Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1892 — Page 7

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W IV s CHAI-TEH XVlll—Continued. f Brian slept all day, and at dinner | time Margaret, pausing outside of his I door and nearing no sound, fancied he L must still be sleeping. But two hours ’ later, when the loneliness and silence ' became oppressive, and the desire to ! see and talk to him could no longer be resisted, she put aside the book she had vainly tried to reed, and, going to his room; tapped upon the door. There was no answer, and she ; knocked more loudly. Still no answer. Becoming frightened, she tried the door. It opened to reveal an empty I room. Brian was gone. She stood for a second motionless, trying Ip realize this fact, and then without a word or cry she went to her own room. He was gone; that was all. It was easy to say it. Why should she mind so much? Had he really been home? Perhaps she had only dreamed, that Bertie hod talked with her, Or that she had heard Brian’s voice. Maybe if she should rub, her eyes very Lhard she would awaken presently to find herself back at Elmwood, and these last two months a horrible dream. “We should never despair except In the face of positive defeat,” Wilson had once said to her. “Wasn't this positive .. defeat? Could she see hope beyond it? Was the long, hard struggle and the bitter travail of spirit through which she had passed to avail her nothing? Ah, heaven would be more kind." This thought brought a certain hope and trust with it. And she could think quite calmly of the hopes and longings which had filled her heart when she married Brian; of the unfulfilled dreams and ambitions which had become a part Os her life, and her vague ideas of those wife duties and attentions which were to win him back from a life of indolence to a position high and honored belore the world. They had been in vain. All in vain. She tried to put aside the overpowerfng<regrot this knowledge brought her. She would forget It. She would sit here no longer. The .window was open and she was cold and chilled. Besides she heard —what? A step. Yes, a step, and, thank God, she recognized it. Without a second's hesitation she left the room, and when Brian entered the hall outside he found her standing like an apparition in the dim, uncertain moonlight. He started back, but it was too late to avoid her. Yet even in that moment of supremo agony he saw that her white, pained face held no angbr, no reproach, only the unutterable sadness of one who has hoped so much and been disappointed. “You!" he said, motioning her from him with a hand whose trembling he vainly endeavored to control. “You!” What pen could describe the shame, the misery and despair that simple word held. “Have you come to add the last dreg to my cup of bitterness?* he continued rather huskily. “Ah, you turn your face away. lam beneath even your notice. Why did 1 come home to-night?" “Because yon still have a little feeling for me,” she answered, in a voice that was full of tears. “I can’t beat too much." “Some little feeling for her,* he reflected. “My God, have I shown much feeling for her? Yet I touched nothing to-day—nothing since this morning. ” “Why did you go out?" she asked, leaning rather heavily against the door, though she was conscious of much relief at his assurance. # “To forget, Margaret, to forget myself —to forget you. Hero every memory haunted me. I must have died had I staid in that room one hour longer. I have walked and walked. My body is weary, but my mni is active. It is a living furnace of bitter agony. It tortures me. I cannot escape “From your better nature. No, Brian. Thank God, you cannot escape from your better nature. It is the thought of the man you might be which tortures you. Oh, Brian, Brian! Where is your promise?" He laughed unsteadily. A meaningless laugh which jarred upon her. “You see, it is worse than useless,” he returned, recklessly. ?I’m too worthless to waste one thought upon.* I have broken your heart and ruined your life, Bertie says. Why don’t you hate me? Why don’t you strike me as I stand here a villain and a coward. ” “Ah, no," she cried, raising her hand to her face. “Not that weak and unfortunate, but with heaven’s help a man.” He grasped the door for support. Her gentleness unnerved him. Contempt would have found him stronger.' “What can I say, Margaret?” he asked, looking in her face with pitiful helplessness. “What can I say. Your trust is heaven for me. Can I find any excuse after that. Yet I struggled. If you could know how hard.* “But you took nothing to-night?’’ she questioned, a soft light stealing into her eyes. “No, nothing; but the temptation was never more terrible. When I recalled these last two days I thought I should So mad. I remembered that I had again Token my solemn promise. Again overwhelmed you with shame and sorrow, notwithstanding all your kindness and all your sympathy. The worst criminal on earth never felt greater misery and degradation, I was sure you would never trust me again. Sure that you would dread, to look upon my face. I could see no hope. And when I went into that accursed place they seemed so happy, The wine was there to bring forgetfulness, to drown my misery. It was before my eyes. Close to my hand Yet I did not drink. A thought of you, like the last straw to a drown ng held me back. I pushed it from meF Though I saw heaven in itsdep hsxnd hell in my own mind. Then Wilson came an< I " He could go no farther, emotion overpowered him. Margaret's own eyes filled with tears, and impulsively she placed her hand in his. “Poor Brian," she said very softly. “It has been very hard for you. I never knew how %ard until now. To-night has marked your first victory, and after this you shall not fight alone. No matter how rough the path may be, no matter how often you may stumble, I know the time must come when you will stand strong and firm. It is this belief Which keeps my faith and courage so warm within me. *And until that time does come, I always want you to remember that my hand is ever in yours, and, side by side, we will meet and overcome all that is hard to you. Through .better and through worse, al- , ways together. Don’t, Brian; it pains

me to see you give way so. We will I only bo giving mutual help. You shall lean on mo, as I shall otteu lean on you. I have had so many hopes and ambitions for you. So if you will insist on msg- | nlfying my simple duty Into such gen- j erous proportions, I shall expect my , reward in my own way. I oan say no more to-night; I feci so utterly weary. 1 To-morrow I will have more to tell you. i Only keep your courage strong, and remember that my desire to help you is above every other." “May God make me strong, Margaret, to be worthy of your faith. In his presence and in yours I solemnly pledge my word that the day shall come when you will see in mo something higher and better than the weak creature I am tonight.* I can say no more than that. Words are powerless to express my i thoughts. I can only feel." “And I can understand,"shereturned, with tremulous lips. “I can hold my hand to you now and say: ’There is only i faith and trust between us.’ ” Alone in his room. Alone with tyollngs . and emotions which filled his heart to | overflowing, Brian went over every word I of this conversation, and in the fresh strength and courage which had come to h m he repeated his pledge. Thon his mind passed in review the events of the evening. He remembered that when ho could no longer bear the tide of bitter, remorseful thoughts which surged over him he had found his way to his old haunts with the almost overwhelming desire to seek oblivion in the usual way. How Wilson had found him and drawn him away from the temptation that had well nigh conquered him. They had walked for a long time in the fresh, cool night, and while Wilson talked in the kind, contidentlal manner he had so often usedin their student days, Brian had felt himself overpowered by a rush of feeling, and he had longed with intense longing for something of the noble personality of the man beside him. “You have saved me from myself,” he had cried under the impulse of the moment. “I thank you. not for my sake, but for hers. Men who are strong like you seldom pity men who are weak like me. I have fallen without the breastworks. Shall I ever find safety?" And Wilson had answered, just as he often answered in those old days, when ho had promised such rich fruition for Brian’s many talents: “There is safety for you in strength of purpose and determination of endeavor, and safety,” he had added in a lower tone, “in the faith and trust of a loyal wife. Think of her and be strong." CHAPTER XIX. MARGARET SEES SOME SUNLIGHT. “I think the clouds must be rolling by,” Margaret said to herself one morning. Brian had just told her of his talk with Wilson, and of the latter’s promise to help him in every possible way. And as if this was not enough there was her long delightful letter from Miss Hilton, and the promise it held, that this dear old friend would be with her so soon. Only a short visit —five or six days at most—yet the prospect of even that made her so happy that she could scarcely speak of it to Brian. The happy moment arrived at last, when she looked into the dear brown eyes and kissed the smooth cheek, which was still so round and rosy. . She could only let her tears fall, and feel how sweet it was to lean once njore upon that true and tender love. “It is so nice to have you, so very nice to have you,” she cried, in glad tones, as she divested Miss Hilton of bonnet and wraps, and made her take the groat arm-chair. “So like the old times. I am going to sit on this low stool by you and stroke your hand just as I used to do. Do you remember how you used to like me to stroke your hand. Ah, I have missed those times, Miss Hilton. You cannot guess how I have missed them, even at Elmwood; but here a thousand times more.” “What a delightful little home you have,” answered Miss Hilton, allowing her eyes to travel about the room in an effort not to see the expression of pain which had accompanied Margaret’s words. “I am charmed.” “Are you? lam so glad. I think it rather nice, too, though at first it did seem rather small. Now I have become accustomed to it, and we are doing nicely Norah and Nanny are both with me. They both like New York better than I do.. I fear I am lacking in appreciation, but No, I’ll not tell you any more of' that. I have really made a great many friends here. I find the people very nice and pleasant.” “1 am pleased to hear it, Margaret. I never doubted your faculty for winning love. You are happy, too, I hope. ” Margaret continued to stroke the hand that rested on hers, but she found it impossible to raise her eyes, and the earnest question only won an evasive answer: “lamcontented now." Miss Hilton was a keen observer, and Margaret's reply did not satisfy her, but she answered with apparent readiness: “I am glad for even that much. I fear you have not trusted me implicitly. I think there has been some heartache, or your letters were not true barometers of your feelings. Some were very hopeful; others despondent. Often I feared you were breaking down, and then’l wished to borrow wings and come to you. ” “Ah, if you only had,” faltered Margaret, burying her head in Miss Hilton's lap. “You were so kind to want to do so. It has been heartache, so much heartache, I eould not tell you. It was too bitter to put on paper. Yet I knew you would read between the linos, that you would see and understand. And J felt sure of your sympathy—always so sure of that. If all had fallen from me I believed I should still have you. Sometimes I was tempted io ask you to come just for a little while. Then I reflected you might find it hard or impossible, and so I always put the wish aside.” “Your letters would have brought me, Margaret, Absence has not lessened my love for you. I want you to feel that it is always with you, though I may be far away. I was very much surprised when you told me you were leaving Elmwood. I felt that Brian was at the bottom of your reason, and I begged heaven to bless my brave girl. lam so happy to hear of Brian’s improvement. Industry is certainly a concession for him." “I always hoped for something better," Margaret returned, wondering why she should make her words apologetic. “Then, besides, he is my husband, and there is less a question of personal feeling than of wifely duty. There’s duty again. I am gt owing to detest the word. I Oh, Miss Hilton, you are tired. How thoughtless I am. In my selfishness I’ve quite forgotten what a journey you've had. Come; you shall go right to your room. Then I shall bring you a cup of tea, and you must rest until Brian comes. He will be delated to see you." » When Brian returned that night he found Miss Hilton installed in his particular chair. “Don't be jealous,* laughed Margaret, after the warm greetings were over. “I gave Miss Hilton your chair

because she i* a visitor, and must enjoy I all tho “On the principle of 'The poor you | have always with you,’ I suppose." “Don’t quote Ser.pturo so lightly, you ! thoughtless boy,” said Miss Hilton, with a smile. “I have been hearing some good accounts of you.” “I know who to thank for that," returned Briun, with n gratelul glance at Margaret. “How long huve you been hero discussing m ■?" "1 have been here since carlv this afternoon, lut wo di cussed other s ib- ' jects best es you, sir. argarot has been telling me a budget of news, and 1 ' have been admiring thl j do ight ul liti tie home. “All Margaret’s test o," was Brian's re1 ply. "1 t l.you, Miss Hilton, >he is " “Won t you com ' to dinner, pj< a e ” interrupted Margi.r t at th.s po nt. “lou ii find that a much more interesting sub ect for discus ion." When Brian returned home next evening ho found Mies Hlltm alone. “We have spent the aiternoon in shopp ng," she explained, “and the experience proved too much for. Mar- ! garet, so I s- nt h r away tx- rest bof< re ‘ dinner. Sh < will be in presently, and meant me you must put up with my | com; any." “1 am not displeased at the prospect," he responded, lightly, though an anxious expression settled over his face. |“I am beco.ning se lous y woiiiei about Margaret," he adds 1, more gravely. “Don’t jou think she is looking rather ill?" “She doesn’t seem particularly well. I fear she finds this spilng weather trying. Her case is not difficult to diagnose, however, and the medicine she most requires is—Elmwood.” The old lady gave Brian a searching look as she gave expession to this opinion. He bore it without flinching and answered with ncarcety a moment’s hesitation: “You are light. I have thought the same. She shall go to Elmwood as soon as possible." Miss Hilton shook her head, with thoughtful gravity. “That won’t do, Brian. Such a halfway method would be as effective as taking only one part of a seidlitz. You must see this in its proper light, my dear boy. Margaret shou d not make all the sacrifices.” “She shall make no more,” was the, I impulsive answer. “I see it all now. When she goes to Elmwood I go with her.” “To stay, I hope. Otherwise ” “Yes, Miss Hilton, to stay. I have been sufficiently neglectful and brutal. Now I have turned over a new leaf, and I am determined that my future shall bo worthy of her husband. I have much to make up. ” “bow I recognize the real Brian,” an-, swered Miss Hilton, with smil nc eyes. “I have always been confident that he would show himself some day. I am; very glad to see him.” “if he lives at all,” returned Brian,, with unusual feeling, “it is to Margaret’s credit. Her trust gave him life, and her influence led him on. Asjoi cannot understand ths depths to which I had sunk, neither can you realize to what extent she has proved my salva--tion. Had her nature been less noble, less generous, less pure than it Is, I could not love her as I do, afld —here she is to hear me say so." “And to thank you for such sweet words,” aided Margaret. “Brian, have you been home very long? I thought I should be here before you came, but my eyes would not stay open, and the time went so fast.” “If you are rested I sha’n’t regret it,"; returned Brian, drawing her unresistingly to the chair beside him. “I am glac. those refractory eyes compelled your obedience, even though they deprived me of your company. In your absence Miss Hilton has made herself vastly entertaining. We have been exchanging Ideas. See how she lies back in my chair, which she takes without the least compunction, and smiles at something I have told her. I wonder if it won’t make you smile, too. We will try the experiment after dinner." But after dinner Wilson made his appearance, and Margaret forgot all else in her effort that he and Miss Hilton should have ample opportunity to see and admire each other. [TQ BE CONTINUED. | A WONDROUS CAVE. Situated on the road leading to' Effeytlentown is one of the most re-, markable caverns to be found U the mountains of Pennsylvania. the notorious Cooley outlaws have their retreat. The cave is about 17 miles from Uniontown. The only means of ingresss is through a crevice under one of the high rocks, just large enougn to admit a man by lying flat upon the ground and drawing himself slowly through the narrow aperture. It is necessary to travel in this way for about 10 feet, when one finds himself in a vaulted chamber 40 feet long and 1& or 20 feet wide The cave has a smooth gravel floor, and at the end furthest from the mouth of the cave the way seems to bo blocked by huge rocks that at one time must have fallen from the arch above. From under these rocks flows a brook of Ice-cold water, clear as a crystal, and striking against the high walls of the chamber it sinks through the gravelly bed of the cave. The only way to reach the second room is by crawling through the ice-cold water for 20 feet, when one finds himself in a chamber one-fourth of a mile in length and of irregular width. The spectacle that greets the eye in this room is grand. From the arch above hang hundreds of stalactites, white as snow, that dazzle the eye and bewilder the mind of the beholder. Along one side of this room the stalactites and stalagmites also meet and, forming column after column, pass through a wide opening on the north side of the room, and along one side the crystallized’hime has the appearance of a frozen cataract. On either side of this room are crevices in the rocks through which can be seen chambers of unknown size, through which man never trod, and the beauty of which is yet unknown. Follow this narrow chamber for half a mile and you suddenly find that you are perspiring unnaturally. You feel a sickening sensation come over you; your taper refuses to burn, and you discover you are surrounded by deadly fire-damp, and at onco return to the chamber of inde-' scribable beauty. Through another opening in the side of the main chamber one can look far back into a chamber cut off from the first by fallen rocks. In It are a number of huge logs that must have been put there by men many years agQ, but for what purpose or by what race of men Is unknown. This wonderful cavern is only four miles from the famous Delaney cave, and from all the investigations that have been made, it is believed that the two are connected by passages yet unknown. ■ '■ ■' « 'si

Laying Foundation*, Suhaqueoils foundations for walla arc always difficult to-construct, but a method recently used by William Shield at Peterhead, New Brunswick, apparently simplifies the work wtioie the bottom is of irregular, rocky formation. Careful longitudinal sections arc taken along the lines of the inner and outer faces of the foundations, and planks are then cut and nallea to timbers in such a manner that one edge of the finish:d frame conforms exactly with the rocky bottom. These frames are Chon weighted and sunk into place, where they are fastened by long bolts, -wedge d into the rock by divers in such a manner that a mold for about twenty feet of the bottom of the wall is thus formed. Thu tops of the frames are brought to a true horizontal position by means of a spirit level or oth -iwisc, and tho sp ice between Is then filled w th concrete of proportions varying according to circumstances. Where a large mass of concrete is used it is composed of four or tour and one-half sand and gravel to one part of Portland cement, the top being finished off with six inches of a richer concrete composed of one and one-half parts of gravel and sand to one of the cement. Where the thickness of the foundation is not great, only the richer concrete is used. Tho material is lowered in a canvas bag holding about two and one-fourth cubic feet and so arranged that the bottom can be opened when it touches the place where the concrete is to be laid. The divers commence the foundation at one end and works backwards so as not to disturb the newly deposited concrete. The material as it leaves the bags is merely pressed down by the flat hand to the required level and then gently struck off by a straight edge resting at each end on the frames. In this way a perfect surface was formed ata depth of five or six feet below low water, which became hard enough in three days to receive the blocks of the wall. Railroads Taught a Leason. The World’s Fair dedicatory ceremonies in Chicago have demonstrated the fact that the railroads in order to do a b e businessduring the World’s Fair period next summer, must make rates as low as possible. Under the impression that but few people would come from distances beyond 350 miles of Chicago, the railroads fixed the rates for the distance within 350 miles of Chicago at one and one-third fare for the round trip, while from points beyond 350 miles the rate was fixed at one fare for the round trip It Is now found that more people availed themselves of the one-fare rate for the round trip fro u points ' beyond 350 miles of Chicago than of the one and one-third fare from points within the 350 miles limit It is calculated that at least 200,000 more people would have come here to witness the dedicatory ceremonies had a uniform rate of one fare for the round trip been made from all points. As the railroads were all taxed to their full capacity on this occasion no harm was done, but next year wgjn the travel will spread over six mpnths and with the additional facilities the railroads will then be provided with they will easily be able to handle any crowds no matter how large. Rut the events of the last three or four days have shown that unless the rates are made low enough the people will not come in such crowds as the railroads would like to have and which with their increased facilities they will be easily able to handle. The mistake of making the rates lower proportionately from long distances than from short ones ought not to be repeated. The people living within a radius of 200 to 300 miles of this city will come here several times during the World’s Fair period for a few days if fares are low, and thus avoid paying exorbitant hotel rates for an extended period. A Precious Stone. A fakir, walking along a road in India, chanced to pick up a fine large diamond that had been washed out of the ground by a heavy shower and lay glistening and blazing in the sun. He tied it up in a rag and put it in his empty tobacco pouch, and continued on his way to towu. Fakirs in India have little money as a rule, and this particular fakir had none at all, but he did have a strong craving for a quiet smoke. So he betook himself to a Barsee tobacconist and asked him how mu h tobacco he would let him have for a pretty stone that showed green and red and blue lights. The dealer asked to see the stone, and immediately recognized it as a diamond of the first water. •‘Uncle,” he remarked to the fakir, “since you are a poor man, I’ll give you a whole handful of tobacco.” And he grasped a hand'ul and thrust it into the fakir's pouch. “Mysun,” replied the fakir, “I have travelled a long distance, and am very tired. This is a beautiful stone, and you ought to give me at least three handfuls of tobacco.” After some further haggling, the Parsee agreed to keep the stone, after exacting from the fakir a promise to keep quiet about the matter. The Parsee then sent the stone to an associate in Bombay, where it was sold for two thousand dollars. Edible Birds’ Nest*. In the Andaman Islands the important work of edible birds’ nest collecting is reported to be over for the season. The swifts arrive ’in the islands toward the end of November, but they take their time in building the nests, which are formed from a gelatine secretion from the salivary glands of those beautiful members of thq swallow tribe. If there has been a wet December the first crop of nests is generally a poor one, being soiled by the damp and drippings from the roofs ot the caves. Collectors, however, begin in January to go around ’ the islands to the different caves in an open boat. The best quality re-' serubles pure isinglass, and are worth their weight in silver. Afterward there are two other collections. The caves in which the nests are found are scattered about the islands; some are far inland,, others in rocks concealed In mangrove swamps. Wk should imagine a boy would be more desirous of going to heaven; he can blow a horn all day there with* out being told to quit it*

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital. $50,000. Surplus, SIO,OOO Origanlzsd August 15,1883. Officers— T. T. Dorwln, President; P. W. Smith, Vice-President; B. 8. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry lierkee. J. 11. Holbrook, B. J. Tervoer, J. D. Hale and B 8. Peterson, Directors. We are prepared to make Ixtans on good security, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, and 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, 75,000. Organized In 1871. Officers—D. Stndabaker. 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 Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold, interest paid on time deposits. Paul O, Hooper, Attorney at Law Decatur, - - Indiana, JEJ. XX. 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. 1. r, ERWIN & MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, Ind. TBHANCE 4 MEBBYMAN. J. T. FRANCE. _D J. T. MERRYMAN Attorney* a.t Liaw, DECATUB, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over tho 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 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. All work warranted. Kent K. Wheelock, M. D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Calhoun-st. Fort Wayne. Ind. gEV D. NBUENSCH WANDEB, IL D. HOMEOPATHIST. Berne, - - - InsUonn. Children and Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A.«. HOLLOWAY. JE*lxy e»lola.xx Surseon Office over Burna' harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. AU calls promptly attended to in city or country night or day. M. L. HOLLOWAY, JL D. Office and residence one door north of Jf. M church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Timo, J 8 minutes slower than Columbus or fqrmer time. Took effect Sunday, Sept. 24.1802. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 6 No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 805 am 850 pm Richmond 2211 pm PIM .. 1125 Winchester.... 3 17 .. 11 s,’> .. 1223atr. Portland 4 04.. 1235 pm 105 Docatur 510.. 131.. 203 Ft.Wayno...arr 800.. 215.. 250 ~ •• •• ...Ive 235.. 310.. 805 am Kendallville 3 41.. 418.. »10.. Rome City 3 50.. 434 .. 020.. Wolcottville 401 9 31.. Valentine 4 11 0 42.. LaGrange 410 .. 501 .. 051 .. Lima 4 29 10 08.. Sturgis 4411.. 52(1.. 1019.. Vicksburg 6 88.. 8 20.. 11 09.. Kalamazoo, arr ... - . 805 ~.12 01.. ..Ive 345 am 1010 .. 710.. 1215 pm Gr. Rapids .arr 'lls .. 810 150.. •• “ ..Ive 720 am 10 30 .. 110 pm 2 00.. D..G.H.4M.0r 4 29.. 10 45.. 727.. 2 14.. Howard City... 544).. 1160 . 841.. 314.. Big Rapids 652 ..12 36am 9 45.. 356.. Reed City 730 .. 103 4 20.. Cadillac arr 1130.. 205.. 510 “ ....Ive 230 9 10 * Traverse City 700 pm Kalkaska 3 48 Petoskey 6 35.. 915.. ....... Mackinac City 800 .. 10 45 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 8 No. 8 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. Tlsprp 745 am 200pm Petoskey 910 .. 920 .. 345 Kalkaska |1238 .. 1136.. 502.. Traverse City.. 1 11 10 .. 450 Cadillac .. ..arr 2 20am 115 pm 7 00.. 8 05am •• ....Ive 2 15.. 135.. 860 pm 810.. Reed City 3 28.. 2 30.. 750.. 900.. Big Rapids 4 00.. 2 58.. 8 25.. 9 45.. Howard City.. 4 55.. 3 43.. 9 20.. 1032.. D..G.H.4M.cr 6 05.. 5 05.. 1025.. 1135,. Gr. Rapids .arr 6 31.. 515.. 11 00.. 11 50.. “ “ ..Ive 7 00.. 6 00.. 1120.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 1255 am 340.. “ ..Ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg 9 24.. 833 4 12.. Sturgis 10 19 .. 926 505 .. Lima 10 32 .. 940 5K .. LaGvange .... 10 44 .. 952 529 .. Valentine 10 53 .. 10 02 537 .. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14 547.. Rome City 1109.. 10 19 6 52.. Kendallville ...111 25 .. ! 10 39 6 08 .. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 715.. “ ." j..lve 1 00,. ilzloam; 5 45am' Decatur 1 46 .. 12 58 .. I 630 .. Portland 240 .. | 166 .. I 730 .. ' Winchester.... 317 .. 836 .. 809 .. Richmond 420 .. 310 ~ i 915 .. i Cincinnati 700.. I 655 12(Unm ...•■■• 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 sell Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford to sell them. I sell different maksa. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable Bee me first and fare money. JT. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind, Scientific American Agency for M f V| J n L y aw ■ J a ■ 1 B"I k E 1 1 TRADE MARKS, design patents COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO_ 361 Broadway, New York. Oldest bureau for securing patents Every patent taken out by us is brought the public by a notice given free of charge in the JcitHtific American Largest circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly Illustrated No intolligeto man should be without it. Weekly. 83.00 a year; SLSO six months. Address MUNN & CO, Vvulishebs, 361 Broadway, New York.

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®l n OO ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO AAZJ 4 YEAR S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLYENQUIRER A Becker Bro. Grand Upri jht Tiaao, ?G50,C0 A Gladiator Watch and Case 30.00 A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass 20.00 A Holman Parallel Bible 13.00 A Venice Parlor Clock. . . 12.00 A High Grade Safety Bicycle .121.00 An Elgin Watch and Boss Case. .•. . 25.00 A Hardock Rim Coil Spring) Handy Top lluggy r'" 200 ' 00 A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Caso. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters’’) -- Commercial College I ’ ' ' A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Donble Barrel Shot Gan 30.00 A Silverene Case 7 jewel Watch. . . 10.00 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine,ss.oo A 15 jewel Watch, Boss C#se 35.00 A Five Octave Parlor Organ 150.00 A Gladiator Watch. Dueßhr Case. . . 30.00 A John C. Hueber Watch A Case. . . 40.00 And B'2 other valuable premiums will be presented to yearly subscribers of the Weekly Enquirer in zVpril, 1892. Enclose one dolltir 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 Clau Night and Day Service betweea Toledo, Ohio, )AND(St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS—MODERH EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. W-MfSLS StSVED EN ROUTE, any hour, OAT OR NIUHT, at moderat, cost. hl for ficktfs lia Toledo, SL Louis L [insis City L 1 q.ovEK Leaf Route. For further particulars, call on nearort Agent of the Company, or address Oo C. JENKINS, flaaeral PM«e«r«r TOLEDO, OHIO, Lines. Schedule In effect May 15. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. Nc.s, Vestibule Limited, daily for I p w Chicago and tbewest f “'" o No. 3. Pacific Express, daily for ( w Chicago and the west j *“ No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago I p M and the west f No. 31. Local J-10:36 A. M TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for’!. ~.q- p u New York and Boston.j ‘- 00 “• No. 12, Express, daily if or New I 130 A. M. No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 p u cept Sunday S 1 - oHF - No. 30. Local }■ 10:35 A. M. J. W. DeLong, Agent. Frank M. Caldwell, D. P. A, Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Chicago, HL O.P. M.AXDBEWB, 3E*lxy ■ician db Surgeon MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church. 26-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary JVhXv Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orcho \J_ Zj tomv. Overotomy, Castrating. Rldg Ung, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone'g hardware store, Decatur Indiana. AGENTS WANTED —k. —_____ o Good Solicitors Only. Ladles or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from 62.09 to 68.00 a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, . CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Dxmocbj* one year for 82.30. By subscribing now, yo< can have both papers through the great eaM paign of 1892. Levi Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. MONEY TO LOAN On Fnmx Property on Long Ttane. Wo ComxoiMMloxx. Low Bate of Intorwm. In nay amounts can be made nt any time aa4 stop Interest. Call on, or address, X. X. GRITBR, or J. F, MXVr,* Office: Odd Fellows' Building, DecaSus. •. T. Way, M. », " . ‘ ■"My ailolaexxMto *-ux***o» ■earee. ... ladlaaa. AU calls promptly attended lodayor nlgM. residence. J. B. 8080, B. T. 8080 Master Commissioner. 8080 & SON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Boel Xstste and Collection, Decatur, Ind. liGT-T” , ‘ . -a