Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1890 — Page 7

WFIBHDEB CHORD. Bw BT MANDA L CROCKER. thf ' re you’ve twanged a chord I’d rather never hear, ■jijßPn uiy soul it is the sweetest to my ear; C-k'/X?*-*'. .■tajl’l kinder lost ’em—pkauint t.Lots, of yore—gg ■BFl'd altogether, seem’t. they return your tellin’ of the homestead an’ yer mother at the door, for her boy a-comin’ with the cows on jest afore, me think o'times that's drifted out, beyint the Settin’ Buri, me. a vag, to wander up and down 'till '-i. d> ■ nt. forget it, sames I worm a in the be.iri . of ’ BPorchard, whole the rbrnlcluuip elders jest abuvo my ■ HMsIMr talkin’ of yer chi.dhood brings mine Mni&M&ck agin to me, i» ■■■■e things I bed forgotten are the very ones agin my mother callin' me her darlin' BP Hl raley wonder, mister, if lain* her little if I were barefooted, with the rim all my ’cross the fields at sunset for the cattle me I hear the tinkle of the bell that Cherry wore, look bad; an’ see my mother standin’ in the M > kitchen door! V An’ I smell the bloomin’ clover, as I skip along the ridge; •; ■ An’ hear thef!utter, clutter of the wheel below ■ the bridge; ■ Later then my mother cornin’ with the milk-pail ■ on her arm, <, . ■ An’ she talks, as she is milkin’, of the prospects B of thujarm. ■ Later still I skip before her, puttin’ down an' up r the bars, ' Whistlin’ to the w hip-poor-will an’ countin’ biggest stars, Watchin’ swAllers skim the zenith, bizzy with their evenin’ meal, List’nin’ to the milk li-straiuin* while the shaddere round us steal. ’ c Seems to mo I hear her hummin’ of the hymns sheus.ter know; ' . Patient, hopeful mother alters—but, my friend, that’s long ago, An’, ye see, I’d kinder lost it, pleasant picture, stainedby time, If I hadn’t heard yer story of yer happy auld lang syne, But ye twanged a chord vibratin’ with a bub-B^din’,-childish joy bin mighty silent, mister, eence I was a . tle boy; . I tvhy. tlio’ tis the sweetest to my lone- | ly, friendless ear, . = ’ That 1 kinder wish ye'd missed it, for I’d rather never ®epr. Richland, Mich. BETRAYED, OR A DARK MARRIAGE MORN. X Romance of Love, Intrigue and Crime. CHAPTER ll".—(Continued). It was nine o’clock in’’the evening before Bay called at Eugene’s room. He found him as he had expected, writing; and aftdr tarrying for half an hour, and speaking what words of encouragement he could think of. he left, feeling that it would be a relief to his fiieud to have him do bo. The next morning when he arose, Eugene found a business letter awaiting him. After a wondering glance at the ent yelope he-tore ifopen. The letter it contained was brief and to the point: “Dear Sir—l am greatly n want of / an efficient book-keeper. You have been strongly recommended to me, and I offer you the position. The salary I am prepared to pay is one thousand dollars per annum. If you "accept, I should be glad to have you enter upon your duties tomorrow morning. Respectfully, etc., “John N< itioN, Publisher,” For some moments Eugene was almost unable to speak, or, for that matter, even Io think; but presently, Im yas more him-ss-self, ana then the truth flqbfoedupon him. “John Norton? Why, thuFs Hay’s relative. Ah! I sec it all now; this is his doings, or—no! it’s more like Meta. I must _ go to them attonce;" and he went. „Yeß, it was! Meta’s doings. Bay had hastened home from the bank, and, full of the subject, had told her everything. Without a word, but with pale face and qnivhring lip’s, she had hurried to her own after dressing for going out, had hastened through the sitting-room, saving, as she passed into the hall: ’’Brother, I hope to be back in an hour. If I do not come, don’t worry; I shall be safe,” and then she had almost flown to the publisher. \ ’■ -■ He heard her story, gave her a hundred dbllara, telling her to see that it was handed to Eugene bn the morrow, and then told her that their friend should not want for employment. And thus it was that young Cleveland, On this next morning after his dismissal from the bank, found himself far better off, in a worldly point of view, than he had been on the day before. In the dark hour of his trouble and ■ disappointment he had written a letter to a sweet and trusting girl in,a pretty New England village, informing her that he had lost his situation, but saying never a word about the woman who had caused his disgrace, s On returning to his room after his second day’s service at the publishing house, he found a note on his table. It was simply this: “Come to me, my own lore, and be comforted. lam here at my aunt’s. J “Mildred. “298 West Thirty-second street. “Tuesday morning.” Eugene gave a glad shout of satisfaction, and started for Thirty-second street at once. Ah! how much those two had to say to each other! How earnestly she regarded him—how eagerly’she wetched his every movement! “And so, you are to hate one thousand dollars a year, now?” she paid, at last. ! “Yes, dear; that is to be my salary.” “Isn’t that a great deal—l mean, won’t it support you quite comfortably?” “Yes, indeed; ana my little wife, too, if she will be my wife. What do you say, Mildred?” “I see very clearly,” sho responded demurely, “that unless I |ay yes you will be getting into fresh trouble directly.” “Ah! then you consent. B.ess" you, Mildred—bless .you, my own darling!" And he covered her lips with kisses. CHAPTER L THE WEDDING— THE FLIGHT. • Mildred Lesterlp home was a pretty vine-covered cottage, in an attractive New England village on Long Island Sound, where her whole life bad been passed in quiet happiness with her widowed mother. She was less than ten years of age when Eugene Cleveland, then in his seventeenth year, first saw end became interested in her; but it is not to be supposed that she felt drawn toward him at that time. Her mother,’ however, who was still far from ola, took a sadden and great liking to the boy, nnd when she discovered his manifest preference for her child, gravely, and even earnestly, de- ' elated to him that it should be the one great object of her life to train her up to be worthy of his love. Eugene was delighted, and from that moment not only the more dal'gently worshiped his little friand, but included her mother in his devoton. &

And so the years passed— happy, joyous years, with hardly ► care. But at length misfortunes came, and the young lover lost father and fortune at the same moment. Then, through hid uncle’s influence, he became a book-keeper in the Atlantic National Bank. How he lost his situation we already know, and we also know with what tender solicitude Mildred, who had long since learned to love him with all her heart, had flown to his side, to be with and to comfort him. Time sped swiftly by; the wedding day was fixed, and was rapidly approaching. The only question that had not been settled was the place where the ceremony should be performed. Should it be at the widow’s cottage in New England, or at the bride’s aunt’s in New York? “I am afraid, love,” said Eugene, one evening, when this question was brought up, “I am afraid that it will have to be here, though I should like so much to be married at your own dear home, where we have both known so much of happiness." “And why can’t we?" “Why, you see, dear, we are so busy now. I am wanted at the publishing house every moment in the day, and having been there so short a time, I hardly see my way clear to asking for a leave of absence, even with so-important an object in view as taking to myself a wife. So I think your mother had better come down, and that the ceremony had better be quietly performed in the evening, after the business of the day is over.” “But I fear mamma may not be well enough to come down,” objected Mildred. “Not well enough?" repeated Eugene, wonderingly. “Ah!” sighed Mildred, “you don’t know how fast she has been failing lately. Why, she can no longer go out of doors. It is events much as she can do to get from one ropm into another at times.” “Good heavens!” he exclaimed, “that’s bad. I am very sorry to hear that;” and then, after considering for a moment, “but, dear, we must have her with us some way. “I fear she’ll think it best not to attempt to come to the wedding," said Mildred; “but she may come to us after we return from our bridal trip.” “I am afraid you have not quite understood me, Mildred,” said Eugene, gently; “we sha’n’t have much of a bridal trip, I think.” “What! Not have any bridal trip at all?” exclaimed Mildred, in a disappointed tone. “Why, really, my darling, I don’t quite see how we could have much of one, any way,” he responded. "In the first place, as you see, I can’t very well get the time, and if, as I greatly desire, we go to house-keeping at once, as my friend Raymond Fielding and his sister have done, why, we shall require alldny surplus cash to purchase our fitting out.” “It will hardly seem like getting married, not to have a wedding trip,” mused Mildred; “but I can Very well see that it will hardly be practicable or wise to undertake one.” “I knew you would look at it in that light, my darling,” exclaimed Eugene, approvingly, “and now about your mother, Mildred: let us settle that.” “Ah! I will write to her at once, and ; find out what suggestions she has tp offer. -it*,’. 1 /,-- • ouldn’t we take the 4 or Tr:nt?l"P- get married at our house'in‘the oveniAK- il!ld then return by the early train the nW morning?” “ Why— y- 1 thi\ k we might possibly manage that. At aAyjate. write and see what your mother when we get her answer we can settle more intelligently.” ' v > Mildred did write that very night b&K. fore preparing for bed, and two days later the auswer camo. Mrs. Lester professed herself as very much surprised at the haste the young couple were making, but did not attempt to dissuade them from carrying out their plan. One thing, however, she made very clear. ’ She could not possibly bear the excitement of a wedding taking place in her house. She suggested, therefore, that they should be quietly married at her sister’s; have a brief reception afterward, if perfectly agreeable to her, and then take a late train to Biverside, and spend one night at the cottage. After they had been married a month or so, she further said, she would, if they wished it, rent her little cottage, and make her future home with them. As nothing better could be done, they concluded to act wholly on Mrs. Lester’s suggestions. Mrs. Vernon, Mildred's aunt, cheerfully consented to have the wedding and reception take place in her parlors, and so the necessary arrangements were.made, and the invitations sent out. It was not their intention to ask a great many to congratulate them; but acquaintance in the city was large, and Mrs. Vernon had a host of friends, whom, she said, it would not do to slight on such an occasion. So that, when the list caffie to be revised for the last time before the eventful day, they found there was still quite an army left, after dropping every name they could find any excuse for rejecting. At last the wedding day arrived. Eugene had seen Bay the night before, and received from him the assurance that he would be promptly on hand. “As for Meta, pdbr girl,” he had said, “I don’t know whether it will be possible for her to be present or not. She hasn’t been at all well for some days past, and when I left her this evening she said she hardly thought she should try to sit up till my return; and, by Jove, old fellow, ,if she don’t let me in to-night, it will be the first time she’s missed since we’ve kept House together.” The marriage was to Take place at an early hour, and only a favored few were to witness the ceremony. The appointed hour arrived, the minister was on hand. They only waited for Ray and Meta. . Five—ten—fifteen minutes passed, and still the expected guests did not appeal*. The minister looked impatiently at his watch; he had another engagement, and the time was slipping by. Moreover, it was nearly the hour for the reception. “I would suggest,” whispered the clergyman, meeting Eugene in the hall, “that the ceremony be no longer delayed. Doubtless your friends have been unavoidably detained.” , “We will wait just five minut.es,” rejoined Eugene, “and if they are not here then, not a minute longer.” “Very well,” and the minister turned to answer a remark of the bride’s aunt. The five minutes passed; still no Ray ’-—no Meta. They must give them up. Eugene, who had been to the door for the twentieth time, closed it once more and went up stairs to fetch the bride. The ceremony was quickly over; the clergyman, as in duty bound, kissed the bride, and the happy couple received the warmest congratulations of their friends. And now other guests began to pour in, and the bouse filled up rapialy. Presently, while Eugene and his wife were surrounded by and were conversing with a number of their guests, the footman who had been engaged for the occasion made his way to him and placed a sealed note in his band. a “ ‘Urgent,’ the bearer requested me to say, sir,” he said, with a bow, and then discreetly withdrew. “Excuse me,” said Eugene, and wonderingly he opened the note. His wife, who was watching his face with eager interest, saw a strange look of fear, remorse or alarm settle there, and was about to speak, when he hastily exclaimed: o “I must leave you for a little while, dear; I am very sorry, but it can’t be helped. I shall be back in ample time to take the train. Don’t let it be generally known that I am gone.” And with a hasty glance at those about him, he left the room.

' A strange sense of impending evil weighed upon poor Mildred's heart, and she even thought that those around her, who had aeen her husband’s hasty withdrawal, partook o/ th® feeling. Fifteen—twenty mi'putes passed. She thought she would find her aunt, and ask her what it could possibly be that had called her husband frem her side at such a time. She had just reached the hall when some one" pulled the be.’L i A sense of dread her, and, claspng her hand to her side, she leaned ; against the wall for support. The footman opened the door. A messenger stood without; he handed in a letter, and immediately departed. Ihe solemn menial glanced at the address. * “For you, ma’am,” he said, and placed the missive in Mildred’s outstretched hand. A sudden impulse took possession of her; and gathering up her skirts she fairly flew up the stairs and closeted herself in her own room. To tear open the letter was but the work of an instant, and it hardly took longer to devour its contents. This is what she read: “Poor innocent and betrayed one, where do you think the husband you are waiting for is at this moment? Would you know the truth? Then go to the home of her whom he loves but too well —the sister of his friend. “Do you doubt? Think for a moment. For whom did he disgrace himself and lose his situation in the bank? Her brother. Who procured him another and better place? This girl herself. “I tell you again you are betrayed. She has summoned him to her, and he has gone—even before you are the blide of an hour! “This warning comes from “A Friend.” With a groan Mildred crushed the cowardly letter in her hand, and abstractedly thrust it in her bosom. As she did so, something white on the carpet attracted her attention. She picked it up and saw that it was a note. Quickly she remembered that Eugene had left his hat and overcoat in that room, and that he must have come there for them when he went out. This must have been the jery note he had received, and he must have dropped it then. She opened it with trembling hands. One glance was enough. She uttered a sharp cry of pain. “Oh. mother! oh, my poor mother!” she moaned; and, seizing hat and shawl, threw them on any way, and stealthily leaving the house, fled in the darkness of the night. IV. AN OPPORTUNITY LOST. On leaving his bride in the parlor, Eugene Cleveland had hastened upstairs to the room in which Mildred a little late sought seclusion. After closing the door, he had once more carefully read over the note he had received, and, then, as he thought, thrust it into his vest pocket. His overcoat lay across the back of a chair, and his bat was on the table close by. In putting on his coat the somewhat crumpled note, which had been rather carelessly thrust into his pocket, fell out upon the floor. This, unfortunately, he did not notice; and having buttoned his coat and seized his hat, he hastened from the room. Passing down a back stairway, in order to avoid attracting attention, he descended to the basement, kept on through the servants’ hall, and so at last gained the street. . . For a moment he hesitated, as if uncertain what course to pursue, and then stated at a rapid pace toward Sixth avenue. » had hardly reached jhe corner when he skW AD cab approaching. He at onee hailed it>>apd as it drew up to the sidewalk, sprang lihside. " Where to?” asked the clrivw, v as he opened the door. ' “ . “Two .hundred and ninety-five West Forty-seventh street,” was the answer; and in another moment he was being rapidly whirled up the avenue. “Here we are, sir," exclaimed the driver, as the cab came to a stand and he sprang from his seat. But before he could open the door Eugene was on the sidewalk. “Wait here,” he said; “I shall not detain you for more than ten minutes,” and running rapidly up the steps, he gave a loud ring at the bell. Ho waited for some time, and hearing no movement inside, rang again. A moment later he distinguished the sound of heavy footsteps slowly ascending the basemenk, stairs, and then, with aggravating deliberation, approaching through the hall. The key turned in .the lock, and the door was opened just enough to permit .the person within to get a fair view ex the would-be visitor without. “Who are ye, sor, an’ phat do yez want here, if ye plaze?” came a voice through the aperture, “Sure, the mistress is out, an’ I ” “I don’t want to see your mistress, you know that very well,” interrupted Eugene, impatiently. “I called to see Miss Fielding.” k * “Miss Meta, is it? Thin she’d better resave her company whin her within the house! That’s phat I’m thinkin’;” “But she is sick, and has sent for me. I must see her, I tell you. Come, don’t keep me standing out here all night. ” “I’m knowin’ she’s sick,” nodded the girl, without offering to move; “an’ I’m thinkin’ it’s best she should be kept quiet loike. Anyways at all, I’m not paid to do her throttin’. Why don’t her brother stay at home an’ wait on her friends?" “Come, get out of the way,” exclaimed Eugene, almost fiercely; and, thrusting the impudent girl aside, he hurried through the hall and up the Stairway. Bridget started to cry murder and fire; but just at that moment she discovered a policeman on the opposite side of the street, and so thought better of it. Deliberately she shut and locked the door, and. descended to her own regions in the basement, muttering as she went: “The mane thief, the miserable Turk, wouldn’t give me aven a cint to bless meself wid; an’ him a courtin’ an* a courtin’ of her, wid niver a wan in the way barrin’ meself to watch him?” Meanwhile Eugene had gained the door of Meta’s sitting-room and knocked. There was no response, and, after an instant’s hesitation, he mustered courage to open it. i The room, as he expected to find it, was empty. i He passed on into the next. This also was empty, but just before him he saw a door standing ajar. He knew it opened into Mata’s sleeping apartment, and, i drawing near, he knocked gently. I “Who is there?” called a sweet, but feeble voice, in a tone of surprise and i alarm. i “It is I—Eugene. You sent for me, i you know.” “Eugene! I sent for you? Great heavens! what does this mean? Go back to the drawing-room. I will join you > there directly.” ; “But you are sick—unable to rise, per- ■ haps. I ” ? 'Go—go. Don’t worry about me. I i must see you. I must know more of thia. I will be with you almost in- > stantly." i And so Eugene returned to the draw-ing-room, and, seating himself in the first chair that came handy, gave himself up to wondering what Meta’s strange re- > ception of him might mean. f He had not to wonder long. The girl 1 herself speedily joined him. After turning up the light, she drew a uh air near her visitor, and, as she sank , into it, said, earnestly. • 3 “Did you not say that I sent for you?” > “Yes, of course,” was the reply. F “What! to oome here—here, when my i brother was away, and on your wedding t night, too?” "Certainly, Meta. You know you sent

me a note net half an hour ago." “Who brought it to yon?" “I haven’t the least idea—a mea boy, I suppose.” “Let me see it, pleaee.” * “Certainly, I have it here in my vest pocket—no, it must be in the oth« r one. “By Jove!" he exclaimed, growing pale and becoming extremely agitated “it’s gone. What if I dropped it at the Vernons’, and my wife has picked t up. That wouldn’t be pleasant,- espeoi -lly as I am not there to explain.” “What did the note say?” asked Meta, with forced calmness. “Why, ypu ouehtto know better haul, as you wrote ftj" returned I igene, quickly. “No matter, what did it say?" pe listed the girl. “It said that you were very ill, and that Ray had suddenly been called jut of town on a matter of the utmost importance, and that it was absolutely necessary you should see me this ver; night, before I left the city, as you had something to tell me that I must he ar from your own lips." “It said ail that, did it?” “Yes, and—and more.” “What else?” “Why, really, Meta, I can’t re nember everything. And, indeed, I thii k there was nothing more of real importance.” “Well, then,” said the fair youi g girl, very impressively, “let me beg hat you will hurry back to your wife with out the loss of another moment ot time. If you have a carriage in waiting, so n ueb tbe better; don’t let the driver spare his horses.” “What do you mean, Meta?” “If you have any regard for m< —if you have any love for your wife—don c stop to inquire, but fly to her at once—fly as you would if you knew her life at,d all her earthly happiness were in danger ” "I can’t comprehend you, Mets " “O heavens! what stubborn m ties men can be if they have only a mind o. Can’t you understand, that I never wrote that note —that I am utterly incapable of writing such a thing to b man not an hour married? Do you not s>e that it is the work of an enemy—an er <my bent upon .wrecking your happiness, ;nd perhaps mine?" “Merciful Father! can it be possible? and yet ” “And yet you do not know all—no, nor half. I*see it clearly now. Rpy was utterly confounded when he re< eived the note that called him out of jwn this evening. He did not understan it at all, but felt that it might be someth mg of the last importance to us, and so ht went. “Yes,” she added, “I can St e it now only too well. It was all a piece of this same plot to injure you. The? thought it necessary to get my brother ut of the way. They mean to do you or your wife some dreadful harm, therefore I beg you to hasten back to her as fast as possible.” "You are right, Meta—yes, 1 am sure you are right, as you always ae, and I will goat ouce, only let me firs* ask * “No, no! don’t stay te ask anything. How do you know but, havir » got you out of the way, your enemies have found means of communicating with her? Or, as you yourself suggested a ittle while ago, how do you know but she has found the note you so carelessly lost ” “By Jove! you’re right, I first be off at once,” and starting to h s feet, he seized his hat. and hurried t the door. But here he stopped, with his land upon the knob. “We’re going to Riversid to-night, Meta,” he said; “but we shall be back in the morning. And to-niorn >v evening you and Ray must come and 6 e us, then we will talk over this strange ratter. “Ah,” he added abruptly, ‘ I begin to think I can point out the very hand tnafs working against us. But I msn’t stay longer. Good-night ” And having qt last opened the door, he has oned across the hall and down the stairway“And so can I point out th hand that is doing this cruel work, murmured Meta, as she slowly approve rd the win- > dow and looked out into the ght. “Yes, “V- Aould go right to her, s:. t say—‘you are'Ahe one.’ and she would i. t dare deny J it.” She heard the fr6st“do< close, and she saw Eugene hurry down the steps, across the walk, and enter he waiting carriage. She saw the driver slam .to the door, mount his’ box and drive awe. And then she saw a muffled female form cautiously approach the house, and rec rd it attentively. “Who can that be, and w iat does she want here?” she involuntari asked herself. Before she could find an nswer to her question the ■gonian had loved slowly away and disappeared in th gloom. > Feeling weak and faint, M ta sought the lounge and sank heavily up n it. Ah! had she but'remaine 1 at the window a moment longer hown ich of sorrow —how much of misery—mi at.have been avoided! [TO BE COXTIXt’I :>.] An Awful Mist a e. A friend told me the so lowing story, says the Brooklyn C’itis n, which demonstrates tlie fact that: always pays to keep your eyes wide oj m, no matter how prompt you are co ipelled to be in attending to your busi ess. It was a rainy morni .g about two weeks ago. One of o r large dry goods establishments h; 1 placed op one sid’d of its entrance wire dummy with a rubber cloak thr< wn over it for the purpose of eatchin; the eye of some of the female passe rs-by who did not possess a “Mclntosh ’ The young man who had received < rders to plac> the figure outside the i oor was a foreigner but a short time i i the country. Pretty soon it cleared p androne of the cash boys was told o bring it inside, which he did. In , ast about half an hour it dawned upoa the young foreigner that he had forgot :en something, and, making straight fi r the door, he proceeded to carry ba k the figure whence it came. It ha >pened that a young lady of medium b ild stood upon the spot the dummy hat occupied but a short time before. She had her back toward the window and vas apparently waiting for a car. Tie young man rushed up to her, an. throwing his arms about her waist, li ted her off her feet and was about to mstle her into the store when a shrill diriek rent the air? The Clerk was dun founded. He blushed, turned pale, and goodness knows how many other • olors, but was, nevertheless, conscious of the awful mistake he had made The young lady wps about to thru h him with an umbrella which she ca Tied when one of the floor-walkers apj eared upon the scene. In the meanti ne .the young man kept begging th- young lady’s pardon. But she would not have it, and instead of acceptii g his apologies she sought a member of the firm, who, however, was able to s< ttle the matter amicably. The young man was not discharged, either, for i is mistake was unintentional and perl aps natural in his hurry. Good as a Coat-of-Arms. Irate Customer—Set here! That suit of clothes I bought of you yesterday is full of moth-holes. Dealer—Das is all r< eht, mine frient. Moths neffer eat cottoi , an’ ven ladies an’ shentlemens see lose holes dey knows you vears only high priced all vool goots. To help the young" oul, add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; io redee a defeat by new thought, by firm act on, that is not easy; that is the work >i divine men, . i ■

Business Directory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL DANK. Capital, 160,000. Surplus, *7,000. Organized August 15, 1880. Officers—T. T. Dorwln, President; P.W.fhnlth, Vice-President; R. S> Peterson, Cashier; T. T. Dorwin, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkea, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and R. 6. Peterson. Directors. We are prepared to make Loans on good security, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, and furnish Letters of Credit available in any of the principal cities of Europe. Also Passage Tickets to and from the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, 875,000. Surplus, 875,008. Organized in I*7l. Officers—D. Studabaker, President; Jesse •fiblick,Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all parts of the country. County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign ana Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. ipRANCE * MERRYMAN. j. I. frano. *- 3. T. MKRRYMAS •A-ttoi-Txoymi A** Xiaw, DKCATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Court Housa Tba leading hotel in the cit£\ A.«. HOLM)WAY, JE*lxy ailol nxx <As SA’u.xrseoxx Office over BurpflT harness store, residence at Mr. Elias Typnll’s. southwest corner Third and Monroe Streets. All calls promply attended to in city or country night or day. JQ. NEPTUNE, • DENTIST. Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, and Is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty. By the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. O?T. May, M. Z*lxyailc3lAxxcS3 Surseon Monroe. • Indiana. AU calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. WILLIAM H. MYERS, FlxyatiolAxx dbSurgeoxi Specialty—The Treatment of Women. Office at residence. 157 West Wayne street. Ft. Wayne. Indiana, from 10 to 12 a. tn. and 3 to 6 p. m. Telephone 89. 6m3 L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary ■AHRfcljfiyT* Surgeon. Modus Operand!. Or tSkJ chotomy, Overotomy, Castrating Ridgling Horses and Spaying Cnttie and Dehorning, and treating their diseases. Office near Romberg’s livery Stable, Decatur, Indiana. U S. rjeBRUKT. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroo, Ind. Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. James R. Bobo, ■A/ttaKrYxey at Deeatur, - - Indian*. I Raul G. Hooper, a/t Law Deeatur, - • Indiana. MRS. M.L. HOLLOWAY, M.D Having again located in Decatur, one door - north ot the M. E. Church, will engage in the practice of Medicine, giving especial attention -to Nervous Diseases peculiar to Women and Children. Will attend cases in the country' when conveyance is furnished. Office hours. 9 to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p. in., except Thursday and Saturday afternoons. " 35 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. JY■ . I KTo Commlaaioix. Low Rate of Interest. ( Partial 3F*»7-xxa.exxtM» In any amounts ca> be made at any time ■ d stop interest. Call on, or address, ■ A. K. GRUBB, or J. E, Office: Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur. \JPOHT WM ; DAU , ’ and LOUISVILLE : jffi Vhiis ta LM, o— The*SHORT LINE Between NORTH and SOUTH - Hn"r nffi Solid Trains To And From In Cincinnati. 10l Ual Through Coaches Between INDIANAPOLIS * FORT WAYNE; Sure Connections ln Union Depots. [ kmil ta ra\V\| -ANDa U I Unexcelled Service ' VRvCXr t » For Rates and othI 1 V.\\ \\ vww ct information caU \l4\\ \\ A Jk - '? on nearest agent or ■ WW ~ rm VwvX * Gen’l Pass & Ticks! ! Agt„ Ft. Wayne, lud. GEO. W. BRADBURY, General Manager. B. & BUTTON, Sup’t. Whitewater R. B. TIME CARD.—SOUTH. May 18, 1890. Standard Time Fort Wayne....iv *6ooamHO2s am ♦ 6 40 pn Bluffton ...ar 658 11 21 741 Montpelier.! 7 30 11 52 8 14 Hartford 748 12 10 pm 833 Muncie 8 30 12 50 9 15 Indianapolis 10 30 3 so 11 20 Cincinnati Bad .. Louisville 7 Oo • Daily NORTH. + Ex. Sunday. Louisville J 4... f7 3o 1 Cincinnati ....J.... 759 1 Indianapolis 17 00 am 11 15 ; 15 pu Muncie ♦9 05 115 pm 510 Hartford.., 9 45 1 57 5 50 Montpelier 10 05 9 15 6 OS Bluffton 10 36 2 48 6 38 Fort Wayne...... 11 35 345 7 40 ONE FARE FOB ROUND TRIP SUfDAYB

■S>S fcMI ■— Notice Notice is hereby given that there will be a pt blic examination of teachers at the office of the county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana. on the last Saturday of each month. Applcants for license must present “the proper trustee’s certifficate or other evidence of good moral character.*' and to be successful must J lass a good examination in orthography, rearing. writing, arithmetic, geography. English grammar, physiology, history of the United tates. science of education, and present on the day of examination, a review or composition upon one ot the following named books: Tale of Two Cities. David Copperfield. Ivanhoe, Heart of Midlothian. Henry Esmond, The Spy. The Scarlet Letter. The Sketch Book, Knickerbocker’s New York, The Happy Boy (by Bjornson). Poems of Longfellow. Poems of Bryant, Poems of Whittier, Poems of Lowell? Hawthorne’s ‘Marble Faun,* and Carlyle's 'Heroes and Hero Worship.' Holmes’ ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. McMaster’s 'Life of Franklin,’ and Charlee Bade’s 'Put Yourself in His Place. ’ Said composition shall contain not less •han 600 nor more than 1.000 words, shall be in the applicant'* own handwriting, and shall be accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. Reviews will be graded on penmanablp, orthography and composition. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:30 a. m. No license will be granted to applicants under seventeen years of age. after August 1888. J. F. SNOW, Co, §upt. FOR MEN ONLY! Hl: IWeakneas of Body and Mind, Effects r»Hita LI ‘ • I Inf Errors or Excesses in Old or Youn? BobusL iloble lIANHOob rally ReMored. H“w u Btnagtkm WKAK, t’SDKVKLOFTD ORUAKSA PARTSOrIoDY Absolutely nnfkllitt BOMB TRBATBRNT-Beseau In s d.r* Bea teetlfy from 50 Stale* sad Farelgn Cnnntrle*. Write John F. I*achot 13ex*x>.e, Ind,, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs ♦ ■ Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Brushes, Oils. Toilet and Fancy Articles. Also a complete stock of Choice Family Groceries, AH of which will be sold at lowest living prices. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully compounded. Give him a call. SPECIAL NOTICE. — I desire to say to the people of Adams County that if you want an abstract to your land. Mortgage or deed executed you can get the same done with nt atsess and dispatch by calling on A MoW. BOLLMAN, » Recorder. I '

a T. IJGBWIN. A. A. NICHOLS. J. ROBT, CHRISTKW. DECATUR STONE AND LIME CO., Proprietors of the DOLOMIC LIMESTONE QUARRIES And Manufacturers of j Door arid Window Sills and Caps, Range Work, Monument Bases, Curbing, Wall Stone and Snow Ixite Tiim *■», and dealers in Plaster Paris, Plastering Hair, Portland and Louisville Cement. We guarantee the quality of our Lime equal to any made. Call on us and we will convince ! you that you can save money by dealing with us. Quarry and warehouse, north of Second St. City office, Dorwin’s Photograph Gallery. 6m6 MONEY TALKS. I ■ ’ or. every article of goods,at Poder's Harness Slop And Second-Hand Store J - - ' - . \ ' ■’ B ■ ' ■■ Tell their own stary. Having removed to the Kover Half Building, a few steps east ’ of Second Street, I cordially invite all my friends to call and see me when in need of j anything in the line of new’ and second-hand Harness, Stoves, Tinware, Household Goods and a thousand and one articles that are sold ■ I ’ • « ■ ■ ■ $ ‘ CHEAPER THAN DIRT! I■ ’ " - ■ - ' f I' Don’t be humbugged into buying high priced’ goods without first seeing my imI mense stock and learning the inducements I have to offer. | me up and save your $ $ $ $ ■ S. Porter. Madison Street, West of Stone’s Hardware Store. , ' ' . ■ ■ ■ » / $76(000 Worth of Superbly Xado CLOTHIKTG XDue to our lai£e~Btcilities for Manufacturing, enables us to offer the Largest, tiu I . / . Richest and most Varied Assortment of /’ / ’ Spring anil Sammer ClotMng At prices that defy competition. Every Mill of worth at heme and abroad is represented in our stock of e&OTmttCb f ■ ‘ . Working Suits, from 13.00 upwards. i- • Business Suits, from $7.00 upwards. » Dress Suits, from |io.oo upwards Our Children’s and Furnishing Goods Department is full of new, bright Novelties and admired by all. MXMT *OOKTAMT. 16 and 18 East Berry Street. Fort Wayne, Indiana. -■■ • ' <

- Chicago and Mantle R’y„ With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates of fare insure a sate, speedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OB WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent ft* the attractive low rates via this line. . TIME-CARD IN jPTECT JULY *B, 1888. GOING WBBT. 1 ? « 17 . Stations— Ex Pacific Chic’o Way Thrtf Ex. Ex. Frei’t Freit. . PM. A.M. Boston...lv 3 00 8 30 New York 830 a’oO AM. PM. Marion 800 11 90 12 56 300 AM. -a. Kenton .. . 860 12 10 135 490 Jagger 917 ....< f 5 03 Lima 945 105 9 it 645 Spencer*lle. 10 14 630 ....... Enterprise. 10 45 303 7 'J/R' ...... J* Decatur... 11 20 996 330 «15 ....... KrnpvUnrt 11 48 900 PM. Huntintn.., 12 35 395 495 lo 00 BoUvar 1 15 Newton.... 119 408 458 Akron 142 ..5.... Rochester.. 208 445 538 No. 15 ~w . .. am. ....... N. Judson.. 315 550 K0ut5...... 347 J 8 16 22 ..A... Cr. Point .. 4 35 7 15 Hammond. 510 725 800 800 Englewood. 544 755 830 835 Archer Ave. 6 05 8 15 8 50 9 00 Chicago, .ar 615 825 900 910 ....... goinq east. _ 8 10 12 16 32 Stations— Acoosn Atlanc Mail Way Thro* Hunt Ex. Ex. Frei’t. Frei't. AMj aml pm PMj ‘ Chicago..lv 10 15 750 720 635 Archer Ave. 10 25 8 00 7 30/- 5 45 Englewood. 10 45 820 7 506 05 ....... ■ Hammond.. 11 15 850 820 640 ....... I Cr. Point 9 23 8 50 7 15 i Kouts 10 05 7 58 IN. Judson. 10 37 *9 57 836 PM. Rochester.. 126 il 44 11 01 FH. Akron 12 05 11 211 Newton.... 203 12 30 11 42 Bolivar 12 36 No. 18 AM AM. Huntintn .. 240 125 12 25 525 ....... Kingsland.. 2 05 16 15 Decatur.. .. 330 230 119 652 .’ Enterprise. '.. 303 HSO 740 ....... Spencer’lle. 355 214 821 Lima ...... 442 401 236 855 ....... Jagger 4 30 f 9 <0 Kenton .... 525 455 325 10 28 ..ar 605 555 410 1155 \ I pm am New* York.. 5 00 700 I PM. 805tqh.....|10 00 12 40 ,;... -{Trains stop only cn «ignal. . Trains 8. 12, 16, 3,5, 15, daily. Trains 17 and 18 dail; except Sunday. Where no time is shown trains do not stop. Ask for your tickets via The Chicago & Atlantic Railway, and your journey will be one of comfort and pleasure. F. C. DONALD, Gen’l Pass. AgV G. M. BEACH, Gen’l Manager. Chicago.