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a EETETT5 Send ten cents postage ard We will
n sSEF5'bs mail you free Royal, valuable
"a EYE q sample box of goods that will ut
Al GeGg 4 you in the way Of making marc
money at once than anything else in America Both
sexes of all ages can live a. hume and work spare
time all the tine. Capital not required. We
will start you, immense pay sure for those who
start Ut once, STIE6US Co, Portland Maine,
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Oar senators and rerre-autli5saz
IN CJugrez draU Sl45O10 iu nile
age
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The Waco Examiner don't think
Maxey downed by "darned sight.
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Immigrants from Missouri, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, are settling in
Shackleford county,
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The Burleson family will have q
reunion at Waco, Feb. Goth.
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OLD NEWSPAPERS. for wrap
ping paper. pc fIoO. at this office
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The sheriffs of the state meet in
convention ut Waco on the 81 Mon
day in February.
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1 OWN.

T, al who srs ,lEsrias iroas the errors sul ln-
-,rrioD, - yrutt nervous weakness, early dessy,
o. Hfmhnhroi. &c.. I vi,I ,e1I recipe that will
rr .a SO FKEE orc NRGE This great remedy
vs. a..c8vsrsIty /. liss.arary boz sau.h Nrncricu.
S,-F .aI'-ssircssra -rysiar, % RE.. yo.r.u T.
Iss,s. NI.iar q. N-ss Nare gs'v. gy sly
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nkRE wASTsALE MEN everywhere, local AM
bkxy travelling, to sell our goods will pay goel
VIZ salary and all expenses. Write for terms at
VIZ once, and state salary wanted. Address
STANDARD SILVER WARE COMPANY, Washing
ton, Street, Boston, Mas.
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TVANTED-LA DIES to work Fer at their "wr
w homes. 81 to sl0 per week eau be Nu;eil
made No photo. painting; no canvassing. F't
full particulars. please address, Of once CTeSceL
Art Co., Boston, Msss., Box $40
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A QUARREL.

San Pedro, Houston Co.. Tex, Jan. 20, -
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
Good Manners.

Good manners constitute the most
valuable of earthly possessions. All
may have them by the cultivation of
the affections, and none without it.
Only for the few are learning and
genius, wit and beauty, wealth and
fame but good manners, with their
dowry of happiness, are for all who
are willing to pay the price of self
culture. That lady lives not, what
ever her station in life, but who by
amiable temper, pleasant words and
kind acts may shed light and comfort
on the hearts and homes of earth.
That man is yet to be born who may
not possess those elements of power, if
true to the obligations of his being,
which brighten and bless human socie-
ty. There is a wealth of affection and
Kindness in every human heart, if pro-
perly developed !; and the develop
ment and expenditure of the same in
social life is a duty we at once owe to
ourselves and the world.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
WHATS YOUR NAME?

81 Tell me, sweet eyes of the robins egg blue
Tell me, rose-lips that are loving and true
What is your name? Can you say it to me
Something SO pretty and nice it must be-
Oh, the wee hand that is laid In my own
Fondest of friends in moment Aye've
grown,
Then the grave look, as she answers. in
doubt!
"I am little MurieI, when am out"
When you are outf Have you pretty names
One is enough for wee girl like you."
Then the bright ringlets are tossing in giee-
Shaded just like the gold belt of the bee!
"It get lost, when go out to play,
Muriel-that is the one must say"
. Tell me your other name, now, Dimple-
Chin"
"I'm Mothers Comfort, you know, when
I'm in - ~ E5s
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How a Woman Pays Her Car Fare.

How Woman Pays Her Car Fare.
Said the conductor, When a lady
takes her seat in the car she rests her
satchelon her knees, opens it and takes
from it a handkerchief and closes the
satchel. Suddenly she re-opens it,
takes from it her purse, again closes
the satchel, opens the purse, takes from
it dime, then closes it and returns
it to the satchel, which she again
closes. As soon as she receives a
nickel in change she re-opens the
satchel, takes out the purse, closes the
satchel, opens the purse, drops in the
coin, and after swapping her purse
once more opens the satchel and drops
the purse into it, after which she sits
back with self satisfied air, and
rides to her destination. San
Francisco Call.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19

EXCITEMENT IN TEXAS. Great ex.
citement has been caused in the vicin-
ity of Paris, Tex, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr.. ]. E.. Corley, who was
SO helpless he could not turn in bed, or
raise his head everybody said he was
dying of Consumption. A trial bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery was sent
him.. Finding relief, he bought q large
bottle and box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills /; by the time he had taken
two boxes of pills and two bottles Of
the Discovery, he was well and had
gained In flesh thirty-sfx pounds.
Trial bottles of this Great Discovery
for Consumption free at DR.. j. Gibson
Carroll's.
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ED1soN's LATEST.
THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK HAS
GREAT THINGS IN STORE FOR THE
PTTRT To


j PUBLIC.
| Greater things are in store for ths
| public than the telephone by the Wiz
ard of Menlo Park. The other day 6
reporter saw the inventor Of the elec
trio light seated at bench Of wonder
ful machinery with ingenious mirror
| appliances attached to all its points
for concentrating the rays Of an cleo
trio light and throwing them upon q
highly polished disc, tracing thereby
the minute waves Of sound from 9
new cylindrical apparatus-a newly
constructed phonograph- and reflect
ing them hundred fold ampli6ed
upon a larger disc at a distance Of
three feet.
II am now perfecting the phono.
graph" said he, as he looked up with
kindly smile. 81 have done moth
ing to it since 1873. All my time
since then has been directed towards
perfecting my light. I have now some
time on my hands and I have resum-
ed my study of the pbonograph. No
one has touched or sought to make
any use of it. See here, Ihave just
made a photograph of the expression
sAhr" Here the inventor produced
strip Of paper 81 feet long by two
inches wide, from one end of which to
the other was continuous line Of
waves, making one "wave sound. "
"That is 'Ahp" resumed the magi-
clan. "Of course, this is only expert
mental, but the machine that would
produce that sound would be heard
five miles away distinctly"
| There is, then, an ultimate future
for the phonograph ?"
! eyes, great one. l intend to
make it of use for commercial purpo-
ses. 1t will be used for debating to
In offices it will take the place of
of stenographers. and boys can use it
This is the machine I am now con-
structing. This phonograph was COM
pleted so far as it went, and gave sat-
isfaction to all those who were then
interested in it. It's mission I am
about to demonstrate. The phono-
graph am building will have a five-
foot wheel, to be driven by steam.
The sound will be transferred from
the phonograph to a wheel forty times
Its diameter, the sound thus being am
plifed forty times, making it forty
times louder than the human voice.
1t will have funnel 20 feet long. /
will put it on top of this building and
you can hear it talk distinctly two
blocks away.
"This is only to prove the perfec-,
tion of my new machine. I shall then
construct the new phonograph for Of
fee use. It will be self-acting, worked
by spring, Bankers, merchants,
lawyers and editors can stand up and
speak to it, or can recline upon a
lounge, smoke their cigars, and dictate
to it at their ease. All they have to
do then is to hand it to the Office boy,
who, by touching d spring, can make
it talk back or repeat all that has been.
said-to it, which he can transcribe at
his will, It he misses anything he can
spring it back, when the phonograph
will repeat it over again. Whoever
possesses one can take it home, and if
a thought, an idea strikes him, he can
instantly confde it to the phonograph,
and there it is for him next day. The
stenographer is an expensive institu-
ton in an office. This will take his
place as complete registering mach
me."
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T7-1UU -T-IlsJ II7sa
THE MUSIC STOOL .ono
ny aEAR44RET EANDEeaf99 Def9 lei


| A weary old man with o puzzled face
Went W nderingrTp the market place, = 7,
And hsmitfefed, Il woa;tlDs hade b fsoi''
And tightly he grasped music-stooi.
He entered6esaely fuFnitureJ Jstofso SiGu
And he set the .musfcstool down on the
doorn Ili4 YJ 1Jq " y! .
And he said to the clerk, You may tnlh
you're funny;
But here's this cheat, and 1 want my
monnffBFt ASl is SII
what's the matter. my friend ?" asked the
gracious clerk;
" Is any thing wrongf Can't you MAKE y
Said the ss'a'a ancient ss.lo'ass3' sHa' easos
1 did not buy it to work, but to RlFI 4 I.
ut was ticketcd plain-why, apy fool
Could have read the ticket "a thnsfe-s
And Thought itycsterday afterneons
For we're all OF us fond Of q right good tune,
~ foSk Il home a careful, as you may see,
And they were all pleased as they could. DC.
And l thought there was nothing at all 10
90 ~ NIsuP aeiWA ~ W sssRs p@e - . 49,
atAnd tell you, sir, that upon my word,
lilEa ouse's. wasAu Vospeero
The missus ksiooked slittle yexeh,s e
Rut she says, quite pheasant, iet-me- try
~ next"
swell! ID cut Ia shoft, we all of us triedf / Il
rheres sExlof the cthtdrsnl land some Of Up
., ,crieais lJHD Z l}gEIUI
We worked all the rest of the afternoon, Il
But I'm blest If it gave us the ghost OF
tunei r.szs..r @ssssx 4
). And tell you, it's no more d music-stool
Than the old woman's wash-bench. I'm per-
fectly cool,
But you needn't talk none OF your butter
and honeyj = Il - ! 4 = 81 n
Here it is, say, and want my money!!
Said the clerk with much gravity. Let me
',e4plainnn-.y pnn u aaI nLs... oa3.Id
- again!
haven't doubt you can talk like BOOK |
Bat Eafa Shes 20 ysfdaiitE ns sfSiends PSI
At look!
u Century Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19

Throat troubles yield promptly to
Red Star Cough Cure, as vouched for
by q. S. Architect Clark. Its ingred-
tents are purely vegetable and free
from opiates. 2s cents.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
q JACKS BREAKFASFIAFi
by LEIGH HUNT.

4 III
| thought Jack Abbott as be turned in
to, Middle Temple Lane! !towards-+he
chambers of his old friend and tutor,
Goodalh as How I, shall cram Tdo~n
the' f6iis Especially TIL; inside bits)
how apologize for .oae,esp nosea But
Goodall is an excellent old fellow, he
1out mind. To be sure, Pm rather
[Iate.--The rolls-RilI be cold, but any
thing will be- delicious. If I met a
bas& n could eat his basket Jack
EAbbbtE vas a good-hearted careless
fellow, who had walked that morning
from Hendon to breakfastby appoint
ment with his tutor. Arrived at the
door of his friends room he knocks,
and the door is opened by Goodall
himself, a thin grizzled parsonage, in
an old great-coat, shaggy eyebrows,
and a most bland and benevolent ex-
preston of countenance--ar sort of
Dominic Sampson, an angel Of the
dusty heaven Of book-stalls ana the
British Museum. a;
Unfortunately for the hero Of our
story this angel of,sixty,fve, unshaven
and with stocking down at the heel,
had q memory which could not recol-
lect what had been told him six hours
before, much 1ess six days. Accord
ingIyd he had 6lishsa his breakfast
long before his late pupil had present;
edhimseE, The angelyaqalsO very
short-sighted, and in response to Jack
Abbott's hearty "WsllI ho&a' ye do,
my dear lin afraid Imz very,
late" replied id the biandest tones,
"Ah, dear mstHPnni5t geryti Y sgyf beg
pardon-pray who is it ! haye the
pleasure Ct speaking to r 4' :
aWhatl don't you recollect me, my
dear--sira Jack k-Abbctt.-F-metyuu,
you know, apd Yas.to come and7"
con Abbps is6fRE1 deaej
Mr.. Abbott, to think should not see
youl And how is the good lady, your
avery we'll, Y very well indeed, .ir.'S i ;
here Jack glanced at the breakfast
table, "I'm quite rejpiced to see that
the brreakfast!cloth is not removed.
I'm horribly late. But don i take any
trouble, my good sir. The kettle, l
see, isIstill singing on the hob. III cut
myself a piece Of bread and butter i'm
mediately." z " os'" ''''' .
e.Ah! You have come to breakfast,
have you, my kind boyf That is very
good of you, very good indeed"
eAh," thought hungry Jack Alb
.bott, smiling even while he sighed.
g. How completely he has forgotten the
invitation !-Thank you, my dear sir,
thank you. To tell the truth, Pm very
hungry, hungry as a hunter. ] walk
ed all the way from Hendon this
morning"
"Bless me! Did you indeed? Why
that's very long way, isn't it? Well,
I'll make some fresh tea, and"
81 beg pardon" interrupted Jack,
who in fury of hunger and thirst
was pouring out what tea he could
find in the pot, can do very we'll
with this,-at any rate to begin with.
"Ah! But I'm sorry to see-what
are We to do for milk? I'm afraid l
must keep you waiting while l step
out for some" a. L5 Gt-I
"Doit stir, beg you = CALCULATED
our hero, :" don't think Of it, my dear
sirs.I can do9yery well without milk,
l can indeed; | often do without
miIkn bgEd Jf0 5htiH us ~ sk.-ia'
"Well, indeed, / have met with
such instances before, and It's very
lucky you do. not care forgmilk, but
Well, well! if the sugar-basin isn't
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Mlisgellaneons 9drrrtisements.
.sEAsoNABLE GOODS
WgAsg MO ORD s CO.'S
Fancy Goods.

A beautiful assortment of Pretty,
Useful and Ornamental Things, such
as Mirrors, Toilet Boxes in leather and
plush, sPiucushions,a ladies Hand
Satchels il alligator and plush, Easels,
Riaes Etc, FRtcI 2HOIHd
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
Linens.

ffyou want Table Linens, Napkins
and Towels, we have them. Come and
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19

an Boots and Shoes D
.Jouraocl bfA BootJ ld shSes. aGn
Ladies, Mems and Ghildren's is COM
plete. You can get just what you
need: We call special Fattenti06 to our
"Wedge Heel Shoe" in Ladies and
Misses. They are made of the, very
best stock, SeFy easy too The fest,
and Jvsf3 psiti ; gaarantssd ~
them and you WIN buy no other kind.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
Dress Goods.

A large stock Of Dress Goods, out Of
which yeecas ges Just what you want
and at q much less price than you
ever bought HEM before. ~. .,sss1.r
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
..s,..a .aNeckwear.

AfuIl line Of Ladies' and Gents
Neckwear. The Newest and Best in
the Market. BIcss L0w.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
Gloves.

Ladies' ana Gents Kid Gloves,
Scotch Wool Gloves, Castor Gloves,
CashmsR1xGI GIosss3 B6dksEih1 Gloves
and Fur Gloves Desirable and Cheap.
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
ClOaks

The Best Fitting and Best Made
!! Or Bsles have beer large. but our U.s.
sortment of both Ladies and Children's
Coats is vet good, '.ie i'''s7'
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19

PcRqbb bberG Goods.IW
q Ofall kinds. Stock FnlL IRleetrif-
ed and Transparency Ladies' Gossa-
mers. beautiful and Good. ]
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
Handkerchiefs.

Habdkerchieis 10 abundance. All
Kinds Linen Handkerchief, Silk
Handkerichiiefs, POngee Handkerchiefs
Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Hand
kercbiefs with Printed Borders, Muf
fers, Etc, Etc.
-.,.t.1aeT lac pri43teioki4J /
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
VHHts and Oaps.

This is1ass Head asaa,ss,sr p ssss HAS Of
the Latest Style; also, Fur Caps for
Ladies, Men apd Children. ~
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
face with his paper until Go0dall bad
Eatg meffs3Ia Fas8e9ip ppt eif
sl1enH was after him,

Jack oaagratnlating himself that he
had neltkbsta a bssss y seen By GoodaalI taI nor q
tasted ths breakfast unpaid for, has
ordered precisely such a breakfast, has
got the same Newspaper s5al s3 and seated
himself .as neatly AZ possible in the
ivverv same9 rnfacAi 61ia 2 ~ hoiii.s
Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19

s> !! ! af'a : Clothing. 7 ! a-'a |
Heaps and Piles Of Clothing. Good
Clothipg. d i1Warm Clothing. Big
Clothing. Little Clothing. Cloth 9ot
i8gyot kiil Guy if you seeif ~
liz -lfiO
Carpets.
= If you want a Carpet we can sell
you.s lfyou wish to see, we can show
YOU more than one hundred different
designs. Wehave agreat many kinds.
and; p great many prices. and sell "a
great many Carpets. Prices 25c. per
yard, up. fs-ii,ii.'i- .,i I.,' :. Y
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An Ancient Hair Dyga

The juice of the walnut rind has been
used from time immemorial IS a hair
dye. Bernschen and Semper have re-
Gently communicated to the Berlin
Chemical Society a method of preserv-
ing it for use in the shape Of hydro
glucoside, prepared as follows: The
rinds of the ripe nut are digested in
sulphuric ether until their coloring
matter is extracted. A solution Of
chronic acid in water is added to the
ether solution, and the mixture thor
oughly agitated. The ether is then
distilled off, and the residue purified by
solution, first in hot ether, and after
ward in mixture of chloroform and
petroleum ether, from which latter it
is obtained in crystalline form as hy-
drogen glucoside. This substance col
ors the hair and skin exactly as does
the juice of the fresh rind.-N. 7. Post
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Mrs. Mijalovitch, wife of the Ser
Wan Minister to Great Britain, is an
American woman.
There are 633 German papers pub
lished in the United States, of which SO
are daily, rs Sunday and 474 weekly
papers. The circulation ranges from
400 to $4,000.
Mary Anderson, the actress, has
her life insured for 100000, the larg-
est policy on the life of an American
woman. Clara Morris is insured for
$25, 000.-N. Y. San.
DIR. Morton w. Easton, Professor
of Comparative Pbilology in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has studied no
less than twenty-five different Ian
guages, both ancient and modern.
"A popularity of the late Horace B.
Clafin, the great New York merchant,
was that he would never disclose his
age to any one except his wife! He al
ways responded to inquiries with
swell, I'm over forty."-N. Y. 1ri5-
tmse.
The second King of Siam, who died
the ether day, had great many
names, most of them unpronounceable.
When he.was Prince he conceived
fondness for this country, and affixed
to his titles the name of George Wash
ngton.-Hasper's Bazar.
1t has not been generally known
that MIR. Longfellow added to his
poetic gifts those of an artist. The BIZ
ography which Samuel Longfellow is
preparing will contain letters and
diaries written by the poet while
abroad, and charmingly illustrated by
him with dainty little pen-and-ink
drawings, which are carefully repro
duced. Chicago Tribune.
Il heard a good story about General
Sherman the other day. Some one
wrote him letter requesting a lock of
his hair and an autograph. In reply
The General said: 81 regret to state
that as my orderly is bald, and as the
nan who formerly wrote my auto
graphs has been dismissed, can not
comply with your request" This was
nailed without his signature.-Pbila-
ietphia Inquirer.
The death of General Joseph S.
Smith, of Kingston, N. Y, recalls the
lays when the mails were carried on
horseback. At the age of seventeen he
entered the United States service as
nail-carrier, carrying the mail on
horseback from Kingston to Delhi, and
% cambridge on the Susquehanna He
,ode forty miles each day for three
7ears, travelling g, $50 miles during that
lime, and receiving $3.50 year for his
,erviees.-Troy Times.
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Corruption in Office Proved.

According to the report of the
of the Treasury the ordi-
nary receipts of the government for
the fiscal year which ended June 80,
1886, amounted to 1886, 439, 727.06, a
gain over the previous year of 3d.
749,020.6S. For the same period the
total ordinary expenses OF the gov
eminent aggregated S242,4S3, 1880
being less than chat of the preceding
year by $17,7S8,797. The saving at
one end and the increase at the other,
added together makes a total of
S31, 537, S17.6S.
That is the premium which the
people are paid for electing Demo
cratic President. It is considerably
more than fifty cents head for every
man, woman and child, native, natur-
allied and alien, black, white or mix
ed. The advantage to the people is
somewhat broken by the fact that the
needless revenues must be collected.
But the fact that the money is not
wasted by profigate disbursements
or dishonest tax gatherers is at least
in a measure comforting.
It has been claimed that the Treas
ury books failed to disclose any ras-
calities in the departments during
the administrations of the Republi
can party. But what else can be said
of system that dissipated thirty
one millions and a half of money
every year in the collection and dis
bursement of the ordinary revenues
except that it was dishonest. II
might have been expected that The
want of experience would have added
to the cost of the service under the
new officers. But the contrary seems
to have been the fact. The persona
integrity of the officers has more thar
compensated for the loss in expe
rience.
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helpless; the aged in their infrmities;
the middle aged in their manhood
and strength, and the youth in their
gaiety. Let us all be kind to one
another and then as we pass on in
life our pathway will be strewn with
the flowers of Gods mercy, and we
will realize what it is s'to love our
neighbor as ourselves"