Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-18
'SFYLR"-How THE G1sLEr FAMiI.

DAYS a'1d SATURDAYS at Slr Dollars l'e"
a's'lun1.
'.STYLR"-How THE GIBLEr FAMILY
ACHIEVED IT-Gilblet children inherited his
money, but they buried the deposition and
every other memorial Of their father in his
grave. Fired with noble thirst for style, they
instantly emerged from the retired lane in
which themselves and their accomplishments
had been buried; and they blazed and they
whizzed, and they cracked about town like a
nestzof squibs and devils in firework
And the Giblets arrayed themselves in scar
let and in fine linen, and seated themselves in
high places, but nobody noticed them except to
honor them with little contempt The Glib
let's made prodigious splash, in their own
opinion, but nobody extolled them except the
tailors and miiners who had been employed
in manufacturing their paraphernalia.
The Giblets, thereupon, being like Caleb
Quotem, determined to have place at the re-
view" fell to work more fercely than ever ;
they gave dinners, and they gave balls; they
hired cooks, they hired contectioners; and they
would have kept newspaper in pay had not
time ferthe election. They invited the dane
ing men and the dancing women, and the gor-
handlers and the eplcures OF the city to come
and make merry at their expense, and the
dancing men and the dancing women, and the
epicures, and the gorinandizers did come; and
they did make merry at their expense and
they ate and they drank, and they capered and
they danced, and they--laughed at their en-
tertaiaers. =.
Then commenced the hurry and the hustle
and the mighty nothingness Of fashionable life.
Such rafting in coaches! such Haunting in the
streets! such slamming OF box doors at the
theatre such a tempest and hustle OF unmean-
ing noise wherever they appeared! The Glib
let's were seen here and there and everywhere:
they visited everybody they did not know +;
and there was no getting along for the Giblets:
Their plan at length. succeeded By dint OF
dinners, of feeding and frol:cking the town, the
Giblet family worked themselves into notice,
and enjoyed the inefable pleasure Of beiag for
ever pestered by visitors who cared nothing
about them of being squeezed and smothered
and parboiled at, nightly balls, and evening tea
parties, they were allowed The pleasure of for
getting the very few old friends they once
possessed-they turned their noses up in the
wind at everything that was not genteel ana
their superb manners and sublime affectaaon
at length leftit no longer sa matter OF douDt
that the Giblets were perfectly 10 the style. 7
:: DEATH OF THE PARIssiiAN II Ri fEpHANrs- The
splendid specimens: Of elephants, under the
names Of Castor and Rolla1, Of European re
nown. fell victims to the mightiest Of all con-
ouerors-hupgera The Parisians, though not
tooa4Ast; dots to feed on rats, were compelled
by r to stfatke thar giant pets Their death
was, ,tisa >; bilux died Keps DeNislmes3 sk-
: pioaBA 6SH 56fteel centimesress otiscg1n
drisal ekate, with comic end winch On lIfs seeel
pointAs& 4Fcapsules esfastenea ntaaDing eighty
gFauids of line powder weighing tToe hundred QlI1 N
and eight gramms: A charge at felght gEannss s
Ss psTd.f I s gsaad ss ,sa nere
ed thsiriSht. aShe' ztrst RIB
and: :exp5odedGw within sta1ee .boWesE after this
deurastaae EXPLOSION the elephant rested IN an
unr;phs position, then made some motions but
did not attempt to- rend his shackles., 1t last
ed some minutes until the internal hemorrh.
ACE ehoked the animal Then he fell, hi
agony lasting sometime. Four large tubs
were filed with blood, and yet some little time
elapsed before he ceased to breathe, The
next day :itwas Castor turn, who was killed b,
Milne ,Edwards BY means OF . hunting carblne
Hit ON the: fright temples, the elephant" Ren'
down ON his knees with a, moaning cry AS he
tried to raise himself another ball hit. him II
the middle Of the forehead, Again ne went wen
he rolled on to his right side His nprobosci:
moved SLIGHTLY; his; beautiful OK Expressive eyes
closed.-he was deadga The victims were seized
by Deboo's folks, and stripped of their hor
nv skins which sell for 4,0OO francs each. This
rosy flesh seemed to be extremely tender, and
looked Ike veal: Castor and Pollux, though
SnyaI age were sSs;s lot s spSsos sno szs
paraaed on the shambles Of the Boulevard
Haussmaun, among cosso~aries, kangaroos -anc
antelopes from the. Geological Gardens Sc
the me6aeerie was complete but the ele:
phants were the lions of the day. .. '.yI