Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-20
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Marriage and Death Notices fifty cents Obtu-
uarles will be charged at advertisement rates
for notices over four lines.
GIRLISH WAYS.
The supercous state of society at the pre-
sent time induces thoughtful parents to wish for
family of boys rather than girls. The affect
ed and ridiculously superficial manners of the
feminine sex, from the little school miss to the
youpg lady who has slipped over her teens into
maturity is painfully apparent just now, when
the conduct of the women OF a century ago is
yiyidly recalled, and their common sense and
fpe characteristics shine out in contrast. Am
ericap socty is undoubtedly undergoing fermen-
taton. The scum and the specks and impuri
ties which arise from she great Cosmopolitan
mixture have to settle and become classified be-
fore we Gao have substantial and arstocratic
circle, above the foIlies which now belittle it;
Since the introduction of the 'GreciaD bend
BY fashionable belle Of this city, series Of
contortious have followed which have surpassed
j, 10 absurdity. The bending of the body as
ifcramDed by sciatca or stomach ache, became
so fashionable that it ceased to occasion remark.
The hanging of the hands Ia crocodile Was
next the rage, aud was we'll carlcatured by SER
yantgasm, whea horoy kuuckled hands 10
cheap gloves swung loosely about public convey
ances on days out The salute has been the
last to suffer outlandish maui ipulation, until now
the graceful inclination of the head is seen no
more. A wrigge otthe chin upward and outward
with spasm of the mouth at the same losant
as if some hidden pully like the jumplng-lack
we're suddenly twitched, is now the only mode
of recognition endurable in high-toned circles.
One car witness these absurd contortlons ii 10
good humor, and laugh behind his Sleeve but
We look for so much from girls. We ex-
pect ngeDuousness, the deepening blush.
shyness-eveu to awkwardness-at Ger.
tain age Occasionally we do encounter
these delightful attributes by the waysde
or in the horse cars, when miss with
school books in arms will rise aud give her seat
to gray hairs, wan face aud thread worn
wedding ring, aud will then blush crimson and
look as it she had committed crime. Our boys
may be grimy haoded aud wear holes 10 their
knees--they may lisp aud draw aud 60 slowly
through the age of puppyism. We can bear
that. But the girls, the little school girls, the
misses with crmped hair and ribbons, the
young ladies, and the women indeed, let them
be nstural and unaffected.-N. 7. Com.
AN ACCOMMODATING ED1ToR-A local edi
tor in Peklu, Ill.,, introduced himself to the
public few days ago as follows: "Sensa
tonal, distressing details of revolving murders
and shocking suicides, respectfully solicited.
Bible class presentations and ministerial dona-
ton parties will be done with promptnes and
dispatch Keno banks and their operations
made a speciality. Accurate reports OF Sunday.
school anniversaries guaranteed. The local
will cheerfully walk seventeen miles after Sun
day.schoo to see and report prize light.
Funerals and all other melancholy occasions
hall 1rnIr
tion. Horse races reported 10 the highest style
of the reportorial art. Domestic broi!s and
coujugal infelicties sought for with untlrDg
avldity. Police court proceedings and sermons
reported in manner well calculated to as
tonish the prisoner, magistrate and preacher.
Prompt paying subscribers and good advertls-
ers, when stricken with mortal illness, will be
cheerfulIy interviewed, when lying at deaths
door, with view to obtaioing obituary items,
and the greatest pleasure will be taken 10 ex-
posing your private affairs to the critical gaze
Of an interested public.
The Russian punch must be nice drink.
1t is made of mixture OF vodka, champagne,
berry viue resembling the French oasis, which
is much affected by the Russians) and any
other kind of wine that may be at haDd. Apri-
cots, melons, and cucumbcrs are put in to t1a-
vor and sugar to swceten it and the whole is
then ented and allowed to burn till it bols.
Sensible people who should see such driok as
this, and become acquainted with it's prepara-
tioD, would know what to do with it without
any hesitation. But there are some remark.
able Individuals who thiok it proves nothing to
have other people experiment with such COM
pound; they must try it for themselves 1t
looks as if MIR MacGahao had felt called upon
to allow the mixture to work on his own con,
stitutiou, for be says: Though palatable and
lnSlnuating, it i. the most dabollcal compound
have ever tasted. Every drop OF 1t is laden
With headache for week and dyspepsia tor a
fortnight
ANOTHER BIOGRAPHY OF GEN LEE.-The
Paris correspondent of the New York Herald
says: Under the title of 'Un Vaincu, the
firm of Hetzel publishes a biography of the
Confederate chief, proceeding from the pen OF
Nine. Boissonnas. The book is readable, and
written with warmth of partlsanship which
leaves no doubt of the sincerity oil the authors
admiration for the soldier whose history she
relates The republican press 10 FraAce has
graphy, Nine. Boissonnas having labored to
prove that at the time of the civil war Lee was
not fighting for slavery. but drew his sword on
the rebel side because be considered that bis
duties toward the State of Virginia, of which
be was a citizep, had higher claim on him
than his obligations toward the Union, At the
close of the work the author tells how Robert
Z Lee, after the defeat of the South, became
the director OF college.
WooL-Col. S. s. Bradford's flock of $50
Nleriuos yielded him, this season, 274O pounds
tnet of uuwashed WOOL which be recently
shipped to New York for sale. This is an
average of about eight pouods to the sheep,
lambs and all included.
And last week Mr.. Frank Stearns, OF this