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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
'IgraNih.
SNOWDROPS.
NY AsrLE, II. BALDWIN.

Snowdrops, beautiful snowdrops white
Your fair heads nod in the dull gray light
OF the winter.dawn, when the sole giad
thing
Is tho bold thrush tuning his pipe for Spring.
Films lurk in your trcmulous bells,
When We COVER in Tho snow on the bare
blcak fells,
Where your green leaves CLEAN In waste
Of white,
As the gold stars CLINT on summer night.
With their calm pure eyes in sea or blue,
Ye shine, We shine as spirit true
Shines out with holier steadier rdy,
When the dark night showe;h loast signs
OF day.
First flowers o, how doth their mention
thrill
TO the heart that is shrouded in winter still !!
As the feeble wall of the newborn boy,
In the hother-soul lights the lamp Of joy.
WelcoRie evor the birth OF Spring,
With her holy monitors whispering
Great Natures lesson of simple truth
TO the wayward ear and the heart Of youth !!
Welcome, beautiful snowdrops white,
Harbngcrs of the sunshine bright;
Glad forerunncrs Of lcngthet,ius hours,
Welcome, first OF our English flowers
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Young mon who 60 to see girls
have adopted novel method Of OBJ
tanning kisses. They assert on the
anthority of scientific writers, that
the coneussion produced by a kiss
will cause the fame Of gas jet to
flicker. and easily induce the girls
to experiment ia the interest OF
science. The first kiss or two the
narties watch the fame TO see It
flicker, but soon become so inter
ested in the experiment as TO let ]:
flicker If il wants to.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

The Louisville toWicr-J5H'NG
Fits pretty hard wlicn it says that
" if anybody had met christopher
Columbus in the middle Of the At
lautio aad told him that lie was in
the act of discovering Il country that
would ultimately fall into the hands
Of such an administration as tho
present, he would haye gone back
home and stayed there
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

May is considered at unfortunate mar
rying month. 4 girl on being asked to
unite herself in the dllken tie, tendhrly
hinted that May Vas an unlucky mSfth
for marrying. "wGll riake it June, then "
honestly replied The stain, anxious to ac
conn odaie. The laittel paused a moment
hesiiated, cast dcwt her eyes. and with a
modest blush said: HWould not April do
lust as well ~
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A Kansas City edto:who employs
. Chinese Laundryman is ina panic.
lie says They sent home with
our washing yesterday y thing that
branches of in two ways u little
Ielow the top liIsea railway june
lion, and has puckcrcd frill9 edged
With telling !oh each end of the
divide. We Gor't know what it is,
and we're IL poor trien4leSs man,
with only our virtue, and none but
villains would scok to injlrc that. -
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A young writer once asked Douglas Jsr-
rold, at a dinner party, Don't yon think
that have something Of Goldsmith in my
style71 Nes,r answered Douglas the
terrible; "uot So much Of the gold, but a
good deal Of the smith"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

The following resolution was
recently introduced and adopted
in the County Court at Nashville /:
Resolved, That the portrait now
placed over the char OF the Judge
Of this Conrt. and purporting to be
the likeness cf the Father OF our
Country. Gen. George Washington,
but which looks more like the jack
Of elats. he removed from this hall,
and tie Court House COMMITTEES be
Authorized to have a true likeness
ofthe pure patriot George Mashing-
[ tou Pat in ~ place
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
A Young couple were Marie

a young couple were marrlo- EI
Chattaraugus, Ga, lately. .he
brides shoes hurt her feet 10 badly
that she had to sit down while tho
,G!iiia.er was performing the corc-
nicny. She said she wouldn't post
ponc tho wedding, but would get
married that night ifshc had to go
to bed to do it.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A reverend divine, being accused
Of negligence in his calling, and
styled @an unfaithful shepherd,
from scarcely ever visiting his flock,
defended himself By saying that he
was always with them at shearing
fims.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A Galesburg farmer, whose pew rstt was
raised to $25, exclaimed: " Great Caesar.
here is o nice state Of affairs-the gospel
going up and pork going down. What's
10 become Of us y -
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A teacher of vocal music asked an old
lady if her grandson had an ear for music
"WG'al," said the old woman, really
don'i know. Won't 5bu take the candle
and GEO."
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

"Isn't there an q,wluI strong smell
of pigs in the ar % asked Smith, Of
Jones. Yes, rePliodJonca,,"that's
because the wind is from the SOU
west"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A Maine nan, going into the wilderness,
ioek what be surposed % be his conpass,
bot found, when be needed its guidance,
he had instead iaker his vife's dagrsrreo-
type. Ii brought him ont all right
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A druggist, in Sacramento, who filled o
prescription out ef the wrong bottle, and
killed q girl, has taken to the woods. The
girls brother is cunning for him.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A rshtlem.n in Indiana saved he e.
psns. of divorce and enriched himself ~
trading 81 bis Hife Tor ssc0sd-band CUR
and pes of beans.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

A eating Rcrfark-Lawyers arc
like Il shears they never cut ench
other, but what IS rlacci between
them.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Women remarked the contemplative
man, "are as deep as the waters of yon
bay" "Aye, sir, rejoined the disap-
pointed man, and as full of craft"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Down Eaat they call finger'posta
"ministcra,' because they point the.
way to other people, but don't go
themselves. @
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Ole Bull. the celebrated violinist, who
was married to yof,hg lady ten or twelve
months ago, has been presented by his wife
with little COW calf.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

It is a sweet ara plcas'lt,. Thought
that when all these days of pain
and sorrow ahl worI! arc ended
these days Of cciiiEending and-un-
rest tho!4 VII come the folding of
hands. Il is sweet, when sorrow
ana wcarincss are our only colnpan-
ions. to remember that the hour IS
net far away when the Father viii
hold the tired hands Of HIS child IN
his. will scalthe aching eye with
slcep. and breathe under its tremb-
ling lid the sweet dream of hcaven.
Weary not, nor faint the Father
sec. and though YOU know Z not,
His hand leads you. a littlo pam
and little labor He meets you Tor
your good bc patient, ANA when
the night comes lie viii give you
rcst.-G Frodcrirk r. Marin.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Mis-. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps SAYS fhsrs
is no tss in quarrsling with a woman, The
press, railroad comps4y Or tbe tslegrafh.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Nsf The following, written anenl meus'
" for the corsieana Observer, Is esaeh'
fll poem, Tor which the namelsss aa'heF
deserves more praise lhAn fenuyseh Tor
. "a Wsaoriaa. II Eds, Dallas llERALh,
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
kentucky Jacks for Sale

THATE now some TIN or TWELVE fne
{ large KENTUCKY JACKS, al fh0r5--
bred and peiigrsei. the best blood Of Ken
tuckv-froil about Lexington ard DanIi iile
hs found 81 the Residence OF IL C. Thcrn-
ton, tEeits miles SoEth u Fort Wc-th,
Iar4Bl County
ANY ore wishing superior Jacks Tould
do vel % cel IN ms % an early da-, Al
ths ab8Te-nlnci place
sDHN EKIEaSoE.
FetrzasF 4 1s1l.--l.sn.s
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

The Austin Republican presses,
trpe. en- were sold under deed q
trust. recently, FOR $500
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29


Hugo Advcrtisius-liriJk poric.
roy has contracted with one thuu.
sand ncwsrgpt.s To give his paper,
pomcroy's Ncmocra., Il full pago
advertisement FOR II mcnth. His
agents, 5. VI. pcttiHgill * Co., have
,srdcrcd MS the advertisement, aud
propose 10 pay us with u sixty dol
lar sewing n'acl.!No. We like Brick,
his Democrat, and his advertising
agents and Just at this timo We
are pretty hard mp, but we'd live
on pine BARK and promises to pay"
long time before we'd entertain
that proposition-whocycr would
do it should be sent Is tie IunatiC
asylum rSouthcra GA Sun,
Thcm'3 our sentil'.enl3 exactly.
We have no obicetior to Publishing
short advertisements for cur cctcm~
porurics for halfp"ice. or sometimes
even grltuitously.; but whe" it
comes to asking $3.50 WORTH. Of ad
vcrtising for Il sixty dollar sowing
machine, we would ask to be ,tX-
cuscd. We admire "Bricli" md
love his "Dcmocrat," but cant, sec
Tint proposition, nat%, time t;'co.
Bastrop Advertiser.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

Na.chez. Miss. has elected negro
Mayor. A local paper says "sFutss
are trump.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
Insurance Agency.

DE11As, TExkt Atril lst 1871.
AN prepared 10 ISsCE POLICIES in
he LIFE order, and soon wiz bs On
FIRE RIsEs also. Ny Friends, md par
ficuIariy oIfTexans. are invited 10 ses ne
Cal a th8 Cru;chfeii H0uso
WI. c. BTLKITI.
Ar-li /. ls7L-2asm.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

"Do vou keep nails here Z asked
a sleepy looking lad walking into
a hardware store, fhe other day.
@Yes, We keep I'll kinds OF nails
what kind will voa have, sir, aud
how mary =
awell,a said the boy. sliding to-
wards the door, I'LL take pound
. Of finger nails. ard about pound
ard ; iaif Of tie nails
TExit boy aith the toe Of 2 wei
nailed boo. toilowing close % his
stern.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
Ihe Great stsls afreNas.

= Shreveport o0rrcspon sent
writes o. lho y, i.flls Journal oi
Commerce - fll.oNs.
/ Ne are familiar with tho great
State al Texas, huViag ,IVclod over
Hly ofils e0uHlirs; the sol. i g00l,
yields well, ani lso Industrious far
mcrs always rraVsS Gundsomc har,
N.,l FrDm tho hcau,iml clear
Waters OF lho WiirL,a Mountains,
ir5 have rlaspci li,,uis with tho
C.manche Nc kIuw The itslilc
lands bordering the Nin Gmnloanl
,iunial0rpc, aud fave Srcn tho
hdan, urnps galhsro,l iran tho
mlshiy iiTEsos, and .a'c followed
from ~ rec Ia mouth, un cllhcr
hank, III, river Sahln2. Trinity ani
Sulphur; tic Ntat ra9 mentioned
are capable or bygg ,.Hyigalvl halt
lhc year, from two 10 '.lr hundred
'lllc, each, We huvv ) On ,l.t wood.
a. lands bordering l.cIc streams,
aid have found all kinds oI liIiher,
Wud have noted lis aiaplUl'ilily Ia
the ,cyJlal uses al man; wa have
wandered week ullcr week over tho
lish table lands II the northwest
portion OF lha State, turning our
poncy To cyci ! point of the som.
pass spyirg utt The rich and pro.
duclive soil of he pra'ri,S anl We
can say with all tralh and sincerity,
;ha: there + no State like rc%asi
MI she wants is Internal IMPROVE
meats and people she, has alhplo
room for Ten milions u, cmigmnlS,
aud eau, in tel years, furnish happy
homes for as many milli"A OF pcu.
plo.-[Ilcmpstgad Reporter.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
THE CELEBRATED
Bucks Brilliant Stoves

The IELEblIA lED
Bucks Brilliant Stoves
ALWAYS ON HAND,
Tf,llOSE needing GOOD COOK STOVES,
/ Il viii do we'll TO call aud see thcm. I
have the best lot OF Cooking Stoves ever
brought TO this Market, all Of which ! war
rant 10 give perfect satisfaction 10 all, Or
Z | will refund the money.
/ See Certificates from thote who have
. lhrin In use;--
Dallas, Texas, March 81, 1871.
Mr.. {. d. RNSAnY-Sir:- IL purchased
Of you some four months ago, dne Of Bucks
I Brilliant Cook Stoves, which has been 10
constant use, and gives entire satisfaction
in every respect.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN W. SWlNDELLS
Ed. Dallas HERALD.
Dallaa, Texas, January u, 1871.
sir. G. d. KASADY-Sir:-l have in
tended for some time TO write you in regard
to the stove | bought of you last Fall
Bucks Brilliant Cook StoYe. have nevr
seen better stove, and would rather have
il than any have ever used. u is equal
W Nll Ou ~ W wv eau 'h
judgment cannot be surpassed. very
willingly recommend it TO any one wishing
to purchase stove.
Yours, respectfully,
SARAH II. COCBRELL
Dallas, Texas, March 20, 1871.
Mr.. c. j. KANADr-Dear Sir:-l take
pleasure in recommending the Buck y
Wright Cooking Stove. II Is by far the
best stove | ever had, and would rtcom-
mend it to all needing n cook stove.
Very respectfully, &C.,
W. l.. LANG.
Dallas, Marsh 2lst, 1871.
Mr.. C. y. KAxARY-Dear Sir:-The stove
| hohgh. Of you last May (Buek & Wligl's
Patent) gives perfect satisfaction. 1t is
all that could expect ind much more
than any other | ever uscd. 1t bakes in
much less time and with much less wtod
than any 8tjyc ever knew.
W. II. PRATHLR.
Dallas, Texas, March Dist, 1871.
Mr.. c. d: kAy,DY-Dear Sir THE stove
| purchased of you, Bucks Brilliant
last Fall, gives entire satisfaction. 1t is
the best cooking stove have amy know
ledge Of heats quicker and requires less
wood than any stove have ever used.
take pleasure in recommending It TO all
wht desire irst-c class stove.
Yours, truly,
W. i. MURPHY.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
JouS ". SWNBELLS, PUBLISHER.
MASONIC.

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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
nTnsontc CesaaerofV
.aT.ranNT On.

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sasUn YnLIuNIAn Tr-lIiHing asr lafsr' AZ ~
SisfTI t'snFs" "aiiHa ni tann-hil L'fss1 ~" -
F..sl 4, = H@rgarN -, 4, y 'Nh ,
E..aIrrF rhat fHrlraitTrr ~ pHr D. alia'h'el y"
.lau ,sr-r ul ttr Na-,l.r rrusisIF, s.A las'nN ~
tf-rursf iirItia rAcrll ni NssaHs n' '-'i' 'n''''
tIr Hmiiifs, -,,, q.
l'ra. AN. Nuriua 'ssIIs'nirtI'ia charge 'i'A'
,trfrrrrF Hul -rr th'r trs-iIli.p -arirTi 'nlr
"a. FuNEg, w,
A''s,ts T. T. C,osErs, sH,gusr,, it'af'' "''N' o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-17
Live Wifhin Yonr Means.

We don't like stinginess. We don't
like economy, when it comes down to
rags and starvation. We have no sym
pathy with the notion that poor man
should hitch himself last TO post, and
stand still, while the rest Of the world
moves forward. 1t is no mans duty to
deny himself every amusement every
recreation, every comfort, that he may
get rich. Il is no mans duty to make
an iceberg of himself 10 shnt his eyes
and ears to the suffeFings of bis fellows,
and deny himself the enjoyment that
results from generous actions, merely
that he may hoard wealth for his heirs
to quarrel about ltis
Bnt there is an economy which is every
mans duty, and whichis especially com
mendable in the man who struggles with
poverty-an economy whichis consistent
with happiness, and which must be prac-
tioed if the poor man would secure inde-
pendenoe. Il is almost every mans
privilege, and it becomes his Gpty, to
live within his means not up to, but
within them. Wealth does not make
the man, we admit, and never should be
taken into account in our judgment Of
men; but competence should be secured,
when it can be, BY the practice Of econ
omy and selfdenial to only tolerahls
extent. It should be secured, not -
much for others to look upon, or raise
US in the estimation Of Others, as to Sc
cure the consciousness Of independence
and the constant satisfaction which is
derived from its requirement and pos
session.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-17
Fresh News OF Dr. Liyin~.tone.

Sir Roderick Murchison has sent the
following letter to the London Times,
| heartily rejoice to announce to the
24th) received letter from DR.. Kirk, at
Zanzibar, dated the 8th of December,
1870, which has relieved me from all
anxiety respecting the fate of my illus
trious friend Livingstone. DIR. Kirk has
just received letter from the great Arab
Shiek Said of Uny-amyembe, dated l6
Rabea ell Akbar, which, being translated,
is to this effect: After compliments,
your honored letter has reached, and
your friend has understood it. The peo-
pie (that is of caravan sent from Zan-
zibar) arrived in good health, and are
going on to Ujiji to our friend, the Doc
tor. The news of him is that he
has not yet returned from Manimes
(the Arabic word is spelt in three
different ways), but we expect him
soon, and probably he and the people
with supplies will reach UjUi at the same
time" DR.. Kirk adds: AT all events
on his arrival at Ujiji from his western
journey he will have goods for his present
wants. The new gang of men with
fresh goods has set out, and, the roads
being free, we may hope they will reach
quickly and safely" We now learn for
the first time that DR.. Livingstone has
made an extensive journey to the west
of Lake Tanganyika, and this accounts
for the long-continued absence of all in
formation respecting him. Any letters
that Livingstone may have written and
confded to jealous Arabs have probably
either been destroyed by them, or lost
with some of the caravans that perished
on the journey to the coast during the
cholera epidemic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-17
A Cincinnati woman Trying 60 Dis.
nose of Her Sick Husband.

From the Cincinnati Commercial, Feb. l3.
There is a fearful scandal in circula-
ton over in the Thirteenth Ward, in
which, however, the drug store club "
of gossips seem to believe, to the effect
that a certain corpnlent wife appears
over-anxious to hasten the permanent
absence of her invalid but absurdly tena-
cious-oflife husband, 1t is related by
those who have invaded the sick cham
ber that she has prepared for him, and
occasionally airs in his presence, the
neat suit in which his corpse will be
dressed, If l should be so unfortunate
as to lose you, my dear" People who
have been called to sit up with this OBJ
ject of conjugal solcitude, state their
belief that he is being slowly, but
surely enough, frightened and starved
to death; that the moment his wife re-
tires for the night his weak hollow
voice is heard imploring for just one
square meal of cold turkey or some
spiced oysters, whereas he is never per-
mitted anything stronger than a very
mild form Of beef tea, Not long since,
report has it, the invalid was mean
enough to rally in spirits, and appa-
rently in strength, and one fine day to
ask for an airing on the avenue. Forced
by his plaintive appeals, and by the
suggestion Of neighbors that it would be
cruelty to refuse, the wife took him out
for drive. She improved, it is stated,
upon the grave-suit dodge, in this in
stance, by driving to Spring Grove and
giving him an opportunity to carefully
inspect the neat little corner lot that she
had purchased for him in case he might
need grave soon. 4-a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-17
FRIDAY EVENING" FEBRUARY l7,sl87l.l
FASHIONS.


] |I7|TT.| II
A Chicago Times correspondent writes
from New York about funerals; ~.
The present innovation is to lay the
body upon a couch, dressed in its accus-
toned clothing, with pillow under the
head The position is usually that of
right or left side, and the hands are
arranged in some natural and easy
position. IL the dead is a lady, a
handsome shawl is thrown over the
figure, and if a man, an Afghan or
silken quilt serves for a covering.
Flowers are in the room, but not in such
obtrusive abundance as TO make the
odor of these beautiful things haunt you
forever afterwards. The funeral is an
nounced, and the friends and acquaint-
ances are invited, through the public
prints, to be present and take leave Of
the departed. No hearse and no coffin
affront the sight and chill the blood with
those traditional sentiments which af-
frighted our childish years. As many
days afterwards as the condition of the
remains will permit, few of the nearest
and dearest are invited to assist in the
sad ceremony of burial. Loving hands
lift and lower the casket, and tender
ones strew the earth softly above it with
flowers, and perhaps some favored wrap
pings of the dead are added to lie be-
tween the dust which usually falls so
heavily and harshly upon that other
dust that is so dear. No strange eyes
witness this last sacred attention to the
departed, and no memory Of thought
less jar or heavy tread comes back to
embitter the remembrance of the sorrow
fnl event hH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-17
There is a colored youth in the Fresh

There is colored youth in the Fresh
man Glass at Yale College.
Mr.. Sullivan, of Lockport, N. Y, in
troduced new fashion in suicide by
cutting his throat with handsaw.
A Chinese thief, having stolen a mis-
sionary watch, brought it back the next
day to be shown how to wind it up.
The Chicago Times, announcing the
fact that man there married to get out
of jail, remarks that "some men have a
queer idea of liberty" u
The Nevada Legislators are in trouble.
The treasury is without funds to pay
their per diems, and they threaten. to ad-
journ sine die in consequence.
Chorpenning" is newly-coined
word, meaning swindling the govern
ment without incurring penalty, much
used in Washington at present.
Report hath it that General Beaure-
gard intends to make Paris his perma-
neht place of residence as soon as the
condition of France is settled.
General Won Moltke is not a Dane, as
has been stated. He was born in Neck
lenburg, and entered the service of Den
mark early in life, but afterward quilted
it for that Of Prussia. DtcrW
On New Years day the Pope had
reigned twenty-four years, six months
and fifteen days-just one day longer
than Plus vi. His ponti6cate has been
longer than that of any Pope.
A London paper expresses the belief
that Gambetta is victim of the opium
habit, and that during the war he has
seldom been removed from the influence
of the drug.
3 A kiss, says French authoress, gives
more pleasure than anything else in the
world But Puck declares that that wo-
man evidently never experienced the
childish rapture Of descending the parlor
stairs by sliding down the banisters.
In the case of Elizabeth r. Cofey
against the Home Life Insurance Com
pany, which was suit brought in the
Superior Court of New York, on a policy
of $4,000 on the life Of plaintiffs hus-
band, and which the company refused to
pay on the ground of alleged suicide, the
jury rendered verdict for plaintiff for
the full amount. nA.HH .fH|
Ex-Governor Fletcher returned to st.
Louis few days since from the Indian
country, where he completed treaty
with the Shawnee and Wyandotte In
dians for the right Of way for the Allan
tic and Pacific railroad through their
reservations. This gives the road the
unobstructed right Of way from the wes-
tern border of Missouri to the Colorado
river.
The New York Herald has letter
from outside Paris, dated Inside Q
Shell, January "a" The writer says;
4" In a few minutes ] shall be dead. Bits
of my dissected body viii be splashed
against the house-frOnts Of Paris, and
the splinters of my bones viii have be-
come assistant proieotiles destined 10
slaughter Frenchmen. At this supreme
moment but one human sentiment re-
mains within me-pride at my uncom-
execution Of my duty as your
correspondent. ! am going to be volun-
tarily shot away in order to supply you
with sensational copy | do not think
any other American special ever went
so far as that, and ! confidently expect
that you viii retain the monopoly Of this
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