Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-23
NEWH OF IUE Day


Hen, Llo Bartholomew, leading republican
politician 10 FenusylvGula, died suddenly at |
Atlantic City en- Sunday afternoon.
Female BARRIERS in Washington are gathering
considerable custom. All are coiorcd, and their
entire custom comes frim their own race. They
charge five cents for 40 ordinary shave.
Louisa Shcldan, beautiful girl of 70, whose
family is we'll of aud respected, hanged herself
in barn at Compton Mills, n. j., Friday
night, because her parents stopped her CORES
pondcncs with summer resort sutor.
Quite number Of smallpox casas have &C
CURED IN the slums of Philadelphia about 7th
! and FiIzwater streets. Seven persons were r.
moved to the Munic pal Smallpox Hospital On
Saturday.
Capt. Paul Boyton and George Fcarn swan
match at Atlantic City on Saturday. The
! agreement was that Dayton was to swim two
aud half miles and Fearn two mics Fearu
won the race BY SIX and half minuss Boy
ton Woro his rubber suit AID Fearu trunks only.
w. q. StrubDc, of Citclnnali, is tho owner
oil deep blue sapphire, perfectly transparent,
| IN slzs yearly an inch square. weighing over
thirty seven clra's. 1t IL said to DO worth
sol 200. Tho gem was found by boy IL
years old at tho Stquah mines, on q crock of
THO same nams, 10 Gt0fgla.
James Ward, who has been ono OF the loud
est OF tho Salvation Army 10 EogIard, has for
| saken his vito and eight children. and has cast
| 10 bis lot with pretty servant girl, with whom
nc has eloped. Tho girl was ono who had been
| In c'1HtaDt a!tetdanOo 90 the meeting of tho
Army, and vas considered hopeful convert.
How ANTS KNOW EACH OTuEa.-Iu bis
observations upon the economy and habits Of
ants, laid before tho las meeting Of tho I.inncan
Society, Sir John Lubbock commences By ro-
ating his lrish experiments on thlir powers Of
communicative. A dead blu, bottled fly WAS
pinned down, uud after vain efforts at removal
the selecou o., Lied homo and emerged With
friends, who sir'e", and evidently ircreduou .ly,
followed their lido. Tho later, starting off ct
great pace, q s;arc ID them and they returned,
only, however, to DO again Informed TO como out,
aud at length to be c)aXad to tho prey.
| Several experiments made with different
sptcc ct ants and undcr varied circumstances,
scetu TO Indicate tho posse sson of something
| approaching language. lie il impossible to
doubt that the inends were brought out by tho
trst act, nnn ns sho returned empty handed 10
the most, tho Others cannot have bu,n oduc,d
! 20 follow merely by Observing her proceedings.
| lleOoa tho conclusion that they POSSESS tho
power OF requesting their irinds to o7m, and
help them. In other experiments testing The
recognition OF relations. although tho old ants
had absolutely neyir seen tho ytuag ones until
the moment (somo days alter arriving Mt ma.
tuilty) they wcro introduced toto the nest, yet
IN all cases they wtr0 undoubtedly rcclgn2 ID
as belonging TO tho community
Ii would seem. therefore, to bh established
that Inc recognition Of ants is not personal and
individual, and That their harmony is not duo to
the iact tina! cach mt is acquainted with every
other member OF the community. IL would
further appear from the facts that lhoy rcoog
nz, their friends even when intoxicated, tha,
they know tho yOung barn in their own ucst,
even whcn they havs boon brought ous CT the
chrysalis ty strauscrs, and that tho recognition
Is not ettc!ci By moans Of any sign or password.
FREAKS OF FASHION IN PARIS Tho Taste
Tor strong smells 10 q dwelling room is 20 prev.
alcnt that sn,ll sacScss arc soHn ia the corners
Of carpets aud mas in order to disseminate
fragrance.
| JeWcry is not quite 50 Mciici rs tho rost.-
The height Of ton Is to Wear small cnumood
pig Oh chsin or armct 1t is not called pcrto
| boohcur, but porto vcinc tho yeioe favor do
Ia veino) being the slang OF bonheur The rig
is not only mado Of beautiful encmcl 10 inita
ton OF tho animal 10 It's iIVonlc state, callci
sucking lu British voruacusr. but it is
| manufactured by lhrces. Gees and s;veus, all
| OF row, for shawl pics, etc., AID 10 silver or
goll.
Before the adoption CT thi, animal in polito
society there Was 90 term 20 awful TO the Frotch
| as the word cochoD. The uaaccouatab'c actual.
| ito in jcwelry originated 10 Aus ria, where he
who sees pig considers the event good omen
Ibo Emperor OF Austria wears ono 10 the samo
way as Eeapoltans wear q c)la horn to Brighten
! off the eifto. Of az evil eye.
Prottler are the symbols worn by profession.
| ais and which allude to their career if artistic.
Thus 40 artistic wears the gold palette with i'm.
| ltalon or real gems for rcd, green, whito and
other paint. The FIRST who sct this fasbioa was
| Mile. Jacquemart, who received such brooch
| as gift from NJ. Theirs The golden lyrc is
adopted ny me- Viardot, the golden mask BY
| Mile. Sarah Eeroha.It, and the golden whip
| by a diva CT the haute ecoe
Persons not prof, sjiona sars wear their
! pants aud moncgrsms or any thing that tenches
tEo world ut largo Who they arc, what they be
lievo &c or yhenco they c9mo. it bling oue OF
| tho signs OF tho a1e, 10 brlug personal meri.
and biography TO the worlds rCtico ere death
! leaves this task to Others.
A pretty idea is tho monogram 10 minute
ilowcrs scwn 90 the trent CT kid shoes. but en-
broldcry on corded ELK is better for this pur-
pcs,. GuligMan
IHE LAME HorE DpEL.-The Norfolk Vir.
9!nian publishes the correspondence thst took
place betweon James Barron Hope snd Mayor
aroh ir,y l,y.N 4. ~
signed TO take pse,. including tho arrange.
ments BY their friends. II was proposed
10 chsrter tug and convey the antagonists and
trends to North Carolina, where the final ar.
rsngements would be made On Friday w. T.
! Ials f,rro. the second of Mr.. Hope, was in.