Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1883 — Page 4

A DREAM AWn »»E REALITY. W wTXWr.rr wwtlSy. •And fcivv yon never felt tAe power," Tbolnaii nt n; Dfitinnt'r eai<i. What cemet* to . tt tel '* me sweet hour, And brings a hope we thought were dealt <b v <* you not h< ai da m lody, A tnlf»t?»rrbtten with rel ••train, Tb iltJbc; wa* fraught wt h harmony, nw (!••« MMe a .sob >f pain?" Jhe soft lash swept her cheek, W w<<BU, but offered not to speak. so with me since first wfe met," I'he Drummer murmeted soft and low, "The breath oi faded mignonette Cornea back to me from long ago. It m y be ttom some boyish dream, That nt the tarry harp inshrtoed Tiie«o>es that like # moon ray gleam, Wften your fair httid* the cteerds unbindr A hot tear burned the fair one’s cheek, bhe sobbed, but never sought to speak. "Come tell me, by what simple art," '1 he Drummer whimpered In her ear, "You stir tne music in my heart, And bring the old per time so near? W. at witchery do you possess Tuat brings a presence close to me. And t. ashes me to bless A I teel, but cannot see?" The fair 6ne never deigned to speak, While her husband thumped the Drummer*• cheek. —Drake’s Tt Magazine That Handkerchief, M shßllbabk hiceoby. Not long since, while traveling in a \V astern State, I happened to iind myAelf in the beautiful little town of Humber, with a few leisure hours on hand. As the day was fine, I strolled out to tee what was to be seen. As I was leisurely advancing down one of the shady streets, whom should I meet but tny old friend and class-mate, Jake Raymond. '' e h, 'Veil, well, old boy, how goes l. r ho exclaimed, as he shook hands with me. * Yon 1” I Answered. “Os all men on the fuototooi 1 \\ hat in creation are you up to, away off here?” Heie s where I hold forth, and you must go down home with me. ” I went, mid at d.uner was introduced to Mnk Raymond. She was not what votthi be called a handsome womau» b’.t. there was a wholesome look in her lace, and 1 er bigbrowu eyes and white teeth, added to We bright color of her cheeks and the satiny smoothness of her dark hair, fairly entitled her, in the opinion of some, to a Certain degree ot beauty. Jake was not wealthy, but he had a ■ comfo:table home, ami the neatness of 1 the house a J yard, t igether with the i thiUMess of his w.fe's, attire, added not | B little to has enjoyment oi this world’s I goods. , Alia. R. welcom d me cordially to i lhefrjiome, and 1 enjoy.d more than I can expnss. the w, IL , joked meal, pre, i pared by her own skill, and their ge.dal j society. The sprightly conversation of my friend’s help-meet, and her infectious smile, comp etely won my regard; and 1 ate'>tarred a hul ■ s.gli as 1 reflected 1 on my own coud.fion—that of a bachelor. “Where did you get her, Jake?” I asked, as we lit dur cigars and walked down town. He smded in a dreamy kind of way, as he thumped the ashes from the end of his cigar. “It is a long story,” he said. “I will tell it to you when we get to the office.’ I was much pleased, for, beside being interested in tffe woman, I used to like 'Cry mlbch io Iteten to Jake's ** stories. ” Arriving at the Office, we made ourselves comfortable, after which Jake began: When I was a jour in the office of Shears &. Clipper, in the town of Cowl, in a State farther east than this, r’Dclongod to an orchestra and to a brass band. I tummed the festive g utar in the former, and thereby hangs a tale. You shall see new my membership in the latter also served its turn. So much for myself. I had a friend, John Simons, who was also a musi -man, and it was he who gud dmy unaccustomed hand to finger the guitar. 1 enjoyed his society more than that of any of my other fiiends, but he was a restless fellow, that was not satisfied in any place long, so he packed his ' ‘grip’ and left, much to my regret. A few months passed, when lo! Jo in turned up aga.u. He bad not been doffig anything; only wandering to, suit b’s P’V n gypsy taste, and 11 d • ▼«■.! sold the guitar that he so loved to ? at money to come back on. This being the case, he went a short distance into the country and went to work for a farmer—fo he wm "rood as Lucifer, and wonld not stay around town in his shabby . lot lies. His idea was to fay in the country until he got himself a little ‘fixed’tn regard to his wardrobe and his finances, and then go back to town and take his old situation, which was open to him if he chose to accept it. Now it happened that the farmer ‘ ffir whom he worked had a young m iglilior lately married, and he took a Vide..t fancy to John. The young farmer was very proud of his wife and baby, and was not at ail averse to company. John was a shy fellow in the presence of ladies, and was slow to accept the frequent and pressing invitations which Mr. Newman (for that was his name) gave him to “comeover.” But when he learned that Mrs. Newman’s niece from a neighboring State was there, with a guitar, he mustered up courage and went, for his ti gers aehed to caress once more the vibrating strings of a guitar. He found Miss May Warner, ’.he niece liefore meut oned. a most agreeable young lady; but I don’t believe he could have told wiu»t she looked like, for I’m sure he dfd not once look at her face, except to snatch a hasty glance when he was sure she would not see him. He olmeryod narrowly, however, a neatly-slppered foot wlftcli prtpid from beneath h-r * dress; and'yem are aware, prtflxtNy from experience, that a pretty foot is almost as essential to a lady’s appear*mce as U.pretty face. But better than her soci ty neTound that of her giii’ar. With that instrument in his arms he seemed to feel quite at ease, and played accompaniments to his own singing the whole eyeuing. Tide was a musical treat to the family to which fliey’weW not accustomed, for Miss Warner’s perf rmance on any musical instrument was very amateurish, to say the least. That being the case, Im was wawuly invited to repeat his yja.iL This he ilid several times; but, just as he w.is CtAliated on • footing of toleitHe. iniiaiagy. Miss Warner left her aunt, and wnt to Covel , on a visit to some other friends. While . there she joined some sort of a class that was organized for the purpose of studying certain branches of learning, and soon three ot her cousins joined the same class and stopped it the sane hour* she uai. They dressed considerably alike, and appeared to be about of flip same age; and, as they attended the meetings of their class in the forenoon and afternoon, they nearly always passeel our office window four times a day; for our office was on the direct route between the residence of Mrs. ’ Winans, the stopping-place of the girls, and the school-house. There were others passing, but you may imagine ' that a group of four lively young g rls, I all .of them tolerably good-looking, ' " Mas not long m attracting the attention of thy bachelor portion of our e<dab- , lishment. nor were we long in finding ! out that this was the “Wlnana crowd.” as they were called all summer. Then |

♦ho question of forming their acquamtance came up, and hern I "Sad the heels’of the boys, metaphorically »pt*.ki..g. I knew what I would do. 1 would call up the members of the orchestra, and we would ,go and serenade them. Just what Useful purpose this was th serve, I could not exwiy tell; but we went all the same. 1 sai g a song or two that I had learned of John, accompanying myself on the guitar. Then we played several instrumental pieces and were preparing to go, when a blind of an upper window was thrown open, and a white hand and arm were thrust out wavinaf some small object, which suddenly Caine fluttering to the ground like a white dove. I went back and got it. As soon as possible I gratified my own curiosity and that of the other boys by striking a match and looking at the white object, which proved to be a handkerchief, with the name “May Warner” neatly stenciled in one corner. "Which one is that?” asked the boys of one another.* “It is the little one with the black ha r and eyes,” said one. “No, that is Mollie sometliing or other,” said Alfonso, with such a peculiar intonation that we concluded he must have been making private inquiries, and that he knew quite as well what the “something or other” was as he <Ld the identity of Mollie. “It must be, old’ fellow, that you are slightly interested in that quarter. Eh ? Come now, my dear Alfonso. ” This he disclaimed, but -j t ’ n gnc }] a guilty blush matantiy we told I ll ™ tie had “given himself away.” Let me explain that by this time we had ht the lamps, to say nothing of our cigars, which were always left ill the office for our convenience. Some one suggested that it must be the slender blonde; this time no one had the hardihood to deny it, and Jim was constituted a commi'tee of one to find out just “who was who,” and report to us the next meeting. In the meantime that handkerchief reposed in my bredkt I pocket. It gave me an odd, pleasant feeling that I can! explain, to have that fem nine art cle in my undisputed possession. She must have seen me, I thought, and liked my looks; so sis took that way to let me know it. The next evening Jim was ready with his report. We found out afterward that the shy rascal knew all about it from his brother, who was the accepted lo er of one of the girls. But he pretended that he had obtained bis information at infinite pains, and bad been obliged to go through unheard of difficulties to find out that which was embodied in his report. Very deliberately he proceeded to read from a manuscript: “Friends and fellow-citizens: You will readily conceive that upon this momentous and never-to-be —” “Stop!” we shouted as one man. “Plain facts and no foolishness, or it will be the worse for you, my man.” He knew well that we would give him a worse t ick than that, so he “came down” at once. “vt ell, then, the little brunette is Mollie Ball. The blonde is Gustie Ray. The one with the gray eyes and chestnut curls is Sade, otherwise, Sallie or Sarah Thompson, and the remaining one is. as you must know by this tune, Miss May Warner. They are all cousins, and related, in some mysterious way, to Ms. Winans. Further than this lam unable to say.” “Well done, my dear sir,” I responded, for I had a sneaking notion all along as to “which was switch,” aa the school-boy says, and it had turned out as I had hoped. Tnen commenced the merciless raillery of the boys. A thousand questions as to the reason of my taking the serenades there; why the handkerchief was thrown down; and all the time they were exchanging winks and laugh" ing in the most provoking manner. . , To hear them mike remarks to one another, for me to hear, became utterly insupportable; and I was just ge’ting desperate, when I learned of a party that was soon to be at the house of Mrs. Winans. Here was another chance for a seranade. This time I was determined it should be of some avail, for I would go soon enough to be invited in, and tni nit should be a very odd’ thing if I wer ■ not introduced to Miss Warner. This all happened just as I had planned, but I only had a few moments of conversation with her. I was determined to have some sort of an explanation about that handkerchief, ami my only chance was to pursue the ac juaintance. I asked her to accompany me to a lectu e, and had the mortificat'on to find she was going with a musty old professor. Abashed, I watched my chance of seeing her alone, which was finally accomplished. What was my chasrnn to find that she never had heard ot me on the night of the guit ir se enade; but, having heard my friend John siug tke same songs, and knowing him to be a guitarist, she concluded the diTerence in the voices could be explained by a cold, nd that it must lie he. Thus was my little romance dashed to the ground, ami the fair structure of mv “Castle in Spain,” had’melted into thin air. 1 begg d ‘o be allowed to ket'p the hand-k'-rchi f, though, for I was really interested in tue girl by this time. She would not not do it, but her womanly heart was touched I>v my evi- . dent disgust with myself, and she gave me her hand saying she was sorry. There was no gleam of amusement in the brown eyes that looked into mine . with an honest straightforwardness ' which was very captivating just at that 1 moment. If there had b en, I should have rejected with scorn any overtures of friendship that she might make, As it was. it soothed my wounded vanity to see that ‘splendid creature.’ as I mentally called her, glossing over my ( misadventure, and I requested her company for a drive the next evening, bhe accepted the inv tation with a smile that gave a glimpse of her wh.te teeth, and my heart bent a little faster than usual, as I pressed her hand and said "good night. ” I was a little absentminded, and I don’t think I could, myself. tell what thoughts so occupied my • mind. She was the subject of them, but everything else was a kind of haze. I didn’t question myself as to whether ] I was falling in love or mot. Nothing even as tangible as that wrf in my I mind. The next evening I was actually I seated by her side in a buggy. It was oue of those topped concerns with a narrow seat, and I blessed the maker thereof, for as we sat there her shoulder touched mine, and the wind wh'sked 1 the long feather on her hat, in the side , of my face. I fear I was vert n- ar j gonej for the bliss I felt can't be de- i I tciibed: it must be experienced to lie I : appreciated. She had taken off her gloves, and, when I went to assist her to alight, I noticed how delightfully soft and wltite her hand was. and I conid scarcely refrain frem. pressing it to tny lips. Then for the first time I Uiought what unutterable happiness it would lie to press her to my breast: to feel her arms round my neck, to lay my lips on hers, and to feel tueir fervent pressure returned. Was it too sudden? I think not. How many times did Borneo see Juliet ! before a passion was conceived, which was stronger than life ? To go on with my story, I naked her I to go to camp-meeting in my vuggy th o i next Sunday. I shall bless that grand ‘ old Methodist institution to my dying I day, for 1 believe that it was ,ou that day she first thought of becoming my • wife. i When we started to the camp-

j. 1 grounds the wind blew warm, balmy 0 and motet from - the southwest. It seemed to betoken rain; but, said I, j who ever heard of its raining at campy meeting,, t Juiss Warner bravely declared she ■. thought a “good ducking” was not such t a fearful catastrophe. It was September, and the leaves had 1 commenced to turn; and as » we drove through shady lanfls . the wind twited them off i and threw them spitefully in our faces; r Emerging into open prairie, thfi breeze I pushed at us. “swishing” the dry, stand--1 ihg grass in a manner which augured ill r for a pleasant day. But I thought litt tie of the wind, or anything e.se, ex- [ cept that I had my soul’s desire in the f companionship of her who was with me. [ When we had arrived to w.th- , in a few rtJdJ of the camps grounds, lo! a few nreliminary , drops of rain came hurling through the air, and warned us to put up the side , curtains and »ater-proof lap-robe, and ' prepare for the worst—which was not so bad after all; for we drove Under a j friendly oak not far from the rude pul l pit, and stayed in the buggy. Then tu<J rain descended "the nigli Way." All , the sluices were opened, and a new and very choice assortment of Water-spouts were turned onto the assembled multi- • tude. The windows of this heavens wereilffoWn Wide op. n, and the waterpitchers were held there upside down, but we were dry and comfortable, and observed with interest all that went ou around us. We saw a sorry-lookmg dog walking leistiffily illong, With the water pouring in streams from his droonfng tail and ears; he passed near us, looking at ns with »d sad an expression that I sposa ! to him, thinking to cheer him, whereupon he gave one solemn bark, leav ng us, as he passed on, convvdsed with laughter. The spectacle of a very fat lady with a qnilt aronnd her, hustling along to a barn which stood near, seemed Unspeakably funny. 1 But the climax was reached when a shliliiig man came along, unmindful of the rain, and holding an immense p eoe of bread and cheese in each hand, biting j first from oue and then from the other. Neither of us yelled at him, but I must confess I had a strong desire to know sometliing more of him. Then the conversation turned from the ridiculous vein to the serious, and we wondered as to the history of ’his, that and the other person —what he was thinking —what he proposed doing; and we made for them quite interesting histories. Then we wandered intd the realms of the abstract, and I remember well the earnest glow of her check as she gave her views of tliis or that subject, and the luminous flash of her eyes as she turned them up u me. She wore a thin, black lace ve 1 that day, , and her bright eyes and cheeks lost nothing by their partial obscu ity. At about this time another couple of our acquaintance drove up, breaking up our exalted frame of mind. By this time I thought it must be pretty near the dinner hour, so I shout- i ed to my friend; “Oh, M ic, climb ont and go over to ' that restaurant, or whatever it is. an l bring ns something to eat. Get eno gh tor all four of us, and I’ll foot the bill” “No, thanks,” was answer. “We have our dinner with us.” 1 knew verv well he hadn’t, but it ; 1 Wisn’t polite Mo say so. and’s4 I begun preparations f >!■ "ell nb.ng ont,” my self, b’nt of this sfiss IVdrner wohld not hear, She was got hungry, she lid; She even went sn far as to ffiv’tier hand in ent e.ity, on my sleeve; and aslf It , the light weight. I immediately made it a prisoner in my own hand. This did not seem to suit her; she at onoe made the discovery that she was in gre.it need of her handkerchief. On drawing this out I saw it was the same I had had for a number of days iu my posse-siiyti. “Won’t you give it to me now?'l asked, in a voice at onceTiumble, en- 1 treating, and full of love. Sh ■ understood me, for the blood leaped into ■ er cheeks, and her eye shot a quiet sidelong glance into mine. She put it quickly away, however, aud I thought of John with a je.ilous pang th it sent all the blood back to my heart, mak.ng it beat painfully hard, slow, and uneven. I said no more, however, for I knew our friends would be sure to observe us. if we continneil so. I did not feel quite so contented as I had before, and was making a prctctise of feeling d sparately hungry, to find an excuse for changing our embarrassing situ ition: when, at this opportune moment. a friend of ours, who lived near, | came and invited us to his house. As ( his invitation was warmly seconded by ' his wife, and extended also to our friends, we all four accepted, and soon found o irselves comfortably housed. 1 Evening came on, and in the gloaming my heart went out so strongly to my girl friend, who had seemed to be half afraid of me ever since the little episode just mentioned, that I went and spoke quietly and indifferently on subjects of 1 no p i rticu ar interest to reassure her. But I knew the thought of the handkerchief wa-uppermost in her mind, as it was in mine I swallowed whatever j of resentment I might feel, and continued to "do the agreeable;” but. 1 , finally, finding ourselves alone, I said I iu alow, fiim way; “May,” (it was the first time I had ever called her so I, “if you don’t want me to have the handkerchief, say so, and I will never bother you about it I again. I can give up the idea of having , it, or your affection, either; but oh, don’t call me to do itnnless you despise me. ” Her hands were fluttering here and there, nervously, and she said, “I don’t d.sjdse you, Mr. Raymond, but"— here a pauge ensued, and we heard i eotae one approaching; but there was that in her timid and frightened | manner that emboldened me to lay vioI lent hands ou the little piece of cambric the next time I saw it, and she dered not resist for fear of wliat I i should say. Strangely, as she seemed I to lose courage I seemed to pain it, and I felt myself master of the sit ui ion. 1 I regarded' her almost tw betrothed to me, although I had not asked the allI important qaestiou yet. I would do so ion the home drive, I told mvself. , Bjlt “Man uroposes; God disposes;” ai.d 'a nut JonJd iiMpjjeu but that May I Le I see you stare, bnt Mrt. \>wman, herauuf. had been taken violently jll, and in her delirium slie called all tlie time for her niece. Os course she had to go, and I went 1 back to Coves alone, after roeinpr her go i a with _ «i . It seems to me that the feelings with | I whkh I watched her leave mu t have ! I l>een prophetic of v list was to follow. ' I’tter locesomenese. minsled with uu- j utterable love, filled my heart, and a wild desire to go and snatch her in my aims before everybody, and claim her as my very own, seized me. Crushing back all such fwolisluiess, I resolved to see her in a few davs, at farthest, and ' then all would be r f pht; yet I bail in inner consciousness that all would not be right, and so it proved; for the redoubtable aunt took a terrible dislike to me. and wonld not let me go on her premises. She lingered along, however (and I shall always believe she feigned much of that sickness to keep May with heri, and my friend John went constantly to their house. Then the "Green-eyed monster,’ commenced to tear me. Another fellow. too. went there, but I had this , consolation —John would be as jealous as I was mytelf. Things went on this way for weeks. • i 1 wrote to May, but got no reply, •

’ and then I stigmatized her as » vile , ' flirt. I told myself I hated her. Any- • b >dy that would blush apd, tremble as ’ she had ill tilt pf&seflce, dud let d fel ■ low take the memento that ho knew I to be the dearest to his heart, was not i worthy the love of any honest man. I despised her, Os course I did. How ( I longed for an opportunity to tell her , 1 gently just how I regarded her. Yet I i treasured that little sdfiate of nliislin i 1 as I never before had treasured any- I , thing. ■ i Wirt i§ it. that when a man is ieal i ■ ous lie is the most unreasonable animal on the face of the tarth? I thought j she was trifling with John’s heart just as she had trifled with mine.. Ho was 1 not to blame any more than I had been. Yet, when I met him at rare intervals, kucti was the ilnrellsoiliilg anger I felt l against him that I could hard y force myself to treat him with common OClß’i* , esy, let alone the old-time cordiality that subsisted between us. He felt the change, as I oould not help know* lug he Would: bnt he also knew the reason for it,and there was such an overstrained friendliness in his bearing toward ri?, and il s’ippre’SJd, thflugh very apparent, exiiltatiiin in his whole ! manner, that I only restrained myself i from an open ritptiite of his friendship ’ by Sn almost supernuman effort. I saw her only once during the rest of the fall aud winter. It was in a I crowd, and I could not for a moment I dream of saying anything out of the I commonplace to her Strange as it seemed, even to myself, I could have , kissed the remotest hem oi her gar- 1 ment. I worshiped her; I actually did, as she stood before me, clad in the imper al robe of her womanly dignity, 1 and I knew that, had we two been profoundly alone, I should not have dared —no, for my life I should not have—to ; accuse her to her face, of flirting with any one. But when John came up a moment later I cursed her in nly heart for the 1 warmth with which she rec ived him. I resolved to pick a quarrel with him. He should ndt gloat river me any more I as haring won the affections I had lost. Actuated by this high resolve, 1 waited his coming to town, as he occasionally did, with the determination to so insult him that he never would speak to me. Bnt when he came his appearance so disarmed me that it was I I who “did the friendly” this time. He was pale, and a sad listlessne-s showed itself through all his attetop s to ap- . pear as guy ami careless as ever. Noil ’ need for him to explain his trouble. Neither of us alluded to any thing of 1 ’ the kind, but I was glad—so glad — that he was in the same trouble I had I been in. It was he, this time, who felt resentment; and I was glad of that, too. | I didn’t care particularly for his friei.dIship. (For what did I care?) and I was glad he would shun my society Without any more troulle on my part. ! Tims matters stood when the spring | i passed and summer eame. I concluded to leave that part of the country, and . did so, intending to return there after a short visit, settle up my affairs, and i leaie to stay. While absent bn my ’ , v sit. I received a letter that sent a ’ flood of light to shed its genial warmth 1 over my discontented soul. It was a letter written by Miss Warner to some j of her friends. In it there was a stray I sentence which sh< wed me that in her i secret heart she loved me as much as I j . d,d her. She did not know I ever ' ' would see it or she never would have 1 written it. bnt it was mis-ent, ami I got hold of it. I went back immediat-Iy, on yto find she hail gone. She was i visiting here, there and yonder all the time I knew her, but this time site had ■ gone from the State. Well. I had one thing to think of now-—she loved me, too It seemed to 1 j comfort me. I suppose I should have despised her more than ever, but I did not. I sold out my small effects and came | to this place. I did well, and I may i say that I joined the brass band here, j too. A year passed on, and I received I i certain information as to where May was. A tlirill of joy vibrated through , and through me. But of what avail I was it that I did know of her whereabouts? Did she not play false to her ' own heart and to me before? After > hesitating long I determined to write to I her. At the worst she conid only treat my letter with the silent contempt she had dealt the other one I wrote her. So I wrote, and I waited in feverish I impatience for a reply. A week passed —two weeks, and still no letter. I de- 1 : nominated her a false-hearted coquette, I and cursed myself for my folly in writ- i ing. 1 might have known how it would ; 1 turn out. i Just as I had given up looking for a re»ly, one came. It was like herself—bright, interesting, cheery. I wonld ' j be afraid to say how many times I read that letter, but. to make a long story s ort, she never received my first, and her pride had much to do with her cool , treatment of me; for, after having gone ! as far as I had, she rightly considered ' that I was not treating her honorably to say nothing further. Dear girl! how near we were to be- , ing entirely separated. After arriving at a clear understanding T was not long in proposing for her , heart and hand, nor was she long in accepting. Following up my letters in person, I assure vou that the jielight of finally taking her in my arms —of realiz- 1 iug in her splendid eyes the secret she cared no longer to conceal—more than ■ compensated me for the misery I had I endured. I tell you. old fellow, she is a magnificent woman, and the longer I know her the more I am convinced of it. She is now my wife. Other wives may sing more sweetly, or play more lieautifnlly, > but she is the “one fair woman for me,” and I have the identical handkerchief | vet. ____________ Aaecdoie efDr. Crosby. Dr. Crosby was one day walking through a street in which a collector of . i swill had left her little cart, with her ! , shaggy dog harnessed in for Hs motive ! power, in charge of her little child. A hack-driver, waiting in the street for his “fare” who had gone to make a call at a mansion near by, thought it would , lie fine to see if he could bring his ve- j hiele round with a sweep that would take the shaky wheels right off the little cart. His plan was evident, and Dr. Crosby walked slowly with his “eye out.” Round swept the carriage «ith its neatest turn, aud the snap of the little wheels, the barking of the big dog, the cry of the child, and the laugh o£ the driver as he rode off and picked up his fare again, were almost simultaj ueous. Dr. Crosby had noted the numi lier of the hack, and when the poor I woman came out he told her to take the I cart to a certain shop, and have it re- ' paired in the very best style, and send the bill to him. He then called at the stable where the hack belonged, told the sto y to the owners, and added that he held them responsible for the payment of the bill. They tried to denv that they could be s’o held, and said they would have nothing to do with the i matter. In the course of time a bill of items which must have made a complete "one-boss sliay" out of the rickety little vrijicle, and which footed up sl4, was presented to the doctor. He paid it ; promptly, and as promptly sent it, receipted, to the hack office, w,th a notosaying that if the money was not in his 1 hands by 6 o’clock, legal proceedings would be begun. At 5 o’clock a mesi senger anpeared with the amount. lx Amsterdam the women have succeeded in having clocks placed on the lump-posts m order to facilitate the reI turn of their husbands at nigh*

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■Hkl pa s s '3AISAM. ~ ; ■ ’ Ape feel dress* I if M1 ’■ ir >* *1 H..:m- --' ife e>s Rein »C‘ lut •-■ > ■ ~ ■ -' iMr'»'«■ «*.• I crk>r and * Er ** * - -wl F-oram# •wWV' '••'.'<• - PARKER’S iCINCER TONIC I Ail 'nvigorat ng Wedtcine that Nr ver Intoxicates ■ M- t:re.': bl..*:. »s 8 The Btest and ?nrest Cough Cure Ever Iked. I VCU are >!!: •• g froti' t'eri . - C<ni>i%l.a-IS, r;. - .?<</. ..,■ r • ; . 1 ■ ........ r 1 O<> j TV; ■‘ r a..... _• • di t ' ger Took if ' ? feutiww. —. ■ i» rnki—flOW WATCHES ARE MADE. Tn a Sorin Gold Watch, aside from the necessary thickness for Engraving and poiisliing, a Urge proportion < f metal i« needed only to btiiietl and hold the engraved portions iu place, und supply aftre&gth. The surplus gold is actually needless. In James Boss’ Patent Gold H ’atch Cases thia waste is saved, and solidity and strmmgth 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 I three are then pa»ed between polished ' steel roller*. From (his the cases, backs. ! centers, etc., are cut and shaped by I dies and formers. The gold is thick ' enough to admit of all kinds of chasing. ‘ engraving and engine turning. These ; cases have lieen worn perfectly smooth In 1 use without removing the gold. This is ' the only case made under this process. Each . ease is accompanied with a valid guarantesigned by the manufacturers warranting it to wear 20 years. ISO,OOO of these Cases now carried in the Crated States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. ■ Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler. TOLEDO, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Tabte—ln Effect Dec. 11, IKB2. ! Going West. [ Western i Going East. I 7 I 5 I Division. | 6 | 8 | . ... IF. M. A. M iLv. Ar P.M. P. M..... ' .... I 8 30 ; 4 Mi Toledo iO uo| 5 35 ... .... j!2 851 4 30 ....Delphos 9 10 1 301 ... .... 105 457 ....Venedocia. . 847 lOS .... . 1 .... 115 508 ...Jonestown... 83712 52 .... I .... 126 521 biiasta 8 27112 40] .... ’ .... 1 32: 5 2*l...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... ' ..a 14" 538 Dull 81312 25 .... . .... 147 5 4’>!....Abauaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 153 5 501... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... 1 .... 2 ift 605 ... .Willshire.... T 5012 00 .... i .... 215 6 17!.Pleasant Mills. 7 401149 .... • .... 235 63K .... Decatur .... 722 11 30*.... ■ .... 242 6 5‘n.... Peterson.... 707 11 131.... 1 .... 3 i»1, 7 OHI.. Currvville ... 657 11 "0, .... .... 306 7 u;....CraifVille.... 6 5310 55 .... I .... 321 7 32!.... Bluffton.... 637 10 39. .... I .... 339 7 52|.Liberty Centre. «20 10 201.... I .... 349 8 i‘4’....80ehmer.... 608 JO 08! .... i .... 353 8 08!....8uckeye.... €oslu 05 .... .... 4 O7i 8 23i Warren 552 .9 51‘ .... i .... 4 32, 853 ...Van Buren... 5 27, 924 .... i ... 4 4£r 9 oo;...Landessville.. 5219 15 .... .... 445 9 lUi....Hanfiekl...» 5 17.9 10'...’ ( .... 5"4 9... .Marion 456 8 50, .... .... 522 943 ... lies el >urch... 44" 83S .... j .... 532 9 51i Herbst. ... 429 829 .... .... 54" 958 ... Swazev’s 423 8 23| .... I .... 55710 14 ..Sycamore. ...I i o"; 8 oa ! . I .... 607 1" 22L..Grrx*atown. ..I 35- b 02! 1 .... 635 10 50’ Kokomo IJw7 3- . l Ar. LvJ ...Ja.mJ W«etj i~OoinK~Eiuit~ | 11 I 7 | 5 I 1 6 | 8 |n' I .... P. M. A. M. Lv. Ar.-p. M A.M. .... i .... 635 10 s'' ... .Kokomo ....| 3 2<»i 735 i .... 6 451! o*) ...Tarkington. 3v« 725 .... 65211 06 . ..Middletons... 302 720 .... I 659 11 13 ... Russiaville.. ! 2 52! 713 , .... 7U H 25, Forest I 2 40i 7 031 a.m. 725 11 39 .Michigantown.l 2 24’ 652 p. m. , 615 745 12 00,....Frankfort... . 2 0016 90 800 , 6 58;.... m. ...Clark’s Hill .... 722 ’ B*ll .... ....!..Veedersbwg J .... 555 I 945 .... .... ..Ridg.- Fann. ...J ....I 480 : 10 15 ' Metcalf. 4 00 II 00 '....Oakland ■ 3 15 11 30 .... Maples I 2 45 11 45 ..Charleston I 80 1 .... < ...d .... Lv. Ar ~.d .... T. A PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pa.<s Arent W. S. MATTHIAS. Gen. Pi?

PAEKFrs f j U.UK L ■ Parkers . Ginger Tonic !*- *• vslaL * 1 Xeiicire thi: IJever “& efe s«"'iy ?> ’ fgFtfKr -*Sw-- 1 4 fratuirxd and Thi- defcc’Ur* romnmal.nn < P , , ei.urdv harm. T‘ „cf Ganger lew Fftm< Kl ■>' ' Wrf <&g -e«uue ••t •■ « kTS ?'*£ 2T th< ,£? d.ndn.x „ Xu“l •.. ' ' . V-- V” \T* '4"’ cob, and pre- if ,** aeys, an-; lirnary ' ’ AA jB or Stier b« ' '" ‘wr-Wi. mr»» »i -.- .t Z >u M S' °~ r sjnep , * irem <r anrmtirr r.\ . take P. r. er $ ™ .-.. .: » . «trcEg’-.en sran and body Floreston 9ve ydu acw ard v: » or - POIDPtHP w> : 100 DOLLARS .m - U J?7 ’’‘i 1 Tc ; ' - r! -’' ur d . •'^>,l’, To-Uay. cpi-cti F-s 5°C- $t z* 1..r -T to L«i., —

6RAND RAPIDS 4 INDIANA RAILWAY. Iu Effect October 15» _ COM MHVS TIME. _ 1 j ’ iunS“ yoßJfti. crji:. .»<>• »• F.J« :1» IJW .2» BM»ni I gortWwne lv '»« »« ,12 fcX-IS d« Is | H i i p cv&r’’- - 1 ’,?; ’ilU •* L*te..J:— U ig j Sf I teX n ‘’:.::: Mnndna* | «<* >“ rssi.y. J........ ;m «is HsHsr ’ 3 ® -x-ax"* Mackinaw............... ... —.y..-' « 00 . ' ' r (Kxnki>~s<xrfH. t ~ Statym»— | No- 4. No. 4. fcwi&i-..:..::...:t | •» >“ Itefc:::::: ’ > ti.« ijjs , > r - '?^ ra «4i »« ,»!■ , Sam < n -ing J J |4 14 ! nJ.! «® ! IT* i I km&mj:. "J J i«? »« Kalamazoo h 9u> ,715 297 Vicksburc 035 '-I ' G : 5 QtnnriH . 10 32 J 4 449 H«« >«'« sn i Fort Wayne ar l OOpni. H£> i• 13 i Fort wj toe.lv 130 | 6 15am 12 30am! j . Decatur 12 19 704 I~> i- < 1 F rtl.M’d . I 8 Ift i 8 06 234 | ] Kjil.meud ;.... 50) .9 -'o , 4 j • qyp Ko. 5 leaves Cincinnati and Ho. 8 leave* Mackinaw City daily, excel* Saturday. All other train* d ilv except Sunday. Woodriifrßl*n»ing cars on No*. 5 and 6 beCincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also Woodruff > sleeping cars on Nos. 7 and 8 bt-twi-rndrand i Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B LkEt, Gen’l. Paaa. Agent Chicago and Atlantic R’y. time-table-eastern div. ■ — Takes Effect Sunday, June 1883. Wt>lWAKl>. _ . I EASTWARD* | P u itie Chicago I Stations, lx. Y. ExlAtlantic • 3 i F.x. i -At. _ Ijv.l 8. kn. I 3 yjaui -2 fwpiu .M unit Often, i 2 &'*pmJl '"l>ni 315 230 Sixnj»*otis..2 W T1 vs i s (ft : ±22 ... Markle ... 30? JI 1« j 36 210 ... .L’uion.... I 3 18 JI 26 q4B 208 .Kingsland..| { 3 25 33 140 fl .. ..Tvcsin....; 332 jit 39 j 1 94 i 49 Kir:land ... 3 38 11 44 280 145 I ..Preble. 343 ui 47 220 135 .. Decatur...! 357 .12 ttlar 205 122 Rivare,... 406 12 11 IST 1 A J 5 I Greenwood.; 413 |l2 17 1 is 1 to . .Glenmore.. 4 22 12 25 , 13x : 12 57 Enterprise . 435 -12 34 123 12 40 . Yorkville..- 449 |l2 47 ios 12 20 .Spencerville.: 509 : 1 t* tl2 M 1-’ 1° ... .Conant... 517 j1 15 il2 46 Utf j»m .... hemp.... 523 ] lift •12 41 .11 Shawnee.. 529 125 12 35 11 52 lv. Lima .... 539 |1 36 12 27 U 44 Townsend.. 546 142 P 2 •£» 11 37 Westminster 553 149 Dfl u3l ...Harrods...! 569 . 165 12 <M-am 11 2» '.. Preston...' 607 903 II 59 11 16 5ci0t0....: 613 209 • 11 54 11 11 . Oakland... 6 18 2 14 u4O 10 56 Tv Kenton 640 235 II 25 1<» 43 .Dudley.... 6 53 2 *6 11 i.» 10 37 •.. hepburn .. 701 252 fl fl? .0 26 C! fU.n ... 714 •3 <« »11 bl ilol7 .. Em»yvilie. J7 25 .3 12 Ki 12 ... Horde... 1 7 81 ’8 17 . in 50»*n 1«' - 'am .. Marion..,. 7 4qpm 3 36—1 Trains run hy Coluuibns time. Tr*dns Nos. 1-’ arid 3 run through aolld between Chicago and New York. Trams Na-. 12 and 3 run daily, all others daily ”j'i oy OIT smith, 8. w. SNOW, Vice Prus. and Gan Mang. Gen. Pass. Agt. CHICAGO. J. C. WILLIAMS. General Superintendent j..-.. J £ ’ ; I w" I? I' - ■ M BAJ KE£ PW CL» Zl. O O O EXCEI S /.--I. GTEIXS HJ » And iff the American ch£W EASY CHAIff eAS G.^A'.iULATED.— ■ --- ' Wide Ay/ake LONG CUT, Arc the two mes* “opular. Delightful end Satisfactory bMOKINu TOBACCQS of the uay. price, 10 Cents fcr 1 e% Packages. BROS- & CO. C ncmflafl. I A I I <N r - ar* always on th* lookout for till IL • | uhaaoe to increase their Illi I t" sod iu time become wealthy; thoie VV I I I I who du not jmprove tbar prorta- ■ ■ ■ **nni^a foduuu tupoverty. We.-ffiera great ehaneeto m..k<* m »uey. We want many men, wianen, boyg and girh to work for us right in their own locahtiea. Any one can do the work from the fir»t Mart. The btHineas will pu> mern ;han ten times the ordinary wases Exp ndre outfit ffiriiished tree Noone who engages fails to make money rapidly. You can devote your whole time to the wotk. er oaiy nmr npwo- moments. Full jnfcrmaUtm and all th «t u needed sent Gee. Address mixsun A Co., Furl land, Maine.—— _ft 42 lyr. Daii^liter*. li es and Mothers. Dr. <’atliolicon Eemale Remedy. Guaranteed to give satisfaction cr money refunded l\ ill cure Female disuses. All oyariau troubles. iiiflamaiioß and ulceration, falling and displacements or bearing down fteling. irregularities, bffrrenmsw, cbange of life, luecor.boea, besides n:»i y springing from the alMixe, like headache, bloating, spinal wtskneas, eleej Irssne.-s, nervous debility, palpitaiion of the heart, etc For sale by i Druggists. Price 51 Os Mn d $1 50 per tottie. Send to »>r J. B Marchisi, Utiea, N 1 lor pamphlet, free. For s.le by Dor- : win and ll< It house. — No. 2 mu i’osilrr < in f tor ic ihe people of this couu'ry we would s»> » > : . ■ » given the Agency of Dr. .larchisi s Italian Pile Ointment—warratcd to cure or money rentndcd-Imern.l, Ever. »1. Blind, Bleeding u Itching Pile, Price ..oe a box. Fur .alebyDorwin and tioliLouse.—No 2*ni\ K'xk t amly tough (tiff. Warranted toeuteor money refunded. I lough., < o ds. Hoarseness. Throst and lame troubles, (aisogood for children.) t Kocs Can ly Cough Cure contains the herling properties of pure while Rock Candy with extracts of Roots and Herbs Only 2a cts. Urge bottles SI.OO cheapest to buy For sale by Dorwin and Holthonss. Mo. 2m3.

NIBLICK, CBAWFOBD &SONS. Have again made a change of base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Will sell for Cash. Only. I Wc 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 |i to $2.50 a piece. LADIES’ FVRS, In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. I hne shawls ► In al! grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. i GENTS'NECK WEAII. We have something new in that line called a Lawn I n . His or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, somethinbeautiful tor a Christmas Gift Is complete, 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 great variety, from 5c to fl each. We have a elegant line of (7 I iASS-WA KhT In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates. Tea setts. Frcit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers. Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHIPIA W e 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 onr CARFET DEFARTMESTT, 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 f 1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADII.S CO A l s. PL STEPS and DOLMAN’S to close for the seas >n -r.nw :> j your chance to make a oargain. i ’ Please call and see before you make your wren isesa< we I know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sols. j Look Out and Don't Forget THAT I JOHN WELFLET'. I is selling Groceries at less money than any other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD j Sl’GAll and COFFEE Lover th*n for twenty years. COFFEES. SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES, CANDIES. SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINKS, TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE. CIGAR? Sugars a!! grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teaas—Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of eur specialties. Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dri«d Beef I Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variet; New Assortment of Lamps. Bronte, Gold and Elsony Tubs, Buckets. Brooms and wooden ware Generally. . Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortmentof Queensware. White Fish. Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardis* (jouNTBY Produce 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 has open out in JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP I A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Bis 1 ! <' Kresh Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select irorn. All Goods to any part of 111 ; City J| Qlivered Freej

r> r - o n i"' 1 ’’•■•'—wwtw. r> <64 «ar» K r S I sr; " T *? ’ tSrtiHte . > tt B»rytb* ; < ww. Cwtd BVC regmret We .oil for- t ?“? u r*rythiß< Mm* ar* making J><(: Ladle* m.kr a* much a* men. and boys a d a; n grwt j>kt Reader, if you want biho -1 winch you eaa make great pay aU th« tirne '»iite 1 fcr p*rocui»re to H ffLurr k Co., PortMoi, Mum. (

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