The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 May 1877 — Page 1

- = i The Aatiomal Sanuer : nsum;m . ¢ h z - Y * JOHN B. STOLL . LIGONIER NOBLECOUNTY IND. Sl E e f‘—-——— : Terms of Subseription: uac,mt.anadvanee.............1.......... §2OO < x menths, in advance CcsnE e e R Eieven copics toone address, one year,.....,2000 = 7~Sabscribers outside of Noble county are chsrsed 19 cents extra [per year] for postage, which is prepaid by the publisher. :

1..-u&an and those having Blemished Horses r. ¥. L, HATHAWAY, YETERINARY SURGEON n oid and reliable citizen of Ligonier, Ind., is ¢ pesdy to treat diseases in horses, break and - kandle colis for speed, etc., ete, - Cf_ we foand st Shobe’s Livery Stable. 42-Iy. ». W. GREEN, Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Ag't : ; ) O ece_Second Story, Lasdon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ¢

PD. €. VANCAMP, g ATTORNEY AT LAW, f.igemnier, : : 2 Indgiana., | ‘Specisd sttention given to collectionsand conveysncing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. OfEce over Beazel’s Harness estabjishment. 9-50 . &. zlmnnnﬁpﬁ N, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Ofice opposite Ligonier House, over Ohlwine’s © ° Dry Goods Store,’ J Cavin Street, : :~ Ligonier, Indiana. 2 January 7, 1875.-9-37 Al o e Fan T L e e eI KNISELY, ATTORNEY 'AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - .- INDIANA. Z=—-omceocn second floor of Landon’s Block. 7-g : ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. g : LIGONIIER, INDIANA. . .- Specislattention given to conveyancing andcol_ections. Desds, Bonds and Mortgages dgmwn up snd ali legal business attended to promptly and sccurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, s May 15187315-8-3

. EH. WAKEMAN, 20 . TasaranceAq't &Justice of the Peace EENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office with A! A.|Chapin, Mitchell Block. will rective s’ubscriptitne to THE NATIONAL BANRER. . W.CRUPFL, : Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, -: INDIANA, - ) ©fice over Baum’s Grocery Store. v 9 n3-Iy. e ——— i G, W.CARR, » Physician and Surgeon, LIGOXIBE}% - - - - - - IND., Wiﬁ;prompﬂys:tend ail calls intrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street. e e e : J. M. TEAL, . D‘E N T ESE, i Rooms over L E. Pike's Grocery, G Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, opposise the Post Office, Kendallville, Ind_. &= All work warranted. <& ' Rendallville, May 1, 1874. )

gy, Langhing Gas! - 4 X ‘-/‘: - \. \ \\%; ~FOR 'ruE‘—‘ E S 1) DAINLESS EXTRACTION :ﬁﬁ;ﬁ 3};,’ - T =¥ X\ TEETH T ; g = D, Ganty” Offce; NG ] l’t: ) Vs V N * ° Fillihg Teetha Specialty Lizomier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875. ’ 1-1 ; 3 TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, . Laporte, Indiana. _ V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, Aprils.lB7l. i CONOCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We keep constantly on hand and sell in large or «mall quantities, to suitenstomers, , WinolfOur Own Manufacture, Pare — Nothing but the Juice of : " the Grape. Lo SACK BROTHERS. Ligenier,July 3,"71.-tf. ~ Winebrenner & Hoxworth, ‘_"il':"l:, SIGN AND QB;A'AMENTAL . PAINTERS, Graimers, Glaziersand Paper-Hangers. Shop necncome%of Fourth and Cavin Sts., oppo- . site Kerr's Cabinet Shop. ! Ligonier, - - - - Indiansa; i PHILIPFP A. CARR, AUCTIONEICR, ‘OFers hisservices to the publicin general, Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen.. - ' Ligonier,January 8,’73-37 ¢

) C. V. INKS, PEALERIN MONUMENTS, - Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. . Aprill2, 1871.-50 e 2 8 House And Lot AT AVILLA ¢ :Barpain! For Sale :Bargain! ST o The subscrber offers for ale, on favorable terms, A HOUSE AND LOT, : favorably sitaated in the town of Avilla. Tlx;? House wae built two years ago, and is 2 very subscantisl snd conveniently arranged dwelling. Any person wanting 1o procuare a comfortable houseat Awills, willfind this a rare opportanity. : Por vterms, &c , &ldress the snbscriber,or call apon LEONARD 8. HERSH, at Avilla, who is .galy snthorized to sell the property. o : J.B. STOLL, R . .Liaonigr. Indiana.

J. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, x P me S B-L - | AWM . WATCH-MAKER, JEWEILER, ' : » 3‘ —and dealer in— = Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, = : —ARD— i Eey v Fancy Goods, : REPAIRING Nestly and-u;om tly executed and warranted. - W Agents for ana & Morris’ celebrated m‘m&e Big Wateh, opposite tsa Baher r.lnd. . Sep, 30, 1535

. ' ’ Centennial Reduction in 5 ' s . Advertising! R & ‘&*A, iiven for 2700 s ﬁu‘ge months’ mote in payment from advertisers of rem g‘snm list, giving name, charactual snd Weekly circuiation, and ﬁ-ﬁvm o‘lade;.etP'.ig:og‘.' sﬁ?‘ ‘:free t&) any. : mu%‘; Agenu,’il I_’-:& Ruw%’ Y?w‘:&;’ . . ALL EINDS J.egal Blanks W ‘III AT TRTS OFFICE.

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BANKING HOUSE o —OoF—— L SOLL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Brock, LIGONIER,IND’NA. Mdneyloanéd on lon;;'ld shortt.ime. Notes discounted at reascnable rates. Monies received on depositandinterestallowed onspecifiedtime, . i : Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Draha drawn on principalcities of Europe. 8-2 | TO THE FARMERS: YOU willplease take nolice that I am stillen- - gaged in buying wheat, for which-I' pay the highestmarket price. - e, ffyou do not find me on the street, call betore selling, at loy Banking Office, in Cofirad’s Brick Block. ' - - © SOL. MIER. Ligonier,lndiana, May 3, 1877.—'11‘:; ;

Bakers & Grocers, r / CavinStreet,Ligonier, Indiar Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes.&c. Choice Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions & the highest ¢ash price paid for country]gxmduce. Mayll3,’6B-t! o . SACKBRO’S CEMPIRIE X ) ‘e . Y g Billiard Hall T i A————Aﬁ'b-'——f ' Ten-Pin Alley ACIl=-2"111 LieY L. B q;\'rﬂéx_w.le, Prop’r, " HAS';BEF.N REMOVED TO THE 3 Oold Pierce Bullding, 5 : : : Ligenier,lnd. Tobacco and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, CHICAGO €IDER & FRESH LEMONADE, All'lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpins, will find this to be just the place 4t

gsb 7 % | BPUSERRERING To'the wotking Class.—We are nowprepared to furnish all classes’ with constant em-ployment-at home, the whole ¢f the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profitable Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5 per evening, and a- preportional sum by qogvotincr their whole time to the business. Boys an('i girls eara nearly as.much as men, That all who see this notice may send their address, and test the business we make this unwwd offer: To such as are not well satisfled we& will send one dollar to pay for writing. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largestand best Illusirated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want permaneént, profitable work, address, GEORGE STINSON & Co., Portland, Me. 11-8-mlB : Can’t be made by every agent every monthin the business we farnish, but those willing to work can earn a dozen dollars a day right 1n their own localites. Have no room to-explain here. Businesspleasant and honorable. ~ Women, and boys and girls do as well as men. We will furnish you a complete outfit free. The business.pays better than anything else. We will bear expense of starting ypu. Particulars free. Write and see. Farmex}% and mechanics, their sons god daughterg; and allclasses in need ot paying twork at homg, should - write to us and learn all about the work at once. Wow-«is the time. Don’t-delay. Address TruE & Co., Augusta, Maine. ) . " 11-8-mllB

. . oe R o { e ® Are You Going To Paint? . . THEN USE MILLER BROS' . - o i T T » THC rEs CHICMICA T, PAIN'L, Ready fnr use in YAI hite, and over Ome Hun(lr:ad different Cé]:ors madq_of stricﬂy prnhe White Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil, Chemioan}’ combined, warranted Muach Hnndsoﬁér and Cheaper, aud'to last TWICE AS LONG as any other Paint. It has taken the FIRST PREMIUMS at twenty of the State, Fairs of the Union,.and is on MANY THOUSAND. of the finest houses in the country. " . - Address MILLER BROTHERS, ‘PRICES REDUGED. . SAMPLE OARD SENT FREE, Lo 31 St Claii‘ Bt., Cleveland, Ohio C.ELDRED & SON, Agents, Ligonier, Ind. ’ U-s—ly

T BEAUTIFUL il LAy {0 ao Silk Handkerchiefs, —at the— . .o : 5. LADIES BAZAAR, U b the— | Banner Block, Ligoniér, Ind. CHEAFRE {or CASSKEI. T CONSUMPTIVES TOCONSUMPTEIVES, The advertiser, having béen permanently cared of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxions to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. T'o all who desire it, be will send a copy ol the prescription used, (free of charge), with the directiong for prepariug and using the same, which they will find a sugr oUrE for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BrONOHITIS, &C. Parties wishing the. prescription Wwill E}]ease address, .. © Rey. E. A. WILSON, | ~ . 194 Pepn St., Williamsburgh, New York.

FOR SALE OR RENT: A Brick Business House ‘()n C:}viu Sireet, Ligonler For Further Particulars Call at The Banner " © Office S o

KINGSFORD’S 1s the BEST and MOST ECONOMICAL in the orld. - Is perfectly PURE—free from acids and other foreign snbstances that injure Linen. Is STRONGER than any otheri-requiring much Tess quantity in using. 3 Is UNIFORM-—&tiffens and finithes work always the same. <o) OR-AW B ey ; {2 h | 3 ) - Kingsford’s Oswego Corp Staxe " lls the most'delicious of aii preparations for Puddings, Blanc-Mange, Cake,dc.

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‘v » % W . Would willingly have given one hundred dollars for the relief - obtained from the first dose, Fromithewell-known maker of Yales : { Mammoth Tent, - E Gentlemen,—l have suffered ten years from the worst forms of Acvrr Caragru. or COLD IN THR Heap, that ever affiicted mortal man. ‘Whenever I took a fresh ‘cold it would seltle in my head, causing the most violent sneezing,accompanied by excessive discharges from my eyes and nose, For days and days my suffering would be interse, and fipally settding in m]y loins aud bowels, would render my life miserable for amonth, Never, during all my sufferings, was I able to oblain even temporary relief froh any medicine I ever tried. Three weeks ago, while suffering from the worst attack I-ever had, I procured a bottle of Saxvorp’s Rap10AL CURE ¥OR CAaTARRE. -The relief from the first dose was go.gratifying that I would willingly have given one hundred dnﬁajrs to obtainit. A few bottles completely cured pme. My head has since been perfectly free from mucous accumulations, my breathing eaty, and not a symptcem of trouble abott my back and bowels has presented itself.— Its efflect in my case hae been truly remarkable. Very respectfully, . R.M. YALE, Sale and Awning Maker, 2 South Market St. Each package contains Dr. Sanford’s Imprbved Inhaling Tube with foll directions for use in all cases. Price, $l.OO. Forsale b{&ll whelesale and retail Druggists throughout the United States. WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale Druggigts. Boston, 2 - may RS COLLINS’ Rl kat i v B

An Fieetro-Lizlvanie Batiery combined with the Celebrated Medlieated Poreus S rengthening Plaster, forming the best Plaster forpains and aches in the World of Medicine, : ; ELECTRICITY . As a grand curstive and restorative agent'is not equplled by any element or medicine in the histo1y 6f the healing art. Unless the vital spark-has fled the body, restoration by means of electricity is possible. It is the last resort of all physicians and surgeons, and has rescued thousands apparently dead, from an ul}time}y grave, when no other human agency could have succeeded. This 18 the leading curative element in this Plaster. %ALSAM and PINE. he healing properties of our own fragrant balsam and pine and the gums of the Fast are too well known to require Eescription. Their grateful healing, soothing and strengthening propertiés are known to thousands.. When combined inf accordance with late and important discoveries in pharmacy, their healing and strengthenin properties are increased ten fold.- In this reepeci our Plaster is the best in nse without the.aid o electricity. ’ = R ® -~ TWO IN ONE _ Thus ¢ombined 'we have two ﬁrand medical agents in one, éach of which f)er orms its function and unitedly produce more cures than any liniment, lotion, wash, er plaster ever before compounded in the history ot medicine, Try one. PRIOE, 25 CENTS.

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TO Ail, PARTICULARLY INVALIDS, ; Spring is a trying season, ‘lndicntionsvofeicknesq should at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by allowing the bowels to become counstipated and the system to remain in a disordered condition, until the diserder has time to develov itgelf. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying.— Thereforerwe advise all “who are troubled with the complaints now very prevalent—headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want of appetite, naurea, or feverish skin, to take, without delay, Schenck’s Mandrake Pills. We know of no remedy so harmless and decisive in its action. It at once strikes at the root of the disease and produces a healthy tone to the system. Peopie acver need suffer from any disease arising from a disordered condition of the liver if they would take this excellent medicine when they feel the first indications of the malady. Familieslcaving home for the summer months should take three or/four boxes of these pills with them. , They have sn almost instantaneous effect. They will relieve the patient of headache In one or two hours, and will rapidly cleaunse the liver of surrounding bile, and will effectually preventa biifous attack. They are sold by all droggists :

VEGETINE. VeGeTINE has never failed to effect a’cure, giving tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. , : SHE RESTS WELL. Sovri Poraxp, Me.. Oct. 11, 1876. Mz, H. R StEvENns.: ' || 7 / ; Dear Sir—l bave been gick two years with the liver cemplaint, and,during that timhe have taken a great many different medicines bat none of them did me any good. I wasrestless nights and hsad no appbtite. Since taking che Vegetine 1 rest welg and relish my food. Can recommend the Vegetine for what it has done for me. - Yours respectfuily, aopes MRS. ALBERT RICKER. " Witness of the above, 3 ‘Mr. Ggo. M. Vaughan, Medford, M:ss. - VEGETINE. Thousands will bear testimony (and doit volantarily) that Vegetine is the best medical compoutid yet placed before the public for renovating and purifying the blood, eradicating all humors, impurities or poisonous secretions from the system, invigorating and strengthenicg'the systém debilitated by disease: in fact, it is, &8 mauny have called it, *“The Great Health Restorer.” .

SAFE AND SURE. Me. H. R. STEVENS. . : In 1872 your Vegetine was recommended, to e, and yielding to tne persuasions of a friend, I con= gented 1o try if. At the time, I was suffering from general debility and nervons prostrations, supermnduced by oyerwork and irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative properties seemed to aflect my debilitated system from the first dose, and ander its persistent use I rapidly recovered, gaining more'than usual héalth and good feeling, Since then 1 have not hesitated to give Vegetine my most unqualified indorseent as being a safej sure and/powerfu! agent in promoting health dnd restm'l%ng the wasted system. Lo pew lifewand energy. Vegetine is the only med< icine I use, and as long as 'f live I never expect to find a betier. Yours truly, . ; W, H. CLARK, . ! 120 Montery Street, Allegheny, Pa.

VEGETINE. VeceTINE thoreughly eradlcates every maun of humor, and lestores the entire system to a healthy condition, . : .The {ollowing letter from Rev, Geo. W.Mansfieid, formerly pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, and at present setiled in Lowell, must convince every one who reads this letter of the wonderful curative qualities of VEGETINE as.a thorough cleanser and parifier of the blood : r . . Hypr Parx, Mass., Feb. 15, 1876. Mr. H. R. SreveNs: Dear Sir—About 10 years ago my lrealth failed through the depleting effects of dyspepsia, nearly a ‘yeat later 1 was attacked by typhoid fever inits worst form,it settled in my back and took the form of a large deep-seated abscess. which was 15 months in gathering. I bad ,two surgical operations, by the best gkill in ‘the'State but received no permanent cure. I suflfered great pain at times and was constanily weakened by a profuse discharge. lalso lost email pieces of bone at different times, | - £ Maftters ran oy thus about seven years,(ill May, 1#74. whena frieud t-ecommendedy me to go te your ofiice and talk with you on the virtue of Vegetine. 1 4id so, and by your kindness passed through your manufactory, npting the ingredieuts, etc., by which your remedy is. produced. By what I saw and heard: I gained some confidence in Vegetine, - ; : i I commenced taking it soomrafter, but felt worse from its effects; still I persevered and soon felt it was benefitting me in other respects. Yet I did not see the resnlts I desired, till I had tagen it faithfally for a little more than a year, when the difficulty in the back was cured, and for 9 months Ihave enjoyed the begt of health. : 1 have 1n that time gained twenty-five pounds of flesh, being heavier than ever before in my life, and I was never more dble to perform labor thannow. ? C During the past few weeks ) had a scrofalous swelling as large as my fist gather on another part of my body. 5 o I took Vegetine faithfully and it removed it level with the suiface in a month. 1 think I shonld have hbeen curéd of my main trouble eooner if I had t:xlfcu larger doses, after having become accustomed ko ils effects, Let your patrons tronbled with scrofula or kid-; ney disease understand that it takes time to cure chronic eiseases, and if they will patiently take Vegetine, it will. in my judgment, cure them, ° With great obligations 1 am, - ! ; Yours very.tro l{', st ! - G. W MANSFILLD, . Pastor of the Methodist £ Chnrch. S Yies g e el 4w | PREPARED'BY ; = - H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass,

. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. i bk S RA R L G s s Y - ¥ | $lO 2 $25 4 day rure made by Agents . aBelliug our Chromog, Urayons, and uewura. Motie, Sgripture Text, I'rausparent, | Picture and Chromo Cards. 100 samples, worth 84, sent nu’sl{:}uid for 75e. Tllustrated Catalogna fice. J. H. BUFFORD'S BONS, BOSTON. Established 1830, 7f __?’__ 1-3 my, A GENTLEMAN who suffered for yeats from. ‘Neryous Debimxy, Pmmnar? Dm‘y, and all’ the effects of youthinl ipdiscretien will, {(}r the sakg ;)tf’ stuhﬁ'qung hn{n’ndmgfv, send rr;w to all who: nee e recipe a irection, for Mk% : the simple remedy by which he was ﬂu'?'qﬂ;’ B %rgs‘} wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience can do 8o "ﬁ!‘ mdresain§ in perfect gomldcnce; o “JOHN B, OGDEN, 42 Cedar Bt,, New York, ok . i 37-6 m-a and co X )

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, '1877.

sl _ Written for the Bunner. We have awful hard times just now over here; How are they over about Ligonier? . Still, pointedly speaking, the times are far better Than they wereat the writing of my other letter, The very high waters have somewhat abated, Which caused the spring crops to belittle'belated. Work seems to be plenty, and so does the hash, Buf there is a general feeling of a-want of more , - cash. ; S e FER The merchants have money snd produce is high, But what good doésthat when there’s none to buy; The corn cribs are lean, the wheat bins are lowy Potatoes are scarce and admit of no show. ‘ If the Russians and Turks could have hurried . their fuss, ! & Oar peoplé here would’nt got in stuch a muss; 's But prospects, how brightly(?)they open before us, When Hayes and his party join in on the chorus, Of specie redemption, bringing rags up to par, Cf buying the bonds we have owed since the war. We have never heard tell of a place in creation, Of a mixture of muddler a 8 are now inour nation; Of a nation that floats the proud flag of the free, And still npon others dependent must be; We say it for shame to Ameriea’s soil, : Her people expect under taxation to toil. Itsa thought all but pleasing, but-its terribly true That withont a revolution we shall soon have gone through. g . Perhaps 2t some future our people will see - What another administration like tha last will be, And turn their hearts to men more honest and good, Who have dared to do right and for‘country have stood. Then hope we for better and pray we for days, When we can speak comfort in the ear of Hayes. Bristorn, Inp., April 29, 'lB7’l4'.

MAKING A WII.L. ‘ < An Irish Tale. It was a little after midnight, thata knock came to the door ot gur cabin. I heard it first, for I used to sleep ina little snug basket near the fire; but I didn’t speak, for I was frightened.. Jt wasstill repeated louder,and then came a cry, “Con Cragan! Con, I say, open the door! I want you!” . ‘ + I knew the voice well; it was Pat M!Cabe’s; but I pretended to be fast asleep, and snored loudly. At last my father unbolted the door. <Oh, Mr. Peter, what’s the matter? Is the ould man worse " “Faix, that’s what he is; for he’s dead!” said Peter. “Glory be his bed! When did 1t happen?” : . “About an hour ago,” said Peter, in a voice that even I, from my corner, could perceive was greatly agitated. “He died like an ould heathen, Con, and never made a will.” = - “That’s bad,” said my father; for he was always a polite man, and said whatever was pleasing to the companay he had. v ~ “Itis bad,” said Peter, “but itj would be worse if we couldn’t help if. ' Listen to me now, Corney; I*want you to help me in this business; and here are five guineas in gold, if ye do what I bid ye. Ye know that ye were always reckoned the very image of my father, and before he took sick, ye was mistaken for each other every day of the week.” : “Anan!” said my father, for he was getting frightened at the notion, withogt well knowing why., . : “Well, what 1 want, Con, is for ye to come over into the house, and get into the bed.” . i

“Not beside the corpse?” said my father, trembling. .- . "“By no means, but by yourself; and you're to pretend to be my father, and that ye want to make yer will before ve die; ‘and then I'll.send for the neighbors and Billy Scanlan,the school master; ye'll tell Him what to write, leaving all the farm and everything to e, ye understand. - And as the neighbors will see ye, and hear yer voice, it will never be believed but it was himself that did it.” ;

[“The room must be dark,” says my father. : 3 “To be sure, it will; but have no fear! Nobody will dare te come nigh the bed; and ye’ll only have to make a cross with yer pen under the name.” “And what about Ehe priest,” said my father. S s ~ “My father quarreled with him last week about the Easter dues;iand father Tom said hed not give him the rites, and that’s lucky now. So come along, now—quick.—for we’ve no time to lose; it must be all finished before the day breaks” “All right,” was the reply. : My father did not lose much time at his toilet, for he just wrapped his big coat .around him and slipping on his brogans, left the house. I set up in the basket, and listened till they were gone some minutes; and then in costume as light as my parent’s set out after them, to watch the conrse of the adventure. I thought to take a short cut and get before them: but by bad luck I fell into a bog-hole and escaped drowning by a chance. As.it was,when I reached the house, the performance had already begun.

- I think I see the whole scene this instant before my eyes, as I sat on a little window with one pane, and that a broken one, and surveyed the proceedings, . It was a large room, at one end of which was a bed, and beside it was a table with physic bottles, and spoons, and teacups; a little farther | off was another tabld, at which sat Billy Scanlan, with all manner of writ- - ing materials before him. : The eountry people sat two and sometimes three deep round the wall, all intently eager and anxious for the coming event; Peter himself went from place to place, trying tosmother his grief, and o¢casionally helping the company to whisky, which was supplied with more than accustomed liberality. : ; : 7 "All myconsciousness of the deceit and trickery could not deprive the. sceune of a gertain solgmnity. The misty distance. of the half-lighted room;: the highly wrought expression of the country people’s faces, never more in-’ tensely excited than at some moment of ‘this kind; the low, deep-drawn breathing, unbroken save by a sigh or a sob; the tribute ot affectionate sor-' row to some lost friend, whose memory was thus forcibly ‘brought back; these were all so real, that as I looked, a thrilling sense of awe stole over me, and for a'm ment 1 actually sheok' with fear. S [asha

A low, faint cough from the dark eorner where the bed stood, seemed to cause even a | greater stillnessy and then, in a silence where the buzzing of:aly would bhave been heard, my lather said: “Where's Billy Scanian? T want to make my will.” : ; “He's here, father,” said Peter, taking Billy by the hand and.leading him to the bed-side, : “Write what I bid ye, Billy, and be quick ; tor I haven’t a long time afore’ me here. I die a good Catholic, although Father O'Rafferty won’t give me the rites,” : A general :chorus of muttered, “Oh, musha, mushal" was now heard thro’ thie raom; whether in grief over the sad fate of the dying man, or the unflinching severity of the priest is hard ‘tO say' !s_ Fi : i it : “I die im peace with all my neighbors and all mankind.”: - e “ Another chorus of the gompany seemed o approve these charitable ex-

pressions. : 7 ' #] bequeath unto my son Peter—and never was there a better son or a decenter boy—l bequeath unto my sen Peter the whole of my two farms of Killimundoonery and Knockshebora, with the fallow meadows behind Jack Lynch’s house; the forge and right ot turf on the Doonan bog. I give him —and muclt good m.y it do him—the lime-kiln; and that reminds me that my mouth is just as dry.’ Let me taste what ye have in the jug.” Here the dying man took:a hearty pull, and he seemed to be eomsiderably refreshed it. T ¥ Al e Py“Where ‘was I, Billy Scanlan ?” says he. “Oh, I remember; at the lime-kiln, I leave him—that's Peter, I mean—the potato gardens at Noonan’s well; and it is the most elegant crops that grows there.” g ;

. “Ain’t ye getting wake, father, dat--lint?” says Peter, who began to be afraid of my father’s loguaciousness; for to say the truth, the punch gotinto ‘his head, and he was greatly disposed totalk. . . o “I am, Peter, my son,” says he; “I am getting wake; just touch my lips again with the jug. Ah!Peter, Peter, gou watered the drink.” ; : - «No, indeed, fathet, but it’s the taste lavin’ ye,” said Peter; and again alow chorus of compassionate pity murmured through the wide cabin.” % “Well, I am nearly done now,” says my father; “there’s only one little spot of ground remaining,and I putit on you, Peter—as ‘ye wish tolive a good man and die with the same easy heart as I do now—that ye mind my last words to ye here. Are ye listening? Are the neighbors listening? Is Billy Scanlan listening ?” “Yes, sir; yes, father, we're all minding,” chorused the audience. : “Well, then, it’s my last will and testament, and may—give me the jug” —here he took a long drink—*“and| may that blessed liquor -be poison to me if I'm not as eager about this as every other part of the will; I say, then, I bequeath the little plot at the eross-roads to poor Con Cragan, for he has-a heavy charge and is a honest and hard-working a man as ever I knew. Be a friend to him, Peter,’dear; never let him want while ye have it your-self-—think of me: on my .death bed, whenever he asks ye for a trifle. Isit down, Billy Scanlan? The two acres at the cross-roads, to Con Cragan and his heirs forever. Ah! blessed be the saints! but I feel my heartlighter, after that,” says he “a good work makes an edsy conscience. - And now I’ll drink all the company’s good health, and many happy return—" ~ ° What he was going to add there’sno saying; but Peter, who was terribly frightened at the lively tone”thé sick man. was assuming, hurried all the people in another room to let his father die in peace. o When they were all gone, Peter slipped back to my father, who was putting on his brogues in a corner. “Con,” says he, “ye did all well; but sure, it was all a' joke abgut the two acres at the cross.” ;

“Of course it vyas, Peter!” says he; “sure, it was all a\joke, for the matter of that; won’tl \r:‘ake the neighbors laugh heartily to-morrow when T tell them all about it!” i i “What!” exclajmed Peter in amazement. “Would you tell them all about it ?7! ; . L in “Faith, and why shouldn’t I?” returned my father, dryly., e ~ “You wouldp’t be mean enough to betray me!” sa)?s Peter, trembling with fright. : 3 “Sure, ye wouldn’t be mean enough to go against yer father’sdying words,” says my father; “the last sentence he ever spoke;} and here he gave a low, wicked laugh, that made myself shake with fear. b | “Very well, Con,” he said, holding out his hand; “a bargin’s a bargin; yer a deep fellow, that's all.” * Father only chuckled a little at this, but said nothing. L | And so it ended, and wy father glipped quietly over the bog, mighty well ‘satisfied with the legacy he left himself. ] , -And thus we became the owners of the little spot known to this day as Con’s Acre. i

Why Mort.‘:aﬁcs shonld be Untaxed. (From the Springfield Republican.) If that opportunity has passed,there remains the chance to exempt mortgages from taxation. / This measure is just and politic. Ttis'justbecause all real ettate, not devoted to certain purposes, is taxed once as real estate; tax the mortgage upon it is to tax it twice. The mortgage is not property; no property was created when it was given, none is destroyed when' it is canceled. Itlis politic, ﬁ‘rsxt‘-,l because it is just; second, because the exemption places this form of indebtedness on a par with ‘others, induces the creditor class to lend on mortgages instead of investing in public securities, and thus tends' directly to reduce the rate of interest on mortgage loans; third, it is politic; because a reduction in the rate of interest on good private security renders it possible to reduce rents and'the expenses on which all business is conducted and greatly relieves the pressure upon the debtor class of a trangition from an extreme of expansion” to one of low values and hard money ; fourth, it is especially politic because it requires very little real sacrifice on the part of the publie treasuries. The bulk of mortgages are held by the savings banks and other finar.cial institutions, and are subject to a peculiar law of taxation. Of the pri-vate-held mortgages, many have been extinguished by foreclosure and depreciation; the remainder, whileaominally taxable, to a large extent escape taxation, although the'debtor-ig, charged arate of interest based on a supposition that the creditor pays the tax. The exemption of all mortgages from taxation, therefore, reduces the objects of taxation to a very small extent, while promising the greatest penefit to the community, = . | _;._,a.:‘§§b~_—} ' i A Wonder-Working Remedy. '

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_A NEVADA KILLER. A Bloody-Minded Dellqurudbi Who ".. Never Fights Without Putting .- Red Paint on His Left, Ear, : | Some repairs. were. needed to the engine when the train reached Réno, and while most of the passengers were taking'a philosophical view of the de~ lay and making themselves as comfortable ias possible in the depot, in walked a native: He wasn’t a native Indian, nor a native grizzly, but a native Nevadian, and he was rigged out in imperial style. He wore a bearskin coat and cap, buckskin leggins and moccasing, and in his belt was a big knife and two revolvers. There was lighfning in his eye, destruction in his walk, and as_he sauntered up to.the red-hot stove and scattered tobacco juice - over it, a dozzen passengers looked pale with fear. Among the travelers was a car painter from Jersey City, and after surveying the native‘for a moment, he coolly inquired:

“Aren’t you afraid you’ll fall down and hurt yourself with those weapons ?” & ; 1 “W-—what?” grasped the native in ‘astonishment. R <

“I suppose they sell such outiits as you’ve got on at-auction out here, don’t they ?” continued the painter. “W—what d’ye mean ? ‘'who ar’ ye?” whispered the native as he walked around the stove and put on a terrible look. sl : “My name is Logwood,” was the calm reply, “and I miean that,if 1 were you, I'd crawl out.of those old duds, and put on some decent clothes!” “Don’t talk that way to me, or you won’t live a minit!” exclaimed the native as he hopped around. “Why, you homesick coyote, I’'m Grizzly Dan, the heaviest, Indian fighter in the world!" T was the first white man to scout for General Crook! I was the first white man in the Black Hills! I was the first white man among the Modoes!” : e “I don’t believe it!” flatly replied the painter. “You look more like the first white man down to the dinner table!” . i The mnative drew his knife, put it back again, looked around, and then softly asked: e " “Stranger, will ye come over behind the ridge and shoot and slash till this thing is settled ?” ' i “Youwbet I will!” replied” the man from Jersey, as he rose up. “Just pace rightout aid I’ll follow !’ Every man in the room jumped to his feet in wild excitement. The na-

tive started for the back door, but when he found the éar painter at' hisi heels, with:a six-barrelled Colt in his -hand, he halted and said: “Friend, come to think of it, I don't waht to kill you and have your widow to come on me for'damages.” “Go right ‘ahead—l'm not a mars ried man!” replied the painter. . - “But you’ve got relatives, and I don’t want no law suits to bother nie just as spring is coming.” “I'm an orphan, without a relative in the world!” shouted .the Jerseyite. [ “Well, the law will make me bury you, and it would be a week’s work to dig a grave at this season of the year. I think I'll break a rib or two for you, smash your nose, gouge out vour left eye, and let it go at that!” “That suits me toa dotl!” said the painter. “Gentlemen, please stand ‘back, and some of you shut the door to the ladies’ room!” - “I was the first man to attack a grizzly bear with the bowie knife!” remarked thenative as he looked around. “I was the first man to discover silver in Nevada. T made the first scout up Powder river. I was the first man to make huunting-shirts out of the skins of Pawnee Indians. I don’t want to hurt this man, as he seems kinder sad and down-hearted, but he must apologize to me.” “I won’t do it!” eried the painter. “Gentlemen, I never fight without takirig off my coat, and I don’t see any nail ‘here to bang it on,” said the native, ! e i v “I’ll hold it—T’ll hold jt!” cried a dozen voices in chorus. |

“And another thing,” softly continued the native.. I'never fight in a hot room. I used to do it- years ago, but I found it was running me into the consumption. I always do my fighting out doors now.” ot “I’ll go-out with you, you old rabbitkiller!” exclaimed the painter, who had his coat off. o i

“That’s another deadly insult,to be wiped out in blood, and I see I' must finish you. I never fight around a depot, though. Igo .out on the' prairie where there is a chaace to throw myself.” i . “Where’s your prairie? Lead the way!” howled the crowd. = . “It wouldn’t do any good,” replied the native, as he leaned against the wall. “I always hold a ten-dollar gold pieceiin my mouth when I fight, and.l haven’t ;got one to-day—in fact, I'm dead broke.” : s “Here’s a Aold piece!” called a tall man, holding up the metal. i {¢l’m a thousand times obleeged,” mournfully replied the native, shaking his head. “I never go into a fight without putting red paint on my left ear for luck; and I haven’t any red paint by me, and there isn’t a bit in Reno.” o )

I ¥Are—you—going—to—fight ?” demanded the car painter, reaching out for the bear skin ecap. | 5y ! ~“I took a solemn oath when a boy! never to fight without painting my left ear,” protested the Indian Kkiller, “You wouldn’t want me to go back on my solemn oath, would you?” . .. “You're a cabbage, a squash, a pumpkin dressed up in leggins!” eontemptuously remarked the car painter, as he put on his coat. ¢ i ;] “Yes, he's a great coward,” remark-| ed several others, as they turned to go away, . {3k g il o . “I’ll give ten theusand dollars for ten drops of red paint!” shrieked. the native. “Oh! why is it that I have no paint for my ear when here is'such. a chanee to go in and killl? . -

A big blacksmith from Illinois teok: him by the neck and riin him out,and he was seen no morg for an hour, Just before the train started, and after all-the passengers had taken seats, the ‘*fiwst: m%n": was - seen on the platform. H® . had ano¥her bowieknite, and had also put: a tomahawk in, bis belt. There was red paint on his:Jeft ear, his eyes rolled, and, in a terrible voice, hd called out: Jo o) “Where is:/ that- man - Logwood ? Let him comg out here and -meet his doom!” ) i : “Is that you?: Count me in!” replied the car painter, as he opened a window. - He rushed for the: door, leaped dewn, and was pulling off his oyercoat again, when the native began to retreat, ealling outy . -+ “I'll get. my hair eut and be back here in seventeen -seconds. I never fight ~wi__m' long hairy - L promised my ;Iyini:)m_ Hap bbo 4 < ) g " 'When the train rolled awai he was ‘seen ﬁonrish&g the tomahawk around . 1f you are H&%‘h&t your subscription to Tk BANNER is paid for a liitle n advane, send, & greenback. 1o the publisher without delay, =

Dyspepgla! Dyspepsia! Dyspepsial - Dyspepsia is the maost perplexing of all human ailments. - Its'! sympto-ms ‘are almost infinite '{n their| variety, ‘and the forlorn andjdespondent victims of the disease often fancy themselves the prey, in turn, of every ‘known malady. - This'is due, in part,: to the close sympathy which exists between the stomach and the brain, and in part alsa to the fact that any ‘disturbance /of the digestive function necessarily disorders, the liver, the bowels and the nervous system, and effects, to.some extent, the quality of theblood.. -.; g S ods s - E.F.Kunkel’s Bitter Wine of Iron is a sure cure. This is not a new preparation, to be tried and found wanting, it has been preseribed daily for manyyears in the practice ot eminent physicians with unparalelled sucecess. "It is not expected or intended to cure all the diseases to which the human family is subject; but is warranted' to } e 0w i i ] 45 B cuye ‘dyspepsia in: the most- obstinate form. Kunkel’s Bitter Wine of Iron never fails to cure. Symptoms of dyspepsia ‘or loss of appetite, wind and rising of the food, dryness of the mouth, heartburn, distention of the stomach and bowels, constipation, headache, dizziness, sleeplessness and low spirits. Try the great remedy and be convinced of its merits. Get the genuine. Take only Kunkel’s, which is put only in.one dollar bottles. Depot, 259 North Ninth, street, Philadelphia, Pa. It never fails. For sale. by all druggists and dealers everywhere. : : i Ask for E. F. Kunkel’s Bitter Wine of Iron and take no other. Six bottles for five dollars, or one dollar per bottle.

Worms! Worms! Weims! E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup never fails to destroy pin, seat and stomach worms. Dr. Kunkel, tlié only successful physician who removés tape worm in two hours alive with head, and no fee until removed. Common sense teaches if 'tape worm be removed, all other worms can be readily destroyed. Send for circular to E. F. Kunkel, 259 North Ninth street, Philadelphia; Pa., or.call on your druggist for a bottle of Kunkel’'s worm syrup, price $l. It never fails. i : E. F. Kunkel’s Lustral & E. F. Kunkel’s Sham-

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§ How to Save Money. - The way to saye is to begin with little matters and §o begin at once. No one ever made his way from poverty to riches who scurned economy in small things, and could not comprehend the value of a single cent. 'The poor man who would get ahead pecuniarily must learn that to. save cent after cent—one at a time if he can do no nmiore—till he gets one hundred of them, and so has a dollar, is a wise and noble thing to do. Having thus actually saved his first dollar, he will' have acquired with it the power of self deninl and a tenacity of purpose which will enable him to save one dollar after another until he gets one hundred and then he can save on indefinitely; and become independent in fortune. e -

“But,” says some one who has lived all his life time witl{o’ut saving, “how am I tosave? .My habits are fixed. How can I learn: toilay by my money for old age?” i You must do as to money matters what a certain ancient school of philosophers did as to morals. These old sages used, every night, to review their actions for the day, andsee what they pught._not to have done that they had done, and jwhat they might have done better ofzkhe things which it has been necessary for them to do. So, too, must you every night review the actions of the day, and see where you have spent that you oughtnot to have spent, and how you might have got more economically what it was necessary for you to obtain. Any one who faithfully makes such a review of his expenditures will be apt to discover many opportunities for retrenchment and reform, and, then, if he will, he can at once -begin to save and may acquire economical habits, and secure his future prosperity. el

et - e | P _ _The Vatican’s Reqnlreme"ntd; A - LONDON, April 28.—A Rome dispateh to the Z'imes reports that some of the Catholic governments have sought information relative: to. the basis on which it is desired negotiation should be opened in favor of the Holy See, supposing such a step -is found ' practicable. From Cardinal Simeoni’s reply it appears that the’ Vatican desires that the Pope shall-be” insured complete 'personal and spirittul freedom. without being called upon to say whether he will at any time reassert or renounce his claim to temporal power. The{Pope, umong other, precautions relative to the election of a suceessor, -has instructed Cardinals Simeoni, Bariolini and Nina to actias’ a kind of committee of ovservation” gn order to guard agiainst anything which might militate against the liberty § of the next conclave or constitute an obstacle as to the place of its as-gl semblage. : fon Liugtd

The Beaver (Pa.) Argus says: The act for the gradual abolition of slivery in Pennsylvania wus passed final1y on the Ist of March, 1780, and among other things -provided “that no child born hereatter of slave parents: shall ‘be held a slave, but a servant,. until the age of twenty-eight/ years, when all claims for further service shall cense.” At the orgauvization of Beaver ¢county in 1803 there were four! slaves held within its limits. \When the ‘census was taken in 1810 ‘therewere eight in the county; in 1820 there were five. When the census was again taken in 1830 ‘there were none—all having in_ the . meantime died or passed by law from & condition of gervitude to a state of :freedé)'tin;”" A g s, g o SR ~Senator Gordon, of Georgia, had :z\f young, daughter born on ‘the duy. the Cabinet, decided to remoye tb“%r‘ 00ps ; tmx?\,.stmt«h,; Carolina. ﬁf@r-ﬁgqi -éd;;‘fd - waik tin;%e;t‘rooim were ordered from the Louisiana State House, and then had fhe, Intant ohvistenca Gt ine - - If you are nob ce;min*th;h},du%a e ‘soription fo "Lt BANNER 14 paid for § s T v, sond & etk Y 8 ?‘ﬂb 5 ex”‘*ﬁ?m%@}fm@g%

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- TheGrest'l‘enFM Wave. _The temperance reform movement lately inaugurated is certainly a move in the right direction, and will do an -incalculable amount of good. Mankind are creatures of habit, and when once formed it is-difficult to change. Habits of intemperance constantly grow upon its victims until sooner or later they lose self-respect and control of themselves; and then it is they abandon ‘and’ scorn all virtuous counsel and give way to their depraved-appetites, and soon find an inebriate’s grave. ‘The “tidal wave” that is sweeping over the entire country is causing thousands of unsuspecting persons to “halt!” and take a new departureand join the ranks ‘of the good and the true, and those. who “Dare to do Right.” It is no. compromise; it is simply a virtuous determination to be temperate in all things; to be good 'to one’s self, to be true to nature and nature’s God. It is certainly worthy of cdnér, tulation that so many worthy and intelligent people have-joined in this taove--ment. It will carry happiness, and joy to. many a home and ﬁregide.— Wives, mothers, sisters and sweet~ hearts,will rejoice in the “glad tidings.” We sincerely ‘hiope thére will be no step backward 1n this glorious reform, but that the motto of the ‘good and the true will :be, “Onward, brave hearts, lef us conquer the foe.” Wisdom, prudence, judgment and charity should characteérize the conduct of the organization toward all. “They should not allow their zeal and enthusiasm to; get the better of their judgment. By a prudent course success will certainly crown their efforts. The great moral forée of persuasion and kind appeéal, to the finer qualities of the human, mind, have brought about this Teaction in regard to the intoxicating cup. It is the only force that can be successfully employed in that regard. Therefore, friends, use it cautiously and- prudently, and. you will attain the desired end, and your names will descend to pesterity as benefactors to mankind..- . - . S

At no period;in the history of our country has there been sucli & successful movement in temperance reform. It surprises ‘and astonishes even its most ardent friends. But it is a manily determination, based upon mature reflection, not to use, intoxicating drinks hereafter. Pledges made under -such circumstances, and surrounded by convictions of right and justice to one's self, are seldom . violated. Itis the proudest moment of one’s life to declare before the world an unalterable determination notto indulge thereafter in the blighting eup of intoxication. /Suc¢h apromise emanating from the highest intelligence.of the human mind should be carefully guarded and preserved amongthéarchivesof the human heart.—-7hree Rivers (Mich.) Democrat. . ; (o

‘Ohlo_*uie}l;‘avored Land. * -~ Ohio may not be a mother of Presidents, but she is a mother of officeholders, and a mother. of remarkable fecundity. =~ She has ‘at present the Presidency and the Treasury Department, two of theseats on the Supreme Court Bench, including the Chietf Justiceship, the Chief Justiceship of the Distriet Supreme Court and the Japanese Mission, with Mr, Noyes gazetted for France. Of other civil positions filled by the children of Ohio the official lists mention.the ‘First Comptroller, the Sixth Auditor and Deputy, Third. and Fourth. Auditors of the Treasury Departiment, the chief clerk of the Post-Office Department. and of its contract branch, the chief clerk to “the Solicitor ‘of the Treasury, the census clerk of the Interior Department, ete), ete. In the army Ohio owns the General and Lieutenant-General, one of the three major-generals, one of the five active brigadier-generals and another on the retived list, 11 colonels, 10 lieutenant-colonels, 18 majors, 43 captains and 93 lieutenants. ~ln the navy -she has the Vice-Admiral, 5 rear-ad-mirals, 2 commodores, 5 captains, 8 commanders, a’ medical inspector, a pay director, a pay inspector, a chaplain, 8 lieutenant commanders, 24 lieutenants, 9 masters, 3 ensigns, 5 midshipinen, 2 medical officers, 6 paymasters, 6 engineers, one professor and a civil engineer, besides 4 lieutenants of marines, 2 captains and one lieutenant of the Revenue Marine. This does not include ehildren of Ohio appointed from other States. At this rate'it will not ‘be long before the proverb ‘will beSerateh an office-holder and he will ery, ‘Ohio!’”— World. - | ‘

. "Titans and Mon. 5 - “Blessed are the meek,” exclaims the voice of inspiration, but can-a man be meek with the consciousness ‘that a dreaded monster is eonsuming bis vitals, We are ‘not the race of Titans. A Prometheus might stand chained to the torturing roek with a vulture perpetually gnawing his liver, and his face ever wear an expression of heroic and even meek enduréince. But Prometheuys has left no des‘cen‘d-] ants. 'With wvultures (disease) con-’ suméng his liver, the modern man .makes himgelf and every one around him miserable. Fretful, gloomy, hypochondrical; he sees the world and life all on the wrong side—the dark side—and ’Whpgv‘jlxj dares to assert 'that there is a sunny side, he regards as an enemy, or'at best mocker of his imaginary ‘woes.” Unlike the mythi‘eal Titan, the victim of disease is not succorless. - There is an arm to rescue: —a balm -to cleanse and heal. ~As ‘remaedies (for this most depressing of all " diseases,—“Liver Complaint,”— none are more eflicient or popular than Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery -and Pleasant Purgative Pellets. The Pellets effectuslly remove ‘the effete and poisonous matter, while the Medical : Digeovery imparts strength and’ ‘health to. the entire system. They are sold by druggists, : S

Now {hat a plan has been invented! whereby people can talk by voice with, one another hundreds of miles aparh, the next thing is a devise that will enable them to see eich other while the conversation. is.going ‘on. A New York electrician thinks he has discavered -a method by which the latter ‘can e accomphished. -If man, by his invention, can converse with his fellow man through hundreds of miles of intervening spuce, shall it longer Lbe considered wondertul for God to commune with the works of His ‘barids ?—Lagrange Standard. ‘

L e > SE—— “ - A lawyer and a minister, both impecunious, boarded with a 'certain wids ow lady at the South End, Boston.-— Neither could pay his board bill, The lawyer married the lone woman, and the minigter performed the ceremonyy _thus squaring accounts. : < The history of the Second mequsg ong of the most distinguished regis ‘ments in the Freneh atmy, h‘&abgﬂ published. Tt states that'during th ‘niheteen yéars of its existenne no'lesy than 200 of its officers and 5,000 pris iTf you #re-notcertain that your stibs serghon o s Bumana ior 4 RN LSRRI, U TR A e E P R A S s TSR L eSO L A . SRR, RS e

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. 1 WIT AND HUMOR. . ] G i foee _ I e glass windows are said fto ‘ stand a family fight first rate. e Anlndian woman s a squaw ; therefore'an Indian baby is a squawling. - A backwoods shoemaker puts blue . glass windows in the box toes of his client’s boots to cure corns. \‘ A late book is entitled “Half Hours | with Insects.” What a lively half | hour one can have with a bee. i - They are holding ueck-tie parties on the plains. . The Porse thieves are the lovited gueals.. ' . ol vt There is a man in. TFennessee with such big feet that, if. he gets them wes in December he doesn't have a cold in his hgmi;until prrugr’y. e | Many a boy has lost the grip on his - father’s :affections’ by being able to beat the old gentleman at a friendly game o%gards. ; 1{ An Irish gentleman hearing of a | friend having d stone coffin made for | himself exclaimed: “By me sowl, an’ that’s a good idee! Sure a stone coffin ’ud la;t a man a life time.” - . A fashionable young man, in a fit of economy and true benevolence, had one of his.high linen collars converted . into three shirts, which he donated to | the poor. . . g Yool The Ciacinnati Commercial says:— “Why is it that editors never commit suicide? The Burlington Hawkeye has investigated'the subject a little and thinks; because the druggists won’t sell strychnine on long time.

_Bryant, the poet, is 80; Longfellow, the poet, is 70; Whiteman, the poet, is 69. Poets live longer than editors, Let us all go Into the poetry business and make glad the heart of the waste paper dealer. : a After looking at the pictute of a | spouting wha}gla long time a| little boy seemed to become more and}imore puzzled. . At last he tnrned to his uncle, and f)oint_ing to the picture, isaid: *“Oh, my! doesn’t he sneeze a good long Way ?" -: : :‘ / A 3 . Two ragged littlé urchins were standing ril(ib‘the gutter looking at a woman who had just fallen down on the pavement. “Itisn’t 80 much that . I like oranges,” observed one of them, “but what a lot of people you can - bring down with the peel.” )

An exchange asks: “What is tlie danger of the hour?” There are sev-| eral. Theone newspaper men have most to fear is the danger of being “stuck” with one of those counterféit thousand dollar r}xotes' now in eirculation. G ;

“What would you do if mamma should 'die ?” :she pathetically asked of her little three year old daughter, “I ‘don’t know,” remarked the infant, ~with downcast eyes and a melancholly! volce, “I thpose I should have to thpank mythelf.,” - | - ‘_‘ : He was just from the West, and was very talkative until he turned ° to a cold-lvoking man on the train and said: *“I left heaps of snow out on the plains.” “I am very glad of it,” .solemnly replied the cold man; “for we have had enough snow here this winter.”" b i - - "« Happy Prospects in Nebraska. LiNcoLN, Neb., April 20.—Repeorts received from 4&ll the countries .of Southern Nebraska show a highly gratifying condition oti‘affairs. The wealth of the country in cattle, hogs and sheep has quadrupled in the last - two years. The soil is in splendid cpndition and & larger area is being put into grain than in any previous year. Farmers are busy everywhere ;- the prospects of war in Europe and the advanced prices of cereals having ! given a strong impetus., - { The grasshopper trouble is reaching : an end; the spring rains have begun, ° and are destroying the product' of the small portion of eggs hatehed. The future prospects of the State were never so good. The large surplus.of corn from the crops of the two last - years is being held at higher prices. These statements are the result of*a careful examination andcan be relied upon, and the surplus products of this region which will be shipped to. St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore and lother Eastern points this year will verify them. = = e i /

st . True Merit Will Win. ‘A few years siuce the proprietors of Dr. Morris’ Syrup. of Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound introduced it here. 1% was not puffed, but sold on its merits. Our ¢people soon found it to be reljable, and;already it has. become the ‘most staple and. poﬁular pulmonary remedy in the market. It quickly, cures the worst coughs, colds, croup; bronchitis, asthma and incipient consumption: ' Nothing acts so nicely in whooping cough, and it is so pleasant that children readily take it. Con‘taining no opinm, or other dangerous drug, it is as safe as it’is sure. Trial size, 10 cts; large sizes, 50 cts. and one dollar. Sold by C. Eldred & Son, Ligonier, Ind. Also agents for Prof. Parker's Pleasant Worm Syrup, which pever fails. Pleasant to take, and requires no physic. Price 25 cents. | ' ai 9-eow, e -l Wirdraw Dat Heel.

|« The plantation negroes were en‘gaged, in pitching coppers. It was discovered that after pitching awhile severil coppers were missing, though | no one had been detected in picking up any but his own pennies. One old negro whose coppers had mysteri.ously disappeared, at length becoming satisfied in his.mind that there was foul play going on and observed that one of the barefooted party had a pesuliar way now and then of jerking ‘his right foot. up to his hand, called a pause in the saying: “The gemman wif de tar on heel will please wifdraw.” The suspected individual retired on, .this {otite invitation; the;game went'! ‘on witliout the mysterious disappearauce of any more coppers, gl A o el P~ B e et . giayes Will be Groundto Powder. Hayes and those immediately about him are full of the idea of forming a new party with the present incumbent .of the White House as the grand central figure. His advisers havedeluded | him with the belief that tl?is is really practicable, and they have got him to beheve that the next Speaxer éan be: relectéd in this interest. But.dn alittle time both his vanity and his ambition will receive a fall.—Doglestown (Pu.) ng‘ “,r:‘t“‘; peed Lo U NNRG ~“ et \ b 5”‘“"‘“"{*““&"’"""““‘ Rt t ) . Tb&ﬁhmgekm (Pa.) a'ivgga says: A lady named Yarnell, residing in rﬁ .1 hanoy valley, about a half & mile | fvom Taylorsville, owns a saw will u;@; Bon to the mill and places .. L ers the Ty ok ety 1 doe '{'rr?‘.;‘;‘: £ the assistance LV IWI @,s%@%w»&;&é»ﬂf >o a— N@W‘ | likto incadvance, sond @ gresnback to AA e e Nk o, R ;ﬁ;»i‘;@ A A ‘ it