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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-30

To dress we'll at small expense you must so to
Henry Strauss. 304 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-30
WANTS.

NTANTED--A COOK, WASHER and IRONEI
w References required Apply to
HERBERT BRYANT,
oct29 st 306 north Warrington g
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-30

4 yAsT Steel. and IRON GARDEN RAKEs
- Garden Trowcls, Garden Sets, shovels, Spades
Forks, Hoes and other Tools in tho same line al
1923 King street.
my15 J. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-30

I EMON ELK, a substitute for al cathartic
La and liver pills. pleasant lemon drink; SOC
a bottle For sale by ERNEST L. ALLEN,
ia1Q Corner King and Pitt streets
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
The Sea Horse.

The sea horse is so called because he
hasn't the least resemblance to n horse,
and because he is never seen in the sea.
The name was given him by some smart
Alec who felt awfully funny that day.
Some years later another smart Alec
changed the name TO sea COW, but that
doesn't hit anv closer. They are found
i'm rivers and lagoons instead Of the sea,
and they resemble cows as much as a
stuffed woodchuck does a live lion.
The principal occupation of sea horse
COW, as we are obliged to call him, is
promenading around on the muddy bot
toms Of muddy rivers. satisfying his
hunger on the best the land affords, and
making the neighborhood highly un-
comfortable for AFRICAN gentlemen out
fishing in their canoes. lie has no am
bition beyond that, and if undisturbed
would let the world wag along and mind
his own business. Naturalists claim tina;
he is very docilc and aflectionate when
in captivity, and the day may come when
he will replace the poodle dog as a pet.
His span Of life is supposed to be sixty
years, but that doubtless depends great
deal on the care he takes Of himself. II
the newly discovered elixir of life works
as is hoped for. the sea horse-cow's days
may be extended over hundred years.
Detroit Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

some Of the old barn frames, made when
hay or grain was unloaded by hand or
with the old fashioned hay fork and
tackle, are incOnvenicnt. This frame
can be made as readily as any, holding
the building together as firmly and Of
fering no obstruction TO hand or hay
fork from peak to floor. The main beam
can be taken out Of the old style frames
and this arrangement put in its place at
small cost, says Ohio Farmer.
Ohio Farmer also gives plan for saw
ing selected seed corn, which it is adj
yised to pick while husking and place in
barn or out building where it will keep
dry
Then saw an inch board any width
into pieces about four inches in length.
Saw a notch in one side (see cut Of each.
and split out the part marked A, leaving
the hook marked b. Push one Of these
into the end Of each car, and after this
is done. stretch a No ID wire across the
building in an out Of the way place,
which will also be secure from rats and
mice. hang the ears on this wire rs
close together rs they will hang, and it
is assured that the result will be an inn
provemcut in the corn crop, in few
years, that will surprise any one. When
shelling corn in the spring these hangers
should be saved and put in an old nail
key or box and set away. They will last
for wears.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

An excellent imitation Of old bronze
has been introduced in some Of the art
products Of that character. IL is well
known that the repeated applications to
copper or brass of alternate washes OF
dilute acetic acid and exposure to the
fumes Of ammonia result in very an.
tiquo green bronze; but a more rapid
method Of producing this beautiful ap-
pcarance has long been 4 desderatum.
IL is now found that this may be accom-
plished by immersing the articles in a
solution Of one part perchloride Of iron
mi two parts Of water, the tone acquiring
darkness with length Of immersion, or
the materials may be boiled in a strong
solution Of nitrate Of copper. 1t is also
found practicable to insure the desired
effect by immersing the articles in solu-
ton Of two ounces Of nitrate of iron and
the same quantity of hyposulphite ofsoda
in half pint of water, drying and burn
ishing completing the process.-New
York Telegram.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

Southern Cultiyator gives the follow
ing plan of ventilatIng sweet potato
banks, which has proven very satisfac-
tory at the south:
make long banks in a line north and
south rs high as necessary, and after
putting a good covering Of corn stalks
I'VE have no pine straw about two thick
neSses all over the bank. nail two
eight inch boards together as if 10 make
gutter as long as my bank, and place
II on the top of it in tine shape Of a roof;
then put the quantity Of dirt required,
say about three inches al over the gut
ter and bank, and press it down with
back of spade, leaving both ends Of gut
ter opened until cold weather threatens,
then | close the north end, but never
close the south end except in very severe
cold, and then only with straw, and re-
move 1t as soon as the weather turns
warm or mild; and thus never lose my
sweet potatoes.
also put rough covering Of about
two feet above my banks 10 keep the
peltinS rain from washing the dirt off
and to keep more even temperature,
and TO prevent sprouting to any great
extent in mild winters.
a very large loss ri this valuable crop
Is caused by two early digging and for
want Of proper and sufficient ventilation
ior the banks,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

ROOT ROOM UNDER STRAW STACK.
of Country Gentleman. He says: The
arrangement illustrated | made last
sumner for keeping my turnips, pota-
toes and rutabagas. which find works
well and costs very little. | cut three
good sized posts. with forks at one end,
about feet long; put them in ground
deep enough to be firm. Then took two
heavy poles. about 1G feet long. and
placed them in forks of uprights Good
sized poles were then laid against the
ones in forks, ends resting on ground
and slightly sunk, to keep from slipping
out of place.
They should be put at an angle TO bear
considerable weight. Against the south
en- upright post nailed an old door
frame with door, so that when filled
could put tie room under lock and key.
built the frame just before thrcshing
my wheat. When the machine came, /
put it SO that the straw, in coming from
same. would fall over the skeleton room.
also made a skeleton vcstibule TO the
door. and had it also covered with straw,
and find it quite good, as it keeps rain
and snow ont Of ones neck when UNI
locking the door
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
There. No substitute for Leather

Leather is n unique material. There is
no substance in any way analogous to it
Flexibility and durability are opposite
qualities that no other product possesses
in such a marked degree. In the tanned
skin the gelatine and tannin, the animal
and the vegetable kingdom, are com
bined in an indissoluble union which
will Withstand the continuous fractional
wear which shoes, harness, betting, etc.
are subjected to better than anything
else. 1t is the one commodity for which
there is absolutely no substitute. Cotton,
wool, linen and silk are to some extent
interchangeable; wood. iron and stone
are frequently used in lieu Of each other.
but, Notwithstanding the scientific re-
search and discovery of the present age,
nothing has been invented to supersede
or obviate theneccssity for leather With
the single exception of brcadstuffs, none
Of the great staples Of commerce has
such a numerous constituency. Every
inhabitant Of the country, without regard
TO age. sex or color or condition in life.
is to a greater or less degree a consumer
Of it.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
THE slLO DOCTRINE IN BRIEF.
or Interest to Readers Who Expect to I'm
SiIo. This Autumn.


Professor j. ". Robertson, Of the On
tario department Of agriculture, sums up
the whole silo question as follows:
1. Ii is essential that the silo be air
tight and frost proof.
2. The crop to be ensiled must be
grown to a stage when the several plants
will be almost mature.
3. The crop to be ensiled should beput
in loosely at first, to permit Of quick and
sufficient heating; only the sides and cor
ncrs should be tramped.
4. The filling may proceed every day
every second day, or every third day
with equally satisfactory results.
8. The silage may be covered with cut
straw to depth of two feet, or it may
be left uncovered altogether at the ex-
pcnse of wasting only the Top six inches.
In the following four sets Of conditions
and results have tried to put the whole
theory. By "life" mean life as IN
the cells, or life in the spores, which
would be destroyed by a temperature
above l2j Fahrenheit. If air finds adj
mission through a knot hole or crack or
down the sides from the neglect OF
tramping it will carry spores with it and
so Introduce new life.
suo CONDITIONS RESULTS.
4 Life In the cells IN the pres Oxidation gen
..ncc Of air Grating heat
p Life In spores in the presence uou
Of air.
C. Life in cells with no air. Fermentation.
d. No me 10 ceiS OF spo''s Win Preservation
DO air
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
THEY BORROW, eurNeveR RETURN.

oh. the ills Of this life are many,
And the heart brcakings not Few.
Pure sympathy comes not from any.
II matters not much what you do.
lean sometimes trust my umbrella,
Nor over It's lingering yearn.
But the books lend 10 n fellow
They never. no. never return
The harvest may wait for the reapers,
The tailor may sleep DER your clothes
But the earth Is plagued with book ke~pe'S
And no one n cure for II knows
The sunshine that goes from the meadows
Comes back when the frosts shan aolou'"
And the leaves play again with their SHADOWS
Rut my books will never return
once had the wisdom OF ages
Shut ND IN my glass case Tor use
Now It's gone. by Invisible stages,
From Murray to old Mother Goose.
Nv Euclid, still can remember
like the cdor from some ancient urn
Went out. to come back in December.
That December will not return
Lend your friend, your dog. yea, your sister
You will fad each some day, no Doubt
But book goes down the long 'istA
And ten TO one never comes out
Do know whom made the loan TOY
No. but my brains need not churn,
What matters IL where they have gone 70!
1 know they will never return.
Union and Advertiser
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
tbs HISTORICAL TELEPHONE.
Some Interesting Conversations Whicl
Should Have Occurred.

Soma Interesting Conversations which
Should Have Occurred.
Philip Il-iiivc me Brussels, 1902.
Brussels-All right.
Philip-ls that you. Alys1
Alva-Ncs.
Philir-What are the Brussels papers
talking about:
Ava-Baseball.
Philip-What! that stuff about John.
son missing an easy fly TO Podgers and
Shocks going out to Coffin on passed
bally
Alva-Nes.
Philip-Start the inquisition to-mor
row morning. Ring off
Tell-Are you there. Gessler?
Gcssler-All right
Tcll-How is everything working?
Gessler-First rate. I'm going to ar
rest YOU tonight. OF course Albert will
be on hand tomorrow. I'll see that you
have the trick apple all ready. If every
thing works right think well be safe to
send YOU lecturing through the Swiss
cities this winter.
Tell-O. X. I'll have my grip packed
by the time your minion gets round to
the house.
Spencer-ls that you. Raleigh?
Raleigh-lm here.
Spcncer-Get a friends cloak. The
queen is going out TO walk this after
noon. Me and Leicester will steer her
TO the puddle. OF course we divide on
this little affair.
Raleigh-Oh, Of course. Good day.
Louis XlV-What did you tell me TO
say to the parliament:
Mazarin-L'etat c'est moi. Don't pro
nounce it moy. as they DO in Chicago,
but NAV, rs they do in Brooklyn.
Powhatan - Are you there. Capt
Smith.
smith, am.
Powhatan-Come round to the lodge
tonight Improved Order Of Red Men,
you know. We are going to work the
club degree on paleiaces. Boston Tran
script.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

The ventilation need not extend fur
ther than the body of the stack, with n
tube leading to the top in extreme cases.
The trough below shows admission OF
air beneath.
The same general means may be used
in ycntilating very wide ear corn cribs
for corn somewhat damp. Make n skele-
ton Of 2xi scantling in the shape Of an
inverted \ to, say, 3 feet high, upon
which nail strips, leaving s inch spaces
between each strip. The bottom of the
ventilator need not be more than 80
inches across. 1t should be run clear
through the crib and within, say, 4 feet
Of each end If from any cause corn
should get very damp. as from too
open or moist winter, tho ventilation
will repay the cost
In the second cut is shown a straw
stack SO constructed rs TO provide a root
room underneath the straw. This latter
is the device of Maryland farmer, who
originally described it for the benefit
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
HE WAS TOO LATE.
Warming to Bank Robbers Who Are
Given to DallNing.

Warming To- Bank Robbers Who Are
Given to DallSimG.
He entered bank ina Kansas town just at
noon, when the place was deserted 10y all save
the cashier, who had far away look in hi'
ewes as his pale face appeared at the wicket
Drawinr "A revolver from his hip pocket, the
man with the somhrcro and buckskin shirt
and long hair rested the barrel on the edge Of
the counter and said:
IL avn Buckskin joe
Yes
"Shcll outw
The cashier reached around for s. bill
and laid 10 before him
bland ont the Doodle or III blow day
light through YOU" was the stern command
There 10 is. was the calm reply.
Don't monkey with mel Hand over the
funds"
There is every dollar We have in tn,
bank. Come around here and See for your
self"
But butt
Easy enough explained. The prcs"sen'
and cashier slope4 in company last night
ami this is the bill they overlooked I'm The
teller. and I'm standing here in hopes 10 TAX
in enough deposits to pay my fare 10 Chi
cago"
"And the shanty is bustedf'
"As you see Sorry for you, old boy, bu
YOU ought TO have dropped in yesterday
Please do me the favor 70 keep still as you &,
out. I've been lyrched twice in this state
and | don't admire the sensation. New
NorA Snn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
Florida Sponges.

The finest and best sponges in the
world are now obtained along the Flori-
ia Keys Native Floridians do the prin-
cipal gathering. There are some Bahama
Islanders also. Tho sponge fishers are
called conks. They do not dive, but tear
up the sponges with three tined forks on
long poles. A Greek came down from
New York year or SO ago and trice
gathering them By diving, usinga regular
divers suit, but he made a failure Of it.
The sponses grow rapidly. \ bed which
has been fshed clean will be covered
with new growth in six months. The
product amounts to nearly half a million
dollars annually Flag.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
M Place for super-sensitiye Folk.

Customer at ice cream parlor whose thrift
~ proprietor uses the front room as ton
serial palacel-Secms 20 mo there is some
thing ropulsivo in the idea OF running a bar
Der shop in connection with an ice cream
saloon Doa't your patrons ever complain
that the mixed odors spoil their appetitesl
Propricior-No sir But it wouldn't max,
any difference II they did. They can e
somewhere else 10 get shaved if they dom
like tho smell Of ice cream. Chicago Tr
hune
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

mamma. shall speak to the Hefer-
leighs if | meet any Of them on the
street? You know they don't live on
Prairie avenue now. They've moved to
Michigan avenue"
"If they reside below Thirty-first
street, my child, they are still in our set.
Treat them cordially"
"But they live above Thirty first
street. mamma"
Then pass them with bow"
'ln fact, their homo now Is Just above
Sixteenth"
"Cut them dead."-Chicago Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
ndnrifernn. Elnmcrs of Eurnpe

OF the 1900 kinds of flowers which
grow in Europe only 42O. or 10 per cent.
are odoriferous. The commonest flowers
are the white ones, of which there are
l,l9i kinds Less than one.tifth Of these
are fragrant OF the 9jl kinds Of yellow
flowers = are odoriferous; Of the s2a
red kinds. 81; Of the j9i blue kinds, 81
Of the 3OS violet blue kinds. 10. OF tn,
2i0 kinds with combined colors, % are
rant.-New York Telegram.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
4 Dreadful Sight.

Jack bursting in suddenIy)-Oh, girls
have seen such dreadful sight down
the lane! Poor, sweet Lily Jones is hang
ing on a limb
Omnes-Good gracious. How horrible
Run for a policeman.
Jack-Calm yourselves. She still lives
She hanging on-a limb Of the law
Pittsburg Bulletin
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

Customcr-Now you are quite sure you
have given me the proper drug and not
some fatal poison,
Apprentice-Well, wouldn't be real
sure. Maybe you'd better take some Of
II and see.-Omaha World-Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

ARRANGEMENT FOR SOWING SEED CORN.
1t is also told that a great portion OF
the work horses have heaves before they
are y years old. and the manneri IN which
thew are fed is the chief cause Of this.
The heavy worker, in bad weather espe
cially. is tied to a manger full Of hay foI
DAYS together, then filed with water TIL
he is too full to breathe, then he is called
fit to work. 4 horses manger should
always be empty except for half an hour
ut meal time. which is ample time fOT
him to eat all any horse should, if hi.
ration is composed Of right proportion
of grain.
Remedies for Hog and Chicken Cholera
4 Georgia correspondent advises "a a
remedy for hog cholera: To boil garlic
and mix meal and some salt into a slop
and give to all the hogs every two weeks
and yon will have no cholera.
For chicken cholera. use an iron trough
and keep rusty irons in it, and YOU will
have - chicken cholera. Do not use a
wooden trough.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
Tine for sowing Whent.

There have doubtless been instances
where q few days difference in the time
'or sowing wheat has had "A large and
exceptional influence on the success of
he crop. This may have resulted from
other causes than the exact time. Series
IF experiments have been made to deter
mine The bcs, time, by sowing al regular
stated intervals. resulting in gradual
limiaution in the crop from the latter
1att of September till early in Noyem-
GER, the latter proving small and poor.
The fertility and condition OF the soil has
q large controlling influence. and If fine
y pulger.zci. it viii give much greater
returns than in badly prepared land.
Artificial fertilizers, and especially super
phosphaies. produce great improve
ncnt on some soils. and on others they
have produced too little benefit to pay
cost. There is less difference in the time
If rpcning. from the fact that the
weather at the period Of ripening hastens
he process rapidly, producing hut little
difference IN most cases, says Country
Gentleman
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
A Song.

-
Some 60 TO the mountains
And some 10 the sea,
And some stay az home
Meath their Own fix tree.
And M a mosquito
50 happy and free
With nothing 10 do,
But 70 90 them all three;
And IN get there
You So Washington Critic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

The improved system Of dairy manage
ment now in use was. as might be cx-
pcctcd. fully demonstrated at the late
ROYAL Agriculture show. Cream is no
longer, in the most progressive dairles,
allowed to rise spontaneously, but cen
trfugal separators. whirling The fresh
milk in many hundred revolutions q
minute. cause the heavier particles TO
seek the circumference Of The vessel.
while the lighter cream collects in the
center AMI is drawn of in fresh state.
At the Windsor show an Improvement
on these centrifugal separators was IN
troduccd under the name Of Butter Tx
tractor" With this the milk enters the
machine as in ordinary extractors, and
the skim milk is delivered in much the
same manner, the great difference being
That instead of cream being delivered 10y
tie other tube, butter is given out in the
cranulated form. Although much in
tercst was excited by the butter cxtrac-
tor, the fact that its appliances are quite
complicated will, it Is thought, render
its coming into common Use ut present
somewhat uncertain. II was exhibited
by the Ayleshury dairy and is manufac-
nrcd by the Extractor company, OF
Stockholm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

Teacher-N Now. Johnny. | want you l.
draw something let mo see. ! guess you
may draw horse car
johnny What do yer take me fort Al
electric currcnti-io Lowell Citizen
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

In the first illustration IS a diagram of
a barn frame, especially designed for the
convenience Of the hay carriers now in
vogue. As many Of our readers know,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS, STOCK
GROWERS AND GARDENERS.

venfiIatins Stacks and Corn Cribs - A
Simple Device That Serves Well - A
Straw Stack and Root Room Combined
In One.
1t occasionally happens that owing to
improper curing and storing, hay will
heat and has TO be re-stacked. When
this il done in dry, windy weather, so
that the air acra,es and cools the mass,
little further trouble will be. as rule, ex-
perienced In regard to the ventilation
Of stacks Prairie Farmer offers the cut
here reproduced. showing very simple
way of vcntilating a stack. The cut is
purposely exaggerated.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
II cHAScEEY

IL CIASCEEl
II appearing boy affidavit made and filed
that A. Miller. the purchaser Of the land
mentioned Ia The proceedings Of this cause
L. nonresident &C the state # \lfEiuia
And 70 also appearing that he Is DO default IN
the payment OF the two last bonds amount
ing 10 200 with Interest given for the de
ferred payments ON sand laud, 10 Is ordered
that he appear here ON the first daY ~ the
next tenn OF the Circuit Court Oi Notiowty
being september 20. 1850. 90 show cause, II
any he can, why tie said land should not be
re- sold at his own cost. risk and charges, =
satisfy the said deferred payments.
Tesie:
HERMAN JACKSON. Clerk.
r. q. SOUTHAIL. q. au ls-Su IN
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

Where 10 Draw the Line.
Prades say IL II a miss 10 kiss
But the secret OF IL this Is.
It's right enough TO kiss a Miss
But wrong " kisz q Mis-.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08

4 TTENTION LARGE BUYERS
"A AND CONSl MkiS or GkItEklES
GENERALLY. See my stock before you
place your orders. rs can save YOU money
fresh and seasOnnbe goods IN the fancy and
staple line also received daiil. Country pro-
duce and my brands OF chewing tobacco and
cigars my own MANUFACTURED are giving en-
tire satisfaction. 4 visit or correspondence
respectfully invited.
J. T. GATLWOOD,
Family Grocer and Tobacco Dealer.
se6-lm ll6 east Broad.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
LEGAL NOTICES

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