Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1881 — Page 1

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Qflieial Paper of Adams County. IS. Tlzxy Williauitj, Proprietor. H Terms: One Dollar ami; Fifty Cents Per Year. J. T. BAILEY, ItT’Y at law <J- J. P., DECATUR, INDIANA. ; Will Practice iu Adams and adjoining Counties. Collections a specialty. v24n29u S. G. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, GENEVA, INDIANA. Office over Harrod s Furniture Store. Professional calls promptly attended to at all hours. 25jy79tf *. I’. Stevens..ll. D., •Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT MILLS, IND. jg Office in Gephcart’s building, where he «ill he found when not professionally en7. B"Red. nprllit. A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in Houston's Block, up-stairs. Will attend to nil professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. ResiH ntnee on north side of Monroe street, 4th bouse east of Hart's Mill. 25jy79tf R B. Alubon, Pruei't. W. 11. Niblick, Cashier. D. nniAHAEFR, Vice Praa’t. THEADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, ! This Bank is npw open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and «ell Town, Township and Owiuity Orders. 2>'jy79tf e. r.Fuaca e. a. tiooPEK France Zs Hooper, AT TO UN FA'S AT LAW, 3KCA T r 11, (N BIA NA . .Will practice in Ad\mß ami adjoining •m'>s. Collections a specialty. Deed.*, and otlwr ir.MVqnwntsuf writing hi ide *ith n94tiietß and dispatch. Will buy a»d 801! r*-4 estate and p»y tnfos. Fees 3 .■ rtASAii-Ujle. Office over btonc’s Larlwarc stor», saMt side Seobud Street. 3<oct"9 p. c. shackle?; Ite, Sim, Hui Carriage Painter, Paper Hanger. Graining, Cnlsonrining, Whitewashing, etc. Trices to suit the times. Sixteen years in Adams county. Give me a call and save money. Shop on southeast corner of Jeffarson and Second street*. beoatur, Ind., Aug. 5, 1879. Baug79 PETERS!)N \ 11IEl-51 AX, ” ATTORNEYS AT LAW, niCATVB, INDIANA. Will practise in Adams and adjoining conn’; .a. E-pvcial attention given to coliKifOES and titles to real estate. Are No tariec i’shiic and draw deeds and mortgages Ratal .'Siate bought, sold and rented on reaeon .bl* torms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, 1.0. O. F. bulling. 2 jy79tf ?raak Leslie's Weekly. The only Democratic Illustrated Newspaper published—-will be sent postpaid, for five weeks (until end of eampaign) for thirty cents. Agents wanted in every town. Send thirty cents for five weeks’ subscription or six cents in postage stamps for sample copy and illustrated catalogue. Clubs offour will be sent forfive week,s for sl. Address Frank Leslie Publish log Co., 15 Dey street New 1 oik. JOHN SHIREY, AUCTION E E Tl, Wishes to Fay to the people of Decatur sai vicinity that iw is uuw the ouly profoaaionsj auctioneer in the county and that ho drill Mt all times be ready to attend to evil? iii his line of pusincss. Thirty-five yr\4r«* exper’<-t’se will enable him to give bfcUyfuetion beyend a doubt lo all who employ hl a. Charges will he very reasonatAe. Or lots left at the law office of Fiarlce & Hooper will receive prompt attention. iy:2m3 JOHN SHIREY. ITO TI CE TO TExACHERS. XotJ.ce '.sber*by eiveu that there willb ft public ejf'Vjfua’ioQ of teachers at the office of the Coonly Superintendent, on the last Saturday of each month. Applicants, for lieense must present ‘‘the proper trustee’s aertificate, or other satisfactory evi-‘ dance of good moral character,” and to be j smjceesfil must pass a good ec ami tuition in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithme I tis, Geography, English Grammar, Pbycio tegv, and History cf United States. G. W. A. LUCKEY, Jone 18,1879 County Sap t. Greatchancetomakcmonilc/■ ty. We neek a person in every town to take subscriptions for the lariat, cheapest and b«**t i lustrat rd family publication in the world. Any one can taotfme a successful agent. Six elegant works of art jiven free t o subscribers. The price is so low that almost everybody subscribes. One agent reports taking 120 subserihers in a day. A lady reports making •ver S2OO cle-ir profit in ten doys. All who iHake money fast* *gu can devote all y<?ur time to the business, or only your epare time You nocd not be away from home over night. Cou can do it as well ns others. Full directions ftjvl terms free. ElegVnt &nd expensive outfit free. If yon want profitable work send us your addie-ss at on*e. It costs nothin# to try the business* No one who engages fiulp to make great pay Address Ge-obCe SVinbom £ Co , Portland, Maine. 22jy Dr. 15. Stmpson’s Specific Medicine. Dr. J. B. Simpson’s Specific Medicine is a positive cure for Spermatorrhea, Impoteucy, We.tkuess and all diseases resulting . from Self-Abuse, os Nervous Debility, IniÜbility, Mental Anxiety, Languor, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, and functional derangements of the nervous system generally, Pains in Back or Side, Loss of memory Premature old before. after. age and dise.is es that lead to Consumption, if, M 7nT vj Vanity aul an sarly grave ‘ or both. No tmatter how shat ered the system may be . from txtesses of nny kind a «h<>rt course of ' thia medicine will restore the lost functions 1 and procure health and happiness wh*re before was despondency and gloom. The ; Specific Medicine is being used with wonderful success. , eenl free to Ml. Write fov them and get full particulars. Priee, 6pecifi:.sl per package, or S pack•tts for f 5. Will be eent by mail on reof monev. Addrecs all ordera, J. B SIMPSON S MEDICINE CO. Ifoe. 404 and iO6 M-iu st , Bullalo. N. Y. • Sriy Sol-r in Decatur by DOBWIN 4 kfenuLViieCSE, SSncv79yl

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Stop That Cough. If you are suffering with a cough, cold asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, consumption loss of voice, tickling in the throat, or any affection of the throat or lungs, use Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption. This is th^great remedy that is causing so much excitement by its wonderful cured curing thousands of hopeless cases. Over one million bottles of Dr. King's New Dis covery have been used within the last yeir, and have given perfect satisfu<Wion in every instance. We can unhesitatingly say that this is really the only sure cure for throat and lung affections, and can cheerfully rebornmeria it tn alt. Call and get, a trial bottle for ton cents or a regular size for 51. DORWIN & ITO LT II OUSE, Decatur. Ind. 4 ■n » rwe* S. CENTSTO JAN. 1. Bg The Chicago f < * Weekly News - iff A will be sent, postpaid, r* - from dale to Jan. Ist ■ fc?'4 f vnext, for 10cents. This tiial will fc"' ' en#, 'l c readers to befc&fe K A. - * F 5 ‘ ?/3 come acquainted with ■H BAtT-I the cheapest nietroBA’y t■.->■ ■ 1 F': 1 lonian weekly in the ng] E .-J u.s. Independent Ir ■HhH politics, al) the news, Sf A'Q correct market report % ■Ke EtHIS -i ,x complelexl suites H3T4s Inevervfssue. A favorIte fam paper. Kend FUA Hl 10 cunts (silver) at HME once and Rit It until n -1 L J JL l-SL Eleven trial siibMnlptlons for . »'.% F ♦ t* / «I.UO. Kcquiar pi i» els HOkeS Publisher Nevrs, Chicago, 111. .1 W’ondcr/wl Bincovtry. For the speedy cure of Consumption and all diseases that lead to it. such as stubborn Coughs, neglected Colds, Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Asthma, pain in the side and chest, dry hacking cough, tickling in the throat, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, end all chronic or lingering diseases of the throat and lungs, Dr. King's New Discovery has no equal and has established for it-elf a world-wide reputation. Many leading physicians recommend and use it in iheir practice. The formula form which it is prepared is highly recommended by all medical journals. The clergy and Uic press have complimented it in the most glowing terms. Go to your druggist and get a trial bottle for ten cis., or a regular size for §l. For sale by Doi win & IXolthouse. k THE NEW FOOD h, MEDICINE I HERE hno greater Blood Producer and Lifo-Bus- - twining Principle in tlie world of Fund untlnu-di-cine than MA. LT BITTERN, prepared from memtrd Malt, Hops, niid Quinine. They t>-t»d ' the biKly and ttie bruin, enrich the blood, Bo.'idiiy tla-hom-«.lianlen themusck-a, qui-t thenerbeß,ch < i :h---mind, p.-.rft-ct dtyeation, regulate the »tQinax*h icnd biiu.-ij. dense thelibcr and kidneysi, nndvitailze \vi:h new fife exery fluid of tlieliody. tk-ware ■•finiftati.ine 1 HlTnihirly named. L«»ok &>r (’uniuany’M Stana* I rare which appears plainly on the |»j»ej tj’eveo' tattle. Sold everywhere. MALT BITTERS < 0., lb stun, Mass. 21- 4. J)ETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE. The State of Indiana. Adams county, Ss. Notice is hereby given that David Uirck, administratrix of the estate of Abeolom McCurdy, deceased, has filed his petition to sell the real estate of the decedent, his personal estate being insufficient to pay his debts; and that said petition will be heard at the next teim. 1880, of the Adams circuit court of said county. Witness my baud and the seal of said court, this 7ch day of December, 1880 N. BLACKBURN. Clerk. Decatur, Ind., Dec. hth, 1880. n 36 w 4 France & Hooper att’ys. lianhood; &A,&830w f.ost, Restored! Just published, a nel edition of DR. CULVER B ELL S CELEBRATED EASY on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal TTeakusss, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotoncy, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc.; also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indulgence or I sexual extravagance, &c. I The celebrated author, in this admirable : Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirtyI years' successful practice, that the alarraI ing consequence of self-abuse may be radi- ’ 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 which every sufferer, no matter what hie condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radially. Lecture should be in the hands of every youthand every man in the land. Sent under seal, iu a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt of six cte. or two postnga stamps. The Culvcrwcll .Medical Co.. 41 Ann St., New York, N. Y., Post C-ffic Box 4586. [2Cfebßoyl] DRESSMAKING! Notice is hereby given to the ladies of Decatur and vicinity that I have opened a Dressmaking Shop in Decatur, and am prepared to CUT AAi> MA K E OR CUT AiVl> ITT ladies' and Children's Dresses in the latest New York and Parisian styles • I do my cutting by the celebrated PERFECT-FITTING MODEL ' and am the only one in lhe ejty so doing. J Slaving several years practical experience’ J I guarantee salitfaction in each and every I instance, aad 1 cordially solicit a share of I your patronage. CHARGED REASON- ! ABLE. Simp on 2nd Street, over Pouter & Holthouse’s Shoe Store. MRS. K- E- FRIST OR April 2, 1889.

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TJXlcloT’tfllK.iXl.g,'. HISKEY & SPANGLER fllmfcv. " - j UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public generally to a large and comblete line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to the fact that they are using the It. it ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and L'urfuming the flesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A fine line of si-mouiDs Are also kept on hand. In addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and must 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. HISKEY & SPANGLER. Decatur, Ind., Sept. 9, ’BO ly. lii-.-iy’N Specific Medicine. T3ADE MARK Tub Great TRADE MARK EMiLWhRwH. 1 joy an unfailing cure for |aJ s’eminal weak LSF ness, torrheajmpotency.Jand all BEFORE TAKIRB. lisC!lßl,s ,ha 'SFTER TAKIN9. Suiiow as a consequence of Self-abuse; as loss of memory, Universal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave. £®“FuU particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists nt $1 per package, or 6 pack ages for Sa, or will be sent free by mail on receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 106 Main streot, Bki falo, N. Y. “ For sale by Dorwin & Holthouse. Bucklen'ii Arnica Salve. The Best Salvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This salve is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in every case or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by DORWIK <fc IIOLTHOt’SE. HEALTH IS WEALTH! Dr. E. C. Wests Nerve and drain Treatment: a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions. Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Sp< rmatorrhoea, Impotency, Inxoluntary Emissions, i 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 six boxes for five dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send lhe purchaser our written guarantee to return the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only when treatment is ordered direct from us. Address or call on Dorwin & Ilolthouse Druggists Decatur Ind. Gms. now before the public ■ 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 business will pay you nearly as well No one willing to work can fail to make enormous pay by engaging at onev. Costly outfit and terms free. A great opportunity for making money easily and honorably. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. 22jy SI.OGO Forfeit. Having the utmost confidence in its superiority over all others, and after thousands of tests of the most complicated and severest cases we could find, we feel justified ia ofleringto forfeit Otr Thousand Dollars for any case of coughs, colds, sore throat, influensa, hoarseness, bronchitie, consuiuption, in its early stages, whooping cough, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, except Asthma, for which we only claim relief, that we can’t cure with West's Cough Syrup, when taken according to directions. Sample bottles 25 and 50 cents; large bottles one dollar. Genuine wrappers only in blue. Sold by all druggists, or sent by express on receipt of price. JOHN ■ C WFBT s CO., sole proprietors, 181 and 188 W. Madison St., Chicago, HI. 36deciy ZJ week in your own town. 55 outJfttjtjfii free. No risk. Reader, if you wlinj a busincas at which persons of either sei can make grea.t pay all the time they ork, write for particulars to 11. HamkW Co , Portland, Maine. j)22 j

NATIONAL Baking Powder! THE PUREST AND BEST t.r THE $500.00 IVill be paid tor any Alum, Terra Alba,or other impurities teand in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLD ONLYUy J. WELFLEY. Decatur, Indiana. NATIONAL BAKJNG POWDER CO., MARION, OHIO. March 17, 1881. 50m3 L G. FELLERS, CONTRACTOR AKO BUILDER, And Dealer in Bnilflw Stone, Brick, Masonry, &c., And Proprietor of THE DECATLH Steam Pressed Brick AND TILE WORKS. I wonld respectfully Inform the citisens of Adams and adjoining counties that I have locate! a Steam Pressed Urick and Tile H’orks in Decatur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Bri.k an l Tile, and will he prepared by the 15th of May, and fr.m that time on, to furnish parties i Building: Ur ick, Sidewalk ttrfck. Sewer Brick and Tile of every desired caliber by the rod, at very low prices. Call at the Yard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone and brick work will receive prompt attention. March 3, 1881. 48m6 GEO. WOODS & CO.’S Organs! Une«aaHed far QUALITY Os TONE, Itcautifitl IRtibieal Effbcts! Strength and Durabiliy ! BEAUTY OF DESIG.Y ! They will outlast all common, cheap Organs, while thtir musical and mechanical qualities commend them to all who wish a strictly high grade instrument. Agents Wanted in this Vicinity. Address, GEO. WOODS CO., C'ambrldgcporl, Jtlass. CITY MEAT MARKET. C.WEIBLER, Proprietor. In Luckey’s building, Numbers block. FRESH MEATS of all kinds always on hand, —:o - — SHOP Neat and Clean. •®“Give me a call. C. VVeibler. Decatur, Deo., 3,’80. Gmn3s. 1 Pengelly’s Woman’s Friend for RlaidPii, Wife and Alolber. 1 1 In a test of nine years in thirty dif- ’! fcrent States, has proved itself rightly . named. ; It needs no Balderdash and Puffery, . but only a plain introduction into a community, and always after it lives ■ and grows through the good words oi 1 those who use it. It is a remedy for those complaints (no mention needed), , peculiar to women, young or old. Doiwin & Ilolthouse agents.

GONE AWAY, I will not think of thee as cold and dead, Low-lying in the grave that I can sec, I would not stand beside when life bad fled And loft thy body only, there forme. I never saw thee with thy pale arms crossed On that unbeating heart that was mine own; They only told me all that I had lost When from thy breast thy lovely soul had flown. Thou wert not that I and so I turned away, And left the house when other mourners stayed, Nor did I come on that unhappy day When in the tomb that dreadful thing was laid; To me thou art not dead, but gone an hour Into another country fair and sweet, Where thou shalt by some undiscovered power Be kept in youth and beauty till we meet. Thus I can feel that any given day I could rejoin thee, gone awhile before To foreign elimes to pass dull weeks away By wandering on the broad Atlantic shore; Where each long wave that breaks upon the sand Bears thee a message from me waiting here, And every breath spring breathes across the land Seems as a sign that thou art lingering near. So I will think of thee as living there, And I will keep thy grave in sweetest bloom As if thou gavest a garden to niy care ’Ere thou departed from our English gloom. Then when my day is done, and I too die, "Twill be as if I journeyed to thy side; And when all quiet we together lie, We shall not know that wehaveever died. A W IRREHKJSCKSCE. Raking a Bed For Mr. Lincoln--4 Scene the Great I’reshlent Enjoyed--lngeniiity of “Old Abe** in Lengthening It When lie Found It Was Too Short. Wc were at Harrison's Landing after the seven days fight, and, as may be fait pretty badly. True, the final and bloody repulse of the rebels at Malvern Hill had cheered us up somewhat, but it was plain to enlisted men, as well as officers, that the occupation of Richmond would have to be deferred for a long time. It was during our first week's occupation of this prehistoric spot that I enjoyed the first and only opportunity I ever had of seeing President Lincoln, who visited the army shortly after its arrival in order to ascertain its exact condition and decide upon its future movements. As the writer of this was the orderly of Major-General Sumner, whose guest the President was during his brief stay, he had more than ordinarily good advantages for observing his peculiarities, which, it is useless to say, he improved to the utmost. What first impressed me about President Lincoln was the excessive awkwardness of his figure, and the fact that his clothes didn’t seem to fit him. Tall gaunt and ungainly, he certainly look- > cd like a rail splitter in his Sunday suit,; or an undertaker temporarily out of ; business. This latter resemblance was intensified by the melancholy character of his features and the coat, vest and trousers of funeral black in which he was habitually attired. The ex- ; .-ession of his face was an odd mingling of shrewdness, sagacity and native kinkness ; and, dispite its sadness, there continually lurked about the corners of his mouth gleams of quaint humor of which none of his pictures give the slightest indication. Mr. Lincoln wore what was commonly called a plug hat, and although it may* have only been of conventional length, it appeared to me extraordinarily tall. Although it may well be doubted if any other species of hat would have become him, I remember thinking at the time that the stovepipe added greatly to the oddness and grotesquerie of his appearance. The troops were to be reviewed on the day of his arrival, and I remember the General was very much perplexed as to the President’s mount, and finally consulted him as to the kind of charger he would prever. I remember his answer as plainly as if it were only yesterday. ‘‘General, ' said he. “any kind of a quiet beast will do. I don t think I ' was cut out for a cavalryman, and I’m . afraid a high-spirited war-steed might ! prove a little too much for me." In the General s stud was a little sorrel mare called Bonnie, the soul of gentleness and good temper, and he at once proposed her for Mr. Lincoln s use. “All right," said the President; “I guess the marc will suit me to a T; besides, among horses, that sex is he most easiest to manage. This remark,

however,” he added, with a sly twiukle in his eye, “does not hold good of humanity.” When Mr. Lincoln was mounted on Bonnie his appearance was more peculiar than ever. The little mare was not more than fourteen hands high, and so great was the length of the President's legs that once fairly settled in his saddle his feet nearly touched the ground. As he ruefully remarked, glancing at his extremities, “if I was two inches longer, I think I’d get off and walk. Mounted by his side on a splendid stallion, prancing and rearing, and surrounded by a brilliant staff, General Sumner looked like a veritable cavalier of old, while the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, by comparison, had the appearance of some quiet country parson who, in ambling to morning service, had fallen among military men by mistake. However, the enthusiasm of the men for the plain-looking civilian was tremendous, and the Pres’dcnt was much pleased with the review. Particularly was he delighted with the spirit of the troops, which was evidently much better than he had expected. As he rode back he said to the General, gleefully, “The boys seem as if they were willing to go in again tomorrow," a sentiment to which that officer assented. After our return to camp the President dined heartily, and toward evening went away to visit some other Generals. It was about eight o'clock and getting dark when General Sumner ordered me to send his colored servant to him. This was a sprightly contraband, whom the men had christened Stonewall Jackson, but on the present occasion Stonewall had belied the promptness of bis namesake and was not forthcoming. As it turned out afterward, he had been attracted by the playing of the bands of some Now York regiments about a quarter of a mile on our right, and of course could not leave while a horn was blowing. I saw the General was getting anxious, and finally he spoke : •‘Davis,” said he, “do you know how to make a bed ?” I confessed that my experience in that line was somewhat limited. “So is mine," said he, “but something must be done. I am expecting the President every moment, and he retires early. As that black rascal hasn’t turned up I suppose we must try and prepare his bed ourselves.” The General had surrendered his own cot for the use of the President, and we at once proceeded to arrange it as best we could. We had hardly gotten fairly under way when in walked Mr. Lincoln. “Hello, Sumner,” said he, “making your bed? This is the first time I knew that corps commanders acted as their own chambermaids.” The General replied in the same vein, telling him that the cot was for him, and explaining the circumstances under which we had felt obliged to do the work of the direlect Stonewall. “All right,” said the President, goodhumoredly, as he took his seat on the camp-stool in the corner; “go ahead, ! don’t mind me ; I'll merely watch you I and take the lesson, so that if you ev- | er come to the White House I shall Le able to reciprocate, should it be necessary.” We were getting along nicely and had nearly finished when suddenly an idea seemed to strike the General. . He glanced furtively Out of the corner | of his eye at the President and then at. the cot. After repeating the operation I several times 1 perceived his meaning. The awful fact Lad dawned upon him that there was a marked discrepancy in the length of the sot and the person . who was to occupy it. In vain did we rearrange the blank- . ets and fiddle-faddle with the pillows—- . the result remained the same. The man was unmistakably longer than the p bed. Mr. Lincoln had been watching us . closely and enjoying the scene intenely. ; At length he seemed to take pity on 1 the General’s perplexity and spoke. r “What's the matter” said he as a j quizical smile played over his features, . ‘any thing wrong with the bed ?” f “I’m afraid,” said the General, as lie r wpied the perspiration from his brow, y “I'm afraid,” it’s a little short.” “Or lin a little long," chuckled the [i President; “but can tyou fix it nowaj [ “I really d- n't see how, returned I i the General, despondently. Il’s very t “annoying.” “Well 11l show you,” said Mr. Lin- . coin, good-humoredly, as springing up | he seized two camp stools and placed < > them at the foot of the cot. “There,' s that will give the necessary sis or eight inches. Just spread the blankets over [ them and it wi'l be all right.” We did so, and the General radiant s with delight, congratulated Mr. Lincoln :, upon las ingenuity.

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“Oh,” said the President, modestly, “it's an old trick of mine. When I was a country lawyer, traveling on the circuit in Illinois twenty years ago. or more, the beds were uncommonly short, and had to be pieced out with whatever was handiest. When Douglas and I stumped the State together I had to do the same thing at least half a dozen times. He (Douglass) was never tired of making fun of it, and told me that whenever I left home I ought to take my bed along with me, and,” continued the President, musingly, “I rather ; think he was right.” On the following night Mr. Lincoln 1 was not obliged to use the eamp stools, as we managed to procure a longer cot for him ; and, doubtless, the whole affair soon passed out of his memory, but for my own part I shall always retain the liveliest recollection of my ex perience in Presidential bed-making.— “An Eye-Witness” in Boston Times. Fighting a stallion. A mad stallion is the latest Dubuque sensation. A Mr. Langworthy and his son, while out sleighing, were attacked , by the vicious beast, which followed I them, and it was all the men could do , to keep him from jumping into the | cutter. The son kept him off as best he could, by striking him in the eyes with his hat, while Mr. Langworthy drove as fast as possible. Coming to a road leading to a residence, Mr. Langworthy saw that he was getting into a rough place, and so, while his son jumped from the cutter and tried to find a piece of fence board to drive off their assailant, the old gentleman turned his horse around, intending to try to get into a straight piece of road. In turning, the cutter was upset, and the horse started on a run, followed by the still furious black, which jumped over Mr. Langworthy while he lay on the ground. His shoulder was struck by the hoof of the animal and considerable bruised. The horse drawing the cutter started down the street, finally falling and breaking his leg. The stallion soon left off pursuit of his horse and turned back on the men, who, to escape him, had to climb the fence into a yard. They were urged to this by the keepers of the animal, who by this time had come on the scene, and who, seeing the savage temper of the brute, told Mr. Langworthy and his son to get over - the fence quick, as they were in danger. The four men were thus imprisoned some time until the mad creature trotted away down the street. Mr. Langworthy was obliged to kill his horse as- . ter it had broken its leg. The old gentleman says this was one of the most ; exciting adventures of his life, and firmly believes that had he or his son been alone they would have been killed. The frightful fury of the enraged horse as he camo at them, with his ears lying flat, his eyes blazing and jaws snapping together, was a sight never to be forgotten. He thinks himself extremely | fortunate in getting away as well as he did. A Jest Ending in Earnest. A romantic marriage took place here on Mardi-Gras. A young gentleman and young lady who were acquainted mot on the street and commenced bantering each other about marriage. He . offered himself in a jesting way, and j i the conversation was kept up until j they reached the young lady s ho me. . Neither had the slightest idea of getting married at the time, but Cupid was at | I work shooting arrows, and the discus- l I sion was resumed in the parlor. He I again offered himself, and dared him ■to marry him that day. She replied as she caught up her hat, "Lot us go. ! lie seized his hat and assented. They j visited the county clerk’s office, secured a license, and repaired to the residence of a clergyman, stating the ob- | ject of their visit. He asked if it was ■ a runaway match. The young man re- j blind, “Not exactly.” The clergyman wished to know if the young lady's paI rents had agreed to the marriage. The | young man said “No, but that he could | send for her mother.” It was done, I and the mother after objecting, was iui duced to say “Yes.” They were mari tied, and are now as happy as any of , those who married after long courtships, and more so, perhaps. May they live long and prosper. A Chat With Sal* ini. [Burlington Hawkeye.] On being introduced to the great tragedian I opened the conversation by • remarking, “Sig. Salvini, chiaros euro, ■ maccaroni, to which he courteously re- ■ sponded, “Sig. American-?, Aundante i stiletto.” I was delighted to hear it, i and replied, “Mezzo tinto, bittori, j Emannello vivo voce." Thdt seemed to please Salvini, and he replied, smilj ingly, “Pianissimo staccato mio.” I i agreed with him, and said, “Bravo lazi zaroni piano.” He seemed to like the i idea very much, and declared quite ! earnestly, “Handano organo granderi--1 ■ no.” I then shook handsand withdrew, i I as I saw many of his friends waiting an I opportunity to speak to him.

Teticliing a Prosession. BY A. F. 3IMP9OJT. There is a vast difference between the occupation of a school room by the professional teacher and its occupation by one who “keeps school.” He who follows teaching as a profession feels a strong, deep-seated, personal interest in the advacement of his scholars. He looks far out over their heads into that sea of life from the shore of which they are but just embarking. His interest in education is not bounded by the price of a town lot, or a dry grocery. The true iilstincts of paternity swell in his breast. He is a student of method. He is a disciplinarian from conviction. If the term closes and he has made no improvement in his course of instruction he considers something lost. Teachers, have you all adopted teaching as a profession ? Ido not nay that we will take it for granted that you have, for I know better. I know that many of you are going on year after I year, teaching school while you are use | ing the school desk as a step-ladder to j some other occupation. Some of you see over yonder a quarter section cf land that you wish to own. You thin', that the quickest way the purchasmoney can reach you is through th township trustee’s hands. Others of you have in view a little cottage under yon shady nook to which you wish to conduct another unprofessional teacher (who at this moment may be drawing State money in order to buy herself new dress preparatory to taking t> ■ journey to that self-same little cottage). I To such of you as are so teaching I [ only say if you can satisfy your patron : do your whole duty to yourselves, render full justice to your pupils, why. indeed, 1 think your conscience is never very likely to hurt you in other matters. To those who are teaching from love of the profession, to the professional teachers, (profesional in the full meaning of the word,) I wish to present a few thoughts. I shall embody those thoughts under the following heads: 1. Success and Failure. 2. Good and Bad Luck. 3. Choice of a Profession. 4. Oneness of Aim. 5. Self-Reliance. G. Decision. 7. Manner. 8. The Will and the Way. 9. True and False Success. First as to “success and failure Our youths arc hardly out of short dresses before they are taught to look with scorn upon their position in life, if they have been placed in humble places. They are made to believe that they each can become great—a Herschel, a Stevenson, an Astor, an Angelo. One would think were he to listen Io these false teachers th.it we all atbi- Ci were Shakespeares and Bacons, and if we only labor long enough, after receiving a proper education, we, too, may astonish the world by our knowledge. If wo will study long enough — Ah 1 that if, that terrific if! “If my aunt had been a man she would have been my uncle.” What a man dues is the real test of what he is. The power to labor, to hold on, to continue in em. course is greatly a gilt of nature. You tell the child to icor/r and he will att n the great height on which he has fastened his mind’s eye. I tell you if the , power to work was not born in him lie cannot continue the labor long enough to insure success. Napoleon could «r: twenty hours out of the twenty-f ir. His knowledge was well nighuni.trsal. Scott could labor eighteen oat of twenty-four hours. His work was ei rmous. Herschel could work tin. . - fourths of twenty-four hours, and his i labor was immense. Could you, fellowi teacher, labor so? Could you, as id Napoleon, ride ninety miles on hor.-.e---i back, dictate a decree of state, is io i separate orders to a Score of generals, i directing the particular movement of two hundred thousand soldiers, draw up a plan of battle, indite a course of study for a female seminary, and write a love letter to your wife a.l in twenty-four hours? If so, you can beI come a Napoleon, or as great as he. Beware! Never raise false h< If your scholar has not the will power to study he can become only one < : us. I Direct then his attention to ordinary - pursuits, lest the discouragement attending partial failure may but pave the way to other and more serious fail ures iu life. “Good and bad luck —is there such a thing? Men laugh at the word i "luck.” They eall it an old woman's ' word. M aybe it is, but don’t you think I old women are rather a sensible commodity? In this respect they ar . It cannot be denied that in every man’s life there is an element of chance, but is there any word so horribly misused as the word luck? If anything bad comes to us we say it is our luck. We always have had bad luck. If good j comes we forget luck and claim al! : the credit as due our own exertions, our own management. Luck gets all i of the bad. and but little of the good in life. However man is, to a great i extent, the creature of opport <■ The error too freqcntly committ <1 is I this: we fail to seise the oppor.Ruity—to take advantage of the clmucc of. ;• _ ,j to us. This m greatly a lack in e oration. Teachers, prepare your sob dar., for practical life—life as it is fo.-nd. - • Teach them to embrace opportunities n ! offered to them, and that success deI [cONTI.VUEP ox FOVllTli FAUE I