Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1883 — Page 4

A RAIxLAB OF TFTT MT ST. *1 loro the Tmdv ©f Male," he “Slit is pot tor ihcc I her suitor cried; And in-lhe uiHcv th plovers fottcht By thofcalt river’s lidfc. The braver fell on the dewy sward, The unlo’.ed lover re urned oacti more; In yellow satin the la lv came An < met him at the door. “Hast thon heard, dark Edith," laughed he grim, •To. r Hugh hath craved thee manv a (Jay? b- on wo Id it have been too late for him His low-born will to say. “I atruck a blade where lay his heart’s love, AihKvx ice for thee have-I left him none To brtfcr he still seeks thee over the hills When thou and I are one!" FeaiJew» across tho wide country JMxfe th dark Lady E<fith of Merle: She I oked at the hcedland.* soft with haze. And the moor’s mists of pearl. Th-' moon it strnggledt© see her pass Through ns halt-lit veils of driving gray; But moonbeams were slower than the steed That Edith rode away. Oh, what w r her guer kwi and her haste. While uied -fir tar in the free, Ami io her I* art crept it# note sqtoue ’; eatfn j*i rctn nlon si y ? About her a >rt.4cfc scarf floated thin, And over r.er cheek the mist tell cold. And >hudde:ed the moon bet ween its lifts 01 dark cloud’s silvery fold. Oh, white fire of the nightly sky > Wlieu i arns-tho moon’s wonder wide and lar, utf r-. cry cloud illumed with flame Elgutfe a shaken staf! Bright as comes morning from the hill, 3 he e c< m •* a face to her lover’s eyes; Her 1 ,ve >he tells, and ho dying smiles— And smiles yet in the skies. He is dead, and closer breathe the mists; Hets dead, the owlet moans remote; He is bulled, and the moon draws near. To gaze and hide and float. Fearless within the churchyard’s spell The white- rowed lady doth stand and sigh; She loves the mist, and the grave, and the moon. And the owl’s quivering cry. —Bose Hawthorne Lathrop, in the Century, Beside the Ante. Every one at Falaise knows the story of the mother of William the Conqueror by heart. They trouble themselves very little about the results of modern investigation in regard to the real facts in the case, these good folk of Falaise. They see no reason for doubting any part of the story they have always known. They will show you with pride the beautiful old cbnreh of St Gervais, and its not qistant neighbor in the Grande Place,'La Sainte Trinite; but they will bid you look longest at the great bronze statue of the Conqueror in the center of the Grande Place. And it is well worth looking at. The Norman hero is mounted on a spirited horse, represented as plunging impetuously forward, and the King, in a suit of mail, and with visor up and grasping t lifted lance and pennon in his hand, is turning, as if to beckon an army on to victory. “It is most wonderful,” the folk of Falaise will say to you, as you and they gaze at the warrior figure of whose history they are so proud. But they have more to show you than thi -; for then they will take you up the hill ami through the arched gateway of the castle. On the ramparts is a quiet, grassy walk, well shaded by trees, and there is a school up here above the town and an old t welfth century chapel. But you have not been brought to look at these. You go, instead, into the castle keep, and there you will be shown a double-arched window, with a stone pillar in the center, and looking out of this you will gaze into a deep, narrow valley very far below, through which Winds the river Ante, its surface visible, otiy die re trod there among tlie tn ex On the other side frowns a steep r ■ eof Li l s the steepest of all being known as Mont Mirit. “From this window,” says your companion, “Count Roliert first saw Aril tte and then yon are told how the youth of 18, looking down into the valley of the Ante, saw the women and girls washing clothes in the stream, just as you see them doing now, eight centuries later, and among them saw the beautiful Arlette, the tanner’s daughter, and seeing, fell in love. You look down at the woujeui below. You ] can‘just caL-h the sound of their voices ' but you cannot distinguish one from , the other. If tho story you have heard 1 is true, love, in Robert's case, at least, was not blind, but most extraordinarily sharp-sighted. Be that as it may. he aft«r ward made her Duchess of Norin,indy, and you are shown a little cell in the ca-tl<- where their son, the Cooqu"ix>rh v as bom, unless the historians are right who say that William was not born in this castle at all. Afterward you will be taken to the top of Talbot’e a hundred feet higher, from which a most magnificent view can be had; but since this tower, built by the.! English King Henry the Fifth, can in j no way be associated with William it has but little interest for your Falaise companion. i Another day you go to the washing ' plale beside the Ante, and watch the women and girls chattering and laughing at their work aniyou think of the yoig Robert catadng sight of Iris I beautiful Arlette in just such another group of workers eight centuries be- j fore. Here the river runs through a sluiceway, made for the use of the washers, and here are great square I tanks heaped high with soaking gar- ! ments, the whole protected from the weather by sheds. Each one pays 3 I sons a day for the privilege of washing here, but must furnish her own soap and t arn sse for beating the clothes, so on- of the white-capped women will p rhaps inform you. Beyond are openair ranks, where those who have no 3 sous to spare may wash for nothing. . You wonder if there is an Arlette among any of these women. They are j not very beautiful, you think. But as you stand at the arched entrance to the ' w'isiling-plaee you do not see all the women, and, evan if you could, you would not know which was named Ar-1 lefts’, if there wfere one of that name there. Yet there is an Arlette there, and, if vou had been told of it, I think , it would not have been difficult to discover her. Arlette must be beautiful to bear out her right to the name, you I imagine; and you, within the archway, are not much impressed with the faces you see. But this modern Arlette is among the poorer women beside the Ante, and too far off for you to see her. There has always been an Arlette among tLe women at the river, for it is a favorite name at Falaise, and somet iusb there have been several; but at present there is but one — Arlette Lechasseur. the daughter of a shoemaker in the Faubourg St. Laurent, i - Well, she knows the story of Arlette, | the tanner’s daughter, and very proud she is of her name. We have only tradition to assure us that the first Arlette was beautiful, but it needs no second glance to convince us that Arlette Lecliassenr is so. If only there were another Count Robert to see! But she has too much sense to expect a Count or any other noble personage to come and make love to her there beside the Ante, even if she is pretty. "Where is thy Count Robert, Ar1< tte?” the other women sometimes say to her at the tanks, but her only response is a good-natured laugh. Yet shl has dreams of her own nevertheless. Not exalted ones, to be sure, but they sweeten existence to her. Last year, in the fair in the fauburg of Gul - bray, she met some one that, perhaps AMsj roor Arietta nevpr gets beyond the (p her thought. The thrifty Ndrman does not often marry a girl who can bring him nothing, and the Lechasseurs are very poor. So Arietta's muaingsdo not strav beyond a rhaps.' as I raid before; tint people learn to be content with a very Utile,

and it is pleasant to have one’s dreams. From her washing-place she looks up at the great cliff on which the castle stands. Except for a few patches of furze and heather, the gray rock is almost bare, and which is cliff and which is castle Wall is hard to tell, for the wall is at the edge of tho cliff, and seems as if it might be a part of it, so worn and gray is its surface. And, high above all, the Talbot tower appears almost to touch the sky. Arlette has often been to the very top, but she does not Tike looking down into the valley so well as gazing up at the castle-crowned clifil From where she is plying her carrosse site can see Count Robert’s window and the vine sprays hanging down from the opening. Then she thinks of the tanner's daughter and Count Robert. Now and then she can see some one leaning from the window and looking down into the valley, as that handsome stripling mayhave leaned and Tooked'Pignt centuries before. But she does not imagine that any one can distinguish her from the other women beside the Ante. She snows very well that the distance is toy great for that now. Perhaps eyesight was better in Count Robert's time shb thinks. But the day comes when some one looking down from Count Robert’s window does see her. It is a young American, finishing a year of travel in Europe by a traveling tour through Normandy, burdened only by knapsack and field glass. Some one at Caen has told him that he mnst surely visit Falaise, and so he has come to th® castle, and now, looking through his glass, at one object after another, his gaze has at last rested on Arlette at her washing tank beside the Ante. The glass is a powerful one, so that he can see her very distinctly as she beats the soaped linen with lier carrosse, and afterward rinses the garments iw the clear running water; and he watches her a long time. At last, however, he puts down the glass, and, after giving his guide a fee, he comes down from the castle alone. But it is no youth of 18 w]>o sees this modern Arlette, but a man at least eight years older, -who has looked upon many beautiful faces before this. Why should this one attract him especially ? But it does interest bihi, and he means to, see more of it, as Count Robert likewise resolved long before. But the American is quite as handsome as any mediaeval Count can possibly havalieen, though, as L» figure is rather under the midale size,’ Count Robert was probably the taller of the two, on the gen-erally-accepted principle that meilueval heroes were men of commanding height. But the clear, olive complexion, dark hair and eyes and delicate mustache, sweeping up at the ends in long curves. Count Robert probably did not Isiast.More than one woman had looked at this young American with admiring eyes, and he knew very well that he was handsome-—perhaps had at one time been a little vain of the fact —but now, at 26, he merely accepts it as a piece of good fortune. Any one looking at the firm curves of the mouth would see evidences of abundant strength of purpose. Whether it would be exercised with any higher aims than obtaining his own way was the question. He had always had it without much tfouble, and he was not more selfish than most men. As lie goes down the hill his mind is full of this pretty face he has just seen. And why not? He is taking life easily this summer When he roton, s to America his work awaits lum. into which he means tophingein sober earnest; but at present he is enjoying life, and has plenty of room for vagrant fancies in his mind. But it is a long distance down the hill to the washing sheds beside the Ante, and he is not familiar enough with the town to find the nearest way; so that, by the time he reaches the arch entrance, many of the women base gone, and among them Arlette. ' Those who remain glance shyly at him, ■ but he sees only that Arlette is not, there, and he goes to his rooms at the I | Hotel ’ile Normandie vexed at the dwapi pointment. He meant to have gone . back to Oden the next day, but pow he I decides to remain in Falaise another j day, in the hope of getting a nearer ' view of the pretty face he has seen from | the castle window. And chance is f.v . vcgable to him that very day, for, stroll- I ing just sunset tlumngli the Faulioui g I ht Lauitait, he sees Arleth standing at her fia'Lev’s floor. The y#wig fellow. 1 mentally noting the nature of her fai ther’s business, for Guy Lechasseui can be seen through the entrance busy at i i his work, takes his resolution at once, i and, approaching the doorway, lifts his , hat courteously to Arlette. ’"He is very handsome,” thinks Arlette. “There is no one like him in Faj laise.” i “Good evening, my pretty one," says 1 the stranger. “Can I see M. Leclitos< ur, the cordonnier?” Hearing the sound of his name, old Guy comes forward, and the American |« xplaies that he would like-to be m< ak-' ured for a pair of easy walking shoes. j “They must be very easy and comfortable,” he says, “for I walk a great deal.” “But yes, monsieur,” responds the | father of Arlette. “I know what you would have. Come in, and it shall be ; done at once. Arlette, my child, thou wilt have the goodness to measure monsieur’s foot immediately. ” The honest shoemaker is a little excited at this sudden order from a foreigner, and speaks hurriedly. “Arlette, my daughter, is more precise than I can be with the measure-fe ! mente,” he explains to bis visitor. “Herl I eyes arc much yoiinger than nSiia, mnst know." The other smiled at this. He is very well suited with this arrangement, and i ao Adette, blushing a little—for it is a new experience for her to have dark eyes bait or, her so earnestly as nowdoes as her father desires. “Remember, I am very particular,” > says the young man, when she has - nearly comjpleted her task. “I should not like to be badly fitted. Will it not 1 be be«t to repeat the measure, so as to be sure ?” “But yes, monsieur,” responds Guy, “it is best to be sure.” It is very pleasant, this unlooked-for little incident, and the young man determines to enjoy it. Arlette. kneeling before him the better to do what she is about, ventures one shy gi-ance at his face, but. finding him looking tendeuigi 'at her, bends down her head. Yet on no pretext can he pro lone th« situation i further, but after Arlette is throngh he remains to talk with the girl and her father. “Falaise is very beautiful, ” he says to Arlette. after Gny has returned to his work, and the girl, at her fatlier’s re- . quest, goes with him a few steps to ! point out a nearer way to the Hot 1 de Normandie than the route by which he came. “Does monsieur really think so?” is i her response. “I am very glad, for monsieur must know that I love Fa- . i laise.” “Yes, it is very beautiful,” he re.j, peats; “but I ktoow what is much more i beautiful still," he adds; and there is .! no mi-toAiag his meaning, pv»< M the little pressnrd he gives her hand had L _■ “ Mcnrsienr must not say such things, ” , she says, slowly, after a pause. i ’■But' I «hall say Buck thinks, bemuse they ake Brue, myypjetlj' L jbk at me, .Tflette.” , They are in a narrow lane by this i time, where there is no one but themi selves. s I “Look at me, Arlette,” he said again. , I She does look at b,irn. with her sweet.

. wondering face. In the gathering twi- » ; light he can yet see the soft curves of ) her lips and cheeks. He can not hplp I it that he puts his arm about her; and ■ it is all so new, so strange to her, that i she does not resist him. s “Does Arlette know that she is very I beautiful?” he says, gently, and then > draws her closer to him. I "I mimt go back, now,” she says, • simply, and so he releases her. “Mon- > sieur will find the way now, doubtless, > if he will rememlier to take the next i turn to the right, ” she continues, when I he has taken away his arm. ‘ “Yes,” he replies, “it will be very easy; and now this is for showing me the way,” and he puts a silver coin in 1 her hand, and then, moved by n sudden impulse, kisses her once, twice, and turns away. t>l)e is not angry with him when she is alone, once more. Something new and sweet lias come into her life, andh't has all Lx-en so sudden that she is bewildered a little'. But she does not try to ana’Vze her feelings. She knows ouly that this foreigner, wh > looks so fondly and sneaky so tenderly, has told | her that she is beantifu! and has kissed her. And that is quite enough tor Ar- ’ lette now. She wonders, as she goeg i homeward, if Count Robert Could have looked like this strangei. She thinks ' of him all that night, and on the morrow. and as she stands at her washingtank laiside the Ante, she is thinking of ; him still. Foolish little Arlette! But i what should one do when one is but 18, I ami baa been kissed by the handsomest man one has ever seen? Surely one | need not be very angry or try to forget, j The morning is half gone when she ■ sees him entering the archway to the washing-sheds, but he does not see her. ; She hears his voice in good-humored passing chat wjth the woman there. What if he should not see her. At last ; he comes out the shed toward the free tanks. Surely, he must see her now. But he stops for a word with Babette and Snsctte. w’ith Dotofhee and Gert- 1 rude before he comes to her. “Ah, my pretty one,” he says carelesa- j ly, aa if this were the first time he had seen her; but a look in his face tells ’her that he remembers, and she imderstands why he spoke to all the women on the way. He has a sketch-book with him. and ’ now, as he leans against a post near her, he takes a pencil and sketches rapidly. Now and then he says a word to her, and the women near, by look at him in the pauses of their work with shy, admiring glances. At last he holds up a paper. “Would you like to see, my good friends?” he says to the women; and ' then Babette, Susette, Dorothee and Gertrude crowd about him and examine j his drawing with voluble exclamations of delight. “There thou art. Dorothee, to the life,” says one. “And there is Susette,” says another; "and monsieur has drawn me, too,” she adds in great glee. “Would you like to show this to your friend under the shed?” suggests the artist; and, this ajipearing to be exactly what they do wish, off go the four gills, not observing that Arlette does not accompany them. “Bee here, Arlette,” says the American when they are alone. He holds up anotliw paper onxi lack be has sketched Arlette just as‘ 4 'sltfTo6ke<’l when'he saw her at her father's door. “Am I like that?" she says timidly, | ; and blushing a little. “Only g thousand times prettier," lie • says impulsively; and then, while no j one is observing them, he showers a < dozen kisses on her face and neck. And what should Arietta do? Soon the women came back with the drawing. “They say,” said Dorothee, nodding her head in the direction of the sheds, “that monsieur must make a picture oj them.” “Very well," says the young man. ami ' he goes back to ttie sL i ds. He is gone some at last Arlette hears murmurs of delight from : the sheds, and she knows that tho drawing is finished. Soon afterward he re- ■ turns. “Bonjour,” he says to Susette and | the others. “Bonjour, m»petita," he Isays to Arlette in a low tone, as he ■ takes up his cane, winch had been left lon the ground beside her. “Arlette will ’ see m« again," and then he goes on his way besiile the A ite. “Bonjour, monsieur,” scream the women after him when lie is almost out | of sight; ami at this lie.turae and waves liis hat. They will talk about the handsome foreigner beside the Ante for many a long day. By mid afternoon Arlette goes home, and soon afterward an errand for her father takes her away from the house • for an hour. "Monsieur has been here,” says Guv, when she returns, .7and he would have i liked to say adieu to thee, for he was II goifig away.” “Going away,” repeated Arletfe faintly. "But yee. my daughter, there was news from America that caused him to go at once, he said to me. And he could not wait fox the shoes, but paid me the money and told me to give them to some one who needed them. I wish him a good journey, for he Las done well by me, and not every one would think to'remember that he owed an old shoemaker like thy father, Arlett ■. is ovex the sea. they tell wo. and he can not yet behalf way to Guou," concludes the o'.d man, drawing out his B waxed thread slowly, f Is it really tipe that she shall see liiia | no more? This is .the one thought that i filbi Arietta’s mind. It is this th’it • Rpndn to Jfc •’« tb’’« that cau.-eH her to rise in the morning with eyes that are red wilh weeping, and that h ive not been closed in, sli ep the night through. Fooli h little Arlette,' to weop for one who will soon forget het! Hhe does Sot go I her work that day, but a day later se-s her hack with the others, a little pale, hut that is all the difference. The summer goes and the autumn comes, and the reel leaves float along .the winding Afite. Tlie woinen are still talking of the foreigner who came )and sketched them all so wonderfully one day. The summer goes and the autumn eomes, and the young American is back Lin his law office deep in his wo k and phis future plana. He has not thought | >f Arlette since his retain. Hix ske.ahilkbopk lies on an upper shelf, where he tossed it wliep first' linp .-Li g. and 1 e lias not thought to leoknt rt since. A privilege 1 frie> d conies into his rdllte one morning, and, turning over Q e thing after another. Tights upop the sketch-book, and taking ft flown begins to ijeuniue its content*. “By Jovel” he exclaims, “that is a lovely Where did you come ac ross so much beauty, old fellow ?” It is Arietta's pkture that ‘he visiter lis gazing at The other turns to see what his old friend has. and suddenly there flashes over hjm the memory of those two days at Falaike. How sweet she was, that little girl beside the Ante! to viir sD at ‘ “It is just a study,” he replies, care- ’ lessly. “A stxidy ?” repeats his friend wnreoulonsly, and then the drawing n> , j laid awav with the others. B’rt ia replacing the volatile tlx. drawing falls utmotioed te the .floor, j face downwirfl, anil the office-toy, that . ! evening seeing it lie there like a piece of waste-paper, tosses it into the waste- , basket, and Lter it goes to the rag- , i man with the other paper.

And Arlette is still beside the Ante, f She never thinks now of the one she > met at the fair in the Faubourg of Guil bray, but always of him who came so t suddenly into her life, with his handsome face and his tender words, and ■ who went out of her life so suddenly. ! Only two days! But the sweet pain of those two days will linger a whole lifetime in one tender little heart beside the Ante. What if she should once more see him there by the archway I And she looks often that way with a i vague hope. The Arlette of eight centuries ago was happy in her Count Robert, who i loved her. There are no Counts Robert now, and Arlette is still at her work beside the Ante, and the slow seasons come and go, and life is long and remembered kisses sweet. Foolish little Arlette! — The GenDefeated in Politeness. Years ago. travelers going to Canada by the way of Lake Champlain used to seek the steamboat which Capt. Hherman commanded. The Cajdain was ' famous for the neatness of his boat and , the discipline of its crew, and for his own politeness. He was the only man I whom Horace Greeley acknowledged to j I be his superior in polite behavior. One morning, after breakfasting. Mr. Greeley, who vas in a capital humor, | turning to a friend, asked: 1 “Do you know that I claim to be tho most polite man in the country ?’’ The friend, well aware that the cede- j | brated editor, when irritated, was neith- , er gentle in manner nor courteous in | I speech, replied that he was not aware • that the graces of politeness were prom- ■■ inent among his many excellent traits. "But I assure you,” answered Gree- I I ley, with a smile that overspread' his baby face—some one said that he bad a 1 phitosopher’M head with the face of a baby—' that 1 have never been beaten in politeness but one? in my life.” Thau j 1 he told the story of his defeat. I Before the days of railroads, he left 1 Ftiea, one morning, in a stage-coach. His only fellow-passenger was a gentieman of prejmssessing appearance, ' with whom lie fell into conversation. I f After awhile the stranger drew a , ' eigar-case from his pocket and offered | its contents to Mr. Greeley for him to take/rom it a cigar. He declined the polite offer, and the conversation was , 1 resumed. Presently the gentleman, taking a cigar from the case, put it in | his njouth, and returned the case to his , pocket. While they were talking he alwnpth. bnt courteously, remarked to Mi. Greeley; i I “I hope, sir, you have no objection to . a cigar e" “None in the world.” answered Gree5 ley, "when it is not lighted.” “O,” replied the gentleman, “I had not the remotest thought of lighting it!” “Then and there,” said Mr. Greeley, laughing, “was the only time I ever was beaten in politeness. I afterward as- 1 certaiued that my victor was the famous i Capt. Sherman, of Lake Champlain.” . A Peculiar Profession. The occupation most peculiar to Washington of all is. perhaps, the dealpr in Government documents. Everybody remembers, probably, Edward Everett Hale's amusing storV, written when paper was bringing its highest war prices, about the young man who collected handbills and circulars and l prospectuses and documents and other I gratuitous literature, and had soon ' placed himself beyond the reach of sv mt by the accumulatfbn of a fortune ’ in waste ptiper. This extravaganza is sober fact in Washington. There are , men who not only live comfortably, but have acquired a jiandsome competency in the business of collecting and selling Government documents. It is a busi- , ness with all the advantages on the side of the denier. The dealer need pay no ‘ rent, he can store lids stock at home, ami the United States Government fur- . nis’ies him with Ids capital. These , men make it a business to get as many j copiis as possible of «every available document isstud by the Government, and there are very few that are not available. They store their collection, away. After a few years the documents lieconte scarce, under the careless and 1 lavish system of distribution that prevails here. Aflft they begin ft? Command a price. As the vears go on and the stock of the junk-shopsis swept away into the maw of the paper-mill, they i lieconie still scarcer, and their price l rises. , Cases have been known where bureaus ami commissions have been compcTled to turn to these private dealers in order to complete their own sets of their own reports only a few years back. One of these dealers died hist winter at an advanced age,after having been ' many years in the business, and leaving . a comfortable estate. It is not an unusual thing for Government officers to make similar collections with ‘the idea that they will be valuable some day. One man wbo has been in the service , ouly a few years .has already about lo,OfMl documents in bis possession, and 1 rnnkoe it a point to secure almost every issue from the Government presses.— Sew York Trilni'ne. Dr. Wayfami's Decision. The late Dr. Wayland, the wellknown President of the Brown University. was noted for his fatherly ways with the. students. A former pupil tells this 1 anecdote of his teacher, which shows that the doctor jiossessed one jiaterual , trait, decision. When I was a Sophomore, my'chum, a Junior, was going out of town to jireooli. I strongly desired to go with him that I might hear his sermon, and told him so. 1 “Well,” said he, “ajl right; glad to ; have von come, bnt 1 don’t believe Prex’ll let you off.” For it was a mle that who ever wished to leave town must get the President’s permission. “i’ll try anyway," said L amide--1 scended to the President's office. 1 Knocking, I was saluted with a highI keyed “Cotne in!” and found myself in the awful presence. If was evening and the doctor sat at his desk writing, witli a green shade over his eyes. As he looked up inquiri ingly, I began: "Doctor, I—I —I called to see! er—if I could leave town fora day or two?” “Well, ahetnl Sick, my son?” I “No. sir—but”— “Well, vou can't go!” and the doctor resumed his writing, and I—went out | knowing I conldn’t An Anecdote of Tandyek. On one occasion Vandyck, the artist, j was at Haarlem, the home of Franz Hals, a noted Dutch portrait painter. Vandyck went to his stndio, bnt, as usual. Hals wae at the tavern. Vandyck sent for him, saying that a stranger wished his portrait painter], and liad ' : but two hours to stay for it Hals ’ ' seized a, canvas and fini»hff the picture within the giwn time. Vandyck praised it warmly, and said: “Painting seems i such a simple thing that I should like ' to try what I can do at it” Hals 1 changed places with him, and the visitor ’ i painted the second portrait as quickly ’ 1 as the first had been made. When Hals pa?V tlje picture, he embraced the painter ' I ar. I cried: “Ypu are Vandyck! No othAr could do what you have done!”— I Si. NteLolns. A, .college student rLose father - ■ makes him render an itemized account ■ | of Tn* expensed, received an prdier Rom , h? "explain how the largb Sum for s f * toc.deutx’s’ was spent,'and then lean : j n dge w..ether you are having enough ; fun for your money, for I have beep ' there, you young scamp.”

Plantation philosophy. A cow can turn her head sideways an’ Iwk meeker den any udder animal, but she’s pot de wurst kick dat I’se eber foiui’ hung ter a foot, Dar is two kin’s ob men what is vain: De man what tries ter hide de sack in | humble pretense, an’ de man what can t help bnt show it. De fool is sometimes de wise man's 1 ; best adviser. A idiot once tole me not. I ter banter a man. I didn’t take his . warnin’ an’ got whipped. I used ter think data man what would rush intar danger was brave, until de ■ wust coward I eber seed'liberately tuck up a pistol an’ killed liissef. Your best frien' what speaks good ob anvthing won’t hab nigh so much influ- I ence on ver mind as yer wust enemy 1 1 what speaks ill ob it. It is human nat-I i ur' ter believe de wust. i When it comes to a question ob choice | ; I’ll allers take de coon for a partner ' ’fore I will de ’possum. De ’popfiim s j I meat may be better, but he’s de rankest hypocrit I eber seed. When a 'omau finds she can’t l>e re--1 garded as putty she den falls back on I de riext be>’ gift. Everything teaches i dat wid her beauty is de most ter be I sired. De cause ob dis is, wid beauty | she claims de men, in claimin’men she gets de World. A ’oman would- rntlier ' hab consumption an* ’pear J wile an’ inter. st in' dau t. r be a libiir monument I ob health. J. Xfinsdio Traveler. George Eliot showed the worst possible taste in her furniture and bangings, and h< r Imuse was not well dusted, either, says the London JI orld. Chicago and Atlantic R’y. TIME-TABLE-EASTERN DIV. Takes Eft’vrt Tuesday, May 1, 1883. xVrstwaiidT - ] ’ WwF ( Ham.*.; Station., xv. Ex Way F t i__ I'., J Ex.J. Ar. t.V.' a. I IK 2. I s 4.->l>n> s iS|‘in“ Hnniitieton II iem '“nru f 625 555 ; . Simpsons.. 11 41 I 6 20 5 I’s 541 1... Marine.. .11 sft 645 ' 4 H 521 Vui0n....'12 15pm 7u7 4 M ■ 5 I<> ’..Kineslnnd.. 12 27 7TO • 4GO 4 .... Aocsiu.... 12 39 17 45 ; j 3 4« 447 Kirtland 12 49 ’7 57 1 340 440 .....Preble. ..’l2 30 t ft 07 320 HTJ ‘. ,I‘ecatnr.. 114 900 i 2TO 4 W .. .KlVitfe ... ( 127 923 2 t«» 400 ’. Greenwood. 187 943 148 .... Iv.GknnpMFe.., 140 19 10 i 1 35 3 49 ar. Glen more ' 115 337 Enterprise.. *1 uo |1«» 40 112 33 318 .. Yorkville.. 224 ’ll 20 ' i2tH 242 Iv .Spent;’ville- 249 112 01pm ,11 Slam 242 ar Spt nc'vfiie •J 35. j 2 28 LU.Conant. . 301 12 23 .ii 1«> j 2 io ....Kemp.... 3io |l2 44 11> 59 2U9 ~. b.iawnee... 821 12 58 > ilO 45 158 ar.. Lhna .... 334 i1 15 ...» ....... dv.. Liu|>.... |l5B jlO 00 147 . Townsend... 345 12 12 i» 4» 1 «4 Westminster 3 58 2 34 » 928 124 ...Harrods-.. 409 13 QO L 9 IM) 112 1... Preston... 419 13 25 I j ft 38 1(4 ... .Scioto... . 428 (3 30 8 2ft 12 57 Oakland... 4 35 I 8 46 I 800 12 3» .ar.. .Kenton .4 55 415 lv . Kenton 4 55 - .Dudley.... 5 11 5 18 7io 12 13 .. hepbuni ..I 6to 15 36 j 645 ll 58am ... Clifton.... 535 Ift 03 I 623 11 46 .. Espy Ville. J 5 48 ft 20 I 614 1139 (....Hords.... 555 6TO 600 111 TO ' Marion ... 605 ; ft 45 . 25 N Y Pag ipt AlO ..... Trains 15 and 18 stop at all stations and carry pfessenffers. j J. CONDIT SMITH, 8. W. SNOW’, Vwe i'res. and Gen.Manr. Gen. Pass. Agt, CHICAGO. J H TINNEY, Supt. E. Div., Huniiuffton. TOLEDO? CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS rTr. Time Table—ln Effect Dee. 11, 1882. Going. West, t Western i Going East. ' I7| 5 I Division. |6|B I p ; ... ». M. A.M.ILv. Ar. P. MP. M .... 8 30.4 55| Toledo 10 uv| 635 .... i .... 12 35 430 ....Delphos,.... 9 10,130 ... .... 106 457 i.... Venedocia. . 8 47 ( lvs .... . .... 115 508 .. .Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 1 2ft. 5 21i Shasta 8 27)12 40 .... , .... 1 32. 5 28:...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... .... 140 538 Dull 8 13,12 251 .... I .... 147 545 ....Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... ...» 1 531 550 ... Schumm.... 8 02.12 13; .... • .... 2 05'6 05t...Willshire.,.. 7 50i12 00 .... .... 215 ft 171. Pleasant Mills. 740 11 49:.... .... 235 6 38:.... Decatur .... 72211 30 .... .... 249 6 55j... Peterson.... 7V7 11 13j .... i .... 301 7 08*.. Curryville ... ft 57 11 <M) .... ’ .... 305 713 ....Craigville.... 65310 55 .... I .... 321 7 321.... Bluffton.... 63710 39 .... .... 339 7 52i.Lii»ertyCentre. 6 2040 20 .... .... 349 8 041.. ..Boehmer.... 608 10 081.... .... 363, 808 ... .Buckeye.... 60610 uW .... | .... 4W 823 Warren 5 52l 951 .... .... 4 32,8 53 Van Buren... 5 2719 24 .... j i ... 4409 oo ...Landessville.. 5 21; 915 .... .... 445 »iv ....Hanfield.,,. 517 9 io! .... .... 604 930 ....Marion 456 . 8 50. .... .... 622 9<: Roaeburgh... 44W8 38 .... .... 5 3*2 951 Herbst..... 4 29’8 29 .... .... 5 401 958 ... Swaaey’s .... 423 823 .... i .... 5571014 .. Sycamore..... 4 07:8 08 .... .... 6 T)7 io 221. ..Greentown... 358 8 02! .... I ..... 6 35,10 50! Kokomo 8307 35 .... i ...tj ...JpvMJAf. Lt. .... Going Mfest. j i Going East 11 | 7 I 5 I I 6 | 8 I 12 ... P. M A M. Lv Ar.-P M.;A. M.. .... .... 635 WM' ... Kokomo .... 3*Joi7 85l;.. .... 645 11 00-... Tarkington .. 308 725 .... i .... 652 11 oft!...Middletons.., 302, 720 .... I .... 165911 13 .. .RnwiavAle.. 252 7 1:<! .... .... 1 7 1111 25 Forest 240 i 7 031 .... A.M. 7 25 11 39 .Michigantown. 2 24' ft 52 P.M. 6 15 7 45iuou ....Frankfort.. . 2 0V 6 80; 8 00 6 58’ ....' M. i... Clark’s Hill ' 7 22 8 211 ..Veedersburg I 5 55 . 9 45 -..Ridge Fann 430 16 15 Metcalf 1 4 00 i 11 00 !....Oakland 8 15 1130 1 Maple* 12 45 II 45i 1... Charleston I 2 30 ...J .... .... Lv. Ar t .... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’L Gen. Pass. Agent. I v SS yW’: r 1 PARKER’S hair / “ | BsL' A perfect dress' -in E. e leg .i: 11.. per--5 '* n ‘ed ai-d h.xrrnLv-• r?' '’ n!J ' ft!ai <<!riiff re-4<jrr > I Ps. • an<. gfty P 1 -' CP; ' 1 '’KiMwa 40 R ’ 4 • 1 I Wf ■SfIWc&LOGHE. ! ri-u : r-''’ ■ ”■ -* ’"J *'••* ? StaudljceuU. PARKER’S GINGER TONIC An invigorating Medicine that Never intoxicates I '1 hi< delicious combination of Ginger. Buchu, MajKitake, Sulliogia andinany o.ber <>f ».ie bust I veg« table remedies i .'own. cores .<! disorcTers <f the uouets, s'otnadi,liver,!idseys andlungs, &is The Best and Sorest CoiM|h Cure Ever Iked. I Jf pm are.-Suffering from J'cnialc C wnpkaiUs, I ?fcrvb:ft.ness* At akcfiuAtjH, l i e- niatism nr .»wy,<ii-e?se or rtfrnr.i P- take P: riser's h I ami give yc4r mw life and vigor. & 1O O DO LL.A R S j I PaioTcir ay. inc iijurions found in Ginger Tonic I . j or for a failure to iielft or cure. \ ’ | V*'. an i 41 • -•«» «t fl' n)er« in «Irrc*. Iz.rrr rarine bevin j ■ ! ftiftir,. wvtr . ViVwm.et .N.Y. ■ I 1 I I AV F“p*op<p are ahrvrg on the lonk-.ut for \ ft I I L 1 | . ehanctß to incro-isc their eartdnga, ll UI• a I an<l t * m< ‘ l * come *’«dthy: thow ■ ■lll I who d<< not itnprorc their opportu- • ’ 1 ■■■nities retnaih in poverty. We ffera i great chance to make money. We want many men, • women, boys and girls to work for us right in th tor » own localities. Any one can do the work fn-m the * j fir«t start. Ihe business will paj mure than ten I times the ordinary wages. Exp'nstve «nrt*t furnished free. No one whu eogage* fails to outge money rap* I idly. You can devute y<rar whole time to rhe wo?k, j er only year apare raonieats. Kull iniormatb u aud > all is needed sect free. Address STinsom A Co., Portland, Maine.—i 6 42 Lyr. Jlury Slararl Pact Powder i '-contains no mineral poison, tint or white : i’2s cfß a box at Dorwio and nuthouse—• ■ j No. 2m3. - -

■ ■ ' I , paekees Parkers balsaml fJ Gin ge r j cn i c a pe-fcctre- My jair* j?1 Ax ZavSgoratix? Ksilcine that Sever MO'rrfedrMs-JB ‘ Ciffiiu igvMa j b«eAites perfumed and TMs ee icious caaiotßatmn of Cue er. jchu. entirely harm- Mandrake lest. Rx;f.toees |L ' x .*S«£Az‘;stag regent#e r tuicmts k cures bcma’e m- , I dandruff. re-s' :3:n:s ,-J ■ stores nataral w~‘G a.l cis.r'itrs <.:t-.c : -*:.i. s - - coiof and pre- P e «T’ an< * un ' r 'V or S“~ ; - wrests baldness ■ Jw®'V Hyon ha-- - x>st yjv.rttfpetjte a d r-re low sainted. S SO »u and |l fl or surer.r. g from or ;.r.y J . *< c f s Q attea aac-xeswu C'.r.g'rr j ciai*. it nil «rr ai.d b-dy ■ Florestoi K % ~ C9LO&IE® Ls - K | : A driiraulexfor a :ai?_-.-e tz> he Iry .: c atx your ■ <jv’ i- y' ty uc\ itTo.«>sys 1 s Pennine w.h x--- .-. ' . Y , , ■ V:* " E »MdTsccat«. Wiliam St, N. Y~. g UMWfaRWMMMMiiw i ywftrmmwi ■—mJl

MH MTmihDfl : PRINCIPAL^LINE ! ; SHORTEST, yUKKE»T Sl<l | ! AM llnß to 6t ' ■ ,ow ’>’ h - I point, la Dent | N,bmltAMlSst>nU.K»S>>g^^»on.D«ha».GalM.S, New Mexico, Arsons, tana anJ Texas. CHI C o O Louie has aoscj ■ Minin i;» * and St. I'nul > Natu.na'ly reputed as ly conceded to being tbc Great I the best equipped 1:«. irvad fa the V orid for no ' *■’• y'a--•< of trayi' KANSAS CITY Al! enr ' :-.s iniule S * I ' lß / Through . Tickas via a " x 4 f' **‘ l Celebrated Line fo^/ / yCy\x' '■ travt-.ing a Mie at ail offices luxury. Instead C n,for ‘- /A Y'X Inform eiKf 6 /V VX Far. i• t -g €>r« >k T J POTTER, PERCEVAL LOWELL, id Vice free st M<tv tyer, Ge i Cbicuao, 11l Chicago. 111. GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect Octolx-r 15. ISB2. COLI MBI > T1 HE. i I GoiS(~N<»KTIL i ""Station-*— _Nj’- >■ • No. 5. j Cin.,C. M. AD Jv -i am ,4 pm I . Bietinumd lv‘B (fpm ll l'> ; Winchester 4 l‘J I.’Hpm 11 28 RiAteriile., {489 Lilift 1149 | '- Portland R<* jib® 12 Kam Decatur ft 13 . 2 :1 2’ ;«••• •••• | Fort Wayne -ar 710 : 8.12 720 ; --rv---Foit Warne lv 335 13 10 j? 80tun KeiUlallviUe r 4 4ft ’4 20 >9 42 S*, iir -s< ' k<h 543 Utß i...- ... I7 15 I 6 41 :121ftpi» Kalamazoo .ar 750 720 jl2 50 Kalamazoo 1G ft 95 740 i 2 2a I V.leK.-n 1 !9 » '3 90 brand Rapids... .ar 10 Isl 19 JO 425 Grand Kafwl«...klv 7 lS»tn 'lO W 5 15 D. .k M.t’rosMUg 55 19 $7 5 Howard < dy » <• 17 'l266pm Rei’.lCity *..10 30 '2 00 'SM 1 (’adiihe....* ar 12l*pm i 8 15 AO 10 Cadillac lv 330 11 00 Travei 'e City ar 555 | Kalkaska 5 27 1 Ham Mancelo’u.. SO4 1 « Be vne Falls I ‘ 11 8 « Petoskcv | 7 50 4 1® 1 Hart* r Springs >8 25 ........ Mackinaw I .1 I T 00 ! GOlNtTst ii iH. T State!.*— _ R ' \ . Ma 1 i aw .7 7? Jv Harbor Springs | I ♦» 4uara « Prtoski-v i 7 20 1 o»am Boyne Fii11a................., 7 59 1 W Van s -1. *ia 9V7 '3 10 K.7k*-'k->..’.;’.:;3Z3........i i» ** i •- *> Traverse City ■ ' 8 f‘’ ::::::: IS |1» US Howard I lly ' I! c I M IT D. til.<Wumr..,.| H IT' '« 10W arSaß. l lii“..T..«r -I» J® to» i Grand Rapids Ivi 7 oGaui »00 i 1 (k(pm AUrL'an '5 00 !1 10 Kalamazoo lv 903 715 >i M - Vicksburg 9 35 7 47 3 28 btiinri- > 4-i 4 40 Kcndallviilf ll 4ft 10 « |ft OB Fbrt Wame ar 1 iMpni 11 2) I• 15 FortWay o e Iv 12» ; 6 15am 12 Decatur 250 •7 C 4 123 Portland 3 W ft 2 t ItDfceviße IS 37 j 834 'JOI Winchester |3 >i ’8 54 3-t | Ricbmuti i 5 («l i 9 55 | 4 ■*.) I Cincinnati I 7 40 1 U»pm ~ 1 No. 5 leaver Cincinnati and No. 8 leave* Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains daily except feunday. Woodruff sleeping oars < n Nos. 5 and ft between Cincinnati and Grand Rapida, and sleeping and chair caw on same trains between Grand Rapids atid Petoskey; also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 7 and s between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET, Gen l. Pass. AarenU i T1 ®L.Pi-ug,|i ;v •XfSB TRADE- B M * MARK W W * I'HHI Ml BASKET PLUG T 0 33 2X.0C0 Ii the b<pt combination of the CHOICEST LEAF, PUREST SWEETENING, DELICIOUS FLAVORING. It is unequalled, and is the American CHEW A TBIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU That the Old Favorite WIGWAM And the New Favorite Wide AwakTe. Are the best SMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. SPENCE BROS. & CO., 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 I needed only u» stilien aud hold the engraved portions in place, and supply strength. The surplus gold is actually needless. In t James Boss Patent Gold IF 'Uch Cases this j waste is saved, and solidity and I sTRExr.Tir increased by a simple process, l at one-half the cart. A plate of solid I gold is soldered on each side of a plate I I of hard nickel composition metal, and the I i three are then passed between polishetl i steel rollers. From this the cases, backs, r centers, U;zels, etc., are cut and shaped by » dies and formers. The gold is thick 7 enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, j 1 engraving and engine turning. These J cases have l>een s’ojji perfectly smooth by * use without removing the gold. This is j i the emit/ case made under this process. Each . 'a»e. is arrempohied with a ralid guarantee - signed by the manufacturers warranting it to sear 20 years. 150,000 of these Cases now carried in the United States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 1854. Ask jour Jeweler.

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS. Have again, made a change of base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Will sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selectisir in ’ the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of lace collars, fichues and ties, SILK HANDKERCHIFS from $i to $2.50 a piece, LADIES’ FURS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate { fTneTFne of shawls j In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Brodie. GENTS’ ISTECK WE A 11. We have something new in that line called a Lawn Tennis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for k Christmas Gift. VVtT DEPAitTMriNT ~ Is ccinplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth’s a;,| I Napkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett each.' , Towels in great variety, from 5c to fl each. We have a elegant line of <; |,ASS-WAHI, l ln plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setti.' Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to $[ 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 sorn&hing nice in the way of Buggs, ilatts aol 1 Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS- we defy competition, ranging m I price from f 1.50 to fl 4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES CO A I’S. I L I STERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now id your chance to make a bargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as w I know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. < .00k Out and Don’t Forget THAT * JOHN WELFLEY. .' selling Groceries at less money than any other house and | is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, SUGAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. ' OFFERS, SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES. CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES. | TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS. Sngars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teaas —Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety ; New Assortment of Lamps. Bronxe, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. : Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware, | White Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardine* ,1 Country Produce | TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Come Everybody. You will find first class groceries fresh and cheap. JOHN WELFLEY. I 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 ?t " ' I Fresh Goods, at FZTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of t’ iie City . | slivered Free.

-- ■ ■ ■■ !■■■ WJ———— MI-JL. V—o r> r“ fy "I !‘°J- "* ■ »»*jnn»t>y. go »nd tore LJ L I jo« mi*. Kinethigg mighty r\ r I »a-i «nW:mp lour- b.-birl t.. n. I I II) I «««■ tone.' Sos a vw k in yoni • 1 fc—vz • own town |5 «rtßt fr- Knrik En-rytb'.g new. Capital not require «'■ will t„rn>sj ;\U everything. Manx are making fortunes. ~a4;« make as much as men. and Loys ami girls make peat pay. Header, if you want busimjo at what you can make great pay all the tnpe. '•rite for parucnlare to H. Bturn 4 Co, Portland. Maine.

ay^. ~ -|MM .. ..]■ „.. ■ ...» .. 1.1 I- '—Aa—e » 9 time, You c*n work tn bua-jf 1 whole iime” to the burpee* tail £ I pixy you nearly as well. No taß ? y I enormous pay, by J? - and * I and terms free• rfoney ably. Address Tbcs A Oo.« Aumw*,