The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 43, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 February 1871 — Page 1

'HE NATIONAL BANNER, -+ Publishcd Weekly by ; - JOHN B, STOLL, . LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. iR I e 'TERMS OF "st;;zscmmlos-: trictlyin advance...............00.iieee s 482,00 EW™ T his paf;lr is ptiblished on the Cash Pri ricifb. its Proprietor believing that it i 3 just as right for hwm demand advance pay,as it is for City publishers. . 8~ Any person sendinga club oflo, accompanie (with the cash, will be entitled to acopy of the paper, for_ one year, free of charge.

Michigan South. & N. In®’a R. R. On and after December 4th, 1870, trains will leave sy Stadions as t‘uilowa: s . GOING EAST: : -« Lightning “Express Mail :Chicag0......... 920 am.... 585 pm.... 550 am 'Eﬁ‘khart csensese 0 pm,.,. 965 pm.... 1015 am Goshen. .%:...... #25pm,...1015pm,,..10 46 am Millemburg veesstL 35 pm, .. 1103] pm.... 11 10 am . Ligonier. :.....~145 pm....14dd pm ...11 31 am . Wawaka,.......T1 58 pm... 110 58 pm.... 11 46 am Brimfleld ......1t204 pm...t11 07 pm...:11°59 pm i Kendallvill ..., 219 pm.... 11 20 pm.... 12 20 pm ' Arrive at Toledo 5 :mlsm. ... 250 am..,, 435 pm : © GOING WEST: { - T01ed0’.........11.60 am.... 12,01 am.... 10 10 am Kendallville, »...13 03 pm.... 305 am.... 219 pm _ 8rimfie1d....:...#315pm,....1322am.... 240 pm " Wawaka........ 1321 pm.... 1330 am.... 250 pm * Ligonier ........ 830 pm.... 340. am.... 3 05pm - Millersburg ....1347 pm.... 1355 am.... 3 25 pm G05hen..........400pm..., 410 am.... 345 pm - "*Elkhart.i..,... 420 pm.... 480 am..;. 415 pm ° Arrive at Chicago 820 %m. .:. 82 am,... 820 pm * *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. : ATraing do not stop. f Express leaves dajly both ways. I Mail Train males close connection atElkhart with trains going East and West.. . : C. F. HATCH, Gen’lSupt., Cleveland. J.N. KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. Pittsburg, F't. W. & Chicago R. R. From and gfter Dec. 4th, 1870, | AN i GOING WEST. : b Nol, NoB, A 'NO7, Nos. FastKx., Magil. Pac Ex. NightEv, Pittsburg...... I:3sam 7:loam 10:554m 3:2opm Rochester..... 2:45am B:4oam 12:05pm 4:22pm Hiane........ s:osam 11:45am 3:oopm 7 :00pm : rrvi11e....... 6:sdam I:2pn. 4:45pm B:3Bpm Mangfield..... 9:o3am 4:33pm 6:52pm 10:32pm Crestline,. . Ar, 9:354m: s:oopm 7:25pm 11 :00pm ~ Crestline, . Lv.lo:osam 5:556am. 7:45pm 11:10pm . F0re5t.........1 20 am 7:33am 9 20pm 12:35am Limaj.........12:26pm 9 :00am, 10.40 pm : I:3sam . Tt Whayhe....: 2:3opm 1] :45am I:2sam 3:soam Plymouth,.... 4:sopm 2:25pm 3:57am 6:2oam - Chicago ....... 7.80 pm - 5:55pm 7:ooam 9:ooam GOING EA%T, i : No3B, No 2, No 6, Nod. - . Mail, Fast Kz, Pac Kz, NightEer. C0icag0....... s:soam 9:ooam s:lspm 9:oopm’ Plymouth..... 9:soam 12:03pm 9:ospm 12:35am Ft Wayne....l2:sopm 2:25pm 11:;25pm 3:2oam Lima. ..., 3:25pm 4:o6pm. I:3sam s:4oam ‘Forest..i..... 4:43pm s:oBpm 2:43am 7:oTam, Crestline . Ar. 6:2opm 6:3opm 4:2oam S:ssam Crestline ~ Ly, 6:ooam 6:sopm 4:3oam .9 :35am Mansfield ..,.. 6:4oam 7:l7pm° s:ooam 10;05am 0rrvi11e....... 9515 am 9;ospm 6;54am 11;55am’ A11iance.......11;30am 10;45pm §;soam I;3opm - Rochester..... 2;35pm 12;55um 11;05am 3;37pm [ Pittshurg ...,. 3;45pm I;ssam 12;10pm- 4;sopm NYo. 1, daily except Mondays; Nos. 5, 3,8 and 2, dally except Sundays; Nos. 7, and 6, daily; No, 4, daily except Saturdays and Sundays, e X ahaxp RAPIDS AND INBIANA RAILROAD. s v J)j;ember 4th, 1870.1 - o OINGSOUTI, i T ~ Mail Chic, Ez MendonAs Parls . .ot vicaisiccacddiam -300 pm. - il - Cedar'Springs -iicc.s.o:%am 5 80pm .0l Grand Igapide v voatpOam TOODm . vl Kalsmazod ioos o o 0 dbam 9 80bm 00l Mendon ........c000...1040am ... ... 630 am 3 Sturgis Liauvidaa st il Bl LO, 7 10am o Kenagliville (oie: i a 18 88pm L. uaah 8 308 y Fort Wayne..cco..o.. -1 550 m: .l ... 1000 am GOING NORTH. s - Fort Wayne ..sce_cic. v TNAN. . cnlcowe . 3-90 pm Kendallville ............880am = ....... ,458 pm Sturﬁis...... Slllhsten s BT e e BI7DIH C Mendon:ieiia il el 1080 am Ll. s .Toopm ,Kaldmazoo. ...ecee.....1142am 7 30am_ i 3 00pm Grand Rurids.....r,. wee-210pm | 9 50am 7 35pm - Cedar Springs ....3.....323pm 11 18am ....... Paris. iz it idl oao 40pm . 1 458 i Ay L F. R. MYERS, & General Passenger and Ticket Agent, - HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, . AND DEALERS IN ; - Watches, Clocks, "JEWELRY AND FANCY. GOOOODS " Repairing neatly and promptly gxecuted,and . warranted. - y Gold Péns Repoipled at City Prices. Agepnts for Lazarus & Mortis’ Celebrated <l Spectacles. : ' ¥ Sign of thebig watch, Cavin Street,Ligonier, Indiana._ges R may 3,'66.-tf. : A. GAl\'T'Q,* o ‘ Surgical and Mechaical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDL\NA, : Is prepared 5 /5’ s to do gnylzhinﬁ 01 e in their line. /6’ 7.';;2', ’Br succesful pracPSRN e 5 e tice of over 10 Xe S e E I\;(_‘.ars justifies | 00, oe e sl g him in sayiug [ v LR s e tieser £ 8 that ke . can B s’;@?«% si~<p givecntiresatSRV D ) isfaction to all Vah G A who may beetow their patronage. ¥~ Qffice one door north of Kime's, over Canficld & Emery’s, Cavin Bt. ‘ J. BITTIKOFFER, | - . DRLERIN o ‘WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWLRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, el fi? &c., &c. &c., &c. { Allkinds of work done nupon the shortestnotice and warranted as to durability. Shop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, ‘ Indiana. ! SRRY e ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, . "‘ at the office of the ’ 3 HERALD OF TRUTH," EEREERY, '~ « « . - o IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the publicin general, that we have established a Book Bindery, In connection witn our Y'rinting Office, and are - now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, ~ Buch as Books, Pamphlets, Maga- ! . zines, Mns{c,promptly and: . ; _on reasonable terms. pr.20th,’68,-tf. . _JOHN F. FUNK. T 100 DINST DV . AGENTS WANTED B]NGLEY S ; FOR ) NATURAL HISTORY (}mn%l a clear and intensely interesting account ot the infinite variety of habits and modes of life of nearly every known species of beasts, birds, fishes, insecz;, reptiles, mollusca, and animalenlw of the globe. From the famous London four-voluma edition, with large additions from the most celebrated naturaliste of the a{(e. Complete in one lar%g handsome volume of 1040 pages, with over 1,0 pirited eugravln%?. ! pi : ; : PRICE ONLY $4.50. The cheapest book ever offered, and omne of the most desireable. Agents doin% ﬂngll‘y. ‘Terms the most liberal; Address, C, F, YENT, Publigher. . H. R. CORNELL, ~ - Who may always be found at his PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, Is prepared to take all kinds of picturesin the |latest styles of the art.. » S PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to copying old Deguerrcotypes and Am-. br&t,vm into Cards, 'and Enlarging. : ork warranted satisfactory in all cases. . Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 23, 1870.:43 oe sl A e 2 TIT L AR SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary/Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Conrts, Claims of soldiers and heir heirs, c&%’eyancin 'E’ &c., promptly and care_fully attended to. Ac nowfedgments. Deposi- * tions and Afiidavits, taken and certified. _ £ ettt e ’BICBLS!OR LODGE, NO, 267, ;1 s I’o Ob OfOu .F., ! , eetsat their Hallon every Saturdayeveningo eachweek. -.. .. .. A JACKS&N. KNﬁg M. W, comazt&av ygliee 3 i RoD. Rv _Nov.gsth, 1868,—tf, f . . . Seorstary, ~ 'Those whoe are sick,or flicted with any chronic difficulty, should %i;,hop{deh fwg{?). fo;‘D;.d _Hg;mlén’u New restise, sent free to any address, . . ¢ e ~‘-~zh:_,n{np%ms HARILTON D, |P, 0. Box 4,952 . Naw Xork City. Bud Boig ey oy {

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" WM. L. ANDREWS, Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel's BYack, Kendallville. All work warranted. Elxam‘indtions free. = 2-47 C. PA,«LMI'I‘I-‘.R, ; ' Surgeon and Physician, 7 ‘Office at Residence, hea Ligonier, = = » « Indiana. , : W. D.'RANBK&LL,. : Physician' and Surgeon, LIGONIER, : : : INDIANA. Wwill promptl]& attend to all callg, day or night, Office over Moore & Tharp's drug store. g November 2, 1870,-27 ' . & i G. ERICKSON, M. ~ Will give special attention to Office Business, from 10 &, M, t 0 3 v, u., for.the. treatmént of Chronic.and Surgical Digeases; Charges reagonable. Office in rear of Drug Store, No. 1 Mitchell’s Block, g ; KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. June 1, 1870. . ~ DR.P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, nysician -an urgeon, Ligomnier, = = « . Indiana. Office one door south of I; Low & Co’s Clothing | Store, up stairs. May 12th, 1869. D. W.C. Dexsy,M. D. P.‘ii,tA;',uxxdx. . DENNY & ALDRICH, . Physiciansand Surgeons, LIGONIER, INDIANA, ° Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in the line of -d‘;cir profésgion—day or night—iu town or any distance in the country. , (?r wW.CARR, = Physician and Surgeon, , LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND,. ‘“t Will promptly attend all calls intrustedto him. (§)mce on 4th Bt,, one door east ef the NATIONAL BAnNER Office. . ! 3-43 - . C. Hostetter, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, - LIGONIER, - - INDIANA Artificial teeth inserted, in full or partial sets upon rubber, gold, silvery and the new adamantine base. Er:g;%iaf attention given to filling, cleansing ard preserving the natural teeth. - Entire satisfaction wnﬁmute,a in all cases. Examinations free. &Z Oftice over Moore & Tharp’s drug store. ‘ JAMES J. LASH, ’ General Fire & Life Ins, Agent, . KENDALLVIELE, HINI)]ANA." ; Office in Mitchell’s Bio¢k. Repregents all ﬂrét'-\tlass companieg in the United States. N 6 . ‘L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Ly Office, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street. - LUTHER H. GREEN, . Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. ¢ LIGOCNIER, - - - - mI)IANA. . | Office on Cavin Strcet, over Sack Brg’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer House! o 41-8-ly © . D.W.GGREEN, . . ] . ’t Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Ag’t, Office with L. H. Green, over Sacks’ Bakery, oppo< | gite the He!mer House, L g LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. 9 ; E. RICHMOND, o Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, ~ Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. : Special attention given to conveynncin&z and collections., Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up, and all legal buginess attended to promptly and accurately. . May 26th, 1868, . H. G. ZIMMERMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oflice -on. Cavin Street, over E. B. Gerber’s Hardware Store, | BIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. August 17th,1870. ; BANKING HOUSE of SOL. MIER } ' LIGONIER, INDIANA. ’ Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought, and sold at the lowest rates, Passage Tickets to and from all parts of Europe. Collection Department has gpecial attention. Merchants’ accounts kePt on favorable terms. Money received on deposit. . July 27,1870.13 ¢

AMERICAN HOUSE, s TW. HALL, Propr., . LIGONIER, - - - - -! INDIANA.| HELMER HOUSE, S. B. HELMER, Prop'r, LIGONIER, = = .- INDIANA. This Heuse hasbeen Refitted and Refurnished in ¥irst Class Style. : TREMONT HOUSE, ‘KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. N}EW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. &M. 8. R. R. Dépot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the pringipal business houses of the city. Traveling men mur strangers will find this a first-class-house. Fare $2 per day. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 R - NEW MILLINERY GOODS, A Mrs. Joanna Belt’s, il On Cavin Street, NEW STYLES FOR THENEW YEAR, 1870, Just received from Baltimore and Chicago, Fancy Goods, Hair Braids, Switches, Wedding Bonnets, Mournidg Bonnets, Baby Caps, &c. . March 80, 1870.-48 ‘ ~ SACK BROTHERS, - ; 5 h t | Bakers & Grocers. Cavin Street, Ligonier; Indiana. ¥ read, Pies, Cakes, &c., Cho oceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c The t cash price paid fer Countrﬁijdnce May MN6B-tf. SACK'BRO’S. ~ JOHIN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE And Leather Establishment, Has been rem'?yed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s New . Block, {formerly Rossbacher’s quck,) KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest Price gal%or Hides, Pelts, &c., and the trade supplied with Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest ﬂegm'es. April 6, 1870.-49 - : gy

EMPIRE MILLS. Notice i 8 hereby given that the new Empire. Mills haye been completed, and are now IN RUNNING ORDER. The machinery having been :selected from among the best in the country, and the mill’ being operated by one of the best Millers in Indiana, we are enabled to dguarnntee satisfaction. We are prepared to do o Custom-work on Short— Notice. Constantly kept on hand, and for salé in all quantities. We have an e§cellent Smut Machine for the purpose of cleaning Buckwheat, - : %’l‘erms positively Cash. H'leest Market Price pard for Good, Clean Wheat. : : ¢ ’ STRAUS, HENDERSON & Co. “ Ligonier, Nov, 16, 1870,-29 PERRY LODGE, No. 161, » X, O. of G. T, LIGONIER, ~ '~ - - ~ INDIANA. Meets every Friday Evening, of each week, at their N . Hall in Beazel’s building. : Miss L. SON, .~ W.P. JgnN;og,T J. W.PETERS, W. 5. ' Oct. 26, 70~ T f"fv.v‘E“’“"udﬂn? X Ligean ; ?hg,lahonal Banner - Office.

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 187 1.

sl For the National Banner. 5 PASSIONLESS. : .BY MIGB MANDA LEVERING. : In vain the mystery that embitters My lonely life, eac day you've tried to solve, Yet all to no effect. To draw the soul— My soul of marble statue thought from out Its cold, passionless existence, so dark, ‘ You’ve failed to do. And now to me you say' By plunging headlong into wild pursuits Of what is deemed wholesome pleasure, would . bring i e g My morbid thoughts from out this lethargy. |

Fallacious thought. Oh! high-strung vanity' That breathes into the ear of flattered man The fond hope of “Tomorrow,” while be lists, With fluttering heart and waked ambition, The syren song. Oh, tell it not to me! For I'm deaf to all that your misled soul ‘Would tell me. In truth, you're false as dark-

ok ness. - ' To the oft-told tale, which unmoved I hear, I give but my contempt. I’m adamant . To all the overtures of wretched earth,? - And your’s is no éxception. }

. ¢ Fo Passionless. That word is no misnomeér, though.sg cold ; Alas! for, whether by lively talk engaged, Or gazing on Nature’s beauties, ont-spread, In all'its grandeur, strangely wonderful, = I yet am at a loss to know which way, -

My impulse—if impulse may dwell within— Would lead my granite soul in admiration.

Ott you've thought my tongue did exagge rate, The coldness of one.inner life, but now - The solemn truth makes the impression deep, That tongue of mortal cannot e’er portray The death-like vein of strange indiﬂ'er’ence; And reveal the death of all that’s joyous— All that prompts the finer feelings noble ¥ Of man in common. A J

- . Thereis sympathy, - Kindness, and affection, that I gladly, Oh! joyfully, would admit to the depths . Of my careless, darksome, empty nature; But, in my vain attempts, I fully el That I am powerless. Aye, worse than that, I’ve not the will to renew the beauty Of the golden past. If by the motion Ofa finger, I might now bring it back ) ‘l've not the courage to perf.&)rm‘he act. - Blame me, love me, Bhte me, its all the same, There’s not an impulse gtirred, I live because— Because' I my being have, and at ldst I’ll die because I must, ’Tis earths’ portion, - ‘Maple Ridge, Feb. 8, 1871, _ T T T s s . A New Way to Pay Old Debts. A bill has been introduced in the Leg--islature providing that all judgments shall be on the same rate of interest as the paper upon which judgment is rendered. That is, if a poor man has been overreached, or compelled by necessity to give his note with ten per cent. interest, the creditor shall be entitled to the same interest on his judgment. - We notice that our Representative, Mr. Myers, advocated the measure as a benefit vo the poor man, and the editor of the Times says the “heft” of the argument was in favor of its passage, and “he hopes it will yet become a law.” With all' deference to these gentlemen, we hope it will not. It is simply a measure to enable a richeor grasping creditor to crush the poor man, to place him more completely in the grasp of the Shylocks of the land, and reduce him once to nothing. The argument is that the more power you give a creditor to collect his debts; the more liberal he will be in lending hismoney. Why not then re-establish the inhuman' code of imprisonment for debt? Why not add to that hanging and the rack ? ) ot

Years ago when money was abundant at six per cent., it was contended that the poor men,. the debtors, would itfze vastly benefitted by raising the ‘rate of interest to ten: per cent., and that provision became a law. Has this prophecy been realized? Is money more plenty? Is the poor man benefited? Not at all. The debtors, the untortunate, the laboring men, have had their noses held upon the ten per cent. grindstone, until they have ‘nothingleft. Except for short commercial transactions, ten per cent. isa ruinous rate of interest, and no man can pay it for any length of time, without going under. Here and there in every,community is .some old grizzly, who-has accumulated a little money, and hardened his Leart until he has become a regular money shark, and commences lying in waitto prey upon the misfortunes of his neighbors.” Such men want the tem per cent. compounded ‘every month, and would much prefer taking twenty-five. 'What matters it to them it the poor man's children are crying for bread? They demand the pound of flesh, ask for just such legislation as is advocated by our Representative and the editor of! the Times. They want the obstacles removed from the collection of debts. They want summary processes—no stay of ‘execution—no valuation or appraisement law —no redemption. ./All that they ask is that the debtor shall be absolutely andentirely in their power, and then. their tender mercies will be exhibited.. Then the poor man will nestle in their bosoms in sweet content, and every thing be lovely. : ‘

_"The arguments in this case were “hefty,” but we were glad to see that the Legisislature had good sense and humanity enouh to lay the subject upon the table. —CGoshen Democrat. . j : il P—— e . Donn Piatt on Woman Sufirage, - ‘“These people are wasting their ener gies -upon an object worth very little, if anything, when obtained. | They want , rj.hat ‘which' decent men in the United States care very little for, and are iz ‘reality deprived of.. Every year the polls - are more and more given over to the ig_norant and vicious, who hold the majorities in this blessed land of freedom. ~We have cheapened the right to vote until it has ceased to be valuable. There isscarcely a month in the year that a man is not! called upon to vote for somebody to occupy some office or other. The number of people thus elected can be called legion, -and the manner of their election would be a farce were it not so *fdeplorable. The right to vote carries with it the right to have a candidate, This we do not possess. The more important offices of the country are 80 poorly paid, and of such uncertain tenure, that the betier class of men can not Be induced to fill them. And even if they were, a process, ealled caucus, made. up from corner groceries and lager beer “saloons, creates the candidate of the party, and not the candidate of the individualj and, if you vote at all, you have to vote for the nominee. In every election the number of voters who abstain from exercising this privilege is enormous, and each year the number increases. After a time the entire business will have gone over to professional ;olitieiannand the ignorant mob they influence.” e

One of the strongest arguments which can be advanced against!the San Domingo scbeme is that we have, as yet unset-’ tled and unproductive, bhundreds of millions of the finest -agricultural and min'eral lands in the world, with the largest ~sea cost of any nation, and debtand taxation larger in volume and heayier in burthen: than we can now readily and easily bear, -

CANTON, CHINA. | Canton, the greatest commercial emporium of Asia, with about fourteen times the population of Detrgit in the city proper, and as many more in the suburbs, has an avérage width of streets of little less tham-eight feet, the ‘widest is sixteen, the narrowest two. The houses are largely composed of light, inflammable pine wood, and the windows of paper-inica instead of glass. . In' this state of things a conflagration is not a pleasant thing. A little one of 1822 destroyed no less than forty 'thousand different buildings, including the Eumpean factcries, and an unlimited number ot chinamen with them. The Canton Fire Depfirtment must therefore be an organization well worth study, and froma late number of the Independent wé'gather ia’few facts which we present, not so?much for their novelty as for encouragement of those interior towns ‘which are still undecided betweén buckets and engines. ' For two thousand years, more or. less, the people of Caunton fought the “ fire fiend” with pails, pots, kettles, and whatever culinary utensils they could first lay their hands upon. Toward the close of , the last century an employee of the old - East India Company brought to Canton an ordinary hand pump, when, by some unaccountable fatuity, the Chinese seized upon it, assuitable for a fire engjne, and in a slightly modified. form it has been used as such ever jsince. In Its present form it is a square wooden box, the size of an ordinary hand trunk. It isset on diminutive wheels, and has two or more rude brass cylinders in the top, :the pistons being worked by levers, 'There is no hose reel, and the whole apparatus may be packed about by two. men., There being no air-chamber, the jet is ‘of course intermittent; the extreme range being about 30 | feet. Itischristened the “Water Dragon” and is manipulated by a Fire Brigade of 54 men, 22 of whom are © lamp bearers” and. 2 “lamp lighters.” These firemen wore bamboo hats, and, excepting those of Philadelphia, they are undoubtedly the politest firemen in the world. They levy a_contribution ;of a: roasted pig, or its equivalent in money, on every victim of a fire, and alsoa new dress of costly red cloth, and tinsel paper for the Water Dragon.. The water is supplied by two Lrneinb‘ers of the brigade whose especial duty it is to carry water frou}rithe ‘nearest well or river. The alarm of fire is' given with a gong.. Each ward has one or more of these Dragons, which are éntirely matters of private enterprise wich which the authorities have nothing to do. The - whole fire departmert of China i 5 an adi mirably economical arrangement.

‘A Wonderful Dog. - : A Norwich man who habitually drinks too much liquor,p»a*nd_ falls asleep on the side-walky-has a wonderful dog. When ‘the man lies down and dozes the dog takes him by the collar of his coat and gives a gentle pull. If the man gives a snore and a turn, but refuses to wakse, his: friend gives a more emphatic reminder of the necessity of moving. Then, if the sleeper does not wake, the dog takes a firm grip on some loose portion of his master’s habiliments and puils him until he is fain to arise, shake himself, and wend his way homeward, followed by the watching eyes of his brute >ompanion. The man issomewhat deaf, and cannot Jhear when a knock is given on his door. The dog, who sleeps near bj;m, avgékes at a summons for his master, pulls him until he awakens, and thus notifies him that he is wanted. Toe Poor to Take a-Paper. > Another man has been f‘ound too poor to take a paper. He lives in Mercer county. Being anxious to get rich so he could afford it, he recently sent to.a New York firm fora lot of “well executed counterfeit-money.” His box came in due time, and after depositing $94 chargcs, he carried his “fortune” Lome in triumph, to find that it was composed of shavingsand sawdust, “only that and nothing more.” He thinks there is cheating somewhere around the board. P

' The Indianapolis Journal reports the sale by Dr. J. Denny, of the Hawpatch, Nogle county, of 60 black-walnut trees, to Dodge & Randolph, Ligonier, for the sum of $2,200. It is too big a story to believe at one telling.— Crawfordsville Journal. : ‘ : “The story may seem “too big” for persons living in the neighborhood of Crawfordsville,. but it is nevertheless correct. If the Journal man insists upon being a doubting Thomas, we advise him to visit the Hawpatch and have his doubts removed by. taking & glance at the most productive and beautiful spot of Indiana.

‘A good joke is told in Washington at the expense of a well known Senator, who is notorious for taking two cock-tails be fore breakfast. | One morning, while the Senater was practising at the Metropoli . tan bar, a friend put to him the pertinent question : “Senator, why do you take two cock tails as a custom ? .~ 'Won't one tone you?” The Senator drew himself up and said: “I will tell yom why I take two cock-tails. When I have taken one it makes me feel like another man. “Well, you see, 'm bound by common courtesy to treat that man, so I take'a second.” -

. An apple dealer of Port' Huron, Mich., has lately returned from Liverpool, where be contracted for the delivery of ten thousand barrels of the best Michigan ap: ples, expecting to clear $1.75 per barrel on them. Apples can be transported from Michigan to Europe by water all the way and this is probably only & small beginning of what will eventually become ‘a great and lucrative businéss.

Grant wants to be President ugain so he can have a good: excuse to make his friends all fork over once more upon their re-appointment. . In this way he hopes to retire upon a sufficient income to run all the little Grant’s and Dent’s to the third generation, Thoughtful Grant,

The first locomotive engine introduced and worked in America, was run on the Delaware and Hudson ' Railroad in 1828,

A Lettér from Ohio. ' MR. Eprtor :—I am no writer for a paper, but, having a few leisure moments, will say a few words in behalf of our beautiful town-—Wilmot. It is situated in Sugar Creek township, in thesouthwest corner of Stark county. It cannot be surpassed by any country town in the State for manufactories. First ana foremost is the enterprising firm of Putman, Johnson & Co., manufacturefs of the celebratéa Excelsior reaper and mower, the Pitt separator, and castings of every description ; then f>llows the steam cabinet shop, owned by Messrs. Rush, Hurran & Reed, who cannot be surpassed in the manufacture of cabinet ware ; Wm. Bell's door and sash factory is next in order — The town' contains besides-thesc three dry goods’ stores, & provision and hardware store and a saloon. . We haye a fine echool taught by Mr. John Ellis, who is & competent teacher and a gentleman in every respect); Miss Wyant has charge of the juvenile department ahd is an excellent teacher. We have a regularly organized debating speiety 11 our midst. As much as our village is noted for its manufactories it is also noted for the piety and good behavior ofits citizens. - The surrounding country is fertile and the surface is generally undulating and agreeably diversiﬁcd,‘ Productions are corn, wool, wheat, barley, oats, butter, and live stock. Iron and coal is abundant and‘are:mined to a considerable extent. More anon. e A.PATRON.

= “Blowing the Cotton.” - The amusement .called “blowing the cotton” is a sitting room game of the jolliest sort, and will afford much merriment in the family circle during these long winter evenings. Let as many as can sit around a table, with-hands folded .and arm extended along the edge of the table, each person touching elbows with his neighbor on each side of him. Take a small piece of common cottonbatting, picked up so-as to be.made as light and airy as possible. Put this 1n the centre. Let some one count “one, two, three,” and then let each one blow his best to keep the cotton away from himself and drive it upon some one else. The person on ‘whom it alights must pay a forfeit. No one must take up his or her arms to escape the cotton. When it alights, take it up and start anew. It will be a very sober set indeed, who can play two or three rounds without indulging in the heartiest sort of uproatious laughter. Bismarek Gives Grant the Lie. Much . has been said in the press and Congressional debate as to the purposes of North Germany in acquiring territory in America for naval purposes. These publications having come to tlhie knowledge of Count Bismarck, he has recently taken occasion to repeat in an emphatic manner his declaration of July, 1868, that North Germany does not intend to acquire any territory on this continent or possession of any- of the adjacent islands. This course on her part is to avoid interference with the Monroe dectride or any measure which .our government may choose to adopt. : A Virginia Congre’ssm:in Renounces Radiealism. ; . Hon. Geo;ge B. Booker, of Virginia, ‘who has been all along acting iwith the Radical party, is leaving the sinidng' political hulk. Ina private letter, an extract from which the Danville Zimes is permitted to publish, Mr. Booker says » For my own pért I have washed my hands of the concern, (the Republican party in Virginia.) I intend hereafter to act with the Democratic party. I never intend to be a party to a proceeding which will hand my- pcople over to the tender mercies of a set ot vagabond adventurers ‘who have come here to fattenion the misfortunes of the country. l

" The Radlcals have abandoned their cffort to c’on‘tsgt the seat of Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, member of Congress elect from Schenck’s district. This gentleman will take his seat in the forthcoming Congress without opposition. He'is 8 man of distinguished ability, and the peer of Gen. Schenck in every respect, except politics, viherein he is infinitely his superior.

The Texas Legislature recently elected to the United States Senate for a full term, to succeéd Morgan C. Hamilton, General Joseph' E. Reynolds. He was a District Commander in that State, and ot course achieved success ‘through the instrumentality of the military. -He is, therefore, a carpet-bagger of the first water. The proposed underground railroad in New York city will be three and one‘half miles in length, and it is estimated that a double track road with rails of heavy Bteel and equipment capable of transporting 230,000 persons daily, can be built, including right of way, for a cost of threa million dollars a mile. o The “plug” hats now worn are not; a recent style, by any means, but simply a reproduction of the fashion of 1840. The present “ rough and tumble ” style of ladies® head dress is of very ancient date.— It prevailed long before the introduction 'of combs. S O g

It is reported that the Central Pacific Railroad Company will, in the spring, bring immigrants through from New York to San Francisco, for thirty-five dollars_each. ;

It is'stated by the Chicago Republican; that nine-tenths of the Democrats in the Il linois Legislature are f«;_,r Hendricks, for President in 1872. That will do to bank on, ;

All the young and pretty women out West are signing remonstrances against woman suffrage. They seem to have an idea that suffrage would make them rough and ugly. e :

No reasomable man will get his “back up” because we demand the pre-payment ‘ of his subscription, when we state that 1t became an 'absolute necessity with us.— We had trusted:our subscribers until we could no longer find the means to accommodate them, and we expect them to lig. uidate their indebfedness at an early day, if they &esire, to live in peace and quietude.—Elkhart Review., : ~ ‘

o RAILROAD ITEMS. - A dispatch from Steubenville, Ohio, says: At the annual meeting of the Pittsburg & St. Louis Railway Company, held in this city, the following gentlemen were .elected Directors: T.L.Jewett, H. J. Jewett, T. A. Scott, G. B. Reberts, W. Thaw, H. H. Houston, D. 8. Gray, D. T. Canby, Josiah Bacon, G. W. Adams, Chauncey Dewey, J. N. McCulloch, and Jos. Means. Gov. Dennison, Robert Sherrard, Jr.,and Thomas Mears are supplanted by Scott, ot the Pennsylvania Central ; McCulloch, of the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad ; and Thaw, of the Union Line monopoly. It is rumored here that this change is. the prelude to one of the greatest railroad outrages of the time, and that neither of the Jewetts will have any participancy in it. Hugh J. Jewett will not serve on the new board, and Judge Jewett, now President, will decline re-election, in view of the movement which he will be powerless to prevent. . Under recent ‘Pennsylvania legislation, Seott; McCulloch, and five or six others, bave formed a corporation known, or to be known, as"the Pennsylvania Railroad Bureau, which isto control the leased roads of the Pcnnsﬁ‘lvania Central west of Pittsburg, being the Ft. Wayne and Chicago and its leased roads, and the Pan Handle, with its leases. The stock of this corporation is ncminally $12,000,000, $8,000,000 of which is to be paid the Penn sylvania Central for its interest in these leases, “all of which have from 95 to 98 years to run, and which are to bz turned over to this corporation and its successors. " It is said the Philadelphia meeting, where the execution of this scheme was determined, was qﬁite stormy, and that Judge Jéwett, warmly protested against an injustice which would forever destroy all hope of dividends. The stockholders of the old Steubenville & Indiana Railroad, and the recent allowing of earnings warrant the opinion that fair management with the inecreasing business or the road justified hopes of stock dividends at o very remote period. . : The Pénnsylianians whoe now control the road, fully understanding this, and taking advantage of the terms of a lease which is fully satisfied by the payment of interest on the road bonds, have apparently determined that no more through business from Cincinpati, Cairo, or Saint Louis shall pass over this road than will enable thé lessees to fill their bond, and the balance of through traffic is to be thrown over to the Fort Wayne to swell the surplus which wiil remain to the cérporators after they pay their annual rental of that road. o It is further said here that Scott is to be President of the great monopoly, and McCulloch General Manager. - "An exchange in remarking upon the recent accident on the Hudson River Railroad says it is directly traceable to the injurious economies introduced by the Vanderbuilt . management. The freight train to which the fatal oil cars belonged consisted of twenty-four cars, and on it there were only three brakemen ; two of | these were on the caboose, and one on the engine. It came through the tunnel, on a down grade, running at.a high rate of speed, when an axel on the hind truck' of one of the barrel cars broke, and therear cars were thrown against the drawbridge, off the track and across the track of the up train, a few minutes before jt came thundering by. Beforej Vanderbilt’s time there were signal men; in sight of one another, from Albanyito New York. One of the Vanderbilt's economies was to take the majority of these off. If these signal men had been as numerous and® as vigilant as under the systematic organization of Vanderbuilt’s predecessor, and if there had -been brakemen enough on ‘'the freight train to give the conductor and engineer proper control of it, the acciagnt could have been prevented.

-The Hunticgton (Ind.) Herald says :— Much inquiry is made concerning the prospects of our new railroad. It is understood here that the Baltimore & Ohio Company, upon whose decision the loca tion of the road depends, is awaiting the action of Congress on the subject of bridges over the Ohio river. Should:that action be favorable lo the constriiction of low bridges, the new road can be built with much less expense and by & shorter route, by coming directly west from Pittsburg. Otherwise it will probably be made around the bend of the Ohio at Pittsburg and thence westward. The delay of the Baltimore & Ohio company in making its decision as to the route, is considered, under the circumstances, very favorable to the ultimate adoption of the Huntington line. R o :

A fierce contest is expected at the next election in May, between Vanderbilt and friends on one side, and F}sk and Gould, with the Erie and Tammany rings, on the_ other, for the control of the New York' Central Railroad. The Erie folks have! been' buying Central for.two or three months, it is stated, and they declare that they will be able, with the judicial and political power ‘afader their control, to oust Vanderbilt, who, however, laughs at their threats. Itis reported that Vanderbilt, by way of retaliation, is moving to expel Fisk and Gould from Erie. -

It is reported at Jefferson City Missouri, that James Fisk Jr. has purchased a large interest in the Missouri Pacific Railway. It is known at St. Louis that some -$900,000 of this stock owned and ¢ontrollqd by Mr. Bridge, is for sale, and that Mr. Joy, on the one hand, and Mr. Parsons, of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road, on the other, are bidding for it. .Mr. Joy is said to be backed by the Baltimore and Ohio Road, while behind Parsons are the Penm}{lvania Central and Atlantic and Pacific Roads. {

. A bill is before the State Senate of Missouri making it unlawful to elect or appoint to any office of ‘profit or trust in any railroad corporation, any person who is'a stockholder or owner in part of a transportation company. i

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- COURRENT NOTES. . Boston is to baye another Gilmore jubilec in & year fromrmext-Jume. \| Mrs, Polly Melntyre died of a sbyere burn, in lowa, at the age of 113. - : Mrs. Swisshelm told a Chicago audience | that “lying was a characteristic of wo: | man ;" but then, of course, it was alj the | fault of man. N | Mrs. Susan Rusk, of Alleghany county, Va., died last week at the age of 117, leaving a poor little orpan daughter only 8 yearsold. . . . Signor Bagioli known for his excel-| lence as a teacher and his misfortune: in being father-inTaw of General Slcklcs,,] died last week., . r - |

The Czar still retaing amongst his six-ty-titles 'that of Duke of Bulgaria; of course he does not want to lv)&"t_zlz;ny .cihp& ty title—hence Russia’s activityin that quarter. L Q'

‘Japan, which bitherto ims opposed the raising of pigs for pork, has sent an agent to San Francisco ta fetch home a stock of the- unclean animals, probaby ‘intending to try-China. LR R . The Cincinnati' Enguirer says that Mr. Gough's audiences “havé hitherto been “good people wWho had an’ appetite for buffoonery, b;ilt whose painful piety precluded them from attending a circus.” . The Philadelphia "Day, ‘& fepublican journal, thinks its party is weaker now than in 1868, and that if the democrafs nominate Thurman for president, and General Slocum for vice president in 1872, it will be difficult to prevent their clection. o L e

Duluth -has endeavored to-introduce a ghastly sort ‘of party, and started in its evil courses at the house of Mr. G. C. Stone. Theladies dressed thus: cach drew a pair of white stockings over her shoes, & night-zown over her dress,a white sheet. over her shoulders, a white handkerchief over herbhccksﬁ—hnd a pillowcase over her beid. Men also . dressed completely in White. ‘Duluth has a.dearth of amusement. P

. Mechanical ingenuity, with-a tendency to arch@ological discovery, is highly developed among certain classes of Califor: nia’ forgers. Before: Queen Elizabeth’s time the edges of coin. were plain, thus affording "a good opportunity- to reap a rich harvest in “clipping” the piece.— During ﬁhé reign of that. sagacious sovereign “milling” was introduced to pre‘vent sthis- practice. Now ‘in California “clippers” have sgain appeared. They re-mill the edge after cutting off a certain weight. . ‘ Ry : Whenever anybody has a particularly incredible story.to tell about an ‘aniwal, he tells it to’ demonstrate the position that “instinct among dumb animals is not unfrequently akin to human: intelli-. gence.” For this laudable scientific reason the Boston Zranscript tells how the dog of Messrs. Emerson & Porter jumped into a sleigh and seized the reins, when the horse ‘attached was running away, and actually'made the beast stop, and all for the purpose of rescuing & lady whose life was in danger. “Therefore let it be the pleasure no " less than the duty of every human "perso_n'to see that these dumb. creatures: of God are well treated and properly cared for.” . Music: keeps pace with the other arts and sciences. The latest musical invention, advertised by a London house, is “the digitoriam—g small duml piand.” Th’e‘aa‘ikantage claimed for this in'stru] ‘men* is that, by means of it, pupils can learn to play on all instruments keyed like the piano without making any noise. Surely it would be an act.of real humanity to :H)ply a similar. principle to the stationaTy barrel'organs that are'ground perennially at the street corners. - Tnstead of haying ‘“music” "inside these instruments of torture, they might De fitted with an @pparatus for roasting chestnuts, W’b.shingf‘fpocket-ha‘ndkerchiéts, or making machine poetry. .The public. would be bencfitted by 'the'absenyéc of -noise; and the organ-grinder would be 9§al’t’ed‘sind take rank as an industrial; - ‘

“The peculiarity of Mexican funeral services is illustrated by the ‘account of the death of President Jaurez's wife. The President “placed the corpse in the coffin with his characteristic fortitude,” being assistéd'iby his brother-in-law, his son‘inlaw, and Generals Negrete and Aureliano Rivers, - Gen: Negrete soldered the zinc coffin that received the body. Having thus “complied with his last obligation,” as the’ Mexican journal which reports the scene expresses. it, Mr. Jaurez went out staggering like one suffering from giddiness, and si],etitly took aseat, endeavoring to subdue his emotions. * His physician, some members.of his family, and two or three friends remained with him, and the funéral cortege departed without them.— All public demonstrations were forbidden, but it is added that such- was the universal love for the lady that almost the entire population of the capital came out to pay homage to the body as it passed along. ! A ) :

~ Among small, out of-the-way things (Strausbourg pies-are not included among these) that will be' missed by some dwellers in this wide -land is that quaint production, “Le Grand Messager Baiteux: de Strausborg,” anillustrated almanac which, for many years past, has heen published in that city, printed in the French lan. guage, of .course. It'had for its frontispiece a group, the leading fignreZof which was a big one-legged-postman, armed with a spear, and.delivering letters, with a glimpse of the famous old cathedral in the background. In addition to the usual zodiacal pages,all cheaply illustrated, this production used to' give & éons“n&era#bl'e amount of reading in the way of stories and sketches, directions for agriculture and horticulture, and a very precise table of mhﬁnges in the dates of fairs, In many parts of the country around New York one could always tell when he was in an Alsatian house by seeing this almanac on the table. Of course the. changes that ‘bave come over old Strasbourg have pre‘vented the issue of “Le Grand Messagar” for the current year. g

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A T T AR U S ISR S . ABOUE WOMEN. o - Bare walls make gadding house-wives. No'woman is ugly when she is dressed. )O{] may know a foolish woman by her ﬁn’er’y. R : }\/ : e Women are wige on the sudden, foolson - premeditation. = ° 1 : - Men-milliners aze doing & good business in San Fradcisco. T - -Ladies will sooner pardon want of serise than want of manners. L A good wife is the workmanship of a good hushgnd—and vice versa. x Elmim, N. #’)ih:;‘s two girls in its (post officé and ogiein the clerk’s office, - Two Terre laute ladies recently pawn- - cd their babics for a couple of drinks. Miss Austin, who died in 1817, left a° novel in manuscript, which is soon to be published. . i ) S . The daugbtpxs‘ of Queen Victoria are painting pictures for the bepefit'of tho German soldiers. co e o Miss Emma Swan, of Indianapolis, ex- - tensively known asa lecturer, is studying for the min’ist“»rx. . _ '.» - A few tears here for the feminine oratorof Toledo who took’ but $l5 at the door and the fever and agub in the hall. J Thﬁg women of Portland, Me., are working to induce the Legislature to establish a State industrial school for girls. = ' . The Cleveland jquraals call those women who attended the Galentine murder trial in that city “prurient females.” - There is in a Western State a woman 0 ¢leanly that she rubs the dirt off the fire wood before she puts it in‘the stove. “A Newcastle (Ind.) wife got & divorce recently ‘in five hours from the time she | made application; the guickest time on_record. AR o The women-=advocates comfort them—selves with the belicf that all the girls - want to vote, only they arc too weakminded to confessit. .. -

& St. Louis lady writes: “Add not to tlie fallen woman shame by subjecting her to a-male physician’s inspection. Let her have one of her own sex.”” = '

. 'The reports of the various Magdalene asylums throughout the country seem to indicate that the social evil is not ‘éxtending, but is rather on the deeline. -

Warding to parents: A girl in Grand Rapids, Mich., being forbidden to chaw gum any more, is now suffering with lockjaw. She should have tapered off. - . :A&colorcd woman desires the City Coulacil of Atlanta, Ga., to vote some relief to her son, who was recently injured by falliog from a tree when out possum hunting, Miss Major Pauline Cushman, a loyal scout during the war—although everybouy scouted. the idea of her havirg heen any such thing—is lying dungerously ill: in Chicago. S R Miss Marion V. Churchill, 'of the Milwaukee ‘Sentinel, has accepted an invitation to deliver a poem before the next annual meeting of the Wisconsin Editorial Association, =«

The. Boston fund, collected by Miss Mary Gray Chepman, for the relief of the French peasantry, will-be immediately applied through the agency of a well- known F"rem;h gentleman, . I : A number of ladics in Lafayette, Ind.,. who desire to spend less time in keeping up with the fashions and more in 1 proving their minds, have formed a mptal encouragement society. o ' , ' - In 1870 five new State woman-suffrage societies and upwards of fifty new county socicties were organized in, this country. AtTthe same time the cause seems weaker now than it was one year ago., o Mrs. Post, the Wyoming woman leader, is described as an earnest, ungrammatical woman, who has an awful skill for putting the end of a new scntenge into the weak middle of a previous one. ;- Mrs. McParker, of Indiana, sent to the recent patching exhibition in New York city a cloak made of four pairs of old pants, one old vest, and two old cloak linings. It was compgsed of 68 pibces. “ A Doston paper says that Miss Vinnie Ream has been engaged by several citizens to go to Boston for the purpose of taking ampuld of & brave major. of the State militia, with the infent,to carve a statue. A woman in Western New York has a case on trial in which'she says the most important question to be decided is:— “Whether justice to an old woman (plaintiff) is of as much consequence as the votes of five men (defendants).” C - What living man could refuse to marry

a beautiful’ §300,000 heiress who would give him an elegantly furnished house as - & wedding gift ? This is the diveet and simple story of Miss Rogers, of Boston, who was recently married, A 16 year old girl, near Pittsburg, a few weeks ago, kmkey?xer father through the house, across the yird, and locked him up in the cow 'stable, because he went to town and spent all his money for whisky instead of buying her a new bonnet, as promised. . ' Woman ¢s coming—at least here comes three young ladies of Allegheny, Pa., who advertise in the Pittsburg Zeader for three young gentlemen to take them to lectures this winter. : Car fare and tickets furnish- ° ed, and refreshments at the homes of the, ladies afterwards. . £ i At one of his lectures George Francis Train shouted, “ Now; then, anybody can ' ask me questions.”” Whereupon an old lady got up and said, “Mr. Train, T would like to know what makes a pot legalways burn in two in the middle?” The great. American traveler was non-plussed. ' A yopng gentleman, after having paidhis addresses toa young lady for some time, popped the question. - The lady, ia 8 frightened manner, said, “You scare me, - sir.” ®The gentleman did not wish to 2 frighten’ the lady, sad consequently re- . mained quiet for some time, when she exclaimed; “scare me again "’ oy .. The Women’s Journal is again trotting out those “50,000 men in Massachusetts who would vote for-woman suffrage if the question was submitted.” These waiting voters are thus distributed: “In the present. state of parties, 80,000 of these are Repukticans, 5,000 Prohibitionists, 5,000 Labor Refoftsererdo,ooo Democrats, ~ -