Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-31
"A SPECIMEN AT LONG BRANCH. "A
Long Branch letter in the New York CONNER

Long Branch letter in the New York CONNER
cial says:
The wife Of a gentleman at our hotel tells
rood story at her :husban' expense it IS wen
understood that they did not live pleasantly
together, but evidence of this is rare j. seen IN
public. The other evening, when taking their
usual irive-they are both hgh-splrted and
hard to curb, and when their tempcrs arc
aroused there is no controlling. them-one;
word brought on another, when the husband
said "You will drive me mad. :,
II should call that admirable driving, re-
t"rsl ted. the wtH: ox.,,;mo1 ,nc husband, .,if
YOU say another word ! will drive down INTO
ihe sea- They were then near one OF the
rn,Is in the vicinity of Cen Grant $ cottage,
that leads down to the beach. ;,
Another word :! screamed the iauy.-
Drive where YOU please, she added, into
the sea- can go us deep rs you dare TO SO,
any day. -, ,,m,
onI drove the horse and vehicle into the ocean.
Thev began to-swim. lie held in, looked into
her face, and she laughed in his.
"Whv do YOU stop?" she demanded exut-
;orly, exhibiting not the slightest alarm.
"You are devil !" he exclaimed, turning
the horses about making for the shore with all
expedition. ,, ,
LEARN from this that there is no place where
ynu dare to 90, where dare not accompany
rnu.
,'rhc only exception she answered, with il
rhucklc. There, my DEAR | leave you.
MARK TWAIN on CAR-PEDpLARs:- And
,hcn there were the pcddlars. bought out
the pope corn boy to get rid OF him, because
WAS irving to compose 4 poem for young
lady salbum, and did not want to he disturb,
ed But he came right back with stock ol
rcauurs. | took few and hurried him away,
and he returned with some ice cream candy.
don't like ice cream candy and peanuts toScth,
cr, but invested at once, because in INSPIRED
rhyme had been borne to me, and wanted TO
yet it down boorc it slipped my mind. Then
the Scoundre! came back to me with tobacco
and cigars, and attcrward with oranges, lmlta-
ton ivory baby Whistles fig paste and app les;
then he went away and was gone for sometime
and was encouraged to hope the train had
run over him. He was only keeping his most
malignant outrage to the last. lie was getting
his literature ready. And from that time Tor
ward the degraded youth did nothing but
march from one car to the other, and attilct the
passengers with specimen copies OF the vi!GSt
blood and thunder romances on earth. The
Pcruror's DOOM and '"Thc Dcspcrado's Re
vcnre," were some of his mider works, and on
their backs were pictures of stabblng attrays
and duelS, and people showing other people
over prccpices, and wrcched wood cuts OF wo.
men being rescued from terrible pcrlls OF all
kind-and they are always women who are so
criminaly homely that any right minded man
would take placid satisfaction of seeing them
suffer sudden and violent death But the ped
dlar boy peddled these atrocious books right
along for hours together, and | gave up my
poem at last, and devoted all my energies to
driving him away, and trying to say things
that would make him unhappy.
EGYpT-A South Carolina officer who has
arrived in New York, after considerable service
in the army of the khedive of Egypt, gives
this information: Egypt is the most corrupt
country in the world Men rise to wealth and
position by bartcring the virtue OF their wives,
and every official has his price. If you want
the khcdive to do anything tor you, there is 4
pasha in the room looking lkc Il whipped dog.
If the khcdivc says to the pasha see that
with his hands and touches his forehead with
it, and then says, thy will is law but once he
gets on the outside of the door, the pasha
>raightcns out and says, dog, how dare you
approach the Khcdivc without my permission;
you shall not have anything. And ne vii! not
have the order granted, unless YOU brlbc him,
and will prevent You seeing the khedlvc again.
He states that the slave trade is extensively
carried on, not publicly though. You can pur-
chase a Georgian girl of the highest type Of
beauty for about two thousand dollars, while
other slave girls do not bring more than five
hundred These girls arc perfectly satisfied
with their lot; indeed, they have no idea OF
any other life. y
Tur DEAD SECRET. In the case of Gene
vra u. Rockwell alias Minnie French, who shot
herself with pistol i'll the left breast at Il
West 'lhrty-third street, New York, the coT;o-
ner jury Thursday gave verdict OF suicide;
Fidclia Rockwell sister of the suicide, testified
that they came to New York about SIX weeks
ago from Charlotte, n. G., with the intention
of going to Long Branch. From the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where they remained few
days, they went to West Thirty.thlrd street
Witness wishing to speak to her sister, went TO
her room. and found her lying on the bed.
Gtnevra said that she had shot herself III the
left breast, but declined to give any reason 11t
'"r ACT SAYING. 1T Is 4 matter pet"cc" my
and God. These girls arc both natives OF
North Carolina and noted Tor their personal
hnrauly and rare accomplishments. The suicide,
!Innlc, was for many years resident OF TINS
ety. abiding in that classic precinct known as
Solitude ~. !. NcwS
GREAT SpEED.-Thc schedule time OF the
last line East upon the Pennsylvania Railroad;
from Altoona to Harrisburg, is three hours and
"rty minutes On the 10th, the train, drawn
10y locomotive No. lQ3, under Conductor Ed
ward NJ. Chase, left Altoona twenty thre min
nteS late. and was detained twcnty-eight min
ut n'e> at Huntington and Mitfiin by h1t-boxes'
u, thus losing ttty-onc minutes Of schedule time.
INe locomotive being in charge of EnslnGer =
rFSe, brought the train safely to harrisburg
'nIy one minute late, having made up htty
minutes on schedule time, and making the
extraordinary run of 1872 miles in two hours and
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