The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 31, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 November 1875 — Page 1

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- CITIZENS' BANK .V LIGONIEER; : INDIANA. :M i = . R d e 5 = ) ~ First-Class Notes W anted. kU by fd s ) N © STRAUS BROTHERS. {" ML M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. ¢ Ligonier, Ind., May 6, 1375.-6-26; S e e Ay |, JaMESs M. DENNY, . Attorney and Uounsellor at Law. : -~ Qfice :n the Court House, | B ALBION, - - - -LINDD 1S S T COYELL, Lo - Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public S €r§~sl4l;ie:.{, Eadimn. . “Ogive in the Seeley Bl k, west side Main Strect. : L RY AR FEN, Ty Sl J,;\T-ﬁqqi:fai“ ng & f‘rf,i‘;' Wian ;‘rr"t JUSLIGEDI LAG YEaut e LELIGULIBL AL L, '.', . Opige . Second Story, Lusdaom’s Brick Block, S l.j«";‘ ONIET, - . INDIANA. §é < I 2V5 YARTsRER, | ‘ MMATT N AT A YET ATTORNEY: AT LAW, et - aagenier. 3 3 odiadiane, : vS',);--:‘.:‘{.-;‘if:;"ui' yn viven 1o eoljectionsand convey--5 ancing, and the wniting of deeds, mortgages, aud contracis. Legil business, pronytly attended to. oo Office gver Jucubs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store.. ".‘ir—.’w T Le, ZEMAMERDIAN, 7 A »mog at 1 e J 3 T . Attorney atLaw & Notary*Public, st ’ Office -over Gerber’s Hardware,’ . QaviirStreet, ;@ Ligonier, Indiana. 5 s s January 7, 1875.:8-37 . G T B E. MNISELY, b 4 My X m.'-'-‘ "\ \ ‘" ATTORNEY AT LAW. © T LIGUNIER, - - INDIANAL . pa—Ctiice on .-=:c;7;ud floor of Landen’s Block. 7-2 C WM. B, BEcCONNERIL . Attdrney at Law and Cir- . cuit Prosecuter, ) SR LUANGOLA, o o INDIANA. All proft sxional businegs promptly and satisfaci torily attgnded to. b 9-2¢ : S IaLmERT raxraA® . _ Justicelpf the Peace & Conveyancer. . Sy LIGONIERVINDIANA., % . Spegial T.ruu;__mm given to conveyancing andcol- . la\iiuqs. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up,’ : ~<and ali iegﬁ’i business attended to promptly and %, accarately.| Cffice.over Struas & Meagher’sstore, . g >y Y M&S}bl&?iil:’)-ﬁ—ﬁ oo T BN, WAKEBEMAN, 0 , Tsurnge A GJustil hePeas « LlSTlanceAs { aJUSTLeB Ot terats, 7 2 . 1s & 3 3 S IKENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. _ t Cffice with A. A. Chapin, . Mitchell Block.. Wil ‘receive pabscriptions lo’ Tue NaTioNaL BANRER. 5 ;DR, R. DEPPELLER, - o &S UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC . VLI Y S TCYI AN, V 7 TORce over Cunningham's Drug Store, east sidé of 1t o TCBvin Street, Ligomer, Indinna, 10-2

Sl VP, W, CRBRUM, Lo ) { T Nndy - - A ‘ . Physician and Surgeon,| LIGONTEY, . i INDIANA, | T 3, fice over Bam's Grocery Store. V 9 na-iy. % g VoL G, WLCARRE, | Ro.. . L e - ‘Paysician and 3urgeon, £ LIGON.EE, --- = < = IND, | o Fillpromptly attend all calls intrustedto hin. | s ifjee ahd residance on 4th Streets - -i dord iy b B M MERAL, § T, D EINTEIST, - | ¥ ot "’,‘::k—r's Roomz.over L B, Pike’s Grocery; | ER = tféﬁg ~l'~‘rlu,:>r .‘,‘.\,»i_::ﬁr. and f»‘;_‘.?:‘hv".i streets, | i S;*\_LE 1 ’.p;r&iw the’ Post Of-¢ KendadlWFalowdile, fod. -5 Al work wirrsnted T 8 o fo Keddnllvite a¥ 1,18 Tl f v e b 20 e s RE. &. FRO R RER, - E ; Suecossorto W. L Apndrews} . N A QTTR A TON. . DENDIST S eDV AT NI LR LS LA -I &y C o EENOALLVILLE, _l-'?_!;_’7;’. Y ! t TOUED Nirrots Oxide Gas admiuigiered turibs | Ei %ol hees extraction of teeth. Allwork war- | ;.‘._::'{:, “!-{, ninxtions free, -5& Office. Second l Stoey., Mitchedd Blosk . , e -Iy, ‘ e ; et . o i S Yor 1 cPlay . ;’:g“ A afßei s Lalighiiy Gl . . AL v o st i o Sy o PALESS TRRATRMCRIGY ; & ,’.7 , Ly E— t B = N paERIL T LB BT B e ,iu,ﬁsiﬁl} Su B k] T : Ch RGN A= i " Set vy /| T(T amiat NBan % NS 23 4N 19156 WL | RS TUL Gddlis Uit RE o i T | 2 s \v WP ilbng Tecth.u Sp cialty’ Ligohier, Ind.; Nov. 11,1815, - ;4‘% r—‘.‘«"i?".‘. AT ,—‘-_‘.‘— .'f"' O TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Bl Laporte, Indiana. ° 2 1 o gy NN T T e ; P - V. W. AXTELL, :'"% '} Proprietor. | Laporte; Apgil 51871, ¢ sot o - S L STOP AT OEE BTN T T IO ‘ . BRICK KELLY HOUSE § - HENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. L 2 \:E\‘T LOMMQDIOUS THREE BTORY BRICK | . =" Hotel,only teayrods trom the LoS. & M#S. R. 3 4 ‘R.'Depot, ang foursqiilires from the G, R.R R — < Q@aiy dveminnteswalk to any of the principalba. vyiness podsesof thie ciry. Traveling menandstrap- | u gare will ad (his a first-clusshouee. Fare 82 per { S e J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, - Kend~ trille. Ang.3.1870.:14 : 5 P e PHILIP A, CARR, L AUCTTION EER, “ . . 'Qffers hiszervices to the fiblicin ceneral. Terms -~ moderate. :Orders may be Jeft at the shoe Store of 4 . 'y P.Bisterhenl. |. - . : . .. - Ligonier, Januarys, 7387 . - g i ' C.V.INKS, | £ i i o L ' DEALERIN MONTUXENTS, i - SPR Bl S i . Vaults, Tombstones, . ° Y% T DT : s o oA ND EU_I»L_DING‘E:?TO:ZVES =] ... “LIGONIER, IND, ! . g fa;mn_i‘z,lgri..so Tme . CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, B 5 o —_ T Lsk , o We keepieinsiantiy on hand and sell iniarge or = tstimall guantities, to snit gxisl'r»rn'ere,_ L Wllge of Gur Own ﬂahufnﬁtnrn, & ¢ »JP.ure_ — Nothing but the Juice of b -the Grape. - e S ; . SACK BROTHERS. | Ligonier, July 3,"70L.-tf . 1\ i —————«—7-‘—.———'4*—-—-«--; S R S . . . Winebrenner & Hozworth, . L i 2 i <l Nl ERg sk % i Lt . MOPSE, BIGN AND ORNAMENRAL | 4 R s S s = AR "PAINTERS, ’\ ‘@rainers, Glaziers And Paper-Hangers. | .+ Shep neax corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts,, oppoi‘? 4 gite Kerr’s-CabinetBhop. . o Ligonier, - - = - landiana, ; = : ot B. nSﬂE’FFERg ot ;;." : - = ’ S ' 1y ol s " - House Painter & Grainer, = e a 2 : ! . 1s prepared.to do gl work in his line in first-class .o o styleand :l}'eaéonnble rates, . ' GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY,’ ~~ gad egecatedin exact imitationof the natural © ¢ woods Examineonr work., Shg}{' on Mitchell Bt., - rearof Baker's tin-shop, Kendallville, Ind. [6m6 oe e e .- W.A.BROWN, oo e I*\@%&4:o{ wd Deai@xfi;x‘ n‘ﬂ.kindsof. . e o L £ o *’fﬁMﬂ'EDB%)TTGHS - S WHzow.WamE, . COFFINS&CASKETS e L

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ANKING. HOUSE BANKING. HOUS L SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND'NA. Money loaned,(m‘lhong afid shorttime,” - Notesdiscounted ht reasonable rates.’ g . Monies received pn depozit andintereéztallowed on specifiedtime,, +~ 1 -, ] : Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, FB-2 TO THE FARMERSy YOU»wﬂ]‘pleane teke noiice that I am gtill engaged'in buying wheat; for which Ifpay the highest market price.. - T If you do not find me on the streef, .call before selline, nt my Banking Office;’in Conrad’s Brick Blogk.. . SR SOL. MIER. Lizonier;lndiana, May 7th, 1874. —f : Farm . Hor Sale ! A \‘,““"a ? o €l9 & i ! Farm -d'or oale | “ 1 desire to selbmy farm of #GE acres, 3O acres nnder cuitivation. aud ali undgr fence. Contnins a mallframe bopge and stable Gonod water, &c . air orchard o 1 0 fenit tree<, Location:-in Sparis Aownehjpl 3 mites Trom Luovier, and 214 mites ol hof the R ehedtes Mills Wl wel] for C RSBy EPECES A CI RS, The owner can be ff;v!:‘d’vnn the premises. ' } Address’ B WoORHIUKS, Oct 2L, 1575 1% Foo v dLigonier, Ind, WIGGIXBOTHAY &'SON: o‘» 8 //1 f/“}“"" =\, p 5 = 7 ; O ’.’ v‘\‘ - (;7//:///402/@‘ LR - i J . 3 < YA ﬁ%t@@ | /@‘ @gyS ST TN ; 1 el Yo > ot T /x'@ﬁ}m‘ —_—r e - M sk S | N\~ Erg) ¢ 4= o h ~“gh.‘m’“‘_y = ~. / : N2E @ B/ s N Nt ﬁ|/ Ny =lO AN < @ 7&; )0y A 7 e N i S . E *r""—‘ = . VATCH- BAKERS WATCH- AKERS, L EWIELEILS, :\! i ) and dealefs -t ¢ oo ) Weitchies, (loeies, dewelryy s ) —ARD— S ‘ C BPlancy Goods, - REPAIRING | XHeatly and 1};;1:‘.;'1‘:;:" executed :u-.gd warranted. ST Agerts for Lazarus.& ‘Morrfe’ celebrated Spectacler. _, ) ’ B signiof the Big Watch, gppositethe Banner Block, Ligonierslnd. . . Sep. 80, '75:85 "o AN T TIT O S ..L).L'g. G‘FO (~E.f_ll‘:.) & : ’ ‘ y 8. B L N o : a 8 Eg l . ; iE ‘ ; e - o -E-E -Ea?-t-» *N B

"Fhis Liniment posseszes gréat, curgiive powers: for various ailmeptd. For axthimiic complainis, difficuit vreatiiyg jtightness of the. breusi, and ailments of vhe Hlu;‘;.-i, 11 1% ‘appiied externally. on the breast, aud belween-the shoulders, - in cuse of stiarp puinsjpithe.back dud litubs, bead-acle, euar-ache, uffectionstuf the taroat, or in cares ofiutermal dpjuries, whether resuiting from -u severe stroke, Tali or.bripise, thisz Linisent 1= egpecially eflicycions. It rulliuu» uers.open ‘wounds, sall rieum, white spwelillg, milk leg, aud works charmingly on cgrits, chilvlaius, trosted hands . feet™ana cars. - Nuesing mothers suffering from swollen breasgs, Iresulting fram a siagnatiog of tue laciea) flaid, wiil fiud-ehis fooiment of inealcutabie beuetit by way of separating the eweiling, dllaying. the. fever, and healing the breast, fby several apphiestipns per day,-Ighly =atisiactory rerullts may beottained from ihe uee Gf this Linfneut iu the trenimedi-f tunore fistuia, caucer, piles, and ke dijeases; also, for woudids resalting from seaids) purgs add cits, and from the bites CrWaspe fbn e dud madadogs, aF poisoning from LuXieis chpeis o The ¥lench Ldoimeut will dlso Ve soaid s dagie ROTEeuid réinegy in giees ot ri¢uninlisioerotll, searlét fdves diphiheria, quineyctrenfihidis, sCrofile, erysipedad, — for external pplic g Chiuteru, " eliblerd morbus, cohie,. Crmiups, spasatis) fux,didariiea wd gripings in shie bowestmay Be Gilectualiy codeked by e inweralouse of thispeiebinied Liniineut, as follows: Cine-bulf - tCasbbonin! lourn todive Ugues withil i feriod of from] oue-half hour LoTtwo .or three nofre, pecoiding 1-- fn_g.:;r\. erity of the case, For code, Lulichone ol two- dores. For flux or diarrhea, ind .;‘;r.‘m;J‘ Yy of apé)requive from s 6 Gropay Lo YerrE ol lrom du Lo g drops, gives i <hiznrs Rab fieapdonien with the Liniment, Forsanmation] of §id 0 ovel: ) nee i Lighment fwtesrn iy und e2pdrniln, - L Price 30/ cnis perßlotile. it i . . Prepured and mapuficiued dxclusjvely by s . P . . Ceo Pl Geo "Gl‘els, < 103488 ¢ L sesnEN, IND. < ; I~ . Drs. PRICE & BREWER & e RS R T ~L:JS-x‘a:*v;‘m.mm LG eAPei R Sl S ¢ T SSO S IHA:V-,E o s ¥&2 a - -t , ~ VISITZLD CAPORTE s se i | LR e B eM e RAR | T T S T AR RS TR = - Y - FIFTEEN YEARS. ST N S s | . S R N oT AR PN B i IJAVE niet with unpurdlleled ‘sunceess in the © treatmentofsl) -~ .- . T Chromic EE} icseases

. | OFTHE " THROAT = . LUNGS. | AR AT ETI - . STOMACH, s s NARATS U TR ST i . P . ¥ z : oo M LIVEBR, Npr;;(-é,‘Kidneyﬁ, llé.d;der_,"4\"’&)}\l‘.», ‘and Blood Affections'of the Uri iary,Organs, Grayel. Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Asthme, Bronehitis, Dy« pepsia, &¢. . . sk o cr bl ~Qurreputation hasbeentacqairedby candid,honest dealing and years of successful practice, - QOur practice, notone of experiment, butfonnded on the laws ofNa[}.ure. with yeare of éxperience and. evidence.to gustain ‘it, does not teardown, make sick tomakd well; no harsh treatment no trifling, no fattering. . We know the cauge and the remedy needed; 10 guess ‘work, but knowledge gained by years of experiencein the treatment o Cheronicdiseases erlllgively: ~no'ennqu_rqgemcm withonta prospect, Candid in our ppinions, reafonable inour cliarges, claim not to know everything. orcire everybody, but do lay ¢laim to res. sonand common sense. We invite the sick, no matter what the'n': ilment, to call apd investigate ‘hefore they abandpn hope, make interrogations and decide for themselves ; it will cost nothing ar consiltationisfree. = . . S Dre. Price & Brew T can be eonsulied ag foliows: -Goshen, Violett House, Monday, 224 Wovember.. lot Ve el ‘Ligonier, Ligonier. House, Tuesday, November 23th. Toesia o Kendallville, Kelley Hotse, Wednesday, 24th-November, . : T _LaGrange, Brown’s Hotel, Thursday, November 25th. 5 - .. % G * Yigite willbe made regularly for years. ; Residenceand ,L'aﬂomtm-_y WWAUKEGAN, TLLINUIS.: A ; iy SReani e i o‘.u.“ 5 ¥ o & M 3 53 %eniucly Rrwing Indiinepdl s dndi Orviy 231 s ol fodsite nnd Chirotle T acasea 7A ves. . Sy en et padl Tegily Gad 30ed pbyslols i, has bers Clunger Boshavhed gadi iuoit sucerdsiul ae Jos ernnsive L ainioe Ol RS TET g AT &) perieiie Bs T Ridigr sogß, T O TEEPOuRIL A PaT GN o Bodpuided i eusts, ; L Bpsrma ;.orf}?wm BSoxi:al Liebaite . >nd lmpo-ency, s the resule of seirasuse in yisinh, rexuisl pxeooars 4 Mnturer vears, or other aauses, | 7 p;ﬂn@gm’ptgw«-ﬁri.;:%agsﬁm: NERVEUSNERS RLS CISAL Eviselans, Difdiss (7 SWGHT, DEFKCTEZE. Mghers |- ",%ﬁmﬁ-‘f—%»Wﬁqmﬁ#&tnn”&@ﬁu;‘.,;}s S arri e impropTroruni ey e gle RR e e oet TR R R R e T Ty L R o ARERWLELH TP Ro e e SRRB SR A

B e S AR I e e S Wmo y oo ' S e ¢ 9 ' - A DESPERATE DEED . e AR : i . ERSKINE\BOYD, -~ AvTHOR OF “THE STOLEL‘ CHILD,” “DRIVEY i - Frod Houg,” &e., &e. £ ‘ \ ' . fEmEme— iy ;}‘ : i ; ; [cONTINDED.] , L CHAPTER IV, ‘ . OLD CORKSCREW. ; The new-comer was an elderly person, turned of sixiy, and whase appearance londlv proelaime ! that fact. .‘-}n‘mil, meaaore, and slightly bent, he leant with two léng, nervons handg, crossed tpon a bamboo cane, with a, earved ivory top. His round, unineanine visace was remarkable only for an expression of stupid astonishment, His chesks and'chin weve closely shaven ; and his nosé, which was a frightful pug, seemed, to be continunally snifting the air. His smal] eyes made up for their déficiency in size by ‘their perpetual movement—they were. never still for a moment ;5 while his hair, which thatched but thinly a skull that set you.in mind of 11):1} of a greyhound, in no wize inferfered with a pair of long ejirs, which-stood boldly pnt from his ‘head, as if they had been the wings which adorned the cap of Mercury. = | . . - He was comfortably dressed in a suit of good broadcloth, swdre cotton gloves a litile too large for him, and gaiters a little too emalf. A very muigsive gold chain, in the extreme of bad taste, went three times round his' lean neek, and: descended in a cascade to his waistcoat pocket. i | Daddy Tabaret, otherwise-Old Corkserew, stopped abruptly on the threshold of the door, gave oné sharn, quick glance at the magistrate, then lov red his eyelids; and said, in a.voice of deferential politeness, “ You have done me the honor of sending for me.” 1 o :

% Yes,” answered 'Monaieur Daburon, Bowing in rethrn to. the'other’s salutation, which was of such a respectful'naturé that it nearly ecaused him to go on-all-fours. “If'T can be of any use to you,” continued the old, man, “I shall be only too hap- ’ e “Yon can be of very great service to us, Monsienr Tabaret,” said the magistrate, «if vou ean succsed in finding out some clue that will enable us tg track the assassin ; for I must own to you that we all seem to be oh the wrong scent. * If you will take a chair, I will ‘have the whole business explained to you as far as we have gone.” « Oh,. I know enough of it already,” interrupted Old Corkscrew; “Lecoq gave meé the details as we camealorg.” .¥, : “ But still—" insinuated the rhagistrate. # Leave it to me, sit—leave it to me. *1 like to. trust to my own first impressions, unbiassed by the observations of others, however valuable they may be; because you see, sir, despile ourselves, we cannot ‘belp being influenced by them.' But I fear: I'm wasting time, so, if Ig’ou will allow me,. I will commence at once my researches with Lecoq.” , il | N And as the little old genfleman spoke,his small gray eyés brightened and gleamed till they shone like sparks-of fire'; his whole physiognonty reflected a sort of interior joy,:and there was a laugh in every wrinkle. He seemed to grow taller—younger;even ; and it avas with almost a buoyant step that he erosded the room and entered with eager precipitancy the second chamber. - - ! : “ .He stayed there some half an. hour at’ leas!, then came ruhning out as quickly as he'had entered ; rushed back again—returned, but only to vanish again.and again as quickly. . il ) ' . The magistrate, M. Daburon, could not divest himself of the mnotion that in- this strange old man’s every motion and look there was a startling resemblance to a dogwhe searches a scent. The tptyined nose and trembling nostrils appesred to seek in the air itself gonje subtle emanation of - the assassin impaljfible’ to others, while in his ghick comings #md . goings, his, restleéss movings to and -fro, he- gesticulated and gpoke aloud, apostrophising himselt; heaping ‘abuse upon his own siupidity, or, by little exclamations of approbation and triumph, appearing to encoinrage himself 1o a more energetic seaveh. \His aectivity was incessant, and his ‘friend and admirer, Lecoq, was npt left for ome moment in peace. Daddy Taburet required this, Daddy Tabaret required that. Now it was. paper and a pencil, then it was a spade ; next he shquted: for some wet clay, some plaster, wafer, and, last of all, a bottly of ;oil. 3 “More.than an hour having passéd in this mannen; the magistrate began to grow impatient,"and demnn-lel ¢f the brigadier what had - begome of their amateur detee“tive. ‘ R

« ITe's in the road,!” replied the bricadiar, with ‘a- grin. “ When I last saw him, he was lying down in the mud on his stomach, and mixing up some plaster in-a plate. He told me tosay hehad nearly finished, and would be at your disposition in a rhoment.? The words were ‘ccareely ont of the gendargne’s mouth, when Daddy Tabaret appeared, joyous, radiant, triamphant ; looking positively younger, by twenty years. At his heels, close as hix.shadow, followed Locon, carrying with the greatest precaution a large basket, . : 5 “I've gotit!” cried the old gentleman,.as hé advanced . briskly towards Monsiear Daburen,” ¢ T've drawn the -cork, thovigh' it’s the very tightest I've ever wormed the, screw into.” Lecoq, my good young man, pat that basket down upon the table ; but gently—gently ! "One rough shake, and I shall have all gy work to do over again.” | At this inferesting moment, Gevrol. also| resentered the' room. He had returned from his expedition .almost agfriumphant as old Corkserew himself. : : } “Tve marked down the chap with the earrings,” he said. % It’'s a beaufiful trail to follow. The boat went down’ the,l'ivel',! and Tve ‘got an exabt descTiption of iis.i master,?: - { Yo : i “ Now, Monsieur. Tabaret, I am a,nxious! %0 have youy repdrt,” said the macistrate, i All eyes were now turned on old Corkserew, and ‘every! ear pricked up to vateh every word that might fall from his oraculat mouth. He had already emptied out upon the table the contents of the basket—viZe:'n large clod of ‘elay, geveral largel sheets of vpaper, and three or four pietes ‘of plagfen, =il wet. ! ¢ : A 1 Standine upright before the table, 'the‘ gueer old gentleman looked doubly grotesrue, wnd the eccentricity of his appear- J aneo was not lesgened from the fact that he weag coverdd with mud from his toes to his chin. < With the air of a lecturer, and amids e deepest silence, he' commeneed, | inee tone whose studied modesty could not alt =-ther hide the pride that possessed.

<4 A et diseovery, gentlemen, is-this : that roh!ov hias had nothing to do with the erine Iy question, and that we shall find there eyist nrivate and far more terrible mofivesithat have led to the murder of the nnfortunate Widow Leronge.”: =~ L CHAPTER V. Lo : . ON THE TRAIL.: L | #a PG 4 Yea” comtinned Daddy Tabaret, in 8 tone of conviction that evidently impredsed his hiedrers,. “ this has been no common mutrdér, The casasgin, in perpetrating his awful purpose, has been impelled by some gecret and fearfnl determination, that has made all other thoughts subservient to it. 1 will prove tliis {6 you-by the evidence, and afterwards. if you will allow me, T will ive you my humble opinion as to the prob‘able motive of the crime” el ~Gevrol glanead at the ‘magistrate, to nee the effoct 0l S e npon him: bat, ohserving the fixed and atBT S B Bt AR 'gﬁ* ad o R g FE e, heny proscaded. Mdte

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1875.

oefore the ran commenced. Like Mongie €evrol, I have not succeeded in detecthr; any muddy footprints ; but under the table, just where the feet of the visitor ‘must have been placed,.l found a considerabl&quantity of dust. Consequently, we are pretty fairly fixed about the time. The Widow Lerouge never expected the newcomer ; she had,'in fact, commenced to undress, and was just winding up her clock when the knock came td the door” . ~ « Rather minute details,” murmured the the commissary of police, with just the lshadow of a smile round the corners of hig mouth. : ; ‘ ' “ They can be easily au!hentipa’tea.” said the self-constituted detective. - “ Examine this cuckoo-clock above theé old high writs ing-desk. It is one of those that go from fourteen to’ fifteen hours at a time ; but, ‘whether it does “or mnot, one thing is positive—that the widow was windingz it up before going to bed. How, then, is it that this clpek shonld Have stopped at five o’clock Because she had jnst commenced to draw the weiglits up when the knock came ; and to/support the assertion, let me draw your attention to this ¢hair under the clpek, and to_the footprints npon its cover, Now look at the costume.of the vietim: The hody of her dress has heen taken off, and, in her hurry fo.()iwn thie door, she had thrown this old shawl around her shonldoers.”. «Well, I never I” exelaimed the brigadies, evidendly much strack. i “PThe widow,” continned Old Corkserew,

“yecognized the knock: | Her hurry in openine the door made me at first snspeet, this,. What follows proves it. Thus the murderer was.admitted withont the slightest demur, and must have been already known to his vietim{ He iz a man still young, a little above the middle height, and elegantly dressed. -He wore on the evening in question, & hat, and not a cap. He had an nmbrelln, and was smoking a Trabucos cigar with a mouthpiece.”” - . % Oh, come, draw it mild ! eried Gevrol, uffable to restrain his feelings any longer. « 1 can‘swallow a great deal; but this is-too inueh.” . i . ks

“Too much,or too little,” retorted Old Corkserew, “it’s the truth. If you are not as minute and careful as I anj, that’s your faylt, not mine, I seekyand I find. Too much, s it ? Well; just come here, and, if you .will 'be so condéscéhding, glance at these pieces of wet plaster. Tlhey reptesent. the boot-heeld of the assassin, of which I found two magnificent impressions near the ditch wherg, the key was found. Upon, these slicets of ‘paper 1 have traced the entire 'footprint, which, -being upon, sand, T could not' succeed ! otherwise in bringing away, Look ! “High heel, arched instep, foot little and narrow—an elegant boot, yon tmust own. You will find this footstep twice repeated on the road, and five times in the garden—which proves, by the way, that the wearer of ‘the: Hoot had knogked, not at the door, but at the shutter of. the window, through {the chink - ‘of which | he must have seen a light. At the entrance of the .garden our iman. made a- jump to avpid stepping upon a flower-bed, as the point of the boot, sunk deep in the soil, suthicien{ly betrays. Thus he cleared, with apparently little exertion, a distance of nearly two yards. This showshim to have been light and supple—therefore, a young man.” LOld Corkserew spoke in high, shrill tones, metallic z,md' culting as a razor, and his restless eyes wandered incessantly: from one to the'other of ‘his- auditors, watching their impressions. s a 0 “Is it my remark abeut the hat that has. astonished yon, Monsieur Gevrol ?” pursued Tabaret., « Examine the perfect circle left upon the dusty marble slab of the old writ-ing-desk. Isit because I have fixed on the height of the individual in question? Be 20 good as tolook at the top of those oak vresses, and you will perceive ‘that hands tave passed over thew, as if in search of something.’ Don’t tell me that he stood on o s fasd tn s s Laeandd Bivde een

without being oblized o fesl® Are you !.&:!'\"ptii*‘:\l about _the mahrella’? This elod 07 carth contains.an - bmirable imprint not only of thieitop. but of the round prece of wood that holds the -Iki Is:it the cigar that annoys you ¢ I, e «is theend of the Trabueos. whieh- T pi “ed ont of the cinders. Has the extreniy been hitten, or is it wet with saliva? No. Therefore the person who smoked it must have used a month-piece.” | ! e Lecoq endeavored, but with very small guceess, to concenl his enthusiastic admiration of his-old friend: and, in order to repress any ontward signs of approval, rubPed his hands softly together, as thongh he were going through the process of washing them. f © Phe commissary of police seemed stnpified ; the magistrate looked delizhted ; awhile Gevitl's face. on the confrary. grvew Yonger and longer. As fop the. buigadier of gendarmerie, he apveived to be, in the seventh heaven of enjoyment. - -« Now,” continued the old sentlemen, pray-give me your maost earnest attention. We have come to the point where the young man has entered the cottage. How he aecounted for his presence at go late an hour, of course, I cannot tell ; but ode thing is very certain, he told ‘the Widow Leronge that he hadn’t dined. 'The worthy woman ‘immediafely set abouf preparing a repast ——a repastiin which she herself did not join, becanse in the cupbohrd there ave still the remains of her dinner.abd you will perceive plates are not laid for two.” ; Tlere Old Corkserew patsed, elevated his inguisitive nose in the air, and, with twink,liug eyes, surveyed the assembled company. Never was a man more delighted with his audienea; All were deeply interested in the marvellous exposition of canse and effect. . Attention was upon -every countenance ; and even those who had been. prepared fo scoff, notonly gave up such ‘absurlexpectation,’ but were, if possible, more eagerly curious than the rest. © The ennning old ferret had produced his ief}’eet. His pause was the panse of the Epop'ulnr speaker or the favorite actor, who, ‘having “struck fire” by some glowing Iphrase or well-turned bit of, ¢ sensation,” iwa‘its,nnﬁl the excitement has” jlist a little cooled before he electriies them with his pexts e o e A murmur .of impatience from every side, and Daddy: Tabaret, after “sniffing }_ﬂn'ice in a manner very irritating to the ‘nerves, went on.. 2

- “We now approach the great.question of \questions—who was this young man ? Tt is evident that the widow considered his 'position in society to be ‘much above her ‘own. In the cuppoard there is a tablecloth, hardly soiled at all ; but instead of lmaking use of it, she brings out aclean ‘one, and deeidedly one of her best. This lsph\ndid goblet of cut riags was, of course, [intended for him, and. dizplayed in honor 'of his coming. And, lastly, I think, it is iprobable she geldom made use of this handisome ivony-handled kuife - | ¢ All thig'is very. exact! murmured the imagistrate—¢“ very exact.” . - : . E ¢« Behold, then, our vounz man seated at ]t:ﬂ)le. He began by drinking 4 glass of ‘wine while the widow prepared the hamand eges, and placed the frying-pan on the }ﬁre. Then, hig heart failing him, he asked for brandy, and drank right off about four {or five Tiguenr glasses, After an inward struggle of, let us say. about ten minutes—it must have taken about that time to have cooked the ham and eggs to the degree that we now see ‘them-—the young man, rose, approached the widow, who must have ‘beeﬁ on her knees or hent over the fire, and. etabbed lier twice in fhe back. Death was inot_instantaneons. © She half rose, and. {clung 1o the ‘hands of the assassin, while {he, starting hackwards, must have draggéd her suddenly forwards, and then thrown ‘her on her face in the position that we find. her at present. This brief struggle is indicated by the posture of the corpse. Bent forwards jand struck in the back, it is upon rthe back she should have fallen. The inl strument the murderer used for his pur\pose avag a sharp and pointed one. This |instrument, if I am not greatly in error, was a foil with the button taken off, and afterwards sharpened. He has left us an \indication, of this in wiping the weapon upon th;}ze’mﬁcaat ~of his vietim. Another }fgcit _is;;%y Lt he. ',hasp‘ﬁ(!l*e‘%ggﬂhe? m’cﬁ%gi; or in afy way injured in ‘he struggle. The widow, as 1 Tave ~said before, clung to his. hnds, b@mmwﬁmwnﬁm gray Ridgloyesell 000 e it e Rt e

sure youwll agree With me as to the Ilatter detail.”? : Vo : "'« Having thus ¢ settled” the scepticism of the head of the detective force, Monsieur Tabaret continued his discourse. i. «The poor woman being now disposed of, the next question is, what was the mos tive of the murderer? Perhaps you have surmised it to have been her money, or dated bills, or some sordid meanness of that sort? No, gentlemen! a hundred timesnod? b - Here Old Corkscrew, in his energy, pounded the table fnd shook his fist at the company in general, but nobody ventured to hazard a remark, he cleareg his throat and went on. ; i i

~ «What the young gentleman wantad, what he sought for, what he determined to have, were papers—family papers —which he knew. to be in the possession of the widow. To become master of these he inspects everything — empties the oaken presses, unfolds the linen, smaghes the old writing-desk, of. whi¢h hé cannot get the key, and rips open the mattress. At last suceess crowns® his efforts—he finds what he seeks. And do you know what he does with these papers ? He burns them. | Not in the fireplace. but in the little stove in the front room. ‘The end he had in view being now.accomplished, what is his next move ? To fiy from the scene of his crime, and in taking with bim “very objeet of value endeavor to put justice off the scent by indicating robbery as the motive of the murder. Hiving made a collection of evelry portable articlé he ean put his hand on, he makes a bundle of them in the tablé-napkin intended for his use at dinner, blows out the candle, shuts and locks the dodor behind him, throws the key into the ditch by the roadside, and then—and then, gentlemen—thatls allbieis: R

So saying, Mongieur Tabaret, with a shrug. abruptly.subsided into a chair, and wiped liiz forehead with an old%red . silk pocket-handkerchief.. - | L . “Upon my word, Monsieur Tabaret,” gaid the magistrate, “I must compliment you upon your inquiry into this business. = In faet, from its being so clear, so precise, and g 0 probable, I am inclined to think that you are on ‘the trail.” : S “Hurrah! Didn’t I say 20?” cried Lecoq, springing from his chair,’ and forgetful for a moment of the presence of - Monsteur Daburon, slapping his thigh in his enthusiasm, “Didn’t I.say he'd draw the cork, if aﬁyoﬂe eouldy” A

“Yes,” said Geyrol, with ill-éoncealed irony; “Daddy Tabaret has certainly an inventive ablity, that, if cultivated,. would make-he fortune of anovelist. ' Butl'm a little doubtful about that parcel of goods he spoke’ of just now. Fancy a young swell walking about with a bundle enveloped in g ‘table-napkin, as if he were taking his own linen to the wash!” e

. I caw't fahey it at all” returned Old Corkscrew, quietly. “You will agree with me, I suppose, that he wouldn’t have been g 0 idiotic as to have taken the omnibus at “Marly?? | b ‘~ . “Of course not,” acquiesced Gevrol. © «Now} my impression is - that he went on foot by the short cut tothe banks of the Seine, and there—unless he has overmatched me in eunning, and bafiled me als together—that he got rid of his suspiciouslooking and troublesome bundle by throwing it into the river® e - * “Do you think so, Daddy Tabaret?” asked Gévrol, reflectively. Ll Nep) ikoso!l. TI bet you -anything you like upon ‘it;. and the proof is, I have sent ‘three men undep the direction of a gendarme, to drag the river at the spot I' have indicated. 'lf they find the bundle they shall) be handsomely " rewarded, I can tell vou? Se a 0 S

“You don’t mean to say youre going to stand the damage on your own account?” . “¥es, Monsienr Gevrol; I shall pay the reward: from my own purse, and for my own satisfaction,” said the old enthusiast, erar v, : : {

© «It would indeed bea lucky chance if they found . the “bundle,” commenced the magistrate; but before jhe had :finished what lie was about to say, & gendarme enfered the room, and placed the yery bundle in question upon the table, * - e It was dripping with water, and contained plate, money, and some jewelry. “One hundred francs was the reward prowised,” said the gendarme, ag, with a military salute, he dropped , the clinking trophy on the table. ; ; Daddy Tabaret, with an air of intense satisfaction, drew from his‘pocket a bulky and somewhat greasy pocket-hook, from whiclihe extracted a bank-uocte and h:mded;. it fo'the gendarme; then, after annihilati g’ tevrol with a look of triumph impossible to deseribe, he turned to Monsieur Daburon. . “Now, sir, will you | permit me té ask your opinion?” : ; NVelll really,” said the gentleman addressed, with difficulty repressing a 4 smile af the grand ajr of the little old man, “your {'zo‘zi ers ?(if penetration are’so extraordinary Hal—— S X

But heré again, before he could complete his sentence, the doctor who had been summoned to make the post mortem examindtion presented himself. - Bl ~ He simply c¢onfirmed the assertions and the conjectures of Monsieur Tabaret. He agreed with him in his opinion that there had been a struggle previous to' the fact, which accounted for the position in which the body had “been found; and asa .confirmation of this, he pointed out a bluish cirele faintly visible round. the throat of‘he vietim, as though produced by coinpression; and lastly, lie stated that the ‘Widow Lerouge had-partaken of food about thiree hours before her death. .. : - There now remained only a few odds and ends of evidence to be ‘collected, which. might be of use at a later period ‘n convicting the murderers - oOld Corkserew, with the most extreme care, again examined the finger-nails of the dead woman, and with the most infinite patience succeeded in: extracting- from beneath them the few atoms of the kid’ glove be had spoken of! Infinitesimally small as these atoms were, yet the color of the glove was still easily to be 'distinguished. He also - put aside the pieces of petticoat upon which the assassin had wiped his dagder. These, with tlie bundle which had been found in the Seinze,and the divers foot-prints extracted by the old man,swere the only traces left by the marderer. = - ' Slight material enough; but slight as it may appear to us, in the eyes of Monsieur Daburon it was of very great importance, and his spirits rose with his hopes. The rock that the police in general split upon in crimes of a complex and mysterious rtature is an error as to the * motive of the act. Once they start ona false scent, they go further and further from the truth, in proportion to the ardor with which they pursue’ their investigations; but in the present case, thanks to Daddy Tabaret, the magistrate was nearly certain that he was on the right track. : Ji ‘

. . CHAPTER VI. AN IDEA STRIKES OLD CORKSCREW. Night had come. . ‘ o For the time being, the magistrate had nothing more to do at La Jonchere. Gevrol, whe was burning with impatience to be aftey, the man with the earrings, declared his intention of taking up. his quarters: at -Bougival, and to spend the rest of his evening in ferro‘ing about the wine-shops, and hunt up, if possible, new witnesses. At the moment of gtarting, when the commissary of police and the resthad taken leave of him, Monsieur Daburon proposed that Daddy Tabaret and he ‘,shou'lg Teturn fo Parigtogether, | oo 00 808

T wag just about to solicit that honor,” said the old man, bowing; and as- they walked side ly side, the newly-discovered “erime becanie the subject of their conversation. e ; L e ‘ It was arranged that Old Corkscrew ‘should-on the morrow take uip his abode at Bougival, and - make geeret and searching inquiries everywhere 'in . its neighborhood; ’ while Monsienr Daburen was to keep the old gentleman well posted with such intelligence, as his agents m?j{,‘ﬁh'@n, coneern- } ing the past life and conduet of the unfortunate Widow Le.mnﬁe.. < P | h",,lnw':_;z:lut;ioxt:i; ongjeur géwﬁ.’? said | t'a‘,_m e, throwing off for the moment all official reserve, 4 ~‘:ﬁﬁmm mes visible ‘ar th hours night or day, it s the same o t.T go abroad but razely, and yon will

Ice at the court, and I will give orders for your immediate admission at whatever time you may present yourself.” : - . They were leaving the railway station as Monsieur Daburon made this promise, ‘whieh; together with'the general kindness of his manner, gave great delight to Daddy Tabaret; but the latter refused the magistrale’s offer of a seat in the ‘cab he had called, on the plea that his own home, in the Rue Bt. Lazare, was but a few paces from where they stood. Gorn I “To-morrow then,” said tle magistrate, extending his hand—*“to-morrow you' start ‘on the trail of the murderer.” :

} “And I shall run him down.” replied Old Corkscrew, with all that self-confidence in his subtle instinets which marks the savage . dweller in the wilderness rather than the’ civilized inhabitant of a greatecity. “The scent is weak, and the trail is indistinet as ° vet, but the ome will strengthen and the other will broaden in time. And when he¢ least expects it, wheir his confidence is at its highest, when his langh of {riumph is at - iits loudest, 7 shall ‘have run this fox to sarthly’ = e ' {The old man laid a finger respectfully on the' arm of thie magisirate, and there was a bright gleam in i pie+ing eyes as he snid, i ow, firm tones, that had in them nothing of vulgar vauity, “This i 3 no common crime, as yoil sayv/and it s exactly that which bices me almost & certainty of; its detection. I do ‘mnot sayrto-mor ow or next day—no, not for days, weeks, months to come; but the scent of blood ix the strongest scent of. all—it never «ies ¢ {, and the erimson mark that will lead us on, is to him, the man we ceek, a ived mist, throngh which he gropes ‘and stumbles towards an open grave!” - . Then raiging his hat, and with a mufttered apology for the liberty he had taken in. itonching so familiarjly the arm of the magistrate the strange old man turned on his ‘heel and hurried away. ° ~ The house of Daddy Tabaret, as he had said, was only four or five minutes’ walk from the station in the Rue St. Lazare.

1t is a capital piece of house property, and from its central position ought to produce him a splendid income—that is, if he is’ ’prudent enough to-ask a reasonable rent in ‘the letting of its various stories. As for himself he oecupies” the first floor, which. consists of five ~handsome and spacious rooms, - comfortably furnished, with his magnificent collection of books as their chief adornment. = ! = ;

He livés here in asimple way-—simple and frugal from a natural taste as much as from habit—attended by one servant, an old woman, to whom the porter .upon grand’ occasions. lends a helping hand; refreshed in a pecuniary way by his. landlord and master, Monsieur ’Ezﬂmret. e . Nobody in the house has the faintest suspicion. of' the peeculiar decupation and tastes of their landlord. - They suppose him to be a quiet, inoffensive sort of man, whose" golitary life is commencing to have a softenino effect upon his biain. They remark, with pity, his singular habits; his frequent and almost mysterious absences from his home, and his ecéentrie, pre-oceupied man-< ner on his rpturn. - ; Lo - There was one of hislodgers, however, that the landlord -delightéd to honor, and who foymed an exception in every way to. the rule he had laid down. = e This was a widow Jady named Madame Gerdy, who lived onw-the third story with her only son, Noel; ; e 1" Daddy Tabaret, in' faet, was more “at home”. in the widow’s apartments than in hiz own. . - Herson, Noel, was a young man of about thirty-three years of age, looking rather older than he really was. He was tall, well-made, and had a noble and intelligent expression of face. To add tohis natural advantages, he had also large, dark eyes and black hair, which curled naturally. By profession. a barrister, he ‘had acqnired a certain repntation. He was what is called a “hard worker,” rather 'obstinate in hig opinions, very cold in his manners, and thoughtful in all he undertook. He professed also—perhaps with a little/too much ‘ostentation—a great severity in his relizions principles, and was “extremely rigid and austere in his morals. g i

- In Madame Gerdy’s apartments Daddy Tabaret considered himself ‘as one of the family. He looked npon her ‘as a kinswoman, and treated Noel as his son.. He had often meditated offerine manriage to the charming widow, notwithstanding that{s'e was much younger than himself, but he had desisted, not so mnch from the fear of a refusal, but from the fear of the conse‘quences. of his propesal. Supposing she refused him, then good-bye forever to the ‘quiet, happy evenings, and the delicions hala of home she had thrown about his desofate heart. : In the meantime he bhad made a will, drayn up in full form, making his young friend, the barrister, his residiary legateey with the sole condition that two hundred pounds a-year were to ba put aside in favor of any detective “ who drew the cork” out of a difficult and baffling police case., ! * Short as was the distanee from the rail-way-station to his .house, Daddy Tabaret® look more than a quarter of an hour to arrive there. No sooner had he qgnifted the ‘magistrate than he resumed his self-com-ﬁmuning and reflections, and so deeply was e wrapped up in them that he walked on without heeding the passers Ly, and was so pushed and elbowed, that for every step he took in advdnce he lost the space of half of It is unnecessary to say that the subject of his thought was still the mysterious murder of the Widow Lerouge. :

| For the fiftieth time, the old man repeated to himgelf her words, ag reported by the milk-woman :— . - ; :

" “I have nothing in the funds; but. I have all I want. If T iwished for more, I c¢ould have it.” s e

“At the bottom of that boast,” he muttered, “ lies a clue to the whole business. The woman Lerouge was 'in possession of some secret which it was the interest of some person or persons,rich .and highly placed, to keep hidden: In that secret, lay her fortune. It washer bank, from which she drew at pleasure. She has abused the power ‘she possessed, and they, driven to, desperation, have wiped her out; that’s about the whole truth of 'it.: But now comes the question—what was that secret, and by what means.did she become its possessor ? It's possible that,in her youth, she might have held a situation! in soie great family, and while in the service of. that family she may haye seen, overheard, or ferreted out something of importance, or something hurtful to its credit, dangerous fo its honor.” Had- it beén :merely a rich man, a piece of common clay, whose only strength was his wealth, he would have hired. some other hand to deal the blow that was to silence her menaces forever ; but here there was no second party concerned. The hand that did the deed belonged to the brain that had conceived if, thus preventing the constant danger.of hetrayal that mu#t ever exist when, in a delicate matter, one works with an accomplive. | A bold spirit whoever it is, and one wlio, * his crime accomplished, will ealeulate every chance of discovery as calmly as a mathe- - matician considers his figures, trusting to l his clearness of brain, {o his depth of knowl- | edge, to produce.a ‘desired redult. He, the ‘ murderer, whoever he is, is playing a.bold * game, evidently for a large stake ; but he. has not yet taken Daddy Tabaret into his gcheme, and the old man will sweep fhe | chess-board yet” - o : | ~ So saying he entered the.gateway of his | ‘house, and passed, without a word, the por- | ten and his wife; who sat in their li{tlelodge —he, the man, eobbling shoes; she, the woman, cooking a greasy oinelette over a smoky stove. | RIS “There goes our landlord,” remarked the man, as Daddy Tabares, with a.quick glance inside the lodge, and a half nod, glided guisily biee 0 bl e %He must have quarreled with his lady-: love this evening,” said the porter’s wiza, : with a prolonged sniff,which enabled her to express the extent of her disdain, and at the same. time yefresh her snuff-grimed 1 tose with the fumes of the omelette ; “and. she's sent him home two hours enrlier, with Fhon b s he ol M haye comething more upon his' mind than afdmm‘ﬁ :ﬁ:' S e 3“‘“%% o sometuat Totn T comshvart of Ihe Dkth A Hals e s

"Pon my word, it would be a. charity if -his pelations would club fogether, and buy him 8 straight-whisteoat” = 0 g e : “TRelatious 1" said the woman, also com‘ing to’ the -window, frying-pan in hand, { There’s nobody as ever we've seen’ related to the likes of him. Just look at the poor: old unprotected soft one, and see what he’s: up to in the-middle of the court-yard.” = - Tt must be confessed that the condudt of our friend Monsieur Tabaret was, to say. the least, eccentric. Lo e He had suddenly halted, and afteér tak_ing off his hat, was rubbing his head vio\)‘lent]y, and gesticulating in a manner that was to a looker-on sufficiently ludicrous. "~ ¢ No! no! no!” he murmured to himself. ¢ T haven’t got the clue to this affair, As the childrén. say in their games, ‘1 burn, burn? but I have not had my hand upon et oo o 0 gy

He monnted the staircase of the house, and rang at the door of the apartments he: occupied, éntirely forgetting that he ‘had’ the lateh-Key in His pocket. THis houses keeper hurried, not without surprise, to_ open it. b o st %Is it you. sir, at this early hour?” . = “ Bh! what? asked her master, still pre<occupied. “ What did you say?’ repeated - the old man. e e s “Isay it is only half-past eight o'clock; ‘and you rarely enter .till long after mid-} night. It would not astonish me now'if yout hadn’t dined.? : Vel % Certajnly, I have not. However, if’ you've nothing ready, Marie, it doesu’t: matter.” b ot % Ah! that’s'just like you ; asif a man's stomach was like a pair of bellows, to be filled only with wind. Luckily, I've -the" dinner you always order and never-eat,” still warm. 80, you'd. best: sit down and eat it, like a sensible man.” . 0 _ Daddy Tabaret, who was thoroughly ae--customed to the rough honesty of lis bousekeeper, only )smilelgl at this address,and took his seat with myuch docility at the ta~ ble. It was the second phase in his eccén=, tric life heé was commencing. He raised the first spoonful of goup to kiis mouth, but, it never got there. * . . (hadein - The mystery of the Widow Lerouge again | troubled his brain, and with his eyes halfcloged he remained like a statue of marble, his spoonful of soup suspended. in the air. Gee U , LR e « T begin to think that all the world must . be right,” thought Marie; “a man must be wrong in the upper story—he must have a tile off somewhere, when he ceases to eare for a good dinner when it’s placed befora: Bim? * Salaae G Sy - As Daddy Tabaret still remained motion- - less in the one position, the housekeeper. losing patience, touched him on the shoulder, screaming into his ear, as if he were deaf, ¢ Why don’t you eat? WKy don’t, you eat?”’ T st T i “Tat! oh, certainly-—yes, why not? Of: course, I ought to be hungry, very hungry, heeanse, sinee this morning, I hiave been. obliged: to—""| S f S He paused, ag, if ftruck by a thunderbolt, hiz mouth open, and his eyes fixed. - “T have it!” he cried; “yes, I have it at’ lagtt”. . ; S G 270 BE CONTINUED.). S o oieal Whyselßy T ‘The People’s Common Sense Mediéal Adviser, a book. of about 900 pages, illustrated with over 250 engravings and cglored plates, and sold at the exceedingly low price of $1,50; tells you hew to cure Catarrh, “Liver Complaint,” Dyspepsiagor Indigestion; Sick, Bilious, and othet Headacles; Scrofula, Throat, and Lung Diseases ; all diseases peculiar to women, and mostother chronicas well as acute disorders. It contains important infor:, mytion for the young and old, male, and female, single and -mawried, 110-: where -else to be found. Men .and women, mariied and single, are tempted to ask their family physician thousands of questions on delicite topies; but are deterred from doing so by their modesty. ~ This work answers® just sueh questions so fully and ;vgl-a,ii'f\‘iy as to leave no one in doubt. Itis sold: by Agents, or sent-by mail (post-paid). -an receipt of price. Address the aus thor, R, V. Pierce, M. D, \,\'m"ul"s Dis-. pensary, Buffalg, N, Y. ;-0 e : (Frbm the Lafayette Daily Courier ) i ".fc A \'ﬂ!u:il)lg";"ork‘;' Dr. R: V. Pierce, of Ruffalo, distinguisiied in siugery, aud the generaf practice in the profession he honors, las made a valuable contribution. to: the medical literatureof the day, in g comprehensive . work entitled “The . People’s Comimon Sense Medical Adviser.” While secientific’ thronghout, it is singularly free from [technical and ‘stiited. terms. It comes right down to the common sense of everyday life. Dr. Pierce is a noble:specimenof American manhood. . He has sprung, from the people; and, with ‘many - sympathies in 'common with the masses, has sought to render them;, a stibstantial service in this the great work of his life. = eet e

. How to Educate g Wife, . & _ A Detroiter of liberal educatron his Leen greatly andoyed because *his wife and other women. ' are not better posted on history and other matters. connected with the growth or welfare of the country. The other day he carried home a big history and handed it to s spousé with the remark: ~ =~ -

“Pliere, Mary, I want you to' coninience at page oneand see if you can’t learn something.” : S

- Bhe agreed to becqme hig pup{i]; and when he, came home to supper he found her reading away, hair idown, slippers on, all the.fires out but one, and no sign of supper. e . “Why, low. is this?’ he inquired; bare yoh-sick?2” . ¢ : Ll faliino” o 0 e

- “Well, where's my supper?” - = “1 don’t know anything about -your supper,” she replied as she settled back in her ehair, ‘*’lﬁit} can ttﬂll‘f"_y'Oxx. all about the discovery,of Flérida -as straight as a dtringl” = i "~ That history hasw't been opened sinee that evening.--Detroit free Press.

Old Winston was a negro preacher | in Virgina, and ‘his ideas of theology | and hulnan nature i'were often very coriginal. . e =A gentleman thus accosted the old man one Sunday: ’ : e ° “Winston, T understand you believe every woman has seven devils. How can youw prove apP? o o o 0 g “Well, sah; did you never read inde’ Bible how seven debils were cast out’er Mary ‘Magalin ?” s Aok oves! Dve vead that. il “Did you ebber hear of Jerhi bein® cust out of any other woman; sah % < No T onaverdid b BAI - “Well, den, all de odders got 'em yet.” : ¢ "T%"M‘b”f"“ i " .. That mammotli hotel at St. Louis - will "be caﬂeg{th’e Grand Hotel.: It will be gituated at the corner of Grand. and Page avenués and occupy. 120:000 | square feet, 24,000 more than the Pal~ace Hotel in San Franeisco. There are to be 2,000 rooms, and the cost, -exclusive of furniture, will'be $1,950.~ 000, Work will be begun by the con- | tractor next spring, and the centract. provides that the hotel shall be completed by September 1t 1877, - ee (e Sardy ~of ‘which lead pencils are made) has . been found in Missouri that:is eight e el T e

NO. 31.

THE FLECTORAL VOTE.

. . Figures Don’t Lie. = . “¢ (From the Louisville Coutier-Journal) - There is a general and well-founded conviction that the. inflation zealots ‘have accomplished all the harm possible, and that tlie opposition, so far from <losing strength, from this time ‘to the Presidential election in 1876 “will regain much of what they have lost. » ;By;a’»’hglégpe -ab the States that -may-he considered well fixed in the oppositien line, it will be seen that ~we still ‘have a majority of -electaral votes, after making every reduction demanded by recent disasters: ] & chlabamas. s iril s 10 Arkangas J,,.t 6 Aalifornia’. oo s i e e e eolßl ) SOBRHACUEDS v orr fl s e i e o LU e DeJuWinhe. 5.2 . ii sy eot e s naima e ._..-'...»[ 3 NSt eDR e R G eS S SGepreincs LDI nisn s i e e Clndinnan i o sl L L L 1 Kuhthcey o soann syl g gedi i e ToNMERR. e e 8 SNERIADE S s e e ol Missisminpl: il oo e e i e - INARRRE eTst L S S akieme) 4D SNew York. v Cli i iB5 “New Hampbhire. .oy comiag oo .‘,.“_;.;‘.....1' b Deupersed iil s el 18 EeEan ol L Suaa st e Ll i e Vhginty oo ST o unan SR seeßENrEininT s sni i aer s g B Norib Carofing 2o ol i 10 | Democratié eleotoral yotes. .- .. i fi.. | 198 . The republican States, including the recelit” acquisitions, may be Stated as followys Toh o e b Ailbradis s tav el ca T e ClHimele e S R R il i <l AOWS - s L e e el L TR R RS s Matap. oo T T g B |TR YR I e SRR | MR RN 20, sot i e yhda o aagtt son ol 1 SMIRDEROtR 2. v i Lo s Tl Nebraski: 1020 e J 8 L NeVRAS S v R e g e R R sidet 08 CNEW OlaeY L es N s L Ll 9. ORID. T PRI R LN Oe e S RREON -L e s b i eLGRIB o ol 1 | POnnsylvaniil: oo bl a 2 . 109 - Rhode IsTamds . oonie. odsiins biivhs o iaeh 4 e Sbhuth-Carolina [ss e5O 0 wliily aeleiaad T CVERmMORE L b U L i Ll Wiseonsb ol AN e 10 i lféelidbliich'u':?.%:lé;cf(jmlif\;t;::eé‘;“.'.". Lo '.". R {LI‘H

- There istcertainly nothing . in t{yis presentation; which must be:admitted “as a fair ong, to- discourage .anybody. | “The oppoesition might lose~tw‘ellty-"§ix electoral votes and-yet .elect a President, Is'it.likely that.such aloss will | odeur? On’ the contrary, ‘with the: ragged bastard dead and buried, and cwith the wisdom: which the (l_efka;t' | should bring with it, is° there not every reason-to become sanguine and lift. the opposition standard high over the dust of recent reverses 7 * A return to the winining” issues ‘will -not oqu eheck the tide of disaster, but will regult in the recovery of much of.the lose-ground. The Cincinnati Enquirer 'isfs,f;'ill"sn‘appfmgl and clawing in the | ‘grave of inflation like ahyena, irritat“ed by-the lTashing it his received and sbured By the -hopelessness of _ its situation; ‘but the other inflationists, with more-prudence and a ‘becoming resignation, have sought sequestered spots; are saying nothing, but. pleading with' the mute ‘eloquence of *looks, | “for Giod’s sake, spare us!” ‘- They sur‘rénder willingly, withgut asKing impertinent questions about what is to ‘he ‘done. with them. In truth, tl'PeyJ. | have suffered ‘enough in. listening to~the indignant protests sthéy have ‘izx- | cited and i contemplating: the hayoc ‘they have -wrought. Let them rest. Spare those who are penitent;.and [let. us lifg up our voices - in.praise . and “thanksgiving ' that-‘matters. are Tm}, _worse—that the xuin is not irrétrieyable, and that the hand basket in ‘which wé-all started fo -the devil s a comfortable and safe litele craft after: %L]l. 1 (. The Best Protection, | “Thebést safeguards against epidem- | ic disease are thorough -digestion and ; firm perves. It is because they assure the regular performunce of the digest--Ive progcess, and invigerate the nervofissystam; that- Hostetter’s Stomach | ‘Bitterstare sucly a sovereigi-protect-ive against the influences which béget intermittent muladies,and those whicht directly- affect -the stomacii.and bowels. . If dhe: nerves are: lieaithfully | ' tranquil;-the assimilation of food per- i fect, as they are snre to be under this | Cstandard donic -and neryine, “malaria i “muy be defied, and if, in. the ':Lb_selk(:‘e, - of the most reliable of ‘medical safe- ‘ spuards, the system-has_fallen'a prey | “to disease of an interniittent.or reniit“tent type, the Bitters will, if persisted ! in, eridicate every vestige of the mials| - ady.Biliousness, . ¢onstipation and | dyspepsia yield” with tequal: :eerftaixL ty to thie operatian of this potent vegetable alterative. . o o 28wdl In tlie 1813 edition of Webster’s ‘ Dictionary the verb to “jew,” mézmi]ng' ‘to cheat, was omitted at the urgent Fequest of - Mr.-Selomans; a Hebrew -book Seller of Washington.: - By some aecident. it ‘crept ‘back “again. intg a later edition, but a_promise has been made to keep it out for -good and | all ‘hereafter.” At the same time a great deal -of Catholic influence lias® been exerted;in vain to get the offens“ive meanings of *jesuitical” removed. ‘Why should’ not the descéndants of “Governor Eldridge Getry remonstrate agdinst the slander that is being perpetrated upofi their ancestor by the use of the word “gerrymander?’ Then, too, certain’ ehurelr - functionaries might object to the term “to deacon,” -as applied to berries, and meaning|to place the targe berries on. the top of a | basket. © When' this thing gets started - there will be noend to it & - [ 7 o site .__.._.‘. P — ._'.__'.(_‘_')- 2 & "»} . I 8 Your Life Worth 10 Cents? - Sickness prevails everywhere, and “everybody:complains of some disease | ‘during their lite. - When sick,. the abject is'to-geét well; now wesay plainly - that no_person in this ‘world thatiis suffering with Dyspepsia, Livei Com‘plaint and ity effects, snch as Indigestion, Costiveness, Sick Headuache, Sour ‘Stomach, Heart-burn,. Palpitagion of | the heart, Depressed Spirits, Bilious- - ness, &C, can take GREEN'S AUGUST. Frower. without getting relief and _cure.. If you doubt:this, go to Scott& “Sandroek’s and getu Satnple Bottle for 10 cents and try it. - Regular size, /5 ‘cents. - Two doses will relieve you. | * S il S '7 s ~J"«')l%f)‘\l"—l_ 1 By -reeent investigations. by the | -agents -of. the government - great | frauds amounting te. $2,060,000 : ¢ i stolen from thetieasury by bogus pep- | sioners, annually. In the minds of 4 gt niang. persons an investigation wito, these traudsshould have been inLjatiiiltbﬁ"mug%:‘%tgm, and the country will be glad 1o learn that 1t hias at Jast 4t~ tracted the attention of the proper ali-. Mhostiede (ol DT B e e ot Tﬂwmhmm&wt one dollar pt. . Indateas, six _per .cent, compound, | _when Lie Janded upon this continent, it this vime it would wmount to oNpr - $2,000.000.000. If oné of the pilgrims | ~pound - interest, - today it would | ~amount to” enough to. purchase. the. New England States at assessed value. “wisdom 1 "*& s -whole world: #For| a | _man. who succoeded in Saving nothing

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Something to Read on Sundays. ' (From the Atlanta Constitution.) = . . The whole family climbed out of the * wagon and went into the, Atlanta book store. T L .~ They were father, mother, and six» { teen year old daughter. e “Mister, we want to sorter get somes thin’ good to read on Sundays, which is powerful'lonesome out in‘the couns try.” o £y o o “Shall be glad to serve you sir. What . will the ladies like.” i e “I'd choose somethin’ ’bout the new fashions, pa.” o B 8 “Of koase, I mought a know'd that! Kin you fix herout?” .« @ i e Sg

. “Oh, yes,” replied the storekeeper; " “we have here Godey, Leslie, ﬁg’- S per’s Bazar, Peterson, Demorest, and = numerous other'magazines” = | ¢ “Gody? w'y you'don’t tell me he's } livé an’ fingerin’ out fashions yet, do ye?” cried the old mari. e i “Oh, yes?” was the reply: - . o “Well, centennial snakes and cross- ' barred breeches! W’y ole 'ooman, don’§ o ye mind that we hed our weddin® ‘close fixed up arter his plan? Gedy! Of koars, Sofy, ye'll take Gody, and - Il bet that bob-tailed mule and the black shoat that what he sez is the fashjon can’t be discounted.” =~ . - - “What will your wife like?” asked = ithe merchant, as the old man paid for® the magazine. Pib ) 3 “Somethin’ that's got good church = readin’ in it-——some religus paper, ef ye please,” said the old lady. P “Here is the best we haye—Christ~ ian at Work.,” § G o ~ “Hold. up thar! Is they got eny of | this here Beecher an’ Tilton bizzness . ' it it | ; T “None o'yer bizzness, anyhow, what if it has ?” fired the old woman. | “Tain’t hey ?" _ R .. *No tain’t! So its church readin’, it . idon't bother you sir; so dry up.” by - “Wgll, mebbe that’g so; an’ what I read don’t bother you, too? All right, mister; jist hand me out half dozen lustrated: papers full of pictures of legs with striped stockin’s on un’ fifty . . dollay garters, and—"; o L " The old lady chucked the Christian =~ at Work undér the table, grabbed the old man by the ear, and if he hadworn . striped stockings, about 11 inches of them would have been seen between = the tops of his shoes and the bottom ' - of his pants’ legs, as she made him K = walk Spanish out to the wagon. L 0

What She Felt Like—lt wasn’tlikea ' °| “Morning Star nor a Mosquite. «+ “I feel to-night,” said a Carrollton - = lady, who ‘was-always at a loss for a» i wotd, at a musical ‘party the other b evening, “I feel to-night like a—likea —like—. Dear me, how stupid I am. a Like a—" : i . - “A ‘morning star,” suggested' the- - | S “No, dear, like a—a—. What are those birds that:sing after dark?” ~ = = * “Mosquitos ?” “f oAI “What nomnsense you do talk. .Of = course not. Like a—.. Well now, | how annoying?” | o il e B “Betsy-bug ?” e : oy “Rubbish. Dear me, it's extremely = annoying. What:is it I feel like? X know w}ﬁt it is just as well ds any- . thing. 108 e birds that never sing ™ ‘except at night timé ?” e | “Bull-toads ?” g b The latter suggestion of ler hus- | band was rejected with scorn, and she © }'ema'rged-t}mt it was of no consequencé, she wonld probably think of = it by and by. About two o’clock, A. M, the following morning, Fred was ' dreaming that, while.on top of.-fgm i Bank of (California when:it exploded, @ - he was blown clear'into the middle-of . ‘a Sandwich Island barbecue. Justas = the odov of roasted missionary greet- = ed his nostrils, he was awakened by = . his wife. s . i e ~“Fred, Fred!” T . | “What’s the matter now ?’ s “)l’ve',gotkit.” i v' 2 ‘h What, the colic?” $-. 1 “N, pet, it’s the nightingales.” e ' “Where do you feel them, pet?” Sl “Oh] you stupid, I've got the word = I couldn’t think of to-night. I feel = = - like the nightingale.” A e h - “¥m durned if I do,” and he'turned, = -~ over and went to sleep.;- |- " haee

- diftzin of “Brother Jonathan.” . |~ The story of the origin of the above, % term, as related many years ago, to. l, the editor of the Norwich Cousier, by | a gentleman over eighty years of %uv |- who was an active participator in the = | scenes of the Revolution, is as follows: .1. | “When General ;Washington, after' ' being appointed commander of the . ’Revolutionary War, came to Massa- | chusetts to organize it and make preparations for the defense ofithe coun—try, he found a: great want ‘of ammu- . nition and other means_nécessary to ! meet the powerful foe he had to con- { tend with, and- great difficulty to ob-: tain them. If attacked in.such a conditiori, the ‘cause at once might be hopeless. On one occasion, -at. that - anxious period, a consultation of the officers dnd others was held, when it seemed no ‘way could be devised to make such preparation as was neces- . ' sary.; His Excelency, Jonathan Trumbull, the elder, was then Governor of [ the State of Connecticut, on whose judgement and aid the General placed | the greatest reliance, and remarked, @ “We must consult Brotheér Jonathan | on the Subject.” The General did so, . and the Governor was successful ‘3 i supplying many of the wants of the | * army. When diffculties aﬁterm o ‘arvose, and the army was sp over | ‘the country, it became a by-word, “we | must consult Brother Jonathan.? The | 3;; -term Yankee is still applied to a por- 3 tion, but “Brother Jonathan” has now | ‘become a designation of the whole. | country, as John Bull has for Eng- = land. . R ‘ _ *:3 e ey —— ¥—— e fe GG . s?vallo’wlng‘n()ent. oo i ~_Dr. Gibbs, one of the editors of Hall’s Journdl of Health, who is him- | self: an educated physician and sur-. | geon, | while on a railroad train the | other day was consulted Dy one of the, | = employes on the carsin x little boy, who had that merningswals lowed a cent. Ea e . “What have you done for, him#® & asked the doctor. “We gave hima | “dose of 0il,” was the reply, .= 78 “Good practice so far; as soon as' you reach home give him the whites | of three raw eggs daily, let his diet-be bread and milk and nothing sour™ The directions were followed faith- | fully, the whites of the (?3- ‘repeated |- “every day and the dose of oil at night ‘and on the fourth day the cent wac i discharged. It was one at?htﬂ new copper. coins and considerably corros. L—d by the action of the gastric juices. Since fatal results often follow the swallowing of a copper coin, the judis oious ~# | stance should be. ’Mﬁm“ L m M DF ST nadionstaroll T T T