Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-18


him, silcneod his irrit,bility, and won him
back TO good hunor
That was the last of Harry Vane's wan
derings. The name of Miss Wentworth
was never mentioned in his house; and
save his pentcnt confession, (made that
| night with his weary head lying upon her
bosom, "Susic, have wronged you-will
YOU forgive ne p to which her ONLY reply
was, the kiss of peace and trust and IL glance
more eloquent than any speech, there was
no al!usion to his faults
Susie is gray-haired now, and her failing
strength is supported by tie tenderness of
her grand-daug ghtcls aud it may be that to
them she sometimes relates the story of the
woman who wouldn't be jealous
! A Diabolical Exhibition.
| In tho year 1884, said distinguished lie.
gal gentleman of New Orleans Yesterday to
us, visited Paris in the course Of an Euro
| rcan tour, that my AmcrcunSm might lie
polished down n little by attytion among the
| gcntccl PARTICLES Of parSan society found
the world oC Paris il very considerable
state OF! excitement in consequence of an cX-
| traordln0ry performance which was nightly
exhibited by II .iugglcr, and which was moth
lngm nor less than the apparent dccapi-
tation OF Il man in the presence of an audi
encc, and under the very noses ofo commit
tee 0f medical gentlcmcn. who stood ONLY so
Ear distant while the operation was beng per
formed as to escape the swing of the long
tw0-cdgcd sword with which the iugelcr
smotc off his head. | went to witness this
/ exhibition, which took place in n theatre, in
company with several gcntlcmcn. The the
atre was crowded with between two and three
thousand spectators and The curtain was up.
| displaying very common table. six feet
long upan the stage. at the edge of which
obtained IL scat. having gone very early.
| At the given time tie iuggcr, II singular
/ looking man. came upon the stage. with his
Shlrt-Siceves rolled up to the shoulders, nnd
| bearing long, heavy, twu-edgcd sword He
upset the table upon tho boards and howed
that there was no concealed drawer OF other
recess, and placed it in the blaze of the foot
| lights near the edge ofthc stage. In n few
words he stated what he WAS going to do,nud
requested some of the audience to come for
ward and stand upon the stage, that they
might see there was no deception. mum
Der OF the medical gcnt!cmcn who had been
chosen as a committee to investigate the mat
| ter. If possible, took their position upon the
stage, aud soon after the victim. who had
been sitting in the parQucttc, mounted the
| H''S'' ic'u'NOu hlS COOt anu CraNnt, tulEcu
back his shrt-cOllar. and laying down upon
his back on the table, elevated his chin to
more fairly expose his neck to the heads
mans weapon The .iugg!cr then raised his
keen and icarful-ooking sword. and giving
| 1t wide sweep. brought it down. say
broughti it down upon tic neck. for no one
could sec that he did not, even those within
three feet of hm-upon the neck Of the sub
ject with great force
Blood slurtcd high into the air some Of it
falling on our party, and deugcd the staae,
while the most fearful sound, n something be-
tween n groan and shrick Of horror from
the whole asscmbngc shock the hulding.
and numerous women and some males fell
tanting IN their seats, aud were borne out
| by the ushers of the house Tho iumglcr
raised his sword again repeated the blow,
and The discovered head fell upon the floor /,
Taking it Ivy the hair, he held it up to the
audience for full five minutes, until the blood
had ceased to flow from the several arteries,
the lower jaw had fallen, and the face had
assumed the appearance of u corpse then
throwing it heavily upon the stage he rcQucs-
! ted the committee to examine it, which they
did, passing it from hand to hand. They
/ then examined the body upon the table, from
| the neck of which the blood had not vet ccas-
ed to drop upon the floor of the stage; they
lifted the limbs and let them fall with the
limb inertia of lifeess matter. and. of course
pronounced the man dead to ali intcnts ard
purposes.
After they had concluded their invcstiga-
ton, the iugglcr informed the audience that
he was going to put the mans head ON again
and restore him to life. Taking up the head
he lad It on the table, fitted the two parts of
the ncuk to each other and began to muttcr
and make signs over the corpse In about
five minutes the lately dccapitated man slew
ly turned his ghastly and altogether horrible
lacc-white as snow--towarh the audience
and an excitement followed exceeding, If
anything, that which occurred when the first
blow of the sword fell Ina few moments
tho cycIids gradually opened and displayed
the eyes wearing CLASSY. carpsc-llie stare:
by degrees, a liic-like speculation came into
them, some color returned to the face; and nf-
ter stretching his limbs, the man arose from
the table, resumed his coat, and walked
down the stage and mingled with the crowd.
The exhibition was over. The neck of the
apparently dccnpitatod man bore II red mark
and scar around it, like the cicntrice of a
newly healed wound. All this ] saw with
my own eyes. which were as eiiectually de-
cciyed as those of tens of thousands of other
persons. could in no way consistently with
reason account for any feature of this hori-
bly, thrilling feat of trickcry. l have never
heard of this trick before performed by any
other man, and worry possibly it originated
and died with him. However, it ia scarcely
more unaccountable than many other dis
played feats of the adrot Eastern iugglers.
NeW Orleans True Delta.
ONE of the editors of the Greenyillo Patri-
ot and Mountaincer. on tour through the
North writes from WnshinntoD oroono 9th.