Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1881 — Page 1

ICATUR DEMOCRAT. Paper of Adams tyJFt.o.y vA/ illiiitnH, rroprictoi’, <>nk Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Year. BAILEY,* Vi l”Y AT LAW # J. P., DECATUR, INDIANA. . 1 Practice in Adams and adjoining es. Collections a specialty. v24n29tf S. I*. I)., S’hyßician and Surgeon. PLEASANT MILLS, IND. ce in Gephexrt’s building, where he ■ a 4>und when not professionally enX L apr!6t. A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D.,~ YSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. li&e in Houston’s Block, up-stairs. Will ad to all professional calls promptly, ft-or day. Charges reasonable. Real ce on north side of Monroe street, 4th .se east of Hart's Mill. 25jy79tf H. Allison, Pren’t. W. H. Niblick, Cashier. I). Stcpabaker, Vice Pres’t. HE ADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transacon of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and lunty Orders. 25jy7'Jtf P. C. SIIACKLEY~ loose, Sign, and Carriage Painter. An J Ph yer Hanger. 'Training, Calsomining, Whitewashing, 'c. Prices to suit the titties. Sixteen years Adams county. Give me a call and save . »ney. Shop on southeast corner of Jefferson and Second streets. Decatur, Ind., Aug. 5, 1879. Baug79 PETEIISuN aHI■ iM \\. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining coun’ies. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are No taries Public and draw deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on lensonabte terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. O. O. F. building. 2 jy79tf 1 Great chance to make monWe neek a person in every t»wn 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 nocd not be uway from home over night. Cou 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* Noone who engages fails to make great pay Address George Stinson & Co., Portland, >Uine. 22jy WoHilerlul Discortry, 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, «hd all chronic or lingering diseases of the throat and lungs, Dr. King s New Discovery Ins no equal ami has established for it-elf a world-wide reput-at’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. Thw clergy and the press have complimented it in the most glowing terms. Go to your druggist and get a trial nottle for ten ct« ,or a regular size for sl. For sale by Dorwin & Holthouse. 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. Kings 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 Dis covery have been used within the last yezr, and have given perfect satisfaction in every instance. Wc can unhesitatingly say that this is really the only ture cure fur throat and Inng affections, and can cheerfully recommend it to all. Call and get a trial bottle for ten cents or a reenter size forsL DORWIN & HO LT HOUSE, Decatur. Ind. 4 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 Al¥D MAKE OR CUT AND FIT Ladies' and Children's Dresses ■ in the Infest New York »n.l P.rLixn styles I do tny cutting by the celebrated PERFECT-FITTING MODEL and am ibe only one in the cWy so doing. Having several years practical experience I guarantee aatitfaction in each and every instance, and I cordially solicit »share of your patronage. CHARGES REASONABLE. Shop on -inti Street, over Confer X. Uolthonwe’s Shoe Store. MRS. K. E. FRISTOE April 2. 1880. Given I p Ls «»•«• doctor*. Where doctors have failed to cure, and have given their patients up to die, Ec’ectric Bitters have often been used, and a cure effected, greatly to the astonishment of all. Diseases of the Stomach, liver. Kidney, and I unary Orgarfs are positively cured by Electric Bitters. They invariably cure constipation. Headache and Billions attacks. Try them, and be convinced that they are the best medicines cvel used. Sold by B. W. Sholty Decatur Ind. ' i

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TTXIC3L HiSKEY & BROADBECK, f A £ » UNDERTAKERS ’ Opposite Adams County Bank, 1 Call the attention of the public generally , to a terge and comblete line of > BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to (lie fact that they are using the ' M. & L ' ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the llesii of the dead, and of Preserving the a Features in a naturn al state. A fine line of SHROUDS J Are also kept on hand. s In addition to their undertaking establieh- - i rnent they have the largest and most complete stock of tarn H ’ Ever offered to the people of Adams County. Dol t purohnse one dollar s worth of Furniture before examining ‘ their stock and prices. HISKEY& BROADBECK. t Decatur. Ind., Sept, 9. 'BO ly. IHE BLADE PRIMING ANO PAPER CO. I • Meet all competition, both as to Quality and Prices, in supplying BLANK BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY At Wholesale. 154 SI, Clair St, TOLEDO, 0. February 10, 1881.—45in3 Cray’s Specific Medicine. TRADE MARK The Great TRADE MARK J. English Remei»y an uufnil- jt ing cure for 5? Xdr seminal weak jfew JJf ness, Sperm ator rhea, liu ten cy,Ja nda 11 BEFORE TA«iKB- iiseaseH ,hH, MTM TAKING. tutiuw »8 * consequence ot I Self-Bbuse; M loss rs memory, Universal ; ■ Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Uimncss of! Vision, Premature Old Age, and many oth- ! ■ er diseases that lead to Insanity, Coubump- . lion and a premature grave. gttg-Full particular- in our pamphlet, which wc desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specibo 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 MEDICI.NB CO., ■ No. 106 Main streot, Brffalo, N. V. — For sale by Dorwin & Holthouse. HEALTH ifWEALTH! Dr. E. C West’s Nerve and brais J Treatment: a specific for Hysteria, Dixzi-! ness, Convulsions, Nervous Headache, Men- I tai Depression, Loss of Memory, Sp- rma- ’ torrbuea, Impotency, luaoluntary Emissions. | self-abuse, or over-indulgence, which leads ; ito misery, decay aucl -ueath. One box wiii i ■ cure recent cases. Each box contains one ! I month's treatment. One dollar a box, or ; ’ six boxes for five dollars; sent by mail pre-! paid <m reeeiptof price. We guarantee six 1 1 boxes to cure any case With each order re- I ! ceived by us for six boxes, accompanied , I with five dollars, we will send the purchas- | ■ er our written guarantee to return the mon- < > ey if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only when treatment is ordered direct from us. Address or call on Dorwin X Holthouse Druggists Decatut . Ind. 6ms. I - I'ariu For Sale. ’ ; The undersigned wishes to sell his f ; farm in Root township. There ars 40 ! ’ I acres, 30 acres cleared, good farm house I and barn, two wells of excellent water, ■ I good orchard and good land. Price, I SSO per acre —oue-half cash and balI -anee in four years. For further partie- , ulars inquire of l>r. T. T. Dorwin. of Decatur, or address the owner at Fort Wayne, Ind. Christian’ Eix, 47 m 3 Owner. Ilucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve 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 ease or money refunded Price j 25 cents per box. For sale by Doewin & lloltb cSe. j

RECFAL DISEASES J SPECIALTY BY DR. A. B. JAMISON, Who is permanently located at Decatur. Satisfaction Guaranteed! PILES--NO CURE, NO PAY! Os the many cases I am now treating and have examined I find it a common notion of the sufferers “tlrat they have the Piles.’’ They write, send or ask for medicine for the Piles. You can not tell, nor could I, if I bio not make an examintion. You would just as likely be right to call all trouble of ths Rectum Cancer as to call it the you have a sore throat you desire to know what kind—Diptheria, Tonsillitis; if fever —Bilious, Lung, Brain, Typhoid, etc., then you have an idea of the danger. Then why call every trouble of the Rectum Piles? Hundreds of young men and women and older persons go to their grave from Rectal diseases—most likely Ulceration 'or 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- j cy ration I have yet to find a simple case of Piles without ulceration. Dr. Allingham says “Ulceration extending 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 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 I could say the same of the severe and long-standingcases. Ulceration of the rectum can only be mistaken for malignant diseases. * * As the enrlior manifestations are fairly amenable to treatment, it is of the utmost importance that the disease should be recognized early.’’ I 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 outjbow 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 derang d and have spent a great deal of money to no purpose, because it poes not reach the cause es trouble. 1 Guarantee the Cure of Piles. Should j 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. B. JAMHSON, M. D. Decatur, Ind., January 27, 1881. "WATibirAL - Baking Powder!) THE PUREST AND BEST J.F THE .yi.mii.ET. Will be paid foi-any Alum, Terra Alba,or other impurities found in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLD ONLY by J. WELFLEY. Decatur, Indiana. NATIONAL BAKING POWDER CO, MARION, OHIO. March 17, 1881. 50in3 L. C. FELLERS, icommicToii and builder, Aud Dealer in Building Stone, Brick, Masonry, &c, Aud Proprietor of TI3E DECATUR Steam Pressed Brick 1 AND TILE WORKS. i I would respectfully inform the citiiens of Adams and adjoining counties that I I bare located x Steam l*res»etl Brick a»ut Tile U'orks in Btculur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Brick and Tile, and will be prepared by the loth of May, and from that time on, to furnish parties Buitdingr Btick, Sidewalk Brick, Sewer Brick and Tile ! of every desired caliber by the rod, at very low prices. I Call at the Yard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone and’ j brick work will receive prompt attention. | March 3, 1881. 48mi5 i

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY 5, 1881.

DITCH NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that at the March, 1881, session of the Board of Commissioners of the Count)* of A Jains, and St ate of Indiana, a petition was presented by Abner S. Parrish, praying the board to establish the following described ditch in said County of Adams, the com men ce- ! meat, direction and termination being described in said petition, which is on tile at the Auditor’s office of said County. Said ditch is located on the following route, viz: Commencing 30 rods southwest of the northeast corner of the southwest Quarter of the northeast quarter of ‘ section thirty (30;, township twenty-seven (27) north, range fourteen ’(11) east, in Adams county, Indiana; running thence northeast thirty (3G) rods, thence north 108 rods, thence north 60 degrees west 24 rods, thence north 20 degrees west 42 rods, thence north 24 rods, thence north 20 degrees west 24 rods, thence norfh 20 degrees east 12 rods, and there to terminate. Swrd petitioners representing “that a 1 large portion of the lands through which said ditch will pass are totally unproduc--1 live for want of proper drainage : that the construction of a ditch will not only be conducive of public health, convenience or welfare, but the same will be of public benefit and utility, and that such drainage can not be obtained without entering upon and passing through the lands adjoining the owners of a portion ot which are unwilling to engage in the enterprise of im provement.” The Board being satisfied that the pelititioners had in all respects complied w ith the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled “An act to enable owners of wet lands to ! drain and reclaim them,’’ etc.; granted the prayer of said petioners; and appointed G. P. Kintz, Jacob Ynger, Jr., afid Richard Winans viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of said ditch, and have fiiel their report and estimate, and appor tioned the work according to tew, and made-oath to the same, and report the work to be of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of land by said improvement and the owners' names: The west half northeast quarter section 30, township 27 north, rauge 14 east, owned by Abner 8. Parrish. The southeast quarter soiuhcast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Perry H. Andrews. The northeast quarter northeast Jquar- 1 ter section 30, township 27 north, range 11 east, owned by Perry H. Andrews. The southwest quarter southeast quar- | ter section 19, township 27 north, range i 14 east, owned by Lewis 8. Wagoner. Commissioners of Adams county on pvblic highway between sections 19 and 30, township 27 north, rauge 14 east. The northeast quarter northwest quarter section 30, township 27 north, rauge 14 east, ow ned by Stephen Hoffman. The east half southeast quarter southwest quarter section 19 f township 27 north, ' range 14 east, owned by Rebecca Thornton. , The northwest quarter southeast quarI ter section 19, township 27 north, range | 11 east, owned by Jeremiah Andrews. i Now, therefore, be it known, that the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams, will grant a hearing on the above petition and report on Wednesday, the Bth Jay of Jtijje, 1881, when all interested or aggrieved will be heard. All parties who claim compensation for tend or damages by the construction of said work are hereby notified to make application in writing and file the same in the office of the Auditor of the County, on or before the day set. for the hearing of said petition and report. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams County. Auditor’s office, Adams County, April 10, 1881. April 21, 1881.— 3w4. SHERIFF’S SALE I In the Adams Circuit Court, of Adams county, Indiana. i John Huffnagle, : William Allen, , Lewis L. Bell, i James I’. Meeker, i John Devor, v’s. February Term, Stephen 11. Bailey, 1881. Sarah C. Bailey, • George R. McDonald, Ex- | ecmor of the will of j George Cox, deceased, I Elizabeth McConkey. J By virtue of nu order of Sale to me directed and delivered by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, on a finding and decree rendered in said court, at the February term, 1881, in favor of the plaimiffs against the defendant Bailey et al., and j oil a finding and decree in favor of George R. McDonald, Execu'or of the will of | George Cox, deceased, against the defendant Bailey, et al., and on a finding and i decree in favor of Elizabeth McConkey i against the plaintiffs and defendants, 1 have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned, and will expose for sale at public auction, at the east door of the Court House, in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m., and 4 o’clock, p. in. on Saturday, May 21, 1881, the rents and profits, for a term not to exceed seven years, of the following described premises,situate in Adams county’, Indiana, to-wit : Beginning at the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section seventeen ■ (17), thence east to a stake, established corner of William Cunninghams twenty acres, thence south to the Wabash river, thence down the meanderings of said Wabash river to the middle line of section seventeen (17), thence north to the Fort B ayne and B inchester State road, thence along the tneanderings of said road to the place of beginning; also the southeast fraction of the south west quarter of section seventeen (17), ea«t and north of said H’abash river, and the southwest fraction of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17), all in township twenty-five (25) north, range fourteen (14) east, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana. And, on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, I will at the same lime, and in the manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises.— Taken as the property of the defendants to satisfy said order of sale. HENRY KP4CK, Sheriff Adams County. April 21, 1881. 4 PPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. iV Notice is hereby given that the underi signed has been appointed administrator ' of the estate of David D. Bevelhaimer, late of Adamw county, deceased. T.re estate is ■ probably solvent. FERDINAND REIN*ING, Administrator. Peterson X Huffman, Alt y®. | April 14 1881. — 1 Carry the ffews to Mary. ! I have a g<tod farm of 100 acres. 40 acres cleared,and GO acres good timber, 1 j 2 miles east of Decatur. Will sell rea-! | sonable. B. H. Dent. |

A CHAAGE OF 5'4 IT 11. An Episcopal Rector Joins the ’ Roman Catholic Commnn- . ion— The Story ol Ills Ooubts, Trials and Tribulations. > i [Baltimore Garette.] Rev. Edward Winslow Gilliam, late I Protestant Episcopal clergyman and rector of Clinton (N. 0.) Church, who ’ on January last, resigned his charge on ’ account of certain theological doubts, ’ and announced his intention of beconii ing a Roman Catholic, is at St. Mary’s i Seminary on North Paca street, and is the guests of the Roman Catholic fath--1 ers connected with that institution. Mr. Gilliam went to St. Mary's on the i 11th inst. to obtain, as he says, rest • from doubts of the most conflicting and torturing nature, which assailed him as to the truth of the teachings of ' the Protestant Episcopal church. These doubts were brought about by reading Episcopal books, and covered a period ! of seven or eight years. In an interview with a Gazette representative, at , St. Mary’s, yesterday, Mr. Gilliam i gave a short history of his life and the causes which resulted in his defection i from the Protestant Episcopal Church. 1 He was born in Oxford, N. C., and is I the son of Dr. James C. Gilliam and I nephew of Judge Gilliam, both of Oxj ford, lie was educated in the town I of his birth until he became seventeen lor eighteen yeans of age, when he was i sent to the University of North C'aro- ■ lina where he graduated. He then returned to Oxford, where he studied j I law under his uncle, Judge Gilliam. ■ ' but, not liking the profession, renounc- I ed it, and entered upon a study of the- I ’ ology and divinity for the Episcopal I ministry under Bishop Atkinson, of ; North Carolina. All of his family are i consistent Episcopalians. He was ordained by Bishop Atkiiison in 1863, ■ and was given the charge of a church. i Shortly afterward he married. He I went from one charge to another in North Carolina, but his ministry was not confined to that State. He filled | several Churches in Texas, on the Red ' River, and iu 1878 or 1879 returned to North Carolina and took charge of j the Protestant Episcopal Church in ! Clinton. He gave general satisfaction I wherever he went, and until 1874 or I 1875 he was a sound theologian and a I strict believer in the tenets of the ■ Church in which he was ordained. ' "About that time, however," to continue iu his own words, "1 began to doubt the soundness of my faith. I was a close studentof Crantner’s life, and read with the utmost care ami studied Brown's thirty-nine articles, from which Cranmer and I conceived that the Roman Catholic Chuvok alone possessed the rightful power to interpret the , meaning of the Scriptures. Remem--1 her, now, it was not from Roman books I that I drew this conception, which has | now grown into a firm and irrevocable i belief. It was from strictly Episcopal works, and the idea was drawn from the rules of faith and the canon of the Holy Scriptures. The rule of faith is the teaching of Scripture with regard to these points essential to salvation, aud the doubt rose in my mind whether it was not that the Roman Catholic teaching was the right and the Protestant Episcopal the wrong one. With regard to the canon of theScripture, the doubt was whether the Roman Catholic Church was not alone empowered with authority to speak as to its interpretation aud its divine derivation. These doubts began to assail me eight years ago. 1 bore up under them the best I could, but they' were torturing. For five or six years I continued to dischare the duties of my sacred calling, and to believe implicitly what I taught, but I could not. The demon of doubt was upon me, and night after night I sat up and wrote out my thoughts, and year by year enlarged them as new ideas occurred to me. All this was done secretely, and I tried as much as possible to divert the attention of my congregation from myself, so that they would not discover what was passing in my mind. 1 think I was successful in this, and that they never knew, until I made it I known, that I di<> not believe all I said. 1 never mentioned it to any one ; not i even my wife knew of it. I bore it as ■ long as possible, aud at last I could stand it no longer. I resigned my charge at Clinton the Ist of last January, and after I had got the papers upon which 1 had inscribed and elaborated my doubts and thoughts in good . shape, I went to Bishop Lyman and j ■ stated the trouble. The Bishop argu- ; led with me and presented his eonne- ' tions, the teachings of the Chureh, etc., 1 but none of them would remove the difficulties, and I could think of nothing else to do but to come to Baltimore and confer with Archbishop Gibbons. The Archbishop coincided with me in the main, but corrected me on : several points and advised me to do as 1 have done. His advice was in accordance with my desires and I came here last Monday week to obtain rest and . quiet and to read. It is Mr. Gilliam's intention to receive conditional baptism ' in the Roman Catholic Church, and to 1 : sever entirely his connection with the , Protestant Episcopal. He stated that . he would enter the Catholic priesthood. > but that a bar to this existed in the fact that he is a married man with four children—all boys. One of them is with him at St. Mary’s. He expects to obtain the position of a teacher, ami will shortly return to Oxford, N. C. His wife and three of his children are ■ in Raleigh. Mr. Gilliam is a man of ' small stature, about forty years old, ’ of good address, and has black hair, ' blue eyes and blaek side whiskers. He announces his intention of writing an article defining his position and detailing his reasons for leaving the Protestant Episcopal Church. When you feel a cough or bronchial ; effection creeping on the lungs, take ■ Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and cure it be- | fore it becomes incurable.

Teaching Him the Business. [New Orleans Times.! k u J , “Herman,” said a Poydras street merchant clothier, addressing his clerk, “has vc sold all dose overgoats vat vas left over from last vinter ?’’ “No, sir; dere was dree of dem left > J et '” “Vel, ve must sell ’em right avay, ‘ as de vinter vill not last, you know, t Herman. Pring me one us de goats i Una I vill show you somedings about jde pisness. I vill dell you how ve vill . I sell dem oud, und you must learn de pisness, Herman; de vinter vas gone, you know, und ve hav had dose goats in de store more es sex years.” An $8 overcoat was handed him by his clerk, and smoothing it out, he . took a buckskin money purse from his 1 showcase, stuffing it full of paper, drop- ■ ped it into one of the pockets. “Now Herman, my boy," he continued, “vatcli me sell dat goat. 1 hav sold over dirty-fife us dem shust de same vay, and I vant to deeeh you de pisness. Veh de nexd gustomer comes iin de shop I vill show de way Rube Hoffeustein, mine broder iu Detroit, I sells his cloding und udder dings.” ! A few minutes later a negro, in quest lof a suitable pair of cheap shoes, entered the store. The proprietor advanced smiling and inquired : “Vat is it you vish ?” “Yer got any cheap shoes hyar?" asked the negro. “Plenty us dem, my frent,blenty ; at any price you vant.” The negro stated that he wanted a pair of brogans, and soon his pedal ex- ! tremetics were encased in them and a [ bargin struck As he was about to leave, the proprietor called him back. "I ain’t gwine ter buy nuffiti else. I se got all I want," said the negro sullenly. “Dot may be so. my dear sir,” replied the proprietor, “but I shust want you to look at this goat. It vas de pure Russian vool, and dis time last year you doan got dot same goat for $25. Mine gracious, colding vas gone down to noding, and dere vas no money in the pisness any longer. You vant someding dot vill keep you from de ■ redder. aud make you feel varm as I summer dime. De gonsumption vas | going round, und de doctors dell me it I vas de vedder. More den nine beobles died round vere I lif last week. Dink lof dot. Mine front, dot goat vas RusI sian vool, dick and heavy. Vy Misder Jones, who owns de pazjk ■on Canal street, took det goat home mit him yesterday, und vere it all day ; but vas a little tight across the shoulders und , he brought it back shust a vile ago. Dry it on, my dear sir. Oh ! dot vas all right Misdci Junes vas a rleli man aud he liked dot goat. How deep the pockets vas, but it vas a little tight across de shoulders.” The negro buttoned up the coat, thrust his hands in the pockets and felt the purse. A peaceful smile played over his face when his touch disclosed to his mind the contents of the pockets, but he choked down his joy and inquired: “Who did you say wore this hyar coat ?” “Vy Misder Jones vot owns de pank on Canal stree." “Whatyer gwine to ax for it?” “Dwendy dollars.” “Dot’s powerful high price fur dis coat, but I'll take it.” “Herman, here wrap up dis goat for de schentleman and drow in a cravat; it vill make him look nice mit de ladies.” “Nebber mind, I'll keep de coat on.” replied the negro, and. pulling out a roll of money, he paid for it and left the store. While he was around the next corner moaning over the stuffed purse iloffenstein said to his clerk : “Herman, fix up anuddervon of dose goats de same vay, und doan forgot to dell dem dot Misder Jones vot runs de pai<k on Canal street vote it yesterday." Seven Tens of Jlapie gugrar IroinFwo Groics. Qot xnouT, April 25.-The production jof maple sugar this season has been immense. Two of the largest and handsomest maple groves in the State arc at North llarpersfield, Delewaro County. Tbey contain 4,200 trees, and will furnish seven tons of sugar. Iu 1875 there was 200.000 pounds of sugar made in the town of llarpersfield, and it is estimated that the production ■this year will exceed that enormous I quantity. ; The well known family medicines of Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co have been before the public forty years, and time j strengthens the favorable impression with which they were at first received. We have been in the habit of using , I them ourselves, and recommending , i them to our acquaintances. Ayer's . i Pills are a perfect regulator of the sys- , tern; Avar's Extract of Sarsaparilla [ I is the best known purifier of the blood ; , I Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a safe aud , ; sure remedy iu complaints of the throat , , and lungs; and Ayer’s Ague Cure is , ■ an effectual cure in cases of Fever and t ; Ague and other malarial fevers. These i medicines are compounded with skill . j and accurate medical knowledge, and r they are in no sense to be classed with 4 the cheap nostrums of the day. The , i formulas from which they are prepared i are not secret, but are furnished to all physicians, and are published for the , I benefit of all iuterest.'d.— St. P. Q., Neiot. • Will II Go Beyond Brady < It is probable that a full exposure of the star service frauds will carry the investigators beyond the Post Office into the two Houses of Congress. Senators and Representatives are known to be behind some of the contractors who profited most largely by Brady's generous construction of the law. Sen- : atom and Representatives, in face of I the fact that the workings of the system

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were notorious, and in defiance of public sentiment, voted the money that went into these contractor's pockets. It is also probable that a full exposure ’’ of the frauds under Brady’ will disclose s part of the inside machinery of the Republican canvass. Perhaps the result would be a scandal effecting some of the chief agents in Gen. Garfield's ’ election. s These are two of the difficulties in ' t the way of a through performance of I the work which the Administration has in hand. It is well that they should be understood. ’ Is the move against Brady merely a ’ shrewd move by Blaine and Garfield in the game over the contested appoint- ’ ments, a notification to Republicans of a certain class that the Admiuistra--5 tion has the weapons for a fight? If that is so, then the Senators and Congressmen and outsiders in alliance with the Post Office Ring have little to fear. But if there is on the part of ' Mr. Blaine and Gen. Garfield —as there ' undoubtedly is on the part of Mr. ’ James—an honest intention to uncover all the rascality and to punish all the ’ rogues, the investigation of the frauds and the prosecution of the guilty will be conducted without regard to political consequences. THE EMPEROR’S LIFE How the Czar Ol All the RusSias Lives iu His Castle New York, April 28.—A letter from St. Petersburg gives a gloomy account of the Czar's lite at the Castle of Catschina, thirty miles from the Capital. Before the Court removed thither several hundred artisans of the Precobrajinsky Regiment were sent to make the necessary alterations. At midnight they assembled in the Church Catschina, and were sworn to silence, death or Siberia being* the penalty of an infraction of the oath. Ten roubles were the price of each man's silence. The alterations were made in forty- ’ eight hours. Todki soon loosened the tongues of the workman, and the following is the description of the precautions against the assassination made in the palace of the Czar: A subterranean passage leads from the Czar’s room to the stables where a number of horses are kept saddled and bridled day and night. Sentinels are posted at intervals to guard around the building. The Imperial bed room has two windows, protected at night by missive iron shutters, which can only be reached from the outside by passing through three spacious ante-cham-I bers in which are posted eighty Cossacks armed to the teeth. They are allowed to speak and move about in two water rooms, but In the hall adjoining the Czar’s bed-room perfect silence is maintained all the night. The General on duty for the day sits on an easy chair, his Cossacks sitting an a ; divan which runs around the whole : room. At the General's right hand is a knob of an electric apparatus which rings a bell in every guard-house within the Palace grounds. When the Emperor is about to retire, before shutting ! the door he removes the outer handle > so no enterance can be effected until 1 he himself personally opens the door from the inside. Unlike Iris father, he can not endure armed soldiers in his bed chamber. Can Tills be the Trulli ! liuffsla Courier. Mr. George William Curtis approves of the attempt to overthrow the power of Senator Conklin in this State by employing against it the Federal patrouage. In other words, lie thinks it proper to violate every principle of civil service reform to put down a political enemy. This is to advocate ■ i the coarsest and broadest application of the spoils system; it is merely to i I endorse the policy set forth by the ' Cincinnati Commercial, that “the Ad- ’ ministration owes to the country and J the Republican party and its own self- I ! respect to defend and sustain itself by | • I instant, incossant and relentless aggres- ■ sion, and the full employment of the ' war club and the scalping knife. ' When a professed reformer so far for- | ' gets h'is own principles as to advocate ; his prostitution of Government patron j age for the advancement of his politiI I cal ends, we should learn to look with ' j charity on the tendency of the profess- ; I ed partisan to do precisely the same ; thing. The astonishing lapse of Mr. I Curtis from the ground of principle to 1 ' that of expediency will do much to justify sneers of the opponents f civil service reform, who have hitaerto laughed at it as a Utopian scheme. f Small sizcm. ; [Wabash Courier ] i On last Tuesday we resurrected from • the almost unfathomable depths of our t ulster pocket an old note book (a reg I porter s note book, not a banker s.) and s i turning over its leaves our eyes fell - i upon the following memorando: “Hat a Store—lndianapolis." To . the unini- ; I ated this would seem to have no spee.l I ial meaning, but it served to freshen t . our minds as to an incident that ocs ' curred in Indianapolis shortly after the I convening of the late Legislature, and ? I iu which the proprietor of a hat store I in that city and ourselves were the 1 j leading characters. While sauntering i I along Washington street, casually ex--3 ■ aminiug the novellies displayed in the 1 ■ sho w windows, we stopped in front of 1 a hat store. The proprietor evidently ! ■ believed in making a good outside '. display, as there were not less than one I hundred hats of all conceivable styles hanging on racks placed near the door aud in full view of the passer by Our head was not ornamented with a tile f conspicous for either its youth or good ! looks and we commenced overhauling e | the stock with a view of making a pur- - I chase. <)ue thing that struck us yer) i forcibly was the fact that of th« on. s . hundred or more hats suspended frou s the racks No. 6| was the larg at.. Wc i- called the attention us the propriedoi >f ' to the very small sizes, and exprease< n ' our surprise that among to many hat

oiitTlarge onongfFfor our head could not be found. The Indianapolitan dealer in hats eyed us closely for a moment, and with a good natuaed smile on his face he remarked : “I see that you do not live in Indiana. From Ohio, I suppose?” The hat man was informed that, while it seemed nearly all great men came from Ohio, he saw before him an exception, as we lived in Indiana, and were proud of it. “Well, it’s plaiu to be seen," re- '• sponded the dealer in hats, "that thii , is the first time you ever attempted to purchase a hat in Indianapolis during - the sitting of the Legislature. Every t hat store in the city is making an effort to win the trade of the members • of the Legislature, and to do this it is 3 necessary to keep a full aud varied 5 stock of popular sixes displayed in - front of the store I” ■ Do you find many of the members > whose heads can be crowded in a No. 6{hat ?” we asked. i “Yes,” but we find more of them f whose heads fill a No. 6 to better adi vantage!' We felt under some obligations to the hatter for the kind and obliging 1 treatment he had extended us, aud picking out a No 51 with oval crown, and gently sloping rim, we paid for it 1 and instructed the dealer to keep it until called for by Hon. Daniel Fall, of Wabash county. Dan, did you ever * get it? ■ The Methodist ministers of Philadelphia were holding a meeting to eol- ’ ogize a deceased brother. One of the speakers was Mr. Price, who praised the lamented gentleman for various good qualities, and then deliberately ' added; “I wish to God I could say that of all of you.” This excited the hearers a great deal, and Mr. Price was called on th explain. This he did by charging that some of them were in a conspiracy to “increase the profits ot the concern down stairs [the tract society], a dead beat all through.” This happened on Monday, and all Mondays are said to br blue with clergy. If it would have been any other day perhaps Mr. Price would have stuck pleasantly to paaising a dead brother, instead of irritating live ones. 868,000 of Rinehart's Liver Pills sold in Ohio and Indiana last year. Only one for a dose. Sample d:se free. EVI’RESKIOAM. Eager is a regal drink. Spell it backward and sec. A good kidney pad is a large bunch of greenbacks in your hip pocket. “The poor ye h ,ve with you always,” but the rich go away in summer time. Teacher: “And the Lord said unto Moses"—“Maggie Ford, put down that slate!” Mr. Edison is now perfecting an inmvention to draw cold water from a watch spring. “I'll take a snap judgement,’ as a turtle remarked when a barefooted boy stepped on him. A Kentuckey Company insures whiskey but deci "s to take fire risks on the consumers. “I say, Pomp, does you perspire ’ like I does?” T dunno how you perspire, but I sweat wusser den a hog.’ A Harlem mocking bird is an adept at singing Moody and Sankey hymns, and nothing but the cage prevents it ' frem taking up a collection. “I think we’ll have an early spring,” remarked an- Oil City woman as she noticed her husband iu the aet of sitting down on the business cud of a carpet tack. Out in Leadville when one is introduced to a stranger the polite thing is to ask : “What was your name before you came here?” The next question according to the rules of etiquette is: ■ How did you manage to escape ? ' Wife of an Episcopalian clergyman to her washwoman : "Well. Bridget, how did you like the sermon, Sunday ?'' i Bridget? “It was beautiful. 1 like jtogo to that church. It sso nice to see your husband courtesying around in his shroud.” The new Czar leads a very simple ' life. He rises early and takes a long walk, then breakfasts with his family, ; after which he goes down celler and covers himself up iu the coal-bin for the balance of the day to keep out of j the way of the Nihilists. Many politicians in Washington doi sirous to serving their country want to know what kind of influence got Alexander Selkird appointed to ira “monarch of all he surveyed." Most of them find it very hard to be made sur- | veyor or collector of a single port. Papa: "That picture shows the , story of Prometheus and the vultures . that fed on his liver. Every day the , | vulture devoured it and every night it ■ grew for him to eat again.’’ Sympa- ; thetic child : "Poor, dear old vulture ! j How sick he must have been of liver j every day!” i ; A creditor who had given Iris debtor r ■ a week to contrive some plan tp meet his obligations, called at the expiration 1 of the period and politely asked: 1 -Have you thought over the matter t yet?’ “Not exactly,” responded the debtor, with a troubled look. “You see, I wanted to think over it a great deal, but my doctor told me I mustn't do any brain work !" “By Gawge, gentlemen, I had a delightful dweam last night. I dwempt, ye know, that I was invited to a banquet. The table was loaded down with tempting viands and costly wines. Ah it was a delicious dweam. Just at this moment a hungry-looking tramp, who had paused to listen, exclaimed : “1 say, M ster. if that’s the sort of dreams you have, I'd like to bunk with you to-night.” s . . r Au honest Fifth avenoodle is buying r a picture. It is a genuine old master e —the canvass has been carefully nmokI ed, aud the frame filled with bird-sliot, g to make it look worm-cateu. "And •- can you guarantee," says lie, “that it u y really old ?” “Yy, my koofiness krashle ious. cau d you see dot it s old? Yea, m but will you guarantee that— ’’ “Vy. e vot kind es a man vas you, anyhow ? >r Dot paining is old enough tube your .ladder !” Filth aveuaodle is couviucte cd. * •