Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1883 — Page 4

••NIGGER MIGHTY HAPPY," PLANTATION SONO. Hog start a-runnin’ when de overseer callin’; Whipperwill holler when de jew-draps failin’; Duck keep a-quackin’ when de hard rain po’in’; | Crows flock togedder when de young corn grow- i in’; Pig gwine to squeal when de milk-maid churnin’; Nigger migiMy happy when de blackberries turn- > ln’l Squ’el go to Jnmptn’ when de scaly-barks domin’; Bee-martin sail when de honey-bee huminin’; Lean horse nicker when de punkin-vine spreadin’; I Rabbit back his ear when de cabbage-stalk head- • in’; Rooster start a-crowin’s when de broad day breakin’; . i Nigger mighty happy when de hoe-cake bakm I Big fish flutter when he done cotch de cricket ; Bullfrog libely when he singin' in de thicket; Mule git slicker when de plantin'-time over; Colt mighty ga’ly when you turn him in de ; clover; An’ it come mighty handy to de nigger man nater . When he soppiu’ in de gravy wid a big yam 'uteri ( Blacksnake waitin’ while de old hen hatchin’; Sparrow-hawk lookin’ while de little chicken scratchin’; Big owl jolly when de little bird singin ; ’Possum gwine to clam whar de ripe ’simmons swingin’; Nlcger mightv happy—es he aint wuf a dollar— When he startin’ out co’tin’ wid a tall stan’iu’ j oollar! —J. J. Macon, in The Century. Mollie’s Match-Making. A dainty parlor with numerous easychairs—a glowing fire in the niekeltrimmed heater—a pretty little w oman listening for the footsteps of the lord and master. T i. charming picture of domestic bliss John Ackerman fully appreciated as he stepped into the room a few minutes later. “Well, Mollie, what’s the news?" “Oh, nothing, only supper has been ■waiting half an hour. Come, let us hurrv and eat; I want to talk with you.” “I thought there was something on your mind; didn’t know but I was going to get a lecture for being late.” “You deserve one, for this is the last evening I shall spend with you for two whole weeks; shows how highly you appreciate your wife’s society.” Mrs. John Ackerman tried to frown, but failed completely. In another half hour they were back in the cheery parlor, and Mollie began: “I think Tom is a splendid fellow, and there were never two brothers more alike than you and he.” “Thank you, my dear; I honor your judgment.” “And, John, I have the most brilliant plan concerning him!” “Do tell!” John said, with a movement toward his coat pocket, where the evening paper lay in uncat solitude. Mollie observed the motion, and promptly informed him that he should I not read a word until she was through | talking. “I am going away to-morrow, and then you may read the paper from the time yon enter the house until midnight, with no one to bother you,” she said, as John showed signs of insubordination. Somehow, the vision of the little parlor without Mollie's lively chatter did not seen to strike him very favorably; perhaps this was why he tossed the paper to the other side of the room, and obediently promised to listen. Mollie perched herself on one arm of his chair and commenced: “You know my sister Amy is coming home with me for a long visit, and don't you think it would be splendid if she and Tom would fall in love with each other? They could get married and set up housekeeping in the cottage like this one across the street, and—oh, John, it ' would make me perfectly happy I” John Ackerman laughed long and heartily. “Match-making, by Jove!” he said at last. “Miserable yourself, and want everybody else to be; is that, it Mollie?” “Don’t laugh, John, for I’m in earnest. I know they will like each other, and I have set my heart on the match; just think how nice it would be to have Amy here always; and Tom is such a darling! Amy should furnish her parlor just like ours, only where this is * blue her's should be cardinal, for she is j dark, you know. John was laughing again by this time, and it took considerable management to reduce him to order. This once accomplished, he fell in with the plan readily enough. “I tell you what it is, Mollie; you I don’t want to say a word of this to Tom or Amy, or they will take a dislike to each other immediately.” “I know it,” wisely rejoined Mollie. ..“When I told Tom I was going to visit Aunt Hetty I did not mention Amy’s name, and I don't think he knows of her existence; as for Amy, I have been with her so little since I was married that I am sure I never spoke to her of Tom.” “Well, see that you don't do so now; you couldn’t mention his name without praising him to the skies, and she would see through your plans at once.” Mollie departed the next morning, leaving directions enough to distract a man if he tried to remember half of them. John did not try; he only had a confused recollection of something to be done with plants, silver spoons, ca-nary-birds, etc. Jenny, the servant, would know all about it, he reflected. “Don’t have Tom at the house when we return,” was Mollie’s last injunction. “Amy will be tired with the journey, and I want her to have a chance to beautify a little before she meets him." When they reached the depot Mollie’s courage began to fail. “I am almost sorry to go, John,” she said. “Suppose something should happen to you while I am away?" “Nonsense, darling! Go and have a good time; and be sure and come back in two weeks and bring Amy with you.” Mollie’s heart was so thoroughly in her pet plan that she found it very hard to refrain from all mention of her adorable brother-in-law during the two weeks that followed; once she did refer to the cozy party of four which they would make, and then she was obliged to turn it off on Jenny, the little maid of all work as making the fourth. The day before Mollie was to return Aunt Hetty fell ill. A nervous attack she called it, but Mollie privately announced it contrariness. Aunt Hetty declared she must die if left alone with the servants, and Amy felt obliged to postpone her visit for a few days at least. Mollie could go on as she had intended, and she would follow as soon as Aunt Hetty could spare her. Thus it happened that Mollie had arrived home alone. “Amy will certainly come up next week.” she assured John: “but I could not wait another day. It seems an age since I went away." It was so pleasant to be at home once more and mistress of all she surveyed; a note from Amy saying she would come on the following Saturday set her mind completely at rest. She was really sorry to hear John say, one morning: “I think we had better take that run down to Camden’s to-day. We must go sometime this month, and of course you won’t want to go after your sister comes." “John, you know we cannot stay away all night; I gave Jenny leave of absence until Friday, and it won’t do to leave the house alone.” “I’ll get Tom to come and sleep here.” Mollie had no other reasonable objection to offer at this, so she prepared to go. ‘There are three Keys,” said she, as thev left the house. "You can give one to Tom. and I will leave one with Mra.

Gates, next door. The house might get on fire, and then it would be better to have a key handy, so they could get in the house and bring the things out." “Yes,” said John, sarcastily; “or I might hire a squad of policemen to watch the house day and night.” About 11 o'clock that evening Miss Amy Arden alighted from an express and looked about the depot as if expecting some one. “They could not have received my second postal,” she concluded, after waiting nearly half an hour in the ladies’ room. “Well, I can very easily find the house.” A hack soon deposited her in front of the pretty cottage on Lake street; all was dark, and Amy pulled the bell several times without hearing a sound from within. Where could Mollie and John have gone ? There was a bright light in the next house, and Amy remembered hearing her sister speak of tier kind seighbor, Mrs. Gates! perhaps lhey were spending the evening with her, or. at any rate, she might know of j tier whereabouts. Amy ran across the . imall grass plot which separated the two cottages and rang the bell. Mrs. I Gates soon explained matters. “You do look a little like Mrs. Acker- I man when you laugh,” she said in con- i elusion, “so I suppose its all right to let ; you have the key; but she wasn’t look- ; ing for you until Saturday.” “She probably did not receive my second postal, which I mailed yesterday I morning.” “Well, 11l give you the key, of course; but are you not aliatei to stay alone in the house?” “Oh, I’m not at all timid,” laughed Amy. “But there’s a gang of burglars about j the city,” urged Mrs. Gates. “They’ve | been in three houses on this street, and ' only last Sunday night there was a dreadful robbery on State street, and a woman nearly killed. You are welcome i to come in and sleep on our parlor sofa, ; if you are afraid.”

“No, thank you,” Amy said. “I will risk it for one night, and you say John and Mollie will return to-morrow." She let herself into the deserted house, not without some thrills of fear, it must be confessed. How quiet everything was! Oh, if Mollie was only there I She took a survey of the rooms, the neat kitchen last of all, where she concluded to look for something to eat. Hark! what was that ? Only the silvertoned clock striking the midnight hour. | “That woman's talk about burglars 1 has made me nervous,” she thought, ■ continuing her search for eatables. Hark, again ! Surely that was a key turning in a lock; then a door opened and shut quietly, and there were foot- , steps in the hall. Amy’s small stock of courage went down to zero. What would happen next ? Instinctively she grasped the poker lying on the range near her. The next instant the door opened, and a great broad-shouldered man with blackened face and hands stepped into the room. Amy felt herself growing w bite with fear, but she raised her poker threatingly; for a moment they stared at each other in silence, then the man spoke. “Who the are you?” Amy tried to shriek for help, but the : sound died away in ber throat; she was • too thoroughly frightened to speak or i move. Presently the man came toward her. “Will you please lower the poker, or I else move away from the sink ? I would like to come there and wash my hands,” ; he said, looking very much inclined to laugh. Was ever such affrontery known before? Still speechless, Amy moved around toward what looked to be an outside door. “Don’t glare at me in that frightful way,” he went on, with a glance into her terror-stricken eyes. “I will look more presentable when I get my face washed.” Then came a hearty langh, which reassured Amy a very little. Certainly this was a most extraordinary burglar, or else there was some ridiculous mistake. She would flee to Mrs. Gates’ protection, at all events, she thought, dropping her weapon and tugging away at the huge bolt with trembling fingers. By this time the young man had finished his ablutions, and presented quite a different appearance. “I am Mr. Ackerman’s brother,” he said, politely; “he asked me to remain ■ in his house to-night, as a means of protection in his absence.” “Mr. Ackerman has no brother,” contradicted Amy, stoutly. “Are you sure of that ?” “Certainly I am. Mrs. Ackerman has just made me a visit, and she would have mentioned him if such a person existed.” “Can it be possible vou are Aunt Hetty?” “Aunt Hetty, indeed!” Amy was finding courage and voice fast enough now. “I beg your pardon,” said Tom; “but Mollie told me she was going to visit her Aunt Hetty, and vou said she had been visiting you; hence my mistake." “I am Mrs. Ackerman’s sister.” “Strange I never heard her speak of yon! However, lam sorry I frightened yon, Miss—Miss Arden, and if you will allow me I will explain matters. lam a book-keeper at Bolton’s hardware establishment ” “Yon looked more like a bootblack.” interrupted Amy, “ready to cry with vexation and nervousness. “Or a burglar,” added Tom. “'Well, as I was saying, I am book-keeper there, but there was a press of work in ‘he foundry to-night, and, as they happened to be snort ot nands, 1 ottered to stay and assist; this accounts for my late arrival, also for my blackened face and hands. Have you examined the photograph album ?” he asked, suddenly. “If yon will kindly do so, I think you will find a very good representation of me there, which will convince you that I am on terms of intimacy here, at least.” He looked v ry much like indulging in another hearty laugh, but restrained himself at the sight of Amy’s white, distressed face. “I am afraid I was rude,” she said; “but it was such a shock to me; lam very tired and ” Tom sprang to her side, or she would have fallen from sheer exhaustion. He helped her into the parlor, brought wine and refreshments from Mollie’s generous store-room, and they were soon talking matter over quite calmly. It was after 2 o’clock when Tom proposed to go and ask Mrs. Gates to come over for the rest of the night; but Amy protested against this, saying she was not afraid if he would remain in the house. Mollie was almost beside herself when she came home and found how affairs had gone in her absence; crying one minute over Amy's fright, laughing the next over Tom’s graphic description of the same, it was some time before tliey settled down into anything like quiet. As the days and weeks went by Mollie could not determine whether certain plans of her were to prosper or not. Tom spent all his evenings with them, but he and Amy were always on contrary sides of every question, and they tantalized each other bo unmercifully that poor Mollie sometimes despaired of them being friends, not to mention a nearer relation. Os one thing she was certain; she never tormented her I John in this ridiculous fashion. They were all together as usual, one evening, and Tom for the hundredth time was describing Amy’s appearand

; on that memorable evening when she ■ so nearly brained him for a burglar. ; “And little did I suspect then.” he ■ went on, soberly, “that she would ever have the privilege of brandishing the , poker over me for life.” “What do you mean?” cried Mollie, i staring first at Tom’s solemn visage and and then at Amy’s flushed cheeks. Just what I said. Amy and I are going to set up housekeeping in the opposite cottage, where I suppose she ■ ] will continue to flourish all sorts of murderous weapons at me.” “John, darling, it s coming about exactly as we planned,” shouted Mollie, : springing up in excitement. I spare the reader the congratulatory scene that followed. Tom declares that it was w'orse than being taken for a burglar. Well, it did come about just as Mollie desired. Mrs. Amy even made cardinal the predominating color in her parlor, and it harmonizes charmingly with the dark beauty of the mistress. The sisters are inseparable, and as happy as two mortals can ever expect to he. Tom is something more than book-keeper in the Bolton hardware business now, and he and John are talking of buying two handsome properties in the suburbs of the city. Mrs. Mollie declares that she would rather remain in the little home on Lake street, but what woman was ever proof against 1 a handsome establishment "in an aristocratic neighborhood? Not our little I Mollie, I am sure. Amateur Doctoring. “Do you think this habit of self-doc-toring decreases the practice of physicians?” “By no means. The effect is rather jto increase our work. People who think to do without the services of a : physician will not only do themselves . harm by the delay, but also with the medicines which they do not know how to use. It is like a man trying to mend a leak in a water pipe by soldering it with the poker. He generally makes the hole bigger. It is, of course, the most difficult part of the physician’s duty to diagnose the disease, to tell what is the real trouble with the patient. It is not uncommon for even educated physicians to make mistakes in this respect. The science of medicine has progressed so far that every I part of the human body has been ■ j pretty thoroughly studied, and the treatment of the ailments of each part l is a specialty. It is impassible for one i physician to know all these diseases as i well as the specialists, and it is a com- ; mon practice among honest physicians | to refer patients to those who have made a special study of the diseases which afflict them. It is not uncommon for a man to go from one physician to another in the vain effort to discover his ailment. Sometimes a patient will be treated by successive physicians for the wrong ailment, because some of the symptoms of different diseases are similar. How unlikely is it, therefore, that persons who have not studied medicine can find out what ails them.” “Which do you think do the most self-doctoring, women or men?” “Women, decidedly, especially mothers and old women. The reckless temerity of some women in this respect \is wonderful. They rush in where angels fear to tread. Hastily judging i from a few symptoms that a case resembles one which the family doctor has treated, they will hunt up an old prescription and administer the dose to some confiding husband or helpless child. I could tell yon some amusing stories of the mistakes that are made in this way, as well as some instances where more serious consequences resulted. Take, for instance, a headache. It may come from a dozen different causes—from hunger, from indigestion, from over-excitement of the brain, from eating too much, from inhaling foul air. The remedy for a I headache varies with its cause. Y’et j you will find women who have a universal panacea for headache, regardless of the cause. Beware of such women.”

The German Bed. And that bed is enough to make a man stoop-shouldered. It’s about as broad as the back of a knife blade, as hard as a billiard table and about six inches too short. I couldn't straighten out in it to save my life. I had to lie all twisted up into a knot, like a rattlesnake ready to strike. But I could have made ont even with that if it had not been for that feather concern whieh they palmed off on me for a coverlet. That was too short, a foot and a half shorter than the bed. If I tried to cover my shoulders, my feet got so cold that the nails nearly dropped off, and when I tried to save my toe-nails my shoulders were covered with goose pimples as big as hazel nuts. When I'd get one side of the thing tucked in niee around me all the feathers would go sliding over to the other side, leaving nothing but a double thickness of cloth (and mighty cold cloth, too, I tell you) to keep me warm on that side. And as the feathers would all congregate on one side, that side would rise up so that there would be an interval of about two inches for the pure air of heaven to find an entrance and circulate around my shivering body. If I’d hit a hillock of feathers a rap to make it lie even, the whole confounded thing would fly up. I never had such a time in my life. I fought those feathers nearly all night, and never did manage to get ’em fixed right for more than a minute at a time. Every time I’d wink the whole thing would assume a new attitude. And that infernal wedge-shaped bolster nearly broke my neck until I went rummaging around and found it. Then, after I had pitched that off on to the floor, I couldn’t find my pillow until I had pulled the whole bed all to pieces. Aud when I did find it, it was so small that I had to get all the feathers into one corner and tie a knot in the tick to deceive myself into the belief that I had a pillow under my head. But that bolster business took the cake. Who ever hoard of a wedge-shaped bolster made as hard and unyielding as a Kansas City eating-house biscuit? Made just exactly like a mattress, you know —sewed through and through and covered with bed-ticking.— Berlin letter.

Postage-Stamp Portraits. The portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the 1-cent stamp, in the imperial ultramarine blue, is after a profile bust of Rubricht. The head of Jackson on the 2-eent stamp, in vernjillion, is from a bust of Hiram Powers. The Washington head on the green 3-cent stamp is after Houden’s celebrated bust. The head on the 5-cent blue stamp is that of Zachary Taylor. The Lincoln profile, in red. on the 5-cent stamp is after a bust by Volk. The 7-cent stamp, in vermillion. gives the head of Stanton, after a photograph. The head of Jeferson, on the 10-cent stamp, in chocolate, is drawn from a life-sized statue by Hiram Powers. The portrait of Henry Clay, in neutral purple, on the 12-cent stamp is after a bust by Hart. The head of Webster on the 15-cent stamp, in orang-s, is after the Clevinger bust. The portrait of Gen. Scott on the 24-cent stamp, in purple, is after a bust by Coffee. The head of Hamilton on the 30-cent stamp, in black, is after the Cerrachi bust; and the portrait of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, in carmine, on the 90-cent stamp, is after Wolcott’s statue. The new 5-cent stamp has a portrait of Garfield, fiom the photograph of which the Qneen had a copy, aud which was approved by Mrs. Garfield.— Boston Traveller.

THE LAUSDRY. Boiled starch is improved by the addition of a little spermaceti, or salt, or both, or gum arabic dissolved. To remove oil spots from matting, counterpanes, etc., wet with alcohol, rub with hard soap, then wash with cold ’ water. The addition of three-quarters of an ounce of borax to a pound of soap, melted in jvithout boiling, makes a saving of one half in the cost of soap, and three-fourths the labor of washing, and improves the whiteness of the fabrics; besides the usual caustic effect is removed, and the hands are left with a peculiar soft and silky feeling, leaving nothing more to be desired by the most ambitious washerwoman. Freezing Clothes Dry.—The American Agriculturist deprecates the practice of allowing clothes to freeze dry for the reason that the wet fibres, even if but one-sixteenth of an inch long, ar# sufficiently expanded in freezing to greatly weaken, if not break them. The 1-112 inch of expansion in a thread ! of an inch long is enough to break the small fibres, however tough and strong. Whitening Yellow Flannel.—Flannel that has become yellow from being bably washed can be whitened by soaking it for two or three hours in a lather made of one-quarter of a pound of curd soap, two tablespoonfuls of powdered borax and two tablespoonfuls of carbonate of ammonia, dissolved in five or six gallons of water. Boil the soap in small shavings in water till dissolved, then add to it the other ingredients. Let the flannel lie in it until it looks whiter, then squeeze aud press it, and rinse in bluing water, and hang up in the hot ■ sun to dry. Iron while it is still damp. To Wash Flannel Dresses.—Boil a quarter of a pound of yellow bar soap , in three quarts of water, slicing the soap into thin shavings, and letting it boil until it is all dissolved. Take a tub of lukewarm water, and add enough of ♦he hot soapsuds to make a good lather. Dip the dress in and rub it well, but do not rub soap upon it. for it will leave a white mark. Wring it out with the hands, not with the wringer, because it creases it badly. Wash in another water with a little more of the soapsuds, if it is much soiled. Then wring it again, and dip into lukewarm water to rinse it, and make it very blue with the indigo bag. Shake it out thoroughly after wringing it, and dry in the shade until damp enough to iron on the wrong side. It must not be dried entirely before it is ironed. Colored woolen or cotton stockings can be washed in the same w ay, and rinsed in strong salt and water to keep the colors from running, instead of blued water.

Dog and Wild Dog. Oswald, an enterprising traveler and naturalist, describing the wild dogs of Mexico, and their hatred of domesticated animals of their race, gives an instance of their sanguinary propensitv. “The only animal I ever saw torn to shreds,” he says, “was a Mexican butcher-dog that had followed us across the Bolson de Mapimi.the rocky plateau between the plain of Durango and the valley of the Bio Grande. The brute ' got little but abuse, I am sorry to say, but he followed us with the resignation * of a martyr. One day when we were passi ing the edge of a ravine, we saw, forty feet below the n ad, a swarm of ‘tramp’ dogs devouring the carcass of a dead mule. As we stood looking down at them they leered at us with their savage eyes, but went on with their eating, till something seemed to excite them, and turning around, I saw the mastiff, standing at the very edge, gazing down with a sort of pensive interest. At that moment a heartless muleteer approached him from behind, and gave him a push that sent him heels over head into the gully, landing him plump in the midst of his gaunt, wild brethren. The unlucky brute picked himself up, and stood rigidly still, facing the ‘tramps,’ who had scattered in every direction, but now gathered around him with ominous looks. They approached within ten or twelve yards, and then came to a halt, watching the intruder with a steadfast gaze, silently, and with a gradual contraction of their haunches like panthers crouching for a spring. There was a moment of suspense, and then the whole pack leaped upon him, and two seconds after the sound of cracking bones announced the end of the unequal struggle. Three of the big tramp-dogs did most of the killing, but at once all the rest laid hold, and in less time than it takes me to write the words they had literally torn him in pieces with a fury and rage of destructiveness which plainly showed that hunger had nothing to do with their motives. It was evidently an act of revenge, provoked proximately by the i mastiffs unceremonious intrusion into their midst, but chiefly, without doubt, by the odium invidoe, the pariah’s deep-seated and long-cherished hatred of the privileged caste whose representative had bearded them in their den.

ADout < anary Blras. The cost of keeping canary birds is seldom thought of. The canary is the pet bird of the rich and the poor; it is everywhere, and its keeping involves an immense amount of money in the aggregate. A gentleman who has for several vears been extensively engaged in the trade of bird seed, and who is excellent authority, informs us that he has the statistics to prove that there are now fully 14,000.000 of these pets in this country. Each bird will nse twelve pounds of seed per year, if not overfed, and, unfortunately for them, they general lv get too much. Thus it takes 168,000,000 pounds of seed to feed them through a year, worth at least $14,000,000. Beside this seed, as any one knows, is the sugar, the crackers, the eggs, and the thousand and one things that different keepers supply them with. Again, we have a great expense in cages. There are now twenty-two manufactories of bird cages in the United States. One of the most extensive of them turned out $1,00*1,000 worth of cages last year, and will this year add largely to the amount. The whole cost of cages made last year is estimated at nearly $3,000,000. ’ This gives for the two items of seed and cages the snug little sum of $17,000.000. But, after all, is the bird not worth all the people pay for its keeping? How it instills into the children a love of music; and its example of cleanliness as it takes its regular morning bath is beneficial in the extreme. It thus adds beauty, music and instruction to all our homes. Witches in the West of England. Witches are still common in the West of England. A Plymouth witch has lately caused a good deal of discomfort to a sea-faring young man. He set sail with a smack-owner of Brixham, as a member of the crew, but his health suffered in his maritime adventure, and a physician advised him that he was in danger of losing his eyesight. The i master of the smack bade the young mariner consult a white witch at Plymouth, and the sufferer took this advice. The white witch boldly declared that not the invalid but the whole smack was under a spell and suffering from the wiles of sorcerers. The master and the lad visited the witch together, but the spell could not be re- ' moved. The youth then went into an : infirmary, and recovered not onlv his ; health, but wages from his too spirit- ; ually-minded master. But the witch 1 will continue to drive trade in Plmouth.

THE FAMILY DOC TOR. Daily Habits. —Always eat your food Slowly, masticate well, sit down to your meal in a good humor, as you go to bed, smiling and peaceful. Keep good natured, and never indulge in anger. This is the way to insure digestion, s sound sleep and long life. Goon for That Sork Throat.—To make a good gargle for the throat, take one tablespoonful of cayenne pepper, one teaspoonful of salt, one pint of water and two tablespoonsful of vinegar; sweeten to taste with honey or loaf sugar, mix together and bottle. A Bad Cold.—At the commencement of a cold the mucous membrane of the nostrils often so swells as to prevent the passage of the air through them, and the person is compelled to breathe through his mouth. The discomfort may be often removed by holding the feet’in quite hot water. Many n severe headache can be relieved in the same way. Svke Cuke for Conks—Take onefourth cup of strong vinegar, crumb finely into it some bread. Let stand half an hour, or until it softens into a good poultice. Then apply, on retiring rt night. In the morning the soreness will be gone and the corn can be picked out. If the corn is a very obstinate one, it mey require two or more applications to effect a cure. Sleeping Accommodations.—Cleanliness is a great essential. Our life is passive during the hours of sleep, but our breathing goes on constantly, and the demands for pure air in sleeping rooms is very important. There should always be communication with the outside air, and in warm weather, the doors and windows may all baghrido open. If currents of air can sweep through the rooms in the day time (or in the night without endangering the sleepers), so mneh the better. The bad air that originates in sleeping room—the waste substance that escapes from human bodies, by the Inngs and skin—settle* and clings about the carpets, curtains, bedding and clothing, tainting them with decomposing, and it may be, poisonous matter, unless a constant cleansing process is carried on by plentiful airing, and the action of light, especially sunshine. The room should contain as little drapery as possible. Bugs are better than carpets, and no heavy curtains should be used. The bed should not be made after using, until the bedding has been well aired, and the more it can lie exposed to bright sunshine, and out-door breezes, the better. The room should be kept as free as possible from all orders. The night clothing should be well aired during the day, and the day clothing should be placed at night where it w ill get aired before it is again worn. Sleeping rooms are often much crowded. It would be well, could each, when old enough, Lave a private room and a clean bed apiece. A great gain in health would result from this arrangement. In our present state of poverty, we can only insist that no more than two ought to occupy the same bed. It is an outrage on infancy to wedge a baby in between two grown-up people. Much injury is done to the health and so the morals of the children by the crowded sleeping arrangements in families. The practice is now becoming quite common among careful people, where there are several young children, for the parents to divide the care of the little one, the mother taking the youngest in her bed, and the father attending to the next to the youngest, and to others if there is need. It seems a pity that the man of the house should lie broken of his rest, but it is quite as bad a thing to have the children’s mother made sick and nervous from lack of sleep, and excess of care. With attention to the laws of health, especially in regard to food and air, there need be little suffering from broken rest, as healthy children sleep soundly and quietly, and need little care. The Chinese have the art of dressing most comfortably, the Germans of enjoying themselves most rationally, the French of living most economically and the Americans of throwing away money most uselessly. Change of climate, though supposed to produce great effects on the human race, does not seem to alter these peculiar traits.—Providence Telegram. It takes a pretty smart man to guess correctly what a boy’s pocket contains. TOLEDO, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS R, R. Time Table—ln Effect Dec. 11, 1882. Going West, i Western i Going East. i 7 j 5 I Di viaion. | 6 j 8 | ... P. M. a.m. Lv. Ar. P. m.p.m .... | 8 30 4 55j Toledo 10 uo| 5 35 .... .... 13 35 4 30 ....Delphos 9 10 130 ... .... 105 457 ....Venedocia. . 8 47j 105 .... .... 115 5 08’ ..Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 126 5 21; Shasta 8 27,12 40 .... .... 132 5 28|...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... .... 14" 5 .18 Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 5 45|....Abanaka.... 807 12 18, .... I .... 153 5 50J... Bchumm.... 802 12 13' .... ; .... 205 6 05....Wi115hire.... 75012 00 .... .... 215 617 Pleasant Mills. 7 4011 49 .... .... 235 63x .... Decatur .... 72211 30 .... .... 249 655 ....Peterson.... 707 11 13' .... .... 301 708 i.. Curryville... 657 11 uol .... .... 3 713 ....Craigville.... 653i0 55 .... .... 321 7 3.’ .... Bluffton.... 637 10 39, .... .... 339 752 .Liberty Centre. 62010 20 .... .... 34 9 804 ....Boehmer.... 60810 08 .... .... 353 8 ....Buckeye.... 60510 05 .... .... 407 823 Warren 552 951 .... .... 432 853 ...Van Buren... 5 27 l 924 .... 440 9 o* l ...Landisville.. 5 21 9 15 .... .... 445 910 ....Hanfield.... 517 910 .... 504 9 ... .Marion 4 56; 850 ... 1 .... 5229 43 . ..Roseburgh... 4 40 : 838 .... .... 532 951 Herbst 429 829 .... .... 54" 958 ... .Swazey’s .... 423 823 .... .... 557 10 141..5ycam0re..... 407 8 08, .... .... 8 07;io 22'...Greentown... 35« 802 .... .... 63510 50 Kokomo 3 30! 735 .... p. mJ Ar. Lv. ...J a. m. -Goine West! f Going Eaat~ 11 I 7 ; 5 I I 6 | 8 | 12 .... P. M. A. M. Lv. Ar.-p. M. A. M. ?... .... t 63510 50 .... Kokomo .... i 3 2oi 735 ’* ’ * .... 64511 00 ...Tarkington ..' 308 725 .... .... 65211 06 . ..Middletons... 302 720 .... .... ! 6 59 11 13 ...Russiaville.. 2 52 7 13 .... 7 1111 25 . Forest .... I 2 40: 7 03! a.m. 7 25 11 :n .Michigantown. 2 24 6 52 p. M. 6 15 7 45 12 00 ... Frankfort.. . 200 6 30 8 00 65s ....I m. ...Clark’s Hill • .... 72. 8 211 ....■ Veedersburg 1 ....; 5 55 9 45 ....i ....‘..Ridge Fann 4 30 10 15 ....I ....1 Metcalf 400 1100 .... .... ....Oakland 3 15 11 30 .... ... Maples 245 11 45 .... Charleston 2 30 1 . ...'Lv. Ar .., T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Geu. Pass. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’t. 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.

Most of American fruits and vegetables grow in Japan. They have small but delicious oranges, great rich red and yellow persimmons, thousands or acres of tea, and millions on millions of acres of rice. _________

I f -j , fl-xft A LI NESHORTEST, qUKKI.sT «nl ’T une to St- Jowph. r tn !:!?«•.ToPSkwPent Nebraska. Missouri, Ihi'-its. Galeas, New Mexico, Arizona, tana »n.i Tevyciii c a q- o s has rothPt r.or f>r Albert a. Mini- and St Paul Cn!'. rsal Nationally n-put rd v ly conceded to being the Great i< the best equipped E i - .; 1 ia the World for 7y"—A ir ' t; a 1 ! e.a.-- -o' travel. KANSAS CITY AU connectlona made / nieatr : < „UW. : A inform at lon\L ‘ K 5 /F-i f g ( S s • ~f l >gy« nby T I POTTER- PERCEVAL LOWELL, ■ kd kT« fru l<* Manafer, Gen /'mj. acu. | UhieMW, ill tliicaso. ill. , GRAND RAPIDS &, INDIANA RAILWAY. | In Elftrt October 13, 183 X COI.I MBl S TIMK. OOINO SORTH. Mati ’n— So- I- So. S. Jio. S. So. 7. GnTtcii. x-D jv a -,4pm Ki.-bnir.nd W S <fpm 11 10 10 a Winchesti-r Ils IJUpmllW Ridgeville 4 V U-S I: 4» I’ortCui.i Sl* l•* 1-’ I.*tun 1 De.-atur « IS 2 10 1 S 6 Fort Wine ar T 10 3 It I 9> Fort Warne lv 335 I 3 10 » WWm KeudaUvUle » »« Stnnds 542 >'« Vl.it.burg 715 6*l 1213 pm Kalamazoo ar;........ 750 j7 20 12 50 Kalamazoo lv j 8 05 440 i 2 25 Grand kapxL ar 10 10 9 .50 4 25 Grant! IVuntls -.lv 7 Jfmni 10 20 515 I). A M. < tnw-dng .... t 55 10 87 5 35 Howard (Ity » 12 Os pm « 5« Big Rapids 10 II I |1 01 -. • » Reed City.. 10 50 2 00 8 50 Cadillac .ar 1205 pm! 815 10 10 Cadillac lv 830 1100 Traverse City al* 5 55 Kalkaska 827 1 Ham Mancelona 1 6 01 1 58 Boyne Falls 1 711 i 8 22 Petoskey ! 750 I4U Harbor Springs 1 825 ......... Mackinaw ..... J ' 7 00 H ' 'H. bL'.f.-n*— \N■■. 2.’ I i ..V ?V .. ........ . Harbor Sprimp ( ; 6 40am • 00 I’eto-kev 720 i 1 lt-aru Boyne Falte., : ; J® Kalkaska |BW Travtrse City : ; m Cadillac ar 1 ........ 11 42 15 45 Cadillac lv 1 iMJpm 12 ototn! 6 10 IhM-il City | 5 13 I 18 7 45 Big Rapids 550 150 819 Host and City ’ 647 246 *? 11 I D.Ac M. Crossing. ~J *OS 411 10 87 Grand lUpids ar 820 i 4 85 10 55 Grand Rapids hH 7 GOaiu !5 00 . 100 pm Allegan i 500 j1 10 Kalamazoo Jir 9 00 7 00 2 52 Kalamazoo tv 905 715 j 2 57 Vicksburg 9 35 7 47 3 28 Sturgis 10 :2 848 .4 40 Kendall ville 11 46 1 10 05 608 Fort Wajw ar 1 Of»pm 11 20 7 15 Fort Wayne lv 1 20 6 15am 12 30am Decatur 210 I7 04 125 Portland ; 3 10 3 M 2 84 ; Ridgeville i 3 37 j 8 34 301 Winchester 13 56 8 54 3 23 Richmond 15 00 19 55 |4 85 Cincinnati I7 40 ! 1 Iftptn 735 I No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d .ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on N >s. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Rnpids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also W’oodruff sleeping car? on Nos. 7 and 8 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gen l. Pass. Agent. 11 I | r - are always on the 1 »kout fbr \H t IV ’ I ' ‘ i: ‘ u ‘ r ’-an'ings, ■ 111 I ►■and ir. tin. ' -x«n wealthy: those V V II II .who <lu not improve their j purto- ■ ■ ■VZ ;ii< s r>-!!i iin ■ ■ p>v ( -r:i, V fier a great chance to niak iu'i*ey. want many men, women, boys and girls to work i -r u» right in their nun localities. Any one can do the w«*rk from the first start. The business will pay more than ten tiniM the ordinary wages. Exp nsive ■ ntfit fiirnished Ires. No otic who engages fiois to make mom y lapidly. You can devote your whole time to the work, cr only your spare meni«-nt«. Full tnfurmatwo and allthrt is needed ecut free. Address bTiNsox A Co., Portland, Maine. -6 42 lyr. j—p— z-s ff’.'ir. TiF* is sweeping tv, go and dare ill II I before you die, something mighty I and sublinn- l••KV.• behind t-. n- ’ U til Q’ ,er time.” a week in your I I \/ I ci n town. s’■ outfit fre N »risk. Everything new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everything- Many are making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men. and boys and girls make great pay. Header, if you want business at which you can make great pay all the tune, write tor particulars to H. Hallxtt A Co., Portland, Maine. Iparker’s The Best, Cleanest and ’4 Tnost Economical Hair 7’ A I 1 z 5 rails to Kestorg J -i c >i ‘rto grey ' , ' ’ 5 , V' FlcresUa ftlogw. : •< Ay A I <r.PAPER’S WCTTONIC ft Pare Past!) Htftidie that H’ver Intoxicate,. If vnu are a mechanic or fanner, worn cut v. ith ove- v ; or a Mtutber run down by family 01 iiotibCt ho.d try I’m lin.-GF.ii I ’ . I. If r?. are 1 ■ r ' m ? n 3 hanstec y niei't.ii strarn • r anxioti' cares do not J1 axe intoxicating stuuubnts. but t: e Pvrkeb’s i 4 If--u F---- r -p.p-b, T-.-.nK.-.i.m. Ki.ln.-yor T'rin.irv C’-mwi-ttuts, or if rou are tmeir’ed wim nnv jj ■■■ .. R1- . linid-n ra . Bit;.. ,!. ve ; h :nc.*eus« ;i. cs it : . save yours, g H.-COX CO.. 143 W -i.x u St.. \ Y«k. 59c. aad

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS, Have again- made 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 selectisn in the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHIFS from ri to * 2 - 50 a P iece . LADIES’ FI7RS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. { j In dll tirades from a cheap Cotton to a Brochc. GENTS’ NECK WEAK. We have something new in that line called a Lawn Tennis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for a Christmas Gift. pbdii* Is complete, 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 (I I .ASS-WA I? I< In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates. Tea setts. Fr’-it Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHIWA We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to Si each. Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our carpet department, You can find 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 STERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is your chance to make a bargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as we know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. Look Out and Don’t Forget THAT JOHN WELFLEY. Is selling Groceries at less money than any other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, SUGAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. COFFEES, SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES. TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS, Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teaas —Good—Cheap—Black and Green —are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Hanis, Shoulders, Bacon and Driad 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 Sardine.’. Covmtby P_roi)vce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Come Everybody. You will find first class groceries fresh and cheap, JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court House. August 10, ’B2. No. 19 ts

Fioreston Cologne. s' ANt*»'»n Fafwiowbib Pttmn. Fbacba!<t.k»f . Urrxr.. Sr tD BY I»BA1.BBS IX PIkFUMBBV ATSSaXP - - aD '• HISCOX A CO., N. Y. u b*at s aviso i* Brw»o thb < |■ u ■ uyv jji uj j :< J|l <TT3 JfiL (>in.er. I'urhn. Mandrake. J" ■Hk many of me best medicines irnov-n are comomea in ‘‘ SfrSS J? Parker s G m,er Tonic, into a medicine ot wen t • *?V*- Js It ' varied and effective powers, as to mate it the ureatc A \ ■ - £' Elocd Purifier and Kidney Corrector and tne 'faf. ?<“ * SK V* Best Health and Strength Restorer Ever Deed. Jhl* aItCRI ll It cures Dyspep- ..u Rheumatism, Neursigia, SieepTZ/A ' T? ' us-1 OtnJßKxjA iej.r-e: anc c..ea«esoftne >t->ma.-h.lic«;els.l.ur.g , < 73® ..SV d , nMBIWfr L-vee, Vnnarv Orjaas. and ail Ferna* ComplaintsX W rdRK I: you are wastinr away with Coesumpucn or MY r* disease, use the Tonic to-dav. It will sureiy n el P V. • 7 jwja ts Rememi-1 T ... 1 M : r I'-est FanuG-' Parker’s Hair Balsam, Never Faile to Restore Cray or Faded Mair signature of Hiscox & Co.. Chemists, K.l. to its Youthful Color. 50c. and $1 s>zes. I -* xc ' S " IKG IN B, ’ Y ”' G ™* POtt ** —

<k,OOO TONS \ or — - Flas Straw WanUtl —FOR VmCH - I WILL PAY THE BEST PRICES When delivered dry ani in od condition at the Decatur FLAX MILL. tttOSo