The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 June 1874 — Page 4

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WHO KNOWS BEST? Mg. EpITOR:—] presume you are aware of the fact that people generally imagine that they wunderstand their own wants better than they can be known by any second party. But then you must know as well as I do, that this is a grand mistake; that very few (unsophisticated country people at least) have anything like a correct idea of their needs, until the sage representatives of some incorporated town (to. whom all the wants of humanity are known) are pleased to give their voice oh whatever may be the subject under consideration.

A very ludicrous (not to say most ridiculous) example of this way of thinking became attached (recently) to the history of this truly Noble county. It had happened, in connection with the failures of the past, that a certain eighty rods of section line had not been opened for travel. But nis the years went by certain restless spirits began to agitate the.question of establishing a public highway on the said section line. Finally a petition to that effect was presented to the Commissioners of the county.— There being no remonstrance, three viewers were appointed to examine and report| cbncerning the route. At last the appointed day arrived and the viewers were on hand, also one of the petitioners, who probably thought by his presence to secure a good report. - But if he had indulged any very! “lively hopes,” how they must have died within him when, having completed the view, one of the sons of Solon presente(} to his auditor an unsolvable problem, embodied in the question, “Who is going to travel this road 2” \ .

But your readers are not ‘all acquainted with the locality in question and it will be f)roper for me to assist them in their efforts to comprehend the extreme pertinence of the question, by saying that it has been ascertained by actual count that there' are onl{ eighteen families, nine on each side of the river, within a mile of the spot where a bridge would be required ; that there is but one incorporated town within three miles; that Fort Wayne and South' Bend are near fiftx miles away, and that the neighboring country is nowhere as thickly settled as in some parts of Massachusetts; and:when we add to this preamble the fact that there is a bridge two miles '1).&10»316&1 three in Ligonier (all doube width), it cannot be denied that

This man is a notable gage In wisdom as well a 8 in age. It might be supposed that the utterance of this one voice would be sufficient to settle the dispute in question at once, and forever; but let us “bear in mind that the resources of wisdom, though so heavily drawn upon, were not quite exhausted; and besides this, it was necessary that the Jother two viewers should show themselves worthy of the position to which they'had been appointed. They, therefore, proceeded’ to accomplish their " mission just as if nothing had previously happened. One of them, taking a stick or other instrument, measured twenty-six rods in length and then measuring up just four feet, said, “the grade will have to be just so high.” Then, turning to the unhappy petitioner, he inquired: “Where is your ~dirt to come from?”’ Justice demands that the correctness of this estimate be admitted without a single quibble, for the ground referred to has, ‘at least once within the memory of the oldést inhabitant, been overflowed (prob;q,bly to the depth of one foot), and it' is known that moisture will rise (by means of capillary at- . traction) through a distance of several inches, it is not to be supposed that a single barley-corn less than four' feet would answer the purposé. A sense of right impels me to attempt a further vindication of this second member of a most wonderful “trio,” by asserting that probably not more than half the required amount of dirt could “be obtained on the spot by grading up the roadside, and that the Auithor of Nature has not placed a sufficient gravel-bank within a less: distance than forty rods from' the low ground in question. It is certainly safe (in view of this remarkable exhibition of human sagacity) to conclude that the unlucky advocate of the road felt himself in very close quarters,! but being unwilling to yield either to wisdom or numbers, he brought forth his final argument, to the effect that a grant had been obtained for a school-house ~which would be located at theeastern extremity of the proposed road, and that as several of the scholars lived on the opposite side of the river a ~ bridge would be necessary for school purposes. But this plausible argument was immediately exploded by the third viewer, who asserted that a foot-log would be sufficient. This sage-like declaration so overwhelmed the petitioner that he gave up the idea of any further effort to obtain a road, hnd a bridge simply' for school purposes, with the additional object of facilitating local and general travel, and at once set about the work of minding his own business, as every one should do, except those Wwho, like the renowned road-viewers, are wise enough to understand the wants of others. But these should be paid a liberal salary and permitted to labor patriotically for the good of their race. - It may be proper to pause here and contemplate the benefits which may yet accrue to humanity from the counsels of these philanthropic viewers. Is it too much to suppose that when the cranial development has progressed a little farther, they will begin (with the sagacity of Lycurgus and the eloquence of Cicero) to advocate a return to the dirtless corduroys and narrow winding ways which furnished our fathers with such huge enjoyment in the beautiful, but far away, years of the past? What a pity there is no fountain in which these men might bathe and renew their youth like the eagle, since a perpetuation of their

stay would certainly prevent designing and ignorant men from entailing further evil upon suffering humanity. But though it is true that they are likely to slip away from earth before mankind are ready to dispense with their services, yet their fame is secure. Their valuable services will be remembered by their fellows with many emotions until the sun goes down, and some future historian will d‘ip his pen in a dew-drop and‘write their names “upon the sand,” thus securing to them an immortality as lasting as that of the “grass which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven.” “So mote it be.” R.S. LATTA,

CLEVELAND CORRESPONDENCE. - EpITOR NATIONAL BANNER:—It has been very dry here, yet crops look well. Strawberries will soon be ripe and promise a fair yield; cherries are getting ripe also, and look fine. ~ The season races at, tha; Fair grounds' were organized June 4tl. The opening was a novel one, being a colt race, horses which had neVef?zicéd before. There were four trotters entered for a purse of $5OO. Parley Sheldon’s “Abdalla Maid” won the first prize of %225 B.F.Philips’ “Ella” the second, $150; George ITollister’s “Lady IPonner” the third, $125. Chas. Calhoun’s “Belle latch” was badly beaten; but it is only fair to say that the latter was in no condition to trot. She had been hurt on one of her fore legs and ought not to have been entered. “Belle Hatch” is a little beauty, and they are all fine looking animals and promise to make their marks upon;the turf. Another race is to come off soon, of real trotters. '

The Sengerfest is still the absorbing theme‘and promises to be a fine thing. Fifteen hundred school children are under careful training and will be a grand part of the entertainment. Strikes are still in order, but do no harm as yet. ILarge manufacturies continue to cut down the number of workmen and hundreds are out of employment. -We do wish some of that class would “go West.” But the city, even with starvation, seems to be preferred to God’s free and healthful country. ‘ j It is very warm here, and has been for severalidays. ' A.R.E. June Bth, 1874.

PoSTAL INFORMATION which those interested are requested to paste in their “old hat” for easy reference: Any writing on the wrapper of a newspaper, other than the /address, subjects it to letter postage. Postal cards having: additional matter printed, stamped or written on the side having the printed words, “write the address only on this side,” reaching destination, postmasters are required to charge them with.double letter postage. L i Postmasters must not deliver from their office any mail matter on which the postage has been paid. = When letters' have been delivered, including those to hotels and boardinghouses to their address, they cannot be returned to the post office for remailing without prepayment of postage at the regular prepaid rates. ' LETTER ADDRESS. : To Pleasant Brook post office I ‘bid you go, In New York State, neither fast nor slow, And find D. A. Lovejoy, both tall and straight, That Bad young man without a mate. g _ ' MORE ANON.

Courtship of Savages. Among the aboriginal blacks of Australia courtship as the precursor to marriage i 3 wunknown. ‘When a young warrior is desirous of procuring a wife he generally obtains onge by giving in exehange for her a sister or some other female relative of his own; but if there should happen to be no eligible damsel disengaged in the tribe to which he belongs, then he hovers around the encampment of some other blacks'until he gets an opportunity of seizing one of their leubras, whom perhaps he hds seen and admired when attending one of the feats of corrobories. His mode of paying his addresses - is simple and efficacious. With a' blow of his war club he stuns the object of his ““affections;” and drags her insensible body away to some retired spot, whence, as she recovers her senses, he brings her home to his own gunyah in triumph.

Another method with the wife stealers is to ascertain the camp-fire beside which the girl whom he covets sleeps. When he gains the knowledge he requires, he creeps close to the camp some dark, windy night, and stretching out his spear, inserts its barbed point among her: thick flowing locks, turning it slowly around, some of her hair becomes entangled with it, then, with a sudden jerk, she is aroused from her slumber, ahd as her eyes open, she feels the point.of another weapon pressed against her throat. She knows well that the slightest attempt at escape or alarm will cause her instant deathj so, like a sensible woman, she makes'a virtue of necessity, and rising silently, she follows her captor to begin a new life of toil from which she is not released till death.

‘ J. Edgar Thompson’s Will. . That is a sensible will made by the late J. Edgar Thompson, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. After first providing handsomely for his family and immediate relatives, he appoints trustees whose duties it is to appropriate the wholg of the net income of the remainder—some $1,500,000—to the education and maintenance of the female orphans of the railroad #mployes whose fathers may have been killed while in the discharge of their duties, preference to be given first to the employes engaged upon the Pennsylvania Railroad ; second, to those of the Geprgia Railroad, between Augusta and Atlanta; third, to those of lines cortrolled bythe Pennsylvania Railroad by lease or otherwise; fourth, to the employes of any other railroad company of the United States of America.” When we see such a humane disposition made of large wealth, and made by men of minds expanded by enormous enterprises, we feel more and more impressed with the idea that there is much good yet in the world, The doctrine of total depravity fades into nothingness. We even feel that a rich man may “enter into the kingdom of Heaven.” ,

THE pronounced policy of J. H. Rainey, negro Congressman from South Carolina, has been ' deemed worthy of emulation by a Louisiana white demagogue named Keeting.— This fellow goes about the country endeavorinfito organize a constituency among the negroes, by promising to confiscate the property of the whites by taxation, so that the lands can be divided among the negroes. Happily he hag not-met with much success so far, 5

Are Lightning Rods a Protection : Aainst Lightning ? s ; :Prof. John Wise, of the Franklin Institute, in Pennsylvania, recently made the following observations in regard to the effects of the terrific thunder storm which passed over the city of, Philadelphia, May 2. llis ideas as to the protective qualities of lightning rods are not calculated to assure people who have been accustomed to rely upon such security against lightning. e says:

. The most marked and instructive thunderbolt discharge brought to my notice was that which struck the building of Mr. Rech, on the south-east corner df: Girard avenue and Eighth street. This building is provided with an extensive arrangement of lightning rods. It is gravel roofed, and round the whole circumference of this roof there runs an iron conductor. From this horizontal iron bar there are perpendicular lightning rods at sixteen different equi-distant places. It has, in fact, sixteen lightning rods pointing to the clouds. ‘Upon the roof and centering the avenue front, and about twenty feet from the front edge of the building, there stood a flag-staff. A branch of the cireumferential conductor runs across to this staff and up it about twelve feet, where it ended and was fastened to an iron band around the pole. The thunderbolt, in disregard to the sixteen lightning rods, struck the flag-staff and completely shivered it down to within four feet of the iron band, and where the branch conductor ended. Why did this bolt prefer the wooden pgle to the lightning rods? Simply because it was in the path of the descending bolt. Now, if, as 'is claimed by eminent electricians, the rod does its silent work of discharging the cloud when it is yet afar off, did it not quietly and decently disarm the nimbus artillery: in this case? Certainly the garrison was well fortified with these barbed protectors, expressly stationed there to prevent an explosion of electricity, by drawing the surcharge from the cloud, if not yet when atar off, at all events when the pending cloud passed over the protected building. The light-ning-rod man claimed that the branch conductor carried off harmlessly the remainder of the bolt. No doubt it did, since that residue was of little momentum and energy of what was left of the bolt after having made splinters and kindling wood of a thirty feetfidgstan.. - .

While this is the third flag-staft shattered by lightning in'this city that I have examined within a few years, and where the mechanical effects of the bolt were little beyond that of rending the pole, it is the only one on a building where it was' surrounded by a cordon of lightning rods,or in close proximity to a rod.. It is one of the most conclusive evidences of the inutility of lightning rods that could possibly be presented. If the rod would do what it is intended for, to wit: draw the surcharge of electricity from the storm cloud silently; disarm it of its force by drawing in a silent stream to its point, as the charge from the prime conductor of an electrical machine is drawn by any kind of a pointed material, glass as well as wmetal, there would not be a bolt ever-descend upon a building in Philadelphia, with its thousands of lightning rods peering toward the cloud region. " The only protection from thunderbolt that has yet proved to be efficacious is the metal roof. The greatest ‘damage done to a building thus protected'is the perforation of the metal at the point where the bolt strikes, and this is, in the heaviest discharges, not over from a half to an inch in diameter. Such has been the result of my observations through more than a quarter of a century. In all these observations'l found the mechanical effect of the thunderbolt about the same in buildings that were struck and with rods upon them, as those without rods, with this difference, that nearly all the cases of ignition were upon those with tods. Such are the facts of the case, with all theories to the contrary notwithstanding. . : Metal has no more attraction for lightning than a sponge has for water. In either case it may be viewed as an absorbent.; Neither has a metal point an attractive power to draw electtricity on it. Points act as a recipient of conduction, or as entering wedges to the bolt, as a point would act in perforating a soap bubble of hydro-oxygen gas, or any other film of attenuated matter. 'The attraction of positive for negative, as laid down in electrical science, proves nothing more than that there is present and unbalanced condition of electrical matter, and then necessarily a disposition to ele(_:trjc‘al'quilibrium, which always follows, justi as two drops of water will coalesce when their atmospheres come in contact. .

; Post-Office Rules. Never buy any stamps. Hand your letter to the postmaster and tell him to put a stamp on it. If you are out of change tell him you will hand it to him the next time you arein. It won’t ‘be mnecessary, however, to do so, as three cents are nothing.. When you hand in your letter, do not forget to tell the postmaster to be sure and have it go. If you do not give this warning, he might keep it in the office. Heed

Always remember to call the postmaster and hand your letter to him and do not put it in the letter-box. If ;you:do the postmaster will not have so much to do, and you will thereby encourage laziness. Remember that the postmaster would consider it quite unkind’'to have your letters stamped by any one, but himself. He will be pleased, also, to put wrappers on pa- ‘ pers and back them occasionally, or, -oftener; especially when he- is ‘distributing mail. : . When you put a letter in it is well to ask how long before you will get an answer to it. Of course, the post- - master ought to know, or he is not fit to be a postmaster. - If you have a box do not call out the number of it, or your name, but stand there and rap. This obliges the postmaster to take a good look at you. When he hands you your mail,don’t fail to ask him if that is all. (Postmasters are in the habit of holding back part of one’s mail,which of course they will not do after this question is asked.) ¢+ If an expected letter or paper does not come, ask him what he supposes is the reason, and tell him you think it is mighty curious. A postmaster ought to know what is wrong in such cases after being in the business a few months. It is well to tell him where you are expecting it from, and what business it is about, ete. This kind of a story is calculated to interest a postmaster, and remder him good natured. Youmighthint to him, also, that your letter must be in the post-office somewhere. That kind of insinuation always makes you feel so jubilant. By

If the man of the house does not get a letter, it would be well to send the rest of the family,one at a time.— There is no telling which might be the lucky ome. Each should be instructed to ask the postmaster if he is sure there is nothing. This will tend to create an angelic disposition in the most cross-grained postmaster. e e ; The wool business has been brisk during the week. o

Emigration from Germany--Efforts . to Check It---Banishmént of an .Agent from Michigan. i [Berlin' Correspondence New York Herald.) Mr. Allardt, the emigration agent for the State of Michigan, passed through Frankfort a few days ago,en,| route for Switzerland, having been ex- | iled from Saxony without a trial. The case first was brought to public at-; tention a few months ago in the correspondence between Mr. Allardt and Mr. Bancroft, at Berlin. ; Emigration is still a troublous' sore to the Prussian government. In the debate in the German Reichstag of the 17th, two deputies made statements to the effect that the percentage of younf,t3 persons liable to military duty who emigrated last year, without permission, was twenty-two per cent. of all the young menliable to do military duty. Eflrliez' the percentage had been but nine. In: 1862 the number of young men whoi® secretly emigrated” was 1,500; last year it was 10,000. Deputy Von Denzin, proposed an amendment to the government law on emigration,, whereby the “attempt” should be made to inflict severe puuishment on all young men who, while. between the ages.of seventeen and thirty-one, should attempt to leave the country; in other words to place the youth of Gemrany under the immediate coversight of the police. Deputy Frederick Kapp, “a disappointed re-. turned German-American politician,” as a-Fradkfort paper styles him, again distinguished himself tor his “overfoaming” patriotism. lle urged that the sons of German-Americans who thad the good fortune to be born in Germany sheuld; be held as liable to’ military duty, and the “scapegoats’ (Schlingel) should not 'be excused on the ground that they were citizens of a foreign country. I suppose Herr Kapp referred only to the sons of Ger-‘man-Americans (born in Germany) who are sent in such numbers to Germany in order to procure an education. lle cannot have made such a fool of himself as to assert that the sons of (German) American citizens living abroad (that is in America) should be considered liable to military duty in Germany, after they, with their parents, have become citizens. Very naturally, now that the stream of emi‘gration .is beginning to ooze out of every pore on the German shores, we shall expect to hear more such interesting insane utterances from German Députies in the Reichstag. Speaking of emigration reminds me of a storyin circulation on the Frank-! fort Bourse, in reference to the California and Oregon bonds, which stand at’' 15 iper cent. One day a witty. speculator entered the Bourse, and, seeing a number of friendly brokers, approached them with a serious visage and asked them if they could keep a secret. Under promise from them to keep any hint he might give private, and to speculate on the goed news only -among themselves, he related: “This morning,” he said, “as I was coming through the Galugasse, I called in at H——'s cigar store, which, as you know, is run in connection with an emigration agency. While there I heard an. emigrant making negotiations to proceed to California. Now, gentlemen, as that emigrant will have to pass over the Oregon road, we may expect that a dividend will be forthcoming next year, that is, if” the individual completes his negotiations.” The fun sounds almost too American to be native to the soil here; but I give it as original, and trust it may | pass current as such.

Warranted. ' : Four to six bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery are warranted to cure Salt Rheum or Tetter and the worst kind of Pimpleson the face. Two to three bottles are warranted to clear the system of Boils, Carbuncles, and Sores. Four to six bottles are warranted to cure the worst kind of Erysipelas and Blotches among the hair. Six to ten bottles are warranted to cure Running of the Ears and Corrupt or Running Ulcers. Eight to ten bottles are warranted to cure Scrofulous Sores and Swellings. Two to six bottles are warranted to cure Liver Complaint. A WONDER TO HERSELR. TANKTOWN, Delaware Co;, O. To Dr. R. V. PIBRCE: ; ’ . Your Discovery needs only a fair trial and it will do all you recommend it to do and more too. When I was fifteen I caught cold and for twentyeight years I have been a - perfect wreck of disease, and all the medicines and doctors’ bills have run up at timeg to two and three hundred dollars, an never any betier but worse, when I gave up all hope last spring of living the summer through. I received one of your Account Books and told my husband affer reading it that it was too Jate to try further, but he said it was. never too late. He went and bought two bottles and I found it was helping me very much. . Since 1841 I was troubled with Catarrh and Sore Throat, and was almost entirelydeaf in one ear and my voice was as dull as could be. There was constant pain in my head. Now my head is as’ sound as a dollar, my voice is clear, and I used ten bottles of your Discover;. It has cured me of Catarrh, Sore Thtoat, Heart Disease, Spine Affection and Torpid Liver. My skin was rough.— When I put my hand on my body it was like fish scales. Now it is as smooth and soft as a child’s. In conclusion I will{say I have been well for three months., liam a wonder to myself and friends: |This is but an imperfect statement, half has not been told. Yours with respect. HESTER LACKEY.

THE BAR-RooM. REMEDY for .all ailments is Rum Bitters, surcharged with Fusel Oil, a deadly element, réndered more active by the pungent astringents with which it is combined. If your stomach is weak and liver or bowels . disordered, strengthen and regulate them with ViINEGAR BiltTERS, a purely VEGETABLE ALTERATIVE and APERIENT, free from alcohol and capable of infusing new vitality into your exhausted system. Bwd4.

A strawberry grower states that to two barrels of rain water he puts one quarter of a pound of ammonia, and one quarter of a pound of common! niter, and with this solution he sprinkled his strawberry beds every night ‘when blossoming. ' The result was double the amount' of large’strawberries to that just adjoining not so treated.—South Bend Tribune.

Grant’s “memorandum” has produced a sensation among Radical leaders, ‘and they are freely expressing their disapprobation—some going so far as fto say he ought to be kicked out of the White House. They may help to kick this, President out, but we doubt if they will soon help to put another in. ' : -

PiMPLES, BLOTCHES and other unsightly eruptions of the skin should be gotten rid of as quickly as possible.— Dr. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial will remove all such things by: purifying the blood. The most severe cases of scrofula are cured by this great family medicine.

Telegrams from the vicinity of St. Joseph, Michigan, state that the recent rains have been of great benefit to the fruit crops there. The prospect is-good for a full crop except of cherries and plums, | ' ,

7: Wheat Growing in Nebraska. This State is now attracting considerable attention as one of the best fields for settlement in the Union. In clim\z}te and soil it meets the conditions required for the successful cultivation of all the productions of the temperate zone, and also some of the subtorpical. It is not often that corn and wheat thrive equally: well in any country; but as it is in Nebraska, corn is the first staple crop, of course; 'but so soon as the farmer is well settled upon the land, he puts in wheat. The wheat of Nebraska is in good favor; and in the St. Louis 4nd Chicago markets its price averaged several cents per bushel more thanihe wheat of the neighboring States cin demand. In bread making qualities the wheat of Nebraska only ranks second to that of California, with which it does not come into competition. The agricultural triumphs which have been achieved in Nebraska are the work of little more than ten years, and, as the country is settled, and the position of the farmer becomes easier, wheat ranks higher among the crops of the country. In 1860, when the population was 28,000, tlre wheat crop amounted to 147,867 bushels, or about 514 bushels per head; and, in 1870, when the p‘oprl)xlation was 122,000, the wheat crop was 2,125,086 bushels, or a little under 1714 bushels per head. - The population of 1873 can only be estimated, and therefore it is best not given; but the wheat crop of that year, (which wag an unfavorable agricultural year,) amounted to 3,000,000 bushels. The record is therefore still one of advancement for the young State; and it is to beremembered that stock raising, fruit culture, corn growing, and all other agricultural work advances equally with wheat raising. @ Nebraska is therefore a promising State for the seftler; and the more especially since it has good markets both east and west and south.

The Richmond Independent says:— “We have reports from all sections of the county, and the prospect for an abundant fruit crop was never better.”

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I will astonish the Grangers by opening and offeritig for sale a large stock of - : 'OTTONADES AND PRINTS! G—d ._[J ~_(1 %Mfi lfl( J _fi( ,\t_( B ;'r _L -Jfi AAW _IJ _L ,\_} L At prices not to be obtained elsewhere in the west. Prices on flles; ‘goodé have declined within the past fifteen days over 50 per cent. = I have purchased these Cottonades and Prints since the Great Decline, and can sell them 50 per cent: cheaper than merchants who purchased be fore the Bottom Fell Out of Cotton Goods. You may ask what caused the heavy decline. It ‘was simply the prospect for an unprecedent cotton crop in the South, almost ready to’ harvest. 2 havé a large supply of genuine - o e ‘ %0 331 Paud T S s e . Bear's oil, Put Up in Bettles, For distribution among my customers. EI?OI'_Y person th’d"c bu)s two poufids of my best Young Hyson Tea, at the old, price, I will present t}_l(fl?l a bot»tle of genuine Bear’s Oil. My stock of - HAMS, DRIED BEEF and all KINDS of FISH, Is largé, and WIH be sold at the Very. Ijoxxfest Fi;gnresn‘. - }ls‘,-? ,ftlle sole: gerey J'Q.T o Jordon’s J apanese Indigo Blueing, Which [ wish my customers to try, and satisfy tliéfilselves of its merits. This ndvql preparation is put up in packages which I am selling at 10 cents each, and is undoubtedly the best and cheapest blueing in the market. Sample Blueing free. - = . i b - As I am determined to go out of the Whisky business, any person wishing to purchase a stock of Liquors, together with Bar, Fixtures, Ice Boxes, ete. will find a bargain by calling at my Store. @ . REMEMBER THAT TAM SELLING ! Groceries,Provisions,Feed, FISH, FRUIT AND FLOUR, s CHEAPER THAN EVER,