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The Beaufort Republican.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.
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VOL. IV. NO. 2. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1873.
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FLOOR Oil.
CLOTHS.
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any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap
FLOOIt OIL CLOTHS, from COc. a yard up. Table
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CARPETS.
Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of new dosigns.
A full stock of low-priced carpets fromj 30c. a
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LACE CURTAINS.
French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites."
Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durablo and cheap, from $3.50
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CORNICES AND BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnat and Gill
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Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops.
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WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color.
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RUGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and beautiful Rugs.
Door Mats, from 60c. up to ths best English Cocoa,
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100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
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New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the different
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Mattings laid with dispatch.
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3,0^0 Rolls Wall Papers and Borders in new patterns,
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| Solicitor Second Circuit,
p Beaufort, S. C.
' Bept.l-ly.
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public. He may be found at bis residence,
Gam? Hill, near Varasville,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
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the arrival of truius. AKo accommodations for man
and beast, near the depot.
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AND
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AND
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Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am pre.
pared to do first-class work.
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Guaranteed by the use of the
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,
Now being put down in this County. They aro
And give universal satisfaction. Pure Water can be
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Net Yarns, Fish Lines <? Cordage,
Glass, Paints and Oils,
White Lead and Turpentine.
Special attention Riven to mixing Paints, and
Glass cut to order of any size. febll
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AXD
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Address,
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P. O. Box 865. Savannah, On.
W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
Old Furniture put In good order, Picture Frames
made. Mattrasses (tuffed at the shortest notice.
Corner Bay and Slnth Streets.
M1MT
I'm Nearer Home To-day.
'? One eweetly solemn thought
Comes to mo o'er and o'er,
I'm nearer homo to-day,
Than I ever was before.
'Nearer my Father's house,
Where the many mansions be,
Nearer the great White Throne,
Nearer the crystal sea.
" Nearer the bounds of life
Where we lay our burden down,
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer wearing the crown.
"But lying dark between,
Winding down through the night,
Is the dark and shadowy stream
That bursts at last into light.
"Father, perfoct my love,
Strengthen the might of my faith,
Let me feel as I would when I stand
On the rock of the shore of death.
" Feel as I would when my feet
Are slipping down on the brink,
For it may be I'm nearer home,
Nearer than I think."
?phckbe Caby.
THE GOLD FIEND.
Some twenty years before the Declaration
of Independence had been written,
there lived on the very summit of the
Orange Mountain, in New Hampshire,
a most violent, ill-tempered man.
Kraus was his name?Farmer Kraus he
was called, for he owned many a goodly
acre on the meadow 6ide, and he was
famous all over that couutry of forests
for his skill in clearing the thick undergrowth
and fine old trees that had lived
in undisturbed solitude probably many
centuries.
His house, poorly built of rude logs,
stood on a bold rock that overhung the
road, and on eac. side stretched dark
and gloomy forests of magnificent trees.
Far away in the blue distance rose
hill upon hill, undulating like the big
waves of a mighty sea. Here and there
the sparkling waters of a little lake met
the eye, but it was all cold, cheerless
and desolate, for King Winter had set
his icy hand upon the face of the earth
and the noble pines and hemlocks and
spruces were clad in their virgin garb
of white. Yes, it was cold and cheerless,
but grand and striking. Our
Farmer Kraus, however, did not enter
into the poetical nature of the scene as
ho gazed from his door-step over the
magnificent prospect before him. He
stood witn iiis arms crosseu, iiuggiug
the muzzle of a long fowling-piece to
his breast, and he muttered between his
set teeth?
"Yes, yes, wo shall see?all these
goodly acres will be mine?mine, but I
must work carefully, cautiously. He,
the fool, refuse mo his sister?hush !
Let him look to himself, for I will mur
n
"Ah ! ah! ah 1"
Kraus started in terror.
The confines of the dark forest glowed
with a red supernatural light, and demoniac
peals of laughter echoed across
the mountains.
"Ah I ah ! ah ! Ah ! ah I 'ah ! Kraus
for ever ! Ah ! ah ! ah !"
The farmer reeled, for he was faint
with terror. Big drops of perspiration
stood upon his brow, his knees trembled
beneath him ; never in all his experience
had he heard anything half bo
awful. He listened in anguish, expecting
every moment a dreadful death,
but the gloomy forest presented its
former vista of dusky darkness, and
the hush of silence overspread the
scene.
Kraus rose. Ho had dropped on his
knees in his fright. Ho kicked the
door of the hut open, and lit the pine
wood gathered on the hearth. Then he
took a burning brand from the fire, lit
his pipe, and cursed again.
"Bah," he said, as the black smoke
ascended in spiral wreaths to the
rafters. "Bab, it was my imagination,
or the wind whistling through the
trees."
Kraus jumped to his feet.
Again, and yet again came the curdling
yell, breaking distinctly on the
farmer's ear.
"Ah! ah! ah! Kraus! Kraus!
noble Kraus ! Ah ! ah ! ah !"
This was too much for the farmer.
He rushed to the door, barricaded it
with heavy logs, and then returned tc
the fire, near which he spent the night
in the grestest agony of mind.
But Kraus soon forgot all about the
mountain spirits, and went on as usual
with his busy, bad schemes for acquiring
property wrongfully.
Far down in the Orange valley, neai
the spot where the little town of
Canaan now stands, lived Robert .Montgomery,
a hearty, well-to-do Scotchman.
Kraus hated this man with all
the bitterness of a malignant heart, foi
Montgomery was an upright, God-fearing
farmer, and had always stood up
against the wrong-doings of his mountain
neighbor.
Robert had an only sister?Claracelebrated
in all the country round foi
her gentleness of demeanor and striking
beautv. She had been sought in marriage
by all the young men of those
parts, but more particularly by KrauB,
who had frequently met her in the
mountain passes and who really loved
her.
But her brother gave him distinctly
to understand that his sister never would
or could be his.
" Sooner," said he, "would I see her
dead at my feet than the wife and com
panion ot sucn a man.
Kraus said nothing, bxit ho returned
to his log hnt, took down the fowlingpiece
hanging over the chimney, examined
the priming and put it back
again.
" Not yet," he had said.
Six months had passed away since
that day, but Kraus still bore the insult
in his breast.
Winter had now set in with a vengeance.
Snow fell fast and thick for
days at a time ; but the farmer went on
with his work?falling huge trees and
drawing them out of the forest with
oxen as if nothing had happened.
One evening as Kraus sat by his
lonely fire, smoking his pipe and gazing
at the burning brands, he heard the
pattering of feet outside the hut, and
?
immediately after a loud knock broke y
upon his listening ear. The farmer w
drew the bolts quickly and flung the o'
door open, growling out his displeasure
at being disturbed at such a time of the e<
night. A little dapper man stood before
him, warmly clad in furs, a thick j<
beard spread out over his breast. He I
laughed gayly as he slipped into the n
room. tl
" Good-evening, neighbor," said he.
"What do you want?" said Kraus,
gruffly. p
" Nothing particular, my friend," n
said the little man, as he sat down on t*
a log, "nothing particular." and ne
looked at the farmer roguishly. p
Kraus felt uncomfortable.
" Then you had better clear out of e
here," he said. 8(
" Come, come, neighbor, the weather
is not fit for a dog, let alone a man. ],
Ah ! ah ! ah !" b
Kraus felt hot.
" What do you want ?" he asked,
menacingly. y
" Just a little chat with you on business,"
returned the little man, as he s
warmed the palms of his hands before 0
the fire. " Sit down." y
The farmer sat down. s
" You know the Devil's Peak ?"
said the little man. a
Kraus nodded. ij
" I live there I"
Kraus nodded again, but feebly. v
" I own all the land and forest round
the Peak."
" Then you are "
" Farmer Upton," said the little man.
" Ah !" said Kraus, with a sigh of
relief; What is your business with .
me ?" u
" Gold 1" repeated the other.
Kraus' left eye twinkled with delight.
" Good," said lie.
" And plenty of it," returned the fl
little man. ,
" Where ?" said Kraus. ,
" On the Devil's Peak." _
" Then why don't you take it yourself?"
. ?
" Because I haven't the courage, my p
friend. It requires a man of money, v
bold as a lion and true as steel. Such p
a man I know you to be. I want you to fj
help rue, and I will make you richer t,
than any sovereign in the world." M
" I'm your man," said Kraus. c
" Good," returned the other. " It
will be dangerous. The treasure lies ^
at the bottom of a subterranean pas- j
sage, extending many hundred feet in tj
the earth."
"All right," said the* farmer, "I a
can do it."
".Give me your word that you will ?
come," said the little man. g<
" I swear it," said Kraus. c'
" Ah J ah !" laughed the little man. p
" Noble Kraus! Kraus forever! Ah !
ah ! ah !" p
There was something so demoniac in
this terrible mirth that Kraus' thoughts
reverted for an instant to his fright on
' the mountain, and ho felt uncomfortable.
The laughter was so much alike.
" I never heard of you before," said t,
he." n
"I dare say not," replied the little i
man. "Very few people round here
know me. But you will become better
acquainted with me in a short time, t
I'm a very good fellow. I like people
to enjoy themselves. Ah ! ah ! ah!" n
The little man adjusted his furs and s
rose to depart. s
" Stop," said Kraus. " When is it to
be ?" d
"To-morrow, at midnight." s
"Where?" t]
"On the Devil's Peak." t<
"The summit?" n
" Yes ! Take tho road of tho Witches' a
Hollow. Follow that till you come to t!
Skeleton Marsh. Cross over and ascend li
the mountain tillyou strike Spirit Glen, g
and then whistle three times. When
you hear an answer push boldly up to
the summit, where I shall be'waiting
for you. Good night."
The little man opened the door and
was gone.
Kraus peered out in the darkness, v
but all was solitude. The stranger had o
vanished as if by enchantment. p
Kraus re-entered the hut and medi- d
tated deeply. At last he was about to h
I reach the haven of delight?the richest
man in the world. The farmer scratch- h
ed his head to assure himself that he t!
was not dreaming. No, it was reality; c
but was the stranger's tale true or false? b
The sequel would show. v
Kraus never slept that night. He \i
conjured up pictures of untold gold fi
glittering in the subterranean caverns w
of the peak, mixed up with hosts of I
brilliant diamonds. Ho imagined the n
beautiful Clara 7ready and willing to
take him as her lord and master?Farmer
Kraus no longer, but Prince Kraus a
?his heated imagination having al- n
ready assumed n noble title. Rich and b
powerful what could ho not become? c
So he passed tho night until the gray f
of morning proclaimed tho dawn of an- c
other day. n
But Kraus could not work. He took r
his fowling-piece down from its resting
place and wandered out through the }
mountain passes into the valley beneath.
It was a lovely morning, cold 0
and frosty; tho kindly sun sending his
benignant rays in glorious brilliancy ]
over the mountain top. Even the birds {
seemed to catch and inhale the thrilling 1
feeling that impregnated the atmosphere.
Kraus, however, took no notice j
of tho sun, or the birds, or the land- <
scape; he was still thinking of his gold
' " "> iT? L ,.1,1 i.n
? OI I lie Weaifcll tUUb nuuiu u^v-iuo iu
him, and of the beautiful Clara. Suddenly
lie started back. Right in his (
path stood Robert Montgomery.
"Good morning, neighbor," shouted
the young man.
" Good morning," said Kraus.
" Out so early to breathe the pure air
and hear the birds sing ?" said Robert. \
"Bah 1" returned Kraus, "what do
I care about the morning or the
birds ?" (
" Better for you, friend. It would i
make you a happier man." ]
" Bah 1" said Krauss again, " I have (
something better to think about." i
" Well, every one to their oocupation
and tastes. Out shooting,*! eee.
" No, I took the gun with me un- '
awares. I might, however, find some i
game worth shooting," and Kraus' eye
lit malignantly on Montgomery. I
The young farmer laughed.
" I've no doubt yeu'd like to have a
shot at me, neighbor, I know I've riled <
pu. pretty considerably lately. Bui
here no harm was meant no offense
aghtto be taken."
" I suppose yon have not reconsider
i my proposal ?" said Krans.
" Look ye here, neighbor, that sub
>ct must be dead between us. Wha'
said then I shall stick to now; Clare
ever can be your wife. You are no
tie man for her."
" Perhaps I am not rich enough?"
" No, not that. You know it. If yoi
ossessed all the money in the worl<
ly answer would be the same, and her
JO."
"Well," said Kraus, "you will re
ent of this some day."
" Not I," said Montgomery. " How
ver, don't let an ill-feeling take pos
ession of you. I don't mean offense.'
" But I take it," replied Kraus, "am
5t me tell you, friend, that Clara shal
e mine, and that, too, at no very dis
ant date."
" Beware," said Montgomery, " wha
ou say."
" Bah," said Kraus. " The girl her
elf would accept at once if left to he
wn inclinations. However, vou gi
our wav and I'll go mine, and let th<
equel Bnow."
And so Kraus shouldered his gun
nd left the farmer to reaume his morn
ag's ramble.
The crafty backwoodsman prepare*
imself early that night for his perilou
ndertaking. He filled his belt wit!
istols, and throwing a fur cloak ove
is shoulders, grasped his rifle, and wa
oon far on the way to Devil's Peak.
It was a dark, cloudy night, but th?
irmer knew every inch of the way, an<
y half-past eleven had passed WitcheE
follow and reached Skeleton Marsh.
Ho now felt his way cautiously u]
lie deep ravines and gullies that crosse*
lie mountain side. On he toiled
reathing hard with fatigue, till a
jngth surmounting an immense bat
ier of rocks that obstructed his path
e stood within the glade known a
pirit Glen. Just then the mooi
eeped from beneath a cloud and re
ealed the spectral appearances of th
lace. Tall trees, all blasted by th
ghtning, stood along the pleasant in
*rvals, like immenso giants covere*
uth snow, and over these shone th<
old silvery rays of the orb of night.
Kraus never stopped to shiver. H
'histled shrilly three separate times
figh up on the mountain side he hear*
he answer.
"Ah! ah! ah! Kraus forever. Ah
h! ah!" came the demon laughter.
The farmer's blood curdled ; but i
ras too late to recede. Up he went
printing like a goat from rock to rock
atching at 6tumps and trees as h
assed, for support.
The little man was standing on th
eak.
" Good Zoning, Krans."
" Good evening, sir."
" ? 1 _ At)
.are you reauy :
"Yes."
"Then come along this way." Am
3 the farmer's astonishment the littl
lan disappeared down a ravine tha
[raus had never noticed before.
The backwoodsman followed.
" Where does this lead to ?" he ven
nred to remark.
"Never yon m'nd," said the littl
lan, as ho skipped into a cave tha
uddenly appeared beforo them. " Yoi
hall soon see ; follow mo."
Down they went in the darknessown,
down. A heavy, damp smel
eemed to pervade the atmosphere, bu
tie ground was hard, and Kraus by ex
ending his arms could feel the solid
oeky walls of the passage as he walke<
long. They might have wandered ii
bis purblind way over a mile when th
ttle man suddenly stepped back am
rasped Kraus by the hand.
"Are you timid?" said he.
"No/
"Good. Quite ready for business?"
"Yes."
"Then listen."
Immediately the crashing of thunde
ras heard, heavy reports like the roa
f cannon filled the air, and the whol
lace was suddenly inundated by s
azzling a light that the farmer wc
alf blinded for some time.
When he recovered hissclf-possessio
e found himself in a spacious hall b
lie side of the little man. The floor wa
overed with gold and diamonds, an
?-11" ? L aUAnma<1 frnm nnrnftlfli
illUUIlb ilglim oiiicamcu uvut |/v4uvim?
ases across the apartment. The seen
ras so dazzling and splendid that th
armer's heart beat within him. H
ras about to rush forward to seize npo
he glittering treasures when the littl
lan caught him by the arm.
"Patience," he said. "Look."
Kraus shuddered. Hefore him stooc
s if by enchantment, hundreds of d(
aons, their fiery eyes glowing with s
>aleful a light that Kraus was almos
overpowered with fear. IIo looke
or the little man, but a throue now o<
upied the place where lie stood, and o
, golden chair was peated a teiribl
nonster of gigantic propositions.
"Ah! all! ah! laughed the giant. "Ai
rou frightened, Kraus?"
"No," said the farmer sturdily. "Wh
ire you?"
"I am the Gold Fiend of the Devil
?eak and this is my court." He stretel
id his long fingers toward the assen
)led demons.
"And a pretty shabby-looking cou
t is," returned Kraus, nothing daunte<
'What did you bring me here for?"
"Ah! ah! ah!" laughed the imps.
"For your own good," said the kinj
"That remains to be proved, returi
id Kraus."
"vou bcg that gold ?" said the flend,
"Yes."
"Do you want it ?" .
"Certainly."
"Well, you shall have it, but on
;ain conditions."
"What are they?"
"First and foremost, youmnst sign
sompact with tne ; in short, you mu:
tell me your soul. And in the secon
place you must shoot Robert Mon
romery on the Devil's Peak this vei
light."
"Agreed," said Kraus.
"All 1 ah ! ah I" laughed the imp
"Kraus forever, Kraus forever. Ai
ill! ah!"
A roll of parchment was brought I
die king.
"Bare your arm," said the fiend.
Kraus turned up his sleeve while 01
)t the demons inserted the point of
I knife into the flesh. \The blood trickled
) out freely.
"Take this pen," said the king, "and
- sign your name here "
Kraus took the implement as desired,
- and wrote his name in full on the
k parchment.
i "Is that all ?" he said. 1
t "No," said the fiend. ^"Come here."
Kraus obeyed. 1
"Put your hand on mine. Shut your (
1 eyes."
1 Kraus closed them. I
s "Now open them." i
The farmer was astonished. He was
. standing on the summit of the Devil's |
Peak, with the little man bv his side. ,
"Where's the gold ?" said Kraus.
" There," replied the little man, as ,
" he kicked several bags filled with the 1
j precious metal, "and as many more as .
1 you like when you want them."
Kraus shouldered a bag.
" Hold," said the fiend, "you haven't
t finished your night's work yet."
The farmer let the bag slide to the \
. ground and examined the priming of
r ius rifle, j
3 "When -will he come?" he aaked, <
e sullenly. ]
" Right away. Look. There he is, <
making his way over the rocks."
I Kraus bent on one knee, and aimed <
at the advancing man. i
a "Keep cool," said the fiend. "Aim i
straight." i
" All right," replied Kraus.
" Are you ready ?"
I "Yes."
" Fire !" said the fiend." ,
A blaze of light flashed from the ,
j deadly rifle, and ^lontgomery toppled
, back over the ravine. (
' With a cry of agony Kraus sprang to ,
his feet. It was daylight. He was all
? alone in his log hut on the Orange !
Mountain. No little man, no Mont1
gomery, no demons.
; " I must have been dreaming," said
the farmer. " Heavens ! what a terri'
ble dream, so like the reality. Can 1
? it be possible that I have fancied all 1
I this r
' Kraus looked around. There was
the expiring fire, flickering mournfully
on the hearth, his rifle in its usual
j place in the corner, and his fewlingpiece
hanging over the chimney. Then
came a succession of furious knocks at
the door. Kraus grasped his rifle.
"It must be the Gold Fiend," said
j he.
He opened the door, nevertheless,
, and there before him, hale and hearty,
" stood Robert Montgomery,
j, " Why neighbor, what on earth is the
matter with you ? I've been knocking
'' away at your old door for the last half
1 hour, and the deuce an answer could I
6 get."
Kraus grasped the young man by the
6 hand.
"Come in, Robert," he said, "come
in. God be praised that you are alive
and well."
" Hullo," said the other, "what's in
3 the wind now ?"
"I will tell you," said Kraus.
1 And then he poured into his listener's
ears the whole subject of his night's
emotion.
Montgomery clasped him by the
hand.
" Kraus," he said, " you are a better
t man than I thought. Instead of regretting
the reality of your nightmare, vou
rejoice in its being nothing better than
a dream."
"j " Yes," said Kraus, " and please God
j. I will lead a better life henceforth."
" And you shall have Clara," said the
j" young farmer.
j And so it was. Four months after
Q that eventful night Kraus led to the
0 village church his beautifulyoung bride,
2 and in after years, when he had grown
gray and old, he often looked back with
thanksgiving and delightto his wonderful
dream on the Orange Mountain.
One of Reau Hickman's Tricks.
r Beau once made a raid on the Baltitt.
J.I
e more restaurants. neaeicruiiucu wumc
0 well that day, or know the reason why.
9 Ho walked into Guy's restaurant and
n asked for the proprietor,
y "Sir," said he, "I want the best
s dinner you can giye me."
^ "All right, sir," said Mr. Guy;
e "walk in here," showing him into a
e neat little private room.
e The Beau ate and drank of the best,
" and, just a/ter he had finished his cup
of cafe tioir, and had lit his cabanas,
a servant entered with a folded paper
1, on a silver waiter, which ho gravely
5- handed to the Beau,
o " What is this ?" inquired the Beau,
it "Do bill, sail," said the waiter,
d " Bill; I don't want any bill. Ask
> the proprietor to come here."
n The proprietor appeared, bowing and
le smiling; he hoped there was nothing
wrong, and that his guest had liked his
e dinner.
"I liked the dinner well enough, and
io the wine," said Beau Hickman, "but
I want to know what this means."
s " That's the bill, sir." said the proi.
prietor.
!- " Well, I never pay any oms. x am
Beau Hickman. I don't pay anybody,
rt Besides, you have no right to charge
1. me for this dinner. I asked you for
the best dinner you could give me."
"Well, Beau, you have rung in on
me and get tho better of me fairly,
i- Now I'll not only forgive you for this
trick, but I'll give you $25 if you will
play this trick on the St. Clair, on the
other side of the way."
The next day the Beau fared sumptuously
at the St. Clai:-, and the secne
was reenacted. The bill was presented,
and the proprietor wound up with,
"Beau, I'll give you $50 if you will
a play this off on Guy."
st "My dear, sir,'" said the Beau, "why
[d didn't I call here first. Guy has paid
t- me $25 to play it on you."
7
To Prevent Oil Lamps rnom Smos.
kino.?Take any quantity of onions,
i! bruise them, put all into a retort, and
distil; pour a little of this liquor into
to the bottom of the lamp, and it will give
no smoke. This is an excellent remedy
for that most annoying nuisance, ana
ie i when once once triea it will be apa
I proved of.
Items of Interest.
A convict in the New Jersey State
Prison cut his thumb off to avoid work- ?
ing.
Barnum proposes to get up a fifty
thousand dollar balloon experiment
icfoss the Atlantic.
The working population of the United
3tates is estimated at 13,000,000?onethird
of the population.
A mass of copper was recently taken
From the Cliff mines, Lake Superior
which weighed thirty tons.
The Chicago Journal estimates that
there are 50,000 people in that city
who are living beyond their incomes.
It is said that the Louisville authorities
find it a more speedy cure to send
married drunkards home instead of to
the lock-up.
The whole number of horses in the
United States is estimated at nearly
1,000,000 ; representing the value of
5700,000,000 or $800,000,000.
A wag, in what he knows about farming,
gives a plan to remove widows'
weeds. He says a good-looking man
baa only to say, " Wilt thou ?" and they
wilt.
Snra.ian v>qq liiflior+n mainlv det>ended
jn England for coal, but henceforth
she is likely to derive sufficient for her
needs from her own mines, which are
in process of development.
The charges of bribery against the
Wardens of Newgate, in connection
with the plot for the escape of the Bank
of England forgers, have been proven .
unfounded.
The walls of a building in the town
of Stonehouse, Devonshire, England,
which had been recently burned, fell
down, killing eight persons and injuring
several others.
It is a somewhat singular fact that
most of the papers called Democrat
hold Republican principles, and those
called Republican hold Democratic or
Conservative principles.
The value of the iron exported from
England during the last seven months,
was 22 per cent, greater than that sent
abroad in the same period last year,
but the quantity was about 10 per cent,
less.
Some London milk-dealers have been
recently summoned before a magistrate
for adding water to milk. Each was
fined ?5 and costs. Several New York
dealers have also been fined $50 for the
same thing.
Bavaria, according to the Vaterlanel
of Munich, lost more heavily by far
than any of the German States in the
late war. Where Prussia, called the
"Sword of Germany," lost fourteen,
Bavaria suffered the loss of nineteen.
A number of Italian emigrants are
working on the Ware River Railroad in
Massachusetts. It is impossible to
write their names so as to distinguish
one from another, so they go about
with leather numbered checks on their
necks.
The trne Sir Roger Tichborne is now
reported by a sea captain, in a letter to
the Valparaiso Mail, to be chief among
the natives of Byron's Island, in tho
South Pacific. He is tattooed from
head to heel and hardly to be known
from a native.
There is a schoolmaster in Waterloo,
Iowa, who has been carrying a bullet in
his brain, put there by a school-girl,
ever since last winter. A recent fall
from a wagon forced the ball near the
wound, which had never healed, and
the physicians extracted it.
Two Indians of Mie Peavine tribe of
root diggers recently murdered a girl.
About a week ago they were seized by
the tribe and one was lashed to a sycamore
tree and cut in twain at the waist
with a dull hand saw. The other was
tied to a scrub oak and stabbed to
death.
The toll for carrying wheat from different
points in Minnesota to Milwaukee
or Chicago has been raised from
twenty-one to twenty-four cents a bushel,
and the farmers are grumbling, as
if three cents wus an object to them.
The total exaction from the farmers of
Minnesata by this increase will amount
to 8750,000.
An Indian Aerolite.
A very curious visitor from nnknown
regions is described by a farmer of Tippecanoe
county in the Lafayette (Ind.)
Journal, as follows:
"Mention was made a short time since
of the fall of a wonderful aerolite, in the
lower part of this county. We met Mr.
Harter, who discovered it upon his
farm, nearRomney. The fragments in
all, it is supposed, will amount to about
a thousand pounds in weight, and some
features are presented which will be of
great interest to scientific men. The
aerolites heretofore found are of a solid
and metallic nature, having evidently
struck the earth as compact bodies.
This one is entirely different. From
the traces it is easily determined that
the vast descending globe came hurling
through the air in one glowing, molton
moss, and that at the moment of its impingement
it was in a liquid state. The
fragments are honeycombed, like a cin *
*5 ? ??t limit* woifflif.
aer, ana vary m wvu
It is further evident that the globe was
hollow, from the smoothness of the concave
parts. The outside presents the
| appearance of a soft body that has
struck upon solid particles, as the indentation
of grass blades, straws and
sticks are plainly discernible. One of
the fragments had fallen on a large
stick of wood, and conforms to it exactly.
The very texture of tbe wood can be
seen. Further than they fell around
the spot where the main bodies were
found numerous little balls of the same
material varying from a shot to an ordinary
sized marble. They were perfect
spheres, and can be accounted for
upon no other hypothesis than that the
rapid revolution of the liquid mass in
its descent threw off these particles by
centrifugal force. Parts of the material
have been subjected to intense heat
without tbe least effect being produced,
and they show unquestionable evidence
of igneous action. A box of these fragments
will be shipped to the Smithsonian
Institute, ana the remainder are intended
for tbh Purdue Agricultural College."