Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 December 1885 — Page 4

FIAE lOliMi DEMOdRITJ l*ubli«hecl Kv-ory Tllui-edny. PtTEKSllUKtJ» . . INDIANA-1 THE CHRISTMAS BELLS. The Christmas hells are ran*, The midnight mass is sung, M>wu through the dim cathedral aisles the deep-toned organ swells; A*"J while the censer swings, A.nd the psaltvrthg choir sings, end memori.es rise of days long past, when joyous were those Bells. Tim merry chimesof home, when Christmas time was come. To our young hearts were sweet and glad— we never dreamed of knells; But now, each year that rolls, . , The death-bell mournful tolls. And leaves somr vacant chair since last we • henri the Christmas Bells. J'et no!—Weil not look back . . Upon our past life's track, ; But turn and face the coming time Of which that music tells; We’il took forhappier days. Tread nobler, better ways— OW sorrows die, new hopes ring out, in the music of the Bells. We’ll bury all our woes, We'll grasp the hands of foes. All evil thoughts and deeds, the wide world round the music euells; Forget the bitter past, gather round, this last. And gather vwunu, juis nisi, Last time that many listening now shall hear the Christmas Bells! . . 5 —IF. At. Donnelly, f« Sifting. VERY BAD “COPY.” Instances of Some Noted Men Who Furnished It. Bow John tv. Forney, Jr„ Drove a Poor Printer from State to State—The Worst Penman of America—The Oreat Conflict Between Editor, Printer and Proof- , > Reader, . There is no end to the stories thatmight b^told of the trouble, fun, accidents hud other complications that have j been culled by editorial writers and others who furnish the copy from which printers, in all sorts of offices, earn their livelihood! Proof-readers are the ; court of last resort in the premises, and many a bald and gray head and premature aged body are the results of hours of -struggle and days and years of association with manuscript that puzzles the author himself to read when it once

~''~***~ vwv** niuci s f.xpen* ence expends over quite a period of years and with quite a varied collection of authors, and many a scene of trouble and discord and stormy encounter has come under his notice, brought about j £ positive inability to decipher the waling, and a consequent misconstruction of what the author intended to write and what he undoubtedly did Write if it had been properly deciphJohuW. Forney, who was too well known throughout the country to nfeed elaboration as to who he was, wrote a terribly bad hand and he was made to blush and . worse many a time when living. He was very willing at all times to read the mauuscript of an editorial when the proofreader appealed to him in his dire extremity, but frequently he would substitute a word, declaring he could not read what he had originally written. gBut, in the language of the" tvpo, the ther s writing was “cqp»*cv plate” in mpanson with tint Son’s—John W. "£ftrney» Jr. s held lor a long time "Le l*^1,11?” °t 'managing editor on the Philadelphia Press at the time his'father owned arid edited it and he furnished a good deal of copy, for it used to be saxthe could “make eopv” as fast as any one was ever known to make it in those days. He wrote dramatic criticisms, theatrical notes, etc., and his manuscript was so horrible that the compositors insisted on the payment of "ftyen cents a thousand ems extra. Which made the price sixty-five cents a thousand for type-setting on this j particular manuscript, which, considering the fact that the proofs were also corrected for them, made a pretty fair price. At one time there came into the Press composing rooms— so the story goes—a man who had trav- 1 eled much and whose knowledge of manuscript was by no means limited, and who was a most excellent newspaper printer. He carefully watched for “subwhich in Philadelphia, as allprin4ers who have been there know, is no very pleasant Job, for there is not at any time a very great amount of it given out, until - at last he was rewarded by a “re«-u-lar going oft' and putting him otf to “sub for him. Everything went along nicely and smoothly for an hour or two, when, upon going to the “hook” he struck a “take’ of “Young John’s” manuscript. He took it to his frame, put it upon his ease, with his “stick” upon it, looked at it for a moment and tften ejaculated, punctuating his remarks with words rather too strong to print in hill, and the dashes wSl be omitted: “Well, that’s writing, is it? Business is too good in this country for me to waste ffiy time in trying to make a living op that kind of stuff, and I’U leave it. So saying he put on his coat and talked out of theomee.

» great wnue alter the above occurred this same “comp.” was working in Denver. The Pennsylvania Edit*? rial Association just about this time went on a Western trip, with John W. Forney, jr., as one of the number. Stopping at Denver, John volunteered to write for one of the journals there an account of the association's trip. The oner was thankfully accepted by the editor, and John W., jr„ went to work- «£». it so happened that this was the oihee in which the above-mentioned printer was working, and, of course, as soon as the manuscript reached the copy hook a “take” of it fell to his lot. He took it to his frame, and with arms a-kimbo cried out, with language more forcible than elegant: “Well by George! 1 left Philadelphia for that, and I’ll leave Denver too.” And he did leave, for immediately donned his coat and Jqffc Editor Bloss, who several years ago wrote the leading articles for the Cincinnati Enquirer, wrote a hand that no one but four men who were specially employed upon it in the Office could read. To one not accustomed to it, and these four men are certainly the only ones that could be excepted, it looked the same whichever way y ou turned it. Except for the folio mark at the top of the page, it was impossible to tell when ) proud distinction of having__ the worst penman that America or any other country ever produced, and the manner of his death was cruelly referred to at the time by thoughtless typesetters who knew his handwriting, as a just retribution. He was struck by an engine and instantly killed while walking on the railroad track a few years ago. Horace Greeley, while he lived, bore the reputation of being the greatest of American editors, and he also bore the reputation of turning out about as bad manuscript as it was necessary for any man to do. fie once wrote an elaborate article in which he found occasion a to quote from Shakespeare the wellknown phrase: “’Tis true; ’tis pity; and pity ’tis, ’tis true,” His proofs were always sent to him, and tall stories are told of the way in which he raged about and tore things generally when he read: “ ’Tis two, ’tis fifty, and *tis fifty two. ’ It is also said that a letter written to a man employed on the staff of

Tribune, and intended as a letter of dismissal from Mr. Greeley, was used as a letter of recommendation and did really procure the same gentleman an editorial position in the West. A leading metropolitan newspaper at one time had a very cteVer London correspondent, bat his handwriting was wonderful to behold, and it was a source of great annoyance to the Compositors, causing them to lose a great deal of time a»5 Necessarily reducing their earnings. The manuscript was dubbed “Choctaw,” and it was always known by that name in that office. But bad manuscript hes caused trouble in numerous ways. A compositor will construe it one way, the proofreader another, and very often Neither will hit upon the proper word, feid a hauling over the coals fe tkfe result. The aiming after sense very often makes nonsense m the author's opinion, and a good point is spoiled. In reading an editorial growl is often hit upon in tbt: columns of exchanges One newspaper makes thrimriection: “An unfortunate typographical error occurred in our columns yesterday by which the line ‘How the State fusion 'candidates arc seeking victory’ wise altered m such a way as to hath I a very sinister meaning at)d rye tegrei that it should have occurred. ’ The word ! “fusion” was prihted “prison.’’ Hence tb«< difficulty. Another paper says; "Our compositors lightly alluded t« ‘Suakbu’ for ‘Suakim, and print ‘London' instead of ‘Soudan ’ Iti the language of a gifted Eastern poet, fetch on your Arabs. We guarantee that they will never be able to do any more damage after they have been mangled in owr typographical department.”'' Another growl: “Seven hundred and eighty editorial errors of statistics, history, geography or religions information win slip past compositors and proof-reader unnoticed, but just let a joke or flippancy or Other be attempted, and compositor and proof-reader promptly come to the resene and knock it into ‘pi.’” The editor then enters into an elaborate description of how the compositor added a fetter to a word intended as a funny hit, and how the “sleepy-eyed proof-reader” passed it by, and eases his mind further by saying: “Now, if it had been ahoNse set cn fire by a ‘pair of geese’ instead of a ‘pan of grease’ nrect oil a stove, or—well, if thCv bad, in fact, run across a lot of foolish errors, the pair of them would never for an instant have straightened them out. But a joke! Goodness, ain’t they just death on a joke?” But a few errors that have come under the writer’s eye and been “eanght” must close the story. George Parsons Lathrop recently wrote a long article in which the words “back-yard studies” were used. “Bay yard stitches” was put into type as an improvement on the original. A headline shunt'd have read ik ft 1_i. it-_

positor had an eye to the vegetable kingdom and set it np “Tomatoes in the West.” “He did yeoman’s service”, was transformed into “He did Herman’s service,” and a sentence in which the words “provided with implements for turning captured guns against the enemy” occurred was tortured into “provided with implements for turning captured Jews against the enemy.”Brooklyn Times. ' * NATURE’S CARPENTER. The femct Analogy Between the Carpenter's Plane and t&e Jaws of the Bee. There is an instrument very familiar to carpenters, called the spokeshave, on account of its use in trimming the spokes of wheels. Different as it may be in appearance, it is identical in principal with the plane, having an edge guarded by .a piece of wood, so that the blade can Hot "cut too deeply into the object on which it is employed. The chief distinction, indeed, is that the workman, instead of pushing the blade from him draws it to him. Now let us see if we can find any examples of the plane or spokeshave in nature. I trace at least one example of the plane in the insect world. More than a hundred years ago, that very obseryaht naturalist, Gilbert White, noticed a bee performing a curious task. SnO WOC vnnninn nn xl_ She was running up 'the stem of the t, holding her jaws exgarden campiop, r--... tended, and stripping ofl the down with all the dexterity of the hoop-shaver. She collected a bundle nearly as larges as herself, and then flew away with it. What she did with her burden he knew not, but the history of the insect j h|s been told fully, though briefly, by Mr. F. Smith, m the “Catalogue Jot British Hymenoptera:” - ‘‘This insect, sp far as my own observation has enabled me to ascertain, does not construct its own burrow, but makes use of any hole which is adapted to its purpose. I once detected a bee entering the hole above the wheel of the sash line in a summer-house; but its nests are most commonly formed in the holes bored in old willow stumps by Cossus ligniperda (the goatmoth); formerly thev were easily obtained in Battersea Fields, where the willows abound. The chamber being formed, the bee collects a quantity of down from woolystemmed plants, with which she forms an outer coating. She then constructs a number of cells for the reception of the pollen, or food of the larva; they consist of a wordy material, mixed with some glutinous matter which resists the moisture of the food they contain, and in which the larva, being full fed, spins a broken silken cocoon. These bees pass the winter in a larva state, and do not appear until midsummer.”

-iub reauer wm see irom tnis account how exact is the analogy between the carpenter’s plane and the jaws of the bee. In consequence of the simile employed by Mr. White, the insect has been popularly known by the title of the Hoop-shaver Bee. It is a tolerably common insect, and abounds in the south of England.—From Rev. J. Q Wood’s “Nature's Teachings." m New Parisian Industry. A correspondent of the Paris Temps has been at pains to ascertain that there are in Paris at the present time no fewer than twenty-three establishments which employ a more or less considerable staff of clerks in writing out addresses for circulars and advertisements to be sent through the post. Although these establishments are, as a matter of course, busier than usual at election time—having had to write out the addresses of nearly 3,000,000 circulars— * they seem to do a pretty good business all the year round, their ordinary work consisting for the most part of addressing tradesmen’s circulars. They also keep a list of all the persons engaged in different branches of trade, compiled from the directory of Pans; so that when any one applies to them to send out a circular, say, to all the tailors of the town, they are ready to begin writing the addresses. Stranger still, they keep a list of those who stammer, who have lost their hair, or are subject to any infirmity which advertisers of patent medicines and so forth profess to cure. —The demand for pure oxygen gas for medical and other purposes has recently led to the construction of machinery for separating the gas from air by the agency of caustic baryta, which has the property of absorbing a certain portion of oxygen in addition to what it already contains, and of yielding up again this absorbed oxygen when heated and placed in a vacuum.— Scientific American. —We all have our ideal of human perfection. It is something we expect everybody but ourselves to come up to.— Boston Globe.

A WONDERFUL GROWTH. Mm Carefully-Compiled StaUaMea af General Interest Helm tire to the Rapid Increase In Population and Wealth of the More Northern Portions of the Great Northwest. The late reports from the Rx^mtive officials of the great States and Territories of the Northwest show a surprising growth in population and wealth. This important region comprises the rich agricultural and grazing States and Territories of Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. MINNESOTA. r he returns from the Minnesota census taken in May, 1885, show a population in the State of 1,117,708. 1*1 1880 it was 780,778, The assessed valuatipn.of property in Minnesota is $101,020,587;‘in 1880 it was $258,055,548; increase, $142,978,044. The cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the largest and most important business metropolis of the State, and itt fact i»l the entire Northwest; Show hit unprecedented j*tt>wt&> Thcjr are situated Vo hear each other that their corporate limits now join, and form a great commercial center. They are about equal in size, and thgit combined population bv the eehsus of May, 1885, was 557 Tin 1880 it was 88,060, increase, 152,587. The capacity of the flouring mills is 30.000 barrels of flour a day. Wheat received last year, 32,438,222 bushels; elevator' capacity, 8,500,000 bushels; cut of lumber, 300,724,879 feet: new buildings erected, 4,84?; real estate sales, $29,435,880. Duluth and Superior, at the head of Lake Superior, separated only by the Bay of St. Louis, form an important commercial metropolis. Their population is upwards of 20,000, and next to Chicago they are the greatest shipping points for wheat in the West.having an elevator capacity of 8-,000,000 bushels. DAKOTA. Dakota shows a remarkable growth in population, and by the development Of only a sihal! poriioh of its great agricultural resources shows a large increase in the number of farms, products of the soil and live stock. The icturns of the Territorial census taken in June; 1885, and the report of Governor fierce to the Secretary of the Interior for 1885, compared with the census of 1880, show the growth of the Territory:

Population.. 135,180 Wheat, bushels.. 2,830,28» 415,554 38,166,413 1,800,503 2M*tO,086 2.170,059 3,S0S,860 ;i.2S3,7S» !l,527.978 :t,30e,388 82,017 *155,767,918 13,867,687 41X538,897 30,808,131 214,637 796.158 254184 334^28 882,689 8X804,200 Corn, “ . 2,0iXXS64 Oats, “ .. 2.217,132 Brrtey, “ ........ 277,424 Potatoes, * ........ 654.086 Flax, -* ao«K . Hay, toSS...... 308.038 Acreage of the cereals. 450,492 Farms, No. of. 17,435 “ valuation.*22,401,084 Farm implements, val.. 2390,091 Live stock, valuation.. 0,461X274 Farm products, val_ 5,648,814 Horsps attd filules, No. 44,373 Cattle, No. 144,139 Sheep, No.L........ Hogs. No.I. .. Wool, pounds... Butter, “ . 2.000,955 The census returns of Dakota show a larger per cent, of growth in the number of inhabitants, farms and manufactures in the northern hall Of the Territory than in the southern haifv viE.: 4 NORTH DAKOTA. Fn 'Cent. 1880. 1835. Increase. Inhabitants, No 37.443 153,149 309 Farms, No,. 4,021 32,911 718 Mauufaetures. No. 45 612 1280 SOUTH DAKOTA. Inhabitants, No. ..97,734 262,515 168 Farms. No.13,414 49,658 270 ‘ ' “ 442 111 Manufactures, No.. 200 Montana. The report of Hon. S. T Btauser, Governor of Montana, to the Secretary of the Interior, October, 1885, estimates the present population of the Territory at 110,000; the population in 1880 was 89,157; increase, 70,843. The report estimates the value of the silver, gold, copper and lead exports at $20,250,000; beef cattle, 75,000 head, valued' at $4,500,000; and of wool, 6,000,000 pounds, valued at $1,400,000. The number of cattle now in the Territory is placed at 900,000 head; sheep, 1,200,' 000 head, and horses, 120,000 head. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Washing^m Territory has experienced a rapid growth, since the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad has made accessible its rich agricultural districts. The population has increased from 75,120 in 1880 to 175,000 in 1885. The Territory is free from debt with $47,901.81 in the treasury,and the assessed valuation of property in 1884 was $51,008,484. GOVERNMENT LANDS, The reports from the United States General Land Office for 1883, 1884 and 1885 give the aggregate amount of Government lands entered in the entire United States for that period at 54,* 076,432 acres, of which 29,830,351 acre*, or 55 per cent, of the acreage, was taken up hy settlers in the six Northwest States and Territories, via: In Minnesota...... 3,836,803aeres. “ Dakota. 17,946,294 " “ Moutaua. 2,180,757 “ “Idaho.. 787,033 “ “ Washington.2,i®6,053 “ “Oregon.. 1,692,812 “ Total....... 29^330,351 acre*. This large quantity of Government lands entered in addition to the lands sold by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company indicates a large movement of settlers to this region of country.' Public lands remaining undisposed of in these States and Territories: In Minnesota..'.20,638.789 acre*. “ Dakota.. 51.0)8,903 “ “ Montana.831’«3,741 “ “ Idaho...50. toy,999 “ “ Washington.33.121,596 “ “ Oregon. 45.079,934 “

rotai.384,388,S81 acre*. One of the chief factors contributing more largely than any other to the rapid settlement in this region was the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad through these important States and Territories. Its construction was made possible by the liberal grant of lands made for that purpose by the general Government. The line was opened for through traffic about two years ago, and considering the * progress already made in developing the rich - agricultural, grazing, timber, mineral and other native resources of the broad belt of country which it traverses, it is safe to predict that at no distant day this region of the West will count its inhabitants by millions, and the amount of wealth its people will realize can scarcely be estimated. --. —The local papers at Rawlins, Wy. T., describes a sensation that occurred there very coolly. It says: “Last Friday another homicide happened. That makes seven so far this week. FourAce Lyons and Devil-Lake Charlie engaged in a little game of draw. Charlie dealt and Four-Ace stood pat and bet fifty dollars. Charlie stood, and raised fifty dollars. Foor-Aee called. Charlie had four aces and a king and Fonr-Aac had four kings and an ace. Each accused the other of working miracles, and they instantly agreed to settle it by another game of draw. They drew revolvers. Both died.” —In an up-town residence there is a parrot about the size of a canary, named Jack. He waddles ail over his owner's desk, biting anything that comes in his way. Once he pulled a parlor match out of the box and commenced chewing it. It went off in his, mouth, and he jumped something less than fifty feet. Now he gives the match-box a wide berth while foraging. Another time he put his foot in the ink, aud now, if shown/an ink-stand, he immediately raises his foot and looks at Urn‘bottom of it. -N. Y. Stm.

A REMINISCENCE. A Tr«» History of the Once faniw "Boh. ert Heller.” “Robert Heller,” the noted magictin, wm really William Henry Palmer, a native of Canterbury, in England. At the age of ten years he was a musical prodigy, and at sixteen he appeared in concert. and had composed several brilliant studies for the piano-forte. His musical career was hindered by his boyish fancy for the illusions Of magic, St first a merd recreation, afterward an infatuation. While still a student he left the Royal Academy, in company with another young and noted artist.'and at the Theater Koval, Rochester, he gave his first magical entertainment. The result was dot brilliant. The friendly confederate sat in a front box, with greatly waxed mustache, eye-glass and other disguise, but owing to anxiety he lost his presence of mind at critical periods, to the discomfiture of the wisard and the disgust ol the audience, from whose missile* the trioyoung adventurers escaped through h frindow at the rear of the stage. In 1852 “Robert Heller"’ came to theUnited States, and soon afterward he drifted to Washington. There he became a professor of music, was organist at Dr. Hall’s church, became a lion in the diplomatic society presided over by Lord and Lady Napier, and married Miss Annie Kieckhofer, a daughter of one of the firm of Riggs A Co., bankers. But his infatuation for a Bohemian life was not overcome. Kis marriage was net.a h*pjW che. and lie persuaded an old English gentleman named Philips, the father of a Washington bookseller, to furnish the funds for a new necromancer’s outfit, Soon afterward he obtained the services of his step-sister, Miss Ada Palmer, as a confederate, and with her he traveled around the world. Returning to the Atlantic coast, he died at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, November 2?, 1878.—Ben. Parley Poore, in Boston Budget. —--:—- "SPOOPENDYKE;" His Experience as Publisher or a North Dakota Journal. Stanley Huntley, better known as “Spoopendyke,” had about eight dollars in cash when he took the Bismarck (Dakota) Tribune off the hands of its owner, and put his own name over the editorial column as the Tribune's proprietor, At the end of the first week of his regime the printers came for their accustomed pay, and life tried to give them the accustomed “stand-off.” They refused to wait, though, and the result was that Huntlev had to go out into the streets of Bismarck and lasso a partner. He found a man who had enough money to pay off

me printers, anil he gave hint a half interest in the concern, hut that was all the money the partner had. In a few days the paper for next week’s issue arrived by express C. O. D., and the Tribune publishers were duly notified of the fact. They hadn’t the wherewithal to meet the bill, st> they prjt «p a job; Huntley went down to the express office; engaged the agent in charge in pleasant conversation and a sked him out to have a cigar. The agent accepted, and while he was taking his cigar at a neighboring bar, Huntley’s partner went to the house and carried off the package of papers. At the end of that week the printers made their usual insatiate demand for pay, and as Hnntley didn’t have it himself and didn’t know where it could be had, he left the Tribune tt> his partner, who has since made it pay. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Indigo-Carmine. To obtain indigo-carmine use only a very good quality of indigo, preferably Bengal, which should be washed in a hot diluted solution of sulphuric acid. Then one part indigo and five parts sulphuric acid, 66 deg. B., are mixed together in a leaden vessel; the indigo being first very finely powdered and dried. The vessel should be kept cool aiid the indigo should be added to the acid a little at a times the mixture being well mixed. A heating of the mixture should be avoided, as it would cause free sulphurous acid, which would impair the good qualities of the finished product.—Dry Goods Bulletin. —“Have you any occupation? Do you do any work?” the magistrate asked the prisoner, who was charged with vagrancy. “Yes* your Honor, I am an actor,” “Ah, well, then, von don’t work—you play.” “Ah, yes, your Honor; you only see me on the stage. Yon should see me when I’m trying to collect my salary.” The magistrate entered “day laborer” against the prisoner’s name, and gave him an honorable discharge.—Brooklyn Eagle. Three Quotations. When a man is hanging, cut him down, then go through his pockets.- -Texas Post. When a man is coughing give him Red Star Cough Cure.—Baltimore Arias. When you want to conquer pain, use St. Jacobs Oil.—Philadelphia A’ms. —Engineering describes, under the name of “mystery gold,” an alloy resembling in appearance, weight, and in withstanding the jeweler’s test of strong acids. Its analysis is given as follows: Silver, 2.48; platinum. 32.02; copper, by difference, 65.50. Strong boiling in nitric acid, even when an article made of it is left in it for some time, has apparently no effect upon the alloy which ts coming extensively into use.

—Robert Burns, in writing a poem, was always careful to use words that the most uneducated person could readily understand., Here is one of Robert’s choicest stanzas: “O mickle yeuks the keekle doup. An* a unstcker girns the graith. For wae anil wae! tlie crowdles loop O’er ]ook an hallan, braw and baltn. Where ante the coggte hlrpted fair. An* blithesome poortitli toomed the loot. There’s nae a burnle gtglet rare Rot blaws In Ilka linking eoof f” THE MARKETS. NSW York, Deoember-91, 1885. CATTLE—Native Steers.$ 3 90 « 6 00 COTTON—Middling. « 9* FLOCK—Good to Choice. 3 80 * 5 50 WHEAT—SOL 2 Ked. ® 94 CORN—No. a... 4914® 50 OATS—Western Mtced. 34*4® ST FORK—Standard Mess. 9 8714® 10 3714 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling.-. • BEEVES—Good to Prime..... 4 00 ® Fair to Medium.... 4 75 ® HOGS—Common to Select_ 3 40 e SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 00 ® FLOUR—XXX to Choice. S 15 » WHEAT—N0l a Red Winter... 98 ® No. s “ •* ... 90 a CORN-No.3 Mixed...:. « OATS—No. a. 2714® RYE—No. a. 58*4® TOBACCO-Lugs. 8 00 « Leaf—Medium.... s 00 a HAY—Choice Timothy. 13 50 BUTTEK-Choice Dairy.. 3S EGGS—Fresh. PORK-New Mess..10 00 BACON—Clear Rib.......... LARD—Prime Steam. CHICAGO. CATTLE—Shipping........... 3 30 HOGS—Good to Choice. S 70 SHEEP—Good to Choice. 2 25 FLOUR-Wloter. 4 50 Patents. 4 75 5148 5X® 8* 4 50 4 90 3 85 3 00 3 85 9314 91 3214 3714 » 8 50 5 00 « 13 50 « 35 « 17 * 10 12H 514 6 5 40 3 96 4 40 5 00 5 50 8414 87 39*4 2814 9 90 WHEAT—No* 2 Spring. 8314® No. 3 Red. a CORN-No. 3. a OATS—No. 3.... 38*4® PORK—New Mess..... 9 85 a KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native steers. 4 10 a 4 oo HOGS—Sales at_». 3 15 a 3 75 WHEAT—No. 3. 7014* 7114 COHN—No. 3. « 28?4 OATS—No. 2. a 27 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 4 40 • 5 50 LORN—White. « 44 OATS—Choice Western. 37 a 3714 HAY -Choice. 17 00 a 18 OO FORK-Meas.- .... a 9 8714 BACON—Clear Rib. 5*4* 8 COTTON—Middling.- 9 a 914 LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 3 Red.. * 98 CORN—No. 3 Mixed....... a 37 OATS—No. 2 Mixed. 3114* 32 PORK—Mess.- .... a 10 00 BACON—Clear Rib... 5*4* 5* COTTON—Mlfldltof .... • •

Is Every Body Drank? Among the many stories Lincoln used tt> relate was the following: Trudging along a lonely road one morning on my way to the county seat, Judge—-overtook me with his wagon and invited me to a seat. We had not gone far before the wagon began to wobble. Said 1: “Judge. 1 think your coachman has takeu a drop too much.” Putting his head out of the window, the judge shouted: “Why, you infernal scoundehyou are drunk 1” Turning round with great gravity, the eoaichtnan said: “Be dad! but that’* the s’cision your Honor’s gir’n 'n firs* fight,, twermoht. If people knew, the facts, they would be surprised to learn how many people reel in the streets who never “drink a drop.” They are the victims of sleeplessness, of drowsy days, of apoplectic tendencies, whose blood is set on fire by uric acid. Some day they will reel no more—they wall drop dead, just because they haven’t the moral courage to defy useless professional attendance, and by use of the wonderful Warner’s safe cure neutralise the uric acid in the system and thus get rid of the “drunkenness in th' blood.’’—The American Rural Home. CONCERNING SEES. Their Special Knowledge of District Or idixd Marks. Mr. G. J. Romanes describes an interesting series of observations on a subject thus defined in the introductory paragraph: “In connection with Sir John Lubbock’s paper at the British Association. in which this subject is treated, it is perhaps worth while to describe some experiments which I made last year. The question to be answered is whether bees find their way home merely by their Knowledge of landmarks nr by means of some mysterious faculty usually termed a sense of direction. The ordinary impression appears to have been that they do so in virtue of some sneh sense, and are therefore independent of any special knowledge of the district in which they may be suddenly liberated; and: as Sir John Lubbock observes, this impression was corroborate:.! by the experiments of M. kqbre. The conclusions drawn froth the%e experiments, however, appeared th me, as they appeared to Sir John, unwarranted by the facts, and therefore, like him, I repeat them with certain variations. lit I the resuit I satisfied myself that the bees depend entirely upon their special Knowledge district or landmarks, and it is because my experiments thus fully corroborate those which were made by Sir John that it now occurs to me to publish them.' — Cti: .

A Lava Sir*am in Hawaii. Ah advancing lava fiow makes a considerable ado as it goes on—especially if its line of advance is through a jangle or forest. The noise accompanying its movements under these circumstances resembles the roar of the battle-held. The ears of the person who visits the scene are greeted by the crackling of blazing foliage, the hissing of hot air and steam, the failing of trees and the bursting of bombs, all commingled in one tmpult. Traversing a lava stream while it is yet running may be compared to traversing a riter in winter bywalking on the ice. A pair of thick shoes and stockings are needed to protect the feet from the heat, as on the ice to protect them from the cold. Arent holes, too, will be ever and anon encountered in the solid crust covering the liquid stream, down which the spectator can look and behold the fiery river below; and fire-falls, which are usually without any covering of solid lava over them, just as waterfalls in winter, be the weather ever so cold, are without any covering of iee.—Overland. ■The Proper Study of Mankind Is Man, " says the illustrious Pope. If he had included woman in the list, he would have been nearer the truth, if not so poetical. Dr. R. V. Pierce has made them both a life study, especially woman, and the peculiar derangements to whieh her delicate system is liable. Many Women in the land who are acquainted'with Dr. Pierce only through his “Favorite Prescription,” bless'him with ail their hearts, for he has brought them the jwtuaeea for all those chroaie ailments peculiar to their sex; such as leucorrhoea, prolapsus and otter displacements, ulceration, '• internal fever,” bloating, tendency to internal cancer, and other ailments. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. “Wht, it’s the most strengthening food you can eat.” “Precisely, but X don’t want to be tied to the steak all the time.”—AW ton Budget. Young Men. Bead This. The Voltaic Beat Co., of Marshall, Mich., otter to send their celebrated Electro- Volf taic Beet and other Electric Appliances on trial for30 days, to men (young orold) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and all kindred troubles. Also forrheumatism,neuralgia,paralysis,and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor.and manhood guaranteed. No risk incurred, as 30 days* trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free. A-mew-sing entertainment—Cat concerts. —,Y. Y. Morning Journal. Blowing Up Bell Gate has been a laborious and costly work, but the end justifies the effort. Obstruction in any important channel means disaster. Obstructions in the organs of the human body bring inevitable disease. They must be cleared away, or physical wreck will follow. Keep the liver in order, and the pure blood courses through the body, conveying health, strength and life, let it become disordered and the channels are clogged with impurities, which result in disease and death. No other medicine equals Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” for acting upon the liver and purifying the blood.

Brigham Young acquired the title of General from haring been called “Briggy, dear," so often by his numerous wives.— y. Y. Independent. We guarantee the speedy, painless and permanent cure without knife, caustic or salve, of the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet and references sent for two letter stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Striking a natty dude—Clubbing a dandy.—}I<xn:<ini Lampoon. Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. oOc. It is the professional flute player who has to whistle for his money. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure ini minute, 2fie Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beautifies. 35c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a Bunions. m cn-' *us A. TOGEtEB CO* BALTIMORE. WE Lost and Found. I have been «ed with catarrh twenty years. Host my smell entirely and almost lost my hearing. My eyea were getting so dim I had toget some one to thread my die. Now I hare my hearing, and I eaa aee to thread a fine needle and nftr emellla partly tarrH

Wayne, Du Pag* Co., BliiUdi. HAS IMPORTED FROM FRANCK >r*e» valve* at »hWh Includes about TO PER CERT OF ALL HORSES Whose purity of blood is established by pedigrees recorded in tlic Pereherpn Stad.Book of France, the only Stud Boos ever published in that country. EVER IMPORTED TO AMERICA.

aiubft uh luutu: 140 Ittp#rtfdBr««dIarti soo ported StaIli»BS Old^ongh for 128 COLTS Two years old younger.

Recognizing the pri» cxple accepted bv all Intelli. ,, gent breeders urnt. how. ever «>;! bred animals mar be . _ _ _ said to be,if their pedigrees arc hoV recorded, they shonld be ▼aiued onlv as grades, I wuf sell all imported stock at grade prices when I cannot furnish with the animal sold, pedigree verified by thasf? ©riS3pa^ French certificate of its number and record itt the l ereheron Stud Book of France. nayr HitttahMCte sent free. Wayne, Ills.. is SS mi lea west of Chicago, on the Chicago <fc North-Western Ry. BVBIl'y CHILD every land Is subject to Goughs

Oceanic an (Cannibal)* THEIR RIRFXTS TO OONSUMr* TION! TAKE IIST TIME' Taylor'j Chsrok*? Bsatsdy of Sweat Sum and Mullets The Gum from a tree of the same name grow tn* In tb« South, combined wit.fe a tea made from thn Mullein pUtnt of the aid fields For sale by all druggists at $%» cent a and 51<M> per bottle. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Oa. PATTERNS OP ANY SIZE. UNPARALLELED OFFERI DRMOREST’S THE BE Si Of all the Magazines. IRMfniRdl tr-ith Original Steei JFJntjravm in gs, Photoftracurta and Oit Pictnrrs* Each copy of “ ivemoresCs Monthly Magazine** co» laic? A Coupon Order, entitling the holder to the selection <*i anjr pattern illustrated In the fashion department in tact hum bet; *a anv of the sizes manufactured* Subscribed or Purchasers sending the coupon with a two-cent stamp fb? postage* will receive by return mail* a complete pattern* of the s:?«» and kind they may select, from the Magazine containing the order. only two dollars per year* including: ,w»he full stze, cut patterns, of sizat and kinds selected* Send twenty cents for the current irhmber with Pattern Coupon and you will certainty subscribe for a year and £p* ten times its value. W. Jenninsrs DerrifYSst, Publisher, 17 E. t4th St., NewYork, * VoL 22} Sold by ail ICewsdealers aid Postmasters* [1S6*

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No Rope to Cut Off Horses’ Manes. Celebrated “ECLIPSE** HALT- " EK uud BRIDLE Combined. can not be slipped by any horse. Sample Halter to any part of the F. S. free, on receipt ox HI. Sole! by all Saddlery, Hardware and Harness. Dealers. Special discount to thef Trade. PT* Send for Price-List.' J.C- Liohtuovsx.R*j>ehe»ter,N.Y CONSUMPTION I b*ve a positive remedy for too above disease; by Its un thooeanda of cases of tbs worst kind and of Ions standio® have been cured. Indeed, so strong is my faith in its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, together with a ¥ ALe TABLE TREATISE oa this disease. to any sufferer. Give Rf T«u and “ O. address. CB. T. A. SLOCUM, 181 Fearl SL, N.X, HIKE'S BEARD ELIXIR —- — sm. Extra Strnogah. <iu.«k. SkBa Bure. N. tbiah r.UUr l”*h*r 2or3 Ekg,. Jo-th. work. . -I I'- . -f Will pro.. . I or krk.1 *100.00. Ptk* . “# \ “ I poT Pkg. Wltk kXOWI Mid ud M. |.»,d -» et» 3Ar3»M. a-mi.ot.iMfk kSmith Mfg. Co., “ S A2 niCDC^EWLAVS’°lll«er%*Payfro,n || L If I htlVit'K m i'Bicns; Deserters relieved; Pensious and increase ; experience ‘•0 yean; success or no fee. Write clrc Jan and laws. A. TV. MeCOKUlt K Jfc 5£ON, Cincinnati, Ohio, \ An aetc* Man or Woman in even "county to sell our Roods. Salary 87S« * per Booth and Expenses. Expenses m ad* ance. Canvassing outfit FRKKz Particular* free- Standard Silver.ware Co. Boston. Maaa. Dlfi ACCCQ To introduce them, we will Din vrrcfii give away i.t» mi. i Operating Washing Machines. U you want ono ^send ns vour name, P. O. and express office ah Tne National Co., 25 DeySt.N.T. mm & STRATTON’S SS£J St. Lou i*. Mo fe»t> students yearly. Young men taught Book* keeptu®. Short-haud, peuniAusliip, aud assisted to posituma, nANE STUDY. Book-keeping, Business AURIC Forms, Penmanship, Arithmetic. Short* hand. etc., thoroughly taught by mall. Circulars free, BUSINESS COLLEGE, Buffalo, N. Y. JOI RXAL-Sl t* YEAR-14* pages.Weekly. SAMPLE FREE, Address Bee dlouratal,Chicago, HL TreafW-aijd cured without the knife. Book on treatment sent free. Address F. L- POND, M.l>. Jkurora, Kane CaJlL BEE CADGER ACTTALLT GIVEN A WAV *«r Violin. Guitar. Banjo etc. Address AX. UL« Market Street, St. Louis. Mo, A MONTH. Agents Wanted. MhMt se'ltngartlclestn the world. 1 sample /RES* Address JAY BRONSON. BrraotT, Mien. STRINGS t\ O c. A. LOIIMA \ / U| I se ltns articles in the world. 1 sample FREE. VLUU Address JAY BRONSON. BeraoiT, Mica. Oknnk. Stink. Muskrat, etc., .ought for cash at highest market prices. Send for circular, gives fun particulars. E. C. Bouehton. 44 Baud St.. New York. A. X. K., B* 10ft2 •UEN WRITING TO AIWBSTMBKI please any yon saw the ndverttoemout la this paper. Advertisers like to know When and whore their advertisement, SC, paring host,

WOODS & CANATSEY, ^Successors to Fleming & McCai‘ty) PROPRIETORS OF Star Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, „ - ' lip 4§ -1 CORNER FIFTH AND WALNUT STREETS, PETERSBURG. / fesJ-Class Busies anti Safe Horsed for tie public at reasonable prim Horse* board* 1 eu oj rue tiay or week. Give this firm your patronage. and vou wilt receive fair treatment* f Ihe well-known hostler, Ai. Eaton, will be tound always on hand. •r. ,T. ADAIR, Importer of Men’s English and French FURNISHING GOODS,

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Fine Shirts -to Order a Specialty. Your Order Will Have Prompt and Careful Attention. 131 MAIN STREET, CORNER SECOND, - EVANSVILLE, IND. J, k. ADAMS, M. IX MrCRILMJS ADAMS. Can now be fOBnd in their elegant new Business House on the corner of Eighth «n«i Main Mreets, ant! have one of the hauklsomest stores iu the ‘statu Their Stock of Drugs is New and Complete, -Anji they guarantee satisfaction tq ail their customers. They invite si>ecial attention to their spIemL*! assortment of new anil elegant styles in W; ill JPaper, Window Shades, ; 5 And tlieir Superior Brands of \ ' _ OILS AND MIXED PAINTS. THE BEST* BRANDS OP CIGARS AND TOBACCO. CALL AND SEE ITS. ADAMS & SON, - - Petersburg, Ind.

NEW FURNITURE STORE! This firm has opened a large stock of New Furniture, ail the latest styles in 4fBetel, Wrote, Sofas, Chairs, Brans, Brail Cases, Tables, Safes Our goods* are all new—no old stock to select from. Our place of business is at King’s Old >tand where we can be found selling as cheap as any house in the country. We also keep a fu\ stock of UNT)ERTAKERS’ SUPPLIES E. R. IvINGr, - Petersburg, IndU? EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. -Proprietors ofTHE EAGLE BREWERY, 4S' ^ VINCENNES. INDIANA, Furnish the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords 2 I AND SOICIT ORDERS FROM ALL DEALERS BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. On Sale at Jk.ll Saloons. ISAAC T. WHITE FRED’K H. BURTON. MARSHAL C. WHITE. K.ELLER dks WHITE, a Wholesale Druggists AXD DEALERS IX Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass AND SUR&IC’AL INSTRUMENTS. No. 105 Main Street, Evansville, Ind

1884. \ THE 1384. OSBORN BROTHERS Have removed to their elegant Sew Building on Main street, where they have a large mm4 eplemlhl line of BOOTS AND SHOES, For Men, Women and Chiidreu. We keep R. L. Stevens" and Emmerson*a brands of Fine Shoes. Petersburg, Indiana. —. ^ C. A. BURGER <fe BRO., FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILORS, Petersburg, Indiana, But tern! Wr La® Slock t( Late Styles ef Piece Beils, Consisting of the very best Suitings and Broadcloths. Perfect Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as low as Elsewhere, PIKE Petersburg, Indiana, CHARLES SCHAEFER, Proprietor. Located in the Center of the Business Fart of Town. A fKRMS reasonable. A good Bar iu connection with the Hotel Choice Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars. Corner ol Seventh and Walnut Streets.