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A SERMON IN RHYME.
If von have a friend worth loving.
Love him. Yes, and let him know
That von love him, ere life's evening
Tinge bis brow with sunset elow.
Why should good words ne'er be said
Of a friend—till he is dead?
If von hear a song that thrills yon,
Snng by any child of song,
Praiae it.; Do-noOet thesingerj
Wait deserved praise long.
Why ahonld cne who thrills your keirt,
Lade the joy you may impart?
If yon hear a prayer that moves you
By ita humHi pleading lone,
Join it. So not let the seeker
. Bow before his God alone.
Why should not your brother share
The strength of two or three in prayer?
In a silvery laugh goes rippling
Through the sunshine on bis face.
Share it "Kb the wise man's saying—
For both grief and joy a place.
There'a health and goodness in the mirth
In which an honest laugh hat birth,
Scatter thus yonr seeds of kindness,
AH enriching as you go—
Leave them, 'frost the harvest Giver,
He will make each seed to grow.
So, until its happy end.
Tour life shall never lack a friend.
AN AYEHGIMJ AXUEL.
From the Omaha Herald.
cqb* ict to net even play j
fixed on the curtain. Ton may sup-;
pose that we all exerted ourselves to;
? Wf I There are many things to be seen at
that.something had fallen from . P < the coming and going of the various
of the window—or that thewindowwas | >t ^ d -Mot dreamed of ixrt p"
open, and that tome one jiad used a, , " n ni,1st,u! <-,rcwl* iliat 13 fe t,ie dtjaeoi
i,wi,i„, «.«!, timnolithat, in 1 philosophy, Horatio. phases head, but hejoiilil just see
<jet a Home.
A GHOST STORY.
BY B. C.
Ghostly annals furnish us with a
singular list of manifestations of the
power supposed to be possessed by be-
ings not of this world. It is on record
that some spirits betray a preference
far agencies that act on the ear of the
public. We have had sighs and groans
waged through kev-hcies^-stringed in-
struments have emitted waves of dole-
ful vibrations—chains have clanked—
armor has rattled—bells have rung—
silk has rnstled—the kitchen has fur-
nished its quota of sonnds—and knives,
forks, plates, and dishes have volun-
teered a general crash. Other ghosts
incline to move as through the eye. We
have had figures in quaint dresses walk-
ing noiselessly across rooms, and dis-
appearing in unknown closets—bloody
hands pointing to forgotten hiding-
places—contemplative skeletons open-
ing bed-curtains, and gravely consider-
ing the scared occupant of thp blankets
—transparent' • rikfnW' indulging in
cheering moonlight walks through damp
cloisters—pictures staring unoffending
beholders out of eOuiltenance. Some
few ghosts—and these are j>robably of a
loiter order—affect"to interest us thro'
the niose; everybody is aware that spir-
itual visitants occasionally supply us
liberally with the smell of burning
brimstone. There are other ghosts,
again, who introduce themselves to one's
acquaintance through the touch. We
have marble fingers placed on burning
brows—hands or lips of fire clasping or
embracing fear-frozen intruders in
places sacred to ghostly rites.
All these we have; and the fact stares
us plainly in the face, that no less than
four of our senses bear witness to the
existence of that which the present age
is pleased to deny. One circumstance,
however, is certainly not clearly made
out—it is, why spirits having thus in-
vaded four of the senses, should have
spared the fifth ? Nobody appears ever
to have tasted a ghost—a supernatural
flavor yet to be experienced.
This tale is not intended to supply
the deficiency ; it treads in more beaten
tracks—it has only in view another il-
lustration of the vagaries ghosts of sight
can permit to themselves. ,.,Tt-c i-" —
nlrg^r n. "ne* # We. OD
record a new instance of spiritual in
terference—we proceed to show how a
ghost once manifested a disposition to
play at whist.
JLaugh not, reader. It is, perhaps,
but right to state that the circumstances
about to be detailed are strictly true.
They are given in nearly the words of
an eye-witness. The only dispute can
be in the way of accounting for them:
"In the beginning of the year 1794,"
said my informant, "I became acquaint-
ed with Claude Marie Du Veyrier. He
was lite myself, an emigrant from
France
ladder to reach through—or that, in
fact anything thA could supply a nat-
ural explanation^ the occurrence. But
the window was searched—nothing had
fallen; the.frame was,tightly fastened
inside—no one had seen tne curtain
move; the blow, if blow it were, must
1 have been given inside'the rooim- We
looked at each other in dismay, and
hazarded a doubt?- Du Veyrier extend-
ed his hand, which had become perfect-
ly colorless—ot the blue tinge of death.
Again we looked at each other, and at
the curtain. Du Yeyrier slowly arose.
'1 understand,' said he, in a constrained
voice; 'it is my brother's signal,'
"J 11 the frame of mind in which we
all were, and with the facts before our
eyes, little could be said; the theories
we each offered fell to the ground un-
contested. Our table was drawn to the
other end of the room, and we tried to
talk of different matters; but constraint
was too visible; everybody threw side
glances at the curtain, and at last we
were glad to break up the meeting. I
left the house with Du Yeyrier, and
tried again to reason with him; his re-
ply was simply an appeal to his arm
and hand, and the repetition of the
words, 'You Will see, you will see!'
"The months elapsed, and I had part-
ly forgotten the occurrence when one
.lay I accideutly met "an old acquaint-
ance I had left a year back in France.
His story was soon told. He was only
one more victim that had lately escaped
from the land of blood. He had been
confined in the prison of the Concier-
gerie for a considerable period, and had
every day expected to form one of the
band taken out for the guillotine; but
by some happy chance had lived safely
through two months of the most fearfnl
danger. Day after day fresh victims
had been slaughtered; yet the cells
of human life are p^espnte.d there, with
kaleidoscope variety, by the people
who come and go day after day. Youth
and old age mingle together equally
expectant and hopeful, and the strong
and brave, rejoicing ip health and ex-4
ultant in their strength', come and go
side by side with the weak and sickly.
Wealth sits down by the side of pover-
ty, and contentment shakes hands with
despar. Nowhere perhaps are the an-
tipodes of society brought into more
constant or more striking contrast than
upon the average railroad train. This
fact was plainly though painfully de-
monstrated last night. The south
bound train li#d just come in, and dur-
ing a brief delay necessary for the
shifting of mails he learned the sad
particulars of how a gentle, tender,
loving woman was transformed by a
man's perfidy into an avenging Neme-
sis. In one corner of the palace coach
sat a woman, young and beautiful, but
with a settled look of despair upon her
face, and a cold, hard, cruel glitter in
her eyes. She was richly stod tasteful-
ly attired, and about her was that inde-
scribable atmosphere which breathed
of superior education and refined, cul-
tivated habits and tastes. As was easy
to be seen, she had a history. A gen-
tleman who sat in another part of the
car, the sheriff oi a Texas county, remt-
ed briefly her story. . * -
As had been surmised, the lady had
been brought up under the best influen-
ces great wealth and high social stand-
ing could command. IS he had been
blessed with every educational advan-
tage, having graduated at Vassar and.
spent some time in travel through Eu-
ropean countries. While in the Nether-
lands her heart and the promise of her
hand were won by a handsome titled
scapegrace. This was two years jjgo.
; that more'u oace a week. The pa'son
lited in. 'He l him with the Tor-
ments of" toe Dpjned, and raised him
to the limit_wi(i the whole Orthodox
on scritch
him and
call him wit!! ujulemu oath never to
touch another kird, and
their hands." j t
"How did tliSieome out?" asked the-
excited editor. 1
"Thepa'son *hned. Deacon Skutch
only had two p r."
"Then I don'fece where the trouble
is," said the diffjpointed editor.
"That panto j was bo worked up on
the keerds hti-au't preach anything
else. Last Suilay he alluded to the
fo r gospels ask bob-tailed .flush, and
the week beforihe maintained that the
five loaves and wo small fishes was a
mistical. He'sjjiist wild on the gi.me,
and he says tbf the raisin' of Lazarus
shows that thelbu^iness was all right.
Of course our longregation can't stand
that, and wc'v«jgot t-o have a new par-
sfor. It wouj do fcr a minister to
claim in our p"
eat up the chil
ip.t that the she bears
is en because they sluug
the prophet < 'or the limit. No, s-ir,
nor preach tl it Judas Iscariot had a
right, to stand on his hand when the
rest passed or., instead of making it a
jack pot. I| \ou hear of a parstor
who wants a tyb, send him up and give
me a little notice about this "ing ynn,
will yer? Aij name's Deacon Skutch.
We would have every true man buihl
for himself a home, be it ever so hum-
ble* in its beginning. I-ndnstTV an*l
frugality anii^ood judgment wJl liinl.t* J
of it thy most . lovely spot on earth.
The man without"a home is liite a so- .
mtii neve? to jov.rnes without a country. The rich- •
they droj Jpcd ' hap pi est and best man in the wide;
-world is he who htt* a p*etty,V- mdfortn- •
ble home of his ov n. a I'amiU', good ,
health and owes no man a cent, even ;•
though his entire worldly . possession* j
t would not sell >r a thousand dollars.:
and though he has never held so high ,
an oSiee as town constable or road- \
master.
We sometimes feel constrained to ■
doubt whether a man without a home j
can at best he but an indifferent citizen ;
and a more indifferent patriot. He can j
not feel that interest in other people's'
real prosperity that he feels in his own,
mid without such prosperity we could
have no country worthy a name. He
would scarcely care t''. lisk his life in •
defense of the hearthstone" of his laud- i
lord, but let the hearthstone be his own, j
and woe to the invader who should
threaten it with desecration. 'i'he
homes of the people are the strength of
the state. 15aild them, beautify them,
own thrni and be happy. This is the
fair deduction from hosts of instances
and is the true philosophy of home
making and hbme owning.
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-one of tha proscribed ^ce, for
whom there was no longer any s.ifty ou^ii^ mSrrfin^s bsi^of viinites *
our own soil: nd.bntinewly arrived in to OQMOgiMga iTT f
London. Da Veyrier had escaped!
aloneTTeaving behind him, utader cir-,
cnuistancas uob^ material to my story, an
only brother, exposed to the greatest
danger. Clattde ' and Ijohi's were the1
last remaining representatives of a fam-
ily of Danphinv of considerable wealth
and standing. They had been brought
np together, and were warmly attached
to each other. In the separation of the
brothers there was a singularity that
requires to be noticed. Let no man
speculate on human power after death
'—from what cause, I know not—wheth-
er from temperaments inclined to su-
perstition. from t e imminent danger
both stood in, or from the excitement
consequent upon a period when nothing
whs singular, ami when life hung on a
thread—the brothers .ha-.! entered into-
com{«act that should either fall a sac-
rifice the survivor should be warned of
the event. >1 cannot account for the
compact^ only I kpoir that it had been
~ f ' I *
' "On the evening of the 25th of, J uly.
1791 (the event 1 witnessed Hie to
< rk thy in^By DO^-book.), -« 'J«w
emigrhnta, in the same situation ^ith
otttaelves, had assembled at the abode
Ot a mutual friend—Levasseur. Con-
Cnuaily pondering over misfortune
availed nothing—and we frenchmen,
the world says, can be gay even in dis-
tress; to gain an h on r'§^ relief from re-
flection, it had been agreed we should
on.th-it evening indulge in a game of
whist. Suppose us all assembled; sup-
pose the game proceeding; suppose
* * *; but I must describe our situa-
tions, or you will not understand what
ensued. It was late at night; I was Du
Veyrier's .partner; the table had.been
in one corner of the room near a
window, the curtains of which had'heen
downfall of Robespierre threw the pris-
on doors open. He had availed him-
self of the momentary lull, and had in-
stantly set off for the northern frontier.
Aft&r majay interruptionshe had reach-
ed i#iiMlftft^wd^^<PFin London,
struggling with poverty, grief, and hard
fate.
"You can conceive how eagerly in-
quiries were made after oldcohnestions
and friends. Sad wag the list of those
irtio had fallen. I found that I, too,
had griefs to endure as well as others.
*******
But to my story: I inquired of my
friend if he had ever known Louis Du
Veyrier. 'Yes,'was his answer; "poor
Du Veyrier was my fellow-prisoner—
and he, too, was one of the victims.'
'Tell me,' said I, 'how he died; and if
you can, when it took place?' I then
learned the following:
"Louis Du Veyrier had been con-
lined about ten days in prison. A com-
mon misfortune soon makes men ac-
quainted; and it was the custom in this
abodo of despair for the prisoners to
take leave of each other at the hour of
parting for the evening; no one know-
ing who would survive tha night, or
against whose door in the morning
would be found the fatal mark which
signified that the occupant of the cell
*as to be placed in the band to be
victims, ready for death in various
forms. Besides the recognized modes,
many prisoners disappeared in ways
never explained; life was held of so
little value that the brutality of a jailer
in a momentary lit of anger—the cu-
pidity of an informer who supposed a
prisoner to have hidden property before
his captnre —the hatred of a politicid
opponent who wished to drag imagined
secrets to light, . or to exterminate
opinions different from liiff own—often
sufficed to render the labor of the giiil-
lotine unnecessary. Many prisoners
were thus swept off silently—many^ a
name has thus been found wanting for
led
iHeS^ «fnd Soften
it occurred that, without ,a!iy in-
quiry* thfe vhrtUicy ,tiara ncveate^ has
been supplied by the' prisoner"n^rest
at hand, or by .some"name Which scjnud-
od similar to that of tlidt wanting man.
"5tjr frifend fook leave of Louis one af
ternoon, with many more, each as usual
trembling for the morrow". The mor-
row came, and new faces were among
them. The daily form was gone through,
and a part of the old occupants were
called ont by name, marshaled into
ranks, and marched off to death! Du
Veyrier, however, was not of the num-
ber. He was sought among those who
were left; bnt he had.v.disappeared.
What was his fate they only surmised.
Tariffed my friend to try to fix ex-
actly the night on which Du Veyrier
wa« disposed of. 'It is easily done,'
said he.. 'The fall of Robespierre oc-
curred on the 28th of July; it was pre
cisely three days before this that I saw,
poor Louis for the last time—conse-
quently his execution took place on the
owning or night of the 25th.' * f- i he 8h0nW qnit or not an"d the
note-boo^ -_-This; pigrsJor said'lie was willin' to do what
a-f, turfied to my.
was exactly the evening on which the
card-party took place." «-v ■_
I will not ask that the reader
connect these circumstances in a nec-
essary sequence; but he will admit that
they form a singular coincidence. Louis
Du Veyrier was never seen after that
night. • .
A friend who hates cards insists that
the moral of this is, "never play at
whist."
Little Johnny oh Dogs.
One time there was a feller bot a dog
of a man in the market, «uf$ the dog it
^as a biter. After it had bit the .feller
£ ux Oj five times he threw a closelne
its Hfeck and led it hack to the $og
allowed to fall down,«nd were 'drawn! ltlan in the market, and he said tb the
close: 'Du Veyrie* sat with Sis'back to! man, .the fellerdid, "Oje Aan
ISiscofUtifi, and ^thin a foot u. At, dldtt't you used to have thikdogf" The
the further end of |he room.were juiced! dpg man he luked at. the dog, and.then
Levasaqur,«uid a friond, who were busi-1 he thot awhile and then he saidy "Well,
ly«D0aged with' la Polonaise-, Can ! yes, I had him about haf the time and
you fkney our respective ^positions'? the other haf he had me." Then the
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Well, we were thus-fitted; the eards
had been dealt ; we were about to begin
a new game, and I was exhorting Du
Veyrier to do his best, when our play
was stopped? Suddenly his arm was
violently jerked forward, the cards in
biahand flew in all directions, and he
uttered, a kmd cry: "Come, Levasseur,"
and fie, turning round to the curtain,
"tfe& is too. much!" He .spoke under
behind the curtain in order to startle
him. We looked; the two players bad
not atwed from their Polonia*>\
"So«ae one has struck me violently,",
said Veyrier; "my. arm is jarred dpw?'
0 fiie fingers!" We started up and'-|
back tire curtain. No one was!
Da Vevrier turned dtoadlv nale.
feller he was fewrious mad, and lie said,
"wot did you sell me such dog as thisn
for?" And the old man he spoke up
and sed: "For four dollars and seventy
5 cents, loffle money." Then the feller
he guessed he wude go home, if the
dog was willing. Uncle Ned, which was
in Indy and everywhere, he says Mexi-
can dogs don't, have any heir on 'em.
Dogs howl loudern cats but cats is more
parry and can wok on top of a fence
and Mow np tteir tails like a bloon
when they www Co spit.—San Fran-
cisco fPiagpl
• Look oat f->r sadden Changes
of weather, and guard against them by
Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver
lover followed after iu the course of
few in^htha. . s
father hafl 'dioW •&)dills' '-Ast' Ibrtrine
had been swallowed up iu wildcat spec-
ulations, so that the loeeiguer found
his promised bride penniless. Like
most of his kind he broke off the enga-
gement and set about seeking a more
desirable ^lianqralsgaibeip., Eg found
it in the pertoij of if J%uii£ hiay Jiving
in the same Texas town as the girl
whom he come .to marry. He pressed
his suit and the. two were married and
immediately set ont for Europe. The
rejected girl found means to follow
them slowly but surely. After months
of patient and persistent efforts she
came npon them in a remote German
town. The first intimation the scoun-
drel had of her was the sharp, sudden
crack of a pistol that sent n ball piti-
lessly through his heart.
Of course she was arrested, and then
followed weeks of trial and torture.
Finally she was declared insane and the
authorities placed .her in a mad-house.
Meanwhiie a wealthy relative, moved
by a mother's tears, followed fier, and
finding her secured her release, and she
was on her way back to her far away,
desolate Texas home. Eer relative was
aboard the traiu asleep, aud the officer
was watching ithat she did not do her-
self harm—almost >i s'jperSunp*. '"vv-
ir . t mi sue ufis chained to
the seat upon which she sat.1 "Under-
neath the silken robes could be seen
now and then the cold, metallic glitter
of the handcuffs upon her-- wrists and
links of the small but strong chain
wliich held her.
These briefly were the facts of her
pitiful story as hurriedly told to the
reporter during the short while that the
train'remained standing at the depot.
He stepped off on to the platform as
the conductor's lantern swung the sig-
nal to stop, aud thu traiu pulled off iu-
to tip} darkness, bearing with it .the
wreck of oiie Jiurnau iife shrouded in
the gloom of p. night more ,eudviring
than that without, and fn which there
^ ' 5
A New Element m4 Poker.
> ' *' FroWthe Brcokfyn Eaj?ie.
l '* . " j"j ' '•
"We've been havin' a miut o* trouble
in our church," sighed a New Lots
farmer, as he laid a twelve-pound onion
on the managing editor's desk "I'ts
the most serious difficulty we've had,
and we've got to get a new parstor. Do
you know of a parstor out of a job ?"
"What was the trouble about?" asked
the editor.
"Why, you see, there was Deacon
Skutch got to baek-slidin' and playin'
keerds. His Bon had just come home
from thte West, and got him to playin',
and we couldn't break him off. Every-
thin' else about him was ill right but
that, and we didn't know-how to work
him away from his idol. We
wrastled with.him, but it was no use.
He said he knew it was all wrong, but
he couldn't swear off no. how. Fljially
we doacons proposed to the parstor to
play Peaeap. Skutch a . game of poker
SmashedWr -ntc Wiadow.
At a large hotel the not uncommon
dilemma arose of there being only one
room iu the house vacant when two
visitors required accommodation for the
night. It wiis a double-bedded cliara
ber, or was poon converted into such,
aud the ti o guests—who were <feoth
commercial :ravelers—agreed to share
it. One of .hese gentlemen was a con-
firmed liy locaondriac, aud greatly
i'OLfiEOE.
alarmed his
for breath.
"I am
"OpflTth
air!" Terr
other jam
room was pi
ompanion by waking him
up iu the jnjduhj. of.ithe night*gasjunj
"Asthma," he panted out,
sublet to thefe Sbasmodic at
'ii r
' whtdow <^rackly; give me
led beyond measure, the
;(rd out of Ibed. But the
it'h-d.irk: he had no matches,
and had loirotten tlic position of the
window. "Itr Heaven's sake.be quick 1"
gaHpeJH&e iwjlid^'Give me more air,
or I shan clntcfr!"" At length, by dint
of groping \Sldly and upsetting half the
furniture iisthe" rpartment, the window
wa-3 found; but it was an old-fashioned
easement* aid no hasp or catch was to
be discoverel.
"Quick, fuick; air, fir!" implored
the apparency dying man. "Open it,
break it, or I shall be suffocated." Thus
adjured, liislriend lost no more time,
but seizing .-i boot, smashed every pane;
and the snjferer immediately experi-
enced great relief. "Oh. thank you, a
thousand thinks. Ha!" he exclaimed,
drawing deep sighs, wLicli testiiied to
the great copfort he derived; "I think
in another moment I should have been
dead?"
And when he had sufficiently recov-
ered and lid' expressed his heartfelt
gratitude, h<) described the iub-nsc dis-
ii-ey of these attacks, and the length of
timo-he liad .suffered from them. After
a while both again, dfivout-
Tmr thu It ft
warm summer night, and they felt no
inconvenience from the broken win-
dow ; but -when ditVlight relieved the
pitchy darkness of the night the win-
dow wa£ found to be entire!
Had invisible glaziers been at work
already, or was the episode of the past
night only a dream? Xo; for the iloor
was still strewn with broken glass.
Then, as, they looked round the room in
amazement, the solution of the mystery
presented itself iu the shape of an an-
tiquated book-case, whose latticed gh«BS
doo>s were * shattered wreck. The
spasmodically attacked one w§k cured
from that Moment. So much <for im-
agination. . - , -> ml • • •'«..*
Tiik gentleman who was taking the
school census of Galveston called at ti
house on Austin, i'.vuuu.:, uud was met
sit i.:o door by the lady of the house,
who. asked him what he wanted. He
said he was going around taking the
.school census. "What's that? Some
book you wont to sell?" she a.-ktd.
"I am aseertftining the number of e ild-
ren old enough to go to school that
ppople have." replied the inaii With the
book and pencil. •' Well, you want to
go away right off. You are thumping
the wrong water-million.-You are whist-
ling after the wrong dog, you be. \Ve
don't belong to the people at all. Wt-
lietonftfo tlie npper cln^s. My husband
is ah oliice holder." He weut.
TEXAS FEKALE
Te«as. Judgs S. M. Onsns, A. W!.,."President.
. ,r th day of September.
c&ty i * mnl to that Ufn-tUutiok of tlie lA •' in tb*- <o itti, and is prepare ? to give I*-.**ur
II 15 '"4 ti^rarTnit-nis f a wn* atifiii. Thcj
. - l"i . (A rlbiJ tltAfili H>l w „ p ■ j . w , __
very
Vu't « a y.
JU "srn'fy isHjin. v- , ,
ion *:n all d^r-arrmc-nls f a iin?si'eti ertn- ati .n. lli^ " ork !
W""ldd° . r, ,.
<t,'"wwJ ciro.i.a 8 «>l«? T" tea.'<!tis whool, an 1 bca i g certiSci'.ei-from
j s, t'iic Tcx -g Coutral K. IL wiH'jtuy tfa-t- |r« g<ts.T«r Ugl*.' *"S ' • "
THE GULLETT IMPEOTED
LIGHT DRAFT ;
saasRDua cotton eu,
Feeder and Condense?.«
Better Workmanship and Nlateriaf,
and Cives Better Satisfaction
than any Othfr. Cin on
- the Market.
The Best andthe Cheapest
. SCIIOTT'S
Gave Hi* Crop A\ray.
Last year I was nersuadvl to leave ciy
healthy home on the Nojand and tq take up
ii.p rcsiclc ice oil t .e Like many oth-
ers, whiie theifr 'I eolitraclt-il that tearfully
JehilitatingdilWiHe, chills ami fever. F p vr-
avvny ray crop ami r^iririifl home a wiser and
poorer liui i. My system was completely shat^
tereit a;.<l all throngli the Km;' anil driary
winter 1 battled with fever and ague and yel-
low j ami dice until my friends gave up ail
hope of recovery. One day I was at1 the
•'nin'ie store and was p.'rsT.A.'l- d l>y the agent
to try a b.-.ttle of Jloriey's T-X-S Ague Tonic;
t he cur-? was not installtaneous nor miracelo'.is,
hut day by day I could fee! ray strength re-
turning uiitii I was made a pound and healthy
man. And 1 chec-rfuily sav to all who are t-iru-
ilarly afitie'ed "go thou ard do likewise."
Gratefully yours, \\*m. Goonc.
he could for"the, oniu' soul; &Oi;they
got up a game".' We" <5:ad0na Wus ihere
to see. tluit It Waa proper, aud they
started in." i
"Did'tit tho minister stake anything
on the game ?" . ^. . , " 4
"Hold on till I tell you. That's what
Deacon Skntch wanted to know. He>
said'hfc.wfe puttin'in evert^iq,"' and he
waarted somethin' to .pld^T for. 1^3 .the
$Sft8to/ said, all right, he'd put up ijeli-
gion ^ygiiitfst the deacou's ongodlin^ss,
?a_thafr;if thg jdeacon ^Ton he'd. 6'e in
The 'deacon deal t and Sidled
i onAihef. pqrfon to aaite«'Th«f Jhlfetor
Voked ajj Sis hand and auted np the
{h5(*tttne"bf Original Sin. This tfits be-
fore w#e_<h w^ • Th^ deacon mude it
. i'eSn 4Bk'tw3kaeids.
He hiftZBiliil iiines and got a p^ r o'
fonr3. The deacon drew three keerds,
Bfc jief ' he"\fchfpped "in - an
fcifiwfer to "play on Sunday.
Tfie^pa'son seen Mm that with Total
Depravity and raised him to the extent
of Justification by Faith."
"Let me understand this," said the
editor. "Suppose the pa'son lost." ,
"Then he wasn't to preach any o'
them tilings any more. They belonged
to the deacon. Well, the deacon pon-
dered a bit and then he sees the raise
with a promise not to even play for
drinks, and raises again with a pledge
to leave the keerds home when he went
to prayer-meetm*. We seen he was
gettin' scart, and the pa'son went for
him. He seen his raise with Baptism
and hoisted him with the doctrine of
the Atonement. It began to loofci as
the parstor would fling bim
without a show down, 'cauf we thought
he was jaisin' him ont. Bnt the deacon
coMQlMqlewiili'an agreement to
that with
Aa Army of Snakes.
1 4
An Eilenville, N. Y., letter to the
New Yorlr'Swn t'lfys: "On Saterdav
morning lani as Jacob Ubl, a farmer of
Prospect Hill, with his T-year-old-'Hoy,
was loading his wagou witli logs from
a pile he had cut about a mile from his
house, he lieard an ominous liiss au l
rattle. Then a monster rattlesnake
thrust his head out from between the
logs, and Mr. Uhl says that he then
saw what seemed to him hundreds of
the reptilics in the woodpile. He gave
a leap from the pile, and telling the
frightened boy to drive the oxen out to
the road ;;ad wait for him, he grasped a
stick and began lighting the snakes,
which seemed to come from every crack
in the pile of logs and from the rocky
le-.lge behind. For three hours he
fought in a broiling sun. By that time
the snakes were pretty well thinned out,
and those that were left crawfed slbwly
bade to their deaiftmlerthejogs. ^jPhen
Mr. Uhl recovered from the exhaust ion
caused by his hard light he" surveyed
the field- before him. There were, ac-
cording to his story, tweutj-lhree rat-
tlesnakeS,' thirteen Llac^suakes; four
pilots, and several adders jujd other
snakes, making fifty-four in all. One
of the rattlers bad nineteen rattles, and
another had the alntoafcjneredible num-
ber of thirty. The others ranged from
six to twelve or thirteen rattles apiece.
Mr. Uhl says that he found the faags of
several lsnakos ip the top of his boot;,
Wliichwebe of tidck cowhide. The on-
ly bite he roceived was from a big black
snake on"hiB left arm.v The arm is
swollen and-somewhat painful, but; the
wound is not' - .dangerora.. :■ Several
years ago two hunters killed 107 shakes
of different varieties in the same spot.
v —■ 'Tl t A "1
• i.4A34n
I C3n te'tify to th- faefs contained in the
above ec-rtt'":c it*. VV'hen 1 r.-eomnended Jlor-
IcyV T-X-s A.-.ie T.ir.i.-i to Mr. Goode, it was
my la-t trrti.e of fv r seeing him alive again,
slid rejoice v.-ith l is r:an- irieuds <)>: his com-
nWt ;> .-tyji..uu-1' to health.
If. H. Rather,
Agent Gi ange iritore.
Nolaf.d Valley. Hell Co., Icj-s. May -T, 'SI.
">!y dear sir," sf.id a pale, feeble and em.i-
eint d gmtl'inan. "i am dliont worn out with
cliif's, ail f-!n IitmI iio cure. Too feeble to
work, irritable stomach, and quinine sets me
, rvzy. i learn, sir. ihat there is a reniedy that
do«s iiotconta-n quinine, that is pleasant, and
makes croropt a-.m' (lormuiK iit cuies." "Vvs
hi." reiilieu the dri'g^ist. ' I h^vq the very
at:*clc «l!iided to It i« Jlorl'jfs T-X-S Ajpw
Tonic, and it is considered the best remedy
before the public."
.Mark These Facts.
To flic s'omach we can trace Dyspepsia,
Headache and General Debility; to the Liver,
Hilc, .laiindice, and Yellow Keven to tho How-
els, Diarrhoe, Dysentery, Constipation, Files
and Fistula; to the Langs. Consumption, etc.;
to the Blood, Scrofula, ^cirvey, and al! Cutan-
eous Krnptions. By keeping these organs and
vitfiuid pure a d n aU.i;y, and if may rafe-
ly tfjj'y th* attack* J' nd no mt-di-
cme"yet prepared for this pnrpoce can EQfAL
the ite.iion of jiorl'-y's T-X-S Tonic Cordial,
the Great Systen Jtenovator, ks it goes direct
seat of the disorder, and exterminating
destroys its rffrfts. ' '
b'x:
"heausvn.lfi, kobektson Co., pes as,
April <>tb, 1s>1 i
Mptp. Morley 15rorf., Austin—CJent'emen:—
Plea°e semi lis:
I dozen T X S Tonic Cordial,
T-X-S Ague Tonic,
Compound Fluid Kxtract Buchu,
Tw<--Uit Co.-gli Syrup,
T-X S Liver PilK -•
Kag's Ken' eeky Kondifion Powders,
l'nivf-r?a! Blackberry Balsam.
Wonderful Eight, small.
Yonr T-X-S Family Jlcdicines gives general
fafaction, and oblige yours, etc.,
.J. K. Adams <t Co.
10
I
10
12
1
4
-I
7he MAGNOLIA OIN l:as come in comiietition
u ith neat! v every other Gin at State Fairs, anil
in nearly evnrv instance has beaten ail competitors,
and tskrn the honors for tine samples, light draft
and quii k and pood w ork.
In everv cotton growing State, the MAGNOLIA
GIN has made a most enviable name for itself, and
may well be called th* "Planter's Favorite," as
they prefer it t? all others, and those who have
uae-1 tl.is Gin, wi'.l h ve noieii er. •• ., .
The genuine M AGXOIJA. Gl'-S are made only by
the Gu'let (.in Mu«£>etBring Coalpanv, and
a^> soJJ oa'y bv them and their regularly author-
ized Trent- throughout tho cctton growing States.
Faetorrprices, tree on board cars; r 3IAGN0UA
GIN'S, per saw, $.(.50. Feeders., per saw, Si-00.
Condeep;"!*, per saw, $1.00.
For further particulars, address yonr local agent,
01 THE GULL*TT GiH MAMJFACTCMJ5SC0.,
AMITE OTV- *—
.'««•. rf l-f.ITi i- .! 'iv' - *i
Mohgav Crrr. La., M^r*. ise -
V^rnr*. Thorepson, Ue-cge It Oa., <ialwrt.ui, T'-ii-:
.Sir*—l.«st Sujtfmtcr I toofcho|d of Schott's
n.ill Tonic, and up fj'rfeiBei't writing have" sold at
r* t.iil lTi>|(h^a ■ All fWfciifek*ttlWo4Jtiy it M'rA<■
; CSull Tt 'jic. and l.as neve.-tallad to ^pr?t
> ctM> of etiiiix and- Fever in this t ectien.' •
To'Iiy I cannot do withont it Send rne.oce fgo&s
by teturn steamer. '
"l c*u eend v r. n hnedfed certificates from reii-
atile and responsible parties, ifyouwL-h. lu<.pt< t-
tuily. C S PEA.SLIE,
Morgan City Drug Ktor--.
| Lti:i:!:tt, Tests, October SI, IbSl
I iTc^rs, TToini.--'". <n-orge, & fto
! ;.",ve .-nred all th<* ta.iH« aj5cl Fever with yocr
Scluit'fc C"h:li Tonic, and have rot fct-l .1 sla'.r!e hot-
tie returned. Voar fneiid, J al l'AKT ■ OW,
L'ruggist.
Jacb'oxviij.k. Jn!y CO. 1.^1.
Tour Schott's Ch.ll li'Uii- is "he lx.ht 1 ev r *M.
It never fai: to enre, ano ou :.-i s r.I! oltt ns ct.ni-
L:h . J H BOLTON, Prnggfet.
NEW filCH 6LM
parsok^ Ptrcative Pills make Mrtr-'Uch
Blood, and completely clwnge tlie blood it
the entire Bvstcm in Ibrec Any person
- who 1a\e 1 pill eacli niir'.it rttun 1 to feweeka
mav I?.* rv«u r*'d to sound health, if sncli a thine be
pnssiWe. >'ohi evervwherr. or«Hit hr may ror 8
letter stamps. I.iS. JORNSuX&CO.,l5oston,Mas«
MAKE HENS LAY
a*. TjjrrrS; V ctranary ,s.uj:eon and Chaurfat now
* m#-' in "tills country.- s rs that most of the
Horse and I attle Powders sold here arc .worfMess
trash. He savs that Sheridan's <'ond!tIoM,o rtc-rs
I are'ahsolotely pmvandiniqueiiseljvalui '
Inp «ti mirfll will'make hens Jay.Hire,
i^N'oth-
AS AN ANTI-BSL10US MEDlGlfiE,
ore incompnrcbio. They 8timo'c.ta the
TOKStD LIV23B,invit5orat3 tho iillV-
OUS SYSrEM, give tone to tha DiGJiS-
TTVEOIlGAIi 3, create perfect diarss tiers.
' and regular movement of tho boweia.
AS AN AHTHHUllASIAL
•Theyhuve no ctyiaj; gctagg esji. prevent-
.ivo sad cure Cap Bilious^Jjginitteat, Jteter-
zoittent. 'fyphad fterera, and JTcver arfl
Ague. Upon lhc haelthy.^ctioa of the
Btcmacb sail Liver depends, almost
wholly, the health cf the human raca
Si
i'oi iiltio* rowrters. l>ofe one
letter stani|is. "T
AN0DYN& LIIHMt .
: • i'or lalernal'-and
ct7res—NenraKria, mrfctlnA'Cmi^. 4
Hrondiitis, intlneiizrv, >vrelja^pk BleeatiwTl
I.mi.trs. rhr mie lloars4 ne^s.' HiMrkWc
Who« ? li g 1'oMjrli. 4'hrf>n^e 4
pf:irriufe - < Urenic Dvs^silory, Clfolera ,
KMney, 'IV- I)i^. ^st)t*tlte%iike and
Uack.' bold evcrvwhens.
:♦ ^ 1 jvomelctr* ***
When, Cten., Taylor %as nominated
for President, Mr. tV'eGster in a speech
said the nomination was a blunder—or
something to that amonnt. He sebt a
copy of the speech to Gen. Taylor, Who
did not reply until after his election,
when he wrote him as follows:
"My De.ve Sik:—I received some
time ago, from your hand, a copy of a
speech you had just delivered, in which
yoa pronounced the opinion that iny
nomination was not fit to be made. I
fully concurred in that opinion. You
only gave expression to the sentiment
which I myself entertained. But, by
the result of the election, it appears
that a majority of the people differ with
us both on that subject, and as their
choice has imposed upon %e the duty
of selecting a Cabinet, I cordially in-
vite you to accept the Department of
State." i . •
■S
A Bbooklyn
sweetheart "Silence,'
wants to kiss her die
man (Sails his
when he
"gives
STaS
5iT*
Itijjof the cureofthi3 diaB^aeaadfa at-
tendants, SICK-HKAtJACHK, MT5B~V-
OUSNESS, DESPONDENCY, OOK"-
STIPATION, PIJiES, &c., that thoae
Pills have gained such a -wide reputation.
No remedy was ever discovered that acts
bo speedily and sently on the digestive or-
gans. giving them tone and vigor to aa-
similr.te tood. This accomplished, the
NEliVES ere BRACED, the BRAIN
NOURISHED, and the BODY RO-
BUST. Try this Remedy fairly and yea
will gain a Vigorous Body, Pore Blood,
Strong Nerves, and a Cheerful mind.
Price 85c. 35 Murray St., N. Y.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE
Ti t Ii O L
r
gltat Hair 02 Whiskebs changed to a glos: *-
v a single application of this Dye. Ific
Natural Color, and acts Instantaneous:"
. IjlfiS it.-hi Oirtettif
ALFRED FREEMAN,
EXPERT DEALER in
Fine Pianos and Organs,
Sheet Music, Books, &c.
STATE AGENT FOR
HEHRY F MILLER and V0SE and SON'S
Also, the very celebrated New Eng-
land Cabinet Organs.
These suberb InFtrnment* are offered ott very
do«irablc terms. . . .•
bslcbiisted fit Dallas* in IS70. Ore qf oldest
i JUutic llotami* Ttzm*.' ;v? i'
The lea'Ung: Scientists of to-day a^ree that
most are ranged by riisordcre<t Kulneyp or
Liver. If. therefore, the Kidneys aTi«i Liver are kept
in perfect order. p^rfec^ nealth will be I he result-
This truth h;is * nly he -u known a I'liort tinie and lor
years people suffered great agony withont btiug
ab c to un < relirf. "Hie dis overv of Warner's Safe
Kidney atid Live.* Cixr* ruerks a new era in the
treatment < £ these troubles. AIa«<q iroiu a simple
tropical leaf of rare value, it contains jut<t the e e-
men's necessary :o nourish and invigorate both of
these gr«?at orgaus. and safely r -store and fceepfthem
in order. Jt is a VOSIXXVK KemcUy fur all tne
diseases that eanse nains in the lower part cf thpe
body—for LiTcr— eaoarhes—Janndice-S-
Dizziness—<iravej—Kever, A gue— M alaria 1 Fever,
and ad difficulty s of the Kidneys, Liver aud Urina-
ry Organs.
It is an excellent and safe remedy fr>r females dur-
ing Pregnancy. It will control Menstruation and is
invaluable for Leucorrhoeaor Falling of the Womb,
As a blood Purifier it is unequaled, for it cures the
organs that male the blood. '
This Kemedy, which has done pnch wonder#, is
pi. np ia the LAltGEST SIZED BOTTLK of any
in*-di ine upon the market, and is s Id by Drnsipi-te
and all dealers at *1.25 per bcttk For Dials-t^s,
enquire for WARNEP/3 SAFE DIABETKS CURE
It is a POSITIVE HeSiedy.
H H. WARNER & CO,, Roc hester, N, Y
ELIXIR
cihchoka aro
An exccdiptjly agreeable TOXIC and temedy hi
cams at Iedigcation, Dyspepsia and all
Stomach complaints.
Thla pleasant medicine, by imparting atrsngth to
the nervous and mnacnlar system, ia a
PREVENTIVE OE MALARIAL AiB INFECTI00S
BISEASES.
B ia aafs, speady in ita eflecta, and doee not inter-
fere with ordinary or generous diet
TBE ELUIR IS ENDORSED BY PBYSICIAK.
Prepared only by JAUEB A. LEE.
Sold at wholesale by Thompaan, George kOa,
Gahraston andSaUas.
SSrWhu writing to Advertisers ]
iw
New York,
Office, 35 Murray St
WASTKl)
Fop BIABB1IE1, DlSEilEBY,
FLUX, and llil lllrttfl CompUrinte." menfurv ixs^t. how to_wnd«ct miM]
The world has never produced its equaL ' n •*'
IHianle affont" pyfr«djo* to seM PHliif
: TREES and OTHER NURSERY STOCK,
f Cntal<<cn< ar.d surprisig^ly liberal
J hrrl !r-I^r.t, with full Itnd cOiflMential mat re--
tions. tn postage. ^p\ «ne: can ma|
hia moriry at"the A(1flrf*s at odc
< <?HK>.!A.'LOSG,
At *• wa • v
Fii?tt'sl£vlliEg IJooJi of |li« ape!,. ,
Foiindalionsef Success.
A CYCLOP.£DI^n j; | ;
SOCIAL ^0U*(S.
j Tlio la«'S«f tra'lcTlcfal forms. Imw )« Imn-aft
' InifRiccs. vklnalil«.taluue. aiclal <-tI*iji-tte<4.'arl(:i-
liusiiiuH,-: Id
TXVST IT ! I
Prepared by C. Wakefield & Co., Bloomington, nt.
For Salo by All Druc&ists.
classy. A fianliy/mwssitv. Aildrcss
an<1 special terms. TEXAS BOOK &
■II
refMs.
ESORMBS BOGGBSS.
SALES WCBEAStNG STEADILY.
No Womah Should be Without it.
o MOBLLER'S
BEBWEBTOKIC
An absolute remedy for Female Complaints.
A certain core for iiontlily IrrcgiUantiea.
A powerftil Womb Toaic and Female Regulator,.
...r~ —11 If VllcHwl*V* * 1
j VARD'S 8KH{NABI t< . :
! NASHVUXE, TEXN., t''"J' "•« -
■ aoprti Silteflrt Yfir
'&'*> V0USaiifl0fS4lU^ 33^:HAD^AIE* ,
This ir ii "chool of pfMiress. B na long e*po
rieftct.hip ttkax
►.Vatclr addi-1 a Dop.i feuent o£Vu#"iwi MdHtUpe
\it jS««lp«wr W«EIl I'. Tfer
nuwo<it4i%iir )^ess,M iW- 1 ■
TT "
,Albemarle renaie >
and Loss of Sleep. Hysterics. Irritable B[adder,
and an Infallible On re for Sterility.
It stlmolates. inTigorates and regulate* the Gen.
erative Onrans—saiely. positively and mirarnlons-
•foe sale by au dhu(
iy
SALE
JGGISTS.
S
STANDAR
k AMERICAN . .
| ill rtjlM, Cola, 8HTCT mud KicM*.
lunt by ■>11 or C. O. O. to be cms
f write for Ciubae to 8T P «I> .
io*h watch CO.. pfitbog«a. p*-_
GREAT WtSTERILSsMfe^GUH WORKS,
>Gharlotteswlll«, lra.,r
Twen yrlutli.>!V4(ffll>e«i ^l*t^< 3ftill
u'ty. Kaperjiir iracjin*. jVdvantiges nntnrpawefL
Location dainltt. Terms rwliitM. Bev. A. En-
banks will leave Houston 14th of Sept. witli pupils
Addrpsa itev. A. EUBANKH, A M. Houston, Texas.or
Bf-v. A. ETTB \SKK. A. M . t
\rm. P. MtKISsO*, i rancipala
_ ▼rlti; fnr tilutmed Cotiiojao.
Hi*... Wint Gmn. e.«.
hi. UleeHitM orPro
UraiY owe of Bleed!
PliiU
Sold b
and noM
WAXTB0 tor ttts Beet and fastest
^odalBoekaand Bibles
national Publishing Co., St Lcnii
St. Mary's University,
AFlB-TC3UVr8 ><
Military, Gomaerciii and Scientific Iwti-
tutioa.
WILL BE lEOrESED O* THCI.SDiV, SZ
BER I, lsh. Di^cipHnn ttrict. Terms •
U'rite for caUlogne to u : '« •>?
Rev. A. M. THCCHABD,
President, St. Mary's WWty. Galreston. Ten*.
Wesley an Female jSislit
' STAliN rOS. yiBGIJilA. , .
Ojiens Septra, In r 9Uth,' lSSi. One it the Eourr
Sc««u ra* Torso t a disc ra CnnnKuip.
AMON i THE Bi-ST IX THE tKIlA, A.
German. Itattanien
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