Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-04
Miscellaneous Reading.

An ARTISTS REC MrESsE w ashi: g.on ALL
ston, who stood at the head of American artists
half century ago, wss at one time 80 reduced
BIZ poverty that he locked himself in his studio
in London one day, threw himself on his knees
and prayed for loaf Of bread f>r himself and
wife While thus engaged knock WIS hesrd
| st the door, which the artist Mastered to open.
A stranger enquired for Mr.. Alstor, and WAS
anxious t. learn who was the fortunate purchas-
or of the Angel UIiel," which had Won the
prize at The exhibition Of the Royal Academy.
He WAS told that it WAS not sold Where is it
to be found?' I'm this very room," said ALL
ston. producing painting from corGcr and
wiping OF the Gust. 1T is for SALE but it. va ue
has never been adequste' appreciated and j., /
always so far exceeded any offers leave you
to name the price" will e4C0 be al adequate
! recompense?" st is mora than l ever asked
for it." Then the painting is nline," the
stranger said who introduced himself Us the
Marquis Of Stafford. and from that moment be-
came one Of Mr.. Allston's warmest friends and
pati oRs
Albert Pike. Southerrer by choice and not
BY birth, in talking t, the veterans Of tho Next
can var, in Washington, pointed out some of
the errors from which the South has recently
suffered, incidentally said: "On"e, and until
orr civil war opened their eyes, the people OF
cur Southern Ststes thought that every man
wlo could tsik 20 them huently WAS qualified to
legislatn for tlc country in Congress The talk
secession and war but Lee and Jackson and
johnson led their armies Whilo the tnIker:
talked to no purpose at Richmond and are fur
gotten. The people have Learned that very sh.l-
low and unwise men can talk tuenttc, and even
put fire sentences together and they remember
that Washington and Andrew Jackson were not
lcquaciou7, snd that, with no more exceptions
than could be counted on one hand the takers
Of our war proved to be incapable"
JERUsALEM.-It seems TO be we'll establish
ed fact that the last three or four years have
witnessed 8 return of the Jews to Palestine from
every quarter OF the ODE. The number going
from Russia is entirely unprecedented. The
Hebrew population of Jerusa en- is more than
double wEat it WAS ten years ago, and the move
ment is going on rapidly. Most OF the city prop
erty is now in the hands OF the Jews, who have
gone there from other countries and in n few
years time they will probably be the owners of
The whole city.
SEX IN EGGs.-A correspond mt Of the Lon
don Journal of Horticulture says in refere. to
this question: "Last winter an old country
poultry keeper i'd me he could distinguish the
sex in eggs. | laughed ut him, and none
tho less skeptica when he 10 d me the following
secret: Eggs with the ar blsdder on the centre
% the crown of the egg will pro .uce cockere.s ;
thoae with the bladder on one side will produce
pLllets.'
family in Akron, Ohio, hiss in it little girl |
about four years old and little boy about six.
They had been cautioned in their strife ags,.st |
hens eggs Lot to take away the nest egg, bu. |
one morning the little girl reached The nest frs, |
seized an egg and started for the house Her |
disappointed brother followed crying, m other. |
mother >usy she's been and got the egg the old |
hen measures BY"
famous auctoneer, after exhSus:ing the
language of praise in extoing certsn gentle
mans park which hsd to fall under the hammer
said he WAS bound as an honest mar, not TO
conceal the only drawbacks to the property,
winch were the litter made By the rose leaves
and the perpctu. din kept up by the nightla-
gales.
a Detroit gentleman brides himself on
his fine fowls, and his neiyhbo, is equally vain
cf y fine coach dog The dog worries the life
out Of the chickens. A few days ago the owner
Of the dog received the following note: Friend
you keep dogs, keep chickens. II my chick
ems worry your dogs, shoot them"
L1SES-A tablespoonful of black pepper put
in the first wa er in which gray and buff linens
are washed will keep them from spotting 1t
viii slso generally keep the colors Of black or
does not harden the water.
When PENNSYLVANIA farmer sold his farm to
81 oil compady he went to town the dsy he got
bis cash and bought his wife two hundred dozen
clotnespns and twenty-five cothe, line. He
said he'd had growing and jawing enough
around that house
FI5uBoxE IN THE TuRoAT.-f you get a
ish bone in your throat, and it continues to
tick there, swallow 40 egg raw. 1t Will be al
most certain 20 carry the Done along with It,
II wonder what makes my eyes so weak"
,aid fop to gentleman. "They are in weak
place." responded the latter. j