Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1891 — Page 3

A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW. " Behold the wonders of the world. Wherever yoa may be— The palaces upon the land, The ships upon the sea. Go count the triumphs of mankind And crown art's marble brow. Yet wonder what this world will be A thousand years from now. The temples great of Babylon— Where are they all to-day? And Where Is h und red -gated Thebes? AU these have passed away? The mighty walls of queenly Tyre In pride no longer stand; What la renowned Palmyra’s alto? A heap of desert sand! The palaces that Cyrus built Ng longer are sublime; Old Carthage crumbled long ago. Beneath the hand of time; And with her passed forever koto Into oblivion’s peace. The glories of her rival Romo, r The marble marts of Greece. How insignificant is man! In fame how strong his trust! , What are the Ptolemies to-day? A pinch of mummy dust; ” And where is Macedonia's boy, Who from his gilded throne , • Saw all the nations at his feet? -Bia very grave's unknown! Tribes, nations, kingdoms disappear Nor leave a trace behind; The dust of monarchs tong forgot Is scattered by the wind. Where la the prophet who can say Upon what, regal brow The English diadem will rest A thousand years from now? Will Venice sit up in the sea In splendor as to-day? ■ Will haughty Paris rule the world Os fashion, proudly gay? Say. will the mwqrie of Omar rise Above the Orient deep? Will London be a mighty mart, W Ami not a ruin heap? What capitals will crown the plains? ° • What empress new wdi rise? What peoples, now in darkness held, Will flourish *ncath the skies? Ah, will the banner of the stars Crown freedom’s radiant brow. And float above her capltol .A thousand year’s from now? ’ Win all the nation’s be at peace, If nations then exist? Will not a crimson battle-plume Be by the sunshine kissed? And will the glowing firmament Know not a baleful star? And not a fragile flower bleed Beneath the feet of war? Who knows? Wo cannot look beyond The boand’ries where wo stand; Ho holds the many nations in The hollow of his hand. Hodri ves the chariot of time Across this flylrjg clod; The past is dead, to-day Is ours, Tho future Is with God! ipwmy Tracing a Dart Crime. " ' ' ■ I ■ - .- < r 1 BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, H. D. CHAPTRK XXIX. Os all the astounding developments in tho extraordinary case in which I was involved, this last one was tho most bewildering. It did more than startle ma It aroused my suspicions. I did not believe Leonore. In a flash I decided that in some tacit way she and her husband had agreed to deny tho marriage relation for some potent secret reason. hustand?” I cried finally. “He is*not my husband'” “But ho claims that you are his wife. ( . He says ” “He says that which is false then,” answered Is onore coldly. “Doctor, I now havo something to tell you: this man falsifies purposely, utterly. , I will express a suspicion I have not uttered before, because it seems monstrous; but he must have a sinister purpose in saying that lam his wife. He may ho tho murderer.” “No, ho Is notv" I replied quickly. “Os that part I have positive proof.” “Then?" “Would yon see him?” “Yea’ • I was amazed at the cold, resolute expression in the girl’s face. I left the room at once. ? Word for word, I related to Ketcham the interview. . He looked puzzled. “Bring up the prisoner,” he ordered. Theodore b'cabury, looking anxious, guarded and susponseful, was brought from the cells below. The detective 'accompanied mo, as I led him to the detention room. Wo pushed him forward, closed tho door, and watched him narrowly. “Leonore!” The girl sprang to her feet, stared closely at the new-comer, arid then said: “Yes, 1 know you from your picture; you are ” * “Lenore, my wife!” “Sir, are you mad?" “Le—what is this? She, and not she! Merciful heavens! yon aro not— —” With a reeling shock, Theodore S»a- --% bury staggered backward. Every vestige of color left his face. He sank to a chair, ho buried his face in his hands, he seemed convulsed with some internal commotion. Leonore looked pained, puzzled. Ketcham grave and perturbed. As for myself, I was completely mystified at this new aspect of the'case. What did it mean? I could not repress my impulses of impatience and surprise. ® I advanced and touched Seabury on the shoulder. , . He looked up with a haggard face. 4 “Speak!” I commanded. “Is yonder woman your wife’?” “She—is—not!” “Who is she, then?" “I do not know.” “Her name is Leonbre?" “I do not know.” “You saw her kill your father?" “No.” Tho man had sprung to his feet electrically. “Colonel Cain says you did. ” “He is mistaken. Solemnly.do I swear that neither of us saw that woman Kill my father.” Every accent thril’cd mo—there was genuine convictioh in Seabury’s tones. “Do you know who d d?" I persisted. His face grew more ghastly. “Yes,” he gasped inarticulately. ‘ Will you toll?” “Never. lam dumb from this time forth,” ho cried, wildly. “Mystery—error—lt appalls me. I know the assassin now, yes; but that woman yonder—she is not my wife. I positively swear that she did not kill my father —Dr. Abraham Seabury.” CHAPTER XXX. My mind a blank of bewilderment, the mysterious case in whi< h I had become involved a worse muddle than ever, I stared helplessly at tho detective. Ketcham’s eye had brightened. It seemed to me as if the last words oS Theodore Seabury, so mystifying to mt*

■ J' , ■!■■■■■■■!■»■■■ represented a positive enHgbtenment to his shrewder sense. “A tangle—a hopeless tangle!” I murmured, staring fiom one to the other of the prisoners. i Leonore, wearied, dejected, sat with her head bowed and weeping softly, as if her harsh environment and its troubling complications harassed and grieved her. ' • Young Seabury stood with set lips, grim eyes and a mien that said plainer than words: “I have spoken—henceforth I am silent.” Suddenly Ketcham made me a auick motion, as quickly tian slated ami acted upon. It said: “Leave thfe room. ” I did so. A minute later Theodore Seabury was marched back to his cell. Then the detective came out locking Leonore in to her solitude and irksome captivity. “Doctor,” he said with spirit, “we are reaching the end. ” I stared dubiously at Ketcham “Are we?” I murmured skeptically. “Yes. ” “It seems to me that the case is a worse muddle than ever.” “Why so?” “Somewhere there is falsehood, false surmises, false action." “All through the case.” “That girl is not the wife of young Seabury?” “No.” “He thought she was?” “Yes.” ''W;; “His evidence will Hear her?" ?5». “It will.” “Then——” Ketcham smiled—positively smiled in iny face. a , “Don’t yon sec?" he queried quizzically. “Na” .»■ “It’s clear as crystal. ’ ' s , "To you, maybe.” “You dofiU suspect?" “Suspect what?” “The truth ” “I can't tell what the truth is." “Well, come back here in an hour and I’ll toll it to you then." I hung hopefully on his words.’ “Ketcham!" “Well?" “She is innocent?” “I now beiieve it." “But " “Come back in an hour. ” I had to be content with that, I was on the razor-edge of suspense, and only impatiently waiting tho lapse of the hour prescribed by the detective. I was returning to the police station when I paused suddenly. Coming down the street I observed Colonel Cain. Ho was in a tremendous hurry. Every movement and expression of his Jace betokened excitement, rare and positive. He nervously fumbled a piece of writing paper in his hand. “Oh, Colonel!” Ho halted. “Hello! you Doctor?" “Yds.”

“Whore's Ketcham?” “At the station.” “I mast see him.” “He’s busy. ” “Then I mustn’t lose ajiy time.” “About what?" “Can yon coate with me?” demanded Cain, breathlessly. “Como where?” “To—to the vicinity of the Seabury mansion. ” “What’s np?” “Something important.” “What is “Read that!" Cain handed mo tho piece of paper he held. I opeued and perused the crumpled scrawl. It read: Lbomore: Dome to me at once. I am a friend. You are In port!, and I can save you. One hour's delay may mean your doom. Gall at the Bon View restaurant, ladles’ entrance, at once. I will be there veiled and dressed in black. Fidells. Tho writing was feminine. I was interested but pot startled. “Well?” Tasked, curiously. “I intercepted that note,” said Cain. “What of it?” “I traced the writer. ” “And what, too, iff that?” “Come and see.” ’ , The burglar s face was a study of wonder, doubt and excitement. I realized that it must be something of great importance that would thus perturb that usually imperturbable nature. Ho hurried down the street, and we walked rapidly as we hastened on. “I happened to stray to the Seabury house,” he explained. “The old servant was at the gate and a messenger boy had just handed him auote and ieft. It was directed to Leonore. I. convinced the wan that 1 was in cahoots with Ketcham, and secured the note. Whoever wrote it, I discerned, held some mysterious relation to the case. ” “Why so?” “Hecamse she aid not dare to venture to the house. ” “That looks plausible.” “And because she did not seem to know that Leonore was under arrest.” “What did you do, Co!on(er?’A “I went to the restauralft:-” z “And found tiie womam?" “I sjfw her. ” “Did you speak to her?" “Not I.” s “Did you see her face?" Colonel Cain looked serious. “1 did.” “And you know her?” “Yes." “Who is she?” •The real murderess of Dr. Seabury!" was the astounding reply. CHArTEtt XXXL •The real murderess!" I gasped, agape. “Yes.” “And not Leonore?" 1 “Not Leonore.” “But you identified the girl at the police station.” “I was mistaken,” replied Cain, gravely. I was mystified. I was about to overwhelm my com: anion with questions -when he halted before a large structure. “Here w.s are,” he announced. “Tho restaurant?” “Yes; this is the Bon Viqw." “Anti the woman?” “Is on tho second floor." “Lead mo to her. ” “Follow me. ” I was in a strange quiver of excitement. The second iioor was devoted to ladies, and there were many eating at tho various tables in ihe place. Away back near £he rear of the room sat a woman alone. hhe was dressed in black and deeply veiled. She appeared to be anxiously awaiting the arrival of some one, for she scanned the, entrance at the stairway closely. ■ I glided to tho table, while Cain, as prearranged, found, the manager and informed him why we had intruded—“detective service, ” ho glibly announced. I kept my eyes fixed on the woman in black. Finally she made a gesture of deep impatience and rapped for a servant She wrote a note evidently telling Leonore, shou'd she later appear, to come to some new place of rendezvous. Thon she gave the waiter a coin and explainedJiow ho was to deli ver the note, and bho went do'vn to the curb and hailed a cab.

f Aa ft drove up I glided to her aide, a®4 I Cain also appeared. | “Drive me to the Western Hotel," said , the woman. • She entered the conveyance. I sprang in after her, closed the door, and said to the astonished cabman: “No; drive straight to the eighth precinct police station. ” “Phew! a detective!” he muttered, under his breath, “Yes.” “Get up!” “Who are you?” ..The woman had shrunk back with a > startled cry. could see her metallic eyes glowering upon me from behind the folds of the heavy veil. “A detective, madame.” dare you intrude upon a lady?” Vj*Have I intruded?” “Yes.” “It is my duty.” “Sir!” “You are wanted at the police station." “For what?” “Your connection with the Seabury murder case. ” The woman uttered a sharp cry of alarm. She made a sudden movement. From the folds of her dress a white jeweled hand extended a glittering stilletto. I grasped it. I disarmed her. Then, seizing her veil, I tore it from her face. The mystery was revealed. This indeed was the assassin of Dr. Seabury. The very picture of beautiful Leonore. I now realized the truth —the entire truth. There were two Leonores—the innocent And the guilty—that is, two women who looked alike. And my Leonore—my heart thrilled at the thought—my Leonore was innocent. Here, undoubtedly, was the assassin for whom Leonore had been ihistaken by both Theodore Seabqry and Colonel Cain. Now for her motive in the crime, and her identity. “You are the murderess of Dr. Abraham Seabury,” I said boldly, as she glared at me in vindictive chagrin. “Am I?" she hissed. “Oh, I could kill you!" <. CHAPTER XXXII. My story is ended. Doubtlessly the reader has already guessed-what came to me in a flash as I gazed at the face of the woman so like the face of Leonore. An hour later, after she had been confronted vfith Theodore Seabury and Leonore—my Leonore—we knew every dark, hidden mystery in the Seabury case. Theodore Seabury was induced to speak first Two years previous he had wedded in the South a woman—tho woman I had arrested. Her name was Leonore Legrande, and not until she was his wife did he realize that a passionate, hateful tigress was his bride. Fashion, folly, and extravagrancc was all she thought of, and when their means ran out and she asked for more sha learned that Dr. Seabury had disowned bis son for marrying against his wishes. Disguised one night she visited the Doctor—it was in New Orleans, where he was visiting. Her tierce demands only drove the. Doctor to deeper dislike for her siren nature. She vowed vengeance: she swore a terrible oaUi that if he did riot take herself and Theodore to his home she - would haunt him day and night and finally murder him, and said that Theodore, too, was resolved to have his fortune.

Dr. Seabury believed this. He now refused even to speak to his son. whom he believed to be a heartless, selfish in- . grate. The next night, as he was passing a dark court, a bullet grazed his hat. He hastened to the hotel, left it secretly, and took a steamer up the Mississippi Biver. A mishap delayed him at a small and obspure landing. He decided to cross the country to a railroad, felt through a broken bridge into a stream, lost consciousness, and awoke to find himself in a humble cabin, with a beautiful girl watching and nursing him. \ This girl was my Leonore—the protege of the wealthy Doctor—and fate had played him a curious trick. For she was the cousin of Theodore Seabury’s wife, of the same name, Leonore, but Leonore Dolby, and her prototype in features. Dr. Seabury discovered the remarkable resemblance and learned of the relationship, "but he did not tell my Leonore the truth. ' 0 He learned her story—a sad one. Her father, her only surviving relative, had died a week previous- She Was alone in theworld. A relative —a cousin, Leonore Legrande—she said, had, a year previous, robbed her father of every dollar he possessed, and had fled. She, Leonore Dolby, was therefore penniless. Dr. Seabury hated the Leonore face, but he could not but be drawn to the gentle, innocent girl who had saved his life in the river at the risk of her own. He had made her his ward—he had given her all his fortune—he bestowed all his love upon her. He never told her that her cousin Leonore Legrande was the wife of the son ho had disowned. As to Theodore Seabury, he had been deserted by his wife and finally camo North. He hated her now as he had loved her previously; but he was a man of principle, and when he caught a sight of his father’s ward at the mansion supposed that it was Leonore Legrande. Hence the note and his efforts to see her, wondering how it was that she had been taken in by the Doctor, mystified, maddened by his father’s firm refusal to admit him beneath the same roof. As to Leonore, Legrande, she confessed all. She had kept her vow—had murdered the Doctor, hooping that the fortune would descend to his son. Then she would force Theodore to acknowledge her again. She had thrown the knife and the handkerchief into Leonore’s room, had plotted to have her arrested for the crime; but, learning that she was the real heiress, had sent for her to threaten or compromise when arrested byjpyselL I Thus the tenth was known at last, smd Theodore Seabury was released frotn" custody at once. His pale face writhed at the thought that his legally wedded wife was a proven murderess. That night, however, she made it possible for the scandal of a public trial to be avoided. She committed suicide in her prison cell, and the true mystery of the Seabury cuse never reached the public prints. As to Leonore—my Leonore—-she knew that I loved her. A week later she promised to become my wife before az month had passed by. ■ She insisted on dividing her fortune with Theodore Seabury, and he, a gloomy, heart-broken man, went abroad, and Colonel Cain, reformed, went with him as valet and companion. Ketcham commended me highly for all I had done in the case, and is yet my friend. But I often wonder if at any time he really believed that the assassin of Dr. Seabury was my bonny bride—-my innocent, beautiful Leonore! , • , Jthc snd4 '

-WUO S AFBAID?" *** phy * lcl '““ teU 08 there M danger m DiW^^Mi ß ’£‘ yr “ Ch thron « h tßat Ttegemte osentatfcm whfeh our being wildly M<y aS?Jbiur th ’ o< * fckaeM *** * They say that with the honey we are all so prone to sip The deadliest bacteria may pass from Bp to Up. But when a fellow gets a chance to kiss a prettv maid He’ a very apt to say: ‘Ob, hang the doctors! Who h afraid?” —Chicago Post. That’s the poetry of it, and even when flippant, there may be truth in poetry; but there are times and occasions when the doctor’s warnings against kissing should be heeded, when they who heed them not may pay the severest penalty.' E. G. says in the Waverly Magazine that Princess Alice, Queen Victoria’s daughter, died of diphtheria caught from her own sick child; that diseases have been communicated in the same way to children and that the little ones may pick up some fatal infection by kissing pet dogs and cats that have been visiting among neighbors where diphtheria, scarlet fever, or measles existed. Kissing, whether a luxury or diversion, evidently should be regarded as a privilege for healthy persons only to indulge. Sick ones should kiss by the lovers’ telephone. The Annals of Hygiene suggests that every mother should pin a card on her baby with these words: “Don’t kiss the baby ;” or it might be worked in artistic embroidery on its bib. Many a nurse, proud of her charge, is often seen to stop the baby carriage on the street that some stranger may kiss “the sweet thing.” The sweet things have rights that parents and nurses should dare maintain against too familiar admirers. The Boston Transcript reminds in the following squib that it is the boy babies 1 who suffer most from this sort of unwelcome assault: “In Illinois a man has been fined fifteen dollars for kissing a woman auainst her will, aud an Ohio court has punished a man by a fine of §2,000 for a similar offense. Now this fs outrageous. When these men were infants think of the women who kissed them against their will! And when a man grows up shall he be fined if* he attempt to retaliate'? No. a’thousand times no! -No. men and brethren, insist upon justice, upon the righteousness of lex talionis as applied to kissing,” —Health Monthly. f This Girl Doesn’t Need Ualr Restorers. The longest suit of hair in the world is perhaps that which grows on the head of Miss Aseuath Philpott, of Gainsville, Texas, hers trailing on the ground when she stands nearly four feet, and pleasuring in all ten feet and seven inches. Miss Philpott is a slight, delicate woman, approaching middle age, and regards her magnificent tresses as rather a nuisance, complaining that their weigh t actually drains her strength. The present growth is of the past seven years, as in 1884 her head was shaved during a spell of brain fever. It is neccessary to her health to cut out large quantities of hair every few months, and this she has a regular sale for from some large wig manufactory in the East, which pays her well for it, as its fineness and silky glossy is exceptional, besides being of a much admired red gold tint. - Miss Philpott says she has-been several times approached by enterprising proprietors of dime museums, who have made her Oilers to travel with them as a freak, and has also been requested to act as agent for sundry hair tonics. She claims that her family have for generations been noted for the beauty and length of their hirsute ornaments, her grandfather having a beard that fell to his feet, and being obliged to cut his hair every day or two. Her mother’s hair was such that when she lay in her coffin it enwrapped her from head to ioot and was then obliged to be folded back several times. Wellington anti the Toad. Napoleon, the .Little Corporal, was worshiped and feared, but men loved and adored the Iron Duke. Os the former, how few are the kindly human traits recorded; while<of the other, to this day fresh -proofs keep coming to light of simple sweetness dwelling long in the minds of men. The folio wing anecdote concerning a letter lately exhumed may serve as one instance out of a thousand illustrating the sympathetic nature of the great commander. The letter was in some such terms as these “Field-Marshal, the Duke of Wellington, begs to inform William Harris that his toad is alive and well.* It seems that the Duke, in the course of a country stroll, had come upon a little boy weeping bitterly over a toad. A strange trio they must have been—the lean, keeu-eyed old soldier, the flushed, sobbing boy, and, between them, the wrinkled reptile squatting, with tearless eye and throbbing sides. The boy wept because he was going to school day; he had come daily to feed his toad: the little heart was racked with grief because he feared his darling would be neglected when he was gone and might starve. Thfe Duko’s heart was as soft as the boy’s, for he undertook to see that the toad was looked after, and the letter above quoted is one of the subsequent bulletins.

it Did Sound Queer. AT Western bride and groom arrived in Washington early one morning and went to one of the finest hotels in the city for breakfast, not intending to remain. After the meal the young couple came into the office and the happy husband went to the cashier’s desk to settle. He approached diffidently and said: “I had breaksast here with my wife this morning. How much is it?” “Yes, sir,” responded the polite clerk; “what room does she occupy?” “None at all,” answered the groom; “I brought her here with me.” “Ohl” remarked the cashier, as he grasped the situation and received the price of the breakfast. The bride who had overheard the conversation, looked horrified, and, as she rejoined her husband, remarked: “He didn’t mean that wives live at hotels without their husbands, did he, George ?” “I’m sure I don’t know,” mused George; and then he changed the subject.— Washington Post. She Was With Calf. At Independence, Mo., an engine on the Alton Road killed a cow belonging to a Mrs. Hall of that place. In notifying the division superintendent of the loss and the woman’s claim, for damages ''the section foreman wrote as follows: k “Deab Sib:—l send in a $25 claim for Mrs. J. E. Hall. As they Claim she was with calf, but had never given any milk, as' this was going to be her llrst calf. Jas. Lyons, 4 man." The letter was indorsed “important if true” and forwarded to the Chicago office. There is a fortune in this for a dime museum, even if “she” gave no milk. _______________ Order is heaven’s first law, no doubt, but pay for what you order is an amendment adopted by careful business men.

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■UWIAB.K. MANN. J. » BBimr «e jrunr. ATTOUETS - AT - lAW, And Notaries PubHc. Office . OM Notice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a pubUo examination of teachers at the office of the county superintendent. In Decatur. Indiana. on the last Saturday of each month Applcants for license must present “the proper trustee’s eertiffieate or other evidence of good . moral character.” at>d to be successful must pass a good examination In orthography, read Ing. 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. Henrv Esmond. The Spy, The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Book. Knickerbocker’s New York. The Happy -Boy (by Bjornsom. Poems of Longfellow, Poems of Bryant. Poems of Whittier, Poems of Lowell. Hawthorne’s ‘Marble Faun,’ and Carlyle’s ‘Herpes and Hero Worship.’ Holmes’ ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. MeMaster's ‘Life of FrankUn.' and Charles B«*de’e ‘Put Yourself In His Place.’ Said oompe.!tion shall contain not less •han 800 nor more than 1.000 words, shall be tn the applicant’s o»r handwriting, and shall be acoom partied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. Reviews will be graded on peutaanslilp. orthography and composition. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:30 a. m. No‘license will be granted to applicants under seventeen years of age, after August 1889. J. SNOW. CO. Sunt. _ THE — - ROUTE Standard Gauge! Splendid Boad Bed! New Steel Bail I New Modern Equipment! Everythisg Ansagsd for Cosfort of Passengers. TO 3 Trains Each Way between Toledo, 0., and Frankfort, Indiana. O Trains Each Way between Frankfort, ln<L, and St. Louis, Mo. (Daily except Sunday.) All Toledo and St Louis Passenger Trains Arrive and Deput from Unioa Depot, avoiding Transier. THROUGH TICKETS On sale at all principal Stations. Baggage checked to destination THROUH TRAINS —'w EST— j BBTWKEN Toledo, 0., and St. Louis, Mo, Full information concerning time of trains, routes, rates, Ac., will be cheerfully furnished by agents, or the undersigned. C.C. JEIVKINB, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Toledo. O. TIME TABLE The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to the Vest, Northwest, Sonth and Sonthwest. FREE PALACE RECLINM6 CHAIR CMS on all night trains. Solid Vestibuled Train Service Daily, without extracharge. Palace Reclining Chair Cars from Toledo, Detroit ’find Chicago to St. Louis, Quincy and Kansas City without change, requiring only one change of cars to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Port- ‘ land, Denver and all points West of Missouri River. Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Ctare daily from St Louis to Salt Lake City via Denver, Cheyenne and Ogden. Round Trip Tickets to principal places in California, Oregon, Utah. Arizona and Old o virl N’exNDr ' every day in the year. A complete line of tickets via any authorised route, obviating the annoyance to passengers of exchanging tickets at the Missouri River. For lowest rates, maps, folders and descriptive printed matter, write to or call on C.S. CRANE, F. CHANDLER, Asst. G. P. A., Gen. Pass. Agt. St Louis. Mo. Sv Loute, Ma. R. G. Thompson, Pass, and Ticket Agent, Fort Wayne. Ind.

9SSSSSS •SBSSSSSBB U» Chicago & Erie Railway, With°its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and tow rates of fnroinsurea safe, speedy and economical jou*” ney to all points or ''West. Wnte to your nearest railway agent for the attractive low rates via this line. 91MX CAJtD-X* Xfftd ia, 1890. _ GOING BAST. Stations— No. 8 No. 8. No. 12. Chicago Iv 730 am 3 20pm 735 pm Archerave.... . Englewood . v .,„ Hammond. 830 4 17 825 Crown Point 9 06 8 55 Kouts; .. North Judson R ichester 11 30 6 33 10 57 Akron. Newton 7 11 1143 Bolivar Huntington.. 1 15n*u 7 50 12 20a m Kingsland Decatur 2 22 8 42 1 11 Ohio City ~.. 250 1 142 . @ Spencerville... .- 2 08 Lima 354 S 54 2 30 Alger..... Kenton. 459 XIO 38 317 Marion ar 600 . 111 20 405 New, York Boston Stations— No. 5. | No. 3. Boston i New York Iv 855 p m 2 55 pin 8 25 p m Marion 9 35 am 12 45 11 20 Kenton 4 10 30 125 12 10 a m Alger. 110 59 Lima 11 29 2 07 12 55 Spencerville 11 56 Ohio City 12 27 p m 2 55 Decatur 105 323 2 14 Kingsland 134 Huntington 2 25 4 20 3 25 Bolivar 3 06 Newton 3 11 4 04 Akron 3 37 Rochester 3 58 5 28 4 45 North Judson 5 14 Kouts 5 45 -.., Crown Point. 6 35 ; Hammond 715 750 725 Englewood 7 55 Archerave...... 820 820 Chicago ar 8 20 8 50 8 25 I * Trains 5,8 and 12 daily. Trains 1 and 2 daily except Sunday. For rates, time tables and other information call upon station agents or address. W. C. RIKAKSON, D. I. ROBERTS Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Chicago, 111. Lake Erie & Western R. R. Fl. Wayne, Cincinnati — —& Lonisulle R. R. •‘JVaturaJ Gas Route,'* THE POPULAR SHORT LINE BETWEENPeoria, Bloomington, Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield, LaFayette, Frauktort. Muneie, Portland. Lima, Findlay, Fostoria, Fremont, Sandusky, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Peru, Rochester, Plymouth, LaPorte. Michigan Chy, FL Wayne, Bluffton, Hartford, Connersville and Cincinnati, making direct connections for all points East, West, North and South. TM ONLY liNE TRAVERSING THE 6KEAT NATURAL 6AS AND OIL FIELDS of Ohio and Indiana, giving the patrons of this Popular Route an opportunity to witness the grand sight from the train as they pass through. Great fields covered with tanks in which are stored millions' Os gallons of OIL Natural Gas wells shooting their flames high in the air, and the most beautiful cities, fairly alive with glass and all kinds ot factories. We furnish our patrons with Eiegant Reclining Chair Cars FRKE on day trains, and L. R. AW. Palace Sleeping and Parlor Carson night trains, at very reasonable rates. Direct connections to and from Cleveland. Buffalo, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Pittsburg. Washington, Kansas City, Denver, Omaha. Portland and San Francisco, and all points in the United Statesand Canada. This is the popular route with the ladies on account of its courteous and accommodating train officials, and with the commercial traveler and general public for its eomtorts, quick time aud sure connections. For any further particulars eali on or address any ticketagent. CHAS. F. DALY. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. H. a PARKER, Traffic Manager. Indianapolis. Ind. Chicago and Atlantic R’y., Wth its Pullman-built equipment, substantially coustrueted roadway, and low raise nf fare insure a sar®, and economical jeurney to all points EAST OR WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent tor ths attractive low rotes via this Uns. TIME-CARD XN EFFECT UEC. 1, 1890. GOINO EAST. Stations- Na 1 Na 8. No. 12. Na. M * Chicago..lv 7 3Jam 7.3 pm Archerave .’ Englewood. Hammond.. 8 30 4 17 8 25 Cr. Point .. 9 08 8 53 Kouts ......... N. Judson. Rochester. . 11 35 6 33 10 57 Akio : Newton Bolivar Hnnuntn .. 105 pm TSO 12 20 am 5 15 un Kingsland.. Decatur..-.. 9 -28 8 42 1 11 8 45 Ohio City.. 255 142 10 20 Sjienoer’lle. Lima 3 54 9 54 2 30 1 OOpffi Al;er .77 Kenton s 39 10 38 IM 415 Marion ..ar 6 00 11 20 4 05 6 40 New York Boston GOING WEST. Stations— No 1. No. 5. Na 8. Na IK Boston New York Marion...!* 9 35am 12 45pm 11 20pm 6 15am Kenton ... 10 30 1 23 12 lUaia»oo Alger. ......... .....e... Lima ...... 11 29 S 07 12 55 11 05 Biienoer'lle Onio City,.. 12 27 pm 2 55 J 55 pm Decatur, i. 1 05 3 23 « 14 4 50 Huntintn.L 225 490 325 7 80 Bolivar Newton.... Akron Itocheater.. 358 528 443 N. Judson.. Kouts Cr. Point .. 5 85 Hammond. 715 7 50 7 95 ......... Englewowl. Archerave Chicago. ,ar 8 20 8 50 8 23 Trains A 3. A and 12. dally. Trains 1,2, and n 3 dally except Sunday. For rates time tables and other information call upou eta ion agents or address, W. C. RHIEARSON, D. ], ROBERTS, Gen. Pass. Agt., Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. Chicago, lU. FOTTTZ* S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS Ho Homs will <Hs ot Qoua hors or Luxe » vxs. If Fo ils’* Powders are useo tn time. Fouls'* Powder* willenre and prevent HooCnotna. Four* 1 * Powder* will prevent Gapk* IM Fuwta *ouu> Powders will Incrva-s the quantity of mtlk ud cream twenty per osnu and mak* Um butter Ana and sweet. . FoewV Powder* win enre or prevent almost mun bitr.io to wnivil Homes and < auteare tuluect. FniTs-* t*own*m wtu, aiva SaTuracwien. Sold everywtiera. davw n. xonra, pro**iosom aoLTiaronMi tut, SoM by Bolthpuso A Blackburn, De eat—