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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24

Concerning Missionary, Brother Moody
says: II join lodge Of Masons. Well,
perhaps seventy. FIVE If them are uncon-
ve1:ed lien, but they are all my brethren
They go away down here somewhere to
lay corner stone, and they have their
wine-drinking and their dancing. Well,
I am one Of them, so there's my influence
gone" But what need is there for Broth
er Moody to dance or to drink wine be-
cause seventy five other persons choose to
do either or both Of these things? He
could go to the corner stone laying, and
by his abstinence from bibulousness and
from the tripping Of the light fantastic
toe could exert much more powerful
influence than if he absented himself.
Besides, as he is becoming a little corpul-
ent, there is not much probability of his
being invited to engage in any of those
round dances against which he has earn
estly acclaimed as specially demoralizing.
The spectacle of seventy-fve ungodly
Masons dancing in an inebriated manner
around newly laid corner stone is one
which is rather conjured up out of
Moody's lively fancy than founded Oh
square fact.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24

A Chinaman about to die lies with his
feet toward the door, in order that his
soul on leaving the body may have free
exit on its way TO Elysium.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24

1t speaks we'll for the Turks as marks
men that is estimated that one Russian
in every six has been killed o. wounded
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24

Longfellow IS credited with saying
that ifhe responded to all the requests
sent him for his autograph and likeness
he would spent third of his income in
photographs and postage stamps.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24

Peers in the English House of Lord
three DAYS holiday week, and on the re-
naming four meet at 5 o'clock, and un-
less a regular tough night is expected
adjourn before s, in order to get their
dinners, which apparently they cannot
enjoy unless they have ample time to
digest them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

ting-paper coats, sheet-iron shoes,
cedar hats. galvanized IRON shirts
with tin collars, and use big sponges
for mops. 1t is Just too hot to eat.
It's no use to tell a man to $50 to
well, he needn't 60, for he
can stay here and suffer from heat
as well, and save the time and
trouble of going on a long journey.
The celebrated and popular bends
packet A. j. White, in command Of
that eyer-popular boatman, Captain
Nat Green, came in last night from
the bends with a moderate list Of
freight, but was full of people,
having a large number in the cabin
and a big list of deckers. She will
return to Arkansas City this even
ing at 6 o'clock, sharp, paying strict
attention to all way business. She
runs on schedule time, thus avoid
ing delay at way points. She is a
safe and reliable carrier, and has
unsurpassed passenger accommoda-
tions. John Gwathmey, a gentle
man who is recognized for his integ-
rity and universal courtesy, controls
the Office, and is assisted by VIM.
Thomas and Gabe Booker.
The red tiger packet Coahoma,
in command of the great favorite
boatman along the lower coast,
Captain Stacker Lee, came in last
night from the lower coast with a
big trip Of people and small list of
cotton and sundries. She arrived
in time to connect with the night
trains on the Memphis and Charles.
ton and Louisville routes. She
returns to Friar's Point this evening
at six o'clock sharp, taking the
mail and giving special attention to
all plantation business, making her
landings on. schedule time, thus
avoiding delay at way points. She
is first-claSs in all her appointments
and one Of the most complete and
best passenger packets that plies
the lower Mississippi. Captain Ed
Thomas, a genial and clever gentle
man, is her chief clerk, assisted by
Billy Smithers and Platt Rhodes.
The Little Rock Gazette of Tues
day says: i''There is a rumor in
the city that the steamer Aunt
Sally has been sold by her owners,
Captain Harvey Lewis aud VIM,
Barker, to some parties who reside
in Wichita, Kansas, for the sum of
$4,000. Captain T. JEFF Baldwin,
one of the pilots of the Rose City,
reports that there is four feet of
water in the channel al Fort Smith,
and falling. He also reports that
the ferryboat Inspector sunk at
Morrison's Blum on last Friday
night.'' aa''isi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
T%ELEGRAPHIC K
AND BONDS.

0A0AA0 AM nOaUos
LONDON, July IL, $3.50 p.m.-Consols
for money are IS 7 Is; on account. =;
United States fve-twenties Of 1865, 1868:
United States fvs.twenties of 1867, 1851;
United States ten.forties, lllf; United
States new four-Rnd-a-halfs, 1861; United
States new fves, 1881
New YoRK, July II, 1l:20a m.-Gold,
1909; United States skies of 1881, regis.
tered, l0Ts@l07B; United States skies Of
1881, coupons, lO7s@l07B; fve-twenties
of '65, registered, new issue, 10l3@l0ls;
ive-twenties Of 81, lO6@lg6I; Eve.
tweuties Of SO, lO8@lOSB; ~ten.fortiea, 100
@lO9B; coupons, lOSB@lO9l; new fves,
81, l05B@l065 coupons, l07@I07t; new
four. and-a.halis, l04S@lO44; coupons,
lO4i@l0l currency :sixes, l2O2@iaOs;
new Iours, lOO@l0O3; coupons, 10000
1905.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, July II Flour. 22s 0d0
2is Cd. Wheat, winter, IS 6d@gs 1Od;
Milwaukee red, IS 9d@9s 30; California
"hite, los 0d@lOs Sd; California club,
lOs 3d@l0 Sd. Corn, new. 22s 6d0
I29l Pork, 49s Od@- Cd. Beef 72s Cd.
haeoo, long clear. 27s Cd; short clear,
'ls Vd. Lard, 37s,Od. Tallow, 37s Cd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
msrehanis' whoIesaIe Uaan Prices.

M~erehants' Wholesale ash Prices,
Chamber Of Commerce 0ffcial statement.
FLOUR STEADY; superfine. 81 "a 25i
double extra. 81 5O@4 20 treble extra,
s. 25@55 so, choice family, IS 5o@5 75i
fancy. S6@6 Is per bsrrel.
CoRNMEAL-Firm; Kindred, $1,000
2 70 per barrel.
CoRN-Fair demand; mixed, 52@53c;
white, 53ci ear, 5S@54c per bushel-l1c
higher from store.
y OArs-Steady stock light; mixed, IS
.@4Oc; white, Acc per bnshel.
BRAN-Steady and,frm, 70@75c.Q
HAY-Steadyi stock light; choice
western, $l6@l1; prairie, uominally IS
.@95O; mixed, $l3@l4 per ton.
BULK PoRK-Steady; Shoulders, ste;
long clear, &c; clear rib, 6kc; cleaI
sides, 6se; casked. &c higher. $500 f.
BACON ~ Loose )-Steady shonl,
ders, 54@6c; clear rib sides, 6l963c;
clear sides, 63@7c; breakfast, Sc; su.
gar.cured hams, canvased, ll4@l3.
MESS Pork = Steady mess pork,
heavy, $ll9ll so.
LARD-In %tierces. 74@8o; half barrels
S3@S3c; in kegs, Sc; pals, 20 ID, &c;
pals. 10 ID, Ole.
BALIYG STUFFs-Nominsl; bagging, :
ID, according to quality, lOfc; bagging
II ID, according to quality, l04c; balinl
twine, l2ci iron ties, per bundle, 50 %
MAcKEREL-Halt barrels, No. i, 81 Il
as %; half barrels, No. 2, Sc 2506 IS;
half barrels, No 3, Sc; kits, No. i, 81 So
65; kits, No. ?, 81 25@l 40; kits, No.
8, 81 DOL %.
CoFFEE-Quiet; ordinary, l6@l6lc;
fair, l7@l74c; good, ls@lS4c; prime,
l9@l93c; choice, 2O@2le; Java, &c.
RIcE-Flrm; ordinary to choice, Z
.@73c.
STARCH-4e.
WHIsKY-S5o@S4
SUGAR Il LOUISIANA (Iu hhds) =
Firm; fair, tic; fully fair, T4o; prime,
Sc; choice, Sic; yellow clarified, 9fc;
white clarified, 93c; barreled, 10 higher.
SUGAR-REF1NED-6r refined A, per
To-, 9l@l0c; crushed and powdered, l03
Ollie; graduated, l02@llc; cut loaf,
ll@ll4c.
MoLAssEs-Stsady common, 25@28c;
fair, 3Oc; prime, 38c; strictly prime, 400
Ale; choice, 43@45e; half bbls, sc higher.
SYRuP--Com mon to fancy, 35965c.
SAIT-Ooarse and common fine, per
bril-, 81 80; dairy, in barrels, 81 so; Liy-
erpool, coarse, SKIS, 81 Is; Liverpool,
fine, SKIS, 81 40@l so.
SoAP-Resin and German, 44@64e;
Lstting's Dixie, Ale; Lat.ing's laundry,
54ci Latting's German, &c; refined oil,
SIC.
CAypLEs-Boxes full weight, 1916
l39c; half boxes, lac; quarter boxes,
l49c.
LmE-sl 05@l 10,
CEMENT-LouIsville, 81 %; RosedAle,
Is,
EscULENTs AND FRUITs = Apples,
nominaIly, SOL so per Dbl; Lemons, pGr
box, Sc SCOT 90; oranges, boxes, SO 500
10 co. potatoes, old, per brl, O.;
potatoes, new, per brl, l 00@I 25;
new, $-@2; beans, per bushel,
81 5000; dried apples, 24@4c; dried
peaches, Note
MISCELLANEOUS -Butter-western to.
bic, choice, l5@20c; butter, country. 10
@l5c; eggs, S@9e; nails, Der keg,
- so; vinegar, per gallon. lS@25c; to.
bacco, per To-, 10000; spice, l9c; pep.
per, l64c; sardines, $I4@14 so; oysters
light, ID, 55@6Oc; oysters light. 2
ID, BIOL 10; coal oil, lie; matches,
Sc 25@6 so; cotton rope, lie; grass
rope, ll@l21c; powder, kegs, Sc 80;
shot, patent, 81 90@2; soda, kegs, 4c;
soda, cases, 5@5lc; cheese, nominal
Toe; new %raisins, 81 1902 25.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
NEMPHIsANp LITTLFROCK RAILROAD

Depot &C loot OF MAIN Htfeet-
Ticket Office, 287 Main street, corner OF
Modis0n. M. BURKE, Gen. Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
The Frsncl ia cars ara Omnibusss.
Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin.1

Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin.l
The French, generally, are very
talkative in the cars and omnibus
es, and manifest a common interest
in each other. Recently an old
lady entered a tramway near the
Place de la Ooncorde, with the in
tention Of going to the Exposition.
When the conductor came around
for the necessary centimes the old
lady became q little befuddled as to
where she wanted to go, and imme-
diately the whole of the passengers
became interested in her behalf and
began plying her with questions
with the intention of setting her
Alright. 1t seemed a general relief
to everybody when the aged passen-
ger was safely landed at her desti-
nation, and eager eyes followed her
as she left the car. Many incidents
might be given in this particular,
showing the bond of sympathy ex-
isting among the people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
PADUCAH AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
HONEY
PUBLIC LKDgWR 0VVToK.
MEWPHls. TENN. July IL. 1878.


There has been a slight increase il
the call for money, which will gradually
increase on the approach Of September,
but it has not been sufficient to mAteri-
ally affect the plentiful funds, which are
many thousand dollars above what
was held at this time last year.
Exchange on New York we now quote
at par buying, and t premium sell
ing; on other eastern cities, par buy
ing, and / premium selling for both de,
mand and sight. New Orleans off
buying, and par selling. Gold opened
in New York today at 1909 and closed
at 1908 Local stocks, bonds and secu-
rites are in good demand, but nobody
offers them
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
PUBLIC LEDGER
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

MEMPHIS AND LoUIsvnLERAnRoAD
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

lrvERrn0L. July II. $3.50 nm Cotton Is
active. Middling upiApfs. 67-l6d; middling
dreams. SD. Sales. IS 900 bales, o. which
1000 were ior export and speculation. Rs
American. Futures opened partially 1-82
better.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

MEMPHIS AND oHAKLEST0N r. h.
(cIrY TME.)
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
RIVER INTELLIGENGR.

-ls LOUIS JUuu a. ScuQlcr ......m...s... ......O DIE
ARRIVALS
Steamer Coah0ma, Frisr's Point
A J. White, Arkansas City.
Commonwealth, st. Louis.
West Wind, 0sceola.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Msumelle, Arkansas river.
Bells Memphis, St Louis.
Commonwealth, New Orleans
Illinois, Vickoburg.
Mark Twain, St. Francis river.
Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
BOATS ~ PoRr
Coahoma, A. j. White, West Wind.
Condition OF the Rivers.
The river here declined IL inches
in the a hours ending at noon
and now stands Is feet z inches
above low water mark. At Cairo
the decline yesterday was 9 inches.
with 20 feet 4 inches on the gauge; at
st. Louis it is stationary, with 10 feet
9 inches on the gauge; at Pitts
burg it rose 4 inches, with 4 feet
10 inches on the gauge; at Cincin-
matt it declined Z inches, with Z
feet II inches on the gauge; at Louis
vile 16 inehes, with 6 feet 4 inches
in the canal; at Evansville tits ris-
ing, with G feet 3 inches on the
gauge. Cumberland river declined
3 inches at Nashville, with 3 feet 10
inches on the gauge. Arkansas
river is falling at Little Rock, with
z feet 6inches on the gauge. White
river is falling steadily, with a fair
stage Of water from Jacksonport Ia
the mouth.
miscellaneous.
More holiness.
Quiet on the levee.
The excessive heat retards bust.
ness on the leyee.
The Cons MilIar will leave Gin.
cinnati this evening for Memphis.
The City Of Alton leaves ST
Louis this evening for New Orleans
The government snag-boat O. G.
Wagner, left to-day for Rid river
The Bransford has entered Thu
cincinnati and Evansville trade.
Sunstroke and drowning is wha.
is knocking 'em most.
cinnati.
The Katie Hooper left Littl
Rock yesterday for Memphis anc
will arrive Friday morning.
The Mark Twain for the 81
Francis river had a good showing 4
freight and people.
The Golden Rule finished match
ing her boilers aud got away las
night for Cincinnati.
The Belle Memphis for st. Lou
had an excellent trip of passenger
aud q fair freight list.
The James W. Gaff, bound fc
Cincinnati, passed Evansville ye
terday morning.
The Maumelle cleared last ev
ming for Arkansas river with a ia
trip Of freight. o
The Illinois, for Vioksburg, ha
a splendid trip Of freight and pc,
pie.
Brooks is worried about the he
weather and don't care a d.
] about the cotton crop,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

NEW ORLEANS. July T.-Cotton Is steady
ceipts, JOB bales.
EHv YoRK, July II. I9.5 p.m.-Cotton is
quiet and steady. Sales, 700 bales. :
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

Market firm, with light offerings and a
fairinquiry. Sales yesterday, 800 bales
ooTToH QUOTATIONS..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17

The movement at all ports up TO last even.
ing are reported as follows:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
Indian Conjurers.

One of their tricks is To make the
dried skins OF "A cobra live. They al
low the beiolder every opportunity to
see how il is done, and ut the last stage
of jugglery but one he may examine the
basket To see that nothing but the SER
pent skin is in it. "A white cloth Is
taken by the juggler and placed over
the basket after having been well
shaken SO that you may he assured
nothing Is. in It. a pipe is produced
and with horrible noise, similar TO
that made by all snake charmers, apd
not unlike the sound cracked and
badly-made bagp pc would emit, is
nSde. No one goes near the cloth or
basket except the almost naked man,
who cannot possibly hide any live snake
in his sleeves, for the simple and sulli-
cient reason that he has neither sleeves
nor jacket. The sheet is lifted, and on
the lid being opened most distinctly
energetic serpent is discovered. No
sooner is il stirred than il rises ON its
tail, spreads out its hood, and strikes
with its famgs and tongue at the charm
er. The snake gone, 4 strong, stout
girl comes forward, makes deep obeis-
ance, and then, stepping back, throws
a man weighing full $50 pounds over
her shoulders. Nor does she stop here,
for she seizes her victim once more,
places him crosswise on her back, and
then tosses him into The air as though
he were made of feathers, and not a
broad-shouIdered human being. Turn
ing backward on her feet. she picks up
straws with her eyelids, throws somer-
saulrs and lifts weights which would
astonish the ordinary acrobat. While
she is thus performing, jugglers are
changing pebbles into birds, birds into
eggs and eggs into plants; men thread
beads with their tongues, join innumer-
able pieces of cotton into one long cord,
keep half IA score of sharp knives in the
air at once, throw cannon balls with
their toes, and spin tops or the end Of
twigS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
Hooking or Stealing,

Undoubtedly the human conscience,
and especially the boyish article, recog-
nizes a broad difference between the
theft of growing crops--of apples on The
trees, for instance, or corn on the stalk,
or melons in the iield-and that of other
species Of property. The surreptitious
appropriation of the former class of chat
tells is known in common parlance as
hooking" while the grayer term steal
ing describes the same process in other
cases. The distinction may arise from
a feeling that, so long as crops remain
rooted to the ground, they are natures,
not mans, and that nature can't be re-
garded as forming business contracts
with some individuals TO the exclusion
OF others, or in fact as aceeding TO any
of our human distinctions of meum and
t,aim, however useful we find them.
Ethical philosophers may refuse to con-
cede the sanction of the popular dis
tinction here alluded to between hook
ing and stealing; but, after all, ethics
Is not deductive but an empirical sci
ence, and what are morals but collec-
ton OF usages, like orthography and
orthoepy? However that may be, it is
the duty of the writer in this instance
merely to call attention to the prevalent
popular sentiment on the subject, with
out any attempt to justify it.-Scribner
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
Slang Phrases, &c.

Negligence in language leads TO slang,
to obscurity and inaccuracy. heard a
farmer lately tell a grocer he would take
''a few of them molasses." Always to
''reckon and calculate" where that labor
could be saved seems pity-and to
guess" at certainty IS wrong. The
papers OF late talk of "collided, suicided,
&C." Hurry Jpn saysmother. Haste
is sometimes good, but hurry, as it inn
plies confusion, is not so good. FIX
has forty meanings, aud is not merely
to fasten, TO determine, rest. A"heap"
of trouble, Sc. This commodity (?) is
awarded by%eight more than 10y heaped
measure, but good, bud and indifferent
are all put in heaps. Rent" is TO hire
or to let--two opposite meanings ex-
pressed 10y the same word. A moderate
sized stone is called ''rock'1a stream
is oft called river. Temperance, in
stead of moderation by misuse means
abstinence. ''Agreeably Disappointed
is in America Only-esewhere disap-
pointment is always disagreeable.-
"Put out a fire" here means TO start one
ELSE here TO exiinguish ons. ''Going
to come" is "A consradiction-'IIave to
have" useless repetition. Tear down"
building, &C., III America-take it
down, elsewhere, Abroad the word
"Dumb" means silent-here may mean
dull of apprehension. Clever here
means amiab'e, &c, elsewhere means
intelligent or ingenious. Our language
and writing should be free from pedan-
tic ostentation OH the one hinh, and
from slang on the other. One little il
lustrltion TO show both extremes. On
board ship when candles were used a
young MILDLY" was To see the lights
put out, and addressed slilOr thus:
"You fellow. extinguisL that nocturnal
illuminator;;" but the sailor rolled his
quill, hitched his trousers and grinred
in doubt. The mate passing by said,
"douce the glim." Aye, aye said the
sailor, and out went the light.
OsceOla. +. j. ENAIiY.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
Butter Making in California

Dairying is rapidly-growing. rural
industry of California. The time was,
says the Bulletin, when it was generally
believed That the climate of California
was not favorable to making good but
ter, but it is now known that no State
in the Union can make better butter, or
keep it good longer than they can
Wherever alfalfa grows rapidly the year
through, as it does on river bottoms, the
dairy season is practically perennial
On this clover, or on hay made from it,
cows keep UP good flow of milk the
year round, and are only dried up TO al
low of necessary rest and recuperation.
Large quantities. Of empty firkins have
been shipped from the East, and all that
have been made by local coopers have
been used, and still the demand for
something to pack butter in is unsatis-
fed. But few years since California
shipped the lirkins from the East, not to
put butter in, but to get the butter that
came i'm them. 1t now wants the empty
firkins, and will return them well filed
with butter of a quality superior to that
formerly received.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
Buried Nations.

The whole channel of the Nediterra-
mean must be strewed with human
bones. Carthaginians, Syrians, Egyp-
tons, Sidonians, Pensions, Greeks and
Romans-there they lie, side by side,
beneath the eternal waters. and the
modern ship that fetches freight from
Alexandria sails i'm its whole course
over buried. nations. Ii may be the
corruption of the dead that now adds
brightness to the phosphorescence of
the waves. All tell in the East that a
superstition exists on this subject.
which represents the spirits of the de-
parted rs lowering, whether on land or
water, over the spots where the ruins
OF their tabernacle are found; SO that,
IN picwing the Mediterranean, we sail
through armies of ghosts more multi
tudinous than the waves. These pa
tent spirits sometimes ride on the
foam, and at other times repose in these
delicious little hollows which look like
excavated emealds between the crcsts
OF the waves. 1t is their union and
thronging together, says the Orientals,
that constitute the phosphorescence of
the seas, for wherever there is light the
pillows fash with the luminousness of
vanished generations, that concentrate,
as it were, the starlight ON their wings.
-Boston Courier.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
An English Girps Filtration.

Tie richest heiress now on the en-
gagged list is Miss Crawshay, the daugh-
ter of the Vulcan of the Hills i'm South
Wales. Her dowry is said 10 be e500,-
600, and she is about to bestow this with
her hand and heart upona briefless bar
rister on the South Wales circuit. 1
should be very happy TO take her sister
upon the same terms, if felt inclined
to marry--for money. These ironnas-
ters' daughters have very considerate
way of selecting poor men for their hus-
bands, for Sir George Eliiott's daughter
married one of the special correspond
ents of the Daily News, and Il few days
ago the heiress of a Durham colliery
proprietor bolted with tie editor of
north country newspaper. 1t is said Of
one of these ladies, perhaps it would be
cruel to say which-for the man9uvre
after all was innocent enough-that
meeting with gentleman on board
steamer which was engaged in laying a
deep-sea cable in the Atlantic, they very
tooH W VII tiiC
deck. The hldy was all alone except
with papa. The gentleman m,ide him
self agreeable, and, being tall and hand
some, of course soon ingratiate6 him.
self with the iron kings daughter. One
day, finding himself alone, he proposed
there and then. ''lIushl" said the lady;
papa is asleep on the sofa and might
hear you. Let us take stroll on deck
II am very sorry" said thelady, resum-
ing the conversation on deck, but, of
course, you did not know when yoL
were talking to me below that L was
engaged. But have a sister at homo
who is exactly like me, you would not
know us apart, and when we return
home | will introduce you to her." The
introduction followed i'm due course,
and the marriage within six months
The courtship took place by proxy
London Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-03
ButtonBnsfers.

The secret of running a boarding
house proiitably is to find out just what
your boarders don't like, and then feed
'em lots of it.
Lightning struck a hive of bees in
Kansas, the other day. The painful
story is soon told. The misguided
lightning came out of that hive quicker
than ii went in, and went off into space
with its tail between Its legs. Moral
Never pick quarrel when you are not
acquainted with the folks.
The fellow that invented and perfect
ed the machine that turns out the in
Vulnerable paper bags now in use has
invented new way to fasten buttons
OH cards. What an opportunity he
missed when stopped in his button-fast-
ening career. Had he invented ma
chine to fasten buttons on shirts and
boys clothes, in the larger and better
use of that term fasten, his name would
have soon become household word.