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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-02
British Columbia Minerals.

TORONTO, August 17.-Oficial
returns from British Columbia
show that in 1894 the aggregate
value of precious metals mined in
the province was $l,0O0,000. Last
year the value was S5,038,000, and
this year the output will be great
81, judging from the three months
ending July 25th, when the es-
timated value of gold smelted and
shipped was l,l70,000.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-02
MONEY FOR AN ACTRESS
AkFr nv MAN WHO wEDDED AND
ROBBED HER.
A Romance THAT Began In Chicago
Married on short
Notice.

New YORK, August 17.--Pauline
Bradshaw, beautiful actress, was
married in Chicago four years
ago to Count Vladimir Rostowski,
an alleged Russian nobleman,
after a courtship of two hours.
81 am negotiating for the estab-
iishment of great ship yard
here" said the Count to Pauline
the morning after the marriage.
II shall have to see the Mayor.
You must not be impatient if l
chance to remain away a trifle
long" When Pauline opened the
casket where she usually kept her
diamonds the contents were gone.
So were several hundred dollars
in cash which the same box had
contained. Count Vladimir Ros-
towski never retul ned - neither
did the valuables. .
Several weeks ago Pauline
came to New York, and, while
waiting for something to turn up,
she received a letter which had
come from Russia by way of
Chicago, New Orleans, San Fran.
cisco, Omaha and Philadelphia.
1t had gone the round of all the
places at which Pauline had lived
and had taken five months to do
so. The letter was from a Rus
sian notary, who begged to in
form Miss Pauline Bradshaw that
there was fortune Of $4,000
rubles waiting for her in st.
Petersburg. A man named Paul
Sadowski had, according to the
notary, bequeathed her that
amount.
Sadowski had amsssed a great
fortune in South Africa and had
returned last year to his native
country. For awhile he led life
of mad gayety, making it difficult
for even the richest of the wildcap
young noblemen who took him
into their revels to keep pace with
him. Last January all this chang
ed. Sadowski became retiring,
and, in a short while, began fire.
auenting the churches. In March
he fell sick and three days later
wos dead. Among his effects was
codicil to his will bequeathing
$4,000 rubles to Miss Pauline
Bradshaw of Chicago in consider
stion of a great wrong he had
once done her, and for which he
begged her forgiveness.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-02

Nicely furnished rooms at the
Popular House, l54 Fort street,
from $l.0O per week up. y
There is q handsome piece of
property, 70xl00 feet, on the cor
ner Prospect and Hackfeld streets.
1t is all fenced ready for building
and water pipes are laid On. En-
guire of FL N. Dow. y.
City Carriage Co.. j. S. And.
fade, manager. II you want a
hack with good horse and care
tul driver ring up telephone l13,
eorner of Fort and Merchant
str" IS. Hack at all hours.
Seattle is fast becoming a great
city. One thing which makes il
famous is Seattle beer, which you
fnd at the Criterion. A good
thing always makes its mark.
This is one of the best things on
earth.
The Criterion Saloon is a
pleasant place to go to and its
gre,test attraction is the pure,
eoll Seattle beer on draught
there. 1t makes ones mustache
curly and puts new life into the
failing consumptive. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-02
Pacing Record Lowered I.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 2l.-The
stallion Joe Patchen lowered the
worlds stallion pacing record,
held by John r. Gentry, at Rigby
BY a quarter of second in a
fresh wind, making the mile in
2:O3. His quarters were: BOZ
:295-:301- 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
Our Fourth of july Boy.

He started out early, our dear little boy,
With II packs and a nice cannon toy,
A pistol for caps and torpedoes galore,
And 149 pinwheels or more.
We hired man just to watch him al play,
And to follow his footsteps around all the
day;
Ten times in the morning he saved the
dears life,
But was blown up himself and sent home
to his wife.
And at night, when they brought what was
left of our boy,
Our anguish was tempered by small grains
of joy;
For he Sid, as the powder was picked from
his eye,
Il wish at tomorrow was Fourth O. july
Then the doctors came round at our ur-
gent request,
And tackled on his limbs where they fitted
the best;
But the kid only said: I'D be willir' to
die
Every day If twas only the Fourth O.
JULY
N. Y Evening Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
( X c. Fro MI

was but one bridge of any consequence
between Cherokee and Cherryvale, and
intended Stacking up for it. The fire.
man worked like beaver to keep UP
the steam, as the rain cooled the boiler,
making it more difficult to keep the
proper pressure. Along we sped through
the darkness, the flashes of lightning
lighting up the surrounding country
as bright as day, and making it almost
impossible to see at all by the sudden
return to darkness.
AS we neared the Neosho riverI slack
ened the speed, intending to run slowly
over the bridge, when distinctly above
the roar of the train. and the storm
sounded the report of a single torpedo.
Instantly | shut her off, reversed the
lever and applied the brakes. She
slowed down quickly and stopped with
the pilot of the engine projecting over
a chasm-for Neosho bridge was gone!
Tho conductor came running forward
to see what caused us to stop, and when
he saw how nearly had came to pulling
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
SIGNING THE DECLARATION.

and commenced the study of law in the
Temple in London. There he made the
acquaintance of number of Young
EngliShmcn, VINO were afterward quite
as famous as he was.
He returned to America, in 1894, an
accomplished scholar and an accom-
pllshed man, just as the first mutter-
ings of the storm between the colonies
and Great Britain were heard in the
land. How would he, the young aristo-
crat, the heir of countless acres, the man
of European education and training
how would he bear himself in this
struggle between the tyrant and the
oppressed?
The archives of his country and the
rolls of his native state all show that
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, did his
duty nobly. Temptations there must
have been for him to take sides with the
loyal faction, but he chose the side of
the oppressed, and freedom never had
a holder or more eloquent champion
than it had in the rich and patrician
young Marylander.
Always at the front, he was one of a
committee of three, with Samuel Chase
and Benjamin Franklin, to visit Canada
to invite the people of that province to
unite with the Americans in their strup-
gle for independence; he was member
of four congresses, signer of the dec
laration, United States senator, and for
many years a state senator. During all
this time, voice, hand and pen were en-
gagged IN the service of his country.
Perhaps the greatest service he did
was in bringing Maryland into the
rank of states for Independence. The
large majority was opposed to separa-
ton from the mother country, and the
state delegates we've pledged to oppose
the idea in congress. But Carroll was
for separation, and, by his untiring eff
forts he succeeded in changing the SEN
timent of his state to his side.
On the 4th of July, 177G, the very day
the declaration was passed at Phila-
delphia, he was elected to congress, and
thus became one of the immortal galaxy
whose names are affixed to that charter
of our liberties. .. .....
In 1910, when past his three-score
yea@% and ten, Mr.. Carroll retired from
public life, but be was not to retire from
public sight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

the passenger train into the Neosho
river, he trembled like an aspen, and waa
utterly powerless to move.
But about the torpedo signal?
When | told the conductor how hap
pened to stop, in answer to his question,
he laughed at me- How could anyone
put torpedo on the track at that place
and no station within ten miles? | did
not know, but | heard it distinctly, and
so did my fireman, who could no moro
explain its being there than / could
One thing was certain-the bridge was
gone, and there was nothing for us to
do but to back to Cherokee and get
orders, and | jumped into the cab, feel
ing little more queer than ever felt
before in all my railroad experience.
"Oh, Ned, look herei" said my fire.
man, as we stopped at the sidetrack at
Cherokee.
He was holding open his seat-box. [
looked, and the whole thing dawned
upon me.
There, in the bottom of the seat-box,
was a mass of torn, blackened brown
paper, and the fireman's dinner-bucket
and his pipe, which he threw lighted
into the box when getting down from
his seat to put in a fire." and which
had ignited the firecracker fuse.
We were saved horrible death indi-
rectly by my little boy, and never al
lowed Fourth" to pass after that with
out buying him large supply of fire.
works.
When we told the story in Fort Scott,
the railroad fellows would not believe
it; but, after they found it was the
truth, they took up a collection, and now
Larry Doolen, the fireman, is the owner
of the finest meerschaum pipe west of
the Mississippi.-Evert /. Paul, in
Golden DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
A CANNON CRACKER.


l am an old railroad man, having
spent the best years of my life at the
throttle, and have had a great many
hairbreadth escapes and thrilling adj
ventures on the rail. But one dark,
stormy night, nearly ten years ago, l
went through an experience that came
near ending my life, although was not
injured physically in the least.
In those days the railroad companies
used what is called the torpedo system
of signaling much more than at the
present time. The torpedo is simply
little tin cup filled with powder, to
which is attached cap, so that the
pressure of the locomotive in passing
over it will cause it to explode. There
was a regular code of torpedo signals
and when an engineer heard the report.
of single torpedo, which meant STOP"
he lost no time in reversing his engine
and whistling for brakes.
l was pulling passenger train, at the
time the event occurred, on what is
called the Cherryyalc division of the X.
c., FIT. S. & NJ. Il. R., which runs from
Fort Scott, Kan, to Cherryvale. The
road had just been widened from narrow
gauge to standard, and as it had been
raining for the past week, the streams
We're all swollen, and the roadbed was
soft, making travelling at any very great
rate of speed very unsafe. We made the
trip from Chcrryvale to Fort Scott and
back in one day, and all the crex, there
fore, made their homes in Cherryvale.
On the morning of the Sd of July
left home for the roundhouse, prem
Using my little boy to bring him some
fireworks for the Fourth. l made the
purchases at Fort Scott, and among
the fireworks was a large cannon
cracker, which l tossed in the fireman's
seat-bON.
We pulled out of Fort Scott on time,
and in such a rainstorm as / have never
since witnessed. BY the time we arrived
at Pittsburgh we were 20 minutes late
on account of the storm. At the next
station we got orders to run to Chero-
kee and go in the hole as we railroad
men call side-tracking, as a train had
been wrecked west of that place.
We were due out Of Cherokee at5:15;
but before the two cars that had jumped
the track could be got back on the rails
it was eight o'clock, and raining as only
it can rain in southeastern Kansas.
After leaving Cherokee opened the
throttle, and we shot along through the
rain at speed that was frightful, con-
sidering the softness of the roadbed
and the danger of washouts. But an
engineer never thinks of danger when
he is behind time. ..
Thlhcadlight burned with dim, yell
low light, and only pierced the darkness
to the distance of few yards. There
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

acters, with n hand that does not trem-
BILE: Charles Carroll" \ whisper
passes among his associates. If the new
confederacy is crushed by the mother
country, the trainers of this treasona-
BILE document would have to suffer for
their action. There We're a number of
Charles CAROLS then living in the colo
MES, and this particular Charles Carroll
had a chance to escape, which none of
his colleagues could hope for.
The murmur reached his ear as he
arose from the table. He instantly
turned back, picked up the pen again,
and completed his signature in a man
ner that left no doubt as to which
Charles Carroll was accountable.
Doubtless many were wondering why
that one signature, Charles Carroll, of
Carrollton." stands out different from
the rest. 1t is for the reason that the
signer did not intend his identity as a
patriot to be doubtful or misleading.
When he subscribed to that record of
glory, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton,
was in his 10th year, and owner of the
largest fortune IN America.
There go few Millions" said the
wealthy Nirginian planter, Benjamin
Harrison Gather and great-grandfather
of future presidents), as the rich planter
traced his name on the parchment.
Millions would indeed have gone-.for
his possessions were princely-had not
success crowned the American arms in
the long and bloody struggle.
He was the grandson of an Irish gem
tleman who emigrated to Maryland in
1859, and took up vast eState-one of
the last of the old immortal grants. The
manor house that he built still stands
near Annapolis-a huge, roomy old
structure, with its wings and outhouses,
covering an acre of ground.
In this grand old mansion house of
CarrolltOn the future signer was born
on September 90, 1887. Graded in af-
t1uence, the oldest of his fathers sons,
and heir to the immortal property,
young Carroll knew nothing of the
hardships of life. He was brought up
like young prince, had his horses and
hounds, and all the spending money he
liked. Nobody could have seen in the
slim, delicate, carefully-nurtured young
scion of the CAROLS, of Carrollton, one
OF the sternest and truest of patriots.
AT the age of eight years, Charles Car
roll was sent to France for the purpose
of obtaining an education. He spent
six years at the College of st. Omers,
and subsequently he was at Rheims and
Bourges.
In the year 1857 he went to England
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
Not a Question OF Arithmetic.

81 hear you're very good at arithme-
tic, Bobby" said the visitor, pleasantly.
Sure" returned Bobby, without loUk.
ing up from his play.
"Well, if l should tell you when your
papa and your mamma were born could
you tell me how old they are?" asked
the visitor.
4 could tell you how old pap is"
answered the boy.
And not how old mother is?"
The boy shook his head.
"Arithmetic hasn't anything to do
with a woman's age" he said.-Chicago
Post
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ers, the prosperous merchants, the lead
ing lawyers, the official magnates, the
sturdy yeomanry of the new nation
soon to be. Familiar to us almost as
the persons of our own fathers, they
stand grouped in that stately hall, dis
cussing the all-absorbing question
shall these colonies be free and indie
pendent states?
There is John Hancock, the presi-
dent, patrician and courtly to the very
tips of his toes, and sandy-haired, long
Tom Jefferson, the most ardent of demo-
Gratis. Stout, pompous, red-faced John
Adams, and the white-haired, venerable
Ben amin Franklin are there. There,
too, are the slight, wiry Elbridge Gerry,
and portly benjamin Harrison, who
weighed nearly 800 pounds; Roger Sher-
man, grave aud dignifed, and the Qua
ker, Stephen Hopkins who stands with
his hat on. We know them all well.
They vote, and the declara ton is passed
America is free. 9a,3it'- i.--a as
Then comes another day-August
OF the same memorable year. Nearly
the same group is assembled in the same
hall. They have met this time to sign
the great charter of our liberties. There
As no hesitation, no hanging back, no
weakness, though every signer knows
full we'll the import of his action. They
will all be marked men, declared rebels
to the king, and perhaps be hung for
treason. But not man refuses to sign.
One after another the delegates go for
ward to the table and place their sig
natures on the parchment, where John
Hancock has already placed his name
in that bold, defiant and ornate hand of
his. Every man watches his neighbor
rs he writes.
BY the side of Samuel Adams, talking
in a friendly way, is man every way
different in look and dress. Adams is
plain and democratic, even more so
than Jefferson, and has been schoolcd
in the hardest of all schools adversely.
His companion is to the manor born,
rich and aristocratic as an English no
bic. and the inheritor of a great name.
'9ut his patriotism is as ardent as that
Of the New England Puritan, and he is
willing to sacrifice even more.
And now it is his turn to go forward
to tSfc table. He takes the goose-quill
and signs his name, in we1l-defined char
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

''There, Willie" said the Las moth
er, lis ten cents for you. Now, what
are you going to do with it?"
Save it up to buy fireworks for the
Fourth of July" replied the boy, in a
tone whose positiveuess was almost de.
1iant.
why, Willie, you know you are saw.
ing up your money to give TO tn.
heathen."
"Yyes'm, but the Chinese ar,
heather, aren't they"
yes, dear" ........
"And the Chinese make the flrecracl1'
ers, don't they?" ... ..t. ... .
81 am told they do" .....
"Well, then, the heathen1l get my
money just the same, so it's all right
Burlington (Ia.) Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

On July 4, 1921, the fact that only
four of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence were still living was no
ticed in many of the newspapers OF the
time. Thirty days afterward, one Of
them, William Floyd. of New York, was
dead. The death of John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1926, left
Charles Carroll the last surviving
signer. He lived almost seven years
longer. On July 4, 1923, after he had
passed the age of 90 years, in the pres
ence of a vast concourse of spectators,
and attended by an imposing civic pro-
cession, ne laid the cornerstone of the
Baltimore q Ohio railroad. He died
November IA, 1882, at the age of 95 years.
1t is customary to suppose tha1only
the lower and middle classes embraced
the cause of liberty i'll the revolutionary
contest. But this opinion is notswar-
ranted by the facts. Many of the
wealthiest men in the colonies were
ardent patriots. Washington and the
Lees, of Virginia, were wealthy men.
John Hancock and Robert Morris were
each the most atfluent individual in his
respective state. The Livingstons, of
New York, ranked among the greatest
landholders in the country. But of all
the patriots of the revolution, none
risked so much, none had so much to
lose, as Charles Carroll, of Carrallton.
1t is pleasant to know that he Il I'D
down an undiminished estate r.,
children, one of whom was subsequent
ly governor of his native state. And the
name is still one of honor in Maryland.
Fred MYron Colby in Golden DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

at seems to me-" observed one of the
neighbors, happening along during the
afternoon of the glorious Fourth, you
might have put flag or two on the
front of your house."
"We did" answered the wild-looking
man on the veranda, but we had to
take them down and use Their for
bandages. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Pretty Daughter-Mother, when will
be of age?"
Mother-When you are 18.
Cant l get married before that"
Indeed you shan't! Not a day"
Homely Daughter-Must l wait until
1 am is, too?
Mother-No-o-er-my dear. You
have such an old head CT your Shout
ders that l am sure you will choose
wisely. Marry when you like.-N. Y
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

First Baggage-Smasher-Say, Jake,
I'm thinkin' it 'ud be money in cur
pockets if we'd begin handlin' trunks
more kearful.
Jake-Why wud it?
because the more we smash 'em the
bigger, and stronger, and heavier they
make 'em. I've struck three this morn
in made out of regular boiler iron. Me
backs most broken. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Catherine, you are brunette, be-
lieve?"
Yes, madam"
"Are you engaged to the coachman
next door?"
"Why, no, madam never saw him. >
Put there was red hair in your
soup last evening"
"Ah, madam, you forget that mon.
sieur, your husband, has auburn hair
La Monde Comique.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
No Great Advantage.

Mr.. Highlive Cooking up from the pa
per)-Well, we'll! Wonders will never
cease! They've got so now that they
can photograph in colors. ..
Mrs. Might've (glancing at his nose)
i think, my dear, you'd better get
your picture taken before the old pro-
cess is abandoned.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

what you want to avoid" said the
publisher to the struggling author, lis
writing over the heads of the people"
Il know it," was the answer. Il was
depending on getting you to take this
book so that / could come down out of
the attic and do my work on the Parlor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Mrs. Meanitall-Don't you think ii Il
woman could have a whole house full of
husbands she would have one fayorits,
just as the Turk has favorite wife?
Mr.. Shrudeieigh-Of course. They
would not all have the same Incomes
BROOKLYN Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
Hard Hit.

"You ought to see how expert Mrs.
Payson is with Indian clubs"
Il fancy she is an adept with another
aboriginal weapon"
"Why SOP"
Did you ever notice the place where
Payson's scalp lock ought to be?"-To
Date.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
Ruined by His EIoquence.

Flows your son, the barrister, get
ting on?"
Badly, poor fellow. He's in prison."
Indeed"
Eyes; he was retained by burglar
to defend him, and he made so good
plea in the burglars behalf that the
Judge held him as au accessory."-Tit-
Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Dora (shyly)-i became engaged to
Mr.. Atherton last night.
Cora-Oh, you lucky girl! You are
sure to have perfectly lovely time this
summer now You know was engaged
to him myself last year.-Someryille
Inl11.nnl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
HER FIRST AFFAIR.
What She Would Say,

what would you say" she asked her
dearest friend, If l told you that was
engaged to the COUNT" ...
I'm sure l don't know" replied the
dearest friend absent-mindedly, II
wouldn't be exactly surprised, you
know, because l never did think much
of his taste. Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
Neat Way of Putting 1t.

Two friends met recently after many
years absence. The one said to the
other; We'll, old chap, and how have
you been getting on in the world? ?"
well" was the reply, las a failure !
have been distinct success. But as
success l have been complete failure"
-Tit-BitS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

"I've seen the machine workers. said
Senator Sorghum's emissary.
How do they feel?"
"Their enthusiasm is beyond meas
ure.'
'No it isn't. There is always one
way of measuring their enthusiasm"
"How?"
'By the barrel. "-Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Louise-Harry, l hate to ask you,
but tell me, do you snore in your sleep?
Harry-Sometimes, darling; you
know an active business man doesn't
get time to snore when he's awake
Tit-Rits.