The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 April 1874 — Page 1

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CI'TIZENS? BANK, LIGONIER, % INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. i A DVANCES. made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on long or short time, - F gl s NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. 3 ORDERS for tirst-class securities executed on commission. ; : AGENTS for the i)llrc‘husc and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICLES written infirst-classcom-panies. ; - EXCHANGE botht and sold, and drafts drawn ou alll the principal cities of Europe. AGENTS, . for the Inman line, } { Hamburg Line. PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of Earope. o MERCHANTS, Farers' aid Mechanics! accounts solicited, and all business transacted on liberal rerms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 e ————————eeUßEE

v P 2 & " Lake Shore & Mich.Sounth’n R. R. 'm‘.\ and after December 14,773, trains willleave { stacions ag follows: ‘ GOING EAST : : _Sp.N.Y.Lz: Atlc. Ez. Accom. Chidago, ..h.. 1., 850 ame o 0 535 pm.. . Biihart . .....4-1230 pm., .. 950 ... 420 am Godhen,: .. il i 1010 Voo 40 Mitlersburg. ... T 125 ... 11025 s 806 . Ihgonier. iacs. s KESE 1099 2 S Wawaka....... 1149 cautlo .ol W Brimfield ......T157 Voo 11009 Ve Ay Kendallville.... 210 SXB iiee GUB Arrive atToledo 525 ... 2408m,...1000 ) | . GOING WEST : : 'l‘«)lert). veii.. .. 1210 pm....1145pm.... 430 pm Reudhliville.... 331 pm.... 310 am..,. 840 Brithield ...... 1346 - ....1397 ke 900 WawakEa,. .o .. t 3565 . 518860 ....014 Li;imnier‘.‘“...4o-l; o 0 e 900 Millersbuyg.... 418 ... 1405 .... 950 Goshel...«.ve. 480 oo 4% ....1010 | Elkhart, ........ 456 ....445 ....1035 i ArriveatChicago92o .... 850 .... Tlsam tTrains do not stop. | | Expressleavesdaily both ways. Accommodat’n makescloseconnectionat Elkhart | with trulnsﬁoing Yastand West. L CHAS. PAINE, Gen’iBupt.,Cleveland. | J.N.KENEPPER, Agent, Ligonier.

Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. _ ¢ From and after March 29, 1874. = GOING WEST. ¢ S eNo Ty Nob, No 7, N 0.3. co | . FustEz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. ﬁittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am 9:4oam 2 15pm . . Rochester..... te..... 7 30am 10:50am 3 25pm " A11iance....... s:4oam 11 00am I:4opm 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 54pm 3:23pm 7 50pm Mansfleld..... 9:2lam 3 16pm 5:22pm 9 55pm Crestline. . .Ar. 9:soam 4 00pm 5355 pm 10:25pm Crestline...Lv.lo 10am 5 00am Sflﬁpm 10:35pm Forest. . .......11'34am 6 40am 8 13pm 11:59pm * Lima..........12:34pm 7:53am 9.35 pm 1:08am - ¥t Wayne,.... 2:55pm 10:45am 12:30am 3:25am Plymouth..... s:o4pm I:4opm 3:2Bam . 6:osam Chicago....... 8.20 pm 5:30&1‘:. 7:3oam 9 :20am * QOING EAST. i NoB No 2, - No 6, Nod. i Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEz. CRicago....... s:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..,.. 9:26am 12 10pm 9 10pm 2 22am Ft Wayne....l2 40pg 2 35pm 11 30pm 5 50am Lima.......... 3:oopm 4 2lpm 1 38am 8 04am Forest ....i... 4:2opm "5 22pm 2 45am 9 23am Crostline ..Ar. 6:lspm 6 50pm 4 20am 11 15am Orestline ..Lv. 6 15am 7 10pm 4 80am 11 30am. Mansfield ..... 6 50am 7 37pm 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 8, " (aily except Sunday; Nos. 3 and 6 daily. Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cinc., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To P take effect March Ist, 1874, . GOING NORTH. Express, Express. Accom. Richmond -.....oteevie 10 WWam 350 pm NeWDOLb v tiidinl o JB3BSt 14 907 Winchester...icoieie oo i J 122:% 005 ' Ridgeville, s ciiideiinis 346 t 631 Portland.. 5. ...2 i, i" <l2lspm: 600 ¢ Déoatar. .oiihihidh o 110 Fort Wayne, D. 1........ 800 am 2 25pm Kenda11vi11e........... 916 ** 403 * . . Sturﬁm...... et 08y o oßel Y Mendon..-. iy cii i alLdi Y 600 Ka1amaz00.............1215pm 655 ** Monteith v ..vooiivi o 1 dd 8¢ 5 50 Grand Rapid5........a. 240 ** 915% (}qrandßaQids........d. 316 ¢ 9R2am Howard 01ty....000.. . bla ‘¢ 4189 ° \ Up. Blg Rapida:i... .. Gl9 b 124 t $8 Reed Clty...cov i 6B o led ' o Clam Lake........:.... 820 * 245 pm : Traverse Olty...coic i 640 ** A GOING SOUTH. ‘Express Express Express Traverse City.......... 730 am Olam Lake. ..iiiiio oy 500 am 1105 ** Reed Oty - itiineeias 627 ¢ 12 39pm Up. Bigßapids.... i 2015 115755 Howard City.......... S 5 ¢ 285 Grand Rapide. . ..a.. 4000 = 480 * Grand Rapids. .....d.. 725am1110 * 485 % Montelth,.....c.iic. 851 “1240 pm 600 Kalamazoo, .....ve.oi. 980 5 126 6402 Mondon ..viceiinear, 1049 °° 155+ 5turgi5................1123 o 836 ** .. Kenda11vi11e...........1242pm 959 ¢ " ForfWayhe. .o 15.0 u.. 180 ** . 1115 % Decltur. &i i.o & 307 ¢ Accom « Portland.,...i i ... 416 * 850 am Ridgeville .. .34 o 0 442 ** 7F‘) o Wincheadtdr .4 .0, .o %t 506 0 742 Newportiy.. g i .dv.a 59 % 830 * : Richmond. o 6 s . oa.s. 635 900 *° Expresg trains leaving Richmond at 1000 & m stop < allnight at Grand Rapids. Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. % Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, ’73. GOING NORTH. GOING BOUTH, Expr. Mail, STATIONS. gxpr, Mail, ‘ 350 pm: 810 am. .Kalamazoo..ll 20 am 645 pm b 4327 855 * _.Monteith....lo27 ** 5056 * 515 % 937 ‘v Allegan. ~..950 oRr" 360609 1033 ¢ ...Hamilton... 910 ¢ 438 ‘Y 71637 ** 1104 *¢ , H011and..... 840 ** 408/ ¢ ; 748 ‘* 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 * 306 * #34 ¢ 1255 ** .. Muskegon.. 700 ** 225 5 F.R. MYERS, - GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent o e . . Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R, * Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th day of October, 1872: { GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH. w!-N0.2 N 0.4 | No.l TWo,3 425pm]1200 m a.....Waba5h....1700am 130 pm 340 ** 1040 am .Nor. Manchester 750 ‘ 230 * }‘325 ¢ 1020 ** ....Silver Lake.... 817 * 315 * . %30 ¢ 905 ** ......War5aw,.....9058 ¢ 425 * 210 % 820 .....Lecsburg.....92s ** 500 * 150 ¢ 750 * ....,Milford,.... 945 * 530 * 17126 % 720 % ....New Paris..loos ** ' 558 42 105 ** 700 * ..dp.Goshen, ar..1095 620 * 1005 ..ar.Goshen, dp..1030 * 12 30 o Hikhart ... 1058 ¢ “Trainsrun by Clevelandtime. 2 | A.G. WELLS, Sup’t.

1%6 VLD ANR AR 1874. * EYE AND EAR. *" DR.C.A. LAMBERT, T (LATE OF OHIOAGO,) . - OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA. v__—_.-—-—————-——“"——"'._—‘—‘—__———-‘_—_ Drs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, HOMGEOPATHISTS. Office over Wilden’s Bank, GOSHEN, - INDIANA. Calls from a distance promptly attended to, », W. CRUM, ; Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = » = . Indiana. Office at resdience om Martin st., near corner of ap pairds o : : .. Mayl2th, 1869, 2 .W. C, DE}NN,Y. M. D., . Physician and Surgeon, : LIGONIER, INDIANA, . - Wil ;))romptly and faithfully attend to allcalls in the line of his prefession—day or night—in town or any distance in the'cquntry. 5 ; * G, W.CARR, ; - Physician and Surgeon ZLIGONIER, - - - » - = IND., Willpromptly attend all calls intrustedto fxlm. Office on 4th Bt,, one dooreast ef the NATIONAL Baxnizroffice. | 3-48 C. PALMITER, Surgeon and Physician, . Office at Residence, i Ligonmier, = « = « Indiana. - A.S. PARKER, M.D,, ] HOMEOPA'I‘HIS'J;, | ’33 o:i mwn.% Wgn»xt:s:mm.,i Q‘e:_o 8 4A. M., and ( ,rrr&";, f ﬁgﬁWWﬂéf L&4 : iy ’glﬂl’c.‘E’JL. 2 % s ‘ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, - LI%ON{IR_,‘ INDIANA. ¥ ce, over Beazel Brothers’ 'Sh Lo oror By g S | n—————————‘ﬁ—‘—‘wﬂ-ﬂ-‘————d——-‘—d—’ - - - e e A lor at Law. s | Office in the Court House, AWM& g-p <43 ¥ - 3INDs 838 i L /K M GREEN, ~ Attorney-at-Law & ﬁohlw tary Publie, | LIGONIER, -- - - INDIANA.. 1 Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block,

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| I, E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. i g~ Office in Mier'sßlock. , 78/ ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peaee & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. . Special attention given to conveynncin({; and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended 'to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, . : . May 15 1873 15.8-3 el Sl B S e i ; - .W. GREEN, | mAgt Justicsof the Peace & Collection Ag't, Office with Or. Landond, second floor Landon’s Brick Block. % LIGONIEL, - INDIANA. 9 T M. A MOSER. = < : (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. quﬂm Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. £ Office, Second Story, Mitchell Blogk. i 8-14-1 y . M. TEAL, _ DEMNTIST, Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., one block east of Post Office; room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, [ndiana. §3¥ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1871 e eel : A. GANTS, : Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, i LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. : e : Is prepared A A - to doanything f;ﬁni/ T iktheirline. A (L & succesful pracL .az;;i,!{*\, S tice of _oveirﬂlo 57y R yonrs ustifies ok S »‘M D iw i sayiug ING & ’&4& 5;{% ;“ﬁﬂ{ that he can N T R R gilye&ntix;esagLR e R -..v isfaction to all i N b“ who may bestow their patromage. ¥ Officeone doornorth of Kime’s, Mavin Bt. : : PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 | 5

' ()ﬂ YES !—All you farmers who have sales to N cry will do well to call on . JOSEPH S. POTTS, | ; KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is a 8 good at that as he is atselling bed springs” and up-land cranberries. Office at the Agriculture - Store of G. A, Brillhnrl. 42-6 m CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3,?’71.-?.l' . ' GEO. M, SHADE & CO., CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. ; Shops at Randolph’s Saw and Planing Mill. Orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. 8-2 C.V.INKS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, - Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. : April 12, 1871.-50 H. R. CORNEILIL,, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American g Optical Company’s : MULTIPYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for'makin% 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, thenation can now be supplied with first-clags work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall. Thefoilowing aretheprices: 7 Pictures fnr.......................g100. | 16 st S o 100, 32 e s 38D, 70 a 0 Solbi it 0 400, PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! Ligonier,lnd., Nov. 15,1871, 3 7z *~ OFFER FOR SALE, EGGS for HATCHING From the following varieties of Pure-Bred Land and Water Fowls, at $2.50 per Dogen:| | . Dark and Light Brahmas; Bug Black, White ‘and Partridge Cochins; Brown and White Leghorng; White and Silver-Gray Donking ; Pl{;mouth Rocks; Houdans; Black Red, Earl Derby, and Pile Games; Rouen and Aylesbury Ducks; Teulouse and Bremen Geere, | . I warrant one half of each dozen Eggs to hatch, if they do not I will replace them at 50 cts. Ber doz. Send Stamp for circalar. Eggs sent C. 0. D.-if degired. Address, ISAAC LYNDE, 44-3 m. Marlboro, Stark Co., O. BININGER’S OLD LONDON DOCK GIN. Eepecially designed for the use of the Medical Profession and the Famaily, pussessiﬁ% those Intrinsic medicinal properties which belong to am old and Pure Gin. : Indispensable to Females. Good for Kidney Com~ plaints. A delicious tonic. Put up in cages containing one dozen bottles‘each, and, sold by all druggiste, grocers, &c. A, M. Bininger & Co., established 1787, No. 15 Beaver St.,New York. 271 y ‘ For sale by Fisher Bro's, Ligonier, Ind. TEEGARDEN HOUSE, : Laporte, Indiana. : V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871, STOP AT THE | KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. / NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK & Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. 8. R. R. Dexot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the principal businesshouses of the city. Traveling men ancfstnnﬁers will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per si{. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, . Kendallrille, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 A New Hand at the BelJowsl v : _o_ : 'WOUL‘D respectfully announce to his FRIENDS and the public in general that he has started in pusiness on his “own hook”’. . at the well-known | McLEAN STAND, ON CAVIN STR., ‘and has now on hand a 8 large assortment of j Table and Pocket Cutlery, Best silver steel Axes, $1.50, Tm,l Sheet-Iron, Copper ﬁnd Brass-Ware, and all | other a’rticﬁas usually rﬁd ina First-Class Tinware Establishuent ] . Stove Fipe Made to order and kept on hand. Special atten tion given te roofing, spouting, &e. ‘ PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, But alwnfys a 8 low as-can be afforded b{ straight - e - forward dealers. Givemeacall. ..., |/ 0ct.16,78.25¢¢ - -~ * . JOHN ABDILL. Happy l;oAllef ﬁ}l;‘!ulglln hfiom tht:l ea‘etctl g{ Jrrors a buges in e restored. %Mlﬂ&nfa to u.m*:ﬁmﬂ?"ﬂoew method Books sad Ciriniaes Se: Irx (it Susted o volopon. L ulars sen ; o T it Rk . et, Philadelphia, Pa.,—~an Institutien ‘ "hd&ﬂg a fdﬁ%ﬁ%‘“ﬁumble conduct and prc onal skillc: [v6l3-Iy] oo ; : . €. WANERBREN Nﬁz & €Oy " S HoUBE, 816 N AND ORNANENTAL CPAINTERS, @ratniers, Qlaziers and Paper-Hangers. SHOP AT SOUTH END OF CAVIN- STREET BRIDGE. | . Ligonter, - « = : Toaiana, , -;.m&s}n%fnd calsomining done to order. usa before letting your work, and we will gunarantee satisfaction, 8-1, c,B-47-Iy.

SACK BROTHERS, : i ! ‘ i ; : Bakers & Grocers, CavinStreet, Ltéonier,lhdian a. 13 Fresh Bread, Pges,‘ Cakes, &c., ChoiceGroceriea,Providons,YankeeNotioﬁa,&c Thehighest cash price puidfercnunt{{y Produce MayiB,6B-tf. i SACK BRO’S. W. A. BROWN, [ : i hod Manufaeturer of and Dealerin all kinds of F URIN ITUR E; SPRING BED BOTTOMS, . . WILLOW-WARE, ' | : | BRACKETS, & COFP;INS&OASKETS Aiways on hand, and will be furnished. to order, 'Funerals attended with hearse when desired. Store Room : f 3 10P Cer. Cavin and 2nd Str.}[ ngomel ) Ind v |August 7th, 1873.-8-15. .\ [OWA AND NEBRASKA : ILLANDS. -—‘l_--——-MILLIONS OF ACRES! , ; OF THE, BEST LAND IN THE WEST! FOR SALE BY THE | Mo ROAD CO. v On Ten Years’ Credit, at 6 Per Cent. Interest. Xo payments reéﬂuire;a on %inc}gal till FIFTH year, and then only ‘ONE-SEVENTH each year until paid. { . The Soil is rich and easily cultivated; Climate warm: Seasons long; Taxes low, and Education free. W Large Redwctions on’ Fare and Freights to Buyers and their fami%ies. : BTN RIS Y EAR, ; And take advantage of the Premium of 20 é)er cent. for cultivation,offered orly to purchasers u;}"g 4 ¥or Circulars containing full particulars, and Map of country, send to : : GEO. S, HARRIS, . 42-3 m Land Commiseioqer. Byrlinqton, Towa.

Banking House ‘ SOL.. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Money loaned on long and short time.! Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on deposit and intereet allowed on specified time, e ! Exehange bought and/sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, 8-2 TO THE FARMERS : Y‘OU will %l’ease take noiice that I am still en%aged in buying wheat, for which I pay the hif est ?arket t;mce. [ - | f you do mot find me on the streei, call before selling, at my Banking Office, in Co‘irad’s Brick Block.: . ) | + SOL; MIER. Ligonier, Indiana, May Bth, 1873.—1 f¢ GOOD NEWS TO ALL! L. SCHLOSS ) ‘VOULD ré_spectfu]ly announce to the citizens : of Ligonier, Ind.; that he has opened up the 4 T Grocery and Restaurant Business, and is prepared to furnish anything you i ma)? want. ' 'OYSTERS ‘ : By the Dish or Can. Persgons! gjet’tlng up guppers will find my oysters fresh, and I will gell them at reasonable terms. | : - WARM MEALS At all Hours. Day boarding by the week or meal CANNED FRUITS. The greatest assortment in Northern Indiana, conslstm}% of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortleberries. Pine Apples, Pears, Peas, Strawberries, Gooseberries, Cherries, California Grapes, Green Corn, Apricots. g CONFECTIONERY In abundance; Prunes, Currants, Figs, Raisins, Oran{:es. Lemons, Smoeked Salmon, Sardines, Almonds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenuts, Cider, &c., &c, &c. : ' TOBACCO. > ' Cigarsg, Fine Cut, Smeking, Pluig. Shorts, &c., of the best quality, and all other articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery*ind Restaurfint. POULTRY, BUITER AND EGGS. I will pay cash for all kinds of country produce. Remember that I will faruish yon with anything You may want. Feb, 19.774 42-tf AS the time npproaé‘hes when our ladies wll be on the look out for their fine shoes for Wear, we would call Lh;éir attention to the stock of F. W, SHINKE & BRO,, Who have the exclu sivé gale of the justly celebrated i NORWAULXK SHOES,” MWhich cannot be sm;passed by anything in the market for

Style, Fit, Finish and Durability. Call and examine them and we know you will not purchage any other. They would nlsﬁ ree(?ectfully announce' that their large and complete stock of:, For Men, Women and/Children have been reduced to the VERY LOWEST NOTCH, - ) and must and shall be sold. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES | GALL. Price our doods, aﬁd select there!fom while our stock iscomplete. .. They would also request those of their customers who haye been holding their produce for higher prices to call and gettle their bills at once, REMEMBER THE PLACK: Shinke’s Brick Building, CAVIN STREET, LIGONIER; IND. February 19, 1874-8-27 ; HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, BN .V% e - D v Ty (Y ‘ 2 3 P R : ' I, == .‘ A\ T“‘" A \‘ P 00-::; e ! .20 A 1", I ';//44 s P ) ) : 3 4 M“ : w,' 7 N/////yl/[, 3 2 1 ""N‘ oy ) = d Watchmakers, Jewelry, A Ann;mu.nun s Watches. Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and warranted. Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated & - Spectacles. Hift) o SiE_n ofthe bigwateh, corner Cavin & Fourth' ‘streets, Ligonier, Indiana..4E3 May 8, 66-tf

LIGONIER, IND.,. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1574.

et Is Alcohol a Poison? ‘ - The agitation of the liquor question 14 not to besoonfined to the prayings bands of Ohio or elsewhere. Discussion has taken a wider range and sci- - ence has been invoked to settle one of the most important points at issue.— Archbigshop Purcell having made the ] simple declaration that a glass or two of beer would restore the wasted energies of a hodman without endangering his salvation, the advocates of to- | tal abstinence have loudly insisted in | reply that alcohol, no matter in what combination, was in all cases injuririous to the physical as well as the moral being. %.‘his brought up for science the question whether alcohol is a poison which ruins the constitution, or a wholesome gift of nature which j in moderate use serves for its invigoration and support. In the answer to this was involved the further question whether total abstinence, maintained by prohibitoryﬁiquor and local option laws, or by moral suasion, shall be the absolute rule on the one hand or moderate use or enjoyment, the rule on the other. e A ©

' In following up this question the L‘Vorld publishes interviews with a number of eminent physicians whose answers must be confessed to ve as contradictory as the replies of the Delphic Oracle, while of little value as answers to the scientific inquiry. But a writer in the 7'ribune having asserted that “as soon as a man in his igno“rance drinks beer, wine or any kind “of liquor containing the poison alco“hol, it is ejected just as it went into “the system, without change,” is answered in that newspaper by Dr. Edward Curtis, one of the most distinguished medical authorities in the iountry. : Pr. Curtis explains that with Ilcoholic liquors, as with other enjoyments, all’ depends on the amount.— He asserts that within certain limits alcohol is transformed like ordinary food in the system. without producing any injurious effects, and yielding useful force for the purposes of the economy, must be considered food in-any philosophical sense of the word—- “ This food-action,” he declares, “is “attended with ne exciting or intoxi“cating influencejbut the whole effect, “llke that of ordinary food, is seen in “the maintenance or restoration, ac“cording to cifcumstances, of that bal“ance of function called heaith.”— From his long and interesting paper we make the following extracts:

_ “Alcohol has thus a two-fold action. First it is capable, in proper doses, of being consumed and utilized as a force producer; in which case there is no visible disturbance of normal function. Such action cannot be distinguished either by the drinker or the physiologist from that of a quickly digestible fluid food, and is no more an “excitement” or “depression,” than is the action of a bowl of hot soup or a glass of milk. The second action is the poisonous influence of an excess of alcohol circulating in the blood, which makes itself sensible to the drinker by peculiar sensations and disturbances, and is not only followed by “depression,” but is itself a form of depression—that is, a disturbance of balance; an unnatural perturbation of the normal working of the funetions. . “Every reader of these lines will at once ask, what then is the limit as to /quantity within which aleohol exerts only a food action, and beyond 'which it begins to poison by its lexcess? This question cannot be lanswered categorically, for it so happens that the “poison line,” as it has ®een aptly called, is a shifting one.— ‘Even in health it varies according to age, sex, individual peculiarity and ‘habit, and even in the same person according to hisphysical condition -for ‘the time being. When fatigued by 'bodily or mental work, when suffering from emotional agitation, as anxiety lor fear; when worn by loss of sleep, ‘of blood, or by pain, amounts of alco‘hol which ordinarily would flush the 'face and somewhat confuse the mind, will be borne by the same person withlqut producing the slightest symptom of intoxication; the whole effect of the drink being expended in relieving the preexisting malaise, and restoring the system to its normal condifion.— ‘And'in more formal morbid states, as /in many diseases, the poison line of[ten shifts to an astonishing degree, so ‘that what would: in health produce leven dangerous drunkenness will e borne without causing the least intoxication; the whole of the alcohol being apparently utilized by the system for obtaining the life saving energy which this fluid, from its swift absorption and ready chemical c¢hange in the blood, can so quickly yield.” ! The simple meaning of all which is that alcohol in moderate enjoyment invigorates and refreshes the system, as an easily digested food, and that in its immoderate use it operates as a poi- ' goin. It hardly needed the deductions of science to prove that the Rev. Dr. Purcell’s glass or two of beer would refresh the energies of the tired workingman, When taken in immoderate quantities the evil is produced, and universal experience is taught that ever since wine was pressed from the grapes, without the aid of chemistry. But is highly important that the scientific as well as the moral and social phases of this question should be settled and wunderstood. — Harrisburg Patriot. ‘ L i B ' A Grangers’ Bank Project. .The Richmond (Ind.) Register says: “The grangérs of Clark county are debating the question of organizing a bank, a charter for such an institution having been already obtained. They say the objectthey seek to atrain is to make money cheaper and they undertake to say that the money in their bank shall not be loaned at a higher rate of interest than eight per cent. per annum.-. They are satisfied that the exhorbitant rate which borrowers are now compelled to pay comes at last out of the pockets of the farmers of the country; for they contend if the merchant, ‘mechanic, or professional } man is forced to pay twelve or fifteen per cent. for money he is also forced i to put that amount on what articles “he may sell. - The manner, we are told, “in which it is proposed to get up this bank'is for the farmers of Clark who belong to the order of Patrons of Husbandry to subscribe the capital stock, ‘and then for eaeh to pledge himself that his entire deposit shall be placed there, and that his whole business shall be transacted through the officers. Some of the prominent farmers of Clark are urging this new .?rojecﬁ and it seems likely to succeed.” -

The late news, if correct, that the English government has succeeded by its timely outlay in arresting the famine in India by supplying food sufficient to last till the new crops are secured, is one of the most humane as well .as stupendous undertakings which has ever dignified the annals of any nation. 'We hope it is true. - :

-~ Great Republican Swindle. - Our readers have heard much of the Sanborn contracts and the great moiety swindle of the Grant administration through the Treasury department. The Secretary of the Treasury contracted to pay one Sanborn, a private citizen, fifty per cent. (one-half) of all ‘unpaid Internal Revenue taxes which ‘he should collect. or cause to be collected.: The New York T'7ébune says ‘that, stripped of all disguises, the folJowing facts appear: e . Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, who seems %o be running the United States now-a-days, caused Congress to insert a clause in one of the appropriation bills authorizing the Secretary of the Treas‘urxto farm out the collection of the internal revenue taxes to three private citizens, paying them any percentage ‘he saw fit, and’giving them the use of all the machinery of the government for the execution of their undertaking. The contract was awarded to Malcolm, who soon threw it up; then to John Sanborn, a tool of Butler, who has enjoyéd a monopoly of the business for cne year or more. Afmed with an:

‘ord®: from the Secretary of the Treasury,commanding collectors and assessors to render the necessary agsistallce, Samborn visited the revenue offices and obtained from books long lists of delinquents. These he sent to Washington with an application for a contract to collect the amount due the government for a share of the proceeds. The contracts were immediately awarded at fifty per cent. and then Sanborn—did what? Why, “instructed” the regular officers of the revenue to collect the taxes, the non-payments of which he had learned from their books, and to give the money to him. Half of it he kept—the other half he paid to the United States. It does not appear that he ever discovered a single case of delinquency. It does not appear that he ever rendered the government the slightest service. The revenue officers knew of the delinquencies—it was they who reported them; they did all the work of collection. When the agency of the law was needed the District Attorneys of the United States were instructed to prosecute, and the very bill which authorized the Sanborn contracts appropriated nearly five millions of dollars for the very work which ‘Sanborn was allowed to pretend to do for one-half the proceeds. The contracts already awarded cover more than three thousand cases. The sum total of the taxes collected under this contract according to the Secretary’s report is thus far $427,000—0f which Sanborn’s 'share is $213,500. But this is only the beginning. It is estimated that the total of the whole three thousand cases will foot up some fifteen millions of dollars. No reasonable man can listen to this amazing st@ry without a feeling of absolute certainty that the bargain was consummated in fraud and is carried out in iniquity. Certainly no one is credulous‘enough to believe that the Congress of the United States passed a section of an appropriation bill for the purpose of enabling John D. Sanborn to filch a collosal fortune out of the National Treasury. The fact is aring of radical thieves banded Tweed-like for this plunder—and with spoon Butler to lead they accomplished their purpose. Verily, Washington is a den of thieves. -

An Earth Crack in Nevada—Serious g Split in the Formation. [Gold Hill (Nevada) News.] About three minutes’ walk in an easterly direction from Main street, Gold Hill, there is to be seen a most wonderful phenomenon. = The ground, either from an earthquake or some other cause, has recently split open for at least a quarter of a mile. The crevice thus created, starting at Fort Homestead, crosses the railroad track and thence pursues a nearly southerly direction down the west side of the canyon embraced between Fort Ilomestead and the hill beyond. -4t then crosses the canyon and extends for a’ considerable distance up the side of the hill last named. The crevice varies in width from one to twenty inches, aud in places appears to be bottomless. The most interesting locality to vigit is fdirectly east of ‘Postmaster Chulbuck’s.residence. In going to the locality indicated it is necessary for the visitor to cross the canyon named above. Thecrevice or chasm throughout its entire length is as straight as an arrow, and is of recent origin. It was first discovered by our fellow townsman, Mr. Fleming, an old prospector. - ;'That it is something more than a landslide is evident from the fact that it crosses the canyon in a direction nearly at right angles to the same. Qur reporter, who visited the scene of the earth opening, lost all trace of the same at the fort. Itis possible, however, that it extends northerly as far as the Imperial works. The ground upon which the town of ‘Gold Hill is built seems to possess the dlement of instability, and in many cases, the water pipes have pulled apart and the boiler beds have got out of position owing to this circumstance. The question, “Whither are we drifting ?” is a pertinent one., Any person possessed of ordinary curiosity, or having -a taste for geological investigations, will be richly rewarded by visiting the scene of the phenomenon referred to above.

Scientific and Safe Treatment. When applied with Dr. Pierce’s Nasal Douche and accompanied with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a constitutional treatment, Dr. Sage’s Catarrhßemedy produces perfect cures of the worst cases of Catarrh and Oz#na of many years’ standing. This thorough course of medication constitutes the only scientific, rational, safe and successful manner of treating this odious disease that has ever been offered to the afflicted. So successful has it proven that the proprietor has long offered a standing reward of $5OO for a case of Catarrh which he cannot cure. : _ INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE. : Thos. J. Bishop, of South Brooklyn, N. Y., writes that his wife had suffered since a child from Catarrh until it resulted in what eminent physicians pronounced Consumption; that she had used Dr, Sage’s Catarrh remedy with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, and they have worked wonders with her case. : : ' AT THIRTY-FIVE the average American discovers that he has an “Infernal Stomach,” and goes into the hands af the doctors for the remnant of his life. Prevention is better than cure, but Dr. Walker’s Vinegar bitters will both cure and prevent dyspepsia, diseases of the skin, liver, kidneys and bladder, and all disbf]ggrs arising from an “infernal stomach? H :

For Sup’t of Public Instruction. [From the Ft. Wayne Sentinel.] The question, who shall succeed the Hon. M. B. Hopkins as State Superindent of Public Instruction ? is b!égoming an important one. From time to time the State papers in alluding to this,subject have mentioned the name of Brof. J. H. Smart, of this city; as a candidate in every way fitted for the position. The Vincennes Sun of a recent. date says: ‘ “This office, one of the most important in the State, has been ably and acceptably filled since 1870 by the Hon. M. B. Hopkins. The universal verdiet, of all teachers, trustees and people, so far as we are informed,is that Mr. Hopkins has made the most energetic and efficient Superintendent the State of Indiana has ever had, and it is re- - gretted by all that he has decided not te allow his name to be used for a re‘nomination. | It becomes a matter of much interest to the people that the Democratic party shall place on the State ticket a man who is in every respect qualified to perform the laborious and' difficult duties of the office.— “If Prof.J. H. smart, of Fort Wayne, will consent for his name to be pre~sented in eanyention, he will no doubt receive the nomination, and, if elected, would make a most excellelnt State Superintendent. He is now Superintendent of Public Schools at Fort Wayne; is a ripe scholar and possesses administrative ability of a high order. We hope to see Professor Smart take the place offSuperintendent/on the Democratic State ticket.”

The suggestion is an excellent one, and will be welcomed as timely by all who know Mr. Smart, and have acquaintance with his eminent abilities, He 'has had |a large experience in all departments' of instruction. He bas successively and successfully filled the responsible positions of County Examiner, City Superintendent of Schools, and has been for several years a member of'the State Board of Education. Mzr. Smart, it, is not too much to say, is one of the foremost teachers of the State, and stands deservedly high in the estimation of the educators of the State. Few men have had better success in the schoo-room, that ecrucial test of the educator’s powers. He is prudent and clear-headed, and has the cause of education very much at heart. We are satisfied that no better man for the position could be selected, and we take pleasure in recomimending him to the cosideration of the people. DekKalb County Items. [From the/Waterloo Press, April 16.] Jacob Kann has 12,000 bushels of wheat.in the Lake Shore dépot. ' The wheat, on undrained clay land especially, looks very unhealthy. ° « Judge Best was elected one of the trustees of Fort Wayne College by the recent Methodist Conference. - ; The Governor has declined to remit a fine, assessed under the 9th section of the Baxter law, saying that, as the section had been declared unconstitutional, judgment for thefine could not be enforced. Several individuals about here would like to know what to do, provided judgment had been enforced previous to the decision of the court. The crusade, so far as it relates to the holding of religions meetings at saloons and drug stores and taking names of visitors, seems to be at an end, at least, for the present. Spiritual weapons have been abandoned, and, the carnal weapon of the law resorted to, in the attempt to regulate the liguor traffic. On Monday Prosecutor McConnell put in an appearance here, and business opened before Esquire Tiong on Tuesday morning. *The day was devoted to the preliminary examination of witnesses, with a view to the filing of affidavits against alleged violators of the law. A large number of witnesses were subpcenaed, there being two parties engaged in furnishing the officers with names, the first being crusaders, and the last being those who'are afraid the crusaders are not in possession of the names of all who have knowledge of the illegal sale of liquor. The result wds that the Prosecutor, before evening, had his pockets full of affidavits, involving several of the druggists.and saloonkeepers. Of course it would be unjust to give names, as a more complete investigation may dissipate many of the charges. The trials were commenced yesterday, beforeJustiee Long, and should & determination be reached in-any of the cases before we go to press the result will be announced. . P. 8. Three cases against the drug firm of Darby & Boyer have been tried, resulting in the acquittal of Darby and the fining of Boyer and Campbell ten dollars each, with costs. The mill grinds on. | . - il

Means of Checking Coughing, Sneez- ; ing, Ete. tLecture of Dr. Brown-Sequard at Boston.] *

There are many facts which shew that morbid phenomena of respiration can also be stopped by the influence of arrest. Coughing, for instance, can be stopped by pressing on the nerves of the lip in the neighborhood of the nose. A pressure there may prevent a cough when it 18 beginning. Sneezing may be stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing also in the neighborhood of the ear, right in. front of the ear, may stop coughing. Itis also true of hiccough, but much less so than for sneezing or coughing. Pressing very hard on the top of the mouth inside is also a means of stopping coughing; and I may say that the will has immense power there. There was a French surgeon who used to say, whenever lie entered the wards of his hospital, “The first patient who eoughs here will be deprived of food to-day.” It was exceedingly rare that a patient coughed then, ; . There are many other affections associated with breathing which can be stopped by the same mechanism that stops the heart’s action. In spasmsof the glottis, which is a terrible thing in children, as you well know,as it some-’ times causes death, and also in whooping cough, it is possible to afford relief by throwing cold -water on the face, or by tickling the soles.of the feet, which produces laughter, and at the same time goes to the grey matter that is producing the spasms and arrests"it almost at once.. I would not say that these means are always successful. I would not say that we can always prevent cough by our will, but in many instances those ¢hings are possible; and 1f you remember that bronchitis and pneumonia, or any other acute affection of the lungs, hacking or coughing greatly increases the trouble at times, you can easily see how important it is for the patient to try to avoid coughing as best he can.

“Add another hundred millions of “irredeemable paper and in three years “the farmer will be no better paid than “the serf,”"is the emphatic language of Judge Pierrepont to Senator Sherman. : :

No. 52.

Oregon Farmers' State Convention. The farmers of Oregon have stepped outside the old party lines and inaugurated anew movement for political power. The telegraph gives the following account of the State convention held last week: = AR SALEM, OREGON, April 16.—The informal meeting of the delegates in the Farmers’ State Convention last night, evinced in the geod old-fashioned way unbounded enthusiasm’ and good will. Every man avowed an honest purpose to_adopt a declaration of principles and present a set of ’candigat_es".th'at' would command respect and votes.— There was no leg-rolling, wire-pulling, or cross-lifting, but earnest determined men consulting the best interests of Oregon. Big salaries and unwarrantable taxation in this young State must be stopped.”'* SO ! NOMINATIONS: e The Convention met- this morning. All the nominations ‘were unanimous, For Congress, T. W.Davenport, a farmer, twice a member of the Legislature; for Governor, Thomas F, Campbell, President of the Monmouth College and editor of Sthe Chzistian Mes-. senger ; Secretary of State, J. . Dough- | itt,a farmer, and ex-President of the" State Agricultural Seciety; Treasurer, D. Beach, mill-owner; State Printer, William H. Hand, publisher of the Mountaineer, Wasco, county; Superintendent of Public Instruction, M. M. Oglesby, of Douglas county.® - _ : THE PLATFORM ... @ sets forth that-there is no hope but in the people to correct the fextévagance f and corruption prevalent in State and National administration. Officialspaid by the Government should devote . their full time to the Government. It asks for the building of the Portland, Dallos & Salt Lake Road, the improve- | ment of rivers and harbors; Athe‘com-.i pletion of roads already begun; favors the proper encouragement of transportation companies, corporations and persons engaged in legitimate business, all under subjection to law; that freights and fares should be fixed by the Legislature; a return of the salaries of State officers. to the constitutional limits; the reduction of Clerk and Sheriff fees to a fair compensation for the services performed; for a liberal system of school; condemns the monepolieg in the sale of schoolbooks; is opposed to the State leasing the locks of the Willamette Falls; condemns the acts of the Legislature enabling speculators to get large tracts of land to the detriment of settlers; considers personal character the criterion for fitness for. office; that the General Government should pay the' losses and damages of the Modoc war; favors the local option and civil damage laws; indorses the Granger efforts against extortions and monopolies. . - The Oregon Statesman snd Willamette Farmer of this date hoist the independent ticket. The -Oregonian follows suit to-morrow. One-half of. the press will indorse the ticket. ' * el @ — 3 Common Sense Applied to the Liquor : Traflie. Ty e (From the Petn Monthly) - The only sensible attempt to solve the problem of the liquor traffic that: we know of is the Swedish one. = Till recently every family in Sweden could distill its own brandy, and paid no duty on it. Since the abelition of this privilege, and the consequent establishment of public' houses,-a united effort has been made, with the help of the government, to check the gross intemperance of the people. The number of public houses in a given district, the days and hours at which they are to be open, and the conditions under which they may sell, are all fixed by law, and the privilege of open-. ing these is disposed of at public auction. An association of friends of temperance buy the privilege, and keep these houses in their own hands, - Pure liquors only are sold, and coffee and ‘other beverages are to be had ever the. same counter. Rooms-are kept pleasant and cheerful; innocent games and newspapers are furnished their guests, and every care is taken to make the place one to which the workingman can bring his family and meet his neighbors gocially. "On the other hand, it is the purpose of the managers to restrain rather than promote intemperance. The counter is not covered. with raisins, ipretzels, salt crackers and other provokatives of thirst. Men' are not pressed to drink, and the man who has had “enough” ‘can have no more at that time.~ The net profits are expended on works of local char-. ity. At least one Scottish burg was to petition Parliament, at the last ses-/ sion, for leave: to establish the same’ System, with what success we have notheard. - - ot e

WHAT constitutes a carload? Asa general rule 20,000 lbs, or 70 barrels of salt, 70 of lime, 60 .of. whisky, 90 of flour, Bix cords of hard wood, seven of soft wood, 18 to 20 head of cattle, 50 to 60 head of hogs, 80 to 100 head of sheep, 9,008 feet of solid boards, 17,000 feet of siding, 13,000 feet of flooring, 40,000 shingles, one-half less }f hard lumber, one-quarter less of green lumber, one-tenth less of joists, scantling, and all other large timber, 340 bushels of wheat, 360 bushes of corn, 680 of oats, 400 of barley, 360 of flax seed, 360 of apples, 430 of Irish potatoes, 360 of sweet potatoes, 1,000 of 'bran. The foregoing may not be correct, for the reason that railroads do not exaetly agree to their rules and estimates, but it approximates so closely to the general average that shippers will find it a great convenience as a matter of reference. . -/ . g s

- THE New Albany Ledger-Standard, in a well digested -article upon the “perplexities of endeavoring to plea_Sg’ o the public, says: g e We should certainly regret to part company with any of our patrons, but the loss of a few hundred subscribers will not induce us to abandon the business at once. In the experience of publishing a newspaper we have several times gone through the mill which grinds names from' our lisf, because we tramped on somebody’s’ toes, or refused to tramp on:somebody’s toes. But we have generally found that by pressing forward “to the mark of our high calling,” we have come out ahead every tithe.- " HUER BEiT Lt

W. A. HARVEY, M. D,, of Chicago, in an elaborate essay, contends that alcohol is a medicine, and an indispensable one, and should be kept in drug stores, and labeled as a medicine, and. dispensed only ‘on - physician’s preseriptions, and tha%&ma'ia its legitimate use, and so should temperance men regard it, and conduct themselves accordingly. = He further states that all temperance reforms -based on the recognition of any opposite doctrine will prove a disappoinfment and failare. e : LRt i

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- _Foreign Jtems, ‘ . General Bertrand, son of the General Bertrand who accompanied Napoleon ‘the Great to St. Helena, has been defeated for member of the French As‘sembly by the republican candidate in the delpartment of the Gironde. The republicans are almost uniformly suc-. cessful in these special elections,; and thus may secure a majority in the Assembly unless that body should yield to the almost general wish of the French people ‘and dissolve. A new election would insure the success of the republicans; and this is the feason why President MacMahon and his ‘ministery hold so tenaciously to the present assembly. . According to a pleasant Prussian custom the king becomes the godsfath‘er of the seventh son that is born in any family, Since the empire has been extended and the population in- . creased the emperor finds that he has too many god-sons under this custom. A ministerial circular has been ac-* cordingly issued informing the people that the Emperor William will not accept.this parental charge except when the sons are all living, and have come lat 6 the” world in stecession, withowt™ interruption by the birth of one or more daughters. At the same time ‘his majesty will not give more than the customary present of three ducats at the baptism. ° i A . society exists in Zurich whose members pledge themselves that their bodies shall not be buried after death but burned. The idea is said to have already gained a considerable num‘%er*‘ of adherents, and is openly supported by the Zurich Gazette. That journal observes that the system of interment requires in the neighborhood of cities cemeteries which occupy: much valuable ground,and compromises the health of the living, without permitting respect for the dead, whose bones are afterward exposed and -scattered abroad. - On the other hand, the ashes of the dead preserved in an urn, after the ancient fashion, would be more lasting souvenir for relatives without itcommoding anyone. . tProceedings of the House of Representatives.] #“Mr. Coburn (Ind.) denied the assertion that what the South and West lacked was not currency but capital. He maintained the contrary, that it was not capital they wanted but eurrency. The census tables showed that théy had wealth and capital in abundance, quite enough to command the respect and to silence those who insolently made such a statement. He could see no safety in contraction and none in standing still.” , -~ .

"This is an ingenious Indiana ignoramus. He confounds loanable capiital with fixed eapital, but diseriminates currency from either wealth or capital in order to desire it the more fervidly. Currency, which is neither capital nor wealth, but which is debt, is what this comical Coburn would have; and debt too which is never to be paid by anybody,. however long! it may be owed to somebody. Naturally the creature, seeing no safety in contraction- and none in standing still, wants to inflate till he bursts.—N. Y. World. ; .

| A Horrid Hoax, _, | The Reese River Reveillepronounces the fearful story it related a few days ago, of a husband murdering his wife, and alleged seducer in Smoky Valley, a hoax. A fellow named Osterhaus .. imposed upon the Reveille, and of a consequence, upon other papers on- = this coast and in the Atlantic States, . which reproduced, and are still continuing to republish the frightful detailsiof that monstrous, falsehood. It - was fortunate for the fellow, Osterhaus, that he immediately left Austin . . for Alaska, as it is intimated by the Reveille that thé outraged people ¢f that neighborhood would have.made it “hot” for him.—Ban Francisco Call. 5 [ S # 5 IN'E]G’ Indianapolis Superior Court, = on the 6th instant, Judge Samuel E. Perkins, rendered a decision, which ! ‘met the unanimous c¢oncurrence of the- - members of the bench, to the ef--fect that under the fifteenth amend- | ment to the federal constitution, and | that section of the State constitution ‘which provides that the schools shall be equally open to all, the children of ‘a colored citizen are as much entitled to admission into public schools as those of a white citizen, :

_.SoME of the Eastern cities are stirred upover the discovery of butter forgeries. It is said there are persons ‘who buy tallow and suet, and, through a cértain process of churning in milk, make an article that is well calculated to deceive. There are others who mix tallow, lard, and cleansed house-grease, and, coloring the whole, make an article that will pass for butter. Suchan offense is rank; and smells to heaven.

.- JoHN FISHBACEK, principal ‘owner of the Indianapolis Sentinel, wagered -a hundred dollars with a young lady that she could not refrain from speaking during:an entire week. He escorted the young lady to the opera, bribed members of the family to try and entrap her, and resorted to various other ‘expedients for starting her tongus, but she won the bet, and the owner of the Sentinel is probably a wiser man on the woman business than he was one week ago.: : - A Dbill was passed at the last session of the Indiana Legislature (general laws page 135) making it a misdemeanor punishable with fine and imprisonment, not.exceeding one year, for certain township and county officers, embracing nearly, if not quite all of the whole list, to overcharge fees, and upon a second conviction forfeiture of office and disfranchisement. If the public prosecutor would keep his eye skirgned, we.imagine there would be a number of offices vacated. Our personal acquaintances are assured that none of them are embraced in the above category.—Peru Sentinel.

- FANATICISM is never corrected but by the strong rebaff of experience.— Out of ninety-two cities and towns in_ the western states where a straight is- ' sue was made in the temperance question—put in the intolerant spirit of its present advocates—sixty-three voted to allow the sale of liquor, twenty-nine refused. It is safe to say that in the twenty-nine towns where prohibition is inaugurated at the end of a year there will be a larger proportionate liguor consumption than in the other sixty-three. . So prone have been men and women from the days/of Adam and Eve to taste the things that are forbidden. e ¥ s .—.__‘-"' 3 ’." " 2y - AR - THEY sing in the Massachusetts LegNN . ‘i??m'bm i <l Adams, Dawes and Hoar; . We've done i,rtvnnt{ times, i '~ We’re going to do it more!”