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St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
As n Cure for Piles,

Kidney-Wort acts first by overcoming in
the mildest manner all tendency to consti-
patton: then, by its great tonic and inyig-
Grating properties, it restores to health the
debilitated and weakened parts. Try it.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
How Women wou,d Vote,

Were women allowed to vote. every one in
the land who has used DR.. Pjerce's "Fa-
yorite Prescription" would vote it to be an
unfaiiing remedy for the diseases peculiar
to her sex. By druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
He Got 1t.

One of the most touching things we
have read in a long time is that story
OF a robber and a poor lone woman near
Franklin, Ohio. The robber came IT,
her house at night and demanded her
money or her life. She hadn't much
money or life either, but she preferred
giving up the former rather than the
latter; so she brought her little store
and placed it in his hand. He looked
it over carefully, to see that she didn't
palm off any twenty cent pieces for
quarters, and f%acetiously told her that
he could credit her for only ni~nety-four
cents on the trade dollars, Gliding her
for taking them at their face value.
Haven't you anything else of value?"
inquired the bold, bad burglar, looking
about the scantily-furnished apartment,
"a child's bracelet, ring, anything will
be thankfully received" She had
nothing more, she replied. with a sigh.
A thought struck him.
"Your husband was a soldier. was he
not?:" She acknowledged that he was,
and was killed in the war.
"Then he must have had a revolv-
en-" he continued, searching her
countenance. "Ah, you grow con-
fused, you stamner; your has
betrayed you. Get that revolver at
once and give it to me-"
In vain the woman implored him to
spare that harmless trinket, almost the
sole memorial of the husband she had
lost. She had pawned many things
when in distress, but she had always
hung ON to that But the robber was
unrelenting. Sobbing bitterly, she
went to a bureau drawer and removed
the precious relic, around which clus-
tered so many tender r~ecollections.
Unjust You have itP" said she. as she
advanced with trembling steps toward
him.
Yes, I must" said the robbcr, ex-
tending his hand. "Well, then, take
it," said she, gently pressing the trig-
ser for the last time. There was a loud
report. and the robber tumbled over
dead. The community ought to PEN
sion that woman.-G Cincinnati Saturday
Night.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

WHEN the schoolmaster threatened to tan
Johnny, the urchin reminded him that "a
soft tan, sir, turneth away wrath.'
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

81 HAVE done the State some service"
was the remark the released convict made
after an imprisonment OF ten years.-Somer-
VitIe Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

Prosecutions for Insulting the
> majesty of Emperor William have
been so frequent in Germany as to
have given rise to great abuses. 1t has
been found so easy to accuse an enemy
of havingAin private conversation used
some disrespectful phrase concerning
the Emperor, that such charges have
repeatedly been made without any
foundation whatever, and in a number
of fragrant cases the perjury of the
complaining witnesses has been proved
SO clearly that they have been convict
ed of it in the courts, and sentenced to
long terms Of imprisonment. One Of
the latest cases of this kind has been
that of an artisan of Pforzheim, named
Schneider, who accused an officer in
the army of ..majesty insulting" In
vestigation showed, however. that the
accusation was untrue, ..and that, in
stead, it was Schneider himself who
had used the unlawful language. When
this was established a guard was sent to
arrest the man; but he forestalled it by
blowing out his brains.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

AS AN article OF food the lobster dates
back centuries ahead of the oysterand clam,
and is believed to he coeval with dyspepsia.
-Burlimgtoa Hu1Dkeye.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

"STOCKINGS l can do without, but ear
rings l must have,' IL San Francisco belle
was heard to murmur in the gloaming.-
puck.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

In cards as in life, it is the man who is
ready to beg who is waiting for something
to turn up.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

WHEN Brown said he was afraid he was
going to have the salt rheum, Fogg said it
was impossible, Brown was too fresh.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it. Csc.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
Flies and

15c. box "Rough on Rats" keeps a house free
from flies, bed-bugs, reaches, rats, mice, sc.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
Visor.

LadyAgents s can t sesSE ss,' psEm s"iIisn a =,mp,9ggc,Gsn S
Skin / and Stocking SHl.porters,et etc. Sample OuUit
Free. Address Queen City SHspender CO., Gin. O.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29

w ell Anger and Drills sent on trial. Everything
w done by horse power. Giant Drill Co.. Dewitt, Mo.
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One Experience from, Many.

81 had been sick and miserable so
long and had caused my husband SO
much trouble and expense, no one
seemed to know what allied me, that
| was completely disheartened and
discouraged. In this frame of mind
| got a bottle of Hop Bitters and used
them unknown to my family. soon
began to improve and gained so fast
that my husband and family thought
it strange and unnatural, but when
| told them what had helped me,
they said "Hurrah for Hop Bitters!
long may they prosper, for they have
made mother well and us happy
The Mo.her.-Homc Journal.
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Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

NOTICE is hereby given that there will
~ be ameeting Of the Stockholders OF the
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, at the office Of the Kanawha Compa-
ny, at Charleston, kanawha county, West
Virginia, on the Goth day OF December,
1881, to act on such business as may be
brought before the meeting; and especially
to act on proposition to borrow the sum
Of seven millions OF dollars, to be cxpend-
ed in constructing and equipping the Com
panr's line Of Railway, and to execute q
mortgage on all the properties and fran
chises OF the Company, to secure the pay
ment of the principal and interest Of the
sum so borrowed; and further TO take more
formal action on the contract between the
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, the Ohio Central Railroad Company
and the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company. Tor the consolidation OF such
Companies, under the name OF the Rich
mond, Allegheny and Ohio Central Rail-
road Company; which contract OF CONSOLE
dation was executed on behalf OF the At
lantie and Northwestern Railroad Compa-
ny, by its President at Richmond, Virginia,
on the 2Srd day Of June, 1881, and was
unanimously approved by the Stockhol-
ders ut an adjourned meeting, held at Bar
louisville, West Virginia, on the 2Sth day
OF June, 1881, all the Stockholders being
present, or represented ut such meeting.
By order OF the Board of Directors.
S. Nc g. FISHER, Sec'y.
oct. 10.2m.
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CIenlenin News.

Editor Register: Another year is rap
idly drawing to close and soon it
will be numbered with the past; the
little folks, however, are glad to see it
drawing to close, and hundreds of
times they have thought and said,
sit is SO long till Christmas, will it
never come" To those advanced in
years the time does not seem SO long,
and Christmas appears to come much
sooner now than when they were
young; the little folks enjoy the time
because it is time of presents and
innocent pleasure, but the advanced
in years, while they enjoy it 10 some
extent on account Of seeing others en-
JOY it, they think more seriously Of
it, because they know that every
Christmas day brings them that much
nearer to rendering their account be-
fore Him after whom the day was
called. Now TO those who have been
walking in wisdom's ways, and try
ing to observe that best of rules which
says, "Do to others as you would have
them do to you," have no cause TO re.
greet its coming, because they know
that it brings them nearer that holt
day and Christmas day, when they
shall 60 to that land where the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest.
The scholars and teachers in Glen
denim are getting along well together,
and are looking forward to Christ
mas when they will take a
rest for week from school duties
There has been a good deal of sick.
ness in the district this fall, and
quite q large number of children
have been kept away from school on
account of the whooping,cough; SO
the attendance has not been as large
as it otherwise would have been.
Mr.. l.. Z. Rodgers, opened school in
the new school house just finished on
Three Mile Ridge, in Arbuckle Dis.
trict, on Monday the 9th of this
month, and is getting along very
well.
Not long since your correspondent
had a very pleasant visit in the
Fadely neighborhood, calling upon
Mr.. John R, Dabney, Mr.. John Hut.
ton, and that kind and genial farmer
and good and worthy citizen Mr.. 3. T.
j. Blame. l was kindly received,
Hospitality entertained and invited
to call again.
! Mr.. William Blame, is teaching
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
The First Performance-A Voice
From The Reporters Gallery
Speaker Refers Trials.
from our Regular Correspondent. ]

from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10th, 1881.
A first performance" be it theat-
rieal or parliamentary, always forms
a great attraction for the spectacle
loving Westinghouse. 1t was,
therefore, not surprising, on last
Monday, to find the galleries of the
House crowded within, and portals
surrounded by a throng of eager
sight.seers, intent on taking stock Of
the new Congress. On occasions like
this, | almost cease to bewail the un.
happy lot of a journalist, for, no
matter how crowded the special gal
leries reserved for the families and
friends of members, for diplomats, or
the one filled by protanum rulgus
your correspondent wedges his way
through the the jammed Hobbies, and
the dense excluded threng that is
striving to catch glimpse through
the windows, with an assurance that
he will find a good point of view in
the gallery occupied by what Gen.
B. F. Butler once designated "the
forty jack-ass power mud machine Of
the press" But this gallery, for
which all members of Congress have
a wholesome fear, is very exclusive,
for there are quacks, snides, and
charlatoas in this holy profession
also, Every correspondent is requir-
ed to file his credentials, which must
state, over the signature of the Eli.
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W., p. a. G. II. II.

Reports from the counties along
the upper end Of the line of the W.,
P. & c. R. R. are very encouraging.
The engineers are making perma-
nent location of the road and are
meeting with encouragement from
the people, and the opposition to the
road which was SO fully developed
some time ago is rapidly disappear.
ing. The road is generally located
under the second bank from the river,
and SO nearly always escapes doing
any damage. The farmers finding
that the road will be built in a loca.
ton where there will be no injury
done their farms are generally dona-
ting the right of way, and also en-.
couraging their neighbors to do like
wise. Maj. McConnell's corps is now
in Wetzel county and are making
good progress toward this place. II
is not anticipated that serious oppo.
sition will be met till the road nears
Parkersburg when it is probable that
condemnation proceedings will be re-
sorted to.-SentineL.
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The Border INatchman, Hon. Frank
Hereford's paper, published at Union,
Monroe county, is particularly Sc.
we're on Hon. Henry G. Davis. 1t
may be that Mr.. Hereford has aspir.
atoms to become Mr.. Davis success
or in the United States Senate. But
we hardly think that West Virgin
ians will permit such calamity to
befall them, as to elect Hereford to
any office again in this State, much
less TO the United States Senate
He is done for. He can now retire
and put in his time committing the
speeches of the late Judge Summers
to memory.
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Carnival Of Crime.


Forney's Progress says: @The story
reads like chapterffom Newgate
calendar. The confession ofthe fraud
in Indiana, in 1880, proved by the
Republican, accusation of Dorsey, who
planned it; the murder Of the candi-
date who profted by it; the pursuit of
the thieves who prepared the villainy
Of the Star Route steal; the ghastly
trial of the assassin Guiteau, who
succeeded in making a farce of his
tragedy; the fragrant spoliation ofthe
National Bank at Newark, New Jer-
sey, followed by another in Boston,
Massachusetts; the deliberate and
wanton defalcation and forgery of
Howgate; the depreciation Of the Gas
Trust Co., Of Philadelphia; the open
confessions crownedby fresh eyiden-
ces of gigantic system of plumber in
the City Treasury; these events,
crowded into the history Of a few
months, read not only like the pages
Of a criminal calendar, but resemble
the worst experiences of Rome in its
darkest days, and rival the atroci-
ties Of the French Revolution, when
the murderer struck down the King,
and the common vagabond held the
highest places in the State. And
this is the revelation ola few months,
the latest indictment against the Re
publican party, proved by Republi-
can witnesses, in all cases against
the leaders Of the organization that
defeated General Hancock year ago.
They are only the outlines of a
scheme of scoundrelism, daily filing
up with fresh items of guilt, equally
novel and undeniable, equally con
fessed and corrupt" $3.50
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State Of West Virginia, Mason County, $,

State OF vest virginia mason Uountyi sSi
A t RULES held in The offireof the Clerk
IA OF the Circuit Court OF Mason County,
West Virginia, on Monday, December 9TH,
1851:
A. A. Hanly, Administrator oithe estate of
Michael Shannon, deceased, Complain
ant, rs.
Catherine Shannon, widow OF Michael
Shannon, decd, Frank Shannon, Mary
Curtis, formerly Shannon) and Owen
Curtis, her husband, Peter Shannon,
Sally Shannon, Emma Morarity, (form-
" Shannonl and 49, Morarity, her hus-
band, Ellen Shannon, James shannon,
who is a minor under 81 years Of age,
and all Of whom are the heirs at law OF
Michael Shannon, deed, The Clifton
Coal Company, a corporation, g. p.
Simpson, Reece Williams, and the UNI
known creditors OF Michael Shannon,
decd, Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object OF the above suit is TO subject
to sale the real estate OF Michael Shannon,
deceased, situated in Clifton, Mason Coun-
~, West Virginia, for the payment OF his
debts; and it appearing by affidavit filed
that the defendants, Mary Curtis, former
" Shannonl, Owen Curtis, her husband,
Frank Shannon and Sally Shannon are
non.residents OF this State, il is ordered
that they do appear here at January Rules,
to be held in the Clerks Office OF the Cir
cult Court OF said county, on the ID day OF
January, 1882, and do what is necessary to
protect their interests in this suit. pl5
CHAS. b. WAGGENER, Clerk,
Ry .Inz III Hnt NV nanuty I
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CARD.


Editor Register: With great aston
ishment / learned last evening that
the good people Of your town, with a
large number Of whom / have been
more and less familiarity acquainted
for the last dozen years, were in q
high state Of excitement on account
of horrible, yet truly absurd tales
promulgated among them by a wag,
or knaye whose name i should be
very glad TO know.
The whole gist Of the matter, COM
prised in n nut shell, is that a young
girl, now fifteen years old, whom my
good wife and | had adopted over
eleven years ago, from a Cincinnati
charitable institution, and whom we
had lately threatened on account Of
her total intractability and obstinacy
to return there, (for God only knows
what my generous wife wentthrough
with her. ran away from our home
last night two weeks ago, as many
have done before, and unhappily
will do in the future. and succeeded
in covering her tracks for over a
week. Neither the population of
this place, nor the respectable female
portion of it saw anything wrong on
our part in the girls disappearance,
but u female rabble inclusive of a
due apportionment Of the inevitable
old maid with her many disappoint-
ments, always invidiuus of their bet.
ters, became clamorous at the time,
not from real conviction of wrong
committed, but from innate spite and
malignity, because We had endeavor.
ed to make of the girl in time to
come respected, decorus and useful
member of society, that, God willing,
would in future be able and compe-
tent TO raise respectable family of
her own, without fear of being be.
smutted by her own offspring with
the yilest epithets Of both the Eng.
fish and German languages, as we
have daily occasion TO observe.
The facts as further developed, are
that the girl after leaving our home,
boarded the steamer Hibernia the
next day at Syracuse, Ohio, in the
company of an old reprobate and
scoundrel, and was registered with
him as Moses Merrick and lady. We
are unconscious, but do not believe
that the girl knew this fellow before,
but another young girl, adopted by a
woman named Daniel, the wife Of a
peddler here, and sister to this scamp,
was the day previous to her disap-
pearance, twice at my house, for the
first time, and was employed as go.
between, n nice specimen of future
womanhood. Mr.. E. A. Young, our
efficient town sergeant, who was en-
gagged to follow her up, has just re-
turned and tells me that he has seen
and spoken to the girl, in Athens
county, Ohio, where she is staying
with another sister of her abductor.
If this State enjoys any laws for the
punishment of such a crime, l here.
with call on the public prosecutor to
draw this fellow TO full account, who
frequents this State as a peddlcr Of
silverware; and see also his female
helpers punished.
DR.. H. SrrEREN.
Mason, W. VA. Dec. l, 1881.
The above card should have ap.
peared in our last paper, but it was
held for postage, and we did not get
it until Monday morning last, not
knowing that it was in the office
here,-[E ED.
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tor, that he is the authorized Wash
ington correspondent ofphis paper
If these credentials receive favorable
action from committee appointed
by the House, he is given ticket
signed by the Speaker, which enti-
ties him to a seat in the Reporters
Gallery for that session. The way to
the Reporters Gallery of the Senate
is equally difficult, ands in each APP
plication, the petitioner must sign
paper stating that he is not clerk
in any Government office, and will
not be interested in the prosecution
of any claim against the Govern.
ment. Having been duly admitted
the correspondent has position fac.
ing the House or Senate, and can see
and hear everything going on. 1t is
of great Importance for him to be &C.
quainted with the distinguished dra.
mats Persona on the floor, to say moth
ing Of the supers and puppets. But,
since eight or len tragedians, and
half as many comedians, make near.
ly all the noise, if he is sufficiently
familiar with their faces to attach
their names to their performances,
he will get along pretty well. If he
is not, he will get along pretty i'll,
for such sublimity of impoliteness
has. with help of natural bias, sci.
dom been achieved, as that shown by
a Washington journalist when any
one asks him question. 1 have
long since been through novitiate,
and know how it is. gm
There was nothing unusual in the
organization of the present House.
Speaker Keifer was no sooner in the
chair than half dozen members
commenced talking to the remote
ends of wires and post routes, on
points of order, privilege, procedure,
and like questions of little impor-
lance. An almost inextricable par
liamentary tangle resulted, and the
new Speaker exhibited more pa
thence than skill in his efforts to
manage the unruly House. Messrs.
Robson, Of New Jersey, and Haskell,
of Kansas, fenced for the Republican
leadership. Ex-Speakcr Randall and
IS. Cox, for the leadership of the
Democrats. Mr.. Kasson looked on in
silence from a remote seat, thinking,
perhaps, how much better he could
WELD the gayclithan MENKeifer, or,
if this thought did not occur to him,
it did to almost every one present.
On Tuesday the same disorderly
scenes were repeated, and the out
look is not peaceful for the new
Speaker. The House adjourned un-
til Friday, and the committees will
probably not be known until next
week. tf.
The Senate met, duly organized,
and on the second day, while the
House was still in tho 'throes of con.
fusion, were listening to the Presi.
dents message, read by the clerk of
the Senate, from paper heavily bor-
dered with black.
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Pensions.

The pension arrearages to which
President Arthur calls special atten-
tion, will require six years to adjudi-
cate, with the present clerical force.
Senator Camden, who is a member Of
the Senate Committee on Pensions,
says the number of applications for
pensions now filed aggregates $4,000.
There are arrearage claims or about
.two.thirds of these, and as the arrear-
ages average about $1,000 each, the
estimate that it will require $780,
100000 to settle them, is not far out
of the way. The present intention
is to increase the clerical force sulfi-
GENTLY to have these claims at least
passed upon without unnecessary de
lay.
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The father Of Mrs. Garfield says
that sooner or later the assassination
of the President will be found to have
been the result of a conspiracy.-Er
We have held to the same opinion
all along. Time will develop the fact
that some men who are now in high
places, were parties to Garfeld's muir.
der. 1t may be that Guiteau will
"give them away" If he is convicted.