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convey your meaning. If the person
is estimahle, you should express your
Sense 81 lsis merit and r0ur gratitude
for his preference urstrOng terms and
put your refusals Of his hand on the
score ofy0ur not feeling for him that
pecnIiar preferences necessary to the
union he SEEKS. This makes refusal
as little painful as possible and
soothes the feelings yon are obliged TO
wand. The gentleman's letter should
be returned in your reply, and yonr
lips should be closed npun the subject
ever afterwards tits his secret, anu
you hayeaIo right to tell it to any one;
but il Your parents are your conf
Dental friends on all other occasions.
he will not blame you for telling
them. ,8Sx3skSa StE s!...saSS
Your Young female friends shouh
never be allowed to tease tor banter
you int0sthe. Sbetrayal. of this secret.
You cannot turn YOUR Ingenuity to
better account, ti.anr by using II 10
balllerlIair rnriaSify.c Some zairfs are
tempted to tell of an offer aud refnssri,
in order to account for a cessation of
those attentions or the part OF the
gentleman, which haNe be1ofeAeena so
constant and marked as to be observed
by their .frIends,a But this is no
sufficient reason for telling anothefs
persons seefets< ~ roSp
l. Neverthink the less iof man be-
cause lie. has been refused, even If it
be lady, whom you do not highly
value. 1t is nething TO his disadvant
age. In exercising, their prerogative
OF maxi z the. first advances the
wiSest. Will .oecasionalia make, great
mistakes. and the hest VIII often be
drawn into an affair OF this sort
against their better Judgment, and
both are but too happy ii they escape
with only the pain being refused.
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Proposal y And Refusals.

a, <tfIqs,l, .l.lll.f - ~
As soon as Young lanes go mo
general society, they are liable 70 re-
ceive attentions that Indicate a par
ticular REGARD; anu phg 'e'cle 'nes
are really old eueugh 10 lofm ans
such ties, they often fcei,e ula.'i-
monial osesYres,y - i, 'le.eloie,
highly lecessaru " SPUN NV ~
treat them. tle oiier ~ ina', :
heart ana naiid = inc sIea.es' oon,pn
mept be c "a Pay "a q a . = :.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

man Wos THAR fiies ten Dollars WoS'
osfeared BY the said n. WAR and af-
ter seeing that the said Reed Wood
not Come out thes Partays Want over
to the,C horch Whair at the time hold
ing meeting taking the saim G, John
SON With them and W0S Also ofeared
70 him BY one of the .saim Partays
whoes naim is Isiace Williams the sum
of five Dollars t0CaIl q man ont of.the
chorch WHO'S nam is Spencer Thorn
airs eiltend TO Kill him and after Ind
isl.. that the Col not sillkseed in .thir
undertaking Returned onto same Plan
titatien. on, the 18th Day OF Feb 1872
Whilcte THAR Wos~ a Weary larg garth
ing for the Porpers of organlzain a
BaPtice sCharchl and also sRajseaid a
great enterrupation in the Place entill
the Cod not hold Charch now the said
Plaintiff in thes Gals Steven k{mbeli
Prays for Porfackchion and that the
said Partays in this act whoes lsiace
Williams and neareaday, Elgay and
Edmond War and HUI Egay and old
mar, 3ohn Efgay iShad b asRested and
Brout Befonr the Court thar. ~, give
and Cont and Also B delft With a cord
ing as law and hlstice may Regular
SWornto, andg Sp Kscfi Bed Before
me This u day OF Feb 1872
G b Allen
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16
Justice in Grant Parish.

fffx T. sTsak - q 3
We liave been allowed to peruse
couple of legal documents, issued by
judicial functipnary of our neighbour
ing parish of Grant, which for curiosi-
ties Of literature, we think our readers
will agree with us in saying are hard
to beat. With much patience and
Labor, We haze reproduced one of them
verbatim ct literatum. Chinese writ
ing which commenees rite figIit and
reads to the left, oranother Ia gnage
which begins at theitop and gees to
the bottom, or still another which
stats at the bottom, and epds at the
ton are not a 'ciFeamstahce to- those
before us, which commence any where
amd end everywhere, TO break out in
A new place somewhere else. We do
not know whether the sable Solon
who issued these choice specllnens OF
his fitness ior.hisiposition, acquired it
BY election or appY u y 81 gut in
either case We regard It as dlsgraSe
to tlie community in. which he livess
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

~ ,11ffay peysry Of the Parish of
90 Grant Louisiana, are hereby
notified that We theuadersigned board
of Assessofs, will assess the property
OF the, Parish for the year ending 1871,
for one smonfh, eorhhtncieg the 9TH
day of Feisruaty and ending on the 9Th
day OF March a. ID. 1872.
.1niAsf q jsSO4Ib GRAY, SheSiff.
sasEi @. ID. BRANT1sY, Hcdr
$50 Il. q. REGISTER, Clerk
Feb. 24th 1S72. .lt-9T
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'sHERIFFs SALE.

!. March I'd, y, .et-P. F, ga 90. -.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

Ann Z. Watts and husband,
- , vs. - No. 2iS.
Johu cIark, ct sl.s.s y ia 4
Niuth District Court, Parish OF Rapides-Stste
of LoIlisiara.
ny VIRTUE of and to satisfy an alias writ OF
ID fieri facias issused out of the above named
Court, in the above entitled and numbered
suit and to me directed, / have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, on ..a
Saturday, the 9th day of April, 1872,
between the hours Il IlA. NJ aud P. NJ. at
the Conrt House door, IN the townof Alexan.
dria, the following described property, seized
as the property ;9tst the def.sndent to-wit:
The four, nintis of Square No. 36, in the
town of Alexandria, Parish of Rapides, being
part of lots Nos. 8 ard 4 on the plat of said
town, with all the >buiiding and improvements
&s TIN, ssrTss on .ss,4 Cash subject 10 ap
praisement. .s,t * y skss<sah
uxxsw.x. !. jain DELACY, Sherid.
March ID. Ct p F,,Sls 90.
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LOSToR MIsLAID.. $ !,

A JOINT note drawn By. j. 8.
"a and A, T. Compton, for the
sum OF One Hundred and Seventy
Five Dollars, payable on the first Of
January next, to the order of 7. G.
Compton Said note is not endorsed,
aud is therefore not negotiable, and all
persons are, warned not to trade for it
Mar. TO, - r O. COMPTON,. !
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~CONEESSIONS OFxAeAlEDDLkNG fiVS-
BAND.Azftsw.is about tire btickwheht
cakes. told Maria amy fool cou ID
beat;hers making those cakes, and she
said | had better try IT. so did. L
emptied THE batter all our OF the pitch
er oas evesriiIg, land setltllescakes my
ssH. Lgef.the siouE and tlae'sad and
the water aud warned by the paste.
pnt-fra liberal -quan-iiy of eggs aud
s.hofstl, iwes --{ &. shortened ~swith-tailo
from raasfe beef because iecouid not
find an, lard. iThe batter did not look
right. | lighted my pipe and ponder
acknowledgement, to be sure. l had
forgotten the yeast.sz.l went and woke
up the baker and got six cents worth
Of. yeast. / set the pitcher behind the
sitting room stove, and prepared to en-
joysn -triaIanhj but ledidn't. That
was xeast strong enOngil to- raise the
dead the batter was running ali over
the carpet. scrlped it up and put
it into another dish. Then got fire
in the kitchen and put on the griddle.
The first lot of cakes stuck tothe grid
die. The Second 'dittoed, only more.
Maria cagne down.and asked what was
burning. She advised me to grease
the griddle. did it. One end of the
griddle got foo hot, and dropped the
thing on my tenderest corn while try
ing to turn around. Finally the cakes
were ready for breakfast. and Maria
got the other things ready. We sal
down. Ny cakes did not have exactly
the right flav6r Itook one mouthtu
and it satisfied me. | lost my appetite
at once. Maria would not let me pul
one on, her plate. | think those cakes
may be reckoned dead loss. The cat
would not eat them. The dog ran of
and stayed three days after one wa
offered lfim. The hens won'tgo IN tel
feet of them. | threw them into tin
back yard, and, there has not been ;
pig on the premises since. ! eat wha
is put before me now, and do not al
mde to my mothers saytem OF cook
ing. Ersf
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

The Grand Dake, when helped to
sorne turkey, SAID: All, bless -mt,
Yes; that's the dish my father is al
ways hankering after.
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SIIcCFSSION SALE


10. 24I4.-Estste of George W.. Cheney.
DY VIRTUE of an order Of the Honorable
ID Parish Judge of the Parish Of st. Landry
bearing date the 22nd day of January, 1872.
will be sold ON
Saturday, the 9th day Of April, 1872.
by the undersi Ened Administrators, or some du-
ly authorized auctiopeer... The following de
scribed property, belonging to the Estate OF
George w. Cheney, deceased, to-wit:
Lots Nos. IL II 10 IA, in square bounded by
Front street, Main street, Lafayette and Ranl-
part streets.
lots Nos. 3 5x4 and fractional lots ii and
IL, bounded by Mechanic, Division, Rampant
and Lafayette streets.
Lot No, 6. fronting on Lafayette and Me-
chanic' street.
Lots No. 8 and 2, fronting on Lafayette
street.
Lot No. 1. fronting on Commercial street.
Fractional lots . and 10 fronting on Division
street between Commercial and Lafayette
streets, ~. !,
streets. ttbs
Fractional lot No. 5.
Fractional lot Nos. -s III.
Fractional lot No. a, ali situated in tine tow
of Cheney Vile, Parish of Rapides, Louisiana
TERMS AND CONDITIONS :--One half Cash o
the purchase price, on the day of sale, and The
balance payable III twelve months; Purchaser
giving their notes secured by mortgage ant
vendors lien, and bearing interest at eight Pc
! cent per snnlfn from matu ity.. 49,,
WILLIAM +. CHENEY,
M Administrator.
March ID. ~. 6t-P. F. S24 90. ssss
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

A bellman is generally very sensa
i've of any kindness. He will cry If
ycu give him u shilling.
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EXCHANGE HOTEL.
J. q. r. HoOR Proprietor.

fr7HE and Iened have leased the
ICE HOUSE HOTEL and have
opened it Tor tho reception Of guests.
The House and fhrnitare will .immedi-
ately undergo . thorough renovation,
and no pains win ha spared to make
the premises as comfortable and at
tractive as.possibless ~. -%
The table will be bountifully sup
piled, end . fisA 'ctfpb of servants en-
gagged to be in constant attendance on
our boafders. The doors will be open
at all. hours, of both the day and night.
Both travellers aud, regular boarders
will find it to their interest TO give rs
nca1l. ~ -
The subscriber has had considera-
bic experience in the business and
confidently appeal te'the public to aid
him inhis efforts to maintain first
class< Hotel i)ltbG Ipmyh4uity. +,
j. G. p. HOOE.
January nth, 1872.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

ToioVhis 4. p;... -,
dersined one of-fifc .iustlcs oil piece IN
a,fynr' che parish of 9 fapt Steven kin'-
Bail VINO after BY me Been duly
SWORN, doth dispose and say that .
croud OF man did on Sunday the, 4th OF
Feb 1872 Commute a Salt and Batt.ay
easend to kill on the Boday u one
Fadis maboy BY three man Whoes
marine Is sire Williams and ,nearaiiay
E.gay aud Edmon VAR and on the
next Satadas night foif 1ailig the saiIn
Partays Cain and Commit a salt and
Battrey entend to Kill on the boday OF
one mo, Reed and ofeared to one
named Glaskon Johnsan the sum OF
ten dollars to tell the saim mo Reed to
step to the, Dor on Known that thes
a I -sn.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

IL II no uncommon thing for hot
weeds to produce O. GOODNESS.
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Tho XnRrnnL.

To The Editor Of The Pacific Commercial advertiser
Passing down one Of our main streets one day last
week, our attention was called to an aged couple
busted in cleaning the ground in front Of their house,
evidently preparing il for planting some kind Of a
crop. A day or two afterward. we noticed that the
neat little plot was set with young tobacco plants
carefully shaded from the sun. and evidently tended
with the utmost care. Upon one side Of the enclos-
ure, a clump Of sugar-cane and banana trees screened
the garden from the wind. and the two old garden
ers-who from their aged appearance and primitive
dress might have been Adam and Eve-rested from
their labors beneath n fine mango tree. So much for
the producers In the same house lives :" the
vagrant." Young in years, strong Of limb. taught
how TO read and write, dressing well, dancing well,
riding well, he is still II lazy, lousy. idle, ~good-ior-
nothing loafer.
Too much afraid Of the changing 20 steal. he
take advantage Of the goodness Of others. lac goes
to church regularly, 10 make designations with
SOME frail one. FROM whom lac can beg a quarter.
Without the first faint blush Of shame he sees his
feeble old parents toll TO earn his taxes and their
own, his food and theirs, his clothing and their
rags. Caring not one iOia what ~inhdelity IL practioed
towards him, he takes the wages Of his young wIie's
guilt, 10 raise n little money mortgages and re-
mortgages his land, rides twenty miles TO gorge him
self at some feast, sells himself out-and-out whenever
and wherever n good liar is wanted. and lives aud
dies-at last, thank Heaven bright and Shin
ing example of the wisdom Of those whose cry is
g you must make allowances for these poor people ~
REFOHM.
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Rev. Mr.. Coan's "IEIInucn" CrIti-
ciSed.

-
EDITOR COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER In common
With others ] was Interested in the extract from a
letter OF the Rev. T. Coan 10 The American " Jour
nal of Science and Arts," contained In your paper
Of Saturday last, and wondered why reports from
the volcano should be made so much more fully
abroad than at home.
What first especially attracted my critical ntten-
ton, was the statement that the summit crater OF
Mauna Loa was thirty-lve or forty miles from
KIlauea. Just One-hall OF that or eighteen miles.
is, ! will venture to say, nearer b. the truth. Ia
fact Mauna Loa is about cquidistaUt from IIlO
only forty miles from those much more remote
points. To say nothing 81 maps. an experienced
eye can Judge Of the distance Of the noble dome,
from the Volcano House.
A further examination Of the extract In question
excited further EcPpticism and ! now wish 10 ask
through yoh First, whether at any time during
the past year, the pit or South Lake known as
Halemaumau, has been anything like n mile in
diameter either way ito say nothing Of the mile
and a half ~~ssignrd for the longer axis. In other
words has il occupied anything like one-third ~
the entire floor Of Kilaucay Moreover, has the
ascent 10 it been as steep a. 20, which Is an
ascent AS steep ~ that of the front path mp Pnncb-
bowl Hill? And has IL been 700 feet Deep II 20,
! regret very much that it is not known on the
Islands.
It il with extreme dini1encc, indeed regret, that
/ touch the reports Of tbe veteran bishop Of the
Volcano. which have so interested and enlightened
the civilized world. But a scientific journal should
inPXOrably demand facts, carefully estimated II not
ascertained. While "A writer il doing the magni6-
cent. the magniloqucnt. the rhapsodic. il makes but
little difference but the regions OF science are
sacred in a sense. 10 such approximation to truth
az IN this poor world we can attain 70.
Yours regretuly. IAwAHAN. a.
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+ The PUBLIC has been so long in the u%ninter-
rupted enjoyment of the marine telegraph, that
its discontinuance, owing to the prostitution OF
the pole during the storm on Monday last, is
already complained Of. That the telegraph is
needed and must be put in order again, every one
will concede; but the question is, whose duty
is it to see the thing done. There is no govern
ment appropriation which can be legitimately APP
piled to for the necessary funds, and the Post
master General does not consider himself au-
thorized to use the revenue Of his Bureau for the
purpose. There has been in existence for some
years a system Of annual subscription for the sup
port of the telegraph, but which, as we learn, has
not been punctually paid by all the subscribers,
although there are some who do invariably pay
promptly. In the present necessity, we do not
doubt but that the public will readily respond to
a call, emanating from the proper source, and
that the amount needed to put the telegraph in
working order will be obtained without delay.
The estimated sum required is, We understand,
about $500.
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Az UNKNowS ISLAND WORLD.-Up 20 the time Of
the destruction Of whale ships by Semmes ht the As
cension Islands, no American man-Of-war bad ever
visited this important rendezvous Of whalcrs IN the
Pacific Ocean. There are hundreds and even thou
sands Of islands in the Pacific. many Of which have
no name otners are only sighted by an occasional
ship going 20 or returning from ports in Asia. We
send expeditions 20 discover the phenomena Of the
North Pole. But the Pacific Archipelago-a great
island worlds to-day half unknown. There ought
10 be an American naval station somewhere among
these islands. At present, they are attached 20 the
East India station, and for this reason are almost
wholly neglected. When a shipmaster desires 10
commit b%arratry, he has n secure hiding place
among these islands. Our national ships arc never
seen there and merchantmen keep clear OF them,
unless an occasional landing is made for vegetables
nd other supplies.
A few years since n s%hipmaster now sailing out OF
San Francisco stopped at one ofthese unknown islands
for a supply of wood. lie found there two English
runaway sailors (probably) and about 10 native
women. There was nothing upon the island but an
abundance Of cocoanuts, with gref' Numbers Of fish
in the lagoon. The captain left an assortment Of
such tropical seeds as he had with him, including
melon, orange and sweet potatoes, adding to the
little stock a pair Of small pigs. The island soon
afterwards became a marvel among whalemen for the
wealth Of lis tropical fruits, and some years after
wards a load Of live hogs were brought from that
island 70 San Francisco.
There are hundreds Of these islands, says the s. p.
Bulletin, over which no sovereignty has been extend
ed, some inhabited and others waiting for inhabitants,
and nearly all Of the larger ones capable OF producing
a profusion Of tropical fruits. These islands, IL not
already, are likely to become the rendezvous OF all the
robbers and pirates Of the Pacific Ocean. Here the
freebooters can find refuge and settle the fate Of
many a ship so certainly that no one viii be LETT TO
say by what - peril Of the sea r" she was lost. There
ought 10 be a naval station where war ships bay
rendezvous and have some special watch and over
sight Of this half unknown island world.
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The Telegraph.

Mr.. EDIToR-So we are to have no more marine
telegraph l understand that the Postmaster General
says 500 far as he is concerned. In every country
where there is shipping, there is a telegraph for sig
mailing the movements OF shipping maintained at
Government expense-except this. Ii is said that
there is no special appropriation made by the Legis-
lature for this purpose, and that for that reason the
Ministers can't spend any money on it. But if il
was some pet scheme of theirs, do you suppose that
they would let the appropriation bill stand in the
way for a paltry $500, or even $3,OO0l But II
happens to be something in which they are not per-
sonally interested. although it is n great public
convenience, and 80 the public may whistle for the
telegraph-until they put it up themselves.
PROGRFss,
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Icnlnna street.

Mr.. EDIroR-I would respectfully ask through
you, why it is that Emma street. which is acknowl-
edged to be one Of the finest avenues in town, is so
much more neglected by the authorities than the
others. For a number of years past, there has not
been a stroke of work done at Government cost on
that street, and in wet weather, almost the entire
length is a mass of sticky mire or a mud puddle.
with here and there a rapidly running stream Of
water cOursing along with force enough to carry a
small wheel for a factory. A street lamp, on dark
rainy nights, would render walking less ~uncomforta-
BILE, but that is not provided. Something might be
done for the street perhaps, il a Government officer
or two would go there to live.
Yours, A PRoPERTY HOLDER.
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THE PACIFIC
Commercial A0Orrtiser.
JANUARY 27.

IL orr issue of the 18th instant, referring to the
Gazette's boast that foreign journals quoted from
that journal almost exclusively the island news,
we took occasion to explain the nlodus operandi
through which that state Of things was brought
about, i. E., through Hawaiian Consuls, whose
official duty it lie" and about the only duty that
devolves upon them from the Hawaiian Foreign
Ofhce-to collect every item of news from these
islands and see that it is furnished to the news
papers in shape for publication, and care taken
that it is GhcagS credited to the HaloaiiaH Gacetie,
no matter from what source il may emanate
here y noteworthy instance Of the working
of the system is at hand per last mail. The
Alta, of January 5th, has a synopsis of - Ha-
waiIan News, made up mostly from this journal
without credit, and among other paragraphs is
our item, word for word, respecting the straniing
of the bark AtaLdafa, on the l4th Of December.
The Alta prefaces the item by saying The
Gazette of the 10th of December, says =" 1t
happened that the Gasene's day of publication
was the 18th, the bark went ashore ON the l4th,
and the " ADVERTISER " printed the item on the
10th, which was Saturday, our regular publica-
ton day.
The Alta California, as a big fish in the news
paper pond, has always been noted for the COM
placency with which it gobbles up the property
of little literary fishes like ourselves, as witness
it's wholesale appropriation last year Of our ac-
count of the Saginalo disaster, which it printed
as original with itself; but the deliberate credit
ing of the Gazette with the local items of the
ADVERTISER is a practice which can be explained
only upon our theory of the duties imposed upon
Hawaiian ConsuIs.
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A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
IN NUUANU VALLEY FOR SALE!

- THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS nN
led. FcR SALE his property situated in Nuuanu ~
III Valley on the west side between the residences -
of J. II. WOdchnuse and C. c. Harris The lot contains about
three acres Of good pasture land. well Estered, on which 10
Iocat-d a good, Substantial, and convenient Dwelling House,
SnHrs, aud Carriage House, and all the Necessary out Houses
in good repair. THERE'S a neverEtHnE spring of pure water
on the premises also a stream Of water running through the
aud Any one wishing to purchase a finely located residence
will do well 10 call and examine the above Terms easy, and
made known on application To WV DUNCAN.
nIs At his Blacksmith shop on EsplAnade.
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A CARD.

UoSOLULU, Nov. Is, 1871
~zZ- 1T ~ WITH PLEASURET THAT WE
$500 bear testimony to the superiority Of MR. MACAU-
LEG'S PIANOFORTE TUNING as su Artist ia this line we
have never had him surpassed in our experience in either
Europe or America We are therefore greatly indebted for the
zeal aud spirit with which be has peTseyered in regulating and
tuning our plans during our stay 10 IIonula'u. and We there
fore commend hIm 10 The public as possessing a superiority
over all others Of similar Pretensions-
(SiKuedI A. BISCACCIANTI,
Manager of Mdme States Opera Co.
CAk. Z. GLORIA,
f.6u Musical Director.