Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-23
The Centennial.

The Russian department has begun to put
its exhibits into place. Several fue samples OF
msnchi!e mautels aud vases were arranged
yesterday moruing. The Chinese goods are
bciug apidly put into position. Some vases
and other porcelain articles prove to be badly
broken. The attendance yesterday was larger
than any day last week. The Main Building
was filled with visitors Several excursion par
ties from New York aud other cities arrived
Yesterday aud there we're from 10000 to $4,000
pcrsops within the Enclosure. The paid Vlsl.
Tors 90 Saturday numbered Is, lS2. The Brew
crs' builing, northeast OF Agricultural Hall is
fnlshcd, aud will be opened 10 few days AT
the annual meeting Of tie Philadelphia Chassis
Of the Reformed Church held yesterday res
olutous were passed endorsing the action OF
the C,Etcuulal' Commission IN closing the
bulldogs aud grounds on Sunday
TIE PRESIDENTS COURTEOUS ACT TO A
Sick LADY-A lady writes as follows from
Washington: :. In the Patent Ofh,c there is u
very pretty widow, recently appointed 10 a
clerkship. Fate has been good to her iu every
way, aud now, GROWING her other mlstortunes,
h r, sometimes producing hemorrhage which
al rms everybody else more than the pIucky
little woman hers If As pretty widows will
always lavc bcaus in abundance, our little
widow often drives OUT with hsr admirers, and
Saturday afternoon she start,d to ride to Ar
h0gton. ('m not sure il was Saturday, but
VII :'plly" il was R"achDg the Long
bridge over til, Potomac that terrible cough
hcgab; there was no stopping it, so the poor
little lady was very weak when the bridge was
pissed. There is htIlc hot Try there, and
stoppiue his horses, her friend gave her the
r,ins and rushed into the house for LEMONS,
whi,kuy, anything to stop that cough. Still
III. cough.d, the reins were slipping from her
nrryeieSs fingers, the horses were FESTIVE, and
sh, VS. looking with weak terror for her
fucnu's return, when President Grant came
driving to the scene. HIS quick eye compre-
bend. d the situation He threw his reins to
his prco,n icapcd from his buggy, and, telling
our little widow to give herself no unea-lncSs,
the President OF the United States stood there
and he'll; the horses I'LL relieved by the widow $
as;ollsh d escort. Meantime the bright blood
vas dyeing the lady's handkerchlef-mute
locks CT gratitude were all she could give. The
President cjacua ed in teudcrcr tones than one
would think, VIVA, if my Mile should ever
suff4r SAT- Ih D, giving her his card AMI bid
dinc her to come to him tor any service he
might render our silent President drove Oft
over the bridge -Bnl. Amcrcun.
END OF THE WORLD IN lS76.-rhe Chicago
Times has the following:
News of the approaching end Of the world is
always interesting reading Many time and
often have the hdvcntlsts figured out thu dnto
pi th- emf Of si things here below; and though
the predictions fave lnvaria0ly failed. their r.
| newa rorl time to tline has always been the
cause of Interested discussion. The universal
mus up which Elder Thurman predicted for
asst year did not COM oil, but the prophecies
have been locked up anew and an error in the
computation corrected The AdvonLists of Now
York hsvr Arranged for the second coming OF
Christ during lo7G The prophecy of Daniel
ssys that tho world will end in just 1885 years
from the time when the daily sacrifices shsll
be takeH away and the ahomnation that maketh
dc oiato he sat up" The domination that
Inakcth dcsolatc, oi course Is the Rom IN Catho
lie church which the Advcntists understand to
hive dated from 81. when tne Emperor Justin :
ian gave the religion OF Romo its Pspsl chsrac.
Ter. Then followed the period OF 1880 years,
spoken % in the prophecy, bringing the time
up to 1891, when The allied powers OF Europe
tool away from tho Bishop of Rome rs much
power rs Justinian had given him. To this l29C
years the prophecy added, "a mon n and b
hsif." leaning torty- five years, thus fixing thu
grand tinac in 1876 Nothing could be palmer.
Figures cannot he. The end has got TO como
thi: Y ,:-, and it is to lamented that the New
Yorl Adven.ists are not able to fix tho month
and day. The catastrophe Is TO come ike thief
in the night. It behooves every prudent citizen
therefore, TO make Inc necessary preparation.
and, in the language of Joyce to Mcdonald, to
put ms house III order.