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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-22

WARRENTON-Trains Nos. SIS, SO 50 and
and SO connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIYISI0N-Daily,o except Sunday
Leave Rocky bit. 600 q. M, arrive Franklin
Junction $50 a. m; leave FrsLklin Junction
7:20 p. NJ. arrive Rocky Mt. 1920 p. m.
GORDONSVILLE-Trains leave Orange for
Gordonsvillo 2:30 a. m. and 1855 a. in. daily,
9:15 p. m. daily except Sunday, and 500 g. m.
daily except Sunday. Returning, leave Gordons-
willie for Orange 1000 E. NJ, 1:50 p. ~ daily,
and 7:3O a. n. daily except Sunday, and 700 a.
M except Sunday and Monday, and 4;3O a. m
Mondays only.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 900 a. M
and 155 and 4:45 D. M. arrive at Round Hill
11:3O q. N. and 4:25 aud 7:20 p. II.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 6:15 a. m.
and 1890 and sos p. ~, arriving at Alexan.
dris at S:23 q. N. and 2:54 and 1925 p. FL.
The 500 q. N. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge, Berry.
vile and Winchester and at Laesburg with stage-
for Aldie and Middleburg.
The 900 8. II. train and 4:45 p. N. train from
Alexandria connect at Vienna with stages 70,
Fairfax Court House.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Noe SO and 81 Pullman Buffet Sleep.
era between New York and Atlantis, AMI At
anta snd New Orleans.
On trains NOS. oz ana % pullman BuHst veg
thule Sleepers between Washington an Esw
Orleans, and Washington and Birmingham, vis
Danville, snd Washington and Hot Springs via
Salisbury.
On trsins Nos 56 and 81 Pullman Vestibule
5leepers between Washington and Cincinnati and
Louisville
On trains Nos 81 and SO Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington anG Memphis
On trains Nos. So and So Pullmsn Buffet
sleepers between Washington and Rome, Ga
via Lynchburg and Bristol.
Through tickets on sale at the principal stations
to all points. For rates or information apply to
any agent Of the Company, or to
C.M. BORUM, D. P s., Lynchburg, Va.
JAMES L. TAYLOR, G. P. B., Washington, Dc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-22
FLINT GLASSWARE.

u III
We have just received from @essrs. Hobbs &
Co., manufacturers of pure Flint g lasswarean en-
tirely new line of their goods which you Will not
find at any other house in this city and which VEIN
vite you 10 call and examine. Here are some of
the articles:
Leaf Pickle, Olive and Celery Dishes,
Water Bottles, Catsup Crueis Bread Trays,
Sherbert Glasses (eutirely new,
Cheese Dishes Fruit and Punch Bowls
These goods will take as high polish as cut
glass. and SO good is tho imitation that few can
tell the real from the flint. We shall be pleased
TO show you this line whether you wish to pur-
chase or not. [sep27l E.J. MILLER & SON.
AN INCREASE IN THE TARIFF-Notwith
"A standing the tariff has been sdvsnced 10 to
Il per cent. on all ENGLISH GRANITE and
PORCELAIN, we continue to sell these wsres st
The old price and you will do well to look st those
Decorated Dinner Sets and Chamber sets thst we
are selling at the old figures. We thought We had
enough Eng ish PnrceieaG Dinner Sets to last
til Christmas, and yet they nearly all gone,
a. we have another order at Hsney, England,
to be filled at once. See these goods, and get the
prices. and find out how much you will save By
not going TO Washington
sep27 E. j. MILLER q son.
Two ARRlyE.-A carload of Lamp Chimneys.
4 Dealers will do well to putin their stock now,
as an advance 10 Chimneys s expected daily.
We are headquarters for all grades of cbimncys.
And remember that we are sole agents, in North
ern Virginia, for tho Celebrated Pearl Glass"
Chimney. [sep271 z. J. MILLER SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-22
ESTABLISHED 1900.
The Alszaqdria fazstts

Publishes in condensed bat comprehensive form
news from all parts of the world, and daily lays
before its readers an cpitomo of whatever s going
on around them
The GAZETTE enjoys unsurpassed facilities for
procuring ALL THE NEWS, and that, too often
twelve hours earlier than the morning papers its
Geographic columns being kept open till late each
evening in order to receive the very latest dis.
patches, so that Whatever may occur wheth.
or il this other lands is almost sure to find it's
way into its columns the same day.
Its correspondence is ncwsy and accurate, and
its miscellaneous department is conducted with
an eye to the enlightenment and pleasure of ia
readers, and no pains are spared to make it at
tractive in every feature.
It's commercial columns are edited with care
and precision, so that the merchant and the farm
or can always rely upon ita market rcports
rs sn advertising medium it has few, il shy
suporiors in ell this section of country, having an
extensive circulation, not only throughout Viz.
GINA, but in noarly all tho States and Terrtorio,
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

An official report to the Belgian gov
ernment states that the ''guimboo or
'.angu" Of the Mexican state Of Vera
Cruz, possesses a fibre finer and strong
er than silk, and Of a similar Iustre.
Experiments already made are said 20
indicate that the guimbobo differs es-
sentially from ramie, cotton and hemp,
in having the plant covering around the
fibre instead OF mixed up and interlaced
with Ii. This makes 1t practicable to
separate and remove the bark By neals
Of machinery. The plant grows luxa-
riantly with little care, and produces q
highly esteemed food In addition 10 the
6bre.-Ciig Item. y
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

II Is no wonder, then, that he turned
sadly back with the dlning-room SER
wants, with difficulty passed through
the Cork Screw, and reached the SUR
face Of the earth Mt six o'clock. The
rest emerged at II.
II costs $500 to see the short route
$500 the long $500 will cover en-
tire cave fees.
j.. A.
- e.. a ,onn
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26
The Real Question.

paris. Kr.. sent. Y. 1890.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

TltE MIDDLE uf bh4NIfh.
A tumult imlnediatcIsarosc. A score
Of infuriated insurrcctianists sprang
forward anil ligpominionsly dragged
Dom Pedro out by ahe heels. When
he rcgaincd his cquill9Fitsn, ,shokeyer,
six hugo sandwiches aud two hand
fuIs of cheese straightcncd up with
him while, "a he waddled ep the hin
where the quIntetto sat enthroncd,
both pockets bulgcsi ont 30 far with
hard-boied eggs, that half the small
boys Thought 1t was double balloon
asrcnsion. With grief aud despair
Don found the girls already provided
for and himself under tho necessity OF
consuming the entire consignment.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

Speaker Reel says the issue is the
force bin, and he il to-day the leader of
the republican party. Ills victory IN
Maine. bought a. it was By money, has
put his wing Of the radical party IN
control of it,. and he has moro right to
speak for it than Ben Harrison or
Blaine. Mississippians who Hatter
thepiseIycs .Afat the force bill is dead,
wf1f he'rudcly awakened if the radicals
carry the next house, and there il no
cure thing they win not try 70 pass it
anyway IL never was more lmpor-
tant for the democrats north and south
and everywhere, to 20 to work to win.
-ComlacreiaI-Herdid.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or overwUFk win be relieved by taking
Brown's Iron Biffers. Geuhdne
h&a trade mark and crossed rcd lines on wFApps<
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

The Czarnf Russia has issued al
order forbisloing applause IN tho
theatres.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26

Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
A sKIM-MnK wHITEwAsu.

It is found that most effective COM
position for fre-proofng exterior sur.
faces may be formed by a sufficient
quantity of freshly burned quicklime of
the best grade, and when the sinking is
complete there is added such an amount
of skim milk, or water in Its
absence, of the consistency of
cream. To every ten gallons of this
liquid are added separately and in
powder, stirring constantly, the follow
ing ingredients in the order named-tvo
pounds of alum, twenty-four ounces sub
carbonate of potassium or commercial
potash and one pound of common salt.
If white paint is desired no further ad-
dition is made to the liquid, though the
whitencss is found to be improved by q
few ounces of plaster Of paris. Lamp
black has the effect of giving number
of shades, from slate color to black.
Whatever tint is used, it is Incorporated
at this stage, and the whole, after being
strained through sieve, is run through
q paint-mill. When ready to apply, the
paint is heated nearly to the boiling
point of water, and is put on in its hot
condition. 1t is found that the addition
of quantity of fine white sand to this
composition renders it valuable cover
ing for roof aud crumbling brick walls,
which it serves to protect.-NeD York
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
Sixty Years in tho Service.

There is a man in the United Navy to-
day who has been q "blue-jackct up
ward of sixty years. Admiral Porter
and he were boys together in the service.
Though the winters of nearly three
quarters of century has come and gone
since his birth, he is rs hale and as active
to-day as many man whose sum total of
years docs not exceed thirty. He-be-
ing the oldest man in the service, aud
having performed mere than one heroic
deed during the Mexican, Seminole and
Civil Wars, for he participated in all three
is allowed great privileges, and may
come and gowhenever he pleases. He is
not drinking man to any extent, not
total abstainer by any means, but he al
ways uses liquor in moderation. He has
not living relative in the world that he
knows of; he has always been, as he cx-
presses it, 80 bind alone" He was not
more than twelve years old when he en-
tered the navy, and man-of-war has
been his home ever since. He is now a
shipped boatswain's mate, and his pay
amounts to between forty-ive and fifty
dollars per month. He has been most
severely wounded in two or three en-
gagemcnts, as the scars still visible are
testimony, and they ere of no delicate
description either, but quite the reverse.
Boston transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
For Your Moulting Hens.

Many people get only from five to six
dozen eggs In year from hen and lose
money when they ought to get three times
that many and make money rapidly. How?
There are about 600 eggs in the ovaries of a
hen; get oil you can OF them in two years.
then Kill the ben. You thus save two or
three years feeding Of the hen which Is no
small item If you buy all the food.
When ben is in condition" says high
poultry authority 'She will lay plenty OF
eggs" Therefore help her through the
moslting season that she may be in condition
to lay during the winter. Thousands OF
people have proven Sheridan's Condition
Powder to be worth its weight in gold when
hens are moulting. It keeps them in health,
helps form the new plumage, and gets them
in condition to lay early: II you give
them during the moulting Sheridan's Condi,
ton Powder daily, in extra doses, they will
get to laying much sooner and will lay all
winter, larger, better, and more vigorous
eggs for hatching than pullets- But don't
keep them third year; get all the eggs IN
two. Remember Shertddn'S {order IS not
an egy- food; you can sutsc or make food as
cheaply as anyone. To any person. interested
I. S. johnson & Co., Boston, Mass, on receipt
ofname and stamp for reply will senda recipe
for making a good egg-food Pt small cost.
They are also the only makers of Sheri-
dams Condition Powder. For so cts. they
will send two twenty-five cent packs, f7e
packs for 81; or for S1.20 one large 2H pound
can of Powder postpaid; six cans for s., ex-
press prepaid. Sample copy Of the best
poultry magazine sent free. The paper one
year and large can Of Powder for $3.50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
The Tourist Fears Not Bullets.

An amusing and absolutely true story
is running the rounds of the press in
South America, and it is one which is
peculiarly characteristic of British cool
ness. While the Government and insur-
gent forces were face to face il the re-
cent Argentine abortive revolution, pour
ing deadly volleys of bullets into each
others ranks, an English tourist and his
wife, arrayed in all the traditional equip
ments Of puggarecs, etc., quietly pushed
their way through General Roca's troops,
and, taking their stand in the very front,
coolly lcvelled their field glasses to sur
vey the fight with the same sang froid
with which they would have witnessed a
sham combat at home. General Roca-
who since has become Minister of the
Interior-was so struck by their courage
and invetcrate love of sightseeing at
whatever risk, that, turning around to
an aidc-de- camp, he remarked, "No
wonder the English are the ruling race"
This incident occurred IN the Gale Le-
vale, at Buenos Ayres. York Jour-
rnZ
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
ITO FARM AND GARDEN.
LENGTH OF TREE ROOTS.

The mistake of many people in ma
nuring trees is to place the fertilizer as
near the trunk as possible. This is
very much like feeding man held in
upright position By placing the food
near his feet. More frequently, how
ever, the manure is spread as far as the
branches extend from the trunk. The
feeding roots of large trees are mainly
much farther from their trunk than their
branches. Bury some dead animal three
OF even four rods FROM an apple tree in
full bearing, and within year or two
roots will extend this distance and find
the fertilizer they need. In most Or
chards tree roots intcriacc each other, and
this crowding is one reason why the
trees are so often unproductive. 1t re-
quires extra high feeding in such cases
to keep the trees vigorous enough to be
fruitful. If every other tree were cut
out the result in many cases would be
more and better fruit than now on those
left standing.-B3ston Cultirat0r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
Quicksilver Statistics.

Comparatively little is known of the
quicksilver production of this and other
countries. During the year 1889 there
were 26, AGA TASKS, OF 2, ,024, 1876 pounds
Of quicksilver produced in California.
About twenty TASKS, less than $1,000 in
value, were produced in Oregon. There
are eleven productive mines in California,
with ,hirty-six furnaces. The produc-
tive mines and active furnaces employed
937 operatives, of whom 416 were en-
gagged on surface work and 521 were en-
ployed underground. The number of
tons of cinnabar ore mined in producing
the quicksilver was 95, ,714 tons. The
average cost of producing a flask of
quicksilver was S33.31. The total capi-
tai invested in the active establishments
in this country is stated at 81, 131, ia, of
which $3.50, ,470 is in mines and real
estate, 1922, 800 in furnaces, houses and
other surface Improvements, and S124,-
us in quicksilver unsold. The produc-
lion of quicksilver throughout the world
ior the past ten years is ], ,093, Gil TASKS,
If which the United States produced
tO7,675, as against 6S5, 1886 produced by
Spain, Austria and Italy, Commercial
Adye1iser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Hanging shelves in the cellar are
great convenience.
Oil cloth may be frightened by rub
bing with kerosene.
To arrest hiccough close beth ears
with the fingers with pressure while few
swallows of liquid are taken.
A ring or two of onion added to to-
matoes when they are put on to stew i'm
proves the favor to some tastes.
Never put potatoes on the table in q
covered dish. They will reabsorb their
own moisture and become soggy.
Coughs may be much alleviatcd and
dry throats cured by glycerinc and lemon
juice taken at night. The glyccrinc
should be diluted.
Warts may be destroyed by being
rubbed with alum. Garry lump in the
pocket aud rub oa the wart frequently,
wctting it rs you do so.
The latest decree of fashion is that
tables should no longer be square, but
round or triangular, so that every guest
faces the host or hostess.
All soilei spots found around door
knobs, on light-palnted doors, may be
removed by kerosene on flannel cloth,
with no injury to the paint.
A remedy for burns is paste of bak-
ing soda and water. Take wet cloth,
cover with the paste and bind over the
burn. Should the paste become dry wet
it from the outside.
All Innings should be carefully basted
on goods before the pieces of skirts or
waists are put together. Long stitches
in basting skirts-or any part except the
waist-give better satisfaction than short
ones.
Never wash cups, plates, spoons and
knives used in the sickroom with those
of the family. Scarlet fever and other
infectious diseases have been spread in
this way. Do not eat in the sick persons
room or partake Of anything that has
stood there.
White merino underclothing, when
past wearing, makes excellent wash-rags
and eaniug-cloths, and nothing makes
better holders for either ironing or use
about the stove than cast-off woollcn
hosiery covered with thick drilling. 1t
is good plan to make the covers for
iron-holders of white drilling in the form
of bag; then they can be slipped off
and washed when soiled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
ga Just Beast"

The London correspondent of the
Manchester Courier says he heard rather
au amusing story the other day about the
Bishop of London which has not, he be.
lieves, appeared in print. When Dr.:
Temple held the head mastership of
Rugby boy in the school came up be-
fore him for some breach of discipline.
Facts seemed rather against tue boy, who
was in imminent danger of being cx-
PEELED. He had defence, but being
neither clear-headed nor fluent in the
presence of the head master he could not
make it clear. He therefore wrote home
to his father detailing at length his posi-
ton and his explanation. His father
very wisely thought the best thing he
could do was to send the boys letter as
it stood to DR.. Temple, merely asking
him to overlook any familiarity of cx-
preston. Apparently the father had not
turned over the page and seen his sons
postscript, fol there DR.. Temple found
the following words: eff could ex-
plain it would be all right, for though
Temple Is beast, he is just beast"
The Bishop, in telling the story, is ac-
customed to say it was the greatest COM
pinent he has ever received in his life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
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The Speed of Electric Shocks.

A writer on the subject of causing
death by electricity says there are rea'
sons for believing that death by this
means is so swift that the application o.
the current could be repeated number
of times within the interval that is known
to elapsc between the receipt of an injury
and the cognizance of it by the brain.
In proof of this he cities the results of
series of experiments conducted by Pro.
fessor Muybridge, at which he was pres
ent. The lantern was used to make
series of instantaneous photographs, and
in order to make the intervals between
the exposures, as we'll as the times OF ex-
posures exceedingly short, the plates
were exposed and stopped by means of
an electric current. One very interest.
ing series of pictures made was intended
to illustrate the slowness of the brain in
receiving impressions. Two women
were employed; one stood in bath tub
and the other sat on raised chair and
poured a bucket of water over the stand
inc women's head and shoulders. In
order to make the shock more intense,
Professor Muybridge had filled the bucket
with icewater, unknown to the victim,
who would not have awaited the douche
SO patiently had she known what its
temperature was going to be. One view
showed the water tipped over and fall
ing, though not quite touching the girls
head. The next view showed the water
splashing from her head and shoulders,
and yet there was no signs of sensation.
In the third picture she was just begin
ming to respond to the shock: and the
subseeuentpictures illustrated the further
phases of Che response. The point OF
special interest, however, is in connec-
ton with the second view. The electric
current had in that case first exposed the
plate, and then after very short interval
had shut it off again; that is to say, had
acted twice with an interval OF time be-
tween the two sufficiently long Tor the
sensitive plate to take IN impression OF
the view, and this after the icewater had
touched the woman's shoulders, and be-
fore she was conscious Of it.-Ne0 Yor6
.Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15
ENSILAGE FOR PIGS.

Experiments in feeding ensilage to
pigs were made at the New York Sta
ton at Geneva, extending over period
of about five months. The ensilage was
finely cut and made from corn ripe
enough for husking. The following
points have been CLEANED from the
bulletin, giving the experiments in de-
tail.
At first some of the pigs would not
leat enough from the ensilage alone to
make any gain unlessfea such very large
amount that it was simply rooted over
for the pieces of corn on the cob, which
were at all times first eaten. The ensi-
lage was never all swallowed even
when fed in very small quantities, al
though after the grain had been eaten
out the remainder was cbewed. All of
the pigs were given nearly enough bran
and middlings for sustenance, and some
were fed as much ensilage in addition as
they could eat or chew over, while others
were fed at the same time, in contrast,
corn on the cob.
The results show that with ensilage
rated as low as 81 per ton the gross cost
for production of pork was considerably
more than its market value, when the
proportion of epsilage was about seventy
per cent. of the ration.
When corn took the place of part of
the'ensilage, the ensilage forming On av-
erage of forty-four per cent. of the total
food, the gross cost of the pork, with
ensilage rated no higher than 81 per
ton, was about the same as where no en-
silage was fed.-Neao York World.