Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-17
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL II. 1883
GASlRONOMI.

llQUIDS.-LiQulds are absorbed ny Tue au-
imal economy with extreme facility Their
effect is plomp', and the relief they tnrtlsh Is
almost instantaneous. Cine To iam'shing
man the richest possible food, and ne viii eat
with difficulty; give him glass OF wne or
brandy, and he will at once find himself better.
can establish this theory by very re-
markable circumstance, l received from my
nephew, Colonel Guigard, man no, disposed
to tell long stories. All may rely upon the
&C uracy Of what he has laid
lie was at the head Of detachment re-
turning from the siege of Jaffa, and was but
few hundred PAGES from the place where
they expected to 6ud water, and where he
met many of the advanced guard already
dead with heat.
Among the victims Of this burning climate
was a GARDINER, who was known to many
persons of the detachment.
MANY Of bis comr AIDES who approached him
for the last time, either to inherit what he
had left, or to bid him adieu, were amazed to
find bis limbs flexible, and something flexible
around bis heart.
"Giye bin drop of sacre CHEM" said the
lustig of the troop. "lf ne Is not too tar gone
he will come back to taste it.
At the reception of the fret spoonful of
spirits he opened his eyes; they then rubbed
bis temples, and gavehim drop or two N ore.
After about an hour be was able to sit up IN
the saddle.
POWER OF GoURMANDIsE.-lu 1915, the
treaty of November imposed on France the
necessity Of paying the allies in three years
150,O0O,000 francs.
Added to this. was the necessity of meeting
the demands of individuals Of various nations
for whom the allied sovereigns had stipnla-
ted. 10 the amount of more than 800, 100000.
To this must be added requisltons OF all
kinds BY the Generals of the enemy, who
loaded whole wagons which they sent to-
wards the frontier; aud which tue treasury
had ultimately 10 pay for. The total was
more than 1900, 600 600 francs. Ooe might,
one should almost have feared, that such
large payments, collected from day to Gay.
would have produced want 10 the treasury,
depreciation of all fictitious values, and con-
seouen,ly all the evils which befall coun'
try that has no money while it owes much.
"Alssw said the rich, as they saw the
wagons going to the Rue Tirienne for IT.
load, "all our money Is emigrating--we are
utterly ruined-all our undertaking will fail
and We will not be able to borrow. There
will be nothing but ruin and civil DEATH"
The result contradicted all these fears
tie payments, to the amazenentot hnancier5
we're made without troubie-publlc credit IN
creased, and ali hurried after loans. During
the period of this appropriation, the course
of exchange, an infa!lible meas are OF the circu
lating of money, was in our favor. This wal
an aritL metical proof that more money came
into France than went out OF II,
What came to our aid? What divinity cp
Grated this miracle? Gourmandise. Wher
the Britous, Tcutons, Cimmerians and Seythe
made az Eruption into France, they came
with extreme voracity and with stomachs
uncommon capacity.
They were not long contented with viand
furnished them by forced hospitality, bu
aspired to more delicate enjoyments. Th
Queen City became ere long one vast retecto
~. The new corners ate 10 shops, cafes, res
taurante, and even in the streets. They COR
ged themselves with meat, fish, game, trutfe'
pastry and fruit.
They drank with an avidity equal t.
their appetite, and always called for tn
most costly wines, expecting ID those uo
known enjoyments pleasures they did no
meet with. Superficial observers could no
account for this eating without hunger, whlci
seemed limitless. All true Frenchmen, how
ever, rubbed their hands and said: The,
are under the charm; they have spent thu
evening more money than they took from th
Treasury this morning" This epoch wa
favorable to all those who contributed to th'
qualification oil taste. Very made his tor
tune, Archard laid the foundation OF his, ant
Madame Sullot, whose shop in the Palai
Royal was not twenty feet square. sold twelve
thousand petits pates in one day.-BrHd
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