Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-17
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THURSDAY, MAY II, 1877.

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OF pretty aod amiable young ladies, ali Of whom
voluntarily set themselves up to be drawn as
wives BY lucky bachelors who become readers
of the Times. Au advertisement for volunteers
for the distribution, which is to take place 10
July, is bringing in scores OF response II tho
! ladies are to be believed, the man who draws
any one of lcm may be satisfied with his lot
10 ie Strange to say they are nearly all bru
nettes, seventeen years DID, One of them a
| Kansas damscI. says :-"l am called pretty
| good looking, smart and stylish. | can cook
and wash dishes and arL the lady Just aS | am
| mind to-.
Another gives the more important intorma-
I ton that she will have q marriage dowry whcr
| she is oil age. A third is sure that sho has
courage and dash, but as to her sweetness mere
| ly remarks :-"Lct tho man who catches nie
say for himself" Three girls from Iowa sub.
| NIT their names aud graveIy declare I'VE
can give vouchers for our prcttneSs, Intelligence
and sweetness" A Missouri applicant is also
| willing to give the best OF references. She
says :-"As for being sweet and good looking,
can say am either Que, but some OF the
young men say am." n young lady from
Kansas puts herself up like choce picture at
q sale, with reserved right of withdrawal -
II reserve the right to rot accept the old buck
unless be is respectable aud has the 'chlnk
to support a wife" Far different is the tone
of maiden who describes herself as somewhere
between twenty and twenty seven years old.
She evidently grasps at the lottery as her last
desperate chance and excaims - am will
log to abide by the rules governing the draw
ing, as matrimony is only lottery at the best.
From which it will be seen that the few adver.
tising scheme has good deal OF fun in 1t. al
though it is not characterized By any great
sense Of decacy.
\ DOUBTFUL DEFENCE-A Russian peasant
was travelling in sleigh a!o0g tic banks OF
the Pruth not long ago, and his wife aud four
children were with him. Suddenly they were
pursued by a pack Of wolves The peasant
whipped his horses, but soon perceived that
the wolves were gaining upon hi %. When the
hungry beasts we're on each side OF the sleigh
tho worthy peasant seized his youngest child
and threw it in tho midst CT his pursuers, and
while they we're struggling over their prey he
Iashed his horses and gained ground. -Four
times the wolves came up with the tuglttVes,
and each time a child was thrown to them. At
last the peasant and his wife arrived at TIC
nearest village, leaving behind them the Done5
Of their four children. The mother went be
fore a Judge and made complaint against hef
husband for abandoning his children to the
wolves, but the peasant was acquitted on lne
ground that be was striving to save his W!tes
life, The old lady may have had mlsglVlngs
that if the village had been q milo further ou
he would have pitched her into the snow after
The children in order to protect himself, anu
hence her gratitude was lukewarm.
TIE WESTERN Powers AND RUssIA.-lo
recent debate in the British Parliament, Mr.
Roebuck thus announced his yiews:--
"Wc arc told that Turkey is doomed. | am
not prophet but whatever may happen Eng,,.
land will not see Turkey pass into the hands OF
Russia. Austria will not scc II; Germany vii!
not SEQ il; Italy will not see it, Aye, 1t ls all
very well to say, Hear hear, now; / wish
they we're heard in ST. Petersburg. 1t Is tor
that purpose that [ wish to call to the minds OF
the Eogish people that the grand expectation
Of every Russian yOn meet Is that some DAY or
other Russia will have Constaniluople. DOUBT
less from the climate Of St. Petersburg aud
Moscow it would be 4 very happy change to
Constantinople, and the passing OF the Gar
from the north to the beautiful banks Of the
Bosphorus would be a very happy translation
laying that fatteriDg uuction to his soul. Ku4'
sia will never be permitted TO take Con5!anti'
Dope.'
This declaration elected tremendous cheers
from both sides Of the house.
TIE CoprICs or EGYPT MIR. John Wad'
dington, the Eogsh historian ol Congrcga..
tionalism, writes Of the CopIc Church OF
Egypt, 10 which country he Is now visiting.
ibis church has now about 100, 900 members.
and it views the work oil foreign missionaries
among the Copts with so much jealousy that III
some cases the missionary converts arc violently
dealt with. Mr.. WaddIngton had an Interview
with the Patriarch, which he thus describes:
"We entered a large rcccptionrOom, suTrounu'
ed with raised seats, and Il position was assign
ed to US next the chair OF the Patriarch, who
entered with the usual ceremonies, accompan
led by bishop and the superintendent OF the
schools. Six attendants came IN shortly sltcr'
and presented to each Of the company cigar
cite. Shortly after they brought glass OF rose
| syrup had the misfortune 70 spill the con
tents Of mine on my hat. The Patriarch kindly
wiped it with his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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