The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 April 1874 — Page 1

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CI'TIZENS’IBANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice ADYANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on loag or short time. el YOt Es disconnted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for frst-cluss securities executed oncommis=sion, A ENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. INSURZANCE POLERES writien infirst-classcom-panies. - . 5 EXCHANGE bought and sold, cand drafts drawn on all the principal cities ()}Ellrnp('. : AGLNTS for the Inman fe, 1 ! ; flamburg Line. § PAassiad TICRETS sold on ail the principal seaports ot Barope. o i HANTS, Farmers’ aind *ech:uncn' accounty <olicived, and all business transacted on liberal Lerms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind ,-Oct. 23d, IRT2.-26. Lake shore & fich.South’n R. R. Ui tnd after december 14, 778, trajos will leave © Stadione ar follows: GOING EANT : : Sp. N Y. He Atle. Kz. Aceom. Cirliengo, o, aci 080 I C B EDDIL . Ellchart Lo e rt2aBping. o 860 cw. 420 am Foasien. il 4.0 10 ..,./lqfiv in!ivfirimr;:' oo bey L 1626 B 8 Ligonler . i oot 84 e 139 sBO Wasvnkn. 0o oo bE 8 Ssl 087 z Brimfeld...... T of e Tang . aB, . 11;-;1:1:\1!\'111(‘....‘Jl() R S 0080 Arrive.atToledo 595> +... 24vam. ... 1000 S . S GOING WEST: . Coledal . .. oia 12 I pm.. 21145 pm.. .. 430 pm Kopdallville ... 33) pm..J.'310am....-840 Brimteld .... .]L ¥i4B 3N 000 Wawaka......, 1355 va e3O 86 Lo Ble . Lig0nier......... 404 iy 7980 Millersburg.... tgls ... 1405 i 980 G05hen......... 480 iiee 223 1010 Bllkhart, ... 408 )&8 . 1035 ° Arriveat Chicago 9 20 el vesyTlbam tTraing do not gtop. Kxpressleavesdaily both ways. Accommodat'n makescloseconnectionat Elkhart with trains going Eastand West, CfiAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J.N.KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. - ' e Pittsburg, Ft. W.& Chicago R. R. From and after December 14, 1873, ‘GOING WEST. LNOI, No 5, No 7, = No, 3 e astEx. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:lsam " 6 00am 10:00am 2 15pm Rochester..... ---.... 7 30am 11:20am 3 25pm A11iance....... s:4oam 11 Ooam 2:3opm 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 ddpm 4:23pm 7 50pm Mansfield:.... 9:2fam 3 J6pm 6:2Bpm 9 55pm Crestlime...Ar. 9:soam 4 00pm 7:lopm 10:25pm Crestline...[iv.lo 10am 6 00am 7:45pm 10:35pm Forest. . .......11°33am 7 40am 9 30pm 11:59pm Lima..........12:30pm B:ssam 10.50 pm 1:08am Ft Wayne..... 2:55pm I]:soam I:3oam 3:25am Plymouth..... s:o4pm 2:45pm 4:olam 6:osam Chicago ....... 8,20 pm 7:lopm 7:3oam 9:2oam GOING EAST, . : : NoB, . No 2 Nosé, Nod. Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEz. Chicago....... s:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..... 9:26am 12 10pm 9 10pm 2 22am Ft Wayne....l2 40pm 2 35pm 11 30pm 5 50am Lima.......... 3:oopm 4 2lpm 1 38am 8 (4am Forest .. ... ... 4:2opm 5 22pm 2 45am 9 30am (restline ..Ar. 6:lspm 6 50pm 4 20am 11 15am Orestline ..Lv, 6 15am 7 10pm 4 30am 11 30am Mansfield ..... 6 50am. 7 87pm 4 57am 11 58am 0rrvi11e....... 9 13am 9 29pm 6 40am 1 58pm A11iance.......11 20am 11 10pm &8 35am 3 40pm Rochester..... 210 pm ........ 10 42am 6 02pm Pittsharg ..... 3 30pm 2:2oam 11 45am 7 10pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4, 5,7 and R, daily except Sunday; Nos. 8 and 6 daily.

Gr, Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. - & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To take effect March Ist, 1874, | GOING NORTH. Expresg., Express. Accom. Richmond .. ioiiiviiie 1010 am '3 50 pm Newport. s vivediadsi 1038 ¢ 420 ¢ Winchoster . ..o & ; LER S 805 10 Ridgeville: . .ooi i 1146:*¢ 1531 ¢ Portland. .. .ol vty 1215Hm 600 ¢ Dacatiur. . ovoiiiciiiie 381 Fort Wayne, D......... sooam 2R2ipm Kendallville ... coceavi 016 10 0d 03 ¢ | 51,urfi15...... Ciheesin e 08T S 0 B2] Mendon..-.....iiviai ol 37 & 600 ¢ K#1amaz00.............1215pm 655 * Montelth . ..ol L 4 ¢ 2352 ** Grand Rapid5........a. 240 ** 915* ‘; Grnuangids........d gUIc ¢ 9928 am "Howard City. .icci.co . 51288 111109 ¢ ‘ Up. Big Rapids...oopoo 619 &8 1241 ' | Reed City......... 0. 662 V. 129 '* - Clam Lake . ._... 00000 880 ¢ 845 pm ;['l‘nwelse Oty..coiivi iy ! 640 * ! GOINGSOUTH. . Express Express Express " Traverse Olty. .. iiioly . 730 am Clam Lakeiil..o 008 500 am 1105 1{ced()itfi.............. : 627/ 12 39pm -Up. Big Rapids.... ... 701 145 l[()wara City. ..o iiiis NRO6 0925 U Grand Rapids......a.. 1010 430 5 Grand Rapids. .....d.. 725am1110 * 435 % Monteith..L..oope i WGE WSO pme 600 2 Kalamazoo, ...... 5. 986 & 125 ** G4O *¢ © Mendon ..., ..o a 2 il 1042 5 750 5% : 5tur%i5................1123 ks 836 ¢ Kenda11vi11e...........1242pm 989 f RortWayne....coioiil las 2 1116 ** + o Decaturoc. e i 9l Y Acoom Portland. ..o . caiis 416 = 650 am Ridgeville ;... oo ciipes 448 8 710 : Winchester .. ... ... 0 500 *8 1742 ¢ Newport..... .o il 48 @B3O ¢ Richmond ', ... . 2.0 615" 900 * . Express trains leaving Richmond at 10 G 0 a m stop all night at Grand Rapids.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, 'T3. GOING NORTH. 0 BOUTI, - Expr. - M'fxli[l. STATIONS. (I}k‘::x? ]{lx:lil. 350 pm 8 10am..Kalamazoo..i1 20 am 645 pm £33 0 Lgßh e IMonßteith., 1027 & 5066 515 * 937 ¢ L A(IEORD 0 DBO 5R N 605 * 1083 ¢ CRamiiten ot 910 4498 637 ‘% 1104 * ..H011and..... 840 Y 4085 748 * 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ** 306 * ga4 ¢ 1255 ¢4 .. Mnskegon., 700 & 225 g F.R. MYERS, GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent (incinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Mme 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 ¢2spm]2oom a...:.Wabash... 1700 am 130 pm 340 * 1040 am .Nor. Manchester 750 ¢ 230 * 325 ¢ 1020 ** ....SilverLake....Bl7"* 315 % 230 ¢ 905 ‘¢ ......War5aw,.....9056 % 425 ¢ 210 - 820 .. Teasbarg 01035 * 500 -} 150 ¢ 750 % ... iMilfordy .. 945 0 530 ¢ 126 ¢¢ a 0 ¢ L INew Paris. 1005 ©* 550 = 105 ** 700 ¢ ..dp.Goshen,ar..lo2s **. 620 * 1o .ar Goshen,dp..lo3o }* 12 30¢ ... .E1khart,.....10557 Tiainsrun by Clevelandtime. ! [ A.G. WELLS, Sup't. 1568, BVER AND FAR 1874 EYE AND EAR. '™ PDR.C. A. LAMBERI, : ey (LATE OF ou;omo,) OCULIST and AURIST, 11 GOSHEN, INDIANA. Prs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, Office over Wilden’s Bank, GOSHEN, - INDIANA. " Calls from a distance promptly attended to. : P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, { Ligpnier, « = = . Indiana. Office at resdience on Martin gt., near corner of Third. * : May 12th, 1869. . D.W.C, DENNY,M.D., Physician and Surgeon, { LIGONIER, INDIANA, Will promptly and fajthfullyattend to allcalls . ‘in the line of his profession—day or night—in town or any distance in the country. B G, W, CARR, : . Shysician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND. Willpromptly attend all calls Hitrnstedto him. Office on 4th Bt,, one door east ef the NATIONAL Banxzroffice. 3-48 . - e ee e e _..__. o _..’},_,,__ C. PALMITER, ‘ Surgeon and Physician, . Office at Residence. _Ligomier, = < = - Indiams. A.S. PARKER, M.D., "HMOMEOPATEHIST, fiice ? Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet, Office hours from 10to 12 A. M., and -2 to 4 ». M. EENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May'3, 1871 ; L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Harness Shop, : ‘ Cavin Street. - ; o E . JAMES M. DENNY, Attormg and Counsellor at Law. . & " Office in the Court House, . ALBION, - - - - ‘- IND. &1% 1 N HOGREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. ~ LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block.

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1. E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - - INDFIANA. E£-Oflice in Mier's Block, . L e ALBERYT BANTA, | Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and ali lezal business attended to promptly and accnrateiy. Office ovér Strans & Meagher’s store, May 15 1873 15-8-3 D. W. GEEEN, : . 5 ’ ’ | Justiceof the Peace & Collection AL, Offlce with s Laudoud, second floor Lavdon’s’ : Brick Biock. . LIGONIBR, . INDIANA. 9 % .A, MOYER, “tSuccessar 1o W lf. Audnz,\\'s,) : SURGEON.DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. I (QUID Nitrons Oxide Gas administered for the 4 .painles2 extraction of teeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. gg Oflice, Second Story, Mitchell Block. 8-14-1 y _ 7 R . DENRIST, _ L Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., i@one block east of Post Office, room = over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. s3¥~All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1871, ee e e A, GANTS, o Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. 2 ¢ Is prepared g e ’\:‘ to doanything A e intheirline. A oo } succesful prac£k B 4 n;"’f;‘;‘*’j—" vice of over 10 oo et ase T e years justifies b "::\'f’- himh in sayiug ¥S S eRS e e Sual g B E§; that he can oon o mEll eey giveentiresat- : v 74 isfactionto all . AT who, may bestow their patronage. 8 Officeonedoornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. . i :

e e e eet e PEIILIR® A. CARR," . AUCTION ERR, 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

() K YES !—All you farmers who have gales to i cry will do well to call on JOSEFPIH S, POT'TS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land cranberries. Office at the Agriculture Store of G. A. Brillhart. 42-6 m CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We gell Mr. L. SHEETS' Wines.. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. e SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf TGEO. M, SHADL & CO., CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. , Shops at~-Randolph’s Saw and Planing Mill. Orders solicited aud satisfaction guaranteed. 8-2 ocov.iiNEs DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, "AND BUILDING STONZES . ; LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 H. R. CORNELL,, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior qual: ity. Having purchased one of the great American | Optical Company’s MULTIPYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for making 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a-trifling expense, within thercach ofall. Thefoilowing are theprices: 7 Pictures furgl 00. 16 sy SRaai eao 180, B 68 ¢ a 0 300, 70 $e eet TR PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! . Ligonier,lnd., Nov. 15, 1871. '

T 1 BUCKEYE POULTRY YARDS OFFER FOR SALE, EBEGGS forHATCHING From the following varieties of Pure-Bred Land and Water Fowls, at $2.50 per Dozen: Dark and Light Brahmas; Buff, Black, White and Partridge Coching; Brown and White Leghorng; White and Silver-Gray Dorking ; Plymouth Rocks; Houdans; Black Red, Earl Derby, and Pile Games; Kouen and Aylesbury Ducks; Teulouse and Bremen Geese, i ¥ I warrant one half of each dozen Eggs to hatch, if they do not I will replace them at 50 cts. per doz. Send Stamp for circular. ° Eggs sent C. 0. D, if desired. Address, : ISAAC LYNDE, 44-Bm, ..~ ° . Marlboro, Stark Co., O. - BININGER'S GLD LONDON DOCK &IN. Egpecially designed for the use of the Medical Profession and the Family, possessihs*‘those intrinsic medicinal properties which belong to am old and Pure Gin, . 2 Indispengable to Females. Good for Kidney Com-| plaints. A delicious tonic. Put up in cases'contaiiiing one dozen hottles each. and sold by-all drug‘giste, grocers, &c. A, M. Bininger & Co., estab-i-‘isheil 1787, No. 15 Beaver Bt., New York. 271 y For sale by Fisher Bro's, Ligonier, Ind. Al il TEEGARDEN HOUBSE, Laporte, Indiana. : V. W.AXTELL; '+ ¢ . Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871. - N STOP AT TEIE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ~NEW COMMODIOUS'THREE STORY BRICK ‘ Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. 8. R. R Deé)ot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princ‘l&ml basinesshouses of the city. Traveling men andstraners will find this a first-clags house. Fare $2 per fiay. i J. B.KELLY, Propr:etor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 M L el A New Hand at the Bel- : - lows! oS . ' : WOuLD respectfully announce to his FRIENDQ and the public in general that he has started in business on his “own hook” at the well-known e McLEAN STAND, ON CAVIN STR., . and has now on hapd a large assortment of Table and Pocket Cutlery, Best silver steel Axes, $1.50, Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper and Brass-Ware, and all . other articles nsually found in a i First-Class Tinware Bstablishment. - Stove FPipe : Made to order and kept on hand. épecial atten tion given to roofing, ,sponting.«\ &c. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, But always as low as can be afforded bf straight - forward dealers. Give me a call. Qect. 16, '7B-25tf : JOHN ABDILL.

OBSTACLES TOMARRIAGE. 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 anfi remarkable remedies.— Booxks and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes, Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Street, Phl]a.del‘phia, Pa.,—an Institutien having a },‘f“ reputation for honorable conduct and professional skill. [v6l3-Iy] M. C. WINEBRENNER & CO., HOUBE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. Ligomier, - - » » Indiana, Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. Aa-Give us a call before letting your work, and we will gnarantee satisfaction, 8-1. c,B-47-Iy.

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Phee Written for the National Banner.’ A TEMPERANCE STORY. Lo Ay A g e “Just this once, for my sake,” and the gay, beautiful girl held up the glittering glasses, filled with sparkling wine. “Just once, Fred,” she|repeated, while she still toved with the elegant glasses. There was an unnatural expression fmf Fred Matthew’s face, as he looked at the 'fuir girl before him. A careful observer could have seen him, almost nervously, look at the wine, theén at the girl who was tempting him, only he kn_e\\" how sorely. I;‘;m' a moment his better self came to liis assistance, as he said: - ’ [

“llave vou forgotten a year ago tonight, May, when I fell below the level of the heast? -~ And how after that I resolved for your sake, and my patient mother’s, as well as my own good, to never again taste the poisonous cup ? I signed the pledge, and have kept it thus far,: But I blush to tell you that at times T could searce control my appetite for Qlat which well-nigh became my ruin. ' And yet, after all these months, you tempt me to take just one glass for your sake? Oh, May!” and the manly form fairly quivered with the strain upon' his moral, and we wfill'say physical, temperament.

One would think after this a woman -would dash the cups to fragments, but ‘May was almost wild with excitement, and shall we, must we confess that this same ruby, sparkling wine had been freely indulged in during the day, when her father’s house had been thronged with men preud to do her homage? Oh,the ‘open houses! who shall estimate their crime? May was in no mood to moralize, nor even realize, so she continued: _ © “But, Fred, you know I will not let you have but one glass, and I do believe you really need it; you look so haggard and worn. The pledge admits of pure liquor for medicinal purposes, and I do insist that‘youmeed it, if that pale face and nervous hand is any index of physical weakness.” “Yes, May, I know I look ‘haggard, as you call it, but why? I cannot forget a year ago to-day, when I began the New Year with such stern resolves not to drink with any lady upon whgm I might call, But they urged me, as you do to-night, and I took ‘just one glass” That was enough to unbridle every hold upon my passion for the bewitching beverage. And what was the consequences of ‘just one glass?’ A policeman took me home, there to be wept over and prayed for by my mother and severely reprimanded by my father, and in disgrace with those very persons who urged me to my doom. To-day, when I heard the joyous peal of the New Year’s bells, I made a new resolve: that the day should be free from the first glass. I have made to-day over one hundred calls and have conquered every invitation to drink, and was céngratulating myself that I could meet you to-night with a clear head and pure lips. But after all these hours of temptation—and I cannot tell you how sorely I have been tempted—l come to you, and you, of all others, ask me to drink for your sake; but what of me?” | =

The young man drew bfdck, almost scornfully, for a moment; but the wily tempter conquered. ° o s

“Well, Fred, you know I am glad of all this, but the restraint has been too much upon you and you will surely be sick; just drink this and we will go to the parlor, for I do not teceive calls after this hour, and you shall not see a wine-glass againefor a whole year.”

She held the glass to his lips, saying lightly: “Now, for our health, our love and united happiness, all the year round,” and touching her own ruby lips ‘to the glass, she ‘drank; while Fred, forgetting all but the charm of her presence, drank his glass at almost a single draught. ‘May was somewhat startled, and hurried her guest to the parlor. For a while all went pleasantly along.— There was the usual flow of lover’s talk, for in the springtime she was to become his bride; and surely there seemed a world of promise before Fred Matthews and May Burton. But Fred soon grew less talkative, and upon being rallied by May, said he did not feel well, and bidding her’ good-night - much more formally than usunal, he started home. But the demon was aroused, and woe for the fair girl who so thoughtlessly launched him upon the mad waves over which, ‘for the time, he had no control. As he passed a saloon, brilliantly illuminated, one of his old-time c¢omrades stepped out and said:

“Why, is that you, Fred? Come in and take a glass; it is so cold it will do you good to-night.” ; Almost without a demur, he entered and it was not only one glass, but many, that he drank, and in the early dawn he started home, staggering as he went. He had just enough reason left to keép saying: “Well, she can 't say anything; it’s all her fault, for it was that ‘one glass’ that fixed-me.”

And so the new year began with 1 Fred Matthews, and who will answer for the breaking of that temperance pledge? He struggled manfully with his fate, and in view of his approaching marriage, .his midnight carousals were not spoken of, save ifi low whispers by the knowing ones, who said: “Well, it’s about what might be expected; he hasn’t-got the real stamina of manliness, and the faet of it is, he cannot say no.” - [ They failed to condemn the beautiful and bewitching sorceress who had

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almost compelled him to take the fatal glass, only to gratify a whim of her fancy. But will the tempter be held less blamable than the tempted, is a question ‘easily settled by every true man and woman of our land.

~ The springtime came ; and amid the glitter and show of fashionable life, Fred Matthews and May Burton were married. The months glided swiftly .and pleasantly along, and if Fred was sometimes a little dizzy and complained of a severe headache,May, with loving thoughtfulness, said it was caused by his too close application to business, and urged him tenderly not to confine himself so closely to that “dingy office.” But as the months lengthened into years, and Fred no lon%‘ér cared for his evenings at home, May conld not fail to see the “cloud no bigger than a man’s hand” looming up in the horizon of their domestic life. . :

But why trace the career of a drunkard? Professional story-writers can, and have done it so much better than I, as I do not profess tc deal In “beautiful rhetoric,” but shall give only the stern facts of life as they come to me, in my own matter-of-fact way. Five years had passed away, bringr_in'gz much of sorrow to May Matthews’ loving heart, as she saw her once noble, generous and loving husband. drifting out upon the fearful i.isea of intemperance. He no longer -petted her, as he used to in those early years. No matter how neatly she ‘dressed herself to receive him at night, he ceased to notice these little things, and never asked her to play and sing the songs he used to love so well. And if May suggesfed some music that she knew he onte enjoyed so much, hfe: in‘variably replied: “I cannot-stop tonight; I promised to meet a friend down town,” and he would be gone, without a look at the frail woman who loved him as her life. Business failures only made things darker, and he would strive to drown remorse in the cup wherein he had buried his manhood anéi tle happiness of all who loved him. * One by one, misfortunes crgwd upon him; he has lost all but the home which shelters them, and that belongs to May, secured to her only by her father. Fred had tried to gain possession of that, saying he could sell it and make another start in business. But May was inexorable, for well she knew the first “start” ‘would be to a gambling house, to try to gain more, while he always:lost all he invested. _ .

- He wanders gloomily, almost revengefully, about the door-yard, when some one comes to him and says: “May is very sick, will you go to her? She asked for you.” For a moment he hesitates, then slowly ascends to a darkened chamber, where he has not been in many a long day. The doorjis. carefully opened by the stern physician, who looks at Ered intently for a moment and, discovering that he is not intoxicated beyond reason, calmly says, “She is dying.” ' Benumbed as his senses are, Fred Matthews shudders at the words and advances more carefully to-the bedside. L

* “Is it you, Fred? Iknew you would come; you love me yet, don’t you, Fred? Say it once more, please, then I will show you what I am going t 6 leave you.” ) She lays back the blanket and Fred sées his first born, the almost exact image of the dying mother. The sight completely unnerves him and he sinks upon his knees, exclaiming: - ['“oOh May, you will not leave me: now! Live for my sake dnd our child and T promise before God to be a better man; to become worthy of your trust and love. Tell me, Doctor, she is not dying ?” i “Hush, Fred, I know it without his telling me. I have only a little time, and there is much I want to tell you. I want to tell you of the thorn that has pierced me all my life; that fateful night when I made you drink just one glass for my sake; that which has cost us so dearly—all the hopes and happiness -of our lives have been drowned in the wine-glass. Oh, Fred, will you, can you, ever forgive me for all this wrong? Tell me, Fred, quick; oh say that you forgive me,” and the dying woman almost raises herself up in her excitement and anxiety. The physician interposes, and for a while she remains quiet, watching Fred’s face, where feeling is fast gaining the mastery over passion. At last } she again says: | “Tell me, Fred, that you forgive me and I leave our baby daughter to your care, praying that you may be father ‘ and mother both to our darling; She will be a joy and a comfort to you as she grows up, but, oh! do not teach her to despise her mother, vile as I may have been. But, oh! teach her ever to shun every form of intoxicating liquors; tell her it was my ruin. Kiss me, Fred, and say I am forgiven;” Fred clasped his dying wife in his arms, and while his lips pressed hers and his hot tears were running over the marbled face of the oncebeautiful woman, May Burton Matthews pass- - ed over the silent river,leaving a penitent husband and new born babe to ' learn the lessons of life alone. For a while Fred wandered about as if in stupor, but the wail of baby May always brought him quickly to her side, and she soon learned to know and would cry for him if he left her awake. Not yet since the death and burial of his wife, had Fred touched a drop of the- damning stuff that had ,cost him so dearly, and as baby May grew and could call him papa, & new world seemed t 6 dawn upon him. ' Step by step, he retraced his fallen foot-

steps, and planted them more firmly and upon a truer and better basis of life. May grew like her mother, and sometimes a thought of sadness would cross Fred’s mind as. he watched his beautiful girl, who clung to him with an affection not often seen and was never easy when he was out of her sight. _ o

Thus the years passed along. Fred had slowly but surely l'égained his footing in the world and was prosperous. - May was his inseparable companion, indeed was the gui‘ding' and controlling star of their quiet home. Childhood and youth passed swiftly by, and May is eighteen. She is to celebrate her birth-day and in Ler “business talk with papa” she asked him if she should have wine among her refreshments. He hesitated and finally said no, when May, mother-like, insisted: I

“Why? Everybody has wine now-a-days.” o The tather waited a moment, then, drawing his daughter close to him, he told her the story of her mother’s life, and of all that her girlish freak had cost them, and concluded by saying: “No, May, I shall never allow you to put temptation in any one’s way if I can help it.”« ‘But he need not have said it, for May, already weeping as if her heart would break, kept sighing, “poor Mamma! poor,dear Mamma!”

And so May had no wine, and F¥red Matthews never again fell into the 'snare of the tempter. \ e ) < B —— THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.. Candid Opinion of a Practical Lady. Speech oerc. A. Rosenthal,at Ft. Wayne. LaApies:—l am here to address you in the cause of this temperance movement. Never having spoken in public before, and being no speaker, I hopé you will not criticise me too severely. I was here Monday evening, and my experience on that occasion was a very cold one, and I believe to most of yowladies,and also among the gentlemen. Mr. McNiece, being called -upon to address the ‘ladies, and give ‘them a few words of encouragement, remarked that the room’was too cold. After coming home and being warmed, I came to the conclusion that the reformation ought to begin with the ladies first. = : =

Wives and mothers, have you always made your home pleasant and attractive to your husbands and sons? Have you always had a pleasant face and kind words for them when they came home? lave you allowedthem td congider home as the most pleasant spot- on earth? Have you allowed your sons to receive company at home ? Or was it, perhaps, too noisy—too much trouble? ‘Or was it that your carpets and furniture might suffer, or, perhaps, your nerves were too sensitive, which compelled your sons to leave home and seek pleasure elsewhere ? Andthe consequence would be they would go to the saloons. sSaloons, as a general thing,are made plegsant,attractive and comfortable where these unpleasant remarks are not heard, which are rung in their ears from morning till night, as follows: “Stop your noise!” “Don’t be so boisterous!” “Do, for once, act the gentleman!”— Those are words with which they are greeted after'a day’s work. Is it really a matter of surprise that our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons leave home? I think not. It seems to me you all have ample means to make home attractive if you only have tle will. Let us, therefore, do our duty at home, for the old proverb says:

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

- Now let us examine the working classes that work at half and’ three quarter days, where they have to supply the wants of alarge family, (which you have not), where the wages of one month would not really buy one of you ladies a fashionable dress.— How do you expect that those women can make home attractive’ when the means are wanting? You will say that kind words and looks cost nothing. But when want stares them in the face, how can they look pleasant ? What is your duty towards them ?— Let me tell you in a few words: ILet us visit their homes, and let us examine the causes that induce their husbands to frequent saloons, as I must gay with regret, too often. Isitnotour duty to help them, we that have plenty of means? Give it to them and help them to make their homes attractive, and nine cases out of ten their husbands and sons. would spend their evenings at home, and, as a natural consequernce, saloons would be empty.

. You pill prescribers in the city that have signed the physician’s pledge, are none of you addicted to opium eating? Ladies, another cause which lies at our own door, and which drives sons, fathers and husbands from home to those very saloons, that we are so anxious to close, and still do our best to fill, is our : !

; EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS. When those enormous dry goods, milliner and dress maker bills are presented, and their own drafts at the bank to pay when due, i 3 it not enough to drive them to distraction and drown their anxiety in'liquor? Now, we will commence about our jewels.— Look how costly they are. You are not like the mother we read about in Roman history, Octavia, a lady of nobility, the wife of a Roman Senator, who being asked, “Where are your jewels ?” said, bringing in her children and pointing to them, “These are my jewels.” . . -

HAVEN'T ANY CHILDREN.

How many of you can boast of such jewels? In most cases one, two,. or, perhaps three, and a great many none. I will ask, “What is the reason?”— You will answer, “Because we are ladies of fashion.” Look at the foreigners, the Irish, French and German nationalities, your greatest opponents and only organized society against you. What does their pride exist in ? In having a large family. They are not corrupted by fashion. Go to the Cathedral at 8 o’clock, Sunday morning, at Children’s Mass, and see the children congregated there. : The Irish can well be proud of them. ILook at the different German churches and Synagogues. Isit not a glorious sight to see so many children? American churches, of different denominations, how many can you boast of? Very few indeed? You ladies of fashion, that are addicted to opium and arsenie eating, the latter for beautifying the complexion, go to these converted druggists and investigate which does

the most harm, liquor or medicine.— Ladies, if you keep on the way you have done for the last 25 years, in about 200 years from now the o

AMERICAN RACE WILL BE EXTINi : GUISHED e

} from the face of the earth. And what - will be the cause of it, really not liguor, but drugs. - - : I have used liquor at. various times in my family, in cases of sickness, but I have never attempted to make it pleasing to The palate with sugar. I gave it as medicine, the same as 1 ~would quinine. ' Ladies, you are under the impression that you are the instruments of the Lord. You are not.— You are the tools of scheming politicians. You entice young men (minors) to go to these saloous to get drunk soyou can have cause to prosecute them. Are you not teaching your sons to be spies? Are you not teaching your sons to be liars? The old proverb is, liars and thieves go hand in hand.— Really, quite a step to moralizing society, and at the same time you are teaching your sons to drink and to be drunkards. Forbidden fruit is sweet, and yet you senl them abroad to get them by fair means or foul. Are you practicing charity? Ladies, let me advise you, take all these things as I have placed them beforé you well into consideration. s _ LET US REFORM OURSELVES, ' let us lay our pride aside; go to the homes of the needy, distribute this money those generous men have.given to: you, and some solid advice and do not disgrace yourselves any longer, but ' LET THE SALOONS ALONE. - If you do this, mark my words, most of them would be empty. The consequence would be they would close without your help. : : . Then you coul(t say, “Behold, what a glorious reformation!” Another proposition I would’ suggest: = A great number of these saloon-keepers will be without means to supply the wants of their families. I propose that you will give them, if they are mechanies,: employment as such. No matter what they are, give them proper situations. These gentlemen that are in this great cause of ours will gladly help us along when you have done all this. 1o not stop and think you have done enough. Oh, no. Go and gladden their homes occasionally with your presence and make them feel that we are - all children of one father. Christ himself has said, “What you do to the least of mine, you do unto me.” ,

CHRIST HIMSELF ITAS GIVEN US WINE as a beverage, as the beverage of Cana shows us, where he himself converted water into-wine. Even wine was used at the Last Supper of the Lord. A word more to you, mothers. Raise your sons to be:-good, honorable and upright men, and your daughters to be. good and virtuous women, and do not let them stay up alone late at night with gentlemen company, when the rest retire. Do you know the Lord’s prayer ? “ILead usnotinto temptation.” let. us teach them; then, what their duty is‘in this world, and show them by example how to become dutiful wives and loving mothers. Woman was the first to sin, and woman:it was that crushed the serpent’s head, and when Christ was born te us and Christianity - was instituted, and woman was taken out of obscurity, and elevated to her proper position, and shall we lower ourselves, and thus go from saloon to saloon to sing and pray as they -do in other places? You will pay if our men are not‘ashamed to go there ‘why should we? If you want to put yourself on an equal footing with man, why don’t you become| shoemakers, blacksmiths, carpenters or any kind of a mechanic. If you do that I have no doubt they are ever willing to allow you to vote. Oh, what a glorious. reformation that would be, that is on our part! This political temperance movement of the present day, which is-spread over the land, reminds me of a disease called the horse epizootic, that we| had a few years ago. , Then came the money panie, then the farmer’s. epizootic (otherwise called the grangers), and now we have the ladies’ epizootic. - All of them political diseases, except on the horses’ part. - How is; it, ladies, that Mr. Baxter gets vinegar sent from Cincinnati, in barrels bearing the U. S. Revenue whiskystamps? Mr. Colfax’s consumption of ink, sent to himself in- barrels from Chicago, are remarkably large.” You that are all present here, can you read your titles clear? : Now I must make a few remarks in favor of the Germans as a body. They are industrious, sober, intelligent, economical men, pay their taxes, are good citizens, and won’t refuse a glass of beer; are always good enough to vote for you, and are then called by office: seekers - ‘ o “OUR DEAR GERMAN FRIENDS;” are seldom seen drunk, as so many Americans are seen daily that drink whisky, a little stronger than water. . I will close with the words of Christ hintself, “He that is without sin, let - him cast the first stone.” - e < B - Brandy Out of Saw Dust.

- We are sorry indeed to learn that a German chemist has succeeded in making a first rate brandy out of saw dust. We are a friend of the temperance movement, and we; want it to succeed, but what chance will it have when a man can take arip saw and go out and get drunk with a fence rail? What is the use of a prohibitory liquor law if a man is able to make brandy smashes out of the shingles on the roof, or if he can get delirium tremens by drinking the legs of his kitchen chairs? You may shut an inebriate out of a gin shop, and keep him away from taverns, but if he. can become uproarious on boiled saw dust and dessicated window sills, any effort at reform must necessarily be a failure. It will be wise, therefore if temperance societie¥ will butcher the German chemist before he goes further. His receipt ought not to be made,public. He should be stuffed with distilled board yards until he perishes with mania potu.—Ewchange. 3

A family composed of several men, a mother, and several children, by the name of Stelzenried, living at or near Centerville, not far from Belleville, Illinois, were found murdered. Mus. Stelzenried and her children were in bed when found, and Mr. Stelzenried on the floor. A man named Fred. Baltz, married to -Mrs. Stelzenried’s sister, and John Afkhen, have been arrested and lodged in Belleville jail, on suspicion. The murdered family were buried on: the 22d ult.,, about 1,200 persons attending the funeral.

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No. 50.

| = The Meanest Man in Indiana. (. : [From the Morgan County Gazette,] ~ - . We have heard of the meanest man® on several occasions. We present the following specimen -in competition with all others on record up to. this time. Ie was a gay ‘widower ‘with one child. He made the acquaiptance of one of our worthy war widows, | whose chief support for herself * and- | several minor children consisted of a. 1 government pension. - He first obtain- { ed the sympathy of our widow and {_ thereby induced her to board and sup- | port his cHild and himself ‘during the | past winter. He next secured a place | in her widowed heart, with a promise l of marriage, and then her -confidence to the extent 51111‘5 she loaned him five dollars with whiclr to buy the marri--age license and wedding, “fixings.”— The widower had in the mean time | met and loved another, and with the- - of the widow, drawn from her pension, he procured the license’ to marry the other woman, add consumated matters to the great disgust ofthe trusting widow by actually: i}l»agti{L rying the other, and gracing the fest 1, board at his marriage. with the “fix- | ings” purchased with the widow’s pension mite. - That there might be nothing left undone, which could -properly characterize the ‘fellow’s conduet, weé. find that a short time before he drew | the five dollars to buy the marriage license, he had _be_en -prosecuted and. fined in our Circuit Court for.giving intoxicating liquor to a minor, inthe sum of twenty dollars, and being unable to pay, the widow who loved and trusted him, stepped between the, - widower and the jail, and -became lia- | ‘ble for the fine and costs. The widower has nothing leviahle’—e‘nothing, but his precious corpus, and his newly” wedded other woman. ‘When a full -realization of all the facts bursted up-" on the mind of the widow, then fols lowed a burst of indignation, if not of the widow’s heart. She.lost the winter’s keep of the gay widower ‘and child, five dollars, license ‘maoney, the fine and costs, the love and corpus of the widower,. and—and—well, that vanity possessed by all. widews, that their gharms are suflieient fo hiold any widower. Now match our miu. ' The, {Widow’s indignation, the truth of hiss tory requires us to say, has turned entirely against the other wormah, whose: eyes she wants totear out, while the widower she thought, but for the oth-, ‘er svoman, a very mieé man. .. o

An fmportant Railroad Measure . Passes the House. - On Thursday, March 26, the House of Representatives at ' 'Washington. passed a bill to regulate; commerce by railroads among the several States. It enacts as follows: "l s That all railroad lines - carrying freight and passengers between the: different States, whether owned hy: one or various corporations, shall be’ employed in commerce among the several States, and shall be liable for any violation of this act. They are forbidden to charge more than a fair and reasonable rate for the transportation of freight or passengers, which rate is to be fixed by a Boatd of Railroad Commissioners to be appointed by the President, with the advice and’ consent of the Senate, and to beresidents of the ‘nine Judicial Districts of the: United States. They are to be disinterested persons, and not to have any interest in the stock, bonds, or proper-i ty of any railroad or any transportation company. , They are to institute thorough investigation and_inquiry into the rates and tolls and compensation charged for transporting freights and passengers overeach.of such lnes, - and as soon as practicable after such investigation, to prepare .for each of such lines a separate schedule:of reasonable maximum rates of charges for transportation of = passengers . and freight, and cars onor over said lines respectively. The schedulé is to be duly authenticated by the Board of Commissioners, and to be printed and posted up in each of the officgs and depots. They may from time to time, as often as circumstances may require, change antl revise the schedule, and shall give notice of such changes in thé same manner. ; e s

How to Open Letters. = - A young lady called at the. registry department; of the Sacramento postoffice last week, according to the Rgeord of that city, and asked for the privilege of reopening a letter which she claimed to have dropped’ into the ‘box that morning. The pbstmaster, after finding the address and rtaking a particular description of the-missive sought, obligingly searched among the letters in the ‘drop,” and finding the letter, proceeded to. open it in ‘the presence of the writer.” In-doing this the official used a common Jlead-pencil, but the lappel ofthe envelope was stuck to “stay stuck,” and a general mutilation was imminent. Observing this unprofessional method,. the lady said, decidedly: - “Give it to me; let me show.you.”. The letter was handed over, when the fair manipulator deftly run the thumb-nail “under the edges of the lappel, raising it neatly. Following this up, with delicate touches in kind, it soon became apparent that the opening, without leaving a trace of the manipulation, was only a question of time. The postmaster and deputy looked on in charming and innocent interest. The performance was high art; a deft facility eloquent of patient practice. Neatly the work was done, and as the careful opening was completed the lady remarked, by way of explam{l}itionv merely, and unlesg some inferende unfavorable to the legitimacy of t;hxls skill might be drawnsz “I used to be in a post-office. myself, you see; I learned how it’s done, as you know.” - That postmaster and. that deputy . depose that they “see,’” but they aver that the obvious meaning of the words “you know,” conveys an insindation, and that anybody that says 80,8 Samoshen”./ .\ i Ll e

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Tk following itent is of special importance to the owners of “outside” stairs: i T i Judge Newcomb, of the Marion’ county Superiof Court, decides that no: person has a right to maintain a stairway on a public street or alley. He! has accordingl& issued an order requiring a stairway on the west side of (Glenn’s Block, on Washington street, Indianapolis, to be removed within sixmonths, holding the contract with the city providing for-its-perpetual maintenance to be void. . :t"c e i

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s o.f . - STATE ITEMS. =IL ierd T & 7 ~ It is claimed that Vingennes has five more -salc’jons now than she had under the old law. : o i " There h\'av.,e been 80 convictions un- - der the new temperance law at Indianapolis since its passage. How many .permits have been forfeited ? , - ‘lndianapolis now claims, by the returns of 1873, to rank next to Chicago in the numberof hogs packeéd, being the second city in the United States. - Twenty-six convicts in the Southern Prison, at Jeffersonville, were discharged. during. the past month by reason. of expiration of terms of sentende, @ Sl : - Reports from the southern part of the State show: that the farmers in many; counties had planted potatoes and sowed oats as edrly as the 24th ultimo. - ¢ ; e | ‘The wife of David Bonie, living Jle:u- Hartford City, cut the bed cord, tied one end avound her neéck and leap- - ed ‘from the bed.with such force as to break lier neck. = , ‘The latest use of the bribing chromo is in Decatur, where & saloon-keeper has offered a chromo to the man who guzzles the most at his bar during the month of April. = o

- Joseph Ebehrman, living six. miles . from the city, commenced life on! his farm-about fifteen years ago, with the land not. more than half paid for, and’ with nothing at all in his pocket book, but a Pennsylvania “levy.” ' He now has: one of- the finest farms in the county--and lives in as affluent style. as a prince—Terre Haute Express. . The Logansport Star says: “Indiana wiil have more than her portion of horse fairs this summer. There will be -a fair at Cambridge City the first! week in June. ‘The second week one witlbe held at Kokomo, and the third week at Peru. The first week in July - one will be held in Huntington: Quite a number of horses are being!trained for these fairs, and a livelytime is anticipated by the sporting fraternity.

3 g ¥ . Wisconsin payq‘itjle members of her Législature four hundred dollars for the session. The result is magical. I'E two months all business béfore it is - transacted decently and in good order, without -any senseless discussion or unseemly haste. "How much better and ‘wiser this is than to pay so muechper day must be obvious to all. = The example set is a good one,and not un= ‘worthy of copy by the Legislature 0{ - our own State.— Ft. Wayne Sentinel. *; A-cold-blooded murder was commit- - ted'near Middlebury, Clay county, in :/ the early-part of the past week. It seems that a stranger stopped at the residenee of Samuel Horn and in some way discovered that his host had a considerable sum of money on his person. - Next morning Horn.went a short distance from the village to ¢ut down a tree and the stranger went with him. Horn was afterwards found insensi- ° ble from a wound on the head caused’ ; by a- club, and died soon after. The- - and money have not been ‘heard from. 3 . ‘

* Pimples, Eruptions, Rough Skin. .- The system being put under the influence of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for a few weeks, the skin becomes smooth, elear, soft, and velvety, and being illuminated with the glow of perfect health from within, true beauty stands forth in all its glory. Nothing ever presented to the publie as a beautifier of eomplexion evéer “gave such satisfaction for this purpose as this Discovery. The effects ‘of all medicines which operate upon‘the system through the medium ‘of the blood are necessarily sommewhat slow, no matter how good the remedy employed. While one to three bottles clear the 'skin of pimples, blotches, eruptions, yellow spots, comedones, or “grubs,” a dozen may possibly be required to cure some cases where the system is rotten, with scrofulous or virulent blood p(’)isofisg ;@’]{ he cure of all these diseases, howevel, from the cominon pimple to the worst serofula is, with the use of this most potent -agent, only a matter of time: |' S@d by all Druggists. T o COVERED WITH fi;:L’I’TIONS. CURED. i ‘Cx.mvmmcx, Columbia Co., N. Y. Pr..R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, X. Y.: ~Dear Sir—l am sixty years of age, and have been afflicted -with Salt. Rheum in the worst form for a great many years, until, accidentally, I saw ‘one of your books, which deseribed my case exactly. I bought your Golden Medieal Discovery and took two bot- ; tles and a half, and was entirely cured. From my shoulders to my hands I was entirely covered with eruptions, also on face and bc&y. . I was likewise afflicted with Rheumatism, so that I walked with great difficulty, and that is entirely cured. May God spare you a long life toremain a blessing to mankind. ‘With untold gratitude, S Mgs. A. W. WILLIAMS. Counterfeit Fifty Cent Notes. The new issue fifty cent notes bearing the vignette of Samuel Dexter; secretary of the treasury 1801, seems to be very extensively counterfeited. The street car conductors report that great numbers of eounterfeits of this note are offered ever?’ day,and dealers: frequently detect them in business transactions. It would seem surprising that so bad & counterfeit should find any circulation whatever, but for ‘knowledge of the fact that many people never scrutinize small change given them. The counterfeit ought not to deceive any but the most ignorant persons. It is a mean engraving in every way. The vignette 0% Secretary Dexter is very poorly executed, and bears ‘but little resemblance to the portrait on the genuine note. The/paper of the counterfeit is’ tough and thick like that of the good note, butis without the colored silk threads which seem like hairs worked into_the body of the paper, and for which there is a secret process exclusively with the. ‘governinent. Sundry green scratches | on'the back of the counterfeit note = seem to recognize this deficiency in the sputrious paper and proclaim the eheat o ;

- Trees and Plants. Will the people of Ligonier and vicinity remember that I .have a few Apple and Pear trees, Raspberries, ‘Blackberries, Strawberries and Grapes, * to sell this Spring to those who want tifem. I have no faculty to sell to those who do not wish jt. ; . I am getting a few true Upland Cranberries, and when I have planted “and grown them, proved that they are not currants, I shall have them also for sale to those who want them. . -Ishall be thankful also for orders for such trees and plants as I Lave not yet in growth. Sl o .+ DJH. REYNOLDS, : |