Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1883 — Page 4

“FOJWERRLV 0V KANSAS.” Is it yon, old r*rd, with yonr whitened hair An yonr larged beard laid on your breast, <n‘ ufir eyes act tn a deathly stare, Tb*t> taking your last and lonely rest 'M.d the snow-capped Rockies? X knowed him, t-lr, when his eyes Clear—- ■ When bis face was smooth a» a Smilin' girl’s— When his limbs was as fleet as the frightened deer - When hi* bead was covered with nut-brown curls” 'Twas a long, long time ago. He was with Jim Lane—a ban'some lad— Xn’ we done our liveliest—him and nve-*-An’ it’s many a narrer chanoe we had Along the border; but what oared we In them day* down in Kansas? When the war oortle on, then m and Jim Saddl d out horses and rode away Aa’ nt tor the L uion—me an him— Till al' unsullied out o’ the tray We come with Kansas. Xs it you, old pard, with your frosted hair An your scrawny be« M-d swept down yottr breast. An’ your brave eyes fixed in ♦. jrhas ly stare, 1 hat has laid down here bn the icy crest O’ the snow-capped Rockies! S’posen’wc bide his fftrrtwed face Uni er that yonder moanin' pin y; An<i on the stone chat m eras the plati We’ll carve else bur. simple line—of K* Sas.” Gentlemanly Joe. That was the name by which he wa’ known in the banking-house «f Pilckt, Gulden & Ducat, or at ieeet that branch of it which did a thriving business in the great commercial city of Birchespool. It did hot require more than five minutes’ acquaintance, however, to inform the uninitiated that the apparently complimentary epithet was bestowed rather from a keen sense of humor on the part of his five fellow-clerks, than on account of any exceptional claims to blue-blood in the case of Joseph Smith him .elf. Even the casual customer, wuOse knowledge of Joe was limited to ■watching his self-satisfied smirk and enormous watch guard at the other side of the shining mahogany desk, or adrnir.ug the emphasis with which lid utilized his moistened thumb in overcoming the gregarious leaves of bis ledger, must have been struck by the misappropriate epithet. To us however, who had. so to say, sat at hie feet and marveled at the war of independence which he was carrying on against the Queen’s English—a guerrilla warfare consisting in attacks upon aspirates, i and cutting off of straggling g’s— to us our fanciful sobriquet was a joke of the first water. If anything could have en- I hanced our enjoyment of it, it was the innocent gravity with which our companion accepted the doubtful title, and, alter one feeble remon trance, adopted it forever as Ids own prerogative and ' rieht. The circumstances of that remonstrance deserve to be recorded. Before the arrival of Mr. Joseph Smith fiom the paternal training-stables—h s father was a successful spo ting tout who had developed into a titdner —our office had been a particularly aristocratic one. Welstead, our senior clerk, was a tine, handsome youi g fellow of 26, who came of a good Scotch strain, and was occasionally understood to make dark allusions concerning the extinct Earldom of Stirling; Dullan and Moreby were Oxford men, well connected and well-read; little Sparkies was the son of a h ghcliiirch clergyman, a, d I had some of the best blood of Wale* in my veins. No wonder, then, that our dignity was hurt by the appearance of a loudlydressed, seorbutic-looking youth, with horse shoe pin and a necktie sugges.ive of spectrum analysis, upon the very etool lately vacated by my old college friend, Vernon Hawkins—most geutl-j---mauly and quiet of mankind. For a few days we contented ourselves with observing the habits and customs of the creature. There was an audacity about his vulgarity and a ha]>py iineouseiousiiess of all onense. which fairly disarmed criticism. It was not until he began to address us as “old pals,” and went the length of playing a small practical joke upon little Sparkins, that a spirit of resistance beg n to . stir within our bosoms, and that Weis- i lead, as usual, was pushed foiward as our mouthpiece. “You see. Smith,” he remarked,in his most languid tones, “you have been in our ouice a comparatively-short period, an 1 yet you ii..ve taught us many th jgs which were new to us. There i i atiuiil baoyaney about your character a Inch points you out as one calculated to shine in the moat select circle. Before your anival we had never tear e 1 to desguate ladies as ‘fil iea,* nor had we heard of the ‘real gents’ whom you meutbn as having frequented your father’s establishment. These things into e-t and please us. Allow ■us to show some small sense of the honor your society co frs upon us by christening you as ‘Gentlemanly Joe,’ excusing the liberty we take with your I name in consideration of the allitera- , tion. ’’ A great part of his speech must have been lost upon Mr. Joseph, but never did elaborate sarcasm fall so utter y flat. Instead of being offend d, as we had fondly hoped would be the ease, he burst into an uproarious fit of laughter. and slapped his gaitered leg w th the ebony ruler in token of delight. “Haw!haw!” he roared, writhing about on the top of the high st 01. “Whatever’.!! father say! Oh, law, to think of it! ‘Gentlemanly Joe’—eh? You're right though; you’re right, and not ashamed to own up, neither. I snid when I was cornin’ up, ‘Father,’ says I, I ‘l’ll teach them a trick or two;’ and I have, hain’t I? Os course, we’re all gents here, for clerks is mostly reckoned such, but it do make a difference I when a man has been brought up in conta<’ with the real thing. You can call me Gentlemanly Joe, an’ pleasure, but not as mean: g to imply there is any in this room not such, though, maybe not one of you has seen a belted hurl give yonr father one in the short ribs and ho'ler out, “You’re a deep old scoundrel, Smith, and one as knows how many beans make tive.“ Welstead’s face at the idea of his gouty governor rec. iving such attention at the hands of nobility was so ludicrous that we all burst into a roar of larg ter, which ended the first and last attempt to take a rise out of oiw bucolic companion. It is true that his life was spent under a continual shower ■ of small jokes and chaff, and that his new name superseded the old one, but there was a massive simplicity about the young man and a marvelous power of converting the most unpromising remarks into compliments which rendered him a very disconcerting individual to attack. Allusions to his hat.necktie, or any other peculiarity of raiment were met by his eternal horse-laugh I and an earnest recommendation that we should allow him to send down to the country and procure sac-similes for aU and each of us. “Yon hain’t got nothing spicy in Bireheopool,” ho would remark. “Lord, I know a place at 'ome where you can get your collars spotted over with fox’s ’eads instead of bein’ plain wh.te, which is a poor color at best.’ 1 think he imagined it was nothing but want of money which induced us to refuse to purchase these and other luxuries, and he was wont to throw out allusions as to “it's net costing us nothink,” while he jingled the loose coins in his trousers po kets. Town life did not improve Joseph. On the contrary, he deteriorated. During the first six months that he honored the office with his presence he not only lost none of the traits which he had brouget wah him from his father’s stables but he grafted upon them everything which is object.onableirthe c.ty snob. The premonitory symptoms w«re a suspicious waxmess of ths half-

dozen hairs which adorned his iltipi-V lip, and th* appearance h Bli-ge diamond vine with a greenish and vitreous hue. His next venture was an eyegt S’, and he finally launched into" a light ulster, decorated with a large - b ack check, which gave him the ap--1 | pearance of bring instd’’ 4 *i’h a I l.is head pr»je ling al. •<#« end ami his feet at the “It’s a proper thing r<w a gent to wear,’ 1 he 'remarked. I “When you see a get-up like this you know at a glance who’s a cad and who i a n't”—a sentiment which we all cordially indorsed. i In spite of all these peofiliarititis, wb i learned not only to toljraifa the gcntleI tnan, bftt eW W like liim. Indeed, we hardly kliew bow strong this feeling was until he betook himself into the r country on a fortnight's leave, carrying with him ulster, eye-glass, ring and everything else which was calculated t> impres* thft rustics and stamp him as ’lie natural associate of the “belted hurl.” He left quite a behind him. There w. S » d“ild level of equality about th* five of us which deprived life of all its piquancy. Even Welstead, , who had disliked him from the first, was fain to Confess that he was good fun end that he wished him back. After 1 ail, if his laugh was obtrusive it was hearty, and his auaint. Vulgar face had I sincerity and gtlod nature stamped upon | evert line of it. It was with unaffected j pleasure that we heard a loud-view hal- ' | loa in the street one morning, just after the opening of the doors, and saw our friend swaggering in, more ugly, more dressy, and, if possible, more vtllgar than before. Newsome, our bank manager, was an j excellent fellow and on the best of ! terms with all of us. As we were all single men, with a very limited circle of friends in Birchespool, he kindly gave us the run of his house, and it was seldom that a w6ek passed without our enjoying a musical evening there, winding up with one of the choice little suppers for which Mrs. Newsome was I celebrated. On these occasions, since distinctions would be invidious. GentleI manly Joe used to be present in all his glory, with a very large, white frilled , shirt-front and another vitreous frag- | ment sparkling gloomily in the middle lof it. This, with a watch-chain which ■ I reminded One of the chain-cable of a Schooner, was his sole attempt at ornaI mentation, for, as he used to say, “It : I ain’t good form to show you're richer than your neighbor, even if you are. Too much like a Sheeny, don’t you know?” Joe was an endless source of amusement to Cissy Newsome, a misehievom. j dark-eyed brunette of 18, the so’.e child i of the manager. We had all fallen in love with Cissy at one time or another, but had had to give it up on finding ' that her heart was no longer her own to I bestow. Charles Welstead had known her from o lildhood, and the affection of early youth had ripened into love on both sides. Never was there a more fondly-attached couple, nor one to whom the path seemed to lie so smoothly, for old Welstead had been Newsome's personal friend, and Charles prospects were of the brightest. On these pleasant evenings which I have mentioned it was great fun to see Joe darting into the diawing-room aud endeavoring to secure a seat in the neighborhood of the young lady, with a profound disregard for any claims her parents might have upon his courtesy. If he attained the coveted position, he would lean back in his chair with what he imagined to be an air of easy gentility and r- gale her with many anecdotes of horses and dogs, with occasional reminiscences of the “big nobs’’ who bad professional relations with his father. On such occasio: s Miss Cissy would imitate him to his face in the most amusing way. looking all the time as demure as a little mouse, while Welstead leaned up against the piano, not I I quite sure whether to laugh or be angry, i j Even he usually broke down, however, when the two came to discuss ”hetiqnette,” and Joe, in his character of gentleman, kid down his views as to when a “feller should raise ’is ’at,” ai d when not. The argument was generally closed by a burst of laughter from alsof us, in which Joseph would join, though protesting loudly that he was una'<le to see the joke. Jt is a proverbially dangerous tiring , to play with edge I tools. I have never been sure whether Smith knew how matters stood between Welstead and , the young lady. lam inclined to think that at first he did not. Fertiaps, if some one had informed him of it. then he might have mastered Iris feelings, and much misery have been averted. It was clear to us young feltorts who had gone through the same experience how t lings were tending, but we held our , tongues rather than spoil what we cons der< d a capital joke. Cissy may have ; seen it, too, and given him a little mis- ■ 1 cbievous encouragement —at least, I I young ladies have the credit of not I being blind in such cases. Certainly j Smith pursued his hopeless suit with a vigor which astonished us. During business hours be lived in a sort of dayI dream, musing up on his perch like I some cogitative fowl, and getting into endless trouble over his accounts, while every evening found him interfering w.th Welstead’s tete-a-tete at the high corner house in Eldon street. At last the crash came. There was 1 no need to ask what had happened when little Joe slunk quietly into the i office one morning with dishevelled I hair, melancholy face, and eyes bleared ! wi h the wakefulness of a restless n ght. ; We never learned the particulars of | j his dc-missaL Suffice it that he was ■ informed once and forever that a gap which there was no cros-ing lay l>etween Miss Cissy Newsome and himself. He bore up bravely, and tried to hug his sorrow to his heart and hide it "rom the vulgar gaze of mankind, but he became an altered man. What had lieen but a passing fancy with us had taken root in his very soul and grown there, so that he, who had hardly known when it was planted, was nowunable to wrench it out. The ordeal he had gone through chastened him. to a great extent, from his vulgarity, by I toning down his natural spirits, and, though he occasionally ventured upon a "Haw! haw!” it was painfully artificial, and a good deal more suggestive of a dirge than of merriment. The worst feature of the case was that every day increased the gloom which hung over him. We began to suspect that our estimate of his character had been a superficial one, and that there were depths in the little man’s soul of wi ose existence we had been ignorant. Four months has passed away. None of us had changed much during that time, with the exception of the gentleman. We saw little of him except in office hours. Where he spent the rest of the day was a mystery. Once I met j him late at night in the docks, stumbling along among the ring-baits and chains, careless of the fact that a trip or a slip , might send him into eternity. Another time I saw a cloaked figure lurking in the shadow beside the house in Eldon street, which fled around the corner at my approach. His naturally un- , healthy complexion hau become so 1 cadaverous that the sandy eyebrows and mustache stood out quite dark against it. His clothes hung loosely on his figure. The eye-glass was discard- > ed. Even the once-gorgeous ring i seemed to have at sumed a somber and > melancholy lusier, as if iu. sympathy i with the feelings of its owner His i manner had lost all its old audacity and > become timid and retiring. I doubt if > any of hia rustic acquaintances would . ha’vs recogmxsi their gaudy Joseph m

it the shambling, unkempt figure whiqh i- haunted the couiillng-house of Ducat, s Gulden & Ducat. >- The termination of Weistead’s ena gagement began to draw near. It had e been arranged that after Us marriage >- he I’rcmoted to the manageti ment ot another I ranch iu a distant s part of the country. This approaching ~ break up in dur little circle drew us all ; closer together, and made us the more sorry that the general harmony should 0 be destroyed by the unhappiness of one . of our number. It’ we could have cheered hi|u wobht, but there was 5 something in his look, for all bis snob- . bishness, which forbade even sympathy on a subject so sacred. He endeavored to 0 put on a careless manner when he joined ' us all iu wishing Welstead good luck at 9 mid day on the Hatnrdsy pfi'Ceding the J Monday on which the w ddtug was to 1 take place. We expected then that we ’ should not sen onr felloH-clerk again I until he appeared iu the character of bridegroom. How little did we guess ; the catastrophe which was impending. , 1 reinember that Saturday evening wi 11. It was in Jan ary, a,id a clear wintry sky, with a suspicion of an auro- [ ra m its northern quar.er, spread over . tile great city. There win a slight , frost in the air, and the, ground clinked I cheerily under foot. One of my fellow [ clerks—Dullan—and I had kept by lit- [ tie Smith all day. for there was a wild look about his eyes which made us think it might be unsafe to Lave him to his own devices. We dined at a restaurant, and afterward dropped into a tiieater, where Joe’s ghastly face in the stalls had a very depressing effect upon the pantomine. We were wa king slowly homeward after supper, it being thou between 12 and 1, when we saw a great crimson glow upon the heaven- such as aurora never threw, and a tire engine dashed past us with a whistle and a clang, the big-boned, shaggy horses whirling it along at - tich ft rate that we only caught a glimpse of a flash of lights and a cluster of bearded, helmeted heads suspended, as it were, in the darkness. I have always had a weakness foi . fires. There is something grand and ' ennobling in the irresistible sweep of u i great volume of flume. I could moralize over a conflagration as Chateaubriand did over Niswava. Dullan is oi the same bent of mind, and the gentleman was ready to turn anywhere from | his own thoughts. We all began running in the direction of the blaze, At first We ran languidly, logging along with many other people whe « ere j bur ying toward the same goal. Tiien, i ! as we came into a quarter of the town I which we knew well, we almost in vol- ; ■ untirily quickened our pace, until, I tearing round a familiar corner at racing speed, we pulled up and gazed : silently into each other s faces. There, not a hundred yards from us. stood the high house on Eldon street —the hou-e under whose hospitable roof we had spent so many happy hours—with the red flames ticking round the whole lower Story, atid s-purting out of every chink and crevice, while a dense pad of smoke obscured the upper windowsaud ’ the roof. We dashed through the crowd together, and fought our way to the clear space on which the firemen were eon- , necting the,r hose. As we reached I them, a half-naked man, barefooted and > disheveled, was pleading with the sn- I perintend nt. clutching frantically at i his arm and pointing up to the dark clouds above, already rent with jagged , streaks of ascending flame. “Too short!” he screamed in a voice which we were horrified to recognize as that of Mr. Newsome. “It can’t be—it musn't be! There are more escapes than one. Oh, man, man, she is burning—cooking—stiffoi ating! Do something! Save her! Mychild—mv beautiful child—the onlv one 1 have!” In the agony of his fear he fell at the 1 fireman’s feet and implored his assist- I | ance. I was paralyzed by the horror- of the thing. 'The situation was apparent at a glance. There, seen dimly through the smoke, was Cissy Newsome's window. while beneath it, separated by a broad expanse of wall, was the head of the fire-escape. It wis tooshoitbya good twelve feet. The whole lower 1 story was one seething of fire, so that there seemed no possibility of approach from that direction. A horrible | feeling of impotence came over me. , There was no sign of movement at the I young lady’s window, though crawling trails of flame had climbed up to it and i tektooned it round with their red garj lands. I remember hoping in my heart that she had been suffocated in her i | sleep, and had never woke to the dreadful reality. I have said that we were paralyzed I for the moment. The spell was rap.dly , i broken. “This way. lads!” cried a resolute voice, and Charlie Weistead broke . I in among us with a fireman’s hatchet i in his hand. We pushed after him as he rushed around to the rear of the house, where there was a door usually i used by the servants. It whs locked, j but a couple of blows shattered it to I pieces. We hurried up the stone kitchen ! stairs, with the plaster falling in strips : all around us, aud the flags so hot that ' they burned into the soles of our boots. I At the head of the atairs there was a second door, thicker and stronger than the first, but nearly chaired through by the fire. “Give me room!’ gasped Welstead, swinging round his ax. “Donlt do it, sir,” cried a stalwart fireman, seizing him by the wrist; “there’s flames on the other side of the I door.” “Let me go!” roared Charlie. “We’re dead men if yon break it!” “Let me go!” “Drop it, sir, drop it.” There was a momentary struggle, and i the ax clattered down upon the stone . steps. It hail hardly time to fall before some one caught it up. I could not see ! who, for the dense blue reek of smoke. A man dallied past the fireman, there was the erash of a parting lock, and a great lick of flame, like a hound unleashed, shot out and enveloped us. I felt its hot sear as it coiled round my fac°, and I rememlier nothing more until I found myself le >ning against the door-post, breathing in the fresh, sweet air of night, while Welstead. tei ril >ly burned, struggled furiously with tho fireman who held him back to prevent him from reascending the staircase, which was now a solid sheet of fire. “Hold back, sir!” I heard the honest fellow growl; “ain’t one life thrown away enough? That litt'e cove—him with the gaiters—the same that broke the door—he’s gone. I seed him jump right slap into the middle of it. He won't never come Ti- -b n- v Ynbre!” Together we led Welstead round to the front once more, all three staggering like drunken men. The flames were higher than before, but the upper story and the roof still rose above them like a black island in a sea of fire. There was Miss Cissy’s window dark and unopened, though the woodwork around it was in a glow. There was no sign of the flutter of a female dress. How terrible it was to stand and wait for the end powerless to stretch out a saving hand. Poor Welstead leaned against me, sobbing like a child. A ghastly longing came into my heart that I might see the flames in that room, that I might know it to be all over, and her pain and trouble at an end. Then I heard i the' crash of glass falling outward, and I I b»nt my bead to avoid seeing the very t thing that I had wished for: and then I there broke upon my ear a shout from i 10,000 voices, »o wildly txuliant and

i , madly jubilant that I never hope to , T hear the like again. Welstead and I looked up. Balanced upon the narrow ledge outside--1 the window I had beep watching there i ttas Standing a nrih, flamed as it ■kerf' - in tire. His clothes were hanging t around him as a few tattered, charred ; rags, and his very hair was in a blaze. L The draft caused by knocking out the 1 window had encouraged the flames, so I that a lurid curtain hung behind him, i while the ground was fully seventy t feet below. Yet there, pn the thin slip i of stotie, H-ith eternity bn efcn side c'< ■ him, stood Joe Smith, the uncouth and r ungrammatical, tying two sheets to- > gether, w hile women sobbed below, and I men shouted, and every hand was raised to bless him. He staggered and ■ disappeared so suddenly that w e feared > that fie had fallen, bitt hi' was back agaiy in au jiistant, nbt alone thia time) for tue girl he had come to save was l : slung over his shoulder. The brave i fellow seemed to have doubts of the strength of his impromptu rope, for he rest 'd his own weight upon the nearly red-hot water-pipe during those twelve perilous feet, supporting Miss Newsome by the atm whibh 1-lnlcnM ihh sheet. Slowly, very slowly, they descended, but at last his feet touched the topmost rung of the escape. Was it a dream that I heard a voice ul>ove him say: “Hall right, missy,” before a burst of cheering rang out which drowned every other sound? Miss Cissy; more frightened thap i hurt, was delivered Over into her half- i distracted father’s care, while I helped to lift Gentleman Joe from the escape. He lay panting upou the ground, burned ana scorched, his sporting coat tattered and charred, while, strangely I enough, the prismatic necktie and horse-shoe pin had escaped the general destruction, so as tf> present an absurd oasis amid the desert around. He lay without speaking or moving until Cissy Newsome was led past him on her way to a cab. Then he made a feeble gesture with his hand, winch indicated that he wished to speak with her, and she stooped over him. No other earbnt mine caught that w hisper. “Don’t fret, miss.' 1 he said. “ ’cause I it was the wrong hoss that came in. He’s a good feller —a deal better than me—and did as much, but hadn’t the I luck.” A vulgar little speech, but Cissy's eyes got very moist as she listened, and I'm not sure that mine didn't, too. The office was sadly reduced after I that. With Welstead and the gentleman on the sick-list, there were only four of us at the desk, and the reaction : from the excitement had left us anyI thing but lively. I can remember only : one remark ventured upon during that first day. The dreary scratching of pens had lasted unbroken for over an hour, when little Sparkle looked up I from bis ledger. “I suppose you would call him a gen- ■ tlemau after all?” he said. “A very much better one than you I will ever lie,” growled Dullan, and we I relapsed into the scratching of pens. I was present at the wedding of I Charley Welstead and Cissy Newsome, I when, after q long delay, it was finally celebrated. By the original arrangement I was to have figured as best man, ' but my post of honor was handed over ' to a certain very ugly young man, whose ' appearance suggested the idea that he , i had spent the last few weeks iu a liras- 1 tard poultice. Unromantic as it may • seem, this youth not only went through , his duties with all the nonchalance in the world, but danced at the subsequent ) festivities wi’h the greatest vigor and 1 grace. It is commonly rumorea that this activity of his, combined with sun- ’ dry interesting anecdotes concerning ! horses and dogs, have so prevailed upon ' the heart of a susceptible young lady that there is every probability of our I having a repetition of the marriage ceremony. Should it be so, I trust that I may at least revert to my original position as best man.— All The Year 1 Round. A Squatter Family. A traveler on horseback, attracted ►y a large number of children huddled .rou'.d the door of an Arkansaw cabin, topped and asked of a woman wlic uddenly appeared: “Is this a sehool-house ?” “Did you take it for sich ?” “Yes, considering the number o: j liildren. ” “Well, I reekin you’ve a right tc our opinion. ” i “But is it a school?” “No, it ain’t.” “Are all these children yours?” “I reckin they are.” “How do you make a living for all oi I hem ?” “I don’t. I turns ’em out an’ lets 'em J <e ratch.” “What do they get to eat?” “Bugs an’ sich.” | “Come, my good woman, you are tryihg to joke me. I am a stranger in i this country and I really asked for inI formation. I have often heard of squatI ers. Do you belong to that family?” “I reckin I do, fur I squat sometimes : in’ comb my har when the chilien' air ; asleep.” “Where’s your husband?" "In town.” “In business there?" “Y'es, I reckin.” “How long has it been since rou saw him?” "About a year.” “Why doesn’t ha come to see you ?” “Weil, you see, them deputy martins came along one day an’ seed him bilin’ some corn in a kittle, an’ ’lowed he was makin’ whisky, so they tuck him along. Look out thar 1” The stranger dodged, but not qn'te soon enough, a boy fell from a tree under which the stranger had stopped i and struck him on the shoulder. “Didn't know he was there,” said the 1 traveler, regarding with astonishment i i the youngster, who arose to his feet and began to throw dust at the horse. “I don’t reckin you did,” the woman replied, “but lemme tell you, the woods is full of ’em, an’ they’re liable to drap on you at any minit, an' as it ain’t safe to stay in the timber, you’d better take the big road an’ mosey. Good day. i You Ike, put that lizzard down. Eph, ' that ar tarripin’ll bite you if you put i your finger in his mouth. Drap that scorpion, John. Nick, don’t chaw that vine, fur it’ll pizen ye.”— Arkansan- \ Traveler. I’lantation Philosophy. * Truth fulness ob de boy speaks ob de I no' -ilitv ol> de man. Ali« gains strength wid age, but de ' truth is ul’ers weakened. In a I>oy stinginess is condemned, but . in a man it is vailed business. When a ’o.nan tights, she ti J ts to ( hurt ver. De cow is a might inlet ] animal, tint her kick —oh, I.and. De man wliat does yer a favor and ke -ps remindin' you oh de sack, is wus I den de man what refused you in de first I place. | De fear ob de law ratliur den a feelin’ ' I ob honesty is what keeps many a man I outen de penitentiary. Many a man I woi slu]>s de Lawd more on account ob j hell don pb heaben. It may be sad, but it is true, dates a | man owes $39 an’ only has dat amount . ob money, he will be more respected ' by de community es he spends de ' money fur a suit ob clothes rathur den payin’de debt.— Arkansaw Trav- ‘ eler. “I thrashed the little boys and 1 mashed the big ones," was the youtg j setiooima am s explanation of her suc--1 cess in subduing an unruly school.

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t ■ :f. . • i• • ■- 1 ; ■ • ’ •T* ' Preasmj. Admired f«< iU cleaniiueM and eleirwrt perfume. Never Fails to Restore Greyer Failed Hair to Ue youthtul color. 60 cU. and f 1 at all droggitu. Gel i I the A 3b (■iNger. Buchu, Jia nd rake. Stillincia and many of the Le.-4 medicines know n are here corn* Lined intoamc -uiineof «uch varied and effective powers, as to make the Greatest BLxxl Fkrifiet&the Best Health and Strength Restorer Ever Used. It cures Dyspensia, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness, a’l diseases of t’ie math, Bowek, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, and a'l Female Complaints. if you are waiting away writ C onsumption or any disease, use the T on c to-day. Jt will surely B h !p yon. F e-rembrr • it is far superior to Bhters, g I cnees of Gh. _?rs id c r 1 .;ucs,as it builds Bvp the system w thrmt intoxicating. 50c and ■ sizes, ataii dealers i a drugs. N one genuine without I] icn.it-.ircof Hr c< x£C'.,NY. Sed for circular I LARGE SAVING IN BUYING TEE DOLLAR SIZE. HOW WATCHES ARE MADE. In a Solid Gold Watch, aside from i 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 James Boss’ Patent Gold Watch Cases this ' waste is saved, and solidity and strength increased by a simple process, 1 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, etc., are cut and shaped by dies and former". The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasii engraving and engine turning. These cases have been worn perfectly smooth byuse without removing the gold. This is the only case made under this process. Each ! ease is accompanied mth a mlid guarantee ’ signed by the manufaeturers varrant’ng it to I 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. TOLEDO, CIHCINMATIJL ST ’ LOU,S R1 R ’ Time Table—lu Effect Dec. 11, 1881. Going Wept. | Western i Going East. I 7 I 5 I Division. | 6j 8 j ... p. m. a. m.,Lv. Ar. p. m. p m .... ■ 8 30. 4 55| Toledo 10 00| 635 r .. ■ .... 12 35' 430 ....Delphos 9 101130 ... ! .... 105 457 ....Venedocia. . 847 I <«! .... I .... 115 6W . Jonestown... 8 37’12 52 .... ' .... 126 521 Shasta 8 27119 90 .... • .... 132 52a .. Enterprise... 82112 33 .... .... 140 538 Dull 81312 36 .... j .... 147 545 ... .Abauaka.... 807 12 IH* .... | .... 153 550 ... Schumm.... 8 02,12 13 .... ’ .... 205 605 ....WUlshire..., 75012 00 .... .... 215 6 17' Pleasant Mills. 740 11 491.... i .... 235 638 ....Decatur.... 722 II 30' .... .... 249 655 ....Peterson.... 70711 13 .... .... 3oi 708 .. Currvville... 85711 uo .... : .... 305 713 ....Craigville.... 8 83110 55 .... ‘ .... 321 1 3.’’....Eiufltun.... 6 37510 .... .... 330 7 52!.Liberty Centre. 6io 10 2o; .... .... 349 8 04|.. ..Boehmer.... 60810 08 .... .... 353 8 08'... Buckeye.... 6 <»5 10 u 5 .... I | .... 407 8 23* Warren 552 961 .... i .... 432 853 . ..Van Buren... 5 27, 924 .... ! 4 40 9 ouj...Landessviile.. 5 21 9 15 .... . .... 445 9 10*... .Hanfield.... 517.910, .... . | .... 504 930 . ..Marion 456 8 50! .... . I .... 522 9 43‘... Roseburgh... 440 8 38'.... i .... 532 9 511 Herbst 4 20,8 29 .... : .... 5 40* 9 581... Swazev s . 423 823 .... j .... 557 10 14*,. Sycamore. . . iO7: 808 .... | .... 607 1«» 22 j... Greentown... n- 8 G2| .... ! .... 835 10 50! Kokomo 3 30; 7 3 l 1 . Going West, j i doing East, j 111 t I » I I « | g | n .... P. M A. M. Lv. Ar.-p. M. A. if. .... ' .... 1635 10 s<» ... .Kokomo ... 3 735 ... I .... ; 6 45 11 00 . ..Tarkington 3 ox 7 25 .... .... ' 6 52 11 06 . ..Middletons... 3 05.; 7 20 .... ; .... 659 II 13 ...Russiaville.. 2 52i 713 .... j .... 7 111125 Forest 2 40! 7 031.... A.M. 7 25,11 39 .Michigantown. 2 24 6 52 P. M. I 6 15 7 45 12 00 ... Frankfort.. . 200 630 800 1 6 581.... M. ...Clark's Hill 722 8 211 I..Veedersburg | 5 55 9 45 1.. Ridge Farm 4 30 .10 15, j Metcalf. 400 ■ 11 00; (....Oakland 3 15 II 30: I Maples 2 45 1145 ...Charleston 230 • ' Lv. Ar ... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. 8. MATTHIAS, Ass’t. Gen. Pass. Agent.

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6RANO RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAT. In Effect October 15, 1882. COLI MBCB TIME. ' —— —;aeiNu x i urn. _ ' '•Bt’.il* 1 ~ >■’- ’■ No. 8. ; No. 5. H,A'IC.'.TRj ’ Ilii-hm. ml.. ' Kurt Wayne ar ,10 ■3 U 1A) Kort W»ue lv! 3 ® >to 8 »un is Grand H'U'id’* ar .... .. ‘0 10 950 4*® Grand JUpid* • fi M I” M 10 87 5 Huwui* C'Hv . '9 17 iaospin Buz Rapids H J (adiWw ? r i’2 o;r.m .... BIS tod) Tra\ er <e City ar » » •' 'i.■ -Boixu sei YfT._ ■ g 1 ,t „im- ~~' I- s<-. s. jl,..iLaw,;7r777jv ■ .■ i Kalkaska { ; 8 50 ; Traverse City | 8 f. : Cadiils.-’ 1V ‘ “ ®.P m 8 “ * lieifi Cjtv 513 Ilb ii 45 I F-J haSi-li ss» l» !8 19 'H< iwanl cit.V i 47 246 l 9 17 i 82 iV ISK i Grand Rai ids ar.... 4 ! Grand Rapids lv; 7 <oam • 1 I Allegan - ’" w MJ2 ' Kalamazoo lv 905 715 257 1 Vicksburg 9 -T5 •4. jb 28 j Stur-is,.'. 10 32 ‘8 -w :4 40 Kendallville H 46 10 (6 I§ 9? I Fort Wayne ar 1 U2O 17 15 Fi rt Wayne lv 120 6 15an» 12 ’’'am J Decatur. !2 10 704 ;!» \\iii Hester 1 ’ S '’J ! f- ! Rk-limond 5w ? 4 No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. Ail ether trains d ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars i»n Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and G» a id Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also Woodruff sleeping car* on Nos. 7 and 8 between Grand llapkls w»d Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET. Gcu’l. Pass. Agent Chicago and Atlantic R’yTIME TABLE--EASTERN DIV. TakeF Effect Sunday* June 17, 1863. W E.ST wA ED I I EASTWARD. Ktfflc iChtraco! In t" Ex A tlantlc Ex. 3. I Ex. I. Ar. 1.V.1 . .8. I I3 25am 2 55pP4 . Huadneton 2 59pm 11 wpm | jis 2 3<' . .Simpsons..9 59 1108 306 222 ... Markle...., 3Of H1« , 255 210 ... Union... J 3 18 ill 90 248 203 i ..Kingsland.. 3 ‘25 11 33 240 11 55 ... Tocsin.... 382 ill 39 234 142 Kiniand .. 338 11 44 ! 2 80 145 ...Preble... 3 43 11 47 i 220 136 ...Decatur... 357 112 02ar 205 122 1,... Rivare... 406 I’2 11 157 115 . Greenwood 413 112 17 148 10G . .Glenmore., j 4 M I‘2 25 1 38 12 57 . Enterprise . 4 35 I’2 34 128 12 40 .. Yorkvilk.. 449 i!2 47 I’oß 12 20 .Spencerville. 509 108 12 52 12 io |... .Conant... 517 |1 15 112 46 12 v::pm .... Kemp.... 523 120 jl2 41 11 58 . Shawnee... 529 l1 25 12 35 11 52 lv.. Lima .... 539 *1 36 112 27 11 44 . .Townsend.. 546 142 'l2 20 11 37 Westminster 553 |1 49 [l2 11 ll 31 [...Harrods...; 559 i1 55 i1 > («am 112 J.- ■ Preston... 607 1-2 o.i 111 59 11 16 ... Scioto....| 613 *2 09 ll 54 II 11 Oakland. . 618 j 2 14 1140 10 56 |lv.. .Kenton. 640 235 1 11’25 10 43 .Dudley.... 6M 2 46 jll 19 io 37 .. hepburu .. ’7 01 252 i ll**) ,0 26 !.. .Cl ft 011.... 714 303 ! not ion 1.. Espy ville.. 725 *3 12 10 56 1«» 12 ...Hords.... 7 31 3 17 j ’.<• .'.i’V’n i'.t -‘aiTi Marion f ..< i 40pm 3 25am Trains run by Columbus time. Trains N »s. i j a id 3 run through solid bei tween Chicago and New York. Trams Nos. 12 and 3 run daily, all others daily I except Suudav. J. CONDIT SMITH, S. W. SNOW, Vice Pres, and Gen.Mang. Ger. Pass. AgL CHICAGO. J. C. WILLIAMS, General Superintendent. /rßasketOu WB YJbQ® trade » w W MARK WW BASKET PLUG TOEACCO Is the best 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 awake Aro the best SMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. BPEHCE BROS. & CO., Cincinnati I A I I r“ p * x>p,e Bre always on the lookout for 1111 IL " I chances to iacre se their ' aniings, II U I I au< * iQ t^‘ae become wealthy; thus* ■ VIII I who do not improve thar opportu> w ""“m ties remain in poverty. We offer a great chancs to make m mey. We want many men, women, boys »nd girta to work k»r right iu tbsir ' own localities. Any one can do the work frmn the fir.t start, lhe business will pay mure than ten times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. Noone who engages tails tv make money rapI idly. Yon can devote y..ur whole time to the work. cr only your spare m<*mente. Full information and all thrtt is needed sent free. Address briMSON A Co., Portland, Maine. —.6 42 lyr. Diiiiu tiler., ♦♦ lies and Mnthera. Hr. Marrlilsi’H l atholii-ou Female Remedy. Guaranteed ts give satisfaction or money refunded Will cure Female diseases. ; All ovarian troubles, ieflamation and ulceration. tailing and displacements or ' bearing down fieling, irregularities, borlenmss, change of life, luccor hoea, besides many weaknesses springing from tho above, like headache, bloating, spinal wiakness, sleijl -s■ e-e. nervous debility, paipitaii mos lhe heart, etc Fur sale by 1 Druggists. Price <1 m and $l5O per bottle. Send to *»r. J. B. Marehisi, Utica, N. Y for pamphlet, free. For sale by Dorwin and H. hbi use. —No. 2 mo f’okifre f’ttre tor Piles ‘he people of this country we would say » e -vr been given the Agency of Dr. March isi s 1 iu' .--n Pile Oint.-nent—warrat-ed to cire or I'.i i.ep -e nnded—lnternal, Ex er al. B ind, Bleeding <,■ brhing Piles. Price 50e. n box. Foi sale hy Dot win aud Holthouse.—No. 2mb. Rock Candy (otsgh Cnre, Warranted to cure or money refunded. Coughs, < olds, Hoarseness, Throat and lung troubles, (alsogeod for children.) Kock Candy Cough Cure contains the healing properties of pure white Rock I Candy with extracts of Roots and Herbs Only 25 cts. Large bottles SI.GO cheapest to buy. For sale ty Dorwin and Holthouse No. 2m3.

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD t 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 selectisn in the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHiFS from 11 to $2.50 a piece, LADIES’ FUBS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. 1 } In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. GENTS ISTECK WEAR. We have something new in that line called a Lawn f n. nis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something beautiful for a Christmas Gift "Tyxjlt'' JL.TTg’fajtf defartmeK -FT Is complete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth’s mid Napkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett each. Towels in great variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of glass-Waei:. In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Ten setts. Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers. Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CH’slA We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to |1 each. Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain ami decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CAB.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 in price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COATS, UL I STEHS and DOLMANS to close for the season—r;>w is your chance to make a oargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as we know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. I ■. Look Out and Don't Forget THAT JOHN WELFLEY. I Is selling Groceries at less money than anv 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 Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choiee 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, White Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce r I TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. i Come 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 j has open out in JOHN KING'S CARRIAGE SHOP A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stoc- <> Fresh Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES I and everything in the grocery line to select fromAll Goods to any part of th e City | delivered Free

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