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ADealiWildLands . OR, THE Fiaht for the Musselshell Millions. BY LEON LEWIS. CHAPITR XV.—(Continued.) “What is the man driving at?” demanded Baker. ' “Why, he has learned from Jerry Skidder or otherwise that the title to the Musselshell bonanza is in Miss •tower and myself, as you have long been aware, and he is determined to force us to a transaction of some sort that will leave him and his prospective father-in-law in possession. Ten to one he will not scruple at any cost to get us out of his path.” “You have your deeds with you?” “Yes. and fortunately Gaddler’s attention has not been directed to them.” “That’s good,” commented Baker. “If we can only get clear of this place between now and morning, we’ll place them on record during the next for yeight hours, and thus put a barrier in the way of this murderous plotter. Where is Jerry and Daisy all this time?” “They’ve gone home to protect themselves from Hiram Skidder, who, with his son and daughter, camo West on the very train taken by his brother. They’re having a high old squabble over the ‘wild lands’ which have slipped through their fingers, but just which one of them Is the most dangerous for us it would be hard to-detcrmine. Hiram has gone to the mine, or in that direction, but I think Jerry and his pen will keep him 'at a distance. If we can get out of here, we may yet become masters of the situation. You must have made friends with some one in the house, Charley?” “Yes—with that woman you see hovering about —Mrs. Cotter, who has been Gaddler’s housekeeper ever since he look possession of these premises. She will befriend us in every way she can.” “Well, how are we to get out of this box?” asked Ferry, looking around intently. “Can you suggest anything?” “Yes. First of all, patience. No doubt supper will be sent up to us, and after that we may look for a visit from Gaddler. If he shows up here without an escort, we must have some very serious dealings with him.” . “And if he remains away?” suggested Mrs. Rankle. “In that case,” replied Baker, “Mrs. Cotter may be able to give us a hint for our guidance. At the worst, let us be hopeful and patient. ” The silence that succeeded was broken by Baker, who said to Perry: “You are armed, of course?” “Yes,” replied Wynans, “for the reason that I have offered no resistance. ” “You’ve had no chance, I suppose?” “Not the least. Gaddler has had six or eight men on guard over us ever since we reached Custer, so that we could do no less than conform to his orders. Have you a revolver?” “Yes, but no ammunition.” “I can supply you, if your caliber is the same as mine. ” The question was soon decided favorably. and then. Baker remarked: “That’s a point gained. If we don’t get clear of these ruffijans before daylight I shall be greatly mistaken.” The idea of escape gathered new strength in the hearts of the prisoners every moment, as they continued their confidences and consultations, and in the course of a few minutes had become their one hope and thought. They did not neglect, however, to do ample justice to a solid repast that was placed before them, in due course, by a couple of Gaddler’s men. -The only drawback to the feast was the ■forced eclipse of Charley Baker, who was obliged to beat a retreat to a closet, and to remain there until the withdrawal of the enemy, but he found that his friends had quietly put aside ample supplies for hint. The shades of night succeeded to twilight, but lights were duly furnished the prisoners at the suggestion of Mrs. Cotter, who found occasion to pass a few moments with them and give them some information. “Mr. Gaddler is very much elated with his success in capturing you,” she repbrted. “and is treating all of his men so liberally that they are in a fairway td become as drunk as fiddlers. He himself is drinking like a fish with one or two of his favorites, but he can stand up tender a cargo that would swamp an ordinary man—excuse the simile, my late husband was a shipmaster—and it would be rash to count upon his taking aboard more than he can carry.” She listened a moment to the voices of the guards on the staircase, and resumed: ' “We must not think of going until quite late, when these men will be helpless or asleep, but in the meantime there Is a great deal to do, and you can depend upon me to do it.” A few questions were asked and answered, making plain the situation, and Mrs. Cotter vanished. The wait that succeeded, as might have been expected, proved a very long one. The prisoners had even begun to have some apprehensions for the success of their plans, when they heard the heavy and uncertain footsteps of Gaddler approaching their door. He was in a condition which the widow of the shipmaster would have doubtless described as “three sheets in the wind. ” j “What! still up?” he cried, with' maudlin gravity, staring from one tQ another, as he entered and closed the door, placing his back against it. “As you see,” replied Perry, pushing a chair toward the villain. “We are waiting patiently to have a few words with you. ” The visitor sank into the proffered chair, his glances continuing to wander around him. “What do you want?” .he asked. “This young gentleman will tell you,” was Perry’s answer. At that moment Gaddler felt the cold muzzle of a revolver against his forehead. JHalf turning, he saw Baker. *What! you alive and here?” gasped the ruffian, quaking with terror. “As you see,” was the answer. “No noise, now—not the least movement! You are our prisoner, and Mr. Wynans Will bind you!” The measure was soon taken. > “We’ll even gag you, if you are uncivjl,” added Baker. “In fact, we’ll do 4o without waiting for you to be trouble- , > The action was suited to the word, and the arch-schemer was at the mercy of his enemies. At just this moment there came a quiet knock at the door, which Perry hastened to draw ajar, covering the hperture with his body, and Jooklng out. “It’sonly me,” annovmced Mrs. Cotter, slipping into the room apd closing the door. “Ah, Mr. Gaddler has taken passage? Good!” “Then the way of escape is open?” Queried Perry excitedly in a whisper. \ “Yes, sir, at least as much so as it can pe with such a dangerous crew around BA” replied the housekeeper. “The

worst of the men- have turned in with their boots on, and are in such a drunken stupor that they’d only sleep all the harder if it were to come on to blow great guns. But two or three are scudding about, more or less out of their reckoning, and I propc se to avoid them as I would a lee shore in a gale of wind. Fortunately we’ve only to slip our cable and run!” Ail was bustle in a moment. “I’ve stowed away provisions for at least three days under the stern seat of the carriage,” pursued Mrs. Cotter, “and have put three breech-loaders in the hold of the craft for use in case of need. If one of you will now come with me and help me hitch up the horses ” “Let me be that one,” interrupted Baker, moving toward the door with the housekeeper. “Lock yourselves in a moment. Mrs. Cotter and I will soon have the carriage in waiting. ” The couple vanished with this remark, and Perry closed the door as Baker had suggested. “Oh, I hope they will not fail,” exclaimed Mrs. Rankle, retreating a few steps before the furious gaze Gaddler turned upon her. “Was ever a human being in a more ticklish situation?” At this moment a furious scuffle resounded on the staircase, accompanied by a suppressed shriek from Mrs. Cotter and followed by a heavy fall, and then all was still. “What’s that?” ejaculated Petty, drawing the door open cautiously again “What has happened?" CHAPTER XVI. FROM BAD TO WORSE. The anxiety of Perry and his friends was soon relieved by a glimpse of Mrs. Cotter, who came hurriedly up the stairs. She was pale as a ghost, but outwardly calm. “One of the mon on guard recognized Mr. Baker, ” she reported, as she reached the door, *“but he met the crisis in the right way, knocking the fellow down and choking him into silence and submission.” “Where is he now?” asked Perry. “Mr. Baker has shouldered him and carried him to the stable. Don’t be anxious. We shall be back in a few minutes, ” And with this she aigain vanisheed. The event proved that Mrs. Cotter’s performance was as good as her promise, the carriage, with Baker on the box, soon appearing at the front door. “Os course Gaddler goes with us,” remarked Perry. “It will be quite a feather in our caps to lodge him in prison. ” We need not pause upon the transfer to the carriage, which was accomplished with due secrecy dispatch, but not without some attention from Gaddler’s hirelings, who were readily silenced and dismissed by Mrs. Cotter, the darkness of the night being tco intense for them to form any clear idea of what was transpiring. Perry took his place beside Baker, the ladies having possession of the body of the vehicle. As to Gaddler, he had been strapped upon the baggage rack at the rear of the carriage with as little ceremony as if he had been a case of boots. The start was taken quietly enough, so as to avoid arousing the suspicion oi such of the followers, of Gaddler as were conscious of it, but at the end of a few minutes, when the carriage had reached the level of the plains. Baker ventured upon an easy jog wherever the configuration of the country permitted. “Os course we are going straight to the mines,” was all Perry deemed it necessary to say to the ladies. “If we don’t give the Skidders a wholesome surprise in the course of the morning, I will be greatly mistaken.” Once relieved of all fear of pursuit, Baker diew up with due caution, handing the reins to Perry and leaping lightly to the ground. “Os course you are not entitled to a bed of roses, Mr. Gaddler,” he remarked, as he stepped up to the prisoner and proceeded to remove the gag from his mouth. “But we have no wish to be unnecessarily severe—to the contrary. If you will be reasonable, therefore, we’ll allow you the use of your tongue.” “Curse you! I only wish I had you where you have me!” returned the prisoner. “To think of your turning up so unexpectedly at my secret retreat, when I supposed you to be dead! And that Mrs. Cott -r ” Baker interrupted this tirade by an emphatic gesture. “Another word,” he said, sternly, “and I will close your mouth again, and leave it closed until we reach the mines'” The prisoner comprehended, relapsing into a sullen silence. What a ride was that which succeeded, with its frequent routes and snail’s pace, and with the dull, drear canopy of an almost starless night over the travelers! With the great plains, too, as variegated with wood, rock and water, thus spreading out in such immensities around them. There was no sign of a dwelling, or even of the presence of a human being other than their own party, in all that solitude. No fence, no regular road, nothing to indicate any other occupancy than that of the thousands of cattle which traverse these plains occasionally, feeding as they go. It was a new experience for all, that memorable ride, even for Baker, and jlrs. Cotter.

Bound to a rack, as it were, jostled and pitched, it was such a ride for Sam Gaddler as he had never imagined—painful, humiliating, and seemingly eternal. Baker did all he could with his limited knowledge of the country, as thus trammeled by the darkness, to keep the carriage in the right direction, but frequent changesand rectifications of their course were necessary, and it was only because the parties possessed good compasses that they did not miss their way altogether. At last, with the first gleams of the new day, the travelers halted at a brook to water chelr horses and take their bearings anew, as well as to make a hnrried breakfast. They were about to resume progress when an ominous galloping began to resound in the tops4>f the fringe of trees beside them. As they listened, this galloping grew louder, indicating the approach of theunseen riders. Then arose a yell that was only too suggestive. “Our flight has been discovered, it seems,” exclaimed Perry. “The enemy is coming!” The announcement was like a new lease of life to Sam Gaddler, who uttered an awful yell, with a view to telling his followers where he was and revealing his situation. “This way, all!" he shouted, with the .fury of a demon. “Save me!" Perry’s hand flew to his revolver, and his eyes blazed with fury, as he realized what his prisoner was doing, but he did not shoot him, as had been his first impulse. Instead, he gave him a blow on the head that left him temporarily senseless. “And now to get out of this!” he exclaimed, springing to his former seat on the box. “Let them go, Charley, for what they are worth! It’s do, or die!” In another moment the carriage had pulled up the bank, gaining the level of the prairie, and thus emerging into full view of the pursuers, who greeted it with yells of the wildest rejoicing. “There are about a dozen of them,*

muttered Baker, plying his whip. *A their head is that chap who recognised me as I descended the stairs with Mrs. Cotter. • “They’re well mounted, of course," returned Perry, regarding the approaching horsemen with a critical eye. “But they’li not find us so easy a piey as they imagine.” No one could’ hope, of course, that the carriage could distance the fleet-footed horses of the pursuits, but the prairie presented a well-defined descent as far as the eye could reach, and Perry knew that the chase would not end with the first mile or the second. He felt, too, that he could sell his life dearly with the aid of the three rifles which lay in the carriage behind him. “Pass them up here, please,” he said, with a gesture to Mrs. Cotter, while Baker gave all his attention to getting the carriage under full headway, “and have no fear. The form of Gaddler is between us and his people, and they’ll take good care not to send too many bullets in this direction until they are near us. ” At what a wild gallop the horses were now going, with the favor of their down grade, can be imagined. “Os course we are handicapped,” growled Baker, after another glance at the pursuers, “but their horses are no fresher than ours. ” The situation was now as clearly defined as anything could he, the carriage flying with all the speed of which the five horses attached to it were capable, even under the spur of their wild excitement, and the pursuers rending the air with their cries as they came on like a thundering tempest “They’re gaining,” at length announced Elfie, when there could be no longer any doubt of the fact, “but not very rapidly. ” Nodding assent, Perry looked to his rifle, while Baker plied his whip with renewed vigor, at the same time encouraging his horses with his voice in such away as to bring out their best gait. Onward! f Onward! A mile had already been traversed at this break-neck speed and the main group of the pursuers had gained scarcely ten rods upon the fugitives, although, like Perry and Baker they were getting all they could out of their horses. But there were two of them who had taken the advance considerably of their fellows—the tall> formidable ruffian with whom Baker had dealt so promptly and a wiry little half-breed. “They mean mischief,” recognized Perry, facing around on his seat, which was of course elevated above the body of the vehicle. “It will be luck, however, rather than skill if any harm is done on either side until they are nearer or our pace is moderated. ” A shot came from the half-breed at this moment, whistling near the fugitives, but its pnly effect was to quicken the speed of the horses. “I’ll give them a response,” cried Perry. The report of his rifle succeeded and a cry of joy escaped him. Fortune had favored him. and the tall, formidable pursuer in the lead, who was evidently the head of the whole gang, hal tumbled from his saddle. “Good!” muttered Baker. “We have made a beginning.” Ito be continued.] Digging Out the Egyptian Sphinx. A correspondent, who assisted in excavating this greatest of all apcient works of man, says: 311 The Sphinx of Ghizeh, at two steps from the Pyramids, is, in my opinion, the most astonishing work of the hand of man which past ages have bequeathed to us. It is an immense bed of carved rock, about seventy metres in length. The height of the monstrous edifice, if it were cleared, would exceed that of the highest houses. No fashioned monument, either in the rest of Egypt or in the rest of the world, can be compared to this strange idol, the vestige of a stage of humanity which baffles all our ideas. “The impression which such a spectacle must have produced on imaginative races, and who were dominated by the senses, may be understood from that experienced by the Egyptians of the present day when standing before that enormous head, merging from the sand, and casting across the desert its sad look; The Arab, at this flees terrified, either throwing a stone or firing a gun at the strange being. The temple opposite the Sphinx, if it is a temple, has also a character of its own. This fantastic construction resembles less the other temples of Egypt than the Parthenon resembles Notre Dame. That all this ensemble, which is unique in the world, must be of the remotest antiquity is indisputable, since the statues found there are those of King Chepren, thus taking us back to ages which, everywhere but in Egypt, would be cabled fabulous.” A Thibetan Wire. Among the Thibetans a man marries only one wife, whom he purchases from her parents, a belle often costing as much as ten ponies and thirty yaks. The price to be paid for the wife is arranged by a relative or a friend, who acts as a go-between, and the only marriage ceremony is a grand spree, lasting as long as the bridegroom can afford, to keep it up.

The life of a Thibetan woman in this •part of the world cannot be deemed a hard one. She makes the tea, it is true, but with that the housekeeping ends, for no one ever dreams of cleaning the kettle afterward, and everyone has to mix his own tsamba and lick his bowl clean when he has finished. Every four or five years she may have to sew a new sheep-skin gown for herself or some one of her family, but certainly not oftener. She cannot herd the cattle or sheep; men must do that, as there is danger from marauders. She passes her time spinning yarn, weaving a coarse kind of cloth, out of which bags are made, turning a prayer wheel, and—destroying too voracious vermin. Her toilet requires rearranging only four or five times a year—when she visits Kumbum or some other fair; she never washes herself or her garments, and her children cannot outgrow their clothes; they have only to let out a little of the folds of the gown, their unique garment, tucked up around the waist, and. it will fit them until grown up. It Was AU Imagination. A "Wiscasset, Me., man discovered a big gash in his boot* where he had cut his foot while in the woods and just managed to get home, feeling himself growing fainter from the loss of blood all the way, and fainted on arriving, when somebody discovered that the gash only went through his boot, and the red color was not blood but only a woolen stocking. Japanese Epidemics. ' Japan had a plethora of epidemics during 1890. Influenza reached her shores in February. Cholera followed with over 31,000 deaths. Dysentery affected 38,878 persons, with 7,262 deaths, a ratio of 18.94 per cent. Typhoid fever occurred 22,684 times, with 5,369 deaths, 28.56 pqr oank

UN-AMERICAN TENDENCIES. A Magazine Writer Gives Ua * Very MuehHeeded Lecture. remarkably interesting article in Arena, Rev. Carlos Martyn, D. D., deals some ‘stunning blows against What he terms the “Un-American Tendencies” of the present. Among these tendencies which he condemns is the movement in certain quarters to limit the power of suffrage, making it no longer universal, but dependent upon property, education, or some other qualtity than citizenship. Mr. Martyn has supreme faith in the wisdom of the plan of our forefathers, the builders of the Constitution, and, while he admits that universal suffrage is a failure in some large centers of population, it is so through local and removable causes rather than through national defects. He says: “Our danger to-day does not lie in universal suffrage, but in the steady encroachments of wealth, in the multiplication of monopolies, in the too rapid growth of fungus millionaires, in the increasing number of well-educated idlers, in the sinister prominence of the saloon in politics, in the tendency of the country to submit to bureaucracy, in the trahsforjnation of the National Senate into a club of rich men, in the change of the House of Representatives into a bundle of clerks to register the decrees of greedy capital, in one word, in the appalling gravition towards government by ‘boodle’ at the hands of unscrupulous minorities. “The real scum is the so-called better class. If anybody is to be deprived of a vote, it should be the railroad king, the mill owner, the indifferent trader, and the Europeanized Yankee who spends abroad what his father earned at home, and mistakes Paris for Paradise. “We are to-day cheek by jowl with the despots ot Europe. Instead of being the .torch-bearer of freedom we occupy a position of apology for what we are and of gaping admiration for what they are. When an opportunity offered the other day to recognize the new republic of Brazil, the toadies at Washington equivocated and postponed. One would suppose that the disappearance of the last -monarchy from the new world would have been greeted in the gregt Republic with the ringing of bells and the blaze of bonfires—would have been answered by a regular Fourth of July outburst. Bless you, no! The Czar was displeased. The Emperor of Germany was in the sulks. Queen Victoria put on mourning. Why should the Dons at Washington be out of fashion? On the other hand, when Carlos I. was crowned at Lisbon, last December, the American squadron of evolution was in the harbor, and behold! the officers of the Republic’s war-ships paraded side by side with the other flunkies of royalty in honor of the coronation—thus showing that they belonged to the squadron of reaction. For so misrepresenting their country they ought to be cashiered. Republicans refusing to recognize a new republic, but hastening to recognize a new king! What a spectacle! Spirits -bf Otis and Franklin, of Jefferson and Hamilton, what think ye of such democracy as this? ‘ ‘Kings do not hesitate to discourage Republicanism everywhere. A Republic should not hesitate to encourage it anywhere. Self-respect in such a matter would win the respect of the world by deserving it. But when Americans sell their daughters to European profligates for a title, and pay millions to boot; when Republicans in profession become tuft-hunters in practice, and haunt the back stairs of palaces; when the United States Government, the eldest born and guardian pf democracy, decredits its own political creed and parades in royal processions—is it not time to cry a halt? “Let us make democracy the fashion. Send devitalized Americans to Coventry. Make an unrepubl|can word or deed the unpardonable sin. Do this; or else ship the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World back to France, and ask her to set it in the harbor of Marseilles.” Was It Spontaneous? The supporters of the much disputed theory of spontaneous combustion have received fresh grounds of belief from the. case of Milton Hal'dcastle, of Baltimore, whose remains were recently found nearly consumed in his shanty on the outskirts of that city. Hardcastle was an old negro of unknown age, enjoying a small monthly income left him some years ago by his former owner, Col. Eustace Hardcastle, and which went almost entirely for whisky. It is said that the negro consumed a gallon and a half a day, and would often buy and drink the pure alcohol in large quantities, often for days at a time partaking of no other nourishment. He lived all alone, being of a singular, taciturn disposition, so .that it was some days before he was missed, but his shanty was observed to remain closed, and search being instituted he was found in his bed burned nearly to a crisp, while the mattress and clothes were only slightly scorched. The room was in perfect order and no trace of fire was on the hearth, which was swept clean, and as Hardcastle was known to have been unique among negroes in never smoking the whole affair seemed shrouded in mystery. Dr. Everhardt was called upon by the authorities to make an investigation and gave as his opinion that it was a case of spontaneous combustion. In this he has been supported by several other jyominent physicians, who agree in declaring the circumstances admit of no other explanation. * The Serpent Terror of the Tropics, The fer-de-lance is one of the deadliest serpents of the tropics. The reptile is precisely the color which will enable it to hide among the foliage or the roots of trees. In Martinique, especially, he is lord of the forest by day and at night he extends his dominion over parks and public roads. It is always dangerous to enter the woods even at noon, for at any moment a branch, or a bunch of pendant fruit may take life and strike death to the heart. Although horses, dogs, pigs and hens tremble at sight of it, there is one creature who has no fear of the fer-de-lance. The cat outmatches him at all points. Pussy fights the monster most undauntedly. $

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Business Director. THE DECATUR NATIONAL RANK. cton fcEffixu < J.' , l£ l iSh r - m Ofloer*-*. T. Dorwin, President; P.W.tmtth, Vtoe-Presldent: B. 8. Peterson, Cashier: T. T. Dortrin,P. W,Smith, Henry Derkea/XH. brook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale aad R. 8. P*> tereon. Directors. Weare prepared to make Loans on good see» rity, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic an* Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, and furnish Letters of Credit available in any of the principal cities es Europe. Also Passage Tickets to and from PTHistm WwrM * transportation te 91. 8. XamBXE.'CTZE*. Veterinary Surgeon, XbXoxxx*oe, Xxkd. Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Price* roeinnghlr «7amM JE. Bofro, Attorney Paul G. Hooper* Attorney Xbattv* Jlecetetr, - ■ Xagfaae. VtRANOI * MEKRYMAjT y. T. FRANCA A. J. », MBRRTMAN ▲ttorxioyß «*t Xbo*-v«f, DBOATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1,3 and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprfetee. Decatur, Ind. O.T. May, H. 3E*la.y muloleumOto Hurgeon. M*mr*e. ... Indiana. AH calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. Adams County Bank Capital, 175,000. Surplus, 875,000. Organized In 1871. Officers—D. Studebaker, 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. O. «T. Jorrtan, Attorney-at-law and Pension Agent Collection of Claims a specialty. Dec* Zadtowa. Kens K. Wheelock, JD», EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Calhoun-st. FortWavne. Ind. D.NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Berne, - Zndiana. Children and Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A. Cl. HOLLOWAY, mlol an. «d» Stxx-figeoxx Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to in city or country night or day. M, Ia HOLLOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. E. church. Diseases of women and children specialties. MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Tim*. Wo Ooxßa.xaa.lasml.oxx. Low Rate of Intetees. 3P«*x”tl.a*l 3Pa*y xaamxxtau In any amounts can be made at any time an* stop interest. Call on. or address, JL. JK. GEPBB, or «T. -F. MANN, Office: Fellows* Building, Decatur.

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nmn, • nmmws, Lu Now located over Holtbouse’s shoo stmx smS is prepared to do all work pertaining to th* *sa« tai profession. Gold filling a specialty. By th* ■•* of Mayo's Taper he is enabled to extra** teeth without pain. AU work warranted. puj ‘jnieooa ‘Suipnng ,SMon»a PPO to 'PtoßoeeoM swwiO uoisuog ■ouqnj sojjvnoH pay ’MTT - XT - BUnOXXT • *NNVM V NIALUtI * *f 'NNVX Tl *v htutag Notice to Teachers! Notice la hereby given that there will b* a public examination of teachers at the office of the county superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Apploants for license must present “the proper trustee’s oertiffieate or other evidence of goo* moral character.” and to be successful must pass a good examination in orthography, read Ing. writing, arithmetic, gtographv. English grammar, physiology, history of the Vnito* tates, science of education, and present on the day of examination, a review or composition upon one ot the following named bceket Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, lyanhoA Heart of Midlothian, Henry Esmond, The Spy, The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Book, Knickerbooker’s New York. The,Happy Boy (by Bjornson). Poems of Longfellow, Poems of Bryant, Poems of Whittier Poems of Lowell, Hawthorne's ’Marble Faun,’ find Carlyle’s ‘Heroe* and Hero Worship.' Holmes’ ‘Autocrat of th* Breakfast Table, McMaster's ‘Life of FtantoUn.' and Charles Roede’s ’Put Yourself in Hl* Place.' Said competition shall contain notice* shan 600 nor more than 1,000 words, shaU be tn the applicant’* owe bandwriting, andshaUb* accompanied with • declaration that’ it is th* applicant's origin*! work. Reviews will b* graded on penmanship, orthography and coaeposition. Examinations will begin promptly at 8:80 a.m. No license will be granted to **> pUcants under seventeen years of age, aft* August 1889. J. F. SNOW. O*. Sup*. TIME TABLE A A The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to th* West, Northwest, Sonth ait Soutines!, FREE PALACE RECLIHIH6 CHUR 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 car* to San Francisco, Loe Angelea/ Sw Diego, Portland, Denver and a)l 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 CaUfornia, Oregon. Utah, Arizona ana Old. wixd. UHexioo every day in the year. A complete line of tickets via any authorized route, obviating th* annoyance to passengers of exchanging tickets at the Missouri River. For loweat ratea, maps, folders and descriptive printed matter, write to or call on 0. S. CRANE, F, CHANDLER, Asst, G. P. A., Gen. Paw. Agt.. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, MO. R. G. Thompson, Pass, and Ticket Agent, Fort Wayne, Ind. I CURE FITS! Whfin 1 say Otma 1 d* m«i»m> m«r*lyM Stop them for • time, and then have.them <«• FXTSe EPXUEFST or / FAXXXNG SICKNESS* A life-long *tady. I WARRANT my remedy t* Curb th* went oases. Because others hav* taUed is no reason for not now receivmgarar*. Send at one* for a tr*atis*and a Frrrßottui of a*y Infauibu Rbmrdt. Give Expriss* aSsa 557 H.O. SOOT.W.OH IWfun.tr.llWW