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To all vino suffering from the errors and indls-
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was discovered by a missionary In South America
Send self addressed envelope to Rev. JOSEPH T.
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SUMNER BOARDING.. - West 81 st
street. New York.

M rs. BULkLEY Will accommodate visitors 70 the
4N1 city during the summer months. with rst-class
rooms, with or without board, at moderate rates
Her house is located between Broadway and Fifth
avenue; Is most accessible from the various Ferries
being within two minutes walk of the Elevated Rail-
roads and six lines OF Cars and Stages.
References-Dr. T. 6ailland Thomas, New York:
Rev. 7. D. Witherspoon, Petersburg, Va; Rev. VIM.
&. B0ggs, Memphis. Tenn.
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THE FAMOUS
NIIkAIGnEO aRHINE

MHSHIHVL"I SFhINV WAITER
Which for nearly half century has wrought such
WONDROUS CURES of KIDNEY DISEASE, DYS-
PERSIA and CANCER. may be had OF all druggists.
It's curative properties almost miraculous. For
pamphlets containing remarkable cures address
MISSI5QUoI SPRINGS. Franklin county. Vermont
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LEGAL.
RankrHDt Sale

PY virtue of general order Of sale entered by the
ID United States District Court for fine western
District of Tennessee, Will sell, on
Saturday August 10, 1878.
at No 80 Union street at 10 O'Clock of said Cay al
public auction, the effects of the following named
bankruptS, to-wit: J. 81. Waggener Blakemore r.
Gould, Thomas KoffOd, ID. h. Hildebrand II n Ne
Cullers, L. NJ McLefresh, N Dewar. j. g. Lonsdale
tr., Geo W. Thompson and Z. w Mcmillan: All
books, accounts notes, judgments claims etc
Val W. Williams, all books notes accounts
claims, etc, and also all Interest in lands
ID. A. Clarke Il Co., all books accounts notes
claims, etc, and also all Interest I'm lands
Terms OF Sale-Cash. Evidences of property TO
be seen at my Office.
iy2I su o. WOOLDRIDGF Asstgpaa
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HAPPY tidings for nervous sufferers. and those who
have been dosed, drugged and quacked Pulver-
macher's Electric Belts eTectualy cure premature
debility, weakness and decay. Book and journal,
with information worth thousands, mailed free. Ad-
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SHELBY COUNTY
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.

THE above Association are now ready TO issue
Il their third series of stock. After unpTece
dented successful years business, and having pic
neered entirely field in Building and Loan
Association business. authorized from the re-
suit IN stating 10 borrowers non borrowers that We
can guarantee them the best paying stock In the
city. ,cnptiOns will be received By the Secretary
at the Office of the Association IL Madison street.
or By any of the Directors.
Directors Hon. Jacob Thompson. DR.. D. T. Por-
ter, NJ Gavin, John Gum. L. d. Goodwin, Thomas
Holman. Jr.. p. II. Winters. Judge c. ". HeiSkel,
Fl. W. GIeibel, W. ]. McDermott h. ID JorCan.
Hon. JACOB THOMPSON. ............ President
THOMAS HOLMAN JR $500. .Vice-President
DR. d. T. PORTER .......... ....-...- Urea sur5r
W. j. MCDERMOrT.-- ...-.....-.. Secretary
BELCHER IL JORDAN . ..AttoTnels
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GENERAL TRADE.

The weather was warm again yesterday,
and the business streets had half 5 Abbatical ap-
psarance. Qmranti0e IS thinning out the number
OF boats running north from below, which adds TO
the Quietude. corn offering, but NOBODY wants
any except white for grinding. for which purpose
24O sacks Of white ear-cOrn was taken at 40c; yell
low shelled offered al acc, and white at Al, but
bids we're a cent below hose rates, and there was
talk OF storing outs have been selling I'm bulk from
iatOoats: during the week thousand bushels have
been disposed OF at 3ll2c a bushel In bulk; when
sacked, at Boo bushel; they were from Illinois.
Br1n was quiet; carload was taken at SD Hay
IS dull except for choice timothy, OF which 300
bales sold at Sl4; alsI carload
prairie at 50. CJTTlD,eGI very quiet
Flour was firm and uncbans ed; 81 50d4 10; fam
fly, S5d5 %; fancy, So 50d5 75, according 10
brand Potatoes were 750s0c barrel measure
and - Tor raoce, la store. 81 25dI 40 I'm ship
ping order Oziyas dun AZ 81 2502 25. the latter
for Italian, 4pg.es, 55c e 81 bausl measure, ae-
c0rding 70 quality; 81 bOdi 10 IN shipping or
der; Kentucky chOic-, 81 so Peaches but few
good ones arriving. 2O13Oc box Eggs were
scarce at I5df6c. OEicksNS were quiet at S22
z =, young, 81 25d2 so. DuIeks, So so. Bat
Tor eommons &c ID country 121 &c; choice
e. Dyig1TR 4d5c; peaches. Al |
e demand sOI o q low
. W 81 10 bushel. J
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IRY rELEGRAPHl

lBK TELEGRAPH.l
PARIS, August 3.-Rsntes, IIIf I3c.
NEW ORLEANS, August 3.-GOld, IOO4d IOOIa.
New York sight. i premium. Sterling exchange.
bankers bills, 4S4.
LONDON, August 3 Consois, for money. q4II-IB;
on account ~ !? i6 II lgos Central. s5ls; Tenn
Erie pr lerred, "a; D-2Os of 1857, l0f; 1O-4Os,
llll; 4lss, ID1; Refined Petroleum, qIsd9l4c.
NEW YORK. August 3.-Money market easy, ga
Dig per cent Prime MERCANTILE parer. 3d3l9 per
cent. Customs receipts. S2B2, 900. The assistant
600. sterling eNchange-bankers' bills, 4S2ls;
sight exchange on New York. 4sB Gold sold at O0Is
Borrowing rates, ] cent and nat. Governments finn;
coupons II 1881, lO1ls; do. 1860 new, IO25s;
4lss. lOI2l ne~ IS lOO5s; 1O4Os, registered, O9s
bonds were stead; feRnessse' Is. old, 81; en-
20; Virginia is. new. 20; Missouri IS, 1850.
Railroad bonds wefe trm The stock market this
morning was much hrIner than OF late, and IT, the
early dealings there was sharp advance In prices,
the improvement ra. ging from u 20 IL per cent.
afternoon the market was frmer. The coal stocks,
however, were an exception, being weak and lower.
Inc decline lof me Gay Vas 2U3is per cent tnS
latter ia LacSawanna. Transactions aggregated
$4,000 shares, u which $500 were Erie. $4,000
22.O0O preferred. > 200 ST. Paul common and
$4,000 preferred. 1900 Wabash, 1900 Lacka-
wanna, ZOO New jersey Central. 300 Delaware
and Hudson. 22OO Norris and Essex, 1900 n lchi-
gan Centlai, 1000 Union Pacific and $500 Western
Union, The closing quotations were as fol TVS:
Western Union tel graph company. 1853; QuiCksil-
yer. -; Quicksilver preferred, 81; Pacific Gail,
l744; MunpO-a, lOl; Mariposa preferred, lOl;
Adams express company, lu3; wells * Fargo eN-
press company, so, american express comp any
45ia; United states express company, ~;
New YC'k Central, los; Erie. I5s; Erie preferred,
3.}a4; Harlem. i3S; Michigan central 63l2;
Panama -; Union Pacific stock. 63I2; Lake Shore,
.6l&t; Iuiuul, Central, S35s; Cleveland and Pitts
burg. 80; Northwestern 355s; Northwestern pre-
ferred. B75s; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis, 23l4; hew jersey Central, 35Ii; Rock
Island 1 pa; 81 Paul, 34ls; st. Paul preferred,
72l4; Wabash, 1914 Fort Wayne a4l2 Terra Hdute,
Alton, S2I2 Chicago and Alton preferred, 103; Ohio
and Mississippi, 1913; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western $3.50; Atlantic and Pacific Telegram PHI. %;
Missouri Pacific, lOll4; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, llU9t; Hannibal and St Joe, III; Cen
trail Pdciuc bonds. lO55S. Union Pacific bonds,
IOjt2, Union Pacific land grants, I02; Union Pa
cihc sinking funds 1924.
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Saturday, August no. ISIS

within legal hours the following described pronerv
situated In Shelby county, Tenn, to-It: Conmenc.
Ing at the northeast corner of John WfldherDerss
305-acre tract running west to stake on the Cow
Island road; thence south with said Cow Island road
to sakei thence due east to stake on the easfeTn
boundary line OF said 81 acre tract thence north
with said boundary line to the Beginning Contain
ing nine 90 acres, more less together with an
the appuItenanceS thereuntO BELONGING
Terms of Sale-On a credit OF 10 months ,,,,-
chaser to execute note with approved sacrrf. ian
retained to further secure the purchaSe money
Equity OF redemption barred. This July tx TS7S
{. A COLE, Clerk and Mas5er
Dabney II. Scales, Sol. for compln't
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LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
MECHANICS
Building and Loau Association.

ME book for subscription to the Second cries OF
stock Is now open, at the Secretary's Office. with
the Planters Insurance Company, No. IL Madison
street. Payment to be made the Second
wednesday In August next, when the first
loan I'm that series will be made.
MONEY LOAN. NO BACK DIES !,
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RIVER NEWS.
weather and Rivers,

The table and dispatches below give off
clal particulars concerning the weather and rivers
OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE OBS, U. S. A.,
MEMPHIS August 3. 1878. (
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saturday, August I7, 1873

within legal hours, the following described nrona
situated In shelby county, Tennessee toWit KnovSns
as part Of lot No. 10, in block 55: Beginning az
stake % feet west OF the Intersection Of the s,S
street; thence west 80 feet thence south with PaI
~. east me loo teet to 20foot alley; thence essf
nortn 156 l-12 feet to the beginning e-->-'NS
Terms Of Sale-Cash. EQUITY Of redarnr.ton
barred. July Is, 1878. K A. COLE. q. ana n. NJ
Smith Collier, Soils. for compl'nt
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Chancery Sale of Real Estate

No. 1975-Chancery Court of Shelby county-Por
ter, Taylor Il Co. vs.. J. NJ. Williams et al
BY virtue OF an tnterlOcutory decree for sale an
tered In the above cause on the 2Sth day of lime
1873, Will sell, at public auction to the hIphesf
bidder. In front of the clerk and masters once rt
house building, Main street. Memphis Tenn N
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Monday, September z, 1875,
proceed to SELL to the highest bidder for cash at the
Courthouse door, in the city OF Memphis the follow
ing described real estate, in Shelby county, Tenn
viz: Being seventy-ve feet of the northern mart If
the lot the northwest corner of HOeg ana WaIran
avenues, now owned by Mrs. Eliza p Barnes and
conveyed to her by VIM. 81. Hoeg by deed reQfstened
in book 81, page 80, In the REGISTERS offiea Of
Shelby county, Tenn: Beginning at a poinf one
hundred and ninety-nne feet from the intersection
of the west side or WaldTan avenue with the north
side of Hoeg avenue; thence running west and mar
allel with Hoeg avenue a distance OF one hundred
and seventy two feet thence north and parallel with
WaldTan seventyfve feet; thence east and naraIIaI
with HOeg hundred and SeveDfv-tIro faaf-
thence south seventy five feet with the west side of
Waldran avenue to the beginning Sale between houTS
OF 10 m. and II m. Title believed to he pood hnf
convey as trustee only. Equity Of redsmntion
waived. c. W METCATE T1 1tlts10A
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Tone Of the market at 1905, steady; 1853.
steady; 1880. hfm; 81, firm; 2:3O, hrm: :I:I2,
unchanged. sales, $1,000 bales.
New Orleans closed strong az | lSsc for middIing
Sales, 600 bales; rec ipts net, 81 bales; gross
~ bales; no exports; stock. 4IO5 bales.
The movement at the ports was reported as fol-
lows:
This Last This Week
Feet- Week last Year.
Reefs since Friday 3g5 Az -.
Expts 10 q. Britain 23S7 90 ..-.
s Ses '.- '''''' 77O65 1O35G8 1916. a52
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PROCLAMATION.
MaVOr's Proclamation
EAYoR's OFFICE. CITY HALL
COPARTN EERSHHfs.
COpaltnershIp Notice.

THIS is TO notify. that Mr. JULIUS KUHN has
L been given an interest in our business, to take
effect from and after this date. The firm name Will
continue a heretofore WM FRANK & co.
GS- Referring to above notice, my connection with
MesSrS Merken Brothers ceases from date. Thank
ing my friends and the public generally for past ia
voIs would most respectfully solicit a share of
their patronage for my firm
Memphis. AUGUST 1. 1873 HILLS KIIHN
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MISS. AND TENN. r. r. co.

coupons of Consolidated Bonds. series "B," OF
~ this company, will be paid, either at the Union
and Planters Bank. Memphis, or the Importers and
Traders National Bank, New York. Holders of the
lew outstanding old bonds OF the company will add
much 10 the value of their securities by promptly
exchanging them for the new Consolidated Bonds.
S. II LAMB,
SECRETARY o. rrar
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TRUSTEES SALE.
Trustees SaIe
Monday. September z, ISIS,

pY virtue of certain trust deed executed TO me
ID January Is, 1873, said deed beng OF record N
book l22, page 16q, Of the Registers ONCE of
Shelby county, Tenn; default having been made in
payment of the notes secured by said deed will on
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DlSSOLUTIONS.
DISSOLUTION.

FTNHE firm of Buchanan, Horton & Co. is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. Z. c. Buchanan
retiring. The business will be continued by W. H.
Horton, under the firm name of W. Il Horton & Co.,
who will settle the outstanding business.
E c. BUCHANAN,
Memphis, Aug. l, 1878. W. H. HORTON.
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CHANCERY SALES
Chancery Sale Of Real Fs,oto

No. 2297-- Chancery Court Of Shelby countvc 7
Wildberger, Adm'x of John Wildberyer vs. Pboebe
Meinrath ct al. ~ 'SN0
BY virtue of Interloeutory decree for sale en-
tered in the above cause on the Sd day Of jnIV
1878, Will sell, at public auction To the hiSbeSf
bidder, in front of the Clerk ana Masters offIcs
Courthouse Building, Main street. Memphis Tenn on
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w. HI. Horton ~ Co.
GRAIN DEALERS AND GR0CERS
Lime and Cement Agents,
326 FRONT STREET. MEMPHIS.
Notice of Dissolution.

'INHE firm of CHAs. QUENTEL. sR.. x son, COM
l. posed of Chas. Quentel, ST.. and Henry QuenteI.
Is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Chas
Ouentel. ST. retiring Her. O--a--n' ~ III tInue
the business at the old stal 49, - .-.-. treet.
Al persons indebted To the old firm Will please
call and settle same at All claims against the
said firm will be paid on Ihesentation.
CHAS. QUENTEL. sR..
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WHIT bans. 81 5Od2 bushel NUT s,sd 81 80
bushel Lf0ae-Alabama, 81 a barrel; loose, doe
barrel measure PrVB9stOTls- side pork. Bisc:
clear rio. 6lsc; mess pork $40 30 per barrel; small
orders charged little above these rates; p-ca ed.
Il higher BIoOTs packed clear stdes, "a 1isc:
clear rib. BS4d 6sSc; shoulders 54ic. Brs TLrLsf
f5IcDE. SlstfSAc- HuHs-cauvased and packed. 10
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iUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS,
TULLAHOMA

THE most delightful and convenient summer re
Il sort in Middle Tennessee. Located near tn
base CT the Cumberland Mountains, and the highes
point on the n. c. and st. Louis R. r Only three
hours ride from Nashville and - hours from Mem
phis.
Exhilaratirg climate and delightful chalybea
water. The hotel offers all the comforts OF home
with all the luxures OF first class watering plac
and at moderate rates
TERMS $40 per week or $50 per month.
Excursion tickets from Memphis and Nashville
reduced rates.
References-Mrs Judge FIippin, Col. Leon TrOus-
dale and Col W. z. Hardin, OF Memphis.
C0RZEI.IIr
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2:i5 pm. IL - an
400 pm 500 am.
5;45 am. 4:t0 . m.
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arket nrm. sales 50 bales, all to spinners
Cotton Statement.

The New YORK BuiiefiR or Thursday reports:
There has again been a buOyant tone eXtant with
a further gain the upward incline OF values with
quite a ibsral business done In contracts for the
next three months. The field OF operations has,
before, been largely confined to September and DC
tober, but November moved yery we'll, and there
good spTlnkllng o. the lat month. August, too.
has somewhat greater animation than of late, and
a little nrmer comparatively the advance being
one point more than ON other options, taking the
lowest and high 81 rates for the day, au indication,
n Is thought that the shorts who were holding of
have cummeuc ed 10 take the alarm The stimulating
Influences current appear 10 be much the same, a
continued fun movement OF spots and correspond
ing reduction OF ayaabls supply ana the firm tenor
OF all the advic.s from Liverpool. far as crop
accounts are cCncer, = there does not pear 10 be
anything OF am un avOraDie character at hand.
There Is doubt however, that the adylceS regard
ing yanow-Ievrr are watched with care and several
NewO tat- me-ch ntS, 1t resent he-e express COL
siderable unedsiness upon The subject. Spots were
again selling freely on the home outlet, with some
call for export, ana, altogether the movement was
pretty fun and enc urdging. Actual buyers taking
cotton out Of the market fnd supply Stll available
but there Is no haste u sell"
[BT TELEGRAPH.T
The following are the New York maraet reports
for yesterday: Ordinary, 10 l-l6c; good ordinary,
10 I5-l6c; low middling, IL l6c; middling,
IL 1916; good midclIng, II Bloc AT 1920,
steady; l24O. firm; 2;35, steady; 3;l2, steady.
Sales, 241g bales.
The following are the closing rates In New York
futures for yesterday and ~ before:
Jf0nfhx IesteraIV. Llfy beJOre,
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Mr. Hayes as an Eater.

The following is from recen
Washington letter;
1T is good thing Hayes is be-
yond the suspicion of being drink
ing man.
"Why" said to gentleman
who called yesterday on the Presi-
dent.
Because his face has all the
signs"
:" Don't you know the cause of
that?" spoke up a third party, a
mau who always knows what he is
talking about, for the reason that
he gets his information from first
hands.
We said we did not, and with a
prelude of Well, l will tell YOU"
he told US something which, al
though it is of the nature of gossip,
has not yet got into the papers. l
will venture into the field Of COS
sip-writing this once to tell this bit
which, want to say, is better sub
stantiated than the majority Of
Washington gossip.
Hayes is a good eater; that is
what is the matter with his face"
81 looked incredulously at him"
"It is fact, nevertheless. Why,
it is we'll known to all his friends.
They knew it before he came to
Washington, but it has grown on
him here. He eats anything and
everything. He eats five and six
times a day, and at each of these
meals he cleans every plate set be-
fore him, When he was in Boston
the other week he had five spreads,
four besides the big banquet. A
gentleman who was OH the commit
tee Of arrangements Tor the banquet
told me that at each OF the five
spreads Hayes ate everything before
him, and at the banquet, like Oliver
Twist, called for more AT the
White House his appetite is we'll
known. He does not hang around
the kitchen like q hungry boy who
wants to know what he ia going to
have for dinneri he is not an artis-
tic epicure like Sam Ward. What
! mean is, that he is always hun
cry, or at least imagines that he is.
He cares nothing about what he
eats, so long as there is q sufficient
quantity of it. He is with food
like the old whisky.soak who said
IAN whisky is good; some is better
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Hts Msnn Iuslnua,lens.

Detroit Free Press.l
A certain Detroit family, living
in the northern part of the city,
have a fireplace in the sitting-room.
Being TOO unselfsh to enjoy all its
cheerfulness, they have been in the
habit of buildings rousing fire and
then throwing open the blinds and
permitting every passer-by to gaze
on the domestic circle. Numbers
of families do this very thing, and
it does vagrants and beggars and
loafers a heap of good to lean
against the fence and watch the
yellow flames Join hands and whirl
around and away up the chimney.
However, this particular family will
not throw open their house to the
public any more. The other night,
while seated as usual, the bell rang,
aud as the door was opened a
stranger placed a silver quarter in
the ladys hand and said:
"Beg pardon, madam Il Just
got along here. If the exhibition
is half over, then two shilling is
enough. If it's only just com
menced I'll pay full menagerie
price!"
His quarter flew by his ear as he
made for the gate, and he wasn't
fifty feet from the house before the
blinds were slammed shut with such
energy as aroused the people next
door.
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but human nature. The majority
of poker players play their men
equally as much as they do cards.
A man that is excitable or irritable
hasn't any business to play poker
at all, because by his nervousness
or anger, he exposes his hand long
before the game takes place, or else
by his anxiety to get in. There are
a great many experts and fine play
ers here, .as there are in the United
States. Of course could not give
you their names because a great
many of them are lawyers and pro-
fessional men, as well as leading
bankers, wholesale merchants, real
estate men, brokers, and others
whose business would be injured by
a publication of that kind. 1t is a
favorite game with politicians, and
many State and city affair have
been arranged over a quiet game of
poker, played in the wee sma' hours
Of the morning. They don't play
as high here, however, as they do
East, where the game has become
popular in aristocratic circles,
through the establishment Of SO
many clubs. John Morrissey doesn't
play poker. He hasn't handled a
card for years, but confines himself
to banking games, which others
manage and play for him, while he
puts up and receives the cash. In
the old times, when the river traffic
was in its glory, thousands of dol
lars used to be bet on a single hand,
and the stakes generally used to be
much larger than they are now
They don't roll the game near as
high now as they did then"
John Cazada, of Cincinnati, has
accumulated a fortune of 5000, 900
or $500, 900 by poker. He is man
that has never dissipated in his life
in anything except cards. Among
the other great players are jim
Cassidy, Bill McKevley, Jim Berry
and "Stud" Mason, who are all
wealthy. 1t is rare that a good
poker player is also good dealer
at faro, and vice versa.
1t is certain that there is more
poker gambling in st. Louis than
ever before. While several places
are perfectly unobjectionable, so far
as the conduct of the proprietors
are concerned, there are others in
which, from the character of the
men who patronize it, it is newt
able that fraud and trickery
should be the accompaniment Of
every game, and which result
in the robbery of the uninitiated
and indirectly to peculation and
crime on the part Of clerks, sales
men and others of that genus. So
far none of the open public poker
clubs have been raided or interfered
with by the police, although most
of them have been running here
for two or three years or more. In
the midst of raids on the other
species of gambling they have been
left entirely alone, and the immu-
nifty promises to continue. Whether
this species of gambling should be
permitted, whether it is practicable
to break it up, whether it results
on the whole in desirable conse-
quences, are questions which can,
perhaps, be best answered by the
board of police commissioners.
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touched and played upon by his
burning eloquence, cannot describe
his power to others. Clay never
studied oratory; his eloquence was
the blaze Of an internal fire. Hence
his set speeches do not give a fair
idea of his power He needed the
stimulant Of a great occasion in
order to rise to the hight Of his
power. The lecturer closed with
an eloquent fight on the power of
the orator.