The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 42, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 February 1877 — Page 1

The Aational Banwex » | PUBLISHED BY J ' ; < T T E .~ JOHN B. STOLL. LIGONIER NOBLECOUNTY IND. ! : = . ON\ . i — - Terms of Subscription: timeyar,i_nadvance....i............,......,.5‘z00 Six menths, i 0 AAVANCR. laacacmnnacanmmnaochs 100 Eieven copies to one address, one year, s 2008 g&-Subscribers -outside oeroble county are harged 10 cents extra [per year] for pqstgge, which is prepaid by the publisher. ¢ : . 4 : : ’ ; ' CITIZENS BANK, ' ' LIGONIER, . INDIANA. ~ First-Class Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. . | ANI parties having *“Public Sale Notes,” will do - well to see us befor? disposing of theni else- | where. . ; tﬁachauge Bougjtt and Sold, and Foreign Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities of Eusrope. oy Apgents for First-Class Fire and Life Insurance Companies. - ~ STRAUS BROTHERS. M. M. RI ERB{(ND, Notary Public. & ' Ligonier,lnd., Dec 16,1875.-6-26 S : 'D. W. GREEN, : . . y Justiceorthe Peace & Collection Ag T, Oﬁoe—scgcqnd Story, Laadon’s Brick Block, . ! LIGONIEE, - - INDIANA. 6 oic.vancame, . ATFTORNEY AT LAW, e Ligonier, 3 : @ Indiana. ! Special attention given to collectionsand conveysncing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’sCashStore. 9-50 e . G. ZIMMERMAN, i Attorney at Law & Notary Public, . Office over Gerber’s Hardware, ’ Cavin Street. : : Ligonier, Indiana. | ‘ January 7. 1875.-9-37 : Tl LK. ENISELY, R ATTORNEY AT LAW. LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. g=—office on second floor of Landon’s Block. 7-3 ALBERT BAN‘TA, : Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. . 7 LIGONIER, INDIANA. Specislattention given to conveyancingandcol- | _eciions. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages. drawnup and all lezal business attended to promptly and sccurafely. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, { . May 15187315-8-3 e : M. WAKEMAN, TnsuranceAp’t &Justice of the Peace EENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. : Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive subscriptions to THE NATIONAL BANNER. © —_————————.‘—T‘_—-—-—————, i ) . W.CRUM, . : Physician and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, : INDIANA, .- wGiHice over Baum’s Grocery Store. ‘ v9mn3-Iy. - v . G.W.CARR, Physician and Surgeon, LIGOXNIER,6 - - - -'~ - IND., . Willpromptlyatiend all calls intrustedto him. Ofice and residence on 4th Street. :

E. M. TEAL, ; ‘ D=y Ts T, Rooms over L. E. Pike’s Grocery, Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, apposise:the Post Office, Kendallville, Ind. I Allwork warranted. &2 _ Kendallville, May 1,1874. . = i a :\\ . T 3 Jafe. Langhing Gas! Y e } ! ~-FOR THE- { =S NP PANLESS EXTRACTION, 3 2 ‘4..~~ 4- 4: : —o3‘—— 15\ TEETH B e 1 N> /| Dr.Gants Ofice ) Filling Teeth a Specialty .Ligonies, Ind., Nov. 11, 1873, 11 g T LS L e v TEEGARDEN - HOUSE, - Laporte, Indiana. | V.W.AXTELL, : : :. Proprietor. Laporte, April 5. 1871, CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We keep consiantly on hand and sellin large or =mall gnantities, to st customers, : Win >of Our Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Juice of b the Grape. * ‘ SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier,duly 3,’71.-tf L Wineprenner & Hoxworth, HOTSE, BIGN AND OBRNAMENTAL . PAINTERS, ‘ Grainers,Glaziersand Paper-Hangers. Shdp near corner-of Fourch and Cavin Sts., oppo- . site Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. S Ligomier, - - = - Indiana, "BRICK KELLY HOUSE EENDALLVILLE,INDIANA, : \{EW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK X motel onlytenrods trom the L.S. &M.S. R. R. Depot, and foursquaresfromthe G, R. R R Only five minates walk to any of the principal buimesshonsesofthe city. Traveling menandstrangers willfind {hisa first-classhousge. Fare $2 per day. | o J: B. KELLY,Proprietor, Eenddville . Aug. 3.1870.-14 ok Shees o R e - PHILIP A. CARR,. AUCTIONEER, Mem,hia?erﬁces to the publicin general. Terms moderste. Orders may be left at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen,. - s @ - Ligonier,Jannary 8, m 3-37 ' : L QI INEKS, : DEALERIN MONUMENTS; ~ Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : .- . -LIGONIER, IND. ' : , Aprill2, 1871.-50 ) 1 / i g House And Lot 8 e ‘,' A ; oL » - AT /AVILLA For Sale :Bargada! “For Sale :Bargain! e - : The mbeénbe.r offers for sale, on fgvorable terms, A HOUSE AND LOT, favorsbly sitnated in the town of Avilla. The House was bailt two years ago,and is a very gabstentisl and conveniently arranged dwelling. Any person wanting to procure a comfortable houseat ' Awills, willfind this a rare oppertunity. : For terms, &c., address the subscriber,or call mpon LEONARD S. HERSH, at Avilla, who is ‘daly suthorized to sell the property. : d. B. STOLL, ITI Ligonier, Indiana. - ~ \ . P 5 \‘* ‘ g ; HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, : g — -ﬁ\?\. T e & N% o\ ' .@ ? »;:’-1, '-‘J - \\“ : WY ey Os \ | ) sk i Se R | | | | SRITZ ]2 | 1y ¢ T o / ) N\ @(7 Y S " s S WATCH-MAKERS, JEWELERS, —and dedlers in—- ~ Waiches, tx;})kg, Jewelry, : - —ARD-= ! . .+ ¥Fancy Goods, . RBREPAIRING | Neatly and Wﬁdm warran ySign of the Big Watch, opposite the |

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e O g SOL. MIEKEXX, : Conrad’s New Brick Bioek, LIGONIER, IND’NA. .Moneyloaned dn lon;_a:ld shorttime. : o Notes discounted at reasonable rates. |- -Monies received on depositandinterestallowed on specified time, Lo e i Exchange boughtiand sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2 | FO THE FARMERS: &’OU willplease take nioiice that I am stillengaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the -highest market price. . Ifyou do mot find me on the street, call betore selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. ‘ Tl SOL. MIER. Ligonigr,ludigma. May 7th,1874.—1 f { Bakers & Grocers, = Ca.vinsfreet,Lig}o‘nier,lndinn _ Fresh Bread, PPies, Cakes,&c. ChoiceGroccries,Provisions.YahkeeNotions:& ThehighestcashpricepaidforCountry Produc Mayl3,’6B-t1 . k i "SACKBRO’S L EMPIRE ~ e S * = P - Billhard Hall o ————-—AND.-——v— i ‘ Ten-Pin Alley Ten-Pin Alle L. B. HATHAWAY, Prop’r, . II:AS BEEN B‘I“J;(’OYED TO THE _ . 01d Pierce Bullding, ; : : : Ligonier,lnd. Tobacco and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, . CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE, All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpingswill find this to be just the place R4t

G, W, CHAPMAN. |- _ J. B. BSTOLL Chapman & Stoll, . AGENTS. Office in the Banner Block, LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. “TE have & large liét 6f property for sale, con—gisting of dwellings, choice town lots, farms and western lands. Those wishing to buay or sell will find it to their advantage to call and see us at our office. - L Aprile, 1876, WEOFFERFORSALE - A TRACT OF LAND, situate one mile west of Ligonier, consisting of 12 acres more or less. The land is all improved excepting one acre. There is a good hewed log house, smqﬂie house, spring house, cabin stable, a splendid well of wnler, &c,, on the property. - A FARM OF 170- ACRES, 150 OF which is under improvement, in Washington twp. Fifty-five acres ate in clover, and all isin good conditron. On the property is the best orchardin the county, a good two-story frame house” with 9 rooms, good cellar, well and cistern, 2 sgrings of sufficient volume-to water stock, good barn and out-baildings. &c. Between.4s and 50 acres of wheat were seeded in the fall, . = = | © 21 LOTSIN WELLMAN’S ADDltion to the town of Ligonier. Theabcve arc allin | one Block and-are corner lots, fronting on Marjin and Union gtreets. ' A CONVENIENT HOUSE. — A Frame House -1); stories high, containing six rooms, in good condition, in Miller’s addition to 'Li%Onier, on reasonable ternis. . ‘A NICE LITTLE TRACT OF Land, containing 30 acres; lying one mile from Ligonier, 14 acres cleared ready for corn. A very desirable home for any one who wishes to live near a thriving town, :

A GOODSMALL FRAME HOUSE in Chapman’s addition, with six rooms.and %ood cellar, situate.on a corner lot, hug good well of water and cistern, on good and easy terms. .

A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on Cavin street, one and a half stories high, contain. ing & rooms, goodl cellar, well and’ cistern, and i the handsomést’ location on the street. One-half down; palance.on long time with interest.

A FARM, containing 320.acres,lying four miles south-east from Ligonier, on the Albion road, the most desirable-farin for raising stock| and grain in the county, well known as the Diamond Lake Farm, for sale ol gopd terms. .

VACANT LOTS in, Wood’s addition to Ligonier for sdle on inviting terms; also, four Vacant Lots in Miller’saddition to Ligonjer. Now is the time for bargains.

A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stori‘es 'high, cqntaip‘ing‘ 10 rooms, ‘with closets,

wardrobez; and - outbuildings, such as summer kitchen, wood house, barn, corn crib and hog pen, about one acre of land, a good orchard—apples, peachies, cherries, currants and grapes. The ‘most desirable sitnation jn the town of Ligonier or a retiring farmer whio. wishes to éducate his children. For sale on terms easy to purchaser, CHAPMAN & STOLL.

: VICEK?’S i llustrated . Priced Catalogue. Fifty pages—3oo Illustrations, with Descrip‘ions of thousands or the best Flowers and Vegetables in the world, s.nd the way to grow them—all for a Two CeNT postage stamp. Yrinted in German and English, . : YVick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. . Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents inpaper; in elegant cloth covers, §l.OO. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N, Y. ey Y T e T Vic K’s Floral Guide a beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely illustrated.. and containing an elegant colored Flower Plate ‘with the first number. Price only 25 cents for the year. 'l'ne first No.- for 1877 just issued in German and English. * : Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, in paper 50. cents; with elegant eloth covers, $l.OO. ) Yick’s Catalogue—3oolllustrations, only 2 cents Address. JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. . ¥ ICK’S Flower and Vegetable Garden is the most beantifal work of the kind in the ‘world. Itcontains nearlylso pages, hundreds of fine illustrasions, and siz Chrome Plates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored- from nature. Price 50 cents in paper covers; sl.ooin elegant cloth. Printed in German and English. VYiek’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. YVick’s Catalogue—3oo I[llustrations, only 2 cents Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y, -.> . - o WICK'S | Flower & Vegetable Seeds ARE PLANTE’D‘ BY A MILLION PEOIiLE IN AMRERIOA. SEE Vick’s Cataiogue—3oo Illustratiops.only 2 cents. Vick’s Floral Guide; Quarterly, 20 cents & year. Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents; with elegant-cloth covers $l.OO, - All my publications are printed in English and German. . i 3Tm3 | Address, 4_J AMES VICK, Rochester, N, Y. ee e e e A i L AREEERAREREE] To the working Class.—We are now prepared to furnish all classes with constant employment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare. moments, = Business new, light-and profitable. Pergons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5 per:evening, and a proportional sum by devqting their whole time to-the business. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice may gené their address, and #est the business we make this unparalleled offer: 'To:'such as are not well satigfied we will send one dollar to pay for writing. F¥ull particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, oneof the largest and best Illusirated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want permanent, groﬁmb]e work, address, (_f:noxox Stineon & Co., Portland, Me. - 11-8-mlB ; : Can’t be made by every agent : every month in the business we 5 farnish, but those wmmF to work can earn a dozen dollars 8 day right in their own localites, Have no room | to explain here. 'Businesspleasantand honorable, ~ Women, and boys and giris do as well as men. 'We will furnish you a complete outfit free, The business pays better than auythmlg else. We will bear expense of starting you. articulars free. Write and see. Farmerg and mechanics, their gons and daughters, and all classes in need of paying work at home, should write to us and ‘learn all about the work at once. Wow is the time. . Don’t delay. = Address Truve. & Co., Augusta, Maine, ; ; 11-8-‘mIS == D£, Print fencrLisu B 101 FTINTErs: i : News, Book and Job Inks, - all warranted of Superior = c ?uauty. No chmor, in- | : bgr.ior grades of made . by us. ; EXCELSIOR : : PRINTING INK COy MANUFACTURERS, = (Formerly of London, England), : 184 & 186 MONROE ST., CHICAGO And 13 Barclay Street, New York, 1 ALY RINDS o ' ©ole—er— L SN: : s ; T.egal Blanks " FOR BALE AT THIS OFFICE.

SWORN STATEMENT

i —OF A— : ; BOSTON DRUGGIST

Gentlemen:—l hereby certify that I have had Catarrh for ten years, and for the last six years have been a terrible sufferer. I wasrendered partially deaf, had buzzing in the head, pains across the temple, dizzy spells, weak and painful eyes, swol--len and ulcerated tonsils, hard and constant cough, severe pain across the cnest, and ever{ indicalion of eonsumption.” My head dched all the time. The matter accumulated so fapidly in my bead and throat that I could not keep them free Frequently at night 1 would spring out of bed,i seemed to me, at the point of suffocation. I would then have recourse to ¢very means in my power to dislodge the mucus from my throat and head before being able to sleep again, For a period of BIX y]ﬁars my tonsils were ulcerated and so much inflamed that I could with diffienlty swallow. I finally consulted an eminent surgeon in regard. to an operation on them, but at his request pnstponed it. The congtant inflammation and ulceration in my throat, caused by the poisonous matter dropping down from my head, had so rrritats ed and inflamed my lungs that I coughed incessantly,—a deep, hard cough. Meéanwhile my system began to show the cffects of this disease, 8o that 1 Jost flesh, grew pale, and showed every gymptom of an early death by consumption. When mateers had reached thisstage, or about gix months ago, 1 began the use of SANFORD’S RapioarL Cure ¥or CaTARrm. After using the first bottle I began to improve rapidly. The first dose seemied to clear my head as I had not known it to be for years. It seemed gradually to arrest the discharges. It stopped my cough in three days, By using it @5 @ gargie 1 soon rednced the inflammation and swelling of my tonsils, go that they soon ceased to trouble me, 'The Boreness across my chest disappeared, tne buzzing noises in my head ceased, my gentes of hearing and ot seeing were completely restored, and every symptom of disease that had reduced me to the verge of the. grave disappeared by the use of SANFORD'S "RaDSOAL CURE FOR CATAKRH. SR

_ I+have been thus explicit because, as adruggist, I have seen -a great deal of suffering from Catarrh, and hope to convince many that this is a greatremedy. .. 0 Cnbeioo b

I am familiar with the treatment of Catrrrh as practiced by the best physicians, and have consulted the most eminent abou!l my case. 1 have used every kind of remedy and apparatus that has appeared during a period of Bix years past, and have, while following their use, taken great.care of my general heslth, but obtained no relief or encouragement from any of them. Gt :

Since curing myself with SANFORD’S RADIOAL Curg, I have recommended it in over one hundred cases without a single case of failure, aud have in numerous instances received wholesale orders from parties to whom I have sold one bottle. This is the only patent medicine I have ever recommended, never Laving believed in them before, although constantly engaged in their sale. Very gratefully yours, i | Boston, Feb. 23, 1875.. iG. F. DINSMORE, ,—

SUFFOLK, BS. . Feb, 28, 1875. Then personally appeared the said George F. Dinsmore and made oath ‘that ‘the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true. Before me, S .| SETH J. THOMAS, Feb i i Justice of the Peace.

i PLASTER : ' Cures Pains and Aehes, ; . It equalizes the Circulation. " 1t subdues inflammatary Activn. It cures Ruptures and Strains. | | It remoyes Pain %ud Soreness.’ - It cures Kidney Complaint. It strengthens the Muscle. ) It cures Rheumatism and Neuralgia. | It relaxes Stiffened Cords. It cures-nerveus Shocks. i ! It is invaluable in Pgralysis.. It cures Inflammation of the Liver. . It removes Nervous Pains. . It cures Spinal Weakness. : ) It is grateful and Soothing. It cures Epilepey or Fits. « 1t is Safe, Reliable, and Economical. It is prescribed by Physicians. . It isindorsed by Electricians. / : Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists.. Mailed on receipt of price, 25 cents for one, $1.25 for 6, or $2.25 for 12, carefnlly wrapped and warranted, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. e B TT A T IST T LST CONSUMPTIVES TAXKE I\'O’l‘l(fE. Every moment of ;a_;_chay makes your cure more hopeless, and mucli_ depends on the judicious choice of a remedy. The-amount of testimony in favor of Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup as a cure | for Consumption, far exceeds ‘all that can be brought to support the pretensions of any other medicine. See Dr. Schenck’s Almanac, containing the certi_ﬁc:ites of many persona of the highe#t respectability,” who have been restored to health. after being pronounced incurable by physicis}ﬁs of acknowledged abi]ityf Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as these evidences: will show; but the cure is often promoted by the employmént of two other remedies which Dr. Schenck provides for the purpose, ‘These additi'oqal remedies are Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the timg!y use of these medicines, according to directions, Dr. Schenck certifies that most any case of consumption may be cured. X Dr.Schneck is professionally: at his principal office, corner Sixth and Arch-Sts., Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice mast be addressed,, .

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LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877.

STRANGER :;THAN FICTION.

In the autumn of 1817, while the woods were bright with the variegated hues. which follow the light touches of ~early frost, a mounted traveler was pursuing his way through a dark, broad, lonely forest, .in the western part of New York. Hehad ridden three miles since seeing a human habitation, and he had two to go before he could get 'sight of another. He was descending' a hill into a gloomy looking valley, through which flowed a shallow, but swift running stream; and on reaching the *water he permitted his thirsty beast to stop and drink. * . At that moment & man came out from a cluster of bushes into the road.or horse path, on the other side of the stream. This man was dressed like a hunter, and carried a rifle on his |

shoulder. In his appearance there was nothing that indicated hostility or wicked design. He was of metdium size, compactly built, with intellectual features, and a certain air of gentility —seeming rather as one abroad from some settlement for a day’s sport than a professional hunter. All this the mounted traveler carefully noted as he crossed the stream to continue his journey,and when they came together a very pleasant salutation was exchanged. - ~ “This is very fine weather for travelilng, sir,” replied the man with the rifle. VL Lo :

“And for hunting, also, I should suppose,” answered the other on the horse. :

“Yes, there is game enough,” re-turned-the other; “but I am not a good hunter, and ean only show one bear for my day’s work so far, ‘and that is almost useless to me, because I have no means to take it away. I would willingly pay a dollar for the use of a horse like yours for a couple of hours. If you could spare five minutes or so I would like you to'see the bear, it is only back behind the bushes, some 200 yards.from here.”: . “I will notionly look at it,” replied the traveler, dismounting and fastening his horse,“but if not too heavy, I will take it along for you, seeing I am ZOINE JOUL WaAY. v, =i, o A

~ The hunter thanked him in a most cordial manner,” and then, as if to make himself agreeable and keeping up the conversation, inquired where the other was ffom, whither journey-

ing,- ete.;” and learned in reply that the latter resided in Albany, was a ‘merchant in good business, and was traveling partly for his health and partly with a view of making an extensive land purchase for future speculation. . ~ “Well, here we are,” exclaimed the hunter, s the two emerged from the dense thicket, through which they had slowly forced their way into the open wood; “and now I will show you as fine and fat a beast as you ever saw. Observe where.l point withmy rifie,” ot i : :

He stepped back some eight or ten feet, deliberately raised-the piece to his eye, and pointed the muzzle directly at the head of the traveler. Theré was a flash and loud report,and the victim fell like a log, his face cov‘ered with blood. . ; This might or might not have been the first erime committed by the man with the rifle. = But as the traveler fell the rifle slipped through his hands; and he shook violently from head to foot;; yet he ran to his vietim and hurridly robbed him 'of his, purse, pocket-book, a gold watch and chain, some curious seals,’a diamond breastpin, and a ‘diamond ring, which he fairly tore from his'finger. Then he dragged his body into the thicket, picken wp his rifle, plunged madly through the bushes to the road, mounted the traveler’s horse, ‘and dashed away from the awful scene. -~ { We must now suppose a lapse of 20 years. T 5

In the spring of 1837 there lived in the| City of New York a banker and millionaire whom we shall call Stephen Edwards. He owned ‘a palatial mansion, splendidly furnished, in the very heart- of the town, and he and his wife were. among the leaders of the fashionable world.. They had a beautiful daughter just turned to sweet sixteen, who was about to be married to a foreign nobleman, and great preparations were making for the happy event... = v; i One day about this pericd, as the great banker was conversing with a gentleman from another. city, who called ‘to see him on business, he observed ‘the latter turn suddenly very pale and begin to tremble. . o . “My dear sir,” he said, in his usual tone of off-hand sympathy, “Wwhat :is the matter? - Are you i 11?” “A little faint, sir, but nothing to cause alarm,” replied the other, hurriedly. I am subject torsimilar spells. If you' would be kind enough to excuse me for ten minutes or so; I will take a short walk and return in better condition:” :

In ten minutes he did return, reporting himself quite well, calmly proceeded to finish his business*with the banker, and then respectfully took his leave., e . It was perhaps-a week after this, that one night the bﬁnkeri was sitting before the fire in his library, when a servant came in and presented him; a letter. He took it with a yawn, and opened it in the most indolent and indifferent manner possible; buf had not; read a dozen wordp before ho rose up with a start, turne;i, pale, and trembled so that the paper rattled., He finished the note—for it was rather a note than a letter—worked one hand nervously at his throat, and with the other clasped his forehead and temples. For a minute or two he seemed to be choked into calmness, by an iron will, some terrible- emotions, and he so far succeeded. as to address the servant who was waiting in an oxdinary tone. . e '

“James,” he said, “who gave you this letter?” - _ ’ : “A man, sir, who said he would wait for an answer.” = .. o “Then I suppose he is waiting?” “Yes, sir.” e Soon there was a light tap at the door; and the banker Said “come in” in an ordinary tone. ¢ The servant opened the door, ushered in the stranger and immediately withdrew. The latter was verging on sixty, of rough appeardnce and coarse attire. THe wore an old gray overcoat, buttoned to the throat, a pair of green goggles, and his ‘whole dress was saturated with rain. - : “Take a seat,”said the banker,point ing to a chair near the fire. *“No, thank you, I'll stand,” was the gruff reply. “You got my letter, and of course-you know my business,” he added. : cae . “You allude to this, I suppose,” returned the banker, producing the letter that had caused him so much perturbation, o o Y 8 o o : |“I do not understand 1t; you muaf have made a mistake,” i “No; no mintake{at all. I was present twenty years ago, come the 10th of October, and saw you, Ene?hen Edwards, shoot the man, and if you go to deny it I'll bave you in prison before morning. I have laid my plans,

and got everything sure, and if you go to play innocént and refusing my terms-I’ll take eare to see that you die stretching hemp.” | : “Well, what do you swant ?”” he groaned. ; | : “A hundred thousand dollars—not one. cent less.” g L

“I can not give it—it would ruin me.” - i e : “Just as you say,” exclaimed the other, moving towsrd the door. “You know what will surely follow if I go this way.” i o - - “Oh, stay; you must not go yet,” cried the man of crime, in terrible alarm. : £k s

He atrgued, urged, pleaded, implored for mercy at a less fearful cost. In vain. .At last the banker—seeing ruin, disgrace and death before him if he refused—agreed to the terms. He alsp agreed to meet the stranger, with the required sum, on the following night in front of St, Paul’s Church. Both wers punctual to the fixed time, and bills and checks to the amount of one hundred thousanddollars changed hands. L £ . A month later thsre was a tremendous run up&:sde bank of which Stephen Edwards was principal owner. It was soon brdken and closed. Then the sheriff was set to work by eager creditors, and all the real estate and property of the laie millionaire was seized and sold, leaving him a beggar and the just claimy unsatisfied. Fashionable friends deserted the family, and the proud xobleman refused the: hand of a ruinelbanker’s daughter. In the very midst of this disgrace and tribulation Stephen Edwards encountered the max who turned so pale and so agitated in his presence a short time before. ; bl l

“I rather thirk youdo not know me, sir,” said th¢ gentleman, withFx formal bow. e = “Your face seemns somewhat familiar, but yet I camnot place. you,” returned Edwards. s e |

“Permit me to bring myself to your recollection, then, as I wish you té know me. A liftle more than six weeks ago I was talking to you on business, and you observed that I tgr?ned deadly pa"le, and became agitate ” = »‘ 2 : + 5 |

“Ah, yes; I remember you now.” “Let me tell you why I was affected. My eyes had just chanced upon a ‘curious watch-seil which had belonged to a merchant named Phillip Sydney, who was shot in the western part of the State some twenty years ago, and, looking at your features closely, I know you to be the villian who perpetrated the foul deed.” o " Merciful God!” exclaimed the'bankgr, with a blanched face and quaking orm. Sy !

“Yes, I know you,” pursued the other, “and a week later I disguised myself and had an interview with you in your mansion. You remember that, of course?’ .« " | g

“But,” gasped the trembling wretch, “did not I pay you your own price to keep my fatal secret ?” : “Yes, and with that very money and what other I could command I was enabled to buy up enough of your own bills to make that run upon your bank ‘which broke it-and forced ruin upon you.” : : : | : “And what would you, now!that I am ruined ?”iinquired the other, with the dsadly edmlness of deaneration, «“Now that I have my revenge, L want you to knowthat I myself am the man you attempted to murder and did rob.. I am Phillip Sydney. Behold ‘the scar- where the ball struck and glanced,” and he lifted his hat and showed it - | .pv 0l

“God be praised!” ejaculated the other. “God be praised that you are still living!” and unable to restrain his emotion he 'burst into téars. “Oh, sir,” he continued, you have taken a load off my conscience—a weight from my soul. Though poverty, beggary, disgrace and death are staring me in the face, I am happy in the knowledge that I am not guilty of murder—happier than I have been for 20 years with |all the luxurious surroundings of wealth. It was my first and last crime. And I have never been able to tell how I was tempted on that fearful occasion. Now, sir, do with me as you will—only, I pray you, be merciful with my innocent family.” ~/ «I forgive you,” returned the other, extending his hand. ~“I will forgive you.] You have!been fearfully punished already. =~ And as God has seen proper to preserve us both tegether, let us hope it is for our salvation, and let us endeavor so to live as to deserve the blessings we receive. [ will Feturn you enough to place you and your family above want; and for the rest, I trust we shall soon have to render an account of our stewardship in another world.” ,

Phillip Sidney kept his word, and with a fresh ‘start in the world, and now an easy conscience, the still enterprising Stephen Edwards accumufated another respectable fortune, much of which he spent in charity. - Phillip Sidnéy - died in 1848, and Stephen Edwards in 1851. L Is not truth indeed strange—stranger than fiction ? g :

; No Failure XXnown. o There i 3 no case on record where Dr. Morrfs’ Syrup of Tar,Wild' Cherry -and Horehound has failéd to give satisfaction! , On the other hand, wherever it hag been used by our people, in severe colds, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, eroup, hooping-cough and consumption, they are enthusiastic in its ‘praise. Containing no opium or other dangerous: drug, it does not constipate, and is safe to administer in all conditions of health. This is an important announcement, and the suffering are advised to heed it. 'Trial size, 10 cts.; large sizes, 50 cts.and One Dollar. Sold by €. Eldred & Son, Ligonier, Indiana. Also Agents for Prof. Parker’s Pleasant Worm Syrup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant to take, and requires no physic. ' Price 25 cts. Try it. . 1 Beow.

A certain per cent. of the revenue of all lodges of Odd Fellows is set apart as the Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund, the principle of which is loaned, and the interest held for assisting the widows and orphans: of deceased members. The Lodge in this place has a fund of, we believe, some $800; and what is remarkable, there never has been a demand upon the fund by any widow or orﬁhan; and what is still more remarkable, there are no widows or orphans of ‘members who died in good standing in the Order. —Lagrange Stapdard, -

The Salt Lake papers have the story of the burial by a snow avalanche of a party of miners in a Utah canon. The cabin was covered 300 feet deep, and four men, a woman and a child lay wedged under the'crushed roof six days before the rescue came; and then only two were taken oufp alive, one of whom was delirious from mingled suffering and excitement. -

There are two hundred students in the Advent college, Battle Creek. It has a lecture class of fifty, and one in phonography. o

MINNEAPOLIS LETTER.

Youthful Aspirations— The Holidays . at Minneapolis—“ Manners Maketh a Man”—Mrs. Howe and Other Literary _Stars—The Compromise Bill,and Bill King, the “Short-Horn Raiser,” &c. Te the Editor of The National Banner: :

{ The immortal Goeth says, “On every hight there lies repose,” which, being literally translated into'common English, doubtless md}ms, it is easy enough to do a thing if you only know ‘how. 1t is easy enough to read a well-writ-*ten newspaper article—as easy, in fact, as rolling off a log (provided, always, you know how to read; it don’t require a knowledge of the classics to roll off a log)—but how to write it! | “Aye, ‘there’s the rub.” The cord or two of mutilated paper lying before me may represent a deep and tender regard for the kindly-expressed wish of the many friends of the writer, that he would -contribute frequently {to THE BANNER, but it is a still more emphatic monument of intense and protracted agony, of blasted hopes and shattered ambition. Whoever imagines that the “Corinthian capitals' of a polished style” can be acquired without intensej application, hard labor and perseverence, is ignorant alike of the undertaking and of his own abilities. That quality possessed by eminently great and successful men, in all ages, was not so much the inspirations of \genius, or the passion of extraordinary natural faculties as! “an immense cépacity for taking tréuble,” which is no less true of authorship than of the arts, sciences or oratory. ' - The writer once had a youthful ambition to shine as a graceful ornament to the columns of a newspaper, but that ambition has long since faded into the “sear and yellow leaf” of despair and dropped down into his boots. Occagsionally a spark of that old ambition flickers for a moment, but when I touch my “gifted(?) pen” to paper it is gone, and in its stead there steals ever me “an air of perpetual apology for the unpardonable presumption of having been born.” Thus much of | personal explanation I have deemed due to my readers as an apology for my past, present and future efforts, and to: prepare them for disappointment; to myself as a sort of justification for continued —‘inﬁicﬁp’ns, in the quief that “an open confession is good fPr the soul,” and to show to those who are interested in my labors and dgonies in their behalf that .

“I count myself in nothing so happy , Asin a soul, remembering my good friends.” ‘ THE HOLIDAYS - !

i}vere spent’ here in a manner secularly New Englandish. Christmas is the, _g;reat “Children’s Festival” of theyear, and at all the churehes there were the tirad itional Christmas frgeg,loaded with the trinkets and toys so dear to every ichildish heart. Some of these trees 'were elegant, both in design and finish, while the churches were most elaborately and profusely decorated with evergreens and flowers, emblems and mottoes. At some the proceedings were enlivened by the appearance of old “Santa Claus” himself, arrayed in historic costume, seated in the antediluvian chariot and drawn by the traditional Elk, creating intense excitement among the little folks. New Years Day is to the young men and women, the middle-aged and the old veteran, what Christmas is to the infant class. 'On the morning of the Ist the dailies publish a list of those inténding to keep “open house,” and the names of all “receiving” with the hostess. “Open house” means lots to eat inside for all callers. Those who do not keep “open house” are of two classes, viz: Those who receive their friends inforﬁagany, that is without “settin-em-up,” and those who hang a basket on the-door-knob, being a notice, to friend and foe alike, to drop a card, but personally “ye cannot enter here.” About 10 o’clock the callers start out, singly, in pairsand in groups, on foot, in horse-cars and in' gay equipages, from house to house till night, when they “fetch up” somewhere and spend the evening. It is a pleasant and profitable custom (when no liguors are on the side-board), and tends to enlarge and develop their social qualities, creates new acquaintances ‘and cements ng closer the old. If introduced more generally into the towns and villages of the country, it i would add a new and pleasant feature to the day, and be the means of aiding } many a bashful, awkward young man ‘ln wearing off his painful bashfulness and awkwardness and put him-in a “way to acquire that ease and grace of manner which among strangers is the best letter of recommendation, for a “great deal depends upon first impressions, and'these are favorable or unfavorable according to a man’s bearing, as he is polite or awkward, shy or adlfpostessed”. . oL . Boys never know, until a painful or bitter experience steps in as an after-school-teacher, what is best for them to learn while young; they little know. in the hey-dey of youth what qualities will be most painfully lacking to their future success, and if those who have in a measure passed through the tread"mill of experience are too modest or indifferent to forewarn them, how shall they fortify themselves against gimilar disasters? .

.~ “MANNERS MAKETH A MAN,” solemnly declares the learned and acute William of Walkefield. Emerson says: “Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes wherever he goes; he has not the trouble of earning or owning them; they solicit him to enter and possess.” Manners are generally classed as minor morals, and a man without mariners is generally assumed to b? abad man. = Boys, look to your manners, for in the great battle of :life upon which you are just entering civility: is almost a fortune of itself. Easy manners, even though ‘coupled with mediocre abilities, often lead to success, where great ability

wi\t_j,hdut civiigsiztﬁir ufterly fails: | Hawthorne, one of the shyest of men, is

recorded as saying: “God may for: give sins, but awkwardness has no forgiveness fn heaven or earth.” In view of the great value and importance of easy manners and refined civility to desired success, especially among strangers, -and the few aids to their acquirement, I cannot, in justice

to the young men among my readers, do otherwise than recommend its cul-

tivation and the making of new year’s calls as one of the very best aids thereto. I speak from experience, .

i JULIA WARD HOWE, = = “One by one the eastern celebrities visit our city to “strut their brief hour ~on the stage,” repeat for the hundredth time a string of sparkling generalities, pocket a sum which to a laboring man 13 almost equal to the hard sweat-toil-;d earnings of a year, and are gone, ‘bearing back with them, doubtless, a self-satisfied consciousness that they have performed a grand and heroic service, sown the seeds of wisdom and truth, which shall eventually* ripen into a colossal harvest of virtue and intelligence. Julia came to solve the profound conundrum, “Is polite society polite?” Whether or not the answer was satisfactory, remains a greater mystery than the original query, as all the counties have not yet been heard from. On the 28th inst. she occupied the pulpit of the “Church of the Redeemer” (Universalist) and said ‘ many pretty things, based on the text, “Seek first the Kingdom of God.” The only original and note-worthy remark, however, which stamped Itself upon the memory of the writer was, that Minneapolis is P

. '~ A PEERLESSCITY, . ! for beauty, thrift and infelligende P a judgment which endears her to the heart of every true Minneapolitan. Having flattered our pride and put an additional lump of ‘sugar in our tea, by this palatable pronuuciamento from the sacred desk, we charitably forbear criticism upon heér prosey, sleep-invit-ing style of delivery, and contenit ourself with merely remarking that, although the subject-matter of her sermon was good and her expressions classic and elegant; her style of elocution and oratory, her gestures-and attudes‘ were femine-matronly-woman-ish. All the female orators, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Kate Field, Mrs. Howe, Ann Eliza Young, Anna Dickinson, and a few others who have come within the writer’s personal observation, utterly lack, with the single exception of Anna Dickinson, the fire and vehemence, the passion, grace, modulation, intensely dramatic and thrilling force, the harmonious regulation of action and words which mark the highest type of male orators, and hence my enthusiasm over female orators soon runs to seed. lam an in: tense and enthusiastic admirer of the firey, eloquent, poetical, imaginative style of oratory, and. having heard, only a few months since, from this same pulpit, masterly efforts from the lips of Robert Colyer, of Chicago, and the Rev. Dr. Miner, of Boston,—acknowledged to stand at the head of the pulpit orators of the sects which they respectively represent—l could ndt do otherwise than mark the deep chasm which lies between—the difference in the summits of—male and female excellence in the field of oratory. Mrs. Howe is a fine-looking, well-pre-served, matronly old lady, with silvered hair and a motherly bearing, toward whom one is naturally drawn by her motherly, intelligent, good-na-tured expression. I find, by reference to Appleton’s Cyclopeedia, that she was born May 27, 1819, and, although accredited as a “prominent speaker in behalf of woman’s rights,” her chief claim to distinction arises from her achievements as a poetess. I cannot close this imperfect notice of this remarkable woman without expressing the first thought that entered my mind when I saw her—that her proper sphere, at her age, would be at home, spanking her grand-children. .

' THE COMPROMISE COMMISSION- BILL recently passed by Congress for the amicable adjustment of the presidential muddle meets with the approval of the honest voters of both parties in: this State. Whatever may be the advantage which this manner of settlement may give to either candidate, if any illegal or unjust*advantaige may result, is a matter of secondary importance. So evenly are the two great parties divided, :so depressed and' demoralized are the business interests of. the country, that the masses had rather have either candidate peaceably inaugurated, even at the expense of party feeling, than to have the present unsatisfactory condition of things continue. 'Whatever politicians may say to the contrary, the people want peace, and a return of that confidence in the stability’of government which insures financial prosperity. The cry is not “liberty or death” as much as it used to be, but “beefsteak or death.”

The first in the list of absent members, when the vote was taken on this bill, was our Bill, ~King of Minnesota, the member from this district, the great Pacifie Mail lobbyist—the honorable short-horn raiser of this ¢ity.— And where was the Honorable Bill? Why just where he ought always to remain—at home, looking after theinterests of his constituents, the dear people of the 3d Congressional District of the rising young Commonwealth of Minnesota, at a Stock Breeders' Association. L What an awful commentary upon the intelligence of a free people—what a disgrace upon the fair name of republican institutions that such a man should, through the machinations of politicians and the blind zeal of party, be elevated to such a position, only to disgrace it! ‘While the nation is passing through the agony of threatened anarchy and dissolution, this man, drawing the salary of a oonnresamaii{is in attendance upon a Stock Breed--

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ers’meeting and talking calf. Having neither the honesty or ability to rep--resent his constituents, he has not even the decency to resign his position, but here at home follows the pursuits of a private individual—all the while drawing pay as'a Congressman. ‘

“Oh;, sha;ixe, ‘where is thy blush?”

~ This letter having already assumed the graceful proportions of *linked sweetness ” hardly seems complete without a reference to that prolific subject, the weather. My lamp burns low, and I have written far into the night; but, subduing my desire to linger yet, these lines they fade away. I, put the weather by ‘me and close my task, sleepily musing— -~ o

i *Be the day weary, or be the day long, ‘o Atvl?engthltf ringeth to even gong.” Minneapolis, Jan. 29, 77, ~ L.H.G,

Chronicles from Christie.

. ..’ WeproN, LaSatie Cousry, ILL., } : {Pebruary 25th, 1877; . . To the Editor of The National Banner: .

DEAR SIR :—Againl find myself seated for the purpose of giving you a few items. First; I will just say, as my ‘time will soon expire with your patriotic paper, enclosed you will find 60 cents. Now forthenews: = = . We are having a very steady winter and a poot harvest for the doctors,ion account of good health. I hope it is the same with you. =~ My democratic friends, you see all things are-on the raise, except ﬁayes’.E votes; and they are trying to raise the vote to count Hayes in. But let us hope they may never succeed. ' Politically, I have n’t ehaagcd vne jot or. one tittle since my last prediction givento THE BANNER. = God says truth and right shall prevail; so we shall soon seée how true it is, and as there was once a time when ignorance was winked at by the Lord. ‘But, as the divines claim that day has passed, I, therefore, claim that whoseever is politically wrong .is, also, religiously wrong to a greater or less extent, - Mr. Editor, I think I can see as far into a mill-stone as the man that picks at it, and to-day the most we stand in’ need of, as a nation, is honesty. If we ‘were strictly honest we would have charity, and:charity, it is said, shall hide a multitude of sins. - Look, if you please, at our presidential c’o}nﬂict,v\ through which we are yet passing. ‘O, who is at the head of this fraud? And again it is written, “It must needs be that offenses will come, but woe' unto that man by whom they come.” And what does this woe mean? It means in the material world, stop. | But you might just‘as well try to-dip the ocean dry with a riddle as to attempt to get an honest count of the votes by the‘ party in power. But when they count Hayes in honestly as the President of these United Statés, you will see something that God has as yet never made, and that is two valleys between twol hills. Why, sir, see, or hear, how we, as a people, brag on our institutions, yet how we abuse them. Jack Logan is in Springfield, wire-pulling for of-zi fice, but-if our country was governed as it shotld ' be, why, sir, you would" see the whale leave the mighty ocean 'and go unto the mountain top and feed on the branches of the trees before you would see Mr. Logan placed in the United States Senate. “Judge not, ‘ lest ye be judged.”” ~But: “by their fruits ye shall know them.” ‘I will add no more on this topie. - I hope to'hear from all THE BANNER correspondents. Give us a hearing from Benton township; tell us how the protracted meeting is progressing at the Colclasier Chapel, ete. There is a protracted effort here at our school-house, but it requires sound doctrine in these days of science to get up a revival of old-kind religion, for “he that soweth to the flesh shall of the fiesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting, because the carnal mind is at enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.” e b AAW CHRISTIR,

A Good Deal of Information in a Small Qompasp. : The inquiries respecting the State system of public schools for the year 1876, recommended -by the National Teachers’. Association, have been answered as follows by the State Board of Education: .. - s School begins August 31, 1875; ends August 31, 1876, School population ‘between the ages of 6 and 21, 679,230, ‘of which 351,990 are males and 327,240 are females. . Number enrolled in school during the year, 516,270. Av‘erage daily attendance, 314,168, . Average duration of school days, 129.— ‘Whole number of teachers employed, 13411 ; male, 7,852; female, 5,6569.— Average salary of teachers per month in ‘public schools—male; $63.20; fejmale, pdtdo, - - | Annual income—From State tax, $1,553,164.14; from local fax, $2,603. 321.07. Total from taxation, $4,246,485.21. Interest- on permanent fund, including rents of school lands, $616,164.55; from other sources, $2,206,678:97.. Total income, $5,083,328.73; Increase of permanent fund in the school year, $71,680.71; sites, buildings and furnitures7oo,ooo. - ~Annual expenditure —-Salaries of Superintendents,, 35%,000; ‘salaries of ‘teachers, $3,093,569.40; miscellaneous or contingent expenses ' (including fuel, light, rent, repairs, etc,) $1,077,526.44. Total expenditure, $4,921,085.84; expendifure in the year per capita of the school population, $6.29 ; expenditure in the year per capita of -the pupils enrolled in the public schools, $8.23; expenditure in the year per capita of average. atlendance in the public schools, $13.56. ~ Amount’ of available school fund, $8,870,872.43; amount of 'permanent: school fund (including portion not: now available), $8,870,872.43; estimated real value of sites, buildings ‘iand;;ll, other school property, $11,548,~ oeßeT. - e e

“The bulk of Vanderbilt’s estate goes to hisson William. He bequeathed about $5,000,000 to various charitable and educational institutions. If ‘William is a good ‘boy and lives economically he will probably be able to pull through. - He got $50,000,000 from the old man, which, it is hardgm&s' sary to say, i 8 a very snug little sum.

THEANRE FIRe R ARINTING JOB PRINTING Gards, Bill-Heads Cirenlars,Posters . &0., &o.,zxROUTED TO ORDERIN THE' Neatest and Promptest Manner A iIND _AT BEASONAB‘[ E RATES. ‘W‘Ap;;ly Here Bﬁfor::);derlng El\sewheref&f

- | History of a Picture. ' _Two of the most' celebrated arlisis the world has ever known dwelt in ‘the same ecity. One delighted in delineating beauty in all its graces of | tint, form and motion.! His portraits were instinet with the charm of physical vigor. The graceful, half-volup-tuous outline of form and feature harmonized with delicately blendid tints. On his canvas, the homeliest faces had an almost irresistible charm. The. other found pleasure only in depicting weird and gloomy subjects. Above all, did he excel in painting the portraits of thé dying. The agonizing death-throe, the gastly face and form, were depicted with marvelous fidelity. There existed between these artists the most intense dislike. At length this dislike culminated, The beauty-loving artist had been engaged in painting the portraits of a beautiful woman. Connoisseurs pronounced it the most wonderful piece of art that had ever been produced. His brother artist was jealous of his fame and sought revenge. By bribing the keeper of the studio he gained access to the picture each night. At first he was contenf to . onlv deaden the hrillianey of the. complexion and eyes, efface the bloom from cheek and lip and paint a shadow ‘on either -cheek. Later, his strokes grew bolder and . freer, and one morning ;the artist awoke to find the eéntire outline of the portrait changed. He could scarcely reccegnize in the emaciated form and haggard countenance the glowing conception he-had embodied. The pallid face and expressionless eyes he. had attributed to a lack of genuineness in his materials; but when the outlines were changed he suspected the cause and indignantly dismissed the keeper. = What the revengeful artist marred by a few ranid_stnalse £ iq alalewr WrUSh was only restored gy«years of patient industry. Reader, need we name the artist—lealth, who paints the flowers and-“grassy carpet” no less than the human form divine, —Disease, the dreaded 'artist who revels among the ruins both of nature and humanity,—and, Carelessness, the ‘keeper to whom Health often intrusts his portraits. And is it not the beauty of woman, the most admired of all the works which adorn the studio of Health, that Disease oftenest seeks to mar? The slightest stroke of his brush upon the delicate organization leaves and imprint that requires much skill and patience to efface. Restoration must be prompt. Carelessness must be ~dismissed. Let suffering women heed the warning ere Digease has marred their chief beauty— Health-beyond reparation. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has been used by thousands of these. sufﬂerers, and they are unanimous in their praise of its excellence. If you would be transformed from the palid, nervous invalid into a happy, vigorous woman, try it. 5 . ' Work of the Youngers in the XMinne- . sota lfpiﬂ»t_enuary.i ! : This is the home" of the Younger brothers. Naturally the Northfield trio were the much sought after of the convicts yesterday. I brought up the rear of the first party to arrive, and Bob, looking up from his work, caught my eye, and with a pleasant twinkle of his own, nodded recognition, and when ' I had gad.vance?,]; extended his ‘hand and asked how I'had been. Ilis ‘arm is still' stiff and always will be. (ole has entirely recovered from his wounds, and even his left eye, the: nerves of which were paralyzed by the passage of the ball whichis lodged be-" neath the right eye, does mot now trouble him. He finds his “sublime life ” in revolving pails upon a sort of spindle and applying the first coat of white paint by a rapid process. Jim, who conversed but little, revolves a machine by which the pails are grained, while, after the bands have been painted brown by another mechanical process, at ' which a red-headed convict assists, Bob piles the pails up in regular ties. They occupy the first threé. cells on the lower tier at the right of! the main entrance, and all look as though they were stall fed—fat enqugh to kill.—Minneapolis Tribune. ,

v ~ 7 Patent Insides.. : From the South Bend Herald. . The Laporte Chronicle has been changed to a “patent inside” and enlarged to a six column quarto. ackard thinks it a decided improvement, and some of his readers will doubtless think so too. The “patent” system is popular among rural newspapers for several reasons. Il saves labor, it furnishes more reading matter at lesscost. The disadvantages ar?f; the editor has no control gver half his columns; the news is made up so long in advance as to be stale, the home press work is unavoidably poor, as the pa-’ per must be wet down the second time or printed dry. Having changed from a “patent” to a home printed sheet, we speak from actual experience when we say that the Chicago ready print style of running a newspaper is, very unsatisfactory to the publisher. 'lt is a great mistake Eto suppose that the size of a paper and the gquantity of | matter necessarily gives it additional usefulness or popularity. Its value rests chiefly on the manner and ability twith which it is conducted. We predict that Packard will regret the change of the Chronicle. e

‘Gov. WILLIAMS proposes to carry 'out the old militia law. It requires every able-bodied man to train with infantry, cavelry or artillery, with cexﬁa’in exceptions named, who is between the ages of 18 and 45. A brig-adier-general will be appointed in each congressional district and a colonel in each county. This would be hailed with enthusiasm just now by those who talk about “wah” and shouldering a musket and all that sort of thing. The militia of this’ State is. next to nothing, There is no reason but neglect why we should not have as creditable a showing as Michigan or any of our sister states.. In case of any internal disorders the want of State troops woudd be still more strongly felti.’——Sout,h Bend Herald. : s

- BosCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP cannow be purchased right at home, it is the most succ‘essful»i)regaration ever introduced to our people. It workslike a charm in all cases of Consumgtion, Pneumonia, Hemorrhages, Asthma, severe Coughs, Croup and all other Throat and Lung diseases. No person has ever used this medicine without getting immediate relief, yet therearg, a greal number of poor, suffering, - skeptical persons going about, the street with a suspicious -eough, and the voice of consumption coming from . their lungs, that will not tryit. If ‘you dle, it is'your own faulf, as you can go to your Druggists, Scott & Sandrock, and get a sample bottle for--10 cents and try it; three doses will. relieve any case. Regular size only "scents. . i 24-80 W. A congregation of Roman Catholics in Rome, N. Y, has gone over in a’ ‘body to the Protestant’ Episcopal’ %{% Th vm;hmﬂe%m ; E XB ; e ]‘;, ‘» 20l \%w ‘3 4 »}“; quarrel hmmexm il