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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
A SagaciOus Chicken.

A certain family in town are the for
tunate owners of a fine large flock of
chickens, for nearly all of which they
have some especial name to designate
them. A few evenings since, just after
lighting the gas, two of the young Ia
dies of the house, who were sitting near
a window, were frightened almost out
of their senses by a something flying up
on the outside of the window-sill and
tapping against one of the panes, evil
dently trying to attract the attention of
some one. This something, upon a
second look, proved to be nothing else
than one of their chickens, by the name
of CHARITY" One of the young la
dies OWNED what the difficulty was, and
started down to the chicken-coop, fol-
lowed by the knowing Charity. She
found the door of the coop shut, blown
to, perhaps, by the wind, and the flock
collected together and waiting very pa
tiently until some one should appear
and open the door As soon as the door
was opened the whole flock went quietly
in, and nothing more was heard of them
until the. next morning.-Laaeaster
| (Pd } NelU Era.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
Letting Him Down Hard.

He was an aesthetic young man from
the city. The f1oor-manager had intro
duced him to divine young creature
in blue, and they stood in the set wait
ing for the prompter's call.
"What charming assembly," re-
marked the young man from the city,
gazing around upon the array of beauti-
full faces and costumes. There is
something so captivating, so etherealiz-
ing, in these gatherings of culture and
refinement, that l am always charmed
when l can mingle with such a joyous
throng. Do you not pronounce this a
fashionable and intellectual soiree-a
superior gathering OF beauty and gen.
tilityP"
"It's the boss" replied the gentle
creature in blue, as she arranged the
fastening of a neat little glove.
The young man from the city had to
be assisted out of the hall.-Rockland
(N.Y) Courier.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

Vegetable Sonp Without Meat.-Cut up
8 carrots, 2 turnips, cabbage to make
II coffee cupful, large tomatoes, po-
tatoes, 6 heads of celery, green beans
Il pint), parsley, thyme, and a ta-
blespoonful of rice; cover with water
and boil slowly for hour. Put into a
saucepan 4 teacupful nice drippings
(or clarified sueO; add onions, and
fry until red, then stir in 2 tablespoon
fuls of flour; when smooth and brown
ed little stir in a pint of milk, broth,
or water; pepper and salt (do not add
these before, as they would cause the
fieur to scorch), then add the vegeta-
bles and the little water remaining about
them, with more water if necessary
simmer slowly until time to serve (or
about an hour) when pour through
colander, mashine the vegetables
bring to boil and polr over sippets OF
toast in tureen.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
IT coII, sshu D..---, -. ~A.---I . I3--EI- -
can be found who has crossed the forty
line.
Science and Industry.

Tanners at Mason, Mich, are max
ing buggy robes of horse hides.
--Elkhardt, Ind, has a knitting fac
tory which furnishes employment to 60
persons.
OF the 1900, 900, 900 of cigars now
annually consumed in this country,
about 80 per cent. are of home manu-
facture.
"A company with 3,0OO,0 900 capital
has been formed at London, Ont, to
make india-rubber from the juice of the
milk-weed.
Representatives of 100 families at
Lynn, Mass, propose establishing CO.
operative boot and shoe factory some
where in Texas.
"A case narrated in the Engineer
shows that common blacklead stove
polish, mixed with tallow, proved an
effective lubricator when all other means
failed to prevent a bearing getting hot.
All the shoes for the use of the ar
my are made at the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., by military
convicts, with the aid OF modern ma
chimes. Last year SO, $50 pairs were
made.
The total cotton spindles in the
North are now estimated at about 9,
000, 900, and in the South at 1000, or
total in the country of say 10000, 600.
OF the 68,000,000 spindles employed in
the manufacture of cotton in 1876, the
United States had in round numbers
10,OOo, 900, and Great Britain 100000
600.
The St. Louis Miller is the name of a
new semi monthly trade journal of 1G
cages, devoted to the milling interests,
Just started in st. Louis by Messrs.
Thomas & Stone, who are also the pub
fishers of the Commercial Gazette. The
Miller is well edited and handsomely
printed, and shows evidence of being
started on prosperous career.
Since last August Paris has expend
ed upward of $4,000 in experimenting
with the electric light. The avenue
of the Opera, the Theater Francois
and Corps Legislatiff were lighted up
at the cost of from % to 35 cents hourly
each burner. For the same money from
6S to 95 gas burners could have been
used, with far greater Illuminating pow
er. The City Council is negotiating fol
fresh experiments at reduced rates.
Our cotton crop for the year end
ing Aug. 81, 1873, according to tn,
! figures of the Commercial and Ftnldnctd
Chronicle, amounted to 4,Sl1 ,265 bales
against 4,485, ,423 bales in 1877 This j
| the largest crop since that of 1S59-6O
the greatest ever known, and is only
little behind that. OF the total supply
3,340, 166 bales were exported, Will
I. $40, ,29S bales were taken for hom
consumption. The takings for hom
use were largely in excess of those Q
previous years.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the Sd, large number
of appointments, made during the recess.
were transmitted by the President. Stand
ing and other committees existing at the
close of the last session are continued. Mr..
Beck submitted a resolution, calling upon
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
the Senate what amount and denomi-
in payment of customs dues since the
beginning of the current tscal year.
and whether or not he has applied the silver
to payment of interest on bonds
or notes of the the United States, etc.
Agreed TO- AT the conclusion of the morning
business. Mr. Matthews called up the Texas
Pacific Railroad bill, and made an address in
favor thereof In the House. several bills
dollars into standard silver dollars for
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
Foreign Notes.

-" Afghanistan," said competent
British authority some years ago, "is a
land of rocks and sand, deserts, ice and
snow. Take small force into the
country, and you are beaten; take
large one, and you are starved"
Lord Beaconstield is described as
being chary always of accepting casual
attentions from strangers. Mr.. Glad
stone, on the contrary, is the most ac-
cessible of all men who have attained
such a position as his.
The train called the "Flying Dutch
man" on the Great Western, England,
runs from Paddington to Swindon, 77t
miles, in one hour and 27 minutes
over so miles per hour, the fastest train
in the world.
The effect of the long commercial
depression upon the German people is
best seen from some recently published
statistics. In the kingdom of Prussia
marriages have decreased since 1872 by
about 0ne-sixth, births remaining at a
figure much more closely approaching
that of six years ago.
At recent fashionable marriage in
London, the bridegroom requested the
bride to order her own jewels. This she
did, and bills have now come in amount
ing to above 100000. The bridegroom
can not pay and the jewellers decline to
take back their wares.
From January, 1876, till May last,
23 dead bodies have been cremated in
the City of Milan, one of them that of a
woman. Four bodies, ascertained to be
of the weight of 63, 62, Al, and SO kilo-
grammes, have yielded ashes to the
weight of between two and three kilo-
grammes. A kilogramme is about two
ard one-fifth pounds.
King Alfonso is reported to have
recovered from his first grief over his
Young Queens death. When clad in the
deepest mourning, with his small figure
that seemed to have shrunk to half its
size, his pale, dark, almost wizened face
completely shaved and closely clipped
, hair, he looked more like poor stu
! dent preparing for holy orders and
consumed with penance and fasting
} than like the monarch of call th'
J Spains."
Here is a story about Bismarck
told by Herr Busch, in his new book
One day at dinner, in camp, the council
, lors who dined with Bismarck express
+ ed fear that the supply of their favor
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

1t is said that Mr.. Black received
$4,000 for his novel, "Macleod of
Dare"
Capt. Whyte Melville, the English
novelist, recently fell from his horse
while hunting and broke his neck.
Louis A. Cooley, the founder, and
for nearly so years the publisher of
Godey'S Lady'S Book, died few days
since in the 18th year of his age.
-Dickens's baptismal name was
Charles John Huffman Dickens, but,
being laughed at by his companions, he
early came to writing his name simply
Charles Dickens.
The New Orleans Times offers a
medal valued at 800 for the best poem
expressing the gratitude of the people
of the South toward the people of the
North for its kindness during the epi-
demic.
"A woven book has been manufac-
tured at Lyons, the whole of the letter.
press being executed in silken thread.
Portraits, verses and brief addresses
have often been reproduced by the
loom, but an entire volume from the
weaver's hand is novelty.
IT is said that Bret Harte first pub
lished the "Heathen Chinee" to ac-
commodate the printer of the Overland
Monthly, who wanted copy to fill out a
page or two. He experienced some mis-
givings, but the public soon succeeded
in allaying his fears in regard to its pre-
sentability.
Queen Victoria, it is reported by
the London Echo, helps the authors
whose works she admires, by recon-
mending them to magazine editors.
The latest man of letters whom his
sovereign has assisted in this way is
Mr.. Charles Gibbon, author of "Auld
Robin Gray" I" For Lack of Gold,"
and so forth.
Mr.. John Gilbert, the fiftieth ami
versary of whose appearance on the
stage has just been celebrated at Wal
lacks Theater in New York City by q
fitting ovation, is now in his 6Sth year,
but is still a vigorous, bright-eyed and
energetic man, the result of a life of
temperance and frugality. His sum-
mers are spent among old friends and
old books in his pretty sea-shore cottage
at Manchester, Mass.
Kate Sanborn, the lecturer, puts in
SOOu WOTu IOT Olu IUdluS, VI WuOlu
she is one. She says: Among the
"spinster authors of England" were
Queen Bess, Miss Carter, Catherine
Talbot, Hannah More, Anna Stewart,
Jane Austen, Jane Porter, Joanna Bal
lie, Maria Edgeworth, Jane Taylor,
Miss Milford, Harriet Martineau, Ma
tiida Bentham, Mary Berry, Caroline
Gerschell, Eiizgh-ih Srrith and Helen
Maria Williams.
-Tm. A. Crofutt, the paragraphist
Of the New York Frai hjc, is a genuine
humorist, with au element 0f poetry in
his nq',li -, SIM lso'lg q E,ljIve 0I Con
nccncut, and has q good deal Of the rea
wooden nutmeg in him. He went West
and got amazingly broadoued, ano
roughened, and sharpened. lie ma.
/ been editor, lecturer, politician, poet
and mOralist, bat he has managed &c
keep the oest'oi all Of them. and is 81.
iIesh, anu ..isA-, and genial 81 man "a.
can be found who has crossed the forty
| line,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

iitliO < itA iius..aON. 49, --GOC--sL4ELh " ~
terribly gored by the infuriated beast
and tossed up in the air a distance of 10
feet.
"A daughter of Daniel Morrison, of
Avoca, Iowa, undertook to ride an un-
broken colt the other day. AS soon as
the colt felt her weight on his back he
became frantic, threw her off, and bound
ed wildly over the prairie, dragging the
poor girl for three hours with her foot
in the stirrup, and when found her body
was crushed to jelly.
Shooting accidents: Fred Page, a
young man living near Raymond, ILL.,,
killed by his own gun; 13-year-old
boy named Wilson, at Rock Island,
H., seriously wounded by dropping
revolver from his pocket; 9-year-old
daughter of John A. Smith, near Elk
hart, Ind, fatally shot by her brothers
gun, which he had placed in corner
of the room on his return from hunt
ing; Emerson Boreland, of Swan,
Ind, instantly killed by E. nj.
Holmes, while the latter was cleaning
a revolver VIM. Rowland, of Well
lington, Mich, shot by his brother-in-
law while hunting; a 16-year-old son of
VIM. Dunaphy, of East Saginaw, Mich,
shot and killed by his father while the
latter was fooling with a revolver; Lew
is w. Bryant, aged 10, shot and killed
by John p. Moon, aged II, at Houston,
Texas, while the two were cunning
for birds.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
school and Church.

George Miller, who with his faith
in prayer has accomplished such mira
cles of charity in England, is to revisit
and preach in this country next year.
Chicago is about to lose one of its
most popular preachers, the Rev. Ed
ward Sullivan, of Trinity Episcopal
Church, having signified his intention
to accept call to st. Georges Church
in Montreal.
Among the South Sea Islands, the
Free Church of Scotland has maintained
a mission-ship for % years. Her name
is the Dayspring. Her annual expense
is about 81, 1,250, which is raised mostly
by contributions from Sunday-school
children. The London Missionary So
ciety, the Wesleyans, and the Episcopa-
lians, all have mission-ships plying
from island to island. The schooner
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

Ice did not become an article of
commerce until the present century
but already in the United States alone
$50, 0,OO0, 900 are invested in the business
of gathering and sellingit. Large ship
ments of ice are made to South Ameri-
ca and Asia; the European nations sup
plying themselves with ice from Nor
way. There has been aremarkable in
crease in the use of the. article in the
United States since 1845, when only 5O,-
600 tons of it were used In the year
1876 the consumers bought 2,500,0
tons, and probably 5,00OpOO were cut.
Beer brewers are the best consumers of
the ice companies, several using $4,000
tons of ice annually.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
GENERAL.

The managers of the railway trunk-lines
have agreed to continue for five years the
present pooling arrangement on West-bound
freight, and also to put an immediate stop
to the cutting Of passenger rates.
A report comes from Europe that Gen.
Grant will be offered the Bulgarian crown.
Representatives of the various trades
unions met at Philadelphia on the 9Th, and
agreed to call National Convention, for
political purposes, to be held either in st.
Louis or Chicago, some time in January.
The New Orleans Commercial Convention
adopted resolutions favoring liberal appro-
priations by the Government for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi and its tribr.
taries, and also in favor OF the Texas Pacific
Railroad.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

One of the presents to the Princess
Louise at her departure from Liverpool
was a copy of the DAILY Post, printed on
white silk.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
Odds and Ends.

Ouus anu
"A Hartford beau has just made the
startling discovery that a girls ribs run
up and down. OF course it's so.-Dan-
bury Nsa0s.
There is no material difference be-
tween trapeze performers, liquor deal
ers, and lawyers, as they must all be al
mitted to the bar in order to practice
their professions.
An exchange says: "Kind words
are better than gold" Well, they may
be for some purposes, but when you
want to choke off a bill collector with a
heavy under jaw, COLDS the best. Such
men don't run to sentiment much
Bridgeport Standard.
1t must be gratifying to parents to
know that their boys have so perfectly
acquired Latin that they are able to use
it in ordinary discourse. Two of them
were one day engaged in pummeling
each other, when q third cried out,
"Soc ct t1,tna, Romeoi''
"A class was being examined recently
in sun-beaten town of Sussex. The
subject under discussion was the flood.
Among the first questions put was,
"How did Noah understand that there
was going to be f1oodP" "'Cause, -
shouted an urchin, /" he looked at his
almanac!''
Two young ladies who have been
intimate for seven years made re-
markable discovery the other day. A
word dropped in conversation by one
caused the other to remark in a surprised
way, "Why, you don't mean to say you
are church-memberI Why, so am ~
and they shook hands warmly.-New.
ark CnH
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

stirred up his gin with a dirty finger,
"nobody'n ever steal my 'stiff' for to
get reward, and that's where I'm got
the age on those rich fellows, you see."
And he quaffed off his liquid slowly,
and reflected on the recompenses that
belong to poverty and worth.-NeUark
Call.
Rev. Joseph Cook thus explains
why boy climbs tree to steal apples:
"The apples are the objective natural
motive, the boys appetite is the subject
i've natural motive, his intention is his
moral motive" And to think that for
hur dreds and thousands of years boys
have gone on stealing apples and get
ting spanked for it just because they
didn't know this.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

spalding & Wales, one OF the heaviest dry
goods firms in Boston, have suspended.
II is reported that Russian vessels are be-
ing secretly fitted out with armaments at
Philadelphia.
At Hillside Station, on the Pennsylvania
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

H'Tpgr's EG1ar says that 81 much
lains 10 be done before woman
..- We as comfortable IN her inyesti-
man does iu mis-" No man,
,tI -Jne name, wfI wcar an inves-
4 man with au iuvestiture on
look worse thau Or Mary Walk
people would hOUU and laugh at
-.n En the streets.-Bprlrlgson RaseH-
Welt --yG's o1le cansC tatioD I've
remarked F-ed-s.1sed chap IN 4
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

Railroad, about 80 miles east of Pittsburg,
on the night of the 9Th, Joseph Hodsom at
tempted to frighten his sister Mary, aged
IS, by Disgusting himself as tramp, think
ing it would be a capital practical joke.
Hearing the dog bark, she opened the door,
and seeing the supposed tramp approach
ing she ordered him to halt, which warning
being disregarded she seized a shot-gu and
fired at the intruder, the charge striking her
brother full in the breast, causing a mortal
wound. He died before doctor could be
summoned to his assistance.
The business portion of the town Of Ma
con, Miss, comprising 80 houses, was
burned on the night Of the 9th. Loss $780,
600, with insurance for about 100000.
William jefferson, colored, was hanged at
Warrenton, N. c., on the 9th, for ravishing
young colored girl. According to his own
confession he had been guilty of a large
number Of crimes OF a like nature in various
parts of the country, where he had lived at
various periods of his life.
Oliphant & Co., an old established china
house of New York, have made an assign
ment.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

Ostrich tips are no ioyer fastened
down to the hat, bu. are allowed TO foat
clrelessly in the air.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

-AIDert BaFcus, an employee :
Fort Wayne (ind.) stsve-faccory.
fatally injured by q stick flying
-:,e 1.-The aud striking him upOr
/ temple
"A 5-year-old son of T. 5. n
land, of Baraboo, Wis, was stra
10 death bT q stick Of wood falling
"a pile and lodging across bis neck
A wild Texas steer escaped #
. Chicago StoCk-ysrG and ri,H s.iong
oan Strnn.. nalIsl-n- !. a-r.r-.. mani :
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
Haps and Mishaps.

Mrs. Calvin Neal, of Kerrville,
Texas, was burned to death by her
clothes taking fire from a stove.
John Eckert, Andrew Earnest and
James Mcfarland, aged respectively IA,
10 and II, were drowned at New Orleans
by the upsetting of skiff.
VIM. Bradenberry, of Elliott Coun-
ty, KY, while oposum hunting, fell over
a cliff 20 feet high, resulting in instant
death.
"A 4-year-old daughter of DR.. Kin
Dey, of Kennebec, Monroe County,
Iowa, was burned to death by her hair
retnhinu fire
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

lite beverage, beer, was running short
sits a good thing that it is" cried
Bismarck energetically; "I am sorry
that beer has got into such universal
use; it makes people stupid, lazy and
impotent. 1t is beer that causes all these
Democratic gossipings which one al
ways hears in beer halls. think that
a good whisky made from grain would
be preferable.
To judge by German official jour-
nails, Bismarck is endeavoring to palli-
ate his rigor toward Socialism by i'm
provements in the condition of the Ia
boring classes. He is urging the crea-
ton of workingmen's cities on the plan
of fMulhouse in Alsace, designed by Jean
Dolfus, and at Hamburg a subscription
of half million marks has been raised
toward second city of that descr1p-
ton. The national subscription of two
and half millions, presented to the
Emperor William as testimonial of af-
fection after the last attack upon his
life, will be added to the fund. Great
economy is effected in Mulhouse, and
the mode of living is, at the same time,
much superior to that of most laboring
men.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14
Morning Star of the American Board is
also in the same service.


also in the same service.
In some parts of California the
state of religion seems to De unpromis-
ing. A Petaluma preacher is credited
with saying that in Calaveras County,
out of a population of 10000, there are
only about 100 protesting Christians.
The condition of the churches in Napa
is thus tersely stated: The Episcopal,
Baptist, and Campbellite Churches are
without pastors. The Rev. Mr.. Rhees,
of the Baptist Church, and the Rev. Mr..
Moore, of the Episcopal Church, have
resigned and gone East.
The plan of confederation of South
ern and Northern Churches grows visi-
bly, in favor in the South. Such a meth
cd of uniting Northern and Southern
Methodism was proposed by Southern
Methodist over year ago. DR.. Stuart
Robinson has suggested a similar
scheme for the union of Presbyterians.
He would divide the Northern Presby-
terian Church into three or four prov
inces, with Provincial Assemblies, and
then would combine these with the
Southern and the Canadian Church in
one General Assembly. The Provincial
Assemblies would be a judicial and the
General Assembly an executive body.
The Churches, North and South, will no
doubt grow up to such plans of union
in time.
AN effort is making in the Reform
ed Episcopal Church to do away with
the observance of Lent as a church fast.
At recent conference of clergymen in
Philadelphia it was decided to recon-
mend to the General Standing Commit
tee the policy of abandoning the services
on the ground that the indulgence in
worldly pleasures before and after Lent
is increased by way of compensation for
enforced abstention during the season
of fasting, and upon the further ground
that uniform moderation of life is the
church's great need, and that this may
be better secured without Lenten OBJ
servaLces than with them. The change,
if it shall be made, will be radical
one, and will work wider breach than
ever between the two Episcopal
Churches in this country.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-14

a Q Win eOI- oTtHhu Lu1
We f az pliabls hangs down ut
-he ~ yay unpleas2utly suggestive
rwi- .lle -aE-rings. in plain dull gold
rep. 5ck with the tiny key OF
gold once locked they are eyi-
dent l-fa secure than some bank
safes