Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-13
The IIOwlIng DerTishes.

| Van Lew.
The HOwIIng DerFishes.
George Augustus SaIa, the London writer,
recently visited Coostan.in0ple mosque In
which the HowIiog Der7ishes we're pelldrmIOg
their pious soemntirs. They were eighteen
| ia number, braWny, uuWashed, ragged Vaga
bonds of all conn leylons from pasty white to
deep chocolate hue; aud among them vas one
negro Of colossal statue and Of Il deep, shiny black
"A Nubian. They alood up III row against
the wall, aud followed the tugiemanshlp Of the
i Shtik, rcctcI the "LIh-iliah. which they
pronounced "L0l" aud ''oIlGh !"
The principal movement on their parts seem.
ed to be violent stamp on tho ground aud
they went up and down, wagging their prepos,,
ferrous heads, waving their bony arms and
bringing down their huge tect ln alternate thuds
Oh the ground They continued to tramp and
to intone their psam0dy for about twenty hve
minutes aud then they began to howl not BY
any means 10 unison, hut every one on bic own
account. There were those who baWled bass
and those who groWled treble Some gru1tcd
like swine, some barked Ike dogs, some lowed
like kline, some beloved like bulls, some squaIl-
ed like cats, while others merely yelled aod
shrieked like human Bedlamtes.
After describing these peculiar displays OF
tho HoWling Der9lshes, Mr. Sala speaks OF
his personal leelag thus ~ should be
ashamed to record-WeIc it uot idle to
blush for any action that is perfectly natur-
al-thal the dire5t difficulty which | Ell
counted during this mad orglc OF caLcrWauIlug
was to refrain myself FROM taking ~ active part
{ in tho performance. There cama over me
twenty times fercs aud wcll-ngh lrrcpresshe
,nrnt hop
seductive, more than temping--therc was that
which was absolutely fascinating aud cnthraII-
ing ia the opportunity offered for prJclaImlng
] ones individuality in a Barbara 'yawp, IS
Walt Whitman puts ii.
"When might such another present itself as
! that offered by the Having Place Of the Agia
Yanni? Who was to say ne nay II | elect
cd to yclpT Among the Roofal facilities are
5 provided for converting mere rhetoric into logic,
] and you may wall yourself out Of breath with
out scaudalzing your neighbors. There is,
appreheud, another and more deeply seated
cause which might account for the temptation,
t which ostensbly civilized and apparently IA
tional beings often experience, TO make fools OF
themselves in the way Of shrleiing
"Wse physicians will discourse to You about
the proncness Of the nervous system 10 hySter-
ical Affections aud the conlag iousucs1 Of hys-
terra itself; but all ! know is that when one
wild beast begins to howl another follows sui';
) that the lion roaming 10 the jungle s answered
0 by The parruOus jackal and the deri,iycly hu.
/ morous hyena; and that African chiefs anI
, their savage cabccacrs will when elevated by
: patriotism, pieiy AMI rum, shout By the hour
together | vas fortunately enabled 10 sub luc
my savage instincts among The RoOIaI; but had
J. | hoWled my ioudcSt 10 unison with the rhap-
scaliions around me | should have been ccdiur,
| am afraid only 10 4 thoroughly natural in
tuition.
a MYSTERIOUS SUIclDE.-Ihe Niagara
Falls Gazette Of the It'll inst. has the following
account Of the Singular suicide OF an unknown
young man at the Falls: About noon on NJ on.
day stranger apparently about twenty i've
; years of age, dressed in dark clothes, with Il
black SLOUGH hat and snuff c0lorcd ovcrcoat,
his face smooth, with the exception Of an au-
burn moustachc, applied at the upper gate TO
Prospect Park for admIttunce, and after paying
his fee entered and walked aloug The bank TO Il
point just below the lailracG that empties in
, the river. An atLachc Of the Park walked down
toward the stranger for the purpose OF direct
Il Ing him where to obtain the most attractive
views of the scenery around the grounds. Ills
attention was attracted from Inc man Tor a. mo-
ment, and when he returned he was thunder
struck to see the stranger wadlug ont Iuto the
rapids lie INSTANTLY shouted, Come back,
you fool, you will 60 over the falls |! The only
attention the man paid to this pratuitous adj
vice was to throw himself forward % his face
and strike out Justify for the brink Of the cala-
rac Just below where he entered was Il
small cascade, over which he was carried,
aud under the water out Of sight for y mo.
ment When he emerged his hat was off,
and moment later he obtained lioolhold in
the rapids, and stood up waist deep ia the
foamng water Mitchell, the park altache, had
by this time reached Pr0spar! Point where he
had FASTENED iu hopes Of being able to reach
the man when he came down the stream. The
stranger, standing 10 the rapids, saw Mitchell,
and, OWNING his object, instantly struck out
agaiD, swimming Justify out further from the
shore, and successfully placing himself far be-
yond the aid Of the astounded rnan on the bank.
Just as the stranger reached the brink, and as
he went over, he doubled himself up, casped
bis hands over his head aud went down to his
death. Of course the body Of the suicide has
not been recovered, and the chances arc against
its ever being found. There is 10 clue what
ever to the identity Of the stranger. 1t is
thought that he arrived 10 town ca conductor
| Story's morning train from Lewiston, although
| 1t cannot definitely be aScertalGed whether be
came at that time or early in the morning, ow-
ing to the very meagre account given Of the
suicides personal appearance. A. a c0nse.
queGce nothing is known oil the reason impcll
ing the suicide to commit scIfdcstruction.
Those who saw him say no had every appear
ance Of being sebes aod in his right miud. At
the present time Of writing no Inquiries have
been made here for any missing party, and
the mystery surrounding the affair remains as
impenetrable as ever
DISTRESS IL LYONS. Accounts from Lyors
France, represent continued and increasing dis
tress amongst the working people Consequent
upon the depression 10 the silk manufacturing
interests, and charitable entertainments and
theatrical entertainments are being given for
their relief. The conservatives lay the cause
e L J E tl.o l.a,l III;