The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 31, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 December 1869 — Page 1

- THE NATIONAL BANNER, | * 'Published Weekly by. s JOMN B. STOLL, 8 LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. . " s i el Q) B NI i : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : o Strietlyin BdvARCe, .. ovvvvivnerininiieni o 0 8000 | If not paid within three m0nth5,............. 2.25 1f not paid within six m0nth5;:="........... 2.60 | Attheendofthe year,................5c.q... 8,00 | & Any person sending a club of 20, accompa~ / nied with the cash, will be entitledtoacopy of ‘ the paper, for one year, free ?fchar e. i NATIONAL BANNER |

Newspaper, Book and Job | ; v, o=2 Y { | = -5 TR g i \ 9 RSy L ; e Wl i e =| e o - e POWER PRESS ~PRINTING OFFICE. Wé would respectfully inform the Merchants and Business men generally that we are now prepared to do all kinds of PLAIN & F_‘ANCY PRINTING, n a 8 good style and ataslow rates as any pub- ¢ lishing house in Northern Indiana.

Michizan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: : . GOING EAST: : © Express. Mail Train, Chicago. . vvvvvennenss 885 P M. ... . 8100 AL M. ARIRBOEL o i vinvivesnie DB - £ 00012180 P, M. GORREN ..o ¢ veui vy TOSRY 2% Lo ABBOO 2. M, } Millersburg. .......(d0n't5t0p).......... 1:11 ** %g0n1er..'......,.....10:41 Sk awaka............(d0n’t5t0p) ....... 1:46P. M, Beimflollt. o 5 . Rl s v Kendallville wsot 0020280 ¢4, .0.,..9:20" *¢ -Arrive at Toledo .......2:80 A ........5:05 ‘¢ f GOING WEST: i Express: Mail Irain: 01040 0 x o onvdnsvnens IBIA M. 000 y 10200 A W, andalivile .. uie BT AMy iis i 2400 R LRI Ll e B Yl R BWRRRG e ity %}ﬁm1er...............czw iRy o : toraburg. .. ..iiio Sae ÜBias PO R R R 1 OO )15 TRS T SRR e L g rrive at Chicago.... 9:20. % .......7=8:85 *' ! *Stop 20 minufea for breakfast and supper. ) Ex?reu leaves daily osoth ways. : | Mall Train makes close connection at Elkhart with trains going East and West. f C. F. HATCH, Gen’l Supt., Chicago. | J. JOHNSON, Agent, Ligonier. |

‘ J.M. DENNY, Attorney at Law,—Albion, Noble co., Ind | Will give careful and prompt attention to al " business entrusted to his care. 3-6 . LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, | LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA., | Office on Cavin Street, over Sack Bfo’s. Gro; cery, opposite Heclmer House. 41-8-1 y } : D«W. C. DENNY, 5 : Physician and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ind. | Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in the line of his profession—day or ni}ghv—iu town or any distance in the éouutrg. crsons wishing his serviees at ng;hg, will find him at his {js_ther’s residexhce, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s gar ware Store, where all calls, when abseut, shoyld be left.. 1-1 e B. P, BEEBE, o JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Conveyancing done. . Notes collected promptly. Pﬂ‘lce, oppoeite the élelln;er House, .over Sack’s ! akery, | LIGONIER, --- y_ - INDIANA. | May 26th,.1869.—1y:. 2 L it E. RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. ‘; Sfl)ecial attention given to conveyancing and col|lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, |and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. - May 26th, 1868. ' WM. L. ANDREWS, @ Surgeon Dentist. LlYYYYPMitchel's Block, Kendallville. |All work warranted.. Examinations free. 247 . DR. E. W. KNEPPER, | Helegtic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. . All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successfulY treatew inhalation. No charges for consul|sation. ce with W, W. Skillen, esq. ‘lB - | o vy'oonivrn:.,- i ~ G.B. WOODRUFF, . WOODRUFF & SON, | RCLECTIC PHYSICIANS: AND SURGEONS, ! LIGONIER, = « /<o INDIANA, Will attend promptly all éaﬁs° from town and country. Office in Dmg Store of Barnett & Co.— Residence north side of Railroad. ; 4-11 e R B i

* DR P W.CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = =« = , Indiana. Office one door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up st_.alrs. / ; May 12th, 1869. ; G~W CARR. -'W. D. RANDALL, CARR & RANDALL, Ao. 0 v o Physicians and Surgeons, “ ZLIGONIER, » - - =~ . w» IND., Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to them. Office on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL Baxxnr officc, ; 343 e EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 267, ‘I.O. OfOo Fo, Meetg at their Hall on every Saturda, eveniné of each week, . *G{ > A.d ACKgON, N. G. M. W. COR, V. y ‘ R. D, KERR, Nov. 35th, 1868, —tf. Secretary. - A.C.IENNINGS, Attorney at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agent.—Rome City, Ind. . ‘business entrusted to him' promptly attended Is also AGENT FOR TH'E RATPOI&AL BAN--3 Ty {. January 1, 1868. THOMAS L; GRAVES, Attorney at Law and Juati:e.o{ the I;cgce t neen Ssea o b e Dtos I the, building ately occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallvlne.' Ind. ’ pEL may 22 JAMES McCONNELL, GENERAL UOLLEOTIN G A GEN /8 - COMMERCIAL BROKER. REAL ESTATE AGENT, . SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. : Dite el 1 AND i g : b NOTARY . PUBLIC, Ligonier,Noble County, Indiana

- SAMUEL E. ALVORD, * . 7T Attornéy at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, ‘Noble Co., Ind. Business in' the Courts, Claims of soldiers. and heir heirs, Conveyancin % &0., promptly and carefally attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Afidavits, taken and certified. ey TR Ll R i i eLT | GIANTS & MILLER, : Surgical and Mechanical Dentists, X LIGONIER, + > INDIANA. i it gt td.'&repre;t)g{ed o '&u"&oei}-ﬁne."ﬁ 5 . o SuCe B o T C {ean Jjustifies L AR R T | hem in saylug I Y chat they can Lo _ A ‘A.'-vgglveentireantn i 3 3 - ‘»‘ﬂ {{sfaction to all TR R DG s ‘who mniay He-. stow their patronage. $¥ Offiec m my building ey e iy .v-]-- - - — , ' J/BITTIKOFFER, ok AR TAT IRy L e WATCHES, CLOCKS, J EW‘LE’T;BTLVER WARE; NOTIONS, Specta of every Description, L T %‘bﬁl&'d 'k done: the 'shortest notice g’l:opm.':‘:qw gﬁm Kﬂm\mvﬂlo A W”z“-" o b v sk T Da VOB OF - WISDOX. .2 “d 44.4 WORWOUNGMEN, . . _Outhe -":;_ﬁ}.‘;‘z’- Youth ?m DN L "‘it’s‘w-{é-»t, B s ris an , ~,..,_,,”& it in_sealed letter enve frée : idre %4 [ARD ON. . Box P., Pim ' i .'-, & JF,"“"'“J’-

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H. C. MISSELHORN, ; . MANTUF Am'um.s ROF ; CHOICE SEGARS, ' Main Street, Mendallville, Ind. Novammer ot T, i oe b o e e b ety iy St CITY BREWERY. KENDALLYILLE, ---l - - - \INDIANA " SCHWARZKOPF & AICHELE, Would announce to the public that they have jost completed anew Brewery, for the manufacture of Beer and Lager Beer, which they will gell the trade at Prlcesvreasongble and satisfactory. Our Beer will be Warranteil. The highest price for Barley. R

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. : Cavin Street, I,;igopler, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &ec., Choice Groceries, Provis&on:ié, Yankee Notions, &cThe hiﬁhest cash price paid fer Countrﬁ Prod'uce May 13, "6S-tf. ! . SACKBRO'S. et hit fi: o P AP e s KELLEY HOUSE, o Kendallville, Ind. Thisis a First-class House, sitnated on Main ‘ Street, in the central part of the City, making it very convenient for AFentq,_ Runners, and all oth“er transient men visit n%opr City, to_do business without gomﬁfnr from the House. General Stage office for the North and South. Stabling for forty horseg. Livery, and Free/Bus. - J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. G. W. Greex, Clork, | i PRODUCE BROKERS. STRAUS BROTHERS Would respectfully annpunce to their customers and the pnbgc in ‘Eenerajl that they continue cego ﬁarchase PRODUCE at the highest markét,,gri s, aving no hn]yer on the streets, farmers having Erodﬂce for sale will pleage call at our office in the rick Clothing Store. : ; -, Ligonier, April 29, 1869, —tf F. W. STRAUS. JACON STRAUS, Exchange and Brokers' Office, LIGONIER, IND. Bny and sell Exghange on_all principal cities of the United States, and s£LL Exchanﬁe on all princlgal cities of Europe, at the very lowest rates. They also sell passage tickets, at very lowest figures, to all Erinclpal geaports of Europe. 3-62tf N. B.—The %resent price of ;ia)msage in steerage from New York to Hnmburﬁ, lgmouth. London anildCherbonrg has been reduced to:only $3O in gold. S { ¢ ABEL MULLIN, Li d Auctione ieensed Aunctionecer, Residence in York township; near Port fi i Mitchell. : Post Ofice Address —WOLF LAKE, INDIANA, ' Will attend promptly to all ealis in'this line of business, and eudeavor to give entire satisfaction. Charges redsonable. 14=3m JOHN B, GODDSE[% & CO,, HATS, CAPS, STRAW § IRTIRRNT ¢ ) 7! _|AND ' Men’s Furnishing Goods. . - 181 WATER STREET, - - CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 27,768.-Iy." |

ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, ) o 'at the office of the [“HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELEKHART, -~ ¢+ =~ "~ -~ =" IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have established a - Book Bindery, In connection wital our Yrinting Office, and are , now prepared to do_all kinds of Binding, such as Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, Mpsic, promptly and 'on repsonable terms. apr. 20th, 768.-tf. JOHN F. FUNK. GO AND SEE e GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s o (i—=NEW-—. . . : JEWELR . STORE, ~ Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. Thkey have.just received the finest assortmentand ! latest styles of . JEWELRY, e ; SILVERWARE, L o CLOCKS, ETC., Alsp the best American Watches. Only ¢)me and see them. % All fine work done and satisfaction guaranteed. ‘Shop oPposite Miller’s new block. Kendallville, Ind., June 26th, '67. tf. BAKERY AND RESTAURANT L L o B. HAYNES, Opposite the Post. Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied atall times with fresh

Biscuits, ¢ .+ Bread, : i Ples Cakes, ; Crackers, . &e., &, Wedding pértes, pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on short notite, and in the -very latest siyle, on reasonable terms. Oysters and warm meals furnished at all hours. Charges reasonable. Farmers will find this/a geod place to satisfy the ‘‘inner man.”. ;. By Lo Jan’y 6, '69.~tf PHOTOGRAPHIC, H. R. CORNELL, Having purchased the PHOTOGRAPI ROOMS, Lately occupied by J. F. Christman, respectfully announces to the public that he is prepared to take T Any one’s Phiz; 4 Just as it |g i - 'l'n elery siz¢ and style of 'thé‘:Photograph; ic art, from miniatures in rings to large sizesfor froming. ... 4co it ie i s Particular Attention Paid to copying old daguerrotypes and ambrotypes intacyl‘ds_or‘enlargin%. bt Work warranted in all cases satisfactory. ; :ngo‘nieg, Ind., May 3d,3866. ‘

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©. ¢ . . [For the National Banner st odBORR NEES. £sy L BY MlBB MERDA LEVERING. Gogclasp the hand that wields ‘a name,” " And in the heart confide That only greatness here could claim, ; -On honor’s treacherons tide; But honest friend where ‘ere’ you be, 1 pray thee, choose not such for me. - For when the blessings Heaven sends . Prove counterfeit at last, . I find with truth, deception blends, And both aside are cast; ! When broken friendships thus 1 see, I'm glad they were not broke for me. The halls of weadth, the place of rank, May well your fancy please, : But then gometimes a drearyblank -~ _ Fallg o'er this envied case; | From life’s misfortunes then I'm free, , Wealth and rank claim not forme. Baut in lien of rank aund gold, : And all that power may claim, Ty Choose for me the wealth untold, / . Found in an honest name; ki And the soul that loves this plea, | 1s the noble friend for me. ] * The heart that's burdened not by care, Or pierced by envy's dart, 0 ‘But free in thonght as upper air, : To act Its own allotted part— Would prove a cherished friend to thee; For, 'tis the one I'd choose for me, The grasp that’s cordial, warm, and true, . The beaming, love-lit-eye, 5 e Betoken happine#s for you, - Should you not pass-them by; And when this honest soul I see, I murmur, that’s the friend for me. Albion, Ind.. Nov. 18th, 1869. .

The Lawyers and the Cats. Two Arkaiisas lawyers were domesticated in the rude hotel of a country town. The hotel was crowded, and the room allotted to our two heroes was also occupied by six or eight others.. Shake-down beds, enough to accomodate the guests, were |disposed about the room, against the four walls, leaving an open space in the centre of the apartment. Lk Judge Clark lay with his head 'te the north, on one side, and Judge Thomas lay with his head té6 the south, on the other side of the room. So far as that room was cßncerned, it might be said that their heads repre: sented the north and south poles, re: spectively. - ; All the other beds in the room were occupied. The central part of the room was deemed neutral’ ground, in which the occupants of the different beds had equal rights. Here, in picturesque confusion, lay the boots, hats, coats, and breeches of the sleepers.— There were no windows, and though the door was open, there being no moon, the night was very dark in that! room. g i

The wily lawyers, who had been opposing counsel in a case tried in the town court that day, and had opposed each other with the contumacity of wild pigs, were now the very concarnations of meekness, for when ' the hungry swarm of mosquitoes settled down and bit them on the one cheek, they slowly turned the other to be bitten also. . ! | " But hush ! hark ! : A deep sound strikes the ear like a rising knell ! : ; “Me-ow-ow !” | Judge Clark and Thomas were wide awake, and. sitting bolt upright in an instant, L : Agam the startling cry |- 4 4 “Ye-ow, ye-ow !” | “There’s a d—d -cat !" whispered Clark. : sigue: “Scat, you!” hissed Thomas. < Cat paid no attention to these de monstrations, but gave vent to another yowl. - e “Oh, Lord.!” cried Clark, “I can’t stand this! Whete is she, Thomas 1" “On your Bide of the room somewhere,” replied Thomas. e “No, she’s on your side,” said Clark. 411 e Givnnd A “Yeé-ow-ow-ow 1”7 - i

“There, I told you she was on your gide,”’ they both exclaimed in a breath, And still the “yowl” went on. . The 'idea now ‘entered the heads ot both -the lawyers; that by the exercise of certain strategy they might be enable :to -execute &, certain flank movement ou the cat, and totally. demoralize him.. A Practically each determined to file “a.motion to quash” the cat’s attachment for that room. L

Each kept his_plan to himself, and, in the dark, unable to see: each other, prepared for action, 5 i ~ Strange as it may EPEQ’“' it is nevertheless true, that.the same :plan suggested . itself to both; -In words, the plan would : be about ‘as follows : The yowler is evidently looking. and calling for another cat, with whom he has made an appointment. I will imitate a cat, and this cat will think t’other ‘cat’s around. ‘ This cat” will come toward me, and “when he shall" have ‘arrived within reach, J'Il" ' blaze' away with’‘anything T can-get hold of, and koock the mew-sic out of ‘him." “80 each’of the portly judges, nofselessly * a 8 cteam confes' to' the” surface " of the milk; ‘hoisted himself onto his hands and’ knees, and, hippopotamus’ fashion advanced to the nentral gronnd occupying. the central’ portion of the Arrived there Judge Clark selected” a boot-jack, ‘and Judge Thomas a heavy cow-hide bogt, .from the heap, and . settled: themselves. down to the WOPk-' i(- Rt E"."':' ...,“,'}{ (.)'lj! i pis "v_ - Clazk tightened his grip on'the bootjack, throwing up:his, head, ‘gave vent. t 0 a prolonged and-unearthly.“Ye ow-. ow !” that, wonld have: reflected -credi,upon ten: of the largest kind of cate. .. #Aba” thought I'homas, who, was. not. Bix feet.away, he's .immediately. close around. . Now I’ inveigle him }’"- and’ he: gave the regiilar- dark. night. call of the/feminine cat. s oq |y JBack of the judges now advanced a little :clﬁmgzénﬁi! :r~.ol'ttk protiuced -a. f ' ring ¢ W{; 0w ’{‘:‘s&;.‘3},‘ '{{‘iii.zjr,“’ e qm answeréd: by a reassuting: “Pur-ow ! pur-ow.!” .and they adv%&l&m&xﬁmm sel ot {‘ . ‘They Wete fow within' éasy sinch;’ anmhwlﬁb %l;t R TRy s wil i o . sher i, h*m st 41 R BEF 80l B ho boot took Ok siuro’ e mouth, demolishing his teeth; and the

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[ boot-jack came'down on Thomas’ bald head just as he was in the midst of a 1! triomphant “Ye-ow!” l When lights were brought the cat | had -disappeared, but the eatastrophe }’was in opposite. corners of the room, | with heals in the air, swearing blue | streaks. e o g " el B—- | THE STATE CONVENTION--ITS DU- |~ TIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, | The delegates who compose the Sth | of January Convention will do well if ! they calmly consider and fully appre- | ciate all the important circumstances | under which they assemble. Great | care in the selection of candidates is I highly important, but this is far from | being all nor is it the most important /| matter for the consideration of the '\ convention. e st | Our candidates heretofore have been " men of ability, unquestioned integrity, - and mainly gentlemen of untiring 'en- | ergy ;- yet they have failel to meet . with success at the polls. * It isidle to ' disguise the unpleasant fact that our - defeats have:been many and serious.a | but it is extremely gratifying to know | that the moral courage of the party | has survived them all. We must look | for the cause of our misfortunes and | trying disappointments, not in our can- '| didates, for they haveusuaally been men of sterling worth and acknowledged | ability, but to the narrow and dogmat- | ic spirit which has too frequently char- { acterized our conventional utterances. ;l The most telling and ithe principal ob- | Jection urged against us by the party in power, i 8 that our policy is one of | tegation ; that we deny everything and | eszentially affirm nothing; that our | disapproval and cénsure is applied in- | discriminately to ‘every measure | brought forth by the/ opposition, and | that we signally fail to indicate any ‘ aggressive or affizmative policy of- our | own. ‘That we blindly and stolidly . adhere to the threadbare Kentucky ' and Virginia resolutions, without ac- i i cepting the grave and weighty matters ‘ . which the absorbing present brings to ,our'doors. As to the truth or falsity | of these charges we shall not here ar- | gue, but we, are free to say that the | time has arrived when the future and | its possibilities should be calmly considered ; the field before us should be | surveyed with a penetrating eye and | an unimpassioned judgment. Superi- | or wisdom in the leaders, as well as | courage and fidelity'in the followers is | necessary to victory. : ' % There are some things which have been. fully ‘and irrevokably settled, l others'which are certain to be speedily ! | settled, and still others which are open | to free and honest discussion.” Among - | the first. we rank all differences' as to the conduct of the late war. In the! second the reconstruction measures of Congress. Among the last we rank the tariff, resumption of specie payments, the interest.on the public debt, and all the measures incidental thereto. Statesmanship may be regarded as the art of making calm and continued progress, and at the same time avoiding every semblance of revolution. The chief authors of national trouble have not always. bheen the chimerical and intemperate men of progress, but are frequently found in the ranks of those who impede the onward march of nations, and continuvally lay obstructions in the track ‘of advancing civilization—those who in defiance of all reason and the teachings of nature, struggle to avert the inevitable, or to recall the tirrevocable decrees of the l - past; who chafe’to fury, by damming up its course, the river that would otherwise flow' calmly. between its banks; the river that has flown for | centuries, and do what they may, will continueto flow forever. Is it the part of wisdom to go back to the past and dig up its buried issues ? Clearly not: Is it advisable or prudent for us to array ourselves against measures which we may now oppose, but which all admit will be permanently settled months before the next election? We think not. .In what direction does victory | | anxionsly await us? Straight ahead. For the future our battle cry should be ONWARD. Itifis said that the pulpit is always last to Jearn the heresy of the pew.; that uneasiness exists in the Radical ranks, can no longer be ques- | ‘tioned. Hundreds of good and .true men in the Republican party stand .ready to join hands with us.on a plat:. form that gives promise of a wise settlement of the questions which stand |in the immediate future. They are men who sapported the administration during the war, who approved of the .Reconstruction measures of Congress, and who will continue to act with “the. Radicalson all questions involving the rights of the negro; but they are men'| who believe that all-these guestions have passed out of the sphere of legitimate discussion, and who are now | ‘anxious to effect sonie permanent relief 10 the people by way of a reductioa of taxation, and ' a. diminution: of: the. heavy finaneial burdens nnder which we all suffer. It is idle’and foolish'to" ! ask or expect these men to go back on their record: W e cannot expect them to eome into -the folds of . our: party while we throw the stumbling block of | old issues directly in their pathway, | issues_.that are dead and should. be | left to slamber in. quict, and., forgotten.. graves. It may be difficult. for somemen to leave the beaten path and turn: | their footsteps into the open field ,of progress, bat it {: the only way to gain | | rectuits and win:the favor 'of the God: of political ' battles.. Man is so constitutéd ‘that for a long: period after he' has discovered the incorreciness éf"ibz { ideas. which -prevail ‘around hir and t whichi e 1 ey | openly emancipati gﬁi?fe*ffw‘thé“ ﬁmiﬁfoﬁ& ﬁ?%}{ merg force of cirenm- { stances lel hypoerite;, publicly { applauding what his private and_bete Judgitent it fég%;vs 1 | ?:ﬁ ngmmlies LR ipo %%g d. § AR RSO lEEY BTSN VYL PRI M bkl ¥ DA o g . JrOM enqugh fer A to slang I Let the Convention -rige fo the height of, wéi%f: A ﬁ’ 0 ~;{'g.;: RECE ] gsf-?: ﬁ% e s ‘% &ﬁ@r Gen il aensEß e W ,- F Foorte s “”‘5 T e BN ePI

. b FLIRTATION. sixt 'The Deadliest Foe of Married Lifee-- ! The Road to Perditione---T Blighted Lives. & Harmless flirtations are the ‘“sauce piquante”’ with - which young people season their daily fare, and so long as the parties concerned are possessed of common . eense, 80 long§ will they _not do harm. Girls who love and love -again are not easily injured in their affections, and men do not die of broken -hearts.. They live .and suffer, and it does them good. “Men have died and worms have eaten them. But not for lIove.” Indigestion more likely, or a. fit of spleen at a fall in real estate.— So long as flirtation is confined to the unmarried, it ean do no harm until it ceages to be a flirtation and becomes intrigue; but when it enters the career -of matrimony it is a deadlier foe than the plague, It is to the woman I address myself, because she has the most power and can do the most harm.— She enters the family circle as a friend; [ ig received with heartfelt words of welcome by the wife and mother; with careeges by the children. She stands within the sacred threshold of home—the home she is about to devastate—and they see only the angel, not the demon disguiscd beneath. She i.a cherished guest ; the wife is busy with ber house and children ; has but indifferent health; looks pale and careworn, “for the baby is cross, and Bridget can not do everything. The husband is young iooking and handsome ; the ad‘vent of a baby every year does not impair his constitution. The guest plays; he loves music. * She sings; his wife lost her voice when their first baby came. The guest is sprightly and entertaining. Why does’nt Mary fry to make herselt agreeable to him in that way ? The guest looks up in his face and smiles, then sighs, and suddenly bursts into tears, “because shé‘i is glone in ‘the world.” The man would be a prodigious fool if he were ! not a real villain. He knows this woman’s whole body is: not worth his true wite’s little finger, but he is in| the power of the siren. They gloss" over their wickedness with the usual clap-trap about “affinitics,” and the papers record an-elopement in the general serio tragic style. Of the broken hearted wife, shamed by the world’s pity ;of the little children left to its charity, there is not much to say.— They would gladly sink into oblivion forever. Ple man would be ultimately punished by remorse, if society l would let him ‘alone ; but there are ex- | tenuating circumstances, it says.— | His wife was too cold for a man of his l temperament, and had no sympathy with him, or he was her superior and thére was nothing in common between them.!" So, when he is ready to return and give up his infatuation, she must be ready to receive him and make it all up. Yes if she is a good true woman, she will, and let ‘God take care of the consequences ; but for the woman who would leave her home in that way, there is no return from the infatuation.” Her own and every other door is barred against her, and she sinksdogn ! down! Why! Because there is that in the heart of every woman that condemns her to death. | The outraged purity of her soul aven- | ges itself. It is her own hand that stones her. - Eeay

No woman can carry .on a flirtation with a married man that is net eriminal. 'No married woman can flirt innocently, even with a yonng man. It is the first step toward unbalancing his character. Through her he sees other women, and forms an estimate. .The young girl who enters a family wins the affections of the husband and father knowingly—and she can not do it otherwise—has entered on the road to perdition. There is a punishment for the house breaker, but none for the home breaker, who . steals .and :mars ~life’s best .treasures. Every woman has the first best right to her own hus--band. He is hers, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, as ex‘clusively ‘as she should be his. He is to provide for her, honor her, and love her. He is her protector against all the adverse circumstances of life. No other woman has a right to his attentions and endearments, and a wife has a perfect right to resent such intrusion. :A man who saw another man’s arm ~around his wife’s waist would consider ita case for court, or an' exercise for pistol shooting. - Women with keener .sensibilities and finer natures, feel it deeper. -It touches the heart. A cer“tain sensible friend of mine says there. -are-two things she will 'never allow anybody to meddle with—her husband -and her sewing machine. = Such flirtations are unworthy of true manhood or womanhood. They blight the lives that ‘were ereated in the original of God, and make the’ lin'noee[‘yt“’/éguii‘fel’-~f'or the guilty. M’dthex‘sW%lo well to see that their daughters™are not men-. .tally grown on. the morbid books in which somebody. .is. always repre‘sented . -ag - falling |in : love with somebody ~ else’s . husband 'or wife, and a “soul union” pictured, -which 1s only-intended-to veil the in-. ¢arnatipn of lust. ~There are enough _men and women 1o fail by the force _of' ¢ircumstances, or the depravity of _origindl sin, without educating any to Jit.”" It'is'well'énough to pull our ox or _asé out'of the pit, but we do not want _to:dig pits for them to fall'inte. 1: £t coy 4211 ‘ i ast A , - DD YoU EVER I—Ever what? { Why, when theé good bld Democratic . party was:in power, did:you ever hear. of-8 éﬁmgnosiﬁg:almoqgi your pri-. ‘vate goods to see’if you have complied “with the provisions. of -an -unknown‘and uopublished lawt .0 0 . Did you ever hear of stamps ! . i Did you ever have .to.swear as to ‘how mitch money ot madedi - " I¢'a masfucturer, did you have fo ‘make a mdﬂig«ne ort to some lazy oficialat five o o dollre pée day | - Did you ever hear of a tax on everything you eat ﬁgfwésfg;fi;ﬁ%sﬁéit%n j foNRp cmtiiod el ] - Did yot'svér hear men (a 8 you now. /do) advocate the policy of paying the Tabore Wi upe 1o i e b ey shavers with gold 7. 7T 0 ' Did you ever hear that a negro was 'better than a white man? LK e e R e B ;

A “SOUTHERN HOTEL” IN N. Y. o Few people who pass to and fro through Broadway, morning and evening, are aware that on that bustlin thoroughfare, between Bleeker _ahg Anmity streets, there is at present -under course of construction, on the site of the old Lafarge House, what is destined to ‘be one of the largest hotel buildings on the western continent, which, when completed, will throw into the shade the largest in this country, rivaling even the “Grand Hotel” at Paris in magnificence. . Since the disastrous conflagration of April, 1867, which destroyed the Winter Garden Theatre, under the Lafarge House, that hotel-has been closed, but in Mecch last, was put up at public sale by the heirs of the Lafarge estate, and sold to E. 8. Higgins, Esq.. who is put down as fourth on the list of our wealthy citizens, for the sum of $1,000,000. : <

This gentleman conceived the idea of having erected the largest hotel in’ the country, and immediately commenced his undertaking. The building will, when completed, contain two hundred more rooms than either the Fifth Avenue, St. Nicholas or Metropolitan Hotels, and one hundred more than the celebrated “Linden” Hotel, which was destroyed by fire inSt, Louis, Mo., some three years ago. ‘Six hundred and thirty is the number of rooms 1t will contain, three hundred of which will be parlors en suite. " This vast hotel, wﬁen completed, wiil be leased by H. L. Powers, formerly proprietor for many years of Powers’ Hotel, in this city. ' The present structure will be named the “Southern Hotel,” and is designed for the accommodation of 1,200 guests. It will be ‘eight stories in height, surmounted with three Gothic towers, fronting on Broadway. Three elevators, which will perform the trip frcm the first floor to the attic in thirty. seconds,will bea feature of the building. To form an idea what this monster hotel will cost, one item alone—upholstery and furniture—will involve an expenditure of $400,000 and upward, the articles mentioned having been ordered from Paris and this city. . The halls and rooms will require carpeting sufficient to cover seven acres, both of which will be of the finest quality of velvet and Brussels. All, the rooms will be heated with steam, and on each floor fire plugs, hose, and everything pertaining to an engine’ house, will be furnished to rbattle against the fire fiend. There will be three large dining rooms, €ach of which will extend from the main hall on the first loor to the Mercer street wall. The largest will seat six hundred guests. 7 : R At present there are 300 men at work on the building, and the contractor calculates that he will complete the structure by the first of June next, but the hotel will not be open for the reception of guests until August. When completed the whole affair will have cost the proprietor $l,600,000.—N. Y. Times.:

’ Chindse Nuptuals in California. ; . A“marriage in high life” took place ! the other day in Chinatown, to which the upper ten of that locality were invited. Ah Tau, the groom, is an old resident -of San Francisco, but Soi Keonis arecent importation. Ah Tau has 'had two wives, who treated him badly —one deserting him and the other squandering his money. His last bride he purehased for $5OO, of her venerable mother, who intends to return to her native land and live in ease and comfort all the rest of her days ) on the proceeds of her fortunate traffic. Warned by the infelicities of his former marriages, Ah Taun resolved this time to be bound by'a double knot, and accordingly the services of a justice of the peace were called into requisition. = After being united according to the American law the -happy pair proceeded to the Joss House, on Dupont street, 'and there, before the _idols, the Chinese marriage was celebrated. After burning a number of sacred sticks before the shrine, the groom offered the bride meat, fruit E and . vegetables, to signif;y that she - was dependent upon him for support, “and that he bound himself to maintain - her. The guardian beasts who stand in effigy by the shrine were then appeased by . presents of the meat, and this concluded the ceremony. A wed"ding breakfast, consisting of Chinese dishes and several cases of champagne, followed and the. bride presented the guests with several pacia.ges of tea,. done up in many colored papers.— Music' and fire-crackers concluded the festivities.—Ban Francisco Bulletin. st ATI SR T Gy i i Snake Bite Cared by Fire. ' ‘While serving in the Confederste army I heard a very intelligent gentleman say that fire was' thebest remedy for the bite of a venomous snake. I never knew of the application of the remedy until a few days ‘ago. A -young man 18 years of age was bitten by a very large rattlesnake (five feet long) on the arm, above the elbow.— A’ coal ‘of fire was applied a short time after he was bitten, I saw him two hours dfter the accident, when he ~appeared . very much prostrated. and, “was. vomiting ' every . féw minutes;, ‘pulse very small and . ﬁ:e’%uent,j com- - - plaining constantly of'the’burn, which /was pretty severe. T gave him freely of diluted aleohol. * His recovery was rapid, and the swelling in the arm slight. The question, now.is, did the fire do any good¥. I, think iy did, _not only by destroying the virus, to: _a considerable extent, but also %y;im.‘due’ingﬁfﬁ}loﬁéal;c;z{ai”g‘&byjXi“ii'_ the’ veins and absrhent vessels to perfore theit fonctions. T ﬂﬂngi I probability, Tie would have died before the alco: hOi W‘BQ gi?eprif the»ﬁl‘e h&d : >BO§,b§6}l~ .appliedi— Galveston:Medical :?Tnmmgu; Fit SRORIIUARORI SRR CONYRDMON .- | L ,ng ;%é ebﬂglﬁ il ’Eﬁ g &’n?‘\ all‘portions of the:Btate,met on tlie. 24th and decided upon holding the ro‘of February, for "the ' noniitiation \?“ Sate offters agd Suprene Judges to ' be elected next October. 7

No. 31.

l Heart Disease A Valuable Hint. & At the regular meeting of the Medi co-Legal l-&)ciet; at the College o Physiciang and Syutge'ons. at Richmonds on Saturday eveniug, Dr. Finnell sn'b% mitted a rare specimenof a fatty heart taken from the body of a colored wo# 'man who recentlyfell in syncope, whilé shouting under great excitement at 4 religious . meeting, and died in a fewmoments. The <autopsy discovered that the entire structure of the hesrt had been transformed from the ordinary healthy. mnscular tissue to pure fat, and {et its organism remained perfect’ in all its parts.” The doctor said he presented this case to the society not only for its rarity, but for ihe bearing which it and similar cases had upow medical-jurisgrudence. the special obd’ ject for which the society - was organ:% ized. It might often happen, as it} often ‘did happen, that a man wazﬁ knocked down by a blow in a quarrel; and was supposed to have -been killeg by th@?low, when in fact he died, af | this colored woman died, . from over excitement acting upon a fatty hear& { It showed the importance of a carefi:| autopsy in cases of supposed h‘om{i cide. 'Death, in this case, resultef from paralysis of the heart and Idng.dé tention of blood’from the brain; and it indicated the treatment in such caseg that could not be too often or tog strongly impressed upon the gubli ¥ viz: that in cases of fainting the pm_ tient should be immediately suspend? ed head downward, or, at the v'erjg least, placed in a horizontal position: Had this been done 'in the case of the colored woman whose heart ‘was here; exhibited she might probably have | been alive to-day. Scarcely an audience could be got:together in which | there would not' be individuals, with feeble and fatty hearts, who were lia-: ble at any time under any: éxtraordi-. nary mental or bodily excitement to; be attacked in the manner this woman was, and who might die under the attack, unless immediately treated in the proper. manner, In the case of inspector Carpenter, the doctor said that the autopsy showed a fatty and feeble condition of the heart, and had not Mr. Carpenter been so obstinately opposed to taking stimulus of any ,{ind, his life might probably have been prolonged many years.— Richmowd Fpquirer. £ g i ——«M ¥ The “Old Fashioned Mother.” - The old fashioned mother |—one in all the world, the law of whose life wasg love; one who was the divinity of our infancy, and the sacred presence is the shrine of our first earthly idolatry ;- one whose heart is far below the frosts that gather so 'thickly on her brow ; one to whom we never grow | old, but in the ploomed troop or. in the grave council, are children still ; one | who welcomes our coming, and never | forgets us—never. And when, in gome closet, some drawer, corner, she finds ' a garment or'a toy. that once ‘was ours, how does she weep, as she thinks we may be suffering or sad.— Does the battle of life drive the wan-" derer to the old homestead at last ¥ her hand is upon his'shoulder, her di and fading eyes are kindled with some thing of the light of other days as she gazes upon his worn and troubled face: “Be of stout heart, my son. -No harm can reech”you here.” Bat sometimes that arm-chair.is set back against the wall, the corner is vacant, or occupied by strangers, and they seek the dear old occupant in the grave yard. Grant you never. have! Pray God I never

~Final ¥Presbyterian Union. * A letter from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, says in addition to, the meeting of fhe General Assemblies of the Old and. the New Schools, & joint committee of two other Presbyterian bodies—viz : "United Presbyterian General ‘Assembly and the Reformed Presbyterian: General Synod—convened in that city last week, for the purpose of discussing and drawing up a basis of iunidq, and they all agreed upon the plan, with the exception- of one véte,: that of the Rev. J. Morton, of Cedarvidle, Ohio. 'The following is the plan:. § WHEREAS, ‘An organic nnion betwien the General Assembly of the United Pfes bgterian Church and the General S;éod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church is most desirable, and of the utmost imgrtance to the maintenance and more geleral diffusion of the principles which are’ held in common ; tuerefore h Resolved, That these churches agrei to l form an organic union on the basis of the principles ‘embraced in ' théir -respecéive' testimonies and the other subordinate standards which they hold in communion. Resolved, That these churches when united, shall be called the United Presby-. terian Church, consisting of the Reformed Presbyterian Church dnd the Unitéd Presbyterian Churches, and that the Uni- ] ted Supreme Judieiary of the United Church “shall be ealled the “General As: semblyof the United Presbyterian Church of North America.” ~ O .. Resolved, That the different boardsand ‘ i&iﬁi;ugions‘ of the respective. churches shall not be’ affected by this union; but shall' bave the-control of their funds, and retain all thieir ‘corporate or other rights and privileges until the interests ofithe chureh shall require a change. g 1 - Onmotion adjourned sine die. - § | Prepare for ihe Census Tak % - Next year will occur the great dfeen- | nial census of the United States madg by | the General Government. ' Persons will l be appointed for. every.locality in the States and Townships to gathier .ata‘tvisti(':s,‘! of the inhabitints and of'all the agricul. | tural ‘productions; misnufactures, &ox— | Eaeh cultivator will be asked' for'a con- } cise, aceurate statement of land “occpied | by him, the number of “acres, and’ tb‘c"{; amount of each crop' raised during’ the year, ending June’ 80th,” 1870. Those who were called on before will doubitless remember thie ‘difficulty in ‘making up an accurate .report of Ehe Grops, As these will be called for in June, it wil be nee.. essaryito give in the crops gathiered, thia. Fll, and the-suggestion that we sould nwm#kef“w;s eon Sretle Sn, while fresll in mind,. the number. of deres, thiegraby wmomnt. Thel milieprodufifati Sl o NI WHQRRIE Ll eR S willbe Q@ﬁxﬁ){””ﬁ @,ﬂ?, Lyt Bl R e eRI RN

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'a4 ‘WIT AND HUMOR. ' = Economy—a first :i»drtggge on wealth, . Not a miss—a_ rich, ‘handsome widow. - Just the pudding for cricketers—a Batter. B e ‘ . The public singer that ‘draws’ best is the 'mosqu?to. ; : : ‘. Why is dancing like new milk? Be_cause 1t strengthens the calves. - Why is your nose in the middle of your face? Because it is the scenter. » ' - When is a blow from a lady welcome? When she strikes you agreeably. ¢ -Why is a dog’s tail a great novelty ?— ° ‘Because no one ever saw it before. - They ought—Churchyards ought to be more celebrated for ashes than yews / ; A man uttegpted to spell crockery the other day, and proceeded thus, ‘Kraugh. kearreighe’ = - - = Why are railroad trains in no dnnger from lightning ? Because évery train has a conductor. : Why is a list of musical composers like a saucepan ? Because it is incomplete . without & ITanqel. : TN el -~ Why is it easier to be a clergyman than n phzs?ician ? Because it is’ easier to preach than to practice. : ~ If a gentleman marries, the lady must be won before they are married—afterwards they are both one. - It is said that the finest eftertainment one can enjoy at a feast is to see a bun ‘dance (abundance) on the table. B " 'When may young ladies be said to be economical ? ‘When they resort to tight lacing to prevent waist fullness. - . ‘Who took care ot the babies? artlessly inquired a little girl, on hearing her i ‘mother say that all people were once chil~ dren. . ‘Ma, somebody is going to die,’ said a knowing little fellow who was looking out of the window into the street. ‘Why?’ ‘Cause the doctor’s just gone by, was the reply. = '

" A young man sent some money to a it%}ew York firm to get something good for those contemplating matrimony.'— %Ie received several bottles of soothing ;%yrup. ; : ' ‘Come, Bill, it’s ten o'clock ; I think we fﬁad better be going, for it’s’ time honest gglksf were at home.” ‘Weell, yes,” was the: ¥eply ; ‘I must be off, but you need’'nt go gn that account.’ e s ‘An Irishman on board a vessel when g'he was on the point of foundering being Oesired to come on deck, as she was going down, replied that he had no wish to see himself drowned. . i 3 ; “Waiter,” said a fastidious gentleman, 'exhibiting a singular-looking object on ‘the soup-ladle. ‘Waiter, do you kncw what that is, sir ¥ ‘That, sir, looks like a -mouse. We often find them in soup, sir. No extra charge, sir? : S . ‘So vou are goingto keep a.school ¢’ 'said ‘a young lady to her old aunt;” ‘Well, ifor my part, sooner than do that, I would 'marry a widower with nine children,’ ‘I 'should prefer that myself, was tqg quiet reply ; ‘but where is the widower? ‘ . “You are very stupid, Thomas,’ said a° country teacher to a little boy eight years old. -‘You are like a donkey ; and what do they do to cure them of stupidity * ‘They feed them better, and kick them less,’ said the arch little urchin. T A French girl asked the priest the oth er day, ‘Why is it, father, that we ask every day for our daily bread instead of asking it for a week, a month, or a year — ‘Wiy, you little goose, to have 1t fresh, to be sure, wasthe reply— = “A tutor of a college, lecturing a young -man on his irregular conduct, added wit great pathos, ‘The report of your vices will bring your father's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.” ‘I beg your pardon, sir,’ replied the pupil; ‘my father wears & Wigdise ; 1 3 A christian brother was lately reviving in a religious meeting the experiences of himself and family, saying, among other - things, that his first wife was a very good woman, but she sickened and died in a happy frame of mind, and he should rejoice if his present partner would go just the same way. . £ : _-A country grl rode into New Albany, Ind,, the other day te do some shopping. When the clerk asked if there was anything else he could do for her, he was amazed by the reply, ‘Oh, no sir; unless you will be kind enough to go out and milk the old mare, for I rode her from home without the colt.” £

‘Has that gal got fits " asked an old farmer who had paused to see a young lady go through with her calisthenic exer: € cises in the garden. ‘No,’ replied the servant girl, ‘that’s jiminy-nastics’ ‘So,’ .Baid the farmer, in a pitying tone; ‘Poor thing ; bow long’s she had ‘em ? - Jim has a precocious nephew, & lad just three years old. Playiag with his kitten the other day, Miss Kitten ‘got her back up’ about something (kittens as well as folks often get their backs up), and scampered over the floor. Little nephew was delighted' and sang out, ‘Look, ma, kitten’s got & Grectan bend ! 4 AT A temperance lecturer, descanting on the superior virtues of cold water, remarked: ‘When the world had /become ' 80 corrupt that the Lord could do nothing with it, he was obliged to 'give it a. ‘thorough sousing incold water, ‘Yes,' replied a toper present, ‘but it killed every critter on the faée-of the earth.! 5 _ Brown had been in love with a young lady, and asked permission to call her by * the expressive name of some animal, which was granted on condition that she should have the same privilege. On leaving, Brown said, ‘Good night, deer” ‘Good ‘night, bore, said she. Brown has since given up the company of young ladies. - ‘One of our Methodist exchanges says: Take your religion ‘with you to the sea- - shore, the springs, and the mountains ; retaiv its spirit, and in order to'do this, jealously maintain its forny. ' Too imaiy of us are like the littéle gitl who at the ‘close of her e“génii;‘gngrﬁyer one day ;q i “Now good-by, God; good by, Jesus ' Christ, I'm going to Boston tG-merrow.' <‘My dear what shall we vame Bubh?' “Why, husband, I have settled on the name of Peter? £ ot ‘Ol don't, T never liked Peter, for he * déiiviv_e%ihie'?mas”t:el-,?.‘ Sind L ban e " *Well, then, replied. the wife, ‘what. ‘name do {,ﬂ,ﬂ' 1 lk:;P dosain st depe - T'should like memment,,xmg%; e - Oh, lot that, ‘said she, T can't bear Jo. soph, for he denied his mistress! “A darkey returning f ; asked to give an docounnt of the 'senmon. - I ello sl o seshmae eel A 0 e e PRI the o e A ‘was there about thbx' “Wihy, kaly et ﬁ ncle wasdat ey didu' st afls "y pereepbion ob de G remethniet