The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 24 July 1873 — Page 1

The Fatiomal Banner i Published by 5 : JOHN B. STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,IND. ——— iy ; TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : ‘5m'ct1i1nadvance.....................—... .$2.00 . B Mapag:lricpublishedomhzCashPrmcifle. its Proprietor believingthatit is Jjustasright for him tn demand advance pay,asit is for City publishers. ¥~ Anyperson sending aclub oflo, accompaaied with the cash, willbe entitledto a copy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge.

CITIZENS>I3ANIK, -~ LIGONIER, : INDIANA, DB’POSITS received subject to check without nogce: 2 ADVANCES made on :}p&)roved collaterals.| CERTIFICATEs of DEPOSITs issued with interest. MONEY loaned on long or short time. NOTES discounted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for first-class securities executed on commission. : 3 : J AGENTS for the Eurchase and sale of Real Estate. I}(SUI{ARCE POLICIES written in first-class comanies. EXCHANGE botht and sold, and drafts drawn on alg the prlnclga cities of Europe, AGENTS for the Inman line, 5 3 Hamburg Line, White Star Line. ) PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaBorts of Euro,pe. st ) ERCHANTS’, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ accounts solicived, and all business transacted on liberal terms, . STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 234, 1872.-26 . Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On.and after May 25th, 1873, trains will leave : Stacions as follows: 5 GOING EAST § { Sp.N.Y.Ez. | Atllc. Ex. ' Accom. Chicag0......... 920 am.... 535 pm.. .7 00 am E1kbart:.......120 pm.... 950. ~ ....1120 Goshen,ty .o . 180 0 1010 011 49, Millersburg.... t1:55 ...+1027 ... 1202 pm Ligonter..cuii i 207 .7 1042 ++.1220 pm Wawaka....... 1219 ...ITIO 55 ve 051885 Brimfleld...... 1228 viatll:o4 .o .1245 Kendallville.... 243 whe 1180 o b 104 Arrive atToledosso .... 240 am.... 525 GOING WEST: ‘ T01ed0..........1100 am.... 12 05 am.... 1110 am Kendallville.... 243 pm.... 302am.....323 pm Brimfleld ...... 1256 cei IO LT i 8340 Wawaka...,... 13 04 Vol D2O cive D 0 Lig0nier........315 eae 339 ieve 402 Mﬁleuburg.... 7828 ... 1355 i 4 QGoshen ......... 842 seurnd Il e 437 *Elkhart........ 490 e 430 v e 000 Arriveat ChicagoB 20 v 820 vees 9205 Kendallville Accommodation leaves Toledo at 4 30 pm, going west, and arrives at Kendallville at 8 80 pm. - Same train, east,-leaves Kendalllville at 6 30 am, and arrives in 'Foledo at 10 45 am. *Stop 20 minutes forbreakfast and supper. tTrains do not stoxp; . e | Expressleaves daily both ways. . Accommodat'n makescloseconnectionatElkhart withtraing gqipsg Eastand West. . CHAS. PAINE, @en’lSupt.,Cleveland, * J.N:.KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonie{i.

Pitisburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. Frgm and after June 29th, 1873, : GOING WEST. : ; Nol, No b, No 7, No. 3. : FastEz, Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... I:4sam 6 00am 9:loam 1 30pm Rochester..... 2:soam 7 23am 10:23am '2 38pm A11iance....... s:loam 10 40am 12:50pm 5 O2pm 0rrvi11e....... 6:511am 1 00pm 3:olpm '7:o6pm Mansfleld..... B:ssam 3 18pm s:o9pm 9:llpm Crestline...Ar. 9:2oam 4 00pm s:4opm 9:4opm Crestline...Lv. 9:4oam 5 55am 6:oopm 9:sopm F0re5t.........11'06am 7 35am 7 55pm 11:18pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:ooam 9.15 pm 12:17am Bt Wayne..... 2:2opm 11:35am 11:50am 2:35am Plymouth. /... 4:45pm 2:35pm 2:55am s:osam Chicago....... 7.50 pm 6:305m 6:soam B:2oam GOING EAST. NoB, No? 2, No 6, Nod. Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Night Ex. Chicago....... s:lsam 9 20am 5 30pm 9 20pm Plymouth..... 9:lsam 12 02pm 8 55pm 1 10am Ft Wayne....l2 Olpm 2 00pm 11 15pm 4 00am Lima.......... 2:45pm 4 07pm 1 18am 6 40am F0re5t........ 4:oopm 5 oSpm 2 27am 8 10am Crestline..Ar. 5:35pm 6 30pm 4 05am 10 10am Orestline ..Lv. 6 00am 6 50pm 4 15am 10 30am Mansfield..... 6 40am 7 19pm 4 43am 11 00am Orrville..}.... 9 16am 9 20pm' 6 37am 1 00pm Alliance../....11 00am 10 55pm ‘8 05am 2 25pm Rochester/..i., 2 48pm "........ 10 40am 4 53pm - Pitteharg..... 4 00pm 2:2oam 11 45am - 6 00pm " : LT RO Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. . & Ft' Wﬂyne R- Ro 4 Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To N take effect June Ist, '73. . GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond .. 00000, : 1000 am 355 pm Newport ooL 0, 1080 ¢ 499 Winchester: ........... 1118 * 508 IRidgeville. .00 .. i, Slkab s sadrey Portlaadiviy ... 0,1217 pm 610 ¢ - BICCRERE. il il 136 1l Fort Wayne, D......... 745 am" 2 30pm' Kendallville .........., 904 & 347 « tStnrgis...... rrm e gl LG 1() L iMend0n................1110 * 547 **° Express Kalamazoo ............1210 pm 640 * &00 am Monteith .o.oii 000 100 7 780 ¢ R 451 - Grand Rapid5........a. 230 ¢ 850 ¢ 1005 * Grandßapids........d 265 7 15am 1015 ‘¢ Howard City........... 522 * 919 * 1219 pm Up. Bi? Rapid 5........ 635 ** 1080 * 130 * Reed C t{. 710 ' 3108 00 GOR S Olam Lske. 00, ....0 830 * 1280 pm 880 '* -varverse City........ .. J . 810 * - GOING SOUTH. 'Express Express Express Traverse City.......... " ; B§3o am Clam Lake............. 220 pm 500 am 1100 ‘ Reedcnivl""""""" 348 “623 * 1248 pm Up. Blg #plds. .o .0. 420 ' 6D ¢ 3 ] } Howar Citg........-. 530 't 810 b ange Grand Rapid5......n...740.¢ 1015 ¢ 430 Grand Rapids. .....d.. 730am1130 * 440 ¢ | M0nte1th.i........... 0. 853 * 100 pm 605 | Kalamazoo, A......... 935 ¢ 150 ¢ 6502 Mettdon dicicr. ... 1033 @ ¢ oL :5turgi5.....}..........11 199 8987 " Kenda11vi11e1.c.........12 26pm 94 8 RortWayned .. ....... 135 « 21100 ** iDecatur: oLI Ll 00 257 ‘% Accom o Portland. . ...... ..., .. 409 % 845 am ‘ “Ridgevi11e.........5... 438 * 716 { ‘Winghester,.......l... 503 % 746" | INewport L .. .0 549 ¢ 880 | 'rßichmond....;..;..“z_... 01 ' 900 | iExPress trains leaving Richmond at 10 00 & m and | Clam Lake at 2 20 p m stop all night at Grand : j Rapids.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Juné Ist, 'l3, - GOING NORTH., N ' GOING BOUTH, HExpr. | Mail, STATIONS. Expr. Mail. 400 pm 800am..Kalamazoo.:1120 am 652 pm 442 *“ 845 ** ..Monteith....lo27 * - 608 ‘¢ 5% & g3y <. Allepan,.... 950 ¢ 5814 613 ¢ 1033 *¢ .. _Hamilton... 910 ** 448 ¢ 41 ‘* 1104 ' cHolland..... 840 ** 418 % 748 ** 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 316 ** 834 ¢ 1856 % .. Mnskegon .. 700 ' 235 ) F.R. MYERS, "GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent; TRY THE NEW ROUTE. Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R.R 'I‘IIE Great Through Line to INDIANAPOLIS, Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, “‘Chattanooga, New Orleans, and ull points in tke south. Ask the ticket agert for tickets via PERU RAIL ROAD. On and after January 1, 187%, two daily Passenizer Trains will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday wxcepted: Day Express leaves LaPorteat 9 45 am and arrive at Indianapolis at 515 p m. ‘ The Night Xxpress will leave LaPorte (Saturday exoeged) at 1150 p m, and-arrive at Indianapolis at72sam, y Woodrufi’s New Improved PARLOR AND ROTUNDA SLEEPING COACHES Alwaye on time. ! F. P. WADE, Gen’] Ticket Ageut, ludianapglia Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R. Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th ! . day of October, 1872: GOING BOUTH, STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 ; No.l N 0,3 530pmi155m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 440 **-1035am .Nor. Manchester, 745 ‘** 310 “ 4154 956 ** {.v.Bilver Lake.,..810 ¢ 410 * 335/¢ 880 ¢ .. ....War5aw,,,...860 . 510 ¢ "315/% 820 ** ....j.Leesbm&g.....Q 10 't 540 ¢ 1061 750 . ... .Milford= .1.,-980 ** 610 4 238 720 % ....New Paris... 950 ** 6365 {! 215 ¢ 700 *“ ..dp Goshen,ar..lolo *“ 700 /* 210 Y ! ..ar.Goshen, dp..1015 ** 140 ¢ L Eikhart, ..., 1045 ¢ Trainsran by Clevelandtime. st A. G. WELLS, Sup’t. |

FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most direct route to Indianap«olis. Close eonnection with trains on the Columibus & Indianapalis Railway at Muncie. Departare and arrival of trains at Ft. Wayne: - LEAVE, . ARRIVE, JExpress......... 900 nm\Mail ksl aey s 5400 DI ;Ma?1............1? 15 pm|Expre55.........945 ¢ - ‘ e | HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, | ‘.\, /TG ey S ‘ ,ﬂ" ) Wy g L B S\ 3 ¢ 7 //;////; / l’/_ "/ *"“1‘«‘.;. i : e } 4 iy o 1Y b | i . . 3 J‘ ) T ok, 7o | f~€ %) § ’ i ,“ ; "//’// it v' : e 3 W "4 5 : "\1 B »‘747// ' .~r~ﬂ%§ 25" G f Watchmakers, Jewelers, AND DEALERSIN . Watches, Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! ' Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and Y warranted. s Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated . - - Bpectacles. : §@ Sign of the big wateh, corner Cavin & Fourth ateeots, Ligonier, Indinns,@B) Msy 5, 00-tf

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, LD O ¥, | Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall. J. M. CuAapmaAN, Sec, J. E. HuFrumaN, N. G. WASHINGTON ENCAMPMNT PN TO . 0.F., Meets the second ana fourth Tueedays in each Month, at their New Hall. H. M. Gooospreep, Scribe. W.K. Wovrr, C. P.

: Dr. HH. LANDON, LIGONIER, : ; : INDIANA. Office second floor Landon’s Brick Block, Novlst, 1871. ; P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = « ~ Indiana. Office one door gouth of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up‘stairs. May 12th, 1869, .. D.W.C, DENNY,M.D., Physician and Surgeon, , LIGONIER, INDIANA,. Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcalls n the line of his profession—day or night—in own or any distance in the country. G, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - = - - - - IND, Willpromptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Dffice on 4t.. St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL BannEeroffice. ) 3-43 C. PALMITER, ‘ Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residencd. Ligonfier, = = = - Indiana, A.S.PARKER, M.D., I—IOMEOPATI—IIST, Office on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 p. M. ’ KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. | May 3, 1871 G. ERICKSON, M. D., Special attention given to theltreatment of Chronic and Surgical Diseases. flice hours from 10 o’clock A. M.to 2 o’clock, ». M. Offlice and residence opposite the Gross House. KENDALLV]EEE.INDLANA. June 1, 1870.

~ JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, ALBIONS = i - - - - IND, 6:lb I, E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW; LIGONIEL, ' - - | INDIANA. 4 g Office in Mier's Block, ¢ i L. COVELL, 2 Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, : LIGONIER, INDIANA. - Office, over Beazel Brotners’ new Hurness Shop, Loy phviaStreet.. - D. W. GREEN, A Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ap't .~ 3 Office with Dr. Lanond, second floor Laudon’s " ‘Brick Block. - LIGONIEL, - - INDIANA, 9 OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE, Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method of treatment. New nn}a remarkable remedies.— Books and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,—an Institutien having a high reputation for hororable conduct and profesgional skill. [v6l3-Iy]

. WM, L. ANDREWS, | Surgeon Dentist. ) Mitchel’s Block, Kendaliville. \llwork warranted. Examinationsfree. ' 2-47 ~JJ. M. TEAL, BN X S 0, Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., MOM block east of Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. 339~ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1871. ; - PR. L. KEEHN, HOM@EOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. LIGONIER, INDIANA.Orrioe—Over Straus & Meagher’s store. Resipenoe—North of Pe¢k’s Planing Mill. Calls promptly attended to day er night. [vBnl H, C. WINEBRENNER,' Houge, Sign, & Ormamental Painter, Grainer, Glazier and Paper-Hanger, Ligonier, Indiana. B&~Give me a call befute letting your work, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every insmr;ce. [vBnl \ A. GANTS, ' Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. | . - 18/ prepared i ’ eyt 4‘%4 . éﬁcce;tl:u;nefac- ')"@» tice of jov%irnl.o B e es z}.“% ﬁ‘\\\%wﬁ e “‘f"@ g?rx:lrsin‘l:igiu g Y e ﬁ f% &.éz *f;‘ = that ke /can % S S T Figeentix;fésaﬁ HHCE RN T sfaction tio a LR B ,’i" ” who may bestow their patronage. F® Office one dootnorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. | - PHILIP A. CARR, ' AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 - . i TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. V. W. AXTHEL : : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871. . CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE, - .We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. | Pure = Nothing but the Juice of e the Grape. . ' SACK BROTHERS. - Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf i

G AT TELE BRICK KELLY HOUSE KEENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods from the L. 8. & M. S. R, R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only tgve minutes walk to any of the princi(})al business houses of the city. Traveling men andstrangcrs will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per a&. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, endallville, Aug, 3, 1870.-14 e QLN IN KS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, * Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES = LIGONIER, IND. Aypril 12, 1871.-50

. R. CORNEILIL., Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s . MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for making 9, 18, 86, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall. Thefoilowingaretheprices: 7 Pietures for&l 00. 16 o B i ROO 3z ¢ B Sl i s T 800, 70 . B i Vs e OO PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE ! Ligonier, Ind., Hov. 15,1871, e Mt JOHN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE, And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new Block, " (formerly Ros_ebacher’u Block.) . KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest !price faid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and the trade supplied with Leather, Findings, &c., at - lowest %uyes. : : April 6th, 1870,-49, e e e e e e e e e e eet ‘ ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveysnclng and col-! lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up,. and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagber’%ﬁo. ! e May 1561873 15-8-8

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(From the Indianapolis Journal.) ’ A JAY COUNTY CONVENTION. It was in the Hoosier State, In the é)icturesque: county of Jay, They had aconvention to nominate Supervisor in the usual way, i So I'm told by Hem? 8. Lane, - Our Governor that used to be, And, in such things the old man Is first-rate authority. : Well, the house was called to order, - _And the candidates trotted out, One whose name was Knrphg.‘ : Another whose name was Stont. ‘A spcech! A speech!” yelled the yeomen, And Murphy took the stand, ; Commanding a death-like silence ; By a single wave of his hand. - ; *Fellow men, I'm & green-horn, . What never was into a school, But you bet if I'm elected : You've honored an honest fool, ~ Which is more’n can be asserted : Of Joe Stout over there, : Who was never accused of actin’ ’ - .Anything like onthesquare. : “Why, what did Joe do in the war? Jes' listen, I'll tell you what—- . He went out behind the smoke house . And, the cowardly cusg, he shot : The end clean off his finger, : To keep from carryin’ a gun! Hold ug your hand to this andience, You Batternut mother’s son|” : “Joe Stout held up his hand, - And 10, the finger waa gone, : And Murphy sat down contented, Thinkirg the victory won, While the yeomen b?an to whistle . And clap their hands and shriek, But Stont laid off his waumus _ - And sqnared himself to speak. : *“lt’s true I shot off my finger, And didn’t go to war; 1 am g notorious coward, T And that's what I did it for; But I didn’t do like Mnrphﬂy, : ! _Goout.likel wanted to fight, ; ° But only to steal sow belly From a commissary at night. - “Fellow-citizens, Murphy’s branded Right across his thighs, ‘‘Meat Thief,” in great big letters, ' _ Which you can see with your eyes . 1 If he’ll jest do as I did! ¢ : Stop Murphy, don’t you run! . Down with your copperas breeches, : You onery son of a gun!” The audience rose in a bodi. . With adeafeninﬁ“mnrra for Stout ! Murphy lowered his bristles And muttered, ‘‘l'm played out!” The truth for once, if he never i . Told the truth before, : - For Stout was nominated By a hundred and one to four!} CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. : Tiiis

f A MOTHER'S STRATAGEM. ~ In June, 1860, the ship Wanderer left the settlement of Monrovia, on the coast of Liberia, in Africa, having on board, among her passengers, bound ~home to England, Mr. Benton, a young missionary, and his beautiful wife Helen, with their child—a little girl three years old. : For three weeks the vessel encountered a succession of head winds and violent squalls, which, driving her toward land, at length compelled her to anchor in a small bay on the coast of Morocco. -It was a beautiful spot, but a few hundred yards from one of the half detached peaks of the Atlas -mountains. : ; (Gazing inland, the passengers beheld a wealth of verdure, with tall trees and climbing plants; and flowers of variegated hue, many of the latter as¢ending to the tops of the rocky hiils, and hanging down in long, graceful festoons over the valleys that lay between, = : v ~_ln the -afternoon, the gale having abated, the Captain lowered a boat to make soundings in the bay. . . “I would so like to take-little Clara ashore,” said Helen to her husband. “You know she has been teasing us all day long for some of those preity flowers.” “Very well; if the Captain will take the trouble to put us ashore, we will go,” said Benton. ; The Captain having readily given his.consent, the two passengers were soon landed on the beach. “Don’t gotoo far away, sir,” said the skipper, as he shoved off again. ¢ But little Clara, breaking from her parents, now ran up one of the lofty, rocky elevations, the sides of which were covered with shrubbery of the most attractive color. . “Wait for me, George,” said Helen to her husband, “and I will bring her back.” . | The height the child was ascending to being very steep, she had proceeded about a hundred yards ere her mother overtook her. The naked arms and shoulders .of the little omne were scratched in several places from contact with the briars. - Mrs. Benton, therefore, dipping her handkerchief in a spring trickling down fropv a rock, was about applying it to the bleeding parts, when she was Suddenly startled by a voar, deep and prolonged, like rumbling thunder, apparently emerging from the very heart of the mountain, and shaking it to its very center, . - Terrifier, she turned to behold an awful s‘fectacle—the huge, bristling head and round, glaring eyes of that most dreadful of wild beasts—an African lion, & First the head, and then the supple, tawny body, appeared from the shrubbery, the tail whisking to and fro, the firey tongue and sharp fangs visible, as a second roar came booming from the cavernous throat. il . “Just Heaven!” was all the poor lady could gasp, as with a mother’s %)nstintct she snatched the child to her reast: ; |

Mr. Benton now saw the danger. He was unarmed, but he' shouted to the men in the boat, Who, turning, also perceived Helen’s peril. To gain the ship, to call for and get loaded rifles, was with the Captain, the work of a few minutes. Then he directed'the boat-ashore. A crackling report was heard as one of the weapons was discharged, and with a terrible roar the lion turned, being slightly wounded, looking towards the seamen. ~Only for a moment, though; the next he was in pursuit of Mrs. Benton, who with a speed of desperation, with her child clasped tightly in her arms, was fleeing toward the seamen. On she ran, the lion gaining fast. Now and then she would turn to behold that hideous head within a few yards of her, the eyes now resembling great white -circles, with lambent ‘points of flame in the fcenger, while the closed teeth and wrinkled nostrils betokened that it scented blood from the scratches the child had received, ‘and which had roused to the utmost the hungry desires of the savage beast. Gasping, panting, wild with terror, ‘the fugitive hurried along, scarcely hearing £he shouts of the seamen far below. They could not help her—they were not near enough. The victims ;vould be torn to pieces and devoured ong before they could attack the lion. This the poor woman comprehended. She saw no way of escape—her only help vgcag.in ,It’lxl-oxgdence. i -yatching the figures, as he s on a.t%l'le head of the seamen, thepyoung missionary almost screamed in his great agony, expecting every moment to seé his wife and child fall a prey to the monster. The lion now being in a line with the fugitive the rifles were useless in the hands of the sailors, who would not fire at the animal for | fear of hitting Mrs, Benton.

~The strength of the latter was evidently giving way. Her limbs trembled under her—she swayed from side to side—her gasping sobs could be heard even by the sailors. | ~ The savage pursuer now gained with fearful rapidity. ~ “Great Heaven!” cried Mr. Benton, “can nothing bedone?” ~ Already the lion was within three yards of the fugitive. o . “Fire!” shouted the missionary. “I give you leave. There is no other alternative.” : : “True,” answered the Captain; “it ‘must either be the lion or the bullet.” - He gave the orders; the men fired. ' But neither the lion nor the lady was harmed. - In their fear of hitting the latter, the sailors had aimed too high, On went pursuer and pursued, theé lion now not more than two yards behind his intended victims. - Mrs. Benton saw ahead a clump ofslender trees, evidently growing from acleft in arock. A wild hope animated her, and gave her renewed strength. By getting behind the trees and dodging, might she not contrive to elude the animal until the party from below arrived ? The cluster of trees was now the coveted goal, and she strained every nerve to reach it. . But when she was within ten feet of it, she met with a fe‘arfu} disappointment—a deep chasm, right in her path, between her and the . ‘trees; and which had hitherto been hidden from her sight by high bushes | fringing the edge. | The chasm was too wide for her to leap over. She turned and stood at bay—her back to the abyss, her face to the lion. There seemed no hope now. Death was both before and behind her. : The lion paused as she turned to-' ward him. He uttered a growl of triumph, then crounched for- the fatal spring. e '

The mother strained the child closer to her breast. To descend to the depths ~of the chasm was preferable to being torn by the lion. There was no time to lose. In another moment the tawEyfbody would come swooping upon er, ‘ - But now a quick,” wild thought—a mothers’s inspiration—flashed through her mind. Under the armpits she clasped the child and raised it high above her head, so that the bleeding scratches on its white flesh were fully exposed to the lion’s view, o The sight roused:to the :fullest extent the uncontrollable desires of the savage animal. - - With a smothered rpar he shot up from the rock, his huge form cleaving the air with one ‘tremendous bound for the child. That was what Mrs. Benton had waited for. By elevating the child, she had induced the lion to make a high spring; and now, with her little one, she quickly sank flat on the rock, thus eluding the monster, which, uttering a long roar, was carried head foremost out of sight into the frightful gulf. : ' Nearly senseless from fatigue and excitement, Mrs. Benton and the child were soon conveyed to the ship by the rejoicing friends, who next day left far behind them the place of that ex‘citing scene of a mother’s peril and timely stratagem. '

‘Hints on Shopping. It is poor economy—or rather no economy at all-—to purchase inferior fabrics because they are cheap. Persons in liniitéd circumstances often commit this error. If a calico at ten cents a yard looks about as well as one at twelve or fifteen cents, the prudent purchaser will often think it economy to purchase the low-priced goods, As it is low-priced, she may indulge in a yard or two more for ruffle or bias folds, flattering herself that cheap ornamentation is an equivalent for fine quality. This mistake may be seen permeating the entire wardrobes of many sensible people. The result is simply this: “They never have anything of really. good quality, are always shabby and always buying. None’ but rich people can afford to buy poor goods. This rule applies to all sorts of goods—muslins, cloths, carpets, and table linen. We grudge the time we see women spend in making nup muslins of low grade for underclothing. There are so many stiteches in a shirt. And 'when it lasts one year instead of two, as it should, there is just twice as much work done as need be. Better make three shirts of a fine quality of muslin than six of a lower grade of muslin. Just so in flannels. A fiftycent all-wool Shaker flannel will wear two or three times as long as a flimsy cotton and wool stuff a few pennies cheaper. .Especially in' a family of children, fabrics should be chosen for service, that when made up they may descend from one child to another, thus saving the mother time to stitch into her brain a little embroidery of thought and culture. A few rules in regard to shopping itself may be in place:. First, have a list of articles to be purchased made out in black and’ white. By this you will be saved from sudden temptation to buy what is not really necessary, and forget nothing that you require. Second, deal only with merchants in whose business integrity you can confide. - Third, in the long run one always does better to buy - at one and the same place, than to run about for.the purpose of hunting up bargains. |A regular customer can often get favors denied to an occasional purchaser. Fourth, never buy what you do n’t want simply because it is cheap. i :

SUNSTROKE.—“About a year since,” writes a correspondent, “I saw in a newspaper an account of a case of sunstroke, written by the party himself. After suffering a long time from the attack, and having to a considerable degree recovered, he experienced suffering even from the rays of the moon. This led him' to the reflection that it was not altogether the heat of the sun that produced prostration. After much research he discovered that the injury came from the chemical ray. He, was guided to this by observing the fact that a photograph could not be’ taken through a yellow glass. Accordingly, he lined his hat with twolinings—one of erange yellow to arrest the chemical ray.— Thus prepared, he went where the rays of the sun were most intense with perfect impunity, It is-well known that the negro is seldom or never sunstroke. The color of his skin over the skull being of orange yellow may assist in accounting for the fact. I practiced upon this sugﬁestion last summer, lined my hat ‘with green and orange yellow paper, and had confidence enough in the truth of the theory to neglect my umberella, which I had néver done before. I mentioned it to many, who tried it also, and in many cases that came under my observation they uniformly asserted that the oppressive heat of the :gt’x’ upon the head was much reliey-

AN INQUIRING SUBSCRIBER IN ! DANBURY. A MAN VISITS THE EDITOR TO FIND “WHO PRINTED THAT PIECE.” He came in with an interrogation in ocne eye, and with a stick in one hand. One eye was covered with a handkerchief, and one arm was in a sling.— His bearing was that of a man with a settled purpose in view. . “It was to see,” said he, “the man that puts things into this paper.” We:- intimated that several of us earned a frugal livelihood in that way. “Well, I want to see the man which cribs things out of the other papers—the fellow who writes mostly with Shears, you understand.” - | - We ‘explained to him that there -were seasons when the gifted among us, driven to frenzy by the scarceity of ideas and events, and by clamorous ‘demands of insatiable public, in moments of emotional insanity plunged the glittering shears intoourexchanges. He went on calmly, but in a voice tremulous with suppressed feeling, L and indistinct through the recent loss of a half dozen or so of his front teeth. o ‘Just so, I presume so. I don’t know much about this business, but I want to seethe man that printed that little piece abeut pouring water down a drunken man’s spine of his back and making him -instantly sober. If you please, I want to see that man, I would like to talk with him.” ;

Then he leaned his stick against our desk and spit on his. serviceable hand, and resumed his hold on the stick,-as though- he was weighing it. After studying a minute, he added in a somewhat louder tone: ] ’ “Mister, I came here to see that ’ere man. I want to see him bad.” . We told him that particular man was notin. L @ - : “Just so. I presume so. They told me before I came that the man I wanted to see wouldn’t be anywhere. I'll wait for him. Ilive up North, and I've walked seven miles to converse with that man. I guess T’ll sit down agnd wait.” - . He sat down by the door and reflectively pounded the floor with his stick, but his feelings would not allow him to be still. e b “I suppose none of you didn’t hever pour much cold water down any drunken man’s back, to make him instantly sober, perhaps, ' e

"~ None of us in the office had ever tried the experiment. » “Just so, I thought just as likely as not you had not. Well, mister, I have; I tried it yesterday, and I have come seven miles on foot to see the man that printed that piece. It wa’n’t much of a piece, I don’t think; but I want to see the man that printed it, just a few moments. You see John Smith lives next door to my house, when I’'m to home, and he *gets how-come-you-so every little period. Now, when: he’s sober he’s all right, if you keep out of his way; but when he’sé drunk, he goes home and breaks dishes, tips over the stove, and throws the hardware around, and makes it inconvenient for his wife, and sometimes he gets his gun and goes out calling on his neighbors, and it ain’t pleasant. “Not that I want to say anything about Smith; but me and my wife don’t think he ought to do so.” He came home drunk yesterday and broke all the kitchen windows out of his house, and followed his wife around with the carving knife, talking about her liver and after a while he lay down by my fence.and went to sleep. * I had been reading that little piece; it wasn’t much of a piece, and I thought if I could pour some water down his spine on his back, make him sober, it would be more comfortable for his wife, and a square thing all around.: So I poured a buckef of spring water down John Smith’s spine of his back.” Well, said we, as our visitor paused, “Didn’t it make him sober?” Our visitor took a firmer hold of his stick, and replied with increased emotion: “Just so. I J%l‘ppo_s_e it did make him sober as a Judge in less time than you could say Jack Rodinson; but, mister, it made him mad. It made him the madest man I ever see, and Mr. John Smith is a bigger man than ‘me, and bless him, I never knew he was half so stout till yesterday, and he’s handy with his fists; too. I should suppose he is the handiest man with his fists I ever saw.” _ “Then he went for you, did he ?” we asked innocently. : “«Just so. Exactly, I suppose he went for me about the best he knew, but I don’t hold no grudge against John Smith. * I suppose he ain’t a good man to hold a grudge against. I wanted to-sée the man who printed that piece. I feel as though it would soothe me to see that man. I'want to show him how a drunken man acts when you pour water down the spine of his back. That’s what I come for.” Our visitor, who had poured water down the spine of a drunken man’s back, remained until about 6 p. m, and then went up street to find the man that printed that little piece.— The man he is looking for started for Alaska last evening, for a Summer vacation, and will not be back before September, 1878.—Danbury News.

Safe Test for Coal Oil. & An exchange says that the most effective way to stop the:.sale of dangerous oils and burning fluids which are so destructive to life and property is to educate the people. The testis so simple that it is in the power of every one. It has often been published, yet “there are thousands of people who have never heard it. You will benefit the people by repeating it often. The test is as follows: Pour a small quantity of oil out upon a saucer or a tin plate; apply a lighted match; if it ignites immediately or even before the fire touches it, let the oil be returned to the vender as unsafe. , Good safe oil will not flash, but burn slowly when the lighted match is dropped into it, and the fire is extinguished as soon as the match is removed. If the people will subject their oil to this test and use only that which stands it, accidents will be rare. ¢ i et~ AR Is Your Wife Nervous and Fretful? { This is certainly very wrong of her. No doubt she will plead her thousand and one cares and vexations, but all| that certainly .gives her no right to disturb her lord’s peace and coinfort. Let me whisper in your ear. I thinkl can suggest a scheme that ‘will make her ashamed of this irritability. Try upon her the tenderness of the honeymoon. Don’t think to make her happy with a brocade or a new carriage; but when you come home, bring with you her favorite flower—show her in a hundred ways that she is in all your thoughts. This is the medicine that will cure her. Try love in large and repeated doses. It is a specific for many of the worst complaints among | our wives.—Dio Lewis. - o

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e eißoo o Everybody complains of hard: times —everybody. but office-holders and bondholders, : 4 it o Farmers arehardapl " 0o 0o Mechanics are hard up! .=~ - Workingmen are hard up! What shall be done that the people may get relief fromoppression? =~ - Keep in office a horde of thievesand ‘plunderers who have 'spent, years in stealing from the people, through the Credit Mobilfer, i ia Wi i ' Go annually tothe polls, and vote for representatives who enact outra_geous tariff laws to swindle the labor‘ingj the consuming classes of the country, and to -still'more enrich the already wealthy and aristocratic manufagturers, .. voo AR - Vote for Congressmen who are in favor of class legislation that exempts the'bondholders from taxation and all the burdens of government, while .it more than overloads the labor of the fand: - . o o s Hurrah for the President who ‘connives with. Wall street thieves to plunder the people through speculations both disgraceful and dishonest. Continue to elect a manto the Chief Magistracy under whose administration .million:-upon millions of dollars have been lost by defalcations of his officials, and who pardons these defaulters as fast as they can be caught and: convitted. - el O ‘Elect men te your:legislatures ‘who make it a ‘business to sell themselves to-the first capitalist who comes along with Smoney enough to pay for them. Laboring men have no money to- pay for legislation to protect them begide the moneyed interests of the country. Keep up the little- joke of electing men to Congress who vote away “the public domain to. vast and wealthy corporations, thereby endangering a landed aristocraey in this country as bad as any thatis'known in England or Ireland, i e e

- Important Decision.. " - - A case lately went to the- Supreme Court from Scott county involving the validity of a note given by a.farmer to a patent right swindlér, in which there was no consideration.. The note having been sold to aninnocent purchaser, the court below held that it was commercial paper. and. must be paid. An appeal -was taken to the Supreme Court, where the judgment was reversed. - The defense, as set up in-answer to the defendant. is a little stronger than usual. We quote: . “The substantial facts averred in the third paragraph of-the answer and proved on trial, are‘that the appellant was induced by the fraud and: circumvention of the payees of ‘the noteiin suit, to sign his name to such a note, when he honestly: supposed and -believed he was writing his name on a blank piece of ‘paper. to ‘enable the payee to see how his name was spelled or written, and that the appellint did not, after he had signed his name to the note, voluntarily deliver the note to the payees, but that the same. was wrongfully and forcibly taken posses: sion of by the. payees, -and by them carried away against the consent and over the objection of the appellant.” Now that the courts indicate a disposition to protect the unsuspecting from the patent right sharpers, it ‘would be well for brokers and dealers in commercial paper to be more ciicumspeet ‘in buying ' such notes -of strangers, unless: the drawer of the note is first consulted.——Sullivan Democrat. St i Al S

How to Keep Cool. 7 © Stew around as much as'you ean before breakfast, Find fault with your wife. Upbraid the help, and jaw the children. eihan SRR Don’t permit yourself to be suited with the morning meal. " =un 0o On reaching your place of business, fume around - because some: trifling thing hasn’t been attended to.. Make it warm as.you can- for your partner, and he will probably reeipro= cate by making it warmer ‘for:you, Run out every half hour and get a drink, - b iniina s s bl e Along about the middle of -the day, chase around after delinquent creditors, the more cases the'better.. - ¢ Swearalittle . Foit i oy Growl about the heat. . Work yourself into a lather trying to get a full day’s work out of your men. Wipe your face vigorously with your pocket-handkeérchief every two ‘minutes, . . S e Get into a disputeon polities, - Write dunning letters.. .-~ - = . Drink some more, == & % Go home to a cold dinner and have your wife make it ‘hot-for you.. =~ .~ Kick up a quarrel with a neighbor.. Mobe, growl, swear and drink until bed-time, spend the night fighting musquitoes to save expense of .a musquito bar. If by following the above rule faithfully you-are ungble to keep eool,” your case ighopelegs, . 4 oo s

s Rooteßeer e One of the best drinks for this hot weather-is one called root beer. ;It is in universal use in the East and has been for half a century. It cﬁngbe mrade as Pollows: oo i si o Take spruce boughs, - black-birch bark, sarsaparilla, winter-green leaves, sassafras; yellow-dock, and dandelion roots; boil all together in a large ket-: tle, with a handful of hops. and two quarts of wheat bran;-and two quarts of molasses. . 'When boiled enough—two hours or so—strain through a sieve, cool, and add a pint of yeast. If not very sweet to the taste, add more molasses. Let it ‘work over night, then bottle. Secure the corks tightly and it will foam well. = The same can be made in larger quantities, and put into a fifteen gallon cask, and worked from the bung-hole for a few ‘days, but it will not foam so well:as if botGe s D If some person would engage in the manufacture of this reot beer for sale there is little doubt it might be made a profitable business. - ‘But if this is Hot done, it could be made by any good house-wife, with a-little assist~ ance. : s iee e R e

The Western Union Telegraph company has adopted:a new. scliedule of charges, by which -a uniform system of rates has been adopted, causing a material reduction in the former tariff, The average reduction amounts to about 83 per cent. The new schedule went into effect ~on the Ist of this month, . - o il mtei

“WHAT'S -the matter ' with - Augustus?” asked one friend of another.— “He’s gone ‘insane!” “Bless mel how happened: that?’: “Why, you see, he parts his hair in the middle, and the other day he happened to get five more hairs on oneside than on theother, and the_inequality overthrew the balance of his brain - - =

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e e st et bt bttt sttt e .. Brethren, Let’s Go for ’Em, | - We have a word or two to say to the “rural roosters” who control the country newspapers. For our especial benefit, the metropolitan dailies pressed upon Congress last winter the law abolishing ‘the free transmission by ~mail of newspapers within the counties in which they are printed. They , succeeded, and we are reaping the ° benefits of their voluntary and disin‘terested efforts. We have now an opportunity of doing them a similar favor of a thousand times greater magnitude—of advocating a measure of economy and reform beside which ‘the imposition of postage upon country newspaperg is a matter of no importance, There is no good reason ‘why the Government should not enjoy the monopoly of ‘transmitting in the mails-all the newspapers and periodicals published in the country passing “over mail routes; and if we will exert our united influence, we can secure the passage of a law to that effect. Previous to and during the session of the next Congress, let us press this matter upon the attention of oury Congressmen, and if we. fail at that session, let us, during the canvass next: . year, demand Qf every Cohgressional aspirant a pledge to advocate this. measure if elected, before giving them. our. support. An exhibition of the combined influence of the country press will have a salutary influence - upon 'politicians and the people at large; and if we should possibly fail, our labors will-not be entirely wasted. Brethren, let us hear what you have . to say to this proposition.—ZLawrenceburgh Register. v : =

' “Kequire® 2504 ' The present use of the distinction . “Esquire” ¢onveys not the remotest - idea of its origin or appropriation, in past ages. The esquire originated in chivalric times, when the sons of gentlemen, from the. age of seven years, werebrought up in the castles of superior lords—which was an inestima= ble advantage to the poorer nobility, who could hardly otherwise have given their children the accomplishments | ‘of their station. - From'seven to fourteen these boys were called pages or valets; at fourteen, they bore the name ‘of esquire. Théy were instructed in . the management of arms, in the art of horsemanship, in exercises of strength and activity, so as to fit them for the- - and battle,and the milder: glories of chivalrous galantry. Long after the decline of chivalry the word esquire was only used in a limited sense;for the sons and peersiof knights, or such-as obtained the title by reason of some other legal means.” Blackstone defines esquire to be’all who bear offices of trust under the crown,and who are styled esquires by the King in their commission and appointments, andbe- i ing once honored by the King with the title of esquire ‘they have a riglyt. to that distinetion for life. i

;. Paste This in Your Hat. . Here are a few items of information known to some but to a great many yet to be learned: ; How to lay off a square piece of: ground: gMeasure off 20815 feet on each side, and you will haye anacre within an inch, ! * Contents of distances—An acre containes 4,840 square yards. ‘Measure of distances—A mile is 5, 280 feet, or 1,760 yards in length. A fathom is six feet. A league is six miles. e A day’s journey is 3314 miles. A cubit is two feet. ~ ~A hand (horse measure) is four inches. e . - A palm is three inches. ! A span is 1014 inches. - A ‘space is three feet. 3 ¢ "~ A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. . A barrel of pork is 200 pounds. . A barrel of rice is 200 pounds. : A barrel of powder is 25 pounds. . . - A firkin of butter is 56 pounds. | - The following are sold by: weightsper bushel: ** : : ot ot . 'Wheat, beans, and clover seed, 60 pounds to the bushel. } geal *Corn, rye, and flax seed, 56 pounds. : Anecdote of King William. " The German Emperor, while visiting a village, was welcomed by the schoolchildren of the place. After making them a speech, he took an orange from a plate and asked: “To what kingdom does this belong?” “The vegetable kingdom, sire,” replied a girl. The Emperor took a gold coin from his pocket, and holding it up, asked, :¥And to what kingdom does this belong?” “T'o the mineral kingdom, sire,” replied the little girl: “And to what kingdom do I belong, ‘then?” asked the Emperor. The little girl colored deeply, for she did not like to say “the animal kingdom,” as he expected she would, least -his majesty should be . offended, when a bright thought came into her mind, and she said with radi--ant eyes, “To God’s kin%dom, sire.’— The Emperor was deeply moved. A tear stood in his eye. He placed his hand upon the child’s head and said, most devoutly, “God grant that I may be accounted worthy of that kingdom.”

lia Cure for Ague. | . *A new cure for ague, ‘which originated *out West.” It is simply to ‘crawl down stairs head foremost.— “Laugh at the idea if you please,” remarks the inventor of this novel remedy, “but do your crawling first, you, can then afford to laugh.” Justas the chill is coming on, start at the top of -a long flight of stairs, and crawl down on, your hands and feet, head foremost. . You never did harder work in your life, and whﬁn you arrive at the bottom, insteadsof shaking you will find yourself pufling, red in the -face, and perspiring freely from the strong exertions made in the effort to support ‘youiself. Try it. It: won’t cost near as much as quinine or patent medicines, and if it fails, it will only do‘what they do every day.—Elkhart Reprew,. 2 ; e,

:A Tornado in Cass. i We hear that a frightful storm .of wind, thunder, lightning and rain, passed- over' portions of Mason ':ﬁnd Porter townships in Cass county,Mich., on Monday night (14th inst.) last. In some places terrible hivoc was made among the forest trees.by uprooting and breaking off the tops, and-in many instances fences were leveled to the ground and shocks of grain were scatfered over the field. The storm was “also unusually severe farther east in the vicinity of ‘Constantine.~Elkhart Ontoln, =0 o % - “Mary, my a'ea,r.” said a doting husband to the lady that owned him, “ifl turn Mormon and marry another helpmate, she shall be a Mary, too, for your own dear sake!” “Be content with one Mary, my duck,” said the loving wife; “in my opinion, another would be merely a supersnew-Mary.”