Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1869 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY TV. J. LIII/Fj, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE —On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother's Drug Store. Terms of Subscription. One copy, one year, in advance.. $1 50 If paid within the year 2 00 If paid after the year has expired, 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier 2-5 cents additional will be charged. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Rates of Advertising. “ ■' 1 6 H c "h h <£ © H 3 a $ B- Z B ® C ° O (J 2. ® 3 — •< Space. 5 2 o K o p •“» n X E c £ f§r? ? r = Illllfllich.. ~(> 1 (Hl 150 250 3 50| 5 s<ll 8 (|<| »>l|« “ 75 125 2on SSO 150 oonlo oo Two “ 125 200 350 500 7 U<>' 10 00 17 00 Three'* 1 75 275 1 50 650 *1 (K> 14 00122 00 Four “ 225 350 550 800 11 00(18 00 27 00 00nr.001... 275 125 625 950 13 00,21 (Hi 32 011 Hlllt ** 4 25 620 '.I 15 14 65 18 65 30 00 48 00 3 ~* “ 5 75 765 12 00 20 80 24 30(3(1 (H) 64 00 t)lln “ lO IHlliS Ou 25 00 30 (KI 148 00'80 (KI Special N./tices.—Fifteen per cent, additional to the above rates. Business Notices.—. Twenty-five per cent, additional to the above rates. Legal Advertising. One square [the space of ten lines brevier] one insertion, $2 00 Beach subsequent insertion 50 No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two; over two as three, &c. Local notices fifteen cents a line for each insertion. Religious and Educational notices or advertisements may be contracted forat lower rates, by application at the office. Deaths and Marriages published as news—free. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. District Officers. lion. Ilob't Lowry Circuit Judge. J. S. Daily, ... Circuit Prosecutor, lion. D. Studabaker. Com. Pleas Judge. B. F. Ibach Coin. Pleas Prosecutor. County Officers, Seymour Worden Auditor. A. J. 11 ill . Clerk. Jesse Niblisk Treasurer. ,M. V. B. Simcoke Recorder. James Stoops, Jr Sheriff. 11. C. Peterson Surveyor. Sam. C. Bollman . School Examiner. Josiah Crawford, } Jacob Sard, L . , .Commissioner. George Luckey, J Town Officer!*. * Harrison T>. Knoff .Clerk. Tobasco Burt. . Treasurer & Marshall. Herman Bosse, i David King, V . Trustees. David Showers, J

Township Officers. Union.—Trustee, J, 11. Blakey; Jus- < ice of the Peace, E. B. Looker; Constables, Joseph C. Walters and William Celia rs. Root.—Trustee, John Christen; Jr - ticesof the Peace,. Jeremiah Archbold, Lyman Hart and Henry D. Filling; Coaktables, John Schurgcr, Martin Lord and Henry Luttinon. Piikbi.e.—Trustee, F. W. (lallnieye ■ Justices of the Peace, A. Mangold and John Archbold; Constables, —vacant, i Kirkland.—Trustee, Jonathan Bowers; Justices of the Peace, S. D. Beavers anti James 11. Ward; Constable, John T. Baker. Washington.—Trustee, C.inrad Brake; Justices of the Peace. J. W. (trim and Samuel Merryman; Constables, Frederick Mettz and Elias Crist. St. Mary’s.—Trustee, Ed. McLeod; Justices of the Peace, Samuel Smith, S. B. Morris and Wlllium Comer; Constables, George W. Teeplo, S. B. Fordyce and J. W. Andrews. Bluecrkek.—Trustee, John Emery; Justice of the Peace, Lemuel Williams; Constables, William I. DanncTand William Dauner. Monrou. —Trustee. Thos. Harris; Justice of the Peace, Izireuzo D. Hughes; Constable, John T. Marti. French.—Trustee, Solomon Shull; Justices of the Ptace, Lot French and V. D. Bell; Constable, Joshua Sartf. Hartford.—Trustee, Peter Huffman; Justices of the Peace, Benj. Runyan and Martin Kizer, sen.; Constables, David Eckrote and John Sintison. Wabash.—Trustee, Henry Miller; Justices of the Peace, A. Studabaker and Junies Nelson; Constables, Jacob Butcher and A. G. Thompson. Jefferson.—Trustee, Charles Kelly; Justices of the Peace, Justus Kelly’ and John Fetters; Constables, —vacant. Time or Holding Courts. Circuit Court.—On the third’ Monday in April, aijd the first Monday in No-, vrtnbcr, of each year. ( ommox Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in. January, the second Monday in May, and the second Monday iu September, of each year. Commissioner’s Court.—On the first Monday iu March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday iu December, of each year. CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Mmt i (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath al 8 and 10 o’clock, A. M., Sabbath School or instruction in Catts- < chism, at U o’clock, P. Vespers at 2j o’clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wcmhoff, Pastor. Methodist.—Services every Sabbath • t 10J o’clock, A. M.. and 7 o clock. P. M. Sabbath School at V o'clock, P. M. Iley. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. Prksbytrrian.—No Pastor. Prayer Meeting every Sabbath at 1 o’clock, and Sabbath School at 2 o'clock, P. M. i BLANKS. Blank deeds, blank notes. Justices Blanks. Constables Blanks, ttd. etc., printed and for sale at the EAGLE OFFICER

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Vol. 13.

ATTORNEYS. JAJIES R. 8080, Attorney Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor's Office. vloh6tf R7~S 7" P E T E R S O Attorney a,t DECATUR, INDIANA. I)ROMPT attention paid to all business entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public, and draws Deeds, Mortgages, and other instruments in writing. OFFICE —In D. Studabaker's Law Office. vl2n33tf DAVIFL D. RELLER, Attorney Ijuxaz, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice his Profession anywhere in Indiana or Ohio. OFFICE —Opposite the Recorder’s Office. vlons2tf

PHYSICIANS. F.A.JELLEFF. W. 11. SCHROCK. JELLEFF & SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vßnlstf. CHARLES L. CURTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this place, offers his professional servi-, ccs to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—At the Burt House. 11-36 AAi> RE W SOR « , Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, over W. G.Spencer & Brother's Hardware Stoye. vßn42tf. A. J. ER AVI A, JI. !>., Surgeon. Dispensary, Avelinc Block, vlln‘2s "fort WAYNE, IND. S. C. A YERS, 51. U., RESIDENT Ear and Eye Surgeon, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE—South west corner Main x Calhoun streets, over Drug Store. {©‘•Artificial Eyes inserted. 12-14

_ M. JI. McC O A A EL L, Surgeon Dentist, I) EE AT UR, IXDIA \A. "oi’k neatly executed ' ViU ' l ' a,l * p, l g* vc S!lt * 1 1.7 XTisfaction. Cull and'exatuine specimens. OFFlCE—Opposite the Public Square, over Hellers Law office. vlln4'J

REAL ESTATE ACENTS. .3 AJI E S 88 . 5? 015 O. LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT, DIX ATI B. IX DIAX A. rpHREE THOUSAND \CIIESM' good 1 faming land, several Town Lo s, and a large quantity of wild land for sale. If you want to buy a good farm lie will sell it to you. If you want your land sold lie will sell it for yon. No sale, no charge. vltlnb AUCTIONEER. USIA JU. FRA A’CE, tionccr, DF.CATI R, INDIANA. 4 NNOUNCF.S to the public that he is . V a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, and will attend all Public Sales when requested. OFFICE—In J. R. Bobo's Law office.

HOTELS. .!|TesSE' MOUSE, 1. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third St., Opposite the Court Jlouse, DECATVR, INDIANA. r |AHE traveling public will find this L House a desirable stopping place. Gyod sample rooms. ”* vlln9 MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, JTwt Main Street, near the Public Square, FORT WANYE, INDIANA, vllnll If MAYER HOUSE. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and H'ayne Streets, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. vP’n7 If IIEDEKM HOUSE, A. J. 11. MILLS, Proprietor, Gn Barr, bcliccen Columbia and Main Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.. (A ENERAL Stage Office. Good staI hieing in connection with this house. v12n25 ts

HARDWARE&c. mcculloch & richey Wholesale and Retail Dealers tn Hardware, Tinners' Slock AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Mechanics 9 Tools, STOVES, <fcc. 9 So. ST Columbia Street' r. it vi.loth. y FORT.WAYXE. IX'f> »«■•« tttvitiT, j v!2nt-'yl

DECATUR, IND., FRIDAY, JUUY 16.1869.

DORWIN & BRO., -DEALERS INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy .Articles, Sjtonges, Urushcs, Perfumery. Coal OU, Lamps. Patent .llediccnes, Sfc. DECATU&, ----- INDIANA Physician’s Prescriptions carefullycompounded, and orders answered ivitb care and dispatch. Farmers and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine T and of the best quality. v9n35- ts. O. D. HURD, Manufacturer of -SASH, DOORSLA BLtWDS, North side Canal, irr\A/ Gas IFbrA-x, FORT WaAe, INDIANA. -■ :or==— Custom jfork promptly executed, vll n 25 DAVIS & BRO, BOOK BINDERS, Blank Book and Paper Boz Manufacturers, • N 0.25 Calhoun St., Opposite Court House FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. to: Magazines, Music, and old Books, etc., bound and re-bound in any style desired. {©“Particular attention paid to county work. T. ADEL3PERGER, Agent, vlOnl. Decatur, Ind. MAYER AGRAHE, -DEALERS INWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, CILVEII AND SIJ.VEKri.ATED IU.I/.T. Gold.” Silver and Steel Spectacles. Columbia Street, vllnGlyl. FORT WAYNE,IND. IO WAGON & CARRIAGE SH'OP, IN DEFAT UR, IA DS A A’A. JOHN KINC, Announces to the citizens of Adams county and vicinity,.that lie is now prepared to put Up j. WAGONS,' " BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, SLEDS, and anything in my line. None but the l>est senjoned stock used in their construction, and all work warranted ns represented. Give me a call. l;<i7”A il kinds of repairing done to order on short notice. SHOP—On comer of Front and Momroe streets, east of the Burt Eonso. vlln2yl. JOHN KING. FORT WAYAE HOOP SKIRT FACTORY, No. 91 Columbia St. Hoop Skirls in New Styles, & Made of the very best material, cheaper than ever, and will be Repaired Free of Charge when broken. CORSETS, an immense Stnck, Cheaper and Better thaa the Cheapest. Every Corset Warranted all Whalebone. DRESS TRIMMINGS and BUTTONS, an entire new stock, well selected and rich. LADIES’ UNDERCLOTH, a complete stock. PARASOLS, n full line. NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, and other arliclestoo numerous to mention. Will be sold cheap, at the HOOP SKIRT FACTORY* < JOSEPH BLACK, v!2n7yl. Proprietor.

Notice to School Teachers! Office School Examiner, J Adams County, Ind. J Examinautiong, <jf 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 mouths: January, February, March. April, May, June, July, August and September. And upon the FTcond and Fridays of the following named months: Octoi>er, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character.- — Thisurulc will be strictly enforced. Under no circumstances tfill an examination be given on any day other than here advertised. Teachers will be required to pass an examination in the fight branches re* ,qaiired bv law. SAM C RO|.l.M\N, Jnlv 12. ’•’•7-tf S El X. C.

>.df Ct gflth’JJ. Resolution. '-t; If you’ve any task to do, Let me whisper, friend,-to yon, Do it. It yoti’ve anything to say, True and needed, yea or nay, Say it. If you’ve anything to love; As a blessing from above, Love it. If you've anything to give, That anothei's joy may live, Give it. If some hollow creed you doubt, Though the whole world hoot and shout, Doubt it. If you know what torch to light, • Guiding others through the night, Light, it. If you've any debt to pay, Rest you neither night nor day, Pay it. If you've any joy to hold, ’ Next your heart, lest it grow cold, Hold it. If you’ve any grief to hieet, " At the loving Father's feet, Meet it. If you're given light to sec, What a child of God should be, See it Whether life be bright or dre’.r, There's a message sweet snd clear Whispered down to every ear— Hear it!

SCAXBAG. A lady purchased a home in a beautiful village about forty miles from a well known city. She longed for fresh air and quiet scenes, and doubtless she would have found all the happiness which she sought in this rural retreat, had not the place been haunted by that terrjble spectre — : Sc(tn<lrtl. “Have you seen the new arrival?” asked Mrs. Jenkins of her neighbor, Mrs. Lawrence, about a i week after the stranger took pos j session of Maple Cottage—as the little place she had purchased was called. A curl of the lip ami a shrug of the shoulders was all cf the reply made by Mrs. Lawrence; but in the gestures Mrs. Jenkins saw a sufficient reason for shunning the acquaintance of the stranger. Mrs. Jenkins, who was very jealous and suspicious, translated this sign language in her own way. “I have no“loubt, - ’-slie said to her husband at night, “that she had a bail reputation in the city. She has Colne here dressed in deep mourning, but who knows wheth er she ever bad a husband ? And if she had, her wearing black is no sign he’s dead, in my opinion.” The next day quite a crowd had gathered in the store of Mr. Jenkins, waiting the arrival of the daily mail, which was due about this hour. The stranger came in to ’wake some trilling purchases and was stared at by the people as strangers always arc. she left the Store, some remarks were made about her ladvdjke appearance. Mr. Jenkins‘Simihediatcly rejoined, “Yes, shcutipcars enough like a lady, but my wife thinks her | reputation none the best,” Customers coming in, nothing more was said at that time, but the I fire of scandal was kindled —the j story spread rapidly, each one telling it their own way, until there was not a family in the wlfole place but heard and believed the rumor. Weeks passed on, and the inmate of Maple Cottage felt that for some reason she was looked upon l with much suspicion and dislike. There was no hospitality, nothing said or done for which she could demand explanation. Every day sjecmcd to increase j the the neighbors; ' and she seeing this ceased making

overtures toward an acquaintance wjth them, save at church, and even here she most generally found a whole seat at her disposal. At last file storm which had so long darkened the village horizon seemed to burst over her head. There were low threats of driving ■ her from" the place, and the mob ; spirit seemed to be gathering strength. About this time, some three months after the stranger came to Maple Cottage, a very handsome • traveling carriage, drawn by a noble span of grays, stopped in front of her dwelling, and a fine looking man. apparently about fifty years of age, with his wife-and two children, were seen to alight and enter the house. All that day and through the evening, there were heard the sounds of many voices, . mingled with the rippling laughter of joyous hearts. The next day was Sunday, but this time the widow did not sit al

one.—Strange looks and low murmured words ran through the congregation. and the minister seemed to share the surprise of his audience, and looked and preached as though under painful embarrassment. He recognized in the stranger a minister whose reputa tion was world wide—no other than the rich and distinguished President of —College, from which lie was a graduate. Professor C. remsmbered his former pupil, but, it must be confessed he was both surprised and disapppointed. He had given young man credit for individual

talent, but this sermon was a mere repetitition of poor platudes and a truckling to the public opinion which showed a weak and little mind. After services < the President stopped a moment until the preacher came forward, and when the greeting was over he said kindly : “?<ly sister wrote me that Richard Forbes was preaching here, but I did not connect the name with the memory of my former pupil.” Your sister ? ’ said the embarressed young man. “You do not mean to say that the woman with whom you entered church is your sister?” ‘y\.nd why not: It was now Professor C's turn to look surprised. Sure enough, why not. What did he know against the woman of whom all had been “speaking evil' for the last three months ?. There is something about this matter that I cannot understand.’’ said the Professor. “You do not mean to say that my sister has

been a resident of your place, and listened to your preaching for three months without your calling W O | upon her. The duties of a preacher arc surely ••But I did not dare—"and here the poor man stammered and stopped. “Did not dare to call on my sister, the widow of General Frinch ?’ and the tinge of contempt minglI ed with the look of surprise and I indignation with which he conI tercplated the abashed and* crestalien young preache.r After reaching his sister's resi- ■ dence lie questioned her in regard to'the matter ; but she could only tell him that since her residence in ' the place she lia<l been “left a lone," in full acceptance of the term. Determined to understand the wherefore of such a preceding, he again demanded an explanation of the minister, who was finally . compelled to admit that he had supposed from the gossip of his ' church members, that the woman , was a very outcast from society, and that there had been talk of driving her from the place. “Site will not care to remain," said the Professor, “but before she. goes I will sift tins matter thoroughly.” And so he did, gathering up link by link, the wholeehain of scandal until he came to Mrs. Lawrence. But this she utterly denied-, and Mrs. Jenkins was at last obliged to confess that Mrs. . I Lawrence had merely shrugged her . shoulders and curled her lip.— “Ah, iiulced,” was Mrs. Lawrence's Tcjoulder. “I remember ot thinking she colild not be much of a la- . dy, as she wore a faded delaine and did her own washing.” The Professor preached the I following Sunday, and at the cou- , I elusion of the discourse, he repeat , ed the tale of wrong, adding, "Had , woman really been poor ami , friendless as supposed, what would , the emt have been ? “Deprived of her good name, and in consequence, of all means . of earning a livelihood she doubt- , less would have beeiiidiseouraged and despondent, and sunk down to r ■the grave a victim of the scandal j of those falsely calling themselves J Christians-, ami, in the sight of , God, would not only have been classed among the liars, but mur- , derers.”

Ancient Customs.

For centuries it was customary in England to jerkjflie pillow from under the head of dying persons to hasten their departure. In Holland, when a child is departing life, persons shade it by the hand from the parent's gaze—the soul being supposed to linger in the body as long as the compassionate eve is fixed upon it. The custom ofplacing a feather near the lips, to ascertain whether the breath has left the body, is aS old as our race. Shakspeare represents Prince Henry as having Iteen deceived when he carried otf tlie crown from his father’s pillow: • By his gates of 'breath There lies a downy feather w hich nirs not, Did he suspire that light and weightiest down Perchance must ratrvt

Is there a God! How eloquently does Chateubriand reply to this inquiry; “There is a God! The herds of the valley and the cedars of the mountain bless him; the insects sports in his beams; the elephants salute him with the rising orb of the dav ; the birds sing of him in the foliage; the thunders proclaim him in the heavens; the ocean declares Ids irnr. e si'y; man alone has said ‘There is ho God;’ Unite in thought at the same instfmt the most beautiful objects in nature ; suppose you see at once all the

hours of the day and the seasons ! of the year; a morning of Spring, a ! morning of Autumn, a night be- I spangled with stars and a night covered with clouds; meadows, enameled flowers and forests hoary with snow, guilded by tints of Autumn ; then alone you will have a just conception of the universe. I TVliile you arc gazing on that sun ■ which is plunging under the vaults of the west, another observer admires him emerging from the gilded gates of the east. By what inconceivable magic does that aged star, which sinking, fatigued and burning, in the shade of the evening, re-appea.r at the same instant fresh and humid with the dew of morning, at every instant of the day the glorious sun at once rising, resplendent at noon day and sit. ting in the west, or rather our senses deceive us, and there is, pro perly speaking no east, west or south in the world. Every thing reduces itself to a single point, from whence the kin g of day sends forth a triple light in one substance. The bright splendor is perhaps that which nature can present which is most beautiful; for while it gives us an idea of the per pctual magnificence and resistless power of God, exhibits nt the same time a shilling image of the glorious Trinity.

A Reminiscence cf Everett. I ■■■- ~rr.* Few persons who were in the habit of meeting Edward Everett in public ever saw him laugh. We have observed him on many occaj sions and can remember but one inI stance in which the statuesque rc- ; pose of that noble face of his was disturbed by the cachinnatory process, and that was some years ago. at the laying of the corner stone of 31 inot's ledire light house. The stone was laid, in a certain sense, by proxy, that is, the exercises l were held upon ami around it befoie it had left the shore, on ac 'count of the absence of standing room oii the ledge, which was for a gre'ater part of the time under water. After the Masouie formula was concluded, Mr. Everett made * a short but very eloquent address. I Following him a distinguished Mason arose, and proceeded to read, froi# manuscript, a long and very dry oration. The day was blustering and cold, and the patience of the audience was exhausted long before lie had finished. When it came to an end. an excitable friend of the orator's on tlie outer rim of the crowd, threw up his hat and cried out in stentorian tones, “ Three cheers for Dr , now, one — hurrah!” to which there was no response. “AV ell, never mind,” he exclaimed, “I’ll go through alone,’’ and he did. There was a tremendous roar of ■ laughter —in which Mr. Everett I joined—that put evciy body jn good humor, and made a not unfitting close of the ceremonv. O ” -w- •>

Rich without Money; Many a man is rich without money. Thousands of men with nothing in their pockets, and thousands with a good, sound constitution, a good heart, and good limbs, and a pretty good head piece, are rich. Good bones are better than gold, tough muscles better than silver, and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function are better titan houses and land. It is better than landed estates to have had the right kind of father and mother. .Good . breeds and bad j breeds exist among men as really as among herds and horses. Education may do much to cheek evil tendencies, or to develop good oues, but it is good to inherit the right proportion of faculties to start wjth. That man is rich who has a flavor of wit and fun in.his composition. The hardest thing to get along with in this life is a man's own self. A cross, selfish, fellow, a desponding and complain- j ing fellow, a timid, care burdened man—these are all deformed <A)n the inside. Their feet may not limp, but their thoughts do. A man of fortune, on the brink of the 1 grave, would gladly part with every dollar to obtain a longer lease of life. *

TIIECOMI.fG GIRL. ‘•A Tiling of Beauty and a Joy Forever.” She will vote, will be of some use in the world, will cook her own food, will earn her own living, and will not die an old maid. Thecoming girl will not wear the Grecian bend, dance the German, ignore all possibilities of knowing how to work; will not endeavor to break the hearts of unsophisticated young men; will spell correctly, understand English before she affects French; will preside with equal grace at the piano op washboard; will spin more yarn for tlie house than for the street; will not despise her poor relations, ortlie hand of an honest worker; will wear a bonnet > speak good, I plain, unlisping English : will darn : her own stockings ; will know how ■to bake doughnuts ; and will not I read the Leilaer oftener than shi I docs her Bible. -The coming girl will walk five ' j miles a day, if need be, to keep her cheeks in a glow; will mind her I health, her physical development, and h:,r mother; will adopt a.costiune both sensible and conduoive to comfort and health ; will not confound hypocricy with politeness; will have courage to cut an i unwelcome acquaintance; will not i think refinement is French duplicity; that assumed hospitality, where hate dwells in the heart, is better than condemnation ; will pot confound grace of movement with i silly affectation ; will not regard (the end of her being to ha ve a bean. I The coming girl will not look to : Paris, but to reason for her sashI ions ; will not aim to follow a fooli ish fashion because milliners and ■ dressmakers decreed It; will not 'torture her body, shrivel her soul with peculiarities, or ruin it with wine or pleasure. In short, the coming girl will seek to glorify her Maker and to enjoy mentally his work ;. Duty will be her aim, and life a living reality.—t'/iMrc/i Lbj- ■ lOil.

No. 15.

For (lie Consideration o| Mother!, Bowed legs and knocking knecsi are among the commonest deform itics of humanity ; an 1 wise mothlers assert that the croukodnpss in ; either case arises from the afflicted ’ one having been put upon his o? ■ her fact too early in boyhood. But | a Manchester physician, Dr. ; Crompton, who has wafohed for ! the true cause, thinks differently. He attributes the first mentioned ! distortion to the habit some voting sters delight in of rubbing the sole of Qge foot ngainst that of tlje other; some will go to sleep with iho ; soles pressed together. They an? pear ,to enjoy the contact only when the feet are naked,.they don’t i attempt to make it when they are i socked or slippered. So the remedy is obvious: keep the baby's i soles covered. Knocking knees ■ the Doctor ascribes to a different childish habit, that of sleeping on the side with one tucked into the i hollow behind the other. He has 1 found that where ona leg has lieen i bowed inward more than the other, i the patient has always slept on one I side, and the uppermost ,mcjnber | has been that most deformed. .Here the preventive is to pad the I inside of the knees so as to k,eep i them apart and let the limbs grow freely their own way. All of which I is commended to mothers who de ; sire the physical uprightness of I their progeny.

Tcc Ricli Richer the Poof Poorer. i A correspondent of the Net? York Evning I‘ost shows, by aij „analysis of income tax returns, that in the district inhabited by the wealthiest class of citizens the number of income tax payers slightly increased from 1567 to 18G8, but the average amount of incomes has largely increased. At the same i me he sh<»w.-r rather the Tribune figures, which he adopts, shows—that in other districts, inhabited by a population of moderate means and smaller incomes, both the average income and the number of those who make enough to report an income, have considerably The Post insists that the figures, prepared by the Tribune as-evidence that- the masses of the people are amassing wealth, demonstrate that ‘dhepro? tectionist laws, from which we now suffer, are the rich man's laws am| the poor man’s loss.” I The Ministers from the United States to England and France receive SI7,SOU a year each; the Ministers to Austria, Spain and Mexico, 812,000; the Ministers to Hayti and Liberia, $7,500; the Ministers resident in Sweden, Belgium, Guatemala, Bogota, Bolivia * and Nicaragua, 87,500.

A young gentlemen was escorting a young lady home, a mile or two, and not wishing to walk, he remarked: "Mary, let's take a ’ buss.” But Mary, blushing to the eyebrows, drew back, and with fronnded modesty. replied: “Oh, George! not right here in street!”