Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1891 — Page 3

FARM-YARD PETS. '— \ BY CLARA M. HOWARI k My pets all gathered about njc » As I camo through the fam-yard just • now; There was Nubbin, the beautiful Holstein, And Cherry, the little*red cow. There was Daisy, the youngest ® niong them. And old Molly, the best of ih< lot, "With Star, and Blucher, and Bridget, While Jersey must not be forgot. The pigs for their breakfast are squealing And here conies the red and white calf, Frisking about in the sunshine: At its gambols one can but I'- ugh. Fli. ,Lwr Wfl ifH R® i I 'AtriwOf ■ Therb’s Bess, the-bay colt, and her mother Old Sally, a fine, handsome pair. (Some cantering gracefuljy toward me. With Beauty, the IHg fiery mare? The old sheep Tibbie and Topsy Are eager to share in the ■•jtore Os yellow corn in my basket. While the chickens are feasting galore, AH chattering and cackling about mo; ’ Their voices I seem well to know. From Jim. t lie saucy blaifk n oster. To old Brahma, as white as-the snow. There is. Spot, the black and white kitten, And Kip, the toi'tpise-shell cat. And Jeb, and Gipsy, and Ginger, All waiting a word and a pat. Doi lovetlijmi? Os course! what a question! See how their loving eyes shine! I'd not lose, for-the weath Os a kingdom. The love of these dumb friends of mine. Harvby. .Wis, AWEIRDMISTERY OR Tracing a Dark Grime. -»- < . BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, M. D. CHA PTE R X X VP. -(Continuoil), We had reached the Seabury mansion, and ho had recognized it “Yes,” 1 replied: “here.” “Bnt “Ask no questions.” “You are going in there?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Follow me and, S '.e. ” “Doctor!’’ Wc had just entered the gate as Cain uttered the startled word. He had, too, grasped my arm nervously, and scanned the street seare.hingly. ' “ >*Wbat is it,Colonel?’ “I saw some one. ” “A passer-by?” -No. ” “A lurker?” Yes. A man. lie passed tlw court yonder Us if shadowing us." “You imagine that.” “No, lie dodged out of view as I look mt.” -- “Nonsense!” “1 am afraid.” “Os what?” “Have I not promised you protection?” Cain acted’ reinsured, but. nervous. I led him >to the side, garden. Where a bowel had been, and wjiere broken trellises ai d Vines only now remained of it, I chose a r'listje seat. “Sit. down,” 1 said. He obeyed me. ' The mansion looked weird and gloomy. Cain shivered at my ominous proceedings.

“Now, then, Colonel. ’ I-began, “we are’ hero. ” - “1 don’t like it. ” “This was. the scone of the murder?” “Yes.» “Proceed, and relate to me everything yon did the night of the tragedy. ” . V in a low tone of suppressed excitement, Cain began his story. Ho told iiow lie had tried the trellis to each window and had failed. Then he had pried open the pantry window with the steel instrument 1 had found under it. A stray silver spoon only rewarded a search in a cupboard. Then he ascended tiiu stairs. loot-tops had startled hirn. He ran down the hall. At itc end an open window showed: lie reached it.and crouched low on a veranda A minute hit r a woman came down tho hall. She had a light in her hand. She disappeared down a side corridor, and then a door opened and closed. “Tl.c ballcotiy I wj- on.” .continued Giire, “looked out. friuu two other win- _• dow.s. I chanced to dook in. A man stood near a cl air. is if reflecting. “Who was it??” “Dr. Abraham Scabury.’ “And then.” “1 started, for. as 1 “raided my head to look at him mere, closely, I became conscious that a man was near me. Ho had just climbed the trellis, Ho glanced < eagerly into the room. Then—- * “Who was he?” “Theodore I’afker.” “'rhe Doctor’s son?” “Yes n ■ a “Did he see you?” I asked. “He did. In a flash ho seemed to recognize in me a burglar, I in him an ofliccr. Ho sprang at mo. About to clench a cry of alarm reached mo. I glanced within the f “And saw?” “A woman rushing upon Dr. Scabury. ’ I qnivered With suspense. * “The same woman you saw in the hall?’ “Yes.” “She wits a'one* 1 ” “Alone, bhe had in her hand a knife—a creese. She lifted it. I saw it descend—the Doctor sink back. Thon there was a crash and the lamp was extinguished.” “And the woman?” t I was in anguish. I anticipated his answer. I knew that I, interested in tho beautiful Leonore, and striving to save her, had placed tho capping-stone •f evidence that signified her doom. “Look! look!” Os a sudden a ’ight appeared at one of the windows. A woman’s form appeared and drew down a shale. It was Leonore, looking sad and wearA ied, and as if about to seek rest after a restless vigil. /♦Leonore!” I breathed, wildly. “Who?” demanded Caln, sharply.

■Leonore. • “Is that her name?” » “Yes." „ “Well, she’s the woman whom I saw kill Dr. Seabury—she is the assassin!” CHAPTER XXVII. X heart sank’ within me. £ zsdn Thc trufch 1 half guess- I U cd, dreaded, ! §9 evaded, had I come to light, j ’lwwlwfi an< i knew that neither prejudice nor mistake ha d guided my com£g?panion in his His voice was positive, his glance eager, and his entire manner indicative of ear--3 nestness and excitement, *9 The momentary vision of B v s — / the beautiful Leonore had faded as it had appeared, and the heavy shade now shut out all view of the being whom I now knew to be veritably within | thc shadow of the dreadful scaffold. Colonel Cain saw ray emotion, and regarded me in a puzzled, studious way, as if half sorry for his declaration. “You are sure?” I gasped. “Yes. ’• “That woman " “Is Dr. Seabury’s assassin.” “But -• “I could not be mistaken.” “Perhaps She arrived after the crime?” “I saw her strike the fatal) blow,” came the clear, decided reply. “And would syrear to it?” “I would, bjn 1 dp not wish to.” “Proceed with your story.” My heart seemed’ice as. mechanically, I listened to the burglar's continued narrative. 1 was hopeless now. The one. vital revelation of Cain’s positive recognition of the woman had overwhelmed me. “Well, as I said,” remarked Cain. “I saw her strike the blow, and the light went out. ” “What did yon do?” I faltered. “For two minutes I struggled with the man who had seized me. Afterwards I realized that he thought only of getting rid of me, to hurry into the darkened room. Just then I supposed he was some detective bent on arresting me. It must have been fully two minutes before we stopped struggling and wrestling. Then his quick, agonized remark: ‘Oh, heavens! her hand, her hand!’ and his fixed stare within the darkened room;*! told me that he thought little of me— J that his attention, liis very soul, was centered on the tragedy he had just seen enacted." “And then?” ' “He dashed into the room. ” “And you?” “Thought of flight, grew curious, stepped also into the room, and relit the lamp.” “The woman?” I gasped, painfully. “Had disappeared.” “Did yon search for her?” I “Why should I? 1 drew back and j watched the scene. The man I had | struggled with was, of course. Theodore ; Parker.” j “Yes, Theodore Seabury. the Doctor's i son.”

“I saw at once that he was agitated by j thc profoundest emotion, lie bent over ■ the dead man. for he was dead. He j wrung his hands, he weplxhe seemed j about, to hasten after the-iussassin, to | arouse the house, and then paused-with | a hollow, hopeless remark. ” “What was it?” “I remember it distinctly. It was: f Tie has died misjudging me: she has ; killed him. One will have to suffer for i it. My wife, my father, (ill! why was | this cruel deed committed?’ ” “Did he speak to you?” “Instantly. As he saw me he started, wondered, looked dismayed, and then remembered the scene on the portico. “ ‘Who are you?' he demanded. “‘A burglar,' I gnswered boldly. “‘You witnessed tips deed?’ “ ‘Yes.' ' fj; “He seemed to reflect, to put this and that together, and then he said, iu a harsh, constrained voice: “‘Man, you will get, in trouble if you ever allude to what yon have seen. No one must ever know the truth about this affair. If you will aid me to throw justice off tjxe right track, I will pay you ten thousand dollars.” “And you agreed?” I asked breathlessly. “Yes. ' “And he—young tSvabury?” “He reflected and then acted.” “How?” “We removed the body a bed.” “What then?” “We placed him in a natural position. Then the young man found a phial in a desk, and poured some of its contents down the dead man’s throat, fixed the phial in the dead 'man's hand and we. left. Only he said cue word in expkina- | tion. ” “What was it?” “Suicide.” I was more depressed than ever. Tiie clear, concise statement, of Cain seemed true in every particular. More, it admitted of proof, for Theodore Seabury’s lalse story fitted to it in away. To shield the woman he his wife, he had deceived mo, exhibited an iron nerve and rare jx>wcrs of dissimulation, and had bribed tiie burglar to silence. . ’ “Where did you go. t hen?” 1 asked. “To the street. Hold! in the room where the crime was corhmitted I found the creese.” \ “Thc one I first, saw in ybur room?” “Yes.” , ■(, “Was it the instrument of death?” “I thought, so at the time. 1 even showed it to Parker, or young Seabury, as you call him. I told him I would keep it until the money was paid to me. Later— — ” “Yes, later?” I queried, eagerly. “I knew that it could not be the fatal weapon. ” *And why not 9” “Because it had no blood-stains on it.” “How do you account for its being there, then?” “Dr. Seabury probably drew it to defend himself.” “And the real weapon?” “The assassin carried away with her. ” Worse and worse! Every new development shut in the beautiful Leonore more and more closely io her doom. “Have you seen Parker since?” I asked. “No.” “Why not?” “I was to wait for a month for tho money. ” “That was the agreement?” “Yes; he said he did not have it then.” I am not a rich man. I had some means. I say this because, just then, as I veritably went mad for the moment, all my actions hinged on the means I conld command. Yes, I went mad momentarily. Prudence, judgment, right even, were lost in an absorbing impulse. Leonore, beautiful Leonore, was a murderess! 1 doubted it no longer. I saw her dragged to the common jail by rude hands—her beauty mocked at, stared at by unfeeling idlers in the great court-room of justice. I saw the Jaw blind to circumstance or palliating motive. She had, indeed, killed her guardian, but in a moment of insanity—an insanity she could not prove, probably would not even acknowledge.

Her real ignorance of what she had done in her insane moments would bo to justice the audacity of hardened guift. It would go ill with her—she was doomed. I would save her! I would save her! At any cost of fidelity, honor, or policy, I would rescue this fair creature. Beside myself with love —for I did love her, wedded wife though she was—l cried out, Vehemently: I “Co one! Cain, 1 love that woman!” I “A murderess?” | “i cannot help it. I must save her. I I will give you all I possess to disappear from the city at once—to afford me an opportunity to get her beyond the reach of a cruel, misjudging law.” “Don't try it, Doctor!” ‘ I stated. Cold, clear reason immediately supervened to fevered delirium as • the strong tones spoke. And from the shrubbery, his impressive face telling that he had overheard all m-y conversation with Colonel Cain, the burglar, stepped Abner Ketcham, the detective. CHAPTER XXVlil. I am a strong man, ordinarily above I trivial weaknesses of framelor mind, but in that impressive rules of unnerve -moved me. The accumulating revelations and episodes of tiie night had proven too much for/lne, and, mind and frame wrought up to the highest tension, gave way in a collapse, sudden and blighting. When 1 awoke again, I was lying on a couch in a comfortable room. I recognized the apartment at once. It was the detective’s cozy room. It was broad daylight, and Ketehanf himself sat at a window, smoking and thinking. “Ketcham!” I spoke thegw&rd, and arose on my elbow. “Hello!” he said, coming to where I Jay. “Awake, eh?” “Yes—how came I here? Oh, I remember. Ketcham, you heard all, and- ” “Hold on. Doctor, no spasmodic?,” smiled the detective. “Don't get excited or worried. The ease is ended.” o “Ended?” I gasped. “Yes. ” “Then Leonore?” “I am sorry to say is under arrest. ” 1 fell back witli a groan. Hope seemed to die in my breast. Even then it seemed as if I would have given my life to save her own. “Now, Doctor, ” spoke the detective, gently, “don't give way. I see Where you are caught—you love that women. ! Allowing that you can’t help it. mifrried J or not, I do say you are very foolish. She is a teetotally bad one, or else a crazy one, and in cither ease dangerous. The law is a hard keeper, so yon must take affairs as they are. Aly duty was plain. There are a score of clews that prove her guilty.' I had to arrest her. As to your foolish thought of putting Cain out of the way as a witness, or spiriting the woman away, that would not only have involved yourself in trouble, but also have been an act of I great treaeltery to me.” I “You are right, Doctor,” I choked out. I “I guess I jvas half crazy last night.” “I guess you were. Well, give up senI timent about this girl. The hard, praci tieal fiiets are what demand your atten- ■ tion now.” i “Do vou thhik her guilty?” ■ “I do.” V I “Will a court sustain that Jine of | belief?” | “Most assuredly. ’ i “Wifi she be convicted?” i “Yes.” ,

I “Sane or insane?” f “Ah. there is yout only chance to'savo j her. My work is) ended. I bring a I prisoner, with a clear case proven, to I justice. It id befits me to start out and undo my work. Your only hope is to prove her subject to insane illusions,— to have been insane when the deed of murder was committed. I cannot, I could not., help you.” “It.is hoptSfess!” 1 groaned. “Not at all,” replied the detective, quickly. “People not at all demented have been released on less apparent grounds than those that exist in this woman’s case. She acts honestly ignorant of tftj) criina. There are proofs that Dr. Seabury feared her, yet he nurtured and loved her Prove her a somnambulist in chil'dliood, eccentric later on, tral-e her disease carefully, and at the first real clew of insanity you are safe to hope that, she will not be convicted.” “Then you believe— ”

“Nothing.” interrupted Ketcham, abruptly. “1 cannot see a tra.ee of insanity in her cool, deliberate method of striking a. sure blow and. secreting the weapon later, for the creese found hidden in her room certainly did tho deed.” “Where is she?” I asked. He informed mo—at tin uptown station. He had not yet made the arrest public. l He wished to still further fortify his case before making a final report at the Central Police Station. “And Cain?” “On parole. That is, lie is at the same station, but heJs not locked up. He has agreed to report, there or remain there until I need him: but T have arrested young Seabury. ” This amazed me. “Arrested him?” “Yes: 1 had to. He occupies a cell at the station. It is to question and corner him that I have acted so secretly. He refuses to talk. 1 want to get at a motive for this crime. So far I can lind none. ” j grew hopeful. “Ah!” 1 cried, “then that is the defect in your case?” “I admit it. ” , \ “No motive proven?” ' “None in the world. Dr. Seabury apparently cherished and loved his ward.” « “But fortune—money?” “For some strange reason he had long since made over to her absftlut-e control of every dollar he possessed. No, candidly, Doctor, it.will puzzle the shrewdest lawyer to apport on any motive to the woman for the crime. ” “Thefi she is not guilty!” I cried. “Perhaps not—knowingly. Come; are you strong enough to come with me?” “Where?” “To tiie police station.” “Yes,” 1 replied, eagerly. “An hour at toilet and breakfast revived me. I felt chilled again, however, as we took a cab and reached a gioomy public station. Colonel Cain sat smoking in the drillroom and nodded placidly to mo. “Now, Doctor,” spoke the detective, “can I rely on you?” “To do what?” “To see those people below, and report fairly to me what they say.” 1 hesitated. “I want you to make them talk; I can’t.” “I will not further incriminate this poor girl,” I replied. “Well, see them, anyway. Yon may learn something that may alter tho Jooks of affairs.” He motioned to an officer who unlocked a door, and directed mo to tho cells below. My heart sank as I reached a barredin apartment and peered within it. “Mr. Seabury!” , “Eh, , heiloa! Who are you? Go away.” Theodore Seabury had hurried eagerly to the door. He scowled as he recognized me. “I come, Mr. Seabury ” “You traitor!” “Sir!” •I refuse to talk with you. Your spe-

clous story won my confidence, and you have connived at my arrest!” he cried, hotly. “I refuse to talk with you, or anybody else.” I was discouraged, but I said, gently: “You mistake. 1 am your friend—a friend to your wife.” “Bah!* “I would save her if 1 could.” He was silent. “Tell me what I wish to know.” “Go away. I will never open my lips on the subject of the murder again.” He was obdurate. I pleaded in vain. I returned up stairs wita glum face. “Well?” queried Ketcham, anxiously. I reported my failure. He looked grim and d sappointed. “Never mind. He will speak later. Now, then, for the woman.” “Leonore?” “Yes.” “Where is she?” He led me to the detention room. I looked gratefully at him as I saw its comforts, and entered an apartment with barred windows, but light and airy. Seated at a tabic was Leonore. My heart b ed for her as I saw her pale face and her tear-dimmed eyes. “Oh, Doctor!” she cried, as she sprang to her feet and caught my hand, and sobbed hysterically. , “Be seated,” I said, gently; “I wish to speak with you.” She sat down. .1 summoned all ray com age and calmness to quiet her hysterical nature, and gradually led the conversation to the painful theme that I knew mu't be discoursed. Ti If I doubted her at any time tin the past, 1 doubted her no longer after she had spoken. She absolutely denied the murder—she was horrified at the mere idea of her implication in the crime. “I loved him —he loved me. Why should I wish him to die?” “But, Miss Leonore,” I ventured gently, “may it not be possible that in? your sleep when—when temporarily insane *■” 4 She stared at me in a dazed, curious way. ■ “Impossible!” she replied. “I am neither a somnambulist nor a lunatic. I did not kill Dr. Seabury.” “Then who did?” “I do not know. ” “Do you know the evidence against you?” “Yes. the knife found in iny room.” “There are other proofs.” She looked up innocently. “I did not know it; “Did not the detective tell you?” “No, Doctor. ” “Two witnesses positively assert that they saw you commit the crime.” Leonore lo iked shocked. “A cruel falsehood!” she gasped. “One is a burglar—a Colonel Cain.” , “A burglar?” she repeated reproachfully. i “The other is a—a friend—in fact, the son of your guardian, Theodore Seabury. ” “Oh, impossible!” “He says, or rather could say ” “Why, Doctor! I do not even know him ” “What?” I fairly shouted. “No, I never saw him. ” ,1 ' “Never saw him 9” “Never.” I Was dumfounded. » “Never saw your husband?” I gasped, reeling in bewilderment. “My whom?” asked Leonore, in wild amazement. “Your husband ” Iler fair face blanched with positive confusion. “Doctor,” she breathed wildly, “what farce is this? Are you trying to drive me demented? lam not married —Theodore Seabury is net and never could be my husband.” |TO BE CONTINUED.] Turkish Punishments.

In Turkey twenty years ago men were hanged for trifles; tradesmen who sold short weight might be nailed by the ear to their own doorposts; and petty thieves, as well as men who were impertinent to officials or who refused to pay their taxes twice over, were bastinadoed on the soles of the feet. This last punishment, by the way, was light or cruel, according as the patient was accustomed to go barefoot or to spend his life in baiouches 1 he water carriers, ■, porters, street fruit-sellers and peasants generally, whose soles were like a horn, cared little for twen-ty-live cuts with a bamboo; but to tradesmen, clerks and women, the stripes were excruciatingly painful and brought weeks of, lameness. The present Sultan has abolished the bastinado in the European part of his dominions, and practically done away with capital punishment, except for brigandage and for attempts at assassinating high officials. Even brigands, however, are only hanged when they have laid hands on foreigners and cause an Outcry in the European pros. Genuine Turks seldom find their way into jail, saving for murder or inability to pay taxes, and the murders are often committed under the influence of religious fanaticism, when the Mussulmans, drive'n mad by the fast of Karmadan or by the rejoicing of the Bairam holidays, run amuck with a knife among a crowd of Giaours. Such offenders, however, are always leniently dealt wi hby the Pashas, unless, of course, they happen to kill a foreign Christian having an ambassador to avenge him. In Turkish prisons the Mussulmans and Christians are kept apart, and the former, a grave and gentlemanlike looking set of men,- bask in the sun most of the day, smoking, and they perforni frequent ablutions at the trickling fountain in the middle of their airing yard. They give no tio ible, and wait with the utmost patience until it shall please Allah to open the prison doors for them, 'lhe Chiistians, a herd of Greeks, Bulgarians and Macedonians, with the most villainous faces, morals and manners imaginable, have to be ruled with a tight hand to be kept from strangling one another. When it becomes necessary to hang one of these gentry, the Greek goes to his punishment struggling and howling, the Turk makes no more ado about the matter than if he we e going to have his head shaved. As the Turkish exchequer provides no hangman or ropes for executions, some curious things, occasionally happen. Not long ago a Turk who had to be hanged at Kirdjoli walked about the town for an hour with two soldiers, who had been ordered to execute him. These soldiers did not mean to buy a rope with their own money, and they failed to borrow one. Evidently they broke into a stable, stole a rope, and hanged their man from a nail over the door. A Reason i'or It. Gymnastics ere said to be compulsory in all the schools in Germany. This probably explains why a Dutchman would die with lockjaw if compelled to do hi 4 talking with both hands tied behind him. — Ham’s Hom, Happiness is a perfume which one cannot shed over another without a few drops falling on one’s self.

TO TIIE SILENT TOMB. A GREAT GENERAL LOSES HIS LAST BATTLE. General Joseph E. Johnston, of Conftetlerate Fame, Dies Peacefully at His Homo in Washington—He Reached a Klpo Old Age—Sketch of His Life. General Joseph E. Johnston died at his residence on Connecticut avenue, Washington. The Genera! had been suffering for three weeks with an affeir tion of the heart, aggravated by a cold, he caught soon after General Sherman’s funeral in New York. His physician had been trying to keep his strength up for some days, but his advanced age had given little hope for his recovery from the beginning of bis illness. The General did not seem to suffer in the least, and was cons-ions to the last. At his bedside wercex-Govornor Me I ane, of Maryland, his brother-in law, and the nurse. The immediate can cos his death was heart failure, the result of degeneration of the heart, due in a measure to a cold contracted some weeks ago, but more particularly due to. extreme old age. At times for about two y‘?ars General Johnston had shown unmistakable signs of a general br ‘aking Gown. His mind often became bewildered so that he could not tell where he was or how came there. Some days after tha Sherman funeral, the General one night

got up out of his bed while in a state of perspiration, which greatly aggravated the slight cold with which he was then suffering. Th’s brought on a severe attack of his old heart troub e, whn h completely prostrated him. His physician, Dr. Lincoln, succeeded, however, with much difficulty, in arresting the disease for a time, and for a day or two he seemed to be really improving. One day, however, he went down stairs witl.out assistance, as he had done l efore. but it proved too much for his strength, and only with the aid of Gov. McLane could he again reach h s bed, or even :i-e from the sofa where he was sitting. From that time he continued to grow worse. Dr. Lincoln fouud him perfectly comfortable and apparently a little better: while h s friends and attendants knew that ho might pass away at any time, yet they had no warning that tiie end was So near. Gov. McLane entered the room, and as he approached tiie General s bedside he heard an almost inaudible sigh, aid the General was dead. Gen. Johnston's nearest living relative is a sister, Mrs. Aiitciiall, who lives in Washington The funeral services were held in Wa-hinzton, and the interment in Greelimouht Cemetery, Baltimore. General Johnston was the last, save General Beauregard, of the six full Generals of the Confederacy. Ho was born at CherryGrove. Va.. in 1807, and was graduated from West Point in 1829. in the same class with Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was appointed second lieutenant of. the Fourth Artillery, and first saw active service in tho field in 1832, in the Black Hawk Indian expedition. He was promoted in 183 U, and was an aid-de-camp on Gen. Winfield Scott's staff in the Seminole war. Ho pariicwAto.l in all the important battles connected with General Scott's campaign in Mexico, from tho taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of tho Mexico. Ho vvjts thrice brovetted for gallantry during this war, and in 18-18 was mustered out of tho service as tF lieutenant colonel of v< lunteers, only to be reinstated by Congress vith his original rank of captain of topographical engineers. He was commisdoed quartermaster general of the United States army in June, 1-60, but resigned tho following April to enter the Confederate service, in which, as a major general of volunteers, he assisted G neral Lee i i the work of organizing the ■meu who were pouring into Richmond. Subsequently ho was commissioned a brigadier general In the Confederate service, and was placed in command at Harper’s Ferry. He joined forces with Beauregard, an I remained in command of the consolidated troops until 1863. At the but le of Seven Pintos ho was wounded and incapacitated for about- six months. His next service was as commandef of the Army of tho Tennessee. He employed the winter of 1563 to reorganize his command, which had become demoralized by the defeat at Missionary Ridge. He vas relieved of this command in July. 18:4. by ofrder of the authorities at Richmond. General Hood .succeeding him. Ea ly in >865 General Lee again assigned him to the command from which he had been relieved, and ordered him to drive back Sherman General Johnston urged Lee to abandon Richmond. join forces with him, and light Sherman before Grant could come ur>. but Leo replied that it was impossible for him to leave Virginia, as his force was small. General Johnston, dec Ining a decisive engagement, hung on Shennan’s Hanks, annoving the latter an I impeding his march from Atlanta toward Riciim >ud as much a.-y ossible. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and Johnston Obtain trig the consent ofPresident Jefferson Davis that the war should not be further prolonged, entered into negotiations with Sherman. The first agreement framed was disapproved by the Federal Government, and on April 26 a second agreement was concluded. General Johnston, after the war,J>Ceame successively President of a railroad company in Arkansas, of an. ex press c mpany in Virginia, and an insurance agent in Georgia. Ho was elect- dto Congress from the Richmond district in 1877, and nextsaw public life as Commissioner of Railroads, which office he held under President Cleveland's administration, lie hid lived in Washington since he lost his office under the present administration. In person General Johnston was a man of slendei build, of not more than medium height, and with a kindiy, pleasant face. He was unobtrusive in manner and invaiiably courteous to all persons with whom he was brought in contact. Hints About Caring for tiie Han Is. Borax water is good for washing tho hands. Coarsely ground oatmeal is a fair substitute for soa;> in washing the hands, White unscented sca.ps are the best, as the highly scented toa s are usually made <f laucid fats. - A. solution of oxalic acid will ri mo o fruit stains from the hands but it must not touch an abraided sulfate. After washing and drying the bauds thoroughly, glyceri: e and spirits of camphor, in equal parts, mixed together, is good to rub over them.' Cocoanut oil is a pleasant application. Wearing kid gloves two sizes too large is helpful in preserving the hands. One i-hould have an old pair of glover to take up ashes in, to sweep in, and to wear in all dirty work that permits the wearing of gloves. If gloves are dipped in not very hot linseed oil, they become waterproof, and may be worn while washing. Frequent vigorous rubbing of the hands will promote circulation and keep the skin in good condition. How He Came t» Be Polite. He was a pretty little fellow. His manners attracted everybody. A boy four years old, who answered “Thanks” and began with “Please,” “Ihanks” and “Plea- e” were so much a matter of course to the child that he never knew he was doing anything noticeable. “How cunning it is,” said a showy woman to his mother, “to hear that child thank and say ‘Please.’- My children have to be constantly told if I want them to thank people. How well you must have taught him.” “Wo have always said ‘Please’ to him, and have thanked him. He knows no other way.” The showy woman looked as if she did not need any further explanation. Dinaatroua Inwutllary Blaze. The new Holmes Block, the finest in Detroit, Minn., was burned. It is thought it was the work of an iaeendl* ar,, Loss, H 8,000; insurance,

Business Directory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital, 160,000. Surplus. 17,000. Organised August 16, 1883. Officer*—T. T. Dorwin, President; P.W.Bmlth. Vice-President; R. 8. Peterson. Cashier; T.T. Dorwin, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and R. 8. Paterson, 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 tbe principal cities of Europe. Also Passage Tickets to and from the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. •76.000. Surplus, 976,000. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Btudabaker. Presidont; Jesse Wiblick,Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a genera] banking business. Collections nade in all parts of tho country. County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. Interest paid on time deposits. LHRANCE A MERRYMAN. j. t. francs. I? J. I. MKRRYMAN A.ttoraoy« sat Xi*w, DECATUR. INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 8. over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Coart House. Ths leading hotel in tbe city. A.«. HOLLOWAY, 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. J Q. KEPTUNE, . DENTIST. Now located over Holthouso’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.

□ej u. Xießnrric, Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind. Bueeessfullv treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. * James R. Bobo, ja.ttorxxey Deeotwr, - - Indiana. Haul G. Hooper, 1 • ! ' I’ . : Attorney a,t Law Decatur, • • Indiana. MRS.M.L.HOLLOWAY,M.D. Having again located in Decatur, one door north of the M. E. Church, will engage In tha practice of Medicine, giving especial attention to Nervous Diseases peculiar to Women and Children. Will attend cases in tho country when conveyance is furnished. Office hours 9 to 11 a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p in., except Thursday and Saturday afternoons. e 36 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. 2KTo Coxnmlasloxi. Low Rate of Interest. In any amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Cail on, or address, A. K. GRUBB, or J. F. MANN, Office: Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur. ZFOTTTZ 5 S HORSE ANO CATTLE POWDERS Ko Hossa will die of Colic. Lots or Lung Fzvxk. If Fo’iWs'Powders are useo In time. Foutz's Powders will cure and prevent Hoe Cholkbx. Foutz's Powders will prevent Gapes ix Fowls. Foutz's Powders will increase the quantity of milk and cream twenty per cent., and make Uie butter lirm and sweet. Foutz's Powders will enre or prevent almost zvzEl Disc ass to Which Horses ami < altle are subject. Foutz's Powhkrs will eivs Satispxctiox. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor. 2ZLTIMOKE, MD. Sold by Holthouse A Blackburn, Deoatu>-

PIXLEY & GO., THE HEAD OF THE CLOTHING TRADE IN ■ Fort Wayne, Ind. Announce that their several Departments in this Mammoth' Clothing House an complete with the most varied and largest assortment yet shown in GENTS FALL AND WINTER WEAR.

MEN’S SUITS. We hafre 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 iu 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 mo'st fastidious We also show full lines of lower grades.

PIXLEY & COMPANY, I , 16 aad 18 East Berry St, - - - Fort Wayne, Indiana.

•.T. May.M. D_ Pixy ■slolsaxxeßs Burgeon Menree. -o India**. All calls promptly attended to day or night. Jffice at residence. BKWIN, B. K. MANN, J. F ERWIN MANN, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, And Notaries Public. « Pension Claims Prosecuted. Office in Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, Ind. Notice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a public examination of teachers st the office of the county superlntendeni, In Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Applcantsfor license must present “tbeproper trustee’s certlfficate or other evidence of good moral character," and to be successful, must fiass a good examination In orthography, rearing. 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, ine Sketch Book, Knickerbocker’s New York. The Happy Boy iby Bjornson). Poems of Longfellow, Poems' of Bryant, Poems of Whittier. Poems of Lowell. Hawthorne’s'Marble Faun.'and Carlyle’s'Heroee and Hero Worship,' Holmes' ‘Autocrat of tbe Breakfast Table, McMaster's 'Life of Franklin,’ and Charle* N«*de's ‘Put Vourself in HU Place.’ Said ootnpcwJUon shaP contain not less shan 600 nor more ttuin 1.1)00 words, shall be in the applicant's handwriting, and shall be accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. Reviews will be graded on nenuiansblp, orthography and com* position. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:30a. m. No i>o«nse will be granted to applicants under seventeen rears of age, after August 18M J. F. SNOW fto. SupC. Chicago and Atlantic R’y„ With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates of fare insure a sate, wpeedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OR WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent for the attractive low ratss via this line. TIME-CARD 4 ' IN EFFECT DEC. 1, 1890. : GOING EAST. Stations — No. 2. No. 8. No. 12. No. 30. Chicago..lv 73Jam32jpm 7.5 pm Archer avo Englewood Hammond.. 8 30 4 17 8 25 * Cr. Point 9 06 8 55 Kouts N. Judson. Rochester. . 11 3J (J 33 10 57 Akron , Newton Bolivar' Huntintu .. 105 pm 750 12 20 am 515 am Kingsland. Decatur.. .. 2 22 8 42 1 11 845 Ohio City.. 255 1 42 10 20 Spenoer’lle Lima 3 54 9 2 30 1 00 pm ALer Kenton .... 4 59 40 38 3 17 4 15 Marion ..ar 6 oO 11 20 4 05 6 40 New York.. Boston,. GOING WEST. - Stations— No 1. No. 5. No. 3. No. 17. Boston:d 4 New York Marlon.. .Iv 9 35 am 12 45 pm 11 20 pin 6 15 am Kenton ... 10 30 1 25 12 10 am 9 00 Alger Lima Il 29 2 07 12 55 11 05 Spencer’lleOhio City .. 12 27 pm 2 55 2 55 pm Decatur .. •. 1 05 3 23 2 14 4 50 Kingsland. Huntintu... 2 25 4 20 3 25 7 30 Bolivar Newton Akfon Rochester.. 3 58 5 28 4 45 N. Judson..i Kouts.; ; Cr. Point .. 335 Hammond. 7 15 750 7 25 Englewood Archer ave Chicago, .ar 8 208 508 25 Trains 5,3, 8, and 12, daily. Trains 1,2, 30 and S 3 daily except Snnday. For rates, time tables and other information call Upon sta ion agents or address, W. C. RHIEARSON, - D. I. ROBERTS, »■ Gen. Pass. Agt., Asst. Gan. Pass. Agt. Chicago, 111. Get Your JOB ' «■ PRINTING % —AT— This Office.

OVERCOATS. i For zero weather, also the Fall or Ms i dium Weight, and the most deurabh i things can be had of us in Kerseys I Meltons, Cassimeres, Worsted*, etc. j cut in English Box and Plain Sacks ii i Slim and Stout. In Furnishing Goodi I for Gents nothing could be more oom , plete. An inspection is solicited. W' , shall be able to save you mouey.