Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1893 — Page 7

AN UNCONSCIOUS CRIME. A Story Written (or This Paper by William Westall.

CHAPTER I. * Early in the eighties I was a "Bub” on a daily English paper published In I’atls. When I say English I merely mean that English was the language in which we wrote and the paper was printed. One afternoon, as I was busy “faking up** an article about a mysterious murder which the French papers called “The Crime of the Hue du Bac,” one of the office boys touched me on the shoulder and said that M. O'Yea, the editor, wanted me in his room. I laid down my pen and obeyed the summons. “There is somebody with him,” added the boy. The somebody in question was a man something under 30, short of stature and slightly built, his skin of a pale olive tint, complexion dark; he had a broad forehead, and the general expression of his face was both pleasing and striking. As touching his outward man, he was well dressed, his hands LzJo L—l “Oxa or the orncs boys touched me on THE SHOULDER. 1 ’ and feet were small, and his gloves and boots fitted him to perfection. “This gentleman," said the chief, “Mr. " “Thank you. Mr. de Souza has been good enough to bring us some important information about the murder in the Hue du Bac." “les,” observed de Souza, “the police have found a clue; perhaps as I was the first to suggest it I may say I found it for them. And by a singular coincidence. and, of course, quite independently, you suggested in yesterday's < hanticleer the very same solution of the n ystery. Indeed! your article interested me so much that I thought I would take the liberty of calling to let you know that the pol ce are on the murderer’s tracks and will almost certa.nly lay him by the heels before this time to-n/orrow. ” “Wo are greatly oblige! to you, and I shall make use oi the information in the second article on the same subject I am just now writing if you will kindly give me a few details. I suppose you are connected with the police?" "In a sense. I ha.e long been a student of the psychology of crime. The chief of the detective police Is a particular friend of mine, and when he has an interesting ease never fails to let me know and I am sometimes able to offer him a valuable suggestion, as in the present instance. Indeed, I think I may call myself an amateur detective.” “Yet you cannot be French, your English Is faultless. ” “No, I am not French. I am an American from Louisiana, but for the last three years I have lived in Paris. And now for the details. ” When de Souza bad finished his narrative the chief thanked him warmly and observed that whenever he had anything ot Interest to communicate we should be glad to hear from him. and would pay tor his contributions “at our usual rate. ’’ Whereupon our visitor remarked, smiling, that he hated writing and did not care for money, but that when he heard of aught likely to make “good copy" he would do himself the pleasure of looking in and giving us the facts, which Mr. Davenport (whose articles were always so well done) could put into shape and produce “in his own vivid English." I bowed in acknowledgment (of course blushing deeply), while O’Yea thanked de Souza even more warmly than before and assured him that the oftener he called the better we should bo pleased. A man who could give valuable information and did not care for money was worth cultivating. A tew days afterward de Souza called again, and I accepted an invitation to lunch with him on the following/morning, at a case in the neighborhood of the Palais Royal, where we had a pleasant time and a long tallc'’”' De Souza had been attracted by my articles and recognized in me a kindred spirit He was an amateur detective in the sense that the psychology of crime was his favorite study, and he delighted in unravelling complicated cases. The possession of an ample fortune enabled him to follow his bent and he had settled in Paris as being the place best suited to’ his purpose. Paris is essential y a city of strange crimes. The detective service is, or, at any rate, was then, admirably organized, and French juges d’instruction are probably the best criminal investigators in Europe. With several of them, as also with the heads of the detective ] dice, he was on terms so friendly that whenever they had anything except!, naliy interesting afo< ’Jiey never failed to let him know, and* ofiing a keen analyst as well as a shrewd observer, he was often of great use to them. But he assbred me that his most remarkable discoveries were the result of unconscious cerebration, or, as some people would say, had been made in-, tultively. After buzzing over a case for several days and giving it up as a bad job, he would go to bed and waken next morning with an Idea which put him on the right track. “But how," I asked, “can cerebration go on during sleep?” MJw do we know what goes on during sleep? Don’t people walk and work and do things in their sleep whereof they wot not in their waking moments? So in the hypnotic state, people do things which, when they return to their normal condition, they are unable to recall. And hypnotism, I take it, is a sort of sleep." At this point the conversation dropped, for I had to go to the office, but de Souza and I met again, and one Saturday night I dined with him at the Hotel Pension Mijoux, in the Champs Elysees, where he had a suite of rooms, and was introduced to his sister, a (all and graceful brunette with black hair; a faintttnge ot colorshowed through the olive tint of her cheeks; her lips were red and full; her nose and the rest of her features simply perfection, and as in those days my acquaintance with pretty girls was decidedly limited and 1 was as Impressionable as any poet, I naturally fell in love with Miss

de Souza at first sight. I spent a very pleasant evening, succeeded in hypnotizing de Souza, and loft at a very late hour. CHAPTER 11. A few days afterward I made the usual ceremonial call, and I had the audacity to hope that I should find Miss de Souza alone. I was disappointed, of course. She had a visitor, and, worse still, the visitor was a man. Through Miss de Souza's introduction. I learned that his name was Delmar, that he was distantly related to her family, and that ho had just arrived from Now Orleans. I disliked the fellow from the moment I set eyes on him. He had a hard, cynical. swarthy face, his hair was cut short, his chin and cheeks were closely shaved, his eyebrows square, his eyes deeply eet, and his mustaches, a la Victor Emmanuel, were snrmounted by a Boman nose. Moreover, he paid marked attention to our hostess and called her by her Christian name. Nevertheless, he was affable and amusing, and as he was civil to me, I was of course obliged to be civil to him. Presently camo do Souza, and after a while'we went out and spent an hour at a cafe"on the Boulevards, smoking cigarettes, drinking black coffee and talking. The subject was again crime, started, however, by Delmar, apropos of a mysterious murder lately committed in New Orleans, to which the police had been unable to find a clew, and he asked de Souza whether such cases were not infrequent. "Certainly, and no wonder," said de Souza. “Murders for the most part can only be proved by circumstantial evidence, which, though generally sufficient, is not always infallible. Direct •evidence Is seldom forthcoming, and if murderers are not, as a rule, men of impulsive natures or low brain power homicides would be less often detected, and therefore more frequent than they now are.” And then, de Souza having mounted his hobby, gave us an Interesting discourse on the idiosyncrasies of assassins and murder as a fine art. Before we parted Delmar asked us to sup with him at the Case Anglais, at whatever hour suited us, and as I had. never been inside . that famous establishment I accepted the invitation, if not with pleasure, at any rate without hesitation. We agreed to meet at 11, when I should have finished my work at the office, and at 11 precisely I presented myself at the case, where 1 found Delmar and de Souza. After supper Delmar, who knew Pari} better than I knew Lt myself, took us to a club to which he had the entree. Delmar proposed poker. I declined on the very sufficient ground that I had no money to lose, and it was literally true, mj 1 available assets at that moment amounting to exactly 60 francs, which would have gone in as many / / /xSf //n IfS? “FOB A WHILE I WATCHED THEM.” seconds. Delmar smiled rather contemptuously, and, turning to de Souza suggested ecarte. De Souza assented, and the two Americans, seating themselves at a vacant table, called for cards. For a while I watched them, and then, growing weary, I betook myself to a roulette tablp. There, as everywhere else, the play seemed high, judging from the standpoint of a poor devil of a sub-editor. Thousands of francs were continually changing hands. But the facts and gestures of the gamblers interested me more than the vicissitudes of the game. All were in deadly earnest; while some men never chafed countenance whatever befell, the faces of others reflected every passing emotion from dull despair and disappointed greed to strained expectation and sordid joy. Never before had I beheld such a display of ignoble passion. At 2 o’clock de Souza touched me on the shoulder and inquired whether I I were disposed to go home. “I am quite at your service, ’ I said. “Where is Delmar?" “Still plating ecarte. He has found another partner." When we were outside de Souza asked me what I thought of Delmar. “Frankly?” “Os course. Tell me without reserve.” “Hejs good company andean make himself very agreeable. How well he did the honors of the table at supper! A man of strong will, I should say. But there is something in his face that impresses me unfavorably, and, frankly, I don't like him.” “You are right. He has not a good face, and Igo a good deal by faces. I am sorry he is come to Paris.” “Is he married?” “No, I wish ha wore." “Why?” “Because, between ourselves, I am rather afraid he has designs on Marie. Another reason for leaving him, if;he does not leave us. ” ? By this time we had reached t he Place de la Concorde; and there we went different ways, de Souza going to his hotel, I to my humble quarters on the south side of the Seine. ’ CHAPTER 111. During the following month I saw less of my friends than usual. I called at the Hotel Mijoux twice without finding Mise-de Souza at home. The second time I learned from the concierge that she had gone with Delmar for a drive in the Bois. . A few days later I met de Souza at a case, where I sometimes called for a bock after leaving the office. He looked worried and out ot sorts, but seemed glad to see me. “If I had not met you to-night,” said he, “I should have written. I cannot get anything definite from Delmar, when I Inquire how long he means to stay in Paris he evades the question. So I shall quit next week, before worse happens." “What do you mean?” , “Well, he goes out to that club nearly every night, plays high and almost Invariably wins. The other frequenters ot the place didn’t like it.” “You surely don’t think Delmar doesn’t play fair?"

I “I know nothing about that Without proof positive I should be sorry to ac> ouse anybody of cheating, but a man who always wins is open to suspicion, and is sure to be hated. One of these nights there will be a row, and I should like to bo out of the way when it happens." "Where shall you go?" “Haven’t made up my mind yet Come and second breakfast with us in the I morning and we will talk about It. I I must go now; I promised Marie I would I be at home early." | “With pleasure; at what time and whore?" i "Eleven, at the Mijoux. We shall be alone; Delmar breakfasts in his own room." ■ |to be continued.| GREAT DATES IN MUSIC. , I 1607. Gagliano’s Dafne, and Mon teverdo’s Ananna produced in Mantua 1610. Andromeda, by Glacobbi. Presented in the theater of Bologna. 1620. The first known solo composition for the violin written by Blago Marini. 1621. The first clavichord sonatas written by Turin! at Venice. Very elaborate. 1627. Dafne, the first German opera, by Schultz. Privately performed at Torgau. 1630. Monteverde’s Proserpine Bapita. Produced with great magnificence in Venice. 1637, Before 1665 the names of forty operas are given as presented in Venice, i 1637. The first opera house opened in Venice; named Teatro di San Cassiano. 1637 — 1699. Eleven opera houses opened in Venice. 1649. Cestl’s “L’Orontea” first sungf Bcmained popular for thirty years. 1654. Variations on simple melodies a popular form of composition all over Europe. 1659. Perrins’ "Pastoral,” the first French opera, performed at Vincennes. 1660. The formal fugue invented by Orazio Benevoli, Italian composer. 1672. The Paris Academy of Music establiebed under the direction of Lulli. 1672. The idea of the symphony suggested by Lulll’s orchestral movements. 1673. Lulll’s opera’s, in French, presented in Paris. French opera founded. 1677. Purcell’s Dido and .Eneas, the first English opera, presented in Londoh. 1678. Theile’s Adam and Eve. the first German opera, sung at Hamburg. 1678. The first work on the tuning of instruments published at Antwerp. 1678-1690. Over a hundred German operas performed at the Hamburg theater. 16J-0. Scarlatti’s I.’Onesta Nell’ Amore performed in £ome. Getting Around a Corner. A rather shabby but exceedingly cheerful tramp coming down the road asked Mr. Jennings for a job. Mr. Jennings had just set his reaper preparatory to a long day’s slow march up and down the wheat field. “Yes, 1 have a job. Two dollars a day and bc#rd, and it’s yours as long as you hold it down. Can you drive?” “Can I drive? Ain’t I druv four harses to wanst fur a big Dutchman in Chcecago, an’ Jim screechin’ wid a hor-rn on the back stipof the waggin?” “That’s all right. A reaper ain’t a tally-ho, but I guess you'll do. You’ll have to. Just keep a goin’. I’ll be back inside of an hour. But say. I wish you'd save a little patch by the fence in the corner there. *1 want to try an experiment 1 read about in the Journal.” “An’ how do I work the machine?” “You let the machine alone. It will work itself. Just you drive straight up to that corner, then turn and go across by the fence. The machine will do the cutting.” The new hand drove a few yards very carefully, then halted, looked at the mysterious thing behind him, and shouted to Mr. Jennings, who had already started to the rescue of his fruit trees: “And do she kape a-cuttin' like this all the time I kape a-goin’?” “Yes, yes; go ahead.” “Well, thin, how can I save the bit in the tince corner? Whin I drive up there she’ll jist cut it down anyhow, and I won’t have nothin’ to say about it. ” “Why,you idiot! When you get ” “Av coprse, av coorse! I was jist jokin’. When I git there I'll jist stand still till I git past, and thin I’m all right.” D> You Believe This? in many a homestead a spider will be allowed to live, as the lord of the manor is convinced that to kill one will surely cause disaster to fall upqp himself or family. There is also a superstition, common in many New England States, to the effect that if two persons are walking along hand In hand, and meet with a post or any obstacle which causes them to separate, that the one who passes on the right of it will go to heaven and the other to hell. Many persons believe that if a rocking-chair should commence to rock of itself, and there be no one in it, there will be a death in the family circle. A needle falling and sticking upright in the floor is’ supposed to give warning of the approach of a visitor, while a dog sleeping in a room with its nose pointed to the door betokens the death of a dear friend. Catswill, it is believed, suck the breath of sleeping persons, and one should never be left in a room where a baby is sleeping. The tendency to invent these beliefs is fast dying out according to those who have studied the subject, and they give as a reason for this that this 4s an age of skepticism rather than faith, and that as civilization advances the tendency to investigate all that pertains to the unnatural increases, and that the ease with which the fallacy of most of these old sayings and superstitions is proven deters their growth. Kight More Lives to Live. “Hapgood,” remarked George W. Best the other afternoon, as he entered his office after luncheon, “you know that song about how the cat camft hack?"————— The amateur photographer, somewhat bewildered at the question, answered that he thought he had heard it, and Mr. Best continued: "Well. I just heard of a tabby which discounts the cat of the song. ” “How so?" “Why, they to drown tabby in a big tub of water lsst night Tied a brick to her neck, tnyfew her in and this morning—well, they found tabby had swallowed all the water and was sitting on the brick to keep her feet dry.” — New York World.

OUR UNCLEAN FICTION. The Influence Which r»ri» Ila. Exerted on Am»rh«ii Writers. The literature of America, In its beginning, was essentially English, because its writers and Its readers were of the English race. Its founders were Irving and Cooper and the Transcendentallsts of New England. The traditions and methods of the mother country prevailed, even after our American revival of letters had created a national sentiment in literature. It is only within the last few years that any departure from them has been attempted. We have now a number of writers, male and female, of varying degrees of inferiority, who call themselves a school, and whose efforts are devoted to fostering immorality. How are we to account for this phenomenon, for which the history of our language affords no precedent or parallel, unless it lie in the corrupt literature of the Restoration? Does it not occur to us, first of all, to seek for a like cause—a foreign Influence? - In my judgment, this is the true explanation—a foreign influence coming through two channels. It seems indisputable that a principal cause must be found in the fact that in the centers of thought and population in this country, the Anglo-Saxon modes of thought and belief have been for ’the time superseded by a sort of cosmopolitan sentiment with a large Gallic constituent. The tremendous influx of foreigners of other races than our own has created a hybrid population, and unsettled conviction on almost every subject. But, it will be said, the argument is defective because a large portion of our immigrant population is Teutonic. It must be t>orne in mind that the allegation of moral superiority applies especially to- the Anglo-Saxon people and literature. It is by the AngloSaxons, I submit, that the old German institutions and characteristics have been best preserved and developed. It is also true that the Tuetonic as well as other immigrants are drawn from the lower classes of population, and are not, therefore, thoroughly representative. It may be admitted that the objection to the argument is in a measure valid. But who will stultify himself by denying to our foreign population a tremendous influence in literature, as in everything else? This is one source of foreign influence. The other is described in the word Paris. A prominent man of letters said to me recently that in his judgment the French were almost entirely responsible for our immoral Action. There are ten thousand American residents in Pans. Thousands more annually visit that alluring capital. Paris sets the fashion. These Americans readily yield to its fascinations, and become converts to its ways of acting ing. Pilgrims returning home bring with them the Parisian ideas. If they are only ladies and gentlemen, it is probable that this will appear most strikingly in a certain un-American and Gallic freedom in the range of conversation. If they aye artists, a decided preference for unflinching nudity in art will be peiceptible. if they are writers, they will laud the liberality of French sentiment and long for the freedom of Balzac and Zola. I have heard it asserted that it is possible to trace directly to Paris the responsibility for all our erotic writers, who, with accurate knowledge of our national conditions, have begun at a propitious time the imitation of French romance The condition cannot continue. Our capacity for assimilation is only temporarily exceeded by the tremendous increase of foreign population. Moreover, we shall lelieve the situation by judicious legislation, if necessary, and that in the near future The Anglo-Saxon character and sentiment will again prove themselves stronger than the French and all others. At the heart we are still sound. American institutions, a higher education, and the general advance of civilization, will triumph over these temporary evils: and the pitiful pissimist and eroticist will lose their audience and And their occupation gone.—Joshua W. Caldwell, in the New England Magazine. Satan a Landlord. There is but one spot on the earth’s surface, as far as “the curious man” knows, that has been really and truly willed, deeded.and bequeathed to his satanic majesty. This spot lies four and a half a mile south of Helsinfors, Finland. A few years ago Lars Huolarinen died in the little town of Plelisjarvi in the above-named country, leaving considerable property in the shape of real estate. How he had come in possession of so much land no one seemed to know, but as he was a very bad citizen, it was generally admitted that he was in league with Wihtahausu (Satan), and that they had had many business deals with each other. This somewhat startling opinion was verified when old Huolarinen died, for, upon opening his will, the magistrate found a certified warranty deed enclosed therein which deeded to Satan all of his (Iluolarinen's) earthly possessions. The will was to the same effect The family have repeatedly' tried to break the will, but, so far, have been unsuccessful; thus the records plainly show that his sulphuric majesty has a legal right and title to some excellent grounds in the near vicinity of Helsingfors. The simple people in the neighborhood have changed the course of the road which formerly skirted the Huolarinen homestead, and declared that they would not enter the possession of Satan & Ca for all the money that three such estates would bring. Curious Mode of Identification. The science of modern anthropography is constantly Increasing its resources by introducing new measurements of various Jiarts of the body, particularly among the criminal class. The measurement of the hand and fingers Is now considered of vast importance in establishing personal identity. It is certainly curious, in view of this fact, to know that a similar process has been in vogue among savage tribes, who thus recognize their friends and foes, Capt. Cupet reports that the inhabitants of Southern Anam place a thin bamboo cod. between the middle finger and the ring finger of strangers, who invade their territory on which they

mark by notches the distance from nail to the first phalanx and all succeeding ones. This bamboo rod is preserved. Every stranger is compelled to submit to this measurement, When they return after a protracted absence the rod is applied as mentioned, and their identity established as a friend, a new-comer or a foe. Capt Cupet on his return to Anam was always remeasured. He says that a similar method is practiced in the Laos provinces.—St Louis Post-Dispatch. Illg Enough. A correspondent of the Green Bay says that a man was brought to trial in New York State about fifteen years ago on a charge of burglary. The evidence went to show that he had entered the dwelling in question through a certain cellar window, and the case seemed to be” going against him till his lawyer brought into court the frame of the window. Actual measurement showed that its dimensions were .nine by thirteen inches, and the prisoner, as any one could see, was a man of nearly the average size. This sensational bit of evidence, it was plain, produced an immediate impression upon the court and the jury, and the defendant’s counsel at once asked the Judge to order a verdict or acquittal, on the ground that it was physically impossible that the accused could have committed the burglary in the manner alleged. The court asked the district attorney if he was prepared to maintain that entrance had been effected in any other way than through the window in question. The attorney answered in the negative, and the Judge seemed on the point of doing as the lawyer for the defence had requested.’ At that moment the district attorney rose, and in a commanding voice told the prisoner to stand up. The prisoner obeyed. “Hold up your right hand as high as you can reach,” said the district attorney. It was done. “Put your left hand down by your side.” That was done. - Then, while every one was wondering what the unusual proceeding meant, the district attorney seized the window-frame, threw it over the prisoner’s uplifted arm, and vith a sudden jerk brought it clean over the shoulders: then, with both hands, he palled it down over the man’s body, taking off a button or two and calling out an exclamation of pain or anger. The next instant the frame lay about the prisoner’s feet unbroken. The court declined to order an acquittal, and in due course the jur; brought in a verdict of guilty. Huge Pile of Confederate Money. Eighty million dollars in bills were ship ed to Atlanta yesterday, the mammoth packages of money tilling live large dry goods boxes and making in all more than a drayload. None ot the bills are current, however, as they represent “nothing on God’s 1 earth now and naught in the waters below it” They were Confederate bills of the rarest type. The huge pile of genuine Confederate money was shipped here from Richmond, Va. % the former capital of the Confederacy, and is now the property of Charles D. Barker, of this city. The money is of every denomination issued by the departed nation, and in the big collection are bills- of the rarest type. There are bills issued during every year of the war. Thousands of them are very valuable as relics, but the great number of them Mr. Barker has on hand will make them so common as to bring but little on the market This $80,000,000 of confederate money was all along supposed to hafle been destroyed. This is undoubtedly the largest lot of Confederate money in the world— Atlanta Constitution. Etes and Navajos. No one has ever l>een knojyn to get the better of a Navajo Indianan trade. Navajos are as superstitious as they are shrewd, and have a mortal fear of a camera. Nothing will induce them to pose for their pictures. The Utes are equally difficult to photogiaph. “What are you going to do with that?” asked a handsome Ute on the San Juan River of a Salt Lake Tril - une correspondent “We want some Ute pictures for the Wo Id’s Fair to put with the white man’s and the Navajos.” “That’s well enough for the white man and Navajos,” replied the Ute, “but it’s bad medicine for us. As soon as a Ute lias his picture taken he gets sick and dies. We do not want that tool in our country. It is bad medicine. ” Nothing will induce a Navajo to touch a fl-h, much less eat it. Swing a tish in the face of a Navajo and the bravest will run. Who will explain? "Take the Cake." Concerning this expression, which has been much discussed of late, the following, from Bartlett and Coyne’s “Scenery and Antiquitiesot Ireland,” ■ (184,) describing a dance in frontof a shebeen, is an interesting illustration: “A churn dish stuck into the earth supported on its flat end a cake, which was to become the prize of the best dancer. The contention was carried on for a long time with extraordinary spirit : at length the com petitors "yielded their claims to a young man, the son of a rich farmer in the neighborhotxi, who, taking the cake, placed it gallantly in the lap of a pretty girl, to w„hom I understood he was about to be 1 married."—Notes and Queries. A Fair Copenhagen Carpenter. A lady in Copenhagen has been officially registered asa carpenter and joiner. She expects to do more than superintend workmen, and, in order to perfect herself in making furniture, she has found her way to this country in search of new ideas. Mistress—Come, Bridget, how much longer are you going to be filling that pepper-box’? Bridget (a fresh importation from where they don't use pepper-castors)—Shure, ma’am, and it’s meself can’t say how long it’ll be takin’ me to git all this stuff in the thing through the little holes in the top. The broad highway that leads to destruction is the route of all evil.

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A.T Merryman’S FACTORY You can get all kinds ot Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, Brackets, Molding, Odd-Sized Sash and Doors. In fact all kinds of building ma terial either made or furnished on abort notme : LOOK herei I am here to stay and can gal Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else eaa afford to MU them. I soli different make*. CLEANING AND REPAIRINB done reasonable • See me first and aww money. J. T. COOTS, InA ■",*' — . —I A Scientific American A Agency TRADE MARKS, OESICN PATENTS, SS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information and free Handbook write to MUNS A CO., 361 Broadway, New York. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us ls.brougnt before the puolic by a uotiee given free of charge in the f ritnfific Largest circulation of any srlmtiec paper tn the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weeklv 83.00 » year: 11.5 D six months. Address MUNN A CO. Publishers, 361 Broadway. New York City. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time. 28 min utes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Sunday. June 18.18U3. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 I No. 5 | No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 815 am 900 pm Richmond..... 320pmlil00 .. |ll 50 .. I Winchester.... 3 17 .. 1155 .. 1234ain Portland 4 I*4 .. 12,15 pm 103 Decatur 510 .. 131 .. 243 Ft.Wayne...arr 600.. 215.. 215 “ ...Ive 2 36.. 3 20.. 805 am Kendallville 3 41 .. 4 25 .. 9 10 .. Rome City 3 56.. 4 40.. 9 36.. WolcottviUe 4 01 1 9 31 . Valentine 411 9 42.. LaGrange 419 .. 505 .. I 961.. Lima 4 29 10 03.. Sturgis 4 40.. 5 26.. TO 19.. Vicksburg... . 2. ........ 536. 620 . 1109.. Kalamazoo.arr ...... . 605.. 6.50 .1140 .. 11 ..Ivel 420 am 6 25.. I 71(1 .. 1225 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 645 .. 810 . 900 .. 220 11 ..Ivel 720 ..10:10.. ! 110 pm 4,16.. D„ G.H.&M.er 104.5 .. :117 .. | ' Howard City..., 1155 . < 235 . j Big Rapids ... J 12 46am 325 Keed City ' 1 12 ~ I Cadillac. ..arr; 1135 ..! 210 .. *9 00 .. . ..Ive 220 .. 510 ..; Traverse City. 17 00pm Kalkaska 1 3 43 .. .. Petoskey ...... ........ i d 25 .. : 910 .. Mackinac City. I I 805 slO 35 .. ; GOING SOUTH. I — i i i ' STATIONS. : No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 I No. 8 Mackinac City. 90**pm 740 am i:iipm Petoskey 10 30.. 915.. 2- 55 .. Kalkaska 12 38 . 11 IS . 451 Traverse City 11 iW .. 430 Cadillac ....arr 2 20am 100 pm 630 .. ! 740 am “ ....Ive, 230 .. , 120 .. lilipm Reed City :3 38 ... 235 .. 750 .. ,900 .. Big Rapids..... 1 408 ... 307 ■B2O .. 932 .. Howard City..! 500 .. 357 .. 920 .. 10 32 .. D.. G. H. 4M.cr! 615 .. ‘SOO .. 10 25 .. 11 35 .. Gr. Rapids .arr 63) .. j 515 .. 1040 .. HSO .. •• “ ..Ive! 700 .. »> oo .. 1120 . ' 200pm Kalamazoo.arr: 850 .. 800 .. I 2 soain 340 .. “ ..Ive' 855 .. I 8 05 3 45 .. Vicksburg ■ 924 .. : 4 12 .. Sturgis 10 19 .. 928 500 .. Lima 1032 !940 .. j 517 .. LaGrange ... . j!0 44 .. i 9 52 529 .. Valentine.. .. 10 53 .. , 02 .. . ... 537 .. Wolcottville... 1104 .. JO 14 5 47.. Rome Citv 1109.. jW 19 5 52.. Kendallville... 1125 .. 1039 .. i oos .. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 .. 7 15 . “ “ ;..lve 100.. L'li’am 5 4’am Decatur 1148 .. 12.5.8 .. 030 . ; ........ Portland 240 .. I 2 tK) .. 7 :»o . Winchester.... J317.J 241 . Buo I Richmond 1420 .. ;340 . 915 Cincinnati......| 7. 715 Trains 5 And 6 run daily between Giand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOL). Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur. Ind i JilkEßiE Lines. Schedule in effect June 4. 1893. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. N 0.6. Vestibule Emitted, daily for > o. ln n « Chicago ( - w Pl M No. 3. Pacific Express, daily fori ..... , .. Chicago 1 ' 1 No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago I. y. No. 31. Accommodation, daily, I ...... , except Sunday j-iu.io a. m. TRAINS EAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I p .. New York and Boston f r. .1. No. 2, ’Express, dally for New I ~ York I JI J B Ml No. 12. Express, daily for Newt w York... I Ml No. 30. Accommodation, dafiy ex-1 tn. i- x xt cept Sunday f A "• J. W. DeLoso. Agent. Frank M. Caldwell, D. P. A, Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk. A; G. P. A.. Chicago, 111.