Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-30

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Special contracts viii he made with yearly sd-
rertisers
Trouble In Europe, Prosperity Here.
Eleven nl,ioa rr.ocs in French gold reached
| this city By tho steamer Wislaud on Tuesday,
| which siao brought guod.y smouos 10 German
| ooiu. This is said 20 BE the largest amount
ever brought 10 oua steaaer, but sums not
greatly below this .Te Rrriviog every week by
steamers Of every lioe. Earope must send us
thess cargoes OF precious metala 10 pay for the
grsio she is compelled to buy from US, since the
| mapufactared otmmadtifs We take from her
| csunut balance the account. HsrVests In Europe
continue to laI Ter below the n,eds OF tho peo-
| ple, AID this year not ouy England. france.
Belgium and Germany must buy frcm us, but
eyepRuasa Nhich ordinsriy supness great part
! of the da6cieoc7 in tde other European caun-
| tries. Bat our own supelfulty IL 80 great that
| the price ought not 10 90 Deyord lair rate
| here, even whiis re supply all the torelgn de-
mand. Oar prosperity Is 10 remSrkaDie con-
! trast with their Gtstr.ss; On the very eIcmsnts
themselves. and the c3afss OF political acuVl'les,
present ,be s.mn strangely coD'r's:ed opposl'
lions on the two siG.s of she htlansic win
| tbs exception OF local drought We have
ecjoyed 90 our side 40 autumn OF unususl
beauty and trarqoili'y-a season OF pleas,
act days aud giorlous algh!s that could
not be SURPASSED ID aoy climate OF the
known world; while beyond the see snA~ aud
lee, sees and cold. aud raia aud wiHd have
seemed to vic with cuo another 10 the t0rtures
they could icfio: and the ru'o they ooold cause:
| In the world Of human events all ls peacaful
here, for the nornal activities OF political can
vas4 sre sc;rcsly exceptions TO be noted; While
| iu Europe revolt snd war ard revolution are
hal assiDg sill the natlons with actual evils or
With the epxious anticipation OF owls impond-
| ing. In Ireland thay seem to 30 oo the verge
of social wsf; 10 France attempted religious
repression fills Lhe minds OF men or either sloe
with fury; HtcisI revolt shoulders 10 dermanyi
around the difficult kuot OF tho Eastern ques-
tion all the pogers arc at swords poiots wlch a
common foe or with one another, whlla Eog.
lands troubles ia Africa and Asia ere onoe more
thofns 10 ner side. AL is turmoil there aud
stormy uuceriainty; here al Is tranquility aud
prosperifv, Let I'd be- thankful that We are
| three thousand miles away from Europe, and
| bay. nov 10 ,he vigor Of our youth, actually
| settled for ourselves most OF tho problems OF
ponu!er rieh.s that rn~ trnubo those far away
| nations -Neo York Herald
South AFRICAN REPTILES. i was Wesrled
| by long days huuting, when, close to my fect,
aud by my bedside, some glltterios substance
| caught my eye. stopped to pick it up; but
ere my hand rechsd it, the truth Hsshsd across
| met was snakeI Had followed my h'ss
natural impulse, l should hsvs spruug away;
but not boluE able clearly to SOC IN what pos!'-
tiou the rcpGts vas lying, or 1hioh Way MS
| he.d was pointed, controlled myself, and re-
maucd rooted brcathless to the spot
] S:raluinp my eye, put moving not an lnoh. L
l al lengsh clearly distinguished huge puff
adder. the most deadly snake IN tho colony
| whose bite Wauld hsve cent ms to the other
world 10 60 hour or two. watched him 10
| silent horror; bis hssd was from De-so much
! the worse; Tor this snake, unllSo an5 othsr, 81
ways rises and strikes back He did not move;
be was asleep. =,
! Not daring to shuttle my fest, lest he should
awake and sptiog ct me, | took lamD back
| ward that would havo done honor to gymnas
tic master, and thus d1rted outside the door or
the room With thick stick then returned
end settled his worship. -,
! Some psrts OF South Africa swarm with
sneke.; uone arc frae ttom them. l nave
kpowo three men killed by one Of them In one
harvest, on farm 10 Oiphants Hoek. There
is an immense variety Of them, the dEdllsst oo'
log the puff adder. a thick and conpsratlvsly
short soake. rs bite will Kill occ'slonaly With
10 90 hour.
Oae Of nv friends lost favorits sud valuable
horse by its bi:e iu less than Two hours atter
the attack. L: is sluggish reptile, and, there
fore more dsogerou.: for instead OF rushing
away, like It's fellows. at the souod of apptoaoh-
ing foo.saps, it half rises Its head and nlise.
is. B. in N. = Ne,os