Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 December 1879 — Page 2

° e . S CE . )X e T Rail Road Directory. — e : 5 : 5 ‘ " LAKE SHORE A eAN e S 4 . 1 3 1 - ] - vy - BBC e ¢ Mich. Southern Bail Road. On and after September 20, !;?78, traiug will leave : Stations as follows: = 7 . SN lG OING EA S“T.”Tiﬁﬁﬁfiaﬁz Express. " Stations, -~ || press. «e W2O am..|........Chicag0.,......1.. 535 pm.. -« 119 pm !....-.;.E1kharc........!.. 950 oo Ll ey avladas oo QoS oo o BELD b a 4 vuleie...MiHersbarg ... .. | ~———e e <156 Snibas ....Ligouiur.....-.1..1042 i ~= 207 pefoaeee. . Wawaka Ll | ———— 0218 L |.e....:Brimfleld ... .|| — e—— ) sl Kendaliville. .00 1L 108 o b ﬁ-10pm..".....4...T01ed0......-.. .. 240 am.. Chicago E;-—l-a_()"f,‘ffé WES T_—l Pacific Express. | - Statiouns. press. Al 05am..|....;. T01ed0,...:....|..1201 am. ] <« 280pm..|......Kepdu11vi1e.i...}.. 800 s 4{_ 245 vi|vseee.Brimtield ....... | ——cc——1% 0d vefineeae- Wawaka ... | ——————— .. 307 l Ldgomter. ... ... .. 840 -.. oo 32 vifees--.Millersburg...... | ———co—ou -+ 338 clvsGhaeaGoshen .Lo oLI 410 - .. 400 o ........E'khart........l_. 438 4 BOODPM::|.cens :sOhiCRgO o 1l 820 8. ‘Where time is not given, irains do not stop, Atlautic and Pacific Express trains leaves daily both ways, ’ CHAS. PAINE. Gén. Supt., ; - -Cleveland, Ohio. T. C. MONTGOMERY, Agent, Ligonier, Ind.

. . Pittsburg, Ft. W, & Chicago R. R. From and after November 10th 1872, trains wi'l leave stations as follows: i i FJ(E}.— Maii (going wesr. Pac Ex,|Nt. Ex. No L. | N 0.5. | Staticne, { No. 7. | No. 3. 1145 0m 600 amj. Pucmnrg..‘ 900 am| 150 pm 1253 amj 745 «Rochester.. 11012 i 255 - 310 1100 _.Alhance .. |[1250 pm! 535 450 1255 pm|...Orrville..| 226 | 713 100 ! 311 l.Manstieid .| 440 7 |9 20 730 350 pm,Crestline..A.' 515 _:_‘M_i_xir_l 150 onne ..:i(}resj;liuc WL.j 540 1 955 pm 925 Foass oo Barest 00l Tab {ll 25. W 0 Lo aarcailima ol 900 |l2 25'am i%pm..-....,lF‘o’rt' Wayne 11 55 | 240 350 ;......,|..Plymoulh..: 246 am! 455 100 pm!.... ....l..Chicago...: 600 am! 758 am Nt. Ex. FastEx.l GOING RAST. |Atlc Ex,l Mail. No. 4.vi No. 2. | Stations. I No. 6. | No. 8. 910 pm; 830 am|.. Chicago -] 518 pmiaas o R46am 1148 | .Plymouth.| 855 )., .o 655 225 pm Fort Wayne 1130 l 855 420 sl el 130amj.... .... 1010 597 - Berestoiil 98y i o 1L 45am’ 655 pm|Crestline..A. £V ami.... ..., 1205 pm| 7 15 pm Crestline. L.} 415 am| 6 05 am 1235 745 .-Manesfleld .| 455 ‘6 55 226 938 ...Orrville ..} 700 815 @ 400 1115 .. Alliance...| 900 11920 622 1 20 am|..Rochester. |ll 06 200 pm T3opm| 230 am!._Pittsburg .!12 15pm| 330 pm e conert ’-"'“ﬁr—’“—‘——_—‘-‘“_,_—f__*m Trains Nos. 3 and 6, daily; train No. 1 leaves Pittsburgh daily except Saturday; train No. ¢ will leave Chicago daily except Saturday.. All others daily, except Sunday. F.R. MYERS, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. ———— ettt e ettt et ee et et eete e et et Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R. Time table, taking effect May 11th, 1879, e RS TST 7 CIN TR pems Wl s o sRe e T SS L S e SBOUTH. " NORTH. No. 4. | No. 2. |A Statione}.L! No, 1; | No. 3, {llO pm!11 10 pm[lndianapolis | 4 20 am|: 6 55 pm %0 55 am| 940 pm|Anderson J..|| 605 am| 835 pm 1028 910 ‘.Alexandria."ﬁ?ﬂ 1910 939 | 817 !..:Marion.. ' 734 10 05 850 723 i---Wabasgh ..1 845 1110 : 204 63 iN. Manchestr} 925 11 50 718 845 -.. .Warsaw..[lol9 |i243am 449 513 cieMilford,.. (1052 - fixal . 634 457 .New Paris. 1109 134 620 440 ...Goshen... 1130 150 600 am| 420 pm'L. Elkhart. A 1150 am{ 210 am - Ctose connections made at Goshen and Elkhart withthe LS &« M S R R; at Milford with the B & O R R; at Warsaw with the P, Ft W & C R R;'at North Manchester with the D & ER R R; at Wabash with the T, W.& W R R; at Marion with the P.C &St L RR. Through coaches will be run on traing No. 3 and 4 between Elkhart and Indiapolis ' NORMAN BECKLEY, Gen. Man.

To Nervous dSufferers-—-The Great European Remedy--Dr. J. B. Simpson’s Specific Medicines, . s It-is=a positive cure for Spermatorrhe. Seminal, ‘Weakness, Impotency, and all diseases resulting from Self-Abuse, as Mental Aunxiety, Loss of Memory. Pains yTR RO TR (AOSR PSRRI |XI KSR in back or side, BEFURE, - A¥TER. a.hn(} giseases @‘s’s*&. : g £LTmy oo thatlead tocon- RSN o IR sumption, In- _qf(@\‘)‘ ~; ) g; ) sanity and an I‘\'@:}; Flh = (oL % early grave q‘g\“.:-g,:ti 3’ = _-; ﬁ “-»,r The Specific CHFEP =Bl »h:, . Medicine 18 be- ":‘3“} o R S X 5 ing ased withi AEEIRANDN X JESOS ¢ B | wonderful suc- = o Cess. ‘ Pa_th!ets sent free to all. Write for them and get full particulars. 4 % ‘ Price, Specitic, $1.60 per package, or Bix packages for $5.00. Address all ordersto . ‘ : J. B, SIMPSON MFEDICINE Co., i 20-Iy. Nos. 104 and 06 Main St.. Buffilo. N.YY.I | For sale by C. ELDRED & SONy Ligonier, Indiana. 3 SPECIAL SPECIFICS. DR.BOWESMITE’S S. S. i o\ TPACE 2o gTN \ B - & J 5 2 §4r 3\ D MARK i S\ \ FOR MEN and WOMEN. No- 1: Nerve-Anodyne and Tonic: Cures Seminal Weakness, and stops the devitalizing losses which canse Mental, Nervous, Sexual, Heart, and { other Diseases. Infallible Remedies. Three Medicines in each hox,—Pill form. s 'No. 2; Aphrodisiae and Tonie; Cures Impotence, Brain, Nerve, and Sexual Exhaustion ; Weakness of Body, Mind and Functions. A Rejuvenating Vital Food and Restorer. Action prompt. Two Medicines in each box,—Pill form. : : BOOK FREE by mail that every ome should read. For over forty years these Specifics have cured in every fair trial; Wence we warrant them. ‘‘Advice-sheel” with each box. Price, $1 per package, or six for $5, lasting (wo months; sufficient to cure in recent cases. Soid by Druggists; or sent by mail, securely sealed, on r,eceiﬁt of price b{ _ BOWESMITH SPECIAL SPECIFIC CO. No. 337 Wabaeh Ave.; or Lock Box 528, Chicago Sold in Ligonier by C. ELD RED & SONA_Drug gists, j 20-Iy.

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R R st T DRI L i Yok Al LM’ _ Prof. Harris, after many years of study, aided by chem4cal research and experiment, together with experience fained ivl!| the tt;-cutm(-m odf' gilurge numl()fr of clisel under 5118 care,has at last succee cd in compounding an NFALLIBLE REMEDY for the Scourge S 0 COMINON BMODYZ AP (Tl T 18 X . A Y N ¢ # e MAIDENS (&2 - AT :’ CALLED - . - W™ F ¥ 'E;\ ; LEUCORRHEA' - N :‘,’f-‘h,*.\., Fluor Albus S GENVENTN 0 r W BT 28 2NN ‘This disease, 80 prevalent among females, is but little anderstood by physicians, Its drain upon the system is ®0 excessive and gobilitating, that our American” women are rapidly becoming s “race of invalids,” incapable of g.roducmg healthy o&mr’m y or cnj(:{ing life's picasures. rof. Harrie’ Vaginal Putilﬁe, a new departure in medicine. A ﬂmroufhli common sense treatment. A%plled directly to the seat of the disease, and its specific influence exerted at onoe,'Koduting an jmmediate soothing and_restorntive efioct. ¢ application of‘ the remedy is attended with no @ain or unplensantness, and does not‘f;terfvr.e with the or#linary pursuite and pleasuros o?ife. Circulsrs ars sent in perfectly ¥llm envelopes, securcly sealed from observation, ax:d remed {putup in neat plain’ hoxes of three sizes, with 1L directions inside; No, 1, (enough to last a month,) #ss; No. 2 (enough tolast two months), $8; No. 3, lasting “three months, aud ample for cure, exceptl’ g in chronic cnses) 810, With ench box we send a Fermale Syringe and ‘some Tonje Pills, as auxiliarics to the Remcd({‘; 3 g;ml, stanip for 8 rnmphlet ivin’ full description g v, and illustrated g{ p nm'-howdng its fcation. This {mmphlet aloné is worth a fiun--4’:&11!:»« ite cost to any lady in delicate health, y g 8 gmomukmy g&cticu) treatise on this discase. ; » ' Vaginal Pastilles dan be obtained only from HARRIS REMEDY CO.MF6.CHEMISTS. Market and Bth Sts. BT. LOVIS, MO.

BOOKS:-MILLION the : B A large, new and complete Guide te \WO MAN “ed!oeg. containing, with many others e ";"'4W‘W' the iullowlnf‘chnmen: A Competens /‘_.‘,.mmgg;:{.ug: 222 Womanhood,Selection of Wife, Eviden--5 . Jees of Virginity, Temperameiits, comMARR'AGE \muhle and incompatible, Sleri’ity. in —a nalemd \\ 01nen, cause andtreatinent, Advice tu Bridegroom, Adviceto Husbands, Advice to Wives, Prostititution, its causes, Celibacy and Matrimony compared, Corjugal Duties, Coneeption, Continement, Love and é‘)uurl“ghip, linpedinments to Marriage in male and female, Science of Reproduction, Single Life considered, Law of Marriage and Divoree, Legal rights of married woien, ete., including Diseases peculiar to Women, their causes and tréatment. A book for private and considerate reading, of 320 pages, with full Plate Engravings, by mail, scalea, 50 cents. ‘““THE PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER?”’ Oni3 yphnilis, Gonorrheea, Gleet, Stricture, Varicocile, &c.,also on Spermatorrheea, Sexual Debility, and, Impotency, from Scif-Abuse and Excesses, causing Seminal Emissions, Nervousness, Aversion to Society, Confusion of Ldcas, Physical l)ccuy,,l')imness of Sight, Defective Memory, Loss of Sexual Power, ete., mnkinlg marriaze improper or unhappy, %ivmg treatinent, and a great many valuable receipts for the cure of all private diseases; L 43 pages, over 50 plates, DO cents. ; ¢ ‘Modical Advice,” Lecture on Manhsod & Womarkeod, 10c. FOR ONE DOLLAR wve send all three of the e ] above described books, nicely bound in one volume, conuuumix 600 pages and over 100 illustrations, and embracing evcr{ thing on the generative system that is worth knowing. The combined volume is positively the most popular Medical Book published. The ‘author i 3 an experienced physician of many years practice, (as iz well known), aud theadvice given,and rules }ur treatnient laid down, will be found of great value to those sutfering from iwmpurities ot the systew, early errors, lost vigor, or any of the numerous troubles coming under the head of “Private” or *Chronic” diseases.—Lustuge stunips tukca in payment for arg of these books. . DR. BUTTS’ DISPENSARY iﬁﬂt&';?‘}sm(: acquircﬂ a nnuona! reputation !or s!x" n tﬂe treatment of chronic diseases and complicated cases, Syphilis, Gonor. riteca, Gleet, Strieture, Orehitis, all Urinary Troubles, Syphis litie or Mercurinl affections of the throat, skin or bones, treated, with success, without using ]\lgl’cury:l d y mail and express. TSI g 1 por 11 i sonal consultation preferred, which 18 FJ;M; and invited, DR. BUTTS invites all persons suffering from RUPTURE to send him their pame and address, and hereby assures them that they will Jearn something to their advantage.——lt is not a Truss. & AV communications strictly confidential, and should be addressed to DR, BUT'TS, 12 North Bth St., St. Louis, MO.

’ PROF. HARRIS’ RADICAL CURF » FOR SPERF‘E].&I_%]TEORRH(EA. 1] ’ SEMINAL PASTILLE = ; A Valuable Discovery e and New Departure in AT RIR Medical Science,anentirely : mﬁlmm\ RSN Nevi{aend Sostxtm;l y eﬁ‘(-gt-St ive Remedy for the speedy \", § Trade Mark. and permanent cure. of R ‘ Seminal Emissions & i S Impotency, by the only WAPE'L SITEOF A SEMINAL PASTILLE[tTUE Way, Viz., Direct 1 z Apglication to the principal Seat of the Disease, acting by A sorvetion.and exerting its specific influence on the Seminal Vesicles, Ejaculatory Ducts, Prostate Gland & Urethra. Theuse ofthe Remedy is aftended with no painor inconvenience, and does not interfere with the ordinnrg pursuits of life; it is &‘;”“’Y dissolved and soon absorbed, Froducing an immeate soothing and restorative effect upon the sexual and nervous organizations wrecked from self-abuse and excesses, stoqgi\ng the drain from the system, restoring the mind to health and sound memory, removing the Dimness of Sight,Nérvous Debility,Confusion of Ideas. Aversion to Society,&c., &¢.,and the appearance of premature old age usually accompanying this trouble, and restoring perfect Sexual Vigor, where it has been dormant for years. Thismode of treatment has stood thetestin very severe cases, and is now a pronounced success. Drugs are too much prescribed in these troubles, and, as many &gu bear witness to, with but little if any ipem:ument good. Thereis no Nensense about this preparation. Practical observation enables us to positively guarantee that it will give satisfaction.—During thé eight years that it has been in general use, we have thousands of testimonials.as to its value, and it is now conceded by the Medical Profession to be the most rational means yet discovered of reaching and curing this very prevalent frouble, that is well known to be the cause of untold misery to so many,and upon whom quacks({)rqy with their useless nostrums and big fees, The Reme 1v is put up in neat boxes, of three gizes. NoO. 1 (enough to last amonth), $3; No. 2 (sufficient to effect a permanent cure, unless in severe cases,) $5; No. 3 (lasting over three months, will stop emissions and restore vigor in the worst cases), $7. Seutbty mail, sealed, in plain wrappers. Full DIRECTIONS for using accompany Each Box. Send for a Descriptive Pamphlet giving Anatomical Tilustrations, which will convince the most sceptical tlgt they can be restored to perfect manhood, and fifted for the duties of life, same as if never affected. Sent Sealed for stamp to every one. Sold only by HARRIS REMEDY CO. ¥IG CEEXISTS, Market and Bth Sts., ST. LOUIS, MO.

—AND — s == ‘ : e Cabinet = Rooms. == » - Y OIS O AR NSNS '\‘&/ AT NN Y M - \\\\ 5 b eSS NS & (@f{! SN A oSS : RRARIR NN 2 Y Amashase \i\x:@“\\\%\*’ - PP AN : c\‘ﬁk;"?}/l R ";,-" 77 i ! 8 \x‘/ £ 7 :}::/:/ Vi i (s - SRR e R. D. KERR Respectfully announces to the citizens of Noble county that he has always on hand a large and superior stock of CABINET WARE, *. Consisting In part of Dressing Bureaus, Tables, Stands and War -Robes, Lounges, Cupboards, Moulding, Chairs, Bedsteads, And in factieveri’thing usually kept in a first-class Cabinet Shop.. Particular attention paid to the Undertaking Businees. COFFINS Always on hand and made to order on short notice. Also all kinde of shop work made to order. Furniture Ware Rooms. corner 4th and Cavin streets, west side, Ligonier, Ind. 8 A good Hearse always in readiness. : May 8,1879.-Itf )

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Tone up the System b‘z using JORNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. It has been in use for méears, and has proved to be the best preparation in the market for SICK HEADACHE ’i’ﬁN IN THE SIDE OR BACK, LIVER COMPLAINT, PIMPLES ON THE FACE, DYSPEPSTA, PILES, and all Diseases that arise from a Disordered Liver or an lmgmre blood. Thousai.ds of our best people take it and 5)‘:5 it to ti.cir children. Physicians prescribe it y. Those who use it once recommend it to others, It is made from Yellow Dock, Honduras Sarsaparilla. Wild Cherry, Stylingia Dandelion, Bassafr Wintergreen and other well-krown valuablgsﬁoota and Herbs, Itis strictly veget - ble, and cannot hurt the most delicate constitu ' tion. Itisone of the best medicines in use fo. Bdgulatlnf the Bowels. It is sold by all resporsible druggists at one go{}:r for & quart hottle, or six bottles for five ollars, " Those who canuot obtain a bottle of this medicine from their druggist may send us one dollar, and we will deliverit to themn free of any charges. W. JOHNSCON & 0., Manufacturers, l%Je_aeuon &VenUY, ..., -..,.DETROIT MICH For Sale by C. ELDRED & SON, . Ligonier, Ind.

—A short time ago a boy of sixteen Kears, in Washington, D. C., had-one of is fingers crushed in the cog-wheel of a “merﬁy-go-around,” or flying horses, at the National Fair Grounds. The in{)ury seemed to be sl?ht at the time, but lockjaw set in, and he died. e eel e e L It is estimated that there are 10,000 well-educated young men in Paris who, for want of more lu‘fmtive employment, accept a fran¢ per day as copyists, :

Maine, Telegrams at hand indicate the result of the official count of the vote of Maine in the fall elections. The persons whose duty it is to count and declare the result of the vote find that the ¢ Fusionists’” have a majority in both branches 'of the Legislature. It is found that in the Senate there are elected twenty Fusionists to eleven Republicans; and that in the House there are seventy-seven = Fusionists against seventy-three Republicans. This places the Republicans in a minority of thirteen on joint ballot. It is reported from Washington that many Republicans are delighted at this result of the count, because it will furnish them *‘an excuse’’ to change the method of choosing * Presidential Electors in enough of the Northern States to determine the electiou of a Republican President next year. The experience of three years ago warrants us in saying that when the Republican party have the power to take a DPresidency they do not suffer from the lack of -‘‘an excuse.”’ . Maine had furnished no ‘“excuse’ in 1876 to steal three States; and whatever has happened in Maine this year, the remarkable feat has not been performed of making the same ten thousand votes, or a majority of that magnitude, count one way for one candidate and another way tor an opposing candidate. Tilden and Nicholls carried Louisiana by a majority of téen thousand, in round num‘bers, in 1876. The majority for Tilden was a little larger than the majority for Nicholls for the Governorship. « But while Nicholls was found to have been elected, Tilden was discovered to have been beaten. No such feat of political legerdemain as this has been performed in Maine, whatever has happened. The fact that Blaine has been in Maine endeavoring to prevent the result that is announced seems to indicate that the Republicans are not all delighted with the result of the count. : Of the merits of this contest we can hot judge at this writing. The report of the Canvassing Board, whose head is -the Governor of the State, will undoubtedly be printed in full, and then -we can all judge the reasons that have influenced their decision. Till then they are entitled to a presumption in their favor. The methods adopted by the Republicans to carry Maine are not unknown to our readers. After the election the Boston (flobe, a journal of high character, sent representatives throughout Maine on a tour of investigation. We have printed, and we reproduce, a resume of the results of this investigation. The wmost bare-faced bulldozing ever known is alleged, Blaine and his Republican colleagues resorting to the lowest tricks to carry their purpose. All liquor dealers were prosecuted just before the election, and to escape imprisonment and fines accepted the only alternative, to vote <the Republican ticket. - The Globe charged that District Attorneys in every county in the State acted in concert .in this respect, and whenever the unfortunates were too independent to do as they required it was so arranged that they were restrained of their liberties on election day. Parties convicted of theft, assaults and other crimes, it is alleged, have had their cases not presse«f for voting the Republican ticket. The Globe asserted that it had aflidavits to prove all its charges. It charged that young men who could not be coerced in their right senses were got drunk on campaign money supplied for the purpose. Dead men’s names were kept on lists and voted by Republican repeaters. Men known to be residents of Massachusetts were brought to vote the Republican ticket. Egitors of many papers had to support Republicans *under threat of withdrawal of advertising and other patronage. Before election all known to be opposed to Davis were discharged from the factories, and, in many places, in defiance of law and justice, checklists before the election were taken home by the ' Republican officials and doctored. Stage-drivers, many of whom now make no secret of the part they played, were employed all over the State to buy voters, they being well supplied with funds, receiving each for their pains from $5O to $lOO. Postmasters and every otlicial holding office in the State were ordered to subscribe and 2id in running down Democratic voters in addition to their other business, under threats of decapitation. Itis also charged that juries on the eve of election were drawn so as to include only Republicans. Students were allowed to vote in defiance of law. One foreman jn charge of a gang of twenty men is mentioned as having compelled men to vote for Davis under the penalty of losing their jobs. To show the straits to which Republicans were driven, a case is mentioned where a young man was allowed to vote at a certain town where his girl lived, although he lived ten miles off in Androscoggin County. A case is mentioned where a Sundayschool teacher nad his class taken from him because he wase a Greenbacker. It is possible that hidden among these and kindred facts may be found the reasons for the report of tile Canvassing Board.— Cincinnali Enquarer. .

_Garcelon’s Defense, Governor Garcelon, of Maine, telegraphed to the New York Sun on the Oth of December a statement justifying the reversal by himself and his Council of the election results claimed by the Republicans. His statement is ixddressed to the public and is as folOWS: ' O

Telegrams and suggestions having reached the undersigned to the effect that Governor Garcelon and his Council owe to the Democracy of the United States in particular, and the public generally, a full, explicit expiana»tion of exactly what they have done and why they did it, I herewith submit for general information a concise statement of the Constitutional requirements in relation to elections of Benators and Representatives in this State, the action of the Governor and Council in the discharge of the duty imposed upon them by that instrument, and the statute laws in accord therewith. ; & Here follows the Constitutional and statutory requirements, which the Governor summarizes further on. He then proceeds: o

In the discharge_of their duty of examining the returns and issuing certificates or summons to the parties appearing to be elected, the Governor and Council have not only endeayvored to follow both the letter and spirit of the Constitution and laws made in accordance therewith, indicated by their own fudgment, but the advice of their duly appointed legal ofticer, aided by the best legal talent in the State, And here let it be remembered that the decision of the Governor and Council is

not final. The Constitution makes the Senate and House of Rctpresentatives. respectively the final arbiters of the election of their own members. All the lists or returns which have been confided to the Council are to be laid before the Senate and House of Representatives on the first Wednesday of July, annually, and they shall finally determine who are elected. With those directions and requirements before them, what is the Governor and Couneil required to do? 'To examine these returns, ascertain their validity, and compare them with the provisions of the Constitution and the law. And,, : 1. They must bave been sealed in open town meeting, and in presence of the Selectmen, and, by necessary implication, must come into the hands of the Governor and Council in that condition. 2. They must be genuine returns, coming from bona fide. towns or plantations legally constituted and organized. - 3. They must be signed by the legal officers of the towns—that is, as elected by the counts, by a majority of the municipal of?izerg of atown or city, and certified by the lerk. ; t 4. They must contain a statement of the whole number of ballots cast for the officer voted for, and the office for which he was voted to fill. ; 5. They must contain the name of each person voted for with the number of votes against his name that were thrown for hin. 6. The names of the officers signing the returns must be written with their own hands (as per judicial decision, 68 Maine, page 587.) Applying these rules of the varied returns, a tabulation of the persons voted for for the different offices, with the votes each huas received, determines the result. In the inspection of returns and tabulation of the same, which has just been completed by myself and Council, it has been our purpose to apply to every return the same rule, to wit, compliance with the requirements of the Constitution and the law, without fear or favor. And if the result as to the political complex- | ion of the Legislature is diiferent from what was claimed by politicians interested in influenc¢ing the elections in other States, it is owing in part to the fact that the claim was untfounded, and in part to the carelessness of municipal officers in making their returns. The truth is, the popular vote was against the Reé)ublican party, and in the Representative and Senatorial districts the vote was extremely close. In addition to the fact that several persons fail to receive their certificatesin consequence of ‘*tatal defects’” in the returns from their towns or cities, there are others who would have beeén presumably elected but for the carelessness of the voters themselves, or the ignorance -of the candidates or those who provided ballots at the elections. The Judges of our Supreme Court have decided that balldts cast for William H. Smith and W. H. Smith are ballots to be counted separately. Several changes have resulted from this condition of things. In one county persons with as many as four different combinations of initials received the Republican vote and two the Democratic. That county was entitled to only one Senator, and there was no alternative but togive the certificate to the person having the highest number of votes. / In the Danforth district, already notorious, the name of the Republican, candidate was Charles A. Rolfe. The town of Danforth voted for Charles Rolfe. 'Fhe result was that his competitor received the certificate, and from like cause other changes have occurred. The great hue and cry about ‘ conspiracy,” ‘“fraud,” ete., arises from the tact that we have -taken the Constitution for our guide, fortified by the opinions of the Supreme Court of the State and the advice of several of the foremost legal gentlemen of the forum, and have not permitted substitution, alteration, or unauthorized amendments of the returns transmitted to us for examination, and by us to be transmitted to the Legislature for their final action. In other words, we have not resolved ourselves into a Returning Board to investigate fraud and bribery, illegal proceedings at the polls, and the thousand and one charges of corruPtion that are afloat, but have left this whole matter to the action of the Legislature, where it properly belongs. The Governor and Council have recognized the fact that the peoplc of Maine have adopted a Constitution and declared it to be the supreme law of the State. ' They have followed its requirements with fidelity and impartiality, and wher an intelligent public have brushed away the mists and false colorings which enraged and discomfited politicians have thrown around ou raction, and ‘the vituperation and slander that have been heaped upon us have given place to reasonand fair investigation, any condemnation of our course, either bg' the Demoeracy of the Nation or any fair-minded and honorable ipolitician of any ?arty,will be acknowledged with due submisgion. ALONZO GARCELON. ‘Augusta, December 20. "

.A Prime Article of Vinegar. THE fact that a prime article 'of vinegar always finds a ready market at a remunerative price makes it worth the while of every farmer having a surplus amount of apples and cider on hand to turn his dttention to the manufacture of cider-vinegar, which is the best kind made.

When vinegar is manufactured directly from the apples the usual method is to grind the fruit coarsely, cutting it up just sufficiently to gain juice, and iet the pomace remain in a vat for several days, long enough to undergo fermentation. Then press out and expose the juice in open vat or vessel two or three days, aili)ser which draw it off into barrels or casks .and let remain in a warm place, with the bungs out, until ready for drawing off and bottling or storing in closed barrels. : To convert cider into vinegar by allowing the acid fermentation to take place in a proper temperature requires considerable time. The cider is placed in casks or barrels—iron-bound whisky casks or old vinegar barrels are best—with the bungs out and stored either in loft, out-house or similar spot, warmed by the sun’s rays or kept at the right temperature by artificial heat. Farmers not unfrequently add a small amount of vinegar, water or a little - ¢“ mother’’ to hasten the operation. When a rapid conversion is desired the cider is moved to a higher temperature and poured from one barrel to another; to bring it into more direct contact with the air; or it is divided and exposed to the air by placing it where it will trickle through a cask filled with oak, beech or birch shavings previously moistened in vinegar By allowing the liquid to pass through the shavings two or three times it is soon converted into strong vinegar.

A method for many years practiced in France, and described in the Maine Farmer, is substantially as follows: Old cider or vinegar barrels, if sound, are preferred to new ones, but if new they are washed with scalding water; boiling vinegar is next poured in and the bung closed and the barrel allowed to stand until its sides become thoroughly saturated with the vinegar. This requires from one to three days, according to the material of which the barrel is made. ‘After this preparation it is filled about one-third with strong and pure cider vinegar and two. gallons of cider. Evelz eighth day thereafter two gallons of cider are added until the barrel is two-thirds full. ~ln fourteen days after the last two gallons are added tKe whole will have turned into vinegar, one-half of which is drawn off and the process of filling with cider begun again. In summer the oxygenation will go on in the sun, but in cool weatger the liquid is kept where the heat can be maintained at about eiﬁhty degrees. By this process it takes a little more than two months tolyrodfuce gixteen gallons of vinegar.—N. Y. World.

~ Since 1880, when the Georges fishery first commenced, there have been lost from the port of Gloucester, Mass., 2,118 men, and 405 vessels, valued at $17,696,399.

Religious. MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. AM I n;y brother’s keeper? It may be, Had I a single word of comfort spoken, It might have cheered some over-burdened heart, Without it—broken. Am Imy brother's keeper? It may be, - Had I but stopped one little hour to aid him, That little hour had wrought his task, before The toil dismayed him. - My brother’s ke'es)er! Yet I pass him by ; Uncheered, unhelped, unwarned of any danger. b $ Hard préssed by sin, and known of cruel gcormn; . - : To love a stranger. ; lam my brother’s keeper! Lord for%i\;e! ’ For while my useless hands were idle lying, He fell neglected by the weary way, Sore wounded—dying. . —Northern Christian Advocate. Sunday-School Lessons. | ' FIRST QUARTER, 1880, - Jan. 4—The Infant Messiah...... . Matt. 2: 1-12 Jan. 11—The Flight into Egypt.... Matt. 2:13-23 Jan. 18—Jesus Baptized by John.. Matt. 3: 1-17 Jan. 25—The Temptation of Jesus. Matt. 4: 1-11 Feb. I—True Disciples............ Matt. 5: 1-18 Feb. B—The Truly Rightcous.....Matt. 5:17-26 Feb. li—The Tongue and the Temver.. Matt. 5:3348 Feb.22—Giving and Praying..... . Matt. 6: 1-13 Feb. 29—Our Father's Care........ Matt. 6:24-34 Mch. 7—The Savior’'s Golden Rule. Matt. ¥: 1-14 Mch.l4—The False and the True. .. Matt. 7:15-29

— e & P—————— ~To an Inquiring Friend. ‘ IF a man desires to change any part of his life, inward or outward, he should at least give so much thought to it as to know what are the conditions and. circumstances under which ke is to work. If he purposes to change his mode of life from a lower to a higher one, from one. of self-indulgence to one of selfcontrol, from one of intoxication or conviviality to one of abstinence and sobriety, it is necessary that he should take into consideration such things as these: I cannot control myself if lam subject to present temptation; I cannot control myself if I am with persons who have great influence over me; I cannot control myself unless I have given me strength in the hour of weakness and fatigue. A purpose that is effectual must invariably cover, first, the act, and, second, the ‘dangers or liabilities which are inherent in the attempt to overrule it; and, still more, every right and efficacious purpose must cover the instruments which experience determines to be necessary in securing the end that is proposed. ' The cost, too, which may be required in the fulfillment of a man’s purpose must enter into the composition of his resolution, and become part and parcel of it. When you make up your mind to do a thing, see what you have to do it with, and how it is to be done, and then make up your mipd that you are willing to pay the pr%qe of doing it. When men turn from a sordid state to a generous state of mind, or from an i%no_minious condition of life to one of glory and honor, there is need of more than wistfulness, more than impotent wishing, more than a mere agreement with one’s self. It becomes a serious matter of calculation and preparation. Feeling bad over your wrong doing, wishing it were not so, lon%ring for a revival, yearning for some religious influence that shall come to save you, looking wistfully for some change of your relationship to God—nothing of this sort will preclude the necessity of a sense of your danger which shall arouse the latent forces of your being and which shall lead you to form a purpose that shall carry with it knowledge and instrumentality.

One of the frequent reasons for an imbecile purpose is that it is made upon an impulse and not upon judgment. A man may form a purgose without any consideration, without knowing what difficulties it involves. It often happens in business life and in our social relations that we hastily promise, and that when the time of fulfillment comes we find that that fulfillment involves a great deal more than we had any idea, so that we shrink back from it. We promise too much when we promise what we cannot fulfill, or when we promise what we cannot fulfill without a great deal of disagreeable experience. It is true that some of our strongest purposes are made under the influence of emotion; and it is also true that some of our weakest purposes are made without emotion, on purely intellectual grounds. In the formation of a purpose judgment and emotion should co-operate. If you feel that the life that you are living is an unmanly life; if you perceive that in the end it must terminate in your destruction; if you are conscious that you are pervertinE your powers of body and mind, and that you are educating yourself for final ruin; if you know that you are not fulfilling the destiny which you had before you in the inspiration of your youth; if, having departed from what God demands of you, and not being able to retrace your steps, you feel the need of divine help in order that you may rescue yourself-‘ from the perils to which you are exposed, no mere dreaming or wishing or praying will. suffice to bring deliverance; you must take a manly view of your duty, and, at whatever cost, must perform it. i

If you do not know how to do this, go to some moral guide and ask for advice, or—that which oftentimes will be 'a great deal better than mere couusel—sympathy. Members of the same house‘hold may be of great service to each other in this matter., The things that husband and wife are loth to talk about to each other are things which are vital to their moral character. Many a man will go and talk to a stranger about his resolutions for reformation when he will not talk about them to his wife. And yet a good counsellor is a wise and prudent wife, as is also a faithful and affectionate husband. But if you have not such a companion near you, who has ‘a right to be a buttress to your feeble wiﬁ or resolution, there are tﬂo.e in the community in whom you can confide, and to whom, if you mean business, you had better ‘ﬁ‘o. If your resolutions are mere eams or wishes whiéh are to pass away like a morning cloud and the early dew; there is nothing to be said; but if you want to be a good man, and leave off evil, and live a better hlife, da.mlil . cmt;ﬁé‘li“e %}n the true way to the end, then begin by getti somebody to help you who knos:s t!lll% right as you do not know it. Then your

weakness will be fortified, and your purpose will prevail. - ' When you have formed your purpose, and taken the first step by asking for help, see to it that you do not leave out the great Helper. See to it that when you have persuaded God you do not refuse to be - persuaded by Him. Your very moral sensibility must come from God’s working in you to will and to do of His good pleasutre. See to it that when the sunlight of Heaven shines on you it shall not shine on a slated roof, upon hard walls; or into an empty space.. Let it enter in to influence your soul. Always bear in mind that God sees you. Man may be absent. God never is. The best friend slumbers at times. The Watchman of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. Human love becomes wearied. Divine love never does. You, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children; and yet your -very ,Foodness is ' limited. God's is illimitable and inexhaustible. It is boundless as eternity. It is infinite. There is in 'creation ,no other such friend to you-as your Maker and as your Redeemer; and if you purpose to go up in life, and to be more manly, more true, more earnest and more spiritual; if you have undertaken so great a thing as the revolutionizing of your character, then when you have taken counsel with your earthly friends see that you take counsel with that Friend who is above all other friends, and that you make it a matter as solemn as everything should be and must be which a man does before the face of Him with whom he has to do.—Christian. Union. : :

Mark Twain on Private Secretaries. MARK TwAIN’S latest production, says a recent Washington special to the Chicago Times, is a letter giving his opinion of private seeretaries, in which he 'sits down rather hard upon Mr. Kirby, private secretary to PostmasterGeneral Key. The letter has caused a great deal of amusement among Mr. Kirby's associates. in the post-office, and that gentleman feels very much torn up in consequence, and probably will not be anxious to tackle the subject again, at least not for some time. Some days ago Mr. Kirby took occasion to write a letter to Mr. Clemens, in which he had the temerity to eriticise some comments made. by the gentleman upon a recent order of the %’ost—oiﬁce Department. Mr. Kirby felicitously inclosed a tract issued by the Post-office Department, saying that ‘‘it was to meet just such hardened cases as yours; and I also send you a copy of the Postal laws, and hope you will take the trouble to look into-the matter thoroughly.” Itseems, bv the letter received in reply, that Mr. Clemens did look into the matter thoroughly, and Mr. Kirby thinks now that he made too searching a study of it. Among other things an his letter Mr. Clemens says: e ¢My callow friend, when you shall have outgrown the ~effervescence of yvouth, anﬁ acquired a bit of worldly experience, you will cease to make mistakes like that. That is, you will recognize the simple wisdom of minding your own business. You seem to think you have been called to aceount. This is a great error. It is the Post-office Department of the United States that has been called into account. There is a difference here which you seem to have overlooked. I will point it out. You are not the Post-office Department, but only an expensive and unnecessary appendage fo it. Grave elderly public in structors like me do not call private secretaries to account. The mistake you have made is simple; you imagined yourself the dog, whereas you are only the tail. You endeavored to wag the dog. This was injudicious. Youshould have hung quiescent until the dog wa%lged you. You seemed to have gathered the impression, somehow, that you are a member of the Cabinet. This is an error. Your chief is one of the guns. of that battery; you are not. Ygou are nota gun, or a load, or even aramrod; neither do you supply ammunition; you only serve as a stick o fire it off. You are not a barrel of molasses, but only the faucet through which the molasses is discharged. You are not a boot, but a boot-jack. Do you perceive? The thing I am trying to convey to. yon is thatitdoes not become you to assume functions that do not belong to you. The newspaper slip which you inclosed to me I will return by one of my private secretaries. I keep eleven of these things, not for use but for display.”” -~

Speaking of the envelope in which Mr. Kirby’s letter was inclosed, Mark says: . ““You, an unofficial private citizen, have written me an entirely personal letter inclosed in an envelope bearing upon its surface in plain print the warning: ‘A penalty of three hundred dollars is fixed by law for using this envelope for other than official business.”. = The . servants of the Government ought to be, for decency's sake,- among the last to break its laws. You have committed an offense with no elements of 'a joke about it, and if your superior does his duty he will'imf)ose the penalty involved. As far as lam conocerned you ‘are safe, but if you intrude upon me again I may be tempted to brinf you ‘before the courts for violation of law. There, now, receive my bleSsing.p Go, and do not mix in other people's business any more; otherwise you may pick up somebody who will feed you gisagreeable words instead of sugar. , : « MArRK TwaAIN,” etc.

—A rich snob, who married a lady of brilliant genius, said at a dinner party: ‘“ When we were married my wife declared, ‘With all my worldly gifts I thee endow,” when she hadn’t a penny in the world.” ¢‘‘But there were her splendid talents!” said a lady. ¢ Oh!” exclaimed a wit, ‘‘but she didn’t endow him with them!” 2

—Last July 4th there were but six o in Bureka, Ark., and not a ouse. On the 15th of November it had three hundred houses and & population of - two thousand, and the only attractions are lead mines. » T v ———l— et et -—A new paper, called Woman, has been started in Paris. Its male-list will undoubtedly be large. if its make-up is attractive. i :