Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-02-09
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return TRIP TICKETS. The Washington
C.n;,ol savs:-"In the suit of Z. 5. Bates
.a,;rst the Alexandria and Washington Rail
rasd for 800 damages for being elected from
,r.n IN their route 10 December ast-the
oonse Of ei.otmcut was that he refused to pay
b;s fare. rendering instead a return trip ticket
,b,t had died cf old age the day before-lu this
sn;, we aay the Justice has granted$l5 damages.
ri, fact establishes 40 unj just preccdent--un-
iu.t a. regards the railroad company. That
T. hasa perfect right to qualify the use OF tick
s,a of diminished rate cannot be denied, and
vbcn for the convenience of the public it Is
v;jlina to lower the ordinary price of travel it
i, ,hould cot be crowded by too much and
m,nv requirements. If railroad company
issues trip ticket, bearing upon it's face the
information in regard to the time allowed for
its use no one has right to go beyond this
oualifcatoa-ne!ther citizen nor justice OF the
peaoe One might, with as much proprlety
demaDd entrance to theatre Oh account OF the
tickets of day before.
AN ALEXANDRIA LAD.-Th be new member
of Congress, Hon. Bernard 6. Caulh cid, from
the FIRST district of Illinois, is Al Alexandria
boy. He was born here, and resided 10 bis
youth in the brick house oD the north side OF
Jefferson street, near Battery Rodgers He was
. student of ST. Johns Academy, and after.
wards on the removal of his family to Wash
ipgton, he entered Georgetown College, where
be graduated Many Of our citizens have a
very distinct recollection Of the young lad, IN
whose success the community feel a just pride.
RAvENswoR7H.- The estate in Fairfax couu-
~ called Ravensworth, left by the late Mrs.
4. NJ. Fi,shueh, contains 446 acres. By the
deed of partition Gen. G. w. Custis Lee takes
2,397 acres, Gec. ". H. Flzhugh Lee 5O2
acrea and the mansion house, Miss Mildred
Childe Lee 1854 acres, Robert Il. Lee 2,O9O
acres, and Miss Mary Gusts Lee l,677 acres
An OLD ALExANDRIAN.- Mrs. Catharipe
a. Pittman, wbose death in Baltimore, at 81
years of age, was published in Saturday Ga-
xetsee, will be recollected here as the other
of Henry Pstman. at one time with Rouns.
avae editor of tho Alexandra Herald, and ln
1920 the editor of the Ale1andriap, a journal
which survived short time only.
Position IN SLEEPING. 1t is better to 20
TO sleep on the right side, for then the stomach
i. very much in the position Of a bottle turned
upside down, and the contents of it are aided
10 passing out by grayltatiop. If one goes to
sleep ou the left side, the operation OF ofemptyiog
,he stomach of its conteDts is more like draw
log water from wsll After going to sleep,
lot the body take its own position. Ii you
aleep on your back, especially soon after a
hearty meal, the weight of the digestive orga0s
and Of the food resting on the great vein OF the
body. near the backbone, compresses it and
arrests the flow of the blood more or less. If
,hs arrest s partial, the sleep is disturbed, and
there are unpleasant dreams. If the meal has
been recent and heavy, the arrest is more de.
eidsd, and the various sensations such as fall.
ins over a precipce, or the pursuit of wild
beast, or other impending dangers, and the
desperate effort to got rid of it, arouse US, and
send on the stagnating blood, and we wake IN
fright. or trembling, or in q perapiratlon, or
feeling exhausted according to the degree of
st,guation and the length aud strength of the
efforts made to escape the dagger.
But when wo are unable to escape the dan
ker-when wo do fall over the precipice, when
the tumbling building crushes US what then
That is death Tba. is the death of those Of
whom it is said, when found lifeless 10 the
morning: That they were as we'll as ever
they wsre the day before;' and often it
is added, "aud ate heartier than COM
noul" This last, as frequent cause of death
10 those who have gone to bed to wake no more,
the writer gives merely as private opinion.
The possibility of its truth s enough to deter
any rational man from late and hearty meal.
This NO do know with certainty, aud waking
up in the night with painful diarrhes, orcholera,
o, bilious colic ending 10 death in short time,
is probably traceabc to lato large meal The
truly wise will take the~ safe side. For persons
TO ost three time day, it is amply sufficient
10 make the last meal of cold bread and butter,
and cup of some warm drink. No one can
stsr,e Oh ii; while perseverance, soon begets
avigorous appetite for breakfast, so promising
OF days comfort.