Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 9, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 June 1889 — Page 3

The Ligonier Banner, LIGONIER, : . I%DIANA

PLANT A TREE.

He who plants a trce R L Plants a hope. : Rootlets up through fibers blindly grops; Leaves unfold into horizons free, T L So man’s life must climb From the clods of time . Unto heavens sublime. Canst thou prophesy, thou little trco, What the glory of thy boughs shall be?

He who plants a tree Plants a joy; : ‘Plants a comfort that will never cloy, -Every day a fresh reality,

Beautiful and strong, - To whose shelter throng Creatures blithe with song.

If thou couldst \?ut know. thou happy tres, +Qf the bliss that\shall inHabit thee.

- He who plants a tree -He plants peace. ‘Under its green curtain jargons cease, ‘Leaf and zephyr murmur soothingly; = Shadows soft with sleep ° Down tired eyelids creep . Balm of slumber deep. ‘Never hast thou dreamed, thou blesged tree 401 the benediction thou shalt be.

’ He who plants a trce He plants youth; “Vigor won for centuries in sooth; [ “Life of time, that hints eternity! Boughs their strength uprear, New shoots every year On old growths appear. - ‘Thou shalt teach the ages, sturdy trce, Youth of soul is immortality.

He who plants a tree - He plants love; ‘ b "Tents of coolness spreading out above ‘Wayfarers, he may not live togsee. 4 . _Afts that grow are best; Shene ~#dands that bless are blest; Plant; Life does the rest! ; leaven and earth help him who plants a tree, Andyhis work its own reward shall be. : —Luecy Larcom. in Philadelphia Ledger.

THE TRAITOR'S WIFE. How a Jewess Proved Her Devotion to Her Country. Close to the village of Nagy-Nemethy is a 7uined house surrbunded by an uncultivated garden. Owls and batshave established their abodélin it, and when the sun spreads its warm rays upon the rotten flooring liz:ards and snakes crawl out from the crevdces in the walls to sun themselves. In sum‘mer, flocks of birds make their nests in the garden, where no one thinks of:disturbing them. In winter, wolves, gaunt and . -sinister-eyed, glide slyly among theleafless “trees and bushes. 3 In front of this gloomy house is a linden‘tree, its large branches bare i‘p summer as in winter. Mistletoe still grows upon its “trunk, which, is almost dead; but no one -ever touches the tree or the mistletoe. EveTy body hastens by, the Christians making the sign of the cross and the Jews softly murmuring a prayer for the dead. =~ - Nearly forty years ago, when the people :awakened on all sides and began to shake +off their chains, this house 'was inhabited by @ young Jewish family, Adolph Sonnenfeld, * agrain dealer, and his wife, Sarah. Her second name was Eglantine, and she was usually called Egla. " While Sonnenfeld recalled no Biblical ‘hero by his appearance or manners, being blonde, rosy and thin like any German, Egla was a real Jewish woman, beautiful, ‘intelligent and calm, with dark, passionate seyes, small mouth and disdainful lips. It would be impossible to find a stronger con‘trast than these two walking along the :streets; he, with his head inclined, humble and smiling deprecatingly; she, with easy ;step and proud air. . : Their E(%mﬁcter and intelligence were not ‘less unlike. Sonnenfeld had a remarkable -aptitude for the grain business, but this was about all he was capnable of doing. Egla, -on the contrary, was educated to a certain extent, and had read much more than was usually the case with the Jewish country igirls of that epoch.. He was a simple man, but sly and practical. She was witty, imaginative and prompt at repartee. She :showed sometimes an energy of will which :seemed to lie at the bottom of her soul like’ :some mysterious and threatening power. In spite of this great difference of temperament, intelligence and character, which would seem frequently to provoke antipathy - :and hostility, Sonnenfeld and his wife loved -each other tenderly. Eglaeven went so far as to love her husband more than her coun‘try, which is saying a good deal, for she ‘was an exalted and ardent Hungarian patriot. She read the Magyar pootry with a feverish interest, and rejoiced in the -growth of the revolution which was spreadingin Hungary, Her favorite revolutionary heroes were Petoefl and Kossuth. Believing in a better future, she inculcated in her two -children the love of country and the passion «of liberty and independénce. Restricted to the narrow limits of her ‘household, Egla led a' rigorously feminine -existence. But when the February revolu‘tion broke out at Paris, soon followed by that of Vienna and the uprising of the Hungarians, her character, which had long surpassed the ordinary in. its measure of *energy, soon showed itself in its full force. She began by interesting herself in the debates of the Diet, then in the threatening -conflict between the government and the <camarilla at Vienna, and in the first scenes of the cival war. When she learned, in the month of October, that the Hungarian army had arrived at the gates of Vienna, she ~could no longer contain herself, ‘‘Adolph!” she cried, one morning at the ‘breakfast-table, throwing down the news‘paper, “‘every body is taking-up arms for the country; old men, women and children _ have not hesitated to sacrifice themselves; «do you intend to remain behind? - “Are you crazy?’ cried Sonnenfeld with an indignant and almost frightened air: “‘what does Hungarian liberty matter to me? Tam aJew, and even if I should have an idea of going to war, people would laugh at me for I don’t even know how to load a g-un‘” G 4 : “You can learn.” : ) | “I have no desire. We have enough soldiers, and I am not a hero.” - | Sonnenfield was right. He had nothing | -of the hero about him, and his wife was ‘Boon convinced of it. Some hussars passed through the village, and those inhabitants who remained at home up to that time | "hastened to follow the flag, ~ Sonnenfield alone declined and disappeared as though the earth fiad swallowed him up. He was not seen ?ain'until the last cavalier had quitted Nagy-Nemethy. L : Egla then learned that he had concealed ‘himself in the cellar, wherethe cook carried | ‘him his food. She was filled with disgust. Her first impulse was to take her children -and leave this man whom she could no ~ longer love; but Sonnenfeld besought her 180, he poured out so many tears, and his ‘weeping children pleaded so well his cause, ‘that Egla remained with him. ¥From that S T e ul coldness that affected nm:mh more ble effect upon her husband. %Mﬂs W%W‘Wﬁw’* i SWE% v '4,)7,.‘.r,,:,-g'_»:c;:g.;.»;«,‘; e Y e A AT S e A ot g R o g o P s *ww e THCRRARERD ST SR LT )1 r"~l " 7 Q'*v

was settled. He strutted about gayly, as though he had inherited a million o¢ gained a great victory. . : “If Ihad taken up arms for the country what would be my recompense to-day?’”’ he said; ‘*his highness’’—he always gave Windischgreetz this titlo—‘‘would have paid me with the bastinado.” - Egla did not deign to reply. -

Shortly after this the first detachment of light horsemen arrived at Nagy-Nemethy. They were soon followed by a brigade, which established its camp near the village. Some of the soldiers were billeted on the inhabitants, and the General selected Sonnenfeld’s house for himself. The Jew surpassed himself in hospitality and servile demonstrations. He cringed like a dog before the General, and was, in consequence treated as such by the officer. ]

Egla, who, timid and hostile, kept out of the way, saw the General kick her husband out of the house one day. The sight made the blood rush to her face, but she concealed her trouble and suffered in silence. ;

Some days later, the Hungarian hussars exchanged a few shots with the imperialists, and at night the Hungarians advanced from all sides and threatened to surround the Austrian brigade. Every body was on the alert, and, while the cavalrymen patrolled the unfortunate country, all the women remained in the streets, anxiously telling their fears to each other. Egla dressed herself hurriedly. She noticed that her husband had crept slyly out of the honse, and she went down to look for him. She soon saw him, standing near the garden wall, talking with the General, who smiled gracieusly, while Sonnenfeld bowed humbly to him. She did not know why, but the General’s smile caused her more anguish than the kicking he had given her husband. She could hear only isolated phrases of the conversation, but she soon understood that the General complained because he found noone among the population disposed to act as spy, not even among the poor Jews. She also heard Sonnenfeld assure the General of hisdevotion; then the two men separated. ’ At the same moment several neighbors came up to Egla, and announced with signs of lively joy that the Hungarian troops continued to advance from all sides. At sunrise, the imperalists had disappeared. An aide-de-camp had brought to the General orders to abandon this position and move toward the south with his brigade. Throughout this winter campaign in Hungary each day brought contradictory news. . Egla was agitated and sorrowful. She could not sleep at night, and when morning came, she fell asleep from fatigue, and only awakened after terrible dreams when the sun was far aboveé the horizon.

Business was at a stand-still. Sonnenfeld alone showed any activity, a fact which greatly worried his wife. He furnished provisions of all kinds for the imperial troops. - Suspicious-looking men often came to seen him, and after each visit Sonnenfeld went away from the house for some time. Egla, -with heavy heart, watched him withincreasing mistrust. i

One winter's day some hussars, with their carbines loaded, suddenly appeared in the village. They were loudly acclaimed, and she joy increased when they were followed by a battalion of infantry. The Hungarians halted, threw out pickets in all directions, and began to prepare their dinner. The in’ habitants generously gave up all they possessed to recompense the brave Hungarian soldiers for their fatigues aad sufferings. Egla, not being able to follow this example ‘without her husband’s consent, began to look for him, as he had suddenly disappeared. After she had searched in vain about the house and the neighborhood, an evil suspicion began to force itself upon her. 'At night, when ‘all the inhabitants of Nagy-Nemethy were asleep, Egla romained awake. Seated upon her bed, she listened to the slightest noise. Itseemed to her that something terrible was about to happen, something which she had felt coming for a long time. She remained thus for an hour or two; then, worn out, she fell asleep. Suddenly she was awakened by musketry shots and a confused roar. Horsos thundered by at a gallop, drums beat, and officers cried out their orders. The shots sounded closer; she opened her window and a ball struck the wall beside her. She drew back quickly and extinguished the light. | . The struggle went on in thg streats, The imperial troops had returned, and in the darkness had surprised and attacked the Hungarian infantry with superios forces. A very small number of Hungarians suocceeded in escaping with their flag. Therest were killed or made prisoners. '

Egla, ber ideas all confused, remained seated in her chamber. An hour passed; then she heard voices in the neighboring room. One was that of her liusband; the other, clear, vibrating, and foreign, evi‘dently accustomed to command, thanked Sonnenfeld and promised him a handsome reward. _ i

While the imperial troops, and her hus‘band with them, retired toward the east, Egla muffied up her childrén and hastened to her parents’ house. Having placed her children in security, on the third day she returned home. Her husband was still absent. During the following night he crept into his house like a thief. He was greatly agitated when he saw his wife come out of her chamber with a light i+ her hand. She piaced the light upon the fable, sat down, and began to question Ber husband as coldly and severely asa judge on the bench. ‘““Where have you been?” “I have made an importsnt transaction. I have furnished lard and bread to the General.” ' ~ ‘“You have furnished him with something -else. You have betrayed your brothers!” cried the Jewess, red with anger. ‘You are a spy!” ’ . “What do you mean?” cri:d Sonnenfeld, turning pale. ; “I heard your conversation with the Generall” - ! ‘‘Well, and what then!” he said, trying to smile. . j The beautiful Jewess arose and looked at ‘him steadily. ‘“What then?” said she; ‘you are a traitor and deserve death. But 1 have loved you, and I do not want to see the name thatl still bear disgraced. Ido not' wish to have you die on the scaffold. You shall kill yourself here in this cham‘ber!” ; “You have lost your reason!” cried Son‘nenfeld, in a shaking voice. Egla calmly took out a pistol. ‘“You must die!” she continued; “‘you are so degraded that Ido notdare even to think of the frightful crime you have committed. If you are too cowardly to kill yourself, I will execute you in the name of the country 1 : ” She raised her pistol and aimed at her wretch’s breast; he threw himself on his knees afid implored her parden in agonizing cries. The determined woman looked at him with inexpressible scorn; then she lowered her arm, and said: “Yes, you are right; you are not even worth the powder.” ¥gla returned to her room and locked the door. When she felt sure that her husband was asleep, she threw a shaw! cver her head and left the house. = gt The day had scarcely dawned when a number of cavalrymen appeared before Sonnenfeld’s abode. The door was soon broken in and soms Hungarian hussars, guided by Egla, went up to the chamber where the ‘Jépw was calmly sleeping. e - “There is the spy !”” she cried haughtudgﬁz I want to see him hanged!” Sonnenfeld still begged her to be merciful, but she remained inexorable. The hussars bound his hands behind his back and led hiem out. With an imperturbable sl Ton s M o hanged tos branahi of the Linden tree f Lront of his house. As soon as theexeoution it eg o o -g S Jf‘i?"f{’*;"v??% g ’M@M g&& T ! At the attack on Waltder awoman, carry‘ing the Hungarian banner, led one of the ini eet S RPGDS O e Lmtry battalions, |lt was gla, the vallany Os, Bt oB i Sesiotade) hill ab the point of the bayones, it was Egla Whi ABacnonGad s, | ATidaan St i with

PUNGENT PARAGRAPH.

~-Patti says plenty of sleep is the secret of preserving one's beauty. The hired girl believes this.—Boston Courier. : >~

—The good men do live after them, but the good some men do doesn't take up much room.—Somerville Journal. ~ —Long engagements are a good thing if they do not terminate in marriage, and thus shatter ideas that have been taking root for years. —Some old dinner customs still prevail. The Romans used to recline at their banquets, and the habit of lying at public dinners is common still-— Londen Tid-Bits.

—Thinskyn—¢“What a rare endowment is- originality! 'I wish I could do something out of the ordinary!” Friend—“ You might pay your board bill.’—Time. . '

—¢No, I don’t want the thing,” said a man when importuned to buy a **pigs in clover’’ puzzle. *‘lt is not a novelty to me. I've been a passenger-car conductor for twenty-five years.—Norristown Herald.

—Deacon—**Were you at church yesterday, Mr. Toper?”’ Toper—*‘l was not.”” Deacon—*‘Sorry. We had asplendid sermon on the{ftfgtitutiona.l amendment. You missed it.”” Toper (sadly) —*l guess not. Igotit all from my wife last night before 1 went to sleep.” —Lowell Citizen.’ : '

. —lt is the subject for an old joke that the father walks the floor mights with the cross baby, but almost any woman will tell you that there is no truth in it. It issafe toassert that not one man in ten ever did such a thing in his life, and that not two men in ten ever wake up when the baby cries.— Atchison Globe. : —*“0O, dear,"” said Mrs. Shuttle, with a deep sigh, *I felt as old as the century, but I've got all the carpets up, anyhow.” “You ought to feed old,” said Jeb. “Any woman who will get all the carpets in the house up at one time ought to feel as old as you look.” This, however, did not appear to make the evening any more peaceable. —Wibble — ¢“lt is a never-ending source of wonder to me the way the city of Chicago has sprung up. Itis one of the marvels of the century.” Wabble — ¢Nothing very wonderful about it to my mind. They simply got up a reputation as the wickedest town in the United States, and of course every body went there.”’—Terre Haute Express. e

. —As a class, so-called literary peopleare egregious bores—at least we have always found them so. We would walk a mile out of our way any time for the honor and the pleasure of avoiding the conventional literary man; to avoid meeting the conventional literary woman we would cheerfnlly walk two miles. The one we can snub; the other we would not.—Chicago News. —¢Where have you been keeping yourself, Mr. DeJay?”’ asked Mrs. Belle Pepperton of that young gentleman. ‘““You haven't been going into society?” *Not pwecisely; that is, you know, I have been devoting my own time to myself. Indulging in my own society as ‘it were. Pwetty clevah, don’t you think?” ¢Yes; but how lonely you must have been.”’—Merchant Traveler. : Lo TR HOW TO GET AHEAD. The Way to I’reparme's Self for Greater Usefulness, % There are people who do not exert the powers they suppose they possess, because they do mnot occupy a position adapted to call- forth those powers. They stand idle, because, they say, na man has hired them. When asked if there is nothing for them to do, they reply, in effect, nothing worthy of their powers. - Those who thus wait for stations worthy of their supposed powers may spend a life in idleness. The true man does vigorously whatsoever his hand findeth to do. He is never out of employment, because he is ever ready toaccept any work which he can obtain. :

A merchant in this city had made what was then regarded as a handsome fortune. In consequence of losses occasioned by the late war he failed. He surrendered all his property to his creditors. He was not out of employ-ment-a week. Ha took the first thing that offered. Though he had been the head of a large jobbing establishment, he took a clerkship in a comparatively small one. He attended to the duties of his clerkship as faithfully as he had attended to the duties of the firm of which he was the leading partner. Of course, it was not many years before he was among the merchant princes of the city. Let no young man wait in idleness for a situation worthy of his powers. Let him do with his might whatsoever his hand findeth to do. The way to get a better place is to perform in a first-rate manner the duties of your present one. The way to prepare for greater usefulness is to make yourself as useful as possible in your present calling.—N. Y. Ledger.

He Cometh Not, She Said.

She is waiting in the darkness, she is waiting by the door, and she hears the sad sea moaning as it beats the sandy shore; and she hears the nightbird crying, and the wailing of the trees, and upon her fevered forchead gently blows the Southern breeze; but in vain she stands and listens for the coming of the one*who to her is prince and hero, who is brighter than the sun. Close the door, O, weeping lady, close the door and weep alone, to the sighing of the branches to the ocean’s sul« len moan; to the screaming of the nightbird, to the sobbing of the rain, as it falls like tears from Heaven,. i pushing on the window pane. Let your eyes this night be rivers and your hair a morning veil, let your soul float out to Heaven in a wild, despairing wail; for the footsteps of your hero do tn"'ﬁﬁ"h" on the shore, and to-night you'll never see him though you're waiting by the door; and you will not hear the music of the voice you love so well, you will only hear the moaning of the ocean's restless swell. Close the door, O wesping lady, look 5o more for him you love, better 100 l for hope Jour iy vt winctop e il et e gl R g @i’?f ‘

FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

GUESS IF YOU CAN,

Guess what he had in his pocket. ; Marbles and tops and sundry toys - Such as always belong to boys, A bitter apple, a leathern ball fe Not at all.

What did he have in his pocket? . A bubble pipe, and & rusty screw, A brassy watch-key, broken in two, A fish-hook in a tangle of string?—" Nosuch thing,

What did he have in his pocket? Ginger-bread crumbs, a whistle'he made, Buttons, a knife with a broken blade, A nail or two and a rubber gun?— Neither one.

What Did he have in his pocket? : Before he knew it slyly crept Under the treasures carefully kept, And away they all of them quickly stole—"l'was a hole! —Sydney Dayre, in N. Y. Independent. .-—————*'O’——-———-A TALK ABOUT SEEDS. Some of the Pecullar Ways in Which They : Are Distributed. Master George was lolling in the hammock; not that he was lazy, or had nothing to do, but because the day was so warm and the shade so inviting. He was dreamily watching the play of light among the leaves overhead, and the shifting banks of clouds, fleecy and crimson-tinged, 'way off against the horizon. The leaves rustled softly; the birds sang sweetly in the bushes; a butterfly went by on gaudy wings; a bee followed with its thighs yellow with pollen; a sheep was bleating in the pastures. o Suddenly hesat bolt upright, his languor gone in a flash, which was the result of a very simple incident. A dandelion seed floated across the hammock and then descended like a miniature balloon on the tip of his nose.

He picked off the seed and carefully examined it. He had blown dandelion seeds many a time from their feathery ball, but had never examined their structure. He noticed that the seed had a little stem, upon the end of which stood out a number of small fibers, which caught the wind and enabled it to go a great distance. From thinking of the dandelion seed he began to think about other seeds, his curiosity very much awakened. ;

“Hello, Qeorge,” some one said. “You seem in a deep study.” He looked up and saw his uncle.’ “Yes, and about a very little thing.,” he replied. “An impudent dandelion seed came squarely down on my ‘noge. How cunningly it is fashioned!’ “And how wisely!” added ‘his uncle, as he seated himself on a rustic chair. “A number of plants have winged seeds, and but for the wings they would fall straight to the ground. The seed of the maple tree, while not. down, has quite a prominent membranous wing, and when it falls it goes whirling through the air. Othershave tiny parachutes with which they sail away.” “The Bib!e speaks of our having faith as large asa grain of mustard seed, "’ suggested George. - “Is that the smallest seed, uncle?”’ ‘lt is a very small seed, but not the smallest,” rejoined his uncle. ¢The seed of the fungi can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.”

“Is the cocoanut a seed?”’ asked

George.

“Yes,” replied his uncle.

41t is the largest seed, I suppose?” “No, my boy. Linnzus tells us that the seed of the Cocos, found in the Maldive Islands, reaches the size of & man’s body.” :

_ ‘‘Seeds preserve their vitality for a long time, do they not, uncle?”’ George asked. L

“As a general thing,” replied his uncle. “Some preserve their germinating power for but a few hours. Notwithstanding the thick covering to the coffee seed, planters often losetheir crops by deferring sowing for a few days. Other seeds preserve their vitality for thousands ef years. Seeds found in mummies and cities destroyed by lava have been known to germinate as goon as planted. Sometimes seeds remain torpid in the ground, only springing up under more than ordinary circumstances. They have come to life in burned forests and dried-up marshes, . presenting plants never known to have existed there. After the great fire of London the hedgemustard grew thickly amid the ruins, and octasioned much comment.”

The subject was so interesting to George that it found him an attentive listener. Much that his unciesaid surprised him, but he knew that the statements were correct.

““The number of seeds which some plants produce is absolutely astounding,” resumed his uncle. ‘Ray count-~ ed 32,000 seeds on one poppy stalfg; Linnaeus says that a single stem of fobacco often yields 40,000 seeds, while Dodard affirms that an elm tree produces 529,000 seeds annually!” . “Why, uncle!” exclaimed George. “They would cover the globe with vegetation!”

*There are many causes to prevent such an invasion,” said his uncle, with a smile. *‘Men, animals, the rigor of the climate, etc., are the barriers. Onge invader crowds out the other; the prai--rie gives way to the thicket, and the thicket to the forest. Can you name some of the means by which seeds are transported?” #“Yes, uncle. By ships, caravans, animals and birds.” : “Birds distribute many seeds and many varieties. There are not less ‘than 261 species of plants growing in the Coliseum of Rome, which, according to Sebastiani, an Italian author, were transported thither by birds. It is stated that, the Dutch having de‘stroyed the nutmeg trees in several of ‘the Indian islands in order to confine the cultivation of these trees to Ceylon, the nutmeg-eating pigeons, which are very fond of this fruit, sowed the tree afresh in almost every spot whers they had been extirpated. But you didn’t ‘mention the principal vehicles of transporibine o L ~ “Didn’t IP” asked George, with a thoughtful look. *Oh, the winds and the-—-the—sfreams.” . . Acebprps contritute thole shiare to tho currenta fo Malabas, o distance of more

Fruits from Equatorial America hare been found stranded on the shores of Scandinavia. Mountain streams have carried seeds from the lofty heights of the Himalayas to the delta of the Ganges.”

“It is a wonderful arrangement of Providence, isn't it, uncle?” asked George. ,*I am ever so much obliged to you for what you have told me about the peculiarities of seeds.” —Frank H. Stauffer, in Christian Union.

A NEEDED INGREDIENT.

The Boy Who Never Uses His Brains Is the Boy Who Never Accomplishes Much.

Harry was trying a chemical experimernt, and Uncle Dave was looking on. “I declare,” said Harry, looking up with a vexed frown, “I don’t see why this doesn’'t work.”

“Perhaps you have forgotten somethine,” suggested Uncle Dave. : *“No, I haven't,” replied Harry, decidedly. “I'm quite sure you have. You have forgotten to mix in.some brains.” * “Brains, Uncle Dave!” A “Yes, brains—your brains, Harry.” Harry stared at his uncle as if trying to detect some signs of insanity. - **All great and successful people,” went on Uncle Dave, with a smile, “‘mix a portion of their brains in every task they undertake.” o “Oh, I see!” cried Harry, flushing up a trifle. ‘‘You mean that I must use my reasoning powers to find out what is wrong with the mixture. ‘Let me see,” he mused—*‘‘oh, I have it! The camphor has been exposed to the air so long, perhaps, it has lost nearly all its strength. Zhat’s why the thing don’t work.”

“Perhaps,” said Uncle Dave. ‘Now if you mix in some more brains you will be able to make it work. Asa general thing, Harry, the brain is the missing ingredient when a failure is recorded. The boy who never uses his brains is the boy who canlt make a boat, a sled or any useful object. He goes along all right until he comes to something not fully explained, because the writer’s space is limited or else he thinks it is too simple to waste words on. Instead of using his brains the boy sits down and writes to know -how he can make this, that or the other, or else gives up in despair.”

*Like me with the electrical machine last winter,” said Harry, regretfully. “Exactly; and like many other boys who never see their way out of a dilemma unless some one points it out. Such boys will never make inventors, for you know necessity is the mother of invention.”

*Don’t you believe a boy ought to ever ask advice?”’ asked Harry. .

«“Not until he. has exhausted all his own devices. As I said at the beginning, he should mix his brains in his work, and nine times out of ten there will be no further trouble.”

*.’ll remember that,” said Harry.— Golden Days. o : ,

A Knowing Horse.

~ This is the true story which Aunt Lucy often tells the children, as we'sit around the fire at twilight.

“When I was a little girl—seventy years ago—we had to go more than a mile to school. One of the large boys would come for us at night, with old Silver Heels and a sleigh made of a crockery crate on runners. “We would pile in until there was not room enough for aneother one, shouting, laughing and snow-balling each other. Old Silver Heels would go on patiently across the bridge, and about half-way up the long hill. Then he would turn round and take a good look at the load. If there were more than three or four of us he would begin to back down the hill. i ¢‘Back—back down the hill to the very bottom. Then, without a word, he would walk up again to the same place. If we' had not lightened the load he would look around and go backing down again. Sometimes we let him do so five or six times before the boys would get out; but we never could get home until they did so. ' ¢“After they were out, and old Silver Heels had counted the load, he would go gravely on to a steep, ‘sidling’ place near the gate, where he generally managed to tip us all over. We didn’tcare for that, for it was only fun to shake off the snow and run into the house.” — Mrs. Frances Smith, in Our Little Ones.

UNSUCCESSFUL MEN.

They Hold the Balance of Power by a ; ! Large Majority.

It is the fashion among certain critics ‘who have been fortunate enough to gain ‘the popular ear, o aim their venomed darts at unsuccessful men, or, as they ‘would call them, ‘‘failures.” The type of man they glorify is the masterful, selfish, fellow-crushing individual, who forces his way to the front, heedless of the many whom his iron heel may have pushed aside in his onward progress to success. A word should be said for the failures. It is not the case that the best men are moulded out of faults—that among the failures may be found some of the warmest-hearted and most unselfish fellows in the world? All great money-grabbers are not hard and pompous men, neither are all failures shiftless and incompetent. In a worldly and mercenary point of view, many of the men who have proved the greatest blessings to the world have been failures. Goldsmith sold his masterpiece for a song; Burns died in dread of the poor-house; Howard Payne was indebted to friends for his consulship; Tom Hood would havz starved but: for Sir Robert Peel. It is unnecessary to 'mu}tiply examples, the biographies of ‘all nations are filled with the sadden‘ing records of men of genius and good. fellowship, who found it difficult to make ends meet. All men are not by ‘nature masterful and pushing, and keen ‘and worldly-wise. The majority, alas! are born to :{glo'd by the wayside, to shine within the narrow orbit of home. It becomes not, therefare, the success-: ful man to_sneer at his less pachydor‘matous brother; for of the two the latter may be the more lovable personage. %mwm&w%gbogmag&g or beg for sympathy, or a helping hand, G a ol e Idiot? A statesman who desires elecghini Wheata sabiibaia ihe Thilaves Thas

omacis LIVeTI WUle The Most Astonishin gHMedica.l Discovery of the - Last One Hundred Years. . It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar. It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk. ~. This wonderful Nervine Tonic has only recently been introduced inte this country by the Great South American Medicina Com%a.ny, and ¥et its great value as a curative agent has long been knowz by the native nhab--Itants of South America, who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal powers to cure every form of disease by which they are overtaken.' This new and valuable South American mediaine possesses powers and qualities hitherto unknown to the medical g)rofession. This medicine has completely solved the problem of the cure o Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and diseases of the general Nervous System. It also cures all forms of failing health from whatever cause. It performs this by the Great INervine Tonic qualities which it possesses and by its great curative powers upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and strengthener of the life forces of the human body and as a great renewer of & broken down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value in the treatment and cure of diseases of the Lungs than any ten consumption remedies ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous'cure for nervousness of females of all ages.” Ladies who are approaching the critical period known as change in life should not fail to usethis great Nervine Tonic almost constantly for the %paqe of two or three years. It will cm{sthem safely, over the danger. Thig great strengthener and curative _of inestimable value to the aged dnd infirm, because its great energizing properties will give them a new hold on life. It will add ten or fifteen years to the lives of many of those whowill use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.

Nervousness and Broken Constitution, : : Nervous Prostration, Debility of Old Age, Nervous Headache and Indigestion and Dyspepsia, : Sick Headache, . Heartburn and Sour Stomach, Female Weakness, ‘Weight and Tenderness 1n Stomach, All Diseases of Women, Loss of Appetite; ‘ , Nervous Chills, Frightful Dreams, _ Paralysis, Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears, Nervous Paroxysms and : Weakness cf Extremities and Nervous Choking, - Fainting ' . : Hot Flashes, Impure and Impoverished Blood. Palpitation of the Heart, Boils and Carbuncles, Mental Despondency, : : Scrofula, i _ Sleeplessness, + - Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers, St. Vitus’s Dance, Consumption of the Lungs, Nervousness of Females, Catarrh of the Lungs, : Nervousness of Old Age, - Bronchitis and Chronic Cough, Neuralgia, i Liver Complaint, - ; Pains in the Heart, Chronic Diarrhcea, ; Pains in the Back, _ Delicate and Scrofulous Children, Failinig Health, Summer Complaint of Infants. élll these and many other complaints cured by this Wonderful Nervine Tonze NERVOUS DISEASES. _+ As a cure for eveg class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individual, Nine-tenths of all the ailments to which the human family isheir, are dependent on nervous exhaustion and imlp'aired digestion. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied, and & thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as the nerves recover. As the nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the first to suffer for want of gerfect nutrition. Ordinary food does not contain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair the wear our %resent mode of living and labor imposes upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food bs supplied. This recent production of the South American Continent has been found, bg analysis, to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its magic power to cure all forms of nervous

derangements. ; o #w+- . CRAWIORDSVILLE, IND., Aug. 20, ’BB, ) T'o the Great South American Medicine Co.: ! DEAR GENTS:—I desire to say to you that I have suffered for many years with a very serfous disease of the stomach and nerves. I tried every medicine I could hear of but nothing done me any appreciable ﬁood until I was advised to try Xour Great South American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and iince using several bottles of it I must say that am surprised at its wonderful powers fo cure the stomach and general nervous system. If everyone knew the value of this reme% as I do, you would not be able to supply the demand. J. A. HARDEE, ; Ex-Treas, Montgomery Co.

A Sworn Cure for St. Vitus’s Dance or Chorea. #

CBRAWFORDSVILLE, IND., Mn{ 19, 1886, My daughter, twelve years old, had been af%lcted for several months with Chorea or St. itus’s Dance, Shewasreduced fo a skeleton, could not walk, could not talk, could not swal{fkw anything but milk; I had to handle her ean infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her up. I commenced giving her the South American Nervine Tonic, the effects were very surprising. In three daysshe was rid of the nervousness, and rapidly improved. Four bottles cured her completely, I think the South American Nervine the grandest remedy ever discovered, and would recommend it to every--2?05 7 Tnith Mgs. W. 8. ENSMINGER. ate of India: : : : Monigomery countys - : Subscribed and sworn to before me this May 19, 1887. Cmas, M. TrAvIS, Notary Public.

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. : The Great South American Nervine Tonic Which we now offer fgu is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever diséow ered for the cure of Indigestion, I%spepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which are the result of disease and debility of the human stomach. No person can afford to pass by this jewel of incalculable value who is affected by disease of the Stomach, because the experience and testimony of thousands %o to prove that this is the oNE and ONLY ONE great cure in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignant disease of the stomach which can resist the wonderful curative powers of the South American Nervine Tonic. 4 ’ ‘

Harriet E. B of Waynetown, Ind., says: *] owe my lifenkl)l"l‘he Great South American 1 Nervine. Ihad been in bed for five months trom the effects of an exhausted Stomach, In= digestion, Nervous Prostration and a general shattered condition of mhole T{mm. Had Egen up all hopes of getting well. Had tried e doctors with no relief. The first bottle of the Nervine Tonic imgroved me 80 much that I was able to walk about and a few bottles cured me entirely. I believe it the best medicine in the world. I cannot recommend *t too highly, : : Mrs, M. Russell, 8 Creek Valley, Ind. .Egltes: ‘#¢] have us& several bottles of The uth American Nervine Tonic and will say I consider it the best medicine in the world, I believe it saved the lives of two of my children, They were down and nothirx;ﬁ ggpea.red to do them any good until I procured this remedy, It was very surprisingl how rapidly they both fmproved on its use, - I recommend the wmedicine to all my neighbors. ; ‘

EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED. §2-Sold by ELDRED & €OO., and all drugggts at Ligo nier, Ind. P;ice of large, 18-ounce bottle, $1.25. Trial gize, 15 Cents. | \ o , S

nas revolutionized the world [NVENTlnNduring tho last half oﬁ;ﬂury. Not least smong the wonders of inventive progress is a method and system of work that can be performed all ov{‘er tho country without aeyamting the workers from their homes. Pay liberal; anx one can do the work; elther sex, young or olds 'no special abile ity required, Capital not needed: vou are ptarted free. Out this out and return tous and we will send you free, something of great value and importance to ﬁm. that,wﬂl start you in business. which will bring you In.-moro<tnone.{i right away, than anything else in the world. Grand outht Tro.” Addcess Tnum &Gl 'hus pusta Maine, 0 Sy, Bj~ N L T HiEs “ﬁ*m anesvillo, Wise | e %g»&“’i}’%%*f

Mr, Solomon Bond, & member of the Societ} of Friends, of Darlington, Ind., says: *I haw used twelve bottles of The Great South Amep ican Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Livg Cure and I consider that every bottle did £ me one hundred dollars worth of good, be cause I have not had a good night’s sleep fol twenty years on account of irritation, pain horrible dreams and general nervous n?rostra tion, which has been caused by chronic indi ‘gest’ion and dyspe&sia of the stomach and by ¢ | %roken down condition of my nervous system But now I can lie down and sleep all nlght a }sweetly as a baby, and I feel like asound man I do not think there has ever been a med?ﬁ introduced into this oountqiwhich will at af | compare with this Nervine Tonio as a sure fd | the stomach.” -

. .'* (CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND\., June 22, 188%. My daughter, eleven years old, was severel} affiicted with St. Vitus’s Dance or Chorea. W¢ gave her three and one-half bottles of Sout} American Nervine and she is eompletaly rex stored. I believe it will cure every case of S Vitus’s Dance. I have kept it in my family fo¢ two and am sure it is the greatest renx edy gle%rh%world for Indi%estion and Dyspept sia, all forms of Nervous Disorders and I“aﬁu ‘Health from whatever cause. . ‘ JonN T. MisH, State of Indiana, z Montgomery Countyl 3¢ Subscrfbed and sworn to before me this Jun¢ 22, 1887, CHAS, W. WRIGHT, : Notary »Pubﬁn.

Mrs, Ella A. Bratton, of New Ross, Inde says: “I cannot express how much lowe fo the Nervine Tonic,. My system was comple! shatte -appetite gone, was coughing an apittinl;%p bgggd, mgguer:a I was ig thg fi stage of consumption, an inheritance hand down thronﬁh sevet:f generations, I i taking the Nervine Tonic and continued" use for ﬂbioutth six mgmihs,vsnély afm entire; cured, 8 the grandest remedy for nervesy, stomach and lungs I have ever seen.” < ~ Ed. J. Bro dru of Edina, Mo, ‘writes:. “Myre‘:lth hgﬂ%en YVery poor fa years, was coughlnlg severely. I::%]weigh 110 pounds when 1 commenced using -Som American Nervine, I have used two bo and now weigh 180 pounds.b::d am muck stronger and better than have been for b years Am sure would not have lived through the ‘Winter had I not secured this remedy. . customers see what it has done for me and it eagerly. . It gives great satisfaction.”

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