Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-04
VIRGINIA. VIEWS.

The tex 10 be deducted from COUPONS will be
the same tits year as last.
The Few flnlns bill has to BE- sent TO Eng
lard tC ct tic acceptance G! the Lood0n fuad
iag ASSOCIATION,
The bill proposing 70 radu:e the pay al c3uatl
superi0te1 J; ais CT iubic schools i.iei 10 pas:
the L:aiSatu Ute.
A zuG1ber of prisoners c,1h9ed 10 the Jail al
Petersburg. attempted 20 cut their way through
the walls CT Tuesday, IN; were fortunately DC
tcc;cd and rreVante:;.
At a uectiae Ct the kichnond ttblcco man
uiao.u.cr3, held Tuesday afternoon, j: was re
solved 10 increase the price CT manufactured
tobcc,o, G29!ug. as va SGT Firth, 10 tho IN
crease in The price Ct !ca!.
The S.a;n debt question vii: ha discussed Al
Characteristics. nrx Monday. Senators Johr
". Dlai,! aud {. T. Saith Representing ths
debt payers, =s1 Senator Massey and Mr.. IL,
II. Rlatlahar2tr The rear!astr@.
Rev. Dr.. Moses D. Noge, postor Ct thu
Stcogd P!csbyitr.sn canch 10 Richmond, has
received {. cali !fno: a wealthy congregation IL
PhiadcIphir. d.. ilogc has been spending q
week OF two 10 Philadelphia and preached last
Sunday to the congregation from which h. Ia:
recCived the call.
Tho Petersburg Iadex'a Riahmort cares
pnudcn! says: Several members Of tbs Gtn
eral Assembly have brought retroach upor
| themselves and Companions aad !cilaT states
| men hy leaving q: thr end Of the Hcsslon IN the
Geb. O., numcrou5 landlords mud trades pro
pie ucws h;y3, 3ppiu women AMI others who
| makes their Ilp;cg hY !hrir irdpdna! cH1rt3. -
We rcmcnier tho time. not very long past
when such lit,lA short c0mlurs we're NOT kaaw1
! 10 tho members Il The Legislature at the Old
DomiLi1G.
ROMANO. &C \ CROOKED Nose. "A Nevs'
da RJirau i,.s met mith rare stroke Of luck.
10 the DAYS OF h,- childhood size lad what wls
then thou ght 20 b, the mist rune OF breaking
her nose We ia u1t wish 10 shock the fee
ioes of a"v Of cur LADY raajers, bit caador con-
pes US to say that she bIcke i! very badly
iadeel. In i.c5, she broke it 10 such degree
that il ncvcr afterwards recovered lis pristine
symmetry, ard, rot to pu: tno tiuc poiot up.
it. (which tie accident certslay did mott il be-
came crooked. D@:Dg ct Tao time but child,
she did ret q; first apprecate the situation, but
as gears relied by ard s!in approached the en-.
chsn.ed realm II womanhood, she discovered
tn .srotctedcegs Ct her condition.
Her rGsn vas crooked to that extent that it
barred The way, a. il were, to al the pleasures
and eric; neats cfiile. Not OF y was she shut
Gu: from the pleasures Of society. but the door
OF ra,iin ny was effectively closed TO her With
Der crooked noSc az Was the gate OF Paradise to
the unfortunate Pei. Al length, 10 sheer dig
cair, she resolved that she would have her
nose made straight If sho should do 10 tho at
tempt, aud learning from her medical adviser
thst surgical skill vas equal even to so extreme
q case as hers. she, 50 to sneak, put herself and
her pose in bis baods Unfortunately. as it
seemed at the time, the surgeon was iuccmpe.
tect, end as The result of his labors her nose
became even more crooked than before.
Her cup Of misery nov seemed full to the
brim, and doubtless there would have been
another unfortunate, weary Of breath, await
ing the sympathetic pen OF the local paragraph
or bad not indignation got the better of despair,
aud instead Of drowning herself our heroine ro.
solved to sue the surgeon. Sho hss done so.
and has laid her damages at tho net sim of
$40 900, and there can be 60 doubt that she
will recover the c1;rc amount Of her claim.
Thus what scanned misfortune promises to
prove blessing 10 disguise. Her nose is still
crooked, but with 10000 ia her pocket It will
look exceedlneIy straight in tho eyes ct the
arsragc Nevada beau.
The surgeon may oonprcmisc the matter BIZ
marrying her himself but at suy rate she will
be sure 10 have gained husband by tho opera
zion. The surgeon, i! is safe 10 presume, will
never acala attempt 10 make straight tho
crooked places CT faminico loneliness. \
crooked noso that is worth $4,000 is sort Of
blessing in disguise. -Balto. Bulletin.