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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-09

ROAkD OF PUBLIC WOkK3,
II DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WARRINGTON, N xrch 9th, 1870.
Sealed Proposals addressed to the uodersisned
viii be received until IL o'clock m the FOUR
IkEsTH BAY OF MARCH, 1874, for laying IL inch
Spt Gin ations and all necessary information can
o. ieained on application at Office Of the Water
Proposal, should be addressed to the Vice Presi.
deut Board Of Public Works, and endorsed Prone
sails for laying l2-iDch Water Main
naI9-6t ii. w. WILLARD, Vice Bresidept
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

"I must not omit to state here that before
I left Europe, I took pains to ascertain wheth.
er the certificate of my marriage, which l
fortunately had in my possession, was genuine
or not. Two clergymen, one English and
one French, and lawyer of some rcputation'
examined it, and assured me that it was per-
fectly correct, and that my marriage was un-
doubtedly valid. The clergymen's names
we're Mr.. Francis Lovel and Monsieur Florlan
LeClerc the lawyer was Mr.. James Hamll-
ton, of the firm Of Hamilton Il Son; all resi-
dents of London.
"And now, at last, the time has come tor
the ful6llment of my VOW. My weak nature
shrinks from it, but dare not draw back ; L
cannot # auould.
81 have ministered to my husband through
his illness; have sat beside him and looked
into his face, and he does not know me-has
never given me any sign of recognition. 1t
is best so. Had he known me-had he shown
any token of renewed affection-my purpose
would have been doubly hard to carry out
There have been moments when pangs OF swift
agony shot through my heart, as l met the
gaze of his eyes, careless and Indifferent
which used to beam on me with so much ten
derness and pride but have steeled myself
to endure it with outward calmness; have
jealously guarded my secret; he will never
know it, for when it becomes known we will
both be beyond the reach Of earthly pity or
earthly blame. I shall not survive him the
fatal agent which destroys his life will also
terminate mine. Beyond, 1 know not what
may be in store for me; trust that merclful
and eternal oblivion"
Here the manuscript came to an abrupt ter
mination, the disturbance and alarm which
had taken place, having, evidently occurred
lust at this time to cause the interruption.
The doctors comment, as he put the loose
sheets together on finishing their perusal' was
brief and emphatic. Itwas contained simply
in these words:
"Mad as March hare"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

OFFENDED HoNoR.-They don't stand any
nonsense in Arkansas. A stranger in Little
Rock asked gentleman for a postage stamp,
and, having been accommodated, rendered
three cents in payment, when he flung them
on the floor and exclaimed excitedly, "1f you
were not a fool, sir, you would know that an
Arkansian doesn't peddle postage stamps"
No apologies would be accepted, and the irate
man walked off, muttering about his offended
honor
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

CoMpAN1oNsHIP AND HEALTH.-To be per-
fectly healthy and happy, one must have
friends They need not be in large numbers,
but one, two, or three kindred spirits with
whom one can commune, share joys and sor-
rows, thoughts and feelings. In choosing
friends great care is necessary. There must
be some bond of sympathy. 1t may be NOR
al, intellectual, or social but even these
bonds are not sufficient. An invalid or
weakly person needs healthy friends; timid
one, brave friends Those who are blessed
with good friends are healthier and happier
than those who have none.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

BIRMINGHAM PENs.-In Birmingham the
number of steel pens made weekly is about
$500 gross, or 14,112,000 separate pens.
Thirty years ago pens were sold wholesale at
FIVE shillings per gross; now, pens as good or
better, may be had for three half pence per
gross. When it is remembered that each gross
requires one hundred and forty-four pieces Of
steel to 60 through at least twelve processes
in the course of manufacture, the fact that
one hundred and forty-four complete pens can
be sold for three half pence, after providing
material, paying wages, and leaving profit
to maker, is convincing proof of the results
attainable by the exercise of mechanical inge-
nuity and divisional labor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

The PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN.-To under.
stand the philosophy of this beautiful and Of
ten sublime phenomenon, so often witnessed,
and so very essential to the existence of
plants and animals, few facts derived from
observation and long train of experiments,
must be considered:
/. Were the atmosphere here, everywhere,
and at all times, of uniform temperature,
we should never have rain, hail or snow. The
water absorbed by it in evaporation, from the
sea and the earth's surface, would descend in
an imperceptible vapor, or cease to be ab.
sorbed by the air, when it was once fully
saturated.
2. The absorbing power of the atmosphere,
and consequently its capacity to retain hu-
midity, is proportionately greater in warm
than in cold air. The air near the surface of
the earth is warmer than it is in the regions
of the clouds. The higher we ascend from
the earth the colder do we find the atmos'
phere Hence the perpetual snow on very
high mountains in the hottest climate.
Now, when from continued evaporation,
the air is highly saturated with vapor, though
it be invisible and the sky cloudless, if its
temperature is suddenly reduced by cold cur
rents descending from above, or rushing from
higher to lower latitude, by the motion Of
a saturated air to lower latitude, its capaci-
ty to retain moisture is diminished, clouds
are formed, and rain is the result. 1t con-
denses it cools, and, like sponge filled with
water and compressed, pours out the water
which its diminished capacity cannot hold.
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-The Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States
has been holding Circuit Court at Richmond,
Va, and during the term case came up re-
viewing the decisions of some of the Bankrupt
Courts. The Chief Justice declared the
amendatory bankrupt law of 1873 absolutely
void. He decided that it changes existing
rights between the debtor and creditor. Such
changes, to be warranted by the Constitution,
must be uniform in their operation. This is
not The consequence is, that the act OF
1872 remains unchanged, notwithstanding its
attempted amendment in 1873"
The Richmond Dispatch says he has also
decided that "no bankrupt in Virginia can
get homestead exemption from his Court as
against debt contracted before the 9th day
of July, 1869, the day the present Constitu-
tion of Virginia was ratified"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
"ELIZABETH SYDNEY,
Aged "a years.

They that SOW in tears shall reapin joy"
Although the place has passed out of the
hands of its old owners, this spot is still ten
derly cared for. Above the grassy mound
the sweetest flowers bloom in spring and sum-
mer, and fresh garlands, from time to time,
are wreathed about the cross, the inscription
upon which is always kept bright and clear
Few know the history of her who rests be-
meath but in one cbastened heart her men,
ory will last until death, and with the sorrow
and remorse linked about the remembrance,
are entwined hopes, which grow more cheer.
ing as the years pass by, of final pardon, and
reunion in that world where sin is wiped
away, and sorrow turned into everlasting JOY.
THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

Colonel, without his granddaughter knowl-
edge. Indeed, he was wiser than to forewarn
her of intention, which was to hold an IN
interview with her lover, in which matters
should be satisfactorily compromised, and all
impediments to their union smoothed away.
The end of it was, that it was settled tor the
marriage to take place in the following spring,
and that Mr.. Montague should, during the old
gentleman's lifetime, make Hollingwood his
summer home, while in winter the whole par
ty would remove to the pretty parsonage
house which was to be suitably prepared for
the reception of its mistress; an arrangement
which permitted Ellinor, as hitherto, to devote
herself to her d-father, and which seemed,
in prospect, to afford him so much delight,
that even had no other influential motives
prevailed in its favor, she could scarcely have
had the heart to object to its ful6llment.
DR.. Norwood and others set on foot dill
gent investigation concerning the robbery and
murder, and several persons were taken up on
suspicion, but the evidence combining to clear
them, they were all subsequently released.
Strange to say, no suspicion fell upon Russell,
nor was it known that he was the author Of
the diabolical deed, until years atterward,
when, miserably dying from wound received
in brawl at gambling-table, he confessed
this among other sins Of his dark career.
Sydney, of course, broke off all connection
with him on his recovery from sickness, and
by the advice of his uncle, who assisted him
honorably to settle his debts, went abroad tor
some years, not, however, to idle his time, but
to devote himself to the study of useful
profession, in which he afterward became en-
inent. He never married, but led retired,
though practical life, striving to do good to
those with whom he was brought in contact,
and winning their esteem by his unvarylng
uprightness and integrity.
In quiet in the Hollingwood bury'ng'
ground, there is mound with simple cross
of white marble above it, on which is engraved
the inscription,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07

Trouble WITH TWENTY-FIVE WoMEN.-Twenty-
two Chinese women seem to have lately set the
city of San Francisco in an uproar. Ordinarily,
one woman might have done it but these were
of an inferior race, it should be observed, and it
Tie twenty-five women arrived from China on
tho steamer Japan, and were objected TO by the
State commissioner of Emigration, on the ground
that they were %chattels, imported for immoral
purposes. lie prohibited their landing. The
Cinnamon who had imported them set up that
they were immigrants, and were entitled to pro-
lection and liberty under the Civil Rights law
and the treaty between the United States and
China. On a writ Of habeas corpus they were
brought before a district court, which, amid
great excitement on the part of the Chinese pop
%ulation, decided that they were cOurtesans, and,
under the laws OF the State, could not be allowed
To remain in San Francisco. They were, accord
ingly, remanded to China. Brought to the steam
ship, these unfortunates refused to 60 on board
they lay on the wharf and howled piteously, and
were carried on to the ship by main strength.
There they were released, just as the vessel was
sailing, by a new writ from the Supreme Court
Of the State. The women were sent to jail for
safe keeping, and the whole case, involving the
obligations OF the Burlingame treaty, the Civil
Rights law, and the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States, was r~eargued.
The final decision, as We now learn, was to the
effect that the importation Of the women was
unconstitutional and illegal, aud they must be
sent back to China by the ship that brought
them. This is a test case, and has, therefore,
great interest to Californians bent on preventing
tile Importation Of foreign courteans.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07
VI PACIFIC
Fom The Reading Eagle !
Charley Ross.
THE sToES of THE KIDSsFPrNG ALL A HUNBUe-,
FAMILY HISTORY.

GERMANrowx. Sept. 1.-THE Ross case, like
from the public mind; but before giving ita final
goodbye allow me to offer you 4 theory, which
thus far | have not seen presented. lam a neigh
Dor of Christian X. Ross, and We neighbors have
our thoughts and opinions on the subject OF the
child's disappearance which l think should be
presented TO the world.
About ten years ago, when Christian Ross was
making his mark. and when his business was IN
the most prosperous condition, he married a
Western lady, ola good family, and very wealthy
lie had two children OF the marriage-Walter
Ross and Charles Brewster Ross. For q long time
this was one of the happiest families in all Phiia-
delphia, but n few years ago Ross began to lead
the life Of n debauchee; he sought other company
than his wife, his business began to decrease and
he became a bankrupt. TO n refined and delicate
woman like his wife, this was a crushing blow,
and she fed from the man, leaving the children
in his care, and sought the protection of her
friends. To my knowledge no divorce ever took
place between the parties, and a short time after
the flight of the wife, another woman took her
place in the family. who still occupies it.
The following is the theory Of those who know
the family, and who are acquainted with Ross
personally
Some months before the kidnapping, Mr.. Ross
received letters from the first and only wife asking
and demanding the children. 1t will be reeol-
leeted that even up to this time he had refused to
snow any Oh the letters ne received, with the e&
ception of the matchmaking note, and 1t will also
be borne in mind that the attempt was made to
steal both the children. 1t was not until three
days after the kidnapping that the fact was made
public, and at that time the child was safely IN
fhF hands of its mother or her friends in the West.
hYe think Mr.. Ross knows now, and always did
Bhow, where his child is, but RETAINED from
'haking IL public for family reasons. As regards
the advertisements, the black mailing note, etc,
we think they are all forgeries, written either by
Ross himself or his friends, intended to divert
public attention from the facts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07
A SorroHfnI Tale.
BEING THE ONLY AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE
OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS M'PHERsoN.-A MEL
ANCHoLY WARNING To ALL SMALL BOYS.

VI ME mn LNAD u 4 AELT
ANCHoLY WARNING TO ALL SMALL BOYS.
This boy was a good boy. He would have been
an angel to-day but for the deceit OF this false
hearted world. He wasn't one of a set of trip
lets, and, therefore, didn't have honors shoWered
down upon him in his early days, but old women
said there was foundation there for an orator, a
great general, or a philosopher, and old men ex-
amined his head and said it was level. Nothing
particular happened to Christopher Columbus
until the eighth year Of his reign. His childhood
days were full of mud-pies, the butt end of shin
giles, paregoric, castor oil, and old straw hats
with the front brim worn off. He was q deep
thinker and a close observer for a small boy, and
be was just innocent enough to believe things
which other boys pitch out of the window with
out a second thought.
When Christopher was going on 9 years old he
heard some one say that a - penny saved was two
pence earned" He, therefore, laid a big Bung-
town away in a crack under the mop-board, and
every day he looked to see it grow TO two cents.
lie had confidence and patience, but at length
both gave way. Then he got the cent out one
day and Mrs. Norton's baby swallowed it, and
that was the last of that Bungtown. The youth
full Christopher didn't believe in maxims quite as
much as before, but he hadn't cut all his eyeteeth
yet.
When this boy was a year older he heard it
said that . : truth was mighty, and must prevail
and that a boy who always spoke the truth would
surely make a great and good man. He COM
menced to tell the truth. One day he got his
fathers best razor out and hacked i: on a stone,
and when the old gent eame home and asked, who
in blazes had done that, Christopher Columbus
spoke up and said:
alt was /. father-l notched your old razor"
You did, ell ?" sneered the old man, as he
looked up into the peach tree; "well, III fix you
YOU won't never notch another razor for mel
And be cut a budding limb and dressed that
boy down until the youth saw stars. That night
CHRISTOPHER Columbus determined never to tell
the truth again unless by accident, and all through
lie stuck to the resolution.
When tie lad was about II years old he read in
4 little book that = honesty was the best policy"
lie dIdn't more than half believe it, but he thought
try. He went tn being honest. One day
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07

his mother sent him 10 the grocery 70 buy eggs.
and Bill Jones induced him 70 squander tile
change IN the purchase vi soda water When be
got home his mother asked Tor the itttlc balance.
and Christopher explained.
spent ii for soda, ehH" she replied. "Here
your poor old mother Is working lake = slave and
you are around ~swiiling down soda water! |
don't think you'll swilla any more. | don't. Come
over my right knee" And she ozitated him in
the liveliest manner. That night as lie turned on
his downy straw bed the boy made up his mind
that honesty didn't pay, and be resolved TO cheat
the whole world If he could.
When Christopher WAS half a year older he
came across the injunction: BE kind 20 the
poor" He did not know whether II would pay
or not, but he set about Il. Tie knew Of a poor
woman who sadly needed a spring bonnet, and he
took over his mothers, along WIth a few other
things, including bis fathers second Taic Of boots,
his own Sunday shoes, and 50 on. lie went
around feeling very big-hearted until the old gent
wanted to 60 70 the lodge one night. and then it
came out.
q away my boots, en- - inquired has father;
'slusged your mothers best bonnet off, eh? Well,
I don't think you'll remember the poor very much
after to-night?" and be pounded Christopher
Columbus with a ~pump-handle until the boy
tainted away, and even then didn't feel as though
he had made a thorough job Of it.
They fooled this boy once more. lie heard q
rich man say that everybody should " make hay
while the sun shOne." 80 when there anne n
sunny day the boy went out, took his fathers
scythe down from the plum tree and went to max
ing hay. lie broke the seythe, cut down the tu-
lips, and hacked his sister in the heel, and his
mother came out and led him round by the hair,
and bounced him until he went INTO a decline.
They couldn't bamboozle this boy after that. He
grew wicked every day of his life, and before
his eighteenth birthday arrived he was hung for
murder. He said he didn't care a huckleberry
about it, and died without making the usual
Fourth of July oration.-Detron Free Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07

The women are catching it all round. Chivalrous
man moralized on the Tlton downfall as the natural
fruit Of the woman's rights agitation. Then numer-
Gus ministers began to bear testimony in the news
papers TO the temptations Of ministers, from which it
appeared that ministers, particularly if they be
young, are liable 10 ravishment IN their pastoral
visits. And now comes Shuckers and tells in his life
Of Chase, which is approved by his family, that that
great man, while Secretary Of the Treasury, would
never allow an interview to a woman with something
to ask. because the female mind is so Illogical that it
cannot take a reason.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07

Mark Twain's play, The Gilded Age has been
produced at the Rochester, N. Y. Opera House.
Judging from the comments of the Rochester papers
the dramatist has treated his characters with the ut
most cruelty, leaving them in q state Of utter starva-
ton at the close of one act, exhibiting them in the
lap Of luxury in another, and bringing them back to
misery again without the slightest regard to their
feelings Perhaps the play is another one of Marks
practical jokes, and it is in fact a play upon the
credulity Of the audience who are asked to accept it
as a seriously intended drama
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07


NEW KIND OF LIFE INsURANcE-The Boston
for the establishment of a bank, the peculiar
features of which are, that while 1T will be a
savings bank, it will make loans to depositors,
and insure lives under policies which shall guar
antee cash surrender values. These policies will
be Of service in enabling borrowers to obtain
loans, and to have n resource for their repayment.
The capital is to be $500 900, divided into shares
Of fifty dollars each, the annual dividend being
restricted to ten per cent. per annum. Policy
holders will have preference in obtaining loans,
when the securities they offer are of a satisfactory
character. At the end of the fiscal year the sur
plus which remains, after deducting dividends
and The stock, and after providing for a reserve
and all outstanding claims, will be divided among
the policy-holders on the contribution plan, the
shares to be used in reduction of the premiums.
These are the main points in the enterprise,
which is fathered by Elizur Wright, a man of
great experience in life Insurance matters. 1t is
an innovation upon the present way of doing life
insurance but it presents attractions and privi-
leges such as are not offered by any strictly life
Mon who need homes and the money to build
them, to insure their lives and provide for their
families in two ways. 1t will induce men to
become capitalists by saving their money that it
may earn money. The operation of the plan
must necessarily be confined to the place where
tie bank is established. Upon its success will
depend the establishment of similar corporations
in all the large towns throughout the land, and n
consequent revolution in the manner of conduct
ing life underwriting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-07
TO LOVERS OF GOOD BUTTER.

INCREASED MY F~ACILITIES
for the MANUFACTURE OF BUTTER, l am now pre-
pared % furnish a limited number Of families, m addition TO
present customers, with a superior article. delivered fresh
from the Dairy, every WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
The proximity ofmy Dairy to the City, its elevated position,
the abundance OF fresh Ehter, air and fresh grass, the appli-
cation Of the most approved modern process OF manufacture,
with my personal atteatiOn 10 al the details. and the mos;
scrupulous regard to neatness In its every stage, from the
COW to the customer. enables me 10 ensure an article, unequsn-
ed in the market. and at a reduced price.
5a4 j. II. WOOD,