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Wanted Situation.

NEAOHER-W Wanted by n young lady, ed.
ucated at Staunton, Va, II situation as
Teacher In private family; to take charge
OF or assist In a school Apply to DR.. +. L.
nugnes, NO. I3I Elm street. thnll-lwa
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INFOKMATION WASTED Concerning a
! certain AMLS CAIlANACH, VINO leil
his home In 1860; was employed ns team
stor nj Fort supply, ANA aiterW4In wig
known to be I'm Indian Territory. The lazy
heard of MIN was a letter written by himself
to hi, mo.hcr, rom Dallas, Texns, 1870 ne
TX now II man ~ years of age, brown hhlr'
blue eyes, ana about Ave feet seven Inches
IN height, hoavy-aot frame, ana cueoi i,d
PLEASE send TO Mrs James CnttnnHch, byron,
lll., or to tho editor of the Dallas Herald
DullaR, Texas, I'hu
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A FEW choice Durham Bull yearlings
N from the best milk stock in Texas, Az
ply near the Fair Grounds III. W. Abney.
janlB-2t"
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I\k. BEMENT, the Orientnlisl, VINO HaaS
| J loctur,d in liye huddrcd churrs, 81 an.
lerpnL denominations, mas ioiied nara uno
week, with no success, - obtain II hullhoI1
church deliver lectures on ne 'Ih'lu ~
IN" ninle - Viii preach on sunday evening
in the Lnmnr street Methodist fplScopHl
Church, and deliver II free lecture On MON
Inv ,vrutuI, I'm fine Christian Church. IL
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OUR GOODS ARE THE cHEAPE

CUR GOODS ARE TT CF7EAPEST.
Was oplnsntI zoe, duced fomIe Ice.
AncNvli line of Percnc IA -,
emp
atextre mely low liz
A 10 lite othe
t e
dnSSO for
Cassmres Jeans and Celebrated New Brauns Goods at Great Broa
from7 i'm
TAadi cheap.
CHILE ransI in II vi Z 10
rom upV
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WuBEN'S DELiGnT,I

forming the, most powerful Alternative
Ulcers and Sores, Diseased Joints En,I MI M
charges from the Ears and Nostriis, AZ
scessos, Skin affections, Rheumaiisn,
Dropsy, Kidney Complaints, Evil ail1cts u,
secret practices, Diseased Scale, Disordered
ter In the blood. IL possesses the necni1n,
property OF lmparting fair complexion ana
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Wanted-Eemala Helm.

A N INTELLIGENT ORPHAN GIRL, OF
N respectable parentage, 10 or II years OLD,
Tor adoption, by u weli-to-do farmer ana
wife, members of the Presbyterian Church.
Apply TO DR.. II. Il. Hughes. 1877 Elm street.
janll-2t
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Intelligence Office


We have this day opened IN office at No.
s0S Main street, for the purpose OF doing
A General Intelligence Business.
want, Coachman, or HELP of any kind?
Cali and see us.
DO yo1 want q salesman, Book-Keeper,
Agent Porter, or Partner? Call and let us
furnish you.
Do you want Farm Hands, Railroad Men,
Carpenters, MasOns, MRchlnists, Factory
Hands, Gsrdners, or 'rradespeople OF any de.
scriptionP We viii furnish you.
Do you want to Sell or Rent your House,
Room, store, Lot or Farm? We will send
you applicants.
Do You want to take one or more BoardeisY
We will send them to You.
Do you want to sell an old Engine, q Phone,
Watch. Team, or Wagon, u Horse, or an
old Buggy; IN feet, have you ANYTHING
you wish To dispose OFT We will give YOU
the benefit of an advertisement In our col
umn, and send purchases To you.
And to any person wishing u SITUATION
OF ANY DESCRIPTION, we would say that
we are prepared TO give them information
which they cannot get elsewhere in the city,
and nnd situations for them.
To the Citizens. Merchants, Tradespeople,
strangers, and Farmers OF Dallas and yicin.
ity, we appeal for patronage, aud we guar
antee prompt attention and courteous treat.
ment to all.
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Miscellaneous Wants.

VINO BORRO W. So, 900 for which the best in
L terest will be paid, and satisfactory Sc
CuIity given. Address TEX" Herald oltice.
nOVlI-tf
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Boarding.

NOARDlNu-A gentleman and wife, or
I'D Two single gentlemen, can get room and
DopId; and a few day boaIders can find good
board. Address, IL. f., this office. janlS-2t
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WHAT Is QUEENS DELIGuTy

III Is plant that grows In the South and is
cred, by which all diseases that center i'm tr a
blood can be eradicated at once and forev,e
IL expeis for lie all scrorulous, Syphilitir.
Cutaneons and Rheumatic affections and is
ihe oNaf True REMEDY for this class OF
combined with Honduras Sarsa pariila. Yss
low Dock and other roots and herbs IL No
comes q blood purifier unsurpassable and
unequalled. such is tho combination OF -'
De Turr's SARSAPARlLAINn
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SADDLE AND BRlDLE--Near Union de.
- pot. Finder will be literally rewarded
by returning same to b. q. Wellen, Lamar
street, between Main and Elm. janis
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Lost.

1.-TWO DESIRABLE OFFICES, by Kerioot
L Il Hereford, upstairs, corner Main ana
Lamar Streets Jhhlo ot
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wduted-To Rent.

NVELOPE I-Fine Note, Letter Enyel-
IL opcS, Official Envelopes aud Stationery
at t.. Beaumont n Go, decl2-lm
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pNINE NOrE-Letter, Foolscap and B!ll
L Head paper ut the city Drug store
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
An Army Of Water Rats.

DR.. Van Der Hork, the German
traveller to the Arctic circle, says: On
one occasion we hada curious adventure.
While crossing lacustrine part OF the
river called Kjoalmejaure, in the early
part of the night, we were suddenly sur
rounded by swarms OF lemml:ng
fllvodes tor9uatus), an animal like
the mountain rat. They swarmed about
the boat, and tried to Chamber into it,
so that it was with the greatest difficulty
we could keep the fierce little creatures
from boarding us by beating about with
the oars, at which they would set up
sharp, shrin screams similar to those OF
a muskrat. After some time We sue
ceeded in passing them. These little
animals come unexpectedly down from
the mountains, no one knowing exactly
whence, and appear in millions, swarm
ing over the whole country, eating up
almost everything that comes in their
way.
Neither rivers nor lakes seem to deter
them, both Of which they swim with
ease, usually keeping on their destruc-
tive path until reaching the open sea,
which they vainly cndeavor to cross,
never swerving from the direction once
taken until they sink exhausted beneath
the waves. Thus perish countless num-
bers. They commit great ravages, and
are as dreaded in the North rs the locusts
are in Egypt. Years, however, elapse
between their reappearance,. OF until
they suddenly descend from their rocky
retreats. The Lapps tell us that they
rain from the sky, many of them stating
that they have actually seen them fall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
Success in Life.

Do we ever quite succeed in our own
estimation? Is not our success neces-
sarily beyond anything we have accom-
plished Is not success another name
for the llnattained and unattainable ? Is
not our success called such only by
others? But, taking the word i'll its
mere practical and rather vulgar mean
ing-the requirement of Gel tain amount
of property, there are few who succeed.
Perhaps everybody. in this country
vaguely hopes that he shall some day be
rich, riches havingn no special significance
excepting relief from labor and accom-
panying ease Of surroundings. After q
number of years of graphing with the
world, the majority of men find that all
they can expect to do is to live, and they
make no active effort for accumulation.
Privately, Mt least, they admit they have
failed, having in mind acquaintances and
friends in possession of houses, lots,
bonds and stocks not to be computed.
Have they failed? Compared with the
bondholders and stock owners, yes; COM
pared with n host of others, no. If
they have managed to keep out Of debt,
they have done better than the mass. for
not one in fifty, it is said, quits the world
financially even. Therefore, it may be
asserted they have been successful. III
quire of the envied bondholders if they
have succeeded, and you will discover
that they, too, are disappointed. Some
one on whom they have fixed their eye
has succeeded; but not they. The little
they have scraped together amounts to
nothing. They are no nearer content
meut than those who simply make both
ends meet; in all likelihood they are not
so hear, for they are ambitious and rest
less for further acquisition, while those
ore resigned to their condition.
1t is astonishing the small proportion
of the successful to the unsuccessful in
any and every walk of life. OF thou
sand who study law and are admitted to
the bar, the majority are driven from the
profession by want Of practice; hum
dred, perhaps, earn q scanty living,
twenty gain pecuniary independence,
five get some reputation, one or two be-
come distinguished. Among the young
men authorized to write NJ. d. after their
names, how many take any rank as physi-
clans? Hardly one in seventy, and Of
these, comfortable competency and wide
reputation come not to five. Qergymen
of real ability are exceedingly scarce,
and even these frequentlysuffer from
lack of appreciation. Unless chance
favor, they may deliver clever sermons
down to old age, from country pulpits,
and not an echo of their cleverness reach
the sources that chronicle fame. Never
theless, theological seminaries are full Of
students, and liberal donations are con-
stantly making for their support. t.-Ne'c
TnrE Ii1uGe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
Hari Kari...The Dance Before Death.

Some curious details are given by a
japanese newspaper-the Tchoya Chin-
bo,l,,-as to the manner in which some OF
the "aristocrats of the Old school, i'll that
country, who were condemned to death
for the part they took i'll the late insurrec-
ton, but who preferred hari kari to de-
capitation, spent the last hours OF their
lives. Four Sumourni insurgents of
Koumanote, who escaped on the twenty
fourth of October, assembleda at the house
of one by name Yonemara forthe purpose
of ending their existence by tile " happy
dispatch" in his hospitable dwelling.
Before giving themselves over to death
they gave themselves over to q regular
jolliGcation-drinking, dancing, and sing
ing as though on o festive occasion. Their
hostess, without any wish unnecessarily
to curtail their enjoyment, with much
tact and good feeling advised them not
to keep up this revelry too long, rs the
police could hardly fail to hear the dis.
t,lrbances caused by their songs and
dances. They turned deaf ear to her
kindly warning and continued to drink
and amuse themselves for the whole day,
saying that if the " "shizohu " arrived
they were prepared to fight them. The
hours thus passed pleasantly away until
sunset, when the party arrayed them
selves in the robes which, according to
old japanese fashion, are appropriate for
the ceremony they were aboutto perform,
and, having offered up their prAyersto the
gols, "hnppily dispatched themselves
without further delay.
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Discomfort in AIsace and Lorraine.

War is certainly cursed harvest, and
the field which produces it for a long
time bears only poisoned fruits. On tie
sixth of January, 1871, Comte d'Har-
court, on presenting to the National AS
sembly at Versailles report concerning
the treaty of peace between France and
Germany. said: "Of all the conse-
ouences of cession of territory none is
more painful than the necessity imposed
on the inhabitants of sharing the fate OF
the territory and of belonging, like it,
to the conqueror."
It is more than six years ago since
those words were uttered, and every day
their truth becomes more evident.
Nothing indicates n time when Alsace
and Lorraine will identify themselves of
free will with their new country, nor
does anything point to time when Ger
many will be able, in her turn, to treat
these provinces as otherwise belonging
to her than by right Of conquest. There
is considerable emotion at this moment
in the annexed provinces, and it rever-
berates on the French frontier and the
neighboring departments of the German
government, with regard to Alsace- Lor-
rainers discharged from the French SER
vice, who return home after having at
the time required opted for France.
That question OF option has been,
moreover, since the conclusion Of peace,
q cause of anxiety and uncertainty for
the negotiators. They feared, and they
could not but fear, indeed, that particu-
lar difficulties would be encountered by
those who, while wishing to remain on
the annexed territory, would like, never
theless, to preserve their character OF
Frenchmen, and they formed correct
estimate of those difficulties. es.-London
Times Paris Correspondence.
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A Desperate Undertaking.

The latc Admiral Goldsborough was
the son-in-law of William Writ, and be-
came prominent in the navy at all early
age. In 1927, when only twenty-five
years Of age, he held the rank of heuten-
ant, and was the executive officer of the
Porpoise, then attached to the Mediter-
ranean squadron. At that time Greek
pirates were 80 numerous that no mer-
chant vessel, unprotected by a convoy,
could safely venture to sail among the
islands of the Archipelago. The pirates,
indeed, were so powerful that at one time
they succeeded in capturing an Austrian
man-of-war which carried ten guns.
Lieutenant Goldsborough was ordered
to take command of a night expedition
to retake an English brig, the Comet,
from the Greek pirates, two hundred OF
whom were in full possession OF her:
The attempt was desperate one, and
required desperate effort. Lieutenant
Goldsborough took with him only four
boats and thirty-fve officers md men,
but his expedition was entirely success
ful, though not until many of the enemy
had been killed--an average of very nearly
three to every man of the attacking
party. The ward-room steward OF the
Porpoise, m,llatto of Herculean
strength, was one OF the expedition, and
killed with his own hand no less than
eleven of the pirates. The chief of the
horde, with several of his men, was dis
patched by the pistol of Lieutenant John
A Carr. of Virginia, n gallant officer,
long since dead. On the arrival of the
Porpoise at Malta, after the sound
thrashing given the pirates, the English
governor returned the thanks of his
government to her commander, and
through him to the officers and men who
had been personally concerned III the
exploit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
The Chinese in California.

Col. Frederick A. Bee, who appeared
before the Congressional committee re-
Gently in San Francisco, says local
paper, in defense Of the Chinese, who
has taken a prominent part in opposing
the anti-coolie movement in general, and
has interested himself in the raising OF
funds to assist in bringing the perpctra-
tors of the late outrage at Chico to JUS
tice, has received postal card reading
as follows:
"Col. r. \. BEE, City.
"DEAR SIR The II of 70S have you
marked You had better not have sent
your $500 to Chico. The Cinnamon have
got to leave this country, and that little
affair in B }tc county is only preliml-
nary. Ta':e my advice and leave this
State in thirty. days Or you will be killed;
All of you Who are in for coolies and
against the whites here are marked 708. !"
The above was mailed at Station 3,
March II, twelve M, in San Francisco,
and is evidently written in disguised
hand. 1t is reported that at recent
meeting of M anti-coolie club in that
city the Chico massacre was approved,
amid cries of "That's what we want.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
How Sailors are Treated.

Three boarding house runners were
severely injured by the officers of the
English ship Princeport, while the ves-
sci was going into New York harbor.
Capt. Brown, of the Princeport, said to
a reporter that he sails from Antwerp to
Liverpool and thence to New York; he
has had q wide experience, but in No
other port would such outrages be toll
Grated rs are practiced with impunity by
runners in the harbor of New York. They
board an incoming vessel off quaran-
tine, and by plausible representations
persuade the sailors to 60 with
them to the vile dens they repre-
sent. BY the time the vessel reaches her
dock all discipline is at an end. The
sailors generally have back pay due
them. There are fourteen on the Prince
port, and there is al average Of G3 10s
coming to each OF them. After getting
the men into the boarding houses they
let them run up bills for rum and de-
bauchery until they are heavily in debt.
Once in their power, they persuade the
sailors to desert their vessel and ship
elsewhere. They take them sober to the
shipping commissioners Office, secure
berths for them, and collect their ad-
vance money to pay the bills the men
have incurred. Unscrupulous lawyers
ore in the pay Of each house. The run
ners introduce the sailors to these gen.
try, who offer to collect their back pay
from the vessel from which they have
deserted, and for this ostensible purpose
get them to give him powers of attorney.
The sailors are then made drunk and
"shanghied while in that condition, on
vessels bound on long voyages. The
lawyers wait quietly until the first yes.
sci is about to sail, and then they board
her, and presenting the powers of at
torney, demand the back pay. The men
being deserters, the money is, of course,
refused. The lawyers 60 instantly to
the United States courts and libel her,
as the law permits them to do. The cap
tain is consequently given the alternative
of complying with their demands or in
curing disastrous delay pending the
decision of tedious suit. OF course lie
pays. Capt. Brown said that he had
known many cases in which sailors were
subjected to this treatment, and he never
knew of one receiving q cent OF the
money thus collected. There is law
prohibiting runners fromboarding YES
sci in the stream, but it is not enforced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
How Money Gets Astray.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: The
Bhootan expedition belongs to history,
though not the most agreeable or glorious
episode in the annals Of British India. One
little incident, however, still remains to
be recorded. We cannot, indeed, vouch
for it's absolute accuracy, though it is
not only generally credited, but it is
also credible. The story runs thus !:
Under the impression that the little
war would be fought out to the "bitter
end" the government ordered three lakhs
(e3O, 900 WORTH Of copper coinage to be
dispatched to the northeastern frontier
for the use of the troops. 1t was for.
warded accordingly-a goodly assortment
of half anna and quarter anna pieces,
pies and pice. The town of Rungpores
was reached in safety, when tidings OF
peace arrived. The ponderous wealth
went on no further. Where its pro-
gress was stayed there it remained,
and presently it's existence was all but
forgotten. Each new magistrate who
succeeded to the district signed paper
certifying that he held under lock and
key the sum of 100000 in copper, and
it came to be looked upon as piece OF
office furniture, such as a bookcase or
any other clumsy article. At last a
magistrate, more particular than his pre-
decessors, declined to sign the certificate
until the money was counted over to
him. The objection was not unreason-
able, but there was this difficulty IN the
way of its removal, that the gunny bags
had been devoured by insects or other
wise destroyed, and that the copper
coins had run together and become weld
ed into masses. The cost Of their re-
moval to Calcutta, or some other equally
absurd reason, caused the alternative to
be adopted Of digging a big hole and
burying the untold riches. Some sort
of monument or memorial, it is said, has
been erected over the side, and it may
be that in the fullness Of time the DR..
Schliemarn of the period will disinter
the weighty heap.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
As it Should Be.

Let me tell you of one home which
Will never be desolated by drunkenness.
Among the pictures in the sitting-room,
where the children meet father and
mother in happy companionship many
times q day, hangs total abstinence
pledge, with the signature of every men,
ber of the family upon it. And the
parents take pleasure in it, speaking of
it with satisfaction, thanking God for it,
keeping the idea prominent in the minds
of their children. No intoxicating liquor,
for any purpose, ever comes into that
house. Neither for cooking, for medi
cine, or for cleaning, is child ever sent
to purchase alcohol, or any Of its foul
kindred.
Parents, for the sake Of the children,
the dear little children, whom you can
not keep in your arms always, keep up a
public sentiment in the home that shall
be guard to them, when they 60 out in
the world; set them m example like the
north star to guide them, md then, and
always, pray to our Father to "deliver
from evil"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
Visit to an Indian Princess.

At Delhi visited one Of those Gotha
women who never appear in public, and,
if obliged, as in the case OF this Durbar,
90 closely yelled or with q screen before
them. 1t was the Princess of Taniore.
Ind went with q lady interpreter whom
knew. 1 was met by the husband Of
the princess, dressed all in cloth of gold.
He conducted us to his wife, who was
seated upon ahigh gilded chair, and before
her was gilded ono for me, placed in
the center, one at my right for Miss
FIRTH. the interpreter, and one at my
left for q niece, who is the heiress ap-
parent. These were arranged i'll half
circle before her. She was dressed in
cloth of gold, with diamond fringed
head dress, pearls, rubies and emeralds
innumerable. In the head dress were
gold tassels and large pins of precious
stones. \ diamond necklace was worn
close about the throat, and ruby, and
then all emerald, necklace hanging be-
low. Two armlets were worn at the top
of each arm, and two near the wrist. A
wide tape of Jewels, us may say, came
from the front ornament of her cap down
to the top of each ear, and each ear was
pierced from the top of the lobe to the
bottom, with rings of pearls and dia-
monds. In her nose SHE had five or six
immense diamonds, set in the form of n
leaf, which reached from the edge of the
nostril, on the left side, up to the bridge
of the nose; then pearl of the size of
large pea hung pendant from the center
of the nose until it fell over the lip.
After q few courtesies the husband
babe me welcome and passed to me q
silver cup holding altar of rose and betel
nut, wrapped in leaf lying i'll the sal
yer. I touched the betel nut, and he
put drop of the perfume OH my hand
kerchief. He then showed me the belt
of Jewels which his wife had worn, to
hold the sword of her grandfather, while
on visit to the viceroy. 1t was mass
of diamonds all across the front, and the
rest was heavily wrought gold, almost
too heavy for 50 little body to wear.
She then put her cloth Of gold veil over
the head of her little niece, that I might
see how completely covered she had
been during the interview, only she had
placed the head dress, which she had
then on, upon the top of her veil, and
had looped up her veil to her shoulder
that the viceroy should have the benefit
of the Jewels on her arms. The little
girl sung for me, in English : Twinkle,
twinkle little STAR" and "How doth the
little busy bee. ."-Lcttcr in Boston
Journal.