Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1881 — Page 1

•P' l ——— ■ THE DEMOCRAI Ufricial Paper < i Adams Com ty. I£S. Tira v 'VsT'illiCT.xaiSß, I*roprictcr. Terms: One Pollak amd Fist Ci nt - Per Year. Ts. bailey; ATTY Al LAW $ J. P. f= Ki. A TUR, INDIANA. H’ill I’uii -ii e in Adams and addoimn CcuDliee. f !’ cti'. s a specialty. v24u29t F.G. I! ALSTON, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON GENEVA, INDIANA. Offlae aver IHrrod’s Furniture Store uai calls pr mpily SittendM to a all hauls. 25jy79if s. r. n., Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT MILLS,IND. GfE.;! in Gephe’.ri's building, where lit y"j i»> «>>.ind when not pro!.: sioniilly eu g. u.t I. nprltlt A G. HOLLOW A ?3l D., PIIYSICI AN & SU RGEON, DJCCATUR, INDIANA. ('■ftcein Houston’:* Block, up-stairs. Will •kJBd to alt proles<n.».n«*l ■-■’■ promptly, ft.*, >‘4 or day. 4 *vi.ig«.S a ASocAbk*. Resi <P wn* (Mi ; b’t «4‘ Mtiurue street, 4ih fr-w- eu>t. or fi ir; .- X’ - I.i. 2-sjy79<f R R. Auw>«, Pr.***t. W. 11 v ULI: K,Ca-l>.< r. D. B?rftattAK£R, Vice PlT'. t. I HE ADAMS COUNT Y BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the traniacU«n us * general banking business. We buy mid sell Town, Township aud Oeumv Orders. 25jy79tf j.t.ibasci. e. a. n«BTs:n Frastre ft Hooper, ■ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, U SCATS' IS . IN BIAN A . I Will practice in A Lubs and adjoining •toll io*. Collections a sp.,:Lty. liisis sr~‘ gag", and other instrumcou jt' writing w.-Sa with neatneer, and di« ; Knh. Will bur and sell real estate -,ni piytiuns. Fies •fcaoMnahle. Office cr-ttr Stone s hardware korr, east aide S< ->nd Street. 81oct '9 pTc/sil ACKLEY, Mse, Sign, and Carnage Painter, And Paper Hangar. w Graining, Calsonruiug, Whitewashing, •u? Prices to suit the times. Sixteen years in Adams county. Giv»» me a call and save money. -bop on ■•.• u the;? st corner of Jefferson and Second streets. I Decatur, Ind., Aug. 6, 1879. Baug79 PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUB, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining (•unties. Especial Attention given to colItotions and titles to rtal estate. Are No iat ies Public and draw deeu's and mortgages B«*l t 3 tale bought, uoid au-i rented on iea* , Rnabl. terms Offii?, rooms 1 nod 2, I. O 0. F. building. 2'jy79tf Track Leslie’s Weekly. Tao only Dcmscratic Illustrated Newspaper published—will be sent postpaid, for five weeks (until end of •empaign) for thirty cents. Agents wanted in every te.- n . Send thirty seats for five weeks' subscription or six cents in postage stamps for sample copy and illustrated catalogue. Clubs of four will be entforfive weck.s set |l. Address Frank Leslie Publish lug Co., 15 Dey street New York. JOHN SHIREY, AUCTION EE K, I Wishes to any to the people of Decatur ssel vicinity that he is now the only profms onal auctioneer in the county and that ho will at all times be ready to attend to nils in his line of pimineo--. Thirty-five yens expeiiincc will enable him to give en'isfamion beyond n doubt to all who employ him Cti wips will lie very nswutt Ur lore left ,t Hu-law office nf F Rtice t Hooper will receive prunr.t attention. . .. ; JOHN SHIREY. NO I’iCE TO TEACHERS E Notice is hereby _ iveu that there will b » public exxirl3o* ; ■ of teachers a! the office of the Coun’y npciiii'endent, on the list Saturday of h month. Applicants for license mus- pr 'l“1 be proper trustee's certificate, r it’.ier s uit factory evidence of good mr-ral character,” and to be successful must pass i good examination in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Ariihine tie, Geography, Engii-'.i Grammar, Physio logy, and Historv < ‘ United Slates. G. W.A.LUCKEY, June 13,1879 County Sup t. x*®,-. 'qR Great clnir.ee to make mon as/, Be= tA? scy. We uesk a person in every to »u to t ik, su -eriptions for the largest, cheapest aai be-t i lustrated fami Jj- ibiic.ition in iLe world. Any one can fceotme a sw'-cci ’ 1 agent- Six elegamt Works of art given t ree to subscribers- Ihe price is so low that almost everybody subMiibes. One agent reporis taking 120 subscribers in a dry. A lady reports making over S2OO clear profit in ten doys. All who engage make money f-ist. feu can devote all your time to the business, or only your ep ire time Yon noal not beaw.iytrom home over night Ccu cr.u do it as well as others Full djri- Lu and terms free. I'.iegatit and expensive outfit free. If you want profitable wot k send us your address at Once It costs nothing to try the business -No one who «nga x e~ fails to make great pay Address Geo»uk Stissos i Co , Portland Hltine. Hr. J. I>. Hiiiipw-’a’’ Rpeeiflc Medicine U Dr. J. B. Simpson s Specific fiediciiic it ik-'g positive cure for Spermatorrhea, Imporen ey Weakness and all diseases reeultins t from Self-Abuse, as Nervous Debility, Im tabiliiy. Meutal Anxiety, Languor, Lassi Imle, Depression of Spirits, and functiona derangements of the nervous system gener ally. Pains in Back or Side, Loss of memory | Premature old beiobk. aiteb - B ge and discus ~ . ee that lend to ,-k-. ■ - -1 So ; f Consumption , ,Y®’ 1 7* i ‘ Insanity and I an early grave or both. No ■ imatwr bow shaTeVed the system may b from excesses of any kind a short oenrse o this medicine will lestore the lost function ami procure health and happiness wh>r before was despondency and gloom. Th Sjnictfic Medicine is being need with woe J»mU success. Paunphlcte re't free to all. Wrue rc them and get fell particulars. Prtce, Specific, ?l pw padtagb or» pad ages for ffi. WHI be rent by mail ea b ce'nrt of monov. Atluress aii s'dert, J B. SIKPr tS 8 MEDICINE 08. Noe P 4 s*d 1«6 M in st, Buialo N Y. »a3“ Sold in Dswiur by DURWIN HOLT HO USE. afcsvib)

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, Stop That Cough. ’’ If you are Buffering with a cough, cold as I h m 11, bronchitis, hay fever, consumption acr lo*s of voice, tickling in the throat, or any >(f a Jfr' :l iou of the throat or lungs, use i>r. _ Ong s New Discovery for consumption. This is th<*grent remedy that is causing so much excitement by its wonderful cures curing thousands of hopeless cases. Over one million bottles of Dr. King’s New Dit covfry have been used within the last year, e - And h ive jsiveu perfect satisfaction in evol,{ ry instiijicc. We cun unhesitatingly say 'nut this is really the only sure cure for — rhnut and affections, and can cheer1 : \ rvcQuitnenu it to nJI. Call and get a fria} bottjp for ten cents or a recnlar size tbrsl. DORWIN & HOLTIIOUSE, Decatur. [nd. 4 ie ® <TNTSTO JAN. 1. a- 3 Ile C h i c a jr o e Weekly News j uillkesect, postpaid. mUA F B f rom <!ate to Jan. Ist EK.U- q F v*-jR next, f>r 10 cents. This ■■a trial suUacrijrt-’on will PwFla WffMji euaMe readers to l>o- ■■ EkuS ' igRQW t h ‘‘ H: «p£>t metroK*’*.3 m ten w«ekly !u Hie ■«?« FgBB t.S. I: if ’ 1 RBgUj Ekv3 joliticA ail the news, A le&ebM t&TU? eotrwt rum let reports, ■eH IBKfl'Ji coin pie’rd sti-rles e ✓‘•A FV-C4 In ever’, ia.i.e A fr.vor--1 UM Mga p»j»«r. Send 10 rilils (sliver) nt .’yT- , t .7 j Ky-Ja 01:00 km! gtt It until k99H ■Sfl Bku Jan. iClwcn Kumm vKSB ti al ski i tor Bbk W&.1I BBS *LCO. price is ■fU&rUll 75e s. av< >»r. Audi- s« ITibli her Weekly , ■HKIyu News, Chicago, 111. • i JPotiderful PiUMn-rif, For the sp«*dy cure of Consumption nnd I al! dtJieaRPS that lead to it. such as stubs horn Coughs, neglected Colds, Bronchitis Ray Fever, Asthma, pain in the side and chest, dry hacking cough, tickling in the Ciroatw Hoarseneris. Sore Throat, <\nd all chronic or lingering diseases of the throat and lungs, Dr. King's New Discovery h s no equal and lias established for it-eif a world-wide reputation. Many lending physicians recommend and use it in their practice. The formula form which it is prepared is highly recommended by all medical journals. The clergy and the press have comp!iwcmted it in the most glowing terms. Go to your druggist and got a trial Dottie for ten cfs., or a regular For sale by Dorwin & Holtbouse. THE NEW FOOD K MEDICINE "iTnn* 111 ERE is no greater Blood Producer and Life-sue* mining i'rluckde in the world of Toed ?.nrt i dtu* ti>. ii .u A 1.1 oiITEHb, prepared h<nn iPbu-y---menn»<! .Halt, ll<*p«, tiud tßihiiny. They Bjed Gh- I.■ <b •'!"* tin- brain, ■•iiii' li ll'» -rbtliy (h>- ‘ b«R* Lar«k>u the nm.-cha. qtii t theiierbb-fc.rhaer the mind, r rt'ect diyeotion, regulate the st«.nu« h aiul vl-hac theliLer ami kuiueys, uidvtaUize v.Kh m-v. Bl . xery ftuiuof tlwlxid/. JWarc ul an.ftjtitiiM ■dmib.ri,' iiutned. V* k ft’i'the Coinniuiy’s Hisriin* Hut v. liich appears plainly on r<v liJm4 <-i every !•< :• no. Sold every where. MALT BITTEUft CO., Bosk.u, Masi. 24- 4. V PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE. 1 1 The State of Indiana Adams county, Sa. < Notice is hereby given that David | ILrck, administratrix of the es- 1 tate of Abwolom McCurdy, deceased, < has filed his petition to sell the real estate t of the decedent, his personal estate being iusuiticieui to pay his debts; and that said , petition will he heard at the next < tetm. 1880, of the Adams circuit court j of said county. i Witness my hand and the seal of said i court, this 7th day of December, 1880 N BLACKBURN. Clerk. Decatur, Ind., Dec. («th, 1880. nSG w 4 France & Hooper atl’ys tlanliood; Lost, Kestoi'ed! Just published, a new edition of DR. CULVER CELL’S CELEBRATED EASY on the radial cure (wiihoiit medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal IKeakusss. Ii voluntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Mari mge, etc ; also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fils, induce! by self-indulgence or ! sexual extravagance, &c. The celebrated author, in this admirable . Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty- i ’ years’ successful practice, that the alarm- , ing consequence of self-abuse may be radi- j 1 cally cured without the dangerous use of . internal medicine or the application of the | knife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual, by means of whieli every sufferer, no iuliter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radically. Lecture should be in thd hands i of every youihnnd every man iu the land, t Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, tu any address, post-paid, ou receipt of six cts. j or two postage stamps. 1 The Culverwcli Medical t’«., c 41 Ann St., New York, N. i , Po*.tOffio Box 1586. [2Cfebßoyl3 ■ - i e i DRESSMAKING’ It u «• • Notice is hereby given to the ladies of [)«• a’ur and vicinity that I have opened a Dressmaking Shop in Decatur, and am pre _ pared to ?. * 4 I T A.MJ MAKE I? • orcutanmfit »! r- ’ Ladies’ and Children's Dresses E in the latest New York and Parisian styles I 110 my cutting by the celebrated PERFECT-FITTING MODEL ns re ... h< md am the only one in the city so doing n Hariixg several years practical experienct [ guarantee aatitfactaon in enth and every instance, and I cordially solicit a share al your patronage. CHARGED REASON•fc \ (ILEN .bnn oil ’Jnd Stree*. over oiitel & Uolthonse’sShoe Store. ' a j MRS K. E. FR/STOS ,1* April 2, 1860.

TJxi ca. o i’t . i — > HISKEY& SPANGLER r ; ■ : UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public generally Io a large and comblete line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS,? And to the fact that ‘hey are using the ” M. & 1. ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, For Emliftlming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the flesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A fintfYine of SHROUDS Are also kept on hand. In addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and most complete stock of FURNITURE Ever offered to the people of Adams County. Dot t purchase one dollar’s worth of Furniture before examining their stock and prices. H3SKEY & SPANCLER. Decatur, Ind., Sept. 9, ’BO ly. Carry’s Specific Medicine. TRADE MARK The Great TRADE MARK English R envanunfailcure for I I'eminal weak neiie, Spwrmatency,Jnnd .■i!i^?s?SiSsr"®P > BifUKt lAfilhli. ' 'l'- umn tabiho. „ ... . roriseoijef"'. , Self-abuse; as loss rs memory, Universal Lassittrtle, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other <lisea.ses that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a prematu»e grave. particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists at $1 per package, or 6 packages for $-5, or will be sent free by mail or receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 106 Main streot, Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by Dorwin & Ilolthouse. SJtsvklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhentn, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This salve is guaranteed lo give perfect satisfaction tn every ease or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dorwin & Hoi.thodse. HEALTHTs WEALTH! Dr. E. C West's Nerve and brain Treatment: a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness. Convulsions, Nervous Headache, Meni tai Depression, Loes of Memory, SptrmaI torrhcei, Impotency, Inaoluntary Emissions, self-abuse, or over indulgence, which leads to misery, decay and death. One box will cure recent cases. Each box contains one month’s treatment. One dollar a box, or sixboxts for five dollars; sent by niailprepaid on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case Willi each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send the purchasi er our written guarantee to return the money if the tiestment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only when treatment is ordered direct from us. Address or call on Dorwin & Holthouse Druggists Decatui Ind. On,s - now before the public E You can make money faster at work for us than at anything else. Capital not required. We will start you. sl2 a day and upwards made at home by the industrious. Men, women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for us. .now is the time. You can devote your whole time to ’ the work, or only your spare moments. No > other busit ess will pay you nearly as well No one willing to work can fail to make enormous pay by engaging at once. Costly outfit and terms free. A great opportunity for making money easily and lioncribly. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. 22Jy SI,OOO Forfeit. Having the utmost confidence in its su periority over all others, and after thous--sands of tests of the most complicated ano severest cases we could find, we feel justi fied iu o Iler in g to foi feit Un- Thousand Doi lars for any case of coughs, colds, son throat, influents, hoarseness, bronchitis 8 consumption, in its early stages, whoapitq cough, and all diseases of the throat am lungs, except Asthma, for which we onl; claim relief, that we can’t cure with West I- Cough Syrup, when taken according to di reclions Sample bottles 25 and 50 cent; T bilge bottles one dollar. Genuine wrapper ?e only in blue. Sold by all diuggists, o v sent by express on receipt of price. JOHI j- C WFST& CO., sole proprietors, 181 at 183 W Madison St., Chicago, Hl. 21idecE /e a week in your own town. ssoui •’ No risk Reader, ifyo uTi.I a I u-incsa at which persuns of eithe j ciru make great pay all the time the i oTk, write for particulars to 3. Ha-lub t I Co., Portl.BO, Baine,

DECA'FUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FEB. 24. 1881.

The Hermit of Lone Cabin. \ Away to the base of the beetling crags and cliffs of the hoary Sierras stands a lonely cabin, where only ruin and desolation mark what might have once been a pleasant if not a happy home. Well do 1 remember the dark, tempestous night that a friend and my self passed beneath its roof but a few I years since. While seated before a glowing fire, for it was late in autumn, > he gave me the following veritable hiss’ tory of the place : Notwithstanding that it was miles from any habitation, several years be- » fore a solitary individual had appeared in the vicinity and out of the material that he procured from the neighboring forest built this rude cabin. He was a stranger to ail who met him, and seeming to avoid rather than I to seek acquaintances, he soon became known as ‘ The Hermit of Lone Cabin.” Three years passed and the unknown still lived tn his seclusion subsisting upon the game that he readily procured with the aid of his rifle. One day about this time as the hermit, contrary to his natural habit, visited the nearest settlement, twenty miles distant, he was met by a new comer, who greeted him with the familiarity of an old fried. Appearing surprised, he denied ever having seen the other, and would fain have left him, but the would-be associate seized him by the collar exclaiming : ‘‘You can't deceive me, Loren Gray. I knew you the moment I saw you, although five years have changed your looks greatly. Don’t you remember Frank Chipman? I am he. Come, old boy, I want to show you another old friend whom I know you will be glad to see.” Still, the hermit, confused and excited, persisted that his name was not Loren Gray, and that he had never met the other. “ Twont do, old chap, you can’t deceive me by playing off in that way.” was the reply that he received. “I know that you are Loren Gray, and I have a friend down at the Eagle House who desires to seeyou on most important business. Come with me and if he don’t recognize you I will stand the drinks for the crowd,” for by this time quite a knot of spectators had gatherCU. (*ivw»« -j- - - .*.aAW»N/M>o VvP A what was up. Yielding with great reluetanse the hermit was half dragged by the impetuous stranger down to the public house followed by a throng of lookers on. “I tell you it’s a mistake,” repeated the victim, “my name is not Loren Grav, —but” By this time they had entered the building, and the stranger, turning to a young man lying on a dry-goods box near at hand, indolently smoking his pipe, cried : ‘ Here, Al. 1 have found him.” Springing to his feet in surprise, the one addressed, who did not seem to be more than twenty-one or two years of age, but tall and athletic of form, turned upon the intruders. As he caught sight of the hermit he staggered like one shot, and pressing his hand to his forehead, exclaimed : “Loren Gray !” “Yes,” cried his friend, triumphantly. - I found him less than five minutes ago ; but he has the audacity to deny his identity. Unheeding the words, the young man faced the amazed hermit, and as his eyes met the other’s, he said hoarsIv. trembling with passion : ■Have you forgotten me. Loren i Gray ? ’ 1 “For mercy’s sake tell me what this means! lam not Loren Gray, and neither do I know you. ■ Bah I You need not think you will j escape by your lies. I have not hunted ’ for you these, five years to be baffled j now that I have found you. If you e do not remember me have you forgot- ’ ten mv sister, whom you betrayed and 1 murdered ?’ -I ” v “Not a word, dog ! \ou cau offei no atonement for the wrongs that yoi ’„ have done save in the sacrifice of you life. But 1 wish to take no advantage • and I challenge you to meet me it *’ mortal combat.' 1. n! “No, no 1 ’ cried the other, “you ar j a stranger to me and I have had n t( quarrel with you. I must decline t e « fight you. ,j As the hermit spike the word: b which in the minds of the rough me li* around him, marked a coward, th ls > room rang with the cries of dorisi in. The young stranger, too, his sac IK nearly colorless with rage, uttered contemptuous c,y as he dealt the ma a smart blow on the cheek. J,_ “There, see if that will awaken yot ’i I say that one of us must die. Tak 5 J your choice of weapons and meet m ” at once. Tam impatient to have i

over. 1 care little if I fall, if I knox ere 1 die that the untimeiy fate of m; o poor sister has been avenged. Come s Norman,” addressing his companion 11 “you will be my second while he cat e select whom he will. If I fall, yoi y k now my request, don’t let him escape Well, Loren Gray, have you couragt ■ enough to meet me like a man, or have ’ you only courage enough to war upoi K defenseless women ?” 1 The hermit, fairly writhing undei > the treatment he had received, conic ■ only look on him in silence. The excited crowd began to hool s him and the confusion was becoming ■ ominous of danger to the trembling f man, when the avengrr silenced them 1 with a wave of his hand. > Then, drawing a brace of heavy revolvers, he extended them both toward 1 the other. 1 “Take one,’ he said fiercely. “I see > that you are not armed ; but they are ■ loaded alike, and have nothing to fear from that score. ” Without a word the bewildered vic- ’ tun mechanically took one of the proffered fire-arms. ’Mid the applause of the crowd the duelist led the way to the door, and out into the open air. Once outside and the young stranger’s second began to measure of the ground for the duel. As the preliminaries were arranged, the duelists took the position assigned them. Tiie challenger emphatically awaited the slow movements of his foe. “I call upon you to witness,” said the recluse of lone cabin, addressing the spectators, “that this is no quarrel of mine. But, after the treatment I have received from this man, whom I positively say I never siw before, I am driven to this. If I fall please see that I have proper burial. As a last favor I beg that yon will not in any way try to discover my identity. Will you promise that ?’’ Receiving the hearty assent of the bv-stauders. the min signified that ha wa« in readiness for action. Then succeeded the ominous ‘one, two, three, fire, when the young stranger rapidly discharged his weapon and with such accuracy that his antagonist reeled forward and fell to the earth without making a hostile movement. Smiling grimly the slayer remained motionless as the spectators rushed to ' he x’s'li 'Oa NAseu'wu “Dead as a stone 1” exclaimed a tall weather-beaten mountaineer, who was bending over the silent form. “Then my work is done and the wrongs my poor sister suffered are avenged,” said the young stranger and he turned tn join his companion. Meanwhile some of the others began to make preparations for the burial of the unfortunate hermit. While a couple were in the act of raising the body to bear it away, they were surprised to see the long, flowing beard worn by the unknown person fall to the ground, and a face as*smooth and white as a maiden's suddenly disclosed to view. A glance told them that it wasfalse, and that the hermit of lone cabin was a woman. In the height of the excitement following the discovery, the stranger duelist reached the spot, and as he i caught sight of the fair countenance, he cried : ' I “My God, it is my sister !” and fell [ senseless. 1 ■ To cut the story short, by the time 1 | the speaker recovered his consciousness from the fearful shock he had received, the wounded one began to show signs of 1 returning life. It was then found that though the s shot had barely escaped being fatal, it I was not likely to prove so. A long sickness, followed, however, I and it was months before the whole II story was known. 1 I 'The Hermit of Lone Cabin, was in ‘ deed the sister of him who had nearlt ■ be some her murderer. Years before i she had met and loved a man by th ■ name of Warren Arnold, but on th ! day before that fixed for the weddin ir i he had disappeared, and she nearly br< a j ken hearted, had been abducted an lr j borne away to the mountain retreat c 5 e a band of road agents, the leader < in j whom was none other than her fait lover. re More grief-stricken than ever, sb ao succeeded in escaping ; but, somewh t 0 ; crazed, instead of returning to h : friends, she had sought a life ot lon I s - j liness. Her brother Ralph, who h: en been away to school for three yeat he j learned of her misfortunes and suppo I ed death, and returned to his home ce begin a search for the villia who h: a been the cause of so much suffering, an Warren Arnold's true name was L i ren Gray, and Ralph ever spoke of hi: m. I by that name, though his sister hs ke ; never known him by it ne I Accompanied by his friend, Norms it! Arlin, he sought far and wide for hi.

w but to make at. last that well nigh fatal ly error in mistaking the hermit for his e, foe. n, As his sister had not seen him for in eight years, and at a time when there iu is the most change in one's appearance e. she had not recognized him. ;e When she was able, they all returne ed to their homes a happy company, m Later Norman Arlin became her husband, and a new life dawned upon >r her. I d The Lone Cabin etill stands, a mo- , men to of the past. I How a Cyclone Cooks. g g The recent terrible cyclone in Ma- < u coupin county, Illinois, is thus describ- < ed by Engineer cutter, of the Chichgo 1 ). and Alton express train, which was [ J running at full speed and met the tern- i pest at Carlinsville. Mr. Cutter saw | e out on the prairie what he supposed to ’ e be a straw or hay stack on fioe. As t r he approached it he saw that it moved i rapidly toward the track, and then re t - alized that it was a hurricane of the s - most appalling character. It was a !> dark, funnel-shaped cloud, reaching s 3 from the ground high in the air, where q I it disappeared into the clouds. It was t

• - black and dangerous looking, and whirled with terrible velocity. Its 1 voice, heard even in the distance above the roar and rattle of the train, was , frightful in the extreme. The cyclone I seemed to travel at the rate of twenty miles an hour, and was so fast approaching that the moving train must in a moment inevitably strike it. Mr. Cutter shut off his engine and applied his air brake just, in time ; for, despite the precaution, the train touched the cyclone’s outer edge. Mr Cutter describes the sight as the most horrible he ever saw. The air was dark, and lurid and hot, as if coming from an oven. Everything in the pathway of the stortn was demolished aud crushed and annihilated. Barns, fences, sheds, telegraph poles and everything at al; fragile was swept up, Mr. Cutter and his fireman crouched down in the tenI der, and for a moment feared that i that the whole train would be over- i I turned. The cars were only h aid on > the track by their safety chains. The ; passengers who first wondered at the : stop, with blanched cheeks and terri- ' find countenances viewed the terrible ' monster of the air in its work. < Contract*. ' Civil marnagea is ™— ! : common in New York, not only among 1 : recently-arrived immigrants, who are I accustomed to it in Europe, but among • Americans. To step up to the Mayor s office and settle the matter in a few minutes, costs nothing for white dresses. veils, gloves, flowers, presents, or for a clergyman, and there is a reliable public record kept, which is not always secured by marrying before a minister. In any case, it is the mutual consent of two persons legally entitled to wed ; which constitutes the marriage, and a I ceremony is wisely instituted by law to provide evidecne of that consent. - The true course to be pursued in this | most important matter; is that com- , i mon in European countries; to have s j the same law of marriage for the whole ' nation, and local officers competitent to - decide on all legal capacity of the par--1 ties to contract marriage, and to keep e a public record of each marriage duly

, attested. When this most necessary ' civil contract has been completed, the a 1 parties, having their certificate, can be married, without any further investiga- ' > 1 tion, by the priest, minister or rabbi, ’’ s| as they may see fit, and with all the 1 , ceremonies, festivities and expense I f j they may desire. —Weio York Wit- 1 | nesf. 1 .. ' —— — ' Tlie Difference. it' Tennyson can take a worthless sheet r. lof paper and, by writing a poem on it, c make it worth $5,000. That’s Genius. j Mr. Vanderbilt can write fewer words a- on a similar sheet and make it worth y $50,000,000. That’s Capital. And the ■e United States can take an ounce and a re quarter of gold and stamp an “EagleIre bird ’ and “Twenty Dollars. That s ig Money. The mechanic can take the •o-; material worth fifty dollars and make ' rd it into a watch worth SIOO. That s of Skill. The merchant can take an artiof cle worth twenty-five cents and sell it Ise to you for sl. Thats Business. A I lady can purchase a comfortable bonhe net for ten dollars, but prefers to pay tat SIOO for one, because it is more stylish, tier That s Foolishness. The ditch digger tie- works ten hours a day. and shovels out lad three or four tons of earth for one dol- , irs lar. That’s Labor.—Tfic/mmnJ -State. —— • • ■ ■ ■ Mary Meriweather asks us on a pos- j t 0 tai why the snow lies on the ground ■ ‘ ad Well, Mary, we are not thoroughly post- I ed in all ramification* of meteoro J ,° logical science, but, as we look at lu ‘ .he question as it first presents itself. we would say it lies on the ground beI cause its physiological structure doesn t lan permit it to ait on a chair,—Steubenim I rifle Herald

NO 4 7.

ADI9I FOR El’A Kill, JR. How a lad took to Elephant Traininsr. Adam Foredaugh. Jr., of this city, whose portrait appears on our first page is the only heir of the famous showman Not yet out of his teens, he is not only the youngest elephant trainer and per former in the world but also the most skilled. Traveling with his father from childhood he early acquired a wonderful control over horses and wild beasts, and stands without a rival as a horse educator and wild boast subduer. He first commenced his control over elephants surreptitiously, his fatbet discountenancing his request to permit him toperform the elephants, Mr. Forepaugh poopoohed at the idea, thinking it not only a too hazardous but an impossible feat for a mere boy to perform. Young Adam did not relinquish his intentions, but set about gettinghis points. A well-known elephant trainer was teaching five of his fathers elephants some new tricks, and day after day unknown to anyone, Master Forepaugh. secreted in the hay mow in the winter quarters of the menagerie, watched the trainer and his movements through a

convenient knot bole. One spring morning young Forepaugh arose about three o’clok, left his home in Green street, and hastened, by appointment to meet “Big Babe,” a giant of a fellow who worked about the animal buildings in the winter and traveled as assistant boss canvassman with the show during the tenting season. It was a long tramp for the boy to Germantown, but he found “Big Babe” on hand ready to assist him. The five giants of the forest were unchained and led into the ring, in the ring barn, and then and there the boy put the elephants through their motions to the delight of himself and his single auditor and confident. Pledging “Big Babe” to secrecy he hastened back home and returned to his bed, to be called by his father at the usual hour forth morning ride to Ger mantown. Who i the show came to open in Philadelphia, the elephant trainer suddenly iade a dem’.nd for an increase in wage at which Mr. Forepaugh demurred, at the same time making no positive refusal, saying “1 am very busy now, wait till I get my show open. So the matter was dropped for a few days. Meantime, Master Forepaugh came to know of the situation x>£ his father, made a full breast of what he knew about elephant performing, and his early morning performance with the connivance of “Big Babe.' Mr. Forepaugh was inclined to be in credulous, but the boy persisted. “Pop, I can do it. The show gave its first afternoon performance in Philadelphia, and after it was over, and the audience dispersed, the proprietor ordered the elephants to be brought into the ring, and then and there the boy kept good his promise. That very night the elephant trainer renewed his unreasonable demand, and he was dismissed, gloating over the imagined impossibility of any other person ever performing the elephants in the ring. From that day to this young Forepaugh has both trained and performed elephants. Those dying have been replaced by new importations, and the number introduced simultaneously

increased to eleven, while new feats and performances have been invented. Adam Forepaugh, Jr., not only controls the largest herd owned by a single individual in the civilized world, but exhibits by far the best performing cle phants on earth. Master Forepaugh has met with some interesting adventures during his life, one of which wathus recounted in a local journal at th< time : “Dick, the only vicious one of th herd of elephants owned by Adan Forepaugh, is a male from Ceylon, an is easily distinguished by a pair of beau tiful tusks, which he knows too wel how to use when enraged. Althoug thoroughly trained, and one of th most intelligent of the learned hen he has occasionly rebelled, and one in the West amused himself by tossin ! about one of Its keepers, and leaviu I him in a bruised and battered cond tion. This ebullition of ill tempt occurred in diana. since, which after a well deserved punishment Bad Dick has conducted himsel after the manner of the most ex emplary giants of the forest. “At Lancaster. N. H., Dick agaii got into the tantrums, and after th , usual performance in the arena, rc I fused to embark and take his plac I with his mates in the “Elephant Pa i ace Car'' of Forepaugh’s own trait ! Young Forepaugh, who had remaine ,at the exhibition tent, was sent so I and galloped down from the tent < horseback aud, after rallying the « i frighted keepers, who were putting 1 safe distance between themselves a I Bad Dick, proceeded to order the fractory animal into the sar.

“For the once, Dick stubbornly stood his ground and refused to budge au inch, and trumpeted and threw his tusks in a threatening manner. Young Adam realized the situation at a glance, and riding boldly up to Dick he ordered him to “mile up” that is go forward, and at the same time tapped him with his riding whip. This seemed to be a signal on the part of the animal of war, and the next instant the daring boy - was unhorsed. Adam Forepaugh, Jr., is not yet eighteen years of ago, though in spite of his extreme youth, he has no equal as an animal trainer, it being an inherited gift. “Instantly all was excitement. The J boy was seemingly stunned by the shock he had received, and lay but a few feet from the enraged Dick, who, with trunk high in air, made the pecut liar and terrible bellowing which der noted that he was thoroughly aroused. It was impossible for any one to assist young Forepaugh. The least move would have hastened the end. The elephant keepersand train loaders stood speechless, helpless and aghast. In the meantime, Dick starts for the pros- ] 1 irate form of young Forepaugh, and soon would have pinned him to the earth with the long ivory tusks, or toss--5 ed him high in the air. But there seems to have been another move in the midst of the excitement, and not on the part of the circus men. The 1. 1 other elephants standing near, waiting to be loaded, seem to become excited, and of a sudden Oi l Betts, the monster elephant of the herd, who had witnessed the peril of her master, ran with a speed that seemed incredible considering her enormous bulk, and threw the force of her four ton weight against the side of the advancing and murderous Dick. The shock of the colliding elephants was fearful, upsetting Bad Diek, and throwing him upon his side. Quick as a flash Forepaugh’s son was upon his feet. Old Betts threw down her trunk at the signal just as she does in the performance, and lifted her Master upon his head Every time the recant Dick arose, he was met by eight thousand pounds of elephant flesh against her ribs until he laid down and trumpeted signals of distress in acknowledgement of defeat. Having • had enough.” Dick was then loaded on the train without further difficulty. But for the wonderful intelligence of Old Betts, Master Forepaugh must have suffered serious injury, if indeed he escaped with his life.— Philadelphia Mirror. ffutiu n au f apitallsitt. Os the $346, 446,800 4 and 4j per cent, bonds held in this country by in divivuals. women hold $72,672,850. This by no means shows the interest of women in these bonds, for especially in the Middle and Eastern States women own bank stock, or are depositors in savings banks to a verv great that women in these days hold real estate in their own names, and at their, practically speaking, absolute disposal, we shall see th it the women of this country have a large interest in it. And this is a conservative factor in our history. Whatever may be said as to the matter of universal suffrage for women, there is no question that those who have property will seek to know something of the reason of taxation, the mode in which tho money is spent, and more or less of the funda- . mental principles and duties of government. Nor is there any more doubt that the intent of this class would be to obtain and maintain an honest, able , and economical government. The , changes in our laws which have given women so much right in, and liberty . of disposition of her own. have been j no more equitable to her than they . \ have been valuable in steadying the s ! general judgment. Riot in a Virginia s own S ‘ , Richmono, February 10. —At Museville, Pittsylvania county, a negro, convicted of a trifling offense, abused the 1 | magistrate and was remonstrated with. Becoming enraged, he atta ked some s whites with a bludgeon, killing J. C. Arthur and s riously wounding two others. The negro escaped to a club I ’ room. His friends, who resolved not 111 to let the murderer be arrested, held >d an all night session, matching with the u- murderer at their head and beating a dl drum. Twelve men. well armed, sejh cured their arrest and safely lodged he them in jail The citizens were with 'd, difficulty prevented from lynching Je them. ng ng Win ’’!<■<» are Staidaeaded. II Innocent childhood describes events cr just a- they occur, while older people h look at them through their prejudices, and see only what they wish to see. '* Why do men grow bald headed ?’ X asked the teacher of the class in physiology. One boy said that certain diseases tended to that result; auothsr declared that extreme old age was genC‘ A erallv accompanied by this result. A I little fellow at the end of the form said. Teacher. I guess if you had been ' in our house last Saturday, when father and mother had alittle difference of • opinion, you'd know for certain what I made men bald headed.” — -Veto York Herald. g a and Castor gloves may be cleansed while re- on the hands by rubbing them with i dry eorn meal.