The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 March 1876 — Page 1

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- CITIZENS' BANK, v bt o 9 i LIGONIER, . IN'DIANA. b ifi:st-Class Notes wdnted at a Low - ' Rate of Discount, . 3 ‘ru parties having *‘Public Sale Notes,¥ will do . well to see us beford disposing of them elsewhere. : R i ‘Exchqng’e Bought and Sold, and Foreign Drafits draivn\on all the Principal Citg’es_ of Euiope. s z - Agents’ for First-Class Fire and Life . -Insurance Companies. » -© STRAUS BiI()THERS. M. M. RITTERBAND, Notaky Pablic. Ligonier, Ind., Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 . 7 FAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, .~ {Qtlice 1n the Court House, > 0 ALBION, -\ - - = - =sIND. 8-15 i a ) e o) X K. COVELL, i ! ittorney-at-Law & Notary Public L Giarcrett, Indiana. o - Office in the Seetey Block, west side Main Street.

. D, W, GREEN, T ; . 3 v 3 Justiceafthe Peace & Collection AT, Office—Second Story, Laundon’s Brick Block, . LIGONIER, - - INDIANA 6 T B, . VANCAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ‘Wigonier ¥ : : Indiana. Special attention given to collections and conveyancing, and the writing-of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. .Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’r;Cash Store. 9-50 B, G. ZIMVAERMAY, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, " Qffice over Gerber’s Hardware, ‘ Cavin Street. :.: Ligenier,lndiana. © . ..January T; 1875.-9-37 . A K E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; '"LIGONIER, *-- - - INDIANA. g=—office qn seeond-floor of Landon’s Block. 7-2 ALBERT BARNTA, ’ Justiceof the Peace & Uonveyancer. . LIGONIER, INDIANA. : Specialatteuntion given to conveyancing andcollections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup, and all legal business atteided to promptly-and gccarately. Ui’r‘zc’c'uver Straus& Meagherissiore, R : May 15 187315-8-3 . TBl WWAREMIAR, . P ]'7 f 0 i ‘ a TnsuraneeAq't &Justies of thePeace, “* " KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office with A. A."Chapin, Mitchell Block. " Will receive syhscriptionsito Tue NATIONAL BANNER. —_— e T T DR. R.DEPPELLER, .oo TUROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC o PH Y SLCIAN, “Ofice aver Cunnjngham’s Drug Store, east side of Cavin Street, Ligouier, Indiana. : 11!-2 S P. W. CERURNE, : Physician and Surgeon, . ‘LIGO,\’IEI’{, .5 INDIANA,. . Office over Baum’s Grocery Store. | v 9 n3-Iy, ~ G.;“’. CARRER,! Physician and Surgeon, ' LIGONIEE .~ " . IND.,, Willpromptly ittendall calls intrustedto him. Office dnd residenge on'4thßtreet,

Fonhl e 8 : L Pr. G. B, LONG, -’ Homeopathic Pliysiclan, / Ligenier, - - - - Eadiaan. , Surgical and Medical Aid promptly and carefoliy attended to. Diseases of Females apd Children a specialty. Office and Residonce over Sol. M{ier’s Ba_nking Housg. . S 1044

Fein J. FI, TEAL,. s SE o TR Ts. T, . | ety RoOmS over L E. Plke’s Grocerv 4 .‘i‘%l e Cornér of Mamm und Mitchell Streets. ‘G.‘. opposise the :Post Offlee. Kendall: wile, Tad @ All work warrynted =& A Kendallville, May-1, 1874. :

. ~%\ - Taughing Gas! oo YU TNE Y PAINLESS EXTRACTION ey | l“"fﬁti’f T i . TEETH WA 2ey I\ Nn - b’ N 7 1 D fanls' Otlee .a \/ > ) Fillm;‘/ Teetha Sp»:c(i'a_lty‘ ; ’Li'gonier, Ind., F‘Zov. 11, 187:1"_'——.#;:—“17_? TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, ‘ Laporte, Indiana. L V.W.AXTBLL, : : : Proprietor. Lap‘orte,;Aprils. 18710 : “‘7 o - CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE.

We keep constantly on hand and sellin large or small quantities, to snit customers, Wine of Our Own Manufacture, - Pare — Nothing but the Juice of . the Grape. - : s -, SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier;Ju]i 3,'71.-tf gasly ~ o Wme_bren?er & Hozworth, . e umfsz, BIGN AND. ORNAMENTAL ° PAINTERS, i Graimers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. { Shopnedrcorner ofFourch and Cavin Sts., oppogite Kerrls-Cabinet Shop. _ ! _l.!gonler',- - = w . lndlana, ) A STOR AT THB BRICK KELLY HOUSE 1 1 KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. "\.NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK . =V Hotgl,onlytenrods’trom the L. 8, &M.B. R. -‘R. Depot, and foursquares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the principal buginesshonsesofthecity. Traveling men amﬁtrangers willfind this a firsi-class honse. Fares 2 per * day. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, ; Kend"lvine.‘@uza&lB7o.-_l4 2 . PHILIP AL CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offershis services to the publicingenera]. Terms _ moderate. Orders may be left at the ghoestore of P. Sisterhen,. 3 i Ligonier,JannaryB,’73-37 & :

. OV, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, ~ Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING 8 TONES s LIGONIER, IND: . Apri112,1871.-50 i 'V : - W.A: BROWN, ' Manufactarer of and Dealerin all kinds of | FURNITUR .l . SPRING BED.BOTTOMS, : -.. ', WILLOW-WARE, - . o o L BRACKRETS, ke Also: LADIES’ SHROUDS ofvarious patterns, Always on hand, and will be farnished to order - ; pnngtmls ?{twnded with hearse when desired. i ore Room: 2 ! ) ; Qor. Cavin and znd St} ~L}go,me_:r y Ind L. . Aogusi7th,l9¥B.-8-15. 3L INIMENT : ‘-’““'M'wa; - a 4 et 4 ,‘}'.OB!DE OF AMMONIA ~ Cures Yeuralgia, Face Ache, Hheumatism, Gout Frowted Fecs.Chiibiafun, Hore Throßt,Erywipelan - Braisesor Woundsof every kind in man of animai’ -We sell more of Giuwe' Listumr lovixe o - Ksxoxia; it gives better satisfaction than any - Limment we ever saw It {sa pleasure to have L e Akl gEY & CO. -~ Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.

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BANKING HOUSE 3 } 1 ; ; < ‘ .r > SOOI MIKERR, Conrad’s New Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Money loaned on long and short time. i Notes discounted at reasonable rates. ‘Monies received on depositand intereetallowed on specified time, i L ! Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principaflcities of Europe, 8-2 L TO THE FARMERS: You will please take nojice that I am stillenL gaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price, A . . Ifyou-do notfind me on the street, call before selling,at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. 2 + .. SOL. MIER. Liganig&lndiana.}!ny7:h.lB-’74.--1r » TV 1 S :, : HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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—— _DR. GEO. CLEIS ~ Vh ] I i 8 O by ;2 ) H This Liniment possesses great curative powers for various ailments. For asthmatic complamts, difficult breathing tightness of the breust, and ailments of the luugs, it is applied externally. on the breast, and between the shoulders. In case of suarp pains in the back and limbs, head-ache, ear-ache, affections of the throat, or in cases ofinternal injuriesy whether resulting from a severe stroke, fall or bruise, this Liniment is especially eflicacious. Itrelieves ulcers, open wouands, salt rheum, white swelling, milk leg, and works charmingly ;on corns, chilblaing, frosted hands, feet and edrs. Nursing mothers suffering from ‘swollen breasts, resulting from a stagnation of the lacteal fluid, will find this Liniment of incalculable benetit by way of separating the swelling, allaying the fever, and healing the breast. By several applications-per day, highly satistactory results may be obiained from the use of this Liniment in the treatment of. tumors, tistula, cancer, ‘piles, and like diseaxes ; also, for wounds resulting from scalds, burns and cuts, and from the;bites of wasps, snakesand mud dogs, or poisoning from noxious-plapts - The I'rench Liniment will also be found a veluable nousehold remedy tn cases of ;rheum:uism,croup, scarlet fcver,diyhtheria, quin¢y, bronchius; scrofula, erysipeias,—for external applications. _Cholera, ‘cholera morbus, celic, c¢ramps, spasams, flux, diarrhea and gripings.in “the bowels muy be eflectually checked by the in_terval use of this celebraced Liniment, as follows: One-half ' texrpoonful four to five times within a period of from one-half hour to two or three ‘hours, dccording to the severity of thre case. For colic, tuke gue or two doses, For flux or diar-’ rheea, infants; one year of age, require from sto 6 drops ; two years vld, from 10 1o 12 drops. given insugar. Rab the abdomen with the Liniment. Eor inflsmmation of the bowels, use the Liniment internuwdlysand externally. .

' Price 50 Cenis per EBottle. Prepared and manufactured exclusively by i - Dr. Geo. Cleis, . 10-1414 .. GOSHEN, mfg. Drs. PRICE & BREWER S EAVE o ‘ W/‘ ! VISITED LAPORTE B e e w’ d - - FIFTEEN YEARS. cAR A S Y R R AT BT TYA Y T RR S RSy SRS DWY P O D IJAVE ‘met with unparalleled success in the . treatme‘ntofall. 5 ' x Chronic Diseases

cx 1 ‘OFTHE . THROAT = ; AT SRS SAN S - LUNGS, R S LIS ~ - STOMACH, . - LIVER, . . . AT AT RIS Nerves, _[»fii(fneys. Bladder,‘! Womb, and:Blood Affections of the Urinary Organs, ‘Grayel. Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, &c.i-. 4 y % Qurrepufation hasbeenaequiredbycandid,honest dealing and years of successful practice. \ ‘Our practice, not oneof experiment, butfounded onthelaws of Nature, with years of experience and evidence to sustain it, doesnottear down, ‘make sick.tomake well; no harsh treatment. no trifling, no flattering. - We know thecauseandthe remedy needed; no guess work, but knowledge ‘gained by years of experience in the treatment o 1 Chronicdiseases exclnsively; no encouragement withont a prospect. Candid in our opinions, reasonable in ourcharges, claim not to know everything. or cure everybody, b;rgéo lay claim to rea--gon and common sense, Weinvite the sick, no matter what their ailment, to call and inyestigate hefore they abandon hope, make interrogations and decide for themselves; it wiil codt nothingas consujtation is free. £ ; Drs. Price & Brewercan be eonsulted asfollows: Ligonier, Ligonier House, Monday, March 13th. e Eon “ Kendallwville, Kelley House,Tuesday, Marehl4th, o o 0 ‘ Lia Grange, Brown’s Hotel, Wednesday, March 15th. |- ' ! Visits will be maderegularly for years. * Residenceand Laboratory: WAUKEGAN, TLLINOIS. _ b ey 29-tf .

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Is Delaved and Lite Peolonred by using R. & T. Tonic¢ Elixir and Liguid Extract of Beef. This medicine can not) under any eireumstance fail to cure Indigestion, Consti ation, Dyspepsin, Headache, Nervoustiess, loss of F?trongth and Appetite,«Liing, Liver| Biadder; Kidney, Btomach, Blood, and Children’s Diseases. Al Female diseases ©and -wénknesses this medicine will positively cure. All cases of Piles arising from natural causes of by the use of injurious medicines are permanently - eured, 'The pure Beef Juice and Blood preparedfrom Yaw meat furnishés' strength and nourishment, - | Irof-E. 8. Wayne, Chemist' and President. of Cineiunatl College of Pharmacy, says: : ot Cixernwary, April 2, 1875, Muisns. Ricnanpson & TuLLIDGE § Gusrs—Having been made u(:#xminted with the coms osition of your H..¥ 'F. Tonic Elixir and ilquld E:l;lnft of Beef, would say that it possessed yala e medieinal Pmpmlel. as all the ingredients emen’ng‘ into ifs composition have g well-known and: ’o.u ve medicinal v-}uot Which® combined Logether must form an excellen tosic, eathartie, and ‘nutritive medicine, and one well suited to relieve mnany eomplaints incident to our clifgate, .. Respectfully, E. 8. WAYNE, . It you 46 nob find this medicine ot one drng store, call at anether, and if it is uot on eale in your place, : hne‘;qg_gvdruggm order if, or send direct ous, .. - Price, §l.OO per bottle. Sont on receipt of price. ' B : Cincinnatl, 0.

WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. i e | VIL—BB. J, TILDEN. 2 “ Samuel J. Tilden, of New Yorlk, | -Belf-titled champion of reform, | s We honor you for usefal work, | | In smiting knaves with manly arm. | * You helped to rout the villain Tweed, ' And break ‘thering of the canal;” = | You’ve done much good in word and deed, .. And taken credit for it all. : | “ You're anxious to be President. i Your heart is set on ‘that hign place, Yourself and friends your claims present To run the Qemocratic race. . i ‘¢ Great chnmpfox} of all reform, Is your own virtue trial-proof ? From every scheme of public harm, | Have you unspotted keptaloof ? “, ¢ Some say you purvey for Tom Scott, Monopolisg and railwayking; | And that stern virtue you have not, When scheming for a railway ring. = “ Railroad Monopoly! The name _ Is hateful to the patriot’s ear, Sure presage of a natiovn’s shame. : Suré sign of public danger'qcar. ¥ ** Ko patriot sta'esman forges chains . For Liberty’s freq: limbs to wear, Nor seeks for self-dishonest gains =~ ‘From burcens, toll-worn workers bear. ‘‘ These words may seem but idle wind? © The cold breath of uncharity; 7 The utterance of & doabting mind, . Which trath and good in none can’see. ** But public good the truth demands— ° Demands that public men should show In public trusts pare, unstained hands, Or else allpnblféﬁ trust forego. *“Chief ruler of the Empire State, Whose motto is Exzcelsior, 6 Bear that proud word in mind, Axp waiT. Of now the people would know miore.’ . VIIL.—WILLIAM ALLEN. . “Bill Allen, yon in Jacképn’c days, Were roaring Bill, a lion bold, : A Demociat in all your ways; | A valliant champion for, gold, b ‘“Two years ago, Ohio gaid, o ‘Rire-up, old livn, be our chief’— ! i And you her Governor were made, But soon by folly came to grief. *“You tnrned your car'to flattery, ‘ You went awry with Wash McLean, | Vietim of greenßack heresy, ; You’ll never rise nor roar again.” ,

3 IX.—@. H, PENDLETON. The people say to G. H. P., - Ohio’s favored handsome sen, “If you had stcod by hard money, . ;Aud let the greenback sham alofxe,’ ¢ “i’ou might our President have been, And in the White House &et your-chair,-A chief among our:chief of men, :- y ' But now! you never will get there, =~ “We mourn for you,'a wanderer from The fold of true democracy, ; A hopeless exile, doomed to roam, i Anad die, alas! felo de se.” o ‘Xo—A, G. THURMAN, *‘On-Allen G., of Columbus, . i The people keep a ;watchtul eye;. Just now hels up in nubibus, - But must come down and talk or die. “‘Nathless, there is in this Thurman Downright good Democratic stuff— Material for a strong statesman, For President quite good enough.” : XI ,—8&, 8. ¢OX. ‘ 4 The people say of 8. S. C.: o “A gallant man is Sunset Cox, Like-errant knight of chivalry . He gives all public wrongs hard knockes. ““He's worth his weight in virgin gold— The brightést wit in Congress hall— ; S full ie he of wit untold, . No speaker’s /chair’vs"ould hold it all. 2 “'Twould sparkleout in colored fires, . - Flow oul in rivulets of fun, Explode.the ribs of gray-haired sires, And brings the house in thuuders down. "“Cox need not seek the speaker’s chair, Nor ever for-the white house pine, : His culture large, and tancy rare, ; Will make his Sunset always shne, | “Give all just praiee to bright Sunset, A Democrat of virtue pure, No stain is on his record yet, s To him & well earned fame is fure, .| . Xli.— HORATIO SEYMOUR. The people say to H. Seymour. - . “Stafeeman and patriot tried and true,’ Our highest limnor still in store, : We gladly keep reserved for you. . “When New York shall her choice present,’ . Her ablest statesman, noblest son. In you. our choice for President, 'With honor victo_ry‘will be won. ,"HoRATIO SEYMOUR, With that name, Revive the memory of old days, -« - When public men deserved their fame. ~ And honor crowned them with her bays.”

XIII.—GREENBA®KS. ‘‘Not Bill Allen, nor Sam Carey, ) Nor Ben Butler, nor Pendleton, Nor Phillips. Voorhees, Bill Kelley, i Nor all the mer who harp upon, “The greenbtfck dognins false and vain, Can shake our faith in honest cash, Nor make it otherwige than plain That greenbacks without gold are trash. ' lI;I:USSBATIVE. ¥ Hodge owes to his friend Jones a cow, A gives his bond, a cow to pay, } Iu due time Jones comes, saying, “‘now - T want that promised cow to-day.” ! Says Hodge to anes; *No cow 1 haye. My cows are dead and turned to clay, Bul here’s a paper cow, she’ll save _ Large cost to\you for corn and hay.” : Says Jones to Hodge: “N@r milk, nor beef, Your paper cow will yield to.me; I'll have a cow of geunuine stuff, Else you and I cannot agree.” Says Hodge: “This paper cow, BY Law, Is made a cow, not flesh and bone, 1 T'll have no censirg from your jaw— i Take this rag cowand get yon gone.” Jones takes the lawsful cow in wrath,” And cow inpocket, homeward goes, But as he trudges on his path, : Swears Hodge's the biggest scamp he knows. s MORAL, 2 ' "Twixt Uncle Sam and farmer Hodge, This difference only seems to be, Sam’s Congress made the greenback dodge, And Hodge obeyed right loyally. © XIV,.—REPUDIATION. . 2o “Ik PUBLIO FAITH 18 PUBLIO STRENGTH, ; . Who doubis this truth will God deny, ! All argumeuts in breadih and length, ‘ Are paught, which pass this great truth by, “RerupiaTioN! We respond, : 5 ~ "Phe people’s faith, no man shall deubt, We’ll bold inchonor every bond, ~~ ~ Till honest payment wipes it out. : *‘Honor is lord on Fmdom 's geil, B And Freedom’s wealth will pay her debt, Myriads of hands for this will toil, . Millions of brows for thie will sweat. “Our mountain veins hold wealth of gold, - - On fertile plaims is wealth of grain, ; In mines and forests wealth nntold. ; And wealth flows to us o’er the Main, “With Titan's power for peace or war,” ~ Steam works for s, in shopand forge, O’er frou ways propels theosr, . ~ On lakes and rivers drives tho barge. = - ol iR e ne b kit s, g thath s trumt: 15 God sl sfabs v S wz _~£§-‘.§s‘_?§%’j§;&?ﬁ,ﬁ‘?ﬁ*ﬁ B> L Lo e gora N

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1876.

: MEMBRANOUS CROUP. A capital sketch is that of Mark Twain’s on the experienees of the MeWilliamses with ‘membranous croup. The said MeWilliams thus relates his experienee: . . - *“Well to go back to where I was before I digressed to explain to you how that frightful .and incurable disease, ‘membranous croup, was ravaging the town and driving all mothers mad with terror; I called Mrs. McWilliams’ attention to little Penelope and said:

“Darling, I wouldn’t-let that ehild be chewing that pine stick, if I were you_.” b 3 ! E “Precious, what harm. is there in it?” she said. at' the same ‘time preparing to take away the stick—for women can’t receive the most palpable ludicous suggestion. without arguing it; that is, married women. . “Love, it is noterious that pine is the least nutritious wood that a child: could eat.” ; o My wife’s hand paused in the act of taking the stick and returned itself to her lap, She bridled perceptibly and Sard ol Sl ' - “Hubby, vou know better than that. Doctors all say the turpentine in the pine wood is good for weak backs and the kidneys.” : : “Ah! I was under a, misapprehension. I did not know the child’s kidheys and spine.were affected, and the family physician had recommended--” “Who said that the child’s spine and kidneys were affected ?” i “My love you intimated it.” : “The ideat Imever Fntimated anything of the kind.”" .. | s “Why, my dear, it hasn’t been two minutes since you said—" 5 . “Bother what I said! I don’t care what I did say. There is no harm in. the child chewing a bit of pine “stick it she wants to, -and you know it perfe:tly well; and she shall chew it, too! So there, now ™ | . “Say no more, my dear. I now see the force of yourreasoning, and I will go and order two or three cords of the best pine vood to-day. No child of mine shall want—" = . :

“Q, please go along to your office, and let me have peace. A body can’t make the simplest remark but you go to arguing till you don’t know what you are talking about, and you never do.” . Ay i

“Very well; it shall be as .you.say, but there is & want of logic in your last remark which—" However, she was gone with a flourish before I.could finish, and had taken the child. with (hér. That night she confronted me with a faceas white as a’ sheet. e : < “0, Mortimer, th’g’s another! Little Georgia Gordon is taken!” “Metgbranous croup?™® : “Yies!” ! = re | © «Is there np hope for him?” -~ -~ «None in the world. O, what is to become of us?” e e By and by our nurse brought in our| Penelope to say good night, and offer| the customary prayer at the mother’s knee. In the midst of “Now 1 lay me down EO sleep,” she gave a slight cough. :My wife fell back like one stricken with death. But the next moment. she' was up and running away with ‘an activity which terror inspires. ' ! . ; She commanded that .the child’s crib be remdvedl from the nursery to our bed-room; and she went along to see the order executed. She took me with her, of course. We got matters arrangeéd with speed. A cot bed was put up in my wife’s dressing-room for thenurse. Butnow Mrs. McWilliams said we were too far away from the otlier baby, and what if 'he were to have the symptoms in the hight; and. she blanehed again, poor thing. | We then restored the crib and nurse to the nursery, and put up a bed , for ourselves in a room adjoining. - ' Presently, however, Mrs. McWilliams said, “suppose the baby should cateh it fromy Penelope?” This tho't struck a new panic to her heart, and _the tribe of us could not get the crib ‘out of the nursery fast enough to sat--isfy my wife, though she assisted in ‘person and well nigh pulled the crib 'to pieces in her frantic hurry. =

We moved down stairs, but there was no place to'stow the nurse, and Mrs. McWilliams said the nurse’s-ex-perience ;would be an inestimable help. So we returned, bag and baggage, to our own bed-room once more, and felt a 'great gladness, liké stormbuffeted birds that have found their nests again. L Jib | " Mrs. McWilliams sped to the nursery to see how things were going on there. She was back in a moment with a new dread: She said: ’

“What .can make the baby sleep 80 ?” i b [ I said: “Why, my darling, baby always sleeps like a graven image.” «] know, I know ;. but there’s something peculiar about his sleep now. He seems to—he séems to breathe—so regular. O, this is dreadful!” “But, my dear, e always breathes regularly.” ; - b “Oh, I know, but there’s something frightful about it now. ‘lis nurseis too young and inexperienced. Maria shall . stay there with her, and be on hand if anything happens.” ; - “That’s a good idea, but who’ll help you i.o ol e i L .~ “You can helpme alll want. [ wouldn’t allow anybody to do anything but myself, anyhow, at such a time as this.” " | Isaid I would feel mean to lie in bed and leave her to watch over our little patient all the weary night. But she reconciled me to it. -So old Maria departed - and took wup her ancient quart'ers. in the nursery. f : Penelope coughed twice in her sleep. “Oh, why don’t the doctor come? Mortimer, this room lis too warm. Turn off the register, quick!” i . I shub it off, glanced at the ther: mometer at the same time, and wondered if 70 degrees was too warm for a sick child. S c i B

The coachman' arrived from down town, now, with the news that our physician was ill and confined to his bed. Mrs. McWilliams turned a dead eye upon me; and said in adead voice: . “There ,is Providence in it., It is foreordained. He never was sick before.. We have not been living as we ought to live. Mortimer, I have time and again told you so. Now you see the result. Our child will never get well. Be thankful if you ean forgive yourself—ll never can forgive myself.” I said, without intent to hurt, but with heedless choice of words, that I could not see that we had been living gueh ah abandoned life, . | | ; “Mort,in;?:r! Do you want to bring the judgment upon baby, too?” = Then she began to ery, but suddenlyescisimed: 'V C i ~“The doctor must haye sent medicines!” M ey - Isaid: “Certainly; they are 'here. I was only waiting for you t,o,?'g'%vg meskokanes” . oo “Well, do give them to me! Don’t Fou kuiow fHist avety Mietgest s yie: ious now? But what was the use in Sondi ng medicines, when he know therewashobe - i

more what youare ?al’king about than the child %nb_orn; If you would—. As I live, the directions say give one teaspoonful once an hour! Once an hour ! —as if we had a whole year before us to save the child in. Mortiiner, please hurry. Please give the poor, perishing thing a teaspoonful, and try to be quick.”” o “«Why, my dear, a teaspoonful “Don’t drive me frantic. * * *! There, there, there, my precious, my own; it’s nasty. bitter stuff, but it’s good ; for Nelly—good for mother’s precious darling, and it will make her well. There, there, there, put the. little head on mamma’s breast, and :go to sleep,” and bretty soon—“Oh, I know she can’t live till morning! Mortimer, a teaspoonful every half hour will—. Oh, the child needs belladanna, t 66; 1 know she does— and aconjte. Get them, Mortimer. Now do let me have my way. You Kknow nothing about these things.” Foie “#“We now went to bed; placing the crib close to my wife’s pillow. All this tirmoil had worn upon me, and within two minutes [ was something rpore than half acleep. Mrs. MeWilliams aroused mef ' S ;

“Darling is the legister turned on ?” “NO.” . ¥ ! “I thought as mueh. Please turn it on at once: This room is cold.” I turned it on, and. presently went to sleép again. T was aroused once more. - : Ji

. “Dearie, would you mind moving the crib to your side of the bed. Itis nearer the register.” , e I moved it, but had a collision with the rug, and woke up the child. -1 dozed off once more, while my wife quieted the sufferer. Buft in a little while theseavords came murmuring remotely through-the fog of my drowsiness: g Wit :

' A."M‘ortim_er, if we' only had some goose-grease—gwill you ring ?” , I ¢limed drearily out, and stepped on a cat, which responded with & protest that would have got a convinecing kick for it if a chair had not got,it instead. i Sot “Now, Mortimer, why do you want to turn up the gas and wake up the child again?” : b : “Because [ want to see how much 1 am hurt, Caroline.” : : “\Wall, look at the chair, too—Tl have no doubt it is tnined. Pgor cat; suppose you had—" o “Now, Lam not going to suppose anything: about™ the cat: It never would have happened if Maria had been allowed to remain here and attended to the duties which are in her line, and not'in mine. L : “Now, Mortimer, I should think you would be ashamed to make a remark like that. Itis a pity if you cannot do the faw little things that I ask of you atsuch an awful time as:this, when our child—" i “There, there, I will do anything ‘you want, me to; but I can’traiseany body with this belli - They’re all gone to bed. Where is the goose-grease?” “On the inantle:piece in the nursevy. If you’ll step there and speak to Maria—"- Ly

I fetched the goose:grease and went to sleep again. Once more I was called: | A . «“Mortimer, 1 so hate to disturb you, but the room is still too eold for. me to try tolapply this stuff. Would you mind lighting the fire? ' It is all ready to touch a mateh to.” PEa ; I dragged myself out and lit, the fire, and then sat down disconsolate. “Mortimer, don’t sit there and cateh your death of cold. Come to bhed. “As I was steppingjin, she said: “«But wait a minute.. Please givé the child some .mire of the medicine.” : i o . Which . I did. It was a medicine which made a child more or less lively; so my wife made use of its waking interval to strip it and grease it all over with the goose-oil. I was asleep once more, but once more I had to get up. . b “Mortimer, I feel a draft, = I feel it distinetly. There is nothing so bad ‘for this disease as-a draft. Please move the crib in front'of the fire.” I did it, and collided with the rug againy ‘which I threw intothe fire. Mrs. McWilliams sprang out of bed and rescued it, and-we had some words. I hadanother triflinginterval of sleep, and got up, by. l'e?uest, and constructed a fax-seed poultice. This was placed upon the child’s breast and left there to do its| liealing work.

A wood fire is not a permanent thing. I got up every twenty minutes and renewed ours; and this gave Mrs. McWilliams an opportunity to shorten the times of giving the medieines by ten minutes, which was a great satisfaction to her. Now "and then, between times, I reorganized the flaxseed poultices, and applied sinapisms’ and other blisters where unoccupied places could be found upon the child. ‘Well; towards morning the wood gave out, and my wife wanted me to go down cellar and get some, more. 1 said: | o - “My dear, it is a laborious job, and the child must be nearly warm enough with herextraclothing. Now,mightn’t we put on another layer of poultices g : ‘I did not finish, becauge ‘I was interrupted. I lugged wood up from below for some little time, and then turned in and fell to snoring as only a man can whose strength is all gone, and whose soul is worn out. At last, at'broad daylight, I felt a grip on my shoulder that brought me to my senses suddenly. My wife was glaring down upon me and gasping. As soon as she could command her tongue she said:

“It is all over! All over! The child’s perspiring! What shall we do ?” “Mercy, how you terrify me! I don’t know what we ought to do. May be if we scraped her and put her into the draft again—" L ; “Oh, idiot! The¥e s not a mement to lose. Go for the doctor. <Go yourself. Tell hil he must come, dead.or alive.”}:. B G iR el I dragged that poor sick man from his bed and brought him. e looked at the ehild and said she was not dying. This. was joy unspeakable to me, but it made my wife as mad as if he had offered. her a personal affront. Then he said the child’s cough was only caused by some trifling irritation in the throat. At this’l thought my wife had a mind to' show him the door. Now the doctor said he would make the child cough harder and dislodge the trouble. So he gave her something that sent her into a spasm of éoughing, and presently up came a little wood splinter or two, . = = “This child » has -no membranous crougg’ gaid he.: i o ~ “She has been chewing a bit of pine shingle or something of the kind, and :¢ swmmiﬂmmm ﬂ% wowt do her any hurt ihm%’i,,ﬁm“l 1 can “"m gey) St G 1o dihla eI e ponn et el s ‘o / b : .

& h - .h' Eh Sundap Beading, B o OUR LIVES o Our lives are like the autumn leaves . That fall upon life’s troubled stream : ! Some darkly circle by the shore, a Some brightly on its Hosom gleam : And many erushed into the dust R By this world’s unrélepﬁing pride, k Shall be‘enwreathed in gl?ry’:i ecrown ‘ By seraphs Ol tl\(;lot;her’side. = For souls there are whose darkened fates - Have never known the power of love— | That, like the stars unknown,to earth, = - } Shall gem God’s firmament above. - | There shallithey find the missing cfl()l‘df-) b ' Sought'vainly in this vale of teats, ‘ And in the golden sunlight bask B | That fills the long, eternal years. |

i -And what enchanting strains of joy . 2 +! Fall like sweet music on life’s sea, When we could say; I've done to men- : i As I would hayve them to dotome ; And though in poverty we dwell,; A g We’re richer far than ermined k ings'; . For then we feel that angels smile, | And hear the rustling of their wings. And it is this which constitutes ° The spirit of wealti in that grand life ’ Which opens wide the doors of trath, * When we hitve done ivith sin and strife ; And he whose treasurés have been laid | : But to enhance his mortal need, Must, when we seek that unknown bourne, Himself find destitute indeed. ks

In the celebrated debate between Alex. Campbell and Dr.N. L. Rice, the latter said: “The law which was given at Sinai was a témporary addition to the Abrahamic covenant, designed to answer a particular purpose, for a limited time, and therefore circumeision. The seal .of the Abrahamie covenant embraced and sealed these additions to it, made for the purpose of carrying. out its provisions. So: Paul teaches -in Gal, iii, 19: “Wherefore; then, envieth. the Law It was added (of’ course. fo the Abrahzmiic"‘coyen:antv), “till the seed shall come, etc. The'law at Sinai was not, therefore, anbther covenant entirely distinct from that ‘matle with Abraham, but \:\ms‘only anuagldition to if;.,"‘ Sl i

e B s A PROMISE THAT WAS KEPT. One evening four German students at a university were enjoying thémselves in an upper room of a little hotel. They had four instruments, and employed -~ themselves . in ‘making music after the! hard labors of ‘the day. There was a pause in the music, but no sooner had they ceased playing than they heard an old man playing a violin beneath their window in the street. They went to the window and lookéd out, watching him until he ceased playing. One of them threw. outra .little piece of money, and said: to him, laughing: = “Here, poor Peter, this is all we have for you-now, come again sonje other time.” ‘ “Yes,” said!another; “come again in a year from now.” ad ‘“Then we will give youw a. little house for a present,” said a third, - “Yes, in the middle of a ‘garden,” said the fourth. o -~ The old man was struck with wonder at such a promise. His long, bright hair shoné brighter in thelight of the lanterns. that hung out at a neighboring - restaurant. He looked up at the window, and said, after a moment’si reflection: “Young men, are you in earnest in what you are saying? 1 hope: you are not making light of, an old man.” - o “Indéed we are'in earnest,” replied! Ernest, with excited voice; and his three companions called upon God to witness their seriousness. . ..

‘“Farewell, then,” replied the .old man, “I take my leave of you. 'One year from to-day, at this same hour, expect me to come and playia tune beneath this window. -Farewelll may the Almighty One whose name you have called upon, bless you.in your kindness!” - : ; ! - The old man.went off after. invoking blessings-upon them. The students- closed the window, took their instruments in hand, and, after having played three or four lively tunes, seemed to have forgotten all that had occurred. Ernest said to them, after the space of- about a half an hour:; “You seem to be very quiet. I cannot be, for I have made a. promise to give something that I have not got.” “What promise!” answered one of light-hearted companions. =~ ° ° “The promise of a house and gar: dert™ 0 e i -A loud laugh was-the response that he met with, and the students separated.” They met again on the following eyening, and during their: interview Ernest called to mind the premise of the night before. They made light of it, and told him that he was foolish to pay any more attention to it, . “Then,” sald he, “I don’t see where your conscienees are, if you can make a promise and break your word.”

. “HoW can we keep: a promise of that: kind ?” said Christopher, “when our parents. are all poor, and have all they can do to send us to the university. How, then can they help us buy a house and garden for a foolish old man? Goodnight, comrades. I wish you all as good ‘a sleep as Ishall have.” But this kind. of argument did not affect Ernest mueh, for he could not help thinking that he was competent to keep his bargain, He was the poorest of the group; for his mother was a widow, and made her living by washing. The promise that he made affected him - deeply, and: he left the university for a week, that he might go heme and tell his mother the pledge that he had made to the old musician. After ‘he had told her, she rephed: “Keep it, my son, keep; it, if it costs you your life.” - i e *“That is what I shall try to do, and I hope I shall have your prayers.”

Ernest returned to tlgle uniyersity, and told his friends that they must seriously think of buying the old man a_ house and garden. He went to a neighboring village oneday, and found that he could get a neat little house and garden for 2,000 guldens. That was, a large sum for those poor students tothink of paying, but through the influence of Ernest the other three ‘gradually became convinced that it _was their prgmise. The four resolved that in one year from the time that the pledge was made the old man should have his house if it was within their power to get it for him. They must leave the university—a sad proceeding for them. They came to thb conclusion to go through the country and give concerts;. for really | this appeared to be the only way pos-! sible to gain any money. Even by pursuing this course there afvpemdm 6.5 yoor proapend ei 2 laeis o %:iy“?,ﬂé renolved fa fo. their ek, They closed their books, put their in#v‘h i %ﬁ\#“ 4 ey

that he might not, sell it under six months to ‘anybo‘dﬁ, and’ if hewogld,.i promise to take it at the end of that time he might have® it,-though the | money need not to be paid under a ‘year. Week after week passed by, I-and the students slowly proceeded on their way. Their expenses were not heavy, but their income was c¢ertainly 1 -small, too. - Nine months and a half passed by, and still they had but a little abowe 700 guldens. It was a great question with them how the remaining 1,300 could be raised:. They. were spending one day At a country town, and a nobleman living in'a large castle a few miles distant, was seeking musicidns to attend the wedding' of his danghter, who was to be married in three or four days. For-. tunately enough for the students, the nobleman employed them for the oecasion. The marriage ceremonies took: place, and by and by it was. time for thesmusic to begin. .The students - had trained themselves'weryicarefully | tor that evening, and itheir selections ; . were certainly of a very high otrder. During the course of the festivities it wasnoticed that the nobleman became very sad. His face wore a mel- | ancholy appearance, ‘and' those who stood near to him saw him weeping. What could have caused Him to be melancholy at such a time as that? One of the pieces that these musicians. had played was his mother’s favorite melody. She had often sang it tohim many years ago, and he had not heard it sinee, until the students played it. It was enough to make him sorrowful and it drew those students to his heart in such a way that he could not ex--press his feelings. |They had recalled’ to this ‘memory al'piece: of musie. .which ‘he had never been able /to find in any music store, and which was worth a fortune for him to hear. " . I must now make my story short. The nobleman kept the four students in his castle two week,s became acquainted with them very fully, aid learhed theiriobject in leaving the' University to give-concerts.. He sup-' plied them with three thousand guldens, and told them he would pay their expenses at the university for foar years, and that they might have Lhej pfivilege of making drafts on him at’ any time. At This Torfune was better than they. had|reason to.expect. lirnest had als ready written. to the ownér of the liouse and garden that he might eXxpect. them to take if, so thatiit was now engaged. ' . : i The ~students returned to the university and reached there just a-few. weeks, ' before the eénd of” the year, -when the house nmust be ready for the. owner. On the evening of the day: when the old man promised to appear, “heistood below the window .in; the .bright moonlight, playing on Ins yiolin. He was true to his word, and expected the promisé to be kept. ' The young men went down to invite him { up, and told him all they had done. They showed him the deed for his place and gave it to lim. On the following day he formally took posses'sion of it, and they. suppliSd -it with furniture and groceries tor housekeeping. . ; o

The young men felt that they were amply repaid for théir faithfulness to their word, by the gratitude and joy of the old man. But they were-not only repaid in feeling, th.é"y“}vere nfpre: than repaid even in money/: . - Fourteen years after that time that place came into their possession; for. the old man had died and bequeathed! it to them in his ‘will, ‘That part of the town rose in value. Many things contributed to its increased value, which I will not enumérate. It is enough to say that in seventeen years from the time the studerits gave the deed of that house and garden to the old )?nu'siciah, the same property that had fcost two thousand guldens was. worth eighty thousand. * The Students, therefore, were not only paid in heart but in money. They had kept their word, .and the.memory of heing faithtul to their word even to the poor old man who had 1o power 'to compel them to be true to It, wasla pleasant ufxemory’as lo'ng_eﬁs they lived.: = | ———lp > P L

THE LEGEND OF BT. CHRBIS- | : TOPHER. Sl Among all the beautiful legends of the Middle Ages, none is more pathetic and suggestive than the story of St Christopher. . .~ crl . Colossal in statyre, unequalled in. strength, there dwelt in the land of Canaan a giang, wamed Offero. ~ Feeling in his heart the want' that comes. in time to all hearts, he traveled far and wide, seeking to find the mightiest. prince on earth, that. he might serve him. From one’ltgo another poften_tate he went, ever finding, after a | short period of labor, that his new master stood in fear of some otherand stronger. Enlisting at last in the service of the devil, he worked . for ihim | faithfully, tili he disecovered that the sight of a cross by the iv:i,ysicle,_czztlsed‘ him to tremble with fear. Soheleft him, and marched on, seeking but not: tindidg the Christ, seorning to follow the bidding of a hermit, who desired him to - fast ;‘{‘r;d pray, saying, “I will not fast, for surely if-I were'to fast, my strength would leave me,” and “I kunow nothing: of prayers, and I will} not be so bound.” Then the hermit bethought him, doubtless, that in’ Chuaist’s economy there is scope for all natures, and to thjs man, who did not comprehend fa‘s.t_ix%g ‘and prayer, nor the gentler aspects ‘of religion, it | might be that hard work might be‘come the chosen means of grace. So he told him of a river, in fording which many pilgrinis perished; saying: “Sincethou wilt neither fast nor pray, go to that.river, and use . thy strength to aid and save tlgp‘{;e ‘whostruggle with :the stream, and those. who are about to perish. Tt may be that this good work shall prave acceptable to Jesus Christ, whom thou desirest to serve, and that he may ‘manifest himself:to thee!” To which Offero replied: “This I can do. Itis. a service that pleaseth me well!” . © Patiently, then, by the 'side “of the river, by day and by night, the strong ‘man waited, aiding the wealk, carry[ing the helpless, and stéadying those ~who-were in danger of going down with the curvent, until one day our Lord, looking on him well pleased, | wﬂ:hmm;%hgmsmgn&m@mha ‘knoweth not the way to w mk%p M%h ifaﬂ lg«z’ﬁh&».v‘fﬁﬁy w}fﬁ?ﬁ% . Bothe % iid goes on, telling of the qgﬂéaﬂﬁ faithtul mﬁmwﬁ paid, until there comes a dark and drenching rains fall. A L BT Ve $o r A s e s T S R SR faint and tr eé;? . & A ehild: “Oarry me ov i CArtyY e | iy i o s e e N S i the shatter it e Ganpley T S _u:A-:',,@:::\ﬁ.j}ﬂ % L,Las ‘\ AN g .L::{je.w',z:

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the meanings of our daily life. The heart of it is the same that beats in ‘the beautiful utterance of our Savior: “Inasmuch as “ye did it to the least of these my servants, ye did it' unto mel” Those. who have found out how .to love and labor for Christ’s friends are on-the way. to the knowledge of the best Friend himself. There are some who pitifully complain that they can not-find the personal Jesus. They believe that He is a Redeemer, but their faith fails to-apprepriate Him as their own. - To. such, gropinrg in the dark, ‘and‘’knowing not how to find rest, the story of . Christopher carries a preeious suggestion; Work for the master, thoughyet’ you know Him not. Don’t: let enterprises languish whieh; your hands'may help; don’t let suffering souls and -bodiés near you suffer for lack -of your tender ministry; give the cup of' cold water to this disciple, and” you may yet gain the disciple’s’ reward.. Not that the good ‘work shall save you, but the germ of faith that prompts to: do the good work; so tiny perhaps, that you do not recognize it, shall'be cared for by Him who sees and blessey all> who trust in’ Hg o oo b . Few .are the Hearts that have not felt, like Christepher, the desire to serve the strongest. - In the pages of ‘history, sirength, like .charity,'is the -mantle - that covers many sins. We forgive in-qur.favorite hieroes selfish ambition, tyrannical ernelty,and over‘bearing ‘arroganee, becauss tliey were strong, - They ‘dared, and they- did. We instinetively turn our friendships, o those whose tenderness is beautiful | because it rests upon a rock-like stratuny ot strength. Firmness, decision, promptitude, the feeling that there is. something . to rest wpon, in a character, must- underlie the gentleness, and softness, . and: :sweetness, without ‘which: life is hke' a sandy way, unblessed with shade and verdure. . Itis ‘ true in life as in literature, that .\ »

:-f:,“:The*l}fraﬁ'es;t;:_ﬁ'e the teriderest,~ -/ ' - The loving at-eAt'\hgd.}}lting.,"- S F“ 4 . Unsatisfied hearts! Plhey are all abput us, biding-their’aching; their d,uTl?.l ,pailr, their ennui, under smiling faces; bui once in. & while, in-an un'glgvrdédmomeut.; tho mask drops, and -we _cately’/a glimpse of isorrow, want and penury. - They are allin some ser-vige,-and the cervice of the weak is nigre- Uppressive than that -of the strong. - Only: One can. truly say,’ “Pake My yoke upon you, and learn of. Me; Tor 1 any meek and lowly in héart, and yeshilt find restto yout souls?” ~One thought more: . Since thé Son of Man' came not, to be ministered un--to, butito minister, there is.a loftiness in even the: humblést ministry.. The glory of, .vtl_le_'il)vi’Vil_‘le,,'iueifay{;lq and lovely, rests: upon the lowliest \'vo'.r.%‘undertaken in the right ‘spirit.. . Yet we need not, like Christoplier, go seeking over the world for opportunities. They are usually the very next things, to our hand, and: we d¢ not see then beeause -they lie so: near us. If we are; Christ’s and if to us “go_ live is N e e © % The triyial round, the common task, . ol WL furkishiall we ought to-asks 1 ‘ | Rowvmni 10/ deny ourselyes, & road; i . Tobring us dally nearer Gud.? & . © G e Ohristian, Tutellidencer.

e UCWET AND HUMOR. 0 < —:‘_;’L‘Etbﬁidill g _'Wi‘,tirl': a-dn mb ,'b_enl‘li%ﬁll“alk-‘ ing. brilliantly to'a dumb’ but pretty WHIAN. A 2 ety i - S “You'll build. the fires or I'll be.a widow,” iB-the wuay the Fat Contributors wife talless oo 0o Lo S 'Thé most ircedeemable bonds “yet kiown “to the. financial and moral ‘vworld are vagabonds;:- . [ » Gyt IR ‘v'i,.';'-_‘ s e P © The camel is sdid to be the most illtempered creatire in the world; it always has its backup. - .0 o, Why is. a prasy preacher liKe the middle of’ a wheel 7 Bécause the fellows around-him are tired. .~ * Miss. ITannal Allen married Mr. Allen Hannah - in Virginia. ; That’s what’s the matter with Hannah. - =

i J,oh’x.l‘.'Supper"\_vas divorged from his wife ‘in Detroit last week.; She pre“fers to go without her supper. < #The’ prisoner ‘ atthe bar seems to ‘have a very ‘,s%nfoobh faee,” said a speetator to-the jailor. “Yes, replied the jailor, “hé was ironed just before he Was broughtan? - o vin e2O

A man, the toes of Wwhose. feet had ‘been run‘over by a street car in New York, sued the company, laying his damages abt $5,000, o 1 $l,OOO a. toe. The company had to fool the bill. ] This is. the kind of weather that makes the dashing -young man: wish that instead:of spending a dollar and a half ‘for that thassive ‘diamond pinlast -summier; he had judicieusly in-' vested in a pair of winter druwers. . - An old Californian, who was asked ‘to support life insurance when it was. first introduced into that country, replied as follows: “Well, I've no opinion of a speckelation,whar-a man has totetorealize” - 1 s ono _'This-is the way the newspapers talk in “Louisiana: “If- that convicted thiet and-robber, Jinr Walker, wants’ any fuss with us, he can have steel or buckshot-in unlimited quantities by poking ‘his.nose ‘round our corner.” DBasiness ol et e e

A thiee-year -old boy- asked ' his. mother to let him have his building _brieks to.play with, but shé told her darling that it was Sunday, and therefore not proper for him to have them. “But, mamma, I'H build a ehureh,”’ Hegot the'briekd. "> 0 0 o 0 0 “Sin,” said My, Magrunder, addressing Mr. Meguflin -at the baarding. ‘house dinner-table; the other day, “do you incline to faver:the theory of contraction or of -expansion ¥ “If,”'said “Mr, Meguffin, “you refer to the bill of _fare in this boaxrding house, then, sir, -1 am-heart and/soul for expansion.” [ i Prompt Reinforcement, 7 . When the physical energies ave “overtasked or flag through weakness or: disease, they need prompt reinforcement. Renewed vigor is most ‘speedily supplied through the medi-‘um-of @ tonie stimulant,and among ‘medicinal redolirces of that class, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters assuredly ‘& deserve @ pre-eminent place. Wenkness, whether constitutional or ‘arising from disease or over-fatigue, carmot be betier comipensated for 4 iﬂ: tm Tesort to. bhis prime strengthon. ing cordial. ‘The_enfeebled invalid, tlie convalescent ad the aged and inR e e R AT S R 58 Wiper 3 %M%;«»%%% a"*«w‘wﬁiﬂﬁw e ke

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SEC’Y BELKNAP. Shameful Revelations: of © Official and Domestie . Dishenor: = ."8 HIS GUILT SELF.CONFESSED. HIS UNANIMOUS IMPEACHMENT f _ BY THE MOUSE OF REPRE- . : . SENTATIVES. :

Exciting Scenes in the White House . andin Congrdss. [ oo WasnineTon, D. C, Ma&il : 2d-~§ The most intense excitement exists over the revelations regarding Secretary Belknap, which became known here at an early hour: Al kinds of rumors are afloat, and.itis difiicult to get at the exact truth; but the following is authentive: R A Mr. Marsh, of New York, testl‘f“’ fied before the eomimittep on’expenditures ‘of the war department that he - had procured of Mr. Belknap, Secreta. - ry of War, a contract for certain post traderships at Fort Sill and Gther T points in tlie Southwest, for which he - paid the wifé of the secretary $lO,OOO cash, and continued to pay as long as ’ he retained the same $6,000 per annum. He also testified to other frauds and corrupt acts on the part of the seeretary, and produced the rec- - ords as evidence to'snbstantiate every'; fact stated by him. e wassubjected to a thorough examination but-was not shaken-in a single point. T e Tlis startling e'xposuie was comnivnicated to Secretary Belknap and be- ° fore he could appear before the com-. mittee, his® wife waited: upon .the members and admitted, the truth of the statement, and said she alongwas to blame, as the secretary knew nothing'about it. Yesterday the secretdry . appeared and confessed that the story - was trug, and that he desired to as- 1 sume all the responsibility, and not: have ‘it put on his wife. The committee were shocked at this admission, and decided to report; articles of im- . peachment. This morning, Secretary - Belknap 'went to the War Office, and -reniained for a few minutes only, and then proceeded to the White House, } where he had a long interview with 7 the President, in the presence of oth* /. er’ membeérs of the Cabinet, who had/ been.summoned to consult. . The re: - sult of this interview was that Secre= tary Belknap tendered his resigna- - tion, which, was accepted. A meeting - of ‘the House Committee was had for ‘the purpese of drawing up articies of impeachment, and while in progress, Representative Bass, a member of the committee, was summoned to the. White llouse, to-consult 'with the . President. The same messenger that brought] the ‘request to Mr. Bassito come to the White ITouse, brought a notice to the committee that the President had aceepted Belknap’s resigna- | tion. . The committee, notwithstanding the accep{?a\nce of his resignatiopn, will present to the House their arti-¢ cles of impeachment. It is held that - ‘the House can act upon the articles of impeachment, notwithstanding Belknapiis nolonger a member of the €fabs . Belknap hasremained atb hig private residence to-day, not having visited - the War Department. . He'says that there are many complications to ba expiairted to the committee, and that| - Lie: has therefore requested to be aI-’gfé lowed to make a statementbeforeit. L IMPEACHMENT, ©ode i i i

Tn the House, near the close of pro- - ceedings, Mr. Clymer presented ares-.i olution of impeachment against Wil= liam W:. Belknap, late Secretary ol War, for high crimes and misdemeans. ' ors in office. . In the midst of great - excitement, and with unusual stillness in, the House, Mr. Clymer rose‘and: said: “I ask perinission ¢f the House to.make a report from thi¢ Committee = on Expeénditures in the War Department, of 80 grave importance that.l = am quite certain that when it isheard - this House will agree that I am justi~ fied in asking that permission at this time? o AR Permission was giveu, and My. Cly- : mer, proceeded to read the testimony = of Caleb P, Marsh, taken yesterday . ‘before the Committee, showing timat he had paid Secretary Belknap abouws $20,000 in consideration of his appoinfﬁ?}jfi% ment as Post-Trader at Fort Sill, In= dian Territory: . The reading was listened to with intense interest by - members of the House and by & large audience in the galleries. In the more pathetic portions of the narrative Clymer: was {requently forced by his. « feelings to pause until his voice rémv-%f ‘ered from its tremulousiess and him= self from u.gi‘%atidn. : [ e The.scene that followed was beyond = description. Thg feeling manifested was of the most intense sorrow, none ‘were so hard hearted that they did%*”w not pity the man who could thus seil himself, his-honoy, his family m"x%‘; e confidence of his fellow men for & ° bribe, Impeachment was proeged ,' o with and in 60 minutes after the o commiittee’s report W. W. Belknag 7 ‘held a position before the Woﬂdf. ihat 2 must ever hand him as unworthy the smallest confidence, ."7o n e i : g - eT A e »!_ :‘._,j‘ ~,‘f?i . Two WOMEN TAkE A WALK—~The = walking-match for a purse of $: ;i_f‘ Expositign Hall, between '; and Alice Mattice, came to an endilast & evening at 10 o'clock. - The wal é\ﬂ began at 10 o’clock Monday morning, - and ; therefore lasted five days. The & record of the two pedestriang was des = z’llare'd by the. judges to be as follows: & Millie Rose, 207 miles, and “Alice Mate & tice, 185 miles. Thiv is a H;:;:':;f‘,‘,;‘; ' record for women walkists, and would do credit to, many-male professional. pedestrians. * Quite a large crowd GF respectable people were presen %@‘ eh tne end of the contest. Mrs. Rosélias = a little daughter, ei‘ght"y'egmi‘ , ' is evidently a chip from _tjh@:_;,_ and promises to rival her mothoet bes fore long ad a walkist. ° Yesterday little chﬁserfnrmedm ! feat of walking ten miles in. y Jiours” aud. twenis-ive iSSEEE fifty seconds.—Cincinnati Tngu el e }'\@ ! Pan-llandle train yestorday e asannded by oa e vl of %T*%:?i cmien.. Puanchin fl ray vi | with hiis i brella, thie ghatiom