The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 April 1870 — Page 1

I'HE NATIONAL BANNER, Published Weekly by . JOHMN B. STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND 1 ‘;‘ esy() Mt " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictlyin advADEe. .. ... oivieieaiaiiy ... $2,00 ‘§F*lT his paper is published on the Cash Principle, 'itn‘.lr‘r-oprmg’r {al{wing that it is just as right for fmt to demand advance pay,as it i 8 for City publishers. ¢¥” Any person scudlngbn club of 10, accompanied with the cash, willbe entitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, frce_ofchnr,rzc.

Michizan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave St- - wions aarollowl: : | ' GOING-EAST: 41 - : § Ezpress. Mail Train., Chfeago.iveii, i DB . .., 800 8 M *Elkhart ..ot e 9588 200 4. 1901 »o M. { QGoshien, . . lisiiii ro WAI s 19050 uy Millersburg. .......(d0n’t5t0p)...2,..... 1:11 * LABODIOY . o v v oana 10216 4 79050 0t Wawaka............(d0n’t stop) ....... 1:10 P, M. Brimflela .o oo gttt %Sl Ry Rendallvilie ;o 1086 40 TRy % Arrive at T01ed0.......2:80 AM ........5:00 *¢ | GOING WEST: . Ezpress: Mail Train: Moladai .v v i 80, . o vay i 3800 Po My Kenda11vi11e...........8:45 A.M..........4:456 P, M, Brimell,. ... i i dAOO . leE e | Wawaka.. ... .c.iii.. el v Lifi’0nier.......,........4:‘20 BB Millersburg. . .......... Ol BBt 5 GORBON: Ly el AAd] YBBlO L i NBIRRAYS .o i BB 0885 } Arrive at Ohicago.... 9:25 . .........8:88 * *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper, - Ex{)re_ss leaves daily soth ways. e Malil Train makesclose connection at Elk Hart with trains going East and West. . i C. F."HATCH, GQen'tSupt., Chicago. 1 J. JOHNSON, 4gent, Ligonier. : | i WM. L. ANDREWS, | isi . 1 ‘ Surgeon Dentist. _ Mitchel's Block, Kendallville. ‘ All work warrantéd. Examinationsfree, 247 | . J.M. DENNY,, Attorney at Law,— -Albion, Nobleco., Ind Will give carefal and prom i attention to +a buginess entrnsted to his care. 3-6 . LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. LIGOGNIEB, ~ ~.- '~ TNDIANA, ! Office-on Cavin Strcet, over Sack Bro’s. Grocery, opposite H_clmer House. ! ,’4l’_—‘B7—ly T DR. E; W. KNEPPER, Beleetic Physiéian '& Surgeon,—Ligonier. All disedses of the Lungs and Throat successful_y treated h{inhalation. No -charges for consultation, Office with W, W. Skillen, esa. 1-8

+ 'D.¢W., C. DENNY, Physician ‘and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend fo all calls in the line of his profession—day or night—in town or -any distance in the country. Pcrsons . ‘'wishing his serviees at nl{:ht. will fln({ him at his father’s residenee, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all_calls, when abseut, shopld be left. 1-1 f E. j,RlCll;V[Oi\ 0, Justice of thje%;Pea‘ce & Conveyancer, Cavin stfeet, Ligonier, Indiana, Special attentfon given to cglnveyxmcin and collections. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortzages graw*n up, and all legal bukiness attended to promptly and accurately, 5 3 May 26th, 1868, HELMER HOUSE, A, J. MATTISON, Prop'r, lAGONIER, - - - SNDIANA, This Houseiha{g been Refitted and Refurnished ; in Wirst Class Style. : L. COVELL, = - Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. - Oflice, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street. DR.P. W. CRUM, P o o e l S Seuit & hysician and Surgéon, ngoni‘er. « = = . Indiana. Oftice one door south of L, Low & Co’s Clothing . Store, up stairs. May 12th, 1869, > - bo et - - | et et et . SAMUEL E. ALVORD,.. Attorney at Law, F%\a]im Agent, and Notary Publie; Aéon, Noble Co., Ind. { Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiers and Jheir heirs, Convcynucinfi. &c., promptly and carefully attended to. Ac nowledgments, - Depositions and Affidavits, taken and certified. ' G. W. CARR, I. 2ot S '@y Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - «|- - < IND, ‘ Will promptly attend all cdlls intrnsted t 6 him, _ Office on 4th St,, onec.door east ef the NaTioNar Baxseß.office. | i 3-43 o Ey D, PRESTON, M. D., : HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, : ; LIGOI\'IEIj, INDIANA. Oftice une door south of L. Low & Co.’s Store, up stairs, Office hours from 9to 11, A, ~ 2to 4 and 7toB p. . Can-always be .found by inquiring at the Dodge House. 4 48

F.W.STRAUS, i ,BANKBR, Buys and sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange. Passage Tickets to'and {Jrom all the principal parts of Europe; at the most liberal terms = 1 Special sttention given to colléctions. Monéy taken on deposit, and Merchants’ accounts solicited; and kept on most favorable terms: ~42¢ oot B S e e SACK BROTHERS, Bakens & Grocers. Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. 4 Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notiong, &c¢ _"Thelhighest cash' price paid fer Conntry Produce May 13, ’6B-tf. b SACK BRO'S. NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS S | WOLF LAKE, IND. | Notice is hereby given that C. R. Wiley and Samuel Beall have entered into a co-partnership i nthe Merchandise business, and that theyhave just unpacked a lurge stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, &c. CFH and see for yourself. ‘ | . *WILEY & BEALL. ~ Wolf Lake, Nov,'3, 1869.-27tf £ e e e e e - NEW MILLINERY GOODS, . AL Mrs Joanna Belt’s, - On Cavin Street, NEW STYLES FORVTHVI;L‘ NEW YEAR, 1870, Just veceived from - Baltimore and Chicago, Fancy Goods, Hair _Braids, Switches, Wedding - Bonnets, Mourning Bonnets, Baby Caps, &e. March 30, 1870..48 | e bl Y JOHIN GAPPINGER’S | HARNESS, SADDLE And Leather Establishment, Has heen removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s New Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Block,) . KENDALLVELLE, - - ENDIANA. The highest {'mce paid for Hides, Pelts, &c., and the trade supplied with Leather, Findings, &c,, at. lowest figares. : April 6, 1870.-49 -+ . ! J.BITTIKOFFER, s gl DEALER IN | WATCHES, - CLOCKS, J EW’]S}RY, SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, &c., &c. &e., &c. All kinds of work-done u{;;on the shortest notice and warranted as to durab l% i Shop _in Bowen’s new. Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. e T 2-81 . . R. CORNELIL, . Who may always be found at his : - PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, 1s priepared to take all kinds of pictures in the . "7 ‘latest styles of the art. kil [email protected] ATTENTION paid to oopying old Deguerreotypes -and Ambre‘t;pea into tagds, and Enlarginfi. i G Vork warranted satisfactory in all cases. Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 23, 1870..43 Pl o A. GANTS, @ ; Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, - WIGONIER, - - INDIANA, S - Is prepared ; 77 ' {o&o;n&hlng Hai e, - _intheir line. i =N~ succesful prac* . T et T - justifies D A g - ¢ ‘can AT PRI Bidiont'al &y TR RTRSN ST « ’ i alow thele battondge. F-Ofios inmy bukiding

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" HALF WAY FIOME. ; i THIRTY FIVE YEARS. j Half-way o’er Life's toilsome journey, | Weary Pilgrim, thou hast come. ; And, to-day the thought may cheer thee, . Thou art bulf-way to thy home ! B Half-way through the weary nights, _ : * Half-way through the days of pain, Half.way through the toil of life, . . With its changing loss and gain. Ha!f-way through the worldly strife, ) Where strong Evil seems to win, Where thy foes without have fought, And the foes that dwell within, Cqurage; Pilgrim —look before thee; | For, perchance, the future way i Shall not lead thro’ deeper shadows . Than are over thee to day. Slreng(h and Hope, so sorely needed, . May await thee farther on, - " And new joys may come to meet thee, ¢ "~ Ere the Pilgrimage is dooe, God himself will be thy guidge’; Half the way thy feet have come ; ) Soon the journey will be o’er : And the Pilgrim safe at home. ‘ Trahsplanilng L fg:e Trees. As a general rule, we never advise the purchase of very old trees ; still if the requisite care: is g'ven, they may often be used quite advantageously — particularly if not transported any congiderable distance.. We have trans: planted apple, pear and cherry trees that were from ten to fifteen years old, and their growth was but slightly checked by their moval. In regard to the proper method of performing this operation, there are almost as many different opinions as there are men X e i who undertake’it, and each and every one of them believe that their particular way is the best. This diversity of opinion among gardners only proves that trces hold on to life very tenaeiously and will withstard a good deal of ill treatment.

One of the most lghorious and expengive methode is that of transplanting in winter, with 'a ball of frozen earth surrounding the roots; but we do not believe that this expensive mode is ever necessary, or of sufficient importance to pay for the extra expense incurred. Neither do we attach any importance to a ball of earth about the roots at any other time ; although with small evergreeng, it may be well to leave all the soil that will adhere. We prefer to remove . all large decidious trees soon after the leaves have fallen off in autumn, or very early in the spring. . ‘ The most important part to be observed is the preservation of the roots —the more, the better, although it is seldom that.all can be retained, First remove the goil from above the roots with a spade or shovel, then with a spading fork work it from among them, being careful not to bruise or break, but carefully follow each one to their extreme ends. When all the roots kave béen- geparated from the soil, lift the tree and shortea the branches severely. At least one half the entire length of all large branches should be cut away, aud quite often two-thirda would not be too much. -

~ We consider severe pruning’to be of the utmost importance to all trangplanted trees, and with large ones it should never be omitted. If the trees are to be carried to any considerable distance, or remain out of the soil even for a few hours, the roots must be protected and not allowed to get dry.

In replanting, cover the roots only as deep as they were originally, and spread out each and every one in a natural position, then tread the soil firmly upon them, being careful to fill up the spaces between the large as well as the small ones. If rain should not come within a few days after planting, a few pails of water may aid in settling the soil about the roots; but we have never found it necessary to water a tree that was properly planted, gither in spring or fall. A careful preservation of roots, severe pruning of the branches, and then planting with care, will generally save almost any tree, however large.—Tearth and Home. 2 i ; el ¥ I — e Keeping Hogs Healthy—A New Use for Soap Suds on ‘%ashday‘s. A correspondent ot the Cincinnati Gazelte writes. the following concerning keeping hogs healthy : I have often been asked how I manage to keep hogs so healthy. While many die at wvarious times in my vicinity with'what is generally termed cholera, I have been remarkably free from any trouble of the kind, never having had a case of cholera among my hogs. I don’t profess to have a sovereign remedy for cholera, or any other disease of the hog ; but I will state that I have been in the practice, for six years past, of feeding my hogs stone 'coal, ashes and salt mixed. Also as often as every two or three months, I mix with about' a hal]f a barrel of slop a bandful of copperts, and feed thisto my hogs. The slop:which I feed is made from the kitchen, and every wash day I have a tub ful of soap suds poured into the slop barrel, which, added to thie slop and suds trom the kitchen sink, make good strong soap suds, and which the hogs drink very freely. . I do not offer the above as a reme dy for hog cholera, but from my ex perience I believe it is a good preventative, and hogs so treated will not, I think, so readily contract diseasec.

Beginning to Farm. A New York clerk, twenty-eight years old, unmarried, with $3,000 capital, and an ambition to be a farmer, but no knowledge of the business, asked the Farmer’s Club how he should begin his new career, and got the following answer : ; = Put all your money at interest at 7 per cent. on mortgage. Go hire your‘self to a thrifty, money ntaking farmer; work for the first month for your ‘board. Then get him to give you something till you can make nearly full wages as a farm hand. See everything and remember what you see. Read farm books and papers. In a year or two buy a place on which the first installment is $1,000.. Use $l,OOO for stock and tools; keep the other $l,OOO at interest, and go to work.— When you have been on the farm a year, marry some young woman who can raige chickens and knows how to make pantaloons. G aniel me:ow? ;qu‘l'shwhere%og cg:o tget s ood bargain, and that is & the boot an fimifii‘am of Canfeld & Bmery.

i CURE FOR CANCER. { Our attention has been recently | called to a cure for canoer, which is | of so much ixqpormnce,éat we wish ito make it known as widely as possi- ' ble. Some eight months ago, Mr. T. | B. Mason—who keeps a music store, | on Wisconsin street, and is a brother ! of the well known Lowell Mason,—as- ' certained that he had a cancer on his | face, the size of a pea. It wascut by | Dr. Walcott, and the wound partially | healed. Subsequently it grew again, | and while he was in Cincinnati on bn- | siness, it attained the size of a hicory | nut. He has remained there since { Christmas, under treatment, and has | come back perfectly cured. The pro- | cess is this: . .

A piece of sticking plaster was put over the cancer, with a circular piece cut out for the cancer, a little larger than the caucer, and a small circular rim of healthy skin next toit, was exposed. Then a plaster made of chloride of zine, blood root and' wheat flour; was spread on-a piece of muslin of the size of this circular opening, and applied for twenty-four hours On removing it the cancer will be found to be burnt into, and appear of the color and hardness of an old shoe sole, aund the circular rim outside of it, will appear white and parboiled, as if scalded by hotsteam. The wound is now dressed, and the outside rim goon suppurates and the cancer comes out, a hard lump, and the place heals up. This plaster kills the cancer, so that it sloughs out’like dead flesh, and never grows again. This remedy was discovered by Dr. Fell, of London, and has been used by him for six or cight years, with unfailing success, and not a case has been known of the reappearance of the cancer, where this remedy has been applied. It has the sanction of the most eminent’ physicians and surgeons of London, but has not till recently been used in this country, and many of thé faculty, with their proverbial opsosition to innovationgs look upon it with disgust. We saw Mr. Magon at church, yesterday, and have since conversed with. him, and took particular notice of the cicatrized wound, and can only say, -that if the cure' is permanent—and, from the evidence of six or eight year’s’ experience in other cases, we have no doubt it is—the remedy ought to ke universally known. , The experiment excited ‘much interest in Cincinnati, and we call the attention of the faculty in this State, to the remedy. If it what is claimed for it, this terrible disease will be shorn of most of its terrors. The application is painful, but the pain is of comparatively brief duration, which any one so afflicted, would cheerfully endure.— Reformed - Church DMMessenger. Y ) e —— - B—— Does Her Own Work. Doesshe? Is-it. a disgrace to her? Is she the less a #frue woman, less worthy than she who sits in silks and sating, and i 3 vain of fingers which never knew any work? .We heard this sneer a few days ago, and the tone in which it was uttered betokened a narrow, selfish, ignoble mind, better fitted for any place than a democratic country, whose institutions rest on honorable lahor as one of our chief

corner stones. It evinced a false idea of the trne basiz of society, of true womanhood, of genuine nobility. Itshowed the detestible spirit'of caste, of rank which a certain class; among us, are striving to cherizh ; a.easte whose, soul foundation is mone@’, and so the meanegt kind of rank known to civilization. Mind, manners, morals, all that enter into a grand charagter, are of no account with those social-snobs ; position in their stilted rapnks is bought with gold, and each additional dollar is another round in the ladder by which elevation is gained. In matter of fact is it more dishonorable for the- merchant’s wife to do her own work than for the merchant to do his; for her to look after her house than for him to look after his store! Or, is woman for nothing but to be tickled with a feather and pleased with astraw? It seems the height of ambition in some *circles to be, or rofess to be, not only “above’’ work, Ent even ignorant of how work is to be done; and if the table is jpoorly spread, if the housekeeping is at sixes and sevens, the *‘help” receives maledictions without, but the “lady”’ takes none of the responsibility upon herself. She look into the kitchen! she know how bread should be made, or steak broiled ! she know when the flour is out, or the sugar in ! absurd ! - «Help” may be bad enough, but what interest can the girl in the kitchen feel in the household economy, if the lady in the parlor has none ? If the mistress néglects all domestic duties, will the maid be thoroughly conzcientious? Will the husband’s business go on well, if he neglects it? And why should that of the wife prosper under her lack of responsibility ? i g An aristocracy of wealth is the most inexcusable, the silliest of any social distinction ; and yet it is that which many of our citizens, many of our otherwise sensible young people, are fostering and trying to establish.-— Watchman and Reflector. =

A citizen of Belmont, New York, has, for forty years, been in the habit of keeping eggs by taking them fresh from the nest and greasing them with good lard or butter, and setting them in a cool, dry place, handling them over once in a while, to keep the yolks from settling down 'to the shell. | With him they keep rix or eight months.— We have had best, in fact, perfect success, by plunging the fresh eggs, a few at a time, held in a wire ladle, into a kettle of boiling water, and keeping them there long enough to count ten—pay five seconds.. The water muet not stop boiling.—American Agricultural48t. ~- ' .

_ A COHEAP FILTER.—A citizen of New Britain, Connecticut, suggests that the cheapest way to fiiter a cis. tern is to have the water before entering it to pass through a common tub or half barrel (with a perforated bottom), filled with charcoal, coarsé gravel, and sand. Such a filier, might readily be removed and cleaned, and can be constructed at a small cost. '

I.LIGONIER, IND.,". WEDNESDAY, APRIL., 27, IS7O.

| THE INDIANS, 2 The New York World gives, at great length, a complete review of the Indian situation, from official data, from which we extract the following: J - It would be impossible to give anything more than an aproximate idea of the numbér of Indians not included in the above category of tribes. The total number west of the Mississippi will not fall much short of 300,000. — The; stretch of territory they cover is vast, and partly unknown. There are regions into which the foot of the white man has never penetrated, and which are Infested with . aborigines, about whom comparatively little is Rnown, save that they are always found to be warlike and hostile. The Indians with whom we have now to deal more particvlarly occupy the country covered by the Territories of Montana and Dakota, and the states of Kansas and Nebraska. lilere are the high-ways of public travel, and here will be the theatre of the greater part of the- trouble that must inevitably follow on the ad-: vancing footstep of civilization. The policy of the Government, as expressed by the commissioner of Indian Affairs, will be to meet the Indians inhabiting these regions with every assurance of its peaceful intentions, and, if necessary, to spend- large sums of money in gaining their good will and co-opera-tion, It is proposed to establish three great and principal reservations for all the tribes north of the 37th parallel of latitude’; one in the Indian Territory, another in Dakota, and the third in Colorado and Utah. Could this be: done, it would be unnecessary to keep up “the Jong chain of military posts, that now compass the Indian country, aund enough only would have to be retained to exercise a surveillance over the three great reservations alluded to. All agree in confining the theatre of the most serious immediate troubles to the Montana, ‘Dakota and Nebraska districts. - What proportions they may assume will depend largely on the action of Congress in making appropriations for subsisting and clothing the various tribes. The Quaker and other civil agents will be continued as heretofore, and present appearances indicate ‘the making of the military authority secondary to the civil, at least morally. * . £ L

. ‘A-Word to Conservatives. - There are a great many men who have not as yet fully decided wih which party they will, cast their votes this fall. 'They believe that the radical party is corrupt, that it is guilty of gross usurpations of power, and that it is not attempting to do anything which'wjll benefit the masses, and yet they do not like to. vote with the democrats. | i 1. Conscrvatives, do not fear the sneers and scoffs of past party associates, but do what you .believe to be for the good of our common country. I ; If yon venerate the constitution and laws of your country, fly from the party that openly. violates both. . If you hold ‘sacred the memory of the Fathers of'the Republic, do not follow leaders who suffer at their teachings., : ; . If you believe the present system of unjust and odious tariff laws should be repealed, ‘do not tarry in the ranks of a party which fails to repeal them." If you believe the'government bonds should be taxed as your property is taxed, do not associate party which refuses to tax them. . - ‘» If you are opposed to having negro suffrage forced upon Indiana without first obtaining her consent to the measure, do not for one moment lend your influence to the aid of a'party capable of perpetrating such an infamy. If you stood by the old flag in the dark days that tried men’s souls, when shells screamed above your heads and bullets struck with a dull thud around you'; when Demcerats faced with yeu the tempest of death, how can you call Demograts copperheads and traitors, and - cast your votes with a party which has ‘violated every pledge made duriug the war and every principle for which we fought ? =

Judges Bradley and Strong. [t has been reported that Judges Bradley and Strong, of the United States supreme court, svould not sit on the rehearing of the legal-tender question, for the reason that they were stockholders in railroad companies owning bonds prior to the passage of the legal-tender act, the principal and inte rest of which, under the recent decision of the supreme court,is payable in gold. ‘T'his objection having besn brought to the'notice of the gentlemen concerned, Judge Bradley has stated that he transferred all his interest in such'stocks immediately after his confirmation, and Judge Strong eays it is his intention to dispose of the railroad shares which he owns before the cause comes to a hearing. : R s R To Keep Pure Air in a Sick Room. The following simple arrangement will remedy the evil of foul gas generated by burning a kerosene lamp all night in a nursery or sick room : TFake a raisin or any other suitable sized box that will contain the lamp when set upon end. Place the lamp in the box, outside the window, with the open side facing the room. When there are blinds, the box can be: attashed to each by leaving them a little jopen and fastening with a cord; or ‘the lamp box can be nailed to the window casing in a permanent manner.. The lamp burns quite‘as well outside, and a decided improvement of the “air in the room is experienced.— Try it.— Scientific American. '

SPREADING MANURE.-~ln spreading manure, care”should be taken te scatter it evenly over the land, breaking t 6 pieces all large and hard lumps. This should always be done immedi ately, or not more than half a day, before plowing, especially if the weather is windy,” The manure. shoald be plowed under, before it dries very much, or loss will accrue.” A

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A ——r—- : £ ?mm the South Bend Union, Aprit 16. i { | OUR VISITORS. o We dp not. think the State of Indiana cbuld produce a more lively, thoroughly social, and agreeable set of fellows than were represented at our Editorial Convention on Friday and “Saturday of last week, and their wives are like unto them’ It is not only an easy but a plessant task to entertain people who have come deterwmined to have a good time, and so we found our guests of the quill order. _+ Among the married folks were the following, of whom we bave attempted pen sketches, though we fear our” “special artist,” Reub. Williams, has made the matter a serinus one for oar unpracticed -hands :. e ; - ~ First on our left was C. G. Powell, of the Laporte Iferald. Mr. Powell is one of the men who improve on acquaintance. He is hidden under.a sort of reserve at your first meeting, which, however, grad vally wears &way, and you discover that he is possessed of a real fund of social huaia, Ilis wife Isa queenly lnokin® wq man, with a face which at once impresses you that the owner is a woman of no or dinary intelligence. She has proven in deed a helpmeet to her husband,through years of tojl and-trial, and they can now lpok back with satisfaction over the rough jonrney and contemplate the result of their labors; for Mr. Powell is the proprietor of one of the most prosperous offices i this portion of the state. v Rev. A. Gurney, of the Valparaiso Vdette, is one of those men whose good na-

ture continually “slops over” in his face. Its expression is a complete antidote for the blues, and an ill humeor could never live in the.sunshine around him. He'is one of the hardest workers in the fraternity, being the President of the Valparaiso College, of which Mrs. Gurney is Matron, editor of the Vidette, and a lawyer, once in a while preaching for variety. - " Williams & Hossler, of the Warsaw Indianian, were also present with' their wives. Reub., at the first glance,” would hardly be axpected to possess the real genuine talent and business energy which' he really has. Under a q,uiet' exterior he has hidden an iron will, which has . enabled him to surmount many obstacles that, to a less determined man, would have seem ed impossible. He commenced a poor boy in-thelittle town of Warsaw, learned the printe'r‘s trade and by steady perseverence, has acquired a fine business, of which he may justly feel proud. He ownsone of the handsomest residences in the place,; and the Indianian is not only one of the most spicy, but also one of the best conducted papers in this portion of the State. His wife is a motherly little lady, one of the rare women fitted for the adornment of home, a mother eminently suited to the holy work God has given her, though ber face would hardly indicate’ that she was the mother of the five rosy children, the eldest of whom, a thoughtful little wo man of thirteen, took the excellent care of baby while mamma was enjoying the recreation. "The- baby was, according to promise, brought over for our inspection, but the ‘‘two Jays” were so crowded’ with 'work that we were unable to enjoy its infant smiles to our entire satisfaction.

'Mrs. Hossler walked square into the hearts of botk editor and editress, and set up an undisputed sway. ' : Billy Beane and wife were in fall bloom. A person wouldn’t suppose either of them to be over sixteen, if he might judge by the hearty good nature with which they both accept life. 'We really wondered if it did ever have any dark places for them, and we feel just here like congratulating them on the happy faculty they both have of making every bady feel joyous around them. .

Mr. and Mrs. Brower, of Mishawaka, were also present. Norman means well, and we are reody/to testify that though he can’t take a joke he can retort in vivid style, as we have occdsion to remember. We regret that Mrs. B. was not able to be with us much on account of indisposition, though the first day her prescnce added much to the pleasure of the company. i ;

Now for the gents who left their bet.ter three-fourths at home. i © First ofall .ie Stoll of the Ligonier Banner, the President of the Associaation, a good specimen of hearty living, rather dignified, buta tip to&friend,» as wehave learned by experience. He makes an excellent presiding officer, is a fine writer, and, when he gets warmed up, “orates” in a pleasing manner. J. B. will make his mark some day if he has not already done so. e

" Next in order is J. D. Devor. He remindB one forcibly of the ‘naughty children mentioned in the Bible who met such an unhappy fate, the remembrance of which represses any desire one might have for §joking him about the bareness of his cranium. We'd like to have seen Mrs. Devor, and asked her receipt for the management of John. ~He is the most contrary of all the corps. ( Frank S. Bédéll, of the Crown Point Register, we suppose to be married, though we are unable to ascertain the interesting fact to any degree of certainty—at any rate he looks married, and we'll bet he makes a good husband, for he don't say much, thereby giving his wife a chance. There was Starr, too, of the Goshen Times, who couldn’t persuade 'his wife to beam fof us South Benders, but we have seen her and know she is capable in that direction. Starr looked a little disconsolate without her, reminding one of a sat_ elite that had lost track ot its planet, and was shining under difficulty. =

~ Bweet, of the Elkhart Union, Wadsworth, of the Laporte Argus, and Sims Major, of Laporte Herald, three as inveterate bachelors as can be found, were under our special care. They have'all promised to do better in the future, except Sweet, who will persist “in wasting his sweetness on the desert air.” We saw Wadsworth at Clark’s eoncert, in Laporte, the Mondsy following, in company with a charming young lady, and we have

strong hopes of him. C. K. Baxter of the Waterloo City Dress, said he was sick, and we made the happy discovery also that be was a bachelor sick soul, and in a fever of jealousy over the happiness of of his more fortunate brethren. We hereby warn the Waterloo City ladies that his attentions hereafter rean ‘business. Of J. F. Radcliffe we have a sort of an indistinct impression. We believe he did not cultivate our acquaintance. W. M. Nichols, of the Plymouth Republican, kept his promice made us a few weeks ago, by attending the Convention, which is more than we can say for his contempcraries. They djdn,’t send any regrets either. Nichols is a tip top fel. low, and w¢'like him because lie don't use tobaceo. The most of the other members of the AsSociation we had to like for some other quality, but Wichols has this one combined with many others. - i We leave our visitors to sket:h Miller and Beal, of the Register, and Turner, of the Annual, for we are incapable of doing them justice——Dbesides we have to live in the same town with them. et

Cedar Keys, Florida, Correspondence New . York Sun. ' Ben. Butler Introduced .to a Candid ; Young Lady. . * . We were to day sitting on the wharf here, wondering if the steamship Florida, Marshall O. Roberts’ irregular line for invalids, would ever arrive from Mobile, and take us to Tampa Bay. Mrs Anderson, & vivacious and interesting young swidow from Louisville, Kentucky, was Zone of our party. She had come to Cedar Keys with Mr. Yulee's family. ' Mr. ‘Sexton made a remark, while conversingwith Mrs. Anderson, that aroused Mrs. A, or in other words, drew her out. . “When I was.in Washington, fecently," said Mrs. Anderson, “a lady friend of mine was walking in the Capitol, accompanied by Chief Justice Chase. The voung lady was about nineteen years of age. Butler met Chase, and, after making a few prefatory remarks, inquired, addressing Chase: . ~ ‘Won’t you introduce me to- your } fair friend ¥ ; ‘i /Certainly,’ replied Chase, and thereupon he introduced Genera! Butler'to.the | young lady, who slightly’ nodded her head. Butler, eyidently struck with her - beauty, e_ndea.vorfed‘ to be very agreerble. ~ ‘That isa beautiful flower,’ he remarked, addressing the “young lady, who held - a lovely japonica in.one hand; ‘won't - you present it to me?’ : it | © ‘lt is a japonica, and not a silver spoon,’ replied the young lady. With that she { dropped the flower on the pavement and - put her little foot upon it. Subsequently - she burst out crying, and apologized to [ Chief Justice Chase for her conduct, ind said that she felt such a dreadful repug--nance for the man that she conld not do - otherwise than as she did.”

An Important Historieal Question ) ' Settled. = The Wabash Republican publishes the following letter from Mr. Grant’s father, which, it says, is in answer toa note written him by one of the citizens of that place, and which it is permitted - to give to the world. The letter bears the ear: murks of Grant, senior, and as.a revelation.of family . history it will be Interesting, ‘and certainly its simplicity and frankness are very commendable. “If thereihies been any doubt heretofore in regard to the "political status of Mr. Gront, this letter will “remove these doubts in a manner just as clear as it is'satistactery : : CovinagTON, March 51, 1870. DEAR SiR: I never woted a Democratic ticket in my life. The General, while in the army, protessed neutrality, and never gave but two votes in his life.— While the General was in the army, about 1848, lie voted for a whig for con gress from his native district. He gave for his reason for so voting that. the whig was & man of the most brilliant order of talent; the other of a lower order. The whig was elected. His second vote was given for James Buchannan, in 1856, from purely personal reasons.. He has often said since that any man who would vote for James Buchnan ought to be disfranchised, and if the government would pot disfranchise him he would do it himself, and I believe he has never voted since, unless he voted in'llB6B. I oelieve he was never a democrat, but while in Missouri, in the immediate vicinity of the Dents, he may have had some sympathy in that direction. "~

: - Yours, &c, ‘ o J. ROGRART, P. M. It will be observed that Mr. Grant, seniof, signs his name as P. M, (which is postmaster.) -It may, therefore, be regarded as officially fixing the stauts of the Grant family. Tt is always well to have such - grave questions settled by authority The terrible influence of “the Dents” over the son, may yet be fatal to his radical integrity, especially &s Father Dent sits daily at the head of Mr. Grant’s tables, and is s2id to be an important personage in the household ; while Father Grant is jaway off at Covington, keeping watch over the Covington postoffice, and unable to guard the virtue of his son from malign influences. - : A The New Radieal Policy. @ Notwithstanding niggers and carpet .baggers have things all about their own way in the reconstructed States, the Rad icals are not satisfied. They are determiined that the satrapies shall not slip from beneath their thumb. Seallawag Abbott, one of the Senators from Notrth Carolina, has made aspecch in Congress on the Georgia bill, in which he advocated a national military police for the South to preserve law and oider. He appeared.to favor the new Radical policy;: which is gradually = developiag, for -policing the South with an armed force. Radicalism ‘seems determined not to lose its hold up or the Southern States, which, it now manages with the nigger and the bayonet, until the effect of the Fifteenth Amendment is fully- developed in ‘the Northern States. -If necessary, we predict, all the Southern States will be kept in harmony _with Radicalism by the sword, under the _direction of contemptible, petty mili

No. 52.

. . TARIFF ox HIDES: -~ Mr. Brooks, member of Congress, has made a ‘noble speech against the duty on “hides, in which he shows the great and- ' damaging influence of the tariff on that one article. I'ie shows the necessity of'ad- | mitting, free of duty, hides from Buenos Ayers with their fine and - horny textare for hemlock sole feather, and’ the adaptation of the long, tough and smosth fibered hides of this country for uppér leather,- harness and skirting. It drives the leatber trade of Canada to Europe, and Europe and Canada: get all' the South American trade; which we had before our tariff. He shows its workings have been/ the cause of much loss to all ‘workers in leather, and has fell hard upon the farmers of the United States. It is very evi“dent the high tariff on hides works annjury in other respects. Tt-is breaking down the tatning business of the country, and losses to the farmer trom fifty to sev--l enty five cents on.every hide they produce. “Those are the men who'pay for the pro | tection. They are taxed on every article - of manufactured leather that enters into the consumption of their families. Shoes, bel't‘s, barness, . wagon® whips, carriages, saddles and shoe strings. Let the farmer look but once at the tax on shoes and -boots alone. The tax on the ‘hide is ten per cent.; on bark, twenty per cent.; onoil, twenty per cent: on the Jumber of the boxes in which boots and shoes are packed, twenty per cent; on the lasts, twenty - per cent.; on thread, forty per é(},fit.‘; on the lasting and "serge, eighty per cent; and a heavy tax on the tools used in man-. ufacturing. - Such taxation would break up all our shoemakers, even if they lived ‘ on codfish and oatmeal.’ S}‘ioesifliot ance | cost the farmertwo dollars a pair, he now l has to pay four dollars and fifty cents, all growing out of a tariff raised to support extravagance and corruption. Mr, Wells, in his report, shows that we-consume annually, 47,000,000 pairs of women's-and children’s shoes ; 15,000 are made of last.’ ing and segre, imported at a-cost of $3,500,000, and this great amount has to be. made up in part by poor girls who work at $2.50 a week, while thie bondholder is exempt from paying a cent on hig bonds. | The Government dealing in lasting and | serge makes the operation about as profit- ‘ able as theitax on salt—to get $1,000,000 ‘into the United States treasury, the farml crs have to pay $3,000,600, a loss of $2, 000,000, to get -$1,000,000. “ But on ‘the i lasting and serge question, Mr, Wells, in his report, gives the administration the ' following cool, but sharp hit. He says: “The gnvornment, to all intents and purposes, in addition to all its other business, has become a partner in the lasting-and-sérge business, and runs one or-two small establishments, in "*Massaéhixse‘tts; at an expense to the people of §1,500,000 every | year, a-sum tgrefl_ter than is at present an- " nually required t defray the expenditures ! of the whole foreign intercourse of the ' country. : ’ ‘ In the foregoing remarks, we have added our own' views to those of gentlemen of the democratic and republicin. party, And we add, alén, that the whole country, are indebted to the Detimé?a(:j fof all the ' reforms’ now ‘proposed by thé Republicans. - They are the ‘authors of - all the ' abuses of which they and the Democracy " complain ;. and if the epithets “ rebel,” . “ dopperhead.” < butternut,” and * traitor” , would ‘no longer blind the people toa {a sight of their own: treason, no such ex- - poliations would ever appear in- print, as. ~are now published throughout the land, - emanating from the departments and from: | the two branches of Congress. Tt is evi- | dent that the leaders see that they will " have to come under, qr submit to being doused under by an indignant and mueh “abused constituency. o - ¥

. Mrs. EMMIE A. LANE, a working woman of Boston “and a prominent member of the Daughters of St. Crispin, agéex‘ts that, after a careful inquiry, she.is satisfied that the vast majority of workingwomen thronghout the United States do not desire the ballot. = The Workingwomen's Association of Boston, on the contrary, insists that the ballot is the first, last, and only wish of the working-women. Here is a nice little question of ‘Veracity. Mrs. Lane has this in her favor—that she is a- working woman . herself ; while the Boston Association, if it is‘anything like the Working-women’s Association which formerly held its meetings in “this city, represents the restless rather than the working members: of the sex, Perhaps, now that the women engaged ir this controversy have made their statements in a sufficiently -positive manner, they will bring the aid of statistics to ¢the support of their respective assertions. . ..0

Th e alleged Attempt to bribe Senators. Witnesses were examined before the senate judiciary comuittee in the matter of the alleged attempt-to bribe senators to vote against ‘the Bingham amendment to the Georgia bill. . It appeared from the testimony: that the publication of such a statement was made on the authority of one of the genators elect from Georgia, that senator Carpenter of Wisconsiu, had been approached. with an offer of $lO,OOO worth of Georgia railroad bonds, provided he would abandon his support of the Bingham amendmeént,’and come out in opposition to it. The offer was refused, according to the story,and the party who was alleged to have made it- was called, and. frem him it was learned that such: an offer had been proposed, but ot direcply;}l;to Mr, Oar. o S R e G

TrERE. is sometinog dreadful in that ! story from the Plains of how, out of & | tribe of some 1,000 Gros Ventres, 741 { deaths from small pox have occurred in | four months, - One cannot. but sigh at the fate of these poor wretches—and think | what a chance is presented Piegan Phil. .. WE have just printed.a new supply of Justice's blanks, such as f‘ubvcenilg’ si\,m-‘ ' mons, executions and warrants, also war | ranty and quit claim deeds. Justices and i others needing any of these blanksare in- | wited torgive usiazeall, ol e

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A ST R T “Ameriean Wonders. _ ' " The greatest cataract in the world is the falls of Niagara, where the waters from the great upper lakes forms a river of three quarters of a mile in width, and then, being suddenly contracted plunges over the rocks in two ''columns to the depth of one hundred and seventy feet. The greatest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave in Ketnucky, where any one can make a voyage on the waters of a subterranean river, and catch fish without eyes, : e ' The greatest river in the world is the Mississippi, four thousand one hundred files Jong: -0 ot ko . The largest valley in the world, is the Valley of the Mississippi. Tt contains five hundred tgzfi'sand square miles, and is.one of the most fertile and piofitable * regions of the globe. The greatest :city park in the world is.in Philadelphia.— It contains over 2,900 accres. | The greatest grain port in the world is Chicago. E ] - The largest lake-in the world is Lake - Saperior, which is truly an'inland sea being four hundred and thirty miles long, and one thousand feet deep. _ The longest railroad in the world isthe Pacific Railroad, ever 3,000 miles in. length, e e ‘The greatest natural bridge in the world is the Natural Bridge, over Cedar Creek, 'in Virgima.- It extends over a chasm 80 feet mn width, and 250 feet in depth, at the bottom of which the creek * flows. g

~ The greatest mass of solid iron in the . world is the Iron Mountain ¢f Missouri. - It is three hundred and fifty’ feet:high, and two miles 1 circuit. s * The best specimen of Grecian nr&xiieé- , ture in. -the world is the Girard College for Orphans, at Philadelphia. | 4 " The largest aqueduct in the world is - the Croton Aqueduct in New York. Its length is forty and a half miles, and - it eost fwelve and a half .millions of dolTR L R The largest deposits of anthrac}m coal in the world are in Pennsylivania, the mines of which supply the market with millions of tons annually, and appear to’ be inexhaustible. - C e —-— = The MeFarland Trial. . “This trrial now in progress in New Ybrk isexciting universal attertion. The ® interest in the case has been more extensiye, than in any thing of a like nature in that city for years. 'The court room has been eréwded every day since it begar and there i 3 no manifest abatement at present.- There is great sympathy for McEarland with the masses of the people. “He ‘looked upon Richardson as the the destroyer of all his demestic hdpp . ness and brooded over his misfortunes us .. til he hecame a' monomaniac upon the subject, and was induced to reek ven geance in the blood of his worst earthly enemy. Not only had his wife heen ab ducted {rom him; but ;his dear li.tle chil - drey, who; as he says, were more sacred : to him than his own life, had been ruth- | lessly snatched from him. What husband | and father whose heart beats with the | warm pulsations of a ‘common humanity, could have endured the life he was living, or who would not’have been tempte 1 to do as he has'done? If McFarland is to be punished for avenging such wrongs as he has suftered, the sanctity of al! mar- - tial rol:iliflng.nip 19 gane in this country. i ' Lopes, - | . 'The: latest announcement of the killing of Lopez, the dictator of Paraguay, has an- appearance of probability which dozen or So previous reports of a similas tenor have lacked. ‘ SR

If Lopez is really dead,in the maunner described, the Brazilians have at last suc. ceeded in killing one of the ablest men that any Spanish American state has ever . produced. Lopez has been most commonly described as a ferocious barbarian, a blood thirsty savage, a cruel, relentless brigand, and so on. But, whatever else . he may have been, the war which, with 7 a meré handful of semi-barbaria:ns, he bas waged for the last six oreight years against the combined forces of three ot the most p()plflOliS ‘and powerful South American states, has. proven his worthiness to rank in history among the ablest soldiers of Spanish or half Spanish blood ¢ in the' new world.. Moreover, his dealings with the scalawags whom the Washington administration have, from time to time, sent out in diplomatic capacities to that country, prove that, although he may not have been quite civilized, hes was by no me.ns deficient, as a politician, . in the qualities that make the successful | ruler of a nation. A less considerate chieftain would probably have hanged the ‘American couspirators ‘whom Lopez only imprisoned ; a weaker one would prob. ably have suffered them to go on conspir. : ing under the “protection” of a foreign - flag. The former would have been called - a savage; the latter'wonldv'eertainlj have - been styled a fool. Lopez was neither, . | e ——— &R — / - A Michigaa woman has ~‘re§ovl=,l{otl ‘ by law all the money her husband had spent in a liquor saloon for six years. ‘The prohibitory law of that state doss not regard liquor as property, and the woman recovered the money on the ground that it had been paid to the liquor vender without consideration, @ s 53 e i 22553 SIS S .' Briglfi' Young wanted to marry jnst once more, but Barkis was not willing. : ——————— - Poe’s Annabel Lee is said to,_have been aßhode Jalauddedy,; .o ' Poughkeepsie is getting along a 8 well - as it can without a John Smith. = © Mrs. McFarland's visiting list 18 exgremely limited. b« 00l M, Toahleigh rdbiy drowned Bimeelt the other day because bis wife et to leewwma . o she only Hived 105 yoar u e Tby v NBIE Suceing TSNS G