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came in sight Jim Westbrook fred his re-
velver, bringing down the near horse. Glib
son jumped from the wagon and began firing
opened mp in fine style, and Willie Gibson,
hearing the fusillade, armed himself and
fastened to the scene. He found his father
down on the ground with Jim Westbrook on
top of him, swapping big navy revolver in
his ear. With some difficulty the young man
separated them, and on making an investi-
CATION found Tom Westbrook in fence cor
ner with a wound in his neck which caused
his death. Old Westbrook was the recipient
of bullet over his right eye, which will re-
suit fatally, and Jim got cut in the scalp
from which his brains We're oozing. Every
thing considered, it must be admitted that
Gibson is a thoroughbred in this line. The
wolf deal is practically in his hands at the
present writing.
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a PECULIAR PEOPLE.
The StrangeIy-Affiicted Glass Known a
Jumpers Among French Canadians.
Medical Record


A correspondent gives some curious facts
concerning the Jumpers" among the French
Canadians. He says: They attracted my
attention as presenting some points OF inter
est bearing upon the nervous system, show
ing 70 what representative condition il
may be brought by certain influences early
begun and long continued.
l had from time to time heard lumbermen
and others whose invocationS led them to
spend much time among the French camps
speak of the Jumpers" but had given no
credence to the, as | thought, absurd stories
they related in regard to them, until one
day, while attending TO my duties in the
incidentally let fall the window near my
desk by turning the button suddenly, thus
letting the frame fall short distance, making
quick, sharp noise when three out of seven
French-Canadians who were sitting
pear, awaiting their certificates of inspec-
ton, leaped into the air as if they had been
shot. at the same time uttering yell which
would have done credit to a North American
Indian. From that time l was on the watch
for these strange characters, and when posi-
bic, made inquiries of them through my in
terpreter in regard to the cause Of their con-
ditiOn.
Before speaking of this perhaps it will be
well TO enumerate some of the manifesto
tons which give them the characteristic
name of Jumpers" One or two instances
Will be sufficient. Recently one of them, a
French Canadian of small stature, came out
of an adjacent camp to the Postoffice. Just
as he was about to ask the Postmaster for his
mail. he being total stranger TO the official,
a man of sixty-five years of age, some one
knowing the fellow to be a Jumper mis-
chievously cried out: Grab him by the
throat" The fellow sprang like cat and
grasped the old man by the throat, and held
on until removed, the irate Postmaster pour
ing forth torrents of invectives on the poor
fellew, who really was perfectly guiltless.
Another unfortunate woodchopper had
Just come into camp from two days work,
and was standing near the large camp-heater,
in which was very hot fire, when some one
cried "Grab the furnace!" No sooner were
the words said than the poor fellow obeyed
the order, and as a result lett a scorched pat
tern of each hand on the nearly red hot pipe
thus rendering him unfit for his work in the
woods for some weeks.
As stated above, have endeavored, when
possible. TO investigate "a to the cause OF this
peculiar and distressing condition; and while
] find, without doubt that primarily il is
due TO an inherited nervousness, the imme-
date cause is in taking such children, when
small. and while firmly held tickling them
until convulsive symptoms appear.
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BISMARCK.
Remarkable speech of the Prussian Chan.
cellOr i'm the Landtag Yesterday.

BERLIN Jan. 2S.-Prince Bismarck to-day
IL debate in the Prussian Landtag on the ex-
pulsiOn Of Poles from Germany made a re-
markable speech, occupying two hours in
delivery. He said the primary cause of the
Governments action was the disloyalty of
the Poles to the German Crown. They were.
he said, constantly engaged in intrigues
against the Government and had made them
selves a steady annoyance to Prussia by act
ing as accOmpliceS of the opposition in the
German Parliament. They effected the ma
iOrity against the Government, and the
Crown could do nothing less than
either deny the demands of such
a maiority,o or destroy the evil element which
made majority possible. The Polish agi-
tation in Germany, Bismarck said, always
appeared to him an element of daBger, and
had compelled him to keep watch upon
Russia The Poles had been constantly,
and not always unsuccessfUlly, endeavoring
10 set foreign states against Prussia; hence,
continued the Chancellor, Eve have deter
mined to buy out all real estate owned by
Polish mobiles in Prussian Poland, and place
German colony on the land hitherto oc.
cupied by these people. In order to make the
colonization inure permanently to the bene-
fit of the Empire, the colonists would be
prohibited from mrrrying Poles. The cost
of the undertaking would be about 100000
600 of marks, about $50, 000, 900, but the
state will lose no more than 10 per centum
OF this loss, made necessary by the
exegencies of the case in buying
out an alien class and reselIing to Germans
while the gain to the Empire would be I'M
measurable" THE Government" said the
Chancellor with great animation, twill never
concede the restoration of Poland, nor a
hairs breath in that direction. The Poles
played a suspicious part in Kabturcampf
and whoSoever refuses to help protect and
maintain the State is net entitled to claim
anything from the State. As for me- / am
ready to save my country, although it cost
me my head and honor. II anybody dares
attack PruSsia's frontiers | shall say, like
Gladstone, Hands off," In reference to the
insinuation that the Governments religious
preiudiceS had great influence in its treat
ment of the Poles, Bismarck said: Religion
is IN nowise connected with the expulsion.
As the policy of kindness failed, it became
necessary to reduce the Polish element in
Germany and increase the German element.
This is the real reason for the expulsiens,
and the Government has determined TO
persist in the work despite the opposition of
the Reichstag. In conclusion Will say that
before allowing the fatherland TO be endan-
gered would counsel the Emperor 10 make
a federal Government independent of the
obstructionists tactics in the Reichstag as
far as the constitution and laws of Germany
would permit, for would hold any minister
to be a coward who should hesitate TO stake
everything TO save his fatherland from dan
cor
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Ambitious to be an Author.
Youths CompaniOn.l

In 1869 young girl from Southern State
came 10 one of the large Eastern cities TO
seek her fortune at authorship. She had a
few hundred dollars; was pretty, quick
wltted, and had the most absolute faith in
her own genius.
She would write a novel. she said, or a
poem that would astonish the world and
bring her fortune. After this had been done
then she intended TO go home crowned with
fame, TO become the queen of her little viii
lage.
The novel and poem were written, and
went the rounds of the publishing-houses
seeking in vain publisher. She wrote other
novels 10 no better purpose. She wrote es-
says, newspaper articles, and carried them
herself to every editor, using her pretty face
and girlish wiles to force sale.
After q few months her money was gone.
Her clothes grew shabby. Her face, little
sharp now and pinched, had become familiar
in every newspaper office. Her eyes had lost
their dewy SOftneSs, and shOne hard and def
ant. Often she was hungry.
The end of the story is easily guessed. She
was sent home at last, ruined in health and
in reputation This is true story in every
detail.
This girl had ability enough to earn her
living in half-dozen ordinary ways; but she
had not the ability to express herself in writ
ing; and here is the fatal mistake which she
and so many other young people make.
They are blind and Indifferent to all kinds
of success but that of authorship. Yet many
Il man and woman who can hardly write a
well-eXpreSsed letter have more sound prac
teal sense. executive talent and refinement
of feeling, than the versifier or story-teller
who hold the public breathless for the time.
But the ambition to succeed as an author is
harmless enough, provided disappointment
does not disable the mind for other work. 1t
is career which requires no capital or
plant OF any kind. Neither is influence
needed to secure new aspirant a hearing,
although there is widespread belief among
unsuccessful writers, that there is a ring
composed of editors and few well-kmown
writers, whose object is to crush unknown
genius and forbid ii a hearing.
On the contrary there Is not an editor in
the country who would not hail with abso-
lutte delight new writer of power, who
could bring fresh strength to his columns.
Send your manuscript therefore, gIrls, to
the magazine you prefer. You may be as
sured that it will be fairly read and judged.
If you DO not succeed, it will because you
have not the especial talent for writing.
Give itup. You have other ability; use that.
Turn to any profession or trade rather than
hang around newspaper offices in the I'M
honored ranks of the hangers-on of litera-
ture
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Arrested for Stealing Bank Funds.

ERIE, Pa, Jan. 29.-Ex-Senator James Sill
was arrested here to-day by United STATES
Marshal Killing and taken before United
States Commissioner Grant. He is charged
with aiding and abetting his brother, Joseph
Sill, cashier of the First National Bank Of
Union Mills, in making false entries in the
books of the bank with intent 10 deceive
Hugh Young, the United States Bank Ex-
amiuer. The bank broke a year ago with
almost 100000 liabilities and with nothing
but the stockholders liabilities TO meet the
claims OF the CREDITORS. The Sills, as alleged,
had taken all the banks available funds
Among the assets were drafts signed by Sill
and Endorsed by him as executor of his dead
fathers estate. The heirs repudiate the
papers, hence the prosecution. Senator Sill
is a member of the Erie bar, was a promi-
nent Republican and was regarded as worth
half million at one time After the wreck
ing of the bank he made an assignment
The Humboldt Savings Bank, in which he
had been an officer and large borrower,
soon followed the other bank. Sill is under
5000 bail.
Captain Gustave Jarecki, Presidento of the
defunct Humboldt Savings Bank, was bound
oyer TO court in the sum of s., 600 for bail on
a charge OF receiving money on deposits
knowing the bank to be insolvent. The
cashier. J. J. Sturgeon, is fugitive and is in
Toronto, Canada. The Humboldt Bank broke
year ago, and has paid but 10 per cent. The
depositors are growing very FESTIVE and are
in bad blood over the failure of the bank.
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A Bloody Fight.

Elk PoIST, D. T., Jan. 2s.-Six miles south
upon the bank of the Missouri River in Ne
braska live the families OF w. w. Westbrook
and Arson Gibson They are from Missouri
and will shoot at the drop of the hat. West
brooks wife is half sister OF Gibson, and
Westbrook has three sons. Gibson has but
one son. The trouble was caused by the fact
that neither family wished to see the other
prosper Recently neighb0r lost a mule,
and Gibson secured the carcass for wolf bait.
This was discovered by the Westbrooks, who
at once removed half of the coveted bait,
and Gibson got on to their trail and threw
the carcass into the river. Everything seemed
prosperous now for the Gibsons. About A
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon the Westbrooks
heard the rattle OF q wagon approaching
thsu house, spd ~ Gibson and his team
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No. 1464.-A Charade.

Where broken PRINALs ride the wave.
And wrecks are tossed the surf upon,
Where pillows sob and sea- winds rave
Where bursts and bOOms the minute gun,
And where n beaming tropic sun,
Doth LAST the gallant sailors brow,
The heroes stO0p and cringe 70 none,
Who ride upon the lofty prov
Ny ALL the hearts within their breasts
Those yallient warriors OF the wave,
Though light those hearts IS fOaming crestS,
They'd cease 10 beat their flag 10 save;
And sink into q billowy grave,
Within their mother Oceans arms;
Or conquering heroes true and brave.
They'd live 10 laugh at Wars alarms.
Joe AEXORY
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sALF-By virtue Of


CHERIFF'S SALE-By virtue OF seven execu-
- tons to me directed from the clerk OF the
Marion Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana,
will expose al public sale, 10 the highest bidder
on
THURSDAY, THE nth DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.
d., lSS6.
between the hours of 10 O'Clock a. N. and 4o'elock
p. m, OF said day, at the door OF the Court House
of Marion County, Indiana. the rents and profits
for term not exceeding seven years OF the fol-
Lots numbered thirteen n3), fourteen 90, fif-
teen Q5), sixteen (l6 and that part OF lot twenty
two (22) embraced in the following bounds: Be
ginning at point on the south line OF Biddle
street three hundred and twenty-five (S25) feet
east OF Pine street. running thence east forty s0D
feet, thence south fifty go feet, thence west forty
beginning. All situate in Biddle's subdivision of
Outot fOrty-ive (i5) in the city of Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana.
Also on the same day, and between the hours
aforesaid OF said day, at the indianapolis Bridge
Works, on Biddle street and the Bee Line Rail-
road in the city of Indianapolis Indiana, al the
personal property of said Bridge Company, con-
sisting of one Atlas engine. one boiler, together
with all shafting, pulleys, betting, and al other
fixtures attached. All the blacksmith's iron,
tools, machinery, composition safe, office furni-
And on failure to realize the fun amount Of
judgments interest and costs. viii, at the same
time and place, expose at public sale the fee
simple of said real estate.
Taken as the property OF The Indianapolis
Bank of Indianapolis, No. 1850; StOUghtOn j.
Fletcher ct al: First National Bank OF Indiana
polls No. 2.556: David Braden: Jones x Laughlin
limited): David Russell, Sr., ct al; and Central
said sale to be made without any relief what
ever from valuation or appraisement laws.
GEORGE H. CARTER,
Sheriff of Marion County.
January IS, A. d. 1856.
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YOUNG FOLKS.
The AIIeyCat.


I'm a poor little alley est.
know what is meant ~ scat"
IknoW when stone comes Whirling, flying
Nho II is aimed Ar
know my paws are BLACK
Aud leave = dirty rack:
, That diDgy stresks q SCOT and ashes
Are on M breast and back
But nate the CRIME and wet
Like cOsey TlG g.. We
10 little giri IN the vor-I = willing
TO keep me- fOT & pet.
] suppose IL i because
They don't Ike broken paws,
And think because ] n heroe aud hungry
There's danger from M claws.
But small as ! an and young,
No pussy ever sung
A gweeter pJIrr-sOug, OrscC-iG polish
Cleaner with her red lounge.
On If some little ally who
Loves kittens. only knew,
She ~ ght be glad. perhaps, TO ind ne
And glad 20 keep me-, too.
tiara DOJy Bates II Jan. Vide awake.
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We acciGently overheard the following
dialogue on the street yesterday:
Jones-Smith, why don't you stop that dis
gushing hawking and splitting?
Smith-How can 1? You know l am a
martyr TO catarrh.
do as did. ! had the disease in its
worst form, but / am well now
S.-What did you do for it?
il used DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 1t
cured me and il will cure you.
S.-Ive heard of ii, and by Jove I'll try it.
J.-Do so. You'll find it at all the drug
stores in town.
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THE HOME.

his not doubted that men have home in TIA.
place where each one mas established his hearth
and the sum of his possessions and fortunes,
whence he win not depart il nothing calls him
away: whence If be has departed he seems TO be
n vanderer, and II he returns he ceases TO wander
Condition from Civil Law.
Then stay at home, my heart and rest,
The bird is safest IN the nest;
Der all that hutter their wings and hy,
A hawk j. lowering IL he sky"
-LOngfellOw.
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faul toaIlnan, q COWBOY convict, serving a SEN
tence Of three years at the Joliet, H., prison,
from Wyoming, was released yesterday afternoon,
having served his serm. When goldman was
brought into the clerks office to he discharged,
the clerk handed him package Of bills amount
ing TO nearly Il 600 and informed him that 81 600
of the money had been sent to him Christmas
present by one OF the cattle kings of Wyoming
The eX-cOnvict was nearly paralyzed with aston
ishnent with his good fortune and left the prison
doors with q light heart
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The drunkard is burden to himself as
well as his friends but, since intoxication
becomes a disease, it requires remedy of no
unusual activity. Those who have taken
Simmons Liver Regulator declare that it sets
the liver in action and invigorates the sys-
tenn in such a way as 10 destroy the craving
for strong drinks. The shaky, nervous and
distressed should resort to the Regulator as a
tonic to arouse the torpid liver to action, TO
regulated the bowels and remove the feeling
of general depression aud with it the craving
for IouOr
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No. 1461.-A strange Rough Thing

No. 146I.-A Strange Rough IhlnN
A strange rough thing by the roadside
You do not care TO meet,
A-wearing a thorny aTmoT
Round a purple blossom sweet.
Yet away across the ocean.
In & misty mountain land,
They stamped my uncOuth figure
On their ancient kingiy band.
They woye me oft with heather
In my old home of romance,
And they twined me long ago
With the lily-badge OF France.
Down swooped the English dragon;
Ny royal lady fell,
And dropped beneath the harrow
As English annals tell.
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Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

There never mas Deen medicine for rheuma,
tsm introduced in this State that has given such
universal satisfaction as Durangs Rheumatic
Remedy. II stands out alone as the one great rem.
edy that actually cures this dread disease. II IA
taken internally. and never has and never can
hall 70 cure the worst case In the shortest time.
many leading physicians In his Slate and else
whore. It IL sold By every druggist atN. Write
tcr , nee forty page psmnpiei g x K. H1fHks'
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&c In a SnnwfaEe.

iroIn 'laekin-t ne Pll pit" y Nicholas FOR Jan.l
Some imaginative and wonderfully learned
German scholars tell Us that every snowflake
is inhabited by happy little beings, who be-
IN Their existence, hold Their revels. live
long Ives Of happiness and delight, die and
are buried. all during The descent of the snow
fake from the world ef clouds 20 the solid
land. These scholars also tell Is that every
square foot Of air possesses from twelve TO
fifteen mi lion Of more or less perfect little
beings, and that every ordinary breath we de-
stroy million, more Or less, Of these happy
lives. The sigh OF healthy lover is sup
posed 10 swallow up about fourteen MILL on.
They insist that the dust, which Will, as we
know, accumulate N the most secret places,
IS merely the remains OF millions and bill
lions OF these little beings who have died of
old age. All this, Of course, IS mere guess
work. But do know that the snow in some
parts Of the world j. thickly inhabited. /
have seen new snow n Idaho black with lit
lie insects. People call them snow-feas.
They are as lively as possible, and will darken
your footprints, walk as fast as you may.
They are found only on the high mountains,
and only in very fresh and very deep snow.
They. OF course, 30 not annoy you IN any
way. They are infinitely smaller than the
ordinary flea, but they are not a whit Ices
lively n Their lOcomOtiOn.
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No. 1465.-A Few Trees. b

When Adam found his charming mate,
And first the nuptial knot was tied,
What tree in all the garden vast
Resembled most the groom and bride?
IL.
When lucky chance or lifelong work
Shall give TO me OF gold g. store,
What curious tree shall require
To held me keep q coach and four?
III.
And IL by dint of toll or chance
/ come 10 have the cOech and four,
What tree will every horse require
To draw the carriage from my door?
= ID. G..
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NATION, H., Jan. 3O--It is rarely, indeed, that
a country newspaper publishes as long legal ad-
vertisement as that running in the Democrat,
published at Toledo, Cumberland County. The
advertisement is to restore the record plats of the
public HIGHWAYS destroyed at the time the Court
house was burned. II is sixty-six columns in
length. and az the legal rate, amounts 70 u go.
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JAMES N. WINTERS. Attorney for Plaintiff.

@ HERIFF'S SALE-By virtue OF a certified copy
tie Superior Court of Marion County, Indi-
ira, in cause wherein Frederick Rand, Receiver,
etc, is plaintiff and Mary Morrison ct al are de-
PENDANTS, lease No "a. 249.) requiring me 20 make
the sum OF money in said decree provided and in
manner as provided for in said decree. with in
public sale, to the highest bidder. on
SATURDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A,
D., 1856,
Between the hours of1O O'Clock a. m and O'Clock
p. m, of said day, at the door of the Courthouse
of Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits
for term not exceeding seven years Of the follow
Ing real estate, to-wit:
Lot twelve (12), in square forty-fve ls5, except
twenty-five 25 feet on the alley north OF said lOt,
Also one undivided fifth of lot number six f6D,
except ninety 1907 feet OFF the north end, in Pat
terson's subdivision OF square number Nineteen
90, in the city of indianapolis
Also one undivided fifth OF lots number twenty
COZ, twenty-one i2l), twenty-five (22l. twenty
three (2S), twenty-four GA, twenty-five %,
twenty-six coy and twenty-seven (27). OF Morrison
and Tablets suodiv ision of a seven "a tract
in the east half of the northeast quarter 81 section
seven ca, township fifteen ll5) range Jour az,
south of the Michigan Road. near the city OF In
dianapolis. Marion County. Indiana
If such rents and profits viii not sell for sum-
Gent sum TO satisfy said decree, interest and
COSTS will at the same time and place, expose TO
public sale the fee simple of said real estate,
much thereof may be sufficient 10 discharge
said decree interest and costs. said sale VIII be
made with relief from valuation or appIaisement
laws. GEORGE H. CARTER,
Sheriff OF Marion County.
February l. A. D., 1886.
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The january Prize.

The sender of the best lot of answers to
the "Knotty Problems OF January will re-
ceive Charlotte VI. Yonge's Young Peoples
History of France" finely printed and
handsomely bound in eioth.
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No. 1463.-An AnaGram.

Let us d. where the deer and the panther abound
Where the fox and the otter in numbers are found
Where we'n live on venison, mush and potato;
@, let's fly to "a HUNTERS DOMAIN, BLIND CATO.''
Sol MAGUNDI.
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KNoTTY PROBLEMS.

Our readers are invited 10 furnish original enig-
mas, charades riddles, refuses and other "knotty
problems" addressing all communications rela-
tive 70 this department to z 2. Chsdbourn, Lewis
ton Maine
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a. God-send is Elys Cream Balm" writes Mrs.
VI. y Jackson, of Portsmouth, y. II. 81 had ca
tarrh for three years. Two or three times week
my nose would bleed. thought the sores would
never heal Your Balm has cured me-"