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ATMJWBBELF. The Story of a Woman’s Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Loonie, called Countess ot Charnlelgh, went home that Sunday morning, after her conversation with the country minlator, a changed being. *V The sunlight lay bread on the hills, AUio birds seemed to understand that it was the one day of rest, and to sing their sweetest songs in its honor. She felt utterly reckless, utterly careless. “I will enjoy my life while I can," she said to herself; “it seems that there is no heaven for me. ” . "No heaven”—with the golden sunr shine lying around her, and the fragrance, tue warmth of the summer Sabbath making earth all beautiful. She repeated the words to herself —“no heaven”—and they fell like a funeral knell on her heart. “No heaven” — what did it mean? Was the far-off land, the heaven of her childish dreams, to be closed forever? There was to be no such heaven for her, because she unjustly took possession of her neighbor’s inheritance—because she had been guilty of crime, of which she would not repent. She groaned aloud as she came in sight of the pretty villa whore the Duchess held high court. “Is it such a bad exchange?” she asked herself. “I have given my peace of mind, my quietness of conscience, iny lightness of heart, my true, deep love, and heaven, for a title and wealth—to be called Lady Charnleigh, and to live at Crown Leighton. My life will be short and brilliant. People will talk of me after I am dead —they will say at least that I held my own with grace and dignity. Where shall Ibe when they are talking so? Shall I be paying the price of my sin?” Nobler thoughts. struggled for supremacy, but she would not hear them. “A short life and a merry one," she said to herself; “I will enjoy life while I can. ” People thought her changed before, but she was doubly changed now; what had been brilliancy became recklessness. She was never for one moment without excitement of some kind or other; as for leisure, tranquility, quiet, they were pursuits she detested. “Are you ever at rest, Lady Charnleigh?” asked Captain Armitage one day. “I thought J turned every moment of my life to some pleasant profit, but you far exceed me.” “No,” she answered; “I like to live my life all at once, as it were. I like to crowd as much pleasure as possible into every moment;” and then in an undertone she added: “I am at war with myself." She was indeed at war with her brightest, best, and noblest self. She was by nature good and true—generous even to a fault. Love of riches, ambition, and vanity had crept in, and had brought with them deadly sin. On the day she was leaving the villa the duchess said to her—“l had hoped, Lady Charnleigh, that you would have a Rttle rest here. I am sorry to say that you look worse than you aid when you came. I do not think you have had one hour’s quiet" She raised her lovely face to the kindly one bent over her. "If I were to be quiet, I should soon die. Excitement is to me more than the air I breathe or the food I eat —it keeps me alive. ” “Do you know, that is the saddest confession I ever heard from a girl’s lips? Your case should be different. Lady Charnleigh. I can understand people almost without a soul—people weighed down by remorse —leading such a life; but a girl so young as you —pardon me, my dear—ought not to require excitement to make life endurable; it ought to be pleasant enough without it. “But I do not find it so," returned Leonie. “I should like to ask you one question: if you require this perpetual, , never-ending whirl of gayety now, ’ what shall you do when you are old?” "I shall never live to be old,” she answered, carelessly. “I am living all my life at once. I have no wish to be old.” And, not caring to hear any more, she went away with a smile on her face that hid surely the heaviest heart that ever beat. The Duchess looked after her. “There is something wrong about that girl,’ she said. “What can it be? Is she disappointed in anything? Have her love affairs all gone wrong, I wonder? What can it be? I must find out.” This spirit of unrest had taken full possession of Lady Charnleigh. In vain the duchess tried to talk to her—to find two minutes for a sensible, conversation —Leonie was more like a butterfly on the wing than anything else. She never seemed to be in the same mood or the same place for ten minutes at a time. She lelt the villa, and the friend who had been kind to her felt anxious about her. Once again in town, Leonie uflng herself heart and soul into the gayeties of the season; she went almost everywhere—she refused no invitations; and, if by chance a day came when she was free from engagements, she filled her own house with visitors. Lady Fanshawe began to feel alarmed —she gave her young relative lectures about the 'folly of dissipation. Leonie laughed. How little they knew, those who preached to her, that this was the price of her sin—that to enjoy these things she had forfeited her own soul and had lost heaven! Enjoy them? Most certainly she would. Had ever woman paid a higher price>, for title “ and wealth? She had given up her lover for both—she had periled her soul—surely she might enjoy what she had purchased. Did she enjoy it? There were times when she asked herself that question, and an aching heart answered, “No — a thousand times No.” There were times when the wild, feverish gayety collapsed, when a terrible reaction set in, and Leonie would lie in a darkened , chamber unable to bear the light of day, unable to raise her tired head from the pillow, worn out, body and mind, with the war forever going on |, with herself. T People wondered at the change that had come over her beauty; she was not one whit less lovely, but. a worn look had come over her radiant , face, the smile that rippled over the beautiful lips was hard and cold, the thirst, the constant craving that filled her, completely altered the expression of her face. It struck Paul Flemyng suddenly one day when he was talking to her. Once upon a time she had been full of sweet fancies, of bright, tender, beautiful thoughts. She never expressed such now, but in their place came a cold, cynical sarcasm, ail unsuited to those fresh young lips. She had just given utterance to one of her bitter reflections when Captain Fleming looked up at her suddenly. “Leonie," he said, “how changed you are!" She had heard the same thing so often that it struck her she would ask in what the change consisted. “Tell me,” she said, “how I am changed, PauL Am I older-grown, or what? Every one tells me the same thing, and I want to understand it." ■ ... ■ ' ■ »

“Your face is changed, to begin wHfIJI Nay, do not misunderstand me; It is as beautiful as ever, perhaps more beautiful, but now one never seei it in repose. You used to be very earnest, but more gentle, more given to tender and graceful, womailly ways; you have grown colder, harder, more cynical." “Is that all?” she asked. “No, not quite. You give every one the idea that some secret trouble, some hidden sorrow, is eating your life away." ' She looked at the noble, handsome man whom she had so cruelly defrauded. "Surely you do not believe in such nonsapie?" she said. “What secret, whw sorrow should I have? What sentimental nonsenso-for you to talk, Paul." “Is it nonsense?" he asked, sadly. “There are times when I feel very unhappy about you, Leonie.” “Then you are not so sensible as I imagined you to be,” she laughed. “What a droll idea, to be unhappy over one so young and so free from care a< I am! Do not waste any more sympathy on me, Paul; you-will find ample opportunities as you pass through life for sympathizing with others far more deserving,” “You have grown cynical and sarcastic, "he continued; “you have lost what, after all, is the greatest charm a woman can have—trust and faith.” "I believe in you,” she opposed: “surely that should content you, Paul?” “It does not,” he said, gently. “I would fain see your 61d. bright, sunny, trusting nature back again; you are brilliant and polished like a diamond, but you are also just as cold and hard. Do you not know. Leonie. that it is better to believe too much than not enough?” “Who says I do not believe enough?" she asked, impatiently. “What nonsense you are talking to me, Paul! What makes you say such things?” “My darling Leonie, while you were talking to Lord Falcon last evening, I analyzed what you said, and I was startled. Do you know what cynical, worldly maxims those beautiful lips of yours put forth, what cold, heartless sentiments you uttered, what worldly ideas came in place of the bright, sweet fancies that used to distinguish you?” “I am worldly." she confessed, with a careless smile; “you know I am worldly, Paul—you knew it when you began to like me.” “lam loath to believe it; my idea of woman is so grand, Leonie —so pure, so unworldly." She turned away, saying to herself, with a bitter sigh: “I am at war with myself!” CHAPTER XXXIX. “Possession is nine points of law,” said Leonie, with a hard, half-bitter laugh. “Possession is nothing of the kind,” contended Cantain Flemyng; “at least, it should not be. Honor should stand before everything, Leonie. ” In the drawing-room of Lady Charnleigh’s magnificent town mansion there was being discussed a celebrated law suit that was attracting the attention of all England. It was a bright, sunny afternoon, and Leonie, whose perfect artistic taste reigned paraihount, had half drawn the rose-colored blind, so that the room was full of mellow, half-roseate, half-golden light; the fragrance of costly flowers floated on the soft breeze that blew in softly from the open windows. Several visitors were there—Captain Flemyng, Lord Seaton, Lady Westgrave, and Miss Dacre, who was still remaining with Lady Charnleigh; Lady Fanshawe was also*present Some desultory conversation had taken place, when Lord Seaton asked if they had read the day’s evidence of the Pytchley trial. “What is the trial about?" asked Leonie. “I have not read any of it.” They told her that it was the appeal of the elder brother for the recovery of title and estate from a younger one, who was in full enjoyment of them. “It is hard, I must acknowledge,” said Lord Seaton. “The elder was supposed to have died fourteen years ago, and now he returns to claim his possessions. The younger one, believing himself to be the true heir, married, and has lived as the master of the estate. He has children growing around him, and it seems to mo hard that he should be suddenly deprived of all he has, and turned adrift in the world." “It is hard,” assented Lady Westgrave. And then Leonie put in—- “ Possession is nine points of law." “No amount of possession can give an honorable claim to that which belongs to another,” said Paul Flemyng* again contradicting Lady Charnleigh’s dictum. “I think the young- brother did wrong to allow the matter to come to trial at all. He must have felt sure of the elder one’s identity." “Still, it could not be easy to give up everything in the world,” objected Leonie. “It could not be easy to one who is conscientious to keep anything belonging to another,” said Miss Dacre. “You are right, Ethel,” corroborated Paul Flemyng. “There are different kinds of dishonesty; sometimes it passes under, grand names, but, rely upon it, the man who keeps an estate from another to whom it justly belongs Is quite as much a thief as the man who slips his hand into your pocket and steals your purse.” “A thief!” cried Lady Charnleigh, her beautiful face growing ghastly in its pallor—“a thief, Paul!” “Yes,” he replied, looking at her in astonishment; “most certainly—a thief, neither more nor less.” “It is a very ugly word, ’’she said, the pallor giving way to a deep flush. “The deed is still more ugly,” he returned. "I have often wished, too, that men who fail in business dishonestly, and bring untold distress on hundreds of their fellow creatures, were also called thieves. There is nothing like plain speaking.” “Thieving is such a contemptible crime," said Miss Dacre: “1 think it is the meanest of all vices. * “It shocks people of refinement the most,” observed Paul Flemyng. “Now, Leonie, shall I look at the photograph we were speaking of?” But she drew back as though his words stabbed her; she shrank from him. “Never mind about it now," she answered; “I can show it to you at another time. ” “What a variable child you are!” said Paul, with a smile and a sigh. A few minutes since and all she .cared for was that he should see the photograph and give his opinion upon it. Then she was laughing, eager, and animated —now she drew hack, pale, grave, and evidently anxious to escape from them all. “What can have caused the change?” Paul Flemyng asked himself—he did not in any way connect the subject of their conversation with her difference of mood. Lady Westgrave suddenly bethought herself how pale and tired the young countess was looking, and rose to take her leave. 1 “Os course we shall see you at Gower House this evening, Lady Charnleigh? The ball will be a brilliant one.” “Yes, I shall be there," replied Lady Charnleigh. Lady Westgrave, who was herself one of’ the happiest of yoting wives j looked at the lovely, wearied face.

JT “You are not so accustomed to late hours and London life as wo who have > borne the heat and burden of many ' summers,” she remarked. “Take my advice and rest before you go out again; you look very tired." "I am not tired, said Leonie, her face flushed with impatience. “People seem to have but ono idea about mo, and that is—that I require rest." “You give mo that impression,” observed Lady Westgrave, kindly. And when she had gone Leonie turned away abruptly. “I cannot talk to you any moro now, Paul. lam going out. No—pray do not follow me. Ethel will entertain I you. I assure you that Ido not want a companion.” Paul, who had risen eagerly to ao company her, drew back at her words. Seeing a pained look on his face, she wont up to him and laid her hana on •his, with one of those shy, pretty, ca- ! reading movements that suited her so well. “Lady Wostgravo spoke truthfully, Paul—l am tiled; and to go out among the flowers—even thbse in a London conservatory—does one good. If I have been extra disagreeable this morning, I will be all that is most amiable tonight.” “You are always charming," he returned, bending down to kiss the little white hand that lay on his. “Ethol, did you hear that? Teach Captain Flemvng to tell the truth. Honestly speaking, I know no one so tiresome as myself when lam in a bad temper.” So saying she went out through the glass doors into the conservatory, leaving Ethel to entertain Paul. Captain Flemyng sighed as the flowing folds of the white dress disappeared, and the next moment Ethel was by his side. "Do not sigh about her—do not be anxious over her," she said kindly. “She does not seem like herself at pressent; but it will all pass away; the novelty of this new life will disappear, and then you will see the original noble nature in all its frank sweetness again.” “Yes; she has not had time to grow accustomed to the novelty yet,” he remarked. It would have been easier for him to discover spots on the sun than to "find fault with this girl whom he worshiped with so passionate a love; but he did wish then that she had more of Ethel’s sweet, wise ways—more constancy. Then Ethel chatted with him—tjiat is, she won him from his graver thoughts, she talked of all that most interested him, cheering- and soothing him, as a woman only can, until he felt in better spirits than he had for many days past. “You really think then, Ethel, that my beautiful Leonie is only a little bewildered by the novelty of all around her?” “It can be nothing else," she said. “We know all her history, and we must own that the change has been enough td bewilder her. She is at this moment the most lovely, the most envied, the most popular, and the wealthiest woman in London. Is not that enough to make any young girl capricious?" “Yes, certainly—l had not thought of that." “She has a noble nature, and a most generous, loyal heart, ” continued EtheL “You will see in a short time, when she begins to understand how little there is in all that now seems to her most desirable, she will be all and even more than you wish her to be.” “You are the sweetest of comforters, Ethel,” said Captain Flemyng. “I think you have a peculiar talent for dispelling unpleasant thoughts.” He was comforted. He hardly knew himself how great was the estimation in which he held Ethel—how strong was his reliance upon her, how great his trust in ner. A few words from her worked wonders in him. He left the house that afternoon happier than he had been for many days. |TO BB CONTINUED.! THE SMOKE PROBLEM. How the People of Butte, Mont., Abated a Nuisance. . \ “The smoke nuisance, of which many cities are at present complaining, was summarily settled by the people of Butte, Mont., so far as it affected that place,” says a writer. “Butte is built on the side of a long hill which is surmounted by a busy hive of copper and silver mines ana mills. Just below the town is a suburb called Meadville, where the copper smelters are located. The ore is first of all roasted in great heaps outside the smelting furnaces in order to remove the sulphur. When the atmosphere is all cool the smoke rises and settles gradually over the town. It is very much worse than soft coal smoke, because it is full of sulphur, which is not only bad smelling out dangerous. After an hour or so in this air one’s throat becomes irritated and the air passages become clogged. These conditions make the way easy for pneumonia, a* disease viewed in the past by Butte people with greater alarm than cholera. Often this sulphurous smoke became so dense that it was impossible to see across the narrowest street, and the people were forced to go about with lanterns. “The people of Butte tried every way to get rid of this dangerous nuisance. They held meetings, passed resolutions and petitioned mining companies city councils and Legislatures. They made pleas and threatened boycotts, but all without avail, for, once started, a smoke nuisance grows like a green bay tree, and is as hard to kill as pigweed. Each winter the pneumonia swept through the camp like a scourge, and the spring brought hundreds of new graves to bear evidence of the cold avarice of mining corporations. “One day last year, when the smoke was bad, severalfold-timers were standing on the corner of Main street discussing the situation. Among them was Gen. Charles S. Warreh, widely known for his ability to make an afterdinner speech and hold an ace full. “‘ln the old days the boys would have cleaned out these roast heaps mighty quick,’ said one. “ ‘What’s the matter with doing it now?’ said the General. ‘“Nothing,' cried the others in a chorus. “The news quickly spread that the citizens were going to solve the smoke problem, and in ten minutes the street in front of the court-house was packed with crowds of cheering people. The General made a short speech and a great procession was started forMeadeville. It grew as it passed along, until nearly all of Butte was on the march. At Meadville a few superintendents and owners were flying about with threats of injunctions, but they were silenced when the General cried: “ ‘To h 11 with you people whose families live East. We have got wives and children here.’ “And then the work of destruction commenced. Big dynamite cartridges were dropped in the roast heaps, and up went the ore with the costly plants for treatment. When heaps worth more than $60,000 had been spoiled the crowd returned home and awoke next morning to find an entire freedom from sulphurous fumes. This practically settled the smoke problem, and now the companies are building stacks on the hill to'barry away the smoke or I are moving their smelters." 1

THE REPUBLICAN PANACEA. A Medicine that SU«»nUt<-« the Patient, Vet Redeem His Fever. The protectionist says to the manufacturer, “We give you a protective tariff that you may get higher prices for your goods.” That is the object of a protective tariff, or the manufacturers would not clamor so much for it. To the consumers of these same gObda —the farmer, the lawyer, the moohan--Ic, the doctor—he says, “We will give you a protective tariff that you may get goods you buy of the manufacturer cheaper.” And to the laborer ho says, “Wo give you a protective tariff that you may get higher wages frohi the manufacturer.” And the people are asked to believe him in each case. Let us suppose the object of the protective tariff was to enable lawyers to charge larger fees for their legal services, and as a lawyer I was to say to my clients: “You ought to favor this law, for while it enables me to charge ypu larger fees, it also enables you I<> get my services more cheaply.” Let the miller say to his customers: “You should favor this law because it enables me to take more toll from you, and at the same time give you more meal." So with the physician. So with the mechanic who builds your house. This argument would not work at all in any of these cases, but iust> apply it to the manufacturer and it acts like a charm. It is a wonderful antidote. It seems to be a kind of medicine which stimulates the patient, yet reduces his fever, acts as a powerful laxative, yet produces constipation; feeds the system, yet depletes the patient; a fat, and yet .an anti-fat; a wine that may be taken for the stomach's sake when it is sick, yet a powerful emetic; it is a narcotic, and yet an atropine; it brings smiling happiness and solid comfort to those who toil in the workshops, and yet it is prolific of strikes and lockouts; it richly rewards labor, yet fills the land with paupers and tramps. There is nothing in all nature like it. It is centripetal, yet a centrifugal Iforce. It contracts and expands under the same influence and condition. Administered to a Democrat in perfect health, in full doses, he begins forthwith to preach the gospel of Republicanism. It does these things, and is all this and more ; it gives the men who make the goods higher prices, and the men who buy them cheaper goods. Surely there is nothing else like it on earth, or in the waters under the earth. Heaven alone, and I speak it not sacrilegiously, can produce such another panacea, a compound which will produce exactly the opposite effect upon similar subjects under like conditions. This theory of raising the price of goods for the men who sell, and lowering them for the men who buy, reverses every rule given us in nature by nature's God. With His rule in nature, we know how to apply remedies; the doctor can write his prescriptions; the farmer sow his grain, and expect like to produce like; he can propagate his stock with intelligence; the mariner can guide his vessel; the astronomer can calculate the coming eclipse, and Old Probabilities can himself guess at the weather; it may be sometimes the guess is wide of the mark, but this new gospel of protection reverses all laws, and bids farewell to all the rules whore the principle is engrafted. Better stick to nature and to nature’s law. Say, if you wish, protection benefits the manufacturer for the time being—that is, it temporarily benefits him—and , none will controvert it, and the contention ends. The logic, so called of the protectionist is thus reduced to absurdity.—Hon. James D. Richardson, of Tennessee. ■ Senate May Be Mended. The Representatives of the people have just passed, after months of preparation, full hearings and thorough debate, a measure of tax reduction and tariff reform. It received the largest majority given to any tariff bill in the House since the close of the war. It executes the mandate of the people. It redeems the pledge of the Democratic party. And yet there are Senators, says the New York World, who claim and are apparently to be granted the privilege of amending the bill so as to restore taxes on iron, coal, sugar and perhaps other articles. They do this not upon any pretense that it will benefit the whole people to tax these articles: they do it because they are interested personally, in their pockets, in coal or iron mines, in freighting or manufacturing corporations, or in sugar stock, or because their friends or their immediate localities are thus interested The claim thus put forth upon the ground of “Senatorial courtesy” involves the highest exercise of governmental power—the power of taxation. If the Senators from Maryland and West Virginia can impose a tax on coal; if the Senators 4Jvm Alabama can put a tax on iron oA; if the Senators from Louisiana can restore the tax on sugar; if—to reach the ridiculous in climax—the junior Senator from New York can increase the tax on collars and cuffs, they have a power which is notexercised by any sovereign in Europe. The British House of Lords is approaching the inevitable “mended or ended,” under a much less obnoxious exercise of its power to revise or reject legislation favored by the people and proposed by the Commons. The upper house of Congress should remember that this is a government by the people, not a government by States; that it is a government by the right of majorities, not a government by the courtesy of individuals; and that it is a government for the people and not for monopolies. Our Senate cannot be ended. ft can be. as it has been, mended. It will be mended if it seeks now to thwart the will of the people. A Vain Hove. The decision of the Senate Finance Committee not to grant hearings on the tariff bill means that no dilatory tactics will be tolerated, and that action upon the measure will be reached as soon as the rules of the Senate will permit It is likely that within a month votes will be taken that will test the relative strength of the friends and enemies of the bill. Already it is evident that these votes will be a disappointment to those who have been cherishing the hope that the verdict of the House would be reversed by the Senate—that, if not defeated, the bill would be rendered innocuous .through amendments that would essentially change its character. The indications now are that the bill will neither be defeated nor mutilated, but will pass the Senate substantially as it came from the House. As the Democrats have a majority in the Senate the bill cannot bo changed except by Democratic votes, and Democratic Senators are no more likely than Democratic Representatives to bo stampeded by the cry that “the country is being plunged into free trade.” They know that the Wilson bill is really a highly protective measure. They know tfiat the tax it levies averages five per cent higher than was recommended by the Republican Tariff Commission of 1883. And they know that the agitation against it is simply the last desperate effort of the trusts and pampered industries to preserve their privileges. | Until the votes'were actually taken in

anmMeammmateßKßMeMMemmsM the House the vain hope was indulged that the vital features of the bill would • be stricken out When the roll-calls brought disappointment, jt was confl- - dently expected that when the bill was ) put upon its passage the majority for i it would be so small that it would go f to the Senate with a practical hanai- ■ cap upon it. But the Democrats of the .' Honsq stood the test nobly, and the i majority exceeded the most sanguine - estimates of its friends. j It will bo so in the Senate. Strong r efforts will no doubt lie madp to amend • the bill in many particulars. There is , little likelihood, however, that it wil t be radically changed. No Democratic s 'Senator will lend himself to the defeat j or emasculation of a measure which the countty recognizes as carrying out - with moderation and conservatism the > reform to which his party is pledged.— - New York World. > j Overdoing the Calnmlty Howl. > Last summer there was an unmistak- > able panic. At that time most of the t McKinley organs and most of the Mc--1 Kinley party in Congress admitted ■ that the panic was due to the silver > purchase legislation, and not at all to 5 any fear of tariff changes. They > joined the party supporters of the ad- ’ ministration in both houses in putting t! a stop to the silver purchases. They I joined Manufacturer Dolan in showing t1 that a panic which occurred four 1 I months after the incoming of the new ; administration and eight months after ’ I the triumph of the Democratic party • ! on a platform demanding a radical re- ■ duction of the tariff could not have • ; been caused by fear of that redaction. 1 Bfft now that the panic has ceased it t I suits the purpose of the McKinley par--5 tisans to attribute all the after effects ! —all the depression in industry and t trade, all suspension of work, all re--1 : ductions of wages—to a mortal fear of ■ ! the Wilson bill, which does not go half ’i so far as the platform demanded. And ; not only so. but for two months or 1 more they have been howling calamity 5 at the top of their voices and doing ■ everything in their power to create ’ another panic. Their organs have en- ' I couraged protected manufacturers and 1 mine owners to suspend work, or cut ’ down or threaten to cut down wages. ' | To a certain extent they have sucI ceeded in their malign efforts to create ’ panic and do all the mischief possible. 5 | But they are more than likely to disI ' cover very soon that they have over- ' • done the business. For weeks past > there has been industrial improve- ■ ! ment, and for last week Bradstreet's ' ■ recorded no less than forty resumptions ' | by industrial establishments against ‘ I only six suspensions. I I If the Democrats are reasonably ex- • I peditious about passing the Wilson ‘ bill substantially as it passed the ' House even the dullest will see in less ' than three months from now that the r croakers and prophets of evil are false prophets. They will see that there is r no harm but much good in a reduction 1 of the burdens of the people. They will see that this “protection” which ’ they have regarded with superstitious • reverence is a cheat and a fraud, do--1 ing harm always and good never. ' Then the calamity army will suffer 1 from the recoil of their overloaded • guns. They will find when it comes to • the Congres ional elections next No- ' vember that the stampede they are ' trying to create will be from their own ’ ' camp. Just a few months of actual ’ | experience under the Wilson bill will • I satisfy the people that it is worth‘a ’ i much longer trial, and the longer trial ’ will satisfy them that they have noth--1 ing to lose, but very much to gain, by ’ a still larger installment of commer--1 cial and industrial liberty. But the 1 Senate is reminded that to this end 1 what is now needed is “action; action." —Chicago Herald. , Protection Bluff. The Kansas City Times (Dem.) thinks , it is high time for the Republican poliL ticians and newspapers to show a little ; honesty on the tariff issue. “These , partisan advocates,” it says, “are now ; attempting by false pretences, by ad- ; vising sham lockouts and unnecessary • reductions in the wages of workingmen, by bluffing and bulldozing, by obi taining petitions from the dependent i employes of tariff barons, signed under > duress to make a manufactured show [ of public sentiment against a reduci tion in taxation! against relief from . crushing burdens! against relief from • exactions and robberies of trusts and . ' monopolies! It is altogether the most i i extraordinary exhibition of impudence • ! and insincerity ever displayed in the ■ direction of criticism of public affairs • in the history of this country.” Croker and the Income Tax. i Tammany, which is in politics for ■ revenue only, is hand and glove with • the great corporations and capitalists of New York. They serve it and it serves them. Through this offensive i and defensive alliance Richard Croker , has risen in a few years from a state of destitution to the possession of an ini come which would have to bear a considerable tax under the new revenue ■ law. It would not be particularly : pleasant to him to pay this tax, and 1 doubtless it would be still less pleasant to have to specify the amount and the sources of his income.—San Francisco Examiner. ( General Disaster Unaccounted For. • From England, France. Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece—in short, from the chief manufacturing and commer- • cial nations all over the globe, come reports of business depression and of , suffering ami distress among the peo- . pie. Will our protectionist friends who . so glibly ascribe every ill that has be- , fallen us to the fear of the Wilson bill tell us the cause of the suffering . abroad? We have been told by them that the Wilson bill was to benefit for- , eigne rs at the expense of our 6wn people. Then the result abroad ought to be an unprecedented boom. Please explain.—Oakland County Post. I ' The South Not to Be Fooled. Governor McKinley’s remark that the New South stands in particular need of protection at this time in order to develop its infant industries would | be more persuasive were it not for the fact that the same plea is made in behalf of the infant industries of New England, which are considerably older than Governor McKinley and are yet unable to stand alone according to the protectionists’ idea. With such impressive lessons , before them the Southerners will probably prefer a different brand of vap.—Boston Herald. ■MS' The Tariff In the Senate. Business cannot afford to wait while old, old arguments arc rehearsed anew. Do something.—Boston Globe. Let the battle for tariff reform be short, sharp and decisive in the Senate and the Democracy may thus rescue itself from the popular disapprobation it has so wantonly provoked.—Philadelphia Times. “The Democrats of the Senate have it in their power to make the Wilson bill a law before the Democratic year is out, and they should move energetically to secure that result,” says the Atlanta Constitution (Dem. ’. It is a melancholy but entirely rv tional reflection that professional pride will hardly allow the Senate to permit itself to be outdone by the House in the matter of voluminous oratory en the Wilson bill.—Washington Star.

Business DifectoFy THE DECATUR KATIOIAL BAH. CAPITAL. 160,000. SURPLUS. 111.500. Organized August 16, 1883. Officers:— P. W. Smith, Pres.. Daniel Weldy, Ffoe-pres.. R. 8. Peterson, Cashier, J. 8. Peterson, Ass't Cashier. Do a general banking business. In ter ent paid on time deposits. Buy and sell Domestic and Foreign Exchange, County and City Orders. Adams County^Bank Capital, Ber Was, n,MM. ' Organised la IKL Offlesre-D. atadabakss. President: BoM. B, Allison, Vioe-Pnsldrat; W. H, Niblick, Cashier. Do a gensral banking bnsiness. Oollentieas made tn aUparts ol the country. County. (Aty and Townehip Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange boagbt and eeld. Interest paid on time dopoeita. Paul G. Hooper, at Xxa-viF ■D.eolui, Zeilnea szn.i* xnwnr s makh, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, OffleotnOdd Peßows' Building, Decatur, Ind, "EIRANCS * MXRBTMAN. J. T. raABOn. JD g. t. Kuanos Attorneyn oat XsxbXHF, BBCATUB, INDIAN A. Offloe Noe. L > and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. A.«. lOLLOWAT, X*lxy *lolauxx db ■nrgoon OSoo ever Burns' harness shop, reddense one door north of M. 1. church. AU eaUg gromptly attended to la dtp or country night ■. In IOLWWAT, M. ». OSoo and residence one door north of M. * church. Diseases of vomaa and ehlUrea dalttes. Litl lelson, Veterinary Surgeoa, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cer. Decatur and Short streets. T a mCFTVNB, J. DBNIWT. Uli I V * 15/1 Hoe located over Holthouee'e shoo store, and Is prepared to do aU work pertaining to the dentalprofession. Gold filling a specialty. By the use of Mayo’s Vapor ho is enabled to extras* (Qpth wtthont pain. AU work warranted. MONEY TO LOAN On Item Pi epos u on Long nmm Lev Bate rd Internal IPohrtlgbl In any amounts one be made as any MawaaO ata* tataroes. GUI an, er eddroaa, X K. or JT. P. Odtoat Odd Poiiowr BuOdiag. Do mem. Erie Lines. Schedule In eflect Aug. 27. 1893. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAIIW WEST. No. 6, Vestibule Limited, daUy fori „ u Chicago f Z 4U M No. 8. Pacific Express, daUy for I ~m ■ u Chicago | 1 - 10 1 M No. 1. Express, dally for Chicago I, n -20A. M No. 31. Accommodation, dally, I , n .xK a m except Sunday M TRAINS east. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, dally for I ».oe p M New York and 805t0n......... f '• 0O « dally for New 3;a( p M No. 12. Express, dally for New u No. BU. Accommodation, daily ex-) In .~, A cept Sunday A. M Second No. 12—Leaving Decatur 1:30 a. m. dally. Solid train for Columbus, Ohio, via Marion and the Columbus. Hocking Valley and Tolddo Railway (Buekeyeßoue): Pullman sleepers to Columbus. Kenova, and Norfolk and other Virginia points via the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo and the Norfolk and Western Lines. J. W. DaLoxOv Agent. W.G.MaoEdwards,T. P. A.Huntington. Ind Tint Cteao Night aad Day Borvioo kofiUMM Toledo, Ohio, )AND( —-- St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS uy tbajmsmtokm EqiiiPHfiT mwawT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIQHT ■" ■— . gv-gfdu SEItV£D EM KO4JTE, sag tew, MT 0» MISHT, at wodsrate eost Art fir titkite ill Tiledi, St lull A him City Lt Clover Leaf Route. Frr further particulars, call en uaueote Agout at the Company, or addrew O. O. JENKINS, Oaaani raMeesw Agate TOLKQO,Ora&

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Merryman’S FACTORY You own get all kinda of Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, Brackets, Molding, Odd-Sized Sash and Doors. In fact all kind* of building ni terial either made or furnished «n ghort notice. «. B. 8080, B. T. BOBte 8080 * BON. ATTORNEYS Jh-T IxJLW. Baal Botaao aad CoUaoCiaa, Donates, ImL O.P. ■. ABDBJCWB, teloixaxx <*i ■BxLX*B*oxm . MONBOB. INDIANA. Office and redd once 2nd and trd docte wees gs M. B. church. 19* Prof. L H. Zeigler, YotirlMry Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orobh *1 tomy. Overotomy, Castrating, BMg Hng, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehor* Ing. and treating tbair diseases. OfiioeovorJ B. Stone’s hardware store, Decatur Is file—i ' 11 11 J. 8, Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M B> DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce’s Drug store. Decatur. Led LOOK HERE! I am hare to stay and can eoB Organs and Pianos BiHIW3H OH (IIIIHWIS SmsvmsmmMs BssMlmsstam MMMJ. tF. T. JMo Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trams run on Central Standard Time, 28minJ utes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Thursday, August 17,1858. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. T Cincinnati..lve 815 am 900 pm Richmond 3 30pm 11 00 .. 1150 Winchester.... 3 17 .. 17 55.. 1331 am Portland 4 04.. 1335 pm lt».. Decatur 510.. 131.. 145.. Ft.Wayne...arr 6 00.. 3 15.. 215 “ ’• ...Ive 2 35.. 2 25.. SOlfam KendallviUe. 341.. 319.. 910.. Rome City 356.. 332 .. 9.N.. WoleottviUe 401.. 3 37.. 931.. Valentine 411 9 42.. LaGrange 419.. 3 U . 951.. Lima 4 29 10 03 .. Sturgis 440 .. tl2 .. 1019.. Vicksburg 6 36.. «5< .. 11 U.. Kalamazoo.arr . 6 05.. 5M).. 1140 „ “ ..Ive 710 am 6 25.. 525.. 1230 pm I Gr. Rapids. Arr 910 .. 810.. 050.. 21u_. " “ ..Ive 10 50.. 720.. 415 .. D..G.H.AM.cr 11 05.. 7 35.. <».. Howard City 12 05am 845 .. 5 10.. Big Rapids 12 56.. 947 . 645.. Reeddty 1 26.. 1029.. 7M.. Cadillac.....arr 280 .. 1130.. 9 10.. “ ....Ive 240 .. 1135 Traverse City :25pm Kalkaska 4 01.. 120 Petoskey 5 45.. 300 MackioaoCity 7 05.. 420 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. I Mackinac City. 900 pm 740 am 150 pm Petoskey 10 80.. 9 15.. 300 J. Kalkaska 13 46am 1121.. 4 15 ftavorse City 1105 .. 4 M Cadillac....arr 220 am 100 pm 620 •’ ....Ive 230 .. 120.. 646 pm T9oam ReodClty 338 .. 235.. 750.. IK.. Big Rapids..... 408.. 80S.. 815.. ISA,. Howard City.. 500 .. 8 50.. 920 .. 10 88.. D„O.H.4M.cr 615 .. 5 00.. 1025 .. 1136.. Qr. Rapids .arr 639.. 515.. 1040.. iIM.. “ “ ..Ive 700 .. 100 . 1120.. 100 pm Kalamuoo.arr 850 .. 800.. 1256 am 840.. “ ..Ivo 855 .. 805 346 .. Stnrfia 10 19.. 926......... 506.. Uma 10 33 .. 940 6 IT.. DtOrange... .1044 .. 952 621.. Valentine 10 53.. 10 02 537.. WbicottvUle... 1104 .. 1014 647 .. Romo City 1109.. 1019 153.. Kendallville... 1125 .. 10 39 608.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 1150 7 16 .. “ “ j..lve 100.. 1210 am 5 46am Decatur 146.. 12 58.. 630 Portland 240.. 200.. 730 Winchester.... 317 .. 2 41.. 809 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 700 . 7 15.. 1301 pm .... • Trains 5 and C run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON, Agent, Decatur, Ind ■- 4 Scientific Amerlcu /jk Agency | Yh I TRADE MARKS, DBSICM PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, btoJ For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN * CO.. 861 Bhoaiiwat, NxW YOBK. Oldest bureau for securing patents In America. Every patent taken out by ui 1, brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the >neutific JAwrican Largest drenlatlon of any scientific pan* world. Splendidly llhietrated. No Intelligent Wien should be without It. Weekly, 53.00 • year: |LSO six months. Address MUNN k COw PUBUaxxBS, 361 Broadway. New York Cit>