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An Artists Sad Death.

Here is sad but somewhat romantic
story which comes from BUDAPEST: A
young musician Of twenty-three, we'll
educated, independent gentleman, sang
sometime ago in a concert as an anna
tenr, and attracted the attention of the
Able List, who persuaded him to culti-
vate his musical talent. The gentleman
really consented, and continued his
studies in music-not neglecting those
of scientific nature, in which he took
an extraordinary interest. But the com
bined labor seemed to be too much for
his strength, and long illness succeeded.
Recently, feeling stronger, he invited a
number of his friends to a musical party
to his house. While taking part in a
vocal quartet his voice suddenly failed
him; he sank on a sofa and instantly
expired. Disease of the heart caused
his death, which, though shocking, WIS
not an unenviable one for musician.
His name was Louis Herbasz.
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The Three Sleeves.

I" Oh, mamma" cried little Blanche
Philpot, i heard such tale about
Edith Howard! / did not think she
could be so very naughty. One" i.
"My dear" interrupted Mrs. Philpot,
before Won continue, we viii see if
your story will pass the three sieves.u
What does that mean, mamma? in
CURED Blanche.
Twill explainit. In the FIRST place,
is it true?' :4 80,
i suppose SO; / got it from Miss
White, and she is great friend of
Eaith's."
sand does she show her friendship by
telling tales of her? In the next place.
though you can prove it to be true, is it
kind % y : 5z lszz75s
edo not mean to be unkind, but
am afraid it was. / would not like
Edith to speak OF IS I ii;sv OF iiier..
And, is itnecessary3" 81.
sfSo, Of course, mamma: there was no
need for me 70 mention it at ali"
0Tien put bride en- yes.r tongue .
If you can't speak we'll speak not all"
-Good Words.
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Jones Bsls Something Taken.
BY HALLET H. HEWITT.

y 1
Jones WAS q writer.
- now, it isn't everyone who can he a
writer, and it is for this reason that We
mention the fact that Jones' was a
Jones had written for several years.
Which shows that Jones (aforesaid) had
y r; + s:s.sessagsy driven inc quilt was
gold pen-for several years.
Jones' had not as yet attained any
great literary reputation. Which goes
70 show how genius wiN struggle on
though unsewarded. Jones' pieces were
always good, very good-in his own esti.
matlOn-which shows that the humble
writer held the productions Of his fertile
Imagination III no small estimation-
which happens to make good rhyme.
But-with big B-the publishers Of
the various literary periodicals to whom
Jones cOlldrsccldci 10 favor with the
aforesaid products of the nj oresaid fertile
: imagination, conla mel, OF would not
think 80; which plainly reveals the bull
headed, pigheaded, block headed ,idiotical
senseiessness Of the Aforesaid publishers
Of various literary periodicals, in thus
refusing to encourage the high and
noble SEPARATIONS Of 8 gifted shinDer-up-
- - 4 e.s ef tie s.esss4 se!s ss ! !s::e
~ refusing to publish, even gratuitously,
the brain labor Of this unknown but
wonderful writer.
- et heswas ! wonderful wfiter-won-
devful in his proof against sights.
Which shows that the chronological de-
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rattle-tee-rat-tat-tat! An.

5otfftfs k6oCkp
Who in the world could this be. Few
besides Joe ever called at his house, and
none but Joe in the evening. Jones
#sprang up with vague idea that it
might be his father or some other rela-
tive. Joe sprang out of his chair in sur
prise. 2bnt Jones said. 'tSnmeh oay's mis-
taken the house, I guess, and opened
the door. Two stylish, well-dressed gem
tlemen stood outside. One inquired:
~ believe this is the residence of Mr..
Jones2"
".Ihat is my name,o said Jones, won
|dering what they could want with him;
||.swill you come in?"
" They entered the room and seemed
surprised to see Joe, but only exchanged
glanccs. The Oldest, a rather portly,
| flashily dressnd individual, said to Jones
as the requested hem to be seated: "My
name IA Simpson. am the senior mem
Der Of the Simpson publishing house in
Chicago. This is my friend Wilson, a
writer and poet of reputation. who has
for some years past been the literary
editor of the Literary Jearnal in New
York. 'a Am very happy to alake your
acquaintance : said Jones, deiigktedly
shaking hands with both, for he though,
he smeit mouse and meant what hi
said, to what am indebted for the
honor of your visit?"
"You may think, doubtless, that Sun
day night is rather strange time to cal Il
upon business, but we only arrived ir
town last night continued the oldest
looking gentleman, speaking for both
"and, as we wish to leave tomorrow
morning, and only found out where you
lived this morning, this was our only
chance to see YOU" 20, you are per
tt tse.ly ;s said said jones' Jones yoi
business anything private he added
hooking at Joe, who had been looking fol
his hat, and, having found it, was abou,
70 leave. E gl.s
80 no." said the younger, blandly
Eve merely wished to talk over lit
erary matter"
apll drop in againlin about. an hour
said2 Joe. - he went ont. z~sz f.
Be sure you do,p answered Jones
before joe had closed the dec., for
want y0u to hear that which | was tel
I ing you about.
A friend Of mine," he explained t.
his visitors az he sat aawn to hear the;i
business. The older gentleman gave 8
hem and said:
Ak!l..A:s:$;!!:: ne i,ess!see. strangers I. :.
you, yet we know you and your bust
mes. You have written 4 number of
iapfSclnn fnss tlra Tsyes,s., cy<,. &c NJ
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COMlCALITIES.

A BIRD in the hand is worth two in
the shell. Whitehall Times. 49,
WE have heard of a quartet by four
but did you ever see quart eat by twos
" J. Republican. 80.
SWIMMING is useful so lar as it trains
a boy to keep his mouth shut.-Picav.
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Bearers and bier and mournerH. By the bed
M vsmen veen aloud the Hood rolls on:
Horne 1inder. Tark to that shril! sudden shout
The cry Of an applauding multitude
Swayed BY some loud tongued orator VINO Yields
5 The living mass, as II he we're Its soul.
The waters choke the shout and all IL still.
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And swallows :hgin ana MIN. sculptor Yields
The chisel, and the stricken marble grows
TO beauty; at his easel, eager.eYed,
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Thoughtful Trifles.

Great things are not accomplished by
idle dreams. but by years of patient study.
Judge not from appearance lest you
might err in your judgment
Some of the grandest things which
have been achieved we're by those whom
we thought our interiors.
Narrow not your mind to your own
selfshness, but give it broad field for
your fellowmen to work in.
Study ell al things OF OF nnsttiuifts IN your
daily walk through life.
Do as your conscience dictates and you
will no. go far astray.
Be respectful to all men that you may
command respect.
Kind words are better than gold, and
the voice Of friend has saved many a
man from ruin.
Many kind hearts beat beneath seem-
ing cold exteriors.
Be happy if you can, but do not de-
spise those who are otherwise. for ven
know not their troubles.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-23

The Highland costume is getting to
English fancy balls. As one of the fair
ones pert;nAnt'y q. cs..so-
rious critic, ".The importance isn't in
what you put on % much as what yo,.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-23
NOTHING But A ROSE.

1t was nothing but rose Igsve her.
Nothing but rose
Any wind might rob 1t of It's SAVIOR
Any wind that blows. #al aga
As she took /: from my trembling fingers,
With hand so chill,
All that gentle touch in memory fingers
Thrills and haunts me still
Faded wrinkled, crushed beneath these naye,
Wrinkied fold on fold, '."''t- "os''
Once 1t lay upon her heart, and ages
Cannot make it ole.
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une. -'.asa -s'7 -
The kind of a word which turnetb
away wrath won't turn away a book.
agent.-Odts. ag.e0a-W #u8a...
PUT two slices of cucumber into q
monograph and hear whether or not Il
yefls for a doctor. ......... ..
"THERE is Rattlesnake in this Gel.
lar" is piacarded by a Florida farmer to
scare away thieves.
The eloquent man fnl! Of burning
thought, is to be kept on ice until the 4tH
of July.-N c. Picayune.
A THIN man dressed in black, with
white high hat, looks like lead pencil
with a rubber top.-PHtsbwg Leader.
A YOUNG Oil citizen wants to know
what the choir means by singing, "Theres
a land that is fair-hair than this"
COLONEL lNGERsoLL calls the grave
" the windowless palace of rest."-Er,
" Paneless palace of rest' would sound
puttier.-Phila. Bulletin.
JONAH ought to congratulate himself
on how much safer he was in the whales
belly than he would have been in an
iron-clad man-of-war.-Cm. Sat. Niqht.
AN Indiana girl made $500 raising
btruUnrcurn last year. The amount of
misery raised cannot be expressed by
dollars after the same corn gets handle
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Two young men were out fishing the
other day, and on returning were going
past farm house and felt hungry. They
yelled out to the farmers daughter:
"Girls, have you any buttermilk?'' The
reply was gently waited back to their
ears: 9 Yes; but we keep it for our own
ca Ives
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-23

Jones was d writer.
- Now, IL isn't EVERYONE who can he a
writer, and it is for this reason that We
mention the fact that Jones' was a
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-23

TITS lovely at the tender vesper hour,
when the rose fraught zephyr curls the
lakeiet into ripples, and coduets sweetly
with the rose or oleander, as the case
may be, to sit and watch the stars twink
ling in their spheres, to press Geraldine's
velvety little hand and tell her soft
things to the tune Of the peripatetic Or
gan. grinder Wild Oats.
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The kind of word which turneth
away wrath won't turn away a book.
agent,-OGts t1-eua-W #.ra.
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slant, when there was another noise,
THAT must be the cat,n said Jones,
about to lay down his manuscripts and
go into the next room.
Simpson gave a start, but quickly
said:
I go, it is nothing, I heard nothing.
/ Never mind, anyway; it will be time
enough to 90 when you hear. or fancy
you hsa-, the noise again. GU wore at
very exciting place in your story, and
/ it tried my patience awfully to have you
| stop as you dias Go on again, and let
the cat so to the devil; excuse me, but
you've got me terribly interested in the
| plot Of the story
So Jones, though the noise in the next
room had sounded TO MIN very much
| like the falling over of chair, took uu
his MS. and began to read again, think,
ing that Simpson must have been inter.
| ested, though he had noticed him yawn
a great deal during the previous hall
hour. 5,3
He read on for twenty minutes more,
when he had finished chapter third. 4
4 + veET long one, which told Of the murder
] of an old mar, and tho bductiou Of his
/ !oSlvIeeiy daughter, by the handsome young
j man CT the first chapter.
Then he ceased, and Simpson told him
ne was perfectly delighted with the
story; that it was all ne could desire, and
that he would be willing to offer him
two hundred and fifty dollars for it;
i w0;;id 50 small q sum 0iicIid him? ff the
story proved great success he would
give him more. W.
Jones was delighted with the price,
but he affected to consider it no more
than about right.
Then Simpson sale! they Sv;a;; lsi e.,ls;;.ii-
Y u bargain, and he woald take the
asaaS. with him and Jones should receive
| nifty 1i0iixrs vnen;tfe fifst chapters weFe
tpubiished, one hundred when it was
pAlI PupIA1ed, and ono hundred when
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
Cen. Weaver's Courage-undert the
Democratic Thumb.


Soon after the election in October,
Weaver and Gillette, fusion congress
men elect in this State, were sent for
to help in the canvass in Illinois,.
Weaver responded and sent a list OF
appointments which was published;
Gillette knew enough to know that
his canvassing would hardly fill the
bill, even in Egypt" and declined
to go. Weaver, who is really a good
stump speaker, was getting in his
work quite effectively, having made
one or two speeches, when he receiv-
ed letter from a certain source in
Iowa that we do not care to name, of
about the following import:
SIR-YOu were elected to Congress
mainly by democratic votes; you
pledged yourself before the election
well you know how and to what
extent. You are now engaged in a
crusade against the democratic candi-
dates for Congress in Illinois, favor
ing the greenback nominees. Your
term in Congress commences on the
4th of March, from which time you
expect to draw SIG a month salary.
Let me suggest that if you persist in
your crusade against democratic can
didates, you may find some difficulty
in getting this monthly tid-bit. A
word to the wise is sufficient.
This letter had a very marked effect;
the doughty General became sudden
~ unwell-so sick that he couldn't 60
on with his meetings, and they were
Cancelled and the suddenly sick man
took the first train for home. The
General no doubt had in mind the
new convert to religion who joined
the church only for his county. He
doubtless supposed his pledge was
good for Iowa only. But however
this may be, what a grandeur of brave
ry does he display! His party and
his greenbackism, are of secondary
importance to--to--General J. B.
Weaver! OF such is the kingdom of
greenbackiSm.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

And who are these bloated bond
holders? They are the American peo
pie of every class and condition, rich
and poor, lazy and industrious, wise
and ignorant. About ten or fifteer
per cent. of the bondsare held abroad
eighty-five or ninety per cent. art
held at home. Within two years
nearly $3.50, 1000, 900 of four per cent
bonds have been sold all over the
country, largely in the West, and
they are held in small sums by small
investors, who prefer to place. the sur
plus of their savings from wages and
trade in United States bond rather
than in savings bank. A large
amount of other bonds are held by
banks, insurance companies, trust
companies, savings banks, in which
widows and orphans and the vast
multitude who own bonds have their
all involved. Every man who has a
national bank note in his pocket is to
that degree interested in the honora-
BILE maintenance of the value of the
bonds. It is not Wall Street and the
great capitalists who hold the bonds.
The holders have generally paid the
full value, or very nearly full value
for them, and the country could not
recede from its plighted faith without
destroying the whole base of credit
upon which financial transactions rest.
Those who really wish "the laborer's
dollar" to be of full value will begin
by insisting that the country shall
keep it's word and not break it. For
every dollar bill in his pocket the
country has promised to pay every
man a dollar. But If it begins by re-
fusing to pay some of its promises, it
will end by repudiating all. Ifitwill
not keep faith with those who lend it
money, it will break faith with those
who gave their services and their
lives. "God has 80 fixed the world
that we can afford to do about right"
said the old sailor. Honesty is the
best policy" says the experience of
Marshall (Mich.) States
man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
A Prize for Doctors.

A prize of f1OO for an essay on ely
Nature. Prevention
and Treatment" having been offered
by Mr.. Stanford, M. p, to be award
ed by the Royal College of Physicians
of London, the Marquis of Salisbury
has instructed the British Minister at
Washington to bring the matter to
the attention Of the American De-
partment OF State, In order that the
necessary publicity may be given to
the same in the United States. Among
the conditions under which the prize
is to be competed for are the follow
ing: The essay must be delivered to
the college on or before Jan. /, 1880.
1t may be the joint production of two
or more authors. The questions
which are thought by the college spe-
cially to require investigation are:
The origin and history Of outbreaks
of rabies, particularly in the United
Kingdom and its dependencies; the
best mode of prevention of rabies; the
characteristics of rabies during life,
and the anatomical and chemical
changes which are associated with
the disease in its successive stages
particularly inits commencement; the
origin of hydr0phobia in man; the
chemical and anatomical morbid
changes observed in the subjects o
the disease, with special reference tt
those having their seat in the organs
of the nervous system and in the sal
wary glands; the symptoms Of the
disease, particularly of its early stage
as illustrated in well-Observed cases
the diagnosis Of the disease in doubt
full cases from conditions more or les
resembling it; the alleged prolonged
latency OF the malady; the efficacy O
the various remedies and modes O
preventing the disease which hav'
been proposed, ard what plan oftreat
ment, whether prophylactic or cura
tive, 1t would be most desirable t,
recommed for future trial.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

EIom VIC ooh rI2uCQDOO ouuctlu.
Money is . good thing, and good
money 10 still better. Many OF us
would rather have poor money than
none at oil, while NO one was ever
found who was completely satisfied
with his quantity ofsven the best the
world circulates. II the abstract, the
best money 10 Of little value and the
poorest 10 simply trash. Active mon
ey 10 valuable, but idle money is val
ueless. There 10 from 500, ,OOO, 600 to
$500, ,O00, 600 in money in the United
States, and yet there are great many
people who do mot have single dol
lar. Ifths amount were one hundred
times - great, the distractions be-
tween rich and poor would be- just @
broad - they are to-day. There are
. great many wants In the country,
but the want Of money 10 not one OF
them. There b money enough for oil
who are willing to work for 1t and
there would be no more for the shift
less II the volume were increased one
hundred fold. Some blatant dema.
gogucs In the Atlantic states are try.
ing to make an increased supply oi
money . political issie. III posi-
BILE that they may get small follow
ing from the ignorant, idle and vi
cious classes that infest and are thu
pest Of al oommunities. But th,
great mass understand the object o
these political schemers, and theil
plans viii fail. The United State
Treasury 10 constantly carrying from
$50 OO0, 900 to e05, 900 in idle pa
per money. Tho policy of issuiu
more when there 10 NO call for this
Ialready printed and ready for circu
lation, 10 something which the aveI
lage citizen does not understand, an
the iery Ruperts Of debate will fin
: II hard work to convince him that b
impressions ars wrong.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

AN ACCOUNT AT LAST.
Special dispatch to the Tribune.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. "A pri-
hnaYrn by rarsoas !. ws.easi.ss 4nr,
and deemed entirely trustworthy,
gives the following account of the
late massacre at Tensas aud adjoining
parishes in Louisiana: "The troubles
in Tensas and Corcordia Parishes,
Louisiana, are about settled, so far as
the killing of negroes is concerned.
but the whites over there are indulg-
ing in elimination and recrimination
likely to result in killing some of
themselves. They are scrambling
for office now among themselves,
none regretting the killing Of the ne.
groes. 1t was terrible slaughter OF
negroes. The Natchez Democrat and
other papers try to smooth it over,
butthere is
NO USE TRYING TO HIDE 1T.
They killed thirty.six in one charge
with cannon chiefly, and l heard the
report of cannon during two days. ]
know l heard at this distance fifteen
rcports, and for four days and nights
they were riding the country over,
hanging and shooting. You could
see negroes hanging on the road.
sides all over Tcnsas and part oi
Concordis. I saw parties that had
seen several. When the whole truth
is told 200 at least were killed. Ev'
cry effort is being made to keep dowr
the truth, for fear that it will injurt
the democracy in the November cleo
tions in the North"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
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