Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1893 — Page 7

M IDYL OF HONOLULU. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper. j , BY LEON LEWIS.

CHAPTER X—Continued. The surprise of this man, as Ralph, file and perspiring, suddenly entered is presence, was most intense. “Is it really you, Mr. Kemplin?" ho iemanded, offering his hand. “Take a teat, sir. Where have you been all this time?’’ ' Why, I have been taking a walk in the interior, Mr. Lane, as I told you this forenoon I thought of doing.” He sank wearily into the proffered ehair, ae he uttered these words, and Mr. Lane dropped into another, opening his eyes wide with a wondering astonishment. “You’ve been ill, I suppose—or shipwrecked —but where?" asked Mr. Lane, with a gaze expressive of his curious interest. “No; I’ve been waylaid by three runaway sailors from the Nor’wester, at the Instigation of Hank Ripple,” returned Ralph, in turn scrutinizing Mr. Lane, and wondering at his remarks. "They seem to have left me for dead, taking my purse .and papers. ” • “And when was this done?” “This afternoon—within an hour, in fact, after I left you!” The gaze of Mr. Lane became concentrated still more strongly upon his visitor. “See here, Mr. Kemplin,” he said, “it Sias been three months since you took eave of me upon the forenoon in question!" “Three months?” stammered Ralph. It was now his turn to stare, and the wonder with which he took in the purfxirt of the agent's words was akin to eonsternation. ““One of us must be dreaming," he muttered. “I’ll go off to the Yokohama " ‘•The Yokohama, sir?” interrupted the agent. “She has been to China knd back since I saw you! She sailed, Ms intended, the morning after you vanished so strangely." Ralph gasped for breath. ‘•lmpossible!” ho muttered. “And here’s a letter from your father inquiring after you,” pursued Mr. Lane. “The date will tell you that you’ve been taking a Rip Van Winkle lleep of the strangest description. * The young Chicagoan looked shocked and bewildered as ho took in the purport of the missive in question, and the agent resumed: “Capt. Cross received a line purporting to come from you, and saying that you had suddenly decided to make a voyage with Capt. Stepp to the Arctic Ocean. This letter, I can now see, was the forgery of some enemy or plotter, lor I am aware that you have not been In the Nor’wester, the survivors of the ill-fated ship ” “ 11l - fated ? Survivors ? ” gasped Ralph, as everything seemed to reel around him. “Has anything happened to the Nor’wester?” , “She’s a total loss, probably. Got nipped in the ice beyond Behring's Straits, after securing an immense cargo of oil. Mr. Hadley started out on a scout, with part of the crew, and was in turn followed by Mr. Grabell pnd several others, leaving Miss Stepp and her aunt with the Captain and a few frost-bitten sailors. Hadley and Grabell, with the most of those who left the ship with them, have arrived In town this morning, after the greatest perils and fatigues. As to the ship, Hadley fears that she has been crushed, |and that the women are lost, with the Captain and those with him ” 1 Ralph raised his head imploringly. (“Please go over all the facts again, he said. “I—l don't understand.” 1 Mr. Lane complied, giving details. When the narration was ended, Ralph .passed his hand nervously across his eyes. “I must have been ill—fearfully ill—'in some farm house—or elsewhere,” he faltered. “I know nothing whatever of this lapse of time—nor where I have been—nor whom I seen—nor what I have been doing!? ! “You don’t?” cried Mr. Lane, startling up, abruptly. “I think I see, in part, how the case stands. You must : oe the ‘singular stranger’ wbo has been stopping at old Bullet's!” i “Bullet? Bullet? That’s the man about whom some inquiry was made of me by a native as I came into town,” said Ralph. : “Indeed? Then there's no doubt about it. You are the ‘mysterious Idiot,’ to borrow a current phrase, who jhas been stopping at Bullet’s. As to the native in question-r—” ■ Here a shadow darkened the door of Mr. Lane’s office, and the man under discussion entered—Kulu! "Good-day, Mr. Lane,” he said, producing a package of papers. “I have followed Mr. Kemplin into town,” and he indicated Ralph by a nod, “to repair, so far as in me lies, the imposition and wrong of which he has been a victim. About three months ago he was waylaid by three sailors near Kaliki Bay, and received such injuries on the head that he Jost all knowledge of his past, where he came from, his identity, and everything else.” . “I see,* cried Mr. Lane. “The light Is coming at last.” i Finding such appreciative hearing, Kulu went on to relate the whole conspiracy, detailing how he had found the “mysterious idiot" and taken him to Bullet; how Bullet had learned his identity from his papers, and conceived the project of marrying his daughter to him; and how this project had duly culminated, through Keeri’s jealous rage and violence, in the disasters of the morning. J “But all is coming out right, it ’seems," was the Kanaka’s conclusion. “Mr. Kemplin is himself again, thanks his latest beating. Keeri and his hired ruffians have been pursued, and the girl has been rec vered. Old Bullet has been set upon his pins by a pint of brandy, more or loss. And as to my humble self, I have taken advantage of the general commotion to enter Bullet’s house and recover these paper i, which a frien 1 has read to mo, and I ve ridden into town at a gallop to make the whole matter plain to the man most concerned —Mr. Kemplin." A few questions from Ralph and Mr. Lane brought out the whole situation In such clear colors that they comprehended all its phases and episodes, just as they are known to the header. “Well, this is the strangest case I ever hoard of,” said Mr. Lane, beginning to recover his equanimity. “It seems ” Kulu started violently at this moment, and uttered a strange cry—half of wonder, half of fear. ’ “Curbed if there isn't the old whaler now!” he muttered, staring through an open window into the street. “And his daughter is with him. They've followed me to town, having mb sod the oanors. and Kccing my liorso h itched at

four post, Mr. Lano, and knowing that am here yes, here they come!” chai-tek xi. A JOYOUS BSBTOHATXON. The event verified the word, tho father and daughter hurrying into tho office—the former pale and with his head bound up, and the latter flushed and nervous. “So! I’vo found you, villain, have I?” oriod Bullet, angrily, as his eyes rested upon Kulu. “What do you mean by robbing mo? Traitor! spy! robber! Where are those papers?” “Draw it mild, old man," returned Kulu, coolly. “Having procured tho reading of the papers by a friend, I was struck by their importance, and instantly came to the conclusion that I ought to serve Mr. Kemplin instead of serving you. As tho papers are now in his possession, and as he is present to speak for himself ” A yell of consternation escaped the ex-sailor as his gaze encountered the Soung Chicagoan, who sat looking from im to Alma with a strange smile of wonder and contempt. The latter at sight of him had dropped into a chair, unable to articulate the least expression as her surprise at encountering him so unexpectedly in Mr. Lane's office. “Ah—Mr. Benning!” stammered Bullet. The scornful smile of Ralph deepened. These, then, were the conspirators who had taken advantage of his misfortune. “Tho Benning business is just now under a cloud,” he said, quietly. The words struck a chill to the hearts of the father and daughter, but the latter rallied her powers for a final effort. “What! Don’t you recognize me, dear Ashley?” she demanded, rushing to Ralph’s side and throwing her arms arcund his neck. “Don’t you know your own poor Alma?” "Yes, the trouble is I know you too well.” replied Ralph, as he gently, but firmly, repelled her embraces. “Tho conspiracy in which you and your father have been engaged attests that you have a fair share of brains, and you will not now fail to use them. You will accordingly comprehend that your projects are ail detected and exposed, and that all that is left you and Mr. Bullet is a graceful retreat.” “What! do you mean to repudiate me, to prove false to your vows, after going to the church with me to be married?” demanded Alma, in a shrill voice of wrath that would have disenchanted the most ardent wooer. “Ask Benning,” returned Ralph, with smiling scorn; “ask Benning wherever and whenever you can find him! As to myself, Miss Bullet, my name is not Benning, nor am I your suitor, nor your friend, even; and it is hardly necessary to add that under no circumstances will I have any dealings with you or with your father!" “Monster! I ” “Silence, my child!" interrupted the ex-whaler, clapping his hand over Alma’s mouth. “Our harpoon hasn't held worth a cent this time, and our 'whale has escaped! We shan’t fill our barrels this v'yago, but there's no occasion to rage or snivel. Not a word! Let’s retreat in good order. If you want a husband, there's Keeri still at our disposal " “So he is.” exclaimed Alma, starting up and drying her eyes, “and i’ll marry him before the day’s ended!” “Bravo! that's the true spirit,” commented Bullet. “If you can’t strike a forty-barrel whale, why, put up with one of twenty. Not a word to any of these ruffians. A dignified silence is our best reply to them." And with this he stalked from the office, dragging his daughter after him, neither of them looking behind them. “That disposes of all that business," commented Ralph, as the smile of scorn faded from his face and a look of keen anxiety settled upon it. “Let us now turn to more important mattery. To begin with, Kulu, it seems that you are out of Mr. Bullet's employ?" “That’s clear enough, sir.” “Is there anything to prevent you from taking service with me?” “Nothing, sir. I shall be very glad ” “ You are in my employ, then, from this moment. Like all of your people, you are, doubtless, something of a sailor?” “I have been at sea ten years, sir.” “In that case hurry home as soon as you can and get your affairs in readiness to sail immediately.” “I don't need to go home, sir. I can leave my horse with my brother, who works just aronnd the corner, and be ready in five minutes to take hold of any Job you may give me.” “Good,” said Ralph. “Get rid of your horse and come back here.” Kulu vanished. “And now for a few words more about the Nor’wester,” resumed Ralph, turning to Mr. Lane. “You think she is lost in tho ice, and tho ladies with her?” “That is rather Mr. Hadley’s opinion than mine, of course,” was the answer. “He judges by the weather that followed his withdrawal from the ship that her situation soon became one of great' peril. He believes, in fact, that she was promptly destroyed, and that all those left in her perished.” “But he has no certainty to this effect?” “Os course not.” “You know, I suppose, that I am betrothed to Miss Stepp?” “Certainly—that is, the matter was so understood, and hence wo did not wonder particularly at tho forged statement that you wore going to the Arctic Ocean with her.” <? “That letter was forged by Hank Ripple, Ido not doubt,” said Ralph, speaking more to himself than to his companions. “Without troubling you~ with details, Mr. Lane, I may say that I am worried greatly about Miss Stepp. I am even worried about her independently of the ice and all those considerations—afraid, in short, that she is beset by some sort of villainy, even as I have been. I shall accordingly sail at once in quest of her or of tidings of her fate.” Mr. Lane could comprehend this purpose without approving it, and he knew Ralph too well to seek to combat it. “Os course I shall be glad to help you in every way possible,” he said. “Then help me to find a stanch little craft and a few good sailors for this voyage," said Ralph, arising. "I'll start in an hour, if possible. Ah, what’s that noise? Are the Bullets returning?" Ere another word could be uttored, Kulu came bounding into the office, a pray to the wildest excitement.

“The best of nows!” he cried. “The Nor’wester has just entered port safely, with fifteen bundl'd barrels of oil, and here come the Captain and his daughter!” With one bound Ralph was at tho door, and in another moment his betrothed was sobbing for joy on his breast, while Capt. Stopp Inclosed him in a vigorous emnrace. "Bock agiiin, Ralph, as you see!" cried the old navigator, in a voice husky with great joy. “And not only have wo got Hunk Hippie in irons, but the Chief of Police has arrested tho three runaways who have so nearly killed you in our absence!” “Hurrah! Glorious! Nothing could be better!” cried Mr. Lano, tossing his cap into tho air. “Three cheers and a tiger for Captain Stepp and his family!" Tho suggestion was duly honored by the large crowd, which had gathered around the new-comers, and nothing . moro was needed to tell Ralph and Maida Stepp that they had reached the end of their troubles and trials. We need not pause upon the joyful wedding that took place tho following evening at the American consulate, nor upon the happiness which haj from that hour boon tho portion of tho worthy Captain and all his family, including Maida’s aunt. It is enough to say that the return homo was net marred by tho least drawback, and that the young couple are now among the most useful and honored residents of Chicago. Capt. Stepp and his sister make their home with thorn, and vie with each other in the care given several promising members of a new generation. iTmc f.nd. | .Three Dangerous Women. Beware of three women—the one who does not love children, the one who does not love flowers, and she who openly declares she does not like other women, says a writer in an English magazine. There is something wanting in such, and in all probability its place is supplied by some unlovely trait. As Shak<peare says of him who has no soul for music, such a woman is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils, and a woman intent on those is ten thousand times worse than any man could be, for, standing higher, she can fall lower. Men may smile and jest a little over the tenderness lavished on a baby, but, after all, the prattle every womanly woman involuntarily breaks into at the sight of the tiny beings, is very sweet to masculine ears. It was the first language they ever knew, and in spite of the jest or smile, the sweetest on wife’s or sweetheart’s litis. They may laugh too at the little garden tools, which seem like playthings to their strength; but in their hearts they a-sociate, and rightly, purity of character and life with the pursuit of gardening. And, as for the woman who does not care for her own sex and boldly avows it, she is a coquette pure and simple, and one of the worst and lowest type, too, as a general thing. . Mind Your Own Business. An old custom once prevailed in a remote place of giving a anyone who would truthfully swear that he had minded his own businesi alone for a year and a day, and had not meddled with his neighbors. Many came, but few, if any, gained the prize, which was more difficult to win than the Dunmow flitch of bacon. Though they swore on the four gospels, and held out their hand in certain hope, some hitch was sure to be found somewhere; and for all their asseverations the clock remained stationary on its shelf, no one being able to prove his absolute immunity from uncalled for interference in things not in any way concerning himself. At last a young man came with a perfectly clean record, and the clock seemed as if it was at last about to change owners. Then said the custodian, “Oh! a young man was here yesterday, and made mighty sure he was going to have the clock, but he didn’t.” Said the young man seeking the prize, “And why didn’t he get it?” “What’s that to you?” snapped out the custodian, “that's not your business, and —you don’t get the clock. ” —Home Journal. The Original Bluebeard. . Tho story of “Bluebeard” was written during tho reign of Louis XIV., by a Frenchman named Perrault, and is supposed to have been suggested by the deeds of Giles de Laval, better known as Marshal de Retz. Ho was born in 1396, and subsequently served under the Duke of Bretagne and Charles VII. with distinction, and was ono of tho trusted captains of Joan of Arc. In 1432 he was reputed the richest man in France, but quickly squandered his fortune. It is said that soon after that event, through the influence of an alchemist named Prelati, he pledged all but his soul to the devil in exchange for a fortune equal to the one he had spent. His career from that time became that of a demon. Children and young women were inviegled into his house and killed. It is related that the children were dangled at ropes’ ends, pricked with needles and otherwise tortured until dead, and their heads were afterward used as ornaments for his mantels and bed-j>osts. After ho had carried on that career of crime for about eight years he was arrested, confessed and burned at tho stake about December 22, 1440. Asphalt in the Indian Territory. A recent mineral find which is about to be developed in the Chickasaw,.lndian Reservation, south of Guthrie, 0. T., is of interest all over tile West and Southwest. Immense bodies of asphaltum, rivaling those of the island of Trinidad, have been found near the Arbuckle Mountains, and a company has been formed to develop tho find. The quality is tho very best, and the quantity sufficient to pave the streets of every city in tho West and ndt show any diminution of the supply. Being easy of access and easily mined, the result will be a great cheapeulug of this very useful article, and the people of the whole country will bo greatly benefited by the find. Coins Twenty-three Centuries Old. Some Chinese coins are of but onetwentieth of the value of an American cent. The Celestial Kingdom has many enthusiastic coin collectors. In one notable collection there are moro than 150.000 varieties of cash, the oldest of which date back as far as 2300 B. O. A Hundred Tons of Cats' Tails. One hundred tons of cats’ tails were recently sold at once for the purpose of ornamenting ladles’ wearing apparel. This means that assuming an average cat’s tail to weigh two ounces, no fewer than 1,792,000 pussies had to be killed. Enough spider web to go around the world would weigh one-half pound,

DECATUR’S DAGGERS. A Weapon Won In • Hend-to-llnnd Fight Off Tripoli One sunshiny afternoon in spring, while talking with Stewart, I picked up from bls table a peculiar knife. Tne bundle was ivory, yellow with aga Tho blade was perhaps elghtor ton inches long, curved like a scimitar. It was, in fact a dagger, there being no edae on it, but the point was of need'e-llke sharpness. He noticed mv curiosity and said: ‘■That knife was a present from Decatur, and it has an interesting history. Our war with Tripoli broke out In 1801. Those treacherous dogs had away of surr ndering, arid then when a boat was sent to take possession, they would open on it. Lieut. James Decatur, a brother of Stephen, was shot dead by the captain of a vessel that had run up the white flag, and, waiting until young Decatur stepped upon his deck, killed him. “otephen Decatur learned of this crime, and made his way to the boat on which his brother had been killed. He led his men over the rail, and attacked the crew with desperate valor. He bad learned that It was the captain wbo had fired the fatal shut, and, singling him out, Decatur went at him like a tiger. Such a tight could end only with the death of one of the combatants. “There was no mistake about the identity of the captiin. He was fully six and a halt feet tall, and wore a gorgeous uniform. Seeing the Arne, lean making for him, the miscreant eagerly rushed forward, for he must have been confident of crushing the audacious officer, who was not a laige man by any means. “The Moor lunged at Decatur with a pike, but It was parried with so much violence that the assailant was partly turned round on his feet. He instantly whirled back like a cat jnst as Decatur struck with his sword. The blow was caught on the Tripolitan’s pike and the sworn broke in two; but with the stump, Decatur checked a second blow, though the point passed through his coat and pierced his breast. Grasping t<ie pike with both hands, Decatur wrenched it from the other, flung it aside, and leaped at him, just as I had seen him do scores of times in Philadelphia, when fighting with a boy larger than himself. 'LI never saw a better wrestler than Decatur, but to his astonishment. he found the Moor was his superior. When they went down on the deck, Decatur was fiat on his back, with the Moor on top. That dagger which you now nave in your hand was in the sash around the fellow’s waist He reach down to draw it, so as to stab Decatur; but the latter flung his legs over the Moor's back, and with the help of his arms held him so tightly against his breast that the Moor could not shove his hand between their bodies to diaw the weapon. One of Decatur’s pistols was near his Side, so that while he held his enemy rigid with his left arm, he slipped bis right down and drew the weapon. He coc ed it by using the body of the Moor to help him, reached over the back of the savage, and, pointing the p.stol downward, pulled the trigger. “It was just like Decatur, for a more reckless thing cannot be imagined. He might have tired sideways into bis enemy’s body, but discharged the bullet directly toward his own breast. The chances were that it would pass through both, but, luckily, it struck a bone, and, with a gasp and groan, the T.ipolitan rolled off the body on the deck and died, without another struggle. Decatur took the knife from his sash and presented it to me.”—Blue and Gray.

A Playful Goat. A mountain goat that I once kept In confinement was.about as cunning as the average street Arab and had he lived to maturity and kept on acquiring knowledge the chances are I would have to move out and give him the ranch. He usually followed me on short excursions into tne woods and generally kept right at my heels, but on one occasion be lagged behind and although I called him several times he paid no heed. 1 finally walked back to see what he was interested in and found him busy feeding on some moss that grew at the roots of a fir tree; so I left him and aintlnued my tramp. But after I got away a short distance the thought occurred to me to hide and see how he would act: so I slipped lot'.) a hollow stuiup close by the trail and waited the result. Presently I heard him coming bounding along the trail and after he had passed I stuck out my head to watch him. When he got about twenty feet beyond me he stopped and commenced looking around and tho comical expression on his face as he scanned every object that bore any resemblance to a human being caused me to burst outlaughing. when he turned and saw me. Then he commenced to sulk and would not go any further, so I had to return home. The next day he followed me, as usual, but In the midst of some thick brush and down timber I got interested in a bird that I was following up and forgot the goat, and when 1 came to look for h tn he was gone. Walking back to where I last saw him 1 called, bat no • Billy" came in sight. Then I commenced a diligent search and presently I caught sight of something white beneath a brush heap. Stooping down and looking in 1 saw the lutie brute curled up in a heap and not a move could 1 get out of him. Reaching in I caught hituTiy the leg and pulled him out and gave him a good cuffing on l>oth sides of, the head. But he did not mind it a b t and seemed to enjoy the joke immensely, capering about Jn his usual manner all the way home, as if he ■ would say: "Yon hid from tue yes-; terday and I bid from you to-day and | honors are even.’’—Forest and j Stream. ■■ Queen Victoria's Bracelets. All the worthy women who wear orooches made of the portraits of departed friends, set in narrow bands of gold, will rejoice to hear that the same affectionate style rif adornment Is affected by Queen Victoria. The number of miniatureswlth which she testifies to her family affection Is no ; less than thirty three. They are p ctures of g andchildren, taken in Infancy or early youth, and mounted in three bracelets. Each picture la

set in a narrow frame of gold, and io one bracelet, set in pearls and coral, the size of the settings vary from one-half to three-quarters of an inch. These thirty-three royal infants look delightfully like any other thirtythree well-cared-for babies. It Is pleasing to note that caps prevail as a bead-gear instead of crowns, and probably the royal hands which are hidden grasp nothing more awe-in-spiring than rattles. They are as harmless and innocent-looking a set of children as could be gathered to gether In a country v. 11 age. Traveling Libraries. In the palmy days of the lecturers —when 1 hillips and Chapin and Pierpont and Beecher were at the height of their platform fame—the instructor traveled from audience to audience; nowadays it is rather the audience that travel to meet the lecturers at the many Chautauquas, seaside, and summer schools. But the latest device for what may he called peripatetic Instruction is the traveling library. New York is entitled to the credit of putting this novel device into operation. Under a special law the Regents of the Universltyof the State of New York have general authority to lend books from the State library to local public libraries throughout the State. Taking advantage of this permission, they have put together a large number of “t aveling libraries," each having 100 volumes. These they send forth from town to town as messengers of instruction and entertainmentr Every town library which is assisted from tax funds, and even, under reasonable conditions, any other library, mav obtain one of these collections of books and put them into circulation among its own readers; and when the first “traveler” has unburdened itself of its store of knowledge it may be exchanged for a second, that for a third, and so on. Now collections are constantly being made. The catalogues of these little libraries are admirably made up; each includes a fair proportion of fiction, history, travel, sociology, poetry, and general literature. Special lists are also provided, such as “Fifty best booKs on Economics," and “Sixty best books on Agriculture." Is there not something in this novel idea worthy of imitation and expansion?—Youth’s Companies. The Old Temples of Mexico. Teocolli, is the name given to the temples of the aborigines of Mexico, of wh ch ifiany still remain in a more or less perfect state. They we:e built in the form of four-sided pyramids.

and consisted for the most part of two, three, or more stories or terpaces, with the temple, properly so called, placed on a platform on the summit. The largest and most celebrated is the pyramid of Cholula, measuring one thousand four hundred and forty feet each way, and one hundred and seventy-seven In height; it is much defaced, and the temple on Its summit has been removed. The teocollis in Yucatan are in far better preservation; they are not generally i built in terraces, but rise at an angle of forty-five degrees or the level of ■ the platform, withan unbroken series of steps from base to summit The temples on their summit are sometimes ornamented with bas-reliefs in stucco and hieroglyphic tablets, and the roof is formed by courses of stone approaching each other, and fur-ni.-hed with promotions like dormer windows. Not unlike the teocollisare the palaces of the Aztec Kings or chiefs, which differ from them in j having the pyramid smaller, less prominent, and oblong in plan, while the building, larger and moie elaborate," consists for the most part of a stone basement, with square doorways, out without windows, surmounted by a structure which appears to lie directly copied from wood- . work. On some of these facades, we i have also rude pillars and giotesque ' carvings, and there are often a num. , ber of chambers in the interior. A palace and temple are sometimes ’ found attached together,and in a few cases the most remarkable of which is Casa de las Monjas. at Uxmal, the buildings are arranged round a courtyard.

Jouralism. Lectures on jouranlism are becom- ; ing abundant. It goes without saying that nineteen times out of twenty they are by those who know nothing of their subject experimentally, but know all all about it theoretically. And oh, how beautifully they do Ulk! j But if they’ll only take a little hack jatit in a practical, day-in-and-day-out sort of way, they’ll find that journalism means something else than spider-web rainbows and pansy beds, or we’ll lose ourguess. We have i never known a case where actual ex- : perience with Look canvassers, committees who want a lot of free advertising in tho editorial columns I “for the good of the cause, you know," etc., etc., etc,,, ever failed to leave its impress or stern logic. Those who presume to instruct journial sts and the public on the duties and responsibilit es of joural sm, and all that sort of pretty talk, would see some things, at least, a little differently. if they'd only get down from their high horse and take a hand at journal.sm themselves. —Milford Journal.

Canonical. The Rev. Sidney Smith was once asked by a friend for a reserved seat in St. Paul's. This was the witty Canon’s jeply: "To go to St. Paul's; is certain death. The thermometer is several degrees below zero. My sentences are frozen as they come out of my mouth, and are thawed in the course of the,summer,makingstrange noises and unexpected assertions iu various parts of the church; but, if you are tired of a world which is not tired of you and are determined to go to St. 1 aul’s, it becomes my duty to facilitate the desperate scheme. Present the enclosed card to any of the vergers, and jou will be well placed.”, When a traveler In Arkansas told a native that the frequent lynchings we ea detriment to the people, the latter replied: "That’s a fact, the coroners get twice too much for holdin’ inquests.” , — Timk flies, yet th* orchestral leader alt* still and beat* time. I - y ...* f • h

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. OaffMfl. WM Borplu, •10,m OrlganlMfi Angwrt 18, IMS. Offioert—T. T. Dorwlx, Pmidant; F. W. BaltK Vkw-PrMldMt; B. a Pxtaraon C»«hl«r; T. T. Dorwta, P. W. Smith, iUnrj DtrkH, J. ffi, ■olbrook, B.J. TarvMS, J. D. Hal. and B. 4 PtMrton, Director*. W. ara prvpxred to aaak. Loani on food wrarlty, receive Depoelte, fnmlih Domeatie and Forelxn Exchange, bay and Mil Governmeat and Municipal Bomia, and rurnith Lettera e< Credit available In any of th. prlnolpal eitlM of Europa. Also Paaeage Ticket to and treaa the Old World, laolndlag tranrportatton to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. *78,000. Burplu, 78,00a, Organised in IS7L Officer*—D. Studebaker. Preaident; Bobt. B. Allison, Vloe-Prealdent; W. H. Niblick, Caehlec, Do a general banking business. CoUecUoaa made In all parts of tho country. County. City and Township Orders bought, Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■old. utorest paid on time deposit*. Paul O. Hooper, .Attorney* at Law Decatur, • • Twdhma. ■Mff, B C. KAhW, X ». BRWTJPsf MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, Ind. T7IBANCI A MERRYMAN. J. T. FBANCB. A? J. T. MIKBTMAJI Attorneym «,t Law, DBCATUB, INDIANA. Office Noe. 1, t and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. A. e. HOLLOW AT, rixy aloloaxh. «•» Burgoon Office over Burna' harnoM shop, reeldeno. one door north of M. B- church. All callg promptly attended to in aity Or country nlffM •r day. M, L HOLLOWAY, M. D. Offioe and residence ona door north of M. M church. DUeaeee of woman and children apealalUM. Ltil Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. JQ. BBFTUNffi, • DENTBT. Now located over Holthouse's shoe stere, and Is prepared to do all work pertaining to tho dental profession. Gold filling a specialty. By tho use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. MONEY TO LOAN Oa Farm Property on Loa< Time, STo CoxmxxhAmmsioßaw Low Bate of latareek 3Pgwrti*l 3Pw yxnontffi !■ aay amounts oaa bo made at any time aad stop interest. Call oa, or of frees, A. X. CHUBB, or Z. JT. JL4JTM •fleet Odd Fellows 1 Bulldln<. Doeatw, ♦ Erie Lines. Schedule in effect Aug. 27, 1893. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No.S, Vestibule Limited, dailv for I „., n „ ~ Chicago A f 2 ' 40 p ' M No. 3. Pacific Express, dally for I , ~n , .. Chicago f 51 No. 1. Express, dally for Chicago I, No. 31. Accommodation, daily, . y except Sunday f A ' M TRAINS RAST. No. Vestibule Limited, daily for I n New York and Boston | No. 2. Express, daily for New | p ~ York f d r No. U’. Express, daily for New I m No. 3U. Accommodation, daily cx-l , n . ~ eept Sun.lav ?10.J) A. M Seeoml No 12— Leaving Decatur 1:30-a. in daily. Solid irain lor Columbus. Ohio. Yin Msrion nnd lire Columbus. Hocking Valley and Toldtlo Hallway ißuokeyeßoue): Pullman s.»ep«-rs io Columbus. Kenova, and N I v 'k tn.t other Virginal points via the Columbus. H.'-'kin.- '.'alloy nnd Toledo and the Norfolk end Western Lines. ” * J. W. Dv.Lo.ng. Agent. W.G.MaoEpwards,T..P. A.Huntington, Jud , V -■ Flrrt Clam Night and Day Sarvdoa be tww« Toledo, Ohio, )AND( — St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS BAY mmS-MODfRII EQUTPMEWT THBOBCHOrr. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TF>AIN«. n-UULS St SV ED EN ROUTE, Ulf Utur, M OR HURT, of erorferute cost. Isk far tickets ri» Toledo, SL Louis 1 Far further particular*, eall oa aearem Affaat at the Company, or addreM o, O. JENKINS. I SMenl r>M»aeer TOLEDO. OHIO.

The Lyon & Healy Organ Is the best and most salable Organ of the Day fiSII Organs sum an Installment Payments it Low Figures. SEND LOR CATALOGUE. Fred K. Shafer, Agt. WM* BERNE. IND. ■J* '’'.-I.'. > Ziff-Cy ••/ —■ » -if—*~T*' *»~y ' V ~~~ ‘

Merryman’S FACTORY You can get all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, Brackets, Molding, Odd-Sized Sash and Doors. In fact all kinde of building ma terial either made or furnished on short notice. ________ *. B. 8080, B. T. BOM, Maatm Omumisilon*. 8080 dk SON, .ATTORNEYS A.T LAW, Bml SrtaM Mkd Daeatwr IjmL -> O.P, M AXDIXWS, Fh.y«lolan <m Suraeon MONBOB, INDIANA. Offioe and reffidence 2nd and Brd doom weat of M. B. ohuroh, IM Prof. L. H. Zolgler, Veterinary Surgeon, Modus Operendl, Oroha *1 Zj. tomy, Orerotomy, Ckitratlng, Bldg ling. Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn lug, and treating their disea sea. Offioe ovar J B. Stone’s hardware store, Decatur Indiana. J. 8, Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M £L DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce’s Drug store. Decatur. Ind LOOK HERE! I am hare to stay and oaa aal Organs and Pianos •heaper than anybody else oaa afford ta Mil them. ImH different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRIRB tone reaeoEuibto See se first nnt m Money. «r. T. COOTS,Decatur, JnA Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trams run on Central Standard Time, 28 mini utes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Thursday, August 17.13U8. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati.. lve 815atn HOilptu ........ Bichmond 2 20pm 11 00 .. 11 n 0 Winchester.... 3 17..1155.. Lllilaa. Portland 404 .. 1235 pm 103 .. i Decatur 510 .. 131 .. 145 Ft.Wayne...arr 6 00.. 2 15.. 215 •• •• ..'.1re.... ... 2 35.. 2 25.. -Ok-cj Kendallville 3 41.. 319.. 910.. .Nome City r....... 356.. 332.. B’S.. Wolcottville 401.. 3.37.. 931.. Valentine 4 11.. ...... 942.. LaGrange .... 419... 3A2.. 951.. Lima.... .. 429 ..1003.. b.urgi5...;.... 4 40.. II*.; 1019.. Vicksburg s'Btt.. .5,.. 1114.. Kalamazoo, arr 605 .. ' '.O .. 11 40 .. •• ..Ive 710 am 6 25. i’o .. 123)pm Or. Rapids..arr 910 .. 81(1 . G 50.. 21-»... * " “ ~lve 1050.. !-•. 4 15.. D.. G.H.&M.cr .' 11 05.. 7 35. 129.. Howard City 12 05am S 4", .. s<o . Big Rapids 12 55 . 047 . 645 .. Reed City 125 .. 10 20.. 75,.. Cadillac.... arr 2 30.. 1130.. 3 10. “ ....Ivo ........ 2 40.. 1135 Traverse City 25pm Kalkaska 4 01. 120 Pi'loskcj 545 .. .3 "9 Mackinac City. 1705 .. 120 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 1 No. 8 Mackinac City. Diifipm 740 am 150 pm Petoskey 10 30.. 9 15.. 3 00. Kalkaska 12 Ijam 11 21 .. 415 .. Traverse City 1105 . 427 Carillac ....arr 2 20am lOOptn 620 “ ~».lve 2 30.. 120.. 645 pm 'Y3octn Reel City 338.. 235. 150.. »W.. Bit R.tpids 4 08.. 3 06.. 8 -5.. J 28.. Howard City.. 5 00.. 3 50.. 9 20.. 1035.. D.G.U.&M.Cr 615.. 500.. 10 25. 11 35.. Gr. Rapids .krr 6 33.. 5 15.. 10 40. 150.. •• “ ..Ivo 7 00.. 6 00.. 1120.. 2Uopm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 800.. 1255 em 341 '• ..Ive 855 .. 805 . 345 . Vick»burg..... 9 24.. 833 4 12. B<ur<rs 1019 . 926 505 .. Lima 1032.. 940 517. LaGrange... ,10 4V?. 952 5 29. Ytleriune 10 53. 10 02 5 37.. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 110 14 5 47 . Rome City 1109.. 10 19.. 6 52.. !■ ciidallytllo... 11 25 .. 110 39 608 .. It. Wayne..arr 1240pmill 50 7 15 . •• •' ...Ive 100.. ! 1210 am 545 am Decatur 146:. 1258.. 630 Portland 2 40.. 2 00.. 730 Winehester.... 317 .. 241 .. Sift ..... Hiclimorid..... 4 20.,13 4'i.. 915 vlm-innritl 700 .. I 715 .. U3olnm ....■■■• Trains 5 and C run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent, Decatur, Ind 4 Scientific American Agency Vh a'aWi TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS, 3® COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information am! frea Handbook write to MUNN A CO., obi BHOADWAY, NSW YORK. Oldest bureau for securing patents In America. Every patent taken oi t by us is brought before the puoiic by a xxHtce given free of charge in the Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No Intelligent man should bo without It. Weekly, 53.00 • year; >l.sosix months. Address MUNN A COw pUBUSUKRS, 361 Broadway, New York City.