Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1883 — Page 4

WEDDING DAT. BT MABGAbBT J. PBESTOK. Th*y wtoo ■' toget , han lin hand. Amid be Lnq py wedding e*.eer, IT on he bo tier f and » i o«‘ rare, e .chante i atmosphere They ad not brent ed yet; n< t a blur O d übt her I e f ct aitu could dim— He w h ike ; an of men f r her— Si e, the tno wo < an made so him. They 8-ood, exchang ng noth ai d plight, l ive j ear ago to-night T' ey knew the r a m tha‘ «t etched beyond H d height** wh r ■ n the purp e play 01 eve's fu sunshine. fair and fond, \ as i ever seen to fade away. The* knew that there were gu fs to croaa, • i manv a < angled » ath to Head But whether trewn with flint* or moss, V» ba nee*l th y care, -ince overhead 3 but lambent h n»*\ mo n shon bright. Five year** ago to-night r Tw s not to be a setting moon, Like a tidy o» e , but heavenly cl ar, 'J > po r its te ms a Rte df at boon O Ides ing through ihe circling .» ear. Ai. no mto eaca other’s eves 'i h v look an • sav, “ ui dreams come true. Bitcui it,dar,beoth wise Vi h you to 1 ve me so—with ■ on To piedge me 11 this s range delight, Five ago to-nigutr* No cross has come *oo hard to bear, No ca e that hid too hen a -mart, WLh two the burden s weight to With two to Hit it from tu heat. Thev had n t d re-1 to ask so much Oi b.tss that should not know al oy, Or hope that time woul I lay a touch So ge itie on t efr perfect joy, As hashed the future on their sight Five reais ago to-night. The heights that stret- h before their gaset Li e Beu’ah’s, th ir rapt vi-ion fill; The tender sh en of sp sal da s Is softly lingering round them stilt Her foot has only f it the mors. And las has spurned the flint* aside; An th* r has been no gulf to cross, And she to him is s ill the bride To whom he vowed the m triage plight F.ve years ago to-night. Oh, happier, richer, gladder far. With their twai - herubs hand in hand, Ti an on t at bi idal eve, t< ev are. As here, all creams fulfilled, they standi Gcd gra t that whe their years shall reach Another lustrum, they may say, With radiant faces, each to each, “Why, ’tis ;no her weddi g dav, Just tike our first, so - wet, so bright— Ten year- ago to-night!" —Seto York Lome journal. ANTOINETTE,

A Story of th© Franco. Prussian War. Our party numbered seven or eight, and, as all of us liatl the honor of being more or less robbed, sacked, ruined and broken up by the Prussians, to amuse ourselves after dinner we enumerated our pianos which had disappeared and our clocks which had taken unto themselves wings. “And I also,” said our friend Paul Rivet, “have lost pianos and have lost clocks, but I can buy more pianos and I can buy more clocks, while my camellias, my poor camellias! Twenty years of toil, patience and adoration! —all that lost, destroyed, annihilated! And do you know what I found in the middle of my green-house, in the place of that delicious little marble figure which I brought from Naples? Do you know what I found ? Oh ! do not try to guess —yon would never succeed! “My wife, after Sedan, had shown a great, deal of character. ‘My love,’ said she to me, ‘we must stay here; we must defer d onr house.’ 1 added, “And our camellias.’ “On the 17th of Septemlier, at 8 o’clock in the morning, one of my farmers arrived, out of breath and wild with fear. ‘ The Uhlans, monsieur!’ he cried, ‘they are at Corbeil, and will be here in an hour!’ My wife was seized with terror. * Let us go away, my dear! I don’t want to see those Uhlans! Let ns go away at once. Take me, take me, no matter where!’ The horses were immediately harnessed to the caleche, and we departed. “We left at the chateau seven or eight servants, one of whom, a little femme de chambre, Antoinette, very pretty, very intelligent, very shrewd and very bold, said to me as we started: ‘ Have no fear, monsieur; I will receive the Prussians. I know how to talk to them, and they shall net carry off even a

match. ( “The next day we reached Trouville; j my wife fell seriously ill, and for a couple of weeks I was very uneasy. “I constantly received letters from Antoinette. ' Monsieur need not be disturbed,’she wrote. ‘Everything is ’ going on splendidly here. We have , had the good luck to fall into the hands of an excellent Prussian Colonel and , exceedingly <miable officers. Through the kindness of these gentlemen I am , able to send my letters to monsieur.* “And the gardener wrote to me: ‘Monsieur ought to be very grateful to , Antoinette. By a harpy idea she lias saved everything. I dare not say more to monsieur, liecause the Prussians might read my letter; but, nevertheless, the Prussians, thanks to Antoinette, do not treat ns badly.’ “About the 20th of October, my wife being completely restored to health, I packed my carpet-bag and started off. I wanted to see my camellias, and, above all, I wanted to know what was Antoinette’s happy idea which had saved everything. I will spare you the details of my journey. It was original, however. It took me a week to go from Trouville to Corbeil; I was arrested three times as a Prussian spy by the French, and four times as a French spy by the Prussians. “At last I reached my house, greatly agitated. I saw my broad avenue of chestnut trees and at the end of the avenue my iron gate. I crossed my court-yard, which was full of horses, army wagons, cannon, Prussian dragoons and artillerists. I mounted my front steps. I was at home—in my vestibule. The furniture, the pictures, the hangings, all were in their places. Delighted, perplexed, I stood motionless like a donkey, my carpet-bag in my hand, in the midst of five or six Prussian dragoons who were curiously examining me. One of these dragoons, a sub-officer—he had gold lace on the ■ collar of his tunic—came up to me and said: “ ‘ What do you want? What are you ’ doing here?’ ( ‘ ‘What was I doing in my own house! ( I replied that I desired to speak with

the Colonel. “ ‘He is busy. He is at breakfast. Who are you?’ “ ‘Mon Dieu! lam the proprietor of this mansion!’ “ ‘Ah! the proprietor—you are the proprietor. Wait a bit. I will notify the Colonel.’ “A few seconds afterward a door, one of my doors, opened and I saw advancing toward me a tall Prussian, booted, •purred, with long grayish side-whisk-ers, who, with both hands extended, exclaimed in excellent French: ‘JI. liivet! Is it you, M. Rivet ?* “ ‘Yes. it is I!’ “ ‘Ah! you have done well to come. How happy 1 am to see you!’ “And those two Pi ussian hands were , still extended toward me, but I patriotically held my two French hands at a distance, as far as possible, behind my back. ‘“Ah! yon are prejudiced,’ said the Colonel, bunting into a beastly and heavy laugh. ‘ I see how it is—you are prejudiced. Very well; you will get over your prejudices. But come along, conic along quickly. We are at table.’ 41 4 pnt I fip.ytliir*** to out.’ “ ‘You don’t want to breakfast with ns. More prejudices! But you must come along, nevertheless, for the Baronne is at table with us and will be enchanted to see you.’ “‘The Baro’nne! A Baionne enchanted to see me!’ “But, without listening to me, with- , out answering me. the Colonel grasped me by the arm and, pushing me before | lUm, made m<> cross my salon; then, ;

opening the door of my dining-room, he cried: “ ‘Madame la Baronne, here is your uncle, here is M. Rivet!’ “And then I saw, seated at my table, eight or ten Prussian officers and, in the midst of these officers, Antoinette — Antoinette, who had on one of my wife’s velvet dresses. My wife’s diamond ear- , rings were in her ears, all my wife’s ■ rings on her fingers. My wife’s necklace of black pearls was about her neck ! and all my wife’s bracelets were clasped around her wrists. Rubies sparkled in her hail 1 and sapphires shone upon her corsage. Antoinette was no longer Antoinette —she was the show-window of a jewelry shop! “Antoinette, on seeing me enter,arose quickly, turned very red, ami let this cry escape her: ‘Monsieur, it is monsieur!’ Then quitting the table immediately, she ran to me, threw herself violently upon my neck and began to kiss me furiously, exclaiming: ‘Ah! how happy I am to see you!’ Then she renewed her kisses, whispering in my ear, ‘Kiss me, kiss me very tenderly!' : Os course I complied with her request, and she showered another flood of kisses upon me, and while continuing to i whisper to me: ‘Seem more affected than that! lam your niece, speak to me lovingly—ah 1 that’s better —it is to save Madame’s diamonds.’ We went on kissing before all the Prussians. The operation, however, was not disagreeable, Antoinette being a charming little person. All the officers stared at me, and had the air of saying to themselves : “ ‘ How delightful to be able to kiss that pretty girl as much as you want to!’ “And, naturally, this excited me! “But, after two or three minutes consecrated to this kissing business, mingled with revelations and explanations, Antoinette took me by the hand, led me around the table, and obliged me to seat myself beside her; then, with much grace and self-po, session, she presented to me in turn all my Prussian guests: ‘Monsieur the Col. So-and-so, of the 2d

dragoons, the Maj. So-aud-so of the 3d hussars, etc., etc.’ As for me, I was like one intoxicated, and I assure you that I must be pardoned for having remained thus seated for an hour at that table, amid all those dragtxms and all those hussars. Ino longer knew either where I was or what was taking place around me, but, nevertheless, I have preserved a very clear recollection of the extraordinary conversation which ensued, and in which, despite myself, I was compelled to participate. “ ‘ Well, M. Rivet, said the Colonel, ‘I hope you will bring Mme. Rivet j back immediately. We lead a charmj ing life here, as your niece will tell you. ■ We are not at all the savages which your i beastly journals call us.' “And then the Colonel gave vent to a burst of the same heavy laughter which | a little while before had shaken my , | nerves. Instantly all the officers in 1 ! concert, as if obeying a command, abani ; doned themselves to violent hilarity. I There is a lively and light gayety, I which is French gayety, and there is I I another gayety, lumbering and brutal, I which is Prussian gavety. “ ‘ No, we are not savages,’ continued the Colonel, ‘ and you can not condemn Mme. Rivet to pass the winter in a hovel at the seaside—for we shall remain here the whole winter. Not on , account of the siege of Paris—oh, no! Paris will lie taken in five or six days, i ' the Ist of November, at the latest i But there will lie. perhaps, cartain dii’i- ; cutties about the re-establishment of ; the Emperor.’ 1 “ ‘ The re-establishment of the Em- \ peror?’ “ * Certainly; you can readily see that, ’ for your own interest, we shall be 1 j obliged to disembarrass you of your • absurd republic. Beside, the Emperor ‘ has received a good lesson; he has l>e-

come reasonable; he will no more disturb the peace of Europe, while with your republic one could be sure of nothing. Yes, we will restore you your Emperor, despite all the bawling of your beastly journals.’ “At the conclusion of this speech came another burst of laughter from the Colonel, followed by another general explosion. It must be admitted that admirable discipline reigned in the German army. All those men laughed in a military fashion, in the Prussian way, as if on drill. As long as the Colonal shook his sides, so long the officers. with remarkable unanimity, twisted with merriment, bnt all the bursts of laughter stopped short with the last burst of laughter from the Colonel, as stops the roll of the drums when the drum-major lowers his staff. There were eight or ten of these rough fits of laughter while the Colonel, speaking with German enthusiasm, reconstructed the map of Europe, took provinces from Austria, invaded Em gland, etc.; but the hilarity grew absO' lately furious when he began a series ol jokes about the Bavarians, evidently habitual with him. “ ‘All, you are fortunate,’ said he tc me, ‘in liaviiig to deal with Prussians, real Prussians—for we are rea] Prussians. Now, if you had Bavarians What ugly tilings your beastly journals could say in regard to the Bavarians Our King is too kind to permit Bavarians to fight beside us Prussians, real Prussians. The Bavarians should lx authorized to serve only as musicians ir the Prussian army. King Louis should be Field Marshal of all the German music. etc., etc.’ “This odions breakfast, at last, cam< to an end. The Colonel arose, dismissed liis officers, and approaching m« said: ‘Now, I wish to conduct you myself to your greenhouse; I wish to show you your camellias.* “ ‘My camellias!’ “ ‘Yes, yes; I know your passion. Mme. la Baronne had the goodness to inform me that you adored your camellias; therefore I sent for your gardener and explained to him that he would be shot in front of the green-

house if he allowed a single camellia to die! That was a joke, of course; I would not have had him shot, for we are a civilized people, but I should not have hesitated to order him tied to a tree for twenty-four hours without anything to eat or drink. That, however, has not been necessary. Your camellias are in perfect health. Come and see them.’ “We went ont all three—the Colonel, Antoinette and myself. The Prussian did me the honors of my park. I was choking with rage. Ten times I was on the point of bursting out, but Antoinette had put her arm in mine, and she made me such droll little supplicating grimaces and was, beside, so pretty beneath the trees in the noon sunlight with her assortment of diamonds and jewels that I restrained myself and bridled my tongue. “We entered the green-house. It was balmy, gay and blooming. My camellias had been petted, pampered and made much of. They were wrapped Up in eotton. “ ‘ Well,’ said the Colonel to me, triumphantly, ‘you see that we are not vandals! Now, an revoir. I will leave you io talk over vour family matters. Os course you will dine with us.’ “He invited me to dine at my own house! I could not find a single word with which to reply to him. He took his departure, that was all I desired. I was alone with Antoinette, and she, without waiting for my questions, cried out. as soon as the Colonel was gone: “Oh! monsieur, did you notice how he looked at me as he went away? It js horrible.’ That Prussian is in love

with me! You must not scold me, monsieur. You must pity and thank me. I devoted myself to saving your house, and that's the whole of it. When the Colonel arrived, on th 18the of Septeniber, he flew into a wild rage on learning that the proprietors had departed. He cried out: ‘Ah! that s the way it is, is it ? Ah! they have run off on account of our airival! Ah! they take us for barbarians! Well, I’ll see what I can do witlijhis barrack! I will stable my horses in the salon!’ Then, monsieur, as I had crouched away in the corner, and as the Colonel hail not seen me, I shot up the stairs, four steps at a time, slipped on one of the madame’s dresses, hastened down again,and said I was monsieur’s niece, Mme. la Baronne do Barneville. a high-sounding name which I thought would have effect. You must acknowledge that I have not been awkward, as for more than a month I have led the Colonel by the tip of the nose, and that, too, without costing me anything. I assure yon. 1 am too good a Frenchwoman to allow myself to be touched with the end of a finger by such a creature. Beside, there are a thousand dragoons and hussars here whom I rule like a despot. I have saved your silverware, your horses, your carriages and your camellias. As to madame’s diamonds, if I wear them all, it is not for the pleasure of looking like a jewel-case, but because they are safer upon my person than in the drawers. I know not what the Bavarians amount to, but the real Prussians do not amount to much, I can tell yon! And now, monsieur, if you wish to do me a favor, you will leave this place immediately,' for, in such a little game as I am plaving, men are absolutely good for nothing! During breakfast I was obliged to tread on your toes two or three times to prevent you from bursting out, and a femme de chambre ought not to tread on her master’s toes under the table! I will get you a good Prussian pass, and yon can take with you all madame’s diamonds. I will put them in a little box and Pierre will drive you awav in the break. As for me, I will remain on guard. After all, it amuses me greatly to deceive these Prussians, and make them believe I am a woman of rank.’ “Antoinette spoke her little speech with so much energy and conviction that I could not help admiring her. “ ‘ You arc a brave girl, Antoinette,’ I said— ‘ a brave girl and a girl of spirit. I want you to give me something, and then I will depart as you desire. ” ’ “ * What is it, monsieur ? ’ “ ‘ Permission to kiss you.’ “ ‘ As niece or as femme de chambre?’ “ ‘ As femme de chambre, Antoinette.’ “ ‘ Well, go ahead, monsieur, go ahead! * “I gave her a rousing smack, and then said: “ ‘ Now, get ready the little box, Antoinette, bnt do not put that bracelet in it. Have the kindness to keep that for yourself. “‘With pleasure, monsieur. Wait for me here; I will be back in fifteen minutes; but do not commit any imprudence ; do not quarrel with the Prussians.’ “She ran lightly away. No sooner was she out of sight than I recollected that my daughter had requested me to bring her two photographs, which were upon her mantelpiece on little easels. I returned to the chateau. I mounted the Stan-way, and near the door stopped in great surprise. Somebody was playing the piano in my daughter’s chamber ! I knocked very modestly. ‘Come in.’ I went in. One of the officers of dragoons—a tall, blonde young man, with an eye-glass in liis eye —was playing one df Chopin's waltzes upon my daughter’s piano! “‘Ah.it is you,’said he. ‘monsieur, the proprietor! Make yourself at home, make yourself at home. I beg of you!’ “‘I came to look for something in this chamber.’

“ ‘ Look for whatever yon want, monsieur, look for whatever yon want!’ “He resumed his interrupted waltz. I went to the mantelpiece, and on the two little easels I found, instead of my portrait, a photograph of King William and a photograph of Monsieur de Bismarck instead of the portrait of my wife! The blood rushed to my head, uid, choking with anger, I said to the Prussian officer: “ ‘ Monsieur, there were two portraits here. I would like to know who authorized you to replace those portraits with the photographs of these two scoundrels?’ “‘ What did you say, monsieur?’ “ ‘ I said those two scoundrels!’ “And, snatching the photographs, I tore them up; then, with great calmness, I threw the fragments into the fire. The officer arose. He was very pale. He approached me. The question was now win shonld receive the first blow, and I am quite sure I would not have been the person. At this critical instant Antoinette rushed into the chamber. “ ‘Well, what is the matter?’ demanded she. “ ‘This gentleman has taken the liberty of removing from these frames two photographs which I came to look for.’ “ ‘So you did that, did you,monsieur?’ said she addressing the Prussian. 'And, pray, where are those photographs ?’ “ ‘ln that drawer,’ he replied. “ ‘Give them to me.’ “ ‘Here they are.’ “And the Prussian officer submissively brought the two phot--graphs to Antoinette, who handed them to me, saying as she did so: “ ‘Are these the portraits you want? 1 “ ‘Yes.’ “ ‘Come away, then.’ “She led me out of the room. The Prussian hail cooled down immediately upon Antoinette’s appearance. I was utterlv amazed. Antoinette had played the whole of this little scene with the coolness and self-possession of a great actress. “ ‘You seem astonished,’ said she to me, as we were going down the stairs. “‘I am astonished.’ “‘There is, however, no reason to lie. Ah! the Colonel is not the only uae in love with me here!’ “1 returned to Tronville. A whole month passed and not a single lettei came from Antoinette. I began to lie very uneasy, and. despite all the difficulties of the undertaking. I was preparing to risk anotlier journey, when one morning—it was toward the close of November —my wife suddenly opened the door of my chamber and said to me: “ ‘Antoinette, my love—Antoinette is here; but what a state the poor child is in!’ “I saw enter a pale, thin and ragged girl, who seemed to have been devoured by fever, to have been worn out by fatigue and sickness. “ ‘lt is I. monsieur,’ said Antoinette, ‘and I bring you bad news. You remember all the Colonel’s jokes about the Bavarians, do yon not? Well, to be just, that Prussian Colonel was not a bad man, and he was not wrong in regard to the Bavarians. There were movements of vroous. luey took our Prussians from us; they sent a detachment of Bavarian infantry which had suffered greatly in the vicinity of the Loire, and which came to us for a little recuperation. Pillage commenced at once. It must be admitted that it was very well organized, for that matter. There was a strong column of campfollowers in the train of this Bavarian regiment; they threw themselves upon the chateau like a flock of crows, and

began to make a kind of inventory. I went resolutely to find the Major—it was a Major who commanded tliis detachment —a fat, little red-faced man, who spoke a frightful jargon, half French, half German. He commenced to utter something like cries of joy as soon as he put eyes on me, and, without giving me time to speak a word, cried out: “Ah! ah! here is that Paronne who is a servant, that servant who is a Paronne! The Brussians are not pad, but the Bavarians are the devil! You can’t catch the Bavarians as you caught the Brussians! I have sbies, I have good sbies! Au refoir, servant, au refoir!” He said I know not what, in German, to an officer; two soldiers roughly seized me, and I was taken on foot, monsieur, on foot, to Rheims, toeing passed by Prussian gendarmes to other Prussian gendarmes. At Rheims I was thrown into prison. I remained there for a week, upon the straw, subsisting on bread and water. At the end of the week I was taken before an officer of the Saxon cavalry, a tall, blonde young man, who had not a too wicked air. “I am about to set you at liberty,” said he, “but do not attempt to return home. There is at the chateau a stupid report made by a Bavarian Major. Those Bavarians are brutes! All this would not have happened to you if you had had to deal with Saxons!" I was free, and I have succeeded in dragging myself here. But. monsieur, your poor chateau is in bad hands. I fear you will not find much there when you return!’ “I found nothing at all there when I returned on the 10th of February, during the armistice. No, lam wrong in saying I found nothing at all. In my greenhouse, in my poor green-house, on the spot formerly occupied by my delicious little marble figure from Naples, and my adored camellias, were five Bavarian tombs, ornamented with poetic inscriptions like the following: “‘ Here reposes Hartman, the young and heroic Bavarian chasseur, cut down in the bloom of youth!’ ” HOUSEHOLD DECORATION. A set of tidies is made of satin and cretonne. Cut the satin in squares the size desired and cut the figures from the cretonne and apply it to the satin with Japanese gold thread in chain stitch. Finish the edges with antique or Russian lace. Blacking bottles and small jelly bottles can be made into pretty vases if first painted blue, shading from light into dark or fading into a grayish blue, allowed to dry perfectly; then painted in oils with a small spray of leaves and blossoms and finished with a coating of demar varnish. They make a pretty ornament for the mantel or table. Hand-bags are made of coarse linen twine crocheted in imitation of macrame lace; the crochet is five inches deep, and each side is five inches long; they are much prettier if made in one piece. Finish the top edge with a small scallop and the bottom with small points and a scant fringe; the lining is of satin and a satin bow is placed on the crochet ; the top of the bag is drawn together with narrow satin ribbons. A pretty plaqne is first painted a light blue, deepening in color toward the lower end; when quite dry a photograph, which has been removed from the card by placing it in tepid water for a half-hour, is cut into an oval and gummed on, and surrounded by a wreath of rinv flowers and leaves painted in oils, and the w hole varnised with a clear white varnish. Another pretty ornament made from photographs is to arrange them on card-board with a surrounding composed of dried flowers and grasses and then placed in a deep velvet frame. Very pretty plush plaques can be made by taking a piece of pine wood a quarter of an inch thick, three inches wide and nine inches long; cut a piece of paper and fit it over one side of the board and press it down smoothly so there will be no wrinkles; remove it and without smoothing out the creases cut a piece of plush of the exact shape. Cut a piece of red cotton or dark stiff goods and glue it smoothly to the board, covering the back; now put on the plush on the other side and glue it neatly and firmly to the lining. A photograph may be mounted on theplnshor a small flow er painted in oils. An olive-green plush panel has a cardinal satin ribbon band placed slantingly across the front with a spray of almond blossoms painted in oil on the satin. A pretty little pin-cushion in the shape of a bellows can be made as follows : First cut out four pieces of cardboard (visiting or invitation cards are best) to the size required, and the sha]>e of a small bellows; cover these four pieces singly with pretty silk or satin, by turning over the edges and lacing them from side to side with a needle and thread to make them fit. Then join two pieces together and sew over the edges neatly; sew a little piece of fine flannel or merino, filled with needles, to one joined side piece at the point; then put the two sides together, and sew them well together at the point, leaving space enough for a gilt bodkin to pass through, and make the real point. Put pins in all around the elge, add a narrow ribbon band, fastened by a pin at the handle end to keep the sides together. The inside of the bellows looks best with satin or plain silk, and the outside with brocade If a small design is painted or embroidered on the outside, it lias a very good effect. The length of the bellows that is usually made is three inches from the end of the handle to the point, the width at the w idest part two inches, the width across the point half an inch, across the handle three-quarters of an inch. The bodkin projects about an inch beyond the point. The Fools Who Advanced Ideas. It has often occurred to me that ■ man is a fool who advances ideas of which the world has not previously heard. We are an ancient family. Look at Noah. He worked a lifetime through dry weather on a boat. Every one who saw him and liis family had a laugh at them for being fools. The rain came and saved them, though. Then there was Moses, the man of bulrushes, who would not be the son of the Princess, and instead lived for forty years among those who would have none of him. The crown of folly, I may say, and I say it without thought of sacrilege, belongs to Him who walked with twelve apostles, a stumbling-block to the Jews, and a vexation to the Greeks. It is hard to draw the line lietween folly and wisdom; they dovetail together and wind in and out to such an extent that it is almost impossible to tell where the fool leaves off and the wise man liegins. And then, the fool of to-day may be the philosopher of to-morrow. Franklin was a fool, when with kite and key he drew electricity from the clouds and was knocked headlong. That man was a fool who first started across the ocean in a steamship. At the time he was plowing the"waters a wise man of Edinburgh sat in liis studio and wrote an essay incontestably demonstrating the impossibility of the feat. The fool, however, arrived safely and was a fool no longer. His foolishness, it seems, depended on his geographical location. Columbus—there was a fool to be proud of. He persisted in sailing out to the edge of a world that every one knew was flat.— Judge Tourgee.

California produce-! 110,000 boxea of raisins annually.

FAMILY DOCTOR. ti A HANDBTL of flour bound on a cut A will immediately stop the bleeding. It Bvrns and scalds are immidiately re- e lieved by an application of dry soda c covered with a wet cloth, moist enough . to dissolve it. To replenish the fire in a sick-room f i when the patient is sleeping, have the | coal in paper bags, and they may then be handled noiselessly. A Cure for Sciatica. —A cure for neuralgia and sciatica —and, as I am | told, an unfailing one—is too valuable j not to be recorded. Au English officer, who served with distinction in the war [ with Napoleon, was once laid up in a | small village in France with a severe | attack of sciatica. It so happened that at that time a tinman was being em- I ployed at the house where he lodged, ! and' that this tinman, having lieen him- ! self a soldier, took an interest in the | officer’s case, and gave him a cue which, i in this instance, succeeded immediately j and forever, and which lam about to j set down. It is at any rate so simple j as to lie worth a trial. Take a moder- <• ate-sized potato, rather large than small, and boil it in one quart of water. , Foment the part affected w ith the wa- ; ter in which the potato has been boiled as hot as it can be borne at night be- J fore going to bed; then crush the pota- , < to and put it on the affected part as a s jxiultice. Wear this all night and in the morning heat the water, which > should have been preserved, over again, i and again foment the part with it as s J hot as can be borne. This treatment ; must bj persevered with for several days. It occasionally requires to be ■ continued for as much as two or three weeks, but in the shorter or longer time it has never failed to be successful. Vanity Fair. , Night Work and Long Horns. — ’ There is no disease so insidious, nor I when fully developed so difficult to s cure, as that species of nervous degeneration or exhaustion produced by l night-work or long hours. It is easy to understand how such a state of prostration may he induced. The brain • and the nervous system have be very s aptly compared to a galvanic battery in constant use to provide a supply of electric fluid for consumption w ithin a , given time. “As long,” say a recent writer, “as supply and demand are fairI ly balanced, the functions which owe their regular and correct working to the fluid are carried on with precision; ; but when, by fitful and excessive de- ' mand carried far beyond the means of i ' supply, the balance is not only lost, but ‘ the machine itself is overstrained and ; injured—disorder at first and disease ; afterward are the result. Tliis illus- . ' trates pretty clearly the condition of a 1 wel’-balanced brain and nervous svs- i tom, supplying without an effort all the nervous force required in the operations ' of the mind and body, so long as its work is in proportion to its powers; bnt if embarrassed by excessive demands feebly and fitfully endeavoring to carry on these mental and physical operations over which it formerly presided without an effort." The symptoms I of nervous prostration are exceedingly painful; we can afford to pity even the man of pleasure, who has by his own foolish conduct induced them, but much more so the brain- ’ worker, who has been burning the midnight oil in the honest endeavor to support himself, and probably a w ife and family, with respectability in life. \ He has made a mistake for which we ! can readily forgive him. In the pleasurable excitement of honest toil he has forgotten that the supply of work cannot l>e regulated by the demand or need for it, but by the power to produce it. He has been living on his capital as well as the interest thereof, and when lie finds the former failing—when he fi.ids he has no longer the strength to work as he used to do, and starvation itself probably staring him in the face if he ceases to toil, w hy the very thought of coming collapse tends only to hasten the catastrophe, and reason itself may fall before the continued mental strain. i —Cassell’e Magaiine. An iron fence is being built along the banks at Niagara Falls. This will head off suicides, as no man with tight trousers or a woman with a hoopskirt can climb a fence.— Boston Post. A picture is a poem without words. —Horace.

TOLEDO, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln Effect Dec. 11, 1882. Going West, i Western i Going East. I 7 I 6 i - Division- I 6 I 8 t ... |P. M. a. M.iLlu Ar. P. M. P. M .... I 8 30 4 55) Toledo 10 oo| 5 35 ... .... 12 35 4 30 . ..Delphos 9 lo 1 30 ... .... 106 457 . ...Venedocia. . 847 lus .... j .... 115 508 ...Jonestown... 83712 52 .... ‘ .... 126 521 Shasta 8 27'12 40 .... .... 132 5 2ril...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... I .... i .... 147 5 45j....Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 1 W 550 ... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... i .... 205 606 .... Willshire.... 75012 ou .... I .... 215 617 .Pleasant Mills. 740 11 49,.... I .... 235 63« ....Decatur.... 722 11 30; .... .... 249 655 ... .Peterson.... 70711 13 .... ■ .... 3 «»l 708 .. Curryville ... 65711 "0 .... j .... 3057 13 ....Craigviiie.... 653 10 55, .... .... 321 732 .... Bluffton.... 63710 39 .... 1 .... 339 752 .Liberty Centre. 620 10 201 .... ! .... 349 804 .. ..Boehmer.... 60810 08 .... i .... 353 808 ....Buckeye.... 60510 05 .... [ : .... 407 8 23' Warren 552 951 .... I .... 432 8 53,. ..Van Buren... 5279 24 .... I ... 440 9 •)*>'...Landessville.. 5219 15 .... .... 445 9 Hantield.... 517 910 .... I .... 504 9 0|... .Marion. 456 850 .... i I .... 5229 43 . ..Roseburgh... 4408 38 .... | .... 532 951 Herbst. ... 429 829 .... .... 540 958 .. Swazey’s .... 4 823 .... • .... 5571014 .. Sycamore 407 81 8- .... ; .... 6 07:1” 22-...Gr-entown... 358 8 02! .... j .... 63510 50 Kokomo 3307 35 .... . .... P. M.'Ar. Lv. .... a. m. 1 ... Going West. 1 | Going East I 11 I 7 S I I«IS 117 ! P.M. A M Lv. Ar.-r.MJA M | .... I 6 35 10 50 .... Kokomo .... 3 301 7 35 ... : .... i 64511 00 ...Tarkington .. 308 7 251 .... I .... 1 65211 06 .Middletons...| 302 720 i .... : .... i 65911 F 3 .. Russiaville.. | 2 621 713 j .... I .... I 7 11 11 25 . Forest 2 40 ; 7 031 .... A M. 7 25 11 39 Michigantown. ‘ 2 24 652 P. M. I 615 74512 00 .... Frankfort.. .120 U 630 800 ; 65s . ...: m. ...Clark's Hill j7 22 I 8 211 Veedersburg ; 555 1 945 Ridge Farm |4 30 10 15 Metealf. 4 00 11 00 Oakland 3 15 11 30 Maples I 2 45 11 45 Charleston I 2 30 i .... I ~ Lv. Ar ; .... ■ T. A PHILLIPS. T H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass'L Gen. Pass. Agent.

C. E. ALBERS & SON has open out in JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stock o Fresh Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City Delivered Free.

Many customs suitable in this co»"try twentv-five years ago are no long* vo. Among those is the permitting young ladies to go unattended in great ernes, except in a few streets of the very best class and in broad daylight. M ■] J ih If Jill -. -'A * yras*** 6 principal*uine ytncEEST »nd And line to St. Jo«.-ph. p i ts io lowsc**t % ft>KVtclil®>n.Top.'ks. Deni > i Dai-aA Cal ■ as, Xi' \ . . An:.:': l , t.< ... T’ ~. *• O I-II O 2X O- <•> Louie has i > stip-. riur f->r A lx - rt a ’ and St. Paul Fnlvcr Natiuiiaily rtputed a* ly c hcvi'.i ! to the Great 1 tl. best equipped rough Car L‘.i ,i- ?.d i.j the fuf KANSAS ~OITY Ade*:. T Tr " r. is'-min-Nrr x » cJ I'"' wi “ L:< Orated Line 1 traiv.i.ig a s. ata'.!offie<aln/C\OZ>X. laKead ibe U S. andX Vk A Canada All*kW/K X Kx Inf-r iiA a I: f / Fart pitig < * fte ■ ' e 1 ■ n l.y T J POTTER. PERCEVAL LOWELL, id l Manager, Gen Apr.. Chicago, 111 Chicano. UL GRANO RAPIDS &, INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect October 15, 1883© COI.UMBI's TIME. i GOING NORTH. — >t“. u — No. 1. No-_* s - No-5. No- *• i thn.. C. D lv “ •‘am .4 pm Rieliiu. nd lv 3bpmll Hi D Winchester 4 U ,12 14pm It 2H Ri<Lv.il;e 4 :?J 1- 11 W I’nrt and !5 C 8 11* I.’'■ am Decatur « W 2 ID 1 Si ’ Fort Wayne ar 110 i 3 hl 220 Fort W./vne lv '3 ;» |3 10 • S Mam KentlJ.Mlle 446 j 420 I« « Star b CH .'> 42 11 trt Vicksb uv 7 15 6 41 1210 pm K-tlamazi • • ar ....... <SO [ 7 20' 12 50 Kalamazoo h i 8 05 i7 40 225 Allegan *» « 50 Grand Rapid* ar 10 10 v 50 4 25 Grand llapids... .Jv 745 am ... .... ID 20 515 D. AM. < s.-dng .... 755 10 37 !5 » Howard (;ty ‘.>l7 12 Orpin « » bn; JU I lU- 10 14 I VI 152 Ktet. Ulty 10 50 200 I 8 ;>0 I'adillac »r 1205 pm 315 10 10 i Catalh i lv 3 :w 11 00 t Tr.".-i r-t- C\ty. ... ar 5 .*>s Kt.ka.-Ea ........ 527 I Ham ■\l .. .. • 6 0-1 1 1 58 I Boyne Falls I ' !7 11 i 3 22 Prto-k- v 7 50 4 15 Harb r Springs I I 8 25 ■ V-. tiw ?..Jt ?.T.. isteoi Hau. ;■ Spring’* I | 0 40am 700 ; pcto kev j7 20 ■ 105 am ! Bnvi-e Falls I 7 50 1 52 Manc-l in »07 |S 10 H .-k.. ; . „..........■ ■..... ■. • ■.•.. ..i » G |» 50 Cadillac ar 11 42 |5 45 Cadillac lv 4 00pm 12 o?pm 0 10 Re.-d ( ity : 513 II 10 • * Big Rapid * 550 I1 50 I 8 19 Howard «4 ■ 647 !2 46 I 9 17 D. A < r .s-iag 1-05 4 U ,10 37 Gruii ; Kipid-i ar 820 ,4 35 10 55 Grand Rai ids lv, 7 <oaiu 500 | I OOpm Alleffaii ' ! 5 00 1 10 Kalamaz o ar 1- M 700 •2 52 Kalamaz: o lv 905 715 |2 51 Vickdnuv 9 I* 7 47 > 3 2S Sturgl- 10 32 1 8 48 4 40 ’K. mlallvi.le 11 -i 10 <S 16 <« F i t Wayne ar 1 Obpm 11 20 7 13 I Fort Wavne lv 120 r> Isnm 12 30axn ‘ Decatur 2 10 7'4 I 23 i Portland 3 10 8 08 2 31 Kid/eville i 8 37 !8 34 301 Win. hestor :3 56 854 ,3 23 ; Richmond I 5 GO ;y 55 I 4 S 3 ' ttochMMrt* I « ' 110pm' 7 35 No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 5 and 6 l>etween Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey: also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 7 and 8 lietween Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gen'l. Pass. Agent. 11 I | r— people are alwav® on the lookout fb in /II » I h.iii.r-s to incn- s*e thfir earning! 1/1/ I f" and in ti.u<‘ Im-■••in ■ wealthy; th<>V ■ Il fl •du nut impruvv tln’.r pportu ■ • ■ i-n rvmain in poverty. We offer great chance to mak<- ni >ney. We want many niei. women, boys and girls t » work h r us right in tbei own h-ahtJes. Any one can do the work from th first start. Ihe business will pay nu re than te times the ordinary waztH. Expensive outfit furuiahe tier. Noone who engages tails tu make money rar idly. You can devote your whole time to the wori cr only your spare moments. Full in formation an all th it is ne<tied m.nt tree. Address bTIMSOH <S Co Portland, Maine. —-6 42 lyr. r— 1111 f it. nn-H RweepiDgbv. go and dal 111 (I I before you die. something might I - I an I subliHc h ave l>ehin«l to c i 111 111 ‘4 ,,ftr t ’ me ’ a week in yon I I ■ <ovn town $5 outfit fre . Nori I Everything new. (apital not requited. We will fm nish ’ you everything. Many aie making foltune Ladio- make as much as mm, and boy* and gir make great pay. Reader, if you want buaineea i which you can make great pay all t’>e time, wrii for particulars to 11. Hallett A Co., Portland, Maim I PARKER S HAIB BHSANJ most Economical Hair Dressing. rs ■ . Never hili io Restore ' y° ut^u i co,nr lo s l *? anJ sucsat j 1 Florcston Cologne. J 1 ~~ * ** A new »»><l *-s«-ee«iitiirly fr»>1 f R' t aa l l i t ng perfume. '-J ■ A -'Price Is arid .sc. PACKER’S GIHGERTONIC 3 d A Pure Family Medicine that Never Intoxicates. ’ If you are a mechanic or fanner, worn out with ( oven? ..ora mother run <:...vji by family or iiousc-1 hold duties try’ Pakgkk's Gingeu Ton:?. If-.' are a lawyer, minister or • isur--«» man ex-1 i hausted by mental str.-on cr anxious cares do not j H take u-ti Mur.-.d.mts, but use pASKEg’s! Gi’.cck 'l.r:;. g Ifyoulriv- K’m.KMI.,;. . K.uneyorl I ; j I’u.uiry Complaints, or if you are troubled with any I t disorder c: Lie i..'j' arc -. blood or nerves I ; • you can be cured by Pakkek’n Gincer 1 jmc. | If roti are wi«ting away from age, ci-untmn or* 1 | any disease or weakness and require a suiuuiaat t.-.ke ; ! •. > I •■’ ’C nt once ; ituid i.i'-i'o:..: f and l>u..d ■ vou up from Ute rin: dose i ut v.i i never intoxicate, j It hxs saved hundreds of lives it m.-v save yours. I A CO ir.l W .«’ . N-V r«rk. 50c. Md ■ ‘ >.ze.. r. ! M CRFAT SAVING EUYING DOLLAR SIZE. |

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS, Have again mads a change of base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Will sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST aeleetisn in the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHIFS from $i to <2.50 a piece. LADIES’ FVKS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. j flme line of shlwls l In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a broche. GEISTTS’ ISTECK WE All. We have something new in that line called a Lawn T. nnis or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for a Christmas Gift. TTTm*i7iisrENr dbpAHtMWt.i irccmplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth’s and Napkins to’ match, put up nicely in a box of one sett each. Towels in great variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of (7 I ASS \V A I: I. _ In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts, l-’i-.it Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Piates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to $1 'each. Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and deI corated. \\ ash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CARPET DEPARTMENT, You can tin<l something nice in the way of Ruggs, Matts and Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS. we defy competition, ranging m price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS, UL STEPS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is your chance to make a oargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as we iknow that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. . .ook Out and Don’t Forget THAT JOHN WELFLEY. Fs selling Groceries at less money than any other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, SUGAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. i COFFEES. . SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES, i TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS. ; Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. I I eaas —Good-r-C heap—-Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony Tubs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. ’ Cut Glassware. China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware, White Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Coidc Everybody, will find first class groceries fresh and cheap. JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court House. Amrust 10, ’B2. No. 19 ts PAEKESS ft j Parker’s balsam wFw iGinger Tonic Ape-fetre. feu i Az jcratixp Meiitize that Never storer & dress- roje 1 T ♦ ’ ♦ ing, elegantly IV j iLtCZIC3WS. perfumed and Tb.w (i-iu' i.t combination rs Ginger Buchu. entirely harm- I Mar.drake. >ti .mgu and many other of the best less Removes vegetable m-.cicuies i. -a-., cures Female Comdandruff. re-plaints. J feumati-m, Ncrvousne-.s. Wakefulness, steres natural : tne .ve.s. stomach. ..ver. »-iccolor and pre- nevs, and urinary or~.ins. vents baldness » If you have iost your r.ppetite and are low spirited. W cent* and |i ■ or suffering from age. or ar.v mfirniit* . take I'. r-er s • ‘ttrngthet; train and body Floreston 8 £,vc ?" ‘ n " a " u PPIfIPNP^M* 100 DOLLARS uUuUlJfl U Pal i fcranythinc injurious found i" Ginger For.’.c. A dvlicate A ex- < r for r. fui:;--- t-, hi o or cure. Tryit or asx ycut gaffjarj'aßy SJPSSS 5«. Ij,rresav>rc ..uypnprr- rv. ing un! s:.-c. Send for circular to Hiscox 6c <o » Hwdumu. w/; i 63 v - ii-cm St., N. Y. -A.OOO TOM’S or- ■ . Fhs Straw Wanted! FOR W HICH— I WILL PAY THE BEST PRICES When delivered dry ani in od condition at the Decatur FLAX KILL. TSOS, tgm.Wfn