Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1882 — Page 4

GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. A Bride’s Wedding-Day Warning. We're married, they say, and yon think yon have won me; Well, take thia white veil from my head and look on me; Here’s matter to vex yon, and matter to grieve you. Here’s doubt to distrust yon, and faith to believe you; I am all, as yon «€», common earth, common dew; Be wary, and mold me to rosea, not rue! Ah, shake out the filmy thing, fold after fold, And see it you have me to keep and to hold; Look close on my heart, see the worst of its sinning; It is not yours to-day for the yesterday’s winning ; The past is not mine—l am too proud to borrow — The future will tell us what shall be to-mor-row. We’re married! I'm plighted to hold up your praises, As the turf at your feet does its handful of daisies; That way lies my honor, my pathway , r But, mark you, it greener grasses tn-** 1 e,w c I shall know it, and keeping/ Shall walk in raj’ spirit wi u * * <?et on <e " * We’re married! O*. I>«V that onr loTe d 0 no ’ I hare’wlnip' listened down and hid nnder my They are subtle as light , yon can never undo them; Yon may make them your pride, you may see but to rue them. And spite of all clasping, and spite of all bands, I can slip like a shadow, a drcam, from youi hands. Nay, call me not cruel, and fear not to take , me, I am yours for my lifetime, to be what you make me, To wear my white veil for a sign or a cover, As you shah l>e proven my lord or my lover; A covet for peace that is dead, or a token Os bliss that <»n never be written or spoken. — ghe <>ot Him. The true story of a Dakota girl’s advertisement is thus told by the Brooklyn i*ress: There was a young girl in De Smet Who a husband was trying bo get; So she published a letter Asking some chap to get her— And she’d throw in a quarter section of the best earth in Dakota, and this in connection with 140 pounds of as eco- | nominal femininity as was ever tied together with a Thompson glove-fitting i corset, was more than the boys could stand, for they knew It was a bargain tbey'd.never regret Commenting this, the Fargo ' Ary M.S says that the young lady did ad- , vertise for a life partm-ft— with a little fun Mi him-wis true. And that the re- I suits of her advertisement were satisfactory is attested by the Lake Preston Time*: “Miss A. C., Box 81, requests ns to say to her many .correspondents : that she has had upward of fifty letters from her card in the fifties, and, as she cannot marry them all, she now asks the boys to let up, and she will try ■ and choose from among the number she has already heard from." Here is one of the results of judicious advertising, and one that ought to be an example to other family-desiring youug lady landholders. A KeiiHowable IlcquvH. He had never told his love, their acquaintance hail been a very sluirt one, and. w hen suddenly he had placed her arms about his neck and printed a kiss upon her rosebud mouth, she was naturally startled. “Sir." she said, “this is insufferable.” i “Forgive me,” he cried. “I was rami to aet Alms. I beseech you, pardon rneL” “No, I can never forgive you, never. You have forfeited my friendship. You must leave me at once, and forever.” Vainly he pleaded: she aas obdnrate. So glaring an offense could not be con- : doned. Ami so he said he would go. His i whole life would Is* embittered, for he i felt that her image could never lie effaced from his heart. “I will go,” he said sadly, “but before | I leave there is one boon that I would ask. I feel that lam not unreasonable 1 in desiring and expecting that you will grant this one little final favor?” “What is it?” she asked, gently, ’ touched by his emotion. ? Won't yon please take your arm from around my neck?”—G'incintmfi Saturday Night. Beantlfnl Kate Chaw. Mrs. Kate Chase, as she will now he I called, says a Washington correspond- | 3 ent. is still extremely handsome, but it ds the glainonr of a past beauty, rather -than that which still exists. She looks faded «>'l haggani. The papers that have rushed t<> the defense of Mis. Stpra«w»’s wardrobe; and assert thatshe has been a Cinderella since 1879, evidently have not .yeen that lady for soma | .ytars. She is npw as she always was, , one of the most beautifully costumed •womervin Washington. She is always ' elegantly dressed, and elegant clothes i can’t be bought for a song. Mrs. . Sprague never had the reputation of ' denying herself. ()ne day she appeared in the gallery of Congress in a dark- t green costume that connoisseurs pronounced exquisite. Exquisite dresses opsjt money. The pretty romance that ! Mrs. Sprague has been living on noth- ■ iftg is perfect nonsense. She is not that kind of a woman who could or would I live on nothing. Does any practical jhVmiii suppose that a family oi a mother ami three daughters can keep up an establishment, and horses and carriages ■and give little dinners, and take trips •on Hfo pittance with which the knownothing papers credit her? Or is it remarkable that a woman reared in luxury should hesitate to use money of her husband’s’oecause she feared the creditors would Buffer? Ninety-nine out of a hundred worldly women would do jnst as Mr 1 Sprague does.

Superstition About Low. No event in the human life has, from the ear} . ' times, }>een associated with a more extensive folk-lore than marriage. Beginning with love divinations, these are of every conceivable kind, the anxious maiden apparently having left no stone unturned in her anxiety to ascertain her lot in the marriage state. {Some cut the common brake or fem just above the roots to ascertain the initials of her future husband’s name. Again nuts and apples are very favorite love tests. The mode of procedure is for a girl to place on the bars of a grate a nut, repeating this incantation : If he loves me. pop and fly; If he hates me. live and die. Great is the dismay if the anxious face of the inquirer gradually perceives the nut. instead of making the hojiedfor pop. die and make no sign. One means of divination is to throw a ladybug into the air, repeating meanwhile the subjoined couplet : Fly away east and fly away west. Show tno whore lives the one I love I wet. Should this little insect chance to lly in the direction of the house wh-'re the . loved one resides it is regarded as a highly-favorable omen. Another species of love divination once observed consisted in obtaining five bay leaves, four of which the anxious maiden pinued at the four corners of her pillow, and the fifth in the middle. If she was fortunate enough to dream of her lover, it was a sure sign that he would be married to her in the course of a year. Friday has been held as a good day of the week for love omens; and in Norfolk the following lines are repeated on three Friday nights successively, as on the last one it is believed that the young lady will dre.ini of her future husband: To-nieht. to-night is Friday night; Lay me down in dirty white; Prram who tnv hnslsuid Is to be. And lay my children by mv side, It I'm t« hr? to be his bride. In selecting the time for the marriage ceremony precautions of every kind have generally been taken to avoid an

unlueKy montn amt ctay tor the Knot to be tied. Indeed, the old Roman notion ! thnt May marriages are unlucky survives to this day in England. June is a highly popular month. Friday, on account of it lining regiifbil as an inauspicious and evil day for the commencement of any kind of enterprise, is generallv avoided. Few brides are bold enough to rnn the risk ot ineur- ■ ring bad luck from being married on a I dav of evil omen. In days gone by Sunday appears have been a popular day for j| lt , It is, above all things sun should slune on t |l, ‘, ss . irv „ v very ' j deenusl ahsolntefyjy^' wei( her I many that only R few t( , al . s I wedding dax (ln ft( . t being eon - . the i "n>ss'j ill(1|ls to j ipr f n t urP happiness. is,’ too. the height of ill luck for cither the bride or bridegroom to meet a funeral on going or coming from church, as it is death to one of them. In Sussex a bride on her return home from church is often robbtxl of nil the uins nlxint her dress by the single women present, from a lielief that whoever possesses one of them will lie married in the course of a year, and evil fortune will, sooner or laker, inevitably overtake the bride who keeps even one pin used in the marriage toilet. “Flinging the stocking” was an old marriage custom in England. The young men took the bride's stockings, and the girls those of the bridegroom, each of » horn, sitting at the foot of the bed, threw the stocking over their heads, endeavoring to make it fall upon that of the bride or her spouse. If the ; bridegroom's stockings, thrown by the I girls, fell upon the bridegroom's head, j it was a sign that they themselves would i soon be married, and similar luck was I derived from the falling of the bride’s i stockings thrown by the young men. There is a superstitious notion in some places that when a bride retires to rest on her wedding night her bridesmaids ■should lay her stockings across, as this act is supposed to guarantee her future urosneritv in the marriage state. Words vs. Things. Our education has been and is yet, to a large degree, a process of cramming. It is largely an exercise of memory. We are dropping out of the old eystem to some extent. Teachers begin to see ‘ that it is of more importance that a I knowledge of things should be obtained j than that a retentive and quick memory I should be secured at the loss of the power of thought. Tlie old method is passing away. The new and lietter one is coming on to take possession of an educational system. A writer in the Popular Science Monthly says: "With ( his gentle lance Emerson pricked many a bubble, and, though collapse did not | always follow immediately, the wound was always fatal. In 1844. in his essay on New England reformers, he charged popular education with s want of truth and nature. He complained that an education to things was not given. Said he: -‘ We are students of words; we are shut up in schools and colleges and recitation-rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing. We cannot use our hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms.' And again, speaking of the exclusive devotion of the schools to Latin, Greek and mathematics, ‘which, by a wonderful drowsiness of usage,’ had lieen ’ stereotyped education, as the manner of men is,’ he says: ‘ln a hundred high-sehftola and colleges this warfare against common sense still goes on. Is it not absurd that the whole liberal talent of this country should lie directed in its best years on studies that lead to noth- j ing '?’ This is evidently too severe, but we must admit that Emerson anticipated j and greatly aided a reform which has ■ been gathering strength for a whole 1 generation. Hence it fa to-day scarcely necessary that I should present argn- i ments in favor of manual education. I The great tidal wave of conviction is I sweeping over our whole land, and the \ attitude and aspect of men are greatly i changed from what they were ten years [ ago. What I said in 1873 in a public address in favor of technical education was held to be rank heresy. I fear it ! would be regarded rather commonplace to-day. The progressive spirit of the I age lias actually penetrated our thick hides. and we are trying to keep step w ith the universgb In every community the demands of technical have lieen discussed, and, in every instance I when the old system has lieen subjected j to the test which good sense applies to business, it has lieen found wanting.— liuliananoli* Herald.

A I.iiiid of Renders. “ Who reads an American liook ?” may be answered jioi by saying, “all the cultivated natiohs of the earth read American hooks." But it is as the readers of booi>s that the Americans excel all tin* world. The Boston Star says: “In an article in the latest isuue of the Fortnightly Review Mr. Freeman, the , historian, describing some of his American experiences and impressions, mentions a mysterious being he met with called the 'general reader.’ He found this country, in fact, the land of the general reader, a personage of whom he had heard much contemptuous speaking at j home, but whom upon acquaintance he ! found by no means so great a fool as some people seemed to think. The discovery made by Mr. Freeman, has long j been a familiar fact to observers in this j country. The general readers are the class whom editors and book-writers ■ chiefly cater to, and whose demand for ! information has made the press, to a great extent, the vast power it is in pub- i lie affairs, and has had a nearly corres- 1 ponding effect in the field of literature. I Although the general reader may not qnaff deeply of one thing, he gets the j cream and essence of all. His scholarship I though superficial, is at all events catholic, and there is no watcher of events so shrewd and alert and so quick to grasp their meaning and clever at fore- . casting their consequences. Mr. Free- ’ man says he found him to possess so ; much information as to be well-worth I talking to; which, coming from a man accustomed to search into the depths of things, and whose mental training I has had for its chief principle an inexi orable judicial exactness, is no poor ; compliment. He says he found ‘the i class of professed scholars much smaller j in proportion here than in England: but this is not strange, in n people w hose elements are so various, who are as yet in formation of character scarce half made up, and whose history is but little more than begun. The rest will doubtless arrive in its time. If the reading here is not deep it is very wide: a newspaper of the day is a library in petto, and in the vast range of topics, which, if superficially treated, are not super- ; fieial in themselves, forms a remarksi ble contrast with those of other countries, not excepting England.' The genj eral reader in America, therefore, is not I the same personsage described under I that name elsewhere, but one whose • observant eye, sagacity, alertness of i mind and fund of information, if not ■ well arranged, at least command him i very genuine respect."— ltuliauaj/olis I Herald. i. . — — A Vermonter La. invented a water j telescope with which he claims be can see a five-cent piece in forty feet of the , w ater. But the blasted telescope doesn't bring coin up; so seeing it is only an aggravation, and we dont want any such i instrument,— Boston Post.

American Society in American Fiction The following is the prelude to a pa per in the Edinburgh Review, ; vising the characters w hich t° found in American fiction', A’erv naturallv our Xynencan friendi are in the habit of i'>astmgof the eolosi siil scftlc of tlioii magnili cent coiit'-'' lheir lakes are seas. I their -* vers are navigable for many (I -usand miles above the mighty estuhiries. The very “parks” which are locked away within the very reeesftes of the mountain ranges might pass for <u- oriiioiouiun... Uio i cramped countries of the Old At orkl. i Yet engineering science, bucked by un- ■ limited capital, has overcome those formidable obstacles and barriers, flinging bridges everywhere across the broad rivers and carrying railways by easy gradients through the passes in the mountain chains. Everywhere they may point with legitimate pride to the triumphs of mind and energy over matter. Agriculture has kept pace with manufacturing industry, while it has far outstripped commerce. The boundless prairies are being reclaimed by indefatigable labor and the buffalo and the roving savage have given place to herds of sleek cattle with stockmen. Mining has made greater millionaires than manufactures: discoveries of mineral and mineral oils have directed the rush of immigration to the most savage districts of the continent, till from the Golden Gate of San Francisco to the quavs of New York, and from the shores of Lake Superior to the mouths of the Mississippi, the States are being "settled up” by a community that is being steadily consolidated by the spread of a vast network of railway lines. Clusters of wooden shanties shoot up in towns; while towns that are favored by situation or circumstances grow rapidly into great cities; nor is there any surer road from competence to wealth than by judicious investments in eligible building lots. While to more impetuous spirits who would hasten to be rich, or who care little for mere money-getting without excitement, the universal epiilemic of speculation offers endless and inviting opportunities. The leading stock markets in the East and West, with their rings and corners, syndicates and financial combinations, are so many centers of calculating gambling, where luck is largely tempered by skill. The leviathans of exchanges play very much on velvet, ami if they lose heavily one day. they can afford, with their enormous resources, to wait patiently for their turn of revenge. In the States w e see the remarkable phenomenon of groups of busy citizens and capitalists, enriched ah-emly beyond all the dreams of avarice, Irnyond the possibilities and even he powert of enjoyment, who seldom spare the time to spend a dollar on themselves, but give their families unlimited credit with their bankers. In short, while the bulk of the population in other countries is content to exist, the Americans are essentially a luoneyacenmulating nation, and every man from a A anderliilt to the rough A\ estern pioneer, is more or less eager to better himself. The maxim of "Nothing venture, nothing have." is veri generally in favor, and should a pushing individual “came to grief” while “making his pile,” to do his countrymen bare ’justice, they are very ready to help him, aud by no means disposed to be hard on Iris indiscretion. Marriage Aiming the Chinese. Among the pure Chinese, ami especcially among the higher classes, the affair is a much longer and more serious one. From the almost Turkish strictness with which females are secluded it is comparatively rare that a couple see each other previously to the betrothal, and still more so that there should be any acquaintance between them. This has given rise to the necessary employment of a character equivalent to the bmvalaii or marriage-broker of ancient Brittany, to Mr. Fov’s Parisian Matrimonial Agency < Iffice, or the daily marriage advertisements of our own papers. If your wish is for marriage in the abstract, the broker will find you a fitting partner first, and negotiate the transfer after. If you are less purely philosophical, and wish to consult your own taste as well as the interests and the increase of the nation, vou are onlv

to name the party, and the broker be- I comes your accredited ambassador. I There is, however, one preliminary j point to lie ascertained. Has your intended the same surname as yourself? If so. it is a fatal difficulty, as the laws of China would not permit the marriage. If, however, she is Chun anil yon are Le, or siie is Kwan or Yu, and you re- i joice in any other patronymic monosylalde, the next step is for the broker to obtain from each tablet containing the name, and age. and date, and hour of

birth, etc. These are then taken to a . diviner and compared, to see ii the union ( promises happiness; if the answer is I f favorable (and crossing the palm with t silver is found to be as effectual with > ■ fortune-tellers in China as it is else- | ] ■ where), and the gates are equal, that is j t if the station and wealth of two families , ! are similar, the proposal is made in due | i form. The wedding presents are then ■ 1 sent, and. if accepted, the young couple j |is considered as legally betrothed. A ( | lucky day must next l>e fixed for the , , wedding, and here our friend, the divin- | er, is again called upon. Previous to j I the great day the bridegroom gets a j new name, while the lady, whose hair has hitherto hnng down to her heels in | a single heavy plait, at the same time liecomes initiated into the style of hair- ; dressing prevalent among Chinese marj ried ladies, which consists in twisting the hair into the form of an exaggerated I tea-pot, and supporting it in that shape with a narrow’ plate of gold or jade over i the forehead, and a whole system of j Isxlkins behind it. On the wedding-day . presents and congratulations are sent | to the bridegroom, and among the rest a pair of geese: not sent, as we might imagine, by some wag or irreclaimable i bachelor as a personal reflection on the ; , intellectual state of his friend, but as an : emblem of domestic unity and affection, j The ladies, too. in China, as well as I elsewhere, indulge, in a little fashionable crying on the occasion, and so I the relatives of the bride spend the morning with her. weeping over her impending departure, or more prob- ■ ably their own spinsterhood."—Science ■ i Monthly.

Behavior in Church. In New England's early days it was customary for every church to have a “tithing-man,” whose duty it was to see ‘ that the younger portion of the congregation liehaved properly. He carried a long rod. If ahead was seen to nisi crack ! w ould fall the rod upon it. If. two noses drew dose together to impart some secret, tap! tap! the rod would beat on those confidential noses. Nowadays there are no tithing-men. for the need of them is no longer felt. Services are shorter: the preacher sei- . dom announces his “forty-ninthly,” as ; was the custom once, and little mortals do not get so weary as to require the stinging rap of a rod to secure their attention. Bad behavior in church, at the pres ent time, comes not so much from the little ones as from “children of larger growth.’’ Especially is this true among the new population of our western state 1, where the stern idea, of the Puritans have not 1 ft their impress on the customs of the people. Many attend no chinch it all. Those who do not unfrequently behave un- '

. seemly; and it is found neeesrv to , . I post up notices at the church guesting proper conduct. Some of tLe no- . tices are expressed in imperative •rm.- i Thus the tithing-man is put in pnt. ( In San Gabriel, California, is a uhreh .(which beside its door has naild, in 1 large letters. “Take off your hats” lid “Behave yourselves.” | Another Californian church—the nie at Monterey—has posted conspicuous!*', : "Gentlemen, hats off!” and “Visit O’s I are requested to keep silence in the j i ehureh.” mu ." \ , only ones where big botM ,n Ah' guilty of misdemeanors during fnieetime.' It is necessary in some ,daces—east as well as west - to have attached to the walls of the house of (I’d a notice. “Please do not spit on tl‘ carpet. In a great many churches thfe should be a sign printed, in very lage letters, “Do not whisper. It distrbs your neighbors.”— Youths Comp a ion. ?- The Morality Bar* “I w ant to get a position !>r my w ife | on your paper if I could,” aid a meek man with a slight tinge of rproaeh. as he came into the office and<at down on the desk with his coat-tails n the cold. , calm depths of the paste fomtain. i “She is really one of theliterati, al- 1 though jieople who has knwn her only by her washin’ and ironon' don t sus- [ pect it. I, however, knot’ her great ! mental scope. I’ve lieen married to ■ ■ her twenty-one years next frost, and I’ve lieen thrown more or less in contact w ith her. My soul anl hern has communed together time and ajain. and we have discussed questions of considerable depth off ami on. “She writes a good legible ham and is quick in figures. AVliether youwant someone to make ont bills for pFv loI cals, or write a eulogy on a pad-up subscrilier, she's your hnckleterry. She’s a perfect lady, and you might have heron your corps for years tndthc forked tongue of scandal would never i touch you. She's plain, of course, in ‘ feature, and has an impediment il one limb, it being shorter than the otlerbv I four inches. This gives her an eecen- ! trie movemest when she walks. Ike a self-rake reaper; but Lord, yon nrver’d notice that after you come to know and ove her. “She can trill a stanza of poetry oe- i 1 casionly, too. if you give her time to think of a few hard words. Sin- has wrote some as fine things as I have ever saw in the English language. She is better, however, on death than any thing else. She loves to turn loose and mourn in easy rhyme at so much per stanza and found. “She wrote a short poem on the death of a young man in our neighliorhood, who was drowned while in ai swimming in the stinking water creek. It run something like this: “O. treacherous, treacherous tide, Yoiu e William for to drownd— To madlv yank him off his base And whirl him round and round. “We found him in the twilight hour. Freed from his earthly woes; His ealm face upward turning. And alkali up his nose. “His person was sunk in the shifting sand. His mouth was ojien wide. The pollywogs nestled in his ears, Beneath the fragrant tide. “His open-back shirt lav on the shore. And the lialance of his trousseau. While his soul went scooting up the flume, Out through the ether blue. “ ’Twas down around the Coyote Point, We found him when evening fell. And we planted him under the cactus vines. In the shaft of the Mountain Bell. “(yood-bye, William, faraway On rhe edge of a large, damp cloud. Though you're among the angel gang, You needn’t feel so doggon proud.” “I will also leave with you a few sonnets which are the work of her pen. You can look them over and let me j know in a day or two what salary you ‘ feel like paying a woman of her strength ‘ of intellect and grip of genius. Till i then adieu. I will call again Friday ; and complete the trade.” Without another word he was gone, and he has not been seen since. Later on, however, when we want to double up the subscription of the paper, we will publish another one of these poems. With our present facilities we dare not to do it.— i Laramie Boomerang.

Roast Wife for Dinner. In the burning days of summer a far- ! mer finds work in the sweltering heat a burden hard to lie liorne; but if he would find ’’beneath this lowest deep a lower deep,” Jet him enter his kitchen ' at 11 :30 in the forenoon. This room is usually in "the wing,” and has no air chamlier in the shape of an upper ' I room to interpose a shelter from the sun, which beats on the roof till it is ’ hot enough to hiss if sprinkled. A molock of a stove adds its heat to this 1 oven, in which the house-wife “lives

and moves, and has her being," and ! over it she stands attending to the mul- i titude of hot dishes which are supposed i to be the necessary ingredient of a | “men folks” dinner. Her head seems I bursting and her limbs strengthless f» 'in the heat, yet she sticks to her ]>ost. a martyr to custom, nor is the martyr- I dom always confined to herself alone. Who can tell how many nursing babies have died from diseases brought on by this over-heating of their unfortunate mothers. But this must go on forever; for who would dare to set a eold dinner before a man ? Why not'? If you have meat to roast or boil, put it to cook in the morning while getting breakfast, and with good bread and butter, fresh salads and fruit, any man or set of men ought to be satisfied. Custard, blanc mange, lioiled rice and corn-starch puddings can be prepared in the morning, and are healthful and palatable. A potato salad is an agreeable addition to such a dinner. Boil your potatoes in their jackets, and take them off the very second they are | done, before they crack open; peel and ! cut them in very thin slices; put a layer I in a dish and sprinkle it while hot with vinegar and butter heated together: shake over a little pepper and salt, and repeat with each layer until the dish is i filled. The potatoes if ripe and good to begin with, w ill not be heavy w hen cold. The heat of the hay and harvest field is necessary and unavoidable, and is | endured in out-door air, but that of the kitchen can sometimes be dispensed w ith ami no disadvantage result to any one.— Helen Yoiiny Bitily.

A Cannon 300 Years Ohl. M yllys Betts, of Southampton. L. 1., has in his possession a relic of the war in which Philip 11. of Spain attempted the conquest of England in 1588. It is a breech-loading brass cannon of quaint shape, which was dug up at Black Gang, on the south coast of the Isle of \\ ight. after having lieen under the water nearly three hundred years. The cannon was found not far from the shore during a low tide after a severe storm, and was purchased by Mr. Betts from the finder. At that place in Julv, there was a lively engagement between the Fnglndi and Spanish, and the cannon undoubtedly belonged to one of the vessels of the Spanish fleet that was sunk. It is the second one found there. The gun is five feet long, and is bound with many iron bands, after the Spanish fashion. Over the top is a curved handle, pivoted upon the sides of the barrel, and the breech terminates m a spike, which wa probablv used for directing the aim. The other gun recovered is preserved in the Tower of London.

— W M M. BUBDO JOHN W. ROUT. ROUT «& EUFi.DC, PiroPixiETons, The FORNAX MILL has recently changed hands. The present proprietors are JOHN W. ROUT & M ILLI AM M. BURDG, the latter, one of the best practical Millers in I the country.’ The change means business-means that reI pairs and new machinery will be put in, to enable it to com pete in all respects with the best mills in this or any othei country as to the quality of its work. The Mill is so located it is convenient of access to the public, whether town or country patrons. \\ e arG located on the river, just one square and a half from the Court House, and near the central business portion of the town; have a large and commodious yard, with stable conveniences for feed and water for our customers, not found elsewhere. All of the old customers of the FORNAX MILL are invited to call and renew their acquaintance and give us their patronage. We on our part assure them that no pains will be spared to give satisfaction in every particular, as to quantity’ and quality of our work. We will at all times pay the highest market price in cash for all grain suitable for our business for flouring purposes. Customers are assured that they can get their work done without delay, all statements to the contrary notwithstanding The Mill will be in motion every business day. Rout Burdg, have taken out their saw mill, a double one, which with its pulleys and belts is complete, ready to attach power, will be sold very cheap. They will put in its plac v large stoeam corn sheller, and that very soon. ROUT & BURDG. ol 25-49

How the Law Treats Spendthrifts and f Idlers. In most of the United States, laws ! have lieen made to prevent the waste of ; propertv liv spendthrifts. Ihe Puritans gave us these laws, with others which are no longer in use. The spendthrift : laws have been wisely retained for the reason that they tend to keep families from want and suffering. When a man is wasting his property so that his family are liable to become paupers, it is the duty of the officers of the town in which he lives to ask the courts to declare him a spendthrift, and , to appoint a guardian over him. This petition, once made, cannot lie withdrawn, for it is made for the benefit of the spendthrift’s family, as well as to secure the town from ever having to support them. After a guardian has lieen appointed the spendthrift cannot make any binding contracts except for necessaries, such as food and clothing. If he sells 1 any of his property, his guardian can • take it away from the buyer. Money borrowed to pay a lawyer for opposing the appointment of the guard- i iau must lie repaid. Bargains made by [ the spendthrift and agreed to by the i

i guardian are binding. He must bring j his law-suits, if he has any, in his own ! j name. The guardian must see that he | : has a good lawyer, and that the action ' is properly managed. For example: A guardian once I j brought a suit for a divorce against the | wife of his spendthrift ward, and the ' judge refused to grant it, saying, “It ; ! could not be known that the party ever j gave his assent to the prosecution. If I he wishes a divorce and has good ground to obtain one, he must file his libel (petition) in his own name.” If property has been obtained from I . the spendthrift by fraud, his guardian 1 can get it back, though the fraud was | committed before his appointment. It is the guardian's duty to see that j his ward does not suffer from want, i [ When the spendthrift’s property is en- I , tirely used up. the guardian may spend i ' his own money and look to the town I , for payment. He cannot sell the ward’s ■ land without the consent of the officers I of the town. They are liable for the ■ . | spendthrift’s support if the estate is ’ I j not large enough, and therefore have a : . I right to object to any change ; , in the property in which it is invested. For examples of sjiendthrifts, we I I may point to the idlers, whom we see . i lounging before low’ places in which I | liquors are sold. In these places they , ; recklessly waste their time and money in drinking, gambling and dissipation. [ Besides these restraints the criminal , law provides for the punishment of , spendthrifts. Habitual drunkards, the [ most common class of spendthrifts, form a large part of the inhabitants of every jail.

A crime is not exeeused because the offender was intoxicated. when it was committed. On this point a distinguished judge laid down the law as follows: “Although the use of intoxicating liquors does to some extent blind the ; reason and exasperate the passions, yet. as a man voluntary brings it upon himI self, he eanu’B use it as an excuse or | justification or extenuation of crime.” Gambling, another wav in which a i man may be a spendthrift, is an offense against the law. Buildings used for ; gambling are what are called, legailv. ; common nuisances, ami the owners are I I liable to imprisonment. Implements and tools used bv gam- I biers are daily siexed and destroyed bv ' I the police of onr large cities. If a j>er- : son loses a sum of money by gambling, I he can bring a law-suit against the win | ner, and get it all lack. Spendthrifts 1 who spend their time and monev in ' gambling-houses and grog shops are ' punished by being sent to prison. These safeguards and punishments do much good by warning foolish people from vice, and by saving families from the want and auffering of povertv. —i'outh'is Companion,

: PARKER'S » HAIR BALSAM- ■ ! A pC’frct d:fW fU' per t Removes ' 1.»r: ! r; ’ P'. 1 < 'toi • s jjcSp naltG ■. ' 1 •: and TV-'',' ■'■ '• <'' ’ !ne>' ,ic * ,: " ,k -K'*• COLOGNE. is Mid W ccuU. I PARKER’S iQiNCER TONIC ’ An Invigorating Medicine that Never Intoxicates | ■ T’his delitions combin.iLon of ( tnger. J’g< i.u. j| S Mandrake. HiUingb. and many other of the best. ■ R vegetable remedies known, cures all diMiru<.:s of ■ 9 the bowels, stomach, liver, kidneys and lungs, &:s a The Beit and Surest Cough Cure Ever Used. H If you are suffi-t->g from l em. ’e ii.’.s. 9 Ncrkousncss, M ..kcfulniss. 1. ■.< ”:n;u'.isni Py«pcp. 9 sia. nge or any diser«e cr mfirnif. t c I’. rl.tr s H Ginger Tonic. It vill st: .-ngti>e» U-in and I Jfiy ■ and give you new '.ii'c and vi ;o:. 100 DOLLA.PtG n Paid for any thing injurious found in Ginger Tonic H or for a failure to lie n or cure. I f Or. -.nd at •!■; l' r< In.lr if 1 . Larr* -np t c.y:n» l« S;xe. . .::i: ’.<• 1i: .X U . '.i . WIII.S'L.N.Y. K ’' J -i ». jiyx'WL BL r ■ r'

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Both ofthese famous brands of VV biskey are kept in stock for sale at THE “OCCIDENTAL.” J. it. BRt:.ut:nKA.tip. Take Down Your Sign. Ciilhooly strolled into Mose Schaumburg’s store on Austin Avenue, and. after looking around, he said to Mose, who, rubbing his hands, asked him what he wanted: "Will you lie kind enough to bring me a glass of beer, some fried lieefsteak with onions, some fried potatoes, and some boiled cabbage?” replied Gilhooly. ’ Mishter Gilhooly, mine store vash ' not a restaurant.” “What the have I got to do with that. Yon have got up a sign there that reads, ‘if you don't see what you want, ask for it. I want some grub. I don’t see it, so I ask for it. and in: tead of bringing on tlie grub, you go to telling me wind your occupation is. as if I cared a cent Whv don’t vou take down your sign ?” M hen la t seen, Mo.-e was standing in .. thoughtful attitude in front of that sign, absorbed in profound contemplation.— Texas Siftings. '

wT ! MIfrMRl G,n S er Tonic An Invigorating Medicine that Never d&Sglkj InwxicatM. iag. elegantly This gcUooik combination of Ginger. p, uc },. perfumetl and Mandrake. Stilhngw. ana many other of the bev entirely harm- vf.’etablt meimmrl cutes i « less. Removes points. Rheumatism, Nerxousnes, (' .o.'ti.tt, re- Wg jy ..-’lt .ml ail dvsvroers ot the I . wc;a, s- r-8 r itnral nevs. and unnary organi color and pre- B T ou ha ’ e loSt your an<{ are low spmted v -I'ts ba ivrss w or suffering (torn age, or any infirmity, t. lK r Park-. ’ JI r.-1. ari l|l ■ < linger I <mu . !t * ■ strengthen bum and iivei dr-.ggnu \ and gi»e you new life and vigor. Florcston 100 DOLLARS UULu u ?- ■ - or for a failure to help or cure. Iryit v r ask y Oa J A Aelir*’- A *> sk k friend t > try H ‘I <>-1>«) • r . • I. Iy frac-*'’ 1 50 c. and f i Macs at ilrujlp-'t'. t cireuto 10 -&,OOO TOITS Jlax Straw Wanteol I FOR W HIC H I WILL PAY THE BEST PRICES! When delivered dry an t in od condition at the Decatur | FLAX MILL. TKOS. JSTtOfT. ! j KENDALL’S SPAVIN. CURE! ! fl Curen Fra-,lns, For man it i s ‘ Splints, riinglmes, U Kno,, “ 10 b ‘ 0I " Bl.wl.hr. mJ fSPAVIF Remores the Bunch F Without Blistering. J I I SPAVIH CURE! I It docs not blister, but it is ceria n in its effectsand it is sure to remove hr t: largment as well is the lameness if preserved with. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE, ! It has cured thousands and thousand, of cases an 4 i» desliad to cure millions millions re ore. CTDAU’S SPAVIN CUES Is the only positive cure known, and to show what this remedy will >lo we w... , here as a sample of cases cured by it, a statement which was

I GIVEN UNDER OATH ! To Whom il nay Concern: In the year 187." I treated with Kendalls I Spavin Cure, a bone epavia of several months growth, nearly half its ■ large :i’ a hen’s egg, and completely stopped the lameness and removed B the enlargement. 1 have worked the horse ever since very hard, and he ■ never has been lame, nor could I ever sec nny difference in the site of the 3 hock joints since I treated him with “Kendall’s Spavin Cure.’ , K. A. Gaines. B Enosburgh Falls, V*., Feb. 25, 1879. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 25<h day of February, 1879. JOHN 11. JENNE, Justice of the Peace. l--~— KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE, nil llll&HAhl n roil b has bee.t ascertained by repeated trials mbetfe UN HUMAN rLf-bn VEKI DEeT liniment ever use d for any deep seced pain or long -landing, r short duration. Also for Coras, Bunion-, f r ••-■-Br’e* • nny- Bruise, Cut or l.:imi ne«.s. Sme are n’raid Io use il on Human Flesh simplyle cause it is a lioi-e medicine, but you shon’d remember flint what is good for leati I good for man »“d we know freru ■\| ei icnce that ‘K INPA 1.1.8 Spann lure ■: -c-ed on a ciuM 1 year old with perfect safely. Ils <fficls are wonderful on h»«« tie sb and it does not I li.-lct or make a a-te. Try it and U convinced that no litmatu equals it on human tiesh.

KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE I Read below of its wonderful effects n* a linnment for th* human family: ilrmtiiir, MUfpnri, AngnM 2<hh, f' B. J. KeicpaLL & Co., Gbxtr—l nm so ovrrjoved in view us the result of an M ie4 * I tion of vonr Ktudnll s Spavin Cure that I leel that. I for lleinaniic bwk P WI lish it to the world. About ♦hirtv-fiva yc»rs ago, while rid ng a young ugly *" r *'' 1 wns injured in one of my tcsticlrs, and from that tin e to tlire»’ weeks n «;ow w constant enlargement has been il»e ifsult, giving ms a gr.-it amount of tr««u Lie, * ® entirely preventing me from hursfl-ack riding, • h v.w my n«»i:»l way as ;r**' w I saw a notice of your Kendall bj nrin Cure, never o -cc thought of it er -pt f« r ■’ “ es, but after receiving the lued'n-in* and read:• g v\• r *h<t it w.is root for, terribly exercised about my di-henhy for I bad c» i•; : l many phyNjonc*- »*»’• 1 gave me any specific bnt when it could be m lured na l?u to ren.'Hf t* oth ■■■ knife. I applied your Kemhll’K Spirin Cure .15 an cs jer i tnent, and it w»° k p* in in its application that I ejne-u l>i not to repeat it and tnu«i ght no more about it nr ' near a week, and lo and behold, one half of th* si 7.0 ms gone, with joy I I ly believe it, I immediately applied it again, and hare made in all about one half en applications, running it over a space of two weeks, and the terrible euHrgemen is almost entirely gone, in view of which I cannot express my feelings of delighthas been d God send to me. may lie send to otners with like troubles. JOHN RICE, Pastor of Tfemanite Congregational * l |Urt P.JB. You are at liberty' to put thia in nny shape you may please. I am E ashamed to have my name under, over or by the side us it. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE Kendall s Spavin Cure iasure in its effects, mild tn Is action ns it does not bhsW yet it is penetrating and poweifnl to rc-u h ary deep seated pain or to remove •■‘l bony growth or any other cslargcmeaL. if ued for scvcta! days, such as spavin, 9 ?“ r ' ‘ callous, sprains, swellings, any lameness ; nd all enlargements of the joints or rheumatism in man and for any purpose for which a liniment is used for beast. It is ’jow known to be the best lim uwut for man ever used, acting mnd 1 I yet certain in its effects. It is used full strength with perfect safety at all seasons the year. . i Send your address for illustrated cirular which we think gives positive proof 0 1 I virtues. •• I No remedy ha« met with such unqualified success to our knowledge, for beast as ’■ < as man. Pricesl.ooper bottle or ajx bottles for $> QO. All druggists have it or cJ I get it for you. or it will be sent to auy address on receipt of price, bv the proprietor | f DK B. J. KENDALL Falls, Veriuont. Why Not Tempt Fortune.'' ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COSTS NOTHING. SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARAND OVER BAID TO OUR CITIZENS WITHIN A SHORT TIME BT THLOUISIANA LOTTERY ASS’IICKI LISTEN ! TICKETS GIVEN A WAV EVEKY PURCHASER OF Clothing, Hats, Etc. amountingto $lO or More Presented with a Ticket Crat” Sam, Pete & Max, FORT WAYNE.