Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-09

his mean and contemplate actlOu, ana was III
favor of pursuing different course The con-
sequence was an interview was had and all dit
tereuces were amicably arranged. The engage
ment was renewed, and the Two hearts were
made to beat as one.
\ BRoKEN HEART REPAIRED COM
mon prejudice against long courtships cannot
Apply to that of Louisa Fowl er and David Mar
tin, which has Just been concu ded much to the
advantage Of the young woman before the SUI
preme Court at Kingston, Mass. Although the
romance does not conclude with orange wreath
and wedding bells. it results in the addition OF
81 900 to the bank account of the Tilted fair
which is more to the purpose As an award
for damages sustained simply through the loss
of an expected husband without any aggrava-
ting circumstances, this decision is notable.
Martin, it appears, continued his addresses TO
Miss Fowler for six years, and although he
represented his intentions as not including
natrimony. the jury very senslbly judged that
the proongaton of his evening calls until after
midnight indicated nothing less The fact of
his purchase of sewing machine for the Young
WOMAN, and procuring the hemming Of his
handkerchiets and the making Of his panta,,
looms at her hands, also tod against him: and
when he pleaded his mother opposition to
the match, the Kingston jury utterly refused
to believe in such flia subiugation in man OF
thirty.tive years As Miss Fowler valued her
broken heart at only 5000, the award OF the
Jury reconc!led the claims Of sentiment and the
rules of material valuation more nearly than
usual in such cases.
ORIGIN OF LOTTERIES. Lotteries were in
vented by the Romans to cnliven their Satur-
MALTA. This festival which was instituted in
commemoration of the freedo m and equality
which prevailed on earth in the golden reign
of Saturn, began by the distribution OF tickets
which gained some prize. Augustus appoint
ed lotteries which consisted Of things of little
value; but Nero established some for the peo,,
ple. in which 1000 tickets were distributed
daily, and number of those who were favored
BY fortune became rich by them. Heogabalus
Invented lotteries of very singular nature ;
none at all one gained prize OF slaves, and
another of six flies; some got valuable vases,
and others vases of common earth. A lottery
of this kind exhibited an excellent picture OF
the inequality with which fortune distributes
her favors The first lottery in England of
which we have any account, was drawn at the
west door of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1869, and
consisted of 10, 600 tickets at 40 shilings each.
The profits of the lottery were to be applied
toward repairing the harbors. In 1912 King
James appointed lottery to be drawn at the
same place, for the plantation Of English col
onies in Virginia. The principal prize was
1000 crowns in plate.-Iroy Times.
TAKING CoLD-If cold settles on
the outer covering of the lungs it be-
comes pneumonia. inflammation of the
lungs, or lung fever, which in many cases
carries the strongest man to his, grave
within week Ifa cold fails upon the inuer
knife like pains. and its slow, very slow recov-
cries II cold settles in the joints, there IS
rheumatism, with its various forms; nttamma.
tory rheumatism, with its agones of PAIN, and
rheumatism of the heart, which in an instant
sometimes snaps the cords of life with no friend
" warning. It is of the utmost practical i'm
portance, then, in this wintry weather. to
know uol so much how to cure cold as how
to avoid it, Colds always come from one cause,
some part of the whole of the body being cold
er than natural for time. 1t a man will keep,
his feet warm always and never allow himself
to be chilled he will never take cold ln HE
time, and this can only be accomplished by
due care in warm clothing and the avoidance
Of fdraughts and undue exposure. While mu
titudes Of colds come from cold feet, perhaps
the majority arise from persons cooling OF too
quickly after becoming little warmer than
is natural from exercise, or work or from con
tnement to warm apartment.
TIE PARTRIDGE. meeting of horticul.
tursts in Illinois strong ground was taken
against the destruction Of these birds; 10
show how useful this bird is it was stated that
u flock of partrdges we're seen running along
the rows of corn just sproutlng, ana seeing
them engaged in something which was believed
to be pulling up the young plants, one OF them
was killed and his crop examined, when
was found to contain one cutworm, twenty.one
striped bugs, aud over one hundred ehlnch
bugs. Another member related that ne nao
adopted measures to protect the bird and that
they had become so numerous and 50 tame
that hundreds Of them, after snowfals, could
be seen in his barnyard withthe fowls where
they were fed As result of their presence
upon his premises, his wheat crops, were un-
usually abundant, while in many other places,
nnt Far off tho ch;nch hnp and other insects