Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-05
BREylTlEs.

Ihcre ls one consolation III DclnK
broke. You have nothing TO lose and
everything 10 gain
ED0Ap A. Poe's watch gold repeater
bearing his name. pawned by him for
debt, is owned by family in Chicago
Eprsos has beer endorsed by high
electrical authorities in France At the
same time his light is not yet success
tAsr month the Premier, ex-Premicr
and Primatc Of England became respect
lively 20, 70 and Gs, the two latter on the
same day. Chicf-Justice Cockburn also
attained his 10Th birthday.
TnE number OF drug stores at Hot
Springs Ark, is exactly the same rs the
number Of boarding-homes, and the
number Of undertalSers is the same as
the number Of clergymen,
TuE Empress Of Russia has telegraph
ed the Gar from Games, France, that
she wishes to return home to die ancr
having received her husband and sou.
The Gar suspects the son Of inciting Nj
hilists to assussinatc him
ARCHnisHor puRcEft is falling rapidly
under the weight of years and his tinan-
cial troubles. lie is 80 years of age, and
has grown so feeble that he has to be
helped from one room TO another No
special disease is affecting him.
CoSsrrRNAroS fell upon London, to
say nothing of the royal family, when
the report came that the two sons Of the
Pcince of Wales, now serving on her
Majesty's ship Bacclanic, have had an
arrow tattoocd into their noses with In
dia ink.
Tm Connecticut Bar Association has
Instructed committee to inquire into
the advisabiIity of changing the State
Constitution in relation to trial by jury
This action is induced by the indecisive
result in the Hayden trial, where single
lror succeeded in defeating an agree
ment.
Tnr Rev Daniel Edward, writing
from Breslau on the subject of religious
intolerance in Austria, tells how the
gerfdarm appeared ON a recent Sunday,
IN Presbyterian meeting house at
Nedwes, and took down Al names which
means that hearers and minister would
alike be heavily fined.
WHES President Porter recently sat
down to dinner with the other members
of the Yale faculty and their guests, nc
was nslonished to learn that the dinner
was attached by the Sheriff. a shrewd
Boston merchant had taken the oppor
tunty 10 force New Haven hotel.kecp-
er to pay debt of $500, and the money
was paid before the dinner was eaten
The father oI Gov, Long, of Massachu-
s,tts, score of years ago wrote to Mr.
Emery of the Boston Post, then Il lawyer
in Portland, asking him to take his son
into his office. Mr., Emery replied that
he would gladly do so, but added that
Boston was better place than Portland
to develop the youth into first class
lawyer The wisdom Of the advice is APP
parent.
THOMAS MAST, the calicaturist, was
born in Bavaria. In appearance he IL
short, thicksct, a sturdy German figure;
head large, square and well-balanced;
forehead wide, handsome black eyes,
firm mouth, Roman nose, rather small
for the face; hair abundant, thick, fine in
texture, glossy black, and walk that
indicates u strong individuality and great
decision of character
THE efforts Of Dom Pedro To increase
the imperial revenues have been met by
resistance in Rio, the people objecting
to a head tax on street-car passengers.
Besides constructing new system of
international taxation, the Brazilian
Finance Minister has recently produced at
new tariiiwhich is prohibitory TO great
extent and win bear heavily on foreign
commerce, especially articles from the
Unuited States.
FRAScE loses one other brightest states
men in the death of julius Fayre, at the
age of II. High above all-his eminence
as an advocate, his brilliancy asan orator
and his undaunted courage as public
stands the magnificent consistency
Of his course, throughout all the yicis-
situdes OF French history during the
half century ofhis active political life, as
champion Of the Republic, which he
has lived to see placed beyond the pos
sibility ofoverthrow.