Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1893 — Page 3

k TANGLE OF HEARTS. The President of a Bachelors’ Club Falls a Victim to Love. WRITTEN BY E. S. VAN ZILE.

CHAI*TKK 1. “Gentlemen, one of the brethren asks leave to make a confession." We looked at our President in surprise. Many months had passed since ■we heard these portentous words. They ■were welcome, too. for the club of late had been growing rather dull, and all of us seemed determined to remain bachelors. There were ninft of us, young NewYorkers, who batl formed what might be called an offensive and defensive social alliance. We met every two weeks at each other’s apartments, and went through an established order of business over our wine and cigars. Our fraternal bonds compelled us to protect each other from the wiles of the gentler sex. Wo were not misogynists, by any means, but were sworn to defend one another from hasty and undesirable marriages. We were thus obliged to be frank and outspoken at our meetings, and our President, a confirmed old bachelor of middle age, had become an expert in drawing from an unwilling member the deepest sestets of his heart As I said, our gatherings had been for some time unenlivened by anything sensational, and when the President remarked one evening that one of the brethren had a confession to make we all refilled our glasses, lighted fresh cigars, and prepared for an enjoyable discussion. The youngest member of the club, a handsome fellow not long out df college, stood up, looking rather pule, and bowed to the President "I am the victim of a woman," he stated, employing the phrase prescribed by our Book of Forms. “You are in love?" the President returned. “I am," answered Fernshaw. “May heaven protect you,” chorused the club. ——— Fernshaw then reseated himself, smiled nervously and looked around anxiously at our stein, uncompromising faces. It is not an easy task to acknowledge a loss of heart to eight hardened men. “You say," continued the President, still following the form ordained for this emergency, “that you are in love. Upon what symptoms do you base your diagnosis’?” The founder of the club had been a physician, and our ritual was sugestive, in places, of his profession. “Sleeplessness, inability to concentrate my mind on business, loss of appetite, constant dwelling on the words and appearance of my inamorata. It’s a clear case, Mr. President. I’ve fought against it, but —but—I’m a gone coon." “No slang, Mr. Fernshaw,” eaid the President, sternly. "This is a serious affair. . You are the youngest member of this club. You have been with us ■only a few months, but in that time you have become a favorite. It pains me greatly to learn that you have not shown more firmness in this matter." “Mr. President,” I said, rising,“it may be that Brother Fernshaw deceives himself. ' Would it not be well for Dr. Chapman” (ex-Ptesident and founder of the club) “to question the victim more olosely. At Fernshaw’s age biliousnesses often mistaken for love." “Your suggestion is a good oue,"’answered the President. “Doctor, will you kindly examine Mr. Fernshaw?” Dr. Chapman, a bachelor of thirtyfive, placed his cigar on a table and solemnly approached Fernshaw. He felt the young man’s pulse, looked at his tongue, asked him a few questions in a low voice, then returned to his seat. “Case of love," remarked the Doctor Bententiously. Fernshaw colored violently, while a sigh of despair arose from the club. “Brother Fernshaw,” said the President, “I regret to find my worst fears corroborated by Brother Chapman. It will now be necessary for you to state the lady's name, your opinion as to her feeling towards you, and such other details as will enable the club to take intelligent action." * Fernshaw again arose, leaned against a table, and continued his confession. There was something sublimely heroic in his calmness. “Her name," he said, “is Agnes Upton. I have known her for two years. Her father is a wealthy man who has been twice married. Miss Upton’s mother is dead, and she is not fond of her step-mother; Agnes is a handsome girl, dark, impassioned, but a thorough gentlewoman in her self-control. Her mother left her a large fortune. I don’t know what she thinks of me; sometimes she is cordial, sometimes cold. One day I think she loves me, and the next I resolve never to see her again. I have never told her that 1 love her." “Have you a rival—or rivals?” asked the President, taking notes. “I don’t know, but I think I have. She receives a great deal of attention. At a german last week she did not favor me once, and fiirted with a dozen fellows all night long. It was after that that the symptoms I have described began to unfit me for work.” Fernshaw sat down hastily, as though his emotions had become too strong for him. “Brethren," said the President, gravely, “I really do not like the looks of this affair. The permanent happiness of Brother Fernshaw may hinge upon our deliberations. Are there any remarks?" Brother Barnes, the Apollo of the club, arose. “Mr. President, I have not the pleasure of knowing Miss Upton, but there is one fact which compels Brother Fernshaw to tear this growing passion from his heart. A mother-in-law is bad enough, but a step-mother-in-law would be fatal.” “The point seems well taken,” ruled the President, making a note of it. “Have yon considered this feature of the case, Brother Fernshaw?” “Yes; it is upon this very thing that I base my hopes. "I think Agnes would rather marry me than live longer with •Mrs. Upton." “Infatuated boy, can’t you see an inch beyond your nose?” muttered Dr. Chapman, surlily. “There 1b another point, Fernshaw," said the President “How does the old man regard you?” “He and my father are great friends,” answered the victim, “but I don’t think Mr. Upton likes me. I dress too well to suit him.” “If you really love the girl you will have to dresS down to Mr. Upton’s level, "•said the President Then he continued: “Gentlemen, you have heard our young brother. What is your advice?” “Let him try travel,” said one. “Write poetry, Fernshaw—it's a great relief,”remarked another. “Suicide is classic and effective,"suggested a cynic. • “Abduct the girl and become famous," said a fourth. The President frowned. “Brethren, *A'll ;- •k/X

you are flippant. This is the most important matter that has come before the club for months. In my opinion Fernshaw’s condition should awaken pity, not gibes. It is our duty, as our oath asserts, to defend and .guide a brother who catches the disease called love. The younoest member of the club—unarmed by youth and weakened by perfect health—has been able to make no stand against this fatal fever. Frankly he states his condition. Do not mock him. There is not a man among us who Is safe. White hair and weight of years are no certain antidote to the poison which keeps the world in its present disturbed state. Excuse this speech, but my heart goes out to Fernshaw, and I want you all to treat him fairly." “Apollo” Barnes arose: Mr. President and brethren, the words of our leader are full of wisdom. We are sorry for Fernshaw, but do we not well know that he will not take advice? Who ever heard of a lover who listened to the counsel of his friends? And, as I understand it, this club is not formed to discourage a man from following the dictates of his heart, but to defend him from hasty acts of folly. Fernshaw is in love. We cannot help that. But it is our solemn duty to prove that the object of his choice is worthy to mate with a member of the club. The case as it stands now presents some interesting aspects.* The point to be determined is whether Fernshaw would stand a fair chance of happiness if he married Miss Upton. It will be necessary for the club to investigate the case in detail. Personally I have an impression that Miss Upton would make a good wife, but that the stepmother and Mr. Upton would form a combination destructive to Fernshaw’s peace." Barnes sat down and there was silence for a moment. Fernshaw was puffing cigarettes nervously, and I watched him musingly. His face was peculiarly handsome, as delicate in outline as a I woman’s,but with a certain manly flrmi ness about the mouth. His hair curled slightly and gave him the appearance of a poet—one more likely to write “Don Juan” than “Paradise Lost." “I move, Mr. President,” said Dr. Chapman, “that the Chair appoint a committee of three to investigate Fernshaw’s case and report at the next meeting of the club.” “Second the motion,” said I. “Gentlemen, you have heard the motion. Are there any remarks?” Fernshaw arose. He was still very pale, ond his hand trembled slightly. “Brethren, I appreciate your kindness,” he faltered, “but, really, is it necessary to have so large a committee? I might introduce the President to the Uptons, and he could report to you. There is really no reason why three of you should be put to so much inconvenience. " I felt sorry for the boy, but realized clearly that he was blind to his highest interests. A committee of three would be much more likely to reach a conclusion of some value to Fernshaw than our President—a good-natured, easy-going fellow, not fitted for prying into the secrets of society. With these thoughts in my mind I arojor“ ““" * - “Mr. President, there is not a member of this club who has not a warm affection for Brother Fernshaw. As an old uian, long past the sentimental age,’ I beg leave to request our young comrade to withdraw his remarks. He may safely trust a committee of his friends to protect his highest interests. I realize that it is hard for him to place this affair in the hands of a syndicate, but in following this course he simply conforms to the custom of the times. Again, if the matter is taken charge of by our president, it will beget a large amount of work which will prove a burden to one pair of shoulders. Brother Fernshaw must know that three heads are better than one, and that a thorough investigation of his affaire de coeur is not possible unless he conforms to Brother. Chapman’s motion." Fernshaw again arose: “I withdraw my words," he remarked. “There is nothing more to be said on my side of the question. I did not see at the moment that selfishness was at the basis of my proposal. Mr. President, I agree to place this affair in the hands of your committee. I know ihat my happiness will be safe in their care.” A slight murmur of applause arose as the manly young fellow reseated himself. The President lighted a fresh cigar and sat silent for a time. At length he said: “You have spoken well, Fernshaw. There is no doubt that your interests will be advanced if you place confidence in the club. I would suggest that one member of the committee devote himself to Miss Upton, another to her stepmother, and a third to her father. Does that arrangement please you?" “Eminently,” answered Fernshaw. “Very well,” said the President. “I will select the committee before we adjourn. ” Business of minor importance then came up, and for a time the Fernshaw affair was laid aside. Just before we parted for the night, however, the President announced his committee, namely. Dr. Chapman, “Apollo” Baines, and myself. Barnes was to devote himself to Miss Upon, Dr. Chapman to the step-mother, while Mr. Upton was allotted to my care. Fernshaw and I walked home together. He was nervous and talkative and I realized that he was far from pleased with the night’s work. “I wish Barnes had not been ascribed to Agnes," were his last words, and I could not chide him for the suspicion implied therein. For Barnes was a very handsome man and extremely attractive to women. CHAPTER 11. It was at a ball at Delmonieo's that the committee first began active operations. Fernshaw came up to me early in the evening and pointed out Agnes Upton. She was a beautiful girl, tall, lissome, dark, with fine-out features, rather haughty expression, and a smile which was attractive though cold. “She has never been in love," I said to myself, as I wont forward on Fernshaw’s arm to be presented. “Apollo" Barnes, tall, impressive, distant, stood by- her side as we came up. “I have often-heard Mr. Fernshaw speak of you,” said Miss Upton, graciously, and turning she introduced me to Mrs. Upton and her father. Dr. Chapman was talking to Mrs. Upton, a portly,’ aristooratiq-looking woman,who eyed me as though I had attempted to steal her diamonds, and bowed coldly. “Would you like a cigar?” 1 whispered to Mr. Upton, a od-natrfred old gentleman wlio looked extremely bored and whose evening costume was not at all becoming. Just how his dress suit offended the eye it would be hard to explain, but he seemed to radiate an

undoftaed protest against the costumes and Mstoms of fashionable society. Mr. Upton smiled at me benignly, whispered a few words to his wife, glanced at his daughter proudly, placed his arm in mine, and moved slowly toward the exit. “I hate this kind of thing,” he whispered confidentially. “It always reminds me of a cross between a Turkish bath and pawnbroker's shop," I was raf-her shocked at this comparison, but smilbd sympathetically, when wo reached the smoking-room, I seated myself beside him and made a remark about the beauty of his daughter. “Pretty fine girl,” he assented reflectively. “Horry she isn’t a boy, though. Always wanted a boy.” “But,” 1 commented, holding a lighted match to his cigar, “she will bring you a son.” He looked at me rather angrily. “There’s a vast difference, my dear sir, between a son and a sou-in-law. As much difference as there is between—between—between a mother and a stepmother. ” Knowing what I did, his remark startled me. “Yes, you are right. But some men are hard Ito satisfy. You have a prepossessing wife, a beautiful girl, fame, fortune and good health. And yet you grumblo because you do not possess a son. You are ungrateful to fate, sir.” I had weighed my man, and realized that his rather coarse nature would stand heroic treatment. “Perhaps you are right,” he answered meekly. “A boy is apt to go to the bad. It may bn that I am better off as it is. ” “How many fathers find their later years unhappy because their sons are not what they should be,” I remarked. “But now and then a son is a great blessing. There is young Fernshaw, for example. He must be a great comfort to his father. He is bright, industrious, presentable. He stood high at college, and is doing well as a lawyer. Such a son must be a source of pride to his parents.” I felt as though I had been talking from a Sunday-school novel. Mr. Upton colored violently. “A dude, sir. If I had a son like that I would make him go West New York has spoiled Fernshaw.” He said this with so much emphasis that I did not dare to pursue the subject As soon as we had finished our cigars we returned to the ball-room. I posed for awhile as a wall flower. Mr. Upton had returned to his wife, and I stood watching the dancers. Presently Agnes Upton passed by on the arm of Barnes. Her face wore. a. look of animation, and she gazed up at him smilingly. “Do you see that? Just look there,” exclaimed an excited voice at my elbow. I turned and saw Fernshaw. “What’s the matter?” I asked, gently. “Matter," he returned, passionately. “Can’t you see? Barnes thinks because he is on the committee and assigned to Agnes that he must monopolize her attention. It isn’t fair. I’ll resign from the club. I’ll call him out. He has no right to take such an advantage of me.” “Gently, my dear boy," I said soothingly, leading him toward the smok-ing-room. “You must not be too hasty. Dr. Chapman has spent the evening with Mrs. Upton. I have devoted myself to the old man. You forget that the rules of the club make the duties of a committeeman in such an affair as this very arduous.” He puffed a cigarette spitefully. “Do you think Barnes finds his task unpleasant? He is to dance the cotillon with her. He hasn’t left her side. I haven’t a ghost of a show. This comes of being soft Confound the club." “I am shocked, Fernshaw. You have no right to talk in this strain. Barnes is devoting himself to your interests. He is a much older man than you, and his impression of Miss Upton will be of great value.” - Tiow^about Miss Uptonrs~lmpression of Barnes? Will that be of great value?” I was silenced for the moment. Fernshaw’s jealousy was so acute that I could not find words to reply to his last remark. At length I said: “Be a man, old fellow. You don’t want to marry a girl who does not love you. If she cares for you the attentions of Barnes will have no effect. ” He seemed soothed for a" moment, and at that instant Barnes entered the room. “Good-evening,” he said, approaching us and lighting a cigarette. “The committee seems very faithful to-night. ” “Too d d faithful," muttered Fernshaw under his breath. “Pardon me,” remarked Barnes, looking at him suspiciously. “Nothing. I was expressing my gratitude.” jTO BE CONTINUED. A Good Cup of Coffee. A really good cup of coffee is at all times a luxury, and one that is very frequently difficult to obtain. Simple as the operation of making it appears, it is no& every one who understands how to produce a more than barely palatable drink. If you wish to make the French drip coffee, for every cup of coffee you need use a heaping teaspoonful of pulverized coffee and place it in the canvas strainer on the top of the coffee pot, pouring a cup of water for every teaspoonful of coffee. Have the water brought to a first boil, pouring it over the coffee after it has passed through the strainer. Pour the contents of the liquid in a warm vessel, emptying it back two or three times over the contents of the coffee in the strainer. The result will be a good cup of coffee as clear as wine and a grateful food and stimulant. Use the following directions to make plain coffee: First purchase the coffee only in a whole berry, grinding it coarse as wanted. For each cup of coffee needed use a tablespoofiful of the ground coffee, not heaping. Mix the ground coffee with with an egg and add a cupful of boiling water for each spoonful of coffee used. Let it boil five minutes, remove from the fire, add a little cold water and let it settle. The result will be a delicious cup of coffee. —St. Louis Republic. Eiffel’s Tower.

French War office experts are divided in opinion concerning the value or danger of Eiffel’s tower In case of a siege of Paris. German staff officers have written quite freely about the matter, principally holding the view that the tower would afford a fine target. Some French officers agree with this view; others say the forts around the city would keep the tower out of rarige, while it would afford an excellent, post for observation. From it the operations of an enemy could be observed for a radius of forty-four miles. No Smoking. The Governor of the fcderwl district in which the City of Mexico Is situated has just diwovered that smoking in the theaters are objectionable, and has issued an order forbidding this initalgenco to playgoers either during tho performance or between the acts.

A MAN WITHOUT A NAME. she Mtran<e Afflictio* l Which llui flatkllen a tilranjrar Is Melbourne. The Melbourne Argus states that on February V, a young man about 30 years of age called at the police barracks, Russell street. Melbourne, and asked the officer In charge if he could tell him who he was. At first it was thought that the man was a lunatic, but It soon became evident that his statement as to his memory having quite failed him was a genuine one. He was taken into custody, kept in the Melbourne Jail, where numerous persons have called in the hope of recognizing h m, but so far without success. Ho states that he does not remember anything before the day on which he vis.ted tne police barracks, and several medical men who have seen him expre s their belief in this statement, attrlbut ng his lack of memory to masked epilepsy. The man being unidentified, in default of his right name, is referred to as ‘•Edward Bellamy,” the appclation bestowed upon him by the warden and prisoners who have read Bellamy’s well-known work, "Looking Backward." Wnlle the church service was being proceeded with “Bellamy” was noticed listening intently to the music. He was questioned about it, and said: “I seem to have heard that before somewhere. What is it?” He did not seem to understand when told it was music, but at the conclusion of the service Dr. Shields took him up to the organ, and having shown him that the sounds he had heard were produced bv fingering the keys, seated him in front of the instrument. “Bellamy” struck several notes unintelligently, and then a chord or two in harmony, and in an instant, with a look of pleasure, he commenced a selection from “The Creation,” which he played correctly and well. He used the stops and showed that he was familiar with the instrument. When the jail organist whistled a bar or two of the hymn, “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” “Bellamy” smiled again, and without music or any further assistance, played the hymn through. As soon as he had done so he said: “Something else has come into my mind, and I want you to list to it and see if it has anything to do with what I have just played.” He then plaved “Awake, My Soul,” an old and favorite hymn tune. The one had evidently been suggested to him by the other. He played a number of secular airs after the first few bars had bsen whistled.

i All Cried “Hansom.” Not long since a bride and groom from the State of Michigan were visiting Washington, D. C., as is the custom of young people in the honeymoonatic condition. Just where they came from cannot be stated, as a Saginaw man residing at the national capital says they were from Bay City, and a Bay City ram in one of the departments says they were from Saginaw, says the Detroit Free Press. In any event they were in Wash- , inszton, and the young bride thought her husband was the loveliest man that ever did live; and, as nobody told her he wasn’t, he must have been. One night they went to the i theatre within two blocks of their hotel, and, as she clung to him and pared u-pYetcr hfs gOOd-looking taoe 1 as they came out, the cabmen along the curb caught on and began calling their cabs. “Hansom,” shouted the nearest '■ cabby. The bride smiled at her husband. ’ “Hansom, lady?” sang the next 1 one, seductively. She smiled at the cabby, until he thought spring had come with a face full of sunshine. “Hansom,” called the next one, i and, “hansom,” “hansom,” echoed along the line till they came to the last. “Hansom,” he said, appealing to . Her directly. She looked again at her husband and then at vhe cabby. , “Os course he is,” she replied; and clutching his arm convulsively she exclaimed: “Oh. George, isn’t it lovely to be l so handsome that even the men in the street pay tribute to your beauty. And you are my husband, too! Oh, George.” and George thought it was all right and hadn’t a word to say.

Niirslng Malarial Fever, This begins, as many a ute diseases do, with a chill followed by fever, which subsides utter a time and is followed by a second chill, writes Elizabeth Robinson Scovil in the second of her valuable articles on “Life in the Invalid’s Room” in the Ladies’ Home Journal. These recur at regular intervals and give the fever one of its names, intermittent or remittent. The doctor usually pre cribes large doses of quinine, or smaller doses often repeated. The nurse must try to promote a reaction during the chill, by hot bottles or hot water bags at the feet and under the arms, covering the patient with warm flannels and giving warm drinks, warm lemonade, hot milk, etc., but no stimulant without the doctor’s permission. When th£. fever comes on ice and cold water may be given. A cooling laxative is usually ordered, as citrate of magnesia. The body may be sponged if the temperature is very high. A cloth wet in alcohol and bound on the forehead will help to relieve the headache, wetting it without removing it when it becomes dry. When the fever decreases the invalid begins to perspire profusely. whole person should be gently dried from time to time, a flannel night-dress put on, the room darkened and the sufferer allowed to sleep. The doctor should be consulted, as pro er treatment-is necessary to prevent, if possible, a recurrence of the attack. In all forms of fever the efforts of both nurse and physician are directed to reducing theTiemperature and sustaining the strength of the patient An Omnlvot-pnt Newspaper Reader. William R. Morrison is said to have but one vice—a very pardonable one. He is an inveterate newspaper reader, if anyone ever sees Mr. Morrison withoutoneor two newspapers tucked under his arm it qiust be when he has on a dress suit He still receives almost as large a newspaper mail as when he was a Congressman. • Moreover. Mr. Morrison isn’t afraid, as

Kate Field's Washington says some public iuju arc, of buying a newspaper now and then, and he is one of the best patrons of the famous newspaper exchange. No matter whether it is from Kalamazoo or Saccarappa, a newspaper is a newspaper to William R. Morrison, and he never goes home without a bundle of great girth in his arms. He doesn't hoard them up; they arc carefully read ana clipped and tiled alphabetically by Mrs. Morrison, who does much’of the reading for him. ______ Tipping tho Scales. In 1794 James Monroe became minister to France. Those were troublous times. The echoes of the French Revolution were yet in the air, and tho various European nations were watching one another, as well as the United States to note the attitude taken by them in regard Co the French government. Monroe was received enthusiastically, and his after life, while In France, was full of stirring and dramatic incidents. One event in particular was not only ihte:esting in itself, but had a gravoj bearing on public affairs. The Marquis de Lafayette had been captuied on the frontier, and was now lying in the dungeon of Oltautz. His wife, with her two little children, were confined in the prison of La Force, in daily dread of being ordered to the guillotine. Her condition appealed strongly to the American minister, and at lepgth he resolved on a course which might not only fail to do her any good, but which would pronably involve him personally in t;ouble. For the government of the day was only too ready to take offence, in its present state of irritability from troubles past. Without his wife he could do nothing, and she promptly seconded his determination with the pledge of her own aid. One afternoon the carriage of the American minister drew up before the prison of La Force, and Mrs. Monroe descended from it and asked permission to call upon the marchioness. She had assumed all the pomp and elegance to which her husband’s position entitled her, and the prison authorities were evidently impressed by her courage and decision of bearing. They took her to a reception room instead of the cell where the marchioness was confined, and conducted thither the young and unhappy woman, who seemed, as well as she might, full of grief. It was not safe to talk confidentially, and probably neither woman could trust herself to speak. The marchioness, who had been expecting a summons to her execution, could only sob, and when Mrs. Monroe left she promised, in the hearing of the guards, to return on the following day. But the call was never repeated, tor on the very next day the marchioness was at liberty, and on her way to join her husband. Her execution had really been fixed for the afternoon of Mrs. Monroe's visit, but the French authorities, having thus learned the attitude of the American minister, had decided on leniency.—• Youth’s Companion. -

A Book Agent’s Wit. Ready wit and imperturbable good humor are-es&awtial portions of suc essful book agent’s stock in trade. This was strikingly illustrated the other day, when one of those much abused, but industrious and enterprising individuals contrived to gain access to an irascible and profane, but by no means bad hearted, bank president, who possessed the somewhat rare virtue of being able to appreciate a joke at his own expense. “Get out of here, quick, and go to h—L” he exclaimed to the book agent, before the latter had time to state his business. “Thank you,” replied the itinerant vender of literature, bowing and backing toward the door. “Then I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again. ” Everybody in the room laughed, the banker included, and when t%e noise had subsided he promptly made atonement for his rudeness in his own peculiar fashion. “That’s one on me,” he said. I’ll take five dollars’ worth of whatever you are selling and will cry quits. And when we meet again I hope it will be where everybody sings hymns.” —New York Herald. Trees in Medicine, The medicinal uses of trees are various, says the Independent. It is not only that cinchona in all its forms, from the crude bark to the delicate and tasty quinine, or the quassia made into a cup of bitterness, meet the terrors of the dread malaria, or help to give tone to impaired digestive organs. Through all the range of snices and bitters, of resins and gums, of leaves, of wood, of.bark and rooL there is a variety with which we could not easily part; while the buds and leaves and flowers are often salutary. Most of these are antiseptic. and the air probably owes much of its ozone and of its exhilarating quality to these substances. Thus it is that particles are wafted to and fro for our lungs and tonics are provided for our bodies. We therefore have reason to rejoice in the sanitary and medicinal properties and healthful influence of the trees, and hope this utilitarian view of them will not shock those who only associate with' them ideas ot the poetic and sublime. Taper Barrels. Among the many uses to which paper has been put in later years none seem more curious than the vessels made to hold fluids. And, remarks an exchange, just as onel.Ms grown accustomed to paper pails add basins, a new industry has started up, in the construction ot paper barrels. By means of Ingenious’ machinery the pulp is carried alon# on an endless blanket which allowk the water to drain off. As it thus goes on its way the pulp is deposited upon cylinders. In about four minutes there is enough collected upon one cylinder to make one barrel, upon which being the case, the cylinder is removed and the barrel body set away in a drying room, where it remains for one day. It is then dampened again, and under hydrauAc pressure, is shaped into the regular form. Again it is dried and receives the finishing touches,

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The Lyon & Healy Organ Is the best and most salable Organ of the Day sESji Organs sold on Installment Payments at Low Figures. SF.XD LOB, CATALOGUE. Fred K. Shaefer, Agt. BERNE. IND. ORANGE BLOSSOM ALL FEMALE DISEASES. emit nc TUE CVUDTfIMQ ■ a tired, languid feeling, low spirited and despondent, with no aoparont uUML Ui Int U I Inll UluO > cause. Headache, pains in the back, pains acrosa the lower part or bowels. Great soreness in region of ovaries, Bladder difficulty. Frequent urinations, Leucorrhcea, Constipation ut bowels, and with all these symptoms a terrible nervous feeling ts Experienced by the patient. IHK ukaawk BLOSSOM TREATMENT removes all these by a thorough process of absorption. Internal remedial will never remove female weakness. There must be remedies applied right, to the parts, and then there is per* manent relief obtained. EVERY UADY CAN TREAT HERSELF. O. B. Pile Remedy. I SI.OO for one month's treatment. 10. B. Stomach CX B. Catarrh Cure. I —prepared by— I O. B. Kidney Cones. J. A. McCILL, M.D., & CO., 4 panorama place. Chicago, hj,. BXDB, SALS "BY Holthouse & Blackburn, Decatur. Ask for Descriptive Circulars. ' HOFFMAN & GOTTSCHALK Keep a full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Ohs, Groceries, Lamps, Tobaccos, Cigars, and a general stock of Merchandise. Prescriptions carefully compounded. LINN CROVE, IND. aa At Magley, keeps a large stock of Dry I|Ar||AAA Goods, Notions, Groceries, Boots, Shoei' If 11111 IwU and in fact everything kept in a general ■ store. Buys all kinds of Country Produce 1 Z >■_ IIH or which the highest market price is paid. fiyv _ J ten guarantee toenre nil nervous diseases, such ax Week Memory, MB !.••• Os Brain Power, Headache, W akefulnesa, JLoatMr a* * VJ haad, Nightly £miaslcna, Qulckneo*. Evil Dream#, | Confidence* Aervouaueaa, Laaaltude* all drains and loss of power of the Generative Organs tn either sex caus'd by over-exrt* 1 bon, youthful errors, or excessive use of tobacco, opium orsthno f. which soon lead to Intlrniity, Consumption anti Insanity. Ihiß L convenient to carry tn vest pocket. Sent by mail Ln plain package J/to any address fur Sl, <>r A for ( With every 5.5 anlrr wf nlve a written guarantee to cure or refund the money.) BBPOBB AND AFTEB USING. . For Sale by W- H. Nachtrieb, Druggist* Decatur, Ind.

Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Tlme.MMiwute. slower than Columbus or former ties*. Took effect Sunday, Deo. 18. INC. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. T Cincinnati..lve , 805 am 910 pm ........ Richmond 2 2l)um I 111 65 .. 1148.. Winchester.... 8 17. 1155.. 1243 am Portland 4«4 .. 12:15pm :23.. ....... Decatur 510 .. 131.. 2Ht Ft, Wayne..,arr 8 00.. 215 .. 800 , ’’ ...Ivo 2®.. 320 .. 805*88 Kendallville 341.. 4 25.. 0 10.. Rome City 3M.. 440.. 9 28.. Wolcottville 4 01.. ... 9 31.. Valentine 411 0 41 .. LaGrange 419 .. 506 .. 951 _ Lima 4 29 10 08 .. Sturgis 440.. 628 ~ 1019.. Vicksburg 630.. 8 50.. !!<«.. Kalamazoo, arr 6 05 11 40-:. ’• ..Ive 4 20am 826.. 9 00.. 1226 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 8 45.. 8 10.. ...... " - ..Ive 720 .. 1010.. 110 pm 416.. D . G.H.AM.cr 10 45.. 727 Howard City 1150 . 841 .. Big Rapids 1238 am 945 Reed City 1 03 Cadillac arr 1130 .. 2(5 .. 510 . •• ...,lvc 230 9 10 .. Traverse City 700 pm Kalkaska... 3 48 .. Petoskej .. 8 35.. 915 .. , ...... Mackinac City Bno ~ 10 35 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 .Mackinac City. 715 pm 745 am 200pm.... ... Petoskey 910 .. 920 .. 346 Kalkaska 1238 .. 111 38 .. 502 Traverse City 11 10 .. 4to Cadillac ....arr 220 am 115 pm 7 00.. 8 05am •’ ....Ive 215. 136.. 850 pm 810.. Reed City...». 328 .. 2 30.. 750 .. 9 00.. Big Rapids 4 011.. 2 68.. -.8 26.. 9 45.. Howard City.. 456k.’ 343.. 9 20.. 10 32.. !>..G.H.AM.cr 606.. 5 05.. 1025.. 1135.. Gr. Rapids .arr 113'1.. 6 15.. 11 00.. 150 “ ..Ive 7 00.. 8 00.. H 20.. 2Wpm Kalamazoo.urrl 8 50.. 8 00.. 12 56am i 340 .. " ..Ive 855 .. 805 . 346 .. Vicksburg 9 24.. 833 4 12.. Sturgis 1019.. 928 505 .. Lima 10 32.. 940 5J7 .. LaGrange... .1044 .. 052 5 29.. Valentine 1053.. 10 02 .. 537 ~ Wolcottville... 11 04 .. 10 14 547 .. Rome City 1109 .. 10 19 52 .. Kendallville... 1125 .. 10 39 808.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 7 15 .. “ ” ..Ive 100.. 1258 am 545 am .5...... Decatur 148 .. 12 58 .. 830 Portland 240.. 165.. 730 Winchester.... 3 17.. 236 .. 809 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 7 00.. 8 55.. 1201 pm Trains 5 and <> run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur, Ind EfflH First Clan Night and Day Servlea batwaaw Toledo, Ohio, — )AND( St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CAR 9 DAY TRAINS—MODEPH EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIQHT TRAINS.’ 8»-Vf4IS SERVED EH ROUTE, any li9ur, SAT OR HIOHT, at modtratt cost. Ask for tickets nil Tcfedo, St Louis I linns City Ik CloverLeafßoute. For further particulars, call on noarss* Agent of the Company, or address O. C. JENKINS. 6M.ral ruwipr AgMt. TOLEDO, OHIO. W.-t DOUGLAS S 3 SHOE CENTLEAfIEN. other specialties sos Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and Misses are the o Best in the World. See a escri P tiv ® advertise* Wfe | meat which will appear is j tll is paper. Take no Substitute, but insist on having W. Lu. DOUGLAS’ SHOES,with „name and price stamped oa bottom. Sold by Fur Sale by Henry Winnes, Second door West of Adams County Bank, Monroe St.