Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1882 — Page 4

THE TWO OLD BACHELORS. Twoold bachfl'orn were living in one house. One caught a muffin, the other caught a mouse. - Said he who caught the muffin to him who caught the mouw: “ This happens just in time, for we’ve nothing in the house. Save a tiny piece of lemon, and a teaspoonful of honey; And what to do for dinner—since we haven't any money; .And what can we expect, if we haven’t any dinner, But to lore our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner ? ” Said the one who caught the mouse to him who caught the muffin: “ We might cook the little mouse if we only tad tome stuffin’; If we had but sage and onion we could do extremely well, • But how to get that stuffin’ it is difficu.t to tell.” 1 here two old bachelors rap .quickly to the town. And asked for sage and onions as they wandered up and down. They borrowed two large onions, but no sage was to be found, In the shops or in the market, or in all the gardens round. But some one said: “ A hill there is a little to th< north, , . And to its perpendicular top a narrow way leads forth, And there among the rugged rocks abides an ancient ■ago. An earnest man who reads all day a moat perplexing Climb up and s?ise him by the toes ; all studious as ■ be sits, And pull him down and chop him into endless little bite; Then mix him with your onion, cut up likewise into scraps. When your stuffin’ will be ready, and very good,— perhaps.” Those two old bachelors, without any loss of time, The nearly perpendicular crags at once began to oimb. And at the top, among, the rocks, all seated in a nook. They saw that Sage a-reading of a most enormous book. •* You earnret Bage,” aloud they cried, “ your book you v$ read enough in, We wish to chop you into bits to make you into stuffin’. ■ But that old Sage looked calmly up and with his awful book At these two batchelors’ bald heads a sudden aim he took; And over ctag and precipice they rolled promiscuous down, At once th.-y rolled and never stopped, in lane or field or town, And when they reached their house they found (beside their want of stuffi .’) The mouse had fled and previous y had eaten up the muffin. They lelt their home rn silence, by the once convivial door. And from that hour those bic’aelors were never beard of more.

THE POT OF GOLD.

Elder Boyd, though a very good man in the main, and looked up to with respect by all the inhabitants of the village of Oldville, was rumored to have, in Yankee parlance, a pretty sharp lookout for the main chance, a peculiarity from which elders are not always exempt. In worldly matters he was decidedly well-to-do, having inherited a line farm from his father, which was growing yearly more and more valuable. It might be supposed that under these circumstances the elder, who was fully able to do so, would have found a helpmate to share his house and name. But the elder was wary. Matrimony was to him, in some measure, a matter of money, and it was his firm resolve not to marry unless he could thereby enchance his worldly prosperity. Unhappily, the little village of Oldville and the towns in the immediate vicinity contained few who were qualified in the important particular, and of those there were probably none with whom the elder’s suit would have prospered. So it happened that year after year passed away, until Elder Boyd was in the prime of life—forty-four, or thereabouts —and sfill unmarried, and likely to remain so. But in all human calculation of this kind, they reckon'ill who leave widows out. Elder Boyd’s nearest neighbor was a widow. The Widow Hayes, who had passed through, matrimonial experience, was some four years younger than Elder Boyd. She was still a buxom, comely woman, as widows are apt to be. Unfortunately the late Mr. Hayes had not been able to leave her sufficient to make her independent of the world. All that she possessed was the small, oldfashioned house in which she lived, and a small amount of money, which was insufficient to support her and a little son of 6, likewise to be enumerated in the schedule of her property, though hardly to be. classed as “ productive ” of any thing but mischief*.

The widow was therefore obliged to take care of three boarders to eke out her scanty income, which, of course, imposed upon her considerable labor and anxiety. Is it surprising that under these circumstances she should now and then have bethought herself of a second marriage as a method of bettering her condition? Or again, need we esteem it a special wonder if, in her reflections upon this point,she should have cast her eyes upon her next neighbor, Elder Boyd ? The elder, as we have already said, was in flourishing circumstances. He would be able to maintain a wife in great comfort, and, being one of the chief personages in the village, could accord her a prominent social position He was not especially handsome, or calculated to make a profound impression upon the female heart; this was true, but he was of a good disposition, kind-hearted, and would no doubt make a very good sort of a husband. Widows are, I take it (if any shall do me the honor to read this story, I trust they will forgive the remark),less disposed to weigh sentiment in a second alliance than a first, and so, in the widow’s point ®f view, Elder Boyd was a very desirable match. Some sagacious person, however, has observed that it takes two to make a match, a fact to be seriously considered; for in the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worthy elder, even if he had known the favorable opinion of his next neighbor, would have been inclined to propose changing her name to Boyd, unless, indeed, a suitable motive was brought to bear upon him. Here was a chance for a little managing, wherein widows are said, as a general thing, to be expert One evening, after a day of fatiguing labor, Widow Hayes sat at the fire in the sitting-room, with her feet resting on the fender.

*lf ever I am situated so as not to have to work so hard,” she murmured, “I shall be happy. It’s a hard life, keeping boarders. If I was only as well off as Elder Boyd.” Still the widow kept up her thinking, and by-and-by her face brightened. She had an idea which she resolved to put into execution at the earliest possible moment. What it was the reader will discover in the sequel. “ Freddie,” said she to her son the next morning, “ I want you to stop at Elder Boyd’s when you go to school and ask him if he will call on me in the course of the morning or afternoon, just as he finds it most convenient.” Elder Boyd was a little surprised at this summons. However, about 11 h’clock he called in. The widow had got on the dinner, and had leisure to sit down. She appeared a little embarrassed. “Freddie told me you would like to see me,” he commenced. “Yes. elder, I should. But I am very much afraid you will think strange at least of what I have to say to you.” The elder promised very politely not to be surprised, thsugh at the same time his curiosity was visibly excited. “Suppose,’ said the widow, casting down her eyes—“mind, I was only supposing a case—suppose a person should find a pot of gold pieces in their cellar, would the law have a right to touch it, or would it belong to them? ” The elder pricked up his ears. “ A pot of gold pieces, widow ? Why, unquestionably, the law would have nothing to do with it” - . ’’And the one "who formerly gwn«4

the house couldn’t come forward and claim it, could he, elder? ” “No, madam; unquestionably not. When the house was disposed of, everything went with it, as a matter of course.” “I am glad to hear it, elder. You won’t think strange of the question, but it happened to occur in my mind, and I thought I would like to have it satisfied. ” “Certainly, widow, certainly,” said the elder abstractedly. “And, elder, as you’re here, I hope you will stop to dinner with us. It will be ready punctually at twelve.” “ Well, no,” said the elder, rising, “ I’m obliged to ye; but they’ll be expecting me at home.” “ At any rate, elder,” said the widow, taking a piece of mince pie fresh from the oven, “you won’t object to taking a piece of mince pie. You must know that I rather pride myself on my mince Pl The warm pie sent forth such a delicious odor that the elder was sorely tempted, and, after saying, “Well, really,” with the intention of refusing, he finished by saying, “On the whole, I guess I will, as it looks so nice.” The widow was really a good cook, and the elder ate with much gusto the generous piece which the widow cut for him, and after a little chatting upon unimportant subjects, withdrew in some mental perplexity. Was it possible, thought he, the widow could really have found a pot of gold in her cellar ? She did not say so, to be sure, but why should she have shown so much anxiety to know as to the proprietorship of the treasure thus found, if she had not happened upon some ? Td be sure, so far as his knowledge extended, there was no one who would be likely to lay up such an amount of gold; but the house was 150 years old, at the very least, and had had many occupants of which he knew nothing. It might be after alt The widow’s earnest desire to have him think it was only curiosity, likewise gave additional probability to the supposition. “I will wait and watch,” thought the elder. It so happened that Elder Boyd was one of the Directors in a savings institution situated in the next town, and accordingly used to ride over there once or twice a month to attend meetings of the board. On the next occasion of this kind the Widow Hayes sent over to know if he would carry her with him, as she had a little business to attend to there. The request was readily accorded. Arriving at the village, Mrs. Hayes desired to be set down at the bank building. “Ha, ha!” thought the elder, “that means something. ” He said nothing, however, but determined to come back and find out, as he could readily from the cashier, what business she bad with the bank. The widow tripped into the office pretending to look very nonchalant. “ Can you give me small bills for a ten-dollar gold piece ?” she inquired. “ With pleasure,” was the reply. “By the way,” she said, “the bank is in a very flourishing condition, is it not?” “ None in the State on a better footing,” was the prompt response. “You receive deposits, do you not ?” “Yes, madam; we receive them every day.” “Do you receive as high as—as ten thousand dollars ? ” “No,” said the cashier, with some surprise, “or, rather, we do not allow interest on so large a sum. One thousand dollars is our limit. Did you know of any one who—” “It is of no consequence,” said the widow, hurriedly; “I only asked for curiosity. By the way, did you say how much interest you allowed on such. deposits as come within your limit ? ” “Fiveper cent., madam.” “ Thank you. I only asked for curiosity. What a beautiful morning it is,” and the widow tripped lightly out. Shortly after the elder entered. “How’s business, Mr. Cashier?” he inquired. “ About as usual.” “ Had many deposits lately ? ” “None of any magnitude.” “ I brought over a woman this morning who seemed to have business with you.” “The Widow Hayes?” “Yes.”

“Do you know,” asked the cashier, “whether she had any money left her lately ? ” “ None that I know of,” said the elder, pricking up his ears. “ Why, did she deposit any ?” “ No; but she inquired whether we received deposits as high as $10,000.” “Indeed !” ejaculated the elder. “Is that all she came for ?” he inquired, a moment afterward. ‘ No, she exchanged a gold piece for bills.” “Ha !” pondered the elder, reflectively. “ Did she give any reason for her inquiries ?” “No, she said she only asked for curiosity.” The elder left the bank in deep thought He came to the conclusion that this curiosity only veiled a deeper motive. He now no longer entertained a doubt that the widow had found a pot of gold in her cellar, and appearances seemed to indicate that its probable value was at least equal to SIO,OOO. The gold piece which she had exchanged at the bank appeared to confirm this theory. “I rather think,” said the elder to hijnself, complacently, “I can see into a millstone about as far as most people.” A statement, the literal truth of which I defy any one to question, though as to the prime fact of people being able to see into a millstone at all doubts have how and then thrust themselves upon my mind.

The next Sunday the Widow Hayes appeared at church in a new and stylish bonnet, which led to some such remarks as these: ‘ ‘ How much vanity some people have, to be sure 1” “ How a woman that has to keep boarders for a living can afford to dash out in such a bonnet is more than I can tell. I should think she was old enough to know better.” This last remark was made by a young lady just six months younger than the widow, and whose attempts to catch a second husband had hitherto proved utterly unavailing. “I suppose,” continued the same young lady, “she is trying to catch a first husband with her finery. Before I’d condescend to such means, I’d—l’d drown myself.” In this last amiable speech the young lady had unwittingly hit upon the true motive. The widow was intent upon catching Elder Boyd, and she indulged in a costly bonnet, not because she supposed the elder would be caught with finery, but because this would strengthen in his mind the idea that she had stumbled upon hidden wealth. The widow calculated shrewdly, and the display had the effect she anticipated. Monday afternoon, the elder found an errand that called him over to the widow’s. It chanced to be just about tea-time. He was importuned to stay to tea, and, somewhat to his own surprise, actually did. The politic widow, who knew the elder’s weak point, brought one of her best mince pies, a piece of which her guest partook of with zest. " You’ll take another piece, I know,” said she persuasively. “ Really, I am ashamed,” said the elder ; but he passed his plate. “ The fact is, he said apologetically, “your pies are so nice I don’t know when to stop.” “Do you call those nice?” said the widow, modestly, “I call them common. I can make good mince pies when I set out to, but this time I didn’t have M good luck as usual

“I shouldn’t want any better,” said the elder, emphatically. “ Then I hope, if you like them, you will drop in to tea often. We ought to be more neighborly, Elder Boyd.” Elder Boyd assented, and he meant what he said. The fact is, the elder began to think that the widow was a very charming woman. She was very comely, and then she was such an excellent cook. Besides, he had no doubt in his own mind that she was worth a considerable sum of mowey. What objection could there be to her becoming Mrs. Boyd?" He brought this question before her one evening. The widow blushed, professing to be greatly surprised. In fact, she had never thought of such a thing in her life, but, on the whole, she had always thought highly of the elder, and, to cut the matter short, she accepted him. A month afterward she was installed as mistress of the elder's large house, somewhat to the surprise of the village people, who could not conceive how she had brought him over. Some weeks after the ceremony, the elder ventured to inquire about the pot of gold which she had found in the cellar. “ Pot of gold !” she exclaimed, in surprise; “I know of none.” “But,” said the elder, disconcerted, “you asked me about whether the law could claim it” “Oh, Lor’, elder, I only asked for cariosity.” ‘ ‘ And was that'the reason you made inquiries at the bank?” “ Certainly ! What else could it be ?” The elder went out to the barn, and for half an hour sat in silent meditation. At the end of that time he ejaculated, as a closing consideration : “After a.l, she makes good mince pies.” It gives me pleasure to state that the union between the elder and the widow proved a very happy one, although to the end of his life he could never make up his mind about the “ Pot of Gold.”

MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.

The Waten Slowly Abating. The Chicago Times correspondent telegraphs from Helena, Ark., as follows : “Every heart seems weary and saddened by the distress that surrounds the city. There is nothing thought of except the relief of the sufferers, and every one here has done his part in succoring and helping the afflicted. The stratus remain unchanged in this section. The water falls very slowly, contrary to the expectations of every one; and it is feared that it will remain np some weeks longer. .It has become a monotonous sight to every eye. Commissioner Mangum cannot fulfill all the demands coming from individuals and from the mass. In Desha county the sufferings seem to be very great. These advices come from Arkansas Uity, where the greater portion of distress is situated. But few supplies have reached them, the greater number being distributed at other points. Rations are eagerly prayed for, as the suffering is great, and help must reach them from some quarter.. A gentleman in conversation told the writer that near him lived about 1,800 people without food or money, and unable to help themselves in the present state of affairs. He was then on his way to Memphis to see what arrangements he couffl make to alleviate the condition of his neighbors. From all parts the same accounts of misery are told. Cattle and mules are dying, and have died by hundreds. Human beings and animals are housed together, the humans willing to share their very last with their horses ana other animals, not only from affection, but for the intrinsic value they set upon them. A gentleman who has visited the distressed regions remarked that the dogs looked more prosperous and in better condition than the people themselves. The gnats are becoming a greater pest every day. They are having a most fatal effect, and will continue for some tune. It is as great a calamity as the flood. Lieuts. Satterlee and Richards visited the overflowed region around this place. They have already visited other portions of the flooded country, and say that the horrors art not in any way exaggerated. They have estimated that the number of people requiring to be fed is : In Phillips county, 6,000 ; Monroe county, 600; Chicot county, 3,000; Desha county, 3,500.' These gentlemen give most graphic pictures of what they have seen and experienced. Lieut Richards left for Mississippi county, and Lieut Satterlee for Lee county, to make personal investigation of distribution of supplies. In Laconia Circle, a particularly rich and flourishing section, great suffering exists. Houses are being used for the refuge of both cattle and human beings. The steamer Dick Jones, just returned from Sunk Lands, reports the horrors more and more terrible. The people were still eating drowned carcasses and some few a little boiled corn.” A St. Louis dispatch says : “About <B,OOO in money and large amounts of provisions and clothing have been raised here for the benefit of the overflow sufferers on the Mississippi river. Caph Lee, in charge of the Government relief expedition up the Sunflower and Yazoo rivers, estimates the loss of hogs total in the kazoo country, the loss of cattle fully 75 per cent., and the fencing, with many of the smaller houses, destroyed.” A telegram from Natchez, Miss., reports: “ Natchez is crowded with refugees, and droves of stock are passing through town. Parties from the neighborhood of Lake Concordia and Tensas nver report great destitution. The water rose so fast that many people had to place pickets across the rafters in their houses and take refuge there, they having no means of getting away, and many of these houses are tottering from the force of the current. Tensas river is rising five inches in twenty-four hours, and if it continues at this rate the fives of these people will be in great danger unless they are speedily relieved. There is a perfect panic among the negroes, many being so terrified as to be unable to make the least effort toward saving themselves or families until roused by the whites.”

CATHOLIC CREEDS.

Peculiar Pastoral Letter Issued by the Provincial Council. The Catholic Provincial Council, which met in Cincinnati recently, prepared a lengthy pastoral letter to be read in all the churches. It begins with a review of the progress of religion since the last council, twenty years ago, and congratulates the church on the transition from the mission epoch to a condition of fixity. It then goes on to speak of the necessity of obedience to authority: holds that all men are not equal, and that men ordained to rule as Kings, magistrates, Bishops and priests have rights which subjects do not; laments the disposition to try God before the court of human reason, and says no man has a right to teach falsehood or to change a jot or tittle of the law of God. It is very outspoken on the subject of labor unions. It says a man’s labor is his own, as much as the gold of the rich man, and he has a right to sell as he pleases at a fair price, and, so long as men accede to others the same freedom they claim for themselves, there is no sin in labor banding together for self-protection, but labor unions are liable to fail, and can’t be sustained. When they attempt to force a man to join a union, or to work for a price fixed by a union, Catholics cannot be partners in any attempt to coerce others against their just rights, nor to do injury to the person or property of others. The letter has a long paragraph on the newspapers, in which it specifically denounces what it calls the illegitimate means used by the Irish World in its advocacy of the cause of Ireland, but adds : “ Vie are ready to co-operate with the Bishops of Ireland in any legitimate effort to ameliorate the present unhappy condition of the Irish people.” The letter condemns much of the modern church music, and says the Gregorian Chant is the recognized form. It directs that all music that savors of the sensuous and the profane the theater or the opera, shall be excluded from chcirs, as also all music that attracts the attention of the paople from the altar to the choir. Much is said condemnatory of secret societies, especially such as have’ a religious hierarchy or form of liturgy. Reverting to the subject of authority, the letter says: “It is not Catholic doctrine that all power comes from the people, and that rulers do not exercise authority as their own, but as intrusted to them by the people. The Catholic doctrine is that the grant of power is not given by the people, but they only designate who is to wield it As to the priest the people are commanded to seek the law from his lips, and in all matters of civil life appertaining to faith and morals the priest has the right to speak and the people are required to listen. This doctrine, it is said, may be unpopular with modem liberalism, but that does not prove it untrue.”

"A Pastob’s Resignation” is the heading of a paragraph in an exchange. We thought it might refer to the Christian spirit with which he had received a “surprise party” of parishioners, who came to present him with a gold-headed cane or gilt-edged Bible. We were mistaken—he had merely lost his third wife. —Philadelphia Bulletin. What we charitably forgive will be recompensed as well as what we charitably give.

ROASTED ALIVE.

A Steamer BanaeA mb «»• Mtaairertppl, and Upward Tteirty Humaa Live. Extinguished. The Mississippi river passenger steamer Golden aty, bound from Orleans to Cincinnati, was burned just as she was approaching the landing at Memphis, at an early hour on the morning of the 80th nit She carried a crew of about sixty and forty cabin passengers, tadudtag fifteen hidies end nine children. It is believed that at least thirty of the passengers were lost Most of the officers and crew managed to save themselves. The story of the disaster, in full, is embraced tn the appended telegrams from Memphis: The Golden City approached the city near the foot of Beale street and signaled for a landing. Just then the boat was discovered to be on fire. She was directed to shore notwitbstanding, and ran into a number of coal-flats. The fire sprerd with the rapidity of lightning almost, and 800 barrels of oil fed it into a fury in a moment. The boat tried to attach itself to the city dump-boat, but could not succeed in doing so. The flames began in the center of the boat, and spread both ways, and people rushed pell-mell out of their sleep and jumped over upon the dump-boat and coal flats. Efforts to attach the boat proved unavailing, and she drifted away down the river, a thing of glittering splendor. Quite a number of people were on board, and as the whole boat was a mass of flame, fed by the oil, they must all have been burned to death. It was unlike most fires. It was so quick and deadly in its results that women did not have time to shriek nor men to call for help. Everybody was paralyzed with horror. A great crowd soon collected on the river banks and watched the fire. All sorts of rumors were soon spread about the disaster.- The loss of life was variously reported from twenty to 100 souls. The fire was caused by the captain of the watch, who went through the engine room to see if any one was in it. Accidentally the bottom dropped from his lamp into some hemp, which caught fire immediately and spread rapidly, and in almost an instant the boat was doomed. Those who escaped had to do so immediately, and they were not very particular how they got away. Ono individual was seen to leap over upon a coal flat in his night shirt, holding his clothes in bis bands. When he reached terra Anna he was so possessed with fear that he ran away up the levee with the speed of a Kentucky thoroughbred. When last seen he had stopped and was pulling on his pants. One gentleman aboard, who had two or three ladles and the same number of children under his charge, £ itched the children over upon the float, knowig that they never could get off otherwise, and tbeu jumped over with the ladies. Several persons who were about to be left jumped into the water and were pulled ashore, or swam ashore, or were drowned. The condition of those wbio escaped with their lives was pitiable in the extreme. The women had but scant clothing on, and the men were ho better off. Many of them had sustained pecuniary loss. One gentleman sat alone by himself m his night clothes, shivering and crying. His wife and children were lost He seemed to be totally unconscious of his plight For some time so great was the excitement that no attention was paid to him; but a kind-hearted lady living on Shelby street sent him her husband's dressing gown. As the boat was carried away by the current it was noticed that several women and children in their night clothing stood in the stern, with the alternative of rushing into the flames or jumping overboard. As no one saw them fall over it is supposed that they were literally burned to death. Additional fuel was furnished the flames by several tiers of oakum which were consumed like tinder. Those on board hardly knew how they were awakened. The main point was how to escape. The flames had the completest possession of the boat in five minutes, and fearful sheets of flame shot into the air. while immense clouds of smoke enveloped the scene. The one rope holding the boat was unable to stand the strain, and the GoldenOity began gradually to be drawn into the current. Down the river she floated, furnishing to those 'on shore a picture of unrivaled and fearful beauty. The waters gleamed in crimson, and the Arkansas shore was distinctly drawn in red. The steamer did not make a long trip to her doom.

A trail of fire followed her close to shore, then out a short distance into the current. All the time the boat was burning furiously and the fire was eating its way to the water. The boat drifted off beyond President’s island, some 300 or 400 yards, and when withm 100 yards of the Tennessee shore the vessel, with its poor, dead bodies, its cargo and everything, was imprisoned in the waves, and the fierce elements wore soothed in the twinkling of an eye. It is the general impression that those who died wore suffocated to death rather than burned. Afterward those who passed the place saw only a part of the debris and a few chairs upon it. That was the only evidence of the wreck. It was a wonder to most people that there was not an explosion, and the only way this can be accounted for Is that the steam pipe burst, and thus allowed the steam to escape. The most horrible feature of the fire was the death of children. It is supposed that several others in addition to those reported were lost. The little ones were kindly lent a helping hand. The struggle of all classes to get from the boat resulted in great confusion. Agreat number of those on board had to leave without making their toilets. Stowe’s circus was taken aboard at Vidalia, La., and six cages of animals and birds, together with the ticket and band wagons, tents aud horses, were lost. Marion Purcell, one of the pilots, was in the clerk’s office when the alarm first sounded, and he lushed through the cabin, bursting in stateroom doors, awakening passengers. Bo rapidly jjid the flames spread that within five minutes after discovering the fire, which broke .amidships, the after part of the steamer was all ablaze. Those that were saved had to flee in their night-clothes. When the burning steamer touched the wharf the fire communicated to the coal-fleet and the tug Oriole, which also burned. i As near as can be ascertained there were twenty-three ladies aboard the ill-fated steamer, but two of whom, as far as known, were saved. Felix Lehman, who was a passenger, says there was a merry party aboard, and nearly all the passengers remained up until midnight; They had one or two gentlemen aboard who played the piano, and they entertained the passengers with music and singing. He was awakened by having his state-room bursted in, and beard the cry of “Fire!” Seizing his clothes he ran forward and leached the barge just in time, as the next minute the vessel floated down stream. The books of the steamer were lost, so it is mpossible to gather a complete its t of the lost and saved.

A QUARTER’S FAILURES.

The Reports ol tbe First Three Months of the Current Year. The returns of business failures throughout the United States for the three months ending March 31, compiled by R. G. Dun <fc Co.’s mercantile agency, are as follows: Eastern States, 292; Middle, 508; Southern, 700; Western, 523; Pacific States and Territories, 167. Total, 2,190, with liabilities of f30,338,2'M. This is a large increase over the corresponding quarter of 1881, when the failures numbered 1,761, with s24,437,Bsofiiabilities. The increase in the loss by bad debts this year is, therefore, 24 per cent. In 1880 the liabilities of the first quarter were but $12,000,000, but in 1879 they were $43,000,000, and in 1878 $82,000,000 for 3,335 failures, So, as compared with the first quarter of 1878, the first quarter of 1882 shows a good advantage, with 1,165 fewer failures and $52,000,000 less liabilities. In the Dominion of Canada tbe failures for the quarter ending March 31, 1882, were 206, with liabilities of $2,653,000. As compared with 166 and $2,026,000 liabilities for the corresponding period of last year this is somewhat of an increase, but there is a decrease of nearly 5 per cent, both in number and liabilities as compared with the first quarter of 1880.

Mourning Colors.

In Italy -women grieve in white garments and men in brown. In China white is worn by both sexes. In Turkey, Syria, Cappadocia, and Armenia celestial blue is the tint chosen. Tn Egypt, yellowish brown—the hue of the dead leaf—is deemed proper; and in Ethiopia, where men are black, gray is the emblem of mourning. All of these colors are symbols. White symbolizes purity, an attribute of our dead; the celestial blue, that place of rest where happy souls are at peace ; the yellow or dead leaf . tells that death is the end of all human hope, and that man falls as the autumn leaf, and gray whispers of the earth to which all return. The Syrians considered mourning for the dead an effeminate practice, and so when they grieved they put on women’s clothes as a symbol of Veakness, and as a shame to them for a lack of manliness. The Thracians made a feast when one of their loved ones died, and every method of joy and delight was employed. This meant that the dead had passed from a state of misery into one of felicity. Black was introduced as mourning by the Queen of Charles VIII. Before that the French Queens wore mourning and were known as white Queen.

Eni Pebkins cut open a Florida alligator and found pine knots in his stomach. That’s nothing. An alligator is not obliged to make a diet off of rocks and gravel-banks the year round.

ADVICE TO CONSUMPTIVES.

On the appearance of the first symptoms—as general debility, loss of appetite, pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night e wests and cough —prompt measures for relief should be taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease of the lungs —therefore use the great anti-scrofula, or blood purifier and strength restorer, Dr. Pierce’s •‘.Golden Medical Discovery.” Superior to cod liver oil as a nutritive, and unsurpassed as a pectoral. For weak lungs, spitting of blood and kindred ailments it has no equal Bold by druggists the world over. For Dr. Pierce’s pamphlet on Consumption, send two stamps to World's Dispxnsaby Mxdioal Association, Buffalo, N.. Y. The Sultan of Turkey is described as a middle-aged man. of medium size, dressed in plain black clothes made after the European fashion, white kid gloves, and a tar-boosh, such as is worn by all other natives. He looks care-worn, and his face is ghastly pale. Db. Pizbcb’s “ Favorite Prescription,” is everywhere acknowledged to be the standard remedy for female complaints and weaknesses. It is sold by druggists. Thu good die young. The bad live to lie about the weather and are spoken oi as the oldest inhabitants.— Picayune. The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills are fast being superseded by Dr. Pieroe's “ Purgative Pellets.” Sold by druggists. English women are rarely treated in a very complimentary manner by French writers, and a curious description of their habits was given by the late Xavier Aubryet. He declared tha't “ English women live on an average sixty years. Up to thirty they drink water, after that age they drink beer and brandy-.” Breakfast caps (or young ladies are the latest fashion. And, conversely, fashionable young ladies are the latest at breakfast.

HOW VERY ANNOYING.

When one is invited out to a hearty dinner how very annoying to feel such dyspeptic symptoms as retasting of the food, belching, heat in the stomach, heartburn, etc. If thus afflicted your digestive organs are weak. Nothing assists nature so effectively in giving tone and strength to the stomach liver, and bowels as that Queen of all vegetable tonics, Dr. Guysotfs Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It is a certain cure for all kinds of dyspepsia. It also cures nervous weaknesses. It is kind and friendly to the brain. It makes good flesh and . blood. It cures hysteria, nervous excitability, wasting of the muscles, and expels all blood impurities. For brain-workers it is especially beneficial; it checks all tendency to insanity. It removes such symptoms as blotches, skin diseases, dimness of vision, loss of memory, cough, catarrh of the bladder, painful urination, dyspepsia, general despondency, etc.

The man who said he lost his leg beting on an election must have been a twin brother to one of the Missouri Confederate soldiers, who, during the war, were to be paid off at Memphis, provided they had the State’s certificate of indebtedness ; on satisfactory proof of loss of the certificate they could be paid. This one, who lacked the document, on being asked where it was, said he had lost it. How had he lost it ? Lost it playing poker. Mb. Charles A. Reynolds, of Madison, Ind., writes: “For ten years I have been trying to regain my health. Sometimes I doctored for my kidneys, again, I would take cough medicines and consumption cures, and then my dyspepsia would nearly kill me, and I had to doctor for that Hearing of Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla, I bought a bottle. It did me more good than I expected. lam now robust and strong, and have not felt sick for a long time. I feel strong in every part of my body, and at night I eiijoy most refreshing, dreamless slumber.” There are four kinds of men who lose time—the man who is always waiting at the street corners trying to persuade his little dog to catch up to him ; the man who spends four or five hours a day trying to color a bogus meerschaum pipe ; the man who is generally explaining to his friends how and under what circumstances he was presented with his expensive cane, and the man who, having pretty hair, wishes to keep the part in exact shape and appearance.

A Word to Doubters.

Moxboe, Mich., J tine 1881. H. H. Wabneb & Co.: Sim— Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has cured me of severe kidney complaint. liefer ah doubters to me; I can convince them. John Doyle. No olass of real property is appreciating in value so rapidly as forest lands or well wooded areas. They will also be rich legacies to future generations. Thebe is a general complaint among druggists that they cannot get enough of “Dr. Sykes’ Sure Cure for Catarrh” to supply the demand. If thus disappointed write direct to the Doctor, 169 Madison street, Chicago. Trees in the forest may be barren, but trees in the garden should be fruitful. £ob the delicate and complicated difficulties peculiar to women, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the sovereign remedy. Men often judge the person but not the cause, which is not justice but malice. Guard against fever and all malarial diseases by using Kidney-Wort A Philadelphian has champagne served hot for soup at his company dinners. Bend name and address to Cragin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for cook book free. Cant is useful to provoke common sense.

Bev. Mb. Sinclair was among the first to recognize the merits of Holman’s Pad. His testimonial, published in 1875, sold a great number. Recently Mr. 8. brought to our office voluntarily the following : Db. Holman : After suffering for many years from Chills and Fever, in utter despair of cure, I was induced to try Holman’s Pad. Contrary to my expectations, I was cured ; and, as the event has shown, radically. Year after year adds its testimony to the efficacy of the Pad in all malarial complaints. After an experience of five years I desire to reaffirm all I formerly eaid of the virtues of Dr. Holman’s Pads, and earnestly recommend them to the afflicted. Yours very sincerely, J. H. Sinclair. Tompkinsville, 8.1., July 14, 1880. Uncle Sam’s Condition Powdeb prevents disease, purifies the blood, improves the appetite, gives a smooth and glossy coat of bairand keeps the animal in good condition. It cures Distemper, Coughs, Colds, Fevers and most of the diseases to which Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs and Poultry are subject, and should be used by every one owning or having the care of stock. Sold by all Druggists. Pubs ood-ltveb oil, from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declare it superior to all other oils. Try the new brand, Spring Tobacco.

What a Surveyor Missed.

“ What are you going to do now?” asked the old man of the surveyor, who was surveying the line between two farms. “Find the exact line,” was the reply. At this the man wheeled and went off on the gallop, and he was seen no more until the line had been run. The surveyor and the first named farmer had just completed the work when the other came up to within about ten feet of them and asked: “ Well, have you got through?” “Yes, ail through.” “ Ana is the fence a foot on his farm?” “ No; he has two feet of yours, and the fence must be moved so that you can have it.” The man sprang upon a stump, faced a thicket about five rods away, and yelled out: “ You there—Reuben and James and Samuel! The survey is made and we are all right! You Kin shoulder them shotguns and go back to the sawmill, and if you meet the old woman coming with the pitchfork, you kin tell her to turn back and git up a squar’ dinner for the surveyor J’-’— Detroit Free Press.

Colds yield to onions like magic, but Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is a still better and by far more agreeable means of curing a Cold of Cough. You can buy a boitlo for 25 cents at any drug store, and we are sure it will do the work every time.

On TMirty Days' Trial.

Ths Voltaic Beit Go., Marehall. Mich., will •end their Electro-Voltaic Belta and other faeotrio Appliances on trial for thirty daye to any person afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor and manhood. Address as above without delay. N. B.—No risk is incurred, as thirty days’ trial is allowed.

Don’t Die in the House.

Ask druggists for ‘‘Rough on Bats.” It clears out iaU, mice, bedbugs, roaches, vermin, flies, ants, insects. 15a per box Evxby Home should contain Eilert’s Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry. This < elebrated remedy will surely cure Colds, Coughs, Croup, Catarrh, Consumption and all Bronob tai complaints. Common Colds neglected, are the cause of onehalf the d-atba. Don’t wait for sickness to come, but this day take home a bottle of Eilert’s Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry, for it may save the life of a loved one, when delay would be death. Sold by all Druggists, Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Jumper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.

HOW TO SECURE HEALTH.

It is strange ony one will suffer from derangements bronght on by impure blood, when SCO V ILL’S SARSAPARILLA AND STILLINGIA, or BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, will restore health to the physical organization. It is a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, and the BEST BLOOD PURIFIER eyer discovered, curing Scrofula, Syphil tic disorders. Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipe’ss, Malaria, Nervous disorders. Debility, Bilious complaints, and Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Sk'n, etc. BAKER'S PAIN PANACEA cures pain in man and beast. _. DR. ROGER'S WORM SYRUP instantly destroys WORMS.

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HOSTETTER . STOMACH & sitter 5 For a quarter of a century or more Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters has been the reigning specific for Indigestion, dyspepsia, fsver and ague, a loss of physical stamina, liver complaint and other disorders, and has been most emphatically indorsed by medical men as a health and strength restorative. It counteracts a tendency to premature decay, and sustains and comforts the aged and Infirm. W For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.

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Anti-Liquor To come before the public with an absolute cure for drunkenness, or a specific to remove the desire for alcoholic stimulants, seems to many, we have no doubt, an absurdity; such is the case, nevertheless, and before offering ourmedicine to the public we thoroughly convinced ourselves by actual experiment that it would do all we claim for it. Brown’s Iron Bitters, a complete non-alcoholic tonic, will not only remove all the nervous disorders and weakness remaining afterexcessive indulgence caused by liquor, but will absolutely kill that desire for artificial stimulants that every intemE erate man feels driving im to ruin. Brown’s Iron Bitters is also a remarkable and trustworthy remedy (having the confidence of the medical profession) for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and all disorders of the' nerves, muscles, and digestive organs. As a spring tonic for ladies, children, and all that need new life and rich blood, it is without an equal. Price SI.OO a bottle. Get the genuine.

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——■Wr—HMf KKf Tl \torideof Iron, I'< ruvian ass KKb Ks SKKS 1 Urrr/, and IVwA/.h.,rusts* NV KBKKK Bf j Wsl ( a palatable form. the lUf" BKBb IP BJKK™ ft Bb A WRB i"" of iron |m ffßbS^KKK K b K KBKK K / ,hnt u ’ ll ' t>iackm the I G-c/A, so churctcrietic of \other irop pro I X. GENTLEMEN: I have used Bit. HabTXß’* IKON TONIC In my practice, and in an experience M w twenty-five years in medicine, have never found anything to give the result* that Db. Hartxi’l Ibon Tonic doe*. In many cases of Nervous Prostration, Female Disease*. Dyspepsia, and an la»> peverished condition of the blood, this peerless remedy, has in my hands, made some wonderful cure*. Cases that have baffled some of our most eminent physician*, have yielded to this great and Incompare able remedy. I prescribe it in preference to any Iron preparation made. In fact, such a compound a* Db. Habtxb’b Ibon Tonic is a necessity In my practice. DM. ROBERT SAMUELS, St. Locib, Mo., Hoy, feth, 1881. 3ii>4 Wash Avennn, tBBBiSBSSSBBSBBSSBgSSSSSSBSaa natural healthful tone to I the digestive organs and I I^^^V M AV V £ Ks fKf JKKJb nervous system, making I Brdß ’J it applicable to General ( V^Kf KA Kt K Debility, Ja>ss of Appe-\ I^F KKKKKB B KKB KK tite, Prostration of Vital) Powers and Impotence.l I3S’ -s ws MANUFAOTUUD BYTHI DR. HARTIB WICIII 00., tt| U, HAW |f** IT. LOUMk

AM Family Remedy! STRICTLY PUTRE, HARMLESS TO THE MOST DELICATE. BALIAM Thia Engraving npraaenta the Lung* in • baalthy itata.

A STANDARD REHEDY IN MANY HOMES. unrivaled and utterly beyond competition. IN CONSUMPTIVE CASES It approaches ao near a apecifio that " Ninety-five " per cent, are permanently cured where the dlrectiona are strictly complied with. There U no chemical oc other ngrediente to harm the young or old. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

SIO Of Genuine CONFEDERATE MONEY and a 24 page Journal (lILUSTRA TED) sent free to any address for 100. Dr. O. J. Lane. Jackson, Mich.

Hi Consumptlv** and peopl* ■ ■ who have weak lungapraath- M ■ ma, should use Plso’a Cure for M ■ Consumption. It has cur« 4 M thousands. It baa not Injur- ■ ed one. It la not baa to take. ■■ ■ It la the beet cough syrup. Q ■ Sold everywhere. 90C.&51. ■ QHICAGO PITTS! Forty-sovnnth season of the old reliable “Chicago Pittif” Kcpiirutors, the only firat-clasS AproiiMachino now In the market adapted for large or small Jobs, horsoorsteam power; tlieonlw Apron Machine that threshes and rlaan./fax and allarainl por/cofO/. “ Cilicjugo Pitt*” Double Pinion Mounted Horse Powers are the betHn tkawortd - ** A pronounced success in 1881; Hghtnt draft, fiuteat and cleaneet thresher in grain, flax, and clover. Could not supply the demand. Order early. The simplest and most durable machine in the market EKIAIkIEO The Black Hnwk PortarNhlNKX hio and Traction. Abso■llVlllbw lutely Don-cxplosira Water tube Boiler. Will save their coat in fuel nloue. H. A. PITTS* SONS MFC. CO. T and 08. Jefferson St. CHICAGO, ILL. wIM .■ oos Beatty’s RFETIIO VEN Onran contains 10 full seta Golden Tongue Heede,®? bl Ol'S. Walnut or Ebonlaed Case, OOctaves,Metal Foot Plates,upright Bellows. Steel Springs, ImnpStands, Pocket for music, Handies and Rollera for moving, Beatty’s Intent St&p AOtlon, a NEW AND NOVEL KEEDBOaRD (patented,) will give as much iiiuhlo as 14 COMMON OKOANS. No other maker dare build this organ (It Is patented.) ENORMOL’H SIICCESb. Sales over KMOa month, demand increasing. t3T Factory working DAY and by 320 Edison’s Electric Lights at NI <> IIT to fill orders. Price, Boxed, Delivered on board adj? Care here, Stool, Book, Ac., only If after one year’s use yon are not satisfied return Organ, will promptly refund money with lutereat, COH2 AND SXANINS TSIINBTEVKXNT in person. Five Dollars (SB) allowed to pay expenses If you buyjcomeanyway, you are welcome. Tree Coach with polite nttendanto meets all trains. Other Organs #3O, 840, tSOup. Pianofortes f 125 to’flOOO. Jicuutiful llluntvatcilCutdloyuc Please Address or call upon DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey.

THE GREAT CURE f TOR ’ RHEUMATISM i i •' As it la for all disease* of th* KIDNKYB, , LIVER AND BOWM.S. < It oleanass the system of the acrid poison ' that causes the dreadful suffering which < ■' only the victim* of Rheumatism can realise. , THOUSANDS OF CASES of the worst forms of thia terrible rli*e.ee < have been quickly relieved, in a short time ' ' PERFECTLY cured, has had wonderful *ueces*, and an Immense > , sale in every part of the Country. In bun- ' ’ dreds of oases it haecured where all else had . failed. Itis mild, but efflolent, CERTAIN > , IN ITS ACTION, but harmlOM in all casco. ' IW'lt cleanses, Strengthens and gives New ‘ f Life to all the importantorgansof the body. > , The natural action of the Kidney* is restored. ’ The Liver ia cleansed of all disease, and the i 3 Bowels move freely and healthfully. In this > < way the worst diseases are eradicated firom ’ ’ thaeystem. . 3 As it has been proved by thousands that >, < la the most effectual remedy for cleansing the t system of «!1 morbid secretions. It should be . used in every household a* a • I ' SPRING MEDICINE. ’< Always cures BHJOUBNEfIB, CONSTTPA- * , TION, FILES and all FEHALB Diseases. < Is put up in Dry Vegetable Ferm, in tin cans, > | one package of which inaKe* Square* medicine. ’ Also in Liquid Form, very Concentrated for , ' the convenience of thosewnocannoireadilypre- > ’l pare it. Itacu with equal effleieney tn eiHurform. 1 > GET IT OF YOUR DRUGGIST. PRICE. , WELLS, RICHARDSON A Co.. Prop’s. > < (Will rend the dry post-naid.i St gI.IMSTOS. VT. , ftlY WOT WASH Mosir: Twwamwd*. —e Cv Idk It m w..l . LaiuriMil ereMMka Srekq T<i .bnkw. or » brry wv.lh g h.l> <h> tell ■ V bwd,. „ u THICOIt. STRKMOTIIkN »»4 INVIQORATXih. HAia ..r.n.r. d0»-< b. l„ llD b un rt. Trj lh.fr,., *Mnl,b diMovwy vbkb b.a NZVK* TtT rZILBb. S,U ONI.T HIX CXXTB u I>> J. lIONZALu, Sa I*4*, Bwtm, Mm* Senn dUI tatbutam. an.u. no. 14 VMr HEN WRITING TO ADVERTINERII. . • V , please easy you saw the advertisemMt in this paper.