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I * CHAPTER XXII. I j' r A HASTY WOBI> AND ITS PUNISHMBNT. I Dr. Philips, whoso recognized partner I Brian became, had known him from the I hour of his birth, and on this account, I and because, too, of the deep friendship II entertained for his father, he took more I than usual interest in him. I “I want to see in you the worthy suoI ■ cessor of my old friend,” he said one I day. “You can work out an honorable I career, and you should. You owe it I not only to his memory but also to that I dear, syreet wife of yours. Let her be H your inspiration. I promised your father I when he was dying that I would act the r" rt of a friend to her. I don’t believe can do that more effectually than by ■ J i “?fhe old refrain, Doctor. In all that I is done for me, I see Margaret as the I prompting motive. This prevents any I feeling of conceit on my part, and lam I willing that she shall have the wellI deserved credit, but, nevertheless, my II windless sails flap rather dolefully.” I‘•* * ♦ * | “Dr. Philips says I have a dear, sweet |l wife. What do you think of that, MarI garet?” I “That he is a man given to over- | praise,” replied Margaret, glancing up | from the scarf she was embroidering. | “A very nice man, though," she added, |' turning to her work once more. “So | good to me and so good to you. ” I He was standing behind her chair, 11 and bent his head to look into her eyes. 11 Nervous under such close contact she | (started up, and made a pretense of ar--1I ranging some books upon a small table. I The sigh with which his eye followed 11 her awakened In her heart some twings 11 of remorse for what, she felt obliged to I confess, was an unreasonable betrayal of 111-huumor. “Come back to your chair, Margaret. You can be very cruel sometimes. ” “Have you any right to blame me, Brian?” A glance at his face made her regret this question the second it passed her I i lips, but before she could recall it he II had left the room, with the words desItlned to echo in her heart through many long, bitter days. “No, Margaret. No right at all. I see your love is not for me.” A few minutes later she heard the i; sound of his horse's hoofs on the drive outside. It was <OO late now. She | must wait until his return. Then she I would tell him how sorry she was. She wondered why the • moments dragged so heavily, scarcely an hour had passed since Brian had left her; it seemed more like three. The sound of some disturbance down stairs came to her ears. With a nervous start she I listened anxiously. There was no mistaking the hurried footsteps and sub- | dued voices. Something unusual had | happened. I With a mind filled with terrible dread, and a heart beating to almost suffocation, she flew down the steps, along the hall, and into the library, and there No need to ask the matter now. During a second, in which she seemed to die a hundred deaths, she took in the white face and still form upon the sofa, and then, without even a cry, but with an expression that fixed itself Indelibly upon the minds of those who saw it, she knelt beside this remnant of the life and strength of an hour before, and, taking the Cold hands between her own, soothed and pressed them in her effort to bring back their lost warmth. Poor hands! a little while ago she had shrunk from their contact, ana now they were all powerless, too helpless to respond even to her touch; yet she would still hold them, and, perhaps, after a time he might feet She would lay her heart on his, he would hear its beating and might understand. She would “Margaret. ” She heard her name repeated softly; she felt a gentle touch upon her shoulder, and a strong hand lifting her from her crouching position, and she raised her*face, haggard and drawn with suffering, to meet Dr. Philips’ sympathetic glance. “Don’t give way,” he said kindly, seeing the question in her eyes. “We must get him to his room, and meanwhile we may hone that things are not so bad as they seem." "Poor child,” he murmured after he had left her; “and poor Brian. I little thought, when I saw him so well and strong yesterday, that to-day he would be so near death. A sad ending to his young career." While Margaret sat by Brian’s bed, trying in the pain and remorse which filled her heart to overflowing to make the most of the few attentions she could lavish upon him, a thought came to her like a ray of hope. “I will ask him to come,” she said under her breath. “I will ask him to come. Did you call me, Brian?” She bent over the bed and gazed mutely up ,n the motionless face. No, Brian had not called, and with a heartbroken sigh she turned away to write the telegram which was to tell Wilson of Brian’s danger. And three hours later Wilson came. Well might Margaret say, as her hand rested in his sympathetic clasp: "I felt so sure that you would come. Your presence gives me strength and hope. I feel that he. will be safe in your hands." “As safe as these hands can make him, Mrs. Leigh. Please God, your confidence will not be misplaced. ” Margaret herself scarcely realized the extent of this confidence until she had taken Wilson to Brian’s room, and waited with a suspense that amounted to agony the opinion which she felt would mean so much. She watched his face anxiously, but It revealed little, and only by a subtle Intuition did she understand that he : considered Brian’s state most critical. With the last gleam of hope dying j from her heart, she followed him from A the room. V “The truth,” she pleaded, pressing her hand to her eyes. “The whole truth. Ah! you hesitate. That is more cruel still. lean bear the truth best.” ‘‘Poor child,” he answered. “You must not give way to this despair. Yet, since you ask me fo' - the truth, I will I not deceive you. Brian’s condition Is ,> most precarious. The odds are all j against him. He has but one bare | chance.” “He has one chance," she repeated, snatching at this straw of hope. “Then, Doctoi we will make the most of that one chance. He cannot fight for himself; we must fight for him." “We will fight for him," was Wilson’s reply. “Your courage and bravery must win, and I shall exercise all my skill and all my experience for him. I shall 1

wire immediately for a professional nurse, and since wo are to work together I need only remind you of the necessity to keep your health and strength.” “Let mo stay with him,” she replied, with an effort to compromise, “and I promise to be docile in all else. Ah, I see Bertie. He has hoard.” Yes, Bertie had heard; and Bertie, as usual, could not hide his feelings as he gave Margaret messages of sympathy from the friends whose hearts were never more truly hers than in this hour of her trouble. CHAPTER XXIII. THS SHADOW Or DBATR. Two days passed and no change camo. The sun lay warm and bright on the lawn outside. The birds saner their same sweet song. The breath of flowers perfumed the summer air, and the unequal battle between life and death still went on in the darkened room. Bertie sometimes sat up to relieve Wilson and the nurse, but Margaret gave way to none. “It Is only the beginning," she said, in answer to Wilson’s expostulations. “Let me stay now. After awhile I will sleep." And Wilson, yielding, she spent three nights in a weary vigil, but when the fourth camo nature would stand no more. She could no longer endure the ravings of a delirium which brought the past so sharply and vividly before her. She could not listen to the eloquent pleadings for love in such weak and broken sentences, nor hear her own reproach, so doubly cruel, repeated by his unthinking lips. “Oh, for the power to live it over again,” she cried in the anguish of her heart. “Oh, for one moment of consciousness in which he might understand.” The sleep induced by bodily weariness was deep and long, and it was quite late the next morning when Margaret reached Brian’s room. Wilson met her with an encouraging smile. “He has been very quiet,” he said, noting the question in her eyes. “I managed to snatch several hours’ sleep.” The hours passed slowly. The silence was unbroken except by the humming of the bees outside the window, for even Brian's complainings were stilled for the time. Once he murmured Margaret’s name and she felt his eyes upon her face, but therp was no intelligence in them, only the dullness of delirium. After a little while he began once more to give expressions to his fevered fancies. It was always Margaret and the shadow between them, Margaret reproaching or repulsing him, or Margaret helpful and encouraging. And Margaret could only sit and listen; though when his sharp cry rang through the silence of the room, “Margaret, I can’t see you; where are you, Margaret?” she placed her head beside him, and answered in low 1 , wretched accents: “Here, Brian; close beside you. Can't you feel my hands? They are holding yours. ” Did her voice penetrate that dull brain? For one second she thought so. But no. The heavy eyes turned from her face. “Hands! Who said hands? Oh, yes; I remember now. You said it, Margaret. Don’t you khow you said It? Your hand would be in mine. Do you—think of—the night? And I said —ah, I—said—what did I—say?” His voice sank away in an unintelligible muttering. A few seconds of silence and his mind wandered again. He was fighting his old battles now and calling upon Margaret for sympathy and help. And fa an anguish that could find no other expression, she buried her face in the pillow beside him. “I can’t bear it, I can't bear it!” she cried, passionately. “Bearit,” repeated the weak voice. “Bear it? Ah, no; I can't bear your contempt You are—so hard; so hard—upon me. No right to—reproach you. No right —at—all.” Her head sank lower. She could find no answer to these bitter complainings. Suddenly she felt a hand upon her shoulder, and raising her miserable face she saw W ilson standing over her. “Will you comemitin the air for a few moments?" heeald, with quiet authority. “The weather is pleasant. Thomas will take care of Brian.” With a sort of ’mechanical obedience she followed him to the broad piazza, where the pure air, warm sun and odor of sweet flowers seemed doubly grateful after the close atmosphere of the sick room. < - He was silent for some seconds. Evidently he found it difficult to put his thoughts in suitable language. She saw and understood his hesitation. “I know what you would say,” she broke in, covering her face with her hands. “I know so well. You have heard Brian. You understand. And you must realize now what a hard, unkind, undutiful wife I’ve been. What a ” “Hush,” he Interrupted, in a strange voice. “I must not allow even your lips so say such unkind words about yourself. They are not deserved. You lay too much stress upon what he says, forgetting that it is only the raving of delirium. Brian has made me his confidant and I feel,that I can Judge. “You cannot know all," she answered, pressing her hands together. “You cannot know of the hundred little things —the motions, expressions, words—all meaning so much. You cannot know of them, but I do. They are always before me, and the last day—the very last day—l spoke unkindly. I shall never forget it—never. I saw that it hurt him. I intended to tell him I was sorry. I had no chance. They brought him back so. Now he cannot know; he cannot understand that I would suffer any pain for a moment of consciousness to tell bim lam sorry. God will not grant me even that—not even that. ” “Why will you think of all these things?" he asked, presently. “Is It not human to be a little unkind sometimes? Then look at the other side also. What you have done for Brian. Wo must not bewail the past, bqt go on bravely to meet the future, promising ourselves always to do better and better. You want to go in’ now? ” “Yes, Doctor, I feel stronger, and I thank you.” The days passed, bringing but little perceptible change in Brian’s condition. But. the crisis came at last. Gradually the fever spent itself, and the tired frame, wearied with its long struggle, sank into a stupor so deathlike that only the faint heart beats, told that life was still there. Margaret knew that he would either waken with a new Iqase of life or pass into that deeper sleep that knows no waking on this side of eternity. She watched and waited, and prayed for the long hours to pass. The shadows of night, which seemed to have held the anguish of years, gave place to the light of dawn. The lines of blue grew deeper and deeper in the cast, the rim of the rising tun rested upon the br< w of the hills, and the dis- | tant crowing of a onck, welcoming the *

opening day, came like a clarion note through the silence. It reached Brian's ear. He turned uneasily. Margaret was on her knees in a second, a feeling half joy, half fear clutching at her heart She bent her face close to his. 1 Perhaps he resized her presence, sos ho turned again and moaned slightly. His waking mind was struggling for comprehension, his eyelids trying to throw off the heaviness that held them down. At last they opened slightly, then wider, and their slow wandering gaze fell upon Margaret's face, a face white and drawn from long and anxious watching, but revealing a story of love? Those eyes were not slow to read. “Thank God,” murmured Brian, with an effort to overcome his Intense weak-' ness. “Margaret, you—love me —at last?” 1 With a cry of passionate joy she buried her face upon his breast. “Oh, Brian, so much! so much that I could not live without you." “Thank God,” he said again, In a voice scarcely above a whisper, yet vibrating with such inexpressible happiness that it reached Wilson, as ho stole silently from the room. “ You|have found your true place at last, my darling, my wife. Your true resting place. It is a weak defense now." “It is my chosen rest and support,” she answered, with brimming eyes, catching and holding in its place the weak arm that had tried to clasp her so lovingly. "It is weak now, but it will bo strong soon. Let me lean upon its strength always. Let me have your heart, as you have mine, fully and entirely. Oh, if you could know how I tried to tell you this, as I sat by during those hours when you could not, understand; how often I laid my heart) upon yours, hoping you might hear its, beating, and maybe realize that it was full of love for you! You did not know then, but you know now, and —you may kiss your wife." Brian could not speak, but his eyes filled with something strangely like tears, as she held her loving, blushing face for the long, tender kiss he left upon her lips. Neither spoke again. With his hand in Margaret's, Brian was content to lie still until overcome by weakness he slept. [to bb continubd. 1 The Future United States. , “The population' of the United States will increase for many years yet, but never again In so great a ratio as during the last century,” said Prof. Howard W. Shaw, now at the Southern. “This country can support a population of 300,000,000 much more easily than France can support her 40,000,000, but after we touch the hundred million figure our increase will be slow. It is cheap homes and high wages that now attract immigration. Low-priced land will soon disappear and with it will go high wages, despite the wisdom of statesmen. Then, instead of a constant stream of homeseekers pouring into America, a considerable stream will pour out towards the fertile lands of South America and Southern Africa. Uncle Sam will probably begin the twentieth century with 80,000,000 people; he will do well if he ends it with an increase of 20,000,000. By that time—the beginning of the twenty-first century—we will be a homogeneous people. There will be no longer Irish-Americans and Ger-man-Americans, but everybody will be American pure and simple. The many streams that are now flowing hitherward from all parts of Europe will have amalgamated, and the result will be one of the best balanced and most intellectual peoples the world has ever known.” —Globe-Dem-ocrat. Soldering Metal for Aluminum. This is the invention of Alexius Rader, of Christiania, Norway. It consists in combining cadmium, zinc, and tin mixed in substantially the following proportions, viz.: Cadmium, fifty parts; zinc, twenty parts; tin, the remainder. The zinc is first melted in any suitable vessel, then the cadmium is added, and then the tin in pieces. The mass must be well heated, stirred, and then poured. This soldering metal can be used for a variety of different metals, but is especially adapted to aluminum. The proportions of the various ingredients may be varied in accordance with the use to which the article is ' to be put. For instance, where a■ strong and tenacious soldering is re. quired, a large proportion of cadmium can be used; where great adhesion is desired, a larger proportion of zinc would be used; and where a nice and durable polish is desired, a greater per cent, of tin would be used. The alloy thus made, Independent of its use as a solder for aluminum, is light in weight and capable of taking a high polish. A Smart Yankee Skipper. A writer in the Nautical Magazine tells a story of how a Yankee skipper contrived to free his ship from rats. While he lay in port he discovered that one of the British ships then in the harbor had among her cargo a great quantity of cheese. He therefore found an excuse for hauling over to her and mooring his own packet alongside. The next step was to procure a plank, smear it well with red herrings, and place It so as to lead through one of the ports on hoard the Englishman. The immediate result was a wholesale emigration of the rats from the American ship’s hold to the cheese-laden vessel alongside.—Chambers’ Journal. Trunks. There are comparatively few roundtop trunks made now. The idea was that greater resisting power could bq obtained with least weight by imitating to some extent the shape of an egg, which, as we know, will bear an absurdly great weight, but unfortunately there was no guarantee that the baggage-smasher would always stand the trunk the right way up. His failure to do this gave numberless reminders of the fact that no box is stronger than at its weakest point, and the damaged sides became very common. Now most trunks are made with flat tops, and are so strong all over that it Is very difficult, even for an expert trunk-smash-er, to break one. Artificial Worms. The latest triumph of Yankee inventive genius is an India-rubber fishworm. It is said to be a remarkably good imitation of the common earthworni, Is Indestructible, and in actual use proves as alluring to the fishes as the genuine article. For work to be the promoter of long and valuable life, we must know how to perform It and within what limits. Like everything else, we must use without abusing It

MARK TWAIN’S PUNISHMENT. Compelled to Head Hla Own lluoka by u Jury ot Yalo Student.. A tragedy of palpitating interest was recently enacted on board of the steamer Lahn during her last trip from New York to Bremen. Shortly after losing sight of the American coast it was discovered that among the passengers there was a noted and dangerous criminal, and a coucil was held to decide on the proceedings to be taken in this emergency. Now, strange to say, the passengers also included many distinguished American Jurists, and It was decided to put the criminal in question on his trial forthwith. Judge Dittenhoefer, at present in Karlsbad, took his seat on the improvised Judicial bench; the prosecution was intrusted to Mr. Isaac Wallach of New York, who is also at present at Karlsbad, while Mr. Webster of Boston, appeared for the accused. The indictment ran as follows: ••You Samuel Clemens, alias Mark Twain, alias the Innocent Abroad, alias, &c., having in divers and sundry books and publications unlawfully, feloniously and of malice aforethought published or caused to be published certain lies and falsehoods purporting to be jokes, are hereby indicted and accused with being the greatest liar in creation.” The prisoner appeared handcuffed in view of his dangerous character. A special juxy of experts in the matter of lying was sworn in to try the case. It consisted of twelve students from Yale College. Many witnesses were heard, Including several ladies. The most damning evidence against the prisoner was that of a lady, who declared upon oath that the prisoner 1 had asserted that certain ladies on board the Quaker City had retired to their berths on account of seasickness, it being a well known fact that no lady is ever seasick, and that when any lady passenger had to retire from the dinner table at sea it is because she has forgotten her handkerchief, and her failure to reappear for two days is due to the fact that she has stopped to have a few words with a lady friend. This witness’ evidence was being listened to with painful interest when the ship gave a lurch and the witness found she had forgotten her handkerchief. Mint Juleps having been ordered all round, the Court proceeded to argue the legal aspects of the question. It was maintained by the prosecution that, whereas, Ananias and Sapphira, Baron Munchausen and others who had hitherto ranked as the greatest liars the world had ever seen, had prevaricated for their personal inter-! ests or glory; the prisoner at the bar lied systematically and on principle from genuine artistic pleasure in the practice, and that, therefore, his claim to be the greatest liar in creation was not to be contested. Authorities were, however,quoted for the defense, to- wit, Lord Tennyson, who laid down the law that “a lie that is half the truth is ever the blackestof lies.” Now, as the prisoner’s lies were all pure and unadulterated lies, with no suspicion of truth about them, they could not entitle him to be condemned as the blackest of liars. Reference was further maae to the well known legal axiom that there are three degrees of lying, viz., lies, d—d lies and statistics, and as the prisoner had never in his life given any ! statistics, true or false, except to the ' tax collector, he could not be held guilty of the crime named in the indictment. The jury having retired to consider their verdict, they returned after the seventeenth drink all round and pronounced the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The sentence of the Court was that the prisoner should be compelled to read his own books for three hours- dally till the ship arrived in Bremen. When this appalling sentence was pronounced the prisoner grew ghastly pale and flung himself on his knees, begging that it might be commuted to hanging. The Court declared “it would be hanged if it did,” and appointed a committee to see the sent-, ence carried out. This was rigorously enforced, and needless to say, the unhappy criminal I broke down under the prolonged tor-. ture, and arrived in port such a rav-. ing lunatic that a new and interest- 1 ing work may shortly be expected from his pen.—Karlsbad Herald. Lightning and Lightning Rods. Prof. L. F. Blake of the University of Kansas, in an article on “Safety from Electricity” in the last issue of the Electrical World, says: For buildings in cities, except churches and other high structures, rods, I think, are unnecessary. Lightning strikes seldom in the cities compared with the country, one reason ’ being that the many electric wires—telephone and telegraph and electric light—are really safeguards. A building is safer with such wires over it than without. In the country, however, buildings may need protection. I Our modern conceptions of lightning indicate in general some-, what as follows: For tHe j rapidly oscillating current the; surface of the conductor first receives ; the ether disturbances and becomes ‘ heated, so that the interior makes i bift little difference. A good large I surface is needed, and iron rods are just as good as, if not better than, j copper. The old idea of a copper rod large enough not-to become overheated, would be correct if the lightning were a direct cutrent, as formerly held. But tor its rapid surgings there must not only be the conductor, but surface to it, and good grounds; furthermore, all large bodies of metal in the building must be connedted to it, or, better, provided with independent grounds, In fact, there is no perfect safety from lightning because of the large area over which the ether is distributed. For the individual the safest place is the center of the room and on the floor. j There he is the farthest removed from the most direct path of the ether’s violent surging. Drinking In France. It would not be surprising if the friends of temperance in France were almost discouraged by the statistics concerning the drinking habits. ’ln 1869 there were 365,875 dram shops in France, or-one for every eightyseven inhabitants. Since then France lias lost 1,600,000 inhabitants by the

annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, but the dram-shops are now 410,000. The consumptloivof alcohol is now 4.40 litres per head, and the alcohol is more generally made from fru.it and grain than from wine. Absinthe is a steadily-growing curse, and thoughtful observers believe that tho Legislature should check its sale. Loft for tho Youngeat, Every one must accept with such cheerfulness as he can the advance of age, for the most kindly meant assurance that the years are lightly carried does notdirnlnish their actual number. One of the most ingenious and graceful attentions ever paid to a venerable man came from a valet to Cardinal Fleury, in the last century. The Cardinal, who was 90 years old, had said in a somewhat melancholy mood to his valet Barjac, that he was too old, that death must have forgotten him, but that within a few days surely he should make the solemn journey into eternity. A few days later there was a festival. and Barjac invited fourteen guests to dine with the Cardinal. When the cake was put on the din-ner-table, the Cardinal said sadly, referring to the custom of the day, ■ “The youngest person here must cut it. With my ninety years, lean only claim the honorsdue the oldest ot the company.” “But.” said his right hand neighbor, Princess Monttarey, “I was born January 15, 1651, and so lam two years older than your eminence.” “And I,” said the Marquis de Flavacourt, who sat at the Cardinal’s left, “must own to ninety-four years. ” And so the members of the company went on telling their ages, all more than the years of the Cardinal, until he exclaimed: “Is it possible chat I am the youngest onq present, that I am to cut the cake?” “Os course, of course,” urged his delighted guests. “Is it chance or a plot?” asked the old man. Just then he caught sight of Barjac’s smiling face, and understood his old servant’s kind strataeqpi. He Cut the Rope. A book by M. Rduvet which recently appeared in Paris narrates an incident in the life of the famous architect Viollet-le-Due, which oc- ; curred in July, 1870, when he was in i Switzerland He was one day on the Schwarzenberg Glacier, at a height of about nine thousand feet, accompanied by Baptiste, the guide, who marched in front The two men were attached to each other by a rope, as is usual in Alpine mountaineering. The guide had passed over a crevasse, but when M. Viollet-de-Duc atI tempted to cross it he failed, and fell into the abyss. The guide tried to pull him out, but instead he found himself gradually descending. The architect perceived that his companion, if he persisted in the attempt to save him, would surely share his fate, and he asked if Baptiste had a family. “A wife and children,” was the answer. “Then,” said Viollet-le-Due, quietly, “I shall cut the rope.” He did so and fell, but a block of ice thirty feet lower down stopped his decent. When Baptiste saw 4 this, 1 and that for a time the danger was lessened, he went in search of help, and returned with four stout peasants. Three hours afterward Viollet-le-Duc was extricated. In spite of his perilous position, the ruling passion was strong with with the artist, for although he was almost covered with icicles from the dripping water, he had contrived to make drawings of the novel effects he was able to perceive. In his book on the Alps he mentions his fall as if it were a fortunate accident. —Youth’s Companion. Heavy Production of Gold in 1891. Year by year the gold production of the world is increasing, and the results for 1891 were the largest on j record. In round numbers the pro--1 duction for the last five years was as j follows: 1887, 5,097,600 ounces; JBBB, ! 5,251,000 ounces; 1889, 5,641,000 ’ ounces; 1890, 5,586,000 ounces: and I 1891, 6,033,000 ounces;. Forthe first time for many years there was a setback in 1890. A noticeable feature of recent years has been the development of the Witwatersrand gold fields. The production of these fields has been as follows: 1887, 34,897 I ounces; 1888, 230,917 ounces; 1889, i 379,733 ounces; 1890, 494,801 ounces; and 1891, 729,213 ounces. Adding in 1891 the output of other Transvaal gold fields, which amounted to about 107,000 ounces, the total production rof the Transvaal for .1891 reaches §36,250 ounces. For the currentyear it is expected that the production will quite reach 1,250,000 ounces. In 1888 the Transvaal only produced '4} j per cent, of the world’s yield, but in i 1891 the proportion had risen to 13 8 i per C ’nt. and this year it is tolerably I certain to reach 21 per cent. The following was the production lin 1890 for the countries named: i United States, about I,sßo,sooounces; L Australia. 1,469,200; and Russia, ; 1,019,0(M>. As the return for these I countries has not altered to any large I extent the Transvaal will probably i take tho third place for tho current ■ year, and very likely the second place in 1893. Mining in the Transvaal I has not vet reached its culminating” point, as new mines are being constantly opened and old ones still further developed. Picking Out a Profession. Let a boy decide upon his profession at 15, and though ho may not immediately enter it lie saves for preparation all the time his companion loses by putting off his choice until he is of age. And this early time is most valuable time, for it repre- | sents the distinctly acquisitive period o f life—the period when the mind receives impressions most easily and retains them most tenaciously. The technique of any trade or business or profession is readily acquired by a youthful mind. Later on it seems to be grasped slowly and with difficulty. My advice to boys is that they anticipate their life work as much as possible. /Get into the spirit and atmosphere of it; take the preliminary steps while you are full of enthusiasm.—Harper's Young Peppla,

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capitol, <50,000. Surplaa, •10,000 Orlganlzed August 15,1883. Officer,—T. T. Dorwln, President; P. W. Smith, Vice-President; R. 8. Peterson Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkea, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hale and K 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 tn 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, 75,000. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Btqdabaker. 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 G, Hooper, Attorney a.t Ija-vv Decatur, - - Indiana, E. JET. TjoJEJU-TJIV. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, SuccessfuUy treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. KBVIN, B. K. MANS, J. T. ERWIN & HANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd FeUows' Bonding, Decatur, Ind. France & merryman. j. t. fbasce. 3. T. MERRYMAN Attornoy« at Xsgvw, DECATUB, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over tho Adams County Bank. CoUections a specialty. j£IEBBE HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location 'Central—Opposite Court House. The leading hotel In the city. JQ. NEPTUNE, • DENIST. Now located over Holthoase's shoe etore, 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 M Calhoun-Bt. Fort Wavne, Ind. JJEV D. NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. zleme, - - — Zndfanw, Children and . Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A. G. KODDOWAY, F3xjrMiola.il rib Surfioon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to In city Or country night or day. M, L. HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. A church. Diseases of women and ohlldrM spaoialtiea.

PIXLEY & CO.’S New Spring Stock Os Clothing and FurnishingCoods W READY. - ' A Magnificent Combination for the People, A Popular Line of the Latest Spring Attractions, An Unlimited Variety in Every Department And Prices to Paralyze all Competitors. WE ARE OFFERING THESE INDUCEMENTS WITH THE BEST AND HANDSOMEST SPRING GOODS YOU EVER SAW. . Being Manufacturers of Clothing We Guarantee Profit and Pleasure to Every Customer. Be Fair With Yourself and Come to Us for Spring Clothing. Pixley <fc Company, 16 and 18 E. Beery St., Fort Wayne. QUEEN'S FRENCH DISCOVERIES. wonderful than KOCH’S LYMPH. Discovered by the greatest t rench Scientist. TRIED,TESTED and INDORSED by the people of all Europe. SIOO will be paid tor any cawe ot failure or the slightest injury. miIENRESS Or liquor habit positively Cured and d ‘T£V d " d PF™ 3 ' 1 ”' 1 '; the taste for liquor forever destroyed / .Mm? \ rnftira u *"‘1« I V t"' without the knowledge of Patient by I ) QUEEN 5 ANTI’H AI.IIM £ac- . administering QUEEN'S SPECIFY. wsr T‘ ” d'l HARMLESS and TASTELESS. Can /< \ JWrth forever. It cause. be given in a cup of tea or coffee. It/ 7 \ will never injure or discoi.jnever fails. Hundreds Cured. A aBR, ppy ‘ '* f7 : ', aaleed Cure In Ever, Case. Pr.ce TtI d,h V,'m> -.'nn •".« a Bex. Sent free from observation on Pncc. SI.OO per pack... receipt of price with full directions, 4 0n ?.7,' O by Express C. O. D. or by mail, post- -A, J with full directions. b- ■ age paid by us. D. or by mail postage paid I.- -sWithevery«derwesendats>xo<irLQßASKlNßlAUTlFlKßFDF|? Remit by FO Onfe’.-rK • • < To insure prompt delivery givefull iddrews; kindly mention this paper. 1 ■%fcifcßlL.etter. rosace jxa-» - • QUEEN CHEMICAL CO., 174 RACE STREET, CINCINNATI. - IndianapoiisßusinessUniversitY Old BRTAjrr 4 STRarroK. Horth PurasYtVAHUST., wins elock. oppositb posr-orrici. ty; time short; expenses low; no fee for Diploma; aatrlCtlyßusinessSchoolitiauunnVulcd commercial center; endorsed and patronised by railroad, industrial, professional and businessmen who employ skilled help; no charge for Twttlon* 1 unequaled in the success of its graduates. SEND FDR ELEGANT UTALOGUL HEE§ & OSBORN, Proprietor

Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad 1 Trains run on Central Standard Time. 28 minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Sunday. Sept. 26. 1802. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 6 No. T Cincinnati , ive 8 05am 8 60pm Richmond 2 20pm ID 55 .. 11 25 Winchester.... 3 17 .. 1155.. 12 23am Portland 4 04.. 1236 pm 106 Decatur 510.. 131.. 203 Ft.Wayne...arr 6 00.. 2 15.. 250 •• •• ...Ive 235 .. 3 10.. 806 am Kendallville 3 41.. 418.. 910.. Rome City 366.. 434 .. 926.. Wolcottville 4 01 9 31.. Valentine 4 11 9 43... LaGrange 4 19.. 601 .. 961.. Lima 4 29 10 00.. Sturgis 440 .. 526 .. 10 19 .. Vicksburg A 3 ”-. 82 <>-- 1109.. Kalamazoo.arr 606 1201 .. •• ..Ive 3 45am 1010.. 710.. 1215 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 6 15.. 810 160.. •• •• ..Ive 720 am 10 30.. 1 inpm 200.. D.,G.H.4M.cr 429 . 10 46.. 7 27.. 2 14.. Howard City... 540.. 11 50 . 841 .. 314 .. Big Rapids 652 ..12 36am 9 45.. 356.. Heed City 730 .. 103 4 20.. Cadillac.....arr 1130.. 2 05.. 610 •• ....Ive 230 9 10 .. Traverse City 700 pm Kalkaska 3 48 Petoskey 635 .. 915 Mackinac City 8 00,, 10 45 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 6 Mackinac City. 715 pm 745 am 200pm Petoskey...... 9 10.. 9 20.. 345 Kalkaska 1236.. 11 36.. 502 Traverse City 11 10 .. 450 Cadillac .. ..arr 2 20am 115 pm 7 00.. 806 am “ ....Ive 215.. 135.. 650 pm 810.. ReedClty 3 28.. 2 30.. 7 50.. 9 00.. Big Rapids 4 00.. 2 58.. 8 25.. 9 45.. Howard City.. 4 55.. 3 43.. 9 20.. 10 32.. D..G.H.4M.cr 605.. 5 05.. 10 25.. 11 35 .. Gr. Rapids .arr 630.. 5 15.. 1100.. 11 50.. " " ..Ive 7 00.. 6 00.. 11 20.. 2l)opm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 12 55am 340,. " ..Ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg 9 24.. 833 412 .. iSturgls 10 19 .. 926 505 .. Lima 10 32 .. 940 517 .. LaGrange... .10 44.. 952 5 29.. Valentine 10 53.. 1002 537.. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14 547 .. Rome City 1109.. 10 19 5 62.. Kendallville...lll2s .. 10 39 6 08.. Ft. Wayne..arr! 1240 pm II 50 715 .. ” " L-lve 100.. IzlSam 545 am Decatur 146.. 12 58.. 630 — Portland 240.. 1 55.. 730 Winchester.... 3 17.. 2 36.. 809 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 7 00.. 6.55.. 1201 pm ....•••• p Trains 5 and 6 run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON, Agent. Decatur, Ind. LOOK HEREI I am here to stay and can sell Organs and Pianos *■' z> eheaper than anybody else can afford te sell them. I sell different makes. GLEANING ANO REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and money. J. T. COOTS,DeoatUTf Ind, •' . -’ 4 '' AkAAdA Scientific American Agency for -JI? ~ BiLJd 1 L n u y i w ■ j k ■ Hk I■r|k ■ & * 1 CAVEATS TRADE MARKS. 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 before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Scientific American Largest circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man shomd be without it. Weekly, 93.00 1 year; |LSO six months. Address MUNN CO. VVSLISHEBS. 361 Broadway, New York.