Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-29

! tn: daeto:s have b.eu quarreliug over Dr.. Tan
Ber 10 New York, and the newspapers have
been resurrecting stori of f,sters whose deeds
have been OF 81 long ago that they have we'll
ugh passed iato tradition, a case has be 30 pro
gfessrg 10 Delaware City. D |, that surpasses
them all 10 Interest. .t
Nisr X iz ,beth BsIvi!!o YES born somewhere
| shout 1924 l. is not koowa that she had suf.
fyred from any disease, but on the 22l Of Jsn-
uary last she was sized with 40 unoouquersbl,
.vereion 10 sclid foCc. All tffors to make it
| pslataolc failed, a0d unit JUNE few oysters
| we're her 6aiy raiicu. At that da her stom.
| Ech refused to bear eVeu ther'. and she was
| noulishej with sual! doses # currant water
and similar substauc,s This Continued until
| the 18th of June, when even that was discard.
ed. She could absolutely eat no hiog. Con-
. centrated beef tea was mixed With water icss
| AID ic' cream, but she was unable to swallow
| il. Hor fl uds tii,d every possible rlan to
tempt her appetite, tu' failed Then iuj etions
of moEphia we're rasorted to and administered
| prrn aus twice 10 thirty six hours This was
| not for oou,ishmcnt, bus to ease ber condition.
| Not one ou' C, o! IN sdlciue which c,uld be said
to give the least par.ice Of sustenanc, entered
| her m0uh; AID thus tor thity six days this
Womsn lived without particle Of food. Nature
uld lot withstand the sral0, and 90 Sunday
| Eight she died, to oil accounts easily. N)w
ccm 9 the IS ouishiog C that Notwithstanding
sn ubsoiute iss' of thirty six days, aud the tima
| slooe January % speat without as muah foud
as would supper child for week. the wo-
lusn, whose wight under ordinary circum.
s'aocea would be about l60 pounds. now weighs
$50 pouods, aad while her frame has very
slightly is!lan oWoy Der f.c: shows oot the least
| !Iacs OF tie terrbe ordeal through wLci she
hae pissed.
How TO CURE THE AILANTUs ODoR "A
| correspondent of the Richmond State believes
be has discovered way TO prevent the disagree
sble Odor of the ailsntus tree, which beeius to
bloom in the early part Of June. filing the air
! aud doubtless pois,niog it with it's sckening
| pollen. A year or so ago this cNr respondent
| says he was troubled very much by the ailantus
aud determined to try an experiment.. His idea
! vas to subject tn, trees to something analogous
| 70 bleeding, thereby weakening them aud ar
RS ing the DloOm that caused the offensive odor,
With drawing knife ho cut large strips Of b,rk
| tsom various poluts abou. the trucks aud
branches, ex,aodiox the barking 10 proportion
| to the rsDkaess and apparent vital of the
| tree. The idea was thai the san would run ous
freely, end that this would check the Develop
ment of the pollen W! hout makiug the leaves
| iall of, as it WAS not desired to destroy the
valu, OF the trees for shsds purposes. Though
| the SIP did oot 4 " as fra,y az T,s cYoac ed,
the experiment, the oorresp ,udent says, proved
8 complete success, The bloom wtheriug and
falling off within ;welvs hjucs. while the dis
| agreeable Udor Was Amos. completely sbated.
| The trees subj 'oted to this treatment did not
| bloom asei1 TOR two yoars. although 10 other
res ,ects 'hsir vitality did not appear to be 10.
terrupted 10 the least. The third year th y be.
| gan 10 bloom again when a repetition OF the
| barking process g tQialy effective 10 accom-
pishiog the purpose sought. Some Of our
readers who are troubled with the silantus may
| 6od il worth W lille to try this experiment.
Az ASSOCIATION OF OLD MAIDS The Old
Maids Association, of Geauga county, Ohio
had picnic on the lake recently and mustered
eighty-six soule This society was an ut growth
OF the war and WAS organ d in 1862 by bevy
OF young ladies whose brothers and sweethesr:s
ware fighting fl their country and left them
without tho RESOURCES Of m ,le escort except the
| lagg ards who rem lined q. nome Unwilling to
| accept the gslIsntry Of these yourg men the
young ladies preferred to depend upon them.
selves and for nad tae association msutionei.-
| Out of revenge the gallants dubbed these flde
| pendent dausels 'od maids" and they accept
cd the cosnomen and msds it their own. a
humorous Constitution and oy laws " ,re drafted
by Mrs G K Henry, toen single young lady,
ami one f The founders Of the institution Man
| was Il eel >rad the comm IN enemy" and ono of
the ofthe society Was co 1slnued wsr
| against ME advances he was religiousy .x-
cluded irr m all meetings, and q SPECIAL clause Of
| tho bylaws said that any mon Der who should
marry should be fne1 one hu 1dre1 big copper
l e.. and ha in tar NJ nf ka.
feet, W d l., meaning up and done it,
The beautiful consistency of msn's nature
| Will DO appreciated when it IS known thai every
one of the charter members and na.rlg all of
eligible age since are married N 2 Tribune
y N q N D z.