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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-31
CLOTHING, &c.
WE'VE GOT EN- ON THE LIST"
NOW IS THE TIME! SELLING OFF BELOW

COST!
We must reduce our stock ere this season closes.
During hot weather and the dull saason we in
tend to improve our spacious warerooms, and not
wanting to remove any stock to another place. we
must sell at any sacrifice. Our low prices have
given us wide reputation an established fact,
which never ceases. and we now sell CLOTHING
LOWER THAN EVER. Full Suits for Men,
Youths and Children; Odd Pants, Coats and Vests;
STRAW HATS selling out; so dozen japanese,
Mackinaw and Yum Yum Hats at 35c; Fur Hats
and Caps equally as low; Silk Neckwear, finest
Bows, Ties apd Puffs at s. 10 and zoe: Mems finest
Linen front Shirts Laundried at 65c; unlsundried
do at 4Oc; Boys unaundried do. at 29c; Underwear
lower than manufacturers prices. SHOE DE-
PARTMENT will be ready with our next issue.
In Notions, we beat the world: Ladies' Bordered
Handkerchiefs at Sc; Japanese Silk Handker-
chiefs at &C. We have 1000 yards of Superior
Crash for towels at 4t,c. Household Goods too
numerous to mention Furniture, Carpets, Mat
ting. Oil Cloth, Stoves. Tinware. Chinaware, &C.
Trunks, Satchels, &c. Our immense Stock of
Hardware and Harness. entirely, to be sold out to
increase and complete our different other depart
mcnts. Hardware extremely low. Come and OK
pect great bargains. Goods must be sold.
BERNHEIMER & EINSTEIN,
Cor. King aud Lee streets,
je25 Alexandria, Va.
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AUCTION SALES.

s,ALE.-By virtue OF 4 decroe Of tho Corpora
- tion Court nf the ci.Y of Alexandria, render
cd at tho .Iunc term 1856, in the chancery cause
Of O'Bricn and vic vs. O'Brien and others, the
undersigned will. oa SATURDAY, the 14th day
Of August SsG, at - o'clock m, in front of the
Corporation Court House, on Fairfax street, sell
ut public auction 3 fWO-STORT FRAME So
DWELLING AID LO OF GROUND, on tho H:si
east side of Fayette street. between King and
Cameron streets, beginning On Fsyettc street at
The centre Of the square between King and Cam
cron streets then south on Fayette street %
feet and 123 feet inches i'll depth.
Terms of Sale: One.tnird cash Oh the day of
sale, and the residue in two equal instalments st
six and twelve months from the day OF sale; the
bonds OF the purchaser with approved personal
security. TO be taken for deferred instalments,
and said bonds to bear interest at per cont.
from day of sale till paid, and the title to lie
tanned until payment of purchase money in full.
JAMES Il. CATION,
Specia, Commissioner
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BRICKS FOR SALE.

We have for sale and immediate delivery 300.
600 Fl RST CLASS BRICKS, made by the Captsi
Pressed Brick Company. Apply ut the yard to
D. B. DRUMMOND. Superintendent, or TOD AME
R. CATION and GEORGE A. MUSHRtClI. 1'riis.
tees, at their respective Offices icS II
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jv1ti is
HfRUSTEE!S SALE.

By virtue Of deed Of trust, dated the 2Gth day
oil June 1871 and Of record in Feed Book No q,
fu;io II. of the land records OF the city Of Alex
Idria, executed by Charles Il. Collins and Cath
ar.nc NJ. his vito, to Philip Eotchford. now do
c'.as,"l tho undersigned. who hy an order of the
Corporation Court OF the city Of Alexandria ell
tered on Tie 18th day Of January 1886, was sub
Gtilutrd trustee in the said deed in the place and
stead %! / said Philip Rotchlnr,l, will sell ct
public auction in front of the Corporation Court
house, on Fairfax street At l. O'Clock M. on SAT-
iR!lA!, the lith day Of August, 1856, TEN r.
u Mt and TT OF GROUND on the west side
"f Pit! street, hctwo,n Guac sud Wolfe streets,
aud bounded ~ follows. liz: beginning OH Pitt,
l5G feet. inches GortE or Wolfe street and run
ning iacncc south Pitt street 20 feet: thence
wcst, PARALLEL To Wnlfr strcrt 1(H feet; thence
north. parallel I" i'itt street. 20 eet and thence
east to Tie heginniug.
Trr..,, cf sale, Cash
JAMES L. EiTOH, Substituted Trustee.
iyt6 t.
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By ,I"hu " Graham, Auctioncer.
H'RusTGE's SALE
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0azette.
DAILY AND TRE WEEKLY By
EDGAR WIDEN,

At the Gazette Building, Nos. 70 and 72 Primo
Daily TPJWEERTv
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GRASS and GRAIN SCYTHE5, Hay Rakes,
" Grain Cradles and all other seasouable goods
In great variety at
ie15 JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS.
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TRAVELLING WRAPS.
SUMMER RESORTS.
"a " 1I0@E THE CONEY
oA1 NEDNE ISLAND OF TIIF

BAL NaDNE1 ISLAND OF THE
This popular summer resort will be open to tho
public on and after June 21st, 1886. Splendid
surf bathing. Finest fishing on the coast. Ele-
CANT accommodation. The Marine Band Largest
and best in the country plays every day and
evening. Restaurant pavilion, seating 1000 peo-
pie, open all the time. Gravity railroad l ,OOO it.
long. Sail boats bay, lake and river, large and
small row and fishing boats to hire for nominal
price, always ready. Ovor five miles of water
front. Hotel aud Ill buildings fifty feet above
agh water Opera house open afternoon and
evening. Electric lights all over the grounds.
Flying horses riding horses, pony and goat car.
riagos swings, bowling alley, rifle gallery, and
thousands of amusements for the children. High.
est observatory in the State, largest collection of
snimals in the South, covered pier / ooo feet out
in tho bay. Special excursion rates for churches
Sunday schools and societies. either by rail or on
tho new and elegant steamer bay Ridge" For
dates and charter apply Immediately to the
BAY RIDGE CO., 133 West Baltimore ST.,
my27 3m Baltimore or Annapolis Md
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LAND ~ FAIRFAX COUNTY.

LAM ~ fHt hta .C'UN I.
;;y virtue Of i deed Of trust fror ]. F. shreve
and wife. dated March 31st, 1SS5 and duly re.
corded in Fairfax County Court in !iber F, No s,
folio 80, and being thereto required by the party
Srr;rct Thereby. 'hu uudcrs .ncd. trustee in said
.i"r!. will ;lrr for suic ut public auction. the
premises ~ three o'clock p. m. on MONDAY,
III" 10th day of August, 1856. the TRACT OF
LAND conveyed tn him by said deed and de-
&crhcd as lnI:ows: a tract of land situate lying
and being IN the county of Fairfax, and State
aforesaid. near Fails Church. and containing about
twcntv-thrcc acres more or less, bounded on the
north hy Henry Turner'S land, OH the west by the
land of Truman Brush, on the east by the land of
Martha a. Donaldson, and on the south by the
lnEd 0I the Misses Ball and being tho same land
assigned to the said J. +. Shreve i'll tho PARTITION
nf the real estate nf his father, tho late Benjamin
f. Sircvc.
Terms Vi Sale: Cash rs to sufficient sum 10
iefrsy the expense Of executing this trust and to
pay the sum oil 81 $50, with interest thereon
from March 51st, 1885, until paid and if there
ho any residue of said purchase money the same
20 he made pay able ht such tno and secured in
such maamcr as the said J. +. Shrcve. his execu-
tors, administrators assigns shall prescribe and
direct in case of his or their failure to give
such direction ut such time and in such manner
Is the undersigned shall think fit
jy12 BOT &. A. VEITCH. Trustee.
As ADMINISTRATOR OF CHAs. J. HOUGU,
n ! offer ut private sale until SATURDAY,
August Tth. 1886 the CONTENTS OF THE
PRINTING OFFICE OF the said C. J. Hough in
tho building y. f. corner of f.c and Prince sts..
Aicxaniria Va; AND f not sold by then, will
s"'i the same at public auction on said day, COM
m"ncing Al 10 o'clock : nj, on the said premises.
There is in said office one Liberty Press No. .,
two Baltimore JohbGrs. Nos 5 and 6, Type fonts,
Rules and ai other appliances usually found in
tirsi.rlass job printing Office.
Terms oi Sale Cash
WM H. SMITH, Sergeant
Administrator of G.. j. 1Iough, deed.
Nj persons ;a?ing claims against The estate of
e. j. llonpi hereby notified tn present them
t., I,r. duly authenticated. within 80 days.
w. fl. SMITH, Sergeant,
jy1 &: Administrator Of g. j. liough, decd.
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ORKNEY SPRINGS,
" Shenandoah county, Va.
THE LARGEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
SUMMER RESORT IN THE MOUNT

THE LARGEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
SUMMER RESORT IN THE MOUNT
AIMS OF VIRGINIA.
This resort has been thoroughly overhauled
painted, repaired and papered throughout; new
closets and the best sanitary plumbing; new
porchcs have boon orected; nowly furnished
throughout, and new hair mattresses have been
placed in all the rooms, with woven wire springs
making this the best and most complete resort to
be found in the South. Greatest variety of medic
insl waters at any summer resort in the United
States: beautiful scenery, magnificent roads :;
table unexccled; hot, cold, shower and plunge
baths good fishing and game in the immediate
vicinity. First-class livery. Charges moderate.
Telegraph and express office in the building.
This is the nearest watering place to AleXan-
dria Trains daily. Music will be furnished by
Prof Williams Brass and String Band, of AL.
baughs Opera House. Pamphlets, containing full
information, cuts of tho four principal hotels,
analysis of the water, attractions, terms, testimo-
nials, &c may be had free at ]. d. b. LUNT'S
drug store. For further information address 81.
CABELL MADDUX. Proprietor. 3. G. BURKE.
Chief Clerk. DR.. c. w. CHANCELLOR, Resident
Physician. myS 3m
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dH communications SROHu DC dudreSSed 10 GdSette,
alexandria, Va.
Contract advertisers iu not be aloued to exceed their
space ,es, the excess is paid for at transient rates
and under no circumstances tuiH they be allo,red to
adrertise other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
AH transient advertisements must be paid for in ad-
rance.
Resolutions in memoriam ofthanks tributes Of respect
resolutions adopted by societies persons unless of
public concern riH only de printed IN this paper as
advertisements.
Marriage and death notices must be paid for il. ad-
rance.
Persons earing the city can hare the Ga=ette mailed
to them, postpaid, for fifty cents month, and the
address changed as often as desired.
The Gazette office is connected tch the Telephone E1.
change. Advertisements orders for the paper, nc1us
or any information business can be sent By tele-
phone.
Entered at the Postoce at alexandria, Nrginia, as
Sec0nd-class matter.
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NHOICE FLOUR.

BAKERS CRYSTAL.
TENNEY'S NEW SOUTH,
FAMILY AND ROLLER EXTRA,
For sale by
ap23 &c. MILBURN.
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NJ persons aaving claims against The estate of
E. j. iicnpil hereby notified tn present them
t'' me- iny authenticated. within 30 days.
w. H. SMITH, Sergeant,
jy1 T.: Administrator Of e.. j. liougll, decd.
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Bond in the penalty of $1,000 with approved
security, has been given by the above named
commissioner according to law and tho require
memt> ut tIlo decree Of sale. Testo:
A. W. ARMSTRONG, Deputy Clerk
jv16 Is of the Corn Court city of AleXa
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EDUCATIONAL.
Roanoke COLLEGE,.
IN TIE MOUNTAINS

: Classical and Scientific Courscs for degrees
ALSO business and Preparatory Courses. Special
attention to English. French and German spoken
Library 10000 volumes Best moral and religious
influences.
Expenses for nine months $149 S176 or S2O4
Including tuition, board, &C.. Increasing nat.
ronago from 10 States, Indian Territory, and
Mexico. Til RTY-FouRTH SESSION BEGINS SEPT.
18TH.
For catalogue with view of grounds buildings
and Mountains) address
JULIUS d. DREHER. President.
ly9 eolm&tw2w Salem, Virginia.
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pA1NTS of all kinds and of the best quality at
L lowest market prices. The TINTED GLOSS
PAINT, in one gallon cans has acquired high
reputation also the READY-MIXED PAINTS,
in ono and two pound cans. We will be pleased
to furnish sample cards. ALABASTINE, white
and assorted shades, in powder, for washing in
side walls, is very much liked by all who have
used it. For sale by
my2S E. s. LEADBEATER & BRO.
DOR SALE AT SO KING, COB. ROYAL ST.
Iron and Steel Cultivator Teeth of assorted
sizes, Plow and Wagon Traces, Stage Traces,
Shovels, Hoes, Rakcs, Picks, Mattocks Forks,
Steel Pluw Plates, Plow Bolts and other goods
suited to the season, at low prices. wholesale and
retail.
ap1 1T. CREIGHTON & SON.
rUTICURA PLASTERS-New and original,
" and vastly superior to any other plaster for
destroying pain wherever located or from what
ever cause produced, together with all the other
Cuticura Preparations, Ointments, Resolvents,
Soaps, &c, just received at
WAKEFIELD & HALLS,
apt Corner Prince and Fairfax SITS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
HOW TO GET RID OF HORNS.

According to a communication by
DR.. Pat. B. Clark, in the Southern
Lice Stock Journal, the horn proper
is only a hollow appendage of the
skin in the very young calf, and this
appendage is only the matrix of the
future horn. At the age of ten or
fifteen days this matrix is a small,
hairless, movable prominence which,
with one-eighth of an inch of skin,
can be removed with one sweep of
a strong, sharp pocket knife, and
forever the animal will be hornless.
This operation is said to cause very
little pain, and the loss Of not over
one ounce of blood, and will be sore
only a day or two. The writer says
he first tried this in 1868, and has
performed it annually since, and
that such cattle mature earlier, grow
larger, and never injure each other.
We have often felt the small nub
the size Of a medium button, and
moved it about on the calls head,
but it seems scarcely possible that
simply removing this bud would de-
stroy the growth of the horn, but
we hope it is so, and would like to
have some Of our readers try it on a
few Of the calves they intend raising
and let us know. the result. The
pain to the calf can be but slight,
while nothing tends to develop mis-
chief in young thing as the first
feelings that attend the knowledge
that harm a be done with the
horns.-American Dnirym,on.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04

point more cnrings r spoiled than
at any other stage of the process. 1t
will be remembered thatfive curlngs
are spoiled by proceeding too fast,
to one failure from going too slow.
But to go back where we COM
menced-drying the leaf. Keep the
heat at one hundred degrees for four
or five hours and then advance about
two degrees every hour until one
hundred and ten degrees are reached.
Here you have reached the most
critical point in curing bright to-
bacco. The safest plan is to let your
heat fall back to one hundred de-
grees and remain thirty minutes or
one hour, and then 60 back to one
hundred and ten degrees. The con
dition and appearance Of the tobacco
must now be the curer's guide. Too
little heat in fixing the color oper
ates to stain the face Of the leaf q
dull brown color and is called spona-
ing. A great many times too sudden
heat while the tobacco is under a
sweat will cause the same; too much
heat reddens the leaf, first around
the edge and then in spots, which
are visible on both sides. Now, to
prevent sponging OIL one hand, and
spotting on the other, is the aim Of
the experienced curer. No definite
time can be laid down to run from
one hundred and ten degrees to one
hundred and twenty degrees. Some
times four hours will suffice and
then again eight hoursis fast enough,
but it is not best to advance above
one hundred and ten degrees until
the tails begin to curl up at the ends.
Then advance two degrees every hour
until you arrive at one hundred and
twenty Or one hundred and twenty
five degrees. This is the curing pro-
cess. The heat should remain at or
near these figures until the leaf is
cured, which will require from six to
eight hours, according to the amount
of sap in the leaf to be expelled.
When the leaf appears to be cured,
advance five degrees every hour, up
to one hundred and seventy or eighty
degrees and let it remain SO until
stalk and stem are thoroughly cured.
To run above one hundred and eighty
degrees is to endanger scorching the
tobacco and perhaps to burn both
barn and tobacco.
A TOBACCO CURER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04

considered an extreme weight. The
feeding now is no better than then,
or at least not more costly. Solely
by improved breeding it is found
possibley to- produce yearlings that
Weigh one thousand pounds, three
vear-olds heavier than the old four
year olds, and full-grown steers
weighing two thousand pounds or
more. There is certainly no more
bone and frame in the improved
stock. and it is consequently worth
more per pound to the butcher. II
it has taken more feed it has returned
a larger proportion to the manure
heap.
ALsIKE CLOVER FOR HONEY.
A Western correspondent of the
Bee Journal has no hesitancy in say
ing that the alsike clover will pro-
duce 500 pounds of the richest and
best honey per acre in a good season.
Those bee keepers who desire some-
thing better than dark honey should
plant each spring a bushel of two of
this clover, and then they will be
able to compete with any honey in
the country, and keep 100 colonies
with profit in the same area that
now supports but ten. Alsike clover
does best on clay or wet land, and
is sometimes unsatisfactory on dry
or light soil. From four to six
pounds are sown per acre. Part of
the piece can be moved before it
blossoms and fed to stock. 1t will
then blossom late after the usual
crop is over.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
HOW TO CURE TOBACCO.
For the Progressive Farmer.

PROGRESSIVE FARMER If youwill
allow me space in your columns |
will give my views on housing and
curing tobacco, having had several
years experience. / have made it
my study while curing, and although
not perfect, my views may be of
some benefit to new beginners:
The first step is to cut a uniform
barn that is, cut every plant of the
same ripeness and color, not putting
more than six plants on a four foot
stick, we'll regulated in the barn;
the sticks about ten inches apart on
the tier poles. ca great deal Of to-
bacco is ruined by crowding too
much in a barn. AS soon as the
barn is full put fire Immediately un-
der the tobacco. 1t will be safe to
run the fires to one hundred degrees
in from one to three hours. Then
fall back to ninety degrees, running
at that heat until your tobacco is
yellow enough to commence drying
the leaf; that is, your best leaves Of
a uniform yellow, and the greener
ones Of a light pea green color. It
is then time to advance the heat to
one hundred degrees, observing the
leaves closely, to detect sweating,
which reddens and spoils the color,
unless driven off. To do this, open
your door and let it stand open, and
open a space between the logs, by
knocking out chinks on the opposite
side of the barn, to let in more air !;
let it remain open until the leaf is
cured on the lower tier. At this
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
SEEDING WITH GRASS ALONE.

Where grass is the most profitable
crop, as it may be in favorable local
tiles, the general desire to get a good
seeding makes other crops subordi-
nate. This has led to sowing grass
seed without grain. It should
always be done in the fall and the
earlier the better, provided the seed
is not hurried in without due pre-
paration of the soil. But nearly as
good a seeding may be had with
wheat where phosphate is drilled in
with the grain. The fertilizer helps
the grass fully as much as the grain
crop, and if the Winter is bad for
wheat it often happens that the crop
is cut for hay, as the wheat will be
mostly killed out. With a good
wheat crop there will still be con-
siderable timothy among the wheat
straw, making a very good Winter
Jeed for horses and cattle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
A NORTHERN MANS VIEW OF
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.


Two great problems will occupy
the minds of this nation at no dis
tant day. The first will be that of
"Mormonism, and how to get rid of
it," The second will be termed i:
"The Negro-How shall we man
age him
That the negro has got to be man.
aged will surprise some people
that class in the North who have
never set foot south of the Ohio Riv-
er, and who fondly imagine that the
colored man of the North is a true
sample of the race in this country.
There is as much difference between
the blacks North and South of the
Ohio River as there is between Chi
namen and Indians. A negro loafer
is a rare case at the North, even in
our cities. He feels that he must
work or 60 ragged and hungry. The
negro loafer of the South can be met
with at every corner: The only feel
ing he has is to escape work. He a
probably beg his old clothes and
enough food to keep him from starv-
ing. If he can't, then look out for
his thieving fingers. A Northern
Negroes statement is hardly ever
questioned. A Southern negro will
tell three lies to n truth. When
we make. a verbal bargain with a
Northern negro, we. rely upon him
to carry out his part Of the contract.
A Southern planter may take a ne
gro before a Justice Of the Peace and
swear him, and then oblige him to
make his mark to an agreement
drawn up in legal form to labor for
SO long a time at so much per month,
and the negro will jump that con
tract whenever he pleases, without
the slightest regard to honor. Nine
teen out Of twenty will lie to and
steal from the very men to whom
they r the most indebted.
Freedom and the ballot, coming
together, upset the slave. AS a slave
he worked and obeyed certain rules
and regulations because he feared
the penalty. Left to do his own
planning he has no head. Left to
carry out his own ideas, he makes
lying, deceiving and trickery take
the place o work. AS farm laborer,
no IN can be sure whether. he will
stay a day OR a month. The very
best OF them will quit work when
ever the within seizes. Saturday is
a holiday in which he must go to
town and spend his last cent, no
matter how the crops are situated.
In the North the virtue of the av-
erage colored woman is unquestioned.
In the South not one in a thous-
and is credited with it. As a race
they do not know the meaning of
the term. A colored preacher at
Augusta, who was soliciting SUBJ
scriptionst to rebuild country church
swept away by a cyclone, told me
that almost every man in his con-
gregation felt at liberty to desert his
wife and children and marry again
whenever he so willed. He had
churched dozens of them for having
two, three and four wives.
Southern men have seen a change
in the negro year by year. He has
no ambition-no industry. Year by
year it is becoming more difficult TO
handle him as a laborer. He is de-
sorting the country for the towns.
He is ungrateful and trifing. For
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