Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-20


been slaughtered. The disease IL making greet
rsvascs in tho I.9chacIcT district Of RnaSi.n
Poland.
Much excitement has hotn caused 10 !.aGiahl
as well Gs Ireland by the aricS5 Of Mces:s. De-
witt and killtn Daley, in Caa!oi,ar, Ireland Tex
| making alleged iaceEdiary speeches IN Is church.
They wero remandCd to thc Sligo Jail. The
British garrsons 10 ireland are 10 be ya!n-
forced. 1t ia reported that Mr.. Paraci, the
hOmc"ruler, will abandon his PROPOSED visit to
America.
The council Of tho English Church Uaion
has determined upon tho policy Of res sia%co 10
lIcrd PeEzanco's Judgment in tho oiso OF Inc
Rev. Alexander Machunochic for ,itualiSiic
practices. Mr.. n, has expressed his willing.
ness to 20 to prison. His church wardcts cnd
| congregation will prevent another clergyman
| from officiating in his place wiitu5 authority
| from Mr.. Mschonoohir.
OrlUM SMOKING. "A we'll knnwa ceres,
pon2cat writes as follows:
Having 10 this strange place prepared c
place Tor us, our celestisl fuida moliOncd Us t.
| cnttr n wide couch Of mating Was RtratchcG
ao:oss Tho little apartment, and in the rdl!c OF
| it was light similar 10 tho orc 1t tie GocT.
| save that it was covered with glass shade
opened at the top. The icy Il .w,cs Supplied
oil thu lights needed, and fire. to, is We
| shall sec presently. We tretchcd ourselves on
each side Of tho light. aud h7dc tho guido
| mako tho Pipe ready for US.
lilo lott US m0mcDt and presently CLING back
With two llttlo silver cups OF opium. They
| wcro about an inch and half 10 diameter, and
o quarter ofan inch in depth. What they coli
| tanned looked like very black moassrs. though
somewhat thicker. Tho young man took kQi;
| tirg needle, and dipping ono emu into the luass
lifted drop or two of it AID thrus: it into tho
| lamo OF the lamp. Il sputtered and sWclIcd in
| bubbles 1t boiled itself into suhatarc, Ike
| shoesnaker' s wax. The young msn then sci2 d
| tho pipe: it bad bowl as big and something
| tho shape of the stem half OF Bartlett pear,
| and was attached 10 tube as big as ny thumb
or bigger. Tho aperture in the pipo was hard
| ~ larger than tho knitting noodle, and b,t&acr
| that center and tho circumference, there Tas
| hard, smooth, fat surface. upoa which The
| waxy mass was twrled till it took the shane Ct
| bobbiu. Then he took moro opur, aud re-
lcstcd tho process; this he did over and over
| until half tho opium had been transferred from
tho cup to tho needle.
READY now," and my pipe WAS prcso MED
| to me. | put my mouth to the stem exactly
as oornotist puts his lips to his Instrument, and
drew in my breath. while tho China5uan iu3crt,
ed the opium, needle and all, into the ao&r;arc
OF tho pipe holding it oil the time iu ne ilamo OF
tho lamp. The heat 6Oiicnca the opium, tho
| needle YVES Withdrawal and my mouth HaA filed
with fumes.
They Weru not Gis agreeable. There was
I!til Glttcrnes3. but clean bitterness. The
opium snuttCred aud burned, and drew in The
smoke.
In PEKIN.-A c3aSeless ttr3rg en- i7o; nnl
horseback, is in motioo through all !!:as: STA.
ticuary boditF. Soldiers rido by with cups
slouchod across their shoulders, aud G!isss
armed with only boas a1d a,roES. Coss SEA
canas he about the sideways, and the c.,ncs
arc loaded with sucks Of coal 4 hugo red ua3
bro!le upacaGS AID n mandarin Iall0w3 it, borno
| III MS cnair, aud with ragged !iosors cicsrisc
tho way We pass pckia cab stand, bot b
the carts a5d tho mnltS rather !alad. 4 golden
streak Of t!ro rushcs out Of Tho smithy, sud
urcalns stay md watch il az they De ct horac.
a blind man threads his way By hta:insn d1o
full uno upon the tamborinc.
Old men ald young men c.rr7 stick 10 which
hrds arc attached By slight thread under tho
ulGg, a0d q coed bird may cast IS much as e.,
There Is souad, not OF rAyrlfy, but nlmgurn.
-N' b'i'"SI'0 UEUHLIS riisSiE 10
tho dl5tatc, urstoadi|y advancing .Ar3psh
the press it is wedding pr0o :ssion, we ara
told, and for an hour Ito PROCESSION flows
slowly by; coolies, who have flung fc1rlci cloeks
over their native poverty; bearers with haze
structures, supposed to be- brides prrSoats, |
somotlmes II ohairE, sometimes on n.t tT.ys;
aud Instruments OF muaia baoacr polea, Galsn. |
ohalIs, hcraldIc shields. iatlss coolies tray7
follow ~ infused mud hrGkca line IS if ii:cv
hau no ta.uf3l beginning CT ciitI. Overhead |
tnero rs musical WhlrE, ldoT8Ilnt ;Ha rns uh< |
ploaSlng tiny Tyre IL lnscrird ia signon's |
tal,, somo sag to eusrl it from birds 6! pYer,
and the wind mak72 tho mrsia in itl fliy|,:. -
GOO3 Portls /
ENCOUNTER WITH PoLEcATs --Gamo OF all |
KIND scsrco in Harrington, Coan with tbs
exception of that fragran. animal, the polecst.
One can hardly 60 into the lclda at night with.
out meeting ono or more Of them. DR.. Wood,
OF w ooicottVillo, ran over one while returning
from visit TO patient hero ono night, ard GOT
his clothes and oquipsgs we'll scented. Even
Inc pastor has been we'll perfuned in brush
with one. Ono old gentleman, returning on foot
through the woods ono night from visit TO bis
LADY love, saw what in the dim light appeared
to he bundle in the road in front of him.
He approached with tho iatcnton of pickns
u up but Jus. Us he was about to do 80. The
strong odor omanating from tho supposed pack.
age warned him just in time to saYa tis new
suit, which he had purchased for his spnrosrh.
Ing wedding. from perfume the. would have
been anything but pleasant. Mr.. George Catlin
also mad an adventure with one. one right Ho
was returning from visit to his coal pit, ard
dlscovored the yarmint on his porch; ho in.
'tsGtly seized club and struck it.
Kitty" then turned and dsrted for MI ca
pedals. which so alarmed him that he ran
lsstlly through the open door into the kitchen
closely followed by hiG skunkship. Mr. G. then
nade bolt for the psrlor with kitty" in the
ear. ct this juncture Mr. C'a son.in.lsv so, {
'esred on The scene, just in time 70 close ths
,aflor door on tbs poacs.'s neck, which in. &
family reta!isted BY ejeeting shower of cologne
yer everything within reach. That vsrmint's t
areer is ended but he has left scent behind
I'm which has since been mingled with other
erinmes and odors in tho vain homo of abating j
ne original smell.