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WE viii pay cash tor Batter, LsS7, AssA
w Poultry, vegetables, &c Mt nnr tsSSrg.
slvp on Laurel street. hciw"'n Main 49,
and Franklin. Choice meats ter sal. al all hour
of The day. mrhl1ft II AZ smith.
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TRUSTEES SALE
Real Estate and Personal Property.

WHEREAS, John H.. Arlinger and Agnes c.
w Ardingrr, his wife, by lbeIr certain deed
al trust, dated the 18th day of June, \ D..
ls6!', and recorded III the recorders Office of La
tIy.t,e county stat. of Missouri. in BOOK No. l.,
at pages ~, A.. i2G and Az, did convey to the
zeal estate. situate. lying and being in the cyun-
~ OF Lafayette, state OF Missouri, tu-wit: Lot
number i've ~, in block seventeen 40, Wa
verify, formerly ST. Thomas, in trust to secure
the payment OF Il certain prOmi-sury note in
said deed mentioned and described; and where
rs, said John Il. Ard niger and Agnes Ardingcr,
by their certain ether deed OF trust, dated the
in the recorders Office aforesaid, in book No. 4.
at pages lS9 and following. dId convey TO the
Undersigned, trustee, the following described
real estate. situate. lying and being i'll said La
iayrtt- county, tO-wIt: That part of lot num-
Der two O., in block number seventeen 90, in
the first ward Of the city OF Waverly, formerly
the town OF ST. Thomas, III the county of La
lows: Beginuing nj the northeast corner of the
lot of ground conveyed by Hall and COrder, to
Robinson, CatrOn ami ColilnI, running thence
ei>tely along 81. Thomas avenue twenty-four
(2p feet; thence sOutherly one hundred and fifty
(JOl feet; thence westerly twenty-four (2i) feet;
thence n0rtheriy on" hundred and fifty N56) feet
10 the place OF beginning, in trnst to secure the
payment of L certain other note in said last deed
mentioned and Inscribed, and whereas, the said
John II. Ardinser did also transfer and convey
as coll lterai 10 secure the payment OF said notes
five ~ shares of stock OF one hundred tlG0) dol
lars each, in the Lafayette Insurance Company,
IN certificate No. "A, ISSUED to said Ariinger on
the 9th day of February, lS12, and whereas, said
notes are due aud unpaid; Now, therefore, at
the request of the legal holder of said notes. and
under and IN pursuance Of saul deeds of trust
and transfer j the uu serslgned, trustee, VIII on
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DRAM SHOP LICENSES,

Lafayette County Court, April term, tir,t day
April 2rd, 1877.
NKDERED, That the clerk of this court
" lie. and he is hereby directed To publish the
3Itn section oil the statutes relating To- dram
shops; and hereby notify all concerned that th,.
said section will he strictly enforced against all
those who may hereafter be indicted ami con-
vIcl-d for Il violation OF the provisions Of the
said statutes relating Ia dram shops.
a true copy from the records.
Attest: WA. Il. CLERK.
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FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

I,liDIt r. coffee. sugars. canned corn, peaches,
y tun,ln"-, irled currsutS, apples, peaches,
cherries, ANA hiackbcrrirs.
FANCY AND PLAIN CANDIES.
prv good. groceries, shoes and boots. All
AT prices 10 suit the times.
deg JOHN r. JORDAN.
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ADM1NlsrRAT0R'S SALE OF PER.
h II Al II :, -

NOTICE is hereby given, that | will. as adj
= h'in!aIfa,"r and surviving partner OF the
estate of y. II. Sh;nGc- ~ Co., on
MONDAY, MAY I'm, !s57,
sell at public auction IN front ui the cour,hnu,c
door IN the city of Lexington. Lafayette county.
NO, Tor cash IN hand, inc following personal
properly, iO-wit: on certificate Ol stock In Ihr
Stat" Insurance Company for 81 go. $500 paid
IN; one account az tln-t Lucr,iIa M.sIiall Tor
POI -; one note against \. 7 Wlusor, on which
There l. i balance due of 81, 5FS IS; one note
against j. W Groves on which there is Il b lance
uue 81 81 ID; on note ami interest against +. &.
oh'iles Tor Sl!9 10; ON" n"tc against NJ. Frankcl
on winch there Is u balance iG- of sd -: one
yniSintnI aud interest against i. l. Enni, for
SiG- ~ u SUISDI "
upr.Id Admir- and suryiviny p.r,r,r
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MONEY NO loan.

an improved real estate In sums from $500 to
~ SlD, 900, at legal rates of interest. For par
t~iculII-. uIply to l.. l.. 1. BARTLETT.
Lexington, Mo-, or Richmond, Mo
Applicants are required 10 furnish satisfactory
,b.tr,,.t- nf ;i,ir or,2stf
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4 FINE JACK.

A I same place. on same terms, ~
n No | Black Jack with mcaly nose
and belly, known Ia lie u sure breeder, N
a prompt operator, a producer Ui colts 0ksH
of fine size and form, all oil good coiurs. y
chargr viii be made for any sorrrl or dun CO
iron ANY mare bred to him
apr. ELI " 9.
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FINE FARM FOR SALE.

4 SPLENDID farm uf two hIuilc'i e.
~ ucI"-. tuIrc mile -uU!h ui i.tNinS- EanI
ton. l"r sal" on reasonable terms. EJmU,i
Apply Z" A
JOHN : BLACKWELL.
u,yI Wellington
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FARM FOR SALE.

M IsillNh to remove from the state, %s,
w ! now uarr Tor -ale at II very tow XH..t
price, INV iarln. continuing 2iu acres, Fyuil
~ hcrc- IN wheat, situated about ,Ight -Ss2I.AL
m.lr~ s'iih oi Lexington, il the n,Icahurho"d
81 MtNNlrW- ihr improvements ar" Nrry gno't,
Two 1t" c!lIns hnd>'>, ItrG. Jpile "Irniri,
l. ache and small nuts, good water ami suI-
iici""i Timber Tor farm T,r. \ Lirg.in en- he
hai u applet i"f sn"n f"- "S-i'.i gwen M
m"r'ini"iN. app ~ DhNIp NTkfNNtY.
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WANTED.
WANTED.

VII. pay Cash tor ali The Leaf Tobacco &c.
' hy-rr,i To- me N Berlin.
irhi. l.. W. Err AZ.
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PASTURAGE.

I HAVE ample pasturaEe for 800 head Of cattle.
/ with good water, all under fence. For terms,
&c, Apply to l.. K. smith, a. Lexington, or to
me. +. I. SMITH,,
mar3l-3t Butl.r, Bates County, Mo.
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no

T AM prepared to buy any amount Of gooC
L Wheat, at my warehouse al Higglnsville
SACKS viii be furnished to those who sell m
wheat. JOHN r. EN-
lexington. Mo. July ID,
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DONERAIL

Will also stand the presant season at the same
place al SlJ IN insure.
We will give, at the Marshall fair, in ISIS, a
premium ot the season to the best colt of each Of
the above horses.
W. b. GLOVER,
tmat2f 4ml f. a. BL tCKBURN.
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Pastrrng e furnished and good care taken at 20
cents per Animal per wees. VIII CIV" - pren =
uIn oi the se.snn 10 The best colt vi Al West, Mt
The Marshall tair in 1873. mar24-4n
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GROCERIES AND NOTIONS

Nails, Rope, Br0oms,
Lead, Sutt, Llme, Laundry
= ullars, >uep n!"rs, Pocket
b! Iabl. ~pp ms, Avis. Tack 3,
, i'eGs and Bows. Fish Hook:
Invs, tiau,! Bells. chin a
=. &C MANY other article:
on DELIVERY. nan2u-ff1
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My fine Kentucky mare, CARESO, the same
age oil Al West, has II blood bay colt, small star
in forehead, by Mambrino InaInoion She ia
now in fuai 10y AL West. And l have "a number
OF Mimbrlno colts BY Mnlnbrino Champion, too
tedious 10 mention. ANY one desiring TO pur-
chase a good colt for trot,ing nnrl,,se5, or road
horses, call On NJ. REAMER,
OF InIIy,inr County.
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,cluiinr Sugars, Conee. Tea, Rice. SvruG,s. Oysters. Cracko',
'a;rr Buckets, Tubs, Wash Boards, salt. I'uw3"r. shot. G
,aps, Starch Candles. Axle UrrLse. Backing. >OiIpN- /
ooks, Spec acles. Thermometers, Pms. Needles. Ihnnb!r-, Tee
inlcts, sewing Machine Needles, Balls. Marbles. Violin erj
al Lines, Carry Combs, Mouse Traps, ape Line. Harmonic
vases, Mugs, Boxes, fi-Urcs, Toilet sell, Tea set,
ibe TO enuruersir' W h.ch | uivr al reduced IF.cs-. FOR
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

BBAUTY-Pretty woman are spoken
of as if they, of all others, were the
elect; as if woman's sole claim to ad-
miration rested on her possession Of fine
eyes or luxuriant hair. "Is she pret-
ty 2" is the first question asked concern
ing a new acquaintance. as though that
embraced the whole subject If man
likes a woman he generally considers
her "pretty," for the term is merely
conventional. A pretty woman in the
private lexicon of masculinity, signifies
woman interesting from whatever
cause. Who has not known women to
be called pretty that could hardly boast
of a single handsome feature? Who
has not been acquainted with those en-
joying a wide reputation for prettiness
that had almost any other than physi-
cal charm :? She who has a distinctly
graceful manner. or an elegant air, or
fine tact, or a talent for conversation,
or quick sympatbies, or cordial ways,
or the art of listening well, albeit plain
in face and of ordinary figure, is fire.
quentIy styled pretty, and the adjective
is repeated until it is fastened upon and
constantly associated with her Merely
pretty women do not rule society
never did and never will. When beauty
is allied to pleasant manners, or accom-
plishments, tact, quick wit, then. in
deed, it is all-powerful: otherwise
really plain woman who has coDspicu-
GUS graces of mind and manner will
prove more than a match for her beau
tiful, insiPid sisters
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

SELF-HELP.-People who have been
bolstered up all their lives are seldom
good for anything in a crisis. When
misfortune comes, they look around for
something to cling to or lean upon. II
the prop is not there. down they go.
Once down they are perfectly helpless,
and they cannot find their feet again
without assistance Such persons no
more resemble men who have fought
their way to position, making difficult
ties their stepping-stones and deriving
determination from defeat, than vines
resemble oaks, or sputtering rush-lights
the stars Of heaven Efforts persisted
in to achievements train a man to self
reliance. and. when be has proved to
the world that he can trust himself, the
world will trust him One of the best
lessons father can give his son is this:
Work strengthen your moral and
mental faculties as you would strengthen
your muscles, by vigorous exercise
Learn to conquer circumstances you
will then be Independent of fortune.
The men of athletic minds, who left
their mark on the years in which they
lived, we're all trained in rough school.
They did not mount to their high posi-
tion by the help Of leverage; they
leaped the chasm, grappled with the
opposing rocks. avoided avalanches, and
when the goal was reached, felt that but
for the toll that strengthened them as
they strove it could never have been at
tanned,
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31
s.. 1...e.. chnren. s.. pe,sr,purrh.

/
By all means mount St. Isaae's, even
if you have to stay in all day afterWard,
for in no other way can you form an
adequate notion either of the prodigious
audacity which planned a vast city on a
wet bog, and at the mercy of both river
and sea, or the extent and symmetry
and picturesqueness of city which the
Moscow people, sneer at it as they may,
find only too successful a rival as the
residence of the Court and as the seat Of
Government. This St. Isaac's Church,
built on piles forced deep down into
yielding morass, and continually re-
quiring repairs, from an awkward habit
Of slipping, has already cost three mil
lion sterling, and to an impartial mind
is hardly worth the money. 1t is a
four-square building, approached on
each side by grand fight Of steps. and
supported by magnificent peristyle of
columns sixty feet high, granite mono
lyths from Finland There is a central
cupola, richly gilt, and supported by
thirty granite pillars, the whole sur
mounted by golden cross three hun
dred and sixty feet from the ground.
The capitals Of the columns are in
bronze. and there is much metal orna-
mentation on the exterior or in the
shape of bas-reliefs, statues and busts,
mingling of materials, which, to me
seemed infelicitous Imposing. how
ever, as the exterior undoubtedly is,
the interior is yet more striking to an
eye accustomed to the austere simplicity
of Protestant churches The walls are
of polished marble covered with pictures,
many of which are in exquisite mosaic.
The roof is panied in fresco. The icon
ostas, or screens, which in Greek
churches separate the body of the church
from the sanctuary, are adorned with
of malachile and labis lazuIi,
and profuse gliding everywhere gives a
rich and splendid effect. Roughly de-
scribed, St. Isaac's is a sort Of dwarfed |
St Paul's without knave or choir, and |
the Restoration Committee might do
worse than study the decoration of St. |
Isaac's as possible model for their own
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

Tricks OF MANNER. If it we're as
easy to drop little personal peculiarities
as to acquire them, one need not OBJ
ject so bitterly to forming the habit Of
indulging tricks of manner. This same
habit is universal Looking around
among our friends and acquaintances,
we shall find scarcely one who has not
bis favorite word, his perpetual formula,
his automatic action, bis unmeaning
gesture-all tricks caught probably
when young. and by not being corrected
then, next to impossible to abolish now.
Who does not know the familiar I say,
as the preface to every remark I? and the
still more familiar ''You know" as the
middle term Of every sentence 2 Then
there are the people who act as perpetual
ejaculation points; who say Goodness! p
as mark of surprise. and Good gra-
ciousr when surprise is a little mixed
with reprobation. Lower in the social
scale it is. Did you ever ? and indiffer-
emily to all stations, You don't say sol
Or in voice of depreciation, MOP
and Surely not! To judge by voice
and word these ejeculatory people are
always in state of surprise They 90
through the world in Intending astonisb-
ment, and their appeals to their good
ness and that indeterminate quality call
ed Good gracious 7 are incessant, and,
to people of good taste. annoying.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31
The Man with the Arsenic.

About eleven o'clock in the morning
a haggard-looking stranger entered
saloon on Grand River avenue and asket
for a glass Of beer. When his nicke
had been raked in the saloonist tool
bis seat and began reading newspa
per.
"Hers is my last nickelT' solemnly
began the stranger when swallow
this beer l am a beggar and an out.
cast. The world does net care for m,
why should / care for the world?
will mix poison with this, my last
glass !"
He turned to the man with the paper,
but the saloonist didn't seem to care.
Eyes; will poison myself and die
in my tracks !" exclaimed the stranger
in low voice.
The man with the paper didn't look
up.
$50 here goes to end my worthless
self" continued the stranger as be took
out a paper and poured out white
powder into the glass.
Farewell, cold world, farewell Let
them bury me in the sunshine or the
shadow-I care not p
He drank his beer, but the saIoouist
had his nose close to the paper and was
spelling out big word. The stranger
started for the door, but too mad to con-
tain himself, be returned aud demanded,
"Will you sit there and see me poison
myself?'
Have you taken poison ?"
81 have ?" I just swallowed fatal
dose of arsenic p
GOOD !" chuckled the saloon-kesper,
as be rose up. Il have regular con-
tract with the doctors, and you'll net
me twelve dollars. Come in here !'
He grabbed the stranger by the neck
and dragged him into 3 closet at the
back end of the room. saying as he
locked the door
"Glad you took arsenic, as it leaves
the body in moist, timber condition p
The stranger yelled and pounded, and
explained that be had swalloweda little
chalk powdered up, and after half an
hour he was let out.
"You have robbed me of twelve dol
lars ]" bitterly exclaimed the saloonist,
and be led the man to the dsor and gave
him lift with bis boot. "Yes, you
have robbed me, and now
But the stranger left without saying
goodbye, and was afterwards heard
asking boy if he knew of any man who
wanted to hire gentleman to spade up
a garden
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

MOTHERS lNFLUENCE.-It is hard for
a young mother, who has not yet over
come the Wayward tendencies Of her own
youthful nature, to realize the influence
she exerts over her little ones. She is
constantly surrounded by critical imita-
tors who copy hsr morals and manners.
As the mother is so are her sous and
daughters. If family Of children are
blessed With an intelligent mother, who
is dainty and refined in her manners.
and does not consider it necessary to be
one woman in the drawing room and an
entirely different person in her every
day life, but who is a true mother and
always tender, charming woman, you
will invariably see her habits of speech
and perfect manners repeated in her
children. Great, rough men, and noisy
busy boys, will always tone down their
voices and step quietly. and try to be
more mannerly, when she stops to give
them kind word and pleasant smile
for true woman will never fail to say
and do all the kind and pleasant things
she can, that will in any way help to
lift up and cheer those whose lives are
shaded with care and toll The mother
of to-day rules the world tomorrow
Think of it, dear sisters, and guard
well your home treasures.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

Be COURTEOUS There are a thou
sand little courtesies and salutations and
compliments of life, but it would be we'll
if there we're still more of them. Blunt
ness does not mean honesty, and a re-
cognition Of whatever is good in men
does not mean insincerity. It would be
promotiVe of happiness if every time
men descended in the morning they
would look for that which is oomely and
praiseworthy, and single it out, and tell
it to their wives Oh, if men would
only court after they are married as
they do before, what joy there would
be! What praise there would be dis
tributed among the community But
the faults of men are generally first
thought of, and are condemned. There
are a multitude of little, imperfect, ir-
regular things in human conduct; and
a man says: II am not one of those
who 60 around and hatter folks l tell
them what | think of them ; if they
have faults hit them strong" But It
is not necessary to be hard and repel-
liant and unsympathetic in order to be
honest There is good as well as evil
in men. and it is surely as worthy of
.-Christian Union.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31
se!stt postrg.
AT THE Last.


The stream is calmest when it nears the tide
And flowers are sweetest at the eventide,
And birds most musical at close Of day,
And saints divinest when they pass away.
Morning is holy, but holier charm
Lies folded close in Evenings robe Of balm,
And weary man must ever love her best,
For morning calls to toll, but Night to rest.
She comes from Heaven, and on her wings
doth bear
A holy fragrance, like the breath Of prayer /;
Footsteps of angels follow in her trace,
TO shut the weary eyes of day in peace.
All things are hushed before her as she throws
O'er earth and sky her mantle Of repose;
There is a calmer beauty and power
That Morning knows not, IN the Evening
hour
Until the Evening we mus. weep and toll
Plow life's stern furroW, dig the weedy soil
Tread with sad feet our rough and thorny
And bear the heat and burden of the day.
Oh when our sun is setting, may we glide,
Like Summer Evening, down the golden tide,
And leave behind US, as we pass away,
Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping
clay.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31
Music by Lighting.

When it was first announced that
Professor Gray, of Chicago, had invent
ed method by which sounds could be
telegraphed and music played in one
city be made audible in another, the
public was sceptical The. fact has been
demonstrated beyond doubt, and another
wonder of electricity revealed. The
Boston experiment has been recently re-
peated successfully in Chicago by Pro-
fessor Gray, and airs played on the in
strument in Milwaukee were telegraph
ed in sound to the former city, dis
tance of more than eighty miles We
are glad to learn that New York will
soon have an opportunity of listening to
this electrical harp. Mr.. Maurice Stra-
kosch announces that the powers of the
telephone, as the instrument is named,
will be tested between Philadelphia and
this city, so that persons sitting 10 our
Academy of Music will hear the sweet
strains played ninety miles away. The
date and the particulars will soon be
made known. The invention is so re-
cent that its future uses cannot be pre-
dicted, but we may safely believe that
it is something more than a scientific
toy. When sounds can be transmitted
BY electricity over vast distances there
is basis for the most astounding de-
velopment. The time may come when
We can talk by lightning and swear by
thunder, and even that will not be
stranger than practical telegraphy itself
would have been hundred years ago.
When the voltaic pile was discovered no
one dreamed of what Morse could do
with it, and it may be that in the con-
troll of Wagner yet unknown the tele-
phone may be the instrument by which
the music Of the future may be tele-
graphed simultaneously around the
whole world N Y Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

Hope AND FEAR How lovely is the
world when Hope smiles; how unloye-
ly when Fear scowls. Euveloped in
Hope, the soul glorifes its own exist
ence shrouded in Fear, it doubts that
existence They are as light and dark
ness; we are never away from one or
the other. One moment the world is
an Eden to US, tha next moment life is
a desert in the universe of nothingness
Hope and fear are as the winds that
come and go at will We cannot con-
troll our moods. The philosophy is to
bear them What people call 1.-THE
blues" and they constitute a terrible
malady, are malady of the mind The
agencies which produce it are invisible.
We seem to have absorbed a deadly
ether, which prostrates US, robs US Of
all Hope and fills US with all Fear.
These conflicting emotions are an inher-
itance they existed in the first man
and will exist in the last. Like other
fatalities in this strange life of ours,
they are unevenly distributed. Some
souls almost live perpetually in the at
mosphere of Hope; they are the souls
that live most in the sunshine, in the
fresh air, in the heart of Nature they
are the souls that work honestly and
earnestly The sick soul-and our souls
can be much more sickly than our
bodies-does not live in the sunshine,
breathes not fresh air, loves not Nature,
tolls not with the heart in its work =
This is the soul afflicted with "the
blues" Do the afflicted understand
this philosophy? 1t is simple. Prac-
tice it. Be healed.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31

BooKs.-B Books are not made for fur.
niture, but there is nothing else that &c
beautifully furnishes a house. The
plainest row of books is more signif-
cant Of refinement than the most elab-
orately-carved sideboard. Give us a
home furnished with books rather than
furniture-both if you can, but books
at any rate. To spend several days at
friends house, and hunger for some
thing to read, while you are treading
on costly carpets, and sitting on luxu-
rious chairs and sleeping upon down as
if one were bribing your body for the
sake Of cheating your mind. Books
are windows through which the soul
looks out. A house without them is
like room without windows. No man
has a right to bring up his children
without surrounding them with books,
if he has the means to buy them. 1t lis
wrong to his family Children learn
to read through being in the presence
of books. The love of knowledge comes
with reading, and grows upon it; and
the love of knowledge in a young mind
is almost warrant against the inferior
excitemeDts of passion and vice