The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 6, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 June 1876 — Page 1

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. ~CITIZENS’ BANK :A (J L ; S LR : 9 ".. LIGONIER, INDIANA. ' ' First-Class Notes wanted at a Low - Rate of Discount. ; All parties having “*Pablic Sale Notes,” iﬂl‘l do : . well to see us befora disposing of ﬂxein‘elne“where. . g : ¥ : Exéhange Bought and Sold, and Fereign Draftsdrawnon all the Pri-iwtpnl‘c‘uin ‘ - of Euiope. y ' . £ e \Agents for First-Class Fiire and Life Insurance Companies. 5 : - © STRAUS BROTHERS, M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. : Ligonigr, Ind.‘, Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 = v ) JAMES M. DENNY, . Attorney and Counsellor at Law. - Otfice in the-Court House, ~. .'ALBION, - -.- -..= - [IND, ‘8:1% .. D.W,GREEN, ' -~ Justiceof the Peace &Collection At : : ;. . ' Oifice—Second Story, Laudon’s Brick Block, | . . "+ EIGONIER, - - INDIANA. g { T D.C.VANCAMP, - ATFORNEY ‘AT LAW, 3 Ligouier, : : : Indiana. . - | Special arteation given to collections and conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and Vi contracts,.. Legal business promptly attended to.” Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50. M. 6. ZIMMERMAN, = - Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, 2} ‘ Cayin Street. : : Ligonier, Indiana. 3 January 7, 1875.-9-37 . P — - __—__—_——a——d———‘ s - e s LR i E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER,. - - - INDIANA. k g—-Office on second floor of Landon’s Block. 7-2 , ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. ' Specialattention given toconveyanging andcollections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal business attended to .promptly and acenrately. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, i © - May 15187315-8-3 . BE. WAREMAN, ‘ - TnsuranceAg't &Justice of the Peace = : ! X KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA: . QOffite with;A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will -receive subscriptions to Toe NATIONAL BANNER. ¥ . et e e T P, W.CRUM, Physician and Surgeon; - LIGQNIER, 2 INDIANA, ¥ : Office over Baum's Grocery Store. v 9 ng-Iy. &, W. CARR, | Physieian and Surgeon, L[G(E)NIER - = = =-'= =« IND.,, Willprdmptly 21:tend all :alls intrastedto him. Office ahd residence pn 4th Street. ' SR T e o Pr. G. E. LONG, - Homeopathic Physician, > Ligon er, - - Xndiana, Sargical and Medical 4id promptly and caree fuliy attended to. Direases ¢f Femaler and Chil--dren a specialty. Office and Residunce over Sol. - Mier's Banking Houre. . it 10 44 die bl 4. M. TEAL, ek TN T ONT oSS, s '@Bomﬂs. over L E. Pike’r Grocerv, - ) Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, : opposise the Post Offlce, Kendallville. Ind 3¥ All work warranted.<&B Kendallville, May 1, 1474, T : _ eLR L h. G l -ST PAINLESS EXTRACTION e f; —oF—- - SRR a AR 3 - SNS=ZET 1\ e Cants Office C Ny AU by Uliee 2 N . Rr I ) Filling Teeth a Specialty - .Ligonier, Ind., Nov: 11, 1875. # 1-1 ; TEEGARDEN - HOUBSE, ' Laporte, Indiana. - P V.W.AXTELL, : : : Praprietor.| Laporte, Aptils, 1871. i ) -_——— CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We keep counstantly un hand and sellin larg'é;ol" : - small quantiides, to sait customers, o - Win:of Oar Owa Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Juice of : v the Grape. - . i i SACK BROTHERS. = Ligonier,July 8,’71.~tf" : «

v Winebrenner & Hoxworth; - * 4 HOUSE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL bcte s : PAINTERS, Grajnerﬁ,(}laziers and Paper-Hangers. E Shop near corner of Fourch and Cavin Sts., oppo- * site Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. . ~ | Ligonier, - = » - Indiana, . STOP AT THE KENDALLVILLE, INDIAKA, ‘NEWCOMMUDIOUS THREE STORY BRICK i ‘Hotél,only ten-rodse trom the L. 8. & M. 8. R. R. Depot, and foursquares from the G, R’ R f{ — Only five minutes walk to any of the principalbasinesshomegsofthecity. Traveling menandstrangerswillfind thisafirst-classhouse. Fares 2 per - day. " J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kéend®lUrille,Ang.3.lB7o.-14 B ol s 3o | -Boarding! Boarding! I have opened a place for the accommodation of Boarders in the building known as the Commereial Hotel, on Cavin Street, on the north side of . ‘the Elkhart River, and am prepared to accommo- , date all those wmbing board at redaced -prices. | GIVFE ME A CALL.. . ADril b, 1570.-3 m B. MoLANNEL, "Pr'g'p’:. 7 PHILIP ,_l. CARR, : ATUC 'I‘I‘QN EER, Offerstia services to the publicin general. Terms . moderate. OQrdersmay be left at theshoestore of =~ P. Sisterhen.. ] : Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 : : é ———— e e e NP R " DEALERIN MONUMENTS, —- - Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING 8 TONES - P SRR LIGONIER, IND. ~ ; o Apri112,1871.-50 3 L . - W.A. BROWN, i Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kindsof '- . FURNITURE, ' +BPRING BED BOTTOMS, '.. = - WILLOW-WARE, : i BRACKETS, &¢ COFFINS&Z CASKETS Also: LADIES? SHROUDS of various patterns, . Alwayson hand, and will be furnished to order ; 'angrsls :{wnded with hearse when degired.’ 1 g tore Room: i 2 ey ; _ O9r. Cavinand 2ad Str.} ngomer ’ I}ld | i August7th,lB73.-8-15. . - - i .., GILES’ < - a f B M = : TEIEiL ,ﬁ‘ Salll il Cures Voaralgia. Face Ache, Rhewniatism. Gout Frosted Fee %:;:gtlhiu, m-‘!lrﬁ;ﬁ las - Bruisesor Woundsofevery kind in ms ya!:ui-. U Sepersd ol ik ey b L R S BOSN EAR TR . ling it up s .g:,w‘?;:f ARy ‘ eness r,.;.,m‘;;u» g e Tw.,.%xfwﬁ, Vir 61 -Ix{:},zqi_” S L g IS L MESIER RS R S ST 7;:."'? ré.; T -z,.;w ~»— » , ».1»,.: a?i:E%f#

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VOL. 11.

BANKING HOUSE Ro i e | SOL. MIER, .Connd’ﬂ\'ew_’nriqk_Bnock, LIGONIER, IND’NA, . Moneyloaned on long and shorttime. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on depositandinterestallowed on specifiedtime, “ Exchdnge bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2 . TO THE FARMERS: YOU willplease take noiice that I am still en*gaged in buying wheat, for which ¥ pay the highest market price. : i [fyou do mot find me on the street, call before . selling,at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. : SOL. MIER. " Ligonier,lndiana, May 7th,1874. —lf . e e e Bakers & Grocers, i CavinStreét.Ligonler,lndimFresh Bread,Pies, Cakes, &c. CholceGroceries,Provisions,Yanke«Notione.& Thehighestcashpricepaidfor Country Procdac Mayl3,’6B-t1 . SACKBRO'S . N . Billiard Hall ‘,' i -;;AND——‘ E ) Ten-Pin Alley en=kK"lll e ‘/L.B HATHAWAY, Prop'r, Basement Banner Block, ; : : Ligenier.lnd. Tobacco and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE, ' All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpins, will find-this to be just the place 24tf WM. CULVEYHOURE Has again moved into rthe building formerly oc~ cupied by himeself, [lately occupied by T. E. Casey & Co.,] and is prepared to do alllkiuds of . REPAIRING v in hisline, énch as ] Parasols, Umbrellas, Sewing Machines, Guns..and Revolvers, Keys Fitted, &c. Fishing Tackle of all kinds kept constantly on il . . nnd. : I manufactore and keep on hand J. R. Baker’s | ’ . celebrated W Bw - — Hish §.amps. Guns and‘f{e_volvns, Powder, S‘l]ot, Caps, Lead, i/ and all kindsof .- | < . 5 E Sporting Goods o - kept in stock. .. v oo Fly Brush Handles Qf' every description. - April 27, 1876, t-f. WM: CULVE¥HOUSE. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, 7 AN, 4/ : AR e 6 e 0% & /@ FE 2o [ e s o eo R ; \ el )75 s Vol 2B e : “Wﬁfi‘%v W= ™~ { %{/‘ﬁﬁk ':L\ Pt NSy ¢ (G S i WS ;("Jf::- T 4 i Vo o= NN TS ger <2 /] WATCH-MAKERS, JEWEILERS, . —imd dealcrs_‘_in—- . Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ) l—nu)—;—v : Fancy Goods, | C REPAIRING Neatly and promEtly executed and warranted ¥ Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ celebraied Spectactles. . e . - ; . -B@=Sign of the Big Watch, opposite the Banner Block, Ligonier,lnd. * ° Sep. 30, ’75-35

THE FOE OF PAIN TO MAN AND BEAST i "Is the Grand Old “ LINIMENT, WHICH HAS STO®D THRE TEST OF 40 YEARS. ' THERE is NO SORE IT WILL NOT HEAL,NO LAMENESS IT WILL NOT CURE, NO ACHE, NO PAIN THAYT AFFLICTS - THE HUMAN BODY, OR THEBODY OF A HORSE OR OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMAL., THAT DOES NOT YIELD TO ITS MAGIC TOUCH. A BOTTLE COSTING 25c., 50c or 81 00. HAS OFTEN SAVED THE LIFE OF A HU#AN BEING, AND RESTORED TO - LIFE AND USEFULNESS MANY A VALUABLE HORSE.

French Liniment

' This Liniment possesses great curative powers for various ailmeiwrts. For asthmatic complaints, difficult ‘breathiug tightness of the breasi, and ailments of the Tuugs, i is applied externally on the breast, and between the shoulders. In .case of sharp pains in the back and limbs, head-ache, ear-ache, affections of the throat, or in cases-ofin-ternal injuries, whether resnlting from a severe ‘stroke, fill or bruise, this Liniment is especially efficacious, It relieves ulcers, open woands, salt rheum, white swellivg, milk leg, and works charmingly on corus; chilblains, frosted hands, feet and ears, Nursing mothers suffering from swollen breasts, rexnliing from & stagnatioa of thelacteal fluid, will find this Liniment of incalculable benefit by way of separating the swelling, allaying the fever, and healing the breast. = By Beveral applicutions per day, highly satisfactory resuits may be obrained from the use of this Liniment in the treatment of tumors, fistala, cancer, piles, and like diseares; also, for wounds resulting from scalds, burns and cate, and from the bités of wasps, snakes and mad dogs, or poisvning from noxious plants = The French Liniment will also be found'a veluable household remedy in cases of rheamatism,croup, scarlet fever,diphtheria, quin¢y, bronchitis, scrofula, er{uireia‘s,;‘—-for external applications. <Cholera, cholera morbus, celic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrhwa and gnp’inge in the bowels may be effectually checked by the internal use of this celebrated Liniment, as follows: Omne-balf feasvoonful four to tive times within a period of from one-half hour to two or three hounrs, according to the severity of the éase. For ‘colic, lake one or.two doses. For flux or diarrheea, infants, one year of age, reqiire from 5 to 6 drops; two years old, from 10 1o 12 drops, given it Rat ine sbtomen with i Lisiment 3 of the -internally and externally., . e f!'mm“mt - Price 50 Cents per Bottle. ‘ Prepar.ed and manufactured exclasively by ~ Dr. Geo. Cleis, 10-1440 - - - -GOSHEN, IND,

’ : g 8 e : ' l LINIMENTS. White, for the Human Fami)y. , Yellow, for Horses and Animals. |1 i : Thege Liniments are simply the wonder of the world: Their effects are little less than marvelous, yet there are some things which they will noy, do. They will notcare cancer or mend broke bones, but they will always allay pain, They have straightened fingers, cured chronic’rheqmatism of many years standing, and tgken the pain from terrible burns and scalds, which hag never been done by any other article. : . The White Limiment is for the hnman family. It will drive Rhenmatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia from the system; cure Lﬁinbago, Chilblaing, Palsy, Itch, and most Cutaneous Eruptions: it extracts frost from frczen hands and feet, and the poison of bites and stings of venomous reptiles; it subdues swellirigs, and alleviates pain of every kind. ; For eprains or bruiges it fsthe most potent remedy ever discovered. The Centaur Liniment is ‘used with great efficacy for Sore Throat, ¥oothache, Caked Breasts, Earache, and Weak Back. The 'following is hut a-sample of numerous lestimonials: . : .“InpianA HoME, JeFr. Co., Inp., May 28,°73. “I think it my duty:to inform you that I have suffered much with swollen feet and chords, I have not been free from there swellings in (-f.ght ! years. Now lam perfectly well. thanks to the Centaur Liniment. The iiniment onght 1o be applied warm. BENJAMIN BrROWN.” The proofis in the trial. Ttisreliable. it is handy. it is cheap, and every family shou'd have it, To the sick and bed-ridden, the halt and the lame, tothe wounded and sore, we say, " Come and be healed,” & ; ; To the poor and diktressed who have spent their money for worthless medicines, a bottle of Centatr Liniment will be given without charge. j ‘ The Yellow Centaur Liniment i adapted to the tongh muscles, cordsiand flesh of horses and animals. It has performed more wonderful cures of Spavin, Strain, Windgalls, Scratches, S{weeny. avrd general Lameness, than all other remedies in existence. Read what the great Expressmen say.of it: ¥ ' “New Yorg, January, 1874, . ‘‘Every. owner of horges should give the CenTAUR LINIMENT & trial. © We cousider it the best article ever used in our stables, . |

*H MARSH, Supt, Adams Ex. St?bles. N. Y 3 “K. PULTZ, supt_U. S.'Ex Stables, N. Y. “ALBERT S.ULIN, Sup. Nati Ex. Stables NJ/Y.” " “NMoNTGOMERY, ALA ~ Aug. 17, 1874, “GenTLEMEN.—I have' used. over one gross of Centaur Liniment, yellow wrapper, on the mules of my plantation, besides dozens of the family Liniment for my negroes. I want to purcharé It at the wholesaie price,and will thank you to-ghip me by Savannah steamer one gross of each kind Measers. A. T. Stewart & Co., will pay your bill on presentations +Respectfully, ! JaMes Dazrow.” * 'l'be’best patrons of this Liniment are Farriers, and Veterinary Surgeons, - It heals Galls, Wounds and Poll-evil, removes Swellings, -and is worth millions ofderlars to Farmers, Livery-men, Stock-growers, Sheep-raisers, and those having’ horses or cattle. ' . o What a Farrier cannot do for $2O the Centaur Liniment will do at a trifling cost. . These Liniments are warranted by the proprietqrs, and a bottle will be given to any Farrier or Physician who desires to test/them. Sold everyWL ) s ; \ Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co., " - 46 Dy St.,NEw York. . .

Castoria!

18 a pieasant ana pertect substitate, in all cases, for Castor @i, Castoria isthe resuléof an old Phyrician’s effort to produce, for his own practice, an effective eathartie, pleasant to.the ‘taste and free from griping. :

" Dr, Samuel Pitcher, of Hyanris, Mass., tucceeded in combining, without the use of alcohol, a purgative agentas pleasanttotake as honey, and ‘which possesses all the desirable prdj)erties of Castor Qil - A

It 18 adapted to all ages, but is especially recommended to mothers as areliable remedy for all disorders of the stomach and bowelgs of children. : It is certaln, 'agrc_eable', absolutely harmless, and | cheap, It should be ured for wind colic, sour stomach, worms, costiveness, croup, &e¢., th.en{ children can have sleep and mothers may rest. | J. B. Rose & Co., of 46 Dey ‘Street, New York, are the sole preparers of Castoria, after Dr. Pitch- | er's recipe. Ml ch qr-Iy-34-tc

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REGULATOR.

PURELY VEGEABLE, ' Is harmless; Is no drastic vlilent medleine, | | Is sure to cure if taken regularly, e Is no intoxicating beversage, 5 | . Is a fanltless family medicine, i | Is the cheapest medicine in the world, ‘ Is given with #afety and the happiest results lo : the most-delicate infant, i Docs nu‘timerfere with business, B J‘ Does not dirarrange the system, ; Takes tl};e; péace of Quirnine and Bitters of every: ind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. ASK the recovered dyspeptics, Bilious sufferers victims of Fever and Ague, the mercurial diseaged panient, how they recovered health, cheerful s{:irits and good appetite—they will tell | you by taking Simmons’ Liver Regulator, | The Oheapest, Purest and Best PAMILY MEDICINE in B : the World. . ! 1 It containg four medical elements, never nnited in the esame bappy proportion in any other preparation, viz! a gentle Catharfic, 8 wonderful | Tonic, an nuexceipnonal- Alterative and cermin«f Corrective of all impurities of the bédy. Such! signal success has attended its usé, that it isnow ‘regarded as the » ; | 'EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC \For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach & Sp)eeﬁ. i ’ © . Asaßemedyin g MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL C()MPLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRESSION. RESTLESSNESS, JAUNDICE, NAUSEA, SICK HEADACHE, COLIC, CON~ STIPATION and BILIOUSNESS. . . IT HAS NO EQUAL. + g T CAUTION! "As there are a number cfimitations offered to the public. we world. cantion the commnnite to suy no Powders or Prépared SIMMONS’ LIVER uEyGULATUR unless in our engraved wispper with Trade Mark, Stamp and Signature unbroken. Noue other is genuine. = , 2] - J. H. ZEILIN & Co., . | ' Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia. ‘Your valuable medicine, Simmons Liver Regulator, has saved me many Doctor bills, I useit for everythibg it is recommended and never knew it to fafl : 1 have used it inColic andGrabbs, with my Males and Horses, giving them about half a bottle at time, I havexot Jost one that 1 gave it to., You ean tcommend )t to eviry oue Tt A e e

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY,INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1876.

YALLEY FORGE.

A Legend of the Revolutionary War.

Hidden away there in a deep, glen not many miles from Valley Forge a quaint old farm house rose darkly over a wide waste of snow. It wasa cold, dark winter night, and the.spow began to fall, when from ghe broad fireplace of the old farm house the cheerful blaze of massive logs flashed around a wide and spacious room. - Two persons sat there by that fire—a father and child. = The father, who sits yonder,with asoldier’s belt thrown over his farmer’s dress, is a man of some fifty years, his eyes bloodshot, his hair changed to an untimely gray, his .face wrinkled and hollowed by care, and by dissipation more than care. i - f # i :

And the daughter, who sits: in the full light of the blaze opposité her father—a slenderly formed girl of some seventeen years, clad in the coarse linsey skirt and ’kerchief which made up the costume of a farmer’s daughter in the days of the Revolution. :

"That farmer, Jacob Manheim, was a peaceful, a happy man, before the Revolution. Siage the war he has become drunken and idle—driven his “wife broken hearted to the grave —and, worse than all, joined a band of tory refugees, who scour the land at dead of night, burning and murdering as they go. i Phea : . To-night, at the hour of two, this tory band will lay in wait, in a neighboring pass, to attack and murder Gen. Washington, whose starving soldiers are yonder in the huts of Valley Forge. Washington, on his lonely journeys, is wont to pass this farm house; the cut-throats are there in the next chamber,drinking and feasting as they wait for two o’clock at night. . The daughter, Mary, has been reared by her mether to revere this man Washington, who to-night will be attacked and murdered—to revere him next to God. Nay, more: that mother on her death-bed joined thes hands of this daughter in a solemn betrothal with the hands of a young partisan leader, Harry Williams, who .now shares the crust and the cold of Valley Forge. e P . Yesterday aftérnoon she went four miles over roads of ice:and snow to . tell Capt. Williams*the plot of the refugees. She did not reach Valley Forge until Wushington had left on one of his lonely jaurneys; so this night, at twelve, the Ll):ll‘tisem~captain | will occupy the rocks above the neighboring pass to trap the trappers of George Washington, e S Yes, that pale. slender girl; remembering the words of her dying mother, had broken through her: obedience to her father, after a long and bitter struggle. How dark that struggle in a faithful daughter’s heart. She had betrayed his plots to his enemies—stipulating first for the life and safety ofiher traitor father. , : : ~And now as father and child are sitting there, as the shouts of the tory. refugees echo from the next chamber —uas the hand of the: clock is on the hour of eleven- -hark! There is the sound of horses’ hoofs without the farm house—there is'a pause—the door opens—a tall stranger wrapped in a thick ecloak, white with snow, enters, advances to the fire, and in brief words solicits - some refreshments and an hour’s repose. i

Why doeb LY Tuly, Manhicm, start aghast at the sight of that stranger’s blue and golden uniform—then mumblirg something to his daughter about “gotting food for the traveler,” rushes wildly:into the next reom, where his brother Tories are feasting? - Tell nde, why does that young girl stand trembling before the tall stranger, veiling her eyes from that calm face, with its blue eye and Kkindly smile? Ah—if we believe the legends of that time-—few men, few warriors, who dared the terror of battle with a smile, could stand unabashed before the 'solemn presence of Washington. For it was Washington, exhausted with a long journey—his limbLs stiffened and his face numbed with cold —it was the great “rebel” of Valley Forge, who, returning to his camp sooner than his usual hour, was forced by the storm to take refuge in fhe farmer’s house, and claim a little food and an bour’s repose at his hands. ..

In a tew moments, behold the soldier, with his coat thrown off, sitting at that oaken table, partaking of: the food spread out there by the hands of the girl who now stands trembling at his:shoulder. And, look! Her hand is extended as if to grusp him by the arm—her lips move, as if to warn him of his danger, but make no sound. Why all this silent agony for the man who sits 80 calmly ‘there? o

- One moment ago, as the girl, in preparing the hasty supper, opened. yonder closet door, adjoining the 'next room, she heard the' low whispers of her father and the Tories; she heard the dice-box rattle, as they were casting.lots who should stab Washington inhisgleep, 2t : And now, the words: “Beware, or this night you die!” tremble, halfformed, upon her lips, when the father comes hastily from that room and hushes her with a look. | :

“Show the gentleman to, his chamber at the head of the stairs, on the left. On the left, you mind!” e Mary takes the light, trembling and pale. She leads the soldier up the oaken stairs. They stand on the landing in this wing of ghe farm house, composed of two rooms, divided by thick walls from the main body of the mansion.. On one side, the right, is the door of Mary’s chamber; on the other, the left, the chamber of the soldier—to him a chamber of deathy .

For a moment Mary: stands there, } trembling and contused. Washington gazes upon that pale girl with a look | of surprise: Look! ‘ She is about to ‘ warn him -of his' danger, when—see . there! her: father’s rough face appears above the head of the stairs. ‘“Mary, show the gentlemah into the chamber on tlie left. - And look, ye, girl—it’s late—you’d better go into your own room and go to sleep.” = While the Tory watches them from the head of the stajrs, Washington enters the chamber on the left, Mary the chamber on the right. An hour passes. Still- the storm beats on the roof—still the snow drifts on the hills, Before the fire, in the dim old hall of that farm house, are. seven half-diunken men, with that tall Tory, Jucob Manheim, sitting in their midst; the murderer’s knifein his hand. For the lot had fallen upon him. He is to go up stairs and stab the sleeping man. S a 0 - Even this half-drunken murderer is pale at the thought— how the knife trembles in his hand —-trembles against the pistol barrel. The jeers of his companions rouse him to the work—the light in one hand, the knife in the other; he goes up the stairs—he listensl—first at the door of his daughter’s chamber on the 'r(ifht-——he is ,gone; a moment—silence! —there is a Jaint groan! He eov;ne&;fot%h‘ﬁggtn mgg down the stairs, and stand there beforg Ghis Ary: WlShihe Miepy wlfaln USRI L . “Look!” he s

over the hearth info the fire. “Look! it i 3 -his blood—th@ traitor Washington's!” = o : His comrades gaherround him'with yells of joy; alreafly, in fancy, they count thegain whi€h will be paid for this deed, when, 188 that stair door opens, and there, &¥ithout a wound, without e¥en the sfain of a drop ot blood, stands George Washington, asking calmly for hig Borse, = “What!” shriekéfl the Tory Manheim, “can neithé® steel nor bullet harm youw? ('Are#you a living man? Is there no wound®bout your heart—no blood upon yQuf uniform?” " ¢ That apparition drives him mad. He starts forward—h@ places his- hands’ tremblingly upon ¢he arms, upon the breast of Washington! Stilf no wound. Then he looks at-the bloody knife still. clutched in his right hand, and stands there quivering as with a death spasm. While Washingtdn looks on in silent wonder, the door IF flung open, the bold troopers 'from¥dleyForgé throng the room, with thé gallant form and brouzed: visage of:Capt. Williams in their midst. At % moment the cleek struck twelve, ien a horrid thought crashes like a th{nderbult upon the brain of the Tory Manheim. He seizes the light, rushf"&ﬁ:.s’taigs, rushes into the room of nis daughter, on the right. Some one had just risen from the bgd, but the cliamber was vacant. Then toward the room on the left,. - with steps of leaden heaviness. Look! how the light quivers in his hand! he pauses at the door ;| he listens. Not a sound—a- stillness like the grave. : His blood curdles 1n his veins! Gathering courage, he pushes open the door. He enters. Toward the bed; 'through whose curtains he struck so blindly a moment 'ago3 Again he pauses—not asound—a stillness more terrible than the grave. He flings -aside the curtains. = There in the full light of the lamp, her young form but half covered, bathed inher ewn blood—there lay his daughter Mary! i Ah, do not look upon the face of the father as he starts silently back, froz-. en to stone; but in this pause of hor--ror listen to the mystery of this deed! After her father had gone down stairs, an hour ago, Mary silently stole from the chamber on the right. Her, soul shaken by a thousand fears, she opened the dvor on thie left and Dbeheld Washington sitting by a table ou which were spread achart and a Bible. Then, though her existeitce was wound up in the act, she asked him;j in a tone of calm politeness, to take the chamber on the opposite side.” ' Mary en-. tered the chamber which heleft. | * Can you imagine the agony of that girl’s soul, as, lying on the bed intended for the death couch of Washington, she silently awaited the knife, though the knife might be clenched in a-fa-ther’s hand? ' -

And now that father,frozen to stone, stood there, holding the light in one hand and still clutching the red knife. There lay his child, the blood streaming from that wound in her arm—her eyes covered with a glassy film. = | - “Mary !” shrieked the guilty father—for robber and Tory as he was, he was still a father. “Mary!” he called to her, but that- word was all he could say.: | it

Suddenly she seemed to wake from this stupor. She sat up in bed with her glassy eyes. The strong hand of’ death was upon her. Asshe:sat there, erect and_ghastlﬁ. the room was filled with soldiers: T Tovar rushed forward, and called her by name.: Ng answer. | Called again—spoke to her in the tones of olden times—still no answer.” She knew him not. :

Yes, it was true—the strong hand of death was upon her. °* “Has he escaped?” she said in that husky voice. | S s “Yes!” shrieked the father. “Live, Mary, only live, and to-morrow I will join the camp at Valley Forge.” | ° . Then that girl—that hero woman—dying as she was, not so much from the wound in her arm, as from.deep agony. which had broken the last cord of life, spread forth her arms, as though she beheld a form floating there above her head, beckoning her away. “She spread forthiher arms as if to enclose thdt angel form. A “Mother,” she.- whispéred — while there grouped the soldiers—there with: a speechless agony on his brow stood the lover—there, hiding his.face with one:hand, while the other grasped the light, crouched the father—the light flashing over the: dark-bed, With the white form in its center—‘‘Mother, thank God! For with my life I have sayed him—" : That half-formed word, still quivering on the white_lips of the hero woman—that word ‘uttered in & hasky whisper, choked by the death rattle—that word was Washington! 2

_—;—«é“ D—— e e e ¢ Indisputablé Evidence. St. ELMo, ITL., July 8, 1874,

R. V. PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.: —II wish to add my testimony to the wonderful curative properties of your Alt. Ext., or Golden Medical Discovery. I have taken great interest in this medicine since I first used it. I was badly afflicted with dyspepsia, liver deranged and an almost perfect prostration of the nervoussystem. So rapid and complete did the Discovery effect a cure that it seemed more like magic and .a perfect wonder to myself, and sinee that time we have never been without a bottle of the Discovery and Purgative Pellets in the ‘house. They are a solid, sound family physician in the house and ready at all times to fly to the relief of sickness—without charge. We have never had a doctor in the house since we began the use of vour Pellets and Discovery. I have recommended the use of these medicines in several severe and complicated cases arising from, I thought, an impure state of the blood, and in | no-one case have -they failed to accomplish more than sll they are claimed to do.. I will only mention;one as remarkable (though I could give you dozens). -Henry Koster, furniture: dealer, of this place, who was one’of the most pitiful objects ever seen, his face swollen out of shape, scales and eruptions’ without end, extending to his body, which was c_‘omfgletely' covered with blotches and scales, Nothing that he took/seemed to affect it a particle. I finally induced him to try a few bottles of the Golden Médical Discovery, with daily use of the Pellets, assuring him it ‘would surely . cure ] him. - lle commenced its use some six weeks since, taking two Pellets each night for a week, then one each night, and the Discovery as directed. 'T'he result is, to-day his skin is perfectly. smooth, and the secaly eruptions are gone; He has taken some seven or eight bottles in all, and considers himself cured. T'hig case had baffled the: skill of-our best physicians. Messrs. ‘Dunsford & Co., druggists, of this place, are selling largely of your medicines and the demand steadily increases, and they give perfect sutisfac-: ‘tion in every case. Respectfully, Lo W B OHAMBLIN, ¢ . Agt American Express Co. __New counterfeit tens on the State Bank of Terre Haute, Ind, and fives on wm bl il o By AV et e L A SR e o

| CHAKGES AGAINST JEEDGE BUSJe KIRK. = The charge has been made against Judge S. H. Buskirk that he has eaus‘ed to be paid, through allowances made by himself as gme of the judges of the Supreme Court, a large amount of money for divers articles of personal f use, and labor of a persoual character, ' The money he is thus charged with was wrongfully used. Buskirk has no right. to make individual expenses a burtheh upon the State, and if the charges as made shall be shown, upon a full investigation, to be warranted by the facts, the democracy thfough its committee should displace him from-the ticket, or, in the event he de‘clines to step down, we should express our sense of the injury he has done the party and the disgrace he has brought upon the State by frowning upon ‘him at the polls. The courts, above all depa'r_tments should be pure. They should sef-an example of honesty, economy and of that which isright and just, and when they fail to do so those ;who ‘¢ompose them should be made to féel the just censure of the ‘ people. ' The charges are brought out | by the radicals and should therefore be received with caution. But investigation hurts no honest, upright man, ‘ and in this case the records are there either to vindicate or to damn. What-' ever the result mayibe, let a full investigation be had. = The people have a right to know of the acts of their officers; It will not do to say that the present court has been less extravagant than its predecessors, if there has been anything in it not squared by the rigid rule of honesty. If it has been economical and saved money to the State, in comparison "{o other .courts that preceded it, then it will receive its” just meed of praise, but one or a; dozen virtues are not sufficient to-outweigh the single dishonest act of diverting the public Mmoneys into a erovked channel. If guilty, let Judge Buskirk step aside for an jhonest man, or be signally rébuked at the polls. I innocent; let him so show: No charges are made against his.associates, we believe, that. have "any: weight tor harm.—Bartholomew Dem-: OC?'(lt. ; } : S ,

<o b PER CONTRA, = 7 Judge Buskirk in the Sentinel of the 19th, makes a ¢lear and:correct refuthtion of the charges, as far as the pay received by his son and daughter is concerned for preparing annotdtiohs and statements of cases. The labor was well bestowed and the pay received was not extravagant. The result of the labor is valuable and is a .great assistance to the judges and attorneys who have business before the court. ; i .

“The State built rooms for the aecommodation of the Judges during their sojourn at the capitol, and they have always been allowed to furnish ‘their rooms deceritly and comfortably. If there is any fraud and corruption proven we will condemn it, but we never take our cue in attacking democratic officials from the Indianapolis Journal —Vincennes Sun. e

- e T Voice of a Disgusted Republiean. _ Mr. Frank W. Bird, one of the most prominent Republicans of Massachusetts, and the friend of Sumner and Chase, wrote a long anmd interesting letter to the New York couference, in which he declaréd that “reform within the lines®of the radical party is utterly impossible.” lle gives. it as his profound conviction that the worst Democrat whose nomination at Saint Louis is possible, is safer for the country than the best Republican whose nomination is possible at Cincinnati. Though not expressed in words, this seems’ to have been the sentiment which pervaded 'the Fifth Avenue conference. Mr. Bird continues: “The imperative, the solemn mneed of the country, is a echange of the national administration.,s A new set of books must be opened at Washington. Every department of Government, from the White House to the Custom House, must be purified, and the acecounts of 80,000 office-holders must be examined.” Mr. Bird concludes his letter by saying, in the datk and troubléd night that is upon us I see but one star of hope—the united democratic party of the United States. Confidence, lam ‘aware, is 4 plant of slow growth. Distrust. of the democratic party Is, I doubt not, honestly entertained by the best portion of the republican party; and dishonestly proclaimed as their most effective partisan cry by the worst. Ido not partake of the views of the one class; I utterly despise the hypocrisy of the other. I have a'prevailing confidence that-sixteen years of purgation and punishment have had their effect in purifying the democratic party in, perhaps, as great a degree as sixteen yéars of power have corrupted and debased the. republican party.” I eneß T

Fernando Wood’s Choice. [Washington Cor. Chicago Tribavue.]

Fernando Wood has been interviewed. -He says that as a Tammany lead-er-he is opposed to Tilden. .He suys there are no reasons for:believing in: the present division 'which exists in the democratic party there, that an Qnexceptionable candidate not living in its borders would be mere certain’ to carry the State than any one who resides therein. This man, Wood intimates, is David Davis, for whom he insures New York by 20,000 majority. Wood says: “If the West should present David Davis, and he should be nominated, he. would carry threefourths of the electoral vote of the United States, for the reason that, while he is a .thorough Democrat in lifie with the democratic .party, he is thoroughly unassailable.” It will be the policy of the Republicans to put our party on the defensive from the start, as it has done for the past twelve yéars,‘zmd they have whippedus on that line of fight. . They can not do that against Davis. I claim to be a Bourbon—uw Bourbon straight. 1 have never wavered. As such Davis i$ entirely acceptable to me and those I represent.” = = - S

: i e E—- . Sensible Adviee. : You are asked every day through the columns of newspapers and by your ‘druggist to use sometling for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know nothing about, you get dis~ couraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satisfactory proof that GREEN'S AUGUST Frower will cure you of Dyspepsia and’ Liver Complaint with all 1}? effects, as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water‘brash, coming up of food after eating, low spirits &c., we ask you.to go to’ your Druggists, Scott & Sandrock, and get. a sample bottle of Green’s August Flower tor 10 cents and try it, or a Tegular size for 75 centsftvm»doses‘v“ will relieve you. ot 2%eOW. . ¢\ “Old Abe,” the famous _Wi-sgousinﬁ ‘war eagle, who acompanied thqiei%:th ; regiment during the war for the Un-. “jon, is on his way to tl:; ’Oenwnﬁiai! : Exposition, in charge of Johnny Hill, hmbeararanWemandwm “was shot through th s body and left for dead, on the feld at Corinth,

What the Papers Say. Augusta [Ga.] Chronicle [dem.]

With Bayard, Hancockwo; Hendricks victory is assured. . o

i ~Albany Evening Times [dgrh.) o ‘With either Seymour. or' Sandford E. €hurch as the nominee, New York can be carried by a magnificent - majority. o oy | : . Cincinnati Saturday I;\'ight{ k Ll We don’t want any more President like Babecgck. Orville Babeock has made the worst President this ecountry ever had. s S S (Kansas City Times) -~ .Blaine may be an innocent man, but we’ll bé hanged if he doesn’t get turned over oftener, and get in more mysterious shapes, and have 'more explanations to .make than mhy innocent man can en;oy. e e . Pittsburg Post [dem.]: -~ . . The bugle call for the 'St. Louis convention will be “no forced contraction,: no forced expansion, no forced ‘resumption.” Candidates who are not prepared to stand upon this had better take a back seat,'or prepare:for a first-class funeral. - L ) *(Richmond (Ind.) Tndependent.) - * . The Jackson, Ohio, Herald nomi nates Sunset Qox for tlie Presidency. Out of about one nhundred thousand publications in the United States the Herald is the only paper bold enough ‘to declare for Cox. We guess the Herald has been subsidized,” = - " "Omaha Herald fdem.}* /s i

PropPHETlC.—Samuel J. Tilden will be nominated by the democratie convention for the Presidency, James G. Blaine or U.S.Grant widl be nominated by(the republican convention, and Pom Alleh will whip Joe Goss in their coming prize fight. . . e . /'i Worcéster Gazetfe:{lnd.] | ..~

. Undoubtedly the New ,York .conference strengthens Tilden, and the organic journals on the republican side are all attacking ‘that gentleman very bitterly. They had better save their amminition and let the Democrats nominate Tilden if theylike, = - " (Fort Wayne Sentinel.)” *: |

" The Richmond (Va.) Enquirer is decidedly off" the track when it says Bayard could get as many votes far President in <lndiana as Gov. -Hendricks. ‘No man living could poll sueh. a vote in thig Stateas Gov. Hendricks will receivelif he-gets the St. Louisf nomination. S b ¢ ' Scranton [Pa.] Times[dem.] .« : - Seymour is the only democratic Presidential candidate who has car-, ried New York within the last twenty years. If figures prove :anything, they show that Seymoui! can ‘carry. New York, and this would in all prob= ability insure. his 'election 'as President. We believe Hendricks could also carry it. : i o . : Clevel}md Plaindealer [dem.] She The Plaindealer spurns and repndiates the Ohio platform of Tuesday, while supporting the nominees-of the convention. =~ We shall make mo fight except, on the platform of the St. Louis, convemtion. 'We .do not propose to be driven into the advocaecy of offensive notions of men who achieve their ends by brow. beating: and trickery. P ey

: ‘M emphis Appeal {dem.] et ‘lf it is found at St. Louis that Gov. Tilden is not :available, we will defer to the judgment of our friends and support. Hendricks or any other good democrat that may be nominated.— Pridence, moderation, and that spirit of concession which® gives everything for the cause and cares nothing for men, are the signs alone by which we can conquer, : : L . - .St Lonis Times (dem.) ek R Notwithstanding-the result of the convention in Oln,io,‘%t is evident that what is styled the inflation sentiment in - Ohio is by no means so strongas it was last year. There has been, not a revolution, but a gradual cliange of opinion and an increasgdl toleration for the opinions of others, which argues weli for the harmony of the Olio Democracy and for the suceess of the party in thenational campaign.

'(l:onie\;ille Courier-Journsl; dem.)

A ticket compoged of Tilden and Thurman would be the mest powerful in Ameriea, if the ambition of friends could make the necessary concessions. It is clear ‘that New York, with her five millions of 'people, is indispensably necessary to a democratic vietory ; and if Ohio should aid with Thurmai,; or Missourt with Broadhead, for second place, the nomination 'would strike terror:into the disorganized ranks of the Republicans.* .= - Utica'Ovserver [dem.] .y’ There is not the least danger that. the St. Louis convention will follow the lead of Ohio. The meaning of this idle talk about “the west” begins to be understood. Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Towa, Minnesota, Nebraska, California, Oregon, Nevada—they constitute the west; and their declaration in favor of hard money will not be less emphatic than that of New York: and New England. = , . b T e m—— : | Extravagance. . 2 Just on the eve of the late. Demo-! eratic State Convention the charge was made that the Supreme Court had been unnecessarily, extravagant in the purchase of furniture for the Judges’ rooms. The accusation was deferred until the last moment and. the result:was that-the Convention regatded it as an ‘electioneering trick and re-nominated them. We thaFught it was a grave error, anﬂ‘;th&fi the. style for making purchases—for those apartments was not -in :accordance with the simplicity demanded of ofticials in these days. The ludianapolis Journal had hunted up vouchers for allowances made by the Judges, and parades them as wholly nnwarranted.. Of couyseé in its partisan malignity it seeks to mislead the publie, but many of the allowances oceur to_us as extravagant.and some of the purchases unnecéssary. 1f a good defense cannot'be made the Judges or the Central Committee owe'it to the party to makeit. If not,let them he !"équest% to. stand aside.—~Sullivan Zﬁem’oog-at.ﬂi‘ s

- ‘lis Majesty, the Emperor of China,. now gix years old, is about beginning his preseribed studies.. He'is to be instructed in many languages, the traditions of his couutry,” literature of the ‘day, riding, archery, swimming and the various agricultural exercises adapted to his physical development. Frow the day his education begins hewill have an Twonorary -companion, whose prerogative is to receive all the floggings that his august. master incurs from day today. -~ = Rl

. There are over one thousand convicts in the two penitentiaries of this State.. ‘Ten years ago there was.not more than half that number. "The increase in population -would ‘aceount, for part of the number; but how can such afrightful li%ncrease be accounted: for, except upon the hypothesis that the people are getting worse? i w—é—m}—i——rmogs—’——o.m»f- { LaPorte county has $3,807.30 worth of boys in the reform school, - That's what she pays for their keeping. The: Argus thinks that, as amegs“m‘)fl | economy, it would be, better to keep them at a first-class hotel. .

The Careful Mbqiiq: and the Model mes e g T e (From the Providence Jonrnal.).

“The two didn’t belong to each othér: -and this .very ‘good boy may have been a little too smart and saucy. Little. Mary was prettily dressed, and standing -in front. of the house waiting. fer:the . mother to go out to ride. A tidy boy, dressed in coarse clothes, » was passing, when the little. girl said: “CGome here, boy, and shake hands -wi''me; 1 dot a l{)@y{idd‘s' like you, named Joey.” Theboy laughed, shook hands with her and said; “T’'ve got a little girl just like you, only she hasn’t got any little cloak with pussy ' faronatl? s % -

. Herealady came out of the“door ‘and said: “Mary, you must not talk to bad boys on the street. lihope you ‘haven't taken anything from hér. Go {)i-gh‘t* along, and neverstop here again, - That evening the lady was called down'to speak with & boy in the hall. ‘He was very neatly dressed, and stood ~with his cap in his hand. Tt was the: enemy of the moznipg. . . | - came to tell you that lam not a bad boy,” he said; “I go to Sunday school, and help my mother all I can. -T never fell lies, nor quarrel, nor say bad words; and:don’t like alady to' call' me' names, and then ask me if/ I've stolen her little girl's clothing off Herd i e S - ™l'm very glad you're s 0 good,” said thelady, laughing at the boy’s earnestness. “lere’s a'quarter ot a dollar for ot ' g R _“I don’t want that,” said Ben, hold--ing his head up very high. - “Father worksin a-foundry, and he has:lets of money. - You've got a boy bigger than L hapeit you?” £ n o nen o - “Does, your boy know the commandments oo vl R “I’'m: afraid not very well.” .. -

_ “Can’ lie. say -the. sermon on the mount,-and the twenty-third psalm, and the‘golden.rule?”’ - : ~ “Pm very much afraid he cannot,” said -the lady, laughing at the boy’s DYBYPLY: =« 0 s e s ne e e ~ “Doesn’t he ride on his pony on Sunday, dnstead of going to Sunday T) B A B R

- &I'm afraid-he does; but he ought rioy” said thelady,’blushing a little. - ¢ “other-don’t. know I came leére,” said thelittle regue, “but I thought I would jugt come. around and see what kind of tolks you were, and—and—l guess mother wolild -rather your ‘boy wouldn’t come ’‘round our doors, because she-don’t like little- Susan to talk to bad boys in/the street. . Good. morning.” - And the boy was gone. .

" ita ! The Touring Pilgrim. = " One of ‘our Mississippi exchanges tells'the following, and being assured that the story as related is true, with hundreds .of other curious people we would like to know. the name of the stouring-pilgrim.”. - v L - It was a clear,; bright ‘day, when the young driimmer--who was making his first tour through the South—was' seen -smiling complacently on 'a fair. damsel siting at his left and diagonally ‘opposite him, on the '3:30 south bound -train for Memphis, on.the M. S Torallrond: o 0 v e s e - Shie wasfair and beautiful to behold, as -he ‘thdught, when he approached herthuss o a 0 ks S “My good lady, it sedms as though vou were traveling alone.” - : 4T am Povag-thie peply Lo s ~“Well,” said the drummer, “nothing gives me more true pleasure than to play the gallant to the fair sex who, like yourself, are companionless; and if T do not presume too mueh, T will be -happy to be your escortas far as. ‘we travel-together, © . o . - - © “How far-are‘you going?” she then askedisr s 2o ni i Tk s

. “#To Grenada,” he-answered. o < “Lshall'go that far myself,”.. = " “Well, “then, surely, we will have a hice ridetogethier” o o

- “Put pray, sir, if. lam not too imper‘tinent, may I ask -what sort-of busig ness yowaredmt o ins ey ok o “Oh, not-atall, not at" all, myfair Jady,. with pleasure; I can say that I am - a touring pilgrim for a eommercial house in the city:of Louisville, ‘Kentueky, - <o ipas @ - "Fhey sped on at the rate of twenty ‘miles an hour, busily ehgaged in consversation, until they arrived at Station 15. - By this time he changed his seat to one directly behind hers. When the train stopped their eyes fell upon a ‘poor donkey, when: he,” thinking to make the younglady blush, was heard tosays o, Gl s ~ *TFair lady! I having been rajsed in ‘a city, and am totally unacquainted -with the different animals that inhab-‘it-the ecountry, will 'you please. tell me ‘what sort or. kind of an animal that is “overthe way?” at the.same time pointing with his finger at the poor donkey. - e SAnavh She replied by making a mischievous wink at her father, who had not long since taken a seatnearenough to Tear the conversation, * = - ik “I, too, haye been raised in the city, and am, liké you, unacquainted withi the animals that inhabit the country; but if I would. be left to judge, I would emphatically say, from his silly Jook and long éars, that he must be ‘a ‘touring . {p_ﬁg?ri;n “for .a commercial ‘house in Louisville,Kentucky." - Don’t you'think:so, papa®’ i .. . .*I do; I.do, my daughter.” ). - 1 . The drummer wilted, and has not ‘been heard from since.. . | - ST el _«Q-__.__,,‘,_ 2 |

- The eitizens of T.eamon Corner have become ‘somewhat ‘excited over the strange conduct:of a cat which recent-| 1y gave birth to-a fine mest of kittens. Twe young men found two field mice, and wishing to see how: the cat would; act, put: them in -among her’ kittens. Ter felineship. paid no attention to| them, but treated them as part. of her| progeny. - ‘They grew with the kit-| tens, and ‘would have probably become | fait specimens of a new breedfof (zats\ had riot some misehievous' children | killed them.—Hancock Democitat;

The press is still hammering for a reduction to half fare in radroad rates to the Centennial Exposition. = But the railroads are obdurate. It may be safely ' predicted that before the summer is over the railroads will be endeavoring to. win travel by even lower figures, It will then be the tuin of the dear public to become “mulish,” and refuse to go to the show, Libeyality on the part of the railroad com- | panies would beget liberality on the part of blie people. = - i ° The Brooklyn Board of Ilealth has been notified that a sea captain, residing in Brooklyn, has kept the body of “a fayorite ehild in his house for seven ‘years. - The child died at the age of t-vo yeairs in South America, and the eaptain'had its ‘remains placed in a ! metatic coffin, - When he came to Brooklyn he broughit it with him, and. has had it in the house ever since. .. The editor of the Dayton Jowrnal 'Bays, since he took up ‘his abode in that city; fourteen years ago, the city has ;i'.!imssg&in.,ggpumtmnﬁimgas'ei s i inclined fo think that editor certainly han't fooled Any tme awaY. -

! HOUSEIN NOBLE COUNTY 4‘, i ) ‘ B X s JOB PRINTING () ’ .z.sqourm-w L Gards, Bill-Heads,irealars, Posters &0., &0,, EXEQUTED TOORDER IN THEY ~ Neatest and Promptest Manner - AND AT REASONABLE RATES. I?‘Apply Here Belore_O-rderlng Elsewhere, "8

NO, 6.

SCRAPS AND PICKINGS. : ‘L» » s (Suqu_ﬂ Dcmoch.) ySR Boys, don’t rob the bird’s nests. i potdecE . i \ "»IVhitQ vests are ready to pull down. ‘Dust thou art and unto dusters thou shalt return.’ p

- ijfyt‘ln)?se'n&;w style rustic Ilow%pﬁota are very handsome., v zs_traWbérr§ short cake will soor ba 'thq‘ popular dessert, : ‘The spring bonnets are like the sea-son--rather backward. |

L How is yéur centennial tree by this' time? -Don’t let it wilt.: j

“Don’t care a continental,” is tLe latest style of centennial swearing. . Farmers who planted;early are now giving their corn the first plowing. -

"/ If there is anything in an abundance of bloom, the locust crop ought to be a good one this season. | " When you get measured for a new suit of clothes, the tailor invariably “pull{dovqn‘y ur vest.”

The boys are now taking to the water and are as happy as ducks in a puddle, or trout in a brook. = | Learn this*lesson: . No one cares . about the size of your foot except .yolerelf ; therefore be comfgr%ﬁle; 5 Next time put a wire screen over the tops of your chimneys, if you don’t want to be hothered with the swallows. kit ‘ L L . The black sunake crop will be suffi-' ciently matured for all practical pur‘poses by ‘the time blackberries are qigg. S R el e ' Now that an 'abt‘mflant cherry crop is a ‘foregone eonclusion, you| may logk out for the man who sells “patent. geeders.y o 0 L R

| The most fashionable spring bonuet for this year seems to be the old winter bonnet fixed over with cream colored tirimmings. Jig | It is not possible to fun a paper to pease everybody ; the man who would try to do so would be a fool, and must inevitably fail. g; g | 'When six young ladies sit down to, talk about their new spring bonnets, & gxﬂ)ajl boy with a drum and tin horn is a refuge for the weary. g ' Nothing causes a larger variety of conflicting-expressions to crosia young n}an’s face, than to see his best beloved girl sit down upon his new chip hat. La? T ey

| You have had that silver quarter and brass button jingling in your pockgt long eénough now; pay your debts i and thereby avoid a scareity of small change. = . : B | |lf you have any friends or relatives in the Quaker city, now is the time to drop them a line, saying you will be on to see ’em some time duxing the' centennialshow. = e | In the difficult art of how to get along without doing anything, a num%)er of our young men have taken all “the thirty-two degrees and still they “don’t seem to be happy. sistial | Let the children‘enjoy the sunshine. Don’t be so particular aboutfreckles and tan. :The blush of the daintiest rose is penciled by .the :artistic touch i.;of that great-orb oI day. SR ' Lemons can be preserved by var- - nishing them with a solution of shel- . lJac in alcohol. The skin of shellac formed is easily, removed by rubbing the fruit in the hands. - : T

' The advarce guard of the house-fly tribe has put in his appearance ‘and, true to instinct, takes great delight in idisturbing the quiet repose of those who enjoy an afternoon nap. .. | . 'The customs and manners of years lago are rapidly passing away, and the ‘only thing left to remind us of our igrandfather’s peculiarities is the su-‘pér-human effort of the small boy to /spit between his teeth. | - A

‘. The same old song about potato‘bugs,, cut-worms, flies, chintz bugs, ‘cord-fleas, drouth, short crops and - |starvation are somewhat discmp'aging,' 'but perhaps-we will all worry through, little worse of the wear. ’ | The average young lady who joins 'a picnic excursion to the woods, or a \little fishing party, always has enough /strength to scream in seven laﬁguages 'when she sees a big spider, but not ;enough to mash it in one. ot ~ When a boy lodges. his kite in a tree ;01i across a telegraph ‘wire he will e ‘spend as much time and energy in try‘ing to'get it down, by throwing at it ‘until the kite is broken all to pieces, as would serve to make a dozen other kites. 0 R e e

‘lt is a vulgar notion that politeness is only required toward superiors. The truth -is, every man ought to regard lis fellow man of friend as his equal, and treat him accordingly. This is the very soul of good manners. Such feelings the real gentleman .al-. ways has. ' 4 The warm season has probably .advanced so far now that it will be safe to take down your stove, but there is no use marking the sections of pipe ‘under the mistaken ideathat you will have no trouble with them next fall, for they are sure to shrink and expand ‘during the summer 80 they never fit -again. Sl e - Er. W. ¥. Schreder, the Baltintore air-ship man; proposes to illu?ﬁinate Philadelphia, on the Fourth of Juyly.. from an altitude of 500 feet, by means - of his air ship and calcinm lights and re_jhectors, /iat the moderate cost of 8750. As a first class funeral costs at - least $750, Mrs. Schreeder should lock ‘her husband up.in a closet, or ‘make him raise his terms to $1,000,:50 there may be enough left to purchase mourning dresses. ‘ N e : ‘ : It is‘a great year for the old man. « Grandfathers who have been neglect:, ed and made to feel that they were in ‘the way, and wished they. were dead, who have long been thrust away, in the kitchen and left to mumble to themselves in the ¢chimney-corner, ara surprised by being brushed up of an evening, and brought into the parlor, - : w«pere they are shown off to the company as centennial reé}cs., “Grrandfather, you knew “Washington, didn't you?” screams a gi*an:l-dn;ghter in his ear, for he is very de_ogfl; “Yes, yes,” st&bs grandfather, “the Gin’rel borrow‘ed a chaw of terbaccer of me many and mjan%a time!” The old man is ‘going to Philadelphia, sure! | - e ‘LA,?Maau ‘woman recently bo!w e daghies prospock f AKIDE R sirse ey AR by AR JHPY ‘ et fondly lingerigs O | W part!” and & sharp voice from the' e e window calls out, “Sarah Jane, |AR N e g v.‘*‘i WGP iy gW o | you mareh into the house.. To-mors Foul'—Bachange, . i A AR R T SB e RL T