Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1883 — Page 4

THE KING'S DAUGHTERS. BY MARGARET VANDEGRIFT. The King’s three little daughters, ’neath th? palace windows straying, Had fall n into earnest talk that put an end to playing, And the w»»a* y King smiled once again to hear what they were saying. "It is I who love our father best!” the eldest <laughter said; ’I am 'he oldest Princess!* and hdr pretty face grew red; "What is there none can do without? I love him more than bread!” Then said the second Princess, with her bright blue eyes aflame, “Than bread? A co:nmon thing like bread! Thou hast not any shame! Glad am 1 it is I, not thou, called by our mother's name. "I love him with a bettor love than one so tame as thine— More than—oh, what then shall I say that Is both bright and fine. And is not common? Yes, I know—l love him more than wine!” Then the little youngest daughter, whose speech would sometimes halt For her dreamy way of thinking, said, “You are both in fault, Tis 1 who love our father best—l love him more i than salt." Shrill iittle shrieks of laughter greeted her latest word, As the two joined hands, exclaiming, But this is roofle j.bsurd." ■ And the King, no longer smiling, was grieved that he was heard. For the little youngest daughter, with her eyes of steadfasugray. Could always-move ins tenderness, and charm I ’ his care awav. “Bho grew* more like her mother dead, he whispered, ** day by day." “ But she is very little, and I will flnd no fault That, while her Bist -is strive to see who most shall me exalt, She holds me nothing dearer than a common thing like salt." The portly cook was standing in the courtyard by the spring; He winked and nodded to himself, ‘ That little quiet thing Knows more than both the others, as I will show the Iking.” That afternoon at dinner there was nothing fit to eat; The King turned, frowning angrily,.from soup, I and fish, and jueat, And he fouhd a cloying sweetness In the dishes j that were sweet. •‘And yet,” he muttered, musing, “ I cannot find the fault, Not a thing has tasted like Itself but this honest cup of salt.” Said the youngest Princess, shyly. Dear father, they want salt.” A sudden look of tenderness shone on the King’s dark face, As he sat his little daughter in the dead Queen’s i vacant place; And he thought. "She has her mother’s heart— . aye, and her mother’s grace. "Great love through smallest channels will find ' its surest way; It waits not state occasions, which may n<4 : come, of may; It com orts tnd it blesses, hour by hour, and ’ day by day.” —Continent. Helen Preston. —

'Are there no underwriters for human hopes? j For the most precious of interests is there no in- > suranoe?" I had been tempted all day, tempted by fate and the devil. All summer long I had been trying to clasp hands ■ for a life journey with a man I did not love; a man noble of soul and born to the purple, who setup his high lineage against my poor gifts of beauty and song. He threw some love into the cales, too, but I, God help me, had none to give in return. I had bartered erewliile my whole possessions for a few glances of a dark eye, and my note had gone to protest. Could I—could 1 ? It kept following me about with fateful persistency, for to-night I was to give my answer to my high-born lover. I tried to look things in the face, to count the cost. Money was a good thing; it insured one warmth in winter and delicious . coolness in summer, and prettiness and I daintiness, and the entrance into good < society. Yea, money was a good thing, and position and power, and houses and lands. So far good; but my soul hungered and thirsted for a love commensurate with my own, which rtlß araa, f who offered me purple and gold, had it not in his power to give, or, let me qual- i ify that, had it not in his nature to gri e. i The stars came out golden and soft, ; and the fragrant summer dusk crept around me where I sat inhaling the scent of the roses. Ambition and love tore my heart by turn, and weariness, I too, put in a poor pitiful plea, for I was so tired. It was a brilliant future that Regi- I nald Dacre offered me, wherein toil and weariness could never come. I thought of the pnrple and fine linen; the luxurious rest; the emoluments! , Then my daily life passed in review before me—that of a companion to a haughty, fine lady, and a regular singet la a fashionable church, among fashion- 1 tble saints and sinners. I began to croo i over the old satire: tn a church which Is garnished with mullion and gable, ■With altar and reredos, with gargoyle and ; groin, The penitents* dresses are sealskin and sable. The odor of sanctity ran de cologne. But surely if Lucifer, flying from hades, Could gaze at this crowd with its paniers and paints. He would ary. looking round at the lords and the ladies, Oh. where i, All Sinners if this is All Saints? I had entered upon this life from an unloved and unloving home, a home doled out to me by the tardy justice of a granduncle who had robbed me of my inher tance. I thought at first I might find the sangreal somewhere in this n w country, which set med so fair; but alas! I had not even heard the swish of wings. I thought of it all—the fervor and the fret; the petty jars; the misunderstandngs; the pain of incomprehension; the unguerdoned toil; the lagging hours; the awful pauses. This, or marriage; this, or marriage. It seemed written like a placard on earth and sky. It seemed bound like phylactery upon the brows of the people as they passed to and fro; and soon | the word marriage lost all its signiti--ance for me. as words do after oft repeating. Did it mean misery or happiness, bliss or woe? This marriage that rtmg its changes through my brain—was It God-appointed ? Did it mean God’s blessing or His e4rse? You know I did not love this man who offered me rest from my labors. He had not power to evoke one thrill at his call. But then love is only one reason why one should marry a man. There might be love and plenty of money, and yet one go hungry all one’s life. 1 have known such things. 1 had tried to make my life straight and fair. I had tried to keep clean bands and a pure heart; tried—God, who knows the secrets of all hearts, knows this—to fight despair. . . . Lour green < ays. Worn bare of grass and sunshine: long calrr nights From which the silken sleeps were fretted out— Be witness for me. We see through shadows all our life IftDtr,. JSys t come into this world without ▼ent, and go out of it in the same manner. We have not been consulted as to birth or death. More and more the prayer of Epictetus haunts me. “Lead me, Zeus and Destiny, whithersoever I am appointed to go; I will follow without wavering; even though I turn coward and shrink, I shall have to follow all the same." Should I marry Mr. Dacre ? Was he a good parti? As the world said. Too good for me, as my lady elegantly phrased it. I had been born into the world amid fierce throes of mental anguish Through the pain of her travail mv mother’s heart was rent with the greater pain of my father’s sudden death—droa ned off the Qomish coast, for I was born at sea. She lived until I was If yoars old, a life of sorrow, and poverty and renunoation. Then she died, leav

' mg me to a compassionate world and my uncle. My life dragged on the clogged , : wheels. I was always at war with my surroundings. Though too proud tq ! : express it, 1 had never realized my idea of womanhood, or in any way grown up to my aspirations and dreams. If 1 bail grown at all it had been through pain and repression—a fatal thing al- ! ways lor a warm-hearted, earnest woman. My uncle, Edward Earl, had procured me the friendship ( ?) of the lady : in whose house I had passed a twelvemonth —Mrs. Lueien Granger, a distant I cousin of his own. I was an unsalaried governess or companion, our remote ' cousinship being always made available ! by my uncle. It was during my residence with tlrat lady that niy fate came to me. A young nephew of Mrs. Granger’s came to the hall. He was an ; artist, young and handsome, and fresh from a four years' sojourn in Borne. I need not worry yon with the pro- ' loTue or the epilogue of our love, for i words are so poor to express the heart’s Utterance. O golden tlitv! O tender, passionate nights! 0 princely heart, come back to me! Alan Leighton was the last son of i liigh-bom family, and because of the I bine blood—the united blood of al! the Howards —flowing in his veins, Mrs. : Granger interposed her fiat against our I love, dreading, doubtless, the plebeian admixture of mine. It is a pity that blood does not always ell. It was an inglorious triumph to me—yet still a triumph—to bare my white arms to the shoulder during our gala nights—to which my voice was always invited —contrasting their satiny : smoothness and perfect contour with the lean, brown appendages of Mrs. Granger folded over her aristocratic | heart. But a clffud crept into the sky and its I shadow fell across our path. Alan was called suddenly by telei gram to England, where his grand old ' father lay dying. We had but a mo- , ! mont for our farewells, for Allan's heart ; i was rent with sorrow, and I helped to expedite his departure. But one letter ever reached me. His ! i father was dead, and he was Sir Alan I now. Mv Precious Helen: My father, whom I I loved and respected above all men, died yes- ■ terdav. I need not tel! you how desolate we j feel and how the light seems to have died out of every nook aud corner. My dear | mother i» prostrated with the blow which has taken away the lover of her youth, and I 1 shad not be able to return to vou for R'-me weeks. Announce our bllr thai, dearest, io my aunt and uncle, which you know was my intention the very night I was called aw ay. Be true to me. my darling Helen, as shall be true to vou. Good night, dear

filhUl IIUC W i VII. UVVU V* ove. I t-liall write' a* length as soon as . mother and I have uiatuied our plans for I her lonely future. Good-night, good-night' Mav angels guard you. and may the good I ! l a her fold about, you His everlasting arms! I Your friend and lover. Alan Leighton. Two years had dragged their slow length about since that letter came, and I had never heard from Alan, 1 though craving his presence as the prisoner craves the sunshine. I had written him once, and I had regretted I even that. “He was soon to be wedded I to an Earl’s handsome daughter,” Mrs. i Granger read aloud from an open letter ' i in her hand; “in fact, it was an old affair, prior to his visit to the hall,” i I etc., etc. How I regretted I had written, though the words had been few, merely asking him if he had been enabled to [ I procure for me a certain book we had 1 made mention of together, and the time i ! was more than a year ago when I had I the right thus to address him. And i lbw, another woman was to be his wife, ■md I must never think of the old days, . or the old dreams, or look into his dark i I eyes, or feel his kisses upon my nn- : ■ kissed lips. Never! and I might live And O, the pity of it. out of all this | | world's million possibilities I had only i the chance of two—either to wed ' Reginald Dacre, a man old enough to ; be my father, or to be a companion to ■ I some liaughtv woman. I bail dec d*d I upon accepting Mr. Dacre. The tiny j i note of barely two lines I had placed between the leaves of a book it was his i n ghtly custom to read. But Alan! but A’an! Iliad thought i him so true, so noble. I had called I him “my prince,” “my king," alone in 1 the warm dusk under the stars. “I will not soil thy purple with my i dust,” bad whispered in my heart. I “Nor breathe my poison on thy Venice glass.” * * * * I went down to the sea to listen to its sullen roar, hear it tell its tale of human misery; of fair | dead under its waves; of gold and jew- ; eli lying on green beds of moss; of agoniisgone down, the wail of human misery their requiem. 1 tried to re- ' member all this, so that mine might not seem such a great tiling amid a world iof sobbing and tears. It was a good ! thing to think of the sufferings of othi ers, and try to ignore your own: a good I tuing. But my misery! the misery of the girl called Helen I’reston! The girl was somewhat of a genius, the people said. She possessed the i gift of song and she was handsome, too, men said. And she had two chances in I the world, and if she had had money | i enough to have utilized her gift of song I she might have had three. But she had smirched her soul, for ! all her beauty and gifts; had been false to herself, to God and humanity; false, ; too, to Reginald Dacre. for she kept ! her love for Alan locked in her heart, | “I have sold my soul for houses and ■ lands,” she said, “and I am wretched. Mea culpa! Mea culpa!” “I have sold myself with open eyes," she said, “knowinclv, with malice prepense. I have no one to blame. That Alan forgot his vows did not make it light that I should forswear myself.” But the sea with its fnss and fret, made my heart ache, and the-terbulent ; water seemed wooing me thitherward. The chimes of our quaint old church, playing an old gong, caused a choke in my throat. I would go and invoke grand airs from the organ, and mayhap I should forget the sea s roar. It was my wont to go there to practice, and I knew the service would not be held for a half hour. The lights were turned down to a semi-darkness, and the old sexton, with whom I was a favorite, had left the key in the door for me. The moon shone across the organ keys and across my face, and the trailing olds of my white dress looked almost ghastly in its light. O, quamt old church! O, quaint old chimes' Too soon I would be far away from you, over the sea to my sailor’s lordlv home, carrying with me a heavier heart than my years should warrant. But it was too late to look hack; and the fault was mine. I had ruined my SJffl J'FmSSd “ust P a .V th e price. Be mine eyes, I had sealed my fate. I had bound my hands, and had intoned Phirbe Cary’s wailing words: I have tuned from the good gifts Thv bounty supplied me, Becans, of the one which Thy wisdom denied me; I have bandaced min? eyes—yea, mine own I an-ls have bound me; • I have made me a < a. kness when light was arourd me. Now I try by the wayside. O Lord, that I might receive ha k my eight. “Peccavi, ” I cried, and my head sank upon the organ and tears stained the red roses at my throat. “Helen!" and my head w»s lifted gently and Alan Leighton's tender eves met mice. “Alan !” was all my astonishment could utter. My girl, you have suffered,” he eja ulated, in a tone of exquisite tenderness. Helen, my first and only love, hew we have been wronged. I only learned an hour before I embarked that yon were not the false womac you fead

been painted to me. Mrs. Granger wrote me eighteen months ago that you hail ‘married Mr. Dacre. and left with him for Cuba.’ A subsequent letter, without date or signature, inclosing the tiny pearl pin I had given you, left me no room for doubt. I left England forever. and I have been on the wing ever sinoe, finding no rest for my heart on sa or shore. Helen. I suffered us few men suffer because of losing you, and because of yottr apparent falseness. Bitt I could not waste my Whole life liecause of a woman’s untruth, so I tied up the broken threads and tried not to look back. It was by chance I met Herman Sloan, and in the midst of mutual confidences he asked me why I had never returned to America and to the beautiful Helen Preston, who had decline 1. all suitors, and was still unwed. Helen, I embarked that afternoon, and I am here, never to be parted from my darling. When will we tie married, sweet?” “Married! Alan,” and the dre-arv present recurring to me, I withdrew myself from his arms, and almost unconsciously my lips framed the words: I had die I for Chis last year to know Vou had loved me. V> ho shall tnm on fate? I care not it love come or co Now; though your love s k mine for mate. It is too late. “Too late! Helen, my only love explain your meaning for God’s sake.” Then came a broken disjointed tale of my sorrow and temptation when I heard of his handsome and highborn bride; of my weariness of the hall i of Mrs Granger ;of myself, of Mr. l)acr<’s constant wooing, and at last of the little note only this night thrust between the leaves of his book, making Alan’s coming forever too late for my happiness. Rapid hoof-beats along the road, and my courtly love came in sight. “Saved! Alan,” and my words came thick and fast.

“Engage him ii conversation. Alan, regarding the hall, Mi s. Granger, the weather, stocks, etc., etc. I will escape by the vestry door, fly to the hall, secure the note! and then. O. Alan!” "My darling, my bright darling!” but I broke from his clasp and sped away like a chamois to the hall. I did not heed that the roses fell from my throat, that a portion of my lace flounce graced a thornbush, or that my hair, unloosed from its fastenings, hung about my shoulders. I think if I had possessed a piece of paper I should have held it aloft and shouted “a reprieve! a reprii ve!” Shall I try to tell of how I secured the note, and hid it «n my bosom, of how I ran up stairs and peeped for one moment into the mirror, twisting up my shining hair and trying to hush the loud beating of my heart, of how I rapidly traversed the path leading to the church, dodging behind an osage hedge to escape meeting Mr. Dacre, hurrying ,on as soon as T was free, to be folded close to Alan’s heart ? “And you will net laugh at me, Alan?” “Laugh at you, my darling, and wherefore?” “Oh, for my mad flight, for the red -roses scattered all along the road; for my unbounded joy at your return; for proposing to run and steal the note, and, and —things.” For answer came tender kisses pressed upon brow and lips, and closed eyes, and Mr. Lord Lovel (Mr. Dacre) rode forth from the castle gates alone.

A Coal-Pit Romance. About twenty years ago a farmer retiding in Springfield township, Ohio, named Maxwell, visited a deserted coalbank in the neighborhood, attracted thither by sheer idle curiosity. He stood at the slope opening for a time, and then started to walk down it, when at the entrance to tliis dark and gloomy a lincket He uiekt-.d it up, and soon there came from it the tender and suppressed crier of an infant He carried it to the light, and then, after removing the wrappings, he saw a sweet little babe looking into his eyes as if it wanted to say : “Please take pity on me. lam a poor little outcast without a home. Won’t you take me out and love and take care of me?” Mr. i Maxwell was a y oung married man, with a large, generous heart, and having then no children of his own be took the little waif home with him, and he and Mrs. Maxwell took care of it and loved it as parents love their own children. The little foundling grew to be a beautiful and accomplished young lady, and she repaid her foster parents with an abundance of affection and tender devotion. Twenty years had come and gone when one day a young man called at the house of the Maxwells and declared that the babe found in the coal-bank was his sister, and that he had come from a pleasant home in lowa to see her, and, if possible, persuade her to return with him. Their mother had died a few months ago, and on her death-bed she told how I she had hid the iialie in the coal-bank, 1 of Mr. Maxwell finding it, and all about it, and made a dying request that the ; family should hunt the child up and claim her. The Maxwells were well pleased w ith the young man, and he remained with them several weeks. When he returned to his Western home he took his sister with him. He also took the promise of one of Mr. Maxwell's daughters that she, too, would share j his home and fortune ere long. This promise w as .kept.

Mexican Express Runners. All through the interior of the country, at alnio-t every town and village, are to 1 e found “ninnera,” usually Indians, whose business it is to carry small packages upon their shoulders from place to place. Knowing all the mountain paths and short cuts, and possessing a vast amount of strength and staying jmwet, these runners make long jonmeys in a pTontglonsly-snon time. To cite a case that illustrates both the custom of gift sending and the manner of sending gifts: One of uy friends here in Monterey, being on his way home from the City of Mexico, stopped for a night with his carriage. horses and servants at a hospitable rancho, where he was admirably well entertained. On the evening of the next day he came to a t iwn famous for its l elicious fish, and. as an acknowledgment of the hospitality tender, d hm, he sent a “runner” with a basket of fish to his host of the night before. The distance, allowing for short cuts, was forty miles across a mountainous country; yet the “runner” made it inside of ten hours—leaving at 7 o’clock at night, and arriving at the rancho (»s my friend subsequently was informed) at 5 o'clock the next morning. Taking into consideration the time lost Is-tween collection and shipment, and between receipt at the terminal point ana uctuiu uenvery &o coii»i|<uee, the best-regulated express company in the world could not have made this shipment more expeditiously. Moreover, as these “runners” are absolutely trustworthy there are cases on record of their dying in defense of their freight—the express facilities which they afford in a small war searcelv can be improved upon.— Monterey ' Cor. Philadeljihia Bulletin. Where Whistling Is Punished. There is one place in the world where a man can't whistle. A correspondent writes from Stuttgart. Germiry: “Qw«r*r place this A vormg ft llow of my acquaintance was walking in the town the other day, having in his hand a cane with a whistle in the handle. His dared him to blow the whistle. Not liking to be dared, he blew a blast. He was unmediatelv arrested and fined 15 marks,”

”»9(TOK KNOTT IN THE TOILS. . Called Out of thv House and Interviewed by an Inquisitive Yankee. The rules about admission to the floor of the House are very strict, and a conversation with a member can only be had by an outsider by sending in a card through the doorkeeper, when the member emerges, hurries through the talk and goqs in again. As members Are usually pretty well occupied, it is expected that those interviews shall be as brief as possible. One day Mr. Knott received the card of Mr. Watkins, of Vermont, whom he did not know. Ho went out, met a long, lean man, with a solemn countenance, and this conversation followed: “Be you Mr. Knott, the funny man ?” “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Knott, promptly, “and I'm a great deal funnier than you'd suppose. The fact is. I don’t care to be as funny as I can lie. I’ve already sacrificed the lives of several of my . friends through a reckless exercise of my humorous posers, and I go about | tinder A constant sense of self-re-straint.* - “Be you from the Bine Grass region j. or the Peuuy-ryal ?” “I'm from the I’enny-ryal." Here ; Mr. Knott began to be a little uneasy. . They were just beginning a roll-call in the House. Mr. Watkins shifted to his other foot and began again. “What kind of cattle do they Eave down in Kentucky?” “ Well, we still hate a very fine breed of the Megatherium there. But the i pleosaurus and icthyosaurus. I’m sorry to say, are rapidly dying out. It will be a great loss to the State, because they are very tame and have been used a great deal for domestic purposes. A good manv of the ladies make pets of them.”

“Do vou know Marv Anderson ?” “Oh, very well.” “Is she so purty?” “Ravishingly beautiful.” Mr. Watkins paused a moment. Mr. i Knott could hear the roll call traveling rapialy toward the K’s. “Did vou ewer see her play in ‘Romeo and Juliet?” “Oh, frequently.” f “Do you think ‘Rofceo and Juliet’ is the best play Shakspeare ever wrote?” “Well, now-, my friend, you’ll have to excuse me from expressing an opinion on that point. You see, I'm coming up for re-election, and feeling is running pietty high in my district now on that very question. About half of my constituents say that ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the best play Shakspeare ever wrote, and about half of them swear it isn't. So yon see if I should commit myself it would damage me very much in the Campaign.” i “Oh,” said Mr. Watkins. Then he : pulled out of his pocket a little Connecticut watch, about the size of a quar-ter-dollar, “Do they sell many of them down in Kentucky?” “Well. I've fofftotteii the price per peck,” said Mr. Knott; “they're usually sold by the peck. They don't often sell a bushel at a time.” Mr. W itkins was surprised, but he ' didn't go away. He only changed to the other foot. Meanwhile the reading clerk inside the hall had begun on the K’s.

i “Say, there's another thing I wanted to see you about. I've h< ard that people down your way chew and smoke during meeting. That ain't so, is it ?” Mr. Knott was #ngry at last. “No, sir. it’s an infamous falsehood. It's true that the l>oys usually h ive a poker deck in their pockets, and if the sermon is a little long they get down between the pews and have a 'idle game and open a i bottle of whisky. But the statement, sir, that they chew tobacco during church services is a miserable lie of the Yankee press.” Mr. AVatkins seemed wifK tins assurance, lie stood still a momerit. “Well. I thought I’d like to make your acquaintance, Mr. Knott,” and he w.-nt away, and the Kentucky member fled info the hall in time to lie counted amo: g the stragglers on the roll-call.

The Hen Business. A pen-and-ink wrestler has untied a book and let it loose upon the patient people, which lx ok bears the title, “How to Make SSOO a Year Profit from Twelve Hens.” We tried this getting rich out of the hen business last year, ,ind while it looks nice and pretty in gilt letters on blue binding to save SSOO a year from twelve hens, our exjierience was different. We secured, last spring, a collection of six lady hens and a male companion, and domiciled them in an extensive hen pasture in the rear of our premises. We figured it out that with j six eggs a day, and an occasional vacation which would be paid for in chickens, we would soon have money enough to go to Europe or run for office. Early in the 1 season the brown Leghorn troops fought nobly, and we began to look around with the idea of getting a safe to put our egg money in. Just at this juncture corn stepped up to $1 a bushel, and our hens ceased laying and turned aU their attention to their appetites. During the interim one of our hens had succeeded in presenting to the world a dozen little brown balls, which imagination told us would make excel- . lent chicken pies along in December. Imagination lied to us, however, for in less than four weeks every one of the little brown darlings hail been referred to the interior department of a confounded skunk, and there was seven

weeks' lost time to bo charged up to that hen's profit and loss account. We forbear telling of our midnight ramble , in the dewy mazes of onr garden, clad in modesty and a nigh'.-shirt, with a revolver filled with 32-100 cartridges and a heart filled with animosity toward t’ual skunk- VV« draw a curtain o'er ' itial a—i When fall came, and after we had bought eggs to feed ourselves and corn to feed opr hens for a while, we retired j from the hen business, and we have ~ade up onr minds that it takes some- ■ tiling more than a book and a dozen he:, sto make |SOO a year. Os course there are hen artists who can play the game for all it is worth, and make it 1 pay: but for a greenhorn to think that wenty-four hens are worth a cool thousand a year to him is folly. If yon c mid make bens lay every day, and could bring chickens up on a Dottle in me secluded spot where sknnks would u< t get at them, it would pay for novices to establish hen dairies. As it is. however, we novices had better save urr money from buying such Ixxiks as the one described to buy eggs with, L and let those who understand egg harvesting do the work. There is too mnch responsibility, too much getting np in the night to shoot skunks, and too few eggs in the business to offer inducements to amateurs. — Marathon Independent. No Animal a Brnnkard. Man is the only animal that degrades himselL There are no drunkards, n«J gluttons, on the earth except among] men. Animals seldom overstep on break the laws by wholesale. The disc eases from which animals suffer do not come from excesses. Man is at wan with himself everywhere and alwaysc.— Henry Ward Beecher. When Tlielwall was on his trial for high, treason i»e wrote the following note during the evidence for the prosecution, and sent it over to Erskine, his counsel; “I am determined to plead my cause myself.” Erskine xvrote back: “If you da you will bo hanged." To which Tlielwall replied Then I’ll lie hanged if I do.”

The Crisis of Man’s Life. From the age of forty so that of sixty, a man who properly regulates himself may be considered in the prime of life. | His mature strength of constitution j renders him almost impervious to the I highest attacks of disease, and all the functions are in order. Having gone a year or two past sixty, however, he ar- | rives at the critical period of his exist* | ence. The river of death flows beford him, and he remains at a stand-still. But athwart this river is a viaduct : called the “Turn of Life,” which, if tutned in safety, leads to “Old Age,’ around which the river Winds, and th«x flows without a doubt of causeway, to affect its passage. The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile materials, and it depends upon how it is trodden whether it bend or break. Gout, apoplexy and other maladies are also in the vicinity to waylay the traveler and th rust'him from the pass; but let him gird ui> his loins and provide himself with jierfeet composure. To quote a metaphor, the "Turn of Life” has a turn either to a prolonged walk or into the grave. The system and power having reached their utmost expansion, now begin either to close, like the flowers at sunset, or break down at once. One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal excitement, may force it beyond its strength, while a careful supply of props and the withdrawal of all that tends to force a plant will sustain it in its beauty until night has nearly set in. There are 10,000 Mormons who uphold polygamy in the Territory of Idaho

Chicago and Atlantic R’y. TIME TABLE--EASTERN DIV. Takes Effect Tuesday* May 1« 18*’’WESTWARD. | ■ EASTWARD. __ Wav F’t Hunt’s.! StMtons. In. Y. Ex; Way F't 15. j Ex. 1. 'Ar. Lv. 1 X I 18. 451 m 6 15pm .Huntington. li. 25am 6 itwu 525 555 ;..Binipsons... ll 41 620 5 U 5 5 41 ... Markle.. ..'ll 56 6 45 4 34 521 Union... .12 15pm 707 420 5 lit ..Kingsland.. 12 2" j' 730 400 458 '....Tocsin. .■l2 32 745 3 48 4 47 .. Kirtland .. 12 4# 7 57 340 440 ...Preble. .. 12 36 :8 07 320 423 ...Decatur.., 114 -9 00 2 30 4 10 ....Rivare.l 27 9 25 2 10 4 o 0 . Gr»?enwood. 1 37 945 148 Iv.iilenmore. 148 ;10 10 1 35 3 42 ar. Glen more I 1 15 3 37 . Enterprise.. 2 <X) 1« 441 12 35 3 13 .. Yorkville.. 224 11 20 12 oi 249 Iv.Spenc’ville 249 12 olpm 11 51am 242 ar.Spenc’ville II 35 2 28 ....Conant...i 3 01 12 23 11 15 |2 19 ... Kemp.... 310 12 44 Iti 5P |2 09 .. Shawnee.. 321 12 58 10 45 1 58 ar . Lima.... 3 34 1 P lv.. Lima .... 1 58 10 oo 1 47 . Townsend.. 3 45 , 2 12 945 134 Westminster 3 .58 12 34 928 124 ...Harrods... 409 i 3 00 900 112 i... Preston... 419 19 25 838 104 ....Scioto.... 428 i 3 36 828 12 57 .. Oakland... 435 '3 46 BOV 12 3 > ar.. Kenton.. 455 4 15 lv. Kenton., 455 722 12 21 ...Dudley..,. 811 j 5 18 710 12 13 Hepburn .. ’» 20 5 -dj 6 45 11 58am ... Cl iron.... 5 35 , 6 "3 623 11 46 .. Espy ville.. 1 >4« '6 20 614 1139 I. ..Hords.... 555 630 6 00 11 30 Marion.... 6 05 6 45 Trains 15 and 18 stop at all stations ami carry iiassemrers. J. CON PIT SMITH, S. W. SNOW, Vice Pres, and Gen.Mang. Gen. Pass. Agt. CHICAGO. J H TINNEY, Supt. E. Div., Huntington.

TOLEDO, CINCIIIIIATI_&_ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Table-In Effect Dec. 11, 18M. Going West, t Western t Going East. | 7 | 5 | Division. I 6 | 8 I .... T. M. A.M.ILv' Ar. p. M. p. M .... 830 4 55|Toledo10 00| 535 ... .... 12 35 4 30 ....Delphos 9 10' 1 30 ... .... 101 4 571....Venedocia. . 8 471 I 05! .... .... 115 508 ...Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 126 5 21Shasta 8 27112 401 .... . 1 32' 528 ...Enterprise... 8 21.12 33 .... .... 140 538 Dull 81312 25 .... i .... 147 543 .... Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 153 550 ... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... .... 205 605 ....Willshire.... 75012 00 .... .... 215 617 .Pleasant Mills. 74011 49 .... 235 638 .... Decatur .... 72211 30 .... *... 2 6 50 . ... Peterwon.... 707 11 13 .... .... 301 708 .. Curryville... 65711 00 .... .... 3 05‘ 713 ....Crai>rville.... 65310 55 .... .... 3 211 732 ....Bluffton.... 6 37,10 39 .... .... 3 391 752 .Liberty Centre. 62010 20 .... .... 349 804 .. ..Boehmer.... 6 08,10 08 .... .... 353 8 08;... .Buckeye.... 60510 05 .... .... 407 8 23‘Warren 5 52. 951 .... .... 432' 853 ...Van Buren... 5 27'9 24 .... ... 4 40 900 ...Landessville.. 5 21i 9 15, .... .... 443 910 ....Hanfield.... 517 3io .... .... 504 930 ....Marion. 456 8 50, .... .... 522 943 ...Roseburgb... 4 40j 838 .... .... 532 951 Herbst..... 429, 829 .... .... 540 958 .. Swazey’s .... 4 23! 823 .... .... 55710 14 ..Sycamore..... 407 8 08! .... .... 607i0 22 . .Greentown... 358 802 .... .... 6 35.10 50Kokomo 3 30.7 35 .... Going West. | | Going East. 11 j 7 | 5 II 6 I 8 I 12 .... P. M A. M. Lv. Ar.-P. m. a.m .... 6 35,10 50 ...Kokomo .... 3 20| 735 i ... .... 645 11 00i...Tarkington .. 3 08j 725 .... .... |652 11 06|...Middletons... 302 720 i .... .... 65911 13 ...Russiaville.. 252 7 13] .... i .... 711 11 25Forest 2 40i 703 i .... a.m. 725 11 39 .Michigantown. 2 24 6 52 p. m. 6 15* 7 45,12 00 ...Frankfort.. . 2 00 6 30 800 6 58 ...J m. ...Clark’s Hill 7 22 8 211 .... ....'..Veedersburg 5 55 . 945 ....I ....'..Ridge Farm 430 10 15 Metcalf. 4 oo 11 00 Oakland 3 15 11 30' Maples 2 45 11 45 Charleston 2 30 ....I Lv. Ar .... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’t Gen. Pass. Agent. Ill— 1111 ■T~ HPTJErawT-aarre. PARKER'S HAIR BALSHI. ’ The Pot, C’cnnest and I most L<.diioi...... liairL Dressing Kvcr raihiuMoie | he youthfr.l <r lor to rr llwntim Cuiorr.'. I 1 ' FT* 1 ' ‘ ' ■» I ’ PAKKEK’S gingertonic: ft Pure Family Eletlidae tliat Never Intoxicates. , I If von area mechanic nt firmer, ••om nut with u ovenr ark. or a mother run down by family or uott?-c- L I S hold dune* try I’.'.xkek’.s Gingkr Tonic. B . 1 If arc a lawyer. nx:n:ster er rt n e-:- H I ■ take intoxicating stiinniants, but use I’AkkFK’sj RGingek Ton: . IB If von have Dr’tnenw. Riientnatistn. I ■ Urinary ( otnni.Mtiis. or it you are in>itb’cd with any ■ i I B d«-=on crofthelttngs.sto’racii ;>oweis. blood or nerves '! ' ■ you can lc curtu 1 y Pai i;ek’;» Cr-Gs-R 1 omc * ■ If ’ 011 are waiting away from age. di<sip.ition cr 11 i ■ any dis-?>cor weakness and tccjiiirc a stunniant take | SGisc r Tome at once: it will tnv-.jora-.cjv.id ir. < i g \qu i'.a from tne not do<e Imt »i.l never intoxicate. 11 j Wlt lias saved buiicro of lives it may save yours, d j -< IZi«GOX A CO.. V- : W-Utvit Si . S’vw York. 50c. »<i H one c< :!ar >u«», at ail d«c>ier* tn tnrtin r;*.. I | GREAT E.TVI.NG M HXG DOLLAR S’7.r. X ■ TT • 7T ' ll|| F - people a always on the lookout for \flll (1 I t-hancea to increase their earnings. If if I and in tiiue become wealthy; those V ¥ It JI who do not improva tbar oppvriu- ■ » ■ fcw».,ities remain in poverty. We a ■real chance to makf money. We want many men, women, boys and girls to work for us right in their own localities. Any one can do the work from the first Start. The businees will pay more than ten times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. No one who engage* fa 'is to make money rapidly. You can devute your whole time to the work, cr only your spare moments. Full information and ■ll that ia nreded wnt free. AddreM Stixsox X Co. PorlUld, Maine. J, U iff. Strwarl face futreitr cODtaiua UO nioeril poison, lint or wine 25 cl, » box »t 0 irwtn an I Bollliouie — No. 2m3.

Foreston Cologne. A AWI> F*fH!OXBLB PtRFUMB, FKA6BAWT. K FB s -. -s. LaSTTOS. S-'tD PY PtAttßS PrttFUSTIBt AT'.'5A xp 75 C«WTK HisCOX A CO. N. Y. Gkxa; Saving is Buyisg thi 7ic. Sixx. 9- Giacer. Bucko. Mandrake. StHHneia and many of the best medic:n<3 known are combined in "W f Paf.klr »G ’ GBK 1 .KIC. into a tr.eGicme g.’ such varied and effective tKrtvers. as to mase it tee Greatest Blood Punner aaa Kadney Corrector ana *ue r ® est Healrt ’ and Strength Restorer Ever Used. ,_Si *‘ f x’ curcs Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, Sleep- ’ ' jTcWiess||ess.andaii aiseasesoftne Stcmach.Boueis,Lungs, • LiMT. Vrinary Organs, and al! Female Corrtpiadto. V If you are wasting away wuh ConsunJD Aou or any dfaease. use theTo»nc to-day. It wiilsureiv help you. Remtanoer' This 1 omc »s tne Best Familv MediUaiV Dnloam A ene <veT made, and h :'4r superior to Etters. Essence* rarKGF S H3ir Daisam. of GLngerandot .c- i.nxi. as R never Intoxicates, j ---,3..-xr. nrwfA-, cures Drunkenness. Any deader m dru*a can AK Harr M yc ,__ s 3 - 0 £KSS Xon< genumc w lthout Never Fails to Restore Gray or Faded Mair signature z-f Mneox & Co.. Chemists, N. Y. to )U YoutafU Cohr. 50c uid St Utaß SwIG ” Dou.au Sit*..

PRINGIPAL-+UINE SH<‘hTF>T. QUICKEST and And line to St. Joseph, points In Topeka. Deni Nebraska. Missouri. sas. New Mexico, Arizona, tana and Texas. O TI I C 2V C3r O \ > Ktintr has r.-‘ ;►< rmr f>r A■ bert M !»!*”• s-nd >f Paul Un ire ran I Natk’D.Ti’.y n ?uted as ly conceded tri b the Great i •• the best equipped Jlaiiroad In the World for ail s of travr* KANSAS CITY .All eonne- ona made Yhrrarh Tkk.'t»vl»th!?\7r • n ' l T °" ” 11 ' rrlfbnite.i Line Ai l traveling a ■lea: all the U 8. an<L/\ ot ‘ dis ’ Canada. Informational n .t Ha - f /w. r T J POTTER. PERCEVHL LOWELL, M I’tM lia': .C sen'< Manager, ten. !««■• Chicago, 111 CUicagu. IIL GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect October 15, 1882. COEUMBI’S TIME. "" GOING NORTH. StatL'iis — 1 No. 1. No. 8. | No. 5. No. 4. Cin.,C. H. A Jv 8 15aD) 7 4 pm Richmond lv 8 u-pin it 1U 10 Winchester 4 1 • 12 Hpm 11 28 Ridgeville 4 39 12 » H ♦:> r x t\•:»<!. 5 w 165 U Ifam Decatii • 613 210 125 Fort Wan.e ar 110 13 13 ;2 20 !•■ •••• Fort Wayne lv I 3 35 3 W ( S Mam KendallvUJe 4 0 I 4 » i»« stnrrte »<* 548 U® Vl.ksbuie 115 I 6 fl ,121« pm Kalamazoo lv 805 j <4O Allegan .930 Grand Rapids ar 10 10 j 9 50 425 Grand lUuids Jvi I 45am ~16 20 5 15 D. At M. Crossing .... I7 55 • 10 37 •> 35 Howard City 9 17 12 95pm 5 » Big Rapids 10 11 ! 01 <52 Reel City 10 50 J 2 00 18 50 Cadillac ar I2nspm' <8 15 110 18 Cadillac ...lv 18 80 ( 11 00 Traverse City ar 5 55 ........ Kalkaska 527 111 am Harla t Springs 1 1 8’25 Mackinaw.. ... I ' 7 W ~ IkhngkoUth. \ N'.>. ti. No. 8. Midiirw lv ' *so« >m Harb<>r Springs i ‘ 6 46am i W Peto-kev 1 720 105 am Boyne Falls j i i7 59 152 Cadillac ar • • • ’ 1 ' ■ JX Cadillac lv 4 oOpm 12 Oapm. 8 10 Retd Citv ! 5 13 1 16 7 45 Bigßnir.ds. ,5 50 150 j 8 19 Howard ( ity ' 647 .2 46 917 D.& M. Crossing... 1 *OS ,4 14 110 87 Grenti Rapids..... ar 820 i 4 85 10 55 Grand lUpids lv 7 COani’ I 5 00 100 pm Allegan I 5 (® 1 10 Kalamaz-n -ar 9 00 <OO 2 52 Kalam.a.o lv 9 to 1715 257 Vicksburg 9"5 |7 47 328 Sturgis 10 32 ! 8 48 4 40 Kendallville H 46 10 65 6 OR Fort Warne ar fnOpm It 26 7 15 Fort Wayne h 120 6 15aiu 12 »>un| Decatur 210 i 7.1 25 Portland 310 J 8 08 .2 34 Winchester 856 i 8 54 323 Riclnuou.l s(c ’9 55 i 4 ,T. (■lurmnati j7 40 |1 10pm 735 No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. « leaver Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars «>n Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Ilapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between liApidn Pefoskey: als»o Woodruff sleeving cars on Nos. 7 and » between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LF.ET. Gen l. Pass. Agent.

JrW TRAOE ? w V MARK W BASKET KLUG Ton .A. coo Is the best combination of the CHOICEST LEAF, PUREST SWEETENING, DELICIOUS FLAVORING. It is unequalled, and is the AMerFclncheW A TBIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU That the Old Favorite WIGWAM And the New Favorite Wide Awake Are the best SMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. SPENCE BROS, a 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 nrdjr tn AitiAcu .***>! Ixold tlie engraved portions in place, and supply strength. The surplus gold is actually needless. In James Boss Patent Gold Watch Cases this waste is saved, and solidity and strength increased by a simple process, at one-half 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, N?tc., 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. This is the only case made under this process. Each ■ase is accompanied u-ith a valid guarantee signed by the manufacturers warranting it to wmr 20 ycore. 150,000 rtf these Cases now carried in the Tnited States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 18*54. Ask your Jeweler.

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS, Have again made a change of base by adopting tlae CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Will sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selectisn in the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of • LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHIFS from to $2.51) a piece. LADIES’ FVRS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. { hneTTnie'6 F 7 SHAW LS 5 1 n all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. NECK WE AR. We have something new in that line called a Lawn T< nnis. or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for a Christmas Gift

VTTTTTyEIISrEISr DEPAftT M 2EJ ®r.T 7 ls~ccrnplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth’s and Napkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett each. Towels in g reat variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of GLASS-WAKH. In plain and ensrraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts Fr’.’.it Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHiHA We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to $1 each Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CAR.FET DEPARTMENT, You can find something nice in the way of Ruggs, Matts and Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS- we defy competition, ranging m price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS, I L BTERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is your chance to make a bargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as we know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons.

'.ook Out and Don’t Forget JOHN Welfley. 'o selling Groceries at less money tharffiny other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD SUGAR and COFFEE Rower than for twenty years. 101 FEES. SUGARS, TEAS, SPICES. CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES. TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS, Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality, leaas —Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dri«d Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware. \\ Kite Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardine,. Country Produce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Come Everybody. You will find first class groceries fresh and cheap. JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court House. August 10,'’82. 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 Stock Fresh Goods, at •2WTOH PRICES and every thing in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City delivered Free.

n r H W. ge and d.re LJ L v; I before von die, something m.ghty ri I n I ’ • übhnw l««e behind to c D . I I I—U I ’“«• time fw a ««k i„ • own Uwi>.»S outfit fr. Norik J.T Y ?'» < not >»4<drM. We will for?'.*JiJ r tir wnr,bia »L **“ “* futunar. Ud,M ante H nroeb as men. end Love and girls 2mA*’*' 4 Reader, if rou want Lutin.*,. , lt which rod CM make great pay all the time, writ* fol (articular, to H Haora" ( Co Portland, Maine

zTh “7 ZN * '■sek ™*da at home by M-' " A» e verywhere to wurk for oa- N SUvo< time. You can wofk in roare time, or £7 pay you nearly as wwl. Fo o©e cm l oß n y oudit pay. ty enfWf if JJd ho#*’ and termi free. Money moda fkst. eag. aWy. A idreas Tbc • A Qa., Mato*.