Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-04

It consists of parlor car, two sleepers, COM
misSary and baggage car. The Splendor OF
these may be imagined when it Is stated that
It cost more than 500, 900 to build them. The
Sleeping cars are claborately finished, and the
n.ror car has all the convcnienccS imaginable.
The com,uiSsary car is a running hotel. and Is
provided with cosy recesSes where parties may
line in the finest cpicurean style. In one end
of the car there is a cooking range and kltch-
ems. on the latest approved plan.
Professor John Ruskin is determined to give
his Ctopian fancy local habitation and Il name,
and has selected the lake country of England as
the scene of his new Atlantis The general
scope of his scheme has already been made pub
tic. His purpose is to attempt to educate
community up to his standard OF beauty and
usefulness transccndental rs 1t is, and restore
:, small section of mankind to Il state OF >lmpl-
,.itv ard happiness which exists only in the Ar
,.;la of the poets and his own brain. Ruskln
i willing to spend his tnrtune and energies on
this rct scheme. hut we are afraid it will be Il
lurr.
Il i stated BY the Patric that the French
Government intends to establish dcpots IN
Paris in which will be concentrated the neccs
>ary stores Tor the great Notifications that arc
10 be constructed iu the Department of the
Seine us well as in the twepry.tour
other departments which will contribute in a
direct manner to the defence of the capital
The experience obtained during the last war
will not Lc lost it adds :'and Paris, as is
we'll known. is to be fortified according to a
new system. which will prevent it being invest
ed any more and consequently from being be-
~icged.
A Marshalltowu (Iowa) paper tells the fol-
lowing: IAN enthusiastic Epglishman called
i, the express office day or two ago with a
halfdozen prairie hens which he desired to
send forthwith to Her Majesty the Queen. On
come down with the cash in advance for car
riage he stammcrcd little, but finally planked
it down. and the fowls from the prairies of
iowa were duly addressed To Her Majesty
Queen Victoria Windsor, England, and went
their way
1t would hardly be expected that rat-baltlng
would he nm acceptable amusement to the Par
isians. One VI. du Loring, however, thought
otherwise, and promptly organized a magnlli
cent concurs destruction pour les chlens ratiers,
which lasted twenty one days The ashes of
The Tuileries we're scarcely cool when NJ. du
Lnring treated his fellow citizens to this
rleas; ne tournament. With a refinement OF
,lecacy lie took the prccaution of planting his
exhibition in the very shadow of the Arc dc
'!riumphe.
\ California scientist, whose head like his
back must be triHe weak, declares that ne has
prolonged his life by sleeping with his finger
tips touching his toes, and has invented ma,
cline to hold the body in that graceful and
pleasant position He contends that the vital
electric currents on the principle, we sup
pose of the smoke consuming Stove-"are
thus kept in even circumhow, instead OF being
thrown off at the extremities aud wasted.
1t appears now that the preAdamite man.
1T least the American branch OF him-knew all
about what VIC have been deluding ourselves
was the modern art Of war for, according to
the Halifax, (N. ST. Express, four pound
cannon ball was recently found in lump OF
coal taken from depth of 10 feet below the
surface Of the earth at the Arcadia coal mine,
Maccan, y. ).
lIIGu.HEEIED BooTs-Extract from lee
tine by a distinguished English surgeon
But the first thing to which would call your
attention in this case is the high hecled boots
Ladies' will, for the most part, wear them: but
they could not do worse thing, for their feet
are placed in difficult and most unnatural po-
Stion They are very tenacious about this
fashion, but you must be as tenacious against
it: the number of accidents IN consequence Is
great To show YOU how very tenacious ladies
are on this point last year was sent Tor to see
young lady in one of our London hotels. She
wished to consult me about her foot. On see
ING it thought its state depended upon her
boots and | asked to see them The boots were
brought in by the lady's maid, but the only
thing | could observe about them were lm-
menscly high heels. said 1T is the high
heel of your boots that causes the mischief:
and unless you diminish this can do nothing
FIR YOU" She became quite angry, and said
>hc could rot alter them. II cannot do it, and
will not" Suddenly she again toned down,
and said: "Pray, sir, what would people. say
ii they saw me walking about the park without
high hccls?' said 1T is simply heels ver'
of the heels if you have no brains, you will
continue to wear them She fortunately had
brains. cut oft the heels and her foot got quite
well.
A MODEL LlGrr-A French chemist has
discovered light us superior to gas rs gas was
superior to it's predecessor, oil. An opportunity
will soon be afforded OF beholding this beautiful
clear, and healthy light, as the officials OF tho
Crystal Palace Company have laid pipes, placed
gaSometers in position, and in the course OF a
few DAYS will illuminate their crystal fountains
and rare works of art with the new oX-hydrlG
light and in order that the public may have oc
ular demonstration OF its vast superiority over
cas-. the lights will alternate. and then the dull
yellow haze of the hckering gas lamps will be-
come doubly so in the steady, bright light ema
mating from the other, which Is so intense tina
it causes the fame of gas to cast shadow itse
on the wall it is intended to illuminate. Thi
new light can be obtained at.a much lower rate
than gas, and it is not only brilliant and clear
but healthy Above the issue aperture in th'
ordinary gas lamp, when lighted, there is
dark space, surrounded by the fame, Will
sparkling atoms floating upwards, many Q
which escape uuconsumed and pollute the sur
rounding air, much to the injury of eyes ant
lungs while others that enter the flame IN pass
ing through it are only partially consumed ant
in the shape of smoke or dust escape into TIT
surrounding atmosphere to the detrimcnt
pictures, ceilings, or gilt frames, &c. Nothing
of all this occurs with the new hight