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Feminlnities.

Lady: "How much is this a yard9"
Clerk: "Two bits. It is an elegant
material-double; 1t can be warn both
sides. If you tear one side, you've only
to turn it on the other"
A young lady in Chicago, when
asked by an officiating minister, "Will
You love, honor and obey this man as
your husband, and be tn him true
wile?" said plainly, Eyes if he does
what he promised me financially"
A great many boys and girls fall des-
perstely in love with each other, and
rave over Disappointed hopes, before
they are old enough to tell the differ
ence between the heartache and the
collie. Very few such cases prove fatal.
Aratella Con her toes in g char,
clutchiug convnlsivelJ at her skirts:
80, Bridgetl A mouse, mouse.
COme-and catch it, qulck!' Bridget :
"Sure, mum, there's no hurry. II this
one gets away, can catch plenty more
for yer, num-"
A poetess says: az fling my past b' =
hind me like a robe" That is right.
Always wear the past ss you do the pam
nier- Ehind. And slwsys fling the
future sfore you; and il an orator st q
~omau rights convention asks you to
'1ook k into the future" dent you
do it. make no charge for this ad-
vice.
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RAILROAD NOTES.

The New York Central earnings arc
sisted. semi-C ffic;sliy, a. sn average IF
Sl27 900 per day. against only $500
this time a year ago, when the railways
were blocked up with the great snow
embargo
The Houston and Texas Central stock
has been in good request. and has sd-
vNrced from IS 20 SIS in NV York IN
me pssr week TIE recent contract
q lie 40 Dpie'e the Texas Pac &c
rosd from F.rt Worm - E. Paso. aud
the extension of the Gslveston, Harris
burg and San Antonio road, from San
A1tonlo u FL P4so, which has been
arranged for, will add lergely to the
value OF the lands owned by the Fl US
ton and Texas Central road. The two
lines Of ROAD VIII pass through some
three millions Of sores Of coed sgricul-
turai snd mineral lands belonging to
TIE T-xas Central, making them mar
ketsole 81 good price. l. is stated
thst with the pr ceeds Of the lands that
ear DC sold within the next few vesrs
the company will be able to pay eff the
bonded debt, leaving the property now
earnisg over So 900 0O0 represented
only by S.. 000. 00O stock.
From carefully collected data which
has already appeared In the New York
Indicator, it appears thst about 1000
miles of railway were constructed in
1879. The estimates for the presC 1t
year vary from COCO to $4,000 miles,
which, in the opinion of those most
competent to judge are not over stated.
Indeed, il is said there are now nearly
5000 miles under contract. This enor-
m US Increase will mainly take place rs
did that of last year, in the Weitecn
States. II is fact also regarding the
railway construction of the past year
the largest since 1673-that nearly i
the roads built have bsen more for tn,
purpose of adding to the traffic of rnsds
already in existence than as new eutcr-
prises expected to be profitable from
their individual earnings, while the
capital invested in their construction
aud equipment has been furnished al
most exclusively by persons or corpo-
ratiOns already identified with railway
enterprises.
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The O,Conor Letter.

Mr.. Charles O'Conor, the eminent
New York lawyer, wrote letter to the
Essex ID ,mncra,ic Club, OF Newark, N.
J., which was rot read on the snpiver-
sary OF the battle OF New Orleans, as
intended. Mr.. O'Conor has been the
Sir Richard Vaux of New York;
BouI bon of the B urbcns. From such
q man only the soundest of Jecksonian
Democratic sentiments were expected
on an occasion sacred t. the memory of
Jscksonian Democ: ecy. Bit he gave
the Essex Democrats nothing Of the
kind. On the contrary, he wrote them
letter which is in part like funeral
Grafton oyer the party and in part a
plan for the government of the country
in the future without any parties at all.
He thinks it Unnecessary to continue the
fight against central Zttion any longer.
THE separate etate governments" he
says. "should be abolished" and with
the Senate of the United Stites, which
rests upon the theory OF State sover-
eighty. He would go even further and
abolish the Presidency as 1t now exists,
substituting therefor an executive chief,
to be selected by lot from the Legis-
lative Corps and to serve for one month
only. By Legislative Corps Mr..
O'Conor means a body constituted like
the present House of representatives..
This body would be the supreme au-
thO1itr, but should meet for legislative
purposes only on rare occasions, when
general law rtq1lres an amendment
or now general law is needed. This
remarkable programme is explained at
length in this remarkable letter, the
text of which the STATESMAN does not
regard of sufficient interest to warrant
publication. Il Is too radical to be
practical and deserves attention only
because it comes from a source of such
high repute IN scholarship. Indeed it
is so radical that we may cali it theo-
retical or purely speculative. However
much political parties may have fallen
short of popular expectations, however
far the Constitution has been strained
at times to compass partisan ends,
hopeless as the struggle for the main
ttsaance of Republican institutions in
their integrity may appear now and
Their, the situation is not 80 bad
that we should listen for q mo-
ment to physician who prescribes
such dangerous remedies. The evils
that beset US at present are evils of adj
ministrstinn, not evils of organic origin,
and can be cured by putting men in
power who will obey the spirit and the
letter of the law with honesty and i'll
tel!lgence. That Is all we need, Mr..
n'Conor. The patient is not near so
i'll as YOU think.
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Mamie NJ. Tay'o and William q. Taylor, her
husband, Elizabeth A. Edwards and John E. Ed
wards, her husband, V. The State of Texas, F.
r. Lubbock, Treasurer of the State OF Texas;
Warren II. Clark, Joseph NJ. Clark, Wilson H.
Clark, Murphy Clark, Cecilia Curtis John Cur
lis, Mary A. Howell, Joseph Howell, Nancy
Robert CLARK, Polly Swearingen, Furney Swearin-
gen, Mary Bonham, S Bonham, Benz amin q.
Campbell, Christina G. Campbell. Nessie Camp
bell, William D. Mcclure Mills Mcclure, Mary
Lockhart, David LOckhart, John Bel ew, William
bellew, Lonisa NJ. Bellew, Margaret Carruth,
RichaId Carruth, Mary A. Williams, David
Clark. Bette Clark, Nessie Boyce, L. NJ. Boyce,
charity Marbe.W. Marble, Lucetta Baldwin, Will
liam Clark: David CLARK, W: L: Clark, Elvira Bur
John p. Clark, Rachel Hughes, RANDOLPH
Hughes, Nancy Bunch, Randolph Clark, Bowler
Clark, Robert Clark, Eliza Thomas, John A.
Nancy j.. Mimks, Richard y. N. Mimks, James
H. Monkey, liza Emore. William Elmofe,
earK Brs:o mOx w Nessie b. Gsk Hsa.y
BALDWIN, Wilson Clark. Catherine Anderson,
Aaron Anderson, Mary Clark, Albert Clark,
ella Wampler, Michael Wampler, Randolph
Clark, Charity K. Num-, William Num-, Oh -ster
p, Clark, Benjamin X Clark Joseph w. Clark,
John B. Clark. Reuben Clark. Henry Claiborn
Clark, Puget Clark and the State OF Texas
F, r. Lubbock, Treasurer Of the State Of
Texas; Bishop Clark, Pleasant Ballard,
Charles w. Ballard. Albert Horton, Nancy
E. Ballard, Pleasant A. Ballard Nancy c. j.
Towneel, alias Nancy j. T. Townsel, Joseph
Townsel, Dosh Virgins, Charles Virgins, Al
bert Virgins, Daniel Owens, Louisa Owens,
Lethe Young, Melvina Young, Stephen White
man, Robert P. Whiteman, Joseph B. Wygall,
Thomas B. Wygal, James S. Wygall, Sarah
Hsgerman, William G.. Hagerman, John W.
Vermillian, COrella s. Hooper, Henry Ho per
W. P. Hamblen, A b Peticolas, Eva Barden
Jackson Rust, administrator OF F. G Franks,
Matte A. Fulks, r. L. Fulks, Thomas B. Nc
Lure, c. Koeln, 81. Dering, g Dorman, L. Wor-
mock. L. Womack, defendants.
Pending in the district court OF Wharton
county, State of Texas, No. 1857.
The above named defendants will take notice
licaIion hereof for thirty days, commissions viii
issue from the Office Of the clerk OF said district
curt TO take the dispositions OF Peter j. Grigg
Of Amelia county. Virginia; Mamie M. Taylor
and Elizabeth A. Edwards, of the city Of hich-
mond and State of Virgins; John Hamlet and
II. A. Clark, OF Prince Edward county. Virginia;
John j. Clarke, Of Lincoln county, Tennessee;
William Nichols, OF Fort Bend county, Texas !;
Sarah Bransford, Jacob Bransford, Ann Harrol
Elisha Belts and Sarah Gordon, all of Madison
county, Alabama; James Morris. Of 81. Louis
county, Missouri; Samu lei Miller, OF Butler
county, Missouri, and Eliza Brown, Of the city
Of st. Louis, Missouri, on the part OF the plain
lifts on certa n interrogatones filed In said
cause.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said court
u. S. this the seventh day OF Jsnnarv. $780,
II. II. KIRKPATRICK,
JAMES B. GOFF, eek.
ATTORNEY OF Plaintiffs ian14 GOT
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FOREIGN NOTES.

The counsel employed to defend
Francisco Otero Gonzales, who recent
ly at tempted the life OF King Alfonso,
has demanded a medical examination
of his clients sanity.
Miss Rogers, q cousin of Richard
Golden, ID the prodigy in the last ex-
sminstions at Oxford University, Ehg-
land. She outstripped all the other
students in Greek and Latin. Her
knowledge in other branches is quite
as wonderful. After passing her ex-
sminations she was at once appointed
lecturer in Somerville Hall, one of the
Oxford buildings for women students
Bismark Is not as sick as reported.
He will probably be in Barlin when
Parliament meets in few weeks. He
has been well enough to attend to the
business of comforting with the Pope
about a modification of his once dar-
ling Falck ecclesiastical laws. He
pledged such a modification to the U =
trsmontanes in the Reichstag to secure
their votes for the anti-socialist law
last year.
The death is announced of the wife
OF Frederic Penna, niece of the dow
ager countess of Essex, formerly Miss
Stephens. She will be remembered
chiefly as the soprano of the celebrated
duet singers, 1.-THE Misses Smith, !"
whose popularity some years since, es-
pecially in Scotland and Ireland, was
remarkably great. Her rendering of
Ssvourneen Deelish" and of "B0n-
ME Prince Charlie" usually secured q
double encore.
Mr.. Charles T. Bright, an expert
considered an authority on the subject,
proclsims in the London press his con-
viction that Edison's latest invention
will turn out no practical advance upon
the stage to which the development of
the electric light has been already
brought. He says that Edison has
achieved nothing but what has been
already tried, and that though he is the
likeliest man TO solve the question, he
has not yet succeeded in dong so. Gas
shares are quoted at nominal rate,
owing to the complete recovery from
the recent alarm.
A Turkish gentleman, who formerly
ACotuOO III Iuio SOuutiJ Jul hao lS-
turned to his own country, has recently
sent letter to a B )ston friend, in
which he gives a gloomy picture of
the condition of the Christian subjects
of the Sultan. Since many of the
Christian subjects were set off as the
result of the war with Russia, those
who remain are treated worse than
ever before, as revenge Is taken on
them for the disasters of the war.
There are many homeless Christian
fugitives in the country who live by
robbery and steal the stock of the
farmers and wsylsy travellers. There
are In the country 100 600 men dis
missed from the civil and military SER
vice of the government, who have
been driven out of RDumanIa, and
many of them have turned beggars or
robbers, as they are unable to support
themselves. The government is bank
rupt, and many of the persons in its
employ have received no pay for many
months. To crown all, the hsrvests
have been bad three years, and the cup
of sorrow and misery of the people Of
the country is full to the brim.
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BY the following experiment, Prof.
Tyndsll proves that contagious diseases
are propsgated not by sewer gas ore flu
via, but by solid PARTICLES discharged
into the atmosphere by currents of air
or gas. A piece of stake is cut up and
stepped in water. Il is then heated 8
little above the temperature of the
blood, and the liquid strained of. 10
Q short time the fluid becomes turbid,
and when examined through q micro
scope is found to be swArming with liv-
ing organism. These animalcule are
destroyed by the application of heat,
and on filsering perfectly pure liquid
is obtained which will remain pure for
"a unlimited period If kept free from
dust; but il . iy dips its leg into fluid
containing living organism and then
into the pure liquid, the whole would
be swarming with the microscopic
creatures within forty-eight hours.
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rOLIrIcAt NOrg<.

The Vicksburg Herald streuuor-iy
opposes the calling of a constitution %
convention in Mississippi. Il belle yes
in letting well enough alone.
A correspondent of the Chicsgo
Tribune says that the Republicans Of
W sconsin sre mainly in favor of Wash
burne for President. They want mau
with ''clesn hands and an uussrDished
record"
Senator HUar. of VI 3ssschusstts, is n
b. credited with a positive, ou'sp ken
opinion at last He says that the ices
which somehow or osher got into cir
culstiOn about his coming cut" for
Grant is ''sll bosh."
1. was a gentleman by the name of
Thomas Jefferson, somewhat motel in
the history of his country, who once
upon q time remarked: ~ should IN
willingly be the person who. disres ard =
ing the sound precedent set by sn Illus
trious predecessor, should furnish the
first example of prolongation beyond
the second term of office"
Gen. Mcclellan strikes the keyn,t-
Of the policy which should direct toe
administration of our two-fold govern
mental system when he says in his re-
cent message to the New Jersey Legis-
lHture that no concessions should be
made which will tend to impair the
present absolute control of the state
authorities over the national guard and
militia in the time of peace, or which
would give the general government the
slightest supervision over any part of
it, except under the circumstances pre-
Vided in the Federal Constitution.
Some time ago it was threatened
that, if things didn't go to suit the
Republican managers in some of the
New England states and elsewhere. the
Republican Legislature of New York
would be used to fix the next presi-
Dental election. This was only pre-
text, of course; for the scheme had its
origin even before the late Senator
Morton went, let MS hope, to a better
world. 1t was even confessed by the
chief organ of the Republican plotters,
the New York Tribune, that especial
effort had been put OUT to secure Re-
publican legislatures in several doubt,
full states for this very end. We now
see the opening of the scheme, which
is definitely in the interests OF the
managers of the Grant campaign.
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nIISCELLANROUS.
NOTICE FOR STOCKHOLDERS
OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY

-
OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY
PALEsTI Z, TEXAS, December g. 1879. J
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting
OF the stockholders OF this company will b. held
st the office OF the company at Palestine, Texas,
on the EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH, 1880, at 10
O'Clock A. M, pursuant to u resolution of the
Board OF Directors adopted December 8, 1879,
for the purpose OF authorizing, approving, rati-
flying and Confirming mortgage executed in the
name of The company on November !, 1879, TO
SECURE the payment OF hvs mIlio1, six hund ed
and twSnty-four thousand (SS,G2i, 0C0) dollars,
and further sum OF $40 0O0 per mile of new
road and a sec nd mortgage eXecu ed in the
name OF the Company on the same DAY, to
cure the paYmeuI of four million, ven hun
dred and twenty four thousand "a, ia, 0O0) del
lars, and further sum OF SOU, per mile Of
new road. AND also for the purpose OF ratfying
or rejecting the seton OF the Board Of Direc-
tors at a meeting held at Palestin on October
%, 1879, and also for the purpose OF ratIfyng
jscling the action Of meeting Of Stockh oilers OF
The Compa held at Palestine November g.
1879 and another meeting Of said Stockhol err,
held Nov, mber II, 1879, and also for the purpose
OF anthor zing ratify1ng and confirming the &C
ceptance by his O. mpauv of a de-d of certsia
railroads end other opeIty, from Messrs. John
s. Kennedy AID SAMUEL Sic an, Trustees, TO this
Company, executed November 1, 1879 and also
for the purpose OF authorizing, ratifyiHg and
combining the acceptance ny this Company,
from the Receiver of the property of this Con-
pany, OF all the property remaining in his hands
on November l, 1879, and the assumption b.
this Comp ny OF all his liabilities on that day,
and the execution TO Lin by this Company OF O
bond OF indemnity against all such Liabilities,
and asO for the transaction Of such other bust
ness as may crime before thu meeting.
The poll- will open at 1879 O'Clock In tn
forenooA and close at II O'Clock, noon, OF said
day.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
IRA II. EVANS, Secretary.
dec11 wtomarS, so.
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AYEK's CATHARrIo PILLS the best OF .
purgatiyes for family use. They are the pro-
duct OF long. laborious, and useful chemical In
vestigations, and their extensive use, by physi.
clans in their practice, and by al civiiizcd ma
tions, proves them the best and most effectua
purgative Pill that medical science can device.
Being purely vegetable no harm can arise from
their use. In intrinSic value end curative pow
ers no other Pills cal be compared with them.
and every person. knowing their virtues. vii
employ them. when needed. They keep the
system in perfect order, and malntSin In heal
thy action the whole machinery OF life. Mia.
searching and effectual, they are specially
adapted to the needs OF the digestive apparatus
arrangements Of which they prevent and cure,
timely taken. They are the best and safest
physic to employ for children and weakened
constitutions. where mild, but eHeetual ca
thartic IL required.
FoR SALE BY ALL DKALHRs.
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voR SALE by AL DEALERS.
n the whole IIInrory of mediciDs

No preparation mas ever performed such mar
vellous cures, or main aimed so wide repus
ton, as AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, which is
recognized as the world remedy for all diseases
OF the throat and lungs. Its long.eontinued se
ries of wonderful cures IN all climates has made
it universally known as a cafe and reliable aeen
to employ. Against ordinary colds, which ar
the forerunners Of more serious disorders. II
acts speedily and surely, always relieving sur
fering, and often saving life. The protection
affords, by its timely use In the throat and lung
disorders OF children, makes II an invaluable
remedy to be kept always on hand in every
home. No per son can AFFORD TO be without IL
and those who have once used II never
From their knowledge OF It's composition and
effects, Physic ans use the CHERRY PICTORIAL
extensively In their practice, and ClerRymen
recommend IL. IL 10 absolutely certain in Ito
remedial effects, and will always cure wher
cures are possible.
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ilized, living in log houses or other
dwellings,, and are cultivating the soil;
1875, 600 are semi-civiliZsd, Lying in
wigwams, and beginning to adopt the
habits of civiliz .tion; rs, 900 are not
yet civiliz d. These latter lead row.
ing life, and with them the pioneer will
yet have to contend for some years,
outbreaks being at any time liable to
occur, as illustrated In the recent
troubles with the indians in Colorado.
Helena Weekly Independent
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ouinlne and ArrenIc

Form the basis of many of the Agae remedies In
the marketgand are the last resort OF Phyncians
and people who know no better medicine 10 EN-
ploy for this distressing complaint. The effects
or either OF these drugs are destructive to tho
system, producing headache, intestinal disoF
ders, vertigo dizziness, ringing Of the ears, and
depression OF the constitutional health. Arm
AGUE CURE lie vegetable discovery, containing
neither quinine, arsenic nor any deletcrious In
gredient, and is an nfallIble and rapid cure for
every form Of Fever and Auue. Its effects are
permanent and certain. and no injury can result
from its use. Besides being positive cure for
Fever and Ague in all Its forms, It is also Q 81
perior remedy for Liver Complaints. II IL an
excellent tonic and preventive, - well a. cure
Of all complaints peculiar 10 malarious, mtrshy
and miasmatic districts. IL acts directly on the
Liver and hillary apparatus, thus stimulating the
ystem to a vigorous, healthy condition.
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There was a young man of Mendoza
who fondly exclaimed:
I'm devote few lines to nv girilr
With his pencil in whirl, this kind
of letter he wrote her:
"oh. siiver-trinmed pearl Of Mendoza,
an not very mnch OF . wroter;
But what have whit.
fca re the subject Of IL"
And she bounced the unlettered
young voter.
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NOR SALE OR TRADE.

One tract OF land. leo acres, miles from
Austin. on the west bank of the Colorado, Is
aces fenc d, good house and tpring Of water,
for $500. One tract Of 200 acres, half good
ricb bett 1H AZ O acres fenced good bo1se and
spring OF water, for $3.50 one tract Of 60 acres,
IS acres fenced, Is acres cleared ready for fenc-
ing, balance timber, good house and spring Of
wafer, for 500. All well adapted to market
gardening by irrigation. Cord wood al 81 per
cord, delivered in Austin, will be taken in ex-
change for any or all OF the above, Apply 10
Jan ID 4ttu&wlm g. L. LOWDAY
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RAILS VEaETABIE sIcILIAN Ham RENKwxn
10 = scientific combination Of some OF the most
powerful restorative agents In he vegetable
kingdom. II restores gray hair 20 its origina
color. 1t makes the scalp white and clean. Il
cures dAndruff and humors. and falling out OF
hair. II fuFuizhes the nntriuve principle by
which he hair Is nourishcd and supported. 1t
makes The hair moist, soft and glossy. and IL
unsurpassed a. hair-dressinr. IL 70 ef1v most
economical preparation ever offered to the pub
lie, as its cfIects remain . long time. making
only an occasional application necessary. II 10
nc mmended and used by eminent medIcAlmon
and officially endorsed by the State Asssyer Of
Massachusetts. The popularity OF Halle Hair
Remover has increased with the test OF many
years, both in this country and In foreign lands
and IL Is now known aud used In all the civilized
countries OF the world.
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A young lady in Paris visits her mil
liner TO order . new hat. and the artist
shows her some startling and attractive
combinations, none Of which, however,
suit the lady, who says: 'Iwsnt some
thing more simple than that-some-
thing in better taste" Ailliner with
naughty sneer) 'Oh, you want
something 70 wear when you are oui
walking with your husband. Here,
Jane 60 youngest spprentice), show
this person something cheap and vlrtu-
Gus"