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For StOmaChes ont of Order.

No medicine will 50 'rrctually improve the
tone o. the stomach us these pIlts; they remove
all aClduy accustomed either by iulenprrance or
improper diet. They reach the liver and reduce
IL II i healthy action; thcy are wOnd'riulIy
efiicscitu- IN cases OF sI,a- Nth TACT they never
fail in curing al! disorders OF the liver and
stomach.
HDLLDWAY'> PILLS ar, the best known IN
the world tor the following dI>eas"s. Ague,
Asthma. Bilious Complaints, BlOtches on the
skin, Bowels. Consumption. Debility, DTnpsy.
Dysrntery, Eiyslprlas, Female irregularities,
FrNcr7 OF all Kinds, Fits. bout, Headache. In
digestion, Inflammation, Jaundice, l-IH"l Com
plants, Lumhagu, Piles, lhcip htIsm, Reien-
tiUn Of Urine. SCroiuia or King Evil, sore
Threats. Stone and Gravel. Iir-DouiOureuX,
Tunors. u!cers. Wormn OF all kinds, Weak
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s-leclcd Tor the c-j,rcIal wants OF 'h'- market
these goods a.rc purchased ton ca-h II '"!-
rock prIrcs, winch cnnb - ne To- 20 otter better
bargains than can br obtained !u l.eN'rg'rh
inIyIrti JDii +. F\ERtEG
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FINAL

CREDITORS and all others interested in the
estate Of james Il Cordrr, decd, are here
by n0tiiie that the Undersigned, admInistratrlr
" al IN axe iinal settlement o. SAID estate at the
next April term. lSfi, OF The Lafayette corin-
" Probate Court, To he begun and held at the
courthouse. in the city OF Lexington, county at
1.AiaS cite. ami state of Missouri, on The first
Monday In April, ISL
LOUISA { toRpER,
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NOTICE.

ErTERS tcsttnIcn;ary on the rstutr of Eliza
IL hr:h Buiord. deceased, wcrr Ertnfe'! to
IN. undersigned on the IAN day oi February,
Isl, by the Probate court Of Lafayette county,
Missouri.
Al persons having claims agH!ns' said estate
are required 30 exhibit them 10 me tor allowance"
within one year alter the da;c of SAID letters, or
they HAY he prrcluded from any bcueiit of such
and II such claims be not exhibited With
IN two years from the date OF said letters, they
will he forever barn eli,
MANNII.LE T.. EUFORD,
ieDg1-Jt Executor.
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Coffee In the last four weeks has de
lined ten per cent. and is dull at pres
mt quotations. The beet sugar crop
shows a large deficit in France and Ger
many, while the cane crop in Cuba
shows a small increase. In Louisiana
the increase is large. The general con
sumption of sugars in the past wear av-
eraee less thnn in former wears. and the
same may be predicted Of the present
year. The logical inference therefore
is that sugar Will be no higher, whilst
coffee must soon be lower.
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FINAL

NOTICE IL hereby given, ta2lthe Undersigned,
~ adr.inistratrI with VIII annexed OF the
estate of James Il. Suilath, deceased. VIII apply
to the Probate Court OF Lafayette county. Mo 8,
al the April term. Isl. to make Ia hnal settle
ment oil sail estate. ADA y. SCDpATH,
T.hy q, ttmtptStrat,t~
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PILLS
Invariably cure the following disease:
nISARnER OF II KIDNEYS.

In ali discusses Affecting these organs. whether
they srcrete too much Ur too lliIIr wst'r; OF
whether they he afflicted with -'Uur or gravel. or
with aches and pains settled in the lu!ns over
the regions ct the kidneys, the-c Pals should
b." taken according to the printed directions. and
the Ointment ehould be well TUhb-'! Into the
small oil the back a. bet time. TINS Treatment
viii give almost immediate rtIIe! " hun a. utEts
means have Ia led.
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The vapor OF carbolic acid has been
recommended to alleviate the severity
Of whooping-cough. In cases where il,
has proved beneficial a t~easpoonful Of q
,trong solution of carhO.ic acid CRYSTALS
md glycerine was We mixed in quart
ot water. From one t" two giIls OF this
weak solution was evapOrated slowly
over the gas, in the room where the
children were asleep or at pay with
1oOrs and windows c,osed). twice daily.
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A duel Of the fashionable sort was
fought in Peoria. Two Germans wanted
20 marry the same girl, and quarreled.
If course. They agreed to a duel with
~:nives, but subsequently, the weapons
we're changed to pistols. On the field
they trembled so violently that they
could not aim the pistols. and the seconds
(possibly fearing that their own lives
night be lost in the wild firing advised
! ~b.oodless reconciliation. The princi-
pals gladly accepted the advice, and
10th agreed to give up the girl.
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dIO lO0TFENf To 0NESt1
DIR c. EERNlIFUGE

will certainly effect a cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
III any form 4; itisan innocent pIepara-
ton. not capable Of doing the Slight
est ,ai".yte the most tender znfanf.
The genuine DIR. McLANE $ YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of c.
McLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
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FOR CUTANEOUS DISORDERS,

And all eruptIons OF the sEIu. tn.n Ointment Is
most invaluable. II docs not heal externally
alone, but peEetTates with III" most searching
elects 10 The very root OF the evil.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-03
Glass & nuccnSicHr'c.
"A LARGE -TOCk or
Doors, Sash and Blinds,

4 complete stock Of WhIse Lead, rants - all
kinds, and ui the best brands, Llnarsi on, Var
nlsh ami lurprniInr, tor sal" At he" tore, cor
ner of Main and Laurel street..
am al-c III receipt -o!h well se.vct"d an. en-
ureIy trceh stock al
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Fun stock Of both. such - Ornamental, Fancy and
Nuts. Oranges and l.. mans stationery SCHOOL
tuvrl"ps plnI, aud iAn Y, Ban. and Memorandum
tury Book. Pens. Pencils. traSnU>, lux Stands. PtIuT
Note ami Billet Paper. Novels. Duiulnucs. ac Sc &
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ness is felt. The 1!T---c--ES- pc
verted, the vision is disorderod, OBJ
jects change their color and become
multiplied. voliiioR is now impaired
or lost. The drunkGrd imagInos a
thousand things which have no exist
ence. II he attempts now to walk or
use his muscles, he finds they have
lost tier power, he falls to the ground
and finds home in the jail.
And now comes the third stage, the
third scene in this disgusting drama.
II consciousness be still retained,
everything is confusion and chaos, and
then comes sleep. Such, briefly de-
tailed, are the phenomena attending a
fit of intoNication, or rather of poison
ing. Now it Is very evident that it is
not possible for the system TO go
through all this convulslvc excitement
without leaving its traces behind. Ac-
cordinsly, when the patient awakes
from his slumber, he is in no very en-
viablo condition. Nor is this all. A
will probably become so again. Every
succeeding fit will increase his desire
fer the accustomed stimulus, while it
UNDERTAKES and destroys the power of
resistance. Every case OF intoxication
does not terminate in tins way. Some
times apoplexy and death are the re-
suits. Then the drunkard's deep,
dreamless sleep "knows no waking"
More anon. ID. NJ. REAGAN.
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only few days ago, when Grant in-
tcrposed to prevent militia parade in
Charleston, was exceedingly indignant
that Hampton did not fight or force
Grant to begin the war in South Caro-
lima. Hampton was Wise and brave
brave enough to save his people and
brave enough to disappoint Northern
Democratic selfshness. Hampton said
substantially, as the STATESMAN has
again and again declared, that it might
be well enough to fight at the proper
time and place, and while the occasion
was all that could be desired, the
place was chosen by Grant and
by the World, and therefore most
unfortunately chosen for the South.
The South cannot afford to Sight in the
South for such a government as we
have or for our rights under it. There
fore the s.upendous absurditY of the
speech ascnbed to Congressman Mills.
He is neither a zealot nor mailman nor
given to rant or fury or empty rhOdo-
montade. He Is q clear headed, cool,
rational thinker and safe representa-
tive of a great commonwealth at Wash
ington, and declared 10y many of our
exchanges to be a proper man for the
Governors place or for the United
States Senate. Mr.. Mills has been
grossly wronged 10y these reporters fol-
the Associated Press, and we look
anxiously for q revised copy or con-
densation of his alleged Friday nights
haranoup
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THE INAUGURAL.

If words be not uttered to conceal
ones purposes, President Hayes's al
ministration will justify all the noise
and ennPowder explosions of last night
In this and every city of the Union.
The words of the President are full of
hope as of promise for the country's
well-being, and if the reforms be
achieved which he contemplates, there
is no degree of prosperity and perfect
peace for which the South prays that
Will not be vouchsafed. He promises
local self-government and reform in
the administration of Offices, and de-
cIares that his lesding purpose will
be the reproduction of perfect order
and prosperity in these States. If the
acts Of Mr.. Hayes be coincident with
his declared purposes the South will
have the least possible reason to deplore
his election. He can surely do more
to reform his own party than Tilden
in his place could have done, and when
this Republican party is purified the
greater volume of partisan and politi-
cal vice is extinguIshed and those in
tolerable evils in the conduct of
public affairs which have made
the many believe constitution
al union impossible will be no
longer operative. The inaugural is
mainly devoted to a discussion of the
fortunes of the South, aud it is singu-
lar popularity of this State paper that
it sets at naught this whole theory on
which the late campaign was con-
Quoted by Hay0s's adherents, and re-
verts for Its philosophy to Mr.. Hayes's
letters and utterances and to those in
cidents of partisan policy in which the
declarations of the Republicans diff
fered in nothing from those of the
Democrats. Very certainly Mr.. Hayes's
inaugural is well calculated to give the
country every assurance of peace, re-
pose, order, good government, and the
reproduction of solid gold and silver,
industry and activity. Good men, if
Mr.. Hayes's official acts and messages
correspond with his promises of yes,
1 terday, will be 10th to do aught to oh,
struct his purposes or defeat measures
| which he now commends. We will
know more when we have seen how
and by whom Federal offices in the
South are administered.
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Prohibition IN Texas.
[From the Portland, Maine, Transcript

ltrom the Portland, Maine, transcript
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Feb. 16, 1877.
Editor TRANSCRIPTION the first time,
on the question of the prohibition Of
the sale Of strong drink. The friends
of temperance are rallying nobly to the
work. Will you please inform us
through the columns of the Transcript
whether the prohibition laws of Maine
have worked permanent good in your
State, and if so, how muchl
Yours truly, d. w. Z. BAKER.
The prohibitory laws of Maine have
now been in uninterrupted operation
for more than twenty years. 1t is safe
to say that they have greatly diminished
the consumption OF spirituous liquors,
and assisted in training up a compare
lively sober generation. We think
statistics will bear US out in the asser
ton that there is less of spirituous
liquors drank in Maine than in any
other State of equal population.
Drunkenness-a vice which may DO
almost said to be inherent in human
nature-still exists, but to a much less
extent than in the "good old times"
Reformatory associations, like the Sons
of Temperance, the Good Templars,
and the Reform Clubs, have done much
10 rescue the fallen and train the young
in habits of sobriety, and their work is
not to be dispensed with, but behind
all stands the law protecting society
from the evils which flow from the un-
restricted or the regulated" sale of
ardent spirits. It has wholly bup-
pressed the traffic in the rural districts.
Liquors are no longer sold in country
stores where the farmers go to make
their purchases, and rarely in country
taverns. In the a &c villages and the
cities, the sale, though not wholly sup
pressed, is greatly restricted, put under
ban, and removed from open contact
with the people. Only those find
liquors who seek them. The law, on
the whole, is as well enforced as most
laws are. SO beneficial have boon its
results that the opposition it at first en-
c"untered has largely died out. Pro-
hibition has become the settled policy
of the State. 1t is supported by men,
bers of both parties, and no party
would now think Of taking a stand
against it. There are differences Of
opinion as to the degree Of severity
which should exist III the penalties IN
flicted, but public opinion sustains the
policy of prohibition, holding the sale
of spirituous liquors as q beverage to
be au unmitigated evil, against which
society has the right to protect itself
by the strong arm OF the law.
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n TEXAS CONGRESSMAN FIGUR-
ING ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

1t was an extraordinary, if not dis
graceful scene in the House of Repre-
sentatives when Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, late Friday night, rose in his
place and said
That Friday, hangman's day, had
been ushered ina fit day to witness
the consummation of the gillainy and
scandal of this proceeding, and Mr..
O'Brien designated Mr.. Wood as the
High Priest of the Republican party
and was himself designated by Mr..
Harrison Qll.l as the Low Priest of
the tilibusterers.
Mr.. Wood then declared that If his
proposition were not assented to he
would never leave the hall until the
count was finished.
The press dispatches proceed with
the story and tell US that
Mr.. Mills made a speech in favor of
his resolution, in which he character
lied the representatives of the Ameri-
can people as covering in the dust.
The people, he said, dare maintSin their
rights, but the peoples representatives
dare not do So. Their fathers, il they
could look down IN them from heaven.
would be ashamed TO STE them So bow
ing before despot who only com
msnded an army of about eighteen
thousand men, half of whom sympa-
thized with the Democratic party.
We can hardly believe that the dis
tinguishej gentleman from Navasota
INDUCED in such vein OF absurd think
ing, He has been grossly misrepre-
sented. That sort of rhodomontade
and ist-shaking might become the little
po,house politician of the court house
green, but would be intolerable in the
midst tof sane body of lawgivers.
Aud yet the Associated Press dis
patches hSve injected all this wild
twaddle about war and blood and thun-
der and bloOd-drinking into the mid
night speech Of the admirable repre-
sentative Of Texas. Mr.. Mills made no
such speech. He is man of brains,
like Wade Hampton, and. of those
who, when the next war comes, would
have the scene Of conflict located be-
yond the Ohio. The New York World,
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York, lest it should injure business.
He denied that he divided the
money made by these purchases with
L. w. Frost, prssid, Mt, and said it was
paid over to the Southern Life Insur-
ance Company, correspondent of the
Continental. The latter company
played solvent in New York and in
solvent in the South and West. Peo-
pie never asked for any explanation,
as they were anxious to get out of the
company.
Mrs. Laura IL. Jack, relic of Hon.
VIM. II. Jack, of Galveston, is dead.
She was born In South Carolina in
1912; was a daughter of Hon. lsham
Harrison, and sister of DR.. James
Harrison; of Col. Richardson Harri
son, who died at Waco last year; of
Col. Isham Harrison, who was killed
at Tupelo during the late war, and of
Gen. Thomas Harrison, who still lives
at Waco. Her grandmother was the
sister of Gen. Wade Hampton, of rev.
dictionary fame, and she was connected
IN various ways with many people
whose talents, virtues and public ser
vices have made them widely known.
She was married in 1927 to Hon. VIM.
II. Jack, in Alabama, and emigrated
to Texas in 1890. Mr.. Jack and his
brothers, Spencer Jack and Hon. Pat
rick Jack, were prominent in the strug-
giles of the colonists of Texas against
the tyrannical acts of Mexico, and their
services are still fresh in the memories
of the Survivors of that trying period.
Her eldest daughter is the wife of
Judge w. p. Ballinger, and Col. Thos.
III. Jack, the brilliant lawyer of GAL
weston, is her son. The wife of Hon.
Guy NJ. Bryan, who died some years
since, was another of her daughters.
Christmas week q body of drunken
scoundrels and rcughs rode into Bolton
at night, broke open the Jail, and took
out two men and hung them till they
were dead. These same lawless devils
went to the postoifice and tore down
the flag above it and substituted one
as black as their deeds and infamy.
They left the village, and meeting Il
negro III the road, shot him dead. The
murderer was arrested and a drunken
judge released him on bail. We did
not care to speak of these things when
partisanship might have misinterpreted
the facts and gwen them undue i'm
portance. Bat the whole people of
Texas condemn such outrages and the
whisky-born vices of society which
they present. The courts and
sheriff of Bell county must do their du-
ty, and the press Of Bolton should not
be silent. We give the facts as given
by a trustworthy correspondent. Now
that Bell county has prohibited, as it
should, the sale of whisky in the town
and county and devoted itself to rail-
way construction, we hope to hear no
more of such disgraceful facts. The
| perpetrators of these outrages should
still be punished, and if local officers be
impotent or incapable, Federal mar
shLls should intervene.
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A New York letter says: zone of
the sensations of the season has grown
out of the infatuation of yourg
woman with Coughlan, the leading ac-
tor of the Fifth Avenue Tneater. She
is heiress to one of the largest fortunes
in the city, and, unfortunately, is the
wife of German nobleman who met
and won her while serving his country
here in diplomatic capacity. She Is
a superb blonde; her rosy complexion
and golden hair set off by sparkling
black eyes. In proscenium box she
can usually be seen when the theater
is accessible, apparently unconscious
of everybody except the handsome &C
tor, whom she deYours with eager and
greedy attention. She leans from this
box to see him, and, when he seems
for the moment to forget her presence,
she utters & little appealing cough.
Altogether, is is too much, far too
much, for the gravity of respectable
New York audience, and people have
begun to ihrong the theater to see a
play not put down on the bill. II is
said that the handsome sctor receives
numerous billci-doux from his cEarm-
ing prosecutor, with bouquets and
o'her present, all of which, like
model husband and virturus actor, he,
of course, hands over to his wife. But
one would like 30 have the German
husbands version of the affur trans
lated into idIomatic English"
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Az average of ten dollars per day
passes over each rumseller's counter in
Austin for liquor. There are one hun
dred and twentY-six persons who pay
United States license as retailers of
whisky. One thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars per day is Austlu's
bar bill. No wonder that butchers,
bakers, merchants, tallors and mechan-
les have but little pay.
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HARD TIMEsr' ''poor trsde!"
" high taxesw We hear these excla-
nations in all quarters. Why are they
uttered What causes this stagnation
of all the productive industries of the
land The whisky traffic. Austin
to-day would be prosperous and happy
if the $500, 900 per annum which she
sinks in her whisky shops were distrib-
uted into the branches OF needful
trade
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WE are told that the national brew

WE are told that the national brew
ers' association have had an agent IN
Austin, and effected an organization,
of which an excellent merchant on
the Avenue is president. His purpose
is to defeat the "local optionists,
and for this money will be freely used.
The moral effect of the exclusion of
whisky from the capital of Texas viii
be terrible blow leveied at the wills,
Ky trade everywhere, and, however
promotive of the prosperity of the cap
ital and of the country, il not to be
borne by those whose fortunes are
identified with the whisky trade.
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The Crown Prince OF Prussia the
other day invested his eldest son,
Prince William, with his own hand,
with the star and blue ribbon of the
Order of the Garter, sent to the boy by
his grandmother, Victoria. The Crown
Prince and his wife were deeply
moved, and were apparently greatly
delighted at this unexpected distinction
bestowed upon their son at so tender
an age. His Royal Highness remarked
that this was the first time in the his
tory of the order that three members
of the same family were wearing the
distinguished badge at the same time.
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CROOKED PRINTING.

The Illinois Legislature is having g
nice time looking into what the Chica-
90 Times denominates "a sample steal, "
the Job of the State commission con-
trolling public printing. This commits
sion is composed of the Secretary of
State, the State Auditor, the State
Treasurer and the Attorney General.
The "printer expert" has been before
a legislative committee, and the cork
screw having been applied, he has told
q wonderful tale, which must ruin the
members of the commission and lead
the expert to seek other employment.
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CAPT. ]. w. FIsHBURN, of the Mexia
Ledger, has bought the interest OF Col.
Barlow in the Corsicana lnder, and is
now editor and proprietor of that ex-
cellert paper. Col. Barlow has pur-
chased the Dallas Herald, and will de-
vote his genius and great capacity for
labor to the task of making the Herald
the choicest organ of Democracy in
TpYss
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SAM. J. TnDES, when Of the Tam
many ring, is hardly good authority
on the whisky question. Tammany
and whisky and Tweed were converti-
Die terms. But TiIden charged mis-
tack and put on another coat and
kicked Tammsny even into periition
and never more argued that ''anti-
whisky legislation involved a miscon-
ception of the purposes of govern
ment." Texas has always legislated
against whisky.
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4 CORPS of engineers are at work
locating the line CT The Austin and
Pacific Short Line Usmpasas) Rail-
road, and although we do not know
by what route the road will enter the
city. we are assured that the point Of
intersection with the International has
been determined, and the line perma-
nently located for several miles beyond
that point. The people will rejoice to
learn these facts and gladly assist in
pushing on the good work.
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THE Limestone Neeo Err says: ''AIr.
Mills can now be elected to any office
within the gift of the people of Texas
Congressman, Governor, Senator
anything-jast name the Office and
take it, Roger O."