The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 July 1875 — Page 1

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CITIZENS’ BANK . ™ LIGONIER, : "'i;\'DEtNA. . ;‘__ ';. a ! > e : ; : e L e N e VAT - First-Class Notes Wanted. s STRAUS BROTHER®. .. M.MERIFTERBAND;, Notary Publie. 1 "Ligonier, Ind., May 6, 1875.-6-26 . S FAMES M. DEXNY, . Attorney and Counsellor at Law. * Office in the Court House, ; : ; .4.;1;1_03";9 S E . - L‘yl). 8-15 o K COVELL: . - Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publié, 3 Kendallville, Indiana. : Office in the Sceley Block, west side Main Street. 08, W. GRERN, X . it Tianag . wr g 3 Justiceolthe Peace & Collection Ag't Office—Second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, fi o s : .V EIGONIER,. - . INDIANA. ¢ D, GYANCANMIP, i . 5 Y - b o X ATTORNEY AT LAW, 5 l.lg(pl_ller,‘& : : indiana. Special attention ¢ivgh to collections ﬁu%‘cuuveyancing, and the wrigie of deeds, mortg#zes, and contracts. Lt;;_:agbl, yess promptly attended to, Ofiice over Jaecohsy& Gojdsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 : . M. GLOZEMIMEERIMAN, . Attorney at Law & Notary Bublic, - .- Oftice over Gerber's Hardwarejgs ; . Cavin Street, : : Ligonier, T#giana. i ) January 7, 1875.-0-37 ) * 8T g, B, KNISELY, 0 T ..i s J : ATTORNEY AT LAW. ‘. LIGONIEE, - - - INDIANA: g&—Ofice on gécond floor of Landon’'s Block. 7-2 Y WM. B. McCONXNELL, L 3 T % a 3 ®* s Attorneyat Law and Cir‘cuit Prosecutor, “Office in the Cpurt House, Albion, Ind. ‘All pro- - fessional busihess promptly and =atisfactorily attended to: | - T 9-39 — D 'ALISER'I‘ BANTA, S . Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. .+~ LIGONIER, INDIANA. . - " . Special attention given to conveyancing andcollections. Deeds, Bortds.and Mortgages drawn up, ~ and all legal business attended to promptly and dceurately. Ofiice over Straus & Meggher’sstore, e P ; . May 15187315-8-3 = - % e \ DR. R. DEPPELLER, -¢ : o , UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC : PINY STCILAN. Oftice over Cunningham’s Drug Store,-east gide of { Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. ° 10-2 J STURGIS, A i o PIIYSICIANTAND SURGEON, Lt R WAWAKA, IND., Y 3 - Both picht and day calls promptly attended to at ~all times. ) : 10-3mé S G W CARER, . B 1 N : . 8T “\. - Physician, and Surgeon, VLIGONIER, - - - - - - IND., - ¢ Willpromptlyattend all-callg-intrustedto’h*m. - Office and residencejon 4th Street. . S . W.CRUM, . . Physician and Surgeon, .} LIGONIER, : INDIANA. ‘! - Office, first'door north.of Jycobs & Goldsmith's Store, op Cavin street, where I mny\ be found at all hours, excépt witen absent on professional business. L -~ s Mayil2th, 1574, .._l_~__.__._____.,.._,.. S E i JoM.,TEAR, - ;_‘ DBNTIS T, . : “":‘ s Rooms over L E. Pike's Grocery, "-’ s Corner 0f Main and Mitchell Streets, | - LYY Y'Y Popposise the Post Ofilee, Keudall: ville, Ind. && All work warranted +&Q o Kendallville, May 1, 1£74. dz! . . : g C 7 ML A. MOYER, | ) _(Successor to W. L. Andrews,) - ' . ; 2al SURG EON DENTIST, o gKENZ)AL% VIELE, INDIANA.. LIQUID Nitroud Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. gz Offfice, Second . Story, Mitchell Block. T 8-y . . . GANRTS, i Surgical and Mechanjeal Dentist, : LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. i N ~ Is prepared S S s " .lodoanything ) "‘.457”"‘?} o . _ intheirline. & :if.(;,ﬂ_’/,:"'v é: _;, 2 succesful pracS piaplpeSEEa e = Lice of over 10 arE :,;5; yeare justities B AR ee m e e| 5 z s e g him in sayimg VAGERE & iy hat be o L NI B R S - girveentirv,sut.‘ NI Y% T R 'v, i isfactionte all i .W;_._ 75'_15%_“‘@ ~ . who may be_Btow their patronage. B¥Ofiiceotie doornorth of Kime’s; Cavin St. §q S e TEEGARDEN HOUSE, © ' Laporte, Indiana. .- ~ N. W, AXJELL, : : . Proprjgtor. Laporte, April 5. 1871. ) STOP AT . THEHE O KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ) ',,\TEW‘_ COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK &N Hotel, only ten rods trom thell. 8. & M. S. R. R.,Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R:— ‘Only five minutes walk to any of the principal buinesshousesofthe city, Traveling menandstrangers will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per AY. - . J.-B. KELLY, Preprietor, Kend#?'lrille, Atg. 3,1870.-14 . ) - PHILIP A, CAERR,. AUCTIONLER, Offers his services to the publicin general. “Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. .* - o R Ligonier, January 8, °73-37 ' . 1

o QL VLIINKS, : "DEALERIN MONUMENTS, -+ Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES" ; LIGONIER, INB. .- & 17 I Aprilie, 1871.-50 J e CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, 1" We kell Mr. L SHEETS’ Wines. Pure — Nothing: but the Juice of St the'Grape.. oo o 1 o : e, SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3, "7L.-tf ; g 3 . B.ROSHEFFER, 0 Pat O g e Hfouse Painter & Grainer, 1s prepared to do all work in hig line in firet-class g - styleand at reasonable rates| : GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, - and executed in exact imitation of thé nsatural ' wood, Examineour work. Skm'f) on Mitchell St., . rear of Baker’s tin-ehop, Kendallville, Ind, [6m6 - Winebrenner & Hoxworth, s Firig BOUBE,'SIGN ANI‘) ORNAMENTAL i PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. Whit,awaahin%aCalsomin—iniand Decorating done to order. e have purchased the right to - e use Cross.& Bastine's Sy Patent Transfer Graining Machine By which we are enabled to de far superior weork than can be done by hand, it ‘hein% a perfect imitation of the natural wood. Samples of the werk can be seen at this office. - Shop corner of Fourth, and Cavin Bts,, opporite Kerr’s Cabinet Shop, .~ Ligomier, - -:» - Indiaoa, . —_———— — e - Banking House { S g rptadty : | : ' Qo A ' . SOI.. MIER, - | Conrad’s Néw Brick Block, EIGONIER, IND’NA. ' Money loaned on long and short time, ' - Notes discounted at reasonable rates, - ’ ' Monies received on }eposit and intereet allowed on spécified {ime, e ARt : .| Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts _drawn on principal tities f Enrope, 82 TO THE FARMERS: AYQU will please take noiice. thit lam still en- - gaR ug wheat, for which I pay the ~__ Ifyou do mot find me on the street, call before e e e foe e e

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- THE PHENIX.FILE MACHINE, T Lis welladapted to ¢ of Ti B] Tl LTt haven. b e e Ll T ~- harses. It delivers tile at the two opposite evds 3 . ::;2 gu_», ) o}"lil:?‘m:‘i'v{?x_ine. It may be converted into a J-% - ::‘:’l’:‘;."»dc ivery {-rmchzvm; 1t has a gimple and -~ A y- means of takiug up the wear on the Sy uii plunze lead cul sides df the chamber, this | i e pecting” all leakage of mud, and adligg . . e "li’!’i»r ¥L‘ars of service to the machize. It R o BR j:_jl;;ﬁ&i ot 300 L 0 700 rods of gile per day. It i 3 2 e B ’;,‘.-E'q"a fully’ warranted, It may readily be adapted - L: 'Y"’"ﬂ § ez 7y Ao Stewm Power. The dies FenTi UL Somshat it et org snl“—“‘l@f‘ ﬂ,ﬂ' m\ﬁ vri;&.- p;‘:ceg;- . o | L e QE’" Eoete CHANDLER & TATLOZ e L e e Patentecs and Masiufacturers, SEXD ¥OR cmer.ms. ) Toeoa Indinnapolis, Ind. %ins =} -5 . ’ Hanhood: How Lost, How Restored! i‘—-\ = Jugt'published, & new edition of B, e N\ Culverwell’s('elebratedkssay - ‘u*}' on theradical cure (withou. medicine) P of SreemaTorenma or Seminal Weaknees, Involuntary -Serinal. Losses, InroTeENOY, Meutal and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage. etc:; also CoNsUMPTION,. EPILEPSY and Ftrs, indaced by geif-indulgence.of scxusal extrayvagance, &e. ' : S e o C &~ Pyrice,ln d scaled euvelope, only six ¢ents. - The celebrated atthoryin this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years’ success: ful practice.. that.the alarmjng consequences of self-abuse may .by radically cured without the dangerous use ¢finternal medicine gr the application of the knife; pointing out 2 mode of cure at oce simple, certain, and efféctual by megns of which every ‘sufferer, no maiter yhat his condition may e, may curehimeself chéuply, privately, and RADICALLY. T . . - A% This Lecture slionld be in the hands of eve.. ry youth and-every man in the iand., " > ~Sent under seal, ina plain envelope, to any address, post-paid; on receipt ¢f=ix cents or two post_stamps, S e . - E Address-the Publishers, e : 951yl - CHEAS, IC. HLIRE & CO., 127 Bowery, N'.(e.'.é_. York, P, O, Box, 4588, s 3" e - 5 HINGSFORD'S - . i P - O W lr{l-(x {2 L o !.z PUKEAND .*o SILVER GLOSS STARCH SELVER GLONSY BEARUE,

* IHor the ¥Fiaaundry. . { ey T .. MANUFACTURED BY . RS ; 3 s . R T, KINGSEORD & SON, 5 | < i 5 i . .{.v . | O THE BENT, STARCILIN THE WCRLD. . . '\,"." N e o . ‘GIVES ABEAUTIFULTFINISHTO TIIE LINEN, and the difference im the cigt betweensit and eommon starch is searcely half a ¢ent for an’ orvdiary washing,' - Aek yoargroter for’it. L ie: ) 1 . . KINGSFORD'S™ T At e, . . . OSWEGO (RN STARCH ‘B. 4 ! S 3 &L A 5 (% RS For Puddings) Blane Mange, Tee-Creain, &e., Is original—Established in 1848 .. And preserves Tits reputation as PHYRER, STRONGER and MORE . DELICATE than any other article of the : kiud offcred, either of the same « '« . nameor with other title: . StTEvVEN=ON, Macapaym, Ph. D., &e., ﬁhc highest chemicalanthority of Europe, carefully analyzed this ‘Corn Starch, and say= it.i¥ a most excellent article of diet aud chemical and feeding properties is fully ecqual to the best arrow.root. Directions formaking Pudding,. Custards, &c., accompany eachone pound Dbackages. 51-3 mos. S For Saleby all FiestClass Groears. NTATTNTC QTED LD & 00 ! NICHOLS, SHEPARD & GO.'S “VIBRATOR" THRESHER : .l. ; .I.: til . The BEHLi.lA‘.\"i‘.".‘il’(‘.i‘!- SSof this !}r}iislNaving, Time-Savieg 1 FERESEY BR, is unpregedented in the hunals of Farm: Machinery, In & brief period it has bécome widely knowmn and FUELEY ESTABEPISIFED, as. the SCEEA lil;\(‘i TEIEREXE ERG MALHEINEY S SO My . R . < X T Y)Y .)B D S : e s . ey ‘*“"‘ o, :m}::i 7 BN gygx\ xmﬁlﬁﬁﬁﬁ; ey o -,;—.ui: i\ A 77 : -«,*g!g' ’;;“1‘ ) n»m. N;.!_% . R S 3 ;é;?;} T ANZ == S TR e GRATY RAISERS REFUSE to submit to the “wasteful and’ imperfect -work of other Threshers, Wwhen postéd on the vast superiority of this one, for_saving grain, saving tinde, ‘and doing fast, thorgugh and economicxl work, THRESHERMEN FIND 1T highly advanfageous to run a machine: that has no *“Beéaters,” s Pickers,”or ‘Aprans;’ that handics Damp Grain, Long “Straw;- Headings.. Flax, Timathy, Millét, and all such diflicult grain amrd secds. with ENPIRE EASE AND ERFECIIVENESS, Cleans to perfection; s:l,\'cs"_tlxe.fa‘.rhl(gr his thresh bill' by €xtra.saving of grainj. makesno ** Litterings;V requires LESS THAN ONE:HA LF the usuak Belts, Boxes, Journals," and Gears; casier managed; less repairs; one that grain raiscers prefer to'employ and wait for,even at advanced prices, while other.machines are “out of jobs.” Four sizes made with 6,8, 30 and 12 Norse “HMounted” Powers, also a spediality of Separaters ‘alone,” expressiy for STEAM POWER, snd 10 mateh other fiorse Powers,. v e Iftinterested in-grain- raising, or threshing, write for Illustrated Cirenlars (sENT EREE) With full particularg of sizes; styles, prices, terms, etc. . - NICROLS, SHEPARD & €O, '?_3l—'7_s—l‘-)\\'»!'l-:‘.!?\';" -« Rattle Creek, Mich,

Local Agents Wanted ! Sn dgeudr Wasited for each: v N - - CHown and Countyin the .-_1 S :.“'-,,_ . . - . United Staies, ' sPartiesdlesiring to set-as ngenls must adcompa—iy thieirapplication by a lefter 6f recommendation ¢ fo character and responsibility from and signed by the Editor of a mewspaper-publisked in the town or county for _\'vhi_c_h agent pr(')ii'oses to act.—. The ageney is to sell the bonds of . the Didustrial Ezhibition Company, TR TE ¥ . oy . Whole Bonds, 520 Each. Half -« 18 vy S °. RV & -o© e 3 Quarter ¢, 5. ¢ . “The Tndustrial Exnbition Company g\'m furnish agents with circulars, ete,, ote. 000 - Each ‘newspaper- publishéd in'the town wheére agent 18 located - will. as soon ds agency is'established, be given an advertisement, advertising ‘uchagency and tpc company, and fally explainlii the plans, purposes and objécts of the compas--ny.. Suchadvertisement will continue in siich parers ag'long as agency issuccessfully conducted. The Industrial Exhibition Company is the first: to z}dop-t_ the plan 50 long in use by the European governments of issuing bonds when the. principal i= made secure and not risked, hut ‘where there is a'chance. for a lafrge premium, an' intvéstment Q{ £2) is sure to return to'the investor $2l-"one dolx Jar'more than cot—and thé holder of a £2O Bond may ’obgq,in a premium either of §5O, $lOO, ?‘26(_), £5OO, $1,600, §3,000, $5,009, $lO,OOO, $25,600 or §lOO, 000, The interest,.whicH is ordinarily dietributéd to allthe boud-holders pro rata, is in thisloan’ distributed by charee. The purchaser of a bond kuows he will receive back his Investment, with a'sma]l rate of interest added, and in consideration of faking this small rate of interest, he has a chance in the abovc:»'nnmed preminmes, wh,iclg are simply the distribztion of interest on the whole loam, * + ey o % Eac¢h bona pa‘ﬂ'icipafcgin,‘four-druwin,«;'s each year, until it has drawn a premium, when it issurrendered, the premiium paid and the Bond cancelled -The Iridustrial Exhibition Compauy, under a special charter, granted.by the State of New Yurk;. 1= given asthority to issue these bonds. The Legislature of the State, recognizing the great benefits which will' arise'from .the succéss of this ‘enterprise; have exempted all.the real estate and property of the company from taxalion and assess‘mefits for five yéa‘rs, and has also’ E:on;'crred,bther great! privileges. Koot oit g : Ever:v Amcricaf?:‘_vho nxn(harelilﬂd& the purposes of this company will, ofa necessity, feel a pride in aiding it to a succeesful feimination.. = - : Kech individaal who buys ahond becomes gn owner and an interested party, and .when he vicws the Btructure erccted wni‘; his money can say, “1 aided to. ertctin.our :country 'ﬁmrinpu magnificent .building the world has ever geen, a _palace which.'in truth, represents theuiu‘dnst;y, ex;en?y’:md mechanical genias gf the American people. v B 7 : : Tge manuafacturers and the inventors of America are peculiarly interested in the success of -this senterprise, for the redson that that it is to be their -bhome, where all their inventiors ard manufac‘tures can be exhibited and eold. 8 ‘The tmflding will contain 5,320,000 square feet offpace, . Theeig e ; Parchagers desiring Bonds before an agency is established-where they reside, will communicate ;dég:&neg‘im‘tmt office; from where they can be m¥ % L o i e 5 By iS g 780 o INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION €O, _ N 0.12 East 17th Bt., bet. Brosdway & sih Ave , "gm Saidsn ‘“7:.303“:

THE TREASURE DIGGERS. " By ‘BuE?usß..—-;’l’qunslatmn by J. L.|G. . ; | _— iy At point df death a vintner lay, : ; ‘l.‘le called ?{g sons and thus did say: ‘ . A treasure in our vineyard lies, : . Dig for it !"—*‘Tell us where’s the prize?”— Lougd all unto their father cried, R l But “*Dig!]” was all he said—then dieds - K : dece,was‘k the old man in his grave, : ’ “, Ere they, resolved no strength to save, : ’ Post doep Porieats fes THe el . There was/no clod excaped their toil. : E’en-throguh.a gieve they shook the soil, And straight and crosswise drew the rake, | With mattocks every stone did break ;. | But naught of treasure they perceived, And each’one thoaght himself deceived g But sc:nx'cegauother year ca;ne"roﬁnd,_ : ] When they, surprised, astonished, found | A three-fold crop each vice did bear. =~ . The fither’s words were now made clear, Year in, year out, they dug the ground, And ever greater treasure found. . Wi “Good |§(:npie, so to dig for treasare, 5 Tls ot just foolish, altogetber. ' Reaning, Pa., Tunesih, 18735, ; . RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, : ok [ o op it ) i Religion iz'ml the Public Schools. i [‘i;\'l,")mmt TWO . I come naw to consider the second propositions The presupposition of all parochial education is sectarianism. It always takes a one-sided view of truth. It stultifies man’s activity in that it teaches him to swear by the traditions of that little community*in whicli-he was born and to pronounce all its petty little watechwords, instead of* teacling| him to be thoughtful, illgﬂihlﬁ\'e and ﬁllpx'ejlidiced in the ,fm'nmt;ion of his judgments. Itisa confession of weakness for any church or sect to adopt such a policy. It is an admission that, “if we leave our children to grow up without strictly inculeating bur.doctrines upon them, t_lixey lever aglopt?those doctrines upon a free conviction in after life.” Such a system of instruction would be wholly inad‘bquztte as a means by which to accomplish that unity of purpose upon which our nation founds its strength. | It would fail to diffuse that moral ‘jsyvmpathy, ‘moral honor and moral duty so necessary to the making of combinations possible in a community. | That these statements may not seei‘n mere assertions,.-turn your thoughts to Spain and there find them verified. The whole social system of that 11‘3:1tihn is found to be demoralized and in o state of rapid decay. .(,‘ombinéttion of mind.with mind seems no ]oi_lger poséibl({. France, too, has had Ix(ar downfall from a sims= ilar jnfluence. Italy remained in t‘:lxvrleld‘dm for nearly . two thousand years in consequence. - Nations have becomelaroused to their sense of duty in ugzud to 'their educational interests. % Ttaly has now herfree public schod]s. { Prussia has severed her System of education Arom the Chureh.: Saxony is niediitatingﬂm same. France | proclaims in favor of free schools upon secular bases. ~ England, - too, has thrown off thfe yoke of the Chureh in educational matters and adopted ‘a free school system. Are we, as a nation, a tool in the hands of European powers that we m ust accept and adopt institutions that-the spirit of the age has outgrown? Are 'we so feeble that we must resort to relics of barbarism for ouyr f uture-consérv;ttion? Nay, it is not so; weim'e a nation to ourselves. We have oui,‘j own i'nstitu_tions. We need not borrow from Europe the fossils of her defunct educational system. Parochial schools have proven themselves wholly inefiicient to meet the growing demands of thought.. In morals their standard has always been lower than that of the public schools. As a general thing a boy who returns to the public schools after a year’s attendance at some parislr school “is found to be not o,nfy behind his class in’ scholarship, but demoralized in ‘conduct. In the public schools pupils may imbibe less of that inaginary religious atmosphere, so much prized on paper by seet;_ari:ms, bllt]’tlxey imbibe more of the spirit of humanity, which is better. "They learn to respect one another ‘irrespective of religious -or other class distinction. Class for class, they behave better, and, we Dbelieve, with equal social advantages, they make more tolerant and less bigoted citizens. DBut, asks one, .do you not believe in religious education? Most certainly I do. T believe in more. I believe in education in religion, which is quite a different thing and something so much wanted by the spirit of the'times.! We often see men who have been trained in religious matters from early childhood, part so easily with such training when they become to be responsible and reflective beings. Why isit? It is because the traditions which are inculcated -into them in their youth do not fit into the principles of active life. The truth of which they have learned in their manhood. Sy . g

But the remedy is not church education in secular matters but thorough and sterling [church education in religion which' ghall give an intelligent position to religion inthat same world of thought to which the mature man must inevitably be introduced. As it is, true -education in religion is lost because the attempt is made to throw this duty upon secular schools, and any genuine secular education is lost when the attempt is made to. teach religion in §he secular schools. = But would you exclude the. Bible from publie schools? By no means. I believe with Sir William Jonés that, “The scriptures contain, independently of a divine otigin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer ‘morality, more importarit history, and finer strains both of poetry and elooquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed, in any age or in any idiom,” So long as the public schools continue to train. the young to virtue, activity, and im‘: dustry, piety and benevolence, justice and kindness, no valid objection can “be made to a book that inculcates all ‘these and provides us with so many ‘beautiful illustrations of their practi-

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1875.

i Die Sdhatigraber, : .- - Bon Biivger, T " Gin ‘ls)iu;ef, ber anr Tobe fag, | ’ ; o SRief feine Kinder an und jprad): T, 3n umjer’m Weinberg {iegt ein @d)até. : Grabt nur davnad!"’'—,An wekdem Plag?'” Sdrie Alled laut den Bater an. e wOrabt nur!”’—O weh! ba'ftarh der ‘)Jtn\im.’ : Staum war der Ulte beigefdbaiff, : ~ So grub man nad) aus Leibestraft, ; . Mit Hade, Karjt und Spaten ward : Der-2Beinberg um und um gejdaret. : : - Da war fein Klof, der rubig blich; . Y Mian warf die Grde gar durd)’s Sied, Und 3pg die Harlen freuz und quer [ Rad) jedem Steinden hin und Ger; Allein da ward fein Sdaf verjpiirt, VPR Und Jeder biclt fid) angefiihrt. 2 » : Endf{aum‘c'rid)im pas nidite Jabhr, | So nahm man mit Eritaunen wahr Tt . Dal jede Rebe dreifad) trug. | | Da wurden erjt dic Sohne tlug, ; | Und qruberenun Jahr ein Jabr aus Tes Sdages inuner mehr hevaus. - ©3or Leutden, Scigegriderei : 3 © 3t juit nidt immer Naveeihei. cal application. . The publiec school discipline being of a secular charaeter, it will not admit of .theological discussions by the teacher. The teacher can teach duties to ‘God and man without in the least trampling upon the prerogatives of the secular school. It is the objective idea of God upon which nien divide and not the subjective idea. Our. system of public schools is as yet in its. infancy, but the good which this infant institution is doing for humanity .can scarcely be imagined, and could it have the united sympathy ~of -all much more good might be accomplished. ; e - It'is in the public schools the pupil is tuught to realize in himself the ideal of humanity, by the discipline of the moral" duties of the individual to himself. Mutual interests are there inculeated Dy showing that isolated . . . o . . . 4 interest is vicious and immoral, and that the community is the unit. : _ .The. school teaches perseverance and eﬂrnesp)ess, or the consciousness of -conforming outward endeavor to inward resolution. There we find conformity to the universal standard of right; there is taught truthfulness, kindness, and industry, all of which contribute to make the good citizen, ‘or the flourishing christian community., By the training of the young to such habits of virtue as the school discipline affords they are led step by step to higher spheres of duty. Moral education i$ thus'carried on in the public schools - without appealing to harsh means or threats of censure, but by the incessant inculcation of duty, truth, benevolence, kindness, justice and’béhavior as having their presupposition in the pupil’s nature. Ile who is a christian from fear only of a future punishment and not from the lovve_of God, is a poor cl_n'istian indeed.~ ITe who performs right duties in the community only from fear of = -9 3 o incurring the censures.of his fellowmanand not from the love of right, is a’poor citizen. indeed. . The true christian citizen is he who is honest,

truthful, and moral for the love of being honest, truthful and moral. -Itis thus the public school lays the basis for religion, but it is not a substitute for_r(li'gion, neither is it a sub_stituteg for the State because it teaches justice; it only prepares an indispensable culture for the good citizen of the States When we glance over the heterogencous - population of our cquntry the powerful inﬂuénce of the public _schéols as a factor of moral education is plainly to be seen, by the unprejudiced people, in the multifarious combinations which ultimately unite the mass in 1101110gex‘)eify; IHere we find people from all” parts of. the woﬂd; who have broughf with them the customs, the language, and religion peculiar to their native countries, conforming themselves to the ultimate idea of unity under one form-of government. S i a 7

But before the combination of so many varied charaeteristics can:be made possible, the people must all be Jbrought to the same standard of common interest. They must learn that the interest and.well-being of ea‘ch';is the interest of the whole, that certain rights and. duties are alike due to each, that their -old - habits and customs must be modified or changed so as to render coalescence possible in the formation of new components for the unity of government. . We could not wish for better means by which to form this multitudinous mass into homogeneity than that found in the uniform system of ‘public schools. - There the children of all classes are brought under one system of training. There"they learn the same language, the same standard of conduct, the universal laws of right, and the moral ethieal system, which makes combination possible as a community or a government. This uniformity of lanTuage and harmonious action develops that love of country which makes us one of the strongest nations in .the world. We again repeat that the State and nation could not otherwise maintain their strength, upon republican principles, except through her system of free schools, and all divisions of the school fund among denominations will weaken their influenceé and power ‘which now sustain their dignity. Isolated factions are always destructive to the good order .and well-being; of the State when such factions are divided upon matters that affect the organical constitution of the State. A separation of the school fund would strike at the very root of the State’s liberty and create factions and isolated interests innumerable, which in the end would not only destroy the State government, but would divide our cotintry into petty principalities. : ' o VERO.

‘The Silsby steam fire engine that has been in this place on trial, proved good in every respect. Tis true the people did not feel willing to buy it, but even those persons most active in opposition to the measure did not ‘eomplain that the engine did not do all that it was recommended to do by the Silsby Co., but the “NO party” did n’t want to spare the few cents it would cost them to buy it, that’s all. —Three Rivers (Mich.) Herald,

- CHARGEIT | - - “This is all, this aftéernoon,l think,” said 'young Mrs. Gray, leeking over the bundles in her market basket.— “L.et me see—sugar, coffee, tea, starch, soda, cream. of tartar, raisins, spices and a can of fresh lobsters. And the two sacks of flour you will sénd I suppose ?” LR e D “Yes'm,” said the shopman, after a second’s hesitation, which Mrs. Gray did not notice. i ! 4 “I would like to have them by seven in the evening if convenient.” | The clerk bowed. - i “As for these things,” said she; with a merry laugh to which the clerk did not respond even avith a smile, “I am not such a fine lady” that I cannot carry them home myself., You will charge these if you please. Good afternoon.” 5 i f “Good afternoon, wma’am,” replied theelepk, 1.1 iy fle was a tall, middle-aged, somewhat stiff-mannered man. Something seemed to beon his mind which he knew not how to express. : o And before Mrs. Gray had: crossed the threshhoid of’ the storerm passed down to thte desk at the lower end of the building, and laid 4 memorandum of the things just sold to her beforgzhis master, who sat there, poring over a great account book. o e Mrs Guay; sir,? sgjd the elerk, “you told me tolet you know about her| next order, sir. There it is.”] ! '“She said charge it,”” as usual, and I| didn’t know what to do, as you gave me no directions.”, o L The merchant Igoked over the order with a slight frowq Then he turned over a few leaves in the account book before him, and he<glanced down the. opposite pages where he paused. i “Make out her bill, and send it in this evening, with compliments, and request a speedy settlement,” said he. “Say that I have heavy bills to meet next week and would feel very much olliged by the immediate receipt of the money.” ; z e ““There are two bags of - flour also ordered, sir. One of Graham—one of supertine. Shall I send them down to-day ?” : botide s . “Were they ordered to-day ?” M Yesimin _

“Then send them, and the bill with them. Or stay, Mr. Richards. Let tlie porter take the flour at once, and’vou deliver the bill this evening as you go to supper. . Pherhaps she may be ahle to pay it at once. If so, you can receipt the bill.” ! fe _ The middle-aged clerk went back té his place; not so. much relishing the task that lay before him. To draw off the bill was nothing—to present it was much, sinte, as he fully believed, pretty Mrs. Gray would riot have the money on hand with which to pay the. bill./ : : . ~ “And then_she will look scared and gltieve(f for I dent think she has any idea how these things are mounting up here, day by day,” thought the clerk. “And I know she has not much to depend upon, except her house and garden, and that pension money that came to her after her husband’s death. To* be sure she-is extravagant, but then, she is very pretty, and she looks nice—and she does' look nice, too in the things she buys of us! I felt sorry all the time she was filling that basket to-day—though it wasn’t my place to say anything. And I wish the governor would send some other clerk on this errang—that- I do. However, it must be done! I faney I see hig facB, if I should ask to be excused from dunning poeor little Mrs Gray, because I feel sorry for her, as a soldier’s wid--ow, and because she is the prettiest woman in' town. I should get my ‘walking papers-to a certainty and do ‘her'no good either poor soul!” Meanwhile, Mrs. Gray, utterly unaware_of.the storm cloud gathering in her sky, tripped out of the store, and was joined, before she descended the steps by her cousin Miss Roxy Sanilerson, a tall, gaunt and singularly plain spinster of five and. fifty, who had ’ been :buying a skein of linen thread at the counter, and who, therefore, had been a witness of this little scene. L Lo Greeting each ‘other after a very friendly fashion, the two ladies; walked down the street toward Mrs. Gray’s cottage, which stood in a very pretty garden at the extreme end of the village. i Sl When they reached the house, the charming little widow 'asked her cousin to go in and take a cup of tea with her. . S o .

“I will,” said Miss Roxy, s6leninly. “The fact is, Ellen, I want to say something special to you, and this is as good a time as any.” . “Come in, then, and get it off your mind,? said Mrs. Gray laughing. “But let me get the tea on the table first—there’s good soul.” L A -brisk little fire burned in the grate of the cottage kithen, which was one of the neatest, brightest, cosiest places one could wish to See. . . The table was ready in a moment, the tea was steeped, the cold bread, cold' ham, fresh butter and cranberry preserves was quickly -in their places. Then the widow placed a plate of rich looking cake on one side of the table; opening the can which she brought from the store, she filled a: glass dish with the preserved lobsters. an sat it down opposite the cake, with a look of pleasant triunmiph in her deep blue eyess: @b n e

“There, cousin Roxy!” she exclaimed. “If you'do not say that this is a nice supper. I shall never invite you here again.” 5 il : ““Very nice, llen, very nice, indeed,” guoth the spinster, taking her appointed chair. ' “If it was only.paid for,” she thought, eyeing the dainties with a serious face.x “But there-—I know what I can do to help her, for once in a way, if she is in a fix.” '

. And so Miss Roxy ate and drank and praised the viands till the hospital heart .of the* fair widow glowed within her with delight. | ‘lt is so pleasant to have some nice little thing like this, and then share it with a friend,” said she, as they left the table—*l often wish I was rich, cousin Roxy—ll should so like to entertain people all the time, and get nice meals ready for them to eat.” Cousin Roxy was silent. She was wondering how without seemingaingracious after the welcome and ‘the treatment slie had received, she should introduce the subject that was lying heavy at her heart. Just then the gate lateh clicked. Mrs. Gray looked out. : ;

“Why, here is Mr. Richards from the store!” she exclaimed. “Surely he is not bringing tlhrat flour all the way himself.-—~But I don’t see the porter, Po you, cousin Roxy?” . ‘ _ Miss:Sanderson shook her head. “It is coming upon her now without one moment’s warming. I am glad 1 am hcre, for Ellen is no more fit to meet trouble alone than' a baby six months old would be.” ol “Good evening, Mrs. Gray,” said the | voice at the door, where the widow was now standing. “Mr, Moerton requested me to hand you this bill, and | to say that: as the account has been runniﬂ% a long time, he would feel great ol 'liggd if you could settle it at el U et e Gl e s b e

once. He has some heavy bills of his own to meet next week, or he would not trouble you.” = ‘ “Oh, it is no trouble at all, Mr. Rich--ards,” said Mrs. Gray, blushing a little ‘as she took the paper. “If you will walk ‘in, I have some money in the house, and I will pay it now.” : She ushered the middle-aged bachelor: (who seemed strangely agitated and nervous) into the sitting-room and opened the folded paper to glance at the amount. her e : “Twenty dollars,” said she quickly; “I will get the bill for you.” = = . She had just that amount in her pocket book. It wasall that she had . to depend upon till her next payment of her pension, and three montlis must elapse before the remittance would arrive. o U - Yet she would not seem to hesitate.: Since the merchant had asked for his money he should have it at any inconvenience :to herself. She turned to leave the room. i : “I—lbeg your pardon, Mrs. Gray!” stammered Mr. Richards, turniug very red. *“I think you read -the figures wrongly at the foot of the column. It is not twenty dollars that is due, ‘but two hundred.” s “Two hundred dollars!” # She glanced at the sum total again, the bright.color faded from her cheeks and leaving an awful grayness and pallor in-its stead. ; ? ; Yes, there was the horrible figures staring her in the face. ; Two hundred dollars! had she been mad! . Every -penny of. her pension must be taken to satis(},y,.this claim! And Mr. Morton wantedhis money at once—this very evening, perhaps—and it was out of her power to give it | to him for three long months to come. What would they do to'her? Sell her house? 'Put her in jail? “I have not so muehi.money as that in the house,” she began, looking up. at the clerk with a wild and harrassed glance. And then the ringing in her’ ears and the beating at her heart increased, the-room turned black before her eyes, and the next thing she was. conscious of was that she. was supported in Mr. Richard’s.arms with his anxious face looking down helplessly at her, while cousin. Roxy. scolding vigorously, was sprinkling her temples with camphor, and direeting him to lay her on the sofa as carefully -as he could. = ik “And then go; don’t let her see you when she comes clear,” he heard the spinster say. “And John Richards, do you keep a still tongue about this business, if you have the heart of a man.”

' “T’ll never breathe a word,” an-earn-est voice replied. “But may I call later in the evening, just to ask if she is better?” ° ot “Come at nine, and I’ll speak to you through the doer,” said RokXy in a whisper. “And as for bill, I'll see that it is all right.” 1 - “It isn’t the bill —it’s her,” replied thie agitated voice. | ~And then the dgor closed, and cousin. Roxy took the’ slender little figure up in her arms gnd went back into the cosy little kigchen, where in the familiar glow and?comfort of the fire, the scattered sensgs of the widow soon came back. o “Oh, Roxy, what shall I do?” said she weeping, aftel she had related to her cousin: the story -of the bill. “T had no idea I owed much over twenty dollars there. Two hundred! Just fancy! Oh, how could I have been so toolish as to get.-things charged? Tf I once get out of this scrape, I'll never buy another thing in my life unless I have the money in my pocket to pay for it.” e

. “Do you mean that?” asked Roxy, bending over the fire. ; ‘ ~ “Indeed I do. I never. suffered like this in all my life before; and if I starve I'll do without things unless.l can pay for them in'the future, rather than suffer like this again! And what must Mr. Richards think of me ?” she added, her color deepening. “It seems to me as if I had been stealing. Perhaps he thinks the same.” : “Humph!” said Miss Roxy, lifting her head and looking keenly at the blushing little beauty. : “Well.” said she, after a pause, “just let John Richards alone and listen to me, I’ve been feeling concerned about you for some time past, Ellen. I was afraid you were;spending a great deal more than you knew about by getting things charged. T tried that myself ounce. It was mighty pleasant, and mighty easy to step into the store, and take anytl_).ig%g I wanted, and put off the payment to a more, convenient day. But, oh my! When the settlement came!” .. S <

She held up loth her hands and ‘shuddered. o : | “What was it?, What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Gray, deeply interested. “Well, f,ou see I wasn’t pretty to begin with.’lf@said the spinster, with" a knowing glarce. “And there was no one to say agoed word for or to me,or to feel sorry if I was sold on the spog. It was down in Massachusetts, an the store-keeper was a crusty old fellow—more like Mr. Morton than John Richards by a'long way.” 'Says he: “What did yeu get the goods for if you had notliing to pay them with? I have to make¢a living out of my store, and I may¢pretty soon shut up shop and turn.bankrupt, if I am to be kept waiting for'my money like this,” says he. I thought I should have dropped, Ellen, I felt so small and so mean while he was abusing me. And every ~word he said was rightand true—that - was the worst of all.” : “What did you do, Roxy ?% ~ “I did 'something that I have never. got” over from that day to this,” said tlie spinster, swallowing hard, and wiping a tear away from her eyes. “I ) had a diamond ring that my mother gave me on her death bed: I had to \ pawn it to pay that hateful debt. I ‘tried my Dest to redeem it, but sickness and trouble of every kind came dpon me that year. At last, I saved: ' the money and went after the ring. 1: went oh. the evening of: the day that ‘the pawn-ticket expired. But I forgot that I had borrowed the money in _the forenoon of that other day. =So the time was up—llegally. They said | the ring had been sold that very day to a stranger. I did not believe them. But what could Ido? I went honie’ “crying all the way and from that mo-| 'ment I have never bought anything ufiless I could pay the cash down for ! it. When I had not-the money I went - withou]tf And that is why I came:here to lecture you to-day, Ellen. ‘T was afraid you were goingon the same road, and I meant to stop you in timeif I could.”

. “Itis too late,” said Mrs. Gray, sadly.. ®And I have'no diamond ring to save me, Roxy.” : : : “Y'pu have me,” said Miss Roxy. * Mri.Gray burst into tears. “There, child, there—don’t you ery!” said the old maid, patting the bowed head kindly. *“I have:some money in the pank, and I'll lend you the two ‘hundred dollars if you'll give me your word of honor never to have another thing charged again.” : “I never will,” said Mrs. Gray, kissing:her gratefully. “But, Roxy, how am I to pay you back ?” : j “You can give me one hundred dollars out of the pension money this

year, and let the rest lie at interest. for another year, if you like.” ek - “Oh, how good you are! Are you sure you can spare it ?” G “Of course I can. Butthere is nine o’clock . striking, and there is -John Richards knocking at the front door. Will you go, or shall 12 L “Oh, let me go,” sdid the young widow, blushing again as she hastily arranged her hair before the glass and -wiped the traces of tears from her eyes. “I want to tell him that I can pay the money at once—thanks.to you, you dear kind soul!” e She went. - Mr. Richards was ushe.r.-i ed into the sitting room, and the door. was closed. Miss Roxy sat musing over the fire; her head leaning on her clasped hands, and. took no note of time. Suddenly the clock struck ten. “Bless us and save us!, Is that man going to stay all aight?” exclaimed Miss Roxy aloud.” s A merry laugh answered her. Miss Roxy looked up and nearly fell off her chair. : 4 & Before her stood Mr. John: Rich-. ards, his arm complétely encircling the pretty widow’s ‘waist, and his face lit up with an expression that made: quite a handsome man. e

“I'm coming soon, to stay always, I hope, Miss Roxy,” said he, as he shook hands with her, “And you will find ‘Mr. Richards as good and grateful a friend of yours asi Mrs. Gray has ‘been,” he added with a meaning smile. - So the white cottage received a new master, and became once more a ghape py home. But the “credit system?” found no favor there. “Cash on delivery” was the order of the day, and Mrs. Richards never knew, again the brief but awful feeling of shame and degradation that pretty Mrs. Gray ‘endured, through “running up a bill,” e D— . ‘ A Fight for Supremacy.. . A gentleman residing in this city ha%’foccasionv a few days since to make a journey :down the river and several miles back from it, using a saddlehorse. Darkness overtook Lim in a sparsely-settled district, and, as the roads were in a bad condition and the evening looked threatening, he halted before a forlorn-looking hut, and asked if he could find lodgings. o “I reckon ye mought,” replied’ tle long-haired, sorrowful-eyed squatter, after hesitating for a moment. . ;

The Vicksburger feund little to eat, and his horse, found still less. The. squatter and his wife were all alone,; and they had but a few words for the stranger, and scarcely spoke. to eachother. When the evening grew old the traveler camped down on the floor: on a blanket, and being very tired he: féll asleep. while host -and hostess ‘were smoking their black c¢lay pipes, at the other end of theroom. e had slept about two hours when the squatter shook him' by ‘the shoulder and sgiden? e “Stranger, I'm powerful:sorry todis-. turb ye, but I want to ax a favor.”t - “Yes—yes—what - is“it ?” inquired the Vicksburger, as he rubbed his eyes and sat up. , i S “Ye like to see fa'y/ play, don’t ye stranger ?” : hE “Yes, of conrse.” . ; - “Wall, me’h the old woman can’t: agree; somehow she’s cross and tetchy, and I guess I'm a trifle -ugly. ‘Leastwise, we don’t hug up worth ole boots. We've fit and fit; I'm old and she’s chuck full o* grit, and it's about an’ éven thing!” : - R | “Well, I'm sorry,” put in the Vieksburger, as the ‘squatter hesitated. - ~ “We've been a-balkin’ since ye cuny, stranger, and we’ve made up to ask ye to hold the candle and let us go in for an old rouser of a fight—a reg’lar old sockdolager, which shall settle. our"‘ fuss! :If I lick, she’ll go; ifsshe. licks, I'll travel!” ; RS e S “I'm sorry if there’s any trouble, and I hope you won't fight.” . e o “We've got to do it, stranger,” replied the woman. “I won't live with & man who kin lick nie, and'He’s just as high-born. Sam’s as good as the run ‘ o’ men, but he’s lazy and sassy, and: wants to wear his hat on his ear!” “ “She’s right, stranger,” said the squatter, “and this cabin can’t hold both of us any longer! It'sto bea. squar’ fight—no kicking or clubbing,. and we won’t goback on yer deeision!” - The Vicksburger pratested; but the woman placed a lighted candle in his | hand and posted him in'the door, and man' and wife stepped out ‘on:the; ground. S 5 2L “Suke, 'm going to wallon ye 'right;! smart in just four hoots and a holler!” said the squatter as he pushed up his sleeves. ; g ; ] ‘ “Sam, ye don’t weigh 'nuff intp three. tons!” shesreplied in a grim voice,-and. the battle commenced. i The Vicksburger mentally bet twenty to one on the man at the start, butin two minutes he had reduced the odds to ten, and in two minutes more ‘he was betting even. The wife was’ like a wild-cat, springing, dodging,. striking and clawing, and pretty soon her ‘husband had to stand on the defensive. & Vi “Look out for the Bengal tiger, Sukeé!” he warned, as” he ¢lawed the: alr. . ! : _ “I can whip the boots off'n ye,Sam!” she replied, and the battle grew fiercer.. One of the woman’s sharp nails struck the husband's eye and blinded him for an instant. As he threw up his arms she seized both her hands i to his hair, yanked him down and, in: another -moment, had -the “gouge” on him. o et e “Sam, do ye cave?’ she usked, as they lay gquiet. - srii i e “That’s the dead-wood, Suke, and I'm a licked man!” he mournfully.answered.. Lot ~ She let him up and he turned to the Vicksburger and inquired: et -“Stranger, was it a fa'r fought?” - “I guess it was!” S “Then I travel!” et ' ITe entered the hut, put on his eoaty and hat, took up his rifle, and as heé came out he reached his hand to liis wifeandsad: .o o “Good-bye, Suke! We agreed fa'r and squar’, and here I go!” Then, turning to the traveler, he added: - ' “Much obleeged, stranger; ye held the ' candle plumb fa’'r andye didn’t holler for either one of us!” VT " And he walked down to the fence, leaped over and was-soon lost to sight. “Good nuff on the shoot,” mused the wife, as she gazed after-him; “but his fighting weight is cl’ar run down to nuthin’!"—Vicksburg ¢Miss.) Herald.

The fruit crop in this section will be a very short one with the exception of eurrants, ot ‘which there will be aun abundance. - Grapes promise a very good yield, but peaches, apples. and cherries will not amount to much. ‘Raspberries: and blackberriés will yield an average crop if nothing happens them. The reports fromy the whortleberry nmarsh is not very flattering.— Wolcottville. Register. sty - ANOTHER SWINDLE.~—A man signing himself “W-esley Law, forwarding §ent.‘” is sending notices dated at ew York, to country meichants, that plackages ship;;e;i to eghgm areé;emaf“‘q;; charges, promising to forward on receipt thereof. But while he receives all that is sent, nothing that he forwards reaches its destination, © -

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| Death of Gen. Frank P. Blair, AN HONEST MAN AND DEVOTED PA- ', 1 TRIOT GONE TO REST. - | | The Bdlitical and Military Career of -the Departed. - - e ~General Francis Preston Blair, jr., -died at St. Louis on Thursday night, July Bth. He had been out for a drive in‘the afternoon, returned about 5 o’clock and seemed to have enjoyedit mixdx_&i%}recgi’véd considirable ben/efit; but, while walking in:Lis room he was attacked with - dizziness and fell, striking his temple against a piece ‘of furniture, which rendered him in: sensible., Medical aid was summoned [immediafely, and every éffort made to restore him to consciousness, but without success, and at 11:30 he quietly passed away, surrounded by all the -members of his family. . -+ 1 TFrank P. Blair, jr.. son of Francis

Sevmbiet el SaSaaotßet o 0 Pead S Auiionli e 00k aitorimdaiatmns |P. Blair, the ¢ditor of the Washington, @lobe from -its establishment in 1830 till fis4s, and younger brother ot Mont.gomery Blair, Lincoln’s Postmaster--General; was bori at Lexington, Ky.,é February 19th,-1821. = Ile graduated’ ‘at Princeton College, New Jersey, in. 1841, and reéturning to his home in St. Louis, Mb., engaged nominally in the’ practice &f law, but really in politics, e was the politieal associate of Thos.'H. Benton and the first man of Missouri publicly to denounce-slayery in | that State. His law practice was con‘tinued without intérruption until the outbreak of the Mexican war, when ‘he entered the army ju the rapks and. served until 1847. In 1848 he'was for a time editor of the Missouri. Democfat, and made his appearines in po-. litical life in the Free Soil wing of the" democratic party as supporter of Van Buren for the Presidency, and as an r_of)pqhé‘nt;o'lf ‘the ‘ext'épsig)'n_ of slayety: into the Territories;{ [ 1852 and in 1854 he was a member of the Missouri ;ngisla&% re,dn,d in 4856 was elected |to Congréss as -a Republican, At the next election hig democratic opponent ‘was ‘retutned, afd he ‘coiitested liis -seat, Ilé was also elected in 1860 and in 1862 . At the oufbreak ‘of the war of-the Rebelion he entered the ser---vice as'Colonél of yolunteers,) was ap-. pointed Brigadier-G eneral in August,, 1861, and Majoir-General “in 1862, reSigrii:xlg_;_}};ivégse:it in. Congress in’ 1863. He commanded the Secend Division of thie Fifteenth Corps at 'V icksburg, and :the Seventeenth Corps in the Army of #he Tennessee: in Sherman’s eampaigns from Cliattanooga to At-"lan‘ta,»;ifx',x"-tlhé'mm{izli ‘to the sea, and in “the Carolinis. In 1866 My, Blair was apbointed Collector at st. Louis, and Conmimissioner of the Pucific Railroad. Dissatisfied with the Administration, ‘he returned to the democratic paity, -and in 1868 was the candidate for Vice President on the ticket with Seymour. ’-_lh 1870 he was elected to the United ‘States Senate from Missouri, to fill o yaneaney, Lis term expiring March 4, 1873, since wlhich time he has been ‘incapacitated from public or private: ‘work by illness. The Chicugo Zribune speaks thus of himaz oo v .

. Frank Blair was a man of more-than ordinary. natural ‘abilities. lie was well educited, had-a genial disposition, was . a most entertaining com-panion;-and though a-good hater and trequently misled by strong dmpulscs and prejudices, he was, nevertheless, -entitled to.the high personadl esteem inwhieh he was held by Tis associates ‘and kindved. . He fought the Anti- | Slayery fight nobly and well, and never ‘relaxed in the contest. It isimpnate‘rial that his hostility ‘to the extreme pro-slavery democracy had its origin Lin an offense or slight to his family; ‘Frank Blair, on Southern soil, battied: with the “peculiar institution” until it was Bxtinets i s o e L - e was a-good soldier. Though rash, impulsive, and likely to take offense at seeming want of dppreciation,he ;was brave and collected in the field, skillful in handling troops, subordinate to his superiors, ‘and fought always earnestly and -with. his whole heart enlisted in'the causé. * * Asg a statesman, he had but a limited opportunity te.display any judgment or thought. +As a politician, he failed to: ‘¢command -the confidence needed for snceess. His talents and personal in‘tegrity were conceded, but he was too erratic to -suceeed as a party man. He was more brilliant than profound; -a-good soldier, but a’poor, politician; 4 brave man,. and an honest man, he swore no collar, acknowledged no . su‘petior, would not follow, and wis not permitted to lead. Outside of the family -circle, where he was beloved and revered, Frank Blair’s name will be best remembéred -as a’goldier of the Republic, an:accomplished officer, with an unblemished' record; and as a man’ who, with ‘all «his faults and weaknesseés, anaintained a highi ehar“acter for-official and ‘personal-integ-by e Sl e ‘

el v el g 1 Why ¥Horace yr'celoy was Boeteated. " Horace Greeley was defeated because -the. (October - election went against “him. The Qctober elections went against him becanse tlie money was all on the other side,’ bécause. the ‘conduet. of the.canvass on our sido was intrusted in.part to unadalterdted assges; and because the country was enjoying “an unexampled state ‘of financial .prosperity,” based chiefly on Jay Cooke’s Northern Pacfic bonds, Henry Clews's syndicate "and Boutwell’s seceret and fraudulent’ issue of green: backs from the Treasuvy. It Adams ‘had been: nominateéd the October elections would have made no difference, for the sufticiént reason that he would have hdd no support. worth mentioningat any time., - Having thus exprods--.ed _our opinion on a subject. which helongs to the dead and buried past. we are quite willing that Doctors Hals stead and Bowles should goion with their inquest over the luckless corpse of Liberalisme—Uttica Obserper: SR e ”7:_‘".. '_).-'v." ‘f : : g It is said %b&'-amu;qin;guw hear. some of the new converts to the Quaker doctrine inand around Azalia, endeavoring to i‘;w the serious, solemn style of conveßation in vogue among the elder poxtion of that sect., “Matilda Jane, if thy inclination is to‘wards a portion of this. roast, hand over your plate.” - “Betsy Ann, permit ggﬁ%mwwm%mgm@w i VaRD BRI YOl ‘brat, if thee doesu't quit blowing shaB -Into ~cats eyes I'll spank thee, d—nyou, ?%6 tholomes Dokinty Dem. s e e

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© . That Hired Girl. ¢ ! When she came to work for the family ugnoongr’ess street the lady of the house sat down and told her that agents, book peddiers, hat-rack-men, ‘picture sellers, ash-buyers, rag men, and all that class of people, musi be met at the front door and coldly re-, pulsed, and Sarah said she’d repulse . ‘em if she had to break every broomstick in Detroit, « . - i And she did. - She threw the door wide open, bluffed right upon ’em, and when she got through the cheekiest agent was only too glad to'leave. It got so after’ awhile that peddlers: marked ‘that house, and the door bell never rang except for company. | The other day as. the lady of . the house was taking a nap and Sarah was 'wiping off the spoons, the bell rang. She hastened to the door expecting to see a lady, but her eyes ?&ncountered a ‘slim man, dressed in black, and weaxing a :white' neck-tie. |He was the new minister, and he was ioing-arou’ndg to get acquainted with the mpmbers : of his flock, but Sarah wasn’t expeet~ edtoknow fhis. .. . g ' “An—um—is:Mrs.—ah-——?" ~ “Git!” exclaimed Sarah, pointing to ‘the gate. : i P - “Beg. pardon, but'l!d like to see~" see— 1" _‘ ety < . “Meander,” - shie shiouted, ‘loaeking ° around for a weapon; “we don’t. want: any flour-sifters here! s “You are mistaken,” lie replied, smiling blandly, “I came to—" 5 ° “Don’t want anything to keep moths away—fly!” she exclainyed, getting red in the face. e S . +ls the lady in?? heinquired, ttying . to look over Sarah’s head. Vs - “Yes, the'lady’s in, and T)m in, and your’e out!” she snapped, “and now I don’t want to stand here talking to a fly-trap agent any Jonger! Come, lift your boots!” « e 1 | - “I am net-an agent,” he said, trying to smile, “I am the new-—" ¢- .~ ~ “Yes, I know you; you are the new man ‘with a patent flat-icon, and we don’t want any, andtyou'd better go . ‘before I call the dog!™ i g - “Will you'give thelady my card and § saythat I called?” . * b - “No, I won’t; we're.;bored to death with cards and landbills and. circularsl i iy LMo - “Come, I can’t stand heré all day.! 7 - “Did’nt you know that I was a min--Jister?” he asked, as li¢ hacked off to-; wards the gate, 1 LS + “No, nor'l don’t knpw it now j .you® ook likethe man who sold the woman “next door a-dollar chromo ﬁor'ei;hte'eu shillings!” e [ >~ “But here’s my card.” . , foiienl 1 don’t care for cards, 1 tell #‘ou,!—.— 1f you leave that gate open I'll/heave a flower pot at you}| . -l 19 4T will! call agaln)’ he: su-id' as he:\ -went through the gate. b g M 6 wor't' do you any .good!” she| -shouted after thim; *“we don’t wait n‘i);f prepared food for infant&—moj piauo/ ‘lmusic—no stuffed birds! I know the’ “policeman ‘on this beat;and if you “come ar und here again he’ll soon find § out wll‘e&é’her you area-confidende man, or a vagrant!”, . o el . And she took ynusual care tp lpck the door.—Detroit Free Press. Ty

4 ' IThe Mexican Treubles.| Cortina, the Mexican bandit leaden, lias been arrested by his own govern-’ ment, and anyone knowing hop difficult it is to bring an outlaw to fustice: in that country, will certainly give'its: officials due ‘credit for the 1)? formance. It is an indisputable eVidence that Mexico is aeting in good' faith' and under a strong sense ot _dutfy,»-apos-,at sibly intensified by fear of the con_se-\ quences in case-of ‘a failure. It 'is said by thosewho are in a po‘silion to--be conversant with all the circumstanaes, that the arrest of Corting will check the depredations upon the, Rio - Grapde, forthé reason thit (ortina ,hn‘st/for years been the litad and front . of the outlaw element gn the border, But at the same time itis hinted that our. gevernment will inot be sptisfied with a mere return to peaceful relations. It wants to appropriate a portdon of Mexico. In the outlapyry of: | Cortina and his confederates our govermment saw a pretext to engage in @ | war for-conquest, and the ‘arfest by the-" Mexican authiorities of the bandit chief is a keen disappointmehnt. Real‘ly a war with Mexico atithis time is, justifiable .on no grounds of} right or expediency. It is very -questionable, indeed, if'thesnorthern provinces of ‘that’ country .are wortl' annexing to | the Union. . We should get some v}dl-‘,’ uable mining: and grazing' land, but ‘we have quite enough of that sort bt territory now, We should alsgsicome . into the possession of a vast -térritory peopled by, aggravated specimjens of the James and.Younfker héys variety. . What) we worild de with them after ‘we had got them is a problem| which should be solved before going any fur- | ther. There is, in the meantinie, no -'doq‘.%‘ that the depredations |on the . Rio'Grande are of such a nature as to® call loudly for some interposition on the partsof our *government. : But this ',can,,%e done without involvifg the country in a war; the first step ot ~whieh will cosggmjny millions|ofi dollars. {:The na xim (is just, now teo ‘poor to engage in war, unlesg it be a’ﬁase’ of self defence, which is| cléarly not the issue 'in the Mexican border Ambroglio. ; e

v It is stated that up to this date but | very little Stir has been made|in lake ' navigation at Chicago. The ‘cause as- | signed for this is remarkable. Itis that railroad freights are aslow that vessel owners do not see profit jenough in shipping to start out while there is any danger of rough weather. The Sentinel- has maintained for|a lonz tilne that the railroad is destined fo do tthe carrying business of the conn= try. Every indication of late'Has been = in favot of railways over grtificial water com'seg.‘ But that the rpilroads | ‘should comptte with lake navigation. 50 as to crowd/vessels off the lakes, exoeed the'mosi’sanguiné predictions. The experience of the 'pasti‘spring . ‘points to an early solution to cheap transportation - troubles' by railroads, | At this time freights areso low as to ' silence gll these complaints. | g - Burlington Hawk-Eye A\ fat rag- ’ ged-edger ab Nashua was surp dsed by the indignant husband, the 6% er day, “and attempted to escape by ei v)i?m@a out of a small pantry window. In Lhis aperture, however, his pondercus = body was caught, and while thus hel 2-‘% unable to move one way or the othet, “the injured husband Tanned him 3 ;,_ it ironing board, until the vietims howls mu::él the neighbors and; peace. . _was restored, | - s S ‘.\‘l"‘--';.'@;?” - Gov, Allen, of ‘Ohio, raif out on the porol ead yeligd Bty cowimicßinS trying to unhook the garden gate, fhe. other day, aud the signal officer ‘on Mt Washington deparim ut, “Heayy local storms, with thundwr and lightning, in Ohip, Indias na, and probably Illinois.” 1 o AR eSR PR R Se R el STV e e B - The way thal 5@ outhiern salooi ke %ﬁﬁ%‘rfwﬁ)%ﬂf iﬁx“ﬂ%”%%%:wgg G 00l RPP IR T D T el o C ol wo