Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1883 — Page 4

DINNA CHIDR. WY MAJMIftItST B. RAMGffHDL Ah! dlnn* chide the mitheri Ye may na hae her lan«; Her voice, abane her baby test, Sae saftly crooned the sang; Bhe thocht ye ne'er burden, She greeted ye wl’ Joy, An’ heart an’ hand in carin’ ye Feon’ still their dear employ. Her han’ has lost its runnln’. It's tremblin' now and slow. But her heart is leal and lovin' As it was lang ag»>! An’ though her strength may wither An’ faint her pulses beat. Nene will be like the mither, bae steadfast, true an* sweet! Ye mann revere the mither, Feeble an* aold an* gray; The shinin* ones are helpin' her Adoon her evenin’ way ’ Her bairns wha wait her yonder. Her gude mon gone before; Bhe wearies—can ye wonder?— To win to that braw shore! An’ dtnna chide the mither! O Up, be slow to say A word to chide the gentle heart Wha watohed yoar childhood's day. Ay, ria to heed the trader voice Wha crooned the cradle sang: An* dinna chide the mither, sin' Ye may na Lae her lang! With the U. S. Dog-Post. A series of large, connected lakes, or fresh-water seas, separates Canada from the United States. On their thinlypeopled shores Indian tribes dwell, over whom the Government maintains its authority by a number of isolated forts. In summer the blue waters are alive with vessels of all kinds; but in winter these lakes are covered with ice, and were it not for the communication kept up by the United States dogposts, as singular as it is dangerous, the solitary forts and their small garrisons would be completely shut out from the rest of the world. This communication consists generally of two light sledges, drawn by two or three stout Esquimaux dogs, and two couriers, often one white man and one Indian, sometimes two trustworthy men of the red race. A little stock of dry provisions, an ax or ritie, and ammunition and a compass, form the whole equipment of the couriers. They take their places on the sledge beside the letter-bags, and before starting the dogs are given a good meal of raw meat. One bitterly cold day in February, 1876, I was called by urgent business from my residence at the foot of Lake Winnipeg to Fort Abercrombie, Dakota, a distance of some 250 miles. The call was imperative, and I determined to accompany the dog-post for the first part of the journey. One of the couriers was a stalwart half-breed, inured to all manner of hardship from infancy, and the other a stout white man, named Miller, of huge and burly physique, capable of immense endurance. In the foremost sledge was placed * (beside the letter-bags) provisions for the men and the dogs, while in the rear one, which was drawn by a powerful double team of dogs, half of them my own, I had stocked a bundle of robes and blankets to add somewhat to our comfort, or rather safety, when in camp. Into this shoe-like sledge I fondly hoped to creep and glide smoothly to my journey's end; but the cold was so intense that before we proceeded many miles I was forced to run after the sledge to avoid being frozen. In every direction the eye met but an unbroken waste of snow, presenting the appearance of immense sheets slightly raised at both ends. About thirty miles were passed the first day, and at night we encamped near a pine forest, in which two large fires were lighted. Next morning we came upon a wide bay which ran far up into the land. The compass now became our guide, for nothing was to be seen around but the interminable surface of ice and frozen snow, and the clear sky, at which the Indian frequently looked with knitted eyebrows. Something in the air and the color of the horizon did not please him. At noon the bright blue of the sky had changed into a dull gray; the sun was wrapped in a thick mist. The Indian now with hasty strides went on before the head of the first dog, which closely followed his heels, Lis eyes anxiously fixed up-on the horizon, that was now growing darker and darker, while Miller consulted his compass •very quarter of an hour. Another hour passed, and nothing more was to be seen of the sun. A alight, scarcely perceptible, breeze had •risen. Suddenly the Indian stood still, stretched out his h&nd toward us, and a fine snowflake rested upon it. With a significant shake of the head he resumed his way, and soon fell into a singular trot, peculiar to the Indians. The dogs followed willingly, their instinct warning them of what was coming, and Miller and I eqnallv hastened our pace. All three now knew what was before us; but not a word was spoken. Every moment the daylight was decreasing, though the evening was still far off The snow fell thicker, the breeze blew stronger. Off to the north rolled a little eddy of loose snow, a mere pnff not larger than your hand. Another followed; miniature coils circled abomt over the smooth surface, and sank back imperceptibly to the land again. Drifts of larger proportions rolled over the expanse, until the atmosphere became thick with the frozen particles, and the range of vision was limited to a few feet by the whirling masses. The wind at last changed into a howling storm, almost congealing the blood and depriving the travelers cf sight, while the driving snow threatened each moment to overwhelm the weary dogs and the sledges. Soon it was no longer possible to keep a straight course. The air seemed to be changed into a vast whirlpool of snow, which utterly took away all sense and feeling. Suddenly the Indian halted. “I no more know the course!” he said. "We can only follow the dogs where they go.” But no sooner had the foremost dog found that he was left to himself, than he turned his back to the storm and, strongly supported by his followers, with a mighty effort, trotted off with the sledge. Driven furiously by the wind and holding desperately on by the reins, Miller and I followed. Hearing and seeing had long since ceased in the raging of the storm and whirling of the snow. At last, after what seemed an age, we felt that the course presented obsiacles to our feet. We perceived by the reins in our hands that the sledges were shaking and jolting, and soon by the blocks of broken, uneven ice we saw that we must be near to the shore. This discovery inspired us with fresh strength. Still, our blinded eyes saw notin g but night around us. Suddenly the sledges (topped, and the storm seemed, in the spot where we now were, to have abated, and we could dimly discern the outline of a pine forest before us. No haven was ever more welcome to shipwrecked mariner. We now pressed on with renewed vigor, and I suppose that, in our eagerness. we became less cautious, for I suddenly discovered that the ground emitted the rumbling sound which indicates that the ice is "dry,” or covers holes and crevasses on the land near the shore.

To turn was impossible. The halfbreed’s sledge was well in front, but the danger to Us was greater, as our sledge was heavier, and our dogs almost exhausted. All depended on them, and we pushed them on at their utmost speed, trembling with fear, for th> y were well aware of Ute danger. All at once there was a crash. One of the runners of the sled went through the ice. The leading dog followed, and in another moment nearly the whole of the sledge disappeared under the deceitful crust into the snow beneath. My first thought was to free the dogs. I succeeded m cutting most of the traces with my strong clasp-knife. All contrived to extricate themselves except the faithful leader. He never rose again. M -an while I was struggling in the cavity with the confused mass of dogs and lines. I tried to cling to the sledge, but found that it would not support me. Next I groped round and round the hole—the treacherous ice giving way whenever 1 tried it. and the hole only . becoming larger with every effort on my part. Miller could do nothing for mi', and every minute I became weaker. To die in this way, just when safety was almost within my grasp—it seemed too hard! Just then the half-breed cried out: “Catch this flask and drink, quick 1” By an effort I secured it and quaffed the contents—brandy—greedily. ‘Now, then,” resumed the half-breed, “try and free the blankets and fasten 4 he bundle to the end of this rope—quick!” and he shot a coil right at my head. • Blessed forethought! My robes and blankets were strapped in the wrecked sledge. With a great effort I unloosed the fastenings, using my teeth and hands and feet desperately, until I had securely entwined the bundle in the rope. It was hauled away in a moment and the rope flung back. I was so worn out by this time that I could scarcely tie it around my body, or stretch out my hand to defend myself from the jaerged edges of the crevAsse; but at last, by the mercy of God, I found myself on my back on the ice In a few minutes more we gained the pine forest, lashed by the storm, beneath the shelter of which the dogs lay panting with outstretched tongues; and we knew that our lives for the moment were saved. We unharnessed the faithful animals, placed the sledge under shelter, and t'oen, for a brief period, rested after our fearful struggle. But sleep must be resisted now as our worst, because our most insidious, enemy. In silence we cleared a Space in the wood, round which we made some attempt at a wall of branches. To kindle a fire in .ch a storm was out of the question, so the dogs were called into our hiding-place to add to the general warmth; and, having eaten a cold supper, we set about our preparations for the night. The half-breed and myself had for bedding four large buffalo robes and four blankets: Miller had two robes and two blankets, and lay immediately across the head of our bed Thoroughly worn out I was soon asleep, and did not awaken till aliout 10 o’clock, when I was aroused by the tossing of Miller in his efforts to adjust his bedding more comfortably. I observed that it had grown colder, but I thought little of it and was soon asleep again. I awoke once more, as near as I can judge, in about two hours, this time from a general sensation of cold. I found both my companions awake on speaking to them and that Miller had been I unable to sleep at all owing to the cold, i as he lay with his head to the wind and I could not keep it from entering under ' his covering. It was blowing a perfect gale and the air was filled with whirling particles of snow. From that time forward it was impossible to sleep. We did everything we could to ward off the cold, and the half-breed seemed especially anxious I should not suffer, covering me with care and shielding me as much as possible with his own person. j But the chill seemed to have taken complete possession of me. For a time we conversed on the severity of the storm and our error in not having at least tried to light a fire, but gradually r--laps<-d into silence. Ileal physical suffering it had now become. The skiu on my arms and i limbs felt quite cold to the touch, and I my l»nes grew heavy and chill as bars of iron. The mind, however, was unnaturally acute. 1 tU.'-iUglit over the business I was upon, and studied the minutest details of it all with remarkable rapidity. I began soon to experience a peculiar sensation, as if my flesh, to the depth of a quarter of an inch, was frozen solid; and my bones at times felt like red-hot bars. As time went on, the sensation of surface-freezing extended to the trunk of my body, and my thoughts grew less connected, changing frequently from subject to subject, and narrowing down to my own sufferings. I noticed also that the half-breed spoke frequently to rue and shook me occasionally. I tried several times to control my nerves and leave off shiver- I ing and shaking, but without avail. At the end of about two hours, I noticed I was becoming quieter; bnt my mind was sTtfl. ring more. My whole idea was to get warm. I was aroused : at times by my companion pushing me and constantly warning me against failing asleep. Miller, too, was continually talking of his freezing, and assured us both that his ears were already frozen. For the first time I really. became conscious of the danger we were in. But, strange to say, it had no effect upon me. I felt no alarm at the prospect of death. I was so cold—if I could only get warm again! This was the burden of my thought. There was no trouble a’oont the future at all. I felt that if I were only comfortable, I would willingly go. After the lapse of an hour, I began to grow warm—that is, the sensation was one of warmth and comfort, but was in reality a species of numbness. I felt my flesh in several places, and it produced a prickly, nnmb feeling, like that caused by a limb asleep. Then I liegan to feel comfortable and happy, because I was warm, and I grew angry with my companion for his unwearied thumps upon my body and the continual questions he asked. I wanted to lie let alone. I paid no further attention to ray companion’s questions, but gathered myself up, and lay thinking how comfortable I was. 1* cutty soon I began o doze, then to a«n suddenly, when I received a mor ■ severe blow than usual. Then I awoke to see the half-breed sitting up. and bending eagerly over my face, and uttering sonii fidug to Miller —and then a sense of comfort and oblivion. * • * That I should awaken \ ith a bright fire liefore me, and tie wrapped in robes and blankets, seemed the most natural thing in the world to me; and it was fully half an hour before I began in the least to comprehend that anything unusual had occurred. I looked at the half-breed, chafing my arms and legs, and simply felt that it was quite natural that it should be so. Gradually, however, I liecame able to understand that, finding it impossible to arouse me. he had, it the risk of his own life, aa«ceeded m fileting a dry, half-rotten log an! built a huge fire;

and he had returned to find me unconscious and carried me, robes and all, to the fire. Miller next received his attention. He was lying on his back, perfectly still, but talking volubly. I was soon sufficiently recovered to assist the haltbreed in bringing bun to the kindly fire, and then we discovered that the unfortunate man was badly frozen and ' quite delirious. We ha<l some difficulty in keeping him from the fire until his hands, feet I and face were thawed out w ith water; | but he did not recover his mind until six hours after. By that time the gale had somewhat moderated, and, having l>een thoroughly warmed and recruited by a hot breakfast, we determined to make ' >rt Upton, nine miles off our course, and there remain until the storm was over. We reached this post in the afternoon, and were informed that the temperature hail fallen during the previous night to forty degrees below zero. We remained in the hospitable shel- . ter for two days, during which the terrific storm raged with increased fury. Some dozen Indians and half-breeds perished upon the route over which we had passed.— Youth’s Companion. Neglect ol Ingenuity. The Patent Office at Washington is one of the most attractive places in the country fora th ightful human progress. Its records and showcases present a picture of human ingenuity and grow th of the inventive art which cannot be paralleled elsewhere. Thev present, also, a vast number of attractions for the curious in models of inventions which have never been seen or heard of outside the Patent Office, touching and pathetic evidences, some of them, of misapplied talent and ingenuity, and some of them of sheer, hopeless insanity. Vast as this collection is. there is one class of inventions which has no place in it. It is a pretty large class, too, and embraces some exceedingly ingenious appliances. These appliances are in daily use throughout the country, some by the inventors, and sometines by others; but with a generosity whicts is very rare, the former give them to the public without a thought of remuneration of self-protection. The class of inventions referred to is made up of instrument for the punishing and torturing prisoners in reformatories and penitentiaries. It is a very large and constantly increasing class. Many of the inventions comprised in it betoken an extraordinary amount of inventive skill, a wonderful, not to say demoniacal, acuteness in the adaptation of means to the end. Yet, strangely enough, the more ingenious the invention, the less anxious the inventor or user to be credited with invention or use; and the last thing either of them would think of is the procuring of a patent. Every investigation into prison or re-form-school discloses some instructive novelty in this class of inventions. Years ago, when the State prison at Jackson was under investigation, it was found that some bold genius had invented a sharp-backed wooden horse for the prisoners to ride, and by means of which the most acute anguish possible could be assured in a phenomenally short time. But so modest was the inventor that not only had he taken out no patent, but his name was not disclosed to the committee and remains unknown to this day. In Maine a committee which conducted an investigation of the State reform school discovered a surprising nnmlier of new devices for giving pain and anguish to prisoners who had disolieyed orders or incurred the hospitality of keepers. One was a “tower” just large enough for a j boy to stand in. with no seat, no bed, no i I ventilation and only two auger holes i ; for light. Another, which was more : . novel in application than conception, | was an anklet of iron weighing eleven , pounds, warranted to cure the worst infraction of discipline if worn day and i night for three months, as the committee found it hail been on several ocea- , sions. The ingenuity of the establishment found vent, also, in pnnishruents which required no particular mechanical appliance. For certain infractions of the rules the boys, sent there, in the words of the statute, as “to a refuge from danger rather than a prison for punishment,” were compelled to stand all night in the dormitory, the ingenious official losing bis own rest to enforce the decree. For other forms of disobedience the cure was to stand an hour with the fingers touching the toes. It seem unfortunate that when we have a place to display the inventive genius of the great American jieople. all these striking manifestations of it ehonld be kept from the public eye, except when forcibly dragged to light. There ought to be an alcove or two in the Patent Office specially devoted to instruments or devices for torturing prisoners and the inmates of reformatory institutions. Then could the patriotic citizen put new force into his boast about the genius of his countrymen. wnile the students of history could learn how much civilization has I improved upon the methods of the barbarians, who knew little beyond those crude implements of torture, the rack, the thumbscrew, and the scavenger’s daughter.— Detroit Free Press. Glory and After. Clambering over the rude bank of logs and earth that had formed the defensive line of our antagonists, I found myself at last on the well-remembered ground. But what a sight met my eyes' In the bright moonlight lay nearly 200 bodies of my comrades, their ■ picturesque zouave uniforms now blackened by contact with corruption. In rows and in groups, just as they had fallen on that fatal day, these unburied ! corpses had liecome wind and sun dried skeletons. The faces that were upturned to the silvery rays of the ration had lost all semblance to humanity, and were now simply hideous masks, the eyeless sockets of which seemed to mock me as I stood among them. But I was not alone, for at my feet writhed countless swarms of the repulsive Virginia tumble-bug. all struggling for a share in the aw ful banquet the god of war had provided for them. Horror stricken and heart-sick I gazed over the field and along the line we had held, seeing bodies in every direction, and in every -possible attitude. Here one poor fellow bail crawled to the foot of a tree and died as he sat. His fez was still on his head, the gibbering skull beneath it seeming to laugh at me, as the jaws had relaxed and fallen apart. On the sleeves were the chevrons of a sergeant. Beyond were the bodies of five or six men, lying one over the other; but now they seemed like a design on a carpet, having become flattened to one level. Near these men was a body of a man lying apart from bis fellows. Falling on his back, the dead man had flung his arms far apart, and one leg was drawn up as if in agony. Now the hands were bare of flesh and peeped hideously out of the sleeves, while the elevated knee had become shrunken, a wide rent in the cloth permitting the skin-covered l>one to protrude. Everywhere about me these ghastly spectres met my gaze.— Bullet and Shell. Strict hygiene, supplemented by the wisdom of such physicians, does much for the girls who will be women in ten years. School life has not always embodied hygiene nor taught them physiology.— International Bevietr.

HI MOR. Who is the most finished orator? a-ks a correspondent. Well, Dvmosthens has been finished about as long as any of them. CossagxaC, the French editor, has fought one hundred and ten duels.* He has, therefore, run about as much risk as a man who has played three games of base-ball. A Chattanooga darkey, who was one of a jury which failed to convi t want of evidence, explained to his brethren that the culprit was “released on s'piciou.” Thf. moralist says: “Every man is occasionally w hat he ought to be perpetually. Then, again, some men are perpetually what they ought to be only occasionally.” “In choosing a wife.” says an exchange, “be governed by her chin.’* The worst of it is that after choosing a wife one is apt to keep on being governed in the same way. Two little girls were comparing progress in catechism study: “I have got to original sin,” said one. “How far have you got ?” “Oh, I’m beyond redemption,” said the other. A Chinaman never swears when he gets mad, because there are no “cuss words’ in his dictionary. He simply upsets his washtub. butts the bottom out, kicks a deg, and feels better. “No, sm,* said the man. “you needn't tell me a woman ever had her dress pocket picked. I know I’ve tried for two hours to find the picket of one of my wife’s dresses and had to give it up.’ “Can any of you children tell me why Adam fell ?” asked an Austin Sun lavschool teacher. Only one raised bis hand. “Well, now, Johnny, what was the cause of Adam's fall ?” “A banana peel,” guessed Johnny.—Tieaws Sijtingst. A FOMM at this office beginning. “The evening dew is falling fast,” is subject to the order of the author. We are aware that the “evening dew is falling fast”—there are aliout ninety-five days due on a note we have in bank.—Middletown Transcript. Swinf.bcrne sings: “ I hid my head in a nest of roses.” Did you. Algernon, did you? That was wise in yon to hide it among the roses. Now, if you had covered it up in a nest of cablia.es. when you come to pick it out again you could not have told for the life of yon which head was yours. Stick to the roses, old boy. every time. A hollow mockery. Spillkins brought home some si,me Sw; -■ ■ from an Austin grocer, which is full ■ holes. He partook of it very liberally, but when be complained, a few days afterwards, of a feeling of emptiness, little Johnny, who is one of the smartest boys in Austin, spoke up and said : “I know what makes yon feel empty, pa. Its them big holes in the cheese you ate the other day.” A young society man, Busset Gilliam by name, is under the mistaken impression that he is an actor, and he has been reciting Shakespeare to a few chosen friends, with a view to perfecting himself for the stage. Wishing to obtain the candid opinion of a perfectly unprejudiced person, lie recited, with wonderful facial contortions, that speech in which Macduff is advised to keep on laying, to Gilhooly. After he hail got through raving, he ask id Gilhoolly if he did not think he was almost ready for the stage. Gilhooly thought over the matter, and finally said: “Yes, I think you might drive a stage, but you will never do for a barter, you cut too many faces.”— Texas Siftings. To woman there is a lurid fascination in shopping that no man’s imagination can comprehend. Take the concentrated essence of enjoyment a man gets out of smoking, chewing, base-ball, pool, poker and church socials, and you don’t begin to size up the unction of a healthy young wife turned loose on State street with a fifty-dollar note in her pocket. She's in for a regular 1-un-der —a wild dissipation of ruffles, la -e and things—and she flutters around from counter to counter in a thrilling ecstacy of pricing cottons and matching colors. The blissful dream is over sometime. Then, with a sigb, she releases her last nickel which she has tied up in the corner of her p>oeket handkerchief to pay for her car fare, and she hurries home, her head aching lit to split, her swollen feet bursting the narrow bounds of her number four Balbrigans, and her heart cold uith a racking fear that Jones’young man w ill change those checked hose for some of inferior quality, or that the sweet thing in fall prints won’t wash after all.— Cheek.

Throwing Slippen for Good Lock. Reading about a bride who wan lately started on the voyage of life with t':e slippers of a bridesmaid thrown ash-r her for “good In k.” revives an iru-I.L t at the Hartford jail. A woman v.L--. I been locked up for the murder of her husband was going down to lie tii- d for the crime. As she left the female prison in charge of an officer a shower of slippers came down around her. and twenty slipperless women prisoners wished her “Godspeed” and “good luck.” William C. Case defend-sl her, ami, although things looked dark for her, she had the “good luck” to la- ac quitted. Her lawyer took the cirilit to bin.--elf, but it would be difficult to make the women believe that the slippers itln’t play an important part in briug.ng about the verdict “not guilty.” THE MARKET. I.EW I’or.K. Peevks | s.ms t."o Jioos 7.70 @ SlO FlotTi—Superfine 3.70 05 VVhxat—No. 1 Wnile l.to @l.lO No. a Red 1.19 Corn—No. 2 57 @ .69 Oats—No. 2 50 s’ m Pork-Mom 19.25 @19.75 Laku IHie -UM CHICAGO. Beeves—Good to Fancy steers. 6.30 @ 7.25 Cows and Heifers 3.50 @ 1.73 Medium to Fair 6.00 @ 6.23 Hoos. 515 S 8.05 Flovb—Fancy White Winter Ex. 5.25 o) 3.50 Good to Choice Spr'rf Ex. 4.73 @5,90 Wheat—No. 2 Spn-w 1.05 I.OS N--. 2 Bed Winter 1.05 i" L'7 Conx—No. 2 54 @ 57 Oats—No. 2 349 @ .40 lITE—No 2 .54 (3 .52 liAiiixr—No. 2 74 @ .73 liviTEU—• hoice Creamery 27 @ .30 E. Fres'i 18 <■» .10 i, Mes> 18.00 @18.23 I. ABD 11 @ .1114 FORT WAYNE. Fxovr—No. 1 Red 7 00 Family 6 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red. new 10‘ 0 1 u; Oats 37 @ 4i < ony—ln ear 40 @ 42 Bre 50 Barlbt 55 0 79 l.ri-rea—Fresh is 0 F. is @ it Potatoes 40 0 ..0 Lard MAI Per ton 800 @ll uj Hous—Pressed 8 00 Sin CINCINNATI. Wheat— No. 2 Red i.ng 0 1.09 M .55 f* ATF * 43 0 .44 POBK-Mees Lard @ TOLEDO. WifEAT—No. 2 Red LO9 @ j , 0 ■* g DETROIT. ® ** o “ EAT U S, I 1 Wh,t * 105 0 1.05 i 54 ® -* 10 “~ Me “ INbiANiPOUa ** ® ia7S Wheat-No. 2 Bed w e * g „ _ EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best soo « 8.50 Common. 5.(0 @ 52s CUI’ ? M 0 8. 30 bat£f 1.50 @5.73

new Men an<i Wmnen Keaa tunny items. Did you ever notice a woman read a humorous article in a newspaj>er ? No ? Well, she invariably has some crocheting or fancy work with her. and she will pick up a paper, lay it out flat on 8 table and start in, holding her work in her hand all the ti ee. She reals a short ways in the article and becomes intereste<i. she drops her sewing languidly into her lap and liemls over the paper intently; as she reaches a funny sentence sh» draws her chair ] eloser to the table and places her left hand under the paper. Then she continues. and as it becomes more interesting her right hand “lowly slips under the other "side, she reals and her eves b--eom“ rivet-sl on the article, her ! whole mind is centered on it. and she thinks of nothing else. Then. a< it bj 4 ; gomes more and more ludicrous, a twiteh about the eyes is noticed, and - then a smile, and when it becomes excruciatingly humorous she laughs aloud, buries her face in the paper and convulses herself as if she had never laughed before. After this spasm is mthaurted she again assumes a sober mien and proceeds with the reading; again the twitching, smile and ro.rs, and so on to the end, when she suddenIv exclaims; ' “Isn’t it just splendid?” How diffv.i nt with a man: he sits dpwn, cigir it month, grab- t’-e paper in both hands, tilts back his chair; throws his feet on the table and launches right in as if nothing else in the world demaaded attention save this article. The siler.ee of the room is broken by a gruff ha! ha! and yon look at him and think he would shake himself apart. Without interruption of any kind he finish-s the article and Uys down the paper with a smile and says: "It's the best thing I ever real.”

, Hair Restmrer aad Dresvs*. A-i uiimi f<-r and eiriaot wemiine. Suffer Fails to Ike ore Oreyor Faded Hair to tae yvaUiid cowr. 50eu. and |l t-ix at all druggMfa. Get . J ■ i(>iM7er. Bucliu. Mandrake. Stillißiria and many of the test medicines know n are here combined into a medicine of such varied and effective lowers, as to nuke the Greatest Blood Punfier&the Best Health at»i Strength Restorer tver Used. It cures Rheumatism, Sleeplessness, s'bi. v u>esrf lite Sumat ii, Bowels Lungs, Liver, Ki bieys. and all Female Complaints. If i i are o;:n » away wiih Consumption or 8 ~ ' h is far superior t > F illers, ■ Essences cf Gm»er and other Tonics, as it builds Bupl ie svsirm without intoxicating. 50c. andsi R sizes, at 3 i dealers in drags. None genuine without U _• • • • 1;. sx i.,N Y. Send lor circular H LARGE SAVING IN DI YING 'H.'E IKiLLaR SIZE. ’’II 111 MMM—— HOW WATCHER ARE MADE. Tn 3 Solid Gold Watc ii. r i’c frrm i the necessary thickness P»r cn -ravin/ and polishing, a large proportit n < f n.utal is needed only t<« stifien and l.« ld the tngrav- 1 ed portions in place, and supply Ltrer.gth. The siirplus gold is actually needless. In Jamet Patent Gobi Watch Gues this waste is saved, and solidity and | strength increased by a simple process, at one-half the cost. A plate of svlid 1 | gold is soldered on each side of a plate ' of hard nickel composition metal, and the ; three are then pasHitl I •etween polished steel rollers. From this the cases, Lacks, centers. KiacV, ct '., are cut and shaped I y dies and kirmera. The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasinr. engraving ajid engine turning. The? cases have I een worn j>erfectly smooth by th-• veil he? removing the gold. TRii u the onbj cm ’ node **der this process. Ea< h .4 tierce; ,>pa med, a valid ■j*&l IrH the bitinnfacturers warranting it to rciii' ue* n. 1*70,000 ci these Cases n »'.v carrC-d in the I nited States and Canada. ■ Largest and Oldest Factory. ‘ -I 1 your Jeweler. TOLEDO, CINCINNATI JJT. LOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln Effect Dec. 11, 188‘J. Going West. | Western 1 Going East. I 7 i 5 Division. I fi ' 8 I ... p. m. a.m'Lv. Ar. p. m. p. m .... J 8 30 s 4 561. Toledo 10 00j 535 ... .... ,12 35 4 30 ....Delphos 9 10 1 30 ... .... 105 457 ...Venedocia. . 8 47' 105 .... .... 115 508 .. .Jonestown... 837i12 52 .... .... 126 521 ... Shaxu 8 27112 40 .... .... 132 5 > ...Enterprise.-.. 821 12 33l .... .... 140 538 Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 5 45i....Abanaka. .. 8 07*12 18 .... .... 153 5 s«> ... Schunim.... 8 0212 13 .... .... 205 6 05.. Willshire.. .. 7 50*12 00; .... .... j 2 15 6 17 Pleasant Mills. 7 40 11 4‘J ; .... ....12 35 6 38*.... Decatur.... 7 22 11 30 .... , .... I 2 49 6 55 ...-Peterson.... 7 07 11 13 .... •••• 3 -• Curryville ... 657 11 uo- .... .... 305 713 ....CraigY'ille.... 653 19 55’ .... .... 321 73' ... Bluffton... 637 10 30,.... , .... 339 752 . Liberty Centre. 620 10 20> .... .... 349 804 ...Boehmer.... 608 10 081.... .... 353 808 ... Buckeye.... 605 10 05* .... .... 407 8 23; Warren 552 951 .... .... 432 8 5-; ..Van Buren... 527 924 .... .... 440 9 Landisville . 521 915 .... .... 445 910 ....Hanfield.... 417 9 10; .... .... 504 930 . Marion 4 56; 850 .... .... 522 943 ..UoHeburgh...' 440 838 .... .... 532 951 Herbst 4 Th' 829 .... .... 5 4 958 ... Swazey’s ...J 4 23. 8 M .... .... 5571014 .. Sycamore..... 407 808 .... .... 607 I<> 22 ...Greentown... 358 802 .... .... 6 35,10 50 Kokomo 3 30, 7 35' .... 1 • .... ;P. MJ Ar. Lv. ...ja. mJ .... Going West. 1 i Going East." "'ll 17 1 5 I 6 « 8 i 12 .... P M. A. M. Lit. Ar.-P. M. A. M .... 63510 50 ....Kokomo .... 3 2o| 735 ... i .... ;645 11 ow ...Tarkington .. 3 725 .... .... ; 6 5/ti wi ...Middietons... 3 02. 7 20 .... j .... 65911 13 ...Russiaville.. 2 52; 7 13? .... . .... i 7 11 11 25 Forest i 2 401 7 03 .... a m. 7 25; 11 39 .Michigantown. 2 24 652 p. m. 6 15 7 45 12 00 . ...Frankfort.. . 20U 6 30 8 <JO 6 581.... M. ...(’lark’s Hill 722 8 211 ....| .... (..Veedersburg I 5 55 9 45 1.. Ridge Farm 4 30 10 15 ....I .... Metcalf. 4 00 110“ ....| ....'....Oakland 3 15 11 30 .... ...i Maples ....[ ; 2 45 11 45 ....... J. ..Charleston... | 230 .... ...,i .. T.v. Ar.l t .... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. 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 BBTTOM PRICES ■ < i'l everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City; _. ivered Free.

4| 3 | H JE. jQ - * PRiNCIPAULINB And' r * ,0 Su j . tU> —■ o.TvI- .a.L'- i.i ; Nrtrwla.Minourf.K BallM. G«1 ' >. «r V A.-:. 20, O T-X X C -A- O- O * ■’ P*aL j I niv x<t;v!:»«y n puled ** 2 th*' Great t bested 'ed Car I;. d fur KANSAS CITY • . ><7 Xv/ ”‘ l w,n : • “ I 1 v'/X.'w'X. ut 1 ” T I POTTER. PERCEVAL LOWELL. W » IVe.- ; f 'On'l H 'naier. o.n r-- Av:. vhieagu. 11l Chicago. 11L. GRAHD RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect October I®. 18«2. COM Mill S TIMIL j OOlNtt NORTH. i ’ biati« -n . No. 1. No. S. > Xo. S» ■ No. V , Cin..<'. H. I s 7 4 pm < ttjeitm nd Iv 3Ofpm 11 W 10 A WiiM-iw-Mb-r.. 4 u I,‘lipini; » Ridsirvilte 4 S) 12 :» Il t?» 1 Det-atar * IS 2 1° t » j Fort Wayne at )10 312 i 2» '••••••• . F< rt Wayne hr '3 »i3lO j 8 -•-’.m I Kendaliviße 420 ' »42 Stur.'i* 6 ,3 42 11 Vi.k*lMjra 7 15 6 41 1216 pm Kalamaaoo ar I 7 , 7 30 12 50 Kalamlz<>o.. Iv B<6 I7 40 i 2 25 | Allman : 9» ’ * < Iraud Bapids ar W W y W J ® firaud Ravwls... -Iv 7 4Sam to 20 5 15 D. 4 ....■; 5-» 10 37 5» HnwaniOty 9 17 13«. pm K-tJCto w-o < 'adillac . .. -«r 12 06pm 315 10 10 < a<’aJlac iv 330 JIOO Tra'-er-w City ar 5 ‘A Kalkasta .5 37 ( 1 liana .1 6 M 'll* Bayne Falls 7 11 S 3 Prh.-key. j X ™ Harb r Springs 1 8 35 Mackinaw. I ' 1700 G<HXG I Static.nib- N''- ”• <■ ! No. 4. ; 8. aw JV --..C7..L 1 ViOpm H il’ ■ .. ..I ' 6 **«n • **' p. ' Boyne Falto 7.‘.. JI! j 1 • Marc k-na '': o7 ' 8 ’ Ukaeka.... ! Tr> --w City ••• , i’adiUar ar ..’ll 42 5 45 Caihlku- iv 4 ortpDu 6 10 Rw-d Citr 5 13 IM 7 « Big Rap.d£ I ;5 5C 130 819 Hi warlfttr «47 !2 46 917 iD.A M. 8 « 14 ll 10 37 <ir»n<i Rapids..... ar >8 20 435 10 55 ! Grand Rapids iv 7 uiam suo 1 uopm J AR.nraa x !5 on i1 10 1 Kalama&xr -ar y ’■> | • '•> .2 52 I Kalamasx>.........hri 905 1 715 I 2 57 ::::::::::» a :::::::: ili dKendallville Il 46 1 10 05 ; 6 <IB ■ Fort Wavae ar 1 ODpm li 20 I7 13 •Fort Wayne iv 120 « 15am 12 snam' I I* catnr 210 p* 04 125 f . 1 Portland ■'■}(» ■os : 231 I I Ihiigevine M :3 ci ' Wiu**he.ster ■3 36 I 8 54 i 3 23 j ; ' Richmond ;5 00 19 55 4is I ■ Cincinnati I7 40 1 IQpm 7 ;«•'» I No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains dully except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and «leep- , ing and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey: also Woodruff sleeping car - on Nos. 7 and 8 between G rand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gen’l. Pass. AgenL Ift I I r* people are alffravs on the lookout f t lAII I I I \’il I 1 My 11 11 wi ; - b> not improv* thr»r opportu- ■ 1 ■ yx ■■■ great chan«to mak- mmey. We want many men, i women, boys an<i girls to work for u> right m tneir own localities Any one can the work ftyin <be first eurt. The business will pay more liptn ten times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. Noone who engage* fails tt» make money rapidly. You can deffvte your whole lune to the work, cr only your spare moments. Full information and all that is needed tent free. Addreae atisaon Portland, Maine.—-6 42 lyr. »—y p— —w— t. lift is sweeping i v co and dare I I I II I befbra you die. something mighty I and sui i:me Pave behind to c n* 111 (Il quer time ’ a week in your I I L— K-Z I n«nt-*n.F < ’.:fit fre N r -k. Everything new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everything. Many are making fortune*. Ixtditw make a* much m men. and b©f» and girli make great jwy. Reader, if you want bmiD«m at which you can make great pay all the time, write jor par 1 xulari to 11 Haixjctt • Co., Portland, Maine.

- l j Pu»;». i Y4-’*W trade, * W MAHK tew X **’"-t re•« BASKET PLUG TOZACCO Is ths best comtiacticn cf tho GHOSCE&” LUAU. PUREST SWEETENING, DELICI6U3 FLAVORING. It ia unequalled, end i: the American A TBIAL WILL COXVIECS YOU i That the Old I'avorKc WIGWAM Anti Ute New Favorite Wide AWakTe Are the beat SMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. SPENCE BROS. £O., Clnctaaaftl

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD &JONS, 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 1 the city. \Ve have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. I SILK HANDKERCHIFS from 11 to $2.50 a piece. LADIES’ FVKS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. '! fine lTne oFshawls ■ IU all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. Gr BUTTS’ 2STECK WE All. We have something new in that line called a Lawn T> nnis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents' Suspendefs in Silk, something i rautiful for a Christmas Gift VSTTTTDEPAB-TMUi?: ' [ Is complete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth s anti V.pkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett cadi, rowels in great variety, from oc to $1 each. We have a elegant line of <; i.ass-WA II I-: In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates. Tea setts. Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, . Bread Plates, Pickles. BGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA I Wo have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to |1 each. Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and dcI corated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CARPET DEFARTMEITT, You can find something nice in the way of Ruggs. Malls and Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS. we defy competition, ranging ra 1 price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS, Uh STEPS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is your chance to make a bargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases a- we I know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sols. ■ Look Out and Don't Forget THAT JOHN WELFLEY. ■ Is selling Groceries at less money than any other house and iff bound not to be UNDERSOLD SI GAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. COFFEES, SUGARS, TEAS, SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES. TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS, Sugars ail 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 Dried Beef. Tobaecoes and Cigars in choice brands aisd 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 Quecnsware, ' White 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 Floreston Cologne. A Xsw txt' Famhowm.* PBF.Frwv, Faacaasr. havaaw’’®* x. XW U-t-vg. Soiaav I'B*fe»asi>Paa»uwßavATSUaP’?«®l* ‘ £’ H ' 'X A co.. X. Y. Gaa*r Saviw Bcn>e twa -ov. ClM«r. B.rho. Mandrake. Stllllnsi* and '■ ** nuny of the best medicine* known are comotneu s ’.AParker’s G n-.er Tonic, into a medicine oi sucn V M ' varied and eneenve powers, as to make it the Creates ‘ P UfU ' cr ana Kidney Corrector ana the Aa - f«t Health and Strength Restorer Ever { lt cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism. eura ‘^, a ’ T " ' A iessnes'.nnd oiscaseiofthe Stcmach.lk)»eis.l VjttKlaver. urinary Organs, and all Female Compi-i 0 • , If vou are wasting awav with Consumption or an. Parker’s Hair Balsam. “ n o®r and other Tonics, as it . . jj-ngs can I ..nwG-z cures Drunxeuncss. Any dealer m arugs ’ ‘ 4 ’ supply you— '?c. an< No e genuine without I Never Fails to Restore Gray or Faders Hair si £ ‘: ature of Hi ox & Co.. Chemists, N. Y * » it» YouthM CoU. * _ 000 toxt's \ ■ OP Fhs StrawWanUc! TOR VgICH I WILL PAY THE BEST PRICES \\ heu delivered dry ani in od condition at the Decatur FLAX MILL- *