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Beauchanipe’s Doable OR THE PRIMS DONNA. A Story of Mystery, Love and Devotion. BY DAVID LOWRY. ! , CHAPTER Vll.—(Continued.) “Do you know who I am?” “V He bowed. “Then I will be brief. I am the ‘woman in the case.’ ” She spoke scornfully, bitterly. “They dare not come out openly—they would. If they could, stab another reputation insidiously. It is not that that brings me here. There is a sister, I learn, who is almost insane with fear. I have called upon her. I have just left her. She does not know me. I instituted inquiries before I called, and have made all necessary arrangements for her comfort since I left her.” “The Almighty will reward you for that,” said Livingston suddenly. “When I cease to think so, I hope I will die,” she answered. “I learned from her that you were there. I want you to find some lady friend—have you a lady friend who has buried those she loved best—who has realized that all is vanity?” Her voice trembled now—she turned her head aside. “I have a relative who has proved to me there are saints on earth.” “Send her, then, to Miss Beauchampe. Pray give her this” (she handed him an envelope), “and say to her if she can contrive to do it, to permit Miss Beauchampe to think she is simply another friend —one- of many" who sympathizes with her in her misfortune.” “I will do as you wish, ” Livingston said, wondering why this woman exhib- , ited such an interest in Miss Beau- . ..champe. She.was reading his face like an open book; it was not difficult to read his face’ at any time “I shall not make any unnecessary mystery, Mr. Livingston. I Hate mysteries in real life. They are very well on the stage. This is all simple, whfen you know the truth. A likeness of mine painted by a clever artist abroad—clever in some things, not in others —did not ! please me. It pleased my friends less. We Americans are outspoken. You are surprised—you thought I was French, or Italian? My grandfather was born in this country. lam intensely American. The picture had something that I do not think belongs to me. I compromised with the artist—l purchased one of his landscapes, giving a round sum for it. But I forgot to carry off my portrait and the artist was mean enough to put it on exhibition! It was sold and passed into Major Dabney’s hands. I have never met Major Dabney save in the presence of my manager. Yes—once in the parlor of the hotel. But he told his friends how much he paid for the picture. And I had friends who laughed at it so heart-, ily that the Major was compelled to have it retouched. Naturally he selected an artist capable of doing the work; but he preferred one comparatively unknown. The chances that the truth would be known were lessened. The Major at least understood human nature. ” Livingston comprehended the situation 119. W thoroughly, he thought. He nodded as she proceeded, as though he were keeping even pace with her. He asked himself whether she knew the truth. It was impossible for her to know, or even suspect, what not another soul in the world knew—what he learned from Beauchampe by the merest | accident in the theater. If this woman | knew that Beauchampe had secretly | copied her portrait, perhaps she might ; manifest an interest in his affairs—the result of love. “And since you are Mr. Beauchampe’s friend, and in a position to . correct a misapprehension that is doing him gross injustice, I will leave it all in your hands, Mr. Livingston. You know how to manage that. It is a matter that gives me little or no concern. Thanks to my friends, if it were even necessary to notice the groundless rumors, that you may be sure will be done in away that will be effectual. My concern is for Miss Beauchampe and her brother. ” (Why did Vittoria put Miss Beauchampe before her brother?) She was was moving to the door, which Livingston hastily opened for her, saying: “All you have requested and much more will be done.” “Thanks. ” She flashed a look on him that remained fresh in his memory for 4, weeks, carefully replaced her veil, and \ departed. Not till he heard the sound i of wheels rolling away from the door did I (Livingston recover from the surprise 1 this visit created. Then he returned .slowly tp his room, saying to himself: “Matters are rapidly coming to a focus.” CHAPTER VIII. A GOOD DAY’S WORK. Livingston could not compose himself to read. When he flung down the end of his first cigar he was, if anything, more restless than when he entered his lodgings. The strange interview with the prima donna produced a stimulating effect upon him. He could neither think nor read, and as for the rest he craved—there was more rest, he believed, in activeexertions in behalf of poor Beauchampe. He was glad that he had permitted Vittoria to do all the talking. Evidently she did not dream matters were so serious. Somehow, she had assumed that the artist’s name had been used with as little ground or reason as her own when the murder was discussed. One thing he could and would do at once. He pulled half a dozen sheets of paper toward him, wrote rapidly on them, inclosed the slips in as many envelopes, * placed them in his pocket, rose, put on his hat, and left the house. He walked two squares, turned into an office occupied by an acquaintance, and rung for a messenger. When the boy answered, Livingston placed the envelopes in his hand, gave the boy double fees, and dispatched him swiftly on his errand. The notes were addressed to the managing editors of the leading papers. Livingston knew precisely what they would accomplish. His faith in Beauchampe was so strong, his sympathy for Miss Beauchampe so deep, that he had taken extraordinary risks. Briefly stated, he had staked his repu- '■ tation upon the result, claiming in the notes written that justice to the artist demanded instant reparation for the Injury already done him, at the same time intimating that the friends of the American prima donnaAn all probability would find a better and speedier way to correct, instantly, any silly misapprehension concerning her than by publishing cards in the newspapers. Having staked his all on the result, Livingston resolved to seek Simmons Again, and, either with or without his assistance, solve so much of the mysterious murder as would enable him to

determine whether there was any ground for suspecting his friend. That he might be able to do this, he explained the nature of the work he was 1 engaged upon in the note he left on the desk of the managing editor of the paper claiming his undivided attention. Then he dispatched a message to Simmons, and repaired to a chop-house much frequented by writers on the daily press and artists, and was surprised at the appetite he manifested when he cleared the table. Having thus fortified himself for another hard day’s work, he went in quest of Simmons. Mr. Simmons failing him, Livingston made an appointment for the afternoon, and then went to work in his own way. When a live newspaper man’s resources fail him, the average man may as well sit down, Micawber-like, and wait until something turns up. The newspaper man commonly turns something up, and when necessity demands supplies the pivot. It was late in the evening when Livingston and Simmons compared notes. Livingston’s expression as he grasped Simmons’ hand heartily prepared the detective for good news; only gratifying discoveries could change Livingston’s mood. He was lively—cheery when they sat down together. “You begin, Simmons. After you.” Simmons’ report was a model of brevity- He had given orders to shadow the store Livingston was positive gave refuge to Beauchampe, with the following results: 1. The proprietor, long suspected, proved to be a “fence” inside of an hour.. Brought to book, he was glad to confess that a man had entered his house before Livingston rushed in. The man was an artist in one sense. His name was well known; numerous “fences” knew him. 2. He had not left anything with Mr. Sharply; he simply passed in and out of the house. It was true, he went out through a back window and in broad daylight. Mr. Sharply was not responsible for that 3. The police were on the man’s track. He had been traced to two disreputable haunts, and Simmons’ confident tone and manner implied that he would be in the hands of the police within twenty-four hours, possibly less time. Livingston’s report was equally brief. He had begun with the theater. He obtained the addresses of the ushers, had seen and talked with all of them. Chance remarks miftie by two of the ushers spurred him into extraordinary endeavors, all well rewarded. finally; but he had encountered numerous obstacles and experienced many disappointments in his quest. All he had to begin with was a few chance words by three men as they reentered the theater. He did not know I the names of any of these men. One of I the ushers was positive he described I their ages and dress correctly, and that one addressed another as “Harry,” and was called “Ned” in turn. With this slender threap to begin with Livingston had traversed half the city, succeeded in finding neither “Ned” nor “Harry.” but two of their companions, who fully explained the origin of the remarks the ushers heard. They had witnessed the recapture of an escaped lunatic, and properly characterized the treatment he was subjected to as brutal in the last degree. This man,. they believed, was the man who created the disturbance in the theater. There could not be any misapprehension concerning the hour. The people in the theater—hundreds could testify to the time the acts began, and the duration of the entire performance. From this Livingston deduced the following, which Simmons noted carefully bv nodding at every point: 1. That the man seized on the street and placed in a carriage, with his hands bound behind him, about 10 o’clock, certainly not later than 10:15, could not have murdered Major Dabney ten minutes before, or a few minutes after 1 the next morning. 2. Yet the man suspected was seen long after that near Major Dabney’s residence. That much was | proved. 3. Simmons had satisfied him- | self that the man handcuffed in the thea--1 ter visited two places within an hour ' after he knocked the policeman down. 4. Finally, Sharply admitted a wellknown thief had visited his place the next morning before 6 o’clock, which proved conclusively that there were two* men who bore a striking resemblance to each other. “My theory, ’’ said Livingston with unusual deliberation, “is this, and I’ll risk all I have in the world on it. I’ll risk my reputation—a year’s salary on it. I have been mistaken throughout. It wasn’t Beauchampe that struck the usher, although I was so positive about that at first. It was somebody who looks like him. And this man is the man who killed Dabney. But Beauchampe is the man that was so horribly maltreated on pitched into the carriage, and is now—God only knows where. We will have to —we must, Simmons, search every mad-house in the State—everywhere where there is the least likelihood of finding him. They i might drive to a railway station and I take Beauchampe the Lord only knows where. You agree with me?” Simmons reflected perhaps a minute, s then he said in his deepest tone and with unusual deliberation “I do. You’ve convinced me. It’s as plain as that clock there. There’s a ‘double’ in this case—no room for doubt now. What are you going to do now?” “The first thing is to write up the affair in the Record. That will be killing two birds with one stone—it will supply the evidence I guaranteed when I notified half a dozen or more responsible men that they had best hold in thffir horses for twenty-four hours, and it Will create sympathy for the man maltreated. That man is Beauchampe. The face I saw in Sharply’s window was not Beauchampe’s. You will prove that, I am confident, by arresting the man.” “In that case, then,” said Simmons, “suppose we say we’ll meet—when?” “I want to make the rounds of the papers,” Livingston answered. “Say about twelve, or between twelve and one. ” “Very well.” Simmons turned and added, “Possibly we will have our man by that time; at least I will try to. ” There was one thing more Livingston deemed of equal or greater importance than anything he had mentioned to Simmons. He resolved to call upon Miss Beauchampe for the purpose of reassuring her so far as lay in his power. That was the first duty to be discharged, and when they parted, Simmons to strive to secure “his man” at the earliest moment, Livingston hailed a car and was Intent upon visiting Miss Beauchampe, experiencing sensations wholly new to him. * He did not pause to analyze his feelings—what young man under similar influences does? y Ho was preoccupied with thought The car halted near him; he was in the act of stepping aboard when he felt his arm plucked. Glancing at the envelope thrust into his hand, he started, waved a hand to the driver of the car, who drove on, and then, looking down upon the boy who brought him the note, Livingston for the first time observed that he was breathless. • The note bore the well-known letterhead of the Record. The envelope was as familiar to him as the title page of the great newspaper that employed him. ’’What does this mean? They have . my address—” He was reading the note. The boy Interposed. “I—the? did send to your lodgings, and P Af */•'•' ; • '/? 1 ... ■ ’-/Zi- j'

—and you wasn’t thera That’s why—-I —they asked me if I knew you, sir, and—there’s two others hunting you— I that’s why I run so hard, Mr. Livingston ” / “All right, ” Livingston answered, putting his hand in his pocket and giving the boy a coin. “They paid mo at the Record,” “Os course; and that’s my part. You can go back and tell them I got the order. ” He frowned as he spoke. The revul sion of his feelings was so great that he wished at that moment there was no such thing as a newspaper in the world. But he had not a moment to spare. He glanced at his watch. It was half an hour later than he thought it possible. The visit to Miss Beauchampe could not be made now. He almost wished he had never entered the Record office as he recalled a speech made by the managing editor—a speech he never felt the force of until now. It was to the effect that Livingston must be prepared at a minute's notice, if necessary, to go to any part of the globe. There was to be no time for packing trunks or saying farewell. He recalled one commission thus executed on the spur of the moment. There was a spice of adventure in the work, and Livingston had acquitted himself so well that his name was on half the lips of the civilized world when it was done. But this —this was altogether different. His whole being was bound up in the extraordinary affairs of his friend and his friend's sister. Livingston was walking rapidly while these thoughts passed through his mind. He was looking for a cab—any vehicle that would enable him to make the train it was his duty to go on. Fortunately a hansom whirled around a corner. Livingston hailed the driver. The next minute he was riding rapidly to the ferry. He turned over the note he still held in his hand in a mechanical way, while his thoughts were on Miss Beauchampe. The note, or command, for such it proved in this instance, was very brief—curt, Livingston thought. Pr :ceed to Chicago by the train. Instructions by wire. ' M. “A man on the Record staff is very much like a soldier,” Livingston soliloquized as he jumped out of the cab and paid his fare. “Lucky I’ve enough money to pay my fare. I’ll wire Simmons on the way.” At that moment an acquaintance jostled him. The two men looked at each other. “What! Where are you bound for?” “I wish I knew, ” Livingston answered, more to himself than his acquaintance, then, recollecting Himself, he said, “West, just now.” “Yes—to Jersey, of course.” “No—Chicago, confound it.” “Chicago! I wish it was Denver. Y'ou’ll go with me—unless ” “I am alone,” Livingston said moodily. The other beamed on him; his face expanded into a broad smiie. “How fortunate! Got ypur —of course you have, though. ” “If you mean a sleeping berth, I haven’t. ” Then, in a burst of irritation that surprised his acquaintance, “I haven’t so much as an extra handkerchief or collar —noteven the article Gen. Sherman deemed indispensable when he began his march to the sea—a comb. ” “Ha, ha! Good. I can accommodate you with berth —everything. You’re lucky. My cousin was coming with me —everything r 'dy—traps on ahead—double berth—cto ole fare. Changed his mind in five minutes—fact. All about a girl—he’s dead in love, Sanders is. Quarreled —going out West. Oh, yes—and she gave him just one look, and I’ll’ be hanged if he didn’t back Square out and a dozen of us laughing at him. Fact! I’d never believed it of Sanders. What an ass a man is when he’s spoony? I’ll never make an ass of myself in that way.” They were near the landing now. “You look glum, Livingston, and luck rajining on you. What’s the matter with you—not feeling just yourself, eh?” “Not quite,” Livinston replied. Then he made an effort. He owed it to his acquaintance to be agreeable, at least. “I’ll be all right directly. # I’m glad you’ve got tickets—l’ll settle with you when we get on the cars. ” “Yes, you will! I’d like to see you. None of that, Livingston. I’m deuced glad we met. I was half mad at Sanders. Blamed if I don’t thiqk it’s good fortune now.” “Well, we will not quarrel with fate, anyhow,” answered as they entered the Pullman. But he sighed as he thought of Miss Beauchampe. What might not happen before his return? He resolved to wire to her, too. CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST LETTER. Chicago,-—, -—, Dear Simmons —This will not surprise you a tenth as much as my orders surprised me on the street shortly after we parted. As is the custom in the Record office, I was ordered to come here on the first train —all the notice I received. I came. Found my instructions ahead of me. All the world knows what the business is. lam expected to get at the bottom facts—ror rather to see that the news is forwarded to New York. Have not been idle since I came. Quite likely the type will show you that much if you have read the report in the Record. There must be a good deal of anarchy in the paper out by the time this reaches you. Had barely time to catch the train.. Had a jolly companion—Ned Somers. Rich, off-hand, manly. Did Ned a good turn away back—and he never will forget it. It was some lying story a scoundrel printed about his cousin. I straightened it up—showed the malice, got a hamper of wine and no end of thanks. Somers was in pocket with twc> tickets to Denver—he woulfl not take a nickel from me. Stopped over on account of the row here. No need mentioning it to you. You know just how matters are. It’s a bad business all through—and them’s more to come. I feel half ashamed of ttfe thing. Sounds too much like old-world ways. As far as I am concerned—and the Record —this is a chase for facts, t or rather an investigation that will expose the methods of the anarchists. Os course it’s exciting—very. Here we’ve got the telegraph, telephone, and special delivery, or I’d fancy I was living in Venice and rubbing clothes with bravos. Chicago is boiling. Everything is on edge—everybody is wide-awake I’ve run against all kinds here, same as we’ve got ’em in New I meet lots of people who think Liberty ought to be spelled with a small 1, and license with a big L. Here I’ve been jogging, along like a passenger in an old-fashioned coach, nodding and ddzing in complacent pride of country, and have woke up to find that the reason my life has not been snuffed out by falling over a sheer precipice was owing more to the good sense of the horses than the judgment of the driver. Why, Chicago is as bad as New York, Simmons! A very curious-thing happened yesterday I was on a street car, and seeing a man I wanted to talk to, signed to get off. The driver’s attention was otherwise engaged; when I got off I had lost my man. And who do you think it was? It was your brother. I caught just one glimpse of him. What is he doing here? Telegraph him if you can reach him, and give him my address. He ean help me, perhaps—at least, I grant to talk to. him.*

Now, prepare for something startling. I Beauchampe is here. You will not believe this. But I saw him! And the thing that surprises me is a resolve on his part to avoid me. You will say lam n)istaken; that it is a resemblance. I would agree with you if it was not for one thing. He saw me. And he is keeping out of my way. was awful seedy-looking. I lobked at him the second time. He was turning a corner, and saw me turning my head to look after him. He turned his head, but I am positive it was Beauchampe. Now, why is he avoiding me? I am all at sea, Simmons. I can’t get rid of the impression that something terrible has happened him. Why should he leave New York? lam convinced he had no more to do with the murder than you or L But what did he come here for? I have not told you all. Now I come to a statement I do not like to make, but in spite of the ugly looks of the thing I feel it is only right to tell you all. I found a man I knew was a policeman in citizens’ attire. (There are a number dressed as citizens; the man I refer to was pointed out to me shortly after I qame by a reporter.) I pointed in the direction Beauchampe disappeared, and inquired if the policeman had ever seen that man. (Os course I told the policeman I had learned how he came to be in citizens’ dress.) The policeman gave me a sharp look, and said he knew whom I meant. The man had been pointed out to him early that morning. I was stunned, Simmons. That may mean a great deal. He may be locked up here for the murder, or he may be regarded as a suspicious character. I can’t believe ill of Beauchampe. I reiterate, there is a deep mystery here. Something you or some man like you could perhaps fathom. Now—business. I want to see if your brother can be of any use. Write him at once, unless you yourself can come on. Simmons, I’ll make it worth S2OO cash to you if you can jump on here (in case your brother can’t help me), and clear it up. I am tied—never was so loaded in my life. I’ve sent off at least fourteen columns by wire since I’ve struck the town, besides writing half as much more. Now, you know all. „ You’ve had my dispatches, and this will make everything clear to you. Answer at once—wire me about your brother if he can be found first. Yours, overcrowded, Livingston. P. S. If you should meet Miss Beauchampe tell her I will be in New York in a day or two, and encourage her. I pity that poor girl, Simmons. |TO BE CONTINUED.] A Lesson in Taste and Economy. ■A newspaper man: Thanks! It isn’t a bad necktie, I think myself. Good taste! Oh, yes; I’ve excellent taste. Joist let me tell you how I came to get this tie. I went into the furnishing store in our building and told the clerk I wanted something stylish. He decoyed me back into the store where I couldn’t see anything, handed out something, and wanted to charge me $1.50. I told him he was too high by half. He turned up his nose and handdme a 75-center. I put it on: in the tore. . When I showed up in the office he boys said: “Hello, Senator Brice! When did you come to town. When I asked what I had done that I should be thus reviled, they said, “Rainbow chaser,” and laughed. Then one fellow hummed a pleasant little song in which they hang men and women for the wearing o’ the green. Everybody laughed. Then they talked about color blindness, and how queer it was that a haberdasher could spot a color-blind man clear across the street. Everybody laughed again, and then they rung the changes on chloroforming, and rapping to order, and cashing large checks. When I wanted to know what was the matter with Ay new tie they said my wife would tell me. And she did. Os course she was asleep when I got home, so I escaped for the time being. But early the next morning I heard a voice saying, “Where did you get that necktie?” and awoke to find her standing by my bed, with virtuous indignation on every line of her countenance. I told her where I bought it, and then went on to say that the clerk tried to sell me one for 1 $1.50, but that I was economical, and took one that was just as pretty for 75 cents. At that she groaned and wanted to know if I was sure that it was just as pretty. I assured her that it -was, and asked her why she didn’t praise my economy. She said' she couldn’t see how it was economy to pay 75 cents for a necktie that could not be worn. I wanted to know what was the matter with that necktie, and she looked at me in a pitying way and groaned again. Then she sat down on the edge of the bed and talked to me in a gentle, wifely way. She said that I was color blind; that a man who would pay 75 cents for a yellow and green checked necktie ought to have a guardian ; that the children would cry and the dogs howl if I wore it by daylight, and so on. But she did worse than that. When I got up there were three new neckties on my dressing-case—this is one of them—and with them was a receipted bill for 75 cents for all three. I may be mistaken, but I imagine that hereafter my wife buys the neckties for our family.— Chicago Tribune. 1 , Women and Tobacco. “ There’s no disputing tastes.” There may be no scientific nor artistic reason why a person should admire this or. that, but admiration does not always run along prescribed lines nor go in just such certain directions. The Indian woman prefers a gaudily hued blanket to a soft-toned silk gown from Worth’s. The heathen in Africa still believe that a ring in the nose is an aid to their natural beauty, and who can authoritatively say it is not. Almost everything resolves itself into a matter of taste. In a State street car a few evenings ago were seated two women. They were well dressed and to all ap- . pearances deserved to be called ladies. ; Presently a workingman stepped on to the front platform of the oar. He took 1 a sadly colored day pipe from the back pocket of his overalls. Also a half a 1 plug of strong navy tobacco. He cut off enough small pieces of the tobacco to fill the pipe, which he lit and began smoking. “Whew!” said one of the ladies, “I smell tobacco smoke.” And 1 so she did, for the smoke from the 1 stout clay pipe floated through an open window. “ Yes, so do I,” said her companion, “but do you know I like the scent of a good cigar like that.” “Well, I believe I do too,” said the first speaker,” and I wish I knew what 1 brand of cigars that is and I’d buy some lor my husband, but he has only ' smoked two or three of the box I , bought;him at Christmas.” Then both > the ladies craned their necks and looked through the front window and 1 saw the workingman smoking the clay 1. -pipe, and then they talked about something ela«~ Chicago Herald, ■■■ I

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Business Directory. THE DECATUR KATIUNAL BANK. Capital, 550.005. Surplus, 07,009. Organised August 15,1M8. Ofleeia T. T. Corwin, President: P.W.Bmitb, Vice-President; R. 8. Peterson, Cashier: T. T. Dorlvin, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook, B, J. Terveer, 3. D. Hale and R. 8. Peterson, Directors. We are prepared to make Loans on good seo» rity, jeoelve 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 World, including transportation to ■v 3D. EC. ZjeBHUW, Veterinary Surgeon, ndonroe, Ind. Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices reasonable. James S. Bobo, .A.ttoz’xi.esr ckt XsA-vcr Xteeatwr, • • Indiane, Haul G. Hooper, dA.trtox’neir Xa&'viz Dvoatwr, - • Indlianss. TiTRANCE * MERRYMAX J. T. TRANtnk - 1 - 3. T. MXBBYMJ JT eat Xswvcr* DBCATUB, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1,3 and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Court House. The ; loading hotel in the city. ! O. T. May, M. ' FXxsrasiolsaxxtito Bixx*Booxa Monroe, Indiana. All calls promptly attended to day or night l Office at residence. > Adams County Bank Capital, $75,000. Surplus, $75,000. Organized In 1871. Officers—D. Studabaker, President: Robt. B. Allison,Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all parts of the country. ° County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. 8. «T. JbrdaxL, Attorney-at-law and Pension Agent Collection of Claims a specialty. Decatur, Indiana, Kent K. WheelocTe, M, D,, EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Calhoun-st, Fort Wayne. Ind. D. NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Berne, - - ■ Indiana. Children and Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A. G. HOLLOWAY, FtLysician «fc Suxtsooxx Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. AU calls promptly attended to in city or country night or day. M, Xu HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. E. church, diseases of women and chHdren specialties. MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Time. MTo Coxn3.xia.laiail.oxx. Low Rate of Interest. Fartinl 3E**,yx3xoxxtai In any amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Call on, or address, Jl. K, GBTTBB, or JT, HANN, Office: Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur.

JMIU ■ COMPLEXION POWDER: SITE;CURATIVE;BEAUTIFYIJG. |,2,3,| I THREE | R’&JI | POZZONFS | | TIHTS Important to Mankind ! . SPRING CLOTHIN& I 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 SFXmrC OVERCOATS I 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 1 possible prices spr the best made goods, for you to come to us for jr? Spring purchases. FXZKXLsEFXr.db CO16 and 18 Bast Berry Street, Fort Wayne. > ■A/ ' -• v t * ,• MSGS ■. s'

Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, astels prepared to do all work pertaining to the dsa- ' tai profession. Gold filling a specialty. Ry the• use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to extrete teeth without palm AB v?o& U WXN, B. K; MANN, J. F' EBwnr <e ▲TTOUKYS - AT - LAW. And Notaries Public. P® Q Bi°n Claims Prosecuted. Office in Odd FeUows BuUding, Decatur, Ind. Notice to Teachers! Notice Is hereby given that there.wiU be a Subllo examination of teachers at tne office of »e county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Applcantsfor license must present “the proper trustee’s oertiffieate or other evidence or good moral character,’* and to be successful must pass a good examination in orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography. English grammar, physiology, history of the United States, science of education, and present on the day of examination, a review or composition upon one ot the following named book*: Tale or Two Cities, David Copperfield, Ivanhoe, Heart of Midlothian, Henry Esmond, The Spy. The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Book, Knickav. booker’s New York, The. Happy Boy (by Bjornson). Poems of Longfellow, Poems of Bryant, Poems of Whittier, Poems of Lowell. Hawthorne’s ‘Marble Faun,* and Carlyle’s ‘Heroes and Hero WorsbAp * Holmes’ ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, McMaster’s ‘Life of FrankUn,’ and Charles BMde’s ’Put Yourself in HM Place.* Said ooaspoaltion shall contain notices Shan 600 nor more than 1,000 words, shaU be la the applicant's owe handwriting, and shall be accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. Reviews win be graded on penmanship, orthography and position. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. No license will be granted to ap. plloants under seventeen years of age, aftce August 1889. J. F. SNOW. Co. buys. TIME TABLE" The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to the West, KortW, Sontli ani Santlwest. FREE PALACE RECLIHIH6 CHAIR CARS on all night trains. Solid Vestibuled Train Service Daily, without extra charge, 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 in California, Oregon, Utah. Arizona and . Old. and JXT HXeoxioo every day in the year. A complete Une 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 caU on C. S. 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. I CURE FITS! WWhMA IM? CUBE I do sot mean merely ta ■top them tor a time, and then have them re* turn again. I MXAN A RADICAL CUBBI have made the disease ot UTS, EPILEPSY or FAZUNG SICKNESS, A life-long study. I wabbant my remedy to Cubs the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Fbbb Borru of my Infallible ebmedy. Give Express and Post Office. It costa you nothing tor a trial, and A will cure you. Address H.0.R00T,M.C,. IB3PEAMST M N£wYon