockaded in
the ice. 1t must however be remembered
that the "Djmphna" and the "yarna' were
ice-bound at the same time, that it conSe-
quently may as well be the one as the
other of these vessels, and finally that they
were near to land, so that the crew, evenif
the report is correct, will scarcely have had
any difficulty in saving themselves.
, 1882-11-29

English Islands Molasses p gal 40 to 44c.
Exchange, New York & London, 4.6O
London 21st,
Demerara Crystals 81. As. Cd.
cnror M%uscovado y cwt. go ISIS. Gil.
0"e"i Clayed Havana, No. II. FL IS 81.
afoat.
Demerara Rum y gallon, Is Cd.
Trinidad Cocoa % cvt. 81. IS Cd.
Consols lotto |.
Bank of England Rate of Discount : pct
Liverpool Cotton Middling Upland y b 81
to /.
3 per cent. Rentes in Paris, Fcs. 1850.
, 1882-11-29

The Frigate, which sailed to St. Thomas,
will, as we hear, in a few days proceed to
La Guayra, and may be expected again to
come to FrederikSted about the 18th De
ccmber, but will then only make a very
short stly before returning to Denmark.
AS usual it is Frederiksted that has had
the pleasure Of the visit of the man-ofwar,
the entrance to our port being considered
too narrow and not deep enough for a yes
sci of the size of the "Sielland"; otherwise
there would be no reason why our man-of-
war should not visit both ports.
, 1882-11-29

We shall, from Saturday and as long as
the astronomers stay with us, be able TO
ascertain the correct time, which will be
signalled from Riilowsminde to the Quay
by means of flag which, will be hoisted at
a quarter before one O'Clock aud lowered
ut one. These signals will be repeated
from the Quay by the pilot. Considering
the fits and starts backwards and for
wards to which the town clock is not sell
ion subject, We think this signalling Of the
time will be gratefully welcomed.
, 1882-11-29

the Fans, tor cooling stacks, at Read
ing, was of less interest as a means
of saving hay in bad weather than a
process which can be followed in all
seasons.
Here the general reader may ask
What is a silo? What is ensiIage9
In answer it may be said the process
of making ensilage is as old as the
hills; but that as IA practice of mo-
dern farming it is quite recent
Green food, grass, and even leaves,
such as those of the mulberry, have
been stored, sailed, and preserved in
many countries, notably in Hungary
and in the steppes of Russia, for
all the years of this century, and it
is believed that Virgil refers to the
process. 1t is, however, within the
past decade that ensilage has been
done on a large scale, and it was at
Chateau Burtin, in the department.
Loire ct Cher, that NJ. Goffart, in
1874, pitted Indian corn in a cheap
and satisfactory munner NJ. Got
fart's largest pit was II yards long
and two yards deep, the walls were
made in stone and cement, and the
bottom was paved. This pit received
about 40 tons of green maize mixed
with one-fifth of its weight of rye
straw chaff. In various pits $50 tons
offodder were stored, and in Decem-
Der were available for winter feeding
Of stock, From time to time French
agriculturists paid their visits of in
spection and some few followed the
example, but the practice did not
become general, and it was reserved
for Americans to take up the "new
fashion" with enthusiasm, to build i'm
mense silos, write a book about it,
and assert to the world that ensiIage
was the best winter food for stock, and
especially for mich COWS. Animals,
like ourselves, prefer, when they can
choose, green keep to dry food, and
doubtless the health Of cattle is i'm
proved when a proportion OF fresh
%provender is given them.
At first in America the fodder was
simply "clamped" in heaps GIFT. high
and loft long, and the air was ex
cluded partially by a covering of
earth. OF course, fermentation set
in, but only enough to make the TODD
more digestible and a little sour.
From the pit an advance was made
by building a stone or brick recepta-
Gle partly below and partly above
the surface of the ground. 1t was
necessary that this silo should be air
and water tight on the bottom and
sides. The best form is rectangu-
lar; width one third of the length.
The cost of erection is reckoned as
IS. to Gs. for each toms capacity.
Rye, oats, grass, various sorts OF
clover, as well as maize, have re-
Gently been successfully saved. The
forage is cut into lengths of about
one inch by a steam ~chaf-cutter,
tumbled into the pit, packed and
trodden down, allowed to sink, and
is then covered generally with
boards, weighted heavily with stones
or bricks, and laid over with earth.
Various plans are advocated as to
the details of covering, necessary
weight, time aud manner of opening,
md n iS nrohahlv thaco divoroo
, 1882-11-29

thSA LAAANAAl9 ONtiSF LllC SAC0b
of the Duke of Liancourt, wrote
about farming matters and the state
Of the country as few since have writ
ten, and later NJ. LGonce de La
vprgne, the French parallel of the
English writer, has described, in his
" Economic Rurale de la France"
some of those exceptional farms
which, on this side of the Channel,
exhibit agricultural progress. The
Liancourt of Arthur Young is per-
haps, now best known to agricultu-
rists by its being the seat of M. AL
baret's mandatory of Implements,
but it is another Liancourt, in the
same department, where AGRICULTURAL
progress in its most novel form may
be witnessed. The proprietor of the
chateau where | am staying, NJ. Ar
thur Vicomte de Chezelles, is not
unknown in England. AT KiIburn
and at Reading he was on the look
out for what was good IL new among
our cattle and implement classes, but
at his farm, Liancourt, St. Pierre,
the experiments he has made and
which | came to see are especially
French. To day was opened for my
inspection probably the largest
"%silo," filled with " e~nsilage," in
Europe. In Holland during the last
month of May | had the pleasure to
join the party of Norfolk farmers and
landowners, including Sir 7. POWELL
Buxton and Mr., Samuel Hoare, on
their tonr through several provinces
to see the various aspects of Dutch
farming" Lord Reay and others ac-
companied us, and a visit of a week
enabled the party to learn,much of the
methods and condition of agriculture
in Holland, to which l only refer here
to say that an ensilage pit seen on
n of the best working farms in the
whole country attracted more inte-
rest among the score of Norfolk far
mers who saw it than anything else
seer on their travels. The cows on
a large and well-appointed dairy farm
were eating, liking, and thriving on
ensilage as a part of their principal
winter AM spring food. More milk
was given by the COWS that ate ensi-
lage than those which did not. At
the end of the visit the most satisfac-
tory and practical comment made
was. "Some of us will try that plan
in Norfolk" As a matter Of fact,
I believe, such an experiment on a
small scale is now being tried, and in
Suffolk Colonel Tomline has also
put up a siIo. But it was at Reading
last July that further interest in the
process was created, when, meeting
the Vicomte Arthur de Chezelles, he
gave me photographs of bis silo, a
monster affair, in which he told me
the produce of about ITO acres of
forage-clover, trifoiium, grass, &c.
was stored, and slowed there as
cut, wet or dry. An illustration of
this silo was afterwards given in
English agricultural papers, and Sc
veral correspondents made minute
inquiries on the subject. Indeed,
, 1882-11-29

French Agriculture = Ensilage.
From the Times
, 1882-11-29

CHATEAU BOULLEAUME, LIANCOURT,
ST. PIERRE, OIsE, Oct. L..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06
Trapping Wolves,

In Siberia wolves are caught in various
ways, sometimes by poisoned bait and again
by traps. One Of the commonest kinds of
traps in use is n large circular pen surround
ed by q high wooden fence Outside of this
fence is another similar one, perhaps twoor
three feet distant from the first and running
entirely around it. In the centre of the
pen is placed alive deer or pig In the out
er fence is a small opening, the door of which
swinging inward is left conveniently and Sc
ductivcly open. The wolf scents the live
bait in the centre of the pen and after vain
~ endeavoring to leap over the protecting
barrier and get at it. finds the door standing
open and at once enters in. The passage
between the inner and outer fence is wide
enough to enable him to move ahead COM
tortably, but is too narrow to admit of his
turning about.
Once in he must keep going straight ahead
and very naturally thinking that in this di-
rection lies his prey he presses on,
licking his chops in anticipation of
a rich feast Having completed the
circle of the pen, he arrives at his
starting point and finds his further pro-
grcss completely barred by the door which
'''iii VI "IlcIl ilc GuSn-
ing against this, he shuts it close in order to
get by, and has etlectually made himself pri-
soner. Then the crafty huntsman, who has
all the time been concealed within, shoots
or spears the animal from the top of the
fence, draws his carcass within, so as to save
it and opens the outer door again to well
come the next visitor
When wolves arc plenty two men ormorc
in one of these pens have a very busy time
Tor a number of days, and are scacely able
to slaughter or skin the animals as they
would like to rush in unconsciously to their
death. 1t not unfrequently happens that
the men are kept in these pens for num-
Der of days ut q time, being unable to get
out on account of wolves, which surround
them and would tear them to pices the mo-
ment they made their appearance. The
only thing for the men to do under such cir
cumstances is to- consider themselves in Il
state of siege and to keep on trapping and
slaughterng until the animals starved out
and disappointed, abandon their position
and skurry Otto another part of the coun-
try.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06

The SHOPS OF PoMPEII.-The part of the
houses facing Or the street was used as
shops, as in modern Italian houses. These
have no connection with the back. and are
open to the street, through grooves in the
walls and sills, and the iron shutters found
show that it WAS customary to inclose them
at night, The wine shops-which seem to
have been pretty trequcnt-still contain
most of their fixtures. In the bakers shops
which combined milling and baking-are
hand or donkey mills for grinding the grain
kncading troughs, water basins, ovens and
racks. BARRIERS shops, are still provided
with seats for customers; and the fuIlers' es-
Establishments are known by their basins for
washing the cloths. their stamps for stamp
ing them, and other apparatus; and the
taverns with their wine tables, have their
walls decorated with rude cartoons and
coarscly humorous Inscriptions But time
and space would fail to tell of all the WON
ders Of this risen city; to describe its COL
umned temples with the shrines and altars
and statues; its stately theatres and luxuri-
Gus thcrmic; its trescoes and mosaics and
marble and bronzes; its manifold ornaments
and domestic and manufacturing imple-
ments. The museum at Naples must have
fifteen or twenty large rooms devoted to the
thousand Pompciian relics of various kinds;
from the loaf of bread stamped with the
bakers name, and the kitchen cook-stove
and gridiron and cgg-boiler, to the most de-
licatc cut-glass vases, the richest gems, and
the most exquisite work of the artists brush
and the sculptor's chiscl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06
SYRUP;
AUCTION SALES.
By Green & Wise, Auct,onee,


RI VIRTUE of decree of the Circuit Court of
II Fairfax county, Va rendered at the June
term, 1852, in the cause of Harriet King ct ais.
vs. Deborah Fowler ct a., l will offer for snlc hy
public auction at the market house in the city of
Alexandria, on SATURDAY. the 21sL day o; De-
tobcr, 1852 at II o'clock III. the following prop
erty, to-wit:
The property known as the West Farm of Lewis
Linton, now deceased, situated in the township of
Mt. Vernon, Fairfax county lying between the
homestead and theland of John Young, containing
ONE HUNDRED ACRES, more or less, as SURVEYED
and estimated by Warrington Gillingham, reserv.
ing wagon road where it now runs of the width
OF two rods not to be obstructed by more than two
gates us described i'll the will of said LOWS Linton
recorded in will book c, No. p p. 394 of the re.
cords OF Fairfax county.
Terms Of Sale: The purchaser to pay sufficient
in cash OIL the day of sale to pay the costs of the
said suit and the costs. expenses and commission
OF sale and ten per cent of the purchase money in
addition thereto, and for the residue to execute his
several notes or bonds in equal installments bear
ing interest from the day of sale payable in six,
twelve, and eighteen months thereafter, said notes
or bonds to be secured to the satisfaction of the
commissioner, the deposit to bc forfeited, and the
land liable to be rcsold i'll the purchaser fails
to complete his purchase, at his risk and the title
to be retained until the deferred payments be fully
paid. w. WILLOCGHBY.
Scp2Z-ts COmmr. of Sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06

AFTER DARKNEss-DAwN.-Lady Visi-
tor: Your boy looks very bad, Mrs. Jones ::
what's the matter?" Mrs. Jones "Yes.
ma'am, he be very bad; and what's more,
the doctors has made him worse. I'm sure
we poor people need to pray with all our
hearts. From all false doctrine. good Lord
deliver u.s. never saw its meaning afore. y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06

All the same: A good old lady speaking in
prayer meeting and giving expression to
the joy and confidence she felt, said: Il
ieel as If was ready this minute to fall into
the arms of Beelzebub.n Abraham! You
mean Abraham p hastily corrected y
brother sitting near. "Well. Abraham,
them was the response. ''It don't make
any difference. They're both good men,
Sarannah GA Recorder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06
MEDICINAL.
New Life

is given by using Browns
IRON BITTERs. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warns the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
in the Fall it enables the
system stand the shock
OF sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
so surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per-
feet condition. Browns
IRON BlTTERs ensures per-
feet health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air.
and it prevents Consump-
ton, Kidney and Liver Dis
case, &c.
H. S. R0AIu, Esq.,, of the
. wcll-known firm of II. s.
Berlin & Co., Attorneys, lie
Droit building, Washing
ton. d. e., writes, Dec. 9Th,
1851:
Gentlemen. I take pleas
urc in stating that | have used
Browns Iron Bittcrs for ma
LARA and nervous troubles
caused by ovcrwork, with
excellent results.
Beware of limitations.
Ask for BRowN's IRON BIT
TIERS, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recon-
mended as "1nst as .g0Od."
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
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Sep1.i
lNERTILlXERS.
In Store aud for sale

In Store and for sale
$50 Tons PURE FINE GROUND BONE MEAL,
-. J. TURNER & cos ANDJ. Q. a. HOLLO-
WAYS
EXCELSIOR AND AMMONIATED SUPER
PHOSPHATE. and
"AMERlCUS" AMNONIATED SUPER PHOS-
PHATE.
lhls last Brand has been introduced in this Sec
ton and has given great satisfaction.
aug22-2m L. NJ. LAWSON & JAMESON
ANNEY'S FERTlLlZlNG CHEN1ICALS-.rhe
~ formula given below, and which we designate
rs "Janney's Formula No. TO-" is based upon an
experience OF many years, and is well adapted to
r,ther wheat, corn potatoes or tobacco Janney's
Formula No. 10 contains
.Oo lbs pure dissolved slaughter house bones
100 " sulphatc potash.
ID magneSa.
10 ammonia Price $40
For use. Janney's Formula No. 10 should be
mixed with sufficient dry muck or stable manure
!" make one ton in weight. Apply by means of
nr! from 200 to 300 lbs to the acre. The above
price Is net cash for the Formula, delivered free
"h board the cars or steamboat in Alexandria, Va
JANNEi & CO.. Wholesale Druggists.
"pll Nos 70 & 152 King ST., Alexandria, Va.
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DTERS md SCOURERS

I r. & J. II. TRIMYER, formerly of Richmond,
y. Va, have opened their DYEING AND
street, where you can have your Clothing Cleaned,
Dyed and Repaired equal to new. Also ladies'
Shawls, Dresses and Ribbons Our prices are rea-
sonable and our work guaranteed and not to be
surpassed by any house i'll this State. Our motto
has been and shall always be ''polteness.' Prompt
ly aud strictly one price Dyeing and Securing
Establishment.
P. Skid Gloves and Feathers cleaned
In,
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Let no one suppose that by acting good
part through life he will escape scandal.
There will be those even who hate him for the
very qualities that ought to procure esteem.
There are some folks in the world who are
not willing that others should be better than
themselves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06
EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, DC.
FALLS
~ AND MT. VERNON SPRINGS.
STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON

STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON. ~ =
Having been thoroughly ovcrhauled and newly
furnished, will commence running excursions to
the above places. Until further notice. on and
after a
SUNDAY MAY 81, 1882,
for Occoquan Falls, Sundays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, boats leaving Prince street Wharf Sum
days at 10 a. H., returning at 7:3O p. m; Wednes-
days and Fridays at 9:3O II. m returning Mt 7:3O
p. III. Fair, round trip, 25 cents. Mount Ver-
non Springs, Saturdays, leaving wharf at $50 a.
m, returning at 4:30 p. III. Fare round trip, 1Oc
Music and dancing on all trips except Sundays.
Music by Professor A. j. Cooks Band.
No Objectionable parties allowed on the boaS.
Z. S. RANDALL.
mylS-tf Proprietor.
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SEWING MACHINES-We have on handa full
- supply Of the celebrated LIGHT-RUNNING
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES, with all the
modern attachments, which we offer at lowest
prices for cash, or on the most accommodating
terms. Old machines also taken in exchange. 1t
will afford US great pleasure to exhibit the "Do-
mestics" to parties interested. Every one that
we have sold during the past six years has given
satisfaction.
sep5 Z. S. LEADBEATER & BRO.
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To lie down after work; and so take of
pressure, is to render doctor unnecessary
in ninety-nine cases out of hundred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-06
ONLY saw MILL IN THE CITY.

Farmers and others having timber that they
% van, converted into different classes of lumber,
cn De accommodated at lowest prices by
JNO. P. AGNEW & CO.,
"iTi Alexandria Ship Yard.
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AlGHanlria Oazrtte,
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKI,Y BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN,
At the Gazette Building, Nos. 10 70 Prince ST..

DAILY. TRI-wEEKIY
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1913 EsrAHETsGED T2TIGE; IN l043
ALEXANDRIA (VA.) STEAM DYEING AND
CLOTH SECURING ESTABLISHMENT.
ID. WAKEFIELD, Proprietor,
No. % S. Fairfax street, bet. King and Prince
Everything appcrtaining to well regulated cs-
tahlishmcnt of the kind All work done in stye not
to be surpassed and at the shortest notice. and at
very reduced prices A call is all that is asked to
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ton. sep5-3m
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BAKERS STANDARD GUANO
PURE DISSOLVED RAW BONE.
&C. BONE.
KANT SALTS
J. J. TURNER & cos. EXCELSIOR. FARM
ER'S PRIDE and EAGLE GUANO, for sale by
THOMAS PERRY. II King ST.,
Sep14 Alexandria, Va.