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THE GALAXY
HAssxsN MsResD WITH
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

And the leading writsrs for the GALAxY, such
Richard Grant White, Gideon welles. and others
will hereafter contribute to the pages OF tbs AT
LAnTIe.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To TIE SHERRY or Ant CoNsrABLE OF HAYS
COUNTY, GREETING

To TIE SHERRY or Ant CoNsTABLE OF HAYS
COUNTY, GREErING
WHEREAS, oath has this day been made
be fore me by Daniel McKie, o member Of
the firm Of McKie 4 Pope, liverymen do
ing business in the town Of San Marcos,
that one Matthews whose christian name
to af6ant lie unknown, Is a transient per.
con, 50 that the ordinary process Of law
cannot be served upon him. You are
hereby commanded. that you. by making
publication OF this writ IN some newspa-
per printed in Hays county Tor three sue
ccssive weeks before the return day hereof.
summons the said Matthews, to be and
appear before me, at my Office in the town
oil San Marcos. Hays county, State of
Texas, on the first day Of February. 4.
ID. 1878, at 10 O'Clock u. m, to answer
the complaint Of MCKEE & Pope on an
open account for the sum Of .orty-nine
dollars and $500 as a livery bill for board
Of one horse from April end 1877 until
January 9TH day 1875, with a prayer for
foreclosure Of their lien on said horse and
a buggy belonging to said Matthews and
now 10 their charge.
Herein fail not. but Of this writ make
return as the law direct.
Given under my hand. officially, this
the 9TH day OF Jan. 1873.
C. W. GROoMS,
Justice or the Peace Days CO. Texas.
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THE GRAPHIC, of New York, is q
pictorial daily paper. designed to con.
vey the news Of the day through the
iustrumentality Of pictures and print
conformity. 1t has proved . great sue
cess. We will club it with the FREE
Press at reduced rates. The Graphic
for Saturday is largely circulated as
weekly paper, price $3.50 a year. We
will order it at that rate. or in connec
ton with our paper at 1915 for both,
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Justice or the Peace Days CO. Texas.
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A. IxNE. a Story of Italy" by
s Ne" de Stael. and robin Gray, q
w by Charles Gibbon, constitute
~ and l25 Of the Lakeside
a." For sale ctthis Office, price
each.
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The Cincinnati Type Foundry and
Printing Machine Works. POI Vine
Street, Cincinnati, have sent US an H.
Illuminated calendar. which fairly eclip-
see everything we have seen 10 that
lioe.
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SrocKDALE 40 Hubbard's lieuten-
ant, and Irekhd as Throckmor.on's,
are the latest states at the capital.
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NOTICE

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FREE PRESS.
ISAAC 4. JULIAN, Editor.
SATURDAY........JANUARY rs


FINANctAh and business failures are
becoming more and more frequent. The
late dispatches are full Of them.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26

STANLEY, the African explorer, has
reached EUROPE on his return home'
and is received with distinguished hon
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JOHN G. WHITTIER.

A superb life-size portrait OF this be
loved and houored poet will be SENT
postpaid, to any subscriber to the At
lautic Monthly for 1873, for sl.00.
THE ATLANTIC
For November and December, 1871
and all of l878-fourteen months-sent
to any address for $500.
Address II. U. Houghton u Co.,
Riverside Press, Cambridge. Mass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
High Gambling i'm London Climbs.

According to London CORRESPONDENT,
gambling is vice which thrives and
grows in spite of police regulations,
legal prosecutions, and daily illustrations
of its perils and miseries. A year OF
two ago hardlya week passed over with
out its club card scandal. An officer
high in her Maiesty's army had to fly his
countryin disgrace for cheating at cards.
A well-known gentleman about town was
ignominously kicked out of West End
club with two aces up his sleeve. Two
OF three young men of family were ruin
ed at club where play was understood
not to "run high," and disgraceful
case of card sharping came before the
courts. For time it seemed as though
these exposures had deterrent influence
on high stakes and unfair players, but
the old vice is still rampant, and the
latest development of club gambling is
the formation of a "baccarat proprie-
tary club, which is beginning to excite
public attention, and is likely, I hear, to
come under the attention of the police.
| have it on reliable information that
recently young "Scotch laird" col
onel in the army, whose name / with
hold for the present at all events, lost at
this baccalat club at one sitting
$850,000. His opponenthad played with
him from nine o'clock on Saturday night
until four o'clock on Sunday morning,
when the losses of the young colonel
stood at this enormous sum. "I will
go you double or quits" he said with
the nerve of Scotchman, though lacking
the proverbial prudence of his race.
No." responded the winner, ~ don't
think I will; let me ask You one question
first, at all events" Proceed" said
the loser. Supposing if you go double
or quits, can you pay 800, 900 if you
lose ?" Frankly, can not" "Then
we will not go double or quits, but we
will continue to play until ten o'clock if
you like, and then I leave off The
game went on, and at ten o'clock the
young Scotch laird had reduced his los.
ings to $50, 1000, which he paid.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Words of Wisdom.

There is department which suits the
figure and talents of each person. 1t is
always lost when we quit it to assume
that of another.
He who has not known adversity is
but half acquainted with others or him
SELF Constant success shows lis but
one side of the world.
We all dread bodily paralysis and
make use of every contrivance to avoid
it, but none of us are troubled about a
paralysis of the soul.
There is gift that is almost blow,
and there is a kind word that is NUM-
fcence so much is there in the way of
doing things.
A heart-memory is better that q mere
head-memory. 1t is better to carry
away little of the life of God in our
souls than to be able to repeat every
word of every sermon we have heard.
He that waits for repentance waits for
that which cannot be had as long as it is
waited for. 1t is absurd for a man to
wait for that which he himself has to do.
Preserve your conscience always soft
and sensitive. If but one sin force itself
into that tender part of the soul and
dwell there, the road is paved for a
thousand iniquities.
DO not be discouraged under any
circumstances. Go steadily forward !:
rather consult your own conscience than
the opinions of men, though the last are
not to be disregarded. BE industrious,
be frugal, be honest; deal in perfect
kindness with all who come in your way,
exercising neighborly and obliging
spirit in your own intercourse.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Power of the Hand.

1t may be going too far to say that mar
may judge the character of his fellow
man by the manner in which he "shakef
hands" But there is certainly signiti.
canoe in those busy members of the body
which "he who runs may read" The
creator of Uriah Heep has taught us moi
to trust the owners of limp, moist hands
which close cordially on nothing save
their own possessions. Says commen.
tator on this subject: cit is the touch
of hand at greeting which warns OF
chills my heart, and makes me know to 6
certainty how much or how little shall
like the person before me. If the fingers
close about my own with a short, quick
convulsive grasp, / know that he will
snap, snarl, and finally quarrel, and tbs
the least that I have to do with t.ie
owner of those willy diglts, the better of
shall be. If nervous, cold hand
| glides into my own, and seems disposed
to lie there, without life, I know that my
happiness would be nothing in that
awful palm. But if the hand grasps
yours and holds it firmly, in strong,
warm fingers, you are safe in cultivating
the friendship of the owner. These
human hands From the beginning OF
life they play an important part"
All the greatness of earth has laid in
the hollow of the hand. The books, the
music, the pictures, the wonders OF
architecture, the intricacies of mechan-
ism, the mysteries Of science and the
government of the countries, with all
their godike beauties of color, sound,
symmetry, usefulness, progression and
wisdom, have lain within human hand.
The highest aspirations and realizations
of the brain are brought to light through
the hand, and the tenderest love and
charity of the heart make the hand their
dispensator. They can be tender minis
ters of comfort and peace, yet as cruel
and full of venom as the bite of an asp.
And with all their power. with all
their charities, their tender touches,
their mischief-they are folded at last,
and those who speak of us tell of the
closing Of the eye and the folding of
hands as part of our going away
North american.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
The Human Face a Mask

SO inscrutable may the human face
become, that frequently it is but a
mask which conceals the real character.
The men and women most famous for
heartless cruelty have often been
celebrated for their handsome faces
writers of fiction have not been un-
mindful of the fact, and Faust is repre-
sented as being handsome man while
the German fishermen sing of the sirens
who drag mems souls down to perdi-
ton with their fatal dover of beauty.
Some faces are unreadable, and tell
nothing of the owners character. The
merriest men now and then have solemn
faces, and the most serious frequently
have cheerful ones. Frequently the
most heartless coquette has all the shy
graces of girl of sixteen, while the
heart of some woman who looks you
through with cold, steady eyes, may be
filed with love and tenderness that you
are too blind to discover. So we all go
on, wearing guises of different device,
never quite concealing, never revealing,
the life within.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
A Girls Horrible Death.

The, Pittsburg penn Commercial
says: An accident occurred on Saturday
at the Valley Paper Mill, at Verona, on
the Allegheny Valley railroad. A
young woman named Mary Ann Collins,
who had been employed in the mill
three or four years, had been assigned
to new position in the second story, in
which there is a large trap-door i'm
mediately over a vat on the ground floor.
Miss Collins had been called from
another part of the room to assist in
dumping box of rags. She started to
answer the call, and walked into the
hatchway, which was obscured by steam
arising from the vat of boiling water and
vitrol. She was precipitated directly
into the vat, and must have died very
speedily. In three minutes after she
fell her body was taken out scalded
white. She was sixteen years of age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
THE FALL.

Are those the ruins ?" asked Maude
Chalmers, pointing with her riding whip.
can see the glimpse of gray walls
now and then through the trees"
Yes, answered Paul Trevor "and
we shall have to dismount here and walk
the rest of the distance, for the avenue
to the house is now so overgrown with
underbrush as to be almost impassable. -
They alighted, and arm-in-arm forced
their way with some difficulty toward
the house.
1t was gloomy-looking building of
stone, erected upon ledge of rocks,
which rose about twenty feet above the
sea. Long deserted, it had fallen into
gradual decay the walls were green
with moss long, dark weeds filled the
paths, and the crumbling fountains and
broken statues were covered with mould.
Far from all human habitations, sur
rounded by dense wood upon the one
side, and upon the other by the sea, it
stood in solitary desolation.
Maud shuddered at the gloomy aspect
before her as she and Paul halted before
the crumbling steps.
VI, Nh"S ul1ual plaCo DOu u
enter, Paul. ] am not superstitious, but
somehow a thrill of fear and dread creeps
over me-"
"Oh, you are only depressed with
the melancholy aspect of decay, and the
solitary loneliness of the place. Shake
off your nervousness and we will explore
the interior. Nothing worse to be found
than owls and bats, I'll warrant"
And the better to reassure her Paul
put his arm around her waist and i'm
printed kiss upon her lips.
Gathering up her riding habit Maud
took the profered arm of her lover, and
they descended the broken steps. The
great hall door swung open with dismal
creak, and their footsteps echoed through
the dismantled hall. They wandered
through dusty corridors and deserted
rooms. Here and there patches of de-
cayed drapery or forgotten picture,
stained and blackened, clung to the
mouldy wall, and now and then q broken
bust or statue showed ghastly in the
uncertain light. Owls and bats, dis
turbed in their hooks and corners, few
about uneasily rats and mice, surprised
in their foraging expeditions, scampered
hastily to their holes and huge spiders,
suddenly deprived of their cobweb.
homes, crswled in all directions.
Maud looked with nervous fear into
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Information Wanted In Colorado.

The Denver (Col.) Tribune says: The
Muldoon (petrifed human being) has
arrived in New York and is now on exhi-
bition in that city. Speaking of the
concern and its manner of discovery, the
World says: "Mr.W. A. .Conant, the
discoverer, while walking in the dark
some gloom of q Colorado forest, twenty
miles from the habitation of any civilized
men, stumbled over the petrified big toe
of felIow-being, which sprouted up
clear and well defined above the forest
leaves. Mr.. Conant admits frankly that
he was excited and at the same time
awed. Alone in Colorado forest, and
on the clue of petritied big toe which
was rapidly leading to petritied ankles
and shin bones, with every prospect of
a head at the end of the search" What
we would like to know is, where that
forest is. II some one could only dis
cover such forest in the locality in
which the Muldoon was discovered, as is
spoken of by the World, it would be a
greater and far more valuable curiosity
than the Muldoon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Stalking q Tiger.

An exceedingly clever stalk of tiger
was made some time back by native
hunter of India. The shikari saw the
beast asleep under the shade of large
tree on the side of tank, and found no
prospect of getting a shot from the. land
side. SO he had recourse to the follow
ing expedient He waded from the op.
posite bank, gun in hand above the
water, which was breast high, with a
long cord fastened to his waist, the other
end of which remained in the hands Of
confederate on the bank confronting the
tiger. When he had got noiselessly
within twenty PAGES of the sleeping
beast, he delivered his shot, and was I'M
mediately ierked violently back under
water by his partner. 1t turned out
that there was no need of this excessive
caution, for one bullet had done the
business.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Brigham's Amelia.

Brigham Young's favorite wife,
Amelia, has been dethroned since the
prophets death, and report says that she
has gone back to Peoria, Ill, with the
intention of remaining. 1t appears that
Amelia was never Mormon at all that
her connection with Brigham was based
upon a contract which included hand
somely furnished home, carriages and
horses, and full liberty to provide such
home comforts as she might desire.
This wife absolutely ruled Brigham, and
was the only wife whose unauthorized
orders on storekeepers were fully
honored. She was very fond of expen-
sive attire, was entirely independent as
to the wishes or desires of the saints,
and led gay, worldly life. 1t is also
stated that when she met Brigham she
was already afienced to young mer.
chant of Peoria, but surrendered him for
the rich Mormon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05

upon the floor, with staring eyes and
pinched, pallid features, lay his beloved
"a corpse For q moment he gazed
Mortified then, with groan sank un-
conscious to the floor.
"Paul-Paul !'' murmured sweet
voice, and lingering kiss was imprinted
upon his lips. "Do you know me at
last, Paul?'
Drowsily opening his eyes, he saw the
dear face of Maud above his own, fair
and fresh as he had last seen it before
that fearful fall upon the rocks.
"Where am I? What does it mean
Are you indeed, my own sweet Maud, or
only her glorifed spirit p
Maud laughed happy little laugh,
although tears shone like pearls in her
blue eyes.
"It is only the horrid phantom of de-
lerium that still vexes you, Paul. I am
no spirit, but living, breathing reality"
And then she told him how some
fishermen, sailing by in their little boat,
had heard her terrified scream when he
was precipitated to the rocks how they
had come to their aid, and carried them
both to little cottage near by how he,
bruised and bleeding, yet not dead, had
passed from unconsciousness to the
maddening tortures of brain fever.
Though subjected to long and painful
illness, Paul could not fail to recover
his wonted health under Mauds minis
trations. Yet he was permanently lame.
However, if the evident devotion of a
bride can confer happiness on bride
groom, Paul, leaning upon staff while
returning with Maud from the hymenial
altar, was the happiest of Benedicts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Inexhaustible FertiIizing Material.

Humboldt describes a spot in the At
lantic ocean, little to the west of the
Azores, of very great extent, completely
covered with dense mass of marine
vegetation. A Frenchman proposes that
the experiment be made of taking from
this place some of the rank growth for
fertilizing purposes. His plan is that
the vessels employed in cod fishing shall,
at those seasons of the year when they
are not 80 engaged, make voyages to this
district, and he believes that enough
material rnay be taken from this mex.
haustible source to fertilize annually
more than 1000, 100000 acres of land.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05

A gentleman who is sculptor in
feeble way, was calling on a lady the
other evening. Chow do you manage to
get the right facial expression ?" she
asked, referring to his statuettes. every
simple, - he said. "I read a poem ex-
pressing the passion 1 desire to portray;
then, as my face expresses rage or love,
l plunge head foremost into mass OF
putty l have at hand. This retains the
impression, and there you are"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05

1t cannot be too often repeated that
luxuries, not necessities, bring ruin.
We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but what we think we want there
fore, never go abreast in search of your
wants-if they be real ones. they will
come home in search of you for he who
does not want, will soon want what he
cannot buy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
VOL. VI.
The Leap Of ROushan Beg.
By HENRY W. LoSaFHLow.

The Leap Of ROushan Beg.
By HENRY W. LoNoPH.Low.
Mounted on Kyrat strong and feet,
His chestnut steed with four white feet
Roushan Beg, called Kurroglou,
Son of the road and bandit chief,
Seeking refuge and relief,
Up the mountain pathway few.
Such WAS Kyrat's matchless speed
Never yet could any steed
Reach the dust-cloud in his course
More than maiden, more than wife,
More than gold and next to life,
Roushan the Robber loved his horse.
In the land that lies beyond
Erizoom and Trebizond
Gardel-girt his fortress stood;
Plundered khan, or caravan
Journeying north from Koordistan
Gave HIM wealth and wine and food,
Seven hundred and fourscore
Men alarms his livery wore,
Did his bidding night and day
Now through regions all unknown
He was wandering, lost, alone,
Seeking without guide his way.
Suddenly the pathway ends,
Sheer the precipice descends,
Loud the torrent roars unseen;
Thirty feet from side to side
Yawns the chasm on air must ride
He who eros, es this ravine.
Following close in his pursuit,
At the precipice's foot
Reyhan the Arab of Offah
Halted with his hundred en-,
Shouting upward from the gen,
"La il Allah Alah-law
Gently Roushan Beg caressed
Kyrat's forehead, neck, and breast;
Kissed him upon both bis eyes
Sang to him in his wild way
AS upon the topmost spray
Sings bird before it flies.
80 my Kyrat, o my steed,
Pound and slender as reed,
Garry me this danger through
Satin housings shall be thine,
Shoes Of gold, o Kyrat mine
o thou soul Of Kurroglou
soft Thy skin as silken skein,
Soft as woman's hair thy name,
Tender are thine eyes and true
All thy hoofs like ivory shine,
Polished bright. 0 life of mine.
Leap, and rescue Kurroglou r.
Kyrat, then, the strong and fleet,
Hrew together bis four white feet.
Paused moment on the verge,
Measured with his eye the space.
And into the airs embrace
Leaped as leaps the oceans surge.
As the surge DER silt and sand
Bears swimmer safe to land,
Kyrat safe his rider bore;
Rattling down the deep abyss,
Fragments of the preoipice
Rolled like pebbles on shore.
Roushan's tassellod cap,f + red
Trcmbled not upon his head:
Careless sat lac and upright
Neither hand FOR bride shook,
Nor his head he turned to look,
As he gslloped out of sight.
Flash of harness in the air,
Seen moment like the glare
OF sword drawn from its sheath
Thus the phantom horseman passed;
And the shadow that he cast
Leaped the cataract underneath.
Reyhan the Arab held Ills breath,
While this vision Of life and death
Passed above him. "Allah-hu ~
Cried he Sin AL Koordistan
Breathes there not SO brave a man
AS this robter Kurroglouw
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