Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-27

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THE WRONG MAN PoULuceD.-T fol-
lowing story, which we do not remember to
have seen ia print, may BIZ old, but it is re-
ceivcd as true:
At famous and fashionable watering
place, gentleman one night was suddenly
seized in bed with an excruclatlng pain in
the stomach, which neither brandy, No. 6,
nor any other remedy could remove. His
wife, after trying number of things in vain,
and having exhausted all her stock Of RENE
dies, left her husbands bed side for the
purpose CT getting warm application.
Guided on her return by light which she
supposed was the cn, just left. she softly
catered, and was not little surprised 10 find
h"r patient apparently In Il deep Sunber.
llrwcvtr. thinking he might still be suffering,
she gently raised the bed c,othes &c. aud
lai: the scalding poultce upon stomach
Tut not the stomach OF her husband, which
no -".,rcr touched the body OF the pers IN than
ne rtca; alarmed, and wrihing under the
torture "I he burning application, shouted
"ll.tIo halo! what IN tic name OF heaven
AID Earth are you ahcut there p then, with
ono spring from his b~d h. made for the door,
snd. rushing Downstairs, declared. in frenzy
Of excitement that some one had poured
shovel OF hot Goals upon him. The woman,
overcome with excitement and alarm, gave q
frantic scream, which brought her husband
hurried!y in from the next room to her res
cue. The husband was so much excited, and
also 80 much amused with the Singular mis-
take and the ridiculous position OF his better
haf, that he forgot all his pains but early
next morning he, his wilo and trunks left for
paris unknown The poulticed gentleman
still retains the handkerchef-a beautiful
linen fabric, with the lsdy's name on it-which
he considers Of rare value.
ABOUT BEES -OAe of the great natural
phenomena OF the bee hive is the massacreing
of the drones 1t was one time asserted that
the worknr-bces did not use their stiDgS against
the stinglcss males. but merely pushed them
out to die. This idea, however, resulted from
the massacre being always committed at the
bottom of the hive, whittier the poor drones re-
tire 10 cluster in July and August, as it aware OF
the doom impending over them. As usual, by
one Of his ingenious expedients, Huber dis
covered the truth. Six swarms were put on
glass tables, beneath which the watchers placed
themselves. This contriVance,' says Huber,
succeeded to admiration. Onthe 4;h OF July,
we saw the workers actually massacre the maies,
10 the whole six swarms,a the same hour, and
with the same pecularitles. The glass table
was covered with bees full Of animation, which
flew upon the droues as they came from the
bottom of the hive, seized them by the an
ho1 bs h,
dragged them about so to sneak, after quarter
ing them, they killed them by repeated s.ings
directed between tho rings Of the belly. The
moment that this formidable weapon reached
them, was the last of their cxistcnce they
stretched their wripgs and expired. At the
samc time, if the workers did not consider them
as deed, as they appeared TO US, they still stuck
the stirg 50 deep that it could hardly be with
drawn; and these bees were obliged to turn
around III on themselves with screw like mo
ton, before the stings could be disengaged.
Next day VIC witnessed new scopes OF csrnage.
During three hours the bees furiously destroy
cd the males. They had maSsacred all their
own on the preceding day but now attacked
these which, driven from the neighboring hives
Ind taken refuge among them. The following
days no droucs remained in the hives.
SILVER IN CANADA is u we'll knowr
fact that ever since the disappearance ofAmerl
can silver iu the United States it has flowed in
to Canada in such quantities as to be regarded
as nuisance. The Canadians having stood i
until their patience is exhausted are now dc
vising means to drive il over the border into
the country where it properly beopVs. and u
this tim,, is very much needed. For long
time II has been received by the Canadian Gov
crnment only at discount from four to six pe
cent, and then only in limited quantities., bu
in trade it has been at par until within q few
days. The late tumbIing Of cold in the United
States, AID the consequent falling ofsilver. ha;
sent up ereeubacks in Canada. and in view o.
this the Canadians have undertaken to get rid
of the great burden OF American silver. The
principal railroads, the Montreal Telegraph
Company, the hotels, the bar rooms aud TIT
leading retail traders are generally uniting II
the moycm mt, and the result is that an Amer
lean hait-r!ol!ar goes for only forty eight cents
q quarter for twenty iour, a dime Tor nine cents
and a half dime for four cents To accommo
date themselves in trade, shinplastcr scrip
similar to the Uoied States lrac ionaI currency
has been issued in large quantities. and as tn
American silver goes out that takes is place
It's value Of course, is the same as gold. Fo
the past three eks the shipment OF American
silver from Montreal alone has averaged $50
600 per day. At this rate it cannot be lonI
before the American fractional currency /
replaced by hard money.
SCRAPS. AT the celebration Of Miss Susa
B. Anthony's fifticth birthday. Miss Phe b
Cary read poem OF which the t)!lowlag !
the last s'anza:-