The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 January 1876 — Page 1

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- C(ITIZENS BANK, L, 't ETGONIER; INDIANA. : * . First-Class Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. / ' | ; Al p@r_ties having **Public Sale-‘f)'otcs.” will do . . well to see us befora .dlsposing of them else©whefe. . . g 5 Exchan_{]é Boughiaml Sold, and ‘Foreign . Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities S eof Euiape. ) : ’ ;. | g e R 4 Agents for First-Class Fire and Life . Insurance-Companies. G o e STRAUS BROTHERS. AL, M. RITPERBAND, Notary Public, . | Ligonier, Ind’, Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 ‘ T ZaMEsS M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. frean 0 VDilice n the Godry douse, k ALBION, - - - = - IND. 815 L. COVELLL : i ; ‘ . Astorney-at-Law & Netary Public¢ e .. - Garretd, dmdiana.: R ¥ Ofce in‘the Secley Block, wc_:«t’sidé Main Street. ; .W. GREEN, ' ' » lgle o . . Todew 3 1% , Justiceafthe Peace & Collection AT, ; Oiﬂxﬁ—iiecund Story, Laudon’s Brick B_'mt:k, ‘ LIGONIES, -- . INDIANA. ¢ B Lo 0 e & B. C. VANCAMDP, ; ATTORNEY AT LAW, i wigonfer, & 1 2 Indinns, e . Special a‘tention givento collections and conveyancing, and the writing ofdeeds, moyigages, and contracts, - Legal business promptly attended to, Oifice over Juedbs & Goldsnpith’s Cash Store. 9-50 U G, ZINEMIERIMAN, Attorney-at Law & Notary Public, Officeiover Gerber’s Hardwa.e, Cavin Street. : : Ligonier, Indiana. ? January 7. 1875.--37 ey , S f, B. MNESELY,. CATTORNEY AT LAW: j,_.; LIGONIEE, i - - INDIANA. | + ‘ger-Office on second floor of Landen’s Block. 7-2 © WML B! MeCONNELL, Attorney nt Lavw and Circuit Prosscutor, © SUANGOLA, oot i) il INDIANAL AY_professional bukiness prpmptly and satidfac4. 1 terily attended to.. % o Loy T 9-39 C T ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peacé & Uonveyancer. ) . LIGONIER, INDFANA. . Spécialattention given toconveyancing andcols) lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up,’ i "andall.legal business attended 'w,promptly‘aud _accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, ‘ - _ ! dMay 15187313-8-3 Pyl 11, WARKEMAN, . 1.0, . . b Isnrance At &Justics of fhePsac FasnranceAy ¢ &Justics of feFeace, . :KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. = , Office with; A. A. Chapin,Mitchell Block. Will ¢ treceive sulbiscriptionsito Tue NaTIONAL BANNER. (IS i S, ST SRS ;'DR. R. DEPPELLER, , i 1 4 TUROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC ' PH ¥YSICILIAN. ‘Office over Cunningham's Drug Store, east side ot Cavin Jigeet, Ligouier, Indiana. ! 10-2

. . W.CRUM, ' +-.. . - o } Physician and Surgeon, ' LIGONIER, : - INDIANA, | Office over Baum's Grocery Stove. . v 9 n3-Iy. '.-‘_,,,_.__7__ e% i ~__,,,...Lv___,:_. - , Gk, W. CARE, -, Physician and. Surgeon, TIGON.ER, - -i- ~ - - IND., - Willprompfly ritend all calls intrustedtp him. Office and residepce on 4th Screet. < Co % Bl FELEEAL, ‘ Qi Rpoms oFer I E. Pike’s Grocerv, (RGeS Chroer of Main ahd Mirchell Streets, (Y Y Y Papposise the Post. Ofise Kendallyille, Ind. . & All work warrdnted <&} ! : Kendallville, Mayl, 1874, =~ *- . Oei Y ‘ AR Langhing Gas! £ V@) PANLESS EXTRACTION P e s W R - = g(,‘— o ;-,-.g._ki;. N ™ S Ay . N L - T 2 AN Bt s A '\-;;;—.;:é TSy 3 giisy T i e Yol Qg 255 v e flna. N o 4 Ganty Dilies f \/ ! . Filbng Teeth a Specialty |- Ligouier, Idd., Nov. 11,71875. ) 1-1 ] Try T" S S “- TEEGARDEN HOUSE, i Laporte, Indiana. . V. W, AXTELL:, : ": : Proprietor. . Laporte, April 5. 1871. ) L ’ AANANRD & (AT AVIRA WINTE “JONCORD & CATAWBA WINE.

W{e’&.-ee,') d¥asiantly o hand and sell in large or : sm il gaaativies, w suit castomers, - - ‘Wine of Sur Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Julce of : ; the Grape, | [y ' R . SACK BROTHERS.. . Ligonier,July,3,*7l.-tf - ™, : N ; Winehrenner & Hoxworth,- ' - JIOUSE,.BIGN' AND OBNAMENTAL 5 PAINTERS, . Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hasngers. Shop near coruer of Fourch and Cavin Bts.; oppo- : site Kerr’s Cabinet Shap. ) Ligoanier, - - » -~ Indiana, STOP AT TIEE. : , Y h -~ BRICK KEIJJLY HOUSE : \ KENDALEVILLE, INDIANA. : NEW COMMODPIOUS THREE STORY BRICK ° _Hotel,onlyten rods trom the L. 3. & M. S. R. R Deé;ot, and four sqnares from the G, R. R R — Oaly tive minufes walk to any of the principal basinegshonsesofthecity. Traveling men andstrangers willfind this a first-clase house. Fare $2 per. day. J. B KELLY, Propritetor, Kend~'lville. Aug. 3.1870.-14 2 oo Y PHILIP A. CARR, . ATUCTION EER, Offers hisseryices to the publicin general. “Terms moderate. Ordersmay'be left at the sheestore of P.Sisterhen.. : d Ve . Ligonier, J‘apuax"y B,"®-3T - : , e C.V.INKS, 4 > ‘Wt o r - DEALERIN'MONUMENTS, - Vaults, Tomhstones, AND BUILDING STONES - LIGONIER, IND. -~ Apri112,1871.-50 ; 5

& L EEILES’ £ £ e “Z’?‘Jv o LA ) MDERE F . - o 3-89 L: . . J:.-.-F".: .::} :?i ;!:%é Q%Eﬁ eGeßhd D E . 3 -f:.A_;f e .0 % = . ff}&f&“@fm G L%MOE‘HA : | Cares Y&ulezlz. Face Ache, Rhau’m‘iﬂnm. iiout, ~| Frosted Fee',Chilblains Sore Throat.Brysipelas, | Bruisesor Wounqspk‘eve}-y kindin man oranimal | luPORTANT T 0 OWNERS OF Horsrs,~ Grnes’ Lin- .| asexr LoviNe o¥ Ammosia. We have rold quanti- | tiedof it. In nb cade has it failed to give sutis- - faction. Every une spesgksim its praise. Lume- | pess, hutiches curbs, blood spavin. No stablé | shounld be withourit. = : o 1 ' i - C.M MOSEMAN &.BROTHER | . 5 ‘Fine Harness, 114 Chamber St - Sold by all Druggiste. Depot4sl Sixth Ave N. | Y. Oalysocents and slabottle. 28w 13 .« W.A. BROWN, ,~‘[ . ?-'.Mtnnfacmrero:f and De&_ler!n =il kinds of ei- L i FURNITURE, feEkR P 2 vc groie - SPRING BED BOTTOMS, - o oy > 2 : Sa L WILIOWWARE, el . BRACKETS, &c . COFFPINS&CASKETS " Also: LADIES’ SHROTDS of varions patterns, ' A.wayson hand, and will be faruiched to order b f{.hne,n.ls%:;aum with ken@é;«ﬁgﬁ;@gqud&

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[' BANKING HOUSE - SOL. MIEKER, ’ Conrad’s New Briék_Bmck, LIGONIEB, IND’NA. » . ) S U . Mouey loaned on long and shorttime. : Notes discounted at reasonable rates. . Monies received on depositand interest allowed on specified time, . . f Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts ~drawn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2 L TO THE FARMERS: YoOU will please take notice that T am still en- ~ L-gagedin buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price., . s ~ Ifyoudonot find me on the street, call before selling, at/my Banking Office; in Conrad’s Brick =Block. i SOL. MIER. Ligonier.lndiana, May 7tdh.' 1 S74,——‘tf Y

iR T J -0, : HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, = //7‘“6\ ' ; . 7 Lz R A GMIF @ M A@) e\ /@ Qiy ,;B" gl j\\ f/ SO ) # \ ’ . %<, | ‘X’v’""‘ NN T il I . L ONGGe =TT . { A :i,'/_"g:zb/; R | - W\ AR~ { NG «{f//\\ / N A . &y@ o =2O Jln )LS ‘ U+ oo )Y A Ce R Cg/,‘* e - %7 TR N WATCH-HAKERS, T IV lETLICRS, . —and déa]ér;s in—go o . 5 . b Weatches, Clocks, Jewelry, F " . —AND— : ' - " Fancy Goods, S . Y REPAIRING _ Neatly and promptiv exeécuted and warranted. ™ Agents for Lazaras & Morris’ celebrated Spectacies e . g ~ign bl the Big Watel, opposite the Banner Blogk, Lngonier, lud. - Sep. 30, '75-35

. 1 Y 3 - DR. GEO. CLEIS el } e ° ) -1 - . - » - . Set B p i « . B This Liningent possesses great curative powers for varions ailments. For asthmatic complamts, difficult breaching tighiness of the breusi, and ‘ailments of vhe lungs, 1o is applied externally. on the brewst, and beiween the shoulders. In case of suarp pains in the back and limbs, nead-acae, ear-ache, affections of the Lhroat, or in cases ofintvr’ua%iujurira..’!\vhuxher resultinyg from a severe siroke, fall or biuise; whi= Liniment is especially efliciéious. It relieves ulcers, upen woands; saly rhenm, white swelling, milk ‘leg, and works charming'y on corns, chilblains, frosted hands feet nad ears. Nurging mochers suffering. from swollen breasts, resulting from{ a stagnadoa of thelacteal fluid, will ind this lanimenc of incalculable benefic by way of separating the swelling, alluying: the fever.and hexliog the breast. By several applicadons pes day, nighly satistactory resultgmay be obrained irom vhe use: of vhis Linimeunt inthe tréatment of vamors’ fistula, caucer, piles, auid like diseares | 2lso, for wounds resulting from scalds, biirns-aud cuts, and from he bites of wasps, suakes and mad dogs, or poison’ng from noxious pfaiits = The French Linmeut wiil also Le found x.viluable household rewmedy in cases of rheamatism,croup’ xcdriet feve: diphtherin, quincy, bronchinis, serofala, crysipu?us,—-fur external upplicavons. Cholera, cuolera morbus, colie; cramps, spasams, flux, diarthea and grpings in the buwels may be efieciually checked by the interual nse of tuis celebraed Liniment, as follows: Oue-half teaspoovniul four to tive times within a pertod of irom ene-half hour to two or ihree hours, according to the severity-of the case. ' For colice, \&ztku oue or two doses. For flux or diarrheea, infans, one year of age, require. from 5 to 6 drups\‘; two years old, from 10 10 12 drops; given insugar. Rub the abdombn with the Linimentt. ‘For tuflammuiion of the vowels, use the Liniment iuterually and externally. . R

3 Price 50 Cenis per Botile., - Prepared and !:mm*.l‘uc:m-e:‘d exclusively by ) . S ‘DI Geo. Cleis, - 014 t YU GOSEHIEN, IND. Drs. PRICE & BREWER. rs. PRI R - HAVE ) 1 S‘ . . '; S & VISITED LAPORTE e A4S TP 1 RS KSR - FIFTEEN YEARS. e e — I]AVE— et with unparalleled success in the - treatmentofall. o i, Chroniec Diseases

T oy W T 2 - OFTHE . 7 THROAT, - LUNGS, e : T @ gyt C HBEART, I L‘m&‘.ﬂ"l R B o STOREACH, 7 LIVER, Nerves, Kidneys, Bladdey, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Organg. Grayel. Serofula, Rhenmatism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitig, Dys~ pepeia, &ec. i ; : ; Ourreputation hagbeen acqaired by canaid,honest dealing and years of successful practice. ; Our practicé, not one of experiment, but founded on the laws of Nature, with: years of experience and evidence.to sustain it,:doesnottear down, _make sick to make well; no harsh treatment no trifling, no flattering. Weknow thecause andthe, remedy needed; no guess work, but knowledge 'gained by years of experience in the treatment o 1 ‘Chronicdieeases exclnrively; no ¢ncouragement without a prospect. Candid in out opinions, rea®onable in onr charges, claim nog to know everything. or cure everybody; but-do lay claim to reason and common sense. We invite the sick, no matter what their ailment, to call and'investigate hefore they abandon hope, makeinterrogations and décide for themsélves; it wiil cost nothingas consnlta:ion is free. e 2 Dre. Price & Brewer can be eonsulted ag follows: " Ligonier, Ligonier House, Monday, March 13th. o ey Kendallville, Kelley House,Tuesday, March 14th. S : LaGrange, Brown’s Hotel, Wednesday, March 15th. LI o ' Vigits will be made regularly for years. . Residenceand Laboratery: WATUKEGAN, ILLINOIS. e SON R Sy ¢

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Ia Dolaved. snd Lite Proloncd by using ‘R. & T, Tonie Blixir and Ligquid Extract of Beef. This. medicine can lot under any eirenmsismnee fail to cure Indigestion (‘omupmiou, Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervousness, f.ns.«_ of Strength and Appetite, Lung xL)ver,,'Ble\dder, Kidney, Stomach, B?v(}d,\'nid ¢hildren’s Diseases. All Female diseases . and wealinesses this'.medicine will positively cure, “Allgases of Piles arising from natural eauses or by the usde of Injurious medicines are permanently cured. The pure Beef Juice and Blood prepared from - raw meat furnishes strength and nonrishmeént, : | Feof. 88, Wavie, €hemist and President of Cinciunatl Celiege of Pharmuey, suys: ; 5 : 5 Crxorswatr, April 2, 1875, | Mzesms, Ricuanoson & TULLIDGR: : - Grsts—Having beenrmade agg fnainted with the com-g:,-x%(mn of your B, & T. Toniz Elixir and Liguid Extract of Beef, would ehy that it.possesses yvaluable medieinal ‘prnwrlvleu. as all -the ingredients eniering iuto its eompowition have . well-known and tposltlve mediecinal value " which combined togéther must form an excellent. tonie, cathartie, and nutritive médirine, and.one well guited 1o relieve ‘many complaints incident to our elimiites © JBespeetiully, E, B, WAYNE, - ¢ If youdonot find fhis rgedicine ab one drng store, catl s atotitr, aad if 77 i 3 not on-gale in your place, base your druggist order it, or send direct tous, - Price, 81,00 per Botile. Sent ou receipt of price. RICHARDSON & TULLIDGE, Cincinnati, O

Pl ¢ gl i 1> arisian Deleclive . . 08, S 4 DESPERATE DEED BY .t ERSKINE BOYD, Avutnor or “THE StoLEN CHILD,” “DRIVE( ) . From Home,” &e., &c. - . R [CONTINUED) . o e - CHAPTER XXXVIIL | OLD CORKSCREW AT WORK. ! Daddy Tabaret, alias Old Corkscrew, as we all. know, was a great talker; but he was something better than that, a doer alsoj; and,'when he’ chose, as thorough a: ‘man of busihess as any tc be found in the Stock Exchange. .. - j . Deserted by hisi friend, the magistrate, anid thrown upon his own resources, he went to work with redoubled energy, without losing a minute, cv indulging himself in a woment’s repose. L The story of his scampering about i an open carriage was no fiction. Seattering his money right and left, the quee old fellow hLad forng o 16t ¢f veeruit: -pl'illuip:l!l)‘i— defectiv., 4 s letm

geveral bankers’ clerks of shady reputation, and a couple of [raudulent bankrupts. With these honorable auxiliaries, seconded by his faiatical admirer, Lecoq, he scoured the country reund Bougival. His researches were mnot. entirely futile. After three days of minute! investigation, he was able to prove satisfactorily that the rmurderer had not taken the train at the nearest railway:station (that of Rueil), but had proceeded to the next (Chatou.) . Daddy Tabaret recognized the description given by one or two of the railway guards. A young man, with dark ‘hair and eyes,; and a thick black moustache, wearing a great coat, and carrying a silk umbrella. He.arrived by the train that left Paris for St. Germain at half-past eight in the evening, and seemed pressed for time. On leaving the station, he walked rapidly away on the road to Bougival. On the route towards the village of La Jonchere two men and a woman had remarked him on account of his half-running pace, and the energetic way he puffed at his cigar. At the bridge which, at Bougival, conneetg the two banks of the Seine, he attracted still further observation. This bridge s a toll-bridge, and the murderer, presumably, had = forgotten the circumstance. ! } Dashing through it, always at the same running pace, with his. elbows pressed to his sides, with lips compressed, he sped onwards. « The keeper had. to rush out into the road,and call after him for the toll. He seemed much annoyed at the delay, and, throwing a &ixpence at the man, continued his hegdlong career without waiting for the change. '_ ‘ , .. 'This was not all. - ‘ |

“The station-master at Rueil remembered that about two minutes before the ten-fif-teen train, a man,in a state of great exhaustion,'as from running, asked for a second-class ticket for Paris, and was so fain from the haste that-he had made,that he reeled like a drunken rhan as he “entered the compartment, " The personal description of this man answered exactly with ‘that given by the railway guards at Chatou, and with that of the toli-keeper at Bougival.. | i ¢Last, but, perhaps, not least,” to quote old Corkscrew, “I think I’'m on the track of a man who, traveled up to Paris in the. same carriage with my exhausted young friend with ;the black moustache and the silk umbrella.” bodn e Such was the report, carefully written out as a bankrupt files his schedule, of Daddy Tabaret when he presented himself on Monday at' the Palace of Justice. In one of ihe corridors he met Gevrol end-his assistant, ; , T'he chief of the detective police was evidentlyin great,good humor. In fact, in such good humor, that he was positively cifensive. ey “Ia! ha! ha!” he roared out, directly be saw the figure of the Daddy, who had been such a thorn in his side on his. detective expeditions. “Ha! ha! Here. you are, Old - Corkscrew! In.the words of your friend Lecoq, ‘A wonderful man—a ree-markable man! He’ll draw the cork for us in less than five minutes” -Ha! ha! ha'? : .

He suddenly stopped in his uproarious merriment, startled at the change in Daddy’s appearance. it He was pale and dejected, looking wistfully before . him, and sniffing -as usual like'a” = that has lost the scent, and has almost given up all hopes of finding ite - “Langh away, Gevrol!” he said. “Chaff me as ‘much as you like. I deserve it and when I deserve a thing” (this with a piteous sigh), “I always make up my mind to bearit.” - ‘ : o : Gevrol was astonished; the Daddy was, ordinarily, such a peppery old fellow., - “I've caused an innocent man to beiaccused, and I don't know how to retract my accusation.” . . & ; Gevrol rubbed his hands with such extraordinary delight. that it was a wonder he didn’t rub the skin off. la

“Ha! ha! ha!” he screamed, wiping the tears from:' .his eyes in affected mirth. “You're & genius—yon know how to do ‘the' thinmg. It’s’ only the guilty that such a dun:er-head aslam can get hold of, whils you cateh the innocent! I'm dashed if I don't think you’ll put all our noses out. of joint before you’ve done,sir.| I take off my hat and bow before your superior intelligence. .-~ . s As he wpoke, he made a how of such a sweeping character, that it was. a wonder he didn’t lose his balance, and go on allfours. L » = |

.The Daddy bent 'his gray head, and cladped his thin-hands. together. 4 { “I don’t think you’re quite just, Gevrol,” he said. “Remember, though I'm an old man.in years, 'm young in the profession. -I've bowled you -out sometimes, apd I felt proud of bowling out such an old hand as you. My success turned my head.. I find out now, when it’s too late, that I'm only an apprentice, whilst you are amaster in the craft. Help me with your counsel, and you’ll find me a pupil to be proud of.” : Ll Monsieur Tabaret extended hig hand a 8 he spoke.” 7 : - Gevrol was, perhaps, about the vainest man in creation, and this utter submission upon the part’ of Tabaret flattered him iminensely. s “f presume,” he said, in a softened and protecting tone, “that you are alluding to the murder at La Jonchere.” 4 “] ami—l am! Oh, deay Monsieur Gevvol, T thought I could get on without you; but I find I can’t!” feda The sly old fox looked as contrite and as penitent as though he had been caught in a henroost with a plump chicken in his mouth; but in reality he was triumphant, ‘and it required all his gelf-control %b . prevent his bursting out laughing. H - “Vain idiot!” he thought, as he looked at Gevrol's fat, complacent fade. Il mould those addled brains of yonrs into any shape I pleaseland make you do just ge Ll hge” s L

Gevrol scratched his nose, and then conferred the same beneﬁt'upon his chin, with an air of such extreme wisdom that it was as’ much as tho Daddy could do to repress his irvitation and contempt. . He looked patronisingly down on the eager. little face that lool{ed up into his, and pretended to hegitate, s He was so glad to be able to erow over the man who had so often outwitted and laced him in a ridiculous position with .E;s chiefs at the Palage of Justice. . . “Come, comie!” he said, grandly; “don’ be disheartened, myegoo‘g friend. I'H give you a shove in the shoulder whenever you require it. T think you've got ability, and T like' {o hielp a clever fellow. Call on me¢ to-morrow, am@wp-’lt have 4 talk about the ‘business, By the way, have you heard about the new witness I've

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1876. .

pounced upon?’’ o Chrmaiiedy “No;” said the Daddy,thrown off his guard for a moment. ] -« «That fellow on the bench over there.” _«And who.may hé be?” inquired Old Corkscrew, peering = with ‘his small, restlless eyes at the figure indicated. “Go and ask him his name. He'll tell you it’s Pierre Lerouge.” : . «“She wasn’t a widow, then?” : #So it appears,” answered Gevrol,rolling his eyes and in a jeering tone; “since ho| owns that he had the honor of once being Her happy and proud husband.” , “Oh!” murmured the old man. %And has his evidence been worth anything?” 1 In,a few words, the head of the detec. tive force gave his volunteer friend the'll synopsis of the history told by Lerouge to the magistrate, i : ] ' «And what do you thiuk of it Master Wisehead?” he said, as he ended his recital. " S ' «What do I think of it?” stammered the Daddy, whose face was more stupid than everin its look of blank astonishmentuwhat do I think of «tf I think—ll think| T No, m dashed if T cgn think at alltit ¢ “That’s a knock on the head, eh?” sail Gevrol, radiant with happiness at having settled his old fried. { T “A knock on the head!” moaned the old ‘man. “It's worse than that; it’s a smasher!” : : 1 { ' |

Suddenly he locked up acain, and’gave Gevrol a blow in. his stomath, that made him bend as though he were bowing to a creditor, or to one of the crowned heads of Europe. ; “I've forgotten,” he cried,.“that there is a man waiting for me at “my hous¢—an important witness! I must be off !i.Good-bye—good-bye!” TG “ile’s cracked!” said the chief.of thé detective police, looking after the old man as he hurried away, with an air of mingled pity and contempt. = . But Monsieur Tabaret was perfectly sane, and had never felt pis brain to. ba in a better condition than” when he was rushing along the quay, and thinking of. the turn affairs had ‘taﬁen respecting the mysterious . murder of the Widow Lerouge. ; =

l ', 'CHAPTER XXXIX, : l bA FEAREUL THOUGHT. -, } . “Thank goddness!” muttered the old .man, pausing in his hurried walk. homewards, “that’ for to-day I shall have the privilege of being alone, and 'confer upon myself the inestimable benefit of a goed think. Poor Noel! he, at least, won’t eat _his chop with the same appetite wlen he "hears the news. What does it matter, after all? Tl adopt him, if he likes, and give him my mame. It hasn’t got a handle to it.like the de Valcourts’; but it's an honest name, and none of our set have disgraced it as yel; After all, Gevrol’s gtory doesn’t ‘change the situation of the goungj Viscount,nor alter my opinion as to is guilt. He is the real heir to the estates, and much good may they do him! It is very evident that-neither he nor his father are acquainted with the extraordinapy circumstances of the case. He be lieves, as'implicitly as his father, that a substitution really did}dtake_ place. Of | these facts Madame Gertdy must have also |been ignorant, and they must have told 'her some - cock-and-the-bull story about the wound made upon the infant’s arm by [the - sailor. Yes; but Madame Gerdy Imust have been convineced thdt Noel was. |really and truly her own child; and when the was vrestored to her, she must have |verified -the marks, and have been satis]ﬁed in her own mind .as to thei aceuracy for inaccuracy. When Noel found the i Count’s letters in her desk, she must have I_hastened to explain to him——" f Daddy Tabaret started back with, a iery of fear, as though some fearful rep‘tile had suddenly barred his way, and | reared itself before him, : t He was frightened at his-own thought—- & thought that pointed to” Neel .as ths ,murderer of the Widow Lerouge! - - i “He. assassinated her,” argued Old Corkscrew, “to prevent her confessing ,that the ehanging of the children never ‘took ‘place; and then. he burned. all the letters and papers that could have proved it.” T : | Theidea was too horrible. He was disgusted with hiiself for having harbored .It, even for an instant. . : [ “What an old idiot I am!” he exclaimed, ‘again rushing forward at his usual headlong pace. I think I’'m becoming an infidel, an unbeliever in all that’s pure and good in this world. It serves me right, though. It's only the consequence of the frightful profession in which:l take so much pride. To think of my doubting Noel, my adopted son, my heir—a young fellow to be proud of, who' is honor and virtue personified—Noel, who for the ten years Lhave had the happiness of know-. ing- him, has taught me to esteem and love him,'as the incarnation of a trua friend and a devoted son.” i

. He argued with himself thus, forcing himself to repel the doubts that beset him. Yet an inner voice kept whispering with an irritating persistency, “But suppose’ it is Noel?” . Srnn e The old man shuddered with a nervous dread. . ; Suppose it was Noel?. 2 i * Why, then there would be an arrest, of course, and shame ‘would follow. Theé old - rman, went over the possible scene like one.in a nightmare. Suppose it was Noel? He saw the indifferent’ offieers in the background, the stern officialin fronf, and the young man’s old'friends clintging; bowed with grief, to the erect form of thg man whom he had loved and trusted. : The Daddy. had reached the Rue St, Lazare. pH : : i - Before the door of his resjdence, a neat little brougham was drawn up, harnessed to one of the most splendid. bay maresit had ever been the fortune of the old man to look upon. . . “What a beautiful creature!” said the Daddy, unable to resist stroking the arched /and glossy neck. “It appears I have got some respectable people amongst my tenants.” | He had some of exactly the opposite description also; for he had hardly made the flattering reflection recorded above, than hessaw issning forth Mongieur Ducroe—honest Monsieur -Ducroe, who has already been introduced to our readers as the friend of Miss Nelly Nicholson, and whose presence ‘in any house announced ruin, as plajnly as mutes at the door announce death. -

CHAPTER XL. ; ; ON THE RIGHT TRACK, b ¢ Old Corkserew, who knew everything and everybody, was perféctly well acquainted with the charaeter of the honest money-lender. In fact, he had been rather intimate with him when he was collecting some rare old books which Ducroe had seized on a bill of sale. ; v “Hilloh, old Crocodile!” he cried out; %go you've got dealings in my house, have yol.l?‘, " : € . “So it appears,” answered Ducroe, drily, who did not like:the familiar tone adopted by the Daddy.” : : - “Well, well,-you’re a clever fellow, and no mistake!” : : Then, stimulated by a very natural curiosity, praiseworthy in a proprietor who likes to have his rents paid regularly, he asked anxiously, “And which of my tenants may it be whoge ruin you are conlemplating?” : : “I've never ruined anybody!” retorted Monsieur Ducros, with an air of ofiénded dignity. . *Did you ever lose anything in .your transactions with mes If you want a,;?roof ‘of that, go and ask your young friend the barrister, and he’ll pretty soon tell you whether he has any reason to regret having made my acquaintance.” Monsieur Tabaret was painfully surprised. L «] know,” he said, trying to draw the other out, “that Moel has very heavy expenses.)” - G e i . “1t is not he,” objected the money-lend-er,” that's been extravagant; only a girl he’s engaged to—fat little thing-iwg)fé ot an appetite that would eat up the gevil, horns, hoofs and alli? . 10 /o - The r:eve%aﬁon went like a dagger to the oldman's heark, ' - s " oh, T kniow all about thatt” he said, grinning o ghasily smilo. “Wo must how

our wildoats” = 7 S : «Yes; butif we sow them at the rate of a thousand a year, and owe, at the end of four years, about the same sum of money, I can’t see that we have reaped a good harvest.” = . W B In four years, four thousand pounds! Daddy Tabarei’s heart swelled painfully. To hide his emotion he dissimulated a distressing cough. ' : . “Don’t let me detain you any longer,” he said, hurriedly. “I'm suffering from bronehitis. Good-bye—good-byel” .

With eyes half-blinded by tears, he was rushing up the stairs thatled to his rooms, when a whirlwind of lace and silk barred his passage. : = . " A : : ~ Above the whirlwind of lace and silk he saw a pretty, smiling face, with lovel dark eyes, surmounted. by hair as bla.c{ as the raven’s wing. - . She passed him, with, a rustle and a flash, and disappeared into -the neat little brougham that drove off at a pace that was worthy of the beautiful bay mare ‘that had aitracted the Daddy’s attention. . On the landing, Monsieur Tabaret met his porter. leaning against the wall, and investigating, with tearful eyes, a gqld hiecg, which glistened in the palm of his hand. L : %Oh, Monsieur,” he said, “why didn’t you come five minutes sooner? That lady _that beautiful lady as you saw going down the stairs, has. been asking after Monsieur Noel Gerdy. She gave me twenty franes to answer her questions. The porter had been speaking hitherto with his eyes affectionately attached to the gold piece he held in his palm. When he raised his headdo interrogate the face of his lord and master, Daddy Tabaret had disappeared. . : He had scampered after the lady in the lace and silk, and was just in time to see the brougham, and the superb bay mare, turning the corner of the street. ; “Thunder and Jlightning!?’ he muttered. «I must. overtake her! The truth lies there; and it’s only through her that I shall discover the mystery!” - sl

| L _ CHAPTER XLI : I NELLIE ASTONISHES OLD CORKSCREW. - ° ’ “old Corkscrew was in one of those con- ' ditions of nervous excitement that makes a man do wonders. o ‘ ; Hé was round the corner of the Rue St. Lazare like a flash; and—oh, happiness!-— at fifty yards in front 'of him, saw the ‘brougham and the bay mare arrested in their swift course amongst a crowd of carts ahd carriages. _ ! “«I'll catch her yet!” he said, looking round eagerly for,a cab. Tl 1 Not one to bé séen! Clarde e . The brougham had now disengaged itself from the lock, and the bay mare was, speeding away at'a better pace than ever, {folllowed by the Daddy,in right ghllant style. : : | }:kt last—at l4st! Just as he felt that his legs were giving way under him—a cab, an empty cab passed him! ; He waved his arms -at its‘driverin a /desperate manner, like a drowning man, ‘and, rushing forwards, plunged in head foremost; directing him, as he did so, to follow the brongham with the bay mare. “Keep up with it,” he gasped, as he mopped his ‘perspiring face .with an old cotton handkerchiaf, about the size of a tray:cloth, “and I'll give you a Napoleon for your trouble!” : e The ¢abiman winked; and, -giving his skinny horse a vigorous flick with the whip, dashed off in pursuit. =~ .. ¢ At last the brougham and the bay mare came to their journey’s end, and were dis;rhissed; and a minute after, the Daddy followed the young lady, as she glided }into the doorway of a house in the Rue de Provinece. e T

Old Corkscrew opened the door of the porter's lodge... : : In an imperious tone he demanded the name of thelady who had just entered. ° ‘The pdrter hesitated, but tinally replied, “Miss Nellie, Nicholgon.” { “Upon what floor does she live?”? “The second.” i A few.moments afterwards, the old man was seated in the drawing-room of Miss Nicholson, who, as her maid -informed him, had just returned from a_drive, and would see him directly,she had changed her dress. % : Daddy Tabaret ‘was astonished at the luxury and taste of the furniture and decorations of the apartment, and had taken-out " his spectacles, and was prying and shiffing about, calculating the value of every article and “objet d’art,” when the door opened, and the entratice of Nellie prevented any further investigation. - - *You wished to see me, I believe?”’ she said, bowing gracefully. ; ' A - “Madame,” said Daddy-Fabaret, “I am a friend of Noel’s—his best fiiend, I may Sa-y-” } e “Pray sit dowjx, ‘monsienr,” said the young lady, smiling sweetly, at the same time advancing an arm-chair, into which she sunk, taking pargcular pains as she did so to show a tiny £6ot in a cherry-col-ored slipper, surmounted by asteel buckle, {hat"cvgparklfed’ like dewdrops upon a rose eaf. : i ; i “«I have called, madame,” he went on, “upon businegs. It’s always' unpleasant to intrude business affairs upon a -lady; but your presence at Monsieur Gerdy’s private residence—" : e “What?” cried Nellie, jumping up, and wheeling the chair back with a kick of her foot. “He knows, then, ef my visit already. What a mean wretch he ' must be to keep spies about him! You’re one of his spies, ain’t you?”’ : e “My dear child!” expostulated Old Corks= SCrew. ; : :

T%“Oh,: don't ‘dear child’ me!” -said the young lady. ¢“Don’t be a humbug. 1 know what you’ve come about. You've been sent here by Noel toscold.and preach at me; but I won’t stand it, and so I tell you. Tak® him back my compliments, and tell him that & don’t care to have a riddle for a lover—a man whom I know nothing abuut-—ar. snigma dressed in a black coat, and got up like a mute—a being as mysteriousias he is lugubrions.” ““But why did you call upon him?” . “Why?” said the girl indignantly. ¢“Because he promised {o marry me, and I've heard from a friend that be’s going to jilt me.) ¢ A

“Who told you that?” o «Thdt old .thief, Ducroe.” : = «But it’s not true.” - «True or not, all I know is, that for the last month Noel has been a changed mani”’ o ’ : The volunteer detective was on t_enter-“ hooks. What he wantgd to, know above. evefything was if Ndel copld prove an alibi upon the day of the’ crime. That was the question. liis heart beat fast as he hazarded the-next inquiry. e ; : «You doubt his love, then?” : «Doubt ‘his love!l Ha—ha! What a funny old boy you are! Wonldn’t you, if you were a woman, doubt the love of a man who was ashamed to own you? Why, he hides me as if I were gsome secret that couldn’t bear the light of day.” 55 She had rigen in her excitement, and, throwing back her magnificent black hair, turned upon the old man like & young tigress. e b “You are his friend, and I appeal to you., Now listen to me. Youlook a sensible gott of old chap, and by that cunning old eye of yours, I should think you were not to be caught with chaff.” T “Not in the least,” suid Daddy Tabaret,’ bowing to the compliment,and smiling his sweetest smile. it | “Well, then, listen to me. I'm telling ‘you:the truth, mind you. I’d been having a row with him about his never taking me out. It was last Tuesday—Shrove 'Exesday, you know.” e ; “Yes, I know,” said the old man quietly. «Well, he took a box at the theatre, and told me to go on first, and he would join me. Not a bit of it! I never saw him the whole evening.” qE g “What! he put you to the unpleasant inconvenience of going home alond?” - ~ %Oh, no! At the end of the performance, towards midnight, Monsieur condescended to make his ﬁesap&eamea;;w@wom engaged to appear at the masquerade ball at the opera, and afterwards g“ PRty Oh, how amusing it was to see Noel doing: i e T e the b’mn?i’ 1 t 4:3' ; PO

The alili prepared in case of accident appeared for the first time; and had Nellie Nicholson been less excited, she' would certainly have noticed ,the expression of Daddy Tabaret’s face, and have wisély held her tongue.. : 5o s The old man had turned white to the very lips, and trembled like an aspen leaf. “Ha! ha!” he said, makhﬁg’a guperhuman effort to pronounce the words. “Your supper party, I suppose, was a gay affair atteralll? = . i) i

“Gay!” repeated the young woman,} shrugging her shoulders in disgust. #IUs very plain you' don’t know your friend, lfonsieur Noel Gerdy, as well as I do. If ‘ever you invite him to dinner, take care about allowing him to drink. He gets uproarious in his cups. At the second bottle he was drunk as a lord—so drunk that he lost all his things—greatcoat, umbrella, purse, cigar-case, and—and—" . i ‘Daddy Tabaret could contain. himself. no longer. He sprung to his feet and shook his fists in the air. C “What a villain!” ke cried. “What a miserable scoundrel! I'have him!—l have him now!” 2 bl ‘ And he fled from the room like a madman, leaving Nellie standing like a statue | of wonder at his unaccountable behavior. ‘ As she heard the front door bang be- | ‘hind him, she rushed to the ‘bed-room, where her maid was gitting at some ‘ needle -work, - and, tumbling upon herknees, buried her face in the girl’s lap. . “Oh; I’ve beeh doing some mischief—something dreadful—l%now I have!” she moaned. “Tha; horrible ‘old man has been making:a fool of the, I know he has! Oh, what shall I do—what shall I do?” “Give him din charge,” said the |girl promptly, whose ideas of justice and propriety were all centered in the policecourt.- i, : : . Her mistress didn’t. even hear her. She felt intuitively that a great misfortune was impending over her lover, and that she was somehow mixed up in it. | : “Bring me my writing-desk,” she said, ‘rising to her feet. “I’'m going to write to Noel. and tell. him all about it.” il

- (CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.) e Tardy School Children. This is the season 'of the 'year at which teachers glways gather in the largest: crop .of “tardies.” As cold weather advances, scholars invariably begin tolags not all scholars, but|all in whom there is anything of the laggard. Sonie are always punctual, and some are mnearly always tardy. But between these extremes tliere is a vast. number on whom cold weather and’ short ‘mornings have a bad effect. We have found scholars living within. two minutes’ walk of the school-house who :were nearly always tardy. This is one of the evils from which'we would gladly see our scliools entirely freed. But teachers alone can not accomplish this desirable obJect. They must have the help of the parents; and not of the parents only, but also of the boys and girls themselves, = o

It is very annoying 'to have pupils come -dragging into the school-room after the morning exercises have. begun. Itis not onlyiannoying, but it is a positive loss of time, since all class work is interrupted by each arrival. . Only those who !have tried it know how much a classis annoyed by the late comers; only those who | have experienced it, know what a jar and discord theéy produce. We would: respectfully call the attention of parents to this subject, and ask them to "wo_r}«: with us. See that yourichidren are started toschool ¢n time. | Ask them, at knight, if they were tardy.: ‘Do not think such tg’iﬂes beneath your notice, It is not a trifling mat|ter whether - your children grow up steady and:punctual or careless and slovenly in" their businéss habits.— And certain it is, ‘that habits now formed will stick to them thréugh life. See to it that your children do not form the slovenly habit of being late at school. - e Boys and girls, try ;to be in time. Do not.allow a tardy to be marked ‘against you if you can possibly help it. A record of your punctuality is carefully kept and transmitted to the authorities at the end of the year. The number of tardies charged to you stands ‘opposite your name, that all may see how well or how badly you have done in this matter. TEACHER. L -, ' The Sélection of Judges. : "While intelligent men of all parties agree that it 1s desirable to withdraw the election of Judges from party managenment and control, yet it is by many thought to be“aimost, if not quite, impossjble to de this. It is supposed that politicans will claim these offices as the just reward of partisan effort and sacrifice; that. such claims, 1f not recognized and gratified, ‘will endanger the integrity of the party. i : There is much ‘more apparent than real truth in this view. It is true that such claims will be made, but it is equally true that no such claimant is or can be'fit for a judicial office. No party can be justified in distributing judgeships: as’ rewards for party service. The fact that every citizen is interested in securing honest and able men—men of sound professional learning—to fill these offices, will ren-_ ’ der it comparatively easy to resist the’ ‘importunities of _the office-seeker.. But it is further said that there will’ 'be insurmountable difficulty in selecting the candidates; “that there ‘cannot be an equal number selected from each party. It is also urged ‘that there is no means of agreeing ‘upon the eandidates: That the party just holding its convention cannot 'have any assurance that if it nomi‘nates candidates for judges frgm such | points, the other party will acquiesce, “ate. . : s 2 e

These objections rest, manifestly, upon the idea that the election of judges is to be, in some sense, a party matter. Let neither party-—-conven-tion make any nomination for judge. Let there be a judical ¢onvention in which all, without regard-to party, are represented. This convention, as the representatives of the people, and not as Democrats or Republicans, can make the nominations, and if thus done, it makes no differencel whether the nominees have been Democrats or Republicans. As soon as so nominated, they will cease to be partisans in fact, and in the estimation of the people. There is no difficulty in this. If ‘the republican party, which halds its convention firgt, will simply signify its approval of such a course, and make no nomination,” the other party would follow suit. If it did not, its nominees would, be likely to be defeated.— Ft. Wayne Sentinel,

A young gentleman got neatly out of a fine scrape with: his intended. She. taxed him with having kissed two young ladies at an evening party at which she was not present.— He owned up to it, but-said that their united ages only made twentyone. The simple-minded girl thought of ten and eleven, so laughed off her pout. He did not explain that one was nineteen and the other two years of age. Wasn’t it artful? 1t L i et R 4 I ; - In his sermon the other Sunday, Mr, Beecher said: “The president of a New York bank, with whom lam accustomed to do business, said to me the other day, ‘The fact that a man 1; amemgxﬁ?fa tgagwh iswﬁﬂz us not a presumption of honesty, but rather the other way. *

A GLOOMY NEGOTIATION. Mr. Phipps, of ‘the firm of Phipps & Hodge; the Danbury undertakers, was sitting in his shop Saturday afternoon ruminating gloomily upon the dull times, when.the door opened and in came a stranger. The visitor was aslim faced man| dressed in a dun-colored suit of rather tightfit-ting clothes. lle looked clear around the’ room, carefully avoiding a glance at the undertaker until the circuit was| completed. e il S Then he looked curiosly at him, and | said: S “Is the boss in ?” Sl G ~ “Yes, sit, I am one 'of them. Is there anything I can do for you, sir?”. #“Well, that'll depend on how we, kin deal, I reckon,” replied the stranger, in a tone of subdued shrewdness. . “I have just had to shoulder a pretty heavy affiiction. My old woman -went under - yesterday.” He paused and looked interrogatively -over. the array | of cofiins and caskets. -, el ol ~ “Your,wife is dead?” inquired Mr.. Phipps, with profeéssional anxiety. - ° “You’ve hit it square, boss,” replied | the stranger, with an approving nod.; “What time yesterday did the sad| event oceur?” - Gl e

~ “About five P. M., as near as we kin reckon.” S e SpEn s

‘«Pass away. peacefully »” | - & ~ “Lit-out without a groan,” explained the bere'aved? “Sheld been sick off an’ on for about'two:years an’ better. Not right down sick all that time, but ‘then I don’t think she done a square day’s work:in two years.- Its been.a, great expense all through, but I don’t: complain, howsumever. I came in to-day to see about fixin’ her up.” “Ah, yes; you wish. to secure a burial“ease. = We have, as you see, various kinds. You Will’want something rather nice, I fancy ?” isaid Mr. Phipps. e oA

“Well, yes,-I want something that will show considerable grief and sorrer, but,nothing that’s going to upset folks, you know. We are pldin people, boss, an’ at a time like this—with a great afiliction shouldered on' us — we don’t feel like riling up the neighbors. If.it was a huskin’ bee, now, or a barn-raising even, I'd calculate to make their eyes prance right round in their heads.” “But,” and he sighed heavily, “this is; a hoss of another eolor o P ;

“How would this do?” suggested Mr. Phipps, indicating a plain rosewoods o . - o . : . “What’s the price of that? You see, boss, we live overin Baxter Plain. It’s a small place, an’ there ain’t much style.. We don/t want to go in too heavy, you know.” I o “Certainly mnot; but this is" a very neat-looking article.)” . : “Yes;” coincided the widower, “it does seem as if one needn’t feel uneasy with that cofiin in the fronf room, an’ the room' full of people.” “I can let you have that for $45.”“Jee— Oh, I couldi’t think of paying that. Forty-five dollars! Why, you kin get alwagon in two.colors for that money. You see, boss, this is a plain country funeril, an’ not a torchlight procesaion,ﬁ’ feelingly remarked the widower. s - “How will this do then?” next inquired the, undertaker, -hastily pointing t¢ ‘another article of common wood, slightly stained. '} @ @ ¢ - “How much isithat’?? . .70 el “Qnly $18.” fo Gl “Eighteen dollars, hey ? Well, that’s much more like it. Still, don’t it strike you that $lB is pretty steep for these times ?”, Rkl

“Not for an article like that, sir. I can assure you that such a coflin could: not bave been bought for a cent less than %22 one year ago.” b | “It may be cheap, as you sayy’ ruminated the bereayed; yet' $lB is a good pile of money. I want something nice, of course, but I don’t want. to jump in so heavy as to make people: think I never had-a funeral before. You get what I ' mean?”, L “Oh, ves, perfectly: - You want an article that will look respeetable and in keeping ' with your circumstances, but" yet. you do not ywish'to be too demonstrative in your sorrow.” - “By ijinks, L guess youlve got it square on the head,” said sthe pleased sufferer. e i T “Now this is an article that just answers the purpose, in my jud’gment; and I have had- yearsof’ experience.” “Yes, yes, you must ’av tucked in & heap of ’em,” said the stranger. ina tone of unqualified respect. “This is a sound one, I suppose,”he continued, tapping the sides. G e “Perfectly so; we use the very best kind of wood,” explained Mr. Phipps, “Just see here a minute,” exclaimed . the -stranger, suddenly and impressively drawing the undertaker to oneside, “You say that coffin is as sound as a nut, an’ you want $lB for it? Now, I,wantiyou to understand there ain’t anything small about- ‘me, an’I've got, just as mueh respect: for the: ‘dead as any other man living, I don’t’ ‘caré where you snake him from., But winter is comwing on, you know, an’ wel owe a little to the living as well., That’s a sound coffin, an’ a sound cof-! fin does well enough: in the right place; you know; but I want to ask you as a man of experience in these things, and understanding what grief is, if you ain’t got a" box of that pats tern that’s got some sort of a deféet’ in thé’wood, which you could knock off a little on ?”. s

“I haven’t, sir.” G “Just .think :a minit, please,” he anxiously resumed. “Nothing a little rotted 2 o Juid The undertaker shook his head. - “With a wormhole or so in—l don’t. mind a dozen ?” suggested the sorrowing one. - il SNoE : ; - “Or a little sappy? Don’t answer too quick. Take times Just’'a little sappy where it wouldn’t be seen by the publie, you khow?? . - & ‘& -~ *I haven’t such a piece of wood :{1 thie establishment. We use nonethdt is imperfect.’.' = Lr e AL “Righteen dollars itis, then” sighed the aflicted. . brcha i T e eNeREIET = -] must rtgke it, I suppose,” he observed; “but when the neighbors see that coffin they’ll swear old J——-— has struck a gold mine; Now mark my words.” - And he passed gloomily: outi=-Danbury News. '+ . nl

The People Want Proof. There is no medicine preseribed by physicigns, or sold by Druggists, that carries !such evidence of its success and superior virtue as BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP for severe Coughs, ‘ Colds. settled on the Breast, Consumptionr;or any disease of the Tlxroﬁt and Lungs.: A proof of that. fact is. that any person afflicted, can get & Sawmple Bottle for 10 cents and try its superior effect before buying the regular size at 75 cents. It has lately been introduced in this country from Germany, and its wonderful cures are. astonishing everyone that use 'it. Three doses will relieve any chse. Iry it, - Sold by Scott & Sandrock. 22-eOW. ‘The New Orleans T'imes says General ',Biaxsaetaereaamwmm* pa piece of coarse coat-lining which had Mn*mbe&dndmmm&g? ket bullet thirteen years ago. = =

° MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. : G T el ek ) The cotton crop of the United States for 1876 will be 4,150,000 bales, about four, per cent.. less than that of the preceding year.’ 00l e When' each player in g_four-handed game of euchre holds the ¥right bow--er” at the same- time, it ig/pretty good _evidence that' the influence of the Moody and Sankey-revival meetings. has'not been asg extended as it should. -, The Detroit. Free Press, alluding to. .our jokes on'the “Centennial Wash Board,” says: “Hang up such ‘puns along with ‘the shirts.” Thanks for the suggestion.. Is that the way you ,n'nake-1 your own* so dry 2—New - York Commercial. Advertiser.t -- o . - " An Adnerieanized citizen was called. on as a“witness in & case before one ~of the justices lately, and when the oath was administered he raised both ‘hands and said: “L shall spoke noddings what ain’t drew, if ever I hope to die-so quick as.a minute!”. -~ . . This is the kind of weather when a man sees his” wife coming into the room.with a scuttle of coal, and, after. she has poured every bit of itinto the top of the tall stove; says: “Dadrnit, Hanner, vou oughtto ’ave asked meto do that.. But'it’s‘toolate now.” .

Aaural editor, wishing to beé severe upon” an. exchange, . remarks 7 “The subseriber of . the— in this place tried, a few days ago, to carry home some lard .in a copy of “that paper; but, on reaching home, found that the concentrated lie had -changed it to SOﬂD.'f" S e i

- The total amount to be apportioned to the eounties on the school fund for tuition; exclusive of liguor license revenue; is $§54,000. The licence revénué will be.abput $200,000, making.a grand total of;s;,,qaf;ooo,' the ‘largest thOHIGCOI‘d it {oas .» e"! v

- When Du Chaillu was in Africa, a King, presented him ~witli:Bs3 girls from whoni toselect. a wife. “Du Chaillu remarked that if he married one the others would be ‘jealous. = “Then marry them-all,” ‘said the King:: Du Chaillu took: him athis royal word. Unfortinateman™ e woe L “Children,” said a country minister, 4ddressing a‘Sunday school, “Why are we like flowers? -What do we have thatflowers have?” And asmall:boy in ithe infant® class, whose breath: smellea : of -vermifuge, rose up--and made ‘reply, “Weorms,” and the minis= ter ‘crept under the pulpit chair to hide his emotion. . - -y i etk

- “A man whose memaory has notfailed and is still tresh and vigorous, informs: the Plymouth Democrat that the winter of 1492; when the:Pilgrims landed; was-composed -of just about the same assortent. of weather we are having this: winter. ‘Now, that our attention is called to thé circums stance, we are confident that it'is a el e s

- The Weman Suffragists of New Haven, are. discussing the question, “Are the women of the country more ‘responsible than the ‘men for the extravagance of the times?” ~But-to a thoughtful mind.it: would seein ‘that as Jong, as men - don’t wear eighteen Yyards -of cloth -in -their pantaloons ithere’s not much need of cousidering the matter serfonsly.- & ‘o 204 . Mr. Lincolnused to tell in his ini‘mitable way a story of a Winchester convertéd Confederate, who was so everjoyed at receiving his pardon that he exclaimed: -*“Thanlk you, Mr. Presittent, thank pou! Now I'm pardoped, T's’pose ' as good a Unlon man as -any of you—emphatically. one of you again. But didn’t Stonewall Jackson give ushell in the valley 7.0 -} o, _ Scene at a Brooklyn wedding bireakfast.- «Company - all:seated about the table. " A pause inthe general conversation. Happy husband, to his wife’s seven-year-old sister at- the other'end of the roony:: “Well, Julie, you haye a new brother: mow.” Julie: “Yes, but mother said to papa the other day that shie was -afraid. you avounld never. amount to much; but that it seemed to be.Saral’s” last chance,” Intense silence for a moment, followed by & rapid play of Knives and forks. - ‘The first” shipment of :oil in bulk | ‘wag made from Venango county, Pa., in 1815 ;by. the late General Hayes, of Franklin, who gathered three barrels from what was subsequently termed. the Buchanan farm, on. which most. ‘of Rouseville is now situated. The oil-was skimmed off the springs along ‘the creek, with no small labor, carefully - secured. in: strong barrels, and sent by wagon to. Baltimore. There it. ‘was' placed in-charge, of a léading merchant, wito frequently complained . of its atrocious smell, and after storing it a year or twoemptied the whole quantity into the Chesapeake Bay.

: oA Glood Tdes, - The Swisg correspondent of the Indianapolis Journal says it is a custom in that country, when a young couple gets” married, and expects to go to: housekeeping, they make out a list of the articles thut are necessary fo furnish' a- house 'suitable for people in ‘thefr eircunmistanées. Thislist is quietly circulated among their friends,who each mark from™the list what they intend to give. /Thus when the wed--ding ‘day comes, the mairiage ‘gifts -are found "to be just: the things the young: couple needed, -very often to remain in the ‘family as-heir-looms, forfuture generations,” I'have.seen ‘many pieces of furniture of this kind that have beenin families over one hyndred years. Is not the custom. of ‘these simple mountaineers a great ‘deal better ‘than' the senseless one s 0 prevalent with . us, of giving a young couple a large quantity of napkin rings, picKle, castor, card receivs -ers, and bijouterie enough to last their lives, whicli ‘areé. ostentatiously, displayed and-a list.of the donors pub: lishéd in thé papers, when often, after the "return from the wedding- tour; which-custom has been madeimpera-! tive, they have not the means evento | Afurnish o cottage inthe plainest manner, and are obliged either to hoard or Dbegin the world in debt? Would not thie money spent by Kind friends in’ useless :articles have done them a great deal more good-if this excéllent Swiss custom had been followed ? % ; Wl Tt i e i ._The Cincinnati Enrquirer says: “An. Eastern' pdper proposes that tie wives of Congressmen in Washipgton this ‘winter organize themselves-into % lit‘tle Congress of their own. - The Dayton Journal, however, anticipates the impracticability of such a scheme up‘on thie supposition that every blessed -one of the dear croatures would insist 'ml»,bm&éslaeakﬁrmvi;s'.'l»fg,mta;seem'iﬁ%m aunsurmountable - obstacle could * be. OVercome, we immig ¢ the undertak: ing, like. Mulberry Sellers’ &Wﬂﬁm ‘Would be 4 success; ' they could then referring them to their husbands. As. originators of bills, women exeel.”. 52&; PRSI, e o Mba STACAINE KT SRR | K ‘ﬁr%f‘ (‘o,‘“‘}ff.*?é‘* 188, married . Ry e P e e e ke R R SR ARRANS ORI VAL, SEONSES: ShE VO b 4 U R »r:a”%’*f» g LAOIGCIL Weadings came. Ol Dot - &

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. WIT AND HUMOR. = | ~ Buggins thinks that dynamite is & cont_:ragtion;fer die 'any minute, Kats ~ New Bedford is said'to have bub one Whaler-‘Peft——a. schoolmaster. i* ~* The latest way to check a bore is to | say, “Write me the rest on paper.” |, ¢ The good!]it;tle Bootblack’s epitaph —Gone to shine among the angels. - It is the I;ﬁa,n with tight boots who talks‘most violently of the eternal fitness of thmgr. .01w o - We know all about shooting Starg, ‘but we ofte'jl forget that this world of * ours is a revolver. Tk -~ An Irish "poctor lately sent his bill - to a lady as follows: “To curing your. liusband ’till he died.” o i Why is a pig the most provident of animals? gecause he always carries a-sp arsrikg or two about him. ls e - A Duluth mastiff lately chewed up Q ligl’;tnizng-i‘od man, but shortly atter died of fw.;'in:d on the stomach. L A ‘poor bugler—the | ydung mag—who had to take a fresh horn for every call he made on, New Year’s Day.-'i"

* The Galaxy. has discovered that there is a great falling off in marrfag}eiﬁ. Brigham Young says that it is not'his Taulte o 0 | - : e Spinner,! who is in: Florida, writes his signature on the sands of a bayou, and the alligators, coming up to look at it, immediately get the jixa-jams.

* - A "Kentucky editor tells another that if his head were as /red as ihis nose he would remind one of a bow‘legged carrot surmounted 'by a stockade. Jaa o . T It is estimated that there are more Mies told i‘n}ﬁm ‘sentence: “I am glad. to see- you,” than in any;other six, words in the English language. Itis quite true. R 4 . “Yes, he may be a good scholar; and all ‘that, but he can’t pass a beer sa~ Toen-was what ‘one literary gentle‘man remarvked of another on the ’street, the,ptherzday. ik T ‘k_ Your feet may be kept from freez‘ing by putting whisky in your boots. Many puc i} in their mouths; thinking it will go to the feet, but it generally flies to'the head. 5 et

. “No, sir,” said. a weary looking man ‘on a street car to an individyal by his side. “I wouldn’t marry the best wo‘man’ alive., I've been - a :dry goods: clerk too long forthat.,”. ... . =y “It ‘was Ben. Franklin swho introduced* broom corn gulgure into. this - country.” But thousands of sufferAing husbands would. prefer ito seg the ‘man who introduced broom }l:u§\dles.3 .. A man can fully appreciaté the terrors’ of winter when lie awalkes near morning and finds the béd clothes on the floor, and ‘himself engaged in a, ‘gigantic struggle to crawl under nis! sli“i’rt;h i‘ A “Mamie,” spid a mother to a ilitt;le » six-year-old; “if I was a little girl like you 1 would pick up'all those chips.” - “Well, mamma,” said ‘the little one, “ain’t you glad you are net.a little; giker ety . “fTéw are ye, Smith,” said Jones. ‘Smith wiaxjetiended not to'know himj and fanswer@d hesitatingly: *“Sir, you‘have the adtvantag,e of me.”} “Yes T suppose-so. | - Everybody hasvithat’s got - common sense.” v ame g

' Mrs. Amy Rigg adve?tises‘in a Tex« as paper. that she is able to whip either'one of the fwo women she saw wallking on her husband’s arm‘a few nights before. © What ‘an “Amy-able woman she must be, eh ? L Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go West” was| a glaring swindle. The fact that the Indians have been living West all their lives and are:still poor, with scarcely enough clothes to hide: ‘their nudity, proves this. - . ‘_ Ned and Zack are sad topers—been sad.since 4th o’ July last. Ned told Z. ‘his nose wag the last rose of Summey. - Z. retorted, “tainf blooming alone.™ r They left o (eal of ground plowed up, ‘and-both noges are poulticed. = - An exchange says: “Boss Tweed lias escaped from .justice.” If-Bosse. Tweed desired to escape from justice, he should have stayed in New Y ork. ‘Outsi‘deg. of [that city he is likely to . run into her arms at any, times s A simple| looking country lad,-'to. . whose' lot fell the leading questions’ - in the ecatechism, “What "is ypur. ‘name ?” replied “Carrots!” “Who gave you that hame?” “All the boys in. | the parish, sir,” whiningly replied the red-haired u‘rrch_i’n. ke ! e ~ She was vp;ushmgv his hair, and, he =3 enjoyed being fus'sedno@rer amazingly.’ ! Rolling up his eyes,-ho says: ~“My . ‘deagy why. was Columbus, when he - landed in America, like me now?”, She couldn’t tell him, and h¢ explain- |- ed: ‘-.‘Becauqie' he was: tick]eq at being. ¢ fust over,” | b TR A s “No,” he said contemptuously,“don’t .want .no pen-wipers or dairvies /in 8 ‘mine. If you're goin’ tolgimme anything, gimme & breastpin, or a dirk,; o-rvsmnethirrg;la man can wear.? And/ - yet ' you wouldn’t .have thought this W segker 'after a higher'life more than, flgg'earﬁqu!i-‘, Wfi Gar e b A Dahbd‘rﬁr man, wishing’to engage " o several bushels of potatoes from a party in the suburbs, asked a neighbor. what sort of a man he was. “Well,” said| the conscientious neighJber, “I don’t know véry much about . ‘him; but I showld think he would - ‘make a tith*)p stranger;!t 2o g . Street car companies are reasonably =- progressive, but there is'still one step * for them to take. Whatis wanted - {s some man of polite manners ‘to stand on the platform and introduce the: conduetor: to ladies before that functionary puts his-hand around the = waist to help themy on. - Tobe hugged . l,'with,o_ut an introduction isn’c right~? . Small boyt “Say, pa, will yon buy me a new sled?” Close fisted pavent —«Johnny, 1. don’t think there's @es . iug to be much snow this winter, and you would not have a cliance toenjoya new: sled, but Tl tell you what'l will. do. - You just be a good boy, and T'll get your saw -Ted so that it will eut ‘through a stick of wood just as easy “as suwing clieese!” ' Copsiderate. | © ' The following léttet of’a St Louls - girl to_her hetlirothed, feﬂsftswgw ‘sad story: 4Dear Jack—Our engage. ment is off. | I hear that your father’s. Dlother Suath o ﬁi% w ‘foo awhul far anytling. T xotin ty & forlorn, ' reso. i f:i";. 7‘“‘l-{‘;{4”:, s Hund Weriter and retarn o the ohoks it ana laah pelickl | ITis 166uac the T Baa vbt Loty e ik R &\*'@?flﬁq Ny o ey :‘»'qsl“"-‘f:‘:a’,‘iz“r'rf?“;‘-'w"%‘."‘52%21‘»1,3-‘;[“s“ 0 :