Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-12
lieu of dover, as personal and inalien-

lieu of dover, as personal and inalien-
able provision, $4,000 a year through
out her life, and to be paid quarterly to
her. The Emperor grants the Princess
dowry of so, 900 marks, of which one
half is to be regarded as an actual mar
riage portion, such as the Princesses of
Prussia are entitled to have, the other as
the personal gift of the Emperor, pass
ing into the free possession of the Prin-
cess. The dowry, not magnificent
one, is to be delivered within four weeks
after the marriage to such persons as
the Queen may select. The Emperor
also agreed to provide the lady with
princely apparel, jewels, and an outfit
suitable to Prussian Princess.
Odds and Ends
The greatest help 10 q man in life
is good-natured, loving, contented
wife-but the greatest trouble is to find
out one of that kind.-Elmira Gazette
Bachelor.
Let man pull straw out of hay
NOW at Leadville, to pick his teeth with,
and the first thing he hears is: essay,
you thief, did you know hay was worth
5000 ton around herep"
When a man discovers that he has
got away with S2,674 13 worth of tobac-
CO and cigars during his life, he doesn't
decide to stop smoking and chewing,
but to do more begging of his friends.
Now shut up your hens. Don't let
them out till they can be of service.
Wait till your neighbor has planted his
garden, when they will be found excel
lent help in bringing things to the sur
face.-Boston Transcript.
"A member of the rhetorical class in
q certain college had just finished his
defamation when the Professor said,
"Mr. -, do you suppose a General
would address his soldiers in the man
ner in which you spoke that piecep"
Yes, sir, do" was the reply, " if he
was half scared to death. ."-Bostos
Globe.
Every now and then some chap
writes to newspaper for recipe to
prevent hair from coming out. If men
would 60 home from the lodge before
midnight with their legs sober, their
hair wouldn't come out so rapidly. We
always go home early, and we have
more hair now than the day we were
BORN NorristOUn Herald.
"A lawyer, the other day, ugly as
sin and famous for his big nose, was en-
gagged in resisting decree of divorce on
the ground that the husband had par
doned, and been reconciled to the wife.
After the manner of some lawyers, he
spoke of "I" and 'fme," instead of
"my client" Warming up to the Oc-
casion, he said: You have pretended
that you never granted me reconcilia-
ton or pardon. What then is the
meaning of this letter that you wrote
me on the 18th of December, and which
concludes with these words, 'l'd like
even to kiss that pretty nose of yours?'
The loud laugh made him look round
and stopped the flow of his eloquence
Parts Paper.
The Burlington young NAH who
went to Leadville in February to make
his fortune returned home yesterday
evening, having made it. He reports
the walking from Leadville to Pueblo as
terrible, but from that point on as far
east as Larned it improved, and from
Larned to Usage City he got along with
comparatively little fatigue and nothing
to eat; from Usage City to Atchison the
walking grew rapidly worse and bis ia.
| tigue increased out of all proportion to
his rations, and from Hopkins to Bur-
lington the walking was so beastly tina,
the occasional lifts he was able to beg
or steal on freight trains didn't count fol
any thing. He expresses himself as
highly pleased with Leadville, and
thinks Of going back again, but not this
centurv. He excused the style of his
raiment, by saying that nobody in Lead.
vile wore any more than one leg to theiI
burlington HaUkeye.