Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-16

WoMEN's AGEs Helen, of Troy, was over
forty when she perpetratcd the mo, f.muus
clopement on record. ami as the sieg. Of rrnr
lasted decade she must have been on;ia
elderly when the i'll forture of Paris r.,,lrsJ
her to her husband, who is reported TO have
received her with urquestiouipg love and graft.
tude. Percles welded AspaSa when III. was
thlrty.s!x. and yet afterward, for thirty wars
or more held an undluini> he'd reputation for
beauty. Cleopatra Was past thirty when
Anthony fe under her spell. v hich lever les
sened until her death, nearly ten years alter.
LAVA was thirty three when she won the
heart OF Augustus, over whom she maintained
her asceude ucy to the last. The extraordinary
Diane de Poctiers was thirysix when Henry
Ill, OF France (then Duke of Orleans, aud lust
half her age,) became attached to her, and she
was held as the first lady and most beautiful
at conrt upto the period that monarch death
and OF the accession to power of Catherine Of
Medics
Anne vas thirty-ejght when she was the hand
soonest queen of Elrope, and when Buckng
ham and Richard were her Jealous admirers
beauty of her day, was the idol of three gene.
rasions of the golden youth Of France and Twas was
seyeuty-two when the Able de Reruis fell in
love with her. A rare combination of culture,
talents and personal attractions endowed THAR
possessor seemingly with the gifts of eternal
youth
Banco CapelIo was thiry-eght when the
Grand Duke Francisco, of Florence, fell captive
to her charms, and made her his wife, though
he was i've years her junior. Louis XIV,
welded Mime. de Maiuenon when she was
inrty-three years Of age Catherine H., Of
Russia was thirty-threc when she seized the
empire and captivated the dashiug vounp
Oriott Up to the time of her death lat Sixty
scVsnl she seems to have retained tie same be-
wltchlng powers, Tor the lamentations were
heartfelt among all those who had ever known
he: personally.
Mde. Mar, tragcdienuc, only attained the
zen'th or her beauty aud power between forty
aod lorty-hVe, when the oveliness Of her hauds
ana arms especially Was celebrated throurhout
Europe. Nine Rrcamer was thirtvciehr when
she was, without dispute. declared to be the
most beautiful woman in Europe. which rank
she held for fifteen years
| PREFERENCES IN MARRIAGE AS to phvs;
cal preferences. confess that | have felt sniff
clent interest in the subject to ask score Of
short men the kind Of stature they most ad
mred IN women, when they made the follow
ing replies , for medium size. , for small, =
tor tall, and for very tall But, as may be
observed, ~ is hardly a sufficient uumber on
Which to base theory; still it is enough to
indicate that there are probabilities iu favor Of
II, and 10 the absence OF more extended tests T
am lncned to believe that where there are lG
tor and only against, the small man prefers
the large woman.
ln such matter the rough SIX is more out
spoken. lndeed, it is common topic among
men to give description Of the woman they
admire, while the modesty which belongs to
women usually keeps them from entering into
details after the masculine manner, 1t is only
10 moments OF corner expansion that the woman
conhd.s to friend that she has marked pre-
iereoce, IN which case she is more enthusiastic
IN her admiration than the man, and invests
her type with the attributes of heroism.
1t the affairs Of civilized life permitted selec.
ton, unbiased by any other consideration than
that OF natural attraction, guided as it would
be by human intelligence, the race would of
course reach degree of perfection which it is
iar from possessing at present. Genius and
learning would walk hand 10 hand with the
Venus OF Milo and the Apollo Belyidere. In
this age the obstacles to such race amcliora-
too appear to be greater than ever; for the
most important considerations now entertained
IN the unlou OF man and woman have but little
to do with their mental. moral, aud physical
improvement.-1Ae Galaxy for Dscembr.
A QUEER WAY TO BE KILLED. Mr.. Pickett
BoggaD, respectable citizen O.! more than for
ty years residence 10 this county, met most
singular death at his home, near Pine Apple
a short time since He was sitting in the
piazza of his house. n rocking chair, and near
the railing or banister, his feet resting at the
edge of the flooring. La this position his feet
slipped off the flor toward the ground, his
body being allowed to follow on account of the.
moving forward OF the chair on the rockers; his
CHIN caught on the upper railing, and the back
OF the chair came up against the back of his
head, and so renamed, so that he was sus-
pended 10 this singular manner. Being quite
old ADD ufrm, he was unable to extricate him
self, and the weight Of his body resting on his
chin prevented his opening his mouth to call
for help, and he thus died from strangulatios.
-GreeaciHe Aduocatc
Tough STORY. The Yokohama, Japan,
Herald relates "a remarkable occurrence which
shows that somc of the japanese have an ex-
traordlnary capacity for withstanding the Ell
fects OF fiery potations. Au Osaka man offered
prize to any man who would drink one sho-
one quart, one pint and one-hat gl-ofa
certain native liquor about as strong as the
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