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The Beaufort Republican. ; AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. VOL. III. NO. 48. . BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1873. TOwflS - ; " i _ _ _ 7 NEW SPRING GOODS. Jas. Ci. BAILIE &BRO., Kespectfcllt ask tour attkn tion to the following DESIRABLE GOODS ofW ftred by tfiern for sale: english ajto american floor oil cloths. 34 foot wide, tad of the beet quality of (roods manufactured. Do yon want a real good Oil Cloth ? It o, come now and get the eery best. Oil Cloths cut an7 size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from 60c. a yard up. Table cloths all widths and colors. carpets. Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of new designs. A full stock of low-priced carpets from) 80c. a yard up. Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch] lace curtains. French Tambourd Lace, "Exquisites." Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful." Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $3.50 a pair and upwards. cornices and bands. Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and Gilt Cornices, with or without centres. Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops. Cornices cut and made to fit windowa and put up. window shades. 1,000 Window Shades in all the new tinta of eolor. Beaut if ul Gold Band Shades. SI.50. with all trim. ? ming*. ?*? Beautiful Shades 20c. each. Store Window Shades any color and any size. Window Shades squared and put up promptly. Walnut and painted wood Shades. HUGS AND DOOR MATS. New and beautiful Rugs. Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa, that wear three years, 100 sets Table Mats, assorted. MATTINGS. New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the differe nt widths made. Mattings laid with dispatch. WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS. 3,000 Rolls Wall Papers and Borders in new patterns, in gold, panels, halL oaks, marbles, chintzes, *c., in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and cheap. Paper hung if desired. HAIR CLOTHS In ail widths required lor Upholstering. Buttons, Gimps and Tacks for same. CURTAIN DAMASKS. Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and Upholstering purposes. Oimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons. Moreens and Table Damasks. Curtains and Lambraquins made and pot up. PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. Fnrlish Emhroidprsd.PInth ind Piano TahloPrivara Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers. ** Plain and gold baud Flocked Piano Cover*. German Fringed Table Covers. CRI MB CLOTHS AND DRVGGETS. New patterns in any size or width wanted. To all of which we a?lt your attention. All work done well and in season, by James 6. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, GA. *rM7-iv. H. M. Stuart, M. D., Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. DF.Ai.en im J)R UOS A .V7) CflEMICALS, FAMIL Y MEDICINES, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ST A TIONER Y, PERFUMER Y, BRUSHES, <Cc., <tc., dtc. Together with many other artielos too numerous to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest prico for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded. _ fob.lt. PIERCE L. WIG6IN, ATTOENEY AND C0ME10E AT LAW. Solicitor Second Circuit. ^ Beaufort, S. C. " Bcpt.l-ly. JERRY SAVAGE & CO., Wheelwrights & Carpenters. Cart*, tVaeon* and Carriages repaired in the best manner at low price*. Ail hinds of Jobbing promptly attended to. MAGNOLIA St., BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. Pr. Goethe oflVr* his professional services to the publio. He may be found at his residence, Game Hill, near YarnSTiHe, Beaufort Co., S. O. jan.l-ly. A. S. HITCHCOCK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAIFOKT, S. C. Dec.l-yr. YEMASSEE k t-I j.i n_i juarmg saloon, AT THE P. R. & S. & C. R. R. JUNCTION. The traveling public will here find good meals on the arrival of train*. Also accommodations for man and beset, near the depot. 33. T. SEL1L.EH8, YEMASSEE, S. C. Nov.lll-ly. W. H. CALVERT, PRACTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker. DEALER IN Japanned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on hand, Cooking, Parlor and Dos Stove*. TERMS CASH. Thankful for paet favors, and hoping by strict attention to business in the future to merit your kind favor. W. H. CALVERT, Bay St-, between Sth and 9th St*., BEAUFORT, S. C. Apl.3-ly. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. meh2S-ly E. H. JACKSON. Redeem Your Lands. The Acts of Congress and the Regulations of ths Treasury Department In regard to the Redemption of Lande now In the poeMoalon of the United States by reason of the Direct Tax Commissioner* tales oaa b? had at this office. Price ten tenia, gj mil tf PAUL BRODIE, A R CHITECT BEAU FORT,S.C Drawing! of I'odela prepared for Patent OfBc Studies for special purposes, made at short notic Box 31, P. O. decl-ly William Gurney COTTON FACTOR AND Commission Merchant NO. 102 EAST BAY AND NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention given to the sale of and sfoi; ment of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Lilier advances made ou consignments. dcc7-ly JOHN BRODIE, Contractor & House Buildei Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFICE l | Corner Bay and Ninth Street, BEAUFORT, S. C. decl-tf PORT ROYAL SAW & PLANING MHI Beaufort, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AMD DEALERS IN Yellow fine Her aid Loiei AMD CYPRESS SHINGLES, ALSO, Builders & Contractors Plaster Lathes, ALL KINDS OF JOB SAWING Promptly Done. Flooring and Ceiling Boards Alway on Hand. Order* for Lumber and Timber by the earg promptly filled. Terms Cash. D. C. WILSON & CO. nov28-ly THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST! P. M. WHITMAN, Watchmaker and Engraver Mayo's Building, Bay Street. Will give hi* personal attention to the repairing < WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornament: and plain Engraving done at short notice. Gentlemen having fine Watches can test them t this establishment by one of HOWARD k CO/ *?00 REGULATORS. Having added to my stock one of J. BLISS t CO.' line Transit Instrument*, I am now prepared to fui niah Beaufort time to tta? fraction of a sacoud. Alfred Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE Crofutfs Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. P.?Court will be held every Friday at Uric Church, St. Helena Island. inch2G-ly A.MARK, BOOTMAKER Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. naving oj>cncd a shop upon Bay Street,* I am pri pared to do firat-claaa work. jnch20-ly A. MARK. PUEE WAT EI Guaranteed by the use of the AMERICAN DRIVEN WEL1 Vow holme mit down in this County. They are Clioftp and Durable And give universal ?&t.sfaction. Pur? Water can t Introduced into any house by the AMERICA DRIVEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to M. L. MAINE. Sea Island Hotel, or to E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. ftb2T-6m S. MAYO, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., HARDWARE, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage, Grlass, Paints and Oils White Lead and Turpentine. Special attention given to mixing Paints, an Glass cut to order of any sixe. fcbll M. POLLITZER, Cotton Factor >lxd Commission Merchant BEAUFORT, S. C. tepU The Savannah Independent, A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, Established on tho chzkt cash plan, at the low ra of only ONE DOLLAR A YEAR; Address, INDEPENDENT, P. 0. Box y>5. Savannah, Ga. W. G. CAPERS, Upholsterer and Repairer. Old Furniture put In good order, Picture Pram* made. Mattrasses stuffed at the shortest notice. Corner Bap and Ninth Streets, I feblt-lT Enough. From a cleft in a rock a harebell grew, 9 And gathered of sunshine and rain and dew 01 Its measure of life, in its cup of blue. ej ;* In a cabin, ont in a western wild, 1D A maiden bent over her work and smiled, ^ For " the old, old story " her heart beguiled. j 9 Tho world is wide! but a bit of its earth In the cleft of a rock gave Beauty birth And nourishment, fitting its own sweet worth. ^ Tho world is wide! but the maiden well ',} know, bl No heart in it all was more fond and truo ?. Than the one that her troth was plighted to. } ^ sr KITTY BLAKE.. One bitterly cold night in the Feb- p] ruary of 1872,1 quitted my comfortable ^ _ Btudy for the purpose of ensconsing myself behind a white tie, and of en- in casing my person in those stereotyped P8 'j 6able garments which cry, " Open, sesame," at the portals of society. My friends, the Wilkins, were indulg- al ing in a fit of insanity, and the attack, so which in the commencement promised to be of a somewhat mild form, gradual- __ ly assumed graver symptoms, until it in culminated in a tremendous ball. Tain- kr ly I pleaded a necessity for reading up ^ a case with which the eminent firm of ^ Tozer & Bulsome had entrusted me. Co Vainly I declared to Wilkin, upon the m honor of a man and a brother, that I va was "out of that sort of thing;" and ?,s that I was only good for the mahogany ; 1 , he didn't, or rather wouldn't see it, and , with a sense of bitter injury at my 1D> - heart, and an unmistakable sense of Jj frost at the tip of my nose and my extremities generally, I pulled myself . , together, dressed hurriedly, and arrived .I1 at Harley street in a humor the very 1 reverse of amiable, and with tho full .r(? determination of merely showing myself , i1 to Mrs. Wilkin, imbibing a glass of . sherry, and getting back to resume the e perusal of a novel. The crush had not as yet been well 1 turned.on, so my ascent to the drawingrooms was no very difficult task. Upon the lobby Mrs. Wilkin was standing, fo 5 behind a huge bouquet which com- on manded the staircase like a great floral be gun; and Wilkin was prowling in the a < o immediate vicinity, with the air of a wi man who had succeeded'in losing half in a sovereign, and was engaged in look- vo ing for it as though he wanted it very ci] badly indeed. ui " Ah, Mr. Brookley 1 I'm ao glad H that you have come. Freddy told me al you were doubtful?all clever men arc, but you know I always believe in yon, I and I look to your aid to make this lit- ta ' tie allair go off well." in 1 groaned in spirit. This meant so >f stopping until the candles were snuffed ne J out?until the tallow-faced greengrocers co were paid off?until the milkman ar- ta 8 rived at the area railings, and until I re g should bo jibed by disappointed cab- la< > bies as "the cove as was a-playin' the lu pianner." hi "By the way, Broe'Jey, there's a gi little Irish girl stopping' here, a Miss wi i ^ ?j T?ii iJiaKe. uome, ana x ix uiixuuuuc juu u as a friend o' mine," observed Wilkin, dragging me towards a mass of tulle th j illusion surmounted h/ a bunch of si< white flowers. ha Now, any Irish girs whom I had ho hitherto been fortunate enough to meet te: Lad, somehow or other, been always too k much for me. If I vas blase, they te: were saucy. If I wae dcT/agc, they wi were sentimental. If I was learned, kr they were blissfully and gushingly ig- al< norant. I had been invariably foiled, re 9 and my most skilful fencing went for fei nothing. I had not been able to score "( a palpable hit under any circumstances sh ? whateoever. lej I held back much after the fashion of Hi a dog being led to corporal punish- ga I ment through the medium of a collar ab b and string?bowed a grim, ungainly bow, and proceeded to fiddle with the ue buttons of a pairof soiled, bulgy gloves, and to glare in every direction save that Bi supposed to be occupied by Mrs. Wil- M |j kin's Hibernian guest. - * jP At this juncture an attenuated, wax- wi en-looking, half-fed artist, hung in fr< chains, and clad in gaiments shining wt '? with grease and threadbare from age, nr ? proceeded to pound away upon the wi x piono, aided and abetted by a pudgey man, who appeared to be blowing his in] ?'?? KnHnxA/l /in??t>nnoor> WilUlC pernuil lUiu il uannuu<-vyi, and another conspirator, who discharged an his duties to society and to Wilkin by til - dolefully scraping upon a violiucello. th " This is our quadrille," exclaimed a TJ very sweet voice at my elbow, with just sh a touch of the brogue pervading it like to a perfume, and a soft little hand piuced fri itself confidingly upon my arm. I had an not asked her to dance?she had evi- on dently taken it for granted, i Would I say thatlhnd never danced? pr ' that I had sprained my foot ? or invent al somo patont and plausible excuse ? as No ! it would not be fair to mine tic l hostess, so I sullenly resigned myself ili to my fate. " "This is my first visit to London," m ,a chirped Miss Blake. " Oh, indeed !" si; " I live in the wilds of Connemara." "I wish you were there just now," re was my inner thought. " It's the wildest place on the face of wi the earth, fend the lovliest?but won't . you secure a vis-a-vis?' > I compounded with a pink-fac^d youth who was in talons of a tall, lean, vulture-like woman, to face me in the W forthcoming melancholy ceremony, and wl to assist in carrying out its sad solemni- eci ties in all their funeral details. ui "Have you ever visited Ireland, Mr. ^ Brookley?" asked Miss Blake, at the ar conculsion of the first figure. cl "I should think not. Ireland is a ; ra wretched mistake." j w: The moment the words escaped from ri my lips, I could have parted with a good deal of ready money to have been or _ enabled to draw them back again. They were childish, rude, ungentleman- B like, and I turned to her to apologize. The hot flush was upon her cheek, tl the little hands were clinched until the sa gloves threatened to "burst up," and hi her flashing eyes met mine as bIic hotly ir retorted?"You mnst be an English boor to say so," tl The paa seul commenced, and, ie a stage phrase, Miss Blake " we: i." What a charming figure ! What i egant turn of the head! What gra every movement! I had committed a blunder, and I ft , She went through the entire figu one. She would not deign to take? uch my outstretched hand. I had r ords at will to cudgel into a propi rm of apology, and I was bewildere 7 her beauty. Lovely blue eyes, with sweeping bin nek lashes; a dainty little nose, wil rosebud mouth, and teeth like muffle amonds ; radiant brown hair in ma re plaits?and her expression 1 Ay de mi Alhama ! We did not speak during the qua< lie. The pink-faced youth?confour s impudence?struck up an acquain iceship with her, and treated the vu ? l?ti T Xt3-iUU&.iiJg wumau uauij, jl akj clined to liujl him at bis partner, in tie him upon her nose, and rush frai jally from the house. The charmin sdftin with which I was treated fc iss Blake, rendered me more mise >le, and it was only when the laws < ciety compelled her, at the conclusic the dance, to take my arm, in ord< be conducted to the plaoe whencesl me, that I ventured to exclaim?" lplore of you to forgive me?I did n< low what I was saying?I am won an a boor. Hear me for one moment id in a few eager words I honestly r aled to her the irritated and inflame mdition of my mind, upon findir yself stranded in a scene so utterly i riance with my mood, and compellei it were, to drink the bitter cup \ e uttermost dregs. My pleadings were full of the redeen g influence of earnestness, and 1 sui eded in achieving her forgivenes le danced with me again and again, w the candles snuffed out, beheld tl llow-faced greengrocer paid off, mi e morning milk without flinching,an turned the playful banter of the cal es in a mood so utterly different froi at which I had pictured to myself w short hours previously, that? Pshaw ! who can control the inn< eclianism of the heart ? * * * * * One gloriou^morning in August lai und me seated beside the driver < ie of Bianconi's long cars which trav itween Westport and Clifden, and, i 3onsequence, through the heart of tl ldest and most picturesque scenei Connemara. I had, amongst otln ws, registered one that, as soon i rcumstances would permit, I woul idertake a pilgrimage to Boljolderu all, to the shrine of Miss Katherin ias Kitty Blake. It is unnecessary for me to state thi had many reasons to urge me I ko this excursion, and that I had or particular; in fact, my heart ha< mehow or other, slipped from bi ath my waistcoat?had traveled, i mpany with Miss Blake, to her mom in home; and it was with a view < covering it, and of taking the your dy in question in the bargain, if m ck was up, that I wao now perclie gh in air, behind a pair of " roarir inlets," and jogging along the roa< ly skirting that desolate but romant let of the Atlantic known as Killerii In a happy moment I negotiated wit e driver, Phil Dempsey, for posse jn of the box-seat, und almost ere v id quitted the town of Westport, id come on close, if notconfidentia rms with that worthy son of the whi] Phil is a crooked, hard-featured sei ntious little man, whose word is lax lose decision is an ultimatum. B lows every man, woman and cliil Dug the road?their belongings, the Bpective histories, tbeir hopes, ar urs. He carries small parcels for tl inality," and a letter, if good cause own why it could not travel by tb ?itimate course of her majesty's mai n linn nil t.lie Dublin news, and is r rded in the light of " a knowledgi le man." Instinctively I led up to the subje< arest to my heart. J^^now the Blakes av Boljolderun I do thin, breed, seed and gii ion. They're dacent people av tl fo ould stock. Miss Kitty thravele i?lrao it few weeks ago; she kei om Dublin, but she was over tl iter beyant, in Loudon. Sorra uch good that wud do her, or an in else." I expressed a hope that she was lool g well after her trip. " Och ! rosy an' well, shure enougl d why wudn't she? What wu ruble iier, and her mother wud biu e house nv she riz her little finge iey'11 not bo thrubled wud her long e's too dawny a crature for the boj lave nlouo. I tuk a Misther Crai >m Dublin over to the Hall last wee] i', be me song, he was mighty tendhi i her." This was alarming. I endeavored i obe into the antecedents of th ominable person, but I could on! certain, after a deal of circumloci in, that he was the possessor of "t gant portmantle," and that he wi a nice man, an' a nice-mannert an." "Are ye expected at Boljolderu r ?" he asked, shortly. "Well?yes?oh, yes, certainly," pli^d, somewhat confusedly. " Yer an English gintleman, by y ly av talkin', sir?" " Yes, I'm English." " Maybe yer from .London, sir ?" " I am." " And seen Miss Kitty over ther 'hew !" Hero he gave a prolong* liistle, which might have been inteu I for the horses, bnt I felt that it bo rect reference to myself. " Troth, thin, you are expected, si id there'll be bright eyes and r< leeks at the cross-roads whin > che there, or I'm boccagh?Miss Kit ill be there, sir, in her own pony-ca ? II age. I did not know whether to be amnsi annoyed. " You seem to be well aware of Mi lake's movements, Mr. Dempsey." " Arrali, didn't she tell me herae' ie crayture ! Didn't she say to m iys she, ' Dimpsey, take care av a ve indsouie young gintleman that's coi i.' to see mo from London,' says sb Is it the gintleman that I posted i ie letteri to in Weetport, miss ?' ' ( to owo' that, Dimpsey,' says she. Biuret an'-agers I why didn't ye tell me ye wor Misther Brookley, and I'd have in roused the griddle for ye, sir, an' no ce njistake." I could have taken Phil Dempsey to tl '.It my arms and cherished him. " re "Begorra! there's the cross-roads, a to and there's Miss Eitty in her basket . 10 shandhradan like a pitayteel creel. 18 Br Didn't I tell ye, sir, how it wud be ?" id It is scarcely necessary 4o observe w that I experienced that sinking sensa-e tion of the heart which the immediate ;h prospect of a meeting with the adored id one now fails to create; that I pretended ? s- to be looking the other way, and not to c( have perceived her; that I bounded fr from my pearch with the agility of an ai 3- acrobat, and that I "tipped" Phil Demp- lc id eey to he utmost limit of his satisfac- b t- tion. bi 1- "I tuk good care av him, miss," ob- w It served that worthy in a tone known as hi a- a pig's whisper, "but he was as wild as oi a- a young coult in mo hands; but he's a ii ig nice man, an' a nice-mannered man, an' tc >y I wish yez joy." ai r- "Stupid creature ! I never can under- y< af stand him," said Kitty Blnke, with a st m saucy toss of her head; "I'm afraid he h a has been taking the mountain dew as he w le came along." h I At this crisis we were joined by Mr. b at Blake pc.re, a splendid specimen of paie terfamilia8, who welcomed me to Con- o! nemara con amore; my portmanteau b e- was placed in the basket-cairiage, and Si id Kitty rattled away with it, leaving me T ig to walk across the mountain to the Hall, ir it And such a mountain, bear and bleak ai 3, and precipitous; and for any step I made tl bo in advance I made two In the opposite di direction; but I pushed bravely on, and fi. a- sacrificed a brand-new pair of patent b< B- leather buttoned boots during the ex- tl s. cruciatiner process. But what cared I c I for boots, or mountain, or physical an- sr le gnish ? Was there not love-light in the <1: et eye of Kitty Blake??was I not ap- b id proaching the Mecca of my hopes ? si b- I remained a month at Boljoldrun b m Hall, I held the stereotyped interview p a with Blako pert in his study, which si terminated most satisfactorily? s? 3r And? n* Well, yes? I am to return to Connemara before m 3j. Valentine's Day, and claim the hand of h the sweet little Irish girl who called me g] ej an English boor. b is ~ f< ie Murder and Suicide. hi 7 A horribly butchery was discovered tf ^ in an apartment in the third story of a a< [d respectable residence on Second street, pi n a few doors below South, Philadelphia. *v e? The room was occupied by a German ^ mechanic, by the name of Edward 0] , Schusterrerter, and his wife, who was & the daughter of the occupant of the a, j premises. The father had occasion to f? ' go up-stairsto speak with his daughter, m and upon opening the door of tho room b: occupied by her and her husband, dis- tl ? covered them both lying on the floor. j,; He immediately gave the alarm to the hi ? police, and a couple of patrolmen came m to the scene. The woman was found tl with her throat cut in a horrible manP ner, the wind-pipe, carotid artery, and j" the jugular being entirely Bevered. ^ It was found that the husband had taken a dose of poison ufter killing the 9_ woman, for by his side, along with a f, bloody razor, lay an empty bottle. sj 'j There was every evidence that a terriI ble struggle had taken place, for there '' were bloody finger-marks on the walls, di ? the window-ledges, and the door-knobs. ji: * The most singular fact of the tragedy ^ ^ is that no noise or uproar was heard by . anv one. The windows opening over '): jr tlio yard of the house would have made fit [{j it comparatively easy for a disturbance tc to have been discovered. Jealously ^ was undoubtedly the cause of the mur. der. The two had been married but i_ j' (six months, and had lived unhappily. j e' The husband was out of work, and had [ been very quarrelsome for the last week, more so than usual. The woman was but twenty-six years of age, and ^ the husband twenty-eight. The deed Jr , created a very marked sensation down^ town, and it is the most horrible which g " has occurred in that section of the city 't| j for many years. m h ie The Fair Circassian. u Circassian women are not always beau- ft ^ tiful, and their dress does not heighten ? their charms. They usually wear loose t] Turkish trousers, made of white cotton, and a peculiarly frightful upper gar(n ment of some dark cloth, made prer cisely like the coats worn by High ' Church clergymen?tight and straight, rs' and buttoned from the throat to the ?,] if. feet. A striped shawl is sometimes Ij twisted round them like nil apron. A f( jr blue gauze ved is thrown over the head, n and their hair, which is generally long w to end thick, is worn in two heavy plnits i8 that hang down behind. The beauties |y who obtain such great reputation in e a. Constantinople and tho West almost in- j| in variably corao from Georgia and the ls valleys near El Berouz. In those dis;<1 tricts tho women have magnificent eyes 1 and fair complexions. They are gener- s n ally sold early in the year, when the p ' traders arrive, and Circassian parents v j do not object to dispose of theirdangh- s ters for a consideration ; they only do I er it with more candor and less cant than h Belgravian parents. It is said that tho a "moon-eyed" beauties themselves, far t from making things unpleasant, arc de- i lighted to escape from the tedium of v 1./M1HA llfo on.l In Iiilro tlipir rliancA nf r 0. UUUOC-WiCj MUU I*"w" WW ? f jd being purchased by a rich pacha. c a. i ro A Man wrrn a Needle in nis Heart. c ?William Reparian, a shoemaker by f ir, trarie, but of late employed in a lumber i 2d ; yard, went to liis boarding house, on ve First-street. Hunter's Point, N. Y., and ty lay upon thentoop. He fell asleep, and r ir- in rolling over, a needle which had been 1 inserted in the lappel of his coat pierc- j ;d ed his left breast and penetrated hit 1 heart. He attempted to withdraw it, 1 83 but broke the needle, leaving the point j in his heart. Physicians were itnmedi- r If, ately summoned, but they could do f ie, nothirg. To make an incision to re- i ry cover the needle's point would be cer- 1 n- tain death. They gave the unfortunate ( ie. man chloroform, under the influence of f ill which he has since been. Butjtlie phy- f 3h> sioians had little hope of his reoovery. c A Seasick Bride. Horrors of the Bridal Tonr. Donn Piatt writes : It is a grand ling to read in a popular journal that the newly-married pair embarked for bridal tour in Europe." But really it not so grand. We have a bride on oard, and if the engaged could see her e doubt their retaining a wish to d 10 same. Don't know, however ; anyling fashionable will at least be enured. We saw this delicate creature ime on board, surrounded by loving iends and fairly smothered in flowers id tender leave-takings. She beinged to the extensive family of londes, and her get-up was exceedingly eautiful. What a traveling dress that as, what a panier, what a trail; while er little hat sat on the dizzy pinnacle, f blonde hair like a bird's nest swayig on a tree top. Look at her now; > what favor has she come so suddenly! id think of the process ! Think, if m can, of a lover husband, sick him;lf, trying to hold the loved head of is bride and a bowl at the same time, hile a pitching, tossing vessel tumbles im over and spills the contents of that owl into the bosom of his beloved. Wo Vinnnonod in nn.SK fcho stateroom f the pair making their European ridal tour. The door was open for air. ea sickness destroys the proprieties, he most diffident, shrinking creature i the whole world will defy the eyes of II Delaware when in a paroxyism of rnt deathly sickness. We have seen a plicate young lady in the arms of the rat officer, begging to be thrown overoard between attacks, and clinging to le rough sailor (good-looking, howrer) regardless of appearances. We iw the young husband, in his shirt and rawers, trying to hold the head of his eloved over a bowl. And, 0 heavens, ich a head ! The lofty structure of londo hair hnd disappeared, and in its lace was a diminutive knot and a little cull hid under an arrangement that reunbled a hair sofa in its close smoothess. We did not want to look; but the lotion of the vessel was such that we ad to cling to the door. And what a scctacle, what a tableau to be mode up y the said bridal party! The poor illow, sick himself, was trying to hold ead and bowl in the same effort, aud nnetimes he ducked the beloved couumanco in the bowl, and then he would, } the vessel gave a sudden lurch, suport himself by clinging to the head hich he had vowed to cherish and proict, aud the head shrieked dismally. Then when the fair bride appeared a deck, feeble and half sick, unfeeling )raments and criticisms would provoke iy true Christian gentleman to proma language. Doubtless the announceient in the fashionable journals of the ridal tour to Europe compensates all lis. But we have our fears, and are iclincd to believe that the many unappy marriages terminating in elopeeuts and divorces may be traced tq 10 disgust created by the first three iys at sea. Good for Mrs. S. Smudgkins got taken down wonderilly a few mornings since; but we louldn't have known it if he hadn't >ld the story himself. Yon must unerstand that Smudgkins is great on is dignity, and that Propriety is hit obby. He has been very careful in ringing his wife to his own proper ;andard. Truth and honor are dear > him. Lately, however, Smudgkins as been a little lcose in a single parcular. His wife objected to his joinig the club, but Smudgkins assured pr that he had strength of mind enough > withstand all possible evil influences, [any of his best friends belonged to le club, and it would be decidedly for is interest to join. Ho joined three lontlis ago. One evening?or rather, one night, mudgkins came home very late from io club, where they had been enterlining celebrated guests. On the folding morning Mrs. S. said to him : " Do you really think, Augustus, that man and his wife are truly one, as you ften say they are meant to be? " "They are one, my dear. Or,at least, ley should be." "And are wc one, Augustus? " " Yes, my dear, I think I may say rnt you and I are one." " Then my dear Augustus," said the retty wife, looking meekly up into his ice, aud resting her hand upon his Unul.lnr ??T wisill to OTnreSS to VOll mV eep regret, ami ask your forgiveness )T my imprutleiico last night. Pardon 10 this once, and I promise you that I 'ill never get drunk again." Smudgkina says the shot was effecual. He doesn't believe his wife will ver have occasion to fire another like Young Walworth's Imprisonment.? 'he Albany Journal gives the following tatement of the facts concerning the ietition for a pardon for young Walrorth, who shot and killed his father, ayiug it is derived from the Executive )epartment : "A short time since, a etter, signed by a single individual, sking for Walworth's pardon, was sent o the Governor, and, as is the custom n all caseivJor application for pardon, whether from the penitentiary, State irison, or gallows, the evidence in this ase was sent for. I3nt there has been io other action, and no such expression if opinion as would justify the Goverlor in tuking up the case with a view to ts serious examination." The Alligator.?The alligator is ather smart about some things. He ? 1. olmlnirr na ft mft. LUUWB Un 1UUIU UUUUV nbiu?vbj ...? ^ ? or-general of militia. He will poise limself on a 1 g, open liis mouth wide >y elevating his upper jaw, aud remain >erfectly quiet. In a short time his uouth will fill with mosquitoes and lies, when down will come his jaw, takng every mosquito and fly prisoner, le swallows them, licks his chops, and devates his jaw to catch another floor ulL This dish is regarded by the aliijator as the moet delicious that the tountiy affords. Items of Interest. The next worst thing to raining pitohforks must be hailing omnibnses. What is the reason?can you guess Why men are poor, and women thinner ? So much do they for dinner dreae, That nothing's left to dress for dinner. The editor of a Missouri paper has had engraved on its heading a liuge pair of shears,* inscribed with the motto, " We clip only the best." Joaquin Miller's "Life Among the Modocs " is a strong defence of the Indians, and condemnation of the treatment they have received from the whites. Captain Werner, who recently seized the Spanish insurgent gunboat Vigilante, will be removed from the command of the German squadron in the Mediterranean. A largo sum lost by the Wilberforce family, in times past, was said to have gone in a 3cheme, which subsequently ? revoked much laughter, for supplying tondon with milk through pipes. The lovers of " a good glass of Port wine" will rejoice to hear that the vintage of 1873 promises to be one of the most remarkable that has been known for many years. We refer to black currants. Three Chicago roughs attacked an old man whom they found fishing, on Sunday, and after knocking him down ? i li. o:lu and jumping on mm, asaeu 11 him diuid didn't tell nim better than to fish on Sundays ! There is a story told of an eminent criminal lawyer who, on one occasion, made such a powerful plea in favor of a notorious thief on trial that not only did the jury acquit the rascal, but one of the jurymen remarked, on being discharged, that be felt a great disposition to go out and steal something himself. Two sons of David Kendall, a highly respected citizen of Henry county, Tenn., aged 18 and 22 years, were drowned in West Lake while bnthing. One of the young men, who could not swim, got into deep water, and his brother, in attempting to save him, was clutched in his arms and drawn down. A third brother, in attempting to save them, narrowly escaped the same fate. A green young man, who was working for a farmer as "hired man," felt himself slighted when the girls of the neighborhood had a party to which they did not invite him. After sulking about for several days, he finally hit upon a mode of revenge, and said to his employer's daughter, " You can tell the gals that I'm a-goin' to have a party of - - ? * *- l-j- ?l my own, and l won i invite nouuuy. If there is a virtue in a* newspaper man, it is conciseness. Therefore we regard with admiration the people who have had to do with the Ida County (Iowa) Pioneer. That organ of public opinion having changed hands,* W. P. Evans's valedictory consisted of one word: "Good-night," and John Vail's salutatory was simply, " Good-mor ning." The diplomatic title of the Shah is " the sovereign to whom the sun serves as a standard, whose splendor and magnificence equal those of the heavens ; tlio sublime sovereign; the monarch whose armies are rumerous like the stars, and whose grandeur recalls that of Djamschid; whose munificence is equal to that of Darius ; the heir to the throne of the Keyanieus; the sublime and absolute emperor of all Persia." Seven hundred Chicago newsboys and bootblacks were picnicked recently. And the manager did the thing sensibly, too, for instead of boring them about their dirty faces or their morals, a couple of lively young ladies who were interested in the charity sang " Down in a Coal Mine," " When the Band begins to Play," and kindred ditties, in which the boys joined vociferously, and they never enjoyed anything so much in their lives. The charitable ladies of Chicago have a pleasant way of raising money for benevolent objects. They rent rooms in the heart of the city and spread a splendid fifty cent luncheou for business men. The tables are decorated with flowers, and are served by pretty volunteer young ladies. The managers receive free supplies in abundance, and the landlord refuses to charge rent, so that a week's operations usually fill the treasury to the desired point. Boys and girls, if you wish to aston3 ish any members of the fSmily, or any coming guests, by some day allowing them to discover their initials nestly printed oa a pear, peach or apple as it hangs on its branch, this is the way to carry out your plan. Just before the fruit tree ripens cut the desired letters from a sheet of thin, tough paper; then paste them on the side of the fruit most exposed to the sun ; and when in course of time you remove the paper from the ripe Burface you will find the letters distinctly marked upon it. A Canadian is said to have invented a substitute for India-rubber. The gum is obtained from the milkweed plant, or other plants of the nsclepia family, and flax and other seeds, by macerating and fermenting the substances, and then by evaporation reducing the resulting liquid to a thick mass. The gum thus obtained may be cheaply produced, and is alleged to have many of the valuable qualities of rubber. It is insoluble in water, may be vulcanized with sulphur, &c. The prico of pure rubber is now very high, and the discovery of an economical substitute is a matter of tho greatest importance in [ tun aria. A man out in Montana squatted on another person's land and built a small frame shanty. When requested to move he positively refused to do so ; so one night a squad of men came around after the squatter and his wife, who were asleep, and lifting the whole concern, shanty and all, with deliberate care carried it to the river and set it on a small raft. Then they pnshed the raft out into the stream and let her go. When the squatter got up in the mornidg to go out, he was surprised to find himself about sixty miles down the stream, and making good time in a nine-knot current. This is all we shall say about that man. It would be extremely improper to report his remarks in full.