Plymouth Democrat, Volume 21, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 April 1876 — Page 1

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TERES OF SUBSCRIITIO. Cd yar,t2 ;Slx month, tl;Thre nontha, Sfty e. 'ffle on Lapof Street. Second Floor II r.am New Clock. Opposite Methodist Church BUHLI1S CARDS ATTORNEYS. JXO. S. BENDER, j ATTORNEY AT LA W AVI KOTAtlY prBT.T. j ftrf ton r!! h tti-mrnt of atvj t ir ltnlmmhiji f rtit t n of iami, coi'eclion of ciai ru W. J. BKAr Kit, A TMWCT AT LAW ANI JI T!CP I F THE j 1'-.. atei CoHef-tintf Arcnt. Arson, iud. f r. o. jon lis. ATTORNEY AT Uff AND MSTRI'T PROS--tl!iij A(.riii y. Prom) t aio-nOon given to a:l Cla.iti. and 4i ..-rt l.-'t in h care, f :!:e In Corxr bwu of ar' Lrkk Block, I ! jrnwiuth, lod. jullly. B. I. CRAWFORD, ATTORNEY AT I, AW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, will wtk: in lb turt tt Mrlmll lltvj mi'tninf foitnli. t'o;i-rli(n promjitlT mwl. r4 rfir.rka-lT low rt of the Traveler' an5 A""W-nt luiuran- Ci.i(t7 of ilnrlf'iril. f'onti. Otc witB C. H. K.f. luT4i"7!-ly AM A? A ' JO fXSOX, " rT ATTORNEY AT LAW. "rompt mtfnlUm irlren to miln-tioiui, witltfinpnt of Jwl-nl' ei n4 (aniiB-lips, d-1. i,n.nirir. nl other ronIrmrU drawn up rii knowl-iiriii-nw taken. Ot-6-ortr Iluik .4 Tcaii Ilrtr him. RNYDKR BROS., ATTORNEYS ANI C iUNSEI.1 ORS AT LAW, R-l Ktt4f rwl InmiraiMP Airfnts. Toliicllonaft nix-eia'tr. Offir o?er Hawley'a Boot nd 6u M.jr, Plyraouiti, Iud. pl-ly G. R. CMANEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. yoTAHY PUBLIC nd Heal F.tt Api-ril. Plymouth. Iiii) . will practice m any of H.e eonrt of i' Mate. I bare a complete el ofalwtracta lo all landa in Manthal! toucu Id m ofllce. niariVly WKELLEY. JUSTICE OV THE PEACE, and lnuraic Air nt. Money promptly Iiected. O,in:eor tne I'oat Olllce. xx-10. GEOIUJE STOCKMAX, JL'STI' E OK THE Pt A E. col eno.- and real - tale am-nt, lumri oti. 'tul. W;lt ait-ni to the collection of (Imiiii. and promptly remit all moneys rfXTtT.d- ConrTam'iiK miettilcil lo. i'thr in Scar 'a block, norih al r oni, accund floor. apri:ima JOIIX NKFF, . TISTH K OF THE PEACE nd Notary PnWic. Tyncrl'lly, Ind., will attend to ercrybody a bnxiaea lo th- nreluci of hi own. S:ial atlcntlon to collection!" Deed and l!n l lealin romcnta promptly t.nd accurately drawn and attcated. C, II. UEKVE, ATT(RNEY AT LAW, PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. Collection a (ieclalti. Aueni for ln. Phrrnlx and And lntnrunce CmpNiiUp. and Near York IJfe lupiirance Ct,nipany. Buy. re l-an. I l.en. Heal tusrc on comminflon. Tae iTf best of real vaialc for vale at IcaH than icmI value. tf n. I). LOGAN, TTOKNEY AT LAW. Plymouth. Ind.,-il practice io ail (be conn ol Indiana, living a pi 1CIM loner oi niniiy yearnricrieiice. ami liHvh.t: litoil fliefMmltion ol t.'ircuit Jnili;e. he hoicF to Ih: illo to antU'y all who put their bu-iiu' into hl hjui!. JuliSS 47t) Wm. B. II ESS, TTOHN:Y at Ijiw. and Notary Pnbllc wl! attend prompllv to all prntt;rtrional Iiuhimcw nlrasied tu hi cure. I'nrticnlar altenlioti uiveli to real ealate liiincpi. Ililcii examined and qnletrd. Collect ion made and prompt ly remit ed. Oillcc ioi'IU So. . J, over Pom ofilce Piymooih. Ind. in. S. n-ia ly. A. J. & A. B. UAl'JiOX, TTOKMSVS COUNSELOKS. Real Eetntf and Collectici; Ai'vn Plymottlli, Ind., arc pracl linj; in tlw Un.cwrw uuhall :iti(t arc

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-npt attention mianj.i'iierl ,.-uIlijikcti. OHicc. novtirti". PHYSICIANS. DR. J. ii. ( 0X1 KB, PHYSICIAN AND M LCI-CN, HAYING LEFT t'' Pcoi Ie ' lrin Mori , her in d a new oftiv otci It, third loom I m k u) ttuti, bi d ill in the future demote liu. whole time tu hi latientK in the practice ot m. dieine ar.d surgery, lit sidenee an herctolore on Alichipan street. liov4m6. DR. VM. N. BAILEY Has, after lonp aence eat, resunn d practite In Man-hall County ai;ain, Medieal and Survival. ( hrunie itiH-anrn of it males a specialty, orhce in Jar' New Uruk. l'lymuiith. Ind. myfi-ly J. II. WILSON, M. D. KEGULAR PHYSICIAN AND SsUGEOS. Arcop, Ind. I'rompt aitcnlioii Riven to all pro'es.lonal caila. either d-.v or inlit . jani-ly E. v. vTiiT " HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN SURliO PartlcuturattenlioD paid to olwtiet.-u prac.icu,..ud di-oapea ol woii'ti and children. Utile II bia reaidunre, in Dr. Vina!l' house, o;poile U. U. Tbajir'a Huatdeuce. Plmouih. Indiana. "'Q. R. REYNOLDS, M. D., HcgQiar Phjsician aud Upcraiive Snrpcofc urter. bia proleuiona I aervicce to the cuiz-ns i flyuioutb aud arrouudni country. In a."v .ion io tue Heal toeiii ol ciiKcases coiutaon it the Jom iry.anevlal ultoatiou wdi be giveu to Miri-ei.,. ,be l catnierl ol surgical diovaacr and dloeascrol emalca. Night call tu town and co'tulr) prompt Ij uei ded to. " Charge raxouabie, urhceaiid reel lenru on weat aide or Michigan St. tbrce duu.i ionii of tbe bank. l'Umoulli iud. &i HOTELS. BOURBON HOUSE, HENRY SUKE'IS. i roprietor, comer Main and J Ik i ton !streBii, bvmrlHin. Iud. Vuesle tioppiui; hire will ri'Cclve tirM-clnss occon.ui.o1n :loua at uoderute rale a. Sample room on tirsl tour. -Uul7 1) GERM ANIAN HOUSE, '1? KIM PL Kit. PKOPH1 ETOH, The proprfeto 1 ha titled up ihu hmi-e la the Ikh mat lie pofKiole, lor the accouimodiitioi. ol the trawltuic public. 1 ravelera u ho n iki lo take any ol tlit-ui-lil train, will le miiclucj to at any lime itu ) lab to leae, bai:ae ouvey-d (o aud Iroui the lie pot. l'ervoi.a Mho pjitiouixe this in'ilse, ill Bud the charge moderate. JEWELEKti. .1. R. L03EY, JiWELE.t. Chk. Watcheand Jewelry r puircu ptomptlv aud in a worKmaiiitke luaitnet ivocpa lor sale t. iock. Watcbe. 11? ted warvjewe.' y, iold piiaud lull :ock enatiiii( toh.Mradt Occupief i.artoi Wiiltaai.' Kool shoe Store. A. R. PIIILrOT, 7 ATClIMAKEIt AND JEWELER, would e !cilulij announce to the cilixcna ol jdar ball conn!) aud the public ifcneraliy, that he baa t I tied in r.vaiouth, aud cii-t at ail limes Ihi louitu la the old Wcm liuilcinii;, herf he is prepared to do all work io hi line in the ben manner fo aiiiic. rd on rwotiable tcri.ia. Particular mien iton jtiveu to repmring. ail vork wmrrauted. J a U SI. i .sty tii4i MISCELLANEOUS. BAILEY. OA I' RON & Co., I7ATEKJHU. Tb. beat Dour manufactured ') on band . liristtmr dou to orttc t-y initia B-.i!ler. The h:yhet market price ia tub paid aiillaiefor Wheat. Mid at north eai.1 ztart fcf 101 1,1 VERY BTABIZS. Wm. MOXTGOMEKY'S rI ?ERY FEED AND SALE STAPLE, in the jtarxer Hwimi fcaro. PKtuoutb. I udiMua. la :. .m eethhrtmeni may W ton nu oroe -f ! ) beat Uvery itiirlt ira Nortberr luciiMca.w htcb will V let to carviai j.ru ou libera l-ernj. 4n l-3j jrk. 1 t a 1 Kti in Crocerie. Etc,

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Ax OXi. Jvvl. Tiie Shadow on the Wall. My bom Hat-lT dwelling it. With lofty an liirz door ; Tli n' i rftrviiv on he -.ling hijrb Ami veiyt on the f' eir ; A ru h aiiil otlv ln.l.! r.. W lire tniekr Tvan! wait. Ami 'i!-.ttli the c-4'iitcliwii'a jc'lijing 'ou nler luit th- on ;it. I'ut a !.ar.jKT lininn . m-ar it, a Utimtikf rottJit: Kiusiil, An-1 I i-iity n nwett mi-tit tine nhadow on the wwll. Mr pictiir.' are tfte r1r of art. And dratvn I'.v ruiuiiii baud- ; But the i;iiiit'd fijurf i:e-r move, Ncr ch.ini.-e; Hit- paint'-d land. lV-lore tlt toon t window More o(,r-eoii pnct aiit iid, Within !ii U.w he t uiiehid(l Mori? Idftike ."Ton, lid ; . -And I turn frotn mhi!Ii- rjmtxjls, tlintcrowd. ny jfiottmy hall. To wateii tlie .hiftitijf nbat'owa upon the cotla'e wall. My atatc-ly htioband never ttid' To ki m- on the ii ; " Hi hf-srf i in hi" iron sale. Hi thought are with lu t.hips ; But whi n the twil.ght eul'.-vr Adown t!e dii:il-y mtet, " Tlie llttie hoijMfW.le iif t:.-lis- " Kor sounds ol eotnin leet. And hv the leauiiiig Breliht I foe a flgtire tall Bend down to ld a Miadow, a shadow ou this wall. My pardon piilm?, broad nd ldKh, MitilJt in it rtly Ioii, And tliroif.-l) the orderoii patlis all day '1 lie Mli nf I'lirdiiuer toiN ; i Mr nei'hltoiV it a ;:ra--rlat, With a hardy txitte ri-bp. Where ctiinirii't. dimpled tinkers l'ull dandolinnj tip ; AVhere on a t.al.y'H tiilkeu head all day the fttnlei(iii fall, Till cvtniiip throwii its shadows upon the cottage wall. My petted lnp-do;, warm and soft, NestUn tijion nty knee ; Mv bird lia'.e shut their diamond eves That love to I ook for me; Lonely, 1 watch my neighbor. And Wiitehinj; can but weep, To sec lief rock her darlings Upon l r breast asleep. Alan ! my Reives are gentle, my dog comes at rnv tall, Butt!t" r. ehl dish, shadow upon my C uibri wall. My beauty is the talk of foo'e, And by tl:e jratlint' y lare. In L'littei injr dieh and "'earning gems, 1 know titat I ;nn fair; But there i something lairer. Whose charm in loving lies. And there is something dearer The h".Ut ? huppy eye. So I return triumphant, queen of the brilliant ball. To envy the twci t shadow or the housewife ou the wall. My earthly lot is rich and hisrh. And her'n is poor and low ; Yet I would ydvcj my heritage Her deeper Joys lo know ; For hu-bauds that are lovers Are rare i.i all the land, And heart crow fit for heaven, Molded hi ehildi 'i hands; And while 1 g up lonely before the Judge of all, A cheiuW troop will usher the shadow on the wall. Dark Below, mtt Light Ahore. ANNA FAT.ES PECKHJlM. Through the mist of shadows dreary, OV r the dark and stormy sea, O.nie a voice ol beavei ly niuie. Floating through the "loom to tne, Twas a voice ol wondrous sweet nes, Brintriii"; words of hope and love, Whisper. nir to my troubled spirit, " Dark below, but light above." Often vvi.en life's shadows rather xAIytond my weary, troubled soul, tT ohies that voice ol ansel music. Whisperir.sr, 1 am near the jroal. Tellin-i me in soit-iied tun luurs, Briiurm word ol h ie and love, Sayimr to my doubting pirit, Dark beloiv. but 114I1I above." Soon I'll near those golden portals, Nxm I'll cross life's troubled eu, Whence that voice of music tloatmir. Came and wluspe ed hope to me. Theu 111 heaveii's own liuht lorever, in that funlilit of Uott's love, Shall i find that saiti tiuthful, " Dark below, biit linht tbove." ALOSE WITH A MADJ1AN. "Iiave often heard of persons whose hair was whitened through excessive fear, but as I never saw, myself, any one so affected, I am disposed to be incredulous on the stibjeet." The above remark was made to Dr. Maynard, as we sat on the piazza of his pretty villa discussing the different effects of terror on dissimilar temperaments. Without replying to me -the doctor turned to his wife and said: "Helen, will yotv.please relate to Dr. Maynard the incident within your experience? It is the most convinciug argument I can advance." 1 looked at Mrs. Maynard in surprise. J had observed that her hair, which was luxuriant and dressed very becomingly, was purely colorless, but nu she was a your ; jwom.m, and also a very pretty one "surmised that it was powdered,' fci aeighten the brilliancy of her fine ark eyes. The doctor a:;d I had been friends and fellow students, but after leaving college we had drifted apart. I to commence ray practice in eastern city, he to pursue his profession in a growing town in the west. I was now on a visit to him for the first time since his marriage. Mrs. Maynard, no doubt, reading mv supposition by my look of incredulity, smiied as she shook down her snoxvy tresses over her shoulders, aud seating herself by her husband's side, she related the following episode: "It is now nearly two years ago since my husband was called on, one evening, to visit a patient several miles away. Our domestics had all gone to a "wake," in the vicinity, the dead man being a relative of one of the serving women. Thus I was left alone. But I felt no fear, for we ivver had heard of burglars or any sort of desperadoes ia our quiet village, then consisting of a few scatterir g houses. The windows leading out on the piazza were open as now, but I seenred the blinds before my husband's departure, and locked the outside doors, all except the front one, which I left for the doctor to lock after going out, so that if I should fa'.l asleep before ins return, he could enter without arousing me. 1 heard tho doctor's rapid footsteps on the gravel, quickeneo by the urgent tones of tlw inessenger. who awaited him, and after the sharp rattle of carr-age wheels had become but an echo, 1 sewed myself by the pt.-ior astral, and soon become absorbed n the book I had been reading before being disturbed by the summons. But after a time my interest succumbed t- drowsiness, and I thought of retiring, when the clock in the doc tor's jt: Jy a.Ijoiaing the parlor struck twelve, so I determined to wait a few moments more, feeling sure that he would, be iiome cow very sooa. I

c'.osMl-my book-, dunned a robe de cluimbre. It-t down my hair, and then returnwJ to my Rent to patiently wait and listen. Xot the faintest 8ouad disturbed the atirnes3 of the nihf. XTot a breath of air stirred a leaf. The silence was so profound that it became oppressive. I longed for th sharp click of the ute-Iatch, and the wtllknown step on the jrravrl walk. I did not dare to break, the hush myself, by moving or sinjiinsr, I was so oppressed by the deep stillness. The human mind 13 a Strang torturer of itself. I began to conjure up vivid fancies about ghostly visitants, in the midst of which occurred to me the stories I hail heard from superstitious people about the troubled spirits of those who had died suddenly, like the man whom my servants had gone to Vwake,' who had been killed by accident at the sawIn the n.idst of tli-s terrifying reflections I was startled by a stealthy footfall on the p' zza. I listened between fear and hope. - It might be the doctor. But no, he would not tread like that; the step was too soft and cautious for anything less wily than a cat. As I liste-ied Again, iny pyes were fixed on the window blind. I saw the slats move slowly ami softly, ail then the rajs of a full moon disclosed a thin, cadaverous face, and bright, glittering eyes peering at me. Oh, horror! who wa3 it? what was it? I f-lt the cold perspiration stavt at every i ore. I seemed frozen in my chair. 1 could not move, I could not cry out, my tongue seemed glued to the roof of my mouth, while the deathly white face pressed closer and the great sunken eyes wandered in their gaze about the room. In a few moments the blind closed as noiselessly as it had been opened, and the cautious footstep came toward the door. 'Merciful heaven!' I cried, in a horrorstricken whisper, us 1 heard the key turn in the lock, 'the doctor, in his haste, must have forgotten to withdraw the key.'" "God forgive me T ejaculated Dr. Maynard, interrupting his wife, and looking far more excited than she. "I cau never forgive myself for such a thoughtless act. Pltase proceed, my dear." "I heard the front door open, the steps in the hall, and helpless as a statue, I still sat riveted in my chair. The parlor door was open, and in it a tall, thin man, whom I had never seen before. He was dre sed in a long, loose robe, a sort of gaberdine; and a black velvet scull cap partially concealed a broad forehead, underneath which gleamed black eyes, bright as living coals, and placed so near together that their gaze was preternatural in its directness; heavy grizzled eyelids hung over them like the tangled mane of a lion; the nose Was sharp and prominent, and the chin was overgrown with white hair hung down in locks weird as the ancient mariner's. He politely doffed his cape, replaced it, and then said, in a slightly foreign accent : "Madame, it is not necessary for me to stand on any further ceremony, as your husband, Dr. Maynard, (hereupon he again bowed profoundly), has al ready acquainted you with the nature of my I'lisines here to-night. I perceive," he added, glancing at my neglige robe, " that you were expecting me." "X-o," I found voice to stammer. "The doctor has said nothing to me about having a visitor at this hour of the night." "Ah, he wishes to spare you, no doubt, a disagreeable apprehension," he returned.-ndvancing and taking a seat on the sofa opposite me, where for a few moments he sat and eyed me keenly, from head to foot, with a strange glittering in his eyes that mysteriously impressed me. "You have a remarkably line phisique, madame," he observed, quietly; "one that might deceive the eye of the most skilled aud practical physician. Do you sutler much pain?" " Unable to speak, I shook my head. A terrible suspicion was creeping over me. I was alone miles, perhaps, away from aid or rescue with a madman." "Ah!" he continued reflectively, " your husband may have mistaken a tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel your pulse," he said, rising aud bending over me. " I'thought best t" humor him, remembering it was unwise for a helpless woman to oppose the, as yei, harmless freak of a lunatic. He titok out his watch, shook his head gravely, laid my hand down gently, theu went toward the study, where on the tai.de were an open case of instruments." "Do not be alarmed, madame," he said, turning to me as 1 was about to rise and flee, and in another instant he was by my side, with the case in his possession "Involuntarily I raised my hand and cried: "Spare me! O. spare- me, I beseech P " Madame," he said, sternly, clasping my wrist with hia long sinewy fingers with a grip of steel, "you behave like a child. I have no time to parley, lor I have received a letter from the emperor of the French, stating that he is suffering from an i'.ica abscess, and is desirous of my attendance. 1 must start for Europe immediately after iM-.rforriiiflg the operation on your breast," and before I conlJ make the slightest resistance he had me in his arms, aud was carrying .me into the doctor's study, where there was a long table with a green baize. On this he laid me, holding me down w ith one hand with the strength of a maniac; he brought forth from some hidden recess in his gown, several long leathern straps, with which he secured tne to the tal '.e with the skill of an expert. it was ihh cue work -of a moment io unloosie fay rol and bare my bosom, caieiuuy exaaiuur.g my left L-reast, he said:

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. i r -. i ".I 1 1 i L PLYMOUTH, " Madame, yonr husband has made a mistake. I End no necessity for my intended pperation," "At this I gave a lonz-drawn sigh of relief, and prep.-.red to arise." "Dut," he continued, I have rjide 11 e discover that your heart is ,'arge as an ox! I will remove it so that you may see for yourself, reduce it to its projxr size, by a curious process of my own, unknown to medical science, and of which 1 am the sole discoverer, and then replace it again." " He now began to examine the edge of the cruel knife, on which 1 closed my eyes, while my every nerve was in perceptible tremor." " The mechanism of the heart is like a watch." he resumed; " if it goes too fast, the great blood vessel tha supplies the force must be stopped like the lever of a watch, and the works lintist lje cleaned and jepiired and regulated. It may interest you to know that I w:ts at the post-mortem examination held over the remains of the beautiful Louise of Prussia. Had I been onsulted before death, I would have saved her by taking out her heart and removing the polypi between which it was wedged like as if in a vice; but I was cal'ed too late. The king and I had a little difference he was a German, and I am French. I trust ilia', is sufficient explanation." "lie now bent ver me, his long white beard brushing my face. I raised my eyes besevchingly, trying to think of some way to save myself. 'O sir, give me an anajsihetic. that I may not feel the pain,' I pleaded." "Indeed, indeed, madame, I would comply with your wish tere you not the wife of a physician of a skillful surgeon. I wish you to note with what ease I perform this difficult operation, so tli it you may tell your husband of the great savant whose services he secured, fortunately in Beason." "As he said this, he made the final test of his knife on his thumb. How precious were the moments now! They were fleeing now too fast, and yet an eternity seemed compressed in every one. I never fainted in my life, and I never felt less like swooning than now, as I summoned all of my presence of mind to delay the fearful moment, fervently praying in the meantime for my husband's return." " Doctor," said I, with assumed composure, "I have the utmost confidence in your skill. I would not trust my life to another; but doctor, you have forgotten to bring a napkin to staunch the blood. If you will have the goodness to ascend to my sleeping chamber at the right of the hall, you will find ever thing that you may reed for that purpose in the bureau." "Ah, madame," he said, shaking his head sagaciously, "I never draw blood during a surgical operation: that ia another one of my secrets, unknown to the fa ulty." Then placing his hand on my bosom, he added with horrible espieglerie: " I'll scarcely mar that whiter skin than snow, and as smooth as monumental alabaster." " O, God!" I cried, as I felt the cold steel touch my breast; but with the same breath came deliverance." " Quick as thought a heavy woolen piano-cover was thrown over the head and person of the madman, and bound tightly about him. As quickly wa3 I released, and the thongs that had bound me, soon held the maniac" m "My husband had me in his arms. He had noiselessly approached, and taking in the horror of my situation at glance, had, by the only means at hand, secured 'he madman, who was the very patient he had been summoned to attend, but who had escaped the vigilance of his keeper soon after the departure of the messenger, who had now returned with the doctor in pursuit of him As the poor wretch was being hurried away, he turned to me and said: "Madame, this is a plot to rob me of my reputation. Your husband is envious of my great skill as a surgeon. Adieu'.' I afterward learned that the man had been an eminent surgeon in Europe, but much learning had made him m.d. When he bound me to Hi at table my hair was as black as a raven ; when I left it, it was as you see it now, white as full-blown cotton." Activity Is Sot Always Energy. There are some men whose failure to succeed in life is a problem to othevs, as well as thtrrjtlves. They are industrious, prudent, and economical; yet, after a long life of striving, old age. finds them still poor. They complain of ill-luck. They fate is always against them. But the fact is that they miscarry because they have mistaken mere activity for energy. Confounding two things essentially different, they have supposed that, if they were ai w.iys busy, they would be certain to be advancing their fortunes. They have forgotten that misdirected labor is but a waste of activity. The person who would succeed in life, is like a marksman at a target; if his shots intss the mark, they are a waste of powder. So i,. the great game of life; what a man does must count, or it might almost as well have been left undone. Everybody knows some one in his circle of friends, who, though always active, has this want of energy. The di.-temper, if we may call it such, exhibits itself in many ways. In some cases the man has merely an executive faculty, when he should have a direct one; in other languag- ,he should nake a capital clerk for himself when he ought to d;. the thinking of the business, la other cases, what is done is not done either in the right time or in the right way. Energy, correctly uht dtrstood, is activity proportioned to the end. There' was a noble Sabbath School boy who went Into a yard to prop tip a cioths-lme that had fallen into the dirt the honest watch dog got Lira.

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II ii i. M Li I ii U ' M IlsTD., T: The Bench of Keys. There was one- a buuch of keys, larvj and small, that had hung for more than twenty years on one and the same steel ring. Xow, yon would think that having: passed so long a time in such close intimacy it would bATte made them very fond of each other; but this was not at all the case. They did not agree about anything, and whenever they were sure of not being heard were continually disputing; moreover they did not always stop at words but when called on for service by their mi.Hresa, the housewife, and so interrupted in their angry debates, often beat each other to the? Vearts' content. The cause of thi t dissension was nothing but pure pride and envy arising fron each of them believing himself the most important of all, and consequently expected to be 1: first emploj ad whenever the bunch was taken in hand, so that the chosen one immediately became the object of jealousy to all the others, who thonght tnemselves neglected snd set aside. One day the entire bunch was missing, and great was the excitement among its membeis; for, much against their will, they had slipped down behind a big sideboard, and then fallen into a rather large, tnouse-hoie, where they lay in dust and darkness, totally unable to move, and where, although they could not see their mistress searching for them up above, her lamentations at not being able to find them were plainly to be heard. Those of the keys themselves were quite as bitter, realizing as they did what important and indispensable personages they were; most sorrowful of all these was the one belonging to the plate chest. "What a misfortune!" exclaimed he. " To-day there was to be company to dine, and here am I in this hole! How is it possible to entertain guests without the plate? What will they tlo without forks and saltcellars, the gold teaspoons, and the silver jug to hold the creim for coffee? It is distracting." " You are always making yourself out altogether of too much importance," said the one to the linen chest, severely. " They can get on well enough without the silver. That is not the first thing called for everyday, and the want of it won't destroy the appetites of the guests: but that I am missing is a real affliction; for yesterday the laundress was here and carried away all the linen which had been used, and I know very well that our lady hasn't given out any more. What is to be done? They can't sit down to a bare table. Our mistress would go to her grave first. Shell cry her eyes out, I know she will, if I'm not to be found." " Oh, they can mVinage well enough without you," cried the key of the pantry, breaking in ' upon this wailing. "Hut that I should be wanting that is despair indeed ! Why, they can't get anything to eat! In that room is everything needful for cooking, and the delicious dishes that were yesterday prepared for the feast fire there too. Xow, there'll be no getting at any of them, and thev've nothing, actually nothing with which to make more. You see at once which of us must to-day be m-jit sorely missed. Oh. if I were only out of this dirty hole!" "Ah, indeed !" exclaimed the key of the writing-table. " I'm sure it would r ot be much matter what had become of any of you if only I were not among the miss'ug. Food and everything else that is needed can be got easily enough, provided one has the money. But that is just what the folks above can't get, because I've locked it all up; and for want of me they're no better off this minute than so many beggars. Poor things' If I could only let them know where I am and help them out of their trouble!" " Nonsense I said, the key of the clothes-press; "people so well off as ours are can easily borrow money enough if they'll only set about it. But there's the pinch! They can't go any where to do that. My lady is still in morning wrapper and slippers, and without me can neither get gown .;;or mantle. If I could but go to her there would be an end of this trouble." At these words all the other keys united in abuse of this last one, which was universally regarded by them as the most unimportant one of their pmber, yet now talked more boastfully than anybody else, and apparentl j considered the losing of him the worst part of the whole affair; and then they fell to shrieking out so loudly and disputing so hotly that they would have certainly come to blows had not the place in which they were been quite too small for that. But suddenly they all became silent, for the voice of tha housewife was heard above, and neither of them wanted to miss a word of what she was saying, for each expected her to break out into lamentations for the loss of him, and so give him a triumph over the others. She was not alone. Besides ber footsteps they heard '-.he heavy triad o:!aman. She spoke again; they lis toned. "Xovr my man, said she, " open my writing table for me; that is the last; and I may rely, may I not, upon your punctually keeping your promise to let me have the new ieys this evening, or, at the latest, early to-morrow morning?" "Surely, madam," was the answer, " 1 sha,'l keep my word. Xobody likes to have things Left unlocked, I know," and the door closed behind lady and locksmith. ' But the keys remained quite speechless. They werV completely confounded. Xew one?-, the lady had said! They were, ther, dismissed and abandoned, in spite of their being so im portant and indispensable. 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for twenty years of faithful service?" said the one to the writing-table at last very dolefully. " But shall we indeed lie here to all eternity?" clinked out that of the plate-chest in a rage, ne had hit the truth; for they were hidden in that mouse-hole once for all, and there have they time for still further discussion as to which of them is most indispensable. Important JDeclsIoa Affecting- Land Titles. In a late case, not yet reported, our supreme court have laid down a rule concerning mortgages, that is of the greatest public interest, inasmuch as it has not heretofore been understood by the courts, bar, or business men of this city. And as it materially affects more or less many titles which have or may pass through the courts by means of foreclosure sales, we proceed to state it briefly. It is this: In a foreclosure suit it is necessary, in order to secure a perfect title, not only to make all persons holding subsequent judgments and mortgages of record parties, but also all persons holding ai y of the notes secured by such mortgages; although there is no assignment of record showing by whom such notes are held. Unless this is done, the holder of any such note may, at any time within fifteen years, at least, after the sale, redeem the property by paying to the owner the amount of the mortgage and interest under which the property was sold at sheriffs sale, after deducting therefrom the value of the use, or rent, of the property for the time between such sale and redemption. . To illustrate i Suppose A. holds the first mortgage on a lot, block, or farmand B the second, securing, say three notes. Xow, if B. transfers these notes before suit is b' gun, to C D. and E, and they each hold one note at that time, unless made parties, either may thereafter redeem; so, if two are made defendants and the third not, he may likewise redeem. And this is so. although A. is not in any manner informed who holds the notes, and although there be no assignment of the mortgage of record. Heretofore the courts of this city, at least, have held that if B. was made a party, and the court or purchaser had no notice in any manner of the transfer of the notes, the sale passed a perfect title and cut off the right to redeem. What effect this decision may have on existing titles, coming through foreclosure sales already made, we cannot say. But owing to the great rise in value of real estate in ibis city, no doubt some at least, who have thought their "titles clear," will find out their mistake to their sorrow. But inasmuch as this rule is now established, it is important that it be at once clearly understood by every one, and especially by those who are compelled to foreclose their mortgages and buy in the property to secure themselves from loss. Owing to the great number of second and third mortgages made during the last few y ars, on property in and around the city, and the vast amount of mortgage paper that has passed from hand to hand, this decision becomes of interest to a very great number of our citizens. The public look to the courts and lawyers to see that their titles acquired through judicial proceedings are perfect. It therefore behooves every attorney in such case to proceed with the greatest caution. It will entail much labor in many cases to get every one who may hold a mortgage not3 before the court, but it should be done if the holder can be discovered. If not, it would seem there is no way to avoid the misfortune, and litigants must either abandon their foreclosure or take the risk. Another important ruling that should be known to business men is, that as we have no statute providing for the recording of the assignment of mortgages, and making such record notice, such assignments, although recorded, will not stop the original mortgagee from making a valid satisfaction of record, although he may have sold the notes and mortgage, and an assignment thereof put on retford. Actual totice, of course, to the mortgagor, of the purchase and assignment of the notes secured by such mortgage is the only safeguard to any one mak ing such purchase. Thesa matters should be remedied by legislation. But until such legislation is had, serious complications may be avoided by business men fully understanding the late rulings of the court. Indianapolis Journal. A discovery is announced by a French chemist by which alterations in writings that are suspected of having been tampered with may be detected. The coloring matter of ordi nary ink consists chiefly of a combina tion of tannic acid with oxide of iron. M. Gobert has discovered that however skillfully any writing may have been erased, sufficient traces of the iron oxide always remain to appear in a photographic image, though they may be totally invisible to the eye on the original papier. He presented as an illustration a bond drawn for 105 rancs, which had been altered to &.000 1 rancs and so negotiated. The original paper bore no suspicious appearai ce. and the closest ocular inspection failed to detect any trace of the figures that had been erased. But on a photograph of the same paper the figures 105 were plasnly discernible, mingled with and partly obscured by the later Eguies substituted for them. The light reflected from the surface once stained by ink, though indistinguishable by the eye, affects the photographic materials differently from that reflected from the pape i where the ink has not touched it. It is believed that a photograph will always settle the question whether a J suspected paper has been altered by erasure. '

LlTing on 3Iet. Mr. Frank Schner lives at 24 Berlin street, Newark. He is a laborer in Blanchard's tannery. His fellow-laborers for a time looked with envy upon the juicy frefth meat Schuer had for his dinner every day, unable to .understand how he made his small wages go far enough to support a family i nd furnish himself daily with fresh meat. One day, in answer to an inquiry, he said: "Thst is not mntton; it is dog's meat ; it is good. Will you try some of it?" They did not try it, although they could hardly persuade themselves that he spoke the truth. Schuer smiled at their scruples. He even asked some of them to visit him, and when they did so be pointed to the kennels in which were several dogs fattening for the knife. When the facts were noised abroad they created no little scandal. The neighbors had wondered how Schur had been able to keep so many dogs, and why he changed them so often, but none had suspected the truth. They had very little to do with Mrs. Schuer, and no feeling of friendship prevented them from making as much talk as they pleased. As Schuer and his wife could not understand the language and the scandal reports, they went on fattening, killing and eating dogs. Complaint was made to the health inspector, who found that all that had been alleged against Schuer was true, bu; there was no law forbidding the use of dog's meat for food. Schuer told him candidly that he ate dog meat not because he was poor, but because he liked it. Frank Schuer was found handling wet hides in Blanchard's tannery. He 1 is about fivo feet high, and of very slim build, ne answered questions without embarrassment or show of shame. " Do you eat dog meat because you like it?" " Yes ; it is the best." " How long since you ate it the first time?" " Oh, four or five years before I left Germany. A doctor told me to eat a dog, and it would cure my consumption. I did so, and liked it so well that I have been eating it ever since then." "What meati3 it most like?" " Mutton or veal. That is, when a is ycung. If it is old it gets strong, and we have lo season it high with pepper and vinegar." "Where do you get your dogs?" " Whenever I see a stray dog that looks hungry, I take it home and feed it until it gets fat. When a person is tired of his dog, and.wants to get rid of It, I take it." "Your neighbors don't seem to like living alongside of a man who eats dogs?" " Oh, if they don't like it, let them go away. They don't have to eat itDog meat is better than pork, any day. I don't quarrel with them because they eat pork." N. T. Sun.

The Quaker's Hat, The first occasion on which the Quaker's hat came publicly and officially into trouble was at the Launceston assizes, in the year 1656. before no less a personage than Chief Justice Glynn. " When we were brought into court," says Fox, "we stood a pretty while with our hats on, and all was quiet, and I was moved to say, ' Peace be amongst you.' " Why do you not put your hats off?' said the judge. We said nothing. "Put off your hats," said the judge. Still we said nothing. Then said the judge, ' The court ctmmands you to put off your hats.' " George Fox,with amazing simplicity, asked for some scriptural instance of any magistrate commanding prisoners to put off their hats. He next asked to be shown, " either printed or written, any law of England that did command such a thing." Then the judge grew very angry, and said, " I do not carry my law books on my back." " But," said Fox, " tell rue where it is printed in any statute book, that I may read it." The chief justice cried out, " Prevaricator !" and ordered the Quakers to be taken away. When they were brought before h'm again, the chief justice askod Fox whether hats were mentioned at all or not in the Bible. " Yes, in the third of Daniel, where thou mayst read that the three children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's command, with their coats, their hose and their hats on 5" " Here was a proof that even a heathen king allowed men to wear hats in his presence. This plain instance stopped him, so he cried, "Take them jaway. jailor! Accordingly, we were ta ken away and thrust in among the thieves, where we were kept a great while." After nine weeks imprisonment, "for nothing but their hats." as the chief justice told them, they were again brought before him, grimly wearing the offending headgear. " Talra off their hats!" said the jndge to the jailor. He did so, giving them to the Quakers, who immediately put them on again. Then the judge began to make a great speech, how he represented the Lord Protector's per on and that he had mads him Lord Chief Justice of England. The Quakers were incorrigible. They were sent bark to prison, but not so much for wearing their hats as for the suspicion that they were royalist emissaries, affecting religions singularity in order to win their way among the extreme Puritans. London Rt-ttiew.

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Honesty the Best Tolicy. One day the duke of Buecleuch. a Scotch nobleman, bought a cow in the neighborhood of Dalkeith, where h lived. The cow was to be sent home next day. Earl in the morning, as the duke was tuiing a walk in a very com mon dress, he saw a boy trying in vain to drive the cow to his residence. The cow was very unruly, and the por r bey could not get on with her at alL The boy not knowing the duke, bawled out to him in broad Scotch " Hie. miiD, come here, and gie'a a hand wi this beast." The duke walked slowly on, not seeming to notice the boy, who still kept calling for his help. At last, seeing he could not get on with the cow, he cried out in distress, "Come here, mun, and help us, and as sure as anything I'll gio ye ha!f I get." The duke went and lent a helping hand. "And now," said the duke, as they trudged along after the cow, "how much do you think you will be apt to get for the job T " I dinna ken," said the boy, " but I am sure o' something, for the folks are guid to a bodies." As they came to a lane near the house, the duke slipped away and entered by a different way. Calling his butler he put a sovereign in his hand, saying. " Give that to the boy with the cow." He then returned to the end of the lane where he had parted from the boy, so as to meet him on his way back. How much did ycu get?" asked the duke. " A shillin. and there's the half o' it to ye." "But surely, you had more than a shilling?" " No," said the boy : " that be surely a' I got. And do ye no think it's aJ plenty ?" "I do not," said the duke; "there must be some mistake; and as I am acquainted with the duke, and if you will return with me, I think I can get you more," They went back, the duke rang the bell, and ordered all the servants to be assembled. "Now," said the duke to the boy, " show me the person who gave you the shilling." It wa3 that chap there with the apron," said the boy. pointing to the butler. The butler fell on his knees, confessed his fault, and b; gged to be forgiven; but the duke ordered him to give the boy the sovereign, and quit his service. " You have losi," said he, your money and character, by your deceitfulness; learn for the future that "hoDesty is the best policy." The boy learned who had helped him drive the cow; aud the duke was so pleased with the honesty of the boy that he sent him to school and provided for him at his own expense. Early Days. The Big and Little ot ItExtremes in human nature met this morning at the Union Pacific depot, and the meeting was a curious sight, witnessed by hundreds. Maj. Houghton, who is 27 years old, is 31 inches high, and weighs 41 lbs., has beon wai.lng here for a week to meet two other natural curiosities, and go with them to San Francisco to join a cir-'us. The other parties were Hannah Baltersby and Mrs. Sarah E. Belton, who arrived from the East this morning. Miss Battersby is the fattest, biggest and heaviest woman in the world. She weighs 760 pounds, and is 24 years old. She has been many years with Barnum, known as the Eastern Gi?ntess. She wanted to take a brief ride around town with Maj. Houghton, but as no hack man could conveniently get her into his hack, and as she would not insure him against breakage, she had lo forego that pleasure. While she waddled around on the platform at the depot, the ground fairly trembled, and as she took her place in the car, she filled up an entire seat, not leaving room enough for even a hairpin, and she had great difficulty in squeezing in through the car door. Mrs. Belton was the opposite of the giantess. She i3 31 inches tall, weighs SS pounds, and is the smallest woman in the world. Her age is S3, and she is known as the Fairy Queen. If she were not married, she would make an eycellent match for Maj. Houghton, the smallest man in the world. The trio were the observed of all observers at the depot till the train had left for the west. Omaha Bee. A Xew Incendiary Machine. Crowds daily v sit an empty store in Broadway, where there is exhibited a curious contrivance, which is known as the Thoi-jas Hell Machine similar to that which exploded at Bremerhaven. This is a slight affair in its Ingenuity to a new incenaiary machine discovered by one of the adjusters of an insurance company. It was found in a barn in . Schoharie county, Xew York, and consists of an arrangement by which a quantity of matches would l.e rubbed against a piece of sand-paper, and set fire to some combustibles. It was arranged so that trie rubbing would be caused by a leverage on one of the boards, and this leverage was applied by lessening the weight nrxm it, by allowing dry sand to run down a tube. When the sand was exhausted the weight of the long end of the board fell down, and ia falling the matches were sure to be ignited. It was set and in good working order, when a passing citizen saw the fire produced by the contrivance, and txtiugaished it. The insurance company is advised to send it to the cent email. Chivaya Tribune.

fl I S' S . i - m . l PX t V c fl Hi li 1 St' 0 54 - PV 11 1 IS ' 1I Cairn Inserted at rsimt : f auttr. LoeOiO recta t-r l(r. fl.ni la - i, e enta per !!at for each slaot inertton. Legal a4ertiaiuf a tied by So triAtient adertl.enrat. lnrr ihort. In ertrd for lea than dollar, fi sf tor rvtuu vatotaera. No extra charrp ' few doo!"!"" Srtte ascRta f so Im thaa ma-half eo!ana upac. 'Tlse Independence Bell. July 4, 17T5. When It was certain that the Declaration would be adopted and con firmed by the signatures of tne aeiegates in Congress, it was determined to announce the event by ringing the old Slate House bell, which bore the inscription, " Proclaim Liberty to all the land ; to all the land I" and the old bellman posted his litt boy -t the door of the hill to await the instructions of the .loorkeeper when to ring. At the word, the little patriot scion rushed out and. fiinaring up his hands, shouted. " Ring! Kino! RING!" There v a tutnutt in tSe city, Ia the quiet Quaker town. nd the treet were rife wiib people Pscinjr res'.b-. up and down ; 1'eople paiberine at corner. H here thev wbipere: each to reh. And tbs twesit Moot! ou 'heir temple H irh the earnest cess tf spewta. As the bleak At!ntic ciirrenta La-uthe wild Newfoundland shore, So they beat aaint the Msie House, Nj tiiev sursrexl a.-v.n-t the door; And tbe'rointlinsi c their vokts Made a harmony prtilwiul, Till the nuict street of eiielnot Was all turbulent with sound. Will they do it ?" Pare they do it?" " Who i-pekinj? " What s the news? " What ot Adam y " What ot Sherman " OH ! .d jrrant they won't refuse . " Make some war there 1" " Lei me aarer ! 1 am stiflin- !" " Stifle, then ! When a nation's life" at bazarf We've no time to think ol rueu I So they beat aznint the porta!. Man and woman, maid and child. And the. July miii in beaven Ou Ui-t M.t-ne looked down and "tailed ; The same u that saw the psrtaa !bel his patriot blcHid in jtin Now behold the ul ol Freedom, All uncomjuered, ri-e again, So they nureed ainst the Plate House, Wb "le, all solemnly. hiide Sate l te Contiiw ntal O naress. Truth and reason lor their guide, O'er a simple scroll dflmtitiir. Which, tbou;ni simple it cuicht be. let should shake the clirl of EnsUvad With the thunders ol tbe free. National Centennial Items. Twelve men have been killed at the Centennial building in the past three months. Four pictures from the Munich Art Gallery will be on exhibition -at the Centennial. The Sunday question is still being agitated in connection with the Centennial. The foreign exhibitors, as a general rule, bring their own show-cases with them. An area of 555,440 feet, or nearly thirteen acres, is covered by Machinery Hall. A colossal statue of Prince Bismarck will be exhibited in the German Art Department. The Women's Pavilion is finished, except some slight ornamentation and painting. The exhibition of th? Ardent n tine T "iiist.tir' public at Philadelphia will 20,000 articles. Prominent among the fittman collection of paintings will be scenes from the Franco Prussian war. A fancy pavilion occupies Spain's space in the main building, and is fullyprepared for the arrangement of articles. The kingdoms of the Netherlands will exhibit 1.S50 books published during the recent yeans on educational topic alone. Thirty Indian families, with their dogs, trappings and paraphernalia, will be encamped upon the Centennial grounds under the direction of Prof. Baird. Specirrens of the engine and other machinery used in propelling a man-of-war will shortly be sent to the Exposition grounds from the Washington navy yard. The right to print and sell the official catalogue of the Centennial Exposition has been bought for Sloo.ooO; 40,000 has been paid forthe right to establish restaurants in the -main building; soda water privileges bring tpe finance board . 25,000; cigar stands. Si 8,000; and it is estimated that with a royalty on beer of S3 a barrel, S50.000 will be realized. Beer. An interesting table is published by an European scientific paper, giving statistics of the manufacture and consumption of beer in the different countries of the world. From this it appears that the Unitl States consume six and one-eighth gallons per inhabitant in the course of a year. It would seem that six gallons of beer for every man, woman and child ia a country would I enough; but this amount is ridiculously small when compared with the amount con sumed by some of the Et;r,-an cJuiT" tries. Bavaria, for instance, last year .ot away with fifty-four gallons af beer to every inhabitant. Belgium follows bravely with forty-live; the Wurtemburgers drink thiriy-nine gallons apiece; and Great Britain, with all h.r thirsty millions of Scotchmen Irishmen, Welshmen and Englishmen consumes forty five gallons jr man woman and child. Ti.o a! urJy Saxons worry along with only fifteen gallons each, while the Frenchmen hold malt liquors in such contempt tun four gallons a piece satisfy their appetites for a whole year. Sweden and Norway drink only three ga;loc3 in habitant, which small amour.t is most easily explainable on the supposition that the people of these countries- are oo poverty-stricken to buy e-en what beer they want. A tramp entered the photograph gallery of Mr. Wilkias. at CitanTlcJU afew dajs ago, while the proprietor was a.one, and demanded money Mr Wilkia.4 ordered Lin. oat, but the fellow refused to go, and warned Mr W not to meddle with him as . desperate man. He ferthfr TQ, teered the information that he had just emerged from ite Joliet ptison, where be. had served several years for the murder of two negroes He was finally induced to leave the eJ t iblishment wii'i- r t . r5v , , J-t wcim.j violence to the proprietor.

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