Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1892 — Page 3

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■ CHAFTHB V— (Continue d.) ■ A telegraph messenger entered ns ■ Paxton became seated, and placed a dls- ■ patch In the hands of the police sergeant. ■ Marion’s face told that she feared the ■ telegram contained some intelligence jjy] Inimical to the interests of the young man of whose Innocence she was posiK tlve. H Mr. Garrison shook the detective’s I hand warmly when he had taken his ■ seat, and said: ■ “I thank you, sir, for what you have B Bald In behalf of my young friend." B Meanwhile the police'sergeant read ■ his dispatch, and turning to the coroner ■ he said in exultant tones: ■ “The dispatch, which has, by the way, ■ been unaccountably delayed, Informs me B that Stuart Harland has been arrested. ■ He should have been returned to the Bi city by this time. He was captured on ■ alighting from a railway train by officers ■ to whom I caused a telegram to be sent." B “This is bad news. Since Mr. Harland B was arrested on a railway train he must B have been leaving the city. That cir- ■ cumstanco may be made to tell against B him. You are his friend, Mr. Garrison, B and at the first opportunity you should ■ warn him to make a complete explanaB tlon of his conduct," whispered the deB tective. ■ *1 shall do so,” the broker replied, but B he secretly thought: ■ "And yet if the motive for his secret I night journey was what I suspect it to I be, I dare not ask Stuart to tell the I truth. Weak, miserable, guilty man I that I am, I find myself in a situation of I the most trying character, and a de- ■ noument I dread may come at any mo- | ment.". I Marion Oakburn touched the detecI tlve’s arm, and he turned toward her as I she whispered: I “Do you think Mr. Harland can be Imprisoned on the strength of the evl- ■ dence which has thus far been elicited?” I “The jury can hardly find against him ■ yet, I think, but much will depend upon I Mr. Harland himself. His explanation I will govern the coroner’s jury. However, I he cannot be compelled to answer any I question which may implicate himself," I replied Paxton. B A moment subsequently there was a Btir at the door. I A thrill of excitement and expectancy I ran through the throng, and Marion I Oakburn started to her feet, involuntarily. I Mr. Paxton and the broker also arose, I as Stuart Harland was marched Into the I room between two officers. I The suspected man glanced about him I fearlessly, and seeing Mr. Garrison and I Marion, he bowed and smiled, and he I also affably greeted his follow clerks I who were present. I Addressing the coroner, he said, I calmly: I “I am Informed that I am arrested on I suspicion of having murdered my old I friend, John Oakburn. Will you please < Inform me why I am accused of so heinous a crime?” It was evident to all that Stuart Harland was In a state of intense mental excitement, and that he only restrained his Indignation by a determined effort of will power. “I regret to say, Mr. Harland, that the fact of your midnight departure coupled with certain curcumstanoes, such as your knowledge that there was a large sum of money in the safe and the like, has made it necessary that you should explain your conduct," answered the coroner Impressively. A moment of profound silence ensued ~ while the people assembled in the broker’s office awaited, consumed with curiosity and suspense, for all were most deeply Interested to know what explanation or defense of his conduct the accused would offer. Stuart Harland’s eyes sought the face of Jason Garrison, and as the broker met his covert glance he trembled violently, and thought: “I am not mistaken. He has discovered the truth. Ho knows what I have done." From the banker Stuart glanced at Marion Oakburn. Ever since the moment when the officers who had accomplished his arrest informed him, as they had done that John Oakburn had been murdered, Stuart Harland had been unable to rid his mind of the haunting memory o| Marion Oakburn’s face as he saw it when, livid with terror, she stealthily glided out of the office as he was leaving the house, ann now when he looked at her, Marlod trembled as with a chill of terror, and Bhe would not meet his glance. <? A fearful thought flashed through Stuart’s mind, but he put it away from him as too terrible for serious consideration. At this time, however, he was con- * vinced in his mind that some dark and inscrutable mystery surrounded the secret of John Oakburn’s murder, and he could not disabuse himself of the impression that Marion Oakburn was in some Inexplicable way connected with it. Stuart Harland was one of those noble spirits who ought to have lived in the days of chivalry and knight errantry. He had resolved, not to make an explanation of his midnight departure, because to do so would be to betray the secret of another, which he had accidentally gained a knowledge of. He never thought of resorting to falsehood to exonerate himself. He was not without a fear lest the course he had resolved upon would alienate the sympathies of his friends, but he felt in honor bound to adhere to it. Paxton was somewhat of a physiognomist in his way, and he fixed his eyes on Stuart Harland’s face and sought to read his character. < The detective’s scrutiny was so intense that Harland felt his glance and finally looked at him. Then the former dropped his eyes, but he was favorably impressed and he mentally reflected: “Ho has an honest face, and if I am » not in error he is a man who would ’ maka almost any sacrifice for honor and friendship.” ? f Meanwhile when Judith Kredgo saw Stuart Harland a prisoner in the power of the officers of the law, her venemous eyes flashed with malicious triumph. It was clearly apparent that she, secretly hated the young man. “You will take the oath and then we will listen to any statement you desire -™_. _ aake A ts^d^coronwjM Stuart did not reply to nis last remark. The young man was duly sworn and then the inquest proceeded and new and Startling developments ensued. w CHAPTER VI. “My explanation is most simple. I can only say that Important business called mo away suddenly, and I did not see fit . to publish the faijt of my intended de-

parture. As for my having any connection with this crime, those who know me will not for a moment entertain such a thought. For the assurance of strangers, I might further protest my innocence, but it is unnecessary to do so. It is no secret that a firm friendship existed between myself and John Oakburn,” said Stuart Harland, at last. His frank and fearless manner troubled the police sergeant who had caused his arrest, and ho hitched about in his chair nervously, while he tried to devise some trap which might lead Harland to criminate himself. He thought of the old “confrontation ruse," as the detectives term it, and suddenly arising he said to Stuart: “Look here, sir!" The young man promptly stepped to the side of the police sergeant, who then turned to the body of the murdered man and suddenly uncovered his face. If the police sergeant anticipated that Stuart would recoil and manifest all the terror of guilt at the sight of the dead face of John Oakbum, he was greatly disappointed. Buch was not the result. Stuart gazed sadly upqn the ghastly features of the old cashier, and not the faintest evidence, such as the police sergcant hoped to elicit, was discernible In is manner. “This is a foul crime. The] murderer must be discovered. Poor John Oak- . burn must be avenged!” said Stuart, earnestly. His voice and manner were so haturally sincere that those who heard him were impressed. Even the Coroner's voice sounded more kindly as he proceeded to question Stuart, when it was quite evident to all that the police sergeant’s ancient test had utterly failed. “At what time did you leave the house last night, Mr. Harland?" was the first question propounded by the •Coroner. “It was not quite one o’clock. I had set my alarm-clock to ring at one precisely, and without removing my clothing, I fell asleep. I was awakened by some loud noise, though what it was I cannot tell. Springing up, I glanced at the clock, and I saw it was exactly twenty minutes of one o’clock. I left the house in a few minutes." “Ah! he confesses he was in the house at the time of the murder. He does not know about the clock that was overturned here, and that the time of the assassination has been positively determined,” whispered the police sergeant, turning to Paxton. “Wait until the examination is concluded—restrain your exultation until then,” retorted the detective. “Why did you leave suddenly last night, as you did?” the Coroner then asked. “I have told you that I was called away by Important business; I was on my way to see a friend of mine." “But you have not told us what the nature of your business was." “It was a strictly private matter. It had no reference to this unfortunate affair.” “Perhaps so. But you can at least tell us your friend’s name?" Stuart hesitated for a moment, and then he said: “His name is James Sanborn." At the mention of that name, Mr. Garrison gave a violent start and he thought: “There Is no longer a shadow of a doubt. Stuart knows all, but he means to shield me. It is because lam Edna’s father. For my daughter’s sake, he will Imperil himself rather than reveal the truth. He is a noble fellow. How unworthy I am of such friendship as his!” “Then you decline to give us a plain, straightforward explanation of your conduct. I warn you, Mr. Harland, that your own interest demands that you should conceal nothing, 1 ’ said the Coroner. “I can say no more; another than myself is concerned,” replied Stuart. “Very well, sir; Mr. Sanborn, the gentleman with whom you say you had business, shall be questioned." Stuart bit his lips. Mr. Garrison turned white as death, and the Coroner smiled at his victim’s discomfiture as he said blandly: "You had not thought of that, I see.” Stuart’s eyes blazed with wide-spread light, but he restrained the angry retort that arose to his lips and remained silent. The Coroner questioned Stuart further, but nothing worthy of note was elicited. Stuart adhered determinedly to the policy which he had adopted, and he could not be induced to reveal what the motive of the midnight journey was. Paxton regarded the course of the suspected man as absolutely suicidal. “He is endangering his life,” he said to Mr. Garrison. The broker groaned. He knew now that if ho advised Stuart Harland to tell the whole truth, he would advise his own exposure. He could not make that sacrifice, for his was not the noble, heroic character which the Creator had given Stuart Harland. The agitation and excitement of the broker had awakened a vague suspicion in the mind of the decteetive that perhaps the former knew more than he would have dared to confess about the business which had called Stuart Harland away on the night of the murder. Paxton’s min<4 was filled with(surmises and conjectures, but the wildest of them all fell far short of the startling truth which future developments were destined to reveal. Jason Garrison knew that his daughter’s life was bound up with that of the man who was imperiling himself for his sake, and as he reflected that if Stuart was sacrificed Edna would not survive the blow, his torture was inexpressible. Marlon Oakburn had listenea to Stuart Harland’s examination with the deepest interest, and as she comprehended that the suspicion against him seemed destined to bring him into deadly peril, although they bad heretofore been but passing acquaintances, she felt that the strands of their lives which led into the unexplored future had been woven together by a mystic fatality without the knowledge of either. The cashier’s daughter was not a fatalist; but she could not think that the singular combination of events which haa recently transpired hud come about by mere chance. “In view of all the circumstances of this case, I order that Stuart Harland be j searched. “Officer Smith, you will attend to this matter," said the coroner, addressing the police sergeant. A not flush mantled Stuart Harland’s “What! Am ito bo subjected to this indignity, as though I were a common thief!” ho exclaimed. - “Justice is no respecter of persons. In quest of truth, she seeks for information everywhere. If need be, she enters the sacred precincts of the doister. No man is exempt from her search," answered the coroner, impressively.

"So bo it then. Let this farce continue to the end," and he bowed his head. The officer named came forward and proceeded to search him. He first examined Stuart’s overcoat pockets, and Stuart assisted him, saying confidently: “You will find nothing to reward you." “Wo shall see," answered Police Sergeant Smith, gruffly. Presently, the officer thrust his hand in’to the inside pocket of the young man’s overcoat and drew out a number of wax impressions of locks and skeleton keys. He held them up to the sight of all, exclaiming: “I thought so. Here is the proof we were in search of!" Stuart Harland staggered like one suddenly seized with an overwhelming vertigo. “This is fate! I had forgotten about the cast; I am lost!" he exclaimed, scarcely knowing what he said. This last startling discovery produced a profound sensation and the greatest excitement. Mr. Garrison was like one stunned by a heavy blow. Marlon Oakburn, with her hands clasped upon her heart, and an agonized look In her eyes, cowered in her chair. Paxon was absolutely amazed. Had a thunderbolt descended at his feet the detective could not have been more disconcerted. Here it seemed was the positive evidence of the guilt of the man for whoso Innocence he had vouched in the strongest terms. The detective’s prophesied opiiffon seemed to be proven worthless before all the assemblage, and he felt abashed, humiliated and defeated. The police sergeant was exultant. “Who was right, friend Paxton?” he said jeeringly. “What has become of all your line theory of this man’s innocence? I grant you it was stupid for him to run away as he did after committing the crime, but his conduct was not without precedent. The great Vidocq used to explain the stupidity of certain crimes committed by men of superior intelligence, by saying that they act under the Influence of a kind of vertigo. That they become dazed after the crimes.” “Quite true, I recollect the theory, but mark my words your suspicion Is all wrong despite its apparent confirmation. The mystery of John Oakburn’s fate is still as far from being solved as ever,” said Paxton in reply, but he could not avoid betraying some of the discomfiture which the last denouement had occasioned him. Stuart Harland regained his composure to some extent in a moment or so, and he muttered: “This is destiny. The immutable law of bad luck is not to be abrogated. It follows me throughout this entire unfortunate affair." Aloud he said: “I believe that I can convince you that I was entirely ignorant that the articles just discovered were in my possession.” “One moment, sir, and we will hear you,” answered the coroner, and taking the skeleton keys from the police sergeant he tried one of them in the safe. The key entered the lock, but it would not move the bolt. The other keys were made for the door locks, and turning to the office door he tried one of them, finding that it fitted the lock perfectly. He tried the other key in the lock of the street door and found that it also was a perfect fit. That the door could be locked and unlocked by means of it with ease. The coroner then examined the wax impressions and found that they had been taken from the locks of the street door, the office door and the ease. “Ah," said the coroner, reflectively, “the intricate mechanism of the safe lock resisted the skeleton key, and so it was necessary that the robber should have the key John Oakbum carried.” “But what need had Stuart Harlanff of a skeleton key to the front door?” ventured Paxton, suggestively. The coroner shook his head doubtfully, and turning to Stuart again he noted that there was a marked decadence in his manner from the confident air he had worn when he entered the office. “You may proceed with your statement now,” the official said. “Thank you, sir, I will tell you how it is that those criminating keys and the impressions of the locks must have come Into my possession without my knowledge,” said Stuart. He paused for an instant as though to collect his thoughts. At last the young man fully comprehended the terrible nature of the accusation which had been brought against him and realized the deadly peril of his situation. He began to speak again, when suddenly there was another commotion at the door and a loud voice was heard to call out: “Here is new evidence to throw light on the mystery of the murder!" A hope arose in Stuart’s heart that something had been discovered to prove his innocence. At the same time there was in his mind a dread lest some new circumstance was to be brought against him. There was a moment of suspense. CHAPTER Vll. A man pushed his way into the office, and every eye was fixed upon this last arrival. Previous to placing before the reader the evidence which this personage gave, or recording Stuart Harland’s explanation as to how the skeleton keys and wax impressions came in his possession, we will relate certain adventures which befell Harland after he left his room on the night of the murder. Stuart reached the depot and boarded the train which he desired to catch just as it was moving out of the station. He saw several persons on the platform whom he know, and he exchanged greetings with them. In the coach which he entered he recognized no familiar face, but the train had not gone far when he had struck up acquaintance, as people sometimes will on a railway train, though inclined to be exclusive elsewhere. A young gentleman who seemed inclined to make himself agreeable found An opportunity to open a conversation with Stuart, and the two young men were eventually favorably impressed. They were soon chatting familiarly. Finally, at the request of the stranger, Stuart accompanied him to the smokingcar, where, as it chanced as the coach was overheated, they both removed their overcoats. __ J Excellent cigars were produced by Stuart’s new acquaintance, who, by the way, represented hiinself to be a Bostonian and a scion of a wealthy family whose name was familiar to commercial men. . For some time the new acq.ua ntan ceß smoked and chatted pleasantly, but ,v 8 the night drew on their conversati oa gradually flagged, and both seemed inclined to nap. It was not long before silence fell between them, and soon Stuart’s heavy, regular breathing assured his companion ’that he was sleeping soundly. The young man did npt awake until . toe, Loiiil, ygiee jOftoe smote upon his eart te he “Albany!” This was Harlan’s destination, and he sprang to his feet just as the train began to move. As he hurried on his overcoat he glanced about for his recent companion, but he was gone, and then Stuart discovered that it was not his own but his

late companion’s coat which he was donning. But his own coat was gone, and surmising that his new acquaintance must have taken it through a very ordinary mistake, which there was no opportunity to rectify just now, Stuart buttoned up the coat which was left to him by this exchange of garments, and concerning himself no more with tho matter he leaped from the train just in time. Meanwhile, Btuart Harland's recently made acquaintance hud not slept at all, though for a time, until he was sure of the former's somnolency, he had feigned to do so. When he was confident that the oblivion of sleep held Stuart’s senses enthralled the young stranger coolly arose and appropriated his coat. There were but few other persons in the coach, and they were all' sound asleep. Deliberately the young man who had secured It donned Stuart's overcoat, and then removing Ids hat ho threw it out of the wineow. From his pocket he produced a skull-cap, which he drew down over his eyes, and he turned the collar of Stuart’s overcoat up about his ears. - The garment was a long ulster, such as was then the prevailing style, and it reached to the stranger’s heels, completely concealing his under suit. Tho moment the train slowed up at Albany, the stranger leaped upon the platform, and turned to hurry away. Two police officers were standing on the watch at the depot landing, and they advanced toward the young man as he alighted from the train. One of the officers flashed the light of his lantern in the face of Stuart Harland’s late companion, and as the young man saw the uniform of the policeman, which the light disclosed, he trembled as with a fearful chill, and turned pale, as though with fright. “He ain’t our man, Tom,” said one policeman, as he scanned the young stranger’s face by the light of his lantern. “No, he don’t tally with the descrip.,’ assented the other police officer. The stranger seemed about to sink upon the platform as the police officer seized him, but now, as the two minions of the law turned away, he recovered himself, and strode rapidly from the depot. The moment he was out of the policemen’s sight he broke into a run. “I thought I was lost. I could have sworn they meant to arrest me,” he muttered. “Well, I have secured a partial disguise, at all events, and if the human wolves I fear mean to play a double game and betray me I yet have a chance to baffle them,” he added. On through the streets of Albany he fled, choosing thoroughfares that were imperfectly illuminated, until he paused at a street corner where the tents of Judah are pitched. Producing a card on which certain directions were written, he consulted it by the light of a street lamp and muttered: “This is the street, and yonder is the number. We shall see what our worthy son of Abraham will do for us.” With this monologue he turned down a side street where old clothes merchants and pawnbrokers abounded, where “Isaacs," and “Levis," and “Solomons," and “Goldsmiths,” and "Jacobs,” and “Rosenthals," and other historic names ornamented the signs. It was here that during business hours barter and trade were carried on very much as in the marts of ancient Jerusalem, by sharp-eyed men whom nature had gifted with the genius of trade. Late as was the hour, and although all the stores were closed, the man we are following gained admission to a certain shop where the familiar sign of the pawnbroker, the three balls, hung before the door as a warning to the wayfarer who ventured that way in quest of some good Samaritan to heal his financial wounds, that the chances were as two to one if he entered therein he would come forth shorn. But the stranger" accomplished the purpose for which he had visited the establishment, for in half an hour he emerged from it clad in a manner which created a complete metamorphosis in his appearance. He had procured an artistically fitting wig and beard, and it was evident that he relied implicitly on the impenetrability of his disguise, for he no longer slunk along the gloomy, retired streets, but walked boldly where the light was brilliant. [to be continued.] L»w« cf Olden Days that Seem Severe to Us Now. The colonial shire officers were much the same in function as those in England, but they had different names and there was a tendency to increase the number, says a writer in the Chautauquan. Still there was never such a multiplication of officers as in the town. The sheriff was the executive officer of the courts, but a separate officer or officers usually received the taxes. His service met with obstacles still familiar in the West. Here are some of the returns made to writs which had been given to Virginia sheriffs tcPserve. “Not executed by reason there is no road to the place where he lives.” “Not executed by reason of an ax.” “Not executed because the defendant’s horse was faster than mine.” The first legislative assembly in America gathered in Virginia in 1619. After passing the earliest set of colonial laws it proceeded to try an offender and to sentence him. “To stand fowei._dayes with his eares nayled to the pillory * * * and every of those sower dayes should be publiqueiy wipped.” The county courts possessed a similar combination of judicial, administrative and legislative authority. The following was the judgment of a Virginia court: “That if Mister Holmes does not quit worrying Mister Jones and making him curse and swear so, he shall be sent to jail.” Photographing a Dog’s Jump. The photographic analysis of rapid movements has made great progress. In a recent series of instantaneous photographs. Anschutz of Lissa has secured twenty-four successive impressions of a dog in the act of making a single jump over a low bush, and each impression is not a mere silhouette, as was the case with Muybridge’s first attempt of this kind, but a little picture showing half-tone and detail. Some of the attitudes, never caught by the eye, seem quite amusing. This is true at the commencement of the jump, when the dog’s him! toes only touch the ground, and at the end of the jump, when his legs are gathered together in a heap. Was It Paid? I’ve got into the wrong carriage. Ticket inspector (sternly difference must be paid. Passenger (triumphantly)—Oh.just so! Then 111 trouble you for sevenpence halfpenny; I’ve a flrst-class ticket.— London Tit-Bits. '/I kut. - ’ • •

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. Trains run on Central Standard Time. minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Bunday, Dec. HI. 1801. , GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati .Ive 8 loam 850 pm Richmond..... 220 pm 1055 . 11 35. Winchester.... 317 .. 11 56 . 12 35am! Portland 1235 pm lis ; Decatur 5 10.. 131 221 Ft.Wayne...arr 6 00. 215.. 305 . ..... •• •• ...Ive 235.- 3 26.. 805 am Kendallville 341 430 . »10 .. Rome City 3M 447 It 26.. Wolcottville 4 01 4 53 11 31.. Valentine 4 11 I B 43 .. LaGrange 420 51l ( »51 .. Lima 431 .. 524 . iIOOCI.. Sturgis 4 43.. 637 10 13.. Vicksburg | 5 38.. 631. 11 18.. Kalamazoo, arr 606 .. 700 11 50 .. Ive 3 45am 6 25. <2O 1210 pm Gr. Rapids., arr 515.. 810 . 9.20. |200.. " ■’ . Ive 706 . 10 30 .. 11 30 .14 15 .. D., G.H.&M.cr 720 10 45 11 45 4 28.. Howard City. 830 . 11 50 110 pm J 540 . Illg Rapids.... 918 J 2 3«am 2 01.. ,652 .. Reed City »KJ .. I<B 230 730 .. Cadillac arr 11 00 . 2 05.. 406 . 900 .. . Ive 215 .. 415 910 .. Traverse City 6 35. 10 45.. Kalkaska 344 .. 620 Petoskey 540 . 820 MackloacClty 7 00 9 45.'; GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 i No. 6 : No. I No. 8 MackinacClty. 850pmi 745 am | Petoskey 11020 . I 906 Kalkaska 1227 am 11 06 1........ Traverse City.. 1 10 45 ......... 6 30arn Cadillac ..arr 215 . 1255 pm 805 .. ...lve|2 25. 125.. 645 pm BJIO.. Reed City 1331.. 2 20.. 750.. 920.. Big Rapids | 400.. 301 .. 825.. I 9 45.. Howard City.. 451 .. 353 .. 920 .. ’1035 .. D..G. H.AM.cr 605 .. | 615 .. 1025 11 35 .. Gr. Rapids arr! (j 23 [530 .. 10 40 .. 11 50 .. “ “ ~lve|7oo.. 600 . ill 05 .. I 200pm Kalamazoo arr! 850 .. 800 . 1230 am! 340 .. ..Ive 855 .. 805 3 45.. Vicksburg fl 24 . 833 4 13.. Sturgis 10 19 9 20 5 07 .. Lima 1032.. 940 517.. LaGrange... -10 44.. 952 529„ Valentine .1053. 1002 5 37.. Wolcottville..lllo4 10 14 5 46 .. Rome City 1109. 10 19 5 51.. Kendallville. 1125 . 10 39 0 00.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 715 .. •• “ ..Ive 100.. IzlOam 545 am Decatur 146..1253.. 630 Portland 240 .. 163 .. 730 .. ........ Winchester. .. 317 .. 238 .. [8 09 Richmond 420 .. 340 . i 915 Cincinnati 7 00.. I 6.55 1201 pm ....'’ . Trains 5 and 0 run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD. Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur, Ind. LOOK HERE! I am here to stay and can sell Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford to sell them. I sell different makes. GLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and lave money. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. •.T.May.M. D, Phyßloiiuicfc Surgeon Mewree. - - - IwAlawa. All calls promptly attended to day or night. Office at residence. Scientific American Agency for Bf w aj i■bL w / A W ■ J A ■ Pk W I■Rk ■ 1 w 1 TRADE MARKS, DESICN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc, For information and free Handbook write to MUNN k CO.. 361 BBOADWAY. New ’koBK. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Scientific >meritan Largest circulation of any acientifle paper In the world. Splendidly illustrated. No Intelllgetk man should be without it. year; 81.50 six months. Address MUNN s CO, PVBUSHXRS. 361 Broadway. New York.

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