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A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

An observant spectator will notice
that the first floor windows ola large
house at the corner of Norfolk stree,
London, present a peculiar appear
ance. The shutters are up, and they
are covered thickly with dust, while
through the chinks can be seen the
blinds, also thick with dust, and mol
dering away with age. These shut
ter and blinds have been in exactly
the same position untouched for for.
ty years. During that time no hu.
man foot has entered that room
Aud the reason is this:
Forty years ago-more than forty,
Lord Dysart was engaged to be mar.
ried. The day was fixed, the wed.
ding morning arrived, the breakfast
was laid out in the spacious and
handsome room, the bridegroom was
made ready TO proceed to church,
when it was discovered that the bride
was missing. A note in her hand
writing was found addressed to the
bridegroom, briefly informing him
that she had eloped that morning
with his best mana gay and gal
liant captain Of dragons. The Tilted
bridegroom did not say much, but
he went alone to the room in which
the wedding breakfast was laid out
with his own hands put up the shut
ters, and drew the blinds, locked the
door, and took the key. He gave
orders that the doors should be nail.
ed up and barred with padlocked
bars, and that no one should enter
the room again. When the house
was let it was stipulated that the
room in question should remain un.
touched, and the sum of two hun.
dred dollars per annum was paid to
the tenant to compensate him for the
deprivation of the use of the room
The room has never been entered
since the day he closed it, and there
are the wedding meats molderine
silently away, and the ornaments
crumbling into dust in the funeral
gloom.
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"A YOUNG lady graduate in an adj
joining county read an essay emit
tied employment Of Time" Her
composition was based on TIE text,
"Time wasted is existence; used, is
life" The next day she purchased
eight ounces Of zephyr of different
shades and commenced working a
sky-blue dog with sea-green ears and
pink tail on yellow canvass. She
expects to finish it by Christmas
Il Post-Dispatch.
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A MOTHERS DYINa HERoIsM.---
Wcstmoreland county shared in the
devastating effects Of the storm. AT
Shancr's station, on the B. and O. r.
R., two houses occupied by the fam
lilies Of miners, named Mcguire and
DALEY, were swept by the fierce OF
torrent of McGrew's run into You
ghlogheny river. The Mcguire FAM
lily all escaped in safety from the
death that threatened them, but the
six little children Of the Dailcys re-
manned in the building almost until
it had been carried into the river.
The mother Of the children, nearly
frantic. rushed to the bank, and
springing into the alternately NOV
ling and stationery structure, one at
q time, picked her little ones up, and
as though endowed for the occasion
with wonderful power and nerve,
Esprang ashore with each and placed
it in safety When she had in her
arms the last child, the house again
began to move toward the river. The
distance TO the bank measurably in
creased and by.a miracle only could
IA leap carry her beyond the swelling
flood that roared between. The mo-
|ther closed her eyes and sprang for,
ward once more. It was an awful
leap-an awful moment for the spec
tators, powerless to aid her. She
reached the bank and a hearty muir.
muir Of thankfulness went up, she
threw her little one forward, safe up.
on the ground Then fainting away,
she fell back backward-back into
the boiling current, which dragged
her down into its muddy, invisible
depths, and ont into the midss 0,
the river. The brave mothers body
! had not been recovered last night VI
ito midnight. Pittsburg Dispatch
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THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,

Around her waist / put my arm
1t felt as soft as cake;
"Oh, DEAR" says she, "what liberty
You printermen do take!''
"Why, yes, my Sal, my charming gal
Il squeezed her some guess,)
Can you say aught my love, against
The freedom Of the press ?"
kissed her some-I did by gum!
She colored like a beet;
Upon my living soul she looked
Almost too good to eat!
I gave her another buss, and then
Says she, "f do confess
I rather kinder sorter like
The freedom of the press.''
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mo. 81.
CRAVE OF LINCOLN's MOTHER.

l y
lis Sentinel, who recently visited the
grave of Lincoln's mother, at Roche
port, Ind, writes as follows; "No
stone, no tablet, not even a rough
wooden headboard marks the vim
devices palace. Where the head
board should stand a small, uncouth
dogwood bush has deeply planted it's
roots, thus reminding one Of the ap-
pie tree story associated with the
burial place of Roger Williams. To
the right of the grave, as you, face
the cast, towers graceful oak,
whose quiet shadows seem, as it
were, to hold communion with the
careless slumbcrer that reposes be-
meath its roots. ~.
As I stood there in the beautiful
midmorning of . refreshing summer
day, rejecting on the worlds ingrat-
itudc, blithe, nimble- squirrel was
jumping and chattoring in tho bran.
chcs overaead. Pretty little song
sters made the woods vocal with
their gushing minstrelsy, willie. all
the mourning cooling of a dove swell
ed on the fragrant air like the dying
cadence ofsome weird requiem.
The scene, though impressive, was
beautiful, and recalled wildly TO my
memory those enchanting lines Of ILL
fated Shelley:
"'Twas softer than the night winds
! sigh,
TWAS n,ildcr than tho unmeasured
notes,
Of that strange Tyre, - 81
Whose springs the GENT of the brcc-
yes sweep"
Thomas Lincoln, father Of The ILL.,,
starred Abraham, emigrated to Spcn-
Ger county in 1877. The following
season his wife died, and In very
few years after this domestic be-
reavement he removed to Illinois.
This, in brief, is the whole story of
the Lincoln family's history connec-
ted with Indiana. The little rude
log. cabin constructed by Mr.. L. and
his son, was carried away, / learn,
several years ago, by some enterpris-
ing Chicago Yankees. And Little
Pigeon church, where the boy Lin
coin listened to the hymns of Zion,
has changed with the generation who
gathered there IN the dim years Of
the past. All is changed.
| Just Why the grave Of Mrs. Lin.
coin has lain in neglect so long is q
mystery to me. Surely the spirit
that actnated the Phillips, Garrisons
and Daviscs, and the followers OF
these old time Abolitiouists Is dead.
Could not their followers pay the
simple tribute of respect to the menu
Org Of their great champion by erec-
ting plain shaft over the residing
place Of his mother. For sixty ono
years not a single stone has marked
her namelcss grave. Isnot this neg
|lect another accumulated evidence
that the world is uncharitable and
republics ungrateful?
/ RossE CoLYDoN.
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JuDIc1oUs ADvERT1s1NG.-A man
was denouncing newspaper advertis-
ing to a crowd of listeners. "Last
week." said he, 81 had an umbrella
stolen from the vestibule of the -
church. 1t was gift; and, valuing
it very highly, spent double its
worth in advertising, but have not
recovered it." GLOW did you word
your advertisements asked a mer-
Chant. "Here it u.s." producing a
slip cut from newspaper. The
merchant took it and read: "Lost
from the vestible of the -- church,
last Sunday evening, a black silk
umbrella. The gentleman who took
it will be handsomely rewarded by
leaving it at No. = San Fernando
street." "Now," said the merchant,
II am liberal advertiser, and have
always found that it paid me we'll.
A great deal depends upon the man
ner in which an advertisement is
put. Let us try for your umbrella
again, and if you do not acknowl.
edge then that advertising pays, l
will purchase you a new one" The
merchant then took slip of paper
from his pocket and wrote: I'll the
man who was seen to take an UNI
brella from the vcstibule of the -
church last Sunday evening docs not
wish to get into trouble and lave q
stain cast upon the christian charac-
ter which he values so highly, he
will return it to No. - San Fernando
street. He is we'll known" This
duly appeared in the paper, and on
the following morning the man was
astonished when he opened the front
door of his residence. On the porch
lay at least dozen umbrellas of all
shades and sizes that had been
thrown in from the sidewalk, while
the front yard was literally paved
with umbrellas. Many of them had
notes attached to them, saying that
they had been taken by mistake, and
:. begging the loser to keep the little
affair quiet.
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One of the blue laws of Connec-
ticut said: mo one shall run on the
Sabbath day, except reyerently."-
Imagine.a man just out of church
pursuing flying hat reyently be.
fore high wind, and in the presence
of an interesting congregation.
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LOST OR STOLEN.

A CERTAIN PROMISSORY NOTE
"A drawn by J. r. Musgroye, dated
sometime about the LIST of September
(as nearly as remembered) and paya-
BILE on January LIST, 1880, to William
Tally or order, for the sum OF forty
FIVE dollars. The public are cautioned
against trading for the same.
WILLIAM TALLY.
Pineyille, July "a, 1879.
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n. nm A MONTH GUARANTEED.
VI jill $l2 day at home made by
n al II the industrious. Capital not
WtUU reduired-we will start you.
- Men, women, boys and girls
make money faster at work for us than at
anything else. The work is light and
pleasant, and such as any one can go right
at. Those who are wise who see this no
tice will sepd.ns their addresses at once
and SEQ for themselves. Costly outfit and
terms free. Now is the timer Those al.
ready at work are laying up large sums OF
money. Address TRUE s. CO., Augusta,
Maine. ~
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DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF The PARISH
TERMS.

ss8sis. TERMS. =
THE DEMoGRATisis' published Weekly
at Tive DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS per
annnm- OSE DOLLAR and FIFrY CENTS
for six months - PAYABLE IN AID
VANCE. 45zt
TISEMENTSinserted atsthe rate
of one DOLLAR per square for the first
insertion and FIFTY CENTS for each
subsequent one. Ten lines or less
(brevi9r type) constitute square.
OBITUARY. NOTICES, Marriages, Public
Meetings,aCards of Thanks, ETC., to be
paid IA advertisements
PERSONAL CARDS-when admissible
charged double the usual advertising
rates.
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WHEREFORE OF THE OUTBRAKE.-
The Memphis Avalance of the Oath
says: "The true reason of the pres
ent outbreak of yellow fever is not
so much in the filthy streets and al
leys of the city, but in the cupidity
of some of our people who could not
get their consent to destroy even the
bed clothes upon which patients
died Of the fever. 1t has never been
demonstrated that the yellow fever
germ can be preserved through the
frosts and freezes Of winter in the
foul air Of privy vault, but it has
been shown time and again that
WOODEN goods, especially blankets
that have become saturated with the
yellow fever poison, will retain it for
a very long period even in cold wea-
ther. It is we'll known that many
persons in Memphis did not hesitate
to preserve and even to sleep upon
beds and bed clothing that had been
poisoned by the infected air Of sick
room or by direct contact with the
yellow fever patient. Thes articles
have been kept, of course, in bed
rooms where the heat of fire during
the day and the warmth Of the sleep
er's body at night prevented the
germ from being frozen out. In
In many instances wooden clothing,
that had been hanging in the sick
room where the air was reeking with
the foul fumes of Che fever, was
packed away in trunks, or with the
poorer classes in wooden boxes
Here it remained during the winter.
The warmth generated by the fabric
was amply sufficient to preserve the
germ in all its former vigor; and
there it lay, like a deadly serpent,
only waiting for the heat Of summer
to warm it into life. Mulbrandon's
coat, which like the shirt Of Nessus
carried death in every fold, is now
a matter Of history. Another is that
mentioned in the Avalanche Of yes
terday morning Of a South Memphis
woman who has kept in a woodet
box all the clothing of her husband
who perished by the fever last year
and even the bed clothes upon which
he died, stained all over with blacl
vomit. One Of the ablest physician,
in Memphis said, not long ago, tina
there was not a house in the city
whether occupied during the feyc
or not that had not been thorough,
injected by the yellow fever poison
1t should be remembered also tina
even those who fed from the cit,
when the fever broke out left benin,
them.
One of the blue laws of Connec
ticut said: mo one shall run on til
Sabbath day, except reyerently."-
lmaginea man just out of chure
pursuing flying hat reyently be
/ fore a hiuh wind and in tho nrnson,
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NEW THIS DAY.
Symptoms of DiseasedLiv

Symptoms OF a Dlseased Liver.
DAM in the right side, under the
l edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tite and Sickness; the bowels in gen.
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss of men,
DRY, accompanied with painful SEN
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains Of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer.
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER Pills, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression DR.. McLANE's LIVER
PILLS.
The genuine McLANG's Liver PILLS bear
the signatures of C. McLANE and FLEMING
BROS. on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Elem.
inc Bros. of PITTSBURGH. Pa. the mark ct helms
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Ovr Tenure ofLi

depends in gro measure upon our regard for
or neglect Of the laws Of health. If We vio-
late them we cannot expect TO make old
bones" But that fho span of existence al
lotted to naturally delicate constitution, or
one which has been shaken by disease may
be materially heightened, is fact which we
have daily proof. The vivifying and restora-
tive influence Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitter,
upon a failing. physique affords striking
illustration of the power Of judicious medica.
tion TO strengthen the hold on life. Restored
digestion, complete assimilation, renewed np.
petite, sound repose, these are among tbt
| benefits conferred upon the deblitated by thai
supreme renovant. With circulation en-.
riched, a frame inyigorated, and nervous
system tranquilzed, the invalid, after 4
course Of the Bitters, feels that his life tenure
Is no longer the precarious thing that il was
that he may yet enjoy green old age. !"
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Foreign.

LONDON, January 9.-The liabili
ties of the Cornish Bank are 965S. 900
being much less than supposed. The
uneasinoss in Cornwall is allayed anc
the drain upon the other banks con
siderably decreased.
The market for bar silver is at pres
elt at complete stand-still the Aus
trian inquiry is at an end.
Ex-President Grant was a guest Of
the American minister last night. He
expects to leave to-day for Paris.
PARIS, January 9.-Twelye vacant
seats in the chamber of deputies,
clused by unseating and death, are to
be filled the I'd of February. De
Fourtou- Duneir, the well-knOwn cler-
icalist, and Paul DeCassagnac stand
for reelection.
Sixty young men having quilted
Thaun, Alsace, to avoid conscription
have been each sentenced by default to
pay fine of $1,000 marks, or 200 days
imprisonment, and to seizure of their
properties to the amount of the fines.
PARIS, January 9.-The editor q
la France Nouvelle, who started the
story so extensively copied that a we'll
known senator of the left had been
expelled from a club in Faubourg
street, German, for cheating at cards
has to pay therefor a fine of 800, and
$1,000 damages. Senator Lacour ed
itor Of lIepublique Francais, believ-
ing the story referred to him, brought
suit, and Gambotta prosecuted.
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FROZEN TO DEATH.
The Last Survivor Of the Expedition
that Explored Louisiana.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, January 4.
Captain Tom Lewis, nearly ninety
years old, was found frozen to death
last night in the public road in Albe-
marie county. He was farming in a
small way in the country, and it is
supposed that he had gone out to cut
some wood. Captain Lewis had led
an eventful life, and was famous as the
last survivor of the Lewis and CLARK
expedition to explore the Missouri
river.
Merriwether Lewis, the Oldest son
Of Mrs. Marks, of Locust Hill, by her
former marriage with Colonel William
Lewis, of the Revolutionary army, was
private secretary to President Jeffer-
son shortly after the purchase of Lou
isiana territory, and was selected to
explore that territory He had per-
mission from the President of select
ing his aid and companion, and he
chose Lieutenant Clark, of the regu-
lar army. The company was organized
with about thirty private soldiers and
commanded by Captains Lewis and
CLARK. Captain Lewis also took along
one of his slaves, a youth of seventeen.
named Tom. Tom was remarkably
black, and neither comely in persoi
nor attractive in manner. Tom was
Captain Lewis fayorite body servant
and stuck by his master to the last
Captain Lewis often told how Tom
had saved his life after the expedi
tion had crossed the Rocky Noun
tains and was about to descend the
Columbia river. Lewis was in the
wilderness with no companion save
Tom, who had been christened by the
soldiers Captain Tom Lewis" and
which name stuck to him to the day Of
his death. The two were attacked by
three Indians from hostile tribes then
in that country. Captain Lewis was
seriously wounded in the thigh. He
sent the only ball in his rifle through
the head of one of his assailants. The
other two rushed on him and would
have slain him had not Tom hurled
one insensible to the ground, and with
the butt end of the gun of his pros.
trate master Drained the other. He
was herculean in strength. He went
through all the trials and hardships of
that great expedition without finch
ing
The Lewis and Clark expedition ter
minated in 1906. Captain Lewis came
to his mothers home, near Joy Depot,
in Albemarle county, and went thence
to st. Louis, the capitol of Missouri
Territory, Of which he was then gov
ernor. On his return he stopped for
the night at a little inn on the road
side somewhere in Tennessee. In the
morning he was found dead in his
room, with his throat cut, whether by
another for some unaccountable pur
pose or by himself remains a mystery
to this day. Tom was his body SER
want then, and knew more about this
mystery than any one else, but he al
ways shook his head when asked and
said "This is a matter the less talked
about the better" On tho death of
his old master, Tom returned to Albe-
marie county, and with savings bought
a small farm, which he occupied on
the day Of his death, It's supposed
that from fseblepess and exhaustion
he fell in the round and not being able
10 rise was frozen to death. His death
ends the list of survivors of that his.
toric expedition.
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Shot at q Quilting Party.

Knoxville Chronicle.l
From Sheriff Reeder we learn of a
painful. and perhaps, dangerous acei.
dent, which happened last Thursday
to Miss Mollie Chanaberry, daughter
of Mr.. Freeman Chanaberry. Of Straw.
berry Plains. She was at quilting
and gathering at Mrs. Walkers, in the
Sixteenth district, and was sitting at
the quilting-frames when a young
gentleman who was present, in an at
tempt to pass chair over the Quilt
struck the hammer of pistol in his
pocket, causing its explosion.
Miss Chanaberry began TO scream
and cry, and those present thought il
was merely from fright, not appre.
hending that she was shot, but an
investigation developed the fact that
the ball had entered her thigh. Surgi.
cal aid was summoned and the ball
probed for, but it could not be found
and the young lady was. suffering very
much from the effects.
This is another striking illustration
of the danger of carrying and care
lessly handling firearms, which causes
more fatal accidents than any other
one thing The law against this Of
fense should be strictly enforced.
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Conversational.

WASHINGTON, January "a large
number Of bills were presented. Many
bills granting arrears of pensions were
introduced. In answer to a question
of Howe, ingalls, stated that he pro-
posed to call the bill up as soon as the
bill to amend the patent laws is dis
posed of.
For want of a quorum the New
York castom-house nominations we're
not considered by the committee on
commerce. Senator Conkling was
present.
HoUsE.-The desk Of the late Ju-
lian Hartridge was draped and hand
some basket of flowers we're placed
upon it, A resolution was adopted
that the funeral services be held in
the hall at 3 o'clock to-day and invit-
ing the senator's,
Recess.