Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1881 — Page 4

rTsn /ngf\ /MTTAURS\ XHEAQACHE/ CURE most wonderfully in a vey »Bwt time both SICK and NERVOUS HEADACHE, relieve DYSPEPSIA in ire worst forms, cleansing the body of excess ofbilc.producing a regular healthy action of the bowels. A full «» box,»Tth full irectlons f.-r a o»m|>ie<e cure, rusile l to any address on receipt or nine 3c poalago sucupe. Eor sale by all drugglata at iZc. TESTIMONY OF THE CLEROY. From Rev. Thomae Guard, »»• «r its mwi eminent oierg*u>eu to the country. Pastor Mi Vernon M. E. Church, Baltimore, St 4. I have no breiutiou in wryine that Dr Mettaur’s Headache Pills have proved must beueucud u> me. From Rev. Thomas Canible, Unsi-rstown. n<L 1 have tried Dr. Mettaur* Headache Pill* with rreat benefit. lam now seventy-nine yean* old. and have been subject to constipation for J earn From Rev. Lewie A.Thlrekled. U Btrrbury. Mo. I rave Dr. Mettaur’s Hea Pills V' a man who was tab* i with a bud attack of bilious aud in two day* be was out atU-dW to Lu tv ork. From Rev. I. E. I have nsod ono box of Dr. Mettanr’s Headache PUbsand found them urest beuumiliil. From Rev. C. W. Hobbs, Piedmont. W A a. I have riven ray wife, who i« a sufferer frern hoadarie. Dr. M'-ttaur’s Joadsebe P.lta, and uno dose of the HUs &•* always cured her. BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Sole Proprs. jieuive rtiv rw*. Baltimore, Mo.

PERRY DAVIS’ Pain-Killer 41 SME AND SURE REMEDY FOR Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery. Sprains AND Bruises, Burns AND Scalds, Toothache Headache. PAIN-KILLER trusted friend of all vhowant a sure and »afe medicine which can be freely need internally or external iy. Without fear «d harm and with certainty of l»Uef. Its price brings It within the range of all, and it will annually save many tunes its cost in Mootnr bills. Price. 25 rente, 50 rente, and J1?0O per bottle. Directions accompany each bottle. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. WOMAN’S TBIOIPII!

BBS. LYDIA L PINKHAM, OF LYKN, MASS., DUOOVEUKR Os LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S ( VEGETABLE COMPOUND, The Positive Cure fbrall tkoeePatoful <’omplnjnt» awd Weaknei»«* ••common Utoar UtH fcnutle population. R will cure entirely the worst form of Female Complaint*, all ovarian tnasblea, Inl'.auip-.aXi.m and Vice ration, Falling and Displacement*, and the consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particular!/ adapted to the Chance of Life. It wifi dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus in an sariy Kaffe of derel .;»m- nt. The tendency to can•srous humors there is checked very speedily by its use. It removes faiAtoeas, llatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weaJrrtess of the stomach. It eures floating, deadM'bea, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, SloepAoatanm, Depresskw and Indigestion. That feeling of beuriag down, esualrg pain, weight aa<i backa-.be. H always jiermanently cured by Ee u*e. It will at all tiroes and under all circumstances act in harmony »Ith the Jaws that govern the female system. For the eueoof Kidney Complaints of either sex this Compound u U.B-ce;nussed. LYDIA E. PIS lUf AM’S VEGETABLE COM. POUND is prepared a* suit end Z 35 Western Avenue, Lynn. Mass. Price >l. Six boUihc for $5. Sent by mail la the term of pills, also lathe oi losenges, on ef price, $1 per box for eithei Mrs. Pinkham fraalyaas'verß all letters of inquiry, bend for pampblei. Address as at>»ve. Afenfit-n f/U* Pdp*r. Me family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S LIVER PTI.IA They cupv oonstiptitioix, K,u ~ira«Sß aad uf the liver. ft cents per box Morri> on, Plummer A Co., Chicago, Wholesale Agents.

HHE GREAT CURE FOB ’< ! RHEUMATISM ■ A« it U for aft diAeasos of the KID’IEYS, ‘ / LIVER ANU BOWELS. j It olexnaea the Bysteis oC the ccrld poison * that oaueea the droaafal auffariaq wiiioh GUiy the victims of Bhc aac realm*. THOUSANDS OF CASES •I the worst forme of th’n terrible diaeaae < < have been quickly relieved, in a short tuns > £ PEBFECTLY CURED.

>' had wendk-rful success, and &a immense k , aste is every part of the Country. la hun- * deeds of casesit hoe cured where all else had r < fiulea. It is mild, tut efficient, CERTAIN < IN ITB ACTION, but harm legal naLcases. IVTt elcaasca. nnd civcsNew ’< >' IJfe to all the important organs of the body. , The natural action of the Kidneys is restored ' The Liver is cleansed of ail disease, and the , i‘ Bowels move freely and healthfully. In tills > , way the worst diaeasoe Ara vradiuitod £tom ' tbesy® ,pal - '< : Aa it has been provad by thousands that » ( 81a the most effectual remeiy for cleausiox the , system of al! morbid secretions. It should be i used 'n every household as a SPRING MEDICINE. Always ourw BILIOUSNESS. ON9TIPA- 1 TION, PILES and all FEMALE Diseases. la put up in Dry Vegetable Furm. hi tin cans, • FA one paekae* of wlueh .simcaif.ue. * KI Also in Ugnli Ferm, very C )aaeaairatedfor Fl Vbeeon>eui-'i .of thase preM pare it. itocta isdh «ouul »g}cu»fftn tiAtrform. • 11 GET ITOFYUUIi UtIUGGiST PMCL tl.Od \ j U WALLS. KICUAKDSONi Xfo . Prop s. . I (WJll semi tae ary BOvt-baM.) BLtMTOX. yr. OlxllX* and ALL OISIAMR _ -< MsO*rt*l Pote****« •< NlesA cum. rrloo. •l oo ?~y“ ***■*• IXT A ’CHES

“HIGHBINDER v” A Presumably Serious' ami Accurate Account of a terriM* Body. Several years ago a . unuilsr of desperate Chinamen, principally men who had served terne m ban Quentin, came together and organized • <>r the purpose of plundering their countrymen aud women. their plan of operation was tor gangs, armed with revolvers and immense doub.e edged knives’ to go into houses occupied by lewd women, or by gamblers and make a formal demand for money. if the demand was not complied with, the numbers < f the gangs would smash the furniture in the house and threaten the inmates. The demolution of the household Gods and the threats usually had the effect to induce those who were the victims or the gang to yield the amount asked for. In cases where such conduct did uot produce the desired eflhet, the members of the gang used their knives on those who resisted their demands, aud left them dead or dying after having pillaged the premises. Their revolvers they only used as a last resort, as the report of tirearms they well knew would always attract the police and might lead to their capture. Wherever they went they intimidated those they visited to such degree that they dare not raise their voices to call for help or afterwords make complaint, for, fear if they did so death at the hand of a secret assasiu would inevitably follow sooner or later, the many mysterious murders committed in the valleys of tbe Chinese quarter were the work of members of these gangs of desperadoes. Emboldened, by success and immunity from punishment, these highbinders, as they are now called concluded to enlarge their sphere of operations,and created what in Chinese is denominated a “Tong” or secret society, the proclaimed object of which is to afford protection to the members in trouble and to relieve those in distress, but tbe real object being the black-mailing of all who come within its jurisdiction. From a small club as it were,it has grown into a society having agents in every city, town, village and mining camp in the state where ten or more Chinese are to be found—a society which is so potent that it is dreaded by every Chinaman or Chinese woman in California. This Tong, which,within a few years, has assumed most gigantic broportions, is controlled by a set of officers whose will and words are law, which must be obeyed as absolutely as is the ukase of the Czar of Russia. These officers, through their henchmen, by intimidation have forced a large number of their countrymen to become members of the tong, and from these they collect a stated sum monthly' which finds its way into the coffers of the Tong,and is afterwords divided bro rate among the officers for their own benefit. A failure on the part of one of the members to bay his monthly a-sesment carries with it a punishment that is intended to serve as a warning to other delinquents. This is eather ass&sination or imprisonment at San Quentim, if by perjury the non-paying members can be convicted in our colt i* Aside from the ring which controlls the society, no one has a ward to say in tile mauagment. The ring has established, beside its set of officers, a tribunal in I which al) disputes between members are settled. Judgments are rendered and enforced, and property levied upon dy an officer who holds a position analogous to that of a Sheriff. It has police officers, who carrv out the behests of the tribunal’and hatehet men or assasins’ who put out of the way I those upon whom the judgment of, death has been pronounced. This soci-

ety is a sort of government which considers the Government of the state secondary to itself. The members of this society are bound to oneanother by oaths which cannot be violated,for each one who takes it knows that should he prove false a price would be set upon his head, and that at some time the hatehet man would be upon his track, and eather split his bead open with a hatchet drive a knife into his back or from some dark corner send a bullet crashing through his brain. The initiation of members into this society is of a peculiar character, and the ceremonies are intended to strike terror into the hearts of candidates. A few nights ago a reporter for the Cal managed to witness the ceremonies as they were being conducted in the basment of a house on spofford alley. The basement,which is of fair size, had been cleared of all articles of furniture save a few benches, which were placed against the walls, and a table, which occupied a position at the extreme end of the room, at about 10 o’clock a Chinaman, attired in the ordinary garb of a coolie, descended a narrow flight of stairs lead-

ing to the basement, and was followed by fourteen other Chinamen, each wearing a kark blue suit anb a hat with a still’ brim and a very low crovn. The guide, who did not speak a word, motioned them to be aeated on tlie benches, and then motioned thorn to remave their hats and shoes which they did. Then came a chinaman followed by several attendants each bearing a large tray, which he deposited on the floor near the Table. The one who had charge of these cairiers spread upon the table a red cloth serviiy embroideried with gold, the figures representing the sun, dragons and serpants.up on the table he placed a censer, in which were a number of punk and tallow candles painted red. These being lit’ emmitted smoke and an unpleasant sbor, whrch in a very Short tie permeated the already close atmosphere,and rendered breathing not only unpleasant but difficult Then he took from the trays a number of plates, on which there were mockoranges. Chinese sweetmeats, and bowls containing rice -nd othsr articles of food nd ranged them in systematic orde on the table. His work done, he and his attendants retired 1 without having uttered a word during the time that they were in the room. While this work was in progress the batless and shoeless men’ who still occupied the benches, looking on and occasionally exchuged glances, but did not utter a sound. From theupper story there came five men, wearing long red robes, with white borders and white collars, and each having on his head a black skull-caq. Each had his face disguised with a coating of white paint ornamented here and there with a patch of red <>r black. Their appear ante was most hideous. One of these, a ho appeared to be the principal man of the quintet, carried in his hand a scroll of paper, and took up his posi-■ tion in front of the table while the | others stood close by two on each | side of him- next came into the room | fourteen Cbinamenf each attired as I the other fourteen were when they | entered, but these last each carried a Japanese long-sword- These men ap- : proached the hatless and shoeles men and each one beckoned one of i the latter to him. The sword-hearer* took down the cues of the men standing in front of them, ami. forming a half hitch of each around the neck of I the owner, held the loose end and led ; tha candidates to the center of the ro ,m, where they were made to kneel in rows, seven in a row’ in such a manner »s to face the five red-robed

indivlduai*’ after which each cue! lioliier placet! the dliiiip edge us his sword against the throat of the can-1 didate he held. Thin was done probalily to give the candidate for High- ' binders’honors to understand that his heaai U constantly >u danger. After these fouroeep men had been placed in this unenviable ipid unpleasant position, they were by the chief of the five men m re* with painted faces who read from the scroll he held in his hand. Pausing every few minutes, he awaited answers from

the postulation.. These were evidently satisfactory, for in a short time the ceremonies were brought to a close, the candidates rose to their feet, resumed their hats and shoes, and took their departure from the premises, highbinders in the fullsen.se of the word, readv to follow their masters aud were followed by those who had assisted at the initiation.—Sail Francisco Call. White Elephant t.f Siam. About three months ago the King of Siam received word from one of his provincial governors that a new deity, in the shape of a snow-whit elephnat, had been captured in an outlying district of the kingdom, aud was then on its way to Baukok. This glorious intelligence was received with tumultuous enthusiasm at Court, and his Majesty at once set out with his Ministers, grand officers of State, and s veral of the reverend clergy, to welcome the approaching divinity. Not far from tiie capital the two cavalcados met. The King approached the elephant with profound salutations, knenled and placed the creature’s trunk upon his head and then upon his shoulders, in token of his homage and as a supplication for a blessing. After these touching ceremonies had been concluded a procession was formed, with he king on the deity’s right flank, earryiny a drawn sword, and a priest on the left bearing a golden wand. Thus the cortege entered the city, amid salvoes of artillery and a general salute from the Roval troops, who weie drawn up on either side of the route leading to the palace. Having escorted the elephant to its apartments tiie King formally bestowed upon his sacred guest the rank of “reigning monarch,” and decorated it with the Grand Cordon of tbe Siamese Order bearing its own style and title. The household of the new deity has since been organized upon a truly Koval scale. Every article dedicated tothe w'hite elephant’s use and service is of massive gold or rare porcelain, and popular offerings to the value of many thousands of pounds were deposited at its shrine before it had been established fortytight hours in its splendid quarters immediately adjacent to the King’s own private suite of apartments.

A Fiery Grave. The Westphalia papers give an account of a terrible catastrophe which occured in the northwestern part of that province on the Bth inst. There has been for some time in operation in the neighborhood of Solingen, not far from Barmen, a strange phenomenon. A part of the soil of a hilly heath became excessively hot, so much so that some of the people living close by availed themselves of the heat for domestic purposes. The explanation suggested was that some inflammable subterranean gas, or perhaps petroleum had been accidentally set on tire. Some water had been brought to the spot by an artificial channel, but its contact witn the burning soil bad only produced violent explosions, which seemed to shatter all the ground around. Yesterday week some persons drove out in a "carriage from Remsceid to inspect the spot. When arrived at a distance of about a quarter of an English mile, they heard a strange rumbling noise, which so territied the horses that they had to alight, aud send the carriage back seme distance. They walked on, discussing the likelihood of any danger, when suddenly a space of the hillside, about 100 metres square, opened, disclosing a gulf of liquid tire, and throwing up flames. Tiie house where the family mentioned above lived was at once surrounded by the flames, and was, before their eyes, sw allowed up in the liquid fiery caldron at their feet, apparently feeding the flames. It is known that several persons were in the house; none were saved, but it has not been ascertained how many perished.

Sojouruer Truth’s Age. Much has been written and said relative to the reputed age of the ancient colored sibyl of Battle Creek, and it has been denied that she is as I old as claimed. Some of the disputation comes from the fact that her hair, which for several years was very white, is resuming the dark hue of youth, and her eyesight has also very much improved. A similar disj pute arose in 1877, and Mrs. Frances i W. Titus of Battle Creek interested I herself largely to asertain the facts Her efforts elicited a letter from i Warren Ratting of New York City, I who communicated the following ; facts, under date of February 13, I 1879, which were published. “As a slave, Sojourner was held for many years by John I. Dumont,

an uncle of Mr. Latting, who resided on the west bank of the Hudson, directly opposite Hyde Park, fn 1819 i she was still held in slavery, and I from her appearance, as he saw her 1 in that year, Mr. Latting was quite sure she could not have been less than 44 or 45 years of age. This seems to have been generally accepted in her master’s family and is the best testimony that could be procured. Accepting it as a basis, Sojourner would now be between 100 and 107 years old, and this Is probably about correct. While in this city last winter she told the editor of The Republican that she had been a grown-up woman for several years when the first steamboat ran on the Hudson River “and seed it wid her own eyes.” This was in 1807, or seventy-four years ago. At the time of emancipation in NewYork, in 1817, she claims to have been over 40 years old.—[Lansing Republican.

The German Emperor William, physically, is au extraordinary old man. He is now in his 85th year. A Berlin special, speaking of his activity and endurance, says: The active life of the emperor is the subject of general conversation. Erom the review near Hanover on Thursday of last week, he proceeded direct to Dantzic. On Friday the interview with the czar took place. On Saturday he looked at the maneuvres near Konitz, He spent Saturday night in Berlin, aud left ou Sunday morning for lUehoe. Thence he tame to Hanc burg bn Wednesday, leaving again for Itzehoe on the same evening. He went to Kiel on Friday to witness the naval maneuvr.es, and on Sunday he leaves for Baden-Baden to attend the Carlsruhe marriage festivities ou Tuesday. Then he will take a rest at Baden. The emperor, in spite of this enormous work, looks very well, and members of his court say that he never eomnlainsof fatigue. At Hamburg on Wednesday he received a very cordial welcome.

Quality and efficacy considered, Br. Bull’s Cough Syrup is without exception the best cough preparation la the market. Price 25 cents a bottle. Alleged to be One Hundred And Seven. Jemima Allen, born at Sturbridge Sept. 3 1774, married Peter Groves, of Brimfield, and raised a family of nine ihildre . After his death, which occurred in 1840, she spent much of her time in New York State, where

’ several of her sons were large farmers j but when about 100 years old she eame i back to her daughter's house at Brimfield to spend her last days, and, as as she expressed it, to be buried by the side of her husband. She has several great-grandchildren married and some of them have children. A good number of her dependents visited ; her on her one hundred and seventh I j birthday, some grandchildren eoming ■ a ron .‘ C ‘ i ?‘- irai *’ £ ‘* ¥<>tk. She U quite H deaf, and Stays iu bed much of the II time, but her general health is fair.

THE LAWS ON LIQUOR. Compiled From the flew Code for the Heueflt ofThoae IMreetly Interested and the Public Generally. The New Acts which will go into effect probably to-morrow or as soon as Governor Porter issues his proclamation are of interest to the public. Os course we cannot publish the Code in its entirity, but can from time to time present such sections as are of especial importance. The laws on liquor which ‘bllow are complete. The Gazette believes that the authorities should rigorously enforce the laws regulating the sale of liquor, and we demand that any violation of the laws shall be promptly punished. This is our position and we shall stick to it. We do not wish it understood that the Gazette is a temperance journal or the organ of total abstinence or prohibition societies. What we demand is merely the enforcement of the laws. It is for the benefit ot the liquor dealers as well as the pulilie. The sections of the code are herewith-given: ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS.

Sec. lt>3. Whoever adulterates any wine made of juice expressed from grapes, by mixing therewith any drugs, chemicals, cider, whisky, or other liquors, and whoever sells, or offers to sell, any such adulterated wine or grape juice knowing the same to be adulterated, shall be fined in any sum not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars. Sec. 164. Whoever adulterates any spirituous, malt, or other intoxicating liquor, by admixture of any deleterious substance therewith, or knowingly sells, or offers for sale, any such liquors which have been so adultera-, lie fined in any sum not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars. Sec. 165 —Whoever uses any active poison in the manufacture or preparation of any intoxicating liquor, or knowingly sells, or otters for sale, in any quantity, any intoxicating liquor so manufactured or prepared, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than seven years nor less than one year, and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. DISORDERLY PLACES. Sec. 169—Whoever keeps a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, bartered, given away or suffered to be drank in a disorderly manner, to the anoyance or injury of any part of the state, shall be fined for every day the same is so kept, not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars. SELLING TO DRUNKARDS. Sec. 185. Whoever sells, barters or gives away any spiritous, vinous or malt or other‘intoxicating liquor to any person at tiie time in a state of intoxication, shall he fined not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year nor less than thirty days, and disfranchised and rendered" incapable of holding any office ot trust or profit for any determinate period. HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. Sec. 186. Whoever, directly or indirectly sells, barters or gives away any spiritous, vinous, malt, or other intoxicating liquor, to any person who is in the habit of being intoxicated after notice shall have been given him in writing by any citizen of the tow nship or w ard w herein such person resides, that such person is in the habit of being intoxicated, shall be fined not more than SIOO. nor less than SSO to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year nor less than thirty days, and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for any determinate period.

MINORS. Sec. 187. Whoever, directly or indirectly, sells, barters or gives away any spiritous, vinous, malt or ether intoxicating liquors to any person under the age of twenty-one years of age, shall be fined in any sum not more than SIOO nor less than S2O. Sec. 188. Whoever being over the age of fourteen years and under the age of twenty-one years, shall misrepresent his age and state that he is over twenty-one years of age, in order to purchase or" procure spiritous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors, shall be fined in any sum not more than SIOO nor less than $lO. SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS. Sec. 190. Whoever shall sell, barter or give away, to he be drank as a beverage, any spiritous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquor, upon Sunday, tie foqrth day of July, the first day of January, the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas day. Thanksgiving day as designated by the proclamation of'the governor of this state, or the president of the United States, or any legal holiday, or upon the day of any election in the township, town or city where the same may be holden, or be’ween the hours of eleven o’clock p. m. and five o’clock a. m., shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars or less than ten dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than sixty days or less than than ten days. THE ARTFUL APOTHECARY. Sec. 191. It shall be unlawful for any druggist or druggist’s clerk to sell, barter or give away any spiritous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquor on Sunday, or upon the fourth day of July, the first day of January, the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas, Thanksgiving day, or any legal holiday, or upon the day of any state, county, township, primary or municipal election in the township, town or city when the same may be holden, or between the hours of 11 o clock p. m. and 5 o’clock a. tn. of any day, unless the person to whom the same Is sold, bartered or given shall have first procured a written prescription therefor from some regular practicing physician of the county where the same is sold, bartered or given away. And any person so offending shall'be fined in anv sum not more than SSO or less than $lO, io which may be added imprisonment in the county jail hot more than sixty days or less than ten days. AT CAMP MEETINGS OR FAIfWS.

Sec. 192—Whoever sells or exposes for sale, gives, baiters, or in auv way disposes of any spirituous, vinqus malt, or other intoxicating lfofi ors o j any article of traffic whatsoever.’ or erect, bring, keep, continue or maintain any bantu, tent, wagon, shed, huckster shop, or any place, for the sale, of spirituous, vinous, malt, or other intoxicating liquors, or anv other article whatever, or being the proprietor, owner er occupant, of any real property, shall lease o'r permit the same to be occupied for any such purposes at any place within one mile from the place where any religious society or Rsiiembiage of people is collected or co lecting, for religious worship or any agricultural fair or exhibition, shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars or less than ten dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ten days; but the section shall not be construed to include such persons as may carry ou their regular business at their usual places of transacting the same or such persons, as may own in fee simple, the realty within one mile of the place above named, who shall de-

sire to carry on in his er their ow n persons, the business of providing food for the persons or the stock of those attending the places above named, or to such persons as may have the permission of those having charge of any such meeting or exhibition, to establish suitable places for the purpose of furnishing faod for those attending the same, ter horses, cattle or other stock, ai.d who are observing tiie regulat ions of such society, assemblage, fair, or exhibition, and the laws of the state. e i ♦ Ai* a tonic and .nervine for debilitated women nothing surpasses Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription.” By druggists. A Pair of Historical Drum-Sticks. Col. Morrow has a great curiosity in the shape of a couple of drumsticks which have a unique and wonderful history. They were found by tne side of a dead British drummer, at the battle of Saratoga, in 1777. They were handed over to a drummer in the Continental Aarny, by whom they were used during the remainder of the Revolutionary war. A sou of tiie American owner was a drummer in the war of 1812, and was with Gen. Jackson on the memorable Bth day of January, 1815, when the British under Paekeuham sustained their terrible defeat at New Orleans. These drum sticks l>eat “The Americans to Anns," and were used to expres the joy of tbe victors after the battle was over. A grandson was a drummer in Scott’s army, in the battles before the city of Mexico, and these sticks were used at the head of the column which made its triumphal entry into the city. A great grandson was a drummer in tile Twenty fourth Michigan Infantry, of which Col. Morrow was the Colonel, and these drum-sticks were used in the great war of the rebellion until 1864, when they came into the possession of their present owner. They were in the hands of a Michigan drummer at the head of the famous Iron Brigade, composed of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin troops, in the grand review in Washington at the close of the war. They have played a wonderful part in the history of the United states. They have sounded the reveille and retreat for four generations ot American soldiers. They are older than the present Government. What was their history in the British army we have no means of knowing, They mayhave been with Barloughat Blenheim or it is ]K>ssible they sounded the death knell ot tiie "pretensions of Prince Charies Edward to the throne of England on the fatal field of Culloden. One of these sticks is made of camwood, the other is of mahogany. These old drum-sticks will be placed in the hands of brave William Bullard, one of the heioesof the rebellion, and be used at the teunien of soldiers and sailors of Soflth-western Michiigan, at Buchanan, on the 25th inst. It ought not to be difficult for the old soldiers to keep step when the music of the Union is beaten by a pair of drum.sticks which have come down to us from Burgoyne’s defeat, more than than 100 years ago.

Osman'i Prepared Cod Liver Oil end Lime, the best medicine for the lungs. Sold by all druggists. Catching Bass hi a Hammock. On Wednesday and Thursday eveenings of last week there was a curious scene witnessed on Conesus Lake. M L. Forsyth and his family, and Edward Butterway and his sister were staying at Walton, and on Wednesday evening the party placed a lamp with a reflector upon the bow of the boat for the novelty and convenience of having a lamp while rowing, ami were amazed at the curious antics of the bass and pickerel, which commenced jumping all around them, ami one two pound black bass actually jumped into the boat. On the next evening the experiment was renewed, and a hammock fastened to a pole, into which four large bass jumped, one weighing four pounds. Those who witnessed the exhibition were greatly excited. Large pickerel and bass leaped fully six feet from the water, and skimmed a distance of a rod or more before disappearing. They came up in all directions. some of them striking violently the ' bottom and sides of the boat, and some being at a distance of several rods. — Livingston Republican.)

POVERTY AXO DISTRESS. That poverty which produces the greatest distress is not of the purse but of the blood. Deprived of its richness, it becomes scant and watery, a condition termed anemia in medical writings. Given this condition and scrofulous swellings and sores, general and nervous debility, loss of flesh and appetite, weak lungs throat disease, spitting of blood and consumption’ are among the common results. If you are a sufferer from thin, poor blooi employ Dr. Pierce s “Golden Medical Discovery,” whioh enriches the blood and cures these grave affections. Is more nutritive than wj liver oil, and is harmless m any ooaditlon of the system, yet powerful to euro. By druggists. Remarkable Suicide. Quite a remarkable suicide occurred a few miles from Ithaca. Gratiot County Mich., Sunday last, A man named Martin K. ’Walker lived on a small farm there. He was formerly a prosperous stock raiser in California but sixteen years ago he eame East and five years ago settled on the place of his last residence. Drink and gambling were his besetting sins, finally he lost bretty much all his propertyremaining. Last June he went into a field, stripped himself of his clothes, set fire to a brush heap, placed a gun to his head, snapped it three times with< ut discharging it, intending to kill himself and allow his body to fall on the burning pile. Sunday last he carried the singular attempt into effect. When found the toqof his head was completely blown off the naked body partly burned on a blazing heap of l.ruah which he had kindled. He left letters announcing trie determination, expressing confirmed hopelessness as to himself, and warning his children to avoid whiskey. He leaves a wife and several grown up children.

The first American flag displayed in Great Lritair; fioatutg fioin the mast of the ship Bedford, command ed by Capt Moores of Nantucket. ' reached the Downs February' aud reported al the eu' 4, I<B3, the stt;. A London I* states that “she ws- n,o^n a 1783 ular entry un»’’. „, * 4,,o *e<i reg. taken nlqjL >• a ’ °3suiation had the coi Umis-loD- / cust °ms and the lords of /./pa >■ ’° n accoU 'R the several acts rti Ju ,1 . aiu ® t * t T.o« in force against the ./* A , lu “ rlea She is los.ded with 4*7 but.s of whale oik j 3 American built, manned wholly' by American 1 “S”, to lhe of Nantucket in Massachuseti*. This is the first vessel -a display the 13 rebellious stripes in any British port. The vessel is’at Horsleydown, a Huie below the tower, and is intended immediately to return t«> En^^l o nd, ,, * Whcu One South Seas. heu in the Tongo-tabu group I »-m amused oy a curious custom the natives there have, of saving when one sneezed “Ofa,” which means lote J askeit the reason for this, and was told that when a woman did so she was thinking of her husband ■ so that they consider it only a polite ’little attention to say “Ofa” to one at those times. Here in Samoa I find a very different phrase in vogue on similer occasions, and, on account likeness in meaning to one still of much greater “ml wheu °ne sneeze they - Beufua, whose mean riir is a* - near as possible. “Goff biess yo£ ’’ It < apart a fs i ge p U ‘*i t * n two so far shou'd i ® ng,a " d aud Samoa there I sliouHl be a custom so very much i

The Way Women Boss a Pillow. Among the recent inventions i pillow-holder. It is explained that tiie pitlow-holder is for the purpose of holding a pillow while the pillowease is being put on. We trust, says a w riter, this new' invention w ill not come into general use, as there is uo sight more beautiful to the eyes of man than to see a woman hold a pillow in her teeth while she gently manipulates the pillow-case over it. We do not say a woman is beautiful with her mouth full of piUows. No one can ever accuse us of saying that, but there is something home-like aud old-fashioned about it that cannot be replaced by uny invention. We know that certain over-fastidious women have long clamored for some new method of putting on a pillow-case, but these people have either lost their teeth, or the new ones they have bought do not grasp the situailon. They have tried several new methods, such as blowiu the pillowease up, and trying to get the pillow in before the wind got out. and they have tried to get tiie pillow in by rolling up tbe pillow-ease until the bottom is reached, and then placing the pillow on end and gently unrolling the pillow-case, but all these schemes have their drawback-. The old style of chewing one end of the pillow, and holding it the way a retriever dog holds a duck, till the pillow case is on, and then spanking the pillow a couple of times on each side, is the best, and it gives the woman’s jaws about the only rest they get during the day. If any invention drives this old custom away from us, and we no more see the matrons of the ’.and with their hair fall of feathers and their mouths full of striped bedticking, we shall feel tnat one of the dearest of our institutions has been ruthlessly torn from us, and the fadrie of our national supremacy has received a sad blow, and that our liberties are in danger. _ A Chicken Runs Away with a lady’s Finger. Bt. Loah Globe-Democrat. East Tuesday a curious accident happened to Nirs. S. K. Smith at the Sisters’, or St. Viueent’s farm, near Laclede. She was at the barn with her little child when by some means a garden hoe, which had been lately .sharpened and was hanging on a peg in the wall, became dislodged and was about to fall on the child. Mrs. Smith, seeing the danger, warded off the hoq which struck lier on the forefinger of the right hand, completely severing it at tiie first joint. The dismembered portion, falling to the ground, was at once picked up by a chicken, and both chicken and finger end were soon out of sight. The finger has not been recovered. General Carr, of the regular army, is another of the few but fortunate" men who can read their own obit ■ uari“S. He was rejsirted killed by the Apache Indians but has turned up safe and sound.

< lIICHiLO. Flour —Good demand at full prices. Grain—Wheat active, firm and higher: No 2 Chicago spring, $130(3 1 30 l 4 ; No 3 do, $1 30(31 30' 4 ; No 3 do, $1 20. Corn active, firm and higher. Oats active, firm and higher, 4l@-}l'gC. Rye steady and unchanged. Barley firmer, $1 10(4 1 Seeds—Flax seed easy; crushing, $1 39. Provisions —Pork moderately active and higher, (319 50 cash ;sl9 35@ 19 37 l s September and October; $1955 @l9 57\ November; sl9 25@19 30 the year. Lard fairlv active am! a siiade higher; sl2 05 cash; sl2 17L@12 22L October; sl2 32', November. Bulk meats fairlv active and a shade higher; shoulders,s7 75; clear rib, $lO 55; ckai. $lO 85. Whisky—Steady uud unci'' j $1 16. , • C l all r A y^ t i? i<^ era active and higher; ♦l oo bid ; $’ asked C()ru fomy active and shade higher; 67blc. Oats in gundemand at full prices; “«; r, '>k easier; declined 2L@sc. Lar. easier; declined Hogs—Receipts, 21,000; receipts, 4,100; market strong and fairly active; good heavy 5 cents higher, other, steady; mixed packing, $6 15(36 75; light or bacon, $0 40(36 75; choice heavy, ineluding Philadelphias, $6 90 @7 35; eull* and grassers, $4 00(46 15. I attle—Receipts, 1,500; shipments, 3,R00; choice In good demand; exports, $6 40(46 85; good to choice shipping, $5 60(4 6 00; common to fair dull at $400(45 20; native butchers weak at $2 25(44 00, mainly $3 75; extra cows, $4 25(44 50; stackers and feeders weak at $2 75(44 40; grass Texans, $2 75(36 25; half breedsand natives, $3 90(44 60. Sheep—Receipts, 1,500; market fairly active and firmer, with sales at $3 75@4 50.

New York Produce. Flour—Firm; superfine s ate and western, $5 30(46 00; common to good extra. $6 00(46 60; good to choice, $6 70 @8 00; white wheat extra, $7 00@8 00; extra Ohio, $6 30(48 00; St. Louis, $6 30(48 50; Minnesota patents, $7 50 @8 25. Grain—Wheat higher but closing with lew strength; ungraded spring, $1 22@1 24: No 2 Chicago and Milwaukee, $1 40; hard No 2 spring, $1 42\; ungraded red, $1 23@1 4); No 3 do, $1 43L(3144t£; steamer do, $1 32; No 2 red, $1 48@1 48;-a ; steamer do $1 43W@1 43? i; No 1 red, $1 49'.,@1 50; mixed winter, $144(4144',*; ungraded white, $1 31@1 45; No 3 do, $137; No 2 white, $1 43. t'vxu I firm; ungraded, No I’D' steamer, 72@72 No 2, No 2 white, 86@87c; white jSc; 7-5 cin store; yellow, 76*-. <"> .estern, and less active; mixed ’ ats higher 43e; white weste.a, 4 7 western, 41 <3 Eggs—Easier al @ssc. Provisjons-iQ*-sl9 75*32060. -rk dull; new* mess, moflcrsiet’ Beef steady aud in ausi Uns’ -emand. Cut meats steady high* nauged. Lard opened 5(471.,e ur r and closed with the advance iOSt ’ prime sl2 32‘j@ Butter— Dull and unchanged. Cheese—Dull and weak at B@l2.

CluciFiuacl. I lour—firm and unchanged. Wheat—Quiet at $1 46. Corn fnted ger ’ V“. mixe d, 70e. Oats in fair demand; >. o 2 mixed, 44c. Rve ss?Bß,a£"*Provision.',—Pork quiet at s2l 00. Lard in go<xj demand at sl2 00. Bulk meats nominally unchanged. Ba°°n steady at $9 50 4.1 37U. n ntsxy—Steady at $1 14; combination srJes of finished gtxids of 890 barrols c.n a basis of 14 Butter—Steady and unchanged. Hogs—Active and firm; common find light, $5 25(46 85; packing and I -Utchers, $6 50(47 25; receipts, LSQC 1 shipments, 1,500.

few York Brv Uooda. Business was only moderate with J commission houses, but the tony JI the market was very firm. gofjds moving steady on awwJ) , back orders and prices remain < of l«P r n>f wool cns in steady d' ,rn. The Bulletin says: “Sales” mand sow L da?s m h^'’ W ‘‘ hi of bl^k mous ” * eK ” “ th * l“t — mply enorTetw* Noon boardope' U f<rai'n t — W’ aed stron ls al, d clossl 44. Coro „ „ Oats man 1 ,eat ’ ~ ’ e d spot, Closed easier; high mixed, 69c. 3143 Eba!: N 0.2, 44c. 812 ff —Wheat easy; No. 2 red, W 'd, $1 43t£ asked; No. 3 red, . Corn easy; high mixed, 68%e *, 69e asked.

MM Tongue* and Gizzards. Tbe common snail sets forth to ravage our gardens equipped with 150 rows of stout serrated teeth. The whole palate contains about 21,000 teeth, while a full grown slug has over 26,000 of these silieious spikes. The whelk has a ribbon-like tongue, contained in a probiscis, with which it bores holes in the shells of U>Silusks which form its fowl. The tongue has strong, saw-like teeth on tiie edges, with rows of Suer ones between. In some ui>*husks the tongue resembles a tesselated pavement, with a tooth in Hie center of each lozenge-shaped compartment. But although the palatal system of the snails forms a powerful aud most efficient apparatus for triturating their food, it more closely resembles the gizzard of birds than tiie teeth of quadrupeds, and it is in the class of fishes that we find the first examples of true teeth, set in a bony socket and ranged at the opening of the alimentary canal. At what time the fashion of wearing teeth came in we have no means of ascertaining. If, however, the Darwinian theory be correct, at some enormously reipote period of time some lucky animal developed the new weapon by a series ot fortunate variations, and its possession gave to him and his posterity such a “pull” over their competitors that they were aide to set th fashion, which has lasted to the present day.

Iniuitgat* 1 Pathos. For pure and unmitigated pathos, the following passage from Commissioner Loring’s Boston oration stands alone, unapproached and unapproachable: “Recall the ancients and teach them the power of the steam ; put Columbus on board the Great Eeasteru; Galileo’s tube with Alvan Clark’s lenses; send the armies of Ciesar by rail into the Gaur, give Homer an edition of the IHlad from the University Press; besiege Troy with iron clads; clothe the Roman legioes from the power looms of Lowell; shoe them from the machinery of Lynn; arm them with Spencer rifles; heat the houses of Pompeii with steam; lighi ; them with gas and illuminate them ! with electricity; send a <laiiy papei 1 with news whisperml ».« its colunis from the four .piartnrs of the glebe, to every soldier in the army of Darius telt Governor Bradford to telegraph to John Robinson, in Lyden, Unit the Mayflower has arrived in port, and lias cast anchor in the it&ei'urof Plymouth, and you will have demonstaated and, superhuman effort the tnoduiu mind has made for the elevation and advancement of manUiud.” Expenses of the PrenideatNi Sickness, The president's six physi i-an« tv” . pe recompensed ou a scale eop-' *, surate with their priffessio,u».i tion. Severe! iff them “ 8 practically their wWu th “ „ r«.ov GO so until the PresKleut recG\’vr» » . reach «f e ' or l” beyond the c- uLx*’ u,llan ai, i. The railroad -es which built special tracks pl” .urnished a special train for the resident,s removal to Long Branch should be at least reimbursed. Many other expenses have lieen incurred, which ought not to rest either upon i those who have rendered services or the President, And it is notan an swer to this to say that all those who have given any aid to the President! from the doctors down, are proud aud happy to have done it, and had no hope or thought of return. —NewYork Tribune.

Catching Shark*. “How do you catch sharks with a i hook and line in a boat?” was asked i of one of the men. “In this way,” he replied. “Take a large iron hook and bait it with some kind of fish; a few feet of chain is generally attached to the hook, which is joined to a rope. This rone is of a considerable length, and is fastet-ed to a buoy, and the buoy is thrown into the water, being made fast to the boat by a rope. The shark cannot sink the buoy, but tows it around pretty lively for a while, and in its efforts to dive deep pulls its mouth ojien, and he fills with water and drowns- If the line were fasten to the boat-instead of to the buo’- -'*l shark would tip the boat over s the quickly, as their movements ver y rapid.—Galveston News. are very Nrlf-Defend ~~ To»criminal neglect of' * tion may bo aaoribod a m ediflawhich affect humanity, j* n of the aij menu fact, resting on the ex * a R*dKaAcei tained five yoaw. that a course of over U rentywill -u such a state of aatumlly f« • blot «y»tem Hot to reaift ace that it will be 4 wmpeease, such „it prevalent caueeMof disceaaive malign influence of wat ar. exP«rawu>' *mp, cold, sudden changeswjf tetnYet there are thoasandaH>f perag in perpetual peril fronwoneHjr more ~se causes, who reckleasly omit t<» avail -mselves of the absolute protectiortkwhidh this lamous vegetable antidote affords. Interns ttent and bilious remittent fevers, rheums al debility, nervous weakness aadtfrregulal ities of the stomach, bowels and liver, would be a >mparatively unknown, if this palatable specific were in universal use in the districlawrbere they prineially prevail. •

Troublesome Child ren that are aiw ys wetting their'beds ought not to lie scolded at-Bi punished for what they cannot «vik. They need a medicine having on the kidneys and aie jiiliitary rgatis. Such a medici pe m Ridnpy- « ort. It nasfepecific aiAion. .Do .tot fail to get it for tiijni^/-uwlmeive. Mother Sbftptorj’R prophecy; is sii] »- posed to be a'honr four hundred-year s - a,) d eve ryprophecy has been full--filled excen t the last—the end of the j ’- n Buy y° ur Carboline, a deodorizer / extract of petroleum,,the great nat sraKhjdr restorer, beforeiChe tiJ he 1 K'hest hor*- ; of the rar rest on ° f ,’£ a “'-. health and e/rength o* w„> Ur, s' ’ We 'Measure in reS??* 1 how ” to th i our rea .. E - Ainkha^s effieaey of Lyd. in all * * egetable ComHom -whiclvr* - el* Bß of diseases .-omen suffer so much. When w —: all out*' 011 have the blues and feel ease# • sorts, then your liver is disP4P and you need “Sellers’ Liver

W. S. Linscott. Niles, 0., had scrofula for thirty years, and “Lindsey’s Blood Searcher” cured him. Isn’t it wonderful ? Br. Pierce’s “Ple«»nt Purgative Pellets” are sugar ecAted and fnckeed in glass bottles, their virtues being thereby- preset .<1 unimpaired for any length of time, in any climate, so that tbev are always fresh and reliable. No cheap wooden or pasteboard botes. By druggisu. The present duke of Wellington has drawn a pension of $20,000 a year since the death of nis father in 1852. He has also $160,000 a year from estates given to his father by the government, and the interest on $3,500,000 voted to the great duke by the British parliament after the battle of Waterloo. The present duke is sev-enty-four years old.

No Time to be Lost.—ln the incipient staged of consumption, tiie first symptoms Is generally a hackin’cough, pains in the chest, diffie U ]>y of breathing, or oppression of tj/ lungs. Something should be done hi once to clieek the cough, allay and iu-ai the irritated parts. Allin’b Lung Balsam will break up the cough in an incredible short tirn e also prevent the formation of cles. Where tubercles are once fonnZ ed, tiie disease is hard to cure. For sale by all Medicine Dealers. Battle Cheek, Mich., Jan. 31,'79 Gen ri.EMi.N—Having been aiili'.'i'.. d for a number of years with indignation and general debility, by thj,**" vice of my doctor I used Hqp Z and must say they instant relief. I ‘am testify in their b*Lalf.* eto Thos. G. Knox. Just Published, “fingers’ Delight, by J. F. Kinser .ie best book of songs glees ebonites—just the book for sin-nn, classes, day schools and musical veutious. Price, 60e. j) V Keil & Bro., Fort Y.'ayne Dr. White’s Dandelion Alterative prepared from dandelion root, W jt? other valuable roots, barks and herb, and is a certain specific for Billion” ness. Liver Complaint and Tuudlea Always Kept a < etn a In his house. Had he lived now b, would have kept Warner’s Safe Kid ney and Liver Cure.

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