Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-22

land any ono GIN loeru it in five niuutes) know
| exactly whore and how to fod it,
VI have !howcd this llttlo trick to SCORES Of
oyster opaner5, tus because it is little difficult
at first they 90 On with their mauipg and stab.
bling. Now. WhcH MARTINEZ had finally secured
this Fret ca oyster oponeT who knew bis buSi-
ness he set hin at work st tho side of the man
who opcccd after the barbarous fashion still in
voRuo 10 this country What was tho result ?
Why ho opened two oysters Whlo tho other
man was opening oao. ard every opster that be
opened WAS laid out on tho deep sloll without
q drop ct the Equor b,ing lost. 1t is ono Of
tho greatest pleasures in tho world to cat oIs
tcrs opened in that way. But yyu American s
always 90 in for appearances. And when o! k
| an oyster opener why ho docsn't eivo mo roy
oysters oo tho deep shell, even if he must open
them 10 the wrong way, no tlaaYs says no pro
scnts them on Inc fiat or convtx shell because
they ,ok better so.-N. Y. Sun.
DIVINE ORIGIN OF TIE BIELE. -R9vola,on
moves toward mal. Thoro is al ucs>cn irfc
enc, tea. has united these books 10 their spirit,
wish regard to Disiy, man, his DUTY and des:i.
NJ. How is wavo mad? Dat Of sepersto
drops; scmc have been clipped trocl tho sides
of lcaburgs !y subbeams; others n)atsd 10 q
mist sos,f along the coast, and hayo been de-
posted 10 The ocean; others have Rclltd up
from tho hidden chambers, or su5g ia tho
cascades, and gen, forward to their gathering
| From all sources they bevo como. and he ocean
Is iull. They ore held together by folc3-
moved 10 the tidal wavo by force.
Turning to revelation the Samo is true,
the Bible Indicates Inspiring lorco. Theso So.
cred books were written by men 10 dffercut
placeS-como 10 PslIsIiac, some 10 Arabia,
some 10 the temple. s,mo 10 priso1-sod tho
writer's were separated b. long periods Of years,
aud yet they saarc the Same spirit, appeal TO
the samo authority. move in the same direction,
address man 10 Tho samo facts Of bis being, i'm
ply the Same powers, recogoizJ tho .eamo wants.
cheer bln With tho Same hopes. prompt to the
Same achievements, divert from the samo evils,
elevate to tho same Rood. reveal The Same goal.
Without any idea OF harmony with each o1cer,
without knowledge Of what tthcrs waro writ.
ing, they wrote as they were moved, revealed
what was given.
Now 10 what fair way clo We avoid the con.
c'uslcn that, in tho midst OF these divers agents,
times and SCIENCES, if, when viewed es whole,
tEorc appears fundamental uuty OF system,
ard TINT system is ia mo.i1u to ward you, and is
adapted to your nature. there aust hsvo been
On adequate csusn for that unity and Girclti0n?
-R(v. George l: Porter, d. d.
LIES Vf,GssITUDEs. james Collins. en-
eli blind begcsr. was f5uod huff deal from
starvation, on tho night Of Janua'y S. by The
New York police. Ia tho t~o small grons 10
n rear tenement house he hhI lived for years
with his wife, who, b. sidsu being bliad. is el-
NEST entirely deaf. TIC police took him TO
tho Chambers Street Hospital aid q week aeo
he Wss transferred to the Charity Hospital en-
Black S,I's Island. llo is between sky AID
seventy years OF age. and cmiSraIcd to this
county forty or fifty years ago from Ireland.
finding homo 10 the South lis achieved in.
dependency ny industry and perseverance,, and
a. tho limo ct tho construction Of tho Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad contracted for the bridge
a3d soGo work OF larg" paris CT tho road. Lilo
was veil knowa 10 Virginia, Maryland, and
Western Pennsylvania Whcn tho war broke out.
His two sors joined tho Confederate aruy and
Wero killed in haiti their mother cid Ct sor
row aud Collins fortune wss Wr: cked by ruin.
Gus law suits. llo began life anew as q work.
man end had rcGaiued some Of his old prosper
ity when his eyesight was destroyed by en- &C.
c!dcnt All his money was spent 10 vain efforts
10 save his cyts from permanet injury. lilo
heasuc hopclcssly blind and drffted 10 New
York. Th:ro hc sought living by pedd Jog
and bcSgiog 10 III, streets. Collins blind
wife has for o@upsDion decrcrjt Old HCman,
who is said to be tho T:doR cf ouoo wealthy
Wall street broker. who shot himself eGtcr
lcslog all his money. Tho woman Jumped from
tercybcat bat was rescued from drowning,
aud then began lito Of DEGRADATION and pov.
erty. Sho leads 'ho blind Mrs. Collins On her
begging tours.
TIE PGGNlX.-Tho most Interesting Of all
fabulous creature0 is tho pl r1ix. 1t was cx-
cc:dnRy b,au:ifu', as largo as,e1 csglo, with a
pumaGo that shono like goll arouod its neck, o
purple bOde, AID o tail OF b'uc and rose ctlortl
testh;rJ |: had cock s comb under its neck,
ADD magnificent crcs'. This splendid looking
bird Vas supposed to livo f 70 hundred y,ars,
and thcn tu;n Itself to riso from the ashes
yJuog, strong and moro beautiful than ever,
An old writer gives long account of this
new birth OF tho pl ooilx, which always toik
place ct Hclopois, the City OF tho SUI. A
priest madO fire of spices ca the al:cr, aud the
bird h,T luto tho fines aud was bursed With
the spices. "A small worm would Than DO found
in tho ashes on tho alter, and On tbs sec,nd
dsy after /; appeared it would bo transformed
into bird, and 10 ono dag after that, or tie
third dag sitter tho burning, tho pt &C Xix would
be itself ogaio and would 80 of 10 Gae spirits,
and 10 new c'olhes tia. were warranted TO last
for five hundred years,
COURT OF APPEALS YEsTEBDAY.-D vs.
Morriss's exc tiers ct al. Appeal allowed to
decree Of tho ChaucorS Court Of tho city of
R;chmocd.
Norris administrator vs.. Morris5 ct Gle.
Appeal allowed to decree tf;hc Chancerg Ccu!t
OF tho city Of Richmond.
Smith OF sis. vs.. Phillips. Appeal allowed
to ds,rce of the Circuit Court Of Lunenburg
equity.
Addison ct el,. vs. Lo8is OF als; McKerzie