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BENEFIEL & ELTZROTH, PAVING removed to Elston.s New Brick, at. the head of Commercial row, opposite the The cavalry officer coolly curled his raousPost Office and Campbell's old stand, are now in looked *L him in receipt of their Spring stock, comprising a com- »®cne

to 25 cents per yard. I

April 21, 1355.

THEtown,

best assortment of Window and Wall Paper in cheaper than over, at april 21 '66 BENEFIEL & ELTZROTH

1855 F. H. FRY, 1855 [HAS JUST RECEIVED A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF

SPRING & SUMMER

constantly on han

aud "C'bawtoiidbvillk Kivikw," on the 7th day He knows that the country has nothing to hope "and I can promise you a watm welcome

And eveQ gt Nichola9 yieldfl t0 St Ned!

He knows that a "furriner" ought not to go to The polls, though as brave as De Kalb or Do Soto TbinkB good Lafayette was the vilest of caitiffs, And knows "the Puritans" must havo been natives!

Sales, Transient Adrertisements, &.c., That doesn't admit of the slightost defence

Can tell to a penny, exactly how much "We lose every day by the pestilent Dutch now a pauper appears with his rags and his tattcrson, What it cost to food "Pat" and to board ''Mrs.

Patterson!"

Now WHO, FHOM ins TITLE, WOULD EVIU SUPPOSE How IF AX QUEER THINGS A KNOW-NOTHING KNOWS?

Ned Buntline, the godly founder of tho scct of Kno w-Nothings.

... ..

happy to exhibit to "all" Ihorany fsvor'bitn

w-a v.

March 81st. 1S55. v6-n37tf.

main in this placc but,.

ow jnys.

speak for0them thc^a^nlge

smd

lor

county, Indiana, ia for sale, namely: west

from Crawfordsville »nd twenty fr Lafayette. Inquire of William P. Watson, Esq., Crawfordsvillfl, or of the subscriber.

From Putnam's Magazine for May.

A CRUISE IN THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.

[Conclusion.]

"Old shoes! old shoes!" I gazed at the disappearing figure in speechless amazement, and was still looking, when I was tapped upon the shoulder, and, turning round, saw a German Cavalry

officer, with a heavy moustache, and adog-|

whistle in his hand. ."

able walls of Constantinople at one clean l° flying leap, rode straight into the seraglio,

ing the identical boots I wore on that occasion.'"

Jrfci'i^iTroV.TppMu/th.- The cavalrr officer coollr curled his mous-

wlHl nis

plete variety of latest styles and best fabrics, to Bllence. which they respectfully ask the attention of all. I ««onpal,:nc, hnnU hp rponmnd «*T We shall bo pleased to see our old friends, and I opeaKin^ OI DOOts, ne resumea, all who may be disposed to call on us, at our new stand night •nd possible and are determined to be undersold by none, but j)e (}rjmea, who always had a cover laid a a a a a ronagc, shall havo goods of us as low as they are «or me at his table, when he said, in great »to be had in town

A* a .1

v6n40

Somo very handsome Work Boxes and many oth- ways gives me mv joke: and so atter diner notions, at

BENEFIEL & ELTZROTH'S.

4 1A 13

1 -arl

Beautiful French GliinU and Brilliantenes from 25 know now to get them o%er» the duties are

to 35 cents per vard. so heavy." "Nothing easier." replied I Tissues and Borages from 80 to 50 cents per yard, ..j.jj

hrin„ them

er lhc

withacall. He would particularly call the atten- 1'ons ot tnem as my snare, it was no

*"Tn

F. II. FRY.

Square Up.

^LL THOSE knowing themselves to le indebted

ca ftnd

l,ru*

Having disposed of my ontiYe stock of Boots, that mountain, when suddenly feeling a lit- cane."

JACOB LYBRAJfD.

LyBrand. Allamakee co., lows. April 7, lfiMk

WHAT A KNOW-NOTHING KNOWS. glanced round nervously at ihe strange com- infallibly With eccii a quzkb hamx, tou wocv ixabdlt panv surpos* "If you should come our way, Prue and

a^k ail, a Know-Nothing know»: I will be very glad to see you." said

Till we've banished the Papists and joisoned the from the children." Pope lie knows that nil priests are merely the tools Of the devil to worry Know-Nothings and fools That''Sisters of Charity" ought to be kissed That monks should be murdered and Nuns should be Hissed That the calendar Saints of ancieut renown

SH5'

A A tea

1 0 S I I S

Ihe Shah of Persia has just sent me word

Nice Summer bhawls from $1.50 to $4.50, Plain and Satin Straw Bonnets from 50cts to $3,00.! Sense, saiu the liroperor of the Crimea. Black and Fancy Parasols from $1,00 to $3,50. "Nonsense! yourself," replied I, Sportive-

Ladies Collars and MitU, a nice assortment, all for

the Eiupm)r of the

something about it

}J0,no-

1 am

"Most extraordinary man, your friend warmly, for I began to btr very unyonder," said the officer I don't remember 'comfortable. The old mans eyes half to have seen him in Turkey, and yet I rec-j closed, and his mind seemed to have struck ognize upon his feet the boots that I wore!il

scen

in that great Russian cavalry charge, where! "Isn that where I was going. I beI individually rode down five hundred and l'

eve

thirty Turks, slew seven hundred, at a! hat it is called. Where is home? moderate computation, by the mere force of And the old man puffed a prodigious my crush and, taking the seven insurmount-!

cl°ud

and, dropping the bridle, cut the Sultan's! came on board this ship to go to in throat with my bridle-hand, kissed the oth- meant as 1 was saying, 1 took paser to the ladies of the harem, and was back sage for .' He smoked silently. "I beg within our lines, and taking a glass of wine your pardon, but where did you say I was with the hereditary Grand Duke General- going?" lissimo before he knew that I had mounted. I where he had been leanOddly enough, your old friend is now sport-, over the side, and gazing earnestly in

nnoera. JOOKea at Dim in

Crimea gave me three l-

ll Warm 1 t0 isk dive nt the

upon me. L. FALlxv Jr lterranean. Prow I was careless, and got gradually

a ve

aud

half of south west quarter of nee. S4, township 90, c*ctpt fnend yonder, and be only here? asked I. north range, 5 west. The land is abouteisrht miles kept on stirring."

ot Uman cklact s, and don g()0d —and perhaps you can tell me the perated.

ecre

boots." "Non-

Crimea al-

ner I went over to Persia. The thing was easily enough done I ordered a hundred thousand pairs of boots or so, filled them

my bunions. The officers bowed, and said that their own feet were tender, upon which I jokingly remarked that I wished their consciences were, and so in the pleasantest manner possible the pearl-of-Oman necklaces were bowed out of Persia, and the

WHn ace

an(

to mc cither by note or book"account,"are re:* "Pure fun," answered he. "nothingelse long journey." moment, leaning upon the C^ptam's arm. 3^ne.«tod v.

thope havin^e claims way: I was sitting quietly and swinging in "and 1 cannot even get started. If I don't marked the youth, nervously. mo will nre«eQt thcro as 1 hAll & r* main in this placc bui FAW DNYJJ. a cedar of Lebanon, on ihe very summit of get off in this ship, I fear I never shall es- "Cer'a rdy. interposed the ol:l Aichemist "vou may be sure that you will not last words were lost in the mist which get into

ceuar oi j^eoanon, on ine very summit ot get on in

upon mo. L. FALLcy, Jr. lterranean. iow was careless, and got gradually removed him from my view. self behind.!' rr Vi. going obliquely, and with the force of such "The youth has been amusing vou with The pale young man grasped his hand, Boots. Shc^s^Leathcr^&c.^of L. Falley.,lr.!^rein-

could not come up near Sicily, as some of his wild fancies, I suppose," said and gazed into his eves.

tend to continue in the fame business." and should 1 ^ad intended, bull went clean under Af- a venerable man. who mi^ht have been "And then I can drinK and be happy." ma^newonefasTr/flvor us

A. P. WATSON CO «ope, and a» ror»une would nave it, just as "It is a great pity so promising a voting man of the ship, and listened to th^ rippling waApril 21,1S55. n40tf. this good ship Was passing. So I sprang should be the victim of such vagaries." ter, a" if it had been the music of the Foun r—

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can answer me either of those questions. Stone, relieves our anxiety by pointing the

good deal, and perhaps you find tobacco if not there? However, let us summon the clouds your brain a little." passengers and ascertain." "Smoke! Smoke!" repeated he, sad-i So saying, the venerable man beckrncd ly, dwelling upon ihe words "why, it all. to the various groups that were clu-t. -.-ed, seems smoke to me and he looked wist- ghost-like, in the mist that enveloped the fully around the deck, and I felt quite I ship. They seemed to draw near with listready to agree with him. "May I ask what you are here for," inquired I "perhaps your health, or business of some kind? although I was told it was a pleasure party." "That's just it," said he "if I only knew where we were going, I might be able to liut where are

going home, as fast as I can." re-

it isI I w'*'1 knew I think thats

of smoke, in which he was quite

v®r7 s™0ky»

sai

'\e-

to the surrounding obscurity, now came a pale young man and put bis arm in mine. "I sec," said "that you have rather a general acquaintance, and, as you know .many persons, perhaps you know many things. I am young, you see, but I am a great traveler. I have been all over the

sec:" ili.he, hc'

don remember to have told you of that and in all kinds of conveyances I

"l'iat y°

l"'«

O I a a

r'"Vonsta""-'

b,"i,,,d'"-s

thrown a little back uuon one shoulder, and haze as if not quite contented.

olid troub.e. It was only ordering the '•oots, ^at, without his saying it, I knew that he cannot go into any Hole alone with rnvself.

and gaiters, which havo been selected with ^rcut anrf vhmtiinf^ to th* in ornal rascals of Per- .. ii ,. ,. tiiii mi 'r care. ana wnisiitng to mt m.ernai nucais ot rer^ never whtspered the secret which he I should die—I should kill myse.f. I tSF A pood supply of Jenkin's superior Teas, sian shoe-makers to go hang for their pay. was about to impart to me. Then, with a thought somebody was on board, aud I

I could reply nothing to my new acquaint- long sigh, as if his life were exhaling, he hoped you w« re he. who would steer us to ance but I treasured his stories to tell Prue, whispered, the Fountain of Oblivion." and at length summoned courage to ask "Myself." I "Very well, that is in the Hole." sai 1 M. him why he had taken passage. "All! my boy, you are bound upon a le Baron, who came out of the. mist at that

make payment as soon as pos- underthesun. You see. it happened in this "I know il," he replied, mournfully "But can I leave myself outside, re--"f

fame out at the Cape of Good twin-brother ofthat snowy-bearded pilot.— murmured lie. as be leaned owr the si le

over the side, and offered tlie crew to treat He stood looking over the side for some tain of Oblivion. I a a a

THE following desenbed very valu- started from. But I suppose they had just "Dont you think we ought to arrire' Fountain' fountain! Why. I be-

CRAWFORDSVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IND., JUNE 2, 1855. NO. 46.

"I am sorry to say I cannot, answered ship would carry me there, it must be this, li.m-. lf. »n.| uspere.

Munchausen, a little contemptuou-ly.

"Not got abroad, and yet you have been "Sir, it will make you more famous than everywhere!" you ever were before," replied the first

]]Vj -'but I mean that I haven't vet goti 'T am persuaded are into no

»»ch "we

want to know. I wiil pay any ,mm The sailor with the dn* imy eye wa« fearI am very rich and very young, fully angry and, if money cannot buy it. I will give as said:

his hair was wet upon his forehead He good part. He smiled and held out his'

g|,,wed with yearning des re' od God." sail the pale youth, run-

abandonment to confidence. so nine up to me and clutching my arm, "I

man, abstractedly, "1 had put youth, and "Mi* 11 find that in the Mo e. ton,

"Many thanks," said the officeri'and love, and hope, besides a great iny scarce the Alchemist, as he gazed after the recedhanded me his card, upon which I read, minerals into the crucible, and iliey all dis- in^r figure. Le Baron Munchausen. solved slowly and vanished in vapor. It The crowd now gathered, more ncnily "I beg your pardon." said a low voice was curious, but they left no residuum ex- around us. at my side and turning, I saw one of the cept a little ashes, whi-h were not strung "Well, gentleman." con'intn-d the most constant smokers—a very old man— enough to make a lye to cure a lame finger, chemi-f, "where are we going?'' a fiiar's habit, with ihc* cowl

I, as I surveyed a man with a very bewil- Bui I am very sorry to find that any one, "I have but one object. I should not

less curiosity, and stood or sat near us smoking, as before, or still leaning on the side, idly gazing. But the restless figuie who had first accosted me still iced the deck, fluting in and out of the ubscuri and as he passed there was the same mien of humbled pride and the air of a fate of tragic grandeur, and still the same faint odor of old clothes, and the low querulous crv, "Oi sh«es! old shoes!"

The ship dashed on. Unknown odors .and strange sounds still filled the ir, and 'all ihu world went by us as we flew, with no other noi-e than the low gurgl ngot' the sea around the side.

"I beg vour pardon, but can you tell me But, as I was saying, Orellana toll us about A man in mar muni, »on u.l- m»i ri ii a Were nearmfj Utopia, where I came from? Eldorado just In time. »s I thought, if any closelydrawn about l,,s head, nu.v crowed

persua(.eu,w.«.

Slowly, "Do you know it is a very strange nuance the hope of escapmg ourseIves and, will only agree that we shall go h«-re. yon

thinij that I have not found anybody who just as we are discovering the I h.losoplu shall all he permitted t., l.-h my train when

I must be going somewhere, and I should in some trepidation. came from the hows of the j-iwp reallv like to know something about it." I "Can vhere be any doubt of i'.?" replied which had been so immovab'e in iis "I observe," said I, "that you smoke a

And yet I must have come from some-! way to Eldorado'' Cen?r Africa. to be taken that we did not go ashore at ihe where," said he, speculatively-"yes, and "Are we really going there? asked I. While he was speaumg another old man

the old man. "Where should we be going. that I suppo-ed it was the ancient ti

"Gentlemen." said the reverend passen-: try and time, ger for Eldorado, "I hope there is no mis- jEneantadas. th

ty and curio-ity. Presently who hnd «t«ked mc -where li said doubtfully: "I don't know—it seems tome—T mean. I wish somt body would distinctly where say we are going." "I think I can throw a little light upon this subject," said a person whom I had not before remarked. He was dressed like a sailor and had a dreamy eve.

apprehension as to our destin ition?" were reading of them only the otlp iy. There was a ger.er.'.l movement of anxie- land the very sly le of ihe siory ha.l the inutile smoker, pie of waves. How happy we ^shail be to

"It

r»"'" bf« tokingobucrvaiiiins for«.nie time, -nil I am glad to announce that we are on the eve of achieving great fame and I may add," said he modestly,, "that my own good name for scientific acumen will be amply vindicated. Gentlemen, we are undoubtedly going into the Hole." "What hole is that?" a*ked M. le Baron

is verv

clear to me where we are going. I have

saiJiU-going B»ron

many years of my life as you require." "Sir, you lie!" I He ceased, an I silence fed upon the ship's He moved his hands convulsively, and M. le Baron Munchausen took it in very

was very handsome in that mystic light, hand: paced to and fro. .n 1 the I -movers p-.if-but his eye burned wiih eagerness and his "My friend." said he. blandly, "that is j-ej -p|R. ^j,jp

slight, graceful frame thrilled with the ear- precisely what I have always heard. I am „jc

m.i. nf liia um/tlinn TKij r.1.1/4 tytn nn Kun nicl 1 filiit* It 1

arm paternally "what do you wish toes-, "The result will prove," said the marine j, wreaili capcV" jSgg 1 gentleman, handing the officer his card, ,)Ver it. He threw his arms straight down by his upon which was wri'ten Captain Symme*. side, clenched his hands, and looked fixed- The two gentlemen then walked aside and ly in my eyes The beautiful head was the groups beg to sway to and fro in the

fhe

"Are you going far?" I asked. ed he. "The truth is, I became very tired looking for a fountain?" "Certainly.' said ihe dry, hard vo:ce of The cavalry«officer looked a little disturb- of that long-process to find the Philoso- "The fountain of youth, perhaps," re- Prester John's confessor, as his cow 1 fell a 1 ed. "I cannot precisely tell," answered pher's Stone, and, although I was just upon plied the Alchemist. lit le back, and a sudden dush burned upon 8, he "la fact, I wish I could tod he the point of the last combination which most "The rerj thing!" cried the smoker, his gaunt face "if there is any chaocv of

Hole, until you have left your-

"Where?" asked I. pardon." con'inued he. addressing the Al "Why. in Eldorado, of course," answer- chemist. "But can you tell me if I am be resigned if I could get home.

,» ... J"»

proceed t« be enthroned as Ui?hop ut |,|

head of the craft, and said in a 1 w, hoilo voice, and a quainr accent: "I have been In king for centuries, an I cannot see ii. I suppo-ed we were heat in" for it. I ihought sometimes I saw t!i

fl-ish ot distant spires, the siinnv gleam of -». 'be odor upland pastures, tin: soft undiila ions ot pur-

ula

pie hills. Ail! me. 1 am sure I heard lie singing of birds, and the fain' low of cattle. But 1 do not know: w«- come no nean r: and vet I h" its pr« sei ce in the air. If the mist wntil 1 only lift, we should -ee il lying so fair upon the sea. so graceful against the sky. I fe.r we may have passed it. Gen II men." said he, -al!y. "1 am afraid we may have lost ihe isl.md o: At lan'is forever."

There was a look of uncertainly in the throng upon ihe deck. "But \et," said a group of young men in every kind of cos unie. and ot eviiy counhave a chance al ihe

As he spoke, he put some:hing into his mou:h, and drawing a while subsla.ire fioin his pocket, oflVri il to his neighbor. *-iying: "Try a bit of thi lotus ,:i 1 find it very soothing to the nerves, and an infallible remedy fur home-sickness." "Gentlemen," said M. le iron Munchausi n, "have no fear. The arrangements are well made the voyage has hi en perfectly planned, an I each p-tsseiig- v*iil scover what he took passage to find, in the

He drew himself up stiffly and Hole into which we are going, under the auspices of this wor.hy ip'.ain."

moany. 5.id on we sw. p: it seeme a

we trv wav

Hn( O( or

p|)t. tir(.j(SS iK-deNtrian sill

o:)i an

1S1

he I in'o the Hull*. .Ao magi-: tlie home-sickness I feel ir fill re.'uernbia:i'-e. bir mi im-

no,

lo'us, nor sa rout c.in cure it is re^rei mortal longin t.h-in I thoiig!: c'imbi-d mount I liava sailed seen the home for whieh my heart aches.

I have ro mil 1 further »r: Il elide 1 I 11 IVc I !i iVe threaded riv rs but nowhere have

Aii! my friends, you luok \ery weary let, us all go home." I The pedestrian paused a moment in his wnlk, and the nioJ»er-took their p'pes from their mou'.hs. The -o'l air whicli b'ew. in that moment, across the deek. drew I »w souti 1 from the broken harp strings, and a hght shone in the eyes of ihe I man of the figure-hea I, as if the ml.-t had I fled for an insrant, and he had caught a gliinp-e of, the h»t Adanti-.' "I rellv believe that is where I wi-h ?oi go." said t!:e seeker of the toiiiitain ot ymi h. 'I think I woul I give u:» drinking -it the' fount tin if I could

get there.

home, will give up the bishop's palace in

ii 1 it it he re re at in to a

(tl't- Mchemist

It was a strange company and a wondroun voyage. Mere were all kinds of men. of all lines and countries, pursuing the wild'est hopes, the most chimerical desires—*•

One took ine aside to request that I would 'not let it he known, but that he inferred

Al )lhl lisp( rt

.,,

hold.

Enchanted 1 si Is. We

whs guing, le^cli a land while there is no wuik, nor and we shall be loieter

^"'o

tempest, nor pain, happy." "I am con'ent." said a languid you'h, with heavily matted curls "what e.'.n be better than this? We let 1 every climate, the music and the perfume of every zone are ours. In the starlight I woo the mermaids, as I lean over the side, and no inchan'ed inland will show us fairer forms.— I am content. The ship sails on. We cannot see, but we can dn am. What w..rk or pain have we here? I like the ship I like the voyage 1 like my company, and am content."

in mT c„8r lh

„f

of jubv co or—the hue of wim- and he

knmvn 41pon lllu ocunn lhat lht,v Were

l!u

^jU.

ure tCC ii

Wi.h the changing months I keep high carn.val in all ihe zones. I .-it at home and .!kui:h Prue, and if the sun ihat stirs the sap quickens i]so the wish to wander, 1 membi mv feilow voyagers on that roman ie craf:. and, looking round upon my peaceful room, and pressing more closely tlie arm of Pi He, I feel that I ha*e reached the port for which they hopelessly sailed. An I when winds blow fiercely and the night-^orm g- s, and the thought of lout marin rs and of perilous voyages touches the soft heart of Prue, I hear a voice sweeter io my ear than that of the syrens to the temp- s:-tossed sailer: "Thank God! Your only cruising is in the Flying Dutchman!"

The'"La-t

,j .M nL.ss

„.

.(1 each her thro igli ihe

laurels, bent

?cnEw of the

tys

imprisonment."

Anticipated Trol'ble

1 do not

know." lie murmured doubtful!) "it i- no! sure I mean,

perhaps. I

.should not haw

s'r« ngth to eet to the fountain, even if were near it "But is it possible to get home," inquired the pale yuiin. man. think I should

'r„du»llv becoming

que8ti

rjftjn(r a]om ome J|lreilI

M(lUnt lins of lhe

probai

immediate measures ouuht

lil„on. Others

wv. qui .sure that we were in the way of striking the great sou.hern continent and a young in. who gave his name as Wilkins, said we might be quite at ease, for presently some friends of his would come flying out iYom (he neighboring islands and tell lis 11 we wished. 'Still I melled the mouldy rigging, nnd

of cabbage was strong from tho

Oh! Priie. what could the ship be, in which Mich fintastic characters were •ailing toward impos-ihle bournes—characters which in evt ry ige have ventured all the blight capital of life in vague speculations and Ionian dieams? What could it be but tlie ship that haunts the sea forever, an I. with all sails set. drives onward before a ceaseless de. and is not hailed nor ever comes lo oil?

I know the ship is always full, I know the graybeaid still watches at the prow for the lost Atlaniis and ill the Alchemist believes that El !orado i* at nd. Upon his aimless quest ihe dotard still asks where he i- going, an I the pale youth knows that he hall never fly himself. Yet they would gladly renounce that wild chase and the dear dreams uf years, could they find what I have never lost. Tiny were ready to follow the p"et home, if he could have told them where it !ay.

I know where it lies. I breathe the soft air of the purple uplands which they shall tu-vi tread. I hear the sweet music of the voices they long for in vain. I am no travel* my only voyage is to the office and home again. William and Christopher, John and Charles sail to Europe aud the South, but 1 defy their romantic distances. When I lie spring comes and the fl 'wers blow, I drift through the year belttd with summer and with spice.

Mai.ve Law.—

The 11.«: legislature of Maine added some ameiidmen to their already stringent liq

uor law. which leave nothing to be desired by the most ul ra advocate of the lnw.

"If an expressman, cartman, porter, or any her p» r-on, .••hall carry a bottle, or ct-k, or demijohn of wine or other liquors, to a g. nileman's lesidmce, he i« subject to

aid "I will not ea'. your a fine of twenty dollars and costs for ihe offence. For the serond offence, a fine and cost arid ihiriy days imprisonment is th* penalty. I any man carries in his own ftigg.g,. (r about his person a cask or any oth- ve»-e! containing liquor of any sort, to he u.-ed bv him, the par doing i» made to a fine of thirty do.lars and thirty.

in Bo-iTON*.—The

amended Maine Law of Massachu-etts goes in opera iou on the 23.h inst.. and, as il* provi-io,i are of the mo.it restrictive char-

acr. fears "are entertained in B^'ton of «»p resistance, if not riot and blood-hed. Tlie Times of ihat c'ny says there is secret org triiz iti of onw thousand seven hundred 111en pledged to re-ist ihe law, and that the firt gtilon of liquor destroyed by the authorities will be the *ign»l for action. The iVor. however, seemn determined to enforce the 1 iw, and hai i*-ued hi-« proclai.ion cil.ing ujxui the citizens to observe its provisions, or take the contequencet.

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SuRREN DERTJfO THEIR CnARTIM—W« leain that il ere have «*n Home three hundred surrenders of the Kno*/ Nothing chart« rs in Ohio returned to the Secretary This is unwinding the charter organisations pretty rapidly. Wonder if the Grand Secletary pays back the il?. the price of charter. If not there haa been a great and useless waste at tuooey somcwhcr«.— SimtMma*.