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WHAT'S A BoNANzAi

You wander through the mountains OF Nevada,
Forlorn, alone, and think how very sad a
Life lot is yours; then strike deep, getting mad
der,
When suddenly, as il your heart to glad, a
Big golden nuTSss Ssts p0ss sdnSoys ntS your pan S
You purchase, maybe, on an empty pocket,
With fear and trembling, worthless shares Oh
stock; it
Goes straight ahead, like honest Davy Crockett,
And soon gets higher than first-class rocket;
Then men bow Down and call you great man,
That'sa bonanza.
You mediate, perhaps, shrewd invention,
And give it all your labor and attention,
With pain and toll you wouldn't want 10 r1en-
ton;
And Ar % makes @ peifectian Of your little plan, sir
That's bonanza.
You 20 into the market matrimonial,
Your paths are peace; your paths are bright
You meet with beauty, sweetness, love and
money; all
The kindly fairies stand ready to pony all
Their, good gifts up, and place them in your
That's bonanza.
A lawyer, maybe, in your Office sitting,
With dreams Of debts and duns before you fit.
ting,
You fear good luck will ne'er begin its hitting
In steps q stranger, who, in terms most fitting
Gives you fine, fat chancery plea to answer
That's bonanza.
That luck's a fortune always has been tolt
us;
What e'er we do, the fates still make and molt
II luck in its embrace at last enfold us,
Filling us full of glory or Of gold DUST,
So that the worlds respect we can command
SIR
That's O bonanza.
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being relieved, however, at intervals, by
the fainting away, from sheer exhaus-
tion, OF some OF the dancers, and their
being carried out. Towards the close,
some of them grew 80 h0arse that they
could scarcely speak.
About this time occurred one OF the
most disgusting scenes OF the exhibition,
which was the eating, by one of the
Arabs, of live scorpionl The scorpion
was taken out OF the little checkered
box by one of the performers, who let it
crawl over his hand and face, muttering
to it all the time, and then handed it to
another Arab, who went through much
the same performance, and, finally put
ting nis face within two feet of mine, he
took the head of the scorpion in one
hand, holding the tail in the other, put
the terrible reptile in his mouth, body
first, chewed it up and swallowed it.
Another fellow took number OF iron
skewers, and run one through each
cheek, one through his protruding
tongue, lone through his nose, one through
each arm and hand and whilst the blood
was streaming from each wound, he ex-
ecuted a violent dance, and rushed from
the courtyard.
Then negro, black as night, and
young and vigorous, who was one of the
hrSt to begin the dance, ana la8t 10 cease,
took iron spikes and hammered them
with stone into his body; one being
driven in just above the collar bone, one
in the abdomen, and one in the right leg,
blood flowing freely from all the wounds.
He finally tainted while dancing, per-
haps more from loss of blood than
fatigue.
Another one, who had very much the
appearance of a blacksmith, took bar
| Of iron about two feet in length, small at
one end and having wheel on the other,
with handle in the center of the bar
through which the bar revolved. He
worked the wheel up to avery rapid rev.
olution, and then placed the sharp point
of the bar into the side of his eye next to
the nose and gouged the eye out of its
socket; he took the eye in his hand and
held it at least six inches from his face,
and after dancing and yelling for a few
seconds, he replaced the eye in the sock.
ct. He ended his performance by dane.
ing around the court, butting his head
severely against each OF the stone pill
lars, and then tearing out his hair by
handfuls.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

If there is one thing more aggravating
than another, and one that will make a
man wish he had never been born, 1t is
to meet a woman on the street with
thick veil over her face, who approaches
him bowling and smiling, evidently in
tending to stop and ask after all his
friends. He stops and partly extends
his hand, all the time in the most glori-
Gus uncertainty as 10 who it is, but con-
soIipg himself with the thought that in
IL is some one he knows, Of course. All
of a sudden some one darts from behind
him, and, to his utmost surprise, he dis
covers that the fascinating female is a
perfect stranger, and that all those en-.
dearing smiles were intended for another.
How sick he feels as he pulls his nat
over his eyes and pretends he was try
Inc to recognize friend across the street
whilst all the time he feels that. he is de-
ceiving no one. He inwardly swears a
solemn oath, as he sinks away like o
whipped spaniel, never to get caught "
such a fix again, and yet, in spite oil hIm.
self, it is as likely to happen the very
next day,
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Epbraim Simpkins to w. O. Mellen, 50 acres,
known as "Montauk," /" in Columbia township,
quitclaIm-SSU0
VIM. Wise, jr., and wife to q. w. Payne,
Lots 81 and SO on the plat Of Minneola, in Sec
tion 10, Delhi township-$2U0.
VIM. Hackstadt and others to Annie M.
Strait. the interest Of the grantors In the east
half OF l99s acres in Sections " and 49, Millcreek
townshipv$l and otnet considerations.
j. j. Robbins and wife to Elizabeth b; Groes s;1 g,
Central avenue, 40 feet north of Ninth street-$l
and other considerations.
Administrators of ]. #. Altering to Joseph
vonderheide, lot 20 by s3 65-10U feet, ON the
south side Of Harrison street, 4S7 feet east ol
BrOadway-$5,150.
'J.F. Maschmeyer and wife to Edward Mule
gan, Lot 124 on the plat of Industry-$b0
George Weber and wife to A. Starbuck ano
J. Pfau, jr, assignees Of George Weber. ~ lots
in Madeira's, in Woodruff and Munson's sub
divisions in the northern part of the city-x.,
b. Simon and others to e. ii. B0de. lot 70 BY
106 feet on the north side of Carlisle street. l5l
feet east Of Belleview avenue, Mount Auburn
also Lots 81 and 81 in Greenwood's subdivision
In Corryville-S2,2jU.
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THE Joint Committee appointed by the
New York Legislature at the instigation
Of Gov. Tilden to investigate the canal
frauds, have made a report. They have
had time but for limited examination,
and the report is confined to the single
tonic of letting contracts. 1t shows that
The contract business has been thorough
IL fraudulent. The mode Of operating
may be briefly described: Suppose a
new lock is to be constructed. In the
first place limited appropriation Is pro-
cured because the Legislature might not
be disposed to vote sufficient sum at
once. An official engineer then makes
q hasty estimate Of the quantity Of mate
xials OF various kinds required, OF dirt to
he excavated or rock to be blasted, etc.
Proposals for bids are next in order
The bids come in and are opened by
three canal commissioners, only one oi
whom, he in whose division the job is to
b let, knows anything about it or takes
kry interest in it. Some Of the bidders
ere found to have offered to do certain
portions of the work at prices altogether
TOO low, while others are more than as
uuch too high. Other bids put in fail
prices for every part Of the job, but the
aggregate is higher than that OF either o.
ehe irregular or unbalanced bids. The
Constitution ,enjoins the letting to thu
lowest responsible bidder. The irregu
Isr bids should be thrown out, but thai
II held to be violation of the Constitu'
tfnn because they are by responsible
parties, and their aggregates are lower
than those of the regular bids. One
Of them is therefore accepted. Here
ts where the rascality is patent on the
face of the transaction. Any foo
might know that an irregular bid would
not be put in except with the deliberate
design Of cheating the State. And ye
the rascals get the contract because tn
aggregate amount for which they offer tt
do the work is the lowest. Well, VIII!
not. then, let them have III Simply be
cause they have made more careful esti
mates than those Of the Official enginee
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

A gentleman who has just returned
from Cherokee county, Kansas, Is full
with remarkable "reminiscences OF tue
prasshoppers infesting that vicinity. lie
will stand around for an hour, relating
the hairbreadth escapes of the people
whom the hoppers have completely
oyerrun, and who are leaving their homes
and fleeing from the fearful scourge.
The traveller is inclined to think that
many of the crimes attributed to the
James boys are to be traced to the more
hardened and dissolute grasshoppers,
many of whom, he says, are armlhg
with shot guns and organizing sort OF
home guard for offensive and defensive
nurposes. One of the most credible sto-
ries is to the effect that, a few weeks
ago. a woman dug up painful of dlrt IN
which to plant some fower-seed. She
nut the pan under the stove, and went
out to see neighbor. Upon her return,
after an hours absence, she found seven
thousand bushels OF grasshoppers gen.
Grated by the heat, literally eating her
out of house and home. They first at
tackled the green shades on the windows,
and then a accompanied dust.pan. A
green Irish servant girl, asleep in one OF
the rooms, was the next victim, and not
a yestage OF her was left. The stove and
stove. pipe followed, and then tive house
was torn down SO they could get at the
chimney. Boards, joists, beams, pias-
tering, clothing, nails, hinges, door
knobs, plates, tin-ware, everything, in
fact' the house contained, was eaten up,
and when she arrived within mile o.
the the place, she saw two of the Largest
hoppers hon sitting up on end and playing
mlnlble.peg with carving knife, fol
which should have the cellar. The way
the matter leaked out was on su',
brought against tho insurance company.
which refused to pay the policy on the
ground that the building was not de.
stroyed by fire; but the court rendered
verdict for the plaintiff, as she had
proven that the grasshoppers were gen
Grated by the fire in the stove.-st.Loui'
| Qlobe
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with whom they are often In collusion.
They know that the work calling for
the lowest prices is comparatively
limited, while the work which they
offer at high prices is comparatively
heavy. In this way the profit on the
high priced work greatly overbalances
the loss on the low-priced work, and the
aggregate is raised above that Of either
of the lowest bidders. He bids on other
engineers estimates, while the State
must pay for what the work turns out to
be. The proposals only cover the work
to the extent of the appropriation. Then
changes are ordered in the work, and an
additional swindle is provided for. AT
the next session of the Legislature an
additional appropriation is procured,
and the work goes on under the old con-
tract. Even should the engineers pre-
liminary estimates be thoroughly honest,
they extend no further than the amount
OF the appropriation. The portionof the
work estimated may bear high ratio TO
the whole that is estimated and bear q
very low ratio to the whole work when
completed. The very low prices in the
bid are on the smaller portion, while in
the aggregate of the work the high prices
are found to cover the chief part Of the
entire job. The next year the work goes
on under another appropriation, and SO
on for several years until finished. In
the end the Committee say that the con-
tractor is found to have obtained double,
triple, quadruple, and even ten times his
original bid. Fraud has thus been re-
duced to a fine art on the Erie Canal.
The Committee recommend divers reme-
dies, among which is one forbidding such
an Interpretation of the Constitution as
requires them to accept unbalanced or
irregular bids, since they are evidently
fraudulent, and the Constitution does
notrecognize fraud.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

WHILE Cincinnati, dressed in her gay
est apparel. with all interest centered in
tie great science of music is celebrating
victories of peace, Chicago Is. all astir
sver a grand military reunion and cele-
bration in honor of the triumphs Of war.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

SOME National bankers OF oC. LOUIS
having proposed bankers banquet to
be held at Saratoga on the 23d Of July,
the proposition has met with general fa-
vur from the National money kings at
New York, and the affair will probably
come off. The question is raised whether
il shall be q banquet or clam-bake. We
would insist upon its being banquet-a
regular Belshazzar banquet, provided a
second Daniel could be called in to in
terpret the dreams Of the. most illustri-
GUS plutocrats. We fear, however, that
our modern Belshazzars have too little
conscience to be very badly scared, and
that every divine admonition would be
in vain. Saratoga Is very proper place
for such banquet, and the time fixed
FOR it is quite appropriate. The gay
world that flutters in plumes plucked
from honest labor, will be in the height
Of its revelry and afford our great bank
ers delightful view of the manner in
which their wives and daughters spend
considerable portions Of their incomes
derived from interest compounded at
sixty days. The small demand for money
at that season will give them the shay
faver," for which they can find relief at
Haratoga. The society there is special
and select. 1t is made up exclusively
Of those who draw from incomes made
by special legislation for the benefit OF
the few at the expense of the many.
The chief Of these are the bankers, who
enjoy the national credit in a chartered
organization that gives them omnipo-
tent power over the business life-blood
Of the country; the land monopolists,
who have made the largest fortunes OF
the country by the favor Of laws that
have cast the poor out Of Gods earth
for the enrichment of nobility; the
manufacturers and miners, who also go,
rich by partial laws favoring the strong
and the rich at the expense of the poor;
and the public contractors and jobbers,
who have reduced fraud to fine art,
and got from two to five dollars
fuf every dollars worth OF public
service. The bankers include the bright
est and the richest of all these favored
classes. Some of them have got rich by
zeal estate speculation, which ough
never to have been permitted; others b!
mining and manufacturing; while herr
and there one has honestly made for
tune by lucky hits in foreign CONNER &C
or domestic trade. The horns OF Sara
toga will therefore be especially exalted
BY the presehce of those great men wh
Kberally pay the piper for their dancin
aons, wives and daughters, who fee
rroudly lifted above all work or bus
ness. The banquet will tend to still
= more closely unite all of the fraternit,
In solid column for the achievement q
still greater victories over the people b
the use of golden armor.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

BUELL., the ibelist, has been reindicted,
and stands another chance of trial. 1t
must have been terrible blast that he
gave the character Of Ex-senator Chand-
lar
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

DIR. CUMMINGS Reformed Episcopal
Church is not as near dead as was
thought. 1t is now holding General
Convention in Chicago, with one hun
dred and twenty-five delegates present,
representing Churches in various Sec
tons of the country.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

Two elections, to be held in Mississip-
nj and California next tall, will ,mp.e .ete
the roll OF members-elect 70 the Forty
fourth Congress.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY,

RUMoRs Of Cabinet and Department
changes are 80 numerous and so unre-
liable that they are hardly worth report
ing.
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LOST.

r OsT-POCKET-BOOK- Containing nearly
L$S 00, season ticket to Festival, return tick
ct to Indianapolis two postage stamps and
brass check The finder will be rewarded by
leaving same at this Office. IT.
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Look at This!

GALL and examine the best WINDOW
u SHADES, sold at 81 10 per pair, COM
PLETE, at MARG ESON'S, Fourth street, oppo-
site Grand Hotel.
Wall Paper of all styles 20 PER GENT. LESS
tnan at any other store in the city.
ANDREW A. MARGESON,
Successor to Harwood Il Margcson,
No. $50 West Fourth street,
Opposite Grand Hotel Cincinnati
tmas7- ,Tu, Th,tA - 40
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FOUND.

INOUND--LOW PRICES-At the Globe Shoe
| II Store, 1S9 Vine street, one door south OF
Fifth street, opposite the Fountain, ladies,
misses and children's, gents, boys and yo1thS
| custom made boots and shoes at astonishing
low prices. ap22-1m
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FOR SALE

LNOR SALE.-5,O00 old papers, in hundred
l. packs, at this office.
V1OR SALE-CARRIAGES-N anu Sec
II ond hand in great variety. For bargainH
call at 10 and 21 West Seventh street. GEO. q.
MILLER & SONS. se7sn
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

VNTANTED-SITUAT ATION-In law office:
w can write good hand and am well ac-
quainted with streets. Can get good reler-
ences Address HARRY, this Office.
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WANTED - STU ALTON = By young
w man, IS years old, to take care Of a horse
and buggy AMI work about 2 house. Best, OF
in care of =, M G.. A ], cor. Sixth and Elm. 4
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

w man, Is years of age, to assist in ship
ping goods, or to take care OF horse and bug
gy; is willing to take a home in the country
and can get the best Of references. Address Js
L. H., this Office.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

VTTANIED-SITUATI = To learn car
w riage trimming. Address 9. H., care this
Ofiirp. LII. IL
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

yNTANTED-GOLD AND SILVER II Cash
w paid for all kinds OF old gold aud silver.
A. A. EYSTER, No. l,00l Central avenue.
myl2-2tf
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XNTANTED-TO sUPPLY-The public with
wv good Photographs and FerrotYpes at
KELLY'S, 800 Madison street, Coyington, Ky.
Open every day. apo. 4mO
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13

VNTANTED ED-PAINTING-C F. Lauten-
w schlaeger, house and sign painter, works
for small prohts. Try him. No. II w. Sixth
street, COvington, Ky. ap5-4mo
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PROFESSIONAL.
Ho,,,s0pathto PEystctans.

ID. B. MORROW, MI. D.,
247 WEST SEVENTH ST., Cincinnati, Q.
Office Hours-s to 10 \. M; to T: M. !;
Evening. apo-ono
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Depot, Pearl and Plum. Time, minutes fast
Cleveland dEx.........Il:NA.M. 6:l0 PM. G30PM,
New York Ex daily $40 r. III. 6:20 A ". T;I0 A NJ
Springfield Fx......- $40 AM. 400 M. l2:l0 PM
Springfield Ac...... 3:5l III. 1880 A. M 1880 PM
DAYTON Ac.,..,........ 6.02 PM. 1:45A.M s;35 I'M
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w MI. O w EN ., MI. D.s
S. W. Cor. Seventhand John sts
Office Hours-From to . A. NJ, to 8 and
6 to z. NJ.
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the proposal with the bond given by the
party receiving the award, shall consti-
tute the contract between the State and
the bidder, and no further contract will
be executed.
The payment of the accounts for sta
honery required in this advertisement ia
provided for In ON Act entitled can Act
relative to supplies for the Executive
Department Of the State Government
and for the General Assembly" approved
March "a, 1875.
:. All articles designated must be de-
livered in good condition, free Of charge,
ut this office, on or bsfore November /. n
Proposals should be endorsed "Pro-
posals for Stationery for the House of
Representatives" and directed to tho
clerk OF the House of Representatives,
Columbia, s. c. A. O. JONES'
Clerk of House of Representatives..
Nav 8
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MARRIED BEFORE THE Foor11eHrs.
"A couple Of weeks since, the Pa-
lace Varieties, San Francisco, was
the scene of marriage, the high
contracting parties being Miss Vim
ME Florence Radcliff, of the variety
profession, and Morris Welch, q
promising clog dancer, connected
with the establishment. The knot
was tied on the stage, after the
evening performance, the Rev. E.
q. Simmons, of the Baptist Church,
Chinese missions, officiating. For
n moment after the benediction
there was an impressive silence,
and then the bride was led before
the curtain, and rendered "Silver
Threads Among the Gold," while
the rude revelers in the body of the
house yelled in o manner which
made the building vibrate. Mr..
Welch, the newly welded husband,
was then called out, and performed
clog dance with more than usual
vigor.
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John G. Whittier takes the re-
cent denial of the Barbara Freit-
chic story quite good-naturcdly.
he admits that the lady who re-
lated the incident to him may have
been misinformed, and says: eff
so, l can only say that I shall re-
gret it, not so much from n feeling
of personal disappointment as that
it involves the loss of the noble
ideal of patriotism to which 1
sought to do honor. AS q matter
of feet, I have no wish to perpetu-
ate, in any offensive sense, the in
cidents of that sad fraternal strife,
the very names of whose battle
fields I would gladly see erased
from our national flags"
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dozen Wax Coils.
gross boxes Roche & Co. s. Wax Taper
Matches.
dozen boxes small Red Waters, ! lb.
boxes
gross Wire Hook Files.
gross Wire Standard Files.
J gross Letter Clips.
dozen sheets Carbon Paper.
1000 Admission Cards to House of
Representatives.
dozen Ebony NIallets, small.
Ivory Mallet, large Ebony Handle.
800 Patent Pasteboard Document Boxes
80 Hand Stamps designs will be fur
nished.
l Seal If House of Representatives.
design will he furnished.
1000 3 cent United States Postage
Stamps.
1900 . cent United States Postage
Stamps.
500 Stamped Newspaper Wrappers.
dozen Calendars, with day, month
and year.
gross Ink E1trnctors
dozen Ruling Pens.
gross United States Standard BILL
Holders, assorted sizes.
dozen Waste Paper Baskets,
dozen Rubber Handle Cork Screws.
1 dozen Eyelet Punches.
80 boxes Eyelets. - ~ 90
l gross Spiral Pen Racks.
dozen Paste Brushes.
dozen Bibles, small.
Proposals from established dealers
only will be considered. Every article
must be of the best quality, unless an
inferior quality is specified.
Specimens Of the articles called for
bidder marked plainly on same, and of
paper the weight per ream.
A bond with sufficient sureties will be
required Of the successful bidder, to be
filed with the Secretary Of State ten days
after the proposal has been accepted.
The failure to comply with any one
order under the contract will operate as
forfeiture Of entire penalty of the bond.
This advertisement, and the award of
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The Chinese are still wrestling
with those desperate 10000 savages
on the island of Formosa, and are
getting the worst of it, as usual.
Gen. Ripley may be able to make
some good suggestions on that
point when he gets to work in the
fowery kingdom.
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South Carolina, Riohland County.
IN THE PROBATE COURT.

In re Estate Of Heinreich f. Nanck.
NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN
IN Q. SEEGERS, guardian of the estate
of Heinreich F. Frank, has applied to
me for final discharge as such guardian.
1t is ordered that the twenty-Arst day OF
June, A. D. 1875, be fixed for hearing
the petition and final settlement Of said
estate. B. I. BOONE.
May 81 t12 Judge of Probate r. C.