Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-04
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 4.
QUALITIES FOR WIFE.-How easy it is to

QUALITIES FOR A WHE-How easy 1t is to
detect in young lady whether she possesses
those qualities which make helping and de-
voted wife! First look at the mother, and IN n
nine cases out of ten, you will be able to teii
what the daughter is like to be. Educator Is
almost everything. If she goes out niue you
may conclude that she is fond OF her nome ana
fully occupied there. If you tina her mousse
clean and orderly, the dinner. wen cooked anG
served punctualy, and nothing wanting ana
no running about, it is all due TO the mother
rood management. Youwiil lind her we'll dress
ed, but becominely, for q man is always willing
to Law out a certain sum for his wlte's apparel
as he would not like her to be the least well
dressed among her friends. You will find she
keeps few servants, we'll knowing that the more
servants there are In place, the more eOnfu-
sion and the less work is done; and ii you had
come in an hour earlier, you might have seen
her make that pudding you enjoyed so much.
She is esteemed In the neighborhood, but the
terror of the tradesmen, because she Will al
ways have the best things, and won pay tor
them twice. nor accept short welght-she Will
have no running accounts, and, tor reasons oil
her own, keeps very sharp look after the
butchers bills. Perhaps her husband will tell
YOU that she Is az early riser and that she never
allows him to have breakfast by himself. You
may observe how clean, and neat, and careful,
she is in everything and how she studies her
husbands comfort, and wishes to make him
happy and fond of his home. La her manners
and In her speech there is q gentle dignity we
rarely meet with and when she addresses her
meaneSt servant or her no6ieSt guest, the good
ness of her heart peeps out and makes her dear
to all. We say if you can marry the daughter
of such a woman, do so by any means, and ask
m nueStions
UPs AND Downs or a MINING Town.
The town. of Angels presents an instructive
sample of the ups and downs OF California.
1t is we'll chosen spot tor village, being IN
an open country of fertile land, with sufficient
undulation for hcathtul drainage, and plenty, OF
water for mining purposes. ltwaS first settled
by placer miners, and in the days OF It's glory
was very money making place. A wide area
of fertile surface has been washed away and
forever destroyed, by sluicing process, to get
the grains of gold that are found IN the under
lying gravel. The surroundings present
pitiable spectacle Of desolatiou. Where once
were rich verdure and green trees, nothing re-
mains but naked boulders and bare gravel bar
rens, to make record OF improYldent waste.
1t is as if farmer should, by some exhaustlng
process, destroy his land forever, to get one
crop of something more than ordinary produc-
ton. To stop this terrible destruction OF farm
ing land seems to call for restrictive legislation.
Like many of the mining camps. Angels be-
came almost deserted village after the ex-
haustion of the surface deposits. But now it
is rising again. Every house is occupied, and
new dwellings are being built. Orchards are
bearing their plentiful fruits, gardens are being
cultivated, aud cottages are being adorned
with roses, honeysuckles and shrubbery. In
no country can regeneration be so rapidly eff
fected as in California. Angels is a speaking
illustration of the maxim that ''all is not lost
that is in danger - and its history brings glad
tidings to many mining village now deserted.
Alta California;.