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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

wv A. JOHNSON & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERs.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have on hand GIBSON'S Xxx, Xxx, xxx,
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES, to which
they invite the attention of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consgnments of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
duce solicited, for which they guarantee the high
est market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner of Cameron and Royal streets
sep14 Alexandria, We.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

lanes +. CABIN & SONS.
NO. Is KING STREETS
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
Builders Hardware, Locks, Hinges, Screws
DoorBolts, Latches, &c, saddlery Hardware,
Bride Bits, Buckles, Rings, Hames, &C., &C.,
Wheelwrights' Hardware, Axles, Rims Hubs,
spokes, Sawed Fellows, Tire Iron, &C., Pocket,
Table, Carving and Butcher Knives, &c, Guns.
Pistols, &C. A full and complete stock of first.
class goods away in store and sold at lowest cash
prices. augl5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04
TOHN w. PEAKE,

TOHN w. PEAKE,
Successor to Peake & Nalls)
Dealer in
unoRS. SASH, BLINDS, HARDWARE,
Paints, Oils, Leads, Cement, Lumber, Lime
Cacinel Plaster, Slate, Marble and
Nantes. Hearths, &C.
CORNER KING AND ST. aSAPH STREETS,
ian21-tf Alexandra, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04
GREATLY rEnI;Ern nArL:.,

FOR THE LOWER POTOMAC
The steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON VII! leave
her wharf EVERY MONDAY and EVERY WE'D
NESDAY, at 1870 a. H., for Leonardtnwn, aud
EVERY FRIDAY, at T:30 p IL, for River Land
ings as far down rs Nomili, returning on alter
nate days Fare % cents for any landing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

DUBBER BOOTS AND sHOES-We mean to
IL do rushing business in Rubber Boots and
Shoes this season. Another lot of 200 cases Just
come in. they are strictly first quality. We have
bought them for cash bottom prices. and can
afford to sell them cheaper than any other house
in the city. Idec4J r KAUFMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

FOE NEW YORK
STEAMERS T. c. KNIGHT AND =-...
JOHN GIBSON Ss4s.s,La -
EVERY FRIDAY. aud returning leave New
York, from pier II, East river. EVERY SAT
URDAI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

The steamers Of .his company make connections
Mt Norfolk for Boston and all points East; ut New
York with all points West and Northwest, aud 1t
Alexandria With Virginia Midland Railway end
Washington and Ohio Railroad. Through rates
given and freight handled carefully aud promptly
For further information apply 70
T. A. REED {: Co. sgcat,
lsnnoys wharf
J. y. THOMPSON, President.
iif6 j street,
sroH.-.! Washington, y. {.
T4LYDE's STEAM LINE WE KY ~
PHILADELPHIA. cazsIlsss.z.
Appointed sailing days from A!oXH a Ef-
cry TUESDAY and from Phiiadelph EVERY
SATURDAY.
This Iinc connects at Alexandria with the Fir-
ginia Midland ard Washington and Orio railroads,
and at philadelphia with Ciydo's rcfsula" Steam
ships.
Freight forwarded with proIup:neas aai ca'c-
free Of commissions.
No charge fer transfer i'll Philadelphia. Quick
time Frequent departures Through rates and
through bills Of lsding given. INSURANCE at the
lowest rates.
Agents
I. a. REED & CO., Alexandria.
WIN. r. CLYDE {: CO., Philadelphia.
JOHNSON &, Co, Wash. !: Gcorgt'n.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04
NOTICE

Just received kendals SPAWN Cure, Seely's
Liquid Cough and Hcave Cure for Horses, Eng
lish Condition, Stonebreaker's, Foultz & Barker
and Moore Muir's Horse Powder at
". F. CREIGHTON'S,
feb2S Under Sarcpta Hall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

uURRAH FOR CHRIsTMAS.-Received to-
IL day from Boston 25 cases Of Mems Fine
Worked Slippers they are daiseys. We conclude
to sell them at 81 % pair they are really
worth So. For Holiday Presents they are just
the thing. Call at aud have your choice
before they are picked over. They go like hot
cakes. [dec4l Z. KAUFMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

CARyEN WHEELS. AT VERY REDUCED
y prices at IS King, corner of Royal streets
Just received sample lot of Sarven Wheels of
Eastern manufacture, at much less prices than
ever before offered in this city. Also Woodburn
Lancaster Sarven Wheels at low prices. We
ask an examination.
oct1O j. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
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VIRGINIA HtDLAND RAiLT Y
la 81 J. s. s. -: SSzEssz:5::;fs:s
On and after Sunday, Oct. 18th, 1884 Pss2ea
ger trains will run as follows
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-04

DOYAL GLUE, KENNEDY's FAVORITE
~ REMEDY, PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUME
TION, PONDS EXTRACT, WARMERS KIDNEY
CURE, BROWNS BITTERS. LESLIE'S PRE-
SCRIPTION FOR SICK HEADACHE and LEAD
BEATER'S LUBRICATING EMINENT, tho
great remedy for Rheumatism, Sprains, &C. For
sale by Lian22l { S. LEADBEATER & BRO.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
How Vegetables are wintered.

Only few vegetables can be wintered ont
doors in the North without protection. Pars-
niPs are among the exceptional vegetables
which the winter does not destroy, and, ex
cept for use while the ground is frozen. NAV
tiers. is of similar nature, but beets, turnips
or carrots will not stand excessive cold; TO
retain the fresh, crisp flavor, they should be
taken up as late as possible and placed in
cool cellar or in pits, with earth and straw
enough over them to prevent freezing.
The latter is the method most in vogue
with market gardeners, who usually know
best how TO present their vegetables in
the finest condition. Artificial heat in
any form spoils the flavor of vegetables
generally. The sweet potato is an excep-
ton, and will not rot in a temperature be-
low 500, while dryness does not injure it.
Cabbages may be pulled up roots and all,
turned upside down and the heads packed
together in beds six feet in width, and the
ground between the rows thrown over the
heads. In extremely frosty weather they
can not be reached, and enough must be
left in the cold root cellar for winter use.
Onions require O dry barn or loft, and
should not be packed more than eight or
ten inches deep with a foot of straw over
them 10 keep out frost. In the extreme
North some fire protection may be neces-
sary. For family use a string can be kept
hung in any part of the celler. Onions will
stand zoe of frost without injury, il dry
Celery is best when taken from the open
ground, but should be taken mp and placed
close together in beds, with earth and litter
over all to keep from freezing Winter
squashes require dry place, free from frost.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Preparinr TO Encounter Disease.

The prevalence of malarial disorders being de-
pendent upon vitiated conditions of atmosphere
and water is, in certain regions, of course inevi-
table. The grand question therefore, presents its
elf to every resident Of ever-strcken locality is
''what means shall adopt to escape the dreaded
scourge?" For third OF a century Hos;etters
stomach Bitters has been the embodied answer to
this question. In thickly populated. and sparsely
settled districts alike, in town and in country, it
has afforded constant protection against malarial
infection to those who have used it. 1t eradicates
and preventslwith equal certainty, fever and ague
bilious remittent, dumb ague and ague cake and
persistently the hurtful alkaloid sulphate of qui
nine. IL also remedies, with thoroughness, dys-
pepsla, liver complaint, constipation, debility
and rheumatism,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Discussing Pear Culture.

At a recent meeting of farmers living near
Boston the subject for discussion was THE
Culture, Preservation, and Marketing of the
Pears. H. p. Hapwen, of Newton, spoke
of the importance of knowing just when to
gather and market pears. Very little dam
age is done TO the fruit ~ any particular
species of insect. The pear tree blight has
been more prevalent this year than for
many seasons, but ii is trouble the cause
of which is very little known; its preva-
lence this season may possibly be traced to
the two or three very warm days in May,
which dried the sap and obstructed the
pores. The tree is very long-lived, having
been introduced into this country over 200
years ago. Colonel John T.. Russell, Secre-
tary Of the State Board of Agriculture, said
he did not believe pear-raising TO be a
part of the business of the farmer, for he
would always lose at it: it belongs to the
horticuiturist and the gardener. +. w.
Wood, of Newton, disagreed with the idea of
Colonel Russell that farmers do not find
pears profitable crop. IL grows and bears
quickly, the marketable varieties at least,
and is annual, although for that reason it
requires more care. The mistake made by
the farmers is in trying To grow too many
varieties in the effort 70 introduce new kinds.
To grow for profit to sell in the Boston mar
ket the number could well be reduced to
six and can not well be raised above that
figure; oieourse when,they are merely grow n
for family use by amateurs, so to speak, any
number OF varieties may be and are set out,
so as TO produce fruit from August
10 March. For market the Bartlett is
one of The best, because it ripens
early, and is a constant and regular
bearer. Winter pears require much
outlay and 'detail in their marketing, and
are not worth the trouble to care for them.
Those who go into the pear culture fire.
quently make an error in the trees that they
set out selecting about half standard aud
half dwarf; in a few years the dwarfs disap-
pear entirely, and the nurseryman is blamed
for furnishing bad trees, whereas the fault
lies with the grower in suiting his trees to
the nature of the land. Hon. J. +. G. Hyde,
of Newton, agreed with the last speaker in
the cultivation of only small number of
varieties for market and the desirabibility of
wide range of flavOrs for home use. He
was inclined TO think that, as a rule, farmers
had better not go into the culture of pears
for profit. He found that the fruit grows
better near cities, and particularly near the
coast.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Warm shelter is Cheaper than Feed.

OF the various ways through which it is
possible for the average dairyman to enhance
his profit the most efIectual is first to reduce
the cost of producing his milk. This he can
DO in variety or ways. One way of doing
50 lies in the improvement of his milking
stock. This is a certain but slow wsv, and
must be the work of few years. And then
another way, more rapid. and that can at
once be made available. consists in reducing
the cost of keeping his cows. This, again,
he may do in different ways, first by secur-
ink greater warmth and more comfort for
his cows in winter. The heaviest item of
expense which he incurs consists in winter
ing his cows, and the more they are exposed
TO the cold the heavier that item becomes.
Cows eat more in winter than at any other
time, simply because more meat is abs )rbed
from their body by the cold air. For in
stance, we all know that hot water will
cool faster on cold day than on warm
one. Therefore the animal heat must be
kept up to a uniform standard, and the ex-
ira loss of warmth must be restored. by fuel
in the form of feed; and this increases the
cost OF keeping and the cost of producing
the fall and winter supply of milk. Keep
the cows warm and they will require less ex-
ira food for winter, just in proportion as
they are made warm and comfortable; and
by Just 50 much will they turn out milk at
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
The water Used by Animals.

Poor drinking water has killed much live
stock and the following from the Kansas
Farmer is pertinent: when we consider
the quality of the drink supplied TO hogs we
have yet greater cause to wonder that the
amount of disease is not greater. Horses.
cattle and sheep are given comparatively
clean water TO because they will not drink
filthy water unless forced to do so, and be-
cause the opinion Justly obtains that foul
water is TO them destructive of health; but
hogs are given, or rather circumstances are
allowed to supply them with foul water, be-
cause inherited tendencies and education
are such that they will drink foul water, and
because the opinion unjustly obtains that they
are not so injuriously affected by foulness OF
drink as are other animals. But we certainly
ought to know, and certainly we are fast
learning, that foul drink is Just as p-oduc-
tive of a diseased condition of the body
when drank by hog as when drank by a
horse; and as We learn more of the nature
and cause of swine plague we understand
that so far as the health of the animal is con-
cerned, we would better give foul water to
the sheep, COW or horse than to the hog, for
four water prolOngs the life and fayOrs the
vigor of the bacillus and when drank intro
duces the germs of this most virulent OF all
swine diseases directly into the bodily or-
gans. If We would safely preserve the health
OF our swine we will noe force them to drink
water from pools, bitches and creeks, hut
will supply them with water from well
protected from impurities"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
FARM NOTES.

Shea ring lambs in midsummer is claimed
by English farmers to greatly increase the
growth of the carcass
The juice of the Bartlett pear is used i'm
some diseases in California both for food and
drink. The invalid first loses flesh upon it,
and then gains strength.
Open all the drains along the road before
the fall rains begin, in order to allow the
surplus to flow of, and thus avoid some of
the difficulties with bad roads in the winter.
The New Hampshire Mirror says that a
farmer may prepare field of winter grain
ever so carefully, and yet have all his labor
come to naught if he has not provided against
the freezing out of his grain by defective
drainage.
A pickle famine is threatened this winter.
The present supply at the East is set down
at $4,000. OO0 one-half only OF what is needed
for the Eastern trade. The Western crops
have suffered, and heavy advances in prices
are looked for.
An Ohio farmer is a strong advocate OF the
idea that apples grown on certain soils keep
better than on others. He says willow twigs
grown On red clay do Dot keep well, but his
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18

y. ". Hieks. Battle Ground. Ind.

j. VI.
If your bees have not already been at
tended to you should proceed at once to feed
the stocks that have an insufficient amount
of stores. Sirup made from good granu-
lated sugar, and fed at night in the top of
your hives in glass tumblers, is best. If you
will tie a cotton cloth over the top, and in
vert the glass filled with the sirup, so the
bees can take il through the cloth, they will
soon empty and store il in their combs, when
you can again refill, and thus aid your bees
to go through the approaching winter.
When bees have been properly placed IN
their winter quarters the less you disturb
them the better. We think a good, dry
cellar by far the best for wintering in; or a
The temperature should be kept at 10, il
possible. and no noise should be PEI mitted
IN or about your bees, which is too frequently
the cause of death during their long cOnfine-
ment, causing them to fill themselves un-
necessarily. All weak stocks should be
doubled up, that is, put two weak stocks
into one hive, first killing the poorest queen.
Bees in many localities have failed to gath
er a suficiency of honey to winter on. All
such should be fed, as suggested in first bee
note. We think it will pay as well if not
better to feed bees than almost any other
stock on the farm. Bees have been known
TO pay 900 per cent. ard at the same time
they board themselves thing no other
stock on the farm can possibly do
There are now about 900. 500 bee-keepers in
the L nited States. Many of them are pro-
curing several tons of honey annually from
their bee :, yielding a handsome income on
the capital invested, and yet we are sure
there are many millions pounds of honey 60
ing TO waste for want of bees to gather it,
Why not keep few stands of bees and save
your own sweets.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
l)ahlias.

The autumn has been exactly the one for
developing the Dahlia TO perfection, and we
do not remember ever TO have seen finer
towering than the present season. This will
be likely to give stimulus this fine au-
tumn blooming plant. To preserve it
through the winter, cut off the top, leaving
about six inches of the old STEM then dig
up without mutilating any of the tubers.
leaving outside TO dry off the earth, and
then pack away in any place where there is
no danger of freezing. florist usually Sc
lects spot under cool greenhouse stage,
but cellar will do, if 1t does not freeze and
is not too cool and damp. If in cellar
having furnace, they ought to be imbedded
in dry sand, or they will become dry and
shriVel up
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Fence Posts.

An experimental writer on this subject
very nationally remarks: To have n fence
that will last, we must have good posts, for
that is the part that gives out first by rotting
off at the surface of the soil. Then the fence
has to come down, new posts set and the
boards replaced. Sixteen years ago ] ex-
perimented with my fences, and fined sea-
soned oak posts, oiled and then tarred with
boiling coal tar, makes them last the longest.
/ took green posts that were sawed inches
square at one end and 2x5 inches at the
other, and ; feet long. ! tarred half as
many as would build my fence, and the
other half put in the ground green, with
nothing done to them In five years after
the tarred posts were nothing but shell
under the ground all the inside being de-
cayed. Some of the other posts were rOtted
off, and some were about half rotten.
Two years after, built another fence,
with seasoned oak posts. same size as the
first. giving them all good coat OF oil, and
in few days after tarred them, did be-
fore, with coal tar. heated in can made for
the purpose, four feet deep and large enough
to hold four posts set on end. ! left them in
boiling tar for about ten minutes, then took
them out and sanded them. And now, after
fourteen years, not one in ten needs replac-
ing. | shall never build a fence for myself
requiring posts without first thoroughly
seasoning. then Oiling then tarring them. If
they are tarred when green, the tar does not
penetrate the wood and in short time will
scale of. When the wood is seasoned the
oil penetrates the wood and the coating OF
coal tar keeps ont the moisture thereby pre-
serving the wood from decay
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Feeding Corn to Horses.
JNatIonal Live Stock Journal.


Corn is the bane OF the farm horse, as il is
also of the horse doing any other sort of
work. not because of not being sufficiently
nutritious, but because il makes too much
fat and not enough muscle. The horses
muscle wears away under exercise. but its
disappearance in nowise lessons the power
for either draft or speed. On the other hand
well-nourished and vigorously exercised
muscles, with deposit of fat TO keep them
company, are much more efficient for any
purpose for which the horse is kept than
when there is a load Of fat to be carried. The
trainer acts upon the proposition, and works
the fat off, experience having shown that the
muscles, trained down by exercise until fat
aecumulations are removed-fattening foods
being mainly abstained frOm-give the best
results in case of a speedy horse. The
same rule will hold good with the work
horse, though modified by the degree to which
the movements of the latter are slower
than those OF the former. III the farmer has
only corn for feed, then he will be wise to
make sale of his corn. or the greater part of
II, buying oatmeal instead. If corn be used
in whole or in part the effect should be care
fully noted as 70 the extent to which fermen-
fation sets in, meeting this by use of salt and
ashes, at once lssseniDg the amount 9f corn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Choice Plants for the window.

Willie the more common plants, as gera-
NUNS. fuchsias, callas and the like, always
come i'm for a good representation of the
plants for window culture, those who want
something out of the common will look
around for such as will do the best and that
will give a distinctive character 10 their dis
play. A single plant of the palm family is
very desirable, and will give dignity to the
group. The same is true of a well-grown
plant of some of the showy-fOliaged bego-
Mas, and the flowers of few kinds of this
interesting class are second to none grown
for decorative effect. b. argentea has silvery
leaves; b. sanguinea red beneath; b. metal
lea has large leaves of a glossy appearance,
blotched with crimson and olive. Then
there are the beautiful tolOrs of the old b.
Rex type. OF towering kinds, so-called
GALL begonias flower in their season), Z. hy-
brida, Saundersii and Weltoniensis, and
their hybrids are excellent, and the tuberous-
rooted kinds have many showy-Aowered va
rletieS.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18

fed Il will be found that horses fed freely
on corn will can earth when allowed access
70 il, as 70 a degree this neutralizes the acid
generated in the stomach and gives relief.
Corn may rated as the natural food for fat
tening stock-sueh as are fed for their flesh.
All kinds Of fattening stock are MADE ripe
on corn, with the addition of an allowance
of coarse feed for fodder. Ripeness in a
horse is a very different thing from ripeness
in the fatted steer, for in one case it means
full vigor of muscle with an absence of fat
and in the other an abundance of fat, no
matter how much, and a to the muscle, no
matter how inefficient the work.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
Prairie Farmer.l

Near where we write is an old German
their garden patch of perhaps 80 square
feet of land. When they arrived in this
country, three years ago, they brought lot
of tender roses budded on the dog.rose, as is
usual in Europe. These are about four feet
high. Every winter they bend over the
stems, which are yet quite pliable, and bury
So far, even with sorts which are generally
called tender, they winter them perfectly,
and have roses in bloom through the sum-
mer, the first being very brilliant and beau
tifpl