Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 October 1885 — Page 4

PIKE DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. [Oopvrfgftt Secured. M BtgkU itowed.] DrivenFrom Sea to Sea; Or, JUST A CAMPIN’. by c. a post. PXBUSHMD BT PERMISSION or 3. E. DOWHBT * Co., Pcbushkrs, 'Chicago.

• CHAPTER XXVI.—CoMflKUSD. ! When again the daylight came, two dead bodies were lying in the best room of the cottage on the mountain- side; one upon the bed, with a white counterpanedrawn about it, and one in the little cot, clothed in a white robe of some soft stuff opce worn by the living, ‘but which had lain unused in the bureau drawers for years, and which the mothers hands had fashioned into a shroud during the hours which had intervened. Very peaceful Was the look on either face as they lay there. Ail traces of suffering and care had fled, and in their placo was a look of rest and perfect peace. At least so thought the weary, loving woman, who, bending down to kiss each in turn, felt 'strangely comforted, although her heart seemed breaking. When daylight had felly come she went out and fed the animals and fowls, and milked the cows, leaving the dead where they lay, and as her own hands had cared for them. Sho felt compelled to do this, partly out of sympathy with the dumb brutes who must suffer without human care, but more trom a feeling that John would have her do it For had she not always eared for the animals when he chanced to he away and there was no one else to attend to them? And now that he was absent never to return, she did not feel that it made any difference; he would still want her to care for them. When this was done she returned to the house, made a cup oi: tea and forced herself to vat a little, for her work was not yet finished, and she must have strength. 1 hen she Went about putting the house in, order, and in taking down the clothes which her husband had on when he came homo wet and dying, Lucy’s letter fell out and she picked It up and read it, and reading, understood all, or thought she did. ! It was the knowledge that their children were to be driven out as they themselves had so often been that had killed John; that and some trouble! about their own home. She did not know what this trouble was, but find- }*■& the deed in his pocket she knew that the place ha'*, not been sold, and putting that knowledge with the words •muttered by her husband in his delirium, she guessed that some one laid claim to the cottage in which she watched her dead. But nothing now had power to add to her sufferings. Her cup was already full and could contain no more; so these added wrongs, whatever thoy might prove to be, could not make her sorrows greater. I She put the letter in the bureau drawer where all letters from the children were kept, finished tidying up the house, kissed again the cold faces of her dead and went out, carefully closing and fastening the door behind her, and going to the stable, saddled a horse and prepared to ride in search of help. It was still raining, bnt in a mild k nd of way, as if each particular drop half repented of having decided to fall upon tho already water-soaked earth. The -gullies upon the mountain side had been widened and deepened, and new ones had been cut through the cultivated fround below. The grape-vines were alf denuded of their foliage, and what remained hunjg listless, as if drowned in the flood. The rose leaves lay scattered beneath their draggled bushes, the fruit trees drooped their slender twigs, and all nature seemed as if it a surfeit of weeping. Tho waters filled the ravine below, and overflowing, had covered the stubble-field and extended half way to the cottage, A few turkeys and chickens, weary with their long confinement, were strolling about in a disconsolate kind of manner, *and with a look that seemed to say that they were tired of life and ready to be eaten if anybody could get op an appetite in such abominable weather. Leading the animal she had chosen to ride to a block near ihe kitchen-door, she mounted him and rode awav. At the main road she turned to the "right,' knowing that it would be folly to attempt to ford the raviae, and having decided to go further Op the mountain 'and try to reach the cottage of some people living.on the other side of the divide, reasoning that the higher up she went the less would be the volume of

^ uiu ravines, one round the road almost impassable in places, and once was nearly carried away by the force of a stream which she was com.pelled to cross, but finally succeeded without injury to herself or horse in reaching the shanty of a settler, and told the object of her coming. She wanted help to bury her dead, and she wanted some one to go to the nearest post-oflice and mail a letter to Erastus and Lucy, and another to Jennie and her husband. , . These letters she had written during the night after Johnny died, sitting in the room where her dead lay. They were brief, for no words came to her in which to tell of her sorrow, or her awful loneliness; but in a few sentences she had told what had occurred. She found heartfelt sympathy and ready help in those of whom she had conje to seek it They would have had her remain there while they, with other neighbors, cared for the dead; but she would not listen. So long as anything remained to be done for her loved ones she would help do it. She could not leave them even to the care of those who had known and respected them while living, and, despite all they could say, rode back alone, while the neighbor went to secure other assistance, &nd his son prepared to make an attempt to reach some point from which to mail the letters. When she reached the cottage on her return she put her horse in the stable, unsaddled him and fed both him and his mate, and then went into the house. A few moments later several neighbors, both men and women, came and remained until the next day, when the botlies of her husband and child were placed in vehicles in which they were to be conveyed to the little burying ground on the other side of the mountain. The gray-haired minister who had married Lucy and Erastus two years before, again came to the cottage to say a few words -over the bodies of the Jtead, trying to find language whiefrwvould convey a little comfort to the one lone mourner who was so dear to thorn-while living; but she scarcely heard words, and did not at all comprehend what he was saying. She had no thought but that her dear ones were better off. Her husband, she knew, had been an upright man, and had followed Christ’s teachings in that he always preferred to suffer rather than do wrong to another; and Johnny surely could have done no grievous wrong. Ho, she was not fearful of their condition in the life upon which they had entered, but now that the hour was approaching, in which she could do no more, even for their dead bodies, aha felt her strength giving way. and when they had been laid side by side in their >ue jjrava. and the word* “dost to

dost and ashes M Itehes” had been spoken and the !few. neighbors present turned away, they saw her falling to the earth unconscious, and' kindly and lovingly they carried her in their anas to the nearest house. Before reaching there she had revived, and insisted on being carried back to the cottage whence her Moved ones had been taken, and only lha lateness of the hour, and the dangerous condition of the roads after night-fall, induced her to relinquish her design. Even this would not have deterred her had they not made her feel that she wo'iid nisk other lives (than her own, since they would not permit her to go alone if nothing could induce her to remain. Thus urged, slie consented to remain until morning, but; nothing that could bo said could induce her to stay longer. No offer of any one to make their house her home until she heard from Erastus and Lucy would she ac

cent. Erastus would come as soon as thev got Ker letter, she knew, and she would wait for him at the old Jdatte im the mountain side. So they took her there, and two of the neighliors remained through the first day and night, and when they went away, they stmt an elderly woman of the neighhorhoocL noted for her kindness Id sickness and in death, to remain with her until Erastus should come. This, she told them, Wits unnecessary; she did not fear being alonO, and w&s quite able to do what, little there was to be done in taking cafe of the stock and poultry. But they would not listen to it, and so the woman staid, and every dav others came to sen if there Was anything that the two needed, but there wiis seldom anything that they could den. Mrs. Fafsohs.had learned from others the full extent Of the misfortune regarding the mortgage, and knew that the Place must go, but this did not worry her. If she still possessed it, Erastus and Lncy could have come and lived with her, but since she did not* she would go to them, that Was all the difference. And if they Were forced to leave their owh ranch, why, they would End shelter somewhere else; it did not greatly matter where. A part had gene on ahead to the country beyond the grave, and the rest would follow before very long. All her thoughts were centered there now, and it mattered little what became of "earthly interest* It was a full week before Erasttts came. The letter had been delayed a few days on aecotmt of the Hood, and then had remained another day uncalled for in the office, for while the dead were being laid away upon the mountain side, a new life was being ushered in at the Slough. The same day on which the letter was received saw Erastus start; Lttcy and the baby, both of whom were doing well,; being left in the care of Mrs. Johnson and another neighboring woman. He reached Phippsbnrgby the morning boat and had no difficulty in finding means of getting out to the cottage, for the calamity which had befallen the Parsons family was in every mouth, and there were numbers who were ready to offer assistance to one who came to care for the lonely woman who had endured such suffering. Mrs. Parsons saw him coming np the lane and met him in the yard in front of the cottage. Up to this moment she had not shed a tear; and not a-sob had choked her utterance, bnt great black rings about the sunken eyes, and a stooping of the form as she went about the house and yard, told plainer than tears could do how heavy was the griel at her heart. She had herself wondered that she could not cry, bnt she could not; and when she would have done so, her eyes grew hot, but no tears ever came to quench the dames that seemed to consume them. But when Erastus came; and, putting his arms about her, kissed her check and brow, and smoothed her hair, in which the gray had grown suddenly prominent, she put her head upon his shoulder and wept as if she never would cease. And so, with his firm about her, and his own tears falling fash he led her gently into the cottage, and when she grew calm, told her of the birth of her grandchild. Then they talked of what it was best to do, and as Erastus was determined not to yield tip his place at the Slough without first exhausting every effort in defense of his rights, it was decided to leave everything which Mrs. Parsons did not wish to take with her, in care of a neighbor, be sold, while she returned with Erastus to the Slough, and to Lucy and the baby. Accordingly, the wearing apparel and a few household goods, including the little wheeled cot in which Johnny had lain so long, and which Mrs. Parsons into othei could not bear to have go hands, was packed and loaded, and the next afternoon a neighbor drove them to the Landing, and the cottage upon the mountain side was left desolate.

CHAPTER XXVII. v CONSUMMATE VILLAINY. When Erastus and Jdrs. Parsons reached the Slough, they found Lucy very sick; the shock received at learning of the death of her father and Johnny, while in her feeble condition, having still further prostrated her and brought on a "low fever, from which her recovery was slow. From the hour of her arrival, Luoy’s mother became her nurse, waiting upon and watching her with all a mother’s solicitude, and the new demands thus made upon her affections and sympathies forced her in a measure to withdraw her thoughts from the dead and fix them again upon things of this life, and so very probably prevented her from sinking into a condition where morbid watchfullness for death, as the only release from the memories of tho past, would have slowly consumed her life. Then, too, „ there was the baby. A wonderful baby it was. All babies are; at least in the opinion of their mothers and grandmothers. If there was ever, anywhere, an exception to this rule, the writer never heard of it, and certainly this was not one. The youngster was as fat as three-weeks-old babies ever are, and of the same beautiful color. He had a fine bead of hair—in prospect—and had already made two weak little attempts to pul; his toe into his mouth, which everybody said was very remarkable and showed wonderful genius in one so young, and Lucy “just knew ho was the sweetest baby that ever lived; so he was.” She first thought of calling him Erastus, after his father, but finally decided to name him John, after her own father aud little crippled brother, now dead and at rest upon the mountain side. After the arrival of the household’ goods belonging to Mrs. Parsons, tie baby was placed ih-the little wheeled cot that he might be the more easily cared for during his mother’s illness, audi seeing him there, by degrees there came to the breast of Martha Parsons a feeling half as if this was her own Johnny made well again by .the angels, just as he was when he first came to her. But this could not remove wholly the awftil sense of loneliness and loss, and the gray in her hair became more and more prominent, and the stooping of her Form more and more noticeable as the days went by. When Lucy’s health was finally restored she again took up her round of household duties known to every farmer's wife, only permitting her mother to do such portion as seemed a pleasure to her, and both she and Erastus sought in every wav possible to fill her declining years with comfort. Meanwhile the contest between the railroad company and the settlers continued. Although having notified the to vacate their homes unless ■ettlers they were prepared to pay their <uU

Tmiue, including all improvements, tht company made no immediate attempt to force compliance with their demands! To do so would bring the whole mattei prominently before the country Jm«j raise such a stofm of. ittclignant protesl from the whom people an not only t« force the Company to relinquish then claim to the hordes Of tire se ttlers, but to the entire grant of many millions ot acres. Th6 conspirators well knew that they had complied with ho ]x»rtion of the terms required in the ji;rant, and that Until they did so they could hare nc legal or equitable rights thereto. They had decided, however, to obtain th« lands without Complying with the terms of the grant, and their policy wa$ tc harness the settlers by threats, and ii every way possible to incite them te such acts or violence asi would bring them in conflict with the State or local authorities, while the officers Of the company stood read.V to apneasd airy

A |-—-()- up against themselves by asserting then readiness to submit to arbitration oi the decision of the courts, and it was in pursuance of this policy that they made no immediate attempts to Cnfofee their of dtSrs lo pay of vacate. When it became e Violent that they Vvefe to be forced into a long and expensive Contest in defense of then homes, the settlers had formed themselves into a league, for the purpose oi employing counsel and taking whatevei other steps were possible for the protection of their rights. An appeal was made to 0> H. Brownin'!, then Secietary Of the Ihtefior, at Viashiington, foi his decision regarding the claims of the company and of the settlers. Mr. Browning examined t e matter carefully, listened patiently to the arguments of the attorneys of the railroad company and decided that the company had not built their road ttpbli the" liiit specified in their charter, but had instead btiiit one hundred and fifty miles distant from that line, where they had no authority for building, and consequently could have no possible claim tc any portion of the grant At the same that he rendered this decision Secretary Browning ordered the Land Commissioners to -consider the lands in California claimed by the railroad company opened for settlement, and to allow those claiming them Under the homestead and pre-emption laWs tfii prove up and obtain their patents from the Government This decision was received by the settlers at the Slough with glad and grateful hearts. It secured them in their natural and acquii-ed rights, and was accepted as proof that the authorities at Washington were beyond the power of the CorrupPonists, and tha) the General Government would cohtiutte to respect the rights of the humbles) of her citizens equally with -those of the Wealthy and powerful. * With their love for and pride in theii country and its institutions strengthened by the justice of this decision oi one of its officials, those who were in i condition to do so at once prepared their papers for proving up, but before they could secure their patent from the Government word came that Mr. Browning had withdrawn the lands from market and that they would not be permitted to receive their patent until further notice. The cause of this action on. the par) of the Secretary of the I nterior was the receipt of a request from a prominent politician, who was a Major-General in the Union army, whom the railroad company had induced to intercede foi them, asking that further opportunity of presenting evidence to show that they were entitled to the land in question be given them. This was but a trick of the conspirators to obtain time, prevent the settlers from, at once receiving their deeds from the Government, and give- themselves opportunity t« learn where an influence could be found or purchased sufficiently powerful tc secure a permanent reversal of the decision of the Secretary. The Presidential campaign was coming on and they hoped for a change of some kind that would enable them to accomplish theii dishonest purposes. The settlers, although anxious and uneasy in their minds, believed that the ^Government would ultimately deal just- . /ly with them, tended their orchards and vineyards as usual, and added new fields to the territory already irrigated. The election came and passed. General Grant was elected President and J. D. Cox, of Ohio, was made Secretary of the Interior in place of Mr. Brown

mg. r« Mr. Cox the officers of the railroad company applied for a favorable decision upon their right to the lands in question, bringing every- influence possible to induce him to do so, but without success. Mr. Cox decided as Mr. Browning had done, that the company had no right whatever to the land, and ordered it again opened to pre-emption and homestead, and this decision was sustained by the Attorney-General ol the United States, Hon- Charles DevIt is probable that the leading conspirators and owners of the railroad had anticipated the nature of the decision and decided in advance upon their course of action. By'means which may sometimes bo better known to the public than at present, they procured the introduction into the United States Senate of a joint resolut ion authorizing the railroad company to build its road “as near as may he” on. the line specified in the charter from the State of California, and providing that when the road should be built in compliance in other respects with the law making the grant of lands, the Secretary of the Interior shonldTcause pate nts ior the same to be issued to the company, “expressly saving and reserving the rights ol actual settlers.” This resolution was referred to the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, whoso' chairman was friendly to the road, and who immediately wrote to Secretary Cox, suggesting that he withdraw his order permitting the settlers to prove up on their claims until the committee coulld report, and the Senate and House act upon the resolution. Mr. Cox. complied with the request, again withdrew the lands from market and again the Mussle Slough settlers were refused permission to present then* proving-up papers and * re ceive a title to their homes. No sooner was this accomplished than the attorneys for the railroad com pany, in the Senate, in the House, ant in the lobby, began the work of secur ing enough votes to pass the resolution The setttlers protested and petitioned against its passage, but little attention was paid to their pleadings for justice The member of Congress from the di9 trict through which the road was beirft constructed was either incompetent 01 in the pay of the road, and. made bu feeble efforts to defeat the schemes o: the corporation, and the Senators ffon California were equally derelict in theii duty. Finally the settlers raised mqnej ameng themselves and sent an attorney to Washington to plead their cause foi them. He returned with a Federal ap pointment in his pocket and without having accomplished anything for thos< who sent him, and the resolution ii favor of the railroad company passei both Houses. fro be coNTumin.] —A clothes-pin faotraty at; Butternut Grove, Sullivan County, N. Y„ turns out 300 pins a minute, or 18,000 per honr, which brings forty cents per Ct. It requires about 80,000 feet o| er for a carload of pins. The e» tablishment gives employment to twen ty-five or thirty hands, about one-half whom tun females and children

A SUSPICIOUS WELL. Practical lilnatfatlon of Whit* Men"* “torttaSonameness." Colonel Gaines dismounted from his horse, approached a well; drew a bucket Of water, took a drink* and then thrning to a degro man who had just come up, said: “There seems to be something wrong with this welL" “Yes, sah, itdoan ’peer ter me like it taste ex good ez-it uster.’’ “Do yon use this water?” “No, sah, not now. It got to tastin’ SO bad dat I ’eluded ter make de wimOiin folks fetch de watef from de judder side.o’ de hilh Ef I hod Seed yer SOoncr 1 would er tole yer dat dar wuz suthin ’spicious ’boat dis heah well. I’se sorry, too, fur I hates ter she .de wimmin folks tote de water so tor-’’. “What do you suppose makes this water so bad?" “Wall, sah, I has thought dat it’s de dead hang dat's in de bottom o’ de well.” “You old scoundrel!” exclaimed the Colpn?l as he turned Sway from the Well aiia “gagged,” “why didn’t you tell me?” “Did tell yer, boss.” “Why didn’t yon tell me before I drank?” “W’y, it didn’ consarn yer den, Whut makes de white gennermeh so unreasonable? Sometimes I thinks dat I kaitt’ git erladng Wid yer. n-Arka/t-iAib traveler.

DECORATIONS. Brass and Wood Ornaments For Parlor and Dining Room. Openwork brass lamps are most fashionablo at presentBrass claw feet are most- ornamental pedestals for mahogany tripods and tables. Olive wood is fashionable just at present in the manufacture of all articles of the toilet. ■Brass bedsteads are even moro generally used, for their manifold attractions arb being appreciated by those who own them over all others. New artistic designs for embroidery from Kensington are on the background of Java cotton, which may bo found in all dolors at the designefs of embroidery patterns. Five o’clock tea tables now form part of the furniture of every well-appointed parlor, and there never have been so many attractive designs imported before this season. There are many beautiful designs in mahogany furniture of scarcely less beauty than those of colonial days; the Onl.y difference being tuat less glue is used in their construction in the present day.—jY. K Oraphic. The Barley Crop of Iceland. It is generally supposed that the horth arctic zone is extending, and proof is assumed in the increase of ice on the eastern shores of Greenland, and in the fact that barley, which was successfully grown in Iceland from its tirst settlement in 870 down to the middle of the fifteenth century, is no longer cultivated there, The Icelandic Government have, however, lately attempted to grow barley in the island oh a considerable scale, and the results were very favorable. Norwegian barley from Altenfjord. the extreme north of the barley-growing zone, was planted and lit for cutting in eighty-nine days. The decline in barley cultivation in Iceland is really due to the fact that' cattle-breeding paid better— N. T. Post. —Thera is a negro boy in Marietta who can catch bees, yellow-jackets and bumblebees the same as any one else would catch flies, and they do not sting him. He often catches a bee and Duts it itt his mouth and keeps it there for some time. When he spits it out it flies off. Live yellow jackets put under his clothes crawl around and out at other places without stinging him— Cincinnati Enquirer. PERCHERON HORSES. What the Commissioner of Agriculture Said of Percheron Horses, Hon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture of the United States, having promised to meet with the Percheron Horse-Breeders of America, at Chicago, Nov. 15, 1888, telegraphed as follows: “I regret exceedingly my inability to be with you. Am heartily in sympathy with your position. Physician positively forbids my leaving the house. My disappointment js greater than yours. The Percherons are recognized as a distinct breed in France, and are entitled to a Stud Book there and in this country as much as thoroughbreds, and as much as any breed of cattle to a herd book- Their introduction has greatly improved the farm and draft horses of this country, and will, undoubtedly, improve the large carriage and omnibus horses. I think the publication of a Stud Book in both countries will ultimately, in this case as in all others, add greatly to the fnture value of the breed.” It is gratifying to know similar sentiments are entertained by somo of the prominent importers, notably among them, Mr. 1£L W. Dunham, of Wayne, Illinois, who, buying none but pedigreed stock, has done more toward the introduction of the finest types of the breed than, we might almost say, all other men, having imported nearly 2,000 since 1872. “ The canny Scot” ought to go into the fruit-canning business —Washington Hatchet. Composed of Smart-Weed, Jamaica Ginger, Camphor Water and best French Brandy, Dr. Pierce’s Extract of SmartWeed is the best remedy for diarrhoea, cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody-fiux, colic or cramps, and to break up colds.

1 Mt MAKKtlo, New York, October 26.1885. CATTLE—Native steers.6 loo s too OOTTON—Middling. 9%® FLOUR—Good to Choice...... 3 80 ® WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 95 ® CORN—No. 8... 00% ® OATS—WestemMlxed. 28 a FORK—Standard Mess. 9 50 ® ST. LOUIS. 9% 5 50 97 51 32 10 00 COTTON—Middling.. 9%® liVVVV’V I'nr..I ... tI . j rn a BEEVES—Good to Heavy.... 4 50 _ Fair to Medium.... 4 00 u HOGS—Common to Select 3 30 e SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 2 10 a FLOUR—XXX to Choice. 3 45 a WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter... 93 a No.s “ “ ... 91 a CORN—No. 2 Hired. 38*9 OATS—No. S. 24% 3 JJYE—No. 2. 59%’® TOBACCO—Lugs. 8 CO ® . Leal—Medium... 6 00 0 HAY—Choice Timothy....1150 a BUTTER—Choice Dairy...... 20 9 BUGS—Fresh . 14%« PCKK—Standard Mess..;. 8 75 9 bacon—ciesr Rib. s%a LARD—Prime Steam.... a CATTLE-Exports. 8 30 a BO'jS-C°°a to Choice. 3 40 a SHEEP—Good to Choice. 3 00 a FLOUR—Winter. 4 65 A ” l*atents. 4 75 a WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. 85*9 OATS—No. 2.a FORK—New Mess... s 25 a __ KANSAS CITY. POTTLE—Native Steers. 4 25 ® HO S—Sales at...’ 2 35 a WHEAT-No. 2. 73%« CORN—No. 2. 81%S NEW ORLEANS. FIOUR—High Grades. 4 25 • CORN—While..... 53 a OATS—Choice Western. 34 m HAY—Choice.. is oo a PORK—Mess.. .... a BACON-Clear Rib. «u® COTTON—Middling.... 9* « LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. a CORN—No. 2 Mixed. a OATS—Np. 2 Mixed. 27 a PORK—Mess. BACON-Clear Rib. COTTON—Middling. 9% 5 10 4 40 8 75 3 00 4 10 03% 91% • 39 25% 60% 8 00 9 00 12 50 22 15 9 00 5% 6* 6 00 3 85 3 40 5 00 5 75 86% 90 «% 26 8 SO 5 45 3 45 74 31% 21% 5 25 54 19 00 9 25 i «% »* 96 45 27% 9 00 9*1

A He* King on tho Throne I “Malaria,” as a popular ailment,” has 3in place to a new potentate. you hate Rheumatism now, the mediwiaeacres exclaim—“ Uric Acid” I If you hare frequent headaches, they sagely remark—“ Uric Acid” t E you have softening of the. brain, they iniist that It is-*“ Uric Acid”! If Sciatica or Neuralgia make life miserable, it is—“ Uric Acid” I U your skin breaks out in Boils and Pimples, it is—“Uric Acid” I , If you have Abscesses and piles, “Uric Acid” has set your blood ou fire. If you have dull, languid feelings, backache, kidney or bladder troubles, gout, gravel, poor blood; ore ill at ease, threatened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo; are bilious, dropsical constipated or dyspeptic—“ Uric Acid” is the kev to the Situation, the Cause of all your difficulties 1 Vf e do not knoW as madam Malaria will take kindly to this Masculine Usurper, but he has evidently come to stay. “ Uric Acid,”—this Monster, is the product of the decomposition-death—con-stantly taking place within us, end unless he is every day routed from the system, though, the kidneys, by means of some great Wood specific like IVarner’s safe cure, which Senator B. K. Eruw says snatched him from its grasp, there is not the least doubt but that it will utterly ruin the strongest human constitution t It is cqt a young fellow by any meafis. It ka3 «long and well-known line of ancestors. It is undoubtedly the father of a very great family of diseases, and though it may be the fashion to ascribe progeny to it that are not directly its own, there can bo little doubt that if it once g^ets thor oughly seated in the human system, il really does introduce into it most of the ailments now, per force of fashion, attributed to its baleful influence. , A BAMJSf ?gifl is Somewhat of a philosopher; she believes in gnure and effect.-— OU City Derrick.

Professional Etiquette prevents some doctors from advertising their skill, but we are bcund by no such conventional rules, and think that if we make a discovery that is of benefit to our fellows, we ought to spread the fact to the whole iahd, ThiWHtbre We cause to be published throughout the land the fact that Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “ Golden Medical Discovery” is the best known remed v for consumption (scrofula of the lungs)' and kindred diseases. Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce’s complete treatise on consumption, with unsurpassed means of self-treatment. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. ^LCtr;ict;LTtjiHstg are stalk raisers and often have fine phlos. Jumbo is said to have eaten a bushel of onions daily. This accounts for his wonderful strength..—V. Y. Graphic. loang Bfcni Head This. Tub Voltaic Belt Co., of SfarshSili SUeh,, offer to send their celebrated Electro-Vbi-taic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for 30 days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and ail kindred troubles. Also forrheumatism,neuralgia,paralysis,and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigOr^ahJ manhood guaranteed. No risk incurred, as 30 days’ tfial is allowed. Write them at once for illhstrated panipbkt, free. It would improve a blind man’s condition if he could take a see voyage. * * • * Secret, involuntary‘drains upon the system cured in thirty days. Pamphlet giving particulars, three letter stamps. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, K. It. Bred upon the waters—Reared at sea.— Chicago Tribune. Best, easiest to t;So and cheapest. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 59th It is a dull Season when the mountain guide doesn’t make ascent. d Pike's Toothache Drops cure m 1 minute, 25c Glenn's Sulphur SvaphcaHsund beautifies. 25c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a Bunions. DR. JOHN BULL'S SiM’sTonicSyriD FOfrTHE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever,or Chills and Fever,whether of short or long standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no ease whatever will it foil to Sure if thedireotions are strictly followedandcarried out. In a great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole families have been oured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, hdwever,prudent.and in everycase more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for aweek or two after the disease has been cheoked.more especially in difficult and long-standing oases, usually this medicine will not requite any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require aoathartio medicine , afterhaving taken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of KENT’S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient. Use no other. DR. JOHN BULL'S SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. Priaelnel Office, 831 Mein St., LOUISVILLE. KT.

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Capsicum Cough Drops for Coughs, Colds and Sore Throats, an Alleviator of Consumption, and of great benefit in moat cases of Dyspepsia. (IEWAIE OF IMITATIONS.) 'nifty are the result of oyer forty years* expert - -• COUGH B&MEDIE3. ____ _ .. — _icaoe in compounding COUGH REMEDIES. Retail price IS cent* per quarter pound. FOR BALE BT ALL DEALERS. Fancy

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capacity FROM Snitablo for 3.000 »# 10.000ft,perdajr. i jQ n.l’. Engine. AELSIZES All 1.1.S, WOOU-AVOISlvIMJ MACHINERY. SAWS. Etc. ntHOTMf fir OH Mnnnlfu tnrliii' C o.. II IB if I EiOb tlUi ST. LOWS & CHICAGO TO 1UY* HEALTH TBS UTtE BCST BE KEPT IT OED1R. Is&cnre. for Liver Complaints and iliecaupcdby a deranged or torpid com! it ion of 1 ho Liver, as Dyspep. eia. Constipation, Biliousness. Jaundice, Headache. Malaria, Rheumatism. etc. It regulates the bowels, pnnfies the biood. strengthens the system. ANT DRUGGIST VniA* TILL TOU ITS REPUT ATION. Pteo’s Remedy for Catarrh Is the " It, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Also rood for Cold in the Head, Headache. Hay Fever, Ac. 50 cents.

0T*r 100 T»f iMOCn I« cent, selling oni new Corrugated Reflecting SAFETY LAMP Can be sold in every family. Gives more light than 8 ordinary lamps &nd forty cents. y lw convlo<**

Men Think they know all abont Mustang Liniment. Few da Not to know is not to have.

ELY'S CREAM BALM CtWnses tfcejtead. Allays’lnii am w>ticn. HealsSores. Restores the Senses ot Taste, Hearl*ij snd iiwelt. Quid CREAM BALM has j^a'nea SU fc&vtafch reputation, dispiaelnj *11 other nrenars-tiftna

A particle is applied into each nostril. no pain; agreealitetousc. Price 50c. hymatlorat druggists- Send tot circular. ELY BEOTHEHS, Brngglsts, Owego, X. T CONTAGIOUS! I am a native of England, and while I wat in that Country 1 contracted a terrible blood poison, and for i^ro years was under treatment as m out-door patient at Notiihgitfwn Hospital England, but was not cured* I suffered the. most Rgwsfefog pains in my bones, and was covered with sores all GTcf my body and limbs. Finally 1 completely lost all hope in that country, and sailed for America, and was treated at Roosevelt ia this city, as well as by a prominent physician in New York having no connection with the hospitals. I saw the advertisement of Swift’s Specific, and I determined to give it a trial. 1 took six bottles am! I joy that they have cured meenund and well as I ever was in my L. FRED HALFORD. Jvn* 13, lSiS. Treatise on Blood and Skill Disease* mailed free. Tote Swift Spkciftc Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y-, 131W. 23d Street. ran say wim groat lirely* 1 am as soi life. . New Yofk 0 tty. OThe BUYERS’ GUIDE It issued Sept, and March, each year. 356 pages, 8)4 x 11)4 inehe8,with over 3,500 illustrations — a whole Picture Gallery* GIVES Wholesale Price* dirert to consumers oa all goods for personal or family use. Tells how to order, and gives exact cost of everything you use, cat, drink, wear, or have fttn with. These INVALUABLE iSOOKS contain information gleaned from markets of the world. We tv'll mail a *<!?py FREE to any address upon receipt of 10 cts. to defray expense of mailing. Lot h* hear from you. Respectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD <& CO. 837 <fc 239 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. Please Remember Thera Is Hoi a Particle Of Shoddy Used in Our Factories, If you want a CALF BOOT, a HEAVY KIT boot, a VKALlilP boot, a VEAL CL11.F boot, a GKAIX boot or Men's and Ladies' Shoes that you can rely upon as being honest and solid, askvour dealer for those made by «?. M. 15 END Ell SOX «Ss CO,, CHICAGO. and do not take any others. If these goods are not kept in your place, write us and we will see that they are. AYe al«o are *o!e »»«s>,»rietora and manufacturer* of the FA'* MOU8 ItEKDEKSO.V RED SCHOOL HOUSE SHOES for BOYS and GIRLS. G. M. HENDERSON & GO., OHICAG-O. Hf*Write for a set of our fauey School Card*. LOST FAITH IN PHTSlCti«8. There are innumerable instance* where euf£$ I»av* been effected by Scovill*» Sarsaparilla, orBlodif and Elver Syrup, for all diseases of the blood. It is one of the best remedies ever offered to the public as a specific for certain diseases, it isno wonder that it should be more effectual than hastily written and carelessly prepared prescript ions. Take SCOVII.I^S BLOOD and LEVER SYRXTP for all disorder* arising from impure blood. It is Indorsed by all lead* ing professional men. _- II X|V I P nVcanmaiieLanusohie J?UC3 inform flfwV LHtfl hoursoutof yarn or toy cloth.

RUG MAKER oiiany Sewikq Machine ot By hand. A wonderfnlinvention. It 6EI.LS AT BIGHT. PricGonlvSI.

frames or patterns. Easy, simple fascinating. Sendstam^ for NwFrwI Inducements*

K0> hops io but uii noises manes. Celebrated “JBCUUPM** HALT*/ Kit and BRIDLE Combined, cannot bo slipped by any horse. Sam* ?le Halter to any part of the U. S. A ree, on receipt of HI. Sold by all Saddlery, Hardware and Harness/ Healers. Special dtscount to they Trade, tar* Send for Price-List.5 J.C. Lighthous*, Rochester. N.Y.

R. U. AWARE THAT Lerillard’s Climax Pltg bearing a red tin fay ; that Lorillardl UoseLmfa-* “ ‘ affine cut; that Loriltar'tl Navy Clippings, and that LorUlard’s SluUm. art the boat and cheapen i cheapest, quality considered ? Secure [onltli. KENT’S PILLS &'kk SICK HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, Stomach Troubles, Liver Difficulties, And ALL Disorders of t!:e STOMACH and BOWELS. They should be kept on hand In every boose. Fcr Sale by alt LH-uggists. lb b'O e«c. u Box. R. B. KKAT. Jr.. Manufacturer. Louisville, Ky. SAVE THE MOTHERS AA WILL BUY SilLBMAS^ HAM> ♦TT’O.l^U MOTOR for Sewing Machines,does away with the woman-killing foot treadle. Enables the weakest woman to run the hardest running Sewing Machine with case. A child 5 years old can run any machine easily. Can be put on any machine in 10 minutes, and used with or without treadle. Recommended by physicians. Address T. C.CALVERT,Cleveland, O. FREE! FREE! FREE! Send your name and Tposh-oflh’e address AT OSftf. »n«l receive the Weekly Jourual ot Agriculture, TI1K BUST limns and Farm Paper in the United State*, until Jan. 1, FEES. Ad., Joi KNAL or Agkic ult u k e, 9 X. Sth »t., St. Louis, Mo. A Bll As Dlfi ACCCD To introduce them, wo tarn urrhiti give away i.»on s Operating Washing Machines. If you want will tOU Seltyou want one Operating Washing send us your name. P. O. and express office at Tho National Co., as Dey Bt.N.X. ^ Q L 0 * !E R S*'FW ^ AWs -.Ofllcei-y pay from SilLUSCII^comiubsions; JK-»ert«r« relieved; Pensions and increase; experience ‘M years; success or no fee. Write *oi clrc Jsrs and laws. A IV- XIpTHDI..... * . W. McCORMICK. & SON, Cincinnati, Ohio. WANT!?, m « free. Standard TC f) A® •etV*e M*n « Foman in erer* I C "^county to sell our goods. Salary $35. 1 per Moatk and Expenses. Expenses in adance. Canvassing outfit FREE: Particular* free. Standard 8ilver-ware Co. Boston, Maas. BBYAMT & STBATTON’S iSSS^S. St. Louis, Mo Su» students yearly. Young men taught Bookkeepulg. Short-Uaiui, pciunauship, and assisted to position* DIKE’S BEAED^ELIXIR teJC - t hut Slivogth. QuMk. 8-T*. 8m K« I uftbar ,*o>—lj. In 3 Hkj*. 4mc :h. work. 'V.U prov.it »r fcvfiNt SNO.IiO. Pti* HI P»f. wrtk SivrcuoM ud B«aU paid 25 cla 3 Air N> «». it.»« at »S«r. .Smith Mfc. Co., Palatine, 111* Beautiful «Lff c#tton Tuk,A Rnbra»o&mples free to every person sending address to L, T. 'WHITE, Eaton Rapid*, MlclL OPIUM MORPHINE HABITS quickly and painlessly cured at home. Free Trial Course to all. HU MAN B REMEDY CO., Lafayette, Ind. CANCERS and cured without the knife, treatment sent free. Address •L. POND, M. Dm Aurora. Kane Co^llL |2f)UE STUDY. Book-keeping, Business 11V IRE, Forms, Penmanship, Arithmetic, Shorthand, etc., thoroughlytaught by mail. Circulars free. BUBIHESw vOLLBGE, Bnflklo, N» Y, I A MONTH. Agents Wanted. OO heut selling art Idea in the world. 1 sample FRE& Address JAY J1RON SON, Dktboit, Mich. A. N. K, B. 1054 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please say you saw the advertisement in this paper. Advertisers like to know when and where their advertisements are bMt. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm.

WOODS & CANATSEY, (Successors to Fleming <fc McCarty) PROPRIETORS OF ' "> ■ . ■ Star Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, CORNER FIFTH AND WALNUT STREETS, PETERSBURG. j First-Class Hussies and Safe Horses for the public at reasonable price*. Horses boarded by the day or week. Give this firm your patronage, and you »ill receive fair treatment. The well-known hostler, At. Evrox.wUI be found always on hand. g J. J. ADAIR, Importer of Mien’s English and French FURNISHING GOODS,-'

% » Shirts, Underwear, HOSIERY and GLOVES, Largest Stock in the City.

NOVELTIES III ^ Neckwear, Suspenders, HMSKRiKUFc, JESELHY, ETC.

Fine Shirts to Order a Specialty. Your Order Will Have Prompt and Careful Attention. « 131 im STREET, CORNER SECOND, - EVANSVILLE, IND. J. W. ADAMS. M. D. McCRILLUS ADAMS. Can now be found In their elegant new easiness House on the corner of Eighth and Main Streets, and have one of the handsomest stores In the State. Their Stock of Drugs is New and Complete, And they guarantee satisfaction to nil their customers. They invite special attention to their splendid assortment of ne w and elegant styles in Wall Paper*, Window Shades, And their Superior Rrands of OILS AKTD MIXED PAINTS. THE BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. CALL AND SEE TJS. ADAMS & SON, - - Petersburg, Iiid. E3- ^ R. KllSrC^S NEW FURNITURE STORE! This firm has opened a large stock of New Furniture, all the latest styles in Beteais, Watties, Sofas, Clairs, Bums, tail Cases, Tables, Safes. Our goods are all new—no old stock to select from. Our place of business is at King’s Old Stand where we can be found selling as choap as any house in the country. We also keep a t'u\ stock of ~i UIUDERT^KERS’ SUPPLIES CALL ANP SEE TJJS. E. It. KINGS-, - , - - Petersburg, Ind.

EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. -Proprietors ofTHE EAGLE BREWERY, VINCENNES, INDIANA, Furnish the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords t 4 AND SOICIT ORDERS FROM ALL DEALERS BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. On Sale at L\_ll Saloons. ISAAC T. WHITE. FRED’K H. BURTON. MARSHAL C. WHITE. K.BLLER cfc WHITE, Wholesale Druggists AND DEALERS IS Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass ■ * AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. No. 105 Main Street, ... Evansville, Ind.

1884. THE 1384. OSBORN BROTHERS Have removed to their elegant New Bttilding on Mala street, where they have a large and splendid line ot BOOTS AND SHOES, For Men, Women and Children. We keep R. L. Stevens’ and Emmerson's brands ot Fine Shoes. OSBORN BROTHERS, Petersburg, - - - - Indiana. C. A. BUEG-ER & BRO., FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAI10RS, Petersburg, Indiana, Bate Received flair Lane Steel of Late Styles of Piece Goods, Consisting ot the very best Suitings and Broadcloths. Perfect Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as Low as Elsewhere. "nr ur jp- tp's i . •. Petersburg* Indiana, CHARLES SCHAEETER, JProprietor. Located in the Center c f the Business Part of Town. TEAMS reasonable. A good Bar in connection with me Hotel Choice Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars. Corner of Seventh and Walnut Streets,