Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-18
INCIDENTS OF A MURPHY MEETING.- Dur

Three months oo
INCIDENTS OF A MURPHY MEETINd.-Dur'
Ing Murphy temperance meeting, IN New
York, last Friday night, the Herald OF that
city says:-"Before the opening of the evening
meeting the building was more than usually
crowded, some two thousand people being pre-
sent, With many outside. A poor. middle aged
woman, with hair dishevelled, inebrlatcd a.
most to idiccy, was led up through the throng
and placed By Murphy before the table Whera
| the pledges wore takcu. Murphy kindly plead:
ed with her to sign. "Ob, no. sir. l can't
said the woman, crying bitterly, u wan; some
medicine" Il will get you medicine, SAID
Murphy, and calling his son Edward from tho
upper platform, he told him what to do., Ihe
woman remained standing or staggering before
the large audience unt!l lacy near Dy o1erea
her her chair She refused to accept, and' inc
singing having commenced, she grasped one oi
the bymn pamphlets and attempted to Jtla IN
tho music, in an ipcoherent manner, but in
voice that showed the existence OF natural
melody and culture. Her husband, broad
shoudered man, came forward and attempted
to remove her, but she persisted in holding her
position. Mr.. Murphy handed her largo
armchair from the platform, and the woman
sat down, Before the proceedings ended tho
Door woman, partially sobered, persisted, III
Joining the choir and was assisted to the plat
form by Mr.. Murphy .
Another episode of the evenings exercises
was the appearance of a rather obstreperous
character, who said he spent more money. Tor
drinks than any other man in the city or ne"
York. He gave his name on signing tho pledge
as Charles w. Edgar. A voice cried cut.
"Wil YOU stick to it ?' Edgar replied, II
never signed anything in my life that dld not
stick to. [ am the worst drunkard IN the oily
of New York can't give much tor the CO.,
lection. but hnve pawn ticket Tor Watci
and jewery have pawncd to got money TO pn7
rum. Ill give that up.
| He Drove ON.-When Mr.. Ballard kept
tho Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Va, before
the war, he owaed all his servants, who. IN
| those days were slavts Among themlWas one
they called Bob" who was tavorto, and
was detailed as valet to bis master-one OF
tho most generous aud kind hearted men that
ever lived. Bob, having access to Mr hal
lard room, had habit of wearing his masters
clothes, and when caught always pleaded as an
excuse that he "thort massa had cot dono VIII
dose old Clothes" and although oTien threaten.
| ed with punishment for his audaclty, always
| escaned By c!everness. Onc day MIR. Ballard
and friend were driving 10 Richmond and
the conversation turned upon clothes. Mr.. i.
remarked that he had just received from
friend in London new style OF coat that was
predicted would become very popular. While
| he was talking they reached crowd OF negroes
10 the road, and in the centre OF an .admlrIng
circle stood Bob wearing the identical coat that
formed tho subject OF conversation, anu mold
iug q brace of chickens in ono hand and bas
hlaok rascal" exclaimed Mr. Ballard, relgolng
up, and Furnishing tho whip above Boh,d
head "how dare you wear my new coat (? rs
dis yer now coat p iunocGntly exclaimed
Bob, his eyes rolling over and .ovcr again III
thelr sockets. "Forc God, Massa Ballard, |
thort twas der ono yer done gono give me last
night for not telling mssu5 yoa wal out 80
| latc." Mr.. Ballard drove on.
| WHY ENGLAND Is NOT MAHoMETAN--
During the evenings chat the k:ai, wao was
present, procounoel that the Protestant or as
the NIosIems generally say, the "Enslish" re-
liaion and Islam we're very noarly all ono-fcr
he had seen book at Acre, while waiting an
hour 10 Jcmmal's house (the American Consu-
| It'll
distinctly Youched that there is but ono God
that tho Pope is not Gods deputy On earth
that it is no duty to confess slas to priest
but to God oulg-and that tho Images and PIC
lures in churches arc unlawful. Nov said he,
"this is Islam-thi5 is tlu, reil2lon.' It Wa'
Icurious to hear Kadi (judge In Koran law) say
90: be also oonteadod that 1t Is nero matter
OF custom, not of religion, when Mo5cms do
not salute Christians " th the formula, "SaIaam
'alaikoom" (Peac, be uuto you'll la this hc
was at one with the Kadi at Nablous, tho spo-
cislIy fanatical city ofPalestiDe. 1t may not
be generally known that the Moslcms c)mmou'
" believe that tho Eogllsh are not TO blame
for not having cmbrac; I'd their faith eatIrtly,
for it was only oHiog to their great dlataLco
from Arabia that ther answer did not arrived
in lime bofore bis death. when the Ifophct
had sent them his invitation by letter to en-
brace Islam. m.-.Jerusalen, Consular C}r0n1ch'j.
il SENSE OR INSTINCT ?-Thc power Of judging
: OF actual danger, and the free and easy bold
{ ness which result from it, ere by no means un'
common. Many birds seem to have most
correct notion of guns range, and Wb!lo sctu'
; puousy careful to keep beyond 1t, conhne their
! care to this caution, though the most obvious
resource would be to fly right away out OF sight
r and hearing, which they DO not choose to dr'
And they sometimes appear To mako even an
ostentatious use OF their power, tsirIy putting
. their wits and cleyerncss in autagonlsm to that
| of man for tho benefit of their fellows. We
lately read an account. by naturalist III Brez
, of an expedition he made to enc Of the islands
of the Amaz)n to shoot spoonbills, bses and
other of the magnificent prallatoTal birds which
lwera most abundant there. His design was
: completely bhi ID, however, by wretched
little sand piper that preceded him, continually
utteriug his tell tale cry, which at once aroused
all the birds within hearing. Throughout ths
day did this individual bird continue DIS 5e!t
Imposed duty of sentinel to Others oHoctuaIy
nraventing The approach oil the fowler to the
pame. and yet managing to keep out OF the
range Of his gun.