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A Fearless Snake Catcher.

Signor d Albertis. recent explorer
in New Guinea, is a remarkably bold
seeker after snakes. In an account of
his travels he says that at Yule Island
the natives had found a large snake un-
der a tree, and all ran away from it, cry
ing out. cat last | went to the ma
tives," he continues, 'sand tried to as
certain the cause of their conduct, and
they made me understand why they had
fed. then returned to see the snake
myself, which in fact l did, although
two-thirds of its length were hidden in
a hole in the earth. His size was such
that l concluded he could not be pois-
onous, and at once grasped him by
the tail. While dragging him out OF
his lair with my two hands | was pre-
pared to fiatten his neck close to his
head with my foot the moment he
emerged, SO that he should not have the
power of turning OF moving. Ny plan
succeeded perfectly, and while the
snakes head was imprisoned under my
foot | grasped his body with my hands,
and as though [ had vanquished ter
rible monster. turned toward the ma
tiyes with an air of triumph. They,
struck with terror, had looked on the
scene from safe distance must con-
fess that the snake offered little resist
ance, although it writhed and twisted it.
self round my arm, squeezing it so tight
ly as to stop the circulation, and make
my hand black. | remained, however,
in possession of it's neck. and soon
secured it firmly to long thick stick /
had brought with me. l then gave the
reptile TO my men to carry home"
This serpent was thirteen feet LONG 1t
was kept alive and became quite tame,
and when the natives saw D'Albertis
kiss its head and let it coil round his
legs they howled with amazement and
admiration. Six weeks after. the cap
ture he writes: s'My snake continues
to do well; it has twice cast its skin, is
well behaved and tame, and does not
| attempt to escape, even when | put it
in the sun outside the house; and when
60 to bring it in, it comes to me of its
own accord. 1t never attempts to bite.
even when | caress or tease it. While
| am working l often hold it on my
knees, where it remains for hours;
sometimes it raises it's head and licks
my face with its forl1ed tongue. 1t is a
true friend and companion to me.
When the natives bother me it is useful
In putting them to flight, for they are
much afraid of it; it is quite sufficient
! for me to let my snake loose to make
them fly ut full speed" He kept this
serpert for nearly six months, and
| lattorly another of tho same species
with it, till at last both escaped. and he
mourned their loss rs of dear friends,
adding, "for | loved them and they
loved me, and we had passed a long
time together
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There is no remedy for present evils

There is no remedy for present evils
in an endeavor to control the banks;
the only possible way to make them
harmless is to abolish them.
We do not wish to control nor
even to suppress them; we wish to
annihilate them-not only to lay the
axe at the root, but burn the root and
destroy the branches. One of our ex-
changes compares them to the un-
fruitful fig tree. Not so, friend; they
are all too fruitful, the fruit of their
bearing is rotting all over the land.
1t is making sordid the lives Of fifty
millions. who were created little
lower than the angels. 1t it turning
to ashes on the cold hearth, where
the fire has been quenched by salt
tears Of poverty. 1t hangs, a gyve
upon the wrist of labor, and it clings
stranglingly about the neck Of genius.
Il is strewn over every lobby, thrown
into every corridor, and found on
every desk, and hiding in every pock-
of the House and Senate. Unfruit-
full? Nay, it is the very procreant
parent of evils, which are born in an
hour to curse men for ages.
National banks, their very name
smells. of treachery and greed; their
idea is a terror breeder, and their
power brings thoughts of the.debtors
prison, where the bolt shuts in the
out the lawless marauder who robs
by wholesale.
Away with them, stripped of their
lying garb, advertising prosperity
where lies gaunt hunger, un-
fed and shrivering. Away with them
relegate them to that hell which
awaits all the lies of false political
system-the hell of annihiliativn and
the sleep of utter oblivion. And
mark with the white stone of justice
the place and the hour of their going
down, the eternal sILRNT1o of the
peoples fiat rising above them for.
eyerl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-14
A Cool Officer.

IT would be well if theater goers gen.
orally possessed the cool head of Gen
eral Canrobert. A play was once being
acted in q temporary theater, con-
structed of wood, in the camp at
Chalons. The house was crammed to
suffocation, when cry of fire made
itself heard. Instantly every one rose
and a stampede more dangerous than
fire would have commenced, when
Canrobert, who was in one of the boxes
with his wife. cried out in ringing
voice, ''Let every one stay in his
place" The soldiers Immediately be-
came motionless, and the Marshal re-
sumed: LET every one 60 out quietly
in order, the younger soldiers first,
then the older. after them the non-com-
missioned officers, then the officers, the
highest to 90 last" In few minutes,
though it was no false alarm of fire, the
theater was empty without single
mans toe being trodden on. The Mar
shal and wife went last.
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The same authority adds: 1.-The mas
ter generally lives at the workshop,
where he has, perhaps, two rooms, be-
sides place to cook in. The house.
hold furniture may be estimated at
from $50 to $50 The ordinary work
man, if married, will share small
house with friend, and occupy one
room, and have access to the kitchen.
He may live with his parents. in which
case his earnings 60 to the common
fund. Under such circumstances, 80
to S15 will cover the value OF the house
hold furniture We have no form of
Chinese life in California, except in
very rare cases, which corresponds
to that which is here portrayed.
There are only few Chinese
families in this city. Nearly all
the Chinese are male adults, without
any family ties or connections, at least
in this country. But we get a glimpse
OF that peculiar state of things in China,
also. Consul Denny further says that
if the Chinaman is "a bachelor, and
away from his family, he will either
sleep at his employer S for a Considera-
ton, or stay with a friend; in either
case, his whole inveni DRY consists of q
box with his clothes and his bedding"
This is complete portrait OF the China
man in California. He is gotup in light
marching order.
But the common laborer, whether in
field or kitchen, does not get anything
like the wages of the skilled artisan.
The farm laborer, dur ng harvest time,
gets, besides his meals-worth about 10
cents-from 10 cents to 10 cents day,
or from 20 cents to 1.05 week He
can he hired by the month for from
Sl.50 to 81. If he gets permanent en-
ploylnent he is willing to accept $12
per annum, with board and lodging. If
he works for shorter terms, 80 cents q
month will suffice for house rent, and
81 per annum will keep his wardrobe
in repair. But there is a grade below
these free laborers known as the coolies,
who are often glad to work for cents
q day.-Saas francisco Bulletin.
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the bodv within the carriage. returr,e.

the body within the carriage, returned
home at once, and communicated the
occurrence to the Chief of Police, CIV
ing himself up as guilty of murder
Committed to prison, he quietly
awaited his trial. while general conster-
nation reigned throughout the COM
munitv, in which the honest carrier was
held in high esteem. Friends were not
lacking. who spared neither money nor
trouble in their efforts to save the un-
fortunate man, his hitherto blameless
lie, and the fact of his having had no
intention whatever of committing mur-
der, also pleading strongly in his favor.
The day of trial arrived; the exami-
nation began. Sympathy for the
prisoner was so general that the very
questions put to him were worded il
such a manner that he might easily
have cleared himself from the charge
of murder.
mo, gentlemen he said. ''It may
be that in the eyes of human justice L
am not guilty and do not deserve death,
but l cannot live with such a heavy
weight upon my conscience; therefore,
| beg to be allowed to suffer capital
punishment as the only expiation of
my crime. One favor only l ask-that
my remains may be inferred in our
own cemetery, that 1 may sleep
amongst my own people, and may be
buried quietly in the early morning,
according to the rites OF our religion" !"
His request was granted, but there
were tears in many eyes when the SEN
tence was pronounced. A few days
later small, sad procession was seen
quietly vending its way to the Jewish
cemetery, people of all creeds uniting
to pay this last respect to one who, al
though he had died the death of a
criminal, was none the less innocent,
and as true hero as many of those
who had played a leading part in the
worlds history.
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THE experiments which have been
made in France with view to the
substitution of printing types made of
toughened glass in place of those of
metal have proved quite encouraging.
The advantages in point of cleanliness
would, it is alleged, be not significant.
The toughened glass is naturally much
harder than the usual metallic compost
tion, and can hardly be crushed out of
shape by those small accidents which
shorten the life and mar the beauty of
the type. now employed. The glass,
too, is capable of being cast into more
delicate shapes, so that the difference
between the thin and thick strokes can
be more clearly defined.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-14
The French military naners reno,

The French military papers report
with much satisfaction the successful
execution of several long and quick
marches lately undertaken by a regi-
ment of mounted chasseurs in garrison
at Tours. The first march was twenty
five miles long and this distance was
accomplished in six hours; while five
days afterward the same regiment
marched fifty-four miles in twelve hours.
On each occasion the march was made
during the night, the weather being
stormy and rainy.
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Wages and Cost Of Living in China.

1HEhE III gave oeen many nooKs written
On Chlua ltohl the tlme OF Aooe hue TO
the present. buI most OF them nave
oeeh 100 general TO present any precise
.des. OF t4e actual soclal conaitions IN
mat Vast Ehpire- Recent ohelat 90
servatlon mas however, zone mucn TO
1s Gear Ny as. 'nS s iLssS . cnoose;ire rear
me. -noS' u .ne oia!es WHICH we
IlaNe nav a.o d It,iieu I'll on III inc Geh.lai .Ea
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-14

As young man. late at night, was
sitting by his window for n chance to
hurl u missile at the cats that worried
him, a neighbor passing by said TO him,
II suppose you have an object in view
in sitting up1 there SO late.' "Ies.n
was the reply, as he held up boot
Jack; land also have an, object in hand
ready for the object in view
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General Notice.

Several weeks ago we sent the accounts
10 q great many Of our subscribers who
are delinquent from, one to your years,
and large majority have made no re-
sponse. We will deem it favor II all
who have not responded will do 90 at once
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We chsllangs all competion on lightness
Of draft and quality Of work with our NEW
Oliver Chilled Plow. Darst Il Ream
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

over the bar besc ,e went To bed
that night.
Old Charley u /. W - told ne
that instead cf u , e bought tive
ho,tles Of wi-isky, at down 70
keep aa'ch and "a tor,lv .i.e:
midnigh, be ne. =. q ,rp-a" shi.-
per, 80. tsSe ~ l, here wh.re
the wind dnn', b. ~" II IN nei'.ielr
Charley ,wk Al Il = ~ srsItY nj.
nerves. An . nr IL r aa5 ,'ie
''cnrp>e rspsa's ~ rouger voice,
20. tnke ~. where Wind do,
blow" Araiu Cha T.. j.mpsi or
the bottle, this I. Re tliDrrrr.h.y
fri rh'ened. Ia the mrniag he ;nAie
considerable noi-e. TIE "corpse'
TUNED over. opened oae eve. lonk Il
1t him longingiv f:r u moment. aed
then asked: "What have you gos
there. oil man ?"
WHISKY" f,'tered out poor Char
ley.
"Give me some" wss the re-unuse
A Charley tremhl;u:!y spp.nach-
Ell. the supposed dead msn ~; ND in
bed, saving. DON'T te afraid, old fei-
low; | ain, half dead ye.. only shook
up little; I'll b. all rich, IN the
morning." Tnen they SIT down tn
sether aud finished both b"tties. In
the morning. when Sum Patch. Jr..
was out getting more whisky. poor
Charley was rolling over in the bed
where the corp,e should have been.
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RESCUED FROM DEATa.

The following statement from wi'sm J. Cough
In Of >oniefv,lie. Mass. - remarkable iba
w. b.. to s-a TOR u ths st'.ption OF your readers
He ssy-: IN the i3!i OF is.6 I was taken With o
VIOLENT RLtFpiNs 80 THE LUNGS followed by o
-rv-re co'ssh. -'"n hogan TO lose my appetite
sat hs-a. Wa 80 weak 1T ono time that coUic
~: cave my h,si- In tine summer OF 1877 Wa
admitted to the clty hospital. White there The
',',r'ors SAID mad /. Who'll m my left lung big
aS y hSif @oiar- !expen.ied over q hundred dol
isr- ~ dO~tOE~ sni medicines. WAS so tar gons
NJ one tlIn~ report went around tina, 1as Gead.
s,v"gp hope, lut TREND told me of iiR Will
LIAM HILL, BAL SAM FOR The LII NGS. !
laughed AZ my frietds thinking thai my case war
nru.s,s. tut go. a bottle to satisfy them. when
20 my surprise and qualification, commenced 10
g. =. better. Wy hope. once dead. began to rsyive
ard .c-s i.ei IN better spirits than have for
che past thr-e wears.
- write this hoping you Will publish IL 20 sha'
very one afflicted With Diseased Lungs will te
ntg..si 10 take DR.. WM- HALLS BAL~AN FOR
TIE LCNt.S and to convinced that CONSCMP
ZION CiN BE CURED. l nave taken twO rot
dies ant can positively say that il has done mors
good tnsn ali IN. OF her medicines have Gaken
<inee nv >.-sa-ss. Ny cough has almost entirely
disappeared and shall Be able to 70 TO
xorS." Sold by druggists.
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in the eyes Of both men. and in . few
moments the oVt -ssi'- story wss told
him. He had exhausted his money
In q Wild mining speculation. and A.
TER mopths Of trial and hardship
iounl himself in st. Louis. alone and
pennies. He Vas taken To the 9TH
er's boarding house and kindly cared
FIR through . tour week. siege Of
rickne.s. and upon the advice IT biz
st. Louis friend accepted . roll q:
money and returned n Pi;tshurg. "a
be once more q man and {" we'd his
de,erse,i love.
IL July last the East Liberty youth
returned one day to his home. to the
u,,er surprise. bu; joy. Of his friends.
He va. q reformed msn. He accept
ed q situation in bis fathers store.
and, quietly marrying his 1--we Of two
yeau ago, settled down in . modest
dwelling 10 l. ,wrs nce.;!i n. .rcai
distance from. tn" car sta;,.-.. "I Bat
Ter street. On rn sisy evening Of
last week til. 81. Louis NaU. DOW .
prosperous merchant in that city,
while on . visit here. paid visit to
his .Id-time friend. He speot the
evening 10 the happy household
watched With qualification his friend
embrace his sife xnd 'ondlv held bis
little daugLter-ths imsss Of her
mother-on hi kree. I, ~aa a meet
Jog that affected oil, ard tears came
to the eyes Of the two men and the
now happy girl. And thus this &.
nal meeting ended . strange. . roman.
tic story.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OK Missouri,

STATE OF MlsSOURi,l
COUNTY OF PErr,s
In the circuit court o! p. tits county. Missouri in
vacation, D~c-mber q, lSsU Martina A. Lssh.
rope. plsn,h. W.. Washington l.. LathrOpe, de-
fenstaut.
Sow ut this day comes the plaintiff, By her A.
torney. and hiss her petition and affidavit, from
Sh'cu 70 appears that the defendant is aonr-esi
dsat OF the state Of Missouri, wherefore, il 10
ordered by the clerk. in vacation, that the said
defendant, Washington Latt rope, he nOtiBeo
hy publication that a ei.; action, BY petition, has
been commenced against him by plaintiff in this
court, the general nature and Object Of which 10
that plaintiff may obtain q div orceN from defend
ant, and that the bonds Of matrimOny nov $x.
Ist'ng between plaintiff and u iendant may b
dissolved, and that uni he. defendant, be and
appear NJ the next May torn u this court, to he
begun and holit at the court house. in the city
Of Sedslia. Pst,i. county. Missouri, On the nrst
Monday IN May next, and ON or bSfore the sixth
day thereof, ut the term shall long continue,
and n not then before the end Of the terlD) and
answer the plaintiffs petition. the same will b
taken a. confessed sgxinst HIM and Judgment
rendered accordingly ID Is also ordered that
copy hereof be published IN the sedala Bszoo. .
newspaper printed and published in Pettis County,
Missouri. laid publication to Be- at least tour
seeks successfully and the Last insertion thereof
to be q. least four Weess before the 6rst day Of
the next Nav term Of this court.
Attest: 3. H. INGRAM. Clerk.
By q. l.. JACKSON, b. C.
d. NJ Lees, plaintiffs attorney. l-4-vAt"
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice - hereby given. thar letters Of admins
traiiop oU tho estate of thomas J.Cumm.nRs, de-
ceased, xere granted 10 the undersigned, on the
ID Jay Of Jsnuary. ASH. ty the probate court Of
Psirs roUn'x. MISSOURI All prisons having
claims against >a,u estate required 10 exhibit
them ,cr allowance 10 the a@urnis,rsfor, within
one wear after thu date o! said letsera. or they
may he prec,ude1 from any benefit Of such eatate
and II such claims I've not exhibited within two
years from 'he date ~ this publication they shall
he forever harr.d This s,b day cf january ISL
=, =. 1--WE ~. ,s y; McLELLAN. lAdm,pi.,r.,or.
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TRCSTEE'SSALE.

Whereas, j. b. Elliott and Anna N. Elliott, his
sEe, by their trust decd, dated Jan. s. 1850, and
recorded in The recorders Office OF Pest. county,
-ta,e Of Missouri. in trust deed book L. on page
ii". conveyed 20 he undersigned trustee, 10 Sc
cure the payment NJ one promissory nots. in said
trust deed described the fci owing described real
estate. situate ~ Petis county, state Of Missouri,
to wit
Lots eleven. twelve and thirteen, in block four,
IN ti,e town OF Hugbesviile. And
Whereas. said no said trust decd descr b.
ed. !. pas, Que, anu default has been made in the
payment thereof Now therefore, ~ the requ~~s
NJ the legal holder OF sAid note, and the bsne.
hcisry IA said trust dee,. and in pursuance OF the
provisions ri said trust nc, d. the undersigned
trustee 1ili, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY "a 1881,
at the court house door in sal county and safe,
between th" hours OF = O'Clock a. m, end o'clock
y. m, -~li the above described real estate, ~
pubic v.ndu., for cash. to the highest bidder 70
~sti-fy said note and interest and the cost OF this
rust -. w RITCSEY Trusf,e
H. q. SINNETT, Attorney. J-25wst
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Senator Vest will not have occasion
to again issue circulars calling upon
the democracy Of Missouri to rally to
the support Of the St. Louis Times.
Il . thing Of the past. having been
swallowed whole BY the Kuapps, Of
the Republican.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice ~ hereby gwen to oil creditors and
others interested 10 the estate Of Darius Hartwell
deceased. that ], the undersigned administrator,
de bonis non, Of said estate intend 70 make final
settlement OF said estate ut the n~xs term Of the
Probate court OF Petiis county, Missouri, to b
held ut the city Of SSia,a, in SAID county, o.
Monday, the fourteenth day u February. 1851.
d. LEVY,
deceased. 1.lkW&t
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

Mis- Marianne North, . pretty Eng.
lish artist, i making . tour Of the
world with very high credentials, for
the purpose Of painting the distinctive
flowers that grow wild. Sir Joseph
Hooker, director of the botanical gar
dens 1t Kew, vouches foI her artistic
powers, her botanical knowledge, and
her iutrepidity - IN explorer.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

Of Hannibal Hamlin, . CORES
pondent of the Lewiston Journal says
''Senator Hamlin has always been con
sidered the best influence of any man
10 Washington. It has been the rule
of his life to look out for his friends.
When the head of department sees
the senator from Name coming into
his Office, he begins to think Of the
vacancies he has to gil, and if the sec.
Rotary doesn't end . place he can spare.
Uncle Hannibal looks over his books
and picks out what he wants. and he
generally gets it. !"
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STRAY NOTICE.

Taken up ~ . stray. ~ 3. ?. Kemp. living
three miles northwest Of Dresden, Pettis eo6uty,
Missouri, and posted before p. Courtney. Justice
OF ..e peace OF Dresden township. one red and
white -pof;esi yesrllng steer, marked with crop
and over bis IN the lett ear end branded With
letter on the right hip; appraised ~ 6!teen
dollars by U. A. Slime, 4: b. Sh0be and v. G.
DAVIS. sworn by me for thas purpose. a true
copy Of my stray book. December 18th. 1850.
p. COURTNEY.
l-IlW3te Justice al the Pe0eo.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

In the cabinet Of "Mary the Witch,
lately deceased At Davenport, Iowa.
were found . cats skull, . chickens
head, bats wings. toads' feet, spiders'
webs. various bones of various ami
mails, dried blood. and eyes Of owls.
and cats deposited in various places
wrapped in paper.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

North Carolina, like Virginia, lie.
in tsrr.ced slopss, from the highest
ranges Of the Appalachian chain ia
the salt marines Of the SEA coast, and
10 also. like the nsighboring state,
divided into bslts Of the same names
-ridewater, the Middle county, Pied.
mont, and the Blue Ridge. In geol.
ogy and productions tho belts cor
respond with those in Virginia, but
the climats Of North Carolina ranges
about ten degrees higher at any given
altituds. There has always been q
popular belief in the north that this
state was poor in natural resources.
But this s not %. Mineralogists of
late years make pilgrimagee to her
mountains % to . treasure-house of
riches. and shrewd northern capital.
lists since 1874 have been investing
largely in her timber and mineral
lands. In the Blue Ridge belt there
are stores Of gold. silver, iron, copper
and marble which. Prof. King reports,
''sesu limitles:" while Prot. Over.
man declares that the gold mines in
this district, under proper manage.
ment. would yield more than thoee Of
California. The c6tavba grape i 4
native Of this section, and . hundred
other varieties Of native grapes have
been Of und many Of them superior to
The CAtavba. There arc in the hiph.
lands % potato bags, mosquitoes or
chinchbag.; bat tie plague Of The
eoustry bAsas.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

Sillmann B. Allen, of Boston. has
just distributed $500 in prizes to
Maine boys under eighteen years Of
age Who hsvs raised tho most Indian
corn On one-sigth Of an acre, in the
past season. More than 600 boys in
all parts Of the state competed, and
the first prize, 500 was awarded to
Frank E. Small, of Stockton. who
raised 2,246 pounds.