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GATHER IN SEASON. . BI JANE ALDRICH. Among the green leaves gayly tossing. e forth the cherries’ gleam, beautiful, luscious, cornelian balls, Ana in their midst I stand and dream— Dream with my curly hair a-tangle—- *. but a barefoot country girl, Dream that my head is crowned with jewels, And oatiu-shod at balls I whirl. Only fifteen that bright June morning. And my first lover came that way, •* Young and bant isome, and but a student, His heart at my bare feet to lay. But bare feet sometimes spurn a lover; I was so foolish, and just fifteen, , And love to me meant wealth and jewels, And gay dresses fit for a queen. So I tossed some cherries ruby-red, And laughinglyato him I cried : b/ "The one who wins, when he comes courting, Ina splendid carriage must ride.” f •Do you mean it, Siollie, girl ?” he tfSked; And I answered, “Indeed, I do ; So if you'd bring a million of money, Why, then I would many with you.” That was ten years ago, and to-day I stand under the same old tree; My dreams were vain, the man with money Has never come wooing to me. I am not like the blithe young maiden! j Who w as gathering the cherries red, For curls and roses have sped with years! That so quickly past mo have fled. Winnie, my winsome little sister, Stands Hinging high up.in the boughs; Only fifteen, and a wealthy lover Is now paying to her his vows. My student, a judge now worth a million, Who in his giand carriage can ride. Stands qow where he stood ten year-s ago, And voung Winnie will be his bride. Ough, Neb. BETRAYED; or. A DARK MARRIAGE MORN. 4 Romance of Love, Intrigue and Crime. BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER XXlV—(Continued.) g t He thought it bad tastAn Clara not to have maintained longer the high ideal his innocence had created for her. Nevertheless, when he approached her house, and had the presentiment of her approving presence, he was troubled. Doubt and anxiety assailed him. When he saw through the trees the window of her room his heart throbbed so violently that he had to sit down on the root of a tree for a moment. “I love her like a madman!” he mur- ’ mured. Then, leaping up suddenly, he exclaimed: “But she is only a woman after all. I shall go ori.” ■ V For the first time Clara received him in her own apartment. She was sitting in an arm-chair, and, contrary to her custom, had ho work in her hands. She appeared calm, though two livid circles surrounded her eyes. She had evidently suffered much, and wept much. On seeing this dear face haggard with grief, Leland forgot the neat phrases he had prepared for his entrance. He forgot all except that he really adored her. He advanced hastily toward her, seized in his two hands those of the young lady, and without speaking interrogated her eyes with tenderness and profound pity. “It is nothing,” she said, withdrawing her hand and bending her pale face gently; “I am better; I may even be happy, if you wish it.” There was in the smile, the look and the accent of Clara Denton something indefinable, which froze the blood of Leland. He felt confusedly that she loved him, and yet Was lost to him; that he had before him a species of being he did not understand, and that this woman, saddened, broken, and lost by love, yet loved something,else in this world better even than that love. She made him a slight sign which he obeyed like a child, and he sat down beside her. , • “Mr. Leland,” she said, in a voice tremulous at first, but which grew stronger as she proceeded, “I heard you last bight—• perhaps with a little too much patience. I shall now, in return, ask from you the same kindness, sou have told me that you love me; and I avow frankly that I entertain a warm affection for you. Such being the case, we must either separate -forever, or unite ourselves by the only tie worthy of us both. To part would affect me much, and I also believe it would ocs. casion grief to you. To unite ourselves —for my own part I would be willing to give you my life; but I cannot do it, I cannot wed you without manifest folly. You are younger than I am. I think. ” Then hurriedly: “But there is anotner reason. Ido not belong to myself. I belong to my daughter, to my family, to, my past. In giving up my name for yours I would wound—l would cruelly wound all the friends who surround me, and, I believe, some who exist no longer. “Well, sir.” she continued, after a moment’s hesitation, “I have discovered a way by which we may avoid breaking off an intimacy so pleasant and sweet to both of us—in fact, to. make it closer, if anything. My proposal may surprise you, but have the to think over it, and do not say no at once.” She glanced at him, and was terrified at the pallor which overspread his face. She gently took his hand and said: "Listen patiently.” “Speak on,” he muttered, hoarsely.. “Mr. Leland,” she continued, with her angelic smile, “you'have seen and admired my heart’s darling—my friend and companion, Mildred Lester. You know how much she is to me. Since she first came toms I have learned to love her with all my heart. She is more than a friend —more than a sister to me. Having watched over her so long and constantly, I have all a mother’s feeling and affection sot her. She is, she must ever te the same tome as my own child. She is beautiful—far more beautiful than I am, and since she has wholly recovered h(?r physical health, her mind has developed with marvelous rapidity; and although a portion of her life is yet a blank, in education and refinement she is the peer of any lady in the land. Warren Leland, I desire vou to make Mildred Lester vour / wife!”' Leland started abruptly to his feet and seized the woman by the wrist, casting a searching look into her eyes. Then, as he realized the full purport of her words, he sank back as one thunderstruck. r CHAPTER XXV. THE LINES DRAWING NEARER. Clara Denton regarded her companion anxiously for a moment, and then said: “I swear to you that I shall be very happy if you only tell me you will consent to what I have proposed.” His answer, when it came, was an ynpatient exclamation of irony and anger. Then he said: “You will pardon me, madam, if so sudden a change in my sentiments cannot be as prompt as you wish.” She blushed slightly. "Yes,” she said, with a faint- smile, “I can understand how you feel about it at this moment; but try to familiarize yourself with the idea, try to look upon me as her elder sister—her mother, if you will, and all may yet come right, and—and we may be very happy soon.” Tire soul of Leland was a perverted, not a base one, and was suddenly touched at this woman’s heroism. He rendered > it the greatest homage he could pay, for his eyes suddenly filled with tears. She observed it, for she watched with an anxious eye the slightest impression ■he produced upon him. So she continued more cheerfully: t_“ And see, Mr. Leland, how this will set-

tle everything. In this way we can continue to see each other without danger, because your affianced wife will be always between us. Our sentiments will soon be in harmony with our new thoughts. Even your future prospects, which, in away, will also be mine, will encounter fewer obstacles, because I shall push them more openly, without revealing to my father what ought to remain a secret between us two. “He thinks the world of Mildred, and I can let him suspect my hopes, and that will enlist him in your service. Above all, I repeat to you that this will insure my happiness. Will you thus accept the peculiar affection I offer?” Leland, by a powerful effort of will, had recovered his self-control. “Pardon me, Mrs. he said, with a faint smile, “but thie is all so suddeq' and strange.” Then abruptly: “But who is Mildred Lester? You have never told me, and once you promised to do so.” “She is an orphan, of good parentage, and has but one relative in the world, a brother, who is now traveling. To all intents and purposes, my father is her guardian and protector.” “She came to you under peculiar circumstances, I believe?” “Yes, she was traveling with her brother, and was seriously injured in the great railway accident at Cos Cob. He brought her here, and hired the little cottage belonging to us on the lower road, but soon consented to her being taken into our own family.” “Her injuries affected her mind to a certain extent?” “They affected her memory. For a long time after the fever left her, all her past life was a blank; but by little and little certain things have come back to het, and again, other things have rushed upon her memory like a great awakening, as, for instance, her musical and other accomplishments. Still, she cannot recall her parents, nor any dear friends, not even her brother, and there isjyet a wide gap in her past life." “It is very singular,” mused Leland. “And yet not without a parallel,” said Clara. “I have been informing myself on the subject, and have found many cases quite similar.” “Generally speaking, her mind seems very bright,” remarked the gentleman. “Unusually so; she has a thirst for knowledge, and Seems to comprehend, as by intuition, everything she hears and reads. ” “And now you have told me all you know about her?” “Yes, except what you already know, that she is the dearest, the best girl in all the world.” o “And, seriously, you wish me to marry her?” “Yes, it is the one great' wish of my heart.” “But pardon me, dear madam. What is it you ask of me? Do you yourself fully comprehend? Have you reflected well on this? Can either of us contract, without imprudence, an engagement of such a delicate nature?” “I demand no positive engagement of you at this time,” she replied, “for I feel that would be unreasonable. You must be fully satisfied about Mildred first, of course. But if you give me any encouragement »t all, this is what I propose: You shall secure us respectable quarters in New York, convenient to some great physician—a specialist, and we will remove there with the least possible delay; and whatever can be done to restore her completely to her former self shall be done. “I believe—l almost know she loves you already, and if you marry her I am convinced she will make you an excellent wife. Th'nk—do think, Mr. Leland; she is so much to me, I love her better than a sister, I regard her—l love her as though she were my own child.” Still Leland did not speak. “Well, take time to think over it,” she went on, “and return to give me your decision, should it be favorable. If not, we must bid adieu.” “Mrs. Denton,” said Leland, rising and standing before her, “I will promise never to address a word to you which a dear brother might not utter to a sister, or a son to his mother. Is it not this which you demand?” Clara Denton fixed upon him for an instant her beautiful eves, full of joy and' gratitude, then suddenly covered her face with her two hands. “ Thunks, ” she murmured; “you are so good! lam very happy?” She extended her hand, wet with her tears, which he took and pressed to his lips, bowed low, and left the room. If there ever was a moment in his fatal career when the young man was worthy of admiration, it was this. His love for Clara Denton, however unworthy of her it might be, was, nevertheless, great. It was the only true passion he had ever felt. At the moment when he saw this love, the triumph Os which he thought certain, escape him forever, .he was not only wounded in his pride but was crushed in his heart. Yet he took the stroke like a gentleman. , r . • His agony was well borne. His first bitter words, checked at once, alone betrayed what he suffered. He was as pitil'ess for his own sorrows as he sought to be for those of others. He indulged in none of the common injustice habitual to discarded lovers. He recognized the decision of Mrs. Denton as true ana final, and was not tempted for a moment to mistake it for one of those equivocal arrangements by which women sometimes deceive themselves, and of which men always take advantage. He saw that the sacred refuge he had sought was inviolable. He neither argued nor protested against her resolve. He submitted to it, and nobly kissed the hand which smote him. As to the miracle of courage, chastity, and faith by which Clara Denton had transformed and purified her love, he cared not to dwell upon it. This example, which opened to his view a divine soul naked, so to speak, destroyed theories. One word which escaped him, while passing to his own house, proved the judgment which he passed upon it from his own point of view. “Very childish,” he muttered, “but sublime!” On returning home, Leland found a letter from his father notifying him of his sister’s marriage with Eugene Cleveland, which was to take place in a few da\ s, and requesting him to come to New York without delay. The marriage was to be strictly private, with only the family to assist at it. Leland did not regret this hasty summons, as it gave him the excuse for some diversion in his thouglgs, of which he felt the need. He was greatly tempted to leave at once to diminish his sufferings, but conquered this weakness. The next evening he passed at Nathan Metcalf's, and, though his heart was bleeding, piqued himself on presenting an unclouded brow and an inscrutable smile to Clara. He announced his speedy departure, and explained the reason. “You will present my best wishes to your family,” said Mr. Metcalf, “and especially to your sister; I hope she may bq_ happy. ” sir; I shall bear your good wishes with pleasure." As for Clara, to tell of all the delicate attentions and exquisite delicacies that the tender female spirit knows so well how to apply to heal the wounds it has inflicted, how gracefully she glided into her maternal and sisterly relations with Leland—to tell all this would require a pen wielded by her own soft hands. At parting, and while for a moment they were alone together in the hall, she reminded him. that he- was to secure quarters for herself and Mildred in New York. He assured her that he would not forget, and then, with a gentle pressure ol the hand, departed.

The next day he left Roxbury tor the great city. One week later, Clara Denton and Mildred Lester were established in comfortable quarters on Madison avenue, only one block away from the palatial maul sion which sheltered the guilty head of Cora Elliston. CHAPTER XXVI. THE REPTILE MOVES. The Hon. Sherwood Elliston remained in New York for some days. At the formal request of his nephew, he called upon his old friend Sidney Leland, and demanded for Eugene his daughter s hand, at the same time assuring the banker that he charged himself with the future of the young couple. In secret, Floral Leland had long admired, and of late had learned to love, Eugene Cleveland. Her happiness, then, when she heard her father’s announce-, ment after dinner that day, may be imagined, but can hardly be described. Indeed, it would be painful to dwell on the joy she felt, and her only regret was that Eugene had not come to her in person to press bis suit. , But Eugene had not the hfeart to do so. He remained at his counting-room all the morning, and only called at the Lelands’ when he had learned that his overture was accepted. « Once having resolved on thisTnonstrous actions, the worst part of which he did not himself know, he was determined to carry it through in the most correct manner, and by this time he was master of all those arts. After he had withdrawn, Flora flew to her mother, who, believing in Cleveland, shared her happiness, and they sat together a long time, hand clasped in hand, looking out upon the garden, dimly seen by the soft light of the stars, the daughter blessing her mother, her friends, everybody, and the mother thanking God; both mingling their hearts, their dreams, their kisses, and their tears—happier, poor women, than is permitted long to human beings under the heavens. The marriage took place the ensuing month. Senator Elliston was present, and when he returned to Washington this time he was accompanied by his wife. At the earnest request of his bride’s parents, Eugene took up his residence with them, and Warren Leland still had a suite of apartments in the same stately and commodious manion. His political campaign had now opened, and he was very busy, visiting Roxbury or some other town in the Congressional district every day; but in order to be near Mrs. Denton, and particularly Mildred Lester, in whom—must we confess it? —he was beginning to feel a rapidly growing interest, he spent most of his nights in New York. .' Finding presently that he could not attend to all his correspondence alone, he began to look about him for a private secretary, and soon one presented himself and was promptly engaged. It was—Oscar Slyme! The extraordinary session of Congress that commanded the presence of Senator Elliston in Washington was still dragging its weary length along. Cora endured it for some time, and then, informing her husband that it was necessary for her to visit New York, promptly returned to that city. A few days later Oscar Slyme threw up his situation and followed, her. The next day after his arrival he was installed as Warren Leland’s private secretary. He lived in the same house with them. He came early in the morning, after breakfast, passed the day in Warren’6 private room, and often dined with them, if he had work to finish in the evening. Instinctively, Flora disliked him from the first. - “His name is a bad one to begin with,” she said. “Yes,” rejoined her mother; “but the man himself is a good enough creature, except that I somewhat dislike his catlike style of looking at one. ” “I don’t like him,” reiterated Flora. “He has such a peculiar pride, or perhaps I should say insufferable vanity, but his great fault, in my eyes, is the scoffing tone he adopts when the subject is religion or morals.” Eugene entered the room in time to catch his wife’s last remark. He said nothing at the time; but that day, while they were dining, Slyme allowed himself to indulge in a rather violent tirade of this description. It was doubtless contrary to all good taste. “My dear Slyme,” said Eugene, quietly and yet ironcally, “to me', and perhaps Mr. Leland, these pleasantries of yours are indifferent; but pray remember that, while you are a strong'-minded man, my wife is a weak-minded woman; and strength, you know, should respect weakness.’ * Oscar Slyme first grew white, then red, and finally green. He arose, bowed awkardly, and immediately afterward left the table. The moment he was gone, Flora said to her brother. “You may think me indiscreet, but pray let me ask you a question. How can you confide all your affairs and all your secrets to a man who professes to have no principles?” Warren laughed. “Oh, he talks thus out of bravado,” he answered. “He tuinks to make himself more interesting in your eyes by these Mephistophelean airs. At bottom he is a good fellow. “But,” objected Flora, “he has faith in nothing.” “Not in much, I believe. Yet he would not deceive me. He is an honorable man. ” - Flora opened her eyes wide at this. “Well,” said her brother, with an amused look, “what is the matter. Flo?” “What is this honor you speak of?” “Let me ask you, sis,” he replied. “Great heavens!” she cried, blushing deeply, “I. know but little of it, but it seems to me that honor separated from morality is no great thing; and morality without religion is nothing. They all constitute a chain. Honor hangs to the last link, like a flower; but if the chain be broken, honor falls with the rest.” Her husband, who heretofore had remained silent, looked at her with strange eyes, as though he were 'not only confounded but disquieted by her philosophy. Then he gave a deep sigh, and rising, said: “Very neat, that definition—very neat.” “Yes, by Jove!” exclaimed her brother, “I didn’t know Flo had so much in her!” That night, at the opera, Eugene was very attentive to his wife. Cora accompanied them; and at parting, Flora begged her to call for her next day in passing to Broadway and Twenty-third street, on a shopping expedition, for this magnificent woman was her idol, and she loved to be with her. . On their return home Eugene remained silent, contrary to his custom. Suddenly he said, brusquely: “Flora, are you going out shopping with Mrs. Elliston to-morrow?” “Yes.” “But you see her often, it seems to me —•morning and evening. You are always with he?.* “Heavens! Ido it to be agreeable to you. Is not Mrs. Elliston a good associate?” “Excellent; only in general I do not admire female friendships. But I did wrong to speak to you on this subject. You have wit and discretion enough to preserve the proper limits.” For some time after her marriage Flora was quite happy, but gradually she became less so; for the first enthusiasm and first illusions of marriage could not for long deceive a spirit as quick and acute as hers. A young girl who marries is easily deceived by the show of an affection of which she is the object. It is rare that she does not adore her husband, and believe she is adored by him, simply because he has married her. The young heart opens spontaneously and diffuses its delicate perfume of love and its soft songs of tenderness; and

enveloped in this heavenly cloua all around it is love. But little by little it frees itself, and, too often, recognizes that this delicious harmony and intoxicating atmosphere which charmed it came only from itself. Thus was it here; as. far as the pen can render the shadows of a female soul. Such were the impressions which, dav after day, penetrated the very soul of poor little Flo. It was nothing more than this, but this was everything to her. The idea of being betrayed by her bus. band, and that, too. with cruel premeditation, had never risen to torture her soul. But, beyond certain delicate attentions, she felt herself disdained and slighted. Marriage had not changed Eugene’s habits; he dined at home, instead of at a restaurant or hotel, that was all. She believed herself loved," however, but with a lightness that was almost offensive. » Yet, though she was sometimes sad and nearly in tears, you could see that she did not despair, and that this valiant little heart attached itself with intrepid confidence to all the happy chances the future might have in store for it. Eugene continued very indifferent, as one may readily comprehend, to the agitation which tormented this young heart, but which never occurred to him for a moment. For himself, strange as it may appear, he was happy enough. This marriage had been a painful step to take; but once confirmed in his sin, he “became reconciled to it. But his conscience, seared as it was, had some living fibers in it; and he would not have failed in the duty he thought he owed to his wife. These sentiments were composed of a sort of indifference blended with pity. He was vaguely sorry for the poor girl, whose existence was absorbed and destroyed between those of two beings of nature superior to her own, and the fate to which she was condemned. He resolved never to neglect anything that, might extenuate its rigor; but he belonged, nevertheless, more than ever solely to the passion which was the supreme crime of his life. For his intrigue with Cora Elliston, constantly excited by inystery and danger and conducted with profound address by a woman whose cunning was equal to her beauty, continued as strong, after months of enjoyment, as at first. The gracious courtesy of Eugene, on which he piqued himself, as regarded his wife, had its limits, as Flora perceived whenever she attempted to abuse it. Thus, on several occasions, she declined receiving company, on the ground of indisposition, hoping her husband would not abandon her to her solitude. She was in error. Eugene gave her, in reality, under these circumstances, a tete-a-tete* of a few moments after dinner; but later he would leave her with perfect tranquillity. Perhaps in an hour she would receive a packet of bonbons, or a pretty basket of choice fruit, that would permit her to pass the evening as best she might. These little gifts she sometimes shared with her mother, sometimes with Slyme, her brother’s secretary. Slyme, for whom she had at first conceived an aversion, was gradually getting into her good graces. In the absence of Eugene, she always found him at h ind, and referred to him for many little details, such as addresses, invitations, the selection of books, and the purchase of pictures. From this came a certain familiarity; she began to call him Slyme, or friend Slyme, while he zealously performed all her little commissions. He manifested for her a great deal of respectful attention, and even refrained from indulging in the skeptical which he knew displeace l her. w Happy to witness this reform and to testify her gratitude, she invited him to remain on two or three evenings when he came to her rooms to take his leave, and talked with him of books and the theaters. Being indisposed for some—lit-tbi time, Eugene passed the first two ever mgs with her until nine o’clock. But this effort fatigued him, and the poor woman who had already erected an edifice for the future on this frail basis nad the mortification of observing that on the third evening he had resumed his bachelor habits. This was a great blow to her, and her sadness became greater than it had beein up to. that time—so much so, in fact, that solitude was almost unbearable. Unfortunately, her father and mother were away, apd in the intervals she adopted the habit of retaining Slyme, or even sending for him. Eugene himself, threefourths of the time, would bring him in before going out in the evenin?. , “I bring you Slyme, my dear,” he would say, “and a good author. You can read him together.” Slyme read well; and though his heavy, dechimatery style frequently annoyed Flora, she thus managed to kill many a long evening, while waiting the return of her mother. We all know with what strange clairvoyance a mind possessed with a fixed idea discovers resemblances and allusions in accidental description. Flora perceived without doubt some remote connection between her husband and Faust —between herself and Marguerite—for she could not help showing that she was strongly agitated. When Marguerite in prison cries out in her agony and madness, a blending of confused sentiments, of powerful sympathies, of vague apprehension, suddenly seized on her breast. One can scarcely imagine their force—to the verge of distracting her. She turned on the lounge and closed her beautiful eyes, as if to keep back the tears which rolled under the fringe of her beautiful lashes. At this moment Slyme cased to read, dropped his book, sighed profoundly, and stared for a moment. . Then he threw himself at Flora’s feet, took her hr nd, and said with a tragic sigh: “Poor angel!" [TO BE CONTINUED.] A Case of “Sure Thing” Gone Wrong. “One of my toughest experiences,” said a well-known turfman yesterday, “was the loss of a bet of SSOO occasioned through a money-lender’s extreme caution. “A number of, us were one day discussing a certain Shylock, who was generally conceded to be the closest man in the country to deal with. “ ‘l’ll bet SSOO even that I can borrow SI,OOO of him on my personal recognizance,’ said I. “ ‘Done,’,answered the crowd simultaneously. * “As I could not stake enough for more than one bet they pooled against me. I had a sure thing. The money was placed and off I went with a pommittee of two to borrow the cash. “ ‘Mr. Isaacs,’ I said, ‘these gentlemen have bet me SSOO that I cannot borrow SI,OOO of you. I do not need the money, but I want you to let me have it for one day only and I’ll divide the bet with you.* ” “The effect was not what I looked for. Instead of jumping at the chance of making $250 he looked at me, then at the committee (who wure confounded at my cool swindle, for they so termed it), and finally he buttonholed me and said: “ ‘Did you make that bet ?’ “ ‘I did,’ said I K “ ‘Did you bet SSOO you could borrow the money of me ?’ “ ‘That’s what I did.’ “ ‘Then,’ said he in a whisper that I alone could hear, ‘go ajut hedge.’ Kansas City Times.

Business Directory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital. 850,000. Surplus, 87,000. Organized August 15, 1888. Officers—T. T. Dorwln, President; P.W.Smith, Vice-President; R. S. Peterson, Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and R. S. 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, 175,000. 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 ana Domestic Exchange bought and Bold. Interest paid on time deposits. IpRANCE A MERRYMAN. J. T. VRANCB. X- j. T. MXBRYMAM A-ttorxioym at Xiaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. JpESSE HOUSE. L J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Court House. Ika leading hotel in the city. A. G. HOLLOWAY. Fliyßioiaii Surceozi 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’a 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. AU work warranted. ” O.T.May, mTdIT" Z*lx3railoi«k,xx«ft> Surgeon Monroe, ... Indiana. AU calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. WILLIAM H. MYERS, dbSttrsoon. 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 WV chotomy, Overotomy. Castrating ESS Ridgllng Horses and Spaying Cattie and Dehorniug. and treating their diseases. Office near Romberg’s livery ■table, Decatur, Indiana. □a. h:. Xjeßn.Tmr, Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Xnd. ? Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. WiU respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. ■ — James R. Bobo, Attorney at L&W Decatur, - - Indiana. /. ‘ ' Baul G. Hooper, Attorney at Law 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 9 to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p. m., except Thursday and Saturday afternoons. 85 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. JVo Commiaaloxi. Low Rate of Interest. 3PFAT-xnexx-taß In any amounts caa be made at any time and stop interest. CaU on, or address, A. K. GRUBB, or L, F. MANN, Office: Odd FeUows’ Building, Decatur. FORT ; and LOUISVILLE : lai Yhila ta Lilrtaii, ' ° The SHORT LINE Between NORTH and SO UT H - •® ,,d Trains To And From ' 1C 1N cIN N AT| - Ira l-I Ual Through Coaches Between Ji#?® INDIANAPOLIS * FORT WAYNE ■Oc? W Vjffejk Sure Connections —— ln Unlon De P«*B- * —ANDI Un,xc, ' le<l Servlet * For Rates and othI 1 w>\\ \\ v cr Information call I laW \\ on nearest agent or WW ' Gen’l Pass. & Ticket ! Vw Agt,, Ft Wayne, Ind. GEO. W. BRADBURY, General Manager. B. & SUTTON, Sup’t, Whitewater B. R. TIME CARD.—SOUTH. May 18, 1890. Standard Time Fort Wayne... ,lv *6OO am tlO 25 am •640 pn 81ufft0n........ar 6 58 11 21 7 41 Montpelier 7 30 11 52 8 14 Hartford 748 12 10 pm 833 Muncie 8 30 12 50 9 15 Indianapolis 10 30 3 50 11 90 Cincinnati 5 30 LouisviUe 7 00 * Daily NORTH. t Ex. Bunday. Louisvillef 7 30 Cincinnati 7 59 IndianapoUs f7 00 am 11 15 8 15 pu Muncie*9os 115 pm 510 Hanford 9 45 1 57 5 50 MontpeUer 10 08 S U 8 08 Bluffton 10 38 8 48 6 88 Fort Wayne 11 38 8 45 7 40 ONE FARE FOB ROUND TRIP BUNDAYB

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Notice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a Subtle examination of teachers at the office of ie county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana. on the last Saturday of each month. Applcantsfor license must present “the proper trustee’s eertlfficate 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 Franklin.’ and Charles B«*de’s ’Put Yourself in His Place.’ Said composition shall contain not less shan 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 8:80 a. m. No license will be granted to apSllcanta under aeventeen vears of age. after .ugust 1889. J. F. SNOW. Co. Supt. FOR MEN ONLY! KiNIIIHIiI °l ßod y and Mind, Effects Bobmt, Noble HANHOOO rally Restore s?* Vowu* Btressthen WKAE. UNUKVSIOPBO ORGANS* PARTS OfIoBT Alwolot.lT ooMlfss BOMB TRKATMENT-BeteSti 110 . Ben te.tlfy from &0 SUte. ud Foreign Coo.tr'fi, Write then* John F. Lachot Berne, 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, All of which will be sold at lowest living prices. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully compounded. Give him a calL SPECIAL 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 neatness and dispatch bv calling on A. McW. BOLLMAN, Recordar.

a *. DOBWDL. A. A. NICHOLS. J, BOBT. CHRISTM. 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 Snoxsz w.lllte Xiixne, 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. And so does the prices on every article of goods at Poitor’s Harness Stop And Second-Hand Store Tell their own stary. Having removed to the Kover Hall Building, a few steps 4ast 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 THANDIRT! Don’t be humbugged into buying high priced goods without first seeing my immense stock and learning the inducements I have to offer. |®“Hunt me up and save your $ $ $ $ 6 ■ S. Porter. Madison Street, West of Stone’s Hardware Store. PIXLEY & CO., THE HEAD OF THE CLOTHING TRADE IN Fort Wayne, Ind. •A ■ . .. ': : Announce that their several Departments in this Mammoth Clothing House an complete with the most varied and largest assortment yet shown in O GENTS FALL AND WINTER WEAR. O

MEN’S SUITS. We have never been able to show such a large variety of styles of pretty goods as now. Our Cheviots Suits are all the rage, and we show them in Black and Blue, cut in Sack, Double and Single Breasted, and the popular Cutaway in Boys and Children. We are prepared to meet the wants of the most fastidious. We also show full lines of lower grades.

PIXLEY & COMPANY, V 16 and 18 East Berry St, - Fort Waynek Indiana.

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Chicago and Atlantic R’y., With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates of fare insure a safe, speedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OR WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent for the attractive low rates via this line. TIME-CARD IN EFFECT DEC. 1, 1890. GQINQ EAST. Stations— No. 2. No. 8. No. 12. No. 30. Chicago..lv 730 am 320 pmi 7 pm Archer ave. ! Englewood— Hammond.. 8 30 1 4 17 8 25 Cr. Point 9 06 8 55 KOUtS N. Judson. Rochesjtcr. . 11 3u 6 33 10 57 Akron.? Newton .... s Bolivar Huntintn .. 105 pm 750 12 20 am 515 am Kingsland Decatur.. .. 222 8 42 1 11 845 Ohio City.. 255 1 42 10 20 Spencer’lle. Lima '3 54 h 9 54 230 100 pm Alger l , Kenton .... 4 59 10 38 3 17 4 15 Marion ..ar 6 00 11 20 4 05 6 40 New York.. ; Boston; Ij.. ?. GOING WEST. Stations — No. 1. No. 5. No. 3. ■ No. 17. Bostonll New York .. .(; Marlon.. ,lv 9 35 am 12 45 pm 11 20 pm 6 15 am Kenton .. .10 30 1 25 12 10 am 9 00 Alger Lima 11 29 2 07 12’55 11 05 Spencer’lle. Ohio City ..< 12 27 pm : 2 55 2 55 pm Decatur ... 1 05 I 3 23 2 14 4-50 Kingsland . Hunt intn... i 2 25 4 20 3 25 7 30 BolivarIL,...Newton .... I' Akron.j*.' Uoche»K..' 358 5 28, 445 N. Judson..)i .. Kouts Cr. Point .. 635 Hammond.; 7 15 7 50 7 25 Englewood.: ’. Archer ave ».j Chicago, .ari 8 20 I 8 50 8 25 Trains 5,3, 8, and 12, daily. Trains 1,2, 30 and 33 daily except Sunday. For rates, time tables and other information call upon station agents or address, W. C, RHIEARSON, D. I. ROBERTS, Gen. Pass. Agt., Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. , Chicago, 111. A Fremont (Neb.) preacher asked all who wanted to go to heaven to rise. All rose but one young man. Then all desiring to go to hell were asked to rise. He still kept his seat. The mitu ister went to him and asked him why he did not rise in eithe? 1 instance. “Wall,” he replied, “I don’t want to go anywhar. Fremont’s good euuff fer me.” And the preacher wended his way back to the altar, and sitting down on the mourners’ bench leaned over and tied his shoe. ;

OVERCOATS. For zero weather, also the Fall or Me dium Weight, and the most desirabh v things can be had of us in Kerseys Meltons, Cassimeres, Worsteds, etc. cut in English Box and Plain Sacks i» Slim and Stout. In Furnishing Goodi for Gents nothing could be more com plete. An inspection is solicited. W shall be able to save you money. -