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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-10
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

NEW YORK, Sept 1O.-11 a. m.-ThcTc va;
little change in opening quotations at the StmE
Exchange this morning. There were no advance:
except in Texas and Pacific. In the early dc:'
ings the market was fcytrsh and active Ticn
was VOL distributed business among IT," ,tok
usually belonging to the active list and l;yt,G
trading and until late in tho first hour. wDes
the market became comparatively steady Att
quieter. At \ o'clock the market was dali 'f;
firm.
ALEXANDRIA MARKET. September 1o.-l!oai
is firm and steady, with fairly active demand.
Wheat is strong and higher for both spots md r.
lures. The offerings on Change this morning
we're light but mainly of good quality and sold st
SO to 91 for fair to good Fultz 90 for mi&cf.
90 for ordinary longberry, and 81 for good co;a.
mon Fultz brought from 95 to 81. Corn is rira.E
white sold at 81 to SO yellow 80. Rye is scarce
and higher. Oats are without change Recon-"
of produce have fallen off and prices have Sd
vanced.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1O-Va. 6s defd - roy
solidated so; past due coupons 50; do n'% "
4Os 351h new 3s SOL. bid to-day. Gotten dHi'
middling 1Oa1OAs. Flour steady aud nm
Wheat-Southern firm with hardening tcnde"c'.
Western easier; Southern red 89a92 do araad
95a96; No 1 Maryland 92a923i No > "c''e-n
winter red spot 961ssS67s; September 76'gas,, !
October SsAaS9 November 91a9l3=; Dec ~
bid Corn-Southcrn higher for white AMI lEm
Western easier and dull ; Southern VIII" %"
50: do yellow 52a53: Western mixed spo, 80
4Sih; September ASH bid; year "A Iyaii'-
steamer 46A bid. Oats steady and firm SDu!a,
ern 29a33 Western white 29a32: do mize'
271aa2S1a Penna 29a33. Rye firm at 59'eL
Hay lower and dull prime to choice We';eTl
$12aS14. Eggs higher at 17a17la Whsle;
dull at 81 16sS1 II. Other articles unchanged
NEW YORK, Sept 1O-stockE dull and -'s4dT.
Money easy at ]. Cotton firm upiand' ~,
Orleans lob; futures dull. Flour qHi,t ans
firm. Wheat Aa14c higher. Germ opened :.'@'
later declined 4.a3e. Pork dull At SlO:i'""
Lard firm at IS 521a.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1O-1 p. m-Wheat f@..
firm at the close and closed Sc higher tAa& s
terday 80 for cash sos for October ana -
for November. Corn easier; 44ls for cs:h . 30
fo- October and 4O2s for November. oa,r I't -,
Is h for cash 254 for September and ~ - nv
May. Whiskey 81 TO- Pork steady; - 1ari
cash and October, and 50 IS for November. ia
easy; Sc 20 for cash and October, ard :"
e Is for Noyember
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-10
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
nu17RsDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10.

Mr. J.. B. SARGENT is Connecticut man
rfacturer, but unlike most all the Quiet
Nor,hern manufacturers, he is wise enough
- coo that in the long run, protection, which
evarc intelligent man knows is not benef'
cial to the employees, must also be disad-
vantageous to the employers. He has just
,e,prned from long visit to Europe, MADE
for the purpose of satisfying himself
whether or not this country needs a
protective tariff. He says that from what
he has seen he is more that ever COLI
,;nced that the United States is the best
working nation in the world, and that, with
the high prices paid for labor, we couio, II
allowed to purchase our raw material az .ho
market prices of the world, do moro OF 'he
uorld,s commerce than any European ma:
tion This country needs no protective
tariff and the present high tariffs OF the
conntrv are great burdens to the manufac-
turers as we'll rs to the people at large"
He also saws that the condition of the work
ING neople in free-trade England is Infinite
10 better in every respect than that OF those
in the protected countries of Europe. The
sooner the working men of this country
the men whose votes carry elections-send
revenue, instead of protective, tariff men TO
Congress, the better will it be for them ana
those who are dependent upon their labor
for support. BUTT seems hard for them TO
keen the fingers of protectionists out OF their
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-10

NEW YORK, Sept 1O-stockg dull and -'s4iE.
Money easy at !. Cotton firm; upiand' ~,
Orleans 1O1s; futures dull. Flour qHi,t 'as
firm. Wheat %aa14c higher. Germ opened ;E IN
later declined 14asa. Pork dull at Si"'i'"'
Lard firm at S6 52k.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

W. w. SCOTT, Secretary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Snakes in the Penjdeh Valley

/ From the London Times.
Remlttent fever has of late wears
| played sad havoc among the Jam
shidis of Kushk. All the neighboring
/ valleys, including Penideh, are infected.
I and are only habitable in spring and
summer by the acclimatized Another
4 drawback to this valley is the number
/ OF snakes which infest it. In sDrino
/ the country must swarm with them;
/ at present they are to be found, when
there Is occasion to dig. some eighteen
I inches or two feet below the surface.
alternating IN sleepy tOrpOr.
Before winter closed in one of the
Lancers-a strong, healthy young fell
low-very nearly fell a victim to one
OF these reptiles. When picking up a
stone ne was bit in the back of the
hand, and he owed his life to his own
prompt presence of mind and DR..
Charles care and skill. Tearing or
strip of his turbanhe bound tight
ly-sO tightly that in the hospital they
could not tighten it-round the arm
above the wrist. He then made off
tor the hospital, and hall an hour after
being bitten he was under DR.. Charles
care. But already there were signs Of
paralysis in the left leg, and this grad
uaIly spread till both extremities were
completely paralyzed. He suffered
from great heat, followed by intense
cold, tlngllng and numbness in the
arms and legs. and much pain over
the heart-his heart was ION fire" he
complained.
Altogether his case, after an hour or
so, seemed hopeless. Hewas piled with
brandy and ammonia, and made to
walk TIL his legs We're deadened by
paralysis, and then he was put be
tween hot blankets and hot bricks
were applied to his feet. Hvpodermic
injection OF ether was found very use
tul, and at last, alter three hours of
unremtting care, he slowly passed out
OF danger, and DR.. Charles has the
satisfaction OF being one OF the few
VINO have successfully treated a snake
bite. However the man did not com
pietely recover at once. He suffered
from blood poisoning, and it was three
weeks before he was discharged from
the hospital.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Hints for the Housewife.

FOrnose bleed get plenty of powdered
alum up into the nOstri!s.
To cure and heal a running sore APP
ply alum water twice aday.
A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horseradish. prepared
the same as for table use. to the tenn
pie OF the face or head is affected, or
to the wrist when the pain is in the
arm or shoulder.
There is nothing better for Il cut
than powdered rosin. Pound it until
fine, and put it in an empty, clean
pepper box, with perforated top, then
you can easily sift it out on the cut;
put Il soft cloth around the injured
member, and wet it with cold water
once in Il while. 1t will prevent in
Illumination and soreness.
An excellent glycerine ointment for
chapped hands is made by melting,
with IA gentle heat, two ounces of sweet
oil OF almonds, haitian ounceo of sperma-
Cetl and one drachm of white wax.
When melted, remove from the stove
and add an ounce OF glycerine, and
stir until the mixture is cold. The
ointment can be scented with any per-
fume to suit the fancy. Keep it in
wide-necked bottles.
For coffee stains try putting thick
glycerine on the wrong side and wash
ing it out with lukewarm water. For
raspberry stains weak ammonia and
water is the best. Stains OF fruit on
good table linen can be removed with
out injury by using the following with
care: Pour boiling water on chloride
OF lime in the proportion of one gallon
to a quarter OF a pound, bottle it.,
cork it well, and in using be careful
not to stirit. Lay thestain inthis for
a moment, then apply white vinegar
and boil the table linen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

The recent scarcity of onions which
caused Il rapid advance in price APP
pears TO have prompted every farmer
who has land adapted to the cultiva-
ton OF this bulb to SOW it with onion
seed. A correspondent OF the Country
Gentleman, writing from Ohio, says
that every inch of muck land will
this year be devoted to thecultivation
OF this odoriferous bulb" TO be able
to sell onions at $3.50 per barrel is
likely to greatly encourage their cult
walton, and make those who sold their
crop last fall at from thirty to fifty
cents per bushel feel little discour-
aged at their want OF foresight. As
everybody is now going into the bust
ness of raising onions, they may not
be worth more than twenty-five cents
a bushel next fall But this continue.
shifting about from one crop TO an
other is Il far too common habit
among q large class of American far
mers.-New York Sun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Fruit Raising.

There is too much indiscriminate
advice given by the press in regard to
Embarrassing, says Nick's Magazine.
Again, tree-dealers and nursery agents,
seeking a market for their wares, cir
culate wild statements about the
profits OF the industry, and at a time
like the present, when the prices of
grain are low, it is not difficult for
then to induce numerous persons in
almost every community, who have
not special fitness or experience for
the work, to undertake, at least in a
small way, the planting oforchards or
small fruits. 1t requires no highly
gifted seer to perceive that most of
these efforts will be abOrtive. The
tact Is, the wrecks Of ilI-conceived
trmt plantations are strewu over the
whole country. We have no desire to
say word that may discourage any
one from engaging in fruit culture who
will attempt it in a rational and bust
ness-llke manner; but we would warn
the inexperienced to look on both
sides OF the subject, and it has two
sides, one OF which is not the rose
colored one that is usually painted
by newspaper writer's
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
The Wastes of The Household.

While the well known saying that a
French family could live with elegance
on what an American housewife throws
away is frequently illustrated In fam
lies where waste can be i'll afforded, it
is also true that, in eight cases out of
ten, this relegation OF cold bits to the
otfal pail or ash barrel is not caused
so much by extravaganza as by the
lack OF knowledge OF how to dispose
OF them in any other way. The dainty
utilization of scraps is a subject that
well repays the thoughtful study of
any housewife, and even the least orig
lnal cook can often "evolVe from her
inner consciousness" an appetiZing
dish from cold fragments that at first
sight appear utterly unprOmising. In
this matter however, the mistress
must generally depend upon her own
brains. Few hire!ings have the keen
interest III their employers welfare
that would urge them to save couple
of pennies here and five or six there.
Fewer still, with the best intentions in
the world, know how to do it or appre-
clate that 1t Is in the minor economies
that true saving consist. What differ
ence does it make if those scraps of
cold bacon left from breakfast are
summarily disposed of in the swill
| barrel or If that bit of corn beef-too
small TO appear upon the table again
| is bestowed upon the first basket beg
gar who presents himself? And if
these escape that fate from the extra
cOnscientiousness of the hOusekeeper,
| they are too often converted into
+ha ,1hIrr,itnr, hash
one careful housewife disposed of
similar remnants: TO the corn beef
and bacon, minced fine, she added half
as much cold mashed potato. one raw
egg, littlechopped onion and parsley,
and with CrOquettes mode of these,
rolled in flour and fried in nice drip
ping, provided an appetizing dish that
was quite sufficient, when accompa-
MED with stewed potatoes and bread
and butter, to make a lunch Tor three
! people. Another dainty dish, which
| appeared upon a friends table was
| formed from even less promising ma
terials. Her dinner the day before
| had been a stuffed chicken boiled with
rice. Examination Of the pantry re-
| Vealed the carcass OF the fowl, with
one leg attached to it, and a couple of
spOonfuls Of the cold rice Nothing
daunted, however, the valiant house
keeper advanced to the charge, and,
| with the aid of a small, sharp knife.
removed more meat from the bones
than one would at first have believed
| possible. This was cut-nOt chopped
in small pieces and set aside with the
rice and half Of the dressing, while the
| bones, the rest of the stufiing, and
little minced onion We're put over the
fire in two cups OF cold water When
a slow, steady simmer of couple of
hours had reduced this One-half, it
was cooled, strained, SKINNED, and
slightly thickened with brown flour,
then returned to the fire with the
fragments OF meat, rice, etc, brought
to a boil, poured over crustless squares
oil fried bread laid in a hot platter and
garnished with parsley, The result
was a savory salmi, whose scrappy
origin no one would have suspected
Christine Terhune Herrich in GOOD
housekeeping.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
CouIdn't be Humbupped.

From the New York Tmbunel
ID. II. Aloifat, who is president of the
First National Bank of Denver, an in.
stifution whose deposits are over 49,
GOo,oO0, vas approached by Ferdi-
nand Ward about a year ago, with a
request for a loan based on promises
OF enormous profits. Mr.. Moffat in
speaking OF it the other day said:
Ward wanted 800, 700, and said he
could make FOR me $4,000 on it in
sixty days. | told him didn't know
why he should be SO good to me; that
| had never done anything for him. I
guess he understood me, for he went
OFF. | never took any stock in the fel-
low. He was too white-livered. I
never tie up to man when can see
through his ears, as | could through
Ward x -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Give the Bows "A Chance

The Rural New Yorker has the fol
lowing, which is commended to
farmers who have BOYS growing up
about them: A14-year-old boy writes
us that, wanting little money that
should be all his own, he bought a pig
last spring with his saved-up pennies
and managed to buy enough mill feed
to keep it growing all summer, and last
fall he earned the corn to fatten it by
husklng nights for every eighth bushel.
He has Just sold the pig for $50, and
his father took the money, saving that
the boy had no use forit and he would
give him another pig in the spring.
The boy asked, Was that right? We
wish we could say no loud enough so
that every father in America could
hear. Legally, no doubt, the father
had a right to the money, but morally
he had no more right to it than he
would have to any other boys money.
That boy had worked full hours for
his father, and had taken time from
his sleep to earn the corn that made
that pig, and in the sight OF an honest
God it was a theft for that father to
take that money. Not only this, but
the father who would so treat his bow
Is as nearly fool as would be he who
should give a young colt his first les
son in harness hitched to a stump or
an immovable load. A few such les
sons crush the ambition all out of a
boy or colt either, and, while no one
so treats an animal, the country is
tull OF such examples with the bows.
We know a hundred such fathers.
They seem to think that the BOYS have
no rights that their fathers are bound
to respect, that the entireend and aim
OF boyhood is to add few dollars to
their wealth, and when the BOYS, ut
terly disguised, leave home, they won
der why their boys take no interest in
the farm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
SIeen.

Ny little child, holding battered toy,
Resisted sumber at the close OF day,
Because he would not leave his pleasant play;
But sleep at last seized the rebelliOus boy.
He knew not when-nor l; his treasures small
Lay all about him; no low-iisped good might
Fell from his lips; ia the fast waning light
laid him down and kissed him; that was all.
Baby caresses would have touched my lips
Ii he had known; heWoud have said a prayer,
! should have seen the mystic quiet There
Touch his blue eyes and rosy finger tips.
We fall asleep at eve, forgetting all
The pleasure and the pain that filed the day;
II in our slumber we should pass away,
And silence our hearts and lips should fall.
We should go out from our accustomed places
Without regret, nor crave the life We leave;
No bitter parting would our spirits grleve;
We should be spared the last sad fond embraces
. loving friends and true come not To weep,
If should sleep, and painles pass away
He whom God loves has little need to pray
Surely to His beloved comes death in sleep.
Helen Erwine Grigg in Home Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
!SrepinE Farm Tools

The Country Gentleman advises US
that by keeping the wooden parts OF
all tools and machines well oiled with
petroleum, and giving bright polish
to the metallic portions it will make
them last longer and render them
more efficient. \ spade, or hoe, or
the mold board of a pillow, when fresh
from use, is easily cleaned from the
soft, fresh soil; but in few days, after
the soil has hardened and the tool
has become rusty, the cleaning is diff
cult, and the rough, rusty surface
diminishes its value The cheapest
way is to put tools up every night
thoroughly cleaned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
CHOPN-OPUS 81.
BY RAMSAY MoRRIL.

A dreamy quet-a frelit room
Two cups Of coffee, whose rich perfume
Steals over our senses, while fancy flles
To Indian isles and Eastern skies.
A heavy languOr-a full content
Odors of rose and violet blent
With faint patchouli and new-mown hay
A memory sweet OF meadows gay
Or bear-skin rug | lie at ease,
And listen to wondrous harmonies
As they softly drift, with charm untold,
Through the velvet portlere : sweeping lold.
The musiC's passion Is rich and strange,
With its every tone my feelings change;
1t holds me captive, I'm swayed at will
By the masters subtle grace and skill.
Ny eyes are raised with movement slow
To where, on a slumbrous divan low,
see you stretched-so near the place
That your soft breath fans my eager lace.
The freight CLEANS on your sllken halrr
And kisses the brow so tempting lair,
While look on with jealous glance
When DER your cheek the shadows dance.
try in vain to cipher your mind
To read the thoughts which lie behind
Those deep, gray orbs-to fathom the soul,
And find the power which holds control
OF nay every sense, my every aim,
And binds me slave with unasked claim,
TO make one follow where'er you Lead
Your life the all which my life doth need.
Yet the eyes no : .gn will eer confess,
And the lips will tell me even less;
But when they culver and break and cry,
My own respond with answering sigh.
Oh why must we hold our lives apart
] cannot cry down my hungry heart.
Better defy the harsh worlds decree,
And shape new path for you and me-
The musics dying-its charm yet thrills
Ny soul with yearning intense It MS.
/ creep still nearer-Slaye at a throne
Till my hands touch those lOngto own.
A lingering murmur-a haunting STRAIN
Which fades, bursts forth and fades AGAIN.
The waltz is over, its last note dies;
But safe on my breast your dear head lies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Postage Stamp Photographs.

From the Philadelphia Times.l
The postage stamp photograph"
Is the latest contribution of science to
vanity As the peculiar merit of these
little pictures is that they have the
property of Transforming a rather
plain woman into "a thing of beauty
or a microscopic scale, they are much
sought after by the gentler sex. Post
age stamp photographs are most I'M
considerable tlatters. They not only
give a delcdcy and refinement to
coarse and homely features, but they
enhance the beauty OF a pretty face as
well. As the name signifies, these little
examples of the photographers art
are the exact size and shape OF an or
binary postage stamp. Their edges
are perforated, they have muscilage on
their reverse sideand around the figure
or head is an ornamental border. The
idea is said to have originated in En-
gland, where the suggestion was had
from the head of the queen on the
ha' penny stamps in use there. Like
all English frivOlities, the little pictures
soon found their way to this country,
and as their tiattering prOpensities be-
come more widely known doubtless
the demand for them will increase
proportionately. When thefuil length
figure of woman is contracted into
the limits of a postage stamp photo
graph it becomes as if by magic grace
ful and captivating, the features lose
their irregularity and appear delicate
and peculiarly refined. The size is also
great advantage. The devoted
swain can paste his sweetheart S
picture in the case of his watch, where
he can gaze furtively at it every time
he pretends to be looking at the time
o'day. a letter with one of the send
er's pictures pasted on the corner Of
the note paper is doubly acceptable to
a friend, and as the uses are so many
to which these pictures can be put and
as the cost OF them must needs be
tritling they will doubtless soon be
come 1.-The rage"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
For Good Purposes.

Mrs. a. NJ. Dauphin, of 1889 Ridge Ave,
Philadelphia, is well known to the ladies of
that city from the great good she has done
by mems of Lydia +. Finkhams Vegetable
Compound. She writes Mrs. Pinkham OF q
recent Interesting case "a young married
lady came TO me suffering with a severe case
of Trolapsus and liberation. She COM
menced taking the Compound, and in two
months was Jltliu restored. In proof of this
she soon found herself in interesting
cond on. Influenced by foolish friends she
attempted 10 evade the responsibilities of
maternity. Alter ten or twelve days she
game to me again, and she was indeed in a
most alarming state and suffered terribly. L
gave her a tablespoonful of the compound
G cry hour for eight hours until she fell
aisle. =; she awoke much relieved and vi
IDENTITY better. She continued taking the Com
20 nd, and in due season she became the
other OF n fine healthy boy. But for the
timely Use Of the medicine she believes her
lie would have been lost"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
4 Disabling Disease,

No disease which does not confine a man te
hls bed % completely units him for business as
dyspepsia. When the stomach Is foul the
lain Is always muddy and confused, and as
tic cares aai an&ieties OF life a sufficient
burGen for the organs of thought to bear with
OFT beng tormeuted by the miseries born Of
ndige ton, 1t is highly desirable for the brains
sake well as for the sake of every other por-
hon OF the system, that the disordered stomach
should b2 restored with the utmost dispatch to
h.althy, vigorous condition. This object can
always ne accompli she by a course of Hostel
tr 5 ) omfch bitters, the purest and best Of
= g'tabIe specifies which evacuates the morbid
hu or through the bowels, rouses and tones
lie torpid stomach and regulates the liver, i'm
pat hrmncss to the nerves, and clears ths
sensorum Of its mental cobwebs. Persons sub
lect 10 At, az Ks of indigestion, bilious headache
irr Gu!arty of the bowels sickness of the
stomach, or the blues, should take the Bitters
once or twice day throughout the present
season.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
The Farmers Enemies.

The cheese factory and the country
butcher are the worst enemies OF the
farmer in regard TO the improvement
OF stock. The selling of milk in the
spring makes the feeding of calves of
great expense, so figured. and so the
best calves go to the butcher, and a
few poor ones are tied to a tree and
led factory whey. Then the demand
OF the country butcher for two or