The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 August 1878 — Page 1
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The Shatiomal Bamner v z i PUBLISHED BY L | JOHN B. STOLL. - LIGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY; IND. : . LR Lann LY . J NA > / Terms of Subscription: - ‘One year,ln AAVANCE, cenressnsmnsransesvanna STUO Rix months, in advance.c.eee.eeuee coeecaeae 1 00 Eleven copies to one address, one year,.... ..2000 @ HSubseribers outside of Noble county are charged 10 cents extra [per year] for postage, which is prepaid by the publisher. ; h" S ————————————————— ee e S R CITIZENSBANK | 8 'Yi p e > ')‘ | : STRAUS BROS., . Transact a general banking business on favorable terms. ol Farmers’' & Commercial paper disconnted at reasonable rates. j )ty{ and scll {Real Estate, and all those shing large or small tracts will dowell to see us before purchasing. i Negotiable F.oans, from one to five years’ time, secured by first mortgage on inproved farms. { ( Agents for first-class ILive and Life Insurance Companies. el ‘ Dealers in R 7 Grain, Seeds, Wool, &c. . «Special Notice to »l’arn!:éirs.” : ' Grain placed in our name in L. S, & M.S.R.; “R. Elevators is at owner’s risk in case of fire, ift not actually sold to us, When requested, we: swill sneire same in first-class Companies. i Ligonier, Ind., May 31, 1878.-27-1 y 1 BANKING HOUSE . ik i Oad — o | - SO MIER, vonrad’sNew Brick l;xock,bl(iONlPJl!, IND’NA. .\‘iuneyloaned nl()nz_a;d ehortl,ir;tc. : : Notes discoumtd at reaspnable ratgs. g Monies received on depositandintércetallowed on specified time, : i Exchange bought and sold, and Forer#n Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2
O LTI BPA ERVAHINRS ¢ Y’OU willplease take notice that I am still en- . - gaged in buyin% wheat, for which I pay the nighest market price. If you do met find me on the street, call betore 4 . selling, at 1y Banking-Office, in Conrad’s Brick | Block., : - SOL, MIER. ¢ | Ligonier,lndiana, May 3,1877.—tf ' JOIIN L. GALI“UI'. 4 T Manufacturer of the g vy . I.X.L.Drain Tile And Red, Common and Pressed Brick. -Ilardwood, Basswood and’ Poglar Lumber and Dimen--350l siou Stuff, ; fid KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . ] Mill and Yara three miles northeast of the city. Orders promptly filled and satisfaction guaran- ' teed. N o Sk 13-16-1 y R D, W. GREEN, : Atterney at Law & Notary Fublie, LIGONIER, :. : : INDI&NA. . Office in Lafidon’s Block. i - mol2 W, P. COOPER, { ~ JUSTICE of the PEACE : » And Conveyancer, : LIGONIBR, s ¢ : INDIANA. Special attention fifiion to conveyaneing and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal buginess attended to promptly and accurately, Officé over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s " Btore. : o Tly. o ; . ANDREW JACKSON, . JUSTICE ofthe PEACE, . Ligonier, Indiana, « Bpecial attention givenio collections and convey-» . hneing. Office with D, C. Vancamp, over Beazcl’s Marness shop. - i 13-2 V[o NEY TO LOAN, in small or large 3 amountis, on long or short time. 5 . 4 ISAAC E. KNISELY, 1 Attorney at Law, Ligonier, Indiana. _ Dr. J. P, GARD, 3 '+ Physician and Surgeon. { Prompt attention to calls day andnight. Oflice i on East-thirdstreet, Ligonier, Ind ARy . C. VANCAM P, ATTORNEY AT LAW, fidgonier, : ¥ : Indiana, Special attention given to colléctionsand conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Oflice over Beazel’s Harnégs establishment. 9-50 ' ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. L LIGONIER, INDIANA. ' - Special attention given toconveyancingandcol‘ectjons. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup ‘and all legal business attended Eq- promptly and accurately. May 15187315-8-3 gL ——— -._.4._._“.-,.______._.‘.7_.__‘.._.___,..._; i J B, WAKERMAN, 't &Justiceof the P [nsuranceAq't &Justiceof the Peace | KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ’ Ofilce with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive subscriptions to Tue NATIONAL BANNER. i G, W. CARR, 1 ‘Physician and Surgeon, L TIGONIER ks L . IND., Willpromptlyattend all calls intrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street. - . ———————————————————————————————————————————— ¢ (. M. TEAL, . _ D B N ; weoLs ' o Rooms o‘vg L E. Pike’s Grocery, ) Corner of Main und Mitchell Streets, : opposise the Post Office, Kendallville,, Ind. .l"xAflwork warranted. <gB Ao : Kendallville, May 1,1874. e i T~ i ¢ 3 » # S i i RSN L h G ] LR, Langhing Gas! 4[4 7. oG S WA PSS EXTRACTION ) [ g ! : _.or__( ",‘ 2. TEETH . o e Ny /! Dn.Gants' Ofce. N | Filling Tecth a Specialty Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875. L i e ————;———-————-—-u————._._.____-+____‘__ ’ bob i GNRN i . - DEALERIN MONUMENTS, ’ Vaults, Tombstones, i AND BUILDING BTONES, Foe AR LIGONIER, IND. . PHILIP A, CARR, AUCTIONELER, _ Offershisservices to the publicin general, Terme * moderate. Orddrsmey be loft at : 7 Bisterhen., ¥y s glushou\toreof - igonier,January 8,773-37 , . 'CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE, We keep constant] &Fflud sell in large or ‘ mmzuflzim o suit customers, ie Winso fif“’ m;gg:wtue,. . Pare — Not ln%hflf he Juice of L ’me mknmm 8 o i A £ R R ‘: SRR R Farr Ui g ; o o ) a 6 gt , ‘ e <k L SUCEERSP AN - : ;' ':'“’-F’gl Aot v\v';..‘e‘::fi'u;;;4s:%?;;%&&%;&«\‘} fl lm.’ n?'{‘. L ’l' ‘: S ‘ oRS SRR IS PR Ny RRRLRy produce. ’*‘M “fig@fi@g’“fl*’fl ;,wejmi. L e 4 b é;;@ 2 hel g— 8 sl Pyt b b e o - -NN N AV Y
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° ' 4 Undertaking Department Coffing and Caskets always kept on hand, ready fortrimming. Algoladies’ and gent’s Shrouds, very beautiful and cheap. Good Heéarse in readiness when desired. : Remember: Sign of the Big Chair, : 33 Cavin Street, : : Ligonier, Ind " October 25, 1877.~12-27-1y i § PROVERES. ! “The Richest Blood, Sweetest Breath and’ Tairest Skin in Hop Bitters ” : A little Hop Bitters saves big doctor bills and long sickness,” | *That invalid wife, mother, gister or child canbe made the picture of health with Hop ; Bitters.” . Al ; . 8 “When worn down and ready~ to take your bed, TTop Bitters is what you need.” *‘Don’t physic and physic, for it weakens and destroys, but take Hop Bitterg, that build up continually.” . o ‘“Physiciane of all schools use andi"r'ccommend Hop Bitters, Test them.” “Health is beauty and joy—Hop Bitter gtves health and beauty.” ““There are more cures made with Hop Bitg ters than all other medicines.” g “*When the brain is wearied, the nerves unetrung, the muscles weak, use Hop Bitters.” *“That low, nervouagfever. wanti of sleep, and weakness, calls for Hop Bitters.” } Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief is PleasL ant, Sure and Cheap. | For gank vy C. ELpkp & Son anp Scorr & SanvROOK, LIGONIER. : 15-1 m i AL —.'—‘—""“"-——‘——--——-—-—._.w' _' . . o 3 J. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, T /4 (e g Al 7 B S v o> St o U 2 <o T lee S &S/ O “jyv,.;‘}.t‘,,:w ,23\ s/ B 4fififgfir’~=\ \ &/ o T SR R h ‘{"." / (t:' AR B (A “é 3 /v.f‘ 4 » SN oo MY f i LkiE SIS 8 Pk > ,'R:‘_‘:_‘;:-;’r,a SN £ WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, | SRR S e 2 R v 3 lACY S xOQOOAdSsS,. PR L s L T e DS Agonts fot Lagarae b MapHs’ cetobeats £ Hoolßoirl b’ ol s oo o i i R olihe Big W alch, oppositeihie Banner
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: ' 3 2 ‘ ® . pis * D will try Vegetine. s » . 2 , Hedid, - AND WAS CURED. : Druawarne, 0., Feb, 16, 1877, Mg. H. R. STEVENS 1 — : Dear Sir,—l wish to §ivc you this testimony, that you may know, and let others know, what Vegetine has done for me. Abeut two years.ago a small sore came on my leg; it soon became a large Ulcer, so/troublesome that I coneulted the doctor, but I got no relief, growing worse from day to day. Isuffered terribly; I could not rest day or night; i was 80 reduced my friends tho’t I would never recover; I consulted a doctor at Lolumbus. I followed hisadvice; It did no good. Ican truly say I was discouraged. At this time I was looking over my newspaper; [ saw %rouradvertisement of Vegetine, the * Great Blood Parifier” for cleansing the blood from all impurities, curine Hnmors, Ulcers, &c. I said to my family, I will try 8 ;me of the Vegetine. Before I had uscd the first bottle I began to feel better, I made up my mind I had got the right medicine at last. I could now sleep well nights. I continued taking the Vegetine, I ook thirteen bottles. My health is good. The Ulecer is gone, aud I am ‘able to attend to business. I paid about four hundred dollars for medicine and doctors before I bought the Vegetine, 1 'have recommended Vegetine to others with ood suceess. I always keep a bottle of it in the houge now, Itisamost excellent medicine. i Very respeetfnlly yours, ! : : F. ANTHONI. Mr. Anthoni is one of the pioneers of Delaware, O. He scttled here in '1834. He is a wea'thy gentleman, of the firm of . Anthoni & Sons, Mr. Anthoni is extensively known, especially among .the Germans. He is well known 1n Cinclnnati. <He is respected by all. ¢ : Inpurk Broon.—ln morbid conditions of the blood are many diseases; such as salt-rheum, ring-worm, boilg, carbuncles, gores, ulcers and pimples. In this condition of the blood try the VeGeTinNg, and cure these affections. As a blood purifier it has noequal. Its effects are wonderful, £ . VEGETINE VEGETI! . QCured Her. DovonesTer, Mass., J nne‘l. Dr SrrvEss:— Dear Sir,—l fee! it my dut[y to say one word in regard to the great benefit I have reccived from the use of one of the greatest wonders of the world; 41 is your Vegetine. I have been one of the greatest gufferers for the last eight years that ever conld be living., 1 do sincerely thank my God and your Vegetine for the relief I have got. Toe Rheumatism has phined me tosuch an extent, that my feet broke out in sores. For the last three vears I have notbeen able to walk ; now I can walk and sleep, a my work as well as ever I did, and I mus yloweit all to your blood puritier, Vegetine. MARGERY WELLS. Vearring. —The great success of the VEGETINE as a cleanser and puritier of the blood is shown beyoand a doubt by the great numbers who have taken "it, and received immediate relief, with such remarkable cures. i 5 VEGETINE Is better than any =~ ; ‘MEECINE, ; } HenbErson, Ky., Dec, 1877, I have used H. R. Stevens’ Vegetine, and like it better than any'medicine I have used for purifying the blood. Ouve bottle of Vegetine accomplished more good chan a!l other medicines I have taken. ‘ j THOS. LYNE, : _ Henderson, Ky. Veeering )is composed of Roots, Barks and Herbs. lltis very vleasant to take; every child likes it. ! ¢ | VEGETINE. . : A 4 L 4o = -Recommended by L M. D/s. ( H. R. STEVENS :-— | . I Dear Sir,—l have sold Vegetine fora long time, and find it gives most excellent satisfaction, / A.B.DE FIEST, M. D., : : Hazleton, Ind. VEGETINE { Prepared by . H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists, If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have fi'equent headache, month tastes badly, poor appetite and tongue coated, you are suffering from ‘torpid liver, of ®‘biliotisness,” and nothing will cure yon o speedily and permanently agto.. "
\\% * Ly : 2 SIMMONS ST ITE =y { T = L AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and %Feen. » The cheapest, purest and best Family edicine 1n the world! ASK the recovered dyspeptic, biilous sufferers, victims of fever and ague, the mercurial diseased patient, how they recovered health cheerful spirits and {z,ood «appetites—they will tell you by taking SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR. ‘Purely Vegetable,: Is barmless, ; / s I 8 uo drastic violent medicine, 2 ; Is sure to cure if tuken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is given with safety and the pigst resalts to the most delicate infant,Does not interfere with busifess; Do=s not dlsm‘runtge the system, T“kf‘? Léle place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind. ; AS A REMEDY IN L MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRESSION, RESTLESSNESS, JAUNDICE,NAUSEA,SICK HEADfi%lblg. COLIC, CONSTIPATION and BILIOUSIT HAS NO EQUAL. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. - 3 Indigestion prevail to a ? | ¥ greater extent than probabldy any other malady, ; 5 and relief is always anxTTTSR T N TR ions)y sought after. Ifthe Liver is Regulated in its action health is almost invariably secured. Indigestion or want of action in the Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Paiu in the SBhoulders, Cough, Dizziness, Sour stomach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, Eal{;ltauon of the heart, depression of spirits or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms Srumons’ Liver REGULATOR is the best remedy that has ever been discovered for these silments, It acts mildly, effectual}iy, and being a simple vegetable compound, can do no injary in any quantities that it may b 2 taken. litis harmeless in every way; it has been used for fort{ years, and hundreds from all parts of the country will vouch for ite virtues, viz: Hon. Alexapder H. T—— Bteguena, of Georgia ' | R Bishop Pierceofa.; I I‘’ ER John Gill Bhorter, of . Alabama; Gen, John : o .18 B.Gordon, R. L. Mott esssessssmsssmese 0f Columbus, Ga., are among the hundreds to whom we can rcfer. Extract of a letter from Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, dated March 8, 1B77: *‘l occasionally use when my condition requires it, Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regulator, with good effect. It is mild, and suits me better than more activé medicine. " s It is not quantity o Beaten that gives you ; i strength, life, blood & ¢ : / , {§health, It is through ; : dlfieauon of the food - | §taken let it be much or little: Therefore, do not stimunlate up the stomach to crave food, bat rather aesist digestion after eating by taking - b ‘ i : SIMMONS’ LIVER REGIII_;A'I’Q)R_ ORIGINAL and only GENUINE, 5 ' MANUFAOTURED ONLY BY o J. H. ZFILIN & CO., ¢ % P ~ PHILADELPHIA, PA. 501 y, Brice, $l.OO. Sold by all droggiste, Sick Heudache) AADTED G| Py Sured by . AREE N these Little Pi s, M ORI LIV | ney also reltovell £ e T Oanote Rattrie | [L': L " E y@ (,‘ ;Afé}{q‘m‘n "‘f:ffifa#‘u@x{rfii ki f - Bl RLB S 5 g e i Rpe il e %fig bzl ILR 88l e Cens e e Spin oo A S e Rgged o g i f o iff‘fi” Bow lo and B G ?‘?fi’ ~,a,th; b gk et ‘?" hill & dose. BB R e ~Tfifw*,¥:§%ffi Pri r“*"? Coents IR AR &»}WE%;@;{M; -'r“;“.'-a- fa e cents, i -1 GARIER MEDICINE CO, Prop'rs; Erie, Fa,~ | éf Fivs Viain by mat for ono doiiar, M
THE OBSTRUCTED TRACK.
On a crisp night in October, the wind rustled the leaves in the woods that surrounded Viola Vathek’s house. S e
Above the fair girl, who looked out of a small dormitory window, shone countless stars: she might have seen Bootes and Oion had she looked up, but that night the worlds of heaven had noattraction for her.
She was listening to astrange sound borne from the west by the nocturnal breeze that chilled her cheek. I might have said with propriety, a succession of sounds, for it seems that some persons were cording wood or moving heavy timbers not tar away. Save the noise, the night was quiet, and she heard without interruption from the window of her boudoir. ;
“I believe it is in Gwyenne’s Cut,” she said, at last, to herself. “Perhaps some villain is obstructing the track for devilish purposes. The Red Bird will soon be due, and this is Ed’s trip down.” : s
Her face grew a trifle paler, as she spoke, and a moment later she stood before the ancient wall sweeper in one of the lower rooms. The moonbeams stealing in at the window, fell - upon the face of the dial, and told Viola that it was twelve o’clock. ; S
- “T'welve!” she murmured. “What! twelve o’clock, and he whistles to me at half past! My heavens! What if the track is obstructed in Gwyenne's Cut!” ! Tl kbl
With the last words on her lips, she turned and left the house. oy At the gate she paused and listened. The sounds were still to be heard, and she believed that they emanated from a spot 1n the cut near the cattle guard. Then she started forward again, and crossed the meadow that; lay between her home and her destinition. The stars looked down upon a little object that glittered like silverin Viola’s hand. It was a revolver, and her fingers held it tirmly. Once or twice she glanced at it as if to satisfy herself that it was there. Then shelooked up'again with an air of determination. :
She was the belle of the country she inhabited. Her father was dead, and, with her widowed mother and a little brother of twelve, she dwelt in the humble house won by the sweat of that father’s brow. / ; A railway station called Beaumont, was the only settlement near, and it was six miles from her home. She seldom went thither, for there was no society there, and she could enjoy herself better at home.
The track of iron was the making of Beaumont, for the road was new, and towns were springing up all along the line. Viola could see the cars from her window, and often had she sat there until the flaming head-light of the midnight express had appeared and disappeared. : An opening in the woods enabled her to see the light for a moment, and then the highted windows of tne cars. : ! ;
Did the engineer know that she was watching—that this engine gave two shrill shrieks that seemed to say, “Viola] Viola?” She always smiled when she heard the sounds, and with the smiles lingering on her face, or a blush; she would listen to the rumbling of the train as itdied away beyond the cramped boundaries of uncommereial Beaumont., , , _ The brace of shrieks, loud and shrill, told her who drove that engine towards the great city onlhe Mississippi’s banks. Sherecalléd the day, one year since, when the first engine she had’ ever. seen stopped at Beaumont, scarcely a station then.. ‘ The engineer was young and handsome, and when he saw her examining the great driving-wheels and looking wonderment upon the mighty beauties of his iron pet, he leaped to the ground. . “A pretty piece of machinery,” he said to her, “and she goes along like a bird.” : ; : :
She blushed when she caught his eye, and the sound of the voice thrilled her. . . |
~ Overcoming her timidity, he helped her into the cosy little apartment on the engine, and explained to her the wonderous mechanism of the beautiful monster; then he said good-:bye, and she saw the train move off, and his hat waving froin the engine was the last thing she saw as it darted around the curve, : - A week later she found herself at the station talking to him again.— Their meeting seemed purely accidental, and no doubt it was such; but I am sure the meetings that followed it were not. . i
By and by Ed. Gordon, the engineer, carried a picture over his heart, and on Viola’s bureau lay the photographer’s resemblance of his face. . Thus the acquaintance at the station, during the Red Bird’s trial trip over tl‘ga' new road, had ripened into love, anhd the two midnight shrieks told her he was safe and was driving his engine towards the river metropolis. 3 ; i
She sat at the window oftentimes with a lamp on thesill, and often fancied that she could see him leaning from his engine with eyes fixed to cateh a glimpse of her before the train would be swallowed up by the woods again, T - This was excitement and joy to Viola; but it was passing way. The time was coming when Ed. Gordon would leave the road and accept the superintendency of the company’s car shops in a flourishing city. g But let me return to the October night when Viola left her home to investigate the sounds that seemed to come from the cut. :
She felt that obstruetions were being placed upon the track in the dismal place. Of late the company had incurred the hatred of certain persons around in the vicinity of the station, -and once or twice the track had been . tampered with, but fortunately to no _serious extent. | e ot ~ The night express generally went through the cat with undiminished - Bpeed, for no obstructions had been encountered there, though the cattleguard in the center would assist the evily disposed: - G S Viola: ab: last reached the cut into which the mellow moonbeams fell,and paused.. Something high and dark obstructed the very spot where the cat-‘tle-guard seemed to be, and she ,i‘)eld her breath, It was twelve o’clock when she left the house, and her walk had ‘occupied a -number of precious min‘utes. . The shriek of the Red Bird would soon” be heard, and a moment thereafter its head-light would flash dintothecutorgorge. ==~ | She saw more than a pile of strong ties on the track. She saw the dark figure of a man moving about the pyr‘amids, as if contemplating his night’s work and speculating upon the death | and ruin he would cause. She watch-
ed until she believed. that one man had accomplished the diabolical deed, then crept forward through the brushes that lined the side of the cut, until ?l_le stood within about ten feet of Him. " ;
.4T'll go baeck to the station now,” she heard himn say to himself. “I ean get there before the accident, and when it occurs, whky I can run upthere and ses him under ruins .of his engine, so crushed that that doll-faced little girl of his will not recognize him.” 3 - L
A cruel l:xj’u%;n rippled over his lips as he stepped back from she heap. of ties, several of which hé had forced into the guard, where they were wedged like posts of iron. He enjoyed his own wotds, and viewed the work of liis mad hands. , ; “I’ll erush the Red Bird,” he said, turning away, “and put him out of my path forever!” : . The last words, full of devil’s triumph, stiliquivering on his lips,when Viola stepped from the shadows and thrnst the muzzle of her revolver in‘to his face.
Ie started back with a cry of horror and muttered her name. ¢
“This is your revenge, Morgan Duke,” she said, looking steadily into his eyes. “Now, obey my commands, or there will be a lifeless body on the track, to be mangled- among the ruins of the night express. To. work at once! Off with your coat, and remove every obstruction your wicked hands have placed there!” o
He looked at her, and a curse fell from his lips. ; “The train cannot be saved now,” he whispered, and there was joy in his tones. i o
“It took me one long hour to obstruct the guard. In twenty minutes, or less, perhaps, you’ll see the Red Bird’s head-light up the cut.” “Villain!” she cried, “if this track is not cleared when I see her head-light, I’il drive a bullet through your brain! You know what to do, I will talk no longer!” : , i Covered by her revolver as he was, Morgan Duke, the station-master, went to work. A
Viola never took hereyes from him, and the silver moon that rested over the cut showed his every movement. He was on the, pile of ties, hauling them, one by one, with the strength of a modern Sampson upon.the not over wide grace. He worked for life, for he knew when the thundering train was due, and a glance at the girl on the track told him that she would surely kill him if ‘he did not do ber bidding. [ Once she said to him, as he paused for breath before attacking the ties which he had driven into the cattleguard: » T ' - “I never thought this of you, Morgan Duke. When I rejected you, I thought you would bear it out like a man.”
He replied not, but glanced at his wateh. ; . . . “[Half past 12,” he said. “To work!” was the stern command, and Viola stepped forward and bro’t the revolver nearer his head. - He tugged at the ties with great strength, and large drops of perspiration stood out out on his rogueish forehead. ey : o “I can’t move them,” he said, at last, turning upon Viola. “You must!” she said. , “But 1 drove them in with - a big sledpe” - . “I did’nt hear the sound.” It was deafened with my coat,” he said. SHeniiias
"Thegirl’s face grew paler than ever, and she-glanced fearfully up the long cuf. § Sy : ;
“J'ake them ()_ll~'£!'7 ‘she said,:suddenly; “the train is coming! I hear it!”
~ The villainous station-master heard the rumbling, and again turned tothe ties. Vi S
“You have your choice!” Viola said to him. *“A ballet or an unobstrueted track!” ' : ' She watched him as never woman watched man before. She knew that he was doing all that could be done to undo his wicked work, and while she watched, her heart grew still beneath the rumbling of the express. .
*He'll soon call me,” she said to herself. “There! There!”The familiar shrieks cleft the cool October air, but they brought no joy to her heart. She was not ? the old window beside the light hé leved! to hail from his engine. Perhips she would be the first to kiss his cold’brow beneath thestars in Gwyenne’s. Cut. She.almost shouted for joy when she saw the first tie drawn from the guard by the desperate man. i | “Quick, the sledge, break the guard,” she cried. G
“Gods! 1 never thought of that,” he said, and the next moment he was shattering the long guard with the heavy sledge. s : . At last the piece was broken, and he thrust the other ties down into the long opening he had made.
% At that moment the train, Tounding the curve, ddashed into the cat, and the flashing head-light,not 20 feet away, almost blinded the eyes of the twain. : ;
Morgan Duke ‘stepped from the track and’ threw himself upon the, heap of discorded ties, ntterly exhaus-! ted.- He saw triumph in the girl’s eyes, and watched: her as the train came on. ey :
00, for strength to hurl her upon the track, and beneath the wheels of ‘the thundering train. ~Her revolver had ceased to cover him, but-he could not haveé lifted even a child,
.The train dashed byl Viola saw her lover’s face for a moment, and an exclamation of thankfulness welled from her heart. He wassafe, and the precious lives he carried westward had escaped Morgan Duke’s machinations ! e e
“You’re a. worker, Morgan: Duke,” she said to him, smiling. “We willseparate here.” T : He looked at her for a moment in silence. i FRI R
“Are you going to tell?” he f(inally asked. S ; “Such men as you are dangerous,” she replied. S “Then you are going to expose me, ViOlfl?" . ,; “1 am.” F j < Tle did not reviy. { - i They parted forever there. Morgan Duke was never caught by the officers of the law;. but justice afterward overtook him. The:iron wheels of a railroad train crushed him on the track. . . E The company presented Viola with a beautiful house, when her husband took charge of the car shops. .J know she will never forget hex'-f;;,!e;;;t in Gwyenne's Cut with her rejected lover. . ATTENTION, FARMERS! See K. W. Fischer before purchas ing gaour fish, Don’t forget the place—--86 Banner Block T
Has the Currency Been Contracted? 3 {Cincinnati Enquirer.)
- Here are some currency questions that are important. Two of them we have frequently answered. The third has just been answered in our telegraphic columns. These are the queries: 5
- HosxinsviLLe, 0., July 30, 1878, To the Editor of the Enquirer: Please answer the following through the columns of the Enquirer: : 1. How much cuirency had we in circolation at the close of the war, and of what was it comgosed —l, e., how much gold, silver, greenbatks, &c.? 2. How much have we at present, and of what is it composed? . | - i 3. A%pruximately. how much gold will there be in the United States Treasury the Ist of August? : Respectfully, B
It is insisted by the agents of the Money Power that there has been no contraction of the currency since the war. They appeal to the fact that the volume of greenbacks and of National Bank notes has not been much diminished since 1865. ' The defect of their argument consists in the fact that so many things that in 1865 entered into the circrlation of the country, neither greenbacks nor National Bank notes, have been withdrawn from it. The contraagion in the volume of those two. forms of currency has been insignificant compared with the contraction other than.this that has taken place. During the war various forms of public indebtedness were made legal tender. ' It is within the common. knowledge that the seven-thirty bonds and other notes were not only legal tender, but actually formed an important part of the circulating medium. At the close of the war there were nearly two thousand millions of dollars in various shapes that might have been used as money, and a large part of which was so used. ; The circulation as it was reported October 31, 1865 (which, was not its highest point), was $1,894,779,825.66. It consisted of greenbacks, National Bank notes, compound interest notes, temporary loans, certificates of indebtedness, fractional currency, &e. The seven-thirty 'Treasury notes alone amounted to $830,000,000. 1y the refunding of the interest-bearing bonds and the withdrawal of the legal-ten-der property, the money of the country is practically limited to the notes of the United States amd the notes of the banks. The greenbacks commanded by law to be outstanding are $347,000,000. The National Bank notes are about $300,000,000. There is a little silver and a little fractional currency in circulation, not enough, or not enough change in itssvolume, to materially affect the general fact of contraction. The obligations of the Government during the war were issued in! fifteen different forms, and nearly all were to a greater or less extent ‘in use as ‘money. When the policy of contraction began it was ‘directed 'insidiously- to the forms of ‘currency other than greenbacks and National Bank notes, because the policy would thus*more easily escape notice. The National Bank notes were unmolested, but the greenbacks did not escape. Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to retire greenbacks to the amount-of four millions per month. Congress stopped this ina few months, in obedience to public sentiment, but the ‘disposition of the Money Power was none the less apparent, and the track of itis remorseless finger upon. every other form of money than the greenback was not hindered.. _Three quarters of the possible circulating medinum was made circulating mediumno longer. The details of the Treasury statements showing the fact we have repeatedly printed. John Sherman claims to have $2OO, 000,000 in coin in the Treasury. How much he would liave after satisfying all demands on the 'l'reasury no man save Sherman, or some one in his confidence, carv tell.
S O —— The Klight for Life,
How many times a day do we see people who are constantly battling for life against fearful odds! Many of them commenced life with health, strength, and mental capabilities, that were the admiration . of their fellows and the envy of their friends, butin their - insatiable desire for -wealth, pleasure, or fame, thes thoughtlessly threw health to the winds and disregarded its simplest laws, until they were finally brought face to face with some dread disease, which caused them to stop in their headlong courss and seek to regain that priceless jewel, the great importanee of which is often so little appreciated. In this manner they treated as trivial the small pimples that first made their appearance upon the face and body. But these little eruptions were not to be ignored; they gradually increased in number, and finally became sonumerous as to be a subject.of remark, and owing to the poisoned condition of the blood and the imperfect action of the liver, emaciation naturally followed. Skin became yellow, appetite poor, breath offensive, tongue coated, eyes sunken, pains at times in gide or back, followed by general langl%r and loss of energy, which 'unfitted them for business and pointed directly to their bodily infirmities—liver disease and poisoned blooed, People thus afflicted should resort immediately to the use of Dr. Smith’s Stillingia Blood Purifier, which is sold under the positive guarantee that the money paid for it will be refunded, if perfect satisfaction is not given. Sold by druggists at 75 cents; sent by mail, post-paid, for 80 cents. Dr. B.A.Smith & Co., proprietors, Erie Pa. : : o
' Base Swindle. = (Indianapolis Sentinel )’
The trade dollar is avorth but ninety cents says John Sherman through his serf, Linderman. On July 25 the National Banks of this city recevad acircular announcing this fact. These banks have no trade dollars to-day; they were all paid out to the people at - par. The paymaster of one of the railroads passing througl here drew from one of these National Banks three thousand trade dollars, which were paid tothe employes of the road. Thus were the laborers swindled out of $3OO in one day, and the bank that paid the ‘money knew thab it was playing a sharp trick when it did so, for at té)e time it held in ils possession John Sherman’s circular saying that they were worth but mnety cents on the e Lady Beautifiers. ; ‘Tadies, you cannot: make fair skin, rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes with ail the cosmetics of France, or beautifiers of the .'vs.'orld.:,wlyia,iaepoorrhealth. and nothing will give you such good health, strength and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof. See another column. . . . 21912 : Keeg it before the people that the radical_party has already, paid miore’ than $100,000,000 of the Sputhern claitas, while the democratic party’s payments foot up about $5,000,000.
A Partial Truth as Bad as a Falsehood. The Treasurer of the United States, page 374 of Finance Reports, givg the total volume of United States p: per currency outstanding at the close of the fiscal year 1877, at $380,627,976. Add national bank currency, as given for Decemberl, 1877, $320,631,719, and we have a total paper money of $701,259,695, Thisdivided by a population of 43,000,000 gives a paper currency of $16.30 per head. France, which seems to be the ideal of paper money people, has a population of 36,000,000 and a paper currency' of $450,000,000, or $12.50 per head. TFrance has no:paper currency except notes of the bank of France, and no notes are issued of less than 100 franes, or $19.30. Shall we imitate her ?—lndianapolis News. (Comments by the Indianapolis Sun.) Taking the figures presented by the News without inquiring into their correctness, we have the total legalized circulating medium of ‘the United States as follows at the close of 1877: United States paper........ ... .i..... 8380,627,976 Bank notes, December 1, 1877. 2on s ene 820,631,710
TOLB) PRYEY Goi s 37’01,257!;.6975 Add t_he' coin, (liberal estimate)........ 60,000.000 Total currency..............;..:. 861,259,605
This sum divided by the population as above, 43,000,000, makes the aggregate currency per capita, $17.72. sl Now add the coin and paper money of France together, and see what they have.! We take the amount of paper as above stated from the News, and the -amount_of coin money, as given by Mr. Ernest Seyd, a eareful statistician and economist, and which he presented before the British Society of Art, in March last. His figures are also corroborated by official statistics and estimates: : e French paper m0ney................8 450,000,008 French gold and silver c0in..:.....,, 1,_(300,000,’(}09' T0ta1............. .o /L 20 . $2,050,000,000 Divide this sum by tire population of France as given above, 36,000,000, and we have a per capita of circulating medium of $56.84, more than three times as much as there is.in the United States. - % i
- ‘Eliza Pinkston. : (Selinsgrove Times.y . o A great deal has been said about Mrs. Pinkston, a colored woman who' bad been brutally abused by unknown persons at night during the election campaign in Louisiana, in 1876. -This brutal treatment of this woman occurréd just a few : days before the meeting of the Returning Board, and it happened in that particular parish that the Republicans desired to disfranchise by throwing out the vote of the whole parish. - As soon as the Retusning Board met, this woman was dragged to. New Orleans before the Returning Beard and made-a public exhibition of by carrying her into the room of the Board on a sofa. We have always had but one opinion about this Pinkston outrage, and it don’t require much discerning ken to’ fathom the motive of the deed and to know who caused it. - There is no doubt whatever that this outrage was conceived by ecarpet-bag - politicians and . executed by hireling negroes, probably roughs from New Orleans, and that the outrage was specially committed to produce a 'case in order. to bring befors the committee of visiting statesmen and others who were down to New Orleans to witness the count. = No other reasonable solution can be given. The outrage itself, the place of its locality,"the time when committed, the use made of it by bringing the woman before the Returning Board at New Orleans in such a public manner, and the persistent effort made constantly since by the radical leaders to keep this particular outrage before the public as evidence in justification of changing the result of an election of a-whole State, all combine to show that it was a sét up job for’ the particular oecasion. We have not a shadow of doubt of th's, and, may be, sooner orlater the whole truth will come ‘out just -as others have alraady come to light regarding the election frauds. =~ o ¢
el e B - ] An Undenidble Truth,
~* You deserve to suffer, and if you lead a miserable; unsatisfuctory liferin this beautiful world, it is entirely your own fauly and there is only one excuse for yow;—your unreasonable prejudice and skepticism, which has killed thousands. Personal knowledge and common ‘sense reasoning .will soon show you that Green’s August Flower will cure you of liver complaint, or dyspepsia, with all its. miserable effects, such as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, dizzi, ness of the head, nervous prostration, low spirits, &e. Its sales now reach every town on the Western Continent and not a druggist but will-tell you of its wonderful cures. .You can buy a sample bottle for ter cents. 'Three doses will relieve you.. For sale by Scott & Sandrock, Ligonier. 27-eow.
Western Men and Ideas. [New York Evening Post.]
Mr. Hendricks shows us the course | of the democratic canvass, not only for members of Congress this ygar, but for President in 1880. It is cer: tain that Mr. Thurman must walk in the way marked out by his rival or give up the contest. Itis not surprising that Western candidates are com= pelled to bow to Western opinion; but this curious qiestion arises: What. will Eastern hard-money Democrats do when they meet their brethren of the West in National Convention. It is plain that even ‘the sounding and glittering but ineffectual generalities which garmished the St. Louis: platform will not be tolerated two years. shence. What will the Eastern leaders do? Will they surrender or se-: cede? Fdl D ies sl il ST ' Good Joke on Aleck Stephens.. The feeble condition of Alexander. 11. Stephens warrants him in earrying a small flask of good whisky for medicinal purpsses, and, when he becomes exhausted from speaking in the open air, he draws out the flask and takes a drop before the audience. The other day he. was expatiating upon the principles of Jefferson, and in the mid-' dle of one of his most glowing passages, stopped and took a drink from the bottle. Resuming at once the ‘thread of the discourse, he said: “Yes, fellow-citizens, this is true Democra¢y,” whereupon the audience, thinking of the whisky and not of the discourse, clapped and smiled audibly at Old Aleck’sexpenss. " - ST bkl At e B L Sootly Soemtad Experience tells us that &m%?% delicate odor renders & person of the ‘plainest features agreeable and attractive. A delightful odor from a ludy ‘Dr. Price’s Alista Bouquet, Concealed oral Riches ‘will make
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- pren el Noourge o * Latest -advices from Grenada are that the negroes are dropping down like sheep and will not help themselves. The Relief Committee send for twenty nurses. The Vice-Presi-‘dent of the Howard Association writes: “Five per cent. of the whole population have died. Seventy-five negroes - ‘were taken down. The New Orleans doctors are dumbfounded at the malignity of the disease. Our efforts are paralyzed for want of proper remedies. We are shert of lemons, rice, beef tea, and in fact of all kinds of nourishment for the sick.” Acccrding to a report of the T'imes the actual per centage of mortality at New Orleans as de- , termined by the New Orleans physiy, cians, is' not more than 25 per cent. -Ten car loads of lime have been order‘ed from Cairo, and the work of disin‘fecting the alleys and streets has beigun. The hopes entertained at Memphis from the decrease in the number } of new cases and deaths that the fever was abating, were dispelled yesterday. by an increase of over 100 per cent., both in number of deaths and new cases. The colored population, which ig now largely 1n the majority; are acting well and heartily co-operating with the whites. = A meeting has been called by prominent colored men for | the purpose of organization to assist | the whites in relieving distress and -guarding the property, which the peo‘ple in the panic of last week left ungarded. Their action in the present - emergency speaks volumes, and has greatly -incredsed the confidence reposed in them. Among the most efficient on the police force now are the negroes.. At Vicksburg Wednesday the new cases were estimated at fifty; deaths, twenty-two. The appeals for relief to the Howard Association and . Masonic Orders are promptly responded to. The panic produced by the fever at Jackson, Miss., is described as unparalleled.—People fleeirg in eyery direction. JackBon is almost;deserted, and the situation truly horrible.
- T'he National Banks, Y (Indianapolis Sun.). | ‘ ] | When the National bank notes areretired and greenbacks substituted, the National banks will still be requir ed to pay taxes on their deposits just ‘aB they and other banks now are. ;- When the National bank notes are ~withdrawn and greenbacks substituted, the National banks will still be ta:ied on their capital stock as at pres‘ent. 2 3
' When the National bank notes are withdrawn and greenbacks substitut- - ed, the National barks will continue to pay every State and local tax that they now pay, and thieamount of their - taxables will not be reduced one single farthing. : b If any National banker withdraws from the banking business because the right to issue notes is withdrawn, hig'capital will still remain 10 exist- i ence and will be subject to taxation just the same as the capital or property of any other citizen. . ! When the National bank notes are | retired and greenbacks substituted, | the people will save over $15,000,000 ‘each year in taxes. s e '~ What wWe mean by ‘“substituting” greenbacks for bank notes, is not to give the greenbacks to the banks on the same terms as they now have the bank notes, or on any other terms; but to have the greenbacks substituted for bank notes in the channels of business, by having the government pay them out in the purchase of silver ‘bullion, the payment or redemption of . bonds or in payment of salaries and for supplies, ete. * ° [l o
Senator McDonal®’s Posifion. = (Evansville Couriers) (- ' . 1 ~ls not the Terre Haute Express a trifle. unreasonable and unjust when it alludes to Senator McDonald as a -hard money man? It istrue that the _ Senator himself says he believes that “a specie basis is the normal financial condition of every commercial country.” but does he not also say that he believes “in the fullest manner in the . right of the government to use her credit in the form of treasury notesfo any extent her creditors will receive them.” More than that, he takes very broad greenback ground when hesays: “While the government is carrying so large a debt, I see no reason why she shouid not, as far as possible, relieve the people of the burden of the debt, as to interest, by the free use of the . ‘treasury mnote, and thus lighten the burthen of the government and at the | same ‘time furnish a safe circulating medium.” e :
When to Eat Fruit. : The Spanish proverb has it: “Fruit is golden in the morning, silver atnoon, ‘but lead at night.” = Americans do not ‘seem to have heard of this proverb, ‘nor to have made one from their own experience. Mostly they eat fruit at - -night, and hence they have not the . sovereign idea of it that they would if "t‘he’y had eaten it at the proper times. . They eat it as a dessert at dinner.— This may be the most proper time to | eat dried fruits, but it is not the right ‘time to eat the juicy.ones. The Spanish people learn their proverb from ‘eating the wery juicy fruits, like or--anges. Those should be eaten in the- - a little before breakfast—not later than noon. ; Early in the day _ they will, if eaten, prove to be the best possible medicine for the bilious.
Elizabeth Tilton and Bessie Turner. - The New York Sun says that with4in a few days Mrs. Tilton has taken Bessie Turner into her household.— The girl came to her with a:pitiful ‘story of her attempts to earn a living. _The coldshoulder was turned upon her ‘by Beccher’s friends. - . Mrs. Tilton has explained to a lady friend how she came to make herlast tonfession. She went one Sunday to ‘Plymouth church heavily veiled and took a seat in the gallery. No one recognized her, and but two or three persons knew she was there. ‘Beecher, ignorant of her presence, preached hiz powerful sermon on the downfall o his. relative, William C. Gilman, the forger, and the burden of his argumentwas that a confession was the only . balm of a guilty soul. e e 3 Death of Bailey Peyton. =~ - NASHVILLE, Aug. 19.~The Hon. Bailey Peyton died at his residence in Gallattin yesterday afternoon of eftasion of the brain. He was a Rep‘resentative in Congress from 18338 to 1837 ;. served wmflfli eneral mfi% migfimh# seq’ Llly appointed minister of Chili = by em nore; afterwards . ?@Mfflu?w orney for Fr nd In 18 ‘“”“s’““e Sialh olon: T n Tennessseon the Bell and Ever.el é“‘;%*},s e 0&%&{%« 154 e i Qg% ofalutron ottha tier
