Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-24

s,r notices over four lines!
How A NEw York ELopING. ERRlSG WIFE
WAS TREATED. --ODc day last week the Herald
c,ntyined the following personal =
70 Mrs. w. 4. B--Your departure is for
ylyau, aud you viii iin'i sufficient sum 10 bank
to provide for your wants: W. n. d.
These hucs probably fell upon the eyes they
were lntcnicd Tor, and the history OF an erring
wornau vas thereby changed. The clrcuh
stances are known ut somc OF the cu'S. and
NAV b.. briefly stated thus: The woman Is the
wife ol a d"wn town merchant They have
E,crn boarding on west 23i street, In sight Of
the Filth Avenue Hotel; and during The ab
scnco of the husband the woman has been re-
crlvnp frequent clandrstinc visits from man
who prcttnds to be u physician. How lar the
iulmacy progressed Is only known to the par
ties, but it recently came to tho husband 5
Knowledge, and nc demonstrated with the wife
inr crcatug a scandal amo: & the nelghb0rs.
Tie told her that If she received visit agalh
'r1m her niar friend, unless he was prc>-
cut, he should certainly knew 1t by tee-
graph, as nc should employ detectives IN
watch her. The woman resented the lm
puatlon with spirit, anu the next day
packed her trunk and started for the intr.
rlor OF the State She sent her husband word
that she had left him forever aud never d, sired
to see him again. In some way tn" party whose
visits had caused all the trouble learned her
whereabouts ,wo days after, aud prepared to
follow her. On the same train which carried
INN lnlo the village where the errlug woman
was hldiug herself the Herald containing this
pnsobal arrived The woman saw It before
she saw her deceivcr, aud was SO affected by
l. H.. sl>,&l l.. h 10 nol. =
was altered. The next afternoon she returned
n,re to her boarding house, and took her old
place without word. The husband found her
on his return home 10 the evculug as usual,
and ncver asked word of explanation or u
tered !; sigh of reprvach \ happier woman IN
hgI new life is nowhere to be found. They
have never exchanged word on the subject of
hcr Disappearance, but she couhded the story
t. scar female friend, and what one woman
knows he world knows, and So it is with this
story. The initials are those Of real uamcs.-
y. !. Cor Chicago Iribune.
NR. KERR a Liberal THINKER. "A
correspondent Of the New York Sun wri IS
tia. 10 religious matters Mr. Kerr was Iibe!-
a thinker. lie might be said to have been u
raonalist, accepting nothing which did not
bear the impress Of probability. Without a.
mitt!ng the divinity Of Jesus Christ, he was an
advocate Of II code Of morals. To be honest
a,d true and Just Was in hls belief to be good
CHRISTIAN Il srly one afternoon he was visited
by he Rev. Mr. Harris, president Of the lie.
mae nluary at StauntoD, who, with view
to sounding him as to his religious views, ask
cd Il hope you arc prepared tor a better llte
hcrrattcr Mr.. Kerr p
The reply was u prompt inclination ot the
head in the affirmative.
Again the minister asked, 81 trust you have
a tirm faith IN the merits of Our Lord aud Sa
your Jcsu Christ p
After m1ncut's hesitation, 10 which he
seemed to be carefully weighing the question,
Nr. k"rr shook his head slowly. 1t .sa tue
di>luttloD to make, aud one worthy OF the hue
ara!ytlcaI MUD, which maintained ltssuprema
cy 20 the last.
Fi1iiug that Speaker Kerr could not carry
on a conversation, Mr.. Harris promised to pray
in HIN, to which Mr.. Kerr whispered, L
thank you
To Mr. Cox's irquiry, whether he was con.
tent to die, he nodd d tranquil assent.
A lew days before bis death Mr.. X RI had
ac1uvcrsatlon with his sou, 10 the course OF
which he said Il have oothiug to leave you,
NY sou, except my good name. Guard II aud
y,lr mothers honor and 1--we as lived. - he
leaves very little Of this worlds goods-not
enough to supply his family with livUg. ln
tie same conversation he further said Pay
al ly debts, if my estate will warrant II with.
ont cavlog your mother penullcSs; otherwise,
ply what you can, and then go to my creditors
an: tell them The truth. and pledge your hon.
or 10 Wipe out the Indebtedness.
luz FIFTH AVENUE OF CAIRo.-A CORES
poud III OF the San Francisco Chronicle says:
Al that is lovely and unlovcy iu Cairo h"dS
Is way TO the Shoobra; the beauties and the
beasts, the prluces, the bccg.rs, the camel
ralu> a;d the ,dlS and euds OF humanity.
! u drive up Que siic of the Way aud down
HE otner, ogllug a"d bclug ogled to your hcart
c'ntc1f. The tat geutlemao III European cos
tame, witt, u taboosh aud half dozen noun :
CO a1ruGln,s, l. the khcdiv'. 10 that close
c'7rla~ under the protection ol eutuch On a
>"rnHti horse a7e two OF his iavorlte wives,
III A-wmtc ClrcaSSan beauties, with their laceS
>""thai IN owy folds of gauz :; the exquisite
rrnlnc lips, even the faint rose tlut OF the
coeek II visible through this coqucttlsh mask;
"'l' archci eyebrows aud eyes as black aS
atht are busy with the world they Know 50
IHlr Of
lovely beyond description are these slaves,
'ui spite If this d4zz,ing lovellucSS you eau see
th'' lt,- chiefly artificial. The eyebrows are
''t1tcd; the ryciids are tipped with kohl, ana
'lhr. hnc extending from The ou. r corners OF
'he ryr max : them seem mueh larger than
''ey are. inat white skin Is sottcned aud maize
H'lt"r with pow Ter; the flush of the cheek and
,,'' gov of the lips have been heightened tor
"c uctaSlon and all that gauZe that covers the
4trhcsd IKE turhau, ami the lower part OF
''e 'acc Ike a transparent mask, adds immense
;io the hrllIiaucy Of these feminine charms.
" MI cameI's nair shawls covered with rich
S,1 1 embroidery, lemon colored kids, and with