Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1892 — Page 7

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Brian saw Margaret returning, and putting down the book ho had been trying to read, ho wont into the hall to meet her. Repressing her nervousness at his unexpected appearance, she paused as he came up to her with the words: “You have been so. long, Margaret. Did you enjoy your visit so much? Why didn’t you let those people wait, and ?ive me just a little of your company, haven’t much chance. I am going away to-morrow." “To-morrow?” She grasped her raised skirt more tightly, but no further comment escaped her lips. Taking this for indifference, Brian continued, after a brief pause: “I dare say I shall never see you again. Os course you will not regret that, but before I go, I should like to know that you forgive me. If you only know how I have suffered! If you could realise how I still suffer, you would be kinder. It is so hard to lose all, Margaret." “Have I been so unkind? lam sorry. Have I not told you that I regret, with a bitterness I cannot express, the conditions which make me mistress here? If there Is any way ” He interrupted her with passionate reproach. “You do me injustice. Bo you suppose I was alluding to the money? I hate the very mention of it. I leave it out of the question. I am thinking of you.” She tapped her foot with her riding whip, and despite the effort to control her countenance, an incredulous expression passed over it. “You don’t believe me,” he cried passionately. “Well, I deserve that at your hands, but truth is truth. The very sight of your kindness to others maddens me. I see how they are favored, and I remember your hardness to me. I envy the very children who speak to I you as you pass. They can be happy I without your love. I cannot. You need not look your dislike, I feel It. lam destined to offend you so much since I saw you in that place, where only my evil late led mo, that I feel no sacrifice could be too great for your sake." “Isn’t the sensation a novel one?" she asked, steeled to hardness by some inward remembrance. “I believe we agreed to leave me out of the question.” Brian ground his heel with an exclamation of Impatience. “It is useless to hope," he answered bitterly. “You will never forget. Hate me if you will, but do not show such contemptuous indifference.” “It is not charitable to hate, and forgetfulness does not come so easily as we might wish.” “No,” he replied, stung to rejoinder. “I have something to remember, too.” She paled perceptibly. “You are generous-" was her passionate answer. “Now/perhaps you will allow me to pass." "Ah, no! Margaret, not yet. I can’t see you go from me so. Forgive me for what I just said. I meant nothing. I spend half my time in regretting what has gone before. I cannot stand your anger. Why is all the gentleness in your nature turned against me only?" “I do not know," she answered, half absently, while her face softened visibly. “Have you anything to ask me?” “Nothing that you will grant; unless, perhaps, it is permission to ride with you to-morrow. Will you allow me that pleasure?" “Irido early,"she answered with hesitation, “but If you care to forego your morning nap I have no objection. ” “Thunk you. You will see how gladly I’ll forego that morning nap.” “I really didn’t expect to see you," Margaret confessed, when they were both in the saddle next morning. “I thought " “How could you doubt me?" he interrupted, with some reproach. “I am only too happy to take advantage of this last chance to spend a little while with you. I’ll soon be out of your life entirely. I find it hard to tear myself away. ” He sighed. His sigh was echoed close beside him, but Margaret's face was impenetrable. a “What a glorious morning,” she remarked rather irrelevantly. “We shall have a delightful ride. ” “Are you so fond of riding," he asked, noting her high color and Hashing eyes. “Passl- nately. I feel so light-hearted when lam in the saddle. An hour like this Is particularly inspiriting. I love the coolness and the restful quiet, and I love the fresh morning air. ” “You'love the night air, too." Her face flushed at the words. “I suppose you heard me in the garden last night?" she said, bending her head with the pretext of untangling her horse’s mane. “The night was perfect, and I couldn’t withstand the temp’tation. I hope you will not speak of it to Miss Hilton. She may begin to worry her dour head about me, when really I was only nervous and wakeful.” “And you adopted that plan for wooing sleep? Couldn’t you have found a , more prundent and more effectual one?” “I hate prudence,” she broke in, with a suspicion of impatience; “in fact, I revel in imprudence," “I've had ample proof of that,” was his tranquil reply. “Why didn’t you let me play Esculapius, if only to vindicate my diploma, you know?” “The idea didn’t suggest itself to me, and I don’t believe I’d care to be experimented on, anyway. A diploma isn't a guarantee of ability, you know." “No one can accuse you of kissing the — blarney stone," ho returned, rather grimly. “Sometimes I begin to fear you are too truthful.” . “No one can be that. There is The Cedars. No one about. I suppose Col. Barton is an old friend of yours?" “If knowing me since I was kneehigh to a grasshopper Implies friendship. he and I must be first-rate chums. I don’t fancy I’m an especial favorite in that direction, however. He’s a friend of yours, I am sure. ” “Why are you sure?" “Because no one can help being. You have the faculty of making everybody love you, and old men are no more proof against it 'than young ones. It has proved unfortunate in my case, but he of pourse, is more favored. I'll begin to wish myself old presently. “ * Thou ehouldst not, have been old before, thou hadst been wise!’ You should take that saying to heart. As to the Colonel, ho has won his right to my respect and esteem. He has been my most helpful friend in times when I most needed help. He is quick-tempered, to be sure, and expresses his opinion with-

l out scruple, but I know him to be upright, horn r.iblc, and true us stool. I'd trust him lorever." “Ho has a standi champion. I wish you had half as good an opinion of mo. Hpeaking of his temper, ho and grandfather never agreed." “I should think not," was the warm reply. “A warm-hearted, generous man like the Colonel could novor admire the hard, cold man your grandfather was. I wonder he could breathe the same atmosphere with him." “Ho was your grandfather, too," remarked Brian, rather meekly. “I don't care to acknowledge the relationship. Please don’t speak of him. I commit sin whenever his name Is mentioned, and that necessitates after penance. Talk of something more agreeable —do." “Withall my heart. I was never in love with hlin myself. He was forever quoting that abominable saying, which I don’t believe was in the Bible, ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child,’ for my especial benefit." “Well. I dare say he had reason,” was the ready response, accompanied by a flash of humor so like the old Margaret that he began to Imagine himself in S’conset again. “You haven’t a like objection to Colonel Barton, have you? Tell mo why you are not a favorite with him.” “I don’t know. Perhaps I imagine it. I dare say hn doesn’t consider me half so worthless as you do. Who would believe that so fair a face could hide so hard a heart?, The tone, as much as hie words, vexed Margaret. Her eyes darkened and her voice took on a sharper intonation. “We will discuss neither my face nor my heart, if you please." She gave her horse a sharp blow, which sent him into a hard gallop. Then, with the quick repentance which always followed such outbursts, she pulled up quickly and waited for Brian to join her. This he did with an air of Injured dignity. “Don’t look so dreadfully doleful,” she called out with an attempt at lightness. “Beally you give me the blues. Are you hungry? I’m perfectly ravenous. If we ride a little faster we’ll be home in two minutes.”, “I don’t want to be home in two minutes. I wish this ride would last forever. No, of course you don't; you aro thinking of your breakfast, but I Oh, Margaret, I wish you wouldn’t trifle with my dearest feelings." “And Iwish you hadn’t such a queer way of coming in with unexpected remarks. You haven’t the least idea of the fitness of things. I’m hungry, and I’m going home just as fast as this horse will carry me.” With these somewhat defiant words she galloped off, and Brian, to give a more forcible expression to his sense of injury, followed at a snail’s pace. When he arrived at Elmwood he found Margaret divested of het riding hubit awaiting him in tne dining-room. He pretended not to see the smilo with which she greeted him, and during breakfast he maintained a moody silence, which awakened in Margaret a half-grave, half-amused interest. “A thorough baby,” she leav ng the table when the meal was over and going into the garden, apparently to look at her flowers, in reality to be alone with hes thoughts. She walked for an hour in the fresh flower-scented air, and when she returned to the house her nervous restlessness was so marked that Miss Hilton was both surprised and pained, but she wisely forbore remark. Even when, a short time before luncheon, Margaret stole up behind her chair, and, placing her arms about her neck, said, rather querulously, “I am so tired of the orthodox way of eating, Miss Hilton. Shall we have our lunch under the trees?” she contented herself with answering: “Do as you like, my dear. I think it will 'be very nice, and appetizing. ” “And a change," added Margaret. “How Ido want a change. A horrid disposition to have, is it not? Never to be satisfied. I-don’t know how you put up with me, when I find it So difficult to put up with myself. ” “Sit down, my dear, and I will tell you,” was the quiet reply. “Sotae other time,” said Margaret, quickly. “I hear Cousin Brian. He would prove an interruption. Besides, I must see to our picnic, you know.” She was gone when Brian entered the rcoma second later. He noted her absence, and his look of disappointment reflected his feelings. “I will send him to her presently,” mused the old lady, calling him to sit beside her. CHAPTER VII. A STRANGE PROPOSAL. ” Margaret was standing in a veritable shower of sunbeams, when Brian, acting on Miss Hilton’s hint, found her under the trees. “How perfectly charming,” he cried, gazing, not at the temptingly spread table, but at Margaret, whose lovely face seemed to gain now beauty from her surroundings. “What a delightful surprise you have prepared for us. I feei hungry and almost happy.” “You have a peculiar way of expressing yourself, Cousin Brian, Are hunger and happiness associated in your mind? lam glad you can laugh. Doleful people give me the blues, and grim looks are not in keeping with this bright sun." “Neither is my heart, for that matter. I have so much to make me miserable. You, everything to make you happy." “I,” she echoed, with a slight tremor. “I-make my own happiness. “I don’t know how you manage," he returned gloomily. “I never get what I want.” “Then why not be satisfied with what you get? It is much more philosophical ” “How can you speak so lightly,” he said with abrupt warmth, “it maddens me to hear you. What has philosophy to d’o with misery? Are you always happy? Do you never know the meaning of regret?” “Iwish you'd be more careful," she said with assumed anger. “You aro sitting on the end of the table cloth, and I shouldn’t be surprised to see every dish in your lap next. I wonder whymen are na awkward.” “And I wonder why you are so heartless. Your mind is taken up with table cloths, while I— Oh, Margaret, how you hurt me!” Annoyed at the drift of the conversation, Margaret made no pretense of answering, but kept her eyes fixed upon the house in the hope of Miss Hilton’s appearance. Noting her indifference, Brian continued in the same passionate strain. “Why are you so bitter and scornful? Why do you delight in torturing me’ Have you no heart? You can not realize my longing, and you will never pathizc with me. I am ~ tired of being spurned and despised. I have some pride, and I’ll not stay another night under your roof. I’ll go this afteriioon; then you’ll be rid of me." “And if I don't wish to be rid of you so soon?” she questioned with an effort. “You told me you would stay until tomorrow, and I hope you will keep your word. Besides, I wish—" She hesitated., “I wish t« talk with you," she

noneluded with another effort "I shall bo In the library at .3, or half past. Will you come to me there.''’ Ho looked at her In some surprise, but her eyes were turned aside and she w«-.s busying h -rsolf with some arrangomont about the table. “Your request is law to mo,” ho answered in a low voice. “I am always happy to do something for you." • "And lam always ready to appreciate your effort," was the quick reply. She turned away with a sigh of relief. Miss Hilton had just left the house, and was approaching them, so there was no further excuse for a tete-a-tete. At II o’clock the same afternoon Brian entered the library to find Margaret seated at a table drawn close to an open | window. From her position she could see the wealth and beauty of Elmwood, spread like a map before her Its acres of woodland, timbered by magnificent , trees; its broad extent of orchard, j clothed in a wilderness of bloom, nnc Its terraced garden sloping to the river, 1 winding among the uplands, and reflecting sparkling vistas from a chain ol beautiful hills. Further away lay a broad sweep of undulating land, with the village in the ; foreground, 'anil beyond many a neal I cottage, smart in its coat of paint, 01 pretentious mansion, crowning a convenient eminence. Further still, the smoke curling from the quiet farms lying under the enchantment that distance lends. From this picture Margaret turned with a sigh, to encounter Brian’s inquir- ; iug glance. “You are punctual," she said, with a half smile. “Will you set down, please?” Ho took possession of the chair indicated, noting meanwhile that her face was unusually pale and her voice unnaturally quiet. Wondering, yet expec- : tant, he waited for her next words. “You intend leaving Elmwood to-mor- ] row,” she resumed, after a pause that I had been embarrassing to both. “Yes," was the answer, given with : some warmth. “I do not wish to intrude | upon you longer. I cannot stay on from j day to day, making myself more unwel- | come and incurring only your contempt, i My sin is past atonement in your eyes, i I can offer no excuse that,will satisfy you. I have no hope left, and to-mor-row when I leave " “Where will you go’" she broke in, with a repressed earnestness upon her face. “Where?” he repeated. "Heaven only knows. To the devil, probably. ” She laid down the paper knife she had been handling half absently, and regarded him fixedly. j "I hope you will do nothing so foolI Ish," she said in a low voice. “It Is not I manly to give up in that way. I have i not called you in here to quarre'l with you, nor do I want to rake up old I tioubles; but Ido want you to understand that, while I acknowledge a certain deception op my part in concealing my name from you, I do not hold you excused thereby. I had a reason for ; doing so, a very wise reason, as things have since turncdj.put. Had you known I was your cousin instead ——” “I could not have loved you better," he broke in with impulsive earnestness. "You must do ine that much justice.” Ito be continued. | Soap. A philosopher has remarked that the enlightenment of a people can be ■ measured by their consumption of 1 soap. A traveler in the Soudan says that “a cake of soap is the only thing a negro will not steal and cat a second time.” I’he word has a number of meanings. Its significance as a pre-election influencer of votes is well understood. Many theatrical celebrities, as well as some who have become conspicuous in the pulpit, see fit to emphasize their notoriety by vouching for the’ superlative merits of some brand of soap. The daily use of the article is one of the things which distinguish the civilized man from the beast. In this age of free water and cheap soap nohuman being is to be excused for tilth of person. The young Jewess who called to her mother and asked whether she should “wash for a high neck or a low neck dress” was probably imbued with the proverbial economy of her race. A country girl who evidently favored cleanliness of person said she “washed her face every week, and oftener if it needed it.” This, of course, is a little better than no washing. There Ss nothing on this mysterious orb which is so disgustingly offensive to intelligent beings as personal nastiness. There can be no excuse for not keeping clean. Soap, water, benzine, sponges, j brushes, and towels are plenty, and | “cleanliness is next to godliness.” Whatever else you do, keep clean in person and apparel if you hope to deserve anything but the disgust of those you unavoidably meet. It is a maxim in all enlightened circles that untidiness and uncleanliness in dress and person will damn any man or woman guilty of such violations of decency. Hence soap is a great factor in human affairs and absolutely essential to all who hope to be Chris tftins or even reputable people. The First Soup. The exiles who took refuge in London at the time of the French revolution met the poverty and the hardships of their lot with much courage. They never begged and it was often difficult to induce them to, accept the funds subscribed for their assistance. The women did not accept the partially worn and soiled clothing of wealthy and charitably inclined ladies, as most women of their condition would be glad to do, but manI aged with the cheapest materials to dress neatly and tastefully. Their necessities developed an inventive spirit. The records of the London patent office at the beginning of the eighteenth century have on every page such names as Blondeau, Dupin, Cardonel. Gastlneau, Leblond, and Courant. How ingenious they were in utilizing the most unpromising of materials is shown by their invention of a now famous dish. Wh«u the London butchers slaughtered their beef they were accustomed” to throw away the tails with the refuse. The French women had the bright idea of buying them, since they could get them for next to nothing, and making soup of them. And thus they gave to England the popular ox-tail soup, which loyal Englishmen now consider an essentially national dish.—Youth’s Companion. Knives should never be put into hot water, which injures them, first by loosening the handles, and next by spoiling the temper of the steel. Wipe them first with a damp cloth, and then rub on a smooth board which has been previously rubbed with a scouring-brick or knifepowder. Never put innch confidence In such as put no confidence in others.

————— in CORN BELT EXPOSITION TO DE HELD AT MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. Th. Kxpo.ltlen Will ■ be Ono ot Groat Credit io the State—Will Hold I rom September 28 »<> Oftolier O-Tw.nly- ' oue Count,.. to be Kapr.s.uted. The Coin Paine*. South Dakota Is one of thosn states In thu country which Is :.t the present ! on the top wave of prosperity and her ; residents, with the object of culling tho attention of her siutor stales to her un- ! bounded resource, and her richness In agricultural way Lava decidel on the holding of a Corn belt Exposition in Mitchell from September 28 to October 6, 1892. '1 he exposition Is to bo held In a Corn I’alaoe building which at this time Is nearly completed. The building will be a largo and expansive one and all the various tasty features of architectural skill aro being employed to make the exterior very attractive. 'Ljio interior is su.flclently large to accommodate several thousand people while seated, b.esldes the various exhibits from the twenty-one counties in the Corn Belt of the state, and all the mineral exhibits of gold, silver, tin, lead, etc., from the Black Hills. While the exposition Is expected to benefit the entire state yet only those count les lying within tho ( orn Belt district will have charge of the exposition. Tho Corn Belt region Is known as the tWenty-one counties situated in the south-eastern portion of the state. It is hero that corn is successfully raised and of such quality and quantity as to rival that grown in more southerly states. This is the spot In the state where the fauiors have grown wealthy from the annual sale or turning off ot vast quantities of cattle and hogs. Diversified farming here Is the rule and the farmers are In consequence successful In their pursuits. The torn Belt is the oldest settled and most prosperous part ot the state. A crop failuie has scarcely ever been known and with the jiride brought about by success the residents of tho Coin Belt are endeavoring by this Exposition to show her resources in an attractive manner, and to rid from the minds of Easterners the idea that South Dakota is a place where only blizzards, drouths. Indians, and destitute people abound. In this land of bright sunshiny weather genuine blizzards are as rare as in the East, drouths have never effected the Corn Belt, Indians are as scarce as on tho streets of Chicago, and the farmers are housed in substantial homes, their stock in roomy barns, and the residents of the state will be found to be of an Intelligent class. Americans by birth in an overwhelming majority, they are mostly educated. Theyare proud of their state and they in) tend that tho rest of the world shalt know it as they know it In thatpar u of the state north and west of thetor 0 Belt region the farmers a few years ag 3 were subjected to the discouragement, Incident to a new country and to pio neers. The southeastern part of the state was more slowly settled than the rest of the state, and the residents were farming successfully at the time of the great influx of immigration into the rest of the state in the early eighties. The people who then came to secure Dakota land were far different from the present class of residents. Those who came then were brought here with the expectation of securing land without making it their home. The majority of the fertile acres of tho b;oad prairies of the state were taken up by this class. Many never tilled their land at all and of those that did do any farming done it in such a careless hap-hazard way that when any set back was brought about through crop failure they failed to withstand the storm and left the country. The experienced farmers among those who first came staved, the Inexperienced and thriftless class was weeded out, and their places afterward taken by the better element and to-day without exception the farmers of the state are of the right class and are working their way towards a sure enough success. The great crop yields of 1891 have been, take the state as a whole, repeated the present season. Conservative estimates place the wheat crop at 55,000,000 bushels, the corn crop at 25,000,000 bushels, and the oat crop at 60,000.000 bushels. The effects of these magnificent yields has been to install a spirit of enthusiasm into the people of the state and a spirit of enterprise whiefi is showing Itself in all directions in increased business activity. From an assessed valuation of 847.701,000, in iSB2 the state has prospered to such an extent that the assessed valuation this year' Is 8137,373,761, an increase of 300 per cent. This part of the Northwest which was once considered ‘ away out West,” is but 500 miles Iron. the World's Fair City and cat. bo reached by a twelve hour ride from that place. Proximity to large markets is therefore clearly shown. Investments by eastern parties will be made to a large extent in the next few years. Nearly every other section of the country has been boomed by investors, in fact, South Dakota is about the only section of tho country where the ellect of ‘beaming’ is not pjiown, and capitalists are bound in a Ivory short time to become convinced that, the avenue for rich investments have surely o;ened in this state. South Dakota expects in the future to have the only Corn Palaces in the Northwest. The celebrated Corn Palaces ot Sioux City attracted the attention of the entire country to that city, and yet Sioux City s prosperity can be attributed to a great extent to the hogs and cattle raised on South Dakota soil and fed on South Dakota corn. The present Corn Belt Exposition will be credit to the state. It is no stMtll affair but of such magnitude tho visitors wonder when they view tho building now going up at tho size of the undertaking. The Exposition Is directly under the management of the citizens of Mitchell who haye assumed all the costs of the undertaking, but the prominent residents and real estate men of all tho counties in the Corn Helt are at work to make tho Exposition a great success. Among the attractions which are offered besides the beautiful palace decorations are tho daily concerts of tho lowa State Band, a musical organization of titty pieces, and the ooingsof political days wlnn Republican. Democratic and Fanners' Alliance speakers of national repute will deliver adtlresses, besides others now being arranged for. The Interiot of the building will be lit by myriads of electric lights and will resemble a palace in every sense of the word. The force of 150 decorators under tho charge of Prof. Rohe, who i had supervision of tho decorations of I the New Orleans Exposition tor several I years has commenced work on the I building. The Exposition is a big undertaking'‘and reflects groat credit on the city where it is to bo held . and upon the residents of the Corn 801 l as well. The extent of tjio Influence a lakh may exercise upon climate is illustrated statement of M. Forel that the quantity of heat accumulated by Lake Leman during the summer is equivalent to that which would be given out by tho burning of 31,000,000 tons of 1 coal. A railroad train carrying, this goal would be 18.000 kilometers long, or pearly the length of ths earth’s morldan from pole to polo. 1 • d 9 , 1

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital. $50,000. Burp]as, SIO,OOO Organized Auguit 15, lbß3. Officer* T, T. Dorwin, Preaident; P. W. Smith, Vioa-Prealdont; R 8. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwin, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkea, J. H. Holbrook, B.J. Tervoer, J. D. Hole and R 8. Peterson, Directors. We are prepared to make Loans on good security, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, and furnish Letters ot Credit available in any of the principal cities of Europe. Also Passage Ticket to and fr<»m the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. •75,000. Surplus, 75,000. Organized in 1871. Officer,—D. Studebaker. President; Robt. B. Allison, Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made In all parts of the country. County. City and Township Order, bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hooper, Attorney at Law ✓ Decatur, - • Indiana. ZEJ. JEL. LeBRUN. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. KBVIN, B, K. MANN. J. F. ERWIN <£ MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. T7IBANCE & MEBBYMAN. J. T. FRANCE. _T J. T. MERRYMAN Attorneya a.t Xia."w. DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, I. J. MIESSE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Opposite Court House. The leading hotel in the city. 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. AU work warranted. Kent K. Wheelock, M. D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST MCalhoun-«t. Fort Warne, Ind. D. NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Y Berne, - - - Tndiane. Children and Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A. G. HOLLOWAY, FHyaician rib Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calla promptly attended to In city or country night or day. M, K HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. B. church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Timo. 28minutes slower than Columbus orformer time. Took effect Sunday, .lune 12.1M12. GOING NQKTH. • STATIONS. I No. 1 No. 3 I No. 5 No. 7 " 1 ie 1 —— Cincinnati .Ire fllftamj 850 pm Richniontf! 1 220pu0 10 55 .. 11 25, WlnChestcr....::) 17 .. Jls*> .. 12 12am Portland | 4 .. 1235 pm 12 45 Decatur 510.. 131.. 128 Ft.Wayne...*rr, OUO .. 2 15.. 2 05. " ...ffe 2 35.. 2 15.. 806 am Kendallville.. | 3 41.. 3 09.. 9 10.. Rome City ( 356.. 322.. 926.. Wolcottvillo..? 401 931.. Valentine 4 11 942.. LaGrange 4 19.. 3 41.. 951 .. Lima I 4 29 10 03 .. Sturgis 440 .. 400 .. 10 19 .. Vicksburg 536.. 456.. 1109.. Kalamazoo. «rr . 6 06.. 12 01 .. - ..Ive 720 am 6 25.. 5 20.. 1215 pm Gr. Rapids. arr| 920 .. 810 > 650.; ISO.. " "S Ive 4 15pm 11130.. 720.. 2 00.. D.GH.AMcr 429 . 10 45.. 7 27.. 2 14.. Howard City... 540 . It 50 841 .. 314 .. Big Rapids..... 652 .. 1236 am 945 .. 3f>6 .. Reed City 7 30.. 1 03.. 10 20.. 4 20.. Cadillac arr 9 00.. 2 05.. 1130.. 5 15.. “ ...Ive 215 .. 11 40 .. 520 .. Traverse City. 10 45 1125 pm 655 .. Kalkaska 3 48- 110 Petoskey 545 .. 315 Mackinac City 710,.|4 45 ... GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. I No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 ! No. 8 Mackinac City 845 pm l 8 00am 200pm Petoskey 10 2<l .. ! 930 .. |3 15 Kalkaska 'l2 36 .. 11 36 .. 602 Traverse City 11 10 .. 430 .. 6 30am Cadillac ... arrj 2 05am 115 pm: 6 30.. 805 ~| •• a ....Ive 1215 .. 135.. 650 pm 810.. Reed City 13 28.. 2 30.. 7 50.. 9 00.. Big Rapids ,4 00.. 2 58.. 8 26.. 1945 .. Howard City.. 455 .. 343 .. 920 .. 10 32 .. D.G.H.AM.Cr: 605 .. 6 06.. 1025.. 1135.. Gr. Rapids .arrl 6 2').. 520..|10 40.. 11 50.. Kalamazoo.an-; 850 .. 8 00.. 12 55am 3 40.. . .Ive 18 55.. 8(15..’ 3 45.. Vicksburgj I 924 .. 833.. 1 4 12.. Sturgis 1..110 19.. 926 | 5C1.. Lima 1032.. 940..’ 513.. I,aGrange 10 44.. 9 52.. 5 23.. Valentine 110 53.. 10 02.. 5 31.. Wolcottville.. .11l 04 .. 10 14.. 540.. Rome,City 11109 .. [llll9 .. 1 5 45 .. Kendallville .. . 11 25 .. IIOIW .. 1 606 .. Ft. Wayne..arr)l24opm 11 50 .. [ 715.. " ” ..Ive 100 .. [ 1210 am 545 am Decatur 146 .. 12 50 .. 630.. I Portland 2 40.. 1 46.. <3O .. [.. Winchester.... 3 17.. 2 35.. 8 09.. Richmond Cincinnati. ... 700 .. 655 . 1261 n m! ' Trains 5 and 6 run daily between Grand Rapids hnd Cincinnati. c, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur, Ind.

LOOK HERE! I am hety to stay and can seU Organs and Pianos cheaper than anvbody else can afford to sell them. I seU different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and tare money. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. Scientific Americas Agency 1 a w ■ j t B lIR k I 1 TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN at CO., an Broadway, NEW York; Oldest bureau ror securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge m the > tientifw >mcriran Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the wtYrld. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weekly, £3.00 1 rear; 11.50 six months. Address MUNN & Vcblishers, 361 Broadway, New Y’ork.

SI.OO ONLY FOR A . DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO HND 4 YEAR S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piano, f-fi.'iO.OO A Gladiator Watch and Caso 30.00 A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass 20.00 A Holman Parallel BiMo 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 Cojl Spring) <ma an Handy Top Buggy j • ’ ” A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Caso. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters’ 1--Commercial College | ’ ’ ’ * ' A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Double Barrel Shot Gun 30.00 A Silverene Case 7 jewel 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 Caso. . . 30.00 A John C. Dueber Watch A 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 number of subscribers in the five largest lists received from Nov. 1, ’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 largest 12 page dollar a year paper in the United States.

ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. First Class Night and Day Service b«twe«to Toledo, Ohio, St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. 99-MEALS SERVED EN ROUTE, any hour, DAT OR RIGHT, at moderate cost. hit for tickets via Toledo, St Louis A Kansas City R. L CL° Y EKLEfIFROU T E. For further particulars, call on nearest i Agent of the Company, or addreM C. JENKINS, Gtaaral Passenger Affeat, TOLEDO, OHIO. Erie Lines. ' Schedule in effect May 15. Trains Leave Decatur as Follow a TRAINS WEST. Nc. 5. Vestibule Limited, daily for I q.oo p Chicago and the west . Xo. 3. Pacific Express, daily for { , , r Chicago and the west I “' w No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago I jo.jj p M and the west f No 31. Local .’. j 10:35 A.M TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I p M New York and Boston f ‘‘ No. 12. Express, daily Jfor New 1 j .M. Ytwk.... > No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 p w cept Sunday f 108 ' No. 30. Locals }• 10:35 A. M. J. W. DeLong. Agent, Frank M. Caldwell. D. P. A. Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Chicago, 111. O. P. M. ANDREWS, X*lx-y sician cfc Surjeoxx MONROE. INDIANA. - Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church. 26-‘ Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary AbMw Surgeon. Modus Operand!, Oreho XL 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. .. 1 11 1 ■■ ■ "" Levi Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. AGENTS WANTED ft Good Solicitors Only. Ladles or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from (2.00 to 18.00 a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer and theDzMOCBA» one year for J 2.30. By subscribing now, yoa can have both papers through the great «ua ,p;::gn of 1892. MONEY TO LOAN ’ On Farm Property on Long Yln>< JMTo Commloßloxi. Low Bat. of InurMi Faayxxx*xi.«« In any amount! oaa be made at any uas u 4 •top Interest. Call on, or tddrtoa A, K. GRUBB, or J. F. MANJT, OOtoa: Odd Fellow,' Building, ItooaMu. — ~ O T. May. M. Pixy alolaucti Bxirg »ox» Maarwe, --•» ladlaaa. All call, promptly irtended to day or alghfc üßce at residence. J. R. 8080, K. T. 8080. Master Commissioner. I 8080 & SON, attorneys at law. Beal Estate and Collection, Decatur, Ind.