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A saloon Episode.

The New York tribune tells the follow
ing story: A mar named Weibold entered
a saloon in India street, Brooklyn, E. D.,
last Saturday, and called for a glass of beer.
After drinking he seated himself in chair
in the centre of the room, add soon after
began to stare at the proprietor, who imag-
ined the customer to be. deeply engaged in
thought. The saloon keeper, desiring to go
out, asked the visitor to attend to his affairs
in his absence, and although there was no
reply, he took it for granted that his request
would be complied with, and Immediately
left tie saloon A little while afterward he
returned, and the visitor still SAL upright
and motionless near the table. The brewer
who supplied the restaurant keeper with
beer soon afterward came in and invited
all hands to drink. The man at the table
failed to respond, and the saloon keeper,
becoming euraged at his indifference, came
from behind the counter, pulled him out of
his chair, dragged him to the bar and
showed a glass of beer towards him. As the
proprietor withdrew his hand from the col
lar of the visitor, the latter sank to the
floor, and the startling discovery was made
that WeibOld was dead. He had probably
expired Immediately after drinking the
glass of beer, and had been a corpse for
more than an hour. Coroner Whitehill
held an inquest in the case yesterday and
it was ascertained that Weibold had died
of heart disease.
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SINGULAR Confidence The following
is from the Sandwich lIII-1 Free Press Mr..
George Wallace, Of Earlville informed us
recently that while he was on his way to
Chicago, as a representative for the Farmers
Club he overheard a conversation on the
train between 1Ir. William Munson, OF Free
dom, and Mr.. ID. c. Maylor, heavy coal
merchant Of LaSalle, who owns 1000 acres
Of land, and employs 1000 men They
had never met before, but commenced con-
versing about their family affairs. They
both came TO Illinois in 1928; both married
the same year; both had thirteen children :
both had seven now living; both had tho
same number married; and both sent their
Youngest children to the same school. in
South Bend, Ind Mr.. Taylor IS sixty nine
yca~s Of age, and Mr. Munson is sixty-seven
both stout, healthy men, without an un-
sound tooth in their heads Mr.. Munson's
first wife was a member of the Hall family,
who were captured by the Indians at Hard
ing, when she was sixty years Of age. Then
again, each had four daughters married,
and each had one son, neither belonged to
the church, and both were Democrats; and
both are known to be rich and talented men
Where is theresuch another coupled
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Nor TO BE FRIGHTENED An old French
shoemaker who -bcasted that nothing
could Tighten him. was put to the test by
two young men. One of them pretended
to be dead, and the other, going to the
shoemaker, induced him to ''sit up with
the supposed corpse The shoemaker was
in hurry with some work he had promised
to have completed the next morning. So he
took his tools and leather and began work
ing besides the corpse. About 10 O'clock at
night a cup of black coffee was brought
him, to keep him awake. He drank it and
resumed work. About l o'clock, the coffee
having eXhilarated him, forgetting that he
was in the presence of death, he commenced
to sing "a lively tune, keeping time with his
hammer. Suddenly the corpse arose and
exclaimed in hollow voice: when a
man is in the presence of death he should
not sing" The shoemaker started, then
suddenly dealt the corpse IL blow on the
head, eXclaiming at the same time: when
man is dead he should not speak" 1t
was the last time they tried to scare the
shoemaker.
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How many piastres do you pay the khe-
diveP' is the remark often addressed TO a
donkey conductor or mule driver.
$50 many"
Don't you hate to let him have all, that
part Of your wagesT'
why" said the Egyptian; she IS our
master. Why shouldn't he take it IL he
wants tor
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A NEGRO in Boston complained at po-
lice station that a brother colored man had
broken a chair all to splinters over his
head. Being told there were no marks on
his Uranium, he said: ''No e didn't make
no Marks but e smashed do char all ter
pieces, and de char belonged ter me-"
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TUB LADIES CAR.-The '1adies' carr is
vicious fashion, and fosters the art of lying.
There goes a young man at the heels of lady
whom he never saw before or spoke to in his
life, and he is carrying spick-and-span new
handbook. My word for it, it is as empty rs
church contribution box on Saturday after
noon. He bought that box for precisely that
emergency. The lady asceAds the platform.
So docs the handbook. The brakeman opens
the door, and the young man slips in un-
questioned, and secures a comfortable seat.
There is another man. He appears to be a
good man. You are sure he is, and he stands
where the brakeman can see him, and he
touches his hat to window of the car where
nobody is sitting and then with little smil-
idg affectionate haste, he skips up the steps
and says. ''Please let me in a moment2"
aud he goes That unfortunate man never
beheld a face in that carin all his life The
more you think of It, the more vicious the
fashion seems. II does not benefit the rib
bons, and is positive damage to the wills
kers. Pen men up together, and if they
do not act like cattle, it will be in spite OF
thepenl Women sprinkled through the
cars keep the train upon its honor, if not
upon the track. and elevate the numbering
thing from a common carriage to an educa-
tor
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DROcLASLATIoN
BY the Governor OF the state Of Texas.
$500 REWARD,

To an to whom these presents shall cnE1c- Whereas
II has been made known 20 me that on o. about the
iucnfy-scfelfh day q April, a. u. ie13 IN Cas-
county. In said Stale. one JOHN WALDEN did murder
one BENZ. J. BOYD. and that the szid JOHN NADEN
{. ssh 81 large and = fugitive from justice
Vow tlcTcfurc ]. Edmund J. Davis, Governor 81
Texas b. virtre % The alth1fy Vestcd IN b. the
reward Of fear hunrcd dollars Tor the arrest and de-
irerF a TIE said JOHN FADEN 70 the sheriH ~ the
on consicticn
N tcsfirucrs whereof. tare hareunto aicnod
ny uztll and have clnscf the great seal 81
fSEALl the state 90 he ailred AZ tie city ~ Ans
tln, this fuenry -seoo1d day a NoFember.
EDNUND :. DAVIS.
GoveDor.
BY the GogeraCr.
nos I'D sv
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WAGES IN EURoPE.-Sixty cents a day
is considered good wages for working man
in any of the European countries, except
Great Brit in, where the wages are some
what higher. In the Tyrol silk region and
in Italy they often do not get more than ten
cents. In the country in Germany ten cents
is the common pay. Women there often
get but FIVE cents. In Sweden, men. O. zen
work from four o'clock IN the morning till
nine in the evening, and do not GET any
more. During the war many poor women
in Berlin were hired TO knit stockings for
the soldiers for five cents. The profits OF
the poor who keep petty shops, sell trinkets
in the street OF act as suffers, do not average
more than three OF four per cent BARRIERS
in Berlin, since the raising Of their prices,
get five cents for hair cutting. Servants at
hotels get from three 10 eight dollars a
month. Servant girls in private families
often get but ten dollars year Sometimes
these classes cannot get work at any p1ee.
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A WONDERFUL Boston hackman returned a
lady's purse containing $125, and wouldn't
take a cent for it.
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TINS death scene Of the Duke of Bruins
wick IS said to have been a strange one. On
the bed lsy the Duke, stentoriously breath
ing, his blonde, curly wig pushed back,
the plaster falling our from his wrinkles,
the white and red paint with which he had
initiated youth run together. and making a
hideous amalgam. The poor tottering old
chamberlain, who had served him until
scrvitudc had become a habit and almcst a
happiness, blubAercd and fused shout
Viola, who seems-so strange Is the nature
Of voman-really 10 have cared for him. sat
apart and wept. The doctors soleninly
whispered to each other and occasionally
felt his pulse. And English Smith. a gem
tlemsn Of eminently respectable and e.
seutially British appearances, kept one eye
on his client and the other on the money
chests.
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From Robert Dale owen'sChap,er Of Autobiograph.


Ia November Atlantic-l
made the acquaintance, during this visit
TO London, Of one Of those celebrities, ap-
pearing from time to time, who are riddle
even to their best friends, Leititia Elizabeth
Landon, author of the LmprOCisatrice, the
I'r0abad0VF and many minor pieces which
appeared occasionally (uRder the signature
1. z. l., in the London Literary G0zcfte,
then edited by Jerdan) Her poetry was
usually characterized by deep feeling, sad
and romantic; and it had won her for the
time brilliant reputation, albeit it has
scarcely Outlasted the age in which she
wrote. She and Thomas Moore were, in
my youth, my favorite poets; and / had
read, i think, almost every line she
ever published. Great was my amaze
ment when / met the writer. Pretty,
careless it seemed, lively, with Just a
touch of flippancy in her manner, she
took pains to disclaim ali tender or pro-
found emotion; speaking jestingly of
every thing that savOred of enthusiasm,
and declaring that whatever of sentimental
appeared in her poetry was but a dressed-up
copy of what others had felt and ex-
pressed, and had never actually, come from
her own heart. The real things, she was
wont to say, were good dinners, nice sup
pers, handsome apartments in busy Lon
don (far preferable to the dull country , an
eluipage, and ala the appointments of dis
tinguished society. l was reminded of her
many years after, by stylish young lady to
whom was introduced.:One evening during
supper, at the La Pierre House in Phila-
delphia famed for its larder), who said but
little until she had tasted a smoking dish
which the waiter had just set before her;
but then she thawed out, eXclaiming en-
Enthusiastically swell, this world is worth
living in after all, as long as such
tenderloin steak as this is to be had
in it, But though Miss LandOn sought
to make herself out mere worldly
character, / do not think that she
really was so. She remained to the
last the cherished favorite of a circle OF
warm and devoted friends; but seltishness
does not win and retain for itself the love
and devotion of those who see it and feel it
for years in daily life. She gave me the
impression of a detected woman, whose
heart had been wronged, and who thought
to face it out by deriding the dreams she
had failed to realize l do not believe that
she was devoid of the devoted affection she
had so often and so charmingly portrayed.
As Mary Edgeworth has somehow said,
genuine feeling is seldom successfully coun-
forfeited; the tone of simulated emotion is
pitched either too high or too low, rs deaf
persons bawl or speak in a whisper think
Miss Landon's mocking spirit was the result
of some bitter, unacknOwledged disappoint-
ment in early life. Here and there, in her
writings, the same spirit crops out, as in
some lines, the concluding stanzas of which,
as l remember them, read:
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Medical.
T rvELY FOR THE LADIES.

We were asked the other dav why Il W. ~. landed
English Female Biiiers 80 hishly our an-sruf VA.
and =, that We hSVe pcrsouai Cviirncr of ~ sref
Nalue ~ this lkemperl ocnniy guua rltgsicai iis-
ing eight miles from town said a. car di6usSt "a
kngiish Female Rttcrs the hesi female ra,Sri.e
he ever uscd.- tkdiA tlVissA Ftrg
knglish Female BitiCrs b highly ~ anlm - 7 rs
the medical profession az This pls and suIraan.iH.
country.-h dsritsh1 flfisSi fl5sos}rif
often prescribe English Fcnsic Hffer- n nf frs,-
tee. and always with satisfactory res0lis.
& DALE. n. ~
Carruitun, MiSs
This medicine contains Iron st powerful ,cseiahis
tefine onics, - much nseed hy all siekly tcnlac-
DIR q T. nROISNuLE
Louisville. ~.
above
sold m Austin Texas Wholesale and Retail hy
N'sAAhasr 4 Soa and Ben Il. Thompson.
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woman's Medical Adviser. a neat litfle boos go,
tanning causes, symptoms and treatment OF All orii
nary atectlons aihicng che female sex car be had v
enclosing % cents. Address as above $3.50 -
~ Sold in Austin, Texas Wholesale and Retail nv
Alexander Son, ana Ben. II. Thompson
or2G d&w4m
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Miscellaneous.
CARRY THE NEWsl

CARRY THE NEWSl
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway having
completed and opened for business their North Eastern
Extension lssour Divsion) from Sedalia to Hanni-
bal, now running their Elegant Equipped Trains
through to Hannibal without charge.
Passengers for points in Northern Missouri, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota the Upper Mississippi region,
Northern and Central Illinois, Chicago Michigan and
the Great Northeast viii find this the Shortest Cheap
est and Quickest Route Through Cars sclR contlnne
to run through 10 St. Louis without change Uia Sc
daa heretofore.
For full information to time, and correct map Of
this line and its connections, address,
JAMES D. BROWN, THos. DoRwTN,
Gen1 Ticket Agent Genl Pass. Agent,
Sedala, Mo. st. Louis, No.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway,
With its connections, is the Shortest Quickest and
Only Direct Route from all Points in Texas, the In
dian Nation and Southern Kansas, TO St. Louis Hanni
bal Chicago and all prominent Eastern Points. Rates
as low and time quicker than any other road In the
market. All claims for loss, damage OF OyerchargQ
promptly settled. Merchants ordering goods from the
East wiz save time and money by ignng care NJ
K. q I. Railway
Gen1 Eastern Agent, $40 Broadway n. Y.
ID. II. WILLIAMS,
Agent, IS Clark street, Chicago
GEO. w. LILLEY,
Contracting Agent, 4Oi Walnut street. ST. Lonis Mo-
w. GAGE,
Agent, Hannibal. No
]. w. BURCH,
Contracting Agent, Dallas Texas.
w. p. ROBINSON
ianl4 WY oenl Freight Agent scdalis, No.
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'"The neck of the peacock,
The iris's dyes,
The light of the opal,
The April day skies
Would they be lovely,
As all of them are
But for the chance
And the change that are there:
Breathe no vow to NE,
will give none of mine;
Love should light in an instant,
As quickly decline.
His bushes, his signs,
Are bewildenng things;
Then away with his letters,
And gives me his Wings
Miss Landon was but twenty-five when 1
met her. Her after story was sad one,
At the age of thirty-slx she married Mr.
Maclean, who had been appointed governor
of a British settlement on the coast of
Africa. Bulwer mot then Lord LyttOn)
gave her away. At the wedding breakfast
a large number of literary celebrities were
present, and more than one of these took
occasion to express, in fiattering terms, their
high appreciation of the amiable and tai
ented lady from whom they were now, alas /!
about to part, perhaps for long years. In
reply. the bridegroom rose, and, in the cool
est tone, said, ''he hoped Mrs. Maclean
would deserve these encOmiums." Years
afterward, Bulwer, relating the circumstan-
ces to an intimate friend Cfrom whom had
this anecdote), added; Imagine what a
shock it must have been to u.s. The poor
bride turned pale as a sheet; and not guest
at the table but deplored her fate"
1t is inconceivable how any man, with the
slightest pretention, one need not say to
conjugal affection, but to the common
amenities of social life, could have uttered
the coarse, unfeeling words. When one
reads that, after the lapse of single year,
the wife died at Cape Coast Castle and was
buried on a rude African shore, one need
not credit vague rumOr which had GER
tain currency at the time, that she fastened
her escape from, a welded lot too hard to
bear. Grief, isolation, and an unhealthy
climate, acting on a frail body and sensitive
nature, sufficiently account for premature
death. A shudder went through the litei
airy circle of London when her fate was an
nounced-a shudder, and probably sigh of
relief and an application Zone word
changed) of a well-known line,
"After life's ftful fever, she sleeps well!'
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ANY afflicted female who desires relief shonld not
For sale by druggists and merchants
Address
DIR. }. p. DRoMGooLE
lrop,T, LousHilln Ky
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WIDOW AND ORPHAN FUND

Principal once at Nashville, Tennessee.
OFFICERSs
ID FARNsWoRTH, President.
C. D. HALL, Vice President.
T. L. MARSHALL, Secretary.
WIN CHIDsEY, General Agent.
ELIZUR WRIGHT, Actuary.
This company issues policies on al the approved
plans All Re policies are n0nforfeitabe after two
annual premiums ara paid. Policy holders participate
IN the prohts Of the Company.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED ANNUALLY
No restrictions on travel or residence.
No extra charge on Female Risks.
An its losses paid promptly.
Security eqal 10 any Company.
n. AsBLANFORD,
state Agent. Austin, Texas.
Agent WY
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JasIEs = NEVoon1, se1Ftllly O siate.
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: ADEs, OF AND YouNa !

lmparts beauty, strength and vvacity.
lmparts beauty, strength and yvacity.
lmparts beauty, strength and vyacity.
lmparts beauty, strength aud yiYacity
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Insurance.

A LABAMA
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-23
Cenuaur LinIments.

There is no pain which
the Centaur LiniInents viii
not relieve, no swelling
they willnot subdue. and
no lameness which tbev
viii not cure. This +
strong language, but IL +.
true. They have produced
more cures Of rheumatism
neuralgia, lock-iaw. rsIsv-
sprains, swellings, caked breasts. scald.
burns, salt-rheum, ear-ache etc, uDOu fha
human frame, and of strains, spawn. gan.
etc, upon animals IN one year than have
all other pretended remedies since fha
world began. They are counter-irrftanf.
all healing pain believers. Cupples throw
away their crutches, the lame walk Dois-
onous bites are rendered harmless and th.
wounded are healed without scar Tho
recipe is published around each bottle
They sell as no article ever before sold
and they sell because they do lust what
they pretend 10 do. Those who now suffer
from rheumatism, pain or swelling deserve
to suffer If they VIII not use Centaur Lini-
ment, white wrapper. More than l0O0 GER
tificates Of remarkable cures, including
frozen limbs, chronic rheumatism. govt
running tumors, etc have been received.
We will send circular containing certlf.-
Gates, the reel pc, etc, gratis TO any one
requesting it. One bottle Of the yellow
wrapper Centaur Liniment Is worth one
hundred dollars for spawned or sweenied
horses and mules, or for screw-Worms IN
sheep. Stock oWners-these liniments ar
worth your attention. No family shout
be without them, white wrapper 70.
family use - Yellow wrapper for animals
Sold by all druggists. 50 cents per bottle
large bottles, 81. J. b. ROSE & Co., e.
Broadway, New York.
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strength and appetite fail, when the evas
are heavy and lustreIess, the complerio,,
pallid, the nerves tremulous, the BODY a.
tenuated, and the mind depressed. tbsro
is generally reserve of latent power he
hind such palpable evidences of weaknos.
Various modes of treatment are resor+a1,
to by physicians in the hope of develo,,
ing and rendering available this store ~
sleeping vi atty, but the surest, ana n
deed the only thoroughly safe and rellsbIo
means of awaking the dormant energ;,-
of the system, is a course Of Hostetter,-
Stomach Bitters. Electricity, shoyrs-
baths, the flesh brush, sea bathing. e.
may be well enough in their way, as any
iliaries, but they do not reach the soDro.
of the evil. All physical debility procaa4s
from deran cement of the function of,be
assimilating, secretive and vital orga,,
or from sluggish constitution. In eTfEe5
case, and also in cases where both esnees
exist, the Bitters will invariably pron,7os
an immediate and sanitary change in ~
condition of the patient, and eVenrneT
effect complete cure. None Of the de-
gerous alkaloids, too often administeras
as TONES, can be otherwise than delefsFs
GUS under such circuE stances. and IN 81
mercury is positively criminal The di1ae4
effect of the great vegetable specific Vii
be manifested in an improved appetite
more cheerful frame of mind, a gradual
return of strength, an increase OF fa.b
and healthier complexion. MeanwbiIs
however, the constitution, if inert and
feeble, will have been reused and reno
waited by the subtle elements OF iuyfyors
tlon contained in the Bitters.
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READ THE ADDRESS.

We publish in another column of our
paper this morning, most remarkable
document, and one which must attract
good deal of attention and considera-
BILE discussion, throughout the State,
and we hope it will draw out that Kind
consideration that will settle in the of
minds of the people, before the next
session of the Legislature, conviction
that we can hereafter get along without
the expensive luxury of State Board
of Education. We have great respect
for the learned and able men who have
affixed their signatures to this address,
and should see far less ground for sus-
pecting that there was something rot
ten in the State of Denmark if they
had not discovered necessity for pub
fishing this kind of defense; but they
have seen the necessity and published
the address, and it is the property of the
public to read, ponder over and COM
ment upon. We care nothing about the
contest between the arithmetics of Green
leaf and French for superiority, we have
our views about their comparative mer-
its, but we have never had as great faeil-
tiles for testing them as the members of
this board, and we should accept their
opinion in preference to our own if that
was all there was of the question. NJ.
1t is always grave ground of sus-
picion for member of an authoritative
board, or confidential adviser of that
board to become a competitor before it
for fayors, or for the exercise of the