Pike County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 3, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 June 1889 — Page 4

ii lam S COMPANY/ L Trite Benno.i on the Bvlla ot Bed Coni panionahip. Tie rint Dowoward fttep-The Dangers el1 Idlaoees—Hxlthful »<l Dangerous Sport—'Ian’• flood and , Bad Angel. ? V. Ths following sermon by Rev. T. Do Witt Talmage on ‘ Ruinous Company" U especially directed 'to young men. Tito text was: A companion of fo»is shall be destroyed.— Pror»-to* xlii.. » "Huy it please tlie court;” said n convictasl criminal, when naked if lie had ilng to aay before eentenoe of death assedupon him, “ may it please the ,, bad company has been my ruin. I rew ired the bles lings of good parents, .^-mnl, :.n return; premised to avoid all evil f aaseciations. Hail 1 kept my promise I should hare been saved this shame, and been free from the load of guilt that banga around me like a vulture, threateniny to drag me to justice for crimes eyet. u nrevealed. 11, who once moved in the Bfst circles of ipclety, and have been the guest of distinguished public men, * am lost, and all through bad company.” Tills U but one of the thousand proofs that the companion of fools shall be destroyed. It is the invariable rule. There „ Is a well man in tlie wards of a hospital, whers there are n hundred people 'sick with ship fever, end he will not be so apt to tulle the dlseaso as a good man would be i.pt to be smitten with moral distemper f shut up with iniquitous companfonii. In olden times prisoners were herd -d together it, the same celt, but each one learnod the Tices of all the culprits, so that, instead o( being reformed by incarceration. the d ly of liberation turned them out upon society beasts, not men. We may. In our places of business, be competed to talk |o and mingle with bad meu; bnt he who deliberately chooses to associate himself with Tictous people is engaged In carrying on a courtship with a Delilah, whose ubears will clip off all the locks of tils'strength, and ho will be tripped luto perdition. Sin is catching, Is infectious, is epidemic. I will let you look over the millions of people now Inhabiting the earth, and I challenge yon to show me a good n au who, after one year, ■has made choice end consorted with the wicked. A thousand dollars reward for one such instance, I care not how strong your character may be. Associate with gamblers, you.will become a gambler. Clan with burglars, aud jou will become a burglar. (»o among the uncloau, and you will become unclean. Hot appreciateg the truth of tnv test, many a young mau has been destroyed. - He wakes np somo morning in the great city, and knows no one except the persons Into whose employ he has entered. As bs goes tnto the store all the clerks mark him, meastfte him and discuss hint. Tint upright young men > f the store wish him well, but perhaps wait for a formal introduction, and^sven then have some delicacy about ,netting him inn their i associations. Bui the had young men of ; the store at the first opportunity np- , preach and offer their services. They 1 patronise him. They profess to know all I about the town. They will take him anywhere he wishes to go—If he will pay the expenses., Tor If a good young man aud a bad young man go to some place where they ought not, the good young man has Invariably to pay the charges. At the moment the ticket is to be paid for, or the j champagne settled for, rhe had youog man reels around in his pockets and says: “I have forgotten, my pocket- ] book." In forty-eight lionrswifter the young man has entered the st™ the had fellows of the'establiahneht slap him on the j should** familial ly, and, at his stupidity | in taking certain allusions, say: “My; young friend, yon will have to he broken j In;’1 — J they immediately proceed to | brake him in. YoungSniaa. in the name j of (Jod, I warn you to beware how you j let a bad man talk familiarly wiih you. | It such an one slap you on the shoulder , familiarly, turn round and 'give him a i withering look, until the wretch crouches ] in yon preseuoe. There Is no monstrosity j of wickedness that ran stand unabashed j under the glam-o of p nrity and honor. Ooil keeps the Itghtnlugs of Heaven in His own scabbuist, and no human arm ! can wield them; but Ood gives to every | young man a lightning that h- may use. And that is the lightntug of an honest ; eye. Those who have been close observers will not woader why 1 give warning lo young men, Aid say: “Beware of bad (VmilAliV ”

First, 1 warn jfou to shun the skeptic— j the young roan who puts his Augers In , hls rest and laui-h* at roar old-fashioned j rtlifclon, and turns orer to some mystery j of the Bible and says: “Etplalu that, my ■ pions friend; esplatu that.” Aud who ears: “Nobody shall scare me; 1 ant not alt aid of the future; 1 used to Itelivv^ iu •itch things, aud so did my father aud | mother, but l have got orer iu" Yes, he has got orer it; and it you sit in his com- j patty a little longer you will get orer it, j too. Without iresenting one argument against the Christian religion, such men will, by their jeers and secs', aud enricultures, destroy your resist for that religion which wan the strength of your fsliter In his decll sing years, and the pillow i of your old .mother when she lay a-dying. j Alas! a time will come when that bluster- ] tup young in ft, el will hare to die, and then hls diamond ring will flash no splendor in the eyes of Death. as he s ands over tho Conch, waiting for his soul. Those benutiful locks will be uncombed upon the pillow, and the dying man will say: “1 can notUie—1 can not die.” . • Death standing ready beside the conch, ! •aye: “You must,die; yon hare only: half a minute to lire: let me hare It right . away—your soul.” “No,” says the ronug | infidel, “here are my gold rings and these ! pictures; take them all.” "No,” says lieath, “what do* 1 care for pictures!— j vonr soul.” “S tand back,” says the dying infidel. "1 will not stand back.” says Death, “for yon hare only teu seconds now to lire; 1 rrant your so ah”. The dy- I ing man says: “Dou’t breathe that cold I ulr into my faco. Yon crowd me to hhrd. lit la getting dark in the room. O God?” “Hash,” nays Death, “you said there-was no God.” “l*rsy for me,” exclaims the expiring infidel. “Too late to pray,” naya Death; “but three more seconds to lire, and 1 will count them off—one—two —three.” Uehesgonel Where? Where? Carry him out--out, and bury him beside hit father and mother, who died while holding fast th t Christian religion. They died elnging, bat the young infidel only neid: “Don’t breathe that cold air into my face. Yon crowd me too hard. It D getting dark in the room. . Again, I urge yon to ahnn the companionship of idlers. There are men hanging around eTsry store, and office, and shop, who ha to nothing to do, or act as if they had not. They are apt to come in when the firm are away, and wish to engage yon in onrersatioa while you are engaged in your regular employment. Politely tugged to snch persons that you hare no time to give them during bnstBees hoars. N« thing would please them so writ as to hare yon renounce your occupation and associate with them. Much of the time they lounge around the club-rooms or the doors of engine-houses, or after the dining hour stand upon the steps of a fashionable he tel or an elegant restaurant, wishing to glee yon the idea that this in the place where they dine. Bat they do not dlse there. They are einking lower and lowor, day by day. Neither by day our by night base any thing to do wtth the idler,. Before you admit a man into your acqi aiatanee ask him politely: “What do you do for a Using?" if he •aye: “Nothug; I am a gentleman.” hook out for him. He may hare a very •oft hud and eery faultless apparel, and ists a hlgh-iiOundltxg family name, but i !• doath. t you I mow it you will In bis presbe ash lined of your work dross, mi will become to you drudgery, •ad after awhile you will low your place, ri yoar respectability, and lie! of OH your soul, idleness U next Thieves, gamblers, r« and assassins are l who bare uotning to »polk* W *UU! Wd

| arrest a culprit they seldom go to look in among busy fieri# or in the buy carriage factory, but they go among the groups of Idler*. The play is going on at the theater, when suddenly there la a scuffle in the top gallery. What is it? A policeman has come In. and, leaning orer, has lapped on the shoulder of a young man. saying: “1 want you. sir.” He has not worked during the day, but somehow has raked together a shilling or two to get into the top gallery. He is an idlsr. The man on his right hand is an idler and the man on his left hand is an idler. Shrink back from idleness in yourself and In others if you would maintain a right position. Good old Ashbel Green, at more than eighty years of age, was found busy writing, and some young man said to him: “tVhy do you keep busy? It is time for you to rest." He answered: “I keep busy to keep out of mischief." Mo man is strong enough to be idle. Are you fond of pictures? If so, 1 will show you one of the works of an old master. Here it is: “Jjsrent by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lol it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the atone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered well. I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep,a little slumber.a little folding of the hands toslftep. So shall thy^poverty come as one <thut traTeleth and thy want aa an armed man.” I don’t know of another sentence in the Bible more explosive than that. It first hisses softly, like the fuse of a cannon, and at last bnrsts like a fiftyfour |H>und% The old proverb was right: “Tlie devil tempts most men, but idlers tempt the devil." A young man came to a luau of ninety years 'of age and said to him: “How have you made out to live so long and be so well?" The old man took the yoougster to an orchard and, pointing to some large trees full of apples, said: “I planted theso trees when 1 was a boy, and do yon wonder that now 1 am permitted to gather the fruit of them?” We gather in old age what we plant in our youth. Sow to the wiud and we reap the whirlwind, l’lant in early life the right kind of Christian character, and you will eat luscious fruit in old age, and gather these harvest apples In eternity. - Again, 1 urge you to avoid the perpetual pleasure seeker. I believe in recreation and amusement. I need it as much as I ueed bread, and go to my daily exercise with as conscientious a purpose M 1 go t > the I-ord’s Supper; and all persons of saugutue temperament must have amusement and recreation. God would not have made ns with the capacity to langh if He had not intended ns sometimes to indulge it. God hath hung in sky, and set in wave, and printed on grass many a roundelay: but he who chooses pleasure serkiug for his life work does not understand for what God made him. Our amusements are intended to help us in some earnest mission. The thunder-cloud hath an edge exquisitely purpled, but, with voice that jars the earth, it declares: “1 go to water the .green fields,” The wild flowers under the fence gay, but they say: “We stand here to make a beautiful edge for the wheat fluid, aud to refresh the husbandmen in their noouiug.” The stream sparkles aud foams, and frolics, and says: “1 go to traptixo the moss. I leave the spots ou the trout. I slake the thirst of tfce bird. I turn the wheel of the mill. 1 rook in my crystal cradle muckshaw and water-lily.” And so, while the world plays, it works. Look out for the man who always plays and never works. You will do well to avoid those whose regular business It is to play ball, skate or k<> a boating. All these sports ore grand in their places. 1 hover derived so much anvautage from any ministerial association as from a ministerial club that went out to play ball every Saturday afternoou lu the- outskirts of Philadelphia. These recreations are grand to give us muscle and spirit for our regular toll. I believe in muscular Christianity. A man is not so near God with a weak stomach as when he has a strong digestion. Rut shun those who make it their life occupation to sport There are rouug men whose industry aud usefulness have fallen overboard from the yacht on the Hudson or tho Schuylkill. There are men whose business fell through the Ice of the skating pond, and has never since been heard of.- There is a beauty in the gliding of a boat in the song of skates in the soaring of a wellstruck ball, and 1 never see one fly but I involuntarily throw up ray hands to catch It aud, so far as laying an injuction upon ball-playing, or any other Innocent sport I claim them all as belonging of right to tlu>}e of us who toil in the grand industries of Church and State. Vint li?«* of TiIi'Mnrd Aftek*

mg always makes In the end a criminal or a sot. George Brummell was smiled upon by all Kugland, and his life was giren to pleasure, lie dauced with peeresses. and swung a round of mirth and wealth and applause, nntil exhausted of purse, and worn out of body, and bankrupt of reputation, nud rained of soul, he begged a biscuit from a grocer, and declared that he thought a dog’s life belter than a man's. Such men will crowd around your desk or oouuter or work beurh or seek to decoy you off. They will want yon to break ont in the midst at your WUsy day to take a ride with them to Coney Island or to Central Park. They will tell you of some people you ought to see; of some excursion that you must take; oi some Sabbath Day that you ought to dishonor. They will tell you of exquisite wines that you must take; of costly operas that you must hear; of wonderful daueers that you must see; but before you accept their couroy or their corapauiouship remember that while at the end of a useful life you may be able to look bark to kindnesses done, to honorable work accomplished, to poverty helped, to a good uame earned, to Christian influence exerted, to a Saviour’s cause advanced—these pleasure-seekers on their death bed have nothing better to review than a torn play bill, a ticket for the races, an empty tankard and the cast-out rinds of a carousal; and as in the delirium of their awfnl death they clutch the goblet and press it to their lips, the dregs of the cup falling upon their tongue wHl begin to hiss' and uncoil with the adders of an eternal poison. Cast out these men from your company. Do not bo Intimate with them. Always be polite. There is no demand that you ever sacrifice politeness. A young man accosted a Christian Quaker with: ’Old chap, how did you make all your money?” The Quaker replied: “Bjt dealing in an article that thou mayest deal in if thou wilt—civility." Always be courteous, but at the same time firm, Say no ns if you meant it Have it understood in store, and shop, and street, that you will not stand in the companionship of the skeptic, the idle, the pleasure-seeker. Bather than enter the companionship of sneh. accept the invitation to a better feast. The promises of God are the fruits. The harps of Heaven are the r»wsic. Clusters from the vineyards of GOd have, been pressed into the tankards. The sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty are the guests. While standing at the banquet to fill the cups and divide the clusters and command the harps and welcome the guests, is a daughter of God on whose brow are the blossoms of paradise, and in whose cheek is the flush of celrstial summer. Her name is Religion. Her wsjs fire w*ys of pleasantness. And all herWths art peace. Decide this soon. oh. young man, what direction you will take. There comes such flr moment of Anal decision—why not this* One night I saw a young man at the street-corner evidently doubting as to which direction he had better taka, bis hat lifted high enough so yon conld see he had an intelligent forehead, and he had a stout chest and a robust development. Splendid young man. Cultured young man. Honored young man. Why did he stop there while so many were going up and down? The fact is thateveiy man has a good angel and a bad angel contending for the mastery of his spirit, and there was a good angel and a bad angel struggling with that young man’s sou) nt the corner of the street. “Come with me.” said the good angel; "I will take yon home; 1 will spread my wing over your pillow; 1 will lovingly escort you nil through life under supernatural protection; I will bless every cflp you frisk OUV Of, tYWjr

coach you rest on, every doorway you enter; I will consecrate your tears when yon weep, your sweat when you toll, and at the last 1 will hand over your crave to the bright angel of a Christian resurrection. in answer to your father's petition and your mother’s prayer, 1 have been sent of thJ Lord out of Heaven to be your guardian spirit Come with me,” said the good angel, in a voice of unearthly symphony. It was music like that which drops from a late of Heaven when a seraph breathes on it “No, no,” said the bad angel, “come with me; I have something better to offer; the wines I pour are from chalices of bewitching carousal: the danoe 1 lead is over floor tessellated with unrestrained indulgences; there is no God to frown on the temples of sin where I worship. The skies are Italian. The paths I tread are through meadows daisied and primrosed. Come with me.” The young man hesitated for a time when hesitation was ruin, and the bad angel smote the good angel until it departed, spreading wing through the starlight upward and away, until a door flashed oj»en in the sky and forever the wings vanished. That was the turning point in that young man’s history; for, the good . angel flown, he hesitated no longer, but started on a pathway which is beautiful at the opening,, bot blasted at the last. The bad ange l, leading tbs wjy, opened gate after gaK', and at each gate the road became rougher and the sky more lurid, and wbat wan peculiar, as the gate slammed shut it came to with a jar that indicated j that it would never open. Passed each portal, there was a grinding of locks and a shoving of bolts, and the scenery on the bad angel; "What does ail this mean? I trusted in what you said at the corner of the street last night; 1 trusted it all. and why have you thus #- reived me?” Then the last deception fell off the charmer, and it said; “I was sent forth from the pit to destroy your soul; 1 watched my chance for tinny a long year; when you hesitated that night on the street, 1 gained my triumph; now you are here. Ha! ha! You are here. Come, now, let us fill these two chalices of fire and drink together to darkness and woe and death. Hail! Hail!’’ Oh! vouug uian. will the good angel sent forth by Christ or the bad angel sent forth by siu get the victory over your soul? Their wings ore interlocked this moment above you, contending for your destiny, as above the Appeniuei eagle and condor fight midsky. This hour may decide your destiny. Ood help you. To hesitate is to die. AN ORIENTAL SCENE. A Sfarliel-Flace lu the City of Dsrjeertng. East India. The notice of the basaar at noon can be heard for a mile. The old proverb; “It takes two to make a bargain," has no honor here; It never takes less than twenty. and all feel b&und to shout, push, struggle and gesticulate. The crowd numbers many thousands, and these jolly hill-men appear to be the most good-natured people In the World, rivaling in that respect even the Japanese. Every man carries a knife that would disembowel an elephant, but no one quarrels. Every woman is leaded with silver and gold jewelry, but no one is ever robbed, Here, along a sunny wall, are twenty or thirty luu-bera busily engaged In cutting and trimming the unkempt locks of the men mostly Thibetan traders who have tramped across the mountains, the hair lying hi heap'! In front of jhem. h&rihiy suggestive cf gregariues and other small game Round the corner we come upon a lot of Rhootea vomit, with great crocks full of snow-white curds, the favorite dainty of the place, which they serve out to their customers in Square vessels ingeniously twilled out of plantahi-leavsn Near thorn, are some Leprha lads plsytag ahuttiscoA with the soles of thetr feet, which the; turn upward In the moat nimble fashion Then ws come upon some stalls for tea which is boiled up with molasses, a grywsome compound; anti now we come upon an open market, jostled as we go by a huge giant, a Buddhtst “lama" who, followed by an acolyte as dirty as himself, be Hows aloud for minis. » All over the market are traders, squatted on title ground in front of their wares, the most heterogeneous assortment of goods Imaginable, goats pigs poultry, tea tohaeco. Uadi from Venice, grain of all sorts, sweetmeats cards thp bloodiest moat 1 evet saw- killed at t/a back, as required, and brought tn drippgig-piles of cotton and wool goods yaks' tails brass Bnddhaa, ironmongery, pottery, old bottles tinned meats tape, cotton, needles wooden spoons, oit, umbrellas and feeding-bottles all blend la one great labyrinth of yelling ooafuslon. — Glasgow Mall

"MARRIAGE A FAILURE. CVhivIUIom lorter Which Tamllr Lite b Av Thing but Flnunl. When cither of the parties marry lor money When the lord of creation pays more for cigar* than his better^half docs for hosiery, boots and bonne.ta When one of the parties engages in a I bosineaa that U not approved by the other. I When both parties persist in arguing orer I a subject upon which they never have and never can think alike When neither husband nor wife takes a I vacation. I When the vacations are taken by one aids of the house only. When a man attempts to tell him wife what style of bonnet she must wear. When's nun's Christmas presents to his Wife consists of bootjacks, shirt* and gloves tor htmaelt. When the watchword it: “Each tor himself." When dinner is not ready at dinner-time. When “he" snores the loudest while “she" kindles the Are. When “father" takes half of the pis and leaves the other half tor the one that made it and her eight children. When the children are given the neck and bmvkofthe chicken. When children are obliged to clamor for their right*. When the money that should go for a book goes for only what one ride of the house knows any thing about When there is too much latch-key. When politeness fl.no manners and kindly attention are reserved for company or vlriti abroad. - Springfield Union. A Spider-Web Telephone. A gentleman was watching some spiders, when It occurred to him to try what effect, the sound of a tuning-fork would have upon them. He suspected that they would take it tor the bussing of a fly He selected a hogs, ugly spider, that had been feasting on fits* for two months The spider was si one edge of its walk Hounding the fork, the man touched a thread at the other ride, and watched the result Hr. 8pMar had the burring sound oonvejed to Urn over hi* telephone wires, hut how was ha te know on which particular wire tt was trav cling He ran to the center of the web very Cckly. and felt all around until he touched thread against the other sad of whicl the fork was sounding; then, taking another thread along. Jnat as a man would taka ar extra piece of rope, he ran out to the fort and sprang upon a Then ha retreated « tittle way. and looked at the fork. He war pnaaled. Ha had expected to And a burring fly. He got on tits fork again, sod dancej with delight Evidently the sound w «nio W Kut-louilfg tom

FASHION LETTER. ■"■■■ n» Rare hr Wool Yullets-ltew ui Lovely Material—Beautiful and fityluh CmIuum. (Special Now York Correspondence. J There la a rage both here and abro ad for wool toilets, not alone for utility uses, but for occasions for ceremony, for bridal wear, (or church, visiting, fire o'clock teas and evening fotea There are many new j very lovely sheer woolens for summer wear, | and among them are Venetian cashmeres j as soft as velvet and as line an 1 delicate j as India vailing. These are bordered with I devices in silk embroidery in old roe*, I

ry, cotta, non and golden preen and reseda. This inbroidery forma the vest, panels, dlrectotre rerera and akirt -bordor. Tailt* gowns made of these beautiful textiles are considered the height of stylish elegance. There are also Venetian caahmeros on pale, lovely tints in monochrome, and in magnolia and lilywhite they are made up with blouse fronts and accordion plaited skirts of China silk or soft lustrous gros | grain ailk. S atty I suits for afternoon wear are made of silver gray or reseda vailing with plaited

, skirt waists or faille of a Ilka snade ana Hungarian jackets, abort all around, showing the Ioom fall of the silk blouse, not only in front, bnt at the hack below the waist line, White camel's hair, white beach doth, and fine French serge, are made in this fashion also, and appear liesides in gowns with accordion plaited skirts, bordered at the foot with many ws of moire ribbon. A sash of the ribjon Is twisted around the waist with long loops and ends drooping at the loft side. The waist may be in empire stylet, with tucks from ths throat to tho chest, and sleeves tucked to match, or there may be a Jacket-front, with mousqnetalro revere and a folded vest, the net or lace plaits" told diagonally, with half-long sleeves that reach the elbow in a point, full Bishop sleeves of net or Isos coming from under this point, the fullness gathered into a narrow band at the wrist For dressy summer evening toilets the beautiful Neapolitan gauzes are made great use of, these In golden green, buttercup

nolia white, salmon and English rose. These textiles are figured in muiit ways, A magnolia white pause floriated in pale yellow shows a shirred bodice with Greek draperies, and l above this a rich but I simple empire sash of \ soft yellow silk edged \with a deep knotted Y'ringe, and tied in immense loops at the back. Stylish young ladles at the summer resorts will have among their charming changes of costume . a number of full short skirts, in tulle, organdie with Insertions of Swiss embroidery and hem

finely (.tailed from belt to hem and corded ailk'aklrta made full and simply gatliered to a belt With these skirts will be worn any niimber of fancy corsagen Ainons them will nppomMi Roman bodice low on the shoulders unwind under Uio arms a Russian cuirass corsage laced up the back, sleeveless. pointed and worn with a Russian chemisette of transparent net, thin enough to show the shoulders through its meshes. There arc sloeves of the same, full at the top aud snirred at the wrists. French* wa ste are Imported made of summer velvet In “art” shades, these cut

HI «u * In the neck, both front auil hack. The jHiint* on the bodice are extra deep, and there Is no lace pleated in the neck, the velvet being Intended to contrast directly with the white neck of the wearer. If her neck 1* not white, she Is recommended to dispense with the "French" bodice even If it is tn high vogue. The array of lovely dancing dresses is something sumptuous and delicious, gold and silver striped gauges.- the daintest of tinted errpe lies' textiles, tigered with shadowy borders in flitcal in Kofr

faint. natural Hat*. jwarl-dotted net*, and Asher's net In rilk, in colon of heliotrope, blush rose, straw, berry and like lovely hues-those, and a host more of the novel fabrics of the season, are employed In the artistic formation of new gowns. The elegant and ladylike summer silks are as a rule trimmed with pinked or fringed 'rose” ruche*. Jet is still used with a lavish hand. black silk, cord passementeries are used upon light and whits gowns of every description Great use is made of the long 8mulsh lacs scarfs and Marie Antoinette fichus both in black and white. In dressy summer gowning These, In sultry weather, will do full duty as a graceful apology for a .wrap Very handsome .Spanish brooches and long jeweled pins and sabers are made use of in their adjustment lovely tea gowns in artistic medixral styles are made of soft-tinted matelasse satins. Antique sleeves of every style and variety are added to these gowns with picturesque effect. Airy fabrics, dainty tints, artistic and novel combinations of color, and an almas' unlimited use of £sral decorations. are the prominent features of the season's millinery. ti. O. t. LIGHT AND LAUGHABLE. Ttt* pigs la the clover puxxle seems to have run its brief course of popularity already. There is nothing permanent in this country but poker. It is recommended to those who are Inordinately fond of chowder that they take out an accident insurance policy before they begin to indulge themselves. "IVut do you use paint!” asked a violinist of his daughter. “For the same ! reason that you use resin, papa.” “How’s that!” “Why, to help me draw my beau.’* “A Hmoaors old agriculturist,” says the Sewell Mirror, “tells the editor that be has a Jersey cow which he carries across the fleid to a good place and t aeu milks her, go: ting so much milk that he can not carry it back to the house.” Tsb world will seem but a dreary place to a man who has been using fi ve-doliar bills as stationery for his love letters when he gets a note like this from the adored object: “Another young gentleman is writing to me on tea-dollar bills. Unless you employ twenty-dollar hills all is over between us.” “Tma the truth” is a bit of wholesome advice that is frequently given to those who are supposed to need it: but, Hke all rules, it has exceptions. A Chicago editor, for telling the truth, was recently fined <400. Had It not been his first offense, there’s no telling what the flue would have Bostox mother (to her daughter retiring tor the night)—“Did you eat the cold beans Penelope, that I put aside for you I” Daughter (hiding her face shyly on her mother's shoulder)—“So, mamma; Clarence told me to-night that I was all the world to him, and even beans, mamma, would he in discord with the tranquil harmony that is singing in my soul.” lx some of the spooiee of mosquito the male is found to he a tiny bird of transcendent beauty of form and plumage, with transparent wings covered with minute irridescent feathers of indescribable splendor. The male has the grace of person and the female the voice and sting. Why is this thus! A disgruntled old bachelor snarls put, otf female* have voices t«a stings,

TOLD OF PROMINEMT PEOPLE. Secretary Rcsk has been a journeyman cooper, as well as termer, stage-driver, soldier and politician. He is said to be especial'y expert in "tight-barrel" work. BUt. T. Ha Wrrr Talmaoh recently played the banjo for the amusement of » Brooklyn reporter. It is not recorded that the muslo was aooompsnied with a song and dance. Colonel Ochiltree's philosophy of life confines itself to the present liis latest appeal to Ids admirers is: "Give rue more •vkllo I am with you and lens epitaphy ■n I am gone.” is Sherman is said to he hho only man is the Seuuto who was a member of that lody when the bill was passed abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia twenty-seven years ago. CanriKLO is said to enjoy an annual income of $31,000. Her total wealth is estimated at 7-140,000, the most of which eamo from the Cyrus W. Field fund. It is invested; principally in real estate and Government bonds. Tm; President is conferring a favor upon immunity by refusing to kiss the infants brought to him for that purpose. The President will chuck the babies under their chins and, perhaps, say: "Cueliee, cuchee” them, but his lips are kept for Baby MoMas. Cleveland enjoys New York life exceedingly. She says she is glad to step oRt of the ‘‘bright sunlight of publicity” which surrounded her career at Washington. She con purchase a pair cf gloves in Nlrw York without haring tbs fo^t telegraphed ail over the country. General Sherman refuses to give permission to several ambitious writers who awe desirous of preparing n sketch of thjo life of his iato wife. “In my conclusion,” says General Sherman, *‘I atn joined by my children, who, with me, ai-o eojgnizantof their mother's wish iu this respect." Slits. Harrison, according to re Washington correspondent, keeps on tbeniautei of her boudoir a photograph of the amiable metier and daughter who preceded herself and daughter as the ladies ot the White House. It is a picture taken several years ego oniy for private circulation and never allowed by Mrs. Cleveland to be soldj Dishonored Draft u. When the stomach dishonors the drafts made upon it by the rest of the system, It Is necessarily because its fund of strength is verjf low. Toned with Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters, it soon begins to pay out vigor in ihe shape of pure, rich blood, containing tho elements of muscle, bone and brain. As resequence of tho new vigor afforded tho stomach, the bowels perform their function:* regularly, ami the liver works like doe t work. Malaria has no effect upon a system thus reinforced. Tub offensive habit of spitting tobacco jiiico has received recognition is an illegal offense by a grand jury of Philadelphia Thai body has found true bills against one John F. Borg for malicious mischief in spitting on the front doorsteps of several hbuites in the northern part of the city. ipitRiooio Headache and Neuralgia; cold hands and feet, and u general derangement of the system, including impaired digestion, with torpor of the liver, &c., lire, in certain localities, invariably caused by Malaria in t(»e system tn quantity too small to produce regular chills. Many persons suffer in this Way and take purgat i ves and ot her medicines Ml their Injury, when a few doses of Shallenlierger's Antidote for Malaria would cure them at once. Sold by Druggists. A chick or a partridge runs around lookg for its meat as soon as it has shaken itself loose from its hving prison, but an owlet does not for a month or more know Wh eh foot to put out first. D arrins’ Electrlo Soap has been made for 34 years. Each years sales have increased, la ISSS sales were 3,(M7.fBO taxes. Superior quality, and absolute uniformity and.puritv, made this possible. Do you use it 1 Try it ,A Boston young lady defines love as ‘inn inexpressibility accompanied with outward ailovenshness.” Oregon, the Punvllse of T-armors. Mild, equable climate, certain rend abundant crops. Best fruit grain, grass, s tock country in the world. Fu 11 in formation 'roe. Address Orcjjsu Immigration Board.Po-tlrend, Oregon iiA nvmber of ladies in Boston are leading aiic rusade against the practice ot "docking” bpises’ tails.

THE MARKETS. Niw York, J une 3. CKTTLE-Natlrg Steer*.♦ lISIH® COTTON—Middling. <& FLOUR—Winter Wheat. S « f> WI IE AT—No. 2 Red... SH4 CORN—No.*. OATS-Western Mixed. 24 U 1*0KK—Mesa (new). . ... 1? 25 U ST. LOUIS. CO ITON—Middling. 10*3 BEEVES-Expert Steer*. 4 it) t* jL Shipping “ . 5 '5 9 HlDGS—Common to Select.... *24 m SBEEP—Fair to Choioe. S 00 & i’LOUR-Patenta. a *> a XXX to Choice.."... 2 00 «t WHEAT-No. 4 Red Winter.. T«\a RN-No. 2 Mixed. SIS* lftiA 4 75 US 5 00 > S-JS 4U4 SI 13 30 P’S 4 *5 4 SI 4 SS 4 25 4 45 3 25 OUtTS-No. 2. RS K-No2.. . TOBACCO—Lugs (Missouri).. 105 l.eaf. Barley. 5 30 HAY- Choice Timothy. .0 00 BITTER—Choice Dairy. 12 ECGS—Fresh.. to PORK—Standard Meaa (new). BACON—Clear Rib. *S» L«VRD— Prime Sleam.. 6V* WOOL—Choice Tub. d CHICAGO. CATTLE-Shlpping. !» O 114 HIS—Good to Choice. 4 45 4s SHEEP—Good to Choice. II 50 <4 FI OUR—Winter. 4 00 « Patent*. .. 4 75 ® WflEAT-Nn. 2 Spring. A CflIRN—No. 2. m« OATS-No. 2 White. 215*0 PI IRK—New Me**.11 *0 <* KANSAS CITY. CI.TTLE—Shipping Steer*.... 3 25 3 HI HIS—Sale* aL. 4 10 t* WHEAT—No. a. tsna OiliTS—No. 2. l*HO CtIRN-No. 2. 2# «s NEW ORLEANS. FlAHiK-High Grade.110 «| dlRN-White-. « OATS—Choice Western.. 33 HAY- Choice...10 «0 PORK—New Me**. .... Hi 4005—Clear Rib. * «* 04ITTON—Middllog. ft LOUISVILLEW BEAT—No. t Red. 10 3 CORN—No. 2 Mixed.. GivTS—No. 2 Mixed.. « » P.IRK—Mes* . 12 *» J HA< ON—Clear Rib ..V4 3t\ 234 40 * 30 7 80 12 441 13 lOii 12 25 •S 37 3 25 4 75 4 .VI 4 75 5$s 31 aiV 11 85 400 4 hi 71 *> 27 1 4 05 40 3314 *5 00 12 75 TH 101. 80 3214 25 12 75 TV. * Bee* Appetite la mmwi al to good health Heed's SarsapartRa I* a wondurllol medteine for neatiag an appetita. toeing th« digestion, and giving strength to the whole »r*«e=i. Be aoreto get B cod'* Sarsaparilla. Prepared only by C. I. Hood * Co- Apothecaries. Lowell. Mai*.

Thai banishes shadows and sadness. And wbst need we ask more than this? But-how enn this happiness be kept* What shall protect those we love,-tbosa who make a Heaven of tb© Horn©*—from tb© ravages of disease that is often worse than death,—that Is, in fact, a h»ff«Hno death* Thequestiou is easiiv answered: Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription—thd standard remedy for all of those peculiar diseases to winch women are subject—is what must be relied on to preservo the health of wives and mothers. It prert'd* those diseases, and it sure* them. Itis a blessing to women and therefore a National blessing, because it gives health to those about whom tho happiness of homo centers, and the strength of a Nation is iu its happy homes. Dr. Pierco’a Pellets* or Anti-bilious Granules ; in vials, % cents; one adose. Druggists. Ev«rt man has & natural right to do whatsoever ho wills, provided that in the doing thereof he infringes not on the equal rights of any other man. Do not suffer from sick headache a moment longer. It is not necessary. Carter’s Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little pill. Small p rice. Small doso. Small pill. Tnoss things which engage us merely by their novelty can net attract us lor any length of time. ____ FKrsnNES? and purity are imparted to the complexion bv Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 60 ceuts. Thx lover spends more on the engagement ring Uiau ho spends on his wife iu rv year. Tor can’t help liking them.thry are ?o very smailaml their action is so perfect. One pilla dose. Carter’s Little Livor Pills. Try them. To break a ldolrine-gliss Is a sign o* death iu tho family before the year closes. A Noted Divine Says: "I have been using Tutt’s Liver Pitta for Myspepsia. Weak Ktomach and Costiveness. with which I have long been afflicted. Tutt’s Pills ARE A SPECIAL BLESSING. I never had anything to do me so much good. 1 ircrroiaincnil them to nil as tho best medicine in existence." Hev. F. K. OSCOOU, hew York. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Office, 44 Murray St., New York.

i For two yrtra I had rheumatism so bod that tt disabled mo for work and confined me to my bed for a whole year, during which time I could uot eren raise my hands to my head, and furSmonthscould not more myself in bcd,waa reduced in flesh from 1112 tot>8 lbs. Was treated by best physicians

Finally I Icok Swift*® Specific, and soon began to * liofjP^ at my work, end for the . Improve. After a white _______ ; past five months have been asm as 1 ever was—all t from the effects of Swift's Specific. Joint Rat, ( Jan. 8,1839. Ft. Wayne, lud. ! Books on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free, j Swut Srscmo Co., Atlanta, Go. Cures all Diseases Peculiar to Women! Book to “Woman** Mailed Fats* BKADriaV REtrUTMR CO.. ATLANTA, 0. SOI.!' BT ALL l)tU'Gtil>T3. «*> SAMS *nig VATIA WfUJ If y»u want -toobtaia ths ,-r.-nu^T -L--r,rM 16HEST iMAUixluT PRICES for, > thsr Cauls, Hors or She**, •hip to C.. CV DALY A CO.. Livestock Commiswon Merchants. MftUoaal Stock Yards. East ST. Lons. ILL. EXPERT Salesman from Iona experience. KSTABL1SHKD SEVKNTEEN YEARS. Prompt wUe* and returns. WHITE FOB FREE MARKET REPORTS. leqniHi* hr IstWr or vin auvtrw) at oaco. ployed also. A f«*V Yaounde* in towns and elites. B.K Johnson’ A Co.. lOOMMain ht.Richmond.Ya. .Y B sf *(C «p- and bnrtnms «wrtn<* .Never' mind about m»*di*Q stamp for rrjjJg. V F J it IP. DETECTIVES Waoird ia truy enaair. Shrewd men tf set n*4»t tawraclkw. la oar tterret iter vies. fcxperInaco a»t aaeosmry. SsadSr. sum trannanOetec ti »e8uf eau C o. 44 Arcade, Clncinnatl.Ot NPimi ETC f Feral! Sewinc Machines. ilKCVIaCOt • stani>aroGoo1>s Only. QU3ITTI PQ ThsTraiieSapplIri OnVI I I UEOt i send for wholesale price REPAIRS. li*t. Rlclock M'f’g { I. aco Locuststo.. r s ax* xius rtru • P°p nvon^h and expens paid *ny acton Cian orwomnu to sot. our** WAtjTfcn tit ample aud lira at fc. me. Salary W promptly ami upeowt in admacn. Fall ntr* ON twalaraandaam»leeaa*r*KR Waiaaaajuu cat w-i4t vii "" b ’ ’ SflLAnf. t o., i A Marls etM MHHPi j^aa,8siaggsy> and Car* for O 'Tj.umptioo IBS BEST rMnadj for hwwnM and to clear the threat. PATENTS rw rVYirKTOBS. to-pass KOOK FBKK. Addreaa W. T. riupnkL Auorarv U Law, VuUi|M, P. C. PATia *wry anta. ■ •Shore BRYAIT ft STRATT09I Ula. So. Ito 800 Slud-.u Yaorlr. Gndnlotn la (Mhac icdiMu. hood for Circular. |JSal#»a»n. lt,»«t. Choicer _PL_Trust,. Ile»ttr«j.tern..plan; Oe.t vutltf ruo. MO.SUKSSUVCO.,Loula.aua,Ma £ES20M£!T$ SAMPLES FREE . _ NkJi mam. Wipe now. < ACOTT. X*w York City. rOUMfi Hi S»£ W.KdT"c« re». A.ldrw. VAl.nmxE Blurs.. Jaaeav.lie. Wt. nailCERS and TUMORS cured. , ;* mKottnlfr. Book of [usrtir lar. free. A<1- . — - - ■ ... V tf.. aa i ’. I nd* u noiw.li. • 1»k1 B. IIuwaki1, Indianapolis, !nd. •V-YAUC Turn fAH» umn wdi. $5 TOSS A DAY. Baraptes worth $2.1! PHIL Lin** not under hones’ feet. Writ# HUKWHTU 8AAVTI SKIS ttOU»KKUL,tM^.»cA. A. N. K.. B. 1242. ,ux wtmse to ^evcrrwrM rixue aa. that IN M* the liortkeocN to thla

JOSEPH H. HUNTER, ESSiESSSh! IWi

W. L. DO-UCLAS $3 SHOE onrruani. Bnt la the world. Examine hU •s.oo gencixe hasb-sewed shoe. •4.00 BANDdEVEl) WRLT SHOE. *3 .SO POLICE AND FARMERS’ SHOE. •9.SO EXTRA YALCE CALF SHOE. •3.95 WORKINGMAN’S SHOE. •3.00 GOOD-WEAR SHOE _ •3.00 and S1.7S ROTS* SCHOOL SHOES. All made la Congress. Button and Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS •3 & S3 SHOES uSS*. Best Material. Best Style. Best Flttln*. IT.L Donalaa’ B3.00 Shoe, shown In rat below. Is male of tnc Gtlf.on last* modelled for the toot; smooth balds a* hand-*ewed shoes, sad no tact* or nax thread to hart the feet. Every pair warranted.

, u DOUGLAS Brockton, Moan. IE ST

JOH2ST ±±M.OJN U. NEW GOODS OF BVBRTT tolND, To which he directs attention. HI* DRY GOODS are flrstelaa*. and the stock Is larg» Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Notions. > GlTe him a call and you will be convinced that ha la giving BAUUAKXS on Ills entire stock. SOLID GOODS AT LOW PRICLS. EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. 9 ■! -Proprietors ofTHE EAGLE BREWERY, VINCENNES, INDIANA, Furnish the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords t and soicit orders from all dealers | BdTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. On Sale at All Saloons. 1834. THE 1004. OSBORN BROTHERS Hwe removed to their elegant Now Building on Main Street, where they have a large and splendid line o( BOOTS AND SHOES, Tor Men, Women and Children. We keep R. L. Stevens* and Emmerson’e brands of Fine Shoes. Petersburg. Indiana.' C. A.. BURGER & BRO., FASHIONABLY! merchant tailors, Ictekburg, Indiana, Ha# RecM Tteir La® M tef Late Styles of Piece Goods, Consisting of the very bast Suitings and Broadcloths. Perfect Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as Low as Elsewhere. BOOK-KEEPING, SHORT-HAND, TELEGRAPHY, PENMANSHIP, ETC. Every Young Man and Woman Who desire, to hotter his or her condition in life, should write for the Catalogue of the BRYANT & STRATTON ^SjJSSSSb*:, NO. 408 THIRD STREET, LOUISVILLE, KY.

Is tba o’daet util m»l popular iclentlflc ar.. mechanical iaiar published aad haa the lariseat tsrralallon of any papar of tta eli» la the ior*a. Falla Uhietrated. Ba»t rlaaa of Woo# Kn«ra»Inpe. Published weakly. ben# for apMlman MCI. Prtoo IS a Taar. Poor mooiha'trial. 11. MCftX 4 CO, rcauaxus, M Broadaay. b.T. ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS fi Edition ct Scientific American. U A ffroat aueceaa. Karh !•»<■« rontatna cajerod ltthueraphlc plater of cooi.tr* and CUT rvatden. cea or public bulldloa*. Ni.niMt.as coerarii *a an# fall plane and epocflcat.oiia for tits aea of each as contemplate bulldlnc. I’t Ice It 50 a year. » eta a copy. IICS.N 4 CO, ruaUMU*. TRADE MARKS. Tn (td your nuuk l* not r«*;i»t®r®d I® th® N* •ot one®, apply to Mrsx a Ciu •»<! prucur® luomeaut® pn4«otUia. S®n<l for iiaudUK-k. COPYRIGHTS for hookm cKarU, aapf. tic., quietly proou?®2. AOOntM MCnN A.: CO.% Patent Solicitor®, CiKiuj. ornu. «tai itAoipWAr. N. Y REAL ESTATE AGENCY. PETERSBURG, . - INDIANA All lands and town property placed in tuj lands for sale artll be advertised free of obaiye Ornci-Upalair or er City Drug Store.

I CURE FITS! When I say Cob* t do »e* b»mui awely to ■top them tors time, ana they h»r« them returo again. I nut A RAIHCAI* Ctiftlfc I hero made the dl»e»ee of FAIXING SIC30SHES3, A ilfe-loo* study. I WA*RA!<T my remrfr to Come the went am. Became others hare tailed is do reason lor not now receinnr a cere. Send at once for atreauoe soda 1'keb uottiA o* mj IrrALLiau remedy. Giro Express •»««« «■** jronnothut* ler a _, It emu yon nothin* 3 trial, and U will cure you. Address H.C.ROOT, M.C., IS3FuK.ST,KEwrcH

PATENTS, Caveats anti Trade-Marks obtained, and a Patent bus ness conducted for Modern <e Fees* Our office is opposite U. S. Patent Ofllce, and we can secure patents in less time than those remote from Washington. Send model, draw ng or photo, with descrip* tlon. We advise if patentable or not free of /' charge. Oor fees not due till patent is secured. A pamphlet, “llow to Obtain Patents,” with names of aetuaLclients in your State, county or town, sent free. Address c. A. SNOW & co., Opposite Patent Offios, Washington, D. 0. DR. HARTLEY’S CATARRH REMEDY Is the best remedy known for the cure of Cm tarrh and its attendant ailments: it is safe, painless, and never fails to gve relief. This remedy cleanses the nose, head and throat ol all unhealthy secretions, and soothes and heals the inflamed parts. When the remedy is ouce tr ed the beneficial results are so prompt and sat sfactory that the sufferer never fails to continue the treatment unt 1 permanent relief is obtained. DO HOT NEGLECT A BAD COLD. Use Hartley's Catarrh Remedy for its In med ate Cure. M R's psE, i m v ECLIPSE . y'l-j-V?.1LIN IM ENT. /'THE. mvJ if - KU,LCP3 ECLIPSE LfV/ER PULS * -curE const* pa'i.c-n lAjm-onst'rs ' ECLIPSE LEPVin;->. • ECLIPSE SAPSAPAP1 L'.A ■ .-iir' , .<r ECLIPSE BJTT.U$$; TNr’jo-pprif ivTC^ Ar'b£zi’i,n - t.'.r.fA'tv.": . lcv.y. A WISE WOMAN / Bought the Splendid HIGH ARM JUNE SINGER SEWING MACHINE BECAUSE IT WAS THB BEST*

fiaW THEY ILL WART IT Far II ih»e* Meh be.ntlfuj work. Sample Machine at Factory Price. irai mm iakaied m $ m Apts WaatsAia Oasscngied Territory, inns wmumm col pstyioEftB*ivv T % r j ;;