Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1868 — Page 4

f aet'o (Tonur. FARE THE WELL. Shades of evening, close not o’er us, Leave our lonely bark awhile, Morn, alas! will not restore us Yonder dim and distant Isle; Still my fancy can discover, Sunny spots where friends may dwell; Darker shadows round us hover, Isle of beauty, fare thee well! 'Tie the hour when happy faces Smile around the taper’s light; Who will fill our vacant places? Who will sing our songs to-night? Thro’ the mist that floats above us, Faintly sounds the vesper bell, Like a voice from those who love us Breathing fondly fare thee well. When the waves are round me breaking As I pace the deck alone, And my eye in vain is seeking Some green leaf to rest upon, What would I not give to wander Where my old companions dwell; Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, fare thee well I Wit, Wfatta, &£♦ -In what color should a secret be kept ? “In violet.” -Why is iron rust like a side of leather ? Because it is an ox 'ide. -If a small boy is called a Ihd. is it proper to call a big boy a ladder. -The nttemosf parts of the earth are supposed to be the parts where there are the most women. -Why is a selfish friend like the letter P? Because, though first in pity, it is the last in help. —There is a good deal of hop in a gallon of ale. but there is more stagger in a pint of whiskey. —lt has been asked when rain falls, does it ever getup a sain ? Os course it does in dew time. -It a great waste of raw material to put five dollars worth of beaver on ten cents worth of brains. -“I have not loved lightly.” as the mait'said-when he-married-a widow weighing three hundred pounds. -A bore—the man who persists in talking about himself continually, when you wish to talk about yourself.

“I have passed through great hard-ships,” as the schooner said, after sailing through a fleet of iron-clads. -An Irish sailor once visited a city where he said, “they copperbottomed the tops of their houses with sheet lead.” -If you want a favor of a man, feed him. A man, like a horse, cannot he managed until he has a bit in his mouth. -One of the wittiest sayings in the language isJDouglas Jerrold’s definition of dogmatism—that it is puppyism come to maturity. -An old lady desires to know if the soldiers in Europe fight by can-dle-light, as she has heard that the price of candles has risen a cent bn the pound on account of the war there. -“Madam,” said a gentleman to his wife, who was vainly importuning him for money to go shopwith, “let me tell you, facts are stubborn things.” “You don’t say so,” quoth the lady, “why, what a fact you must be ?” -An Irishman who was engaged to cut ice, when handed a crosscut saw with which to commence operations, pulled out a copper, and turning to his comrade, exclaimed: “Now Pat—fair play! head or tail, who goes below?" -“l’m- Governor of ,” pompously exclaimed a new comer at one of our hotels, after he had registered his name. “That won’t make any difference,” blandly replied the clerk, “you’ll be treated just as well as anybody else.”

-A celebrated Oxford scholar, who professes an indifference to music, was once asked what he thought of an orchestra which had been performing a grand overture ? He replied that he only was impressed “by the wonderful coincidences of the fiddler’s elbows.” -Vake. lady, vake! The moon is high, twinklin’ stars are beamin’ while now and then, across the sky. a meteor are streamin'! Vake, Sally, vake, and look on me—awake Squire Nubbin’s daughter! If I’ll have you, and you’ll have me—by gosh who threw that water ? -After one of the late battles, as a surgeon of the Austrian army was going examining the patients, he came to a tiralleur who had been hit by abullet in the left breast, right over the region of the heart. The surgeon, surprised at the narrow escape of the man, exclaimed : “Why my brave fellow, where in the name of goodness could your heart have been ?” •T guess it must have been in my mouth just then,” replied the soldier, with a faint and sickly smile.

jjana & Tapping Sugar Maple Trees. Years ago, when the country was new, it was no object to protect the maple, for the forests were broad, and sugar trees were growing thickly through a great portion of them. They fell with other trees until the woodman’s axe converted acres of forest into tillable fields, leaving in too many cases, but a sma.l nook of woodland on the farm. For a few years past it has been noticed that the maple trees were dying out faster than others. but a short time ago thousands were used for sugar making, but hundreds stand tefday. The cause of this can be nothing but the severe mode practiced in tapping. The old plan of boxing with an axe was abandoned, and one supposed to be less injurious adopted, that of boring: but since tapping with the bit has been practiced, maple trees have died faster than before. When an incision is made into the sap wood only, it will heal up, but when made deeper, it will never, and all the adjacent parts will die, and often decay.

Now, in proof of this, let any farmer examine two trees that have been tapped for a dozen or more years—one with the bit and the other with the axe or gouge—the cuts by the latter not made beyond the sap flowing wood. The inner wood of the former and much of the surface will be found dead, while the other, where it has sufficient time for healing, will be found to have formed a perfect gnarl, so tough and sound that it would be next to impossible to split a log of it, stove-wood length. Another proof of this may be made by noting the difference in the decrease of maples in different sugar orchards where the two modes have been practiced. Trees tapped receiving the least injury are most profitable, for the reason that the greater portion of the trees tapped with the bit the spile stops up the best flowings.— When an incision is made with a large auger or gogue. more grains 'gfff F'?spcncd,f.ndo'fcourseag-reftt-cr flow of sap obtained. It is a fact, however, that when trees are tapped in this way, the wind dries up the wood sooner than when the bit is used, but this is easily prevented by frequent freshing over. Many of the farmers have, within a few years past used sheet iron spiles and a large anger, and have found them profitable and less injurious to the tree than any other kind.

The spouts are made by cutting sheet-iron strips two inches wide and ten or twelve inches long, bent hollow and one end ground sharp. An auger one and .onefourth inches in size is used for tapping, the hole not being over three-eighths of an inch deep, and the spile driven into the bark beneath the cut with a square-faced mallet. When freshing over, an auger is used each time one eighth of an inch larger than the one before it, and the incision made but a shaving deeper. The spile will not have to be removed to do this. If a farmer has not on hand the different sized augers and does not wish to be at the expense of purchasing them, a two inch gogue may be made to answer every purpose. It should be ground thin and very shary, and the cut made about two inches long and not over one half inch deep. The gogue may be taken along when gathering sap, and any tree requiring it freshed in half a minute’s time by taking off a thin shaving. There are no other advantages in this mode of tapping aside from the preservation of the trees; more sugar can be made, for a greater flow of sap can be obtained, and no loss sustained by leakage as around the common wood-spile.

Jelly Cake.—To three wellbeaten eggs add one cup of powdered sugar, one of flour; stir well and add one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in three teaspoonfuls of water. Bake in two-pie-pans, spread as even as possible. Have ready a towel, and as soon as done, turn the cake on it, bottom side up, then spread evenly with jelly, roll up quickly, and wrap in a towel. For a Weak Back.—Take 1 beef s gall; put it in a quart bottle; fill it two-thirds full. Now put in alcohol one-third, and stir or rather shake it well. Apply this morning and evening to the spine with a sponge. The effect, in a few days, will be magical. The writer of this would like to sow the receipt broadcast, so perfect a cure it is. To keep a copper tea-kettle bright, wash it occasionally with solution erf salt and buttermilk, rinsing thoroughly with clean water. We see it stated that a Vermont farmer recently selected from a load of his potatoas twenty-six which filled a bushel basket. , Every farmer should subscribe for his county paper.

“COSTART PREPARATIONS! EVERYBODY—Tries Them! EVERYBODY—Uses Them! EVERYBODY—BeIieves in Them! EVERYBODY—Recommends Them! Are you troubled by Rats, Mice, Roaches, Ants, &c.? B£sy*Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—“Costar's” Exterminators. “Only infallible Remedies known.” ‘‘Free from all Poison." Not dangerous to the human family." “Rats come out of their holes to die." Improved to keep in any climate. Areyouannoyed wtthßed-Bugs? Can’t sleep nights! £4y”Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—“Costar’s” Bed-Buff Exter. “Destroys and prevents BedBugs.” “Never fails.” A liquid, used by Hotels, Boarding Houses, Ships, Boats, Public Institutions, and Housekeepers everywhere. For Moths in Furs, Woolens Carpets. &c. £gy*Buy a 25 or 50c. Flask of—“Costar’s” insect Powder. Destroys instantly Insects on Fowls, Flies on Animals.— “Nothing excee Is it in power and efficacy.” “Free from Poison.” Imported and prepared only by “Costar.” “A sure thing ’’ Thousands testify »o its merits. E@fßuy a 25c. or 50c. Box of — “Costar’s” Corn Solvent. For Corns, Bunions, Warts, &c. “Try it.” It is positively efficacious. Take away the cause. Apply the Corn Remedy, to your comfprt. Then tell your frie-rds about-it,. Don’t suffer with Pain! A wonderful power of Healing! Every family should keep it in the house. BST’Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—“Costar’s” Buckthorn Salve. Its effects are immediate. For Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Wounds, Sore Breasts, Piles, Ulcers, Old Sores, Itch, Scrofula and Cutaneous Eruptions, Chapped Lips, Hands, &0., Bites of Animals, Insects, &c. This Salve has proved a comfort and blessing to thousands.

“A Universal Pinner Pill” (sugar coated). 30 years administered in a Physician’s Practice. ®aF“25 cent and 50cent Boxes—“Costar’s” Bishop Pills. Os extraordinary efficacy for Costiveness, Indigestion, Nervous and Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Dysentery, General Debility, Liver Complaints, Chills, Fevers, &c. Not Griping, Gentle, mild and soothing—cleanses the system of impurities, and builds up Consti! utions broken by the use of Tobacco, Liquors, &c. “That Cough will kill you.”— Don’t negleet it. Take home the Cure—the niceest improved ar- » tide. B@T“25 cent and 50 cent Sizes — “Costar’s” Cough Remedy. The children ciy for it—it is a “Soothing Syrup.” For Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Bronchial Affections. Singers, Speakers, and all troubled with Throat Complaints, will find this a beneficial Pectoral Remedy. For the “Toilet.,” for beautifying the Complexion, gi ring to tLe skin a transparent freshness. B®“Bottles SI,OO. “Costar’s” Biller-Sweet and Orange Blossoms. Renders the skin clear, smooth and soft. Removes Tan, Freckles, Pimples, &c. Ladies -of taste and elegance in New York are now using it altogether, to the exclusion of everything else. Try one bottle, and see its wonderful quality. !! Beware !! I of all Worthless Imitations. BWNone Genuine without “COSTAR’S” signature. «W2sc. and 50c. sizes kept by all DRUGGISTS. sizes sent by mail on receipt of price. a ®“S2.OO pays for any three ¥I.OO sizes by Express. 8®"55.00 pays for eight SI.OO sizes by Express. Address HENRY 11. COSTAR, 434 Broadway, N. Y. T. DORWIN & BRO., -AGENTS AT—vlln44m6, Decatur, Ind.

FORT WAYNE FRUIT HOUSE -AND GREATTEA DEPOT! ——:o: - — FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Dealers In nil klotU es Teas, Groceries, TOBACCOS, PROVISIONS, &c. -FOR THEFAMILY TRADE. —o—- — OUR PRICE LIST. TEAS. Young Hyson Tea, good 90c to SI Tb do best 5>1,25 to 1,40 do Imperial do good 90c to 1,00 do do do best ’,25 to 1,40 do Gunpowder do good 1,00 to 1,25 do do do best 1.25 to 1.50 do Oolong do good 75c to 1.00 do do do best 1,00 to 1,25 do Japan do best 75c to 1,00 do COFFEE. Good Coffee, - - -23 c per pound. Best do - - - -23 cdo do ' A SUGA R S . Good Sugar, brown, 12Jc per pound. Best do do 14c do do do do white lClc de do do do crushed, 19c do do do do powdered, 19c do do —O TOBACCOS. Best Navy Plug Tobacco, 50c per Tb 2d quality do do 40c do do Best Smoking do 25c -do do 2d quality do 20c do do —O FISH. No. 1 White Fish, per half barrel., $4 00 No. 1 Pickerel, do do 3 50 No. 1 Mackerel, do do 60u Fish in Kitts, 1 50 White Fish, per pound, 05 Cat Fish, do do 05 All our Fish are warranted good or money refunded.

—o—- — FRUITS. Peaches, per can, 25c Strawberries, do 35c Blackberries, do 25c Whortleberries, do 2-5 c Tomatoes, do 20c —o—- — FRUITS. Good Raisins, per pound, 15c Best do do 25c Currants, do 12J Dried Peaches, Jdo 10c do Apples, do 8c —o—- — guarantee a saving of 50 per cent., at least, to our customers. Familes at any distance can have their orders filled and shipped to them by express or stage, with the same care and attention as if they were present—and any'goods not satisfactory can be returned to us and the money refunded. The express charges on shipping will be a small consideration in view of the per cent, saved—from to 1 cent per pound—according to distance. All orders should be addressed to the Fort Wayne Fruit Hoose, Fort Wayne, Ind. We Also Pay Cash -FORBUTTER AND EEGS? IN ANY QUANTITY, AND SELL ALL OTHER GOODS -ATPROPORTIONATELY LOW PRICES! Address all orders to the FORT WAYNE FRUIT HOUSEv4ln4lyK 9a> Vaxxu hSD-

1868. ■ _ 1868. -FOR ALL KINDS OFOil ciotns, Notions, cfco. CRABBS, MOSES & RICE. East Side of Second Street, X 3 jjj Oa T UH, -------- IKTDI A.N A.. HAVE now the largest Stock of Goods in the County; and at surprising LOW PRICES. 12,000 Yards Prints, - - ■ 8 to 15 cts. 1,500 Yards Shirtings, - • 10 to 20 cts. 1,500 Yards Sheeting, - - 10 to 20 cts. 1,000 Yards Detains2s cts. All other Goods at proportionately Low Prices. We have a large Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS A OPS, __ BOOTS -AND SHOES. We shall keep constantly on hand, a General Assortment of Goods of all kinds, CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. Thankful for past favors, we invite the public to call at our Store, and examine our Goods and prices before buying elsewhere. We will pay the high test market price for GRAIN, STAVES AND BLACK SALTS. B@“AH kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods. _ Nov. 22, 1867. CRABBS, MOSES & RICE.

A. CRABBS & CO., - -DEALERS INHARDWARE, STOVER AC., HAVING REMOVED To Delks’ New Brick Building, on the west side of Second Street, one door north of Spencer & Meibers, have enlarged their Stock direct from the East, since the DECLINE IN PRICES! and offer to the Public a greater Variety of Goods and at LOWER PRICES than ever before. We sell FOR CASH ALONE I and by so doing can sell our Goods at least Ten Per Cent. Cheaper! I than any House that sells on the credit system. We will hereafter keep a larger and more varied Stock than has ever been kept in consisting of everything necessary for the use of the •FARMERS, MECHANICS. -A.KT3D . HOUSEKEEPERS, and in fact for all classes: We keep on hand and manufacture all kinds of TIN WARE, and sell it as low as the lowest; also do all kinds of repairing in good order and on short notice. Our Tinner is one of the best and will not fail to give satisfaction. invite all CASH Customers to call and see us, and we will make it to their advantage to buy of us. A. CRABBS & CO. Grain Wanted. We will pay the highest market price for Wheat, Rye, Corn, Buck wheat and Oats, in Goods, or take the same on old accounts now due us. A. Crabbs <fc Co. Oet 18, 1887.

W. G. SI’BNCER. <• MEU3KRB NEW STOCK OF HARDWARE, SPENCER & MEIBERS’, DECATUR,::::::::: ti: : INDIANA. Locks, Latches, Butts, Screws, JVails, Iron, DOORS & SASH, Cabinet Hardware & Carpenter Tools. HAND. PANNEL. RIP & BUCK SAWS. Chisels, .lug er s, Steel Squares, Boring Machines. Table and Pocket Cutlery, Also a great vareify of General Hardware being received every day. Cable Chains, Log Chains, Butt Chains, Halter Chains. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Ploivs, Cultivators, Road Scrapers, Grain Cradles, Scythes, Rakes, Hoes, &c. BEST COOK STOVES in the market are kept by SPENCER & MEIBERS. We have also a large stock of good TIN WARE, which we can afford to sell as cheap as any House in the County. Remember the place—one door n«rth of Dorwin & Bro’s Now Drug Stoofe Juno 7,1887,

ITS EFFECT IS MIRACULOUS. The old, the young, the middle aged unite to praise HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAW HAIR RENEWER. It is an entirely new scientific discovery, combining many of the most powerful and restorative agents in the vegetable kingdom. We have such confidence in its merits, and are so sure it will do all we claim for it, thut we offer SI,OOO Reward If the The Sicilian Hair Renewer does not give satisfaction in all cases when used in strict accordance with our instructions. HALL’S Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer has proved itself to be the most perfect preparation for tho Hair ever offered to the public. It is a vegetable compound, and contains no injurious properties Whatever. It is not a Dye, it strikes at the Roots and fills the glands with new life and coloring matter. IT KILL RESTORE C.RA T HAIB TO ITS ORIGIN Al. COLOR. It will keep the Hair from falling out. It cleanses the Scalp, and makes the Hair Soft, Lustrous, and Silken, IT ISA SPLENDID HAIR DRESSING! No pers in, old or young, should fail to use it It is recommended and used by th* FIRST MEDICAL A UTHORITY. for Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, and take no other. The Proprietors offer the Sicilian Hair Renewer to the public, entirely confident that it will bring back the Hair to its original color, promote its growth, and in nearly all cases where it has fallen off will restore it unless the person is very aged. R. P. HAUL & « 0., Proprietors, Nashua, N. H. Sold by all Druggists. vlln9yl. 11,000,(100 IX WATCHES! FOR SALE ON THE POPULAR ONE PRICE PLAN, GIVING EV FRY’ PATRON A * Handsome and Reliable Watch! For the low Price of Ten Dollars! Without Regard to Value, And not to be Paid for unless perfectly satisfactory. 100 Solid Gobi Hunting Watches, J 250 to ,1,090 JOO Magic Cased Gold Watches, 200 to 600 100 Ladies Watches, Enameled, 100 to 300 200Gold Hunting C'hrsn’ter Watches, 250 to 3iO 200 Gold Hunting English Levers, 100 to 360 300 Gold Hunting Duplex Watches, 150 to 200 300 Gold Hunting American Watches 100 to 250 500 Silver Hunting Levers, 50 te 150 500 Silver Hunting Duplexes, 75 to 350 500 Gold Ladies Watches, 50 to 350 1,000 Gold Hunting Lepines, 60 to 73 1,000 Miscellaneous Silver Watches, 50 to 100 ,2,506 Hunting Stiver Watches, 2s to 50 5,000 Assorted Watches, all kinds, 10 to 75 E@“Every patron obtains a Watch by this arrangement, costing but $lO, while it may be worth SI,OOO. No partiality shown. We wish to immediately dispose of tho above magnificent Stock. Certificates, naming the articles, are placed in sealed envelopes, and well ifiixed. Holders are entitled to the articles named on their certificate upon payment of Ten Dollars, whether it be a W atch*worth SI,OOO or one worth less. The return of any of our certificates entitles you to the arti» cle named thereon upon payment, irre spective of its worth, and as no article valued less than $lO is named on any certificate, it will at once be seen that this is

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No Lottery, but a straightforward legitimate transaction, which may be participated in even Ly the most fastidious! A single certificate will be sent by mail, post paid, upon receipt of 25 cents, five for sl, eleven for §2, thirty-three and an elegant premium for $5, sixty-six and more valuable premium for $lO, one hundred .and most superb Watch for sls. To Agents, or those wishing employment, this is a rare opportunity. It is a legitimately conducted business, duly authorized by the Government, and open to the most careful scrutiny. Try usl WRIGHT, BRO., & CO., Importebs, 161 Broadway, New York; vlln2B- I v. Notice to School Teachers! Office School Examinee, 1 Adams County, Ind. j Examinations of Teachers for License will be held at the office of the School Examiner on the following days, to-wit: The last Friday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. And upon the second and last Fridays of the following named months: October, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character.— This rule will be strictly enforced. Under no circumstances will an examination be giv< n on any day other than here advertised. Teachers will be required to pass an examination in the eight branches required by law. S. C. BOLLMAN, July 12, ’67-tf. 8. Ex., A. C. C. M. FRANCE Would announce to thepublicthat he i» a regularly licensed auctioneer, and will attend all Public; Sales, whenever requested, upon addressing him at WiJr shire, Ohioi