Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1890 — Page 3

THE LIGHTWj in CAMEBA MAH. BY lIOBKIIT TVUM TOOMBS. ‘ 51 w j3*r i wßf TO tA. ■_ Isl of u. lightning camera mon ■ ’ ■ I inn now about to niug, W_ P —Who would "catch’’ the fastest J express train, V bi-ii/poT. the wing (i/ Hod catch a steamship in full sail, Or a bnllot in it s flight; Ho would catch the shooting stars that trail Across heaven’s dome at night, Ho would catch the mulo with dreamy eye Jn the act of "busting" Sambo, Thon he’d catch the darkey on the fly Ere he'd in the fenco-;uuib go., He oft caught fair bathers in the surf, Ao ho roamed 'long the beaches. And be caught some bird-shot in his legs, A dog’s teeth in his brooches. He tried to catch a messenger boy, But his caui'ra was too slow if! w And with n polio man "fast” asleep His quick dry pinto was no go. —Chicago Jo </*,<:/•. •■ . BETRAYED; —on A DARK MARRIAGE ' MORN. 4 Romance of Love, Intrigue and J .Crime. BY MF.3. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER XVI.—/Continued.) Months parsed, end not another word did he hear from his old classmate. lie grew very restless. The whole thing Was preying upon his mind. -“ . Ho docido lthtit ho must hare some occupation. Young Bellmont and others of his acqu .intunee had gone to Congress. His father suggested that it would be a good idea lor him to follow their ex--7 ample. The suggestion struck him favorably; but there was one great drawback. The mninl er for the district in which they resided had too strong a hold on his , constituency to bo easily shaken off. Ono morn ng. when ha happened to be in his father's priv to room at the bank, and while bo was considering the matter, an elderly gout loni an entered and asked to see the I resident. Warren immediately arose to withdraw. “No,no!" exclaimed the stranger; “don’t go, sir, I hog. My business is not of a liriyuie nature. 1 jnoroly called to &skSp ‘ question < r two about the Sedley farm—a most excellent piece of property in Roxbury. Ono of my, constituents is anxious to buy or lease it, and knowing I was to be in New York to-day, requested me to call here about the matter." ’‘That gentleman is the owner of the farm," smiled the bank president, nodding lowa, d Warren. ' "You, sir? I thought ” ‘‘lßisniv son, sir, Mr. Warren Leland,” explained his father. "The property was left him by his grandfatKer.” ' "Yes, yes; his mother s father, James Sedley. I knew him very well; and I knew your mother, too, young man, long before, she, 1 ecamo Mrs. Leland. My name is Swoetland—Emerson Sweetland.” “Ah!" exclaimc p d the elder Leland; "the member,of Congress from the .Third Connecticut District." "Exactly, sir; but for not longer than the present term, I hope. I am heartily tired of it, and am anxious to spend a year or two abroad.” 4 ’"Well,” smiled Warren, "I suppose it’s easy enough to Und a successor?" "Not so ease ns you think, there are so , many qualifications required. What a pity //on uro not a citizen of Connecticut, and living on your farm at Roxbury. * Judging from your looks, you’re just the man we want, provided your politics are all right. "No, trouble on that head!” exclaimed the elder Leland, quickly; "they are the •amo as your own, Mr. Sweetland.” "Then why not think of it?" asked the ’■ pongressinan. "I have a year longer to servo; that will give you time to gain a residence in the district,,* You can live in your own house, and turn farmer, yon Wxuow." Then with u comical look and “gesture: “Good gracious! What am I saying? Advising you to porno up and live on the Sedley farm when I am here to buy or < lease that very farm for a friend." “D< u’t let that thought disturb you,” smiled War en. “I certainly should not ;tbink of aelljng, and I am Hhrdly prespared to couMder an offer for a lease. 1 “Then wi.ti' do you say to the other plau? You mustn’t be surprised that I take so much interest in your mother’s son She was what we call a right smart girl, and I always liked her.” “J am mnch more inclined to consider that proposition favorably," responded Warren. “ Well, then, I'll help yon." “lint won’t it be uphill work toprepare myself, git acquainted, and be able to capture toe convention in a year's time?” ■Oh, de>r no; not with my help, and the help of one other party." “And who may that other party be, if I ' may ask?" . “Os course you may. It's Nathan Metcalfs, the or oleos Roxbury, the most important man in the district, though not as wealthy as some others." « “Nathan Metcalf,” repeated Warren, as though to fix the name in his migd. "Yes; and my first advice to you, young man, is go and live on your farm, and conquer Nath m Metcalf. “To do that I must know something about him. What kind of a man is Mr. Metcalf?” ° * “He la a clever follow—a very clover ■a- ' » ' L ■ I '. ' ■... ' ' *.< - ...

fellow, indeed, and all-powerful <n his neighborhood, as I have said. He is original, as you will see, and well worth studying. Then there’s his daughter—a charming younz woman. I tell you, my friend, you must please them, for Metcalf is really the master of the district. Why, I had to secure his friendship, or eJse, upon my word, I would have been elected to remain at home.” “But, sir, what shall I do to please this powerful man?" "Yow must see him. He is, as I tell you, a grz'xt oddity. He has never been in Washington; he has a horror of New York and our other large cities. It only needs a little tnct to flatter his views on these points. We always need a little tact in this world, young man.* “But his daughter, Mr. Sweetland?” “Ah, the deuce! You must please the daughter also. He worships her, and she manages him completely, although he grumbles a little sometimes." “And what sort of a woman is she?” "A splendid woman, a glorious woman —a widow; somewhat pious,^but.very well informed—a woman of great merit, I assure yon.” “But what course must I take to please this lady?” "What course? By Jove, young man, yort ask a great many questions. lam green as grass with them always. It is a thing I can't understand; but you, my young friend, you have little need to be instructed in that matter. You can’t fail to please her; you have only to make yourself agreeable. But you will know how tb do it—you will conduct yourself perfectly. I am sure. "Yes, captivate Metcalf and his daughter. These are my first instructions. And hold! to please them both pay some attention to Miss Lester.” “And who is Miss Lester?" “Au unfortunate young lady, residing with them at present. I can’t tell you any more about her just now. But mind! it will please them if you pay her some attention.” Mr. Sidney Leland now asked the Congressman how long he proposed to remain in the city, and on learning that he did not expect to leave until the next day insisted on his taking dinner with them and remaining over nightl Mr. Sweetland consented, and the conversation thus broken off was renewed in the evening. The next day Warren Leland left New York, armed with the instructions he had received; and, further, with a letter from Emerson Sweetland, M. C., to Nuthan Metcalf, Esq. , ' On reaching the Roxbury station he took a carriage to his, own firm, which lay at some distance from the center. While making this transit he considered to himself that the path of ambition was not exactly one of roses, and that it was hard for him, at the outlet of his enterprise, to encounter two faces as disquieting as those of Nathan Metcalf and his daughter. CHAPTER XVII. A DELICATE SITUATION. On carefully looking over the ground young Leland determined to wait a little before presenting himself personally to Nathan Metcalf. He sent him Mr. Sweetland’s lofter, however, accompanied by a neat note of his own, stating that be was unexpectedly recalled to New York, but th it ho should soon return, and would do himself the honor of paying his respects at the earliest opportunity. He then hastened to the city, after giving out that ho should take up his residence at the farm, as soon as the house could bo made habitable; and on reaching Now York, sent up an architect and a whole army of workmen to make the necessary alterations and repairs. At length their work was completed and Leland was informed that his country house was ready for his occupation. He decided to take possession immediate'y, and on the very day that Cora Elliston had the talk with Oscar Slyme, started for Roxbury. a ' . He reached the village in safety, and found Seth Gridley, the man who had charge of the farm, in waiting at the station, with a very decent country turnout. Leland at once took his seat in the carriage. Seth followed, and the horses' heads were turned toward the center. Passing through the village they struck a long and solemn avenue, shaded by elms, interlacing their thick branches, and leading directly to the Sedley farm. Presently they reached tbeTiouse. The front door was open. Leland entered, and received a hearty welcome from Mrs. Seth Gridley, the housekeeper. Seth then showed him to his own chamber, and when he declared himself ready, conducted him to the dining-room. Mrs. Gridley had passed half the previous night in slaughtering various dwellers in the poultry yard, and the -results of the massacre now successively appearedsswimming in butter. The young man managed to get through the meal at last, however, and even found himself in good spirits after it. a He sought for Seth, found him in the groat kitchen assisting his wife, and strove to glean from him some information of the Metcalfs. But the farmer, like every genuine Yankee, held it as a tenet of faith that he who gave a plain answer to any question was a dishonored man. With all possible respect he let the 2 oung gentleman understand plainly that e was not to be deceived by his affected ignorance into any belief that Warren Leland did not know a great deal better than he who and what Nathan Metcalf was, where he lived, and what he did; that Warren Leland was his employer, and ns such was entitled to hi,s respect; but that he was a New-Yorker, and—as Nathan Metcalf said—all New-Yorkers were frivolous jesters. . Leland, who had taken an oath neverto get angry, kept it now, drew from a cigar a fresh supply of patience, picked up his hat and left the room. For a few moments he leaned over balustrade of the veranda and looked around. The night, clear and beautiful, enveloped in its shadowy veil the widestretching fields, and a solemn stillness, strange to a New-Yorker’s ears, reigned around him, broken only at intervals by the distant bay of a bound, rising suddenly, and anon dying into peace again. His eyes becoming used to the darkness, Leland descended the veranda steps and passed into the broad avenue, which was darker and more solemn th n a cathedral aisle at midnight, and thence into another road into which it led him by chance. Strictly, speaking. Leland had never, until now, been out of the city, for whereve&he bad previously gone, he had carried its bustle, worldly and artificial life, play, and the races with him; and the watering-places and the seasidehad never shown him true country life. It gave him a sensation for the first time, but the sensation was not an agreeable one. As he advanced up this silent road, without residences, without lights, it seemed to him ho was wandering among the desolate sites Os some lunar region. This part of New England recalled to him the worst cultivated parts of Germany. It wore a rustic and savage character, with its dense shrubliery tufted grass, dark valleys and rough roads. Wandering on to an eminence, his eyes swept but a fresh horizon of apple trees and wheat fields, and he was about to turn back when a strange sound suddenly arrested his steps. It was a concert of voice and instruments, which in this lost solitude seemed to him only a dream, or a miracle. & The music was good—even excellent. He recognized a Prelude of Bach, arranged by Gunod. Ho could not have been more astonished if he had suddenly seen the Grand Opera House set down in front of him. Filled with curiosity and lei by the melody he heard, ho descended Cautiously the little hill, like a king’s son in search of the enchanted princess. The palace he found in the middle of the path, in ■ / ■ ■ • <

the shape of the back wall of a dwelling, which fronted on another road. One of the upper windows on this side, however, yas open; a bright light streamed from it, and thence he doubted not the eweet sounds came. With the accompaniment of the piano and stringed instruments rose a fresh, flexible woman’s voice, chanting the mystic words of the young master with such expression and power as would have given him delight. Leland; himself * musician, was capable of appreciating the masterly execution of the piece, and was so much struck by it he felt an irresistible desire to see the performers, especially the singer. With this impulse he climbed the little hedge bordering the road, placed himself on the top, and found himself several feet above the level of the lighted window," He did not hesitate to use his skill as a gymnast, acquired at Yale, to raise himself to one of the branches of an old oak stretching across the lawn; but during the ascent he could not disguise from himself that his was scarcely a dignified position for ths future member of Congress from the district. He almost laughed aloud at the idea of being surprised in this position by the terrible Metcalf, or his daughter. He established himself on »large, leafy branch, directly in front of the open window, and notwithstanding that he was ot a respectful distance, his glance could readily penetrate into the chamber where the concert was taking place. A dozen persons, as he judged, were there assembled; several women, of different ages, were seated at a table working; a young man appeared to be writing, while several persons lounged in comfortable seats around the room. About the piano was a group which chiefly attracted the attention, of thespectator in the tree. At the instrument was gravely seated a young girl of some twelve years; immediately behind her stood an elderly man, remarkable for his wonderful physique —his head bald, with a crown of white hair, and bushy, dark eye-brows. He played the violin with skill- and dignity. Seated near him was a man of about fifty, with the most benevolent face imaginable, who played the bass viol with groat gusto. Between them stood the singer. She was a pale brunette, slight and graceful, and not apparently more than twenty-five or twenty-six years of age. The somewhat severe oval of her face was relieved by a bright pair of black eyes that seome,.. to grow larger as she sang. One hand rested gently on the shoulder of the girl at the piano, and with this she seemed to keep time, pressing gently on the shoulder of the performer to stimulate her zeal. And that hand was delicious! The hymn of Palestrina had succeeded ,the Prelude of Bach. It was a quartette, to which two new voices lent their aid. One of the new singers Was a young lady of about twenty, quietly dressed, and divinely beautiful, albeit, there was an indescribable expression of sadness on her face. / The benevolent gentleman laid aside his bass-viol, stood up, took off his glasses, and his deep, rich voice completed the full measure of the melody. After the quartette followed a few moments of general conversation, during which, after embracing the young girl pianist, who immediately left the room, the principal songstress walked to the window. She leaned out ns if to breathe the fresh air, and her profile was sharply relieved against the bright light behind her, in which the others formed a group around the young man at the table, who seemed preparing to read what he hr.d written. The lady leaned from the window, gently fanning herself as she looked now at the sky, now at the dark landscape. Leland imagined he could distinguish her gentle breathing above the sound of her fan ; and leaning eagerly forward for i a better view, he caused the leaves to rustle slightly. She started at the sound, then remained immovable, and the fixed position of her head showed that her gaze was fastened upon the oak in which he was concealed. He felt the full awkwardness of his position,Jbut could not judge whether oinot ho was visible to her: but, under the danger of her fixed regard, he passed the most painful moments of his life. She turned into the room and said, in a calm voice, a few words which brought three or four of her friends to the window; and among them Leland recognized the elderly gentleman with the violin. The moment, was a trying one. He could do nothing but lie still in his leafy retreat —silent and immovable as a statue. Thei-conduct of those at the window went far to reassure him, for their eyes wandered over the gloom, with evident uncertainty, convincing him he was but suspected—not discovered. But they exchanged animated observations, to which the party most interested lent an attentive ear. Suddenly a strong voice, which he recognized as belonging to him of the violin, rose over them all in the pleasing order, "Loosen the dog!” CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARING FOR AN ORDEAL. The next day after the conference between Cora Elliston and the private secretary, in the library, they met again; and directly afterward Slyme started for Roxbury. On his return he reported that he had arranged everything to the best of his ability: that Warren Leland had not yet made his appearance nt the Metcalfs’;' that his own house was nearly, if not quite, completed; but, so far as he could learn, the young man had not yet taken up his abode there. He might, he said, give up the idea and not live there at all; or even if he did, he might not form the acquaintance of any of the Metcalf family; but should he do so, he, Slyme, would’ be informed at once, and then Mildred would bb summarily removed, as they had agreed in the morning. “Why do you say he may give up the idea of living in Roxbury after all? 5 "There is some talk of his leasing the place to a wealthy party,’ who, now that it is refitted, is very anxious to get possession of it. ” "Do you believe there is anything in it?” ’ | "I don’t know." "You had better go to Roxbury again before this week is out,” said Cora, after a moment’s thought. "I think it would be a good plan myself,” rejoined the secretary. But the very next day he received a telegram from the Senator, calling him, peremptorily, to Washington, and he was obliged to leave that same evening, -i As he passed down the broad staircase he glanced back, and saw Eugene Cleveland entering Cora Elliston’s boudoir. He gnashed his teeth with rage, and went away with murder in Ms heart. Days and weeks passed. ( and still the Senator’s wife lingered in New York. It was almost six weeks after Slyme’s departure. It was nearly six o’clock in the afternoon and Cora awaited Eugene, who was to come after leaving the pub lishing house dawn town. There was a sudden knock at one of the doors nf her room, which communicated with her husband’s apartment. It was the Senator himself, who had unexpectedly returned from Washington. She remarked with surprise, and even with fear, that his countenance was strangely agitated. "You here, Sherwood?” she exclaimed. "What is the matter with you? Are you ill?" "No,” replied the Senator, "not at all." "Your return is sudden and unexpected,” she said. "No doubt." He placed himself before her, and looked at her some moments before speaking again, his eyes rolling in their orbits. c> “Coni" he eaid at last, with a painful I

smile, “I must own to you mv folly. I ’ have not lived since yesterday—l haye received such a singular letter. Would you like to see it?" “If you please,” she replied. "An anonymous letter?” said Cora, whose eyebrows were slightly raised, with an expression of disdain; then she commenced reading the missive, which was as follows: “A true friend, Senator,feels indignant at seeing your confidence and your trust abused. You are deceived by those whom you love most. “A man upon whom you have heaped favors, and a woman who owes everything to you, are united by a secret intimacy which outrages you. They are impatient for the hour when they can divide your spoils. “He who regards it as a pious duty to warn you, does not desire to calumniate any one. He is sure that as yet your honor is respected by her to whom you have confided it, and that she is still worthy of your confidence and esteem. She wrongs you in allowing herself to count upon the future, which your trusted friend dates from your death. He seeks your widow and your property. “The poor lady submits against her better judgment to the fascinations of a man who, as is well known, has already betrayed at least one confiding woman But he—this man, your friend, your relative, almost your son—how can he excuse himself?® Every honest person must be revolted by such conduct,, and particularly he whom chance informed of the fact, and he who obeys his conscience in giving you this informalion.” Cora, after reading it. returned the letter to her husband. “Sign it Oscar Slyme," she said. “Do you think so?” asked the Senator. “It is as clear as day, ” replied the lady. “These expressions betray him—‘a pions duty to warn you’—'has already betrayed at least one confiding woman’—‘every honest person obeys his conscience.* He can disguise his writing, but not his style. But what is still more conclusive is that which he attributes to Eugene Cleveland—for I suppose it alludes to him—and his private prospects and calculations. This cannot have failed to strike you, as it has myself, I suppose?" “If I thought this vile letter was his work,” cried the Senator, “he should leave my employ. I would kick him out of the house.” “Why so? It is better to laugh at it!” The statesman commenced one of his solemn walks up au,d down the room. Cora looked uneasily at the clock. Her husband, intercepting one of these glances, suddenly stopped. “Do you expect Eugene to-day?” he inquired. “Yes, I think he will call after business is over.” “1 think he will," responded the Senator, with a convulsive smile. “And do you know, my dear,” he added, “the contemptible idea which has haunted me since I received this infamous letter? — for I believe that infamy is contagious.” “You have conceived the idea of watching our interview?” said Cora, in a tone of indolent raillery. “Yes,” assented her husband; “there—behind that portiere—as in a theater; but, thank God, 1 have been able to refeist this base intention. If ever I allow myself tb play so mean a part, I should wish at least to do it with your knowledge and consent.” “And do you ask me to consent to it?” asked Cora/ “My dear wife,” said the Senator, in a sad and almost supplicating tone, “I am an old fool—an overgrown child—but I feel that this miserable letter is going to poison my life. I shall no longer have an hour of peace and confidence. Do you wonder at me? lam an honorable man, but I have learned that all men are not like myself. There are some things which to me seem as impossible as walking on my head, yet I see Qlhers doing j these things every day. What can I say —how can I tell you? After reading this perfidious letter I thought how yon had delayed coming to me, and I could not help recollecting that your intimacy with Eugene ha< greatly increased of late.” “Without doubt.” said Cora. “I am very i'ond of him. ” “I remembered alsa your being with him that night in the Snuggery, during the grand party. When I awoke you had both an air of mystery. YV hat mysteries could there be between you two?” “You shall know it at the proper time.” “Finally, I swear to you t|iat I suspect neither of you. I neither suspect you of wronging me—of disgracing me—or of soiling my name—God in heaven help me! “But if you two should love each other, even while respecting my honor; if you love each other and confess it-—if you two, even at my side, in my heart—if you, my wife, my nephew, should be calculate ing with impatient eyes the progress of my old age—planning your projects for the future, and smiling at my approaching death—postponing your happiness only for my tomb—you may think yourselves guiltless! But no, no; this would be shameful!” [TO BE CONTINUED.] When Girls Are Engaged. You have a little band around the third finger of your left hand in is set a turquoise, and when it there you remembered that the said: “He who hath a friend.” Now, that’s what yow the man you love best, and wit*’ B © wt’e you are going to become—a friefcd. i e is your sweetheart, your lover, it isyrue; but because to you his heart seemsibest worth having, his love the richest gift you can possess, you will not vulgarize, as many girls do, the tie that binds you. It is true you go with him alone to hear some wonderful music or look at some fine pictures, but I hope it is not true that when you are at a party or in your own home you two pair off and make yourselves the Objects feu* silly chatter and idiotic jesting. He can love you w ith his whole heart, but he must not make you an object of ridicule. He can think you tile most unselfish girl iu the world, but he ihust not show his own selfishness by expecting you to devote your evenings exclusively to him, ignoring those who are at home. Let him come in and be one of them—there’s a dear five minutes when he can speak to you, when he can .kiss you on the lips that he knows are only the gates to sweet, pure speech, and when he can whisper the lovely nothings that mean so much to you both. Then, too, don’t let him feel that he must give up all his friends for you; don’t accept valuable presents from him, and don’t assume an air of proprietorship with him. Tell him nothing about your family affairs, for the secrets of the household do not even belong to the man you are going to marry. Guard yotirself in word and in deed, hold his love in the best way possible, tie it firmly to you with the blue ribbon of hope, and never let it be eaten away by that little fox who destroys so>many loving ties, and who is called familiarity.— Ladies’ Home Journal. Not a Journalist. Millionaire—You ask for the hand of my daughter. You are a journalist, I believe, and journalists, I am told, can scarcely earn their salt. Young Editor (with dignity)-—You mistake, sir. lam not a journalist; I am a newspaper man. “Oh! Keep a news-stand, I presume. Good, paying business 1 Take her, my son, and be happy.” — York Weekly.

1 Business Oirectoiy. THE DECATUR NATIONAL DANK. Capital. HO.OOO. • Surplus, *7.000. Organized August 15,1882. Officers-T. T. Dorwin,President; P.W.Smlth, Vice-President: R. 8. Peterson. Cashier; T. T. Dorwin, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook. B J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and B. 8. Peterson. Directors. Weare 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 es Europe. Also Passage Tickets to and from the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, •75,000. Surplus, •75,000. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Studabaker, President, ■ Jesse Klblick,Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collectiona made in all parts of the country. County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. Interest paid on time deposits. •JHRANCE A MERBYMAJL j. t. francm. A! J. T. MKRBYMJUX Attorney ue gat Xjsww, DECATUR, 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 House. The leading hotel in the city/ , A.«. HOLLOWAY, «<9 Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness store, residence at Mr. Elias Tyrrill’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, end (■ prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty. By the use of Mayo’s Vapor be is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. O. T- May/ML j>~ ’ FlxyoiciancAJ B*ULxrg;ooxA Monroe. ... Indiana. All calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. WILLIAM H. MYERS, Physiol an dbSurgeoxx Specialty—The Treatment of Women. Office at residence. 157 West Wayne street, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, from 10 to 12 a. tn. and 3to 5 p. m. Telephone 89. 5m3 L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary Surgeon. Modus Operand!. Or FaMSSjjfr,/ chotomy, Overotomy, Castrating Ridgling Horses and Spaying Cattie and Dehorning, and treating their diseases. Office near Romberg’s livery ■table, Decatur, Indiana. XS. UeBTLUNT, Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind. Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. J~am.es R. Bobo, Attox*n.e7’ at Decafur, - - Indiann. Raul G. Hooper, Attox*xie3r at Xja.'w Decatur, - • Indiana. MRS.M.LHOLLOWAY,M.D, Having again located in Decatur, one door north of 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 #to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p. m., except Thursday and Saturday afternoons. 85 MONEY TO LOAN 1 On Farm Property on Long Time. OosaxmlMUßloxx. Lpw Bate of Interest. Fgairxkxexa.'tffii In any amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Call on, or address, A. K. GRUBB, or J. R.MANN, Office: Odd Fellows* Building. Decatur. TjFBiTWW ; iMk" nmn i and LOUISVILLE i jQ • Wit Waiur BaMs, . flQqa The SHORT LINE Between NORTH and SOUTH. fiidlT® Solid Trains T° And From Cincinnati. ffl|: - [J Through Coaches Between INDIANAPOLIS & FORT WAYNE ■uWl* UJCxAV Sure Connections * — ,nUnlonDe P®**I —AND— Unexcelled Servlot i i For Rates and oth- \®\\ H • v W\-' er information call \M\\a “ mAW* W.H. FISHER, \Yv\ ' Gen ’l * Ticket ! \V' Agt.Ft. Wiyne, Ind. GEO. W BRADBURY, General Manager. B. a SUTTON, Sup’t. Whitewauerß. B. TIME CARD.—BOUTIL ““ May 18. 1890. Standard Time Fort Wayne..’. .lv ♦6ooamHO2sam * 6 40 pn Bluffton..ar 6 58 1121 7 41 Montpelier 7 30 11 52 8 14 Hartford 748 12 10 pm 833 Mnncie 8 30 12 50 9 15 Indianapolis. 10-Sl) 3 50 11 20 Cincinnati 5 30 Louisville 7 Oo * Daily NORTH. t Ex. Sunday. Louisvillet 7 30 Cincinnati 7 59 Indianapolis t7 00 am 11 15 3 15 pn Muncie * 905 115 pm 510 Hanford 9 4$ 1 57 5 50 Montpelier 10 05 2 15 6 08 Bluffton 10 36 2 48 6 38 Fort Wayne 11 35 3 4$ 7 SO ONE FARE FOB BOUND TRIP SUNDAYS

Notice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a Sublic examination of teachers at the office of ae county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana. on the last Saturday of each month. Appicantsfor license must present "the proper trustee’s certifficate or other evidence of good moral character,” and to be successful must pass a good examination in'orthography. reading, writing, arithmetic, geography. English grammar, physiology, history of the United States, 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 FrankBn.’ and Charles Beede's ‘Put Yourself In His Place.’ Said oompoaition shall contain not less ■han 600 nor more than 1,000 words, shall be in the applicant’s own handwriting, and shall be accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. Reviews will be graded on penmanship, orthography and composition. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. No itoense will be granted to applicants under seventeen years of age, after August 1888. J. F. SNOW. Co. Bupt FOR MEN ONLY! ■l Weakneß ’ of Body and Mind, Effeeti ■■Bl of Brron or Excesses in Old or Y ghtif. Bobast, N«ble MANHOOD ftdly Restored. How to enlarreaid Btrongthoß WKAK. UN DEVELOPED ORGANS A PARTS OF ROD Y John F. ILachot X3ex*xxe, Ind,, Keeps a full Mns of Pure Drugs Chemicals. Patent Medicines, Paints, Brushes, Oils, Toilet and Fancy Articles. Also a complete stock of Choice Family Groceries, . All of which will be sold at lowest living prices. Physicians* Prescriptions carefully compounded. Give him a calk SPECIAL NOTICE. I desire to say to the people of Adams County 'Fiat if you want an abstract to your land, Mortgage or deed executed you can get the same done with neatness and dispatch by calling on ' A. MoW. BOLLMAN, Recorder.

a *. DOBWIN. A. A. NICHOLS. 3. BOBT. CHBISTKB. DECATUR STONE ANO LIME CO., Proprietors of the DOLOMIC LIMESTONE QUARRIES And Manufacturers of Door and Window Sills and Caps, Range Work, Monument Bases, Curbing, Wall Stone and Snoxv V/V Ixito T ii-mr>, 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 wb 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. And so does the prices on every article of goods at Porter’s Hamess Siion And Second-Hand Store Tell their Having removed to the Kover Hall Building, a few steps east of Second Street, I cordially invite all my friends to call and see me when in need of anything in the line of new and Second-Hand Harness, Stoves, Tinware, Household Goods and a thousand and one articles that are sold CHEAPER THAN DIRT! Don’t be humbugged into buying high priced goods without first seeing my immense stock and learning the inducements I have to offer. s®“llunt me up and save your $ $ $ $ 1 s. Porter. Madison Street, West of Stone’s Hardware Store. MS Wot* ’ f f 75,000 Worth of Superbly Made CLOTHING Due to our large facilities for Manufacturing, enables us to offer the Largest, th* Richest and most Varied Assortment of Syring and Snmner Slatting 4 - . At prices that defy competition. Every Mill of worth at home and abroad ia regh resented in our stock of Working Suits, from $3.00 upwards. Business Suits, from $7.00 upwards. Dress Suits, from SIO.OO upward* Our Children’s and Furnishing Goods Department ia full of new, bright Novek ties and admired by all. PIXXIBT « OOMPAMX, \ „ . . I 16 and 18 East Berry Street, "* Fart Wayne, Indiana.

Chicago and Atlantic R’y., With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates of tare insure a safe, speedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OB WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent for tha attractive low rates via this line. TIME-CARD IN EFFECT JULY SB, 18SS. POING WEST. 1 3 5 17 31 Stations— Ex. Pacific Chic’o Way Thrcf Ex. Ex. Freft Freit. PM. A.M. Boston...tv 300 830 r.M. New York 830 »00 AM. PM. Mallon 300 11 90 12$$ 300 . Kenton.. <» Jagger 917 i$ 03 . Tdrna 945 103 918 845 fipencerHe. 1® • 30 Enterprise 10 •• 303 720 ■•••••• Decat nr T.U 20 996 830 •15 Kingsland. 11 ■ 900 PM. HunUntn... 12 35 595 4 ■ 10 00 801ivar..... 115 Newton.... 119 <O3 <SB Akr0n...... 1 <2 ••• Rochester.. 208 <<s 538 No. 15 AM. N. Judson.. 315 i.» 550 Kouts 3 47 6 22 Cr. Point .. < 35 1 15 Hammond. 510 725 800 800 Englewood. 5<4 755 830 835 Archer Ave. 6 05 8 15 8 50 9 00 Chicago, .ar 615 825 900 910 GOINO EAST. 8- 10 12 16 32 Stations— Acocm Atlanc Mail Way Thro* Hunt Ex. Ex Frei't. Frei't. AM. AM. PM PM. Chicago..lv 10 15 750 720 535 Archer Ave. 10 25 8 00 7 30 5 45 Englewood. 10 45 820 750 605 Hammond., 1115 850 820 640 Cr. Point 923 850 715 Kouts 10 05 7 58 N. Judson. 10 37 *9 57 885 FM - „ Rochester.. 125 il 44 UOl •. PM. Akron 12 05 11 21f Newton.... 203 12 30 11 42 Bolivar 12 36 No. 18 ......* AM AM. Hnntintn .. 240 125 12 25 525 Kingsland.. 2 05 46 15 Decatur.... 330 230 119 659 ,’ Enterprise 303 HSO 740 Spencer'Lie. 355 al4 821 Lima 4 42 4 01 as 6 855 Jagger 4 30 19 40 Kenton .... 525 455 325 10 98 Marion ..ar 605 555 (10 UM PM AM New York.. 5 00 Voo PM. Boston 10 00 12 40 tTrains stop only cn «<gnaL Trains 8, 12, 16, 3,5, .'3, daily. Trains 17 and 18 dall; except Sunday. Where no time is shown trains do not stop. Ask for your tickets via The Chicago A Atlantic Railway, and your journey will be one of comfort and pleasure. F. C. DONALD, Gen’l Pass. Agt. G. M. BEACH, Gen’l Manager. Chicago,