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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-04

VIRGINIA, to wit In the Circuit Court
V Of Fairfax county, February Rules, 1859 ;
Richard NJ Smith, Richards Payne, II: NJ.
RoystOn and Betty his wife; ANDREW F, With,
ers, Horace G. Withers, Meade z. White and
Robert White by James NJ. Love his next
friend, VS. John K. bigelow. deit.; In ch'y.
Mem The object of this suit is to restrain
the defendant, j. r. Bigelow, his agents, a:tor-
neys and employees, from taking possession OF
the tract of land formerly belonging TO Caroline
Richardson, Clerk, 10 said j. K. Bigelow, until
the further order OF Court.
1t appearing by affidavit fled that the said
defendant is not resident Of this State, it is Or
dered that he appear within one month after
due publication hereof, and do what it necessH-
f. ID. RICHARDSON, Opk.
Love p y feb 4--law4W
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Beauty on Skates.

A PRETTY girl on skates, if any girl can
be otherwise than pretty, clad in one of
those jaunty, fur.trimmed peJiSe8 that
Cupid himself must have fashioned, the
little form bending to and fro in undulous
and rhythmic motion, the glowing cheeks
and radiant eyes kissed by kindly win.
ter into tenfold beauty, is such sight as
the holiest and hardest of anchorites
might be pardoned for falling in love
with.
And if she be, on the contrary, poor
skater, the charm is, if anything, highten.
ed, at least to her cavalier. There is such
an irresistible fascination in her absolute
dependence on his protecting arm; there
is such charm in her pretty terrors, her
delicious helplessness, her graceful tum,
bles such music in her little shrieks oI
dread and her selfaccusing laughter; and
then it is so delightful to pick her up
after each comical upset, and she is
throughout so good -natured, and so CRATE
full, and so proYokingly pretty, that she is
if anything, more adorable than if she
skated like championess
An ice-pond, too, on bright, still night
with the moon and stars all in their places
to smile an encouraging approval, is nc
bad place TO make love in. When the
most adored of her sex asks you, for ex
ample, as you go gliding like the vino
over the CLASSY surface, "If this ISM
heavenly" and says "she could go on sc
forever" what is easier or more nat
ural than to press little tighter the tiny
hand that neStles in your own, and sug
gest that it is heavenly, and that it will b,
her fault if yCU don't go on forever
Round Table
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Quite Romantic.

The following story, as was told to us,
happened near Lake city, Ind, where
there lived, at the breaking out of the war,
awealthy farmer whom we will call Blank
This man kepta large number of servants;
among them was good and religious
young girl, possessing unusual personal
attractions. She was courted by an Off
Ger of some rank in the Federal army,
while at home recruiting for his regiment,
When the day Of his departure came, he
made know to the servant girl how deep
ly she had interested him, and begged to
know if there was any hope. She con
fessed that his attachment was recipro-
Gated, and they were at once afflanced.
"Should Mr.. Blank" said Jennie,
come to know of this, / should at once
be discharged. He believes that it was
his daughter for whom your visits were
intended"
ashould this be So returned the fond
lover, only write and let me know, and
you shall not suffer"
With an affectionate kiss, and a promise
that both would be punctual in their let.
ter writing, they separated, he to join
his regiment among the boys of the Poto.
mac.
He waited long and anxiously for It'd
ings of his loved one, but not one word
was received to ease his troubled mind
Finally, his own letters were returned
What could it all mean? Was Jennie
falsep He could not believe 1t.
After the soldiers departure, Mr.. BlanH
took Jennie into room, fastened the door
and, with a rawhide in his hand, com
manded her TO tell him If she was betroth
ed to Colonel -. When the poor cir
had told him all, he had her blindfolded
taken to the great city Of Chicago, anC
there left, without friends or money,
He reported that she had died Of chol
era, and, to make the deception complete
built false grave.
When the war was over, and Colone
-- returned home he made his way a
once to the old graveyard, and sought ou
that of his lost Jennie. After bathing th'
little mound with tears, he made his way
to the house of Mr.. Blank TO learn thl
particulars. While be was there thI
guilty man ordered the tombstones for th
false grave In due time they came, an,
were placed at the supposed grave will
some evergreens and flowers.
Col.----- had been q mourner fron
two years before the war closed unit
December, 1868, when business called hin
to Chicago, There, in street car, with
bundle Of soiled clothes which she wa
taking home to be washed, he found hl
, buried Jennie. He flew across the ca
taking her Iii bis arms and almost scream
ing with Joy. lie could scarcely believ
his eyes, but IT was Jennie, and no mistak
He had icNHd her at last, Rqasas OH
tlho) JoptlA n Commerce.
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NUMBER 35.

fully complied. | examined the basket
1t was made of open wicker-work. l
then examined the covering. It was thin,
almost transparent, and certainly there
was nothing concealed in it. then fixed
my eyes on his strip of clothing with
such intentness that it was not possible it
could have been touched without dis
covery, and bade him go on. l felt per-
fectly surethat the trick could not succeed.
Sitting down, he stretched his naked arms
under the basket, singing and smiling as
he did so; he then lifted the basket off the
ground, and behold green plant about
foot high! Satisfied with our applause. he
went on with his incantations. After hav-
ing sat a little, to give his plant time to
grow, he again lifted the basket, and the
plant was now two feet high. He asked
us to wait little longer that we might
taste the fruit! But on being assured by
those who had seen the trick performed
before, that this result would be obtained,
/ confessed myself "done" without the
slightest notion of how. l examined the
ground, and found it was smooth and up
turned. Apparently delighted with my
surprise, the iuggler stood up, laughing,
One OF his companions Just then chucked
a pebble to him, which he put into his
mouth. Immediately the same companion,
walking backward, drew forth cord OF
silk, twenty yards or so in length. But
this was not all the discharge, for the iu g.
gler, with his hands behind his back,
threw forth from his mouth two dscanter
shoppers, two Shells spinning top, stone
and several other things, followed by a
long jet of fire p ..0
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A Winter Funeral.

To BURY friend in winter is kind of
trial that connects strange inward emo.
tions Of feelings which it is difficult to mas
ter We have cleared away the snow, and
heWn a passage down through the solid
pavement of the frost, and then in that
inhospitable place we come to bury our
departed; be it child, or wife, or mother,
or much loved friend, our heart shUdders
in oonvulsiYe chill at the forlorn last
offices we are come to perform. While
our feeling is protesting, the solemnity,
so.called, goes on, and before we have
gotten our own consent the "tribute OF
respect" is ended The frozen chips Of
earth, loosened again by blows, are piled
on the loved ones rest, and we turn to
go. "Will it storm to-night2 The wind,
alas is bowling even now in the trees,
and the sleeting has already begun. O
God, it shall not bel We were going to
be fools, we see, but now the spell is
broken. Our departed isnot in that grave
and we scorn to say our farewell over it.
Let the SHOWS fall heavy, if they will, and
the winds rage pitiless and wild above
ours It shall be to thank thee, Father, Lord
Of the warmer cline, that our dead one
lives with thee" Practically, almost
nothing will more surely compel faith il
immortality, even if one chances to b.
unbelieving, than to bury friend in win
ter And, as a matter of fact, it is not ii
the fresh, unburstlng life of the spring, o.
in any other softer season of the year
that we think Of immortality with half tn
tension that we do at winter funerals. W,
ask it instinotively, as we do a FIRE TO
the cold.--.Dr. Bushnell.
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GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, MARCH g. 1862

for ] carry within my heart an aching
fever, which no prosperity can allay or re-
move. The objects which have cheered
me can cheer me no more. l stand alone
in this wilderness world a mourner and a
pilgrim. My visions are of my wife and
child my day-dreams are of them but
must suffer, as you see, until meet them
in that better country where the sun de-
scends not, and darkness is unknown
where the wicked cease from troubling,
and where the weary are at rest can
forget my child, for her existence seems
to me like misty trance, in the fond as.
surance that the sparkling dewdrop has
exhaled in heaven but for the cherished
rose that sustained it, cease not to grieVe
Alas for the wife of my bosomp
With the last words the snake eaters
voice failed, his body was convulsed, until
flood of tears relieved him. He would
hear no sympathetic words from his
friend, but parted with him thus
You alone have my secret. In few
months more my body must be consigned
be consigned to the earth on the sacred
spot where my wife and child were mur
dered. You shall be one of the executors
of my will, and l beseech you faithfully tC
carry out my instructions"
The snake-eater was right; few
months after this interview he died; anC
now, in the very centre of populou
town, on the banks of the Mississippi may
be seen a tombstone recording the event
which occurred on that spot, and the hopO
of the departed husband that he shoulC
meet his wife and child in heaven.
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The History OF a Dog That Has Saved
Four Lives.


GEORGE AIDE is the owner of large
white, black spotted dog-spotted Ia
coach-dog-weighing somewhere in the
neighborhood Of big Newfoundland or
st. Bernard He is about - years old,
and answers to the cognomen Of Carlo.
Carlo has performed deeds of heroism that
even you, dear reader, might be proud of.
Who would not deem it an honorable dis
tinctiOn to have it said of him that he had
saved four valuable hVesP Carlo has
done this, and more to make him worth
honorable mention. Do you recollect,
about three years ago, the papers itemized
a dog that rescued small boy from the
horns of an infuriated cow on Bluff street,
and carried him to place of safety? The
dog was Carlo.
Nearly two years ago, Mr.. AIDE had a
very spirited colt in his stable, and, by
accident one day the stable door was left
open. A little son of his, scarce two
years of age, seeing the door ajar, crept
into the stable, and had scarcely entered
before the colt had him under his feet
paving him. Carlo, hearing the child's
cry, rushed into the stable, caught and
dragged the boy into the stable-yard for
safety, while the mother attracted by the
alarm, met him. Carlo, by this act, came
near falling into disgrace, for the mothers
first thoughts were that he was eating up
the child, and met him with reproofs &C
cordingly, .-..-.
During the spring freshet of '66 two
little girls got into skiff on the bank Of
Lake Peosta, and somehow, in their play,
fell overheard. Carlo was nigh at hand,
and, seeing their predicament, he rushed
into the flood, first rescued one, and then
the other and thus cut short mournful
tragedy.
Another instance of Carlos sagacity
and we are done:
1t was in the spring of 1864, on dark
rainy Saturday night, when the food,
gates of the heavens seemed to have
been torn away and the entire world was
deluged with water, that Mr.. AIDE, in q
one horse wagon, was driving slowly
home, down the Couler bottom Carlo
was Wading in the water little ahead o.
the horse. Just as they neared the poin
where the Couler stream crosses the ave
nue., Carlo caught the horse by the fore
lock and attempted to stop him. Appre
ciating something must be done, Mr.. Adt
stopped the horse, got out and started for
ward to make a Reconnaissance. As h,
stepped passed the horse, Carlo caugh
the skirt of his coat and tried to preven
his proceeding. He made the dog let g
his hold, and in moment afterwards dis
cerned the whole trouble Three or fou
yards in front of him was the stream roar
ing and pouring in wild frenzy of plen
ty. In the dark, nothing but the actua
touch could have told that it was banl
full, and that the bridge that crossed i
was swept away. 1t was this that Carl
discovered with the keener vision, and
was from, perhaps, fatal plunge he wa
bound to save his master.
Having said our say of Carlo, do yo
wonder that the marshals give him tn
freedom of the city in the dog days, e1
empt him from the muzzle, and forbid hi
being shot or destroyed? Dubuque, (Ioo0c
| JEmgS
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or School. Rooms.

WE CHANGED to see the other day very
charming little addendum to country
school-room, which is worthy of note.
The room was new, the walls pleasantly
toned, the low, skirting wainscot of native
woods, left of its natural color and simply
oiled; but, best of all, before both of the
south windows which fanked the position
of the mistress were two wide trays, of
rustic finish, in which were grouped a
geranium or two, few starting ionquils
and hyaCinths, a variety of weaknesses,
and iVys which clambered up on either
side the windows and skirted them with a
fairy-like hanging of green.
Gould pretier lesson or Worthier
one-which should teach at once regard
for and love of floWers--be taught by any
pictures in the school botaniesP
The furnace-heat ofthe day left gentle
temperature for the night, and all that was
needed to guard against frost was screen.
ing bit of muslin upon a Saturday night,
or little replenishment Of the furnace.
fires Even this might be avoided by an
adoption of the warden cases. So, then
the thing is every way feasible. And what
unction might not an adrOit teacher give
to the first lessons in botany, with scores
OF eyes beaming upon the little leaflets
which turn so eagerly to the sunshine, OF
upon the bulb lifting its green spears day
after day, and unfolding, by degrees, some
wonderful pile of blossomsP
What now if we were to add to this, in
country school-rooms, some assemblage
under glazed case, of all the insects which
haunt the neighborhood-th beetles, th(
butterflies, the moths-all in their differen
stage of transformation, and all these tC
contribute decorative features, Will,
familiarizing the little ones with their ap
pearanceY
Then the minerals of the neighborhoot
might have their case, and the teache
challenge the pupils to bring in new type
of their own finding, with some little re
ward for the eager and quick-sighted one
who should furnish positively new speci
men.
Still another cabinet might have it
array of native woods, distinguished b,
form Of twig, or color of bark, or shape 0
leaves, all of which might then be laugh
by the best and surest kind of object
lessons
Nor would this style of teaching en-,
properly within doors the yard Nigh
have its appointment Of varied shrub
berries, with every species named and bill
leted, so that miniature arboretum shoul,
grow up around the schoolroom, and be
come source of healthy pride to bot
pupils and mistress.
Will some of those elderly gentlemel
who believe only in the old measure G
ugliness and the "Rule of Three" give u
their objections to the palliatives of teach
ing we suggest H--He4rh and Home.
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last, and that she saw him changed into
youth of twenty summers. But her wits
wandered, poor soul, from the day be went
away only know he was gone one day
and never returned again. / think he was
crazed because his cauldron went topieces
and spilled the liquor for which he had
worked so long, and he went away and
died in his grief and madness"
"How strange 1t would be, F." said
her husband, "and how sad to
live always; to see all our
friends die, and be left to live alone. How
should live without thee, dearest p he
added, taking her hand tenderly while the
head of the matron leaned over and rested
on his shoulder.
"Ah, yes" she sighed, "what would
life be worth if one lived without sympa-
thy and without loveH 1t pains me to
think of it." And two tears which had
stood in her eyes, fell over her cheeks
upon the shining head of the babe which
nestled in her fair, white bosom.
All this Peter AlthauseR saw and heard.
A strange feeling stirred within him as he
looked on the peaceful group; a mtngling
of emotions which had slept for many
years, arose in his heart. When the tears
fell on the golden hair of the babe, the ice
about his heart seemed suddenly to be
broken up. A food of tears CourSed over
his cheeks, and falling forward, he smote
upon the window ....
In moment Gottlieb came out, follow
ed by his wife. There lay Peter Althau-
sen, fainting and speechless, upon the
pavement, no longer youth with raven
curls, but an old man, wrinkled and white
haired. The spirit had told him truly.
At the touch of the tears upon his cheeks,
the power of the Elixir was forever de.
stroyed.
They placed him in the armchair by
the fire, and he smiled family. He could
not speak, but placing one hand on the
head of his daughter, he pointed upward
with the other, aud raised his eyes as if in
prayer. Then his head dropped forward,
and raising him, they saw that the last
spark of life was quite out.
The old Alchemist was dead.-RtUerStdt
Magazine for March.
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Rates Of Travel.

In single second snail travels one
five-thousandth of foot fly, five feet
pedestrian, at ordinary gait, FIVE and
three tenths feet; camel, six feet an or
binary breeze, ten feet; running stream,
twelve feet a trotting horse, twelve feet;
whale, twelve and three-tenths feet a
fast sailing ship, fourteen feet; reindeer
with sledge, twenty-five feet; steam en-
gine, twenty-nine feet; a skater, thirty
six feet an English race,horse, forty-one
feet a tempest, fifty feet a swiftly-thrown
stone, fifty feet an eagle, ninety five feet;
carrier-pigeon, four hundred and eleven
feet musket ball, one thousand five
hundred and ninety-fve feet; twenty
five pound cannon ball, two thousand two
hundred and ninety-n mine feet; point Of
earth on the equator, two thousand four
hundred and fifty.one feet; the center of
the earth around the sun, four miles; ray
of sunlight, forty-one thousand feet,-ES-
chnf0e
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A JuggIer's Trick.

REV. NORMAN MACLEOD, In an account
of q visit to Bombay, gives an account Of
a juggling feat, known as the bamboo
trick" He says;
"While the tom tom was beating, and
the pipe playing, the juggler, singing all
the time in low accents, smoothed place
on the gravel, three or four yards before
US. Having thus prepared bed for the
plant to grow in, he took basket and
placed 1t over the prepard place, covering
il with thin blanket. The man himself
did not wear a thread of clothing, ex-
cept a strip around the loins The time
seemed to have come for the detectives
eyel So Just as he was becoming more
earnest in his song, and while the tom
tom beat and the pipe shrilled more loud
", stepped forward with becoming dig
nifty, and begged him to bring the basket
aud its 0oyef to me, The iuggler cheer
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GONE BEFORE.

THERE'S beautiful face in the silent air,
Which follows me ever and near,
With smiling eyes and am b er hair,
With voieeless lips, yet wi III breath Of pr
That feel, but cannot hear
The dimpled hand, and ringlet of gold,
Lie low in a marble sleep;
stretch my arms for the ClRsp of old
But the empty air is sran g0ly cold,
And my vigil alone keep,
There's sinless brow with radiant crown
And a cross laid down in the dust;
There's a smile where nevera shade comes now
And tears no more from those dear eyes flow,
So sweet in their innoce Mt trust.
All, well and sunni Is coming again,
Singing her same Oldsong;
But oh 1t sounds like sob Of pain,
As 1t floats in the sunshine and the rain,
Der hearts Of the worlds great throng.
There's a beautiful region above the skies,
And IlOng to reach Its shore,
For / know shall find my treasure there,
The laughing eyes and am bar hair
or the loved one gone b efOTe.
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telegraphiC speed with theY brain, and
so with the eye. The first advice to be
given with reference to the comfortable
use of the eyes undoubtedly is to keep the
intestines and liver and stomach in a
healthy condition; in other words, do
everything to confirm the general health.
II this be impaired, do not read, and, espe-
cially do not write long, without giving
the eye rest, The great remedy for an
eye whose disease depends upon the nerve,
and not the muscle, is rest rest rest =
M0ntpdS6r { (Tt) Journal.
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Cure for HydrOphObIa.
PosrsrAsTER THOMAS, Of Cincinnati, has
received the following letter;


received the following letter;
JARnETTowE PosT OFFICE,
Montgomery County, Penn,
10 the Postmaster OF Cincinnati:
aRRspEcTED FRIENDS: / see by the
papers that you are having an announce.
ment of hydrophobia in your city. AS |
can give sure remedy for this awful dis
ease. | feel it my duty to do SO. hope
thee will have this receipt made as public
as possible through your papers. / had
occasion to use 1t on my son and myself
thirteen years ago, and could name many
others who have used it with success.
WDr. Noble, of Philadelphia, has known
Il 10 he used upward Of forty years, on
man and beast, without fail, This is
known as the Goldman remedy;
aReeeiptfor Hydrophobia- Take Of the
root of elecampahe (green or dry) one and
a half ounce bruise it well, add one pint
of new milk, and mix and boil until re-
duced one-half, Take this at one dose, in
the morning, fasting until o'clock in the
afternoon, Oh, at least, take but light diet
al noon. Miss one morning, and repeat
as before, except take two ounces Of the
root Miss the fourth morning, and re-
peat on the fifth, as before This is the
last
After this, no one need fear the bite Of
a rsbid dog Very truly, thy friend,
RICHARD @. SHOEMAKER,
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FAILING Eve.

PERSONS suffering from DYSPEPSIA, or any
other malady, must take care Of their eyep.
Auy disease impairs the strength, and the
nervous system is depressed and when
laboring under this form Of depression the
eve ii particularly liable to become weak.
The reason Of this is that Of the ten nerves
which 20 off from the BRAIN SIX are dis
tributed wholly, and tho other four par
tally, to the eye Through the great
sympathetic nerve, the disturbed stomach,
OF liver, OF integtines, communicate With
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looctrp.
THE PRINTER AT HOME.
BY PROF o. HOWE GREENE, ESQ.

BY PROF, 0. HOWE GREENE, ESQ,
A PRINTER and hiswife
Were sitting at their T,
Without OmestiC strife,
In welded x TC;
2 Dear EN- the printer ad,--
Then paused, and turned his
Snatohed upa "slce - oi bread,
And " Cleare away - some "pteG'
"Thou art guiding
"Set up in [spaCol FOR me;
~ love you betterhr
"Than II" [capltNl bl aCk teal.
Then DER his "'battered form" "
She bent her sweet - Scotch face"
Aad "p,disd" a pfQtf-kiSS tDdrn,
The whilst they - 1.-TWO embraCel.
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pbe French papers tell Of an English
r,o,her who had just lost 3 little boy,
Same snme one came to comfort her, and re-
,nindo6 ] her that he was then happy with
INV saints in bliss, "0h, yes, cried the
. a9 sfiiciad mother, he Is ia Heaven; but
Tommy always was g ahy boy, and he's
now sfaong perfect strangers" i"