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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

4 cgr NEW RAILWAY SHoPs.-The
;aDrJyemens contemplated by the
Il :mthern r i way Company near this
q itr will necsssitate the expenditure of
i giiy quarter of a million dollars. The
4 sI,os for the shops have already been
q iawn, and within ten days the details
ill be ready for estimates. The build
Il avs. it is said, will occupy about four
a nopths in ere ction. There have been
q .sons and round house in this city
4 irGe the construction of the Midland
,sd, nearly fl ty years ago, but they
1 re now entirely inadequate to meet
h demands made upon the railway
! .s!em of the Southern company at its
sorthern terminus, and for years loco
notlves have been side-tracked at the
isoot here for want of round house &C.
oommodation. 1t is proposed to erect
no less than seven new structures on
he r. cently-acquired land, compris-
nv round house holding twen-
tr.tive locomotives, a repair shop
iMx16O. car shop 90xl60, wood
rorking shop 90x160, boiler shop
9Nyl6O, u machine shop 90x160, and
.torehouse 4Ox240. All these buildings
will be built of steel frames, covered
with galvanized iron, making them alb
,olutely ireproof. The shops will be
one story in height, but they will be
twenty feet high, giving them plenty OF
ventilation and light, and making them
as commodious, healthy and spacious as
can be devised. Employment will be
furnished to about six hundred men.
Vice Pre- sideut Baldwin, Superinten-
lent Green, and Chief Engineer Hud-
S,6 are giving to the proposed improve
me- is their personal attention. Mr.
P, PAL, -in in an interview day or two
Goa Dl sai, I: "These shops will be purely
r. remain work, and we are going to
sstablish on this new property head
Sparters VIII, ere we can put our rolling
:.ocs in first, Iass condition. 1t is the
natural outgro With OF the constantly
husi ge.ss of the Southern
Railway and of 'as fact that we have
moi at present any shops in this section
n the country. Our rolling stock now
has to be sent to Vie or Richmond,
and we simply propose To COZ centrste IL
here. We shall not curtal any OF the
work at the other shops, because our
Increasing business will give Us plenty
,f additional employment for TIE Aie-A-
lnaria shops" In the Car shop the
passenger coaches will be overhaul teo
and in the wood working shops will ce
the machinery, such as lathes, planners,
and saws, necessary to put the lumber
into shape for use. The boiler shop |
will have large blacksmithy attached
and the machine shop will hold the |
heavy machinery for the iron work.
will be rup, by means of a
transfer cable, directly into the shop,
packing them against the heavy ma
chimes and underneath the travelling
cranes. There will be ample faculties
for handling freight cars, with roomy |
shops in which to house them while
hey are being repaired and plenty of
racks to hold them while they are
Waiting their turn. The shops will
,ontain all the latest devices III labor
avng improvements and will be thor.
,ugbly equipped in every way"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
CONFEDERATE VETERANs.-A called

CONFEDERATE VETERANs.-A called
meeting of r. E. Lee Camp Confeder-
ate Veterans was held at their room
last night, Commander Smoot presid
lug.
The committee appointed at pre-
vious meeting to procure rooms for the
future meetings of the camp made
their report, which, after being dis
cussed, was laid over to the next reg
u ar meeting.
The commander stated to the camp
that arrangements had been completed
for the lecture on the "Army of North
ern Virginia, its commanders and bat
ties" by General Rosser, which will be
delivered at the Opera House on Thurs
day. November 21st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

BOARD OF SUpERv1soRs.-The Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors met in the
Columbus street court house to-day and
audited the accounts of the county.
They also directed 9he clerk to enter
an Injunction against the city should
the latter undertake to erecta build
ing OF the southern end of the court
l. o,,eo Lot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

PAID THE LICENSE TAx.-The Pos
tai Telegraph and Cable Company,
through their manager in this city, Mr..
G. F. Hoyer, this morning paid their
license tax, under protest, from the first
Of last June up to November seventh,
v hen the Office was closed. The case
had been set for trial at 10 o'clock this
morning when the company was to have
had counsel here to represent Mr..
Hover. who had been arrested for CON
Quoting business without license.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

REPUBLICAN MEETING.-The city
republican committee held a meeting
last night, with Alexander Bowden in
the chair, at which it was determined
to hold ward meetings next Monday
night to elect delegates to city COM
mittee to be held on the following We'd
nesday night for the purpose of electing
a CITY chairman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

CHARTER.-A charter was granted
in Richmond yesterday evening to
the Home Telephone Company, OF
Alexan. dria. The capital stock Is
to We s25, 900, in shares of SO
each. and the real estate to be heid
by it shall not be more than ten acres.
The principal Office OF the company Is
to be in this city, with branches ei 1Ss
where, and the chief business s ,; 1ne
and systems in Alexandria and else
where. The officers are +, B. Hubbel!,
president; VIM. L Msrbury, vice-Presl-
dent; James Russell, treasurer; W. y.
Atkinson, secretary and general man
ager, all of Baltimore.
This company wishes to establish an
exchange in this city at an esrly date
and will ask Council tonight Tor per-
mission to erect poles on the streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

Many people, when little constipated,
make the mistake of using saline or other
drastic purgstive.. All that is needed is a
mild dose of Ayers Pills to restore the regu-
lar movement of the bowels, and nature will
do the rest. They keep the system in perfect
order
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

STOPPED THE FIGHT.-Edward Still
'yarcs and William Fountain, both
colored, concluded to have a fight on
upper King street last night, but OFF,
Ger Lyles happened to be in the vicinity
and brought the mill to an abrupt close
before either had received damage.
Both were arrested and this morning
were fined IS each or given 80 days on
the chain gang.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
LOCAL MATTERS.

suu rises tomorrow at 7:04 and sets
"a High water 4:24 q. m. and
90 p. IN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

PERsoNAL.-Mr. Stephen Swain, one
of Alexandria's Oldest citizens, is quite
sick at his home on Wolfe street.
Miss Boydie Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia, ia visiting her cousins, the Misses
Kemper, on Washington street.
Mr.. Gardner L. Boothe left here last
night for Savannah on business.
Mr.. Charles Fisher and Miss Virgie
Fleming. second daughter of Mr.. E
S. Fleming, are to be married at the
Second Presbyterian Church on the Goth
instant.
Mr.. Edgar Warfield, jr., and Miss
Abbie V. Belts will be married in the
Methodist Episcopal Church South this
ey.ening, at s o'clock, by Rev. Mr.. Will
liams Last night Mr.. Warfield enter
tanned his ushers at supper given at
his home on Fairfax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
LADIES' JACKET WONDERS.

Ladies black and blue Chin
chilla and cheviot box coats
with melon sleeves a natty
and warm winter wrap good
value at S. ; for Mondays sale
$s.9S. .
Ladies black and blue all
wool beaver and diagonal box
coats, ripple back, melon
sleeves /; worth $3.50; for Mon
days sale $40.
Ladies double stitched Bou-
Gle jackets, two distinct de-
signs; nowhere found under S.;
Mondays sale $5.9S.
Ladies black Astrakhan
coats, box style, with elegant
satin facing and melon sleeves;
bestjudges of value pronounce
them SIS garments, at $Io.9S.
CLOTH CAPE WONDERS.
Ladies Boucle double capes,
good length, very full sweep,
trimmed with fur worth ST. SO,
at $2.eS.
Ladies heavy cheviot double
military capes, 80 inches long
by 100 sweep, silk braided /;
worth $3.50, at $4.eS.
Handsome line of Children's
Refers at S2,4o.
&q9Ss,,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12

NsATaKR PRoRABnITIEs.-For this
=. ion warmer Wednesday afternoon; north
!, winds, becoming variable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
PROPOSALS.

nEPoT QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
~ Washington, D. G., November II, 1895
Sealed proposals, in tripTicate, will b. re-
ceived here until II o'clock, noon, WE'D.
NsSDAY, December II, 1895, and then
opened for construction Of two cavalry STA
bles at Fort Myer, Va. information furn sh-
ed on application. Government reserves right
to reject or accept any or all proposals, or
any part thereof. Envelopes containing pro-
posals should be marked Proposals for Con-
structing Stables at Fort Myer, Va" and "a.
dressed to Major J. w. JACOBS, Depot Q. NJ.
.noy11 4t-det9 2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
PERSONAL.

DERSONAL.-If the gentleman who assist
i cd lady who had fallen from the 1880
train at the B. & P. depot at Alexandria, on
the 18th day of May, or the ladies who kind
ly offered their sympathy and assistance will
send address to n. F. HOBSoN, 20S south
Payne street, they will confer great favor
upon the unfortunate lady who has been an
invalid ever since the occurrence.
novs 3t#
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16

generation would declare that their fathers used a rock, and that what was good enough for their fathers was good enough for them!
 am reminded of this story by the way our towns go on year after year paying out thousands of dollars for tae annual clearing of drifted winter roads, instead of removing once for all the causes of drifted roads-some hing that is possible to a very large extent. The cause of the formation of drifts is usually roadside stone wall, board fence, a clump of bushes, or some other obstruction to the free play of the wind, that could easily be removed. Many crossroads in my own state are every winter rendered nearly i'm passable for several months simply be- cause of the obstructing nature of the fences, walls and bushes at the sides of these roads. Let the bushes be cTt and light wooden or wire fences substi- tuted for those that now cause drifts and there would be far less need o1 breaking" roads constantly from the first of December toythe last of March as is the case of many localities at pres ent.-Webb Donnell, in CountT Cen tleman.
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
FEEDING MlLCH COWS.
How to Maintain Even Production
 Throughout the Season.

How to Maintain Even Prouuctlon
 Throughout the Season.
 One of the important items in secur- ing the best profit from the cows is to have an even flow of milk well main tained throughout the season. On many farms there are cows that for short season after they come in fresh yield good flow of milk, but this soon be- gins to fail, especially if care is not taken in the feeding and management, and at the end of seven or eight months the quantity they give is so small that they are allowed to go dry. Many cows are kept that if charged a fair prlce for the food they eat would not pay for their keep.
 The first important item is to have good cows. Then they must be well fed, even in summer. While during growing season the pastures can be largely relied upon; it will pay to give also light feed of bran and corn meal, or bran and middlings. Then in order to make sure of a good supply of cheap food it will also be a good plan to plant some crop like sweet corn, fodder corn, millet, sorghum, or some thing of this kind that can be used at any time when needed. There should be a change of feed occasionally, so as to keep the COW with a good appetite, as the more good food the good dairy COW consumes the more good milk she will give. It will also be good plan to divide the pas lures so that she can be changed from one to the other at least every ten days. The cows will do much better than if they are compelled to depend upon one pasture. Besides, by changing, there will be less waste of feed. With all animals there is natural inclination to eat the tender, sweeter growth, and in doing this, when kept in one pas ture, there will be more or less that will grow up and mature seed. By dividing up the pastures and changing from one to the other, grass will ali be eaten down more evenly. There should always be sweet, nutritious grasses in the pastures, so that the cows can get enough to satisfy their appetites with out tramping too long or too far. The quieter and more comforta ble the cows can be kept the better the results, Feed to keep the COW in good, thrifty condition. It is not possible to make a good dairy COW fat, but good treatment will keep her in good condition. Her l food will be converted into milk rather than flesh. Louis Republic
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
PROTEST FROM MAINE.
MT. DonneIl RidicuIes the Way They "Break Roads, in Yankeeland.

Some winter morning the highway surveyor of district No wakes up to find all familiar landmarks out of sight beneath thick covering of snow which, it is more than likely, has drifted in huge heaps across the highway wher- ever a fence, stone wall or clump of bushes has prevented the winds unim. peded march. The highway surveyor, mindful of the important part he plays in maintaining the social fabric, wades out to the barn to feed his cattle cattle" being New-E 1glandism for pair of oxen-which he yokes up after getting his own breakfast.
 His method of breaking road is very simple. Under the front of an old-fashioned wood sled, with long runners, he chains a stick of wood six or eight inches in diameter, slips into the sockets a sled stake or two, to hold on by. mounts the sled and in vites Buck and Bright to get up steam. Now Buck and Bright deserve no small credit in this matter, for beside gener- ating the motive power for the sled they serve also as snow blows, plung- ing into drifts and breaking down the snow to an extent that makes it con- paratively easy for the sled to main tain an even keel so to speak, even when the drifts are very irregular in construction.
 | A little way down the road the high way surveyor will perhaps add neigh bor to his outfit, providing that the neighbours taxes have not yet been wholly worked out" If the drifts have been packed hard by the wind, it may be necessary to break up the snow little before Buck and Bright can get through, but the cattle are quite sure to have the most of the work to theil credit when the road has been gone over.
 All this may seem a rather primitive and crude method of procedure, con sidering the great importance of well kept highways, be the time of the veal summer or winter; but from careful con sideration of the matter, am not sure that better method for making win ter roads could be found. The hatiron shaped snow blow pushes the snow ou
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
O. ESCHMAN g. co.

So in the present movement, or rather feeling, prevailing the entire country concerning good roads, women must help if the sentiment being manifested is ever to eliminate into any decided action that will prove advantageous. Usually we leave road making and kindred things entirely to the men. What is the result? In what condition are our roads? P
 While there Is not a woman in the lasd that is not more or less affected by the condition of the roads, those re- siding in rural districts and small towns are the ones most interested, and 70 such especially is this little article written, in the hope of causing them to think on the subject, and to decide what their responsibility in the matter is.
 While women cannot go onto the road and work with shovel and grader they can do effective work in other ways. They can think and plan for others to execute, which is, after all, the highest kind of generalship. They ! can ty united effort so use their in fiuence that only the best posted men shall be elected for road supervisors. | They can agitate the subject at home and abroad, helping father, husband, brothers and neighbors to see what is needed in naKlng better roads. They l can have the question discussed ill the public schools, thus interesting even 1 the children and teaching them to think and plan for Improvement. They can bring it before the institute, the alliance, the literary and debating clubs, as well as women'S clubs. l Who has not had their business or social plans sadly marred CT entirely ruined by bad roads? While in remote districts more than one life has gone out, more than one soul passed over into the mysterious beyond, because bad roads prevented obtaining medical aid.
 Many of our readers know what il means to be debarred from church or social privileges for weeks at a time or account of the roads, and more than one earnest, hard-working pasto1 knows that the lowspirited condition of his church is due as much to baC roads as to other causes. Qndeed, don't know but road making mlght be incorporated into some practical ser mon, and l am sure it might well come within the limits of home missionary discussions and york;
 We have seen business lag; have had our children kept at home from school all for nothing but bad roads. Now what shall we do about the matter: Surely as women we need to do some serious thinking on this subject; fol usually with woman to thlnk is tc plan, and to plan is to execute. Shal we have better roads?-Clara Sensi baugh Everts, in Farm, Field and Fire side.
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
PREPARING" A ROAD IN MAINE.

of the road and piles it up at the sides, making the road simply trench to be filed with drifting snow when ever the wind blows, which it does ire quently and energetically. The sled with the stick under its forward part breaks through the snow and pushes it down, making a frmer footing for horses than could be gained in many other ways. Here and there other methods prevail, but large portion of our country roads are still made passa- ble in winter with the sled and oxen that our grandfathers and great-grand
 fathers used. One of the "other meth ods" prevails in the road that runs past my own place. After every considera- ble fall of snow there appears a four horse team drawing the most enormous roller that. think, was ever built It is made of plank and must be some thing like nine feet in diameter, with a heavy oak frame about it. The roller is long enough to make road in which two teams can travel abreast, and where the snow is light, it packs down very well indeed; but in hard snow, enormous though it's weight is,
 it makes but little impression because of it's great extent of bearing urface.
 The story is familiar which tells how generation after generation of men went to mill on horseback with bag thrown across the horse in front of the rider, the 'grist" in one end and a stone in the other to balance it. When asked why they did not throw the stone away and put half the grain in one end of the bag and half in the other to bal ance it, the men of each succeeding
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16

GEN ERAL MERCHAN
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
Slow Work.

The late Prof. Hyrtl was very fond of animals. Some years ago one of his fellow professors undertook some ex- periments to ascertain the loss of welCht in cases of starvation, using for the purpose lot of rabbits. The sub jects of the experiment were weighed every day, but to the professors aston ishment they gained flesh instead of losing it. It was some time before he found out that Prof Hyrtl had been keeping them well supplied with food.
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
LOG FEED RACK.

hay and other roughness upon the ground. Nothing is wasted by being pulled out and trampled under foot. Put large load of hay into this rack. The stock eat it from the bottom as needed and the upper portion settles down as the feed is taken from be- neath.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
A LOG FEED RACK.
It Saves Lots of Hay and Can Be Put Up
 in a Few Minutes.

This homemade feed-rack can be constructed any desired length. The lower portion is about seven feet wide. The height depends on animals using it. They must reach the bottom easily
 The upper part is of sufficient width to allow ample room between the top log of the first part and the lower log of the second part for stock to reach down and get the feed. This method is much more desirable than throwing
Arizona republican., 1895-04-16
SENSIBLE MRS. EVERTS.

She Tells Why Women Should Advocate
 Better Country Roads.
 Was ever a reform agitated and moved forward to success in which women were not either the leaders or else that ''power behind the throne" which steadily and quietly melted the aggressive ones, helping on to victory?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-20
TO BE ROWED OVER AGAIN.
The South End and Pioneer Boat Club
Crews Will Contest on Sun
day.

The senior barge race between the South
End and Pioneer crews, held under the
auspices of the Pacific Amateur Associa-
ton on Admission day at Sacramento, was
declared no race, one of the stakeboats
having slipped its moorings and foated
down the stream distance of some hun
dred yards. At recent meeting of the
board of managers of the association it
was decided to row the race over next Sun
day, September %, from Long Bridge at
10 A. NJ. Notwithstanding the postpone
ment the crews have kept in active train
ing and grand race may be looked for.
The San Francisco Athletic Club gave a
very interesting boxing entertainment last
evening at Its clubrooms on Sixth street.
Phil J. Dietz acted as master of ceremo
MES and George Bates held time on the
boxers Frank Raphael and Eugene Kelly
gave an excellent exhibition of boxing, the
latter being admired for the good stand he
made against such a clever opponent.
Charles Shuler and A. Sloan boxed three
rounds. Sloan amused the members by
his wild attempts to land on his opponents
face George Ball and Ed Brooth boxed
three lively rounds. George Sparrow and
William Grill wrestled three bouts. Both
succeeded in winning fall. F.. Coglin
and M. Sullivan boxed three rounds which
proved very interesting. j. Kenny and
Charles Croysand also boxed. The fistic
sport terminated with three-round bout
between J. McMann and N. Galliek. The
club will hold it's annual picnic and games
at Shell Mound Park on October 90
There was a large attendance at the Oc-
cidental handball court on Wednesday
night. including many ladies. The attrac-
ton was match between P. T. Donnelly,
the amateur champion of the coast, and J.
G. Neaon, and M. J. Kilgalon and r.
Linehan. The two latter played rafting
game and won by the following score:
Kigallon and Linehan. 81 FL IA 81
Donnelly and Nealon. 1S 81 Is
The last regular monthly shoot of the
Olympic Gun Club will be held on Sunday
next at the Oakland racetrack. special
match shooting contest has been arranged
between the club mentioned and the San
Jose Cycling Gun Club. to take place at
San Jose on the afternoon of the 29th inst.
The Olympic CLUBS baseball nine will
play the Santa Cruz Baseball Club for the
championship of the Pacific Coast on Sun
day next, the 22d inst. The contest should
prove close and exciting.