Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1881 — Page 1

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Tlie J i nocrat Official Paper of Adams County. a. nay proprietor. Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Year. the DEMOCRATS AtSEJKTS. nx «»ti»r«rtory nrinnjii nivnl" can bem de we will have »A«ent fyThe *»e?.ill cadi poalalHce in the (oiiiilj. the ?i»me»ot whom will lie kepi Mnudlnu in the outer. Ue do this tor the convenience of onr , IXeriboi-. and treat the, will npnreelate , it. Snbseribers can Pay their nubacrlptlon, ninny part thereol, or any aain ot money, to > onrueute, who will receipt tor the name, xml who will ta.ke the iinni«*H and •'a.tih of new ” nb’eribera. The lollowliio are the | name, ot a neat', already “'’’“‘'''ui do“u""!i ' patrons nt the several otliccs will do w a great fa. ver In remitting to them a tit-tc E?“ ENEVIOIMtOW JdwG22 ~ J. T. BAILEY, ATT’Y at law £ J. P-, DECATUB, INDIANA. Will Practice in Adams and adjoining Counties. Collections a specialty. v24n29tf ‘ S. G? HASTINGS, M. D. HOAIOEOPALTHIST PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. All calls day or nigtt promptly attended io. Office in Stndabaker's building, first doo,* ouih of Couit House Square. Vol. 25 No. 14. 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, 4tli house east of Hart’s Mill. 25jy79tf li It. Ulis- s, Preri’t. W. 11. Ni ruck, Cashier, b. Studapakeb, Vice Pre* t. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK. DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open forth" ' ansaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf ~PETERSON & HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUB, INDIANA. Wil! practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles Io real estate. Are Notaries Public and draw deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on reasouablo terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. O. O, F. building. 25jy79tf FRANCE & KING. ATTOJWEPS AT LA IF, IIECATI B .INDI ANA. -Art mRK. —J Terry, Huston, county, Ga., January 28, 1880. In 1873. there were two negros confined in jail badly afflicted with Syphilis. In my official capaciiy I employed C. T.Swift to cure them, under a contrnc 1 , “no cure, no yay, He administered his u Syphlitic Specific, and in a few weeks 1 felt bub nd lo pay him out of the county treasury, as he had effected a complete and radical cure. A. 5. Giles, Ord. Houston co,, Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14,1879. The 8. S. S. is giving good satisfaction. One gentleman who bad been confined to bis bed six weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism has been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of it. Chilts & Berry. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by D-jrwin & Holthouse. Call for a copy of “Young Men’s Friend.” no. 3.3 m. Notice to Father*, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, Uncles, Aunts, and all Relatives. Secure Certificates on your relative’s lives in the PIONEER MUTUAL ASSOCIATION of UNION CITY, INDIANA,— The cheapest Relief offered by any Association in the United States. Cirtificates given on all males and females that are of sane mind and good health, from 20 to 85 years of age at the following low rates: s’> for a 61,000 Certificate. $lO for $2,000; sls for $3,000 $25 for $5,000; or & total of sl6 to secure Certificates for $3,000 in the First Division ; SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Second Division; SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Third Division: SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the ’Fourth Division; Yearly thereafter only $1 on each one thousand during life, with the following assessments in each class and division: At the death of a member, $1.25 on $1,000; $2.30 on $2,000 r $3.35 on $8,000; and <5.50 on $5,000. All males and females from 65 to 85 years of age, are respectfully requested to secure certificates. Regular stock Insurance Companies do not insure over 65 years. Therefore, as this is your only chance for relief we advise you to accept this great osier at once, as it is dangerous to delay. Remember, you have no risk to become a member of this association, as its officers have each given bond to the amount of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. Call on or address Frame & King, Agents, •lm6. Decatur, Ind. Grays Specific Medicine. TRADE MARK I'he Great TRADE MARK English Remedy an unfailW'Atf ing cure for Aar 'Xfcyw seminal weak Al ness, Spermslency,Jand all “ BiFCRE TAKIMfi- 3i ‘ seaßCf ’ ,ha '<FT£R TAJIK#. lollow aa a consequence ot Self-abuse; as loss of memory, Universal La«siiu<le, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave. BgrFull particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail tn 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 eo receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. lOH Main street, Bbtfalo, N. Y. for sale by Dorwia & Holthouse.

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J —' FLAX STRAW. How to cut it. How to cure it. To farmers of Adams and adjoining cooties, who desire to harvest their Flax crop to the best advantage, I will osier the following advice; Cut your Flax earlier than you have been accustomed to. Have no fear about your seed not being ripe. It will matura to better advantage after it is cut than if it was growing. Use a mowing machine cut close to the ground; let it lay for two or three weeks. It will not mould or; sprout while laying in this condition more than if it was standing in the ground. | When your seed has matured and you , wish to take up your flax to house, stack ior take off the seed, use a horse rake, in j the early part of the day when the dew is j on. Rake up about as much as you can ' take care of the balance of the day. If ' you wish to take the seed off, clean a piece of ground about twenty feet square, near your flax field. Commence tramping or rolling about 10 a. tn. and you'll get off your seed as fast as one team can haul it from the field. Stack your straw neatly. While your horses tramping, if you are going Xo have a rain storm, cover your seed heavy with tramped straw. Do not ute a threshing machine to take off the seed. 1 buy unwillingly lots of flax seed, at $4 and $5 ger ton. Dark colored or swathrotted, and green straw that is spread out to rot, will be the most desirable and bring the highest price. The curing or rotting can be done on the farm. It will not cost in labor over fifty cents per ton and will be worth §2 per ton more than uurotted when brought to the factory. Price from $3 to S<s per ton. I will not buy wet straw nor weeds. All information in regard to curing and rotting flax straw will be given at the fatory. Farmers having last year's crop will find market for it at the factory. THOMAS F. MYLOTT, Prop’r. Decatur, June 30. 4w Dissolution o( Co-Partnership. By mutual agreement we the under- j signed have this day dissolved partner- . ship. All parties knowing themselves indebted to us will please call at the | Treasurer’s office and settle by cash or ' note. Thanking our friends who have j in the past favored us with their patronage, we remain yours very truly. Coster & Holthouse. Decatur. June 13, 1881. New Firm. The undersigned having this day formed a co-partnership in the boot and shoe trade respectfully invite the leading public to call and examine their large and varied stock. Good goods at the lowest living prices will be their motto. VOGLEWEDE & CONTER. Decatur, Ind., June 13, 1881. To the Public. Having this day formed a co-part- I ner ship to be known as Voglewede and Conter, I request all parties knowing themselves indebted to me to call and settle by cash or note. Thanking my friends for past patronage and soliciting your favors in the future, I re- j main yours, J. H. Voglewede. Piles, Rectal Ulcers, Fissure, Polypus, Fistula Cured! No Cutting, No Ligating, No Pain. By Dr. A. B. Jamison who is permanently located in Decatur. Rooms third and fourth doors in Odd Follows build- j ing. Piles, No Cure, No Pay. The worst cases cured without Knife, ’ Clamp, Scissors, Heated Iron, etc. With- ( out application of Acids, or injection of i Acids that will produce. Pain, Misery or Danger. In the majority of cases the treatment is Painless and go about your work immediatelyjafter treatment. I GUARANTEE TUE CURE OF PILES EVERY TIME, and if I fail will return every cent paid and make you a present of One Hun dred Dollars. Ulceration of the rectum. A fearful MALADY. It is oftfcn mistaken for a “Bad case of piles.” Many times, Womb, Kidney, Liver, | Heart, Stomach, and Nervous troubles. | If Ulceration is the cause of your poor health it will cost you nothing to know it. Consultation free to all. What is the cause of your poor health. General debility, Despondency, wrinkled face, complexion ash-color, torpid liver, Dyspepsia, poor memory, nervous prostration, inability to labor, constipation or costiveness, hard and slow movements of the bowels, pain in abdomen, numbness aching, soreness in legs and over the body, weak and aching back, itching, smarting and burning in rectum at times, occasionally diarrhoea, bleeding and a little protrusion. Some or many of these few symptoms mentioned, may be present, if so, you, may be sure an enemy to health is wiih you. Write or send for circulars that you may get some idea of the misery Rectal troubles can cause. I can name many of my patients except those who requested me’not toand when you J have talked with them you will then Bay 1 have at no time half told the misery caused by ulceration, Piles,Fistulas, etc. Office third and fourth doors in Odd Fellows Building, Decatur, Adams county, Indiana. A. B. JAMISOS, M.D., j Vol. 25 No. 14 ts. TO NON-RESIDENTS. The state of Indiana, Adams County, Ss. In the Adams Circuit Court, September term, 1881. Martha A. Walters ) ▼g. I > No. 1,529, divorce. William M. Walters J It appearing from affidavit, filed in the above entitled cause, that William M. Walters, the above named defendant, is a non-resident of tho State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said William M. Walters that he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court, on the first day of the next i regular term thereof, to be bolden at the r court house in the town of Decatur, comr menclng on ’ Monday, the 26fA of September, 1881, , and plead by answer or demur to said • complaint; or the Bime will be heard and ' determined in his absence. H'iiness my name, and seal of said i court hereto affixed, this 28th day of June, 1881. N. BLACKBUEN. Clerk. June 30,18^.— 3w

The Interrupted Duel. WRITTEN Fob TIIIC NBW YORK CLIPPER, BY LOTTA HALLEB. More than a half century ago, when the territory immediately beyond the Mississippi River was peopled only by hardy pioneers and Indians, the most important social events of the season were the house-raisings of those who were compatatively newcomers or the restless spirit of the milder type, who, tiring of a homeless and houseless istence, concluded to settle down. It was on a bright morning in 1825 that Eph Harbin, a squatter of a year’s standing, announced at tho settlement that he would have a house-raising at his clearing two weeks later. This meant that all of the males for miles around would flock there on that afternoon and diversify the task of putting up the frame of a primitive dwelling with shooting, wrestling and divers other sports and frequent libations of whiskey. Eph Harbin, while a rough borderman, belonged to the better element, and was a fair sample of the honest and sturdy manhood of the period. On such occasions as he proposed to celebrate there was also a greater or lesser sprinkling of the more desperate classes; but, as he had mlingled very little i with them, he knew that rough charac- | ters would be in the minority at his I clearing. Among the lawless men i who infested the settlement was one 1 Jim Rogers, who, by reason of h's ! quarrelsome disposition and desperate j character was generally disliked and 1 feared except by those of a like ilk, with whom he was a leader. This ruffians enmity had been gained by Eph Harbiu by reason of his having refused from the first to associate with him, and while Rogers was desirous of provoking a quarrel with the squatter the latter’s acknowledge coolness and bravery restrained him. Yet it was coneeded in the settlement that the two would come together at no distant day under equal conditions. Rogers selected the house-raising as the time and place to get even with his enemy, and without betraying his purpose arranged to have his confederates there in full force. The chosen day arrived. Eph Harbin in his new character of host surprised even his most intimate acquaintances and caused the score of settlers, hunters and others to feel so much at home that several quarts of . whisky was consumed and the entire | frame of the cabin was in its place by an hour or two before sundown. Then the sports began, and wrestling and other athletic pastimes were succeeded by target-shooting. Jerry Gregg, a veteran frontiersman, after “snuffingthe candle,” chipping the bark from a live twig, and accomplishing numerous oth|er equally marvelous feats scarcely | less proficient, when Jim Rogers and I his gang entered the clearing. The leader, who was half dazed with liquor, advanced to where Eph Harbin was directing the sports, and sneered: ‘•Wall, yer didn't give us any invite, but we are here, anyway.” “Yes,” said the squatter, who was nettled by the intrusion, “an’ yer room would be far better than yourself.” “Look here, pard,” replied the outi law, “this are no ball-room, an' we I ’ don t purtend to stan’ on ceremony. We're goin' to stan in an' take er hand, an' yer kin just bet on’t.” The outlaw's gang did not number more than a half dozen, and the squatter's friends were glad to see that a trouble was brewing. They hated the band as one man, and hoped that the opportunity had arrived,that would brine on a conflictjJ-Lut the outlaws companions were more discreet than their leader, and determined to avoid a collision with the settlers. With Rogers it was altogether different. Excited with drink, he did not considi that the odds were with th 6 other side but, blinded as well by his hatred of Harbin, thought only of fomenting a quarrel. Eph Harbin felt that he was secure from a general attack, and was fully as anxious to settle old scores at once, so he replied: “Not if I know it. If we aint in a ballroom, we re men, an won t allow ' any bully to put in his jaw. Saying which, he grasped the hilt of hilt of his hunting-knife and motioned Rogers to do the same. This was more than the braggart I I had anticipated. It rather sobered the eutlaw, who was a craven at heart. Had he been able to “get the drop" on his enemy, he would have done so; but . knowing that the squatter was fully as quick as himself, and noting I'er first time that his confederates held i aloof, the true situation dawned upon II him. He turned abruptly on bis heel, I and strode across the clearing. At j this all but the outlaws set up a hoot: , but Rogers affected not to hear it, and continued to retreat until the squatter sprang after him and pulled him back. * Here,” he said angrily; “yer have

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come here an' insulted us, an’ yer got! 1 to fight.” The outlaw’s only answer was to 1 draw a weapon; but before he could , us it Harbin knocked him down by a well-directed blow. There was now no further excuse for the ruffian; so with an angry growl, he arose and drew his knife, as the crowd, following an un- : written law, formed a ring and arrang- i ed the preliminaries for the coming ; affray. Jerry Gregg volunteered to second his friend, and Hank Jones : -magnanimously offered to perform a like service for the other. The veteran -after a hurried consultation with his principal, said: “This is to be fit to the death. The other side acquiesced, and the strange duel began. The trapper, who was by far the more steady of the two, assumed the defensive, and caught stroke after stroke on his keen blade as the enemy pressed him from the outset. For ten minutes neither scored an advantage, and, as the spectators watched the struggle with breathless interest, nothing could be heard except the labored breathing of the duelists and the clash of steel against steel. At length, in pursuing the policy he had begun—that of tiring his opponent out —the squatter backed into a depression in the soil, lost his footing and fell. Had the outlaw been equal to the emergency the combat would have ended then and there; but his slowness permitted the trapper to rise on one knee and parry successfuly that which should have been the homethrust. His situation, however, placed him at great disadvantage, and he endeavored to regain his feet in vain. The outlaw pressed him hard, and, throwing his full weight upon him, forced him to the earth. At this juncture a youth bounded across the clearing unobserved, and, while the attention of all was centered in the conflict, forced his way to the interior of the circle. The outlaw's deadly knife was raised, and Eph Harbin’s friends closed their eyes upon they deemed his impending doom. But the weapon did not descend, and while it was yet quivering in the air there was a report of a pistol, and Jim Rogers rooled to one side a corpse. The act was so sudden that not a hand could be raised to prove nt it, and it was only when the outlaw’s body lay extended on the earth that its fulfillment was realized. Eph Harbin was the first to recover from the general surprise. He sprang to his feet and grasped the stranger; but it was useless to think of disarming him as the smoking weapou was already lying at his feet, and its late possessor stood calmly awaiting whatever the next moment would bring forth. The squatter turned to the assemblage and said: “Men, thar’s been a cowardly murder here. What shall be done with ther youngster?” “Hang him!" shouted a dozen voices, whose owners had but a moment before been passive spectators to a hand-to hand conflict, which could in the death of one or both combatents; but, steeped in the border precept that taught them it was murder to kill a man without allowing him an equal chance for-life, they unanimously decreed the stranger’s death. “’Twas as cold-blooded a murder as I ever seed," said old Jerry, who was regarded as an oracle about the settlement, “an’ the scriptur’ says he must die.” So said they all. A rope ! used in the house-raising was pro- , cured and thrown over a cross-beam of , the cabin frame. The subject of these ; preparations remained a careless spectator, and said nothing as the noose passed over his head. A dozen brawny hands prepared to do the execution, when Eph Harbin motioned them to pause. “We hcv’nt give the young chap a chance to say anything. Youngster," said he, turning to the youth, “what ; made yer shoot Jim Rogers? ’ t A cold, blank stare was the only an- : swer; and, after repeating the question several times with a like result, 1 the trapper gave the order to “haul ■ him up.” The order was not obeyed, for a bul- ■ let whistled through the air and cut a [ shred from the rope. Everyone turned and looked across the clearing, over t which a young man was rapidly ap2 proaching the scene of the proposed j hanging. He held a rifle in his hand, which, when he reached the group, he t threw aside, and exclaimed: s I “Are you men or brutes, to hang a i fellow creature without judge and d'j UT J’ ? ” ! .“Judge Lynch are holding this ere , court, Harry,” replied Eph Harbin, actt ing as spokesman. “This chap murI dered Jim Rogers, an' refused to say j ! what he done it for. j The young man who was a settler, . ! and lived with bis sister a dozen miles e away, "•iri’ont r«nMng. at nnc r ' pro-

ceeded to where the corpse of the outlaw was lying, and turning it over and gazing into the face, muttered; “I thought so.” Then he turned, and addressing the squatter, said: “Eph, it is not fair to hang anyone without a trial. You be judge—let the rest be the jury. I will defend the prisoner; and if the jury convicts, the execution shall go on. Are you agreed?” “Yes, yes!” shouted several voices at this novel proposition. Harry removed his coat, and, throwing aside his cap, began his argument. “In the first place,” “you don’t want to hang a woman?” “A woman?” was echoed on all sides. “Yes, a woman;” and, going over to the silent prisoner, who was looking on with an air of abstraction, he removed the hunting-cap and a mass of black hair fell in light waves over the unknown’s shoulders. Then, without heeding the astonishment of the Court and the jury, he continued: “Ten years ago that woman was the pride of a happy household away in the East. There the tempter entered in the shape of a suave and handsome stranger. He lingered near until he secured her love. In an evil moment she yielded to the persuasive eloquence of Theodore Andrews, for such was the villains assumed name, and eloped With him to escape arrest for highway robbery. He came West with his victim and plunder; but it was not long before the attractions of the one paled, and the other was soon squandered. Betrayed, ruined and forsaken, the young girl, betrayed one of his disreputable schemes to the officers of the law. He was caught, convicted, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, but escaped in three years. On securing his liberty the first thing Andrews did was to find his former victim and crown his inhuman work by cutting out her tongue. Not long afterwards the multilated girl was found by her brother wandering in St. Louis, demented and tilled with a consuming desire for vengance. It was a bitter trial for a loving brother to realize that she was his once idolized sister, and you can imagine his feelings wheji he di d so. The reaction was not long delayed, however, and her cause became his. Together for six years they had . searched the boarder and its many haunts of vice for Theodore Andrews. But it was not until a year ago that a trace of him was discovered, and then brother and sister settled in this locality. which he was said to frequent, and she assumed her true character. Until to-day the two Nemesiees have been baffled; but the natural instinct of the one, brightened by a sense of her wrongs, led her to the presence of him for whom she searched. Gentlemen, ther lies Theodore An drows,” indicating the outlaw s body, “and the brother of his miserable vi ctim stands before you.” It was unnecessary for the speake r to appeal to his rough auditors further. Before his narration was half finished all had divined its import, and at its close many rough and sun-browned faces exhibited more or less emotion. Eph Harbin threw off his impromptu judicial character, and went over to the singular prisoner, who in the meantime had sunk to the ground. Iler head was bowed, the chin resting on her bosom, and as the honest bordermail reverently, and with a touch tender i as a woman’s, he started back affrightl ed. The prisoner was dead. The Bloody Brotherhood. By Wyoming Kitt. There was five of them, all small boys. In the stable loft— In sunny corners of the garden fence, where aged Solomon's glorious rays dis pelled the dark shadows— In the back kitchen, by the dim religious light of a tallow candle, and— Around the gable end of the village school-house they had red— They had devoured— They had gloated over the superbly illustrated edition of— BUCKSKIN BILL — The Butcher of the Bad Laud Range! Until their youthful hearts burned like a tar barrel at a precinct caucus! And the bloed coursed through their veins as courseth the fiery lava down • Vesuvius’rugged face— And then their smothered ambition burst forth, and their future path was ' i spread before tjiem — * Bathed in the crimson go-o-o-r-re of , the red man. j They formed the “Brotherhood! The Bloody Brotherhood! ! To arms! 11 Then fled they to their st refill homes. 1 with the speed of the affrighteued hen !as she sails over the garden fence in , | her mad endeavors lo escape the gleam : ing talons of the eamiverous hawk. (Or other birds Qf pray of equal car ' niverousness!) They turned their backs upon the hated school, never to see it more! The finger of destiny pointed them to the west! 1 To the rugged mountains—- .' The dork, trloomv canons —

The arid valleys of the b-o-u-nd-less west. Each reckless ranger hied him to his home, and wrested from its peaceful resting place the family hatchet! The hatchet so often yielded by paternal hands in fierce onslaught upon the inoffensive kindling wood! And tried its gleaming edge! An muttered: “Ha! ’tis well!” In a deserted stable the Brotherhood again assembled! And took the oath! The fearful oath of the Bloody Brotherhood! And seal it with five passionate kisses upon five gleaming hatchet blades! And then they sallied forth upon their career of Blood! AYE! BE-LOOD! Adown the village street they moved with cautious tread and bated breath. With eagle glances they peered into the cracks between the dry goods boxes, in search of the hated foeman! The leader halts! ‘Hist!’ ‘Sh-h-h-h-h!’ The foe! ‘Forward, brothers, to the combat! * * * * * * In front of the cigar store stood the Indian chieftain, holding in one hand a bunch of Havanas. In the other a bass-wood tomahawk! He stood gazing with fixed eye toward the west! Was he reflecting of his native village away out toward the setting sun ? We give it up! Little reeked he of the fearful fate which, like a storm cloud, hovered o’er his chiefly head!. Or rather was getting ready for him around the next corner above! Little dreamed he that the avenger was about to swoop down on him as swoopeth the famished cur upon the unsuspecting sausage at the butcher s door! They came on with steady tread! And he yet reflects! Will he see them in time to escape? Nearer they come! Nearer and nearer! And some more nearer! Will he get on to the racket in time to flee? Their suppressed breathing can almost be heard! And their avenging eyes can be I seen gleaming like the buttons on a j railway mail clerk’s Sunday coat! j Yet he reflecteth! Oh, Havens! Too late! too late! The leader springs forward! His hatchet whistles through the air with lightning speed, and the noble chieftain's larboard ear is cleaved off from his head! And as he strikes he screams: ‘Thus am I avenged!’ ‘At thee, vile eatiff!' yells Callison's i hopeful heir, as with one fell swoop of the deadly hatchet the bundle of cigars are shivered and sent showering upon the sidewalk in toothpick shape! ‘Ah-h-h ha-ha-ha-ha-ha ha-a-a a! ‘R-r-r-r-r-e-venge at last!’ hissed Murray’s third boy, by his second wife, as the aboriginal nose flew off and fell at the moccasined feet, a shapeless mass! ‘Mine be the hand that smites thee to death, prond cheiftain’, squawked tho widow Munson’s Jasper, as he sunk his hatehet to the eye in the plumed imperial head. ‘And mine be the foot that will smite every dashed blamed mother s o! you ■ under the coat-tails,’ howled the infuriated cigar dealer, as he sprang into j their midst and kicked! And kicked! And swore! And kicked again: And reswore! And kicked, and kicked, and again kicked! And then there was skedaddling in hot haste. And cries of anguish! And rubbing of the kickers objective point! As the Bloody Brotherhood disappeared down the alley and were lost to sight! Leaving their weapons on the, field of carnage! Nor halted they in their mad flight until they reached the school house, and entered in. And told the teacher they didn’t hear the bell! And got licked! Suggestions to Preserve. Health and Beauty. Be careful t j retain a good digestion and a clear conscience. Use the bath sufficiently for cleanliness and the agreeable sensations of , the skiu. Take frequent exercise in the open air, by walking, running, etc. j Have suitable employment for the , mind and body, agreeable to the taste r Eat slowly till hunger is satisfied, i but not to repletion. Avoid constipating articles of diet. 3 Quench your thirst frequently with s pure cold water. Avoid thirst-pravok-f. ing condiments. If you have pain or uneasiness in the stomach after drinking coffee, or eating pastry, take a draft of cold water Better still tn avoid tho use of i, . coffee, tea and alcholic drinks 1 1 Do not use tobacco ia any f<-rui 1 i • > , ■ i Attend promptly to the indications of nature. : Do not dress more warmly than is ! requsite for comfort. " | Let your shoes, belt, aad other parts ( 1 of your dress, be easy, giving free course to the blood an I to indigestion. Do not retire to bed with a head ful

of troublesome thought, but relieve it by pleasant conversation, music, a hymn, or a run in the open air. On retiring, the head should be cool, and not bow your conscience to any , power. Preserve your self respect, and your courtesy to others. Be temperate in your enjoyments, religious without bigotry, and liberal without wounding the prejudices of any. As a general rule, pursue such a course as, on a whole, shall be most comfortable. Take sufficient labor or exercise to keep the body lithe, the head erect, the motions easy. The true lady, as well as the true gentleman, should be perfectly upright, both in person and character. Associate with agreeable companions; love your relatives and friends, cultivate your own mind, taste, and sentiments, and instruct others to be so. Contribute to the improvement of your kindred, your country, and the world. Learti wisdom in general, whenever it may be found. “Her ways are the ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” AR K AN sTw AM ENITIES. An Old Minister Figures as an Editor With Surprising Results. Yesterday Uncle Jesse Winglop, a time-honored preacher, who has preached among the hills for forty years, and who in his younger days was known as the “wheel-horse exhorter,’’ came to town and called at the Gazette office. “My son George,” said Uncle Jesse to the political man, “has just graduated from the old Red Bluff Acadamy, and after sauntering around among the 1 professions, peeping into lawyer offi- | ces. and poking around doctor shops, I and not being satisfied, he has concluded to learn the editing business. I know how mnch fun has been made of men who want to be editors, but, of course, I understand all that. At first I’d like George to take hold of the religious department, for you know I can help him some. I’ve got four or five old sermons that I'd like to run in—old sermons preached long before men thought of getting out new Testaments. Now don’t ridiclue the idea.” “Uncle Jess,” replied the political man, with something like a sigh, “we'll : hold a cabinet meeting some time dur- | ing the present week, when your son’s I case will be considered. It is encour- j aging to see that church members are j seeking journalism, and I have no j doubt but that George will be of ad- ) vantage to us. But I must go to dinner now. Just sit dowu here among the exchanges and amuse yourself until I return.’’ The editor went down, and the old man took out his spectacles and began handling papers with a newly-awaken-ed idea of importance. The editor I had not been gone but a few moments when a burly-looking man entered the editorial room, and seeing the minister surrounded by a ruffled landscape of badly-handled papers, exclaimed: “All I ask of you, sir, is to let me shake the Little Rock dust from my feet. Do you hear, you spectacled fragment of a mortgaged menagerie?" “What do you mean?” exclaimed the old man in surprise. “Just let me shake this dust off, you gaping whippoorwill of flat-footed ig- | norance. Slander a man as you did | me this morning, and then say you don t i know what he means!” •‘I never said a word about you in my life, sir.” •Let me shake off this dust and then ! you can slash and slather my memory. Nice old stretcher of the truth.” “Do you mean that 1 have lied, sir?' • I do.” The old man hopped across the room 1 and grappled the insuiter. The fight was earnest and terrible, and when f j the editor came back the old man's | head was smeared with ink and the ini suiter was laying in the hall. “Sort of a monkey and parrot time, ’as the feller says," remarked the old . , man. “I say, I believe George will I | change his mind. You needii t call ) cabinet meeting. Talk about a religious | ! department. You ought to have a sack ; h I full of horse-pistols. '—Arkansas G i - zette. i Household Words.—James Dearr son, 28 Sixth street. Buffalo, says: “I . have used your Spring Blossom for 1 1' myself and family, and think it iuvalu ’ able as a household remedy, for regu j luting he bowels, liver and kidneys. I shall nevm >• without it." Price 50 3 cents, trial bottles 10 ceut«. s' The Commodore.—Jos. L. Foote, 1 the Commodore, Elgin. 111., saysThoiui as' Eclectric Oil cured him of sciatica s j with one application, thoroughly applic 1 ed. It also cured him of a severe cold ’ .and cough. He things it a very vt’.u ! able remedy, and will never be without II pt.

Major Beatty. In the subjoined paragraph will be found a compliment to Major Beatty, of Washington, New Jersey. “Thursday evening last it happened'we were on the passenger train that reached Washington about seven o'clock, and while stopping to change engines a splendid span of horses was noticed upon the street some distance below the track, drawing a carriage containing two gentlemen, neither of whom was recognized by us until a hum passed through the car, and the name of Da' iel F. Beatty, the Organ King, w. spoken with the familiarity of a bouse hold word, and in an instant mauy < the windows were hoisted, as the pas sengers seemed intent upon getting . better view of the elegant tufuout ol that well-known gentleman. The Major gracefully acknowledged the compliment, and removing his white silk hat bowed repeatedly to the occupants of the train. We do not note this fact as an advertisement, but as a pleasure. By strict attention to business this comparatively young man has built up a business of collossal proportions, and is at present giving employment to a great a number of men, if not greater than any private individual in the county. Enterprise is what we mos admire, and whether it comes from the railroad, mining or organ business, it ijust the • same to us. We say success j to Beatty, the Organ King, and long may he live to fill the world with mu sic and the pocket of the skilled mechanic with money.— Blairstown, (A'. .7.) Press. Major Beatty, though young, and a | few years ago poor and obscure, is now certainly one of the best known business men in the country. We know j an intelligent lady who some time since became impressed with the idea that .Major Beatty was overdoing the organ , business, and she conceived the peeul- ! iar notion that she would like to learn of some happy spot where Beatty and his organs had never been heard of. She inquired of friends who had make an extensive tour of Europe and the east, and alas for her cherished hopethey reported that they had not gone, beyond the lines of Beatty’s advertising circles, lie is ambitious and is pushing ahead, and will probably never be satisfied until he has spun his advertising web which will stretch over the civilized portion of the globe.”—-BeZ-viilcre (.V. J.) Apollo. We clip the above from the Apollo, and heartily endorse the sentiments I expressed. We have known Major | Beatty from the commencement of his career, and have watched with pride the growth and expansion of his bus! ness, from its beginning to its present mammoth proportions. — Washington. (N. J.) Star. The public has long since awarded to Ayer’s Hair Vigor the foremost place among reliable Hair Restoratives. It is effectual, agreeable and absolutely harmless. It makes the hair fresh and : luxurant, and old age seance and unfashionable. Cr. C. C. Hiatt says: Twenty years’ special practice with children has led me to test Rinehart's Liver Pills. Onj ly one for a dose. n0.19w2. Laughinr Awav a Duel. Laughter is an antidote to anger. Even a duel has been prevented by some amusing answer which turned wrath into mirth. A man holding both his sides can't hold a pistol. 2k Georgia Judge named White, who , wore a cork leg, once ehalenged a . brother of the bench, Dooly by name, ’ and a wag, to mortal combat. At the 1 appointed hour both appeared upon the field, but Dooly was alone. White i sent his friend to ask where his antaagonist’s second was. “Gone into the woods,” replied the humorous Dooly, : “to get a bit of hollow tree to put one 1 : of my legs in, that we may be even.” I The answer was too much for Judge White; he Hugh id and so did his sec- ! ond, and the challenge was withdrawn. An Irish lawyer, who had never fired j a pistol, was challenged by a famou. 1 duelist whom he had offended by severe comments upon his testimony in court. Toe duelist, having been crip pied in one of his duels, came limping upon the ground. He bad one favor to ask, permission to han against a mile-stone, as he was unable to stand ■ without support. The request was granted, and, just as the word “Fire! " was about to be given, the lawyer said he also had a , request to make He asked the priviliege of leaning against the next mile st one. A hearty roar of laughter from secsi I onus and challenger dissipated ail - thoughts of a duel. . j Subseiibe for The D;:u<krxt, el .50 1 a year. I

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