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Knott shott.

.Harper's Weekly works overEthei
old time Of our youth thus: ,; b,
Z We received from correspondent
the following somewhat incoherent
uccount'of a duel which was oughtin
his neighborhood. Some way orother
We arr in the dark about the result Of
the duel 10 question, but we shall
Ieavs the decision to our readers: a
duel was lately fought in Texas BY
Alexander Shott aud John s. Mott.
Mott was shottan SHIT wasifnot.
In this case twas better to beaShott
than Mott. There was a iumor that
Mott was not shot, and Shot ayows
that he shot Mott, which proves that
the shot Shott shot at Mott, was not
IShott, or that Mott was shot notwiith-
standing. CIrcumstantial evidence IS
not always good. 1t may bc made to
appear on trial that the shot Shot
shot shot Mott, or as accidents with
fire-arms arc frequent, it may bs
possible that the shot Shot sho'
Shot Shott himself, when the whole
affair would resolve itself into II
original elements, and Shot woplc
be- shot, and Mott would be not. w
| think, however, that the shot Shot
shot not Shot. but Mott; anyway IL j
Ii u = I. Ill ..,h =, .,,oo ohnf l.lIfl4
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A Chicken in the Egg

The hen has scarcely sat on her
eggs twelve honrs before some linea-
nionts OF the head and body Of the
chicken appear. The heart may be
seen to beat at the end Of the second
DAY Of incubation. 1t has at this time
sonewh,t the form oil horseshoe;
but no blood appears. AT the end Of
two days two vessels OF blood are, to
be Distinguished, the pulsationl ppf
whi h is very visible. Ono ofSthese
| is the left ventricle, and the othcr is
the root Of the great artery. At the
fihiath hour one auricle OF the heart
appears. resembling a moose folded
iown upon itself. The beating cfthe
heart is, first observed in the aoricle,
and aflerward in the yentricle. Al
tile e,d of seventy hours the wings are
distinguishable; and on the headtwo
bubbles are seen ibr the brain. ,one for
| 1.-THE bill, andtwo lor the fore and hind
part Of the head. Toward the end Of
the fourth day the two auricies already
visibls draw nearer to the heart than
before, The liver appears toward the
end OF the fifth day. At the end o
one hundred and thirty-one hours the
4 6rst voluntary motion is observed
'llAt the end oil seven hours. more thu
; lanps and stumach become visible
| aud, .rour hours aftsrward, the iutest
lines, loins, and upper-jaw. At tn
, one hundred -and-iorty-foufth hourth
yentriicles are visible and two drop
of blood, instead OF the singleone ths
was seen before. On the seventh da.
} the brain begins to have some consist
! ency. At the two-hundred-and -nine
,eenth hour the bill opens, and tn
i flesh appears on the breast. In fon
. hours more the breast-bone is seen
i, In six hours after this the ribs appeal
: CORNING from The back ], and tho bi
j. is clearly visible, as well as the ga
!, bladder. The bill becomes green
. the end OF two hundred and thirty-si
. thours. and, it the chickens be take
y ! out Of its covering at this period,
8 evidently moves itself. The feathe
4 begin to shoot out toward the tw
N hundred and -fortieth hour, and 4
Il skull becomes gristly. AT tho tw
,e hnndrrd-and eighty-eighth hour I
u ribs are perfect. AT the three-hu
y dred d-and-ih -ihirty-iirst hour tho sple
r draws near the stomach, and the lun
y, to the chest. AT the end OF thl
~ ~. hundred and fifty-fve hours tho y
* IS frequently opens and shuts, at tthe Q
OF the eighteenth day the first cry
the chicken is heard. It afterwi
gets more strength, and grows cont
ually, till at length 1t is enabled
! set itself free from its confinems
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SETTLED BEyoSp A DoUBr.-N No one
questions the TACT that more cases Of
whites, suppressed and Irregular
mcnses and utcrine distractions, Of
every kind, are being daily cured by
DR.. j. Bahfeld's Female Regulator,
than by all otheriremedies combined.
Its success in Georgia and otherSta,es
is beyond precedent iasths annals Of
physic. Thousands Of certificates
from women everywhere pour in upon
they proprietor. The attention o.
prominent medical men is aroused IN
Ebehalf Of this wonderful compound
and the most successful practitioners
,ise IT. II women suffer hereafter II
will be their own fault. Female Reg
,lulator is prepared and soldby DR.. J
4 BradGeld, Atlanta. Ca; and may b
] bought for sl,2O per bottle at an,
! respectable Drag Store in the Union
] For sale BY Hopper Il Son. 4.
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SINKING FORK.


Who hangs on "wellest?" Roy.
A young man who has no one to
love, is loyed by no one, not even by
himself.-Roy.
We have known ourselves to be
unable TO got to school FROM storms,
sickness &C., and then to "turn ont
soon because it was Friday. But we
know Of but one who never failed to.
see his "honey" nine times a week,
foul or fair, schoolor no school. and
that's Roy. IS,
OVENS school house is freely ven-
tilated and the attendance small, but
the teacher is energetic and works
| fast This pupils too), and abont Q
i o'clock, A, ". last week, We saw ( q
Hong, tall, closely buttoned fellow,
going at 2,40 rate from there, atcross
a weed field. like he was after a rupa'
way urchin, and CROSSED the .laneianc
entered a house where you may heal
Of the teacher, and twas Roy. I ] Z, 4
l. ' 3 a.
J, There is to be a grand excitemen
! At the Brick church next Saturda,
|; night (llth) and every lady is invit
! ed to come out and see most solemn
. tragedy perpatrated or presents it b
their sympathies Theawful specta
: Gle Of human body danglngia til
Q air; and the victim is to be Roy.
!. Farmers are killing hogs, strippin
\ tobacco, have quit sowing wheat, sell
II ing their corn at Sl.00 per bbl., an
getting their Christmas wood, but "
know who can eat their meat, swa
low their bread sit by their fires an
smoke their tobacco with more impl
dence in his looks, and more gas
3. his mouth than the king Of Sian
that's Roy.
Of Finally, if the health oil the cou
ID try remains good, and the sun shine
III aud Christmas comes, and money b
70 comes plenty, and we get a new su
y, y, we intend to see some Inn and have
- Jolly time, if the girls say 50. lfy'
Of don't believe il, ask Roy.
D. ,,i' gc,9a EMDE.
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On the morning train over the
Shelbyville road, the other day. q
farmer looking man walked, the
length oil car without finding an
empty seat, and he slowly returned to
the one occupied bya lone man, who
at once spread himself out as much as
possible, and suddenly became deep
" interested in his newspaper. The
Iarmer halted beside the seat, but the
other made no movement. Even
after fullminute had passed there
was no sign that ne meant to share
his quarters with tho other. Then
the farmer touched bis arm and said
Ii you can hang on long enough
You'll makeia fortune. i lsil
What-what's that, sir? demanded
the other, as he looked up. ~.
It's big thing-hang on to II
whispered the farmer.
| What is it2 What do YOU mean
sir? 'tf A i' o.
j / tumble; but won't give ltaway
chuckled the farmer. iN,
What do you mean, sirf
mean that you've got the bigges
corner on tho hog market ever know
in this country, and II you don'tmaR
a million dollars out OF 1t III eat COO
fish for year.
+ Halt OF that seat was suddenly VI
!, Gated, but the farmer preferred
stan up and brace against the stoy
Sunday Argus. $50 N s.a
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NUMBER so.
The Garfield Family.
rrom ,,r Mr ~ Niokol,s sletch.

From Mr.. t. L. Nickoi's Sketch.
Mrs. Garfield is a very pleasant but
not demonstrative woman, she is
well educated and appreciates the
good things in literature and art. She |.
reads solid books, and the magazines,
looks well after the house and teach
es her own children; she is help |
melc aud an entertaining companion
for her husband, ana aoundanlly able
TO entertain his most iutsllectual
friends and visitors. | slionId think |
her most marked characteristic Is That
of perfect attention to her owl busi-
ness, ana no meddling with other
peoples. She is unoslcntstious Sic
refused to allow Fer photograph 10
be sold or her picture 10 be engraved,
though earnestly pressed 70 do SO by
photographers, engravers aud by'l
many friends. suspect she don't
care 10 be written about much either,
andI don't wish TO do violenceto her
desire in this respect by extended
commeHiess e.in sifeH ie 4
The children arc two boys, one
girl and two more boys. Their first
child,was a girl, which died when a.
few months old The last one was
boy that died when about two
years old, 3 Harry, the Oldest living,
| is l6; Abram, the youngest, is s; Jim
is IA Molly II; aud Irwin 10 years
old. Harry is a quiet, steady boy,
.... - -l:o.....,l ,l.,,;f,i ~. NJ IN a La -
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IN MEMoR1AM.


Mrs. Ida Carey, wife of DR.. Carey,
Of Indiana, and eldest daughter OF
Jesse B, Layne. OF Todd County, Ky,
died near Mt. Vernon. Ind, aIlsr a
brief illuess, on Thursday, Nov. 25lh,
1880. IN the 26th year OF her age, and
wus brought back to her old home
near Fairyiew, and Inferred In the
family burying ground, In tell view
OF the scenes of her happy childhood,
aud where all of her near and dear
relatives aud friends could gather
around her silent resting place, TO
miilgle their tears OF sympathy and
sorrowing affection, which sometimes
lightens the burdens of grief that
would otherwise almost break the
bereayed heart.
Early In lie she proicssed religion
aud joined the g. Z Church st
Goshen, OF which she lived consis-
tent member, ever striving TO add
more aud more 10 the adornmcnt oil
christian character.
She was married TO DIR. Carey about
eighteen mouths ago, who took her
10 his homo. In Indiana, where her
sweet disposition brought happiness
to his home altar, such as Is found
only IN the welded union OF congo.
nial spirits.
i But, human hopes are often doomed
10 speedy disappointment, embil-
iering life's sweetest enjoymenis, foI
death often comes to the home OF the
happy ones, aud tears asunder the
most cndearing ties, and that too
VIXEN IL Is least expected.
Sad, indeed, II was for her 10 di,
far beyond the reach Of loving
mothers care, and with no sister,
tender hand TO soothe her dying ten
plea; though kind friends wei e no
wanting 10 minister to her in her las
hours. ye, the stroke falls with doubl,
weight upon the hearts Of her imme'
diaie relatives At thus being denied
listening 10 her last farewell ye, the.
can rest in the comforting. assurance
that the sad adiens OF earth will NO
be eternall Aud the hope Of happ,
reunion In the brighter hereafter 7 3
ilnmlnes with undying ray
The vault where Ida sleeps to-day.
Aud now her weeping husban'
may lit his longing gaze from tn
liieless dust Of her in0uldering urn
to where she sweeps her angel finger
across those heavenly heartstrings
all tuned 10 chord with those blissiu
melodies which will ever gladden. tn
home OF the pure.
Touching was the. scene when he
many friends were about to turn fron
her grave. with sad aud heavy heart,
as two of her fond associates of othe
years canlc forward with two clrclin
wreaths OF cverereens and snow
white flowers, interviewer by loyin
hands, and silently laid them upo
her tomb as affections volive Offering
and as emhlems OF their faith In thu
better life which has no.end
We know that thy sufrcrings forever ha'
IL ended.
Thy spirit now lives In tho home Of the bies
Released from earth.wocs, twas by snsc
attended,
while winsing It's way to the haven Of res
. Then why should VIC grove now, for Ida. d
rwirh tor her back to onr hearthstonc agar
lis weakness mcthinks, forwc feel tendc
Aud fearful bercarcmenis like this give
pain 5 fl se ia4ayr G q
: Our bosoms may throb now with tender om
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A wise Deacon.

deacon Wilder, ! wan, you to tell
me how YOU kept Yourself and family
weIi the past season, when oil tho
rest of us have teen sick so much,
and have had the doctors visiting us
SO often"
BRO. Taylor, tho answer 10 very
easy. l used Hop Bitters intime
Kept my family, well and saved Fhe
doctors bills. Three dollars worth
Of it kept us well and able TO work
all lheiimc. III warrant II has cost
You and the neighbors one ito two
hundred dollars apiece to keep SICK
the same time tlFa ''l ls.. i.as
/ deacon, III use your medicinns
| hercafter.p sll I 4 L.l.l.l L9 .al
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HIRAM.

We are panied 10 learn that Mr..
John Fritz, who lives near Antioch
cut his foot very severelys few days
since. teN
A lady called IN at Walter Kclly's
yesterday and told him she wanted
an almanac that had the weather in
1t and>since wehave come tothink
of an alinana without the weather in
II is:
Like a handlc without hoe.
Like girlwithout beau, IA y lt
Like u ship without aaail
Like n shirt without well without
The lower end, not worth thereading.
Zcno Young gets mad because
somebody wanted him 20 publish a
two column obituary OF very mean
man. lit had been us II feems iosus
like we would have very much en-
joyed publishing the obituary Of such
a man. sI & - -
Dan Adams came up from CroIton
The other day, went into the County
clerks offico--and well from this on,
two more souls will be bound BY q
single iether.
People may prate Of court-houst
rings IN the day time ;but when night
comes we constitute the only ring
meath this broad spread archway.
This new free school house is a
magnificent building. The only
thing about II that we do not admire
is Il height. Jua, think Of 1t ,snppose
some OF our praitling loved ones
/ were to fall froA that Sd story. bu,
the thought sickens us aud we will
stop 'snpposiag. Z
Frank Webb promised to send us
a bushel OF hazelnuts In q few days
Come around Charlie aud get some
TO crack.
| New alnanacs are on hand and
second class wit cheap.
| People come 10 us every aav anf
tell usthey voted against us because
| vt our politics and not because they
Islid not like asus q man,
| This ia all right. the election y
/ over, and God knows If there were
leiile bitternesses engenderei durlns
our canvass they are all forgotten
gont, and we harbor no III ieeling'
IN our bosom even agninst those wht
so willfully misrepresented us. e
4 The man who Is atall sensitive
who even intends TO remember thing
sprung and said in,imes OF politica
excitement. bad better never run TO
an Office. Right here boys let us So,
TO you IL you want men to vote 70
you write lender things Of their deaf
dear ones In years agone we ire
quently mentioned in orr scralchs
The aea,h OF some depart d ncigllbo
and onlY-one man voted against u
whose lost, but lsved ones We ha
mentioned. Men may and do forge
what you say of the living but whe
you speak III OF the dead you max
an enemy OF all his friends for life.
We give ii Ms our opinion that til
meanest man Oh earth is the jealou
fool who isall the time scared halt
!. death Tor lear his wife will fall !
love with some other man. Il y
i. were the wife Of such q man "
/. would -rwn him halt crazy, rfT
For the paltr, sum 'often centsyo
y can buy bottle OF mormol oil wa
: ranted to.cure warts, buiiioiis, corr
. an toothachc, IN this town. u yo
flwish to see The Innocence of chil'
: hood personilied just cast yonr ey,
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should send for instructions, terms.
rcferences, &c, to Edison Brothers,
solicitors OF Patents, Washington, d.
G.. who furnish the same Without
charge. Edison Brothers u q ! we'll
known md successful firm OF large
experience, having been established
In 1856,
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y "Angcl Of Night" is what Dr,lI
Bulls Cough Syrup has been termed
BY parents, whose worrying anFt
coughing children have been soothea
and cured, and have secured sweet
slumber by using this excellent remedy,
Price only 25 cents a bottle. "a, J. \.
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Baltimore, Md have used Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup personally and ia
my family Tor TIVE or three years. and
am prepared 10 say that there is moth
log to compare TO II as Al romody for
Coughs, Colds. otc. James CorrieS
Dentist. 4 64a3oS sariao s.a r'sss
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Alpheus Foote, Brick, Porlcre;,.s
old partner. goes to the PEN .tsosisry
for FIVE years for fdrgery,fJyv = I,scrcss,
lWis -
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the SOUTH KEArUCKlAA.
ADVERTISING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
NAsnlxuros, Dec. II, 1850.

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dedncting the ,ushai .uo'.''''yn ,vsso9
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days. Ihe calohuais Vi sno wv
houses alreaay e,nosaue '''. ~ 80 ", oYlas.
number o. 'neasuse, sur, ~ u or.. TIM
importance-a gtea' many ',', n,o,e '"aa
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into classes iley my oe pass'a', ue st.
scrib, as oiiis 70 p.os,''s n.,,, ~. W
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se;as .saa,;',., .,l,o. % rsyeuua bills Affecting
,ne nniusyn. bills relating to pen !.
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49, s;.a S;,,s ralath1g 70 eihs publls
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"h;ch % "a ono 10 restrict Chinese i'm
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A Leaf from the Minutes o
y Church Hill! Grang.

Your committee on fences submit
the following report.
A good worm rail fence and extra
amount of land taken up by same
costs per mile $3.50
Wards patent fence per mile $50
Stones air line per mile 249.N
Plank fence for plank and posts
5 planks to pannel posts z IT.. 34S.S0
8 planks upright on posts 376 ~
= blanks upright OH posts 3SS Az
@ planks upright OH posts 4l2.4O
5 planks "posts 3 #. w s33O.UO
8 planks upright on posts 35ido
6 blanks posts 8 Il. 36y.6O
8 planks upright on posts 39l.30
Is pianks SIX II. IA 81 $500
5 planks upright on posts $4,000
8 planks 36o.o0
6plauks upright on posts $500
Barbed wire 7 wire post l rod -SS4.32
Barbed wire 3 wire 33S.56
Barbed wire 6 wire and / plank 47S IL
Barbed wire 5 wire plank 2y2SO
Barbed wire 5 wire plank 33240
Respectfully submitted,
Dec. 1880. S A. BROWNING. Com.
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IN the House of Commons on the
22d inst Chamberlain, President of
the Board of Trade, said: ~ am not
aware of the views of the American
Government regarding the proposal
of IA copyright treaty. I need not say
that this Government would favora-
bly, consider any proposal for an in
terna,ional copyright
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0kka week in your own town. Terms and IS
outnt free. Address, HAL1Krr 8 Co.. Port.
lsea' Afass.
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Burliuefon Hawkeye. x8
Il General Hancock expects the suf-
frages of the people Of Iowa will lie al
once promptly. and without prevaricar
tion. Or mental reservation, stand up
and answer the following questiens7
The people of the Hawkeye state
demand it, the country expects it, and
the General will either answer or ad-
init BY his silence or evasion that his
candidature is hollow farce:
l. Who killed Cock Robin?
2. Where were you when the ligta
went out?
g. Have vou heard "Pinaforc,1 = and
If 30 how many2
4 Did you and Wade Hampton and
Ben Hill agree as tremendously, in
politics. eighteen years ago as you
now do?
5. II not, who has changed, yourself
or Ben?
8. Who made the world, Robert
ingersoIl or Joseph Cook.
Z. What becomes of all the pins?
8. Who was the original Garfield
man?
9. Do you believe 10 the FIRST term?
10. Who was the inventor of sea
sickness, and do you believe in an in
ternational copyright for the protec-
tion Of the same?
IL. Does a tame goat out-rank
oleomargarine?
H. Analyze the following sentence,
and parse the first twenty-three words:
whittier. oh, children, hast thou as
much cheerfully weepest so distance
that evening at sunrise?1
IL. Write in coIloquiaI French, the
following exercise: Where is the
black cat, of the widowed husband of
my Aunt Maria's son Tomf0 "No,
but | have the red hen of the bald
headed uncle of my mother.in-law's
fat sister Bill"
IA. Have you such a thing as FIVE
dollar bill about your cIothes?
Is. Who do you think would be a
good man for quiet little consulate
somewhere on the Mediterranean
coast?
I, 5 You may answer this one
privately by mail, if you please.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-07-30

1HE editor of newspaper that has
adopted phonetic spelling, in meas
ure, received postal card from an
old subscriber in the Country, which
read as follows: IL hev tuck your
paper for leven yeres, but if you kant
spell emmy better than you hev heen
dom fur the las to months yoa may
jes stoppit
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-07-30

An Englishmsn and an Irishman,
on Blackfriar's bridge, were intently
gazing at the glowing fires in the
barges on the Thames. "Them there
might set the Thames on fire. mightn't
they Pa,?' said the Englishman. al
faith, and SO they might" said Pat,
gravely, "but. sure the water would
bile over, and extinguish it.n
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-07-30

Arrangements have been completed
with Gen. Grant to accept the Presi
dency of a new mining company
which holds an immence tract of land.
already silently and sufficiently de-
yeloped by private enterprise to give
assurance that it is solid aud valuable.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-07-30

KIT CARSON is said to have remark
ed that he and Henry NJ. Stanley, of
African renown, once clipped sheep at
two cents head in New Mexico, and
worked with team near Ogden, Utah,
for SIS per month.