Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-09

Ho fo'sA'Is >ih AhSukHhcS company,
New York OFT. The suit brought hv
Mrs. Louisa NJ. Furniss against the Mutual
Lille lnsuratc, Company, yesterday, 10 Superior
Court, is 81 action 10 rlcover $4,000 On q
policy on the life Of her husband issued by ,Ls
defendant corporation 10 1874 Although tic
premiums on tho policy were paid up to the
time OF the death Of Dir. Furni:s the COMPANY
refused to pay the insurance. on the ground that
the policy bad been obtained through fraud
and misrepresentation. 1t is alleged that hc
was lntempcla!e at tho limo it wa issued, and
that the fact was suppressed. Furniss COM
mited suicide in July 1877, AID it is claimed
that his Incorporate habits dtovo his vito
from him, aud afterwards impelled him to take
his own lie.
AN UNLUCKY FAMlLY.-Clcumslau do
sometimes cc.ur which render il diGiult 10 c..
cape tho supersi;ution that they are doomed
families. Auicstauce has lately occurred in Colo.
rado. n few weeks ago young Eoglishmau
the eldest scn Of laronct, pu: period to bis
his existence with heavy dose Of morphine, at
hotel iu Denver, Co.,, leaving behind him The
following note addressed 10 friend
My DEAR JACK: Thirly-six hcuts ago
sig1cd my own death warrant; ior tgeuty-lour
hours kept up my spirits, but tho last twelve
ss you have moro than ooco noticed turned a
little blue. Philosopher ! believed myself to
be. but still am fond Of lie au6 livirg, AID il Is
hard, tlod, 20 make ones mind UP TO cas-,
ones sell off tom G world which, though far
from perfect, ls, alter all. 4 very l0vable world
Hardest 81 all 10 leave Old friend like YOURSELF
steuIch. true and tried from the frat to the
bitter end. | don't want at this latc hour,
wheA the curtain is about to fell on tho last sut
OF the drama CT mlsspent lie, TO euloejz!, tu.
speak truth when say feel lesviug YOU
yes, feel 1t deeply. y Good bye dear
old fellow, and IN the after luo thirk as kindly
as you can Of your Old ircrd.
Tom L. BREvoR.
This unfortunate Young mans mother was
first married IL Mr. Jenny, eldest con Of a gen
tleman OF large properly and hgh position ia
Norfolk county. Onc dark cecDinc 10 lS4S a
masked man pcercd toto ;;e window of Mr..
Jenny stately home, aud msrken tho pos.
tlops OF the family. When tho s,uior Mr.. Jer.
my quilted the .Glriug ro,ul and wcot Gu. TO
see tnc state OF the nl2b!, u bullet lodged 10
his brau. His son rushed out Of the Library
| Into the hall at the r!p-r5 ~ the pistol. wb0n
stretched him also iiieleSs IL On Instant. His
vile was prcseatIy Oh the scene, but only 10 be
desperately wounded. a3 alSO was her msi1.
The murderer was tracked, tried, condemned,
and executed; and Now tic roor lady who los;
her hIst husband under clrcunstsnGts so tragl-
| Cal, loses her eldest sou under circumstances
scarcely less so. a terrible weight OF troubles
on single head
MOORISH BEAUIY.-lhe prevalent leauntss
OF limbs which charactirzas the Moorish ,acs
collectively las ptradventure led them to oou.
slider that loneliness atd cnboppclut ore ler-
tical. Feminine beauty il Morocco. far from
being merely tkin deep. ia measured ty The
| camel dad aud, tat bc!cg more esteemed than
features, the homeless! iamscl OF twenly slota
| is more admired than Coo hundred weight G;
what would seem, IN the eye o! Europe, per"
tHct pfettlGc:s. as wives, therefore. are valued
| like whales. for their blutber tho Moorish
belle seeks from diet the charm denied to hel
by Nature. Taking az her model the Hittan
tot Venus, tatlna urdcrsoes, especially durug
betrOthal, process of examining very similar
| to the mode Of lattening Sirasburg gBeSa
Alter every meal she m0Ids with her tugeIs
tho crumb Of new bresd-sometmes III xrA
| with Re augreck-into pellets (called harsbe)
| of the shape and sig, # EIcy's Nc. L. oeutrul
lire cartridges. THIS ammunition is rammti
down her outlet with the aid of green tea o.
other beverages, and by stuIiBg down from 50
TO 100 ol Il csc Goluses daily Tor about month.
the fair martyr TO Moorish lnatcriqlism acquires
a breadth of body and mammoth like mas
slVeness CT mba which reader locomoton
vanity aud getting up Stairs 8 vtXltion of spirit.
With irrepressibl, ninth | havo watched
Jewish matron live feet by four feet makur
The ascent TO the upper Story OF her hnu:e,
propelled torgo hY three pcrspirne lsrae
Iltc5. Be1cath her c!crhantno tread earth
trenblod. ceilings cracked. aud chairs not cx-
prcsSlv nabuf.c,uscl to sustain her too, to
solid flesh skriveiiad sudd. My. az il smitteu
nv thunderbolt. into ia!nitesmbl chips
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