Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1892 — Page 7

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On the southeastern coast of Nantucket Island Is situated the little town of Siasconset, formerly a Ashing hamlet, founded by brave and hardy men, who built their box-like cabins on the bold bluff rising from this dangerous coast, and wrested from its waters their harvests of cod and pollock. For two centuries this place had an uneventful, unprogressive existence, but lately the hand of Improvement has touched it. and under the modernizing influence, it is gradually tending towards the realization of that muchabused thing, a summer resort. To the world in general, it is still comparatively unknown, but to those fortunate enough to have spent a summer beneath the Inspiration of its life-giving air, Its charming, unconventional features afford a theme for never-ending praise. Margaret chanced to hear of this odd bit of creation, and longing for something out of the ordinary run, decided to try Its unconventional freedom, notseason and Miss Hilton's advice. Bhe had not been very well * during the winter, and the doctor, discovering a general breaking down, had S rescribed change of scene and air as ae most effective medicine. Margaret cheerfully agreed with him, and very gladly availed herself of this opportunity to escape for a time the unpleasant notoriety which her late inheritance had given her, and the more than friendly overtures of politic Cornelias, with ambitious, matrimonial hopes for their respective Jewels. She did not realize Miss Hilton’s fear by regretting her selection of S’conset. She found it both novel and delightful. Its unique features amply atoned for Its dullness, and with much to All her days she could not complain of monotony. There were pleasant walks along wellkept roads or across the moors, whose swelling undulations of rich coloring were scarcely less Impressive than the ocean itself. Os the sea she could never tire. Whatever its mood, the broad expanse of lonely waters appealed to her with a fascination which only Its lovers understand. The old houses, many of which had heard the storms of two centuries and gave/ample evidence of the fact, contributed another element of variety. How many delightful hours she had spent in their cozy interiors, climbing shaky ladders doing duty for steps, to bump her head against the rafters of funny little attics, hunting out the bits of furniture which looked so ridiculously large in comparison with the rooms they occupied, or sitting in the tall, spindlelegged chairs before the broad Are-place watching the burning logs and listening to tales of danger and adventure upon the sea. She loved nothing better than to pore over the log books and follow in imagination the whaling expeditions of other and more prosperous days. And the old captains, in whose odd ways and quaint sayings she took such amused interest, were always happy to spin their yarns for such appreciative ears. Thus she speedily grew in public favor. She helped Aunt Marla to make bread and bake beans, and ate her full share of them afterward. She delighted old Captain Baxter by pretending to believe his unconscionable tales, and she £ reduced such an impression on Captain [orris that he gallantly and unblushingly declared she was the kind of girl he liked. She was really and thoroughly enjoying herse f. Yet, notwithstanding, Ml s Hiiton, wh Be preconceived notions were not to le removed, o mtinued to write d deful letters, in which sympathy for Margaret In her supposed dreary surroundings was largely predominant. Beating one of these commiserating notes on the beach one afternoon, Margaret could not refrain from smiling as she compared her actual surroundings with those pictured by the writer. The day was exceptionally, Ane, clear, and warm, the bright sun and soft Winds seeming to hold the promise of early summer. The sea, so' often wild upon this dangerous cobs';, was unusually calm, and the waves rolled in with languid rhythmic unison, a quivering sweep of blue watt re, breaking into a curl of foam upen the high, bread beach. From the bold bluff looking out upon the restless ocean to the wave-washed horizon rose the little village, a marvel of quaint, picturesque b 'auty, with its much-shingled cottages of curious design m l still more curious architecture. | Beyond lay a broad expanse of moor, rising into a range of low-lying hills, and further still the distant sparkle of the sea. Over all a cloudless B'oonset sky, and the promise of a glorious sunset. Lying at full length on the beach, {Margaret enjoyed the calm serenity of the scene about her. ’ But shews; not left long in undisturbed quiet. The current of her thoughts was rather rudely diverted (from Miss Hilton and her letter to the spectacle of her hat sailing gracefully 'up the beach under the Impulse of a 'gust raised for the occasion. 1 With an exclamation more forcible than elegant, she sprang to her feet and // hastened in pursuit, until she was {brought to a breathless standstill by a very audible “Hello!” ! And the next second a head, followed * {immediately by the body of a young iman, made itself visible from behind one of the numerous dorjes lining the Ibeach. , : “Oh!" cried Margaret, somewhat startled and wondering whether the sudden W apparition had fallen from the clouds or ■Vi ascended from the sand. [ "I beg your pardon,” remarked this ivery much alive apparition, surprised in his turn, and displaying a remarkable activity In getting on his feet. “I’ve ibeen asleep. Didn't know a sdul was around. Hope I haven’t frightened you. ” “Oh, no! you are not very formidable, only—-" “You didn’t expect to see me," he put in with a quizzical light in the laughing brown eyes, which Margaret found strangely familiar. “I dare say he thinks I’m overcome with delight," was her inward comment, accompanied with some slight resentment, a feeling soon dispelled by another glance in the frank, handsome face. “He is certainly good-looking," she told herself, as a result of this brief scrutiny. “I wonder how under heaven he found his way here. I must And out. “Strangers are real curiosities at tills --Beason,” she said aloud, partly followmg ; i -h*.. - - ■ ~r - ;. -.......

—— ■■ I up her own thought and partly replying ' to a remark of his. “There are no visitors here, only the Ashermen and their wlvoß, and a limited supply of children." “I know; awful prosy, isn’t it? I'd die In no time. You are different, though.” “Yes, and while I've been wasting my | time in talking, my hat is gone.* "So it has. Indeed, I’m awfully sorry.” His eye followed hers to the hat rising and falling on an outgoing wave. , “Was it valuable?” “Cost Atty cents," she replied, en- i deavoring to preserve her .gravity. “I suppose it has gone for good, and I might as well be going home,” “Oh, no! don’t!" ho entreated, with boyish eagerness. "I'm awfully tired of my own company." “Candid, upon my word. I’ll stay a little while, but really I don’t feel that I should.” Margaret might well question the proSrlety of her action. Hhe felt convinced xat Miss Hilton would not approve this conAdential manner with a stranger, but there were times, she felt, when a suggestion of impropriety is the spice which gives a variety to life. This was one of them. She intended to follow out the line of conduct proposed to herself when she camo to this new world, as It were, namely, to do as she pleased. Just now she pleased to stay and talk with this young man, for whom she felt an unaccountable liking. She had some curiosity to discover his name, and his reasons for visiting S’conset. In some way she felt she had seen his face before. While she was thus thinking and knitting her brow over this vague resemblance, ho was watching her face with a scrutinizing interest. Glancing up, she met bis eyes, and finding its humor contagious, she was soon laugh'ng as merrily as he. “We are better acquainted now," he cried gayly, while she wondered at her capacity for nonsense. “If you want to know a person just laugh with them. That’s my theory. Not that I should be laughing, though. Crying would better suit my condition in this vale of tears. Won’t you sit down, Miss " “Smith," supplemented Margaret, giving him the name she had assumed. "Smith; you don’t look like a Smith. But I’m glad it isn’t Coffin or Folger. You are not a native, I know. Please sit here. You’ll And it ever so comfortable. Only a trifle rocky. Do they Ash In these things?" “In these dories? Oh, yes; it is ever so interesting to watch them." “Well, I shouldn’t And the pastime so amusing. Is that how you manage to exist in this God-forsaken hole?” “Evidently you don’t appreciate nature," she remarked, in rather unflattering tones, as she took possession of the seat he offered her. “No. I appreciate the comforts of civilized life more. I’m not a romantic kind of animal, you see. I’m tired of this already. Only came this morning, too. I’ve been in Nantucket a week. Hauled up there to see an antediluvian aunt of my mother's. She got it into her head that she couldn’t exist without a sight of my manly countenance, “You had compassion on her?" “Yes; that was it. It is her fault I'm here to-day. She talked of S’conset until I thought It was second heaven; but I haven't seen anything' 'here yet " He added the last word byway of qualification, and gave Margaret an interrogative glance. “I suppose not,” was her tranquil reply, “unless you saw it in dreams. You should have chosen a livelier season. It Is perfectly charming In the summer. Now, things are inclined to be slow." “Bather,” he agreed readily. “Horses In the bargain. The brute that hauled me from Nantucket stopped every five minutes to get his breath. It was wearying on my patience, I assure you. And the old captain who drove me was more wearying than the horse. The stories he expected me to swallow were an insult to my intelligence. I think this air must breed captains, they are so wonderfully prolific. Every blessed man I’ve met is a captain, or would have been if the whale fisheries had kept up. I’ve been trying to hunt up the ordinary sailors.” “Perhaps sailors were not in vogue on whaling vessels,” suggested Margaret, with utmost gravity. “Captain Pitman says " “That’s another peculiarity,” he Interrupted abruptly, “their names. Did you ever hear anything to beat it? Wretchedly monotonous to hear Coffin, Folger. and Pitman, Pitman, Folger and Coffin.” “ ‘There’s nothing In a name,’ ” quoted Margaret, lightly. “A mjstake altogether. A name means everything. Take mine, for instance — Brian Leigh. Now, the Brian part What’s the matter?” He might well ask this question, for without the least warning Margaret had slipped hastily from her seat, on the boat, and stood regarding him with a curious blending of perplexity and surprise. “Brian Leigh,” she replied, in an incredulous tone; “is It really Brian Leigh?" “I have always understood so,” he answered with a laugh and a puzzled glance at her face. “I don't see how I can be mistaken.” “I am very foolish," she remarked, anxious to divert his suspicions, while she still regarded him rather curiously, though with a newer and deeper interest Bhe understood now the strange resemblance unexplained before. Something in the eyes and mouth recalled vague memories of her father, and this likeness, faint as it was, served to awaken new feelings in her breast. She wanted to be alone to think of, this new and unexpected turn of affairs. She was not given to superstition, but the coincidence of their meeting in this out-of-the-way place seemed too curious to be merely coincidence; yet, as such she must accept it. What would Miss Hilton say? Should she tell her? No. Should she tell her cousin that she was the Margaret who had taken his fortune from him? No, again; and she could give herself no reason for these decisions. “It is certainly strange that we should be thrown together," she remarked to herself when she had left Brian a few minutes later. “I almost wish he would not go back to Nantucket to-night. If he should stay here a few days I might have an opportunity to study his character. He doesn’t seem to be much troubled. No depth of feeing, I’m afraid. He acts more like a silly college boy. I think I was rather silly, too. I’m really ashamed of myself. Well, I’ll await developments.” Margaret dreamed of her cousin that night, and rose next morning still thinking of him. CHAPTER 111. j OK THU BANDS AT S’CONSET The day came in damp and chilly. The sun refused to make bls appearance, and the heavy fog hanging over the sea crept stealthily In'and until the outlines of the village Wd’.A lost in its subtle, mysterious folds. Margaret viewed the landscape from the confined space of her bed-room window. "Damp," she commented. "I dare say i.,;; •iSiai-.i'hz .v. .

I shall be drowned in this mist, but out I intend to a<>. nevertheless." True to her word, she put on rubber clca’c, boots, and cap, ana, feeling comparatively water-proof, started for the deserted beach. The mist had lifted somewhat, but the Bea was very high, and the gulls flow over the rolling surf like tiny dots upon the gray horizon. Margaret’s eye followed their graceful motion as they dipped their wings to the seething waves, or rose with sweeping course to pursue their onward flight. “How provoking,’’ Bhe exclaimed. “I did think that glorious sunset meant nice weather to-day. I suppose It is rather wicked to wish for sunshiqe when old Captain Pitman wants rain to fill his cistern, It would puzzle God to please everybody. I wonder if those gulls foretell a storm. I haven't the least Idea about the direction of the wind. Let me see; that is the east over there, and that Is the north, and Well, I declare!” In locating the points of the compass, her eye had encountered her cousin, and he, seeing her at the same moment, began to make the best of his way to join her, waving his arms spasmodically meanwhile. When he reached her finally he was quite breathless. “Quite hard work, isn’t it?” said Margaret, as ha stood panting before her. "The sand is so soft and yielding.” “I should say sq. I believe I have a peck of it in my shoes. Did you come down here to kill yourself, or merely for the pleasure of seeing one trudge over that sand." “I didn’t come for the first object, certainly; and as for the second, It really didn’t enter my mind. I have a very contrary nature. I like the things that most people dislike. For Instance, I revel in rain and dampness. I love to go out In a pouring shower. It doesn’t hurt me, either. I'm abnormally “And abnormally imprudent," he added. “If I had any authority, you shouldn't sit here." “But you haven't any authority, and I have an unusual prejudice In favor of my own way. Why didn't you go to Nantucket last night? Is it possible you have managed to survive so long In this God-forsaken hole?" Brian caught the spice of mischief in these words. “I thought I’d stay a few days,” he explained, in answer. "Dreaded the ride back, too. I haven’t any ambition to be fretted to death in those ruts. Besides I wanted to find what interests you here." He threw himself beside her and fixed his eyes upon her face. Bhe moved restlessly under this scrutiny. [TO BE CONTI NCED.J What Lew Majeate Is. Lese majeslo is a crime unknown in the United States. On the other side of the Atlantic, howewer, hundreds of people have been sentenced lately, especially in Germany, for its commission. Its essence consists in speaking in any way with disrespect or irreverence of the reigning prince. A few instances of this law’s operation may be interesting. On March 3 last a servant girl, just 17 years of age, was sentenced at Dresden to three months’ imprisonment for lese majeste, the latter having consisted of speaking disrespectfully of Emperor William. A short time ago a lady at Prague was likewise condemned to three months’ imprisonment for having spoken disrespectfully of the imperial family, the disrespect consisting of a remark which she made during some public ceremony to the effect that Archduke Frederick, who was present, was a pretty fellow. An equally preposterous case was that of the editor of the Potsdamer Zeitung, who shortly after the accession of Emperor William was charged with lese majeste for having said in his newspaper that the young monarch had been seen in a one-horse cab. In making the statement the object of the editor had been to give an illustration of William’s democratic ways, or rather of those which the Germans would have wished him to have inherited from his lamented father. The authorities, however, held that the paragraph was calculated to bring ridicule upon the sovereign, and accordingly the editor was sentenced by the tribunal at Potsdam to imprisonment. No less than nine persons are now undergoing imprisonment for having remained seated at public banquets when the German Emperor’s health was being drunk, the charge against them in each case being that of majestats beliedigung, or lese majeste. All these sentences have a sort of mediaeval savor about them, and are unsuited and out of keeping with a civilization so enlightened as that of the closing decade of the nineteenth century. Molasses Used as Fuel. A calculation has been made of the comparative results, from an economical point of view, of the substitution of molasses for coal as a fuel, which has now for some time been practiced in certain parts of the South. According to this the lowest grades of vacuum pan of molasses contain from 20 to 25 per cent, of sugar, which cannot be extracted by existing machinery, and, estimating a barrel of such molasses to. ibe worth net 50 cents or tl, and WAt a barrel holds 550 pounds of molasses, the molasses would thus be worth one or two cents a gallon, and from one eleventh to one-fifth of a cent per pound. Now, Pittsburg coal brought to the sugarhouse furnace has for ten years cost one-fifth of a cent per pound. Molasses burns with a high heat in combination with wood or wood fiber, so that by sprinkling it on the bagasse —the dry stalks of the sugar-cane after tlie saccharine juice has been pressed from it—an excellent fuel of great power is obtained. It would appear from these simple data, and estimating that only one-half the quantity of molasses produced is used for fuel, a substitute is furnished for 75,000 to 100,000 tons of coal. Danger In Handling Flowers. It might not bo supposed that danger lurks In the delicate operation of handling flowers, yet painful, troublesome wounds are frequently received by the workmen. Nearly every one who has had long and active employment in the retail flower stores can show numerous scars, and it is common in busy Broadway shops and other large places in the trade to see a proprietor or several of his assistants with bandaged fingers. The thorns of roses cause the greatest mischief. Florists ascribe their most serious hurts to poison absorbed in hothouse productions which have under- ' gone a strong vermin-killing process, i A number of the dealers Infer that, after many applications, the juicy parts of the plants become impregnated with poison Ship Duty. On board ship the day is divided into I seven "watches."

CONGRESS ADJOURNS. • — THE FIRST SESSION PASSES INTO HISTORY. Th* Fair Biu Signed by the President— Members Hurry Awny from the Capital Thrashing-Machine mid Idlchfork Used to End Two Lives. Finished Ils Labor*. » The first session of the 1.1 Id Congress has passed into history. The Anal adjournment came at 11 o’clock Friday night. Ono of the final acts of the session was the passage of the Durborow bill giving $2,500,000 to the World's Fair. President Harrison signed the World’s Fair Dill at 9:10 o'clock, and the pen which* he used was surreptitiously capturefl by Col. Elliott F. Shepard of New York as a souvenir. President Harriso.i drove to the Capitol at 8:30 o’clock in order to sign such bills as might be pass d during the expiring moments of the session. The President was accompanied by Secretaries Foster and Noble, Private Secretary Halford and a retinue of White House attendants. They Went to the historic President’s room In the lobby of the Senate, where the President immediately set obout clearing away the pile of bills which were engrossed and ready for his signature. He was in light and breezy attire, with a white flower In his buttonhole, and the absence of a vest showed a broad expanse of white shirt-front. First came a number of minor bills to which the Presidential signature was affixed. Then came one more, bulky than the rest. It was the Durborow bill, carrying $2,500,000 to the World’s Fair. The President read it through carefully and then, without hesitation, picked up his pen to sign. “Here, take this pen,” said Secretary Halford, extending an ordinary stub pen Instead of the one which the President had been using. Mr. Harrison took the pen and scratched his name on the parchment Mr. Haltord at once possessed himself of the pen and bore it away triumphantly. It was not until half an hour later that the World's Fair people learned, with not a littly chagrin and indignation, that Col. Shepard was to be the possessor of the pen which made the World’s Fair appropriation an assured fact. Agreed Upoa Adjournment. It was agreed by both houses that the adjournment hour should be eleven o’clock. Promptly at that time Speaker Crisp stopped the stream of small legislation which was proceeding and announced that the session of the House was adjourned without day. Immediately the air was filled with Aying papers as members flung on high the bills which had expired. As the scene was being enacted the correspondents In the press gallery observed a historic custom of chanting the doxology. At the same time Vice President Morton was ringing down the curtain in the Senate, and the first session of the Llld Congress was over. BIDWELL FORMALLY NOTIFIED. The Prohibition Candidate Officially Made Aware of His Selection. San Francisco special: Gon. John Bidwell, of Chico, was officially notified Friday night in Metropolitan Hall of uis nomination for the Presidency by the Prohibition party. Upon the platform sat members of the local county committee of party representatives from different parts of the State, and a few from other States. Col. Eli F. Bitter, Chairman of the national convention which nominated Gen. Bidwell, was introduced by the President of the evening, J. M. Glass, of Pasadena. Colonel Bitter said the Cincinnati convention was composed of men of intelligence and of ideas, and when they searched among •the grOat names of their party their choice fell on General Bidwell, who was as well qualified as any man In the nation to represent and lead the party. It afforded him the greatest pleasure, he said, to notify the distinguished Californian of his nomination. General Bidwell replied at some length. He thanked theconvention for the honor given and the people for the confidence expressed. He gave hearty assurance that he would do all in his power to exercise that trust with all the faithfulness and dignity its importance demanded. The speaker was frequently 'interrupted by applause, which broke •into cheers when Mrs. Bidwell was escorted to the platform and to her husband’s side. The address of the evening was by Colonel Ritter upon the politics' of the campaign. /murder succeeds murder. » ~ Thrashing Machine and Pitchfork Used to Kn<l Two Dives. The most tragic of double murders imaginable was enacted near Celina, Ohio. Ballenbaugh Brothers’ thrashing machine was at work on Henry Scb.lense’s farm, and John Shrybock and Frank Day, two old enemies, were helping operate it. Shrybock let his knife slip and cut Day’s hand. He at once apologized, but Day threatened, in case it happened again, to throw Shrybock into the machine. Presently Shrybock again let it slip and cut Day’s hand. Day, to the horror of all present, then proceeded to carry out his horrjble threat. Seizing Shrybock around the waist he hurled him head first into the machine. The engineer stopped the machine and caught Day jpst as he was about to run away. With the greatest possible difficulty the mutilated remains of Shrybock were extricated from the machine. He was literally torn to shreds and to recognize him even for what had once been a human being would have been impossible. Henry Shrybock, his brother, was hastily summoned. When he learned What had happened his rage knew no bounds. Despite everything that could be done, he seized a pitchfork and, , rushing upon Day, plunged it thrice into < his body. Day dropped dead at once. Shrybock gave himself up to the authorities, and was locked up on i> charge of murder. The Teach blow. The Peftchblow porcelain is of Chinese manufacture; and is about 300 years old. It is not, as is sometimes supposed. the designation of a particular shade of color, but a rare and peculiar glaze, which not merely covers the surface of the vessel, but penetrates the entire texture of the article, so that if the same be broken, the internal structure is identical with that of the surface. The method by which th is result is reached is unknown, and much money has been expended in vain to discover it. The ware is, in a sense, therefore, the result of a happy accident. Specimens of it are rare in China to-day, where it is prized as highly as anywhere else. Most of that of which there is definite knowledge was taken from China by the Dutch in the days when they mondpolized the trade with that Country, and from Holland has made its way over Europe. The specimens in this country have almost all of them come either from Holland direct or byway of France, whither pieces of it were early carried by the Dutch, arousing unusual interest among French potters.

Business Directory' THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capitol, 850,000. Surplus, 810,000 Orlganlzed August 15,1883. Officers T. T. Dorwln, president: P. W. Smith, 1 Vice-President; B. 8. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Tervoer, J. D. Hale and B 8. Petarson, Director!. We are prepared to make Loans on good security, receive Deposit!, furnish Domoetlc and , Foreign Exchange, buy and eell Government and Municipal Bonds, and furnish Letters ot Credit available in any of the principal cities , of Europe. Alio Passage Ticket to and from the Old World. Including transportation tO ] Decatur. . Adams County Bank Capital, 875,000. Surplus, 75,000. Organized In 1871. I Officers—D. Studebaker. President: Bobt. B. I Allison, Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections 1 made in all parts of the country. County. City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and J sold. Interest paid on time deposits. j Paul O. Hooper, A-ttoirxxoy Ua.'w j i Deeatur, - - Tndiann. 1 39. S. LeBRUN. | i Veterinary Surgeon, ! Monroe, Ind, 1 Suocessfully treats' all diseases of Horses and , Cattle. WIU respond to caUs at any time. ' Prices resonable. , KBVIS, B. K. MASK, J. F. ERJFIJT & MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 1 And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted,’ Office in Odd FeUows* Building, Decatur, Ind. < THRANCE 4 MEKHYMAN. J. T. nASCZ. J? J. T. MXRRVMAM ■ Attorneys eat Law, DECATVB, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1. 2 and 3. over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor, •Decatur, Ind. Location 'Central—Opposite Court House. The leading hotel in the city. Q. NEPTUNE, . DENIST. Now located over Holthouae a 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. All work warranted. Kent K. Wheelock, M. D., FYE AND EAR SPECIALIST M Fort Warne, Ind. V D. NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Boms, - Jndfaisa. Children and Chronic Diseasea a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A.«. HOLLBWAY, Fliy»iolAii «*» Snrseoxx Office over Burns' harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All caus promptly attended to in city or country night or day. M, L. HOLLOWAY, M. 0. Office and residence one door north of M. ■. church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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ana ai,road m Central Standard Time. Z 8 mln> Trains r- than Columbus or former time. utesshAct Sunday. June 12.1882. '"‘'going noltii. ■ No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. T STATIONS) — ~ ~ Ji... 810 am 8 60pm Cincinnati. IvfOtMn 1066 .. 1126 lllchinondl.. 11. U.. 12 12air. Winchester.... I.l2:t>pm 12 45 Portland| ... 131., 128 Decatur. I .. 216 .. 206 Ft. Wayne.. n:r ... 236.. 216.. Ho6am ” “ . ..ive ... 341 .. 3t» .. »10 .. Kendallville. 1... 3 68.. 3 22.. 828 .. Home City.. 401 . 831 .. Wolcottville. J ... 411 9 42.. Valentino .... 4 19.. 3 41.. 951 .. LaGrange! 4 29 10 08 .. Luna . . 440 .. 400 .. 10 19 .. Sturgis . .. 6:KI .. 458 .. 11 08 .. Vicksburg .... f 805 12 01 .. Kalamazoo, arr 625 . 620 .. 1216 pm “ ..Ive 720ail<) 850 .. 160 ... Gr. Rapids, arr 029 J3O . 720 .. 2 00.. •• "Bl ive 416046 727 .. 214.. D, O H.4M.cr 429 60 «41 . 3 14.. Howard City... 5 4<i.Mani 945.. 3 68.. Big Rapids 8412 « .10 20.. 4 20.. Heed City 730 .15 .. II 30 .. 515 .. Cadillacarr 900 5.. II 40 .. 520 .. •• ’■ ... Ire 125 pm 8 55.. Traverse City. 10 45 .. 1.. 110 .. -. Kalkaska :>• 315 Petoskey 6 441 Mackinac City 7 J GOING SOU ; —— ■ No. 4 No. 8 STATIONS. No. 2 No. —— -100 pm Mackinac City. 845 pm BOOatlj Petoskeylo®).. 931)..'12.. Kalkaska 12 38.. 11 38.. V).. 6 30am Traverse City 11 10 . 805 . Cadillac ...arr 2 06am 115 pm 'tn 8 10.. •' o . ..ive 215 .. 135 .. I. 900 .. Reed City 3 28.. 2 30.. 7 9 45.. Big Rapids 4 00.. 2 58.. 82J0 32.. Howard City.. 456.. 3 43.. 92C1 36 .. D.O.H.AM.cr 606 .. 506.. 10 25 1 50.. Gr. Rapids .arr 6 23.. 5 20.. K 40.00 pm - " ..ive 700 .. 800 . 1120 .40 Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. B«i.. IZOOant; • •' ..Ive 855 .. 806 I•• SturgisJ.. 10 19 .. 926 Lima 1032 .. 940 6LaGrange.., .1044.. 952.. .. 6 Valentine 10 53 . 10 02 5 3 Wolcottville... 1104 .. 1014 54 RomejCityllo9.. 1019 54 Kendallville... 1125 .. 10 39 80 Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 71 •• " ..Ive 100.. IziOam 645 am.... Decatur 146 .. 12 50 .. 630 Portland 2 40.. 146.. 730 Winchester. .. 3 17.. 2 35.. 809 Richmond 4J20 .. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 7tin .. 6.55 1201 pm ....

Trains 5 and 6 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 tell Organs and Pianos cheaper than'anybody else can afford te sell them. I sell different makes. GLEANING AND REPAIRIN6' done reasonable See me first and money. J*. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. Scientific Americas Agency for Mrw J J 1 / A w ■ 3 k ■ w 1 ■ R k ■ I’ 1 TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information and free Handbook write to MUNN * CO n 361 Broadway, New York. Oldest bureau tor securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the >cieutifir Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weekly, S 3. OO a year; ILSU six months. Address MUNN & CO, Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. ' , c

SI.OO ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS CRAND PIANO AND A rCAfTS SUB3CHIPTION TO THE WEEKLYENQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piano, $650.00 A Gladiator Watch and Caso3o.oo A Lemaire 24 line Field Gloss. .... 20.00 A Holman Parallel Bible. 13.00 A Venice Parlor Clock 12.00 A High Grade Safety Bicyclel2s.oo An Elgin Watch and Boss Case. . , , 25.U0 A Haydock Rice Coil Spring 1 M Handy Top Buggy )•’” A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Caso. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters') Commercial College j’ ’ ’ ’ w A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Donble Barrel Shot Gnn 30.00 A Silverene Case 7 .jewel Watch. . . 10.00 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine.ss.oO A 15jewel Watch, Boss Case3s.oo A Fire Octave Parlor Organlso.oo A Gladiator Watch, Dueber Case. . . 30.00 A John C. Dueber Watch & Case. . . 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 number of subscribers in the five largest lists received from Nov. 1, ’9l, to March 31, ’92. s For same term last winter it was • -2999, and the winter before was 1405. The premiums are to be presented •••• those whose guesses are correct or H irest correct. For full list see v

•ekly Enquirer, now the largest 12! dollar a year paper in the United COMPANY, Ei CINCINNATI, O. —TjjnNRETTnwFT “E'ledo, Ohio, ' )AND( — St. Louis, Mo. CHAIR CARS TBAIHS—MOOERH EQUIPMEMT THIIOUCHOaT. SLEEPING CARS VES I >N NIGHT X'ffVfO EH ROUTE, any Haw, Ml dtrat * co ‘ t ' - MtaikHni.w„ Route. xILOVER Ls, on For farther particul^? dreM Agent ot the Company, oXNKINS, jAkERIE LinmC? Schedule in effect May IS. V Trains Leave Decatur as Follows ’ TB.USS WEST. Ko.lS, Vestibule Limited, daily for I p M Chicago and the wests No. 3. Pacific Express, daily fori w Chicago and the wests “ No. 1. Express, daily for Chicaeo I p,.,, p u and the westjUJ- r. m. No. 31. Local} 10:35 A. M TRAINS EAST. No. S. Vestibule Limited, daily for 1 - v, p w New York and Boston[ 1 • 0 o No. 12. Express, dailyJfor New I „ Yorks “• No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex- [ ~-o p M cept Sundays l “• No. 30. Local>lo:3s A. M. J. W. DeLosg. Agent. Frank M. Caldwell. D. P. A, Huntington. Ind.: F. W. Buskirk. A. G. P. A., Chicago, 111. O.P. M AXDKEWS, Ifli.yMicio.xx <fc Slvix-gooxi. MONROE, INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M, E. church. 26-* Prof. L H. Zeigler, Veterleirj Surgeon. Modus Operand!, Orcho tomv. Overotomy. Castrating, Ridg ling. Horsesand 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. AGENTS WANTED Good Solid tor* Only. Ladles or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from CLOO to IW a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Democoav one year for 82.30. By subscribing now, yoa can have both papers through the great cam paign of 1892. MONEYTO LOAN Ob Farm Property on Long Tima, IWo Coxxxxkxl«*lonx. Low Bate of Intervet. In any amouata oaa be made at any time aa* Stop Interest. Call on, or address, A. K. GRUBB, or JT. F. MA2TW, Office: Odd FeUows' BuUdlng, Deoatar. eTffiay, ffiD„ ailoiffixxefi* MlXxrcffiOSffi ■ 0 ■ Hearee. . • • Indiana. AU calls promptly attended to day or algM, Jffloe at residence. J. B. 8080, ’ K. T. 8080. Master Commissioner. „ 8080 & SON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Beal Estate and Collection, Decatur, Ind.