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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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Jjj-a WiTER AT Savannah 12 21 am. 12:51 p M
Mns-oAV. July 27, 1891.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Chattahoochee. Daggett, New
York —C Y Anderson.
a aided yesterday.
Park Sofala jPort], San Anton, c v.
Schooner Agnes I. Grace, Boston.
maritime .miscellany.
Yew York July 21 -Chartered brig J W
Parker Savannah to liernambuco, lumber and
avel stores on private terms; British bark
p rtimcale. from a Gulf port to the United
L, ..tom. sawn timber. 110s: schooner I H
T v-rs St Simons to Liverpool, sawn timber.
„ri r ' brig Kahuna. Satilla to west coast of
Africa it wo porta) sl6 50.
MEMORANDA.
Kew York. July 24—Arrived, steamer Seythlan
Hamilton, Pensacola; schr Geo R Cong
a n iiavl’*s. Charleston.
RiVkenbead, July 23—Arrived, bark Wm Bate
man 'h r . Knuffer. Brunswick.
Dordrecht. July 24—Arrived, ship Tamerlane
Goettadt, Pensacola.
Girgenti. July 22—Sailed, bark Federico [Br],
July 22- Arrived, steamship In
i.l Br . Hodge, Tampa Bay,
1 ’ nJon, July 23— Arrived, bark Liburna [Norl,
An iersen. Savannah.
A Newport, July 23-Arrived, bark Talisman
rttr Scott,Bruuswick,
1 Pauillac. July 22— Sailed, bark Marie Emilic,
fo ßotterJam! D J u *y 24—Arrived, barks Skogs
fiord Nor . Asbiorneen.Savannah; Don Quixote
[Nor], johannesen, do. Libertas [Ger], Soimtte
July 22—Arrived, steamers Em
press [Br], Kigden, Pensacola; City of Woroes
ter rßrl. Fortune, do.
Nassau July 10—Arrived, schr Hattie /)ar
ling ißrj, Kelby, Key West; 17th Gertrude [Br],
Album, do. 20tn, in port, schr Sarah E Douglass
[Br], Cameron, to sail about 23d for Jackson
villp.
Boston. July 24—Cleared, schr Charles L
Davenport, Watts, St Simons. Ga.
Fernandina, Jnly 24—Sailed, Fannie Whit
more. Cushman, New York.
Georgetown, S C, July 24—Sailed, schr Nellie
Floyd. Johnston, New York.
Norfolk. Va. July 24—Sailed steamship Ramon
de I-arrinaga [Sp[, Echevarria, from Pensacola
(having coaled); arrived, steamship Euskaros
[Sp], Zabalandecochea, Pensacola for Greenock.
Nobska Juiy 24 -Passed sours Carrie Strong,
Strong. Apalachicola for Boston; James Judge,
Davidson Brunswick for do.
Philadelphia, July 24—Cleared, steamship
Coatbam [Br], Eldele, Charlotte Harbor, Fla.
Providence, July 24—Sailed schr Stephen G
Loud, Pierson. Savannah.
Vineyard Haven. July 23—Passed schr Myra
B Weaver, Weaver, Savannah for Portland.
Brunswick, Ga. July 24 -Sailed, brig Emma,
Hogeiand. Klizabethport; schrs Wm H Soiner,
Camden; Harrold B Cousens, Boston; Levi
Hart (from Sat dial, Trinidad.
Beaufort, S C, July 24—Sailed, sohr Mary J
Hubbard, Truss, Charleston.
SPOKEN.
July 23, at 8 am, Hatteras bearing W lon 74,
scbr San Antonio de Possible [Sp], from Bruns
wick for Canary Islands.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship Chattahoochee from New York
—Mrs P Armstrong, Miss J Papot. G A Hettrich
and wife and child, T Fogarty, T D Bertody, .1 J
Garity, Miss B Ryan, J Crowiy, E P McGetrick,
C H Holstein. L Pullitzer, J Galina, II C Birch,
C H Prew, and 10 steerage.
CONSIGNEES.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway. July
25—H A Ulmo, M Ferst Sods & Cos. Mutual Gas
I.t Cos, D J Morrison, Henister & H, P Buttimer,
Morrison, FSc Cos, S Guckenheimer & Son, M J
Doyle, Winpy & Tart, Singer Mfg Cos, G VV
Tiedeman A Bro. .1 P Williams & Cos, H Solo
mons A Son, Ellis, Y A Cos. Harms A J, H
Traub, Jas Hart A Bro, Peacock. H A Cos, N
Paulsen, W G Cooper, M Y Henderson, A E
Dadin, M Larsky, Lemon A M, Baldwin A Cos,
Chestnutt A O'Neil, Edwards A T. Greig, Jones
A Wood.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Railway,
July 25—M Y Henderson, J S Collins A Cos,
Lovell A L, Savannali C A W Cos, J D Weed A Cos,
Smith A Cos. A Leffler A Son, H A A Ulmo,
Standard Oil Cos, Herman A K, Savannah
Grocery Cos, Tidewater Oil Cos, Savannah Brew
ing Cos, Palmer Hardware Cos. S Jackson A Cos,
HSolomons A Son, Smith Bros. Geo L Hudson,
H M Smith, K Geflfcken. G M D Riley, F W
Storer, G W Tiedeman A Bro, S Guck & Sons,
I'M Beil. Meinhard Bros A Cos, C KohSer A
Ehrlich A Bro
Per Central Railroad. July 26—H Traub, 51 Y
Henderson, Savannah Grocery Cos, S GucKen
heimer A Son. H C Wells, Tidewater Oil Cos,
Rev A S Jordon. A S ( omiet. Greigg, J A \v’
M Ferst’s Sons A Cos, G Eckstein A Cos, & Yancy
t> o. A Ehriich A Bro, Mohr Bros, H Solomon
& Son, Suiter A S. G W Tiedeman A Bro, C
Kohler, F C Wylly. J R Cooper, Savannah Brew
ing Cos, W J Miller, Meiuhard Bros A Cos. Frank
& Cos, W W Mitchell A Cos Palmer Hardware Cos
Lei tier A Son, R Kirkland, S K Meyers A Cos!
LPutzel, Barbour A Cos, Lippman Bros. Bil
vy A Bro, Mutual Co-op Asso n, AMA C W
Viest, J S Tyson A Cos, 8 VY Branch, Jno Lvons,
D B I,ester, Jno Gutman, The F.ligin Butter Cos.
W B Wells A Bro, Mutual Trading Cos, Engel H,
'V G Cooper, W D Dixon, Planters’ Rice .VI ill,
L A O'Neill. J H Harvey, Steven Cone C. Osteen
Haynes A Cos, W J Winn, D G Purse, L L Frier
son.
Per steamship Chattahoochee from New York
—ARAltmsyerA Cos, Appel A Sohaul G VV
Allen A Cos, F Ashmore, L bluestein, Butler A
Morrissey, <i Bertorello, at Boley A Son, 31 S
Byek, 31 S AI) ABj ck, WV D hireling. Braid
& Hutton, P Buttimer, J Q Butler. Broughton
Bros A Cos. est S VV Branch. E 31 Comer, T F
Churchill, C Coleman, G B Cerritti, Cornwell A
Chpiman, VV W Chisholm, Chatham
Grocery Cos, A H Champion's Son,
" (I Cooper. J s Collins A Cos. VV s Cherry A
Cos, C R RA Banking Cos, Dry fits Bros, Dale,
Dixon A Cos, A Doyle, J Douglass, Eckman A V,
G. Ecksteiu A Cos, I Epstein A Bro. J R Einstein
Engel A- Rothschild, A Ehrlich A Bro, Frank A
Cos Fretwell A Nichols, J II Furber, Fleiach
riann A Cos, M Sons A Cos,
F Gutman, B M Garfunkle A Cos,
C Gray A Cos, S Gazan, agt. Geil A ljuint. ,T A
Galina, J Gardn r, agt, J Gorham, J E Grady
A Son, S Guckenheimer A Sou, Flexter A
kohn, Heidt Drug Cos, Heuisler A Higgins,
Heidt A Slater, Hart A Bro. A B Hull A Cos, A
Hanley, Jackson. Metzger A Cos, S Krouskoff,
Mrs M Kolb. H Kessell, DKohler. Kolshom A M.
H H Ijevy A Bro. Lindsay A M. W H Livingston,
lappman Bros, Lloyd A Adams, Lovell A Lat
timore, E Lovell A Sons, D B Lester Groc Cos.
D B Lester, J Lynch, .1 Lyons 4 Cos, N Lang,
Mnuhardt Bros A Cos. 31obr Bros, W M Mills,
” Mell A Cos, E |3loyle, Morning News, L A
McCarthy. Mutual Co-operative Association,
Mutual Trading Cos, Moore A Johnson,
National Bank, Neidlinger A R, J Nicolson.
Norton A Hanley, S L Newton, Oglethorpe Club,
Order H .Miller, agent, T C Parker, D Phillips,
outers Rice Mill, Palmer Hardware Cos, j
Rosenheim A Cos, O S Richmond, L M Ryals,
boloriions'A Cos, .1 T Shuptrine A Bro,
“ Stem A Cos, Smith Bros. E
ur, “f’u'varz. Savannah Soap Works,
Hbimkins, P B Springer, Savannah Grocery
company, H Solomons A Son, S, F A VV Rail
,!l Thompson, D N Tiionason A Cos. H
a m! b ' ? w Tiedeman A Bro, T West A Cos, F
u ',, h ‘;? ier . H Wilinsky, J P Williams A Cos,
ils Bros, .1 D Weed A Cos. Steamer Katie,
' r* rae £ Alpha, Steamer E G Barker, Schooner
Jones, (L; A Fla I S B Cos, Southern Exp Cos,
Bavanadgh A B. ’
LIST OF VESSELS.
Ep. Cleared and Salle i for this Port.
BARES.
Plviore lltall, Olivari, Rio Janeiro, sld March 30.
J a Tomassico, Bueuos Ayres, sld
April v 5.
R 1 ' , L n l'i. nr !' Halvorsen. at Sapelo July 17.
,? ra “ A Staples, I. ante. New York, sld July 9.
• liana ltalj. Jacoarina, Oporto, sli! June 13
June"?,
* *1 ie 1 M or l- I- Rrs '?n. Buenos Ayres, sld June 27.
i, 7' 1 ® V rt J ' ‘erra. Oporto, sld June 24.
>?av" r n,:e ‘ S DeVries, at Kio Janeiro
Nv Potter, at Cape Town May 25 via
st Coast South America,
B ; rr y. at Callao May 25.
00k . deputy, Philadelphia, up July 22.
STEAMSUirg.
vlaHavM^ Pl ’ IVrO1 ' Barcelona July 5
, BRIGS.
arker, Griffin, New York, up July 22.
y SCHOONERS.
-*/ A McCann, Fletcher, New York, up June
P *0"l Burton. Hitchens, Baltimore, sld July
Flank's'll)’ !!fthr, t' : Ste. New York, up July 8.
Madeit,'' arr *‘ n , Falker, Kennebec, up June 24.
Lewis pv‘ n P toll ' Reives, Baltimore, sld July 17.
Jotm rli™' Collision, Baltimore. s!d July 22.
July ,r >flln. Woodland, Philadelphia, sld
July "l fjOUC *’ Pierson, Providence, sld
Chinese helmets, light Bombazine hats, at
Ulw —Ad.
BOOK NOTICES.
A Little Rebel. By the Duchess. Rand,
McNally & Cos., publishers. New York. Pa
per, 25 cents. The storns of this author are
always readable, and this one is no exception
to the rule.
•Senator Benjamin H. Hill: His Life,
Speeches and Writings, Written and com
piled by his son, Benjamin H. Hill, Jr.”
H.,C. Hudgins & Cos. of Atlanta, publishers.
The volume contains over 800 pages, and
varies in prices. according to the binding,
from c l 25 to 810, and is sold by subscrip
tion. This volume cannot be otherwise
than a popular one in Georgia, and, in fact,
it is certain to find a place in almost every
library throughout the country. The
biographical part of it is not lengthy, but
it contains many interesting features. One
of them is the correspondence between Mr.
Hill and Alexander H. Stephens in 1850. In
that correspondence Mr. Stephens chal
lenged Mr. Hill to fight a duel.
Mr. Hill declined to fight a
duel. Among other thiDgs he
said: “It might be some satisfaction for
you to shoot me, though I should entertain
no great fear of being hit; but candor re
quires me to say, with my present feelings,
I could not deliberately shoot at you, and
for many reas ns, a few only, of which I
will give.” Mr. Hill declared that if be
could be made conscious that he had done
Mr. Stephens an injustice he would gladly
repair it. He took the position that he
would not violate the laws of the state and
hazard the interests of his family by fight
ing a duel with a man who had no family.
The celebrated letter to Dr. Fulton nnd
the management of the Hayes adminis
tration are given, as also are the
fatuous “Notes on the Situation.”
All of Mr. Hill’s great speeches are found in
the book, including his controversies with
James G. Blaine. And there are some beau
tiful letters from Mr. Hill to his wife. Mr.
Hill was one of the grand figures in the
political history of the country. He was a
lawyer of tbe first rank, and be had but
few equals as an orator and statesman. His
biographer has given the public an excellent
work, and one that is certaiu to be appre
ciated.
MAGAZINES.
The Forum for August has nearly a
dozen excellent articles, and they are ail
timely. They are by the best writers.
“Will Dr. Nausen Succeed?” by Gen. A. VV.
Greely, is one of them, and it will be read
with great interest. George G. Williams
treats of “The Causesof Gold Export,” and
Dr. Fridtjof Nauseh discusses “A‘ New
Route to the North Bole.” “Profits of Fruit
Culture in California,” by ex-Gov. L. A.
Bheldon, contains a vast aniouut of interest
ing information. The Forum Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
Sarah O. Jewett contributes the leading
story of the August Wide .4 wake, a de
lightful reminiscence of Lafayette’s last
visit to America; it is entitled, “Peg’s Little
Chair,” and has a full page illustration by
Garrett. “The Silent Lie,” an admirable
school story tor young folk, is by Francis
E. Leuppof toe Washington Star. “Poke
berry Juice and Mullein.” by Kate Upson
Clark, is a little tale that reveals some of
the funny toilet secrets of country girls a
goueration ago. There are many other ex
cellent things in the number. D. Lotkrop
& Cos., Boston.
Lippincott's for August is an excellent
number. Miss H. Lovett Cameron lias a
complete novel entitled “A Daughter’s
Heart.” Julian Hawthorne contributes a
curious aud marvelous tale entitled “My
Adventure with Edgar Alien Poe.” An in
teresting article upon "Thoreau and his
Biographers” is from the pea of Samuel
Arthur Jone3. Thoreau was one of the
most individual and original characters that
America has produced. He is no longer
considered a misanthrope or a cranky her
mit, who masqueraded at Walden Pond,
the seriousness of his life is being recog
nized, and the wisdom of his philosophy is
becoming more apparent. There are "other
good things in the number. J. B. Lippin
cott Company, Philadelphia.
Harper's Magazine for August appears
with a very attractive table of contents.
Col. Dodge, iu his fourth paper on “Amer
ican Riders,” discusses American road rid
ing and cross-country work. G. 11. Grant,
principal of Queon’s University, Kingston,
Ontario, tells of a trip through New Zea
land, his story deriving added interest from
the fact that a native of one of Queen Vic
toria’s self-governing colonies is describing
another similar colony. Montgomery
Schuyler takes the regular eastern view of
Chicago—glad disapproval on the whole,
but with regretful admisaionsof good points
iu the city’s architecture, which is the sub
ject of his paper. Walter Besant tel s of
the Londou of the Plantagenets, describing
in this article its ecclesiastical side. Mark
Twain has a shui t storv, and Mr. ito-ny de
scribes ccrtaiu of the Nib lists who live in
Baris. Harper Brothers, Now York.
In tha August North American Goldwin
Smith writes upon the Jewish question
from an anti-Semitic standpoint. He de
clares that the Jew is unpopular in Russia
and in other European countries not be
cause of his religion, but because of the
race characteristics which enable him to
thrive pecuniarily in a greater degree than
his neighbors. Charles A. Dana contributes
an interesting bit of historical reminis
cence, dealing with the achievements of a
union spy during tha term of his office
as Assistant Secretary of War. The
talented wife of Sir Charles Dilke writes on
“Trades Unions for Women,” and Gov.
Pennoyer of Oregon gives his views of “The
New Political Party” in the west. An im
portant and timely contribution is the one
by the Hon. James R. Soley, the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, on “The Value of
Naval Maneuvers.” The Review shows no
signs of midsummer dullness. No. 3 East
Fourteenth street, New York.
The Atlantic Monthly for August con
tains many articles of great value. Chief
among these may be mentioned John C.
Rope’s critical paper on “Gen. Shermau;”
Henry C. Lea’s “A Colonial Inquisitor,” a
most interesting article on the state of
affairs and misgovernment in Spanish
America at the close of the seventeenth
century; Wendell P. Garrison’s “Ref6rm of
the Senate;” a complete story by Heury
James entitled “Marriages;” anew poem,
“Harebell,” by Edmund Clarence Stedman;
continuations of the two serial stories.
Mary H. Catherwood’s “The Lady of Fort
St John,” and Frank R. Stockton’s “The
House of Martha;" the customary reviews,
among them those of Mrs. Sutherland Orr’s
“Life of Browning,” and of Goldwin
Smith’s “Canada and the Canadian Ques
tion,” and the usual comment on new books
and the contributor’s club. Houghton,
Miffln & Cos., 11 East Seventeenth street.
New York.
The Arena for August presents no less
than eight leading papers from representa
tive thinkers among women of America and
Europe, discussing political, educational,
social, sociological, economic, and scientific
themes, together with two literary papers,
one by Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the famed
Egyptologist and novelist, who in a most
delightful paper writes of her own home
life. An excellent portrait of Miss Edwards
accompanies this pacer. The other, a semi
historioal story of Tennessee, entitled “Old
Hickory’s Ball,” by the charming young i
southern author. Miss Will Allen Drom
goole. The heavier essays by women are,
“The Unity < f Germany,” by Mine. Blaze
de Bury of Paris, one of the most brilliant
essayists on the European continent.
“Where Shall Lasting Progress Bagiu?” by
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the most
thoughtful and sensible magazine essays of
tbe month. Tte Arena Publishing Com
pany, Pierce building, Copley square,
Boston.
Scribners Magazine for August is a
"Fiction Number,” and contains five com
plete short stories by Thomas Nelson Page,
T. R. Sullivan, A- A. Hayes, Anuie Eliot
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 27, 1891.
I and John J. a’Becket, Four of the stories
: are illustrated, esch by an artist chosen for
; his skill in delineating the special charao
| ters and incidents which are the features
■of the tale. Albert Lynch, the famous
French illustrator, W. L. Metcalf, Charles
1 Broughton and VV. L. Taylor are the art
ists whose work adorns these stories, pro
i ducing a variety and delicacy of illustra
tion seldom seen in a single issue of a
magazine. This number also contains a
long opening installment of the new serial.
“The VV recser,” by Robert Louis Steven
son and Lloyd Osbourne. In addition to
the abundant and entertaining fiction, this
number contains another article in the
Great Street series—“ Piccadilly,” by An
drew Lang, with many characteristic illus
trations by W. Douglas Almond, a very
capable English artist. Charles Scribner’s
Sons, New York.
BEAU HICKMAN’S CAREER.
A Noted Figure in Washington a
Quarter of a Century Ago.
From the Baltimore American.
"Beau Hickman had no friends, but he
died without enemies.”
This is the only epitaph of a character
who has become known throughout this
country us the prince of bummers. To the
general public Beau Hickman n only known
as the great American dead-beat, aud his
tricks and devices for obtaining money, a
meal, or a bed have become historic. There
are few who have ever thought that this
bummer may have had a history full of
romantic interest.
It was during the congressional season of
1834 that Robert S. Hickman came to
Washington. He was at that time about
21 years old. Who his parents were will
never be definitely known, it being suf
ficient to know that be cauie of a lamily
of well-to-do Virginia planters.
It is impossible to determine the amount
of fortune possessed by Hickman when he
first came to this city, but it is estimated at
about 830,000, a good sum in those days. It
lasted Beau about three years. It was
during t is golden period of bis life that he
earned the sobriquent, “Beau.” His money
was sp;nt in a princely mauner. All that
it was possible for a young swell with
money to do he did. He attended the races
us though a duty devolved upon him, and
his knowledge of horseflesh made his tips of
great value. He knew more about the
races and possible winners than a paddock
full of jockeys, and was always accom
panied at the track by a select and exclu
sive coterie of choice spirits.
Beau Hickman, according to his state
ments afterward, got all the enjoyment life
affords out of these years, and for the rest
of tiie time intervening until death came
was to him but an existence to be borne
with as little annoyance as possible. He
was a sturdy, athletic young chap, full of
the fire aud life aud had the courtly graces
of a Virginia gentleman. Unlike Beau
Brummcll, he did not faint at the idea of
work or shudder over a badly cooked dish
as though it coffined his grandfather. In
stead, he oonld take a six-barred gate on
one of his Virginia thoroughbreds as grace
fully as be could tread the measures of a
popular dance. Women admired him, of
course, and his conquests were many and
romantic. Knowing as he did, however,
that his fortunes were ot the weakest, he
made no effort that we know ot to make an
advantageous alliance.
On awakening one morning after a late
dinner he bad attended Beau set himself to
the task of looking over his mails. Sweet
scented missives, quaintly folded in divers
shapes and fastened by seals of colored wax
impressed with monograms well known in
the fashionable world, littered his desk.
Among the<e was a formal, austere pack
age, with a large splotch of red wax disfigur
ing its surface. A noti ie it was from the
bank where Beau had placed his funds on
first coming to Washington, and the cold,
hard truth was forced home to him in the
midst of his luxury that he was beggared.
“Overdrawn.” For the man with many
resources and huge business interests this
means little. For Beau it meant the end
of the delightful life he was leading and
many other things that he didn’t care to
think of. He opened the rest of his mail
mechanically and went out to take up his
gay life where be had left off the night be
fore.
Bean was in the fashionable Bwim three
weeks after his arrival for the first time in
Washington. He never quitted it until
forced to by the sudden breaking down of
his fortunes. Routs and balls, select social
gatherings, and all the fashionable diasipa
ti n< f tne day were his occupations. Over
this time of his life hangs the glamor of
rich sand luxury. The odor of roses, the
glitter of wealth, the butterfly colors of
life intermingled in this almost ideal exist
ence, showing forth in sharp and bittercon
trast to the life that followed.
From t iis time dates the beginning ot the
boat, anJ tbooud of the life of the moneyed
gentleman.
For many years after the breaking down
of his fortune Beau managed to live by a
sort oi Bohemian vagabondage. He became
a sort of good-natured highwayman, call
ing on all he met in life’s pathway to' stand
nnd deliver on the presentation of a good
story nr on the working of some clbver
scheme for extorting the needful. He really
lived by his wits, for he possessed such a
commodity. He did not confine his sphere
of action to Washington, but often extended
his visits to Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York and during the racing season
followed the horses about to the various
track*.
In the winter, however, Beau always re
turned to Washington. Here he met the
prominent public men of the day, all of
w hom wero on his list of patrous, being
regularly mulcted of a set sum called by the
incorrigible Bean his “assessments.” These
ranged for 25 cents to ft, and it is not on
record that any man that Beau classed
among his patrons ever refused to pay his
assessments. Had he done so Beau would
have out him dead, and the next day it
wouid have been known from one eud of the
avenue to the other that, Statesman So-and-
So had been stricken from Beau Hickman's
list, and as things went in those days the
statesman would have suffered more in pop
ular estimation than Beau in pocket. ‘
Often Beau would be introduced to visit
ing strangers by his friends for tbe purpose
of observing the inimitable manner in
which he wouid accomplish his object of in
ducing the stranger to part with his ready
cash to the importunate Beau. The latter
never directly asked for money, but would
not hesitate, after telling a good story, to
intimate that the story was worth paying
He was never a bard drinker, and often
when his financial condition was at its low
est ebb, he would, when asked to drink
with acquaintances, accept the proffered
favor, stipulating that he was to receive
the change instead of the drink. Often he
w ould on these occasions select a good
high-priced cigar, which he would subse
quently dispose of to a cigar merchant
with whom he had entered into arrange
ments to dispose of his stock of cigars thus
accumulated.
Although Beau lived well for the first few
years succeeding his financial wreckage, he
eventuady became more needy. In the first
few years of his vugabond life he beat the
hotels and tailors wi;h a magnificent as
sumption of impudence. Slowly, however
he descended into the most absolute degra
dation. Tailors refused him credit, and he
was desperately em larrassed to find clothes
to cover himself. After his clothes had be
come shabby there was but little oppor
tunity to work the hotels and boarding
houses, and so he drifted on downward until
be became a shabby and disreputable beat.
Corns aud bunions afflicted him sorely,
aud gave him a miserable hobbling gait!
He bore up manfully, however, and swore
it was tbe gout that afflicted him.
In the latter part of August, 1873, Beau
broke down, and was carried to Providence
hospital, and afterward to tbe almshouse,
where be died Sept. 1, a calm, delightful
Sabbath day. He was buried in Potter’s
field, but his body was taken up and placed
in a lot in Congressional cemetery by u
number of friends.
Belis and sashes, all colors and widths, at
LaFar’s. —Ad.
PRESIDENT CARNOT.
A Description of the Executive Of
France.
FYoru the Chicago Inter Ocean.
President Carnot is not a hard worker In
the sense that hard work is understood in
America. He does not bother himself with
details. He keeps a sharp eye on all that is
going on about aim, but he does not con
sider it bis duty to perform a clerk's
work. He would not drepin of work
ing as President Cleveland used to
and as President Harrison now does. Like
all Frenchmen, he is a late riser. Coffee
and rolls are served in his room. At 9
o’clock he appears in his little study, which
leads from the big reception rooms in tiie
Elysee palace. His private letters are
opeoed aud on his desk. He pulls his easy
chair up to a window, puffs at a ciga
rette, and one of his secretaries informs
him of the contents of his mail. Occasion
ally he dictates replies, and sometimes he
answers letters by his own band. The con
tents of his mailbag are curious. There
are letters on all sorts of subjects, some
begging m oney, some asking for presidential
clemency, others asking for office, and still
others asking for autographs.
The little room denotes that its occupant
is of ali erary turn. There are magazines
on the tables, novels and newspapers from
America, England and Germany, as well as
Paris. On one side of the room is a book
case of choice literature. A vase f (lowers
on the mantel shelf perfumes the room. A
tiny Scotch terrier sleeps soundly on a rug
at the door and a canary chirps merrily as
it basks in the suushino that conies
streaming through the open wimlow. At
10 o’clock President Uaroot receives mem
bers of tbe government, leaders and depu
ties who have business with him. At 11 lie
has dejeuner, or breakfast, either in the
palace or he may go out to the house of a
friend. Dejeuner is a popular meal, aud
Carnot seldom sits down alone. His wife,
children aud one or two friends usually
join him. At noon he receives such vis
itors as may have business with him, aud
just now a good many of these people are
Americans who have heard of the affabi ltv
of the president of La Belle France and
wish to see him and shake hands with him.
To these ho is all politeness and attention.
His manner would do ciedit to Chesterfield.
He goes about the room from one person to
another, making all feel comfortable and
at ease.
Those of his visitors who have private or
public business with him are taken into an
adjoining room. At 10:30 o’clock such
public documents as it is necessary for the
president to see and sign are ! rought to
him. At 2:30 or 3 o’clock he is free. Some
times he goes for a drive in the Bois do
Boulogne, or for a walk, but at present he
is devoting most o* his time to the groat
exposition. At 6 o’clock he returns to lho
palace. He dines with his family and
usually a friend or two at 7 o’clock. Ho is
a good liver aud his table is loaded with
dainties. After dinner friends of the
family are received. Sometimes there is
music. Quite often the president goes to
the opera or theater, and at 11 ;30 lie ; o
tires.
Yesterday I saw him in the department,
occupied by the United State exposition. A
crowd surrounded him. He was chatting
with some American visitors and seemed
deeply interested. He is a man of medium
bight and ordinary appearance. His face
denotes fair but extraordinary intelligenc e
His dark beard is trimmed in the ortho
dox French fashion. To the casual
observer he might be a lawyer of
fair practice or a respectable merchant with
a goodly establishment on tbe Rue de la
Paix. He dresses in good taste, in quiet
colors, and doe* not make much display of
jewelry. Occasionally he wears one of bis
numerous decorations, but not often. In
fact, he is plain in style and manuer to the
last degree.
At the time when the exposition of 1878
was held, Carnot was a very obscure man.
Then, at the time when in the election at
Versailles he so quietly slipped into the
chair that M. Grevy, much against his will,
was obliged to vacate, owing to the pecu
liarities of his son-in-law Wilson, but little
was known of him outside of France. But
just at present he is very comfortable in tbe
chair that was occupied by Thiers, Mac-
Mahon aud latterly by Grevy.
Thiers went tbe way of all
flesh about the time that Marshal MacMa
hon met with his downfall. You may still
see the tall, military form of the marshal
duke at the Cafe d’Orsey, the old hpunt of
the nobility. But MacMahon is done with
politics. M. Grevy may still be seen in his
favorite haunts of Paris when he is not rus
ticating at his country place in the Jura at
Mont-sous Sandry. But no one talks or
thinks much about Grevy. He is what
King Michael Kelly of Boston would call a
back number.
A LAKE OF LIVING LAVA.
Situated on Mount Kilauea, in the
Sandwich Islands.
From Our Earth and Its Wonders.
There is on the island of Hawaii a lake of
living lava. It is on Mount Kilauea. It is
a pit about three and a half miles wide,
nearly illiptical in form, and surrounded
with cliffs almost inacie sible to human
foot. Capt. Dutton thus describes it; "The
object upon which the attention is instantly
fixed is a large chaotic pile of rocks situated
iu the center of the amphith ater, rising to
a bight which, by an eye “estimate, appears
to be about 350 or 400 feet. From Innumer
able places in its mass volumes of steam are
poured forth and borne a"ay to the leeward
by tbe trade wind. The color of the pile is
intensely black, spotted and streaked here
and there with red. It is so shattered and
broken that it has a craggy, ominous
aspect, which may bo called hide us.
Around it spreads out the slightly un
dulating floor of the arnpbi heater, as black
as night. To the left of the steaming pile is
an opening in the floor of the crater, within
which behold the ruddy streams of boiling
lava. From numerous points in the sur
rounding floor clouds of -team issue forth
and melt away in the steady flow of the
wind. Desolation and h.'.ror reign su
preme. The engirdling walls everywhere
hedge it iu. But upon the r summits and
upon the receding platform beyond are all
the wealth and luxuriance of tropical vege
tation, heightening tiie contrast with toe
desolation below.
The pool of burning laya is about 4SO feet
long and a little over 3 )0 feet in width, sur
rounded by vertical walls 15 to 20 feet in
height. sVhen we first reach it the prob
abilities are that the surface of the lako is
coated over with a black, solidified crust,
showing a rim of fire all around its edge
At numerous points at the edge of the crust
jets of fire are seen spouting upward,
throwing up a spray of glowing lava drops
and emitting a dull, simmering sound.
The hear, for the time being, is not intense.
Now and then a fountain breaks out in the
middle of the lake and boils feelily for a few
minutes. It then bee mes quiet, but oily
to renew tbeoperation at ? me other point.
Gradually the spurting and fretting at
the edges augment. A belch of lava is
thrown up here and there to the higut of
five or six feet, aid falls back upon the
crust. Presentlv. and near the edge, a cake
of the crust cracks off, aud one edge of it
sliding downward descends beneath the
lava, aud tbe whole cake disappears, dis
closing a naked surface ot liquid fire. Again
it coats over and turns b ack. This opera
tion is repeated edgewise at some other part
of the lake. Suddenly a network of cracks
shoots through the entire crust. Piece alter
piece of it turns its edge downward aud
sinks with a grand commotion, leaving the
whole pool a single expanse of liquid lava.
Tbe lake surges feebly for a while, but soon ■,
comes to rest.
The heat is now insupportable, and for a
time it is necessary to withdraw from the
immediate brink. Gradually the surface
darkens with the formation of anew crust,
which grows i lacker and blacker until the
last ray of incandescence disappears. This
alteration of the freezing of the surface of
tbe lake and the break-up aud sinking of the
crust goes on iu a continuous round at a j
regular period of about two hours. j
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