The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 29, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 November 1869 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, ‘Published Weekly by JONN B. STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. bot @ s TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictly in advance......i..veceeecenaans, ...82.00 If not paid within three m0iith5,............. 2.25 If not pald within six m0nth5,............... 2.50 At the end of the fyur.....,‘ LGI 800 §3™ Any person sending club of 20, accompanied_with the cash, will be entitled to a copy of the paper, for one ynr.vt‘ree of char e

L X o NATIONAL fBANNER Newspaper, Bbok and Job ki N : e, T LA I T \ 4 f ® ~, ‘5“" : R 4 S ! Ll - R e AP O ) = ‘ai@ Bl LdE fg: j POWER PRESS ; | P'RIN.'I‘IN(# OFFICE. e , We . wonld respectfully J inform the Merchants and Business mepn generally that we are now prepared to dp all kinds of l’l‘Ally & FANCY PRINTING, 1n as good style and ataslow rates as any publishing house in Northern Indiana, e Michizan South, &N. Ind’a R. R, On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: A GOING EAST: | s Express. \ Mail Train. Chieago.....ivviviues s 885 P M., 0., .8:00 &, M. *Ekhart...............0:48 * .., .12:80 p. M. G0ahen....,...‘...:...1*;:09 8100 N Millersburg. .......(d0n%t5t0p).......... 1:11 * Ligonfer .iii i cooiidDidl > P iiii ey 1108 1 Wawaka, ..... 4....(d0 'tatoP) cesssis 1348 P M, 8rin(xiﬂe1d1.......,......‘ Viisassin LIOO oy Kendaliville ~ 00/ 1180 v o 0 LOBOO Y Arrive at Toledo .......2:50 A M b B e ! GOING WEST: . i 688 Mail Train: TOYORO o iav s dan o anewil DO AM, i, JOOO AL N, Kenda]lvilie:.;........SF:ST A Mess s 3 s 8100 P. M, Brimfleld, .b. oo JBAB % il 8148 0 Wawaks. .. liooocpenes | Sdasess oREHO 1 Liﬁ0n1er.........;.....4:06 $ aot Millersburg......b.ovot Bl B 1Y Goshan ... i vaviinhina BT B 8 Lo GBI SRIKDALE iviiviloiivn 0B 10 2 i 4380 (4 Arrive at Chicago.... 9:20 ** .........8:85 * *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. - Exfress leaves daily ooth ways. e Mall Trainmakescldse connection at Elkhart with trainszgoing East and West. ; C. F. HAT(H, Gen'l Supt., Chicago. J. JOHNSON, Agent, Ligonier.

. J.M.DENNY, - .Attorney at Law,—;r«ilbion, Noble co., Ind Will give careful and prompt attention to al business entrusted to his care. 3-8 o e ——— W —G———————— ‘ e S . - - !JIJTIIER P. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publiec. LIGOCNIER, - + - - INDIANA. Office on Cavin Strcet,over Sack Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer {House. 41-8-ly’ D.W.C. E ENNY, Physician and Surgepn,— Ligonier, Ind. will prompdy and faithfally attend to.all calls in the line of his profession—day or nilght—m town or any distance in the countrg. crgons wishing his ‘serviees at night, will find him at his father’'s residence, first dg r east of Meagher & Ohapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abseut, should be left. 1-1 WM. L. ANDREWS, : | o Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel’s B M’tk, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinn ions free. 2-47 DR. E. W. KNEPPER, Kelectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. Al diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful.y treated g‘ylnhulatlon. No| charges for consultsglon. Ofice with W, W. Slh]len, esq. 1-8 - o e S 0 S S SO ____T.‘..-v...__‘___ — ,::?._. - DR.P,/W. CRUM, i, 8 . ; i ~Physician and Surgeon, Ligomier, = « = |. Indiana. - Office one doot south of L. pow & Co’s Clothing Store, up staira, \ (| May.l2th, 1869. B P e A v G, W. CARR. {W. D. RANDALLL. - CARR & RANDALL, e 0 i Physicians and Surgeons, .* LIGONIER, - - -|- - - IND, will promptll attend all Eédhls intrusted fo them. . - Office on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL Baxxsn office. ! 3-43 EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 267, : 1. O.oof 0.F., | Moets at their Hall on every Saturday evening of each week. A, JACK&)N, N. g < M. W. COE, V. @G, | R, D, KERR, .. Nov. 25th, 1868.—tf. ; | i Seeretary.

‘ . A. C. JENNINGS, Attorney at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agent.—R City, Ind. business entrusted to him promptly attended Is algo AGENT FOR T ﬁATfogAL BAN- £ | January 1, 1868, THOMAS L. GRAVES, Attorney at Law and Justice of the Pcace. Will give careful and prompt attention to all busness entrusted to his care. | Office in_thé building ately occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind. - gLy nay 32 . JAMES McCONNELL, QENERAL COLLECTING AGENI, COMMERCIAL BROKER. REAL EBT .t'rfE AGENT, i SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. y v I‘AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana SAMUEL E, ALVORD, ~ Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiers and helr heirs, Conveyanctnﬁ, &0., promptly and care- - fully attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Afidavits, taken and certified, : GANTS & MILLER, Surgical and Mechanical Dentists, i LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. Ll = . § .}lreprepsil-:d : o E o do an L S 7N l:;!zheirl?;:."x ‘ *)‘“ tice of gver 10 T=y S L {:m Justifies 37 ;e em insaylug i B that they can I T PPy feos e R R w “*‘ who may bestow their patronage. ¥~ Offec n'my building, o.msmt»tew“ il /

J. BITTIKOFFER, | DEALER IN WATCHES, - CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, REN ’ &c., &e. &e., &e. All kinds of work done 'uﬁon the shortest notice and warranted as to durab! lt{il Shop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. o 2-81 ' SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. 2 Cavin Btreet, Ligonier, Indiana. : Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., K g sip g o layﬁ!. '6B-1. P! V'SAgi BRO'S. JOHN B. GOODSELL & CO., HATS, CAPS, STRAW Men’s Furnishing -Groods. g T BERD. 4e Mw ol: 2~‘!' »\ : ' *é%“;‘“ o il W 00, o unfortun te. Beut in sealeC “, “ﬂ”"‘ R A

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- ABEL MULLIN, o . Licensed Auetioneer, | Re?idence in York township, near Port o L Bl M, Post, Offfice Address — WOLF LAKE, INDIANA. ill attend Irompuy to all calls in this line of b aneu. and endeavor to give entire satisfaction. Charges reasonable. 14=3m o. woqntun., . .8. WOODRUTY. WOODRUFF & SON, - ECLECTIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, LIGONIER, - - - - . . INDIANA. Will attend promptly all calls from town and countty. Office in Dm% Store of Barnett & Co.— Residence north side of Railroad. 4-11 bt S e o b Sl ol i e (. B.P. BEEBE, JUSTICE OF THE- PEACE, _Conveyancing done. - Notes collected promptly. Office, opposite the Ilaiel:mer House, over Sack’s t akery, LIGONIER, -~ -~ -~ ~ - INDIANA. May 26th, 1869.—1 y. ; ; T, R.ICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. S;;pclul attention given to conveyancing and collectipns. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptlgagnd accurately. ¢ ~ May 26th, 1868, ' STRAUS BROTHERS " Wiould fesf)ectfillly announce to their customers and the public in Eeneral that they continue to ﬁur_chm PRODUCE at the highest market grices. aving no Lbu{er on the streets, farmers having gr uce for sale will please call at our office in the ridk Clothing Store. ; Li onitr, April 29, 1869.—tf 2 F. W. STRAUS. JACOB STRAUS, Exchange and Brokers' Office; T LIGONIER, IND. e B;ig and sell Exchange on_all principal cities of the United States, and sELL Exchan%e on all princlgaﬂ cities of Europe, at the very lowest rates. They also Bell passage tickets, at very lowest figures, to all Krincipal seaports of Europe.. 8-52tf +Ni B.—The present price of passage in steerage from New York to Hamburﬁ, Plzmonth. London and!Cherbourg has been reduced to only $3O in gold. | 5 KELLEY HOUSE, | Kendallville, Ind. This is a First-class House, situated on Main Street, in the central part of the City, making it very ¢onvenient for AFents, Runners, and all other trapsient men visit n;.vh'our‘City, to do business without going{fan from the House. General Stage office for the North and South: Stabling for forty horges, Livery, and Free 'Bus. i J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. G. W. Greexn, Clork. - ]

BAKERY AND RESTAURANT : BY - B. HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Baklry will be supplied atall times with fresh Biscuits, . . Bread, Pies,: Cakes, % Crackers, &e., &c., Wedding partfes. pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, 'on short notice, andin the very latest style, on reasonable terms. Oysters and warm meals furnished at all hours. Oharges reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisfy the ‘‘inner man” . | - Jan’y 6, "69.-tf © H. C. MISSELHORN, i MANUFAOTURER OF ! Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. ? November 6th, 1867. | GO AND SEE GOTSCH& BECKMAN’ Sl —NEW—- : JEWELR . STORE, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. - Tkey have just received the finest assortmentand : S latest styles of . JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, 1o i : CLOCKS, ETC., Algo the Dest American Watches. Only ¢ me and see them. ; All fine work done and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite Miller’s new block. .Kenduﬁville, Ind., June 26th, ’67. tf. - ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, i i at the office of the HERALD OF TRUTH," ELKHART, - =~ - '~ - -~ IND. We talie pleasure to inform our friends and the public ‘ln‘igenera}. that we have established a ~ Book Bindery, In conneéction wita our Yrinting Office, and are now iprepared to do all kinds of Binding, such as Books, Pamphlets, Maga- ; | zines, Mnsic, promptly and : on reasonable terms. Lk apr, 20th, ’68.-tf. JOHN F. FUNK. KENDALLYILLE, - - - - - - INDIANA /SCHWARZKOPF & AICHELE, Would announce to the public that they have just completed a new Brewery, for the manufacture of Beer and Lager Beer, which they will sell the trade at Kices reasonable and satisfactory. Our Beer will be Warranted. The highest price for Barley. : 2-29-tf,

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, td ": ) f L \:4‘% " ’wm S ' RS 5/ & Ui | ——. BN = V‘ N \ il ‘ud “-‘l},}'H";,w;;',/ 4 /,/; - VR Watchmakers, Jewelers, . 1 AND DEALERS IN - : . 'Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. Repairing neatly and prom‘ftly executed, and % i warranted. 4T '~ GOLD PENS REPOINTED. h.slj:egﬁ_nm of the best kinds kept constantlyon. #ﬂlg’n of the big watch, Cavin Stmt.moﬁfmler, Indiana. e may 8,'66.~tf, . PHOTOGRAPHIC. H. R. CORNELL, Having purchased‘the HOYid A 50 i SRIEa ‘ PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, | Llﬁ { occupied by J. F. Christman, rei ectfully annon_ngq';;'q the public that he is prepared, to ¢ RS vl L v T e G AT y N A Inh f B 5; vy 4 ne pMﬂ b & o i J b > :.?,‘.ﬁ,.',i‘ ¥ g;«* 3 i !;:‘.‘_H F i i daviduidh W’*«migjs !" B gy In elery sigeand st Mﬂfw; o ot lin thialures, in vingy 1d Intgle, B e M e Foid latysiog ok dnguaiseosh | ambrotypés intocards or -en! aitoe Bap iy pamiel f Rigingon cysy o ek ea g sasiudsbol v - iRy it A R g?%* P T S ae v A |

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1569.

INDIAN SUMMER. Just after the death of the flowers, And before they are buried in snow, - There comes a festival season, - When Nature is all aglow— Aﬁ}ow with & mystical eplendor hat rivals the beanties of Spring— Aﬁ!g;v with a beauty more (ender . n aught which fair Summer can bring. J# Some spirit akin to the rainbow, | Then borrows its magical dies; | And mantles the far-spreading landscape In hues that bewilder the eyes. @ : The:sun from its cloud-pillowed chamber : Bmiles soft on aviagn 80 gmil e And dreams that his favorite dren—.The flowers—have not passed away. There’s a luminous mist on the mountain, ‘A light, azure haze in the air, As if an%fls. while henvenward soaring,. ¢ Had left their bﬂﬁh& robes floating there. The breeze is 8o soft, 8o caressing, It secms a mute toien of love, And floats to the heart like a blessing *° Fromsome happy spirit above. These days so serene and go charming, Awaken a dreamy delight— A tremulons, tearful enjoyment, Like soft strains of music at night; ‘We know they're fading, ﬂeetin%, ‘. That qnicklg, too quicgkly they’ll end, And we watch them with a yearninf affection, As at parting, we watch a dear friend. Oh, beantiful Indian Summer! Thon beautiful child of the year, Thou darling whom Nature enriches With E‘iﬂa and adornments 8o dear! . How fain would we woo the to linfer On mountain and meadow ‘awhile, ' - .For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of Nature, Rejo_ice and grow young in thy smile. - How Smith asked the old Man. Smith had just asked Mr. Thompson’s daughter if she would give him a lift out of bachelordom; and she had said “ Yes.” e It therefore became absolutely necessary to get the old gentleman’s permission, 80, as Smith said, the arrangements might be made to hop . the conjugal Iwig. : P ' Smith said he’d rather pop the interro%atory to all of old Thompson’s daughters, and his sisters, and his lady cousing, and his aunt Hannah in the country, and the whole of his female relations, than ask old Thompson. It had to be done, and 8o he satand studied out a speech which he was to disgorge at old Thompson the very first time he got a shy at him. So Smith dropped in on him one Sunday evening, when all the family had meandered around to meeting, and found him doing a sum in beer measure. “ How are you, Smith !’ said old Thompson, as the former walked in, white as a piece of chalk, and' trembling as if he had swallowed a condensed earthquake. Smith was afraid to answer, ’cause he wasn’t sure about that speech. He knew he had to keep his grip on it whilé he had it there, or it would slip from him quicker than an oiled eel through an auger hole. So he blurted out— -

“ Mr. Thompson, sir: Perhaps it may not be unknown to you, that during an extended period of some five years, I have been busily engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise—" .. | 5 _ “ Is that so, and keepin’ it a secret all this time, while I thought you were tendin’ store? Well, by George, you are one of them now, ain’t yon ?” ' ' Smith had begun to think it all over. « Sit down Smith, and help yourself to beer. Don’t stand there holdin’ of your hat like a blind beggar with paralyeis. I have never seen you behave yourself so queer in all my born days.” Smith had been knocked out again, and so he had to wander back and take a fresh start, “ i .

“ Mr. Thompson, sir; It may not be unknown to you, that during an extended period of five years, I have been engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise, with the determination to procure a sufficient maintenance—."’ e

4 A which ance?” asked old Thompgon, but Smith held on to the last word as if it was his only chance, and went on: :

“In the hope that some day I might enter wedlock, and bestow my earthly possessions upon one whom I conld call my own. I have been a lonely man, sir, and have felt that it is not good for man to be alone ; therefore I would==" - ; |

¢ Neither is it, Smith ; I'm glad you dropped in. How’s the old ,man #” ~ «Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, in despairing confusion, raising his voice to a yell, “it may not be unknown to you, that during an'extended experience of a lonely man, I have been en%aged to enter wedlock, and bestow all my enterprise on one whom I'could ‘determine to be good for certain possesgions—no, I mean—that is ~—that is—that—Mr. Thompson, sir:’ You may be aware~"' By “And, again, I may net. Lock here, Smith, you’d better lay down and take something warm—you ain’t well.” Smith went in again. : “ Mr. Thompson, sir : It may not be lonely to you to prosecute me whom a friend, for a.commercial maintenance, but, but—eh—dang it—Mr. Thompson, gir : It—" b /

¢ Oh, Smith, you rave the same as a fool,” I neverseen such a first-class idiot in the ecourse of my whole-life.— What’s the matter with you, anyhow 9" “ Mr. Thomgson, sir :” said Smith, in an agony of' bewilderment, “you may not be aware that yeu prosecuted a lonely man who is not good for a commercial period of matrimony for some five years, but—" =~ = °©

““See here, Smith .you're tight, and if you can’t behave better .than that, you'd better leave; if you don’t, I'll pitch you out, or I'm a Dutchman.” “Mr. Thompson, eir;” igaid Smith, frantic with despair, “ It'may not be known to you tb;t my earthly possessions are engaged to enter magrimony five years with a sufficiently” lonely man, who i 8 not good for a commerecial maintenanece—" =

* The very deuce he isn’t. Now you Jjist git up and git, or I'll blow what little brains out you have left.” With that, old Thompson seized Smith and shot him into the stréet as if he had run him against a locomotive, %oipg at the rate of forty miles an hour. :Before old Thompeon had time to shut the door, Smith eollected his legs;and sone thing and another that were lying arotind .on the ‘pavement, a’mngad {nmsﬂf in a vcrtical position and hal- " #Mr. Thompson, sir: You mg;;mt ee S A B 0 météﬁe&;ﬁ ‘.Wats,hmmnt out and set a bull terr ermw&guh before he had time to lifta brogan;iand there - was & scientific dog-fight, withiodds in Pavior of the dog SHpoMEe A "ft‘f&?ﬁ" i e s el Mg o iaved g f“ot;;gw"n; : : 3510 avioeradt ailh ot

Smith afterwards married the girl, and lived hypily about two months. At the end of that time he s6ld a confidential friend that he would willingly take ‘more trouble, and undergo a mi{ lion more dog bites to get ri§ of her. ity AP — . ; THE FARMERS, The universal stagnation of business in the country and the stringeney in the money markets are (says the St. Louis Republican) greatly increased by the circumstance that the large capitalists refuse to lend their assistance towards moving the crops from the interior to the Atlantic .seaports. The crop is 8o abundant that they despair of controlling prices, and they prefer to have their money in readiness for a sudden opportunity, whereby they can make more in a day then they could in a year by carrying on a legitimate business. The consequence is that Erices of all kinds of cereals, except arley, which is not much cultivated in our Western States, are constantly falling, and, in many places, they are lower than the cost price of the various products. In former times of a gimilar character, (we mean those in which stagnation of business was contemporaneous with abundant ecrops) the condition of the farmer was not near so embarassing as it is now. His wants - were moderate, and as there was plenty of food for his family and for his stock, he had to make only a little money to pay his taxes, whilst the few artic'es he needed from the “variety. store” could be exchanged for eggs and butter. Fifty or sixty dollars per annum paid his blacksmith bills, and with even less cash he could settle with his harness and wagonmaker, Wheat at these times ranged from fifty to seventy-five cents per bushel, oats from twelve to twenty, potatoes from fifteen to twenty-five, and according to this basis was established the whole household of almost all our farmers in the interior. Suddenly wheat rose as high as three dollars per bushel, and the country people soon got accustomed to live on that new basis, which, being ‘about four times as high as before, permit the indulgence in a great many luxuries which required a large outlay of money and created not only an increased desire for still more costly conveniences, but at the same time estranged the farming community from the pleasures of a rustic life.. The consequence of the change from the sev-enty-five. cents basis to that of three dollars in'the farmer’s household, did not only show:itself in the increase of the area of the farm, in new agricultural implements, in a! splendid buggy, and in the fashionable dress of the females, but they also appeared in the greater outlay in cash for hired help—the proprietor finding himself rich enough to pay for. what he formerly did himself, with the help of his own sons—and in store bills of such size that they could not even balance with the butter and eggs which the housewife could spare from her much more than formerly luxurious table. They ran up to three, four, and many more ‘hundreds of dollars every year, as did other bills in the same ratio, and a considérable amount in cash was needed:to keep up with the vastly increased expenses of our farmer’s family. An- ‘ other tendency of our farming population, combined with this increased budget, very materially complicated the situation. The thirst for more land and stock created by the rich returns from both, made the farmer invest all his surplus money :in more land and stock than he could use to advantage, ‘and before he became aware of this fact the low prices came on and he found himselt obliged to pay his store bill with a' promissory note and a heavy interest on debts created for the necessities of his family, Next year’s crops, he calculated, increased by the produce of about twice as much cultivated ground as previously, would enablehim to pay x;lis debts. Andsoit would have been,if only the farmer had the ability to maintain the prices of from two and a half to three dollars {)er bushel tor wheat! Unfortunatey for him, lie could not. His Radical friends, who made him rich for a few years, became so immensely wealthy, that the margin permitted them in the grain trade seemed insufficient for their appetites, and rather than to invest thefr money in gpeculations trom™ which the profits coultf only be drawn at the end of three or four months, the monopolists of the greenbacks speculated in gold, or in stocks, whereby in an hour immense profits could be made without any' other trouble except the anxiety of other kinds of gamblers in the result of the operation. s _The fate of the farmer (and with it that of the coasting metcha.n%hbecame at once much less enviable. e three dollar basis sinking to a standard of seventy-five cents, without any transition, the ?hécéu!i&fdtnontmﬁi@ broke into . country life like & - hailstorm in midsummer, and as the abandonment of ‘ luxurious habits is always much more difficult than the exchange for comfort and abundance, ‘this_retrograding change is -accompanied with very deplorable circumstances. Not only was the whole family to bring their habits into a just '?gmporti@" “to the decline in ' '@a’gil's, ‘but the debts, ¢ontracted in anticipation of the ' continuance of the three dollar basis, have now to be paid with four times the former amouut of" the farmer’s products. This, in many cases, as weare told by wholesale dealers of almost all the large mer- ‘ g’itg“ﬁg:;ﬂ: has thm& the financial conditions of many fare St B ke i et &?E&&:‘j {’? p % 1?“}(%‘%% mato debts. Thus the bad sxastple of ‘extravagance ;’@jx:’* “hatd and of wwo o douired fuvimes 6 Sty T L R, transactions had been highly, esteemed. sy e IR

The People Their owl<tnvlon. : It is not often that we indulge in conjectures about what may happen many years ahead in politics, and under the present circumstances, it seems to us (says the St. Louis Republican) especially fruitless to speculate about the probability of Mr. Pendleton being the nominee of ‘the Democratic party-in 1872, if he had defeated Governor Hayes; or of the man who shall become his suceessor to the expectancy of that nomination, in consequence of his defeat. The one by what system we shall be governed, will evidently bea far more important ?estion for the coming two years, than the person by whom the people shall be represented at the seat of the Government; 3

Should the American people, in 1872, be still inclined to have the present systems of the absolute rule of the manufacturing interests over all the other interests of the nation continued, then it' will be almost a matter of in‘difference who' represents them in the White House.. The monopoly in this -cage will ruleé in any event, an({ against Aifs sway and impoverishing effects upon the masses the Executive has abzolutely no means of defence. Under the external form of equality, the various Sta‘es in the Union will from year to year become more essentially unequal in regard to the benefits they draw from federal legislation, just, as under the mere external pretence of the equality of individuals and classes, gome of them will become excessively fwealthy and powerful, and most others will be impoverished, and consequently indirectly subject none the less, to the great monopolizers. To this ten'dency there used to be a check. It -was, perhaps, a despotism not less se~vere than the despotism of the monopoly. But, as it was very nearly equal, ‘if not superior, to the latter, it at least: limited its power, preeisely as its own absolute sway was limited by the as-: _piration and the vigilance of the manufacturing monopbplizers. "The second great power was de-: stroyed by the last war, and only the most unobserving men in the country are still unconscionus of the great and overwhelming result of the war, that instead of two rulers, who kept each other within certain bounds and who had botl an interest in not too unscrupously oppressing the people, we now have ogly one ruler, who is go firm in the saddle and so merciless that without any fear or remorse he looks exclusively to his own interests, without in’ the least troubling himself about the waunts or cares of the people at large. The laws regulating incorporated companies, the tariff, the internal revenue, the curtailing of the rights of the various States in the management of their own local affairs, the limitation of the- constitutional powers .of the President and of the Supreme Court—in one word, the whole of the Federal legislation, can be reduced to the same source, which is the unlimitated sway of the great manufacturing monopolizers. What is the name of this or that man, clear sighted and patriotic as he may otherwise be, when compared with such an immense machinery and such a thouroughly elaborated governmental aystem as the one by which we are now oppressed? It would only sink the nation in a still deeper indifference concerning its future, if it should make its fate depend upon the intelligence and energy of any individual citizen. To break down the disastrous system, the intelligent, preconcerted activity of a vast” number of people is needed, They ‘will be powerfully assisted by the unavoidably pernicions consequences of the present sistemjof economy, but, if theéy do not throw away their prejudices and dare to look zearlessly in the face of their oppressors, they may, for: many years, be cheated out of all the profits of their labor by the pretence of their deposits that they are inspired only by principles of liberty and hu- | manity. = Spreading poverty among the most industrious of classes will go a great way toward opening the eyes of the people; but our present rulers undefstam{) 8o well how to interweave their avaricious and déspotic schemes with a show of humanitarian and philanthropie principles, that much genuine shrewdness is lequired in order to diseriminate their ends from their means. Common sense, science, and even religious enlightenment, will have to be incited by the'growing overbearance of. our despots on the one hand, and by the increasing difficulty for the working classes to make a decent living by faithful and assiduous labor, on the other, in order to first unmask and then break down a political faction, which, to its exclusive benefit, eradicates one after another of the old democratic precepts. The problem of breaking up this system is too immense to he,sol‘v;éﬁjb‘y;gyy one man. It requires the powerful agsistance of the whole people, or it will never be done. They who would be. free themselves, - must strike theblow. * =OO

: ALESSON TO THE DEMOCRACY, —ln Meigs and Lawrence Counties in this state there were very bad results to the Democracy. Itis accounted forin the fact that there areno Democratic papers published in these counties. Tt is not necessary to presume that Democratic journals wonld have greatly increased our vote, but it is sufficient to perceive thatthe party was dead-or apthetic or they would have had a local journal. No county organization ‘which is either too weak" or careless in the support of a mewspaper to ad‘vocate' its claims can ‘ever possibly ‘make aniy ‘pretensions to success.— ‘Show us a ecounty where a live paper iz supported by the Democrats, and we will sﬁow: you a ' Democratic’ gain or majority.—Cincinnati Enquirer. e e et S —— ey . ..It.is reported that a careful canvass 9fthe gginim':qu the cabinet regarding Wg&m question deselopes the fact that Se oy Kish and Attorney Gen: el Hose e 86 oy meies v ‘are opposed to 4 Speedy recoghition of ho nw republi, and ci"emwyog | posed: toit on the Wﬂmhm %mwmlAhh@mam ,]“; i e SRR TSI SR N el

THE APOCALYPSE OF RAW SUGAR The Wonders of the Microscope--=A Living Hell in a Cubie Inch of Sui ae 5 : - [From the New York Sun.] . Last night we saw the hidden wonders of raw sugar as'they were revealed to us by a microscope of uncommon power and great detective ability, which will forever set us against all swzets in that form with an intensity ~of horror, such as no man can conceive who has not been behind the scenes. We saw the living hell itself, however, in less than a quarter of an ounce of raw sugar. ‘There were myriads, apparently, of horrible insects as large as beetles, and having the appearance of crabs. Four dreadful legs with claw-pinchers at the end of them, jointed in four parts as with armor, and bristling with sharp pointed spears, were in front of the monster, and his head was a long pyramidal form in two joints, with five finder tips at the terminus where the mouth ought to have.been. The body was evil-shaped, and marked almost exactly like that of a crab, only npon the rims of an inner circle upon lﬁe back tHere were twelve more of those lofng sharp spears, with two at the tail an four snake-like tentacula, exceedingly fine in articulation, and no doubt intended like puss’ whiskers to be feelers, to warn the hinder end parts of continuous danger. The reverse side. showed the ugliness of the beast even more than the obverse, but it also showed the wondrous mechanical ge-. nius of the Maker of it. Each limb ‘was padded with a mass of muscle at the base, which gave the impression of immense (relative) power, and over the muscle there was a case of armor through which it showed. Talk about lively beasts, and lively.they were.— Eager, restless, ravenous; always falling toul of each other, or attacking great joints of sugar, as large, in reality; as a mathematical poinc.. With the pinchers attached to the end of each proboscis they caught hold of one another, and tore one another, repeating in tkeir emall way the enormous tragedies of Tennyson’s primal monsters. The way these marvels canfe to light ‘w_s this: A spoonful of raw, ¢oarse sugar was dissolved in about three times the quantity of water, when, as with a conjuror’s rod, the animalcules sprang to the surface, and floated there, swimming about, and up and down, like the beasts that wriggle in soft-water tubs, and finally turn into flies resembling musquitoes. but harmless. Those sugar animaleules, or acarus sacchari, as the scientific men call them, were then gathered up in a gpoon, and placed under a glass magifying 200 times. They could be’ seen however, with the naked eye, tobegin with, but not in their entire hideousness until the object glass brought it out. It has been proved that.in every pound of unrefined, raw sugar, there are 100,000 of these acari. In 15 grains weight,’ Dr. Hassal, of London, found 100 of these insects; and Dr. Barker of the Royal college of surgeons, Ireland, found 1,400 in 45 grains weight, or 268,000 in a pound. Worse still, as a matter of =sthetics, this is the very insect that boxes into the skin of its victims in Scotch beds, and treats them to a taste of the “Scotch frddle,” alias the itch.

Probable Action of the Ecumenienl Council. A correspondeat of the Poust; in a letter to that paper from Rome, says: Concerning the expected action of the Ecumenical Council, the dogmatic definition of the assumption of the Virgin . Mary will encqunter no obstacles. The Pope earnestly desires the consolidation of this dogma, but its erection into dogma of necessity to the temporal power is not considered possible by the most ardentchanipions of the preservation of that power. Probably the protests of 1862-7 will be received. It is suggested that the liberal bishops will advocate that terms be made with the kingdom of Italy. Some appointments, even the Popedom, may be conferred without the destruction of nationality, and such a change of policy, although desirable, is improbable at present, but must be left to time. The Council will not take the initiative with respect to the sylabus. It would be absurd -to think that the sylabus will be abrogated. It is more probable that the Bishop will ask its sanction, by an open and unanimous adhesion, ard will explain such portions as are obscurely worded or erroneously interpreted. Beyond these points, it is thought, the council will only be occupied with questions of internal discipline, such as reform sessions, the reunion of the Schismatics and Heretica with the church ; modifications of the religious orders ; amelioration of instructions to the clergy, and the adoption of the judicial powers of the Bishops to the condition of society. It is important to observe that the initiative in everything belongs to the Pope alone. As the Roman Catholic heirarchy is sfrongly and judiciously constituted, it is improbable that ang serious opposition will be manifested.

y The Best Wash for Trees. ~ October is the best period for the | autumn scraping and washing of fruit trees. The insects which hide in the bark and crevices of the trees have now retired to their winter quarters ,and can be easily destroyed. There is nothing equal as a wash with which to scrub the trees than a preparation. of say one pound of whale oil soap to a large bucket of water well dissolved. There is nothing more nauseous to in_sects: than.this, It will lay “cold?’ everything that we‘have tried it on but the curculio—that, however, cares no-more for the mixture, even though accompanied with sulphur, lime water and tobaceo juice, than if it were a gingerly doze of . gure spring water.— But rose bugs, and the steel-blue grape bugs, surrender to its power incontinently. Every farmer and gardener onght to have a supply of this soap on “hand for use whenever necessary, “Apple and pear trees well scraped | and theu;washed with this preparation | will ot only 'be freed from some of | the. insém:—fsyini:nm foliage' and |fruit, but will seveibly:feelta invigorating effects.—Germantown. Telegraph.

THE PUBLIC DEBT. The late statement of Secretary Boutwell that the public debt had been reduced during the month of October seven millions, was chiefly intended for its effect upon the November elections. Some of the Republican journals say this will be bad news for Pendleton® The Cincinnati Enquirer disgoses of the statement as follows’; - ‘They know that Mr. Pendleton is for the earliest extinguishment of the National indebtedness.” He has said 8o over a hundred times. The trouble is that if Mr. Pendleton’s views had been adopted, instead of taking u $7,000,000 of the debt, all of whicE has been paid in coin, or its equivalent, we shoql«f ‘have liquidated over $lO,000,000, in greenbacks at par, in which the debt is due, and nothing else. ' According to their own showing, $3,000,000 have been given to the bondholders as a premium for nothing, and for it the donors should be held to a rigid accountability. But, in truth and in fact, we do not supposé there has been any reduction at all.— The whole thing is a mere pretense. The debt was greater in September, 1869, than it was in September, 1865, by nearly $200,000,000; and yet, for over four years there has been peace in the land. g : :

‘But even allowing that $7,000,000 per month have been paid toward the wiping out of the principal, what is that when we pay $120,000,000 per year interest in gold on the rémaining principal. We are paying one-third more for interest, even by their own statement, than they say they cancel of the debt, which ie really only changing the nature of it, with the deceptive purpose of making the masses believe they are actually reducing it.— Acknowledging in its best respect, as we have said before at that rate the reduction would be -84:000,000 per year. Suppose we continue this tor twenty-five years, and then it would only be gotten rid of by the sweat and toil of that period. Do our people desirein that long length of - time to be hewers of wood and drawers of water ? How mauy of this generation will be alive when the final pay day comes.

The Lynchburg (Va.) News of Saturday gives the following particulars of one of the most atrocious and hor-: rible crimes we have ever been called upon to record. Tt eafg;: ‘ o It appears that Mr. Henry Creasy, living in the meadows of Goase creek, | in Bedford county, some short time gince had the misfortune to lbsehisé wife, who died, leaving an infant child. ! The infant was placed under Mr. John Norgan, its grandfather, and was nursed by a colored girl aged about 15 years. Two or three days since Mrs. Morgan had occasion to scold this girl | for some ‘delinquency, at|'which she showed marked signs of anger and regentment. The next* day Mrs. Morgan visited @ neighbor’s house, a-short distance off, leaving the/child 'with the nurse. During her absence the l fiendish and brutal nnrse, to gratify her anger against Mrs. Morgan, delib- ‘ erately threw the child into the fire, and let it remain there until both of its legs were burned\ off above the ankle, causitig its death, When Mrs. Morgan returned in a few hours, she ‘was horrified to see the innocent little -babe burned almost into"a ‘crisp, its distorted features indicating the terribleagonies it had endured. The nurse, who still remained at the house, was at once taxed with the deed ; but denied it bitterly, stating that the child’s leg had been eaten off by a dog, while she left only for a few moments. This tale, however, was wholly- disproved by the plain marks of the fire; and- the brute being ‘threatened with severe punishment, finally ‘Foqfeasad* that she committed the horrible deed in the manner we have stated, and assigned as her reason for it her dissatisfaction with Mrs. Morgan. Sh¢ was then conveyed to Liberty and committed to julforwmial. -. . o o

Save the Cornfodder. We have lofig been of the opinion that there was not that attention paid to the curing and saving of cornfodder that its value demands. Every good farmer must know ‘that cattle eat it greedily through the winter, and if cut and steamed it is as good for them as the best hay and really more milkproducing. = . B Where is the necessity of allowing: it to remain in shocks until the middle or end of November? Corn should not be cut down until the stalks are dying and the grain is pretty hard; and then it should remain no longer in the field than necessary for the drying of the grain. It should be husked as early as pogsible, and the fodder tied up in bundles and either carefully stacked near the cattle stables or put. under shelter in gsheds. . =~ It is well known, too, that horses prefer: it to the best hay ; also that the blades are especially sought tor to feed rice animals, strengthening their wind and bottom beyond any other food. It is besides wholesome prov-. ender and helps ‘most beneficially in making ihe winter’s supply of hay last till late in the spring, with the addition of chopped roots, which every farmer, who shrewdly looks to the main chance. onght to cultivate: for feeding in the early part of the winter. ~Germantown Telegraph. -~ . -

Pope Pius IX lis now 77 years of age, and has been Pope 23 years.— He is described as a vigorous old man;, of most benevolent and venerable as‘pect. Personally .he is: extremely popular with alhost-all’ classes of his eople. Heis said to be :a man of glalﬂelessb life and the best possible. in- - tentions, but he adheres to the ideas of the past, bﬁ- political and theological, with a tenacity-most wondertnl to witnees, esggially to his power as a. tem’porar.{ sovereign, -He is a man of the simplest manners and habits. ' A farmer dt Warsdw _recently endeav ' ored to purchase a whisky-barrel fromour member of Go’n%resq, -but apologized a 8 soon s he was told who it was, by re-. ‘marking that he 'was mistaken in the O v e et i e O R Pro i SHTE DRR e e B

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4§ The Coming State Conventiont. . Democrats, the time has fully arrived -when every Democrat who wishes the success of his party, and the redemption of his country from the rule of thieves and fanatics, to ‘speak out in unmistakable labguage his thoughts and feelings in re‘gérd to the future action of the party. “éMen talk of getting up new. parties, afid of forming new organizations, for the tpose of righting the affairs of State, bHt it all amounts to nothing, as the Demratic party is all that can be desired in It 4 principles. . : g'lv‘he principles of the Democracy are all that can be desired for the working of a federal republic, and while they were applied to our government the people were happy and prosperons. . %We have always held that the party in itd principles are all that cantbe asked for, byt we are ready to admit that for the 'pgltteh years, the pafty has been badly h#ndled. Our leaders, from some cause ot other; have' failed to comprehend the situation, or lacked the né;‘ve to go before the country on the merits of the points in istue, o : - For the past nine years, no campaign las been contested wherein the ‘voting Democrats went into the ‘ﬁg’ht united.— How often have the voters protested to edch other that they did not care a d—n hbw it went, for the reason that. the leadefs of the party had failed to come up to tRe requirements of the times—had tailed 8 respond ‘to the pulse of the democratic lass. Let us change the programme—llet i, as & party, stop our halting, half-way folicy, and come square up to the issues—t the new order of things, and prove that ge are not Bourbons. - e { We must have a short platform, and flew candidates on the State Ticket. ¥ We must not repeat ourselves at each State Convention, for if we do the result will be the same at the election. We have no personal fault to find with any of the ccandidates who have been on the State fticket- for the past four years, but we have tried ‘them to the full extent, and cannot afford to try them again at this tine, Give us new men, active men, and men who are not identified with each decfeat of the party for the past four or’ eight YRR " Let the campaign be run on the interests of labor and the financial issues of the day. Drop the negro; drop reconstruction; drop the issues of the war, and take up the questione alone wherein the people are oppressed 1 pocket. o - This State is democratic, if rightly managed, and nothing but the stupidity of leaders ilected‘ Bali’r last'yeqr. Hence we want a £hange.— Monroeville Democrat. SO R R R : l“m:m’el's’ “lees--:?’hy‘ Have They

S - Poor Health? : . It is now most generally cor.ceded, that ;';this"class of our countrywomen, through 'some cause, have come to a state of general poor health ; and this sad state of atfairs is mostly attributed te overwork — fl‘his,,no doubt, in some cases, has a share in the evil ; but we are more inclined to hscribe the general debility and much Sickness antongst us of the raral districts to cooking stoves in unventilated kitchens, and close sleeping apartments. A little observation will show that this poor heaith’ is by no means confined to the wives of farmers, but extends also to the families of a large portion of our communities—all those in fact who occupy houses built with lg;mall, close chimney flués, instead of the old fashioned open fire place, and who Sleep in small apartments with close win%ows, and with no arrangements for the #upply of fresh air ,thmu%h the night thours—nor the day either, for that materi—except the occasional opening of a b :(I;ilgg women of our times do not work arder than did their grandmothers: but eir toil was pursued near the great open re-place; where a constant change of air as going on; and congequently they ever felt the exhaustion that our women ffer, shut up. with a “red-hot demon”

-@f a stove, which itself is consiining -the ital air at the rate of a hogshead every hinute, and for the supply of which proision s seldom made—for where do you find a house which has any sensible arthngement by which fresh, pure air 1s introduced continuously ? Do people know that air which has once passed through l‘ixe' lungs, is not only incapable of sup%o‘rting life, but is absolutely poisonous ? ‘Bo they know that air is more necessary for existence than food? Life can be susfained without food for many days, but without air not for one minute. If any Ohe questions the absolute need of pure rto maintain health, let him observe the condition of any person who lives in vitiated atmosphere. = Look at the men ?_d boys in stores and shops where there 18 stove heat and no. ventilation—how slckly, pale and dyspeptic they soon become. ‘ Farmers’ wives” are not more miseraßle and weak, . oA . Examine the majority of sleeping rooms in any country village or neighborhood. ‘Small, “ seven-by-nine” closets—with gen.erally but one window, and that carefully closed to'exclude the dangerous “nightair," as if there were any better air than that provided by the Great Creat?, for übe during the night hours. If a door is léft open, it is probably into the kitchen oﬁ- sitting-room, where stoves and lamps ahd buman breaths have combined to cre:;f a poisonous condition of the atmosthere during the day and evening. - ils- it wonderful that, under such cirimstances, sleep is disturbed and unreﬁ‘:’z'shjng ?—that children are restless and feetful ? and that daylight finds the mothef more tired and languid than when she 18id down to rest¥ o ; _eé’l‘he,men and the boys of the family shffer less, because. they are in the pure agr outside all day, arid the poisons are thus eliminated from their systems. Oth-, etwise they too would sink undersuch a course of “ blood-poisoning ;" for it is in- :? the blood this atmospheric, . poison. rorks, as it'is again. and again passed throogh the' lungs,” - 8 Sanact 20 - Dr: Bellows, of Boston, in his excellent book, “ How not to be sick,” attributes {he poor health and poor teeth of Amerians to “ the excessive fise of flour, butfer and sugar,” leaving out thesmﬁgt:; ! l%em 'pha‘;ri‘ alz)ad nitra‘h;sﬁ%?g ! o the bran and buttermilk, which are £ tour pigh: Cambine with anwhole fome, heating food, the unwholesome air o breathe, %nd ‘what wonder that we Rave become a race of pale dyspeptics, ‘With false-teeth and contracted chiests—o Salaen »ﬁ%f oduin Sitr sodes of Bullatee ahd feiie "tha hor wade df Délidthie d Tiig, the