Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 February 1895 — Page 3

<EJu 2ibf County Demofiat M. MoO. 8T00P8, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. • - - INDIANA. .There's a worker in silver so skilled and so famed. That the work of all others is sadly shamed: Not a touch of bis hand but pome beauty grows. Some wonderful carvln? of fern or of rose, ■ Of birds on the wing and of children at play— - Every scene you could think, some sad and some gay. / So noiseless , he works, like * dream it would seem— His tracings of woodland and meadow and v’ stream; And, the strangest of all. not n pencil nor tool Has this wonderful worker in nature's great, ; school. . , when the world is asleep Is his busiest time; Then he weaves crystal fringes of silvery rime. And he hangs them about on the branches of trees. Where they sparkle and glow in the cold northern bsecze: - v He covers the grass with skittering lace, And leaves on the hedges a feathery tracw Of his marvelous skill. In the midnight gloom You may hear the sound of his fairy loom And his elfin laugh. Not a moment is lost By this wonderful worker, whose name is Jack Frost. —Elizabeth A. DavisTIh Golden Days. JACK FROST.

O ON E ever called her a beauty,and yet few persons that ever looked on her but turned to look again. It was such a sweet and dainty face,with eyes of a d^ep, lustrous golden

brown, skin a trifle dus*ty, like a sunbrowned Neapolitan, but with a ruddy, pomegranate redness of the cheeks aiu^ lips and a great abundance of fine, brown hair that shone like satin, it was sopsmooth and bright. Her name was - |5toile North, but nothing could have been more inappropriate,for she was not in the least like a star, and of all stars she was most unlike the north star, except perhaps in certain steady, un- \ ,changing attributes of character but dimly suspected even by her most intimate friends* j besides having brown eyes, brown hair and a brown complexions he had ' a great liking for brown in color, and nearly all her costumes, especially in the autumn and winter time, were made of various shades of brown, and for that reason somebody once compared her to a jenny w ren. The name clung to lier.„ It was one of those lucky hits that seem a kind of inspiration and before the end of the season people had half forgotten that she was called Etoile North. Even to strangers she was often playfully introduced as Jenny Wren, with a few laughiug words of explanation and the addition of her full name. With her Own sex Jenny Wren was a universal favorite. Among the other she was greatly liked, and young men who had no sisters often wished for a sister like her. But when it was one. day announced that she was engaged to marry Clement Tmirne there was almost an outcry of astonishment and something like indignation, the latter sentiment being occasioned by a feeling of personal interest almost amounting to possession, which nearly everyone unconsciously experienced in regard to Jenny Wren. Clement Thorne was a poet, handsome, talented, impecunious as poets are apt to be, and admired by the girls In Miss North's set to a, pitch of enthusiasm seldom reached for men of his stamp—unusual, magnetic, personally beautiful and therefore fpr a variety’of reasons “quite the rage” for p season or two. “Our Jenny, our charming,’sweet, demure, little brown Jenny, that we are all in love with more or less, carried ; off by this-brilliant .bird of paradise!” said the young men among themselves', t “Well, but why not? Since we all admire her who should not? Who would have supposed it, though, and how will it turn out, eh?” ^ « And with a few more ’wondering exclamations this unexpected turn in the

HER HEAP FELL BACK AGAINST HER - CHAIR. little brown maiden’s affairs was quiet* ly#iccepted, for though all these young men really cared for Jenny and loved her—as a sister—not one of them was the least bit in love with her, and. as a rule, the most affectionate brothers are quite philosophical when it is only a sister who prefers another man. But with Jenny’s “sisters” it was quite another thing. “What in the world can he see in her?” “She is quite unsuited for the wife of such a man!” “He will tire of her in a week!” “She w ill die of neglect and ennui before the honeymoon is over!” “He will break her heart flirting with other womenl”

Such wm a few of the exclamations among th ase of her own sex that greeted the announcement of Miss North’s engagement to Mr. Thorne, and when the first excitement Had passed away one out of the bevy of girls who had been discussing the news was observed to be paler than usual, and when she spoke in a low, concentrated tone her words attracted immediate attention, for it was pretty generally understood that the cold, proud Miss Hammerton had at last lost her heart while listening to the hand* some, poet reading his own passionate lov» verses, not a few of which had £een inspired by her tieauty and royal bearing. “There is no such need for astonishment,” she said, with a slight touch of scorn. “Mr. Thorne’s choice only proves that he is human after all, though we have beep accustomed to regard him as a being belonging to Olympus. Like most men of' genius, though he writes so beautifully of poverty and the stings of adversity, ho does not pine for personal experience in such matters. He; is a poor man, and he is determined to marry money. YVe all know our dear little Jenny's Worth and sweetness, but she is not a man’s beauty, and her charm for Clement—for Mr. Thorne, I mean—lies in the fact that she is the sole heir to her uncle's millions.” “Oh, Theresa, you are too cynical,” exclaimed Kate O’Hara, a warm-heart-ed girl in w,hose veins still flowed the blood of her far-off j Oeltie ancestry. “Why shouldn’t Mr. Thorne love Jenny for herself? Don’t we all love her, and which of us cares one pin about her uncle’p millions?” “Yes, we all love her qhite as a matter of course.” replied the youthful woman of the world, “because in a way she belongs to us, and she has not one

quality of mind or person calculated to excite our envy or rouaerrar-^alousy. llelieve me, my dear Kate, when a girl is universally beloved and admired by her own sex it is but a very left-hand-ed kind of a complithent and simply means th:tfc*she can ne ver be thought of in the light oKa_rival." "|)h! Oh!" and “Oh, Therese!” were the. exclamations, half-laughing, half indignant, that greeted this speech, but inasmuch as nearly everyone present felt it to contain at least a grain of truth, no one openly contradicted it, and Miss Hammerton ihad the triumph of feeling that she was mistress of the situation outwardly, whatever the wild tumult of her feelings might be within. And within there was a wild tumult for Therese Hainmertonf1 was in love with Clement Thorne, and as she had never doubted that the feeling was returned with equal ardor she had allowed her passion to gather force with every glance she met from his dark, glowing eyes till it. had passed quite beyond her control and she truly bt*lieCed that in his ardent face and in the low, deep, impassioned tones of his voice she read the response to the love they had kindled in her hitherto cold, restrained, but intense and concentrated nature. • The anhouncement of Thorne’s engagement to Miss North—which, happily for herself, shf- had just learned in the privacy of her own apartment— —had struck her with the force of a physical blow. and, although,her gaze still remained riveted on the letter containing the news, she no longer saw the written words. . Her head fell back against tyer chair. Everything seemed wrapped in darkness, and she was so far uucolxscious that she no longer felt the keen pain which had rendered her almost insensible. But that numbness of sensation soon passed away, and every nerve seemed to tingle with agony. She started'to her feet, fiercely crushing the letter in her hand till her finger nails seemed to pierce her soft palm. “It is not true! It cannot be! I won’t believe it!” she muttered. “He knows that I love him; everyone knows it! I have taken no pains to conceal it, and every look from him has been the confession of a love returned. Oh, no man would dare deceive me so! But I must now begin to school my face and school my voice that I rnfay betray myself no

more, it tms vg true t wm near oi n on every sider but if he is goiiM* to marry her it is for her ancle’s money. His heart arid soul are mine, for they are the twin halves of my own!” v Miss Hammer ton was soon convinced of the truth of the rumpr, which was speedily officially announced, and she was one of the first to congratulate Jenny Wren, and if the words in which the congratulation was conveyed left the little fiancee tingling, with some vague sensation of pain and insult, she could not tell why, nor could she remember one single disagreeable word spoken by dear Therese—unless—could it have been that ’reference to Uncle John's wealth and the perfectly unfounded report that he was half in love with Kate O’Hara, but lacked the courage to ask a girl so much his junior to become his wife?r „ “So absurd, you know, Clement,” she said that same evening as she re- . pea ted the “silly nonsense” to her loyer, “because Uncle Josh isn’t really old at all—not much over forty-five, and certainly looks ten years younger —and if he really loves Kate why shouldn’t he marry her, if she isn’t in love with somebody else? That is the only impediment—and if any two people are really in love >vith each other, nothing in the world can prevent them from marrying >each other.” “Oh,, you Wise little girl?’ laughed her lover, looking down into the brown eyes that looked up in eager questioning. “All the sages since the world began never spoke more truly.” And then he kissed the rosy lips that poutingly declared he was always laughing at her because in his conceit he imagined that only poets knew anythin]? about love. “And that’s true, Clement; dear, too, for every girl in love becomes a poet, so, you see, I really know just as much about it as you do.” ^ } Little Jenny Wren was very happy— so happy that it was quite a long time before the demon of suspicion was able

I to force *n entrance Into her joyous • young heart. She heard innumberable | references to her uncle’s wealth. She ; heard a great deal of laughing com* | ment on his evident admiration of her ! friend Kate O’Hara. She saw Kate J blush brightly and looked pleased" wnen her companions rallied her and’ pretended to hum the music of “Auld , Robin Gray,” and finally she received | confirmation strong that her uncle was ! not going to remain a bachelor long, | when Kate, something between smiles l and tears, one day enfolded her in a warm embrae^ and asked her how she would like to call her “aunty.” 9 “Then it is really true”’ exclaimed Jenny." “Oh, you darling! I am delighted!” “And it will really make no differ- ! ence?” -asked Kate anxiously. “Oh, | Jenny dear, if it will, not even all my i love for Mr. North will induce me to bring a shadow on your life!” “How, dear Kate? I don't know •what you mean. I tell you I am delighted! - UncleJchn is far too good • and noble to go^through life Sanmated and unloved only to grow into a crusty ; old bachelor at the last. Nothing in i nay life, except when Clement told me j be loved me, has given me such pleas* sure as to know that you love Uncle John and that you have promised to marry him.” .“And* Clement? But bf course he loves you. Jennie, darling, for yourself, but Therese.is so madly in love with him herself, and somehow hearing ever,, one speak of his admiration for her—and she is so beautiful, you 1 know—and of the fortune you would inherit from your uncle, I just allowed myself to worry over things, but it’s all nonsense.” « * ‘ ' ■ . “Clement’s admiration for Therese?” said Jenny, slowly, and Kate saw with ! dismay that every westige of the bright j pomegranate red had faded from the ' round brown cheek and a strange, hag- | gard look had come over the features, ! making the sweet face of Jenny Wren ; look very old and pinched, almost as if • age and gi'ief had fallen on her all in ! a moment. I , “Of course he admired her! He al- | ways did! Who doesn't? And no one ! more than I do!” she said, with sudden j sfelf-assertion, and the color came back

“ CLEMENT'S ADMIRATION FOB THERESE?” SAID JENNY. to her face and she chatted gayly, but could never remember one word of what she had said nor just when Kate had kissed her good-by and gone away. But after awhile she realized that she was alone. Her hands, tightly twisted together, dropped into her lap and her head bent above them, while subdued convulsive sobs shook her slight form and scalding tears foil from her burning eyes. ? “He loves Therese; and he marries me to gain my uncle's money!” This was the thought which seared her heart and brain as again and again it beat itself out to the measure of these bitter words. Yes, she could no longer doubt it. Some such thought had tried to force itself upon her many, many times before, but she -would not listen. Now she must listen, for Kate, who loved her and who had thought that she ought to know what others had said, in order that they might prove it false, had told lier in plainest words just what they said. And now a hundred things came back to her, the meaning of which she would not before see or understand, and she remembered the looks of open admiration bestowed on I her rival, and the latter's mingled looks | of scorn and triumph at her Clement’s too eyident perfidy.

“ISut 1 will knowtne trutn. she said, aloud, in a clear and thrilling voice. And in that moment Jenny Wren ! seemed to fly away, and a deep, steady I light shone in her large eyes—a light that spread all over her face—and she looked the embodiment of her pure name, the star of the north—the mariner's star. “Clement, do you love me? That I love you there is no need for me to say. But 1 must be loved for myself alone. It is said and believed that you love Therese. If it is true, I love you enough to give you to her—yes, enough to give you to each other. I only ask the truth. My uncle,' whose heir I was supposed to be, will soon be mar-' ried to a woman who loves him truly, and I am indeed as'poor and unpretending as the little bird whose plume my little friends have bestowe’d on me. But the man who marries me must take me for myself alone; it is my only pride. And to him I am, now and always, Etoile North.” She sent her letter by a special messenger, and within an hour her lover was at her feet. It was like other lov* quarrels, where there was nothing to quarrel about, and when it was over the little brown girl was Jenny Wren again. “But do you admire her, Clement?” she said, with a happy laugh. “I have seen you look at her—oh, as if you adored hert” “Very likely. I look so at pictures and statues. Poets and artists have that privilege; but I love you, my own little girl, and that makes all the difference.” And Jenny Wren was satisfied.—Kansas City Times. y

HILL TALKS TO DEMOCRATS, j Points Oat Mistakes and Reviews tin Volley of the Party. At & dinner of the Democratic dub jf New York city on the night of Saturday. January 26, Senator David B. Dili was the honored guest, and he .spoke upon the more recent incidents '■of the career “of the democracy. In the following is given the salient points of his speech: -The miss ion of the democratic party is not. ended. Temporary reverses'may impalp- Its present usefulness. inadequate leadership may retard its successes in the near future, local iiffilcuittes may embarrass itsicffort* for selfd?!erithral**roent from unfortunate conditions, yet. neveriaslois. its vital \principiOs<fcein*: essential to the’prosperity of the republic l|fi splendid achievements in the past furnishing its guarantees for the future, its unswervin r devotion to civil and religious iibertv in defeat as well as In victory, its uniform insistence upon the constitutional limitations of federal power, its steadfast adppcacy of the reasonable and necessary rights of the states under our dual form of government, its adherence to the doctrine of public taxation for public purposes only, its traditional record of opposition to monopolistic tendencies on the one hand and communistic sentiments on the other—the. conclusion becomes irresistiblethat such a party, with such principle*, traditions. sentiments and achievements, is still capable of securing magnificent and permanent results for the good of the country. •But no matter how high the standards of any political party may bo. it cannot hone for, valuable, practical and successful iptults withdut a| thorough organization of Its adherents. Men who think al.ke on public questions must be brought together: there no ust be unity of purpose, harmonicus council. fq,l consultation. the will of the majority fairy expressed must prevail, there must be pron pt acquiescence In the results of conventions, loyal support of regularly nominated candidates. individual views upon essential n alters must be subordinated to the general o >lnion. It substantial results are expected to be attained. r

•*lf corruption unfortunately obtains » rooting in party organization let it be uproo ed. If leaders become corrupt, let them be dis arded. Better no organization at all' than a < orrupt we. I thoroughly despise that class of men who become acfc.ve in political affairs to secure personal gain and to promote self aggr iodizetnent Such allies discredit the party. < eg rude the pubiio service and repel honorable men from active participation in political effort. "It is particularly our duty, as it should be our pleasure at this crisis, to invite democrats of character, standing and infiu 3nee to identify themselves with organized movements for party success, for the promotion o: democratic principle^ and the elevation of tUo public service Lei; ignorance, brutality, dissipation, speculative sporting, avarice and freebooting be not regarded as desirable qualities, for democratic membership anywhere, much less for prominence in democratic councils Let us oper the democratic doors wide for men of education, men of thought, men of business, men who work with brain or hand, honest men. whether rich or poor, men capable of influencing public opinion and of training recruits for our cause — this is the way to strengthen our lines an'd to prepare tor future conflicts. 1 "With no polltioal campaign now pending and with no purpose of influencing public opinion generally, but speaking simply ss a democrat to party friends conferring with each other, it may not bo amiss to pause and re-, fleet whether some mistakes or party policy ' have not been made in the recent past, the frank and impartial consideration of whLh may furnish light for our futjjfp^ guid mce. 1 "Upon our advent to power in March, 1893. the first duty which confronted us was the prompt assembling of congress in exira session for the speedy enactment of those remedial measures of tariff, flnancial and electoral reforms to which the partVw&s committed. The redemption of our pledges to the people was the primary obligation resting upon us, overshadowing all more questions of the distribution of o’fclciul patron-age, the rewards of friends or the punishment of enemies. “Whatever was to be done should have been done quickly, at a time when the people were clearly with us and impatient of delay in the carrying out of our principles, for which they had just voted, and when our opponents in congress would have scarcely resisted, at least by any prolonged opposition, w-hatever fair measures we hail then proposed. A flnancial panic made imperative the convening of congress in August. 1893, at which session the repeal of the Sherman silver bullion purchase law became a necessity and a duty. Its repeal had been explicitly approved in the n .tional democratic platform of lsW2. and the business interests of tho country as well as political good faith united in demanding speedy action. Its repeal, however, was stoutly resisted by professed democrats—extreme sliver me*preventing final action until November. 1898; the long delay disgusting tne people and depriving the country or much of the benefit which otherwise would have accrued by the repeal, arousing the animosity and losing the confidence of the business community, and really injuring the cause of silver, which they proiessed to serve. "The frittering away of our opportunities, the failure to grasp the situstion at tho outset and the indisposition to respond quickly to the demands of the public sentiment m u great financial crisis sowed the first seeds of popular discontent with democratic administrated. "Tub-revision of the tariff, which unfor- j tunately has been pract.cu ly postponed until | lfcD J. seemed to widen and extend party differ- j cnees of opinion Extremists egatn oume to ■ the front and demanded that their peculiar views should bo engrafted upon tho proposed legislation regardless of well osiaolished democratic principles, the provisions of our national platforms and the record and tradition j of the party.

“.'ingle tax theories were urged, enure tunn extinction was seriously advocated Instead of reasonable tariff reformation to which we were pledged, direct taxation was proposed to be substituted for indirect taxation, radicul reductions were preased regardless of the growing treasury deficit, and a war income tax in time of peace was the culminating atrocity and blunder strenuously insisted upon, 'itae great Tictory of 18V3 seemed to have turned the ! heads of some of our friends. A wise policy ! dictated that we should have surprised and at the same time satisfied the country by the moderation of our legislative action. Every pledge should have been redeemed, but redeemed on democratic lines in aceordanoe with democratic precedents “Everybody knows now that it was fo.ly to . reduce the revenues below the current expen-;! ses of the government or to substitute direct taxes for tariff taxes, or to discard customs . revenue in order to fill the void with an In- | come tax—a tax which drove tens of thousands j effectors away from oor party. “Elrgely tnosame infl. enees which obstinately and bilndly opposed the repeal of the Sher- j man law succeeded in foisting this populUtio j Income tax upon a tariff reform bill. It was an , egregious, a serious, a vital mistake. It put in 1 peril and greatly endangered the passage of ; any tariff bill whatever, ft delayed final aot.oa 1 at a period when time was all important, and ; it provoked division where unit}' vas imperative. In the light of recent events evidencing r the sentiments and temper of the people a j prompt elimination of this object i enable fea- 1 tuve at the reassembling of this congress was ; clearly demanded by every cons deration of : public and party interest. “1 regret that the pro sent congress evinces no disposition to lift the p-.rty out of the rut Into which through uuwise or mistaken leadership it has failed “The country is now confronted with a steadily growing deficit in the treasury, occasioned by a failure of the recent 1 gislation to produce the neoessary revenue f ar the needs of'the government. It is believed th .t with the country gradually recovering rom the recent depr ssion. with every prospe .'tot return- i lng prosperity, with every likelihood of in- j oreased importations, with the additional in- j ternul revenue provided for, but not yet real- j ired. there may reasonably be exv ectod in tho , next fiscal year sufficient revenut to meet tho : nation's expenses. 1 “The only alternative presented Is the secur- | Ins of seeded funds by borrow! «. Explicit ! aad amnestiesed authority fox this purpose

should toe rr nted by this congress at one*. Whether the money* necessary to to* borrowed should be raised upon toads, treasury acres, exchequer notrs. Certificates of indebtedness or other means which are usual or which may ha devis/d is a mere matter of ,d«t il easily adjustable, involving no e£«naitU!| prim-.;/a and which should-not hinder orpfevent concession of the in •In relief sought -No hostility t > the present sdiEinstmlon. no political grietaeces. no factional differences should he permitted to ret rd immediate legislation so indispensable at this time for the maintenance of the credit and honor of the government "To arbitrarily .refuse such actloivhow. unless some legislation tor silver shaft precede, accompany or supplement it. and thereby compel the calling of an .extra session of a republican congress. Is the height of political folly only equaled .by the opposition to the repeal of the Sherman law in 1963 and the foisting of "in ursring temporary financial relief I do not forget nor underestimate the Import *nee and desirability of sqthe. appropriate legisl tioa in beh ilf of monetary reform. We are afSlcted with too many kinds of currency issued under diverse and somewhat chntliaHng ,statutes, poss^sing different qualities, and subserving different parpen's. soma of which is legal tender and some U tut. an! some. is . limited to leral tender, and the necessity of a general revision of our currency laws and the establishment of a permanent monetary system adequate for the needs of the country, seems to be urgently demanded. „ , -Neither do we forget the fact that the democratic party is by tradition and interest the hard money party, the party whfeh in the language of the democratic platform holds to the use'of both gold and silver as tja? standard" money" and Insists upon the maintenance of their party at all times and In all places. For the full restoration and maintenance of the hard money of the constitution with nbthing else as legal tender and with all paper currency made redeemable therein the democratic party stands committed In the carrying out of that policy, the gradual retirement and extinguishment of the United States notes commonly known as -greenbacks” is an Important If pot the first step ia the right direction. - “In the absence of sufficient gold to redeem these greenbacks as they are presented the government Is embarrassed, its oredit is Impaired and its finance disturbed. Raids are constantly being made upon the treasury by organized syndicates of holders of greenbacks, who seek the gold for shipment abroad, and the government is unable adequately to protect

itself. "Prudence demands that the d 'bts of the government should riot oirculate as currency payable or redeemable on do aaat. e*poo.aliv at least unless the treasury contains au amount of coined money adequate at all times to effectuate the payment or redemption. These greenbacks should be eliminated from the currency of the country. because under existing conditions and without immense loans or enormous taxes the government is utterly unrble to stand the drain upon its resources involved in the struggle to maintain their parity with gold. , . “1 believe that legislation Is demanded from the present congress providing for the gradual extinguishment of this currency, and the moneys necessary for suoh payment and'extinguishment can be supplied through a popular loan, with low interest and long time so-* .curities. ‘'That Is only n matter of detail, to be determined when’a definite policy shall have beeri adopted. It is difficult to discover why the true friends of bimetallic coinage in congress or elsewhere should object to the el.mtnation ot' this greenback paper currency, which is now so generally conceded should be canceled. They on the contrary should be the strongest champions of that policy. They must >« shortsighted indeed if they do net see that the very contrac ion involved in the retirement of this soft money currency would surely pave the way ior the substitution of hard money in its plate. <. "Yet moft of the advocates of silver in congress. with cliar.i tensile unwisdom, seem to i-eg. rd it as their duty to antagonize every practical suggestion.in and of monetary reform unless it is coupled with the full and instant relief which they seal;, declining even to assist lu the very preparation which is absolutely necessary for the eventual success of their owr. proposition. "They should be impressed with the fact that the goal which they Lope to attain can only be reached alter adequate preparation, revised laws, with a full treasury, with competent administration and friends administration It cannot be done by magic. It will not come by miracle. It cannot be prematurely forced. The pathway must be oloared for it. It is a business question and it must be solved according to business principles. “The legislation enacted, while not an ideal measure nor all that was expected by many of us, has substantially settled the tariff question. Another geueral revision is not contemplated nor desired in the near future, although a few modifications may be proposed in conformity with democratic pledges. But aside from these limited exceptions the legislation has come to stay. The signs of the times indicate that it will uot be sought to bo disturbed. even by our opponents, when they shall control congress. There sre mas Itestout ions of acquiescence in its provisions by tho ousiness community which cannot be misunderstood, and with business slowly but surely reviving, with industries resuming operations with labor better employed and capital making profitable investments, the general disposition to permit the new tariff to have a fair and adequ to trial is very signtt--cunt as well as satisfactory. - "The many good features of the recent legislation should uot be overlooked. Free wool, free lumber, free salt and reduced duties upon iron and coal are the boons conferred upon the people. An average reduction of 334 per cent, from previous tariff taxation is the generous measure'of . elief afforded. / “It is believed that the new i»w after a reasonable trial will in its general thrift features commend itseir to tae approval of the American people and be allowed, unless existing conditions shall radically change, to remain as the settled policy of the government. kj “Let us not be discouraged nor disheartened by recent events. The tide will turn again very soon. Let us maintain our party organizations intact; let us reorganize if neoessary; let us build them up and strengthen them: let us stand for principle rather than mere expediency: let us cut loose from corruption ot every sort. It is a time for unity, for patienoe for courage ”

uuacoeptaoie. An amusing incident connected with Handel, the composer, is told of Dr. Miller. He says: During- the latter part of Handers life, when a boy, I used to perform on a German flute in London at his oratorios. About the year 1753, in the Lenten season, a minor canon fretn the cathedral of Gloucester offered his services^ to Handel to sing. -His offer was accepted. and he was employed in the choruses. Not satisfied with this department, he requested leave to, sing a solo, that his voice might appear to more advantage. This request also was granted; but h"&-executed the^olo so little to the satisfaction of the audience that, to his great mortification, he was violently 'hissed. When the performance was oveis Handel said to him, gravely: .“I am sorry, very sorry for you, indeed, my dear sir; but go back to your church in de country. God will forg-if you for your bad singing; dese wicked beoples in London, dey will not forgif you!”—Youth’s Companion. These were 1,073 desertions from the United States army during the year ended Jnne 30 last, as compared with 3,672 in the year ended June 30, 1893. This improvement is attributed to the better rations, better barracks and bet* ter chances for promotion. : )

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Surgeon Dentist, PETERSBURG* IND. oface In rooms « and,? In Carpenter Building. Operations first-class. All work warranted. Anaesthetics used tor painless extraction ot teeth. NELSON STONE, D. V. S.. PETERSBURG, IND. Owing to long practice and the possession of i One library and case of instruments, Hr. Stone is well prepared to treat all Diseases of Horses and Cattle STJCGESSFTri^L.Y- , He also keeps on hand a stock of Condition Powders and Liniment, which he sells at * reasonable prices. Office Over J. B. Young & Co.’s Store.

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CFOrdrrlt of T<mr!l»w»d*«J»or*e»<l RAc*ot, tor iMratnUP f' bcr to W. J. BOKSK, r*WU*er, 3IUit 19U «., lew Iwk VXiJll IUI MtUmr ta km«» rKUSTEES* NOTICES OF OFFICE OAT. NOTICE is hereby given that I will atter to the duties of the office of trustee of Clay township ut hothe on EVERY MONDAY. Ail persons who have business with the office will take notice that I will attend to ouainesa on no other day. M. M. GOWEN, Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties Interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal, * „ ' EVERY STAURDAY, To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having busines s w ith said office will please take notice. J. 8. BARRETT. Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to ail parties con* cerned that I will he at my residence. EVERY TUESDAY, To attend to business connected with the. office of Trustee of Monroe township. GEORGE GRIM. Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given that 1 -will be at my residence ' EVERY THURSDAY . To attend to business connected with the office of Trustee of Logan township. ^-Positively no business transacted ex* cept on office days. '. SILAS KIRK. Trustee: NOTICE is hereby given to alt parties concerned that 1 will attend at my residency EVERY MONDAY » To transact business connected with the office of Trustee of Madison township. B^Positively no business transacted ex cept office days JAMES RUMBLE. Trustee. XTOTICK is hereby given to all persons inis terested that I will attend in mj office is Velpen, EVERY FRIDAY, To transact business connected with the office of Trustee of Marion township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice.1 W. F. BROCK, Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned thut 1 will attend at my office EVERY DAY To transact busine*s connected with tbs of Trusses of Jefferson township. U. W- HARRIS, Trustee.