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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
DIED.

Ga Tuesday, October 23d, at a. m., JOHN P.
RICE in the AID year OF his sge. sat- The fu-
neral will take place from his late residence cor
ner OF Queen and Fairfax streets, to morrow
Thu rsdsy} at 3 O'Clock P, u. Friends and &C.
quaintsnces are invited to attend.
On October %, JULIAN, infant son of Michael
AMI Jn ia Downey, aged II months. @- funer.
al Iharsd.y, October %. at 4:30 p. M. from tho
residence of his parents, 800 franklin street.
Friends and acquaintapces respectfully invited TO
attend
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

THE SOFT coal miners 10 Illinois get forty
nine cents ton for the coal they. mt dig
alone, but dig and raise to the mouth OF the
mine. The owners of the mine in addition
to the legitimate price of their coal, are
enabled by the tariff to add seyenty-hve
cents ton, that being the duty on that sort
et coal. This ia only fair sample Of the
way in which the proteot tariff benefits
fthnr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
Burned TO Death.

UTICA, N. Y, O,t. 24.-The residence
and furniture store of Charles Nigabower
Ia Illon, was burned at an early hour this
morning and Mr.. Nigabower and daugh-
ter, aged II yeare, perished in the flames.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

The "best society" In Philadelphia has
been paralyzsd of late by the announcement
of the rich Miss Drexel's engagement to Mr.
Robert Morell, young man whose face ls
his only fortune, and who will by this mar
r age become the possessor of charming
wife and about $500 900 year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes will preside al
the annual meeting of the Women's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at Boston early in November
Mrs. Hayes is interested in lost sheep. while
her husband takes an interest 10 tame hehs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
The Hrandenbe rg Heirs.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct 24.-Ths Btauden-
berg heirs claiming estates worth several
millions near Bremen, Germany, held q
meeting here last evening and chose au at
torney and took other steps towards push
ing their claim to an issue. Subscriptions
are being received from the several branches
of the family in this country to defray ex-
Der ses
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

NEW YORK Oct. 81 The stock mark ope,.,,
this morning with generally strong tone d..
prices in most OF the list showing advances owe,
lsst evenings figures, which extended to J., NJ,
cent. The same stocks which yesterday n.oao,o.
lized the interest in the speculation were s,sin
prominent this morning, while the remsinde, of
the list was quiet to dell. The improvement, IN
the opening prices was not maintained, hogeys,
though tho losses sustained were for smAl! fr,c
tions only. Richmond and West Point preferred
lost 1 per cent. rally soon followed which
brought prices up nearly to those of the openias
again. but later the list weakened aud At eleven
O'Clock the market was quiet but weak goners!.y
at small fractions beOw the opening d.ure,
Money easy at i2s2
BALTIMORE, Oct 81 -yirgiuias consolidated
-; past.due coupons = ID lo-40s b; Dc n,n
3s "a bid to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

who did you say is to be the next Presi.
dent ? - Oh l don't know and don't care
I'm not looking for Presidents-I'm hunting
for pain-rem. dy." "Ah. you've only to
ask al the next corner for Salvation Oil, 1t
Kills pain every time,D
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

WHEN THE voters of this district 60 to
The polls next Tuesday week. let them re-
member that the need of cheap food, cloth
ing, blankets, fuel, medicine, and all the
other neoesssrles of life, is much greater
than that for cheap whisky and dear hoop
poles and hogshead slaves and remember
ing this, let them vote accordingly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
Reward Offered.

ST LOUIS, Oct. 24-Goy. Martin, OF Kan
sas, has ffered reward OF $500 for the ap.
prehension of the party guilty OF sending an
Internal machine by express, which ex.
ploded at Coheyville, mutilAling the wife
and daughter of Agent Upham, of the Pa
cic Express Company. The Governor also
offers $500 reward for each accessory to the
crime
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

Low Decked dresses are going to be popu-
arwilh the lovely young dudlnes, bacause
if they should catch cold wearing them,
baven't they go. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup to
cure them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
ADpoinfn,ent.

WARRINGTON, Oct. 24-ChaIles c. Price
has been appointed storekeeper and gauger
at Lynchburg, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
Accidentto joaquin Miller.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24-Whie Josqun
Miller was shooting quail yesterday his horse
jumped unexpectedly and bullet went
through his left hand. 1t missed the bones
and only made painful fs.h woGDi. The
only danger ia FROM locsisw.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, OF Bourbon,
Ird., says: Both myself and wife owe our
lives 20 SEILoH's CONSUMPTION CURE"
SD by E s. Leadbeater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
English Races.

LONDON, Oct. 24.-At the Newmarket
Houghton meeting to-day the race for the
pewhurst plate was won by the Duke Of
Portland's bay colt Donovan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

ARR You MADE misc able b, mitigation,
Consti; alton Dizziness. L IS of Appetite,
Yellow akin Shioh's VitaIzer is pos;;Ve
cure. sold by E. g. Lead5eater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

New YoRK October "a Cotton firm uplsnd'
9 1916 Orleans 10 IS futures steady -Four
dull and weak Wheat dull and steady Corn
active AID lower. Pork dull ard easF at so -
a16 %. Lard cay and dull at 80 l2i2.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

BALTIMORE, Oct 2i.-Cotton dfm middns
e3aa9p. Flour dull and easier prices an
changed Whest-Southern quiet aud STEADY
Fultz 1O9a115 longberry 109a1i Western Nv ~.
active and higher; No winter red spot ara No. q'
1O5 laa105s. Dec 1CSl9s10Sa!T Jan lIU4'
11Olo. Corn-Southern quiet and easier "h!'e
50a52; yellow 5Oa52 Western quiet and easy
mixed spot aud Oct 1917; year 40 i2s45 :. Ja j
444.a45; Feb 44%.a45 Oats dull and pncbaog2'e,1'
Southern and Penna 2S433; Western white ia
33 do mixed 2Ss30 graded No white 80. ~
easier at 6Sa69. Hay quiet and small demand
prime to choice Western SIG 50al1. Provisions
prices unchanged, with fair demand sni suy
DIV. Butter very firm; Western packed l2sl7
best roll 17af9; creamery 22a27. riggs nm -
%. Coffee irmer; Bio cargoes fair 10. sueef W.
changed and quiet; A soft ia. Whisky nm a.
81 Goal %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

Flour is easy st The recent decline, but Ia'Ie y
no disposition shown by either holders OF largo
stocks or millers to press sales Wheat is qH'e'
and without further change damp and very ME
rior samples are still hard to move but a!l sound
small lots continue in constant demand sales 4.
80, 90, %, 100, 1o3, los, 40 and ~, as TO
condition. Corn is steady at 53 to So. Rye ~
to 66. Oats 81 to "a. Eggs are lower at = TO
90. Butter II TO 81. Potatoes 80 to s. Other
produce is abundant and dull.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

CHICAGO, Oct. "a, II g. Dec Whest i'
quoted at ia Nay 1141s; Nov Corn 4Q'7t4l
Nay oats 29a291s January P0rk S14 y J3a
Lard 50 22l2 Jso short tbs 81 31a7 32'a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24
By Z. T. Lucas. Auctioneer.
RGE BANKRUPT SALE
4 St No. 322 King street

il st No 322 King street
MRS f. G. Swaine's old stsndl
Commencing FRIDAY MORNING, October 2o IT,
at 10 o'clock, and continuing for TWO ia 10
ONLY. Must be sold regardless of coat.
The stock consists OF Ladies' Jersey4, kl60op5
Vevets, Dress Silks, Curtains and Lacss ls io9
Cloths, Boys Clothing, Hosiery stationery, vY
volumes Booka Plush Boxes Blankets, quits
Plated Ware, Cutlery and Pipes, together WIZ
"e octa4 e 81 ''''> " g. sAMsIAG. Salesman.
CANTON PRESERVED GINGER fresh stock
" Glib and 5-b pots. ,>,,v, GOV
DTNgAMs CONCENTRATED coCoAECr'
~ o., ia '''' GEO. McBURNEY & SON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-24

The St. Louis Exposition made clear
profits this year of nearly fifty thousand
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
at the steps of the church after

! at the steps OF the CnuICn dIlcI
| benedictions were over, and the pare
grouped about them, amusing them
selves with their diversions. Vlasin
came from the temple his instrument in
| his hand. Hardly had he placed his
! foot upon the threshold when dozen
voices began to cry in threatening
/ tones:
'To the water with the sore ererl To
| the water AMI in with him" and the
I hot heads threw themselves toward him
/ to do as they were bid. Vlasin did not
stir, but TRANQUILITY raised his bow and
played. They stopped to listen, and as
the sounds grew marked, the cadence
louder and more engaging, boys and
girls began to dance, and soon the parents
themselves, unable to resist that delicious
music, Joined their children and even
rivaled them in the ardor and zeal with
which they whirled and pirouetted.
Doroschenka had nothing more to fear
from his fellow citizens, and one day,
not long after this. when the old BetZkOr
betook himself to the house of a priest
and implored divine assistance to de-
liver his daughter Dodena from the
spell laid upon her by that rascally
Doroschenka the priest only smiled and
shook his head
Thou art foolish, Betzkor," said he;
''for my part, l see not the slightest
sorcery in the whole affair, and if there
is it is very natural sorcery, which you
perhaps are now too old to comprehend,
but which is nevertheless no otfense to
God"
"But what shall do2 What shall l
do?" still cried the old Betzkor.
'Do? A very simple thing-give him
Dodena to wife. Is he not the bravest
and handsomest boy in Sotwinka? And
if l say this to you, you will be able to
believe it with closed eyes, for after God,
if there is any one upon the face of the
earth able to sound the hearts of men
and women, it is truly, it seems to me,
the minister of God"
The old Betzkor was by no means con-
WINGED, but as in the end his signs and
lamentations brought about no change
in the situation he was forced to give up
the argument and yield the game.
Now Dodena is the wife of Vlasin, and
when they take themselves to the steppe,
and when the enchanted violin vibrates,
harmonious and penetrating, and the
voices of the married lovers mount
unitedly toward the heavens blue and
pure, there is not in the world a couple
whose felicity is deeper or more complete.
-Ne10 York Mercury.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Farm and Garden Notes.

Use the whip very little.
Bees know nothing about line fences.
Those who prune long must soon
climb.
For cracked teats use old boiled lin.
seed oil.
Plant your vines before you put up
trellises.
Vines, like old soldiers, should have
good arms.
Prune in autumn to insure growth,
but in spring to insure fruitfuness.
Work is hard to drive, but if you will
put yourself ahead of it it will follow
without trouble
The increase in fleece by late shear
ing is doubly lost In decrease in the
sheep and lamb
Prune spurs to one developed bud, foI
the nearer the old wood the higher
favored the fruit.
Milk keeps from souring longer in
shallow pan than in a milk pitcher.
Deep pans make an equal amount OF
cream.
he hog is not naturally filthy AMI.
NAL, and can no more thrive in filth than
can the steer, while pure air and water
are very necessary.
Grasses hold place in the first rank
OF the crops of the stock and dairy fam.
Beef or milk is most cheaply produced
where the main food of the animal is
grass.
There is just as much in knowing how
to feed hens are there is in the feeding
of any other farm stock. This is the
next important item to look after as soon
as good houses are provided.
cow needs volume of water in her
body in proportion to the volume of milk
she gives. Hence if the water is so cold
that she will not drink it, the natural re,
suit comes-shrinkag of the volume OF
milk.
A crop may be had on water-soaked
land, but never first-rate one, fo- ii
can not be got in early, and it is liable
to the drawbacks of delayed growth,
mud IN wet weather, clods in drouth,
weeds at both times, and want of a
chan for clean, mellow culture at all
times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Docking Horses Tails.

Henry Bergh, the late President of
the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, wrote as follows
81 regard the docking of horses tails
as one Of the worst forms of cruelty not
so much on account of the pain inflicted
IN cutting the tails off, though that
must be considerable-the tail BEING a
continuation of the vertebral column
but because the animal is thus deprived
OF the only means he has OF protecting
himself against insects. How would it
be II mans arms were cut off short at
the shoulder, and he had no means of
brushing the flies from off his head or
his nose! Would not the torture be
great A person suffering from such a
deprivation wonld realize the cruelty of
cutting Of horses tail.
The people who resort to this prac-
tice are simply apIng a fashion that has
come from England. They sometimes
use as an argument that the horses
tail gets over the lines, and that
is annoying. If horse has a fy
or an insect on his back, biting and
worrying him, he naturally swings his
tail around to rid himself of the appra-
vation, and in SO doing he will some
times get the tail over the lines; but
do not think little annoyance of that
kind is sufficient excuse to iniict such
q suffering on the animal.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Selecting Fruit Trees.


In selecting fruit trees for planting
for domestic supply one may choose the
best varieties irrespective of appearance
or of proliticacy of yield, for the popular
and most salable fruits are not by any
means of the best quality, and those
which yield largely, although the quality
is inferior, are preferred for sale before
better ones that are less productive.
The same remark will apply to the small
fruits, of which the finest qualities are
either too soft for shipping or not suffi-
GENTLY productive for profit. Two or
three trees of kind, and varieties that
bear successfully from the earliest to the
latest, should be chosen for home use
and then for sale one kind only will be
found preferable to several or MANY. In
regard to pears, an orchard of 1000
Duchess dwarfs has always found one
single purchaser for the fruit at prices
fifty per cent in advance OF the regular
market rates, because the whole lot of
fruit could be made even in quality and
the grades packed separately, and all the
packages were alike. 1t is the same
with apples; an orchard of Newtown
PIppins solely has its crops engaged in
advance for ten years on a regular con-
tract, and another Of Northern Spv ia
under contract in the same way. Had
these orchards been made up of twenty
or forty different kinds the product
would have been pedd!ed about.-Ne,o
York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Primitive African Telephone System.

A part of Reclus's map showing the
tribes who live in the CAMERON district,
West Africa, is shaded to show exactly
what portion of the country is the home
of the four or five little tribes who have
perfected an ingenious and practical
telephone system that distinguishes them
from all the other natives of Africa
Everywhere among the blacks of Africa
the big drum or tam tam is used in war
and on festive occasions, but it is only
these CAMERON natives who have dis
covered how useful the tam tam may be
made as a rapid promulgator of news
over mountain and plain.
OF course, the news is telephoned by
drumming on the tam-tam, hut the
sounds produced are not signals. Ac-
cording to the New Y ork Sun they repre-
sent syllables and words, and so grow
into sentences like the ticks of a teIe-
graph instrument. 1t is a very ingenious
invention, and deserves to rank with any
of our own devices for the rapid trans
mission of news that were in vogue
before the electric telegraph superseded
them. The force and rapidity with
which the instrument is beaten are ele-
ments in the Interpretation of the idea to
be expressed, and syllables and words
are also formed by combinations of
strokes, something like the Morse alpha
bet. 1t is a complicated system, and
speaks highly for the intelligence Of the
people who devised it.
The system is a secret that is confded
to only about 200 of the natives. Though
five or six Of the white residents and ex-
plorers in that region have told all they
know about the tam-tam telephone, its
language is as yet wholly unintelligible
to them, as the secret is carefully
guarded. Only few women have been
instructed in the art, and no slave is per-
mitted to acquire it.
1t is the duty of every operator to be
ready, if need be, when he hears the
tam-tam to repeat the message, which is
taken up in turn by operators further in
land. In this way any news may be COM
municated for distance of forty or fifty
miles in a few hours. Thus the chiefs
correspond with one another, and no
important news happens that is not
promptly telephoned all over the dis.
trict. When ship arrives at the mouth
of the CAMERON River the tam-tam may
be heard beating far up the side of the
neigh boring mountains, and the news is
repeated from drummer to drummer
until it reaches the furthest confines of
the district. If white party proposes
to visit some chief in the interior the
tam-tam carries the news to him that
white visitors are coming almost before
they have started on their journey. Thus
our benighted \ frican brother has taught
himself way to annihilate space and &c
transmit his thoughts on the wings of the
wind
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Lime Dust for Chickens.

From an exchange we clip the follow
ing cure for gapes in chickens. 1t is
surely simple remedy and worthy of
trial
The lime dust treatment is the best Of
all cures for gapes in chickens. 1t is
cheap, simple and effective. l put a
whole brood of chickens in a peck
measure with a bag over the top A
barrel partly filled with air-slacked lime,
as dry as powder, was turned on its
side, and the lime was stirred with a
stick until the whole barrel was filled
with lime floating in the air. The
chickens were put into this, with the
bag over the mouth of the barrel They
were put into the dust three times, not
more than minute each time. They
should be kept in the measure all the
time. We let one brood stay in too long
and lost five out of seven. The wind
pipes of the dead chickens were found
more than half filled with cape worms,
which made it more difficult for them
to breathe. My little son, seven years
DID, treats his chickens in this way sue
cessfully. The lime can be Stacked with
water and then allowed to dry so as to
powder. A lot of lime thus prepared
will last for years for this purpose.
Farm, Field and iSt0ckman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26

''This cutting of the horses tails is
one of those dictates of fashion that to
my mind is simply hideous, and 1 am
sorry to say that it is done as much now
as formerly. The society is doing all it
can to prevent it. If we found any man
engaged in docking horses tails we would
cause his arrest, for we could proceed
against HIM for such an ofTense as that.
A veterinary surgeon, however, who will
perform operations of that kind will go
to a stable and without any previous no.
tice will dock a horses tail, and of
course we have no means of catching
him in the act of doing so; the work is
done in the seclusion of the stable.
believe the operation itself hurts as bad
ly as the cutting off of a persons finger,
perhaps it hurts more, as the spinal mar
row extends to that portion of the verte-
bral column"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
Orchard Manaeement.

A writer in the Canada Horticvlturist
gives brief statement OF his simple and
good orchard management. His trees
stand in grass; but the following ami
mails have the run of the orchard: Eleven
pigs, sixty turkeys, fifty ducks and $50
hens-the pigs averaged 300 pounds
each. He had fifty barrels of pears, all
of the Flemish Beauty Clapp's favorite
was a good pear. He had a large apple
crop. There was no pear blight. A
well grazed pear orchard, with plenty of
animal droppings, is good treatment,
much better than meadow grass For
this reason pear trees will do we'll in
closely shaver, winter dressed lawns.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
Hog Pastures and Hog Range.

White clover pastures are excellent for
hogs, but these pastures cannot be
planted in the pine lands of the South
SO successfully as in the West and North.
But white clover grows we'll in portions
of the pine lands, and red clover will
grow on these lands when they are well
lined. But lucerne will grow on these
lands, and lespedeza is a pretty good
substitute for clover pasturage. Hogs
commence grazing lespedeza in March,
and in some places in February. and
they feed upon it until the hard frosts
of November.
Good grass eating hogs should be bred
in the South-it is much easier to make
a living by grazing than by roofing.
The roOters lose flesh by hard work.
The Berkshires are the best rooters, and
the Poland Chinas are the best grazers.
Good grass is needed to keep hogs
growing during the summer months,
and green corn or sorghum should come
in to help keep the hogs in thrifty con-
dition until the fall crops begin to ma
ture. A dozen pigs may be kept grow
ing all summer In a pasture or orchard
near the house, fed on swill and milk,
and corn when short of other feed
-PicaVune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
THE HOME-ROUND HOST.

The sound Of host advancing,
Tramp trampl trampl
Under the windy flicker
And flare of the evening lamp,
Under the steady whiteness
Of the clear electric light,
The sound of an army marching
Is in the streets tonight.
Not TO the clamor of bugles,
Nor the stormy beat of drums,
Not to the battles tocsin,
The jubilant army comes.
A sweeter music summons
And thrills along the line,
Though each for himself may hear it,
And make to the next no sign.
The patter Of tiny footballs
That run to an open door,
The mothers tender singing.
Her step on the nursery floor,
The boyish shout of welcome,
The girlish ripple of glee,
At the click in the guarded portal
OF the home-bound fathers key.
This is the armys music:
Cheerily calls goodnight
The merry voice of the comrade
As he passes out of sight
Into the heart of the household
When the days long work is done,
And wife and BARNS are waiting
With kiss for the dearest one.
Under the windy flicker
And flare of the evening lamp
l hear host advancing
With steady and resolute tramp
A host of the strong and gentle,
A throng Of the brave and true,
Dear little wives and mothers,
fastening home to YOU
-Morgdret E. .Sangster, an B1zar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-26
The Coronation Pink.

The name ''carnation pink" is prob.
ably corrupted, so the New York San
informs correspondent, from corona.
ton pink In Queen Elizabeth time
this pink was held in high estimation,
and it was customary for persons who
were betrothed to wear some flower as
an external sign or token of their en-.
gagement. The carnation was most
commonly chosen for this purpose. and
Spenser says in his Shepherds Calendar:
Bring neither the pincks and purple cullam-
bine.
With gellifowres;
Bring coronations and sops in wine.