Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1880 — Page 1

Di MOCK AT Official Paper of Adams County. £s• Tla.y Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Year. J. T. BAILEY, ATT’Y AT LAW J. I’., DECATUR, INDIANA. B’ill P notice in Adame and adjoining Conn :c- < Elections a specially. v24n2'Oi ~ E. G? CO \ ER DALE; Attorney At Law Office in the De.k’s Block, Decatur, Intliiu»- v24nß2tf, PETE RSOnTh IJ FFMAN, ATTORXEYS AT LAW, DiX’ATLR, INDIANA. W 11 practice in \ L.nis and adjoining < 'u.i i •>. E-poriai 'ine i'ion <ocollecn i.h iii'l ill. em. j Are No '* ire'l , iiL',i. ~,,1,1 w •'■o .inilu|Ailf;i (t «B ,U i “ ■ o I,'! rnted OU »e .. fe ■» b t ferms in . , llf | 2, I•» <>. F. i> . hi no. 2 i . '.«f i»»r. A Hooptr, ITT At MA’S IT LAW, »n< *l’l k, I *|>| A* A . A ’ i * pi • !«»• \< im t ||,| adjoining coumies eci - 5,.-.-iahy ifc-eds, ’ - ii •n > t w Hing a. .de ai h t . 4 ilcfa A i|| tmy and Mell n . t-jj .it- Hi'i |,y f-uXtfS P-e---rwiAonable on*r Khmes harlwaiv SiOfV, ea-i n. r.iiii Sireei. 81oct 9 A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & S' RGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in IL>ueton’e BlOok up-stairs Will attend to all proteS*<ioual call.* promptly, night or day Cha'pew reasonable. Keai deuce on no>ih suit of Munroe street, 4th house east of Han s Mill. 25jy79tf’ S. G. RALSTON, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON. GENEVA, INDIANA. Office over Harrod’s Furniture Store Professional culls promptly attended to at all hours. 25jy79if S. Z 9. [),, Physician and Surgeon PLEASANT ILLS, IND. office in Gepheurt’s building, where he Will b*» Stind when not professionally en- -- aprltit. P. C. SII AC KLEY Honss, Sign, and Carriage -Painter, And P*per Hanger. Graining, Calsomuiiug, Whitewashing, etc. Prices to *uit <h«- timed. Sixteen yea»* in \datns county Givn me a call an I sav«snney h»p-• > - •u'b si corner of Jet fe» »ou iud S» c>» • i • U t i I u :» X,i <u 7u * AiXMGs l-re<( A. Il \UILICA,< a>hiri * 0. Stvdabaki.u, Vice t’ros't. THEAdn. JjdiVßAN.i, UE ti’L'ii ■' Tine 8.. k . p „ * M * ’ HOU ut • •» ». ■ ■»”. ,iu. suiess. We hoy i(| se i; . w iownahip County‘bdrm. 25jy79i JOHN SHIREY, A IT C r I ON E ER, Wishes io *ay to me people of Dt-cacui a«kl yiciui'j that hr is now the only pro l«»s<ouai auc D-uee in rhec ointy and tha h- will >ti all times ready to attend o*lls in bis line of | ..*imss Thirty-fiv-ywrH expert'tice will enable him to give •n’isfatriou beyond < dnubt to all whoeinptoy Him (-bßig** will be very r*-asona-ole. Orders left .it the law office of F ance X Hooper will receive promt t attention. trt2wß JOHN SHIREY. /*■* I Great ehanr- to nuke mon ViVt-tZwey. We n. ik a u< every town to take su: script ions lor the largest, ch&upeai an 1 beei i lust rated fami Iv publication in the world Abv one can WvM-me a successful agent Six elegant works of art given treo t o subscribers The price is ?o low that almost everybody suboetii- s Ono agont reporis taking 120 subscribers in a day. \ lady it ports making •*vr s2’*< clear profit in ten doys. Allwho fUffXge rn.’tke money fast. Yen ohn devote yo«u time to the bust nee*, or only your •put time You noed not be aw <y from home ovxh Distil Con can <oit as well as others F«U direct ions and terms free Ehgant pxj until« free. It you want profitable work send us your address at once It costs nothing to try the buMnes*Noone whoengßg'O tai ; s tn make great pav Address George Stinson & Co, Portland Maine. 22jy >r. J. B. Sinipwou'a wpeeffle Medicm* Dr. J. B. Simpson s Specific odiot»*»* a positive euro for Spermaiorrhoo. Iwpv • ty, Weakness and oil diseases reeuh train Self-Abuse, as Nervous Debility. UMllty, Mental Anxiety Languor. ! - lade, Depression of tpirut, «nd funcin>> 4eraug«meius of the nervous sy»tem get.< -. Pains in Bock or Side. Loss of m*t»- r '- fSre«A * <xrfc * ld bkfork AFirn os that lead k Coaauaaptioa, : o loeaaity and J < an early grave 2 •r both. Me * K Baiw bow shat ere* i>o sys** o from exoeooM e< a»y kind a •b*rt u fiMc medietas will leetere the loot sane. I and prow re health and hippinoee wh«» before was deepeudeney and gloom Th*Bpeoifie Medicine is being need with won Aortal MWCM(. Pampfeh-U ««nl free t« »H. Writ* «' and g«t Aill parlioul.r* JM*», Specific, fl per p»ct»g«. »'• P« k - Mcx for $4. Will be sent by (noil »» <*- •elpi of naney. Addreu .11 o<d«re, J. B.RIMPSON 8 MEDICINK 00. N»> *<M *Bii 196 Hxie st , Bofi«l«. W. T. Sold in Decatur by D K*IN 4 ■OiYsSOVSK. aßuor'byl | NOTICE TO TEACHERS is Ivftvba -iven J v, »t ’her*- wU I b a jaMdsc of teachers a’ »he «>tiV«' of the Coupiy Supynntendent. on the kly* of onrh mmnth Ap|Jhv‘D»* fcr Ifc-HM* must pr.*o«H “she proper fifths cerTWh- ue. or o»ber RHtisfrM’tory evi<d gtmd moral c hammer,” and to he nyist paw. >. gtiod ca*unn*wf ion tn !»•«<»’* Writing, .friihmc l|k\ Gefijfroph.V, Grammar. Physio fjnrt'.snd HWnry c*Ui»'t«iStates. . G w fUI KEY, Jnß- 13.1 'Tounty Kbp ' .« lilt' wa-l»’ ng I’leyed Out. OaJl on I’. C. Stliuckley and have your Offices ;>n<. Kooius covered with Alabastitie. l< Gats calsomining, and ootus but one half. References : W. G. f+penccT and Peterson A' Huffman.

Decatur Democrat. r VOL. 24. DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, DEC. 23, 1880. No 38.

Stop That Cougii. ’ If jou are suffering wi<h a cough, cold aefhjna, bteuchitie. hay fever, coosumpfion loss of voice, tickling in the throat, or any » affection of the throat, or lungs, use Dr. ‘ King's New Discovery for consumption This is the great remedy that is causing so nauvh excitement by its wonderful cure* euring thousands of hopeless cum. Ovt one million bottles of Dr Kings New Dip oovery Lave been used within the I st yen , and have given peHA t satisfaction in every instance. We can unhesitatingly say ’hat this is really the only five cure for throat and lun/ affections, and can cheerfully recommend it 10 all. (nil and get « 1 ria-l bottle for ten cents or a regular six* hrsl. DORWfN £ HOLTHOUSE, Decn•ll Ind. 4 CENTS TO JAW. 1. T *>« hic a< o \ A Weekly News ’a wll be Nwut. (poMtpnld. I 1 fmm da e t« J mi. Ist J :, 'A next, for (icunts. This BK-'-sa D ial su ! a<‘rlp* on wtH Krc-.A C- YA| en-i >e r*a.-er» to ImpMHb ’ d (wine a<«riaJ*Pe<l wttA Jl th* vhc. Mt uietro- ’*■ W loliUu 'p 7 7tH' In US •> US. Independent Is ■£ ) oil tic-w all Stu new a E-„ 3 ] eu> rect marketreporta, u »" eouiiiletod alnrlM In every u*ue. A favorR&tdl /i he f« rally paper Send K- rg 3 10 cents (sliver) at IT- 3 3 onee • 'I gvtjt unGl K- -3 f Jaa. 1.1 8f Kluden W 1 / ti *1 bi;i.prrtptfor » / fl 0. IL ut) iur prk-e Is I J 75 a. »v« ar v<dress \ J Pubti her We«Jttp News, tlilCHtfo, 111. fitNCOirrj/. For the speedy cure of ’ ousumption Hnd all diseases tbst lend to it. such ns stubborn Cougbx neglected (’olds, Bronchitis. Hay Fever. Asthma, pain m the Bide and chest, dry hacking cough, tickling in the ’iroat, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, -’nd all chronic or lingering diseases of the throat and=!ungs, Dr King's New Discovery h s no equal and hr*d- estubltshed for it elf a world-wide reputation. Many leading physicians recommend and use it in their practice. The formula form which it is prepared is highly recommended by ail medical journals The and the press have complimented it in the mo« glowing terms. Go to your druggist, and gw a Y<Hal not tie for ten cts., or h regular size for sl. For sale by Dorwtn & Holthouse. 1' it EKE is uo grealei illuuU lfi<Mhwer and Lht-sqp-laiuiufi t*ri-:<l*’ie in lhe uurlu <a Kucd and meal- - oint i< ui* . iAL* i iiTEhb, pr< pui .-d Irvui I titer- a uieii eu nail. - •P~> “**<l tj«uuiiie. i .c»< t«vi Ur i» ui aiidlhe brd,if, urich u « uhxxl. v-!idij> th ixm* fAr len ih«- uiiimi » cu tb«u«rbeß,< bwr thv piin<l perfect n-Kuiaie the eUauach ana b<«u ep*.« h-nae ibe hoer and kidney-,, andvitaii/z- ■.''ftb new Lft- uaerj iiuiu ->f lov laxly iiauare ut itniufiti .us dmilarlv laaei. L*a»k tur the < ompunßs Sitfnature which appears plailtiy oil l»’a la bid of evety bulrJj. Suldevervwiiefi-e. AIALT BITTKH3 CO., Boston, 24- 4. . | , REAL ESTAi E I PETIUO.. ru sr " b ‘ , J lu< Siale 01 ludUna Adam-ceuu,;. &3 - Noiice 1- he.eby lh,lt b ''’ U.rck, a mlnistratrix «»f p late or Ac OK.m M.t u. y, Ot ve,,^ d - ' has filed h<s petition (v sell the real es. H e of the uvcede..t. his personal estate heing ’ insufficient to pay his dehrs; and th -t said e petition will be beard at the next a leim. 1880, of the Adams circuit tourt a of said county. p< Witness my hand and the seal of said court, this 7th day of December, 1880 N BLACKBURN. Clerk. D'Catur. Ind . Dec 9th, 1880. u3b w 4 Fiance & Hooper att'ys c 11 a 11 h oo<l; f x . < •3L Lost, Hectored! s Just published, a new editinn of DR. ’( cuLVHf b’ell’s Celebrated easy on e the rechctii cure (without medicine) of Sper- q matorrhesa or Seminal Weakness. Involuntary Seminal Losses. Intpoteucy, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to " Marriage, etc ; also, < oDsuniption, Epilepsy I and Fils, induce by self indulgence or I sexual extravagance, &c. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty- 1 years successful practice, that the alarm n ing consequence of seif abuse may be radi- ' cully cured without the dangerous u«e of r internal medicine or the application of the - M knife; pointing "ti •• mode of cure at once * simp e, certait and hy means of c wh eti every sufferer, no m iter what his r ciiob'ion max ’»e in cure himself cheap- H ly. pr-v i'e*}. -nd radically t hi« 1. i Mt. -.hould be in th* bands I ■ < «i. h o-' every n.an in the land c >• u m.d- 1 •* al in a plain «iv>lope, 10 1 n;t *idr«ss. post paiil. on receipt of s>x cts e . p.,M v.- > lups. ‘ The ffittverwell Medical Co., 41 nhN,.Xe» Yura, NY. ‘ Pn.i fltttr 11... I fßhl.SOyl] I DRESSMAKING! I I 1 1 Notice is hereby given to the 1 Deea’nr and vicinity that I have openeu a | Dressmaking Shop in Decatur, and am pre > pared to ( I ( I T ANI> WAKE OK ( I T AMt FIT ' ladies' and Children s Dresses in the latest New York and Parisian styles ! I do my cutting by the elehrnttd PERFECT-FITTING MODEL and am the only <4o* in the city so doing Havii|g several yenrs practical experience ! { ffwafHnte? aanthuwion in rath and evrrx insfXH-e. and ’ cordlativ solicit a «hare of your patronage. chArgps BE ISON-! UlI.iL , *ih< poults.*! *l. re', .srs-r 001.-r •. MKS. K. a; fRISTOf .1 ApriH, 1880.

Trnclcrtalting. HISKEY&SPANGLEF UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank Call the attention ufthe public generally to a large und combleie line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to the fact that 'hey ar» ns'tg the M. it. ANTI-SEPTIC PIEIIO, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfect ibg and Purfuming the flesh ot the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A fine line of SHROUDS Are also kept on hand. In addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and most complete stock of FURNITURE Ever offered to the people of Adams County. Dot’t purhase one dollar s worth nf Furniture before examining 'h« ir -rock »’ dpr ce« HISKFY & SPANCLER. Deeatur, Ind., Sept. 9, 'BO ly. •Ji-ay’s Specific tlidicine. TRADE MARK Gbkat TRADE MARK jr-Cgfr. ExatlßH Bewi:i’Y an nnt.il- AT 'V ing cii"- r or s’eminal *e«k MS ness, Spe< mat“rrheii,bnpo 'ccy/and IIFORI TAKiRL '(«-•<••« <h’ AFTER TAKIRfI. w -iB a CODSHfueit* • . Self-abuse; as lOfis f mdho Universal l.MSbiiud**, Pain in Uh* Ba» k. Dimnees ot V r lS'*? n - Pfmarure <»ld Age, »md many oth er diseases sh5 1 lead »o In'Hiiit v Consumption a<id a prernr tilir particular in our pamphlet, wluch we desire to send tree by mad >o evone. The Specific Medicine U sold by . ’(Hats at $1 per package, or 6 pack a ' or will he sent free by mail on ages 10r5,,. , addressing receipt of (lie n. 3 ■ TUP PR a ' MEDICINE CO. v m m i u,„ X. Detroit. Mich No. 10 Mechanics Bloc Rucklen’. Arnica sa».' e ' The Best Salve in the wmhi D 1 Cuts. Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Tetter, riiupi e<l H nd-. Chilblains. Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions This ~a!ve is ouar anted to give perfect sstisfact'on tn ever, eftbc-ir 'nonet tetnndeii Price 25 cents pet h<>x For -sle by DoHWIK A II LTHI'TSE. HDIfHISWEALTir' Dr. E. C Wert’s Nerve and brain Treatment: a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory. 8p rmatocrhoßi, Impotence, Involuntary Emiss-onx seif abuse, or over indu'gence. which leads «o miserv, derni and death One box will cure rec tit Cases E«ch box contains one m<*nth s tream-ut fine dollar a box, or six boxes for five dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price We guarantee six boxes to cure any case Wi h each order received by us f< r six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return ihe money it the treatment do*e not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only when treatment is ordered direct from us. Address or call on Dorwin & Holthouse Druggists Decatur Ind 6ms. OTpbusiness now before the public SSSZw ■ You can make money tas’erat work fur us than at anything else Capital not required We will start you. sl2 a day aud upwards mad* a< home by the industrious M* n. women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to woik for uh. Now is the time. You can devote your whole time ’0 uhe work, or only your spare moments No other bust, ess will pay you nearly as well No one willing to work can tail to make enormous pay by engaging at onoc. Costly ou ‘fit and terms free A great opportWMty for m money easilj aud honon bly Address t «ue &Co , Augusta, Maine. 22jj SI,OOO Forfeit. Hnving the uttnoh ’ c-’ufideuce in its su peri..riij overw.ll oiL'««. » n ' l ' h0,,8 anus ot tests ot theme*! complicated am «e»< rest ease, we could i.' u *l» we f--rl jnsti lied in oflennpto tmfeit o k vTbousnud Dot ‘ Uru tor »n.> cev oi con, lj *' 0“ l te “» I ibrnai, iufiiMirn hcarrene* bronchi'll 1 (MWtfixnprifeu, in its early s-age’, whoept’' i reugh, -‘lid all diseases ot the tiirt-at •<<» hing-. ■»<oj t Astlin a, ti r which w« onl cJxim r. h t, th»i w e»n l cun wnb " c l * l < .■ugl ni|. «b' i> "-U' n »cc rdii.L •<’ " rn-uoi'S *--nipt- - otiles 25 nr- .Mice' l * large ironies oi.e dollwr. Genuine sTeppe. only in blue Sold by »H diugia-’i’. o setH 1} eiprwss oi. recripi <*f price Ji HI C WtsTS. CU- sole proprem-iw. D-! ■'! |ws V Moihgni Si . IRiieag' HI- Hfkeol /> x»n men In voir own >wn ssou aob* 5 "- 5 "'t «Tnt « 1..- iw— ", «t> 1’ • '•" •wxc.tnw k" rrr.i my »R ' ' . wurk, write Im pitTUoHtXs 'V I -1 1 * Ofc,

_ ZATHLEEIT’S LOVE-STO--3 RY. BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘ THE MODERN Slit I.AUNCI LOT.” CHAPTER XIV. “What a pleasant position !” sh< said, stopping in the hall a moment “If it were not for the children I would ? leave the house to morrow.” J Johnny was still sleeping when Kat< re-entered the nursery, and as baby was fretting she took the latter from 5 aunt Dorcas and tried to pacify him. She was still engaged in the somewhat trying occupation when Carl came in with the doctor, a jolly, good-humor ed, fatherly old gentleman, who wis one of Barbara’s special weaknesses. Kate was conscious of an effort to look as if she was used to her position, but it was somewhat of a failure, despite her demurely upraised, questioning eyes, as he took the little hand in his. “I hope it is nothing serious?” she asked, for his face had clouded, he being a doctor with an unprofessionally warm heart, and interested withal in sunny little Mrs. Armadale’s olivebranches. •Well,” he said slowly, “I hope not. There is another invalid, you say. I should like to see him.” His voice was so gravely doubtful that Kate felt startled, and by the time he turned to her again, after looking at Johnny, she was absolutely pale. “Mrs. Armadale is away from homo, Mr. Seymour tells me. How long will she be absent ?" “Two weeks,” replied Kate. “But we are expecting a letter from her this | evening.” There was not much to be gleaned . from the gentleman’s grave “Ah !” and I not much to be read in his face, as he wrote out his prescriptions and then handed them to her. “You have a seemingly experienced assistant,” he said, glancing at aunt Dorcas. “For yourself, I should say this responsil ility was a new one, but you must not allow yourself to be ■ frightened,” with a kindly smile. “Then you think there is danger ?” I hesitatingly. “Not at present. There may be. At any rate, it will be as well to send for Mrs. Armadale.” He spoke reassuringly, but in her quick, upward glance Kate saw he had ' not told her all he feared ; and when he had gone to the parlor to talk to • Carl, she gave baby a tight, little clasp that said a great deal. She had learn • ed to love pretty Barbara so, and she ' haa learned to see so clearly how these i children were the affectionate little creature’s very heart-strings, that she could not bear the idea of her coming back to find them in danger, or. perhaps, (she thought it with a r faint shiver,) worse. At any rate, she would try to take her place and be faith.* 1 *!: an d sb® ! |ellt down and kissed I the tiny face again. She was very busy all the evening, ' but she was not too busy to watch anxiously for the postman» arrival, and when he came she listened eagerly to the announcements of the letters. There might be one from Mrs. Armadale, and if so, her anxiety was lifted from her mind “Mr. Armadale,” said the njan s voice. “Two for Mr. Seymour, two! i lor Miss Davenant. That’s all.” [ “Two for Miss Davenant!’ she I • thought, wonderingly. “Where can the ’ second be from ? ’ They m ere brought up to her soon j 1 after. One evidently from Barbara, i . the other a blue enveloped epistle, with j • a commonplace business like look I about it that dispelled her curiosity.! > “Looks like a circular of some kind’ i she said indifferently. “People for- j I get, and I am nothing but a gover-! ' ness,” and she laid it aside carelessly, ■ 1 and opened Barbara’s envelope. 7 It was not a very long letter, and 1 evidently written under pressure of e some little mysterious excitement, but o it was very affectionate and cheerful. n Kate felt almost heart-sick when she y saw how cheerful and free from doubt Y it was. Messages for Johnny and Cla■y ra, and kisses for the baby, love to - Carl, and affectionate hopes that Kate would not find her position irksome. • That was all ; and then came a s< ufence that made the poor girl grow kJ ’ pale with the renewed weight of her 'J ' forebodings. " “I do not know where I shall be 1,1 when you hear from me again, he J leave Wasbingt. n to-night, but have not decided on our route. ii. This was an unexpected blow. 1' >r. **’ after what the doctor had said, Carl or had resolved-to telegraph to WashingIN ton for his sister. But now Barbara L would be gone before 'he telegram | eould reach her. Nor could any tele '*■ grata find her before she got to New Orleans. She dropped the letter from ’J her hand with something lixe terror in isl ! j her exprewiOD.

, “What shall Ido ?” she said. “Ob what shall T do if the children beconx worse ?” s It seemed as if she was to be faith shaken, for the next moment Johnny stirred in his bed with a little moan mg cry. She got up and went to him and touched- his forehead. •Are you awake, Johuny ? she said trying to speak cheerfully. “Don’t >ou want to see mamma's letter ?” He gave a sharp turn, tossing his hands upward, and staring blankly into 1 her face with a look that made her feel faint and sick. “It is something terrible, I am sure, she said to aunt Dorcas who was just entering. “I think I had better go and speak to Mr. Seymour again.'’ 1 here was no one else she could speak to. She felt that in her sudden sense of terror, and she left everything but Barbara and Barbara’s children, as she went down stairs to find Carl. He had been reading the letters he had received, and had tossed them on the table. He was standing on the hearth, and as she came in he turned round sharply with a startled look at her anxious face. She went to him and took Barbara’s letter out of her pocket. “The postman brought me this letter from Mrs. Armadale,” she said. “She left Washington yesterday and says she does not know where they make their next stoppage. Oh ! what shall we do ? lam afraid the children are in danger. Johnny has awak ened and does not know me.” Even in his trouble he could not help but notice one little phrase she had used. What shall ‘we’ do, she had said, and when she had said it, she had spoken as any other grl would have spoken who had felt a sense of reliance upon his greater strength in the hour of trial. He read the letter to the end, and then handed it back to her. “It is too late even to telegraph now,” he said. “Great heaven I if anything should happen——” “I don't see that we can do anyI thing but hope for the best," she interrupted. “Aunt Dorcas is very faithful and—and I will try —” And there she broke off, because the excitement had made her voice unsteady and she could not trust it. The doctor had promised to call again late in the evening, and at 8 o’clock be came and found Mrs. Armadale’s ‘Juno’ sitting by Johnny’s bed, and bathing his small white hands with cologne. What he thought of the matter may be gleaned from a remark he made to bis wife on his return home. “I like Junes, my dear,” he said, “and 1 always liked this Juno in particular, but when I saw her watching that child with her handsome face, as tender as a pretty girl's, I wanted to kiss her. Mrs. Armadale’s babies will be taken care of, I am sure of that.” After he had left the nursery bedroom he stopped, talking with Carl a short time in the hall; and when he had gone, Mr. Seymour sent a message up stairs to the effect that he should like to see Miss Davenant for a few minutes. He stopped his impatient walk across the floor when she came and offered her her a chair. “I cannot stay,” she said gravely. “You wanted to see me about—” It seemed as if he wished t 0 see what effect his words have upon her, for he came and stood behind the chair, and laid his hands on its back, and looked at her with his cold haughty eyes. “I thought it only right to inform you that Dr. Chaloner has told me what this sickness appears to be. It is scarlet-fever, Miss Davenant, and there is great danger in it. Os course, we cannot expect you to risk your life ” She stopped him here, lifting her ' head proudly and coloring to her fore ' head. “Thank you for your caution,’’ she said, with a faint sting of bitterness !in her tone. “I dare say you mean to I be kind, but with your permission 1 , i will run the risk. Mrs. Armadale left . the children in my care and 1 mean to be true to my trust. I don t know what you think of me Mr. Seymour, - turning suddenly, “but 1 am not whol- ,. ly heartless, and I love the children, and because 1 love them I will try to take their mother’s place.' And she turned round and went out of the room e and left him standing alone. e ft was not a very calm face, but still . it was a sufficiently steady one that .1 she presented toannt Dorcas’ criticisms when she went up stairs again. "It was more serious than I thought,’ she said “The children have searletI fever, aunty, and we must prepare tor v some hard work. u Clara was sent down stairs to remain it in her une’e's cart, and be kept out ol j the way. for. as yet. she had complain

h. ed ol nothing serious, and they tried to te hope that she would escape the infec- > tion. ly Then Kate set about her tasks in y prospective quietly. She bathed her: i- face and hands with cologne, brushed u her hair back into a knot, and changed her dress for a light, cool wrapper. ’ d There are some women who do every- 1 ’t thing gracefully and without losing their self-possession. Kate Davenant s was one of them.. It is astonishing what o a woman can and will do when her ' r heart is in her work. In after days, < Kate looked back at the dreary hours 1 >, of danger and suffering that followed 1 t with a shudder, wondering how she had t o lived through them. It was no light ‘ responsibility, and no light labor that I r] fell into her unaccustomed hands then. ' Q Sometimes she sickened and grew faint < j under its burden, and needed all her r s strength of will and purpose to rouse I herself to fitness for it. f 3 For a week she never left her nursery a , bedroom, hardly daring to sleep in her i » anxiety. Johnny lay upon his bed ti ; scorched with fever and wildly delirious, i t moaning for water sometimes, and cry- e ingfor his mother; baby wailed, and s , fretted, and slept by turns; and as a t< finishing stroke to all the evils, at the n . end of the week Clara dropped faint- n ing on the parlor floor, and was brought p up to the sick-room to be nursed with : tl the rest. Here was an unique position i o for the Circe ! ; c< The day Clara was taken ill, Carl o carried her up stairs in his arms and r stayed with her all night. When he ei first entered, Kate was sitting by Jon- b ny, with baby lying across her shoul- w der, as she leaned her head wearily o: against the chair-back: and a fierca p throb shook his heart as he noted her d white face and the purple shadows w round her eyes. Short as they were, w those seven days had absolutely ehang- hl cd her. When he had left Dorcas with w Clara, he came back into the nursery, e: feeling as if some force controlled him. c “Kate,” he said, for he forgot every- b< thing in his new pity for her, and spoke b< as he would have spoken to Barbara, e< “you must leave Johnny to me and go tl asleep. Another week of such labor tl and watching will kill you.” Perhaps she had grown weak that J’ his kindly tone touched her so: at any 111 rate, she glanced up at him with a soft- bi ened smile. “I could not go to sleep if I lay " down, ’ she said, trying to speak cheerfully. “I don’t like to leave them for " a moment. Look at Johnny's fate,” " and she drew down the coverlid. The poor little fellow’s temples look- i! ed shrunken and hollow, a great scar- s< let spot blazed on each cheek, and his eyes were heavily closed. "He has not spoken since yesterday.” st She did not care to control heaself now, and the sudden tears choked her voice 111 “Oh 1 I wish Mrs. Armadale would come '' home 1” Carl looked down at the sweet, white a i face, thrilled to his very soul. There i was something in it which he was beginning to understand, but which he j, had never understood before. Something of what she had suffered, which now in her trouble was not bidden by 1 any of the perfect acting. It was months since she had come to his house. and every day had been a slow step to the ending of the story. For months he had struggled with his fate, and now, as the soft eyes raised up to his and fell again, he felt that all the struggles. '. and bitterness, and contempt, were as nothing, and that he stood to-night i . just he had stood when their- 11 eyes met in tne litue ilieatie at New-i port, nearly four years ago. He had 1 11 tried to hate her, and learned to love her because her sweet eyes were so ‘ lt tender; and as she stood there with Barbara’s baby in her arms, she seemed ' to blot out some of the past, and her ■ red lips drooped as little Kathleen s . might have done in such a woman ■ hood as this. When she had sung tin pretty lullaby, his heart had weaken I " to passionate regret ami yearning, the ■ one moment in which her soft cheek i had touched his breast had opened his ■ > eyes to the truth: m 1 now, in spite of I himself and his pride, he must needt speak a little of llrat truth in his re- i o morse for the times when he could sec v he had been cruel, if he had been just. ” “You must let me helpyou, he said, I- “You have taken too heavy a burden ’ i, upon yourself. o She looked up quickly, and then e turned her face away. She did not n mean to repulse him. but there was a I ring in his voice that seemed almost a , mockery, it recalled so much to her. But. simple as t]ie movement was. it 1 11 1 stung him. s’ -Cannot we forget the old wrongs for ; awhile ?" he said, bitterly. “Or are we »l to be enemies forever ?'' I For a moment she hardly cared to 1 j I raise her face, the red had shot so ' •r sharply over its white. Like a man. ' he had misunderstood her. and, like a i women, she must hide her pain, so she n answered him as bitterly as he had d I spoken. a-1 (To htt Conti'nimJ.)

.4 WHaLI'VG STORY. The lii.diii'.' of st Whole llottnlals« «»1 Stiver in tlaska hyn isoal’s ( tew Who Went toi bun Francisco Chronicle. This season when the whaling-fleet returned from a short cruise in the Arctic ocean it was stated that the season had been unusually short and that the catch Lad been large, but people were aware of the extraordinary discovery which had been made by the crew of one of the vessels, which is to result in the enriching of a score or more of people. The story, as told by the captain of the whaler, is as follows: “While the vessel was lying in a small bay at the mouth of ons of the livers which empty into the ocean on the coast of Alaska, a great many of the natives came aboard to trade for sea biscuit, of which they are passionately fond, and they were treated so liberally by the white men that the chief invited the captain to accompany them up the river a short distance on a fishing excursion. The captain consented, especially as lie was told that the river swat ~ed with salmon, and he desired to lay in a supply. A whale boat was manned, and the captain, one of the mates, and four men started on the expedition. The entire party went up the river about fifteen miles, passing aver a rapid which was difficult on ac ?ount of the swift current and rocky . ibstruetions. Soon after passing the rapid they came in sight of a hill, fring- • id with trees and shrubs nt its base, but barren and rocky at the summit, ' which seemed to be not more than four 1 ir five hundred feet high. Here the s party halted, and after partaking of ‘ linner the seamen began taking salmon 1 virile the captain and mate, together 1 vitli the chief, made an ascent of the 1 rill. Arriving at the top they found vhat seemed to' be the creatr of an c ixtinct volcano, and around were a ividences that at one time there had f icen a terrible eruption, for loose t loulders, charred and blackened, strew- [ id the ground ' ; every direction. In c he crater itsel. the captain noticed a hat the rocks resembled congealed ron after it had been melted, and un- v lertook to knock of a piece, but could j tot do it. as it seemed to bend, not -] ireak. with his repeated blows with the iei‘4 of a boat-ax. He then struck it ’ vith the blade of the ax and actually •hopped it off, and took it in his hand. j. There the ax had cleaved its way hrough the rock he saw was aS soft learly as lead, although it did not shine, e lie tl-light then that it was a metal of I ionic kind, and kept it. The mate e nexnuhile had picked up some of the > oose rocks and boulders, and they * itarted away. Toward evening a native 0 irought a piece of rock about twelve s nche.s long by six inches thick, which ~ reighed forty-eight pounds and sparked with gold, stating that he found it tl lear another hill farther up the river, e nd that such roek was easily gathered | p here. The party returned to the ves-1 j el. and in due time arrived in San" a •’ranciseo. Here the story was told to a gentleman living in Oakland, and the j pecimens handed over to him for the mrpi -e of having proper assays made. . Piiis was done, and the piece which ' lie captain chopped off the top of the. rill with the ax went B<>,ooo per ton in j ilver. and the loose rocks picked up on c be side of the hill went as high as ■■<27s I ilver per ton. It seems then that this i ill is a mountain A s silver, and that it ; s only the beginning of vast discoveri's which will soon be made in Alaska. ,diich may yet become the LI Dorado 1 o which thousands will rush. The ’ lakland gentleman spoken of immedi- a itely formed a party or company which < ms chartered the whaler to take a trip t :o the scene of the remarkable find as i toon as the season opens. The party i will consist of the same captain and : mate who found the treasures, and six • others, be-i ks the crew. The compa-' : ny will provision the vessel for seven I months, pay the crew, and give the L cant 'a and mate an equal share of the proceeds. It is designed to leave San Francisco in April. It will take eighteen nr twenty days to make the run up , and not more than fifteen or twenty ( days to load the vessel, which will return to San Francisco, unload cargo, and make another trip up to the place J again. On her first 'rip she will leave i 1 the working party, which will put in ; ‘ the time during her absence in getting | ] out: cargo e.f the richest ore for her' ‘ ,u h r return. It will be remembered , 1 that the Corwin, on her trip to the I Arctic this season, discovered an un- j limited supply of coal in Northern; Alaska, and also brought back specimens of silver-bearing wk, which assays per ton. So if the whaler , is successful in 1881, we may look f-.r lively times in Alaska in the n <r future. The king of Siam has conferred the : decoration of the golden flower of Siam I upon the lion. Thadeous Fairbanks, I inventor of the Fairbanks scales.

■ ■ S '. 4t‘H*. A i find cchig a bill on a telegraph r ( th. m.imuia. b-.k ! A message 'ms fallen down.'' -jB \ C'-o.iry doctor, being asked wb»4 is tim best method of curing a ham, aB ■ I • f"re answering that qiien'"i: fie should want to know what ailed S the ham. 39 >m:il! i-v. watching his sisteriron a SB ■i I y oik with bird's nest of eggs H d-'io' iii crewels on it : I say. sister, if v- it !■ . p tl:.- iron so long on those eggs, M rm'li Latch 'c-tm" ■■ n ad\< rtisoment in a Philadelphia H p:q i r ri'.-id-'. A lady wants washing at H Lor '. Too high toned, we infer, to 9 be washed in the horse trough at the B town pump.— \_Pcck's Swi. ■ A Georgia young man asked his B -v.i i (heart whether she had ever read B .’I ;r.. o and Juliet.’ She replied that B o- imd read Romeo, but she did not B think <lie had ever read Juliet. B Jack (aged four, taking a walk); B ■AVl'at becomes of people when they B diic?' Mamma : “They turn into dust, B dear. Jack : AVhai a lot. of people ■ there must bo on this road then.” H A precious boy of 0 years, listening ■ wearily to a lung winded tale, related ■ by a prosy relative, to.ik’advantage of B a short pause to say, slyly, “I wish that B -t<.:-y Lad been brought out in numbers.’’ B A fond mother said to her little son; M “Tommy, my dear. I am going to give ■ you a little companion soon; which ■ would you prefer, a little boy or a lit- B tie girl?'' “Well, mother.” replied ■ Tommy if it if all the same to you, I would r iher have a little donkey. B A stranger in Galveston asked an 1 eld reddent how malarial fever could J he distinguished from yellow fever. As a general thing,” was the reply, 1 • you can't tell till yon have tried it.” j If you ain't alive then it is most likely yellow fever. 1 A darkey who was stopping to wash j his hands in a creek didn’t notice the j peculiar actions of a goat just behind ; d so when he scrambled out of the water I and was asked how it happened, he ■ answered : “T dunno 'xaetly : but 'pears ■ as if the shore kinder histed and frowd 1 me." ■ A wicked Connecticut man being re- I cently taken ill, and believing he was I about to die, told a neighbor that he I felt the need of a preparation for the I next world and would like to see some I proper person in regard to it. Imme- I diately the friend sent for a fire insur- 1 ance agent. ■ John Burdeattj, of South Carolina, I who voted November 2, is the oldest I democrat in the United States, being I 105 years old. If he lives another 105 I vears he may possibly have a chance of I -oeing a democratic president in the. I White House—if Mr. Kelly retires I from polities before that time.—[JW/r. I The Nebraska City Nct.cs says hug- I ging partii’i are being held there, the price r inging from 25 cents to SI, aeeording to age, and quotes, “t>ld maids three cents a piece or two for a nieklo.” Even at that price, if there was plenty of old maids, a man ought to lay up ■mething in the course of an evening. —-[JYeZ' s Sun. At the Cork ussiies, John Power of the party of armed men who forcibly entered a house from which the tenants had been evicted, near Trabec, county Kerry, in the night about a fortnight ago, and slit the ears of the occupant, a bailiff, has been acquited, although indentified by the prosecutor. The funeral oi Mme Thiers, at Paris. ,i.i ■ witnessed by respectful crowds. The hearse and coffin was buried under ii crown of flowers and immortelles. All the leading members of the two chambers were present. The ministry followed immediately behind the coffiin. G.imbetta and Buffet were conspicuous in the procession. The Southern dairy company, of Kentucky, and the Commercial uiauufactoring company of New York, have applied to the United States circuit court, at St. Louis, fur an injunction to restrain Norman Brown from manufacturing oleomargarine by a certain method claimed by the plaintiffs to be an infringement on their patents. Secretarv Schurz will leave Washing! on early in April with his family to settle down ami make St. Louis his per., iiient bon ■. Mr. Schnre intends to divid:' his time between looking after his German newspaper and writing a bool; for the Appletons. Mr. Schurs is fullv prepared to lie without office dnrini Mr. Garfield’s administration. G-em ral Felton A. Miles, who has ju t relieved his brigadier-generalship, is a handsome, soldierly man, with curly bruwn hair, and a ruddy bronzed face. His first American ancestor, the It John Miles, was a puritan minister who fought Indians in the intervals of preaching. He commanded a compauy in the war with King Philip. The books of George 11. Morgan, secret ary of the S’. Louis Merchants Exchange. show that during the pa<t year there have been sold at regular call on ‘eh.-.. over 1‘.>,500,000 bushels of cash /rain an 1 a trifle over 85,000,000 bushels for the future. The future sales, or option deals, made on the floor of the exchange, outside of sales at sail, will aggregate fully 5.000,000 buthell i during the same period.