Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1893 — Page 7

CHEMICAL CLAIRVOYANCE. The Story of a Man Who Knew of the Morrow, Written for This Paper.

BY EDWARD S. VAN ZILE. •

CHAPTER 11.-continued. Toward tho end of the opera Danton, whose «azo had for u moment sought the stage, felt that the girl was looking at him. Ho turned and their eyes met. Did a faint tlngo of rod suffuse her oheoks? Perhaps so. There is a peculiar magnetism sometimes existent between two persons that overleaps the bounds of ceremony and causes kindrod spirits to recognise one another in a way of which "society"—that hypocritical prude—would not approve. Danton felt in some mysterious manner that this woman had found in her momentary glimpse of a stranger a sensation new to her. Was it tonceit, coxcombry, the egotism of a man unused to tho ways of the world that had brought him this conviction? Perhaps the sequel of this story may answer the question. Danton returned to his rooms that night in an agltateil state of mind. His ambition which had been heretofore engaged only with the acquisition of wealth now took on a new direction. Riches became in his eyes siniply the tools by which ho might effect a purpose near to his heart. Tho face of tho woman he had seen gazed at him in the darkness and he determined to make her his wife. A reckless and ro r antic decision, perhaps, but Danton was not a oommon-plaoo man and at that moment the poise of the scholar had been overcome by the passion of a lover. His French temperament had been toned down and subdued by his hermit life at Heidelberg, but a volcano is never rendered loss powerful by long suppression. After a few hours of fitful sleep he awoke at daybreak. Ho dressed hastily and entered his labratory. His experiment upon the success of which ho now felt so much depended, required a few hours of careful preparation before its cflsis could be reached. He lighted his pipe nnd began his task. His heart beat high with hope. The art he employed did not enable him to produce tho imago of an entire newspaper, but he felt confident of photographing tho page he desired. After he had made every preparation ho entered his bedroom and found a morning journal tucked beneath the door. Feverishly ho cut out the pace bearing the quotations ho needed for a basis of comparison. He had decided to speculate in mining stocks, as he had noticed that - tho market had shown great fluctuations of lato in certain securities and he wished to make his coup as effectual as possible. Danton had reason to believe that in his present effort to take advantage of the Professor’s teachings he was playing his only card. The fear come to him that the delicate art which he thought, when he left Germany, ho had mastered, was apt to play him false at any moment. Tho chemicals with which he was now working had been given him by tho Professor, but the accidents of yesterday had nearly exhausted them. His aged teacher had refused to give him certain formulas, but had told him that he had said enough to enable Danton to pursue his studies in the new photography alone. The young man doubted this and felt convinced that his one chance for fortune lay in tho success of his present experiment He re-entered his laboratory with nervous step. His hand trembled as ho took up the glass pane bearing the last drops of his precious drug. In his excitement he almost dropped the plate. After he had placed it upon a table, with a microscope beside it. he drew up a small desk and laid thereon a pad of white paper. Then ho returned to his bed-room and swallowed a generous dose of brandy. He felt the need of a stimulant at the great crisis now upon him. Locking the door of his laboratory behind him he darkened the room and . stood ready to peer into the future through a magnifying glass. “Thank God! I have won the day," he cried, as ho looked into the microscope and saw that his chemistry had accomplished his design. s “There arc to-morrow’s mining stocks. Quick! Let mo take them down.” Upon the pad of white paper he hastily wrqte the quotations before him. Then, as he was about to turn away, curiosity seized him and again ho examined the upturned page of to-mor-row’s newspaper. A telegraphic dispatch attracted his attention. It.read as follows: •Tuxedo, N. J.—Yesterday afternoon a strange occurrence took place here. A mon leaped from a passing train at the station, rushed through the entrance to the park, in spite ot the guards, and made a mad bi oak for the lake. Ho was pursued, us it was thought that ho must boa crazy man or an escaped criminal, but he was not overtaken before he had performed a most heroic deed. By a remarkable coincidence ho reached the lake just as Miss Bivington, daughter of E. B. Rivington, the railroad millionaire, had broken through the 100 and found herself in imminent danger of deh th. The unknown man jumped into the water, and, at tho risk of his life, saved Miss Rivington from an awful fate. Nothing is known about tho rescuer, but he is a gentleman, evidently sane. He is not an acquaintance and he refuses to give his name. His opportune arrival is looked upon as a miracle." A As Dunton read the last word the vision vanished in the glare of phosphorescence, and, hastily throwing up the blinds, ho seated himself upon a chair. His face was pale and beads of perspiration covered his overhanging forehead. He knew that he was the man referred do in that dispatch. There was something uncanny in the thought that he had been directed, as it were, by supernatural means, to sacrifice his quest for wealth to perform a Quixotic and perilous deed. But there was no doubt In his mind that he was the man who should leap from a train at Tuxedo that afternoon. He did not seem to feel that he had any choice in the matter. Listlessly he compared the stock quotations he had jotted down with those in the day’s newspaper Mechanically he noticed that a rise of twenty points would take place during the day in a certain stock. He realized that his $30,000 would enable him to clear a handsome fortune in this sudden bull movement, and for a moment he regretted that ho possessed no friend or acSuaintance to whouf he could intrust le negotiation. Then he looked at his> watch, glanced over the time-table of the Erie road, which ho found in the paper, and in a half-dazed way prepared for his unexpected journey. He had learned something about Tuxedo from American students nt Heidelberg, and was not wholly at a loss regarding the way thither. I He was about to leave his room when the thought of his money entered his head. He could not take it to the broker’s in time to catch his train, and It was not sate to leave It where it was

Unlocking tho drawer of the bureau containing his little 10.-tune-he placed the no.es in the lnsl|lu pocket of his waistcoat, fastened his bedroom door after him and was soon on bls way towards the ferry. Arriving st Jersey City he asked for a ticket to Tuxedo. "This train does not stop there unless you are a member of the club,” he was told at tho office. “Never mind,” ho returned, *1 know my own business, do I not?” An answer in tho negative might have met this bold questioner had the ticket seller been a close observer of human nature. Does a man know his own business who gives a dollar bill to a bootblack, buys a novel and leaves it in the waiting room and acts in a general way as though he had left his reason on the other side of the river? Danton entered tho train in a curious state of mind. Ho felt as though ho had been driven forward by an influence he could not resist. As he leaned back in his seat and reviewed the events of the morning, ho began to realize that his course illustrated tho arguments of fatalistic philosophy. His inability to resist the power wielded by the dispatch snatched from to-morrow’s newspaper convinced him that man is not a free agent He was obliged to go to Tuxedo. It was not a question of inclination but of necessity. He had laid his plans to make a fortune, his experiment had proved successful; and here he found himself rushing through the dreary wastes of New Jersey toward the highlands of New York, tho unwilling instrument of fate. He wondered if he was weak-minded, if his will was less strong than that of the average man. Then he found himself thinking of Miss Rlvlngton, whose life he was ordained to save. Was she as handsome as the girl ho had seen at the opera? Would she be grateful for his inexplicable arrival? Would she feel that an introduction was tho necessary prelude to his heroic interference? What would he do if the Truxedo people looked upon him as a madman? Filled with these conflicting thoughts, he was startled to hear a man cry out: “Tickets!'’ He handed the conductor his cardboard. “Are you a member of tho Tuxedo Club?” ho was asked. “No." “We can’t stop there. Yon should have waited over a train.” Danton was not surprised to hear this. He knew that he must leap from the train, according to the programme laid out for him by his infernal photography. For an instant he regretted that he had ever met the Heidelberg professor. Thon his mind took on a more practical cast, and he asked a man near him about the station at Tuxedo, how soon they would reach it and whether they passed it full speed. "Don’t yer try to jump the train, stranger," said the good-natured farmer to whom he appealed; “ ’tain’t safe. Es ye vally yer life ye’ll stick right here." Danton smiled and moved forward to the smoking-car. Lighting a cigar he watched the dreary landscape until the train was well up among the hills of Orange County. Then he hastily stepped from the car to the platform, threw away his cigar, buttoned his coat tightly around him and at an opportune moment sprang to tho ground from the scurrying train. He was stunned for an Instant, but, gaining control of his senses by a mighty effort, was rewarded by a sight of a gray stone entrance to his left, which he rightly conjectured tb be the gate to Tuxedo Park. CHAPTER Hl'. Danton paused for a moment, as though to collect himself for a mighty effort. Then he started at high speed full towards the entrance. A man in uniform barred his path, but he knocked him aside boldly, and ran up the winding road. He could hear behind him the hue and cry caused by his unceremonious me'.hods, but he did not fear pursuit. Had not the dispatch assured him that he would not bo overtaken? Where was tho lake? The question worried him somewhat as he rushed forward in spite of his fatalistic conviction that he would find it at last. But it is not pleasant to be an intruder in a halfwild domain and Uuder pursuit as an escaped convict or madman, and his present peculiar position annoyed him. What if his morning's experience had been a dream —a vision called, upoby nerves unstrung? What if there were no lake, no Miss Rivington, no life in ' peril? Still he urged forward, panting now a , little as the ascent grew more bitter. I and longing for some indication that a lake and labor lay beiore him. Still ? could he hoar tho shouts of his pursu- i ers, and still his heart sank with the j dread of ridicule. But see? Before him lies a sheet of ice imbedded in the ; bosom of tho hills. Ho springs forward ; with a cry, /tnd turns from the road to- • ward the lake. His shout is answered | by a wailing note that seems to shiver | through the woodland and die in dismal echoes against the distant shores. In another instant ho stauds upon the bank, and right before him tho wator ripples above the ice, and a black hole ten yards from tho shore bears an ominous look. Danton doos not hesitate. He knows that beneath tho sullen water before him there is the form ot a maiden whose life depends upon his bravery. Throwing aside his hat and coat, he rushes out on the crackling ice. Then as he feels his foothold sinking beneath him, he plunges headforemost into the gurgling pool. A moment later ho comes to the surface and in his arms he boars a burden hard to sustain in that deadly hole. The 100 breaks beneath his hand as he grasps it. He struggles toward the shore, but the weight of the senseless women against his shoulder renders his efforts feeble and unavailing. Even at such a dread moment Danton was able to observe that the woman he was trying to save was the same whose radiant beauty had thrilled him at the opera. Her auburn hair touched his face, her rounded figure reclined on his breast, and even the icy chill of those cruel waters could not prevent the warm blood from surging to his heart as he looked d6wn upon her peaceful face. Death in such company would lose half its terrors. Os such is tho kingdom of love. But they were not to die. The guards who had pursued Danton had reached the shore, and, with some difficulty, succeeded After a time in dragging the young man and maiden from their perilous position. Both wore insensible when they were laid upon the bank, and it was not until some hours afterward that they were pronounced “out of danger." When Danton came to himself, he found that he had been taken to the club house and given the most care-

ful attention. By his bedside sat en elderly gentleman who eyed him kindly. “Thank t.od, you are yourself again," exclaimed the old man, taking Danton’s hand. "You have saved my daughter’s life at the risk of your own. How can I express my gratitude?" “This le Mr. Bivington,” remarked Danton, as though in reverie. "Why, how do you know.'" asked tho gray-halred man in astonishment. “By chemical clairvoyance," answered Danton, to himself, closing bls eyes and feigning sleep. A few hours later ho aqt before a blazing fire in the magnificent hallway ot tho club house. Ho had eaten a handsome dinner and was puffing a cigar in tranquil enjoyment. A number of mon had gathered about him, anxious to find , out who this heroic stranger was. “Gentlemen," ho said, “my name is Maurice Danton. My grandfather was a New-Yorker fifty yeais ago. I a:n a student, a Heidoll org hermit. I know nothing of your ways or tho life of tho Now World. You wonder how I happened to jump from a train and reach the lake to-day at an opportune moment? That is my secret. You will respect It, I know." He looked around upon his auditors smilingly. There was a murmur of applause, anl one impulsive listenor seized Danton’s hand. “You’re a good follow, old man, and what you want to keep to yourself you shall. But it’s queer, you know—it’s queer. Danton know it was, so kept silence. It is not often that tho Tuxedo Club rejoices in a sensation peculiar to itself. The Danton-Rivington affair was, therefore, a delectable morsel, partially because of Its mystery and partially because tho vulgar world outside would never understand its full significance. Dunton atone bound had become a hero to the inner circ e of American society, and his first evening at Tuxedo was rendered as pleasant to him as possible. “Mr. Damon,” said a fine-looking man to him about 10 o’clock, “if you are not too tired, I should like to have you join me and a few good fellows at my cottage. We are going to make a night of it over champagne and poker. Perhaps you would rather rest after your exciting day. If not, I should be pleased to have you accept my invitation." “1 will go with you gladly," returned Danton, who knew that he was in no condition to sleep. Approaching Mr. Rivington he said: “I trust, sir, that your daughter is well forward on the road to recovery." “She is sleeping quietly, my dear fellow. She has asked me to see to it that you call upon her to-morrow. You will give her that pleasure?” “Indeed I will,” answered Darton. bowing and rejoining his host for the night. Danton knew little about poker, He had played the game now and then at Hoidelburg with American students, but had never mastered the fine points of the pastime. But to-night he was in an excellent mood. His brain was fev : erish and he felt a strange sense of power that did not desert him after he had imbibed several glasses of champagne. There were four in the party; the host, a wealthy bachelor of fine bearing; a younger man just out of college, an elderly club man anxious to pay his dues from his winnings at cards, and Danton. They began their game at 11 o'clock. At 1 o’clock gains and losses stood about equal and the old man began to grow querulous. “Let’s raise the ante and the limit,” he suggested, and his proposition met with unanimous applause. The youngest man of the quartette, a blonde, insipid youth, imagined himself In love with Helen Rivington, and the fact that Danton had saved her life filled him with jealousy. Having come into a fortune of three millions, he felt that any opposition to his wishes was an insult; and in Danton he perceived an obstacle to the highest ambition ot his soul. In these degenerate days harmless weapons are used in society, and Helen liivington’s lover longed to defeat Danton at a game of cards. There was a time when even a blonde, insipid youth would draw his sword and fight for the Indy of his choice. “This is a jack pot,” said the host at length. “Stand," said Danton. “I’m in," cried the college graduate, flushing slightly. “We’re all in,” continued the host, after a nod from the elderly roisterer. The betting began in a lively manner. Danton knew that he held a strong hand, and his confident manner served him in good stead. He had made a number of misplays, and his present apparently reckless backing of his cards urged on his rivals in the hope .that he had made another mistake. After a time there were over- s7,<ioo on the table, "My cash is out, but here’s my note,” said the host at length raising the lost bet. Danton took a roll of bills from his pocket and counted out SIO,OOO. His companions looked at him in astonishment. Even at Tuxedo, a man who can throw thousands of dollars upon a table at a crisis is. a rarity. “liaise you ten thousand," said Dan ■ ton, calmly. He had placed his opponents in an unpleasant position. They had already risked a large sum of money, and naturally disliked to sacrifice their wagers on what might prove to be a “bluff.” There was also reason to believe that Danton did not know enough about the game to play it with success. However, the host and the man of years withdrew, and left the field to the unavowed rivals for the hand of the rescued girl. “See your ten-thousand, and raise you another ten,” exclaimed the blonde youth recklessly, scribbling a few lines on a piece of paper. Danton calmly counted out another ten thousand in bills, and then raised his opponent five hundred. “He weakens,” thought the insipid lover to himself. “Seo your live hundred and raise you a thousand. ” “Seo your thousand and raise you another thousand," remarked Danton. "Gentlemen, this must stop,” ex- ; claimed the host, excitedly. “You. may both be worth millions, but. I don’t like I to see so heavy a game played in my , rooms. ” | “Very well," said the young man, ; writing another I. 0. U. “There’s your I thousand, Mr.—Mr. Danton. Call you." ■ “I have four jacks,” said Danton, j throwing his cards upon the table. i “The devil you have," cried his opponent, who held A fuU house and felt confident of victory. Danton gathered in his winnings quietly .“"He did not like this method of making money, but he was not an ideal hero and preferred success to de- | feat in any line ot endeavor. Perhaps, I after all, a man who is willing to em- ' ploy chemical clairvoyance in a mining ' speculation is not apt to feel squeamish when he gains a small fortune at poker, | chapter;iv. The following morning Danton awoke to find himself famous. His heroism as a life-saver had made him popular; his prowess at poker had made him respected. A man who carries a in his pockets and risks it boldly is a novelty in the emasculated East Even in a Colorado mining-camp Danton's manipulation of his four jacks would have made.hlm a local celebrity. There were other reasons for-his cordial reception the next day. Some ot the old-timers at the club house remem- (

■ ■' — bered his grsndfatncr and had helped his father to diss pate his heritage. One young man who had been educated at Bonn hnd heard of Maurice, no our adventurer's story was confirmed and his cla'm to recognition established. 1 About eleven o’clock ho mot Miss Rlvlngton In tho parlor. She was very pale, and dark circles beneath her eyes told of a sleepless night, hho came I forward nnd gave him her hand. “How can I thank you?" she asked, 1 sm'ling. “By permitting me to sec you often," he answered boldly. i Danton had grown worldly-wise In a I day. Ho was now worth enough money to satisfy a modest amlntlon for the time, and he had de'ermined to return , to Germany some day and obtain from I the professor a few m< ro phials of clairl voyaut fluid. With his present , apilal, another g'ance at the stoi-k quotations I of tho future would render him a worthy son-in-law for Bivington, tho millionaire. , “I will do that gladly,” returned Miss Bivington, blushing rllghtly as she seated herself on a sofa and motioned him to her side. “I think we will bo good friends. Gratitude is a firm basis for friendship. Is it not?" “Perhaps so until we can find better.” She looked at him earnestly. Their eyes met and Danton smiled almost triumphantly. “We have seen each other before yesterday," he remarked. “Yes—once,” she said in a low voice ns though she wore confessing to a priest. Then, after a moment of sl-l-n<-e, she asked: "Will you not expla'n tho mystery to me?" “ What mystery?” “Your question is evasive. What mystery is there but one? They toll mo that you jumped from a pas-ing-train and rushed wildly toward tho lake. How did you know that I was in peril?” Danton turned red and glanced at her uneasily. If he told her hs story she would think him a mod man. But how could he explain his peculiar deed? Ho realized that his advanced science would seem absurd to her. Finally he said: “Some day I will tell you hqw it happened. At present I feel as though I had not known you long enough to permit me to be frank with you.” She frowned slightly. Her curiosity was aroused, and she was used to having her way.— fe.—— “I thought we had sworn to be friends. Surely frankness is essential to confidence. Danton's cheeks flushed and his eyes glowed as he looked into her fair face. “Bluntness is almost too coarse an instrument with which to carve the form of friendship from the cold marble of social intercourse,” he remarked. “I forgot your French origin,” she returned; “you prefer epigrams to truth. May I ask what tools you will use in forming friendship between us?” He smiled at her question. “I see you are determined to cut my see et from me with the deep edge of your wit. I fear I must surrender.” “You a-e a strange man. You did not hesitate to save my life, but you are not wiling to satisfy my whim." “Is it nothing but a whim?” ho asked, in a tone of oisappointment. “No, it is not. It is something I cannot explain. I know you think me rude; but place yourself in my position. I see a man at the opera one night whose face has a peculiar fascination fpr n.e. Don’t blush. I am frank, if you are not. I have never seen him before, and never expect to see him again. But 1 cannot help thinking about him, and I come up here to get him out of my mind. Then at the moment when I have given up all thoughts of life, he comes to me, as though by a miracle —and—and ” Her voice died away in a sob. Danton took her hand and his heart beat wildly as he gazed into her tear-dimmed eyes and said: “Amiiaele, indeec. The miracle of love. I am frank, now; too frank, I fear, but I cannot remain silent. I love you. I oved you when I saw you that night nnd I love you now with a passion against which ceremony, precedent, all the barriers of society cannot avail. Are you angry with mo?” She trembled slightly, looked down for a moment in a helpless way, then threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. The heavens had opened for Danton, and before him lay the paths of Paradise. What if society did gossip and grumble? What if Mr. Rivington frowned and stormed? What if their love was only three days old? Was it not strong enough to defy all opposition and vindicate itself before the world? What think you who have followed Mauric Danton from Heidelberg to Tuxedo? [THE END. I Copyright. Historical Data. Historical data consists of many things other than manuscripts or books. Monuments evidently of very ancient date have decipherable inscriptions which have no doubt been quite well translated and which tell of antiquity long antedating Homer. At the beginning of this century the most learned men had so little corroborative evidence of the authenticity of the Old Testament that they gravely doubted that authenticity. Ancient history then had little that appeared trustworthy farther back than three or four centuries before Christ. Up to that date people other than the Jews were regarded as mythical at best. But in 1799, when a French engineer discovered the lit se.tta stone, he found with it a key to Egyptian history and civilization antedating the Old Testament by more than 2,000 years. This was the beginning. Iti 1842 Batta discovered Sargon’s palace at Khorsabad. In 1845 .Layard uncovered Assurnatsirpal’s palace at Nimroud, <and later, in 1853, Sennachej rib’s palace at Nineveh, to be fob i lowed in 1873 by George Smith’s discovery of Assurbanipal's library of I 30,000 volumes at Nineveh. Kollowi ing these discoveries came the deI ciptjcrinent. GrotOfend was the .first ; to interpretet the Persian signs, and, ■ Rawlinson deciphered the Behistun i trilingual inscription. The Assyrian i wedge-writing, too, gives the literature, historical, mythological, commercial, geographical and international, for all the period covered by the Old Testament history. We therefore now have much illustrative ; of the Old Testament narratives. | Investigators now agree that electricity, magnetism, heat and light are all manifestations of one element or foYce in nature, and such ' manifestations can be transmuted ! one Into the other. Electricity can be transmuted into heat and heat again into electricity and electricity into power, and power, or force which moves material objects from one place to another, can again be transformed into heat, light etc. - —.l. -— ■— ■I- ' - ' J, , -■ Nothing has been heard of late from the weather sharp who thinks tho winters arc growing milder. He may have been frozen death.

MORE THAN A BILLION. l*rv«eut Conjrr«» lira tn lt« PrrdecrMor In Appropriation*. The Fifth -reoond Congress has scon the fdlllon-dollar uppropr ntiori of Its predecessor and gives promise of going over thirty millions betti r. r-ays a pro s dispatch. Lest some should doubt tho assertion that this Congress will also be known as a billlon-dolJnr affair a few figtree may be quoted. They wore obtained by tho < orrcsponlent from tho appropriations committee and are accurate. They show that the appropriations for the first session of this Congress were in round numbers $507,000,000. The appropriation bills for this session have not oil passed tho Senate, I ut they have al passed the Democrat Io House, and as they will undoubto )y 1 o increased by the Senate by probably ten millions—it is certain they will not be decreased—they are safe lor the purpose ot conservative computation. flow the Figure* Look. There are thirteen of them ar.d in round numbers they are: Legislative bill ttl.ooo.onn Sundry civil 39,'100,<«i Diplomatic l,or-.o<»i Military Academy 430, < <«• Postoffloo K’.hcu.ow Indian v.MS.ooo General rleflclentfy C0.950.C03 District ot Columbia 6,733,01)0 Army 24,202.000 Pensions 1W,,4t»,«» Fortifications 21,000,900 Naval 21,234,000 Agriculture 3,198,000 Permanent appropriations 1 ia,4cs.o* l o Total 5513,545,000 Appropriations last session .9i7,ixx),000 Grand total $1,020,545,000 Such are tho figures. If at the conclusion of the present Congress they show there is any change in the various sums the changes will in every case be increased. The correspondent sought an expression of opinion from the leading Republican and Democratic members of the appropriations committee. Mr. Dingley, Republican, of Maine, and Mr. Dockery, Democrat, of Missouri, both of whom will fight for the reputations of their respective parties at the drop of the hat. Mr. Dingley said: “I think that it. can be stated within reasonable certainty that the appropriations for this session will rea -h the sum of $531,00(1,400. And as the appropriations for last year were $’.07,OOu.COJ the total for- the Fifty-second Congress will amount to $1,038,000,000, as against $988,000,000 made by the Fifty-first Congr-es, an increase of about $50,000,000, which is represented almost 1 entirely by the pension appropriations.” Mr. Dockery, the Democrat, said: “The appropriations at the first session of this Congress amounted to $507,7'11,380.57, and th'6 prol able appropriations of this session will be about $537,00(1,000, or a total of $1,038,000,000 in round numbers." Mr. Dingley’s statement that the total Rep iblican appropriations for the last Congress were only $948,000,000 is disputed by the Democrats, who claim that in addition to that sum the Fiftyfirst Congress passed the direct tax bill and Ihe bill for back pay and bounty claims. The sums necessary for those bills were not known then, but they were to he paid whatever they turned out to be, and they were found to amount to over eighteen millions in all, of which three millions were for back pay and bounty claims bill. At any rate, the present Congress has exceeded in its appropriations its predecessors, and will be referred to by posterity as Billion Dollar Congress 11. POPULISTS TO GET EVEN. Will Try to Call Bick Appropriations to Several State Institutions. Topeka, Kan., special: A Populist member said he would do al! he could to secure the passage of bills withdrawing appropriations for the State University, State Normal School and other institutions that sent young men here to help defend the Republican bouse. Adjutant General H. H. Artz said that in less than six months he hoped to have the Kansas state militia in such shape that when he should call for the aid of troops he would have a thousand men on whom ho could depend to obey orders. It was rumored about town that Governor Lewell ng had been assassinated. Sheriff Wilkinson and some deputies went to the Capitol immediately, but found no truth in the report. The scare started from the fact that a man, who is believed to be only half-witted, had threatened to shoot the Governor on sight. The fellow is still here, but has not been placed under arrest, as the Governor does not think it neces&ary. The Populists have/created something of a sensation by the announcement of their intention to move the State capital from Topeka to Salina. About SIOO,000 is said tb have been subscribed for ;this purpose and twenty-five acres of land have been given. JUSTICE^JACKSON CONFIRMED. His Nomination Indorsed by the Senate Without. Even the Formality of a Vote. If there was at any time a disposition on the part of the Democrats to oppose the confirmation’of Judge Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, that opposition vanished when the Senate went into executive session Saturday afternoon. There was not even tlie formality of a yote. The ext cutive journal was read, containing the nomination of Judge Jackson, which had previously been reported favorably, an 1 when tho President of the Ser ate said "If there are no objections the nomination will stand confirmed,” not a Senator opened his mouth. In this quiet way all the opposition disappeared, and Associate Justice Jackson will, as soon as convenient to hiiti. qualify’ for the place to which he has been appointed by a Republican President The injunction of secrecy was not removed from the proceedings. RECEPTION FOR HARRISON. Arraiifremmts Being M ule to Welcome Him on His Return to ludianapolis. Tha Indianapolis admirers of President Harrison are arranging to give him a reception when lie returns from Washington. Several club organizations will take“j art in it, Tho arrangements are in charge of the Columbus Club, and meetings of special < ommittees were held for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps in the matter. There will be addresses of welcome by prominent members of the party, and the clubs will join in a street demonstration, It is said that the President has discouraged the efforts of his friends to show their appreciation, but has not positively declined the proposed honor. How the World Waffs. l Floods have inundated parts of the city of Middlesborough, Ky, Arizona offers $3,000 for the body ot Kid, the outlaw, dead or alive. Many buildings have again been j flooded at Port Deposit, Md. It is reported that the plan for a New York brewery trust has failed. " A terrific hurricane has swept the Samoan Islands. Many buildings were destroyed. Fike destroyed Schmidt's wall pqper store at Crookston, Minn., causing a loss of Rear Admiral A. L. Case, U. S. N., died at his homo Jn He was 80 years old. , I I A St. Lovis firm shipped flour oat) loads of flreworks for the inauguration ; display at Washington. | J

AT Merryman’S FACTORY You can get all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, Brackets, Molding, Odd-Sized Sash and Doors. Tn tact all kinds of building ma terial either made or furnished on short notice. /AikkErie Lines. Schedule in eflect Nov. 13. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows THAINK WEST. N 0.5. Vestibule Limited, daily for i ~ ~ „ v Chicago and tho west f ’ No. 3. Pacific Express, daily fori „ - k Chicago and the west f * No. 1. Express, dally for Chicago 1 n M and the west fi-. •- No. 3L Local } 10:35 A. M TRAINS RAST. No. 3. Vestibule Limited, daily for 1- ~ M New York and Boston f ’’ No. 13, Express, dally for New I i-gn a M York f No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 o.au p u copt Sunday f No. 30. Local ;■ 10:35 A. M. J. W. DeLokg. Agent. Frank M. Caldwell, D. P. A, Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A.. Chicago, 111. 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 makoa. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable Bee me first and sere money. «T. T. COOTS,Decatur, InO. A Scientific American Agency > TRADE MARKS, u 7 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 before the public by a notice given free of charge in the jatnlifit American Largest circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without It. Weekly, 53.00 a year; MJOsIx months. Address MUNN A CO. PußLlsueks, 361 Broadway, New York Qty.

I he Lyon & Healy Organ Is the best and most ' salable Organ of the Day jBBll Organs sold on Installment Payments at Low Figures. SEND IOR CATALOGUE. . v Fred K. Shafer, Agt. BERNE. IND. ORANGE BLOSSOM H ~ A POSITIVE CURE FOR . - —>— — all female diseases, m cmic nr TUC CVUDTnWQ > a tired, languid feeling. low spirited and despondent, with no apparent uUnIL UP l«1u ulMrlUinUt cause. Headache, pains in the back, pains acro»« tho lower part oi l»’weis. Great soreness in region of ovaries. Bladder difficulty. Frequent urinations, uco^ h ® a » bowels, and with all thes.» symptoms a terrible nervous feeling is experienced by the patient. Ihl Avr. BLOSSOM TREATMENT removes all thees by a thorough process of absorpt’vn. Internal remedies will never remove female weakness. manent relief obtained. j EVEZRV L.ADY/OAN TREAT HERSELF. O. B. Pile Remedy. I SI.OO for/ on® month’s treatment. .O. Br Stomach Powders. O.’ B. Catarrh Cure. I —prepared by— .A I O. B. Kidney Cones. J. A. McCILL, M.D., & CO., 4 panorama place. Chicago, ill. FOR SALE 'BY’ Holthouse & Blackburn. Decatur. Ask for Descriptive Circulars. ■ ■■■■■ ij j — . ■■ ■■!.■=? HOFFMAN & GOTTSCHALK Keep a full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Groceries, Lamps, Tobaccos, Cigars, and a general stock of Merchandise. Prescriptions carefully compounded. LINN GROVE, IND. * At Magley, keeps a large stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries, Boots, Shoea and in fact everything kept in a general ■ store. Buys all kinds ot Country Produce \UUU.UU or which the highest market price is paid. ■Hw J k W T ten guarantee to cure all nervous diseases, -uch. as Weak Memory, Ito ~ U I.os. of Bral. Power, Headache, 9 nil<ll'ueu, JLo.t MaaisW rj JSV hood. Nightly Emlulona. Qulcknes.. Evil Dreams Lack nt \* .J / V. ,_J | Confidence, Nervouaue.a La.«itnde. all drains and loss of power of the Generative -Organs In elther sex enuo'd by over cxerrrhp I lion, youthful errors, or excessive uso of tobacco, opium oreUmu* r A . .raAlanta which soon lead to InUnclty, consumption nnd Insanity, Cui \ WA UP convenient to carry In vest pocket. Sent by mall m plain package any address tor SI. er « for So. < With every 83 order wo give a written tunraaCco to cure or refund the e.oaey.l BXKNU AND AFTER U3ISG. . For Sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, Druggist, Decatur, Ind.

Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time, ®t minutes slower than Oolumbua or former time. Took effect Sunday, Deo. 18. IMKi. GOING NORTH. STATIONS, j No. 1 | No. 8 No. 5 No, T Cincinnati. Ivel ' 805 am 810 pm Richmond 2 Sllpni 111 M . 11 45 Winchester.... 3 I*.. 11 .T> . 1243 am Portland 4(4 . Jt2;lApm 123 Decatur 5 1(1 . ! 131.. 320 Ft.Wayne..arr Out).. 215 . 300 •• •• ...Ive 235.. 320 . 805 am Kendallville 3 41. 425 »10.. Rome City; HIM., 4 40.. 8 38.. Wolcottville 4 01 0 31.. Valentine.! 4 11 943.. LaGrange .... 4i» .. 506 .. 951.. Lima I 4 29 1003.. Sturgis 4 40.. ! 5 28. 10 19.. Vicksburg..., 530 , 050 HOB.. Kalamazoo, arr 8 05 .. 11 40'.. •• ..Ive 42O«n> 825 .. 900 .. 138Apm Gr. Rapids, arr 8 45 .. | 8 10 .. 220,~ •• .. Ive 720 .. 1010 .. 1 liipm 415 .. D..GH.AM.cr ,10 45,. 727 Howard City 1150 5 41 Big Rapids 12:«am 945 Reed City. 103.. ....... ....... Cadillac arr 1130.. 205.. 510 •• ...Ive 230 9 10.. Traverse City 7 iX'pui Kalkaska 3 48 Petoskey 035 .. 915 MacklnanClty I «oo . 1035 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. I No. 2 I No. « ' No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 715 pm 745 am 200pm Petoskey I 910 .. I 920 .. | 345 Kalkaska 112 38 . 11 38 . ' 502 Traverse City.. I II 10 ~ ) 4 Ml Cadillac .. . arr’ 2 20am 115 pm 7151 .. i 8 06am . .Ivel 215 . I 136 . i UfiOpm 810 .. Reed City 328 .. I 230 .. j 760 .. I 900 .. Big Rapids 400 .. 1258 .. 825 .. 1945 .. Howard City.. 457». 343 .. 9 20.. 103}.. D .G.H.&M.cr 805 .. i 506 .. 10 25 .. 11 35 .. Gr. ituplds arr 833..15 15 .. 11 00 .. 1.50 ~ •• " ..|ve| 700..18 00 .. 11 20 .. 200pm Kalamazoo.arrl 8 50.. 8 00.. 12 55amii 3 40.. “ ..Ive l 855 .. 805 * . 345 ~ Vicksburg 924 . 833 4 12.. -Sturgis ...... ..10 19 .. I 028 .. .... ... filfi .. Lima 11032 .. I 940 .. 1........ 517 .. LaGrange... .1044 .. 052 .. 529 .. Valentine 1063 10 02 .. 537 M tVolcottvillo... 11 04 .. ,10 14 .. 5 47 .. Rome City 1109 .. 110 19 .. 52.. Kendallville...ill 25 .‘.lO 39 8 08 .. Ft. Wayne..arr, 1240pmi 11 50 7 15,. “ ” ..Ivel 100.. lld 58am 545atp ........ Decatur IT 48 .. ,12 58 .. 830 .. Portland | 2 40.. 155.. 730 ’... Winchester ... 3 17.. 2 36.. 809 . I Richmond i 420 .. 340 .. 915 .. j Cincinnati 7io .. I 656 . 12<Hem| ...' Trains 5 and 8 run daily between Grand Rapids an<l Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent, Decatur, Ind Firat Class Night and Day Service between Toledo, Ohio, )ANO( — St. LouiS, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS-MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS! SERVED EN ROUTE, any hour, SST OR RItHT, at ir.oderat, corf. Ask for tickets lia Toledo, St Louis k Lassis City IL B. Clovek Leaf Route. For further particular*, call on nearort Agent of the Company, or addreu o< C. JENKINS, fiutrd Pumstf Agort, TOLEDO, OHIO. W. L. DOUGLAS S 3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. And other specialties for Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and Misses are - wor M" r i descriptive advertise* I 1 ment which will appear in SjL j this paper. S’lqs Take no Substitute, but insist on having W. L. DOUGLAS’SHOES,with name and price stamped on bottom. Sold by For Sale by Henry Winnes, Second door West of Adams County Bank, Monroe St.