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Tlio Lincoln County Herald PUBLISHED EVKRY WEDNESDAY TIIEO. O. FISHER. $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE MINGLE COPIES 1'IVP. CENTS. j.C. GOODRICH. W. W. IIIP.KIIEAD GOODRICH A III UK Hi: A D, DENTISTS, Troys - - Missouri. DR. DIRKHEAI) will h In the olllco alt tho time. Dr. UOODRlCIt will only be here from time to time, due notice of which will bo lven. Oaa for tho PAINLESS extraction of (oeth administered at all tiroes by Dr. llirkbcad August 31, 1871- vSnZtyl G T. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 3Vew Dope, - - Missouri. Will practice In tho Courts of tho Nineteenth Judical Circuit. Special attontlon given to col lectlng. V7nl0in0p R, C. MAGRUDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cnp-nu-Ciris, - Missouri. Will practice in tho Courts of tho Nlnoteenjh Judicial District. W. C. McFARLAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Troy, - - Missouri. Will practice In the Courts of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, ami will give specinl attention to collections. UBije rront room over J. it Knox's Bank. v7n!6 CI1AS. MAIiTIN, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Troy, - - Missouri. Will practice In all the Courts of tho Nino teenth Judicial Circuit. Special attention given to tno collection oi actus, vunav A. V. McKEE. E. N. BONFILS. McKEE & IIOM ll,S, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Troy, - - Missouri. Will praotlco in tho various Courts of this and mljoining counties. Special attcntlun given to collections and matters relating to real estate. pO" Office, northeast corner .Main and Cherry streets, just below ljiiclcuo llulcl. njovi J.B.ALLEN. W. T. DAKEH ALLEN & BAKER, Attorneys-al-Law, Agents State and Phoenix Insurance t'ompauies, and Ileal Estate Agents, T It O Y, I?l I S 8 O V It 1 . JOSEPH B. ALLEN, Notary Public, apr25-'72nl7 11. W. VTHEEL,ER, Attorney at Law ami Notary Public new HOPE, MO. Will attend to any professional business In tho Courts of Lincoln, Warren, Pike and Montgom ery counties, sepi 71n3llyl WM FHAZII3R. Q- W. COLBERT ERAZIER & COLBERT, Attorneys at Law & Real Estate Ag'ts, TROY, MISSOURI. Will practice in all the courts of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. Special attention given o col lections and to tho saloand purchase and leasing of real estate. Abstracts of titles, warranty deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages made out on short notice. Large number of valuable farms for sale at low prices. JTiT- Odlco on Main street in Ransdcll's building, up stairs. v7uU WALTON & CREECH, Attorneys at Law & Real Estate Ag'ts, TROY, ITIO. Will practice In all the Courts of tho Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, and the Supremo Court of the State. All business entrusted to their care will be promptly attondod to. Office over Dr. S. T. East's Drug store, Office hours from 0 a' m. to 4 p. m. vol6n2 LACLEDE HOTEL, TR,0"5T, IVtO. THORNHILL & BUSWELL, Propr's. THIS Is a first-class hotel, furnished in good style and Its table supplied with the best the market affords. .Strangers stopping in Troy will nna nere all tne comrorts or noun. Tho BAR Is stocked wl'h strlotly prime Li quors, such as Brandies, Whlsklos. Wines, Ale, Uln, etc.) also tne nnest Dranus ol Uigars, apr25nl7 LUMBER. LARQB SUPPLY OF LUMBER AT Chain of Rocks, Lincoln Co. Weatherboardlng, Sheeting, Door and Window Jframes, Hash, and Building Material generally, Address W. R SHOWN, Chair of Rock, Mo. junl9mSn25 JEHU SYLVESTER, WHOLESALE AND 11ETAIL DEALER IN Watches, Diamonds FRENCH CLOCKS, Watch Materials and Tools. Watchet and Jewelry Repaired. W. 210 RORTU FOURTH STREET (Between Ollro and Pine Streets) srr. luotris, :m:o. LINCOLN COUNTY HERALD. VOL. 7. LOVE T1IE CONQUEROR. "No, Frank, I cannot be vour wife. I have marked out my future, and have no time to think of love. Our friendship baa been n joy which I shall treasuro up in my mcnory ; but 1 lava nothing aavo my books and my glorious dreams of fame, to the attainments ot which I shall, if need be, devote my whole future life. Perhaps I shall fail, but I think net. Heaven has given mo talentt, aid it it my duty to improve them." "Uatberino, you are making a grievous mistake; you will never be happy in the path yeu have chosen. To day you believe yeur heart ia not made of com mon olay, to demand of love ita deepest happiness. The powors of tho mind are ull potent with you now ; but some time, far away, perhaps, iti the future, you will say 'Frauk waa right.' Fame alone can not bring happiness, for home and love are a woman'e all." The woman's lip curled scornfully as he said "Ah, I did not know that you claimed to be a prophet. But, sir, I shall prove you to be a false one." "I bis is your nnal answer ( You will not become my wife, and let me help you in your ambitious designti I "Help me? No; alone and tingle banded I will accemplish my work. And, beside, you are nut capable of help ing me ; 1 am stronger man you, Doth in mind and body, notwithstanding your ideas ot woman s extreme weakness. A Hash, almost of anger, but swiftly melting into tenderness, burned in the man's dark eyes as ho looked down into her proud face, and he said, in strangely mingled tones ot sadness and triumph "so little Catherine is my superior both mentally and physically ? I admit that my health is broken by hard study, as yours will be long belore yeu reach the goal for which you are striving; but my mind, Catherine are you euro you have soun.led its depths, and can pais a righteous judgment." "Have 1 not known you all your life ? Your mind is as cloar lo mo as a printed page. Frank, you are good and noble, but you cannot reach my heart. In all our acquaintance, you have never once swayed my feelings as can one little sen tence from this book," taking as she spnko, a book of poems from a table at her side. "So that book is my rival? You love the mind that bespoke ita existence? Do you know the author, Catherine?" "Cannot woman admire without loving? I am so woary oi this tiresome cant about love, which meeta mo on every band I Unknown though ho is to me, I respect yea more than that reverence tho mind from whioh sprang a work so pure and noble in its aims. 1 am satisfied that he would consider the seutitnent of love as a weakness." "Catherino, the mind that conceived the work, it seems to me is just tho one to love with all tho intensity ot a deep impassioned nature." "I cannot think so ; but we will change the subject, as it is not a profitable one I am going away to morrow, and this will probably be eur last meeting for a long time. "Going away V May I ask where yon are going?" "To my brother s, in the far off city of -. His wife died a few weeks a and he wishes me to eeme and look after his children, and then I writs fer several of the publications of that city, and it will be convenient for me ta reside there Frank, when I get elder and wiser, I am going to write a book, and it shall be a auecesslul one, too. I will show you and the rest cf the world what a woman can do." I hope and trust that your dreams may be realized. But, Catherino, when you are tired and weary ef it all, and feel the need of rest and seme one to love and ears for you, will you come to nu ? Promise me, Catherine I "Should I ever need or wish for your love and ears, 1 will eome baok to you. But, Frank I sannot think that the time will ever come." Catherine Seymour was net artistically beautiful, bat the light oi intellect burned in the dark, blue gray eyes, and the power "te will and to do," was en throned upon the brotd white brow. Frank Armstrong had just obtained his university degree, and taken the place whioh hie father now gone to rout had so worthily rilled for many years that of paster in the village oburoh. Beloved and respected by all who knew him, handsome, noble and engaging, he had yet failed in the hope, cherished from childhoed, of winning the love of Catb erine Seymour. And eaddened, yet not embittered, he oeumeneed bis life work alone. Ten years have passed away, and Catherine baa accomplished her work Ten years from the very June morning on whioh she and Frank parted, he book, the child of her own brain, was placed in bar hands, and with it numer ous nattering reviews, Away to her awn rotm ebe Ued with them, that she might realize, weep over them, and thank heaven for the triumph which had made her a very ehild again. When ebe had grown calm, she laid aside her book, bathed hor faoe, brushed baok the rich brown enrls, and took a tniaturo of herself, takea yeare before, and laid it en tba table beneath the mirror, and gated first upon that, and then upon her ewa refleotiow in the glass. There wea scarcely a retemblanc, save tha beautiful hair and deep ayes. Pale, waited aaa care-worn, she recogaiaed herself now, "Ah," aba nmrawed, "a awfliww TROY, MO., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1872- thing I have given in exchange for fame I ror 1 have bartered away my health, crushed out my youth; and new that I have attained it, after so many years ol unceasing toil, it dees not satisfy me 1 1 begin to realize that Frank was right. Never until this moment, did I believe that fame could not fill a woman's heart. And then thia throbbing and uching at my heart reminds me that I hava but little time before me to enjoy inr triumph. Ah, Frank, 1 hava not proven yon a false prophet 1" 'lime passed on, and every day Cath erine received many flattering notices of her book. She was soon a lioness in the literary world, and fawned apon and flattered by fashionable society. But she grew utterly weary of it all, and longed for rest and quiet. A wish to visit her childhood a home bogan to creep into her heart. She remombered her promise to Frank, but would r.ot acknowl edge, even to herself, that a desire to fill that promise bad anything to do with her longing to get back to her old homo again. cue liad no relatives there none in the wide world, savo her brother with whom she lived and hie children She had no correspondence with her old friends, and knew not but they had for gotten her. Slio felt, however, that she must visit the graves of her parents, and wauder once more in the paths whom she had wandered when a happy child, when the futuro and fame looked so glorious in the distance. It was near the close of a beautiful day in September that she arrived in Corntown, her native village. With mingled emotions sho gazed around her uoon the once familiar objects). Jen years had made many changs, and yet tho placo looked homelike, oho met old acquaintances, but tbey did not seem to rccogtnzo, in the wan, tailed woman, the bright active maiden whom they had known la other years. Her old borne was just beyond the vil 'aire, and thither she directed her footsteps, not knowing whether she would find it empty or occupied by strangers. She turned into the old path which led through the orchard, and so many re niembrauces of the past rushed to bar mind that she could no longer stay her heart, and throwing herself down at tha foot of an old apple tree, where sho had played so many times with tho beloved isters who uow slept quietly a little way beyond, in tha churchyard, sho wept m childish abandonment. Direatly a piteous whining sound caused tier to raise ncr neau, anu mere besido her she saw a great shaggy doi looking upon hor with almost childish sorrow for her grict. A cry ef joy burst from her lips, for it .was ltover, her dog, whom Bhe had given to a dear friend when she went away. She threw her arms about his neck and wept again; this time for joy at the sight of an old friend, and the only one who had known her yet. Ruing soon, she walked with Hover olose beside her, to the bouse door, and knocked for admittance. It was opened by a bright-eyed woman, whom Catherine knew to be a valued schoolmate, Hover s mistress but she met her as a common visitor, as a stranger, merely asking ho to enter and be seated. "Oh, Fanny," the weary girl cried "have you, too, forgotten me ( 1 am Catherine; de you care te seo me?" "Catherine dear, dear Catherine ? I it possible?" And the two were claspod in each other's arms, weeping and laughing together. Fanny was cow Mrs. Knight, and he husband owned the place that bad been Catherine a home, The following day was the Sabbath and Catherine attended church with her friends, Faany had told her that Frauk was still their pastor, and was almost worshipped by bis people. The sight ot the old church brought up so many reminiscences of the past that she could scarcely restrain her tears, her sobs ; and with heavy downcast eyes, ah followed ber friends up the aisle, and into the pew that had oaoe belonged to her family. Services commenced, and Frank' voice sent a strange thrill through ber heart; but she dared not lookup, oho could not meet his glance, she thought but at last she raised her eyes and met bis and flashed a swift glance of reoogni tion. After services he camo to ber; tears dimmed the eyes ol each as they clasped hands once more. Neither dared trust their voices there in the bearing ef so many; so, with only a glunco and hand-clasp, they parted, and she stol away alene to the ohurch-yard, and sek ing out the graves of ber loved ones sank down beside them, and sebbed un oontrolably. An hour passed, and a hand was lai lightly upon ber shoulder, and she kne that Frank stood beside ber. He lifted ber gently from the ground, and eupperting the trembling form, gazed sadly down into the pale tearful face No word as yet passed betweon thei but now be said, in tbe old, tender way "Catherine, my own little Catherine But how ohanged how eadly changed I "Yes, Frank, I am changed. None et tbe old friendt knew ma, sava you so my faithful Kover." "Ah I these little bands horn tfaio they are. Forgive, ma Catheriao, for speaking ef it mom ; but I told you on the day of em parting, that yea weald wreok your health as well at your hap piness, for I was satisfied, that physically you were not as strong aa yeu thought. Catherine ome to me new I aarely yeu will ivl lsav isTC again ? I hare levad ou so long and so laithfully, believing at somo day you would return to mc. an you love rue now, Catherine? 'Frank, I love you. 1 thought 1 could livo without love, and yet be happy. But today I acknowledge my eakness, and will say wuui you once said I should say, 'l'rank was right. Home aud love are a woman s all.' " "Preeious words I How I have hun gered lo hear them from your dear lips I And aTter all these years, my darling oves me. I will leva and cherish you i never woman was chorished before. the light aud bloom of health must, plessa heaven, be brought back to this dear, wan face, and wo will have no more grasping after fumo. Do you rctiiamber particular book ot peetna which you admired so much ? I will tell you that I was, the author of them," "Oh, Frank, hew blind I wast Can ou forgive mo all those cruel things that said?" "They were forgiven as soen ns ut tered. But come, durltug, the air la getting cool, and we must remain here no longer. 1 will walk back with you to tbe Id hotLO, and in a lew days I shall claim you as my own. hen they reached the orchard gate, he said : "1 have a strange fear of parting with you. surely nothing will separate us again 1 Tray heaven, dear prank, thero may not, for I cannot live without you ; and, even supported by your precious iove, I cannot livo long. Physicians tell mo that my days are numbered. I ought not to burden you with such a wreck, after turning from you in health." 'lou catiuot bo a burden te me It will be the sweetest happiness I have ever known to caro for vou. But don't speak of dying, t:iat I cannot bear, aud I led that in your own home anil tender nursing you will soon ue as ungni aim wall us of old. Now, dear, you must go ti and rest ; but first kiss me, Catherine yeu never did, you know. And he clasped her close to Ins heart, and prcstfd lingering kisses on her an swering lips. l'rank was once more a true prophet. A homo among those sho lorad in her native village, rest from the anxieties of public hie, and enjoyment ol tbe health- giving country air, soon restored tne ruses to Catherine e faded cheeks, and courage to her fainting spirits. Three months had hardly elapsed ere she gave her "band with her heart in it to Prank f02etb.tr they are working out tlieir life mission, and, though twenty years ot married llfo have passed over their beads Catherine is more than ever convinced that famo cannot fill a woman's heart, and that for her Lovo is still the Con queror. Love and Mathematics. John August Muriuus, one of the most popular German story writers of the last century, in his story of "Libussa" mukos tho lady of Bohemia put forth the fol lowing problem to her three lovers, offer ing her band and throne as a prize for a correct solution : "I have here in my ba.ket," said the Lady Libussa, "a gift ef plums for each of you, picked from my garden. One of you shall huve half aud one more, the second shall have half and one more, and the third shall have half and three more. Thia will empty my basket. Now tell ma how many plums are in it?" The first knight made a random guess at three scoro. "No," replied tbe lady ; "but if there were as many more, half as many moro, and a tnird as many more as thero nre now in the basket, with five more added to that, the number weuld by so much exceed threo score as it now fulls short of it. The second knight, cotting awfully be wildcred, speculated wildly of forty five, "Not so, said the royal roady reck oner ; "but it tbere were a third as many moro, and a sixth as many more, as there are now thore weuld be in my basket as many more than forty five as there are now under that number. Prince Waldimir then decided the number of plums to be thirty, and by so doing obtained this invaluable houso keeper for bis wife. The Lady Libussa thereupon counted him out fifteen plums and one more, then there remained four teon. To the second knight sho gave seven and one more, and six remained To tbe first knight sho gave half of those and three more ; and tho basket was empty. The disoardad lovers wont out with their heads exceedingly giddy and their mouths full of plums. Beautiful. How true and faithful wa should be to eur solemn marriage vowe, end in the end, when wo came to bid each other adieu beside the death bed, and know that we are to be soperated for a time, by tbe cruel hand of death, how beautiful it will be to say, "I have lived true to my marriage vowel" When wa stand at the alter, and promise before God and witnesses, to love, oherish, honor, and obey eaeh other, do we intend to do bo? Do we mean what wo say? Alas, how soon are those vows forgotten I Young man, when yeu stand before the hymenial alter, with some fair being at your side, who has promised to teave father, mother, brethers and staters, and1 .- -J ' niT-i juur joy una Borrows inreugh life, remember she has forsaken all others for yea, ead think ho well yua ehoald leva tier I Sha levee you with her whole heart, and bae given ber life init vnur hands fer tha future, and yoa should remember she ia something that when oifca takea from 'you death, can sever M ittaratd. Leva year wife. NO. 45. Laughing Slory About a Gran: Can ajldalr! for Congress, From the Ml. Sterling (ICy.) Sentinel. "Dick" Wood, the Kadical candidate for Congress in this district, while can- vassing ia tha mountains the other day, wa compelled at one point to imbibe a grout deal of apple jiek in order to cen vinca tho natives that ho was not one of those "high flyers" who think themsolves made of superior stuff to tho "honest and hardy yeomanry. Tho consequence was that Dick after giving orders to be woko up at 3 o'clock in tbe morning, that ha might be able te reach a distant ap pointment next day when he retired to rest, was in nvo minutes after he laid down, "as good as a dead man." Some scamps procured same lampblack, which they mixed with eratnr, and entering his sleeping apartment thoroughly blacked his face, lo "make him look something like his politics" aa they assured the landlord. Next morning, promptly, he was aroused at 3 o'clock, and was in sucb a hurry to be off that he did not take time to wanh, but bolted hie breakfast and rodo away at a brisk gait. Arrived at his destination, he hunted up a prom inent Uadical to whom he had a letter ef introduction and presented hie creden tials. The gentleman read the letter, alternating the reading with glances at Dick's face, and then asked : "Are you Major Wood of Mount Sterling?" "That's my name, sir," replied Dick. "Why, I thought you were a white man," said the other. Greatly astonished, "Diok" blurted out, "And so I am." "Well, yeu have a cussed black skin for a white man " "What tho devil do you mean ?" said "Dick," angriiy1"Do you want to insult me?" "No, sir ; but you bad better not attempt to speak here to-day. Our boys wont't stand a speech from a nigger." "A nigger I" cried "Diok ;" "why, there ain'c a drop of nigger blood in my vcinel I'm as white as you or any othor man I" Seeing a looking-glass on the wall, "Diok" stepped up and looked into it. Starting baok, with an oath that fairly made the windows rattle, he exclaimed : "Well, if the cussed fools over at Wytbeville haveu t waked up the wrong man, and Wood is over thero yet I Jerking off his hat, he dropped into a chair and began vigorously to Ian him self. Tha other, seeing his straight hair and noticeing that the baok of bis neck appeared to be white, suggested soap and water. A State Ruled by Women. Among the Holland possessions there is a remarkable little State, which, in iti constitution and the original customs of its inhabitants, surpasses the boldest dreams of American emancipation ladies Upon the island of Java, between the cities ot uatavia and bamirang, lies the little kingdom of Bantam. Although tributary to Holland, it is an indepond ent Stats, politically without importanee, yet happy, rich, and since timo immemo rial governed and defended by women. the sovereign is indeed a man, but a the rest of the government belonge to tbe fair sex. The king is entirely de pendent upon hit elate council, composed ot three women, the highest authori ties, all State officers, court functionaries, military commanders and aoldiers are, without exception, ef tbe female sex Tbe men are agriculturists and mar obants. The bodyguard of the king is formed of J tho female elite. These ama- zons ride in the masculine style, wearing abarp steel pouts instead of spurs. Xhey carry a pointed lance, which tbey awing very graoefully, and alto a musket, which is disabargod at full gallop. The throne is inheritable by the eldest son, and in care the kiug dies without issue, a hun drsd elected amazont assemble, in order to choose a successor from among their own eons. The chosen one is tben pro claimed lawful king. The capital city o this little state lies in one of the mot picturesque parts of the island, in a fruit ful plain, and it defended by two well kept fortresses. Cine Ueop at a Timr. liave you watched an iciolo as it termed ? You noticed how it froze one drop at time until it was clear, and sparkled brightly inUie tun, bat it tbe water was but slightly muddy the ioicle looked foul and its beauty spoiled. Just so our characters are forming, one little thought, or feeling at a time adds Its influence. If each thought be pure and right the soul will be lovely and sparkle with happiness but if impure and wrong, there will be final detormity and wretebednets. An Irish commodore being ooaGned I his bed by a severe fit of the goout, eeme sweeps wero employed to sweep tbe ohm neyi of tbe houso next door to bin, an ena af the beyt, by mistake, came dow in the comtnodoros's appartmeat. Th boy, canfuaid at bit mistake, teeing th commodore in bed, said, "Sir, my master will come tor you presently. ' "Wi he?" said the oommoddre, leaping out o bed ; "I beg to be excused staying' here any longer, then," and immediately ran uewn siuiri. To Clean Cold Chains. Put th chaia in a tmell glass bottle, with warm water, a little common chalk and torn toap, Cork the bottle and shake it for a minute violently. Tbe friction agaiott the flats peltihct the gold, and tbe sovp tnd chalk extract every particle of grease and dirt from the interttiets of a ebain of tha most intricate pattern ; rinse il in clear, celd water, wipe with tawtl ana iBejeiitt will surprise yea. TERMS Of ADVEKTIHINCi. no Square (10 llnes)orless,onelnsert!oD,..$l to uch additional Insertion Administrators' Notices , 3 01 Final Settlement Noticest. 3 00 Stray Notices (single stray) 3 00 Each additional stray in same notice 1 00 pif A Liberal Deduction will be made to yearly advertisers. A Small-fox Remedy. The following statement of a oorree- ondent of a California paper has beta oing the rounds of the papers. A na ive ef that State says ho has seen it tested with entire success. Wo reproduce therefore, for what it is worth : "I herewith append a recipe wliieh as been used, lo my knowledge, in undreds of eases. It will prevent oi cure the small pox, though the pitinga are filling. When Jenner discovered cow-pox in England, the world ef eoienea burled an avalanche of fame upoa his ead ; bat when the most scientiho hool of medioine in the world that of Paris published this recipe as a panacea for small pox, it passed un- ceded. It is as unfailing as fate, and conquers in every Instance ; it is harm- est when taken by a well person, it ill also cure scarlet fever. 11 ere is tba recipe at I have used it and cured my children of the scarlet fever and small pox. When learned physicians said tha atient mnst die; it dured : hulphate of no, 1 grain ; fox glove (Jigitalu), 1 grain : halt a teaspooniui ol sugar ; ix with two tabltspooafult or water. When thoroughly mixed, add four ounces t water, lake a spoonlul every hour. ither disease will disappear in twelve eurs. I'orh child, smaller doses, ao- cording to age. If counties would com el their physicians to use this, there ould be no need of pest-houses, if ou value advice and experience, use this far that terrible disease" Sleeping with a Dead Man. Jack Temple was a very brave man, and a very good one too. There was no ctter man in the countryside, feick en were always glad to got bim, and in esperate cases, when everybody eltiewae roken down, Jack was invariably sent for and kept, because he never broke own. With this preface, Jack must tell hit own story in his awn words. "What I I exclaimed, "slept with a dead man? That's a little too hard, ack." "It is tha truth, if over 1 told it. You remember Archy Anderson, don't you?" "Very well. "I slept with him, and it came about this way. Everybody was to broke own when he died that they couldn't sit up with the corpse. 'Twouldn't de for the corpse to be left by itself; se they brought out an old bam, tome celd biscuit and a bottle of whisky (what'a ne bottle ot whisky to mar), built up a good fire, but forgot to get any weed to keep it agoing ; and there I wat alona in y glory. Archy was laid out on the bed, and I sat by the fire till it was burnt pang out. J bo whisky had gone and died out long before I got chilled to my very vitalt you know how cold a man gits when he loses sleep, anyway 7 and I was afraid I'd ketch my death if I didn t do something. I hated to disturb the family, all broke down as they were, nd what to do 1 dtdn t know. Tbey laid Archy out on. tbe bed, as I said bo- fore, aud it was a feather bed, with a goed thick quilt on it, too. I got colder and colder, and I couldn't keep my eyes off that bed to eavo my soul. But, plague take it all I they had put Archy right in tbe middle of it. "At last I oould stand it no longer. So 1 went up to tbe bed, turned down the sheet, and lookod Archy full in tbe face. tie looked mighty peaceful, bo I ssys to him, I says, "Archy, old fellow I you and me was good friends waren't we, Archy I You never hurt mo whilst you wae livin', and I he dog if I believe you'll hurt me now will you, Archy?" He never said nothin , so 1 jumped right in, covered ap and slept like a top till after sun up. But the funny 'part was. I woke up and saw that dead face lookin' up at the ccilin', and I mado one leap and lit plum in the fireplace. I never waa to skeered ia all my life, and didn t quit tremblin' fer half an hour. But I'd a heap rather sleep with a dead man than a live one. Dead men oan t apoon, it'e true, but they den't snore, nor do they ecrouge, nor dig you in tbe ribs, nor kick you m their sleep, uor pull tha kiver off you, nor nothin'. They are Grit rate bedfellows, and you'll never ketch me settin' up with a corpse agin if 1 can git In bed with htm. Mr. John T. Appier exhibited in tba office of tho St. Louis Timtt a few daya age, a petrified rattle snake, which was found a short tune ago by a' workman employed in grading the St. Louis and Keokuk railroad. When the reptile waa first brought to light tho rattles wera distinctly markod, but were subsequently broken off and lost. Tha snake is in a coiled position, and would, if it could be stretched out, measure two lost ten inches. A man sent a note to a rich neighbor whom heas on friendly terms with, te borrow an ass for a few houra. The worthy old man was no Bcholar, and happened to bavo a guest silting with him at tbe time, that he did not wish te ex pose bit igneranee to. Opening the note, and pretending to read ii, after reflect ing a momont, turning to the servant, "Very good," says he, "tell yeur matter 1 11 come myself presently." The Louisville Courier Journal it hard in Susan when it says : "Wa shall never know the age of the Niagara Falls, be cause Susan B. Anthony is the only per son now living who was alive when the Falls were built, and she has forgotten tbe date. An improvement on the Cardiff Giant bas been invented in Iowa in tha shape of a petrified buffalo, found 'standiag ia tbe aet ef eating."