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FOREIGN NOTES.

The British 90 Ternmeut has contract
ed for the construction of three new
iron-clads.
TIE House Of Commons, by g vote
If 24S against 1874, has rejected Sir
WlIfred Lswson's local option or anti
liquor resolution.
The frs. trials Of the monster ord
uance-100 ton Armstrong guns-of
the new Italian double terreted IRON
clad DuIlio proved entirely satisfactory.
Mr.. james Russell Lowell, the newly
appointed American Envoy Extrsordi-
nary and Minister Pleuipotentiary to
England, has taken quarters IN Lon
don.
The Russian army in Poland IS to
consist of sixty regiments Of infantry,
thirty regiments of cavalry and fifteen
brigGdes or forty-fve batteries of srtil-
lery.
N. Vignsux challenges the champi-
ons of France and England to q series
of billiard games for $50, 900 and the
championship of the world. He is now
playing in Paris.
A Paris dispatch to the Pail Mall
Gazette says: 'Tseng Kee Tee, the
Chinese Ambassador to France aud
England, has been instructed to proceed
to st. Petersburg"
Three hundred amnestied commun-
lists, who arrived at Brest, landed amid
perfect tranquility. There were no
demonstrations. A dinner was fur
nIshed them last evening by the Paris
and Brest relief committees.
a Constantinople dispatch to the
Times says. "The committee for the
distribution of aid among the refugees
in Eastern Roumella reports that unless
fresh funds are provided it must cease
operations In few days, in which
case many persons will perish Of hun
ger"
Heartreuding accounts have been re-
ceived Armenia. Fifty~two persons
have already died from starvation in
Van alone. Thousands are endesvor-
ing to emigrate to the neighboring
Persian provinces, but the roads are
covered deep with snow and many have
persisted on the journey.
NJ. Daubourg, French engineer,
claims that he has devised means for
transporting large vessels oyer 18TH
muses., however steep, and an expert
ment Is shortly 70 be made at Argen-
teuil by lifting ship of 1000 tons from
the river Seine and taking it on rails
to another point on the river.
The latest betting on the race for
the Lincolnshire Handicap, which is to
take place at the Lincoln Sprlng Meet
ing, on Wednesday, March II, is 100
to against Captain Machell's six-year-
old bay horse Midlothian, 100 to 0
against Mr.. G. Alexander's six-year-old
chestnut mare Briglia and 100 to g
against Mr.. P. Lorlllard's brown geld
ing Parole (aged).
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MODERN FORMS Of WORsHIP
Paid ChOirs and other Things Thai
Some Ministers do not Like.

At conference of Ministers, recently
held in New York, the Rev. j. Z.
Lodge of the North Church, Newark,
read an essay on THE Element of Wor-
ship in Religious Services" The es-
sayist said that within fifty years real
hearty worship in public services has
terribly declined. Luther's reforms-
ton did not introduce so much worship
by the people as Is supposed. What is
needed to enable theIpeople to worship
God more acceptably is:
1. A pure and consecrated ministry.
The ministers ought to preach as though
heaven and hell are realities. Fiery
preachers make worshipping congrega-
tious. Piety and zeal only make the
power OF ministers. Superstitious rev.
erence for the offi,e of the minister has
passed away. The church service on
Sunday was described by the Rsv. DR..
Lodge as follows: First a MARBLE by
operate singers, a stately prayer, a
reading OF Scripture, an address to the
Divinity aud an unfeeling essay, q re-
spectacle hymn, and fioslly the so zeal,
squeak aud roar OF the organ, aud
exeunt. (Laughte,). Then, too, the
newspaper reports next morning of SER
mons containing these expressions:
UAughterG, Cloud laughter). Zap
plause), Tremendous applause). (More
laughtsr). The ministers laughed as
the assayist read the expression. This,
he said, demoralzes people and is
stencil in the nostrils of the Almighty.
Ministers should so preach that men
and devils would tremble.
2. Congregational singing should be
encouraged. Five persons do the wor-
shipping, VIZ: 0ne % minister :
and four (D strangers In the choir loft.
These have monopoly. A paid choir
is an abom;natlon unto the Lord.
Several ministers said. AGen.
The singing of quartetts is not the
praise of ssncIified souls acceptable I'M
to God. Infidels often find remunera-
tive employment for their talents in
choir singing. They indulge in vocal
freaks, and disgust those who would
themselves sing. Wha. kind of Gen.
eral would that one be who put one
ssthmetic fifer at the head Of division
of soldiersi (LqughteD. Or who
would believe thst General to be patri-
otto who took four OF his enemies and
put them in the fore front of bsttlei
The success of the old Scotch Conven-
snters lay in the fact that they met the
shock of battle with song.
8. The people should read the Scrip
tn IS in concert with the minister. By
adopting this custom and congregs-
tional singing the regular sleepers
would not settle down in their accus-
toned sleep until the sermon began.
They WOULD up to that time have some
thing to do. Let the organ Of speech
be used in Gods praise, Is He intended
they should.
l. Prayer should warm the hearts Of
the congregation. TIE temple Of God
Is too often gorgeously furnished ice
house.
The Rev. DR.. Hedden had trise, he
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said, to do the very things recommend
ed by the esssyist.
The RsY. DR.. Herr liked the notion
of not having paid choirs.
The Rev. Dr.. jeffrey fa'd that e
modern Proteesants are q few men W 10
have q right TO IDtTude their imPerti-
nence on everybody else. The MIMI
ters read the S 'riptures 10 such g way
that ei'ber the congregation nor them
selves understand what they are read
log. Then they presch their little dit
y snd call II q sermon.
The Rev. d. j. Hsnry Miller said
that he preschei IN gown when lie
felt ike it. The Rev DR.. jeffrey =
plan leans too much towards L 5IscC =
pacy.
The r Y. DR.. Jeffrey interrupted:
''Where is your gown taking your
| Qtughter.)
The Rev. DR.. Potter said that be
loved the Rev. Dr.. Lodge, but he would
like to punch that essay and give it 8
black eye. "Oh, OH" cried several
ministers. The essayest, the r ". DR..
Potter, continued, end talked about the
''litEle operate warbliDg of choir5. +"
II was true fifteen years ago in New
York. The singing is magnificent,
Brother Lodge wasn't talking about
himself, but some other man, but the
other ministers take care of themselves.
| (LsughteT. Brother Lodge didn't have
fashionable choir; then he ought not
to lamm those who do. The Rev. Dr..
Daniel Reid, tall, elderly, and digni-
fed, arose and said. ~ am delight
ed" when he was interrupted with
laughter by the brethren. Then he ex-
planned that he was going to say that
he was delighted with the essay. But
it was not necessary to use slang phra
ses. He liked the plan of paying
choirs, as Brother Potter does.
The Rev. Dr.. Miller said that in the
Tribune he read letter by Reverend
minister attacking Anthony Comstock,
and If the Conference did not notice it
might look as though they supported
! the obscene and immoral things men,
toned in the letter. The letter pur-
ported to be written by Reverend
Doctor of Divinity and New York
pastor. The Conference certainly
ought to notice it.
The article was called for, but the
Rev. DR.. Eddy said that article was not
fit to be read before the ministers.
Meanwhile the newspaper containing
the article was handed around and
read. A committee of Brethren, Knapp,
Read and Miller was appointed to ad-
wise whether the Conference, should
notice the publication. The commit
tee, an hour afterward, advised that,
as the article compromises all their min
listers in New York, the Conference is
totally opposed to it, both in letter and
spirit. After discussion, the entire
subject was indefinitely postponed
KnozUtlle Tribune
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THE BUDDHIST SOLOMON.
A Couple of Stories of Another Wise
Man OF the East.

/ We shall give, as small specimen of
what Schiefner has brought to light
from the csnonIcsl books of the Bad
dhists, two stories, both in the spirit of
the story of Solomon's judgment-the
one in more rudimentsry, the other
in more developed form.
ga man took eff his boots and lett
them on the shore before he went to
battle in the river. While he was bath
ing another man came, took the boots,
tied them round his neck and plunged
into the water. When the first had
bathed he went on shore and looked
everywhere for his boots. What are
you looking for? said the may in the
water. My boots, he replied. Where
are your bootsP the other said. IF you
have any, you should tie them round
your neck before you go into the water
as have done.' Then the first said,
But the boots you have round your
neck are my boots Soon fight arose,
and they went before king. The
king commanded his ministers to settle
their dispute, but after sitting in judy
>ment the whole day they went home
tired IN the evening and could not set
tie anything. Then clever woman,
Visskhs by name, when she heard of
the lawsuit SAID. 'What is the use Of
examining and cross-examining?' Say
to one man, "Take this boot" and to
the other, Take that boot" Then
the real owner will say, "Why should
my pair of boots be divlde6?" Bur
thief will say, "What shall do with
one boot" The king followed her adj
vice, and the thief was discovered.
The next story approaches NJ >re
closely to the judgment of Solomon,
and as the matter in dispute is settled
without the cruel order of the king to
cut the child in two, the Buddhist may
even claim certain advantage over
the Sometic story. ga householder
had married a wife, and when their
marriage remained childless he married
a second. When the second wife be-
came the mother of son she was afraid
that the first wife would hate and IN
jure the child, and, cut of love for her
son, she agreed with her husband that
mother of the boy. After time the
husband died, and as the house belong
ed to the son, the two wives began to
quarrel, which of them should live in
the house with her son. At last they
went before the king. The king COM
handed his ministers to settle the dis
pute, with the usual result that the
judges could make nothing of it. Then
the clever woman, Visakha, came in
and said: what Is the use of exam
lining and cross-sxsmining these wo-
menu Tell them that we do not know
who the real mother ls, and that
they must settle it for themselves. Let
both lay hold of the boy and pull him
with ell IL cir might, and whoever can
pull hardest shall have the boy and the
house, when the tussel began the
child. being pulled very hard, began
to cry. Then the true mother let him
go and said: Anyhow If he is not
torn to pieces and killed, shall some
times be abe to see him. But the
other woman tore him away with vio-
lence. Then the violent woman was
beaten with q rod and the true mother
allowed to carry off her child.
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Various Causes-

Advancing years, care, sickness, disappoin
ment, and hereditary predisposition--Al opeF-
ate 10 turn the hair gray, and either OF them
inciines it TO shed prematurely. AYER's HAIR
vIsoR viii restore faded or gray. light and red
hair TO rich brown or deep black, a. may be
desired. II softens and eleanses the scalp, giving
Il healthy action, and removes and cures dsad
run and humars. By iss use falling hair IL
checked, and new growth VIII be produced in
AL cases where the folliclcs ore not deafroYed
glands decayed. lite effects are beautifully
shown on brashy, weak or sicltly HAIR. 70 which
afew applications win produce the Rloss ard
freshness OF youth. Harmless and sue IN IL
operation, IL is Incompatible A. dressing. and
IL especially valued for the soft izstre and rich
ness Of tone Ii fmparta. n coufmrs neither
nor dye and will not so1 nor coioT white eEm
brio; yet IL lasts long on the hair, and keeps
fresh and vigorous.
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Nothing Short OF UnmIstakabIo

conferred upon tens OF thousands OF sufferers
could originate and maintain the reputation
which Ayers sARsAPABrILA enjoys. II 10
ompound Of the best vegetable Alternatives,
with the Iodides Of Potassium and Iron. and is
the most etectual Of all remedies for scrofulous,
mercurial, or blood disorders. Uniformly sue
cessfu. and certain in its remedial effects, II
produces rapid and complete cures OF scrofula
Sores, Boils, Humors. PImples, Eruptions.
Skin Diseases and all disorders arising from i'm
purity OF the blood. BY It's invigorating effects
1t always relieves and often cures Liver Com
plants, Female Weaknesses and Irregularities,
and IL potent remover Of vitality. For purify
ing the blood it has no equai. IL tones mp the
system, restores and preserves the health ana
Imparts vigor and energy. Yor forty years IL
has been In extensive use, and is to-day tks
most available medicine for the suffering sick
anywhere.
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q crime committed By en- exFedersl
soldier, Who ~as raised In ONO,
whence he Fl ID TO escape justice, and
Who committed several murders IN Kan
sas before he went TO Texas IL he es-
capes punishment, Mr.. Dickson de-
clares that people not residents OF
Texas will be to blame. The only
Texan who witnessed the murder is
held in custody swsiting the trial. II
Mr.. Barrymore aud Miss Cummtns can
not OF 1rd to aid justice in Furnishing
the murderer Of their freud, it would
be far more creditsble to encourage 6
collection TO defray their expenses thar
to abuse the Texas court"
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IT is SAID plan is arranged by whis b
at the Chicago convention Blaine
boom II to be inAugursted. II discov-
cred that the Maine Senator's strength
opportunities Grants strength his
friends in the Pennsylvania and New
York delegations viii break on the
6rst ballos and attempt thus to create
. sweeping ENTHUSIASM for him.
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n the whole History of uedIcln .


m the Whole HiHtOry OF Medicine
No preparation mas ever performed such mar.
vellous cures, or maintained so wide q reput
ton, as AYERS CHERRY PEcroRAI, which IL
recognized as the worlds remedy for all diseases
OF the throat and lungs. Its Icing continued 80
ries OF wonderful cures in all climates has made
II universally known as safe and reliable agen
to employ. Against ordinary colds, which ar
the forerunners OF moro serions disorders, It
acts speedily and surely. always relieving sur
tering and often saving lie. The protection
affords, by It's timely u.e In the throat and lung
disorders OF children, makes 1t an invaluable
remedy TO be kept always or hand IN every
homo. No per son can afford 10 be without
and those who have once used IL never
From their knowledge OF its composition and
effects, Physicians use the CHERRY PEoroRAL
extensively in their practice, and Clergymen
recommend 1t. II Is absolutely certain In its
remedial effects, and viii always cure wher
cures are possible.
FoR SALK BY ALI. DEALERs
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pEDIGREE,

Sired by Regent, be by West Morarch, he by
import ed Monarch, and ne by imported Priam.
ton second dam Rowton Ella, by imported Row
ton, third dam Sally Hopkins, by Kosciusko,
and he by old Sir Arcney. West Monarch'e dam
MR. and Margaret Woods. Last Chance is the
half brother OF Rebel.
LAST CHANCE fs dark bay. sixteen hands
high, OF splendid constitution. with an unsur-
passed turf record, and lineage tracing through
the proudest racing families OF America and
England, and must transmit to his progeny
speed, form, style, endurance, size and other
qualities " hich makes the horse vale able for al
purposes. W. A PITTS, Agent.
feb4 In
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FoR SALE BY ALL DEALERS
ouinIne and Arnenic

Form the basis Of many OF the Agae remedies In
the market, and are the last resort OF Phyncians
and people who know no better medicine TO en-
ploy for this distressing complaint. The effects
OF either of these drugs are destructive TO tho
system, predicting headache, intestinal disor
ders, vertigo. dizziness, ringing of the cars and
depression OF the constitutional health. AYER'
AsuE CURE is vegetable discovery, containing
neither quinine, arsenic nor any ,deleterious IN
gredient, and is an infalhble and rapid cure for
every form OF Fever and Auue. Its effects arc
permanent and certain, and no injury can result
rom its use. Besides being positive cure for
Fever and Ague in all It's forms, 1t is also en-
perior remedy for Liver Complaints. 1t is an
excellent tonic and preventive. ms wei as cure
Of all complaints peculiar to malsflous, marshy
and miasmaiic districts. II acts directly on the
Liver and hilary apparatus, thus stimulating the
ystem to vigorous, healthy condition.
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INSURANCE NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
STATT-TrCS Am rTETnpv

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE..
STATISTICS AND HISTORY, !
AUSTIN, TExAs, February 10, 1851
To 81 whom Il nay co1cerus
This eertifes that the Northern Assurances
Company Of London. having complied with al
the requirements OF law relating % insurance
companies in this State, and having ex-
Inbred cfrftfca-e from the Comptroller OF
Public Accounts showing payment OF the state
ocenpafion tax for one year from the hrsi day Of
January, is Il hereby authorized TO parn1e
January lo60. 70 the thirty-Arst day Of Decen-
Der. IS60-
In testimony whereof, heTennto sign ny
name and sfix the impress Of ny e.
Il 8. nciAl seal the day and date ab0Te
written
lsLguedl v. o KING, Commissions.
Anttin for above well known frs;class cou-
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THE THOROUGH BRED STALLIO
LAST CHANCE

VIII make the season for 1880 beginning the
first OF february and ending the first OF july al
the Jockey Club stables, adjoining the FAN
Grounds two miles north Of the city of Austin
Terns-S25, payable during the season. Mares
from distance will be pastured or granted 81
the option and expense OF the owner.
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AYERS CATHARrIc PILLS are tho best OF
purgatives 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 all civilized ma
tons, proves them the best and most efectuR
purgative Pill that medical science can devise.
Being purely vegetable no harm can arise from
their use. In intrinsic value and curative pow
ere no other Pills can be compared with them,
and every person, knowing their virtues, vii
employ them, when needed. They keep the
system in perfect order, and maintain In heal
thy action the whole machinery OF life. Mid,
searching and effectual, they are specially
adapted TO the needs OF the digestive apparatus
arrangements Of which they prevent and cnre.
timely taken. Theyare the best and safest
physic TO employ for children and weakened
constitutions. where mild, but efectuAl Ca
thartic lie required.
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HALLS EeETABLE sIoILIAH HAIR RREEwKR
Is scientific combination OF some OF the most
powerful restorative agents in he vegetable
kingdom. Ii restores gray hair to Its origina
color. 1t makes the scalp white and clean Il
cures dandruf and humors, and falling out o
hair. 1t furnishes the nutritive pr.hiple b.
which the hair is nourished and supported.
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy, and
unsurpassed as a Embarrassing. It lie the most
economical preparation ever offered 10 the pub
lie, as its effects remain long time, making
only an occasional application necessary. II is
recommended and used by eminent medical mon
and officially endorsed by the State Assayer
Massachusetts. The popularity. OF Halls Hair
Remover has increased with the test OF many
years, both in this country and in foreign lands
and II lie now known and used In all the civilized
countries OF the world.
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M CODY & JEMISoN.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
VIII sale CIR cers.
STRAND. GALVESTON.

To prevent errors and prevent depre5atione
and substifutions In the presses, we have al
cottons weighed on arrivals and de- allied weight
and classification advised before selling. We
guarantee arrival weights aud rel1ra thu In
our account sales unless otherwise sgreed on
is3d61
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-07-22
RUSSIAN UNDERTAKERs.


lucrative branch of the Moscow under
takers business is the repair and hire of cof-
fins. The dealings in these necessary arti-
cles are for the most part, in other Euro
pean capitals confined to one permanent and
final transaction. But it would appear that
many of the wealthy Muscovites purchase
their cofins during their lifetime, and keep
them at home. where they are used by care
full housewives as repositories for groceries
and other edible stores. The Russian rat,
however, has a sweet tooth, with which he
industriously gnaws his way into these grim
receptacles of sugar, raisins and Spices do
ing such damage to them in the course of
his forays that they are constantly in need
of repair. The "hiring department of
the establishment above alluded to is chiefly
supported by widows of merchants and
tradesman, who house the mortal remains
of the "dear departed in a cheap deal cof-
fin ; but hire for the funeral ceremony mag
nifcent g caskets," richly decorated, with
velvet and gliding, in which the plain wood
en- boxes actually destined for interment are
enclosed. At the chnrchyard gate the ac-
commodating undertaken takes back his
splendid shell, which has fulfilled its pur-
pose, by comforting distinction upon the
relict of its temporary occupant during its
transportation through the public streets,
and the deceased is consigned to the grave
inexpensively.
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UNPAID.FOR GARMENT.

The ladies' who order gorgeous costumes
from the great Paris establishments don't
always pay for the same, and scandalous de-
velopments are likely to happen at any
time. Worth, for instance, has refused to
make another article for a noble English
lady, whose husband is one of the wealthiest
men in England, because he cannot collect
the amount owing to him, now over f20,-
600. One fair mminary of the Second EN-
pire died owing Mr.. w. some ESQ, 900. One
day there came to the Compagnie des Indies
Cthe great lace and India shawl warehouse
of the Rue RicheieD certain noble duch-
ess, with set of point laces that she wished
to have altered. The courteous salesman
took her directions very quietly, but when
they were ended he remarked: "Before
we alter your lace, madam, do you not think
that you had better pay for it?" The bill
had been standing for over seven years.