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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-01
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.

T.. Nos S and 7 S. Fairfax st..
Established 1892,
DEALERsI IN
PURE DRUGS and MEDICINES, CHEMICALS
PAINTS OILS, PROPRIETARY MEDI-
CINES GARDEN SEEDS SPICES,
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS,
FINE TOILET GOODS, &c.
Proprictors of Anodyne Pcctoral, Lubricatine
Linimcnt, Essence Jamaica Ginger and Cough
Syrup; and Agents foI Ayers Medicines, Ready
mixed and Tinted Gloss Paints. SC.
Every effort will DO made to maintain tho high
reputation of our old establishment my3
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-01
OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE MAILS

Northern mails close at 7:30 and $50 q. m
1870, G:3O and 1886 p. IN. Open at $50 g.. M,
1900 III. and 6:3O p. IN.
Southern mails via Richmond, Va, close at 6:45
snd Hoo q. M, 4:15 p N. Open at $3.50 and
1920 y. M.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville, Va,
close st 7:15 and 11:1O q. IN. and 1885 p. m.
Open at $50 a. m. and 200 p. NJ; and $50 p m.
for lock-boxes.
Western mails close at 4:3O and 1885 p. m.
Open at $50 a. M, 300 M. and 6:3O p. m.
Washington, D. c.. mails close at 1870 and $50
a. NJ. 1890. 4:3O $50 and 1885 p. m. Open at
$50 and 1890 a. m, 1900 NJ, 800, 630 and
TOO p. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill, Va, mails close at
$50 a. IN. Open at 4:3O p. m. An additional
c. II. closes at 400 p. m. Opens at 9:15 a. N.
Manassas Division mails close at 2:1O
p. m. Open at 1920 a. m. An additional mail
for Buckland, Catharpin, Gainesville Greenwich,
Halfway, Haymarket Hickory Grove, Landmark,
Middleburg, Now Baltimore, Sudley Springs The
Plains, and Waterfall, closes at 1886 p. MI
FGGLESTON'S HORSE AND CATTLE POW
u DERS, for horses, mules, cattle sheep, hogs
aud domestic fowls. These powders have high
reputation as preventive and cure for chicken
cholera; Price 25c per package.
my2S ES. LEhDBEATER & BRO
ICE CREAM FREEZERs AND ENAMELED
L PhESERSlNG kETTLES, of various sizes,
wholesale and retail by
IT: CREIGHTON & SON,
my21 Corner King and ROYAL SITS
NREAT CHANCE FOR CHEAP AND coon
VI SHIRTS-A. B. 8. SHIRTS reduced to Coo a
piece, or So so per half dozen, to close ont sur
plus stock at
jan22 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'S.
NUT HAY! CUT HAY!
so tons CHOICE CUT HAY in store and for
sale at lowest prices wholesale and retail by
JANIS CS TAYLOR Jr.
DERRi'S HARNESS OIL SOAP,
Three sizes-sl, 90 and Csc sizes; the finest
article in the world for harness. For sale by
feb27 w. F. CREIGHTON & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-01

w 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 BYE WHISTLES, to which
they invite the attention of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignments of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
duce solicited for which they guarantee tho high
est market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal strocts
sep14 Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-01

I'VE HAVE just received large lot Of UN-
w BLEACHED PEPEREL JEANS DRAW
Frs, patent stay sizes % to 46; goods that have
always sold at SOC; are now selling at doc ut
my14 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-01
TOHN D. II. LUNT,

Corner Prince aud Fairfax street.
Prescriptions a speciality. English, French,
German and Domestic Toilet Soaps; Genuine
Farna Cologne; Magnolia, HcdyGsmia, Gcranium
and Florida Water Genuine Lubin's Extracts
spongcs, Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes q full assortment Of Patent Mcdi-
cines Coxe's Gclatine, Corn Starch; Sea Moss Fa.
rne; Spices of all kinds, and select stock of all
articles sold BY druggists at prices rs low as the
samc quality can DO obtained elsewhere. dec 1
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
YELLOW LINENS.
Directions for Restoring II to Its Original
Whlteness.

Directions for Restoring II to Its Original
Whltoness.
When linen has turned yellow, cut up
a pound of fine white soap into gallon
ofmilk, and hang it over aiire in wash
kettle. When the soap has completely
melted, put in the linen and boil 1t half
an hour, then take it out. Have ready
a lather of soap and water; wash the
linen in it and then rinse 1t through two
cold waters, with very little blue In
the last. When linen has been scorched
use the following remedy; Adda quart
of vinegar, the juice of half dozen
large onions, about an ounce of soap
rasped down, fourth Of a pound Of
fuller's earth, an ounce of lime and one
ounce of pearlash. Boil the whole un-
til it is pretty thick, and spread some of
it upon the scorched part, Allow it to
remain until dry, then scrape it off and
wash. Two or three applications will
restore the linen, unless so much scorch-
cd that the fiber is destroyed. A little
pipe clay, dissolved in the water used
for washing linen, will clean 1t thorough
ly, with half the amount Of soap and o
great diminution Of labor. The article
viii be greatly improved in colo., and
.he texture will he benefited. Boston
Btid0et.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
FARM AN6 HOUSEHOLD.

Cold boiled rice or hominy, soaked
very soft in milk and mixed with eggs
and flour to smooth batter, makes
nice griddle cakes Western Rural.
Tho young shoots OF barley are par
ticularly rich and succulent. They are
greedily eaten by cows, and it is a good
plan to sow patch near the barn 10 be
cut for soiling purposes,-7roy Times.
w. G. Steel advises farmer to make
a greater use of copper wire. 1t can
be used to easily mend tools. A spool
of it carried in the wagon will be of
great assistance in case u an accident
to a trace or other part of the wagon or
harness. Chicago Journal.
-Tomake plain fruit pudding, take
one cup of sugar, one-half cup Of but
ter and two eggs; beat together, then
a cup of sour milk and one teaspoon
ful of soda, three cups of flour and
one cup of chopped raisins, spices to
taste. Put in mold and steam two
hours.-Cleceldnd Leader.
-Peppermints: Two cups of granu-
lated sugar, half cup of cold water.
Boil ten minutes without stirring.
Then add eight drops of oil of pepper
mint while still on the fire. Then beat
with an egg bcatcr until it falls in
long drops, when drop quickly on
smooth tins.-M Y. Times.
-Lyonnaise potatoes: Cut u small
onion and fry it in butter until light
tan color; add three boiled potatoes,
sliced small; shake the pan occasional
ly to prevent burning, and when a
good brown color turn them out on
hot dish, like an omclet Strew over
them little salt and chopped parsley
Tile Caterer.
From the dangerous wounds which
often result from running rusty nail
in the foot or other part of the body,
the following Is said to be certain
cure: Smoke such wound, or any
wound or bruise that is innamed, with
burning wool or wooden cloth. Twen-
ty minutes in the smoke of wool will
take the pain out.-Prairie Farmer.
"A very nice dish for lunch or tea is
sweet potato cakes. Sweet potatoes
are often poor and watery at this sea-
son, and this is, perhaps, the most
edible way of preparing them. Boil
them, remove the skins, mash fine with
some butter, and form into little round
cakes. Fry brown in a little hot but
ter or dripping. .-Raral New Yorker.
The american CuNtvaLor saws:
Many persons are prevented from using
petroleum on woodwork for fear that it
will make the wood more infammable.
This is not the case. The oil enters the
pores and so fills them that the wood is
harder and less likely to ignite than
before. Coal oil or crude Hetr oleum,
with something to give it a body, makes
a cheap paint for all wooden imple-
ments, and to coat over the iron work
of plows and cultivators to prevent
them from rusting in the winter.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
WILLOW CULTURE.
Interesting Information Concerning Thi
Profitable Industry.


Interesting Information Concerning This
Profitable Industry.
The willow is not difficult of cultiva-
ton, requiring moist, but not very wet
land. An impression prevails that wet
land is the only kind available, but this
is an error, as wet land is unsuitable,
The rich alluvial bottoms produce the
best results, sometimes doubling and
even trebling the product every year. 1t
is usually propagatcd by cuttings, in the
autumn. After the ground is prepared,
the rows should be made four or five
feet apart, and the cuttings placed about
fifteen inches apart In the rows. The
cuttings are generally from twelve to
fifteen inches long, and should stand
three or four inches out Of the ground.
1t must be cultivated the first year, and
the ground kept mellow and clear of
weeds; but after a good stand gets pos
session, no further labor is required for
the cultivation.
The shoots are cut annually, at any
Tina between the fall Of the leaf and
the rising of the sap, stacked and pro-
tectcd from rain; and care must be
taken that they do not heat. Those in
tended for white baskets can not be
peeled at once, but, after sorting, are
placed upright in wide, shallow tanks,
with about four inches of water, and so
remain until spring. After peeling they
are bundled for market.
There are many varieties of willow,
but the 0sier is the best, and of these
there are thirty or forty recognized
species. In England there are six lead
ing species in cultivation. The SahS
For yana, or. Zine Basket" Salir
Yubrd, or "grecn-leaved;" the Salir
trianda, or Spanish rod" the Sdlir
vitte!ind, or Golden Osier;" the Salir
si0imaliS, or "white willow" and Salir
amygdali'la, or "almond willow" Tie
latter is said to be the most pliable, and
the golden yellow is remarkable for its
pliancy and toughness.
A fair crop is one and half tons per
acre, although rich land will produce
more, The stripped material, ready
for use, if good quality, will sell readily
at one hundred dollars per ton, il OK
ceptionally good win bring more. Par
GELS have been sold as high as two hun
dred dollars, but such quality is very
rare. -C0ln,an'S Rural World.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS.
The Effects of Cold on COld-Bloodel an,
Warm BIooded Animals.

The Enects of Cold on Cold-Bloodel and
Warm-Blooded Animals.
Mr.. j. j. Coleman and Prof j. G.
McKendrick have been making expert
ments on the effects of cold upon mi
crophytes. With a mechanical freezer
they produced cold of 80 degrees be-
low zero, and lower, to which they
exposed putrcscible substances tor
various lengths of time; then the same
substances were exposed to the Condi-
tons Of temperature, etc, under which
putrefaction is developed, and the re-
suits were observed. The experiments
were made with meats, fresh and
canned, wine. milk, beer, ale, meat.
juice, neutralized vegetable infusions,
putrefying fluids, gelatinous infusions
Of meat with grape-sugar, ETC., in ex-
posure to cold of from so to 120 de-
grees below zero, for from a feY hours
to hundred hours or more. The
results were in every case substan-
TALLY the same, The putreiactivc
process was checked and made
slower for time. but in no case were
the micro-organisms so thoroughly de-
stroyed but that putrefaction set in
again after o greater or less length Of
exposure to the temperature favorable
to it. The conclusion of the expert
ments was that the degree Of cold they
employed may perhaps be competent
to destroy living, developed organisms,
but not to kill the germs. A cold
blooded animal-a frog-was frozen by
q half-hour's exposure to the tcmpera-
ture of from 200 to 800. recovered
on being thawcd out, while after twen-
ty minutes exposure to LOOP it failed
to recover. A warm-blooded animal
rabbit-was not frozen by an hours s
exposure to HOOP, but its bodily tenn
persture became reduced from 990 to
aS0.-Popuiar Science Monthly.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The man who makes fruit-growing
pay is one who always knows what 10
do, and does it at the proper time -
Joicdo BIa.le.
The German Government pays n
number of experts to go from place to
place and teach the art Of bee-kceping.
In buying young mare to breed
from do not buy one that has been
highly fed and forced to early maturity,
especially if fed great deal of dry
grain. Montreal Witness.
When we 90 10 a farmers place
we want TO see his horses and other
stock come to him and thrust out theii
heads to be petted. Kindness is the
great law with all kinds of stock
Prairie Farmer
If corn fodder enough to winter twen-
ty or more cows can be grown upon
ten acres Of land, at cost of twenty
dollars per acre, while the hay that they
could eat in the same time could be readily
sold for three times that amount, the
farmer should have his field sown next
spring with the corn, and prepare to
send his hay to market.-N T. Times.
Corn Bread: Take two cups of
weet milk and two of buttermilk, one
,up Of sugar and one teaspoonful Of sal
eratus, and one of salt. Stir al to-
gether. Then take two cups and half
of corn meal, and the same of sifted
-four, stir well and bake in deep tin in
moderate oven for half an hour, or till
done. Chicago Journal.
Butcher w. Junk, ofMadison Conn
ty, o., has been troubled with mice
gnawing harness at the stable. 1t was
suggested to him, that the reason why
the mice did this was to get the salt
taste, left by the horses sweat on the
harness, and il he would scatter salt
about the stable where the mice could
get 1t, his trouble would cease. He did
this, and his harness was gnawed no
more. Cleveland Leader.
Good Plain Cake: One egg, one cup
sugar, butter size of a hens egg, one
cup sweet milk, two cups flour, and two
teaspoons baking powder. Beat the
yolk of the egg, sugar and butter until
It creams; stir in the milk, sift the flour
and baking powder together. stir in
your batter, then add the white of the
egg beaten stiff; stir all well, turn into
buttercd tins, and bake thirty minutes
in hot oven.-Boston Globe.
The grass which grows on dry,
rich soil, with free sunlight warming II,
is much more nutritious than that
grown on land filled with stagnant
water. Stock will cat the former down
to the roots before touching the latter.
1t is very common in fields where under
drains run, to see the line over the tile
made plainly visible by its closely
cropped herbage. albany Journal.
The Farmers Home journal says
that novelties continue to exist in agrl-
culture as well as in other pursuits. An
Englishman, it states, has succeeded in
saving green fodder in stacks by a sys-
tenn OF tramping and salting the edges
during the process of stacking. He
claims that there is no difficulty what
ever In stacking green crops if the ma
terial used is cut in its prime and when
full Of sap, especially if the stack and
the edges be well trodden and COM
pressed when put up. This is similar
to an opcn-air silo,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
PIG SHELTERS.
The Sensible Plan Adopted by Tho ight-
full Western Farmer.

The Sensible Plan Adopted by Tho Ight-
full Western Farmer.
In company with the owner of large
farm in one of the Western States, VIC
were riding horseback through a heav-
lily timbered tract of land, where tbsro
were great numbers Of nut-bearing
trees, and innumcrable hogs in store
condition could be seen roofing among
the leaves for nuts, under every clump
of trees. While passing near creek
where the ground was low and level, We
came among large numbers of immense
sycamore or cottonwood trees, and
our companion halted before the shat
tered romans of an old monarch. The
stump was about thirty feet high, and
from six to ten feet in diameter at the
base. This stump was hollow, with an
opening five or six feet high at one side,
which was now stopped Up with logs
and large stones. Here" said tile
farmer, sis the scene of a tragedy that
occurred last fall. A cold storm Of
sleet and rain came on, that forced the
hogs to seek shelter wherever they
could find it, and l would be
afraid to tell you how many got
into that old stump; they climbed
on top Of one another, until they
crushed the life out of the bottom ones,
and when we found them there no less
than dozen, big and little, lying dead
in the old stump. That experience
taught me lesson, which is always to
have low roof to a pig shelter" The
sides of the tree had prevented the pigs
from escaping when the weight be-
came too heavy. That this farmer had
profted by his sad experience, was evi-
dent from the numbers of rude shelters
we passed in the ride, made for "solid
comfort by laying rails across two
large logs and throwing brush over
them. This was weighted with heavy
logs and stones, to keep the pigs from
lifting it when they tried to climb over
one another. Pigs are very gregarious
BY nature, and their houses should al
ways be limited in capacity, so that
too many of them will not get together
at one time, or they ARE certain to injure
one another, and usually the weakest,
by crowding.-American Agricalturist.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
THE HousE.FLY.
Interesting Facts Concerning thu Language
of This Little Torturer.

of fThls Little Torturer.
Flies are distinguished from most
other insects by having but single pair
of wings, what corresponds to the SEQ
ond or hinder pair in other insects be-
ing pair of knob-like "balancers. ="
The flight of the house-hy is most rapid
In warm, sultry weather. We all know
how busy and pertinacious their move.
ments are in dog-day weather.
1t has been found that common fly
when held captive moves its wings three
hundred and thirty times q minute,
whereas honey-bee, whose powers OF
continued flight are much greater,
moves its wings one hundred and
ninety times in the same period. The
wings describe q figure in the air.
The buzz of the fly has been carefully
studied by Landois. During flight the
tly's buzz or hum is in relatively low
tone; when it Is held so high that the
wings can not move the buzz Is higher
in pitch, and II is higher still when the
fly is held SO that all motion of the ex-
ternal parts is prevented. The last
mentioned is the true voice of the in
sect; it is produced by the breathing
holes of the thorax. The buzz Of the
fly thus expresses the emotions of the
creature; the low hum being ono of con.
tentment, the shrill, excited buzz, one
of alarm and disturbance. United Pres.
byterian.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
THE STORM KING.

STAND back Stand back
From my giant track
Sweep the gray dust from the wayl
See the pale grass bend
Soc the great trees rondl
Hurrahl | am Lord OF the dayl
am Master md King
Over everythlngi
Gm Monarch, and Earth must obeyi
Weave mo gown
or that oud's black frown,
Which shall keep me warm as 20,
Pluck me Il whip
From the spars OF your ship,
And stan from that forest below.
And this tnll church spire
Is the tip desire
For tho arrow set In my bow.
am Kingl am Kingl
The whole world shall ring
Ny mad coronation belll
Cities nre shaking;
Mems hearts ARE Qunking!
will govern, OH strong and welll
am coming, comel
Beat, beat the druml
Log the trumpet my advent tell
Hurrahl Near and far,
Beneath moon and star
How will revel Mt night
will build me a FIRE
Where hills stand higher.
Auu scream unu eNhlt IN lts UBnI
And write out my name
In rcdlctters OF flame,
In covering mOrials' siHhtl
hiss and mutter:
And none knows II I utter
Or blessing, or curse, or prayer.
None knows what spcak.
Though storm and lshriek,
None lnierprets the message bear.
rave and rage,
And Earth's wlsest sage
IlOalS no more than the brute In his laiI
am King! am KIngl
And to me one thing
ls bcgEar or courtler or pope.
thread into rnRs
The proudcst OF hnEs,
Or the end OF the hangman's ropo.
SCOT IN lords faces;
jecr In high places:
i shout on the grnveyard's slope.
Oh. delight oh, Joyl
Tho world Is my toyl
Ilurrnhl | am Lord OF the Dayl
rule nil alone
On my sclfrascd throne,
Aud none may dispute my swayi
Then stand bnckl Stand back
Sweep the dust from my track
! am Monarch, and Earth must obey!
-Grdee ID. Ltchaeld IN ". Y. Independent.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
A Sanitary Exhibition.

An exhibition of every thing concern
ing hygiene is being organized by the
the Society of Public Medicine at Paris,
and is to take place in the month, Of
May next in a large building at the
back of the Hotel de Vile. This ex-
hibition, exclusively of a scientific and
technical character, will comprise all
plans and models of constructions and
of apparatus destined to insure the sa-
lubrity of the ground floor, under
ground rooms Of private habitations, Of
cheap houses and public buildings,
such as schooly, hospitals and asylums,
theaters, meet ng or lecture rooms, etc.
The exhibition is placed under the pat
ronage of the members of the Institute,
and Of the Academies of Sciences and
Medicine, and also of the Government
IN y Post.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21

An expressman named Bies COM
milted suicide at Chicago by hanging,
and although discovered before he
was dead the bystauders made no
effort to save him.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21

Colonel Byrne, surgeon in charge
of the hospital at the Soldiers Home In
Washington, has extracted from the
neck of an old soldier ball which had
been there since the battle Of second
Bull Run. and was well encystad.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21

"A man at Los Angeles has com
menced TO manufacture perfumary oui
Of California flowers and claims great
success.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-21
The Mirror

is no flattcrer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale1
Magnolia Balm is the charm
.er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-18

The popular notion Of the north that Mexico
is land OF heather and "Eressers" is the
widest OF errors. True, the poor and ignorant
are vastly in the majority as to numbers, bat
they are vigorously ruled by the controlling
upper class, which has few superiors on the
face Of the earth for culture, refinement, good
breeding and that proper pride which can
trace its ancestry back through centuries of
wealth and power As rule, the "civilizing
influence Of the average railroader has not
yet been made apparent.
The higher officials are invariably gentle
men whose department, hero as elsewhere, Is
q credit to the country that claims them; but
there il also multitude OF lower employees,
some Of whom are disgrsce to any nation
atty They are perpe.ually Boosting Of their
superiority and their rights" - American
citizens, running full tilt against all the Gus
toms and prejudiceS Of the country which has
the misfortune to tolerate thsr presence. 4
Mexican seldom gets downright drunk, or
swear, noisilv, or engages in strset brawls.
lie hss his vices, but they partako of his own
gentle and quiet nature. One low class
Anglo-Saxon out on a "tsar," with his
propensit. for smashing windows, etc, viii
raise more racket and commit more dsyitry
in enc night than a city fun of natives can
accomplish IN year.-F&n1le l. ward Ii
Boston Transcript.