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f The Beaufort Republican. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. _________ m ? ? - -? ? VOL. IV. NO. 2. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1873. ? . NEW SPRING GOODS. Jas. C. BAILIE & BRO., ^ T> ESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ATTEN JLL tiou to the following DESIRABLE GOODS offered by thcia for sale: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FLOOR Oil. CLOTHS. 21 foct wide, and of the beet quality of goods manufactured. Do you want a real good Oil Cloth ? It ?o, como now and get tho very best. Oil Clotha cut any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap FLOOIt OIL CLOTHS, from COc. a yard up. Table cloths all widths and colors. CARPETS. Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of new dosigns. A full stock of low-priced carpets fromj 30c. a yard up. Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch) LACE CURTAINS. French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites." Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful." Tamboured Muslin, durablo and cheap, from $3.50 a pair and upwards. CORNICES AND BANDS. Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnat and Gill Cornices, with or without centres. Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops. Cornices cut and made to fit windows and put up. WINDOW SHADES. 1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color. Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1.60, with all trimmings. Beautiful Shades 20c. each. Store Window Shades any color and any sire. Window Shades squared and put up promptly. Walnut and painted wood Shades. RUGS AND DOOR MATS. New and beautiful Rugs. Door Mats, from 60c. up to ths best English Cocoa, Uist wear three years. 100 sets Table Mats, assorted. MATTINGS. New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the different widths made. Mattings laid with dispatch. WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS. 3,0^0 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 all widths required lor Upholstering. Buttons, Gimps and Tacks for same. CURTAIN DAMASKS. Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and fUll'VV. Gimp", Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons. Moreens and Tablo Damasks. Curtains and Lambrequins made and pnt np. PI YXO AXD TABLE COVERS. English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovers. Embossed Felt Piaro and Table Covers. Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers. German Fringed Table Covers. CRUMB CLOTHS AND DRUGGETS. New patterns in any size or width wanted. To all of which we ask your attention. All work done well and in season, by James G. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, GA. srl-17-iy. H. M. Stuart, M. D., II Corner of .Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. PCALEB IX 7'RUGS AXD CIIEMICALS, FA MIL Y MEDICINES, FANCY AXD TOILET ARTICLES, ^ ST A TIOXER Y, PERFUMER Y, ~ BRUSHES, Ac., <tc., <tc. Together with many other articles too numerous to mention. All of which will be sold at tho lowest p ico for cash. Physician* prescriptions carefully compounded. fcb.ll. PIERCE L. WIGGIN, ATTORtlEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. | Solicitor Second Circuit, p Beaufort, S. C. ' Bept.l-ly. JERRY SAVAGE & CO., Wheelwrights & Carpenters. Carts, Wagons and Carriages repaired in the best manuer at low prices. All kinds of jobbing promptly attended to. MAGNOLIA St., BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. Dr. God ho offers his professional services to the public. He may be found at bis residence, Gam? Hill, near Varasville, Beaufort Co., S. C. jan.l-ly. A. S. HITCHCOCK, ATTORNEY AND CODNSELOR AT LAW, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAUFORT, 8. C. Dec.l-yr. L YEMASSEE Eating Saloon, AT TIIE P. R. & S. & C. R. R. JUNCTION. The traveling public will here find good meals on the arrival of truius. AKo accommodations for man and beast, near the depot. X3. T. SELLERS, YEMASSEE, S. C. yov.21.ly. _ ~W. H. CALVERT, PRACTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker. DEALER IN Japanned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on band, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves. TERMS CASH. Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict atUntinn tra hiiRinnaa in tha fllturA to merit vrmr kind favor. W. H. CALVERT, Bay St., between Sth and 9th Sts., BEAUFORT, S. C. Apl.S-ly. ' CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^ rach25-Iy i;. H. JACKSON ! Redeem Your Lands. _? The Act* of Congress and the Regulations of the j I Treasury Department In regard to the Redemption ; of Lands now in the possession of the United States j by reason of the Direct Tax Commissioners sales can i be had at this office. Prioe tea ceuu, Hj mail 0? 1 t inn otnii frTi ' nrct I PAUL BRODIE, A I* CHIT EOT, BEAU FORT,S.C. Drawings of Model* prepared for Patent Office. Studies for special purposes, made at short lotice. Box 31, P. O. ded-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 shipment of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Libera) advances made on consignments. dec7-ly "JOHN BRODIE, Contractor & House Builder, Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFICES Hnrner Bav and Ninth Street, BEAUFORT, S. C. decl-tf POUT ROYAL SAW & PLANING MILL, Beaufort, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., MANUTACTCRERS OT AND DEALERS IN Yellow Pine Timlier and Lumber, AND ^ CYPRESS SHINGLES, ALSO, Builders & Contractors. Plaster Lathes, ALL KINDS OF JOB SAWING Promptly Done. Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always on Hand. Order* for Lumber and Timber by the cargo 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 his personal attention to the repairing of WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELKV. Ornamental and plain Engraving dono at short notice. Gentlemen having flue Watches can test them at this establishment by ono of HOWAIID & CO.'8 J500 REGULATORS. " ! > .?/v.V nn. nf .T TiT TSR k CO.'S One Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to furnish Beaufort time to the fraction of a second. Alfred Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE, Crofut's Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. B.?Court will be held every Friday at Brick Church, St. Helena Island. meli26-iy A. MARK, BOOTMAKER, Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am pre. pared to do first-class work. mch2U-ly A. MARK. PURE WATER 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 introduced into any house by tho AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. fcb27-6m S. MAYO, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., HARDWARE, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco, 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 M. POLLITZER, Cotton Factor AXD Commission Merchant, BEAUFORT, S. C. eepi* The Savannah Independent, A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low rata of only ONE DOLLAR A YEAR; Address, INDEPENDENT, 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."