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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

works the amount due them, and the one to
improve the channel to the Norfolk navy
yard were about the only Virginia bills of
any consequence enacted at the recent session
of Congress.
Batteries G and NJ of the 7th Artillery, sta
toned at Fort Myer, Va, will leave that
place Monday morning and proceed to Tampa
where they will await further orders.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
MEDICINAL.
WHILE THE WAR LASTS,

All who march, walk or stand, should shake
into their shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, powder.
It cures aching, tired, sore, swollen feet, and
makes tight or new shoes easy. 1t absorts
moisture, and prevents chatting, hot, smarting,
blistered, sweating feet All the regular army
troops and navy men use it. Volunteers in
hot climates can't exist in comfort without it.
Aliens Foot-Esse is sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen 6. Olmsted, LIE Boy, N. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

CONGRESS Is A variagated body as IT
is, but when among its members shall
be included representatives from the
Sandwich Islands, the Philippines, the
Carolines, Porto Rico, Cuba, and other
distant lands yet to be conquered and
annexed, its cosmopolitan composition
will be unique and peculiar. But
when a nation, casting aside all the
conservatism by which it has grown
rich and strong, starts out on new
aud untried career of conquest and ag-
grandizement, there is no telling to
what ridiculous extent it may go be-
fore the inevitable wind up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
Captain Gridley's Funeral.

ERIE, Pa, July 9.-The funeral of
the late Captain G. V. Gridley will take
place next Wednesday afternoon. The
urn containing his ashes has reached
San Francisco and been forwarded to
Erie. The citizens OF Erie will erect
his monument. A military funeral
will be held. Captain Gridley was the
commanding officer on the Olympia
and died shortly after the battle of
Manila beV.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
Lynchcd the Wrong Man.

GREENvILLE, Miss, July ST has
been ascertained that the mob that
hanged Yves Gould, negro, at Leland
Thursday night, put the wrong man to
death. The man the lynchers were
after vas Al Johnson, accused of at
tempting to assassinate white mar.
A mistake was made in the number Of
the prisoners cell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
The Markets.

New YORK. July 9.-Wheat-July OPEN
ed at So; closed at 69la Corn-Dec opened
at 1925 closed at 1925. Osts-May opened
ct 2O1s closed 201s. Pork-May opened at
SO 80 ;closed at So 80.
CHICAGO, July 9.-Wheat rs; Corn
32A.
BALTIMORE July 9.-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat easy; spot S5l. month
S3l2aS3%a. Corn dull; spot and month 50
ASST
GEORGETOWN, July 9.-Wheat S0aS5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

All the Spanish naval officers cap
tured by the American fleet are to be
confined within the limits of the Naval
Academy grounds at Annapolis They
will be treated with the greatest C u
sideration. Admiral Cervera, it is ex-
pected, will be among the prisoners,
who, in all likelihood, will be given
the freedom of the grounds under limit
ed parole.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
BUCKLIN's ARNICA sALYE

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
Jay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale ny
Ernest L. Allen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
S,yept by n Waterspout.

STEELvILLE, Mo, July 9.-This city
was almost obliterated by a wafer
spout yesterday. Thirty-fve build.
ings were wrecked and thirteen lives
were lost, while the pecunary loss will
foot up 100000. The search for the
dead is going on and it is believed that
other bodies will be found, as there are
O number missing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
COURT OF APPEALS.

The following cases were heard in
the Court of Appeals at Wytheville
yesterday
Reusens VS.. Lawson. Argued ard
submitted.
Lynchburg Perpetual Building and
Loan Company vs.. Fellers. Partially
argued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09


Spanish Ship Bcachcd and Burned.
KEY WEST, Fla, July 8. Officers
from off the blockading fleet detail the
destruction of Spanish steamer, be-
lieved to be the Villaverde mot the Al
plonso NH as reported yesterday,
with munitions and supplies for Blanco.
The vessel was sighted first by the
Hawk about midnight of the north
coast of Pinar del Rio, steaming east
ward close to the shore. The vessels
crew paid no attention to three shots
across her bow, fired as q signal to
heave to. The Hawk then opened fire
on the ship, and gave chase. OF %
shots fired at the Spaniard, only three
were without effect. The vessel was
soon set on fire. She signalled dis,
tress while making full speed onto the
beach. The Hawk manned a relief
boat just as the Spaniard ran on reef
under the cover of Fort Mariel.
Though the Villaverde as yet
had not fired q shot in response
to the Hawk, and was burn
ing Signals calling for help, the enemy
ItCCIVSQ luO 11LHClICh iSllCl OOSip WIN
a joint volley from both the sinking
steamer and the neighborlng fort,
turning her back, luckily unscathed
By this time daylight was breaking and
The Castine hove in sight. The two
opened Immediately upon the Spanish
vessel and the fort. A well directed
four inch shell from the Castine finish
ed the Villaverde. She was complete
ly blown up. Most of her crew had by
this time escaped by swimming ashore.
Just at sunrise whilst the Castine and
Hawk were accommodating in the Vi
entity OF the wreck, Spanish gunboat
came out OF Havana and trained all her
batteries upon the American ships.
The Castioe's four Founders responded
promptly and the Spaniard turned and
sought the cover of Moro Castle and
the Havana batteries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

E. C. Blanks, of Louisville. ,cxas, writes
that one box OF OeWtts Witch Hazel SaIve
was worth $50 to him It cured his piles of
ten years standing He advises others 10 tiy
il II also cures eczema. skin diseases and
obstinate sores. Charles G. Lemon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
THE InRAy MoNrMENr.-The u

THE LURAY MoNUMENT.-The un-
yelling ceremonies of the Confederate
monument at Luray on the 2lst of
July-anuiyersary of the first battle OF
Manassas-promses to be an interest
ing occasion. An elaborate programme
has been prepared, and those having
the affair in charge are working as
siduously to make it decided success.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Santiago.


SIBoNEY. July S.-Gen. Toral has
sent a flag of truce asking that the
time of the truce be further extended,
as he wanted to communicate with the
Madrid government concerning the
surrender of Santiago. He also asked
that cable operators be sent to operate
the line between Santiago and Kingston.
He promised on his word of honor as
soldier that the operators would not be
asked to transmit any matter except
that bearing on the surrender.
The commissioner who bore the truce
flag said that Gen. Toral wanted to con-
suit with the authorities in Madrid, for
the reason that he had been unable to
communicate with Captain General
Blanco in Havana. 1t was finally ar
ranged that the truce should be extend
Ell until the same hour on Saturday.
MADRID, July 9.-It is reported here
that Admiral Samson has summoned
Captain General Blanco to order the
evacuation of Santiago within As hours,
under the pain of bombardment. He
also threatens to lombard every fort in
Cuba.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-There is q
general feeling officials that General
Linares will announce the surrender Of
Santiago before General Shafter begins
to lombard the doomed city. The
merchants of Santiago realizing the
helplessness of the Spanish cause are
using their influence with Linares to
surrender and many of them are going
over to the American lines.
LONDON, July "a rumor said to
emanate from Madrid that Admiral
Sampson has demanded the evacuation
of all Cuba under penalty OF q general
bombardment is not credited here.
This and like rumors, however, indi-
cate the state of panic in Madrid. The
widest stories gain currency and are
often believed by the now thoroughly
scared public.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-It is expect
ed at the Navy Department that the
onslaught on the forts at the entrance
of the harbor of Santiago will begin
| to day.
NEW YORK, July 9-The Mail and
Express in its last edition announces
ION good authority of one of Secretary
Algers official aides' that the bonn
bardment of Santiago has begun. The
| dispatches from Admiral Sampson and
General Shafter, which were received
last night, but not made public, stated
that everything was ready for the at
tack. Three dispatches from General
Shafter this morning repeated these as
surances and said that no intimation OF
a surrender was given up to this morn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Three hundred or more school teach
ers are now in Charlottesville attend
ing the Virginia Summer School OF
Methods.
The Orange Telephone Company has
completed the line from Unionville to
Lahore, on the Piedmont, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad.
Mr.. John James, of Culpeper county,
fell from load of hay few days since
and had both arms broken, leaving him
in very helpless condition.
Mr. F. Key Meade, jr, of Clarke county,
who was recently graduated from
West Point and sent to the front was in
the fight before Santiago and was badly
wounded in the arm. He is now at
Key West.
At meeting of the town Council of
Berryville held this week the council
refused to accept the resignation OF Mr..
Blackburn Smith, offered by him prior
to his enlistment in the Second Regi-
ment of Virginia Volunteers, and Mi.
Doras H. Jones, ecorder, will act as
mayor until the regular election for
town officers, which will be held in
October next.
Mr.. Charles HaZelwood Hasker, a
widely known citizen and prominent
business man of Richmond, died yes
terday afrer two weeks illness. The
deceased was 67 years of age and was
born in London, England. At the out
break of the war between the States he
accepted the position of boatswain OF
the Merrimac and was aboard that yes
sci during the engagement in Hampton
Roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
List Of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of the letters re-
naming in the Alexandria, Va, posIoil's
July 9th.
Persons calling for letters will please Sa!
they are advertised.
Advertised letters not called for within '"'
weeks will be sent to the dead letter oihce
Anderson, John Jackson, Mrs L
Baxter. Mrs NIL Lucas, Lloyd
Bradheld, Mrs Annie Perkins, Mrs Emily
Bradley, DR. Pm Pitts, Miss Jane l. ..;.
Clark, Mrs Mabel Robertson, Mss be''''
Collins, Mrs Sarah E Ross, Capt W II
Eichler, Mr. Thomas, Edw
Hill, Andrew Wright Mrs l-S'i' -
Hill, 3
Bob Moore, OF La Fayette, Ind says i,.Ie
for constipation he has found Dew IL L -''o..
Early Risers to be perfect They ne'.f i T,'t
Try them for stomach and liver 'V''''
Charles g. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

BAsEBALL.-The following is the result
of the National League games played yestcr-
day: Washington 3, Baltimore q Cincin-
natl II, Chicago s Philadelphii ., Boston
O: Cleveland s. St. Louis 0; Pittsburg II,
Louisville s New York 6, Brooklyn 2.
The following is tho standing of the clubs:
Won Lost per Cant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

Thousands of persons have been cured OF
piles by using DeRitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
it heals promptly aud cures eczema aud ali
skin diseases. 1t gives immediate relief.
Charles G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09
Lost. Per Cent.

Todsy's Schedule Baltimore at Washing
ton Cincinnati at Chicago; Boston at Phil
delphia st LDIis at Cleveland Louisville at
Pittsburg New York at Brooklyn,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-09

A fine horse belonging to Mr.. W. G. Moore,
of Fairfax, broke its leg yesterday a, d had to
be killed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10
Corn as a Poultry reed.

Much has been said for and against corn
as a feed for laying hens, chickens, etc.s
says poultry paper Now corn is a good
general poultry feed and a cheap one no
doubt as well. 1t is the staple diet Of farm
poultry, but all this does not disprove the
well-known fact that corn is not well-bal-
anced and needs bran, oats, wheat, linz
seed meal and other feeds 10 balance IL
and supply the protein which the corn
lacks. Farm poultry does well In summer
upon corn alone, simply because they have
the run of the farm, can forage about, get
insects, clovers and grasses to suppiement
their corn diet. But in case of birds close
ly penned 1t is different, and in the winter
season the poultry keeper must pay more
attention to supplying a variety. Feed
lean meat freshly cut green bone, clover.
cabbage, wheat bran, oats and linseed
meal to make with corn a round system
of rations TO supply every need.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10

A practical man remarks in an ex-
change: Good stable manure contains all
the manurial elements, But there is much
that goes for stable manure that is poor
stuff when it comes to the crucial test
of the growing crops. 1t contains straw
and other coarse materials that will make
humus when decayed. This is good and
highly necessary as an absorbant of mois-
ture, lightner of the soil, and affords
breeding beds for the myriads of
little nitrogen-gathering bacteria that live
in the soil. But the proportion of nitro
gen, potash and phosphoric acid is very
small. The so-called manure is mostly
trash and water. 1t pays to make all that
can be made handily on the farm, and
carefully save and apply 1t; but to buy 1t
or even get it by hauling il several miles
is often losing transaction. Only a few
days ago l was talking with a man who
was hauling stable manure from a town
nine miles distant This was folly, in
view of the easier way of getting as good
or better manure with less than half the
trouble and expense. 1t costs money to
feed and care for horses and pay hired
men; and it is worth something if you do
the work yourself.
Now, what is the better way? 1t is to
make the humus on the farm, get the
nitrogen from the air, make available the
poldSu anu pnOspnorlc dcld already in the
soil, and supply any deficiency in the lat
ter by direct purchase in the form of con-
centrated commercial fertilizers.
1t is fact that clover, COW peas and
sofa beans will, either one or all. grow
in almost all sections and soils of the
country. They are nitrogen gatherers
They get it from the air This is clear
gain. 1 notice with pleasure that Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson favors the
idea and is trying to push the growing
of those great manurial economists upon
the people. There are untold millions of
tons of nitrogen in the air that might be
put to use. 1t Is the slumbering electric
ity of the farmer that goes unused, while
he buys little at great cost in the form
of slaughter house refuse, fish, scrap, ETC.
and lets his crops starve for lack of the
rest they need. Besides these nitrogen
Gus crops when plowed under, and the
ripper the better, will make the much need
ed humus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10

ing operation to them as well as to the
farmer. The only cost is, therefore, the
first cost for a boiler But these may
be purchased at almost any price. The
well-to-do farmer that can afford to
fancy can pay a high price if he wants to.
If not, he can do as the humber
farmer will most likely do-purchase
a good boiler at a moderate price The
saving in cost of feed will prove a big
interest on the investment Remem-
Der this that whereas farmer may lose
feed on account of cold Winds yet there
are many warm, sunny days in winter,
when he will lose little in this way. But
the man that loses feed on account of icy
water must expect that loss every day
in the winter season. for the water supply
does not change its temperature as often
as the air, nor does it respond quickly to
the change in temperature. 1t is
hidden away in the ground, locked up with
the frost, or waiting in ice caves. When
the warm days in winter come the ice and
snow melts and makes still colder these
waters All of these are to be drank by
the stock. If we were to figure on the
matter, we would say that a full-sized
COW would lose several cents per day If
allowed TO drink ice cold water When
we consider that many farmers have all
the way from twenty to 100 cows we can
see what a great loss he must face dur
ing an entire winter season. Dairymen
especially should see that their cows have
for drinking purposes, only water that has
been raised to a suitable temperature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10

Missouri Station Bulletin: The soil is a
mixture of fine and coarse material mixed
with greater or smaller amount of Or
ganic humus like substance, holding a
variable but large quantity of moisture in
it's composition. The percentage of this
organic matter is usually low, amounting
in our soils rarely to more than ten in
a hundred, being more frequently only
four to five. The water reaches a higher
figure and though 10 per cent. of it in
a soil will support a ripening crop, double
the amount is preferable in the early sea-
son and more for a limited time advan-
tageous rather than otherwise. The nit
rogen, through the accumulation of ages,
is but a fraction of 1 per cent. and the
average composition of our soils during
the summer season as follows:
per cent. organic matter.
OIL per cent. nitrogen.
20 per cent. water.
1873 per cent. mineral water.
The mineral water Is matter derived
from the rocks that originated the soil
modified, as suggested, by the action Of
weather and the growth Of plants. II con-
sists of particles of quartz sand, feldspar,
mica, and a variety of mineral species,
easily recognized under the microscope,
and in addition, of clay, soluble silica,
simple and double hydrous slicates, the
result of the alteration OF SOIL ana the ad-
dition to 1t of the ash constituents of the
plants that grew upon IL. These latter,
the hydrous double silicates, are of the ut
most importance to the fertility of a soil
as i'm them really resides the power of hold
ing and storing up for future use the sub
stances for the lack of which soil Is
wholly sterile. In all discussions of agri-
cultural problems relating to mineral fer
tiIizers but three substances need TO be
.aOat1ara1 npfagh DhOgnhOric acid and
available nitroen.
The large quantities Of potash and phos-
phoric acid in our soils are therefore Of
value: but insoluable at present TO a large
extent their value is hpyothecated to the
future. BY their gradual conversion
through atmospheric and other agencies
Of insoluable into soluable compounds,
they furnish steady though limited sup
oily of plant food for a moderate crop,
but the demands of modern agriculture
for large and salable annual harvests
sufficient to yield a satisfactory return
over and above their cost OF production
Is not responded to. True, improved
methods Of cultivation win insure better
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10
A Good Garden Next Year.

'It is not too early at the beginning of a
better garden than last year, and to be-
gin the preparations for securing it. In
the first phase there should be a we'll
Planned idea of what the garden should
be. For this the numerous catalogues
which seedsmen are now sending forth
will be an invaluable aid. There are not
only garden novelties every year that are
well worth trial, but there are many old
standbys of a good garden which many
farmers have for years done without, be-
cause at planting time they did not re-
member them. The garden plot for next
year should, as early as possible be COW
cred with the best manure the stable can
furnish. This is usually the manure from
horses, as these are usually fed more or
less oats in winter"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10
AgricuIturaI Experiments.

It has been my good fortune to visit
many agricultural experiment statlons'
among them several of the most prominent
in the world. The primary object OF these
stations is to carry on practical expert
mcnts in various lines of agriculture. for
this purpose millions of dollars have been
spent An unfortunate featurS Of the
work, however, is that farmers have not
rrohted as much by the experience
Of the stations as they should nave
II they would follow more closely
the nvestigat tons of the stations II Woulu
save them considerable time and money
Oh their own farms.
one of the most important lines OF WoiA
carried on by the experiment stations IN
ths country is that for the purpose On
studying the effect of fertilizers upon the
soil These fertilizer experiments nave
been made a special feature of many OF me
states in America. North Carolina espec-
Tally has a very thorough fertilizer expert
mont farm at Southern Pines. The country
aoout this farm is adapted naturally 10
Horticulture and the work of the aeon
Is kept sharply to the line OF practlcal
u.efGlness. The soil is a light sandy loam
naturally pine bearing and extends without
very material change over a vast terri,
'"IS' IhiS means that the tedcnlLSS u
experience at Southern Pines may be APP
lled safely in all the surrounding coun-
Us. 1t is safe to claim that horticulture
'''An the range Of this station Will nave
NdVantages possessed by no other section
81 the United States. Not only are fer
lhzers tested in all possible useful com
"hauons. but also the various diseases Oh
pants are closely followed and the lhtec-
u2n laws rigidly enforced.
me experiments now cover a period OF
'oIee years and are, of course, not SUM
GENTLY advanced to tabulate results. WINE
io'Ash phosphoric acid and ammonia, IA
n'lS'hs proportions, have shown marked
rosu!ts as most OF the fruit has not yet
s"ehed bearing age a statement I'm fg-
~ at this stage would indicate little OF
nIue' With vegetables the conditions
e somewhat different, but the land Is
~" and not yet IN normal condition. While
"ehehcal effects of complete fertillz-
are clearly shown. the experiments
81 Ia Ihe confirmation of repeated tests.
~" year adds more value to those ex-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10
IF the plant and short

en- it's life.
Theory, based on scientific deductionss
seems to have worked out very well In
practice In this instance, and we have
very good reason to suppose they would in
every instance when given the right sort
of a showing. Any way, "all praise the
bridge that carries them safely Ger" On
this class of SOILS phosphates and potash
are good enough for me. and whenever it
becomes necessary to furnish nitrogen to
these soils, COW peas will undoubtedly "filf
the bill," as they grow here to perfection,
covering the whole face of the earth three
feet apart in nitrogen supplying and hui
mus making material
G. II. Turner burgess. Miss.