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BETRAYED; \ - — OB— A DARK MARRIAGE MORN. Z” •. • • 4 Romance of Loue, Intrigue and Crime. BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRT3TON. CHAPTER XX-(Contlnled.) • An old servant slept on a settee before the open: door, smiling in her dream a at the beautiful scenes about her. Leland awoke her, inquired for the master of the house, ana waa ushered into the hall. ’ . - Thence he entered a charming apartment, where a young lady in a garden hat * was arranging bouquets in porcelain vasea. She turned at the noise of the opening door, and Leland saw—Clar.i enton! As he saluted her with an air of astonishment and doubt, she looked fixedly at him with her great eyes. He spoke first, with?, however, more of hesitation than usual. “Pardon me, madam, but I inquired >for Mr. Metcalf.” “He is in a distant field, but will soon return. Be kind enough to wait." She led him into another apartment and pointed him to a chair,coating herself near the fireplace. “But. madam, in the absence of Mr. Metcalf, can I have the honor of speaking with his daughter?” The shadow of a smile flitted over Clara Denton’s dark but charming face. “His daughter?” she said; “I am his daughter.” “Y ou! Pardon me, I beg, but I thought —they said—l expected to find an elderly—a—person—that is a rather severe —” he hesitated, then added simply: “and I find I am in error.” Clara Denton seemed completely unmoved by this, compliment. “Will you be kind enough,' sir,” she said, “to let me know whom I. have the honor of receiving.” “I am Warren Leland ” “Ah! Indeed! I’ray be seated, Mr. Leland. Thpn Lhave excuses also to make. It was probably you whom we saw this morning. We have been very rude—my friend, my daughter, ana myself—but we were ignorant of your arrival, and the Hedley farm has been, so long deserted, you know. ” “I sincerely hope. Mrs. Denton, that you and the other ladies will make no change in your rides.” Mrs. Denton, by a movement of the hand, implied that she appreciated the offer, but should not accept it. Then there was;a pause long enough to embarrass Leland, during which his eyes fell upon the pisno, and his lips almost formed the original remark: “Yon are a mu-dcian, Mrs. Denton?” Suddenly recollecting his tree, however, he feared to betray himself by the allusion, and was silent. "You come from New York, Mr. Leland?” the young widow at length asked. “I left tho city only yesterday.” “You are acquainted with our friend, Mr. Swoetland, I believe." “Yes; it was he who suggested that I should call upon you.” “We are channel that you have done so, and what an excellent man our Congressman is!” “Excellent, indeed, Mrs. Denton.” There was another pause, “If you do not object to a short walk in the sn'n,” said the widow, at length, “let ns walk to meet my father. ” Leland bowed. Mrs. Denton rose and rang the bell. / “Ask Miss Lester'and Edith,” she said to the old servant who answered it, “to be kind enough to put on thefchats and join, us.” A moment later Mildred Lester and Edith Denton entered the room. (tn being introduced, Mildred flushed a little, seemed somewhat embarrassed, then smiled sweetly and frankly, and ended by giving tho young man her hand. Edith cast on him the steady, frank look of an inquisitive child, bowed "slightly to him, and they all left the room by a door opening on the lawn. Clara Denton, while responding courteously to the graceful speeches of Leland, walked on with a light and rapid step, her fairy-1 iko little boots leaving their impression on the smooth surfa e of the gravel patii. Without knowing it, she walked with indescribable grace; with that supple, elastic undulation which would have been coquettish, had it not been undeniably natural. Reaching the well laid stone wall that inclosed the right side of the “home lot," she opened a little gate'that led into a narrow path through an immense field of young corn. She passed into this path, followed in single tile by Edith, Mildred, and by Leland. The child soon became restless and excited; Mildred was calm and silent.. Leland, who was close to the latter, began to grow interested, as he watched her beautiful and tranquil features. But he was also deeply interested in Clara Denton. He cast a glance toward - her. They were approaching the fence which ran at the end of the field. He was about to call to attract her attention, when, suddenly, half turning, and raising her hand, she said: “My father, sir;” and Leland, looking in the direction indicated, saw a very tall man gazing at them over the fence and , shading his eyes with his hand. He was dressed in a suit of heavy tweed, and wore a soft felt hat. Leland immediately recognized the white hair and dark eyebrows as the same he had seen bending Over the violin the night before. '"Father,"said Mrs. Denton, introducing the young man by a wave of the hand, “this is Mr. Warren Leiand.” "Mr. Leland," repeated the old man, in a deep and sonorous voice, "you are most welcome;” and coming through the bars, he gave his guest a soft, brown hand, ns ho continued: "Your grandfather and I were neighbors. I knew your mother well in her younger days, and am delighted to have her son under my roof. Your mother is a most amiable person, young sir, and certainly yon ought " i The old man hesitated, and finished his sentence by a sonorous "hem!” that resounded and rumbled in his chest as if in the vault of a church. "I received your note inclosing Sweetland’s letter, ” he continued, after a moment: "was worry you could not give us the pleasure of your acquaintance at that time. I have been looking for you ever since. "Clara, mv dear, whenever you are ready, we will follow you. Pardon me, Mr. Leland, for receiving you in this rue-. tic attire, but I am a farmer. "Agricola—a mere herdsman—custos gregis, as the poet says. Walk before me, sir, I beg. Edith, child, respect my growing coni: “Is it itfsly trne, Jtfr. Leland, that you have the hi ppy idea of quitting the great American Babylon, to install yourself upon your rural possessions? “It vrill boa good example, sir— an excellent example! You will never regret taking such a step. “Now yon see my little domain —mea paupera regna—tho retreat of the sage. Here I live, and live happily, like an old shepherd in the golden age—loved by my neighbors, which io not easy; and venerating the gods, which is perhaps easier. "Ab, young sir, you read Virgil, I am sure, and you will excuse mo if I quote him. It was for mo he wrote: “Fortunate senes, hie inter flumina note, Et fontes Meros frigus eaptabit opacum.

"And this as well: •Fortunatos et ille decs qui novit agrestes, Panaque, Silvanum que senem 1” “Nymphasque sorores!” finished Leland, smiling and moving his head slightly in the direction of the ladies, who preceded them. "Quite to the point. That is p Qre truth!" cried Metcalf, gayly. “Did you hear that, Clara?” "Yes. father." "And did you understand it?" “No, father.” “I do not believe you, my dear! Ido not believe you!” the old man laughed heartily. "Do not believe her, Mr. Leland; women have the faculty of understanding compliments in every language. ” This conversation brought them to the house, where they sat down on the veranda to enjoy the view. . - Leland praised judiciously the farm and well-kept lawn, accepted an invit ition to dinner the next week, and then discreetly retired, flattering himself that his introduction had made a favorable impression upon Nathan Metcalf, but regretting his apparent want of progress with the fairyfooted daughter and her friend Mildred Lester, He was in error. “This young man,” said Mr. Metcalf, when he was left alone with his daughter, "has some touch of the ancients, which is something; but he still resembles his faiher, whom I never liicea. His eyes and bis awhile recall some traits of his admirable ' mother, but positively, my dear Clara, I am afraid of him. His principles, they say, are vicious.” , “Who nays so, father?” “Current rumor, my child.” “Current rumor, my dear f ithef, is often mistaken, and always exaggerates. For my yart, I like the gentleman, who seems thoroughly refined and at his ease.” “Bah! I suppose because he compared you to a nymph in the fable." “If he compared me to a nymph in the fable, he was wrong; but be never ad-dres-ed me a word in English that wate not in good taste. Before we condemn him let us see for ourselves, it is a habit you have always recommended to know.” “You cannot deny, Clara,” said the old mnn with irritation, “that he exhales the most decided and disagreeable odor of New York—of Fifth avenue itself! He is too polite—too studied! Not the shadow of enthusiasm—no fire of youth! He never laughs as I should wish to see a man of his age laugh; a young man should roar to split his waistband !” “There, father, you don’t mean all you say, I’m sure. And for mvpajt, I repeat, I like him; his manners zflease me.” Mildred, Lester, had cone away together, Mildred: holding Edith’s hand. As they entered the door Mildred whispered in her companion's ear: "Isn't he a handsome gentleman? I’m sorry he’s gone. I like him so much.” CHAPTER XXI. ’ LELAND SECURES AN ALLY—THE RAGPICKER. During the succeeding week Leland met Nathan Metcalf and the several members of his family more than once. And after the dinner to which he had been invited he determined, upon mature reflection. on a’ bold move—a move that had the effect of plunging Clara Denton in the most profound astonishment. He asked her in a low voice, and with peculiar emphasis, if she would be kind enough, at her leisure, to grant him the honor of a moment’s private conversation. Clara Denton opened still wider those large eves of hers, blushed slightly, and replied that she would be nt home the next afternoon at three o’clock. At the appointed hour he presented himself before her. • He found her in the garden, seated under a group of young trees, forming a rustic bower. She was fond of this place; the most tender memories were associated with it. She was seated at a small rustic table, covered with piec es of wool and silk, on alow chair, her feet elevated on a stool, and working on a piece of embroidery with great apparent tranquillity. . Warren Leland, an expert in all-the niceties and exquisite devices of the female mind, smiled to himself at this audience in the open air. He thought he fathomed its meaning. Mrs. Denton desire 1 to deprive this interview of the confidential character which closed doors would have given it. This wns the simple truth. This lady, who was one of the noblest of her sex, ; was not at all simple. She had not , passed ten years of her youth, her beauty, ■ and her widowhood without receiving, under forms more or k-ss direct, some dozens of declarations, which had inspired her with impressions, which, although just, were not alwavs too flattering to the delicacy and discretion of the opposite sex. Like all women of her age. she knew her danger, and, unlike most of them, she did not love it. She had invariably turned into the broad road of friendship all those she had surprised ramblingwithin the prohibited limits of love.* The request of Warren Leland for a private interview had seriously preoccupied her since the previous evening. What could be the object of this mysterious interview? She puzzled her brain to imagine, but could not divine. It was not probable that Mr. Leland, at the commencement of their acquaintance, would feel himself entitled to declare his passion. However much the renowned gallantry of the young man rose to her memory, she thought so famous a ladykiller as he might adopt unusual methods, and might think himself entitled to dispense with much ceremony in dealing with a humble country woman. Animated by these ideas, she resolved to receive him in the garden, having remarked, during her short experience, that oj»n air and a wide open space were not favorable to bold wooers. Leland bowed to Mrs. Denton, then seating himself, drew his chair nearer to hers, mischievously; perhaps, and lowering his voice into a confidential tone, said - “Mrs. Denton, will you permit me to confide a secret to you, and ask your counsel?” She raised her graceful head, fixed upon the young man her soft bright gaze, smiled vaguely, and by a alight movement of the hind intimated to him : “You surprise me; but Twill listen to you. ” “This is my first secret, madam. I desire to represent thia district in Congress. ” At this unexpected declaration, Mrs. Denton looked at him, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and gravely listened to what he had to say. “Mr. Sweetland,” continued the young man, “has manifested a kindly feeling for me. He intends to retire at the end of his present term, and is anxious that I should become his successor. He has not concealed from me, however, the fact that the support of your father is indispensable to my success as a candidate. “I Lave therefore come here, by his advice, in the hope of obtaining this sup-, port; but the ideas and opinions expressed by your father at dinner yesterday, appear to me so directly opposite to my pretensions, that I feel truly discouraged. To be brief, Mrs. Denton, in my perplexity I conceived the idea—indiscreet^doubtless —to appeal io your kindness, and ask your advice—which I am determined to follow, whatever it maybe.” "But, sir! you embarrass ms greatly,” said the lady, whose pretty face, at first clouded, brightened up immediately with a frank smile. “I have no special clefim on your kindness—on the contrary, perhaps—but lam a human being, and you are charitable. Well, in truth, Mrs. Denton, this matter seriously concerns my fortune, my future, and my whole destiny. This opportunity which now presents itself for me to enter public life so young, is exceptional. I would regret very much to lose it; would you therefore be so kind as to aid me?” “But how can I?” replied Mrs. Denton. “I never interfere in politics, and that is precisely what you ask me.”

"Nevertheless, I pray you not to oppose BM.” “ Whjashould I oppose you?” “Great heavens, madam! you have a right to be severe. My youth was a little dissipated. My reputation, in some respects, is not overgood; I doubt not you have heard so, and I cannot but fear it has inspired you with some dislike for me.” “Mr. Leland, we live very retired here. We know nothing of what passes in New York. If we did, this would not prevent my assisting you, if I knew how, for I think that serious and elevated labors could not fail happily to change your ordinary habits.” “It is truly a delicious thing,*” thought the young man, “to mystify so spiritual a person. “Mrs. Denton,” he continued, with his quiet grace, “I join in your hopes, but as you deign to encourage my ambition, I believe I shall succeed in obtaining your father’s support. You know him well. What shall Ido to conciliate him? What course shall I adopt? Because, I cannot do without his assistance. Were I to renounce that, I should be compelled to renounce my projects.” “It is truly difficult," said Clara, with a reflective air, “very difficult.” “Is it not, madam?” .* ? There was in the voice of Leland such confidence and submission that Clara Denton was quite touched, and even the' very devil himself would have been charmed in the very depths of hell. “Let me reflect on this a little,” she said, and she placed her elbows on the. table, leaned her head on her hands, her fingers, like a fan, half shading her eyes, while sparks of fire from her rings glittered in the sunshine, and her ivory nails gently stroked her smooth brow. Warren Leland continued to regard her with the same submissive and candid air. “Well, sir,” she said at last, smiling, “I think you can do nothing better than keep on/ “Pardon me; but how?” “By persevering in the same system you have already adopted with my father! Say nothing to him for the present. Beg Mr. Sweetland, also, to be silent. Wait quietly until intimacy, time, and your own good qualities have sufficiently prepared my father for your nomination. My role is very simple. I cannot, at this moment, aid you without betraying you. My assistance would only injure you until a change in the aspect of affairs. You must conciliate him.” “You overpower me,” said Leland; “in taking you for my confidante in my ambitious projects I committed a blunder and an impertinence which a slight contempt from you has mildly punished. But speaking seriously, Mrs. Denton, I thank you with all my heart. I feared to find in you a powerful enemy, and I find in you a strong neutral, almost an ally.” “Oh, altogether an ally, however secret,” responded Clara, laughing. “I am glad to be useiul to you; as I like Mr, Sweetland very much, I am happy to enter into his views. Ah! There are Mildred and Edith, they are coming this way, I think.” “Apropos, who is Miss Mildred Lester? There is something peculiar about her; but she is exceedingly beautiful, and she interests me very much.” “Ah, she interests yon! Well, I must tell you her story—so far as it.is known tome; indeed, for reasons of iiy own, I have had it in my mind to do so for some days.” “I shall be charmed to hear it.” “You shall; but not to-day, see, they’re coming. Heavens! What’s that?” It was a sudden rustling in the hedge close behind them that startled her. "A listener! A spy!" exclaimed Leland, springing forward and dividing the heage with his hands. The next instant he uttered an exclamation of astonishment. His rapid action had revealed the crouching form of an old man, with a gray beard, dark flashing eyes, and firm, white teeth. “The rag-picker!” he cried, and a sensation of dread took possession of tiim. CHAPTER XXII. CAUGHT IN HIS OWN SNARE. What are you doing here?” demanded Leland, sharply, as soon as he recovered himself a little. "f came to see the lady, ” answered the old man, sullenly. “Came to see the lady! What lady?” “This one—Mrs. Denton. She knows me.” “What! is it you, Mr. Welch?” exclaimed Clara, now coming forward. “Did you want to see me?” “I did, ma'am.” "Why didn’t yon come round through the gate, then?” “Well, you see, to save time, I started ’cross lots, and, hearing your voice here, and being in a powerful hurry, I tried to force my way through the hedge.” ’ “What! is'there anything the matter? Is there any trouble? Is Jennie or the children sick?” “That’s it, ma’am, the children—they're powerful sick—both of ’em. And Jennie, she sent me for you. ” "Go back at once and tell her I’m coming. I’ll be there almost as soon as yourself.” The old man turned away. Mildred and Edith had come up. Leland greeted them cordially, and then took his leave. He did not go home by the road, however, but hurried after the ragpicker. He soon overtook him. “How is it,” he asked, “that you are here in Roxbury, and seemingly quite at home, when, only a few months back, yon appeared to be a fixture in New "My daughter has lived in this place ever since her marriage. Her husband was a shoe-maker—not much of one, I suppose; but they owned a little patch of land and a hovel, a poor place enough, in all conscience, but still their own, and so, when her husband died, Jennie sent for me, and now, instead of picking up rags in New York, I am scratching the ground in Roxbury." “Ah, someth ng of a rise in life! I trust the change agrees with you.” “I am well enough satisfied.” "At least, you are with your own flesh and blood.” “Yes. I am that much better off, certainlv.” “Your daughter has children, you said?” "Yes—two.” "And they are sick?” "Very sick.” * “What is the matter?” "I do not know—l cannot understand.” “Has a doctor seen them?” "A doctor! Good gracious! How could we pay a doctor?" “But you must have one. Here, go for one at once,” and he offered him a fivedollar bill. The old man stretched forth his hand to take it. Then a strange expression came into his eyes, and quickly withdrawing his hand, he said hurriedly, “No, no!” and turning abruptly, hastened away. Leland gazed after him for a moment with a thoughtful air, and then, with bowed head, and his hands tightly clasped behind him; slowly made his way homeward. With an effort, he at last succeeded in throwing off the disagreeable impression the quondam rag-picker had made, and by the time he had reached his own door had almost forgotten him. I In truth, he had something much more agreeable to think of, and could but congratulate himself on his campaign, which seemed t_ uim, not with out reason, to have been a masterpiece of stratagem. By a clever mixture of frankness and cunning he bad quickly enlisted Clara Denton in his interest. From that moment the realization of his ambitious dreams seemed assured, for he was not ignorant of the incomparable value of woman’s assistance, and knew all the power of those small but cumulative efforts, and of those subterranean movements which as-

similate feminine influence to the secret and irresistible influences of nature. Another point gained—be had established a secret between that pretty woman and himself, and had placed himself on a confidential footing with her. He had gained the right to keep secret their clandestine words and private conversation, and such a position cleverly managed could aid him to pass very agreeably the time necessary to gain a residence in Connecticut, and the period occupied in his political ennvass. Leland, on entering the house, sat down to write to Mr. Sweetland to inform him of the opening of his operations, and admonish him to keep quiet. From that day he turned his attention to following up the two persons who could control his election. His policy as regarded Mr. Metcalf was as simple as it was clever. Profiting by his growing familiarity as a neighbor, he went to school, as it ware, to the old gentleman farmer, and gave him up the direction of the Sedley farm. By this quiet compliment, enhanced by his captivating courtesy, he advanced insensibly in the good graces of the old man. After some weeks of almost daily intercourse, Mr. Metcalf graciously praised his young neighbor as a good fellow, an excellent musician, an amiable associate; but to make him a Congressman, saw some things which might disqualify him. Mrs. Denton had feared this and did not hide it from Leland. The young man, however, did not worry himself so much about the matter as might be supposed, for his second ambition had superseded his grst; in other words, his fancy for Clara Denton had become more ardent and more pressing than his love for political preferment. We are compelled to admit, not to big credit, that he first proposed to himself to gain the affections of his fair neighbor as a simple pastime, as an interesting adventure, and, above all, as a work of art, which was extremely difficult and would redound to his great honor. To accomplish his object, he trusted to his own principles, to the fascinations of his manner and his previous successes. Instinctively he knew that the ordinary forms of gallantry would not answer with her. All his art was to surround her with absolute respect, and to leave the rest to time and the growing intimacy of each day. k There was something very touching to Clara Denton in the reserved and timid manner of this mauvais sujet in her presence—the homage of a fallen spirit, as though ashamed of being such, in presence of a spirit of light. Never, either in public or in their tete-a-tetes, was there a jegt, a word, or a look which the most sensitive virtue could fear. This young man, ironical with all the rest of the world, was serious with her. From the moment he turned toward her, his voice, face and conversation became as serious as though he had entered a church. He had a great deal of wit, and he used and abused it beyond measure in conversations in the presence of Clara Denton, as though he were making a display of fireworks in herrhonor. But on coming to her he was suddenly extinguished, and was all submission and respect. Every woman who receives from a superior man such refined flattery as this does not necessarily love him, but does like him. In the shadow of the perfect security in which Leland had placed her, Clara Denton could not but be pleased in the company of the most distinguished man she had ever met, and who had, like herself, the taste for art, music and high culture. Thus these innocent relations with a young man whose reputation was rather equivocal could not but awaken in the heart of Clara a sentiment, or rather an illusion, which the most prudish could not condemn. Libertines offer, to vulgar women an attraction which surprises, but which springs from a very blamable curiosity. To a woman of society they offer another, more noble yet not less dan.eroiis—it is tue attraction of reforming them. It is rare that virtuous women do not fall into the error of believing that it is for virtue’s sake alone they love them. Such, in brief, were the secret sympathies whose slight tendrils intertwined, blossomed and flowered kittle by little in this soul, as tender as it was pure. Warren Leland vaguely foresaw all this; that which he had not foreseen was that he himself would be caught in his own snare, and would be sincere in the role which he had so judiciously adopted, as Clara Denton captivated him. Seeing her every day, with that childlike intimacy which the country encourages enhancing the gr ceful movements of this accomplished person, ever selfpossessed and equally prepared for duty or for pleasure—as animated as passion, yet as severe as virtue—he conceived for her a genuine worship. Mind, it was not respect, for that requires the effort of believing in such merits, and he did not wish to believe. He thought Clara Denton was born so. [TO BE CONTINUED.] A Detective’s Experiment. During the run of a highly moral play in one scene of which a real safe was blown open with real gunpowder by real burglars in five minutes, a noted detective went to the theater and told the professional gentlemen that they could not do it in so short a time. They declared they could. Thereupon he put SSOO in the safe; they did the same, and he locked it with his own combination. “If you get the safe open in five minutes,” he said, “the money is yours. If you don’t, it’s mine.” He then stationed himself at the wings, watch in hand, and waited for the burglary scene. The cue given, they jumped through the window and set vigorously to work. In two minutes the diamond drill had bored through the steel door. Then a powder blower was inserted, the bellows set to going, the crevices around the door puttied, and the crank drill was cutting the hinges. The fuse was inserted; a wet blanket hung over the door, and the match struck. As the detective’s watch showed the passage of three minutes and forty-eight seconds there was a flash from the safe, a cloudlet of smoke, a heavy jar, and the massive door fell on the stage. The detective remarked: “I’ve been chasing safe-blowers around the country for full thirty years, and I thought I knew something about the business, But this is the first time I ever heard of a safe being blown open inside of four minutes. The lesson is easily worth $500.” • Do Yon Know a Good Cigar! One great trouble is that so manysmokers do not know what they want! They ask for Havana cigars, and deciare that they want them, but as a fact there are many of them that do not want anything of the kind. I was in a store the other day when a wellknown man came in and asked for a box of Havana cigars, saying price was no object so long as he was suited. The dealer showed him Havanas at 25 cents and 15 cents each; Sumatra and Havana 10 cents each, and finally a good Havana filler, with a Connecticut wrapper. This suited him, he paid twice its value and was content. If the ordinary price had been asked of him he would have declared them poor, and the dealer had no tine stock on hand. This is an absolute fact, the man wanted a sweet, mild smoke, and he got it and was suited.— Pittsburg Dispatch. In Australia there are 247,000 more males than females.

Business Directory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL DANK. Capital, 680,000. Surplus, 67,000. Organized August 10, 1888. Officers T. T. Dorwln, President; P.W.Smith, ▼lce-President; R- S. 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 of Europe. Also Passage Tickets to and from the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, 875.000. Surplus, 875,000. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Studabaker, President; Jesse Niblick,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 and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. YpRANCE B MERRYMAN. J. T. FRANCS. - 1 - jr. t. MKaancAJr Attornoyw nt Liaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Propristss. - Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Court House. The loading hotel in the city. A. 6.BOLLOWAY, I*}xy aloiaxi efls Sluxx-ffi;ooxa Office over Burns’ harness store, residence at Mr. Elias Tyfrill’s, southwest corner Third and Monroe streets. AU 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*lx7-ailol»xA<fl9 Sxura;eo3X Monroe,* - - - Indiana. AU calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. WILLIAMS. MYERS, Z*lxjrfliiola.zx «fI9J9-u.x*fi;eoz>. Specialty—The Treatment of Women. Office at residence, 157 West Wayne street. Ft. Wayne. Indiana, from 10 to 12 a. tn. and 3 to S p. m. Telephone 89. 6m3 l. H. Zeigler, Veterinary Surgeon. Modus Operand!. Or chotomy, Overotomy. Castrating EBI Ridgling Horses and Spaying Cattie and Dehorning, and treating their diseases. Office near Romberg's livory gtable, Decatur, Indiana. -( XX- S. XSO33XV.TTMT. Veterinary Surgeon*, UXozx.x'oe, Xxxd.. Successfully treats aU diseases of Horses and Cattle. WiU respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. James R. Bobo, art Xoa-w Hecatnr, - - Indtono. Raul G. Hooper, A- - at Deeatur, - • Indiana. MRS. M.L. HOLLOWAY, 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 9 to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p. m., except Thors' day and Saturday afternoons. 35 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. Coxxxzia.l*Mloxx. Low Rate of Interest. Faymeuts In any amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Call on, or address, A. K. GRUBB, or J. MANN, Office: Odd FeUows’ Building, Decatur. FORT WAifW ! and LOUISVILLE Wi Tiler Lilroiii, i lUffiA • 1 OtffWl The SHORT LINE Batwean K « NORTH SOUTH ‘ In JnS Solid Trnlna To And From H 4 Cincinnati. * r -1 Through Coaches Between INDIANAPOLIS iffl B * FORT WAYNE TOTSaL * ur * Connections—r Ira 1" Union Depots. I PW K.W. Mid MbI 1 IW\\ \\ ▼ wilier information call \ ®\\ \\ on nearest agent ar i ' GenT Paaa. A Ticket ■ Agt,, FL Wayne, Ind. GEO. W. BRADBURY. General Manager. B. R SUTTON, Sup’t. Whitewater B. B> TIME CARD.—SOUTH. May 18, 1890. Standard Time Fort Wayne....lv •600amH025 am * 6 40pn Bluffton ar 658 11 21 741 Montpelier 7 30 11 52 8 14 Hartford 748 12 10pm 833 Muncie 8 to 12 50 9 15 Indianapolis 10 30 3 50 11 20 Cincinnati 5 30 Louisville 7 00 * Daily NORTH. t Ex. Sunday. Louisville t 7 30 Cincinnati 7 59 Indianapolis..... 47 00am 1115 3 15pa Muncie .......d... •9 05 115 pm 510 Hartford 9 45 1 57 5 50 Montpelier 10 05 2 15 6 06 Bluffton 10 36 2 <8 6 38 Fort Wayne 11 35 3 45 7 40 OHB FARE FOB ROUND TUP SUNDAY*

Notice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a public examination of teachers at the office of the county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana. on the last Saturday of each month. Applcantsfor license must present "the proper trustee’s certiffleate or other evidence or 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 or 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 ot 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 Tabla, McMaster’s ‘Life of Franklin.’ and Charles BMde’s ’Put Yourself in His Place.’ Said oompcaltion shall contain not less shan 600 nor more than 1.000 words, shall be in the applicant's own bandwriting, 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 license will be granted to applicants under seventeen years of age. afte» August 1889. J. F. SNOW. Co. Supt. FOR MEN ONLY! ■•r totlfy Oom fie States ami F.r.lrn Coa.tr"? WrU. John F. Lachot Berne, Xxxd., 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, All of which will be sold at lowest living prices. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully compounded. Give him a calL SPECIAL YOTLCE. I desire to say to the people of Adams County that if you want an abstract to your lan<L Mortgage or deed executed you can get the same dona with neatmess and dispatch by calling oa A. McW. BOLLMAN, Recorder.

<L 9. DGBWXK. A. A. NICHOLS. J. BOBT. CHBIBTBH. 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 Snow Wllite T liirx*, 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. Smß MONEY TALKS. And so does the prices on every article of goods at Poiler’s Inss Shop And Second-Hand Store Tell their own stary. 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 mto buying high priced goods without first seeing my immense stock and learning the inducements I have to offer. gGTHunt me up and save your $ | ' S. Porter. Madison Street, West of Stone’s Hardware Store. $75,000 Worth of Superbly Itado *: CLOTHING Due to our large facilities for Manufacturing, enables us to offer the Largest, ths Richest and most Varied Assortment of SgsCng ®*4 Summer OetMag At prices that defy competition. Every Mill of worth at home and abroad is rep* resented in our stock of » ■ - Working Suits, from ~ «pwards. .Business ouixs, from $7.00 upwards. Dress Suits, from 810.00 upwards Our Children’s and Furnishing Goods Department is full of new, bright Neve> ties and admired by all. rawirooiniT. 16 and 18 East Berry Street* . Fart Wayne, Indiana. h. ’ > •* ' J-

Chicago and Atlantic With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates «■ fare insure a safe, speedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OR WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent ter the attractive low rates via this line. TIME-CARD IN EFFECT JULY »», ISSA GOING WEST. 1 ? I s ™ Stations- Ex Pacific Chic’o Way Thrtf F,t I Ex. iFrei t [Freit. PM. A.M. Boston...br 300 83C p.m. New York 830 BuO —~ am. rx. Marion 800 11 20 1255 300 XM. Kenton ...850 1210 Its <2O ....... . Jagger. .... 91? t 5 03 ... M „ IdTOA 945 105 919 545 Silencer Tie. 10 14 630 ....... Enterprise. 10 45 308 720 ....... Decatur.. .11 90 226 390 815 Kingsland. H4B ....... 1 ....... 900 ....... PM. Hunttntn... 12 35 325 425 10 00 ...... Bolivar 1 15 Newton.... 119 403 458 Akron 142 j. Rochester.. 208 445 538 No. 15 AM N. Judson.. 315 ....... ...... 550 ....... Kouts 347 622 ....... Cr. Point.. 4 35 7 15 Hammond. 5 10 7 25 800 8 00 Englewood. 544 755 830 835 Archer Ave. 605 815 850 900 ....... Chicago, .ar 615 8 25_ 900 910 GOING EAST8 10 12 I 16 32 Stations— Acootn Atianc Mail Way Thro* Hunt Ex. Ex (Frei t. Frei’t. AM. AM. PM PM. Chicago ..IVIO 15 750 720 535 Archer Ave. 10 25 8 00 7 30 5 45 Englewood. 10 45 820 750 605 ....... Hammond.. 11 15 850 820 640 ....... Cr. Point 9 23 8 50 7 15 Kouts 10 05 7 58 N. Judson. 10 37 *957 835 PM. Rochester.. 126 11 44 uOl ■ PM. Akron 12 05 11 214 Newton.... 203 12 30 1142 Bolivar 12 36 No. 18 AM AM. Huntintn .. 240 125 12 25 525 ....... Kingsland. 2 05 +6 if Decatur.... 330 230 119 652 ; Enterprise 303 HSO 740 Bpencer’lle. ....... 355 214 8 21. Lima 4 42 4 01 2 36 8 56 Jagger 4 30 ,9 40 Kenton .... 525 455 325 10 28 Marion ..ar 605 565 410 11 66 PM AM New York.. 6 00 7 00 PM. Boston 10 00 12 40 stop only cu ’ignal. Trains 8. 12, 16, 3,5, 15, iaily. Trains 17 and 18 dal)-, except Sunday, Where no time ii show" trains do not stop. Ask for your tickets via The Chicago A Atlantic Bailway, and your journey will be one of comfort and pleasure. F. C. DONALD, Gen'l Pjmc. Agt. G, M> BEACH, Gen’l Manager. Chicago.