Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 July 1890 — Page 5

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Linos to Inventions aiul Inventors.

I crown tlieo with tho laurel, O thou Phonograph, Thrlco srreat of all enrolled ou great invention pages. Hie voloo of him who stirs tho heart, awakes a laugh.

With thy lilest aid may now resound through all tho ages. ,•

Now, Wizard, turn thy thoughts, I beg, to this great want, Ero thou dost seek thy niche in Fame's grand mausoleum: Invent some sort of glass for them that self do vaunt.

By which, OSage, themselves they'll see as others see 'em.

This done, mayhap thou'lt rest upon the plane with aim Whoso fame within their hearts a grateful people's keeping, Whose laurel none can snatch away, nor over dim, ... Who first taught weary man the blessed art of sleeping. —John Kendrlek Bungs, in Harper's Magazine.

LORD JOHN'S BARGAIN.

My brother-in-law, Lord John St. Pierre, regarded with no little complacency his own possessions and achievements. He was proud in the first place of the fact that he was a St. Pierre, aud at the same time considered himself a competent representative of the talents and graces of the ancient and illustrious house of Stoneyhurst. In the next place he wa3 very proud of his reputation as one of the best shots of driven game in the United Kingdom, and of his consequent entree into many country-houses where only brilliant" shots were welcomed. He was also proud, very proud, of his own perfect manners, and plumed himself, not without cause, ou his insinuating address. It was on his reputation, however,as a successful collector of china that he principally quiped himself, and the trilling sums which he had paid for various articles of vertu which ornamented his rooms at the Albany formed his favorite theme of conversation. Indeed, if all he said was true, and if all the china was really cs nuine, he fully deserved all the c«^? atulatious which he claimed.

Nor did he fail to see how valuable were the three lirst-meutioued qualilications in their reference to this latter pursuit. Many a cottager who had refused to sell his precious little heirlooms to the traveling dealer was only too proud to part with them, at perhaps a low price, to a Lord John—a Lord John, too who spoke so prettily and made himself so agreeable. It was grand to think that some little figure or cup and saucer which had stood unnoticed in the cupboard should take its place, as the seller fondly imagined would bo the case, among the priceless gems of Stoneyhurst abbey.

John's presence too at so many sporting places gave him opportunities of admission into the interior of cottagers' aud keepers' houses which might not otherwise have been obtained. It is not given to everyone to bo a district visitor, tax collector, or school-attend-ance officer, and without such or similar professions ic is not easy to gain an introduction uninvited to the homes of the poor. Lord John, however, had special privileges, and he lost no opportunities of availing himself of the facilities offered Dy shoooting luncheons in farm-houses or keepers' lodges on the different properties over which lie shot.

A few winters ago my brother-in-law came to shoot at my home. Pen Owen court, in Monmouthshire. Knowing, as I did, how unfavorably the bags even on my best days compared with the slaughter to which John was accustomed, I had had some hesitation in inviting him into such au out-of-the-way part of the world.

He had heard, however of the wonderful stand at Eastlield coppice, said to be perhaps the must difficult sporting in England, and was anxious to try his hand at our ••rocketers." I had no possible objeetiou. and he was invited for three days' shooting.

A sad mysterious calamity. however, in connection with the deatli of one of «w tho beaters happened the first day. and ithe unhappy incident prevented us -J, from carrying out the week's program.

Guests who have 110 resources to oc

cheaply as he could. 1 have never been able to make up my mind about tho morality of such a proceeding, but I thoroughly disliked the idea of "picking up" a valuable article "cheap" from one of my own retainers, aud, as it were, under my own sanction. However, I determined to bide 1113' time Vud see what happened.

John annoyed me very much at the first opening of negotiations. He began by asking Mrs. Rawlins, whose husband was not at home, questions about the family of tho dead beater, with expressions "of the most profound sympathy for his orphaned daughter. Of course there was no harm in these inquiries indeed, they were quiie ^natural. But the questioner's niauuc-r

J«was

so affectcd and his expressions of \regret and sy 'that I could cerity, aud felt sure that he was thiuking more of the Dresden figures than saof poor Nelly.

The next proceeding consisted of 2 Myrlaiice around the room iu aflected ad

miration of various ornaments with which it was decorated. Some misshaped stuffed birds, some tawdry prints, even some hideous compositions of shells and moss, came in by turns for their share of admiration. And then, at last, with a look at the two figures on the mantel-piece— "Oh, by tho bye, Mrs. Hawkins[John always managed to get his victim's uames correctly], what are these china groups? Have you had them long?" "That china, my lord, was a present from my grandmother, and I set great store by it." (I easily followed my brother-in law's calculation. "Mrs. liawliu's grandmother! The things must be 100 years old, at least!") "Have you any fancy to part with them?" ho continued. "I don't suppose they are worth much, but I should like a little remembrance of Monmouthshire, and of our pleasant lunch here yesterday." "Oh, my lord, if it wasn't for Rawlins 1 should be glad to give them to your lordship, or [with a glance at me] any gentleman staying at the court." (I wonder what "the lordship would have said if I had not been present.) "Oh, no Mrs. Rawlins, I can't think of taking them for nothing." "Well, my lord, I doubt if my grandmother, if she'd ha' been alive, would have liked the idea of my selling her presents."

Lord John's countenance fell. "Certainly," added Mrs. Rawlins, "She wasn't too proud to sell her own. Why, she got 10 guineas for two figures not half so gay as these from a traveling peddler one was just a black woman with a head on like au elephant, and the other a woman too, but she and her children were feeding a swan." (Lord John's face expressed: I was right they are old Dresden! The woman with an elephant's head! The group which represents Africa! Leda

Then in that case," he went on, "I shall be glad to give you £0 for the pair." "Well, My lord, I should not like to take your lordship's money without asking tiie peddler—aud he is in the village again—if these are real genuine. He got, 1 heard, 20 guineas for what he took from grandmother. She was housekeeper, sir [to me], as have beared tell, at the duke of fort's." (I had heared this circumstance mentioned once or twice before and was acquainted with the reputation of the Belforth collection of china.)

Lord John turned quite pale. "Oh, my good woman," he cried, "I'll give you £10 and take my chance and he immediately handed Mrs. Rawlins the money which he had ready for such an emergency, and which she promptly pocketed. "Shall I dust them lirst, my lord?" she asked, producing as she did so a heavy, damp towel. "For heaven's sake, woman, 11c [Now tho bargain was struck there was no need of further civility.] I'll take them with me just as they,are. George, you won't mind carrying one, will you?"

I did mind carrying one very much. I disliked the whole transaction. John had certainly paid a considerable sum of money, but even with mv imperfect acquaintance with such matters 1 knew that, if these groups were genuine, they were worth fully 30 guineas the pair. I had my suspicious however about them, and on our way home I asked my companion how he could feel so absolutely certain about their genuineness. "There is no Dresden mark," I said. "Oh, isn't there?" was the reply. "Don't you see there is a smear of cement on the bottom of them? That was probably put there at the time there was a heavy tax on Dresden china, aud proves "their antiquity. 1 will show you the crossed swords underneath touight."

I held my tongue. Our house party, as I have said, had broken up, but several of the neighbors were coming to dine, and Lord John deferred tho removal of the cement till after dinner when we

cupy them when sport fails are uat- should be all together in the drawiugurally difficult to entertain, anil consequently I was not altogether sorry when my visitors, with the exception of Lord John, decided upon taking their departure the morning which succeeded the catastrophe.

He however remained and in the course of the afternoon announced his intention of going up to the keeper's house, where he had lunched the previous day, aud of course I offered to walk there with him. Rather to my surprise lie seemed have no purticular desire for my society, and I began to wonder if iiis projected visit had any connection witli the mysterious affair to which 1 have already alluded. At any rate I determined to accompany him, aud on the way 1 was made a conlidant of his lordship's intentions. On the previous day lie had noticed two china figures on the keeper's ehim-ncy-piece, and, though with a connoisseur's natural suspicion he had at the time done nothing to attract general attention to them, he now confessed that he had every reason to believe that they were old Dresden. He imagined them to bo of great value aud had determined to pick them up as 't|ie niuBtul-plece.

room, aud he would have au audience sufficiently large and appreciative. The proper time arrived a pen-knife was produced, and the plaster carefully and ceremoniously scraped off. But instead of the crossed swords appeared the following inscription:

A I'UKSBNT FItOM NKWPOKT, 1S83.

The year previous to the bargain! When new these groups might have been worth 18 pence each, lu their present condition they would have been dear at a shilling a pair. 1 confess that I felt little sympathy with the purchaser, but I was distressed to think that Mrs. Rawlins, whose character for honesty had been irreproachable, should have seemed to vouch for tho antiquity of the china, and also to have hidden the tell-tale inscription.

Her answer was simple. The ornaments had been giveu her as a birthday present by her grandmother, who had died only a few weeks before the bargain at the ripe age of 98. and the cement had been added with the object of making them stand steadily on

But there was a twinkle in Mrs. Rawlins' eye when she offered me this explanation, and even now I hardly know how far innoccut was her share in Lord John's bargain. Ut'hjrnvia.

Y011 can get 1UU Samoa for $fl.:)7, and •uly iW cents a year. A Iog That Plays

acres ot the taxc.-

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Hiile-aiul-Seck.

I An intelligent dog iu West Chester plays hide-and-seek with its owner, a little girl named Amy. She taught it the game, aud they both, it is said,lind much fun In playing it. Amy will tell the dog to remain in a certain place until she hides. She then call* and the dog starts 011 the search, finding

his teeth as though latigli\

ing, and hie him away ori«'iiallv designed for

while Amy tonad in au

to the place him bv Amy

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PIPES AND PIPE MAKERS.

Carious Things to be Seen and Heard 1B a Pipe Factory in Nassau Street.

Nassau street, between Beekman and Cedar, is built double. There is a row of shops and stores there in front with a narrow sidewalk and another row oi factories behind. There are many curious thiugs made in these factories, which front" 011 small areaways aud old-time courts. Silverware, canes, badges, aud small machinery of all kinds are made there. Besides there are several pipe factories. One of the most interesting of these pipe factories is near John street. It is a room on the lirst lloor lighted by two windows which never have a ray of sunlight. The man in charge of the factory was born in Austria and learned the profession, which his father had before him. He is a man well along toward 50 years of age. with graj[ Tiair and moustache. He wears a pair of goldrimmed spectacles, and when he works he puts on gold-rimmed eyeglasses over them. lie is very proud of his business. "My father lived in Vienna in the old time," said he. "He was a genius.

He passed six examinations in his profession, in amber, meerschaum, rubber, ivory, wood, and metals. At that time a man had to serve au apprenticeship for along £erni before he became a journeyman then he had to travel around and see the world before he was allowed to open a shop. My father had a natural genius for his profession, and passed the examinations without having to serve an apprenticeship. He proved that he was not an apprentice."

There are many things in the back room which show that Doth the father and the son were geniuses in their profession. There is the cap of a tool handle in which William Birnbaum, the man who has charge, had made a set of clies'Sffiau. The box is one and

and attendant Cupids! And these are a quarter inches in uiameter by half an two of the companion groups. Worth inch in height. There is room iu it 15 guineas each any day at Christie's")

for the whole set. He has thiugs which he made \vheu he was fifteen, which show the kind of an apprenticeship he went through.

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He does not show these things to all of his customers, but he keeps them put away iu a cabinet with a number of carved objects. One of them is an amber skull. It is less than threequarters of au inch high, but the bones and articulations are distinctly marked. The carving is so fine that a magnifying glass has to be used to see it 111 detail. Another is a holder, whese a monk with a hollow head for cigarettes is kiughing, but it requires a magnifying glass to see the lines of his mirth. One of the best pieces of carving, which also inculcates a moral lesson, is a skull aud holds the wine bowl in place. The wine bowl is hollowed out for cigarettes. The most costly of the pipes represents a mermaid holding a couch shell close to her breast. Her scaly tail is twined about a large branch of white coral, which will become brown when the pipe is smoked.

Each scale is perfect. The mermaid has much more expression in her face than have some of the big statues in Central Park, though there is hardly half an inch of meerschaum ou which to carve the lines.

The man iu charge had a pride iu his work. He took the reporter iu his workroom and showed him the raw amber and meerschaum, the lialflinished pipes and the finished carvings. The meerschaum comes from Turkey in boxes. A box holds about fifty pounds and is worth from twenty to three hundred dollars, according to the size and quality of the pieces. It looks like plaster of Paris smoothed off and rounded. The amber looks like beeswax or large pieces of resin. It conies in pieces, and is worth from two to fifty dollars a pound. Meerschaum to make a live-dollar pipe costs about two dollars and a half. The ainlier tips raw cost about onequarter or one-half as much.

When au order comes for a pipe the proprietor goes through the stock of meerschaum to get a piece out of which the pipe can be cut with as little loss as possible. Four-fifths of the meerschaum is wasted, though the chips arc often saved and made into imitation meerschaum pipes. The meerschaum is lirst cut on a circular saw into a piece a little larger than the pipe. If the cutting shows holes or cracks the piece is east aside. Then it is soaked in witter for fifteen minutes and cut the rough shape with a knife. Then a hole is drilled through it and it is turned with a half motion. After the turning the stem is inserted. It is smoothed off when dry, boiled in wax, aud polished then it is ready to be sold.

The amber is worked with a chisel and turning wheel. The chisel is sharp and razorlike. A clumsy operator would cut his fingers off with it. An old operator takes the piece of amber in his hand aud rounds it with the diiacl, the forefinger of the left liaud serving as a guide for the chisel to play. When it is rounded it is held against the face of a roughened wheel until it is turned to approximately tiie required size. Then it is put iu the turning wheel and a hole is bored through it. This is for the more common anil cheaper amber stems, the kind that are put in briarwood pipes which sell for 50 rind 75 cents. It does not take more than a quarter or a half hour to finish one of these stems. A stem for a more costly pipe will take a day. The shortest time in which a good meerschaum pipe, can be made is three days. That is for a plain pipe.

If the pipe is to be carved that time has to b« added. Workmen have spent mouths on carving one pipe.

The dust and chips from the amber and meerschaum are saved. The amber dust is 111-ltcd aud made into umberine. The meerschaum dust is chopped up and worked into a paste, from which imitation meerschaum pipes are made. It is a common idea that real meerschaum can be told from imitation meerschaum by the fact that real meerschaum tloats on the water, but imitation meerschaum tloats also. Imitation meerschaum can be made which will color better than real meerschaum does, though it does not last so long and the color is likely to come in streaks. It is hard for a man AT ho is not in the business to tell a-real from au imitation meerschaum. ••$$

It is hard to make an estimate ot the cost of a pipe from the cost of the materials, as so small a proportion of the raw material can be used. To get a stem for a big pipe a whole box may be gone through without finding any suitable piece. The best quality of meerschaum frequently has air holes and cracks in it.

A visit to tho factor}' would repay any smoker. There are the original boxes in which the amber and meerschaum come, pipes partly finished and pipes almost finished, and if you get on the right side of the proprietor, he will show you carvings of which he has been proud since he was a boy. One of them, whicli is tenderly wrapped up, he carved when he was 15 years old. While he was showing it to a man a few weeks ago a piece was broken off. The piece is a chip hardly as large as a big pinhead, but it has been tenderly put away with the original carving "in the box where it was placed more than thirty years ago.—

N. Y. Sun.

DOLLS THAT TALK.

How Thoy Are Made at Inventor Ediion'i Factory.

Every little girl that reads says the N. Y. World will be interested to know how talking-dolls are made iu Mr. Ed I son's big factory.

In a big room where there are dozen great steam hammers, some of them weighing five tons, the tin taken in long sheets. When the sheets come from under tho hammers they are stamped and cut into the proper shapes. Next they go into the solder-ing-room, where they are put together. A little door in the back of each body is swung on hinges and opens and shuts. Through this aperture the phonograph is set in place so that it can be taken out again when it happeus to get out of order, which is not very often.

In other rooms the brass cylinders are stamped aut -22(1 tle steel pinions and needles, diaphragms frame works are fashioned aud

polisfjed

machinery. In still another room, which is divided into small apartments, there are six big machines that look like the common phonographs. Inside of these on a steel rod are strung fifty little doll cylinders. At each of the machines sits a young woman,and next to the inventor whose genius devised the doll and the agents who sell it, there is no one about the factory whose work is more important than her's. She furnishes the doll with its voice.

There is a big funnel shaped like a letter before her aud as the cylinder begins to revolve she shouts into the hole a verse from "Mother Goose." She must know exactly how loud to pitch her voice aud precisely how long to make her linos. A little clicking noise •tells her when the first cylinder has received its message and then she begins on the second one aud so on until the entire row is ended.

This is not easy work. The girl's voice must be clear and strong, and she must know how to pronounce her words clearly aud correctly. In a little while she becomes tired, and then another trained girl takes her place. There are eighteen of these girls in the factory and only six can work at a time. The other twelve relieve them when they are tired.

After the cylinders on which these verses have been cut by means of tho little indentations I have told you about have been taken out of the recording machine they are given to a skilful machinist, who puts the little phonograph together,aud then they are fitted into the dolls.

Now conies the inspection. The inspector tries each doll by itself and those that are faulty are rejected. Perhaps the girl's voice was a little husky and tho doll talks as though it had a bad cold, or maybe the girl pitched her voice too high and the doll squeaks out its lines as no well-maunered dolly ever does in a drawing-room.

The defective dolls are sent back and new cylinders are put into them. All in all, about twenty men aud girls do some piece of work 011 each dol! before it goes into the packing-room and is put into a box to lie shipped to the store-room iu this city.

At first it was a knotty problem how the dolls could be packed safely. The superintendent tried many experiments before he hit upon the proper kind of packing. After he had found what he thought he wanted he threw the box with the. doll inside, from the roof to the ground, lie found that the jar had broken the doll but the phonograph was unharmed. Then he knew the packing was perfect.

The dulls arc made in three styles I blonde, with blue eyes, blonde with brown hair, and brunette with brown eyes. Tiie cylinders arc* made in twelve styles, similar iu shape, but each having a separate verse recorded on its surface. Must of these verses are taken from "Mother (Joose,"' and the dolls are called "blue eyes, yellow ha'ir. 'Little Hoy Hlue.1"1 or "blue eyes, brown hair. "Mary Had a Little. Lamb, dolls, as the ease may. So far each doll has only one cylinder which £oes with it, but some time in the future there will be places iu all large cities where new cylinders can be put in, and when a little"girl gel tired of hearing her dolly say the same words over and over again she can send it. out and have a new verse pu-t in.

The wonderful capabilities of the talking doll arc iuliuiie. Not only can spnkew words be repeated, but songs as well, l'atti, for instance, could sing into a recording machine and a doll would repeat her beautiful tones almost the same ag they were originally sung. Mr. ltiley, or some other writer of nursery jingles, can be utiii/.cd and the dolls would repeat the poet's own voice as well as his words. And when it comes to animals aud birds, there is no end to the variety. Little phonographic lions with real roars and bona fule I growls, and miniature tiger.s with natural voices, would make a toy menngerie that would make Mr. liarnura turn green with envy.

Austin, Te*., has dccidcd to erect the greatest dam in the United States ov«r the Colorado river. It will cost $1,500,(100 and afford l.'100-horse power

The Markets.

CRAWFaKDSVII.I-rt

Wheat Corn Hay Oats. Butter

Eggs Apples Potatoes Young Chicks Clover Seed Chickens Turkeys Ducks

INDIANAPOLIS.

Cattle—"We quote: Fancy Export $4 15@4 60 Choice shipping steers of 1,400 to 1,600 poundB $3 75@4 10 Good shipping steers of 1,100 to 1,800 pounds 13 60@3 90 Fair shipping Bteers of 1,000 to 1,200 pounds 3 25@3 50

Hoes—We quote: Good to choice heavy and med:uni..$3 95@4 10 Fair to good mixed 8 85a4 07 Good to choice light 3 95@4 10 Roughs 8 00@8 60

Wheat—Firm—We quote: No. 2 red 7 No. 3 red 73a 75 Rejected t4@65

Corn—Steady—We quote: No. I white $ 31 No. I! white 30@30£ No. 3 white 29 No. 2 mixed 38 No. 3 mixed 29£@30

Stolen,

t)n Moudny, June 16, from near VanLeven's garden, one mile west of the city, a thoroughbred hound pup, Mack aud tan, four months old. For any information leading to his recovery I will pay a liberal reward. Leave word nt this oftice. Wm. Iioykl.

Try a sack of McKeen's best flour.

iStf? No Longer an Experiment,^!

The higher educatiou of woman, as it is called, is already here. The experiment, if so we may term it, is now going ou iu many places aud on a scale of great magnitude. It is settled for the time being, at least, that their education is to be substantially the same as that of young men. They are receiving no quarter in the lists, but are boldly competing with their brothers for the prize of scholarship and iutellectual supremacy. All told, tlu-re are today thousands of girls under collegiatc instruction aud contending for scholastic degrees and stathat tistics show that they are strong in the battle. It used to be prophesied that

women would loose the loveliest qualities of womanhood in the strife and pursuit, but the event has proved that such baleful predictions were without justification. Of course it is so. Whether women compete with men iu trade and industry, iu public life, iu platform debafco, "or iu the realm of knowledge and learning, they retain and never lose or impair the vharm and the power.- of their womanhood. The more they can do and know, the mere attractive they become to men, and the more they dominate their affections.

The enly danger is that they will be driven too hard because of their williujjuess, their spirit of emulation, and their conscientiousness. They are so eager to get ahead and to escape from old-time conventional restraints that the}' need rather to be curbed than spurred. They will win the race more surely if Miey make au easy start. —A". lr. Sun.

JtUiln Home JournuL

Pension Law.

We are preparing and forwarding cLmis for pensions under the new

Disability Bill

Both for soldiers^ who have been disabled since tho war, and for the widows, mothers, fathers and minors who are entitled under the new law as well as under the old. We thoroughly understand our busines because of the seventeen years practice and high standing in the Pension Bureau .and all the departments of Chas. M. Travis, and because of seven and a half years experience as an examiner in the U. S. Pension Bureau of Chas. W. Brown.

For Over Three Years

Mr. Brown was a member of the Adjudicating Division of the U. S. Pension office was, l'or a while, on the Board of Review, and the balance of the time a special examiner in the field.

It will pay you to employ a responsible experienced firm who thoroughly know the claim business, both from practice before the departments and from practice inside the departments as an official.

We have a good force of experienced assistants and are able to carefully and promptly make out and forward and prosecute all claims entrusted to us.

Our laims are being settled frrm 1 to 17 per day. 4 It cos-ts you no more to secure our experience than

to employ souie mumbling "hit or miss" claim agent, who simply depends on luck and the patience and forbearance of th'j Government Officials to get a claim settled'occasionly. a

No Fee in any Case Unless Successful.

Only the legal fee accepted in any case. You never have to pay us one cent, we accept only what the Government sends us. Call or us when in tho city, or write us giving full name. Company and Regiment and state, when and where since the war you incurred any disability, and we will prepare application and send you.

ravis Brown,

Commissioned U. S. Claim Attorneys, 110 North Green street,

awfordsvi lie.

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^^Uroo grandest bargains iu Ladles Summer

Suitsv£,V( offered. \, FIRST BARGAIN.

15 dozen fiddles' English Cheviot Cloth suits, made with fulN5klrt

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pleated waist and

belt, sizes 33 to4V'^.™gular l,rice

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price for this sale is SECOND BARGAINV**^. 10 Uozcn I.adles' French Penaug Saits.made as above, sizes 32 to 40 the regular price is $3.50, onr price for this sale is $2.

THIRD .BARGAIN.

16 dozen Ladies' Percale Suits, made as above, sizes 32 to 40 regular price is $3, our price for this sale is $1.(35.

Nono of above goods will be aont on approval. Remember early comer* will have choice o£ tock.

AYUKS CO.

IND "ANAPOLIS, IND. Seo display of the goods in our west window.

JOS. BIN FORD.

T-or Lumber, Shinglrj, Lime. Lath. Cornea und Sewer Pipe. The best of Cypress, Odnr aud Pine Shingles.

Clark Co. Hydraulic Cement, warranted 40 per cent, stronger tliau the best Louisville Cement. Try It and you will bo convinced.

The bust of Anthracite aiul ftuft Coal at the lowest cost prices. Can not be undersold. Call, JO A. BIN FORD.

Tried Cure for Insomnia.

Every night, at au early bed-time, take a live-grain pill af asafutidu—be careful to take no strong medicine after three o'clock in the afternoon half-an-hour before gettiug into bed lake a hot foot-bath. Let the water be as hot as can be borne at lirst, and add a litrtc very hot water as it cools, lie sure to keep well covered up, and to have the feet in the water for a full half-hour. A month of this treatment under the most adverse circumstances, completely cured the insomnia of a friend, who had run the entire gamut of imrcotics. stimulants, eating before retiring, aud tiring himsclt out.—

Dr. Grosvenor'sB

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jqfoTlCE TO 1IEIHS, CBE1UTORS, ETC.

In the matter of tiie estate oi Jesse B.McCalllstor decenseil la the Montgomery Circuit Court, Mny term, 18!'0.

Notice :e hereby eItouthat David V. McCalilster lie administrator ol the estate of Jesse McCalilster deceased, hut? presented and Sled his accounts aud vouchers in tlnal settlement of said estate,and that the sjme will come up for the examination and nctiou of said Circuit Court on the 1st. day of September, 1S90, at which time nil heirs, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear iu said Court aud show enure if any there be, why suid account and vouchers should not be approved, and the heirs or distributees of aid estuto are also notiflod to be in said court at the time aforesaid and make proaf of hoirship.

Dated tins 21st day of June, 1S90. DAVII) McALLISTEK, Administrator, Coitauk & Wiiitu, Att'ys.

OTICK OP RE-ASSESSMENT.

Notice of lv-assossment of the Darlington and County Line Free Gravel Road, State of Indiana, Montgomery County.

Notice is hereby given to the owners and •ccupants of the lands, heretofore assessed to pay the expenses of the construction of tho Darlington and County Lino Free Gravel lioad. In Montgomery County, Indiana, that the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, Indiana, has made aud entered upon the recont of Kaiil board nil order requiring an additional av( ssment to be made and laid upon the lands hcrwtofore assessed and reported benefitted, for tliu construction of tho Darlington and County lino free gravel road, also to reimburse said county for a large amountof the expenses of construction of suid freo gravel road, which has been paid by the county and said cause is set for hearing on Friday, July 18, 1SP0, at tho Auditor's oflice, in said county, at Crawfordsville,.

Indiana, at which, time said matter is sit for hearing before said board of commissioners. JOHN L. GOBKK,

Auditor Montgomery Co.

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