The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-26
BOZEMAN, M T, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1883
Was Charlie Ross Murdered .?

Was Charlie Ross Murdered
A story reached Philadelphia from
Newark, n j.. last week purpOrting to
give some revelations in the Charlie
Ross mystery, showing the child's fate.
The tale is founded upon some papers
said to have been discovered among the
efforts of the late police captain, William
R. Helms. These papers were letters
written BY the abtluctors Of the boy to
the father, but whicl, were never re-
ceived by Mr.. Ross.
The last letter written to Mr.. Ross by
the ahtluctors wa, dated Nov. 6, 1874,
and contained definite threat against
Charles life unles the ransom of $2O.OO0
| was forth coming by Nov. "a, succeeding.
Several letters previous to this were
worded similarly. The letters which
are alleged to have been among Captain
Helms effects bear date of Nov. % and
"a. They are of the same threatening
nature, and fix Nov. "a as the last day
of the child's existence unless Mr.. Ross
met certain parties in New York and
produced the required ransom.
There she Sits, old Christian mother,
ripe for heaven. Her eyesight is almost
gone, but the splendors of the celestial
city kindle up her vision. The gray light
of heavens morn has struck through the
gray locks which are folded back over
the wrinkled temples. She stoops Sery
much under the burdea of care she used
to carry for her children. She sits at
home, too old to find her way to the
house of God; but while she sits there
all the past comes back, and the children
that forty years ago tripped around her
arm chair, with their griefs, and joys
and sorrows-those children are gone
now. Some she brought UP are in bet
ter realm, where they shall neverdie, and
others out in the wide world, testing the
exccllencv of Christian mothers dis
cipline Her last days are full of peace,
and calmer and sweetcr will her spirit
become, until the gates lift and let in
the worn-out pilgrim into eternal spring
tide and youth, where the limbs never
ache and the eyes never grow dim, and
the staff Of the exhausted, and decree it
pilgrim shall become the palm Of the
immortal athlete.
DR.. Stewart, the pastor ola New York
church, has been painting the portrait Of
the charming young woman" of the
period. He says that her ''swect eyes
weep in sympathies' and that she has
"beautif,l hands for charity All this
is very nice: but the charming young
woman whom every young man is lanx-
ious to take some day or another before
DR.. Stewart for the purpose Of having her
name changed il expected to do some
thing else with her eyes besides sympa-
thetic weeping. He thinks that if she
were to employ them in finding out the
exact moment when becisteak is done
to nicely, or when button shows
symptoms Of going off on an excursion
from the shirt bosom, they would be
more useful and attractive. Hands for
charity" arc to be priced, indeed, hut the
hands that can make their owners sweet
things in dresses as we'll as warm biscuits
are invaluable. If they have thorough
acquaintance with the broon-corn brush
they are still more inestimable. Hands
and eyes with these recommendations
are in constant demand.
The best and highest pleasures are
those we evolve, not those which we
receive. Faithful and honest work
does, it is true, bring competence, friends,
respect, perhaps fortune, or fame, or
honor; but it does much more than this.
1t developes our powers, strengthens
our characters, cheers our spirits, gives
us selfrespect, enhances oar value and
inf,ses an interest in life of which
nothing can deprive us. e.f
Eleven clergymen tried to convince
Henry Dickerson, condemned murder
er, that his life had been an evil one and
that he ought to repent before he was
swung off. Whether they succeeded or
not is uncertain, but he delivS little
sermon from the gallows that deserves to
be remembered. He said: Il advise
all YOU saints and sinners not to fool too
much with whisky" 1t will require an
eloquent temperance lecturer to beat
that speech, either in its brevity or its
truth.
A young lady reading in newspaper
the other day Of a girl having been made
crazy by a sudden kiss, called the atten-
ton of her uncle, who was in the room,
to that singular occurrence, whercupon
the old gentleman grtiily demanded
what the fool had gone crazy for. "What
did she go crazy for:?"" archly asked the
ingenious maiden. why, for more. ]
SUPPOSE y ...H
1t is no disgrace not to be able to do
everything; but to undertake, or pre-
tend to do, what you. are not made for. is
not only shameful, but extremely trouble
some and vexatious.
Nothing impairs authority more than
too frequent or indiscreet Use Of it. Ii
thunder itself was n Ike continual 1t
would excite no more terror than the
noise of mill.
Nome are SO fond of secrets as those
who do not mean to keep them such
persons covet secrets rs spendthrih
does money, for the purpose Of circ"la-
ton.
The fruit Of liberal education is not
learning, bit the capacity and desire to
learn; not knowledge but power.
U;..hos ora loss wealth than is learn