The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 July 1874 — Page 1

The Aatiomal Banuer 2 o Published by [ ‘Y ¢ -l("l:‘ B. STOIA‘A, j ‘LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,IND. DERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Jtrictlyin adeance: (i vl o i, 083,00 #=l'hispaperispublished onthecaahﬁn’ncifle. | #tsproprietor believingthatitis justasright for him o demand advance pay, as it 18 for City publz’sl‘ten. ¥ Anyperson sendinﬁaclub oflo, accomparied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge. . CITIZENS’IBBANI, . LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned oun loag or short time, .. NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for tirst-class securities executed on commission. | A ENTS for the purchaseland rale of Real Estate, INSURANCE POLICIES written in first-clasg comyanies. £:XCII ANGE b-mi;ht and sold,; and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Eurppe, AGENTS for the Inman line, . 1 . i Hamburg Line. § PASSAGE/TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of Europe. - : ; WERCHANTS, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicivedl, and all business transacted on liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. + Ligonier, Ind , Oct. 28d, 1872.-26

Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. un and after May 24th, 1874, trains will leave Stacions as follows: : "~ GOINGEAST: i Sp.N,Y.Ez. Atle. Ex. Accom, Chicago..ccooivs *2O so o 080 pm.. .| E1khart........ ¥2O pm.... 950 .... 500 am Goshen, .. ¢ TOB ve e dO4O sAR Millersburg.... t 1 53 ... 11028 save D 3 Ligonfer. ... .. 205 seeko43 11006 00 Wawaka....... 1215 % TlO D 4 e Brimfleld ...... 1228 leeTlL 08 Civel 2 Kendallville ..., 236 waeill 88 tahe OR4 Arrive atTolede 550 ... 240am.,...1040 . GOING WEST : . “P01ed0..........11 10 pm.... 11 25 pra.|l.. 4 55 pm Kendallville.... 236 pm.... 244 am.... 850 . Brimfield ...... 12580 . ~...1300 vine 906 Wawaka....... 1259 veuel3 10 velin DR Ligonfer. . ..cOBlO ... 391 S Dot Millersburg.... 13 24 sov T 3 86 L o 960 Gu5he1).........?1aﬂ cvie 390 vsado:lo Elkhatt. 0005, 400° .0 420 . ..1035 Arrive atChicagoB 20 i 820 «vos 650 am tTraing do not stop. - Expressleaves daily both ways. . CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland, J. M. ENEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. j Pitisburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. . '~ Fromand after May 31, 1874, i ' GOING WEST. ¢ | -Nol, No 5, No 7, No. 3. i } Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Ex. Night Ex. Pittsburg......-2:ooam 6 00am 9:4oam 2 00pm Rochegter..... ....... 7 25am 10:50am 3 10pm A11iance....... 5:25am 11 00am I:3spm 6 05pm ,0rrvi11e,...... 7:olam 12 58pm 3:lspm ° 7 33pm " Mansfield..... 9:o6am -3 25pm 5:25pm 9 26pm Crestline...Ar, 9:35am 4:oopm | 6:oopm 9:55pm Crestline...Lv. 9 55am. 5 00am |6:3opm 10:05pm F0re5t.........11'13am 6 32am ‘8 25pm 11:29pm Lima..........12:15pm 8:00am -9.43 pm 12:30am 't Wayne,.... 2:lBpm 10:35am 12:25am 2:55am Plymouth..... 4:24pm I:3Bpm 3:o3am s:lsam - Chicago ... .... 7.50 pm 5:35pm 6:soam B:soam GOING EAST. % Nod, No 2, No 6, NoS. - ¢ NightEz. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Mail, | Chicag0.......10:%0am 9 20am 5 35pm 5 15pm Plymouth..... 2:loam 12 10pm 9 05pm 9 26am Ft Wayne,... 5 20pm 2 38pm 11 30pm 12 30am 1ima.......... 7:2opm 4 2meQ 1 33am 2 45am. F0re5t........ B:33pm & I?)pm‘.—; 2 42am 4 02am Crestline . .Ar.lo :2%)m' 6 45pm™ 4 20am 5 50am Crestline ..Lv.lo 30am 7 05pm 4 30am 6 15am * Mansfield .....11 00am 7 35pm 4 57am 6 50am Orryville, ... ..12 58am 4 32pm 6:45am 9 13pm A11iance....... 2 45am 11 05pm 8 35am 11 20pm Rochester..... 4 49pm ........ 10 42am 2 10pm Pittshurg ..... 5 55pm 2;osam 11 45am 3 30pm - No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos. 2,4, 5, 7 and 8, ", daily except Sunday: Nos. 3 and’6 daily. Gr. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. : - & Ft. Wayne R. R. 2 Condénsed Time Card. Daily, except Sundayjs. To a take efiect May 31st, 1874, GOING NORTH. Express, Express. Aé¢com. Richmiohd - cihiian 1000 am- 4 00 pm Newporbiiiodide 00, 120 s 4 ORE "‘Winchester c.oo ... =l ROO %2 Bl Ridgeville <. voo iv. i FT 3R Aot B 8 de Portlan@i o giiavg s 115 pm, 605 ‘¢ Decatar. i voiins Tl 2 Fort Wayne, D. 5....... 800 am 2 25pm Kendallville ........... 916 * 340 ¢ Sturgis. el (i dov 08T 4 - 4ish ¢ Vick5burg..............1140 4 556 ¢ Ka1amaz00.............1215pr 645 ¢ : Montefth ..0.000 oo .. L 1478 207 « : Grand Rapide... .00 g5..240 ¢ 855 % : fbmmmapids..;.....d BIC ¢ 1010 am Toward 01ty........... 512 ** 1215 pm Up. Big Rapids. ... ... 610 ¢¢ 125 ¢ fin 1{eedCit{‘............, BOZ 901 ¢ Clam Lake. ... 000 .00 890 ¢ 39% pm 4 Traverke City.. ... .; 9:860 4 Petoskey..oooi . ioons 940 ¢ GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express Petoskey .0 ... .. ; 500 am YPraverse 0ity.......... 850 am | Clam Lake iL. 0000 500. am 1120 “ Reed City, ... ......... 627 ¥ 1% 49pm Up. Biﬁ Rugids ..., ... 700 © 116 % Howard City.c ... .. 8706 5% 228 " Grand Rapids......a4 1010 ' 4 30 ¢ Grand Rapids. p 730 amlllo ¢ . 440 M0nteithi.............. 855 * 1242 pm 605 % ‘Kalamazoo, .. ..., 945 135 ¢ 700" Vicksburg . .coo.o 020 1018 ¢ 732 Storgle .0a 00 200 0 o T1%3 R Keuga11vi11e'...........1242pm : 959 s Fort Wayne. .. i... 0.5. 205 1116 ¢ Decatur.c.hc ./ .. .., 312 * Accom Portland. ..o, .. ;. . 491 ““ ¢4oam : Ridgeville . oo . 447" 709 ¢ : | Winchester ... ..., .. 510 732¢ | Newport.... oon ! 554 & 890 ¢ | Richmond ............. 620 * 850 ** <j Exprese trains leaving Richmond at 1000 a m stop | all night at Grand Rapids. . t . . % P . Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, '73. GOING NORTH, ; GOING BOUTIL' Expr. = Majl, STATIONS. pyo. ™ Mail 350 pm 810am..Kalamazoo..1120am 645 pm | 432 ¢ 800 % CMautelfh. i 1027 ' 586 515 ‘1 93¢ s LUAHaoRN L., 960 4501 ¢ 605 % 1083 % . Hamilton:..., 910 ** 438 ¢ 637 % il o 4 °F _Molland., ... 840 ' 408 * 748 ¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 * 306 ** - 834 ¢ 1285 ¢ Muskevon.. 700.** 225 % . F.R. MYERS, General Passenger and Ticket Agent - Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R, Time Table No. 10, taking efféct Monday, May : 25th, 1874: ; GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 No. 4: No.l N 0,3 510pm]1200 m- a.....Waba5h....1730am 200 pm 415 ‘* 1105 am .Nor. Manchester 815 * 300 ** 350 *“ 1080 ¢+ ... .SilverLake....B4s ¢ 350 *‘* 300 % 930 ¥ War5awW,.....930 . 456 *¢ 240.°c 880 '€ 1. Lecsburg. ... 950 ** 595 ¢ 220 4 <BlO 48 S oMilford:, .. 1010 585 ¢ 145 *f 7402 . New Piarlg...loB3 ** 825 ¢ 140 *= .720 * .. dp.Goshen,ar..loso ¢ 6350 180 ..ar Goshen,dp..lloo ** 110 o oaHlkhavte. ... 1120 ¢ Trainsrun by Columbus time. : : = A.G. WELLS, Sup’t.

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I DR.C. A. LAMBE VL (LATE OF OHIOAGO,) ; OCULIST and AURIST, 41 ; GOSHEN, INDIANA. i . —~r~*~-———’—-——-————~(———-————-——‘————— Drs; WHIPPY & KIRKILAN D, . HOMGEOPATHISTS. ~ Office over Wilden’s Bank, | CCGFOBEEEIN, -~ lINDIAIN.A. Calls from a distance promptly attended to. . P. W.CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligomnier, = = = ~ Indiana. Office over_Sack’s Bakery. Mayl2th, 1874, ; G, W. CARR, j Physician and Surgeon, LIGONEIRR ;=i = = ~ ¢ «4ENI.; Willpromptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street. C. PALMITER, ; Surgeon and Physician, o Office at Residence. ; __.:i_‘gonler’ - ® » o lndiana-___ A.S. PARKER, M.D., HOMEOPATHIST, flice on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 101012 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ————_————ﬂ-;-—————————————___-_ ; “ .A. MOYER, : (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gasadministered for the painless extraction of {eeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. gar-Office, Second Story, Mitchell Block., . 8-14-1 y

* JSM.TEAL, = DENTISY, Oorner of Mitchell and State Sts., gne block east of Post Office, room : over the Kendallville Fruit ﬁonue, Kendallville, Indiana, ?‘AII work warranted. Kendgllv?lle, May 1,1874. . | | L.H.GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block, L E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. g Ofice in Mier’s Block, 7-2

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L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Hurness Shop, 3 Cavin Street. Q. VoINS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, / AND BUILDING SBTONES ' . LIGONIER, IND. e Apri112,1878250- | i

. C. WINEBRENNER & CO., HOUBE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. SHOP AT SOUTH END OF CAVIN STREET - BRIDGE. : Ligonjer, =«« .- Indiana, Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. £¥Give us a call befure letting your work, and we will gnarantee satisfaction.. 8-1. c.B-47-Iy. JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, VALBION, = - = = - . [ND. 815 e ALBERT BANTA, s Justice of the Peace: & Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. -Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages (ﬁ‘awn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus& Meagher’s store, — May 15 1873 15-8-3 ! D. W. GllE"E{'\_', . . ’ Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ag't, Olffice—Second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIELR, - INDIANA. 9 - PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the pﬁblic in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 _ (’)‘ll YES !-—All goﬁ farmers who have sales to - cry will do well to call on C JOSEPH S, POTLS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He'is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land cranberries. Oflice at the Agriculture Store of G. A, Brillhart. : 5 42-6 m CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, - We gell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of -the Grape. ! : SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 8, '71.-tf - ° ; TEEGARDEN HOUSE, L Laporte, Indiana. V. W.AXFBEL, : : : Proprietor, Laporte, April's, 1871, STOP AT THEE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ' NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the 1,. 8. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the priuci&ml businesg houses of thecity. Traveling men andstranﬁers will find this a first-clagg houge. Fare §2 per ay. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14

'A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, . LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. o ‘ o~ : Is prepared A to do anything T i, S . - intheirline. A LT TREs succesful prac- - SN tice of over 10 e oSSR g yedrs justifies P A raeeeenn ol him in sayiug b ’%3&5 §’ that he “can N VPR = iaE ) giveentiresatN .” isfaction to all H 0 G Skl who- may b»e. stow their patronage. 8 Officeone doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St.

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. CuvinStréet, Ligonier,lndiana. ; Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChoiceGroceries,Provisions,YankeeNotions,&c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Country Produce Mayl3,’6B-tf. SACK BRO’S.

W. A. BROWN, Manufacturer of and Déaleri‘lx all kinds of FURNITUR }*3. SPRING BED BOTTOMS, : ‘ . WILLOW- WARE, ‘ : "‘BRACKETS, &c COFFINS&CASKETS Always on hand, and will be furnished to order, Funerals attended with hearse when desired. St R * s s » Ceor. Cll\(l)lrl? nll(:{);:ld SL".} ngOnlEl{, Ind' 5 August 7th, 1878.-8-15. el NS e e e

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 depogit and interest allowed on specified time, Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, 7 8-2- . TO THE FARMERS :

YOU will %lease take noiice that I am still en%aged in nyinﬁ wheat, for which I pay the highest market é) ce. 2 If you do not find me on the streel, call before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. - SOL. MIER. -‘Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th, 1874. —f -

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, R 3R 2 A& § 4 Fltan SRR\ ! 1 ) PR : ) ’ﬁ"} R I M TR 2 " : [ Ro, ! : ."’..‘.o__.”-'!:‘;“}i S=) o I‘l h ¢ /7 > N RJE T < LAI ) BV - FLaey R e e, f.ﬁﬁ,‘&? ¢ N 2 WA Watchmakers, Jewelry, AND DEALERSIN Watches. Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! Repairing neatly and promptly execllted. and warranted. s Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated - Spectacles, : w Slﬁn ofthe big watch, corner Cavin & Fourth streets, Ligonier, Indiana. &3 Jan. 1, 1874,

OBSTACLES TOMARRIAGE, Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of Err&l and Abuses in early life. Manhoodrestored. Impediments to Marrlaﬁe removed, New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.— Boogs and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Street. Phlludcgphia. Pa.,~an Institutien having a n’iglx reputation for hanorable conduct and professional skill. [vBlB-1y)

Jhe National Danner.

AWAY WITH DEMAGOGUES. As the political pot is beginning to ‘bubble, we deem the subjoined remarks from the Burlington HawkIjye worthy of general reproduction: '“There is nothinig from which polities is suffering so‘'much to-day as from sheer demagoguery. Men without brains become ambitious for political honors, and, as men without brains must .do, they resort to trickery-and barefaced demagoguery to agcom plish their ends. With cunning enough to know that if they enteg' a contest, and endeavor to win by virtue of their real worth and merit, that they will be certain to be rebuked by a just publie, they set to work to trick and hoodwink their way into place and power. This class of men have become entireg') too prominent in the politics of the untry, and owing to lethargy on the part of the people, and a slowness to rebuke the impudence of this class of men, they have grown to believe that they are the real leaders of the people. These are the men who have degraded politics—men who are ever ready to champion any. and every popular move, or, who, to gain a political point, will be one’ thing to one man and another thing to some other man, and all things to: all men—men without prineiple, and who Dbelieve that any means are justifiable in politics.” : There can be no doubt that the country‘ﬂ'las suffered greatly from the power wielded by designing demagogues, and we know of no better time to weed these fellows out than the present.— There is, however, still another class of office-seekers who deserve being spotted, but who escaped the attention of our Towa contemporary. We have reference to individuals who pretend to be the very essence of honesty and purity, but are foremost in encouraging fraud and rascality wherever they or their friends are the gainers. These chaps usually wear a smiling.countenance, and blandly respond with “yes, yes,” to every suggestion ‘emanating from interested parties. - We wouldn’t give a continental farthing for the honesty or integrity of a public man whb lacks the moral courage td say“no” when a personalsor a politieal friend urg‘ps the endorsement of an improper course of action. Give us a bold, outquken man who never hesitates to condemn that which is wrong, whether coming from friend or foe. Politicians who only evince a readiness to censure their enemies (whether justly or unjustly) are not proper persons to be trusted in public life, and the sooner they are ignored or discarded, the better it will be for the people.

2 ’Ligh*tn'in—gfllods, o | | [From the Rome (N, Y.) Sentinel.]

Any lightning rod agent who sees thig paragraph, is cordially invited to call on Mr. Norman Thayer, who resides about five miles north-west from Central Square, Oswego county. Mr. Thayer has been, until recently, the owner of one of the finest barns in Oswego county. Feeling a natural anxiety for the safety of this.large barn, Mr. Thayer allowed a lightning rod agent to erect arod on it. Shortly afterward came along another agent. He saw at a glance' that the rod already up would protect only the middle of his barn; could Mr. Thayer leave the northern gable of his property unpraﬁect?d from the terrible lightnings. of tlie.north ? Mr. Thayer could not. Theé agent put up a rod at the north gable. Another agent got the job of putting up a rod at the south end. Four more came along during the season, and put up rods on the four different corners. Two more put up rods from the.eaves on each side, and the last agent put a “lightning‘i rod at large;” asort of short-stop, to play wherever it could do the most good. After all the agents had gone away, the lightning came, and without consulting Mr. Thayer, it knocked the rods| six ways for Sundays—yes, ten ways for Sundays, and set the barn on fire. | Now, barn, horses, hay, harness, carriages, etc., are ashes, and faithful in death, the lightning rods squirm over the ashes and invite further disaster, 'All lightning-rod agents ought to goland see Mr. Thayer-—Dbecause he is sure to see them on first §ight. , | The Inman Case. ] On Friday last, after argument by the attorney on each side, Justice Wolf decided to recognize Inman to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court, upon the charge of stealing Burtnett’s money, instead .of killing him. Bail was fixed .at $5OO, which, failing to give, he wasremoved to Auburn thie same evening, and incarcerated in the county jail. On Monday, a writ of habeas corpus having been secured in Judge Lowry’s court at Fort Wayne, (Judge Best being absent at the time,) Inman was taken to that city and there discharged, from custody, for the reason that he had been committed to jail upon a different charge from that upon which he was examined. Immediately after the arrival of the parties at this place, upon their return, a warrant was issued, and Inman was again taken into custody, on Monday evening, and the prospect was that the entire preliminary examination, including the examination of the numerous witnesses, would be gone over again. The examination was held, before Justice Long, on Tuesday, and resulted in the discharge of the prisoner, which at least disappointed those who expected to enjoy another “court week.”—Waterloo Press. | S

: The World’s Coffee Cornered. ‘The remarkable rise in the price of coffee, in the face of the abolition .of the tariff on that article, now turns out to have been the result of a vast speculative combination, having its centre in Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. From these cities the most elaborate and ingenious calculations were circulated, alleging short ‘crops and increased consumption. Meanwhile the ring kept on buying, and holding for high prices. Late reports are to the effect that 800,000 bags are stored at Antwerp, with more to arrive, and that the yield everywhere the present year will be enormous. Hosts of the speculators are already rujned, having staked their entire capital on the risk.—Boston Transcript. =

—Correspondents will . a,lgways remember to be particularly careful in spelling names. It sometimes makes us a great deal of trouble to study out names which are imperfectly written or spelled, and we are often led to commit grevious blunders by reason of the carelessness of our correspondents.

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, JUL.Y 16, 1574.

PDemocratic Reading for ‘‘Alexis.” [Extract from the Fourth of July Address by

James 3. Thayer, of New York.]

It issaid that the new forces that are to be enlisted against the present Administration are prejudiced against the. Democratic party, and will not ! unite with them to preserve the Government. Names, forms, prejudices,. bygones—are they to be considered in this gigantic effort to save the country ? The- Democratic party have given an example on this subject that precludes all argument. When,in 1872,the Liberals made their platform and nomiriated their candidate the Democratic | p‘:\lrty threw to the winds every con- } sideration of pride and prejudice, for- - got everything but their country and the chance to save it, and united with heart and soul and all its strength “with the Liberals to support their can--didate. When it came out of that disastrous ennflict no word of repining l‘ol‘ reproach was ever uttered.. Who, then, shall say that the Democratic } p:u't}y in the approaching national con- ‘ test/has not earned to lead ? and that -its capacity is not large enough to embrace all who wish to rescue this Government from the certain overthrow that awaits it if there is not a thorough and complete change in our politics? Nearly twenty years ago the greatest orator of our time and a profound and philosophical? gtatesman, in renouncing his connection with the old Whig party, uséd these ringing, eloquent words: ‘- “There never was an election contest in which I did not admit that the characteristic of the Democratic, party was this—that it had burned ever with that master passion that this hour demanded—a youthful, vehement, exultant, and progressive nationality. Through some errors, into some perils, it has been led by it. It may be so again. We may require to temper and restrain it, but to-day we needdt all—the hopes, the boasts, the pride, the universal tolerance, the gay and festive defiance of Toreign dictation, the flag, the wusic; ‘all the emotions, all the traits, all the energies, that have: won their victories. of war and their miracles of national advancement—the .country needs them all now to win a victory of peace.”— ‘Such was the tribute of Rufus Choate to the party he had been & life-long opponent of, who discérned more clearly . than any statesman of his day the result that would:flow from the organization and triumph of a purely sec- | tional - geographical party. We must l remember always that the -country was ' brought into its psesent condition not in the regular course of events as they transpired in ordinary history, but that government, society, and all the relations of men were wrenched from the normal and natural connections with each other by a civil war. It was under the cloud of battle that the Republican party passed the GibTaltar of your liberties and erntered that wide Meditérranean of discretionary, usurped powers, where for four long years they voyaged at will. Whemr challenged they promised they would give back thie spoils of war with the return of peace. But what right betrayed have they everrestored ? ' What principle of liberty sacrificed have they ever returned? Not one. The day of restitution approaches, and these spoilers of human rights, these depredators of liberty mustianswer to the people for the aggressions, they have committed. The principles that most concern human government and human society do not change, they do not grow old or die, they may be neglected—forgotten. In calm days of peace and prosperity the vessel of state may drift along on the tranquil sea without compass or headband, but when the night shrouds the ocean in darkness, and perchance the storm rages, the vessel freighted with our hopes and destinies must look to the trimmed and burning lights of experience,. wisdom, and statesmanship.— The impatient and panting reformer who runs along the shore and sends: up his rockets will only lure to destruction. :

It is the Pharos on whose tower every night for a hundred years the fires hayve been kindled that can alone warn off every dangerous and inhospitable coast and surely guide to a safe anchorage within the sheltering harbor, *°

A “Drummer” Taken Down. Sometimes the character known in song as “der drummer”—a frisky, gabby, mercantile chap—meets more than hig match in a good, independent country girl. On Thursday last,whilst the train from Sunbury to Shamokin, which had four of these gentry (?) aboard,was waiting for a car wreck to be cleared from the track, one of the. number made bold to approach two, ladies from Danville, and attempted to engage them in conversation. One of the ladies replied formally to a a question he asked and in such a way as to discourage him. After a little interval he returned and commenced his chatting.. /'This time the other lady promptly replied loud enough to be Leard by all in the car: “I wish you would leave us. I think you are very impudent in addressing us. You should hayve noticed in the first place that we didn’t wish you to converse with us.” This disconcerted Mr., Drummer, and in a highly confused state of mind and nerve, he went to his seat, muttering something about being “a gentleman at home and always making it a pointto be a gentleman when he was travehing.” Buyle wilted into - his seat, and affer reflection upon his “trophy” left the car to receive the congratulations of his companions. The young lady who took down the drummer won the esteem of every one in the car, except the drummers, and her courage and independence were highly commended. — Williamsport Daily Register. ,

A COTEMPORARY furnishes the following information about executions, which will be of interest to many: Executions are issued by the clerk only upon the written order of the party to whom the debt is due, or his attorney. When ordered, the clerk has no option, but must issue without delay. An execution can be issued just as soon as the docket is signed by the Judge; and, therefore, during court.— A stay is the only sure protection against an execution on a judgment,. A stay on a judgment for less than $6 g 30 days; from $6 to $12,60 days; from $l2 to $20,90 days; from $2O to $4O, 120 days; from $4O to $lOO, 150 days; over $lOO, 180 d\ays‘. :

WE notice a number of newspapers denounce the farmery for going into politics as farmers. As a general thing the same newspapers do not denounce the pig-iron princes, or the manufacturers of woolen goods,for the ownership, in the regular way of business, of anew Congressman. A little hay-seed in the hair of the American Congress would not do any harm.— Cincinnati Commercial, A

The Amended Bankrupt Law.

The principal points of the new Bankrupt law, just passed by Congress, are as follows: Forty days are allow--ed to elapse before a merchant or trader who fails to pay his commercial paper is liable to be thrown into Bankruptey. The assent of one fourth in number and one-third in value of the creditors is required to throw a debtor into bankruptey. This provision dates back to-the first of last December. — Proceedings may be discontinued whenever the debtor pays those secured debts which were the ground of t throwing him into bankruptey, or | whenever, with the consent of the | court, he and a majority of the credi- | tors shall ask for a discontiuance of ‘ the proceedings. In order to set aside Vhypothecated%lédges as liens on the bankrupt’s estate, it must appear that the party dealing with the bankrupt knew that he intended to perpetrate a fraud on the Bankrupt law, and that he intended to go into bankruptey.— When a loan is made to a bankrupt in good faith, and security 'taken, with the intention of aiding him te pull through, it shall be considered as hav- ! ing actual value, and the security shall “not be invalidated hy proceedings in Ib’a’pkruptcy, and a voluntary bankrupt may have his discharge if his es‘tate pays 30 per cent. of his debts, or provided he obtains the assent of the same number, of his creditors as is nec- | essary to throw him into bankruptey. An involuntary bankrupt can' get his discharge if his conduct is frée from all fraud and he is innocent of any violation or infringment of the bankrupt act. Assignees are prohibited. from dividing fees with other persons engaged in the case. Composition by the creditors may be made, with the assent of the debtor, providing.a majority of the creditors join, where approved' by the Court, for the release and discharge of the debtor. The fees and expenses are reduced one-half until the Judges of the Supreme Court shall establish a permament reduction. and simplify proceedings. All the acts of the persons connected with the .execution of. the law shall be made public in the shape of full and minute reports from the Clerk, the Assignée the Marshal, and the Register. Origi‘nal jurisdiction is conferred upon the Territorial courts, with an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory. |

The Pope EKxpelled from the Free- : masons. ~ [From the Voice of Masonry.] At the semi-annual ‘meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons, Scottish Rite of the Orient of Palermo, Italy, on the 27th- of March last, Pope Pius IX. was expelled from the Order. The decree of expulsion was published in the official Masonic paper at Cologne, Germany, and is preceded by the minutes of the lodge in which he was initiated, and is as followe:

“A man named Mastai TFerretti, who received the baptism of Freemasonry, and solemnly pledged his love and fellowship, and who afterward was crowned Pope and King, under the title of Pio Nino, has now cursed his former brethren, and excommunicated all members of the Order of Freemasons. Therefore, said Mastai Ferretti is herewith, by decree of the Grand I.odge of the Orient, Palermo, expelled from the Order for perjury.” The charges against him were preferred in his lodge at Palermo, in 1865, and notification and copy thereof sent him, with a request to attend the lodge for the purpose of answering the same. To this he made no reply, and, for diverse reasons, the charges were not pressed until he urged the Bishops of Brazil to act aggressively toward the Freemasons. - Then they were pressed, and, after a regular trial, a decree of expulsion was entered and published, the same being signed by Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, and Grand Master of the Orient of Italy.

Ctu'iositi_es of the English Language.

A Frenchman, while looking at a number of vessels, exclaimed: “See what a flock of ships!” He was told that a flock of ships was called a fleet, but that a. fleet of sheep was called a flock. To asaist him in masStering the intricacies of the English language, he was told that a flock of girls was called a bevy, that a bevy of wolvesis called a pack, but that a pack of cards is never called a bevy, though a pack of thieves is called a gang, and a gang of angels is called a host, while a host of porpoisesis termed ashoal: He was told that a host of oxen was called a herd. and a herd of .children is called a troop, and a troop of partridges is termed a covey, and a covey of beauty is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called & horde, and a horde of rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of bullocks is called a drove,and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a school, and a school of worship is called a congregation, and a congregation of engineers is called a corps, and a corps of robbers is called a band, and a band of locusts is called a crowd, and a crowd of gentlefolks is called the elite. The last word being French, the scholar understood it and asked no more questions. : : :

Oatmeal as a Preventative of Sun- | - stroke. . An anonymous correspondent sends us the following, says the Indianapolis Jouwrnal, which those interested may find to contain a valuable suggestion: Sunstroke may be prevented by mixing oatmeal with the drinking-water of persons employed in out-door labor or in heated exposures; and corn-meal with the drinking-water of horses. In New York City these simple preventives are used on all the public works, and by most, if not all, of the street-railroad companies. . The mealwater soon becomes very palatable. Both man and beast will go through a hot day’s work with more strength and comfort than by the use of simple cold water, the improper use of which 80 often causes sickness and death. Contractors would find it a paying investment to furnish their laberers with oatmeal-water, and the same may be said of street-railroad companies in regard to their poori overworked horses. Cornmeal-water will add much to their capacity of endurance and save many a horse from dropping off prematurely.

A fact worth remembering—Five cents worth of “Sheridan’s Cavalry Condition Powders, given to a horse twice a week, will save double that amount in grain, and the horse will be fatter, sleeker, and every way worth more money than though he did not have them.

Married ladies, under all circumstances, will find “Parson’s Purgative Pills” safe; and, in small doses, a mild cathartic. They cause no griping pains or cramp. /

‘ Temperance and Politics.. ~ We have had two con'yention' with their: platforms already this year.— The resolution. of the Independents .on the Temperance question reads as if the writer did not expect the convention to make a tickét, and that the farmers’ movement was' to be a flash in the pan—its friends’ were to find their candidate among those of the other two parties. They declare, howeveér, they will not vote for men who deny the right of the people to restrict the abuses of the liquor traffic. - - The Republican convention last week adopted a resolution on the subjeet, which, while it does not mention the Baxter bill in terms, favors local option, and that the seller shall be liable for all damages. ‘ - i The question is, will the Democratic party recognize the popularsentiment on this subject, and take decided ground or will it aim to secure the German vote by opposing the Baxter law and adopting an unmeaning plank. 1t is occasionally given out that while the Democratic party repudiates free whisky it is opposed to sumptuary laws and will favor the enzlyctment; of a “well-guarded license Yaw.” We would like to, know what is meant by -the well-conned phrase a wellguarded license law? If it means to return to the license law lately in force, by which any one who could raise fifty dollars could obtain a license, despite the wishes of the community, we are: free to ﬁay,‘ we are not in favor of it/— At thie sanie time we are not opposed to a change of the present law, requiring the party who gets a permit to pay a fee for the privilege. The whisky traflic costs the community a good round sum in its eriminal expense and pauper acecount, and for the enforcement of law and order and it is eminent1y right and proper that those who are granted permits to deal in liquor should reimburse the public treasury, to some éxtent at least, for this increased expense. ;

If the Democratic party expects the people to trust its expresgions on the subject of Temperance, it must make its declaration more explicit and definite than that it favors a well-guard-ed license law. The leaders and aspirants, looking only to their own success, “will aim to cateh the Germans and whisky interest by generalities in the platform, but the people are in earnest in the matter and will demand an unequivocal utterance.—Sullivan Dembodrat. -+ ; :

el - B—— ‘Baldmore as a-Point of Export. [From the Bosten Commercial Bulletin.]

In speaking of the ports of the United States which do a large export business, the cit); of Daltimore is very apt to be overlooked, Indeed,the rapid increase of her shipments to the old world within the last few years is a matter which attracts comparatively little attention beyond her own neighborhood. Of grain alone, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1873, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad brought nearly seven and a-half million bushels, and about a million barrels of flour. | This was a large increase over the previous year’s business,and would: doubtless have swelled to still larger amaoqunts had the facilities for handling been better. The construction of the new elevator of the Baltimore & Ohijo railroad, with a capacity of a million and a half bushels, in conjunction with the rapidly extending connection of this road in the west, will give an impetous to shipment from Baltimore, which will place her in the front rank of commerecial cities. This road has now through connections to St. Louis, to the fertile fields of Illinois and is now building a track of its own from Chicago through northern Ohio,between the Lake Shore and Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne roads,which will enable it to give bills of lading from Chicago on its own terms. At present the northern ‘roads discriminate in favor of New York, against Baltimore and Philadelphia. . | But Baltimore is situated at the head of Chesapeake bay, thany miles from the ocean and the loss of time experienced by vessels in getting out is considerable. The cutting of a ship canal across the intervening country has been talked of,and there are many Balltimoreans sanguine of ‘seeing it accomplished in their day:, - . . The grain exports for this year are pointed at as an evidence of Baltimore’s increasing importance. They already foot up over three million bushels, more than double that of last year for thesame time. This amount has been handled at the only elevator which stores grain: There is another, recently established, which only transfers, and this is said to have vessels already engaged for a million and a half'bushels. This business has been brought to its present proportions solely by means of through railroad connections. s -

Mvucn complaint is made on account of the depredations committed by cows running at large in the rtreets. Hogs have been forbidden to run at large ever since the town was incorporated, but we have never had town fathers Dbold enough to interdict the cows. This exception has been made, no doubt, on account of the hardship it would inflict on many persons, who now pasture cows all summer on the commons, and stable them all winter at the farmers’ wagons in the streets. It is.certainly hard to find a good excuse for shutting up the hogs, and allow the cows to run at large. Hogs do not destroy shade tress or cover the sidewalks and streets with filth.; Cows do both. Men only think of this subject seriously, when they wake up and find their shade trees utterly destroyed, or their gates broken down and the garden pastured off short. We should either give hogs more liberty or cows less.— Waterloo Press. P

. “The Association of -Manufacturers of and Dealers in Faetory and Creamery Butter,” met at Indianapolis yes-' terday. The objects of the Association are said to be: “To procure and diffuse scientific and practical knowledge in the art of manufacturing butter; to urge the adoption of the best practices known, and for mutual protection, consultation and the general good.” 'We go to presstoo early to give the proceedings of the convention. But we trust they may. take measures to encourage the making of pure, clean butter at reasonable prices, and decidedly. condemn the villainous practice of running lard, tallow and soapgrease through buttermilk 'and chemical solutions, and selling it for butter. —Cambridge City Tribune, June 18,

A YOUNG lady in Marion county, sister of an Ahsbury student,took care of twenty stands of bees last season, which produced about 1,500 pounds of honey, in addition to what the family used. At the same time the bees increased one-half making the entire profit about $BOO. U

WRITING FOR THE PBESS. For the Benefit of Village Correspondents, and Others Who May '~ Feel Impelled to Write for e the Papers.. * ==~ . (From the Warsaw Indianian.] | - But few persons have any idea of the trials of an editor, arising from articles contributed to help him fill up the paper., One correspondent'devotes hig article to space alone. When you have read-it, and weighed it thorough--Iy, it is-exly words, containing no information, pith, or point on any subject. - Another gives a rehash of neighborhood scandal, wlich he expects the editor to publish; but in no case would he allow his name to appear as its author.. Another man devotes his entire article to-puffing the business men , and houses “in his vicinity; and this class:generally furnishes a full column, and becomes very indignant if their articles. are not -published.— Now, we trust the sugestions we make will be read, and followed as closely as possible by those who are, or may be desirous of becoming, correspondents for this or any other paper; for we know it will meet the approval of évery publisher; - s G 1. Be sure you have.something.to write about. © - & o 2. ‘Write -ont “what you: have to. tell; then read it over carefully and draw your.pen-through every word, or sentence, that is not absolutely neeessary to convey your meaning to the reag@r; v oo Lk e A 3. ' Make your articleas short as'possible, remembering that the most perplexing question: with the editor. is, “What shall be left:-out.” - 4. Never indulge in personalities. Don’t try to get the editor to say to his ten thousand readers, anything about your neighbor that you dare net say to him in person. Pl b s

5. Draw’ your pen through every puff you have written for a buisness man, unless yow can enclose ten cents per line, to pay-for their. insertion.— Remember you have no more right to insert an advertisement without pay, than you have to ordera job of work without paying for it... That is where the printer.gets his bread and butter; don’t ‘try to take it out of his mouth. 6. “Write a plain roundhand, if you GHRL e S

7.. Punctuate carfully, as cases frequently occur q{’which a, punctuation mark misplaced, ,changes or utterly destroys the sense of a sentence; ‘and editors, ‘as a rule, do not have time to re-write or punctuate an:article even if they know what you wish to say. - 8 -Use white paper, and 'write with a pen and good ink, if you can get it; and write only on ane side of your papers -.- , i a

9. Sign your'name to your communications, as anevidence of good faith. It need net'be published unless you wish it, but the truename must, in all cases, be furnishedt @ -« a 0 s

10. If yon wish your mdanuseript returned, in case it should not be published, enclose stamps to pay return postage. - i coao i 11. Don’t grumble,: and . “go off on your ear”’ if the editor thinks lie kKnows his own business better than you do. Remember that he has a better opportunity to know what will be acceptable to his readers than you have, and labors to please thousands, rather than individuals. -~ e s HG T e ——— g v Free Cireulation Again, : One of the last billsipassed by Congress was one to allow the free circulation of papersin the county where published, but newspapers sent.out of the county must prépay at two cents per pound, and magazines, etcy, three cents per pound. - Bound public documents are to be uniform at ten cents, and if unbound at newspaper rates. Exchanges pay postage, but all papers circulate free in the county: where published. ~Free circulation and prepayment to ecommence January Ist,

I'rom a letter: “We remember coming out of a closely packéd concert hall one day, several years ago, when a lady by our side -chanced to tread upon a train that dragged in the path before her. The discomfited owner turned about to discover whe had.committed the indignity, when' the lady by our side, with the sweetest smile and the most dulcet tones, remarked: “I await your apology for leaving your train in my way.” For a moment the woman so addressed gazed ‘in stupefication, and then breaking out in a light laugh, pleasantly acknowledged that the offense was, wholly on her gßidel? ... Zoliin il :

THE following is a literal copy of a judgment just rendered by a Florida county judge in a case between an old black man and his wife: “Beitknown throughout all Christendom that the husband ‘is.the head'of the wife, and whatever is his’n is hig’n, and whatever is hers is his'n,and come weal or woe, peace or war, the rights of all property is vested in the husband, and the wife must mot take anything away. The ox belongs te,Uncle Ben, and he must keep it, and other things,-and if the old woman quits she must go emptyhanded. Know all that this isso by order of‘the Judge of Probate” - -

' Tax Nashville Union and American says: -We have been on the look-out for interesting developments in.the Seeond District since Congress; adjourned. ' The strength of Maynard’s hold upon his constituents has certainly been remarkable, and how far it will be impaired by his support of the Civil Rights bill, is a ‘matter of some moment just now. .Our information is to the effect that, unless he recants in the nlost emphatic manner and pledges himself to vote against negro equality in every shape and form, he does not stand any chance of being sent back to Washington, :

- Toe following item of interest we find in the Lagrange Standard: The Court decided last week that town corporations have no authority to impound stock, but are authorized by statute only to pass ordinances to.restrain the running at-large of stocl, and to fined the owners thereof. The power to impound and sell eannot. be exercised by corporations except by express authority of the Legislature. This power the Court concluded had not been given to towns, but is given to:cifles, . 4 i

Tue Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company have broken ground at: Elkhart, for the erection of an additional round house. It is the purpose of the company to put up 26 stalls this summer, and add the same number next season: ‘They will also add 400 feet to the machine shops.— From this it would appear that there must be a mistake about making Butler a division terminus, and thei,;!-ie-moval of -shops from Air Line Jutiction and Elkhart to that place.—Waterloo Press. Gl T

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'THE Republican party should,atthe . earliest practicable moment, procure - the services of Mr. Jefferson Davis.— A few ringing speeches from Jeff. ° would have a powerful, influence in keeping up the organization.—Cincinnaty Commercial. e i A stolid old farmer talks thus about his boys: From 19 to 20 they knew. more than he did; at 25 they knew as much; at 30 they would hear what he—‘had to say; at 35 they-asked his ad- ° vice; and he thinks~when they get to be 40 they will dctually acknowledge = that the old man does know some= . thing. e o Consistency is a jewel, butit is.a jewel whose keeping, when it interferes with ourown little’plans, weare very willing to entrustto others. The | one term principle is an excellent thing when applied to our politicalop- - ponents, but when the plaster is readyt for our own bodies, how we §quirm =% Mt. Vernon Democrat. - T

GEN. G. P. T. BEAUREGARD has re- ' ceived the appointment! of Chief En- ' gineer of the Argentine Republie, Wwith asalary of $20,000 in gold per annum; and he will'sail from New - York to South America within a few ! days. He will have charge of the defensive works, and will also superintend the exploration of Platte river. No French or English women of culture, now-a-days, wears her Qarter below her knees. ' The principal vein of the leg sinks theré beneath the muscles; and varicose veins, cold feet, - and even palpitation of the heart, may be brought on by a tight garter - - in the wrong place. When it isfastened above the knee all this painh and . deformity may be avoided. = - FRIENDS of the new political movement in Missouri - claim .that it is thoroughly organized and will develop unexpected strength. It will be supported by the, St. Louis Republican and Pemocrat, and by leading politi- = ! cians'of both parties, including Schurz, J. B. Henderson, B. Gratz Brown and others. ' The object istdb break the = supremacy of the Bourbon Democracy: - Two hundred and fifty dollars will’ be offered at the next Georgia State * fair for the man who wilk,produce the: best living for a family of eight per- - sons on the smallest number of acres. And this leads the Louisville C'ourier—'? Journal to denounce the offer ak fan- i open, direct, and most infamous lat’- l ; tempt on the part of tlie State fair to bribe some poor Georgian- to starve his wife and six -children to death. e

Slightly sarcastic was the clergy- l man who paused and addressed a man coming into church after the sermon had begun, with the remark: “Glad to see you, sir; come in; always glad to see those here late’ who can’t come early;” and decidedly self-possessed was the man thus . addresesd in the presence .of an astonished congregation. as he responded: “Thank you; would you favor me with the text?”

BEN. FRANKLIN’s salary as Post-master-General was one thouand dollars per year. ' His secretary and treasurer each received three hundred and forty dollars per year. Cresswell gets eight thousand, and his clerks a proportionate -increase. Measuring Cresswell by Franklin we pay in the inverse ratio of ability. It is no ‘injustice to Cresswell to say that it would take eight of him to make a pas‘sabple‘ Franklin. - -

~Some of the merchants of Madison my planning to turn the tables on the Grgngers. They have -organized a company ' and propose to buya farm - near the city which is well stocked with fruit and vegetables, and to lease the two "adjoining places, and employ’ sufficient laborers to cultivate and deliver the produects to tlie stockholders at cost. Can it be that the political economists have been .mistaken all' . along in regard to the mutual advan- = tage of a division of labor? ;

New Use for the Fire Extinguisher, Mr. James Curry, of Rockhaven, Ky, and brother of Mr. George Curry, of the firm of H. R. Hays' & Co.. of| this city, has been trying a new experiment for killing caterpillars and potato bugs, and reports that the plan has worked to a perfect success. Some time ago, while in Louisville, he purchased the hand chemical fire extinguisher, now manufactured by several| different firms in the city, and, after waiting in vain for an opportunity to try its powers on a fire, it occurred to him thatit might be used to advantage on the potato bugs. His place wasliterally covered by these pestiferous ereatures.— He took the machine into the potato pateh, a few mornings'ago, and turned the stream on a row of vines, which was covered, till the bugs lay in heaps on each other. After giving the bugs a thorough sprinkling, he went away for a few minutes, when he returned: ‘to note the effect, and found every bﬁg touched -by the fluid lying dead. e then continued the use of the extinguisher on both potato bugs and caterpillars, and says that the work resulted in the total destruction of both creatures whenever they were touched by the fluid.—Loutsville Courier-Jour-naliss L

Disgusted with Congress. ) The. Philadelphia Inguirer, a rampant radical organ, generally ready to endorse anything the party does, has finally became disgusted with fhe - short-comings of CoqgreSS,, and says_ of the eurrency bill: | It is precisely next to nothing, con- . sidering how great is the need of the country for more money. The famous “Memorandum” was not in the way of signing, for the Currency bill is neither the fish that the Expansionists wanted, hor the Devil that tge Contractionists feared. It is only one of those weak bantlings which are the ' natural sequence of conipromise, a\nd, : it was passed in the expiring hours of the session, by members of Congress whohad_Wast@%ggVen precious months \ in idle talk, and who feared to return to their indignant, constituents with~ out having made even a pretense of settling the financial question, o