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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
How the Old Lady Cornered the
Tramp.

Mrs. Deacon Grover, aged 80, was seated
mending her sons stockings in his house in
Horseheads, one day recently, says the
Uticx Herald, when a tramp entered and
asked for something 10 eat. The old lady
went TO the cellar, when she came back
her gold trimmed spectacles we're gone. She
said to the tramp: "You've got my specs. !"
He denied it, and, quietly laying down the
plate, she went to bureau, took revolver
therefrom, pointed il at the tramp ard
told him If he didn't lay those specs on the
table she weuld shoot him where he stood.
The tramp took the spectaclss from hi.
pocket and mildly laid them down .'Now,"
said she, "eat what have brought for you
and get out" He ate and departed. When
her SON Augustus appeared, the lady again
taking the revolver from the bureau. said
to him: Augustus how do you cock this
weapon"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
Advice to Girls.

The Boston Star has . column Of advice
to girls, from which we take the follow
ing:
Always go to church. 1t is . splendid
place to show your bonnet. In order that
nobody shall miss seeing ii, make yourself
IS conspicuous rs possible.
You can do this by rustiing the leaves Of
the hymn book, playing with your fan,
iingling Your bangles, and constantly turn
ing around in your pew.
When = strange man sccosts you in the
street, Or makes remarks on you in an aud
lille tone, giggle with all your might and
look around once or twice, and, when you
catch his eye, gigsie again. 1t is line fun,
and by adopting this course you will have
plenty Of il.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
A Hundred Iron Horses.

Steam was turned Oh 10 the n,~ engine
n the Farmers Mills yesterday. IL is q
most powerful piece OF mechanism. IL has
many modern improvements, notably the
Winship safety attachment, which, in case
81 any accident 10 the governing attach
ments, stops the machine instantly. The
huge engine ia Of hundred horse power,
and is one Of the finest pieces of machinery
ever manufactured. II is Of the famous
Oorliss model and was built at the Smith,
Beggs & Rsnken works in St. Louis.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
Answer This Question.

Why DO SD many people we see around
us sscm 10 prefer 10 suffer and be made
miserable by indigestion. Consumption.
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coming up of
the Foo-l, Mellow Skin, when Ior Zoe. We
viii sell theIa Shiloh's Vitali1-r, guasan-
led 10 cure them. Sold by your drug
yi-t
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

Fellows Syrup will cure Pulmonary
Consumption in the FIRST, and will give
great relief and prolong life in the second
and third stages. In restoring persons suf-
fsring from the effects of Diphtheria and
the cough following Typhoid Fever, preva-
lent in this region, it acts with expedition
and entire satisfaction
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
sHILOHS CATARRH REMEDY

marvellous cure Tor Catarrh, Diph.Aesi- :.
Canker mouth and Head Ache. Will
each bottle there is an ingenious usaa.
Injector Tor the more successful treatm-ug
vi ,he@e complaints without extra cbsr1>r
Price Soc Sold by your druggist
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
GONE TO JAIL.
McDearlnon Committed Without
Ball.


BooSv,ILE, dec. =.
The preliminary examination of +. IL.
Il. McDearm0n. Who sho, AID killed 4 Il.
Thornton, Nov. 70, 1851. clo.ed to-day and
he VAS committed u Jail. charged with
uurier in tn. mr., degree, ~ await the &C
lion OF the grand jury. The justice would
not admit him To bail
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
Mrs. Annie. 4. Smithton, Of Auburn

Mrs. Annie - Smithton, Of Auburn,
n Y, writes II had doctored for yeers
and tried various advertised remedies for
nv complaint, which was general pros
tratiou. I>Believe suffered every ill that
flesh is hs1r to. The least exertion caused
the greatest fatigue. was tormentss with
dyspepsia snt* ex1y iregulaIN: My
blood seemed poisoned, pf2Paec and sores
we're all over my body, nothing tried
ever gave me more than temporary relief,
and l felt growing worse and worse. Mr..
Reynolds, the druggist, advised me to use
Browns Iron Bitlers. From the very start
l began to improve now I do mol feel
like the same woman"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

There is general complaint among
druggists that they cannot get enough OF
"Dr. Sykes Sure Cure for Catarrh" TO sup
ply the demand. If thus disappointed
write direct to the Doctor, l69 Madison
street, Chicago
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

Every man, woman and child who
wants wooden goods Of any description,
jeans, flannels, blankets, stocking yarns,
etc., and wants to save big money In buy
ing, must 20 to the Old Reliable Sedalia
Wooden Mills. 9-l$w2m
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

Il have the utmost confidence in the
mails. Enclose 81 for two boxes, or $3.50
postofice order for ak boxes of Celery and
Chamomils pills and i will take all risk
for money and goods. DR.. c. w. Benson,
los North Eatsv st., Baltimore, Nd
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

Stocking yarns only Csc pound, a
the Old Reliable Sedalia WOODEN Mills.
l9-l3w2m1
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

-e16OO per year can be easily made at
home working for Z. G.. Rideout & Co, 10
Barclay street, New York. Send for their
catalogue and full particulars. li-lv1y
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

Fresh Meat every Tuesday and Friday.
/ can also serve lunch on short notice.
WILLIAM Corr.
e-9w3n Dresdes, No.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

-Fresh blue srass seed for sale.
A. Y. H0Usroa.
u-29wtf. Heustonia, No.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13

The county court met this morning.
Present, Judges Gentry, John Baker ami
J. ". Purdue Sheriff Coaner and Clerk
IL. Y. Field.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

DISPATCHES from Washington up to
the 3D. represented the condition Of Pres
ident Garfield as materially unchanged.
Some weakness and loss OF animation, how.
ever, seems to have strengthened the i'm
preston that he is being unfavOrably affect
ed by the weather and by the malarious air
from the Potomac flats, Immediately south
of the Executive Mansion. DR.. Ham
iltOn said that the President had
not much chance to live in such
an atmosphere as that carried by the
southerly wind every day from these flats
to the window Of his room, and that in his
opinion the necessity Of removal was urgent.
At conference of surgeons in the afternoon
it was decided to move the patient at the
earliest possible moment, and Long Branch
was agreed upon as the place to which he
should be taken. In response to a telegram
from Attorney General McVeagh, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company announced that
special train could be had at an hours no.
tice, and that the road would be cleared
for the passage of the President to Long
Branch. 1t was decided that only the Pres
ident's physicians and nurses, Mrs. Gar
field, Generals Swain and Rockwell, and a
few of the attaches Of the White House
should go on the train. At midnight on the
4th the patient was sleeping quietly, but.he
was not considered strong enough to bear
the fatigue of travel. On the 9TH it was an
nounced that the President would be re-
moved next morning, provided no unfavor-
able symptoms were developed in the mean
time. Preparations for the journey caused
some fever, and there were signs Of increas-
ing weakness.
THERE was a meeting of the Cabinet
in Washington on the Sd. The session was
second only in importance to the conference
OF surgeons, and involved more than the is.
sue Of life and death, extending to the disa.
bility of the President 1t was the first
formal recognition of the possibility Of an
acting President by the Presidential advis-
ers. The session lasted some time; what
the conclusion was has not been officially dis
| closed.
OFFICIAL dispatches from Agent Tiff
fanny at the San Carlos Agency to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs at Washington
are to the effect that the reported massacre
of Col. Cars command has been greatly
exaggerated. The agent saws Carr was not
killed The list Of killed comprises only
1 Capt. lIendig Of the sixth Cavalry and abou
ten men. Tiffany SAYS the agency is in no
danger and that he is able to cope with the
hostleS.
The Nihilist organ NIL Of the Pcoplc
has made its temperance in st. Peters
burg.
TIE total loss of life by the founder.
ng Of the Tculon at The Cape Of Good Hope
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
The Horrors of Life Imprisonment.

Absolute isolation from humanity for
period of years is so terrible punish
ment that no man can contemplate it as
happening to himself, even though sus-
tanned by conscious innocence, without
a feeling of positive horror, and the
prospect transcends Imagination when
the Imprisonment is for life. To be in
closed within four walls with no hope
beyond them, and to feel that there you
must stay day after day till carried out
feet foremost, must be the nearest APP
proach to final despair which any COM
bination Of earthly circumstances can
produce.
OF the effect of this on the victims
much has been said and written. 1t
was singularly and strikingly illustrated
the other day by an occurrence at Cher
ry Hill. Among the "lifers" is young
mana young man!-who was SEN
fenced seven years ago. During that
! entire time, it is said, he has been ap-
parently forgotten by all who sustained
any relation to him, whether of friend
ship or kinship. He had exchanged no
word with any human being save his
iailers, the inspectors, and the mission
aries visiting the prison. A day or two
since one Of the jailers announced to
this man that lady had called to see
him, and asked whether he would re-
ceive her. The prisoner was unable for
some moments to make any reply. The
color flew up in his face, and then he
turned deadly pale and had to lean for
support against the wall of his cell.
Then he detained the officer with
speculations as to who it could be; who,
of all the women that had cared for him
before he was overtaken by death in life,
had come to see him after seven years.
Vile he had none, Was it his mother?
his sisterP OF the latter, which of the
girls, his playmates as an innocent
child, free TO enjoy The sunshine and
breathe country air, which of them had
remembered himp Who was it that had
come to bring him news of homer
The prisoner said, after his visitor had
left him, that when her arrival was an
nounced he thought his emotion would
choke him, his heart seemed ready to
DuTSb anu ut Hdu W gasp lOI all, anu
hours elapsed after the visit before the
flood of memories it awakened permitted
the unhappy man to relapse into his for
mer state of sullen, silent endurance.
Very much in this mental condition
seems to be Sayres, another life convict,
the man who walked into the Church OF
the Ascension one Sunday morning
when the services were nearly over and
deliberately shot his wife, escaping the
gallows simply through the ability and
eloquence of the present Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney, Charles F. Warwick, the
counsel assigned him by the court, and
who followed the fortunes of his desti-
tute client effectively TO the Board Of
Pardons. Sayres is great sufferer
from rheumatism, but it is said that hi:
bodily torments are far surpassed by his
mental misery; that he is not by any
means reconciled TO his fate, and con
templates the future with blank do
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
DOrOthy's Ride.

| want to tell you about something
that happened many years ago in the
town OF Nantucket.
Quite on the brow of the highest hill
stood curious old-fashioned mill, the
sails of which were so long that they
nearly touched the ground, and Of
course they rose almost as high above
the top of the mill when they we're
whirled up by the wind.
NeaP this old windmill the miller
lived, with his wife and two children.
John was a sturdy, sun-brownedboy,
two years older than Dorothy, but he
was very good and gentle TO her. for he
loved his sister dearly, and spent much
OF his time playing with her. They
were always happy together, and in
summer, when the weather was fine,
they used to sail tiny boat on one of
the many ponds. Their little craft was
not a French toy with painted hull and
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
PITH AND POINT.

Poverty, idleness, and honesty tbv-
er travel together. Josh Billings.
1t takes a good deal of hard digging
to clear away mortgages from farm.
N. o. Pjcayune.
1t isn't because woman is exactly
afraid of COW that she runs away and
screams. 1t is because gored dresses
are not fashionable.-Netc Have1t Reg
lister.
There is q man in st. Louis who
has wonderful memory. 1t is thought
the city will eventually employ him to
remember the Sabbath.-LouiSUille
C0urier-J0urRdL.
Some men, when they go to church,
never think Of studying the frescoing on
the ceiling of the edifice until The collec-
ton plate is being passed around.-El-
mira AdCertiSer.
When a rural resort landlord thinks
city man Is putting on too many airs,
he merely says, as he hands him the
key to his room at night, "Be careful to
turn out the gas; don't blow it out."-
Philadelphia NewS.
Private Smith thus complained to his Col
onel:
"This weather to you may seem voionel;
but my work being done
In the heat of the some,
To Inc it seems simply infolonel."
Puck.
Mr.. Alcott told the Concord Sum
mer School of Philosophers that "Actu'
atty Is the Thingness Of the Here" The
information almost paralyzed them
For years they had been laboring under
the misrepresentation that the herenes'
of the actuality is the thing. But it is
no such thing .-NoTiStOUn Herald.
Gus De Smith is not very prompt in
paying his debts. He is also in the hab
it OF getting shaved on the credit system
Yesterday, he was in the barber-shoI
getting shaved, but somehow he did moi
enjoy it very much, for his chin was
bleeding in several places. "What il
the Hades is the matter with that razor
l reckon ii has not been sharpened in al
age" said Gus. ~ dunno what's dC
matter wild de razor, sab. l always
shaves you wild de same razor, and
sharpened dis heah razor on de berry
same day you paid me for de last shave
and jess as soon as you makes anuddel
payment I'll sharpen it up some NOAH,
replied the tonsorial artist. -TeraS SiH
| fRgS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
Preparing for Window Gardening.

Those who have plants in the ground
which they intend for blooming in the
window make mistake if they delay
taking them up until frost is threat ,
ened Ii the plants have been left in
the pots which have been plunged in
the open ground the change is not SO
sudden, but if the plants have been
turned out of the pots, and their roots
have been allowed free growth, 1t is
another matter. With many plants
turned out, the better plan is TO raise
new ones from cuttings for next win
ters blooming and let the old ones 60
But it is often desirable to take up and
pot an old plant. In such eases do not
wait uutil there is danger OF frost, and
then hurriedly dig up the plant and
crowd its roots into pot. Suppose
the plant to be taken up is geranlum;
beg n at least month before the time
of removal to prepare it tor the change.
1t will have made an enormous top,
which must be cut back aud the plant
brought into neat, compact shape.
The change from the open ground to
the pot should take place before cool
nights have checked the growth. ANA
teur gardeners, as general thing, are
afraid to use the knife. Ii in taking up
all the plants that are to be kept IN the
window during the winter they would
cut the tops back to correspond to the
disturbance of the roots, they would
have much better success. Very old
specimens of such quicE-growing plants
as geraniums are SO rarely satisfactory
when lifted from the open ground that
even at this late day we should prefer
to start young plants from cuttings. Oh
the other hand, hard-wooded plants,
such as roses, with strong plants are
preferable, and these should be taken
up this month and be well established
in pots The plant should be pruned
before il is lifted and then given a iair-
sized pot with rich soil. Give water
and piece it in the shade for few DAYS
and 1t will recover from the change and
be in good condition for the window.
No plants are more satisfactory for
window culture than the Dutch bulbs,
as they are called, especially hyacinths
and narcissus. American Agricutturtst.
| "A young lady OF the very elite.
Who lives on Eas Buttonwood strife,
Is pretty and swite,
| Piquant and petite,
Nraf r. no sn- nv hnfh n
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
Our Young Folks.
GRANDMA!

! am so tired of being me
have so many caresl
It's something here, or something there,
That always needs repairsl
And now Miss Gracie's tumbled down,
And broke her head In two.
oh dear, how happy l should be,
II only were NOu,
And now, just when Ifeel like play
My stupid lessons comet
| wonder If the President
Gould do this pliZzling sunni
o dear, love my mamma,
And want to please her, too,
But should be so happy now,
II only | were Bon
Grandma!
I'd like to have some spec acles,
To rest my tired eyes,
I'd put my hand upon Uptr head,
And say:" How fast time flies"
And oh, such tales of old I'd tell
All wonderful ana truel
I'd knit and talk, and laugh for Joy,
II only were yOu,
Grandma!
Well, well, I'm only just girl,
And must have cares. l s'posei
The dolls to mend; the sums to do!
What else, nobody knows!
But now I've thought of something nice
I'm growing pretty fast,
And IL only can grow good,
I'll be like you at last,
q andmal
Youths Companion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

Hon. TRANQUILITA LUNA, New Mex
icoS delegate to Congress, arrived in Santa
Fe on the 2d, from a two weeks campaign
after hostile Indians. From him it is learned
that Mana 5 raid was more disastrous than
at first reported. Fifty-siX mics from Ma
vajo Springs he found fifteen dead bodies on
the roadside, and ascertained that the In
dians had captured and taken with them
two Mexican women, one American girl and
five boys. Mr.. Luna, with thirty-tiye men,
followed the band till his rations gave out,
and protected settlements from their raid
Tiffany, Indian Agent at San Carlos, reports
that Indian runners have Ccome in from
White Mountains with rumors Of lighting
near Fort Apache. One Lieutenant and a
number Of soldiers are reported TO bc killed
IN the fi-ht on Zehsnue Greek,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

The recent removal of two mail-route
agents in Virginia is occasioning much COM
ment. One is white, the other colored, but
both belong to the Straightout Republicans
and holly opposed the Malone coalition.
The followers Of Gen. Wickham charge that
their removal was solely for political cause,
but the other side claim that they were re-
moved for general inefllciency.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

LEADING New York journals having
intimated recently that the Star-route mail
cases would never be prosecuted, it is semi
officially announced from the National Cap
ital that at least half dozen representative
cases will be ready for presentation to the
Grand Jury of the District at its coming ses-
sion, and will be presented without fear or
favor
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

The Arkansas State Republican Com
mittee, in session at Little Rock on the list,
effected reorganization with view OF har-
monizing the differences existing between
the two factions of the party. Hon. Powell
Clayton was elected Chairman of the Exccu-
tive Committee.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

The Industrial League of America
has addressed to manufacturers and others
circular, suggesting the necessity of a
Tariff convention in Chicago next Noyem-
Der, because an assault upon our protective
tariff system is, they say, almost certain to
take place at the next session of Congress.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

UP to the 31st ult. inquests had been
held at Savannah upon forty-six bodies, VIC
Tins of the recent storm. These were re.
covered in the immediate vicinity of the
city. Reports from outlying districts rep
resent the loss of life and property as simply
appalling.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

BRADLAUGH has issued a manifesto to
the English people in the shape OF an ad-
dress to his Northampton constituents. He
announces his intention to go to the House
of Commons again next session, and he asks
the English people to protect him against
unlawful violence.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

A DISPATCH from Berlin says that
Herr Won Schlosser, the German Minister to
Washington, has been commissioned by Bis
marck to go to Rome to conduct negotiations
with the Vatican. DIR. Korum, the newly
appointed Catholic Bishop of Treves, has ar
rived at Berlin and been granted an audi
ence with the Emperor According to relia-
bic Information Bismarck and DR.. Korum
have agreed upon the principles of a COM
promise between the Government and the
Vatican, which is thought to be entirely sat
isfactory 10 both sides.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

GEN. GRANT denies the reports pub
lished that he has been holding conferences
with Vice President Arthur and other Stall
warts with reference to the anticipated sue
cession of Gen, Arthur to the Executive
chair
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10
CAPTAIN PAYNE, of Oklahoma fame,

CAPTAIN PAYNE, Of Oklahoma fame,
is said TO be reorgsnizing his colony for an
other move on the Territory. 1t is said that
the wouldbe colonists will move this time
from the Texas border, where it is claimed
anaTow point of public land runs down to
the Red River, thus obyiating the crossing
Of the fifty-seven miles of Indian lands upon
the Kansas side of the Territory which
gave the boomers SO much annoyance last
fall when they sought TO erter from Cald-
we'll. The colony will march some time in
OCtohCr.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

THE New York Republican State
Convention will be held in New York City
Oct. 5.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

THE National Free-Thinkers' Con-
vention assembled at Hornellsville, N. Y, on
the I'd. Some 800 delegates were present.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

PRAYERS for the recovery of President
Garfield were offered in the Nonconformist
places of worship in London and Liverpool
ON Sunday, the 2Sth.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

FIFTEEN Socialists have been expelled
from Berlin, it Is supposed for connection
with propaganda in favor OF Herr Bcbell's
election.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

THE Pottawatomie Indians at Green
Bay Agency, Wis, are in revolt. All the
citizens in the vicinity have fled for fear Of
their lives.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-10

GOVERNOR SHELDON, of New MeXi-
co, has issued an address to the people OF
the Territory, in reference to the Indian
troubles, and will at once set about to or
gsnize military companies throughout the
Territory for the protection Of settlements,
and TO fight any bands of hostile Indians
raiding from Mexico or the reservations.
These companies will be located at exposed
settlements, will be armed, paid and equip
ped by the Territory, and, if necessary,
Governor Sheldon will take command Of the
Territorial troops in person, and operate
with the military in future campaigns.