Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1881 — Page 1

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The Democrat. Official Paper of Adams County. SI. rtny WlllianiH, I?roprictor. Terms: One Dollar ami> Fifty Cents Per Yeah. Till-; I»E.HO< HATS A.UEXTS. 4. tn.t n. antiafaclorj nri-niia<-ini-nt» run be mutle w e w ill hu' > nil Isrnl lor The Bernocrni al each piiMotllci- in the Counit, the namenol w hom w ill be kept .tantlinu iu the nam-r. AA e <lo thi- tor the convenience f our .üb.crHiorn, anti trust the> will attprecmte It. Subscribers can pat their subscription, omni purl thereof, uranj sum ol m»nr>, to ouruKcnts. who will receipt for the snine, ami who also will take the names unit ca.| ol new subscribers. The following are the minu s ol liaents alreaib appointetl, and our patrons nt the several offices will de w a ureal favor by remitting Io them u ‘lit-lr monel m: subscription:” f. AV. HOCKER Monroe JOHN l>. HAI.E Geneva E t 11 BN K >lO It K<l AV I.inu Grove J. t7bAILBy7~ atty at law <5- J. P, nscATtin, t iiriix.i. II ill Practice in Adams and adjoining Counties. Collections a specialty. v24n29tj " sT<HASTINGS. M. D. HOJfOEOPATHIST PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, UICCATVX, IXDIAMA. AU calls day or nigi.l promptly attended to. Office in Stndnbitker s building, first door toiitli of Ct mt House Square. Vol. 25 No. 14. A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, tfgCATVtt. INDIANA. , Office in Houston's Block, up-stnirs. Will attend to ail professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4ili house east of Hart s Mill. 25jy79tf iTn/.Uuso»J , r«'t. w.ll Snaii-x,Cartier, fl. HTLUIAUAKKU, Vk-« t’r<‘» tTHE ADAMS COUNTY BANK. DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy>9tf PETEHSON & HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice in Alums an«l adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are No tarieeTubliennd drawdeeits and mortgages Heal estate bought, sold mid rented on lens„nable terms Office, rooms 1 and 2. I O <>. F. buildinf. 2>jy79tf FRANCE & KING. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BECATUK.INDIANA. u u- r, (- fL ~~ z th — i — —AU— - Perry, Huston, county. Ga , January 28, 1880. In 1873. there were two negros confined in jail badly afflicted with Syphilis. In lay official capacity I employed C. I Swift Z,l’cure I hem. under a contrnc', “no cure, no He administered his -‘Syplilittc Specific, and in a few weeks 1 felt bounu lo pay him out of the comity treasury, as he had effected a complete an.l radical cure. A. S. Giles, Ord. Houston co,, Ga. CiiATTAXOOUA, Tenn , Feb. 14,1870. The 8. S. S. is giving yood satisfaction. One gentleman who bad been confined to hil bed sis weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism has been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of it (’mt.'s & Beery. THE SWIFT 81’ECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by D rwin&Hollhouse. 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FLAX STRAW. i- How to cut it. How to cure it. To farmers of Adams and adjoining conties, who desire to harvest their Flax crop to the best advantage, I will otter 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 n than if it was standing in the ground, e I When your seed has matured and you ! wish to take up your flax to house, stock e' or take off the seed, use a horse rake, in l ; the early part of the day when the dew is ® j on. Rake up about as much as you can •h take care of the balance of the day. If r you wish to take the seed off, clean a piece a of ground about twenty feet square, near e your flax field. Commence tramping or <* rolling about 10 a. m. and you'll get off J your seed as fast as one team can haul it - from the field. Slack your straw neatly. While your horses tramping, if you are going to have a rain storm, cover your seed } heavy with tramped straw. Do not use a threshing machine to take ctf the seed. l,buy unwillingly lots of flax seed, at $4 and g $5 per ton. Dark colored or swathrotted, i and green straw that is spread out to rot, will be the most desiputfe and bring the highest price. ~ T‘he curing or rdfling can be done on the farm. It will not cost in labor over fifty cents per ton and will he worth per too more than unrotted when brought to the factory. Price from $3 to £6 per ion. I , will not buy wet straw nor weeds. All in ‘ formation in regard to curing and rotting ! Ibix straw will be given at the fatory. Farmers having last year’s crop will find market for it at the factory. THOM AS F. MYLOTT, Prop'r. Decatur, June 30. 4w I — . 11 , Dissolution ol < o-Partner.liip. By niutunl agreement we the under- * signed have this day dissolved partnership. AH 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 in the past favored us with their patronage, we remain yours very truly. CoNTER & HoLTIIOLSE. I Decatur, June 13, 1881. r New Firm. The undersigned having this day ■ I formed a co partnership in the boot and 1 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 1 motto. YogLEWEDE it CoNTEtt. Decatur. Ind., June 13. 1881. j To the Public. Having this day formed a co-pait-ncr ship to be known as Voglewede and . Confer, 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 remain yours, J. 11. Yoglewede. To Whom it May Concern, i Notice is hereby given that my wife, , Hattie Luckabill, left my bed and I board on the 27th day of June last [ without cause or provocation, and that j I will not be responsible for any debts . contracted by her. Daniel Luckabill. August 11, 1881. AI’PIACaTION for license. To the citizens of the town of Deaatur, i Adams county, Indi una. Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned J. J. Tonnellier Son, will make application to the Board of commissioners of Adams county, at their next regular session, fora license to sell spirituous, vinus and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time in and at our place iof business, situate! on the following described premises to wi’: commencing at a point on the north side of Monroe street in the town of Decatur, sixty-six (66) feet west of the southwest corner of in-lot 250 in the original plat o p the town of Decatur, thence running north at right angles with said Monroe street 132 feet, thence west parallel with said Monroe stieet 66 ieet to the alley, thence south along the alley 82 fbet to a stake, thence east parallel with said Monroe st. 41 feet to a stake, thence south fifty feet to the said north side of Monroe street, thence oast 21 feet to the place of beginning. J. J.Tonnellieb & Son. Aug. 11, 1881. OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Frederick Cook, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. COAT COOK, Administrator. ; Aug. 11, 1881. Heller & Hooper, Atty’s. Y^ pLICATION for license’ To the citizens of Hartford township, Adams county, Indiana: Notice is hereby given that I, Jacob Branneman, will make application to the board of commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, at their regular session in September, 1881, for a license for one year, to sell vinous ond malt liquors in less’quantities than a quart at a time, at my plnce’of business iu and at . the building situated on in-lot No. 7, ini the town of Buna Vista, Adams county, Indiana, as the same is designated on the i recorded plat of said town. JACOB BRANNEMANN. Aug. 11, 1881. 4 PPLICATION FOR LICENSE. A—- — the citizens of the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana. Notice is hereby given, that I, the undersigned, John IF. Voglewede, will make application to the Beard of Commissioners of Adams county, State of Indiana, at their next regular session for a license to sell spirituous, vinus and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, at my place of business in and at the building situated on the following described premises to-wit.- Thirty-three feet off’ the west end of in-lot number two bun ired and seventy-four (274), m the town of Deca’ur, I as the same is designated on the records in th? Recorders Office of said Adams tyJOHN W. VOGLEWEDE. * Aug. 4, 1881.

Billiousness cured by Rhinehart’ Liver pills. Only one for a dose. Sample dos« free. n0.17w2 ’ 4 PPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. ' A Notice is hereby given, that the under--3 signed has been apppointed Administrator t of the Estate of Robert Stevens, late of . Adams county, deceased. The Estate is I probably solvent. SMITH STEVENS, } Adminisrator. . Aug 4, 1881.—It. j Franco & King Atty’s. 1 PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE. — ! The state of Indiana, Adams county, SS. ( Notice.is hereby given that Ferdinand j Reinking, executor of tUfc-will of David D. {• Bevelhaimer, deceased, has filed his peti > tion to sell the Real Estate of the dece- . dent, his personal estate being insufficient . to pay his debts; and that Said petition • will bn heard at the next term of the Adams Circuit Court of said County. Witness my hand and the Seal of said . Court, this 2nd day of August, 1881. [ N. BLACKBURN, t Clerk. Aug. 4, 1881.— wl. i Peterson & Huffman, attorneys for exec- ( utor. ! Y I’BLICATION FOR LICENSES. To the Citizens of the town of Geneva, Adams County, Indiana. Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned, Thos. McKee and J. W. McDon aid, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana, ; at their next regular session, for a license to sell spirituous, vinus and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart ata time in and at our place of business, situated on the following described premises, towit: In-Lot No. one hundred and eighty (180), in the town of Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, as the same is recorded and designated on the recorded plat of said town. Thos. MoKek, J. W. McDonald. August 4, 1881. Application tor lAccnsc. To the citizens of the town of Geneva, Adam« county, Indiana. Notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned, Alexander Rnbinson, will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, at their next regular session, for a license to sell spirituous, vinus and mdt liquors, in less quantities than a quart at a time, at my place of bus ines*, in and at the building situated on the following described premises in the town of G neva, Alams county, in the State of . Indi ma, to-wiu In-lot number one hun dred and nineteen (H 9 in the town us Geneva, as the same is iecorded and designated on 'he recorded piet of said town ALEXANDER ROBINSON. Aug. 4, 1881. : p LECTION NOTICE. 1 J — A Stockholders meeting of the Chicago x Atlantic K til way Company, is called to meet at the office of said company, in lluniiugton, Indiana, on * ■ Tlutrsduij. the Ist. of at 1 o'clock p. m , to elect new Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting, Ry order of the Board of Directors. L. P. MILLIGAN, July 28, 1881; —w 3. Secretary. SHERIFF’S SALE. A. W. Holmes administrator of the estate of George Kintner, vs. Barnabas Everett. September Term, 1877 In the Adams Circuit court, of Adams County, Indiana. By virtue of an execution to me directed and delivered by the Clerk of the Ad ams circuit court, of said county and state 1 upon a judgment rendere 1 atthe September I term, 1877, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expuse for sale by public auction, at the east door of the Court House, in the town of D?- | canir, Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock A. M. and 4 o’clock j P. M., on SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th., 1881. the rents and profits for a term not to exceed seven years of the following described premises, situated in Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section five (5), to wnship twen- 1 ty-six (26) north, range fifteen east, in Adams county, state of Indiana. ! And on failure to realize therefrom the ‘ 1 full amount of judgment, interest thereon 1 and costs, I will, at the same time 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 saidexecution 11. KRICK, ( July 28, 1881. Sheriff A. Co. i — t ' TO NON-RESIDENTS. t The State of Indiana, Adams county, Ss. 1 In the Adams Circuit Court, September i Term, 1881. Thomas J/urphy vs. John T. Mooney, Lewis J. Mooney, Moses Peirson. Minnie < Bosler, Sidnia Boeler. Isaac N. Rosier, A. B. Kaber, Frank Hardman and Minerva, whose maiden name was Mooney, but whose 1' surname since her marriage is to the plain- t f tiff unknown. Complaint to quiet title, | No. 1,538. 1 Il appearing t’rom affidavit, filed in the , above entitled cause, that John Mooney, Lewis J. Mooney, Moses I’ierson, .Minnie f Bosler, Bidnia Bosler, Isaac N. Bosler, A j B. Kaber, Frank Hardman, and Minerva, whose maiden name was Mooney, but whose surname since her marriage is to the plain- j tiff unknown, that they be and appear be- s fore the Hon. Judge of the Adams circuit “ court, on the first day of the next regular a term thereof, to be holden at the court t ! house in the town of Decatur, commencing I on c Monday, the 26th of September, 1881 « and plead by answer or demur to said i complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my name, and the seal of said t court hereto affixed, this 25th day of July „ 1881. N.BLACKBURN, t Clerk. , July 28th. 1881.—w4. D. Studabaker, attorney for plaintiff. j pETITION TO SELL REaL ESTaTE. j The state of Indiana, Adams county, SS. ! Notice is hereby given, that Catharine , Tonnellier, administratrix of the estate of John Tonnellier, deceased, has.filed her ' j petition to sell the real estate of the de- j cedent, his personal estate being insufficient to pay his debts; and that sail petition will be heard at the next term of the t circuit court of said county. Witness, my hand and the Seal of said court, this 10th day of August. 1881 N. BLacKBURN, a vrj.lljlSH, 1

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, AUGUST 18, 1881.

Os a Broken Heart. “Yes, sir, I did know of one instance of the kind, and most pitiable it was. A genuine case of death from a broken heart. ’ The speaker of the foregoing words was the white-haired prompter of one of our metropolitan theatres, and his auditors were a group of present-day actors, who had on this occasion, as they were often pleased to do, got the old man talking of the profession in his younger days. “And no woman in the case, Uncle Dan?” “Woman! Young man, time and experience will teach you that there can be great troubles in the world without laying the blame on some poor woman's shoulders. No, boys, this was a case where undeserved disappointment in his profession literally crushed out the life of as good an actor as ever trod the boards.” “Let us bear it, Uncle Dan. Lets fill the glasses once more before you start iu. Your throat is bound to get dry and parched, and it won t hurt the moral of your story to have it washed down with a social glass of lager.’’ “Thank you, boys. Success to you. Now for the story. It was in 185thatl first met Stephen Bailey—‘Uncle Steve,’ as everyone called him. I had just received an engagement as prompter at the C Theater, in one of our Western cities; for even at that time I had found that I was much more acceptable at the prompt-bos than before the footlights. A hard lesson to learn, boys, but one that many of us need. “Uncle Steve was what was called a ‘Shakespearian comedian/ and in that grand old line of plays we see so seldom nowadays shone out in away that would have done our heart good to see. Not one of the old-time stars but has played with him, not one but spoke of him as marvelously good. I remember once, when Forrest was delighting the public at our theatre, while even he did not hesitate in speaking plainly in commendation of Uncle Steve’s talents, yet, in putting up King Lear for his benefit, said: ‘We will cut the part of the fool, Mr. Manager, the performance will be strong enough without it.’ ” “Uncle Steve had a failing. He loved conviviality, and, though he never let it interfere with his business, yet it weakened his vitality; so that when old age came upon him he had little strength to bear up under affliction. Poor fellow! His death was indeed a sad one.” “It happened that at the opening of the season of 18G- the management were anxious to secure the services of a Miss Bonsay as leading lady. She was English, and a most excellent actress. Everything in connection with the negotitations had been mutually satisfactory, excepting that the lady insisted upon the engagement of her husband as first low-comedy. This was a stumbling-block to the management, to whom Uncle Steve had come to seem a fixture; but Miss Bonsay was firm, and the management was forced to yield. They did so, however, with the tacit understanding that a few of the old parts which Uncle Steve had rendered so prominent should still be given him whenever Shakespeare held the boards, and then they salved their consciences by telling Uncle Steve that he should always be on the salary-list, but would not be asked to appear excepting on these occasions. They reminded him of his old age, and said : they felt they owed hin a living for ■ the good work he had done them; but, as the cast of any of the old plays would be incomplete without him, they : must ask him at such times to again don the buskin. “Miss Bonsay’s husband was a fair i actor, though more in the line we term ‘character’ nowadays than legiti- : mate comedy, and, as society plays ' were beginning to be in vogue, gave i good satisfaction. Occasionally, however, when some of the tragic stars i visited our city, and Uncle Steve re- ; peated his former triumphs, Miss Bonsay’s husband might be seen stalking about the greenroom or peering from the wings, with an expression on Lis countenance far from pleasing; and oftentimes our stage manager said:” “Trouble will come of this.” “At last it did come. Ned Adams was announced to appear in -Hamlet;’ and as soon as it became known in the theatre Miss Bonsay’s husband informed the stage-manager that he had grown tired of ‘this blasted nonsense,’ and meant to insist upon the right of his position in the theatre, and be cast for First Grave digger. In vain did : the stage-manager remonstrate. The longer he talked, the more obstinate Miss Bonsay’s husband became, and i the result was he carried his point. It i was with a heavy heart I wrote that s cast and tacked it to the board, and I felt so guilty in doing it that I would almost have given anything to have 1 been able to keep out of Uncle Steve's i

sight forever afterwards. First Gravedigger was Uncle Steves pet part, boys. Nothing could hit him harder than taking that from him.' “Next morning I watched the company as they came one by one to the greenroom and read the cast. I saw them start and slowly shake their heads as they walked away. A hundred little devices were used that day to keep Uncle Steve busied about something, and many times when he was fixing his glasses to read the cast someone would take him by the arm and lead him away under plea of asking some important question. But the end could not be avoided. At last he stood before the board, and read the fact we were striving to spare him. I saw him start, bend forward and look earnestly, and then, without taking his eyes from it, say: “Dan, Dan, old boy! Come here. You have made a blunder in this cast, old fellow.” “No, Uncle Steve, it is not a blunder.” "And Bonsay is cast ' “By the manager's order, Uncle Steve.’ “I was startled as I looked at the poor - old man. His glasses fell to the floor, his arms hung helplessly by his side, and his face became entirely devoid of expression, as though he had been smitten with a palsy. I sprang to his side, fearing he would fail.'’ “Uncle Steve, speak to me. You are ill.” “No, no, Dan. I—l think I will go home.” “Slowly recovering somewhat from his apathy, he started for the stagedoor. I called the property-boy, and strongly impressed upon him that he i must help the old man home, and try I to get him to go to bed, and promised ; myself that as soon as rehearsal was I over I would call at the room, to be sure that nothing serious should result to him.” “I recounted to our stage-manager what I bad seen, and we agreed that, to prevent what we could, we would appeal to Mr. Bonsay s humanity. His humanity! I don’t believe that man had a particle of such an article in his composition. We argued, begged and pleaded with him. We told him that poor Uncle Steve's health, perhaps his life, depended upon this concession; but we might as well have spared our lungs. He refused to yield one jot, no matter what the consequences. If we insisted, he threatened that both he and his wife would instantly leave the company. The story of this interview somehow got noised through the company, aud from that time until the night of the performance, Mr. Bonsay’s ears were greeted by many remarks which must have been far from pleasant, especially after he had refused to grant the written request of the entire company, manager and attaches to give way on this accasion only'. “During the few succeeding days Uncle Steve seldom left his room, and those who met him all concurred in saying that the poor old man seemed to be badly dazed, and that he often appeared not to hear at first what was said to him. His most intimate friend, our first old man, spoke of difficul- 1 ty of getting him to eat anything, and altogether the affair cast such a gloom over the theatre that all felt that Jimmy, the property-boy, but spoke our minds when he said: “This here is jest like a graveyard, and I guess the corpse won't be wanting.” “On the night of the performance I 1 had rung down the curtain on the fourth act, when Horatio came to me and said: “Dan, Uncle Steve has just gone down stairs.” “Gone down stairs! For Heaven’s sake, get some one to look out for him! This cursed affair has driven the old man crazy.' “And that won’t be the end of it, either,” said Horatio. “Bonsay has a good deal to answer for.” ‘For some time I was too busy to think of Uncle Steve again, and Mrs. Clark, the wardrobe woman, whom Horatio had told to see him, had gone to his dressing-room, and reported that she guessed the old man had gone home, for he was nowhere to be seen.’ ‘Now, as I think back over it all, I can’t help believing that if I could have gone to him when I first heard he was in the theatre I should h ave divined his intention, and probable prevented it. But it was not to be so. The pitiful end was to come right . there where the cruel blow had been struck.’ , ‘All was ready for the fifth act, and I was preparing to ring up, thinking what a muff Bonsay would make of the part, when a voice just beMud me , said:’ ‘Good evening, Dan.’ ‘Stirtled, I turned quickly, and saw Uncle Steve standing there, seeming ' more like a ghost than a mortal, and

dressed for the part of First Gravedigger.’ You see, Dan, old fellow, the old man is never late. Punctuality is one of his few virtues.’ ‘Good God, Uncle Steve, what are you thinking of? What are you here for?’ ‘Here for? My business, of course as soon as you will ring up. Come, come, Dan, don’t keep the people waiting. They like old Uncle Steve’s Gravedigger, God bless them! They don't think he should be shelved yet a while.’ ■Uncle Steve, try to think. Don’t you remember? The cast was changed » ‘Cast? Changed?’ ‘Yes, you don’t play your old part, Uncle Steve, and—-— ’ ‘The struggle of his mind to clear away the mist which enveloped it was plainly evident on Uncle Steve's face, and at last, as a sad, pained expression flitted across it, he said:' ‘Yes, yes! I remember! I don’t play it, and Bonsay ' and then his voice failed him entirely. In a moment he straightened up with something like his old vigor, and said: I must have been dreaming, Dan. I haven’t been well lately, and maybe it has effected my head. I feel very tired. I think I had better go down stairs and rest a while.’ ‘Do, Uncle Steve; and as soon as the act is over I will go home with you.’ ‘He did not asnwer me, as he turned so wearily away and walked slowly towards the stairs, the deepest dejection of despair marked in every movement.’ ‘I have never undergone such torment, boys, as I suffered for the next half hour. I must have had some dim premonition of what was to come, for it was only by a strong exercise of will that I forced myself to remain at my post. I would have given worlds to be sure that Uncle Steve was safe, and yet duty prevented my going to him. I waited most impatiently for the close of the act, and the curtain was hardly down before I was an the stairs leading to the dressing rooms. Uncle Steve's door stood partly open, and as I entered I saw him seated on the chair, leaning against the wall, his eyes closed, and his clothes partly off. ‘Tired, ch, Uncle Steve? Well, never mind. We’ll soon get these togs off, and then for home.’ ‘I knelt beside him, and, taking hold of the sleeve of his jacket, gave it a slight tug to free his arm from it, when, with a sudden lurch forward, he fell into my arms, and lay there in that limp, helpless way which comes only of total unconciousness. ‘Great Heavens, be has fainted!’ I cried. ‘Tom! Jimmy! Everybody!’ and my shouts rang through the pas- ■ sage. Everybody rushed out, and in a few moments the entire company was gathered in and about Uncle Steve’s room. Mrs. Clark seemed first to know what to do, and ordered Jimmy to bring a doctor, while she knelt beside the poor old fellow. She started to losen the clothes about his troat, but stopped suddenly, and gazed at him with eyes so dialated that we all seemed struck dumb, and could not utter the questisn we so wished to ask. Then she turned slowly away from him, and, speaking Irtirdly above a whisper and with trembling voice, she said: •Boys, he is dead!' It was indeed true, as the doctor, who soon arrived, proved indisputably. Uncle Steve was gone. His kindly smile and pleasant, cheery voice was lost to us forever. There is no use in trying to tell you bow we all felt. You understand it. 1 can read that in your sober, sympathizing faces. Os course there was a post-mortem, and the experimenting medicos hunted in vain for the disease which had been so fatal to the old man. They decided at last upon a verdict of inanition to avoid confessing themselves beaten; but no one in the C Theatre at that time could be made to believe that Stephen Bailey did not die of a broken heart, unless it might have been Bonsay, and I would not be too certain that his thoughts on the subject were at all comfortable. ‘Come, boys, a glass of beer, and let us change the subject. Enough of melancholy for to-day.’ Kidney Complaint Cored. —B. Turner. Rochester, N. Y., writes: “I have been for over a year subject to serious disorder of the kidneys, and of- I ten unable to attend to business; I pro - , cured your Burdock Blood Bitters, and i was relieved before half a bottle was used. I intend to continue, as I feel | confident that they will entirely cure me. Cr. C. C. Hiatt says: Twenty years’ special practice with children has led ■ me to test Rinehart's Liver Pills. Only one for a dose. n0.19w2. Ayer's Ague Cure is purely vegetable bitter and a powerful tonic, free from quinine or any mineral substance, and always cures the severest cases.

- TEMPERANCE COLUMN. I EDITED BV MRS. M. L. HOLLOWAY. Being kindly permitted to take charge of a temperance department in The ' Democrat, I shall endeavor to so conduct it as not to detract from the interest of the paper, and while the dish served up each week may not be palatable to ’ all, I can assure my readers in advance that it will be entirely wholesome. Our state is on the eve of a mighty contest, in which those who favor peace, prosperity, morality and everything tending to elevate humanity and bless our counj try, will be ranged on one side, while those who prefer lawlessness, vice, immorality and all that tends to impoverish and curse the state will be engaged ’ on the other side. The friends of temperance cannot expect to succeed in this conflict without well-directed 8 intelligence; we need trained and cul- ’ tivated brain, men and women, well in--1 formed cn the various phasesof the question, therefore temperance literature must be read and studied, and it will s be one of the aims of this column to discuss the question of prohibition to I answer objections urged against it, and keep its readers inf ormed as to what is being done in the interest of temperance in this and other states. I trust ! I shall have the sympathy and assistance of mil of our citizens who favor reform in this direction—in my efforts to make this department both interesting and instructive. M. L. H. ' Catholic Total Abstinence Union. t Boston, August 4. —The second day of the national Catholic total abstinence • union was preceded by a solemn high mass requiem, at the church of the immaculate conception. The following : resolutions were adopted: That we acknowledge with gratitude , the encouraging words of our hierarchy, , : and these zealous efforts of their priests i who during the past have fostered the good cause and helped it on by word ' and example, and we hope their suc--1 cess will be stimulated to still more ( earnest efforts in the future. ] 1 That it is to the interest of every < citizen in the country to help on the < good work, for in proportion as the vice 1 1 of intemperance decreases so will men become better citizens and henest and 1 upright in their dealings. J That we hear with just pleasure of } the rapid progress of the cause among ( the ladies of the land, and the number 1 of ladies' branches already started shows they are alive to its benefits, and > is a harbinger of the bright prospects 1 for the rising generation, for good t mothers will bring up good children. J That while the organization of ca- [ det societies is not altogether dead, we regret the apathy in their forma- a tion. We again, with all our power, a urge the organization of cadet socie- a ties in every parish. That recognizing the power of the , press wc call on all Catholic papers to J advocate, in season or out of season, • the cause of total abstinence. The seventh resolution urges the n importance of making the meetings at- s tractive. The eighth tenders thanks to il 1 J the clergy and press. A resolution of sympathy for the f Irish people in their struggle for land t reform, aud declaring that the land league has no more efficient supporters of its principles than the Catholic J total abstinence union of America, was * adopted. * ' t Other resolutions condemn pool play- a ing for drinks, and call for its sup-1' pression; urge the formation of lecture * bureaus by district societies; sympa- ' thize with all other temperance organizations; urge a better observance of the Sabbath by abstaining from drinking, and ask the co-operation of all good citizens in the work of securing , such better observance; protesting sol- . emnly against the present desecration t of the Sabbath. Archbishop Elder was elected presi- i , dent of the union, but on declining, i> r i , Rev. J. B. Colter, of Minnesota, wasl ] > chosen. e — - - — j i The New York Herald says that v four-fifths of the five thousand bodies ! ? ■ that reach the morgue in that city eve- I • ry year are sent there by drunkenness, j J The Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th., says of the 500 deaths which ocI curred in this city from the effects of the excessive heat, three fourths, if : not a larger proportion are traceable | to the intemperate use of intoxicating j liquorsThe Chaplain of the Kansas peniten- i j tiary says that all but twenty of the ; ■ convicts there—639 out of 659 were brought there by liquor! Surely, Kansas did not strike for liberty any too ! soon. “Prohibition's a failure.”—Pittsburg ( : Leader. i Mercy! How li qnorites and bummers

take up and re-echo that cry! The saddest spectacle of humanity conceivable, blear-ey’ed and bloated, zig-zagging all over the pavement, and who had just snatched a loaf of bread from a starving child’s hand and pawned it for rot gut, mumbled as he moved along, “P---pro-hibition’s a f-f-failure. Lord bless us. What wisdom. Pittsburg Ailooia'e. Sunbeams. The snow bank in Tuckerman’s ravine in the White Mountains, is now ten feetsdeep. The circulation of fiction from the Boston Public Library is only 13 per eent. of the whole. A San Francisco trick is to neatly cover a good silver coin with tinfoil, and induce an expert to bet that it is counterfeit. Major Gossit had been a widower only three months at Chattanooga before he was sued for breach of promise to marry. In London it is expected that a small batch of peers will be announced before the close of the present session of Parlimen t. Thebaggage taken by the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and their suite.to Norris Castle in Englad weighed nearly eight tons. Vennor predicts cool weather next week. But he promised the same comfortable temperature for those dreadfully hot days of last week. There is a girl in Litchfield, Mass., who can see only distant objects with one eye, and with the other only near ones greatly magnified. Two new wood pulp factories were put in operation iu Norway in 1880, and eight of the nineteen old ones was enlarged. Six more are about to be built. “Here I go,” cried Ovcrkenncr. “Good morning,” and he waived a smiling adieu to his companions on a St. Louis Wharf, plunged into the water, and drowned himself. The British Govermeut gives a handsome premium to builders of torpedo boats if the speed of their vessels is in excess of the specification, Messrs. Thorneycroft received $2,500 in this way. Lady Walter Campbell, wife of Lord Walter Campbell, who passed some three years here, in training for business in Wall street, is regarded as one of the London beauties. She is the daugnter of a Manchester manufacturer, and had a large fortune. The Rev. George W. Williams, a member of the Ohio Legislature, is a negro. A year ago he was suing n Columbus hotel for refusing to board him on account of his color. Now a Columbus hotel keeper is suing Williams for a board bill. Consul Wilson writes that Palestine is fast asleep. There is only one good wagon road in all the Holy Land, the one leading from Jerusalem to Jaffa; the newspapers are two small, feeble Hebrew sheets; and the railroad improvements are yet to be made. The Princess Louis was present at an influential London meeting to consider the abatement of the smoke nuisance in London. Dr. Siemens F. R. S., recommended the use of gas for heating purposes as the most effectual means of preventing smoke, and Sir Jlenry Thompson and other medical gentlemen concurred. Mr. P. A. Taylor, M. I’., has given notice of his intention, early next session. to call attention to the “undoubted failure of vaccination to prevent epidemics of small-pox,” and to move that “it is unjust aud impolite to enforce vaccination under penalties upon those who regard it as unadvisable or dangerous.” A journalist of the Philadelphia Times has been on a fishing trip. “Sometimes, he writes, a raw-looking country lad, with a hook and line made fast to a stick cut from a tree, will bring in all the fish he wants, while the tourist, with split bamboo rod and silver-plat-ed reel, will have to buy of the lad, or go home without fish.” An enterprising but impecunious Philadelphian borrowed money enough to furnish an office and hang out a sign: ‘Franklin Protective Association.’ Then he went to work among the negroes, telling them of imaginary benefits to be obtained in the future by joining his society, and now he has an income of $125 awe k from his members’ dues. The Russian Grand Duke Constantine retains the nominal title of Lord High Admiral, but is succeeded in the exercise of the administrating functions by the the Grand Duke Alexis, who assumes the title of Chief of the Navy. The Post of President of the Council of the Empire, which Constantine held for many years, has been conferred on the Grand Duke Michael. VIRGINIA POLITICS. She. Don't put your arm around tny neck; You’ll rumple all my ruffles. He. Then let me kiss you without force, And thus avoid all scuffles. She. There is no sweetness in a kiss Unless by force tis taken. He. I know it. There! Oh, this is bliss! This style of osculation. bin:. My ruffles you have rumpled, love. And put me in a fluster. He. Oh, never mind; I’ll fix it, dolor I am a Readj aster. — Wheeling Ledger.

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