Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-14
What n Narrow Foot Did.

] q young lady took ID Car whicn brought har
| to the foot Of California street, and there took
q scat on the dummy car, which bore her 10 The
VcIDltY OF her home Gu Ootapia street. As ste
| lett the car aud was crossing the track upon the
| southern side her foot slipped aud turocd and
WAS caught fast in tbs c'ack where the wire
bic passes. Some impegicc.iou 10 the road.
oea hao USED the narrow aperture to expand,
soQ tne young glfiS narFoT foot sas eutrsp-
ped. Tha eDs siueer of the east bcuad dummy
saw the Obstacle on the ROAD in season to chsck
his swift approaching csr. and siighscd, Will
inc CONDUCTOR, and several Passengers OF nVes,
lsatlug mlod, who cGdeavored TO reIesss the
slender loot. rut their Efforts We're vao. Aooth.
er oar aud ago ner brought up 10 funeral row,
auu constsnt reintorcemants 10 the Way of psss
log pedestrians cheered snd aulvoucd tho scene.
An attempt Was made 60 pry the iron rails
lofml0g toe Cattle c6sDnei further apart, but
shey drmly resisted ell efforts. EVERYBODY had
susges;llu. Push your foot forward"
Pull 1t back; ''Iip it sideways" Lift
gOur heel hg !cr." The uabsppy yirl was
almost iaintins. bu. she pursevered 10 her
otorts to cx;Tcate tHe cffcniing member.
~ Lhls Time travel Oh the road had virtually
ceased The last csr bad long ago passed and
Was steadily approaching 70 fall into line ct
th2 retr OF Lhe Singular procession. Downtown
passengers trettcd and tuued or slowly ciinbld
the hill Ia disgust. Ga every street corper
groups CT waiting peopl, b:rat.d the laxlty of
street Car msuagemens Rcporters from ali the
down t,wn dales were proceeding westward t.
learn the meaning of the large crowd reported
to have assembled in tue Western Add!licu.
From the scene of the sccdo dout envJy4 had
been dispatched TO tho railroad shops 10 hrug
appliances Tor taklag up a section of the ru-d
Al thiS uacture tall, bfaWty Eaglishmsu, iu
Inc dress OF o moehaGlc, toicsi bis Way through
TIE thro0g, aud 10 Cherry VOics mark I'd by
the Derhv hire dialect, asked:
H. 5a tried ua!asts Din IL. young edd5's
shoe p
Teu buttons f,W from as many baton holes
l 0 The twl1klng Of an eye the foot WAS free,
San Francisco Chronicle
1t is no ulcJmmOn thing of late TO besr of
people getting their feet caught in frogs" on
rsi!road II .cks, srd being killed by trains. A
usu had lis foot to catch Ia one 81 one of our
railroad depots soma time ago, end it was With
the greatest etfor, shat an eosuo was stopped
10 tlne 10 save his life, The suggestion above
Is practic, ons, as tho sole of thu boot or
tCra ii pers,us happening to tue accident would
uaile the sa0e 30 ciu sht they cjud always free
themselves
CURIOUS STORY OF BEACoNsFGELD This
ngouious story abou, Lori ,scousield is told
by the B1r!inese. One day duriog the Berlio
Congress the Premier was out walking With his
privsto secretary, aud accidentally dropped his
pocket hsadkerchiof upon the pavement. A
Barl!nese geo.lem,n who happened 10 SEQ the
handkerchief fall picked it up. sI muddy as il
wss aud handed it to is iIlustrOus oweer,
who thanked b'm politely and was about to
pocket his restored property when the Fl der
begged to be slio we'd 10 keep it 10 remembrance
of The doy Gp0n which cha1ce had procured
him the houcr Of speaking with The EnelIth
Preuisr. Nsither Lord B2acoRsf ID nor Mr..
Cory und r;tood Garmao; bli. gathering
from their iUterlocutor' $ u snaer that he want
cd something, Mr.. Oor:y off,red him piece of
silver, which hc deol1od tu rtcolve. Taxing q
visiting card from his picket book. Lord Bes
copsfi IA then hurriedy petciled upon it the
words. 'We do not Understand G0rmau kidd
ly Cal, upon me to-m9rcow at midday" and
handed lt to the gentleman, who duly made bis
aptc'I9hC' utaL-uy NJ tne NS!S5Tutl II
young EpeIish dipoma,st, we'll v,rsed 10 the
Toutouio ioogue, bsvlcg interpreted the Ber'
liner Wish to Lord Bs4oon=6ald, the British
premier sat down to his wiring table and wrote
upon one of his own photographs the following
sentence: You wish for hsnikerchlef. for
merry white, but Dow black, bcc use OF its fsil;
accept 10 its placo man who ls, alas b; come
lite in spite Of the fact that he has been so
often black ned, and who nevertheless ls not yet
| fallen. 1t is either p0Ddtrous fiction or q
sioeulsr Instance Of Disr isis stage hunor.