The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 March 1870 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, " Published Weekly by - r JOHN B, STOLL, LIGONIER; NOBLE COUNTY, IND. io @ e e e . TERMS OF S,UBSCBIP’H‘gN : Strictlyin ndunee.......;....’.........;......82-00 §¥ T his i 8 published on the Cash Principle, itB Prrrprietgra M that it is just as right for ftm to demand advance pay,as it is for City publishers. ¥~ Any person sendi lub of 10, accom nied ;wltg l:hé caﬂ%.nvﬁ!l‘lgb‘ece%tigéd &Loaa ggp;:.f the paper, forone year, free of charge. v

" Michigan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. ' On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: : ' GOING EAST: ! : Express. ' Mail Train. CRICAZO. .+ v vvrnsens DOB P ML, . 58200 AL M. SRIRBRYL ovie s 098 12001 R y CORDER . i sAN L IRO M, Millersburg. .......(don’tBtop). :....... 1911 stois Lig%mer ST TG L .d 8108 0 Wawaka ...........(don"tstop) ....... 1:10P. M i Brimfleld ... 00 ot 9Te R 0 g KeuOallville :[\ 5. AOS & 00108 t i Arrive at Toledo iRk 00D fonal ' GOING WEST: L Ezpress: Mail Train: - TOIOAD s . vvvnonsengees 12310 AL Moo ee 00 12:60 P, Kcﬁdaﬂvllle. SBA My ek s hAD Py M Belatlield, s /00 14 oL B C Wawaka. .. oiieiineene Wh iee il o FAROntBr .il vaeson b 820 ¢ B Mﬁ1eraburg............ Lo e GOSBAN. - b s vssaih St I L SRIEHARL . . Lifiießels o [O, .0:80 2 Arrive at Chicago.... 9125 * .........8:35" i *Stop-20 minutes for breakfast and supper. Express leaves daily 720th ways. ' Mn?l"l‘rain makes clogse connection at Elkhart with trains going East:and West. C. F. HATCH, Gen'lSupt., Chicago. J. JOHNSON{, Agent, Ligonier, : EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 267, I. O.of 0.F., Meets at their Hall on every aturday evening of each week. £ihcs A. JAGKSON, V. G. M. W. COE, V. 4. . . R. D, KERR, Nov. 25th, 1868, —tf. Seeretary. i Wi, L. ANDREWS, | m Surgeon Dentist. X Mitchel's Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinations free. 2-47 | J.M. DENNY, _ Attorney at. Law,—Albion, Noble co., Ind . = .Will give careful and prompt attention to a -+ hurinees entrusted to his care. 3-6 LUTHER H. GREEN, . | ~ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. oo T kGOCNIER, = - = INDIANA Office pn'Cavin_Strcet, over Sack Bro’s. Groeery, opposite Helmer House. 41-8-1 y ¢ D. W, C. DENNY, =/ ! Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ind. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calle in the line of his profession—day or night—iu town or dny didtance in the c(mntrg. l;;crsonn L ‘wihing his serviees at niipxht. will find him at his -~ father’s residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abseut, should be left. ; i 11 E. RICHMOND, - Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin Btreet, Ligonjer, Indiana. | Special attention ‘given to canyeyancing and ¢ollections. Deeds, Bonds aud M({rtguges drawn up and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. . ! May 26th, 1868, HELMER HOUSE, ' A.J. MATTISON, Prop'r, - LIGONIER, = - « fNDIANA. This Heuse has been Refitted and Refurnished ! j.m First Class Style. - e DR, E. W. KNEPPER, : Belectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. - All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful1y treatied g{ inhalation. No.'charges for consultation. Office with W. W. Skillen, esq. - 1-8

" DR.P. W. CRUM, L ae @ ! . Physician and - Surgeon, Ligonier, = = = . Indiana. Office one door gouth of L. Low & Co’e Clothing Store, up stairs. May 12th, 1869, G. W, CARR. < +W. D. RANDALL. CARR & RANDALL, o o 5 poia Physicians and Surgeons, 'LLGONIER, - - - - - = IND, Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to them. Office on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATiONAL Baxneroffice, 343 - ~ SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, dibion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiers and heir heirs, Conveyancing, &c., promptly and c%?efully attended to. Ackuowledgments, Depositions and Afidavits, taken and certified. : . SACK BRQTHERS_, Bakers & Grocers. . Cavin Streeté Ligonier, Indiana. = ¢ . ;Fresh quad, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provigions, Yankee Notions, &c The higlhest cash price paid fer Country Produce May 13, _’6B—tf. ! ! SAC% BRO’S, NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS ' . — AT — ; i WOLF LAKE, IND. Notice is hereby given that C. R. Wiley and Samuel Beall have entered into a co-partnership n the Merchandise business, and that they have just unpacked a lurge stock of DryiGoods, Boots and Shoes, &ec. Call and see for yourself. o : _ WILEY & BEALL. Wolf Lake, Nov. 8, 1869 27tf

,________'_______?z_.__._____ s ‘ J. BITTIKOFFER, b \DEALERIN | ‘ WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, : S &e., &e. &c., &c. All kinds of work done n¥()u the shortest notice . and warranted as to darability. Shop ‘in"Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. : . - 231 B H. R. CORNEL.L, Who may always be found at his PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, ls\#epared to take all kinds of pictures in the 3 latest styles of the art, . PAR’I;}ICU AR ATTENTION PBIU W CUPYIHE UTU Dvgadinas . brotvpes ioto éards, and E"nlur:;viag sng;Am ” Work warranted satis'actory in all cases. . Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 23, 1870. 43 1 ; A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, " LIGONIER, - - INDIANA, - i % s | - Is prepared X- 7 2 ;’—:(:ﬂﬂ;—/ -. ; tO &0 gn?t’hing - S o " in their Tine, A >sl @ succesful pracA R S tice of Jov:ix:u 10 s o ears jus Re ol {hem in ss‘yi:; & ‘ L ?llvag en‘:f Sat- % ‘ g re sa (AT o W W ﬁ sfaction to all e 3 N Ak ‘ who gmyobaestow their patronage. 8¥ Offec in Cavin Streot‘., ‘ ge. ec nmy building

A NEW MOVEMENT! . Solomon in new Quarters ! Tae sabscriber wounld respectfully announce that he has just moved into the building formerlly ‘6ccupied by 8. Mier & Co ; purchased a large stock of ’ ¥ . GROCERIES, &c., and is now prepared to supply every deman in his line at rates fully as row a 8 any other es tablishmeont in town. : Refreshments at all hours. iy ¢ BOL. ACKERMAN, Ligonier, Sept. 15th, 1869, - . BAKERY AND RESTAURANT p ARSI G B. HAYNES, Opﬁéli@' tﬁe;Pbst Office, Ligonier, Ind. My I_34qu] ym be gnppli‘ed, atall times with fresh Biscuits, ... .. (. Bread, .. | : & ,P’ies, List o ABKeS. oo _ Orackers, = &, &c, gB e, s s , o Jes macle T, i S ﬁ«r P ‘;‘m' .’"”oysaf!' n:q‘ﬁfﬂlﬁ A :rﬂ" S . s el Yo . man” PRRETS 1 s . »;l y",’”.-’-”

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¢ MOTHERSGRAVE. BY (}zo;&;:-nnm-wz. The tremblin{; d&@s fall ; Ir_,”l)von the shvtting flowers; like souls at rest he stars shine gloriongly ; and all , '} Save me, are blest, Mother, I love thy krave! i The violet, with blossoms blue and mild, ~ Waves o’er thy head ; when shall it wave i) Above-thy child ! ; 3 % Tis a sweet flower, yet must =~ . 3 Its bright leayes to the tempest bow, : Dcatfmothér. 'tis thine emblem ; dust i Is thy brow. j t And I could love to die; 2 To leave untasted life's dark, bitter streams; . By thee, as first in childhood, lie, -And share thy dreams. And I must linger here, : _ T o stain the plumage of my sinless years, > And mourn the hopes to childhood dear | ‘ With bitter tears? Ay, must lin%er here, : e S A lonely branc _u;])on a withered tree, Whose last frail leaf, un.imely sere, Went down with thee? : Oft, from life’s withered bower, . In still commn ion with the past, I turn, And mu:e on thee, the lonely flower In memory’s urn. | And, whon tho nvcuiu; pule, Bows, like a mourner, on the dim, blue wave, .+ I stray to hear ihe night-winds wail ; Aronnd thy grave, : Where is thy spirit lown? : I gazed above——t?]y look is imaged there; : T listen—ana thy genile tone G L 18 on the air. : I Oh, comé, while here I press ~ My brow upon thy grave; and, in those mild And thrilling notes of tenderness, - Bless, bless thy child. : Yes. bless thy weeping child; £ And o'er thine urn-‘fteﬁgion‘a holiegt shrine, O, give his gpirit, undeiiled, : To blend with thine. , DINING WITH A CANNIBAL. BY MARK TWALY. “Just at this instant,” continued the King, “she reached for him, and he wag gaved !—for as the shark opened his great jaws she thrust her Kaboosh between them, noble girl! propped th-m wide apart, ran her arm down his throat, into his gullet, and recovered the gentleman’s watch! Come here, child and show the forejguer the shark’s tooth-mark on your a%\oulder.” “I see, I see. It was an intrepid deed. It was noble to save the poor white man from so ghastly a death. And this is the girl that taught you to add fruit to your poi 1"’ “Yen, the same—the very same.— To your finger poi, you understand—not to all. sorts. I will show you—l will make you understand. In Sandwich Islands and the Marquesas, they make poiout of the taro-root. Then, you kuow they wouldn’t’dream of—— However, 1 was going’ to tell you. The native takes the taro-root, which is much like what you descibe a turnip would be, and wraps' it in plantain leaves, and puts it in a hole in the ground which he has lined with hot stones, dont you see?—covers it up, ‘and lets it roast. Takes it out, pounds it;in a great stone dish with a large stone pestle ;; adds water to mush, from a digh, to thin it.. He sends it away (itis poi, now) in large calabashes. Itlooks like so much flour paste. “At meals all the family and the friends sit around the calabashes on their ‘[ bannches, just as you and I are duing —except that the poor, common Kanabas are naked, of course. Ah! no, my friend—because you see me, the great king, in shirt-collar and spectacles you must not imagine that the common subject must ape grandeur and put on clothes. They sit around the calabagh, and all eat from it with their hands. Each inserts his fingers ‘and stir them briskly around till a portion of the pulpy mass adheres to them —then tilts back his head, lets the susended tail of pulp descend into his "Spen mouth—then his fingers follow, ~and he sucks the remaider from them. Now if the pulp be thick, you canuse one finger; if it be thinner, you must use two, three, or four fingers, accordingly. But as I told you, it was this inspired girl that invented the method of thickening four-finger poi with bread fruit—and also the flavoring it with carcasses of the delirious bird which in your tongue you term the grasshopper.” [ “Blessed girl.” : : ¢ Blessed girl. indeed. But, pardon me—you—you seem distressed.” ' “Itis nothing. Poi, even in its native nastiness, is only mildly delicious to me—the addition to it of the wild game you mention—.” ‘““Ah, say no more. I preceive. But try this dish. It is a fry of bananas and plantaions, with oranges sliccd in it, and just a spoonfvl or so of the delightful chirimoya added to give it tone. I conceive the idea of adding the angleworms.” “It was inspiration.” “I v regard it. Itis so considered by the great chiefs. To the common berd vio debse. That is to say, prohibited. Now as regards iMose misgionaries,” continued the king, reflectively scratching his head with the fork which 1 had presented him, and which he had always learned to use a good deal, though not always in a strictly legitimate way, “as regards those missionaries, 1 will say that their landing was unexpected, but I hastenéd to give them every protection.— And I gave them full privi}:age to teach. They were the first whites that some of my people had geen, and of course these simple natives had a natural curiopity to experiment upon them. I could not reasonably deny them this little gratification, tgough I counselled them t? practice as little cruelty upon the strangers as was compatible with a fair desire for information and the necessity of wholesome amusement. They removed Johnson's ears, and that was a thing which I regretted serioutly until it was explained to me that a greas chief's sick little child desired them to play with—and if you could have seenhow much more contented and restful the poor young thing was after it acquired them, you would have felt how blessed a thing it is to be able to contribute to the happiness of even a little child.”

- «It was the impulse of a generous heart—it was spirit of liberality as rare as it'is beautifal. And how did Johngon like it 7’ et

. #oh, Johnson ' said it was the will of God, It was like Johnson to say that. . But the missionaries were right well treated, on the whole. The na‘tives tried other interesting experiments

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upon them, such as scorching them,. and scalping them, and all sorts of thing, and I killed one of them myself; not in malice, but because I had a curious caprice to see how he would go ‘'with onions. He was a failure.— o'd and tough. Un-done, my wanine said—a shade to venerable, 1 said. give me pungency and tenderaess for a combinalion. But here comes a dish ‘which you will like, my good haole—backed dog and yam —project your teeth in this direction and nip this slice from the contrivance which you call a fork. A man if he*be anything of an epicure; is bound to like this dish. It is, par exceilence, the national dish—no luau is complete without it. Al lTuaw ‘is a grand feast, friend —that is what the word means. Do you know that the edible dog of this land is a perfectly proper and elegant beast for human consumption? - It is' even so. He is never, never allowed to touch meat. He is fed wholly on poi—a strictly vegetable diet. He reared in the houge—sleeps with his owners, male or female—rides horseback with' them —travels in the boat with them — is their. inseparable pet and companion. They love him tenderly in live, ‘and in death they turn not away from h‘m. They stuff his body full of plantaing, bananas, ydms and other dainties, and cook: him among hot stones buried in a hole in the ground. Nota breath of the aroma, not a drop of the combined juices escapes. You people don’t know how to cook. No, as I was saying, the Kanakas experimented a good deal on the missionaries, in the interest of science, and the experiments were generally fatal, though I ‘urged them not to waate the missionaries, for we could not know when we would have a er lot. But among those that#4urvived Williams, and it was he LJ:t);:: home those damaging reports to your country, in which he spoke of the treatment of his brethren in a peevizh, fault-finding spirit, ill becoming to his sacred calling I suppoge your people believed every word of it, and just jumped to the conclu sion that we were a bad,' inhospitable race. Never explained about Johnsofi’s ears, perhaps —never told why I killed ‘that other Ifellow 7—confound me, it does seem that some people take pleasure in misrepesenting‘\.bin§s, and bringing obloquy wupon their fellowcreatures. S metimes I feel as if I had rather be dead and at rest. The world seems 8o shameless in its judgments, and. one’s life is so embittered by the malicious criticisms of those whose hearts are not in sympathy with Bhim.” o :

“lt was pitiful in that Williams, af* ter afier all that you had - done for his party.”” . _ “] should say so! But never mind, lets be cheerful, anyway. How are you making out? Leét me help you to fried plantain. Take some more of the pup? Try some more of the human being? By George, this fel low is done to a charm. You’ll like him. He was a Frenchman—splenpid chap—young —— and hale and hearty, beautiful to look upon. Do you prefer white meat or dark? Let me help you to some of the breast.— Ah me, I have known this youngster for thirteen years—fished with him, gailed with him, swam with him, gave a couple of my sisters and four anuts to him. I loved him. He was always good. He is good now.” : Taking up a fragment of his late brother-in-law, the king took a bite and then gazed long and pensively upon the remainder, till by and by the muscles of his mouth began to twitch with emotion, and presently two or -thiee great tears welled from his eyes and coursed down his cheeks, then, in a choking voice, he murmur. eds ) :

“Alas ! they have fried him.” ¥ laid down the breast bone of the deceased and burst into tears also.— Such is the sympathetic power of grief. It was nothing to me whether they fried him or boiled him ; it was noth ing to me how this poor foreigner was cooked ; I was only eating him out of vain curiosity, and n-t because I loved him, -not " because I respected him, not because I wished to curry favor with his relations. Yet I wept. - “They have fried him,”. said the king. “Alas, poor Gaultier. However, let us cheer up, let us be content. But I will have my 'cook for breakfust for this—and will fry him, and see how he likes it. There is nothing like a sharp example, to teach a man, vy friend. But don’t be idle,. sir—take some more of the fried Frenchman. I ought to be ashamed to offer you such a dish, but you see how I am situated. He ought to have heen baked—this fellow ought. We always bake a Frenchman—we never think of frying’ him. But I wish you bad kunown this fellow—so kind, so gentle, so loving, and you see yourself how tender he is. .But Williams’ business— I wish you wou d straighted that up'for me when you go back to America. If your people could only know the facts in the case they would not blame me. It is a lttle hard, after T have spent all these years in building up a good name, to have it knocked in the bead by this shabby adventurer. Now what he called a. ‘hideous revel,” and a ‘feast ot devils,” and all sorts of vile and wicked names, was nothing i nthe world, 1 give you my sacred honor, but a simple barbacue—Seventeen old cripple naives, no account under the sun, just an expense to the community, and I fricaseed them to give a little treat to some visiting town chiefs, (aldermen, you call them in your country,) who were here for a day or two from Wonga island. ‘Feast of devils, indeed!” ~ Feast of dried up, skinny old - rascalions that the island is a thousand times better ‘off without, and I am sure it was honorable in.us to be hospitable to those strangers. Though between you and me it was an awful swindle on them—tough, oh, don’t mention it. More cholera morbus and indigestion, and general suﬂ'ertni“‘ﬁﬁdﬁg, those chiefs, you never saw the like of in your life. Now Twain, you see how much truth there was in Williams’ statements—all that row about nothing. You can ‘st things right in your country~=you

can do it eary—simply just explain the facts—and anything { can co for you, I'll do it, you can depend on me. Send me a copy of your %eekly. I can’t read it, but a little literature can’t burt a man, any ho‘w.‘!" Cm=sar’s ghost !” . et “Oh Heaven! what iz the matter your gracious majesty ¥’ : #Oh, misery, Oh murder, Oh desperation Uo\ .o i “Oh what is it, your imperial majesty !—I beseech you.” : He had sprang to his feet and his fixed eyes were staring wild at the fried meat before him. 3 “Ob my brain reels! This hair-a Frenchman’s hair? There must be some mistake. A horrid suspicion bursts upon me! Ah, what is this'l ‘see]—this accusing mark! A straw‘berry on the left azm! Tt is, it is my long-lost brother !” Alas, it/ was his long-lost brother—what was left ‘of him. = Poor, poor fellow, he was only fit to be shoveled in“to a basket and given, to the poor; now. The king fell to the floor insensible. He grew worse and worse, and the next day: his removal 'to the country ~was ordered. Many sympathizing friends and relatives followed the palanquin and did" what they could to alleviate the sufferings of their nnhappy sovereign, : - It turned out afterward that the sweetheart of the Frenchman had made a surreptitious exchange of marketing in the king’s kitchen before daylight on thar fatal day. She had brought the king’s brother froma wan~dering tribe that belongs :in the great wilderness at the other end of the island. She bought him purposely to make the exchange, though of course she did ‘not:know who'he -was. The ‘girl and the Frechman escaped from the island in a canoe that very night aud were happily married, or drowned. Idon’t know which. I would have liked to taste that Frenchman.— By Jalo Express. ;

. Home Enterprise. - Thefollowing from an exchange, advising the encouragement.of home enterprise and the fostering of home intefests, is applicable to every locality, and expresses exactly the views that we have put forth on the subject, but not at 80 great a leugth. It should be the business, as it certainly is the interest, of the local papers, to bring this ,frequently to the attention of their readers: It is the duty of every one who wizhes to see home institutions prosper, and who desires to increase the wealth and build up the business of the town, to patronize all the local dealers and mechanics. - Always‘buy at home when you ean get what you want at home. Don’t send off to some distant city to buy your dry goods or, groceries, or to get some sort of work done, because when you do that you send that much money out ¢f the conu+ try, and it-never comea back. You spend a dollar here at home, and it stays here; itisinvested here, and the -profits thereon go to improving the neighborhood. If you buy your goods at home the business of your place is largely increazed : the dealers make larger sales, and can afford to sell for smaller profits. If you get all your work done at home, our mechanics and. manufacturers ‘are thereby encouraged, and can increase their facil+ /ities, for doing the varivus kinds of work, and will be better able to supply the wants of the people. And we are all dependent upon one another ; if any ome of’ us neglects to patronize his home trade or manufacturers, he has no right to ask support trom his feilow:citizens. Money seut . away from home is| money out of pocket to every man in‘the community. - It is time our business men are.looking to this ; our mechanics should think of it, and all act accordingly. Itis their business to see that they employ that industry and enterprise: whiclﬂf will enable them to supply the de mands made upon them. And it is the .duty of the people generally to buy' everything they want here at home. We have business men who are enterprising enough to supply any article as soon as they see there is a demand forit. - : We have mechanics who are skilled workmen in every trade ; and manutacturers who can do almost any kind of work the people are in need of ; and -the more demand there is made upon their skill and industry, the more able will they be 10 do all kinds of work in their ~various brauches. Patronize home industry and build up home institutions, and our place will grow rich and prosperous, increase in population and enterprise, ‘be more pleasant for residence, and become more attractive to strangers, who will come here in larger numbers than before, bringing money and custom. with them. :

' The Georgia Bill. (‘ The lower House of Congress, on the Bth inst., finally disposed of the Georgia bill. but notin the same shape in which it came to the committee on reconstruction. o ‘An amendment offered by Mr. Bingham, limiting Mr. Bullock and the other State officers to the time for which they were originally elected, was adopted by a very considerable majority. This 8o annoyed Mr. Butler, whio had charge of the bill, that he refused to vote when the roll was first called, but afterward. said that rather than vote with the democrats, and in order to count Georgia“in the ratification of the Flifteenth Amendment, he would go for ‘the bill even as it was ameénded. v 1 The effect of the original bill, it is said, would have been to have kept Bullock Governor of Georgia for at least six years. As it now stands, it restricts his term of office. and imposss upon the State only the same funamental conditions that were exacted of Virginia and Mississippi. 4 A committee appointed to investigate an alleged“cia.‘rge of undue punishment inflicted by a scbpbltﬁ;qqpl,ier; reported, “that .the punishment was not actuated by malice, but was -occasioned by an undue Jappreeiation ' of the thickness of the boy’s pantaloons.”

fhe From the Sullivan County Union. ‘ REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN SUL- | LIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA. ! The l-‘oot"Prluu of Civilization Discovered One ' Hundred and Eighty Feet Below the Surface of | the Earth.—A Sea Serpeunt also Exhumed. "One of the most singular and wondertul discoveries of the age was made in Currysville coal mine a few days ago. At adepth of one hundred and eighty feet, while the miners were cutting through 'a slate stone, they discovered the petrified body of a sea serpent.. We examined this petrifica- | tion, and say with truth, that itis the ] finest specimen we ever saw. Unfor- | tunately it was broken in three pieces, i and a piece from near’the*center is missing—perhaps thrown out in a sliver of stone. A limb had evidently fallen across the serpent, about eight or ten inches from the head, and mashed the part undeineath flat,and strange to say, even this thin part was formed | into solid stone and taken out perfect. The wrinkles in the body .of the serpent in its writhings as if to extricate iteelf from the stick that fell across it, were as perfect and natuyral as’ the day the affair took place. The head is shaped like. that ot an eel, and the tail, from indications, must have been supplied with a broad fin, ora flat fleshy substance, as a propeller.— The eyes aud mouth can be distinctly traced, while the body is covered with small sunken rpots similar to those.on a hng skin, though not 8o small or numerous. This specimen is five feet three inches long, and near ten inches | around the larFeet'part of the body. | - In addition |to this most singular | curiosity, perfict‘ impressions of leaves, limbs, brush and other samples of vegetation were taken out at this enormous ‘depth. Among those was a beautiful | impression of what is familiary called l snake weed, or fern, which grows in | almost every valley throughout the ’ Western country. : 'The most gingular specimen is yet | to be described, and in attempting to | communicate the fact -to our readers, | we feel as though the history of our »1 earth is just as much a mystery to the present generation as it was to those’ who inhabited it before the flood — the “haif having not been told.” ~“The sole of a shoe or a sandal, was taken out 1n & complete state of petrification. s The heel is almost peifect, and the im- | presgion of something in the heel, re- | ‘sembling tacks or nails, is plain and | distinct. This specimen is about eight | inches long, and of the usual width, - When this discovery is seriously ! considered in connection with the gen- | eral formation of the earth fora cir l cumference of about seventy or eighty miles around—there not being a hill of any material height—not a ravine of a depth worthy of remark—not a cavern, | and the Wabash the largest stream | within this scope, and, the earth alinost ] level and¥thickly and heavily timber‘ed, what'mind can go down into the bowels of the earth, one hundred and eighty feet beneath the firmly rooted aged oaks of the forest, and solveJFhé mysteries there unfolded? What!intelligent being can: stand and look upon these marks of civilization, which have been - buried for ages upon ages, | ‘and feel that he is not treading upon'| “hallowed ground?’ What pen can explain or convey a correct appreciation of this connecting link, or joining of hands, as it were, with those who. must have existed years before the flood? Indeed we are lost in wonder, and shall leave the solution to the more | experienced. - k! In conclusion we can not refrain from expressing our candid belief that the present age know nothingof this little “*ball of earth” in comparison to the realities ¢f what has been or what isto be. L ! £

The petrified serpeunt was taken to Terre Haute and presented to Mr Chauncey Rose, who will dispose of it as he may think best. We suggested however, that it, with the shoe or sandal sole and the other specimens, be placed in. the Normal School building, as relic of the unwritten history of the past age of the Wabash valley. - e < — e i . Questionable, ' We notiee in an exchangeé now and then, “Only paper in the county.”— That is certainly a f)q’or advertisement, for the county, however it may be for the paper, because a county which supports only one paper can not be very large, “or very rich, or very populous. We notice, too, that those newspapers which are constantly filled with legal advertisements — sheriff’s sales for instance—are not published in very inviting localities. Again, one occasionally notices at the head of certain journals, “official paper of tie city.”— What that particularly amounts to; unless:it is that they are more officious than the" rest, is difficalt to perceive, as they are lifeless sheets, deperndent on official pap.—South Bend Union.

In his chapter on the relationa of husbands and wives, Mr. Alger has a passage so admirable, and introduces also a quotation from Yhateaubriand, which has always seemed to us so unrivaled for truthfulness, that we quote a few passages: il - Let a husband be the true and pure guardian of his family, laboering always to adorn himself with the godlike gems of wisdom, virtue and honor; let him bear himself in relation to his wife ‘with gracious kindness toward her faults, with grateful recognition of her merits, with steady.sym Fathy for her ‘trials, with hearty aid or her better aspirations, and she must be of avile stock if she does not revere him :nd minister unto him with all the graces and sweetness of her nature.. i

WORD comes from Washington that ‘the President and Cabinet decided at the Cabinet meeting on Friday last, not to count Indiana or New York for the . Fifteenth Amendment. and thst Grant would delay the proclamation announcing the ratification until the admission of Georgia and Texas to representationin Congress. - A Lyon;, Mass., woman blew her stove in pieces, smashed her windows, half -burped up her kitchen farniture, and mjured a Yin:le,hoy,' the other day, by thawing out a tightly corked jug of frozen water in a stove oven.

: > From the New Albany Ledger. PICTURE OF THE COMING CONFEST. The sction of the Radical State Convention in elevating the colored delegate from Floyd county to a position beside the President o their ‘assembly, in front of ,the white Vice Presidents, is signifi cant, and prospective of what may be expected in the future. It is perfectly legitimate, for us to speculate on the man ner in which the coming contest is to be waged. We shall paint the: picture, the outlines of which have been already drawn for us, and we invite Republicans to lovk at it, te make up their minds to take part’,g in the scerie, to show themselves zealous in endorsing the whole, on pain of heing ostracized, as not being fully loyal teé the party, if they manifest the least hesitancy or exhibit even the slightest indication or refusal. ' sl : We call attention|to the fact that this advance movement toward social equality was initiated here in the Conservative Second District. In the northern part of the State, where the ideas of social equality have long previiled, the leaders of the Radical party left the negro behind, awaiting, at_least, until the announcement of the ratification of the Fifteenth Aniendment should be officially declared before bringing the colored man forward in social and political equality. But Floyd county comes forward in advance, as if giving an earnest of repentance for former conservative delinquency, and demands that the State Convention shall formally recognize the colored delegates that they had borne to ‘he capital in their bosoms, and thus endorse the acvance ‘movement they had made. It was done by universal consgnt, .But this 'was not sufficient. The delegate must’ be more decidedly endorsed, and he is elccted Vice President of the State at:large, an office hitherto unknown |in the histury of polit ical Conventiops, and, arm ip arm with .the colored delegate, Col. Morrison wedg es his‘way through the crowded aisles of the Academy of Music, and, with more formality and respect than was shown to the white President in finding his way to the chair. he was| seated upon the right hand of that officer amid deafening cheers. This is the first act of the political drama. We ask Republicans to cousider 1t atten tively., - How do they like it® Whether they are pleased with it or not, we must raise the curtain and invite them to behold what is coming in the future, for it is now .impossible/that any portion of the State ‘can go back, since consecivative Floyd ‘leads on iin the advance.. Let us look : Separate political meetings must now be dispensed with. - Upon every occasion now, where a President presides over an assembly, the colored man must have.a ‘position of honor by his side.— There must be a dae amount of cheering when he takes hisseat. . He must be help ed upon the platform, and ascigned a front and conspicuous place. Nor.can he be expected to remain silent and undemon‘'strative, like the modest Mr. Malone, but must be accorded|his full portion of time in all meeiings where; discussion is held. He will claim his place on comimittees.— ‘He will'manifest his skill in'resolutions; and his name will be among the candi dates. ‘He}will. become a leader in ratification and ‘jubilee meetings. He will mingle :freely in all processions, and go arm in arm with the white man. He will no longer be a.mere waiter at the barba.cue; the prominent places at the iable will be claimed by him. He will be found ‘among the most demonstrative when the States loyal to the Amendment are repre senfed in procession. The sable lasses will swing - out the flag of Massachusetts and other -Radical States, supported by the “helping hand” of some white delegates of the late Convention, and if some partially conservative white ladies shounld be willing to represent New York, or other of ‘the non concurring States, they will be attended| by an amended voter from a Southern ' plantation. ~lf, under these circumstances, any Republican shall be found lacking in zeal, or shall fail to show himself in such positions when the opportrnity: offers, or shall be “dumb as an oyster” when the glad shout for social and political equality rends t])e‘ air, then shall he be forthwith voted as wanting in political fidelity; and should he, by chance, be the lml:der, of an office of trust or profit, the doctrine of rotation will be immediately promulgated, and the rotat‘ing machine at once set in motion. _B}lt this is nnlg the outside scene of the drama. There will be something beliind ‘the %cene more |interestihg still, which will yet further test the strength of party attachment. Thelclose and cordial friendships will be lovely to look upon. The intimacies of real hospitality will be cordially extended and received. The lying closely in each others’ bosoms at the banqueting table, aq‘d the promiscuous inter mingling of the sexes in a spirit that graciously iguores, not only the color of the skin, but that wgll school the olfactories into a generous indifference, even upon a sultry day, _w-illtill be evidences of the ‘new - order of things that will greet the beholder as the curtain is drawn aside.— The law upoq‘; ~tl;;ystatute bouk that forbids the intermarrying of the sable swain ‘with the fair Saxrm?,' will be quickly eéxpunged, and allthe hindrances to the most licentious 'aﬁmlgama‘tibn will be reprobated with the stigma of caste. These are the disgusting spectacles which are in the background of the picture, and these arie the promises that rad icalism is offering for the vote of the colored people. Tl% action of the late Con: vention, and.the mancuvering that accomplished it, have taught the colored people to expect ftl‘Leie advantages will be conferred by the| Fifteenth Amendment, ‘and there can be no evasion of the conse: quencés, when the negro man demands the fulfiliment of these implied promises. ‘Any doubtful hesitating, or shrinking ‘away from these plainly implied obliga tions .to the megro man, can but be esteemed by him as an evidence of insinceriy, and a violaion of plghtod fith.

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Now, do Republicans accept the situation? Do they recognize the coming events, whose shadews were cast before in the late Convention? ' Are they will ing to accept social equality® Will the colored man be admitted as a social visi: tor.inthe family, a companion for their wives, and suitorsfor their daughters?— If not, then the colored man should know it at once. He should not be deceived, if caste, after all, is not to be forever banished. ‘He is now led by these promises: He expects they will be redeemed. We admonish Republicans to be c‘aFfdl how they decide; for their positiony be.it one of influence or profit,- will materially depend upor their adhesion to these dogmas, and coming up fairly and fully with the “rugged issue,” as intimated by the spokesman of the Becond District del: egation at the late Convention.” The new leadersof the party here demand that there be no dodging of the issue. The party 1s fully committed to the positionand the State Convention has endorsed the movementos Gio S kT S U

We are frank tosay that the Democra. cy take no such position in. recognizing the enfrancliisement of the colored people under the fifteenth -amendment. The colored people need expect no such associations with the Be/mocfrncy. as described in the above pictures, and we do not come to them with any such promises, We do not desire to-deceive them, The position of that people is now one of peculiar in terest, and the wiser ones among them very well know that the advantages they have gained will be imperilled by theac ceptance of the profféred associations of social “equality. They exceedingly fear that the tendered gifts are fraugnt with rischief, like the Grecian horse, and will bring ‘theminto ‘trouble They should receive the advice of the Democracy, which, while their enfranchisement is recognized, counsels them-to- pursue only such a‘eourse as will secure to ‘them the benefits of that enfranchisement. Those benefits are. not in satial -equality nor in amalgamation with the white‘man. They are not in the empty. honors'of the “Vice Presidency for thz State at large,”- but rather their interest in the enactment of wise and just-laws, tbat sball protect the poor in his labor. agninst the encroach ments of the ricli ;- such laws as will give ‘them the highest price for their labor and honesty, and the cheapest price for bread. [f the colored people are wise they will rather - receive such proffered friendship as the Demodratic party thus offers them, than alt the empty honors, the social equality, and consequent amalgamation, extend ed to them by the Radical party - They will sge that this thrusting them forward into .prominent pogitions, with promises of perfect social ejuality, is only ecalculated to increase -the bitterness of prejudice against them, and imperil the political advantages they have already gained. A modest course will -best secure their permanent and substantial -interest, and the respect and esteem ot the white peo’ ple. They should not forget that some of those who have ever oppased social equal'ity here, have yet been their truest friends and protectors, when they have been assailed and their lives threatened, by some of the same party who are-now proposing to them the intimate relations of the domestic and social circle. -If they are ncw wise, they will not’ involve themselves in trouble by accepting those . positions of prominence that would excite prejudice, or demand social equality when: it cannot be sincerely accorded. - . — e ——— B—————— . A Religious Fallacy. : From the N. Y. World.’ S 5 S Our Methodist brethren, in session at Syracise, have announced certain entirely novel discoveries in connection with the rights and duties of American citizenship, which, as conséientious ‘chroniclers of news, we hasten to lay before our readers, It asserts that “it is according to the common law of the United States of America ;' * % %0 .2 thateivilized liberty and modern civilization are grounded in the christian religion; that secular learning and -moral cultare, based upon reverence for God_and His holy Word, are indigpensable to godd citizenship, and hence the proper charge of the state that the Bible 18 our National Book ; and that in the above named principles the Ameri: can republic had its origin.” Far be it from us to discuss any construction which may be put upon our elastic scheme of government, but yet we were not aware that common law debarred Jews, Unitarians, or even' infidels, from .the enjoyment. of civil liberty ;<nor did we know that foreign nations had been deprived of their claims to the scripture. - This.system of civil liberty-and enlightened civilization is to be realized by “the formation of a uew political party. to oppose, first, the Roman' Catholic conspiracy aguinst, our public schools; second, the endowment and support’by the state of sectarian institutions; third, the legal sanction of the liquor_traffic; fourth, the destraction of Christian Sabbath; fiftli, all forms of political corruption.” 3 . :

The great 'bone of contention in this country for the past. quarter of a century has been'the negro and his freedom. He is now free.and, by law, a man and our equal, and still he is'to. be & bone of contention. The issue now is, “who will vote bim ?” We propose that the democratic party now take him into full fellowship, and by our course towards that race to show them that: the democratic: party. is and always has been the friend of the col. ored man. When thej colored man is entitled to vote in lucimna we propose to have him vite for: his friends, the demo: eratd — Evansville Courier. .

~ The Rockport Democrat, commenting on the above, says “although we claim no credit for bringing the white race down to a level with that of the black race, still we feel a 8 though we should be doing a great wrong to forsake them now, and go entirely over to the blacks, - o We propose therefore in future, as we ' have done in the past, as best we can,\_gto" remain in full fellowship’ with the white race, and at the same time treating the blacks with all the respects due them, and leaving themrcntire,lyv free -to chovse for themselves as to who they will cast their votés for, when they become voters, As to who their best friends are, the black man must be his own judge” A A moral debating society out west is. engaged in the discussion of the following question : “If a man deserts his wife, which is the most abandoned, the man or the Womm®™ = oL AT e

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ruof:'um TRADE IN RIDDPLEN} Nine -persons sailed from: Balse down§ the Rhine. A Jew who wished to go tof Schalampi was allowed to come on board§ and journey with them, upon condition§ that be would conduct hiself with pro-' priety and give the captain eighteenf® kreutzers for his passage. ; Now, ‘it 1s ‘true something jingled in the jew’s pocket when he had struck his band againstit; but the only méney theré was & twelve kreutzer piece, for the other 8 was a brass button. Noswithstanding. this, he accepted the offer with gratitude/{ For he thought to himseif—*“Something} may be earced even upon the water.— There is many a man who has grown rich § apon the Rhbine.” i 0} During the first part of the voyage the: passengers were very talkative and merry and the Jew with his wallet under his arm, for he 3id not lay it aside, was any object of much mirth and mockery, as alas:i is often the ease with those of his natiom But as the vessel sailed onward and pass:: ed Thurengen, and St.* Velt, the passens: gers, one after another grewsilent, and:! gusped, and gazed, listlessly down theriv-: er until one cried : : e “Come, Jew! Do you know any passv; time that will amuse us? Your fathers: must have contrived niany a one durih@z! their journey in the wilderness.” : “Now is the time,” thought the Jew;: “to shear my sheep!” And he proposed: that they should sit. around in a circle; 1 and he with their permibsion, would sit:with *hem. Those who could not answer:: the questions should pay the one who propounded them a twélve kreutzer piecey: and those who answered them peytinznts;'. ly shéuld receive a twelve kreutzer piccesis This proposal pleased the company,and « hoping to’ divert themselves with the: Jew's wit or stupidity, each one asked at:: random, whatever chanced to enter his: head. e

Thus, for example, the first asked : =i« “Haw many boiled eggs could the giant; Goliah'eat on an empty stomach ?” RV All said it . was impossible to answeg: that question, and each' paid'the twelve: kreutzers. % B But the Jew said—“ One; for he wheai: has “eaten one egg, cannot put a second, upon an empty stomach,” and the otherspaid him twelve kreutzers, ; Lly ~ The second thought—*“Wait, Jew, L will try you out of the New Testament;~ and I'tliink I shall win my piece! Why:: - did the Apostle Paul write the second epistle to the Corinthians?” 8 The Jew said—*“Because he was not isf-. Corinth—otherwise he would -have spok-: en to them.” . So he won another twelve:: kreutzer, L i iy When the third saw that the Jew wasi: 8o well versed in the Bible, he tried him.: in 4 different way : ' s * “Who prolongs his work to as great & length as possible and' campletes it im time #” - : vl “The ropemaker, if he is industrious,” . said the Jew. ‘ aon In the meantime they drew near to & village and one said to the other—‘that - is Bamlach.” Then the fourth asked ::. v/ “In what month do the people of Bam: ' lach eat the least®” : & “In’ February, for it has only. twentyeight days,” said the Jew. = ot . “There are two natural brothers and” still only one of them is my uncle,” said the fifth, 5 “The uncle is your father's brother, and.. your father is not your uncle,” answéred' the Jew, =9 A fish now leaped out of the water, and_ the sixth asked, “What fish have their . eyes nearest together ?” e g “The smallest,” said the Jew. faa The- seventh asked, “How can a man ride from Balse to Bern in the shade, ;n 5 the summer time, when the sun shines?": The Jew said, “When te comes to a': place where there is noshade he must dis-* mount and go on foot.” . - Somy

The eighth asked, “When a man rides in the winter time from Berne to Balse and has forgotten his gloves, how must he manage so that his hands shall not freeze " ’ P The Jew said, “He must make fists otit ‘of them.” 2 The ninth was the last, and this one" asked, “How can five persons divide five eggs 8o that each man shall receive one;” and still one remain in the dish®” ' = ““The last man must take the dish with' the egg, and be can let it lie there as long’ . as he pleases,” said the Jew. - 2 But*now it came his turn and he de-* termined to make a good sweep. After” many preliminary compliments, he asked with an air of mischievous friendliness-—= “How can & man fry two troute in three” pans so that a trout may lie in each pan® No one could answer this, and one after’ another paid him & twelve kreutzer piece. ‘But when the’ ninth desired thatbe should solve the riddle he rocked to and fro, shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes. *T ‘am & poor Jew,” he said at,, last. : s L The rest cried—“ What has that to doﬂj with it ? Give us the answer.” g “You must not.take it amiss, for lam a poor Jew.” : o ',('”__!.m At last, after much persuasion \{d me: ny promises that they would do to imno harm, he thrust his hand into his pocwk&), took ot one of the twelve kreutzer piéces’ that he had won, laid'it upon the tablsi! - and said—"l do not know the snswer-aapi: more than you, Here are my twelge . kreutzers,"; ‘ i S When' ‘the others heatrd these ‘wiﬁﬁf h they opetied their eyes and said that tifid" was scarcely according to the agreementsv Bat as they could not control their laughe:: ter, and were wealthy and ?mdmt ; men, and as the Jew had helped ‘th&?%'F : wkile away the time from Saint Veltts" - Schlampi, they let it- pass; and the Jew took with him from the vessel-—~let a g(ﬁid i arithmatician reckon up for me how muele: tonatew cactlod homs, with bl Rl twelve kreu . his answer ; nine with- hh?ﬂwﬁ'ﬂ?ﬁg p ﬁw o and eighteen kreutzer pieces he gave td"' the captaimy sii b 8 el GAi o eme