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IT I AB fflTfl BEBSBLF. Th* Story of a Woman's Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER XVI. “Do you hate mo, Captain Flomyng?" she asked. “Do 1 hate you?" ho, oqhood. “Oh, T Lady Charnloigh, what a strange, ’ cruel question. Why should I hate you?” “Because I have come Iwtween you and a magnificent inheritance,” she ■ replied. “Hut for mo Crhwn Leighton i would have been yours; you would have been in the place you could so no- i bly fill.” His face Hushed, and a light came ' into his dark eyes. “Lady Charnleigh, Ixdleve ms, no thought of repining has ever entered my mind. lam happy in the loss, seeing that it is your gain.” ff l have often wished that I knew you and could write and say it—l have always intended to say it to you the first time we met. Captain Flomyng, let us forget how distant is our relationship, ana try to imagine we are both members of one family. ” “I am more than willing—l am honored beyond words." “And now what I am almost afraid to say. If we were brother and sister, I could say to you, ‘out of the wealth of my abundance, out of the ample means that would have been yours, take what you want.’ Will you let me say that now? You would make me the happiest woman living if you would.” Again the dark handsome face flushed. “lam not angry, dear Lady Charnleigh, for I understand the noble, generous heart that prompts the offer; out, while I thank you for it, let me say it would be easier for me to die than to accept it.” “Have I annoyed you?” she asked, anxiously. “No, you have shown mo how generous you are. If I had inherited the fortune, I should have been just as anxious to share it with you. No, most generous lady, I shall carve my own fortune. You remember those glorious words, ‘There is no fate in life save such as a strong hand carves or a weak hand mars.’ My hand is strong." “I am sure of it,” she said, looking at him with admiration. “I am very proud of my kinsman; you will be different from the rest of the world to me —something apart. You must never flatter me. but treat mo as you would a younger sister of your own—wo are of one race, you know." . “Your frankness makes me happy, Lady Charnleigh. I shall esteem the offer you have made as the highest life can hold." Suddenly he broke off and exclaimed, “I know that face—it is Bertram Cordon's. And the next moment the two friends had clasped each other's hands. If Paul Flemyng had seen how the beautiful face flushed, he would have guessed that Lady Charnleigh was not indifferent to the grand, noble man whose friendship had always been a keen source of delight to him. Then the three whose lives were so strangly interwoven eat down by the bank of the river. “This is different from Malta,” said Sir Bertram; “how one's eyes long, when away from home, for a sight of English green.” “Yes, people talk of the grandeur of tropical foliage. I do not think, for delicacy and beauty of color, there is anything to compare with dur English trees; and their greatest beauty, to my mind, is in the spring-time, when the buds are tender. Do you not agree with me, Lady Charnleigh?" “I am sure everything you say is right,” she replied. His question had aroused her from a deep reverie, and both gentlemen laughed at her abrupt tandor. “You will cause me to weigh most carefully everything that I say, Lady Charnleigh. You have been very kind to me—may I ask a favor of yon?" Her face cleared. “Yes, twenty if you will; it would be a great happiness to do anything for you." Sir Bertram had at first felt half inclined to be jealous of his dark-haired handsome soldier, but the frankness and kindness of hey words disarmed him. It was not thus, he felt sure, women talked to the men they loved. When sho look at Paul Flemyng her eyes were full of admiration, of kindly liking —it was seldom that he himself won one glance from those violet eyes; when he did they wore quite a different expression. “I have some friends coming to London very soon —General Sir Huntley Dacre, and his daughter, Miss Ethel Dacre: Lady Charnleigh, will you allow me to introduce her to you, and will you help her?” “I shall be only too pleased to show all possible kindness to friends of yours. In what way can I help her?” “She is very young, and in my opinion, very beautiful. Her mother has long been dead, and she has been alone with the General for some time. She has not seen much of this great, gay world of yours, and it would be kind of you to introduce her to some of your many friends, and to let her spend as much of her time as possible with you.” She looked up at him with a smile he did not understand. “I am going to weigh your words,” she said laughingly: “why do you call this great, gay world mine?" “Because it seems to me that you are one of its queens,” he replied. “Do you say Miss Dacre is beautiful?” “I have looked at the sun, and so oannot see the stars." “Your poetry is flattery—we agreed that you Should never flutter me.” Then Sir Bertram interposed. This handsome soldier, with his reputation for bravery, was likely to prove a dangerous rival, and her friendly liking for him might develop into something warmer. He thought it high time to draw Lady Charnleigh's attention to himself. , , „„ . “Is Miss Dacre a young lady? he asked. There was not the least embarrassment or confusion on the Captain's face. “Yes, she is of about the same ago as Lady Charnleigh, I should imagine. Sho will be an acquisition to London society. Lady Charnleigh, I hope you will like her.” “I am sure to do that because you have asked me,” she replied. “You are very kind, When they reach London, then, I will, with your permission, bring tbo General and Miss Dacre to see you.” Here Lady Denham joined them. CHAPTER XVII. If anyone had been asked at that particular time to name the happiest woman in London society, he would surely have named tho Countess of Charnleigh. Sho had youth-, exceptional beauty, wealth, position, everything, in fact, that tho human heart eould wish for. There was not a cloud on her sky. One beautiful morning the young Countess was sitting alone in the cool, fragrant drawing-room. The rose-col-Med blinds were drawn, and the light W/r 1 * •••>;-5a •Li’- • . .•'.a.

that dame through thorn was mellow and rich; the odor of white daphnes tilled the air. The windows wore open, and she oould hear the song of tho birds and tho distant roll of carriages. Luxury, magnificence, and grandeur surrounded the young glrh She wore a pretty morning-dress of white, shining material, trimmed with lace and blue ribbons; her golden hair fell in waving masses on her beautiful neck and shoulders. 'She held a book in her hands, but she never turned a page. Loonie, Lady Charnleigh, was thinking. Before her mind’s eye flitted many and various figures—Lord Falcon, Paul FLomylng and Sir Bertram. She was thinking long and deeply; prosenti ly her face Hushed and the beautiful | lips trembled. “I will be true to my love,” she said to herself, “come what may, I will be i true to myself.” | Then she started up in sheer surprise. Capt. Flemyng stood beside her, smiling at her e\ itlcnt abstraction, and by his side 'wus a young girl. Gen. Dacre stood near. “Lady Charnloigh, lot mo introduce Gon. Dacre and his daughter, Miss Dacre, to you,” said Paul. The young countess looked and saw a face that attracted her at first sight: it was beautiful, intelligent, full of poetry, with clear, dark eyes that had something of sadness in their depths. Sho looked earnestly in the eloquent face, and then clasped the girl’s hands in her own. “Capt. Flemyng told me that I should she said, impulsively; “I do not think he was wrong." Then she greeted the General, who, like every one else, fell captive to her lovely face. “You will stay and spend the day with me, Miss Dacre? Capt. Flemyng has promised to take mo to the Botanical Gardens; it will give us both so much pleasure if you will go also. We shall know each other better if we spend a day together than if we only met among strangers." It was a remarkable fact that people . seldom refused to do as Lady Charnleigh wished. Ethel Dacre did not attempt to resist. Two hours later they were at the Botanical Gardens. Had Lady Charnleigh searched the world over she could not have found a companion who contrasted so strikingly with herself. They were both lovely, but in style quits opposite. Lady Charnleigh was fair, bright, and radiant, there was sunshine in her face and golden hair. Miss Dacre was dark, with somewhat of poetry and sadness in her features. Their ‘ appearance in the gardens caused no little sensation. To Lady Charnleigh's annoyance, the Duchess of Rockhampton and her son, Lord Falcon, were there, and would insist upon engrossing her time and attention. She had intended to devote herself to Ethel, but the Duchess urged her so pressingly to go with her to look at some Indian flowers that she could not refuse. Paul and Ethel were left together. Miss Dacre looked long and earnestly after the frank, imperial girl; then her eyes grew dim with tears, and she turned to her companion. “You are right, Captain Flemyng,” she said. “ThejCountess of Charnleigh is indeed beautiful. ” “Is she not, Ethel? But to me her beauty is her least charm. Her frank, gay, bright manner, her kindnesSj and the winning fascination of her speech, are greater than her beauty." “How you love her!” said the girl, wistfully. “I must confess that I do not wonder at it.” “We are very dear friends,” replied Paul, all unconscious of the pain in that gentle heart “lam told,"she continued, “that Lady Charnleigh has many.lovers." The smilcOha£jHL>e»4tl her seemed to the girl full of IJkppy triumph. “She knows how to keep them in order," he said. “And so ntfuch homage does not spoil her?” pursued Ethel. "No —sho has a frank, imperial manner with her which nothing can spoil. Ah, Ethel, I am so pleased you will bo friends. Lady Charnleigh does not go into raptures, you must undoratand, with every girl she meets. She liked you at first—l saw it in her face.” “It is for your sake,"she said, gently, and the sweet flattery was most gracious to him. “ You have studied her face well,"-she added, with some little bitterness, “to be able to read her thoughts upon it. ” “They are so plainly written," said the captain. “Do you remember the old lines?" she asked, trying to speak lightly: “My only books were women’s looks. And folly all they taught me.” “Ah, Ethel,” said Paul Flemyng, “the words speak falsely—a wise man may learn the highest lessons and the truest wisdom from a woman’s face. ” CHAPTER XVIII. Os Ethel Dacre, Lady Charnleigh had grown very fond; there was a warm and sincere attachment between them. They were useful to each other. From Leonie, Ethel learned many of the world’s ways, little lessons in the art of savoir vivre; she acquired more gayety, greater brightness of look and word, some of the 'bright, pretty graces that add so great a charm to life. And from Ethel. Lady Charnleigh learned high and holy thoughts, lessons of gentle wisdom that she would never have learned from another. And yet, though they were dear friends, although their intimacy was of the most familiar kind, they never as yet had indulged in the usual conversation about love and level's. Lady Charnleigh, so bright, so happy, had a certain conviction that Ethel had some sorrow preying upon her mind. “There is at times, a listless look about her, and I have seen her dark eyes fill with tears. Ethel has her secret, although she may never tell it to me. ” In the drawing-room of Lady Charnleigh’s superb mansion, Ethel Dacre sat one morning alone. She was going to the exhibition of the Royal Academy with her friend, and tho Countess had not yet completed her toilet. Ethel looked very lovely on that bright morning; her eloquent face was flushed into tho fairest bloom by the fresh morning air, her dark eyes wore. clear and true as the morning star itself. Sho had taken a book from the table and was reading to pass away the time until Lady Charnleigh should come. She haa.accidentally alighted upon that sweet love story of Elaine—the history of surely the sweetest, purest love ever given to man; and, as sho read, the printed words faded, the passionate melody of the verse had found an echo in her heart. Even as Elaine had loved the grand and noble hero, so she loved Paul Flemyng. Evon as Lancelot had no heart, no thought, no eyes for any stwe Queen Guinevere, so he, Paul Fiemyng cared for no one living save the beautiful young countesss who was “all a queen should be—ana more." It was her own story—love won, unsought for. "Only that I would never tell him,” she said to herself. "I would die, looking in bis face with a smile, rathor than toll him. I would suffer torture greater than that of a martry on the rack or the wheel, but I would never let him know. I would carry my secret to the grave with me, and it

should be burled deeper down ftnw myself. Evon in death no should covet know it." She started, for a white hand* lay or . tho open page of the book. “Ethel, dreaming again! What! Are you reading about Elaine? How strange Ik> you know that in my own mind I have often compared you' to tho ‘ Lily Maid? ’ She must have had a face like yours." Ethol Dacre made no answer. “Just such a face," continued the young Countess, looking lovingly at her friend, “full of poetry, of love that had never been told; pure as a lily-leaf, sweet as tho face of an ange! —sad sometimes with a sadness hall saintly: that is like you and like Elaine.” The proud head was raised: the fair voice replied: “It may l>e so. You have a vivid fancy, laklv Charnloigh; but I shall not share Elaine's fate. I will not die of love for one who loves me not.” “Heaven forbid!" cried Lady Charnloigh. She kissed the white brow, looking tenderly at tho girl. “I do not know how It Is, Ethel; but when I look at you, I think that yours is the very face for a tragical love story. You are like Elaine and Juliet. that same expression on other faces—a kind of prophecy, as it there, that undisturbed happiness is not to bo the portion of the owneg. I hope I am wrong, but I have this thought of you." “You aro not a prophetess, Lady Charnleigh; you are only a belle and a woman of fashion. I shall not heed what you say.” But tho wliite hands tightened their caressing hold of her. “Tell me. Ethel—is there not some one you love very much —some one you care for more than all the world beside—some sad, sweet secret of your own that you have never told to others, but you will tell to me? Is it not so, Ethel?” She drew the sweet face close to her own and held it there. “Will you not trust me, Ethel, your sister and your friend? Ah, sweet, do not turn away; see, your tears have dropped on the open page. Why did Elaine's story touch you, Ethel?” “Because I love all poetry, and I believe sadness has a greater charm for me than joy.” She withdrew herself from the loving arms and looked almost haughtily at Lady Charnleigh. “How you weave romances!” she cried. “You had better take to writing novels. You will make me believe myself romantic and unhappy, whereas I am nothing of the kind. As for love, I love nothing on earth except " “Captain Flemyng, my lady,” said a servant’s voice at the door, and Leonie laughed gayly. “If you could only guess how apropos was the announcement of your name," she said to the young soldier, holding out her hand. “It was delightful.” Paul looked from the laughing face of the young Countess to Ethel, whose face burned with blushes. “I do not understand,” he returned. “Happily so,” said Lady Charnleigh. “Is it not time we started, Captain Flemyng? I have been twice to the exhibition, and have hardly seen a picture.” “How has that happened?” he asked. “I am so unfortunate; the rooms always seemed filled with my own particular friends. “You hold a court there; so that is why you expressed a wish to go so early this morning.” “Yes; perhaps fortune will smile; and if she frowns, Capt. Flomyng, you must do all the talking, while Ethel and I look at the pictures.” “That is to say, I must amuse my Lord Falcon, charm his grace of Alton, talk earnestly to Sir Bertram Gordon, tease poor Maj. Newsham, look sentimental with the young poet Clive Dering. No, thank you, Lady Charnleigh; you ask impossibilities. “Do you mean to say seriously that I do all that at once?” she inquired. “All, and more. You can charm every one who approaches you, but you cannot expect me to charm for you.” “I do not want to charm any one,’ she said, quietly. “Not even one?” he said. “No—not one; at least ” and then her face flushed, and Leonie, Lady Charnleigh, with a low sweeping bow, led the way to the carriage that waited for them. ITO BB CONTINUED,] PHYSIOGNOMY. In the perfect mouth the upper lip should have its middle line deeply sunk, and the lower lip should be not more prominent than the upper. Large, open and transparent eyes, which move rapidly and sparkle in'excitement, indicate good taste, discernment, pride and often irritability. Ears, the lobes of which run straight down into the cheeks, are rarely found save on persons of a thievish disposition: all kleptomaniacs have such ears. Strongly projecting foreheads,which, in the upper part, retreat to a marked degree, associated with a long underface, are certain indications of folly. Men of marked ability in any line have usually one deep, perpendicular wrinkle in the middle of the forehead, with one or two parallel to it on each side. Whenever, in laughing, three parallel curves are formed in the cheeks round the corners of the mouth, the indication is of silliness and stupidity. Heavy, shaggy, overhanging eyebrows, with lower forehead prominent, show great powers of reasoning from premise to conclusion: Darwin had such brows. When the lower half of the countenance, measuring from the nose downward, is divided by the mouth into two equal parts, seen in profile, the indication is of stupidity. A perfectly formed face should be divided into three equal parts; from the roots of tho hair to tho root of tho nose, thence to the tip, and from the tip of the nose to the tip of the chin. Persons whose temples are fuller above tho eyes than below, whoso heads enlarge above the ears, aro usually more gifted with musical taste than those with contrary characteristics. Noses turned up at the point and sinking in at the top are inclined to ease and pleasure, though at the same time they may be gifted with eloquence and imagination, and are almost always benevolent. A Queer English Custom. The Duke of Edinburgh, or rather tho Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to call him by his highest title, will be literally turned out of house and home within a few days, having received notice to vacate Clarence House “within a reasonable period.” This is in accordance with the established custom which prescribes that any member of tho royal family who becomes a reigning sovereign must cease to occupy any house or apartments belonging to the British crown after a reasonable time. This regulation was made to avoid a repetition of the trouble with the King of Hanover, who positively refused to get out when requested and had almost to be evicted like an Irish farmer. DO NOT anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight, was Franklin’s sensible advice. -

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The Ameer of Afghanistan Is a great horse fancier. He has established at Cabul, on the approved English principles, a stud establishment, and at tho. present time there are np fewer than .1,000 mares there under tho charge of Mr. Clemonce, the stud manager. Gail Hamilton Is having printed in Salem, Mass., a pamphlet history of the case of Mrs. Mavbrlck of England, who is in prison under a life sentence for poisoning her husband. Miss Dodge in it descrlltes in detail tho efforts she and others have made ineffectively to secure the release of the woman she believes to have been unjustly convicted. ■ Kino Oscar of Sweden is once more coming to the front as an author, copies of a stirring poem entitled “Memories of the Swedish Fleet,” composed by him, having just been placed upon the market by his Stockholm publishers. He has enriched the literature of his country by several tine poems besides translating Tasso, Goethe and llaclneinto Swedish. Queen Wilhelmine of Holland, aged 13, has a large collection of dolls, many of which are presents from sovereigns. Among them are twenty dolls representing officers in full uniform—a kindergarten method of teaching the young queen to distin- i guish the various military grades. I The other day she expressed a desire | for twenty female dolls “to keep those officers company, as they were dreadfully bored.” The son of Count Crispi, ex-prime minister ot Italy, who was confined i in the workhouse in Pisa a few months ago, was liberated recently and started for this country. The young man gave his father much trouble and led a fast life. The ex-Premier endeavored in vain to induce him to reform. Failing in this he finally had him sent to Pisa What the young man intends to do in America is not related. M. de Lessees, though partly recovered from his recent illness, is still very weak. As soon as he is strong enough to bear the journey it is the intention of bis family to take him to Paris, where he will be within reach of better medical attention. The liquidators of the Panama Canal Company have laid an embargo upon his salary as prssident of the Suez Canal, and his family is reported to be in straitened curcumstances. Count P. P. Sshuvaloff is the fortunate possessor ot the only diamond fields in Russia On his estate, comprising 300,000 hectares, five gems were accidentally found last year. The first diamond was picked up on the place in 1830 and in the years since then about 150 have been discovered. The Count has decided to carry on diamond hunting with vigor in the future. He is among the wealthy landed proprietors in Russia and related to the Russian ambassador to Berlin Lord Aberdeen’s son’s first exploit in Canada, of which his father is Governor General, was to get a a sheriff after him. With a companion he went hunting and got into some petty trouble with a guide, who had a warrant sworn out against him. The lads were scared and paddied across the St. Lawrence to the United States in order to escape arrest. The sheriff did not know that he was hunting Lord Haldo, the eldest son of the Governor General, and Lord Haldo’s chum until he found their baggage. Permission has been granted Mrs. Arthur Davis to pursue graduate courses in mathematics, astronomy and physics at John Hopkins University for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Mrs. Davis is 30 years oid and has already been graduated from Columbia University in Washington. She married her classmate, Arthur Powell Davis, a nephew of Major Powell,, of the geological survey. Before her marriage she was employed in the Nautical Alruinac office, having passed an examination that roused the enthusiasm of the board ot examiners. Mrs. Davis has three children, with whom she will probably live In Baltimore, her husband being engaged in the geological survey In California. FAMILIAR SONGS. Origin of Many We Used to Sing When Children. Mother Goose was a Boston woman, born in the shadow of Bunker Hill Monument. At the age of 27 the demure Puritan maiden, Elizabeth Foster, became the wife of Isaac Goose, a middle-aged widower with ten children. In a few years she added six more of her own, and was thus the owner of a brood of sixteen goslings. Here the Goose family lived and prospered for many happy years. Mother Goose had a cheerful disposition and was a delightful singer. She loved to gather her own and the neighbors’ children and entertain them for hours with song and story—some of them her own Impromptu, some she remembered from 1 ’ childhood, some she read, and some that seemed to have always been in her memory. The children listened with tireless delight, and Mother Goose gained a reputation. By-the-by her lovely daughter, grown to womanhood became the wife of one Thomas Fleet, a printer. The young husband greatly enjoyed these nursery concerts, which went on as long as there were children to be entertained by them. One day a,bright idea came to him. He thought that the songs so welcome to his children would certainly charm a larger circle, and resolved to put them in a book. Mother Goose consented, and sang to him all her poems as fast as he could write them down. Thus it happened that on one_flne day Mother Goose beanie famous. Her sen-in-law brought out a neat volume, and on its title-page were these words: “Songs for the Nursery, or Mother Goose’s Melodies. Printed by T. Fleet, at His Printing House, Pudding Lane, Hl 9. Price two coppeft. ’J Ahd for ornaments he made the picture of a long-necked goose, with its bill wide open, just as if it were singing gayly. We have never heard whether this book made a sensation at the time, or whether Mother Goose was vain because she had appeared in print; but one thing Is certain—there are not many books so famous now. All over the world it has wan

dered, and Mother Goose Is the familiar friend of little folks in every land and In every language. A tiurgeon’a Nerve. It is the common belief that a surgeon must possess what is spoken of as an extraordinary good nerve, jnd you may perhaps doubt it you possess this. At the same time you must bear in mind that iu the case ot a surgeon tho coolness, or Calmness which is so admirable and necessary In an operation does not imply the. possession of any remarkable personal quality, but it is the simplest result of a complete knowledge of what he is doing. It is rather the natural outcome of his accurate familiarity of anatomy, and his daily habit. A trooper would require a very fine nerve to go to a masthead, or a sailor to ride an unmanageable horse across a country, but a sailor's confidence aloft is due more to a matter of habit than to any particular amount of courage. In saying this, I do not wish to depreciate the calmness of the surgeon in the face of difficulties, but I may tell you quite plainly that If you haven’t enough courage to be a surgeon I should lie very much ashamed of you , and you would turn out to l>e a very poor creature, whatever occupation you might follow. Still this fact remains, and you may, I perhaps, be interested to hear that I, j who have known many good surgeons have never seen one who has not posI sessed a very tine courage. In short, a very good surgeon is, in my humble opinion, a very tine fellow, and when I see (as Ido see) the extraordinary achievements of modern 1 surgery, lam very proud of belonging to a profession which has made life so much more endurable and prolonged to the human race. So, possibly, the great fascination which surgery no doubt possesses to many, ! anpeals more strongly to men of cour- ' age and determination than to those j persons of more weakly constituted minds, or to those who are less vertebrate altogether. —Longman’s Mag azine. The-Trotting Ox. Next to the elephant in general usefulness we should be inclined to place the “trotting ox” of India. “All Indian oxen can be trained to trot,” says Mr.. Lockwood Kipling. * The sloping quarter and straight hock may possibly account for something in their horselike gait. XJne lof the first things to strike a stranger is the hurrying ox.” The I rekla, a light two-wheeled cart drawn ■ by a pair of oxen, cheap, speedy, and convenient, is the hansom cab of the j natives of Bombay. i All through the Mahratta country ■ the ox is the common draught ani- | mal, differing in speed and size according to the work for which he is re juired. Cattle of the Nagore 1 breed, used by rich men to draw their state carriages, used to be kept near ’ Delhi for carrying dispatches. Mr. i Youatt was informed that they would , travel with a soldier on their back ' fifteen or sixteen miles in the day at the rate of six miles an Hour. < The Nagore cattle have none of the , • awkward swinging motion of the i legs of the English cow. They bring r ! their hind legs under them in as ' ‘ straight a line as the horse. • *They ,' are very active. ’ continues Mr. Youatt. '“and can clear a five-barred gate with the greatest ease,” One owner .(Possessed a calf which would jump ' an iron railing higher than a gate, and a bull which could leap the same , railing to go to water, and. having drunk, leap back again. Napoleon borrowed his idea of bull- ■ i ock transport for the first stages of ; his Russian campaign from the Indian armies, but the Indian bullocxs are shod. Napoleons were not; and the bullock transport was ruined before the frontiers of Poland were reached.—The Spectator. 'i. The Policemen of Seville. Seeing that Sevill is one of the ,' most important cities of Spain, it is ' rather odd that its guardians of the , ’ pea.e inspire in the citizens neither j; fear nor respect. In fact they reJ semble the old “Charleys,” or watcht men that used to walk the streets of [ I London. i The policeman of Seville is clad in a long coat and is armed with a spear i like a mountain-climber’s staff. At night he carries a lantern hanging i from his belt, and after the clock has i struck twelve his chief business is to call the time and the weather. As nearly everybody is in bed by mid- ‘ night, his services are of little use, ' except perhaps to prevent some folk , | from sleeping. '}■ Even the Spaniards laugh at the ‘ city police, with their melancholy J howls that disturb the peace the men are supposed to keep .' To make up for . this poor sort of constable, there is another police the civil guard, who possess tremendous powers. They are authorized to shoot down anyone offer- . ing resistance to them. The consequence is that everyone stundin : awe of them, but, on the whole, ’ though sometimes they abuse their office, they presere order and have reduced the once high rate of crime. Horse Language. My horse has a low whinny which means '-water,” and a higher-keyed, more emphatic neigh means food. When 1 hear these sounds I know as definitely what she means as if she spoke in English. This morning passing along the street, I heard the same low whinny, and looking up saw a strange-looking horse regarding me with a pleading look. 1 knew he was suffering from thirst, and no language : could make it plainer. The language of the lower animals is not all articuj late. It is largely a sign language. The horse does a deal of talking by i motions of the head and by his wonderfully expressive looks He also upon occasion talks with the other extremity. A peculiar switah of the tail and a gesture, as If threatening to kick are equine forms of speech. The darkey was not far wrong who said of the kicking mule, “It’s just I his way of talking.”—G. P. Palmer in Science. Avoid Gluttony. Sir Henry Thompson of England, says that, out of every ten patients who came under his knife, nine would never have done so had it not been for errors of eating and drink tug.

Business Directory w 11 «.— J ■ -a THE DECATUR JATIOIAL BAHK. CAPITAL. KO,OOO. SURPLUS. IIUMO. Organized August M, 1883. ' Officers;—P. W. Smith, Pr«s., Daniel Wrldy, Vfoe-pres.. R. 8. Peterson. Uasbier, J. S. Peterson, Asa’t Cashier. Do a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. Buy and sell Domestic and Foreign Exchange, County and City Orders. Adams County Bank Capital. <15.090. Sarplaa, H.OOA j Organised tnUTI. Offlosra—D. Studebaker, Prssident; BoM. B. Allison, Vice-President; W. H. NlbUck, Cashier. Do a general banking business. CoUecUeaa made in aU parts ot the country. County. City and Township Orders bonght. Foreign and Domestic Exonuge bought and ■old. Interest paid on time Paul G. Hooper, A-ttoimey at Xaaxkf Senator, - • XimHoso. ■mg, a. & MAM«. x n. BRWTjr Jb HAJfN, ATTORNEYS-AT--LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office fa Odd Fedows’ Building, Deoatur, Ind, TARANCX * MERRYMAN. J. T. nAKCn. JJ , J. I. MUJtYMAM Attorneya at Xena-w, DSCATtm, nrotAXA. Office Noe. L t and 8, over the Adams County Bank. OoUectlona a specialty. A «L HOLLO WAT. Flxy alolaxa <•» Sxxx*KOon Office over Burna’ harneoe shop, raaldenea one door north of M. A church. *ll MUI promptly attended to la eity or country Bight •typßO. M. L. HOLLOW AT. H. O. Office and reeldenoe one door north of M. A ehurch. Diaaaeaa of woman and ohlldraa apoaialUoa. Lifl Relsu, Yiterinarj Syrgni, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. T NEPTUNE, tls DKNm. Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, and is prepared to do ell work pertaining to tho do*, tai profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the we ct Mayo’s Vapor ho Is enabled to sortraet teeth without pMn. AR work warraateA MONEY TO LOAN Oa Item Prepasty ea Leag Ban* Wo Commlsalon. law Bata at laterem. Waurtlol Faymaatffi bi aay amouats aaa be madaat ua Mine aad ■top latercet. CUI oarOr addruaa, A. X. GBUBB, er J. f. JCXITM OHwi Odd roUowa’ Buildlag, TteeWar. j|fe\EßiE Lines. Schedule In effect Aug. 27. 1833. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I Chicago :.. i M No. 3. Pacific Express, dally for I . .. n « Chicago « " No. L Express, daily for Chicago ( j; No. 31. Accommodation, daily, I . v except Sunday f TRAINS EAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I -. r . p m New York and Boston f * No. 2. Express, daily for New I, 3;25 p M No. 12. Express, daily for New) u York 1 ’*• No. 80. Accommodation, daily cx-l . .. cept 5unday.................. A - « Second No. 12—Leaving Decatur 1:30 a. m dallr. Solid train for Columbus. Ohio, via Marion and the Columbus, Hooking Valley and Tolddo Railway (Buckeyeßoue): Pullman sleepers to’Columbus. Kenova, and Norfolk snd other Virginia points via the Columbus. Hocktug Valley and Toledo and tho Norfolk snd Western Lines. J. W. DeLono. Agent. W.G.MaoKdwards,T. P. A.Huntinglon, lud First Class Night aad Day Service b rtww& Toledo, Ohio, )AND( —— St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS UY BWRS-MOOm EQUIPMEinnittOCMn. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINC.' W-WFAIB SCItVtO EM MUTE. Snr. "MM' Ot MttHT, at otodtrau eo*t. Mfor litkth ill Tffledff, St Looii & liimCßj l> 1 Clover Lmf Route. Far further particulars, caß on aearert Agent of the Company, or address Q. O. JENKINS. SSMHI ruwasw ASSSA TOLEDO, OHIA

The Lyon & Healy Organ Is the best and most salable Organ of the Day ||ii|| Organs sold on Installment Payments it Lai Figaros. Wf . SEITD FOB CATALOGUE. Fred K. Shafer, Agt. BERNE. IND.

Merryman’S I FACTORY Yon can get all kinds of 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 os abort notice. A A BOBOb R. T. BOMb OomnilsMonM. 8080 A BON. ATTORNEYS A.T LuAVT. Bsal Batata aad Collaotam, Deaatac, lad. O.P. H. AHDBKWS, TliyalolAll MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence Snd and 3rd door* weokoff M. E. church. IM Prof. L H. Zilglir, Vitutury Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orohe M tomy, Overotomy, Castrating, Rldg Ung, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehora ing. and treating their diseases. OffioeoverJ BL Stone’s hardware atom, Decatur Indiana f — I J. 8. Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas. M D. DOCTOBB Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce's Drug store, Deoatur. Ind LOOK HERE! lam hare to star aad ean Ml Organs and Pianos CLEANING MO REPAIBUB Sene leoacaahto Bee mo trot cad maaey. sT. T. COOTS,DeoabNe\ - ■ Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time, 28min; utes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Thursday, August IT. 1383. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. S No, T Cincinnati..lve 815 am 800 pm Richmond ..... 2 20pm 11 00 .. 11 50 .. I Winchester.... 3 17.. 1155.. i23lam! Portland 4 04.. 1235 pm 103.. I Decatur 510 .. 131.. 143 Ft.Wayne...arr 600.. 215.. 215 ” “ ...Ive 2 35.. 2 25.. SOlsm Kendallville.. 341 .. 319 .. 010 .. Some City 356.. 332.. 926.. Wolcottville 401 .. 337 .. 931 .. Valentine 4 11 9 4?'.. TaiGrange .... 4 19.. 352 . 951.. Lima 4 29 1003 .. Sturgis 4 40.. 4 12.. 1019 .. Vicksburg 536.. >si.. 1114.. Kalamazoo.arr 6 05.. Stfl.. 1140.. ■“ ..Ive Tloam.6 25.. 5?5 .; 1230 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 910 .. SlO . ( 50.. 28... “ - ..Ive 10 50.. 720.. 4 15.. D.,G.H.*M.cr Il<>s . 7 35. <«.. Howard City 12 05am 545 .. 540 .. Big Rapids 12 55 . 947 . 645 .. Reed City 125.. 10 20.. 7M.. Cadillac..... arr 2 30.. 1130.. 919.. ....ive 240 .. 1135 Travers® City 25pm Kalkaska 4 01.. 120 Petoskey..... 5 45.. 300 MackinaoCity 7 05.. 420 GOING.SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. I Mackinac City. 90»pm 740 am 150 pm Petoskey 1030.. 9 15.. 300 c Kalkaska 1245 am 11 21.. 415 paverseClty 1105.. 425 Cadillac.. ..arr 2 20am 100 pm 620 ~ ....Ive 230 .. 120.. 645 pm 7 39 am Reed City 338 .. 2 35.. 750.. 160 .. Big Rapids..... 408 .. 306.. 8£5.. 928.. Howard City.. 500 .. 3 50.. 920.. 10 35 .. D..O.H.*M.cr 615 .. 5 00.. 10 25. 1135.. Or. Rapids-arr 630.. 515.. 1040.. 1150.. “ “ ..Ive 7 00.. 600 . 1120.. 200pm Kalamaaoo.arr 850 .. 800.. 1256 am 840.. “ ..Ivo 8 56.. 806 3 45.. Vicksburg", 9 24.. 833 4 12.. Sturgis 1019.. 928 606.. Uma 1032.. 940 51T .. LaGrange... .10 44.. 852 5 29. Valentine 1053.. 10 02 5 37.. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 1014 547 .. Home City 1109 .. 10 19 558 .. Kendallville... 1125 .. 10 39 608 .. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 1150 715.. “ ” J..lve 100.. tilOam 5 45am Decatur 146.. 12 58.. 630 Portland 240.. 200.. 730 Winchester.... 3 17.. 2 41.. 809 Richmond 4 20 .. 3 40 .. 91Cincinnati 700.. 7 15.. ISCilpm ....•••• Trains 5 and C run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. G. L LOCKWOOD. Gen. Paas. Agent JEFF. BRYSON, Agent, Decatur. Ind A Scientific American fa Aoency AVEATB, I TRADE MARKS, design PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, etoJ For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN 4 CO, 361 Biioadway, Naw Yobk. Oldest bureau tor securing patents In America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge iu the jtieutifit Largest circulation of any paper tn the world. Splendidly Illustrated. No Intelligent seen -should be without It. Weekly, S3.oJffa year; *1.50 six months. Address MUNN A CO, PVBl.tewves. Util Rrcwdwav. New York QtT.