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doors, winds the clockwork and
turns in for a night of peaceful re-
pose. Hardly has he closed his eyes
when the fun begins. The mos
ouitoes, after accommodating in vain
for some easier mode of getting at
the sleeper, sail into the open traps
at the precise moment that the bed
bugs are being drawn irresistibly in
the rubber pipes by means of the
exhausted receiver. AS the victims
reach the center of the machine
they are rapidly but gently seized,
placed in position, the glass tubes
are inserted in their sides and the
automatic pump begins to operate,
swiftly transfusing the blood Of the
mosquitoes into the veins of the
bedbugS, while by an instantaneous
compensating arrangement that of
the bugs is hurled into the arteries
of the mosquitoes. They are then
permitted to retire by a back door
and the operation is complete. The
mosquitoes, having acquired the
nature and ideas of the bedbug, i'm
mediately begin to ram their heads
off in the futile attempt to get into
some imperceptible crack, while
there is no more edifying moral
spectacle in the world than that OF
a bedbug sitting deSpondently on
the floor and wondering how on
earth he is going to probe a victim
without a proboscis; to sing, 81
want to be an angel" without any
singing apparatus, or, without
wings, to dodge the pillow fired in
vengeful wrath. The ablest adyo
Gates of other methods are said to
have given their allegiance to the
new system, and the important
problem is regarded as virtually
solved.
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ruptcy. Iniuns is poor trash.
Gimme a whole tribe of 'em, and
I'll wipe 'em out as fast as | can
load my revolver and put it to my
shoulder"
Here he paused again, and was
promptly refreshed. Then he con-
tinued:
81 tell you, boys, if you want to
see the choicest country on the foot
stool, jest you go to them ar Black
Hills. The only thing again the
country is the buffaloes. They
hatch here ; and when they take to
flight it's awful to see them in
clouds so thick you can't see the
sun, and when they light they
chaw up garden sass, and soul
apple trees, and corn, and railroad
ties, and potatoes, and telegraph
poles. But there's gold in the
Black Hills. I've seen it myself
When you get down to the bee
rock you strike $50 and $50 pieces
and you wash out eagles and dollars
in the streams, and up in the root
of the grass you find small scril
and nickels. No nuggets as | know
on, though l heard at Shyan o
one worth S165,O00."
Thus, with anecdote and infor
nation, Bluff'ler Ben whiled ava,
the time. When the four DIR.
goods clerks had settled for tn,
drinks, their bill amounted t.
$685.; he babe them an afectionatr
farewell, and made them promis
to call at his tepee if ever they wer
up in Montana. When they haC
gone out the bar-keeper paid on
his twenty per cent. commission
on drinks sold through his instru
mentality, and told him to recol
lect next time that it was grass
hoppers that flew, not buffaloes.
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THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST II. 1876

Another very serious evil results
from Bonnet Care creyasse, and
which thus far has not received the
consideration which it deserves. 1t
is that it has had the effect of rem
dering the water in the lake almost
fresh, and this water spreading
over the vast marshy tracts lying
between the city and the lake, and
quickly becoming impure under the
influence of the heat of summer,
has a deleterious effect on the
health of the city.
1t is estimated that it will cost
about one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars to close the crevasse.
This amount, it is expected, the
national government will furnish.
The State of Mississippi has almost
as much interest in having the cre-
vase closed as Louisiana.
Along the Mississippi Sound
there are millions of dollars worth
of property which is rendered valu-
able from the fact that the locality
is regarded as summer resort,
But it is found that the water Of
Lake Ponchartrain flowing into the
sound has the effect of freshening
the sound materially so much so in
fact that at times the waters of the
sound are scarcely brackish, and
the salt water bathing has conse-
quently suffered serious damage.
1t can be readily seen, therefore
that this State and Mississippi are
interested in having the creyassC
closed, and should unite their influ.
ence in an effort to secure the he.
cessary appropriation from the gov.
ernment.
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Survey of Lake rontcnartrain.

New Orleans Times.l
The completion Of the survey Of
Lake Pontchartrain and Bonnet
Carre crevasse will be delayed for a
week or two on account of the fact
that the revenue-cutter Dix, which
vessel is used by Colonel Hardee,
the City Surveyor, in making the
survey, is at present at the mouth
of the river in the service Of the
government officers, who are max
ing repairs to the lighthouse at that
point.
From the data thus far collected
it cannot be determined with any
degree of certainty how long it will
take to fill up the lake with the
sediment from the river coming
through Bonnet Care crevasse.
There has been u very considerable
shoaling, however. The volume Of
water which comes in through the
creyasse widens out like fan and
passes over the banks of the lake
in a sheet about eighteen miles
wide. The shoal extends into the
lake from the banks from a mile
and a half to two miles, and the
deposit is from a foot and a
half to two feet in depth, II
is found that the water coming
in through the crevasse has raised
the natural level of the lake about
eighteen inches. The chief thing
to be feared from this rise Of the
lake above its normal level is thai
during the heavy storm the water
coming in from the gull, and meet
ing the crevasse, will raise the leve
of the lake to such an extent tina
the water will flow over Metairi,
, fridge and submerge the city
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-17

Daily Nut shell.l
1t is the same here as in Cairo or
New Jersey. The other day when
a Tarheel, with sunken eyes and
high cheek-bones, sat down on the
steps of a grocery, beside several
Others, he sighed heavily and
asked:
"Gentlemen, if any of you
found a five on the sidewalk, would
you hunt for the ownerF"
81 would" came from each indi-
vidual with promptness and dis
patch.
"Haven't any of you lost a five,
have you," anxiouSly continued the
man.
81 have" answered one, and the
echo went all along the line.
"Describe her, gentlemen" he
remarked.
One said his had a figure "5" on
it. Another said his had a picture
of DeSoto discovering the Missis-
sippi river. A third said the words
"U. s." were plain to be seen on
the bill that fell out Of his vest
pocket.
"Gentlemen, this five don't
tally" mournfully remarked the
Tarheel. "None of you have hit
the description within a mile and a
sand-bar."
"Let's see," asked two or three
at once.
"It's a five, and l found it on the
sidewalk" he whispered, holding
out his hand.
The five was a nickel. Some OF
the crowd leaned back, and held
their hands on their outraged
hearts, while others rose up, care
fully brushed their coat-tailsi
and said it was time to 90 home.
Only one of the victims seemed tc
appreciate the situation. He
chuckled and gurgled and gasped
and asked the stranger what he
would take.
Whisky straight" was the
prompt reply.
$50 would l, if l ever drank, y
said the citizen, and he loungeC
down town to get up a bet on the
weather.
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Brilliant Invention.

New 10rk Worlul
A New Yorker, who recently
passed a night in one of the New
Jersey hotels, is the reputed author
of an invention of extreme inge-
nuity and great possible usefulness.
The essential features of this re-
markable invention consist of a
series of network trap-doors; a sys-
tenn Of minute glass tubes connect
ed with a powerful automatic
pump; an exhausted receiver with
long rubber suckers, and clock
work arrangement to operate the
whole. A neat iron framework
adaptable to any beds1ead, connects
the various parts and completes the
machine. Upon retiring to bed the
fortunate proprietor of the appara
tus adjusts the framework, spreads
the netting over the bed, appliel
the rubber suckers to the joints anC
cracks of the bedstead, sets the tral
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He wOuidn't Fell a Lie.

He wouldn't Fell Lie,
New York Telegram.l
One of the police captains yes
terday had a call from a party liv-
ing "way up the river" He en-
tered the station-house in a great
hurry, blew his nose with a pistol
like report, and loudly inquired if
there was city ordinance which
allowed a one. eyed man to hit him
on the chin and extract thirty-fve
dollars from his vest pocket. The
captain didn't think there was, and
the stranger was anxious for all the
police to turn out and search all
streets and arrest all the one-eyed
men in New York. When he
found that nothing .could be donC
for him, owing to his ignorance ot
localities, he turned pale and grew
very thirsty.
"That money" he gasped, "was
to buy an alpaca dress, a pair o
shoes, some factory cloth, feather
tick, ten yards Of sheeting, anC
eight cents worth of hooks and
eyes. 1t was money the old wO.
man had got by selling eggs anC
butter, and how on earth can | face
her is more'n l know"
"Any money left" asked thu
captain.
"Bout 'leven CENTS" was thC
grim reply.
"Well, 1 don't see how 1 Car
help you," said the officer.
The man walked the floor fol
several minutes, and at length hi
face frightened.
Gaping" he softly began, "a
he halted, "s'sposen you was m,
wife ?"
" Yes"
"And s'sposen l left home fol
New York with thirty.five dollar
in my. pocket to buy things ?"
eyes"
"S'sposen | returned home witt
a card of hooks and eyes in ont
hand for you, and a rattle-box il
the other for the baby, and kiSseC
you, and kissed the baby, and tolC
you that hooks and eyes had gon'
up to a dollar apiece, would yOl
believe me, capting?"
cit would be rather tough" an
Swered the captain,
$50 it would-so it would, bu
it wouldn't do to tell her that rat
tle-boxes had gone up to thirty
four dollars, would it?"
Hardly"
There was another period of 81
lence, and then the anxious maj
| remarked:
Capting, l don't think I'll Ii
to her at all. I'll tell her that ia,
Cookies failure bursted me out o
, it, and if she's mind to rip AM
tear about the work of Providence
why I'll have to let her jaw aroun
! and cool off. Goodbye, capting-
, glad that you didn't advise me t
lie"
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MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R-
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE llTH,

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE llTH'
" 1876: -
Nail train. daily. ............"l2.5O am SW pm
L'ypress train, daily......... 5.0Op pm l2.Ol am
Soi. qerville accom- daaon ooo
len 'cept Sunday ..."....... b.SO pm o.zS al
lacks, IN, Tenn, accom-
moda ton lex. Sunday. 4.U pm IL 10 a'm
Mail I, ain will not stop at flag stations De'
tween or, md Junction and Memphis. :,
Trains q, Nnnect at Grand Junction for all
po;nfs and vt Decatur closely for Montgom-
arv and noin,'s South. Close connection, for
N3sbyille bv ,oth trains. Close connections
at Chattanooga Tor Eastern and Southeastern
points.
No cbange Of urs between Memphis and
Bristol and Memph.V Is and Jackson. Tenn.
The new and magnificent sleeping car I'll line nc
will have one of their new sleeperso 10 ieaHe
Memphis daily on Elk press train at w p m
for Lynchburg, Washi uFton and BaltlmRoIt m
without change 0Aly one, change 70 New
York and Philadelphia. Tune hoeaV m'"
Utes faster than city time.
Ticket Office, 27S Main street.
WI. ROSS, Sup't;
Tom D. DUN. Ticket Ag't. @I
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100000.
ThOs. P. Porter, ex-GOv. Ky, Gen. Manager
Positively No POstpOnement.
LIST OF GIFTS

as we will have a series of Grand Drawings
and cannot establish the precedent
of postDoning.
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
The Prospect.

The New York World, of to-day, says
A vain attempt was made by the Repub-
lcan betting men yesterday to bear the
Tilden market, but it closed firm, 3 to l
on Nldens success being steadily laid.
Mr. Hayes himself conceded his defeat,
granting Tilden 1874 votes, which would
leave but one vote to insure Democratic
success. To give this vote there remain
Florida ~, where Democratic majority
of $500 is almostinevitable; Louisiana (S)
where there is Democratic majority OF
5000 that can hardly be counted out
South Carolina, where Hampton is lead
ing; Wisconsin, where the official coun
will be needed to decide, with the chan
ces in favor of Tilden; and the Pacifi,
States, California, Oregon and Nevada
the last of which is claimed by 200 ma
jority at Democratic headquarters.
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
THURSDAYS TELEGRAMS,
OHIO.

COLUMBUS, Nov S.-Tbere is great ex-
element here over the announcement that
Governor Hayes is elected.
COLUMBUS, Nov. S.-After hearing the
news at Republican headquarters, a crowd
numbering several thousand formed a
procession and marched to Governor
Hayes residence.
In responce to repeated calls, Govern
or Hayes appeared in the doorway, and
after many cheers, spoke as follows:
My friends Il assure you, l am obliged
for this hearty demonstration, but if YOU
will keep quite about half moment |
will say something to you which l think
is my duty under the circumstances to
say, while our present advices look favor
able we must remember that several of
the States, which have been considered
doubtful, have large territory remote
from railroad and telegraphic communi-
cation, and it will naturally take some
time to receive definite returns from them.
l therefore take this call as an earnest OF
your loyalty to the Republican party,
and your desire for its success. If late
advices should change the result from
what it is announced at present, assure
you shall frequently recall the visit dur.
ing the time shall yet live among you
with pleasure. bid you good night.
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09

A NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR LHATHER.-
The last Issue of Scribner's Monthly con-
tains an interesting sketch of a new pro-
duct designed as substitute for leather.
This new product is named By the writer
as vegetable leather" but why the name
'leather" should be applied to it, consid-
ering that the definition of the word is
''the skin of an animal dressed and pre-
pared for use," is question, as the new
invention is composed entirely of vegeta-
BILE matter. Passing the question of title,
however, we present, as matter Of inter-
est, an account of the material and pro-
cess used in manufacturing the so-called
vegetable leather.
The materials are cotton, or cotton
| waste or dust, cocoanut fibre and other
| textile by products and .Jueus crisp,s, a
| marine moss abundant on the New Eng.
land coast. The waste is first carded
into sheets OF wadding of uniform thick
ness, and then laid onpolished zinc plates,
kept at high temperature, and treated
with decoction of the fucus until thor
oughly saturated. The sheet quickly
becomes dry, and in few minutes may
be lifted from the plates and passed
between hot polished rolls adjusted t.
give any desired thickness to the finished
leather. These rolls are under heavy
pressure and completely felt the material.
into strong. tenacious and flexible
sheets. These sheets are next coatet
with boiled linseed oil and dried in tn,
open air or in dry-room. When DIR,
they are coated with vegetable wax ant
run through hot futed rolls, and art
finished by final passage between pol
ished rolls. The leather may then b,
bronzed, silvered, vanished or otherwise
treated like ordinary leather. To pro
duce a white leather clean cotton is used
and the whitest pieces of dried moss ant
lbleaohed Gnseed oil. kAsss.ss.
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
ADJOURNED
CHERIFF'S SALE.

CHERIFF'S SALE. p..;os,o
~ By virtue of writ OF Levari raeis S,le.
me directed. will be exposed to fuo'' '''''
at the go
LAFAYETTE HOTEL sl sHIpLEY 81, 81
kept by Geo W. Ortlip. in the city e,e o. "p "p
mington. New Caste County. Deia"ai''' y"
THE 18th ps1 s4THFRRSyyla oF FRR5SylaMBER, 1870
At 2 o'clock. NJ.
The following described Real Estate. VIZ hou.s
Ali that certain messuage or dwcigngs nl MI.
and lot of land situated in the Guy " viuow..
miogton aforesaid. and described AZ 'o'''"''
to wit: ,d of the
said parties of the second part on the essUd I'D
ly side of King rect between seven n neieh-
Eie hth streets, an 4 at the distance Oh sls In.
teen feet nine inches from the corner " u said
san II. a M lot; thence by iins ~ S' hum
land south 6fty eight degrees east onS iiSe ola
dred and eight feet 10 the wesserly siso ssonth n
three feet wide alley; thence thereby 0b sbtseu
wardly parallel with King street hsr Jm lot;
feet nine inches to corner OF anyii an1iv nsrsl-
thence with line thereof westwadIu;t WA w;t6 Sew
enth and Eighth streets one ~ u asstrsel;
eight feet to the aforesaid side OF KING King
and theuce along said easterly side O. Ibtssp MSp
street north thirty two dezrees esst toa;nnipg
feet nine inches to the place two oa thousand
and tWenty 1--WE feet Of land, be the sa ne n0''
| or less. .., os the pre-
pertv of John Pugh. Adminlssfa!goaen ~ ane. "a widow
Of Of the said George r McLane. and ns spTghsefs rTghares
mortgagor, and Jos. N. Cooling an ana LIFE Hs and
g. WeIdin. an Deborah Weldin his w,ie nts. and
| Robert K Porter. M: D., terre teh''
10 DC soiu W VIM. JAMESON. sheIin'
E Sheriff's Office New Castle ,,vo.ts
Nov 7, 1876. no-s-~
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
Gov Hayes Comedies His Defeat.
AND DEPRECATEs THE CLAIMING OF A
REPUBLICAN VICTORY.


Especial Despatch to the World.l
CINCINNATI, November S.-The fol-
lowing interview with Governor Hayes
was published here this afternoon. He
said:
81 think we are defeated in spite of the
recent good news. am of the opinion
that the Democrats have carried the coun-
try, and elected Wlden. 1t now seems
necesaryfor the Republicans to carry all the
States now set down as doubtful to secure
even majority of one don't think en-
couraging dispatches ought to be given to
the public now, because they might mis-
lead enthusiastic friends to bet on the
election and lose money. | do hearty
deprecate such dispatches.
| After pleasantly rallying his friends and
| urging them not 10 be respondent, he
! said:
II do not think it right to joke over this
matter. | don't care for myself-for par
ty-yes, and the country, too, can stand
it? but do care for the poor colored men
I of the Sonth. | do not fear that business
will be greatly disturbed by Mr.. Tilden's
election. Trade governs itself Capital
lists may just at'present say we won't lend
money, but it will be only nine DAYS
wonder, which will wear away as soon as
they recover from the chagrin of defeat
Business will, think, 60 on as usual.
do not think parties responsible for finan
cial depression. Wesee the troubles they
, have had in Germany and Austria. |
any part of the country suffers or remain
, at a standstill, it will be the South unde
the new regime. Nothern men can't iiv,
there and will leave, and immigration in
to the States will cease ; but, as said be
i, fore, do pity the poor black men of tn
f South. The result will be that Souther
:; people will practically treat the constitu
! tional amendments as nulities, and the
: the colored mans fate will be worse tina
when he was in slavery, with human
master to look after his interests. That
the only reason. regret that the news
!, as it is"
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
MAJoRITIEs IN WILMINGTON.

"
For Hayes and Wheeler, R.... SO
Congress-Bird, r.. SO
Sheriff-McMullin, r ia
Coroner-Gallagher, r. .13s
representatives.. w. Ware, d. 100
(The last shows that Mr.. Jenkins runs
Z3S votes behind his ticket.
What the Commercial says about the
"Dtsorgdnizers."
The Commercial of Wednesday says
The editor of the COMMERCIAL returns his
thanks for the almost united support
given him yesterday. In this city, it is
true, number-not so many as it had
been boasted there would be-of so-called
republicans voted for Mr.. Ware, and
others, in response to ''disorganizingn ad-
wee threw away their votes, but in the
general result it matters nothing. Through
out the county, and in several wards Of
the city, the ''disorganizers," with all
their efforts in the State Sentinel and
their secret circulars, effected nothing an.
preciable against Mr.. Jenkins. In this
city he receives BIT votes, l31 more thar
were given to General Grant, in 1872
and zoo more than DIR. Jump receive
for Governor in 1874.
The daily gazette., 1876-11-09
FLORIDA.

of moderate men is that Florida will
elect the entire democratic State ticket
by over 1000 majority. The democratic
gains are large in all the counties with
three or four exceptions.
LAKE CITY, Nov. 8.-Alachua, Baker,
Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Ham
ilton, Madison, Moniac, Nassua, Putnam
Suawanee, Levy and Marion report ag
gregate democratic majority 1913. We
partially estimate democratic majority in
Mantle, Hillsborough, Hanover, Polk and
Sumter at $500. We estimate the demo.
cratic majority in counties west of the
Aplachicola at 1000. We estimate the
remaining counties at majority of 1874
This secures democratic majority OF
2,55O.