Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1883 — Page 4

THE MAID AM) THE MOUSE. There was a maiden had a cat, Bhe rather doted on the beast. But said her love would be increased If she could only teach it that Twas cruel, when for game it bid, To torture mice the way it did. The cat and maid together sat One day in purring tete-a-tete, When in there walked a mouse, and great The shriek the maiden gave thereat, And ere her demon yawp did cease She fluttered to the mantel-piece. The mouse, at sound of maiden howl, Sustained a nervous shock and lit Into a paralytic hL Grimalkin fired off a yowl. And. o • perturbed to think of play, Did snute the mouse's life away. With dying breath the stricken mite Exclaimed: “I thank thee, agile puss; This being scared to death is wuss’ Than being-killed with sudden smite; l‘d rather thus, in trice be slain Than hear that woman yell again!" Oh. maiden on the mantel shelf! W*h e palp ares thy heart, reflect, led st ever, ever yet suspect How much more frightened than thyself This zoologic dot should be That drives thee thus to lunacy? — Yanker* G&zttU. Her Heart's Desire. “I tell yon, Jack, the farm is not your vocation. I become more and more convinced of the fact every day, and less contented with the life we are leading." Breakfast was over, and we stood on the farm-house portico, arm in arm. On the sill of the door sat baby, screaming with delight as she fed a pair of pet pigeons from her dimpled hands. Our breakfast had been a delightful one—coffee as clear as amber, bread like snow, and steak done to a turn. All about us was a green tangle of sweetbriar and honeysuckle; the sun was just rising above the distant hills and the morning air was fresh and sweet, and tilled with exquisite woodland odors and musical with the songs of birds. We could catch a glimpse of the barn and poultry yards from where we stood, and hear the plaintive lowing of the kine, and the dream like tinkle of their bells. I felt a vague sort of conviction that Jack had but little sympathy with my spirit of discontent, yet J was determined to carry my point if possible. “You are dissatisfied with your lot—l i see that plainly, Nell," said Jack, a trifle i aadlv. • “Oh, nonsense,” I put in. “Not with my lot, nor with you, nor with the farm, Jack. lam tired to death with this prosy, humdrum life, and I hate to see you delving and toiling like a slave from one year's end to another. You are born for something better, Jacksomething nobler and grander. Fancy a man of your abilities sowing grain, digging potatoes and raising stock to his life's end.” “But, my dear,” suggested Jack, “one j must live and have bread and butter.” ! “To be sure, Jack; but why not earn it in a more genteel fashion?” “Honest labor is always genteel, Nell.” “Oh, pshaw! You misunderstood me. Jack I mean that yon have capabilities for something better. You only cling to the old farm to please your father, when you eould do a hundred fold better elsewhere. And, besides, where is your society in this place, Jack ? What chances is there for our children as they grow up!" Jack laughed as he glanced down"at baby, who was struggling furiously to get a pigeoh’s head into her mouth. “Ah, Nell, that is looking so far . ahead,” he said; “and, my dear, vou ; seem to forget that I have lived here all my life.” “No, no, I don't forget, and, pray, i ■what have you done, Jack?” “Led an upright life and married you.” “But you didn't pick me up among the clover b ossoms. Jack; don't forget that. You found me in town, and, Jack, dear, I’m so anxious to get back ! to my native element. I'm tired of all this. You can get on ever so nicely in , town. Jack; and there we can get into society.” “I am not over fond of society, Nell.” i “Ob, but you should be for my sake, Jack. I'm fond of it. I hate to live like a hermit. Why, Jack, if we desired to I give a little party to-morrow, we could i not for lack of guests.” “Dear me, Nell, why I could muster ■cores.” “Os a certain sort, yes, but I don’t want them. Jack. I'm a little peculiar in my notions. I want no society but the best; the—the—sort of society one gets into in town.” “Fashionable society; Nell.” “Well, then, why not? You have means, Jack, and I flatter myself that we are fitted to move in any circle. Why should we bury ourselves in this ; wilderness ?” “Our means not are inexhaustible, Nel’.” “I'm aware of that, Jack, but we’ve enough for the start, and Vanborough offers you a good place in the bank.” “At a limited salary, Nell.” “Oh, yes, but you can work your way , up, Jack—right up to the topmost , round of the ladder. Do let's go, Jack! I’ve lived here to please you ever since l our marriage. I think you can afford ; to please me a little now.” , Jack sighed as he looked out upon the ripening grain-fields, but he drew . me close to his heart and kissed me. , “That’s true,” he said; “you can’t be expected to care for the farm as I do. < Nell, 1 promised to make you happv * when you consented to become my wife, j and I’ll try to keep my work. You ■hall have your own wav, Nell.” E The continuous dropping of water , wears away the solid* stones. I had J conquered my husband at last and the desire of my heart was about to be accomplished. When Jack once made np | his mind to do a thing he did it with ail t his might. The matter was soon set- , tied. Cherrp Hill, as we called the t farm, was sold at a great sacrifice, and | one sunny morning we turned our backs t upon the breezy down and golden , grain-fields and journeyed cityward. “I m afraid you've made a great mistake," said Jack's father, as he bade us t good-bye, “you'd better have stuck to t tle farm. lon remember the old sav- t ing aliout rolling stones-” “I don’t believe in old saving, sir." I answered loftily, “and I think I can’ap- , preciate my husband's ability better a than any one else can.” “All right; hope you won't find yourself mistaken, my ’dear. Good-bye to s both of yon. Whatever you do, care c well for the little one. I’m afraid si e c won’t like the change. If you happen < ' to tire of the town and fashion, don't , forget that a welcome awaits you at s h line.” Jack’s heart was too full for utter- j ance. “Thank you, sir,” I said; “but we j ■hall not get tired.” 1 Our new home in town was a stvlish t residence in a fachionable street. We a

established ourselves in the principal hotel, and then set about furnishing the house. "Mr dear child,” said Mrs. Vanborough, the banker’s wife, dropping in for an early cal), “don’t dream of such a thing as ingrain carpet. Get brnssels by all means; good English brussels. You’ll find it much cheaper in the end. and besides its much xiore stviish.” We hearkened to our friend's advice, and the cost ran up into hundreds. Then f limit ore was got to match. Mrs Van borough and several other friends aiding us in our selection, and all sor-ts •f prstty costly brio-a-brac, reel laoe

curtains, and a new piano. My old instrument was too plain and clumsy for the new establishment. There is a sort of curious excitement in spending money, which seems to drive the most sober and economizing people desperate when they once get at it. Jack had always been of the most careful of mon, counting the cost of everything as he went and saving every stray penny. Once in the vortex of town life his prudence was speedily changed into a sort < f recklessness. After the first few days, and by the time our new house was ready to receive ns, he actually seemed to delight in seeing his money go. “We've got snug quarters here, Nell, by George!” he said, looking through the extravagantly-furnished rooms with admiring pride. “No one in town can outshine us, not even Vanborough himself, I'll admit, but what does that sig- j nify? What good comes of having money unless one enjoyesit?” “We must try and save a little now. Jack, since we are fixed up so nicely,” I said, feeling somewhat terrified at his growing recklessness. “Pshaw, child ? Who ever heard of a banker's clerk saving anything? If we make both ends meet, it will be more than I look for.” “My dear,” said Mrs. VaTiborongh, when we were pleasantly situated in ' our handsome house and had hired a couple of servants, “I suppose you will want to give some kind of a party now ? I It is customary, you know. Suppose j you let it be an informal reception, with cards and coffee for the old people, and ices and fruits and dancing for the young ones. That would do nieely. ; You can throw your parlors into one, 1 and the new carpets will not get much I injured. I'll help you to order your refreshments, and Cecelia will write ■ out you invitations for you. She is an excellent judge of whom it is expedi- I ent to invite.” I mentioned the matter to Jack when ' he came home, and he entered into the spirit of the affair with great excite- . ment. ’

“To lie sure, little wife; have a party by all means. When one is in Home one must do as the Bomans do, you know. Don't spare expense, either, my dear; we must make as good a show as other people. And I shall take upon myself to order your costume. I want you to look as grand as a little empress.” “But, Jack,” I suggested timidly, “we are spending a great deal of money ” “Oh, well, never mind. It will go somehow, one way or another, and we might as well enj iyit. You've always wanted to get into good society, Nell, and you’re fairly in now, and it won't do to let people see that you are cramped for money. Let’s make the most of it while we've got it.” My heart ached a little, and in the midst of all the flare and flutter of preparation I was conscious of a vague I feeling of regret whenever I recalled the quiet moments of my early wifehood I S]>ent at Cherry Hill. Jack had seemed to take as much pleasure in life’s frivolities as I did. With a foolish inconsistency of my sex. I sat down and eried over the consummation of the very hopes which I had cherished so long. But despite my fears, the reception came on, and it turned out to be a great success. The best people in town honored us with their presence, and everything, thanks to Mrs. Vanl>orough's foresight, was carried on in the most lavish and elegant manner. “By George,” said Jack, “this sort of thing is jollier than the old farm. I see i now, little wife, that you are right.” I would ten times rather he should have upbraided and blamed me for what I had done. The winter that followed was exceedingly gay. We are invited ■ everywhere, and our house was constantly filled with guests, balls, soirees, kettledrums and the opera seemed to embrace every hour. Jack and I seldom had a quiet moment together, yet he seemed to enjoy it with his whole heart. When spring came our last surplus dollar had been expended and we dependent on Jack's monthly salary.

The w arm weather soon came on and baby soon fell ill. I hoped day by day that Jack would say something about going back to his father's for the summer, but he didn't even hint at such a thing. The days grew longer and warmer. The sun shone down with pitiless splendsr and the paved streets seemed like heated brass. Our fashionable friends flutiered off like summer swallows and we were left almost alone. “Couldn't you manage to make a little trip to the seashore.my dear?” Miss. Vaborough had suggested, and Jack caught at the idea with eagerness. e might. Nell; I think we can. 11l try and borrow a few hundred somewhere." “Oh, Jack, no, no!” I sobbed out in my remorse and despair. “I won’t go to the seashore. You see how ill baby is. Oh. Jack, ask your father to let us return home.” Oh, you wouldn't be satisfied. Nell, if we went back. It's a dreadful stupid down there these days with the haymaking and reaping, and all that sort of thing, we would never be able to endure it there now. ” I said no more. The long, bright, burning days wore on, and our bills ran up higher, and baby's little breath seemed to grow weaker and weaker, and poor Jack himself seemed to look dreadful ill and worn. And one afternoon he was sent home in a carriage, quite nnmns’i stricken down by a sudden fever. I put my pride aside ‘hen, and wrote a letter to Jack’s father.

“Jack and the baby are both ill,” I said, “and we are sick and tired of life. Pray forgive ns and let us come home.” The next day the dear old gentleman arrived, but the Sheriff was before him, Jack having confessed judgment in a lawsuit. The rumor that we had intended to leave town got out, and our creditors rushed in anxious to secure the lion's share of our effects. The brussels carpets, the handsome furniture and the costly bric-a-brac all went under the hammer at disastrously low figures. “Never mind.” said my father-in-law, not a shadow of reproach on his kind old face, “let them squabble over it if they w ill. We must get the sick ones home.” So we got Jack into the carriage, and, with his poor hot head upon my knee and baby in my arms, I turned my back upon the scene of short-lived triumph. “We are going back to Cherry Hill,” said the old gentleman, as in the dusk of the golden day w e drove through the dewy stillness of the sheltered lane. “The old home has been waiting for you all these months. I was pretty sure you would come back'” I could not utter one word in answer. A great full moon was rising above the distant hills as we reached the house. Not the smaHest thing was changed. The great red roses bloomed on the terrace, the bees droned in their hives, and the cattle-beHs tingled in the barnyard. The door was wide open. We carried Jack in, and laid him down in the broad, breezy room that had been our bridal chamber.

He opened his eyes and drew a deep, quivering breath as the refreshing breeze touched his throbbing head. “Nell, where are you ?” he said. “Surely this must be home.” “I am here, Jack,” I answered through nay tears; “and tins is home, dear—old Cherry Hill.” “Thank God!” he murmured, and fell back upon the pillows, and I saw great tears trickling slowly from beneath hit olossd syehds. Beyond th* open win-

. ' dow, in the silvery glory of the rising r moon, the old grandfather sat, with j baby at his feet, half hidden in the rank, ► cool grass, and even at that hour the , pigeons came fluttering around her as I of old, and she screamed with rapture ■ I as she clutched at them with her thin ; little hand. ■ I rose softly and fell on my knees beside Jack’s low pillow. “Oh, Jack,” I sobbed, “I have been so wicked. Forgive me! lam so glad to i be at home again." His worn face grew radiant and his dear arms held me close. And then and there, clasped to my husband's ; heart, in the sweet shelter of the home beloved, I understood all the past. “Yon didn't mean it, Jack,” I whispered. “You only pretended to enjoy it all to please me.” He smiled at me with his grave, fond eyes. “And, oh, Jack, our monev is all gone, and—.” He silenced her with a kiss. “No matter, little woman; the lesson we nave learned nas been cheaply i bought. We shall not care to leave the safe old nest in search of fashion and society again.” I could not answer. I heard my baby cooing to the pigeons in the grass, and sat there, clasped in Jack's forgiving ' arms, the happiest woman the round world held. Glass Making. That “there is nothing new under the sun” is an often-quoted aphorism, so from that we may infer that inventions of the nineteenth century are but I perfected discoveries of ages past. The art of glass blowing, which has been ' carried to such.a high state of perfection by the moderns, existed in a crude state as far back as the days of Tubal ; Cain. History affords but little information of the origin of the art. but gives a ' number of facts concerning its existence. Pliny states that a party of Phoenicians landed on the coast of Pal-

estine near the mouth of the Belus river, and began preparing a repast. Being at a loss for something on which to place their cooking utensils, they took from their cargo some cakes of niter. They placed the cakes in such a ; position as would give support to the pots and built a fire. The niter, being submitted to the action of fire, melted and mixed with the sand on the shore, I producing a transparent stream of fluid to which the name of glass was I given. Tacitus gives a similar account of its origin. Josephus states that the children of Israel, having set fire to some woods, the fire was so fierce that it heated the niter with the sand and ran down the hills in transparent streams. These stories, however, are not credited, as in modern art the materials of which glass is composed fuse at a concentrated heat of about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, which would destroy the best-made furnace in about two years. In the village of Beni Hassam, Egypt, there are a number of tombs, said to have been built about 3500 B. C., on which the art is depicted in its various phases. On one the workmen are crouching at the foot of the furnace, drawing from it the molten gla<s, while two others seated near have their blowpipes, molding the glass in exactly the same manner as it is now done. Others are engaged in constructing vases, urna and various other articles. Glass windows were rare as late as ■ the fifteenth century; a few were used during the twelfth. In 1567, in a document drawn up by the Duke of Northumberland, it is stated “because during high winds the glass in this and the other castles of his Lordship are destroyed, it would be well for the glass in every window to be taken out and put in safety when his Grace leaves. And if at any time they are needed by I his Grace or others they can be put in again, with butdittle expense, whilst at present the cost of repairs would be very great. ”

The Romans are said to be the first who employed glass for this purpose. Many window frames containing pieces of glass are found in buried bouses of Herculaneum and Pompeii. They also substituted glass bottles for those of leather. The only inventions of glass which moderns can claim exclusively as their own are optical instruments. How to Sleep. Health and comfort depend verv much on attention to matters that to some seem very trivial. IV e have some- ' times heard persons complain that they did not sleep well; that they were troubled with horrible dreams, and arose in the morning weary and nerv- i ous. Inquiries as to diet, exercise and other essentials of health have often failed to reveal anything that conld account for these unfavorable conditions. It is not well in these case to limit onr investigations to the routine of a day; but we should inquire at what hour the patient goes to bed, what he ! thinks about usually, and most particularly what position he places himself in to \ invite sleep? It he lies on the back with his hands over his head, there will be a half conscious sense of compression of the chest, with difficult breathing, to relieve which he opens bis mouth. The air coming in ilirri' t contact with the throat causes dryness, and then snoring will begin. In the meantime the pressure < f the viscera on the large artery, whose course is along the inner portion of the back-bone, impedes the circulation of blood, producing discomfort which manifests itself in horrid dreams. Thus the whole night is passed in a disturbed sleep, and perhaps many nights pass without one refreshing sleep. The most unwise course under such circumstances would be to resort to the use of opium or anv other drug. The ranks of the victims of this unfortunate habit are recruited mainly from such cases as we have described. It is wonderful what control an individual can get over himself if he tries. There is no reason why a person cannot lie upon his side instead of the < back.and keep his hands and arms down; 1 then he will not open his mouth; then his throat will not become dry. neither will he snore or have bad dreams. But often he can't help thinking aliout his business, and his thoughts will run on for hours. This is also a habit that may be broken np. Have the will to put aside your thoughts.' and in time you will have the power to do so. We do not say that there are not other causes that habitually interfere with sound sleep, but we believe there is a remedy for each difficulty which may be found by seeking for it.— Hall’s Journal of Health. Born to Be Great. “Charlie.” remarked Fogg, “you were born to be a writer." “Ah." replied Charlie, Hushing slightly at the compliment, “yon have seen some of the things I have turned off?” “No,” replied Fogg; “I wasn't referring to what yon had written: I was simply thinking what a splendid ear you l ad foi carrying a pen. Immense,"Clui .ie; simply immense.” — Boston Transcript. A chtLj, having sustained horizontal relations with his mother's lap, was heard to phiiosophieallr remark that spanking not only developed the bottom fact of a slipper's usefulness, but also afford the sjjankee an admirable opportunity of appreciating the l>«autifnf and wondrous intricaciss of the carpet pattern

HUMOR. The fashion of short sleeves never ' makes pretty arms, but it is more than . probable that pretty arms made short sleeves fashionable. In one shoe factory in Lynn are thirty women, all of them divorced wives. And yet every one of them would consider herself insulted should anyone insinuate that she is not true to the last. Satire can no further go than when Sam Johnson said to a boobv, “If I have said anything that you understand, sir, I humbly crave the pardon of the rest of the company." A vocation—First small girl: “I know what I'm going to be when I grow up!” Second ditto: “What are vou going to be when you grow up?” First small girl: “A wilder!" It is a good thing to wish that your friend hail the keys of Heaven that he might let you in, but it is more practi- I cal to wish he l ad the keys of the other place that he might let you out. “Ah,” said a fond mother, ”1 should be glad if my son were to marry—then I could tn In his wife!” The boy told her never to make that remark again, or he couldn't get a girl to speak to him.

Why bugle trimmings are so called : “Why are those things on your dress called bugle trimmings ?” George wanted to know. “Oh," Emma replied lightlv, “because pa blows so over the bill.” Forgiven : “Yes,” said Deacon Snaggs, “that fellow stole my horse, but I si all not prosecute him. He traded the animal to that confounded old scamp, Zeke Hasham, for S2OO more than it was worth, so I forgive him the theft.”— Heston Post. Mistress who, desiring to press out some articles, calls to the servant in the kitchen through the speaking tube—- “ Bridget, put down a flatiron for me | immediately.” Bridget, lately arrived at Castle Garden—“ Yes, mum; will ye have it hot or eowld?" “Come now. father.” exclaimed a Brooklyn girl, in joyous expectation of many pleasant reminders of the season, I “is there anything you enjoy more than the Christmas tide?” “Yes, my dear,” he said rather solemnly, “I would enjov it more if vour mother was tonguetill.” A city chap who had escorted a country girl to the theatre, thinking to please her. went out and bought some apples. When he placed them in her lap she spoke up. loud enough to be heard all aliout: “ What do you take me for —a cider-mill ?” The city chap collapsed; ■ he couldn’t stand the press. Little Tommy was very hungry and said: “Mamma, may I have some bread and sardines?” The proud mother replied : “Not now. Tommy, wait until I am ready to give you what is coming to you.” The hungry little boy, with tears in his eyes, responded: “But. mamma, it’s me that's hungry, not you.” The parrot is an imitative bird. When it lives near a church, it becomes a bird of pray. It will also acquire crude profanity, with which it delights to shock the sensibilities of people coming out or going into the church. The parrot is an evergreen. It never drops its foliage in the fall of the year, but retains its verdure from one year’s end to the other. The parrot will live on almost • anything. It will live on to IO) years of age. unless something extraordinary happens.

No other nation can compete with the English in sending out missionaries to the heathen, yet there is an unlimited supply of criminals and paupers at home, that might be converted and otherwise assisted. England reminds one of Bobby's mother. She was a very good, kind-hearted woman to everyl«xly except to the members of her immediate family. One day a gentleman met this lady's boy in a tattered and torn condition, and the following remarks were passed: “Bobby, why don’t your mother sew up your trousers ?’ “ 'Cause she is at the vestry sewin’ for the heathen.’ ” —Texas Sifting . At a New York wedding, the “March” played on the organ was com o ed by the bridegroom. About a year from now we would like to have him compose another march, after he has got up at 3 o'clock in the morning and run a mile after a doctor, because the' street cars have stopped running,and been arrested twice by policemen, as a suspicious character, before he finds the doctor’s house. There will be less orange blossoms about the second march, and more saffron tea, less lace and satin, and more linen and flannel, less of the odor of roses and more catnip. The composer will never realize that he is married until he composes another march. —Peck's Sun. Dramatic Critics. Os all writers, the dramatic critic on a morning newspaper has to contend with the mod perplexing and exacting circumstances. Thousands of readers look to him the next morning for a mature, just, accurate, impartial, exhaustive and even brilliant review of what he saw the night before. It mav be the debut of a great actor like Salvini or Ristori or Bernhardt, or it may be the first night of a new play that "has excited public curiosity. He takes his seat with the audience, and he does not get away until 11:30. His copy must be in the printer’s hands by 1 o’clock. In that hour and a half he is to spin the exhaustive and brilliant review, in which Ills judgment must be unerring, his knowledge perfect, Ids view comprehensive, his language unexceptionable. The successful accomplishment of the feat requires an instant judgment, a concentration of faculty and a facility of expression that not one man in ten thousand possesses; and it is for this reason that, while all the other positions on a daily paper are filled by brilliant men, this one so often goes a'beggiug. There are plenty of scholarly men who, if you will allow them to go home after the play, talk it over, take a night's rest, and then let them compose an article the next day leisurely in their libraries, with books* of reference at hand, will furnish the adequate amount of criticism in the best vein. — New York Dramatic News. A Remarkable Couple. Living near Blue Knob, in this county, is a remarkably aged and wellpreserved couple, “Unde” Johnnie Hill, aged 96. and his wife, Fannie Hill, aged 97. They have been married nearly eighty years and lived together in the greatest happiness during this long period of years. Uncle Johnnie is hale and hearty, enjoys the company of young people, and, although he does on work himself, every morning, no matter what kind of weather, he goes out and superintends the feeding of his stock. His wife is very cheerful and bright, superintends her housework and does some of it herself. She can read very well without specs. Uncle Johnnie tells some very interesting incidents connected with his young da vs, among other things his trip up the Mississippi from New Orleans on the first steamboat ever on that river. This ancient couple have lived to see their fifth generation and have undoubtedly been married longer than any other couple in the State.— Elisabethtown (Ku.) News. Under the laws of Illinois, he who ■teals a copy of a morning paper from a subscriber’s doorstep can be fined

CT.AY, WEBSTER AM) CAI.HOVX. Soiuc* Recollections of the Three Great P* - Utieal Chief*. Clay, Webster and Calhoun, says a i writer in the Louisville Courier-Jour-nal, stood together for six long years in opposition to the administration of J Gen. Jackson. The public supposed that they Were warm personal friends. I do not believe that such was the fact. They were jealous of each other, and why? Because they were all aspirants for the Presidency. When Mr. Calhoun separated from the tripartite alliance. at the extra session of Congress in 1537, Mr, Clay smothered his resentment until February, 1838. Then if was that he arose in the Senate—Mr. ' Calhoun having just finished a speech in behalf of the Sub-Treasury bill—and poured out his indignation with an eloquence which delighted his Whig friends. He charged Mr. Calhoun with ail sorts of political inconsistencies. It was evidently a well-matured oration. At the close Mr. Calhoun took the floor, I but It was only to say that he would reply al his leisure to the Senator from Kentucky. In the course of fifteen or twenty days the reply came, and it was a masterly production. He repelled the onset that Mr. Clay had made on his

political character with transcendent ability—not forgetting to dissect, with cutting sarcasm, the public record of Mr. Clay. When he finished, a succession of brief and rapid rejoinders . took place between them. It only remains for me to add that the partisans of each champion were well satisfied with the day’s work. Great excitement was produced during this session by the presentation of , petitions praying Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. John Quincy Adams figured largely on the question. He denied that he was an Abolitionist, but he denounced in violent terms the resolution which was adopted in regard to the abolition petitions. That resolution was in these words: -1, That all petitions, memorials and papers touching the abolition of slaverv, or the buving. selling or transferring of slaves in any Dist rict or Territory of the United States l>e laid upon the table without being debated, printed, read or referred, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon. The intent of this resolution was to allay all excitement on the subject of slavery. It had precisely the opposite effect Mr. Adams declared and continued to declare that it wits a denial of the right of petition secured to all citizens by the constitution of the United States. This was the cry of the Abolitionists and anti-slavery men all over the North, and greatly swelled their ranks. When I look back to those times, I am now satisfied that it would have been a wiser policy to refer these petitions to the Committee on the District of Columbia. This course would have deprived the A!>olitionists of a very important part of their thunder. Habits. Habits are curious things. Ben Franklin or some other philosopher said that man was a bundle of habits. Good habits stick to a man and so do bad ones; and. therefore, it is well to lie cautious about forming ’em. I heard a preacher say once that not one man in 10,000 ever changed his habits after he was 45 years old. At home he wants the same chair to sit in and the same bed to sleep in and the same hind of cb 'thes to wear. If children are raised to brush their teeth and comb their hair and keep their finger-nails clean, they will do it all their lives. If they begin early to chew tobacco and smoke, they will never quit it. A man is righthanded or left-handed, according tc habit, and he will put on the same shoe or boot or stocking first every morning without thinking about it. Settled habits, if they are good ones, are like settled religion. There is a power of comfort in ’em, and a man is not happy if he makes a change.— Bill Chicago, with sixty square miles of territory and 600,000' people, has only 444 policemen, about 250 being available for night service. Hence Chicago is fast becoming the wickedest city in the country.— New York Herald. An oyster has been known to open its shell to hear the music of an accordion. If there was any doubt about the stu pidity of the bivalve this settles it.

TOLEDO, CINCINNATI & ST, LOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln F.U'ect Dec, 11, 1882. Going West. < Western | Going East. I 7 i 5 i Division. | 6 j 8 i ~ ... F. M. AM- Lv. Ar. P. M. P. M. .... .... ; 8 30 4 55] Toledo 10 ooi 5 35 ... .... 12 35 4 3u ....Delphos 9 10 1 30 ... .... 105 457 ...Venedocia. . 847 lns .... .... 115 508 .. .Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 126 521 Shasta 8 27112 40 .... .... 132 52> ...Enterprise. 82112 33 .... .... 160 5 38: Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 545 ....Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 153 550 ... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... i .... 205 <OS ....Willshire.... 750 12 00: .... .... 215 617 Pleasant Mills. 74011 49 .... .... 235 638 .... Decatur .... 72211 30 .... .... 249 655 ...Peterson.... 707 11 131 .... i .... 30l 7 081.. Curryville ... 65711 oo .... .... 305 713 . ...Craigville.... 65310 55 .... .... 321 732 j.... Bluffton.... 637 10 38,.... .... 339 752 .Liberty Centre. 620 10 20 ; .... .... 3 4fr 8 <*4 . . ..Boehmer.... 608 10 0®.... .... 353 808 .... Buckeye.... 60510 05 .... .... 407 8 23’ Warren 552 951 .... I .... 4328 53 . ..Van Buren... 5279 2t .... I ... 440 9 ... Landess ville 521 915 .... 445 9 10l ... Hanfield.... ‘5 17 910 ...’ .... 504 930 ...Marion. I 4 56 850 .... . .... 522 943 ..Roseburgh... 440 838 .... ’ .... 532 951 Herbst.....l 429 829 .... .... 540 9 58!....Swazey’B . ...I 423 823 .... 5571 ul4 ..Sycamore..,.. 407 808 .... .... 6 07.1«> 22’...Greentown... 358 8 02; .... 1 .... 635 10 50, Kokomo i 3 30 7 35 ! P Ar. LvJ .... a. m. ! ..’ * | Going West. » i Going East. 11?7I5II 8 | 8 I 12 I .... P. M A M. Lv. Ar.-P. M A. M h .... 63510 50 ....Kokomo .... 3 20: 735 ... I .... '64511 00 ..Tarkington .. 308 725 .... .... .65211 06 ...Middletons... 302 720 .... . .... | 5 59 11 13 ...Russiaville.. 2 52 7 13, .... | .... I 71! H 25 . Fgrest 2 7 03; .... A. 32. 7 25,11 ;» .Michigantown. 2 24 6 52 P. M 6 15 7 45'12 'X 1 .... Frankfort.. . 2 00 6 3u BOJ 6 58! .... M. ..Clark’s Hili ; 722 8 21. ...J Veedersburg .... 5 55 “ 9 45 Ridge Fann I . 4 30 : 10 15 ... ' Metcalf 4 00 i 11 00 .... .... ....Oakland..,. 3 15 ■ H 30 ....I Maples 245 11 45 Charleston 2 30 ! Lv. Ar ... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE. Gen Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. S. M ATTHIAS, 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, Bi<? Stock o Fresh Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City,□slivered Free.

Bill Nye is not a Mormon. Ho gives out as his platform, ’ One country, one flag and one wife.” Bill says he “has never pined to make the marriage register of his family Bible look like a hotel register.”

M * ] j i I| I Iff ■ fifflfll iiUiuii mi PRINCIPAL* LINE SHORTEST. yfUKEST and And UM to St Joseph, point! In I T. pvk*. toe. D»ll»s. Galas. New M-iieo, Ar-xoas, 1 tana idJ TexaA O hTc A O- O ‘ Roue ha* riuaupsTb-r A.be rt Minn- spoils and St IW I'nlv. r'A. ya:. npuled as ly er i Jto :.g the Gftit le the nett equipped hi ; ad In tbe 55 r d for Line a . 1-- «<.»* trivt > KANSAS CITY A lcvr. - w mstte S X*<<ff ?XD-1" :s Through 7>f \ ltN~/ /X vjz s 1 ’ r -V >!. > Bnd tr ” ' 4 * » .C si! off. ■ lttlUrT - I " i< ’* d the t- S. »■>< W'V/X of • dl * Canxdx Z(W/ * c ■ mfon - - nxzZolx /CtVx s ■- - ■’xz/fOvS. S VZ f err ' -f’» gtv nby T J POTTER PERCEVAL LOWELL, id Vk4 f*ra t Gtn'l Manager, gt* Vnu. Cblc«<o. 11l L'UicJMTO. 11L GRAND RAPIOS k INDIAHA RAILWAY. In Effect October 15, ISB3. COLUMBUS TIME. GOING"NORTH. >uts a-— Xo. 1. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7. Cm.. C. H. * b7.7Jv ’ 8 «sam 7 4 pm Rit-hnt. nd lv Bftpmlt 10 10 * Winebeater 4 in 1214 pm it 28 K;d_f .ilie 4 ** 12 38 11 49 Portland 5 Gt? 101 I*l-am Decatur 6 13 2 13 > » Fort Wayne ar 7 10 3 I*2 2 20 Fort Wayne lv 335 I 3 10 18 30am Kendallville I (« 4 20 9 tt Nur.-u 6 « 5 42 11 tC Vicksbirg 7 15 6 41 llMpm Kalamazoo ar 7 50 7 20 12 30 Kalamazoo lv 805 j7 « 2 » Allman ! 9 30 3 50 Grand Rapid-. ar 10 W 9 50 4 25 Grand Rapid* ..Jr 7 45.ini 10 20 515 D. At M. Crx-lmf .. 755 10 37 583 Howard City 9 17 12 05pm 8 5* Pig Rap-fate 1C 14 1 Ol 7 52 Reed City 10 50 i 2 00 8 » Cadillac ar l 2 05ptn 3 U 10 10 Cadillac It 3 30 1100 Traverse City. ... ar 5 55 Kalkaska 5 27 111 am Mdiue.’ona.. ........ 604 1 58 I -. nu- Kalb 7 11 S 22 Harbor Springe 1 ‘8 25 ' Mackinaw J .J.... ...J I 1 00 OuL\U~si)t r IH. ~~~ Stat* 4 ‘ Xo. 8. >AII ;tw... 7.7."’ Jm 930 pm -- PptoeJtey i7 30 : 1 ®am Bojw F«U» I'< 59 II « Mueeloii* »« l»W Kxlk*-ks »M |U» Traverse City 18 25 Cadillac ar ......J........ Il 42 5 45 Cadillac lv 4«pn? 1201 pm 6 10 Rrrd City 513 |1 I i 745 Big Rapids 550 150 >8 19 H .ward Citr 6 47 2 46 9 17 D. AM. Cr •—irnr 805 411 10 S7 Grana Rapids ar 820 435 f lO 55 Grand Rapids lv 7 (O&m 500 I GOpm Ail’-tfan sOn <1 w Kalamaz'Ki jtr 900 7bo 252 lv 9 05 715 2 57 Vicksburg 9 35 7 47 3 S Stinvis... io 32 a 4 40 Kendallville 11 44 10 « 6(B Fort Wayne ar 100 pm II 21 I7 13 Fort Wayne lv 13» 6 !sain 12 Siam Decatnr 210 * M 125 i Portland 310 808 2»i • Ridgeville 837 »34 301 “ WiDcheater I 3 56 854 !3 34 I Bkhmon«i j 5 00 955 ;4 35 I Cincinnati 17 40 110 pm 735 j No. 5 leave* Cincinnati and No. « leave* Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. Ail other trains d- ily except Sunday. Wood ruff sleeping cars < n No«. 5 and 6 between 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 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gen’l. Pass. Agent I A | I are always on the lookout ft>r 10 II l * I chan .s tn im rv iae thrir ear; mgs, If y I r" a time become weaif ■ Will I Ju Dot impruw their opporta- • w ■ ■■■ treat chance to mak- m *uey. We want many men, women, boys and girU to work f r us right in their own localities. Any one can do the work from the first start. The borineM will pay more tnan ten times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished fn*. Noone who engages tai bto make money rapidly. You can devote erur whole time to the work, cr only your avimenta Full infi>nnation and all tint is n**»‘dtd sen: free. Address brixsos A Portland, Maine. .6 42 lyr.

1 | t- htow sweeping by. go and faro IJ I LI I before you die. something mighty It I I j I I I 1 I goer time.” >66 a week in your • • ■ own t »wn ?' outfit f:e 5 n-k. Every thing new. Capital not required. We will furnish you ever) thing Many »n- making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men. and boys and girls make great pay. Beader, if you want busiiMua at which you cao make great pay all the time, write tor particular! to H. Haixrrr i Co„ Portland, Maine. - Parker’S* < ‘"i- 1 HAIR MLl‘ : "" *1 jr* 3 s?Br ‘ : c - - ' p** - H •jrfe’ut F • 4 a: :I* k■ A f"' i- : ■k. * r iness < u Jr ‘ • -*• p • y -7* •" r y• ... ■ ■ auSi- idk i ' I:;,?;: . PARKER’S aSIMGEiI TQ?J?C Aa Inwjorat nj Wciicics that R rer Idnicales 1 > r <7 , j , ! IIM - »rgrt; D*e mneuirs krotrr. «■-cs <' r -« , f ‘ I the bowels, slomadi, liver, kideejs £ is Ths Best znd fare*! Ccasb Cere Ever U'.ed. If v ; ' t . ■ . v --■ . ' .1- , ria, age or any disease or infim :■ . t . • c r.'rker's Cm ger Tonic. It v i.i Lr.La ana t jdy ;| ai’U give you rewr life ar.d vi , I 1O O 13 OLL.A. n G Paid r or z-. yt’..inginjurimw found La v Tome i or for a failure to he n or cure. j I’, r ■

; NIBLICK, CRAWFORD t SONS, L 1 Have again, made a change O s I ’ base by adopting the I ; CASH SYSTEM. I From and after this date Will 1 sell for Cash Only. I We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selectisn in I | the city. fl We have a fine Line of all kinds of , LACE COLLARS, FICHUES AND TIES. \ SILK HANDKERCHIFS from Ji to $2.50 a piece, J LADIES’ FURS, V In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. fl i oFshawls > | In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. ■ GENTS’ jSTECK WEAR. I We have something new in that line called a Lawn Ten- I nis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for a Christmas Gift. “orrTiT LiiisrEiSr department Is complete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth s and 1 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 GLASS-WAK I : In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts. Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, 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 decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CARPET DEPARTMENT, You can find something nice in the way of Buggs, Matts and Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS. we defy competition, ranging in price from §1.50 to §l4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS, UL 1 STERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is I your chance to make a oargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as wo know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. i ,ook 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 Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dri«d Beef. Tobaecoes 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 assortmentof Queens*arc, M hite Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce 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 _______.

Si iR* : SO U L'K’ <“ Parker’s Hair Balsam. A n ffasr Drtxsvtg that Mever FaiH to Restore Gray or Faded Hair to its Youthful Color. 50c. and $1 sizes.

-&.000 TOM’S \ or Fl a s Straw WanUol FOR * I WILL PAY THE BEST PRICES Vt hen delivered dry sni in od condition at the Decatur FLAX VfILL.

Floreston CologneA Xrw aww FA«no«Ma Ptßmrw. Sold st it Pbuftmibt c _ fUSCOK A CO., N. I. GuoS4Ti.se i» Bctij>«t*« »• **• Ginger. Bucko, lasdrake. Stilling!* an<l many of the bex medicines Known are comoineu m Parker * Gixoen 1 'N?r, into a medicine ot sucn vaned ind enecuve powers, as to make it the Greales. Ekxn Puriner and Kidney Corrector ana the Best Heilth and Strength Restorer Ever Used It cures Dyspepsia, Rheunuunm, Neuralgia. Sleepmseases oftne Stomach. Dowels, Lungs, Liver. Urinary Organs, and ail Female Complaints. If you are wasting away with Consumption or any disease, uje :he Tonic to-dav. 11 will sorely bmp youRememoer’ This Tonic’is the Best Family One ever made, and is far supenor to Ditter*. Essence* J of Ginger and other Tonics, as it never Intoxicates, and cures Drunkenness Amr dealer in drugs can supply you — -oc. ar.dW Wes. None genuine w ithout signature of Htscox & Co.. Chemists, N. Y. Lakgs Saving in Bvyihg thk Dollar Sit*-.