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CHAPTBB IX. Jason Garrison's intense excitement was occasioned by the perusal of a brief article in the evening paper, which announced that James Sanborn had died suddenly at his residence In Albany, at ten o’clock that very morning. It was certainly something more than a mere coincidence, but James Sanborn was the man with whom Stuart Harland claimed to have had a business engagement on the night of the murder. “I am saved! The death of James Sanborn renders the discovery I have dreaded scarcely probable. What a weight Is lifted from my mind! Now, I will see Stuart, and we will come to an ■nderstandlng,” reflected the broker. • But it was too late to visit the prison that day, and so he was obliged to defer Ms call until morning. At the earliest hour on the following morning at which he could gain an entrance to the prison the broker visited Stuart Harland. The young man greeted his employer tn a rather reserved manner, but he eagerly inquired as to how Edna had received the news of the misfortune which had so unexpectedly befallen him. Garrison assured Harland of the faith aud confidence of his betrothed, and then he said: “I Will not conceal from you, Stuart, that I understand why you persistently refused to explain the real motive of your midnight visit to Albany.” “I was aware that you could not be ignorant of the consideration by which I was actuated. I had determined to shield you from the deplorable consequences of an act of criminal folly. I cannot comprehend, however, how, If in the possession of your senses, you could have been, guilty of such a deed. It seems to me that you must have known that, in the ordinary course of events, discovery was inevitable,” replied Harland. X 'I was driven to desperation. I was mad, if you will, and then, top, I counted upon redeeming the cheque, and squaring the matter by the payment of an extra thousand or so. ” ‘So you relied upon making terms with James Sanborn. Where, may I ask, did you expect to procure the mdnoy?" “You have heard me speak of my Colorado property? Very well; I have put it up for sale. My agent announced that I could rely on receiving the price for which he had agreed to sell it—sßo,000 by the 23d Instant.” “I begin to comprehend how you reasoned in the desperate extremity to which those scoundrels, Pratt and Weeks, had driven you, and yet I would never have deemed it possible that a business man like yourself would have resorted to such a desperate expedient aS a forgery." ‘Hush! Some one may hear us. I confess all, I forged James Sanborn’s name to the cheque for $78,000," said Garrison, dropping his voice to a whisper. ‘I knew that I had so perfectly imitated his signature that it would be impossible for any one except James Sanborn himself to detect it, and I think it probable he would not have suspected it had he seen the cheque, except for the fact that he would know he had not given paper for any such amount. “I knew that Sanborn would not see the cheque until he called on hie banker to balance his account when it would be returned to him. I was also aware that he seldom had his account balanced and his cheque turned in more than once a month. I believed I should have ample time to fix matters with him even If my remittance of the purchase money from the sale of the Colorado claim was delayed. Yesterday I received the news from my Western agent that the property in Colorado could not be disposed of now—that the proposed sale had fallen through." “Then discovery is inevitable and you are lost. I am sufficiently well acquainted with James Sanborn’s character to comprehend that he will exact restitution or place you in a criminal cell. When I visited Albany on the night of the murder I was on my way to see James Sanborn in your behalf. You know he is an old and devoted friend of our family. But let me explain how I discovered that the cheque for seventyeight thousand was a forgery despite your conviction that it could not be detected. As you know I was James Sanborn's private secretary for a year, and consequently I am more familiar with Ms signature than any one I know of. I examined the forged cheque after John Oakburn received it from you, and my suspicion was aroused, but I was not sure, for as you have said the imitation of the signature was wonderfully perfect. But chance decided the doubt. Half an hour later I met John San-. ■ born in the street in company with a friend. We talked for a few momenta and he mentioned that yon had importuned him for a large loan, but he assured me that he had declined to advance you any money whatever. I was shocked and confused and the presence of Sanborn’s friend prevented me from speaking then. I hastened back to our office determined to reveal my discovery to John Oakburn and prevent his presenting the forged check at the bank. But fate was against me. When I arrived at the office Oakburn was not there, and I was informed that he had gone to the bank. I started in pursuit of him but I did not overtake him as I hoped I should. On the contrary I met him returning with the money ■which he had received for the check. It would have been useless to tell Oakburn then, and so I held my peace. But I had resolved that Edna’s father should not be disgraced, and I determined to see Sanborn and pledge my prospective fortune to pay the amount of the forged draft, and win his promise to keep the secret of your crime. I counted bn Sanborn’s friendship, and the fact that since he 16 a millionaire he could wait for his money without inconvenience. But I know Sanborn was no longer in the city, for when I encountered him on the street he was on his way to the depot and he had said he should take the first train for home. The all important question then was, when would Sanborn see the forged oheok? “It chanced that the cashier of the bank at which the cheque was cashed was ah old friend of mine, and from him I succeeded in obtaining the Information I desired while I concealed my 1 "To my consternation I learned that Mr. Sanborn hod called at the bank that very day and left instruction to have his deposit book balanced and ijpturned to him with cheques cashed to date by the first mail on the next morning. Then I ’“.V

knew that I must see Sanborn that very night. I determined to make the journey In secret so that no Huspicion might bo awakened In the mhidof anyone. By' taking the 1:40 night train I know that I could make the trip to Albauy and return by ten next morning. As I was arrested the moment I left the train In Albany, I was unable to sea Mr. Sanborn, and so all my efforts in your behalf have failed and I have placed myself in a false position which may prove most serious.” The young man thus concluded his explanation. Thon Garrison told him of James Sanborn’s death. “You are Saved then after all, for no one can prove the cheque a forgery now. But I sincerely regret the death of my old friend. How uncertain human existence Is," said Stuart. “True; but Stuart, I cannot express my gratitude to you. I am a penitent man. The experience through which I have passed shall serve me as a'lifelong lesson—one thatfrlll never be forgotten while I live," said Garrison. ‘I will keep your secret inviolate, but the amount of the forged cheque shall some day be made good to James Sanborn's estate," said Stuart. “It shall- If life is spared me, I will make restitution in full," answered Garrison, earnestly. “But you must hate and despise me,” he added. ‘No, that would be to do violence to our previous cordial relations. I pity you and regret this unfortunate affair. Money is but a mess of pottage weighed against honor. But I understand your temptation. You were seeking to protect your credit, which is all In all to a man of business.” Stuart understood Garrison's weak and cowardly nature, and he believed that he was sincere in all he said. “Above all, I am thankful that Edna knows nothing of all this. Promise me, Stuart, she shall hear nothing from your lips In reference to the cheque," implored the broker. “Your daughter would be the last one to whom I would think of revealing it,” replied Stuart. “I thank you again. But now let us consider your own situation. I shall send you a lawyer, and Paxton, the detive, who has affirmed his belief in your innocence from the very first, will call,” said Garrison. After that they conversed for some time. Presently, when Garrison was about to leave the cell, he remarked: “Edna is very anxious to see you, and she would have insisted on accompanying me, had she known I was coming to call here. As I wished to see you alone, I did not Inform her. However, you may expect her before the day Is over:” That afternoon, Edna visited Stuart’s ceil, and, as may well be surmised, the meeting between the betrothed lovers was a most affectionate one. But Edna could not understand why Stuart could so obstinately refuse to tell what was the motive of his midnight journey, when the explanation might have saved him, and there were certain circumstances of which others were ignorant that troubled her. Stuart had promised to accompany her on an excursion by moonlight up the Hudson on the night of the murder, and they had planned to visit Stuart’s aunt, who resided in Albany, and retirfn on the following day. Edna suspected a mystery, but she entertained not the slightest suspicion of the truth. In common with most, women who love sincerely, she was inclined to jealousy. During the earnest conversation which ensued between the broker’s daughter and her affianced, she approached the subject which troubled her. “Surely you can trust me, Stuart, for you know I am devoted to you. Will you not tell me the truth? what was the cause of your midnight journey to Albany?” Stuart was silent for a moment. She noticed his hesitation, aud the thoughts which were in her mind were clearly reflected on her beautiful, mobile features. Stuart Was quick to discern the shadow of doubt which had appeared upon the face of his betrothed, and he suspected its cause. ‘ “I cannot tell you why I visited Albany. It Is a secret of another,” finally said. The shadow on Edna’s lair Ace deepened as she answered: “I am disappointed. Even though you would not trust my dear father whom you know to be the soul of truth and honor, I believed you would confide in me.” “You do not doubt my innocence of the terrible crime?” “Oh, no, no. It is not that. But your strange reticence troubles me." “Ah,” thought Stuart, with some bitterness, “the ’very act which I did to save her father, and the sacrifice for which I am paying the penalty now, has caused the woman I love to doubt me. But even had I not bound myself to keep the secret of her fathers forgery, I could not blacken his reputation to his child, could not shatter her sublime faith In his truth and honor.” Edna departed still troubled by Stuart’s refusal to tell her the secret of his midnight journey. But while Harland was in prison, Marlon Oakburn, the murdered cashier’s daughter, was in doubt and trouble. Bhe was working out the destiny which fate had ordained she should bring upon herself. From the time when she had discovered Judith Kredge, the janitor’s sister, at her chamber door, Marion knew that she was in a position more cruelly trying than she believed could possibly have been the outgrowth of any series of episodes to which the fact of her father’s murder and the attendant circumstances could have given birth. Marion Oakburn feared Judith Kredge; there could be no doubting that. But why did she experience this terror? Only the guilty fear, it is said, and yet this noble girl was the last one at whom suspicion of wrong-doing of any kind would be diroeted, It seemed. But herein is the mystery, herein a complication so strange and inexplicable that we cannot fathom it. and which was destined long to perplex and puzzle Paxton, the detective, in the task of unraveling the mystery of John Oakburn’s fate, which he had undertaken with all his heart. ':' ' ■ .. On the Evening following the murder Marion was closeted in her sleeping room. Bhe had turned the key in the lock, and she believed the door was secured. With trembling hands, she unlocked and opened a trunk, lifted but the tray, and removed the contents of the receptacle beneath It until the bottom of the trunk was reached, and a strangelooklng pistol of large caliber which was concealed there was disclosed to her view. ' i ■ '

Marton shuddered as her eyes rested upon the deadly weapon. “I dread to touch It, and yet It must bo gotten rid of," she muttered. The next Instant a startled ory escaped her lips as she felt a heavy hand on liar shoulders, and through her mind darted the appalling thought: “The secrut Is discovered! All is lost!" CHAPTEU X. Marlon Qakburn had not secured the door ns shtrimppus id she had done, and Judith Kredge, who seemed to have devoted herself to the task of spying upon the cashier’s daughter, entered the room in a stealthy manner, and crept to Marlon's side. She It was who placed her hand upon the shoulder of the girl as she stood gazing Into the trunk where the strange-looking pistol lay. Dropping the lid of the trunk with a crash, Marlon wheeled about Instantly as she fel’, the weight of Judith’s hand. “You here!” she cried excitidlyj as she beheld the woman. “Yes, and I saw the pistol at the bottom of that trunk." “You saw it?” “Yes, and It is not the first time. I saw you conceal It in your trunk on the night of your father's murder, ” answered Judith Kredge. “Woman, what awful thought Is In your mind?” “You know well enough. You understood me when I told you you were in my power," replied the woman and then suddenly bending forward she hissed In Marlon's ear: “You killed your own father!" This was Judith Kredge's terrible accusation. Marion staggered to the couch with which the sleeping-room was provided and sank down upon It. But in a moment she started up again and confronted Judith Kredge with all the dignity of offended innocence. “It is false! It is a lie; a base, a monstrous lie!” she cried. Judith Kredge laughed mirthlessly. “You see what evidence sent Stuart Harland to prison. How much stronger, how much more terrible is the evidence I can give against you," she said. “Judith, you are doing me an awful wrong!” “No, I saw you with my own eyes. I know you had just come from the office In which your father lay dead when you called at my room and pretended you wore so much alarmed because your father had not come home.” “And you who know me can believe such an awful thing of me?” “It matters not how well youjnay play your part, Miss Marion, I am not to be deceived. Girl, my evidence would hang you!" Judith Kredge uttered the last words in a terrible voice. “Do you mean to publicly accuse me?” “That depends.” “Upon what? Speak plainly. Once and for all, you aud I must clearly understand each other, Judith Kredge.” “If it was made worth my while I might'keep your secret,” answered Judith Kredge, and there was a cunning glance in her eyes. “Ah, you mean that I must bribe you?” “Put it that way if you like." The two women gazed at each other in silence for a moment, and each was striving to read the other's most secret thought. ; “Tell me your price,” said Marion. “You have three thousand dollars?” “Yes, and that is all I have." “Very well, then you can pay me no more. That amount will do,” said Judith, with a malicious grin. “And you would thus rob me—leave me penniless?” “Yes, my fair lady. Ha. I want to see your pride have a fall. I’d like to see you feel what it is to want, as I have in my time. What are you? You are no better than I am. Work, work as I have done or—starve,” hissed the vindictive creature In a harsh voice. “You are an ungrateful wretch! A serpent to turn and sting the hand that has fed you. But you si ill have your price. I’ll not relinquish my purpose yet,” Marion Oakburn answered resolutely. Judith Kredge chuckled exultantly. To herself she muttered half Inaudibly: “Three thousand dollars. Not a bad night’s -work. It was lucky that I happened to be awake and see her. She was honest when she said she only had three thousand dollars, which I knew to be the amount of a legacy she received. Now, who got the stolen money, I wonder. Ah, my dear brother Levi, you are keeping a secret from me, I think; we shall see whether you are more cunning than I am, or not.” One evening several days subsequently, after the remains of John Oakbum had been consigned to their last resting place and “the crime of the broker’s office” had ceased to be the one exciting topic of conversation, Marion Oakbum received a call. The visitor of the cashier’s daughter was the old gentleman called Richard Stanmore. The appearance of the aged stranger agitated Marion strangely, and she did not regain her composure until she had been in his presence for some moments. In a few well-selected words Stanmore explained that he had taken a great interest in the mysterious murder of her father. He also asked a number of questions which Marion promptly answered. Thus Stanmore obtained the information that Marion supposed her father to be worth a small fortune and that the money had been kept In his private safe which stood in the rear apartment of the broker’s office, which it seemed the assassin had not opened. This, we remember, was precisely the information she had given Jason Garrison. Marion also in the course of the interview’ found occason to reiterate her conviction in terms most positive that Stuart Harland was entirely innocent of all knowledge of the terrible crime. So very confident was she on this point that Stanmore thought: “One would surmise that she has some proof of Harland's Innocence which she does not care to reveal. “Permit me to inquire, Miss Oakbum, if I can be of assistance to you in any way?” Stanmore asked, as the thought that she might be in need of financial help entered his mind. • “Thanks, I need no help at present, sir," answered Marion, and a flush of color stole into her pale checks. “Pardon me. I was in former days your father’s friend, and if at any time you should find yourself in need of a friend upon whose fidelity you could depend against all the world, call on Richard Stanmore,” said the old gentleman, and he placed a card on widely was written his address in Marion’s hand. Then bowing low. after the manner of the gallants of the olden time, he pressed the hai),d Marlon had given him to his lips and took ids departure. :. t - ' Stanmoro’s features wore unusually pale during the interview which had just ended, and a keen observer would have suspected ho was fighting a battle with most powerful. secret emotions which were straggling for the mastery, j Once out upon the street he reeled as though ho was the victim of a sudden ’ vertigo and muttered in a broken i voice: “Poor girl! Poor Marion! There is a mystery here that must be solved. Fates! How weak I am. The old spell came upon me. It was an ordeal, but it to past. How beautiful she is, but how

herself alone Stan more’s departure the agitation which she hod repressed during the interview Just concluded betrayed itself. The excited girl trembled nervously. “I feel that he is an honest man," she thought, “and I will trust him. Who can tell? The time may ye t come when I shall be glad to remind him of the promise to befriend mo in the hour of dire extremity." Then she drew a locket from a chain about her neck, and, opening lUryesscd to her lips a miniature whflm It contained. "It was the glance of this strange gentleman’s eye that unnerved me. I felt the same when I saw him in the office. His eyes are like those of poor Donald's. Yes, I feel that he is honorable and true," she said, and gazed lovingly upon the portrait in the locket. Meanwhile, after leaving Marlon, Richard Stanmore repaired to the office of Paxton, the detective. At this hour the detective was seated at his office desk reading and pondering upon the contents of the letter which he hod abstracted from the package of correspondence found in John Oakburn’s safe. The letter was rather a lengthy one, but one particular passage seemed to fasten Paxton’s attention, and he read It carefully several times. The passage which the detective was apparently endeavoring to impress upon his memory was as follows: "The hour shall come, John Oakburn, when you will be sorry for the great wrong you have done me.” The letter was signed “Donald Wayburn." Paxton had not been idle since the Coroner’s inquest had ended. He had procured casts of the footprints which he had discovered under the rear window of Garrison's office, and he had instituted a diligent search for the stranger who had exchanged overcoats with Stuart Harland. Despite all the efforts of the detective and his expert auxiliaries, the quest for the man who had in his pocket the skeleton keys and the wax impressions of the safe and door locks of Garrison’s office had thus far resulted only in failure. Not one solitary clue either to the identity or whereabouts of this mysterious personage was discovered. When Harland explained to the Coroner that the stranger had exchanged overcoats with him. he had not neglected to give an accurate and minute description of the unknown. Paxton had the word picture of this man in his mind, and he was confident that he should recognize him at a glance. The detective believed that Stuart Harland told the truth, and therefore he naturally formed the theory that the man who carried the skeleton keys was either John Oakburn’s assassin or a confederate of the criminal. Paxton had never hoped for such a perfect clue as was furnished him by Stuart Harland’s description of the assassin. “The tone of this letter is certainly rather threatening,” said Paxton as he read the passage from the letter signed by “Donald Wayburn," which we have produced. “I must ascertain who Donald Wayburn is, and his antecedents must be looked up. It is possible that robbery was not the only motive for this crime. Revenge may have played a part in it. The idea has occurred to me that it may possibly turn out that Donald Wayburn is the name of the man who carried the skeleton keys. We have learned that the name the fellow gave Harland was an alias which he had assumed for the occasion.” Paxton did not know that Donald was the given namedf a man whose portrait Marion Oakbnrn carried in her locket, and whom we may suppose was very dear to her. There was more of mystery in the case than Paxton yet suspected. placed Donald Waybum’s letter Carefully in a safe where he kept important documents, when there came a sap at the office door. Paxton a moment later saw Richard Stanmore, who opened the door as he bade him enter. Os course the old gentleman was an entire stranger to the detective, but he received him very politely and invited him to be seated. Paxton never forgot a face, and he remembered having seen Stanmore at the coroner’s inquest. |TO BK CONTINUED.] Faithful In All. The late Dr. Thomas Hill gives in the Independent a sketch of “Tom,” a faithful Irish servant, who seldom failed in being “true to his lights.” His nice sense of honor is illustrated by a business transaction which Dr. Hill thus describes: During an absence of a year, I left a favorite cousin, Miss C— —, in charge of the place and family. In the summer, she asked Tom if he could not find some one who would cut and carry away the grass, selling or using it in payment for the labor involved. Tom undertook the work with a friend, and some days after the grass had been taken away, went to Miss C , and handed her $3. “What is this for?" asked she. “For the grass, ma’am.” “But I told you you could have it for the cutting.” “Yes, ma’am, but when we got the hay made, we found there was more of it than we thought It is worth $3 more than our work. ’’ “But, Tom, you may have those $3. I made the bargain, and I will stand by it.” “Naw. naw, Miss C——. That wouldn't be right toward him that’s away.” " “Yes. it would,” said the lady, “for he gave me full authority to act for him. My bargain is his bargain.” But Tom could not be induced to touch the money. He only shook his head and walked away, saying, “Naw. naw! That wouldn’t be right toward him that’s away!” Lost Himself. Perhaps the most extraordinary, case of absence of mind ever related is one recorded of an intoxicated man who applied late at night at the Paris morgue, where the bodies of the unknown dead are placed. “What do you want?” asked the keeper. “I'm looking for—me.” said the intoxicated man. “What do you mean?” “Why, you see, I been home for five nights, and I didn’t I know what had I and 1 didn’t know but I might find , myself here.” Mamma— “My darling, don’t yon think you’ve oaten enough?" Maude —"Me don’t know/- Me ain’t dot a Sfery bad tummickache yet”—Harper’s Baxar.

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Grand Rapids I Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time, 2H minutes slower than Columbus or formerglmo. Took effect Sunday, -lan. 10. IM)?. . GOING NORTH. STATION?. No. 1 No. 3 No. 6 No. .7 Cincinnati lve H 10am fißOpm HloniUdnd..... 320 pm inM .. 11 35 ....... Winchester ... 317 .. 111>6 . 123ftan Portland 404 . 1235 pm 4 13 Decatur 510 131 .. *2l FLWayne.. arr ODO.. 215.. 306 “ ...Ive 2 35.. 325 806 am Kendallville 341 430 ,010 .. Rome City, 3 58 4 47 1126 . Wolcottville 401 . 453 981 .. Valentine 411 [9 42.. LaGrange .... 420 .. 511 1 961 .. Lima...” 431 . 524 10 03 .. Bturgih 10 19 . Vicksburg 680 881 . 11 18.. Kalamazoo.arr 8 06.. 700 11 50.. ..Ive 345 am 625 .. 7 30. 1210 pm Gr. Rapids.arr 516 . 810 920 2 00.. “ !• ..Ive 7Oft 10 30 11 30 415 . D..G.H.4M.0r 720 10 46 .11 45 4 28.. Howard City... 8 36. 1150 110 pm 500 .. Illg Rapids 918 . 12 36am 201. 662 .. Heed City »53 106 .. 230 730 .. Cadillac arr 1100 . 206 . 4 05.. 900.. ** .. ..ive ........ 215.. 4 15.. 910.. Traverse City 6 3ft .. 10 46 . Kalkaska 3 44.. 620 Petoskey 6 40.. 820 MacklnacCtty 7 00.. 945 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 8 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 720 pm 745 am Petoskey 910 . 906 Kalkaska 11 42 . 11 06 u Traverse City ~. 10 45 6 30am Cadillac .. ..arr 215 am 1256 pm : 806 .. •• Ive 226. 125.. 645 pm 810.. Reed City.'.'... 331.. 220 .. 760 920 Big Rapids 400 .. 301 .. 826 945 Howard City.. 461 .. 353.. 920. 10K . 11.. G. H. AM or 605 6 15. 1025 11 35 .. Gr. Rapids arr 6 29.. 6 30..>10 40.. 1150.. “ “ ~IVC 700.. 600.. 1106. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 850.. 8 00.. 1230 am 3 40.. •• ..Ive 865 .. 806 345 Vicksburg 924 .. 833 A l 3 ■ Sturgis tO 19 .. 926 y 607 .. LaGrange .... 1044 .. 952 .. .y. .. 529 Valentine 10 63.. 10 02.. yi 537 . Wolcottville. . 1104 .. 10 14 .. 546 Rome City 1100 1019 - 651 Kendallville... 1125 . 10 39 *??• Ft Wayne..arr 1240 pm 1150 710.. “ •• ..Ive 100- IzlOam 545 am.... Decatur 146./863.. 8 30.. Portland 240 .. 168 .. 730 Winchester... 317.. 238 .. 809 Richmond 420 .. 340 915 Ctnelwnatl.....,l 7<lo .. 6M. WMmn .. Trains 5 and 6 run dally 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 anvbody else can afford to sell them.. 1 sell different makes. CLEAHIN6 AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and save money. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. Scientific American Agency ■ J w J ■! 1 5a yl■■ J k ■ i I■R k ■ TRADE MARKS, PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. Vor Information and free HandbotA write to MUNN A CO- Ml Oldest bureau lor securing P»ten«ln Amerire. Krerr oatent taken out by ns ia brought before tbepubficHjy a notice given free of charge in the Jrientifif >merifa« SCsreSSRSSS year ; 1150 six months. Address MTON A 00, 3K Broadway. New York.

SI.OO ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANC AND A r£AR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLYENQUIREF A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piano, $1150.01 A Gladiator Watch and Case ..... ,1l).W A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass 20.01 A Holman Parallel Bible 13.01 A Venice Parlor Clock 12.01 A High Grade Safety Bicycle 125.04 An Elgin Watch and Boas Cane. . . . 25. W A Haydock Rice Coil Spring 1 n . ’ Handy Top Buggy r A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Case. 75.01 A Life Scholarship in Watters ) Commercial College | A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.01 A Double Barrel Shot Gun 30. W A Silverene Case 7 jewel Watch. . . 10.01 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine,ss.oi A 15 jewel Watch, Boes Case 35.1 M A Five Octave Parlor Organ 150.01 A Gladiator Watch, Dueber Case. . . 30.1 M A John C. Dueber Watch A Case. . . 441.04 And 82 other valuable premiums wil be presented to yearly subscribers o the Weekly Enquirer in April, 1892 Enclose one dollar for a year's sub i scription to the Weekly Enquirer, an< GUESS what will be the number of subscriber in the five largest lists received firon Nov. 1, ’9l, to March 31, ’92. For same term last winter it wa 2999, and the winter before was 1405 The premiums are to be presents to those whose guesses are correct oi nearest correct For full list set . Weekly Enquirer, now the largest 1! 1 page dollar a year paper in the Unite< States. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. ' Flzzt aaih Night and Day Service betweei Toledo, Ohio )AND(— . St. Louis, Mo 1 FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THMUCHODT. vestibuleTsleehng cars ON NIGHT TRAINS. tfMEALS SERVED EN ROUTE, any hour. 041 OR RIBHT, at moderate cost. ’ Ask for tickets via Toledo, St Louis k KansasGtjß. R CloverLehfßoute. For further particulars, call on nearest Agent of the Company, or address C- Off JEN KINS r General Pismuiw Agent. TOLEDO OHIO Lines. Schedule in effect Baa. IS. Trains Leave Decatur as FoUaws TRAINS WEST. No. 5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I H Chicago and the weet f No. 3. Pacific Express, dally for I •.«, . u Chicago and the west f No. L Express, daily for Chicago I p M and the west r. N 0.31 Local.., >10:35 A. M. TRAINS XAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for ( M New York and Boston f saw r. m. No. 12, Express, daily [for New I M York f a "• No. 2, Accommodation, daily ex-l ~n „ M cept Sunday I " ' ' No-30. Local.., )■ 19:35 A.M. J. W. DzLong, Agent. Frank M. Caldwell, D. P. A. Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk. A. G. P. A.. Chicago, 18. O.F. M ANDKF.WS. aician cfc Burgeon ■i MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd afid 3rd doors weetof M. E. church, 26-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary /KM Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orcbo M. Zj tomv, Overotomy, Castrating, Ridg ling. Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardware store. Decatur Indiana. Leri Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. ACENTSWANTED Good Solicitors Only. Ladle* or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from 82.00 to 88.00 a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, , CINCINNATI, O. The Clncinuatl Enquirer and the DaMOCitAW oue vear for 82.30. By subscribing now, yon can have both papers through the great cam paign of 1892. • MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property on Long Timo. DiTo Ooxnmiaißloxi. * Low Bata of Intereat. Jteiwtlgal. Faayxxx«3&tMl la any amount* coa be made at any time and etop Interest. Call on. or addreee, X. JK. GRUBB, or J. F. MANN, Office: Odd Fellow*' Building, Decatur. O. T. May, M. D , Fkxsrmlblghxxeffit IBxix***oa M*araa, '• • ' > IwjjjMlffi,' All cam promptly attended to day or alght. Office *t residence. J. R. POHO. R. T. 8080. Master Commissioner. bOBO & SOT 4, Attorneyw at Xia-vw, Estate and Odilectors, Decatur, [b<L *o--