The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 September 1869 — Page 1

‘THE NATIONAL BANNER, . JOMN B, STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. TR G i e kv ' ' .. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictly in AAVABCE. . i.ovvivininissnsion $2.00 If not paid within three mouths, ............ 2% 1f not paid within gix m0nthe,......"0 ...... 2.50 Atitho ond of the Year,. ... oo loorengins. 8,00 lgwr Any person gending a club of %0, accompsnied with the caeh, willbe entitledtoa copy-ef tho papar, for one yoar, tree ofchar o. 5 1

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POWER PRESS "PRINTING OFFICE, ! 2 i ’“ \ X { Q. . 4 . We would respectfully inform the Merchants ‘- . and . Business men gonerally that we are now - ; prepared to do allkinds of : PLAIN & PANCY PBll\'l'l‘lL\'_,G', ~ Inas good style and ataslow fates as pny pub- - lishing house in Northorn Indiana. * Michigan South. &N. Ind’a R. R. On and. after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: | : . GOING EAST: - } 1 A ) | Ezpress. Mail Train. Ohieago. ...iit B M vy i *Rikhagt .. .20, 5000, ...9:80 ¢ L 00011140 A, M, Goshen; .. vvl ol 2r o SARDBy My Millersburg:. . ... Adon’t BLOP) . wvu vy 12225 R : ay:ontor S | b 048 W awaka, .. ... % o(don’tistop) L......12:55 . M, DENANGIR 75 L o SRV I T .Kc;xdnllvill(‘ Gk SO e sTR Arfive at Toloda ...... . 245 A M ~......5:06 ** ; GOING WEST : : 3 FKupress: . Mail Zragn: Toledo. . ... .oivins o 11:85®, 3., 7., . 102804 M ® | Kondallville,.. .o i /8108 A M., . .0u .o 0 D4BO Pu X, Brimfeld eVe aBt v 0l 800 Wawaka. . io.oviihn GRBEELRO L1ﬁ0nmr...............3:45 AL s B Wy Millersburg; . .......... e o L oRNen . AN e U BB b 11400 RS RS S e - Arrive m;L‘hiea{;o.... DOO *Stop 20 {-nin‘u ef for breakfast and supper. . Exi)r,eau cavies dally voth ways, - Mail Train.makes'close connection at Elkhart - with trains going East and West, : | i C, F. HATCH, Gen’lSupt., Chicago, 40 JOHNSON, Agent, Ligonier, -~ '~ ! © J. M, DENNY, ; Attorney at Law,—Abion, Nobleco., Ind, Will give careful and prompt attention to all " business entrustod to his care, : 8-6 - "ol Du WQ Cn' DENNY, Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ind. will promptl:;‘ and faithfully attend to all calls . 'ln the line of his profession—day or nigbt—-—iu town or any distance in the countn{. Persons . wishing his serviees at ni{zht, will find him at his father’s residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abeeut, should he left. @i =1

: ,WM. K. ANDBEWS? foataae Surgeon. Dentist. YS9 Mitchel's Block, Kendallville. All work warranted, Examinations free. 2-47 DR. E. W. KNEPPER, © ilectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier, A 1 discases of the Lungs and Throat successfuls Iy treated by Inhalation. No charges for consultation. Ofice with W, W. Bkillen, esq. 1-8 " DR.P. W. CRUM, 'T:- A { | " Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, « = = . Endiana. ‘OfMce one door south of L. Low. & Co’s Clothing Store, npistaire. ; May 12th, 1809, W, Cixr, + W.D: Ranpatr CARR & RANDALL, ' o 4 : Physicians and Surgeons, LIGONIER; ~ /%< ‘@o LTND, Will promptly attond all calls intrusted to them. Office on 4th St,, one door cagt of the NATIONAL Baxxur oflice. i s 3438 i~ls(~3!iL§l(}l§ LODGE, 'f\'()r 267, ¥ I. O. ()f O. Fo,l"’f Mecets at their Hall on avery Saturdnyi‘cvon-ing of ~enchweek, = | ' M. R. CORNELL, N, G. A, JACKSON, Vi @.: WM. MANNING, . Nov, 25th, 1868, —tf. * Seeretary/. = A. U, JENNINGS, Attorney at Law, Insurance and Collect- -, ing Agoent.—Rome Oity, Ind. v business ontrusted to him ﬁromPtl¥ attended . Isalso AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL BAN- : S January 1, 1868, WorneNn & Mo.n'ms; . A E Arvonrn, . Ft, Wayne, Sarel 7 Albion, WORDEN, MORRIS & ALVORD, ' | Attormey’s at Law, | Will attend, in connection, to litigated suits in mogsevgm;;grtymmm &‘un_tr, ¥ ean " THOMAS L. GRAVES,. Attornoy at Lo and Justice of the Peaco. W 1 give careful and prompt attention to all busaiess entrusted to his care. Sﬁlce in, the building lutely ocenpied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind. . may? 22 JAMES MOCONNELL, GENERAL OOLLECTING AGENI, cpwmﬁvm BROKER.. REAL BB TATE AGENT, SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. | " AND- : 4 NORARY » PUBLIC, pigonicr, Noble County, Indiana . §AMUEL E. ALVORD, -Attorney 8t Layw, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. . Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiors and heir heirs, Oonvoyancln' 4 &0, 'prméﬁcry and care-~ il smad i eRI Do Yons and Afidavits, takon and et e, |

«GANTS' ' & MILLER, Surgical and Mechanical Dentists, LIGONIER, - « INDIANA. & ; o | % Aareprepﬁed g . odo anything T i’f«' o & in their ﬁ'xtle. A o succesful pracA (“‘_‘ 3¢ 1 ) tice of jo:glrﬂlo fi ol e s e, yoOAYS. justifies P R T P 23 ie S e s ee g them in saylu i A - d;:g = s i@%@ thnltnlhey Ycan }p! gt 7 B Fl&e gntirtesaﬁ Nl g B R - isfaction to a ,i* e /“e‘ i L stow their é)a.tr'onagq. 8 Offlee "n my building, Cavin ‘Street. : : ; -J. BITTIKOFFER, = 7 DBALER IN b WA g WATGHES; - CLOCKS, JEW'LRY, SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Speéctacles of every Description, S e W e, ‘}l“ kinds ord wottlg % }?&:n the shortestnofice and war) *l Y v 1 3 Bhop in ﬁ% wen’s n rfck%loc,k . Kendallville, . <ggdm. DR CURE ‘,"";;‘ )}w.!" 1 '2_3l : : : sk cri':Av - ’. "I ! '- SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. ; Cavin Streot, Ligonier, Indiana. Frosh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., “Cholee Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c; The hlqhost cu:}h price paid for Countri Produced May 18, "68-tf, ey SACK BRO'S. el A G o e Pa HATS, CAPS, STRAW L e ST e A ‘WM&M%, Dot il P A . L. OLESENAND;, ONIO, 0 WORDS DF ¢ WiIsSDOM, R RN G ‘%‘ e o femast) ROREOVNGWEN . oo ‘( 711 k. b ‘! Al ,:/j\' & J" TP V)% A-g,r.?;'p .;‘L w,ﬂ("‘“ ey L OO Y L e R e s P vBl s - nnfortunate. Bentin sealed leétter envelopes, freo e TR

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= o L R Licensed Auctioneer, Residence in York township, near Port Mitchell. - Post Offics Address - WOLF LAKE, INDIANA. Will attend ‘{m)mpﬂy to all calls in this line of*business, and endeavor to give entire satisfaction. Charges reasonable. 14e3m sel bty AAt e bty 0. WOODRUFY, % G, 8, WOODRUTP, "WOODRUERF & SON, ; EOLEC"_Q'IC' PHYSICIANS AND. SURGFEOXS, LIGONIER, - - - - - « INDIANA. Will attend promptly all calls from town and country. Office in Dm¥ Store of Barnett & Co.— Residence north side of Railroad. 4-11 Gl B. P, BEEBE, e JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Convcyancins: done. Notes ! collected promptly. Office, opposite the Helmer- House, over Sack’s . Bakery, ; LIGONIER, ~ - -~ = - INDIANA. May 26th, 1869,~—1y. sl E. RECHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. Special attention given to convoy:\nclrxg and collectl;ons.‘ Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptl&gud accurately. 3 Co U May 20th, 17

OKERS. STRAUS BBOT]IIERS ; Would tesﬁvoctmlly announce to their cugtomers and the public %1{ ﬁencral that they continue to f{urchm PRODUCE at the highest market rices. Having. no bplyor on the strecets, rannersj&rvmg Erpduce for sale will please call at our office in the rick Clothing Store. ¢ ; S Ligonier, April 29, 1869, —tf 4 P. W. STRAUR. ° . - JACOB BTRAUS. Exchange and Brokers' Office, LiGONIER, IND. o ¢ Bllxjy and goll Exchange on_all principal cities of the United States, and sxrLn Exchnn;ie on all prinolgal cities of Europe;at the very owest rates. They also sell ‘passage tickets, at very lowest figures, to all gﬂnclpa\ seaports of Hurope. 3-52tf N. B.—The Y{resent price of ggssngc in steerage from New York to Humbnr%. lgmouth, London tmildCherbourg has been reduced to only $3O in gold. S ¢ KELLEY HOUSE, : Kendallville, -Ind. / This is & First-class ITouse, situated on Main Street, in the ceptral part of the City, making it very-convenient for Af;cnt_,e, Runnérs, and all other tmnalog@ men vigit nphom- City, to do-business without g in%far from the Honse. General Stage office for the North and South: Stabling for forty ‘horges. Livery,'and Free ’Bus, I J 3.8. KELLEY, Proprietor. . G: W. Geeen, Clork, . . :

BAKERY AND RESTAURANT : SL s e Y P, HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery w}ll be aupplicd at all times with fregsh Biscuits, 1 Bread, - Pies, x Cakes, - ~ .~ Crackers, . &, & Woedding parties, pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on short notice, and in the very latest style, on reasonable terms, Oysters and warm meals farnished at all houré: Oharges reasonable. Farmere will find this & good place to satisfy the *‘inner man.’”’ ; : G Jan’y 6, 89, -tf . §I. €. MISSELHORN, | thY e MANUPAGTURER OF CHOICESEGARS, . Main Street, Kendallvilie, Ind, | Noyemher 6th, 1867, 22, | :-"‘T“-‘“--“'j pe o —-A-——;T—-’f-——'-~——“"--——-—-—~~~—-——~+ | GO AND SEE ot GOTSCH & BECKMAN’S : —NEW- = - JEWELE . STORE, Main Street, Kendallviile, Ind. Thoy have just received the finest assortmentand L _ . latest styles.of JEWELRY, T g : SILVERWARE, L £ 0 CLOCKS,BTC., Also the bost ‘American Watches. Only ¢ jme and see¢ them. All fine work done and satisfaction gnaranteed. -Shop oHpositc Miller’s new block. 5 t " Kendallville, Ind,; June 26th, 67, U oy ¢

R o W b 35 ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, o at the office of the ' ¢ ; ! i : . “HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELK_I[AR'T, RS S Sl R INTD We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have established a . Book. Bindery, In connection witißour Yrinting Office, ‘and are { now. prepared to do_all ki{nls of Binding, i such ag Books, Pamphlets, Maga- J : zines, Music, promptly and - i on reasonable terms, apr. 20th, '68,-tf. : JOHN F. FUNK.

TY BREWERY KEENDALLYILLE, - cowie e INDIANA : . SCIIWA’BZKOPF & AICHELE, ‘Would announceto the public that they have jast:completed a new Brewery, for the manufac‘turc.of Beer and Lager Beer, which they will sell | the trade at ‘priccs roasonable and matisfactory. Our Beer will be Warranted. The highest price for Barloy. | Eel R Y L 2-20-8. _--———o—-g——_————————————ﬁ . HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, Tt | AND DEALERS IR it Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOOD\S. Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and : warranted. 3 GOLD PENS REPOINTED. 3 hSpgctaclec of the best kinds kept constantlyoan . and, ! : | ¥ Sign of the big watch, Cavin Street, Ligonier, fndiana.% ! . : may 3’. '6%.4{. 3 [* it BN BT ‘ { BAKERY! 3 ) 4 : VAL 1 have made %:ﬂdllt’ldn to mz Restanrant of Bakery, and will be dble hereafter-to' supply the PRV withigoo. . 0 e . Bread, Cakes, Pies, And snything ysally kept in a firat-class BAKERY AND RESTAURANT, 1 t;x:n ?&ggtéﬁﬁm{ntg ?ﬁfa@mm. ‘and will . a 8 usual, to m . i Cltoive Marty Pt nad a 1 : otables, grown for City Market. - . - ‘WeppiNe Par Ties supplied with fineIj,omhmted cakes.onshort notiee, oo il . Bopas WATTER AXD IcE CREAM always on b;ﬁfé%&h!wﬁaaemd o SO S 018%"' abagroy A Busng, of, he sn b Datronage 18 respactiutly. s " Ligonier, Junie 0. -:\:.f‘~,r,.v,»;i~ , MILLER. CEUR Goy RO GRTIESE IR LS (oby T e T T T AVWANLE, JGRYL YOU § Gi% Rl sk DR Btk gML R T kzé \ﬁ 7 -‘4 -g: Q,.; 1:;(’ ’ e “""*}ﬁf awmer.” il Ta R B ‘{;" iDal B 8 Sl B 4 ot e

The Snake Eater and His Story. ~ In the year 1828, a man under the ‘nom de guerre of John Thompson, was traveling through the United States, exhibiting himgelf as a snake-eater, to the ' astonishment of the nativea. He had a horse and van, carried his own tent fro& town to town, and generally pitched it in the suburbs. The tent held about one hundred and fifty persons comfortably, and when John Thompson, who was his own doorkeeper, found he had a sufficient number within, he ‘closed the aperture, jumped wupon a small platform, gad »tinki):d, a g?all,»upon w{:ich a cnr:s:) ‘was raised, and the performer commenced his duties.: TEe man seemed to be about twenty-eight years of age; hig face: was . thin, and a leaden wanness overspread his features, but his sunken eyes had that supernatural brightness so often seen in tge. eyes of the consumptive. 'His voice, though faint, was mmsical, but interrupted by an occasional cough, and ag he removed his cravat, and turned up his wristbande over the cuffs of his coat, he pointed to a box before him coveredP with glass, and said: “If any one desires to satisfy himself with regard to the reptile which I.am now about to devour in the presence of you all, and to restorc again from my throat alive, he will please draw necar and examineit.” & i - He then turned the box on.end, displaying the glass cover to ‘the audience, and disclosed to their sight a hideous rattlesnake. It was coiled, and when disturbed, elevated its spiy head from its circle, and while its forked tongue played with & rapid motion, it _dgrbedp aéainst the glass, in vain attempts to escape, while its rattles continued to quiver, with a violent and whizzing sound, accompanied by that apparent flattening of the head which denotes the highest pitch of regentment. Its dilated eyes shot fire, and the coarse scales inits contorted form grew rugged in its anger. There was no mistake about.it beinga veritable snake. : ;

After - this the box was put in its original position ot glass uppermost. A shudderran through the ¢rowd at the next performange. The snake cater turned his back to the audience, and bent his face for a moment over the edge of the box, and a kind of chuckling sound was heard before he drew forth the horrible reptile in his hand. The snake now secmed languid and passive, although the raftles continued to sound.. e then placed the head of the venomous serpent to his lips, and opened his mouth, and the long coil began to-descend. It ‘was an appalling sight to seethe huge reptile gradually’ going doewn the throat of a human being. The. cheeks of the young man began to dilate, and bis complexion became g livid- purple. His eyes scemed bursting from their sockets ; masses of foam gathered about his lips ; and he looked as if ho was undergoing the most mortal agony, and even exhibited the throds of death. = On one occasion 1o less than twelve of his audience were taken ount in fainting. fits.” : 1‘ After apparently mumbling - and| crushing the fearful meal, the sn;xk‘e—l eater again- partially opened his lips,| and the forked tongue of the reptile! was seen playing like threads of bright fire between them. Presently it began to emerge. It moved very slowly, as if held back by other serpents who had preceded it, in the awful delusion of its master. =As the- long, loathsome folds -hung from hislips, and continued to extend, the features of the snake cater assumed their wont--ed aspect, and in a’ moment the reptile had emerged, was replaced in the box;: and the feat 'was accomplished. A Then, aftet seating himself for a few seconds, to recover from the perilous execution of his task, the snake-eater arose and addressed the audience. He desired them to believe that he-had ‘wished not to appal but to surprise them. There was, he acknowle«?ged, an artin what he had done; but it was a mysterious and undiscoverable one. “']gzey' call me mad,” he added, bitterly, “and a conjuror, ;but I am not, and though I have been mad, lam not now. Yet, ‘I often do wish I were. = You will denominate my calling one of foolish hazard, and perbaps of disgust. but, did you know all, you wonld judge me better. ' I thank you for your attendance ;. and if I have succeeded in surprising | you, my aim has ‘been WOR i Lotk hats hAE Ay e

THE BNAKE-BATER'S BIOGRAPHY AND THE “WWAY TIE TRICK WAS DONE.

One day John Thompson had performed in the suburbs of a western city, when. a gentleman. apgeared among the audience whe had known the ' snake-eater 'under a different name, and in & different sphere of life; in fact, they had been college chums, and the visitor this evening had considered’ that the snake-eater’s lot would have been cast in qguite a different mould. . The old fellow-collegians met. Kight years only had they parted, and what changes had taken place in that period! . © - : T . “Will you go back with me to England ?” said Thompson’s old comPARIONG .. oGI T

‘No,” answered the snake-eater ; «I must die in a land - where all ‘those I hold“ sacred are burried. I will tell you my short, but' melancholy history and afterward don’t question me, but keep my secret. - Let me spin out the few years .allotted to. me as John Thompson, and let me seleet the spot’ where I must be' bprried. 1 o ; _“But to come to facts, my friend ;— lam not what you think ~ I am..— Though . regarded hereabouts as one. who_ has Ming&wi&hyfgﬁilhg Bpirite and . wizards, lam only a hroken-: :xlearwd m:;’ln,i the child {oé son;»mg : most without hope. -I do nof speak’ tis foryour_ sympathy, To b sympathy can But st best apaken afresh the wells of mournful tenderfmwif ntaing ; they must flow omin dark- ’ RO Sty B

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1569.

_“About cight years ago, with the spirit of adventure stirring within me, I came from the walls. egﬂn Englizsh university to the far western states of America. 1 wrote to \m{ parents for money ; in fact, I asked for my patrimony, and said I would mever expect any more from them. They sent mea handsome sum, and I sought with this capital in hand to make trade with the Indians, and, therefore, tookjlan_cl close’ on the frontiers. I bought furs fgom the natives, and bartered generally with them. - For all the country could produce I gave manufactured articles; and thus I weut on prosperously.— My capital donbled, trebloc::ac quadrupled,—in fact, in all respeets I was Frosperoua. - Then followed a love afair, and it was pure love with me, my friends. © The family of my affianced ,thou§ht I lived too much out of civilized life, and would not consent to our union; so we eloped, and what a wife she made me! I speak, not in rhapsedy, but she was the loveliest being that cver inhabited this | lower world, -Nont ecofild wicol-bor in beauty, and. she made that beauty perfect by the graces of a mind pure and highly cultivated. Her voice was | melody, her smile a burst of igure and l living light, and her calm blue eyes were the sweet expositors of a sinless 1 affection, To speak no more of her perfections, suffice it to say that I loved her with my whole soul. - She was my ido! ;. her happiness was the centre of my every wish, and she’ wae the object of my every aspiration. : ; |

«We were married ; time went on, and brought me a bud from the rose I had established in my green bower at home. We were indeed happy then. Aloof from society, though we missed a few of its luxuries, we suffered none of its vexations and demoralizing corruptions. On Sundays we rode many niles through the wilderness to attend a plac'e of worship established by the missionaries, and to hear the word of God read and revealed. - | .

“On the day my little Sarah had attained her second year, she was seated near to my counter, and her mother was standing by, when three fierce-looking Indians entered the store. They had evidently traveled a long way, for their leggings were torn and dirty, and their feet almost bare. I recognized one of them instantly as the Crouching ' Wolf, a desperate .being who hung alternately around the outskirts of settlements, begging for rum, or getting it in barter for.the furs of wild animals. Just a year previous to this, he bhad visited me for the purpose of procuring ‘fire water,’ I bad refused him, and he left me with a vow of future vengeance. L aadrayl ~ *+Hoogh !’ said he, as he reeled up with his gruff looking companions toward the, counter where my child was playing and my 'wife stood, ‘the Urouching Wolt’ said he ‘would ‘come back. He wants the talking water ;. he wants that or revenge. Ho will haverofiely i clie

«I tried to reason-with him, but he was deaf to rcason. e had tasted from _the flagon of one of his red companions, aud the fumes were in his brain: - : ; e

¢ «Come, medicine man,’ said he, ‘the Wolf wanis the fire milk. . Where is it ? - He eannot wait. His spirit is up, and his forehead is warm.” - I saw that he grow desperate; but my resolution was taken. I sternly denied him; it was a fatal denial.c . o R e

« “Daring the colloguy my wife and: child had gone ont on the green sward, and the latter was. picking wild flowers and stringing them: = The ‘Crouching Wolf left me, growling ‘some - gunttural sentences to %i,e companions ; and, oh ! merciful Heaveps! I saw them advance toward my child, I was motionless, and paralyzed with terror. -As the Wolf approached my little girl, (he drew a tomahawk from his belt,’and flourished it on high.— 1 sprang toward him, but was pushed \back by his companions. The dear, innocent, unaffrighted child smiled in the: face: of the Crouching 'Wolf, and it seemed as it the cheerful purity of lher look ‘stayed. his vengeful ‘arm.— He paused,.until a seream from: the: mother, like myself, was kept:at bay, and the dear little innocent, quivering ‘with dismay, said; in childish simplic: ity, ‘naughty Indian'! if he hurts Sa: rah, ma will be angry, and. punish Iy o geßee eil nonr i

«As she said this she ‘burstinto’ tears=—her last foreverlo i ol ~“Tn one instant the trenchiant weapon of the infuriated Indian clove asunder tlie héad of mg babe ;in the 'DBX'EJ his excited comrades, of whom ‘there were 'five, had 'murdered ‘the wife ‘of my bosom.” ‘I have an indistinet and horrid - remembrance of my {b,t‘xrﬂiﬁg"j store—the red fiends yelling: over the consuming - roof and- walls—and .m‘y‘! escape to the forest. ' The rest 'wasbut silence and oblivion. T was a yadmaielii ¢ dRi co mhnt 0F HOF OYy ‘

“Ten months after that 1 found myselfin New Orleans. ‘T had reach-. ed the city no ‘one.knew how—had. ‘been conveyed to a hospital, Kindly ' treated, and discharged as cured, but’ ‘an outcast and a beggar. Misfor- - tunes seldom come alone.. I found that during my seclusion, from the world my father: had died, and as 1 had already’received my share of his property, -the . residue. melted away among . several - brothers aund . gisters, My ' inheritance on.. thig, side. of the: Atlantic being. destroyed. by, Indians,: " “How I subsisted I scarcely know.. At last, as I was one. day walkxqg moodily along, I spied a group col-: lected arbund..anlpsiﬁn who was per-. forming tricks froma-box with a.rattlegnake; The Indianwas the Orouch-: child P’ T exclaimed; ‘as'i penetrated ‘through ' the ring, and 'with, one fierce D e e onster to the e ngg»@zg faberetit Sl o el S %«W&mwﬁﬁw‘”ﬁ% poAR L

box ‘belonging to ;thé‘, rouching Wolf, which I contended was mine as a debt, T 'soon Tearned the mystery of his art,. as if by intuition. - Xn upper drawer contained merely the skin of g snake, and it eould be inflated by the breath in an ipstant. The motiou of thetongue, which was dried, and hadwires within, was produced by load stone ; the movement of the rattles by the same cause. = Filled from the lungs, it could readily be taken into the mouth and compressed into 5 very small compass, and in re-passing outward, inflated again. I bought another snake from the museum which I killed and prepared according to the; model before me. I could not endure’ the thought of even using thesame instruments. employed by the destroyer of all that I loost loved on earth, and I turned from his trickery with ‘a feeling - of almest positive loathing ; and yet in the end I did no see why there should not be some capital made out of it : . ‘ ‘

“A little practice made me an adept it tric mystAry of sAAKe CAUINZ, 8N T have since wandered in loneliness from place to place, attempting this curious enterprise. 'M%r petuniary success has been suflicient for my eomfort and convenience, and «the danger of the feat is only in appearance. With a slight _exertion I can turn my face into the colors and contortions 'you saw this evening, and which heightens the interest of the spectacle. But these things can only temporarily divert my thoughts, for I carry within my heart an aching fever, and no prosperity can allay or remove it. Theobjects that have cheered me can cheer me no more. I stand alone in this‘world, a mourner and a pilgrim. My visions are of my wife and child, my day dreams are of them ; but I must suffer as you gee, until I meet- them in that better land, where the sun descends not, and darkness is unknown ; ‘where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are| at regt.’ - I cannot forget my child, for her existence -seems to me like a misty trance,.in the fond assurande that the sparkling dew-drop has exhaled in heaven ; but tor the cherished rose that sustained it, I cease not to grieve. - Alas for the wife of my bosom. ” ; i h] ! ‘With'the last words the snake-cat-er’s voice failed, his body was convulsed, untila flood of tears relieved him. He' would hear no sympathetic words from his friend, but parted with him. thus: - “You alone have my secret.— In a few months more my body must be consigned to the carth on the sa-. cred spot: where my wife and child were murdered. You shall be one of the executors of my will, and I begeech you faithfully to carry out my instructions.”” | : i

He was right ; in a fow months after this interview he died ; and in the very centre of a populous village, on the banks of the Mississippi, may be géen a tombstone recording the events -which occurred on that spot, and the hope of'the departed husband that he should mecot his wife and child in heaven. ! ; T e : s i Felt Paper. Sie . Every one is familiar. with the application of paper in the manufacture of: collars, ' cuffs and shirt bosoms; and tb a lesg extent in making waistcoats, and hats aud bonnets. A patent has been: recently taken out in France, for the preparation of what is called * felt 'paper, in which both animal and vegetable materials may be employed; and which, by this patent, ‘makes a paper of extraordinary’ plian¢y, flexibility and strength, resembling the ordinary woven fabrics, and worked up into any article of dress or clothing whatever. Handkerchiefs and petticoats, scolloped and embroidered skirts, bed spreads, window curtains, quilts, table cloths; and other: articles, scarce distinguishable from the genuine, are produled at 8o marvelously cheap - rates, the cost of these, even for the largest size, scarcely amounting to “twenty-five cents each. Imitations of leather, coverings for furniture, and even shoes; have been made from material similarly prepared. .We areall familiar with the uses to which paperis agplied in Japan; and it is not at. all improbable that a few years will witness as extensive an -introduction of the same material here- into: .the operations of everyday hifers 11§ wdt ol il oate

A most. delightful sensation was nipped -in the bud the other night at Saratoga. - A lovely ‘and -charming blonde, whose father ‘was:eruelly obdurated, had nearly ‘escaped through the window to joim her anxious sweet heart, who arranged every thing for an immediate wedding. As she put her delicate foot through the window upon the first round of the ladder, alag! alas! her crinoline . caught upon the bell handle by the fire place, and the poor rir] una.b{e to advance or retreat, was getahied until. a chantbermaid accidentally ‘entered <the room and released her from her perilous: pofitien. =Of cotitee the bell ~created alarm which rendéred an elopement impossible. .

" "Two Irishmen, stopping at th elsland house, Toledo, lit their gas, and with windows open: gat down to enjoy a'chat.. The liungriest of Toledo musquitoes soon flocked in‘and drove thenr desperate.” ' The eclerk; who was summoned to devise some defence against thet, told them to close the windows and put out thegas. They acted on the suggestion, and placed themselyes betiween the' sheets, Just as they began‘t;i doze, . 8 lig‘_htning ‘bug, which od stznyed info tho rool, casght tho eye of one of the travelers, who roused: hig: companion with a punch. . “Jamie.: Jamie; it’s' no-use! Here's one of. tliose craturs satchin forus wid a lan- : tﬂfﬂ:“{’ el ‘;‘ 7”“’ A San 4 y:,l it 2R g;»i(:’ il "y,-ey;"_ G ! TR eGysy g e TG, : e‘?ﬂ’%ﬂg 5%'41%0%%?;@#9 gia, gave ‘birth to twins. On th "saui;%ggt and 4 in the same house two.of her daugh.’ ters browghti forth twins—all boys. IslGl v Sablgin a 1

Why His, Wife Léft-Rim—a Horrible Accusation | —Mry. Beecher Stowe’s Story. ; e . The press, for a month past, “has contained hints of a forthcoming argcle from Mrs. Beecher Stowe, in'the Z tkﬂﬂic*ﬂﬂﬂltﬂty,wumr.nymp—-, ‘wa why his wife left him. From an article in the Chicago "Tribune, we cxtract these comments:

- Mrs. Stowe asks us, on the strength of commuuications made to her by ' Lady Byron, some four years betore her death, but when she was'in immediate apprehension of dying, to be- | lieve that Byron had become the father of a child by an incestnous liason { with his own sister, and that it was Byron’s conscionsness that his wife Bad discovéred this erime which drove him so near to madness, and inspired in his mind a hatred of her, that caused him to drive her from his house.— That the chief of these events could have -occurred, that the child could have lived four years, and at last have _died nndopith mmndmt.cn!mnsysui nurture of Lady Byron herself, and no whisper of such an infamy have gone to the publie, scems incredible in the case of a nan with whose name the public were so busy as with that of Lord Byron. ‘lt is true that it would, perhaps, have been as ecasy to keecp this fact from the public as to impose upon the imagination of so unimaginative a person as Lady Byron. ‘Since lady Byron is a witness who, upon Byron’s own testimony, had no fault, except that of being faultless, which he esteemed the worst fault of all, her character for yeracity, relative to any facts which ever became actually { known t 6 her, would be ample to con- | vict her husband of any’extent of bestiality. - Mrs. Stowe’s narrative is provokingly silent, both upon the means by which lady Byron discovered the fact, and the reasons why the world at large had not. It is not stated that Dyron himself revealed i, ‘though it iz intimated that, within a fcw hours after their marriage,” she learned that his soul was harrowed by some deep sense of guilt. It is not affirmed that his sister made the revelation, though the reader is left to infer, from the fact that the sister died _in lady Byron’s arms, that her sources of correct knowledge were unerring. The revelations of Mrs. Stowe will doubtless receive some sifting at the hands of English ecritics, and furthér statemants, corroborative or contradictory, cannot fail to appear. The publication of such a fact, if it be a fact, -may bé justified on the ground of the world’s right to historic truth, but _searcely as‘a vindication of lady By‘ron. The only. charge made agaiust her, that of “marble ieartednesa,?’ .18 ~not affected by showing that her husband committed incest. The enlogy which Mrs. . Stowe bestows upon her of being the trusting, fond, warm hearted wife, who believed that her hpsband’s guilt was insanity ; that hLis better angel would ultimately re‘deem him, and that he died & purified ghristian, is seazcely borne out by her method in placing in the hands of a | pmfes.aionaf authoress, for future pub- 1 lication, a charge against her husband | of having committed a damning crime, of which, all the proof was absent, and all who could furnish the denial or disproof were dead. 4 1t is not claimed that lady -Byron made the discovery a ground of separation, but on the contrary, that she clung to him long afterward, until he ‘actually compelled her fto.leave him. The alleged &Zt would explain their separation if she had, as has -been ugually supposed, left him. | But it would in no Ay ~explain why he should separate from her. On the contrary, upon any ordinary. calculation of chances, he - could .do nothing 80 certain to insure the publication to tﬁe world of crime which: would blast him from eivilized society, as to turn out from’ his threshold the wife who' knew all the facts and could at any. moment damn him by publishing. them, It is certain that lag;; Byron: could not have been: ignorant, when she married him'that:-she was marrying a libertine. * For his debauchery had been so public'a ‘matter that marriage was prescribed by his friends to BAORY RIS e e

~ It is contended that, even when Byron's mistresses preceded her in favor in hig own house; she still = desired to live with him. - Such “faultlessness” is certainly the worstof faults. Tt is not calenlated to raise ‘her in the esteem of the world. And if it is to be defepded on the ground that she regarded Byron’s aberrations as insanity, it was scarcely worth while to agitate the world by exposing the bestialities of one from whose darkened mind the hand of God had withdrawn the lights of reason and conscience, though by the same stroke of disease, ‘an intenser brilliancy was imparted to. ‘his imagination and passiohs. If Byron was insane he ceased ‘to be morally/responsible. " If*he was morally responsible, and the facts now charged were true, Lady Byron.is less vindicated by their publication than she bad previously been by her silence. i ¥ 11 D<~ e 3

: ... Stokes? Intrignes, A Washington -dispatch says “the | proposition of Gen. Stokes to have an extra session of Congress, to upset the results of the late eleetion in ?[‘enues- | see, is ridiculed here, even by the radicals. Quite a delegation of Tennessecans, including Col. Brownlow and Governor-elect Senter, arrived here, to-day, to prevent further mischief on the part of Stokes. - When the President returns, - both sides are expected to open alively contestover. the federal office-holders in Tennessee. 1.« . A new process .of preserving meats without saft‘ is attracting some attention in the sonth. . The process consists in partial desﬁmsionm OaCUO, . ab. 4 tem:. perature above the point of formentation and below that_of cooking, On plicing the moat fn watés—iwo or feh yodte ifer, gis miost conveniont—it reabsorbs-the expelled ‘moisture; and bl it i R By this process it is. proposed:to‘utilize the - hidge -and ctallow;in certain parts of

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g R unuxgnm . ~ The well-known sagacity of the elephant recently had agremgr able exemplification at St. Joha in the Proyince of Quebec. The immense Geylon elephant belonging eoa,,oampbé]ﬂ i S BRSHEEGH™ wibich, was ox: : We will premise our statement with ?th_e fact that a few wecks simee, while ~raveling from Waterbury to Nothfield, in the State of Vermont, this el‘eplant, in crossing a bridge over a -creek, crushed the floor with his enor‘mous weight, and fell partly through, “his fore quarters only remaining on the bridge. = By this -accident he was lame for several days, but not sufficiently so to prevent him from traveling. When he was brought to the “Long Bridge over the Richelien river ~at St. John, he evidently retained a vivid recollection of his mishap, aud ‘neither coaxing, threats, persuasion nor force could induce him to budge ‘l)Qn' the, to him, sperilousl'n:tmcturé.»— Nor does it appear that his apprehen- - stons %e'md@rur; nhgl;:myxietors of the bridge notified the menag‘erie managers gmt they were dubi~ous of the capacity of the, bridge to bear the weight of the elephant, and that if they crossed him they must do so at their own’ risk. ‘The morning was rather chilly, and as they did not like to risk his health by swimming, they concluded to make the venture. The band chariot and an enormous denof performing lions where started on ahead of him, in-order to give him confidence, and when he perceived that they had gone safely over he was induced to follow, which he did very cautiously, testing each plank and timber with his fore feet. and trunk as he progressed. Whenever he discovQ;eg any of the timbers=to be defective he would eross over the division to the opposite roadway,; and would so progress until -he came to another doubtful picce, then he would c¢ross back again. He labored along until hehad come more than half across, when he became suspicious that neither road was safe, and started rapidly back, driving back the long line of cages that were following, and clearing the bridge for a ‘space of -ten or more rods. At this juncture a flock of 'sheep came running past him, and he vented his spleen by picking them up ond by one and throwing them into the river, until he had disposed. of seven inthis way. He was finally induced to go on, and after having been wore than two hours -in crossing, arrived safely over. ~The ‘scene was witnessed by over 2,000 people, and the utmost ~ excitément prew‘xiled.—',‘{ Montreal Star.

© Enterference with Elections. . As one of the signs of the times we may mention the fact:that in:the late election for Delegate to Congress, in Montana, Postmaster General Creswell outrageously diminished fhe postal facilities of the Territory, and caused it to be heralded about that if the Republican candidate was elected the mail routes would ,-b(freqti)ré& and not. otherwise.” No despotic ruler of the old world ever resorted to a trick 80 mean and: déspicable, ‘but notwithstanding this dastardly interference, the Hon. James M. Cavanaugh, the Democratic ‘candidate, was “re-elected by a two fold majority.. . . ; \Death,qf‘Jud[xe“lﬁébpna‘ld.f Judge David McDonald, of the U. 8. District Court of Indiana, died early Wednesday morning, from a comip}li.cation of disorders. - He was 66 years old. He was appointed by Mr. Lincoln, in 1864. He had been’judge of a state court previously, and ranked high as a lawyerand a citizen. There are already several applications for the position vacated by the death of Judge MecDonald, and petitions are being circulated recommending the different applicants.

" How T 0 PURIFY CISTERNS,—A ‘correspondent of the Ohio Farmer furnishes the following remedy for purifying cistern water: ' . o " 14To purify cistern water take a pound or two—according to the amount of water—of caustic soda, or similar quantity of concentrated lye, and put it .into a cistern; this: wiﬂl;?disin&ct stagnant odorous water, and the cost ig nothing compared with the benefit derived. It is said that two grains of alum to a pint of water that is not fit to drink renders it perfeetly pure and clear, and thé taste of alam will not be perceived. A little pulverized alum thrown into a pail of water,and allowed 1o stand for fifteen or twenty minutes, will precipitate all. the impurities and leave it perfectly clear. A targe quantity put into a well of impure water will very much improve s SO e

‘USEFUL HINTS.—A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk will restore CHRRE, TS st R R Ribbons of every kind should be washed in suds and not ringed. © - A bit of soap rnbbed on the hinges of doors will prevent their creaking. _ Scoteh snuff put ‘in holes where crickets come out will destroy them. . - Wood ashes and common salt wet with water will stop the ecrack of a gy o " e Strong lye put in water will make it soft as rain-water.. - T ‘Half a cranberry, it is said, bound on a corn will soon kill it - .. . . - If you wish to’avoid & cold, keep .ﬁ_ou:r mouth shut.. The same plaualso keeps the teeth from - getting sun burnt, audepeople from noticing them }Tﬂgﬁﬁﬁgﬁm? RS, —The ollowing mixture is recommended as 'sf%"m:?%* 5 Tt ¥ ol of Viek popper o powder, P gt it ap it R o h e one " teaspoonful of cream and a tea%ﬁgﬁm Sognand e mi-‘"h -,J‘;f:%% \k MMM@ s‘*2’”‘%‘”&«”@

. Ome square, (ouo nbrtion; ‘one inch,) 1.50. Eachsubsequentfnsen i0n,50 cents. S B MEE B Mue's 1 yEax Onesquare, ~ $5,00 $ 7,00 810,00 Threesquares, ~ 8,00 10,00 15,00 Quartercolumn, 12,00 18,00 25,00 Halfcolumn, ' 20,00 3000 ' 4000 Onecolumn, . . . 80,00 - 40,00 %500 BusinessCards,ﬁveliqbs orless, ' 5,00 - Local Notices flifteen cents perline. ; _Tnmsientndvcrtising must be paid in advance. 4 ¥A R RTR WTR WA

Rl e.. o, Bgloader—¢he parson, af the mar'¥lge depvie. 1> et SRS TR - Vice President Colfax is going, going, gotng,” B, F S T ol el ~ 1 Masaa The average length of a potter's life is twenty-nine years. ‘Afﬁar‘th,at’: hié becomes potter's cgp.y. Tor e - The ladies will bé required to pro--tect their heads wMén the Chinese come—for they argpwild on the rat ‘question. : ; Bip i What ‘is the dfference between truth and eggs? “Rrnth erushed to earth will rige again but égg will not. Al e ~ Ole Bull comes hitZer next fall, but not to fiddle. - He p oposes o travel with some manufactirer fom his improved pianos. it | : The Des Moines Hegister says the boys of :l;a’_.t ﬁounthl_\;;ve; had the- ] ro of “shuttigg of the/ wind” Bergmp ol shnsiog oug ol ty has ,{m_ids3o6,4o bas a bounty for the scalps. = e _ An enterprising ¥ankee has gone South to ship young alligators to Boston, where the wil?e put up in cans, labeled ""pick{ad g&imon,” and sent West for. a marketi! Who'll take salmon ' i - Not one dreamod till within the last fow years th#t the Executive Mansion would eveff be turned into a smoke-house.—Prendice. =~ ' Talking of camp 'neetings, the editor of The Methogst asks whether these institutions “#re camp meotings or pic-nics ?” Ain't they a little of botll);f-—’especially the latter? - - . A reverend gentleman in Hampton, Virginia, has invented a machine for picking and cleaning peanuts.’ It is claimed - that it will pick ‘and clean. 1,000 bushels per day, doing the work of twenty men. i g ~ A dying soldier, a few days since, bequeathed his all, two hundred and ten dollars, to the ‘State of New Jersey, in gratitude for the kind treat: - ment it had bestowed upon him during his illness. : oy

" The latest discovgry of Jenkina'is, that Gen. Grant & fors brown sugar in his coffee—Jenkills should . be able ‘also to tell what Mind of sugar he likes in his whisky,Mor does he take it straight? ta e ~ The stagnant poofX left by the great Texan flood, and th&rank vegetation rotting ‘in the sun,ylcreatc: a horrid stench in the Colora valley, and disease and death are rfs. i Perspiring feet ax‘%na great annoyanee. Dissolve a”létap of lime the size of a hen’s egg i a half gallon of water. Apply with 8 sponge. When thoroughly dry, apply a solution of tannin (one drachm 9(’) a quart of water):: e iH ; A man who owes gga bill in London can now pay it in four hours, by simply ‘going to Wall s"_%et; and purchasing a docunjent known as ‘a ‘“cable transfer,” ‘a device born of the great ‘Atlantic telegraph enterprise, whereby the equivalent of the money which ‘he gives in New York will be immediately delivered in London. .~ . -

The editor of the Hot Springs Courier is a cheerful® philosopher.— Unable, the other day, to print more ‘than a half a sheet, he declines to apologize to his patrons; for, he says: “We get no moré t?@ks for a. good paper than a bad jong; and get no morecurging for a {)ad paper than for a good one,” it “The Flag of Our Uniom.” | - An eminent physician in the Hearth and. Home. -contributes the fellowing exquisite article for she benefit of young moth-. ers. It is the richest gem we have culled for some time. He says: - “An intelligent youngjmother inquired. some days since how she could best preserve her.child's linen -clean and swect when changed frequently during the day. I directed her never to dry 1t by the fire, but in the sun and open air, if the weather permitted. Youthus not only avoid saturating the air of your room with the volatile and poison@us gasses driven out of the linen, but th»un’s-ri;y% have pow- . ers of cleansing and disinfeoting wﬁ‘ch : artificial heat has nol and-will purify and preserve the linen, 38he followed my directions, but as is foo-often the: practicc, . dried and aired it if the nursery window. Her fastidious husßand remonstrated in vain-against this undeemly exposure. * Be- . lieving that if she: saw her practico as: others saw it, she would desist, he so directed their afterbon walk sto bring the nurséry winddv in full view from central part of ‘the town; Stopping ab ruptly, he pointed | so.the offending linen - flapping conspicuously in the breeze, and asked sarcasticallyf “My.dear, what is that displayed from oun windew?" " “Why,” she proudly replied, “that is the flag of our unjonl? Conquered by this pungent retort, he Baluted the flag with a swing of - his hat, #nd pressing his wifé's’ arm eloser ‘within{ his own sang, as thoy' ‘walked bomewtrﬁ i Sieaeritd vt 2Mt by oo fAnd long ey it wave,' .o 0

Hale & Qo bu:’}:ers at Junction City; Kansas, failed the other week, liabilitics, thirty to fifty thousand dollars; reeeipts, reported trifling. The heaviest loss, soventeen ‘thousand dollars; was deposited for the use of|and accepted by Sharp & Co.; contractors of the Sonth’ Branch : Pacific Railroad,: This is the bank which | about a year had stolen from. their. _yault\a speeial deposit of scventeen thous‘zngi dollars, no trace of which ¢ould ‘ever Dalonnd: -~ 5 o bhoimaed Bl gaol ok il T A dispatch from St. Joseph, Missotri, mentions the reception there of a letter . from California’ which says five hundred Chinese will s‘hﬁlrﬁy be sent to Bt. Joseph, whence they will be distributed to varions . points. An agency. is to be established at St. Joseph, another at St. Louis, and still another at Bpringfield, Mo. L A comparative statement of x mor’ tality of 6& 68 pf Boston, Cincinng tiy Chicago and 8 Touis from Januney 1 tmlﬂlg%l‘&k 849, -based upon official fig- ' Ares, show that ovegly eighty- %“L‘g PR gied ‘i:jin ston . ‘.:, g&; ¢ = fourth- in'Cincini’¥i, every one hundred and eleventhi in C jicigo and: every ono ‘hundred aug tentls lin 86 ouia,i»oz oo | trndsd i R ey o =R R %Wfﬁ@aﬁwﬁ& N ﬁ%» R i M} A if thay wofibe'th.floso thoy will bo e