Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1892 — Page 7

' fl CHARACTER PARADOX. Jack Bowdoin’s Conversion and How I< Came About. y by clay m. grjeene.

CRAFTER ll.—Continued. And the astute Mr. Sampson made the following entry In his subscription •book: ‘Mary Clarissa Bowdoln, cash $1,000.* • “And now, Parson,” said Jack,"there’s somethin’ else. I want to learn to play the organ by note, and you can put me on the right road to it ” “How bo?" 'Nobody in Aspen but Miss Charles ■knows how to teach it, and a n&onth ago you wouldn't let her give me a lesson.” *1 was afraid that any connection with you " “Would give her a bad name, that’s It. But I’m different now; I'm a changed man. Igo to church twice every Sunday. I sent' to Chicago and had an organ brought to my place, and every night I play church music to the boys.” “Mr. Bowdoln, you surprise met* “Yes, and you can beta stack o’ blues I surprised the boys, too! Why, you hear me, Parson, just give me half a show, and I’ll haye that there church •o’ yourn chock full o’ religious gamblers.” “That would indeed be a most desirable victory of the truth over sin." “Well, if it wouldn’t, you can break me! And you can help bring it about.” “Do tell me, how?” Mr. Sampson was now becoming interested. “Why," replied Jack, with much warmth, “by writin’ a note to Miss Charles tellin' her she must teach me how to read notes. Then the boys won’t get tired o’ the old tunes.” “Do you ever pray with your friends, Mr. Bowdoln?” This was something of a staggerer to Jack, but, as he expressed it in his thoughts, he had “made the bluff, and must play out his hand. ” “Well, no. You see, I haven’t got the hang O’ prayin’ just yet, and If I had, they Wouldn't understand it. So I thought I’d better get at ’em first • through the inspirin’ music o’ the organ. “Yes, I think I do. The idea is novel, and ought to prove very effective. I will' write the note to Miss Charles.” “That’s right, Parson, and let me deliver it” The note giving to Miss Helen Charles her pastor’s permission to accept Mr. John Bowdoin as a music pupil, “for religious reasons,” was duly written, and Jack, seizing it eagerly, arose to go. “One moment, my friend,” said Mr. Sampson. “Have you a Bible?" “Er—well—no. You see, I loaned it to a friend o’ mine that’s goin’ to be hung.” “ Take this then, ” handing Jack a small Bible, “as a gift of affection from me, and with it my blessing. ” And the man of God pressed the gambler warmly by the hand. As Jack passed out of the parsonage With the precious note in his pocket and the Bible in his hand, he found himself stirred by most pecular emotions. Several contending forces seemed to wrangle in his breast. He was deeply moved by the soft speech and tender manner of the benevolent old pastor, and within his heart of hearts there was just a tinge of remorseful rebuke for having lied so tremendously to the worthy man. “ 4 “I can square it though," he thought, “by makin’ it come true. I wonder how it’d work? I wonder if the Bible forbids gamblin’? I’ll read it to night and find out." By this time he had reached the Hopkins cottage, and his musings ceased. For the second time he stood at the door, and rang the bell. It was opened by Helen Charles herself, and before she could recover from her surprise at finding him again in her presence, he had placed Mr. Sampson’s note in her hand. “Here’s a letter from the parson. Miss." . 1 “For me?” “Yes, he told me to fetch it to you." She opened it and began to read. He thought he noticed a look of pleasure on her handsome face, but said nothing until she had folded the sheet and replaced it In the envelope. “Will you learn me now, Miss?" “Yes, Ms. Bowdoin,” she replied, Smilingly, “most willingly." He said nothing for a moment or, two, but looked into her face with eyes full of eamdbtness and gratitude. Then When he had stammered out a grateful “Thank you. Miss, I’ll never forget this as long as I live,” she saw two great tears tremble down his cheeks and fall at her feet. Noticing, too, his embarrassment at, this involuntary exhibition of weakness, she cafoe to his rescue. “Shall you be ready to begin at once?” “Any time you say, ’ 7 “Now?" “Yes, Miss, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble.” “I have no instrument at home, but if yoq have no objection we will go over to the church." ' So they walked silently down the hill together and entered the church. This guileless, innocent girl, whose soul had never yet become tainted by a single impure thought, sat trembling beside the professional outcast, who had been cradled in the lap of vice, nurtured into manhood by the fruits of sin; whose whole career had been one of outlawry and crime. And there in the little organ loft, with no listeners saye the rafters and the pews, the Vulture took his first music lesson from the Dove. CHAPTER 111. Before the evening fell, the lesson was over, and the mete announcement that it was so fell like a cloud over the spirit of the pupil. The new atmosphere in which for two hours he had found himself made him feel as though he would never tire, if it could only continue on and on forever. Helen had said nothing to him that was not in the line of instruction, and yet her every word sent a thrill of fervor and delight through every nerve. She spoke in a gentle, almost friendly tone, yet he would not for worlds have dared to ask her a single question, lest the sound of hie voice might break the spell she had cast about him. She was so'close to him at times, that her shoulder touched his, and he could feel her sweet breath upon his face—but he would rather have plunged his hand into a seathing furnace; than defile her Virgin form with his unholy touch They were Elysium, those two hours in the organ loft; they were freighted over §nd over again with the delicate sense of purity, and the delightful comfort that has its birth in peace and rest. And she? Be it by no means supposed that she, too, was not impressed by the novelty of her position; that her girl’s heart was not stirred by a depth of sentiment she had never felt before. She knew that the man by her side was an apostle of sin, one whom ■had men feared and good men shunned.

She knew that the delicate hand she admired, as it flew over the keys of the organ, had more, than once been stained with a fellow-creature’s blood.And yet she neither feared nor shunned him, but, rather, felt herself drawn to him, if not by the grandeur of his passion for music, at least by the hdpe that hers might be the helping hand to drag him out of the pit in which he bad chosen to pass his life. “Must you go so soon, Miss?" Jack asked, earnestly, as she announced that the lesson was over. "Yes, they will be expecting me at home." “When can I have another lesson?" “The day after to-morrow. \ “Why not to-morrow?” “I should be afraid that people might talk." "I see, I see,” he feplied, sadly. “And you don’t know, Miss, how I tlftnk you for takln’ this interest in me. What must I do to make myself good enough, so’s people won’t talk when they see us together?” “Our good pastor gave you mankind’s most useful manual to-day. That will teach you everything.” “Will it, Miss? Thon I’ll learn it all by heart." “And you may tell me how much you've read at our next lesson. Now, good-evening.” And she offered him her hand. He looked at her for a moment in blank surprise, and then said: “No, Miss; you don’t know what you’re doin’. My hand ain't pure enough to touch yours—not yet—wait." “I will take it now.” <• He seized her hand eagerly, though reverently, and for the first time in his life used the name of the Deity otherwise than in the framing of an oath. “God bless yer, Miss; God bless yer!" Then placing a bank note in her hand, with the remark that he would rather pay as he went along, he left her alone in the loft, descended to the church, passed out into the street, and walked hastily in the direction of the “Little Casino.” After he had gone, Helen examined her first fee, and gave vent to a scream of surprise. It was a one-hundred-dollar bill. Arriving at his place of business, Jack was received with shouts of drisive laughter, which continued for some mo* ments. After it had subsided, he spoke: “Well, what’s the matter now?” “Ha, ha, ha!" laughed a burly gambler, “we’ve got yer now, Jack; we’ve got yer dead to rights! Ain’t we boys?" “Yes, yes, sure!” from twenty throats. “Why, what are you driving at?" asked Jack, with flashing eyes, for he had begun to divine their meaning. “Why, we watched ye this afternoon and seen ye sneakin’ into the church with that yaller-haired young heifer at Hopkins’.” Jack’s pistol was out in an instant, and his face grew livid with rage. “Now, listen to me,every one of yer! I won’t explain, because this is no place to drag her name intd. But let me tell you this, and you all know I never give a warnin’ but once. If one o’ you men ever dares to-apeak that lady's name in ■ my bearin’ again, by God, I’ll kill him dead!" There was a lull in the room, and no one made any attempt at a retort, for it had long been a well-established fact that when Jack’s pistol was out he never stopped to bandy words. After a glance about the room, to satisfy himself that his threat had produced the desired effect, Jack turned coolly to his head employe. “How’s the game runnin’. Shorty?” “Fust-rate; we win three thousand." “Let her go!" ejaculated Jack, cheerily. “You don’t need me, so I’ll go home and do some rcadin'. Goodnight." And, leaving the saloon,he went to his room at Mrs. Brown’s boardinghouse, sat in an easy chair, took from his pocket the Bible given him by Mr. Sampson, and began to read. He devoured the entire book of Genesis, ordered his supper, and spent the next hour in eating, iwnoking, and musing over the strange Kstory of the creation —read for the first time. “Six days!” he queried. “How could that be? Now, I’ve got a rock behind my bar that was blowed open and a fish found inside. Professor Smith said that couldn’t a been made in a million years. Guess I’ll have to ask the parson about that. ’* He passed into the secoifl stage of Bible reading and did not pause till he had completed Exodus, when he lit another cigar .and then continued his reading. It was not an inspiriting pastime to a man of his tastes, but her remembered his promise to Hol an and dung to his task with stolid pertinacity, until the little clock on his table struck two, when he undressed himself and went to bed. “There’s one thing I like about the ' Bible, ” he mused before going to sleep. “There’s not one word in it agin dealin’ faro bank, and so the old game goes right on just the same as ever. ” Early next morning he was awakened by a loud knocking at his door, and his sleepy “Come in!” was followed by the entrance of Sheriff West. “Hallo, Sheriff! What’s up?" “I subpoena you to serve on a jury." "What jury?” “There’s a crazy woman at the Court House, and we’ve called a jury to decide as to her insanity.” “What the blazes do I know about insanity?" “Nothing —neither do the doctors, but it’s the law, and you’ve got to come. You’re called for 9 o’clock, and it’s halfpast eight now. So hurry up! ” And the representative of the law disappeared. Jack growled out a grotesque combination of expletives and hurled them at the laws of the country which compelled a free andindependent citizen to sit upon a jury against his will. But ho dressed himself; swallowed a cup of coffee, and betook himself to the courtroom. As outlined by the Sheriff, the jury were to decide upon the sanity or insanity of an unfortunate woman, and the case was easily disposed of. It was “a mapifestly hopeless one, and, without argument, she’ was pronounced insane, and the Judge committed her to the State asylum. “Gentlemen," said the Judge, after signing the commitment, “there is another phrase of this case which is most touching. TJhe woman is entirely out of means, and has left a very young child totally unprovided for. Much as the Court regrets such a course, it must commit the Itttle unfortunate to the poor house.” w Jack’s sympatheic chord was touched at this, and rising quickly to his feet, he addressed the Judge, most earnestly, but with an entire absence of respect tor that dignitary. "Hold on, Judge, that’s not right! “Wilt’s that! Are you addressing

this Court, air?" retorted the Judge, with dlgnlilod ••verity. 'That’s what I'm doing, Judge Strong, I say it’s not right! That poor house ain't a fit place to feed hogs in, let alone human beings, and worst of all a little child. This may not be respectful, Judge, but it's business, and you knoff It a heap better’n I do!" “What other course would you suggest?" "I don’t know. Thunder, Judge, It’s my business to make trouble, not to keep people out of it. You've got a family—why don’t you take the little one home yourself?" “Ahem! Ah—well, that would be al together out of the question.” “Bay, let’s have a look at the kid, wlX* you?" The child was produced—a girl about 8 years of ago, with a delicate face, every line of which was tinged with traces of apparent refinement. A murmur of admiration passed through the court-room, and every eye was turned upon Jack Bowdoin. He looked at the child, held out his hand to her, and shs ran to him as though she had known him always. “Judge Strong, do you mean to tell me that you’ve got the heart to send this poor little thing to that slaughter house?” "You cannot teach me my duty, sir!" “Yes, I can! You bet, I can! You’re a gopd Christian, they tell mo, and I’m nothin' but a gambler and jailbird! But I’ve got somethin' inside this here breast o’ mine that I wouldn’t trade for your Christianity at odds o’ ten to one! Do you know what it is, Judge Strong? It’s a pity, and I offer to take the little ’un myself and give her a home.” A burst of applause greeted this speech, and the Judge administored the usual perfunctory rebuke. Then, turning to Jack, he said: “I would be willing, Bowdoin, to grant you adoption papers for the child, could I be convinced that you are the proper person to care for her, which is doubtful.” “Well, give me a chance; that’s all I ask. I can’t take care of her myself, but I’ve got the money to pay some one who can. Judge, what do yer say?" “My child,” said the Judge, “do you wish to go with this gentleman?" The little waif climbed upon Jack’s

2L, 1 " «= TH® LITTLE WAIF CLIMBED UPON JACK'S KNEE.

knee, threw her arms about his neck and nestled her tiny face in his breast. “The child is placed in charge ot Mr. John Bowdoln, pending the consideration of the issuance of adoption papers.” Cheer upon cheer greeted this decision of the court. No attempt was made this time to quell them and the Judge, in what appeared to be pantomime,declared an adjournment and withdrew. Stock in Jack Bowdoin as a result of this touching proof of his goodness of heart had risen 200 per cent, in the.estimation of the good people of Aspen. The story spread like wildfire, and as he . passed down the street with the child in ’ids arms he received congratulations and friendly smiles from men who an hour before would not have spoken to him. One prominent citizen, who had twice attempted to,have him Indicted for keeping a disreputable resort, approached, and grasped him warmly by the hand. “Bowdoin," said he, “I have done you wrong, and I ask your pardon. Your action regarding this child proves you every inch a man." “Why, that’s all right, Mr. Hastings," replied Jack, modestly. “I only done what any one with a soul ought to do.” “Not atall,” asseverated Mr. Hastings, with much warmth. “Judge Strong claims io have a soul, and has provided for its salvation by close attention to what he assumes - to be the duty of a good Christian. He has been in error You taught him that duty to-day. Jack, and are, at heart, a better Christian than he.” “That’s what I want to be, Mr. Hastings, and I’m studyip’ out the combinations now. ” “Continue as you have begun, and you will succeed, my boy. Good morning. ” Ajid they shook hands again and parted. “It's a cornin’,” thought Jack, as he trudged up the hill towards Mrs. Brown’s with his burden of sunshine. “It's a cornin’ sure. I may not get to be such a crackin’ good Christian, but I’ll be a square man, and that’ll see me fixed comfortably when the end comes.” Here his reverie was interrupted by a tiny little voice from the direction of his right shoulder: “Where are you taking me to?" . “Hello, little one. Why, I come pretty high forgettin yer. I’m a takin’ yer to Mrs. Brown’s, where I live, and sho’H be a second mother to yer.” “I don’t want Mrs. Brown. I want you.” “Oh, I’ll be there to see that she treats you right. But I say. You ain’t told me yer name yet; what is it?”

“Helen.” The sound of that name went to his very soul, and he felt a thrill of love that went to the very tips of his fingers and sent the blood to his face. He placed her upon the ground, brushed back her matted curls, and kissed her reverently upon the forehead. “That settles it, baby; all the gold in these here mountains couldn’t get you away from me now. ” “ What’s your name?” “Well, you’d better call me Jack, I reckon.” “I don’t like that,” she said, poutingly; “I want to call you papa." He clasped her impulsively to his heart, and kissed her again and again. “So you shall, my little darling, and the man never lived that was as good a papa as I’ll be to you.” “What are you cryln’ for?" “Cryin’? AVhy, them ain’t tears. I’m so full o’ jqy and happiness and sunshine that some of it's got to leak out, that’s all! But I see Mrs. Brown on the stoop. Like enough she’s worryin’ cause I’m so late to breakfast. Come, and I’ll introduce yer.” (to bk continued, i Saw Eight Sovereigns. Jane Scrimshaw lived in London during the reign of eight sovereigns, from Elizabeth to Anne. Os her 127 years, eight of them were spent in An almshouse. "* No Good. A woman In Caribou, Me., tendered a Confederate note of S2O in payment for goods recently and was indignant, when the shopkeeper refused to take .it

New Things In Fholography. One of the most interesting developments of instantaneous photography in recent years Is that which has been applied to the analysis of the motions of animals, such as galloping horses, athletes running and jumping, and so on. A great deal has been learned in this way about the manner in which the limbs are managed in rapid motion, and some misconceptions have been corrected. One serious difficulty that has been encountered in the practical application of photography to moving objects arises from the fact that, in certain cdses, the successive images of the moving animal overlap one another in such away as to produce a confused picture. This difficulty has been overcome by a new method invented by Prof. Marey, and described recently in the Revue Generale des Sciences. He dresses the object ttf be photographed —and thus far he seemed to have applied the method only to man—in black, marks distinct white lines and spots upon the limbs whose motions he wishes to record, and then causes his subject, thus prepared, to pass in front of a black background. Only the white lines marked on the limbs are photographically visible, and owing to their narrowness they do not overlap in the pictures as the comparatively broad images of the whole limbs would do. Prof. Marey is able accordingly to' increase the number of exposures per second, and so to catch the moving limbs in a greater number of successive positions. The pictures thus obtained are very interesting an&*\> strtictive. A series of white dots; arranged in a waving line, represents the successive positions of the runner’s head, while bent white lines, following in a rhythmical series of positions, show the play of the arms and legs. • By this method the motions of an athlete in the act of making ning high jump have been photographed on a scale of twenty-five images per second, .the result being a beautiful series of lines showing qjearly how the lines are carried at successive Instants in the course of the jump. Prof. Marey has photographed an eel swimming, and a star-fish in the act of turning over, and a writer in Nature suggests that his methods and apparatus may be applied to the realization of a wish of Prof. Kay Lankester that he could photograph a running centipede, and the movements of scorpions and spiders. The rapid progress of photography , in the discovery, on the one hand, of new wonders in the heavens, and the revelation on the other hand, of many hitherto hidden facts concerning familiar objects upon the earth, is one of the most notable phenomena of this distinctively scientific age. Turning the Tables. An Illinois Sheriff was noted for his activity in looking up unlicensed peddlers. Taking his walk abroad one day, he came across an old fellow whom he at once concluded was an illegal trader, and inquired if he had got anything to sell. “Have I got anything to sell, Squire?” was the resportse. “Guess I have got blacking that will make them old cowhide boots of yourn shine so that you can shave in them. Got razors, too an article you want, I should say, by the look of your beard. Got Balm of Columby, top, only a dollar a bottle, good for the hair and assisting poor human nature. ” The Sheriff bought a bottle of Balm of Columbia, and then desired to see the Yankee’s license for peddling. The document was produced, examined, pronounced genuine, and handed back to the old man. “I don’t know now, that I care for this stuff,” said the disappointed official. “What will you give for it?” “Wa’al,” answered, the peddler, “I don’t .want it, Squire; but seeing it’s you, I’ll give you thirty-seven cents for it" The Sheriff passed him the bottle and pocketed the money, when the peddler said, — “Isay, I guess I have got something to ask you now. Have you got a peddler’s license about you?” "No,” said the Sheriff, “I haven't any use for one myself.” “Wa’al, I guess we will see about that pretty soon,” replied the Yonkee. “If I understand the law, Sheriff, it’s a clear case that gmf've been trading and peddling Balm of Columby on the highway, and I shall inform on you.” Thus he turned the tables; and the Sheriff was duly fined for peddling without a license. Pity for the Poor Professor. Dr. Robert Simson, the celebrated mathematician, who flourished during the first half of the eighteenth century, and whose edition of Euclid is still used in many schools, was a very absent minded man, and the object of frequent practical jokes. On one occasion a porter of Glasgow University, in which Simson held the chair of mathematics, dressed himself up for the part, and, calling on the Professor, begge’d charity of him. Inreply to several questions the man gave an account of himself that closely resembled (as, of course it was, meant to do) Simson’s own history. Struck by the extraordinary likeness between his visitors career and his own, he asked the former what his name was. On being told that it was “Robert Simsotf,” the Professor remarked with deep interest. “Why, it must be myself,” and handed the poor professor a substantial gratuity, adding a few words of pity for his sad fate as a man of genius. Bismarck's Hart Advice. “Drinking,” said Bismarck to one of his visitors who took part in his recent birthday celebration at Friedrichsruhe, “drinking, I am afraid, is going more and more out of fashion. May we never fare like the English, since they only drink tea and water.” He then poured out an “old cognac,” drank it off, and continued: “We Northern nations require a good (?) drink. Hungarians and Spaniards come into the world half drunk, but a German, in order to become aware of his power, must pour half a bottle of good Vine, or, still better, a whole bottle down his throat” [This •‘good wine,” or, potato whisky, steals away his brains, muddles his mind, and breeds disease in his body.]

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capitol *50,000. Surplus, *IO,OOO Orlgantzed August 15,1883. Officers—T. T. Dorwln, President; P. W. Smith, Vice-President;K. H. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook, B.J. Terveer, J. D. Hole and B 8. Peterson, Directors. We ere prepared to make Loans on good security, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, end furnish Letters of Credit available in any of the principal cities of Europe. Also Passage Ticket to and from the Old World, including transportation, to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. *75,000. Surplus, 75/100. Organised hi 1871. Officers—D. Studebaker. President; Bobt. 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 driers bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hooper, s Attorney £Vt Law Decatur, - - Indiana. EJ.H.LeERUN. Veterinary Surgeon, !Monr*oe, Ind; Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Win respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. . BBVIN, R. K. t MANN, J. r. Eli WIN & HANN, • ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd FeUows’ Building, Decatur, Ind. TTUiANCE & MKBBYMAN. J. T. FRANCE. A? J. T. MERRYMAN ■Attorney® rat Imw, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1,2 and 3. over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, I. J. MIESSE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location 'Central—Opposite Court Hbnse. The leading hotel in the city. JQ. NEPTUNE, • DENIST. Now located over Holthouse s shoe store, and is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. AH work warranted. Kent K. Wheelock, M, D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Calhoun-st, Fort Warne. Ind. , JJEV D. NEUENSCH WANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Herne, - - - Zndtane. Children and Chronic Disease* a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A.«. HOUAIWAY, FHyalclartCb Surfeon Office over Bums’ harness shop, reetdenoe one door north of M. E. church. All call* promptly attended to in city or country night or day. M, L. HOLkOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. M. church. Disease* of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Rasoa( Train* run cm Central Standard Time, 28 mJ* ute* slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Bunday. June 12.1892. • GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 810 am 860 pm Richmond) 220 pin W 66 .. 1126 Winchester ... 817 . lift 12 12anf Portland 1 4 04 ~ 1236 pm 12 46 Decatur 15 10 .. 131.. 128 Ft.Wayne...arr #OO . 216. 206 •• •• ...Ive ........ 236 ~ 216 .. 806 am Kendallville.. 1....... 341.. 309.. »10 .. Home City .1...... 3 58.. 3 22.. 92#.. Wolcottville... 1 401 931.. Valentine / 411 9 42 .. LaGrange 4HI .. 341 .. 961 .. Lima ..4 29 10 03.. Sturgis....! 440 . 4 00.. 1019.. Vicksburg 6 3#.. 4 5#.. 1109.. Kalamazoo, arr *O6 12 01 .. • " .. Ive 720 am 625 .. 620 .. 12 lopm Gr. Rapids..arr 9 29.. 810 . 8 50.. 1 50.. “ "■ ..Ive 4 16pm 1030 .. 720 200 .. D..0.H.4M.0r 429 . 1045 . 7 27.. 2 14.. Howard City. 640.11 50 . 841 3 14.. Big Rapids 862 .. 12 36am 946 .. 3 5#.. Reed City 7 30.. 1 03.. 10 20.. 4 20.. CadillMfew-rr 9 00.. 2 06. 11 30 5 15.. Traverse City.'llo 45 .. 125 pm 855.. Kalkaska .... 348 ~ 110 Petoskey... 545 .. 3 15.. . Mackinac City 7 15.. 445 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 8 No. 4 No. » Mackinac City. 845 pm 8 00am 200pm Petoskey 10 20 .. 930 .. 315 Kalkaska 12 38 .. 11 36 .. 502 Traverse City ...11 10.. 4 30.. 830 am Cadillac. arr 2 05am 115 pm 8 30.. 8 05..| •' o ... ive 2 15.. 135.. 850 pm 810.. Reed'City 3 28.. 230.. 7 60.. 9 00.. Big Rapids 400.. 258.. 825.. 945.. Howard City.. 456 . 343 .. 920 .. 10 32 .. ])..G.H.&M.cr 6 05.. 5 05., 10 25.. 1135.. Gr. Rapids arr 6 20. 5 20.. 10 40.. 1150.. •' " ..ive 7 00.. 6 00.. 1120.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 12 55am 3 40.. " ..ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg; 924 . 833 4 12.. sturgw. —lO 19 .. 926 503 .. Lima 1032 .. 940 .. 513 .. LaGrange... .10 44.. 952 5 23.. Valentine 10 53.. 1Q02.. 531 .. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14.. 5 40.. RomejCtty 1109 .. 1019 5 46.. Kendallville... 11 25 . 10 39 800.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 715.. '■ •' ..ive 100.. IzlOam 645 am Decatur,..l46.. 1250.. 630.. Portland 2 40. 1 46 . 7 30 Winchester. .. 317 . 2 35.. 809 Richmond Cincinnati 7 00.. 6 55... 1201 pm!...." Trains a and 6 Tun daily, between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON, A<ent, Decatur. Ind. LOOK HERE! l am here to stay and can sell Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford So sell them. IMU different make*. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and money. <T. T. COOTS,Decatur, Indi - 1 —" ■ — Scientific American Agency for y a w ■ j i 1 ■ R k ■ a* J caveats TRADE DESION PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO n 351 Broadway, New York. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us Is brought before the pubUe by a notice given free of charge in the Scientific >merira« Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly itfwtrated. No intelhgeat man should be without it. Weekly, $3.00 1 year; SUB six months. Address MUNN & (XX, VrBUSHEH®. 3H Broadway, New York.

1 91.00 * ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO »H0 t A ruurs SUBSCRIPTION - TO TH! WEEKLYENQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piano, $650.00 A Gladiator Watch and Case 30.00 A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass 20. W) A Holman Parallel Bible . 13.00 A Venice Parlor Clock 12.00 A High Grade Safety Bicycle 125.00 An Elgin Watch and Boss Case. . . , 25.00 A Haydock Rice Coil Spring 1 An Handy Top Buggy ” 2000 A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Caso . 75.00 Alife Scholarship in Watters') — Commercial College f ’ ' ’ A Six Octave Champion Organ . . . , 200.00 A Honble Barrel Shot Gun 30.00 A Silverene Case 7 jewef Watch. . . 10.00 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine,ss.oo A 15 jewel Watch, Boss Case 35.00 A Five Octave Parlor Organ 150.00 A Gladiator Watch, Dueber Case. , . 30.00 A John C. Imeber Watch Case. . . 40.00 And 82 other valuable premiums will be presented to yearly subscribers of the Weekly Enquirer in April, 1892. Enclose one dollar for a year’s subscription to the Weekly Enquirer, and GUESS what will be the numjjpr of subscribers in the live largest lists received from Nov. I, ’9l, to March 31, ’92. For same term last winter it was 2999, and the winter before was 1405. The premiums are to be presented to those whose guesses are correct or nearest correct. For full list see Weekly Enquirer, now the largestl2 page dollar a year paper in the United States. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. Firrt Clan Night and Day Service batwaaa Toledo, Ohio, St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TBAIHS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS; WMfJIS SERVED EN ROUTE, any hour, DAT OR NIRHT, at modvato cost. Ask for lickth via Toledo, SL Louis A Kansas Ciijft R. Clover Leaf Route. For further particular*, call on neareat Agent of the Company, or address o. C. JENKINS. Osasral PasMsser TOLEDO, OHIO, Jik Erie Lines. Schedule in effect May 15. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I o..x> v M Chicago and the west No. 3. Pacific Express, daily fori . . r Chicago and the west > “■ uu *”' No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago i and the west f I-. 13 P. No. 31. Local 10:36 A. M

TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for 1 p w New York and Boston f 1 No. 12, Express, daily Jfor New i M York f 1-w A. M. No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 o w cept Sunday I 1A r.n. No- 30. Local H0:35 A. M. I J. W. DeLong, Agent. Frank MN .Idwell. D. P. A. Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk. A. G. P. A., Chicago, 111. <F.P. M. ANDREWS, Fb.ysician <fc Surgeon MONBOB. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and; 3rd doors-west of M. E. church. ' 36-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary aRW Surgeon. Modus Operandi. Oroho YL 2-J- tomy. Overotomy, Castrating, Ridg ling. Horses and Spaying Cattle and tktan 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 Sjjprt streets. 1 -' AGENTS WANTED Good Solicitors Only. Ladles or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from SLOT to IB.OT a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY. CINCINNATI, O. the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Democrat one year for J2.3U. By subscribing now, you can have both papers through the great cam paign of 1893. J MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property oa Long Time. No Coxxxxxximiaßloxx. Low Bate of Interest. XFaaartlaal Faymenta In any amounts caa be made at any time aad •top interest. Call on, or address, XyK? GRUBB, or J. T. JfXVJT, OSes: Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur. •,T. Ray. R. », ' Vltxy ■lolazttfc O-vlx*k«o» Reeree, ... Indiana, Ail oalla promptly attended to day or algha JSoe at retidenoe. J. R 8080, R T. 8080. ' Muter Commissioner. 8080 * SON? ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Beal Estate and Collection, Decatur, Ind,