Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1881 — Page 1

the:decatur democrat. Official Paper of Adams County. Williams, Proprietor, Terms: One Dollar am Fifty Cents I’eii Year, I ’ J. T. BAILEY, ATT’Y AT LAW £ J. P., DECATUB, INDIANA. IFill Practice in Adams and adjoining Counties. Collections a specialty. v24u29tf S. I*. Stevens. D. 9 Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT MILLS, IND. Office in Gepheart’s building, where he will he found when not professionally enfnged. aprlGt. ~ A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in Houston’s Block, up-stairs. Will attend to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4th house east of Hart s Mill. 25jy79tf R B. Allison, Prea’t. W. If. Niblick,Cashier. I). Studabakeh, Vice Proe'i. THEADAMS COUNTYBANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf P. C. SIIACKLEY~ House, Sign, an] Carriage Painter. And Pdper Hanger. Graining, Calsomining, Whitewashing, etc. Prices to suit the times. Sixteen years in Adams county. Give me a call an l save money. Shop on southeast, corner of Jefferson and Second streets. Decatur, Ind., Aug. 5, 1879. Baug79 I PETERSON & HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are No Uries Public and draw deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on reasonable terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. O. 0. F. building. 25jy79tf E Great chance to make monWe neck a person in every town to take subscriptions for the largest, cheapest and best illustrated family publication in the world. Any one can become a successful agent. Six elegant works of art given free t o subscribers. The price is so low that almost everybody subscribes. One agent reports taking 120 subscribers in a day. A lady reports making over S2OO clear profit in ten doys. All who engage make money fast. You can devote all your time to the business, or only your epare time. You noed not be away from home over night. Con can do it as well as others Full directions and terms free. Elegant and expensive outfit free. If you want \ profitable work send us your address at once. It costs nothing to try the business* No one who engages fails to make great paj* Address George Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 22jy ./i Wondcr/vt Discovery. 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, and all chronic or lingering diseases cf the throat and lungs, Dr. King's New Discovery h«8 no equal and has established for itself a world-wide reputat’on. Many leading 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 complimented it in the most glowing terms. Go to your druggist and get a trial hottie for ten cfs., or a regular size for sl. For sale by Dorwin & Hullhouse. Stop That Cough. If you are suffering with a cough, cold asthma, bronchitis, bay 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 the great 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 covery have been used within the last yeir, and have given perfect patisfac’ion in every instance. We can unhesitatingly say that this is really the only sure cure for throat and lung affections, and can cheerfully recommend it to all. Call and get a trial bottle for ten cents or a regular size forsl. DORWIN & HOLTHOUSE, Decatur. Ind. 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 AXB MAKE OR CUT AAD FIT 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 ths only one in the city so doing. Having several years practical experience I guarantee aatitfaction in each and every instance, and I cordially solicit a share of your patronage. CHARGES REASONABLE Strop Street, over renter & Holttiouse’s Shoe Store. MRS. K. E. FRISTOB April 2, 1880. j Given I p by the Dintin'. Where doctors have failed to cure, j and have given their patients up to die, ' Eclectric Bitters have often been used, | and a cure effected, greatly to the as- 1 tonishment of all. Diseases of the ; Stomach, liver. Kidney, and I rinary • Org 1 its are positively cured by Elec- ( tri< Bitters. They invariably cure eon | Btipation. 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Decatur Democrat.

VOL. 25.

TTxi cl c i't ctls-ixig. HISKEY & BROADBECK, ®Siii UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public generally to a large and comblete line cf BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to the fact that they are using the Mi ANTI SEPTIC FLUID, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the flesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A fine line of SHROUDS Are also kept on hand. In addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and most complete stock of FDBmm Ever offered to the people of Adams County. Dot’t purchase one dollar s worth of Furniture before examining their stock and prices. HISKEY & BROADBECK. i Decatur, Ind., Sept. 9, 'BO ly. fHE BLADE PRINTING AND PAPER CO. Meet all competition, both as to Quality and Prices, in supplying BLANK lUiOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY At Wholesale. 154 SI, Clair St, TOLEDO,- 0, FebruarylO, 1881. —45m3 Cray’s Specific Tledicine. TRADE MARK The Great TRADE MARK J s —>. English Remepy an unfailSaJ iug cure for jjj remin al weak S ness, Spermatorrhea Jmpo* tency,Jand all BsfCßt TAKIKB.‘ !iseaseß ,I,a *fTER TAKI3G. tonvw as a consequence ot 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 Insani' y, Consumption and a premature grave. pTyFull particular- 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 pack ages for So, or will be sent free by mail on receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 106 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. ”For sale by Dorwin & Holthouse. HEALTH IS WEALTH! Dr. E. C. West’s Nekve and brain Treatment: a specific forllysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervoui Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Sp. rmatorrhoea, Impotency,.lnAolatitary Emissions, self abuse, or over-indtilgAice. which leads to misery, decay and deatk One box will cure recent cases. Each bqt contains one month's treatment. One Liar a box, or six boxes for five dollars; sqjt by mail prepaid on receipt of price. WV guarantee six boxes to cure any case Willleach order reI ceived by us for six boxes accompanied with five dollars, we will scrip the purchaser our written guarantee to qturn the money if the treatment does not Itfect a cure. Guarantees issued only whel treatment, is ordered direef from us. Addfcss or call on Dorwin & Ilolthouse Drugits Decatur Ind. I 6ms. Farm For Sat? The undersigned wishes tv sell his j farm in Root township. There ars 40 i acres, 30 acres cleaned, good lu in house and barn, two wells of exccllVit water, good orchard and good land Price, : SSO per acre —one-half cash ind balancc in four years. For further partic- | ulars inquire of Dr. T. T. Dkwin, of I Decatur, or address the ownerfit Fort ; Wayne, Ind. Christian fix, 47 m 3 ( Hvner. BucJrlcn’s Arnica Salve. Salve in the world for Cuts, Vfuises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhe' a. Tetter, Chapped Hands, I ; Cijdh’niiis. Corns, anti all kinds of ' skirt Eruptions. This salve is guar-1 I a/eed to give perfect satisfaction tn LX’cry case or money refunded Price ■25 cents per box. For sale by Dorwin <fc UolthocsE.

’rectal diseases a specialty BY DR. A. B. JAMISON, Who is permanently located at Decatur. Satistinction Guaranteed! FILES-NO CURE, NO PAY! Os the many cases I am now treating and have examined I find it a common notion of the sufferers “that they have the Piles.” They write, send or ask for medicine for the Piles. You can not tell, nor could I, if I did not make an examintion. You would just as likely be right to call all trouble of the Rectum Cancer as to call it the you have a sore throat you desire to know what kind—Dipt heria, Tonsillitis; if fever! —Bilious, Lung, Brain, Typhoid, etc., then I you have an idea of the danger. Then 1 why call every trouble of the Rectum ■ Piles? Hundreds of young men and women and ! older persons go to their grave from Rec- i tai diseases—most likely Ulceration Jor ' Cancer—and the so-called Piles are not ; accused of murder. Never say you have the Piles unless some physician tells you so, or any other difficulty; and know how high—one, two or three inches—and how much surface diseased. One-half of the cases I am called on to examine or treat have no Piles at all, but a disease a thousand time worse. I find many troubled with Piles, Tabs and Ul- ' caRATiON 1 have yet to find a simple case ! of Piles without ulceration. Dr. Allingham says “Ulceration extend- 1 ing above the internal sphincter, and frequently situated entirely above that muscle, is not so very uncommon a disease; it inflicts great misery upon the patient, and, if neglected, leads to conditions quite incurable, and the patient dies of exhaustion unless extraordinary means are resorted I to. In the earliest, stages of the malady ' careful, rational and prolonged treatment is often successful and the patient is restored to health ; I wish 1 could say the same of the severe and long-standing cases. Ulceration of the rectum can only be mistaken for malignant diseases. * * As the earlior manifestations are fairly amenable to treatment, it is of the utmost importance that the disease should be recognized early.” 1 believe it to be malignant, and have cases that speak for themselves. If you | have any trouble come in time and find out your danger. Find outjhow much your head, memory, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, bladder, womb, back and legs are troubled from your diseased Rectum. I could name many persons that I am now treating who have some one or two organs deranged and have spent a great deal of money to no purpose, because it poes not reach the cause of trouble. I Guarantee the Cure of Piles. Should I fail, I will pay your Railroad and Hotel Bills, return every cent you have paid, and make you a present of One Hundred Dollars. Examination free to all. A. 8. JAMISON, M. D. Decatur, Ind., January 27, 1881. NATIONAL I Baking Powder I THE FVREST AM) BEST !.Y THE .lI.IRK.ET. SSOO.OO Will be paid for any Alum. Terra Alba,or other impurities I'oimd in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLDONLYbyJ.WELFLEY, JDccatiii-, Indiana. NATIONAL BAKING POWDER CO., MARION, OHIO. March 17, 1881. 6Cm3 I — L. C. FELLESIS, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, And Dealer in BuilGiiig Stone, Brick. Masonry, &c., And Proprietor of THE DECATUK Steam Pressed Brick AND TILE WORKS. I would respectfully inform the citizens I of Adams and adjoining counties that I i have located a Sltam Pressed Brick and Tile li'orks in Hccalur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Brick and Tile, and will be prepared by the 15th of May, and from that time on, to furnish parties Building Brick. Sldetcetlk Brick, Sewer Brick and Tile of every desired caliber by the red, at very low prices. Call at the lard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone nud brick wort will receive prqrapt attention. March 3, 1581. 48m6 j

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 21, 1881.

“REMEMBER THE ALAMO” An Ohl Soldier Who Fought at San Jacinto Tells the Story ot the Awful Slang-liter. [Louisville Courier Journal.] While the veterans of New Orleans, of Mexico, the lost cause and the restored Union are frequently heard of in annual reunions and the advancement of the claims upon the Government for bounty, there is another little band, who, though silent in the matter of compensation for their services, arc the survivors of a campaign that attracted the attention of the entire country. During the recent reunion in this city of the Veterans of the Mexican War two or three of these grey-haired men stood Dy and paid sii lent homage to the heroes of Buena I Vista and Saltillo, who should have j occupied prominent positions in the j parades and exercises. This little I squad, whose deeds of valor are so sel--1 dom heard of, are survivors of the j memorable struggle for Texan inde--1 pendence, which preceded the war between the United States and Mexico. They responded to the call of the infant Republic of Texas for assistance in throwing of the yoke of Mexican tyranny, and aided the band under General Sam Houston in routing the Mexcans under Santa zlnna on the bloody i but decisive field of San Jacinto on ' the 21st day of April, 1836. Mr. Samuel O. Fowler, who resides at No. I 300 Fourth avenue, this city, was a member of the band which left Kentuckey to aid the Texans, and heard General Houston's address to the Army on the banks of the San Jacinto River on that eventful day. The State of | Texas has never forgotten the brave | men who defended her, and as a moveI ment is on foot now in the Legislature of that State to provide for the veterans in their old age, a Courier-Journal reporter conveyed the news to Mr. Fowler and learned some interesting reminiscences. The State of Texas is discussing a proposition to present each of the survivors of that struggle with a magnificent grazing farm, and in regard to that Mr. Fowler said : “I received a letter from an old comrade out in the interior of the State asking for information on that subject, and I wrote to a lawyer in Austin about it, but he did not think the effort would amount to anything.” The reporter handed him the clipping from the proceedings of the Texas Legislature of Febuary 28, which read as follows: “Mr. Lightfoot called up Senate bill No. 121, giving 1,280 acres of land to each of the survivors of the Texas Revolution and signers of the declare' ticn of Texas independence and widows of the same. A substitute not materially changing the bill waa adopted and the bill passed.” After reading it Mr. Fowler slid : “That has the ring of true Texas gratitude. Her liberality is as boundless as her plains, and she manifests it with a frequency seldom praticed by Republics. On one occasion she gave ns 640 acres of bounty land, and on another she donated 1,476 acres as a head-right, and in 1875 she gave us SI,OOO each, and it seems that she feels indebted to the soldiers who drove the ‘greasers’ from her soil.” “Where did you enlist under the ‘Lone Star banner? "asked the reporter. “In Owensboro, Ky.,” he replied, i “When I was nineteen years old my father sent me from Fredricktown, in Nelson county, to Owensboro to study I medicine, and in the early part of 1834 Captain Holmes, of that place, opened i a recruiting office for the Texan army, and I caught the contagion and enlisted. Captain Holmes raised a Company in Daviees County, and enlistments from other parts of the State swelled the number to 500. “Colonel Charles L. Harrison, who I died about three years ago, a few miles from the city, was in command of the Kentuckey recruits and chartered a steamboat to transport us to New Orleans. When we reached the city we were regarded as filibusters, and a man who claimed that the Captain of the ' the boat was indebted to him took out an attachment against the boat and placed it in the hands of the United States Marshal to be served. The j Marshal jumped aboard just as we were ' pushing out from the wharf, and commanded the Captain to surrender, i but we laughed at him awhile and then j told him he was our prisoner. We i I took him with us to Natchitoches, on Red River, where we disembarked and ; left him in charge of the boat. lie was very mad at first, but he cooled down after awhile, and became so agreeable that we became very much attached to him. From Ntachitoehes we started on foot to join General Houston’s army. We found it encamped on the Gulf, near the eastern boundcry of Texas. Soon after reaching camp General Houston heard of Santa Anna's advance and began to retreat northward. The Mexicans outnumbered the Texans about four to one, and General Houston determined to draw Santa Anna as far into the interior as possible before risking an engagement, and it was whispered around that a little grapevine diplomacy was being conducted between President Jackson at Washington City and General Gaines at Fort Jessup. It was stated by our officers and believed by our men that the Secretary of War had given General Gaines permission to furlough his garrison for forty days, it being understood that the men were to spend the time as guests of General I Houston and it was believed that Gen- ( I oral Houston was falling back in order | I to let them join him before offering: I battle. This and many other reasons I were given for our continued retreat in , order to keep down dissatisfaction in , the army, but there was great complaint and the men began to speak very disparagingly of General Houston. The retreat had been continued about ten days, when the army halted on San

’ Jacinto River. Santa Anna was endeavoring to outflank us and prevent [ us from forming a junction with Gens eral Gaines’ furloughed soldiers, and when our army halted the Mexicans crossed the river just a few miles below us. General Houston, who was well acquainted with the country, saw that ’ he had Santa Anna at a disadvantage. .. After crossing the river the Mexican ‘ i army camped on a point formed by the (junction of a bayou and the San Ja- , | cinto River, and General Houston de- ’ termined to cross and march down on them. By the time we got across heavy rains set in, and the river ran very high, which increased the danger ’ of Santa Anna’s position. General Houston got everything ready, and on , the morning of April 21, 1836, he marched his Army out on the plains, and t issued ai address to the men. He said ; they would retreat no further, but ‘ would face about, and, with the battlecry, •Remember the Alamo,’ drive the Mexicans into the river and make buzzard bait out of them. It was understood that we were to take no prisoners ; we w’ere to ask no quarter and grant none. We marched down on the Mexicans, and in a short time the fight became general across the strip of land lying between the river and the bayou. Santa Anna’s superior numbers availed him nothing, as he had no ground on which to execute a flank movement, and he could do nothing but make a square fight. It was but a short time until the Mexicans began to see that the Texans were determined to strike a decisive blow, and by noon the fight became a hand-to-hand j conflict. The Mexicans began to cry . for quarter but they received none. ■ Hundreds of them were brained with gun-barrels by the Texans. When they found no quarter would be given them Santa Anna could control them no longer, and attempted to retreat I across the bayou, the river being too deep to attempt its passage. Ina few j minutes the retreat became the most ' complete route that was ever witnessed. Theie was but little water in the bayou, but there was no bottom to the mud, and when the Mexican cavalry started in the horses mired and went down, carrying their riders with them. “But the fate of those in front did not deter the rest of the Army from ’ attempting to cross, and they continued to wade in until the entire bayou was one seething mass of humanity, and hundreds of men and horses perished ! in the mud, and served as stepping stones for others to walk on until they too went down. Finding that a retreat would be as disastrous as a surrender to the Texans, whose shouts of 'Remember the zklamo’ filled the air, San- , ta Anna retreated further down the . point, when night put a stop to the ’ conflict. The next day he was found and’ conveyed to General Houston’s presence. General Houston had been shot in the ankle, and was lying in his tent suffering great pain when Santa zknna was taken before him. zlftcr a brief parley between Generals, Hous- ! ton, Santa Anna and the interpreter, ( General Houston issued orders that . the Mexicans would be permitted to surrender, and those who were able were marched up into the center of ’ the Texan camp, when wo proceeded to ' tie them with bark gathered from the trees on the river bank. , “The enthusiasm of the Texans after they ha I secured the Mexicans knew no bounds. Santa Anna was taken and carried all over the camp and ! exibited to every Company amid the , greatest.excitement. In a few days ; Santa Anna was sent to Galveston, i where he was confined in the fort. ! About two weeks after the battle I ! I went down to where the Mexicans had . j tried to cross the bayou, and I saw the . j most horrable sight that I ever wit- ! nossed in my life. The place seemed I filled with men and horses, many of ( j them having died with their heads ( sticking out of the mud." After peace was declared those who wanted to return to Kentucky were furnished with transportation to New j Orleans, and reached home by steam- I boat. As no company records were preserved, Mr. Fowler was unable to remember the names of those who | were in Kentuckey when the last | i bounty was paid them. Colonel Har- ; rison was alire at that time, and aided | I the men in transmitting evidence of j i service, but a great- many were unable ( ! to give satisfactory evidence, and oth- : I ers did not hear of the bounty until i ; they were barred by limitation. Col- I j onel Harrison identified a number of . ! men by having them narrate some rem- i I iniscences of the campaign. No rec-1 ords arc preserved by which their identity can be established. a l iisrrsiag OEice Seeker. A stalwart senator, during the last administration, tried in vain to get a place for a young client of his named Blank, and, after a failure in every other department, suddenly called on Sec retary Schurz and said: “Mr. Secretary, I understand that a young man named Blank from my state has ap- ' j plied for a clerkship in your depart- . ment. I have called to enter my pro- | I test against giving him a position, as I j I undeastand that he has boasted about ( : town that he intended to get a place I without my aid ; that civil service rules : ! would be in his favor, etc.” Sehurzs at j : \ once dispatched a messenger to find • the young man, and straightway made • .a place for him, and complimenting' ' him highly on his independence and J moral courage as shown in putting j machine politicians at defiance. The Providence P>\ss says. “It , i j would seem as if two or more United t I States Senators might be found who do ; j not think that the whole political fu- i ' ture of this Nation hangs in the balance < I upon the election of two such office- 1 i seekers as Forharn and Riddlcberger, t ' and who have backbone enough to take j I the President's advice and pat an end !to the farce, at least until the public 1 ' business has b«en attends! to.” j 1

FIGIS 4WO Fl A. An Tllnois school mistress declined to marry her lover because she wanted to elope and had no parents to elope from. A western editor, speaking of a concert singer, says that her voice is delicious—pure as moonlight, and tender as an old shirt. A man who has a debt hanging over him is a slave. No man is wholly free unless he can show a receipt in full for his indebtedness. If a cobler is guilty of the crime of marrying two wives it has been decided by the highest authority that he must stick to his last. The Irishman is somewhat Shakesperean in his bibulous philosophy. As for brandy, “nothing extenuate,” and as for water, “put naught in malice.” There are men in the world who never make use of their opportunities. They coulden’t weigh the chances in sucJess if they had as many scales as a fish. “My darling,” he intensely whispers' vainly attempting to seize her hand, "do you know that I love you madly 1” “Oh, yes,” she said; “almost any fool could tell that.” It is well to talk poetically of the slender thread of fate, but the truth is, that a man’s fate generally depends on the number of hours of honest work he puts into every day. A large amount of money entails I great anxiety and care, but many of us would like 'to be very anxious for awhile just to see how it feels to have money to take care of. The new science is sometimes very satisfactory. It tells us, for instance, that heat expands and cold contracts and that that is one reason why the days are long in summer and short in winter. “Do you pay for poetry?” asks a young lady in Ohio. We do. If written on white paper, we pay a cent a pound. Most papers do not pay for poetry, but we want to encourage genius in a substantial manner. poor old rheumatic lady said to her physcian : “Oh ! doctor, doctor. I suffer so much with my hands and feet!” “Be patient, dear madam,” he soothingly responded, “you’d suffer a great deal more without them." Every traveler can sympathise with the tourist who wrote home that in the south of Germany he got on very well because he could speak broken German, but in the North he coulden’t get on at all, because the language was so hard it woulden't break. foi.vters The Chicago Tribune continues to pour shot into the recently suecessful Democratic candidate for Mayor of that city, as if the battle was still on. It dies hard this year. The Boston Post says; “Little Mahonc is now called the “Virginia creeper,” but as we remember rightly that is the vine that always shows a proneness to go up the spout.” The Boston Herald says : “It must be confessed that the debate in the Senate affords little proof of the sincerity of the Republican wish to put i an end to political entity known as the Solid South.” The Peioria Transcript, a Republi can paper of the gushing school, rapturously exclaims : “We admire Mr. Mahone sincerely.” What does the Transcript think of Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot ? They were on the re-adjusting lay for brief periods of their lives. The Republican of Springfield, Mass., is talking “right out in meetin.” It says : “Day by day, the administration sinks in public esteem. The more its acts are turned over, the less they are liked. The nomination of Stanley Matthews, the selection of W. E. Chandler, the removal of Merritt—there is no defense for these things. They carry their own condemnation and sink by their own weight. They are not like Grant’s worst acts—fragrant outrages on public decency; but the tide has risen since Grant went out and it will rise while Garfield is in. whether he helps or hinders. 11 is administration will probably win in its fight with Conkling, however it may fail in placing Stanley Matthews on the bench or forcing Chandler on MacVeagh, but there is danger that some of these results will be won at a hopeless loss of moral position.” Popycock. [lndianapolis Sentinel j Many of the more sensible Democrats are in favor of abandoning what is known as the Democratic party under whose banner they have year after I year marched to disastrous defeat. They can see no ase or good reason for holding on to an organization which can not gain a victory, or bring emoluments or plunder to its adherents.— Fort Jfiryne Gazette. When it is remembered that Hancock received several thousand more j votes than Garfield, when it is rememi bered that there is scarcely a State in the Union where the Republican party is in the majority, when it is remembered that the Republicans had to bargain with a repudiator to organize the Senate, when it is remembered that Conkling and Garfield and Blaine are engagedin a triangular cut-throat fight, and that the Indiana bosses are howling mad for swag, the stale popycock of the Gazette is easily appreciated. It had better try to assuage the grief of the Indiana bosses. Our word for it, if you will try Bine-1 hart’s Worm Lozenges you will find them better than all others. 3—2 w.! i

NO. 3.

FARM * A RHOME. Farm Rakings. ' Feeding.—Poor and scanty feed 3 makes lean cattle, poor manure and short crops. Planting Corn.—A farmer thinks that better corn and long ears can be r raised by planting four-feet rows and two-feet hills than any other way. Oyster-Shells for Fowls.—Supply ’ your fowls with plenty of pounded oys-ter-shells in winter. In summer, if not confined, they can find their own ' shell-making material; but when everything is frozen they must be helped i out if you want eggs. Are Chufas Profitable?—“S. W.” ■ makes the above inquiry. If you are i going to dig and harvest the crop, certainly not. The only’ way in which chufas may be turned to account is to turn in a drove of hogs, who will dig them without any labor on your part and will fatten on them without any other food.—Abie York Herald. Sitting liens.—Do not neglect to sprinkle sulphur over the eggs before setting a hen. If the hen is at all infested rub her well with lard and sulphur. When you see the lice walking over the eggs of a hatching hen you may make up your mind that the brood will not be worth much unless you can get nd of the pests before the chickens are hatched. Turkeys on the Farm.—The best way to keep turkeys from straying away from home is to keep the hens until they are 3 or 4 years old. The old ones are more apt to return home at night. The gentleman who vouches for the above says he was induced to raise turkeys because of the ravages of grasshoppers on his farm. He says a good, large flock of turkeys will effectually rid a farm of hoppers and many other insects.— Farmers Home Journal. The Tobacco Worm.—A gentleman who has had long experience in raising tobacco gives the following account of his manner of keeping rid of the worms which make such inroads upon the growing plants. He says that he has a number of artificial jimson flowers made of tin, and stuck upon poles in different parts of the tobacco fields. He baits the flowers with sugar and arsenic, and the tobacco fly will eat it and fail dead dose by. He says a few of those doses saves the labor of two hands in an ordinary crop. Good Farming.—“My idea of good farming,” says a writer in the American Rural Home, “is deep plowing, thorough cultivation, a judicious rota- ! tion of crops, plenty of clover and sowed corn, with stock enough to eat all the fodder and coarse grain raised on the farm. Manure made of straw alone is not very valuable, but, with i the addition of corn meal, bran and ! oats, it will make the crops grow. I ; do not design to sell any grain from . ' my farm but wheat and beans until it is fed to stock and made into meat. I i prefer to buy bran by the ton, thus enriching the manure pile and giving in creased fertility to our fields.” Essex Pigs.—The Farmers Review : ' tells its readers that “the improved Es- ' ; sex is one of the best of the smaller breeds of swine” but that the breed i has never been a general favorite, ex- I cept for crossing and improving coarser 1 breeds. “They are entirely black, with shortish face, small erect ears, body of | good length, hams usually very .good, ! the coating of hair usually very thin. : ' They mature early, fatten easily, and have a large proportion of fat meat; are quiet in disposition, not especially prolific.” The Suffolk resembles the Es- I sex in a number of respects, but is 1 purely white in color. Early maturi- i ' ty, unusual read’ness to fatten at al- | ' most any age, a quiet disposition, a : well-formed carcass are points all con- 1 ceeded to the Suffolks, and it is also 1 to be admitted that a cross between this < breed and any of the larger and coars- . I er breeds will often produce pigs which ' 1 are scarcely to be improved.” Potatoes.—A Kansas farmer says he ( raised some of the finest peach-blow ' j potatoes he ever saw in the following manner: In the latter part of May I> drove my two horses and plough to the ; j patch of ground. I wished to plant . and commenced plowing around it. My , boy followed, dropping potatoes, one in ' > a place, every fifteen inches and in ev- | | ery other furrow. 1 turned a light | , ( furrow on them, and when done I covered the whole patch with straw to the depth of three inches. They needed no cultivation, and in August, when ! we were having our dry spell, and the ! potatoe vines in fields planted in the ! ordinary way were drying up and dying, I these potatoe tops of mine were growing vigorously, completely covering the ground. I shall plant again in this way, but, in the event of a wet season, ( I think the potatoes will be watery. , it will be a good plan to plant both .. ways. L Beet Sugar.—Sugar can be made e from juice of sugar beets by nearly the ] same process by which it is made from : 1. maple sap, by adding some lime to . v neutralizetha acidity and by filtering : g through powdered it bone-black. But< 3 the great question in reference to mak- i j> ing sugar from beets is one of profit, | n To make it profitable the most coo f, nominal methods must be employed I d from first to last, in choice of soil, ‘ y manures, preparation of soil, sowing. | e cultivating, harvesting, storing, grating n or rasping the roots, and the use of j o great pressure to press out the juice, i AfteV„--'aW possible juice is ex- I tracteg/t’ it must be evaporated ! v in the best way, probably in vac- 'I uni panS, and cleansed aud refined by > " the eertprifugal process, throwing it < from the pulp from rapidly-revolving i I machine, even and throwing off the •_ tuolastses by centrifugal force. All of : . this requires knowledge and capital, and eSn best, be done by large finan- j eial » It is a question I

whether sorghum will not prove so much more profitable than beets t;s to supplant them as material for sugar.— Exchange. .Sitting Bull and Low Dog once more offer to surrender. Lawrenee Barrett has written a life of Edwin Forrest, Col. Thomas Scott’s wealth is estimated at $30,000,000. The iron peddlers of Reading, Pa., are on a strike for $4.50 a ton. Thirteen steamers and ninety-two sailing vessels were lost during February. Gen. Gordon has sold a gold mine inJGeorgia for SIOO,OOO. Mary Anderson is a good catholic and retires from the stage during holy week. Moody and Sankey converted 1,500 San Franciscans in their four months of labor. e A man in the almhouse of Allentown, Pa., lias just waked from a 57 days’ continuous sleep. A $20,000 statue of Tyndale, the martyr and translator of the bible, is to be erected in E. gland. A Texas colored man recently gave the daughter of his former master a cheek for $1,009 as a wedding present. A subscription for the relief of John Brown's family has been opened in Boston. It is expected that the movement will become national. When General Hancock heard how President Garfield had lost 40 pounds of flesh in the White House, he said it made him sorry for the first time that he was not elected. Conkling says the president has placed him in a position where he must either commit murder or suicide, aud lie chooses the murder. The revised New Testament will have an appendix containing the American suggestions which the English committee declined to accept. Stic Saw a Few Belter. [Cleveland Leader] The public has long conceded that the power of the hotel clerk is superior to that of President. A new rival has sprung up in the railroad ticket agent as was demostrated at an lowa station a few weeks ago. “I want a ticket to B ,’’ said a wellknown lady of the town, just before train. ■ Twenty-four cents,” responded the agent, working bis sausage machine. She laid down a silver quarter. Being well acquainted and a practical joker, the agent drew from his pocket a glittering pants button, passed it over with the ticket and scoop.’d up the - quarter. •■ls this a legal tender ?" asked the lady quietly. •■() yes,” he answered, with mock gravity, “they are the mainstay of the Republic.” She pocketed it and got aboard, leaving the agent's face coruscating with smiles. A few days after lie told it to a brigade of runners buying tickets for B , and while he was enjoying the encore, the lady appeared with—- “ Ticket for B—, please.” “Twenty-four cents,” with a sly wink at the runners. He laid down the ticket. She scooped it and laid down twenty-four dazzling pants buttons, exactly like the first. ‘•Ton said they were legal tender. They go a long wav in supporting the family,” she chirped sweetly, as she bowed from the presence of more than President prerogative. Then he set ’em up to the brigade of enlightened runners. How a Beanlilsil Hymn Was Wi turn There is an interesting incident mentioned in the life of Charles Wesley, which led to the writing of one of bis sweet hymns : One day Mr. 'Wesley was sitting by an open window, looking out over the beautiful fields in summer time. Just then a hawk came sweeping down toward a little bird. The poor thing, very much frightened, was darting here and there, trying to find some place of refuge. Ln the bright, sunny air, in the leafy trees, or the green fields, there was no hiding place from the fierce grasp of the hawk. But, seeing the open window, and the man sitting by it, the bird flew in its terror toward it. and with a beating heart aul quivering wing found refuge in Mr. Wesley’s bosom. He sheltered it from the threatening danger, and saved it from a cruel death. Mr. Wesley was at the time suffering severe trials, and was feeling the need of a refuge in his own time of trouble as much as the trembling little bird did, that nestled in his bosom. So he took up his pen and wrote the hymn. “Jesus, Savior of my son', Let me io Thy bosom lly, While the waves oi trouble roll, M bile the issiprit still is high.” Rev. Mells. The following item is taken from the Tipton Advocate'. On last Monday evening the ladies and friends made a double surprise at the residence of Rev. M. S. Metts. It was the 43rd birthday of Mrs Metts and the day on which the Rev. husband would return from conference, consequently each visiting lady repaired to the parsonage with well filled baskets, and a more agreeable surprise was never enjoyed. The guests were given the full freedom of the house and Mrs. Metts was made the special object of the evening. But M. S. was not overlooked and from all reports he feltbigser than a dozen presiding elders. Very late in the evening the young girls made up a crowd and called on the children. The affair was made all the more grander on account of it being the last call the friends can make on them before they remove to Dectur, their new home, and the event will be long remembered by them. This family has become very popular in Tipton and their absence will be regretted both in society and the church, but wli.it is Tipton’s 1« ■ is Decatur s g: in. May their new home be as pleasant as it has been here. A man’s best wea th ou,ht to be himself.—William Austin.