Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1883 — Page 4

OVER THE WAT. BI MARY LAWTON. The skies are gray, and o’er my head I h“ar the pattering raindrops fall. And in the chimney ghostly tones Os nuns remorseful seem to call. And I am scribbling for my bread, But often eyes unruly stray To windows high above the street Where lives my neighbor o’er the way. A pretty winsome lass she is— A tender heart hath sh-dl ween, For every mm ning on her sill The sj arrow’s breakfast I have seen. And by that sill she's sitting now; Satins and silks and tinsels gay Surround her while the needle flies—hat fascination o'er the way ? But when the evening comes. I know, No lamp will light my lady s room, And I. neglectful of my book. Will sadly watch the gathering gloom. And long to see her where she is— A player-queen in fine array. Art restless ’neath her gilded crown, My little neighbor o'er the way! When clad in ginghams, can she guess, Playing her morning’s homely part, She has an audience whose applause Splits not his gloves but rends his heart? For who she is 1 cannot tell. And what I am she cannot say— My little saint, wilt thou e’er know Thy John-a-dreams across the way? —-77a£ CvnliuenL My Friend Fitzgerald. L I am a little fellow with insignificant shoulders and legs not worth considering. 1 have no talent, and no distinguished eccentricity. My manner, what there is of it, is timid and awkward. I know that mankind as a species does not regard me at all, that only mercenary motives restrain ray tailor from expressing his contempt for me. There is nothing more to say about myself, except that I have no imagination, ■which may serve to substantiate the facts I am about to narrate. My friend Fitzgerald was my antipodes. He was tall and strong and winning. His name betrays his nationality, and his nationality furnishes the key-note to a happy, fun-loving nature. For six years, at school and at college, we were close companions, and then for four’ years we were separated. I, being by lucky accident rich, traveled for improvement and amusement; Fitzgerald worked for his living. He chose to be an engineer—l say chose, for whatever he had set his mind to do he would do brilliantly. When I had got round the world back to my point of departure, I found Fitzgerald about setting out for the northwest of Canada, where he was to conduct a Government survey. He expected to be absent at least two years. Since coming home had meant little more than coming back to him, this plan of his filled me with disappointment. When he suggested that I should accompany the expedition I agreed joyfully. The day before that fixed lor our departure he came to my rooms, looking nervous and excited. Feigning not to notice his perturbation, I began running over a memorandum of things to be done. He interrupted me sharply. • “Look, here, Jack. I want you to go out with me at 3 o'clock this afternoon to ,” mentioning a small town some twenty miles distant. "We will get there at 4, leave again at 5:30, and reach home in time for dinner.” My time being i recious, I objected. “Do it, Jack. The matter is of vital importance to me. ” An appeal from Fitzgerald was irresistible. I agreed at once. At 3 o’clock I met him at the railway station. We had been ten minutes on our way when he said, abruptly: “Jack, I am going to be married.” “The devil.” My emphatic expletive echoed through the car. and then he added: “I should not feel quite right about it if you were not there, ■ and that is how I persuaded Emily. Beside,” he continued, after a short pause, "1 want you t<? see her. It will be much to me during two years of separation to have some one near me I who bar. seen her. ” Then, the gates of his confidence be- ' ing opened, he plunged into lovers’ hyberbole. I listened silently, my hat slouched over my eyes and my hands tlirust deep in my pockets. I could listen and at the same lime mentally review the years of our friei dship. It had been my habit to scoff—an envious scoff', of course, at his love affairs. I knew now that the time of scoffing was past, and I realized (with more than a woman’s jealousy—l confess it) that his love for his family would endure, and henceforth lie the guiding influence of his life, whether for good or ill. On airiv : c : t o- r tation Fitzgerald went at once to the ladies’ waiting-room. He returned with a young girl on his arm, whom he introduced to me as Miss Emily Goidon. I shook hands with her vigorously, and stretch* d on tiptoe to get a nearer view of her face, for she was very tall. As I stared at her I chilled with disappoiutmi nt—not a vague sentiment, but a deeded opinion, that the face was not worth what Fitzgerald would sacrifice for it. The face was fair and finely ’matured, flushed just now with excite me:it. The eye - were dark, and though their wavering regard was childish and pretty, and, under the circumstances, to be expected, that it was which made my heart sink. The restless glance struck me not as a trick of the moment demanded by the situation, but a expressing und< arable characteristics in the woman. There was net a 1 earn of the steady, spiritual light such as it wonk] I are pleaied me to see in the : eyes of the woman who was to be Fitz- | geralds wife. They were married in a Methodist parsonage by a very old man. and the I marriage was witnessed by the clergyman’s wife and mvself. Mrs. Fitzgerald insisted on her husband's taking her J marriage certificate, affirming ch Idishly | that -I.- would surely lose ft. She had left l.er home that morning with the avowed intention of visiting friends. She was now to proceed on her journey, and her train would leave twenty minutes before ours for the city. I shook hands with her at the parsonage gate, saying with elaborate t ct that I had always longed to pry al amt this peculiarly interesting town. She .was crying and clinging closely to Fitzgerald. She held my hand a moment. "He is going so far from me, and two years are so long! You will take care of him. Promise me—oh, promise me!” “I do, with my whole heart,” I answered, and turned away from them. I liked her better. The tears and the sob in her voice liad touched me, almost won me. My dull senses were partially wakened to the attractions which such a creature might have for a man ol strong passions and imagination. If it had not lieen for that first wretched impression, I should have been in love on the spot with Fvzgerald’s wife. We were on our wav home when he asked me what £ thought ot her. 1 praised her in the best words I could find, and thought I was acquitting myself well. Fitzgerald’s hand fell on my shoulder. “What are you saying, Jack? You are as cold as ice.” “You forget. Y'ou are at fever heat.” “Then what are you feeling?” he burst out irritably. “What are you thinking that detracts from her?” I had been coldly thinking the worst of her. I was startled into an unequivocal answer. “I am thinking that she has not the strength to a’ preeiate you. or to be true to you. lam fearing that nothing but ill wdl come to you of what you have done to-day."

I expected that he would turn upon me furiously, but he did not. His face lost its color, and he said, as if reasoning to himself, not in answer to me : „It was her own wish. I would have trusted her without any pledge. It will l>e strange if she dot's uot regret this day, yet I stake my soul that she never will." I said to myself: “He has given het his best; surely that cannot have been unworthily bestowed.” I dug a grave for my doubts and suspicions, and tried to cover them deep. It. We were in winter quarters in a canyon of the Frazer river. We had no mail for several weeks, and toward the end of the year we concluded that there were a nobl? army of martyrs and an accumulation of mail-bags beneath the snow-drifts which stretched almost un- I broken for a hundred miles, the dis- I tance to the nearest post station. One I i day, after a week of almost uninterrupt- 1 edly fine weather, the welcome rnesseu- | ger arrived—arrived on his low sledge i drawn by eight sure-footed dogs—arrived in hot haste, with bells jingling, and frost-powdered beard, anil bright ■ves gleaming out from is frame of furs, for all the world like a belated Sarita i Claus. Fitzgerald, as usual, opened the bag, and I knew by his puzzled look that the letters eagerly expected by him from his wife were missing. He kept apart from us all day, but in the evening joined the group round the tire, with a pipe and newspaper. There was a youngster in our party whom I knew was fully informed of the love of Fitzgerald and Miss Emily Gordon —as far, that is, as the affair had been gossiped over by his mamma and her women friends. When this youth, I buried in a home paper, whistled shril- i ly, and shouted, “Say, Fitzgerald, here’s a nut for you!” I felt certain that he had bail news of Fitzgerald's wife. “What is it?” Fitzgerald asked, indifferently, not looking up from his paper. “About that stunning Miss Gordon—the girl you were such spoons on. Do you rememlier ?” Fitzgerald took his pipe from his mouth. “I remember. What about her?” “ ‘lt is reported from Rome that Miss Emily Gordon, one of our fairest daughters, is to marry the young and distinguished Count Mondelia. The wedding is soon to lie celebrated in the Holy City with great eclat.’ ” I wondered how Fitzgerald could quietly listen to this announcement, read in the most deliberate manner. I could barely refrain from getting up and yelling. My astonishment increased when, having asked for the paper, he carefully re-read the item; then taking his great fur coat, he left the room. In I a few minutes I joined him. and we walked to and fro together on the hardpacked snow before the shanty. “You see, Jack, I must leave at once.” “Yes,” I acquiesced; "I siqipo.se you could not rest here. ” Then I protested: ’ "Fitzgerald, let her go. She is weak, faithless, unworthy.” He repeated my adjectives with evi dent perplexity. “I see. Y'our old injustice to her. j You misunderstand. The case is as plain as daylight. This Count danees attendance on her: her parents encourage him: people talk of them together. | and a wholesale manufacturer of lies—a newspaper correspondent—sends idle ■ gossip to America as fact. She is the victim of a persecution. They may have discovered our secret, and pre- ' vented her writing to me. How tar away is she? Not miles, days—ten, twenty, thirty. I shall not rest till she ■ is safe in my arms, for she is my wife, j I You know it, Jack. They may marry I her to a thousand Counts, but she is my ; wife.” Feeling that the moment was not happv for the presentation of views, I presented no more. 1 agreed to all tne i I absurdities he chose to advance. The next morning he announced to the camp that he was going to Fort I Garry to consult some engineers, and would probably lie absent al>out two months. I was to accompany him. and | undertook to prepare for the journey. About noon an Indian runner came in I on snowshoes with an extra mail. There j was one letter for Fitzgerald, and the handwriting was that of his wife. I sent the letter to his private room. In aliont half an hour I knocked at his door, and he said. “Come in.” He was sitting before a table, leaning on it with folded arms. As if anticipating and wishing to evade inquiry, he said, “I you have lieen getting things ready.” “Yes. We can leave at any minute.” “I am undecided aliout going now. I think I will pnt it off until to-morrow, at all events. lam sorry to have given vou so much trouble.” “Just as you please,” I said. “I am indifferent.” “What a good fellow you are, Jack,” he said, standing up and looking at me. A casual observer might have thought his face only pale from overwork or w ant of rest. To me it was dead, like a fine portrait without any light in the eyes. I thrust my hands in my pockets and shuffled my feet, overcome by the embarrassment which words of sincere kindliness always excite in me. "Can’t I help you ? Tell me something to do for yon.” “The kindest thing you can do is to i l> t me alone ” I s died to the door. “Do go. Jack.” he burst ont, impetI nonsly. “I can’t bear to have even ■ I von —" Before he could finish the sentence I was on the other aide of the door. I felt that Mrs. Fitzgerald's let ter ■ had merely confirmed the newspaper report. If the marriage, which had lieen but a legal form, could be annulled, I suspected that Fitzgerald would do it. I hail no doubt that he would scorn to strike the woman who iad wounded him mortally. When 1 fell asleep that night all my suspicions . md beliefs had merged into bunfng nger against her. and a determination o seek the opportunity to inflict on her I -eme imperishable ill. I fell asleep with this one idea in my brain, and I was wakened from that sleep by a cry. “Jack! Jack! Help! help!" My senses were penetrated by the voice of a man in great agony, crying for succor, crying to me, and the voice was the voice of my friend Fitzgerald. I tried to lift myself from my bed but a heavy weight held me down. 'I struggled to speak, but my tongue was tied. I rubbed my eyes, but the lids seemed glued. At last they parted slowly, and I saw that of which my mind has never lost the slightest impression. I was not lying on my bed: I was not in the low, square room, with half a dozen men sleeping about me. I was standing on the river’s brink, several miles below the station, standing there alone in the awful stillness of a winter night in the wilderness. The moonlight was so brilliant that every object was distinctly visible. I saw not twenty feet from me a break in the ice, and the blue water bubbling up clearly. Above the water rose a man's fair, strong head, and two hands grasping, trying to lift the body beiieatli up to the ice, which broke and crumbled awav from their touch. He was dying before my eyes, and I could not stir an inch to uve him. I saw the beating of his hand grow feebler and the tension of hi* face rela*.

“Spare her, Jack! —spare her!” ho ! i cried. I was silent. Then once again he cried, and that ■ sound I think will always echo about I I the world with me: “Speak tome. Give [ me a sign.” I forgot my hatred of her and my rei solve to hurt her j I was sensible onlv Os his pitiful pleading. By a great effort I flung up my right arm as a sign ' f acquiescence. His hands fell, his head sank backward, and the blue water sparkled and bubbled in the moonlight. I shouted, ‘ Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald!” I seemed to spring forward, when the whole scene was transformed. I was sitting up in ; bed, and the watch by the fire was saying, drowsily: "What's the matter? What are yon making such a row about?” “Where is Fitzgerald?” I said, lookj mg round, and seeing that his place in i the row of mattresses was vacant. “He went out about an hour ago. He said he couldn’t sleep, and was going | I to skate up the river to Thompsons i Station.” I got up slowly, and the motion was i painful, for my w hole body was numb. I I spoke with hesitation, as if the power ; I of speech was new to me. “Fitzgerald did not go up the river; j he went down toward Carter Station, i He has been drowned six miles below.” ! My shout had aroused most of the I men. They all exclaimed incredulously , that I had been dreaming. I stood my ground, and was already getting ready | to go out. The dogged persistence of i such a matter-of-fact fellow as I ini pressed them, and they prepared to I accompany me. When we reached the river we put on our skates. We could not distinguish tracks, for we had re cently been skating a great deal, taking advantage of the clear ice, rare so lat. in the season. I led down the river, the others following, laughing at my expense. Soon the infection of my profound hopelessness spread, and in ten minutes all were skating swiftly, < silently toward whatever awaited us. ' When but a sharp headland lay between us and the spot I had seen in mv vision I halted. “He is lying just beyond there. If the ice is broken we shall know.” We rounded the point in line. The ice was broken and thrown up in pieces and the water still bubbling. 1 have not much more to tell. It was afterward discovered that he had struck one of the shallow springs on a andy bottom which never freeze solidly. The water would not have covered iim standing, bnt the numbing influ- j nee of the intense cold and the frailiess of the surrounding ice had pre- j vented his saving himself. I offer no xplanation of what I have said that I , ■aw and heard, but six men can testify hit, when miles away from hitn. I saw '.e dying face and heard the dying cords of my friend Fitzgerald, and hat I led them to the spot where they found him. He had left a left»r for me in his private room. He sai 1 that he was going to take legalmdvice and find the quickst means of rendering void the marriage ceremony-1 hud witnessed. He asked me to look after his traps, and assure d me that as soon as he felt aide to take up old associations he would let me know. As I read this letter I cried like a girl. In his pocketbook I found his mar- • iage certificate and the List letter she iad wnttm him. 1 carefully dried both, and as carefully read the latter. | ' hat a w< ai. :: sion, characteristic of the writer! i Pages of alternate whining and bully:rg, ending with this paragraph: “If you force any claim, the courts will set it aside. That would make a scandal, and 1 have never lieen talked about, and I should ba very nervous under disagreeable talk. It would lie very unmanly and underbred in yon to to give me such trouble, and at least I have always considered you a gentle- | man. ” I swore that she should have cause to ! be nervous. I knew that such a woman could not be wounded, mentally or spiritually, and that the blow must be struck at material comforts. I left the station immediately. From the first telegraph station I reached I sent a message to Miss Emily Gordon to her Roman address: “Fear nothing. I will arrange as you desire.” I signed Fitzgerald's name. A month afterward I was in Venice, i.i the hotel with the Count and Countess Mondelia. On the night of my arrival I made a package of letters beginning "My husband,” with a variety of tender qualifications, and signed "Emily Fitzgerald.” With these I placed the marriage certificate and the last letter. I addressed the package to the Count Mondella intending that the next morning it should be put. in his hands. I went to bed feeling comparatively cheerful. My sleep was but a repetition of the sleep in which I saw Fitzgerald die. When I came to my senses I knew that I must spare her. I did not doubt then, and have never doubted j since, that the repetition of the vision was tne work of an excited brain, but the impression was so vivid that I felt mvself bound by an oath to the dead to -pare her. 1 re-artitresscd the package to the Countess Mondelia, and ordered my messenger to deliver it into no hands :ut Her own. ho with my own nanas i .1 prived myself of the means of avenging my friend’s ‘death, m obedience to Ins generous and noble spirit, in contradiction to my ow n insignificant rage and I vindictive desire. I saw her once in the corridor leaning on the arm of her husband, lieautifnl and triumphant, with her false eyes flickering still. I wondered then why such a woman showered on her the gifts that the world hold best, and why a man who, by the mere chance of living in it. made the world better, should be lying dead in a wilderness, heart-broken, and murdered by her.— Harper's Weekly. Saloons in the United States. The following is an official table comi piled by the Census Bureau at Washington: Saloons. States 1881. 1882. Alabama 2.076 1,501 Arkansas 1,137 855 California 8,558 9,373 Colorado 2,534 2,6:3 i Connecticut 2,732 2,601 Delaware 639 562 Florida 481 4'o I Georgia 2,517 2,151 ■ Illinois 11,521 1: 'Ol | Indiana 5.199 5,196 lowa 4,313 4,1*14 | Kansas 1.182 1,460 Kentucky 3,760 4. "8 j Louisiana 4,587 4.7x5 Maine 830 918 Maryland 4,866 4,848 Massachusetts 7,279 63W1 Michigan 4,537 5."66 Minnesota 2.510 2,08 Mississippi 1,729 1.831 Missouri 6,488 6.958 Nebraska *929 '.tHI . New Hampshire 922 930 New Jersey 6,325 «,229 N vada 955 812 New York 26,416 27,‘.''0 N'.irth Carolina 1,975 1,516 Ohio 4.336 13,792 Orucoa 1.025 *.ri3 I’.iinsylvaria ir.'Ul 16.259 II ’ .ode Inland 1,-rv: 1. 41 S u'h Carolina. I.'w.: 711 l- nnennee 2ia.> 1.933 T- xas l.oo'i 2.5 U V -rmont 4<o 4z6 Virginia . 2,' 57 2,228 West Viririuina 757 786 Wisconsin 4.*-86 5,275 The progress of the eott m crop m t!i Vi.ited State, is shown by the fol--1 *wi g tig ires Ib3<i, 2.469.1)'>3 bales; 5,337,052; 1870, 3,011,990; 1«8\ 5,775,359; 1682, G,800,000;. In those State", planters paid for fertilizers durl iug the year 1879, $11,076,305.

CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC. In the wondrous air of the Alps, I 8,000 feet above the sea level, putrefaction is unknown, and the bodies of those lost in the snow are perfectly preserved from change. Calipers are said by some to have been invented by an artificer of Nuremberg in 1540, and by others a much older origin is claimed, it being said | that pictures in calipers are displayed on Roman t >mbs. The honor of kissing the toe of the Sultan of Turkey is reserved for the Vizier, Ministers and certain privileged Pashas. This act of homage is perfurmed with the utmost solemnity, and is marked by every sign of respect w orthy of so important an occasion. Oswaldvs NoRHiNaERCS, who was famous for his minute contrivances, is said to have made 1,600 dishes of turned ivory, all perfect and complete in i every part, yet so small, thin and slen- ' der. "that all of them were included at once in a enp turned ont of a peppercorn of the common size. They were almost invisible to the eye. Dk. P. A. Willuto thinks he has observed as evil results of eoffee-drinkiug ■ gout, congestion of the liver, indigestion, nervous debility and irritability, j mental depression, etc. His attention was first directed to coffee as a cause of , such affections by obsefving a disappearance of them in Southern women whose supply of coffee was for a long time cut off during the w’ar. When, says Dr. Squib, the fixed stopper of a glass bottle resists manage-ment-such as warming the neck with a wet cloth wet with warm water, by tapping, and by the wrench or by all these in combination —there is another means which will almost always succeed. Let the bottle be inverted so as to stand on the stopper in a vessel of water so filled that the water reaches up to the shoulder of the bottle but not to the laliel. Two or three nights of this treatment may be required sometimes before the stopper will yield. What with the inventive extractions and the growth of the country, the an nual income of the furniture manufacturers of the country is not less than $120,000,000. But it would l>e much higher if the workmanship were more efficient. There is too much by far of the “it will serve to sell” iu ihe furniture business. There w ould grow up a great foreign trade for our products if the putting together was more honest. The design, finish and material are all attractive. There is much nonsense talked about regarding the values of foods. Chemically considered it is well known what the constituents of ordinary diet are, and it is no secret that the values of different articles vary greatly. But it is too frequently overlooked that the food which a hunter or a plowman cannot relish and assimilate would cause torture of the most acute kind to a person compelled to pursue a sedentary life. On what the former would starve the latter would live nobly. To prevent* the escape of soot into the atmosphere in places where bituminous coal is burned. Mr. Albert Petzold constructs tw o cylinders, one above the other, leaving a space bet ween them rather greater than their diameter. They are placed either in the chimney or in a place above the grate, having communication with the smoke fine. The upper cylinder rests on a plate, closing the chamber, except inside the cylinder, so that the air around is not in circulation. A band of sheet brass is wound spirally inside both of the cylinders, giving the smoke a rotary motion, which forces the particles of soot to fall down to a chamber outside the lower cylinder, whence it may be removed from time to time.

Hint:) for the Library. Never wet your fingers to turn over * leaf. Be warned by the fate of th* King in the Arabian tale. Never turn down a corner of a page to hold your place. Never put in a soiled playingcard, or a stained envelope, or bit of dirty string, or a piece of damp newspaper. Always use a regular bookmark. The simplest, and one of the best, is a card as large as a small visiting card. By cutting this twice longitudinally from one end almost to the other, you will have a three-legged l>ook-mark which rides a straddle of the page, one leg on the page below and two on the page you wish the book to open at. Never allow your books to get damp, as they may mildew. Never allow them to get hot. as the boards may war]) and the leather may crack. Never put them on a shelf high up near the ceiling of a room lighted by gas, as the results of gas combustion are highly injurious. Never put books with metal clasps or with embossed sides, or albums ornamented with decorative nails, 01 the shelves, by the side of other books, for the delicate bindings of the other books will suffer. Put all such | hedgehogs of books in drawers or trays : by themselves. Never let ls>oks lean sideways for a long time as it racks the covers. If the absence of one or more books from a ! shelf mak-s it difficult to keep the remaining volumes upright, insert a wo den block in the place of the missing books. It is well to have a supply . of ash or walnut blocks resembling in | size and shape an octavo volume. If these are at hand, o: e of them can be substituted for any book taken down, whether for study or to lend. A little slip of silicated paper glued on one side of this block would enable a record to lie kept of the date when the book was taken away, and of the purpose. When there are only a few books on a shelf, t ie best block to cause these to stand upright is made by sawing diagonally in half a cube of wood s;x inches every way. Never attempt to classify books on your shelves by the colors of the bindings or by the sizes of the books themselves. Put the works of an author together, as far as possible, however incongruous their sizes may be. And try to keep books on the same and kindred subjects as close together as may be convenient. Never leave books or pamphlets out of sight in drawers for a long time I without examination to see that the mice have rot made a nest in the - drawer out of the margins of the books. The Scientific Apocalypse. A Scotch clergyman, Dr. Waddell, thinks he has found out w hat is to become of Satan, the father of all evil. The learned divine reads the solution of the problem in that revelation of an angel coming down with a chain and a key and binding the dragon and casting him into the bottomless pit. The angel, he says, is electrical-science; the chain is a coil or telegraph wire, and the key is the telegraph key. The angel of the dream has come down with the coil and the key and is encircling the world with chain lightning. The preacher saith that in exactly the proportion that electricity circles the world evil wiil be defeated and the regeneration of mankind will progress. In this view telegraph-wire stretchers and telegraph operators will supplant preachers, and the electric fight is a beacon of paradise.—New York Tribune. enormous amount of power Stoieu up in coal it thus tet forth 1 ▼ Prof. Roger. : ’ The dynamic value ox one pound of good steam coal is equivai lent to the work of oye man for one day.

: and three tons are equal to twenty ! years' hard work of 300 days to the I > year. The usual estimate of a four- | ' foot seam is that it will yield one ton of ■ good coal for every square yard, or ■ about 5,000 tons to the aere. Each square mile will then contain 3,200,000 i i 1 tons, which, in the total capacity for • 1 the production of power, are equal to | i j the labor of over 1,000,000 able-bodied ; I men for twenty years.” Lack of Economy in Americans. Americans, whether rich or poor, know but little more about economy in food than an equal number of savages. Some families must breakfast either on . beefsteak or mutton chops; others will . serve just as mueh meat, and make it just as palatable, at a quarter of the expense of choice cuts, because they know how to cook. Temperament has much influence on the larder. Excitable people will cat twice as mueh without satisfying their hunger, as those of better physical balance, yet they will not ido more w ork. Some wives will save | I the price of a ton of coal by re-making > ; for one of the children an old dress or I suit of clothes: some others, seeming to be destitute either of tact, skill or inclination, must buy everything new or go without. Economy is a science which ’ quite a number of men and women have ' mastered by close observation #ud diligent practice; others do not seem to know of its existence.—-Veto iork Herald. To prevest men from stealing his whiskv-bottle at a picnic, an Oswego (N. Y.) man tied it to his mule's tail. No one troubled it Chicago and Atlantic R’y. TIME-TABLE--EASTERN DIV. Takes Tuesday, May 1. 1883. ; WEHTWABD. 1 ■ EASTWARD. Wiy Ft Hunt’g. I Stations. [ X ; Y . Ex Way Ft __ 15. Ex. 1. I Ar. Lv. 2. i IK 5 di 0 15pm .Huntington. Il 2.m*u» <» •*am ! 5 25 5 55 .Siniftsons. . ■ 11 41 6 2 1 ' ' 5 <«5 5 41 ... Markle.. . It 56 45 I 434 521 ... .Union.... 12 15pm 1 I 420 5 io .Kinsdand.. 12 27 T 9? I 4 W 4 58 .. ..Tocsin.... 12 38 745 3 4s 4 47 .. Kirtland . 12 49 7 57 I 340 4 4‘) ... .Preble. ..12 56 807 3 20 4 23 . Decatur. 1 14 9 I 230 4 10 .... Kivare.... 12" 925 2 10 4«) Greenwood. 1 37 9 45 148 iv.Glenmore.. 148 10 10 1 35 3 43 ar. Glen more I is 3 3T Enterprise.. 2 w io 40 12 35 3 13 .. Yorkville.. 2 24 11 20 12 •»! 2 49 Iv.Spenc’ville 2 49 12 01pm II .'lam 242 ar. Sjienc'viile II .>5 2 28 ... Conant... ! 301 12 23 I 11 1> 2 19 ... Kemp.... 310 12 44 I 10 59 2 09 ..Shawnee... 3 21 12 58 | 10 45 1 58 ar.. Lima.... 3 34 I 15 I lv.. Lima 1 58 i lo 00 1 47 . Townsend.. 3 45 2 13 9 45 1 34 Westminster 358 2 34 9 28 1 24 . . Harroda... 4 09 3 00 ; 900 112 ...Preston... 4 19 325 jb 38 104 ...Scioto.... 428 336 8 28 12 57 . Oakland... 4 35 3 46 ’ Bno 12 3 > ar.. Kenton.. 455 415 lv. .. Kenton t 4 55 ' 72» 12 21 Dudley ... 511 .5 18 710 12 13 .. hepburn . 520 I 5 35 645 11 58am . Ci fton ... 533 6 <>3 ' 623 11 46 Espyville.; *4B 620 614 ,11 39 ...Hords...; 35l i 6 30 I 6 W 11 30 Marion . . 603 645 Trains 15 and 18 stop at all stations aud carry i passengers. J. CONDIT SMITH, S. W. SNOW, Vice Pres, ami Gen.Mang. Gen. Pass. Aft, CHICAGO. J H TINNEY, Sunt. E. Div., Huntington. TOLEDO, Time Table—ln Effect Dec. 11, 1882. Going West, i Western i Going East. | 7 i 5 I Division. | 6 I 8 I | ~ r. M- A. M.lLv. Ar.’P. M. P. M. ...” .... 830 4 551 Toledo 10 Uo| 535 ... .... 12 35 4 30 . ...Delphos 9 10 1 30 ... 1 .... 105 457 ... Venedocia. . 847 105 .... .... 115 508 .. .Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 136 521 Shasta 8 27112 40 .... .... 132 5 28!...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... .... 140 538 Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 545 ....Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 1 W 550 ... Schumm.... 8 02,12 13j .... .... 205 605 ....Wilishire.... 7 50i12 (X)' .... .... 215 617 Pleasant Mills. 740 11 49].... .... 235 6 38].... Decatur.... 7 2211130 .... .... 249 6 55]. ...Peterson,... 707 11 13!.... i .... 3 01, 7 08-.. Curryville... 657 11 "0j .... .... 805 7 13:....Craigvi11e.... 65310 55 .... .... 321 732 ....Bluffton.... 63710 39 .... .... 339 7 52'.Liberty Centre. 62010 20 .... j ! .... 349 Bu 4 . ...Boehmer.... 609 10 08!.... ’ .... 353 8 08'....8uckeye.... 60510 06 .... .... 407 823 Warren 5 52.9 51 .... .... 432 853 . ..Van Buren... 527 924 .... ; ... 4409 U" ..rLandessville .521 915 .... .... 445 9 10!....Hanfie1d.... 517 910 .... i .... fl 04 930 ... .Marion 4 56. 850 .... .... 522 943 . ..Rosebnrgh... 440 888 .... .... fl 32 9 51] Herbst 429 829 .... .... 040 9 os! Swasey's .... 4238 23 .... .... 5571014 .. Sycamore..... 407 808 .... .... 6071" 22 . ..Greentown... 358 802 .... .... 6 35'10 50! Kokomo 330 735 .... ~Going West._i ' i Going East. TH 7 | 5 I I 6 | 8 1 12 .... P.M. A.M. Lv. Ar. P.MJA.M .... i 635 10 50,... .Kokomo .... 3 201 7 35: ... .... j 6 4511 00 .. .Tarkington .. I 3 08 7 25 .... .... :6 52 11 06 ...Middletons...l 3 02 7 20 .... .... 1 659 11 13 ...Russiaville.. :2 52 713 l .... .... | 7 1111 25 Forest | 2 40l 7 03! .... A.M. 7 25 11 39 .Michigantown.] 2 24 652 P. M. 6 15 7 45 12 00 ....Frankfort.. J 2 00 6 30 , 8 00 6 58! .... M. ...Clark’s Hill 722 8 211 ..Veedersburg | 5 55 9 45 J.. Ridge Farm.. .... .... 480 ' 10 15 I....,Metcalf, 4 oo 11 om !. ...Oakland 3 18 11 30 Maples 2 45 ] 11 45 ...Charleston 2 30 j .... I >Lv. Ar t .. ~ T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE. Gen. Manaeer. Gen. Paf<s. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’t. Gen. Pass. Agent. l ' S.w&fie» the n»4 fa’tHinat as a Hair Rextwvr and | Dressing. Aduiired f>r its clean'i»eM aud perfume. Never Fails to Restore Grey or Faded Hair to Use youtuiui color. cu. and J1 tian at all Get : i the M j i 1 Mt? LBsliaulißPM .UIA 11 jail Di'i Ginger. Burhu. Mandraka, Stilliiigia and • many of the Lest medicines known are liere com1 bined intoatnediemeof such varied and effective T I powers.astomaketheGreatewßlnndPunfieyX'fn* Best HeaUh and Strength Restorer Ever Used. It cures Dysnenwa, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness, nH diseases of lire Stomach, Bowels Lungs, Liver, 1 Kit’.neys, and all Female Complanits. If y a arc wasting away with Consumption or any d.scase, use the Toxic to-day. It wi'l surely • hlp you. Remember! it is far superior to Bitters, P Essences of Ginger and other Tonics, as it builds up the system without intoxicating. 50c. andsx sire*, ata! dealer* in drugs. None genuine without / ■ ignatureof Hr COX&Co.,NY. Senior circular j jj LARGE SAVING IN BUYING THE DOLLAR SIZE. \ A I I A P" are alwavg on the lookout f., r 4. l/|f I chances to incro-sc th- ir earnings, 1 VVI 11 I al t' l !n ‘“ oe **'*’«ne wealthy; tbMe 9 V V I 1 J ,lu Dot their opportu**ol ties remain in puverh We ■■fl. r a 0 great chance to makr money. We want many men A a °? g ‘ rlS 10 WW ! I f ” r ri s ht »« o own localities. Any one can do the work from the J he bW,neM r Will * times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished 1 iaiT who engage* fc’is tu make mofiey raptoiy. yon can devote your who!* time to the work | cr only your spare monw-uts. Full infi/rnatum and all that is DK'ded scut tree. Address Stimsox A Co- » Portland, Maine. .6 42 lyr. .Uaru Sleu arl lace Vuwder 3 ; roaia iib no mineral j oisou, tint or white 1 , 25 cn a loxm Dcrwin aa-l Holtbouse.— a No. 2m3.

A dm* wteO Parker’s Hair Balsam. An agrttubU Hair Dres^xg:*al Hsver Fails to Restore Gray or Faded Mair to its Youthful Color. «oc. and $x sizes.

fttuQ ■IJ i|| PRINCIPAL*LINE SHORTEST, QUICKEST and And line to St. Jo* ph. points In Towar^B^S^Mchlwn. Topeka. DvnlNebraska, Missouri. Dalia®. Galen.-, New Mexico, Arizona, tana an 1 Texas. Q XJ. I O A Or <~> Route lias no superior f >r Al lx* ft Minnvapu is and St. Paul. Universe: Nationally reputed as ly conceded to the Great 1 ■ the best equipped R. r vl !n ■ World fur all classes ■:*? ; ravel. KANSAS CITY X. eonmvr.c as ,n 11 “ n , is. Ti uch Trv *’• Tl. kets via thXTr >< V/ * n<l T °" * l “ U-lebrated Line * n,J •™ Telln « • M' ailoffi. 0 * l o,ur X- lu,:caJ the rs. ‘=y;v/\w\ * 4,s Canada. XXXV/ comfort infonnatl'rnXL y' a ' Rar of F-’-rc. > ■! F < are. X/Af X. f. ch -f'l g‘v ’r, T i POTTER. PERCEVAL LOWELL, id Vice Prcs't Gen'l Gen Hits. Chicago. 11l Chicago, ill. GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect October 15, 1882. <•01.1 'Mill 8 TIME. " GOING NORTti. "stati. n-— Nv._L , NoTST No. 6. No. 7. Cin., C. H. * D Jr fl iflam 7 4"pn> Jhchm-'jul lv 3 fpifi Hl9 10 20 Winchester 4 19 12 Upto 11 28 Ridgt .ille 439 12 s« Il 49 Portland 508 lift 12 l.affi ....... Decatur 613 '2 10 125 I. Fort Wayno .ar 7 10 8 12 2 20 ••• —•• Fvit Wavne lv ’3 SSFB 10 i 8 30am Kendallville 4 46 4 20 9 42 St'ir»ri'» 6OH 542 |lt(B Vicksburg 715 641 12 16pm Kalamazoo »r • 756 720 12 50 Kalamazoo iv * 7 40 2 25 Alkuran 9 30 3 50 Grand Rapi.L ar . . 10 10 950 425 Grand Rapid” Jv 745 am l f ' » fl 5 D. A M. Crossing .. . . 7 55 10 37 5 95 Howard City '9 17 1205 pm 5m Big Rapid* 10 14 I 101 • g Reed City —. io 50 2 W 8 50 Cadillac. «r 1205 pm *ls ,10 10 Cadillac lv 330 |llOO Traverse City. ...ar 5 55 ........ Kaik.i>k » 527 ; 1 Ham Mancelona | GC4 j1 58 Boyne Falls ! ‘ 711 ]3 22 Pet.-k.-y I 750 (4 15 Harthir Springs ! t 8 25 |. Mackinaw I I J I 7 68 GUING~SUITH. Htah ns— No. 2. N•. I. N-». N' Ma 11 . Ir ■- • - -- j ? 50P“ Hart- i'Springs 6 40am » 0u Peto-kev «20 j 1 's>am Boyne Fall® : 7 59 1 53 Mancel. na ; •07 12 10 Ka,ka>ka j 9 14 [3 50 Cadillac lv 4 l«pfi» W (6pm 6 10 Red Ci tv sis ! 1 W 743 Howard < ity 647 j 2 46 9j f D. AM. CroHMing. .. 1 8»6 ;4 14 W) 37 Grant! Rapid-* ar 820 i 4 35 10 56 Grand Rapid- h 7 (Xian:, !5 W 1 Oopm Allegan 500 i1 10 Kalamazoo -ar 900 ts? ;2 53 Kalam-ucoo Iv 9 05 «13 2 57 Vicksburg 935 747 |3 « Sturgis 10 32 848 |4 4O Kendallville. 11 10 10 05 6 03 Fori Wavne *r 1 oopm i1 20 |7 15 F< rt Wayne lv 130 6 •'•am 12 30am; Decatur - f 2 10 i7 04 • 125 Portland 3 10 . a (2 31 Ridgeville i 3 37 ja 34 *Ol I Win. better 3 56 8 54 8 23 Richmond j 5 00 955 • 4 Cnt.-innati :7 40 110 pm 7 ! N > 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars < n Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping aud chair cars on same trains between < iiiiu.ls and I’c'--k' . ; aiso Woodruff slet ring cars on Nos. 7 and 8 lietween Grand Kai ids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gvti’l. Fass. Agent. J ZWKEr, ■ BA -x PLUO r Z" CSACCO ! EXCI L. 3 .'.EE C2HE3S Iff T?'.— >4 And ’3 Cis AMerigo £H£f EASY CHAIR BAG GRANULAtED, V Wide Awake LONG CUT, Arc the tw- most Popular, Delichtful r d Satisfac' / BMOKING TOBACCCS cf *ho day. Price, 10 Certs for I oz. Pa-tarres. r .a-- ogr-;.- ERr>s, e Cincinnati. HOW WATCHES ARE MADE. In a Solid Gold Watch, aside from the necessary thickness for engraving and polishing, a large proportion of metal is needed only to stiffen and hold the engraved portions in place, and supply strength. The surplus gold is actually needless. In Jamt* Bc<ss Patent Gold Watch Gwcs this waste is saved, and solidity and strength increased by a simple process, at one-hatt the cost. A plate of solid gold is soldered on each side of a plate of hard nickel composition metal, and the three are then passed between polished steel rollers. From this the cases, backs, centers, bezels, etc., are cut and shaped by dies and formers. The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and engine turning. These cases have been worn perfectly smooth by use without removing the gold. Thi* w the only caee made under this process. Each case is accompanied trilh a valid guarantee dgned by the manufacturers warranting it to wear 20 years. 150,000 of these Cases now carried in the United States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.

Floreston Cologne. A Xrw A>n> Fumomt Pasvcwa, Ekfbmbww, Laftixs. Sold by Dkalkks is Pbkfvmbby at-25axd 75 cOarw Hi SC OX A CO., N. Y. Guar Savik is Bvyi.k thb ’sc. Sub. Ginger. Dacha. 15 And rake. Stillinzia and many of the best mctuanes Know n aro combined in Parker s Ginger Tonic, into a medicine of such varied and effective powers, as to make it the Greatest Blood Purifier and Kidney Corrector and the Best Health and Strength Restorer Ever Used. It cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Sleeptessaess.and ail diseasesoftne St >mach. Bowels,Lungs, Liver, Urinary Organs, and all Female Complaints. If you are wasting away with Consumption or any disease, use the I onic to-day. It will surely hip you. Rememoer! This Toxic is tne Best Family Medicine ever made, and is far superior to Bitters. Essence* of Ginger and other Tonics, as it never Intoxicates, anc cures Drunkenness. Anv dealer in drugs can ruppty you—joe. and Sn axes None genuine without signature of Hiscox <x Co.. Chemists, N. Y Large Saving in Bvyikg the Dollak Sus..

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS, Have again, made a change q{ base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Wil; sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selectisn in th-e city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHIFS from J i to $2.50 a piece. / LADIES’ FURS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. I F^eTinE^P 7 SHAW Is} In dll grades from n. cheap Cotton to a Broche. GENTS' NECK WEAR. We have something new in that line called a Lawn Tennis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents' Suspenders in Silk, somethin, beautiful for a Christmas Gift. Tyttb - XjXBTBBJ 1 Is ceinplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth's ai : Napkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett, ears, Towels in great variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of GLiASS WAR I ~ 1 In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts. Frv.it Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents toll each. Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CARPET DEPARTMENT, You can find something nice in the way of Raggs, Matts ar; Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS. we defy competition, ranging u price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS. UL STERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now « your chance to make a bargain. 1" Please call and see before you make your purchases as we know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sols. _____ —— — j I Look Out and Don't Forget THAT JOHN WELFLEY. ’ is selling Groceries at less money than any other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, SUGAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. COFFEES, SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES, TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS. Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teaas—Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Haws, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, Buckets, Brooms aud wooden ware Generally, j Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortmentof Queensware. White Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Coine Everybody. You will find first class groceries fresh and cheap. JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court House. August 10, ’B2. No. 19 ts C. E. ALBERS & SON has open out in JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stoci o Fresh Goods, at 39TT0M PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City 1 ‘slivered Free

FA F" O"1 • Tl * * py, and data IJ I V’ I you div, something rm«h»y fA I aal auhhm* behir. to . u I II II I Q'w time ’ fA* a veek in rone ’ * • OWU tOWH. J . outfit f. - >. . k new. Capital Mpequirbd. » e t , ir nfet yotj everything Many ar* makitg lotrune*. Ladies make as much as men and boys and girb great pay Beader, if you want t usumm at which you can make rraat pay <ll the time, write tor particvlaw to fi, BaUCTT A Co„ Portland, Maum.

<h 7 n M- • — «Terr»bM« w*"'* «P” ■' t:ra*. You can la rpsf* t-sc'* rwhole tim. to the i r<» you nearly ft well- «• ’ < a l wo*' enOrmoa wj, If «o«iM M 4 ’ atd tenna free. Money made ««> Waiqs. .tu. Astow. Till*Co.. *!»«“•