Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1892 — Page 7

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CHAPTER XX. BRIAN'S PRESCRIPTION. •I believe I am thoroughly tired out, Margaret. I have had a very hard day ’ e work." , . , Margaret turned from her book as Brian entered the room with these words. “Have you?” she asked. “How nice you will And your well-earned rest. See, your chair is waiting for you.” “It shall not be empty a minute longer. It is wonderfully comfortable. Sit there, won’t you? I like to see your face: It rests me." “Then I may consider myself useful, as well as ornamental,” she laughed, wondering why the rebellious color should fly to her face in such a disagreeable way. “When did you get my message, Margaret?" he asked. "About 4 o’clock, I think. I was sorry you could not come home to dinner. You have had some, of course?" “I had an apology for one," he returned. “I hadn’t time for any other; so many important cases brought in today. This hospital practice is worth a great deal to me, I tell you. I was getting rusty, and it has polished me up considerably. I suppose Miss Hilton left, as she Intended?” “She went early this afternoon.” This answer was given with a faltering voice. “Dear Margaret,” he said with feeling, “I know how you will miss her. I wish you would let me comfort you. Don’t go away. “Only for a few minutes," she answered hastily. “I am coming back." True to her promise she returned quickly, with a small tray in her hand. “Only some cake and coffee,” she said, "to make up for that apology for a dinner. I made the coffee. Do you think you will like it?" "Will I? Its fragrance is sufficiently tempting." Brian jumped from his chair, and took the tray from Margaret’s hands. “I’m just beginning to realize that lam hungry. You will help me to drink it?” “Os course," laughed Margaret “I want to show my appreciation of culinary ability. Norah thinks I will be i quite a finished cook in time. This is nice, and if we had some Elmwood cream it would be all to be desired. You like it? lam glad. I want you to tell me now the cause of your serious face. It looked ever so long when I came in." "I am the least bit anxious about you. I fear you are losing the old strength you used to boast of. Don’t shake your head so decidedly, I see with an experienced eye. I saw how that ring slipped about when you were pouring this coffee, and seven months ago, when I put it there, Margaret, it was very tight and snuir. I want to see it so again. You need the country breezes. I know that Elmwood is the magical med.cine which your casp demands, and if I prescribe it, I don’t believe you will find it so bitter to take. ’’ “And you?" she asked, after a moment’s silence. “That is to be just as you say, Margaret." “Then," she returned with a radiant face, “w<* will both go home." When Wilson learned of this decision, "The fascinations of New York have been exercised in vain,” he declared. “I think you will find something to regret when you have gone from us. Still I am sure you w.ll realize a much needed benefit, and in view of that I must be glad that you will so soon enjoy the pleasure of the country. I hope you will not quite forget us. ” “I will never forget you," was the impulsive answer. “The service you have rendered Brian I cannot even realize, much less thank you for. The most I can do is to give you a place among the friends I cherish most highly. Brian and I will hope to see you quite often. I know you will like Elmwood. It is so beautiful. I never knew how much I loi.ged to see it until this moment. I believe! haven't dared to think. The other day I took a long ride on the Madison avenue cars, just for something to do, and when we got out in the nineties there was a real little bit of country before us. I could not stay in the car. The sun really seemed so much brighter; and when I heard the hens and saw the ducks and geese walking along the narrow pavements I wanted to sit down and cry.” Wilson smiled. “Did you think better of the impulse?" he questioned. “Oh, yes. Fortunately, I came upon a woman sitting on the grass with the whitest, fattest baby I almost ever saw. I adore babies, and I began to admire that one extravagantly. The mother was delighted, and byway of recompense, I presume, gave me a detailed history of the seven fatter and whiter ones which had preceded this one. By the time She finished I had forgotten that I ever wanted to cry.” “So the baby proved an effective antidote. You were very fortunate in your meeting. Now, I believe I must hurry away. I could only steal a moment just to run in to say good-by.” “I don’t believe you have stayed that moment," complained Margaret, “and I am sure if you were very anxious you could stretch It just the least bit. Brian will be so sorry not to have seen you. Are you so very busy. Doctor?” "Well, rather,” was the half hesitating reply. “Summer is near at hand, and that Is a time of wretchedness for the unfortunate poor. I wish we had a larger corps of free doctors. We certainly need them in those crowded, mis erable districts, where the white crape and tiny hearses tell their own story of suffering and death. I have brought a shadow to your face; I will say no more." “You are merely giving me a glimpse of the other side of life," she said thought: ally. “I find the contrast, as usual, sad and strong. I wish the world was different. I wish we lived under Bellamy’s order of things." Wilson smiled. “I fear such order is too Utopian ever to be realized," he answered. “Perhaps, though I dare say Are you really going? Well, then I must say good-by. I hope it is not necessary for me to repeat the assurance that Elmwood always holds a welcome for you. I thank you or your good wishes, and I wish you td remember that I appreciate more than I have power to express the—happiness you have helped to give nie. ’’ "No mofe," said Wilson, with painful abruptndbs. “My service is not worth ■nrth mAnttan h Without another word he pressed her

hand and was gone, leaving her rather surprised at his unusual manner. CHAPTER XXI. ■ I.MWOOD AGAIN. Margaret had finished her breakfast, and even after Brian had left she still sat over the table, her heart filled with sweet content, and her eyes dim with the happy tears that shut from her vision the familiar ob eots about her. For she was home. Home in dear old Elmwood. And now, after eating what she declared to Brian to be her biggest breakfast in throe months, she wanted to sit still and feast her eyes upon the smooth green lawns where the bright sun sifted Itself through a luxuriant network of green branches, and the lilac and the hawthorn were bursting into a breath of fragrant flowers, and say to herself it is good to be here. 8h» repeated the same words to Brian when he came in at luncheon, and he, looking at her face, almost marveled at the change that had come over It. “I dare say, you are right, Margaret; it Is good for you to be here. I don’t believe I exaggerate when I declare that there is already aorrre color in your cheeks. What have you been doing with yourself this morning?” “I don’t believe I can begin to tell yon. First, there was so much to talk about with Mrs. Davis. We have been laying our heads together and evolving some delightful plans. You will see the results after awhile; anl then, this afternoon I must go to The Cedars. I am pining for a sight or the Colonel." “And he, no doubt, is pining for a sight of you. I suppose that will complete your happiness.” “As nearly as It can be completed. Do you remember how we left Elmwood, Brian, under the chill and cold of winter, and we return to it in the joy of a glad resurrection? I accept it as an omen, and I am —very happv." She left the table with these words and walked to the open window. Brian followed her. “Lot me share your happiness," he said, in a low voice. “Darling, the probation has been very long.” He slipped his hand about her waist, and drew her to the veranda outside. “You remember our compact? I shall keep it—be sure of that—until the day comes that you shall bid me break it. And it will come, Margaret, ascertalnly as we both stand here. You will find me very patient until I have won my Victory, for I feel that even the price which Jacob paid for Kachel is not too dear to pay for you. Now, may I tell you what I have been doing to-day?" “Yes; I shall like very much to hear.” “Well, I have been taking with Dr. Philips. I wish you would let me see your face, Margaret. It will be more encouraging than your back. There, that is better; thank you. I saw Dr. Philips, as I said, and 1 told him of my wish to build up a practice here. Just as I expected, he feels his advancing years, and will be very glad es a young assistant. He is delighted to help the son of his old partner, he tells me. So you see I am particularly fortunate. I can step right into his shoes, and, though I may find them very large ” “You will grow," put in Margaret, glad of this new turn to the conversation. “And I am very much pleased," she added, more gravely. “So am I. It is the first step toward winning my wife.” A half hour later Margaret was sitting in the chair of honor in Alice’s rooms, half-laughing, half-crying, and trying to ask and answer questions in the same breath. “I’m going to keep you a few minutes all to myself,” declared Alice, “because I have so much to tell you, Margaret. So much I could only hint at it in my letters. I could not express one-half the happiness I longed for you to share." “I am so glad, dear,” Margaret answered. “So very glad for you and for Bertie. Tell me all about it now. ” It was fully fifteen minutes before Alice sent the message telling her uncle that Margaret was there. It brought the Colonel in very quick time. “Oh, Colonel,” she cried, and the next second she was folded in his arms. “Back again, Margaret. I am so glad, child. This time we mean to keep you. Bless your dear heart; it does my eyes good to see you. Even though you have grown so thin and your face is as white as our own snow-balls. ” “Colonel, you hurt my vanity. I shall grow wonderfully fat and well in a few weeks. You won’t know mo. Brian thinks I have some color already. ’’ “Brian! Let Brian go to the devil! I beg your pardon, my dear. I see I have horrified you. I am not overpleased with Brian, as you may guess. I dare say you find excuses for the scamp, however. I am glad he has some grace left. You women can usually manage men. I was getting ready ’to come and shoot him, but I must acknowledge that your method has been more effectual. ” “He is growing tired of doing nothing,” she answered, without meeting the Colonel’s glance, “and he has decided to practice his profession here. I dare say he will become as highly respected as dear uncle Stephen was.” “Highly respected! Fiddlesticks! There it is again, Margaret. The outcome of prejudice, most probably. I beg your pardon a second time, and predict that Brian will become all that you want to make him. If he doesn't I’ll ” 7 “Shoot him, I suppose,” put in Margaret, with laughing eyes. “That would be a fatal blow to my hopes. I beg you you will spare me the humiliation of failure. And please give Brian credit on his own account.” “Certainly, my dear, all he deserves; though I must add that I don’t consider the demand excessive. Alice, isn’t that that your rascally husband bawling down-stairs? I hope you have no intention of going to him. Let him use his long legs and come up to you." “He is using them,” observed Margaret, smiling at the long, heavy strides ascending the steps, “Alice, don’t be jealous, please, If I say that Bertie is one of the nicest men in this world.” “Thanks for the compliment, which wasn’t intended for my ears. I just heard from your grooip that you had condescended to honor us with a visit. ” And Bertie burst into the room. “It is so natural to find you here,” he added. “Father feels ten years younger from your very presence. And you are looking better — much better — than ■when I saw you last, though you might still be the original of Tennyson’s ‘0 rare, pale Margaret’" “Nonsense," interrupted the Colonel, rather testily. “Don’t be a fool, Bertie. AY hat a long tongue you have." “You see, Margaret,” observed Bertie, with laughing eyes, “my appreciative father still allows his admiration of my talents to surprise him into little affectionate speeches. You must not think anything of it. He is very proud of me." “Humph!" was the contempuous reply, at which Margaret and Alice laughed. Throughout the visit the cheerful badinage continued, and when she was ready to go home, after not a little pressure to stay longer, Ber ie declared his intention of rid ng with her. "It was so g >od of you to come," she said, after they had left The Cedars

and he had expressed his pleasure hi Brian's changed conduct. “You knew I had something to say to you." “Your eyes tell all your secrets, Margaret. What is that something?" "Can you not guess? It affects Brian and you. You have always been such good friends until very lately, and I am so anxious for those oln feelings to be renewed. The eircums anoes of your last meeting wore not—very pleasant. He will remember this, and perhaps you will remember It too. lam going to ask you to forgot It. When I ro.all all that you have done for mo before, I feel perfectly confident that you will not refuse this favor. You understand me, I am sure?” “Understand! Who can fail to understand su h goodness as yours? When I think of that, it is all the harder to forget the suffering he has caused you. Perhaps I cannot promise, Margaret." “Oh, yes, you can. The suffering you speak of may have bedn of great advantage. I may become the better and the stronger for it. Besides, Brian has struggled and suffered too. You can never know how much. Even I can never know how much. And he is trying now. For that he deserves credit. I think you will have to do as I wish, Bertie. Indeed, lam sure you will." “There, I have nothing more to say. You always have your way. I dare say we don’t realize what Brian had to overcome before he won his victory, and as far as my words or actions are concerned, he shall have no reminder of the past. ” “Thank you," was the grateful answer. “I never liked you better or admired you more than 1 do now." He smiled his response as they turned in at the gates of Elmwood. As they approached the door Margaret saw Brian waiting to meet her. He had evidently not expected to see Bertie, and Margaret noticed a slight embarrassment upon his face. “I have Bertie with me,” she said, riding close to him. “Ho has come all the way from The Cedars to see you." “Little hypocrite,” murmured Bertie under his breath. “Don’t you think it wrong to tell fibs?” The next second he had assisted her from her horse and turned to Brian. No word passed between them, buttheir hand-clasp held a language and a meaning of its own. [TO BK CONTINUED. ] CANDLES FROM PLANTS. Vegetables Which Bear Wax and Tallow —Facts About Camphor. Several very curious substances of an inflammable nature are produced by plants, said a naturalist to a Washington Star writer. Many vegetable species bear wax, which in the form of minute scales on the surface of the plum and other stone fruit makes what is called the “bloom.” It exists so abundantly in the fruit of a Virginia rnytle that the latter has received the name of “candle berry.” These berries are collected in great quantities for their wax and candles made from them burn with remarkable brightness and freedom from smoke, at the same time giving out a pleasant fragrance. A wax-bearing tree exists in South Africa, the berries of which yield a substance which is made into candles by the Dutch. There are several species of wax palms in South America. One of them has its leaves covered with scales of wax, while the trunk of another kind is covered with the wax as with a varnish. A substance very like tallow is yielded by a tree in China, the seed vessels of which are hard, brownish husks. Each of them contains three round white kernels,about the size and shape of hazelnuts. These kernels have small stones inside them, around which the fatty matter lies. From the pit of the stone an oil for burning in lamps is pressed. Almost all the candles used in the south of China are made from this vegetable tallow. A tree abounds on the Malabar coast of India called the “piney” which bears a pulpy fruit that yields a great quantity of solid tallow approaching wax in firmness and superior to animal fat for the manufacture of candles. Another remarkable inflammable substance secreted by plants is camphor. It is chiefly obtained from a species of laurel native to the East Indies. In preparing it pieces of the roots are put. into an iron vessel tightly covered. When the vessel is heated the camphor rises in the form of vapor and is condensed on the cover. That is the primitive method, at all events, though I believe that it is improved upon by newly invented processes. In old trees the camphor is sometimes found, when the trunks are split open, in a very pure state, forming small concretions or “tears.” An Important Omission. The mother’s suspicions were aroused, says the Detroit Free Press, and that night, when the young man left the house and the daughter came up stairs, she interviewed her. “Elizabeth,” she said, sternly, “didn’t I hear Mr. Smipley kissing you in the parlor os I came along the hall?" “No, mamma, you didn’t,” responded, the daughter emphatically. “Well, didn’t he try to kiss you?" persisted the mother. “Yes, mamma,” demurely. The mother spoke triumphantly. “I knew it,” she said. “Did you permit him to do so?” “No, ma'am, I did not. I told him you had always taught me that I should not permit any young man to kiss me.” “That was right, that was right, my dear,” said the mother encouragingly. “And what did he say to that?” The girl blushed, but was undaunted. “He asked me if you had ever told me that I was not to kiss a young man.” The mother began to feel that possibly she had omitted a vital link in the chain of her instructions. “What did you tell him?” she asked nervously. “I said I didn’t remember it if you had.” The girl stopped, and the mother broke out urgently: “Well, goon—goon." “I guess that’s what you heard, mother!” And the daughter waited for the storm to burst. Some naval officers testing a new projectile off the Atlantic coast were so successful as to sink a schooner. The fact that the vessel was threequarters of a mile from the line of Are says much for the efficiency of the projectilq. and the accuracy of the man who aimed it Hereafter when projectiles are being tested schooners should scurry for safety directly into line of Are. The estimate of the Kansas wheat Crop by the State Board of Agriculture is 60.000,000 bushels. As the wheat so far threshed is turning out an exceptionally good quality, there seems to be no reason for doubting that the State has the best crop It has ever grown. Mat—Your last suitor, Mr. Walt, seems very magnetic. Belle—Yes, I gave him both poles. May—What do you mean? Belle — A positive negative.—Truth.

DIDN’T BRING RAIN. Texas Clouds Refuse to Weep at the Command of Dyrenfortli. In the rain making experiment nt San Antonio, Tex., several charges us rosellite w ere fired and y. f° ur •’hells were sent U P ,rom the wcZ mortars. The ground charges, gr according io a W correspondent, _>l did no more than shake the earth. .The mortars throw their shells * n air “bout ,e et and ex- • 7 Ploded prettily. | y/' Thea Gen. Dyren- / forth brought out qN ’ his grand battery \l) In the shape of an ........ while to fill It with the necessary ingredients. The balloons used in these experiments are made of paper cover d with a light cotton netting There is danger In filling these dreadful things and even greater In letting them go, for the slightest mishap or carelessness would send everybody to kingdom come.*' Explosion of the Balloon. It was nearly dark when the balloon went up, but its ascent and explosion was a pretty eight. The hundre is of eyes watching It all at once saw a blinding flash on the heavens and then came a profound silence for six or seven seconds, then a shock which ehook the ground. The balloon had exploded right beneath a fleecy cloud. The cloud kept on its way calmly and serenely, but, as Prof. Ellis said, the cloud was 18,OUt) feet high, and as the explosion occurred only 4,000 feet nearer, the cloud might have been excused for its Inattention. The following day it was fully 8 o’clock before the fusillade finally opened. The sky was greatly overcast in the morning, but everybody said it was not a ra n cloud and the General might go ahead. The breeze was southwesterly and blowing about ten miles an hour. About 3 o’clock Messrs. Dickenson and King, with the president of the San Antonio Board of Trade, waited upon Gene: al Dyr. nforth and somewhat sharply said that there was no use waiting for further favorable conditions. , They wanted the test made at once, and wanted it till some result was ob' ainel. The General waived his military gauntlet in the direction of a battery to the westward which opened with a series of detonations of five and ten pound charges of rosellite. Then on the crest of the ridge could be seen other puffs ofs moke until nearly a semicircle of explosions had been seen and noted. Then Dr. Bosell opened his mortar battery from the brow of the hill near Dyrenforth’s headquarters and a dozen or more shells were sent up a thousand feet and exploded. These shells contained three pounds of rosellite. While the firing was going on Professor Ellis prepared another gaseous balloon. It was the same at was sent up the day before, but to the relief of the crowd had a longer fuse, for it did not explode until it was a mile in the air. When it did go there was a vivid flash, a puff of smoke visible for an instant, and then a wait of eight seconds for the shock. No Effect on the Clouds. It was terrific. Horses and buggies were changed about and all na ure seemed convulsed, but again the fleecy clouds against which the balloon had been sent sailed majes ically along, seemingly indifferent. The first bombardment was kept up until midnight, when the first battery of 3,000 of rosellite was exhausted. The fusillade will be resumed and continued without intermission for twenty-four hours. This will conclude the first series of experiments. FOR A NATIONAL QUARANTINE. Recommendations to Be Made by Surgeon General Wyman. Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital service, in whose hands .have been placed all the measures for suppression of cholera," said that his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury would strongly recommend that the matter of quarantines be placed under national control. He will suggest that there bo established either a national quarantine or a Bureau of Health, whose duties will be specifically confined to meeting just such emergencies as have been presented by the recent cholera scare. The report will follow closely the recommendation of the Quarantine Committee, made up of leading physicians of the country, appointed last fall at the meeting of the National Medical Congress. These gentlemen have visited the various ports of entry from Maine to New Orleans, and they say the quarantine system at New Orleans is the one which should be adopted as a national measure. It provides for a thorough fumigation, and is bo effective that New Orleans has not seen yellow fever in seven years, whereas the cityused to have a visit every summer prior to the establishment ot this system. Soldiers Crashed to Death. Additional advices per st amship China state that a traveler arriving at Foochow reports that a gale, accompanied by a waterspout, swept down from the mountains, swamping the country in the neighborhood of Changchow, the water in some places stand-. Ing ten feet deep. The Confucian temple and the temple of the City God were bo h submerged, the walls of the latter collapsing, burying eighty soldiers. In the Nan-Hsien district the people also suffered mu< h. Brieflets. n The Missouri Legislature will attempt to fix by law the price of sleep-ing-car berths at $1.50. Four mfen were drowned by the capsizing ot a Government scow In Snake Biver, near Lewiston, Idaho The Hawaiian cabinet announces its willingness to grant the United States territory and a harbor for a coaling station. H Sunday opening of the World’s Fair was advocated by the General Assembly of the Khights of Labor in a resolution adopted at St. Louis. President Diaz has made the official announcement that the Mexican Government will restore the import duty on grain Deo. 1. Southeastern railway managers will meet at Atlanta, Ga., to discuss plans for a direct lino of steamers between some Southern point and Liverpool. A team drawing a carriage occupied by Mrs. Grover Cleveland and other ladies ran away at Lakeside, N. J. Mr. Freeland, Mrs. Cleveland's host, who was driving, finally stopped the team. William E. Curtis, who has just returned from his mission to Spain in seach of Columbus relics, says the greater part of the relies at the Madrid Historical Exposition will be transferred to the World’s Fair. The Bev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst and a corps of 1,137 assistant will complete a map of New York City, showing the position and character of every house within the municipal limits, to-gether-with the names and social status of occupants. This enterprise is to be prosecuted under the auspices ot the City Vigilance League. < ■. '■’i’brf ■ ■■ ■■■ '

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capitol. *50,000. Surplus, •10.000 Origanlzed August IS, 1883. Officers—T. T. Dor win, Preaident; P. W. Smith, Vice-President; R. 8. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Dsrkes, J. H. Holbrook, B, J. Terveer, J. D. Hale 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 of Credit available in any of the principal cities of Europe. Also Passage Ticket to and from the Ola World, Including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. $75,000. Surplus,.7s,ooo. Organized in 187 L Officers—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 Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. Interest paid on time deposits. r Paul G. Hooper, Attorney at Usevw Decatur, - - Indiana. ZEJ. S. LoBRUN. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. XBVIN, B. X. MANN. J. r. ERWIN A HANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur,, Ind. T7IKANCE A MERRYMAN. J. T. FRANCX. J? J. T. MERHVMAN Attorneys a.t Law, DECATUR, 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. JQ. NEPTUNE. » DENIST. Now located over Holthouse's shoe store, and la 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, H. D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST M Calhoun-st. Fort Wayne, Ind. * 11 -e ~ D. NEUENBCHWANDBR, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Berne, - Zndtawe. Children and Chronic Disease, a Specialty. Twenty yean experience. A. C. BOLLOWAY, JF’lxy rtiloi an <t> Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. AU call* promptly attended to In city Or country night or day. M, L. HOLLOWAY, K. D. Office and residence one door north of M. K church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains ran on Central Standard Time. 23 minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Sunday, Sept. 25.1818. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 8 No. S No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 805 am 850 pm Richmond 220 pm It) 55 .. 11 25 Winchester ... 3 17 .. 11 55 .. 1223atr. Portland 4 04.. 1235 pm 105 Decatur 510 .. 131.. 203 Ft.Wayne...arr 600 .. 2 15.. 250 ’’ ’’ ...Ive... 2 35.. 810 .. 806 am Kendallville ;... 341.. 418.. 910.. Home City 356 .. 434 .. 926 .. Wolcottville 4 01 9 31 .. Valentine 4 11 9 42.. LaGrange 4 19.. 601 .. 951.. Lima .. 429 1003.. Sturgis 440 .. 526 .. 10 19 .. Vicksburg 5 36.. 6 20.. 1109 .. Kalamazoo, arr . 605 12 01.. ’• ..Ive 345am1010.. 710.. 1215 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 6 15.. 810.. 160.. ’’ “ ..Ive 720 am 10 30.. 1 input 2 00.. D..G.H.AM.cr 4 29.. 10 45.. 727.. 2 14.. Howard City... 540.. 11 50 . 841 ... 314 .. Illg Rapids 653 ..1236am 9 45.. 3 66.. Reed City 730 .. 103 4 20.. Cadillac arr 1130.. 2 05.. 510 ’’ ....Ive .< 230 910 .. Traverse City 700 pm Kalkaska 3 48 Petoskey..., 6 36.. 9 15.. . Mackinac City 8 00.. 10 45 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 MacklnacCity. 715 pm 745 am 2 00pm Petoskey 910 .. 920 .. 345 Kalkaska 12 36 .. 11 36 .. 502 Traverse City 11 10 .. 450 Cadillac ....arr 220 am 115 pm 7 00.. 805 am “ ....Ive 215 .. 135.. 650 pm 810.. ReedClty 3 28.. 2 30.. 7 50.. 9 00.. Big Rapids 4 00.. 2 58.. 8 25.. 94.5.. Howard City.. 455.. 3 43.. 920.. 10 32.. D..G.H.&M.cr 6 05.. 5 05.. 1025.. 1135.. Gr. Ranids .arr 633.. 5 15.. 11 00.. 11 50 .. ” “ ..Ire 7 00.. 6 00.. 1120.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 1255 am 3 40.. ’’ ..Ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg 9 24.. 833 4 12.. Sturgis 10 19.. 920 605.. Lima 10 32 .. 940 517 .. LaGrange ..... 1044 .. 952 5 29.. Valentine 10 53 .. 10 02 637 .. Wolcottville... 11 04 .. 10 14 5 47.. Rome City 11 09 .. 10 19 552 .. Kendallville... 11 25 .. 10 39 6 08.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 1150 715.. ’’ “ r..lve 100.. 1215 am 545 am ........ Decatur 146.. 1258.. 630 Portland 2 40.. 155.. 730 Winchester.... 317 .. 2 36.. 809 Richmond 420 .. 340 .. 915 Cincinnati 700 .. 655 .. 1201 nm 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 aeU Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford he sell them. I seU different make*. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and save mofcey. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind, Scientific American Agency for 9 f w J ■! 1 ■ ■[ VJ yiw■ J k ■ I■Rk H B v 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 in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought berore the public by a notice given free of charge tn the Scientific America# Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelhpeot man should be without it. Weekly; 53.00 s year; jl.nO six months. Address MUNN CO, vvBUSHERS. 361 Broadway, New York.

SI.OO ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO AND A YEAN S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piano, $&k),OI) A Gladiator Watch and Caso 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 125.00 An Elgin Watch and Boss Case. . . . 25.00 A Haydock Rice Coil Spring 1 an Handy Top Buggyf” " 2W ' OO A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Case. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters') -- ( m Commercial College f’ ’ ’ w 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 Case 35.00 A Five Octave Parlor Organ 150.00 A Gladiator Watch, Dneber Case. . . 30.00 A John C. Dneber Watch Case. . . 40.00 And 82 other valuable premiums will be presented to yearly subscribers of the Weekly Enquirer in April, 1892. Enclose one dollar for a year’s subscription to the Weekly Enquirer, and GUESS what will be the 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 betweea Toledo, Ohio, )AND( St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. ■a-FfjflS SERVED EN ROUTE, any hour, DAT OR NtRHT, at modorau cost. hkfor tickets via Toledo, SI Louis 4 Kansas City R. 1 Clover Leaf Route. For further particulars, call on neareeO Agent of the Company, or add rem O. C. JENKINS. Cunsl PuMapr A(Wt, TOLEDO, OHIO, Erie Lines. Schedule In effect May 18. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5. Vestibule Limited, dally for I •>.« p vr Chicago aud the west f ’ s ’"° r " No. 3. Pacific Express, daily for I o.™ A , r Chicago and the west I *' w No. I. Express, daily for Chicago I p,.,, p m aud the west r. No. 31, Local 110:35 A. M TRAIN'S EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I ».»« p M New York and Boston f ’ No. 12. Express, dailyJfor New I Y r ork 1 No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 , ,-o p cept Sunday f 158 ** No-30. Local 110:35 A. M. J. W. DeLong, Agent, Frank M. Caldwell. D. P. A, Huntington, Ind.: F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Chicago, 18. O. P. M. ANDREWS, Pliyßiciaii cfc MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church, _ 26-* Prof. L. H, Zeigler, Veterinary JSASD Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orcho y. ZJ tomy. Overotomy, Castrating, Rldg ling. Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone's hardware store. Decatur Indiana. ACENTS WANTED Good Solicitors Only. Ladies or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from (2.1X1 to 18.00 a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY. CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Dxmocbax one year for 52.30. By subscribing now, yoffi can nave both papers through the great ea*; palgn of 1892. I, Leri Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. MONEY TO LOAN On Fane Property on Long Time. X?o Coxxx.xxxlmmloxx« Low Rate of latarsM. la aay anouato oaa be made at any time aaM ■top IntereeL Call on, or eddreee, A. X. GRUBB, or J. F. MANN, <Mtoo: Odd Fallows' Building, Deoatao. •. T. May, M. D, 3P2xjr*lol axx«l> Murgwon ■•wrwe, . . . Intlam*. All calle promptly ettended to day er nigM. Jffioo at reeldenoe. & 8080, , . KT. 8080. Master Commissioner. 8080 & SON, ATTORNEYS Al’ LAW, Seal Brtats and Collection, Decatur, Ind.