The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 14, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 August 1869 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, T Pnbf‘ﬁhg Weeklyby JOHMN B, STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND RSB bSB 1 P s oot e 3 ! * PERMS OF SUBSORIPTION : : Strictlyin AAVEHCE. .. oyssesiinasnssnss cens e §2.00 If not paid within three m0nth5,....... ...« 226 1f not paid within six montha,.......ce..iess 2.50 Atthefndogthe FOAL asssranassarsonrersanss 8.00 t#- Auy person sending a club of 20, accompanied with the cash, willbe entitled to a copy ot the paper, for one year, tree, of char e. -

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POWER PRIESS i Hy { : i PRINTING QFFICE, A ! ‘ . i We would respectfully inform the Merchants and Business men generally that we are now . prepared to do altkinds of - 3 PLAIN & FANCY PRINTING, In as good style and ataslow rates as any pub- ; lishinig house in Northern Indiana, = Michigan South. &N. Ind’a R. R. On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: i GOING EAST: b ‘ - Bwpress. Mait Trabh. CRICARD, .- ks iicismens BB Py My sl i) € ok 11 T BOSURaR £ T Rils£ T P ¥ A ﬁ?ﬁheuﬁ"""h"";l‘"g,:?‘ ;‘ g'&?rl‘l. LOrBDULE. e+ ¢« (AOR'LBLOD) eau v vy, 12225 | Ligonior Rl e 41 TR R TT R Wawaka. . .........i{don’t 8top) .......12:58 ». M, Brimfleld ... ... eviodlst 0 s oih L T 1 Kendallviilg | 5.0 511 zog oo [ll[7 108 ¥ Arrive ut Toledo .......2:45 A M ........5:05 a b GOH%G WEST; Mail Triin: : j N ail Traing Toledo i .s. .1{':%231,*‘l M.0.00i55.10:50 A W Kendallville, ».ousses 03206 Acda.,.oiene . 2:30 P M, Brimtleld. . . ..oi . i 8223 1 % ~ S Y Wawaka., cosbevasivsss o W(i wd i 8200 120 Li{z0nict...............3:45 Wi il e Millersharß,, .. .i) M sp b i BBS - * IGoshen; deicasonenecn “‘%nﬁ S aisibenanßeßL 4 RIRBATE, .ol LY ol 8810 8 Atrive ‘at Chicago.,.. 9:00 ** ~....... *Stop 20 minutes for‘br.eg‘kfast and supper. ‘l«:x{»n;tm leayes daily ooth ways. Mail Train make# close connection at Elkhart with traing going Edst and West. o 1 0. P WATCH; Gen’l Supt., Chicago. J.JOHNSON, 4gent, Ligonier,

| .M. DENNY, 1z Attorney at Law,—Albion, Nobleco., Ind. : Will give careful and prompt #ttention to all businegs enttgsted to his care, i: 8-6 .| 'DJsW.C.DENNY, . Physician and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ird. Will: premptly n:difnmufnﬂy attend to all calls in the line of his profession—day or ni}ght—iu town or any distance in the country. Pcrsons wishing his serviees at-night, will Inng him at his father®s residence, first d%or east of Meaghet & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when absout, should be left. | 1-1 .. WM., L. ANDREWS, - R Surgeon Dentist. Y PPMitchel’s Block, Kendallville. ' All wdrk warranted. Examinations free. 247 ee N e !?l)ll. L. W. KNEPPER, . Relectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. All djseases of the Lungs and Throat successfnlly treated by inhalation. No® charges for consulL:\t.ion_g. Office with- W. W. Skillen, esq. 1-8 DR. P. W. CRUM, . o T &t . Physician and Surgeon, l‘igdliiel', « uw. . Indiana. Offige me door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs, A May 12th, 1869. 4. \V(J\;u g _ W. D. RANDALL, . CARR & RANDALL, , < [ 1 Physicians and Surgeons, " LIGONiER, - - - - - - IND., Will promptigatiend all calls intrusted to them. Ofiiee on-4th'Bt,, pne door east cf the NarioNan < Bannenr ofiice. f . 343 EXCRLSIOR LODGE, NO. 267, I. O. ‘()i. Oc l:‘ﬂo, Meets at their all on every Saturday evening of each week. H. R. CORNELL, N. G. A JACKSON, 1. 4. WM. MANNING, - Novy, 2bth, 1868.—tf. Secretary. . A.C. JENNINGS, : | Attorney at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agent.—Rome City, Ind. : business entrusted to him Eromftly attended Is also AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL BAN--7 S ¥ January 1, 1868, e e " Wornex & MORRIS, : . B. Awvozrn, Bt Wagne: ... 44 3) . Albion: WORDEN, MORRIS & ALYORD,, : Attorney’s at Law. i Will attend, in connection,” to litigated suitsin the several Courts of Noble Connty. , 2-13tfii. THOMAS L. GMVES, Attorney at Lo and Justice of the Peace. Wilkgive carefal and pm'mg?ﬁlﬂcnﬂbntn all busness entrusted to his care., cé in_the building lately occnpied by the Pirst National Bank of Kendallville, Ind.: F.c o o i may 22 e et e ———————— " FAMES McCONNELL, . | G’ENERAL 'CT’O‘LLECTIN'G AGE’NL : . COMMERCIAL BROKER. ; SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. e siE 8 B T ke NOTARY PUBLIC, Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana . SAMUEL E. ALVOBD, . | .Attorndy &t Law, Claim -Agent, and Notary Public;: Albion, Noble Co., Ind. | hnnsl!‘neulg the Qourts, %%hns.of %Migﬁl c:::ed [ ¢irs, Conveyan ~soromptly and care;E fuﬁl; nt,{:ﬁdégi tg@ (ﬁnbghawﬂdgme’;itg,‘ "Deposi- ‘! tions and Affidavite; taken and certified. . . - . | o b e S s b S f J4y i 1 il itg. » i 1 F A | 'GANTS ‘& MILLER, | Sum‘?l‘ “and Mechanical Dentiels, ' " 'LiGONiER, - . INDIANA, L FAOSSISTT L T Ave Prapared T e 1 ) an{;hln i s R N .%!gf_theirl e, f Vi (a e . succesfal pracN e . D them in sayh?; , 'Be e S that they can WYYy o b ‘ &4”“‘% k) Who faay Destow thelr patronage, 8 enm : o " atronage. 7 Offies nmy.bnildgng, ; 3 ‘: ¥ W 14y gk % 3 BITTIKOFFER, o RN KR LY e WATCHES, CLOCKS, W L VAL, VLD, - JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, i ¢ ; :c.tm;.,ae. L 9‘? ' Allkinds of work done upon the shortestnotice n boy 8 ) 4 1 ; bin Bowen's new Brick Block, Kendalyillo o T A . : Ba SACK -BROTHERS, g ) "1k ® £ sk e £k g ",.f-;': ¢ . it i‘m@ 'e‘?‘m %& Grocers- . ÜbvinStréet, Ligonter, Indiana, ”‘i“;;} Sl dair Taadgvion ) Susldy ﬁe:ioa esh sty ﬂ,'Pie', ("Jakel,&p”.. ! es, P A*eu'u po e T': R DR t MX‘\;:-J"‘ ,‘r p :’, ' z" . - s ) o maﬁ? US])Z Sl GOSHEN,: L.- L .. m:;nm . ENIGHT & TAYLOR, Pr = % R gt ) 8, ic ‘gommodion f' T im b 'Mﬂ‘»‘“’ﬁ Waas, and it 1B L@ ,‘?'4 oge of thep ern prietors to make the *VioLrrr” second to mohouse/iaiie county. Stagds lewve dlly for Gomenen Yl Fnenb, o g sail X DIRILW I ﬁ i iolo OB S il ~ 4v ‘ 3@» ;ﬁ’ A,«_‘*?*ﬁs v, Eoe ST IR R 5 “‘ ‘A“} | jast completed & now Browery, for the manufacs 2R T 3 |be W - The ‘g Lo Roeaegs i G

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0. WOODRUYF, - f @. 8. WOODRUTY, WOODRUFF & SON, ECLECTIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEOXNS, LIGONIER, < = = = - =~ INDIANA. | Will attend promptly all calls from town and country. Omeetnl)r”? Store of Baruett & Cal— Residence north side | Railroad, 4-11, e ee i el bttt : B. . BEEBE, | JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Conveyanclng done. Notes collected pmmiﬂy. Office, with Lewis Covell, in Shinke’s Blocky LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. * May 26th, 1869.—1 y. § ,________.._____..._._,_—_.——-——“-—-—-—-—-—-———‘— E. RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, . Cavin strect, Ligonier, Indiana, Sgecial attention given boconveynnctngrand ¢ollections. Deeéds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn mp and all legal business attended to promptl and accurately. May 26th, lgw, PRODUCE BROKERS. STRAUS BROTHERS ‘Would recPectfnny‘ announce to their customers and the public in ieneral that they continue to &nrchuse PRODUCE at the highest market Kﬂ(ws. aving -no bu{er on the streets, farmers having groduce for sale will please call at our office inthe rick Clothing Store. i Ligonier, April 29, 1869.—tf - -

F. W. RTRAUS, JACOB STRAUS. Exchange and Brokers’ Office, ¢ LIGONIER, IND. - | Bx{; and sell Exchange on_all principal cities of the United States, and sxLy Exchanqe on all mnclgal cities of Europe, at the verylowest rafes. They also sell passage tickets, at very lowest figures, to -alqugﬂnclpal seaports of Europe. 8-batf N. B.—The ireaent price of %)usea;ze in steerage from New York to Hambnrg.? lgmauch. Lonidon gdd‘Cherbourg‘ has been reduced to only §3O in

KELILEY HOUSEK, Hendallville, Ind. | This is a First-class House, situated on Main Street, in the central part of the City, making it very convenient for »x}Fents, Runners, and all other transient men visi nﬁlonr City, to do busimess without going{far from the House. General Sm%e office for the North and South.' Stabling for forty horses. - Livery, and Free 'Bus. . i | Los J. B. KELLEY, Proprietar. G. W. Grezx, Clork. :

BAKERY AND RESTAURANT i | BY ; Ty . B. HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied at all times with fresh Biscuits, Bread, | Pieg, Cakes, |l i " Crackers, s | &e., &c., Wedding parties, pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on short notice, and in the very latest,styleﬁon reasonable terms, Oysterd and warm meals furnished at all hours. Charges- reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisfy the ‘‘inner man.” A Jan’y 6,69.-4 f

_H. C. MISSELHIORN, ° MANUFAOTURER OF CHOICESEGARS, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind, Mbgr 6th, 1867. ; :

GO AND SEE i GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s ' 3 —NEW—JEWELR ~ STORKE, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. Tkey have just recéived the finest assortment and e latest styles of JEWELRY, : ) ! SILVERWARE, : i CLOCKS, ETC., Also the best American Watches. Only ¢)me and see them. ¢ e : All fine work done and satisfaction gnaranteed. Shop opposite Miller’s new block. - i Kendaﬂville, Ind., June 26th, 67. tf.

ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, ¢ at the office of the- i i “'HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELKHART, "~ - - - - - IIND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have esmliliahcd a Book Bindery, | In connection with our Yrinting Office, and are now prepared to do all kinds of Binding; ' such ag Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, Music, promptly/and i on reasonable terms. apr. 29th, '68.-tf. . * " "JOHN F. FUNK.

"JOHN B. GOODSELL & CO, - HATS, CAPS, STRAW AND { : Men’s Furnishing Goods. (L. 081 WATRR STRERT, = ) CLEVELAND, OHIO. . A‘May 27.|'68.—1y. - EaT 4 _‘__‘ 'HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, - ; AND DEALERS IN . ' Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOGDS. Repairing neatly and promptly executed, &nd / joore b warranted. { GOLD PENS REPOINTED.. ' & ‘ﬁﬁcmm of the best kinds kept ‘constanwy on £Fsi ch treet, Ligoni anst e S PRT Pr e Rl HART & DUESLER, L “GEN]’!%B"A‘]; DEALERS N oy oo o; ° ; Groceries £ - Provisions, (In the brick bullding formerly occupied by J- ; b Decker), i F oo . CAVIN ST., LIGONIER, I;,ND‘E 589 et v R ¥ 4 only, anabiet .88 er: than those bﬁﬁmﬂ’iﬂaﬁgﬁn ec&gmt jgtem, Please cill and examine for ‘yourselves, %‘gnm ,W&m{ﬂlgmﬁne{m&ypmdqe& B — % b s i 3 i : ‘:.u !_______ Old Groshen: Brewery | FOR SALE! B e ot e e ong e g’éz;"ﬁ};%m;gw Qn‘hki};l _-'a'njﬁm;‘lsix : .the establishm i - othermtovm%‘ cém_lsmmwo 00fl. mﬂ: T T loos 1 gehitg 12 30, convart. tho Jtopetty’ 80 that Imay be able to settle all my debts. A e & ML S e b o Bt L nwwwzxz

FREDDIE. ‘RY WM, NUBBARD. il : - How darkly vu'!d densely the cypreéss leaves i w! - ; How oo!%d how dark is the shadow they . throw, : 8o solemn, so ii,lent, 80 sombre and dead, _ On the grave where we laid down our beautiful degd. : s He is gone, we shail hear his light footsteps : nemore; ©-. _ He has crossed the cold stream to the shad- * owy shore: i . Long we stood on the briak, looking out in the night, 5 i *~ 'Till the mist on the waves hid the loved one from sight. 2 00l : | HE - ; We return to the bome now so desolate ; . made — : e To the;chair where he sat—to the hearth * where he played—- - To his clothes, to his toys—with one bright ‘ tress of hair, And with hearts broken'down by the load © © of despair. - Iv. ' . Oh, blessed Belief, whose clear eyes can behold t 'Thro’ the Ploom of the cypress the gateway , of gold— The city cefutinl whose glorified throng Welcome home the redeem’d with the ser- : aphim’s song. = ' ; ¥. : In the dn{ dawn of Bliss we shall see him z the same— sl R e ; ‘We shall meet our lost darling and call him by name — [l ; By the pet nawe he bore while he gladden- ' ed onr hearth With his footfall, and pratile, and infantile mirth. . i f ML ; We shall look in his eyes, darkened now ‘with death’s night, ; Re-illumledbwit_h the glow of Eternity’s ) ig g ' X z We shall hear his dear voice 1n the cheru- : bim’s land, , | i A new song on his lips, a new harp in his ! hand. ; VIL i Oh, brigbt were the days ef the summers now fled, Ere we laid down our darling to sleep with the dead: But the balmiest day of the Junes that are gone . Is as nought to the day which shall hereafter dawn. : o CNI : F it The light of that.day will illumine forever The vales that lie green just across the ; dark river ; Where. the lost shall be found, where no ; parting is known, s We shall clasp thee' and keep thee, our beautiful one. - ) : —Napoleon Northwest. /

OUT OF THE WRONG POCKET., Mr. Taggard frowned as he observed the pile of bills by his: plate, placed .there by his prudent economical wife, not. without. an anxious flutter at the heart, in anticipation of the scene that invariably followed. He actnally groaned as he read the sum total. ; g “There must be some mistake, Mary,”” he said pushing back his plate, with a desperate air, “it is absolutely impossible for us to’ have used all these things in one month 1” .~ ° “The bills are correct, John,” was the'meek response; ¢I looked them over myself.” 5 L ‘ “Then one thing is certain; provisiong are either wasted—thrown out of the window, as it -were—or stolen ! Jane has relatives in the place, and I haven’t the least doubt but that she supports them entirely out of what she steals I

Mrs. Taggard’s temper was evidently rising ;. there were two round, crimson spots upon her cheeks, and she tapped her foot *nervously upon the floor. . : ¢

“I am neither wasteful, nor extrav‘agant, John. And as for. Jane, I know her her to be perfectly honest and trustworthy.” - . e “It is evident that there is a leak somewhere, Mary, and it is your duty a 8 g wife, to find out where itis, and stop it.” Our billsare perfecily enormous ; and if this gort of a thing goes on much longer; I shall be a bankrapt 1?7 i ] S - Mrs. Taggard remained “silent try- | ing to choke down the indignant feelings that struggle for utterance. : * “You will have to order some coal,” she said at last, “we have hardly sufficient for the day.” : _ _ “Is there anything more, Mrs. Taggard 7’ inquired her husband ironically. g %9 °y-!‘Y-es ;- neither myself nor the chil‘dren are decently or comfortably clothed, all need an entire new outfit.” “Go on, madam. Asl am a man of unlimited meuns, if you have any other wants, I hope you won’t be at all backward about mentioning ’em.” “I.don’t intend to be,” was the qui--et spirited reply. . “I wouldn’t do for another:what 1 do for you, for double my board and clothing. Both the parlor and sitting-room need refurnishing;, ,av_ergtbin‘g looks 80 .faded and shabby, that I am ashamed to have. any one call. And the stairs need re-carpeting, the blinds and gate repaired, and the fence painged.” “That can’t be all, madam, are you sure that there is not something else 7"’ I don’t think of anything just now, gir ; | though if there should be a few ' dollars' over and above what these will cost, they won’t come amiss. I ghould like to have a little change in my pocke, if only for the novelty of the thing. You need’nt fear its bein’g,l wasted ? o et oy il Vs

Mr. Taggard wasevidently not a little astonished at this sudden outbreak in his unusually quiet and pa--tient wife, but who, like most women of that stamp, had considerable spirit when it was aroused. ¢ iy

#Now, that you are through, gerhaps ‘you ‘will let me say a word.— Here ig all the money Tcan spare you this month, 8o you ¢an make the most of it.” e Laying. .a roll.of bills on the table he walked to the deor remarking just before 'he closed it, “that he should leave town' on the next train, to'be absent about a week.”:

The revery into which she fell, as she listened to the gound of his retreating foo‘%s, ‘was far 'from being a pleasant die. vAside from her natural vexation; she felt gricved and eaddened by the change that had come oyer her once_ kind, indulgent. hushand.— with the. greed of gain, the desire to »?-.Zg%f“’“‘ oo o ot e

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1869.

ure ot hoarding it. And this migerly feeling grew upon him daily, until he seemed to gmﬁe his family the common comforts _of life. And yet hisi wife knew that he was not only in rerceipt of a comfortable income from his business, but had laid by a surplus, yearly, ever gince their marriage. " Bhe taxed her ingennity to save in every posgible way, but when the monthly bills were presented the samescene was enacted, only it grew worse and worse. i

. And this penuriousness extended to himself. He grudged himself, as well as his wife mgr children, clothing, suitable to his means and station, and went about looking so rusty and shabby that his wife often felt ashamed of him, inwardly wondering it he eould be the same man who hag wooed and ‘'won her. .

With a heavy sigh she took up the roll of bills upon the table, hoping to find enough to'pay what was already due—she did not look for more. =~

An ejaculation of astonishment burst from her liis‘ ‘aB she unrolled the paper in which it was folded. It comtained $5OO in bills, and a check for $5OO more. Eo

. With a Jook of quiet determination ‘in her eyes Mrs. Taggard arose to her feet. “The family should now have some of the comforts to which they were entitled, if they never did again.” First she settled every bill, a heavy weight being lifted from her heart as she did 80, besides getting a fresh supply of fuel and other comforts. Her next move was to order new furniture for the sitting-room and parlor, have the hall re-carpeted and papered, the ‘broken doorstep mended, and the fence and blinds painted and repaired. She then took the children out, and got them new garments, from hats to shoes. She bought herself three new dresses; a neat gingham for morning wear, a delaine for afternoon, ang something nicer for best. 'And before going home she took the children into a toy-shop, delighting the boy with the skates he had so often asked for, and giving the girl the chief wish of Lzer heart, a doll and’ doll’s wardrobe not forgotting ‘some blocks for her baby. For, like a wise, as well ag kind mother, Mrs. Taggard desired to make their childhood a happy one ;— something to look back upon with pleasure through their whole lifetime. Neither was John forgotten ; by the aid of some old garments, for a pattern, she got him an entire new suit, together with stuff for dressing gown and slippers. _ s The day on which Mrs. Taggard expected her husband’s ‘return was a very busy one, but at last the carpets were down, the paper hung, and everything in “apple-pie order.” Ie was expected on the five o‘clock train, and she set the children, attired in their pretty new dresses, at .tﬁe window to **watch for' papa,” while she went below to assist Jane in preparing something extra-for supper.— She had just returned when Mr, Taggard was seen agprbacbing‘ the house. It looked so different from what it did when he left, that he 'stared at it in amazement, and would have hesitated about entering, had it not been for the name on the newly burnished door-plate. 'But he was still more 3stonished when he entered.

“Am I in my own house, or somebody’s else?’ he ejaculated, as he looked around the bright and pleasant room. 5 i

- It is the new furniture I have been buying,” said his wife, smiling. ‘How do you like it S “Have you been running me in debt, Mary ?” 7 : . “Not in the least, John; it was all bought with thé money you so generously left when you went away.” ' ' - ‘Mr. Taggard clapped his hand into one of his gockets. ¢, L “Good heavens !” he exclaimed in an agitated tone and . manner, “1 gave it to you out of the wrong pocket!” .. His ‘wife did not look 'at all astonished or disturbed at this announcement; on the contrary, her countenance wore a very smiling and tranquil aspect. . : i “You do not mean to say you've spent it¥’ he inquired, desperately. “Why, what e?ao -should I do with it, John? = You told me to make the most of it; and I rather think I have.” e Ty “] am a ruined man !” groanedthe ‘husband. e s el

“Not a bit of it, m{ dear husband,” gaid his wife, cheerfu }y; “you would not |be ruined if you 'had given me twice that amount. Besides, I have saved enough for our housekeeping expenses for three months, at least— I.think you had better give me an al-: lowance for that purpose in-futare ; it: will save us'both annoyance.” : The children, who had been led to’ consider what their mother had bought them' as “presents from papa,” now cfowded eagerly around him. ~ John Taggard loved his childyen,and it would be difficult for any one having the kind and tender heart that' he redlly possessed, to turn away from the innocent smiles and caresses that were lavished upon him. e And when his wite approached with the dressing-gown amLBB‘ pers, he not: only allowed her: to' indpmét himi into them, but returned the ‘loving caresses with which she ‘assured *ém- “that he appeared as young and j_’ﬁiﬁﬂ})ﬁe : QR OVEE. " ioar s eke

It ‘was a smiling . group that gathered around the cheerful supper table. And as Mr. Paggard glanced from the gleeful children to the smiling face ofhis wife, who certainlg felt herself ten years younger, attired in_her new and becoming gress, he came to.the conclugion that though it might cost something to make his family comfortable, on the whole, to use a common but expressive phrase, “it paid.” ‘We.do not mean to say that he was entirely cured ;«,:‘famion 80 stmng:& not, 80 easily eradicated. ‘But when: th(; pﬁ& mi@erllyﬁfe;l;lnt camé-'m:r him, ‘and he 'began to dole - out grudgingly: the mesuewih *‘*‘“ﬁ%‘:ﬁ 5 Tnughingly.any secvTon e Jaking it out, of Eg A% rong ‘pocket, John!"— ‘words which seemed to have a m

al effect upon both heart and purse- . “Let us have it comfortable as we g Ajonﬁ;’ she would often’ say, as ‘she laid her face lovingly to his; “‘nor ‘grudge our children the innocent pleasures natural to youth; for the . pme ‘of laying up for them the wealth that is, too often, a.curse rath_er than a blessing.” = = = eet o Aot e 11 A Sensible Girl. ~ Some writer, to us unknown, tells this story. Twenty years' ago a young man who had paid attention to & bright, sweet girl, g: a long time without making anything that was even a second cousin to a proposal, was startled one evening by the qnes‘tion : “Robert, do you want to marry me 1’ He tried tosevade the point by asking why she put. such a question to him. - “Because, if you do not want ‘to marry me, _you must stop. coming to wee me. No mocking bird aroun the red bird’s nest, you know.” Rob--ert took the hint, and with .a_cool ‘good night’ walked home. ~What a%oum he care fora girl so rude as +hut. CGoud company as her, else‘where. He wo:l)sﬁoin the club next day. He tried to a{eeg,‘but couldn’t. He didn’t quite like the turn things bad taken. The figure plagued him. If he was a mocking -birg, who was the red bird that he was keeping away from such a fitting partner? At any rate one thing is certain, Edna is as smart, as she is pretty, said he to himself, and she means business.— The next morning Robert went to the counting’ room, It was a long day. Business had dragged. : Things went wrong. He was glad to go home, only it wasn’t home, He took a book, 1 but found himself trying to read the coals in the grate and Egnres on wall, instead of the page. He threw himself on the lounge, but it was dreadfully dall. He stood it for awhile and then put on his hat and walked down to the widow Cragie’s. He stepped up to the door as usual, but Edna was engaged. He asked to have her called. It seemed a month before she appeared. He arose from his seat and met her in the middle of the room, and said, “Edna, I have come here on business. I am tired of being your mocking bird, and want to' be your | red-breast; will you be my wife?” “What do you say 7’ said Edna, her face suffused with blashes. “Soon as I can make a nest,” Robert replied. *I believe both the red-breasts join in building the nest,” said Ed'lxga, “and I want to do my part.” his was twenty years ago. To-day one of the handsomest mansions' in one of our. cities is the nest of a wedded pair, whose life has been sweet as a bird’s song, and whose hearts, like their affections are as young as ever. There is a great deal more .in yntﬁn’g a little straightforward business, at the beginning of life, than is generally supposed. Lo gl g

A Word to Wives, Some sensible writer says 'a wife may love her husband and her children, and may perform her ordinary duties fait,hlully, and yeg ruin ‘her husband by her foolish ambition — But let a woman’s ambition turn or show and seeming rather than on sub-. stance and reality, and she will drive her husband to ruin, unless he is made of uncommonly good stuffi.. She wisheB to équal the best. . She is ambitious. of clothes, of a fine, but for him, extravagant ‘table. She ‘envies every one more prosperous than her husband is. Bhe wishes’a house a little beyond his means ; she will have clothes not consistent with his income; she demands expensive pleasure which suck up his slender earnings; - she brirgs him "“in - debt, keeps him feverish with anxiety, finally poisons his very honesty. Many a man bréaks down in ‘reputation and beomes a castaway, under the stimulation of his wife’s dishonest. ambition. For to live beyond one’s means is ‘dishonest, and to desire to do 8o is to désire & dishonest thing. ' Tet 4 woman scatter' 'faster than her husband can’ 'ﬁst'h.et ; let her ‘ notions of duty send her gadding af- ‘ ter everybody’s business but her own; let her religion be severe and censori-. ous, and stand along the path of duty like & thorn locust hedge on s garden walk, which pricks and tears every- ' body that goes near it ;' let her secard ‘the art,_of making home nucomforta-. ‘ble, and.. of tempting: her husband;to prefer any other place to it; let her, ‘use him as seamstresses do pincush:, \ions to stick pins.in; and she will ru/in any commonly clever fellow in a fow years. Having" deiven him to' a vdrugiib.f-&'s"g‘ra%i she can muffle her %:martzred' yréd heart under the funeral ‘smelling ‘crape, ‘and walk in comely black until some new victim "‘helps' her L\pnt on again hed weddi?gv suit. .

An 'American mipister of fine descriptive power was on one,occasion preaching ahout heaven; and, toshow the absurdity of Emanuel Swedenborg. on the subject, drew a graphic picture, .of ‘the Swedenborgian heaven, with its beautiful fields, fine horses, cows, ‘and pretty women ;' and, in the midst' of his glowing description, “a' good old sister, “carried away with ' the'scene,’ went into raptures 'and ' éxclaimed—“Glory | glory ! gloryd” . The preach-: ‘er-was 8o disconcerted that he paused,: ‘seeming: hardly to know wha, to do,: till the presiding .elder in the stand, . behind him cl:i.eg_ out to the shouter:, !: “Hold on, there, sister ; you are shouting oyer the wrongheaven ! .

. 'WHO MoVED Dls' WELL {—An exchange tells of a wag who once attended a nigger ball and noticed that: i the mokes made fra,%ugnt visits to a. 'well back of the house .to refresh, ‘themselves. after dancing. Being a christian of much humor withont the fear ot the civil nih?'é‘bﬂl before his eyes, he moved thé well'curb a foot, or two beyond, and awaited the issue, with the “serene calmness of a chris-tian=;mx-‘lie holds the éoagzm-’;'a Pmmﬂ o] mime\ e odar “,5‘ "_~ f fé’%atmk&’ for the erb, Mslm i, he Vel whto s hocs stuck fuet i the mad, and heryelled e - uGorts vﬂ%o dis Wil e 'l'so out here de last time!”

; . From the Chicago Tribune. THE PROMIBITORY PARTY. There iz a call published for a National Convention gfu:n &bcia in favor of a general law prohibiting the sale of liquor, to be held in Cluoggo on the Ist of September, aud it is proposed by this convention to snbstitute the Frohibig.ion of stimulating beverages or all the other political issues upon which the people and parties have been divided. | :

-Nearly a 2u¢rter of a century ago the scheme of suppressing the sale of liquor by legal enactment, as a means of preventing its use, was put into operation in the State of L&’ine.’ The prohibitory advocates in all sections of the country proposed the same measures of legal coercion in their re:gective States, and for several years he prohibitory question entered largely into local polities. Pending the practical trial of the law in Maine a few other States hastily adopted it.— The result of twenty years’ strict and urgent effort to enforce such laws has demonstrated l&e{bﬁd all controversy certain facts. These are: | '

1. That the prohibition of the sale of liquor has not sensibly diminished its nse by those who would have used it had no such law existed. -

2. That tbe prohibition of its sale tends to’an increase in tlibe use of it among certain classes of society, especially young men, who, to evade the law, form clabs and keep their rooms largely stocked with liquors, and where they meet and drink to excess.

3. That such laws never reformed ‘& drunkard, nor kept a man sober who otherwise would get drunk. . 4. That the general effect of the law has been prejudicial to society, because it leads to criminal evasions of the law, begets a popular approval of the violation of law, and induces false swearing and other demoralizing offences. | L : For these reasons thousands of the purest and. most earnest men who otnee advocated such laws have since .condemned them,. and have urged _their repeal wherever they existed.— A large number of prominént . prohibitionists and clergymen voluntarily testified beforei comumittee of the Magsachusetts Legislature, eighteen months ago, to the utter failure of the law in a-moral sense, and to its direct and yositive evil results. So universally Eas this failure of the law been under‘stood that its supporters have gradually dwindl,eﬁ away, and until recently the scheme has been substantially abandoned. | In this State, as perhaps in. other States, the Legislature has enacted .& general authority to each town or municipality to license, or to refase to license, and thereby prohibit ‘the Bsale of liquor in such towns. Many towns, éspecially thqse in: close proximity to the larger cities, have, under this, .power, prohibited the sale of liquor within their jurisdiction.— But the u%'of liquor generally has not been thercby diminished. All those who want spirits buy it by the gallon; or buy ale and beér by the keg or barrel, and keep it on their own premises, where they drink it to excess and teach their children to drink it. e I :

. - While ‘we'freely admit and deplore the fact. that drunkenness or the immoderate UT) of liquor in any form is a great evil; and is productive of incalculable mizery, we think that there is a gress exaggeration in the supposed number of drunkards, outsié’e of the cities, and in the general effect which the uge of liquor has upon mankind.: It may be that man would be better off if he never made use of any kind of gpirituous or'vinous stimulants, just aB, many, people think he would if he neverrusesﬁotea. coffee or any other stimulant, and if he abstained from smoking or chewing.. Butthe prohibitory law permits no difference of opinion on this %oint, and ‘assumes the power to prohibit its sale, né matter what may be the real fact. That gomé men cannot use gpirits' safely to ‘health iz as true as that others’ cannot use tea, eoﬁeé or tobacco without injurious- results, ‘and, because of this | comparatively limited. evil, the.prohibitionista propoge.to deny its use to all | It is a very liberal estimate to say there is one, or, at: the outside, two ' habityal drunkards in_ each hundred ‘of the population of the United States. 'The ’ remaining" niil’et‘y'-:gght or nine 'persons may be ‘divided ‘into three classes, thussi. 3. ﬁ.’lﬂeﬁe&n who use {liguor to guch an. extent that, while it. does not nnfit. them for business, generally impairs' their vigor. '2. FifAy who' use -i%oceneioually,v'us_nd- in stich moderation that it is to" them, if not a benefit, certainly no injury ; and 3. Thirty who never, or rarely, touch it in any shape. Society, therefore, is. called upon, becanse one person in each hundfed becomes & drunkard, to ‘prohibit the use of all kinds of liquor to the minety-nine ‘others. It secks to' 'coerce, by the terrors of the law, ‘ninety-ning men who are abld'to take ‘care of themselves, am# who are free. from evil, | that the ether one person .may not have an: opportunity to rain fhin{self. xﬁﬂhe wodnfgzsnet ;et«ie,aeh-. ‘ed that sslf.saeﬁﬁ¢in€4pq_int; . There {has been “strong diink” in use among ‘men f{;m the earliest dates of history ;. there “have' been ' drunkards ' among ‘men in dfl that'time;; and yet, at this’ late day in the ageé-of the human family, the’ vice does not make )&:ﬁ&i‘df. ‘more than one per cent, of the popu-' mw:fs nan naturé that is more . merciful i{;'i{s_“ ravages? We are not &nmafu of the fact .t 'Mi;theﬁ ggiéts' iof .intemperance are mot .eonfined to. Iy, ‘who are rendered miserable - e { KBS g i 4. ”’ use ‘Q‘"" . " and ‘?ﬁ iiéian £ whiel L intemperance leads him.. .. But these consequential evils are not peculiar to in-.

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to other and remote and innocent There has never been an instance where human frailties have been prevented by statute. ' Sin, with its inseparable attendants, sorrow and shame, has never beeu arrvetcd by mere homan enactments. | Virtue, which has no other protection than the statute book, can hardly be said to be out of danger. = = -1! A prohibitory law proposes to interfere with the social geedom' and personal feelings of ninety-nine men out of each hundred, and, therefore, necessarily arrays against it the great body of society. Such laws are not injerpositions to rescue the drunkards, but are an unjustifiable interference with the innate and indefeasiblc right of every citizen to regulate and control his personal cond%::-.t and his social -affairs as he pleases, 8o long as he does not disturb the rights of others. The great bulk of the population are temperate ; excesses in drinking are not more common than excesses in btheltl'l };ma;tbetd l,a. ‘and ;l;ede attempts at prohibitory laws, being oppoagd to pthe “general rights of men, weaken the cause of tem&eran'ee;-by-driving into" opposition the bulk of the really temperate classes of society. | e Sl

The national prohibition party can never achieve its purpose by physical force. It must necessarily ge recruited from the other two parties. The Democjatig party has shown no disposition to abandon the national issues to which it has devoted its existence, to take up the ;}:;-a‘ctically exg}odedg theory of prohibitory law.— he Republican party has yet a long series of years of useful labor to render the country. It has to reduce the taxation of the people, pay off the national obligations, and so provide for the perpetuation of the Union’ that we shalf have no repitition of the civil war, nor further interruption to the national growth and prosperity. = From parties having these broad national issues of public policy, affecting the personal rights and property of the whole people, it is not likely’ that there will swarm a new party, superior to both, having forits one idea.the subjugation of the many because of the misfortune of the few. ; ¢ | Mow is this for High? | - "Alf. Burnett is in Georgia and writes from Mexico to the Qincinnati Commercial : 1 ! S I believe I am known to bé a “liber-ty-loving cuss,” and untainted with modern Democracy, “so-called ;”” but I do not believe the South ought to be allowed (if the people of the North ever want their future friendship of love,) to govern themselves, and wuot to be governed by the blacks. Allowances must be made for their prejudices, and if more Northern men would visit the South, and be with them a few months, they could not fail to sympathize with them in their troubles.— Those hasty visits of committees, who only stop long enongh to take a drink and eat a dinner, and talk with Northern men, resident here, are not the ones to be relied upon for a fair statement. It wants a converse wjith numerous people ; a study ef their character, and an insight into their sincerity, to appreciate the sifuation of the Southern people. 5 o | Voiees of the Night. If'a cat doth meet a ecat, upon the. garden wall, and if a cat doth greet a cat, Oh! need they both to squall? Every Tommy has his Tabby waiting om the wall, and yet she welcomes : his aPp_roa‘ch by one unearthly yawl. 'lf a kit doth wish to court a rock upon the wall, why don’t he sweetly. git'and smile, and net stand up and bawl; and lift his precious back up high, and show: his teeth and ‘moan; as if ’twere colic more than love, ‘that made the “fellar” groan. Among the train thereis a #wain, whose voice 1§ known fall well ; but what’s his name, or where’s his home, the deuce ‘alone can tell. He is sweet ‘upon the other sex, his amorous passions rise, he ecan’t resist ,thg -tender glance .of their seductive, eyes; and so, with groans and horrid threats, he rends the evening air, and makes. these midnight rendezvous impossible to bear, . .

The phrase “he don’t know beans,” originated thus: The Greeks ‘used to vote by ballot; but instead of “straight” Republican or Democratic tickets they used white and black beans, which corresponded ‘to ‘our white and black balls. - A black bean opposed the election of & can’ didate; a white bean:counted sd'much in liis favor. These beans: the citizens carried constantly in their pockets, and when & man was undecided which way to vote, it was said of him that'he: did not “know beans.” Hencé it will be seen that a very unmeaning and ridiculous phrase becames really expressive when itsorigin and true significance are known. :

The bill for the punishment of seduc- ' tion, recently before the Canadian Parliament, provides' that the ‘seduction under promise -of marriage of a chaste, unmarried woman . shall be punished by im: prisonment for two . years, but no conviction shali be had, in any case, “on the testimony of the woman seduced, unsupported by other -evidence, nor unless' the in: |dictment is found within two years after the offense.” “The’ ‘object of r"e?u‘s’ing_to | recievé the woman's testimony as'conclu. :sive, is to prevent the innumerable cases . of prosecution, by -designing women, for |sinister and mercenary purposes. - .~ Those who flatter tﬂemael#gST, that the: .:V.gs(;' In;ilig':he?o\lxld be valuable acquisi‘tions with their present ion_totha ITve BUtes, Would do well to study the state of affairs in Hayti, St. Domifigo and Cuba. There are rebellions in each, St.' 'Domingo rejoiclng in two, one¢ of which President Bacz" declares was caased by | the proposition to sell Samana Bay to the : United: States. Toa mc&:mtry like ogrs, ' needing population, such’ territory, thns ;popuii;%édg_\gould be wholly vnl\t;:g& for, ‘many years to come. iy L aas 11 il . g William Edwards, a colored man, was legally butchered in Bt. Louis, on the23d inst,' By having the rope too long and. i mwwkwmi disarrangements, the Sheriff's forc were _thirteen minutes: in putting the wretchednan to death, ' Fpten. Kibert Tamge. Tormerl¥ suditorof sSt i s so T ' thﬂﬂ the 24th inst. ' He'was a Ger‘man by birth, and highly respected.

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© WIT AND WiISDOM. ' —The “Boys in Blue” The Virginia gvtp’et-bc'ggen after the onservative vié~—Ducks’ eggs are decla; ‘ by a Philndefl'?hin doctor. to boe itive ause fow palphuiion or e hear| S S —The New York Werld says grant is to have his life insured [in order (o settle on some policy. l . ‘ - —Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail ; and it is only after it has slipped throu%h many thousands of hands, that some fellow, by luck holds on ot |

| —“Prisoner, you .lmvei heard the complaint for habitual drunkenness; what have you to say in your defence?” ' “Noth--ing, please your honor, but habitual | thirst.” | ’ bt * —Nearly one hundred young colored ~men-are in Rome studying for the Romar. Catholic priesthood. Mgst of them will! become teachers of the freedmen in Souths# ern States. | - el _—A minister, coming aut of thé watef with a woman he had4ba(f§tized, asked her how she felt in her mind, He was not 4 little suprised to hear her rash answe “Bully 1 i oo ~F ~~—Josh Billings says: |“When a youig. man gin't good for anything else, I like tew see him carry a gold cane. If he can’t buy a cane, let him jpart his hair!in : the middle,” A ! ~—A lady teacher was trying to impress upon her pupils the terrible effect . of the punishment of ebuchadnezzar, * saying ‘“seven years he te grass like a -cow,” when a boy asked, “did he g{ve ‘milke”: i < i :: —The men who will never die are the men who voted for Washington, the old‘est"Freemason, the last soldier of the Rev~olution, Jefferson’s body vant, the oldest American actor, an the man ‘who originated the idea of a| Pacific 'railvgay. ~A sharp old gentle an-traveling out ~West, got a seat beside his wife Ema crowded car, by requesting the yoling man who sat beside her to “please watch ‘that woman while he went into and%‘?ber car, as she bad fits.” : £ —A French officer, q arreling wikh a Swiss, reproached him ith his counfry's vice of ﬂghting on either side for %oney, “while we frenchmen,” said he, “Gght for honor.” “Yes, sir,” replied the %giss, “every one fights for what he most w ¥hts.” ~—Overdoing the matter.—An eldetly lady, who had insisted on her minéter's praying for rain, had her cabbage cfit up - by a hailstorm, and on viewing the wreck, remarked that she “never knew h?n to nza’érmko anything without overdoing the'matter.” f v B —A young ritualist, whose reputation for veracity was not very good, ventured to differ with an old doctor of divinity as to the efficacy of the use of the rod.— “Why,” said he, “the ozfly time my father ever whipped ' me, it was for telling the: truth.” Well, retorted the: doctesr, it cured you didn’t it ? ; . —A .young man on being asked/by a judge whether he had a father and #nothther, said he wasn’t quite certain q}hetherhe had or n‘ot;‘ﬁrE;. his . fatherdied, and then his mother married ng_uig, and then his mother died, and his Q‘athcr‘ married again; and now he didß’t exactly know whether| they were hi§ fath er and mother or noé. ; i .—The following is a young miister's idea of the expansive fmture of the human mind: “Yes, my fr[ends, the mind of man is so expansive that it can soat from -star to star, and from sachelite to sachelite, and from seraphene to seraphene, and from cherrybeam to cherrybeam, an? from 'tbe'nce to the center of the dome o heay- } en? [ et oo - —The only way to be & gcntleamn is to have the feelings of one—to be,gentle in its. propper acceptation ; to be'elevated above others in sentiment rather than' situation, and to let the benevold ce of the heart be manifested in tho #enecral courtesy and affability of the deafenor, | —An artist has Painted/ & dog s@ natural’ that the animal had the hydrtﬁ)hobia during the hot wether. He's the sume man that painted a copy of B beer bottle with such skill that the coEk flew out just as-he wag finishing it. | And after he was married, he painted a picture of his first baby so life like that i icried, and his wife spanﬁed it before she discovcered her mistake. | . § ~The COatholic priest, in Macinae,. Michigan. declares that a marria by s | Justice of the Perce is no marriagg at all; that parties so m arried are guilty gxf adultery; and that he will not allow shem to. come inside .of his'church. - He hbs said to his congregation : L will pat them out with the dogs where they b ong;” - and again: “A marriage outsideof the church of Rome is spurious, ang such parties are living in open adultery.” : - —Alady was told by a travel g gentleman that every lady who hadih small mouth was provided with;a has hand by - the Government, “Ith it pothibu 1" said the lady, making bier mouth as ‘ittle ag she could. Thegentleman added; “That if she had a large mouth she was provided. with tiwo husbands.” “My gracio §s IV exlaitfied the lady, at the same timg hrowing her mouth open to its full eXtent.— The gentleman became alarmed, made his escape, and has not been heard of since. : %—,—Aiféwe_ve:’:i s since 8 party of young Americans we _,?ﬁgmﬁdihg ’i):: f{ogtyof _a.gancient'saddler’ shop, kept by one’ Hans, a Dudtchman. ischief ‘reigned supreme . in their: number, and “thinking to have some sport with our German friend, one ‘of them opened the door and addressed MhmG o ; el . “I say, German, have ‘you any saddles for dogs!” | {H L _ Looking up - from his work quite com- " posedly, he re‘pgi.ed!-t ol - “Ydw, come in unt dry von or 5 T B— | ‘The French Atlantic cable " 3 been spliced to- the shore end at the ;Lp‘n of Bt. Pierre and Miqgelo?s and afnessago. to the Emperor Napoleos » Which Ke drafted and gave, enclosed in a sealed dhvelope, mhie igommuixder of the Great Bastern, 8, it is reported, been sent ove Ahe wire wﬂmlm}m L Palace of the Ruileries, 988 proof of the actual workifig'condi. tion of the line, The delay i splicing. on oy 136, o roported, was bwing to, tiie shore ‘enc s‘&“‘ pped from the was_ commenced on July 15th, | T is s serted that th mﬁ essages recieved from . Brest show that the Fi ench _cable is suEommasiation of eeatac o B B, fiton Fish to_ the. dipton %@; tie ropresentaes of England and France. indicates m‘*ﬂ"\ﬁ*’“ﬁ"ﬁm%“‘% wite subject 3SO FRgRTa e o O SR LT CRHINONS | BRI £ eey W g ke foBt one of his horges, - The b