The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 August 1873 — Page 1

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CITIZENS’ BANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to,check .without notice. | : J - ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. CERTIFICATEs ofDEP(st’l‘s issued with interest. MON Evéoaned on long or short time. NOTES discounted at reasonable rates. . ORDERS for first-class securities executed on commission, . : AWENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. INSUIiMNCE POLICIES written in first-class comanies. EXCHANGE botht and sold, and drafts drawn on‘all the principal cities of Europe, AGENTS for the Inman line, G Hamburg Line, White Star Line. PASSAGE TICKETS gold on all the principal seaixlorts of Europe. % ERCHANTS’, Farmers’ and/Mechanics’ accounts, solicited, and all business.transacted on liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26

Lake Shore & Mich.South’nß. R. On and after August 3d, 1878, trains will leave A Stasions as follows:- % ; : GOING EAST : i ° Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc, Ez. Acéom. Chicag0.........920 am...; 535 pm.. . : Elkhart...... .. 115 pm.... 950 ce.o. 00 am G05hen,......... 131 et 10 sb 26 Millersburg.... t 1 46 c.otioßs: - ... 846 Ligonier.. ... . 158 <O5lO 39 v 80l Wawaka....... 1209 ...11050 830 »Brimfield...... 1217 . ~.11058 woy 680 Kendallville.... 230 sl 18 +r4e 16 50 Arrive atToledos4o ....240am....1045 - GOING WEST : T01ed0..........1055 am.... 12 05am.... 445 pm Kendallville.... 230 pm.... 302 am.... 843 Brimtield ...... 12 47 eI 1T el 19,00 Wawaka....... 1257 © ‘...1325 sl 914 Ligonier......4: 310 veoed 399 ....£29‘ Millersburg.... 1328 v 1388 AT Q05hen.......i. 846 ... 41l .. #lOlO *Elkhart ... 000410 aaaBd o L 51035 ArriveatChicagoB2o ...: 820 .... 650 am *Stop 20 minutes forbrealfast and supper. tTrains do not stop. . Expressleaves daily both ways. Accommedat’n makescloseconnectionat Elkhart withtrains going Eastand West. { CHAS. PAINE, Gen’iSupt.,Cleveland. J. N.KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after June 29th, 1873, GOING WEST, : ' o Nol, No 5, No 17, No. 8. . FastEz. Afail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg.,.... I:4sam 6/00am 9:loam 1 80pm Rochester..... 2:soam 7 23am 10:23am 2 38pm A11iance....... s:loam 10 40am 12:50pm 5 08pm 0revi11e,,..... 6:slam 1 00pm 3:olpm - 7:o6pm Mansfield..... B:ssam 3 18pm s:o9pm 9:llpm’ ‘Crestline., . Ar.f9:2oam 4 00pm s:4opm 9:4opm Crestline...Lv. 9:4oam 5 55am 6:oopm 9:sopm F0re5t.........11°05am 7 35am 7 55pm 11:15pm Lima..........12:08pm" 9:ooam 9.15 pm 12:17am Ft Wayne.....i2:2opm 11:35am 11:50am 2 :35am Plymouth’..... 4:45pm 2:35pm 2:55am s:osam ‘Chicago /...... 7.50 pm :6 :30gm 6:soam B:2oam GOING.EAST. . Nos, No 2, No 6, Nod 4. / | Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEz. r()hicngo,.. +.... 8:l0am 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 ISam 6 40am F0re5t........ 4:oopm 5 oSpm 2 27am 8 10am Crestline . .Ar. 5:335pm 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 0rrvi11e....... 8 16am 9 20pm’ 6 37am 1 00Opm' A11iancé.......11 00am 10 55pm 8 ojam 2 25pm Rochester,..., 2 48pm ........ 10 40am 4 53p l"im")urg veees 4 00pm 2:2oam 11 45am: 6 OUp:

'Gr. Rapids ?Ind. and Cine., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time}'ard. Daily, except Sundays. To ta. ecgect June Ist, ’73. § : GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond ietic it o) . 1000 am 3 55pm Newhort, . auevi, oni ol 1030 £ dO9 ke Winchesteriiiis .i, FLIB " 185.08 Ridgeville, viiie i Idp " 588 Portland...iaiibo it -1217 pm 610 ** Decatur..siiliin il 2 136 * i Fort Wayne, D......... 745 am 2 30pm Kendallyville ... .. ... 904 s 547 ¢ Sturfiis...... ceogeess 1025 $¢ 510 ¢ . Mendon.....c..bi. .00 1110 ¢ 547 Express Kalamazoo ............1210 pm 6 40 * - 800 am Monteith sbwsedliecdbol LOD WY goo BaH Grand Rapid5........a. 230 ** 850 ‘% 1005 *¢ Grandßapids....%...d 255‘ 715 am 1015 * Howard City...i....... 522 * 919 ¢ 1919 pm Up. Bifi Rapidei....... 635 ¢ 1030 *. 180 * Reed C t{.............. RO 08 5008 (4 Clam Lake....i{....0.. 830 * 1280 pm 330 * Tarverse City.ca.cui.. e 610 * GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express Traverse Olty.cie. . ols 830 am Clam Lake............. 220 pm 500 am 1100 ** ReedCiti\;’.............. 348 ¢ 623 * 1248 pm Up. Bis apid5........ 420 % 655 ¢ 120 * Howar Cng.......... 680 N 0 ey g e Grand Rap1d5......a.. 740 1015 ** 430 “ Grand Rapids. ’ff 730am1130 * ° 440 * Monteith.:iciveis oot 858 o 100 pm 605 * Kalamazoo, A......... 935 ** 150 a 5 Mendon ....ili... L 1033 i Sturgis ceavvaaniend 0 82y ¢ Kendallville .:.........122pm | 943 £ F0rtWayneé............ 135 *¢ 1100 ** Decatur... ... ..15.005, 357 % Accom P0rt1and........ ... .. 409 ‘1 645 am Ridgeville .. /i .0 488 716 Winchester ... ... .....;503 % 740 ¢ Newport....oiil i b d 9- 4 830 ' “Richmond ....i .. i, 61595900 ¢ i Exprese traing leaving Richmond at 10 00 a m and Clam Lake at 220 p m stop all night at Grand - { | Rapids.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect June Ist, '73.| GOING NORTH, ' GOING BOUTH. Expr. | - Mail, STATIONS. @y ™i, £ 00. pm 800 am..Kalamazoo..ll 20 am 6352 pm 442 ¢ '845 ¢ __Monteith....lo27 ** 608 ‘¢ (a 0 ¢ AT Ay COATIGoORT 0 980 ¢ 58] 613 ¢ 1083 ¢ __Hamilton... 910:% 448 644 ¢ 1104 % Holland. . /.. 840 4 184 748 ‘¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 * 316 ¢ 834 ¢ 1255 ** .. Muskegon ~ 700 * 235 ¢ i 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, Axk the ticket agert:for tickets via “-PERU RRALIL ROAD. On and after January 1, 1872, two daily Passenger Traing will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday excepted: Day Express leaves LaPorteat 945 am wnd arrive at Indianapolis at 515 p m, The Night Express will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at 11 50 p m, and -arrive at Indianapolis at72sa m. 5 Woodruff’s New Imlxproved i ’ PARLOR AND ROTUNDASLEEPING COACHES, Always bn time. e BR, WADE, Gen’l Ticket Agent, IndianapolisCincinnati, 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 'No.B 580pm]1155m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 440 ** 1035 am .Nor. Manchester, 745 * 310 ** 415 ¢ 9355 ¢ . BtiverLake....Blo * 410 * 335 ¢ 850 ¢ .......Wardaw,.....850 ¢ 510 ¢ 3150 820 * o crleesbung. ... 910 ¢ 540 ¢ 156 1% 75000 Lol i Malord ~ 980 ¢ 1610 ¢ 238 % 700 ¢ [ . New Paris... 950 ** 685 ¢ 215 ** 700 ** ..dp.Goshen,ar..lolo ** 700 * 210 ¢ ..ar.Goshen, dp..1015 ¢ 140 i e ulEßart. Ll 1048 - Trainsrun by Cleveland time. = - A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. - FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RATILROAL The shortest and most direct route to Indianapolig, Close connection with trains on the Columbus & Indianapolis Railway at Muncie. 4 Departore and arrival of tramng at Ft. Wayne: ' LEAVE. ' l ARRIVE, ' Expre55......... 500am|Mall ............400pm Mn?1...‘.........1%15pm1Expre55.........945 hd ' - Dr. H. LANDON, LIGONIER, : e ;. INDIANA. Office second flogr Landon’s Brick Blogk, Nov. Ist, 187]. : HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, ¢ & 2 A ,;i‘ “/’5l/ f%rg i > % 7 N = - ‘ ’/f”w“ 5 e AL s & " ";?%'5 T,3 { 9 e 6/ i 5 ; ] A o LA : 7 - CORT VN NG g N BN s i 3 ; : L 2 oia M ‘/,.,;{, B 0 L T eBR R /sy hY4 W, my, ; | i B 7 w } N ) 2 Watchmakers, Jewelers, . ANDDEALERSIN Watches, Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! - Repairing neatly and promptly execnted, and Agents for Lflasru; & Morris’ Celebrated Lol pectacles. - oBi dm'mnac; & Fourth nrnq.‘aquc. b e '2‘l 8, 66

EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, : IT, O O B, Meets'every Saturday evening at their New Hall. J. B. SroLy, Sec. L. H. Greex, N. G. WASHINGTON ENCAMPM’NT NO. 80 ... T, Meets the econd and fourth Tnesdays in each . Month, at their New Hall. ; H. M. Goovsrrep, Scribe. W.K. Wour, C. P, . . A. MOYER, s : (Successor to W. L. An;lrews,) SURG EON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. I IQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the 4 painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted. Examinations free.: g@=Office, Second Story, Mitchell Block. gB-14-1y B P. W. CRUN, Physician and Surgeon, Ligomnier, = =~ = . Endiana. Office at resdience on Martin sl., near corner of Third. : soy i May 12th, 1869. . W. C, DENNY, M. D, Physician and Surgeon, : LIGONIER, INDIANA, - : Will promptly and faithfullyattend to allcalls n the line of his profession—day or night—iu own or any distance in the country. i . G, W. CARR, . Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, -~ - - - - - IND., Willpromptly attend all calls intrusted to him. Office on 41.. St., one dooreast ef the NATIONAL Banxre office. i 3-43 C. PALMITER, Surgeon and Physician, .Office at Residence. Ligomier, == = = 7-lndiana. ; L ALS.PARK EER, ME. ED., IHOMEOPATHIST, Office on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. -Office hours from 1010 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May 3, 1871 ; " G. ERICIKKSON, M. 8., Special attention given to the treavment of Chronic and Surgical Diseases. fiice hours from 10 o’clock A, M. 10 2 o’clock, . M. Offiice and residence opposite the Groes Houge. KENDALLVILLE.IND!ANA. June 1, 1870. :

S ALBERTK BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancipdg and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Morfgages drawn up, and all legal business attended 'to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, 4 : May 15 1873 15-8-3 JANMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court Uonse, : o ALLION: - < IND. 645 i, E. l(l\'lSlfllLY, 0 ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, @ = - [INDIANA. pg-Omce in Mier's Block, 7-2 L. COVERLL, Attorney-at{Law & Notary Public, , LIGONIER, INDI/ANA. Office, over Benzel Brotners’ new Harnese Shop, Cavin Street. .

- D, W. GREEN, Justiceorthe Peace & Collection Ag't usticeof the Peace & Callection Ap', Office with Dr. Lianond, second floor Landon’s: : Brick Blogk. . LIGONIER, - " INDIANA. 9 J. M. TEAL, : 9 B N L=, Corner of Mitchel) and State Sts., AMOM block east of Post Office, rcom T over the Kendallvillie Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. 1555~ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 8, 1871, | i . C. WINEBRENNER, :.1 Y ’ Honge, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, Qrainer, Qlazier and I’apm'Jlwngev’, . Ligonier, Indiana. - #&~Give me a call befure letting your work, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every instance. [vBnl A. GANTS, | Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. G . .és prepzl;red ‘ | F e |to do anything ;tfff_ : . in thei;"ljilue. A . J e ' succesful pracA ’g\\% === | tice of over 10 R sew=e SSS i ol Yors justifies (‘%‘Zfi‘ 5 wfi"f,“?_'gf?%f; . h]im ilil sayiug N @E S 5 — == S 8 that he can i B ng«fi #@2 giveentiresatAT WY ,‘ ~fi isfaction to all, S SRR who may be." stow their patronage. 8# Office one doornorth | of Kime’s, Cavin St. ! ‘

PHILIF A, CARR, . AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms maxierate. Orders may be left at/the shoe storeof P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 i ; . TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, : - Laporte, Indiana. V. W. AXTELIL, . o Proprietor. Laparte, April 5, 1871, L CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We sell Mr. L. SHEET‘S’»Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of = the Grape. - SACK BROTHERS. | Ligonier, July 38, '71.-tf :

: STOE AT TELE . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. 'NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. & M. S. R. R. De&mt, and four gquares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princi&m] business houses of the city. Traveling men and gtran« crs will find this a first-class houre. Fare $2 per finy:’" & J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14

C. V. ENEKS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 ' .

H. R. CORNELIL,, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which bas facilities for making 9, 18, 36, or 72 pick tures, al} at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-clags work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall. Thefoilowing are the prices: 7 Pictures for&l 00. 16 . Wi e i B 0 32 o 8 e 800 70 . 8 ii i AO, PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! - Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15,1871,

" JOHN GAPPINGER’S : HARNESS, SADDLE, And Leather Establishment, Has heen removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new ~ Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Block.) KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA: The highest price paid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and the trade supplied with Leatler, Findings, &c., at lowest figures. o April 6th, 1870,-49,

: 2 1G O sBP Nty ACADEMY B T i TUITION FROM $8 to $lO PER TERM. Circulars containing full information may be obtained by addrem%HN . HO AN, Sec’ S g j] Ligonier Tnd,

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HOW. THE VOW WAS KEPT. ‘lt was Saturday night. Ido not know that every woman devotes this remnant of the week to mending, but Mary Matthews always did. Crowd her work each day as she might, there were never any moments left in which she could sit down to that basket of holy things and devote herself to the contents, save on Saturday night, and then because the work Zad to be done, it was done, though sometimes the poor little woman was so tired she scarcely knew how the task was aecomplished. Its completion,however, she would fully realize, and if Jbhn Matthews, her husband, were sitting before her, she would look up brightly into his face, no matter how full of weariness ‘'was her soul. When the basket had been more crowded than usual, and the weekly work consequently greater, this little woman was wont to creep over to the silent man, as the last amendment was lain onthe table, and rest the dizzy head on his great shoulder, smoothing his hard, coarse hands, and caressing his shaggy Jbeard lovingly; oftentimes, on'such occasionis, she would glance furtively toward his countenance for a—well—if the truth must be told—l think it. was the smile of a loving heart that ‘Mary Matthews’ eager heart strove to discern. You term the last act foolish, perhaps; for you think that such a sentiment should lopg ago have been outgrown; you declare that a woman of her burdens anil responsibilities should be above any such “exhibition of weakness,” by the very dignity they confer upon her. - I can not call such an action foolish, or even weak, though I can and do wonder that such tenderness as Mary Matthews manifested toward her husband had not, in the years of the latters’ indifference, become calloused,-hardened, beyond the power -of loving smiles to soften.— Still more do I wonder that, as she realized the barrenness of the soul upon which she showered her caresses, she could continue te expect, oreven vainly hope for, any sympathetic return from ‘a quarter in which there was such a dearth of anything like it. Ah, the love of woman in its greatness, its fidelity, in the muech -which it can absorb, in the little upon which.it sometimes thrives, is indeed wonderful! It is to be cherished, to be admired, to be reverenced. Don’t ever call it foolish, or term it weak. . ;

| John Matthews was not an unkind ‘ man. At least he did not intend to be, if he ever had any intentions at all.— | IHe loved his wife, his family, in his ' way, but his heart was no - more‘capable of ministering unto their spiritual ‘needs than lis hands of providing for their temporal wants—apparently they were of the sante material, both ‘failing in the functions for which they. were designed. He was ambitionless ; to manage to live “somehow or other,” was the extent of his aims, so far as ‘the getting of money was concerned. It is needless to say, therefore, that a very small portion of this world’s goods fell to his share—ay! very little indeed; but he never seemed troubled or anxious. And as one after another “little’ responsibility” was added to his family flock, he put forth no extra exertion, and felt no added care, apparently; he lived up to his motto, and managed to exist. e managed, did I say? Ah, it was his wife that did that. It was her slight frame that bore the double weight, when the half was sufficient to crush any ordinary woman. It was shewho contrived, she who made everything go twiceas far, as it was originally | destined ; it wassMary Matthews, who planned and planned until her brain grew giddy with the whirl of thought, while John walked lejsurely down thestreet to his work—he made crochet. needles—or sat by the stove in the .evening, reading or spelling, as he felt inclined. © Ie was a'patiént man, he scldom complained. But would he have been justified if he had,;and was it to his credit that he did not? No, to both. ; S e

There was an unusal amount .of work on hand this Saturday night, and Mary Matthews glanced at the basket, and then at the clock, and looked very doubtful as to whether her task could be accomplished in the given time, yet, the manner in which she immedi“ately went to work indicated that she was resolved at least to make the endeavor. And as this little woman sewed, there sprang up after her, little patches upon garment-land, growing there as though never to be uprooted. And where baby’s little toes had gone -through his socks and out into the wide, wide world, the mother placed delicate wicker-work to keep them in. Archie’s little feet had backed out of “his stockings to boot, but Mary Matthews heeled the gaping injury, and with her surgeon-like needle skillfully united the ratw edges that mortification could not result therefrom. In. the husband’s .hose, the wife barred and cross-barred all the unlawful openings, till it would have been difficult for light or cold to have entered by those means again. Then Myrtle’s Sundays dress was taken down an inch or-two that it might not feel so much above her, and the waist to .Sads'e’s frock was eyed till it promised to rever flinch from duty again. There were only fifteen minutes ere tlie, clock would strike twelve, but in ten of them this persevering woman liberated a dashing little butterfly from a brown silk chrysalis, and in the remaining five folded up the evening’s work and laid it aside. Then she looked up to Johy, who sat near by, giving him a smile of affection—requiring only one in return to cause her heart, tired as it was with the week’s hurry and worry, to bound for very joy. But a stretch and a yearn was all that he sent back across the wave of light that flashed over at him. Ah, had he but sent a smile her woman-heart would have made so much of it; she would have seen it in more than his nature could have possibly felt; appreciation, sympathy, love—for you remember she could make alittle go a great way. It would have: been to her asweet blessing, she would have rested upon it all the coming week, and have placed it as compensation against every dissappointment—+John smiled upon me”—*John thinks of me’— “John loves me.” But as it was, he only saldvhe was tired, and glad she was through for the night. And the weary woman, with an unsatisfied longing in her soul, a eraving in her heart for sympathy, caught up herbaby from the cradle, and hugged it tightly to her bosom, kissing its fair face again and again, Baby was asleep, butits clumsy little fist opened wide of a sudden, and the tiny hand clasped it~ self around the mother’s finger and would not let go. It was a very little thing for a baby to do, but it (illlleered the lonely heart wonderfully; t| ehaggard look left her countenance, and a warmer hue succeeded. You call her foolish again. and say it was only an

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accident—that ndemotion stirred the baby-heart of the slumberer. Perhaps you are right, my friend, but I love to think that the God who has hidéden from the wise: what he has revealed unto babes, sent comfort to the mother through the child. Anyway, I know that his blessing rested upon them that Saturday night in the long ago. - i

: CHAPTER IL. . : It was in the early winter. Baby Matthews was wrapped: in his warmest flannels, but somehow they did not keep out the cold. At last, before night came on, the little fellow who had worried all the day, began to breathe very hard, and gave palpable evidence that he was/ sick. Mary Matthews feared her boy was attacked .with croup and wanted ‘a physician summoned. -But the father of the child said he would be well over it by morning—it was nothing—and he didn’t believe in doctors. He was correct in the first particular, for ere 'the straggling rays of light penetrated that little bed room, baby Matthews put up his little hands in great pain, and the Savior looking down upon the suffering 'child, had compassion upon it, and took it up in his arms and healed it. FEarthly eyes pronounced it dead; after that, and so the treasure was buried in the ground. It would be doing injustice to John Matthews to say he did not miss the little thing, though I do not think he ‘mourned. He could labor all day and 'mever feel his loss till he entered his' home at night, but with Mary, his wife, it was different. In all .her work had the little face been associ--ated; kneading her bread she had watched the baby on the floor, that. no harm might come near. In washing her dishes she had handled them gently that the sleeper might slum-. ber; when baby cried out from any cause, there had always been a song ~on her lips to quiet him! Whether in her arms or out, the care: of the blessing had been in her every thought. Was it strange shen that the motherheart ached—that it cried aloud in its grief, though there, were other§ left to be cared for? Ah, no, it was but natural, for none but baby ecan fill the empty place in the ecradle. The little wonian did not give up, however. She toiled early and late, and de-. voted herself still more to the children that remained, praying thad God would:spare them to her lonely heart. But, finally, there came-a time when Mary Matthews took a rest in her work ; a Saturday night when the bas%et of mending was filled and unemptied; when the clock ticked .on and no one took heed of the passing hours; . whep silence was in the kitchen—wh& every room was dark and desolate—when the house seemed ready to fall.g The little Matthews with scared faces stood around helplessly ; they couldn’t begin nor end anything without mother. But Mary Matthews was on her sick bed and never gave them a thought. ler -tired ‘hrain was occupied with other things —strange pictures, wild-fancies, confused thoughts—such as these hot, raging fevers bring, 'when they go to one’s head. The neighbors, God. bless them, did all they could for the sick woman, the physicians preseribed their most subtle doses, and John Matthews, well fitted for the vocation, watched night after night. L

‘Weeks passed. It was Saturday night again.. The basket of mending was filled to overflowing, but it remained untouched — undisturbed.— Mary Matthews still lay upon her. sick bed; John Matthews stills watehed by her side. Not in vain had the husband sat by the side of his wife all these days, nor had he listened to her ravings for naught. Mutterings of a crazy woman, others might have termed them, but to John Matthews they were terribly significant. However strange and wild her fancies, her one cry had always been the same, as worn out she would sink exhausted among the pillows. It was a cry for sympathy, for love, arery full of yearning—so hopeless—so sad—oh, how' colud it but touch his heart, how could it but speak to him over and over again, the one word neglect, which he had shown toward Mary Matthews—the woman whom he had promised, before God, to love, ay, to cherish, as long as they both should live. And she was going to die now, the neighbors said so; the doctors gave no hope. Was he to be released from his contract justras he began to realize what love and cherish meant? He looked at her as she lay there in stupor. e saw beside her pale, thin, caréworn face, another—roguish and ruddy; a girlish face, with full, plump cheeks, and pretty, laughing eyes; a dear sweet, oval face; and the border-land above the merry blue eyes was smooth and white, not a’line of trouble written upon it, nothing but soft, brown curls wandering where they would.— It was the countenance of his Mary when he first called her his little girl wife. She was seventeen then, and now she was—he counted up to see—yes, she was thirty now; they had been married just thirteen years. Her beautiful hair was full of silver-gray now; her features were sharp; her cheeks hollow: her eyes so sunken—a little, faded tired out woman, 'there she lay. Oh, how old she looked.— “Mary, oh, Mary,” he murmured, “and so young!” He took her hand in his —what a hand for a woman! How the joints were spread!! How discolored the skin! What had becone of the fair little hands, ‘with the dainty fingers, that his Mary used to have ?— And then something within him whispered, “She lost them working for you —in lovihg and ' cherishing you.”— Yes, she had toiled ‘for him early and late—she had laid down her life in his service—her part of the contract had been nobly fulfilled. What had he done for her? Had he given her a fortune? No; he had spent what little she brought him.” Had he given her love? Doubtful.. lad he comforted her when discouraged ¥ No.*—, Had he borne her burden when it weighed heavily—had he ever said, “Never mind, Mary, such and such a trial is hard to endure, but we’ll share it together.” He could not recall an instancé. Had he ‘ever read dear, precious words to her as she sat sewing and darning for him?: Not once. As he had come ‘home night after night through the years, had he been wont to tell the little woman, who never left home, what was going on in the outside world? No. - And when by a hot stove the little flushed face had watched his favorite dish that it might not burn, had it ever oceurred to him to thank her? Never! What had he done for her any way—in what way had he cherished her? : Oh, a chill ran through that iron fréine, ag: the man answered that question in his Lieart—as he admitted to himself that his wife, Mary W&; had travel: ed the rough path of life, unassisted, unsupported, unappreeiated, uncher-

ished, had gone on her wa¥ lonely and “sad, eraving and praying for sympathy which he had withheld. And John Matthews groaned, as well he might, and hid his face in his hands, while the tears trickled through his fingers, as he thought upon the past whieh he could not recall, of the suffering woman before him who lay at death’s door, and whom he had refused to cherish. : ~ He started! He thought he heard Mary’s voice. Yes! she was in her right mind! She knew him—she was ‘beckoning to him. He leaned toward her and brushed the tears from his eyes. “John,” she whispered “dear John,” and that was all. Soon a¥ain she murmured, “To-morrow will be Sunday—my work is all done.” Then her weak, trembling hand sought his face and she tried to stroke his beard, as she had done weeks before, but her strength failed her and it feil back upon the bed. A Dbeseeching look came out on her countenance, her eyes —faded eyes—glanced eagerly at him —and the white lips twitched and trembled. He interpreted the expression of longing; he read the cry her featares uttered; it was a sorrowing heart that spoke to him, it was entreating him for a lit¢le love. No need to beg for it now, love! had suddenly become very plenty—mno need that she should ever hunger again. For a moment she looked at him anxiously; he was overcome with emotion; he tried to speak, but his throat was choked; he tried to answer her with a smile, but he could not eontrol his face, and the tears blinded -his eyes so that he could not see. And thus the little woman went on her long journey, unblessed with the knowledge that she was loved, appreciated, cherished—at last. She made one more effort to reach his face with her hand and failed ; then, still -searching for c¢omfort, she died, whispering, “I'll go and wake up baby.” . Hours after, the neighbors found John Matthews, with his arms around the dead form of his wife, and he was kissing her cold face' again and again, and caressing her hands, wet with his tears. “It seems he really loved her after all,” they whispered to themselves. But the grief-stricken man was groaning to himself meanwhile, “Too late, too late, she is dead,. my Mary is dead!” et

English Coolness—How the Colonel Lost His Coffee-Pot. - Don P#att, in the Capital, tells the following story of an Esnlish colonel whom he met during the late war:— This Englishman had been fighting in ‘all sorts of wars, in-every part of the globe, for and against everybody and every cause. His cool disregard, of ‘danger, and the same ‘time his anxiety to get into quiet place and eomfortalle quarters, affordéd us infinite amusement, At the battle of Fredericksburg, Captain Myers, of the volunteer artillery, found himself in a very exposed position, where he was doing no good although he used due diligence, and fired away from his one battery in response to the concentrated fire of a dozen. Whilst thus engaged, and worried to see his horses killed, Colonel M. rode up. “Hawt work, Captain,” remarked the newcomer, reining!in his steed. ~ “Devilish hot,” was'the response. “Never saw such a day, Captain; I don’t like it, you know. I’ve been rather unfortunate. While crossing that blarsted I';\7(3l' I lost. me coffieepot. I've had that coffiee-pot all through India and South America, and now I've lost it. I don’t know what I'll do without that cofliee-pot.—” ~ ‘l’d like to know. what I'm kept here for; unless they want my battery destroyed,” interrupted the Captam. :

“Aw, Captain, I beg pawdon; that monkey of an Adjutant sent me here to order you out. The Geneal says you're doing no good here; better get out, you know.” ' b “Damnation, why didn’t you'give me the order? Tl've lost two men and three horses while youtalk about a damned coffiee-pot.” ' “Never mind, Captain; beg pawdon. I’ll help you, We'll soon get out of range of the beggars. But an old campaigner connot lose his coffieepot, you know.” ¢ Further discourse was interrupted by - shell that, exploding, blew up a caisson and tumbled all that was left of the concern down the declivity in the rear. Colonel M. extricated himself from a dying horse, and walking away, grumbled :. aie ' ~ “Most unfortunate day ; tost me cof-fliee-pot and now that horse, but the coffiee-pot. you know, I cannot replace that;had it in India and all over South America; most unfortunate.” e

- An Unexpected Desire of Infancy. - ; Letter to the New York Graphiec. Colonel Alexander, the President of the Equitable Insurance Company, and the father of all the children in Saratoga, tells this story about little Johnny’s artless innocence to-day: ‘See itty dackass, mamma, stan’in’ all loney in the picsur!” said little two-year old Johnny to his- mother. “Yes, dear.” ‘ “0, mamma, nursey been tellin’ Donney all about itty dackass. He ha-n’t.any mammy to make him dood, an no kind nursey 't all. Poor itty dackass hasn’t dot no Bidzet to dess him clean an’ nice, an’ he hasn’t any overtoat. yike Donney’s 't all. O solly, mammad? o & ; ~“Yes, dear, lam very sorry. Poor itty dackass! Dot nobody ’t all to turl his hair pritty, has he, Donney ? an’ he hasn’t dot no soos or tockies on his foots.. Dot to; yun an’ tick all day in e dirt. Tan’t ever be put to seepy in hig itty beddy 't all, an’—” “O, mamma!” interrupted Johnny. “What, baby ?” i “I wiss I was a itty dackass.” A (ST T T B 5 . Bleeding at the Nose. A correspondent of the Scientifié American says, “the best remedy for bleeding at the nose, as given by Dr. Gleason, in one‘of his lectures, is a vigorous - motion of the jaws, as if in the act of mastication. In the case of a child, a wad of paper should be placed in its mouth and the chid instructed to chew it hard. Of course an adult does not need the paper. It is the motion of the jaws that stops the flow of blood, The remedy is 8o very simple that maxig wlll feel inclined to lau&h atit,but it has neverbeen known to fail in a single instance, even in very severe cases.” Ee

© “WHAT do blood relations' mean ?” asked a five-year old of his mother. “Near relations, dear,” answered the mopheryiaae iy “The nearer they are the bloodier they are, ain’t they ?” “Yes,” answered the mother, carelessly. - i _ “Then you're the bloodiest relation T've got, aint you?” il

- LITTLE HENDRYX. Closing Scene of the Clerical Scandal. _{{From the Decatur Press.] ; | -The trouble brought about in the Christian Church at Greensburg by the “indiscrétion” (to use a mild term) of its pastor, Rev. W. B. Hendryx, has been settled, so far as the church is concerned, in such a manner as will restore harmony among the members and the congregation. Every statement in regard to this affair that we have seen or heard, implicates the reverend gentleman in something worse than imprudent conduct. To an unbiased mind his acts appear criminal, and . with .all the inquiries and investigations of the affair that have been made, not one palliating circumstance appears to excuse the heartlessness and wicked course of a “man who had dedicated himself to the special services of religion. Yet, strange to say, while there has appeared no defense for Hendryx’s conduct, yet he has been upheld by the ‘sympathy of many undoubted Christians of his flock, who are people of the highest moral standing in.theit. community, and between these and other members of the church, who denounced his duplicity, his double dealing, and his violation of the most sacred contract which a man can make, there arose a strife which was calculated to injure the church. When it is remembered, however, that. Mr. -Hendryx had been an earnest laborer in the Christian vineyard, an eloquent preacher and a man of spotless reputation, it is not so strange that so many of his admirers should:be slow to believe that he was culpable, or: that at most he was guilty of nothing more than an indiscretion. It was an evidence of the goodness *of their hearts that they did not readily give credence. to the scandal. But it was not only at home that Mr. Hendryx’s reputation at first sustained him.— Christians in this county believe him to be the victim of malice, and arrangements were actually made to secure his services for the ensuing year as pastor of the Milroy Church. Happily the idol has been shattered, and Mr. Hendryx appears in his true character. 1t is stated that he has agreed to make the only amends he can to the church for his violated trust, by retiring from the ministry and removing to another State, no more to disturb by his presence that peace and harmony he eame so near destroying. It was with reluctance that we first published an account of this wretched affair, which has been the scandal of Greensburg for weeks, but we felt that it was our duty to give the public the facts of the case as impartially as we, could obtain them. -We then supposed that the affair had developed its worst features, but as the details Jleaked out they reveal the reverend gentleman in a still more unenviable light. . As one story goes Miss Wheatly was an attendant upon his wife for some time prior to her death, and ‘while the poor lady lingered near the dark valley, she made Hendryx promise that he would give Miss Wheatly | her gold watch, after her (his wife’s) death, remarking at the same time, it is said, “you know then it will belong to you also.” Another story is that the dying lady made him promise to marry Miss Wheatly. Such things as these have been told by Hendryx’s“ friends, as a sort of excuse for him.— It was an effort to show that the marriage contract with Miss Wheatly, which he afterwards found it conven-ient-to dissolve, was merely made to please his dying wife. e

Good for a Fee. - Lawyers as a general rule, are good in securing laxrge fees, but the following, related to us yesterday by a well known Harrisburg business man, is a little out of the “common run.” The business man had an account against a customer in the Cumberland valley amounting to $45; and the debtor was perfectly good, excepting that he was dilatory, and often required his creditors to push- him before he would -pay. Accordingly the creditor in this case placed his account in the hands -of a well known attorney living in one of the flourishing villages of the valley, with order's to push things, which was done in true legal manner aid form, a settlement promptly had ahd payment secured: Some time afterward the client met his attorney at the Lochiel hotel, and was informed he had made the collection and was ready. to fork over. “Now is the time and here is the place to do it,” responded. the client. . Immediately the counsellor drew out a ponderous wallet, from which he took a $5 greenback, handed, it to his client, saying “There’s your money, sir.” “Is this all I am to receive on an account of $45 ?” inquired the client: “Certainly; you surprise me, sir; how arelawyers to live if they are not allowed fat fees?” ejaculated the'attorney, .as he turned his back in disgust for his illiberal client. This reminds us of a story of the celebrated attorney, Brewster, the father of the two ex-Attorney Generals of this State.. He had collected an account of $2OO for a Philadelphia merchantg@gand when his client called to learn the result of his suit, was told its success, and immediately handed $lO as his portion of the collection.— “How is this?” asked the merchant.— “Youdo not mean this $lO as all I am to receive.” “Oh well,” growled Brewster, who was exceedingly irate, “if you want to play pig on me, here’s another dollar,” dand then coolly informed his client to “leave, sir; my time is to valuable too cosume-in chattering with the likes of I;fji)u.” of course lawyers must live.—Pennsylvania State Journal: .

HoN. SlmoN CAMERON, when secretary of Warin Lincoln’s cabinet, made a vow that he would plant eorn in the streets of Charleston where the rebell-. ion started, How he kept the vow is thus given in his own words: “I did not forget that resolution, and when our troops gained possession of that seditious’ city I went there, planted the corn with my own hands in one| of the streets, engaged a man to attend to it and cultivate it, and to-day I preserved the fruit of that crop in my cabinet at home. I neverjad any doubts as to the result of the struggle, nor had I any scruples about using every means to accomplish that result in the shortest possible time.” o

A young lady, cousin to the editor of the St. Louis Globe, who has been attending: Vassar College, writes as follows to him: “We have a delightful time in turning hand-springs, summiersaults, and playing leap-frog. Bell Hastings can climb a thirty-foot greased pole in a minute and a half, and Nelly Stanley can turn a handisgrin‘g without making a single wrinIle in her clothes. I put a beautiful head on Mary Dodge in the boxingroom yesterday. 'We have lots of fun.”

NO& 18.

i . A Wonderfal Cloeki -.. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia:Press.} = SHAMOKIN, Pa., August 11.—Karl Ketter, a poor German miner ‘of the Excelsior Colliery, which is situated within a few miles of this borough, has. exhibited a clock here during the past week of a most remarkable character. He had been three years constructing it—the first two years at intervals of time, and the last year he worked at it ' day and night, scarcely, taking time enough to sleep and eat. THe '-be,'came’.‘ almost a monomaniac on the sibject. The clock was in his mind during his 1 waking hours and in his dreams at night. He occupied alone- . small - wooden - shanty, wherg he worked,. | slept, and cooked his food. ‘Whatever - sleeping and cooking he did, however, was but little. It is thought he would: have nearly starved but for the kindly interest which his neighbois took in’ him and his clock. They- took him food and encouraged him in his labors. The clock, which |was made with no other tools” than two: common jackknives, is eight feet high and four feet broad. Its frame isof the Gothicstyle of - architecture. It has sixteen sides and is surmounted with a globe, on top of which is attached a small | golden -cross. On the front of the clock there are four dial-plates; one | shows the day of' the week, anothér shows the day of the month, anothershows the minutes and fractions of aminute, and the other shows the hour of the day. These dials are carvéd in. a most unique manner, having emblematic figures upon them and around them of almost every imagindble de--seription. Above the dial-plates is a semi-circular gallery,extending around . about half the width of the- framework of the clock. Immediately in front, in the centre of this semi-cireu-: lar gallery, is'the carved wooden figure of our Savior. At the ends of the gallery, on either side, there: is' a small door opening into the body of the clock. Over the door, on. the righthand side of the clock, as you stand facing it, is:an eagle." Over the door, on the left hand side; is a chicken: cock. Twice a day—that is, at five minutes past twelve at night—a sweet: chime of bells begin to play, the small door on the right-hand side opens, and the small wooden figures, admirably carved, of the twelve apostles appear and walk out slowly and gravely in procession, Peter in the lead.- Advancing along the gallery until they get opposite’ the figure of Jesus, each in turn, except Judas, slowly turns around and bows his head to the Master, then recovers his former position.; as Peter does this the cock crows.— They continue to advance to the other | side of the gallery and enter the small’| door on the left. AsJudas (wlio is in the rear), with his right hand shield-: ing his face and his left hand clasping the bag which is supposed to contain the thirty pieces of silver, comes in ful view of the coek-the cock crows again. 'By a simple arrangement thisprocession can be made to come out and *pass around the gallery at.any time desired. On pedestals, at the ex= treme corners-of the front of the clock, are carved wooden statutes of Moses and Elias., In the rear are-two obelisks of the Egyptian style, upon which are carved hieroglyphic characters to fepresent the ancient period of. the world’s history. The clock , will run thirty-twe hours without' winding:— | Mr. Ketter, who is a native-of Freiburg, in Baden, is very proud-of his ‘workmanship. . He can scarcely bear | to be away from it long enough to eat his meals. He has been offered $lO,000 for it. Mr. Ketter says he has | often heard of the celebrated elock in Strasburg, Germany, but he never saw it and he has no knowledge of how it was constructed, neither has he ever | had any instruction in mechanism of | any kind. - T Ramn AT en e

‘ A House Built'ina Day. The newspapers of Lancaster, Penn-: sylvania, contain an account 'ef the building of a brick dwelling: house in that city in'ten and a half liours, the materials’ having been prepared and collected on the site previous to the commencement, ‘The house is 20 feet by 30 on the ground floor, two stories in hight, and contains eight Yooms.— There were in all upward of 100 workmen employed. The cellar foundation was already laid, and at precisely 6 o’clock Friday mdérning the men went to work. ' The FEwzaminer thus describes the labor: Mr. J. T. Reading, photographer, was present with ‘his apparatus, and took views ‘every five. minutes of the building and the workmen while in motion, whig¢h of course, produced some ridiculous pictures—men, white and colored, in alimost every position, are to be seen represented. At eight o’clock A. m. ‘the structure was advanced to the hight of one story, with two: floors—ground and second—llaid, partitions in and lathed and partly plastered; doors hung, stairways up, and .a view takén with the Doctor-in the midst of his workmen. The scene is a busy and comic one—the bricklayers ‘erecting scaffolding for the second: story; 10 o’clock A. M., view taken 'of the western front on Prince street;-. second story brick-work, two-thirds-up, with carpenters ready to lay floor, and plas--terers commence lathing; western: front painted and brick penciled of first story, and -masons run short of brick, and then some delay in consequence, but it was remedied in a short while. At 11 o’clock, A. M., the brick-. layers are up to square of ceili_{ng,fc;r-j third floor, with corners raised to the . height required to receive the rafters for roofing. Tinners. waiting. The process of white-coating is now about: completed in the first story. At 11:18 A. M., first rafter for the roof laid. At 11:11 the last brick was placed tpon the chimneys, and the bricklayers are done. Roof sheathed ‘and tinners begin to lay roofi(rl;g.‘ * At 12150, scaffold- . ing all removed from building; 2:80 P. M, sash in windows of first story and painters finished up, wash-boards. down and rubbish cleared away. At this writing the tinners are leaving the building; roofing and spouting completed. Plasterers still at work' in the second story. The building has been insured, and, in. the eourse of a few hours, will be ready for a tenant.

OUR STATE EXCHANGES call atten- i tion to the second section of the amended road law which reads as follows: . “Sec. 2. Each supervisor of each road district shall, on the lagt Saturday in September in each year, make a full report, under oath,. of‘ his proceedings, showing the names of .all persons liable to or who have performed labor on the roads in his district, the amount of commutation money received, who received from, and the amount of money received from any and all other sources, and how the same has been expended, and .afiali&j pay such balance to, and file such report with the trustee of his township onthatdey~ = .. . ol

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. ThelShah of Persia. 3~ (From the Harrisbyrg Patriot.) e . Who can‘explain‘the reason why the Shah was so feted and honored by the ‘people of France? Everywhere, from Russia to- Paris, he was the recipient .of ovations such as are deserved only by the foremost men of the world.— This man has never done one thing to “entitle him to consideration. He is a -barbarian, who has passed his whole: Jife in alternations from licentiousness ‘to oppression. There isnot in history ‘one single deed of value to his credit. “He is not a warrior, statesman, diplcs ‘matist or politician. He is not even a benefaetor. e knows nothing|of _science. He has contributed nothing to the world’s happiness ‘or prqgress'; “on the contrary, within the limits of his .sovereignity, he has done everything in his power to incréase the burdens of his people and to impede their advancement. *He has not one single merit, while, on the other hand, he ‘has all the vices and indecencies that his brutish nature is capable of containing. . s * He has not the one-thousanth part the worth of Brigham Young. The™ latter is just aslicentious as the other, ‘Put he has-planted a great colony, and ‘Has shown himself a sagacious leader. “and is, to-day one of the foremost-—in ‘many important respects—minds of the age. And yet, if BDrigham Young ‘were to visit Europe, he would beian object of universal ridicule’ and cén‘tempt; he who has more power and | -man-like qualities in his little finger than -the other polygamist has in tl}e whole of his effete body. e ~ There seems no other explanation of all this than the lackey-like qualities of people which lead them to worship rank, “irrespectitive of the human frame upon which its ensignia are displayed. . / S ‘ : The Projector of the.Wabash and Erie . L Canal. d - “Hon. John Coburn, in a recent ad.dress before a pioneer meeting at Mooresville, Ind,; gave the following - “serap of personal history: e T venture now to say that not one man in a thousand in our State can “tell who it was that projected the Wa--bash-and Erie Canal, and got the first ’:gl'fii_lt of ‘public land for it through Congress,jand whicly, by the way, is the beginiring of our mational system of T;h’md grants. That man died in a vacant room in the old market house. in - Vineennes a few years agoe; without a - friend. near him to minister to- his ~wants, and in great poverty. He had long been in publie lifé in our Legislatureand Cohgress,and wasan eccentric man of eonsiderable learning and geniug lis name was John Ewing:. He rests, as I am informed, without even a stone to maxk his grave. Such is the fate of him: who marked out the true ~water line from the lakes to the Mississippi. 'When the canal had been compléted, and boats were running upon it from Toledoto Terre Haute; John Ewing visited Lafayette, and coming suddenly in his walk upon the bank of . thie canal, observed the names of many prominent men, younger than himself, . upon the boats. He looked carefully at the names of all, and disgusted at not finding ‘his own, broke out in bitter complaints at the forgetfulnessand ingratitude of the people who could, not'even name a canal boat after the man who hadoriginated the work and secured the construetion. :

'FHE great variety of cholera specifies now being offered all .over the country, and the diversity of views ‘which seem to prevail amgng the medical schools ‘as to the best mode of treating it, remind one of alittle story.” “A: doetor was once called to see a blacksmith who was said to have the cholera. He preseribed . for ;the patient and left him. Next day he was glad to find him much better. and con-gratulated-him on the excellent work of the medicine. The patient said he ‘had not taken it. “What then did you take ?” said the Doctor. —“Why, apple dumplings,” answered the blacksmith. Thereupon, the Doctor made a note, “apple dumplings, good for cholera.” Soon after, he was called upon to atténdifhL -carpenter with the same dis‘ease, and he ordered apple dumplings. Next day this patient died, so that the -Noctor noted in his memorandum, “Apple. dumplings good in cases of “cholera for blacksmiths, but death to carpenters.” | : : ; i St Sod G ‘. THERE is at least one point of difference’ between the Democratic party ~and-the Republican party in the matter of the salary steal. The Democrati¢ party has, denounced the offenders among -its. ranks without stint and ‘without exception. The Republicans speaks of its chief offender in these words: - “We reaffirm our confidence in President Grant, andin the wisdom, integrity and suceess of the administration of his high office.” Grant re‘ceives ten times as much from the. salary advance as any other. sinner against economy and thé public vir‘tue, and, owing to his position, Has a responsibility attaching to him in this matter ‘in about the same proportion above any Member of Congress. Grant’ alone might haye prevented this depletion of the Treasury; instead of doing-,ithat he urged and caused it.— And the TRepublican .party in Ohio formally praises his “wisdom, integri--ty and success "—Cincinnati Enquirey ! : .

Bisnor GLOSSBRENNER of the Unit- | %d Brethren declines to be made a -Doctor of Divinity -by the Otterbein University. . His reasons are worth. recording. - He does not discuss the question whether it is proper to confer such titles on the ministers of Christ. ‘But if #O, he thinks that these doctordignities should be given to men of gualifications of a much higher order, intellectually and morally, than he -makes any pretention to. - We admire the: Bishop’s modesty; we have no doubt he is a géod man, and we think - that he puts his refusal upon the right ~ ground. If ‘a clergyman be distinguished for his mastery of the science of divinity, the title of doctor of that kind is proper enough; but the double Dis getting’ so cheap and common that it stands a chance also of becom--ing ‘meaningless.—New York -Tritune. D Gy o

. Interesting to Administrators. . The Treasurer of the United States ‘has made the following ruling, ‘which it will be well for administrators to - take notice of, . In order that'administrdtors may colléct interest in the name of the decedent, they must send with power of attorney authorizing an attorney to receipt for and receive the interest, a certified copy of their letters of administration.. This letter ‘will be filed in the office of the register of the treasury, and will answer at any time the administrators should ‘wish to sell or assign the stock, -