The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 33, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 December 1876 — Page 1

The Ratiowal B; Clie dlational Sanney - ‘.| PUBLISHED BY | i g JOHN B. STOLL. LIGONIER NOBLE COUNTY IND. . e ; e pr v AR 3 . Teprms of Sabseription: kel One year, in RAVRBER. r o i Six months, inadvance ..... .ngg Eleveurcuples to une uddr;:\se. one year,......2000 . s@Subscribers outside of Noble county are _ 'harged 10 cents extra [per year] for posiage, which is prepaid by the publisher. : = ! £ | 2 IZENS BANK, CITIZENS BANK, LIGONIEER, . INDIANA. First-Class Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Disconnt. : Ali pacties liaving **Publie Sale Notes,” will do | weil to see us befora disposing of them elsewheres 7 3 i E.crlzrz)zgl'"ﬂ()ttgl]tl‘Finul' Sold, and I’ reigDrajftsdrawnon all the l‘-{'inci’pal Cities ; c_’vf Euw.ope. i . 1y i i SR . Aa_ients for First-Class Fire and Life Insurance Compaanies. : . STRAUS BROTHYRS, N, 4. RITTERBAND, Notary Pablic! Lizonier, Ind , Dec 18, 1875.-6-26 : g e D e ,_—————‘_______——'———-_- SiviEs 3E. DENINY, Lttorney and Counsellor at Law. yiice 1o the vourt kiu‘\&m—. i - ALBION, - = '=ta s+ IND B-1b ' "3y, W. GREEN, ' Jasiiugof the Peace & Collegtion AE T Jagiinesl the Peact & Lntlecrion AE 1, Ofice—zev ynd Story, Lasdon’s Brick Block, =~ LIGONIERs - INDIANA. ¢ |

. €. VANCAMP., e <r - A ATFORNEY AT LAW, nigonier, 33 3 Ixn(l'ana.' : Specialarteniion givch 1o collectinhsand conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Odice over Jacobs & Gu_ldsmxLh'sC:lsh.S'mre. 9-50 5. . ZIMUERWMAN, ‘ Attorney at Law & Notary Public, oL Office over Gerber’s Hardware, "Cavin Street. = @ Ligonier, Indiana. January. 7, 1875.-9-37 . T p. E. KNISELY, . L[(‘}(h\'lﬁi!i’.‘ 5 2% . INDIANA. se—Officeon se¢ond floor of Landon’s Block. 7-2 - e e—— ] ALBERT BANTA, e Justice of the Peace & UGonveyancer. . LIGONIER, INDIANA. ; iSpecialattention given to conveyancing andcol_actions. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup andali legal busihdss attended to promptly aud acpurately. Officerover Straus & Meagher’sstoreg, - . May 15187315-8-3. Ed. WAKEMAY, ) ; Y g . ® " 0 . smraceA’t &Justice of the Pe InsuranceAg’t &Justios oi e £eact s KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office-with A. A Chapin, Mitchell Block. Wil receive sub=criptionsto Tue NATIONAL BANNER. e e P. W.CRUDM, T Physician and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, INDIANA, ’ jOfiice over Baum’s Grocery Store. v 9 n3-Iy. - ) ~ =, W. CARR, Physician’ and Surgeon, LIGONIEE - - = = - « IND., | Willpromptiyatteadau caile intrustedto him. Qffice and residence on 4th Street. 5 : © 5. m.TEAL, T AT ST, S Rooms over LE. Pike’s Grocerv, . ’J,f"ﬂ Corper of Marm und Mitchell streets. . Y Y ¥ Poppokise the Post Offlce. Kendallville Tnd # Aliwork warranted .<& Kendallville, May 1, 1874, ° ) <R - Langhing Gas! 2, ,: \.\ - b i b (GO, - Laghing Gas! "A\ A -FOR THE- £ T Pg) PSS ENTRACTION e o : o R e T =~ & N\ TEETH % %S Pl 6T —AT— W= |\ o (i e o iy - > 1\ In. Gan Ofce s \/— b Fil_lﬁ:‘Q TFeeth a Specialty Ligouier, Ind,, Nos. 11, 1875 g 1-1 ~NA ¢ . TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, ‘ Lagorte, Indiana. . V.W.AXTELL, : :-: Proprietor. Laporte, &pril 5. 1871, S NART AT e T e CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We kéep cousiantly on hand and sellin ‘large o 1 S| 1 gasuiicies, to suit customers, Wua 20l uun: Oown Hanufactare, . Pare — Nothing but the Juice of .~ the Grape. , 1 - 1 . SACK BROTHERS.

Ligoaier, Jaly 3,771.-tf o ) . Winzbrenner & Hoxworth, HOUSE, BIGN.AND ORNAMENTAL = PAINTERS, Gratners. filaziersand Paper-Hangers. Shop nearcorger of Fourdyand. Cavin Sts., oppo- . site Kerrls/Uabinet Shop. Ligomnier, = - = - Indiana, eeee e e e | ' STOFP AT T B ) BRICK KELLY HOUSE = " KENDALLVILLEL,(NDIANA, NEW COMMUDIOU> THREE 3TURY BRICE Hotel,only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. Vepot, and four squares from the G, R:R R - Only ive minutes walk to any of the principal buimes==honsesofthecity. Fraveling menandstran gers willfind thisa first-class houre. Fares 2 per day. J."B. KELLY, Proprietor Kend”lville.Ang.3.lB7o.-14 | PIHILIP A, CARR, . ' AUCTIONEER. Offers his services to the pablicin general. Term» maderate Orders may be left at the shoestore of P, Sisterhen.. . ; | Ligonie‘r,-i anuary S, 73-37 ; - O. V.INKS, .. ] DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, ° AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. , A0ri112,1871 -50 . AT AVILILA For Sale ; Bargain! or Sale < Bargain! The subscriber offers for sale, on favorable terms, 1; A HOUSE AND LOT, favorsbly sitnaied in the town of Avilla. The Hoz«e %15 hailt two years ago, andis a very gubstantisi aad donveniently arranged dwelling. Any | pevson wanting to procure a comfortable houseat | Avitia wilifind this a.rare oppertasity. . For terms &ca £ ldress the subscriber ,or eall aApaa LEOZ\TARDqS.‘ HERSH, at Avilla; who is daty anthorized to sell the property. 5 : - J. B.STOLL, N 2 Ligonier. Indiana. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, : — e (‘ 1 : (éﬁ Zeer N : S G il .G L\J - TN | i LSRN | s g ~ --ot ° AR W ! -5 fr'?“r".f Zw - - k‘-.'ff N _,é_,_'{/' = / RN / w ¥ 2 X O 9 :'. g \:‘ " \ § ; O & Q@l«) /7 ; : { \""».,,_ 7 ‘ ! WATCH-MAKERS, . JEWELERS, " . —and dealers fn— - - : Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, G ; i b‘ulhv : .» .>‘( ~ Fancy Goods, * & sign of the Big Watch, oppositethe Baoner

The Xalional Banner.

VOL, 11.

BANKING HOUSE S : OF- e | - SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New ‘Brick Biock,LIGONIER, IND’NA. Morney lvomu"ﬁ on'long and shorttime. ; Notes discouated at reasonabli rates. | Monies received on depositandinterestaliowed onspecitiedtime, - 4 l’E-xchsmge » -uzht and sold, and Foreign Drafts draw on pr:ncipalciries of Europe. 8-2 . TO THE FARMERS: 'Y}OU‘ willplease take nolice that I am stillengaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highert market yri,ce. ; : . ~ ifyou do »ot7ind me on the street, call befor: ‘selling, at m§ Banking Office in Conrad’s Brick Block . p ~ SOL. MIER Ligonier,indiara, May Tth, 1874. —lf 3 il3akers & (Gsrocerxr, CavinStreet Ligonler,lndian - Fresh Brend. Pies, Cakes. &c. Choice (iru.ceriep.Pr;')vimum,Ya'ukén Notiont & T'he highes cagdlprive paid for Country Produ: - Ma318,"65-t7 . - . 'SACK'BRO’: i ‘8 - aseme s | CEMPIRE]], . » . BGilliard Hall ’ | e AND——— | Ten-Pin Alley ei=X"lll e L. B. HATHAWAY. Prepry - HAS BEEN BI:MOi’ED TO.THE ; 01d Pierce Bullding. ; @ @ @ Ligenier. Ind ‘Tobaceo and Ligars, Candies,Nuts, CHICAGO CIDEL & FRESH LEMONADE, All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiardsor ten pin§.will find this to be»just‘thc place 241 f " DR. GEO. CLEIS

French Liniment

This Liniment possessesgreat curative powers for various ailments. For asthmatic complaints, dififfcnit breafhing tightness of the breusi, and ailments of the lungs, it is applied externally on Fry <east, dand between the shoulders. ln case o b}z}r'p piainsin the back and lirubs. head-ache, ear-ache, affections.ot the taroat, vr in cases otinternal injuries, whether resulting from a severe stroke, fali or bruise, this Liniment i especially efficacious. It relieves ulcers, open wounds, salt rheam. - white swelling, milk leg, and works ‘charmingly on corns, chilblains,” frosted hands feet and ears. Naorsing mothers suffering from ~wollen breasts, resulting from a stagnatioa of the fagtea) fluid, will iud this Liniment of incalculable benetit by way of separating the swelling, allay‘rg cne fever and bealing the breast, ~ By reveral applications per day, mghly'satistactory resuits miy be obrained from tbhe use of this Liniment ih the trentment of tumors tistula, cancer, piles, and like diseares ;also, for wounds resulting (rom scatds, varns and cuts, and from the bites ot wasps. snakes and mad dogs, or poisoning from aoxious plants - The: ¥rench Liniment will alxo

ve found : veluable household remedy in cases of rheamatism,croup, scarlet fever,diphtheria, quincy, bronchitis, serofula, erysipelas,—for external applications: - Cholera, cho'era morbus, colic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrbea and gripings in the bowels muy be eftectually checked by the'interval use of this celebrated Luniment, as follows: One-balf . tea-poonful fuur to tive ttmes wilhin a period of from one-halt hour to two or three ‘hours, accordiig to the severity .of the casé, For colic, take one or-two doses. For finx or diarrheea, infants,. ore year of age, require from 5 tp 6 drops; two years old,/from 10 to 12 drops, given insngar. Rub cbe abdowen with the Liniment. For inflamatiot of the bowels, use the Liniment internally'andexternally. ' |

Price 530 Cenis per ¥ottle. Prepared and manufactured exelusively by - | . 3 —~ i= . . -Dr. Geo. Cleis, 10-14¢f . GOSHIEN, IND, Gi Wi CHAPMAN. o 3. B. STOLL' . ¢ > . Chapman & Stoll, T AGEINTS. . .. Office in the Banner Block, LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. \/VE have a large hist of preperty for sale, con~isting of dwellitigs, choice town lots, farms and westeru lands - Thos¢ wishing to bay or rell wiTt fidnt it their -advantave to call ard seeup at our office. . ¢ - Aprilg 1876, ° WEOFFERFORSALE ATRACT OF LAND, situate one mile west of Ligonier, consisting of 12 acres more or less. Tn 2 land is all improved excepting oue acre. Thers ix a good hewed log house, sm- ke house, spring’hotisé, cabin stable, a splendid wellof water, &c, on the property. ) A FARM OF 170 ACRES, 150 OF which is under improvement,’'in w ashington twp. rifiy-tive acies are in clover, and alliisin good couditton. On the property is the best orchard iu the cotnty, a good.two-story frame honse with 9 ‘ roems, good cellar. well and eistern, 2 springs of suflicieut volpme to water stock, good bdru and | out-baildings &c | Between 45 and 50 acres of wheut were seeded in the fall; E ]

215 LOTSIN WELLMAN’S ADDltion to the town of Lizonier. Theahocve are allin une Bluck andare corner lotg, fronting on Martin and Union stréets. . .

A CONVENIENT HOUSE. — A Frame -House 1} stories high, containing six rooms, in gpod condition, in Miller’s addition to Ligonier, on reasommle terms, ‘A NICE LITTLE TRACT OF Land, containing 30 acres. lying ‘one mile from Ligonier, 74 acres ¢leared ready for corn. A very de~irable home for any one who wishes to live near a thriving town. ¢ i gt

A GOODSMALL FRAMLE HOUSE in Chapman’s additipp, with six rooms and good cellar, situpte on a corner lot has good well of water and cistern, on good and easy terms. A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on (avin street, one and a halfstories high, ¢containing 8 rooms, good ¢ellar well aud cisiérn, and is the handsomest location on the street. One-half duown ; palance on long exmc with interest. - . A FARM, contaitiing 320 acres, lying four miles south east from Ligonier, on, the Albi on road, the most desirable farm for raising stock and grain in the county, well kpown as the Diamond Lake Farm, for sale on good terms, -

VACANT LOTS in Wood’s addition to. Ligonier for sale on” inviting terms;. also, four Vacant Lots in Miller’s addition ta Ligpnier. Now is the time for bargains. . © =~ *

A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stories. high, containing 10 ro<lms. with closets, wardrov=s, ‘and” outhnildings ! #uch as summer kirchen, wood hotise, barn; corn ¢rib and hog pen, rbout pne g¢re of land. & good Orchard—apples, peaches, -chierries, currants and grapes . The moxst desirable sitnatiowr in the town of Ligonier or a retiring iarmer who wishes to edacate his children. For sale on terms easy to purchaser. . CHAPMAN & STOLL.

FEREERRNBRYIRS

To the working Ciass. <We are now prepared to fltl‘l]'h-‘h ull clasges wilh' consiant employme t at hume, the whole o! the time, .or for their spare moments. Business new,light and prufitable. Peiresuns of either rex easily earn from 50 cents to $5 -per evening. .and ‘a proportional sum by devori-ng their .whole time to the businegs. - Boyswud girls earn nearly as much as men.. That all who see this notice.may sevd their address, and -3¢st-the busiuesg we make this uy puiatleled offe’ ; To such ds are not well satisfied we will scuid one doular to pay for writing. Full particnlars, samples worth several dollars to commence wurk -on, ang a copy of Home and Fireside, -on« of the largest and best lilusirated Publications, ali sent free by mail Headen, if you want permanent, profitable work, addkesg GEORGE STIN:=ON & Co., Portland, Me, = 11-8-miB e. ~ % % 3 - - 1 j @ "an’t be made by every agent .very mouthin tue businers we winish, buithose wiliing 1o ey P work can eart a dozen dollars CUwy Cglic 0 twer own'localites, Have 1o room to,explain here Business pleasant and honora ble. Women, and boys uud’ girls do ax well ax men. -We will furnish you 2 complete outfiy free I'he business pays better thau '““-V'M"g else, We will bear expense of swrting you. | Particalars free.. Wrie aud see - Farmers and mechanics, iheir sons aod detghrers; aiid all clueres in need ol paying work st bome, should write to us and tearn all abont the work ut once,” Now is the time. Don’t delay. Address Trug &°Co., Augusta, Muime, s CoAtB-mig

A YEAR., AGENTS WANTED. Ow--11 g to the woudertul stuceess of oar : ‘grest H 0 Book Cowbination, we nive beeu induced to enkarge it, and now offer a grand Combiuation Prospectus representing

wanted everywherle. Itis the biggest thi 4 tried. Sules made from this whaﬁnmnefgﬁfﬁ fuil. Also ageuts waniéd vm our Magnificent ¥um :L’ég?g‘:ﬁ; F;t:x;ee_l;"{l:'egtlx.ﬂ'!’;nhen, aund var comk v ok : tratious, also W:-WW un’pgtb g

AGENTS WANTED for the STORY OF Written by his father, Tiesebooks béat thé world. Seurd for clrculars. INGRAM & sMILH, 751 WAL20T STREET, PRILADELPHIA, % B-wi2

CENTAUR

LINIMENTS.

S 0 nearly perfect are the reccipts of these wonderful pain soothing and bhealing Centaur Liuiments, that we can confidentialiy say they will altevinte any pain arising from flesh, bone or muscle derangements. We do not pretend that they-will mend a brokenileg 0. #Xterminnte beils, but even in suchi cases they will reduee the inflammation and stop the painl.: Nor can we gnarantee the pgroper resnlis where the body is poisoried 'by whisky. Tenperance is as Decessary to a proper physical, as mental condi“tion, : : ‘The White Centanur Liniment isparticalarly adapred to all cases of Rheumatism. Lumbago, Neura!gia. Erysipelas, Itch, s prains, Chil!bla‘)g)s. Cuts, Bruises, Stiugs, Poizons, Scalds, Sciatica, Weak Back, Paine in the Side Wounds, Weeping Sinews, Bnrns.. Frosted Feet, Paisy. Ear-ache, Tooth-ache, Head-ache, Ulcers, Old Sores, Broken Breasts, Sore Nippler. Sore Throat, Croup, Diptheria, &c, . The most” of these com plaints the Ceuntaur Linixpem will cure; &1l ‘of them it will Jenefit. I will extract the peisomn from bites and stings. and will care burns and sealds withoat a e‘whé following is but a sample of a thousand similar testimonials: ' Antroos. ILL,, Dec. 1 1874, )':ly wii;e ba_g._ for a Al‘nng _Li.l_lfc.\_been_a terrible |

snflerer from Rheumatism ~ She (bas tried many physicians and many remedies. ‘Fhe.only thing which hus&;iven her reliet is Centaur Liniment. 1 am rejoiced tv say this has cured her. i } W. H. RING, Postmaster. Itis an indisputabie fact that the Centaar Liniments are geriormiug cures never before effected by any preparation in existence—like Chronic Rhéumatism of thirty years’standing, straightening fingers and joints which had been stiff’ for six years, taking the soreness from, burns, &c. e g "

" One dollar, or even fifty cents, invested in Centaur Liniment will be within reach when =nn. nccidenl:‘iwen rs, and will do more good than any amount of money paid for medical attendance. When physicians are called.they frequently use Lhis Linimeht, and of course charge several prices forit., ' : .

The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapted to the tough skin, muscles a#d flesh of the anima) creation. Its effects upon severe cases of Spavin, Sweeny. Wind-Gall, Big-Head and Poll-Evil, are Tittle less thap marvelous.

Messrs. J. McCiure &-Co., Druggists, cor. Elm and Front Sts., Cincinnati, 0., says:

¥n our neighboroood a number of teamasters are uxing the Centaur Liniment. They pronouunce it superior to anvihing they have ever| ured. We sell us high as four to five dozen buttles per month to'owners of horser and mules :

We have volumes of testimonials deseribing cuares -of Spraiqs, Kicks, Galls, Poll-Evil, Big‘Head, and Founders, which are little léss than marvels. Noowner of an animal canlaff rd to be

~without a bottle of Centour Liniment, which any day nmay prove worth twenty times its costs. Sold everywhere, but.prepared only at the - Laboratory of J. B. Rose & C 0.," 46 DeY-ST., NEW YORK.

Castoria!

Cross, s'i'cklyb babies and children may e}njny‘ heaith, and mothers have rest, if they will use Castoria. Worms, teething, wind colic, sour stomach and undigested food make children crogs and produces sickness )

Castoria’ will assimilate the feod. expel worms, and correct all these things. For 20 years Dr. Pitcher experimented in his private practice to produce an effecitve cathartic’ and stomach reguiator which would be as effective ns Castor oil, without its unpleasant taste or recoil. H pites vy

- The reputation of his experiment extended. Physicians and nurses rapidly adopted his remedy, to which he g»ve the name ef ¢ astoria, Castoria is a 8 pleasant to lake as honey, regulatés tle stomach and bowels. and does not gripe.. It is adapted to,all ages, contains no alcohol, and is absvintely harmiless to the most tender infant, - A

Try Castoria once, and youn will mever be withount jt. .

Prepared at the Laboratory of J. B. Rose & €o., 46 Dey stieet, New York, ch qr-Iy-9-tc

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. - PHILADELPHIA, PA. : THIS GREAT INTER-NATIONAL EXPIBItion, designed to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Indepenaence, opened May 10th, and w:ll close November 10th, 1876 All ‘the Nations of the world and all the States and Territories of.ithe Union are participating in this wonderful demoustration, bringiug together the mokt comprehenxive collection of art treasures. mechaunica: ‘iuveutions, scientific discuveries, manufacturing achievemeuts, mineral specimens, and agricultural products ever exhibited. The grounds devoied to the Exhibitiop are situated on the line of the Peunsylvania Railroad and embrace four hundred and fifty acres of Fairmou.t Paik, all highly improved and ornamented, on which-dre erecied tue largest buildiugs ever copstructed,—tive of these covering an arer of fifty acres aud costing $5,000,000. The total number ol buildivgs erected for the purposes oi the Exhibitivn 1s near two hundred Daring the thirty days immediately following the opening of tue Exhibitivn a million and a“quarier of people visited it. 5 § v R . ' The Pennsylvania Railroad, THE GREAVTD TRUNK LINES . e AND-——— FAST MAIL ROUTE OF THE UNITED STATES, is the most direc. convenient, and economical way of reaching Philadelphia aud this great Exuibitidbn trom all secuons of the country. 1 8 trains 1o and from Pniial elphia will pass through a GRAND CENTENNIAL DEPOT, which the company have erected at'the Main Eutrance to the | Extiction Grounds for the accymmodation of pasrengers who wish to Btup at or start from the numerou-s large hotele contiguous to this station aud the Exhivition,—a convenience of the greatest value 10 vigitors, and afforded excluxively b the Penbsylivaunia Raitroad. which is THE ON L% LINE RUNNING DIRECT TO THE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS. Excurgion trains will aiso stop at the Eucampmeut of the Patrons of Husbandry, at Eim Station on this road. The Penusyivania Kailroad is the Grandest Railwav Organization in the World It coutrols’ seven thousand miles of roadway, forming continuous lines to Philadeiphia. New .ork, Baltimore, and Washiugton, over which luxurious day and night cars are run from Chicago, Nt. Louis, Louisville, Cincinuati, Indianapolis, Columbusy Toledo, Cleveland, and KErie, without change. e & Its main line'islaid with double and third tracke of heavy steel rails ngl;)ou 8 deep bed of broken stone baliast and its bridges are all of iron or | stone. Its pasreuger trains are equipped with every known Improvement for comtort and safety, aud are ron 4. faster speed for greater distances than the trains of any line on Lhe contiuent, ‘'he company has largely increased’its equipment for Centennial travel, snd will be prepuared to build 10 its own shups Jocomotives and passenger cars at short votice suflicient to fully accomwmodate any extrademand. ['he uneqnaied resources .t the command ol the company gnarantee the most perfect accommouttions for uil Its putrons durmy the Centenmal Exhibition: ol ' ITHE MAGUIFICENT SCENERY for which ihe | Pevn sy ivania Railroad is sv jus ly celebrated yreseuls L the traveier over its perfect rondway an ever-chungivg pauorama of river, mountain and lundscaype Viewr Quequaled in’ America, 3 THE EAIING-SIATIONS ou this line are un-, surpassed: . Meuls_will be turnished at unlmhlgi nours and ample Ume allowed for enjoying them! . KEXCURSION 11CKETS ay reduced raies, will he sulo a. uil priveipal Railroad Picket Offices in the West, Nurth- west, aud South-west, - BEsUREK THAT YOUR TICKETS READ vix faR GREAT PEaNsYLVANIA RUUTE 10 THE Clkne TENNIAL. e BOD : NK THOMSON, . D. M. BOYD, Ju.. EQ{{A General Manager - Gen'l Pass'r Agt. - ALL EINDS ‘ W Bog iy TLegal Blanks FUR qALE AT THIB OFFICH,

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1876, =i '

THANKSGIVING ADDRESS. Delivered at the Christian Church in - Ligonier, Nov. 30, 1876, by Elder L. L. Carpenter, of Wabash, ‘I Trxr.- Blesced be the Lord God. the God of Terael, who only doeth wondrons things. And biessed be hix glorious name forever; and let the whole earth be tilled with his glory. | Amen. and Amen.—Psalms, 72: 18-19. ! h In obedience to the proclamation of the Chi tf Magistrate of our Nation, and in keeping with a time-honored practice, we meet to:day in this house of prayer and praise, to give to God the fruit of our lips and the gratitude of our hearts for the abundant blessings conferred upon us and our loved ones during the past year. | . The year has been » remarkable one; noted the world over,l 48 a year of terrible storms and fluods, destroying in many places both life and property, and at times threatening very general destruction.. A, ‘year ot riore or':lt_;ss monetary derangement and commercial embarrassment, an intense popular excitement, wide spread distrust, ‘tearful -forebodings, “men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for lovking for those things that are coming upon the earth,” and yet a year of general health, of abundant harvests and, consequently, of great plenty. A year when the white angel of peace hath hovered over our beloved coutry, and Kkept us either from foreign or civil war; a year when not only the Christian women, but all lovers of sobriety and goyd order, have worked as never before for the suppression of the giant evil of intemperance, and when their labors have been crowned with—at least— a measure of success.

In addition to all these temporal blessings, Zion, too, hath prospered. The watchmen on her walls l,f{ave been faithful in pointing a perishing race-to the Lamb of God whose blood tukes away the sin of the world. The result is, that multiplied thousands have been converted to thrist, and are now. rejoicing in his pardoning love, and in the rich indwellings ot the Holy Spirit, and the hope of eternal life. R

There has been an unusual activity in the Sunday School work, in home and foreign mission work, and indeed in all the benevolent enteiprises of the Cliurch of the Livi’né God. It has, been a year of abundant benedictions; a church edified and advanced; the Lord having added to the church daily, the saved—thousands redeemed. ; B : It has been a year favored of that Divine Father who is “Love” that Savior whose symbol is the “Lamb,” and the presence of that blessed Spirit who is represented by the gentle “Dove.” . ] : e

~ Let us, then, lift up cheerful hearts before pur Great Preserver, and, with gratitude forthe past, pledge ourselves to higher devotion for the future.— This glad thanksgivipg day is a- good time to acknowledge the wondrous Providence with which the Great Ruler -has kept us; a; good time to come with the precious gifts 80 freely bestowed upon us, for sacrifice offering before the altar of His unfailing merey. - , S Brethren, I have selected as a theme on this ocecasion, i , THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTGRE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, AS CONNECTED WITH US AS A NATION ~/AND A PEOPLE. sl Believing that the Providences of God that have surrounded us in all our past experience; that »s’urround-. us now, and that we believe will still be vouchsafed to us call upon us to rear an altar to the God of Jacob, and to render to'His name “thanksgiving

and prayer.” 3o The Elder then gave a brief history of the rise of human governments and of the establishment of our own, which gve are compelled to omit for want of space, and continued his address as follows: L b

Brethren, let us turn-our eyes to that governme*‘xt under which Christianity exists in this most favored of lands, in this ngde and capacious and still extending empire. Tired and jaded with the conflicts of Papal Rome, grieved and' ij“censed ‘at-the linfractions of the rights of conscience and | the rights of men and at all the tyrannies of co'n;Fc-t.ing ilxstiflrutiohé, our fathers sought a city of refuge, a hid-ing-place from the storm, in this newly discovered ¢ Mnbey. e (God, more than four thousand years ago, promised t¢ Japheth an enlarge‘ment of his territory, when he gave him the bruk-e‘x} and indented patrimony of Europ o Here he found it; and our fathers, taught in the school of proscrippiori, imagined that a government without any reljgion, a government purely Lulitical, ‘was the very maximum of social bliss. : - They went ‘as%far as mortals, stung by the fiery dragon, could go, to devise a government, entirely separating? Cliureh and State. ; | ‘They succeeded not only in declaring but in sustaining their indgpendencetin the eyes of all the sons of pride, and in rearing for themselves and their children political institu 'tions which have hitherto secured,gnd will, we hope, ¢ ntinue to secure, till Christianity eonquers the world, the greatest amount of political and temﬁoral happiness| hitherto enjoyed by any people. his government proposes only to guard the temporal and worldly rights of men, and to protect every man while he worships God according as his pwn conscience may. dictate. - It regards this world as the only appropriate object of its supervision and protegtion. _lt permits every man to be of no religion, or of any 1 religion he pleases. 1t has no partiali-: ty for the Jew, the Christian, the Turk - ‘or the Indian. Such is its creed. Here the affairs of another world are left to themselves. [The government says

to all rival sectarian. interests,

“FAIR PLAY AND THE RIGHTS OF MEN.” - :

It will not help by its statutes, nor retard by its proseriptions, any religion, or sect of religionists, now on the theatre, This is all that Christianity asks, or can ask, until she conquers the world, Whenever a sect calls for the governmental arm tv help her—to hold her up—she pruclaim§ herself overmatched by her competitors, and declares her consciousness that on the ground of reason and evidence she is unable to stand. ]

But to. review again, that we may ‘appreciate more fully the inestimable | benefits God has' conferred upon us in - permitting us to be American citizens. Europe was overcrowded with a various population, over whom aristocrati¢c 1018 had ”{:uu’gealed like arctic ice. The hasses were awakening from the loug dark nights. of*slre middle years. The 'Crusaders |had kept the currents of 'social ‘and ;literay life from utter stagnation, and the German Reformation was spreading the light of God’s tree Word among the enthralled millions.: The Promethean torch was still burring, the spirit of the people still instinet with freedom; and' when hardy adventurers opened to the old world the wonders of the new, Ju _became the signal for glad thousands to seels homes in that wilderness where the shadow of power had not yet fallen. To this great-Exodus every land made its eoutribution. ’ :

To the bleak hills of New England, bearing the sacred fire which Cromwell and Miltou had kindled, came the God-fearing pilgrims. - To the lovely: bauks of the Hudson, bearing the fair hunianites of the Fatherland and the free spirit Of! the _Duitch Republic, came the stout-hearted old Kn;ickei'— bockers of Amsterdam. On the bauks of the Schuylkill the followers of Mr. Penn extended to the savage tribes the peaceful olive, and founded- the city of brotherly love. ,Ambr}g the blue hills of Virginia the high-born cavaliers of England came, andfeared happy ixospitable homes. Beneath the green Palmetto shades of the Carolinas the persecuted Hugenot {found peaceful repose. Along the grea{: lakes of the north, and down “the beautiful river,” to the fair bayous and broad Savannahs of the South, the gallam_ and chivalric French carried the adventurous spirit of their native land. Thus they came, Saxcn and Celt,Cambrian and Frank, and togetherjbegan the struggle with the titan forces of this new wilderness' world, Each had come to build for himself & home, and carve out for himself a happy future. In this common purpose we find the germ of American liberty. They found a government only for mutual protection while each should-attain the object of his toil. - Here for the first time was practically recognized the principal that government is a means and not an end, that ‘the State was made for man, not man for the Stufe iy o

Ours was the first government in the world’s history where creating and moulding forces sprang wholly from the people. While other governments have granted to the people all the rights they enjoy, here the people have granted to 'th‘e government all the. power it possesses. To a people already inspired with such sentiments, the Revolution was a natural and inevitable event. It can hardly be called a revolution. It was, rather, an open assertion of what had for a long time existed in fact, though not exhibited in{actual form. It was,asiour Fathers truly termed it, a “Declaration of Independence,” not the establishment 6f it., That Declaration! what isiit? | For beauty and clearness of diction| for unadorned strength and manliness of expression,for its spirit of equal justice and high-souled thought that comprehends humanity and utters the convictions (bf the universal heart, that Declaration stands peerless, alone, the pride of every Americanheart, the admiration of the world. In it speaks the soul of our Fathers, To them, who had so long enjoyed, the spirit of freedom, even the empty: forms of tyranny were intolerably hateful. They took up arms against « resolution of Parliament; they did indeed, as a great statesman has said, “make war against a preamble.” ' They flung away ihe'proffered shackles with the same proud strength with which the Hellespont tosséd off the impotent fetters which Xerxes would bind upon it. o ) . S

And thus God, through the instrumentality of our Revolutionary Fathers, has given us this great and good government. For an hundred. years e has shielded and protected it by His own right hand. By - ' ;

‘' |A BAPTISM OF BLOOD . the fearful stain of American slayvery has been washed out, and to-day we are in fact, what we have long been in song, “The land of the free, and the home of the brave.” .

We have already said that our government’ is purely political; that Church and State are entirely separate; that a man can be a loyal ecitizen and embrace any religion he may chouse, or reject all religions. ~ While all this is true, yet we bless God to believe that this government lays the foundation of a Christian Nation. There are three grand elements that enter into the foundation of a christian nation. Our government protects ‘all these. : o

" Ist. T speak, you will see, of foundations that are moral,—not material, not commereial; nor industrial. The first of these moral foundationsis

© DOMESTIC PURITY, = = and the institution representing it is the Family. “Home is a foundation of a christian nation; bedauge, if it is what it was meant to be; it opposes the surest and heaven-appointed re: -sigtance to the vices that endangerthe people. It cools the inflammation of 1 - oAI e

competitory hatred. It heals the dis~orders of prodigals, Tt “forestalls crimes that the law is helpless to forbid. - It opens Bibles and books that ‘the Bible has written, It gives the key-note to refining music, and from _song the transition-is often spontaneous to prayers. It bolts out a thousand temoting imaginations, and wards off, by’ its chaste employments, the ‘wanton possibilities of shame, as if they were ugly fables of some antip-~ odal tribe. ; 5 ‘Build up christisn homes,—christian in no forced nomenclature of courtesy, but homes that Jesus himself mightenter with the blessing that visited Bethany,—and you.ay a new support under the foundations of a christian nation. , ¢ i :

“2d. The next gre_at pillar' of these supports is B - Eo ‘ EDUCATION,

and the institution that represents it is the School. | Our ecmmon school system, that makes provision for the educationiof every child born among us, however poor that child may be is the pride and glory of our Siate. More important than growth in material wealth, is the impulse which our institutions have given to individual culture, and the general diffusion of knowledge. Governments in general look "upon man only as a citizen, a fraction of the State. « God looks upon him as an individual man, with capacities, duties, and a destiny of his own; and just in proportion as a governmeént recognizes the individua:r and shields him in the exercise of his rights, in that proportion is it godlike and glorious. The village church and the village school have become our great civilizing and elevating'guardians, and we mention with honest pride the fact that our State lavishly’-'éxper"lds her money for our common schools. Let the hand that would dare strike a blow against our school system beware. Millions of Americans, without distinetion of party, will unite to resist | any such attempt. i . Bd. From the school tothe Church—- "' FROM EDUCATION TO RELIGION, .

the third and chief foundation of a christian nation. But, observe, we do not mean by thé Chureh any inert or Pharjgaic body, looking on the wastes of Yirtual atheism among us, with fold¢ ed éhangfs, contentiug herself with a 'feu‘y handsome decencies of templeworship, or a gentle.rcutine of professions and ceremonies that will not soil effeminate fingers. I mean'a Church of God and His gon; and that means a church of sacrifice and selfrenunciation,— a ‘church. whose. first law. is spiritual labor, whose function is conversion, and whose most irresistible impulse is aggression on the empire of Satan. We mean a church whose members take the Apostles for their examples, as well in bold regenerating incursions into the Macedonia of unbelief as in quiet communings at Olivet and the upper chamber. - ~ Our municipal government and our police-officers save dollars. - The religion of Christ saves .iwo wherever these save one; but it, also saves what dollars cannot buy; . for it casts into the world’s sick life that spiritual medicament that cleahses its leprosy. It is an alchemy that impeverishes by comparison all the mines and moneymints of the nations. It holds open the door of access into heaven, It nourishes the communion between all burdened zjmd penitent spirits and the Father, through the Mediator. Itlays the easy yoke and the light burden on the grateful disciple. It brings down beams of forgiveness, to brighten the lot of suffering, to bow the pride of station, to ‘soften stony averice. It makes mankind one in their Lord.

And so the Church is the mightiest and the deepest of all foundations of the christian n‘atid_n.j For untold wealth, and untold resources, ourloved country stands peerless and alone. But her true foundations are not in her wealth, but rather in the mind and temper of her people. They are in the virtuous-ardor, and the self-controlled moderation, and the refined dignity, of your families.” They are in the patient thoroughness, the regular discipline, the wise forecast, and the religious reverence, of all your systems of education.‘ They are in the zeal, the punctuality, the strict devotion,: and the generous toleration, of your worship. They are in the abundance of your charilies, the sobriety of your hospitali.ies, the modesty of your manners, the steady march of your industry, the integrity of your traffic, the nobleness of your policy, the liberality of your government,—the graces that adorn your manhood. : ; Plant such 'foundations as these: lay them deeper and surer every day, and the day is not far in the future, when all the children of our common country, of the East and the West, the North and the South, shall dwell together 1 brotherly love, and: perpetual: peace, and we will truly'be a Christian. Natien. . ¢ ¢ it

And now, having briefly scanned the Providences of God, as ‘connected | with the pastand the present of our history, let us in the light of Diving Inspiration look for a little_whilé into the future. We have found that God in His wonderful providénce has 1 given us a government where Christianity has, at least, @ fair chancé.«: Where, while the government compels no one.to embrace it, yet protects every one who does aecept it.: Thisis | | i e cheaite |

ALL THAT CARISTIANITY ASKS, l ‘And this is'the reason why ‘to the Christian the fourth day of July, "16, was such a memorable day ; a day to be remembered as was the Jewish Pass: over—a day to be regarded by grate.. ful ~acknowledgments' by eVery American_ citizen, by every. philan+hropist in-all nations of the world. " he light which shines from our political institutions will- penetrate even the dungeons of European des-

- 'pots, for the gentusof :our ‘government 1s the genius of universal emancipation! Nothing can resist the political influence of a great nation, enjeying: “'great political advantageés, if she. i walk worthy of them. o ’ The example which our government | gives i 8 necessarily terrible/ to the !'qpowned heads of Europe, and exl.hilarating to all who look for the re- | demption of man from political degLra;d‘atio_n’. oy : : i A

| But éhare is the supériative as well | as the comparative degree.. A more illustrious day is yet in prospect—a day when it{s—hall, be said, “Rejoice ‘over her, you holy apostles and prophets, for God has evenged. you on her!"—a day on which an angel shall proclaim.. “The Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of | our Lord!"—a day on which it shall be‘'sung “The kingdom, and dgminion, -and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, is given to the people of the Most High, and all people shall serve and obey Him!” - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . is but the precursor of a revolution of infinitely more importance to mankind. It wasa great,a happyanda triumphant revolution. . But time and space limit and circumscribe all its Llessings to mankind. It will long, perhaps always, be accounted an illustrious and happy era in the history of man. Many thanksgivings and praises have reached unto heaven because of - this great deliverance. The incense of gratitude, perfumed with' the praises of saiuts, has long risen from myriads of hearts, and will continue to rise until: the cloud . shall cover the whole -earth; and the glory of the Lord be reflected upon all the nations ofithe earth. But,brethren,a - more gloribus work is reserved for this -generation. The emancipation of the 'human mjnd from' thé shackles of superstition, and the introduction of human beings into the full fruition of " the reign of heaven.. To liberate the minds of men from the tyranny of Satan ; to deliver them from:the melancholy thraildow of sinyis a work fraught with greater-blessings, & work of & nobler daring’ and loftier enterprise, than the substitution of a representative demgcracy for an absolute or. limited menarchy. .This can ~only be.accomplished by the faithful proclamation of the pure gospel of the: grace of God,. This gospel finds men ‘and women the slaves of Satan and ot sin. To escape trom this vassalage is worthy of the greatest struggle which man could make. -This, however, is the fifst boon whieh Christianity tenders to'all who put themselves under its influence. It proclaims ; i A JUBILEE TO THE SOUL; . it opens the. prison ,doors, and sets the. captives free. To all who embrace and bow to thé gospel, there is bestowed a full deliverance,and a.gracious exemption from this most greivous bondage of the soul. i Brethren, the gospel is the mighty instrument by which this world will be revolutionized——this is; the sword of the Eternal Spirit—this is. that weapen which is mighty, through God, to the demolition of all the: strongholds of the man of sin, as well: as of that strong one that'rules and, _reigns in the hearts of the children of* disobedience; - By it alone, proclaimed and proved and sustained in the lives ‘of its advocates, were the Jewish and Pagan institutions ot former ages sup‘plemented by the Christian, and' that great change in society effected which’ is still blessing the earth with the influence of peace and good will, By its influence the leopard .and the Kid, the lion and the lamb, have in innumerable instances been. made . most friendly associates and companiens. It imparts eourage . tothe -timid, strength to the infirm, hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb. It -gives peace to the conscience, rest to the soul,ardor tothe affections,and animation to the hopes of men. It is God’s wisdom and His power, because it .is. His philanthropy drawn to the life, and exhibited by ‘the strongest argument in the Universe,—the death .of His Son,. To introduce:the last and most beneficial change in society, it is only necessary to let the gospel, in its, ‘gwn plainness, simplicity and:force, ypeak to men, , Divest it of all the appendages of human philosophy. falsely 80 called, and-of all the traditions and dogmas of men, and in its power. it, ‘will pass from heart to heart, from house 'to house, from eity to city, until it l;less the-whele earth. Then will the promise God made his Son thousands of years ago be fuffilled. *“Ask. of me, and I shall give thee the hea- | then for thine inheritance, and: the uttermost’ parts ‘of the. earth for thy" possession.” .. : e del T'hen. the whole earth will be filled with his glory, and a redeemed race will say with the Royal poet, “Amen, and:amen,” '| ' ' LA . While the mere politicians of. the land, and the children of the flesh are. rejoicing together around their festive bourds, and in‘toasts and songs’ boasting of their heroes and themselves, we ought to glory: in the Lord, rejoice in the God of our salyation, and sing & | loftier song and of purer joy than. they, And while with them we remember with gratitde the achievements of the patriots of theland, we ought te rejoice with joy unspeakable' and " full of %lory% recollecting the. Christian Chief, and - His holy ' Apos- | tles, who ‘has made us free indeed, and given us the rank and dignity of citizens of the kingdom of heaven. ' Yes, He is worthy of all gratitude, and of all adoration, who has made. citizens of His Kingdom not citizens only, but. citizen-kings and: priests to' God. . ;We fa\y;npl;._ rejoice once, but: always; We may have our feasts of. gratitude and love,and with the saints. of olden: times we may' shout for joy, ‘We may . say with' Isaiah, wsa.? 0 ‘heavens! and .be joyful, O, earth! and: break forth into sinzing,%,;mogmml; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have Tmei'tsz‘;ﬁn“ﬂ% afflicted. _Singuuto the Lord, for He has done exoellen_t-'tmwta : c)} -and’ ‘shout, O, inhabitants of Zion! for great: ;is:i (ﬁbﬂ:z?g:’yi ‘One of Israel @ in: t;hi{e: idst of thee.” An *W:a :-sH%b:\ braktkgnk‘.‘%éf us say;: ,%&h@' _the, fig ‘tree ‘shiall not blossom, et ,&}gﬁmﬁ S -of the olive shall fail, and. the:fields ,&:hﬁ% ‘ﬁld?m' ?‘?91&& flacks shall %ﬂ ,o,gnffqm ‘{‘hg‘ , and th_:wi ﬁ;ﬁd“.t&heﬁ 1 the stallss et we will rejoide in, the, Lord, and Jo 3 I the God of bur FAVRHOR * L6t th 6 heavens, 16t the ‘earth ve g e oyfal; let ait the trees of thefoem ejoica; let che hills be joyfill together less the poople. .| Bless e Lord; all , His works, in allﬁ wes of His domin--ions; bless the Lord, O, my soul,

'NO, 33.

~ JOE PAULLETS FOLLY. - “Mother|” Joe Paullet dashed thro’ the barnyard, leaped the garden fence, ‘and lushed, hot and breathless, into ‘the shaded porch where his mother "sat sewing, a pale old Quaker lady bemideher, Sl al i T Y

‘. : “h%a_zher. the, boys are 'going on an -expedition up Wolf Creek, nutting and fishing; ‘start to-morrow morning, and ,_camp' out ‘all night in the woods— Jim Slater’s tent, you know! CPn & ‘430?” : e . e s H “O Josy!” eried a feeble voice, and a boy’s pale, face, all white with excitement, was thrust out of a hammack which was slung under the walnuttree. o ooy : Joe, who was a stout; red-faced boy of twelve, shifted uneasily from one foot to the other. - | i “Don’t call me Josy. Girls and babies have such names. I say, mother, can.l.go?” . - ; s Mrs, Paullet looked anxiously from one brother to the other. The little face in the hammock grew more eager. “O, mother! :Could I? It is so many years since T was out nutting, and I never camped out in my life.”” ' _“Of course, you can't go, Charley Paaullet! ‘Do you think I'm going to play sick-nurse for two days?” cried Joe, sayagely. ¢ : ‘Charley drew back as though he had been struck a blow. :

l “No, of course not; Josy. I didn’t H]mk."’ \v :3T ‘l ; | o By this time a gang of boys had followed Joe, and stood on the steps of the porch. ' Two or three of them cried “Shame!” and Jim Slater burst. out “Indeed, but ’.yéu -shall go, Charley! It will be perfectly safe, Mrs. Paullet. Old Jacob will drive usup to the head -of Wolf Creek, and ‘there we'll pitch 'the tent, and Charley can catch the .nuts as we throw them dewn, or he can fish, or-lie in .the tent and read. “And well cook our own meals, and -Charléy’s splendid at boiling ham!” | - “Oh, he mast come!” the boys all -oried-in. ‘ehorus=—all except:Joe, who' stood growling ‘sullenly at his broth-

' “TFecannot promise, boys, llntiLl consult Dr. rlkzme.' Joe- can go. ‘Perhaps he will-enjoy his sport more. when he thinks. of his sick brother alone at home.” She tried to speak (s verely, but her voice trembled and tﬁe tears came. ; S

-Joe shrugged his broad shoulders. “Pshaw |” he growled, going down the walk: “Mother always contrives ‘to take the pleasure out of everything, thrysting in that whining baby.? - “Charley is not half the whiner you are,.Joe Paullet, if he- is siek,” said Slater, who had a 4 mind and tongue of NS owh. i 2 3

- Mrs. Paullet did not speak until Charley had crept away slowly, to feed bis chickans. . He walked with acdne, though he was not lame, and leaned' on it'ag he walked. o . The old" Quakeress looked after him with a'sigh.- “I .theught thee said, Susan, that the ‘boy was growing stronger.. Isee but little change in him since I was here last year.” “Oh, there is a change. Until this last winter Dr. Kane never encouraged me to hope that he could live. - Now he says every chance is in his favor, He is so clever a boy, too; as far advanced in his ‘studies as young men of nineteen, in spite of his illness. Sometimes I'think he will be the stay and comfort of my old -age. ‘He is as gentle and affectionate as a.girl—poor little Charley!”: e il ~_“Joseph does not agree.with thee in thy praises of ' Charley I fancy,” said ‘Aunt Maria. - g

- “I cannot understand Joseph,” said his mother. “During the last year or two he has grown hard and bitter to his brother. He hashis friends among other boys, to whom he is kind and generous; buthe has no pity for Charley. The other hoys are very tender with the. little fellow, but Joe-looks. at him' as he goes hobbling abeut as ‘though he wished him dead.” Dr; Kane gave Charley permission to go. - “Qut-door . life 'was what the ‘boy -needed,” he sald, “and. with his big brother to take care of him, there was no-danger.” = e | Joe went off muttering what seemed very much:like an oath. Three years ago, he and: Charley had slept in one bed; played and studied.together; had not a book, a toy, a thought - separate. He remembered very well how he had fought. Tom Pratt for-calling Charley Miss Whey-faee, and how, when Charley had to-give up school, he would ‘watch at. the window for hourgs to see Joe coming home, and to hear all'that the boys had:dome. . = "1 tidd i Now—oh, well, it - was all different now. Joe felt himself a man; was ‘proud ‘of his bigness of body, his gruff ‘voice, his rough manner to his mother, very much 'as ‘the young 6x in the meadow rejoiees -in his beef and hot blood -and ability fo kick. ,Charley had somehow dwindled out of his real life, and- was, in Joe’s view a puny, wniserable burden, perpetually stand-ing-in his Way. o s onnl Ygl “I think,” said Charley to his mother in the evening, “I had'better not go. Josy would: ‘have more fun himself without'me. ' It:is hardly fair that he should be bothéred -with me.? . °

“I’ll take -care of you,” eried Jim Slater. . : : “I'wish you to go, Charley,” said his mother.. She took Joe aside, and tiied to rouse his pity. for the: little fellow, but all to no. purpose. He listened in - sullen silence. The boy ‘seemed utterly changed from his old self. 2 - During the whole of the ride to Wolf’s Creek, he did not come near: Charley, but remained with the other boys in the front of the wagon. Char‘ley, who 'was usually full of fun, grew .very pale and quiet: ‘He had fancied that when thiey were onee out in'the “woods toggtbe{, Joe would remember ‘the good old times, and speak kindly: -1 He'thought he would give anything “$O-have himi ¢lap him on the back and | :h%ut, “Hillo, cap!” again, as.he used. to-do. AN et . ‘ Charley helped’ build the fire and eook the‘supper, and brought a plate to Joe, saying. -*Here’s:a bit of ham I.did for you myself, extra nice, Joe.” . But Joe gave:the plate a shove, and. ‘grunted out that he reckoned he could ‘cook whéit he wanted himself. ' ' ' BTM' wa:ha certaid %om-gratth :5 | .the_party, the same whom -Joe } ‘h"%%’@a long_ago.. Ho_ never, had liked Charley, and had his own 'rqa& sons for urging Joe fo' negleét hnd' annoy him: * The:next morning, while the other.-boys had gone nutting dowa: ‘the mountain, Charley took, g%iagpg,: and began to k,ﬂsh-,bnyso&n\.f I fast asleep in the Wafm sdnshine. Joe :wt:rom: were ‘on’ the hill,” near the’ g[“Mlm a ?uu’gmaa, ‘always tage: “1t would be'd good thing it he'd go ‘back 'with '6ld Jacod' this'attérnoon.”: | Y es, but it can’t be'donele | reTobisk T thn manadh {65 Wiese § pllise, - “Liet us give him a good séare m”.rnm\: STy .?:M» 64 eh’ '{:”?rﬂg f’»ﬁ;' i . “What's that? Powder? = “Hush-sh! Yes. Now I'll tell you.

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| We'll make a gircle about him, far enouglr off not to hurt him, you un- | derstand. I've got a pack of firecrackers, .and we can put them near by, so they’ll go off. This string willmake a slow-match. We'll have time to be a mile “away before they ex‘plode.” v 2 i “It might kill him, Tom.” P “Kill him! Nonsense! Do ~you think I've a mind to be hung? %ou can drop the powder yourself. Just { scare up his small wits, and send him home with Jacob to his mammy, where he belongs.” e i “She’ll nirse him! He's the lamb and I’'m the black sheep.” - - “Well, come on.” Joe got up and took the powder. The black line was dropped in a circle about the sleeping boy, the crackers and fuse arranged, and the match applied. Then the mis-chief-makers ran headlong, with-a, guilty delight and terror at their hearts, dowi the hill, 1 i ~ They had scarcely reached the foot when an explosion was heard, then a feeble, shrill cry, then a louder report, and after that a single call. . “Oh, Josy?” i - | “He’s calling me to help him!” . ‘Tom clutehed him with both hands. “Do you want to let them know we're - ‘here?” - : Foai “He does. not make a sound! Oh, I'm afraid we’ve killed him!” . ~ * - | Tom’s shaking hands loosened, and Joe darted up, reaching the top of the hill just as old black Jacob stooped and lifted the child, limp and motionless, in his arms. Joe saw at a glance what had happened, and stood stun‘ned. Charley had been roused by the first explosion; had started to his feet, and fallen- with his face upon the line of powder.’ o - Jacoh laid down the body, took up - onehat‘d and Jletitfall. “De chile am .dead,. Who habdone dis?”; -

| Joe threw-himgelf upon it. “Charley, speak to me!' Oh, no, no, it canmot be! It's Joe, Charley! it’s Joe!” holding the child’s head close!‘to his 'breast. : : e ¥ “The volce* 6b yer-brudder’s “blood eries agin you from de ground,” said Jacob, solemnly. . : He carried Charley down to the water; rubbed him and bathed his face, while .the boys stood around trembling. . ' s - More than an hour passed before the old man said: “Praise de Lofd, de boy draws his breff. Putin.de hos-], -ses, chillen; I must get him to de doctor afore night fall. - Charley was' laid on the heaped ‘straw in the wagon, while Joe sat besside him, and they were driven slowly * down the hill. : . Every jolt of (the wheels brought forth a cry from the tortured boy: At last he moaned, “Josy!” ' “I’m here, Charley.” -~ “I didn’t know. Could I hold your hand ?” b i Joe felt as if it was a murderous hand touching the body he had killed. I shall not tell of all the horrors of that night—how until morning they waited for the boy to die, so great had been the nervous shock to his feeble frame.- 1t was a night of which Joseph Paullet never spoke afterwards, although it changed thé whole current of his life. : e Just as morning dawned, the doctor ‘beckoned him into the chamber. On the bed lay'the little thin figure, the face covered with white bandages. His mother sat beside him, his head. .

on her breast. _ ¥ iy R - “Joseph,” said the doctor, kindly, “I thought you would wish to be near your brother.| Take his hand; let him feel that all ;;hom he loves are near him. There is something I must tell him. Charley”—the old man’s voice was unsteady—“ God has spared you to us, my boy. But your eyes—the powder entered both. You will never see again.” . el . Charley was only aboy. He started up, and then turned and clung te his mother. C g It was five minutes before Joe spoke. Then his voice sounded full and strong as aman’s. -He stood up, still holding his br«ither by the hand. ? / “Mother, Y did this thing. Iloved Charley. Butthe devil had possession of me. I want to say now, betore Charley and you, and before my God, that from this night I give myself to my brother. I will spend my life in making up-to him ‘what I have taken from him.” = Poun i B g

“Tt is easy to promise,” said the doc_tor, when he had gone home. “A boy’s words are wild words. No good “will ever come of Joe Paullet.”

Our story is, as to facts, a true story. ‘There was no out-burst 0f sentiment /in Joe Paullet’s course, but hard, practical- work., - Mrs. Paullét’s means were small. ‘From that day Joe. betook to hard work at school, to fit himselt to earn money, and at home helping Charley ‘with his lessons. = - . The boys went through college together, Joe being the eyes for his brother, who often did the brain work for him. ) v : :

Joe became a man of business. He was shrewd, honest; and as it proved after a while, possessed of exceptional financial ability. “He made money-hand-over-hand,” people said, in the city, ‘while-Charley and his mother remained on the homestead. One use ‘Joe made of his money was to surround them with every luxury which his eager fancy could devise. Charley’s strongest passion was for musie. He had the besc masters; was sent for years abroad to study. - They are gray-headed, middle-aged men now, and live together at the old farm, which is one of the most beautifal country seats in the West. Their l mother is still living, and always calls them “the boys.” ' There is no sign of } loss ;or sacrifice. or of martyrdom in _either of them. - The hotse is the cen'ter of the society of the city, near “which it stands, and there are no more genial, happier old fellows or shrewder thinkers than the Paullet brothers, Joe never married.. There was a whispered story that he loved a pretty . little cousin who visited his mother years ago, but/ finding * that Charley had cared for-her.too, never told his love. She refused to marry Charley. Jep_ had liftle reason to doubt of his success if he asked her to be his wife. “But how could I bring her home to make:him miserable?” he said to his - motheﬁt A : % g 35 g .89 she passed out of his life. He was & quieter, kinder man after that; ‘but he never cared for another woBN G oas L BRad S TR - How kind and % man he is all the poor about him know; but, ‘nobody as well as Charley, " “Dear old Joe!” he says to his mobher,” sometimes. “Life has been very beautifal andmd for him -and . nggm BSI {E e - . g Frana 11 "“5,‘ ';’“ - ':,::rf e ‘; o ding. Davis, in Youth's Companior LS e —————— 1A wesbern lawyer who was defendAONERY 0L PR SIP AN 0% and inno- %“‘“ s~4§f§‘ Slit ’i T J,‘ wU D 8 ‘“He winnowed her into paradise with SN 0 . N m,\“. A 8 ~ 4 5 % IR M \t\