Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-02
ALEXA. GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER,
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EDGAR SNOW DEN.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NO. 20 PRINCE STREET.


: GAZETTE BUILDING, NO. 20 PRINCE STREET
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Unpleasant Side Of u Practical Joke.
From the Boston Advertiser.
NIr. Jacob knous, of the firm Of Weatherby
knous T. Pelton, wholesale and retail dry good:
dealers in Hartford was recently in Boston fol
few weeks undergoing surgical operation
At his hotel on Christmas day congeuial par.
ty enjoyed dinner by themselves, Mr.. KnouS
being one of the company. Some one not ac-
the number inquired. do you know knous %
Pretty soon another stranger came 10, and lie
was accosted with the inquiry, do you know
Knous?' And the query was repeated, inno-
Gently and properly enough, as two or three
more appeared but its repetition made it a
standing joke, and during the whole dinner
festivities and after there was constant revl
val of the conundrum, "Doyor know knous %
A good deal of fun was made it, as will be
made out of better things when company of
wide-awake fellows are in the mood for laugh
ing at trihes. What followed this perfectly
good -natured chatting is told BY our corrcspou.
dent in Hartford
MIR. Knous started for home on Thurs
day afternoon, and if the train he. took
had not been bound near Norces
ter he would have arrived soon after seven
o'clock. His hotel friends in Boston, knowing
nothing of the delay to the train, and Suppos-
ing he had reached Hartford on time, thought
they would send the joke along with him; aud
So waiting, as they believed, till he had got
home, dispatch was sent to his address IN
Congress street, in these world -
"Do you know Knous"'
And following this was another forwarded III
this shape:-
"We have found man who don't know
Knous."
Both these dispatches we're delivered at the
same time and were received by Mrs. knous.
who was expecting her husband. She placed
but one construction upon them, md that was
that, Mr.. knous had met with ailrcad accl
dent and that the real purport 0 the last dis
patch, which was confused by transmission,
was that some one was wanted to IDENTIFY him.
She at once sent for her tathe, James B.
Shultas, leading and wealthy cifzcu, ar. he
became seriously alarmed, and al once sought
the services of D. NJ. Seymour Vice Presi-
dent of the Hartford Life and Annuity L.
surance Company, who is frienl Of the fami-
", aud Mr.. Seymour and Mrs. Anous at once
started for Boston, the latter lcaing her house
and children in the care of Ms Seymour.
The case was an urgent one, ant no sort OF ln-
convenience could be allowed b stand In the
way Of immediate action.
And now followed a combnatnn. of circnm-
stances which added 10 the aRletles ana an-
puish of the parties directly Interested. 1ne
train to Boston was stopped al Worcester, and
here Mr. Seymour and Mrs. tnous waited IN
the most restless condition. hey telegraphed
to Boston, but got no respoDe While there
the train from Boston passed. and on this train
was Mr. Knous himself, alive, we'll and happy,
and entirely unconscious ofth'tact that at that
yery moment his wife was with dozen RODS
of him, suffering the most terrible sollctude on
his account Mr.. Seymour ent through the
train to see if he could not I'D some one VINO
could give particulars of NJ huous and es-
caped uoticng Mr.. knous tcause that gen
tleman was IN compartmer IN one. OF the
dr,winp.room cars The rcslt was that Mr..
Knous arrived home Friday forming and found
all his friends in fearful uspense over his
fate while the town was tulbf rumors concern
;ng his sad fate. Mrs. kucs reached Boston
somewhat earlier, and it US not till she got
there and saw the landlordf the hotel that she
found relief to her auxiousnind. The family
is again reunited and of cerse more cheerful
than ever.
FIRE FROM STEAM been mooted
question whether steam pes can cause tlre,
some mechanics and bul,rs refusing to be-
lieve it, though there haveeen several report
cd cases of fires orgnating1 woodwork IN the
vicinity OF steam heating pes The Phlladel-
mia Ledger has been referd to a case some
what similar to those refeed to, which was
examined and reported uln by committee
of the Franklin Institute 1856. The com
mittee came to the conclon that the lre
thew investigated was causeby the 'ctiarrlns
of sagdust in factory, thearriDg being pro
duced by the heat from sam tank ln "hlch
the steam was usually Card at pressure OF
fifty pounds or at tempeure OF aoout -cV
degrees of Fahrenheit. line course OF 12elt
report the committee rered to the 1act 1act
nointed ont by the chief the London Fire
Brigade viz. THAT voc long exposed, to
temperature but little abe that of boiling
water viii become after ghilc charrcd, and
will actually uhame" IRE have been nu-
merous instances of acciotal hres caused 10
this way. 10 the testimo of the London tre
chief the committee addne fact recorded IN
Bickipg's "Guide to the oper Regulation OF
BUILDINGS in Towns," Il Day y Martin
backing factory, which 3 heated by hot
water pipes took fire s4S in the wooden
casing around the pipes.An examination in
this instance showed thatyherever the pipes
touched the floor the bids were charred.,
The temperature in theseipes never much :,
exceeded 800 degrees c9ahrenheit. t.-Bod.
Snp.
TEA TRA1N.-Mentihas been made OF
the passing of heavy train East. Inc
train is a special one, coming OF sixteen cars,
each chr containing ten t, the whole aggree-
eating i60 tons, or 500, ,opounds of tea. Il 1t
left San Francisco on theeuiug of the Sd, at
dusk, and reached Truck at dark last night,
being nine hours in adce of the time on
which it would ordiuariave run. 1t is eS1
pected equal diligence woe exhibited east OF OF
Truckee, and the cargcach Now ! ork IN
about ten days If closonnection IS made
xith the Atlantic stears, the tea should