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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03
TE1,EPHoNE EXCHANGE.
HELLO

HEIho HELLO
We wish to call your attention to the
ALEXANDRIA TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
AND ITS ADVANTAGES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

COLD DUST SOAP POWDER, equal in
W weight to eight Be packages, for sale at
ON nv J. G. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

A BEAUTIFUL assortment of Amoskeag
IA Dress Ginghams just received to sell st
6L,c at A. C. SLAYMAKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

HsRoMARTY YARMOUTH BLOATERs
" just received by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03
STEAMERS.
STEAMERS.
WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COM
w PANY (LIMITED0
FERRY SCHEDULE

EEhh4 SCdEUOhE
On and after June 7th, 1896 and until
further notice the following ferry schedule
will be in force.
Leave Alexandria, foot of King street, at
6 90, 7 80, 8 80, 8 80, 30 and II 80
a. M, ~ 80. 80, 2 3O,..3 30, 4 80, 80,
80 and 7 Is p. m.
Leave Washington. foot of Seventh street,
at 6:15 7 80, s 80, 8 80. 10 30 and II 30,
a. NJ, u so, 1 30, 2 80, 8 30, 30, 5 so,
80 and 7 Is p. m.
B. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
8 30 a. m.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS STEAM.
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington Mon.
days at 7 90 a. m., and Alexandria at 90
a. m, for landings as far ss NOminl and on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at same hours for
St. Clements Bay and Leonardtown.
C. W. RIDLEY, General Manager.
JOHN B. PADGETT, Agent.
DAILYLINE TO NORFOLK AND FORT
REss MONROE
The Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company
Will run DAILY LINE, commencing Oh
Monday, March 80, with their new and pow
erful iron steamers
WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK,
Leaving the wharf at the foot of Prince stre-
at 7 80 p. m.
Returning will leave Norfolk at 20 p. ~
Single fare So. Bound trip So.
c. W. WATTLES, Agent,
No. 9 Prince street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

COMETHING NEW.-French Red Kidney
y Beans in cans, received to day BY
]. C. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

GOOD RIO COFFEE, freshly roasted at
W my store, Zoe per lb.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

A LOT OF LADIES' SHIFT WAISTS,
n very handsome, reduced from 5Oc to
4Oc, st 4. C. sLA1MAkEHa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF SILK
II BOWS just received at
- A. G. sLAYMAKER's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

CHORT ENDS PLAIN MUsLINs, 1.yard
y wide at &c, 40 inches wide, at Sc, at
A C.. SLAYMAKER'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-03

"AMS-Shafers Mild Hams and Coxs
IL Winter Cured Hams, small sizes, for sale
by J.C. MILBURN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

It is stated in the New York OBJ
server that the reindeer which were
introduced into Alaska largely through
she efforts of Rev. DR.. Sheldon Jack
son, who is kind of apostle of Alaska,
have been giving good account Of
themselves. While dog can average
but thirty-fve miles reindeer can
make ninety miles day. Swift COM
munication between many OF the scat
tered settlements has thus been made
feasible. The natural increase OF the
reindeer is rapid, being estimated at
fifty per cent, so that large herds
may be expected in course OF time. At
present nearly one thousand head of
reindeer are herded OF Port Clarence,
near Bsring Strait. Numbers OF the
natives whose homes are contiguous to
the Government school stations are
thus being lifted by degrees from a
dependence upon the uncertainties of
fishing and hunting to the more steady
and comfortable condition of herds.
men. The skins and meat of the rein
deer are also valuable, so that Alaska
is finding the animals already import.
ed yeritable godsend.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
OVEN DOORS OF CRYSTAL.

It has remained for a woman to in.
vent and patent glass doors for ovens.
The wonder is that the idea has not
long ago been thought of by some wo.
man who cooks. All cooking instruc-
tors lay the greatest stress on the care
to be observed in opening an oven
door 10 watch the progress Of cakes
or mullins. Maria Parloa, making
sponge cake, touches the knob with
the most delete care and lightness,
dreading even to jar the cake within.
and peeks through the smallest crack
that will afford the necessary glance.
What relief to walk boldly up to the
oven and through these transparent
doors, which the genius of Michigan
woman has discovered, study at leis-
ure the progress of rising cake dough
or crisping fowl.-New York AdYer-
tiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
A BECOMING WAIST.

The stylish waist depicted in the
second large illustration is one of the
seasons novelties, its soft fullness and
handsome decoration making it un-
usually attractive and becoming. Ecru
linen batiste is the material repre-
sented, made up over green taffeta
Innings and decorated with bands OF
batiste embroidery and green satin
ribbon. The full fronts and back are
Joined in shoulder seams, and gath.
cred in several rows of shirring around
the neck and at the lower edges in CEN
tire. A full plated basque OF the
trimming is sewed to the lower edges
in centre. The standing collar has O
plated frill standing out from its up.
per edge that separates in points at
front and back. Three bands of batiste
embroidery decorate the fronts, the
centre one blousing slightly ut the
waist. The bishop sleeves are fash.
ionably full, and are shirred top and
bottom over fitted Innings of taffeta.
Straight cuffs of the batiste embroid-
ery complete the wrists. Waists in
this style are stylishly developed from
any of the numerous weayes of fancy
silk now in vogue, with ribbon, lace,
insertion, jet or spangled passemen-
terie for decoration. Rich combina-
tions are possible by the mode.
The quantity of material a inches
wide required to make this basque for
a lady having o 36-inch bust measure
is 81 yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
SECTION OF rrnroRD ROAD.

The macadam road has the earth
graded and rollen for its foundation.
The principles laid down by Macadam
were as follows: 1t is the natural soil
which really supports the weight tray
ell; while it is preserved in dry state
it will carry any weight without sink.
ing. This native soil must previously
be made quite dry and covering as
much impenetrsble to lain as possible
must then be placed over it to pre-
serve it in that dry state. That the
thickness OF road should only be reg
ulated by the quantity of material
necessary to form such impervious
covering and never by any reference
to its own power of carrying weight.
These principles, modified in some
respects, govern the making of mac
adam roadway to-day. The natural
earth foundation is graded so that the
curve Of the foundation will be par.
allel to the curve of the surface of the
roadway when completed. The earth
founda$ion is rolled and rerolled un-
der heavy roller until the earth is
firm, compact and even.
On both sides OF the roadway exca-
yations are made for the drains. In
the bottom of the ditch thus made
tiling III lald, covered with hay, straw
or soma such fltering material, and
over it is laid broken stone in such a
manner that water will easily find its
way down to the tile.
Sometimes, instead of tiling, bundles
of rods or straight limbs OF trees,
bound together fagot fashion, are laid
in the bottom of the drains lnstend of
tiles. This is a cheaper construction,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
PAPER CARPET LININ1.

A carpet lining mo le entirely from
wood and paper pulp is one Of the
newest articles to be produced from
that seemingly unfalling source
paper. Carpet Innings made from
manila paper, folded in fat rolls,
or otherwise constructed, are COM
mon enough, but the new type OF
lining is quite out of the ordinary.
Anything that is between two layers,
as d carpet lining (which is between
the floor and the carpet, must be
porous SO as to allow the dirt that
works through the texture of the car
pet to sift through to the floor. Again,
the lining must be flexible and smooth.
1t must also be moth proof.
These ends are obtained by running
the pulp on the floor to on average
depth OF one-quarter inch, which will
furnish good, smooth, elastic founda-
tion for the carpet. The pulp fills
every crack, bad place, depression, and
forms a perfectly-level surface. Ex-
posure to the air dries the compost
tion in O day or SO. The carpet is
laid directly upon this surface, which,
being absolutely smooth and just
elastic enough, makes the poorer
grades of carpets seem like the softest
and most costly of pile textures.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

The League of American Wheelmen
has taken up the cause of good roads,
and men who are accustomed to feel
the public pulse say that good roads
will soon be dominant issue in Stale
and. National politics. What bicycle
riders are doing at present was done
by the horseless vehicle men of Eng
land in 1881, when their agitation re-
snlted in the appointment of a COM
mittee of the Horse of Commons "to
inquired into and to report upon the
proportion of tolls which ought to be
imposed upon coaches and other ve-
hicles propelled by steam or gas upon
turnpike roads"
1t was Just about this time that
James Macadam, Road Surveyor, and
Thomas Telford, President OF tho In
stitutson of Civil Engineers, with their
adhersnts, were engaged in contro-
versary regarding the relative merits
or"Macadam" and "Telford" roads.
Up to that time England's best roads
were the remains of the old Roman
roads, bat Macadam and Telford be-
gan all era OF road building. each Of
ter his own kind, which brought Eng
lish reads to high state OF develop
ment and made those two engineers
famous as the origlnators OF the two
systems which to-day bear their names.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
Catching Cold.

a great deal OF lung trouble, con.
sumption and throat difficulties are
chargeable directly to the habit OF
laughing and talking on going out
from heated audience rooms. People
sit for hours in warm rooms, then go
out sud ddenly into the cold air. They
are in high spirits and naturally in
clined to chatter and laugh, often
keeping. this MP for long time. The
sudden reducing of the temperature OF
the lungs by the enormous inhalation
of very cold air is productive Of con-
gestion and chills innumerable. It is
declared by physician who has made
study of this subject that if people
could b, induced to keep their mouths
shut OH going out of heated rooms
into cold atmosphere there would bs
iewer pulmonary and throat troubles
and fewer colds and coughs. People
should gradually accustom their lungs
TO the cold, rarely speaking for the
first few minutes OF their out-of-door
trip. re the thoughtless this looks
like small matter. but on it.may de-.
pend health, happiness and long life.
New York Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
onEAS1Ne COVERS AND CARPETS.

To cleanse a rubber piano cover Lay
the cover on long, clean table, and
sponge it all over with clear, warm
water containing a little powdered
borax, just enough borax to soften the
water; use no soap; then with clean
cloth rub it dry; if it looks dull and
does not give satisfaction, then take
another soft cloth and drop on it not
more than two or three drops of sweet
oil andsrub gently all over the cover.
To cleans. Brussels carpet: first
have the carpetwell shaken, then tack
it down in room where it is to re-,
main and sweep it as thoroughly IS
possible. Take q pail OF hot water, put
IN t8o tsb;sspeeEf Hlsel powdsEe1' boz
rax, wash the carpet al over the sur
face, using o flannel cloth. For grease
spots or very dirty places, use ascrub-
bipg brush freely and very little
soap, taking care to rinse the soap off
we'll after scrubbing; change the water
quite often; rub the carpet well after
washing with dry cloth, and open the
doors and windows SO as to dry the
carpet as quickly as possible. New
York Observer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

until the sand can no longer be driven
in between the broken stone. Drains
arc laid, rs they IRE for masadan1
roads, before the Improvement is
built.
A simple experim ent, which can be
made with any whr will show why
o smooth, hard-surl cel road makes
hauling easy for hogs On such o
road the roadway is ,2ngent to the
circumference of the wheel. The wheel
stands on the immediate point o: con-
tact, aud there is no obstacle over
which the wheel must be lifted. On
q sandy or loose, soft earth road the
wheel sinks into the roadway. To
draw the wheel forward the earth be-
fore its track must be displaced or
passed over. so that horse, in addi-
tion to the force it must exert to draw
the load, must use extra force to over
come the obstacle in the path OF the
wheel.
In Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, the systematic Improvement
of rs,ds hos made progress for nearly
fifteen years. The general plan
adopted was to start at the city limits
of the county seat and to grade and
macadam oil public roads from this
point out toward the township and
county limits. These roads have o
width of forty feet for the first two
miles from the city limits and beyond
this point width of thiriy.six feet.
The average cost of these roads. in
clu1ing the macadamizing and grad
ing, is about $4,000 a mile. The eff
ciencT of the roads is shown by the il
lustration, copied from photograph.
The wagon loaded with twelve bales
of cotton weighs 5000 pounds, and
each OF the other three wagons is
loaded with cord of wood.
Much of the road building in this
county is done by ccnyicts. The ay-
erage number OF convicts employed is
about eighty, and the average cost of
this labor per convict, including food,
clothing, medical attention and guards,
is from twenty to twenty-five cents q
day.
The rate OF taxation in the county
is eighteen cents on 500 worth of
property. In addition each township
levies tax varying from seven to ff-
teen cents on each $100 worth OF
property. The law requires all able
bodied citizens along the public roads
to labor four days of each yenr on the
public roads or to pay fifty cents o
day in lien thereof.
This class OF labor is used indepen-
dent of the convict labor, principally
in the work of grading or in tho gen.
eral repairs of those roads or portions
of them upon Which the convict force
is not engaged.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

Tho Atlanta Journal says that a SYM
dicats of New York capitalists are
about to purchase the grounds OF Pied
mont Park, Atlanta, on which the Ex-
position was held. It adds that New
York capitalists already hold large
interests in Atlanta, md thus New
York capital is destined to cut o large
figure in the bustling metropolis of
Georgia. These statements, comments
The New York Tribune, are especially
interesting, in view of the fact that
while the Fair was in progress last fall.
everybody in Atlanta was predicting
that Chicago capital was soon to COME
to Atlanta and reyolutionize things,
and New York was denounced as slow
because it failed to appreciate its OPP
portunity. Chicago money, however,
is still far from conspicuous down
there, but it should be added in fair
ness that the Chicago papers wrote up
he Fair in fine style.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

long and thought he was some pump
kins.' Nevertheless, he was fraud, q
snare and delusion. He strutted about
with The self complacent air OF pea
cocl, Notwithstanding that he muat
have been aware OF tho fact that his
tail was composed of plumes begged,
borrowed or stolen from the caudal ap-
pendages of other roosters. That tail
certainly was o marvel of ingenuity.
Tho feathers were SO cleverly joined
one to another as to defy detection,
except on the minutest OF scrutiny.
Yet the owner of the bird could take
off and put on that wonderful tail
whenever it pleased him to do so."-
Philadelphia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

underarm cores, with curved centre
seam securing trim adjustment.
Plaits are laid underneath, below the
waist line in back, to form the fullness
now fashionable. The stylish gigot
sleeves are shaped by single seams, the
fullness at the top being laid in back
and forward turning side plaits, that
form single box plaits at the shoulder
seams. The blazer can be made from
one material in self-colored CLOTH or
of suiting to match skirt. Pockets
can be inserted in the fronts if desired,
these being omitted from oil the latest
designs, inside breast pockets being
inseTfed ID the front faeings chat.
reach to the undet arm end shonlder
seam.
The quantity Of material, A inches
wide, required to make this jacket for
o lady having 36-inch bust measure
is 81 yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

hE United States department
of Agriculture has taken up
the matter of "farmers'
roads," ayers the, Chicago
Record, and Roy Stone, an engineer
OF the department., believes that farm
ers can build good roads without i'm
poyerishing themselves. On this SUBJ
ject Engineer Stone says:
s.In the frst place the road that will
bast suit the needs of the farmer must
not be too costly; in the second place
it must be of the very best kind, for
the farmer should be able to do his
heavy hauling over it when his fields
are too wet to work and his teams are
free. The road that would seem to
fill the farmers need, all things con-
sidered, is a solid, well-bedded stone
road, go narrow as to be only single
track, but having IN earth track along
side.
ga fine, dry, smooth dirt track is
the perfection of roads; it is easy on
the horses feet and legs, easy on the
vehicle and free from noise and jar.
1t holds snow better than gravel or
stone and requires less snow to make
sleighing, and where such road has
a stone road alongside to take the
travel in wet weather it will suffer
hardly any appreciable wear.
"The stone road, on the other hand,
wears by the grinding of the wheels
and the chipping of the horses calks
in dry weather more than in wet. Ii
it can be saved this wear for an aver
age of Elk months in each year, so
much will be clear gain.
seThe questions raised regarding this
method of construction are: Can the
functions of the earth and stone sec.
tions OF the road be kept even SO as
not to have jog in passing from one
to the other, and can the nesting and
passing of loaded teams be provided
for?"
Mr.. Stone cited the condition of the
Canandaigua IN. ~ roads as evidence
that there is no sign of division be.
tween the earth and stone, and added
that those who use these roads say that
no difficulty is found in the passing
of teams, since practically no two
teams ever turn out at exactly the
same spot, and no rutting Of the earth
road occurs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10

experience. 1t is not difficult to under
stand the reason for this when one
visits building equipped with steam
heating apparatus of score or more
years ago. The temperature is scarce.
ly even bearable, for with the steam
turned on the rooms become torrid /;
if it is turned of they become frigid,
and there seems 10 be no happy me-
dium. Added to this very vital o5iec-
tion, when the steam is first admitted
to the radiators, one might as we'll live
in a boilershop. The humping and
changing is enoughto craze person of
nervous susceptibilities.
In view of the splendid results that
are now obtained in team-heating, it
is needless to say that these faults are
not due to the system, but to the
ignorant application of it. Where
the heat cannot be properly and per-
fectlv regulated there has been no
scientific adjustment OF heating sur
face to the cnbic Dimensions of the
room. In many buildings that have
been equipped with the apparatus,
subsequent to their erection, there are
hundreds of feet of steam pipe e1-
posed, because it was impossible to
carry them from floor to floor and
from room to room within the walls.
The radiators themselves have suf-
fcient heating surface. while the steam
pipes are responsible for the over heat
ing. The architect of to-day settles
this difficulty in his plans. If the
matter is left to him, steam-heating
becomes o delight to the householder,
as it gives sure and equablc tsmpera-
ture in the utmost extreme weather,
and at minimum of cost for fuel.
The humping in the radiators,
which forms prime objection to the
system in the mind of those who re-
member the experimental stage of
steam-heating, is entirely obIiated by
the use of improved apparatus. 1t Is
caused, of course, by the condensing
of steam in the radiators, and when
this water i properly condueted BACK
into the boiler the system IS as noiseiess
as hot air or hot water heating.
The accompanying design is for o
country villa in which the plans call
for simple and inexpensive steam
heating plant.
General Dimensions : Width, through
dining-room and back parlor, 33 #.
6 ins. /; depth, including bay window,
43 #.
Heights of Stories: Cellar, 7 ft. !;
first story. 8 it. ; second story, 9 #.
Exterior Materials: Foundation,
stone; first and second stories, clap
boards; band between first and second
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
TlIos. j. ADAMS. PROPRIETOR
but is not regarded SO good as ths
TJ-ebara5 +ilinn

O-6napeQ t1uug.
When the roadway has been graded
and rolled and the drains have been
built the first layer of broken stone is
put on the rolled surface of the earth
foundation. This layer is about six
inches deep, and consists OF broken
stone, no piece too large to pass
through ring of two and one-half
inches inside diameter.
When this layer is evenly spread
over the foundation the roller is again
brought into use, and the stone layer
is rolled until it is firm and compact.
The stone is sprinkled with water be-
fore the roller is passed over it, and
sometimes clean, sharp sand is sprin-
kled over the stone.
The second layer, thick enough to
bring the stone bed up to ten inches,
is next spread on and rolled, and then
top layer of clean gravel or stone
clippings is put on and rolled. Care
is, taken that the gravel shall not be
waterworn, with smooth, round cor
ners, for this is injurious to the road.
way.
The Telford road differs materially
from the macadam, for it has fotln-
dation Of stones laid down singly, with
the broad side down, and the spaces
between the stones filed with smaller,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
A Feline Fireman.

There's remarkable cat in this city
called "Tootsy." She is the only fire
cat in the land. Tootsy is member
of Engine Company No. 27, AID sll the
firenlen love her. She was born on the
Fourth of July, has been in the cat
show, rides on the engine, sitting on
the drivers scat, and loves the smell
of smoke as much as she does dinner
of live mouse. Nothing could induce
the men of No. 27 to part with their
pet. Tootsy knows IN alarm OF ire
even if she hears the gong strike when
she's block away. When Tootsy
dies there will be sorrow of the genu'
inc kind in the engine house OF No.
81. New York Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-10
WHITE srREwS WITH nnAcs.

The new ribbons are wonderful in
coloring and diversity of patterns. On
white and bright, colored grounds
there are chine designs, and over these
are narrow black and white stripes OK
dots. One design of purple lilacs
strewn all over white ground, with
one narrow white satin stripe down
either side nearly two inches from the
edge, is particularly pretty, but the
variety is beyond description.