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SIMPLICITY IN STYLE.-A letter fell
into my hands which Scotch servant girl
had written to her lover. lis style charm
ed me. 1t was fairly iDimitablo won.
dercd how, in l.er circumstances 10 life,
ehe could have acquired SO elegant and
perfect style. / showed the letter to
some of my literary friends in New York,
aud they unanimously agreed thas it was
a model of beauty aud elegance. | then
determined to solve my mystery, and ask
ed how it was that in her humble circum-
stances in life she had acquired style so
beautiful that the most cultivated minds
could not but admire it. "Sir," she said
II came TO this country four years ago.
Then did not know how To read or write.
But since then / have earned how to read
and write, out | have not learnt how to
spell so always, when | sit down to write
letter, | choose those words which are so
short aud simple that l am sure know
how to spell them" There was the whole
secret. The reply of this simple minded
Scotch girl conden$cs world of rhetoric
into Il nut she'll Simplicity is beauty. -
is puwer.-Eaz Green Hat
hck
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-11
Faust.

That some such person as Flustu. has
existed, is asserted in the most direct man
ner by writer's who profess to have con-
versed with him. Among those eye wit
-nessses are Philip Melancthon, the great
rcfurmer, and Conrad Gesner, 156l and
even in Luther's aTable Talk" mention is
made of Dr.. Faustus as man irretrieva.
bly, lost. The following is the story of
Faust on which Goethe bases his poem.-
Doctor Johann Faust is prominent char
acter of the national and popular poetry
ofGormauy. According to popular tradi-
dltlon, he was celebrated uecromancer,
rn about a. b 1880, at Knittingeu, or
kundlingon, i'll Wurtemberg. He is said
to have studied magic at Cracow Hav-
ing masterel all the secret sciences, he
Was seized with gloomy dissatisfaction at
the shallowncss of human knowledge, and
with an intense longing after more ele-
waited kind OF mental and physical eujoy-
ment, he conf ureI the Evil One, aud
made an agreement with him, according
to which the devil was to serve Faust for
full twenty-Four years, obeying all his b.
hcsts, aud at the expi alton of the term
Faust's soul was to be delivered to eternal
damnatiOl.
The contract, signed by Fast with his
own blood, contained the following FIVE
conditions: 81, be shall rcnouucc God
aud all celestial hosts; 2, he shall be an
enemy Of all mankind; 2, he shall not
obey priests; 4, he shall not go to church
and partake of the holy sacraments; 5, he
shall shun wedlock." Faust having sign.
cd this agreement, Sitau sent him soir.
Has ttmiliaris, (Mephistopheles, M4phis-
tophll!s, or Mephistophiles,) devil "who
likes to live among men," Faust now be.
gan brilliant worldly career lie revel.
led i'll all manner of sensual enjoyment of
which his attentive devil servant, with an
inexhaustible fertility of Imagination, was
always inveuting new and more attractive
forms. When remorse t1rmented Faust
and surfelt led him t, sober reflection,
Mephistophc'es diverted him with all
kinds of curious devillFies. Faust fire..
quen!y joine in them, and applied his
supernatural p1w-rs to the most astonsh-
ing feats ri witchoraft. This period of his
career i9 embeIlished by popular poetry
with numerous com.cal tricks and miracu-
lous faat7 ....
Finally, the term of twenty-four years
driving to its close, remorse and fear
orcrpower him completely; as last re,
sort he seeks relief and salvation from
priests, but nothing avails him. All flee
from the doomed man. Midnight ap.
proaches an unearthly noise is heard
from Faust's room, the bowling of storm
which shakes the house to its very foun-
dalton, demouiacal Iaughter,.cries Of pain
and anguish, u piercing, heart-reuding call
for help, followed by the stiffness of death.
Next morning they dud Faust's room
empty, but on the a'or aud walls evidence
of violent struggle, POOLS of blood and
shattered brains; th3 corpse itself, man
gled in most horrible manner, they find
upon dunghill.
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QOetital.
THE KNIGHTS TOMB.

In monumental marble sleeps
The gnilnnt old crusader,
And from tile past a lesson keeps
For warrior, peer or trader;
The knighlly crest, the noble breast,
The rusty sword, beside him,
With that gcanl brow. which, even now
Says fame hath not bclied him
Heplavcd trac and worthy part
In days we call benjghtcd,
Aud through the Il ,rli age in his heart
Gods purrst fame WAS lighted;
For truth and love aud heaven above,
A simple filth awaited him;
And vainly thea the Slracen
In every fight assuiel him.
His strong arm on the battle field,
His noble love of duty,
The homage lie WAS swift to yield
To woman'S grace and hcnutv--
Ills mercy showl to foes o'crthrown,
Ills scorn of double DEALING
Though gone and past, IL spell, hath cast
That wakes our highest feeling.
seem to see the kingly form
Upon the field rcposinr,
When glowing sunset soft and warm,
A hard-tonght day IS closing,
And stars arise like angels eyes
To watch the gallant sleeper,
While dreams OF home may haply come
To make his slumLcr deeper.
Brave knight thy life may teach US more
Than philosophic sagcS,
And from the misty days of yore
Echo to future ages;
A moral plain may yet remain,
Though we forget the story,
That noble aim is more than fame
And truth snrpasses glory.
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The Showman's Courtship.
BY ARTEMUS WARD.

There was many affectin ties which
made me banker around arter Betsy Jane.
Her. fathers farm jined ourn their cows
and ourn squencht their thurst at the same
spring, our old mares both had stars on
their f1rrards; the measels broke out in
both fameries at nearly the same period
our parents (Betsy's aud mine) slept reg.
ularly every Sunday in the same meetn
house, aud the nabors used to observe
"How thick the Wards aud Peasleys
air ?" 1t WAS sublime site, in the
Spring of the year, to see our several moth.
ers, (Betsy's and mine,) with their
gowns pinned up so they couldn't sile EN-.
affechunately bilin soap together aui
boozln the uabers. -
Altho | hankered intensely arter tho
objccls Of my alfacshuns, dursn't toll
her of the fires which was rajin in my
manly BuzzIm. I'd try - do it but my
tung would XII, wollop up agn the roof Of
my mowth Il stick thar, like deth to
deceased African, or country postmaster
TO his offs, while my hart whapged agin
my ribs like ole fashioned Flale again
barn fore.
Twas earn still night in Joon. All
natur was hu,ht and nary zeffer disturbed
the screen silens. sat with Betsy Jane
IN the fence Of fathers ptstur. We'd
been rompin threw the WOO Is, pullin flow.
ers and driving would chuck from bis ma.
tive lair $50 to sp,ak) with long sticks.
Wall, we sot there on the fence, swing
in our feet two and fro, blushing as red as
the Baldinsville sko,l house when il was
fust painted, ard lookin very cimple, |
1 make no doubt. My left arm was oke-
pied in baluusin myself on the fense, whilo
my rite was wound lovingly round her
waste.
Iclearei my throat and trembleflly sed,
BETSY, you're Gazalls "
thought that air putty fine. WAITED
to see the etfeck it would have upon her.
1t evidently didn't fetch her, for she up
and sed,
"You re sheep -
SEE l, "BelSey, think very muchly
of you.
81 don't b'leeve a word you say---so
there now cum !" with which observation
she Mitchell away FROM me.
81 wish thar was winders to my Sole,"
sed [, $50 that you could see some of my
feelins. There's fire euuff in here, sed
|, strkin my huzzum with my fist, "to
bile all this corn beef and turnips in tho
naberhood. Veraoovius and tue Critter
amt circumstans.' -. s..
She bowed Der head down and com.
menced chawin the strings of her son DO
net. So
oar, corld you no the sleeplis mites l
IVORY threw on your account-how vittles
has ceased to be attractive to me, & how
my Inns has shruuk upon wouldn't
dowt me. G lze on this wastin form aud
these ere sunkeu cheeks
should have coutinnered on in this
straue probly for some time, but unfortu.
nifty l lost my balluns and fell over into
the pasture korsmash, tarin my close and
severely domagiu myself giueraly.
Betsy Jane sprung to my assistance in
DUDE quick time, and dragged me 4th.-
Then DRAWN up to her full hte she sed,
81 won't listen to your noncents any
longer. jest say rite strate out what
you're drivin at. If you mean getting
hitched, In IN y
l considered that enuff for all practical
purposes, and we proceeded am ejitly to tho
parsons, and was made l that very mite.
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SUBAQUEOUS APPARATUS An inge-
NOUS apparatus for enabling persons to
remain under water, Or In places G!led
with drleteripus gases, has been coutriyed
by Il French inventor. The apparatus
consists simply of a piece of wood having
the form and dimensions Of the human
mouth when open. To this piece of wood
two iudIa-rubbrr tubes are fixed, of any
length, accord ng to the exigencies of the
case. The mau engaged in the operation
is further provided with nose pinchcr
Or instrument for COMPRISING the nostrils,
so as to prevent the introduction Of the
delcleriuus gas or of water, as the case
may be. The operator puts the piece of
wood into his mouth, aud puts on the nose
pincher. He stops up one Of the oriiices
with his tongue, and inhaes pure air
from the other; after which he shifts his
tongue on the latter. or'ice, and exhalcs
his breath through the other. He con-
tinues thus regularly shifting his tongue
from one orifice to the other, in the order
Of the inspirations and expiration, but
even mistake would be of little coase,
queuce.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-11
The Ruling Passion,

An eminent French artist possesses a
monkey, very intelligent, very ugly, but
an Immense pet Of her owners Made.
moisclic Nounne, however, possesses all
the defects which the cyuic considers to
be particularly feminine. She is lazy, in.
quisitive, excessively addicted t, sugar
plums, fruitcake, &C., Gdgety, disorierly,
touching everything, breaking everything
she touches, daubiug her masters pictures,
twisting the necks OF his wite's canaries,
and once upon time pulled every feather
out of splendid parrot, in imitation of
the cook, who she had seen the day before
picking fowl. A short time since, the
artist having to 60 out and dreading lest
Nouaine should perform some new piece
of mischief during his absence, bethought
himself Of method of furnishing her
with something to do until his return. He
accordingly took the monkey on his lap,
dressed her in agay gown which had served
as model in one of his pictures, 10 which
figures marqlisof the time Of Louis XIV,
painted her cheeks white and re ], with
black patch under one eye, powdered her
bead, hung string of beads around her
neck, and then, having seated her on the
floor, in corner of the o'siirr, with a
small looking-glass in her hand left her,
not without some miscivinr, and promis-
ing himself not to he lonr awav But in.
stead of returning c@rly II. o~tiss was uu.
expectedly detained, and col7 got home
the next morning. He rushed to the ate-
Her in terror. expecting tn find everything
upside down. and half bis pictures So lied
81 really must get rid of Nounine,"
id the artist to himself, as he 4nxiously
unlocked the door of the stulio, "for
cannot let ny work remain at the little
wre'eh'a mercy I" But to his surprise and
relief h" found her sound asleep, exactly
wAAra he had placed her, and holding the
looking-glass in her hands, Not thing
h@d been touched by her in the artists
abscace. "The fact is" continued the
"ynic, "that the ugly little beast, as vain
as her sex entities her to be, had been so
enrapturel with her own beauty, and that
OF her tincry, that she had remained
through the entire day, absorbed in the
contemplation of her charming self in the
little hand glass, Now tell me-" he add.
ed, triumphantly appealing to his listeners
'does anybody believe that male mon
key wou!d have passed whole afternoon
in gazing at himself in a mirror, and can
anybody doubt, after such proof to the
Contrary, iha vanity is the ruling passion
OF the female sex 7"
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O. A woman who recently had her
butter seized by the clerk Of the market
for short weight, gave as reason that
the COW from which me butter was made
was subject to a cramp, and that caused
the butter to shrink in weight.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-11

A WEATHER ITEM The court was
called. There was cloud upon the brow
Of the judge. Silence rained William
Mullignn was hailcd, but William was
mist. The judge Mundered, The prose.
cutting attorney stormed. The .jury's Ia.
bors hyhtcned. William Mull,g4u mig
zlcI
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-11-11

seg~ A Cockney tourist met Scottish
lassie going barefoot towards Glasgow
"Lassie," said he, should like to know
if all the people in these parts go bare
foot ?" Part of 'em do, aud the rest Of
'em mind their own business" was the
rather set thing reply.
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MS- A sympathetic individual in De-
troit, having heard that the substitute he
sent to the war was wounded, took to his
bed, from which he will get up and take
TO crutches as the proxy recuperates. He
will claim a pension shoul his mau be
discharged or disabled.
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aG- Mrs Darlington is of the opinion
that NJ ount Vesuvius should take sarsa.
parilla to cure itself of eruption. The
old lady thinks it has been vomiting so
long nothing else w1uld stay on its stom-
ach.
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6 The seler,men Of Welles, Me-, have
been fined IS and costs each for not allow
ing colored maa to vote at the recent
State election.
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NEW GOODS,


THE undersigned have just received
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The surrounding country. They also de-
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In addition to all styles of Bonne,s,
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-07
FoRrRrss NoNRor. SEM. 20

FORTRESS MONROE. sept. 30.
Fr,,n pihccrs and Others we gather the
following facts in regard to the action on the
mort SIDE Of the james. which mas thus far
proved ID most brilliant success.
nunr5 the night OF the 2Sth the 10th
aud 18th corps crossed the James
rNci e. the north side, moving with great
CELEBRITY and at dayhreak on the 29th sudden
ly o-in-- upon the enemy. The 18th corps.
ten Ord, met the enemy at Chaplin
hiuf and charged the rebel works
Ni'i -,reat galiantry, successfully CARRYING
tu' psf of Fort Morris with seven guns
f.ry then charged and carried at the point
ui Iae bayonet SIX other earthworks, captur-
ing in all 10 guns and 500 prisoners
ten. Birney's corps also met with great
success, driving the enemy from the works
commanding the New Market road, and
gaming an important position seriously men,
acins Richmond.
hen. Ord was wounded while calamity
directing the movements of his troops. The
wound WIS not severe and will probably only
A~p him from active duty few weeks.
ten. Burnham was killed. His remains have
reached here and will be sent North immedi-
ately.
The latest reports from the front of thst
part of our army on the North side of the
james river represent everything as highly
encouraging. Our forces are within four or
five miles of Richmond this morning, and
lave driven the enemy before them in con-
fusion.
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NTW YnRY q


The HralSs special dispatch giving an &C
count of the Sighting north of the James
river on Friday says three desperate efforts
were made by the enemy to retake the cap
tured works, Leo in person commanding,
but the rebels each time were driven back
with much loss.
The enemy moved in the woods opposite
the works and charged with wild yells in
three heavy columns. The rebel rams open
ed at the same time and our line was emilia
ded by battery on the river. The men
however stood steady, and received the re-
bells with SO hot a FIRE, that they broke
and fed to the woods.
Twice again were they rallied but
only to meet with the same result leay-
ing the ground covered with dead and woun-
ded. Prisoners report at least 1000 killed
and wounded. The fight is pronounced the
most desperate of the war and Gen. Weitzel
who was in command has won great credit
for his management.
The Tritune's dispatch says of the opera
tions below Petersburgh on the 26th, that
Gregg's cavalry, supported by two brigades
of infantry, made reconnaissance toward
the Lynchburgh Railroad, and found no en-
envy in force. The next day a force was sent
out bevond Poplar Springs Church, and found
the enemy in a strong position. Gen. Griffin
decided to carry the works by storm, and
forming his force into three lines the assault
was made, and proved a brilliant success.
The whole line was taken. including the forts,
two or three guns and 50 prisoners. Our loss
will be about $50 killed and wounded.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-07
ST. LouIs. Sept. %


Capt Garvin acting Q. NJ. in this Dis
trict. who left Pilot Knob Tuesday morning
with train Of commissary stores sent away
hv Gen. Ewing. furnishes some information
in regard to the situation.
The fort at Pilot Knob was strong. mount
ing 62-pounder and 6 field pieces, but the
latter are Ineffective against artillery on
Sheppard Mountain.
Il was believed at Headquarters yesterday
morning that few days would settle the
enemy's fate.
Information from that quarter is looked
for with anxiety.
The rebels lost 50 killed in their attack on
Mineral Point Tuesday night.
Prices Headquarters were at Frederick
town. Tuesday.
Not. ing has vet been heard from Gen.
Mower The railroad below Big River has
been abandoned, and it is reported that a
portion OF II has hren torn up. portion OF
the rchel> nave gone to Richmond, Washing
ton g.. and it IL likely they will next be
heard from On the Southwest Branch Rail
road. cutting communication between here
and Rolla.
4 large number Of veterans arrived yester-
day. and several Illinois l00-days regiments
have been ordered here.
Particulars Of the affair at Centralis have
been received. Thirty-four Veterans who
were returning home from Atlanta were shot
in cold blood, and the bodies horribly multi
ated. Mr.. Guliand, the Express agent, was
also murdered and three citizens in the train
were wounded and left to burn up with the
train. which was fred and started of at full
speed About one hour after the the guer-
lila, left. Mai. johnson, with about $50 mi
litia arrived at Centralia, and started
in pursuit. They were ambushed when
about three miles out, and 90 of their
number mcludns Maj. johnson were killed.
The militia were all raw and badly armed
The rebels were commanded by the notorious
Bill Anderson. This is the most atrocious
affair since the maseacre at Lawrence.
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News Of the Week.
By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON. Sent. %.

WASHINGTON, Sept. %.
The following dispatch from Gen. Grant is
Just received. E. NJ. STANTON.
HKADa' RS, CHARMS FARM, Sept. %.
To MAJ. Gen. Hallecs;
Gen Ord advanced this morn
ing and took the strong line of Notifications
below Chapin's Farm, capturing Is guns and
go or 300 prisoners. Gen. Ord is wounded
but not dangerously.
At the same time Gen. Birney advanced
from Deep Bottom, and carried the New
Market Road and entertainments, scattered
the enemy in every direction. taking but few.
He is still marching on towards Richmond.
This whole country is full of strong iOrti-
hcatIons.
left Gen. Birney where the road inter =
sects with the New Market and Richmond
roads. U. 5. GRANT,
Lieut.. Gen.