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The Telephone How ~ Got n LAYING
Husband Int Diaieulty.

Perkins, a San Francisco broker, in
whose adventures The Call takes great
delight, bought two OF Professor Bells
telephones and made connections be-
tween his office and his parlor He
thought it would be pleasant thing 10
converse with his wife when business
was slack to inform her when he would
20 to dinner, and to learn how often his
youngest son fell down the cellar stairs
during the day One morning he was
conversing by wire with his wife about
new bonnet when broker came in
to ask about some stocks. He ''tele-
phoned" to his wife that he was busy,
and without severing connection
with the instrument turned
to the broker and opened negotiations
for the purchase of Julia. Lady Byron,
and other stocks Mrs Perkin. at the
other end OF the line listened intently,
and finally caught her husbands words,
III take Julia at 6.30." Her suspi.
cions were aroused; there was woman
| in the case: she burst into an animated
solilo4uy, which the faithful telephone
carried to the ears of her husband and
his customer. I'm Julia him--wretch
| - villain - married fifteen years
where's nay rubhers? just wait till | gel
hold Of him" These words, together
| With miscellaneous tokens of confusion
and racket, denoted active preparations
for sortie upon his Office. Perkin:
broke Oft the stock negotiations snd
went home to appease his wife. Tn.
instruments were subsequently re
| moved.
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three men to one Woman Die Suicides

Ofone hundred and fifty suicides in
New York last year, iorty-two died by
The pistol aud fifty-three by poison
twenty-two Of the latter using Paris
green. OF the whole number sixty-
nine, or nearly One-half, came from
Germany less than one-fifth were IA
tives Of the United States. OF men
there were one hundred aud fourteen /;
Gf women thirty-six. Women have
more trouble than men of "a kind cal
culated to drive them to desperation,
but they have more hope aud more
gprtitudc. and seem on the whole not
70 be so capricious. They are also re-
strained partly 10y religion aud partly
by timidity IN toe presence Of acute
physical pain. They are everywhere
less reckless than men and more in
fear of sudden death. Three men to
one woman In the list Of suicides il,
hoSever, mueE greater disparity
than .hight Reasonably be anticipated.
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How a J.wess Married n Christian

Nashville American Mr. II. L. OH
yer, young lawyer of good standing at
the Nashville bar and OF respectable
family connections, was III lrried to Miss
Hannah We'll daughter OF Mr.. S We'll
of tits city. at her fathers residence,
Friday evening, by Justice Creighton
Feeling that her parents would oppose
the match, As it is against the Jewish
creed TO iutermarry with other people,
she went to her father and put to him
the following insurmountable interroga
tories
Father, how old am / p
Father: Nineteen years old. nay
daughter.
Daughter When does a young lady
become Of lawful age?
Father At the age of eighteen
Daughter: Then ana free to act toi
myself, am ! not, father?
/ Father; see no objection to L.
Daughter: Well, then, Mr. 0liyes
( loves me ever so much, and love him
/ ever so much. want you TO consent IL
our marriage, for if you do not, | feai
we will have to run away, and I'd much
/ rather be married at home.
The father was very much sstouishe1
AT her pointed Inquiries, and more Sc
when he found her betfothed s. Chris
tan gentleman, but sftSr bordering tbs
matter awhile, gave the sensible re
sponse We'll, if you are bound Il
marry, would rather YOU would h
quietly married at home"
/ And SO the young people were married
| and left Tor Huntsville that evening.
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nisirieiE.ara

The argument Of Judge White on the
motion to dissolve an injunction, Kel-
Ter aud Waldron the parties corceroed.
was closed yesterday. 1t is spoken OF
by the bar TO he masterpieces OF for
ensic eloquepce and legal research.
State VS.. Chas Alexander; motion
for new trial was overrnied, and a
notice of appeal given.
State vs.. John McLsmee, convicted
OF stealing cattle; motion for lev
trial overruied.
State vs.. Shropshire Evans, charged
with murder. This case wss continued
by the State.
| The State vs.. Robert Duff, for bur
giary, was taken up and dismissed, FOL
the reason that without Woods, III.
| detective, no evidence could be intro
duced which could possibly convic
| him.
| The case of Tom Sreiden came up
jury was empannelied, and it will b,
forced to trial. The county attorney
has hard case before him, as statst
in our last issue, the banks not hav
ing produced the principal witness
| from Chicago 1t was still in progress.
when the court adjourned.
| Coa.fy Coars.
| VIM. Bradshaw was fined q 800 fol
non-attendance rs n witness. Coar
adjourned till tomorrow.
Justice Peaks Court.
Nothing of criminal nature befor'
his honor. A few civil cases were dis
posed Of.
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BuenCs Ayre- STANDARD Me-. Moore,
Of the American colony of San Navisr,
has again given the Indians n touch of
the "grit in his character. TIE saw
ages stole ffty cows from his son; he
Immediately assembled eleven men
aud recently rescued captive a. guide
They rode seventy leagues into In.
heart of the Chaco before coming up
With the narauders. A fight ensued
aud the cows We're retaken. The
acique He'd. urging a French boy, 3
captive. with his lance TO keep up with
him; bullet, fred with marvellous
aim by one of the Colouist-, rolled the
savage dead from his horse, and the
boy WAS tree. Suddenly eighty Indians
OF another tribe fell on the little band,
which met the attack utwo divisions.
Fourteen Indians were sent TO the
hsppy hunting grounds in five min
utes. The rest fled, and the heroic
little party returned TO San Xavier.
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Readers Of Edwin brood will remem-
Der the description Of Opium Sal and
the den in the East End Of London, at
Blue Gate Fields in which that extra
ordinary character lived. Through the
Kindness Of clercyman's wife, who
had heard Of her Sal, was recently Of
fered comfortable home in the ooun-
try She viii not accept ii, as she says
she could not live without her opium
She has smoked opium for nearly
twenty years and without opium no
uourishing food would make life en-
durable She still lives in the room
where Dickens found her. Her chief
support is the opium she sells to Chi.
nese sailors, and the gifts she receives
from stray visitors. These are mostly
Americans. who seem to be more inter
ested in the scenes OF Dickens novels
than Dickens countrymen. sails bed,
which Dickens described and made IA
nous, was purchased some months ago
by an American. who gave her about
ten times more than ii was worth.
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THE STATE OVER.
Mrs. Colby is at Jefferson.

Mrs. Colby Is st Jefferson.
The swedes of Austin favor local or-
ton.
Sixty cases of small pox at Double
Bayou.
BRENNAN only owes two thousand
dollars.
Miliean voted against prohibition on
the 10th
Bishop Elliott and v. Mr.. ReCsrnaham
are in hockport.
The Mckinney Enquirer is whaling
good newspaper.
The Standard thinks Fort Worth the
iAstesi town in Texas.
Tyler elects new mayor and board
OF alderman to-day.
There are Fifty carpenters in Austin
unable to find work
There are great many strangers in
Galveston at present.
The Chanfraus had good time Al
Sherman Saturday night
Fifty families from Iowa are negotiat
ing for land in Falls county.
The FIRST station out ON the Waco
Tap extension Is called Ross.
Terrell is preparing to build largely
the coming spring and summer.
William E. Dodge made temperance
speech in Austin the other night.
DR.. Eastland, Of Waco, Is dead. He
was most estiinable gentleman.
The growth Of Elmo. Kaufman cosn "
j. slow but sure. says the Bea.,on.
The lightning driIi bow churn il ex,
citing the ladies o. Pamela county.
Miss Nanais williams, o. Andersou
county, died of pneumonia last week.
The HGfsetI1s Adsoe.ts d<.n't belisys
q ssthsr lleel q religious prophetx
- enow H3ds abo1l skafs1in =,
~ 1guG ~
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POLITICAL NOTES.

II was an imposing affair, and verify
tho people are badly imposed upon,
Foster in behalf of Hayes The ing
shaH faat oeer Stats, not provi,1ees epsr
frfemta, nat sageels
Now for that paeifieators" business.
Promises, thus far; let "a have acts and
genuine Inflammation of the old bloody
shirt 10y its owners
Judge Luke 2. Poland has been
promised the United States district
jadseship of Vermont by Hayes.
I They carried it through, but 1850 viii
show how she people feel about the late
4 presidential election, nay. every election
/ from this time forth must show that we
are "ireemen, not subjects"
/ 1t was only few months ago thai
/ Colonel Bob Ingersoll, of Illinois, de
( clared that the Republican party is tn.
conscience of the nineteenth century.
/ We state this merely to let the nine
teenth century know what sort of con
science it has.
According TO Hayes "pacifcatory'
/ Southern programme, several Thousand
( federal soldiers now bulldozing in tn.
South must be sent to defend the ragges
/ edge of the frontier from the willy saw
I age. The army was originally intended
for that useful purpose.
Hayes says il is question of "soeia
I order or return TO barbarism. II,
refers to the barbaric practices of tn,
Republican party, in the South espe
cialiy, during the last ten years Tn
party OF Mr.. Hayes has very ghostl,
conception of social order"
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PeriIsus Performances OF RavinG
Cav Innsst.

Great excitement was caused on
East Fifty--iKth street, New York, by
the perilous performance of profess
sional gymna 1, Senior Mirands, who
had become delirious from Illness
lie had teen bound with ropes in his
room ON the third floor, on account Of
bis rawlings, but about midnight he
burst his bonds aud turned O somer-
sSuli out of the window. Catching by
his hands on the easement rs he went
out be swung himself To the leader
from the caves, climbed up by his
hands To a shutter on the upper story
and 10y a tremendous leap landed upon
the roof Thence he dropped from
shutter 20 window sill I'LL lie reached
the ground, and ran down the street at
such speed as to render pursuit hope
less. At last acc UNITS he had not been
recaptured.
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Whats tho p.o,ssr are OF a na,sor
IN ,,.,rsoaae,s Z ea,,rss pA'''A I.
A wife esp Away. mals han,a 49,.
tive to her husband by liring q ,,st,,
ebsn,hernsid 100
Il ,t4 =,
49,, ;s;'s I',,ii saSs more trouble
when diving 'eS' '''uo'S"
r,.s,.o,, sa,.
~. I@o.;s9 ~ 80, {" esn s ~
!, - a., - i1,.,, 49, gun We sup
-, -. =. - 'eNep'
,. Sl'ss 'huhS's s.rand-danghler OF Judge
Ms a,har ~ ,n5'.i''ls, ,.'l 'Aita-
,sa1l =, III, - - y , ''0' We ot'tra
hsi.ueh ia, ish married gIri without
PR sie"sis te,iihe her That one OF his
.sss mas ~o 90, anu me was 80 angry on
K..L
,,i,,stv-n;n.. an, - .I - 'nS'
49,, s,re,t ,,,;s.,,,, :.
49, 81 :, - ny N'ie Gu
e,a '''e "'Diis :
} Dung man said he, soiemnly,
IA sorry to see goa sr1oklng tobacco.
Ana the yeahs man assured MIN that
ne wash THAT u wss a Ccnnectlcut
| cigar
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Mrs Mary Patton, who twenty years
ago figured in the papers SO extensively
as nayig gator of her husband vessel the
Neptuue's Gar from Cape Horn To san
Francisco, died at her residence. on
Bridge street, Brooklyn, late on Thurs
day night Mrs. Patton was forty-two
wears of age and died OF heart disease.
She was the daughter of a seafaringman.
was married at the age of seventeen ia
Boston. and made voyage around the
world With her husband, returning to
this country with thorough knowied &c
OF technical navigation, In 1886, when
twenty years of age, her husbands YES
sel cleared from New \ ork tor san Fran
cisco ON the fourth week out it was dis
covered tina; the FIRST mate was melting
the crew to mutiny. and he was depose,i
aud pat in irons. The other officers were
III, and the captain himself soon sue
eumbetl to fever, which led To conges,
ton Of the brain. Before the ship
rounded Cape Horn it was without a
commander Then Mrs. Patton took
charge, and, aided hv her former expe.
rience and her knowledge OF navigation
brought the ship safely into San Fran.
cisco ON November II, 1886. The news
Of her feat created the most intense exc
citementin this country ard in Eugland
The "sheskipper, as she was called.
and her husband were hospitality cared
for hy the Masons Of San Francisco, o.
which fraternity Captain Patton was q
| member, and on their return to View
York in March, 1851, Mrs Patton was
presented with 81 O0O by the Beard OF
Underwriters. and with 81, 100 more by
| the owners OF the cargo of the vessel
she had commanded. Captain Patton
dad of his sickness. and since his death
his wife had lived in New York, and il
Boston and Brooklyn up to the time Of
| her death.
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NEWS NOTES OF ALL KINDS


Athens, Gree,e, with $4,000 people
has fifty periodicals.
There are twelve miles of shelving
for the books in the British Museum.
Farragut was dashed to the mast. and
a shoe peg is mashed to the last. Sin
gular coincidence.
The New York Commercial reekons
ophthalmia among the affirmative evils
because the eyes have it. you know !"
The first event OF Importance that
happened in Rochester household
after the introduction OF blue glass was
twins.
The diamonds of the French crown
which belong TO the nation, will be
among the objects exhibited at the
Paris Exposition of 1878,
Nine. Palmieri has been engaged as
prima donna at the Testro Tac0n, in
Havana, and has already departed to
fulfill her engagement
Punch. apropos Of tae late wet
weather in London, offers the following
sentiment The empire on which the
sun never set--and fof lase) very sci.
dom rises.
Waiter-"well sab, what will you
have, dollar dinner or q two dollar
dinner7 Go,rmonnd--"What is the
difference Waiter-"one dollar,
sah =
Among recent able typographical err
rors is the announcement that O man
would deliver lecture ION the small.
pox, for tho benefit Of the poor. The
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Aa Esony Epieure.n.

The Savannah News An emigration
agent aeeested an old negro in Colun.
bus the other day Il say, old man
don't you want to make some meney r
Dat jess what m searehin' roun fer
boss; I'm hongry right now well in
Mississippi the planters are paying
mighty high prices for good work hands
and If you" Hole on dar boss. les.
wait Una Middle Georgia niger.
done been cut dar. I'm u good wuk
han. too. | wuk myself cut dar, an
den turn roun an wuk myself back
agin an right here Tn gwine ter stay
eff de Lord sps,rs me, When | dies
wants Ter have a belly spang full bread
an meat. an wants ter be berried in .
seminary whar I'm quainted wild d.
folks You heered my horn r
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CONVERSATIONS.

The Bank of England keeps a n,edi-
cal man to attend its EN- ployees gratis.
In point of railraad mileage Germa-
ny heads European Countries. In pro-
portion TO area. Belgium.
There are in England eleven times
A. many accidents from broken rails
in the cold as compared with the warm
quarters Of the year.
A man In Jersey raises monster
muchroons OF excellent favor, and SO
large that one tcosting hsty eeBts) viii,
cover an ordinary breakfast plate.
There is hill before the French
Chambers 10 prohibit foreigners from
prscticing medicine in France uniess
they have submitted TO q French exam
ination.
A rsmarkable DECREASE OF pauper;sm
II reported from Manchester, England,
the number of pnnpers having been
Il. 6S3 in 1870, and 1911 In 1876.
A man who had shot himself was
found lying in a san Francisco street.
He Was asked his motive for the act.
None Of your business; and you're NO
gentleman II you inquire into the pri-
vats affairs Of strangef,s was the re-
ply.
A simple method OF rendering paper
| 30 retentive of ink that the latter CALI
not be removed without leaving plain
marks has been lately adopted In
France for eiecks. 'fhe main feature
Of the method is the passing the pape
through avery weak solution OF taunt
acid IN distilled wafer.
a family Of wnndcock have papssd
the wintsf near Port Stanley, Causds,
IN : wArm rayilie which II 0yeTRrown
with nhfubbefy, and which meyer
sreeses. Tho w0odeoek u migratory
bird ND The fapt u ite xemaintBg "a
H. 10y sxnE zsssss g
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raE mAso, A,ar.iE.

I'VE give oV readers this morBi' 4 Law,
renee Barret;s matches song, TIE Man o
Airiie. conscious al the same time that W,
have done them In this a real kindness.
the simple pesusAi Will britr tile tear TO tn
eyes 81 hundreds, vhaI must be the edec
when sung by such man as Barrett. Ed.i
Oh, there above, yon hsa' her hifi
Where festfa comes tiui rarely,
There is . nosase they point out tai.
Where dwells the ihs4a of A.riie.
He wore a coat o holden gray,
HIS hands We're hHrd WI abor;
Bnt still he haa a uhIlely way
U sianutn by his Iieig;tpoT-
HI. berly laugh made men reloscr,
ills wertis the HsighooiS KatGest;
But little hairGivs iOvsd hts voice,
Ana in his smile eoHfided;
The %oId, tu-day. thai LETT his lip,
Became a deed tomorrow,
H0tf, man, the friendship 81 bis grip
Would iift the ht art o sorrow.
He~as ma loud, be WAS ma proud,
He lacked ia iasntB' saifiy,
Ana yet ye'd pick him frse crowd.
The houesl man of AlTiie-
His wealth II was ma in his land,
TT was ma ia the city:
AIntnt O. bcnos vas his hand.
His heart mine O pity,
He's dead and game, this prince o Fife,
Mute IL his burly iaagl Ter;
But all. the music of his lille
fhat biaes WI us lang after.
Bis memory lives, the man may die,
That fingers bright AID IoVtn'
Jusi ike star lost iTse The SKY
Whose ray survives his ruin,
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Ahab TO cheat Nabo,h out OF lis vine-
yay,i, becagse the hing liked Il, and
meant 20 have u, and got II by "a fraud
Of two fellows who sgore to lie
Baalites they were who mAy be put
down as the oFi.insl Jacobs Of the su-
prUuie Court aUd Wells Of the I.ouisi-
ana Returning Bosrd. Hayes ran get
Or. Newman Ia explain the text, aud
BRADLEY aD.i FrsliUghgys' n can find it,
meaning In any Ilutch Bible. In good
time the modern roug.aOers viii,
like Ahab and J,zebel, get their 70
. x4garI
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The London Times correspondent,
writing from Rome the 18th ultimo, saws
of the Carnival there in 1877 The
quiet this morning is almost opppres-
sive alter all the merry noise and hub
hub Of the most successful carnival
Rome has ever ,een since 1859, and
with the exception OF that year. since
ls47. So far from gradually dying out
as some thought and many desired, it
took. IA ! wrote you at the time. new
departure two years ago and promises
20 flourish more generally than ever.
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New York Bulletin: Sure ~, We may
at last congratulate ourselves that pO-
titicai questions are sufficiently re
moved irsm the path Of commerce t.
admit of a fair chance f3r the recupeg-
alton of Eusiness We have before u
niue clear months during which thu
country will be exempt from eougtes-
siohai alarms; ard for that period
provided VIC Re favored VIII, Il gSoo
harvest, We may venture to sDtic; pate
important progress to wards the restor-
alton Of sound and comparatively
prosperous condition Of business.
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: Ifa
new Southern policy Is demanded now,
IL u because the times have changed
and because the south has gained a
better temper from the discipline to
which u has been subjected. President
Grant met the requirements Of has time
precisely. we may believe, as Mr..
Hayes, who we trust has come upon a
happier dag, would have met them n
he had assumed the presidency within
three years after the conclusion Of the
war, when the Decentralization caused
by that contest had not yet spent its
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mo Agony over.

New York Express Democrats ex:
press a sense of relief that the agony Is
over Il has been terrible strain all
ro1nd, The story OF the man who said
he was emitting off his dog tail "A little
At time, just a. the dog could bear it,
is in print, aud the other story of the
man who cut oil the tail of his dog right
behind the ears The latter method
seemingly the most ceGel OF the two
was doubtless the more humane after
all. The story has an application [,
long drawn out political agonies Popu
IN this country, but the dead may come
TO life again.
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The ~or.I AMI I.saI aish,.

lie has the moral and the legal title
lie represents the honest majority OF the
electoral colleges Il Albany Evening
journal The two words IN those two
lines which seem 10 he most out Of
place are moral and honest Mr.
Hayes has the technical title and ma
jority of the electoral colleges All be
yond that had better be skipped over.
His administration of the office will
constitute his best moral title, and
the verdict Of honesty will turn upon
his netion ~ Poughkeepsie News
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A nnrs Variety of Fisa.

Salt Lake Tribune The red fish in Wal
lows Lake. in California, are described
as being blood-red in color, very fat and
weighing about eight pounds, and are
preferred when taken, 10 salmon. 1t Is
said there ara only four lakes known in
which tins fish is lound-Payette, in
Idaho, lake IA Maine, in Scotland
and Waliows Lake a company engag
ed in commercial fishing on the latter
frequently bring in a ton of red fish a
a haul with q sein of medium length
Wallows Lake IS 1000 feet deep. ant
the fish suddenly appear on the surface
in August, aud disappear in December
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T. happened al Kansas city hotel.
The Granger protested that he mad just
come 10 town 10 sell his wheat, but the
policeman said that lie was the party
he wanted Tor running away with all
other mans wife. The prisoner beg
ged at the station house that his name
might be suppressed, saying. while
the cold sweat stood on his brow, that
his wife would not understand the
blunder, hut the policeman replied
that he mus, do his duty. In the
morning the stupid police found that
they had the wrong man, and he de-
parted muttering, 81 can never make
Betsy believe a word Of il. She'll say
it's too thin--too thin :"