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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
A Sword with q History.

The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle
says: When II. T. w. Duke entered
the Confederate service in 1861 as Cap
tain of Company A, Nineteenth Virginia
Regiment, he carried with him an old
sword which, according to the family
tradition, was the sword of DR.. Thomas
Walker-the Colonel's great-grandfa-
ther-who was Commissary- General of
the Virginia troops under Washington,
in Braddock's army. At the battle of
Sailors Creek, April 6, 1865, Colonel
Duke, then commanding regiment in
Custis Lees division, was, with his en-
tire command, captured by the Federal
troops. The Colonel surrendered to a
Lieutenant Cronert, in New York
regiment, and requested his captor to
preserve his sword, acquainting him
with its value as family relic. Captor
and captured then exchanged addresses
and parted, the Colonel to remain some
months in Johnson's Island Prison.
Since the war several efforts have
been made to find out the Colonel's
captor, but it was only a few months
ago that his present address was OBJ
tanned, and a letter received from him
contained the information that the
sword was still in his possession. After
some negotiations the sword was for
warded, and is now in the Colonel's pos
session.
1t is quaint and singular looking old
weapon, triangular-shaped, having three
cutting edges, solid silver hilt and
guards, is of the style known as a dress
sword of the time of Charles and Queen
Anne, and has doubtless danced at the
side Of some gay cavalier in the days
when "Church, King and State," was
the cry. 1t followed its owner to the
Old Dominion, and paced minuets
with his descendant at court balls at
Williamsburg, ran away with him at
Braddock's defeat, saw the Revolution
of 1776, and now after being drawn in
to four years. contest for the "Lost
Cause" and surrendered with a heavy
heart, has again returned to whom it
belongs, where, we trust, it will remain
unsheathed for years to come.
DIR. Walker, the original owner of the
sword, was quite distinguished man in
the early history of this and Louisa
Counties, representing both of these
counties time after time i'm the House of
Burgesses. He was the guardian of
Thomas Jefferson and intimately con-
nected in public and private relations
with Washington. He was married
twice, his wives being Misses Thornton,
first cousins of Washington. He held
many important offices in Virginia, be-
ing member of the conventions of 1775
and 1889. At one time he owned the
land upon which Charlottesville is now
situated, and he gave the public square
to the county to build the Court House.
1t is said he could ride from Gordons-
vile TO the Ohio River and sleep every
night of his journey on his own ground.
He is buried at Castle Hill, the residence
of his granddaughter, Mrs. William c.
Rives. DIR. Walker left numerous de-
scendants in this county, the Rives,
Nelson's, Maurys, Frys, Gilmers, Lew
ises, Pages and Dukes being descend
ants of his children.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
Miles on Miles of Winged Ants.

Yesterday afternoon spectacle was
witnessed by Dansvillians resembling
one of four years ago in character, but
greatly exceeding it in magnitude.
Clouds of small-winged ants blackened
the atmosphere in perpendicular streaks,
extending north and south an apparent
distance of five or six miles, and per-
pendicularly from near the earth about
a mile upward, and moved rapidly from
east to west with the wind from near
O'Clock until it was too dark to see them,
so that the vast insect flock must have
been over IS miles in length. Many of
them settled down in the village, very
thickly in spots, but not nearly SO thick
ly as in 1874. The most of them were
very small, but many of them were as
large as large ant, and some of those
large ones were without wings, the
wings probably having dropped off. Oc-
casionally one of the clouds, a few feet
in thickness, would be seen moving
rapidly downward as well as
westward, while others would keep
right on. We have found no Dansvil-
liam who recollects any phenomena of
the kind except the one of 1874, which
occurred September of that year, ear
ly in the evening.-DansUilte (N. "
AtIpsriiSer
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
Crayshaw's system of lady's help which

Crayshaw's system of lady's help which
was expected to bring about a millenni-
um to tired housewives has not proved
the anticipated success, and women are
still turning their backs resolutely on
housework, while clamoring for some
thing to do. There are dozens of homes
in every part of the land where ladies
who could and would really help the
overburdened mother, would be a well
come and much desired boon. The
energetic, old-fashioned Cousin Mary
or Miss Betsy is household treasure,
loved and honored alike by children
and parents. But women fitted for
such places are hard to find. Thorough
ly domestic in the first place, ladylike
in the second, and models of patient
gentleness in the third, with all the
thousand and one domestic accom-
plishments SO necessary in q
family, no wonder they are rare
and valued by those who possess
them. Even when single women are
dependent upon relatives or friends
they are too apt to make of themselves
a thorn in the flesh instead of pin to
hold things together, or wedge to fill
up chink. Or not unfrequently they
fret and chafe at their dependence, for
getting that there are few homes where
a woman with tact and discretion can
not make herself useful, ifnot neces-
sary factor in the household, a helper to
be valued, and when absent to be sore
ly missed. And what difference there
is. even in visitors-how one comes and
quietly and efficiently lightens labor and
brightens the atmosphere to every one,
while another adds to every body's work
and produces general dissatisfaction.
The sixth sense, which we call tact, is
one in which many people are lacking.
The habit of quietly doing whatever the
hand finds to do, never fails to render
its possessor useful, and the want of
this, the lack of training, the absence of
thoroughness, in the sense of doing well
whatever is done, are the great obstacles
to woman's success in her part of the
worlds work. But in the present crisis,
when strong and able men stand all day
long idle in the market places, from that
saddest of all reasons, "because no man
hath hired" them, the woman who is
earning her living has cause for gratu-
lation. If any thing better offers let her
take it by all means, but, after all, con-
tentment is the true secret of happiness,
and the millionaire signing for the ira
ditional roc's egg is less to be envied
than the humble workman whose wages
satisfy his wants, and whose dinner of
herbs is eaten with an appetite.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
FOREIGN.

A Vienna dispatch of the 2Sth says that
the present cessation of military operations
in Bosnia is to continue until the four new
ly modified divisions have arrived at their
destination. In few days the whole mo-
bilized force, numbering from 120, 200 to
10, 900 men, will be united, and operations
will be prosecuted on larger scale. The
completely of the Seryians in the insurrec-
tion is again asserted from various quarters.
According to Vienna advices, Gen. Szapary
has so far successfully repulscd all attacks.
Dispatches from Belgrade, however, state
that the insurgents declare that Gen. Szapa-
~ has withdrawn from Dobaj to the left
bank of the Bosnia and destroyed the
bridges. They also claim that Gen. Phil
lipovitch's army at Serajevo is seriously
threatened on both sides.
The International Monetary Conference
at Paris has adjourned sine die. A corre-
spondent, summarizing the general results
of the Conference, says: "Existing COM
plications preclude the formation of Mon
etary Union. The English delegates pro-
nounce the consequences of German de-
monetiZation disastrous. Monometalism is
advocated by only three small States. The
sentiment against the further demonetiEa-
tion of silver is overwhelming. The in
huence of the conference is deemed impor-
tant for the future Of silver"
The following are given as the more
important points of the convention
signed by Count Andrassy and the Turk
ish plenipotentiaries: The sover-
eighty of the Sultan the ruler Of Bos-
mia and Herzegovina is acknowledged. The
present Turkish officers are to remain on
their posts; il any resign or are removed for
cause native Bosnians are to be chosen as
their successors, irrespective of religion.
The gendarmerie and the military are
to be composed of natives. The
usual prayers for the Sultan as the
ruler of the country and the Supreme
Commander of the country are to be con-
tinued in the mosques. The occupation of
the provinces is to be strictly temporary and
provisional. Ne time is set for its duration,
but IL is to cease rs soon as the European
powers decree that the necessary reforms
have been effected. The Sultan is to issue
a decree, addressed to all the faithful in
the provinces, informing them Of this con-
vention, requiring them to cease further
resistance and to cooperate with the Aus
trian officials in restoring peace and award
ing justice to all.
Eight persons were killed and so severely
injured by a collision on the Chatham and
Dover Railway, England, on the 31st.
The town of Miskolez, Hungary, contain
ing population Of about 10000, has been
almost entirely laid waste by storm. One
thousand houses were destroyed and 600 per-
sons killed. At Erlan, about 65 miles from
Pesth, the River Eyer broke though the
walls of the town, and whole rows Of
houses were demolished and many persons
drowned
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
THE DANCER.

He met her at the picnic,
He melted at her glance,
And he nlurmured sadly in her ears,
Dear heart, can not dance"
Now the green shadowed woods resound
With airs of sunny France;
In many figures DER the ground
The youths and maidens prance.
But who is he, far down the glen,
Who eyes this scene askance?
Who shuns the eyes of maids and men?
'Tis he who can not dance.
Not dance? Yet see! behold him there,
observe him leap and prance;
High climbs lie in the empty air,
wild, weird, fiendish dance.
lie leaps, he kicks, he slaps his legs;
ALI, ha! His wide, wide pants
Are full OF fifteen thousand times
Ten thousand thousand ants.
Darlington HGlcEeye.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
School and Church.

The salaries of the grammar-school
principals in San Francisco have been
Increased from S1S5 month to 5000.
ly all printed. 1t will be presented to
year.
The Protestant Episcopal Commit
tee of Foreign Missions wants $4,000
at once to meet pressing liabilities, and
makes an urgent call for it.
Princeton Theological Seminary
owns over 81, 900, 900 worth of property.
About quarter of this is in real estate,
the rest of it in bonds and mortgages.
The new education law of Holland,
adopted by the Chambers and sanctioned
by the King, excludes the Bible ard re-
ligious teaching from the primary
schools.
-" Six days of the week he's invisi-
BILE, and on the seventh he's incompre-
hensible," was the account which a dis
satisfied old lady gave of her pastor and
his ministrations.
Ida Nj. Pierce, daughter of Rev. j.
n. Pierce, of the st. Louis Conference,
has been elected to the chair of English
literature in Simpson Centenary Col
lege.
There is now only one Methodist
body in Ireland, the Wesleyans and the
Primitives having united at the meet
ings of their Conferences recently held
in Dublin. The United Church has
nearly 200 ministers.
Portugal has but one university,
Coimbra, founded in 1890. 1t has 70
instructors and LOO students. There
are 2, 2,450 elementary schools, and pa
rents whose children can not read and
write by 10 lose their political rights.
The New Orleans school directors
resolved that all female teachers who
marry during vacation shall lose their
places; their theory is that married
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
GENERAL.

The Railroad Conference, held at Sarato-
ga recently, decided upon the fixing of COM
mon rates for both west-bound and east
bound freights, the abolition of agencies
and commissions, and a number of minor
points.
Capt. James b. Eads has received an au-
tograph letter from the Emperor Dom Pc
dro, complimenting him very highly upon
the success of his engineering achievements,
and rendering him a responsible position
under the Brazilian Government, to super
intend the improvement of its navigable
waters.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
THE LAWYER IN THE EDITORS RED.

l slept in an editors bed last night,
When no other chanced to be nigh;
And thought, rs tumbled the editors bed,
How easy the editors lie.
-ErchGn5e.
If the lawyer slept in the editors bed
When no other lawyer chanced to be nigh,
And thought, as above, he has naively said,
How easily editors lie,
He must then admit, as he lay on that bed
And slept to his hearts desire,
Whate'er he may say of the editors bed,
Twas the lawyer himself was the lier.
-NeW Orleans Bulletin.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07

The American Baptists have the
illogical seminary in India. 1t is located
at Ramapatam, and is called the Brown
son Theological Seminary. The native
assistants of the Teloogoo Mission re-
class, consisting of seventeen men and
four women, was graduated this year.
The women are wives of some of the
graduates, and have made as good a
record in their studies as any of the men
All the graduates are said to have pass
ed good examinations.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
FAST HORSE.

Smart colt? You may bet yer pile, young
man,
That beast'll travel her mile, young man,
At quicker speed
Than you ever seed,
As If her jints was all lie, young man.
Why, t'other day. I'll be shot, young man,
But she stood on that 'ere spot, young man,
When lightnin' bolt
Ran arter the colt,
And she led it all round the lot, young man.
-Boston Post.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07

The following is said to be good
cement for sealing corks in bottles:
Melt together I pound each of sealing
wax and resin with ounces of bees
wax. When it froths, stir with tallow
candle.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07

women have supporter, and should
give way to their sisters who have none.
The Chautauqua Sunday School As
sembly, which has just closed, was in
every respect the most successful yet
held. AS many as 5000 persons were
there at one time on several occasions
during the Assembly, and the throng
was not at any time less than 5000. The
managers devised liberal things, secur-
ing the best and most popular speakers,
and paying them we'll for their services.
The whole expense for teachers, speak
ers, preachers, lecturers, and music was
over $1,000.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07

Richmond is making unusually
heavy shipments of tobacco to Germany
and France.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
Haps md NIiahnps.

The scratch of q pin, which grew
into an infiamed ulcer and threw her in.
to spasms, caused the death of DIR. John
stones wife at Linton, Ga.
james Rogers, of Ashtabula, O.,
died from the effects of glanders, COM
municated by horse. His body was
in an almost putrid condition when
death occurred.
Samuel B. Mix, farmer living near
Trinity Mills, Dallas County, Texas,
was instantly killed by lightning, plow-
ing. The lightning struck him on the
bead, passed over his body and tearing
his boots off.
AT Tiffin, O., 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Andrew Robinson was playfully
tossing her infant brother in and out of
q second-story window, when she lost
her grip on the little fellow and he fell
to the ground, distance of 1S feet,
fracturing his skull.
AT Algonza, Mich, Jerome Clark
and his daughter, 16 years of age, were
struck by lightning while sitting in
their house. The young lady was in
stantly killed, and Mr.. Clark so stunned
by the shock that he will probably not
recover.
WIN. Braque, farmer living at
Dandy, Mich, was getting ready to
thresh, the other morning, and going
out after breakfast looked up as he was
passing under an apple tree and re-
marked to his wife that he thought it
would not rain much, when bolt of
lightning struck him on the forehead,
killing him instantly.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
Foreign Notes.

Pope Leo XIII. is said to be an en-
thusiastic amateur in music and to be
able to sing mass with fine effect.
The Grand Duke Nicholas, of Rus
sia, is reported to have fallen into dis
grace because of official peculation.
The captive balloon, which is one
of the attractions of the Paris Exposition,
is said to have cost nearly $3.50, 200, and
the proprietors pay ground rent of
$4,000. The price for 90 minutes as
cension is "a head. Miss Sarah Bern
hardt, the famous actress, makes three
ascensions daily. 1t is reported that,
after the close of the Exposition, the
balloon is to be brought to this country.
An old fellow named Barney Moran,
who died recently in the Work-house at
Balliea, in Ireland revealed to the chap
lain before his death that he was the ex-
ecutioner of Robert Emmet. He was a
young soldier at the time, and perform
ed the revolving office for reward.
| None but few officers knew who he
was, and the secret was so well kept that
it has commonly been supposed to be
past finding out.
The Je,oish World, published in
London, announces that an agent has
been sent to Palestine "charged with
the duty of purchasing land and other
wise commencing the realization of the
great humanitarian scheme of the Sir
Moses Montefore fund.- the object of
which is to better the condition of the
Jews of Palestine by the introduction
among them of agricultural and indus
trial pursuits, under such control as
shall make their Improvement perma-
nent and lasting"
Five hundred and sixty-three per-
sons, it is stated, have been arrested in
Germany since the I'd of June, the date
of Nobling's crime, for insults on the
Emperor William. Forty.two of these
have been acquitted, and the rest, in
Guiding 81 women, sentenced to terms
of Imprisonment amounting altogether
to S1l years. Berlin, Breslau, Bonn,
Bochum, Hall, Lobsaun, and. Mannheim
produced most of the prosecutions, and
five of the accused committed suicide
before trial.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
Odds and Ends in Rhyme.

There was a young man of Oquawka,
Got married, and went to Chicago
With his darling bride to spend the honey
moon;
And this was their true loves course:
In the morning she got a divorce,
And married another man in the afternoon.
Huntington Ha,ckeys.
That man." said Kate, ito love for me
Is sure a very slave,
Fen tho it's full year since
To him the mitten gave"
oh! then lies not a slave" said Prue,
AS Ger her face there fitted
A roguish smile, "you just confessed
That he was manumitted."
-Yonkers Ga=ette.
Born on Monday,
wart on the nose;
Born on Tuesday,
Corns on the toes;
Born on Wednesday,
Hair will be red:
Born on Thursday,
Weak in the head;
Born on Friday,
Freckly skin;
r Born on Saturday,
Mole on the chin;
Born on Sunday,
Born to sin.
st. Louis Journal
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-07
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The Secretary Of War has issued a per-
NIT, through the Keeper of Confederate
Archives in the custody of the War Depart
ment, rendering free access thereto to the
Southern Historical Society, which, accept
ing, has extended to the Government like
y 'yileges to papers in its possession.
y Dennis Kearney was in Washington on
krne 10Th and called upon President Hayes at
the White House. There is no report of
what was said at the interview. In the
evening Kearney addressed workingmen's
meeting from the steps of the Capitol.
Kearney returns to Massachusetts to take
the stump for General Butler for Governor.
The public debt statement for August
shows decrease in the debt of S6,415,504,
and the following balances in the Treasury:
Currency. 3, ,122 III; special fund for the
redemption of fractional currency, S10,O00,-
600; special deposit of legal tenders for re-
demption Of certificates of deposit, $40, AGO.
900; coin, S23s, ,42O, 100, including coin and
silver certificates, S44,017, $50; outstanding
legal tenders, 1916, ,743, 1856.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-11
LIVER 10 KING.

The Liver is the imperial organ of
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health aud happiness of man.
When it is disturbed in its proper action,
ali kinds of ailments are the natural re.
suit. The digestion of food, the move.
ments of the heart and blood, the action
of the brain and nervous system, are all
Immediately connected with the working
of the Liver. 1t has been successfully
proved that Green's August Flower is
u%nequalled in curing all persons afflicted
with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and
all the numerous symptoms that result
from an unhealthy condition of the Liv.
er and Stomach. Sample bottles to try.
1Ocents. POSITIVELY sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what you want
Sold by Mills & Purdy.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-11
A. usskssAsLx rscrw.


You deserve 10 suffer, sud IL you lead
. miscs able, unsatisfactory life 10 this
beautiful world II il entirely your own
fault and there 10 only one excuse for
you,-your unreasonable prejudice and
skcpticism, which has killed thousands.
Personal knowledge and common sense
reasoning will soon show you that
Green's August Flower will cure you Of
Liver complaint. or Dyspepsia, with all
its miserable effects, such as sick head
ache, palpitation Of the heart, sour stom-
sch, habitual %cos.iveness, dizziness OF
the head. nervous prostration, low spirits,
&c. Its sales now reach every town ON
the Western Continent and not a Druggist
but will tell you of its wonderful cures,
You Can buy a Sample Bottle for 10 cents.
Three doses will relieve you.
Sold by Mills & Purdv.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-11
HALLS VEGETABLE slcuL,Ar
HAIR RENE WEIR.

Is scientific combination of some of the
most powerful restorative agents in the
vegetable kingdom. 1t restores gray hair
to its original color. 1t makes the scalp
white and clean 1t cures dandruf and
humors, and talling-out of the hair. 1t
furnishes the nutri.ive principle by which
the hair is nourished and supported. II
makes the hair moist, soft, aud glossy, and
is unsurpassed as a hair dressing 1t is
the most economical preparation ever of.
fered to the public, as Its effects remain
a long time, making only an occasional
application necessary. 1t is recommended
. used by eminent medical men, and
officially endorsed by the State Assayer
OF Massachusetts,. For sale by all dea-
lcrs. Sold by Mills g. Purdy Yankton