Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1891 — Page 3

FromSintoContritioD OB ■■ Lucy WamnjEham’s Sacrifice. < The Story of a Hasty Marriage and Its Tragic Sequel. BY ERNST BRUNCKEN, Author of “The Bibliomaniac's Crime,” “A Terrible Secret," etc., etc. chapter XI. Mr. Walter Warringham was in an angry mood. He was angry with himself, with his late mother, with his cousin Hattie, with the world in general. The last will of the late Mrs. Warringham was the fault of it all. Equal division between him and Hattie Beckford! That left him only a yearly income of about ten thousand. But he wanted more, much more. He had no objectioiflagainst making proper provision for his cousin, either in the form of a nicje round sum or even an annual pension of a couple of thousand dollars. But equal division! Mr. Warringham had debts, many debts. And now, after his mother’s death, the creditors would all be upon him with their clamor. After he had paid them all out of the principal, his income would be reduced to less than sfx thousand. Ridiculous! Worse than nothing! Mr. Walter Warringham was very angry with his late mother. He was a,ngry with himself. For why had he not exerted proper influence upon the old lady, so as to prevent her from committing such stupid blunders! His cousin naturally came in for a share of his anger. 8 She had not done anything in particular, but allowed herself to be made an heiress. Walter had a vague idea that this was unwarrantable presumption on the part of Miss Beckford. .. The world in general, no doubt, deserved Mr. Warringham’s anger, even if only on general principles. There was not much consolation in the fact that Ralph—who, by the way, must have gone utterly crazy—acquiesced in the will that left him penniless. <• As Walter lay upon the sofa, smoking cigarettes and drinking brandy-and-water, he could only see one bright speck in his prospects. He had been made Hattie’s guardian during her minority. For three years he would have the management of her property. Some way might perhaps be found to make his by stratagem what should properly belong to him without any ado The simplest way out of the difficulty might perhaps be to marry the girl. Not. a bad idea. Such was Mr. Warringham's train of • thoughts, which he pursued until the usual hour of his appearing at the club, where he continued the laborious occupation of lounging with the ease ,of one who has long been accustomed to such arduous pursuits. Ralph Warringham's unexpected refusal to contest his mother’s will in court hadijnadc the settlement of the estate a comparatively” easy matter. The late Mrs. Wftrringham’s affairs were in excellent order, and when, after a very few weeks, all the necessary legal forms had been gone through, the two heirs found themselves each in the possession of an estate that would yield a yearly income ' of SIO,OOO. < Miss Hattie Beckford accepted the fortune that had so unexpectedly fallen to her lot with very great equanimity. After the earthly remains of Mrs. Warringham had been interred with all the pomp due to her social eminence, Hattie had accepted the invitation of a relation in a neighboring city to take up her abode with her. There she lived very retired, as befitted one so lately bereaved and as best suited her predilections. For the deep sorrow she had ex- • ,4 perienccd had made a lasting impression on her mind and she had' become unusually thoughtful for one so young. As far as Walter was concerned, he had taken lodgings at a hotel. The great house that had been the Warringham residence for so many years stood empty. The window-blinds were closed, < the door-bell had not been rung for ever so many a day, and the place began to exhibit that air of melancholy decay which characterizes uninhabited houses.

Walter intended to sell the property as soon as he could with advantage. He needed cash. Os his cousin he saw and heard very little. The two had never cared much < for each other. Even when she was a little child Hattie had ahvays preferred to play with the elder of her two big cousins. » Mr. Walter Warringham was, therefore, a little astonished when he found in his mail a letter from Miss Beckford, stating that she would arrive in the city on the noon train to-morrow. She was coming on business, the letter expressly intimated. What business could the girl have? Probably she wanted money. What a bore! Walter thought of the long list of creditors ho was pestered with, and on the scarcity of cash. Then he rung for the waiter, and ordered a small bottle of champagne. With a yawn'he took up the letter once more. At what hour has she to arrive? Twelve o'clock! What a bore! He wonld have to get up early in. the morning to meet her at the station. Confound these women folk! They are always bothering a fellow! Then Mr. Walter Warringham drank his cha,mpagne and went over into the card-room, where, in the course of the evening, he lost several hundred dollars. He was still in the same misanthropic mood as the day before, when he went to the station the following morning in order to meet his cousin. He took her ty the hotel, and, after both had had luncheon, expressed some curiosity as to the nature of her business, which was so important that it made her personal attention necessary. She was very willing to enlighten him on that point. “My conscience is troubling me," Hattie, said. “I think I am really a very wicked, wicked girl. But then it was so soon after poor auntie’s death, and I could hardly think of anything. So I just said yes to everything. ” The thought of her dead aunt filled the girl’s eyes with tears. She brushed them away with her pocket handkerchief. Walter looked bored. What in the world was the girl driving at? What had she to be troubled in conscience for? He suggested that she might properly come to the point. “But since I have become calmer," Hattie resumed, “I have been thinking it over. lam really just like a thief and a robber. What right have Ito all that money?” Walter tn blank astonishment stared at the young lady who asked such an unheard-of question. Was she crazy? Did she really mean to resign her for* tone in his favor? Anything might be

expected from a silly, girl with her head stuffed full of romantic notions. “I do not understand you, Hattie,” he said. Miss Beckford eagerly replied: “Why, am I not robbing poor Ralph? Does it not all of right belong to him? I think it is my duty te give it all to the rightful owners.” Walter still stared at her, but his stare was now expressive of indignation. “Nonsense!” he exclaimed harshly, almost rudely. Who put that foolish notion into your head?” “Nobody put it into my head, and I don’t think it is a foolish notion. I mean to do right,” the girl said, a little testily, for she resented the tone ip which Walter had spoken. “Let me tell you that Ralph has no ' more right to your money than the man in the moon. ” “Why, Waiter, is ho ndt your brother? Should he not share equally with you?” “He has been disinherited, and properly so, by our mother, because he has disgraced himself and the family. ” “Walter, you should not speak thus of Ralph; he is your brother, whatever he may have done. ” * “Brother or not, it served him right! Besides," Mr. Warringham added, sneeringly, “he always said he wanted to earn his living. Now he has a chance to do so. ” “For shame, Walter!” The girl’s eyes flashed. “But lam resolved to restore to him what is his due, and therefore I came to you. ” “Nonsense!” Walter, in his exasperation, now forgot all show of politeness. “You don’t know, what you are saying. Throw away fifteen thousand a year as if it was nothing!” “It is mine. I can do with it whatever I please. ” “Can you?” Walter replied with a sneer. “I think not. Not for some time. Have you forgotten that you are still a minor, Hattie? Not a cent of it can ydu dispose of without my consent ” Hattie was silent for a few moments. She knew too well that Walter spoke the truth. “But you will surely not withhold your consent in this case? I only mean to do my plain duty. “I will most assuredly withhold my consent.” “It can be indifferent to you whether I am rich or poor.” “It would be against my duty, as your guardian, to allow you to commit such a preposterous folly. You are acting like a child, on the spur of the moment. After a short time you would blame me for having permitted your quixotic behavior, and you would have a right to hold me responsible. ” While Walter spoke he assumed a tremendous, fatherly dignity that looked most ludicrous, considering the small difference in age between the two. “I am not acting on the spur of the moment. I have thought it overdeliberately and come to the conclusion that I have no moral right to the possession of Ralph's fortunes ” “Well, you will have to carry this load on your conscience as long as I have any authority over you.” The girl knitted her brows. “Thank God, that will not be forever.” Walter laughed. “After you are twen-ty-one years old you may give your money to whomsoever you like,” he said, but added in his thoughts: “You will have changed your mind by that time, or if not, I will find means to change it ” Hattie Beckford stayed in the city only a few days. She called on a few friends, and once met J ack Spofford on the street. She had not seen him since the funeral of Mrs. Warringham. Jack had been of exceeding service to her during the dark time after that fateful day in September. In the tremendous grief over her dead aunt she had forgotten the embarrassment which the afternoon’s conversation might have cast over their future intercourse. The matter had never since been alluded to. Jack's delicacy would not allow him to. press his suit while she was in mourning. But they corresponded diligently, and every line of his letters testified to the love he felt for her. although he never spoke of it. He was overjoyed when he met her on the street. As for her, she felt a sincere, friendly regard for the generous fellow. But marrying him! She would not think of it. She was resolved to remain unmarried for life. Her love belonged to one who was far away, and could never be hers. For him she was resolved to sacrifice even what most people sacrifice everything else to obtain. She would only reserve tenough for hereelf to lead a modest life in quiet retirement.

CHAPTER XII. WAS IT A CRIME? J Hattie Beckford was somewhat disappointed to find Walter so stubbornly opposed to her restoring the money which she thought rightfully belonged to Ralph. But she was not willing to give up her plan now, if she could help it. She would wait till she had attained her majority The matter was on her mind continually, yet fora long time she was notable to lind away of getting the money into her hands. After all, she would probably have to wait three years. Then she happened to be id the city, when she learned Walter had that day deposited a very large sum of cash, nearly a hundred .thousand dollars, which had been realized* by the sale of some landed property, in one of the city banks. It struck her at once that she ought to gain possession of this money. It would go pretty far toward redressing a wrong which she felt she was, though against her will, committing. But how? A plan suggested itself to her. the thought of which threw her into violent excitement. She brooded over it for hours. She took a long walk in the city and through the park, thinking it over. Her face was Hushed, as if all the blood in her body was pressing, into her cheeks. Her temples throbbed as if the veins would burst. Her heart was beating so that she thought she could hear it strike against her ribs. Hattie struggled violently to get rid of the harassing idea, but she could not do it. She must think of it. It was feasible. No doubt about it. But action must be quick. What would it amount to, after all 9 A small wrong done to prevent a greater one. And was not the money hers by law? But it was wrong! It was even a crime before the law. And detection must follow soon. No Detection would follow, but nobody would know about it but Walter. He would not make it public—of course not. . Nobody would be injured by it but herself. How sweet the thought to be able to tell him she loved: “This I have risked for you, for I would not see you wronged. ” This would be a real sacrifice, far more than giving up the worthless lucre which she did not need. Lovelfe never happier than when making sacrifices, Yes, she would risk it! A firm resolution established itself in her mind. A quiet calm came over her after the intense excitement. She would need all her coolness and self-command. Hattie Beckford went back to the hotel and inquired whether her brother was in. No, he was gone out. Then - she asked for the key to his room. She would there wait for him. The clerk knew her and readily complied. She was in her brother’s room. Where ’ r ’’i-L ** *A ‘ '

could he keep what she wanted? There was no desk tn the room. In one of those bureau drawers, no doubt But they were locked. Ah, this ture is so poorly made, almost 'any key will fit She fumbled in her pocket for a bunch of keys. This one must fit Ah, yes, admirably! Her hand trembled a little as she turned the key and opened the drawer. Hattie Beckford opening another’s drawer in order to abstract something from it! But this was no time for hesitation or conscientious scruples! With an effort of her will she steadied her hand. Here lay what she was looking for— Walter's checkbook. Hastily she tore off a few of the blanks and put them in her pocket. Then she locked the drawer and left the room. In her own room she found a letter of Walter's. She looked at the signature. She had always been good at copying drawings. That would serve her in good stead now. The first attempt did not succeed very well. But she tried again and again, and, after having practiced for five minutes, she could write the name of “Walter H. Warringham” so that nobody would distinguish it from the original. Then she filled out one of tho blank checks: “Pay t< Jiss Hattie BeckfortJ- or order 890,000. ” Now came the most hazardous part of her undertaking. Providing herself with a strong leathern hand-sacfael, she went boldly into the bank office. It was nearly the hour of closing. With a tremendous effort of will she restrained her excitement when she handed the check to the paying teller. The teller knew her well. He also knew that Walter had~deposited so large a sum only provisionally, in order to presently employ it otherwise. He was therefore not particularly suprised at seeing the young lady call with a check for so great an amount. He counted out the money in bank-notes and greenbacks ot high denominations,’ arranged it for her in the sachel, and Hattie was gone.

Half an hour later she was on the train en route to New York, where she meant to take passage for Germany, in order to personally deliver the money to him whom she thought to be its rightful owner. Her plan had succeeded admirably so far. But when the pressing necessity of appearing unconcerned relaxed, her nervous system broke down. As she sat in the railway carriage she could no longer prevent an outbreak of nervous weeping, much as she tried to conceal her teara- from the other passengers. Fortunately there were but few passengers in the car, and they seemed too preoccupied with their own affairs to pay attention to the young lady, who was burying her face in her poekeGhandkerchief. Besides, she was still in deep mourning, the best 8 apparent reason for her evident and the best protection against obtrusive curiosity. Hattie thought over what she had done! Forged her cousin’s name to a check! She was -a criminal then, and would be sent to the penitentiary! The young girl shuddered. But no! It was not so! She had only taken what belonged to her, and she was going to do with it what duty demanded. Besides, she had little to fear. The forgery could not possibly ‘be detected until to-morrow, perhaps not then, not even for several days. By that time she would be on the high sea. And would Walter prosecute his own cousin? Surely not. No! She had nothing to fear, and she had done quite right Then she began thinking of Ralph, and how thankful he must be to her. Ah, how sweet to think that if he did not love her with the love she felt for him, he must at least be thankful to her. And she felt proud of what she had done! The train sped onward through the night toward the sea-board, where the steamer was awaiting her. Soon she would see Ralph. Wa J ter Warringham was in a fine rage wiien he learned what his cousin had done. x Ninety 'thousand dollars gone! Who would have thought that the silly girl would be capable of such a rascally piece of business?

At the same time, he could not help admiring the boldness of the scheme. Ninety thousand dollars! There was nothing small about that girl., Mr. Warringham was probably vaguely conscious that he would take such a sum wherever he could get it, and no questions asked. But he would probably lack the nerve to get it in this manner. His first impulse was, naturally, to have the forger pursued and prosecuted, but he thought better of it. Having pledged the bank officials to strict silence, he resolved to drop not a word about it. In the first place, such a course would prevent a public scandal. And Walter did not like scandals; they interfered with his comfort. Secondly, Hattie was a very silly girl, after all. She had ninety thousand dollars, to be sure. But by far the largest part ot her fortune was still in his hands, and he was determtoed that it should remain there, not’for three years only but forever. What could Hattie do about it? If she came forward to claim it, she would be liable to be arrested and sent to prison. She would surely be careful to keep out of the way. So he was the winner in that game, after all. Mr. Walter Warringhams rage was gone. On the contrary, he was in a more contented mood than for a long time pastr The waiter at the club stared when he received a whole dollar as a fee from Mr. Warringham, that night. That gentleman had never yet been known to give more than a quarter. The waiter took the dollar, and brushed Walter’s coat with especial devotion. But he could not explain it. Walter himself eor.ld. [to be continued.]

A Clever Druggist. Blakely Hall writing in Truth, says: “Every man considers himself either too fat or too lean. The universal spirit of dissatisfaction which prevails throughou t t ho community has inspired a Broad wav druggist with apian which is appare i ly making him rich. In the xe ir of his store he has a large, inviting silver plated machine for registering weigh;. People come in to make purchases, a id while the clerks are filling their orders they step on the scales. To the right of the scales is a small stand covered with pamphlets entitled ‘How to Get Thin.’ On the other side is a similar table on which there are a lot of small books labelled ‘How to Increase One’s Weight.’ No man ever gets off the scales without deciding that he js either too fat of too lean, ana naturally he selects a book. The book recommends a pill and the pills cost $2 a box. They are guaranteed to be harmless, and the visitor, if he is too fat, buys a box having a blue labial, and if he is too thin, takes a box of a reddish tint, with a beautiful gold border. Doubtless the pills are exactly similar in both boxes, but this is a mere detail. ”

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ■■■•' - THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting:, and XnstraeUva Lesson and Where It May Be found—A Learned and Concise Review of the Same, The lesson for Sunday, May 24, may be found in 2 Kings 17: 6-18. . INTRODUCTORY. With this lesson we coine to that sad yet not unfruitful period of Israel’s history called the captivity. It began for the ten tribes In 722 B. a, for Judah in 606 B. a The end thereof, for Judah came, to all Intents and purposes, with the decree of Cyrus In 535 B. C. The ten tribes never returned as a united people, hence they are called “the lost tribes.” In a sense this captivity is not yet ended. Such Is the contention of that remarkable little work on Jeremiah’s prophecy, by David Baron, “The Jewish Problem.” Quoting, along with others, the passage, “I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah," he says that there is here promised “a complete restoration of the entire nation in terms most unequivocal and minute, which certainly could not be said to have received their fulfillment in the—comparatively speaking—mere handful who returned from Babylon.” A Jew himself, he expects to see his people ultimately return to Mt. Zion, and there crown the son of David king. And is not Christ himself their better Zion? WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. Idols. The Hebrew is dung balls or dunglings, in the language of opprobrium, cf. 2 Kings 10: 27 (“draught house”).—This .thing. This is emphatic in the Hebrew: like, this very thing. Testified against. Or unto. The word testify means to assure or certify, to speak in strong, earnest language, as did the prophets in God’s behalf and for the peo pie’s good. By all the prophets. Literally, by the hand of all the prophets. They gave their solemn protest. The word testify is so rendered at Gen. 43: 3. Keep, or guard, as their only source of safety, the commandments being given in love, not in wrath. Sent to you, 1. e., for good. Servants. God’s own angels of ministration. Such was Christ. Zech. 3: 8. Hoshea. King of Israel, 722 B. C. King of Assyria. Shalmaneser, whose successor, Sargon, completed the conquest Carried away Israel, “I carried away.” says Sargon’s tablet, found at Nineveh, “27,280 of the citizens.” Placed or set. suggestive of control. Halah. At the north of Assyria. In Habor. Or on the Khabour, which was itself “the river of Gozan.” The word by should be omitted here. For so it was that. -Better, and it was because. Sin did it. Brought them up. An Eastern Abysis. From under the hand. Intimating subjection. Other gods. The word other literally means after, 1. e., gods that come-after. Walked. Os deliberate sinning. Cast out. A strong word meaning to dispossess. At Num. 14: 12, it is rendered disinherit. The nations had sold, as it were, their birthright, and forfeited the land. Did secretly. From the verb, to cov< r, or veil. The noun is translated cover in r. in the margin of Isa. 4: 5. That were not right. More accurately, not bo. 1. e., what ought not to have been so. Against the Lord, or toward the Lord. From the tower of the watchman to the fenced city. The tower of the watchman was a mere outpost. The word for tower in the Hebrew is the word Migdol, transferred as a proper name at one or two places in the English; e. g., Ex. 14: 2. Set them up, or set up for themselves indicating self-will. Images. Anything set up. Groves. Revision, Ashera. These shrines were for the worship of the lewd goddess Ashera regarded by the Assyrians the spirit as it were of good luck. Latin, Fortuna, Greek, Venus. Green tree. Every flourishing or spreading tree that offered a good place. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. The Lord cast out. The Lord reigneth. AU things are in his hand, and be is not only the great Creator but the one who subdues and overturns. Mary magnified him by crying out, “He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree.” And it is she that gives intimation of t>‘e method: “He hath scattered the proud in the Imagination of their hearts.” Pride it is that works man’s ruin; self-help, when wholly selfish, is self-ruin. And it is not simply the kings of the nations who act. They are but the agents and messengers of a higher power. It is God that casts out, aud his sovereignty is as high and honorable in bringing down as in setting up. Believe it, friend, the Lord has to do with our lives, whether we accept him or not If we be not lifted up, we shall be cast out What folly to ignore it! Spurgeon says man is like a traveler who stops at a hotel and orders what he will and when the bill is presented replies that he has no money, and never thought of paying or being asked to pay. But the bill must 4 be paid. The children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right. Not that they wrought evil, unseen either of God or men, but they covered their sinning over and veiled its enormity. They tried to cloak it as f ashioh and custom, but back of it all was sin, hateful to God and hurtful to man. The waltz has become a sort of fashionable diversion, and the world has so veiled its bad origin, as she has, in a degree, its bad meaning, that Christians themselves are. at times, deceived. But tear away the veil. We are informed that the waltz was first introduced upon the stage of a Vienna theater about the middle of the eighteenth century, where it was at first but only tolerated; gradually it has worked its way into clean and beautiful homes. But, whatever its surroundings, it is doing work still for the party who started it agoing. Yet the Lord testified against Israel. It is not necessarily against Israel. It is rather unto Israel. God was speaking in Israel’s behalf when he sent by the mouth of all his prophets. It • was a kind father seeking to warn his children; it was a tender shepherd trying to call back his sheep. Men find fault with the pulpit to-day. They speak of being preached at. As if the sermon were an overseer’s whip rather than a shepherd’s crook. “Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die!” is the voice of love rather -than of wrath. “Keep my commandments” means keep guard of fyour life, for the commandments of God are our bulwark of defense. O, the confusion of face that must come upon the disobedient at last as they realize against what earnest, long-contin-ued testimony of God and angels they have sinned! “There is danger in longer delaying, Swiftly the moments pass by; If now you will come there is mercy, Jesus will help, if you try.” They followed vanity and became vain. That is it. We presently become just what we follow after The spiritual mind of the Greeks sank to the level of the low-placed gods and goddesses they chose to reverence. The hearts of the heathen, following with all the religiousness that is theirs after wood and stdne, presently themfilves become wood and stone. The Christian following after the world soon becomes worldly, the worldling following after the devil gradually becomes devilish. Vanit/ meats breath. The man who follows after nothing but breath is himself presently naught but breath. He has become vain. O, the emptiness of sin! True it is to be carnally minded is death, Itself death. To live according to the course of the world is to take on more and more the habiliments of the grave. “Hollow and shallow,” Ays Dr. Pierson, “are the two words that express for me all Worldly pleasure.” Tobe conformed to the world is to be conformed to vanity, emptiness, death. They should not do like them. It is f good rule to follow. See what the woi( I does, and then do the opposite. There K now only one better rule, possibly now in this new dispensation: See what Jesus did, and then do like him. But observe how these Israelites acted. They straightway left the commandments of the Lord their God, which being a transcript of the divine mind might well represent the way in which ha himself acted, and they made Images, a grove—in fact, they patterned after the world. They served Baal, and in so doing they were serving self. Thus did prosperity affect God’s people. Oh, for the grace of humility 1 They say that there is no word for it in the Latin tongue, the term from which our English word is derived having a different signification in the original. The world cannot teach it. There is only one way to learn it, and that is from heaven. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Jesus Christ." Next Lesson—“ The Temple Repaired.” 2 Chron. 24: 4-14. s-xatr. '■ , = lx this world a man must either be Apvil nr hammea. , ■ . *

The Chicago & Erie Railway, With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low rates of fare insure a safe, speedy and economical journey to all points IBteusrt or "West. Write to your nearest railway agent for the attractive low rates via this line. TIME CARD—Zn B#eet -Yee. 10,1890. GOING EAST. Stations— No. 2 No. 8. No. 13. Chicago Iv 730 am 320 pm 725 pm Archer ave Englewood Hammond 8 30 4 17 8 25 Crown Point. 9 06 8 55 Kouts t • North Judson • Rochester 11 30 6 33 10 57 Akron *.. .■ Newton 7 11 11 43 Bolivar _ Huntington 1 15 p m 7 50 1220 am Kingsland Decatur..... 2 22 8 42 111 Ohio City 2 55 .....‘ 142 Spencerville 2 08 Lima 3 54 9 54 2 30 Alger Kenton 4 59 10 38 3 17 Marion.... ar 6 00 11 20 4 05 New York Boston GOING WEST. Stations— I No. 1 No. 5. N 0.3. Boston New York Iv 855 pm 255 pm 8 25 pm Marion 9 35 a m 12 45 11 20 Kenton 10 30 1 25 12 10 a m Alger 10 59 Lima 11 29 2 07 12 55 Spencerville 1156 Onio City 12 27 p m 2 55 Decatur 106 3 23 2 14 Kingsland 134 Huntington 2 25 f 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.. 1 . 5 45 Crown Point 6 35 Hammond 7 15 750 725 Englewood 7 55 Archerave 8 20 8 20 Chicago ar 8 20 8 50 8 25 Trains 5,3, 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. RIEARSON, D. I. ROBERTS Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Chicago, 111. Lake Erie & Western R. R. Ft. Wayne, Cincinnati — —i Louisville R. R. *‘Natural Gas Route.’* THE POPULAR bHORT LINE BETWEEN • ■& Peoria, Bloomington, Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield, LaFayette, Frankfort. Muncie, Portland. Lima, Findlay, Fostoria, Fremont, Sandusky, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Peru, Rochester, Plymouth, LaPorte. Michigan City, Ft. Wayne,: Bluffton, Hartford, Connersville and Cincinnati, making direct connections for all points East, West, North and South. THB ONLY LINE TRAVERSING THE GREAT NATURAL GAS 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 of gallons of Oil, Natural Gas wells shooting their flames high in the air, and the most beautiful cities, fairly aliva>with glass and all kinds of factories. We furnish our patrons with E»egant Reclining Chair Cars FREE on day trains, and L. E. & W. Palace Sleeping and Parlor Cars on night trains, at very reasonable rates. Direct connections to and from Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Pittsburg, Wasnington, Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, Portland and San Francisco, and all points in the United States and 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 comforts, quick time and sure connections. For any further particulars call oner address any ticket agent. CHAS. F. DALY, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. H. C. PARKER, Traffic Manager, Indianapolis. Ind.

Chicago and Atlantic R’y., With its Pullman-built equipment, substantially constructed roadway, and low. rates of {are insure a satis, speedy, and economical journey to all points EAST OR WEST. Write to your nearest railway agent for ths attractive low rates via this line. TIME-CARD IN EFFECT DEC. 1, 1890. GOING EAST. Stations- Na 9. No. 8. No. 12. No. SO. Chicago. .Iv 7 '3O am 3 2o pm 7 *zs pml. .* Archer ave ...... Englewood. Hammond.. 8 3o 4 17 8 25 Cr. Point .. 9 06 8 55 Kouts .’j N. Judson. Rochester. . 11 3J .6 33 10 57 Akron Newton...J : Bolivar... Huntintn .. 105 pm 750 12 20 am 515 am Kingsland. Decatur.. .. 222 842 - 111 845 Ohio City.. 2 55 X 42 10 20 Spencer’lie. Lima 3 54 9 54 2 30 1 00 pm Alger Kenton.... 4 59 10 38 3 17 4 15 Marion ..ar *6 00 11 20 4 05 6 40 New York • 805t0n.,,. GOING WEST. Stations— No 1. No. 5. No. 3. No. 17. Boston New York Marion.. .Iv 9 35 am 12 45 pm 11 20 pm 6 15 am Kenton ... 10 30 1 95 12 10 am 9 00 Alger -. , Lima 11 29 907 1255 11 05 Spencer’lle Ohio City .. 12 27 pm 2 55 a 55 pm Decatur... 1 05 323 2 14 450 Kingsland Huntin tn... 2 25 4 20 3 25 7 30 Bolivar Newton ; Akr0n...... Rochester.. 3 58 5 28 4 45 ......... N. Judßon. Kouts Or. Point .. 6 85 Hammond. 715 750 725 Englewood Avehor &V 6. *..eoee*oc eeee eases eeeeeee. eooeeoeoe Chicago..ar [8 20 850 895 ' Trains 5,3,8, and 12, daily. Trains 1,9, 30 and 33 daily exeept Sunday. For rates, time tables ana other information sail upon station agents or address, W. a RHIEARSON, D. I. ROBERTS, Gen. Pass. Agt., Asst. Gen. Paas. Agt. Chicago, 111. * FOTTTZ’S HORBE AND CATTLE POWDERS H, Hom -5 dl, <a COLIO. Bow w Lmr. yn, If Fonts* Powders are med in time. _ FtmtO Powders will cure end prevent BoeCsoimu. Kate’s Powders wifi prevent Gans nr Fewu. youti’s Fowden will increase the quantity ot milk wri ereamtweatyper oent. md make the better flrss Ponta's Powden win pore or prevent ahnest nvzn Dnausa th which Boteee and Cattie are enhjMt yovTZ’B Pewmma wiu arm ■ATiaracwMn. SMtFB a FOkicto Feepstetom 4 wm wnermm wn Sold W NgMbWM ABlaokburn, Dnontok

Business PirßCtory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital, 160,006. Surplus, 97,0*. Organized August la, ÜBB. Offioer»-T. T. Dorwin, President; P.WBmith, Vice-President; B. S. Peterson, Cashier: T. T. DorWln, P. W\ Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and R. 8. Paterson, Directors. Wears prepared to make Loans on good seour rity, 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. 975,000. Surplus, 976,099. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Studebaker, President: Jesse Niblick,Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all parts of the country. County, Cfty and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. Intersat paid on time deposits. • IpRANCE A MERRYMAN. J.T. vrawCß. 3. T. MERRYMAN ▲ttomoym at Xutw, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. L 2 and 3, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. |£IBBSE HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietes. Decatur, lad. , iMatlon Central—Opposite Court House, Tha leading hotel in the city. A.«. MOLLOWAY, <to Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness store, residence at Mr. Elias TyrriU’s, southwest corner Third and Monroe streets. All calls promply attended to in city or country nightdr day. T <J- NEPTUNr, Y • DENTIST. Now’located over Holthouse's shoe store, end 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. JBC. IjeTßUUir, Veterinary Surgeon, B/loziroe, Xxtrl. Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattie. Will respond to calls at any times Prices reasonable. James R. Bobo, 1 Attorney at Law Deeatwr, - - ZhcHsmsss, Raul G. Hooper, Attorney a-t Law Decatur, - - ZmUana.

MRS.M.L.HOLLOWAY,M.D, Having again located in Decatur, one door north of the M. E. Church, will engage In the practice of Medicine, giving especial attention io Nervous Diseases peculiar to Women and Children. Will attend cases in the country when conveyance is furnished. Office hours 9 to U a. m. and 2 to 4:30 p. m., except Thursday and Saturday afternoons. 36 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. TOTo Ooxi&xxxlaßmiloxx. Low Rato of Interest. ZPoax’-tloal In any amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Call on, or addreea, A. K. GRUBB, or J. E. MANN, Office: Odd Fellows* Building, Decatur. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. Time card for Decatur station. An effect Sunday, February 1,1890. GOING NORTH Accommodation 5:20 p m Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids 1:14 pm Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids 2:2lam GOING SOUTH. Accommodation 6:30 a m Richmond and Cincinnati 1:30 pm Richmond and Cincinnati ~.. * 12:53 a m Jeff Bryson. Agent GET YOUR Job Printing AT THIS OFFICE.

Important to Mankind I SPRING CLOTHING! HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS ! ® Our Entire Stock of SPRING STYLES Are now ready for your inspection. We can truthfully say that never was there such a varied assortment displayed > in this market, for business. ■ ; * The Styles are the Nobbiest I The Patterns the Handsomest/ While our lower grades excel anything we have ever shown. , Our stock of . s SPRING OVERCOATS Is exceedingly large. Our Children and Boys Department is simply crowded with the Latest Novelties of the season. We will make it pay by offering the lowest possible prices for the best made goods, for you to come to us for youi Spring purchases. ' am - '‘'3 Jb > X3KZXjiE3 ju IS and 18 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne. , i • ■SiSi

yaiolmndb ABtu’cvoex Mmim. • - - Imdlam*. AB calla promptly attended today or night. Office at residence. mm, K. K. MANN, 3. » ERWIN A HANN, ▲TTOBHTS - AT - LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted. Office in Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, TndNotice to Teachers! Notice is hereby given that there will be a Subtle examination of teachers at the office of ke county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Applcantsfor license must present “the proper trustee’s oertlffleate 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 tates, 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 Henry Esmond, The Spy, The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Book, Kiricker* bocker’s New York, Tbe 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 Tabla, McMaster’s ‘Life of Franklin.’ and Charles Boede's ‘Put Yourself in HM Place.’ Said oompeMtion shall contain not leal ■han 600 nor mor* than 1,000 words, shall be in the applicant’s owx handwriting, and shall bo accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant's original work. Reviews will bo graded on penmunabtp, orthography and composition. Examinations will begin pror .ptly at 8:30 a. m. No license will be granted tL applicants under seventeen years of age, aftss August MM. J. P. SNOW. co. Bust.

TME Standard Gauge! Splendid Road Bed! New Steel Rail! New Modern Equipment* Sverythiag Arrzaged for Comfort of Paueagon. Express Trains Wf 3 Trains Each Way bevween Toledo, 0., and Frankfort, Indiana. 2 Trains Each Way between Frankfort, Ind., and St. Louis, Mo. (Daily except Sunday.) All Toledo ul St Louii PMseager Traits Arrive tad Depart froa: Vaioa Depot, avoiding Traasfer. THROUGH TICKETS On sale at all principal Stations. Baggage checked to destination ' THROUH TRAINS -Avest 1 — BETWEEN Toledo, 0,, and St. Louis, Mo, Full information concerning time of trains, routes, rates, *c., will be cheerfully furnished by agents, or the undersigned. C. C. JEXRISB, Gen’! Pass. Agent, Toledo, O. TIME TABLE" The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to the Vest, Nortiiwest, Solti aii Soitiirest. FREE PAUSE RECLINING CHAIR CARS on all night trains. Solid Vestibuled Train Service Daily, without extra cbarge. Palace Reclining Chair Cars from Toledo, Detroit and Chicago to St. Louis, Quincy and Kansas City without change, requiring only one change of cars to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Denver and all points West of Missouri River. Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars daily from St. Louis to Salt Lake City via Denver, Cheyenne and Ogden. Round Trip Tickets to principal places tn California, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Old. axteJ Nerv XbKesK.ioO every day in the year. A complete line of tickets via any authorized 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. 8. CRANE, F, CHANDLER, Asst, G. P. A., Gen. Pass. Agt, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. R. G. Thompson, Pass, and Ticket Agent, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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