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fact companion.
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"You fairly worship the ground tina.
girl walks on, Billy" said Jack, "and
| can't see why. She's as cold as a
block Of ice." ~ know she is" re-
turned Billy; shut it is snch jolly fun to
20 up three times a week to thaw
her"
"How beautiful those two old people
look, sitting together at the freside2'
exclaimed sentimental young lady /;
II wonder what they are talking
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Missouri Fish Commission.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. IS, 1854.

u
We are draining our Carp Ponds,
and find moltitudes of young Carp.
Distribution will begin early in No
vember. and continue as weather per.
mits. Cost of can and express charges
to be paid G. 0. D. All residents OF
Missouri having water TO stock, are re-
quested to apply at once to Phil Kop.
pLIN, JR., Forest Park, st. Louis; or to
ELIAS CorTRELL, State Hatchery, st.
Joseph. Give distinctly tull name
county, nearest express office and post
office. One can will contain about
thirty young fish, enough to stock a
clean pond OF two acres. State papers
please repr Int and oblige,
Respectfully,
MISSOURI FISH COMMISSION.
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Young lady Tin the drawing-room)
"Just listen! can hear the gentlemen
laughing. l believe they tell all their
good stories directly we're out OF the
dining room" Experienced and rath-
er severe matron: "Good stories,
dear! No-'good is no: the word"
A minister having preached the
same discourse to his people three
tunes, one of his constant hearers, who
was a member of the Legislature. said
to him after service: "Doctor the
sermon you gave US this morning hav.
ing had tGee several readings, l move
that it now be passed.
How very neatly child may some
times get out of a scrape is shown by
the story of a little nephew who had
gone to be the guest of his aunt, and
who on being asked at dinner if he
had not been helping himself secretly
to jam, said quietly: "Please auntie,
pa never lows me to talk at meals"
Oscar Wilde has invented a new
hat, 1t expands or contracts the head
according as the spirit moves. The
brim is full. /. has a mufled bell and
the band is loud. 1t is especially
adapted Tor night wear, and will con.
tain moderate supply ofbricks, there.
| by commencing itself to the Masonic
fraternity.
Miss Rosebud: "Do you knoa
MIR. Palette. l never knew before to.
| day that you and / were from the same
State, Delsware2" Palette: "Same
+ State, Miss Rosebud? Why l am z
New Englander, l live in Massachu.
Sets" Miss Rosebud: "Then why
do you always put DEP after you
name in your pictures"
"Aiy dear, look down below" sale
he. as he stood on the Brooklyn Bridge
with his wife, gazing at tug hauling /:
long line of barges. "Such is life
the tug is like man working and toll
ing, while the barges, like women
are" 81 know" interrupted she
acridly, "the tug does all the BLOWN,
and the barges bear the burden.
"Are there any mitigating circum
,, stances in the case of the man who i
going to be hung tomorrow 2" asked ;
stranger OF the lawyer of the accused
] "Yes. You see he is an unmarrie,
man. How easy it would have beer
for him to have brought a wife an.
!. children into misery and distress, if b,
had not had consideration for them b,
| refusing to get married.s
!. A gentleman who was dining witt
: a young married couple in Kansas
= asked rather abruptly. "Ever had
: cyclone here z" The young coupl
: looked guilty at each other, blushet
and changed the subject.
: what is your name?" asked Judg
Powers. dolly Temple" "Wher
: do you reside 2" The witness piggle,
= and replied: What's the use of me tel
: ling you where l livea You wouIdn'
= call on me, anyhow, now would 70
. Judgea'
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that letters testamentary
upon III estate Of Danial T. Truitt late of Adafr
county, deceased. have bsen granted to the I'M
dersigned John A. Truitt by the probate court of
Adair county. bearing date goth day of Sept 1884.
All persons having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them for allowance within one
year after the date of said letters they may be
precluded from any benefit OF such estate and II
such claims be not exhibited within two Year, from
thetime of the publication of this notice they will
beforeyer barred. JOHN A. TRUITT.
Oct. E:u.or D.. Dane. L. E:dIsG.
I'D, 1884.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters of administra-
ton upon the estate OF John T. Paden late OF
Adair county, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned Zacharia johnson, by the probate
court OF the county Of Adair, bearing date The 24
day ofSept. 1884, All persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhibit Them TO fol
allowance within year after the date of said let
ter or they may be precluded from any benefit oil
such estate, and IL such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the time or the publication
of this notice they will be forever barred.
ZACHARIAH JOHNSON.
AdmInistrator otJohn T. Pad en- deceaed
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Every one who wishes TO be well informed upon c
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SPECIMEN COPIES FREE,

N1 Office OF FINAL sETTLEMENT-yotice is
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1884. JOHN MOORE.
Oct 9Th. 1884 Administrator.
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A rather soft brick will crush under
a weight OF about thirty or forty tons
per square foot, while a frst-rate ma
chine pressed brick will require from
900 to 400 tons per square foot; this
last is about the crushing limit of the
best sandstone, or two.thirds as much
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But masses brick-work will crush under
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Thus small cubical masses only nine
inches each SIDE laid in cement, crush
ed under twenty seven to forty tons per
square foot, others, with piers nine
inches square and two feet four inches
high, in cement, only two days after be.
ing built required forty-four to sixty
two tons per square foot to crush them.
Cracking and splitting usually COM
mence under about one half the crush.
ing loads.
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MARY MAPES DODGE.

MARY MAPES DODGE,
has grown familiar to hundreds of thousands
OF young readers; and their interest and in
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His One Fault" serial story for boys,
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Personally Conducted" illustrated papers
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"Historic Girls" a com panion series to
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Special Papers by chosen writer's, includin!
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ST. NICHOLAS.
FOR
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Attractions for 1875.

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OF
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Actors and Mental work.
From the New York araphlc.l

Professionals who are stars md It
painful to be repeating the same char
acter year after year. There is some
thing about it that robs good actor
OF his vigor, and, strange as it may
seem. it not only Injuries the memory,
but it affects the mind Mr.. Sims
Reeves, the great English tenor. once
declared that he had sung my Pretty
Jane" so many times that it required a
great effort on his part to get through
tin fact, he forgot the words Of the
song. Mr.. Edwin Pocth has been
play ing Hamlet so many times that il
wearies him to do it now. Joe Jeffer.
son has SO long repeated the lines in
Rip Kan Winkle that his memory gets
confused while playing it.
Mr. Cauldock has SO long acted in
Hazel Kirke that he confesses his mind
is sorely troubled to prevent himself
from wandering from one scene to an.
other. Memory, ''that warder OF the
BRAIN" like any other sensitive faculty,
requires Frightening up occasionally
and to supply it with fresh material is
as beneficial as stream Of water upon
a faded flower. The constant repeti.
ton Of Nygiaias, the Gladiator and
one or two other roles, extending over
a period of years, with the same rou.
tine OF stage business which each piece
requires night after night, is to-day one
of the causes, if not the actual cause
of Mr.. John McCullough's menta
weakness. This may appear strange
to those who do not 1--we by "menta
labor yet if any man will commit te
memory poem and keep repeating j,
daily for years, or even months, he
will experience a nervous, irritable
feeling, and must exert his memory to
prevent his jumping the words, ane
in time there comes almost total wan
of the recollection as 10 the order il
which the lines should be spoken
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The firm of Bright & Miller has this day been
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Thursday Oct, 23dIsa.
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NEW NOVEL By W. y. HUWELLS,
Author of "venetian Days " IA Modern In.
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an American business man. A novel by
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A. Janvier, q. H., Julian Hawthorne, and
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In this line THE CENTURY win maintain it
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November begins
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M1scELLANEous FEAruREs.

Under this heading may be included a
series of papers on the Cities of Italy by w.
D. Howells, the illustrations being reproduc-
tions of etchings and drawings by Joseph
PenuelI. a series on
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General Butler.

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TO telling his experience as delegate to
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There is one subject upon which he is
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Of this country against the pauper labor
of Europe. He is also correct in declar-
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trade, a fact of which he became fully
convinced by his effort and failure to have
a resolution placed in the democratic plat
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Gen. Butler has not the ghost of a chance
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or Cleveland will. be the next
President. Between these men lies the
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standing for protection to American indus
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pose that enough of those who favor pro.
lection should cast their votes for Butler
! to send Blaine below Cleveland in the
electoral college, they would not only de.
feat Blaine, but also the principle OF pro
| lection to labor. They would help
elect Cleveland whose platform they OPP.
pose. While rallying under the banner
of protection to labor they would strike 8
/ killing blow ut labor If Blaine is elect
ed the industries of this country will be
protected. To him all workingmen should
rally. A vote for Butler is vote thrown
away; or worse, it may be a vote to bring
in British free trade with its attendant
pauperism and misery.
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