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"by W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1875. VOLUME XXIII-NO 35.. WILL E3 I ABBE < I Saturday, I THE WORLD'; jmsi MOST STARTLING AMUSEI 'jy&irir&mtiri A Deluge of Marvels un POSITIVELY 1IIE LA RG E CIRCUS EVER DOES NOT TRAVEL BY RATL HIGHWAY, USING 1,000 MEN , Great European Zoological Ai oiseum, Equesttlan Congr and Thrilling Ball( managem SELLS B The history of this vast scries of ruoi CI.-l U III 1IIIO net! O.V.I..V, . VV ?..^T >.fce and populariiy, until to-day it take . fBlows." The salient features of this rtfenagerie, larger than any other on tlx tie rarest zoological wonders. Here m " the beauty, majesty, docility, singular r of the wild beast kingdom, of every lai burning sands of Asir., the forests oi swamps and pampas of South America copparel of Mexico and the palace j>ens ral treasures to make complete this vasl * A museum which, for variety aud eitei derful curiocities, freaks of nc.tur?, hu triumphs of automata and mechanical < prise of man. ,"d. Tl.e Roypl Collosseu V^>rts, games and pastimes of the ancii mJe of its ancient prototypeat Rome, tl nj3ii>, anu irom ner mrune tn nanny Q&ngress is oomjvosed of the lending r friendly strife, compete for the title of t In a separate teDt, and far removed frot ?ake place the circus performance, whU fiwt-class artist** will appear in this lira a tight, particular star, whose thrilling t?mc achievements will be enlivened GM, The trained animal department. w embraces the greatest number of tKi world. Trained lions, tigers, leopa arA monkev, brought to a degree of per will take place upon the arrival Traveling World'* Fair \ tirety at every place > Ticket admits to all. T at 1 P. M. Will also Exhibit at Lovuuh THTiI PR1 Apernicou, or steam cai five miles. 8th. The thrilling with human beings, will at reach the highest altitude, will ec will positively be exhibited f< ? VALUABLE ^Jantattok . EAR RFNTH ..?r % > H T 4 TIHE PLANTATION, WFJjj rkuown as the BELCHER PLA C:J adjoining lands of Thomas ThomsOJ f?sqM Mrs. McComb, andotl\ers, will ft rented out on the place, to the higher /bidder, oa u' \ mi__l?j 1PI1. -n C j.ijurbua,y, xdlu way ui i/cuciu ber, 1875. fttll o'clock, A. M., for the full term o one year, commencing the 1st day o January 1876, and ending on the 31s /day of December, 1S76. jk A bond, with two approved securitie ( .will be required for the payment of tin The rent is to be paid in bankabl currency, on the first day of November 1875. W. ROSENBERG, ASSIGNEE. I Dec. 1, 1875 S4-3t ^ r 0 POTATOES, NIONS and Cabbage, can alway be found at TBOWBRIDGE'S. HIBIT AT VILLE, December 11! S WONDER T T JENT ENTERPRISE ON THIS .etl CStIoTdo J der an Ocean of Canvass!! ST MEN A GERIE AND BEST IX CAROLINA! ROAI). RUT MOVES OVER TIIE \XD HORSES TO TRANSPORT IT. ssociation, Museum, Royal Col ess, Strictly Moral Circus, >on Race, under the eut of tlie irter exhibitions records a succession of show. Year after year it has grown in n rank as "The towering giant among its masterdon show are: 1st. A stupendous i American continent, and replete with 18V he contemplated, in perfect security, epulsiveuess, massiveness and xavageness id aud. clime, as fully represented. The f Africa, the ice fields of the North, the l, the vast plains of North America, the of Egypt, have all contributed their natu i International Zoological Institute. 2d. lit, embraces the greatest number of won irn&n and brute wonuers, snciesu renus, achievements ever collected bytheentcr ui, in which art* introduced the wonderful ;nt gladiators. It in a faithful representa he "Eternal City" that "sat upon seven ruled the world." 4th. The Equestrian iriero of both hemispheres, *? ho will, in ,'hatnpion. 5th. The strictly moral circus, n either of the above departments, will li lias no t<juai in America. uvci uuv rich of the great show, each and every one ir acts of equitation, equilibrium ami cales ; by the witty sayings of four great clowns. A characteristic feature of the European trained animals ever seen in one show in rds, elephants, horses, ponies, dogs, gouts feet ion bordering on the marvelous. 7th. of music. Plays by steam, and may be Balloon Race. Tv.o mammoth balloons, iCend simultaneously, and when the bal lupete in a race through the cjouds. All :>r one price of admission. ocKBSioisr. of the Show, will be the finest ever seen vill not divide, but will exhibit in its en uivertised, rain or shine. wo Performances. Doors open and 7 P. M. 'scillc, Monday, December 13/A. State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. By THOMAS B. MILLFOKD, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, \V. M. Taggart made suit to ine to grant him Letters of Administration, dc bonis non, cu?n tr.Htamento annexo, of the Estate and pffi'cts of J! W. (jriltin, late of Abbe vilk' County, deceasee. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. W. Griffin, deceased, that they bo and appeal before me, in the Court of I'rouate, U be held at Abbeville Court House, on the 14th instant, after publication here of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should notbegranted Given under my hand and seal, thh 27th dav of November, in the yeai sif ntir t.nr<l nne thousand eisrht bun dred and seventy-live, and in the oik hundredth year of American Inde' j. pt ndence. j. Published on the first and eighth days t of December, 1875, in the Abbevill* P/'iWf and Banner, and on the Couri House door for the time required b} b law. r ? r> attr T.irnRri |_SK AJ^J x. ij. iuwi>? ?, Judge of Probate. Dec. 1, 1875 34-2t* Mola.sses ! Molasses ! ! WE HAVE A FINE ASSORT rai'iit of X. O. Choice au< Prime Syrups, also Choice Golden Syr up, Museov.ado and Sugar House Syrup: at very low figures. DuPre, Gambrell & Co, Nov. 17, 167$ 32-tf Ml?iliM?M ?I? I I I il 1 ? 1I1W?? J. T. Robertson STILL HAS A REMNANT OF STOCK ON SALE, at prices BELOW COST T At the old Stand, now occupied by Messrs. DuPrc, Gambrell & Co. I AM NOW CLOSING MY BUSI ness, and I expect all who owe me to make Immediate Payment! and I hope that I will not have to resort to a legal process to enforce collections. J. T. ROBERTSON, Nov. 17, IS75 32-tf JUST ARRIVED. Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Waggon Whips, Buggy Whips. AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES. DuPre, Gambrell & Co. Nov. 17, 1875 32-tf Cigars! Cigars!! Cigars! !! E HAVE JUST OPENED A * line assortment of American and imported Cigars. Our celebrated FIVE CENT CIGAR is something worth puffing. Try it. DuPRE, GAMBRELL & CO. Xnv 17 1S75 32-t.f All persons indebted tc us,, either by Account or Note PAST DUE, will lake notice that after the 1st daj of december next, IF NOT PAID, They will be placed in the hands of ar attorney for collection. QUARLES & PERBIN. Nov. 15, 1875 32-tf The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. By T. B. MILFORD, Esq., ProbaU Judge. ! "STSTTHF/REAS. Charles H. Allen I nmde suit to ine to grant hi it I Letters of Admin iteration of tne Estati land effects of John Ii. Alien, lr.te of Ab beville County, deceased. These are, .therefore, to cite and ad monisli all and singular, the kindret snd creditors of the said John Ji. Allen deceased, that they be and appear be I fore me, in the Court of Probate, to b? held at Abbeville Court Jtiouse, 011 tn< 14th instaut, after publication hereof, al 11 o'clock in the forenooH, to show cause if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. Given uuder my hand and seal, thn 27th day of November, in the yeai of our Lord one thousand ei;<ht fjuu dred and geventy-five, and in"the oih hundredth year of the American In ,dependence. Published on the first and eighth days of December, 1875, in the AbbrviU> Press and Banner, and on the Cour House door for the time required b\ law. skaj^. THOS. B. MILLFORD, Judge of Probate. Dec. 1, 1875 3 l-2t* The State of South Carolina County of Abbeville. In Probate Court. Ex Parte Martha A. Moore, Petition of allowance of Homestead it the Heal and Personal Estate of David Moore, deceased. By order of the Probate Court of Ab beville County notice in hereby givei that Mrs. Martha A. Moore, Widow o I David Moore, deceased, has applied foi |a Homestead in the real ami persona testate of said deceased, and that the24tl , day of December next has been fixet for tlie appointment of appraisers, win , will on said day proceed to lay oil' i . H-omeutead to Mrs. Martha JC. Moore widow, and to Emma Moore, Joic< Moore, Olivia Moore, Adella Moore, Ce lestia Moore, lola Moore and Osca i Moore, children of David Moore, dec'd i J. C. WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court of Probate, A. C. j Office of the Probate Judge, i | Nov. 19, 1875, 33-4t* Final Discharge. ! BY Order of the Probate Court, pub ; lie rotiee is hereby given that Mrs \ man.io A /Iminiulrotriv n r tne Estate of Sugar Johnsen, deceased . j will, on the 20th day of DECEMBE1 > next, apply to th<? Probate Court of Ab Ibeville County for a final discharge a j administratrix as aforesaid, and that th ? . said day has boon appointed by theJudg ;jof sahi Court for the final settlement o Lithe estate of Sugar Johnson, deceased J. C. WOSMANSKY, C. C. P. A. C. Probate Office, Nov. 13, 187") 32-4t j ANTOINE POULLAIN, | . COTTON FACTOR, Augusta, - - - Georgia 1 WILL continue the business at nr Fire|)roof Warehouse, corner Jack j son and Reynolds Streets, where I wil Jgive my personal attention to the sale c " cotton consigned to me. 1 Consignments respectfully solicited. S<'pt. 8, 1875, 22-3m Goods bought at trowbridge'i will be delivered free of charg to any place in the incorporate limits c the Town. [Nov. 24, 1875, 33-tf If I Had Thought. DY WOLFE. If I had thought thou cculd'st have died, I might not weep for thoc; But I forgot when by thy side That thou could'st mortal be. If never through my mind had passed The time would e'er bo o'er; And I on thee should look my last, And thou should'st smile no more! And still upon that face I look And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain. But when I speak thou dost not say Whafrne'er thou left'st unsaid; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary, thou art dead! If thou would'st stay, o'en as thou art, All cold and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart And wliere thy smiles have been, While e'en thy chill, bleak corse I have, Thou seemost still my own ; But. thore. I lay thee iii the grave, And I am now alone. T do not think, -where'er thou art, TJioii h:ut I'ovprotlyn me ; And I perhaps may soothe this heart In thinking, too of thee. "Vftt fh.nv. was round thee such ndav.'u Of ligh; ne'er *oon bef- --o, As fan?v never could h??vo drawn And never 0.111 restore! ONCE TOO OFTEN. ? ? In the cosy drinking-room of a club famous in metropolitan annals, three hand eomo young men were assembled, and the sounds of the clinking of richly-chased goblets might have been heard by persons on the almost deserted street below. "Almost deserted," I have written, for the hour was late; the business houses of the city had long been closed; the patrons of tho drama even, having seen the cur tain fall on the tragic deiwuemeiit, had re tired to their couches; no one save the guardians of the meti-o]>oUB Beemed auroaa. The appointment* of tbo apartment I have mentioned were very elegant. A per son seemingly could have lost himself among the emerald cushioning."} of the arm chairs; the heavy plush window curtains were of tho mo6t elaborate patterns, and the gaudy Brussels on the floor gave forth no Bound. A mountain teamster might have stalked through the room without having hie route told by the sound of feet The tables, the wine cupboard, the bottles and the goblets were marvels of luxury, and proclaimed tbe wealth of the coterie that frequented the place. < No man whonu clothes were not rich in fabric, finish and adornments could cross the threshold of the club rooms, and the trio that tenanted the drinking parlor on the mid-Autumn night >'ith which I deal> eeemed frequent visitors there. I know that they rued the wines freely; I know that they eent boauliful wreaths of white smoke ceilingward, and occasionally sang verses of club songs. "Noble, did you ever 6ee Marmaduke Lee ?" asked one of the trio, looking at a young man who was in the act of lighting a cigar across the oval table. "Never, Jourdan," was the reply. "I I suppose he was a better man than Budd Noble. People say I look like him." "How do you know tliia ?" "I am not deaf," answered the man > called Noble, with a 'emile. "Yesterday on St. Cbarloe street, I heard a man say < ?# T 1- it.. 1? 'JULHJXiiiiuu&v ju-jc, uy iuo du i a in ui luo uim - tyrs !' I tuj-ned and found him stAring at me with the IaM word still quivering1 on his lips. And tiiia Doming a young school girl came up and called me 'Uncle Marma. duke.' Gentlemen, tell rue the truth?do I look like Marmaduke Lee ?" "You ore his 8*act double," said the third man, who had- not spoken beforo. uYou could deceive Lae'a own mother." uBut I could not be po vicked," said Budd Noble, cmiling; "Hough I would like t? play some pleasant trick on thi3 Marma Wsrtop Joardaa started forward and leaned over tli? tubla. "You vro'iM, eh T:* ha cried, with his eyes fattened un Noble. "1 v"oulci, by tuy e;>ul, Jourdan! When Is LeeT' "la the bottom of (he S'ia." "You &rr joking. Co>aie, come, Jourdan.'' "Aflk Farer!??y there," eaid Jourdan, earnest])', becoming more and more excited "Listen to me. Yeeterday, nine month3 since, Mannaduke Lee sailed in the White Circle, from Melbourne, bound for Calcutta. That vessel vent down in a typhoon on the Indian Ocean, about thirty-five leagues from one of the Buinatran Inlands. But two persons egcaped?a negro cook and a sailor named Beargraes. Marmaduke Lee went down with the ship. Tliis is corlain ! i He wm a New Yorker, and at the time oi his death engaged to Harriet Gosnold, a Virginia lady." Here Wartop Jourdan paused and sipped l a little liquor, angrily. f "Go on," said Noble; "I'm becoming in j terested in this little story." -j "Which is about finished," supplemented .1 the wiue-inflamad narrator. "You don't a know Harriet Gosnold ?" 1 "No I lovely, I suppose ?" 2 "Regally beautiful! Her head would - become a crown. The blood of princes is i" in her veins. IJudd Noble, a day's acquain tance with her would find you at her feet." I AT. ,V1_ 1 y -no i no : jjuuu. xiuuie naa nover ueen a woman's fool !" Jourdan bit hia lip and glanced a) Faverley. "She bclievea tbat Slcrmaduke Lee wil' return eorae day and claim her," he said' 1.1 after the biting of his lips. "You look like f| him; talk, act, sin;* and write like him ^ ] Now, I will come to n subject I have longed _ I to broach. But first let me ask you g i a question. Ilave you told any person e| that you were uo-t the true Marmaduke cr Lee?" "I have not," was the reply. ""Why, j I have not been in the city two days yet" "Good ! Budd Nol)le, do you over bet." For the first time the lightning- of ani i mation flashed in Noble's eyes. "Bet!" he echoed. "Jourdan,I have won and iost fortunee. I have never rejected ; a waerer. I will never reject one ! . I The next moment "Wiu top Jourdan was y on his feet. 1 "You are the man I have been hunting for two years!" he ??id, looking at Noble ^1 "I will wager one thousand dollars that you ' dare not go to Writhmoor and wed Harriet Gosnold aa the lost Marmaduke Leo. One thousand dollars, Budd Noble, or five thoue e and, if you like it!" ?f; Budd Noble smiled: j ttI dare do anything!" he said. "Gen t fear you do no* know at." "Then you accept the wager t" cried' lourdan. "I do ! As Marmadnke Lee, I shall wed Harriet Gosnold before St. Valentine's, ind pocket your ten hundred." "We shall see ! lour hand on the bet!" tnd over the table the two men joined i lands, and drank to the wager that was i loomed to wreck more than one life. "Jourdan, you must hate Harriet Gos lold ?" said Noble. "And I loved her once." "A jutea lover i men oeiioia. "Yes, jilted; but I am going to have my: evenge now 1" exclaimed Jourdan with; i flushed faie. "I cannot tell how I hate j hat proud Virginia girl. She ' has jilted ne once too often, gentlemen?once too >ften !" 4?d the popsion of the handsome Bpeaker i vas terrible. "I may learn to love her," Baid Budd tfoble. "If you admi- .j women, you will," was he roply. "Before St. Valentine's; do not 'orget, Nobie. Faverley and I will be here. I would sooner see that woman :her.ted at the altar than att.nd among the | winls in glory. I will live to tell her that he has jilted War top Jourdan once too >ften !" Half an hour later the wine-parlor was Ies?erted, and the lights were out. The three men have retired to one of the p-and hotels of the city, two to sleep, the ;mra io pace ms room wim ieveriau ex :itemant. "Four years ago, this lucky night, I firs* net you, Harriet Gosnold," he said, "I loved foil, Harriet, aa man seldom loves woman! jut you cruelly jilted me. Time passed; pou appeared repentant, and, loving you (till, I forgave. At your side again, my ove seemed to increase tenfold; hut you hrAw mp iLsifTn ni*nin. Tlion T hefrim to bate. Ob, God ! how I hate you now! kh! Harriet Gosnold, my revenge will be [errible before the flowers bloom again. You lave jilted me once too often, my Virginia pieen. You will curse the day of your airth." His wcrds seemed to calm his passioned spirit, for he reitred, and soon fell into a ieep Bleep. But into the watches of the night he ear ned his thoughts of triumph; for, in a dream, hia lips murmured: "Onw* too often, Harriet Gosnold. Once too often, says the wronged heart." The following1 day Budd Noble de stroyed ?U the letters that might disclose bia true identity, purchased new clothes, for on his linen wero the initials of B. N., and started for Richmond. "/ou fihall hear rrom me,*were his part ing1 words to Jom dan ami Faveiley on the wharf. WI tliink the affair will come off abotft Christmas; but I will let yon knofr in lime." Then he left them and waved a laat farewell from the d?i k of the noble ship. Budd Noblo wa? pomp to the Virginia| home to win, by the baxest deception, three i 4V>ivirrfl?-n wnnmri'fl lnv*>. n. wriinfin'fl hand, and a goodly bum of trold * * * * , Tho rich Autumn pawwd away, and the1 enowe of December covered the roofs, lawns! and walks of one of the fairest estates in! the Old Dominion. Within the magnificent mansion that graced: the far trending eslate, the owner ?at in his! great arm-chair near the window that look ed out upon the river, that flowed by Vir ginia's capital., He was an old man whoso hair waa white, long, and silken. "While thus he eat a beautiful woman en tered and approached hiin. "Father," she said softly, and he started to turn upon her with a smile. "I am glad that you have come," bo said. "To-night, Harriet you will be happy. He is coming back." The woman blushed and looked fairer thai. ever. "And to-morrow the bleased day of the nativity, you become a wife. Harriet, I giu glad that I have lived to see this day. When every one said that he slept in the sea, you put your trust in the goodness of God and said "no!" You declared that ho would come back and chum you; and for your goodness, Harriet, and for your holy love and hie, the insatiate sea for once gave up the living, and fail* winds brought him to Writhmoor again. jHarriet, who is com ing from the North to-morrow ?" "Several of Maruiadukes friends," she answered. "Among them, "Wartop Jour J II Uilll. The old man looked at his child?the on ly one ever born to him, and she the fruit of a third marriage. "Wartop Jourdan whom you once re jected ?" "Yes, fatner; but I am sure that we are friends," she answered quickly. "I never liked him, Harriet I don't know why," he Baid slowly. "He ia talent ed; but I believe he can dissimulate; I knew his father, and though we were schoolmates, I never eouM like him. BuJ that he his coming to see yon married I will welcome him. 1 will welcome every body for Maimaduke's sake and yours." The beautiful woman did not reply, for a servant announced a visitor, and the old man was alone again. A few moment* later Harriet Gosnold returned, and the octogenarian welcomed tbe handsome young man who accompanied her. He called him Marmaduke, and talked in a rapid strain about Richmond, the fresh snows, the days of his youth? everything1. The man whom he called Marmaduke was none other than Budd Noble. Grandly but wickedly, for almost three months, he had impersonated Marmaduke Lee at tho Virginia homestead. As the sea lm lioil liopn rnf?ivi*rl linvonrl tlia threshold, and Harriet loved him as she had loved the true recipient of hor promi?e. As he had jokingly anticipated in the wiue parlor of tho Arctic Club, Budd Nobta bad learned to love the beautiful Virginian. She took his heart by storm, and more than a thousand timse lie had regretted the role he was playing-. He know that she wa? loving him as Marmaduke Leo?that as Budd Noble, she would not love him, and for all this and more, he hated himself. Once or twice he turned from his task, but the wager drove him back; and when ever he thought of the beautiful jewel he would wear, though by a lie, he determined to succeed. The departure of night ushered in the Christmas morn, and I wish I could here pause and fling: &w&y vmtold the story of uiai noiy nignt. i Its memory still lingers along the James; I people will tell it to yoa to-day, as lam ^ going to tell it. During the day many wedding gueste* came to "Writhmoor, among them Wartop f>' Jourdan and Webb Faverley. Harriet,01 Gosnold welcomed' with smiles and kind' words her former lover, who, with devilish trill mnVi in Viin (nno pnnnri'ntiilnterl Vipr nil the life about to open to her. He knew, that she would be happy, and he thanked the waves for their inerey, and for the re turn of Marmaduke Lee. Yet a moment later he turned to whisper to Webb Faverley : "Noble is going-to win. I knew it Jwould be thus, my lady. You've jilted me onco too often." The sun went down on the snow, and the Bhining chandeliers in tlio old mansion filled with wedding guests. The moon, full and white as a silver planet, shone in a clear sky, and made the snow-capped houses, trees, and fences shine with beauty in describable. Old Yost Gosnold was happy. He moved from room to room, thanking God that he he had lived so long?blessing the night he would curse before the dawn of another day. When the appointed hour came, the counterfeit Marmaduke Lee, with Harriet on ma arm, stooc; Deiore xne surpncea man of God. How feelingly the father gave the bride away will never be forgotten by those who stood by and listened. It must have touched Budd Noble'u heart; it made Wartop Jourdan glance at Faverley, and smile. His lips moved, but Bpoke nothing, but Faverley knew what words they had uttered: "Once too often !" Why need I dwell on this scene when I want to reacn tne ena ox my siory. Amid almost palpable silence, the min ister opened the marriage ceremony> and the pair before him became man and wife! A lie and a bet had done it all! Blushing1, the bride looked up into her husband's face, and he was stooping1 to bestow the first kiss, when the door opened and the guests began to utter cries of horror. Budd Noble looked, and turned pale when he beheld the man who had entered. T-Tn tttiic V*ia nnnntoTmnvf onrl tV?n! inafont he knew him. With a shriek Harriet dropped his arm; with her eyf>3 fastened on the new-comer, sank senseless to the floor. "I am Marmaduke Lee !" cried the stran. gc.r. "The sen has given mo up," and he faced Budd Noble and rained his clenched hands. "By a base lie this wo man has been won, and I will claim my own !" He stooped to raise Harriet, when Noble touched his arm. "Touch her on your peril I" he said, fiercely. "She is my wife! Touch her Marmadtike Lee, and by the king of heaven, I'll kill you ! If you want satisfac tion, there if? a grove behind the house and the moon is full." "Then come I" cried Marmaduke Lee. "If this woman, won bv a lie is a wife. God help me to make her this night a 1 widow!" ' Nobody tried to prevent bloodshed, and the two men, followed by many, left the 1 home. Then Harriet, white as marble and as cold, was bome to a sofa, and heV aged father bent over her. Never would she know the result of tho battle about to be fought under the brilliant : moon, for she was dead I ' "Leave me with my dead !" commanded Yost Gosnold, and tho horritied guests with drew. Silence filled that high ceiled chamber. : The old man bent over the beautiful dead in bridal robes, his only child, and the last, I save him, of the name. And he, too, would,; Boon be gone ! All at once a eound penetrated the room. < It was the report of two pistols, blended into one. The watcher raised hi a head, and an anxious look overspread his face. Tben ha neeined to bo waiting for news, for he watched the doer. At last it opened, slowly, noiselessly, and Marmaduke Lee entered. # in Ilia QTTOQ JLIICIO YVUO UIUUl^ll AAA AAIU WJVW. "It is all over!" be said. "Ther? la a dead man out in the enow." And old Yost Gosnold said "Amen P By-and-by the wedding; guests entered to look at the beautiful dead. Wartop Jourdan with calm face, un shaken lip, and tearless eye stood over her and murmured: "It iB ten*ible I terrible I but she jilted me once too often ?" Writhmoor is a heap of ashes now. Marniaduite .Lee nea alter uie hum, uua Virginia never eaw him more. War top Jourdan, the avenging devil, four years later received a mortal wound at the gambling table, and died in delirium, mur muring: "Once?once too often !" I A FEW COMMISSIONS. Habitues of tho Summer hotels and j watering places," {says the Boston Commer cud Bulletin, "will recognize the following j as a correct specimen of tho domestic i dialogues which take place while pater- j familiaa is waiting for the omnibus to drive i up to the front piazza, or his buggy to take , him to the steam-boat landing, or for | the whistle of the expected locomotive j 'You have got the pattern for the muslin, mv ?' 'Yes.' 'And you won't forget Charley's slippers ' and my bathing dress in the lower bureau ' drawer ?' No, darling.' And the cold cream and camphor from ! the upper shelf in the closet, and to bring ' trs some books from the library, you kno\v( | and a bottle of cologne.' Yes yes.' 'And baby's caps you know, and tell the | drees maker about having my dress sent j by express, for I want it for the hop. And j do ask Aunt Maria to send my driving gauntlets; I forgot them.' 'Anything else ?' 'No, darling, nothing, only if you could j step over to ma's and ask her to lend me that purple and white hood, and bring me down a new sun umbrella, and my India ; rubbers to wear [when we go out in the ; boat, it is bo damp that?' 'Stop, darling! I've just thought oj : something I wan't to do myself;' I 'What is it. mv dear V I : Why, I want to run in my store for five linutes for my own business, if there's any me left after transacting' yours.' ' Lor* now, Charles, I h^pe you are not oing- to be disagreeaole about a few little do Tands, I'm sure.' | Charles?'Oh, not in the least, only I rej aven't quite got used to this express busi- an ess yil, and I can only give nine-tenths of . le time to it this Summer, that'3 all, toot- j. cums?there's the engine whistle.' 'Good-by, dear, don't forget the?' But the rest of the sentence was lost in m Tottlo nf wlionlw flint Imra Plinrlofl rm hifl th( ay to town. lac Tlic Ship of Solomoxu By Arizona's sua of saml Bome bearded mi.iera gray and old. And rueolute In search of Kold, 8at down to tap the savage land. They tented in a canon's mouth That gaped against the warm wide south, And underneath a wave-washed wall, Where snow nor rains nor winds may fall, They delved the level salt-white sands For gold, withhold and horny hands. A miner stood beside his mine, lie pulled his beard, then looked away Across the level sea of sand, Beneath his broad and hairy hand, A hand as hard as knots of pine. "It looks so like a sea," said he. He pulled his beard and he did say, "It looks just like a dried up sea." Again he pulled that beanl of his, But said no other thing than this. A stalwart miner dealt n stroke, And struck n buried beam of oak; An old ship's beam tho shaft appeared, With storm-worn faded ligurchead. The miner twisted his long beard, leaned on his pick-axe as ho spoke: " 'Tla from some long-lost ship," he said, "Some laden ship of Solomon That sailed these lonesome seas upon In 6earch of Opliir'a mine; ah! mo, re That sailed tiiie dried-up desert sea." Joaijuin Miller] la. " bi THE TELEGRArH IX THE AFRICAN DESERTS. w; he A correspondent of the London Times, ei, vriting from Berba, in tropical Africa, j lays: "It was singular to meet with the j elegraph in the heart of the desert between j ^ iryab and Berba; not the telegraph put lp in working order, as wc see it in Europe : ^ aut all the appurtenances of that instrument, j ' )f civilization carried on the backs of i hundreds of camels, which, laden with coils ' g< >f wire and hcllow iron posts, trod their, w ;oilsome path through tlie burning sand. ; cc Every now and then we met one of tbefle , w poor beasts, which, overwcighed and broken i lown by the weight of hid load, had fallen J m the ground and been abandoned a J ^ rictim to the vultures. All this tele n< graphic gear was marked 'Siemens Brothers, ^ London,' and was ai route to Khartoum* . ;rom which town it will bo forwarded on :o span the desert between Kordofan and Darfour. A good many lives will probably ! H oe sacrificed before the line -can be con-1 ^ :idered open, as the Arabs who eagerly J c? steal every piece of iron they can meet: hi with for their spear points, have to be very J ieverly pflnished before they leave off j jutting down the poles. However, this! iifficulty once got over, the telegraph will a be as easily worked as one between Khar-; , toum and Cairo, which when it was first | laid down was continually being in-, terupted." A QUEER CON lit ACT. The St. Louis Qliibt-Lemocrat has the! following account of a queer cuit: "An j Iowa laborer has sued an old farmer on' a rather queer contract. The man hired I to the tanner on me conuiuuu iuui jnu-i. ui ma ^ wages would be paid in money, and that j ^ for the balance he should receive one of I the old man's da tight era in marriage. The I *( labor was performed and the money was j ^ paid^jmt the girl was not forthcoming, j t( This not the fault of the old man, but j ~c *?>? Tvlin i-nfnsed to be made I the subject of bargain anil sale. Whereupon ! ^ the laborer sued the father upon the con- j ? ti-act, but wo are not informed whether the a suit is for specific performance or for! 11 damages. If for damages we apprehend j *( that the laborer has a good cause for action, j 0 though bia damages must bo small if pro. j fVio vnlno <->F an unwillinc wife, i d The great suit of Jacob vs. Laban (1st j 11 Moses, 3D), does not afford a precedent, as | ei it was compromised l>y the parties, and it; f< Beema that the legal talent of Iowa will be j el forced to wrestle with a new principle in' S jurisprudence. The ease will probably be j left to a jury whose verdict will largely j depend upon the matriinoniid experience of; " .' o Kninimnmit mirts." I Vf - d FEROCITY OF WHITE MICE. ai Is There ia a cage containing four white p mice at the Delta siloon, Virginia, which are quite a study. After 6eeing their { maneuvers for an hour or two, one is not,! at all surprised at the racket made by mice! j generally, for during the early jiart of the j ^ evening1 mey urne cuhmiuh mm uumu . ex cise. They consume a great deal of water, taking: a drink every ten minutes or oftener. It would be suppose 1 that such a email animal as a mouse would not be at all ferocious and aggress! e; |but such appears' to be tho case with the white species ati least. A chipmunk fiat was put into thej cage with those at t e Delta was attacked! hv them all and ve y quickly dispatched,! without one of the i ice being injured inM( the least by tho v fortunato viciim. A] gray mouse, whieli subsequently put j into the earne cag-, was very roughly tl handled, being attacked by two of the in white mice, who look hold of liira like a j o, couple of bull-dogs and repeated the at-; ?] tank again ana ajmn, suaajng mm uy me throat and biting hi* legs and tail, the lat ter being- nearly sc ared from his body. Perhaps white mice li e red ants are a par ticularly ferocious species of the geuus U which they belong. There wort* 2,271 vessels built in <ho ? *. i ci..i? u'-'j. ifiTi unuea OUUU9 Hi ju^o, auu in iufi) 2,1-17. The highest number previous to the war wa# 2,047 in lS.lf>. A? regards steamer*, the highest number built in any year before the war was 2SI, in lS.'ii, while last year tlie number was 101. Compared as to tonnage, the shipping built in lSjfl was l.lti, GUI tons; in iS74, 4'o2,~27). i1. . ? . In the national cemeteries of tlie United Stales are buried 225,000 Union soldiers, 105,000 of whom aro unknown. ITEMS OF- INTEREST. lapan has coins of bo small a value it it takes a thousand of them to make a liar. Seven thousand Spanish deserters are sorted to be in the ranks of the Cuban my. Mexican banditti have stolen two mil* a dollars worth of cattle from Texas since n. 1. An English medical journal says that 3re are from 160,000 to 200,000 hairs on a ly's head. Socialism is on the decline in Germany. ) number of its adherents having dwin ;d in a few years from 340,000 to about ,000. Lydia Smith, who was Thaddeus Stevens' usekeeper, and was given $5,000 by his 11, has sued the estate for six _years' pay $200 a month. In order to avoid confusion, growing out the similarity of color existing between 9 two and the five cent stamps, the former 11 hereafter be printed in vermilion. Santa Barbara, California, boasts the pgest rose on record. It is lemon-colored, is a delicious perfume, and is sixteen and ree-fourth inches in circumference. Miss Bre8, a New Orleans woman who cently graduated at a medical school in me, has been appointed physician to the iltan'a harem at Constantinople. The sultan has eight hundred wives, and ivotea to his own and their use ?2,000,000 it of the ?7,000,000 that constitute the bole income of the Turkish Empire. A millionaire of Granville, Wis., has cently made a will, in which he leaves i0,000 to any incorporated town or vil?. gre in Wisconsin that will not tolerate a ass band. A negro at Richmond, Va., on recent arm night, swung hie hammock in an ice >use in order to keep cool, and now be ?eps in the cold, cold ground. Harvard graduated its first class in 1637, illiam and Mary in 1692, Yale in 1702, rinceton in 1758, University of Pennsyl mia in 1753, Columbia in 1754 Brown in [64, Dartmouth in 1769, Rutger in 1770. They tell in Chicago of a rat that it into a Dira-cago, axe me oiru, ana as so distended by the repast that he luldn't squeeze out again between the ires. The Mormoms have established a colony id branch of their Church at Clarksburg, rest Virginia. They also have a weekly iwspaper. The number of Mormons in rest Virginia is said to oe consiaeraoie ana creasing. A novel rat-trap was exhibited at artford lately, where a clam in c, tiah ialer's store in some unexplained * sy iught a big rat by the hind legs, and held m fast in spite of all his efforts. At a school exhibition in Auburn, N. Y., chemical preparation exploded in the coat til pocket of one of the professors, and in moment he whs in a blaze. There was reat excitement until they had put the rofessor^iut. The consumption or snuus in ine ooum yiol is constantly growing; but the Ital tns and Tyroleae are not the only people ho appreciate the merits of these clean ceding mollusks; in Paris Buvgundiau sails are worth one cent apiece. It is recorded that M. Thiers once had is hat knocked off by some fixtures in ont of a shop in Paris, and he was so leased with the fact that he was too tall >r once in his life, that he often revis. ed the shop and became a regular cus >mer. A dove flew into a church at Hoosick .ensselear County, and rested on the Rev. [. J S. Lev/is' head. The superstitions m >ng the congregation believe the omen leant that the pastor will soon die and go > heaven; but the pastor does not seem ver joyed. Thfl 'Fourth of Julv is an especial holi ay to the Scandinavians of America. July 4, 325, the first nmall colony of Scandinavian migrants set sail for America, where their >llowers and descendants now form ail ement in the population of the United tates, at ouoe numerous and important Frozen peaches will be shipped to Europe lis summer in large quantities. A success ll experiment was made Iiiat year ana it as demonstrated that fruit kept frozen tiring the ocean voyage thawed out fresh nd fine of flavor upon'arrival in Eng md, where it was sold at enormous rices. lUC VJCnilttU ai u^l uavi 101 Mia* wtw ? eculiar painting at London. It is the face [ Christ At a di mice the eyes seem osod, but on approaching they appear to pen gradually until the full mournful aze is seen. Still nearer the eyelids i-e partly shut in- death. The effect is mar jlloUB. Ten years ago Bamba ^ss a bright gyplian girl being educated as a con ert to Christianity at the mission in Cairo he married the Rajah Duleep Singh, and er husband likes her so well that on rery anniversary of the wedding he has mt the mission a stun in gold equal to 3,000. The death is announced of a monJc at le age of one hundred arid seventeen, who [habited the Convent of Elias, situated in ie of the most beautiful parts of Epirus. !? retained all his faculties to the last, and [ten npoke of Lord Byron, to whom he had iven hospitality before "C'iiilde Harold" waa ublished. Top Dressixo for Cor>\?Guano, hen ma lire, plaster or almost any of the commer ial manures will answer as a top dressing or corn. Wood ashes are also extensively sed for this purpo.-e, and with good re lilts. A good handful ttj each hill is suffi f,?. nno UT<lt1ii>:<(i<in. A COmilOSt of en (manure and good friable muck would robably be better than plaster or 6uper hosphate, but a man may not be able to et either; hence he should use some ung else, or what ever is at hand. The usual time of applying plaster to )rn ia soon after tiie stalks appear above round, and another application may be iven when they are a foot or more igh.