The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 4, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 May 1874 — Page 1

The Gatioml Banner Published by b { JOHMN B, STOLL, LIGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY,IND. CERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: = Strictlyin sIVAREE. sttt i it L9OOO ¥~ T hispaperispublished onthecash principle, itsproprietor believing thatitis justasright for frm. «to demand advance pay, as it is for City publishers, ¥ Anyperson lendin)gba’club 0110, accompaaied with the cash, willbe entitledto a'copy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge.

CITIZENS’ BANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ¢ ADVANCES made on approved collaterals, MONEY loaned on loug or short time. : NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for first-class securities executed on commission. ! AHENTS for the purchasge and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICLES written in first-class companies. & EXCHANGE bou»{;ht and s&d, and drafte drawn on all the principal eities of Europe. AGENTS for the Inman line, } Hamburg Line. - PASSAGE TICKETS sold on allthe principal seaports of Eum’pe. MERCHANTS’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicited; and all business transacted on liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26

1 Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after Decemzer 14, ’7B, traing will leave Stasions as follows: g 2 GOING EAST : e Sp.N.Y.Ez. AtPe. Ex.! @ Accom. Chicago.....vn.« 850 am.... 585 pm.. . E1khart...:.....1230 pm,... 950 ..vs 420 am Goshen,. .. vivanl I 8 il 10 vvedi 446 Millérsburg.... t 195 . ...t10256 ..., 606 Ligonier........ 187 2038 i 524 Wawaka........t149 Vs 110 81 fiago B Brimfleld...... t 157 D TIO Y o 548 Keéndallville.... 210 | 1.:.1113 «aels 608 Arrive atTolédo 525 v 240 am. ... 1000 GOING WEST : . T01edd..... s 1210 pm. o I 3 AD DM, . .. 480 pHi Kendallyille.... 331 pm.... 310 am.... 840 Brimtield ...... 1345 T T BT Viole U 0 Wawaka....... 1355 as3B6 0 ... 914 Ligonier... .. 404 = L 4, 850 Vi 930 M'filersl)urg.... 418 . 1400 .. 950 Goshen:. coe..-.. 485 o ARd LlOOO Elkhartd b, ~ 4168 @ il 4dß. | 111035 JArriveatChicago92o ' ... 850 ilb o tTrains do not stop. Expressleaves daily both ways. St Accommodat’n makesclogeconnectionat Elkhart with trains going Eastand West. CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. 'J.N.KENEPPER, Agent, Ligonier. . 3 e Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after MaEch 29, 1874, : o GOING WEST. |- : ¢ Nol, No 5, Neo-7, : ‘No. 3, . . FastEz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am . 9:4oam 2 15pm Rochester..... --..... 7 30am 10:50am 3 25pm Alliance..!.... s:4oam 11 00am I:4opm . 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 54pm 3:23pm 7 50pm Mansfield..... 9:2lam 3 16pm’ 5:22pm 9 55pm Crestline. .. Ar, 9:soam 4 00pm. 5:55pm 10:25pm Crestline...Lv.lo 10am 5 00am 6:lspm 10:85pm Forest.......;.Fll*3dam 0 40am .8 13pm 11:59pm Lima..........12:34pm 7:53am 9.35 pm I:o3am 't Wayne..... 2:55pm 10:45am 12:30am 3:2sam’ Plymouth..... s:o4pm I:4opm- 3:2Bam - 6:osam Chicago ....... 8.20 pm s:3opm 7:3oam 9:2oam 7 GOING EAST. fgiie ! - NoB, No 2, No 6, Nod 4. Muail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Night Kz. Chicago....... s:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..... 9:26am 12 10pm "9 10pm 2 22amFU. Waync....l2 40pm 2 35pm 11 30pm .5 50am pima. .. oviie S:O(!gm 4 2lpm 1 JSam & v4am F0re5t.........4:20pm 5 22pm 2 45am 9 23am (‘restline .. Ar. 6:lspm- 6 50pm 4 Roam 11 15am Crestline ..Lv. 6 15am 7 10pm 4 30am 11 30am Mansfield ..... 6 50am 7 3Tpm 4 57am 11 HRam 0rrvi11e....... 9 13am 9 29pm 6 40am 1 58pm A11iance.......11 20am 11 10pm 8 35am 3 40pm Rochester..... 2 10pm ........ 10 42am 6 (2pm Pittshurg ...... 3 30pm 2;2oam 11 45am 7 10pm No. 1, dailyZexcept Monday; Nos 2,4, 5, 7 and 8, daily except Sunday; Nos. 8 and 6 daily. , (ir. Rapids & Ind. and Cinc., Rich. & Ft: Wavne R. R. :

Condensed Timeé Card.. Daily, except Sundays. ' To take effect Match Ist, 1874, - . GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond soienitin e, 1010 am 350 pm Newbort. civicisvihity 18 38 M RO eE "Winchester.t i iiiei EEL 2R 0t o hiOb s IRlogevilles viividsiie L 1146 . 531 8 ‘Portland <o el 1215 pm 600 ** Decatulcvdieecs vt 131 ¢ iYort' Wayhe, D......... 800 am 2.25 pm IKendnlivillesousitu il 0916 2% . 4 03/ Slurgis.cdiiiecanl ol 1D e B2L .‘.’\1(mti(m“...............11]7 600 ; lalamazoo. ..vcvnee...l2lspm 655 *¢ ° Montelth o eicciinis i b 4 sO7 52 ** g @rand Rapids... oo ... 240 ¢ 915 ¢ d tGrand Rapid5........d 31C * 92am Howard City, ivoce o 0 518 11 .39 ¢ Up. Big Rapids..... ... 619 ** 1244 * Reed Oity.iciccoiivi o 6b2 . 124 ¢ SClamaigel . cais i 820 % 245 pm ! Traverse City........ .. 640 | GOING@ SOUTH. Express Express Express Jraveree 0ity........i. . 730 am QlsmLake. .ooil . . 500 am 1105 ** Reed City. ... coii’ . o6ey Mt 19 89pm Up. Big Rapids.... ... TOOI 't 1159 Howard City. 0.. i... # 056 ** oas Grand Rap1d5......a.. 30 10 4 30 4 Grand Rapids. .....d.. 725am1110 * 48500 Monteithiiat.e. Lioil L 851 4 1240bm 600 ** Kalamazooy. ... il 986 *alos 4 6101 Mendon .qo..c. ol GIOHR 0 750" Stargls Lii e 11 28 ¢ 836 ¢ Kendallville ....0.. . 112 42pm 950 & Fort Wayne.... ..., 105 ¢ 1115 Decatur... il 0y (0307 ¢ Accom Portland..cc.coiiin 0406 650 am Ridgeville iv: jioh 0 448 8 710 b Winchester .. ... 0. .1 500 ' 742 Newport oot idiis t 5 agi SR 80 Richmond ...... .0 . 0 615 & 1900 * Express trains leaving Richmond at 1000 a m stop : . all night at Grand Rapids, :

Hichigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. - Condensed time card, taking eflect Nov. 3d, 'T3. , GOING NORTH. T GOING BOUTIIL. Lxpr. Mail, STATIONS. ‘gypr — Mail 3750 pm 8%0 am..Kalamazoo.:ll 20 am 645 pm 432 ¢ 855 ¢ . .Monteith....lo27 ** 586 **, 51510 98y « loßlarßn - 080 ¢ 591 % 605 e 1083 ¢% SeHamilton... 910 ‘¢ 438 ** 637 ‘¢ 110458 SiHolland. . ... 840 *' 408 ¢ 748 ‘ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ** 306 * %34 ¢4 1255 ‘¢ . Muskegon.. 700 ‘' 295 * . F.R. MYERS, GeneralPasgengerand Ticket Agent

coinctunadt, Wabash & Michs R. R “ime Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th day of October, 1872: : - ¢ 3OING BOUTIH, STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 Mo, 4 i Noad. Nois 425pm1200m a.....Waba5h....1700am 130 pm 34D ** 1040 am , Nor. Manchester, 750 ‘¢ 230 ** .25 v a 0204 0 Bilverdlioket, . 81T . 318 ** 250 % 908 & L Warkaw, . ..005. % 495 ¢ 210 ¢ 820 % .....IMsbux("g.....Qi’f) sL Bl 150 %« 758 % .. Milorde.s .. 945 ' 530 '* 126 % a 0 % S New Parls.. 1005 ¢ 555 * 105 ¢ 700 * ..dp.Goshen,ar..lo2s ‘¢ 620 * 100 ¢ ~ ..or ‘Goshen,dp..lo3o ‘¢ 12308 v Blkhart, .., . 10506 ¢ Tiainsrun by Cleveland time. ! : A.G. WELLS, Sup’t.

308, Al A\ 574. e KYE AND EAR. *¢ DR.C. A. LAMBERT, (LATE OF OHIOAGO,) * - OCULIST and AURIST, 11 GOSHEN, INDIANA. ‘ Drs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, HOMGEOPATHISTS. Office over Wilden’s Bank, - ; GOSHEEN, - INDIANA. Calls from a distance promptly attended to. P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = « = , Indiana. Offlce over Sack’s Bakery. Mayl2th, 1874, G, W.’CARR; ; Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIRR, . & & < s IND, Willpromptly attend all calls intrnstedto him. Omcq and residence on 4th’ ,Sirfet'._,,fifi " - Y €. PALMITER, o " Surgeon and Physician, e Office at Residence, 7 _Ligonier, = = = « Emdiana. , A.S. PARKER, M.D,," : HOMEOP.A.'I’\HIS'ZE‘, ffics on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. ~ Office bours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2to 4 .M. ‘ RENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. = L. JA.‘ MOYER, ; (Succesgor to W. L. Andrews,) Aok 'SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth, All work warranted; Examinations free. A&~ Office, Second Story, Mitchell Block. Ty

. J.M.TEAL, DENTISTT, \ Oorner of Mitchell and State Sts., 4 one block east.of Post Office, room .m”er the Kendallvilte Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. 3~ All work warranted, Kendallville, May 1, 1874. . ‘l‘. n. GREEN. Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. - LIGONIER, -- - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block, e - KNISELY, - ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - - - INDI4ANA. g9-Office in Mier's Block. 7-2

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L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Harness Shop, - Cavin Street. JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, ALBION, - = & - = [IND: 815 ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention. given to conveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bondg and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, . . May 15187315-8-3

D. W. GREEN, ' 4¥' i 3 Justiceofthe Peact & Collection Ag't, Office with Dr. Landond, second floor Landon’s L : Bricl_c Block: o LIGONIER, - INDIANA. 9 PIHILIP A, CARR, AUCTIONEIER, Offers his services to the public in gencral. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. ; 2 : Ligonier, January 8, "73-37 =-° ‘ : (Z) I YES ! All yon farmers who have sales to g cry will do well to call on S JOSEPH S. POTTS, ~ KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is.as‘zood at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-lgénd cranberries. Office at the Agriculture Store of G. A. Brillhart. 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.-tf

3NG INKS,E . DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, P AND BUFLDING STONES : LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 187.{.-50 H. C. WINEBREXRNER & CO., HOUERE, SBIGN AND ORNAMENTAIL PAINTERS, Grainers, Gtaziers and Paper-Hangers. SHOP AT SOUTH END OF CAVIN STREET . ¢ BRIDGE. o Ligonier, - « = - Indiana, . . Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. B@:Give us a call befure letting your work, and we will guarantee satigfacticn, 8-1, ¢, 8-47-Iy.

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, - Laporte, Indiana. : V. W, AXTREEE, #=: i Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871. i STOP AT THEHE" . KENDALLVILLIFE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK “Hotel, only ten ro‘ds,irflrgn the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. DeXot,,and four squares4ronf the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princidpal businegs houses of the city. Traveling mén andstrangers will find this a first-class house. Fare §2 per day. J. B. KELLY, Proprietgr, Kendallville, Ang. 3, 1870.-14 _ . A. GANTS, : Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, - LIGGNIER, - - ENDIANA. B Is prepared L :\‘L L to dh() unlything P e ~ intheirline, o /fi,fi‘“ &\\ 2 succesful prac/e S tice of overdo Foor SISt eo, years justifies SR e sieisSasemainga ses A 8 him -in sayig, wTe g?x gfiv‘?::’ that he ca% o ‘?‘*w giveentiresat¥R e VO g isfactionto all U a 2 il J who may beatow their patronage. ¥ Office one doornorth aifimelfavie gl o o SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. .~ CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndiana. Fiesh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChoiceGroceries,Brovisions, YankeeN¢tions, &c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Country Produce Mayl3,’6B-tf. SACEK BRO’S.

W. A. BROWN, Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kinds of FURNITURE, : . 3 . i) SPRING BED BOTTOMS, i b WILLOW-WARE, ' " BRACKETS, &c COFFINS &CASKETS Always on hand, mld will be furnished to order. Funerals attended with hearse when desired. Store Room : 3 Htan 06t vt and Tuel Bin f ngonlel , Ind. August 7th, 1878.-8-15. Banking House , fieoit OF ; : SOIL.. MIER, . Conrad’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Money loaned on 1011;7,—!1—1-1(1 short time. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on deposit and interest allowed on specified time, Exchange bought and gold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, 8-2 TO THE FARMERS : i YOU will please take noiice that I am still en- > %uged in buyin% wheat, for which T pay the highest markett?r ce. s : 5 ff you do not find me on the street, call before selling, 4t my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. SOL. MIER. Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th, 1874.— f

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, 1W Q o i e SEIORN = 5 W N D - - N LT ‘ SV "2:"'/,,__‘ = Dol f:_| B ‘V / i:"‘"’-"?"!“.‘;\? e v : X : ST P o VT ),// Oy .- - SR : RESR _ S 2 "‘!,/. 4 . | ,fig‘\t\u . | G - | - 5 ‘Watchmakers, Jewelry, : AND DEALEBSin i Watches, Clocks. EJEWELRY ANQ FANCY GOODS! Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and warranted. Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated Spectacles. | . = Sign ofthe bigwatch, corner Cavin & Fourth streets, Ligonier, Indiana. .83 Jan,. 1, 1874.

) ; OFFER FOR SALE, BGGS for HATCHING From the following varieties of Pure-Bred Land and Water Fowls, at $2.50 per Dozen: Dark and Light Brahmag; Buft, Black, White and Partridge Cochgm; Brown and White Leghorns; White and Silver-Gray Dorking ; Plgmoufin Rocks; Hondans; Black Red, Earl Derby, and Pile Games; Rounen and Aylesbury Ducks; TeuJouse and Bremen Geere, - ‘ I warrant one half of each dozen %n to hatch, it they do not I will replace them at 50 cts. ger doz. Send Stamp for circular, %a sent C. 0. D, if depired. Address, {ISAAC LYNDE; ; 44-3 m, ' #. "Marlboro, Btark Co., O;

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For the Banner. SATIRICAL HITS, OR HOW DO & - YOU IJKE IT? ; | _ BY GUESS wno. : : The false old world is lunatic and wild, 1t follies need the canstic stroke, : Less clerical and mild. Its virtues are go dwarfed and wondrous lean That when you seek for righteous men, | They're few and far between. - : This ribald age of strife and Celtic fires, Bears off the brain in quest of gold On telegraphie wires. e = In art and Christian rituals see avarice gleam ! Men curse prohibitory laws, : And choose to live by steam. : There was a time when, on Columbia’s shore, Men true and faithful might be found,— Their tracks were lined with gore — - Who sought upon its hills toiphuit the tree, Beneath whose shadowe as it grew, = The poorest might be free. : They touched the May Flower’s sacred deck—- . and sang A glad adieu to England’s turf, 5 That o’er the welkinrang. - - - : With right good cheer they tonched and gave a shock To Plymouth’s shore, and cradled there Young Freedom by its rock, . Of| the Rrrusrio boasts the man of fame, * Yet knows he well that little s left, Except a sounding name. : The hygocritic statesman lifts his hands In pledges golemn to his friends, Then pawns the public lands, i

The priest appears, the solemn members start > ~ His righteons robe is on his shoulders, And not upon his heart. Pride, pomp and gossip have crept in among : : the people; Religion 's gone to heaven through the ° Skylight in the steegle. : ; The lawyer strokes his brow, ‘great pains : Takes for his friend (while money’s flush), TLen leaves him in his chains; - Denounces sin, brings on indignant hues; But would have been in hell hin}self, l Tlf he'd received his dues. ' . The doctor shows a friendly face and eyes, Shaking anon an empty head, _ And looking sagely wise, } The vial from his pocket takes in haste, And gives an unpardonable liver pili, ¢ 2 Composed of buckwheat paste, The gentleman salutes you as a aug, And at a distance holds you on The handle of a sir ; Posts up his self-respect upon his station, Enjoys a nap and sends his brain jod . . To see his posr relation. ' The belle to church on Sabbath e’re will go, Display her well-plumed hat and get ; Perchance a verdant beau, Repeat with rounds of pretty things “ha! ha v And for one grain of common sense el Had better ask her Ma! - But, pardon me, the way goes with the will; While thinking o’er these caustic things, They slipped into my quill; . | The spectre small forseok it, or the taper ! Withered its dim and dying light, And stayed upon the paper. Mavx 11th, 1874, : :

OUR BABY. | . [From the New York Graphic. I write as a son, as a husband, and as a man of family. My subject is one of the utmost importance to the married and child-raising community. I believe in writing to the papers upon subjects of family interest. Itisa good thing. o Of course I have no sympithy. in common with those sillyv people who ask all sorts of information from the “family newspaper.” As, for instance, where “a young man just in society” wants to know what he is to do with his napkin when he is invited out to a “swell” dinner party, and the editor tells him that he had better. take the “article in question” home and have it washed. ‘That is absurd, of course! So, too, when a “miss in her teens” confesses that she walks and flirts with a married man every night, and wants to know if there is anything wrong about It. - That, of course, is ridiculous. ' ; Or where “one just commencing life” writes to know what business will make him rich in three years, without any investment of capital or labor on his part.: lle must be an ass. "I write upon no such ridiculous matters. But the subject upon which I scratch these few lines reaches every mother’s heart; and, as you answer it, you will carry joy to many a household. )

“To come at it, then,— i : . * +WE ARE MARRIED, By “we” I mean Iphigenia and I. I ¢all her “Pheegie” for short and . as a pet name. But Mother doesn’t believe in pet names, and calls her plain Iphigenia. Mother lives with us.” I think it is quite an advantage. But somehow Pheegie don’t seem to think so. I am the youngest of seven sons. . When Father died and I was married, my brothers said that as they were older than I, and had had more of dear Mother’s care, it would be only fair to me to have Mother spend the rest of her life in my family. I thought it was real affectionate and self-sacri-ficing on their part. But somehow Pheegie don’t seem to think so. Dear Mother is very sensitive about being in the way. If she says it once & day, she says it a dozen times, that if we feel that she is trespassing in the little room that she occupies, we have only to say so, and she will find a humble cot in some retired spot, and theres pass her widowed days praying for the welfare of her children. I think this is very touching and sweet on her part. But somehow Pheegie do n’t seem to think so. “Suppose we take her up some day - how much cot do you “suppose she would retire to ?” L I don’t like the sentiment. How could I indorse it and have the assurance to look for the length of days promised in the Fifth Commandment ? But this is not my subject. What T want to ask you about is

OUR BABY. We have got a baby., I mean Phee-~ gie and I. Mother did n’t have anything to do about it. And yet, if it had not been for dear Mother, I do n’t know how we could have got along. Just as soon as the little thing was a. month old Mother took it to sleep with her. She declared that never woulidl a wink of sleep come to her eyelids if she left that child for young and inexperienced parents to roll on and smother. - But when she took our little darling in this tender way to her grandmaternal bosom, dear Mother said, in just so many words, that if her affection for the infant was misconstrued, or if we grudged her the playful caresses: which the child might inadvertantly bestow upon her, we had only to say as much, and she would find a humble eot in some retired spot and there pass her widowed days in prayincgdfor her beloved children and grandchildren. Pheegie said: “Oh, bother the humble cot!” But I don’t think my dear wife understands Mother, I thought | there was something very touching

LIGONIER. IND.. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1874,

lin this display of a grandmamma’s Egevotion. But somehow Pheegie don’t eem to think so. il £ As T said, however, we have got a baby. , . 1 U HEABON, He is also a very bright child, indeed. * For that matter, the worthy nurse told Pheegie that she did not know as she had ever nursed a brighter young one. Our own baby is six months old now, and is very healthy. Dear Mother says that she do n't exactly like the way in which it shakes its head every now and then. I think it is queer, too, for its head certainly does shake at times without the slightest occasion for it. I sometimes feel quite serious about it. But Pheegie don’t seem to feel so, and when I said I thought I ought to speak to the doctor about it, she said that I might also tell him that the child’s toes wrinkled peculiarly. I .didn’t like: her saying that, and I noticed that dear Mother din n’t laugh. I agreed with’ her that God gives us these precious wards to take care of. Pheegie says that she supposes that God also makes the precious ward’s head shake. There is something in that. But I wonder if Pheegie really loves the child? Mother often says she hopes she does. WE KEEP A|NURSE. . She is a young Irish girl. I confess I don’t like her much, and I doubt whether she feels very deeply for the child. Often and often the little thing cries ‘at night, but never yet has that girl come down to see what the matter was. If she would only do so once in a while, at least, it would be showing a little interest in her charge. Mother don’t like the girl. She thinks she is a Jesuit, and believes that she would murder the baby quick if the priest told her to do it. - I am ineclined to think so, and kind of wish that we had a Protestant. But somehow Pheegie don’t seem to think so. But what I wiant to ask you is this: . WHAT 1§ THE REASON

that doctors never think that babies are sick? They never do unless the poor little thing is far gone with scarlet fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis, or something dreadfully” fatal. Let the child be teething, or have colic, or wind on its little stomach, ‘or anything of that kind, and doctors never seem to feel interested in the patient’s case. They say that the little things will “outgrow it,” or something of that sort. Now, that is absurd. ' . 1 put it to you, Mr. Reader, as a man of feeling. Suppose you had a pain in your person, and were really .suffering a great deal," and a doctor should come and grin at you, chuck you under the chin; pinch your legs, and say that you “would come out all right,” or “outgrow it,” or something of that kind! Would you like that? Of course you would not. It would not be natural. . ' Now lidon’t know why it should, but our baby suffered a great deal from abdominal trouble. Mother thinks he inherits it; she says-that all her children were that way. I think a very satisfactory explanatian. Why should n’t a child inherit things of that kind, just the same as hair, teeth, and things of that sort? It looks reasonable to Mother and/ me. But somehow Pheegie don’t seem to think so.. But, upon my word, I have written so much that I have but little space left to tell you about a little matter in our own baby’s tender experience, which illustrates how little doctors care for other people’s children. Mother says she thinks they get hardened. But one would think they would n’t. I have been after the doctor a good deal for our own baby, but 'he never seems to come with alacrity. Mother generally tells me when to go. She thinks one cannot show too much care for a child—it is such a grave responsibility. Lthink so, too. But somehow Pheegie don’t always seem to think so. I wonder if she really does love our own baby ? I spoke to Mother about it the other night, and she said she hoped so, for it was an awful thing to throw one’s own child into the teeth of Providence; and I thot, so, too. C o L e

But now I certainly must tell you WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER NIGHT. Our own baby was sick, and Mother wanted me to go for the doctor.— Pheegie did n’t think there was any! use of going for him, but Mother thought there was. However, Mother very frankly owned up that the child was Iphigenia’s. She said that -her solicitude sprang entirely and ondy from love for the little one, but if that affection was irksome to us we had only to find her a humble cot in some retired spot, where she would pass her widowed days praying for her children and their child, and thanking God that its death did not lie at her door. Pheegie rolled over in bed, and said: *“Oh! good gracious!” But I went out for the doctor. It was not a goodmight to go. It was one of those fréezy nights when the rain becomes ice upon the pavement. It was real hard work to go for the doctor. It was impossible to run. I tried to walk fast, but I slid and slipped, and slipped and slid. And then I would manage to catch hold of a fence, and my legs would slide from under me and I would find my face in precisely the contrary direction from that in which I wanted to go. I tried the middle of the street, but it was very little better, and when I tried to get back to the pavement I thought I might as well give up going. But, then! there was our own baby perhaps jat the point of death, and 1 hasteneh', slipped up, and hastened again. ; : It must have taken me a good half hour to reach the doctor’s house, and it is only half a mile away from mine. However, I got there at last and rang the door-bell. : 5

I RANG SEVERAL TIMES, Finally somebody opened a window and a masculine voice wanted to know who the mischief I was, and a feminine voice wanted to know if I was “Horace.” 1 was amazed and bewildered.. The tone of the masculine voice was not familiar to my ear, and I could hardly account for the feminine voice, as the Doctor is a widower. But I nevertheless asked if the Doctor was at home. At that the masculine voice suggested that I had better ring the Doctor’s door-bell and find out. It was certainly very stupid of me to make the mistake, but I was somewhat confused after my difficult walk, and then was nervous as I thought of our own baby at home. However, I apologized and explained, but while I was doing it the parties at the window slammed it down. I did not feel called upon to make any further explanation, but sprang gpn the Doctor’s steps and pulled his e . i » : 5 o V' : ' i They seemed to be sleeping pretty soundly in that block, for I had to ring four times before I roused the

Dector. He opened the second-story window at last, and, after suggesting ,th&ifi was trying to jerk off his bell-piy, T had better say so, he asked ;Who T was. The Doctor is getting old and peeuliar; and then 1 don’t suppose it is pleasant to be called upon te answer a bell at two o’clock in the morning. But, then, ain’t he paid forit? However, 1 overlooked the reference to the bell-pull, and said that it was ‘me.” s . ““Me!” who the mischief’s me?” said the Docor. 1 supposed that he knew my voice; but he alleged that he did nbt, and so I said that “me” was Smith. “Smith! what Smith?” says the Doctor. Now, that was absurd! I know that the name of Smith :is reasonably common; but the Doctor need n’t try to make out that he has nobody but ‘Smiths on his list of patients. However, I answered that I was “T. Adolphus Smith.” And how like a fool I felt! Only think of having to holler out “T. Adolphus Smith!” at 2 o’clock in the morning. I felt certain that somebody was listening at every window in the block. But the Doctor, satisfied whom T was, said: ! | “Well, what do you want?” - Fron the way he said it, one might think that he had been waiting patiently up there, and giving' me a chanee to tell. [ But I did n’t answer curtly. On the contrary, I said:

(“THE BABY IS SICK.” : - “What baby ?” says he. Now, how absurd! As if I would go poking down there at that hour, and through rain and ice, for any baby but our ownbaby. But I nevertheless replied, with perhaps a touch. of vexation in my tone, that the baby under consideration was my own baby. 1 “Wlhat is the matter with it?” says he. |

Now I began to wish-that he would come down to the door. I didn’'t want to be hollering out what was the matter with our own baby, so that the whole neighborhood could be informod agto its ailmonts.. And just then a policeman came along, stood in front of the house, and looked at me as though he felt sure I contemplated burglary. People are so apt, you know, to stand at the front door, and ring the bell, when their designs are burglarious. @ . - ; As a matter of precautionary explanation, but perhaps' injudiciously, I said to the aforesaid policeman that I was “all right.” And then he said: “What!” and then the Doctor said: “What!” | And the policeman, who evidently didn’t see the Doctor, said: “How 's that ?” And then the Doctor, who evidently didn’t' see the policeman, said: “What the thunder are you lalking about?” And then I said to thie policeman that “I said I was all'right.” And then he wanted to knew “wha said I was n’t?” :

It was getting dreadfully mixed up. ‘But just then the Doctor, who evidently saw the policeman, hallooed: “Go about your business!” The policeman evidently saw the Doctor, and “moved on,” after first striking the Tamp-post a most unnecessary blow with his elub. But I thought that the Doctor had addressed his last remark to me, and being pretty well worked up by this time, I said: “Not at all, sir! I have told you that our own baby is sick and needs your professional attenion!” e : “Well, says he, “have n’t I been trying to make.you tell what is the matter with-it ?” o I saw I had made a mistake, and so I said: :

“Oh,” says I, “I thought you were speaking to me.”" “Well, for heaven’s sake, ain't I speaking to you!” said, or rather roared, the Doctor. L “The baby is sick,” says I. “Its little stomaeh kind of sticks out, and Mother says she thinks she feels a lump inside.” ~ “His what does what, and who feels which ?” roared the Doctor. How stupid! “Its stomach sticksout,” saysl; and then I heard that confoanded policeman laughing. : “Sticks out where ?” says the Docof, = v Now, who would suppose that man was a doctor! : | “Why, in front, to be sure!” says I; “and whenl press it hard the little thing wakes up and cries.” “What the deuce do you press it for then ?” says the Doctor. - And then I heard that policeman. langh again, A matter of life or death seemed to amuse him. i By this time I had lost all patience: and so, with considerable vehemence, I said: “Doctor, our own baby is very ill. 'Will you be kind enough to come tathe door?” | .

At that he slammed ‘down the window. ‘ ‘ I remained some minutes at the door, and then heard the Doctor’s heavy tread in the hall. By this time I had recovered my. temper and was prepared to meet my own medical fiiend very pleasantly. As soon, therefore, as he opened the door I said: -~ ' “Ah! how are you, Doctor ?” llf he made-any answer at all I did not cateh it. & . :

“As I was saying,” says I, “about our own baby, its little stomach sticks out, and Mother thinks —" While I had been saying this, the Doctor, acting as though he‘was the only individual on the stoop, and apparently without seeing me, and even less hearing me, had slammed the front door and. turned to go.down the steps. : : But unfortunatély he had shut his coat-flap into the door, whereupon he turned around, glared fiercely at me, and said: “There, then, you see!” and proceeded to find his night-key.: I really could not see the force of hig remark. 1 was not responsible certainly for the trifling inconvenience to which he had been subjected. The coat-tail extricated, the Doctor ran down the steps. In my confusion T had forgotten to tell him of the icecovered pavement, and the next thing I saw was the Doctor, with legs wide spread apart, sliding towards the gutter. He saved himself from falling | by jumping into a snow-bank. . Again he turnd upon me, and again | rid himself of the ridiculous ejaculation, “THere, then; you see!” ‘ - How perfectly absurd! There was: no sense in it. Suppose I did see. ‘What then? How couild I help it?

With my usual forgiving disposition, however, I ventured to offer the Doctor my arm. But all he said was something about “a darned sight!” I did uot apprehend .the whole of the sentence. il We then walked along; each by himself, as best we could. At last I thought that, inasmuch as T had gotten the doctor out at that unseemly

hour, it was’enly fair that I should make his difficult walk as pleasant as possible, and so e 1 ESSAYED TG CONVERSE WITH HIM. Thinking that he might be willing to discuss topics of national interest, I said: : ; (o - “What do you think of the Carpenter bill ?” : ] : “Whose carpenter bill ?” said he. “Why, his, to be sure,” said I. “Very well! who is Ais? I did net catch the name! I suppose lam not to blame for that, young man!” replied my certainly not very good-natured friend. e : , - “If,” continued he, “you or anybody else owed a carpenter’s bill, I should advise you to pay it. . As for its correctness, how the mischief can I form an opinion ?” : e

1 deemed it wise to drop issues of national interest, and ventured to try a new topie. . . | ; L “What will this woman’s movement amount to?” said I. i “Who is the woman? What is the matter with her ?” said the Doctor. Now, how very stupid! . Could not any intelligent person know that I was alluding to the great temperance crusade? el At this point the Doctor fell again, sprawling over the pavement. I picked him up, and we tried the middle of the street as somewhat safer. After giving the Doctor time to recover his temper, I ventured once more upon conversation. I certainly wanted to break a silenee whigh was very tedious and unpleasant. : “That Bismarck is engaged in a great work,” said I. | “When a 'man once puts Church against State his finite intelligence cah never predict what the end will be|” - “Who told you to ¢come after me tonight ?” said the Doctor, by way of reply. i e : I COULD HARDLY SEE : what our own baby had to do with the ecclesia%ical commotion in Europe. I think that I/ judged correctly in thinking that the Doctor did not care to converse further on that subject. | : “Deai Mother sent me,” said I, “and I am afraid she regards the case as a critical one.” b

“Humph!” said the -Doctor. “How long is that mother of yours going to live in your family #’ o ;}:his nettled me somewhat. I did not like that “that” saying; “that mother” evidently implied something more than was disclosed.

~ However, I said:| “Of course, sir, my dear mother is welcome to a place by my fireside as long as she sees best to occupy it. She will leave the moment she thinks welwish her to do so. She has often.said t{hat whenever we become tired of her|we have -only to find her a humble cpt in some retired spot ——" Ll : - “Had that baby been sick during the.day?” said the Doctor, without giving me a chance to finish my sentence. aaid :

That baby! Stilll another offensive “that!” But I was patient, and replieds - ;‘ ! : “No, sir! Our own baby woke up with the peculiar sticking out of -the stomach to which I have referred.” Fortunately, at this point ~ WE REACHED MY DOOR-STEP.

“Here we are,” said I, with a cheerfulness that was somewhat forced. Those “thats” still burned in my memory; and then in a few moments competent medical opinion was to decide whether our own baby was as seriously sick is I feared. | ~ ~ As luck would, have it; I had forgotten my night-key. I.had, of course, to ring the bell. I did so, and then again, and then thrice, and even four times. I did not pull hard for; fear of exciting or - startling our own sick baby. _ s . Suddenly the Doctor.caught hold of the bell-pull; and jerked it as though he was afraid somebody was going to run away with the other end of the wire. : ;

Soon a window- was opened, and I heard dear Mother’s voice: - “Who is that ?”> says she. ' “It 18 me,” says I. e “Who is that?” says she. » “It is me, dear Mother,” says I. : “Is that you, T. Adolphus ?” says she. “Yes, dear Mother,” says I. . “Where s your night-key ?” says she. “In my breeches pocket, dear Mother, saysl.. “Would you like to be let in ?” says she i : ' “Why, of course,dear Mother,” says 1. “There are two of youn,” says she. | “Yes, of course,” says I. : “Who is the other ?” says she. “Why, the doctor, dear Mother,” says L | “Oh! I had forgotten,” says she.— “Thank God, there is no present need for his services.” 1 You cannot think how my heart thrilled with joy as dear Mother made this announcement. . “Doctor,” said I, grasping his hand, “our own dear baby is better!” All he did was to pull away his hand and make some reference to the infernal regions and future punishment. I really think he was disappointed at not finding our awn dear baby in its last gasp. ! Just then the door opened, and

THERE STOOD PHEEGIE in her beautiful blue wrapper. She. always looks sweetly in that wrapper. I kissed her forehead and whispered “Qur child!” , L - “Don’t be a fooll” said she; “it is too bad to have kept you on the step so long. And, Doctor, lam sorry, really sorry, that you should have been brought up here this dreadful night.” “But our child ?” said I. “It’s sleeping sweetly,” said she. “And its little stomach?” said I. “Nonsense!” said she, “there has been nothing the matter with its stemach.” A : “Ah, indeed! Iphigenia!” said dear Mother, from the top of the stairs, “perhaps my intense love for my own child’s own offspring may have exaggerated the actualities of its abdominal ailments. Perhaps lam a burden here! If so, Titus Adolphus, you have only to find me a humble cot in some retired spot, and there I will pass my days —" - ' o “Oh! good heavens!” said.Pheegie. -Before dear Mother had finished her sentence the Doctor had gone out and slammed the door with a tremendous noise. Immediately I heard him falling down the ice-covered steps. T sprang to the door, and asked if he was hurt. He picked himself up and walked off without a reply. ‘ _ The next day he sent in his bill. That was curious, as 1 thoxightkili for T had paid him in full only eight months before. /= - - fi ~ Pheegie says that he, of course, intends me to see that he does not want my patronage. ¢ DAI Dear Mother very truly says that “the issues of life and death are not

for .man’s will to determine.”” = I think that a very appropriate remark. But'somehow Pheegie don’t seem to think so. S i S e But here I come back to my original proposition: .- Sannte Why'is it that doctors are 'so loath to believe that babies are sick? = |- Why is it that they show so little alacrity in flying to the infant cradleside? - -T. ADOLPHUS SMITH.. .

A CAUTION TO THE CREDULOUS. The managers of the gift concert of the Public Library of Kentueky have announced ' their final scheme, more colossal, by {the way, than any of their preceding schemes, contemplating the distribution of no less than $2,500,000 in cash prizes, contingent, however, on the payment of exactly twice that imperial sum by the ticket-buyers.— We have nothing to say against the managers as such; they may carry out this scheme' as they may have carried out every onae of: its predecessors, with strict and even scrupulous fairness; that is to say, they may do faithfully’ everything' they promise to do. But what do they promise? - The scheme is rather dazzling at the first glance, but the second glance, if a sober one, reveals the dazzle as.a will-o’-the-wisp. There are 100,000 tickets and. 20,000 prizes, giving of ceurse to the holder of a ticket oné chance for a prize for five against it, as the managers do mnot omit to pointouty but 19,000 of the prizes, be it observed, are $5O each, the exact price of each tick~ et, so that they are prizes in name merely, leaving only 1,000 real prizes of which 500 again are barely $lOO each, leaving at last but 500 prizes worthy of the name, for one of which (about half of thém are only $5OO each) the holder of a ticket, has a single chance againsf 200, It is probable, however, that not more than half the tickets will be sold, in which event, supposing a full half to be sold, the chances in favor of the ticket-holder, according 'to the engagement of the maiiagers, will be doubled and the prizes halved, giving him one chance against 100 for half a substantial prize, instead of .one-against 200 for the whole. | This' is what _tl}c scheme amounts to. L S Sl

Now, a man who should .invest his. money in a business in which heknew the chances of failure were 200:to 1 and the chances of losing the stake Dbesides-were 5 to 1, and in which success, if won against these odds, would be about as likely after all to multiply the stake by ten as by any number more or less greater, would be thought crazy; yet such is the probability of failure .and such the value of sticeess in this scheme. 'We have thus anaIyzed it for the benefit of the simpleminded, who are entitled to so much at our hands. The scheme is delusive, owing to the immense preponderance of nominal prizes,nineteén-twentieths of all the prizes, as we have shown, not being in fact prizes at all, having each no greater yvalue than the price of a ticket, with the clear prospect scaled down to half the sum. The ratio of chances. (1 'to 5) presented by the scheme is derived -mainly frem these shadowy prizes, without which the ratiowis 1o 100, and throwing aside the 300 trumpery: prizes of $lOO. each is 1 to-200. The delusiveness of the scheme iS'me'asuredShyfithe difference between the nominal: ratio of 1 to 5, which figures in the.announcement, and these latter ratios, which are the true ones.. As an investment, every lottery is a delusion; but the Louisville lottery, even as & lottery, is a delusion. = It.is a delusion -of delu--sions. - a 11 o

In fine, the scheme itself is not fair, although its management may be fair, The best that may be said of it is, that it is an unfair sch.e{tnéi that may be fairly managed. Ifs ‘managers, we presume, are also its authors. ~What will become of the former when the devil flies away with the latter is a question we have no-call to pursue.— Our coneern is for the fate of the sim-ple-minded public, whom these two characters rolled into one are intent on flying away with ‘before the Prin%" of Darkness appears in the scene.—N. Y. World. . = LR

A Wrong Custom Corrected. It is quite generally the custom -to take strong liver stimulants for the cure of liver complaint, and both the mineral and vegetable kingdoms have been diligently ‘searched to procure the most drastic and poisonous purgatives, in order to produce a powerful effect upon the liver, and arouse the lagging and enfeebled -organ: This system of treatment is on :the same principle as that of giving a weak and debilitated man large portions of brandy to enable him to-do a certain amountof work. When the stimulant is withheld, the organ, like the system, gradually relapses into' a more torpid or sluggish and weakened condition than before. What then is wanted? Medicines that, while they cause the bile to flow freely from “the liver,as that organ:is toned into aection, will not overwork and thus. debilitate it, but will, when their use is discontinued, leave the liver strengthened and healthy. Ak Ee Jae G s

: WORKS WONDERS. © ° : ' BERGEN, Gayessk Co., N. Y., March 23, 1871 - Dr. R. V. PIERCE:—Y our treatment: in my case las been quite successful and satisfactory, and for which I desire to express my -gratitude. I have been troubled with a disordered liver and catarrh and general weakness for\| a good many years, and was failing slowly all the time, and last August I called onjyou and got some of your Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, ‘and one of your Nasal Injectors,and since that t-is‘l have been improving and am now better than T.have been in years, not having *had the sick headache in months, which I used to have to average once a_week, the Golden Medical Discovery being the principal medicine used. It has worked wonders in my case, and I recommend it to those similarly afiicted. Let me express gratitude to you for sueh inyaluable services. Truly an%gtat,efiully yolurs, . o L WM B CRITTENDEN,

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' HARD TIMES AND THE CAUSE. . About the fact that there is a stagnatien trade there is little difference _of opinion. All admit it, but the difficulty lies in pointing out the specific causes. A large class oi*’people‘ in the West/ believe, or have been taught to believe, that this stoppage is due en-! tirely to a lack, in the volume of currency. They are informed by their ‘representatives’ in Congress that an increase in currency would remedy this evil. ' The Cincinnati Gazetle has compiled some statistics on this point which are particularly interesting. At the present time the country has 382 ‘millions of greenbacks in. circulation, 356 million bank notes, 48 millions of fractional currency, making in all 786 ‘millions of paper money. In addition to this there is in the country for the _payment of duties about 121 millions. of specie, - The aggregate of money therefore in circulation, in paper and specie, is 911 millions. In 1860, just préviqlus to the breaking out of the war, the paper circuldtion had reached bat 207 millions. There was at that time 250 millions of specie in the country, making a total of 457 millions of money,' against 911 millions' now, after a lapse of only fourteen years. At that time there was a universal prosperity in business of all kinds. No one thought the c;u;g?ncy insufficient. In fact, eontraction was rapidly going an, prices werb ' reasonable, the laboring man did not strike for higher wages, and the voice of the inflationist ' was not heard in the land. No one will pretend to affirm that the population of the United States has doubled since 1860, yet the amount of the currency has actually done so. In the past fifteen years the business of

Great Britain has almost doubled in amount, and there has been no increase of currency inthat time. T%at is, the British people have heen able to make their currency which was, sufficient for the transaction of their! business fzfteen years ago, amply sufficient for twice that husiness now.— | How will the inflationists explain | this, especially since Great- Britain’s currency is not irredeemable paper, but good hard gold and silver? - The stability of Great Britain’s business is proverbial. As a commercial nation, no. other has ever been her equal. Yet i shie is able to do this by the aid of a | currency 'that need not be expanded every few years: We are driven, then,| to the irresistable conclusion that the difficulty. with our prosperity is not lack of currency. There is plenty of it—far too much, in fact. Our credit system. has/ expanded far more than the currency itself. The magnificent Pacific Railroad_enterprises may be" | cited as an instance. Millions 0f capital were invested there, for which the returns were chiefly: visienary. , The stimulus to the congtruction of railroads everywhere hasgbeen too great, They have been built through thousands -0f miles of uninhabited country in the vain hope that capital would be induced to follow thither. But capital could be far better invested nearer home. A few poor men have gone into these wilds, expecting towns to grow up around them, but they are doomed ~to :utter! disappointment.— They struggle: unsuccessfully against their surroundings, and at last send up a despairing cry for more money.— They have been liVing on prospects, and when these turnto ashes they areleft helpless, These huge railroads have béeen compelled to retrench at all points. Fheir credit has reached the limit of its expansion. 'The panic. ‘Jast fall was the occasion on which this limit was reached. Thousands of firms, whieh were doing-a business three ér four times as large as their: capital would /warrant, were engulfed. Retrenchment has bßeen the order of ‘the day since. Railroads, have stopped building. The iron manufactories “have suffered a corresponding curfailment. That part of the West whose . development depended wupon the railtoads has stopped developing. The business of the country must there- . “fore suffer until & just relation has established betweén capital and credit. The Eastern States suffer less than ! the Weistern‘beeause in those States this relation is somewhere nearly equitable. The prosperity of the Kast is solid and real, that of the West unreal and inflated. This state sf things, | ‘which isq%he real basis of the difficulty, cannot be remedied by a new inflafion of the currency. Such a measure would restore the credits and afford a temporary relief. The . same unreal prosperity would be renéwed, but in a very short time the limit would again be reached, and the reaction would be* more terrible than before. Rétrenchment is needed in public and private life. The present session of Congress has been remarkable for the discovery of -a series of frauds, each involving the malappropriation of milliens of dollars.. This reckless- expenditure of ‘l)ul¥lic moneys,leading to the most fearfullycorrupt administartion ever heard of,is largely attributable to the curse of a depraved éurrency and a false system of credits. They react upon and foster each other.” The'immense stealings all over the country by gov- | ernment officials, from the highest to the most humble office hélder, has its direct result in an immense increase in taxation, both direct and indirect. This in time creates the demand for more and/cheaper money. Before the country can expect real prosperity, business must be conducted on a real basis, and the vehicle of tralde, money, must /itself be real., The people of the new States must be satisfied to grow with a slower growth. If anew town does not rise te the distinction of a city within the first six menths of its existence, the inhabitants need not be discouraged and emligmteato a more ambi%ious center.. The spell under which some of our wonld-be financiers have labored, has been happily broken by the President’s veto. -It is tobe hoped that thé incredible folly of increasing an irredeemable paper - ‘currency, will never-again be attempted.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. e

PusLisHED statistics of Ohio show | # marked decrease in the number of marriages in that State. The returns extend back to 1866, in which year there wuas one marriage -to every two of population, while in 1873 there{ was only one to every 118 of population. This decrease of matrimony i 8 piobably owing, in a considerable degree. ‘to the growing ext%;wugance of the times, making it ‘nyore difficult to maintain establishments and support ‘a family. Perhaps also the growing mercenaries of the times has something to do with it, young men and 'young women of the present day both being much inelined to regard matrimony as a matter of money. What--ever the cause may be, the decrease _of marriages among Americans isnot, a pleasant thing to contemplate in any ‘aspect, and may be fraflgh%j with seri“ous consequences to posterity.—Jlndim{mfis lis Journal, iAR ‘l:@ /