The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 July 1870 — Page 1

IHE NATIONAL BANNER, | Published Weekly by JOMIN B. STOLL, LIGONIER; NOBLE COUNTY, IND . ————— e @ e TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : trictlyin advance..........oooviifennny....s2.oo W 1 his er 18 published on the Cash Prindzle, its Propriet mia{p it is ht, { :o"demand :d'vance p%%t 18 }gruc‘:t?gyub{ghcr? s#~ Any person sending 4 club of 10, accompanied ‘with the cash, wllﬁ)e entitled to a copy of che‘papef.’ for one year, fr‘eci:qfﬂaugp. + :

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Michigan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. ~ On and after May 22, 1870, traing will leave Sta ; G A L .- GOINGEAST: || i : Ezxpress. | Mai Train, LChICORO. .oo ii s IROP M. LT A *Blkhark,.......cvueenio sl sl MG )iy 18290 Py Qoshenl. .. ..isi . veeebi Lok 88 10 00T YR B L CMillepaburg. il niadel L, i 1000 Ligander: i ikoicii vn 82000 % Lol 100 o Wawnkn............(don’tstop) sebag e IIDD P M. Brimfiol (o il e Ras e s, Kendaliville...voaouai 8193, 28 ... 00000 .. 8:9% Arrive at Toledo v..ih: BOOA M .vvieoq,s 500 48 OING WEST : . ; Ezxpress: Mail Train: Toledo. s .ovavibiiiiie 8:05?.*........ 9:40 A. W, Kénda11vi11e...,......12:85 A. M. ......,. T:4SP, X, Beimfield. i ouii i inß 00088 10 it 9508 4 Wawaka. .. ccovovvers 1210 bevivieyaßilo ot Li‘;i0n1er..g......'......1:25 S isan v Mi11er5burg............1:47 divseate B 0 st G£ehen..........,.....2:02 v veeiraadrl b O i) 47 o BEGRREOUATIHITID .[ & IR BB | e Arrive at Chicago.... 6:50 ** .. ... ..8:10 ¢ © *Stop 20 fnhmtes for breakfast and supper. Exyreu eaves daily ooth ways. © - Mail Train makes close connection atElkhart | with trains gomgmand West. £ The Lightning Express Tratn leaves Ligonier go- " ng Fast, at 3:35 p. M., and (yoing West at 12:10 p.M. | C. F. HATCH, Gen’l uft.;Cleveland. J. N. ENEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. Q Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. On and aftér Wednesday, June 22d, 1870, trains will run between Sturg’s and Fort Wayne, until; further notice as-follows: GOIING NORTH, v €9 NG BOUTIL | 880 P, M......v5i, s BORE WaYDG. ... 5. 101540 N, 385 cedoakussinOßßCHON, . . ..,0410 10 405 i NEBROM i 940 © . 485 boaakiecssn MRUDIETEOWN oo vvov v D2O . 450 vkt e R BIRUOORG Ll ol 80D © 455 Ve i NDI Lk 1850 505 | iusiideri i ANEHR Gy 885 . 595 Melle T L Ot O A 535 vivnnid Bemaslivitle .. 000810 610 P erng BBORIE OSSO, .T 85 F goy iineids iaYoreotalie, . ... .. ..T 20 v @5B iines s LiE N BRONEINOL LT 0) 715 Sesdriver s R CUBHOO. o el 640 TB5. . . viieiievel i MR Sy’ v ive 6520 800 v, M.............5tmgi5......'....... 600 A. M, : . .‘&GOR{IAM. Sup’t. H. D. WaLLex, Jr., Ase’t Sup't. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, AND DEALERS IN 1 : Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS Repairing neatly and promptly executed,and warranted. GOLD PENS REPOINTED. h:ﬁqtacl_e‘a of the best kinds kept constantlyon l"'Slgn of the big watch, CavinStreet,Ligonier, udiana._gs ; may 3, ’66 ~tf. REMOVAL REMOVAL, JULIUS H GOTSCH, | DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY apCy. &0, | &0, =0 e {)l_ns 'rem(;veg into Yy /r‘;\- 'O.) :;il::w.ls‘\zgna O'E" "¢ 3 ’;L@lp‘ : S fr(nmn’s. where E N VIR —he will be pleased a i E%= to see and wait on AT A | E all his old frierds = ) T @3 and customers.— = eoe=—4= Thankful for past i L =N iavors, he respectfully asks a.contanuation of the same from the citizerg.of Kendallville'and surrounding country. Hg: stock of goods is complete, | .. Kendallville, May 18. 1870.-3 4 ‘A. GANTS, ‘ _Surgieal and Mechanical Dentist, LICONI-ER,’ - « INDIANA. ‘ L A 1s pr ed T i to do ﬂ?ﬁfnﬁ a , :;/z/ \} in their lue. G 2, 5 P i 1 uitce ¢} . L #a é&h:: enl:.oire ::: Ny P facti AT T Ly tiionioaf _stow their pptronaﬂge. 8" Office one door north of alme’s, over Canfleld & Emery’s, Cavin St. ATTENTION, FARMERS! FOR THE BEST &\\CHOICEST GROCERIES, Of Every Description, and for i PURE LIQUORS for HARVEST, At Extremely Low Prices, ; Call at the store on Cavin s&, one door south of L, - Low & Co.’s Clothing Store, kept by . ' CLEMENS KAUFMAN, Ligonier, May 25, 1870.-4 . A NEW MOVEMENT! ~ Bolomon innew Quarters ! ' Tug subgeriber would resp ’ fully apnounce that he has just 'movo(? intop::: bu{lding formerly omicd by 8. Mier & €o , purchased s large Yo desdasi Sirie o GIROCER IS, &c., )it and. is ' prepa supply ‘every -déman inh o .&‘n;o u,’l'c‘)‘:v,’n tny’nchor es tablishiment in to N, : kT s Gk R T 3»3(L. ko uAN’, ~M‘°‘m‘m 1“.1m9 ’ ey

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;1 . WM. L. ANDREWS, ; Surgeon Dentist. { Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville. | Al.l work warranted. Examinationsfree. 247 | J.M. DENNY, Attorney at Law,—AWion, Nobleco., Ind ' Willgive carefnl and prompt attention to a businces entrusted to his care. o 3-8 7 LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. . LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office on Cavin Strcet, over Saek Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer ‘Hou = 41-8-ly g D. W. GREEN, % Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Ag't Offi ith L. H. G Sacks’ Bak ; @ 5 ) i A / L ite eMo e, ‘ ;LIG.ONIER, o - UNDIANA. 9 ©, JAMES J. LASH, General Fire & Life Ins, Agent, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office in Mitchell’s Block. Represents all first-class . companies in the United States, 5 . G. ERICKSON, M. D., .Will give specia,l attention to Office Buginess; ffom ‘lO A.&«, to 3 r. M., for the treatment of Chronic and Surgical Diseases. Charges reasonable. Office in rear of Drug Store, No. 1 Mitchell’s Block, .+ KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. June 1, 1870, . ! AMERICAN HOUSE, L B AATHAWAY, Prop'r., LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 207, ity Ovof . F. Meets at their Hall on every Saturdayeveningo each week, A. JACKSON, N. G. M..-W.COE, V. G. R. D, KERR, Nov. 25th, 1868.—tf. Secretary. HELMER HOUSE, 8. B. HELMER, Prop'r, LIGONIER, » - - INDFANA. This Hoeu. ¢ has been Refitted and P= roished ©in Wirsd Class' Stylg. _ L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, ‘LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street.

DR.P. W. CRUM, Physici nd S ysician ana surgeon, Ligonier, « = « . Indiana. | ~_ Office one door south of L, Low & Co’s Clothing i Store, up stairs. May 12th, 1869. Ce e e L s s ] | SAMUEL E: ALVORD, ~ Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. . Business in the Conrts, Claims of soldiers and - heir helrs,AOOnveynncini. &c., promptly and carefully attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Affidavits, taken and certified. - . E. RICHMOND, ’ Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana, Special attention given toconvcyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgdges drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. o __ May 26th, 1868, - E.D. PRESTON, M.D., . HOM@EOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, LIGONIER, INDIANA. 8 Office une door south of L. Low & Co.'s Store, up stairs. Office hours from 9to 11, A. m., 210 4and 7toBp. M. Can always be found by inquiring at the American House. 4 48 D. W. C. DENNY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in the line of his profession—day or ni}ght—-—iu town or-any distance in theé country. Pcrions wighing his serviees at ntht, 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. 141 'G. W.CARR, Physician and = Surgeon, ~ LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, : Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to him.Office on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL BannEeß office, : 3438 F.W.STRAUS, BANKER, Buys and sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange. Passage Tickets to and from all the principal parts of Europe, at the most liberal terms.—’ Special attention given to collections. Money taken on deposit, and Merchants’ accounts solicited, and kept on most favorable terms.. 42

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. Cavin Street, ‘Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choic¢e Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c ' The hi%hest cash price paid fer Coun& Produce May 18, 68-tf. SA BRO’S. NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS mEe £ ; WOLF LAKXKE, €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 Inrge stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, &c. Call and see for youiself. WILEY & BALL. Wolf Lake, Nov. 8, 1869.-27tf NEW MILLINERY GOODS, : Lt Mrs. Joanna Belt’s, On Cavin Street, NEW STYLES FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1870, = Just received from Baltimore and. Chicago, Fancy Goods, Hair Braids, Switches, Wedding Bonnets, Moarning Bonnets, Baby Caps, &c. ' March 80, 1870. 18 .

JOHN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS,-SADDLE And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s New Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Block,) KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest Price paid for Hides, Pelts, &c,, and the trade supplied with Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest fignres, : .. Kpril f"ls'_mf 19 . i

J. BITTIKOFFER, ; DELER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, &c., &e. &0., &o. All kinds of work done.n&on the shortestnotice and warranted as to durab “E SBhop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. 2381 !

H. R. CORNELL, Who may always be found at his ; PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, 1s prepared to take all kinds of pictures in the latest styles of the art. . PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to oopying old Deguarreotypes ,and Ambrg:;puin;o ards; an 'Enlnrftnq; | ork warranted satisfactory in all cases. ~ Ligonier, Ind., Feb, 23,1870.48

ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, o at the office o'i‘ga . ‘ HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELKHART, - - - =~. - - [IND. Wetake pleasure to inform our friends and the publicin general, that we have established a - Book Bindery, In connection wita our FPrinting Office, and are now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, " such as Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, Music, Wﬁy and ‘| on reasonable terms. pr, 29th, 68,~tf, + JOHN P, FUNK.

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5 . For the National Banuer. REMORSE. '@ ' : BY MIES MANDA LEVERING, 1 Up, 5p eIO Bights hich men sowad P, up the y W] men appland, And .tgols acmire, and whose reckless windings Merit I,nf. the frov. lof Peity: é?l hence, ‘Hence! hence! away trom such enchanted ground. Aha! and is thaé cry which but KmVok_hs The smile demoniac—aye! derisive As imp’s exultant bar thy wgg and shut. Thee out from yonder Eternal City, ; Where none have entered that have striven '~ For naught else but the &ra:ae of men. Ah! ray, Say is that walil of 4 m'staken heart, Benighted in the mage of earth’s gloty, thine ? i 17 go, be dumb. | Siletice’best becomes Thee, oyer whom the god of werldly gain Haih this long ty ;ann zed, for now, forsc th, ' Thou accmoth/ng but ;Lh&e».‘pmriess j In every sense, excepting that, which =~ = .0 ost esl Yy weorsh.pped 120 and, thiust - ‘The gomoned ArTOW throﬂgl'{hee. reeking® Ast ongr,t.inmemjnedpsmecoﬁmal% it Whose spotless characters, thou’st tarnished, And npon whose blighted hopes, thow hast builf Thy inglorious reputation, i 2 When the last throe shall move thy guilty depths, Thy own ill-gotten fame shali tear the wreath - Of:faded laurels from thy accursed brow, And hurl thee headlong in thy rophistry Down into that b]acléfulf ol misery, That long hath waited thy uncertain step. Quail not, i No! ’tis not for thee to tremble On the precinice; thon would’st have glven. ; In by-gonsfveare,;worlds to haye called thy throne; Which having ﬁlned. thou knowest now the woe Enshrized by the brazen ﬁg‘)ry native bl To the heaven-forsaken ¢ of death. Its allo§but qlitters in mockery of thee, - ‘While, belowj strétched out in endless mis’ry, The gulf of dire destruction, yawmns for sach As thee, who climb this height, in spite of all That reason might suggest. d - Ongorgin. < Lo And take the consequences that “ollow : Close in thy m'sfortune’s wake, disastros, (form, Which like some gpectral, loathsome, grave-yard E’er haunts the heartainto black, gr'm despals, As the wizard’s dying imprecatioa Fall stariling on the ear of the hagjcse. Curdling the heart’s blood ; go comés the woeful, Aye, the cursed appellation known to thee, As delugive, vain ambition, ¥ ; Aok Aha! sink (own In blackest depths of perjury, and let the flood: Of seething malice close o’er thﬁ‘dark gelf, Whose career i 8 dabbled in the life-tide: Of spirits, that shall light thee on thg’ way To regions low and dark, and who shall ecorn To tread upon the spot whe.e now thon art Hesitating ere thou takest the leap Into the fatal second death, Sl

FACING DEATH IN THE ATR. A Thrilling Narrative. A ‘man will go blind, and mad, ‘too, from fear. I have seen it happen, and it you don’t mind listening, 1 will tell you the story. I was apprenticed to be a builder when I left school and soon got to like the trade very much, and especially when the work was perilous and gave me a chance to outdo ‘the lads of daring.” “Spider” was my nickname in those days, given partly on account of my long legs, for I had outgrown my proportion, and partly because they said I could crawl along the roof like my namesake. When I was three and twenty I was working with the famous Mr. Ms-, and went down with his picked hands, to carry out a contract he had taken in Canada. While there I fell in love with the prettiest girl I had seen in Canada, and that is saying a good deal.; For a time I fancied that she liked me and that I was getting along very well with my love making; but soon I found my mistake, for an old lover of hers joined our men, and Mary gave me the cold shoulder directly. You may believe this sweetheart of hers who was calied Ben. Loyd, and I were not the best friends in the world; but I am not the sort of a fellow to. harbor malice, and when the biddings to the wedding went round, and I knew my chances were gone, I made the best of it. 1 kept my heart to myself, and determined to beat down jealousy by being great chums with Ben. I went to the wedding, and there were not many days that I did not steal half an hour to it by thé fireside, which was as bright-and cosy and homelike as you would wish to see— Mary being the soul of order and industry. . It isnot, perhaps the usual way of driving out envy, to go and look at the happiness another man has done you out of. Butyou know the proverb says, “What is one man’s meat is another man’s poison,” and so it was. I got to look upon Mary as a gort of sister, and Ben. had no cause for jealousy, although there were plenty of evil tongues to put him up to it, The contract was nearly up, when a lightning conductor upon one of the highest chimneys sprung, and the ownera of the works offered our master the job. ‘ i ; : J, “It’s just the sort of a thing for you, Harry,” said Mr. M——, when he told us of it. 2t , I accepted it off hand, and thén Ben. stepped up and said he would volunteer to be the second man, two being required. 1 , 43 “All right,” said the master, “you’re Ellag steadiest-headed fellow I have got. he price is a good one, and every Pennl_-*{ritv shall be divided between. you, ¢'ll not fix the day, but take the first calm morning aud get it done quietly, ° o N So it was that, four or five mornings after, we found ourselves all ready for the start. The kite by which the line attached to the block was to be sent over the chimney, was flown and its work well done, the rope which was to haul up the cradle was ready, and, stepping in. Ben and I began the ascent. t

There had been very few people about when we got into the yars, but as we got higher, I saw tuat the news had spread and that, the streets were filling with sight-seers. - : “There is plenty of .star.gazers, Ben,” I said, waiving my cap at them, “dare say they’d like: to see us come down with a rur.” g it . “Can’t you keep quiet.?’’ answexgd Ben, speaking in a strange tone, and turning to look; I saw he was, deadly ale and sat in the bottom of the .craSle, huddled up together with his eyes fast shut, f s P “You are not frightened old chap ?”’ I agked.. | udadart o . “What's thatto you?” . .. . .. “Oh, nothing, only we're getting up pret{tmnie‘kly,d and fyep’d have a bet-: ter head for work i ‘yon’d gradually; ‘get used to. the height.” .. |, .l iogi ~_He said, nothing, and neyer moved. Then looking up, f saw we were cloge to the top—a few yards more. and we would be there, yet: those; who.mwere turning the windlass were tuimnf with unabated speed. - A sudden chill ran through my blood, and “set ‘my ‘flesh creeping. They had m'scalen-

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lated the distance, and with the force they were winding at, the rope mus ‘inevitably break when the cradlecame ‘in contaet with the bleck, There was: no time to: attempt to. signal, only en, instant te. point r!t}hedsnger. to Ben,, ‘and then get hold. of, the rope, and by going band over hand, reach the coping beforé the cradle got up. This ‘was done quicker than I can tell you, Ben following. ; — The cradle came on, then, as'T anticipated, the rope gave a shrill singin pougz. like 'a ritle ball,puﬁugihtou'ggl the air, and snapped. .- Dovwn went the: cradle and there we were left, nearly three hundred feet in jthe air,. ‘with nothing to. rest upen but a coping. barely eighteen inches wide., . . Ben shrieked out that he was a dead man, and cried : ; L |

~ “Tell me where T can kneel, Harry, show ;me where I can pray to Almighty God, for T eannot die this wa'y.?’ ! : Bt o “Hugh, lad,” I said, den’t lose heart. God can hear you just as well sittiné as kne¢ling, ‘and if you try to- get up you will tumble, to a moral certainty. Think of Mary, man, and keep u ‘,) . it } pßut, he only shook and swayed more and more, groaning and crying out that he was lost, and T could see that if he did not mind he would overbalance.. .

* “Get hold. of the rod,"” I said, thinking that “even sprung as it wss, the touch of it would give him courage. “Where is it, boy,” he eaid hoarsely and then looking into his face, which was turned toward me, I saw that his eyes were drawn together, bloodshot and equinting, and knew that the fright bad driven him blind. So pushin myself to him I placed my arm aroung his waist, and worked around to the rod, which T put in his hand, and then looked down to see whether they were trying to help us, but there were no signs. | : The yard was full of people, all running hither and thither, and as I afterwards kuew all in the greatest consternation, the cradle having fallen on one of the overseers of the works, killing him on the spot, and so occupying tha attention of those near, that we unfortunates were for the time forgotten.— I was straining my eyes, in hopé of seeing some efforts made to help us when I was startled by a horrible yell and brought to a sense of new danger, for on looking around 1 saw Ben. champing with his teeth and foaming at the mouth, and gesticulating in an unecarthly way. Fear had not only made him blind, but had crazed his beain:ts 4k - ! AL

Scarcely had I time to comprehend this, when he began edging his way toward me, and every hairon my head seemed to stand on ' end as 1 moved away, keeping as far off' as I could, scarcely daring to breathe, lest he should hear me, for see me he could not—that was my only consolation,— Once, twice, thrice, he followed me around the mouth of that horrible chimney, then,-doubless thinking I had fallen over, he gave up the search, and began trying to get on his feet. - - What could I now do. to save his life # To touch him was certain death to myself as well as to him, for he would inevitably seize me, would both fall over together. To let him stand was to witness his equally certain destruction. b 2 ;

1 thought of poor Mary, and thought that if he fell she might yet care for me. The devil put the thought into my mind, I suppose, but thank God there was a stronger one than Satan pear me, and at the risk of my life, 1 roaréd out— Tinlk s «Sit 4till, or . you, will fall, Ben. Loyd ¢ : He crouched down and held on with clenched teeth, shivering and shaking. In after days he told me he thought it was my spirit sent to. warn and save him. v “Sit still!” I repeated from time, watching with aching eyes and brain for signs of aid. - Each'minute seemed to be an hour. -My lips grew dry, my tongue literally close to my mouth, and the perspiration running (‘{own. nearly blinded me. .;" . i The'crowd began to gather in the yard; peoplerinning from distant lanes and a sea of faces were turned upward; then some one who had a speaking trumpet shouted : “Keep heart, hoys, we'll save you.” A few minutes more and the kite began to fly ; higher and higher it comes, on and on. How 1 watched the white winged meesenger, comparing it in my heﬁt to an’angel, and surely, as an angel, it was permitted to come to us poor sinners, hanging on the verge of eternity. . .. ... ... . Up it came; nearerand nearer, goided by the ‘gkillfull ‘flyer.. The ﬁ.;zck rope crossed the chimney, and we were saved. I could not shout hurrnh, but in every beat of my heart was a thanks: giving to the God I had never truly known till that hour, and whose merciful providence I can never doubt again. QU ol ‘

" The block was fixed, the cradle came up again, and Ben obeying my order, got in. Ifollowed, but no sooner did I touch hifi thanhe began trying to get out. I got hold of him, and taking it in his head that I was going to throw him over, he struggled and. fought like the madman he was; tear-. ing with his teeth, shouting dnd shriek--ing and 'yigiug% all' the way down, while the cradle ‘strained and cracked, 'swinging to and fro like the pendulum of a clock. = b 4 ~‘As we came near the ground, ¥ could hear the roar of voices:and an oceasional cheer, then suddenly all was silent, for they herrd Ben’s cries, and: when the cradle,-tonehed, the, ground hardlg a man dared look:in, : 'lge’,ﬁrsts who did saw. a ho:.ible sight, for exhausied by the struggle and excite-. ‘ment, as soon as the cradle stopped I had fainted, and Ben, feéﬁnki]my. -hand relox, had fastened. his teeth in my. neok, +. i imu bas droatoiil 10k , No wonder the men fell: back) with: 1v blanche@;saeea. < They -saw. that, Ben - was craged, but hey thought he had killed mey for they say he was worrying melike s lnf-m‘:&t‘hbtitﬁn:mmteb got to'us and pulled Benoff. ' - 1.1 sooti 'tesovered, but it was a long

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‘time before he got: well, poor fellow and ‘'when he did come out of the a.sdylum, ‘'he wag, never fit for, his old trade. I gave up the trade, too, soon after, finding that I fog queer in the head when trying to face a heigl::t. - So, you see that ‘motning’s work changed two JROR'E Itvew. Y : ¢

: : Attacked by Eagles. ’ - As I was wandering in'a wood, near an extensive kloof, an accident occurred to' me ‘whi¢h ‘might have cost' me my life; at least, ‘my .dyedight. A large geagle, co’led the king of the: mountains, and by Kaffirs (who know him and entertain a salatary fear of this powers) & man-eater; attacked me;, and it wiae with the greatest difficnlty that I, kept: him' off.. He fought dés-: ,?emt.dy. «and bis swoop was more tearul thaa anything 1. could have imagined. I endeavored to break his wing witk a stick I had in my hand, but this made mo impression upon an animal which had strength enough to kill' me with a blow. A Kaffir came up just.as I was becoming tired from the struggle, with the bird, and when I must-have given wag in another three or four minutes, and dispatched him with his assagai. He cut offits #ings as ornaments, and was proceeding to some other performance of a like nature when he was prevented by another attack. No sooner was this enormous bird dispatched than the female came down upon'us in a similar manner. It was not without considerable difficulty, striking with the assagai and the aticz. that we put an end to her likewise ; and we discovered close by the spot the circumstances to which we had reason to attribute this extreme ferocity ; there was the nest, in which there were. three eaglets, to which we jput an end at once, not entirely from motives of humanity—though it is but just to-admit that, as they could ,only have fallen prey to some wild beasts, in the absence of their natural protectors, we. acted a christian part to the poor things.— These ,eagfeq build; upon the edge.of w rock, and excepting. from their great, gize, and the concomitant circumstanees of climate and. scenery, might well be compared with the eagles at Killarney, or in many parts of Ecotland. The putrid carrion which was strewn around their nests was sufficient evidence of the predatory nature of their habits, and the carcasses of smaller animals smelt offensively, even from a_ distance,—Skefches of life and Sport in Southeastern Africa. | ,

A .Cure For Obesity.: Mr. Schindler. is the latest addition to the list of persons who have undertaken the treatment and cure of excessive fatness in-the human race—this condition: being considered by him as. a disturbance of the animal economy, in congequence of which the carbon taken in is accumulated in the form of fat.... Diet and exercise, as might be expected,. constitute the basis of his treatment. As in the method of Mr. Bunting, which some years ago was so much in vogue, the diet advised for fat persons consists of food containing alarge percentage of nitrogen; to which some vegetables without starch, and cooked fruit, are to be added for the purpose of moderating the excitation dne to animal nourishment. * This diet is to be veried, according as individnals,are of a sangunine or lymphatic temperament. = The use of certain wines' iz permitted ; beer is; however, entirely forbidden. Coffee and tea are allowed, ' with as little sugar as possible. Cheese, potatoes, rice, beans, peas, maize, maccaroni, tapioca, arrowroot and soups are not alﬁved. The: use of sulphate of soda is- recommended, as mogera&ing .the transformation of nitrogenous materials and stimulating the oxidation of fat; and the use of mineral waters containing the gulphate of soda in solution is considered of the greatest importance in this respect. The waters of Marienbad, which are especially rich in ‘this salt, are slated to have, usually, the most happy effects. Their use, together with that of some alkaline pills, and a strict adlierence to ‘the:-conditions above mentioned, caused a- deerease in weight of from twenty-five.to sixty pounds in different individuals in.the course of a few weeks,—Harper’s Magazine, sy : {

! lnfoimqtlo; for ;.he People. - The folloWihg_ ‘table contaips'some statistics in which the American people are deeply interested. Let them be carefully preserved : : » 3 : Acres, 'l‘Ots.(ll area t;f) r'i'he public :}gnd, States 1885000000 Disposed of pLo e 50, 1809, et o " ing 182,000,000-acres granted to rail-" . roads 599,_000,000 Remaining June 30, 1869............,1,236,000,000 AlasKa..... .. .ues ... ... 369,000,000 Other waste 1and...... ;. ." 1,000,000 Total waste land in‘Alaska, the Rocky Mountaing, &Ceievevreneevencnn.... 610,000,000 Area available for settlement and. cultivation remaini_n§ in possession of : the Government, June 30, 1\869 ..5 626,000,000 'l;‘he above figures are taken from the lecf.gg"e,deli\r_eredg by Mr. E. T. Petersbe fore the Pre-emptor’s Uniounis April last, and are based upon'a careful examination of ‘the official records. The additional grant to the Northern Pacific railroad and§other land grant bills passed during the jpresent session of Congress give away millions of :acres more of the: public domain, and the quantity asked for.in bills now pending is estimated as high as 400,000,000 acres, which would leave scarcely 200,000,000 acres in the. possession of the Qovernment# ievetad Inftoniing -

In this conmection Mr, Peters call.d attention to the fact that the commonly received estimate of our population in the year A: D. 1900 is 101,?&7@0@’ and showed that while we have disposed of 599,000, 000 acres eince the beginning of the|present century coincidentally with an in.’ ereiso of oulg, 45,000,000 T our population, there remain less t;:{n 28,000,000 ‘acres more, or a tatal of 638,000,000 acres. of available Tand to supply the increase of 65,000,000 souls which our population is ito i"e{:eﬁ"'e during tbgiﬁgkt’t}jiflx' years, to isay nothing of the future. .. . = " A place of interest—A Nationsl Bank.

} | From the Hearth and Home. Hjnts te the Managers of Agrienltarsl and Horticultural Exhibitions.

* 1 /As the scuson will soon be at' hand 'when-the ‘boards of managery_ of the va: rious sgiicultural and horticultural sociéties make up their ‘schedules of premi: ums for the autumn exhibitions, we submit a few bints for their consideration. In the first place, the schedules should be prepared and publ‘shed at: = early a day as possible, so that those:who may be ambitious enough to show something really worthy of extibition may have an ‘opportunity of preparing it. When it is not. known early in the season for what articles premiums are to be given, growxers become indifferent, and make no preparation for the event, and the tables set -aside for horticultural products especially are covered with a lot of “catch weights,” of which cach visitor can sa'y, “I have as good Q}"'bettg; than that at home,” and the exhibition loses its intercst in a great degree. It would be still better were the schedules prepared and issued a year in advanee, ~ * o oS

Secondly, every's: viety should keep a record from . yéar to year of the size, weight, and appearance of all grains, {iuits, and vegetables exhibited, the finest of which should have the first premium ; but “afterward, no first premium should be awarded, unless the artiele exceeded in quality that of the same sort which had previously obtained a first prize. ' For _instance, if John Doe this year exhibits a bushel of Diehl wheat weighing sixtyfive pounds, then nofirst premivm should be awarded to any person, in any future year, for a bushel of the same variety; unless it‘should weigh sixty-six pounds ; and that weiglt being attained, the next first premium should be awarded to a bushel weighing sixty-seven pounds, and so on. Again, if Richard Rce exhibits six Seckel ' pears weighing twenty-four ounces, . that should be accepted s < the standard, and “no first prize afterward given unless that weight i 8 surpassed. If celery is exhibit. .ed 'blanehed thirty-two inches, and of a certain weight, that should be the standard, and no first premium afterward awarded unless it is surpassed in both respects; and so with all products’ grown from' the soil. - The object of giving prewiums beicg to excite emulation, and to incite cultivators to improve the qualities of ;grain, fruit, and vegetables, it is very short:sighted to do away with wholesome rivalry, by giving in one year & premium for-wheat weighing sixty-four - pounds to the bushel, and the next year giving it for wheat weighing from four to six pounds less—the latter only having the opportunity to take such a premium, perhaps, because the party who had previously shown it at sixty-four pounds had f'refmined from exhibiting, although this year be hal it of equal weight with that grown last year, thus placing both on the same level as to gkill, excellence, etc. Thirdly, particular attention should be given to see that all articles exhibited are strue to name, and if not so, the premiums should-be withheld. Some persors whose notes or bond - would be considered giltedged are yet so fraudulently disposed in this respect, that if they obtain & new variety of any thing they knowingly misname it,'in order to prevent otheis - from obtaining it, or to compel others to- buy gseeds ior plants of them.. We ale sorry to gay that this is toooftan done, and apart from its meanness, leads to much annoy“ance in adding to the long list of synonyrs ‘with which our catalogues are encumbered. . =i oy

i Fourthly, samples of all fruit and vegetables exhibited should _be tasted or.cut open by the judges. Unlers this is done, frands cannot be prevented, or the quality of the fruit fairly sscertained. We have known every berry ina quar’ of straw-, berries have a good-sized shot inserted in iit, by lifting a calyx-leaf and pressing it into the berry, and this only detected by 'an outsider “hooking” a berry, and ﬁn‘ding the shot between bhis teeth.— The sawe -thing may be done with other fruits; and we have known gooseberries and strawberries to be soaked in water, and vegetables also; in order to add to their weight. ; - ' Fifthly, all articles exhibited should be presented and ‘exhibited 'as:though they had some value, or were of some import: ance. - Unwashed, untrimmed vegetables should be refused. ' Grain should not stand in sacks or boxes about the floor, as though it was just awaiting its turn to be ground—it should be placed in some suitable receptacle on the tables. Fruits should have good-sized dishes or plates, and not be placed on bare tables, with strips of tape between the rows. If the managers do not attach any value to the -articles exhibited, the public cer:ainly will not. -By some little attention to the sget up” of the articles, & very mediocre exhibition may be made at least respectable. A special word for the poor neglected vegetables: they are generally thrust to 6ne side, or to some obscure cor‘ner, as though they were scarcely worthy of much notice; but they can be made, by ~proper arrangement, to give great character and interest to the exhibition. Any person who last year attended the exbibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Boston must have been impress. ed with this fact. . g

.. Lastly, proper arrangements should b 2 made for the protoction of the flowers and plantsexhibited. To place these frail and delicate objects in places where they are ‘exposed. to the. cold or , drying winds: of autumn, or be covered with the.dust from ‘the race ground or cattle ground, is stu‘pidity ; and yet it is done four times out ‘of five at.least, They should have a separate. encloded apartment, with.a liberal ‘supplyof light, espécially -from the roof, ‘and every facility for watering them and - ‘syringing them at night, after the audience leave.. A moigt, close atmosphere at night has a-wonderful effect 1n refreshing them, and preserving their beauty flomdaytodaye e 0 2 o ' We cannot refrain from saying a word a 8 to the judges. 'For all euch classes of

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articles as come under the head of domes. tic articles, or for home -adoroment, it ‘would be both'right and politic to place ladies with gentlemen on the committees ‘of judges. They are certainly better able to judge of the merits of household articles, a 8 ‘their duties necessitate a knowledge of their comparative exéellence ; and in matters of taste, both mstiigtic:and gustatory, we would vastly sooner trust to their judgment than we would to that of the squire, the deacon, or, for that matter, even the dominie himself, :

Mark Twain as an Agricultural EdB - itor.

In the Galaxy, “Mark Twain” ‘narrates how he t>mporarily filled the chair of the editor of an agricultural journal.. We make a short extract, showing what fol lowed the issue of the first number under ‘the new mansgement : > i : . In about half an hour an old gentleman with a flowing be .rd and’a fine but rather austere tace, entered and sat dowa at my invitation, He s >med to have something on his mind He took off his hat and set it on the floor, and got out of it'a red silk handkerchief and a copy of our ‘paper. He put the paper on his lap, and while he polished his spectacles with his handkerchief, he said: “Are you the editor ?” : ‘ ' Isaid Fwas. “Have you ever edited ar agricultural paper t -fore ?” R e “No,” I said; “this is my first attempt.” © “Very likely. Have you had any experience in agriculture, practically ?”

“No, I believe not.” IR “Some instinct told me so,” raid the old gentleman, putting on his épectacles and looking over them at me with asperity, while he folded his paper into convenient shape. “I wish to read you what must have made me have that instinct. It wea in this editorial,” Listen and sce if it wes you that wrote it: -~ : i “Turnips should never be pulled —it injures them. It is much better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree.” : “Now what do you think of that? for I really suppbse you wrote it?” . , ° “Think of it?. Why, Tthink it i< sense. I have no doubt that, every year, millions of bushels of turnips are spoiled in this township alone, by being pulled in halfripe condition, when if they had sent A boy up to shake the tree———" “Shake your grandmother! Turnips don’t grow on trees!” : o did “Oh, they don’t; don't they? - Well, who said they did? The language was intended to be figurative, wholly figurative. ~ Anybody that knows anything will know that I meant that the boy should shake the vine” - . -

Then this old person got up and tore his paper into small shreds, and stamped on them, and broke several things with his cane, and said T did not know asmuch as a cow; he ‘went out and banged ‘the door after him, and in short, acted insuch a way that I fancied he was d'spleased about something. But, not knowing what the trouble wes, I could not be any help to him. i 1 i Pretty svon after this a long, cadaverous creature, with lanky locks hanging down to his shoulders and a week’s stubble bristling from the hills and valleys of his face, dart>d. within tlie door; and halted, motionless, with flnger on lip, and head and body bent in listening:attitude. 'No sound was heard. ' Still he listened.— No sound. Then he turnel the key .in the door, and ~ime elaborately tip toeing toward me, till he was within long reaching distance of me, when he stopped,-hnd, after scanning my face with intense interest for a while, drew & folded copy of our paper from his boson', and said:* - - “There—you wrote that. “Read it to me quick! Relieve me—ll suffr. : 34

I read as follows—and as'the sentcnees fell from my lips I ecould see the relief come—T could see the drawn inuscles relax, and the anxiety go out of the face, and rest and peace steal over the features like the merciful moonlight over a desolate landscape. R T . “The guano 1s a fine'bird, but great care is.necessary 0 rearing it. It should: not be imported earlier ‘than June, nor later than September.. In the winter it should be kept in.a warm place, where it can hatch out its young. i 5 “It % ‘evident that we are to have a backward season for grain. Therefore, it will be well for the farmer to begin setting out his cornstalks and planting his buckwheat cakes in July instead of August. ST ot ' “Concerning the Pnmpkin.—Th’s berry is a favorite with the natives ot the interior of New England, who prefer it to the gooseberry for the making of fruit Ike, and who likewise give it the preference over the raspberry for feeding cows, #s being more filling and fully as satisfying. The pumfpk‘in i 3 the only esculent of the orange family that will thrive in the North, except the gourd and one or two varieties of the squesh. - ‘But the cus: tom ot planting it in the front yard with shrubbery is fest going out of vogue, for it i 3 now generally conceded that the pumpkin, as a shade tree, is a-failure.”

Good News from the Wheat Crop. The New York Herall has r ceived from Virginia and Georgia reports of an excellent whest crop ;- from- E: ot- Tennessee it learns that the harvesting has bcen going on forsome time in all the covnties, that some little smut is reported indicating an abundance of rain for'the growing corn erep, and that the heavy wheat ‘s copsiderably tangled in some' places, but that “the yield will be tremendots.” In Virginia the crop is so lnrge, that the farmers are afraid that they will hardly get a compensating price for it. But they. ‘may dismiss all such apprehersioas. ' The ; ‘European crop, doubtless; will this year: ‘be less than the average yield, and our sur - ;p’lf s, "1 making npu;ﬂlﬂl .European: deficiency, will give a fair compensation to our. wheat growers, and help us very much in. meeting our purcheses of European ‘goods and the interest on government bonds held over the water:. - . - Alexander. g ‘Stephen's weight is sev: enty-six pounds, el

R 7 _- I 3 ; RATES OF ADVERPIS ING t Spac Iw, 8v [Bw.| 4 w.|Bm.|Sm.| Gm.|lycar 2in. | 178 2808 5.60] o 1 15 00 | 701 l 00l EuH gun ~‘i" Di#o 00| 33 50 . coll 900(10-25{T1 50|12 56116 00{33'80{ 60 L 0 i coL 15,00{18 00{20 00|23 00{27 00[36 00| 0 00100 00 RS YR es B G e et begdfmtnlmm* SRR e ; public! ‘address, ‘allnded to tho' progfess ' which Upiversalism had made during the hundred years since its introduetion into this couutry. ;At first those who profess- . .ed the doctrine weretreated with all manner of abloquj sadip some instpnces were not allowed to testify en oath i 1 ‘courts of justice’; “but £le batfle between truth and error went on wntil the denon'ination stands fourth, in point of numbers, An the United States.” This statemcnt, | says the ‘World, seems to lave beeh received without contradiction and tepottéd “without comment.- |ln point éf fact, continues that paper, it_is verjkx{g{'&ﬁ)@ the truth, Denominational statistics are not easily or accurately obtained, apd the latest collective information concern: ing the larger religious bodies of the coun--try is for the year 1868—two years ggn,‘\ The several Methodist bodies then numbered 2,364,020 members and 13,400 preachers; the Baptists, of all kinds, 1,864,006 members and 13,579 preachers; the Presbyterian bodies, 716,899 niembers, with. 7,063 preachers; the Lutherans, 872,905 members,with 1,855 preachers; the Congregationalists, 291,042 members and 8,070 preachers ; the Protestant Episcopal Church, 194,692 members and 2,736 preachers ; and the United Brethren, 108,122 members and 864 preachcr% _The membership ‘of the Uniyersalist €hurch for the year designated is nothrc% given, but the number of preachers was 583.— Allowing the same ratio between preach‘ers and people which exists in the Baptist churches, . where it is largest, the Universalists would number 80,162, and take the eighth position among the Protestant denomiuations .of America, or the tenth if we reckon each of the ‘different branehes of the Presbyterian and Methodist bodies as a separate church,” The influence wielded by Universklism is thus referred to by Mrs. Livermore: ¥ . The influence of the doctrine upon other denominations of the ldand hes been most salutary, and all the orthodox and other evangelical denominations are honeycombed and permeated with the idea that none of God’s children will ultimately belost. Now, the literature of this country and Europe i 3 full ofa more reasonable idea of the character of God. The¢ writings of Dickens, Tennyson, Longfel low, are full of these pirinciples, and the . Atlwtic Monthly, Putnam’s, aud other standard magazines of thecovutiy are on ov~side. " Beecher and Murray are doing - a great work in liberalizing the orthodox . q‘;\_cnhminatiozx to which they belong. - -

Rk Advertising." : i ‘The case of Mr. E. C, Allen, of Augusta, Maine, is another attractive illustration of the ‘advantages of advertising. Five years ago, when -he wes not. twenty-five years of age, his worldly wealth-amounted to less than ten dollars, but his knowledge of the value of printer's ink was worth a forcune. Since then, by judicious advertising, sometimes paying oné New York advertising agency as much as $5,000 a month, he has grown rich. The Hartford Post says the lettersreceived by himhave exceeded. the entire mail of all’ other aifizens of Augvsta combined, his bill’ for. . postage stamps averaging sioo;dnily.—'— ) So great ‘an Mmflux of mail matter caused Augusta to be rated as a first cless office, and the happy postmaster is delighted with an increased salary,.asin Such cases is provided by law. The offices were am.pfe for the State printing, and the wants of the most largely circulating newspapers.in the State have been compelled to add new presses and material-to fill his orders for circulars. A corps of forty as sistants i> constantly employed. -All this grand resuit ‘has been accomplished by newspaper advertising. : ‘ T e et ———— A Brilliant Judge. - : Judge Mallory, a police justice of Milwalkee, has come to the rescue of a vexed question. He has just decided that the ordinance i 1 that city which prohibits dancing in the public beer.gardens on Sunday is unconstitutional and void, and cites the Constitution to show that “no control or interference with the »ight of conscicnce _shall be permitted.” This Dogberry, it -may be well to say, is the same who, when an irats Federal regiment . during the late war marched to the office of one of the Milwaukee newspapers, assaulted one of its editors in force, and threatcned to tear down the building, . mildly and constitutionally fined the lieutenant:colonel of the regiment five dollars. i . Out of Plaee. | : * “The New York Sun,in commenting upon the President’s visit to Connecticut, says: . A 8 gSt . “On Monday, the glorious Fourth, President Grant becomes the guest of Mr.. Henry C.. Bowen, This i 8 not a proper thing. Tae President ought te have a good: deal of social liberty, but he owes something to the proprietics of his office. ‘Everybody knows and instinctively feels that Mr. Bowen is au unfit man for a President to associate with. It is not necrssary to say specifically wliy, or' to go into. any detail about the matter. DBut ‘we know very well that, when we make this statement, we make one to which all New York wil ‘assent. Of course the President, has thie power to choose his own. compaay, and, in this instance, he -chooses that whith everybody else will willingly relinjuish to his exclusive enjoyment.” R il P—— pit Fenr and 'l‘rembilnsiAmoﬂu the EnL g the L. 8. &M%g R.R. tremb!ié’ atltbs,} prospect of a discharge from duty. At ‘the time ofﬂlg . great strike in 1866, the company laid down the rule that nomem: -ber of the Brotherhood of the Foot-board could find ‘emghmém ‘on their road.— . g‘gi{ﬁ"‘ fev; ; on#hhﬁ;nb g:iwu ,sus'pnc:i»%a : “ed that a moveément was. b aoade- to get some of the e!g«ueﬂ”ﬁ'{g gﬁ%@" ! ‘this Order, and a close watch was putup on &mm ”ft *‘fgamﬁ;ingi fmt)t Y one resil EW ed to & - ¢ which &Mh’fgﬂﬁﬂvm&mw&l mﬁem; ‘discharged.. ;Some half a dozen othersare, mw& m% of the sametodge, and they are being closely looked nfter.— _Eﬁéﬂ_lﬁﬁf ‘men' were émployed, they Enow ke ok of thovospeg .1 T ACLOO, QI ANy LI g 8 S L ki il 67 sST b ‘ ,hemm ,ﬁi‘ﬁu - ‘themselves.— Blkhart Review, = ' °