Pike County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 47, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 April 1883 — Page 4

HIE COUNTY DEH0C1 IT. . Published Every FridayPETERSBURG, - - INDIANA. HOW THOUGHTLESS! 'When I was only twenty-two, And Ada seventeen, I thought her temper, enIn mums, The sweetest ever seen. Tts grief to And a turtle-dovo Grow up a tiger-cat; But In my days of early love I never thought of that. Our young affection grew apace; Our future seemed so fair! I thought she played with such a gnoe. And sang with; such an air. ms rarely now that Ada sings, And mostly rather flat; She plays but half a dozen thingsI never thought of that. Twas not alone her lovely looks That bound my heart in thrall; My Ada read so many books. And understood them all. But now she might as well be blind— As blind as any bat; She won't Improve her baokward mi id—, I never thought of that. Her cheeks were like the damask nse. Their tint from Nature came; Though Art, as ev’ry Cockney knot s. Can emulate the same. And lately on my Ada's faoe They both play tit for tat; It strikes me Art will win the rnooI never thought of that. I doomed my pathway all serene. With such a model wlfo; No care, could come to cloud the sc ne Throughout our wedded life. Though Cupid wrecked my love and me, 'Twere eta to blame the brat; Poor little wretch, he can not sec— I never thdhght of that. —London Society.

BUDELL’S PROPOSAL. This time two years ago our ! quare Club was flourishing; now 1 an sole member. Budcll, Marby, Smithe rs and myself had formed ourselves intc a private bachelor'^ club for the purp ses of whist and other intellectual o cupations, and a very good time w; contrived to have together. We ladn't many rules and by-laws for oui club. We were sworn bachelors, and e; ch of ns had to allege a reason why he did not intend to wed; but we had so far recognized the possibility of a change in our sentiments as to solemnly bind ourselves to inform the club at nee if we should ever meditate “hahriugour pleasures and doubling our expe uses.” Smithers said he hadn’t time to aarry; I was too poor; and Marby, who was regarded as our romantic membc •, gave us indefinitely to understand that “blighted affections” stood b tween him and the hymeneal altar. Budell at first laughed at the idea of ass igning a reason; and he wished to allege as his that he hadn’t met Mrs. Buat 11 yet. That was unanimously rejeoted by the rest of the club; whereupon he i isisted Upon our accepting as an alte: native that he was afraid of ladies. W ) were willing to stretch a point in i, vor of Budell, who was one of tho jollic it possible fellows at a bachelor suppi r, and so we received this second reasoi. For the rest we nobly resolved not to fly, but to withstand temptation; ou 1 maxim was that every lady is chare ing so long as one is not married to her; and we were all ready to go into s ueiety, and even sustain tho reputation of being “dancing men.” We use tt relate to each other over our celibate pipes wonderful stories of narrow escapes from guileful women every season; but if these were all as dependent upon the narrator’8 fancy for their import ,nt details as my contributions to the < onversation, the escapes were somewhi b more than hairis-breadth. Budell c as especially a favorite in sociel y; he was one of those rare phen mens, yjpung barristers with some p actice, and he had besides a very comi irtable allowance iiym his father. L ice the rest of the cl#», 1 had at first t: ken as a joke his assertion that he \va: afraid of ladies; but I gradually cami to see that there was some truth in it. So long as Budell was in a large cc npany —in a ball-rodm or any place li :e that —he was quite at his ease, and s bold as a lion; butif by any chance he happened to fall a temporary capti re to a solitary damsel’s bow and spear, lie was almost overwhelmed with nervousness, and his usual powers of conve 'sation completely deserted him. I once met him at the Royal Academy, esco -ting a very pretty young lady, and loo) ing as uneasy as if he had had a wors > conscience than King Herod; and I have seen him tremble at a mere p assing mention of the conservatory by hi 5 partner at a dance. However, in the Square Club he was our most enthusiastic member; and horror and indignatior filled our souls when we realized the direful fact that Budell was in love, and doing his best t® be married. Had we been women we migh ; probably have seen the symptoms of ;he advancingtnalady; but we were only obtuse and short-sighted men. Now as I look back over these months I re sail incidents that might have been wa mings. The gradual decrease of Budell’s hilarity at the club, and the gradual 1. icrease of his excursions into society could hardly, indeed, have been portents, for Budcll always did go more into society than the rest of us. The first allusion that he made to me about the lady who was afterwards to play Beatrice to his Benedick was at a concert—or rather in the cloak-room, after a concert. “That’s what I call a pretty girl,” he wh ispered to me; “there, that aark-eyed girl over there in the warm, fleecy, browu shawl ■—none, of your flimsy white opera

cioaxs. me girl was prett;, m a fresh and piquant sort of way; and even a sworn bachelor might have been excused for being pleased at receiving such a frank smile ;is she greeted Budell with. Again, ne t many uays after, he remarked to me, c propos des ftottas-—“ Met rather an int resting girl last night; quitd agrees wit] me on the subject of names. I ma be excused for neglecting this hint; 1 udell I think would have found a mollusc “interesting” if it had only agreed with him that there was nothu g more objectionable than to have one s name murdered. He was nervously anxious that his name should be pronounced with the accent on the second syllable; and I afterwards found that he had been introduced (for the secon l time) to this “interesting girl ” as “Hoodie.” “Just as though I rhymed to “i oodle ” as he indignantly expressed it. But the most important hint was given tire night after Mrs. Burton’s bail, at w noh we had all been present. We wer» lounging in Budelrs rooms, and Smit ers was giving us a highly colored and graphic illustration of the frivolity tha , passes for conversation between you ig men and maidens. “That’s all noi sense,” broke in Budell: “ it’s your own fault, at any rate. Why, last nigh I had quite a serious and interesting o nversation about woman’s education with a ‘maiden.’ I even quoted Scriitureto her.” “Bet you a hat you misquote*,” said the irreverent Smithers, who hought every one wad as ignorant as hi iself. “ No; I’m not joking; it’s a f; ct, and I got an idea or two, let me tell you.” Had he only told us. that he ha 1 ventured into the conservatory in < rder to carry on his conversation witho it interruption, I am convinced that I it least toquisk he only should have surmised that the tion of an idea or two was not result. However I was not Ion ; in my state of ignoranoe. One day, a month or so after, Budell hunted me tq to confide to me that the bachelors’ c iub was all bosh; he was over head an< ears in love, and did I think he ough to tell the other men? Then there f. flowed a shower of apologetics, in wh ch "soft brown eyes’r and goodness ku iws what other personal attractions we s promilt When I recovered bre, ch, I asfared Urn that | thought it qo te mourn

bent upon him to inform the club. I was rigid and cold with him, for I felt indignant; it was almost an insult to select me as his confidant, as though my celibate principles were less fixed than Marby ’ s or Smithcrs’. His announcement that evening was received in solemn silence by the-Square Club; even Smithers had at first nothing to say. At last Marby asked: “Is it permitted to inquire the lady’s name, and when, the marriage is to take place f” Budell looked uncomfortable. “Well, the fact is,” he said, “I thought I ought to tell the club at once; but I really haven’t—that is, I- don't quite know how to set about asking the lady.’’ Bndell looked so comically distressed as he made this confession that the club hailed it with a shout of laughter. The notionof the bold and confident Budell finding himself muzzled by the tender passion was too suggestive for our risibility. Budell was seriously annoyed. “I don't think,” he said, “that my courtesy to the club has been met with courtesy.” He glared at me as if I specially had been guilty of revealing his confidence. We apologized humbly, and at last pacified him. He really was puzzled as to how to accomplish his proposal. Marby suggested the oldfashioned plan of plumping down on his knees, like a swain in a valentine; but Budell paled visibly. It was such a cold-blooded way, be objected; yet it appeared he had" almost adopted it on two occasions. The first time a little brute of a brother had inopportunely appeared—“I never knew a nice girl that hadn't a little brute of a brother,” exclaimed Budell, hastily generalizing; and on the second occasion he had even got to the length of informing the object of his affections (to adopt a phrase that used to madden Budell) that he had something to tell her, when her mother entered, and he had hastily to devise some idiotic fqct about a flower-show. It was quite evident that his nerve was not equal to a third attempt. I suggested that he should write; but it seemed that the young lady, in talking about a certain novel, had laughed the hero to scorn for resorting to so cowardly a plan as writing his proposal. “Can’t yon save her life in some thrilling manner, and then oast yourself at her feet?” asked the romantic

maroy. “Or can’t you get overtaken in a shower, and then you could neatly ask her to share your lot as well as your umbrella?” suggested Santhers. Budell smiled faintly. “It’s all very well for yon fellows to make fun of it when you haven’t to do it yourselves; but all the same it’s a ticklish'thing to do well. I wish to do it in a neat and direct manner, without any humbug.” “It’s my opinion,” said Smitbers, “that you’ll end by ‘popping the question’ in some altogether extraordinary and absurd manner.” “Very well, sir,” said Budell, with dignity, “we shall see.” But when we left him, the idea of the irrepressible Budell being tongue-tied before a dainty little damsel, who couldn’t even sit on a jury, came up to us again with redoubled force, and we awoke the echoes of the silent street' with renewed shouts of laughter. Poor Budell could find no opportunity of settling his fate. He revolved drearily round my rooms, where he materially interfered with my work by constantly putting skillfully elaborated questions to me, devised to extract my opinion as to his lady-ft>ve, without revealing her name. I rose and fell in his estimation as my answers were what he desired or not; and I committed myself to an immense number of definite opinions as to the preference between blondes and brunettes, large mouths, and small ears, etc., etc. “Whether do you prefer Greek or Saxon names for ladies?” he once asked me. I answered at random that I liked them both equally. “No, but really,” he persisted, “I mean modern names derived from those languages.” “ Well,” I replied at a venture, “ I like Saxon names.” “Do you?” he exclaimed; “why, so do I. For example, I don’t think you could find a prettier name than Edith anywhere.” “Oho!” I cried, “ her name is Edith, is it?” Budell blushed, but couldn’t deny it; and I dare say he would have revealed her surname also had I pressed him. August brought mean invitation from Will Carlvon to spend a fortnight at his father’s place in Scotland, and have a shot at the grouse. “ I’ve asked Marby, Smithers and Budell,” he wrote, “and I expect them all. J know you four have frightful chains-and-slavery notions about matrimony; but there are lots of nice girls staying here with Fanny, and if you don’t all go home with the full intention of forthwith becoming Benedicts 1 sliall be surprised. Anyhow) we have plenty of birds.” When I arrived I found the house full of pleasant men and agreeable girls; while the grouse gave veiy fair sport. The club was there in full force. Budell was in tolerable spirits, and came out in grand style as master of the ceremonies, ana as the originator of all sorts of amusements. He was too busy to inflict any more confidences, but I had no season to suppose that ho had yet accomplished his proposal. One afternoon a heavy rain-storm had driven the sportsmen in sooner than usual; I was examining my breechloader in the gun-room when Smithers mysteriously requested me to come to the smoking-room at once. There I found Budell and Marby. Smithers

naa convened tne club, ana we had the room to /ourselves. He briefly explained his object. “I have an announcement to make,” he said, “similar to one made by Budell not long since. I’m going; to follow his example, and I hereby invite you all to the wedding. Like Budell, I haven’t yet put the final question, but I am not afraid of the answer. I have no objection to tell you that the young lady is at present in this house, and that her name is Miss Maxwell.” “Good heavens!" ejaculated Budell. “Well,” said Marby, “I may as well take this opportunity of Informing the club that 1, too, am going to follow suit Only I’ve taken the precaution to speak to the young lady first, and Fanny Carlvon is shortly going to become Mrs. Marby.” I was thunderstruck. “Inthat case,” I said, with dignity, as I strode from the room, “I am now the only member of the Square Club.” Just as I was tying my necktie a few minutes before dinner, and reflecting that, though nervousness, want of leisure and even blighted affections might be got over, I at least had a reason that would preserve me from matrimony, Budell hurried into my room. “Look here,” he said, “I’m in the deuce of a box! Smithers is going to propose to Miss Maxwell; and hang it, that’s Edith!” “What! you’re both in love with Miss Maxwell?” “Yes, and that forward beast, Smithers, will be sure to propose right off; and I’ve never had agood opportunity.” “My dear Budell, you must make your opportunity. Do it to-night ” “1'o-nightP Why, it’s dinner-time already! and after dinner we’re to have these blessed tableaux vivants; and goodness knovPs what Smithers will do while I’m looking after the wretched affairs. And then to-morrow, I’ve promised Carlvon to start for the east moor at nine o’clock.” I endeavored to comfort him by suggesting that possibly Miss Maxwell might refuse Smithers; but Budell shuddered at the possibility of being forestalled. He was palpably upset, and he looked nervous ana anxious all din-ner-time. The company generally attributed it to theatrical responsibility, but they were wrong; Budell waa too

old a hand to be anxious about anything so simple as tableaux vivants. Smithers, on the other hand, had secured a seat beside "Miss Maxwell, and seemed to be making himself vastly agreeable. The tableaux began immediately after dinner, and they were a great success. Budell had skilfully arranged them, without attempting to make them into a series; and music, supposed to be appropriate pr to have some reference to each tableau, was played while the curtain was up. Curiously enough, in the second last tableau, Miss Maxwell, Smithers and Budell were to appear by themselves; and still more curiously the subject of it was “The Rivals.” Where Budell had got it I don't know; probably in his inner consciousness. It was supposed to lie a woodland scene in the paint-and-powder days. A young lady was discovered seated on a bank, with a lover kneeling at her feet, and holding one of her hands. At a little distance, and unseen by either of the lovers, was a rival glaring from among the trees at the unsuspecting pair. The tableau was very effective. Miss Maxwell looked very charming in her costume, and Smithers glareu splendidly. Budell’s face it was impossible to see, for his back was turned to the audience. Up till now the performers had all managed to remain as rigid as statues; but in this tableau Miss Maxwell, who had already' appeared several times, seemed to lose her nerve. The curt ain ha.d not been up a minute when she started, looked down at Budell, and at last, flushing crimson, fairly ran off the stage. However, the last tableau went off wit hout a hitch, and the slight mistake di d not affect the general verdict. An adjournment was made to have a dance in the hall, and I was standing Jd}v looking on when Budell, once more his usual garb, rushed up to me in a fever of excitement. “ By George, sir,” he whispered, “congratulate me! I've done it; it's all right.” And he dragged me along with him from the hall into the empty library. “What on earth do you mean, man?” I exclaimed. “What have you done?” “I’ve proposed, sir; and I’ve been

accepted.' ■ I cordially congratulated him; and then I inquired: “How did you manage it—when did yon find the time—and where the oourage?” ‘Til tell you. I did it in that tableau. Under cover of. the music 1 told Edith that In all sober earnestness I was at her feet, not in jest alone; and I asked her to be my wife. That’s why she ran away.” “No wonder!” I interjected. “Wasn’t it splendid doing it under Smither’s very eyes? And then, of course, I saw Edith afterwards in the little drawing-room; and she’ll be here directly, whenever she has changed her costume.” “Well, I’m glad you’ve settled it; and I think Smithers was right when he said you would end by proposing in some extraordinary way. And it seems to me that it was decidedly embarrassing for Miss Maxwell.” • Smithers married Edith Maxwell's sister eighteen month’s after the tableau. —Belgravia. Borrowed Babies. “ I wonder if that baby is borrowed for the occasion?” * The scene was in the City Courtroom, and the speaker was an officer of the court. The object of his remark was a squalid-looking negro baby held in the arms of a dilapidated young mulatto woman, arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct. The officer, who was addressing a Courier-Journal reporter, continued: “ I would almost be willing to bet fifteen cents that baby is not hers,” The reportorial curiosity was aroused, and the news-gatherer at once inquired what was meant by such remarks. “ Why, did you never hear of borrowing babies to bring to the City Court? It is a very common practice.” And he looked at the reporter in a manner which said/'“You certainly are a new one, and still fresh.” “That’srthe first I ever heard of borrowing babies, and I am afraid you are only joking,” said the reporter. “ No, I am not joking. It is a fact. Why, at one time here, when Dupuy was Judge, the practice grew so common that he haa to fine some of the pro tern, mothers. They brought so many babies here that nothing could be heard for their cries.” “ What in the world did they want with them?” “To arouse the sympathy of the Judge. You see, the case against theru would be made out beyond a doubt, and a fine assessed against them. They were unable to pay the fine, and knew the work-house would be their destination unless they could get judgment suspend'd. Then’s when the baby is expeoted to get in its work. The prisoner gets up with the squalling baby in her arms and enters the plea that there is no one to take care of it, and tbatshe has another or two at home solely dependent upon her, and they sometimes work upon the sympathies of the Court to such an extent that he suspends the judgment” “ And do they really work that racket on the Court?” “ Well, I should say they did. There was an old sinner who used to work it regularly, and she never had a baby in her life. One time she came into court with four children, from a young baby up to a six-year-old child. It came to be so much practiced that the Court issued a heavy fine on every woman caught practicing the fraud, and this has almost done away with it, but once in ajong while We run upon a woman with5 a borrowed baby in court.”— Louisville Courier-Journal.

A Released Convict's Romance. Ramey Thomas was released from custody at the Coal Creek coal mines yesterday, having served out his sentence. He passed through the city last night en route to Nashville, his former home. There is quite a romance connected with Thomas’ imprisonment. In 1875 he killed Joe Deal, a clerk at the Maxwell House, in Nashville, for insulting a young lady to whom he was engaged to be mariried. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-one years, but his sentence was commuted to ten years by Governor Porter, and again reduced on account of good behavior. Thomas has been at wdrk in the coal mines since he was sentenced, with the exception of a few weeks, when he worked on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad for his health, which became very precarious on account of confinement. Thomas says he is going to marry the young lady whose honor he defended at such a dear cost as soon as he succeeds in getting work. She has remained true to him during his imprisonment, writing to him, and often sending him many delicacies and sweet remembrances. He is a man of neat appearance, about thirty-five years of age, and has a manly lace and a clear, bright eye. — Chattanooga (Term.) Times. i . 9 m * —The Roman Catholic convent at Georgetown, D. C., is one of the few in the United States where the nuns take vows for life, and even here their probation lasts ten years, and release is afterward possible through a dispensation from Rome. Sister Laurentla, on lately inheriting $30,000, asked for and obtained a discharge from the order. She is now plain Miss Smith at her borne in Reading. She says that sht bad no difficulty in obtaining her freedom.—N. ¥. Sun.

i .c Mr-1 ■■iim-.-i.-IJSKFPL JUD SUGGESTIVE. —Hellebore .sprinkled on the floor at night destroys'cockroaches; they eat it and are jioisoned. —The Ohio State Board of Agricnltnre will undertake a system of sales of pure-bred breeding stock at fairs. —Carpets should be thoroughly beaten on the wrong side first, ana wen on the right, after which spots may be removed by the use of ox-gall or ammonia and water.—Chicago News. —To procure' a good coat on your horse, use plenty of rubbing and brushing. Plenty of “ elbow grease” opens the pore!!, softens the skin and promotes the animal's general health. —A convention of Kansas Short-Horn breeders adopted the following resolutien: “None but experts inbreeding and of the qualities of Short-Horns should be selected as judges at our fairs, and, as far as possible, the one-judge system should be adopted.” —An excellent soup can be made by taking one can of oorn and boiling the corn in one quart of milk and water in equal proportion; season with salt, pepper and butter. After it has boiled for about ten minutes stir in it three wellbeaten eggs. Serve hot, with a little rolled cracker, added just before sending to the table.—N. Y. Post. —The practice of growing sweet corn for fodder is greatly on the increase in this country. It makes far better feed than the field sorts, from the fact that it is very sweet and nutritious, and cattle will eat evciy part of it with great relish. Sow thickly in drills two and a half feet; apart, using two and a half bushels of seed to the acre; or it can be sown broadcast and cultivated in.— Chicago Times. —Raisin pie, which is preferred by many people to grape pie, is made ol one cup of crackers, rolled very fine, ope cup of oold water, the juice and rind of one lemon, one cup of raisins, , stoned and chopped very fine, and one heaping teacupful of sugar. Beat thesq thoroughly together, and add one egg the last thing. Bake with a thin upper and under crust; rub the top crust with the white of an egg or with a little milk with sugar dissolved in it; bake in a moderate oven, but brown the pie bv setting it on the shelf in the oven.—N. T. Post.

—lo prevent a horse from being seared, if disposed to it, when first put into harness without blinders, take him behind the carriage and at the sides, and let him touch these with his nose and smell them well. If curtains enclose the carriage, as is usual in a rockaway, loosen and shake them in the face of the horse; then stand him fronting the carriage, between the shafts, and if a buggy raise and lower the top to accustom him to this. If these frighten him a little, repeat till he gets completely over it, then attach him to the vehicle.—Boston Transcript. The Weight of Draft-Horses. We observe a very timely discussion going on in some of our exchanges in. regard to the weight and strength of draft-hoi'ses. There are many people who think that as long as there is weight there must be strength. If it is comprised in a large, strong frame, there iis of course strength if the horse is in a healthy condition. But fat docs not give strength. Many pounds of weight can be added by adding fat, but no strength is added. We have frequently said that fat does not belong to the horse. Yet some men feed to fatten a horse almost as they would to fatten a hog. While a horse should be in “good condition,” he should not be weighted down with a great lead of fatty matter. Excessive fat, it should be remembered, is really a disease, whether in a hog, a horse or a humap being; and feeding a horse to keep up excessive fat, is simply feeding him to perpetuate a disease, and one, too, that is weakening to the constitution and an impairment of vitality. Let this go on long enough and the animal will lie permanently injured, and if a mare used for breeding purposes, will produce offspring that will make the old proverb that every generation grows weaker and wiser, true in regard to the weakness al least. This idea of making mountains of flesh out of our animals, horses as well as hogs and cattle, has been productive of a vast deal of injury. We have no doubt at all that much of the* disease a mong our animals has been the result of breeding from show animals, that are always so fat that they can scarcely wallow. They please the eye which too often demands gratification at the expense of the judgment. When we get ready to fatten an animal for the market, that is the time to lay on fat, and until that time the object of judicious breeding is to keep the animal's frame growing. But as we do not fatten oni horses for market, there is no time in their lives when they should bo allowed to get wallowing fat. In feeding horses the object should be to feed such food as will furnish nourishment! to the bone and muscle. When an athlete Is in training for difficult fea ts of strength he aims at the development of muscle. He does not eat the fat-making foods, but those that vrill give strength to his limbs. The horse needs just such treatment, and unless this is given, the horse may be as fat as a hog, and still be starved.—Western Rural.

Farm Help. One of the greatest hindrances to profitable farming I find to be the difficulty of procuring reliable farm help daring the season of pressing work. For two years, farm labor has been scarce in this valley, and oftentimes fanners have been taxed to their utmost to get work done well and in season. The coming summer offers no improvement; there are indications that good help will be more difficult to find than last year. It is a common mistake to endeavor to economize by hiring cheap labor in preference to good but highpriced hands. The high-priced man is not always the best laborer; yet a lowprieed hand is rarely a cheap one.. 1 would much rather pay a man twenty dollars per month than fifteen dollars, if I knew that the amount and quality of the labor performed would correspond with the wages paid. Usually at this season of the year there is opportunity to engage men who are known to be reliable, and where a good hand is needed and can be found, it is advisable to hire now for the busy months. I find the best hands', who make a business of working out by the day or month, usually make engagements early for the summer season, and usually tho best farmers hire them. The hiring of entire strangers hrings risk in many ways, and while it ean not be avoided at all times, it is ■wise to make careful selection when possible. A few dollars on wages per month shonld not prove a barrier when the man is known to be faithful and a gooshworkcr. It is usually poor policy to “beat a hand down* on his wages; for when a man hires for lower wages than he thinks he shoidd have, there is a constant d issatisfied feeling entertained by him which has effects detrimental to the interests of the employer. In hiring strangers, or men of questionable honesty, it is well to make an engagement wish the wages corresponding to the season. Thus, in hiring for the season, lot the wages paid be much higher during haying and harvest than at other times, which will often prevent the disappointment and provocation, resulting from the man breaking his engagement at a when most peedeif-^Tiis QuiU

—0! the ships now building in Portsmouth dock-yard, it appears that the hull of the armor-plated barbette ship Camperdown is estimated to cost £196,€00 for labor. The hull of the armorplated turret ship Colossus, of 9,150 tons, will cost close on £500,000. Her sister ship, the Edinburgh, which was launched at Pembroke,, is to be completed at Portsmouth. The hull of the armored cruiser Imperiense will cost £183,000 for building and £142,000 for labor, and the hull of the steel and iron corvette Calliope is estimated to cost £82,000. —A Wisconsin farmer took a ten-year-old boy out of a charity institution, nromhsing to rear him properly. The lad lied one day and the good man slit his tongue with a pair of scissors. As this punishment was preceded by horsewhippings, proddings with a pitchfork, and suspensions by the heels, a grand jury has indicted the disciplinarian. A Toothsome Morsel. Ibis from the Madison (Wis.) Democrat, conveys its own moral: Hold on! We are cognisant of the fact that an aching tooth was last night cured by the application of Bt. Jacobs Oil. The young fellow got mad over his raging tooth in the ball room, and rushed straightway to a drug store where he applied the good old German Remedy; . In ten minntes the toothache had gone. Th* most humorous member of a,dogis the wag of his tail. \ THE LOST CHILD. A FATE WORSE THAN ABDUCTION. How Parents, by a Lack of Precaution * and Care, are Responsible for - the Death of Their Children.

(Camden, Me., Herald,) The moral and legal responsibility of pa* rents, in the care of their children is, fortunately, attracting the serious attention of the better portion of the entire country. The many instances of child beating, oppression, and other forms of cruelty which have come to light, demand that something be done; and it is gratifying to know that the people are becoming thoroughly aroused. Whether the cruelty be in the form of physical violence or physical neglect matters not—the principle in bothcases is the same. The man or woman who neglects his or her own health may be pardoned, as the conseauences fall upon the individual alone; but le parent or guardian who permits the inroads of disease upon the innocent ones dependent upon him for protection, is criminally liable in the sight of God, however he may appear in the eyes of men. There are, however, parents that intend to care for their children, but, who thrtagh carelessness or the urgency of other Suties, permit them to become the innocent victims of disease. Such parents may be guiltless of intentional wrong, but the disastrous results upon their children are just as great. These are truths which must be manifest to every worthy parent and especially in a vicinity where the unknown effects of the atmosphere, the water and the general tendency to malaria are so great. There are many families in this locality who have been called upon to mourn untimely losses, even when the greatest care was exercised ; but the experience of one only will be given: It is that of the late W. O. Thomas. The children were all most promising, but for some unexplained reason their health and strength seemed to gradually lessen until their friends feared they were the victims of consumption. One by one, they sickened and died until three had departed and two of the surviving brothers were also taken ill. Their names were Hermon and Edward. Hermon, however, seemed the stronger of the two; and, while his younger brother was confined to the house .constantly, and to his bed much of the time, Hermon was able to be about but in so weak a condition that he had no desire to play. Eddie’s symptoms were terrible I He found difficulty in retaining food upon his stomach, was restless and irritable, and out of his head frequently. At various times three different physicians visited him; and each one fold his friends he could not live. He finally got so low that death was .only considered a matter of a few days. At that critical time his elder brothers, aroused almost to the pitch of desperation by the three deaths that had so recently occurred, and the other one staring them in the face, resolved to take the case into their own bands. They accordingly did so, aad secured a remedy that was then being universally used, and began giving it to him. Its effect at first was slight, but any improvement was considered a good symptom, By degrees his strength returned; he was able to eat with a relish, then walk about the house; and finally he regained complete health and strength. The boy w as so rejoiced over his recovery that, accompanied by the editor of this paper, he went pained by the editor of this paper, he went before Justice Charles K. Miller and made oath to the facts of his sickness as above related, and that he was restored to perfect health by the use of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Now, Edward Thomas’ parents, while they lived, undoubtedly, provided faithfully for the wants of all their children; and yet the seeds of disease had taken deep root. Their care in one direction had been counteracted by unknown carelessness in another. Their love was sincere, but wholly misdirected. They should hare known that children are just as liable to kidney and liver diseases as grown up people; and that the fatality of Bright’s disease qf the kidneys is just as great among little children as. with adults. This is a serious subject. Hereditary traits: the after consequences of measles and scarlet fever, diphtheria and the passing troubles which so easily become chronic, all demand the greatest care and caution. No case of cholera infantum, measles, scarlatina, or diphtheria was ever virulent while the child’s kidneys and liver were healthy. It would simply be an impossibility. These important organs of the body are just forming within the child and growing with its growth; and they can be trained to strength and health as readily as the little mind can be trained to truth and uprightness. The importance of carefully watching the slightest troubles of the child, and especially those affecting the kidney sand liver, can not be too strongly emphasized. Children respond so readily to the proper remedies and are so sensitive to disease, that it is a sin to deprive them of one at the risk of incurring the other. By a judicious treatment these essential organs can be developed so that a strong constitution, able to resist the inroads of disease through coming years, shall be the result.

The photographer’s business is always at a stand-still. > “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are a sure remedy for Bronchitis and Hoarseness. Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stilfeners for those new boots or shoes before you run them over. If your horses have sore shoulders, scratches, cuts or open sores of any kind, tue Stewart’s Healing Powder. % THE MARKETS. NEW YORK, March 31.1883. CATTLE—El ports.» 6 90 ©* 7 40^ COTTON—Middling. © FILOUR—Good to Choice. 4 BO ® TV HEAT-No. 2 Red.. 1 19VM No. 3 Red. 1 08 © CORN-No. 2.... 08 © OATS—Western Mixed. SI © PORK—Now Moss.19 15 ® 8T. LOUIS. COTTON-MiddUng. .... ® BEEVES—Exports... t 75 © Pair to Good. 6 25 © Texas Steers. 8 75 © HOGS—Common to Select.... 8 75 © SHEEP-Pair to Choloe. 5 25 © FLOUR—XXX to Cboloe. 4 25 © WHEAT—No. 2 Winter. 1 08 © No. 3 “ .. 1 00 © OORN-No. 2 Mixed.. 48 tS OATS-No. 2. 41 © BVE-No. 8......... 50 © TOBACCO—Lugs. 4 00 © Medium Leaf. 8 00 © HAY—Choice Timothy. 13 00 © BUTTER—Choice Hairy. 20 © RROOM-CORN—Prime... 4 @ EG GS—Choice. 12 © P:>RK—Now Mess. 18 00 © BACON—Clear Rib.. 10 © LAUD—Prirno Steam... 10 © WOOL-^Tub-washcd, medium. 30 © Unwashed. >0 ® CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports. 6 50 HOGS—Good to ehoiee. 8 80 SHEEP—Good to choice...... 5 80 FLOUR-Winter. 4 25 Spring. 8 60 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring.... 1 05 No. 2 Red.. 1 OB OORN-No. 2. 52 OATS^-No. 3... 41 BYE.f.... 57 PORK—Newness.17 «5 \ KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. 8 00 Native Cows.. 8 50 BiOGS—Sales at. 8 © WHEAT-No. 2. 95 No. 3. 88 CORN-No. 2 Mixed. 42 OATS-No. 2. 33 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades......... 5 00 [-White.. CORN-Whtte. 81 OATS—Western. 52 HAY—Choloe.. 18 50 HK—Mesa. 18 00 “f—Clear Rib... 10 «—Middling.,.

A GOOD illustration of «the ruling passion strong in death is found in Ah Duck, a Celestial murderer, who was in a hurry to be hanged because he believed that for twenty years after he had “ joined the jerked”— a polite phrase for hanging—he would be able to return to earth and torment his enemies. How delightful to look forward to the time when you can enjoy the privileges of a “spook,” and at the witchiug hour of night rap on the bedpost of your mortal foe, and then stalk about the room a white and horrid unreality, while the aforementioned mortal foe’s eyeballs are starting out of their sockets, and his brow is wet with the dew of terror! Beautiful ambition 1 And to be impatient to be hanged in order that you may enter on that pleasure without delay! We confess that manila rope has no attraction for us, even with such employment beyond the grave.—iV. 1'. Herald. A lady writes: “Overwork, care, anxiety, grief, sorrow, unkindness, etc., made quite an invalid of me. I suffered great fatigue and was very nervous. Dr. GuyRflt.Mu VbIIaw TIaoIt O rsrl Sareanavilln tins sott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla has made me strong and happy. It has made me feel more able to endure hardships.” The end of a pencil is a telling pointer. 0. JHcaynne. “ Do likewise.” Dn. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, IT. Y.—“ Five years ago I was a dreadful sufferer from uterine trouble. Haring exhausted the skill of three physicians,'I was completely discouraged, and so weak I could with difficulty cross the room alone. I began taking your * Favorite Prescription’ and using the local treatment recommended in your ‘Common Sense Medical Adviser.’ In three months I was perfectly cured. I wrote a letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my health had been restored, and offering to send the full particulars to any one writing me for them and inclosing o stamped envelope fitf reply. I have received over four hundred letters. In reply, I have described my case and the treatment used, and earnestly advised them to * do likewise.’ From a great many I have received second letters of thanks stating that they had commenced the treatment and were much better already.” Mrs. E. F. Morgan, New Castle, Me. Died in the wool—a defunct sheep.—N. T. Advertiser.

“ Beauty Unadorned (With Pimples) la Adorned the Most.” If yon desire a fair complexion free from pimples, ^blotches and eruptions, take “Golden Medical Discovery.” By druggists. Size ain't everything. A watch ticking can be heard further than a bed ticking.—f Han Francisco Post. Dr. Pikbcb’s “ Pellets,” or sugar-coated granules—the original “ Little Liver Pills,” (beware of imitations)—cure sick and bilious headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels, and purify the blood. To get genuine, see Dr. Pierce’s signature and portrait on Government stamp. 25 cents per vial, by druggist’s. Poverty of invention—Being unable to take out a patent_Puck. •»^“A fair outside is but a poor substitute for inward worth.” Good health inwardly, of the bowels, liver and kidneys, is sure to secure a fair outside, the glow of health on the cheek and vigor in the frame. For this, use Kidney-Wort and nothing else. A bald-headed eagle is no mone the harbinger of spring than a bald-headed man is of a missing heir. “ The headache in mu case teas one of Zone standing, but Dr. Benson's Celerq and Chamomile Pills conquered." C. T. Reiner, German Minister of the Gospel, Leslie, O. 50 cents, at druggists. The first negro criminal was the original “Black Crook.”—iVT. Y. Commercial. Dr. Benson’s Skin Cure consists of inter nal and external treatment at same time and it makes the skin white, soft and smooth. It contains no poisonous drugs. $1 at druggists. When a pick-pocket gets out of practice, it takes a long while for him to get his hand in.—Yonkem /Statesman. Rheumatism Positively Cared in the shortest time. Write for free 40-page pamphlet on rheumatism, to R. K. Helphenstine, Druggist, Washington, D. C. The rule of three: For the third,person to clear out._ __ The Testimony of a Physician. James Beecher, M. D., of Sigourney, Iowa, l «ays for several years 1 have been using a Cough Balsam, called Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam kok the Lungs, and * in almost every ease throughout my practice I have had entire success. I have used and prescribed hundreds of bottles ever since the days of my army practice (1863), \khen I was surgeon of Hospital No. 7, Louisville, Ky. TnE keynote—“ Wife, let me ini"—Burlington Free Press. Personal! The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dve’s Celebrated JBlectro-Vol-taie. Belts and ftleetric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B. —No risk is incurred, as thirty day’s trial is allowed. __ Hale’s Honey of Ilorehoimd and Tar Quickly silences a distressing cough. Pike’s toothache drops cure in one minute. The cheapest and prettiest collars and cuffs are the Chrolithion. Try them and ■ee for yourself.

? CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache. Toothache, Sore Throat, Swelling*, Spral na, BraUe*, Burns, Seuld*, Frost Biles, AND ALL OTURR BODILY 1V41AS AMD ACHES. 3aid by Druggist* and Dealer* every where. Fifty Cents a bottle. Directions in 11 Languages. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO. teA. VOUELKKACO.) Haitian: r*. Md., P.R. A. $66 A WEEK in your own town. Terms *|nd 15 outfit free. Attar's H .Hallett A Co.,Purtland.M© Esvsvllolnkoeo BlOioBfiO. 12vtsrsexperience. Egg Itatontrs. DAY BROS.. Baltimore, lid. II I Catalogue of i#0fi Booksflree.toanf address- Aae ILL Wanted. Nut’l Book Co., t3 Beckman St., N. $10 A-DAY at home. Work for all I Acme M*fr Co.» Terms and One Sample fbek. | Brockton.*!ass. ff 70 A WEEK. $13 a day at home easily made. 4>| ACosthr outfit free. Address True It Co* Augusta. Me. I Sheets fine writ Ini calendar. 2 > \ Economy T : paper In Blotter Tablet, with * mall. Airenta wanted. Newburyport, Mass. HAIR IHcrstf Wanes sentc\oj>. anywhere. Whole* 'sale& Retail. Price-list free.Goods fruaran feed. B.C.STttKHL.157 Wabash-av..Chica*o THE BI66EST THING GOT (Mew) S F. NASON & CO., Ill Nassau SL. N.T OPIUMS. nabltCmwi la 19 No pay till Cure*. . stad'hrns, Lebanon, Ohio, FREEiraWl^ Otrrrure. D.W.Moodjitoo., »1W. full description of System of Drsss Mb, Cincinnati, O. e ■ ^*>y wstchmsbore. By mail aBo/Ctarak OV !■ Dhm. J.S. Rmoa ACo.. W IleySt.. N.Y A mail 25c. Circulars 1C ftlM CARPENTERS now me our Haw lofUtiU HltertoftleallklmUof snw*,sothey will cut better than ever. Price HR. 50. ’Circulars and prices to Agents. Address K. BOTH & Biso.. New Oxford. Pa. AA IJ Aun O 91 HALTER cannot be lwI#*wLw w slipped by any horse. Sent to any part of United States free, on receipt of HI* Special discounts ti> the trade. Send for price-list. JVC. UBHTHOV8EA BRO., Rochester. N.Y $65 £*?£?£ TEACHERS ” v w 8f udi-nis, Young Men and Ladles. In a CORTIVALIS **•“"• a ..... a# rtvm V il.„lu........ -1 Nv 1 _ __ and palnlt-ss OFIILI Itt"CfJREl Maiinfactur. d by Frwln. Hayden

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Mens her of the 1 Stjuillat the Scientific ?r«pantUoe of ft Brother Member. Sir. Strut bat beea in the drag bi ■earaba clerk cod pro____in the etty of ProvkSeobe twenty-five veint (ttctorln good eranfiin* nd knem whereof heatBr, D. aa/t: “For many rears I hate i _ tenaely at time*, with whatla generally railed r Uam. When firet attacked I wss confined to ray bed and could not valk a step. I co eld not bear the weight of the bedclothes. ao excruciating waa the agony I endured. I always noticed that before these attacks came on my kidneys were affected; before there would benny pain In m? Unfit* or any swelling of Joints of Smite, the dolor of UM secretions from the kidneys would be very dark and the odor strong and feverishThe last attack was very severe, about five yean mo. and X waa confined to the horn* several weeks and waa unable to attend to businesa la three months. During the time X was confined at home and the time of my convalescence I employed four of the beet doctors that I could obtain, but none of them gave me permanent relief; for they did nut go to work at the cause of the trouble. Having been acquainted with the proprietor of Hunt’s Rrmedy along time I was Induced by him to give It a trial, ho pint; that it might reach the seat of the disease, and after taking one bottle ^fonnd myself very much Improved, and after taklnrthe second I was feeling better than 1 bad after any previous attacks. During many months previous to taking Hunt's Remedy my bands and fingers would be much swollen and stilt every morning; my left side. In the region of stomach and spleen, waa very lame and sensitive; at times 1 would be taken with severe cramps over, the spleen, and be obliged to apply mustard or cayenne for temporary relief, I waa very nervous nights and could not sleep; I was obliged to be very particular in my diet, and my physical system was sadly demoralised. Since 1 have.taken Hunt*. Remedy systematically all these things have changed; I have no swollen hands or Unfits; no pains or cramps la the side, can eat all kinds of food, sleep soundly and get thoroughly rested, and my kidneys are active and perform their functions promptly, thus taking ont of the system all the poisonous secretions which contaminate the whole system where tbs kidneys do not a«i efficiently. My friends, what Hunt's Remedy has done for me It win do fbrall of yon. X believe It to be the only sure cure for all diseases of tbs Kidneys, liver and Urinary organa Respectfully, B. R. Dswi.it, fM Broad Street.* }C ia t*in perduv at borne. Samples worth US •3 iB MU free AddreaaSrnaoN fcOo. Portland. Me. “THE BEST IS CHEAPEST." INGRES, TUBPCUCDCSiWULLS, Hone Powers ■■■11 tO IB Cfiw flnvpr Halil* Closer Hillers (Suited to all section*. > Write for FREE IJlus. Pamphlet and Prices to The Auituyvu & Taylor Co, Mansfield, Ohio.

BOOKS It will pay every Can lo send us his or her utM.esa. We have_ of every description—first-class Books «* Bibles first-class and. last selling—ami we are now offering <extr«os^K*a«»ry 1 right parties. Tull particulars aeut her. to the DOTJGLASS BEOS. * BATHS, Cincinnati, Ohio. CONSUMPTION. I have a positive remedy for the above disease; by Ita use thousm Is of cases cf the worst kind and of long standing have been cured. Indeed, so atrong Is my faith tn its efficacy. that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE together with a VALUABLE TREATISE on thif disease, te any sufferer^ Give Express nnd P. O. address. DR. T. i- ! DUM. Ill Pearl St.. New York.

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PAINLESS EYE WATER \ SELrEJVES AT ONCB. Cures inflamed and weak Eyes in a few hours. Gives NO FAIN. The Beat Kennedy in the world for granulated lids. ‘Price 85 cents & hot* tie. Ask for it. Have no other. I>R. J. A. DICKEY, Proprietor, (Use Dandriffuge for the hair.) Bristol, Tenn. To buy and Mil the WAN! BLE and SiHAM MOL11 blMPLKSTjathc market m nil the WAMLB8S DETAt'U* SELF-LOC&IK& PILLOWiAUHKt the must DURABLE and WW1PP—PSample to any address on receipt of 81.50. Over 1.000 sold m Cleveland. Lady Aneate f ad It very wale* tie. For terms address KENDALL Al **>., 186 Oktabio STxnjrr, Cl. YELAND, (X

Vr*fc the great re* «o live, Hostetler's Stc i ach Bitters, Witt dOi aust be gathered fen: What it has 4o»j It has effected rac! i al cures in thou* Me *1 tof cases of dyspel «i a, billow dlson r f«, intermittent fe\ v \ nervous affec-* tto ot\ general de* bitty, constipation, sic. t headacM, mental espondtacy,, and thi peculiar «>mplait ts and disabliitiej to which the feeble are so subject I'or sale by ail Drtr rgitusand Deai- ■'* :: re r^llv

LYDIA E. PINKHAM’8 VEGETABLE COMPO If > Positive Core Tw all «>>M PalafWl Coatplatat• aad A XedieUe far Wmu. Iamtid by * Prepared by a Woman. Tfc# Bmttf 1«£n1 Miwiwr Ban tte Dm *f 19*11 lerlTM the drooping cpirits, tufigorates an tarraonlsM the organic functions, tires elasticity i Armnesj to the step, restore? t h« natural lustre toth^) •yo, and plant* on the pale check of woman the f rosea of Ufa's spring and early summer time. eWPhysicians Os. It «nd Prescribe It FfM* * It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulant, and relieves weakness of the stomach. That feeling of bearing down, eaiutsg pain, weigh, and backache, la always permanently cured hy Its use, IV? the cure of Ktdaoy Complalate or either tax this Cempeaad la aasurpaesed. I.TDIA E. mCIAEI BLM» PCK1EIKE will eradicate every vestige of Burners from the Blood, end give tone and strength to the system, of man wouran or child. Insist onhaving It, ' , Both the Compound and Blood PorMer am prepared at M and BS Western Avoaue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either, »L Sir bottles for V- Sent hy meil In the form of pills, or of losen-es, on receipt of price, $1 per hem for either. Mrs. Plnlcham freely *nswereall lettersot inquiry. Enclose Jet stamp. Send far pamphlet lto fern fir should be without LTMA E. rnCJCHAWS —PILLS. They cure constipation, biUotonew, ity of the over, h cents per box. B3-Sold by all Druggists. 0)

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; An English Vkteiui\\kt Surgeon and Chemist, now traveling in this country, says that most of the Hon c and Cattle Powders sold hero ai^worthless trash, lie says that Sheri din's «_ _ _ .... — m B n _ will make heal SESMS it UCIIC I flY“^ KlsnUllC nCNo LA 13535 everywhere, or sent by mai or eight letter-eta in pe. I. S. JOHNSON & €Q., Boston, Mass.

$150,000 GIVEN AWAY! THE PRACTICAL FAI:' IE1L OF PHILADELPHIA, firoiriAn intimate acquaintance with its readers, has found there js a Keoeral desire to pissess Farms and Homo in the West. Now. in order to give each of our Subscribers an opportunity to obtain an l:npr anted Farm, a well-known, reliable real estate man has carefully selected for us XOO FARMS* to be offered as Premiums to our paper. We also offer, in connection with the Farm property, as Premiums, fine Steel-Plate Engraving—superb reproductions of the works of the greatest masters. These are alone worth the price of the paper : and when we give, in addition, the, opportunity to obtain a» Improved Farm, we are making The most fill f'ndld offc r ¥®t ! Every Subscriber will receive a Premium. The PRACTICAL FARMER was founded by Paschal! Morm »r 1855. and is one of the oldest Agricultural. Literary and Family Journalsjmhlished. Its character and reputation are cf the highest, and Subscribers rarely,dr >i> Irorn our lists. It has t6 pages, published weeklv at $2.00 per annum. J*'r^wf£C.oc» HrwsHbscribtrs in two mouths, _- _——---- “ — _ ^ aAltiPltl __, fa.oo per —__ „„ . . „ and oafcr as Premiums the Steel-Hate Engravings

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_ Farms nre alt in good condition. anjl are in size n, from to eo 960 acres, and worth from $600 to Ji 0,000 each. The Farms will be conyeyed by Wanwnty Deed, an J a clear and perfect Title shown from the United States down. They *re all ready to occupy, aud will be productive h tines from the start. As high as SO OF W HEAT per acre..was harvested from some of these Farm last year. Alfcbf these lauds are just as good, and will produce as mnch under hke circumstances. The tenancies arc such that possession can be given at once. HOW JfOU may Obtain Or»0 Of tha Farms. Subscribe for t ie •• PRACTICAL FARMER. Immediately upon receiving the Subscription price— L oo, a receipt and the curtMt number ef the FARMER will be mailed to the sender, his name entered upon our subscription list, ancl the paper continued for one year. As soon as we have 10.000 new Subscribers reapteved on our books, or in ten davs from date, we will award to each of them a premium, aggregating in value fcff.000. in such a manner that each iiubsenher will have a fair and equal opportunity to obtain one of the Farms and Engravings. In the same way the second and followings tries of io.coo Subscribers will receive their Premiums until the entireJ150.000 worth of Property is given away. These Farms and Engravings are intended as premiums to our Subscribers. The distribution of these is entirely gratuitous uuon our part, and iv Intended by us as a means of dividing with our Subscribers the prohts of the

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For Two Generations The pood and staunch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMEST. has done more to assuage pain, relieve suffering, and sat e the lives of men and beasts tlian all other liniments put together. Why? Because the Mi f tang penetrates through skin and flesh to the very bone, driving ont all pain and soreness and morbid secretions, and restoring the afflicted part to sound and supple health. j

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