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Osage Valley banner., 1879-08-28
sIIEalFgis sALg.

By virtue ota transcript execution, Issued
from the office OF the CLERK OF the Circuit
Court OF Miller county, Missouri, ip favor
OF the State ot Missouri. at the Ielstion aud
TO the use OF James N. Bfoekman, Collector
Of lAe Revenue OF Miller county, Missouri,
and HgAiast Lonis Wtlenyer, dated the 2Ggh
day q February, 1879, and 70 the under-
signed sheriff delivered. I win on
"Wednesday, September The 10th, ls79,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and i've o'clock IN the afternoon
OF thai day, at the Court house door Ia tho
town OF Tuscumbia, Miller county, State OF
Missouri, and while the Circuit Court Of
Ailler county sin srsaion, expose 20 sale
at public auction TO toe highest bidder Tor
cash N hand, aittilo right, Tito, id.erest and
eetara OF toe said Louis Wllcmytr I, In and
20 The following desfbed fcat6|ls.n situat-
tdlntbe county ofMitld nadstate Of hfissousi
to'wits 100 acres northwest quarter seetioa
a. township 40 range 10. Levied upon and
10 bs sold 20 satisfy said execution snd eoAts,
Osage Valley banner., 1879-08-28
sLlERlgFs gAIp

By virtue u y special execution iAsnad
rom the oth'e OF Ibe clerk OF the Cir,u,t
- Soutt Of Miller county, Aissoarl 10 fngorSo q
the State OF Missouri, Al The relation and No
the use OF las. 81. BraekmAn, collector OF the
iIeyenue pf Miller oounly,r in the state N
AZ MfsoqFl and against GeOtee t.etsef. dated
the l0ti day Of January. A. ID. 1919, and to
me olpdersigned sheri delivered, viii on
Wedneaday, Septomber the 10th, 1879.
Detweed the ho0fA OF nine 8 clock in tha
lcreaOon and Ave ocleck IN tie aitbrn5on N
tnni day a. the Court housa doaf in The
tosn e Tilscuniblr Miller connly, Alissoari,
Ana ~ w iba ClFcolt Court OF Nj lei eountR
s4eslqe, qxp0se 70 sala at pntIic auctIoa|
totha hizbsit Bidder for cash ii hand, ali ihs
right title, Interest and estate OF abe said
~ A,sosge Lslser, or I'm and 10 the following
aessfioed real estate, situated In the countS
y aIei esd statgef Mh0nei, toIwh. 2i6
Scrs, sae west hAlt mort hsaat quarter aud ihe
nvasaTe't s0 quar.ef saction ID, township 10,
anse 40 Levied upon aud 70 be sold 10 sat'
lsiy said execution aud costa.
PIscSNEY s. Miller, Sheriff,
Osage Valley banner., 1879-08-28
SHEalFP'5 SALE.

By virtue OF trnnsSFlpf execution, Issued
from the oillee OF the Clerk OF the Circuit
U1urt' OF Miller co,snty, Missouri, in favor of
the State OF N ssouri, at Tie relation and TO
the use Of james ID. BFockman. Collector OF
tho R5yenue OF Miller county Missouri, and
against Gotleib Hervers and q. II, Paulsin
dated the 2GSh day of February, 1879, and to
The undersigned Sher a ndtllyered, win on
Wednesday, September the 10Th, 1870,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock 10 the fore.
noon and five o'clock 10 the aiternoon of
that day, At the Court house door in the
town OF 1uscunbiss Mllier county, State o.
Missouri, and while the Circuit Court
Miller county ls so seasiOn, expose 10 SO
public auction TO tho highest bidder ic
10 hand, all the right, title, interest ~ 6B
OF the gaid G0tlsib Hervers aud q
sln OF, In and TO the foAowlng des N OF
estate sitnAted in the County
State 81 Missouri, to-wits
west quarter sonthwost or - a.aaa
west quarter northwest q II $1'ooA 30
township forty, range iof-
n Eef and N E qr . q FuNp.
range IA. Levied u.s.
satisfy said exocutl,oo'E
Osage Valley banner., 1879-08-28

Levied upon and 70 DO sold to satisfy su
execution and costa.
P.s. MUIR. Sheriff.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
The Knala of Australia.


Chamber3' Journal
One of the most interesting of the
purely nocturnal msTsupials il the col
onists' native bear" the kcala Il is
arhoreal in habit, and its chief food y
the leaf OF powerfully astringent euea-
lypt7s, with slight favor of pepper
mint. Full grown individuals weigh
about twenty pounds; they are destitute
Of tails, snd covered with gray or rufaus
woody hair Of beautiful texture, and ali
their limbs formed for climbing. Dura
ing the day they sit in the fork of tree
in the densest scrubs, with the head
buried in the breast, presenting the
appearance Of ball Of gray fur. The
vriter he- kept msry of th;se IS pets
but failed 10 rear the first be took il
hand in conse quence Of feeding it on
cows milk alone. Assuming that the
natural milk would be aatringent, the
experiment of macerating leaves of the
peppermint gum tree in cows milk was
tried, and resulted in bringing up the
second on this infusion until it was able
to subsist entirely on leaves. 1t lived
in the house, and passed the night in its
masters bed room, and gave audible
evidence of its presence as it climbed
about guns, rods and boek-shelves for
hours together. When tired of this it
would creep into bed and nestle up
under one of its masters arms. During
the day it would hang upon the skirts
one of the servants, apparently fast
asleep, with its muscles in a state of
tension as she went about her household
duties; or sit upon the back of its mass
ter's neck firmly grasping his hair, and
Indifferent to any movement he mi ght
make.
The tastes of this and two other koalas
were pc ocular, and their f0ndness for to-
bscco in any form most remarkable.
They would lick all over with avidity,
and even chew the foulest pipe saturated
with oil and It was difficult matter to
prevent them " hen sitting on the shout
der from taking the pipe out of ones
mouth. Neither did the black colonial
tobacco cone smiss ihem; and they
seemed to suffer no effects from thess
indul gences. One IF them even went
further than this, and one evening at
ts4cked a glass of whisky and watel
standing on the table; and ever sftel
the iinglipg of glasses was the signal fol
his descent from the rafters Of the roo
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
Spanish AncbOvy Fishers.
All The Year Round.

Men Snd women we're hard at work
packing the ssrdines in baskets shared
something lie a nsutilus shell, and
holding each five thousand. The fish
were placed in layers, separated by
leaves and salt, and in this state were to
be dispatched on mule-back over the
mountains to supply the interior of
Navarro and Alava, and even through
the government lines into CASTLE. Ask
ing what they would, be likely to realize
in the inland towns, was told 10d. per
100, at the very lesst. Thus the buyer
who had his outlet wss purchasing at
Odd, and even adding an additional 24d.
for packing expenses and transport, the
profit would be Sd. on the 100, or A.. 81.
on the 1000; SO that il, as l was in
formed, 100 900 would be sent off by
this one dealer, he stood to clear EGO,
even allowing something for losses. Well,
this gave me a tolerable notion of what
the buyers were making in a fair season,
but / felt more interested as to the gains
of the men who nsked their lives, and
this is the information the cOmrandant
gave me. He said that if the patron
made for himself, boat ard net, f2 the
round trip, the return would be consid-
cred good, and the crew would be well
satisfied with rs. each. Thus, suppos,
ing four voyages a week TO be made
during good reason, giving two days
Of for repairs OF gear, and no serious
accident met with, the patron might
pocket something like $50 in three
months-it being impossible TO count on
a longer Ieriod, owing TO weather and
vsYioUs obstscles-snd the men possibly
&23. OF course, there ave the funny.
anchovy, masEeTal ard other seasons,
but il is to b. doubted, even with the
best Of luck, sucl as being a6le to put
to sea nine months in the year, whslher
the patron ever gets beyond $3.50, out
OF which Re has to Keep bis boats, spars,
calls, ropes, and, above ali, his nets, in
condition. Probably the men
may realize in a COED yesr ESQ But
these "a. culst- oTs were made uoder the
most -avors bic circumstances snd It
wss more than likely that, one year
with smother, neither psCron nor crew
ever reached these respective amounts.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08

spare Won, with your screams calling
men to hunt me down"
sob, il you had but killed me then !"
she moaned
"Well, 1 am at your mercy now"
he said.
She answered: " You can kill. wish
you would. i pray you do it. You
killed my husband. The murderer of
my husband must be brought to justice,
and I-yesterday, nay, an hour ago-I
loved you'll o God, pity mel have
loved this msn, this thief, wlo came in
the night to rob my husband, and who
murdered him F"
She remembered saying this. After
ward strange drowsiness overcsme her.
She seemed to let go her hold upon the
world. She family recognized the fact
that Colonel HUMPHREYS knelt st her
feet snd kissed her hands. Then there
were blank hours, and strange, wild
dreams, and she awakened in the twi-
light snd found herself bound fast to 8
great arm chair, long cords about her
arms tying her bands and combining her
feet.
So her servants found her; but she
was the only living being in the greag
house. Colonel Humphsies aud his two
black servants had vanished, no one
knew whittier.
The empty bottle of chloroform on
the foor-the fact that he had left little
behind him, and that he had always
kept his money in form that left him
free to leave the country at any time,
all proved that detection had been pre-.
pared for. And he was never traced-or
had the means to bride those who were
set upon his track.
Ida Halifont lived through it all. She
lives to-day in the quiet house beside
the river, but no one has ever seen her
smile since that hour. Noone willever
see her smile again; and from her
deepest slumbers she often starts in
terror, farcyiDg that she sees upIiited
menacingiy above, that cruel, terrible
arm marked with tie blood,red stain.
There is 10 hope Of happiness for her,
for she never can forget that this arm
has also embraced her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
Yellow Hair.

The yellow hair which a number of
actresses and many women off the stage
affect, seems to be growing more and
more common. It is not pleasant to see
however, because it is, in almoat every
instance, artificial, the result of dyeing
and artiiciality is never agreeable for
sny length of time. Actresses have
professional reasons-perhaps mistaken
ones-for dyeing their hair; but other
women have no excuse for it. They
imagine, of course, that it adds to their
beauty, or modiGes their homeliness,
which it certainly does not. The effect
indeed, is quite the contrary. Nature is
very likely to understand the true prin-
ciples of art. Although she may not
make all women handsome, she gener-
ally furnishes them with complexion,
ewes and hair 70 match. And when they
bleach their hair they blunder sstietic-
ally, wrOnging nature and themselves st
the same time. The peculiar hue o. the
hair which is DOW the fashion with a
certain class is almost always urbecom~
ing, becsu-e it is unnatural. II adver-
tises and emphasizes its artifciality, and
conveys an unisvorsble impression of
the person who adopts it. No woman in
civilization colOrs her hair blue, her nose
red, her cheeks green or her teeth blsck.
But il she did she would be acting very
much like the woman who dyes her hair
yellow-a dead, &etitious repellent hue,
Yellow hair is apt to give an unprepos-
sessing notion of the wesrer. The man
or woman of taste and good sense who
sees it associates it with painted eye
brows, painted cheeks and other false
things, spiritual not less than material.
If these hair-dyers knew what men Of
the world mean by saying, " She is the
sort of woman who blesches her hair, !"
they would think twice before they say it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
Sailing Ships Disappearing.

A New Fork letter to the Rhilsdel-
phia Ledger says: There would really
seem to he no future for the poor sailin
ship. About the only paying business
that has, been left for the smaller class
of vessels of late has been the West
India sugar AID molssses trade, and now
even that is about to be turned over 10
the sI.devouring British steamships.
they were doing badly if they could not
get much higher figure. These steam
ers sxe upward of 1900 tons burthen,
but their drsught is not so great as 10
prevent them. from getting in and out Of
any of the sugar ports without difficulty.
The worst OF it is, said an old ship.
owner at the Maritime exchange ths
afternoon, "when these British Steamers
once take hold of any particular Grade
they never let go their hold until they
have driven every one else o-dt of it
We may as well accept the situation
however, and make the best of it. Ger
tain it is that the sailing vessel has haG
its day, and as things stand at present
10 one but q lunstic will think of build
| ing new one."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
The sin OF infectious Diseases

It has been customary in certain quar-
tiers to charge such things as yellow fe-
yer 81 the Almighty and to insist that
they did their work only according to
the divine decree. This view does not
meet with general Endorsement. The
Independent thus combs il: 1.-The idea
tha5 epidemics are special creations of
God, for specific purposes OF chastise-
NEXT, is not so orthodox Is formerly.
Ee does not use disease snd death as
punishments and warnings (; but in their
origin they are believed to be the re-
suits of disobedience to the laws of ma
ture. On the point of the origin OF spe>
eiGc diseases the sound philosophy Of the
present is to seek their limitation by
studying and interrnpting their methods
of conveyance, at the sane time we are
on guard against those conditions which
are most likely to cause them to de novo,
if such a thing is possible. The next
point is that specific polsons, whether or
not originated by fsyoriDg upsanitary
conditions, are surely aided in their
spread and vGulenee thereby. The rec
ords of epidemics show that they borrow
their chief momentum from close apart
ments, filth or careless mingliDg with
persons or effects that are contaminated
The question of surrounding filth may
not decide in an individual case whether
there will be an attack or whether or not
it will be virulent, since many faetoTi
sre concerned in the determination, but
the law of limitation and Of benigKity
is altogether in the direction OF cleanli'
ness.n
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
The Dangerous Girl.
Iippincott's MAGAZINE.

But now, at least, let US cone to the
real Dangerous girl"-the girl who
seems by some fine fitness to walk into
the empty room in a mans heart which
has never been opened to another woman
and take up her abode there. "She is
j Ist as high IS my heart" Orlsndo says
of Rosslind, and there can be no more
accurate measurement for a lovers de-
light in his sweetheart. She fits MIN,
she suits him. She may not be pretty,
she need not be clever; she may be both
of these things in a remarkable degree
snd ballroom belle beside, and a chef
d'ouUre of milliner's art into the bargain.
But she has q gift over and beyond all
these which renders all others subordis
nate. She has way of listening which
makes the most reserved man eloquent,
and her little speeches, never audacious
and rarely brilliant, have yet something
tenacious about them, and cling to his
memory when he sits over his fire by
night or goes about his daily work. Then
her face, her distinct and vivid person.
atty, pursues him; it is the girl hersel +,
not her bangles nor her founces that he
remembers. 1t seems natural to him
that he is thus taken possession Of and
held captive. No matter how cold he
may have been heretofore, he now be-
comes arlent, warm. hearted and rash.
He may have admired pretty girl with
her furbelows and founces and her nice
perception OF the most becoming; he
msy rave been q little heayy-hearted
over the sumptuous beauty of the belle,
and have enjoyed the society of the
clever girl who saved him the trouble of
doing all the talking, being able 20 do it
herself so much more brilliantly. But
this hankerirg after private felicity, this
iervid belief in attainable happiness, this
large faith in the future which marriage
may assure TO him, only followed his Sc
quaintance with the dangerous girl "
who upset his boasted ideas of independ-
ent enjoyment, overturned all his pres
conceived otions of bachelorhOod and
set him longing to be engaged. Until
he saw her he said with Benedick: "One
woman is fair, yet am well; another is
wise, yet 1 am well; another virtuous,
yet I am well; but till all grsces come
into one woman, enc woman shall not
come into my grace
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
Too Much Sleep.

"iiOl bless the man who first in
vented Sleep" So said Sancho Panza,
sndl 80 say we. But there are those
who will not feel like blessing the man
WI 70 has discovered that. there is danger
as well as health and happiness in SUM-
Ter. The Golden Rule rises to warn
rs that there is such thing as too much
sleep. 1t says: 1.-The effects of too
much sleep are not less signal than
those arising from its privation. The
whole nervous system becomes blunted,
so that the muscular energy is enfeebled,
and the sensations and moral and intellect
ual manifestations are obtunded. All
the bad effects of inaction become de-
veloped. The memory is impaired, the
powers of imagination are dormant, and
the mind falls into kind of hebetude,
chiefly because the functions of the in
tellect are not sufficiently exerted, when
sleeps too prolonged or too often repeat
ed. To sleep good is not necessarily to
b a good sleeper. Generally they are
the poorest sleepers who remain the
longest in bed i. e., they awaken less
refreshed than if the time of rising were
earlier by an hour or two. We COM
mend this to those who cry ga little
more sleep and little more slumber."
It does not affect newspaper men who 60
| to bed late and get up early.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
Dean SWift'S Ruse.

One of the cleverest hoaxes ever per-
petrsted, WIS one invented by Swift, and
intended tor the public good. He caused
to be printed and circulated some last
words" of street robber named Eliston,
purpOrting to have been written shortly
before his execution, in which the con-
demued thief was made to say: Now
as | am dying man, have done some
thing which may be of good use ID the
public. ! have left with an honest man
the only honest man l ever was ac-
quainted w;th-the names of all my
wicked brethren, the places of their abode,
with short accout of the chief crimes
they have committed in many o; which
l have been their sccomplice, and heard
the rest from their own mouths. have
likewise set down the names of those we
call cur settlers, OF the wicked houses
we frequent, and all of those who re-
ceive snd buy our stolen goods. have
solemnly charged this honest man, and
have received his promise upon oath
that whenever he hears OF any rogue to
be tried for robbery or HOUSEKEEPING
he will look into his list, and if he finds
the name there of the thief concerned
to send the whole paper to the govern
ment. Of this here give my co mpar
ions fair and public warning, and hops
they will take it." We are told tn,
deans ruse succeeded so well that stree
robberies were for maIy years after fe',
and far between.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08

With the besuti,ul Mneellius

leaked With the beautiful Mseeliine
A. ere il the scented clover;
Ihe nightingale Gang 70 the rsss and moon
ORe sweet song over and over.
TIE nightingale sang, ana ne sang. knew
I" Tel hsri Tel Ter you love heii u tell hei
"Tef her you love her; it, essy say
Just heSe in the scented cover
60 I told ser the sweetest story Ihete- sd
! told f. over snd oyer;
b. a l-oor.I'sff, musl5 and y b Il said
Nv teauth Naoeiiine ibooE her he2d.
Ne ~ VALID vi'h fhe exquisite girl
-- r,Ts5js & the cfo~dea city;
RE zss Cd =. clsd in six sud lace.
sre vas rfcous. wise and vittv;
: r1ske O. isse is u houses ana gols,
u lsu5s 10 he oOas ht. and bonds 0 be sold.
, saozf6 Lex nv bank took there and then;
Ana she whispered, Really, barry 70
n1i Ma-osllin-. darling an shan be yours
wherever you choose 10 marry;
20 On, AMI accordingly things we're said,
Ard The lssutiful Marceline bowed fer head.
Moonlight a. d music and that sort OF thing
are rated as foolish or funny;
J. you're n earnest your w0o.ng 10 speed
Talk 10 girl Of your money.
Tel Der, " Pm worth SO AMI so p then a kiss
Ee- you the wedd ng ring she'll say q Yes. %
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to take his modest share of the customary
''night-cap" with SIS much gusto as il he
had been born north of the Tweed. The
tenacity of grasp in the koalos is due to
their having both the great toe and the
thumb opposable to the other digits, so
that practically they possess four hands /;
but they have no weapons of ofense or
defense, and never bite. In intelligence
they are superior to any of the other
marsupisls, and their quaint habits in
confinement render them interesting
pets.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08

A Paris correspondent gives the fol-
lowing description of dress of Ouch
ess: 1t represented an evil, snd was
worn by foreign duchess. The dress,
in the darkest shade of blue satin, Was
trimmed with grsyish fawn-colored ftesth.
ara the hue of the night bird. The
front of an owl with diamond eyes shone
in the middle Of the lady's chest and
another owl oruamented ner head.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08

d0u lOuCU6u nun.
Why did she not speak, and call him
by name? Why did she sink down
uron her hands and tremble like an aspen
Leaf Alas the awful reason was this
Upon that arm which she was about to
give the right to clasp her in tenderest
embrace she saw 8 terrible mark-a
mark she had seen once before. She
knew its shape and size and color. Her
eyes had been rivited upon it as the
81 1ewy hand, at the wrist of which it
ended, grssped her dying husbands
throat. She had learned it of by heart
she could not be deceived. Though
years had rolled away, that horribly
marked arm was not TO be forgotten OF
mistaken by any other.
Suddenly Colonel HUMPHREYS felt
himself ga ped by hand that, small 8:
it wss, ha6 the fierce touch of tigers
claws. The fingers closed ever that REQ
mark-a white face came close to his.
"You sre my husbands murderer -
Kissed voice in his ear.
Then the two stood staring at each
other. He made no denial; he only
looked down at the red mark upon hii
arm and cursed it aloud.
Chow dare you to make love to me p
she gasped. "You-"
Because love you," he saiC
Woman, if had not fallen in low
with you that night, would have
killed you. 1t was risking my life II
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-02-22
A HiEt to Laura

. ia. ID {
III man is on ths cars end uees ,
young lady BIO doesn't know from Eve
and never saw before, trying to let dOwr
the window, he throws down his paper,
takes OF bis hat. bows himself double,
smiles around. says sWsotly, Allow
me y and closes tbs window will
graceful skill and charming courtesy,
If bis sister says. 'tTon, went you
please let the window down for ms ~
he tucks his paper isaragely. under! hi.
arm. and stalking across aths aisle,
stands q On Ter feet while lle bangs iii
window down with a alan that Gil.
her face and haicf with dust, And Il
his wife, holding the baby in ono arm
aud ZACH basket on the other, tries 10
lot down the window, and says timtdly
and ,ugge,tIssly, "Oh, dear, | dou't
believe lean get it doTn,eihe gruats
and ,pys, sch !" and buries himself
still despOrin bis paper. That's what
you're coming to- Laura Burlington
Il
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-02-22
The Paragon OF Her Sex.


Miss Susan 3. Anthony is the one
only person who answers 10 Epe, sar.
gcanl'. problem Of 'Tho Woman wha
Dared,% She is the ono woman extunI
who is not afraid. She told the New
YOrk,Lsgislatare, in q speech At Al.
bany tho other night, that marriage
was simply'a womun's binding herself
out to man for board;oilOdgiug; aud
clothes. She also told them that she
had made her first appearance before
that bOdy more than thirty years ago,
whom most Of those who now heard
her were at school. Can female hsro.
ism 60 one step further than thi, p
Baltimore San.