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Tr.inso anal tsIiv Win Psrlor Cars between Evans
willie and indianapolis.
Trains ) ~ni ! daily. Win veoarnfrs ~'srsnt sleeping
|Csrs hc<n cen Evansville and tticrfe end fulinlan
|kIf<pere. fef~r<fl Evansville and Indianapolis.
Nos. :. 6. = ant 3 daily. sunday excepted.
q. ,. CEANNEE. General Pass. Ag't.
CO.. HEPBURN. Cen1 Supt.
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TDolph & Carper, dsuggists. VIVA
mac. Pulaski Co.. say-: Browns
Iron Bitterz takes tho lead of anything
We ever handled"
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SHINING LaGnr is The title Of : new
music book upon d table. lis authors
are j. n. TExxEY and ALDIxE 5. hrEF-
rrR. This book Il printed IN . new
system OF notation, which IL said 70
greatly simplify the reading Of music.
The ordinary stan Is used, but the tone
svmbols are unique and very different
from the old oncs The music j. A.
tractive. and the general make-up of the
hook Il neat and tasty. Price, 80 cts. BY
mail. postpaid. The book may DC or
|dered Of Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston
Mass: John Church & CO.. Cincinnati,
Ohio or Ruebu~h. KicfIcr q Co. Day
tan. Virginia. The latter firm will send
catalogue az books and q copy Of The
MUSICAL MILLION free y any'address.
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Dat very little tobacco 4 being re-
ccived - yet this year II jasper.
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rrDr billiard. IN old physician a
Newton Stewart. Orange county, died
on The 18th.
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nsome or the days this week make
: suear maker laugh The COURIER will
take . Few gallons Of maple syrup, It you
please.
rrWc call attention 70 The ideas pre-
scented by Road Supt. Burger, in to-day's
CousirR. There j. no question but M
conclu~ ions arc sound and should receive
favorable action for the public benefit.
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80 sss~~< ana sur<<t vav 20 vr.fer< me- Youthful colo
- ~ MN ~ furnished ~ rnrkcr< Hair nai<asn, which
a desuve11y popular from ~ s~uoersor cleanliness.
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Tive stock Owners should keep = sup
49, ~ David II. Fontx Powders tor their
stock. For sale BY N~chringer Bros
|See adv.
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Paeers and Pacing.


Mr.. George BrownelI writes from
Liverpool to the ST. James Gazette: In
the various remarks which have lately
appeared in your paper on Pacing
Horses, Il have not noticed any alla-
sion to those of Peru, where that type
of hack has been brought to a perfec-
ton probably unknown elsewhere.
Doubtless this has originated from the
climate, the nature of the country, and
the extensive sandy deserts in which
trotting or galloping horse, sinking
fetlock deep, would soon exhaust HIM
self; but apart from practical uses the
gait has there attained the position of
positive art, and it requires very prac-
tieed rider In that style of riding to do
justice to a true |caballo de paso. There
are at least ten recognized varieties of
the 'paso, or pace, known to the
initiated-the 'paso andante,' the 'paso
compagnera, etc. The great majority
of the native horses are PAGERS; but q
really first-rate one becomes an article
Of luxury, and may command an ex-
travagant price. On some of the estates
great care was devoted to the breeding
Of these horses, many Of which
were of extreme beauty, and
their training and biting was a
process to which the greatest patience
and plenty of time was given. / notice
the gait styled artificial In Peru it
Is not 50; a true PAGER is born so-he
PAGES naturally, though this may be
varied or perfected by education. Trot
he will not; if he can be driven into a
gallop it is at once seen that it is un-
natural to him. But, then. his pace is
so superior to that of the animal who
has only been taught to pace that there
Is no comparison whatever; and it is .
little surprising that sosfew have been
imported into this country; though this
may be due to his true merit being that
| Of journey horse. for which purpose
he would Of course be Of little use here.
For coaches and for their cavalry the
PeruVians have relied mainly on horses
imported from Chilli =
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Baptist Weekly says: s'If
church wants to secure new pastor il
can scarcely take a surer course to drive
off desirable men than by maligning the
pastor who has left them.
The Burlington Hnwk- I7ge predicts
that by next season society will be so
artificial that the unrepresentable dam.
sci will remain in her cottage and send
her photograph into the surf.
-.'Mercym exclaimed Mrs. f., as
she caught sight of the cameleopard,
''just look at that beast! what a long
necki'' Eyes" replied Fogg, 'sthe
most remarkable case of soar throat I
ever saw. boston Post.
-Lynchings are becoming so COM
mon in the West that housewives are
afraid to leave their clothes-line out
over night. In the morning they might
find it a mile away with aman hanging
to the end.--Iroy IN Z. Times.
Before the city directory man takes
a census of st. Louis, waterInelons are
always sent there from Chicago to
double up the population. After that
an official count is made, showing how
unreliable St. Louis figures are.--N o.
Picay1ne.
In modern Egypt a young man is
not permitted to see his wife's face be-
fare marriage. The Boston girls are
using every effort to have this custom
introduced into this country. 1t is the
| only way they can hope to compete with
the Western branch of the business. -
4 LINN Bee.
The HiOh Seheol oirl saws that
modern seismologists incline to tho
opinion that the phenomena Of the
earthquake is "a yibratory motion, propa.s
gated through the solid molecules of the
earth after the sin1ilitude Of the trans
mission of sound through the atmos-
phere. We think SO toa.--OI City
Derrick.
When a Virginia belle was once
surprised by her father in the parlor of
hotel at the White Sulphur Springs.
supporting upon her shoulder the head
of middle aged adrnirer, she at once
disarmed the impending rebuke by ex-
claiming: Surely, father, this. is not
the first time you have seen an old head
on young shouldersn--M r. Graphic
A little girl and boy, who live in
Des Moines, Iowa, were discussing the
stars one evening recently. The little
boy argued that the stars were worlds
like ours, and be claimed that they are
/ peopled just like the earth. The little
i girl, with all the disdain she could mus
i ter, said: They are not! They are
angels eyes; cause I saw 'em winkI''
Golden Days
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A new secret society is to be formed
at Yale, rival to the Skull and Cross
bones and the Scroll and Keys. 1t is
said that building for it's use is to be
at once erected. Hartford Post.
Two well-known elergymen who
are brothers, Rev. Hugh O. Pentecost
and Rev. George T. Penteeost, hap
pened to preach on q recent Sunday in
different churches in Hartford, Conn.
The American Sunday School Union
has recently received from the executors
of the estate of the late Frederick Mar
quand $19,892 Also legacy of 81, 900
from the late George Nugent. William
Z. Dodge bequeathed $4,000 to this
society,". r Examiner.
Christ Church, Philadelphia, in
which the Centennial Convention OF
Protestant Episcopalians is to be held,
was the place of the first convention oil
that denomination in America. It was
built with brick from England and
money raised in a lottery under the
management of Benjamin Franklin.
Chicago Times.
According to Western school
teacher the habit of chewing gum is
productive of myopia among the pupils.
Being forbidden to chew gum during
school hours. they seek to avoid detec-
ton in the illicit enjoyment of the en-
during morsel by holding their books
close to their faces, thus bringing on
short-sightedness.
1t costs France S3,800,00 to sup
port State church. Episcopalian as
well as Roman Catholic clergymen are
paid by the State. NJ. Paul Bert, in
view of this enormous expense, and in
view of the alarming influence Of
which patriots complain, = demands that
the Public Worship budget be abolished.
The Government, he says, should ''sever
the last link which connects Church
and State" NJ. Ferry does not seem
TO think that it should. He appears to
be very desirous of conciliating the
church and the Pope.
The Reformed Dutch Church at
| Spotswood, N. r., was knocked to
| pieces by a sudden thundergust. First
the steeple toppled over on the roof,
which it cut in two at the ridge pole.
Then the walls fell apart, tumbling to
the ground in such condition of wreck
that the remains are nothing better than
htuttItth9 MOOt- l. lG CuuEGH COSL PCt-
| 600, and was considered as good as any
wooden sanctuary of similar style. The
| members are possessed of considerable
means, and are able 10 rebuild. In .
few months they will have a better
building than the one which was
wrecked.A-N r. Sun. 81
The United Presbyterian Church
has relegated the organ question to in
diyidual churches. The committee APP
| pointed By the recent General Assembly
on the subject has issued 3 majority
and minority address. The first argues
in favor of the constitutionality of the
adoption of the overture upon music;
the other avoids arguing the question,
but reaches substantially the same re-
suit as the majority letter in urging
each church to accept the action of the
assembly as final, leaving each to de-
eide whether it win admit the organ OF
not. This agreement practically makes
the organ local issue in the church,
i " r. Herald
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An Interesting Incident OF Travel In
ga Montana.


A letter to the Philadelphia Press thus
describes the recent stage robbery near
Helena. Montana: The stage was mov-
ing along at walk, about noon. when
three masked rutfians emerged from
their hiding place. and, leveling their
shotguns at the driver and passengers,
shouted Hands up" The order was
promptly obeyed, without murmur,
and, in obedience to the next command,
every man stepped from the stage with
his hands in the air, and formed in line
on the roadside Then one of the
posse stepped forward and helped
himself to the contents of each pocket,
while the other two kept their guns
1eveled so as to enfilade the line. There
were two ladies aboard-one on the box
and one inside-who cried bitterly, but
the gallant assurances of the Claude
Duyals that nobody would be killed un-
less they resisted, allayed their fears;
for they knew too well that the terror
stricken nine with their hands in the
air hadn't strength enough LETT to pull
/ trigger. The valuables being secured,
the stage was allowed to pass on, and a
merchant with a two-horse team, who
followed, was next held up, but was
Vietimized only to the extent of some
whisky and cigars. Though this is
squite a serious business, yet it has its
ludierous side, which is worth telling.
One passenger in leaving the stage put
his poeket-book, containing S270, in
the folds of the curtain and did not
search for it again until the stage had
progressed eight miles, so great was
his decentralization, and then to his hor-
ror it was gone; later, however, it was
found on the floor of the coach. A
Chicago gentleman who wore kid gloves,
was detected fumbling with his finger,
and upon being made to take of his
glove displayed what was apparently a
plain gold ring, which he desired to re-
tain, .'it being the gift of dear friend" !"
The willy highwayman, however, turned
over the finger and found to his delight
supurb brilliant. THAT is a shiner.''
he exclaimed; ''a perfect daisy;n and he
transferred it from the finger to his own
boot. Among the wreck the next day
was found a government envelope adj
dressed to some official in the territory,
upon. which was indorsed in pencil,
Opened by mistake by a posse Of three
highwaymen.' Last night | listened
to the story of the robbery told by one
of the victims to a crowd of friends.
An .sold-timer.' sitting by, inquired
how big the shotgun looked. .'Wen,
replied the victim, ssI could have driven
a six-mule team down the barrel.
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Established July 1, 1859.
VOLUME XIII.
i LITTLE CHILD.


Unconscious childhood's tiny grasp
Draws rs from business. books and art;
Mightier than all the world, tire clasp
Of one small hand upon the heart
of late, with lids that mfrricked death,
In fever flames our darling lay:
While we VINO watched her futtering breath
Gould only wait, e.nd hope, and pray.
Pale gliding sha pes and whispered words
Haunted tilc, hushed and shadowy room,
Till the frs twitteF of the birds
ARose, and daybreak edged the gloom.
On cant chairs and silent walls,
Where lonely watches of the night
f,1nw old how strange how spectral falls
The nockery of the morning light!
Asfna a trance of fear we moved;
Peril to one we cannot save,
peril and pain TO one beloved,
Make trembling towards of the brave.
The dawn rose, pitilessly bright;
The sunshine wore an alien hue;
There was not any more delight
In song of bird or spark of dew.
How idle seemed the task that claimed
A cold, accustomed service still !
Each worldly wish was queiled and shamedi
Alike were tidings good and ILL.,
Friendship itself small solace brought:
We came and went like dull machines;
How foreign to the harasSed thought
The most familiar household scenesi ~
The golden fields and azure skies
Were yelled in sorrowful eclipse,
Till beamed again those darkened eyes,
Till smiled once more those childish lips.
Another nights all night she slept,
She woke: o joyi was ever dawn
So heavenly sweet as that which swept
With drszzling showers the trees and lawn!
The hillside frowned, by lowering browS
OF gloomy thiekets overhung:
But in the dripping chestnut boughs
a cheerful robin perched and sung.
Dear omen of her blest release
From pain and the Great Dread past byl
Peace filed our souls, the light of peace
Was over all the earth and Sky.
o happiest day of all the year!
Each moment had its joyous thrill:
Whatever came brought hope and cheer;
Alike were tidings good and i'll.
Now never more. o heart be sad,
Wheneloud and tempest drench the pane,
But keep the. day with thoughts as glad
As robins singing in the rain.
~. Z. Tropbridge, In Youths Companion
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ssShake's Telephone. y

Is 4 -a a
"I guess / hat my telephone took out
of nay house, said q resident of the
eastern part of the city as he took
seat beside Manager jackson the other
day. ouaFsnos az7a
Anything wrongPn
eyes, eafrytings is wrong, /" was the
doleful answer.
Perhaps the battery needs more
water?''
"Vhell, may be so.but doan' keep
no track of dot. You see, I vhas down
to my peesness a good deal. IN der
morning, after i vhas gone a leedle
while, somepody rings aboudt sixteen
hundred times and scares my old
yhoman half TO death. She asks Who
yhas dere, und somepody answers:
Hello! Shake, vhas dot you? Say,
Shake, how aboudt dot leedle gal dot
wrote you dot letter? Ha! ha! ha'
Und dot makes my vhife SO mad dot
she shumps COP ind down und pulls
her hair. and when | comes home she
goes for me like some tigers. Vhas dot
der. right Yhay to put up some shobs on
8 man?n
& mo, of course not. - fsts9 g q,
"Und pootY qpeek after dot some
body else rings oop my house. two ton
sand times, und my vhife almost faints
AWAY. When she asks who vhas dere
somebody answers: Say, Shake, Isaw
you riding oudt nit your yhife on der
Lake road last Sunday! Doan' be
afraidt-I doan' give him awayr Und
den my vhife vhas nadt enough to bust
in two, und when I comes home she
sthrikes at me NIT der teapot. Do yo1
call him telephone eonvenience?n
81 call it a shame, sir. -
"Vhell, some odder times somepody
goes r-r-r-r- rims g-ing-ing-ring like tun-
der, und my Yhife vhas as pale ash a
bedquilt. She thinks dot vhas some oc-
cident to me, orsome steampoat blowed
oop nit her sister. Her heart beats
like it would shump oudt on der floor,
und when she asks who vhas killed
somepody answers: .Isha dot Shake?
Say, Shake, how much you gif dot
policeman to keep sthill3 on you, eh!.
All! dot vhas fine racket, Shake, but
If der oldt vhomans drops on it you
vhas gone oop like some Gilderoy's
kiter Den my vhife she vhas madt
tsome more, und she packs oop her
trunks, und she vhas all ready to go
when I comes homa. Vhas dot. some
more convenience by electricityph
Il shall certainly look into the mat.
ter Such things must be stopped"
''Und sometimes somepody rings
softly, shust like cats, und my yhife
wants to know who vhas dot. Me!
Who yhas me?' 'Katie!' who yhas
Katie?' Why, Shake. doanr you know
dot vidder vhomans you met on der
boat Say. Shake, how vhas der oldt
vhomans to-day?' Und how yhas dot
on me when l goes home? Und how
can make der oldt vhomans pellet L
vhas in my saloon all der time, und dot
/ doan' know some vidder vhomans
from a'load of hay? tell you, Misser
Shackson, dot telephone preaks oop my
family if doan' look oudt. Eafery
day it is Hello! Shaker und eafery
tevening When comes home it is. some
more crying und talking like vhas
| der worst man in Detroit. Y
He was promised speedy and per-
manent relief, and as he backed up
stairs to the sidewalk, he said:
''Vhell, dot makes me feel like yhas
happy.
Ii somepodyvhants to Hello! Shaker
on me let him come to my saloon. /
gif him some telephone convenience so
he vhas lame for six monthsn sn'--Detroa
Free Press,
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Something New in Snake Stories.

On last Thursday night, as the stage
was coming from Markleville, the road
seemed to get very heavy near Wood
ford's Canon. The nearest horses could
hardly drag the load, and they seemed
to have harder work at every step. Fl
nally they stopped to rest at the top of
the little knoll just this side of Wood
ford's Station, and when the driver at
tempted to start the horses they could
not pull an inch. He dismounted and
took lantern to examine the running
gear, when, to his astonishment, he
found, as he supposed, that rope had
been tied between the two wheels. Law
ing his hand on the rope, he started
back with yell of horror on discover
ing that live snake had twisted itself
between the hind and fore wheels, and
was holding the stage as securely as il
the wheels had been tied with an inch
rope. The reptile had evidently been
trying to block the stage for several
miles, and when the horses stopped for
a rest improved the opportunity to
tighten the coils so as to effectually pre-
vent the stage from starting again.
The passengers got out and tackled
the snake with clubs aad stones, and, as
the reptile thrashed about under the
wheels, the horses were wild with ter
ror. He was finally killed by blow
on the head, and it was after midnight
before they got him disentangled from
the wheels. He was the style of snake
known as the mountain runner, and
measured twelve Vefeetfourinches. When
stretched tightly between the wheels he
was much longer.--Carso,s (NeU. Ap-
neal.
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trusted ont ofsights but must be always
carried out to works. He evidently en-
joys the warmth afforded by the tanners
body. and being neither an epieure nor
fastidious in regard to lodgings, finds
this kind of life preferable to days of
grubbing among foundations, fearful OF
terriers, poison and gins, in q house of
his own making-in short, he prefers it
to working for his living. Wefear that
this rat is too true picture of the
habitual criminal in prison. Thelatter.
suppliedwitha good roof over his head,
q good and clean bed, fairly good food
in comparative abundance, congenial
companions, plenty Of good literature,
and no terriers in the shape of fpolice-
men, prefers, or il he does not prefer,
is totgeasily. contented with, his prison
Journ9l.aa
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Adding injury to insult: A tall,
stylish-looking woman, leading a gray
hound, passed the balcony of alSaratoga
hotel, on which two gentlemen were
standing. "Whata beautiful creature,
said one of them in a voice that proved
loud enoughfor the lady to hear. Turn
ing very red in the face she glanced
angrily at the speaker and said: 'sY gu
have no right to insult me, sir.'' "Ex-
cuse me, madam, but you fiatter your
self. / was alluding to your dog
~. Il Nelgs.
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Snake matches are the latest
wrinkle in field sports on Long Island.
The contestants start in different direc-
tions, and the one returning with the
greatest number of snakes hanging to
his belt is proclaimed the victor.
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Grief for his first wife caused
samuel Z. Magruder, of Darnestown,
Md, to cut his throat. although he had
been married about one year to an es-
unable lady.
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.A Boston gentleman married !

A letter addressed to widow
Smith, Richford, Vt" threw the post
master into panic, there being eleven
widows of that name In Richford.
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Unconscious ehildhood's tiny grasp
Draws rs from business. books and art:
Migl.tier than all the world, the clasp
Of one small hand upon the heart.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

understandable. All the members of the
police force are killed. A boat has arrived
ct Naples containing the bodies Of "a in
fsnts. Few persons were taken from the
ruins alive. Eight hundred more troops
went to the scene Of the disaster last night.
ALEXANDRIA, July 30.-Seven deaths
from cholera occurred yesterday.
LONDON, July 30.-The report Of the
shooting Of Carey caused intense excite
ment in the western end Of London and
in the House Of Commons.
Later advices about the killing Of James
Carey shows that he was shot while being
taken from the Melrose at Port Elizabeth.
O'Donnell, his slayer, is in custody. The
Government had taken special and ex-
pensive measures to protect Carey.
O'Donnell took passage here BY the
steamship Kinfauns Castle, which left
Dartmouth on the 9th for Capetown,
where she transferred her passengers, who
| were destined to Port Elizabeth, Natal
| and other coast ports, to the steamship Mel
rose.
A dispatch from Naples, just received,
says that it is now stated that the number
Of persons killed by the earthquake on the
Island of Ischia on Saturday night wal
1000, and the number wounded 1000.
The Standards correspondent at Hong
kong says that the success OF the recent
sortie of the French in Tonquin is dut
to the fact that the garrison was secretly
conveyed in junks and took the enemy II
the rear bv surprise. The Chinese still
persist in maintaining the prohibition o
the expectation Of cattle for the Frencl
forces. The French squadron will shortl!
make q demonstration on the Chinese coast