The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 11, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 July 1875 — Page 1

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____ EBENGEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. .=, LARGEST AND LEADING CTLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN e NOBLE AND'APJOINING'COUN_TIES. i e We offer to our patrons and the public gencrally for the . Spring & Sumimer Season, « New, Nobby, and Fashionable Stylesof MEN'S, YOUTH'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S " . Men’'s and Boys' Furnishing Goods, . - CCITANS A NIP LA B, CLOTH'S, CASSIMIRES, COATINGS, ' VESTINGS, And -all other goods for Men’s and Boys’ wear, usually found: -. in Furst-Class Clothng and Merchant Tailoring -~ = . Sagigi by ~.. BEstablishments, - = = o P : “A i"—"‘ ® { V.' t. ' “o k; 5 o In Our Merchant Tailoring Bepartment We arer Dn{*pu;‘d (as usual) to make to orderievery, descriptian.of Hen’s and Boys’ Garments at the lowest possible prices, IPossesssy ing, a 8 we do, unequaled facilities for purchasing (for ¢ash only) from importers and manufacturers direct, we can.offér to our patrons (et all times) the double and decided:advantage of Haty iy arlower prices, and making selections from' a {arger and finei stock than can be found elsewherein thisand adjoining countics. {n f;&fi‘;’f.?)},f;‘.!,((t_i()n' of Our Stock and Pricesawill convinee all. B mebEilespriokEatetie) - " TNGEL§ 00, - April'2oth, 1875 ) . . KENDALLVILLE.

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“Ever since the days of Adam; man - has been required to till the ground, and earn his bread by the sweat of his hrow. ‘But now, iu this age of improvement and machinery, when everybody is seeking ease and c‘o'nif{)rt’h'e';p_i'éfers to sweat as little as possible—+to think morve and sweat less.. The Plow was one of the eaﬂ"i,eist farm implements in\"cnted, and’ for many thousands of ;yeaérs the farmer has been wedrily walking-after it.— Butwyhj;*_'shduldi he continue to walk when he can just.ay’ Well ride 2/ and make his toils dess and his comifm'ts, more - It has been fully demonstrated that a Sulky can be atfached to a Plow—any good plow—and do Hetter work with greater ease to the team, and certainly more comfort and pleasure to-the ‘map or boy, than if he were to trudge the weary roundsto hold and guide. . Now the question is, where eani tle best Sulky be ‘had? We have given the Plow Sulky question our. special at,ﬁpngi()n, and can confidently assert that the Buckeye 'S‘lllky ‘has more points of excellence than any other in the markeét. . - Lltissimple in ¢onstruction, .~ - . . 77 2Tt isﬁstrong, durable and easily operated. - . : ~ -3.—Can be attached to-any common plow, wood or iron heam. - 4.—Can be reversed to use on either right or left hand plows, b—lt is adapted to. eithier | two orithreeshorse plows, right ‘orlefthand. - - - SO e R S ~ 6.—The depth can b¢ regulated’ or the ‘plow raised entirely ‘out of the ground wvithout stopping the team. - L 7.—11 t will always hold the plow at a uniforni depth, when ‘passing over eifner ridges or furrows. . o e ~ B.—With it you can turn a square corner without raising W o o D e T - 9.——Can be set stationery in finishing lands when desired. - 10.—Can be used with a rigid lever for general use, and may be left loose and adjustable for very rough and stony land., ViR ~ This Sulky has been thoroughly tested and came off victorious ‘at;:effery field trial where exhibited the past season.-.. ' PIEED THIAIS JOR 1874, . . ~ First Premium at Towa State Fair, Keokuak. - First Premium at field trial, Springfield, Clark, CoJ Ohio. First Premium at - Jamestown District Fair, Ohio.. First Premium at Winnebago ~ Co. Fair, Rockford, Tlls. First Pi'émil}m at Nebraka State Fair, * and also Zat_a large number of other fairs in different ‘States. Ask for the Buckeye. PorSaleby - Apil 93,751, - Ligonier, Indiana.

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B { 3 o 0 CITIZENS' BANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. s ' ' e ‘o‘ ot : ] 5‘A T x . r } First-Class Notes Wanted. g i Al - STRAUS BROTHERS. . M. M. RXTTERB&ND, thary Public. Ligonier, Ind., May 6, 1875.-6-26 - : . JAMES M. BDENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. el Oftice in the Court House, ALBION, - - - - -'- IND. 815 X L. COVELL," A ttorney-at-Law & Notary Public, " Hiemdallyille, Indiana. . Office in the Sceley Block, west side Main Street. - B. W, GREEN, b ¢ . : ) Justiceorthe Peace & Collection Ag', Office—Second Story, Laadon’s Brick Block, © LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ¢ TB. €. VANCAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ) v Migomier, ¢ : : Elndiana. . Special attention given to collections-and convey-’ ancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts.” Legal buliness promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50

T BH. G, ZEAMIMERMAN, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, o "Oflice over Gerber’s Hardware, ‘ Cavin Street, : : Ligenier, Indiana! o ~_ January 7, 1875.-9-37 P : | K, E. KNISELY, o ATTORNEY AT LAW, ’ LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. g~ Office on second floor of Landon's Block. 7-2 C . W3E. B, MIcCONNELL, ' Attorney at Law and Cir- - cuit Prosecutor, ‘Ofice in tke Conrt House, Albion, Ind. All professional business promptly and satisfactorily attended to. - 9-39 it ALBERT BANTA, ; -Justicc of the Peace & Conveyancer. ~ LIGONIER, INDIANA. - Special attention given togonveyancing andcollections. -Deedg, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup, ‘and all legal besiness attenided to promptly and accurately. Ofiice over Ntriaug & Meagher’sstore, ) . q o “May 15187315-8-3 T — Dl{. R. DEPPELLER, ' ; -t UROSCOPIC AND: ECLECTIC * | P YSICIAN. ‘Offiec over Cunningham’s Drug Store, cast side of Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. ©lO-2 J. sremars, ik o« PIHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON, PR < WAWAKA, IND. i Boih night and ‘day calls promptly attended o at all times. . o ’ 10-3m#é G, W.CARR, - : Physician and Surgeon, LIGONiER, - - - -.- - IND., . Willpromptlyattendall calls intrustedto him. Oftice and residenceron 4th Street. - : L. P. W, CRUM, HE Phydician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, : INDIANA.- | - Office, first’ door north of Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Store,on Cavin st,reeh{ where I may be found at all hours, except whenabsent on professional husiness. ; > Mayi2th, 1874, - ' J. M. TEAL, . | . DEBNTIST, J,.‘-.,Q;};:‘ Rooms over L E. Pike’s’ Grocery, i ﬁ::;_f’;:;;;;,‘; Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, ‘ LYY Y Y Popposise the Post Office, Kendallwville, Ind. &®~All work warranted.<&u : Kendallville, May 1, 1874. . EH. A Dlo"E!l, .. (SuccessortoW. L. Au(ﬁ'ewe.) g . SURG EON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrons Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. Allwork warranted. Examindtions free. £&Oflice, Second Story, Mitchell Block. : i 8-14-1 y : A GANTS, - k. Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, o LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. . e ! Is prepared BT i to doanything e intheiriine. A e -\E&Tf\ - succesful prac£eoo | tice of over 10 }-‘:\“:i“‘%}%ﬁs years justifies SR LS Sy saame dg hin in saylug C oS Soessssaaia oy that he can N\ '?7‘ ‘?‘;&-ﬂ%{, ;_.;}__ giveentiresat--1 F ‘{’ Y 'v‘“ isfactionto all : . I . b » b . S Rkg -~ who ‘may bestow their patronage. E® Officeonedoornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. % .

TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, " Laporte, Indiana: V: W. AXTELL, : : : f{Proprietor. Laporte; April 5, 1871. 2 . . STOP AT TIEE 7 - ' BRICKX KELLY HOUSE i KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA= NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK : Hotel, only tefl rods trom the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Dépot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— Only fivé minutes walk to any of the principal businesshousesofthe city. Traveling men andstrangers will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per day. | J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kend®lville, Aug. 3.1270.-14 ’

. PHILIP'A. CARR, AUCTIONERER, Offers hid services to the publicin general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. s u Ligoniér, January 8, '73-37 v : CLV.INKS, DEALER IN MONUMENT'S,. - Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES e . LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 18‘(1.-50 . CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. ; Pure — Nothing but the Juice of £ . the Grape. - _ : +SACK BROTHERS.. __Ligonier, July 8,"71.-tf | ; St

' B.R. SHEFFER, g House Painter & Grainer, 1s prepared to'do all work in his line in first-class : stylevaud al reasonable rates. GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, and executed in exact imitation of the natural ' wood. Examine our work, Shop on Mitchell St., rear of Baker’s tin-shop, Kendaflville,l‘hd. [6m6 Winebrenner & Hoxworth, o udusE, sian AND ORNAMENTAL: PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. 1 Whitewashin%{’()ulsomininiand Decorating done to order. We have purchased the right to : uge Cross & Bastine's Patent Transfer Graining Machine By which we are enabled to de far superior work than can be done by hand, it being a perfect imitation of the natural wood. Samp%es of the work can be seen at/this office. Shop corner of Wourth and Cavin Sia‘., opposite Kerr’s Cabinet Shop, ' Ligonier, - - = . Indiana, Banking House : oF , ; SOL.. MIER, Conrad’s New I'Br_lck Block, LIGONIER, INI’NA. - Money loaned on long and short time. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. - " Monies received on deposit and interest allowed - on specified time, t : - Exchange botight and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, . . TO THE FARMERS: YOU will please take noiice that I am still en%aged in bﬁylz:'? wheat, for which I pay the hi estmark?tt & CO. e Eh Lff you do not find me on the street, ecall before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. ! PR SOL, MIER. ~ Ligonier, Indians, May 7th, 1874.—~Lf = — PeN R S

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875.

The Fational Lanner TO CORRESPONDENTS, _ 'All communications for ‘this paper ghould be ac‘Companied by the name of the author; not neces.garily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith on the part of the writer, Write/only on one side of the paper. ' Be particulariy carefal, .in giving nhmes and dates, to have the letters and figures plain and - distinct. . . ' A SUGGESTION TO OUR FRIENDS. : While we are not inclified to brag upon the ‘meritsof the B 2 ~¥NER, we wish our readers to appreciateit at its true value, and wheréver it is -poesﬂ;le*’say a good word for it. Ifyon havea neighbor inclined to take a county pager, or one who possibly might, if solicited, let him see a copy -or call apon us.and we will furnish one. We have a desire to increase our circulation, and in no way can it be done sc well or sa easily as by the aid of our patrons. e LRI : ) A CRITERION. : The advertising patronage of the:paper indicatesnot only the enterprise of the town and the county wlrefe it is published, but it i; also an- il;l--fallible proof that the business men are possessed of vim and go-ahead-ativeness. Show-us a busi‘ness community that don’t advertise, and we’ll show you a community where bnsiness is stagnated. The man who advertises in a liberal, yet discreet manner, ig sure to take the lead of his meighbors who dom’t spend a cent for printer’s dnk. It is also conceded thal a man who adver‘tises keeps a larger and better and more complete stock of goods, and sells cheaper than the man who don’v advertise. If you want good bargains call on the man who advertises. MEN: OF BUSINESS, HAVE A CARE. Remember that your name and your business cannot be placed before the'people too much. Let us see ‘'what the wealthiest and foremost men of the age have said apont advertising : Advertising has' earned me a competence. —Amos Lawrence - P i T advertised my products and made money.—N. Longworth. =5 : Constant and ' persistent advertising is a sure prelude to wealth.—Stephen Girard. ¢, e who invests one dollar in business sLould invest one dollar in advertising that business.—4. 1. Stewart. : : 2 e The man who pays more for shop rent than advertising doesn’t understand his business,—Horace Greeley. ) Tire NATIONAL BANNER has a greater circulation by far than any paper ever published in Noble ‘County. : ; e ; > - There is not a section within fifty miles of Ligonicer where it is not received and read with the utmost regularity. ) Dusiness men, look to your interests, and adyertite your goods in Tuk Bannsr, informing .the trade you now possess that you appreciate them by appearing before them every weelk in their paper, and gather thyt of the new by constant appedrance; also, thus imparting information to thosé with whom you are v lacquainted, and kee,:ing the same before themy, that there is such a man as yourself—such a businegs- us yours. ’ Special inducements to éxtensive advertisers ol summer and fajl goods.” - - : D ’

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, . o OB ¥leligion and-the Publie Schools. - The articles .published a short time ago in the Peru Sentinel, touching upon. the religious and educational phases of our institutions, would have us believe that the spirit of the basis ‘of our republic is violated, not only by an undercurrent of popular opihion through the -channel of our public schools, but by the' compilation of school Dbooks wholly anti-Catholic. We are acquainted with many series of school books and know of none that interfere in the least with any denom_imitjon. .We do not hesitate to pronounce the charge concerning text books in schools, made by the Sentinel, as wholly -unfounded and challenge the eglitor to point tc a single series, or even a book now in use in any of our public schools, that attacks Romanism “either, directly or indirectly. If there are any school books of that kind, we stand ready to do justice to the censures of the Sentinel, but until its editor names 118 books, and thus enablés us to examine them for ourself, we emphatically and unreservedly deny his insinuations, which are, for the most part, very misleading. The tenor of the articles in question involves two propositions; viz: The relation of Church and State; and the Parochial system of education. - That the moral training of the young is indispensible to:the well-being of the State, is obvious to every thinking mind, and a system’ of education not founded upon moraliprinciples must of itself be destructive to the best interests of good government. The network of habits and observ-

ances that makes the combination of social elements possible and"wit‘hout which ' the, lowest stages of society could not exist for a moment, constitutes an ethical system. The civilization of a nation will rise from barbarism in the same ratié as its ethical system approaches a higher plane in the order of its development. The fundamental idea of all ethical systems is human respoasibility, but the degree of responsibility varies in different governments, and with it varies their civilization. Among savage races :we find the tribe taken as the unit of responsibility, while among half-civilized people the family is the unit, but as- we "advance in the scale of civilization we find the tribal and family units gradually giving place to the more exalted and /christian idea. of individual responsibility. All'ethical systems have been of slow growth, and it was not till society had made considerable advancement and the idea of justice became largely developed that the in- i dividual would be taken as the unit of responsibility. But at this ‘stage.i ‘of develovment no discrimination beFWeen accidental wrongs and willful acts would “be noticed. It was not till society became imbued with a religious idea that a deeper moral feeling became manifest in the minds of all; and man began to reflect and meditate upon his own condition and surroundings. Thus arose that sacred character which forms the integral part of our conception of duty, and which led man to discriminate between error, malice .and accident in weighing the responsibility of human acts. It thus happens, as in our case, ‘religion and moralit{y are closely con-. ‘nected together. The .ethical duties ‘- involved in morality, and the ultimate idea of all ‘obligation as found in religion, is the cause of the close connection which exists between our educational systemand religion. . TReligion in defining its idea to Goll defines its idea of the future and final destiny of man. Upon this idea rests ‘not only moraland intellectual educa-

‘tion, but'the form of government. I ‘do not mean by this that morality cannot exist independently and apart from religious ideas, for ‘the distinc-. tion between moral good and evil. The obligation to avoid the evil and embrace the good .are laws as ‘much acknowledged by the nature of man as are the laws of logic, and which spring from his intsllectual activity as they “find their application in the principles of active life. But granting this independence to morality, we, cannot say that it exists without author, or without aim, for it is evident that its ultimate idea leads to weligion, which. opens to man a new sphere. ‘. | Among the ancieht Romans their religion and government were inseparable, and as the consequence, their: civilization advanced to a.point of fix- - ity, incapable of fi}=rther‘developmen'tj,} and the functions-of government not able to adapt themselves to the new condition of things constantly pressing upon:them became weak and pow:" erless. Upon the ruins true Chris;-] tianity founded a new system, _whiél‘i ‘ recognized religious government as ‘having an existence apart from that which pertained to the civil. It was evident.to the progressive Christian ‘that the -complete development of an ‘existence, or organism, éo{uld ‘only oeccur when each finction had its special organ. Themental and physical funetions of man can be brought to their highest state only by careful and judicious training of each organ. Werewe to train the physical to the neglect of the mental. man would not be brought above the savage staie; while on the other hand, were we .to give attention to the development of the mental functions to the neglect of the physical, man would Ve reduced to an imbecile Then it becomes evident that to reach the highest sphere attainable by man, the development of the two fumctions must ‘go side by side. ~ Each, however, requires for its development different* systems of training.. We would not: think of} training the physical as we would the mental, or the mental as we would the physical. Thus, the fitting of man for the higher duties of life bears d close -analogy ‘tv the-development of the functions of State and Church.

The Church ‘has for its mission the ‘training and guidance of man’s spirit‘uality: The State has for its mission the development of -the secular elements therein. The secular thus becomes independent of the religious; but we must not suppdse that its development to the exclusion of the religious would lead to the greatest good. As the development of man’s physicai nature precedes the mental; so the development of the secular elements precede the spiritual. It is when both funetions rec¢eive attention and proper guidance that the State rises.to its highest sphere. The State exists for the ' establishment of social and moral Tectitude. The Church for the inculecation of divine truths by which the deepest asperations of the heart are molded and directed.” What breaks the laws of right as established by the State is called a crime. * What breaks the mandates’ of religion is called a sin,} The State punishes crime with reference to actual deed and intent. = The Church can only pronounce the sinner a lost being and deserving of ‘infinite punishment. - The State measures each .deed by itself and not by ‘the absolute ideal. - The Chureli proffers reconciliation upon repentance of the culprit and meets infinite forfeitures - with

infinite mercy. Thus the ;Churclf} could not exercise the jqrijsprudence" of the State and maintain her dignity as a spiritual organization. The greatest good, then, to the religious and the secular will result when the Church and State have separate existences, the Church giving her attention to that which is purely spiritual and of a divine nature, and more.useful as a ‘means to an ead. § o

Since law and order depend for their existence upon the intelligence of the community, the State for her conservation must exercise the means by which ‘the latent powers of the intellect are brought into activity. Hence the State must educate morally, intellectually and physically, and that she may not infringe upén the rights’ ‘of the Church her system of education must be purely,and wholly of a secular -charactef! As the well organized ‘and fully developed. physical nature of ma&is absolutely essential to the existence of a strong mind, so is the harmonjous and thoroughly developed “secular system of the State absolutely ngcessary for the: perfect activity of 4 réligious system.' We would not expect:to find a highly ‘developed religious. system in a coun‘try where the State is undeveloped, ‘no more than we would expect to find ‘a highly developed or strong and act‘ive mind in a body sickly and undeveloped. -As the physical and mental ‘nature of man in the process of development blend together to formqth‘e perfect ideal, so .blend the religious and secular systems of the State into that ultimate idea upon which christianity founds her hope in immortality. Since the system of education adoglted by the :State must be of a purély seculmt:{xrfacter, the question arises, whether motality can be taught apart from special instruction in Religion? e i St Morality is the conformance of our acts with the universal standard of right. - But what is the universal standard of right? It is the performance of an act wherein the individual wll harmonizes ‘with the universal will, In all civilized countries the will of the aggregate forms a common will and recognizes acts that are in harmony with ifas right, and those that collide witi¥it as wrong. = Thus is established a standard of universal right #nd wrong. But how | is the universal will to know that its

acts are.night? It can only know it by that broad and well-defined sense of right and wrong which so clearly shines out from the divine_rule, which teaches us to do unto others as we ‘would have them do to us.. | ~ Moral education, .then;"\éhustihave for its object the awakening of moral feelings by placing before the mind the relation in which the parties stand to each other. If the State recognizes a code of moral duties as necessary to the well-being of society, morality ‘will lose nothing, and religion will gain by letting the State have charge of moral education. Moral obligations well taught must strengthen the hold of religion. The Church as the sole educator of the young could only inculcate duties on the ground of religious.obligation. The morality thus formed would give her no reciprocal support, since the youné upon that basis could not be i ained in the habits of obedience to the command of ‘duty formed without appealing to selfish interests or religious obligation. Characters need to be formed whose basis is self-denial, self-control, or preference for the right as distinguished from mere inclination. It is only where the young receive such training that religious ideas will find a ready entrance, just fas they now: do in communities that thave a regular system of organized justice. The Church in arrogating 'to herself the sole right to educate the young, would not only weaken her influence as a religious organization but would impair the stability and well-b¢ing of the Sfate. Nor could the State legislate upon the relations of man to God, since these relations involve a basis other than that upon which she has founded her ethical system: All duties involved in right actions can be developed in the minds of the young wholly upon secular grounds. Morality, then, which is only a combination of correct principles evolved from right duties, may be taught apart from special instruction in religion without in the least impairing religious obligation or infringing upon the. prerogatives of any religious organization. g ! s ? YERO.

G - K—— — 2 War Upon Grasshoppers: / - A local newspaper printed at Saint Peter, Minnesota, gives some information about the grasshoppers which is novel and interesting. In. order to destroy the pests the plan has been adopted in some counties of-paying a bounty for grasshoppers delivered by the bushel, from the county’ treasury. The plan seems to work: well, for the killing of grasshoppers becomes a profitable business to those engaged in it,. and the destruction amounts to an appreciable relief from the "insects. In the county where this paperis published a list, of the grasshopper ‘harvest up to date by townships is given. Some townships have gathered over 1,000 bushels, and the entire list foots’ up 6,777 bushels and 22 quarts. Five counties are named in which it.is estimated that 40,000 bushels of ‘insects have been destroyed, three-fourths of which have been caught under the stimulus of the bounties, and still the work goes on. .Blue Earth county alone has harvested 20,000 bushels. In Ottowa, a Mr. Raney has saved his wheat field by the most energetic efforts. On one side of the field he ditched and burned them andfrepelled the attack successfull'?: Being assaulted from another. direction, he dug a ditch 120 rods long, 18 inches wide and 1 foot deep.” By‘employing a man to bury the hoppers he finally succeeded in repelling-the enemy altogether and in-saving the field. These facts show how néw emergencies can be .met by determination and that even this Egyptian plague may be ‘mitigated if not altogether abated by ingenuity and energy. - =

. Melons from the South. A Savannah (Ga.) paper, in speaking of the melon crop of Florida, says that it will be exceedingly large this year, anll that the growers are puzzled to know how to dispose of them. The Superintendent of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad has come to their relief by writing to various parties in Western cities 'offering to place melons in a fresh coudition -in . their markets at very low: figures.. The offer has been accepted, and-now the Floridans make the startling proposition to have 200,000 melons ready before the sth of July! More startling still is the following from the same authority: “The first train of seven cars left Live Oak yesterday, and goes direct to Chicago. A second of fourteen cars has gone down to load, and will leave Tuesday morning, and as many cars as can be had will be laden with this fruit and be forwarded.: On the 28th of this month a monster train of melons will be dispatched, which wilﬂn also take with it'a delegation of the Florida fruit-growers to Chicago, who go for the purpose of looking around, and making this « permanent business.”.

‘The Wrong Side of the Meridian. On the down hill side of life, whjech an old medical writer quaintly terms “the wrong side of the meridian,” when the functions decay and the frame gradually bends under the weight of years, the system requires to be sustained under the burden imposed upon-it. Innumerable physical ailments and infirmcities then. press upon it to which it had been in earlier life a stranger. The surest-and pleasantest support and solace of declining years is found in Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, long recognized as the most wholesome and agreeable of diffusible stimulants, the most potént of tonics and alteratives. ‘The aged and infirm may place implicit confidence in this invigorating elixir, which not only checks those maladies to which elderly persons are peculiarly subject, but ina measure retards the encroachment of time upon the constitution. . 10-s¢.

* What’s de obcasion ob dat big smoke ober dar?” inquired ¢ne colored man of another at the market yesterday. -

“Fire, sah,” was the answer. : -“And 'what’s de obcasion ob de fire ?” ! . ] - “Combustshun.”_ “And what’s combustshun ?. “My friend,” replied the other, crossing his legs, “dar’s heaps ob things in dis world dat no ‘nigger eber knowed or éper will know, an’ we’ll:.change de subject to goosberries.—Detroit Free Press. 5 : Somebody, in a New Orleans theatre, threw a bouquet, with a string attached to it, to an actress, and when the lady tried to pick. it up, it seemed to avoid her by mysteriously gliding along the stage. The author of this gleasant? was next ddy fined $2.50 fortheoftence, . . . ... .. WL e e e

An Editor’s Opinion of the “TiedBack” Skirts. 3t ; [Frﬁgi@e_nuﬂa]p Express.)- ~ As a general rule we do not think much of male criticism on feminine fashions, for the simple reason -that they are not criticisms but chronie fault finding. It is considered quite “the thing” among. would-be wits. of the press to ridicule and sneer: at everything a lady puts on. The opinions of these authorities not only are noi appreciated, but, if they are intended to correct foibles and follies of fashion, they are partial and one-sided. There are‘just_‘-asmaréy foolish, un= comfortable and untidy features: of gentlemen’s attire as of ladies’. A lady’s costume, and the rules.of good taste therein,-may be sef down as a thing that a gentleman knows the. least about, because he cares the least to form an unprejudiced opinion thereof. So far as we are concerned we are usually inclined to go to the other extreme, and to think that lovely woman looks well in anything she is pleased to-put on; we never yeb saw. the fashjon that' could make a handsome wor.an look unlovely. But we regret now to have discovered a fashion that, if it is not un--graceful, is indecent.. The present fashion" of 'drawback skirts, tight waists -and enormous bustles is altogether too suggestive. No, it is not even suggestive. It leaves too little room for the imagination to.make it, 1n any degree, artistic. - A fashion that sharply definesthe outlines of the lower limbs, and the bust, and exaggerates posterior protuberances; which so nearly imitates the stage ¢ostume of tights ' that one can’ almost see the play -of the muscles 'as she walks~ such a costume might do well enough: for the nude drama, or possibly might be tolerated if worn exclusively indoors at home. But to parade upon the streets in broad daylight, with 'a costume, expressly designed to throw* into prominence those parts of the form which skirts ‘were originally designed to miodestly conceal, seems to us to call for but one term-—indecent.

We shall probably receive no thanks from our sex for this protest against a too-public array of temale charms, judging by the eagerness with' which they scan every fresh development of the extremes of the prevalent fashion. Sooth to say, the present style seems to come the nearest to meeting withthe general approbation df the men; especially those of the street corners; of any of late years. They will prob-, ably protest as George D. Prentice: did, when reproved for going toO see. Fanny Ellsler danece. .*“lt is not often,” said the ILouisville wag, “that.li get out in female society, but when T do I want to see as much of them as.

I can.” The universal verdict of thi corner gentry is that they like womaw in the present fashion first-rate as far as they can see.” We plead guilty‘our= selveg to a special admiration for the modulating - outkines of the human form divine, but there is a fit t'me and a place for all things, including anatomical exhibitions and art studies. Therefore at the risk of offending. both ladies and gentlemen, we indite this protest against the prevailing mode—and we suppose that is all'the good it will do. All we have »éo say is, that we can stand it if the ladies and their husbands and: fathers can. 7 i o

Senator Christiancy on 'Poiiit'icianfa:' United: States Senator Isaac .P. ‘Christiancy, of Michigan, is visiting old friends in Fulton counfy, N. Y., and in responding to a serenade at Glpversville said: “I-see gréat-evidence: of improvements on every hand, the same..proof of progress that I behold in the West—and this is the only town I have seen in New York State which I can say has made sucH progress.— You are in the right way of 'settling, the great financial question for yourselves,’ ‘and while others are talking you are working. I can hardly: be expected to speak on politics, as lam not a politician. I despise professional pé%ipia‘ns and their time-serving schemeéss» I left the Democratic party on accounf,of its support of slavery, .and I am now. glad it is abolished, 'as you doubtless all are. But though we have gone through a bloody war, we must remember the Southern people are our own flesh and blood. FEet. us remember the war is over and take them by the hand, as we—must be aware that one portion of our»co%ptry ~eannot flourish at the expense of the other, but we must favor aljllg alike.— We must remember there should be ‘an equality of States as well as of in‘dividuals. 'We must bear in mind. that the people South were brotight up under different habits and circum-. stances from ourselves, and you: can~ not change a people in a day, buttime is a necessary part of such a ‘Jchi'eglge._ IHHad we been in their circumstances, would we ‘have accommodated ourselves to circumstances any more readily? Yaqu will excuse me further, unless there is some topic youwish ‘me to express my views.” 'A voice—- “ Third termi.” “Well, gentlemen,- all 1 have to say upon the subject is, there willbeno thirqlterm I” A voice—Specie payment.” - “Yes, gentlemen, specie payment. We shall'never get back to a sound financial basis until we return to specie payment.” o

The Syracuse Scandal, ann [From the Wabash Free Trader.] ' o Syracuse, a small ‘village gituated in the north-east corner of. Kosciusko county, on the B. & O. railréad has a regular Beecher case. Rev. Mr. Coates, a minister of the Church of God, and near sixty years of age, seduced a: widowed sister of his flock. To ac-: complish his ungodly -design, he took: the Bible and!read therefrom portions of holy writ 30 overcome the scruples, of his intended vietim, and by this means succeeded in his designs; -but to the credit of the members of his church be it said, they at once discharged the unworthy Coates, and he. fled the country. , In this they show. better sense and judgment than the Brooklyn Church, who sustain the. “paroxysmal kissing” Beecher. -1t is astonishing to see the rapid increase of this class of crime during the past few years; whether it is _owing to the example set by the lecherous Beecher, or from {ther causes, the fact is none thie less®pparent, and for the sake of Christianity is to be deplored. T

An exchange says: Editing a. paper is a nice business. If we publish jokes, people say we are rattle-headed. If we omit jokes they say we are an old fossil. If we publish original matter people.scold us for nof giving. selections. *lf we publish selections, folks say we are lazy for not writing something they have not read#p some other paper. If we give a mman acom-. plimentary notice we are censured for being partial. If we do not cater to the wishes of the ladies thé paper is not fit to make a bustle. If we remain in our office and attend to our business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with.our fellowmen. If we go out they say we never attend to out business. If we do not pay our bills promptly folks say we are not to be trusted. - If we wear poor clothes folks say business is bad. If we ww& | clothes they say we never % for them. Now, what are we to do? .

NO. 11.

-+ ' GENERALITEMS.. --~ - The: United: ét;a‘te’_s"‘ _possesses onethird of the total steam-power of the In the last ecight years nearly one hundred millions of dellars’worth of church property was sold in Ifaly. - - - 'The deerease in fhe public debt during the month of June was $1,431,249, and for the fiscal year ending June3o, $24300814, 0 L nan o L The production” of poultly ing the United ~States is about 230,008,000 pounds annually, worth $5,000,000, the product of eggs yvielding a like amount OF PIONRY 0 e ~The California Independents:have nominated Gen. Bidwell for Governor. This will put three tickets in the field anid the fight will be close, with strong hopes of a Demoeratic success.: = A woman ragpicker of Indianapolis, who has’ always lived in the.utmost squalor, and. wasgupposed to be very poor,died the other ‘day, and'is, now: found -to ‘have Peen ' worth: nearly: $lOO,OOO. 70 gl 0 §< iy - Boss Tweed: is eonfined in jail in detault ?f $3,000,000-bail, in -a civil suit for the recovery.:of several million dollars worth of sproperty wlich he stole from the peoplé during hisreign In New York colie v o s

. Two millions of .people were saved from starvation by the interposition ‘of the Lieutenant Governor ‘of Ben“gel insthe famine of 1874, ﬁh’e most sweflicient - instrument was ‘a¢ r%’pidly “built railroad to eonnect the thréaten--“ened district with @ richer country. ! A correspondent of the Chicago 7ribune offers to beét a' thousand dollars that a certain "Episeopal clergyman. -ean’t prove. to ‘him that the angels: ever appedred to Mary and Zacharias tfor the purpose of announcing the: birth -of Christ. and St. John the -Baplist. L 0 eit B s

.The-damage fo property by inundisbigns in the eities of Toulouse, Francé,: and Agen, alone exceeds $24,000,000. ;&‘lﬁie heaviest-losses are in the depart‘mints 6f Haute Garonne and Lot et ‘Garonne. - Contributions for the relief, of “sufferes . are pouring in from all -parts of France, Switzerland, and Belgl et e i s L 1 . Kansas, in addition te the grasshop- J Jper plague, has produced a first class -scandal. . A scoundrel in the guise of a ‘ministerial - garb;’ seduced | Lis twin step-danghters, sixteen years old. . ITe ‘was compelled to marry, one of them,. find that, too, ohly thré¢ months aiter: their mother. was dead. ~Oh! for a -whip to lash the scoundrel, &d. = L “Save what yeu ‘have, live within your -income -and avoid . all specula‘tion.”. -This is ‘Commodore Vanderi°bilt’s ‘golden rule for amassing a for‘tune, and it has worked admirably -in his case.. - But suppose you haven’t. “got . anything, and ‘that if you'live X}ith in your Imcome, you will, as an shman would, say, starve to death? What can youd{i» then but speculate?

- Later intelligente only intensifies the searlier accounts of the terrible loss of dife in’ the south -of France by the overflow of tlie river Garonne. It is’ now . stated that.two thousand men, “wopaen and childrén were drowned in “tiBd city of Toulousegalone, whilein.oth@f places -the destruction of life was proportionately gregt. Large eontributions are being thken up in Paris fér the relief of th%ti«rvivors. e sewiug Machines. 4=~ . ‘[Promthe Blkhart Review.] - Flt is becoming atserious question ghether sewing machines are a curse: ‘igfthver than a blessing. Medical men .aSsert, that'there igian alarming in¢rease of diseases among women which: “can ‘be traced directly to .the use of ‘seaving ‘machines. /The use of these -§p*Galled” converniences by young woMghoften induces diseases from which ey never recover, and which curse " ET hewy - with acute suffering -all their : §9‘Wintg) ‘machines are also possibly’ ‘responsible for much extravagance of _dress of which $6 many complaints are ‘made at the present time. . In.days one by, when sewing had to be done wjggglian_d, dresses were made, and pret--tily 00, out of ten or fourteen yaids, of material. Now a fashionable dress: tikes . from twenty four - to thirty yards. -In former days a little trimhing made the dress look neat, now a gteat deal is put on and the-dresses -;gok» fussy. : It took just about as ‘much and no' more timesto make a dress by hand, as it now takes to make ‘theadress andpll itg tucks and frills ‘and skirts on the machine, It will long be an ‘opén question if sewing machines are not responsiblefor many physice!l ailments, .and financial - embarragsments. o Coi i atne a

The above is one side of the qnes: tion. - Put the advantages in juxtapositjon, and we ‘think the preponderance will be in 'favor of the sewing okl g

Excursion Tickets From Quincy to . Penver; Colorado. - ' - Forthe benefit;of health and pleasure seekers, and :all those wishing to£Qo West,” the “old 'Reliable” Hanni-* bal & St. Joseph “Short Line” have placed on sale rotind trip tickets,from ‘Quiney to Den¥er and. return, good for threé months from -date of issue, at greatly redwe®® rates. ' ' This popular route is acknowledged by all to be the bestequipped and hest - ‘managed roadwest of the Mississippi. | Riv’erf-runni(% the finest Parlor Cars in the world on all day express trains, | and Pullman’s' Palace Drawing Room Sleeping Cars-on all night trains. * . All -express ‘trains are equipped - with the Westinghouse Patent Air Brake-and Miller Patent Safety Platform gnd Coupler.'. =i 000 i . The track ‘is in the best possible ‘condition, a‘large portion of it-having ‘yecently ‘been re-laid - with. STEEL RAILS. Tron and Stone Bridges have taken the place of wood, and all other ‘improvements conducive to the safety and’ ecomfort of its patrons have been pdopldd. fo S o B é? "Througlt cars-are run over this line ifrom Toledo and Chicago to Kansas City; without change, For further information in regard to time or rates, apply toany. ticket agent throughout ‘the country, or to T. PEXFIELD; Gen- . eral Passenger Agent, Hannibal, Mo. | g . i “T_"——'d ..___‘f- ’»:‘*v:m R 7 ' SAlp- Commodore Vanderbilt to a reporter the other day:. “When you | have lived,sir, to carry as many gray hairs as 1 ‘do, you will have learned that there is little sympathy with or, | appreciation of your efforts, it matters little ‘Wwhat may be the eircumstances. - If you are successful in accumulating a fortune you will be called a speculator, .and a mofiopolist, while if you should’ ‘fail to amass richeés it"will be about ‘the same, as you will be talked of in | that case’as one who does not amount | to. mugh, anyhow.” - They are the | words’ of ‘a_successful ‘man of the | world N a e b \F:?WI R R

The Only Steam Printing Hotise ¢ .. in Noble County. ' = JOB PRINTING S ee e T e ‘Gards, Bill-Heads Gircnlars Posters, ' &0., &0., EXEOUTED To ORDES IN THE i ‘.a‘ Neatest and Prompj:.est Manner, * . . AXD AT BEASONABLE BATES. . ° ‘;W‘Apply’ Here Bcfofz:-(;rdering Elsewh‘ofe,‘i& T

i 'ALLOBTQ.;- g The “Utica skirt” is the latest. It . contracts the walking powers of ftw." L pent-up wearer: i e - Barber—*Thin out. youtr hair & bit, 8ir?” Licton—“No, never mind. My . -wife attends to that. Just oil it well, however.” Alblh e iR Why deem amiss ‘the Beecher kiss, and o'er it make a wry mouth? His ichureh’s” name implies ithe’ ‘same, preaching and practice, ply-mouth. ° " A, man in Terre Haute ate a quart of sawdust on a wager.. e will probably’ have a pain in his lumbar region if he sticks to.such board as that, ! " “Teayen’s Own” is the name of a, -new Ngvada town Where a railroad passenger saw a woman pinning her . ‘hushand to the fence with a pitehfork, ! ~ “Why, Jennie, you look good enough ¢ to eat,”said alloving. husband to -his . ;wife - one morning at breakfast.— ““Well, I'm eating ‘as fast as Il can, - cain’t 1272 e b ; Je o ¢ -»‘:lfh_l you want fun,” remarked old Smilax, leaning (over the gate and working the gravel with his bare toes, = L “you ought to see my-wife dig taters *, - when she’s fearin’ mad.” Ao

The _ﬁp_,rice‘ of beans has risén to such extortionate figures in some parts of Kansas that many of thé peoplé are desirous of leaving the country, bub are ‘obliged ‘to remain ‘on account. of being unable to raiset@e’ wind. &

- When a Texas man says to his wife,’ “Mary, there’H be oonﬁpdily‘ here ti s evening,” ‘she bustles about and gets’ .the shot-gun in order, while he takes the shovel and sallies forth'to dig a few gmves. - ' e A buteher sold a sailor aham on ’ c;"edit, but finding in'a few days Lie “had gone to sea, he growled, “If I'd "% ° i'known . that he ' wasn’tigolng.-to- pay forit, I'd "a charged him tliree pence - {‘ more.a pound for it, the rascal™ - .. Cincinnati ' T'imes : .-A(;nd now ‘we -hear that “a Kentucky girl has a skin. white as snow and soft as velvet, and shoulders and bosom like Juno, grid a lq‘edundan‘t voluptugusness that would ° -turn one’s hair grag in.a single night.”™ Yum, yum, yum. 0 oy - % | lere. is an extract from; a' letler written to her lover by a Montgomery, . Ala., girl: - “For your'sake darling, I have quit using chewing gum; would you have quit.gum for me? 1 would ‘not have quit gum for any other iper- . Son in ‘the whole world,”> ' *

‘v By publishing a paper full of stovics commencing, “The. “courtly knight wrapped the fainting form of. the’ beauteous maiden in his arms, and. grasping his bloody blade in his stroug right hand,” the -elitor of 7'%ne New York Weekly has become amillionaire. - old Lad (whovsl‘e,éﬁs badly) : “Now, Mary, if I,ylshould want tolight my candle, are '(1e; matches there?’— Mary: - “Yes, ma’am, there’s” wan.”— old. Lady: |“One! Why, if it misses fire; oé-r won’tlight”—Mary: “Oh, divil ,z}*f ar of it, ma’ams ‘Sure I thried

Gen. Spinner is charged “with havs, ing too- great an __affec‘xtioﬂ for pretiy, women.” There was never a more absurd charge. The man who doesn't cherish .a great affection for prei.y women ought to have died when he was a baby, and the probability is.that’ hedids w 0 o as g ]

A Philadelphia. German, upon the arrival of a second pair of twins, sa’d to his family physician: “Oy yoy bleese, Doctor, it ish better dot a schtop be boot to dose dings. One bair of quince, I' dinks, is_aller riot; but more as dot ish blaid owit. Don’d it ? ‘Yo;u kno#v how it. is myself!” ™

. Ten or twelve years ago Joseph Piper left| Michigan ' for. the lumber woods of Canada. Last week- he came across on the [email protected]*‘*’erry‘ with his face elosely mufiled in a com-. forter, and, taking a Detroit neivsboy to one side, said to him in:a low, whisper, “Bub, is that there war over! ekl ) e &

+ It is said to be satisfactorily demonstrated that every timhe. a wife scolds; her husband she adds a wrinkle (o ber fage. It is thoughtthe.announcdment of .this fauct will have a'most salutary. effect, especially as it is understood that every time a wife smiles on her husband it will remove ene of the old wrinkles. G ; i . o 5 2

A Vicksburg lady was recently iuquiring of a girl from over the river how a certain old acquaintance, who ° married a widower a few months ado, got along. “Very poorly,” replied thie girl; “there’s’five childten who ought - to'be spanked twiee a day, and Maria’s - left-handed, and can’t. begin to do 'em justice. = Poor woman! my heart! bleeds for her!”—Vicksburg Herald., o A Georgia paper boasts beca;tis% B poor but pretty girlin that State has cultivated an acre of cotton, hut this . only proves what we have claimed all - along, that women' will have cotton, | even if they have to rajse it them- - selves.—Milwaukee News. The Milwaukee women sbould show what theyr are made-of by mobbing;the | Jl\rezgis‘ office and squeezing thé editor to. death. . =

“My redal number i§ six, but my hand will bear squeezing,” is what she said to a young.man atsthe glove-1 . counter.. And'the¢ great thick-headed - lunatic got her a pair of five-and-a-half gloves without finding out how much squeezing her hand weuld be:v':eg : We would. have worked on that job 5 all Summer but she should have had' an exact fit. Some people are so BRI e e - A.man in North Carolina who was gm‘ed from a conviction for' horse tealing’ by the powerful plea of his - lawyer, after his aequittal by the jury, * was asked by the lawyer: “IHonor bright, now Bill, you did steal that horse, didn’t you?” “Now look a-here, - judge,” was the reply, “L fallers did think I stole that hoss, but since I hearn ' your speech- to that ’ere jury, T'll be dogoned if I aint got'my doubts abaubit’t o . e A beautiful and intelligent young lady of Richmond, Va,, invited her intimate friends to her wedding, some tinie since, but the guests having ag~ sembled and everything being in read- = ‘iness, the bri‘d'eiroom failed %o appear, and the c’ompady 'hat}, tot (};ll‘x iperse,, of . course very indignant at the young ‘man. The lady beg:dme a I‘avillg'£anﬁ;§; ac, and it now: appears that the man ' was'never 'engageg‘ to her, but her ar‘rangements for her marr‘age were the first symptoms of insanity. .~ - It is difficult for the Nebraska people to tell what sort of pets may be :safég fondled, as botli the wolves and e akcinko inte pit Wi hodiop e | One of the latter species of agreeable companinns. bit a gentleman on the. nase, andl vhe party bitten subsequent%Wﬁ ~}m;yc,g ?f‘@, _it ¢ | DG ywploe of Bet { lic to know that they cannot fr