Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1883 — Page 4

ItCXriNG IN MISSOURI. HT J. C. BCHtENBKBGKB. Vmis *bo are skilled in fanning fowls, IKboa \ou how th' y < aptiue 0..1a? N<! 1 Ti e w it a bit an I «ej Wow ’tis done in Miasonr. V ell, they start oat f-»r the woods, Iln i g ioex i o-dve good % Ko hi ir of tne kind, you know, faotuinu' but the i Ila b low. Kow they spy one on a tree, A vry wise <v. 1 looks t be; M n<n tbc\ mete star s with f n ar Tioiii.d Us tree iheir ionise tucy steer. And the owl leers, as is right. To k<eu <le l.un:<r n Lia sight; On* rd t.H the hunters bon id—'J l.e owl his i eaci twists ronnd and round! Well, the cons queue • on ? knows— S , at 1 ; st. tne a ory goes—heej ii gt- e uwi upon the tring Till h.s he d unite oil they \ Yingl In Spite cf Hlrself. BY HILDA. “Uncle Morton, I do wish you would drop the of Kandall Whitney, now aud forever. If you are tired oi nae, just say so, a d "1 xx.ll pac k iuy trunk yet to-uigbt, and go to Aunt Barbara's.” And the glow deepened | on Ethel Dean's lace; her brown tx-fca I gn w almost black, with little shiolder- , iug gleams of tire • .tiling in their depths. She had been given into Uncle : Mort n’s care at the early age of 3 years, mid, in all ti e eighteen years that 'she lad lived With hint, he had waver be held her in such a p wsfoti. the good old man w.m Lightened, both at the girl’s Anger and at her threat of leaving the old homestead. “Well: Well! Ethei, child, don’t get so ungry. Os course you needn’t mair.y lea dJI Whitney unless y. U chcWse, for the.e is no compulsion Al out the matter, at ail; 1 oaiy mentioned that he expect, d to ;>*v us a visit this sum-nu-r, and that 1 should like to have you treat him CrVi.ly. lam sorry if I said j any thing to hurt your feelings. Ethel,” I sa-xl Mr. Murton, walking nervously up and down t. e broad praaza of the Morton farm-huuse. “1 am not angry with you, uncle, but ■ I have grown tired of hearing Ilan tall Mbit e.»\i name# and if he is coming ! here this slimmer, you can hire Dorathy Mgson, and I w.ll go to Aunt Barbara’s ■ wh.le he is here. I have been wanting 1 to visit her for some tune, and this will : be a good ehaace,” Uncle Mortou paused in his walk, i and looked down at the young girl as she sat uu the steps pulling a rose tt p eoes, leul by leaf, a..d a very pretty picture she made. The clambering rose-bush, xvitu its wealth of foliage and its hues ju,t burst i g into bh oui, formed a pleasing background for the fresh, sw. et face, with the trank biown <ayes and wavmg masses of lustrotis blown h rr. “Why, Ethel, how can I spare y< u just now?" cr.ed her uncle, in leal dis- I Hess, "with tl.e harvest j ist coming 1 on, the summers fruit to Jock alter, | and tiie dairy to be taken care ol! Not ' now. Et el, i.ot row. I will write to him nut to come until full; wdl that do?” Ethel laughed outright. “Y r dear o.d nuclei It is a shame I that you c„nuot iuvite who you plea re I t<t your own h use; but 1 do so much I wait o have tne house witaout visi ors j this summer.” " Meil, firlie. have it ai you please. ’ I will wiite to fl..udall this very evening nut to come Uatil latl. Bhss mel w c.u't have you going oil to Aunt l>urb ra’s now. JXo. in ed!” And biistl.i g i. to the house, luce Mutton ca 1 d ci- a lamp, a .d immedia e.y set a < ut writing al t er to i.undall xVlnt my. A gli uj se of the old gentleman’s letter to tne soa of Ins old co.rg; tr end will explain the situation of affairs as wel, or peiliaps better than an th ng we ro.ild say. Mr D .ar Rand.ll Ih .d anticipated a giea. < eal oi pleasure from rae visa you 110...1 dgm se t 1 summer . ~o ph y. r her ad I were sue, wa;m rends, Ibae mu e n vou s.nce you. were ui ea s ml b x. and I ..m \. rr for ,x bu 1 rh II have v.> .«.. o lodeier yui.r v.s.c u ul ra.i. My n ece. Ith mean w. o a a o * ee.. i. y ease ee, er si..c he de ih of-ay w-i.e, i fas.-, to nave vnv v s to s at cue ; farm LO..SS Un sum ..cr, \oa s e my d ar bo . 1 du no lea a oil the I ush, but ell y> i « 1 m .übof t. e mac er. Th r <ab, Sb. is 1.0 g a :y cn a vis.t. h n 1 ! ebah era un i, ok so. you. Lv t; e way, ! ci o know of an ii el, , oung fe..ow w o wo d c. me out .ere to w irk 1 ee, a out twcii. vows, mu eel the mbk at a etc se t.ctoiy, >o ..e thiee mi es dis ant, I in . i eed some one to drl e bic>. and forth twee ab da ny u know of a teady, ’ tut <uir < an who woulu bke s. ch a place aeml bim rut, and I e sure to coma ,oi ise t a out he i t oi bepiember. Ho n. you may not ft el o end d, 1 r main your f end. John Mubtox. "11 ere. Ethel, do you thi k that ia plain enough?” and he tossed the letter b> Ethel, who came in from the moonlight, her dark bair damp with dew, S' d curling about her forehead in tiny rings. “Oh! unde! be will think I am a croes-grained old maid, and that I rule you ai d your house witli a rod of iron,” t ried the girl, “but w.,at need I care; an . thing so he don't come h re, with h s nruud citv wavs; ves. that is all rig't, uncle. lie wi 1 not be apt to bother ns -oou, especial y wh le I am here,” and with a merry laugh sh gave her uuc.'e a “goo 1-night' kiss, and we.,t up to her own room. John Morton a d Richaid Whitney ha.l b i n schoolmates and “chums” in their early years, and warm friends | during tne dawning oignity of manhood. In time, they were both married, I and while “Dn k,” as he was familiar!v ' called, went to a distant city, and engaged in the mercantile business, Jack took up the occupation of a farmer. The young men were often spoken of I as t ins, thou h there was no tie of blood between them. “But if we are ever blessed with ch ldren," they said “wc will h ve the families u. ited by m. rriage.” No children ever came to John Morton's home, except Ethel, the daughter of his only s ster, who, in dyii g, left her orphan cadd to hi cure. When Ethel w. s 12 years old, Mrs. Morton di, d, and Ou the shoulders of the young ! girl f. 11 the care of her uncle's home. Srrvants we e employed as in her i Aum’s timetodothe iieavy work, but Etuel, desn.te her tender years, had personal su ervision of the bouseho'd department, aud soon proved herself to lie a capital manager of affairs l>elonging to that domain. Ten years previous to the owning of our story Richard Whitney died, leaving an only son, Randall. The young man was not awa e of the existence of Ethel Dean, I much less of the plan talked over by I his father and John Morton, to have i him marry the young lady some time 1 in the future, Randall had succeeded his falher in business, and one summer, 1 weary of the ccasless ro nd of care, tired of the heat aud confusion of the i city, he remembered the promise he had i made to vist Uncle Morton, and ho de- ; < termiued to spend a f w weeks at the farm-house. All needful preparations i were completed, and he was on the eve ■ of starting, when Mr. Morton’s letter was rec< ived 1 “Heigh-Lo I’said be, when he had read j the cuaracteristic epistle through twice. “The poor old man does not have a > ery I pleasant home, I’ll wager. Fiom the sum of bis letter, I imagii e Mi s Ethel < Dean to be a crabbed old maid, who, to use a s'a'’g |J:lose, “‘runs the ranche.’” So he sent an imn eduvte reply to Mr. i Morton’s letter, stating that it would ] su.t him just as web to make the promised visit later in the season, and he i had found a young m n that he hoped ■would suit Mr. Morton. He could 1 recomnifeud the young fellow as being

trusty and of respectable fahiil v, and he w ould I e on hand some tithe durihg the next wixA. , RairaaH 'V.litney’s letter was received at the Morton farm-hou-e on Tuesuay, aud on Thursday**! tne next week, as Ethel wRi. b’usy in the front-yard tying up A refractory rose-bu-ih, the click of the gate warned her of the appn ach of some one. “Well. I wonder what hf has got to sell, for of course Ifo is agent for something W ‘ahotb'hr,” was the girl's thCUgIA fts a young man dressed in a serviceable srtit of and carrying a valisb ea'hie up the Hower-bciilri-i'd Uelli. “ts this where Mr. Morton lives?” asked the stranger, lifting his broadriuimed straw hat, and bowing wi h the graceful ease that conies only with true politeness. "Yes, Answered Ethel, stepping dov-H ftoln the elevated position on the three-legged stool: “you wll find Mr. Morton sitting on the piazza." “ hanks,” and tue young man, with a look of evident admiration of ths of the sweet face half-hid en .in the depths of a oapcaious sun-bonnet, took his way in the direction Os U ncle Mori ton. busy with her work Ethel had almost forgotten the presence of a stranger at I the house, when she heard her uncle ; call ng to her. “Now. what’s wanting/ said she to herself, as ha.f petulantly she dropped her pruning shears and bad o twine. “My bji niou on some Wondeiful labor-saving invent on, I expect.” But no s .mple in miniatuie of! a washing machine, or automatic barrel churn, no self-operating wripgej-, Ur double-reversible - hsek'-ftev!on-fold ng-ironihg-boArd met her gaze. Only the gehtlemanly-api eari g young man, qn etly talking to her Uncle Morton. “Ethel, this is the young man Mr. ; Whitnev spoke of in lis lette;-, h>r niece, Ethel Dean, Mr., Eieldk” A sur- ‘ prised, iUcrtdnlUuk look flashed, for a | motneht, Across the stranger’s hand- ! Some face, then bis polite, d ferential i bow was returned by one equally polite I from Ethel. “Now, grlie,” this was i Uncle Morton’s pet name for Ethel, I “have Katy show Mr. F elds to hii ; room, as I know be thusl be tired with two days of steady travel on the cars. After supper Ned will drive over to the i station, aid fetch your trunk.” When ■ the young man hud gene to his room Ethel j dned her uncle on the piazea. ! “Why, uncle, Mr. Fields ie a gentleman; what possesses him io hire out as a comI mob faim hand?” “Well, Lis health is not very good, and he was advised to spend the summer in the toantrv, tak ng plenty of exercise. When Whitney told him that I was in n n ed of a man to drive to and from the cheess-factorthe thought st tick him that here he could enjoy country air, have an abundance of healthy exercise, and turn an honest penny in the bargain.” “But what can he do, uncle, if he is in such )>oor health ?” I “That remains to be seen, for now that he is here I am under < Higations to give liim a fair trial. I like bis ap- | p<ar. nee very well; beseems so thor- | ougblv frank and outspoken.” And so thought Ethel when the young man came down to supper. Sidney I ields was not what one would call a i really handsome man, yet there was . something that suggested ment.,l culture and wide and varied knowledge of life. His was a fiank open face, though with proud, firm lines; a face tliato ee seen was not easily forgotten. A look of pleased surprise flitted across his expressive countenance when he entered the cool, wide kitchen where the evening meal was served. The table was spread with a snowy cloth, on which was placed a most iuv ting repast. Sweet yellow butter and fresh rolls, strawberries, and a pitcher of riches' cream, a crystal dish of amber-colored jelly, potatoes, eggs, doughnuts, fragrant tea, aud a large pitcher of milk for any who wish it. A pretty set of plain white cliini, silvi r knives and forks, aud the whitest of white napkii s. When about 17 Ethel had attended an excell nt boai ding-school tor two years, and the duty of cleanly and I eautiful living had been strongly impressed on her mind. She herself was pleasant to look at as she sat at the head of the table, and dispensed the honors with gentb-grace and dig ity. Uncle Mori ton, Mr. Fields, Ethel, Su -an and Katy, i two r< sy-cheeked damsels, shy, but not awkward, ai d Ned Brown, the hired 1 man, formed ave y pleasant group I about the fanner’s table. "Sur lv,” thought S dney Fields, as be we. t to his large, ary cl amber that night, “my lines have fallen i. pleasant places.” Next morning the young man entered upon the duties assigned to him; ad,as Uncle Morton expressed it, “he proved to be the right man in the right place.” Every morning he wi.s up with the sun. and down to the milking lot where Ned and Susan, and ' K ity were filling the pails with rich milk, then back to the cool stone milk-house, with i a brimming bucket in either hand, where Ethel, her round arms bared to the elbow, her lovely face flushed with the early exercise, was strain'ng ths lacte J fluid into the bright tin-cans around which the clear, cold water ripped with a soft, murmuring sound. I There had lieen a wonderful change in the “new h .nd” since his arrival at the farm. His face was bronzed by ex- ! j posnre to the sun and wind, and glowed with the rich color of health and strength. The tired, jaded lock in his brown eyes had given place to the i brightness and buoyancy of renewed ■ life. His mns cal voice, or clear, ringing wl istle, as Le went a ! out his work, awoke the echoes through the meadow and woodland “Miss Ethel” said he, coming into the milk-room one morning, “do you know this summer's work will make me almost hate the city? I do not know how I can ever endure its noise and confusion again,” and leaning against the open door he watched her deft hands flying swiftly about their work. “I have been here nearly three months, and my vacation is almost over,” said he. musing.y. Ethel glanced up quickly. “I think the summer lias been a great benefit to you. You have gained almost perfect health, and, a good brown i color,” she addud, laughingly. “i’es. all thanks to the health-giving food and air of Morton farm, but Ethel, if I may call you so, the e is something else I should like to have the assurance of hav ng gained. ” Something in his voice brought a shade more of color to her smooth cheek but she gave no further sign of having heard. “There,” she said, carelessly, “the milk is i eady and here comes Ned with the wagon. ” "Ethel did you hear me?” and behind the friendly screen of the iron- ! wood tree’s thick foliage her hand was clasped in a firm, but gentle grasp. “Yes,” she answered, with downcast eyes and glowing face. “I want you, Ethel, to go with me to my home in the city, as my wife. Will you ? for I love you girlie." “But Uncle Morton has other plans for my future,” said Ethe'.archly “he expects me to marry Randall Wnitney. ” ■ “Hal ha!” what a merry laugh broke the morning stillness. “Ha! ha! marry ' Randall bitney, well! that is news in- j deed. Have you ever met him, Etuel?” “No; and uncle has not seen him since he was a little boy; but it was plant ed between his father and Uncle Morton that the two families should be united by our marriage.” “And you are willing the plan should be carried into effect?” he asked, his eyes twinkling merrily.

s ’ “Nu! I hate his very n»me,” cried i the girl, stamping her little foot vehetii l en.tlv, “and I hac" tiild unde so.” I ii m nd. Ethel, I will have a talk with your uncle this morning, and i I think Mr. Whitney may ’hang his harp on the willow.’” “But I have not given you permission to xpeak Id uncle yet; volt Are too quick in taking things for granted,”, said Ethel saucily, as Ned i drove up, the rattle of the wheels drowning the sound of her voice. “But it is ‘yes,’ is it not, Ethel?” aud she could not say to him “nay,” neit.er did she wish to. “Yes,” was the answer, as she danced merrily ,aWay toward tie house, ( while Sidhc * Eielcls drove SwAy through the dawning sunlight, his heart bounding lightly, and a know.ng -m le lurking on tue proudlycurved lips. “Ethel,” said her uncle that eveni ing aft r the duties of the farm a.id household were completed; “Wbrn do <>u want to go on your visit to Aunt Barbara's?” The two were in the sitting-room wher> Ethel w as just lighting the evening lamps. "I don’t see how I can go this fall, uncle. The gt.ip s will soon be ripe and the pea hes will have to lie tt< nded to. It sterns too bed to think of visit ng no'W.'' “I know there is work to be done that the girls cannot do,” sad Uncle Morton, “but you know next month Kandall Whitney will l>s hath on Ins ]n> e w tfii’ieu v sit, and I thought maybe you would want to go away. You remember what you sail list spring,” and the old man rocked s ftly back and forth in t'.e big arm-chair, "Let him ctrtn •. ..Uncle. I Canntit afford to let all liie fruit go to waste on his account. “ “Better say, Mi<s Ethel, you cannot afford to leave the new hap incss that has come into your young life. Well, girlie, lam glad you are not going. I would hardly know hoW te entertain him ’’ Just llieii Sidney Fields sauntered in from the piazza, wnere he had been sitting, hidden by the vines and the early tw light. “Mr. Mo. ton,” said he, as he drew a chair close to the old gentleman, “I have a confession to iiiakc. 1 hate l e n iving in vou house almost three months under an as umed name, and as an impostor.” “What!” cried Mr. Morton, as he sprang to his feet, “you're a rascal; a scoundrel I” “No, Mr. Morton, not quite a rascal, 1 only Randall Whitney, the son of your old friend, Richard. ” Uncle Morton stood spellbound. Ethel le ned against the mantle, her face flushing and paling by tun s. “Ka da'l Whitney!” ejaculated the old man; "and you have been my hired m,m tor three mont sI” “Yes| Miss Etuel h re would not receive me as a visitor, and as I was determined to spend my vacation here, I borrowed another n uue and eatne as a 1 ired hand.” Cressi g over to wherd Ethel st od, white and still, he led her to U cle Mo ton. “Uncle Morton, Elh>'l has vowed she will never marry Rauda 1 Whitney, but I love her so>incerely that I am v illing to take tie name of Sidney l ie ds hencefi rth, if with your tors nt. she wiTbemy wi e.” Uncle Morton sank down in the arm chair. “The giilie must do ai she pleases. ” Ethel stood blushing, but no word left her red lips. “Forgive me, Ethel, for my deception,” and Randall Whitney diew her out into the silver moonlight. “Yon must say ‘yes,’ for I am a visitor now, a d it will never do to be rude to company. Jfc Sow her laugh rang out merrily. “And I dreaded your coming so much. ' I thought you proud and overbear .ng, and would lie ready to make sport of our plain, country ways. ” “And I,” said her companion, “dread to meet Mr. Morton’s old-maid housekeeper, who would not have auy visitors at Mortou farm.” When the Christmas bells rang out the.r glad chimes, Ethel lelt the old home as the wife of Kandall Whitney, and Uncle Mortou went with them. Ned Brown and cherry-cheeked Su-an were married an 1 took charge of the farm, where every summer the “folks from the city are greeted as welcome visitors, and from where, Ethel declares, she was won ‘in spite of herself.” . Perfection in Photography Due to the “I'o-itioni .t.” “The fact that photography has almost arrived at perfection is due n great part to ti e k 11 of ‘pos iouists,’ who make a spec al study of posing, and who have di-covered by long ex|l er ence just how various subjects snquld pose to bring out their good points and cover, as much as possible, their def cts. Po ing has become an art, and a difficult one to master. I There probaldy are not ha’f ado.ei first-class ‘po-ition : sts’ in New York ; city. A ‘positionist’ must, first of a'l, ■ have an exquisite taste; then, manv y ars of experience are required to direct the tas’e aid give it breadth. Inu would think that artists would make excellent ‘positionists.’ Th'V may be sk llful in pos ng their sul jems for the canvas, bur, they are generally f Jlures in the photograph gallery. .Many art sts have a high opinion of their abilities in this line. They sometimes bring a subject here and act the role of ‘posit o ists’ themselves, expecting to produce art Stic marvels. The result is fearful and wonderful. A good ‘poaitionist’ ean, by a dexterous manipulati >n of the body of the sitter, relieve the fa' man of tw ntv-five or fifty pounds of flesh, and give it to the ! lean man. He can make a seven-footer look six f- et h gh. and add a foot to the hig tof the little four-footer. He can tone down a camel back nose, straighten a crooked no-e, and lev, 1 a pug. He can lengthen# fu.l-moon fate, and give rotundity to a hat -h» ty face. In his i liamis el'phantine ears become human, and serial chins tak a t rrestrial direction, hut over the month he has no dominion. Au ugly non h will as-ert itself in spite of all Lis effort-”— New York Sun. Some Ancient Ballads. “Sing a Song of Sixpence” is as old as the si b e itlt century. “Three I Bind Mice” is foiiuil ia a musitf-Jiook ! dated lijOlh "The I I'l gaud the Monse” was licensed i.i 15S0. “T«tse C'fcldren S iding pn the Ice’ dated fromlii 9. “London Bridge is B -oken Down" is of unfathomed antiquity. “Girls and I B ys Come Out to Play” is eertahily as . old as the reign of Charles 11, as i- also “Lucy Lock t Lost Her Pocket." to the time of which the American "Yankee Doodle” was wr tten. “Pus -y Cat, Pussy Cat, Wfiftre Have Been” is of the I age of Queen Bess. “Little Jack Horner” is older than the seventeenth ce itniy. “The Old Woman Tossed in a Blanket” is of the reign cf James 11, to ' which monarch it is supposed to allude. Su,,; B<>W v told a young English nnblcmin that to l>e p« nlar in lii~ton B<>. iety he must prof se to l>e very io <1 of baked bean s. And so, when hediurd nt Mrs Be .cons rent s, lie said a lend vo it to the sel l sut: “Pass th" liaked lieans, please.” There were non .of ‘our e, and the hostess said she was iusuited. No hose so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfillment.—Emerson.

■ ■■■i.i l I.WIIU | HOW PRF’HbF’ftS DBEHSI Easy-Going Grant —Hayes the Kicker — Careless Garfield—l-astidious Arthur. [Washington Special to Chicago News.] It is not often the voice of the tai'o 1 is heard in the criticism of public mein An administration viewed from the stand point of a tailor has the merit of novelty. A fashionable tailor est )' lished himself hefe during Grant’s term, and his experience dates from that t me. “We have never begun to sell as many clothes here since Grant went out of office,” said he to-day. “I mad ' all of Grant's clothes. He was very liberal and easy to please. The public men of his time were great buyers of clothes. I* waS it ttommbn thing for a ISei.ator tir Memb rto buy a dozen suits a year. Grant’s Cabinet people were very dressy.” “How was it under Hayes?” “We never did but one job for Hayes. That knocked him cold. He came down one hot summer day during his hrst year iti office, and fls !“ make him a thin sack coat out of the very best gros grain silk. The material was expensive. It cost us exactly $23 to get up that coat. We hail beard that he was close, and as we w anted to catch his trade, we put tl.e price at $25. That paralyzed him Oh, how he did kick! But lie phili the bilk This Was the ISt older wb got from him. He had the rest of his cloth s chopped but for him by his old ta lor in Fremont. He sent his box s to us for ready-made suits, but we never made any money out of the ! White House under him. Wehad>ome of his Cabinet on our books, but there was very little dressing under Hayes. The purchase of clc thes by public in en fell off 50 per cent. I never expect , again to see so much spent lu my shop as when Grant was President." “How was Garfield?” “He was a very careless dresser. He did not have much taste. He was rather slow pay when he was in Congress, but when he went into the White House he liegan to buy a much better grade of clothes afl.d to fay greater attention to his dress The day he was shot lie had on a very handsome suit w e made for him, price S6O. Haves would have died before he would have paid that money for a suit of clothes.” “Do vou do much for President Arthur ?“ “Not a dollar’s worth. He does business with his old tailor in New York—the man who makes the s its for the meml ers of the Coaching Club. He is a x ery high-priced man. He does not make the plainest business suit under S7O. He was over here the other day to take »n order for the President He said he did not care anything for the j President's trade; he was so hard to suit. He took up twenty pairs of trou-ers the other day, made to the Presid nt's measure, and spent an hour with him trying them on before he could find a pair to suit. He says the only way he tan get along with the President is to be right up and doxvn with him. One da* Arthur spoke to him very sharply about the fit of a cost and the tailor turned his back on him. At least, he said he did. Then the President said: “Oh. come, now, don’t take any offense; I can’t afford to quarrel with j on." "You see. a first-class tailor is a pretty independent man; but, wh le he is particular with the President, be is Very careless with the work for the President’s servants. We used to furnish the White-House liveries, but the job goes to the New Y’ork minnow. The new livery-coats of the President’s coachman and footman, made of cr< anicolored hammer-cloth, costsl 5 apie. e; but, God bless vou ! they are the worstfitting things I ever saw, except the clothes the Fremont tailor used to chop out for Hayes. The Boa-Constrictor. The boa-constrictor has always been con-idered an ugly customer to deal with, and yet, if you know how to go at it, xou can pnt yourself in the way of many pleasant hours of companionship with the dreaded serpent. The popular delusion is that the reptile can only be rendered tractable by violent treatment; that he must Le gi asped by the tail and thrashed about the floor every few minutes. This is a sad mistake, as sueh a course is certain to engender a feeling of enmity in ttia breast of the boa that years of subsequent kindness may not be able so efface. To train up a snake in the way that he should go, so that in after years he will not depart therefrom, you must first win his respect and confidence; you are then on the high road to the obt.unance of a first place in his affectio is. When you take him into your home give him to nude > stand that he has a place there, and that so long as he is sub > issive to your authont . von xxiil cherish him. In the birth of his affection for you, he may crawl into your b d and xoil hin slf about your form; s-.ould he do this, do not repulse him rudely, but ever so gently disentangle yourself and request him politely but firmly to go down cellar. If he should manifest any desire to i swallow any of the domestic creatures about your bouse, humor him. Dogs anil cats, pigeons and poll-parrots, however dear they may i>e to yon, may be eas.ly replaced; but in your whole life you may not have more than a dozen chances to win the great heart of a boai constrictor. In conclusion it should be remembered that the serpent is not choice as to bis diet, and that he may be fed for next to nothing by being traine i to go around the side-way and head off itinerant peddfors, book and sewirg-macliine agents and organ-grinders.— Cincinnati Saturclau Niaht. Pay To-Day, Trust To-Morrow. Do not let your chances like the sunbeams pass you by, for you’ll nev r miss vonr girl until some other fellow’s got ner. If you are high upon the ladder of fame, hold the faster, for your fall if you slip, will be the gr ater. Once down and yon are little thought of and hardly noticed. People do not care how high up you may have been one time in life. The world has a cold shoulder for all, even genius, when stuck in the quagmire of ill-fate, and charity only comes to aid the memory of dead genius, and not to ease its strug- i g es. Mr. Bernard Bigsby once wrote a pretty sentiment to this theme, which, as we recollect it. ran: Oh, li-ten to the water-wheel through all the live-li Bg day; Your salary w ill stop about the time you lose your pay. The fellow at the ladder’s top, to him all glory ! goes. And the f ellow at the bottom is the fellow no one knows, No uoo I are all the "had been*," tor-in country ’ and towm. Nobody cares how high you’ve been when once I yon have come ilcwn. When once you have been President and are Pre ident no more, i Yon may run a farm or teach a school, or keep a I country store. No one will ask about you. you never will be missed, ' The mill w 11 only grind for you while you sup- ’ ply the grist. -Th« Eur. A new invisible ink has been introduced by Dr. Widemann. It i* made by intimate y mixing linseed oil one part, water of ammonia twenty parts and water I<M) parts. The mixture must be agitated each time the jien is dipped into it, as a little of the oil may separate and flat on the surface, from which, if taken up by the pen. a stain would be left upon" the paper. To make the writing aupoar all that is needed is to lip the manuscript in water; when the paper dries the wntmr will vanish. ’

■YCHIR JOB PRINTING THE Decatur Democrat Office! Fine Work and Low Prices.

- PiUKtR'S H.MR EMSftM.; * i' *• ■ • [’ I .nrtwT I A-- K a I f V-VJ * ,'7'_ y An-*’ •»• > n '-f Bi ’ «tr 'r Hr s r IwNGEn JOIWI ' APsraF. .Jj ('.eil.clsi l’i.-J Uvtf Istß»iwt?». ' [Lk ■../..i...-..;.;..,,: bo*u vme-. l>y »'xi u : :’f V’. i | 1 If- -ur I - ■ • !' ■ hau-sUxi .•. r.” • : I M a <.r mi’.hki* Cgirc*; «i • t'rt | , uke : . ■. s Lit :.*c I‘irarfJu . I Cl..ecu 1 | ... !■..... i . J • I HOW WATCHES ARE MADE. In a Solid Gold AVatch, aside from , the necessary thickness for engraving and polishing, a lm-ge proportion of metal is needed only to stiffen and hold tlic engraved portions in place, end supply strength. The surplus goki is actually needless. In Jami« Boeli Paint (fold H'slcA Gi«r» this i waste is saved, and solidity and STRENGTH increased by a simple process, nt one-half the cost. A plate of solid ootn is soldered on each side of a plate i of hard nickel composition metal, and the three are then passed between polished steel milers. From this the cases, back.-, centers, bezels, etc., are cut and shaped by dies and formers. Die gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and engine turning. These cases have been worn ]>erfe<'tly smooth by ' use without removing the gold. Thit in the onli/ case made under this process. Each aue is accompanied with a valid guarantre signed by the manufacturers warranting it to wear 20 years. I‘.O,<XX) of these Cases ‘ now carried in the United States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler. TOLEDO. CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Table*—ln Dec, 11, 1882. Going West, i Western i Going East. ‘ I 7 I 5 I Division. I 6 I 8 | 1 ... P. M. A- m.ILv. Ar. P. m. p’m' .... .... 8 30. 4 561 Toledo 10 Uo| 535 ... .... 12 35 4 3U .... Delphos..... 910 130 ... .... 105 457 .... Venedocia. . 8 47, 1 <»5 .... .... 1 15; 50b .Jonestown... 8 37'12 52 .... .... 126 521 Shasta 8 27112 40' .... i .... 132 5 i-’i.. .Enterprise... 8 21,12 33 .... .... 140 538 Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 545 ....Abauaka.... 807 12 18; .... .... 153 5 50’ .. Schunim.... 802 12 131 .... .... 205 605 ... Willshire.... 7 50:12 OOi .... .... 215 6 17i Pleasant Mills. 740 11 49!.... .... 235 638 .... Decatur.... 7 22.11 30; .... .... 249 6 55j.... Peterson.... 707 11 13- .... .... 3 «»lj 708 .. Curryville... 6 57.11 .... i .... 805 713 ....Craisrrille.... 653 10 55;.... .... 321 732 .... Bluffton.... 6 37;’0 39 .... .... 339 752 .Liberty Centre. 62uio 2o .... I .... 349 804 . ..Boehmer.... 608 10 081.... I .... 353 808 ... .Buckeye.... 6 06il0 061 .... .... 407 8 231 Warren 552 9 511.... .... 432 8 53.. ..Van Buren... 527 924 .... ’ ... 440 9 w Landesxville.. 5219 15 ...’ | .... 445 9 io- .. .Hantield.... 517 9 10 1 .... .... 504 9 -Ui: .Marion *56 8 5o! .... » .... 522 9 4-ii. ..Bosehurgh... 440 838 Z** .... 532 9 51] Herbst. ... 429 8 29| .... . .... 540 958 ... Swazev s 4238 23 .... .... ;557 10 14 .. Sycamore. . j«• ’l7 8 0g) .... 607 1»> 22 ..Gn-entown...l 3 n>» b 02* .... 163510 50 Kokomo I 8 30; 7 iv.j .... 1 ... - P M. Ar. LvJ ....1a.M. 1 ; Going W 7 est. i . Going East. I7f 5 | Ift | |l2 .... p.m. a.m Lv. Ar. P.M.IA.M.. .... .... ! 6 35 10 50 1 .... Kokomo .... 3 20] 7 35; .... 6451100 .. .Tarkington .. 3 08, 725 .\. I .... i 6 52 11 oft ..Middletons,.. 302 720 I .... I 6 69,11 13|..,RussiaviUe.. 2 52! 713 .... .... 71111 25 Forest 2 401 7 03; .... A M. 7 25 11 39 .Michigantown. 224 662 P. 1L 6 15 7 45 12 00 ....Frankfort.. . 2 00 6 30: 8 00 6 58; .... M. ...Clark’S Hili | 722 8 211 Veedersburg 5 55 9 !..Ridge Farm 4 W J 9 ! Metcalf. 400 1100 ...1....0ak1and., 3 15 II 30 Maples 2 45 t 11 45 |...Charfesun: 2 30 ■ •••• 1 Ar. ...J ... T. PHILLIPS T. H. B. BEALE, Gea Manager. Gen. Pass Aeen* W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’t. Gen. Pass. Agent

Floreston Cologne. N,r A ’ n ’ Fasntr-xEti Psan-WB. FBafcaaxT. kxywimTim, ■- rtl> Bv 1 F’eefvmiby *T;saxo7srivT». ar HIaCOX A CO.. K. i. Uu*t Sarise u j»UYiw« thi ‘,x. Sub. Ringer. Dr-hn. Mandrake. RilUKia many of the b«c jnedicT*fl» Known are combined in . * m Parkkr * GiNGgx l into a medicine of such VJ| sv ■ 4>. powers, as to make t the Greatest & Kkxxi Pun r.«r aaa Kidney Correaor ana tne Best Health and Str:ngth Restorer C«er U«4. I ?* esres Dxvne-.-ia. Rhevmahsm, Nw?raiji», Sleep, h lessneis-andad osease&cfme m -mach.Bowei i .Lungi, \/ Aja*jj&L"? - - vnnary Or-ass, and ail Female Comokints. \ % away with Contumpuon or any e use the Tonic te-cay. It willsurelv help you. n , , .. . . Kememoer: This lonic is the Be>t Family MediFarkpr Hair Rakam E<sen C e» lat AU! Q Hull Uuloalih Oi Gwger ajia ower j. oruc*. as it never intoxicaie*, • Xv e'efant, ttgretaj'-i Hair cures Diuukeareis A-v dealer in Crjgs can ; never Fails to Rtttars Cray or Faded Hair ts 5 ■ uthful Color. 50c. and $x sizes. Laxgc Sayikg in Buying Dollar Size.,

GRANO RAPIOS & HUMANA RAILWAY. tn Krtbet October 15. tHH’A- » trf < S TIMK. ociing' XiifiW —— i - station V Ito I' M CD jvi 8 ‘sam <4 pm Ric Kim nd.iv "•!'»»" ’f j? $ i ib i; i.’.ui I |»;« 1» I-:::::: . Fort Wax or lv. J 310 ; ‘ .’ S »5 ii‘<! KulalllSZO*' ■ ■ TV: a i>a jlii '2 25 f KUanuizuDt, '■ * O9 Jfi 880 i <'.^diumuc..' . f rwiv < Irani lUpiL lv ~453111 11’-. ■ . ■ » !»•■ :■■■«» iiU S * r H i I ......U<U 1“ S’vuL On- •• • 111 I 3 '" na.'. -icrirM ...I I »» I'i'no"" M.u knw' . —d„ ■ Lx*— I ' — _ Gx’i~<> ! '"'i rtf.' “fN X. • i -a C ” “ • *?n*» U !1 “ 1”.’.’... « 40arti I fc, JL”::::::::':| Traverse Ci■. ■•••*# *1 in <2 ! 5 45 I .n- ” ! Jt Grano Ko. i<l- ar . * 1 ■ ? '. ~. a Orau-l Kwiib- 1' ’«» I jiaiiUDa*'O ‘W ' I K.lvnniz « lv 1 '■! . K.n3.-jivinr 11« 1?“ ' Fort Waynr h ’•’ rartund.:.««; Ib.lgevtMe J ; ( 3U ' | ; ‘ <'im*fni:i!tj I« *0 ' ■ loom- < No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mack* inaw City Gaily, except Saturday, -Ml other trains d ily except Sunday. Wbodruff sleeping ears on Nos. 0 and ft be- . tween Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between ; Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also Woodruffsleeping cars on Sos. 7 and 8 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. AB. LEET. Genl Pas-. Agent Chicago and Atlantic R’ytime table -eastern div. Takes P*7Vef S»m<lay, June 17» 18A3. ’ W»TWAKD. I 1 EASTWARD. . I'aritic ( Ineaff'-’ Ntattons. -N.Y Ex|Atl»ntkEx. u. I l-'x. 1 Xr. Lv.l 8. I 12. _ ■ J iuiim 1 j.ii-iu, .uiiuiiugton. t M'pm 11 vpm 315 2 Si* ..Simpsons... 259 11 OR 306 222 - - Markle.... 307 11 16 j 1 55 2 r> ....Union.... 3 18 it 2v» n -j) «w ..Kingsland.. 325 >ll 33 240 ,1 M [....Tocsin...J 332 11 39 2 34 1 49 .. Kirtland .. 3 W 11 44 230 145 i... .Preble. ..i 343 1147 220 135 [...Decatur... 357 12 02ar * 295 -122 1 .. ..Rivare.... 406 12 11 157 115 . Greenwood. 413 12 17 148 106 . Gienmnre.. 422 12 25 1 38 12 57 EllterpdsSr. 4 35 12 34 ]23 12 4*' • Yorkville.. 449 12 47 1 ns ]2 20 .Spencerville. 5 (X> 1 08 12 52 12 10 ... .Couaut.-. 517 I1 15 'l2 in 12 1 pm .... Kemp....' 523 120 12 41 11 58 .. Shawnee... 5 29 1 25 12 .3) 11 52 1 v.. Lima .... 539 1 3ft 12 IT 41 Toftfisend..' 5 4»’> '1 42 12 2o .11 37 Westminster; 553 149 12 14 U 1 . ..Harn ds... 559 155 12Cftam 11 2J ...Preston... 607 i 2 03 11 59 11 Ift 1...- Scioto.... ft 13 I 2 03 111 51 11 11 Oakland .. 618 '2 14 ' II 4<i pi 56 !v. Kenton.. 640 ( 2 36 111 2.7 1” 43 . ..Dudley..., ’> 53 2 4ft 'ill* V> 37 hppbnrn . 1 7 01 252 i 11 < • .o 26 ... Ci fton.... 7 14 3 03 11 v IO 17 Espyviile.. 7 25 3 12 I<i !•» i » Hords 7 31 3 17 iiv '■ v.'p . 1 ‘r ra Man- n ... ■ »4'pm 3 25arti , Trains rnn by Columbus time. Trains No- U and 3 rnn threrdgh snlfd be- i tween u hi* ago and New York. Trains Nos. 12 and 3 rnn daily, all others daily , except Sundav. J. CONDIT SMITH. S. W. SNOW, Vice Free, and Gvn Mang. Gen. Pass. Agt. CHICAGO. J. C. WILLIAMS, General Supr intendent. I Tw W TRAO6. * W W mark y K "" s —- von tt BASKET PLUG i TOBACCO 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 Are the best SMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. SPENCE BROS. & CO.. ClneinnatS 1 * I I fN r" are alwnvg on the lookout for I fl f I L • I hi» n<w to incrß-se thrir warnings, \/u I 411 h* ‘‘ iue wealthy; those ■ will I wh-»dv not improv* their <»pp.>rtu- ■ ’ • rvDuiiu in poverty. We .flirr a grest chance to iuak> m >ney. We want many naeu, wumeo. boyu and girte tu work fur us rich’in their own iuealitiee. Any one can do the work fn-m the fir»t start. Ibe twines* will pty more than ten times the- ordinary wacte. Expensive outfit furnished tree. Noone who engage* fel« to mnke money rapidly. You can dev«>te ynr whole time to the work, cr vnl> your epare m "inenis. Fnll information and all th it ie Deeded eent free. Address feTIMfiOJt Portland, Maine. —-6 42 iyr. Ilati>• it ex and llotherN. Dr. Mrrrhl* <'atholiroo Female ftd'inedy. Guarnntced io give sMiftfaeOon or money refunded XV >H cure Female diseases. All ovarian ircnhles. intiaina'ion and ulceration, falling and displacements or bearing down Heling, irregularities, btrrenness, change of life, luccor. hoea, besides many weakness springing from the above, like he, bloating, spinal weakness, tletjl ssne-s, nervous debility, ( pa’pi’aii in of the heart, etc. Fur sale by Druggists. Pn <1 and 51 -50 per Utile. Send to *»r J. B Marchisi, Utica, N. for pamphlet, free. For sale by Dorwin and IL It bouse.—No. 2 tnu rositrt Cure for Piles ; fl people of ibis country we would say w .*e been given the Agency of Dr. March ? iti.i.h’i Pile Ointment—warrated to enre or n . nej e unded—lnternal, : Ex’eri-al. B ind, Bhedlng o bching Piles, i Price 50c a box. Fo» dale by Bor win and Huh house.—No. 2m b. Kork Candy Cough Curt. W arranted to cute or money refunded. Coughs, i o ds, Hoarseness, Throat and Lung troubles, (alsogood for children ) Kock Candy Cough Cure contains th« healing of pure white Rock Candy with extracts of Roots and Herbs Only 25 cts. Large bottles bl.oo cheapest to buy. For sale by Dorwin and Holthouse. No. 2m3.

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD#SONS. Have again made a change of base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. From and after this date Will sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selection ia the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. i SILK HANDKERCHIFS from Ji to $2.50 a piece, LADIES’ FVB.S, ; In Setts and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. { HNEUNE ~of shawls * I n all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Broche. GENTS’ 2STECK AVE AI L We have something new in that line called a Lawn ;v n . nis. or Bicycle l ie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, so.n< t,,ing beautiful for a Christmas Gift. DE’gARTMEKT Is e< niplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth s and N.-.pkins 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 Q LASS-WAK l<i In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates. Tea setts. Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH \\ 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 our CARPET DEPARTMENT, You can find something nice in tfae way of Buggs, 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 COAT’S, L’b STERS and DOLMANS to close for the set-.in —now is your chance to make a oargain. Please call and see before you make your purc’a ises as we i know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. i ,00k Out and Don’t Forget o THAT JOHN WELFLEY. is. selling Groceries at less money than anv other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD. iSUGARand 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 Hains, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. I 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 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 A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stock I «> Fresh Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City Delivered Free.

” — - - - 1 - 1 - ■ n F" A h * w •****'V. *o and dm LJ L V* I before Ton die. something mighty fl I I * u4 sublim leave Miiud t» c n I I LU I JM a week i„ yw,y ‘ • 0«uk,.w0,|5 t„. >. H-g Iveryth<;g new. c»Hul not retir'd. »> «> i i,“. t:'L you everything, Many are mak.ug rtun« Ladle. make u ur.t ni ß n, apd ; . -,t t ,^ Q great pay Hinder, If yon want'u. . - it which you rao make great pay all tlie tim >te lor par ucniare to H, Haukrt * Co., Pon laud. M atue

fT\ “7 A ”*“*• •* h *?be*»a«i>«r” l ‘ c ' Q) i !& £S ray Vt>u nearly as wall. Fo on® cap • u’s* SdTeX K: bL '“" ably, addraaa I»a *o<k, AuguW*.