The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 34, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 December 1875 — Page 1

R R e RN o ‘o e ; oe - Che dhational Banney i ‘ ;‘ - | PUBLISHED BY : : i - JOHN B, STOLL, / | LIGONIER, NOB'LE COUNTY,IND. ? e e E : .ty Termsof Subsecription: | i # One year, in AAVANCE, ixueuienosietonsenaanns [§2oo | { Six months, in advance .a..Trecliecnzeaaaa. 100 v Eleven copies to one address, one year,......2000 ‘ S &Suhscribershutside of Noble county are - harged 10 cents extra [per };ear; for postage, _‘which is prepzid by the pablishier.

L AR RS R AAR RIS STRTTRI | CITIZENS BANK ! % LIGPNIER, ‘: ‘INDIANA. [ ‘. e . " . 8 | ‘5 e - i Eipat y -';'* : f ) -~ First-Class Notes Wanted. ; Ty - s T R i « | .STRAUS BROTHERS. ‘ . M.M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. | . I_‘igonie'r,lnd.,jﬁfv 6, 1875.-6-26 Ty i e R FABIES M, DENNY, | < Attorney and CUounsellor at Law.'} B oA Qificg 1 the Coart Housep - - ] Y ALBION, - - -l qls IND. 815 ! S LJCOVERE, | - Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. - - Garrett, Indiana. O_iﬂgc i the Seeléy Block, west side Main Street. T B, W.GREER, E i : ! Xt -v : e *l , ) JusticeofthePeace &Collection Agt, | : O'mée‘—-.u‘ecmgd Story, Landon’s Bi‘ic&ﬁl@c-k; Tl LIGONIER, - - INDIANA- 6 i ity . 8 > % . é B v e & ]?.‘ C. VARTCANMPB, ATTORNEY AT LAW,| : ‘Wigenier, :-: : -Indianas + Special attention givenio-collectionsand conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and E contracts, Legi business promptly attended ta. , - Office over Jucobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50° 00l EE. &, ZEPEMEEIRRFIAN, 0 Attorney at Law & Notary Public, AR Oﬂﬁcé over Gerber’'s ll';.L;'(lV.:;a_re, E Cavin Street, :: = Ligonier, Indiana.. : FooLe tJanuary 7. .'87)5.-9-3? T P LT, B ANESELY, : ; - Lok i - ATTORNEY AT LAW. | . 'LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. . m&~oOfficeon second flvor of Landen’s Block. 7-2 1 T NV B, MEcCONRELL, ' _Attorney at Law and Cir<l L. _"; e i ! . .. “cuit Prosecutor, . . ANGOmLA, @t -iler INDIANA. - _All professional business promptly and satisfag- | ‘torily attended to. - : 9-39¢ I - . _‘_V‘__FL___.V.f_,ﬁ__‘*..,__,__;,.v_.___: e e : L ALBDERET IBANRNTA, { v's - - - - T - . - i Justiceof the Peace &.Uonveyancer. | £y LIGONIER, INDIANA, W § ! : Specialattention given to conveyancing infcoi- | . lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages (ﬁ'nwn up, | and all legal business attended 10 promptly ::“_mi 4 . accurately. Ofilce over Straug & Meagber’sstore, i , G e : " Msy 15 187315-8-8 | T B WARKEWAX, |

suranceAg t &Justice of thePeace, TnsaranceAn't &Justice ot thereace, | T 7 .. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ' Qlﬁ,x‘.e.;'iﬂff A. A% Chapin, Mitchell Block., Will i . receive subscriptions to Tue NaTtoxa L;BANNER., | 5 “s‘) R. R. PEPPELLER,* *. G ' UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC PP Y S IO A N ' ‘Ofieeover Cunningham's Drug Stote; east side-ot : Caviu Street, Ligovier, Indiana. 30-2 | T e, wlcsewM, T | * Physician and Surgeon,]' ' - LIGONIER,:;: INDIANA, . fite over }::uim'*s(:‘r(,c,('r}éﬁ{fltw 39._1_’_:1}_ l el G, W caRR, T D gy e e ) il Ctim 2 - “Paysician and Surgeon, 4.7 ¢ LIGON.EBR} - - - - - - IND., ¥ Witk ;;’i":zu;,,rl}- attendall ‘calla intrustedro him. j Ofise and residence on 4th Street. s Sl 5. M. PEAL, ‘ vodzel ey BOBTS T, ‘ | T e Rooms over T E. Pike'd® Groderv, i Coruer-of Muin and Mirche]l Streets, LYY YTP pposise the Post Ofiice. Kendallo ville, Ind. & All work warranted =& ° . = ;. 'Kendaliville, May 1, 1¥74. L R T B A MOWEERS: o cgh + (SucigssortodV. Lo Andrews.) o . 5 ; 7 .~ 'SURGEO N DENTIST, s T KEE\TDALLVI;LLE. INDIANA. ; T IQUID Nitrous Oxide (Gasadministeredtor the SR bainleds gxtractign of teeth: . All work war- ) ragted. Examinationsifrée. -ﬁ‘y“"()ﬂl(‘e.‘m-cnnﬂ © Stopy, Miteligll Block, U 8141 y S - % ‘.v_'A__,,‘;, f R ~Al_~.~:‘~,, s s N in r{l.m G'd 1 T g LNy bast i AR B\ R N : i | NG IN 1 vt pea DT A : o g NTURRG PAINLESS EXTRATION = et 2 /@’ N b i LQT 2 IHn ling T‘D? M o N Gt Offee. 1 A\/ < & Fdling Teelhi a Speeialty = ' ‘Ligonier, Ind., Nov.ll, 1875, ; 1-1 i e TEEGARDEN HOUSELE,: s el Laporte, Indiana. » | b V.W.AXTELL, : : .:: Proptietor. := Laporie, April 5,187 l -« , i 1 DhA AA IR e .~ CONOORD & CATAWEA WINE, - We keep conztantly (nn*ﬁ:gud and gellin large or s ) gmall gnantities, to’suit customers, i . - . Wineof &ur &wn Manufacture, Y ! ; « : e : g \ Pure — Nothing but the Juice of g the Grape. < e ; -~ : . SACK-BROTHERS. ; ~ Ligonier; July 3, *il.+tf v : g i -/ " Winebrennér & Hoxworth, B 10USE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL | PAINTERS, ; e G!:a-!}éers,h(}lazieps and Paper-Uangers. . Shop{‘n’e&r corner of Fourth and Cgvin Sts., 'oppb« ] S - site Berr's'Cabinet Skop. = e © . . Ligomier, = - = = ¥gdiana, N il e e e e e B IR, SHEFPER, - SR : ‘,." i Lt - House Painter & Grainer, . -is ©Ys prepared fo do all work in his line in firét-class fo#ped © styleahd atreasonable rates. - . . _GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, o aad execnted in exact imitation of the natural ‘ woopd. Examinepur work. Shop on Mitchell St., " rearof Baker's fig-shop, Kendallville,lnd. [6m6 e il R S /BRICK KELLY HOUSE . i e "RENDALLYILLE, INDIANA,. = NEW G()M}[UDIOUSTHRE% STORY' BRICK | ~ =% Hotel guiytenrodstrom the L. 3.:& M. S. R. LR Depot, and four sqnares fromthe G, R. R R — : o Oulyfive mipntes walk to any of the principal busSinesshonsesofthecity. Traveling menandstran- . -%8”5 will ind this a first-clasg house. ' Fare 82 per . a 2 ay;: . J. B. RELLY, Proprietor,: . Kegd*lrille, Ang.3.1870.214 o o s PHILIP A, CARRBR, L AUCTIONEER. 1 Offershiacervices to the publicin general, Terms + c.'moderate. Otders may be lettatvtbesh“b‘e‘,s:oreoﬂ , _IAP-’Bi{!ﬂ§:ken.. ;. il e ] . Ligonler,JannaryB, 739 t ' .. . ow,asms - DEALERIN MONUMENTS, S o - i Ao Lo . Vaults, Tombstones, . AND BUILDING STONES 1 ~;w 3 ' > JJGUK!EB,I’JD, e S o . sl umse 0 | MeustdinrofandDeslerinail pladsor . F U RPN IR ORET DR R FURNITURE, o e 4. WipEOwwanE, e R e G Y e e e

BANKING HOUSE O “" ; : : . SOL. MIER, .Conrad’s Névr Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Money loaned nnv‘mﬁg';ﬁxd’ shorttime. - N«)tqsd~isc‘)|luted_ll{ reasongble rates « - « Monies received on deposit and interest allowed I on specified time, - - Yo | . Exchange bought and sold, anfl Foreign, Dxafts ‘ drawn on pringipal cities of Europe. . 8-2 L mo MU FARMERS: YV_O’Q will please teke noiige thdt lam still en- ! L ygoed in buying wheat, for whiche I pay the I highest market price, = " e } If you,do not find me on thestreel, call before selling, at my- Ban King Office, in Conrad’s Brick | Block." SRR LA 0 % SOL. MIER. ‘ Ligonier. Indiana, May Tth, 1874.—1 f Tt | S Q:&‘. . Farm For Sale ! “T-desire toséll my favm ol 20T acres, 3O acres ander cultivation. and all under fence. Containg a »mall frame bouse :Lnd‘sn&)le Good water, &c;, an orchard of 100 fenif trees.; Location - Sparta township, 315 miles from Ligonier. and 214 miles south of the Rochester Mills. Will sell for | S3OPER ACRE. - The,owner can be fonnd onthe premises.® - . Address . . W RsHICKS. Oct “21, 1875-Ty,’ e ~+» Ligupier, Ind, TOOINDOTI A M & SON HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, : s 42 D L p 7 h A ;?4 3A\ | o A (@) '3@\ - ‘ 4 Q- iy \‘t\ﬁ/ o 3 i i AT PR % © \) / s%{*"@% e@ He W s el~ @ : R S ~N& i ] AN GRS i ) ) ‘l,\ (T .+ @D//’/ : ‘ ~2 = S A PTG o e i

B r‘ﬁfw‘g@ RMAR 'l%{“l %% .l[%; ﬁ b_ﬁ L Jﬁg‘l L g;E{J‘ : ;67 C JEWELRES, <+ anddealers in— Do Weaieches, Clocks, Jewelry, i : L-AND—- A _ . JFancy Goods, . : R'\BP'A‘lBi[lQ‘C} o Neatly and prpmpily.executed and -warranted. BF - Agents for Lazarus & ‘Morris’ celebrated Bpeetacles. . S S g sign.ofthe Big Watel, opposite the Banuner Bloek, Ligonier, Ind . pEL Bep., 30, '75-36 N T " DR, GEO; CLEIS > - 7»."'"15; g, L 0

JThis Liniment possgeses great curative powers for various ailmente.. "For asthmatic complamnis, difificutt -breathing tightness of the breas:, and ailments of the Tungs, itds applied externally on the breast, and between the shynlders.” in ¢ase of ¥ arp pains in the back and lmbs, head-ache, ear-athe, affcctions of the throat, or'in cases ofiudernal ibjuries, whether rexulting from & severe stroke, fali or bruise, this Liniment is especially efilcacious. 1t relieves ylcers, open woands, sail rhicum, white "swellivg, milk leg, and works charfßingly on corns, chilblaius, frosied hands. feet and ears. Nursing mothers safferidg from swollen breasts, resulting from-a stagnation of -the lactesl ﬁn%ﬂ, will'find this Lonimert of incdlculable benetit by ‘way of separating the swelling, alluying ‘the fevér)and healing the breust. ify several am)‘rip}u;‘«ms per day, tnghly satistactory rexults may be obrained from the uder of this Liuimeut il the tredtment of tumors fistula, caucer, pilesy and like diseares ; also, for wounds resulting from: scalds, burns:and ents, and froni the-bites “of:waspg. snakesand mad dogs, or poisoning from -noxjour viants The! french Linithent will also befound a wiluable household remedy in cages of rheumatism,croup, xcarlet fever,dipttheria, quin¢y, brouchitis, scrofula, erysipéla.s,—?ﬁnl, external upplications, ~ Cholera, cholera® morbus, colic, cramps, spasams, flux, dizirhea and-grnpings in the buwels may be effectually chiecked by the interual use of this célebrated Liniment, as follows: -One-bull tearvoonful fonr to tive times within a period of from oue-halfl hour.to. two* or three hours, according to . the reverity of the case.” For colic, take one ar two dures., Forflux or diarrhaa, tufants, one yeir ofiage, require frain 5.t0 6 drops; two years old, from v 1o:12 drops, given in stgar,. Rub thé abdomen with th¢ Liniment. JFor indlammatien of the bowels, use the Liniment internaily and externally. : : - Erice 50 Ueniéy per FRotile. PR . 55 . o Prepared and manufjetured exciusively by | s 12 . - -Dr. Geo. Cleis, 10-14tf - | - GORFEEN, IND, Drs. PRICE & BREWER YA A M A KNSS e AR NSO ) ~, g Vs : sl LROTTTELANTE e bt o T, SRRImISNIARTNES T i - A e k. i VISITED LAPORTE c e T G 3 A SST PR WO TR s e e T e R ™TRATe WA AR - ¥IFTEEN YEARS. - D A O eeT T W e S NA T T A PAT T 2 R TLL NS - I}'A‘ E met with” unparalleled snccess in the . reatmentofall = - . ; ~ o o o 5 Chronic liseases

e - OFTEE SO j THROAT = mﬁ‘ 3 2 L LUNGS, 0 | HEART, Lk s 3 .. o . STOMACH, A L& l@'_ﬂm&\aﬁ&m s o TLAVEBR, ] T TS ey - v ; B 8 R ; T T mazeﬁl ek ; : R TR T 3 ) P 5 a ) y T 2 Nerves, Kidnefs, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Orgiing. Grayel. Scfofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dys~ ipepsia, &c. . . S ; el ‘Qurreputation hasbeen acqpiredby candid,honest dealing and }'Gl-;'r't-l-nf.f?l!(f(‘.(‘,}\;!—‘fﬂ] practice. Ourpractite, not oneof expariment, but fonnded I on thelaws of Natiire, with ‘yenrs of experience and evidence ‘to suxtain it, doesnotitear down, make rick to make well; no harsh Lr‘ci\tmenr_- no trifling, no flattering. - We know thecahseand the remedy meeded; noguess work, but/ knowledge gained by .years of experiénce in thestreatmert ol Chronicdiseases excl‘usive%y;. ‘lo encotragement without a;prospect. . Candid in our apinions, reasonable in our charges, claim not to know everything. or cure éverybody, but do.lay ¢laim to rea#on and common¥ense. - Weinvite the rick, no matter what theirailment, to call and investigate hefore they abavdon hope, make interrogativng and decide for themeelves; it,wdil cost nothing as consulta iop is free. . : i : Drs, Price & Brewer can be eonsultéd ae followe: Ligonier, Ligonier House, Monday, Janundry I¢th, - o . . o 0 Goshen, Violett louse, Tuesday, Japuary 18t 186 . & . . Kendallville,Kelley House, Wednesday, January 19th. - = o LaGrange, Brown's Hotel, Thursday, Japuary 20th. -7 - B Visits will be maderegulativ for years, | Residenceand Laboratory: WAGKEGAN, ILLLNOIS. - i ‘ e 20-1 F el W UC B VR Bl B IODIDE OF AMMONIA Cures Neuralgia, Face Ache, Rhenmatism. Gout,: Frontat Pesr L tlitetie & Aca Pt et Vuvrinitas, e e M iy iy

i SIS EDEER, o Ll el e g Parisian Deleclive v ] Lt - 1‘ G ¥ i X 2 . . 08, - 4 DESPERATE DEED R o o i | % 3 ' | ERSKINE BOYD, } : - ‘ i 1 i | AvTnorß oF “Tur STOLEN CHILD,” “DRIVEF - l*"nmﬁ HoMg,” &e., &e. . o R S Gl e E[cpx'rmcﬁp.] ! by R CHAPTER.XV..- - ° 7l OLD CORKRSCREW LENDS A- THOUSAND POUNDs.g old:Corksergw’s queer old face lighted} up with ploasxﬁpe' at the words pl'onounced_i by the young ~“'barristm' in .our last chap- “ There I vrecognize younr beart, my boy | —vyour generous, noble heart!” e “But I didn"“r expres=those words audi-| bly, you know,” went.on Noel, “ becanse I thought that-thie letters once burned, ten' to'ore he’d haye had me turied out as an| impostor? - vao St | 4 Of course—of course.” Fi <At the end|of aboul half an hour thé Vigseount handed me back the papers, and standing up so as to face me, leaned against the chimnéey-piece. /7 .~ i “<You are right, sir, he shid; ¢and it | those letters were written by my father, I everything tengds to prove that I am not the son of tlte Countess de. Valeourt. | Have you any pther proofs % e g “¢Germain, the valet, can certify.’ [ “¢ (Germain iim'i some years ago. : “Then I spoke to himiof the nur'se—'——‘-! the Widow Leérouge—and explained to | him how éasy ?it would be to iiid ber, ag | she lived at Ih¢3 village of La Jonchere.” | © «IWhat did he say to that?” asked Daddy | Tabaret, in an | eager tone. - ] “He was .siienf at first, seeming to re- | flect ; then suddenly raiséd lis hand to | his forehead. | = o e “¢Ah, ‘T remgmber fow? he eried. I visited lLer 'ceyeral times with my father, and -on one ofeasion I recolleet he gave her a cheque for 4 large amount of money,” -~ : ) . “I observed that here was another proof in the claimant’s faver. He made no I‘9-'| ply. but commenceid walking up and down the room. Af-last he stopped and | faced te. ¢ | SR : i i “¢Do you happen to know the person: who claims to be the legitimate son of Count Tionel de Yaleourt? i | o 1 answered, ‘1 am the man)’ o] «lle lowered jhis head, and turned away. . ) : ; ] ««X thought| so,! he murmured ; then, advancing, he| offered me his hand. ¢I bedr you no malice,” he said, huskily, ‘but. you have dealy me a fearful - blow, and I hardly know what to gay or what to think. ¥y father will return in eight or ten days. I will ask you to accord e this delay, and immediately he arrives T will explain. to him your cgse. 1 muat begiyou now to leave e, 1 feel dazed—ill, in® fact 3 and as he spoke hg smrk back, as if faint, on the sofa, motigning for e to ring the bell for hig servant. e | “¥ did &o, and left him, feeling:puzzled myself as to what my next move ought'to Le ; but ullfmi’ plans ade seattered to the }vinds sinee ﬂhe murder of my poor old nurse. Can yon advise me 77 ' | “ Not now—rnot now,” said the ¢ld man. who \‘:as."’]}_uﬂ%ii":‘ltin;f _a retreat, and was fearful he mig%ht be led info saying something imprudent. <Il sleep npon it, and see you again En the morning.” Then hei added, -affectionately, “Poor bhoy—poor: boy! what an anxious time you musf-have

had of it!” L - | o ¢“Tearfull and :joined to it all, worry about money mattérs.” L . ' . “Money nl:ixﬁﬂ‘::! I thought you were such an econcmical fellow.” 55 e “ Before thig dreadful revelation, which threatens to ehange my whole life, I had taken upon myself some enzagements for a friend, a dear friend. Those engagements T must' meet, and, under present cirecumstances]’ 1 eannot ask for assistanee from the family parse” .~ | “You're right—quite right ; and I'm delighted you've mentioned it; for it just reminds me that it’s in your power to do me, a favor.” : e | ¢ Indeedlt—gnd what’s that?”? “ (Can you imhagine, now, that I've got in my de&k, pokdd away among my papers, no less a sum than a thourand pounds, in bank notes?” | 2 e % Rather imprudent,” remarked the bar-' rister L gt b I C“Ofieourse |it i ; that’s just what T meant’y and what I'm about to propose is, that youn can take care of them far better than I can.” |. & vl ‘ . Noel pressad the good old fellow’s hand, | and ghook histhead with an dmused ex- | pression of fage. e 1 “Thank you all the same,” lie objected, s hut I'm afraid T must refuse.” - L “Yowll ‘do nothing of the kind,” saidl Daddy Tabarat, hotly; “I'm accustomed to have my way, and -I'll ‘bring the money to-morrow.”, | ! Soaagc iJ‘

“But remembering he had an appointment with the magistrate, M. Daburon, and perhaps might' be detained all day, hejadded, immediately.’ ¢ No ; not to-mor-row. I won’t pun any further risks ; you shall have it this evening. . This evening, did'l say?—yon shall have it at once!” And before' Noel could stop him, he had weized-his hat jand left the room. : : In ten minutes he returned, with the roll of bank notes in hig hand. ; “If you ddn’t find them enough,” he said, 4s he th#ﬁst them into the pocket of the young baprister’s coat, “there’s pdenty mote at the sﬁme shop ; .orders punctually attended to, and the strictest secrecy observed.” | L S L And, withont waiting for & reply, he. was gone, e it ¢ “What a (A!ee{r old fellow heig,” thought Noel; “hehasn't taken an I O U, or receipt of any kind,” and lie yan to the door as he spoke, in order to call him back ; then stopped short and listened. ¢ He'll be coming sgain to-morrow,” he reflected, «and I'll let him have hi& own way now:”’ He opened | his’ window and listened to the footsteps of the old'man until they died away in the lonely streat 5 then he wound up his oil lamy, and, after that, arranged his haie and put on an overdoat. Crossing to the door of Madanie Gerdy's room, he listened attentively for any sound that might proceed from the sickchamber. | | B = Al wag silent, as if death already reigned there ; upon which he returned to his study) and, double-locking the door, deseended the & }Ril‘S on tip-toe, and, in a few moments after, was in the courtyard at the back of the house. e . Opening a small, green door, half hidden in ivy, with a key which he took from his pocket, he closed it softly behind him, and was €oon lost {0 sight in the darkness ol themight. | - - o 0 000 0

‘ i CI‘IAPTER xVEL i A CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY. o When the. young barrister emergds again, it is before a handsomelyzcarved door in the -Ryie de Provence, which opens tﬁ him the moment he puns the bell-han- * The porterg in the lodge salutes him deferentially, yet with an affability that is | not only respectful, buf cordial. : - This sort of ¢ silvery” weleome will 1o well understood by those of onr readers who have bee? in Paris, and know the arrangements of those huge houses, or hotels, of what was once the Queen City of the world. | : o * HodYe*s 'whéfzh can only be compared i+ agmall London street stuck up on énd, each 'ﬂ(ﬁf bf‘ng oceupied by an entire family, with “pof hmg.tozc?mécﬁ them one ~with the other, bui a general staircase - n stairease which is generally kept in ex

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in summer, for milliners, flower-makers. water-carriérs, and others of those who Hve o starve by-labor. - e - Dropping a silver piece into the hand of the obsequions porter, Noel ascends the polished oak staircase, and only pauses when he reaches the third floor. (v Then, taking a emall latch-key from his waistcoat-pocket, he inserts it in the lock of thie door.to the right and enters. ' But at the faint sound that the ke: makes in the lock, a maid-servant, coquet tishly dressed in a light muslin dress, witl mauve ribbons in her sauncy little cap rushes into the hall. L “ Oh, it’s you, sir!” she says, clapping her hands: ~¢ Missug has been expecting you for-ever so long.” et This - exclamation “bursts from her ' in such extremely loud itones, that it mus! have been heard at thé other end of the rooms, and might have served as a sigpal of warning to some ore beyond ; but th young burrister seems too preoccupied it remark the ruse, if, indeed, any ruse wer. meant. . S el

} ‘ «Ts your mistress at home?” he said. i ~ #Yes, sir; and in a nice temper.too. { was as much a='l coulid do to prevent he: | ealling on you .at your mother’s House. ['Bhe’s pinchad me black and blue becaus I'T told hep it? was aguinst your orders.” I ®You.diti: ol vight,” said Noel, looking | frightens . v here is shef” S | & the s vinesronm. I'm gelting ten bready. | Wikl vdil wake some, sir?” ’ i %Yes; pidea’yn extra cap for me. How 1‘ apnfomrulailiog G 2 SR alee sme yont | ight;” and, taking §t from her hand, hé traversed successively several sumptue eusly furnished rooms, until he reached | the “one indieated bﬁh_e maid-servant. i I.lt is am apartment of an owval shape, ! with a remarkably bigh = ceiling, formed ! like 'a 'dome, painted in sky-blue, and dot- | ted with stars, ' N ; s . An ordinary mortal would have thought i himself three thousand leagues from Paris “or Logden, aud in the house of some opu- | lent-inhabitaiit of the, Celestial Empire. & | The fantastic furniture, with its extra- | ordinary and incoherent ornaments; the | delicious yet brilliantly-colored tissues, | that hung from the avalls; the beautiful | rose-colored lamps, that bloomed rather | than shed a light, transported onz at cnce |to Hong Kong or 8h nghair v %" | A divan, or sofa, very large, and: very i 16w, turnished with piles of cushions, cov- | ered with the same tissues that hung from the walls, wag placed at the further end of thig s: noking-room, upon which, smothered I‘ up in cashinere’” shawls, 2 young woman was lying, smoking a cigarette. - 'I .. She was a tiny little creature, but' her | throat, shoulders, and arms were exquis- | itely round and fauliless in shape; whilst | her dimpled, yet slender hands, with their L rose-tinted nails, looked like costly jewels, | only made to' be caressed. et . She was not beautiful-—hardly even | what could have been called very pretty; !but she had:oneof thosé faeces which, s onee seen, are never to be forgotten. : | Her forehead wag rather too high, and her mouth, notwithstanding its charming - fréshness of color, too large. Her eye-« “brows were perfectly arched, but they were 50 palpably artificial in fheir inky - blacknesg, and extreme decision of line, that they gave a certain hardness to ‘the whole face; but, to ‘compensate for - this - defect, her complexion was beautifully. clear; and of a pale olive color, that had an inexpressibly cool and soft appearance, Her dark, velvety eyes had a magnetic (power in them very rarely seen. Her teeth [ were very white and even; -and. lier black huir was lonig and fine, with blue gleams (in its rich, wavy masses. - i 5 I~ On perceiving Noel, who' raised the silk cewrtains that hung before the door as he {entered, she half: raised -herself, and leaned upon her elbow. b | “So,you've come at last!?: she said, speaking.in a sharp.vaice; “and it’s high | time, too!” ; i | The barrister.paused -for a moment, al- " most guffocdted by the tropieal heat of the smoking-room. L i :

| “What a stifling atmosphere!” he gaid. “Its like an oven!” ' [ ¢Do you think s 0?” remarked thetyoung lady. «“I'm sorry we differ in opinion. I think it awfully chilly; but that’s because - Tl'm ill. T hate lying down; it irvitates me, ang always brings on anervous headache! ' Waiting for you has made igworse! I ex- - pected you yesterday!™: ; . “lit was impossible for me to come—utterly impossible.” ~ . 5 [ “You knew very well, however, that two “of my bills were due tosday, and that I - had several heavy payments to make.” 7 Noel bent his head, and looked as awklward as a schoolboy whose' 'master is rating him on Monday morning for having neglected his lessons on Sunday evening. _ “oOh, come!” heexpostulated; “you real1y ought to forgive me, I'm only one day behind time.” - - : ; xi [ “And that’s nothing, is it?” replied the! [ fair occupant of the sofa. " “A ‘gentleman a—real gentleman, I mean-—doesn’t care & fig about his own bills, and all that; but 1 he earesrabout theose of the girl he loves, [a%tends one " day to make his wife. | Rec®Mect that I've a position to make; | and if T can’t pay my way, where amyl?” ! “My dear Pussy,” pleaded the barrister, | “only listen—" - - i “Don’t call me Pussy. I don’t wantany Ipe‘t names now. My name is Nicholson—- | Nellie Nicholson; and yowll oblige me by (putting ‘Miss’ before it when you address {me,” i = ; S

“Well, then,” said the young man, half amused, half vexed, “to prove to you, my dear Miss Nicholson, that I never forget you when absent, will you accept this bracelet, which you admired so much in the Palais Royal last week?” - . “Miss Nicholson, without raising herself, extended her lovely arm and hand to receive the casket,opened it with the mosi indifferent air imaginable, looked at its contents, yawned and said, “Ah!” “I 3 it the right one?” said Noel, anxionsIv. o} : ’e} L R ; ; “i4oOh, yes; it is thesgame, Only.it-looked twenty times prettier in the shop-window than it does now.”.. . “P’'m in ill-luck this evening,” said the barrister, discouraged. “Nothing 1 say ar do gseéms to please you.” ,

t“And ‘'why, pray?” : “in the first place, it’s very plain that yvon don’t like the braeklet” : “Buf indeed I do; it's a perfect love of o thing, and just makes up the dozen.” “It was now Noel’s turn to say, “Aht” - As she made no reply, but simply gazed in a dreamy sort of way before. her, a 3 though she were looking into theé dim distance, he added, “Well, I must say you’ve @ quéer gort of manner in expressing your satisfaction!” = i £ “Ah! that’s just like you men!? eried the lady. “Never satisfied unless you see us all ablaze with' love and gratitnde! Xon bring me a present—pretty and sim‘ple enough in its way—and you expect #e to pay you back in ready moeney.” ‘- ; « Oh, Pussy!” said the barpister, much ‘vt e CoenL e . “Yeg, in ready money/ I%ﬁ’mﬁean in pounds, shillings and pence, of course not. P'm notso mean as tgat-fbmi[ mean in the ready money of thanke. ‘Actording 1o your views on. the subjeet, I oaght to fill the whole house. with cries of thanks and - joy, whilst I clasp your knées and call you my ‘benefactor, my only friend?”” Cool as he was on ordinary occasions, it was very evident that Noel was extremely irvitated now, and his irritation seemed to delight the ¢harming Nelly beyond all expression. Fed aarl e . % Ave nob my simple thanks sufficient?” she went on. *Shall I call in Jeanette to ‘ndmire this wonderful bracelet?” . Noel made no reply, He kept his eyes persistently fixed on the g'rbumi‘ e But Ne.\:_lge wps determined to tease hnd torment hing. .. a 0 . «oOh, I forgot!” Jeannette’s nobody—only my maid! One of as,mgou know. haps yo'd prefer my sending down for fapotlon =t .Te young man shrugged his shonlders, hkmpﬁ?mﬂ‘; him 1o natize She SIS O SR el in e puplioodl, L R ; ’ G

~%1,80's be gerious, then,” said Nellie. I want a plain answer o a plain question. Why didw’t you bring me the three hundred pounds for which I was so.p}-essed‘?” « Because I had impertant business, and .couldr’. come.” Pin “And you couldn't have sent thems” she asked. » | «If I did not send or bring them, it was beci\uye I hadn’t them. In fact—in faet—" The young girl looked at him for a moment incredulously, then burst into a merry peal of laughter. - P “ Why, you're trying to act the ¢Romance of a Poor Young Man?” = “«Act? my poor liftle {Pussy! Pm not acting—l'm telling you the rea{ truth! I’'m. _ruined;, Pussy! T'm on my last legs! I haven’t a farthing in the world I can call my own!” | : ‘ ‘"The girl’s beautiful eyes flashed fire; and, springing from the sofa.she seized the young’bm-ristm’s hands, and clasped them in both herowns - :

4 Oh, Noel, can I believe you?” she said. «Oh, if 1 conld but believe you were telling me the truth!” by o - Her lover received this sudden gleam of joy like a dagger thrast; and placed his hand upon his heart, as if in pain. “She believes in what 1 have said,” he thought.; % and rejoizes in 1:3 ruin! She, wants an excusge to break off our long engagemént,and to be free to marry another!” He was utterly mistaken. : The very idea that a man had ruined himself solély for her, without letling a word of reproach escape him, transported this girl with a jpy beyond eunr power to describe. She alinost felt inclined to love the half-broken-hearted, penniless man, whom she had despised when he was prosperous, rich and. proud. = But, suddenly, she fell back on the sofa, with; another and more sudden fit. of laughing. vl o 5 “ What a sentimental little creature I am!” she said. “As if you men could think of anything: else but yourselves! If I spent a florin m@wel than' you intended me to spend, you'd take up your heart and your hat, and sdy good-bye to me for ever!” Lo L «That’s very'true!” remarked the barrister, cdldly. “As you never keep an ‘aeccount about anything, I am forced to do 03 and I find it useful in ‘proving to me how my income is frittered away without the slightest profit .or gratification to myself—" e ; ‘ .

The maid coming in with the tea, put a stop for the time to this tender duet between -the lovers—a duefi'which had already been rehearsed on seyeral occasions by poor Noel. "And we seize this‘opportunity to introduce our readers more fully to the lady who has taken the principal part in the foregoing scene. o ) CHAPTER XVII. . NELLIE, THE ENGLISH ROSE. ' | Miss Nellie Nicholson was a -Frenchwoman, but her fathier had been an . English jockey, well known upon the courses of Ascot and-Ep=om, . e “Brought over by his master to Paris, he took, after liding his first race at Longchamps, a very enviable position upon that ‘slippery and frowsy foothold, the French Tuarf. . e

- For the first year, “ Bandy Nicholson,” ag he was familiarly ealled by his friends, tock high honors—ko high that, despite thé peculiar character 6f his legs, hé walked into.the afiections jof a certain lady’s maid, in whom the yc{ung lord, hig employer, took a great interest. They were married. B ’ A few months afterwards, Bandy took to 'drink ; and a few months aftér taking to drink, he took to his bed. L One-month after taking to his bed he took to his coflin, and was duly taken to a parish cemetery, which his master, mindful of his past services, had graciously procured for him. S ‘And Nellie ? ) : { " ‘Poor child!" Three months after the death of her father her mother also disappeared with a Brazilian gentleman, who owned much cattle and cash in Rie-Ja-neiro. i’ ‘ - Unfortunate little Nellie!! An English rose thrown into the mire of the Paris’ streets, to be admired for the moment, and to.be trampled under foot, when its brief admiration was over. : But Nellie Nicholson had talent.. - A talent quickly seen by the quickeyes of a Parvisian manager, Osear Rigaud,proprietor of the Beaumarchais Theatre. - ¢ . This enterprising manager, quickly of-i fered the pretty girl an engagement, which—for it was a question of bread or no bread—swas ‘as quickly accepted. It was a hard life, and the girl’s heart hard-: ened with it. ; - She had been five years upon the boards of this low Paris theatre when, during a chance visit; her peculiar and striking heauty attracted the notice of the young barrister. : o S Through the fiiend who had taken him “bhehind the scenes” he made her acquainiance, and a few weeks afterwards made her a proposal of marriage. ; . This proposal, after a secret inquiry into his ways and means, was firmly rejected by the fair lady. That is to say, that whilst holding him {o his bond, she awaited the time until he acquired that position which ha asserted he was sute to attain. _ In the meantime, playing with the: madness of his love, shie permitted him to I'nin himself in her behalf, , A beautiful se¢rpent—the tighiness of whose coils were scarcely felt by the fas‘cinated victim, beckuge the pressure was 80 soft and so gradual, Lo Can; any excusé be found for Nellie Nicholson? L I Christian charity will ;sure,}y find one —namely, the root,of her evil education, struck deeply down into the Paris mud ; and what, with other and better culture, might and would have produced a better result, blossomed into & Dead Sea apple—. all brightness and . beaaty without; all dust and ashes within. Ly o But to return to the conversation interrup’(ed%)y the entrance of the maid servant | L o Her '};resence gave the young barrister time to recover himself, . . .

He looked at the pretty little creature on the sofa for whom he had sacrificed so much, and his anger faded away like a summerstofm: - 00 a 0

. The moment themaid hadleft the room, he drew his chair eloser to lher, and fock one of her tiny hands in his. ~ ‘ # Come—come!” he said, tenderly ; “why have you been so hard upon me this evening 2" If I've been in the wrong, you've punished me sufficiently. Tet’s shake hands, and be fifends” -~ = | _But she pushed his hand away, saying, in. a hard, dry fone, thatshe was too ill and too worried *to talk nonsense!” | .« I 111” said Noel anxiouslye “Shall T gend for the doctor?” o u ~«¥What for? There’s nothing the mat- | ter with mebut botheration. My life is nothing but a prolonged yawn. You don’t ‘ like e to be seen with you anywhere,and g 0 you won't take me anywhere. A nice sort of a husband you'll make! 1 like life, laughter, gaiety ; while {)ou are as grave as an undertaker, with a black scarf hang- | ing down to hiz heels, and a board with black feathers on his head.” e % You are not very complimentary, Neli’ie. If you only knew how much 1 sufer—'" ‘ Pa e «Goon! That’s iuél like you men—mobody scems to sulfer bad yourselvem) Why am I not to.Le seen about with you? Burely you've not ashamed of the person vou have asked {o B youn wite?? &~ “I tell yon thers are family reasons~~" . “QOh, hung tyom- famity roasone! ‘lf you loved me half as much as you say you' do, : ycu’x}xﬁ‘ﬁnktnd more of your fine family than I do of the puff of a cigarette.” ° f:‘;%;iﬁ&tgqesﬁon of memey > - “Well, thére certainly is something in that,” eﬂmwe Tittle {eamty.ﬁﬁ?%iﬁé y can get on without money, and o lot A too s?&* anymiebeangt o 0 o ¢ w‘éﬁ%”ﬁﬁmg’% fﬁr gm.mw _Baid the barrigter, with asigh. =~ \"d 4 ‘““:\4 :_. .:§§h ; 3 w.;} s ;:f,w i w“f .«1 M iﬁ%@ youpramiged- o oo o _ Tetgra che could conoliide the eentencey Nosl iad placed on the 866 l o pestion of

and I'm wrong to teaze you. My bills wiu - come to three hundred pounds, if all are seftled.” * ' o - . “And I have only brought ’;;yougfguf hundred. You must be satisfied with that. lam about to leave Paris for a few days.” | S . , “ Leaye Paris!” ‘ . “ For a few days only, and the result of that short, compulsory absence may be—nay, will be, our happiness for life.,” . &Js it agecrst?! "Oh, do tell me what it 159 : _~.::. p I e . ¢Tean't? ' L . « Do I” said the girl, clasping her hands,, and looking at him in the most coaxing mauner imaginable. : ; : . “ ¥ cannot ; in fact, I dare not ; but by--and-by you shall know all. In the meantime, listen to me attentively. Whatever may happen, and under no pretext of any sort, must you ‘attempt to see me at my house, ag you have already fried. to do. Don’t even write. If you disdbey me in this; you may do meé an irreparable injury; if you are ill, or anything unforseen occurs, send round that old thief—what’s his name?” e S “ Ducroe, the mone%/-lender?” L “Yes. I must see him to-morrow ; he’s got some bills of mine. And now good night, Pussy.” o e i % Good night ; and mind this must be the lagt of your mysteries and awful secrets ; for I tell you very plainly I don’t intend to put up with them.? -.:» i~ “This will be the last,l swear it, Pussy —the very, very last.” o

“Noel,” recommenced the young lady, this time very seriously, as she followed: him to the door, “I don’t feel comfortable about you. You’ze hiding something from me. -I know it—nay, I'm sure of it. For the- last few days there has 'been something strange about you — something I can’t describe — something ‘queerish’ — something I don’t like.”? = - ; ; ~ He made no answer, but kissing her hand, pushed her gently back, closed the door behind him, and a few moments after was in the street. , % . i » z it : «!,i ! e CHAPTER XVHEL i THE SHADOW OF DEATI. 5 Walking rapidly homewards, the yéung barrister entered by the private “d)ort known only to himself, and was soon’ingtalled in his sfudy before his absence could have excited notice. e ‘But five,minutes had hardly elapsed before there came an anxious rapping at his doon. . : o e @ Sir—sir, oh,do gpeak tome?!” .~ ' . “He opened the door impatiiently. . “Well, .what's the matier? 1 thought this was my study, a‘%d it was understood I wast’t to be disiurbed? =+ §2 « Oh, sir,” gasped the servant, wiping her eyes with her apron, “don’t be angry with me ; but missus is so awful bad! I've rapped at your door three times. You must have been asleep. Oh, sir, do come! I'm afraid she’s dying.”. = : The barrister followed the frightened woman into Madame Gerdy’s room. . He could hardly restrain an exclamation of fear as he looked at héer, she was, g 0 terribly changed. o Her face was livid in its ashen palor, and her eyes, whieh gleamed with a dull, Turid liglit, seented filled with a fine sort of red powder; or dust.: = : : Her long hair, that had escaped fyom the net shie wore, fell like a dark vail dé)wn her face and neck, contributing, if possi- | ble, toi the wilduess of her appearance. - From time to' time a groan or sob escaped her lips, mingled with unintelligible words. : o : e

Sometimes a spasm more terrible than - those that had preceded it wrung from her a ery of pain. i Shé did not resognize Noel as he entered —in fact, was unconscious-of the presence of any one in the'room. ° 2o ‘“Tsn’t she awtul bdd?” whispered thes poor servant ; “and wasn’t T right to ask, you to come and judge for yourself #7 ~ . “Yes. Bnt who would . have thonght that this fever would have made such proress? ,Put on your benret and run for gour‘ life to Doctor Harvey, and tell him to come at-once.” - e

Doctor Harvey was the young barrister’s most intimate friend, and Noel knew that the summons would be obeyed- »ag once. o Sl L :

“And he was right, for ten minntes had hardly elapsed before the doctor was in the room. In less time than it takes ‘to write, he had taken the lamp from the table, and, after examining the sick woman, came back to his friend. - «What's happened to her?” he said, abruptly.. “ Some great shock,eh? Now, mind, I must know the tuth, or I can do nothing.” : e . %“The truth?” sfammered the barrister, “Yes; the truth and nothing but the truth. This is a peculiar case—not at all an ordinary ons. She's suffering from encephalitis.” R -« Hncephalitis? what’s that?” : « Inflammation of the brain.” - % And the cause?”’ ; b o ~ The doctor looked grave and shrugged his shoulders. . . o

- &The usual cauze is the shock of some great sorrow ; a shock, at any rate, that siddenly strikes the nervous system. Tell me, Noel, tell mé as your oldest friend, has Madame Gerdy suffered such a shock?” - * The barrister paused for'some moments before he rveplied, then, pressing his. friend’s hand, he said: “Harvey, such 2 blow as that you hint at has, indeed, fallen upon this unhappy woman? - - “« Unhappy woman! Noel!'—Noel! Is it thus you speak 't your mother?” = The barrister raised his bhands with a gesture :of sorrowful .entreaty, and his head sank on his breagt. e « Madame Gerdy is not my motherl” . s Aréyoumadl® oo o « Alas! ‘no; though ‘the wrong I hLave suffered might have :deme so. Madarme Gerdy has robbed i fakuely vobbed me of ‘my inheritvism to envich her own son — roixhod (e ulike: of fortune and of name! It is now thrée weeks gince 1 dizvovered tho double frand; und the effeet of that diseovery you segr - Another pause; and then Noel acked,in © alow voice,and without moeetivg the cyesof his friend, « Is the malady dangerous?” - “®o dangerous,” was the solemn reply, 4 that unkess the attack be stayed within twentfy-four hours, your mother—l would gay, Madame Gerdy-—is a corpscl” | T | :":. o o § ; & ‘ : . [To BXE CONTINUED.] | , | i Gold and Silver.: L ‘ (From the Rocky Mountain Herald.) { " Many people have the desire to know the value of gold and silver in_ bulk. The following statement from Professor F. L. Schirmer, superintendent of the Branch Mint af this city, may 'be relied on as correct. The Eﬁnene‘ss of Colorado gold,-and the cal‘culations of value of gold - and silver are also given. - It is a matter of con‘siderable! value, and should be carefully pieserved for reference: = - One ton (2,000 pounds avoirdupois) ' of gold and silver contains 22.163 troy ounces, and, therefore, the value of a ton of pure gold is $602,799.21, and of a ton of silver, #37,70448, - . “A cubie foot of pure gold weighs '1,518.74 pounds avoirdupois; a cubic foot of: pure silver weighs 556.25 peunds avoidupeis, . - = o 0 - _lf there is one per cent. of gold ot | silver in a ton of ore, it contains. 201.62 ounces troy of either of these. petalas . e Theaverazeﬁn%nmﬁf% Colora- | dpol sBLIn L POO A e e A ;_gold 781, silver 208, copper 10; : tgﬁﬂim e | "The calculations it the mint are. ‘made on the basis tliat 43 ounces, of ‘worth 4500, and . 1 ounces of sily CL OWI & Tty e h Bigßo, - HOUINE (COIN )y 18 WOLLIT 01. 208 y ol L smaemas over his signafire. that he will bring | e rrin Sare e »‘

: ~ Holiday Season. | | . Nearly eighteen hundred and sev-enty-five years ago there was a proelamation issued that has vibrated from pole to pole, from sunrise to:sun-. set ever since. It was ot -issuégfby”‘ any of earth’s potentatés, nor was it first read, on parchment!or heard by the nabobs—but by the shepherds. A" voice from~ the heavens:in:the still: hour ‘of the night proclaimed, “Glory. to God in the highest, and ‘on: earth peace and good will toward man!” After this the, wise men from' the East came untoithe house, where they . saw the young child, and falling down and worshiping Him, 'they openedtheir treasure and presented untoHim gifts, &¢. From that day ‘down to the present it is the eusfom in all eivilized nations oy Christian commu- . nities t 0 celebgatehle birthday -of our | Savior by showing their good will to: | ward their fellow man in presenﬁngf} gitts. The more christidnized a com-' munity, the.more of-the “peace- zingl'-J good will ‘toward man” is shown in their deeds.” What parent who loves the child can refrain from showing | that love even in gifts according to circumstances! As holidays approach; | children, net only they but eldér people, look forward with bright hopes in anticipation of Christmas and New Year’s. And it is right and: proper that we should anticipate good' times; after a year of care and{rouble: the holidays are g fit oasis in our| lives in which to stop ' andirest!fronr. the wear and tear of business m’l’d’cul‘t tivate and renew sociability with one . another—lleave tokens of our love and | friendship in some suitable memento, which the recipient jvill always prize and lay away on the altar of the heart.. The gift, of whatever value it may have, when looked upon will unloek - the archives of the heart, and bring the fond recollections of the donor. . There never wasa more fitting time for ingratiating ourselves into one an- | other’s friendship and: estdem -than the coming holidays, verging on the great Centennial year of the . United States, When we look over the past year we are reminded of theifact that many of our; friends and dear ones, whose hopes for the sfuture -were ‘ bright,were called'away! How many: there are who dote! on a ‘present that belonged to séme déar one,or ona gift received from the one who .ise gone! We suggést to parents, teachs ers and friends that'you do not let the coming holidays pass over ‘“»’,itho_ut‘ showing your esteem and good will to. especially those whom you hald ;11Qst—l dear. 'There is nothing tliat tends to. Taise the spitits -of . Sabbath s‘ehOQL'] children more than a Christmas -01:[}3 New Year’s tree. ' If wd had the pow-. er we would have d tree in every Sabbath school. - We understand that in many places steps have already been taken to this end. “To those who are not able on account ofisickness or in-t clement weather *to attend the tree: we suggest: : b e

i . . "Hang up the baby stocking, .+ - - e Be eure you'don't foraet . . o e i . A Bad Flan. : e " [From the Atlanta (Qa:)JCunsiit\.ubiﬂu T As Si was eoming up town from the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line railroad depot, yesterday, he indulged id a little song all to himself. Two other negroes passed by lim,’and one of them shouted back: ey ~ “Pin up yet ouder lip, ole man, and stop dat racket!” -. . . : L “Who yer talkin’ ter ?”said Si, stopping short and turning arpund. “Talkin’ to you; who yer tink. I'in talkin' to, you ole Guinea rooster you? - : = e - “Yer don’t know me, doyer?2” asked. 3o o 25 o i oL “I"dbn’{;. keer who you is; yer ain't no grand army.ob de’public; nohow!” _“Look Uyar, 'm de mos’ disconrage-. ous nigger in dis Atlanty City, and I'll jis take dis hyar heap and butt yer in ter de fore part of Christmas week, 1 willl” : e Y “Yiou's a.da—" " L Just then Si took airun with: head bent down, and two seconds after there was a si¢k nigger in the, mud, wanting nothing under heaven but a doctor. iAnd-as Si went:on he, remarked over his shoulder: “I'm a bad nigger; allus wus; wus bad ’fore de war, bad all in de war, bad arter de wat, and I’'m deToudes’ buttin’ nigger you eber read about in books wid de leave all out and kiverlost”> = .

; A Juventile Sguabbie. ' Two boys who had not attended the Moody and Sankey mecetings were visible in Sidney place, yvesterday, with fingers firmly locked in ecach otherg’ hair, and the crowns of their heads pressed” closely together, like two young billy-goats. They had been having a very fierce battle, and. had paused long enough to get breath and exchange a few friendly words. - .|~ . Eirst boy—“l’ve heard things about, your father—he gets drunk and licks his wife.” . o - e

- Second boy—“Yourmother takes in washin’ and steals other folks’ clothesbwes. o Chaia s

First boy—“ Your father’s had ‘the small-pox, andsbeen in jail” =+ | = - " -Second boy—*“Y out mother borrows soap, and sugar, and flat-irons, and | never gives 'em back.” o - First boy—*“l don’t b’lieve you never had mo mother, and. if mine was sueh a father .as' your'n I'd drown Hime e Second boy—"You'ne a “willian; Jolmny Parker, and so {5 all your: family, and when you die, oh won't 1. go and dance on your grave!” ¢ - Then the cup of their wrath. was full again, and they jerked each other around till ‘the roots of their hair seemed to rise in remonstrance, and. their little sealps stood up like nuti meg-graters.—Prooklyn Argus. = . | ¥ T.\ i s‘?“’f"’f .él o S s ‘Focisin Bataral Histovy: | . Frogs, toads and serpentis never eat any food but that which they think is alive. o e . When a be¢/ wasp or hiornet stings, it is nearly always at the expense of its ﬁfe. Sl ; Gan - Serpents are o tenacious to life that they will live six .months or longer without faod; e Turtles dig ‘holes in the sand and bury their eggs, covering them to be Batehed by thesen, . = - = = A whale suckles its young, and is ‘therefore notia fish. The mother's affection is remarkable. >i o * Toads become torpid in winter, and: hide themeselves, taking no food -for five or six-months. o Proposed Reunion of the ‘.F!%d!fgﬁi}%ﬁiﬁlti _ Confederate Avmics in 1696, A niovement is on foot in Philadel- | soldiers of the lute war in that city at.| ITt is proposed to have both the Northb7 ee G Dby itlicle leading Genefals, and by |

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.| STATEPOLITICS. E 4 L The %lvansvﬂle Conrier makes t&m “autheritative statement that Hon. W. 'S¢ Holman will,not be a candidate for ~Governor of -Indiana. . The Courier throavs the weight of its influence to Niblek 0 Ee o " The Evansyille Couriér hopes to ‘see the Hon. W. E. Nili);l;ac'kﬁfdécla}f)éd. the ungnimous no;mmgzeislof%xé Democraey..for Governor. Mr. Niblack is an excellent man; and would make ' creditable - ‘Governor.— Plymouth Depooral, oo a 0 . There i 3 a. movement on foot in the Indianapolis district; to hold a judici.al convention to put forward. a cahe _didate for the supréme bench: who. shall: be- sati§factory fo both parties. - The desire seems to be to get theseJection of sapreme judges out of poli‘tics as much 4s ?j_;ﬁ’q‘sﬁb}e.ﬁﬂlyzfzo'zﬁzflz Demagrgl, oy Br ot Bl - - A telegrami states that: it has- been decided to hold the Democratic State -Convention at Indianapolis, on ..'Wcal- ' - nesday, ‘thelsth of tMareh; the anni‘yersary “of Jackson’s birthday, instead of the Bth.of January, the anni'yersary of th‘é;igdtﬂéigf New Orleans, “ds has heéen the eustoi.. 1t would be preferable to -have it some months later..- It is not prebable that Con--gress. 'will have adjoarned’ by ‘that time, and’ if not, the day is too early. Tiong ecampaigns are useless as well as tiresome,sHuntington Democ aty- ~ Phe Republican Stape;,_'C;Zn:ve"/itidh has been ealled to meet: on the ‘22nd of February. - ‘The Democracy 'h a‘&e not yet appointed a day for their convention, and we. hope the committee “will act wisely in that matter and not -eall jt'too.soon, A Tolig canvass re-. “sults‘in no gosd to eiflier party and attracts ‘the attention: of -the people from biwsiness a. greater length of “time than!there is any necessity fon - When the time comes let us put ja good tieket in the-field and make|a _short, vigorous ant decisiye fight, ind E“}s‘ﬁ ccess will crown the’ effortsof the ' Democratic hosts.—Rochester Sent LHFL " Mhe greenbiack meeting at’ Andianapolis on-Wednegday ‘evening,. Dec. Bth, adopted. resolutions favoring an immediate -vrepeal -of the specie 1e-

sumption act and the substitution of greenbincks: for National bank® notes. The'eall“for the meeting, it was announded; was signed by 4,000, ¢itizens of Indianapolis. -~ The meeting. was held in the hall of the House of Representatives, however, ‘whieh awill searcely hold 800 persons,” S]:tcec,h%‘s were:made by John GeDtew, of: New. Jersey;-and Sidney. Myers, of Chicago, | (Gen. Ben= Butler was -annowneced as one of the speakers, but failed to make hisappeaianee, a 0 8l © An Indianapolis; correspondent: of the Evansville Couyier -anuounces, on the autherity -of the gentleman hims self,” that “the ITon: Win. S. Holman will not, under.any eircumstances, dlJow hisname to.go before the Demo--cratie Convention "as'a candidate for ‘Governor: . Without:” indicating ja. _choiee, the Pharos may, express the ‘hope ‘that Judge Holman can be in--duced to reconsider his determihation shounld- it béeome maunifest that e fis the cholce of a Majority. of thie. Democracy -of the Btate.. If, however,. ‘he:should remain firm in adherence to Liis.conclusion, the -party has two ex‘cellent” candidates ~for the momination in Judge Niblack and Ton. D; W. Voorhees; either-of whom would honor the’ choice by bringing to the gu})el'l}ﬂtt_)l_‘i:ﬂf . ofiide, s should” they be . ‘elected, an henesty, ability and experience which would reflect credit upon “the party which they will tepresent.+— ‘ L?O;'mnszzogzt,:ff"?ta:izﬂs% S e | Ibis now thought, but not décided, that the Penmocratie State Conyention “will be held on Wednesday, March 15,. being the anniversary of. (len. Jack‘son’s. birth. Among -the candidates mentionéd for, Governor- are: ‘_’Jud'%e ‘Dayid Turpie, on. Wm. 1. "Niblack, Judge George A. Bicknell, of New Al ‘Dany, and - on, William 5. ‘Holman. For:Lieutenant. Governor are Hons, R..C. Belb-and Ji D. Sarnighausen, _})f of Fort Wayne; Ju B. Stoll, of Ligonier, and. Ciph. Joseph AS: Mit}'cli&%l,. . ‘ofr Goshen. "It is likely thé present .incumbents ‘will:be ‘renominated foR _Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer of | State, Attorney General,” and ‘State -Superintendent of Pyblic Instruction. The four: Judges of the Eﬂ""'erﬁte | Court—+Messrs. Worden, Buskivk, Pettit and Downey—whose term of offiée ‘expires next year, are also mentioned for renomination. “Among the num-. -erous eandidates ‘mettioned for repoiter of the Supreme Courtis Angustus - Marting of - Bluffton —~Daviass,

CaiDemoeraly h v irin 2vt s il 5 »«m»m:»-«——- ot ok 3&;;é'a*.;:x;f?’iie"ﬁ;edié’gl4ij_énﬁfsc. i © The edition for 1876 of the sterling Medical Annual, knewn as Hostetten's “Almande, is now réady, and may be obtained, freé of cost, -of ‘druggists andgeneral: coyntry: déalers in all parts of the United: States and British América, and indeéed in every ciyilized porticn: of the Western IHemis sphere. It cambines, with the sound: -est’ praetical advice for the preservastion and restoration-of health, @ lar%e{ amount -of “interesting and. amusing light reading, and the -calendar, astronomical calenlations, chronological ‘items; ‘&e, are prepayed: with great Lcareaud-will be found entirely aceni--rage. THe jssue of Hostetter's: Alma-. - nae for 1876 will probably be tlie largest edition of a medjcal work. ever, ‘published in any-country. - The prp_prietors, Messis. Hostetter & Smith, Pittsburg, Pa; on receipt of a two Jcent stampy will forward ascopy by atail to' any persoir who eannot pro--eure one in his neighborhood. 32-wib. - QOMPTROLLER KNOX récommends ity the most urgent terms- th‘e‘pﬁnsozi-‘f - dation of the naticnal debt inte bonds bearing not more than 4 per cent. interest, and le: confidently: believes that this ean be waccomplished ‘_Wi‘t'hj_ni ten years. - ‘This expectation is based;. Of - course, upon confidenee that the promise of resmnption” shall be faithfully kept; without if, such a consol‘idation is “not within the range of possibilities. -Mr. Knox alse .-f»iﬁl‘}éis “that the National Banks should favor such & consolidation, for it would ‘furnish s resource wherein the banks could invest and keep their reserves, and conyert them. readily. Mean‘while, e thinks that no better guars antob-of financial seurity uih be found than a banking system’ which 000,000, of .wliich $1.000,000,000 are ee, dud more thin oage Tashuises - i el oot eibl 8

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. . GENERAL ITEMS.. « = _There Seems to be a prospectfoﬁ,;iiﬁ% littlé shindy with Spain. *‘ctzv“ity:,?i‘,éfiﬂ;;g:; teported in the United, St%te navy. { yards. What it’s all about is not VJ?I tlearly defined. | <« g e ~ The English.geographical seciety have celebrated Stanley’s discoveryin = = Africa, and declard that he is entitled’ to the richest gifts in the power of . the society to bestow.: e ‘g ! A Baltimore servant girl the otﬁa,r‘:;, S morning tried the good old time-hon- o ored plan of lighting the kitchen fire ' with kerosene. N"Jgthing has hen? n%;g of her since:—xN. V. Oommercial | d-li *_'The maddest nian in Wisconsi 18*%‘2@? John Leigh, ~of?})con1';o.; He w amg_gé“ candidate :for mémber of Assem l{y,;:g and being a conscientious man vo ed{%ﬁ for hig opponent, who was elected by = ' just one majority. LR R v&: ~Said, the Springfield Republican a few weeks ago: “The trouble with ol Vice President Wilson is that I‘-iz;* SRS never learned to work-wisely, or eat . wisely, or play at all: * He is the great A representative American in these re- * é 'SPGCtS-_” o i L ; y 1 »’ % The number of all the}_locb‘motixl‘ré&i“}3'%‘; in the ‘world is 50,000, representing &/ .. .eapital of 2,500,000,000 franecs, -The = United States have 17,200; England, | . 10,900, Germany, 5,700; France, 4,900; 1}; Austriaf 2,700; Russia, 1,600; and Ttaly 1,200, } @1 o RO e . On January ist, of the present year; = '~ ‘there. were in operation in the United . States 72,623 miles of railway, not in- g cluding roads of narrow guage usual- % ly called “local roads;” in all European . countries, 81,083 miles, being an excess of ‘but 9,362 miles of all! Europe ",Q .over the United States. =~ i ‘ ““Neuralgia’js tlie name,of a pretty girlin Possumglory. Her mother saw: ti the niame on a bottle of medicine and . applied it—the name —to her daughter. . « { And now that she hag bloomed into: rosy, radiant womanhood, all the W young men in town would like to take }L Neuralgia in theijr arms, It wouldn't . e b’e b‘cld. Ly i i e L ~‘ ""L‘ It is said that President Lincolm © once said to Senator Fessendens |‘f “What is your religion?” - “Not mueh = to boast of, but I suppose lam as much a Unitarian asanything.” “Ohy ﬁ a Unitarian,” said Lincoln: “I thought = you might, be an'Episcopalian. . Sew=. ard is Episcopal, and Tl' notice you . & swear about as he does.* ; 1 . *l5 Enormous frauds upon the pension =l% office have been unearthed 'in Phila. « % ' delpbia. Hundreds of names are on. = & the lists of persons who were never '| ¢ ‘in the -army or were not entitled to. pensions. The frau(?s were made pas;-* : “l% 'Tible by a system of {wholesale petjits e [ 1¥: A large numbet of pension attor- ', ‘neys have beeti debarred from practice 4 in consequence of eomplicity: - -- ’ % - The Government now ‘supports | morg-than 75,000 Indians in idleness. | The recommendation of the Board ":9f;;-;:~3;;;j§ Indian Commissioners, that the. m;‘n: E be compelled to work and the {(_(ih o dren to attend school, ig entitled fo v | serious ‘consideration, The expensg. & is now $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 per - " ' num and the ! Sioux, wh gonstlt‘u"cé_f&;{{fgjg the, bulk of the aborigihal paupers, | tare incremsing in population every i B LA e ‘An \immense amount’of business @ . was transacteds by the ‘general land ! coffice last year, yet not so much as the ;= previous year. The report of .the i/i ‘ecommissioner shows that disposals eof f land by cash sales. were 745,061 acres; B homestead entries, 2,356,057 ‘acres;

certified to rail roads, 3,107,643 acres; total disposals, excluding the above and ‘others, 7,070,271 acres, which ds = less by 2,460,601 ucres than the disposal of the previous year.. The cash receipts ave $1,784,001. , ./ L & Sl ~,,.«,"‘b..f.-:,‘ e : o 5

| - Personals. o oo L - The Owensboro S#ield recenty con- - tained a humorous string of “person-. als,” which is a burlesque ¢n the toadying process, indulged in by cert-aip( i high-falutin 'editors: -To give our ' } readers an idea of ‘the richness of the ‘burlesque, we republish a few of the Shield’s personals:’ o e ‘Miss Bridget O’Flanagan, an aocom\-“i’w“%; plished dish-washer, is stopping at Col, OFlgritys.: - M [t e Miss Sallie MeCashingberry, cham- o bermaid in Jenking’ livery, stable, Louisyille, paid us .a!visit:the othér = day. ' She is looking the picture of -good health. ©~ At last accounts she was looking for the local editor of the * | Monitor to negotiate for a puff. ~ Mrs. Matilda Ann Bustle, the charming dish-washer of the Blowhard Ho- - tel, is the guest of Mrs. Dindh Crow, consort of Mr. Hannibal Crow, Esqi, o ‘white-washer;, to the aristobzacyv,v,g'_)'ﬁ?‘?:’fw;‘: the city. : e \sfﬁ . Equaminondas Muttonhead, bartens «der at the “Caeino,” Evansville, is mg,; ‘our city negotiating the ownership of' - ‘a beer saloon on the'leves. .. = 2@ - Junius Quincy, Esq.; of the shovel ‘brigade, Cincinnati, is on a visit to his brother, who has ‘a contract as a fire‘man on the packet Roberts. * © = Snifkins staked his ali on the resul of r&a' game of euchre the other night! = andlost: Throwing down ithe cards, & he exclaimed ix‘i’th_e following pathet- = ‘ic strain: “T’was ever thusin ehilgs hood’s hour, I've seen my fondesh ¥« ‘hopes take flight, and every time T played. the left bower some one btm%%%: it with the right.” e . We .no&da in. one or two of ou g Democratic exchanges a demand that . * the, State Central Commitlee call g Demoeratic State (go'nve&twﬁj cat ale ~early day. No good reason has been advanced that |'we have seem OF & heard of why tliere should ‘be sp = much hgste in the matter. The old time oustom whas to hold the State = Convention on the anniversary of the = battle of New Orleans: but in that day our'elections were held in Angus, and we had no - railroadss the candis dates in making canvaﬁémfi,;ﬁ B were compelléd [to travel by private ' cgfgfggng& over. bﬁlﬂ oads, EHek state of things has all passed BWay, and with wi% ~go old customs The daily papersfrom’ the cities age M%@Mﬁ’ 01 :'f” rners in the _State the same day on which they a Chiihea: snd. theve I conialiuig i | prolpnged throughout the "year, wi ﬁ%"’“ ished L s me:«wwg%?m %'@h% dgpt: [ BERHRGIEEbU, Lo O RGEERT a E R