Decatur Journal, Volume 4, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1883 — Page 8

THE KING’S DAUGHTERS. • BI SIABGABET VASDEGBHT. The King’s three little daughters, 'neath the i palace windows straying. Had tall n into earnest talk that put an end to playing. And the weary King smiled once again to hear what they were saying. ’ ‘lt is I Who love onr father beet!" the eldest daughter said; lam the oldest Princess!" and her pretty face grew red; “What is there none can do without? I love him more than bread !” Then said the second Princess, with her bright , blue eyes aflame, > “Than bread? A common thing like bread! ’ Thou hast not any shame! Glad am I it is I, not thou, called by onr moth- i er's name. “I love him with a better love than one so tame as thine— . More than—oh, what then shall I say that is both bright igid fine, .* And is not common? Yes, I know—l love him mute than wine!” Then the little youngest daughter, whose speech would sometimes halt/ — For her dreamy way of thinking, said, “You are both In fanlt, Ils I who lore our father best—l love him more than salt." Shrill little shrieks of laughter greeted her ; latest word. As the two joined hands, exclaiming, “But this is most absurd." And the King, no longer smiling, was grieved that he was heard. Fgr the little youngest daughter, with her eyes ' of steadfast gray, ' Could always mote his tenderness, and charm his rare away. “She grows more like her mother dead,’ he whispered, “day by day." “ But she is very little, and I will find no fault That, while her sietjis strive to see who most shall me exalt, She holds me nothing dearer than a common : thing like salt." The portly cook was standing in the courtyard by the spring; He winked and nodded to himself, That little ; quiet thing Know* more than both the others, as I will show the King.” That afternoon at dinner there was nothing fit to eat; 0 The King turned, frowning angrily,'from soup, and fish, and meat, And he found a cloying sweetness in the dishes that were sweet. “And yet," he muttered, musing, “ I cannot find tee fault. Not a thing hae tasted like itself but this honest cup of salt." Said the youngest Princess, shyly, “Dear father, they want salt.” A’nddcn look of tenderness shone on the King's dark face, JU he sat his little daughter In the dead Queen's i v vacant place; And he thought, “She has her mother’s heartaye, and her mother's grace. “Great love through smallest channels will find its surest way; It waits not state occasions, which may not oome, or may; It com oils nd it blesses, hour by hour, and day by day.” —Continent. Heleh Preston. - “Are there no underwriters for human hopes? Forthe most precious of interests is there no insurance?" I had been tempted all day, tempted by fate and the devil. All summer long I had been trying to clasp hands for a life journey with a man I did not love; a man noble of soul and born to the purple, who set up his high lineage against my poor gifts of beauty and song. He threw some love into the • calee, too, but I, God help me, had none to give in return. I had bartered crewhile my whole possessions for a few glances'of a dark eye, and my note had gone to protest. Could I—could I ? It kept following me about with fateful persistency, for to-night I was to give my answer to my high-born lover. I tried to look things in the face, to count the cost. • Money was a good thing; it insured one warmth in winter and deliciout coolness in summer, and prettiness and daintiness, and the entrance into good society. Yes, money was a good thing, and position and power, and houses and lands. So far good; but my soul hungered and thirsted for a love commensurate with my own, which this man, who offered me purple and gold, had it —'' not in his power to give, or, let me qualify that, had it not in his nature to give. The stars came out golden and soft; and the fragrant summer dusk crept around me where I sat inhaling the scent of the roses. Afiibition and love tore my heart by turn, and weariness, too, put in a poor pitiful plea, for I was so tired. It was a brilliant future that Reginald Dacre offered me, wherein toil and weariness could never come. I thought of the purple and fine linen; the luxurious rest;, the emoluments! Then my daily life passed in review before me—that of a companion to a haughty, fine lady, and a regular singer •a a fashionable church, among fashionable saints and sinners. I began to croon over the old satire: tn a church which Is garnished with mullion and gable. With altar and reredos, with gargoyle and groin. The penitents’ dresses are sealskin and sable, The odor of sanctity cau de cologne. But surely it Lucifer, Hying from hades, Could gaze at this crowd with its panlers and paints. He would b ly, looking round at the lords and the ladles. Oh. where I- AU Sinners It UiU’ls All Saiuu,? I had entered upon this life from an jinloved and unloving home, a home ■floled out to me by the tardy justice of a granduncle who had robbed me of my inheritance. I thought at first I might find the sangreal somewhere in this new country, which seemed so fair; but alas! I had not erven heard the swish -of wings. I thought of it all—the fervor and the fret; the petty jars; the misunderstand:ngs; the pain of incomprehension; the unguerdoned toil; the lagging hours; the awful pauses. This, or marriage; this, or marriage. It seemed written like a placard on earth and sky. It seemed bound like phylactery upon the brows of the people' as they passed to and fro; and soon the word marriage lost all its signiti- ' juice for me, as words do after oft repeating. Did it mean misery or happiness, bliss or woe ? This marriage that rung its changes through my brain—was It God-appointed ? Did it mean God’s bleuiag or His curse? You know I did not love this man who offered me rest from my lal>ors. He had not power to evoke one thrill at his call. But then love is only one reason why one should marry a man, There might be love and plenty of money, and yet one go hungry all one’s life. 1 have known such things. 1 had tried to make my life straight and fair. I had tried to keep cl* an hands and a pure heart; tr ed -God, who knows the se reta of all hearts, knows this—to fight despair. Long si sen < ays. Worn bared grass and sun-hlnc; long relir Btehta From which the silken sleeps were fre’ted orrt- ' Be witness for me. We see through shadows all onr Iff. long. We cojpe into this world with* ut our being given a choice as to our advent, and go out of it in the same iu..nner. We have not been consulted as to birth or death. More and more tic prayer of Epictetus haunts me. ‘Lead me, Zeus and Destinv, whithersoever I am appointed to go; I will follow wit!, out wavering; even though I turn cow- w ard and shrink, I shall have to follow all the same." Should I marry Mr. Dacre? Wa*- he a good parti ? As the world said. Toe good for me, as my lady elegantly phrased it. I had been born into the world amid fierce throes of mental angui-h Through the pain of her travail niv mothers heart was rent with the grva»er pain of my father's sudden death—drowsed ofl the Cornish coast, for I was bom at sea. She lived until I was If years old. a life of sorrow, and poverty and reounciatk*u. Then she died, jea'v

mg me to a compassionate world and my uncle. My life dragged on the clogged wheels. I was always al War With my surroundings. Though tdo proud tn express it, I had never realized my idea 'of womanhood, or in any Way grbwti up to my aspirations and dreains. If 1 had grown at all it had been through pain and repression—a fatal thing always for a warm-lrearted, earnest woman. My uncle, Edward Earl, had procured me the friendship (?) of the lady I in whose bouse I had passed a twelveI' month—Mrs. Lucien Granger, a distant : cousin of his own. I was an Unsalaried I governess or companion, out remote ! cousinship being always made available By my uncle. It was during my residence with that lady that my fate Came to me. A young nephew of Mrs. Granger’s came to the hall. He was an artist, young and handsome, and fresh from a four years’ sojourn in Rome. I need not worry you with the prolo me ok the epilogue es our love, for words are sfi poor to express the heart’s utterance. "D golden day! 0 tender, passionate nights I 0 princely heart, come back to mel Alan Leighton w|fl the last son of a high*born family, Md because of the blue blood—the united blood of all the Howards—flowing in his veins, Mrs. Granger interposed.her fiat against our love, dreading, doubtless, the plebeian admixture of mine. it is a pity that blood does not always tell. It was an inglorious triumph to me—yet still a triumph—to bare my white arms to the shoulder during our gala nights—to which my voice was always invited—contrasting their satiny smoothness and perfect contour with, the lean, brown appendages of Mrs. Granger folded over her aristocratic heart. But a cloud crept into the sky and its | shadow fell across our path. Alan was called suddenly by telegram to England, where his grand old father lay dying. We had but a moment for our farewells, for Allan’s heart was rent with sorrow, and I helped to expedite his departure. But one letter ever reached me. His father was dead, and he was Sir Alan now. My Puecious Helen: My father, whom I loved and respected above all men, died yeste: da?; I need not tel! you how desolate we fr ei and how the light seems to have died out of every nook and comer. My dear mother is ] rostrated with the blow which has taken away the lover of her youth, and 1 sba 1 not be able to return to you for some weeks. Announce our betrothal, dearest, to my aunt and uncle, which you know was my intention the very night I was called away. Be true to me, my darling Helen, as shall be true to you. Good night, dear

ove: I shall write'at length as soon as mother and I have matured our plans for her lonely future. Good-night, goolbnight! Mlav angels guard vou, and may the good 1 a her fold about you His everlasting arms! Your friend and lover, Alan Leighton; Two years had dragged their slow length about since that letter came, and I had never heard from Alan, though craving his presence as the prisoner craves the sunshine. I had written him once, and I had regretted even tliht. “He was soon to be wedded to an-Earl’s handsome daughter,” Mrs. Granger read aloud from an open letter in her hand; “in fact, it was an old affair, prior to his visit to the hall," etc., etc. How I regretted I had written, though the words had been few, merely asking him if he had been enabled to procure for me a certain book we had made mention of together, and the time was more than a year ngo when I had the right thus to address him. And now, another woman was to be his wife, and I must never think of the old days, or the old dreams, or look into his dark eyes, or feel his kisses upon my unkissed lips. Never! and I might live fifty years. And 0, the pity of it, out of all this world's million possibilities I —lithe chance of two —either to wed Reginald Dacre, a man old enough to be my father, or to be a companion to some' haughty woman. I had dec d*d upon accepting Mr. Dacre. The tiny note of barely two lines I had placed between the leaves of a book it was his n glitly custom to read. But Alan! but A'an! I bad thought him so true, so noble. I had called him “my prince,” “my king,” alone in the warm dusk under the stars. “I will not soil thy purple with my dnst,” lad whispered in my heart. “Nor breathe my poison on thy Venice glass.” * * * * I went down to the sea to listen to its sullen roar, hoar it tell its talc of human misery; of fair dead under its waves; of gold and jewel i lying on green beds of moss; of agonii s gone down, the wail of human misery their requiem. 1 tried to remember all this, so that mine might not seem such a great thing amid a world of sobbing and tears. It was a good thing to think of the sufferings of others, and try to ignore your own: a good | t'linpr- But my murevyt Alic misery of I the girl called Helen Preston! The girl was somewhat of a genius, ; the people said. She possessed the i girt of song and she was handsome, too, i men said. And she had two chances in ; the world, and if she had had money I enough to have utilized her gift of song I she might have had three. But she had smirched her soul, for all her beauty and gift i; had been false to herself, to God and humanity; false, i too, to Reginald Dacre, for she kept : her love for Alan locked in her heart. “I have sold my soul for houses and lauds,” she said, “and I,am wretched. Men culpa! Mea culpa!”' “I have soljmvself with open eyes,” she said, ‘knowinwlv, -with malice pre- ■ ;p<’iise. I have no one to blame. That i Alan forgot his vows did not make it right that I should forswear myself.” But the sea with its fuss and fret, made my heart ache, and the turbulent water seemed wooing me thitherward. The chimes of our quaint old church, playing an old song, caused a choke in my throat. I would go and invoke grand airs from the organ, and mayhap : I should forget the sea's roar. It was my wont to go there to practice, and I knew the service would not l« held for a half hour. The lights v ere turned down to a semi-darkness, and the old sexton, with whom I was a favorite, bad left the key in the door for me. The moon shone across the organ keys and across my face, and the trailing olds of my white dress looked almost ghastly in its light. 0, qua nt old church! O, quaint old chimes! Too soon I would be far away from yon, over the sea to my sailor’s lordly home, carrying with me a heavier heart than my years should warrant. Bet it was too Late to look back; and the fault was mine. I had ruined my own life, and must pay the price. Be-can-e I hadl*ein forbidden the desire of mine eyes. I hid sealed my fate. I had b. und my hands, and had intoned Ph* .be C try’s wa-'ling words: I have turned frem th?-rood rifts Thy bounty B-N-au-.- of th-- one which Thy wisdom denied I have lean-tsrei ran- exes—yea, mine own j " I hare nr-’■■ me a .'a knees when light was Now I •r- by the w.v-t >. O Lord, that I might . re **,y * x n.v si ’bt. ‘Peccavi,” I cried, and my bead sank i upon the organ and tears stained the i red roses at my throat. ‘Helen!’’ and my head was lifted gently and Alan Leighton's tender eves I met mi e. “Alan!” was all my astonishment could utter. ‘My girl, you have suffered.” he y ja’ ijati-d, in a tone of exquisite tendernee*. Helen, my first and only love, how we have teen wronged. I only 1 ’eemed an hour before I embarked that you were not the false woman you had

been painted to me. Mrs. Granger wrote file eighteen months ago that you liad'*married Mr. Dacre, and left with him foir Cuba.’ A subsSquent letter, without date ofc signature, inclosing the tiny jieiirl pin t had given you, left me no room for doubt. I left England forever, and I have been on the wing ever since, finding no rest for my heart on sea or shore. Helen, I suffered as few men suffer because of losing you, and because of your falseness. But I could not waste-my whole life be- ■ cause of a woman’s untruth, so I tied up the broken threads and tried not- to j look back. It was by chance I met Herman Sloftn, and in the midst of ' mutual confidences he asked me why I had never returned to America and to the beautiful Helen Preston, who had decline! all suitors, and was still unwed. Helen, I embarked that afternoon, and I am here, never to be parted from my darling. When wiH- we be married, sweet?” “Married! ?Alan,” and the drearv present recurring to me, I withdrew myself from his arms, and almost unconsciously my lips framed the words: I had died for this last year to know You had loved me. Who shall turn on fate? I care not if love come or so Now; though your love Sack mine for mate, It is too late, “Too late! Helen, my only love explain yoUr meaning for God’s sake.” Then camera broken disjointed tale of my sorrow and temptation when I heard of his handsome and highborn bride; of my weariness of the hall; of Mrs Granger; of myself, of Mr. Dactx ’s constant wooing, and at last of the little note only this night thrust between the leaves of his book, making Alan’s coming forever too late for myjiappiiiess. Rapid hoof-beats along the road, and my courtly love came in* Sight. “Saved! Alan,” and my words came thick and fast “Engage him i i conversation, Alan, regarding the hall, Mis. Granger, the weather, stocks, etc., etc. I will escape by the vestry door, fly to the hall, secure the note! and then, O, Alan!” “My darling, my bright darling I” but I broke from his clasp and sped away like a chamois to the hall. I did not heed that the roses fell from my throat, that a portion of my lace flounce graced a thornbush, or that my hair, unloosed from its fastenings, hung about my shoulders. I think if I had possessed a piece of paper I should have held it aloft and shouted “a reprieve! a reprieve !” Shall I try to tell of how I secured the note, and hid it in my bosom, of how I ran up stairs and peeped for cne moment into the mirror, twisting up my shining hair and trying to hush the loud beating of my heart, of how I rapidly traversed the path leading to the church, dodging behind an osage hedge to escape meeting Mr. Dapre, hurrying on as soon as I was free, to be folded close to Alan’s heart? “And you will net laugh at me, Alan?" “Laugh at you, my darling, and wherefore?” “Oh, for my mad flight, for the red roses scattered all along the road; for my unbounded joy at your return; for proposing to run and steal the note, and, and —things.” For answer came tender kisses pressed upon brow and lips, and closed eyes, and Mr. Lord Lovel (Mr. Dacre) rode forth from the castle gates alone. A Conl-Rit Romance. About twenty years ago a farmer retiding in Springfield township, Ohio, named Maxwell, visited a deserted coalbank in the neighborhood, attracted thither by sheer idle curiosity. He stood at the slope opening for a time, aud then started to walk down it, when at the entrance to this dark and gloomy place he saw a bucket. He picked it up, aud soon there came from it the s—ao. ..iia ouppressertener ot an intant. He carried it to the light, and then, after removing the wrappings, he saw a sweet little babe looking into his eyes as if it wanted to say: “Please take pity on me. lam a poor little outcast without a home. Won’t you, take me out and love and take care of me?” Mr. Maxwell was a j oung married man, with a large, generous heart, and having then no children of his own he took the little waif home With liilh, and he and Mrs. Maxwell took care of it and loved it as parents love their own children. The little foundling grew to lie a beautiful and accomplished young lady, and she repaid her foster parents with an abundance of affection aud tender devotion. Twenty years had conic and gone when one day a young man called at the house of the Maxwells anil declared that the babe found in the coal-bank was his sister, and that he had come from a pleasant home in lowa to see her, and, if possible, persuade her to return with him. Their mother had died a few months ago, and on her death-bed she told how she had hid the babe in the coal-bank, of Mr. Maxwell finding it, aud all about it, and made a dying request that the family should hunt the child up and claim her. The Maxwells were well pleased with the young man, and he remained with them several weeks. When he returned to his Western home he took his sister with him. He alsp took the promise of one of Mr. Maxwell’s daughters that she, too, would share his home and fortune ere long. This promise was kept.

Mexican Express Runners. All through the interior of the country, at almost every town and village, are to be found “runners,” usually Indians, whose business it is to carry small packages upon their shonlders from place to place. Knowing all the mountain paths and short cuts, and possessing a vast amount of'strength and staying power, these “runners make long journeys in a prodigiously-short time. To cite a case that illustrates both the custom of gift sending and the manner of sending gifts: One of my friends here in Monterey, being on his way home from the City of Mexico, stopjKtl for g night with his carriage, horses and servants at a hospitable rancho, where he was admirably well entertained. On the evening of the next day he came to a t >wn famous for its i elieions fish. and. as an acknowledgment of the hospitality tenden d hm, he sent a “runner" with a basket of fish to his host of the night before. The distance, allowing for short cuts, was forty miles across a mountainous country; yet the “runner" made it icsidec.f ten hours— leaving at 7 o'clock at night, and arriving at the rane'nb (as my friend Sul»se>4uently was informed) at's o’clock the next m ming. Taking into consideration the time lost between collection and shipment, and between receipt at the terminal point and actual delivery to consignee, the best-regulated expre-s comjmnyTn the world could not have made this shipment more expeditiously. Moreover, as these “runners" are absohrtclv trustworthy—there are cases on record of their dying in defense of their freight—the express facilities which they afford in a small way scarcely can be improved upon.—.Vow/crey Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin. Where WhirtHwg I' Punched. There is one place ia the world where a man can’t whs’le. A correspond nt writ's from Stuttgart, Germay: “Queer place this. A young f, 1!> w of my aejuaintanee was walking in the tewn the othe- day, having in his hard a cane with a whistle in the handle. Hi companions dared him to blow the whistle. Not liking to be dared, he blew a blast. He was immediately arrested and fined 15 marks."

® n O(TOR KNOTT IN THE TOiLS. t ; ballet! Oat 8f the Housb slid IRtervleWed / by ait Inquisitive Yankee. The rules about admission to tlio ■ Boor of the House'are very strict, and »i . conversation with a member can only : be had by an outsider by sending in a card through the doorkeeper, when the member emerges, hurries through the ' talk and goes in again. As members. ■ ( are usually pretty well occupied, it is expected that those interviews shall be, as brie? as possible? One day Mr. j Knott received the card of My. Watkins, of Vermont, whom he 'did know, lie went out, met a long/ lean man, with a solemn countenance, and this conversation followed: “Be you Mr. Knott, the funny man ?” “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Knott, promptly, i '*and I’m a great deal funnier than you’d suppose. The fact is, I don’t care to be as funny as I can be. I’ve already sacrificed the lives of several of my friends through a reckless exercise of my humorous powers, and I go about under a constant sense of self-re-straint.” “Be you from the Blue’ Gross region Or the Penny-rval?” “I’m from the Ponny-ryal.” Here Mr. Knott began to be a little uneasy. They were just beginning a roll-call in the House. Mr. Watkins shifted to his other foot and began again: “What kind of cattle do they have down in Kentucky?” “Well, we still have a very fine breed of the megatherium there. But the pleosaurus and icthyosanrus, I’m sorry to say, are rapidly dying out. It will be a great loss to the State, because they as e very tame and have been used a great deal for domestic purposjßv—A ( good many of the ladies make pets of them.” J * “Do you know Mary Anderson?" “Oh, very wgR/’ “Is she so purty ?” “Ravishingly beautiful.” Mr. Watkins paused a moment. Mr. Knott could hear the roll call traveling rapidly toward the K’s. “Did you e-ver see her play in ‘Romeo and Juliet?” “Oh, frequently.” >, “Do you think ‘Romeo and Juliet’is the best play Shukspeare ever wrote ?” “Well, now, my friend, you’ll have to excuse me from expressing an opinion on that point. You see, I’nycoming up for re-election, and feeling is running pietty high in my district now on that very question. About half of my constituents say that ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the best play Shakspeare ever wrote, and about half of them swear it isn’t. So you see if I should commit myself it would damage me ..very much in the campaign.” “Oh,” said Mr. Watkins. Then he pulled out of hie pocket a little Connyticut watch, about the size of a quar-ter-dollar, “Do they sell many of them down in Kentucky?” “Well. I’ve forgotten the price per peek,” said Mr. Knott; “they’re usually sold by the peck. They don’t often sell a bushel at a time.” Mr. Watkins was surprised, but he didn't go away. He only changed to the other foot. Meanwhile the reading clerk inside the hall had begun on the K’s. “Say, there’s another thing I wanted to see you about. I’ve hi ard that people down your way chew aud smoke during meeting. That ain’t so, is It?” Mr. Knott was angry at last. “No, sir, it’s an infamous falsehood. It’s true that the boys usually have a poker deck in their pockets, aud if the sermon is a little long they get down between the ; pews and have a little game and open a bottle of whisky. But the statement, sir, that'they chew tqbaceo 2 during church services is a miserable lie of the Yankee press." Mr. Watkins seemed Satisfied with this assurance. _He stood ‘‘Ji 11 V mpnt. “\\ell, I thought Id like to make your acquaintance, Mr. Knott,’’ and he w-.’iit away, and'the Kentucky member fled into the hall in time to be counted amo.ig,, the stragglers on the . roll-call. The Hen Business. A pen-and-ink wrestler has untied a book qnd let it loose upon the patient people, which book bears the title, “How to Make SSOO a Year Profit from Twelve Hens.” We tried this getting rich out of the hen business, last year, and while it looks nice and pretty in gilt letters on blue binding to save SSOO a year from twelve hens, eur experience was different. We secured, last spring, a collection of six lady hens and a male companion, and domiciled them i'y an. extensive lien pasture in the rear rifonr premises. We figured it out that with six eggs a day, and an occasional vacation which would be paid for in chickens, we would saop have money enough to go to Europe‘or run for office. Early in the season the brown Leghorn troops fought nobly, and we began to look arouiiK with the idea of getting a safe to put our egg money in. Just at this juncture corn stepped up to $1 a bushel, and our hens ceased laying and turned all their attention to their appetites.

During the interim one of our hens ' jiad succeeded in presenting to the world a dozen little brown balls, which imagination told us would make excellent chicken pies along in December. Imagination lied to us, however, for in less than four weeks every one of the little brown darlings had lieen referred 1 to the interior department of a confounded skunk, and there was seven weeks’ lost time to be charged up to that lien's profit and loss ac.eqnnt. M’e forluar telling of our midnight, ramble in the dewy mazes of our garden, clad in mod; sty and a night-shirt, with a revolver filled with 32-100 cartridges and a heart filled with animosity toward that skunk. We draw a curtain o’er that scene. When fall came, and after we had , I anight egg-rto feed ourselves and corn to food our hens for a while, we retired! from the hen business, and we have made np our minds that it takes some•'ling more than a book and a dozen hens to make ss'o a year. Os course i there are hen arti -ts who can play the gime-for all it is worth, and make it pay; but for a greenhorn to think that wenty-four hens are worth a cool . t housand a year to him is folly. If yon c mid make hens lay every day, and could bring chickens np on a bottle in some secluded spot where sknnks would n< t get at them, it would pay for :.<>.ie. sto establish hen dairies. As it i s however, we novices had better save our money from buying such books as the one described to buy eggs with, .nd let those who understand egg harvesting do the work. There is too much responsibility, too much getting up in the night to shoot sknnks, and t -o few eggs in the business to <sffer inducements to amateurs.— Marathon Independent. „ ° , Xo Animal « llrnnkard. Man is the only animat that degrades 1 h'bK-li. There are no drunkards, nq gluttons. on the eaith except among men. A> imals seldom overstep og < break the laws by xvh lesale.. The diseases from which animals suffer do not come from excesses. Man is at waa with himself everywhere and always.— Heuiu Hard Beecher. Whfx Th"lwall was on his trial for high trea-'in ire Wrote th*- following note dnr.ng the evidence for the prosecution, a:.*l s -nt it over to Erskine. his counsel: i “I am determined to ph ad my cause rnyeif" Erskine wrote lack: “If you do yen will be l.ar.ge.l.' To which ll.elwali replied Then 11l be hanged if I do."

1 — - The Crisis of Man’s Life. From the age of forty to that of sixty, I a man whojiippfillr regulates himself 1 may be''considered in the prime of life. J His mature strength Os constitution renders him almost impervious to the I highest attacks of disease, and all the functions are in order. Having gone, a year or two past sixty, however, he arrives at the critical period of his exist- I ence. The river of death flows before I him, and he remains at a stand-stilL I But athwart this river is a viaduct called the “Turn of Life,” which, if \ I turned in safetv, leads to “Old Age,' 1 around which the river winds, and the* flows without a doubt of Causeway, to I affect its passage. The bridge is $ however, constructed of fragile materials; J and it depends upon how it is trodden I whether it bend or break. Gout, apo- | plexy and other maladies are also in the ■ vicinity to waylay the traveler and thrust him from the pass; but let him r gird up his loins and provide himself j with perfect composure. To quote a s metaphor, the “Turn of Life” has a <■ turn either to a prolonged walk or into < the grave. The system and power hav- , ing utmost expansion, i now liegin either to close, like the J 1 flowers at sunset, or break down at {. once. One injudicious stimulant, a 1 i single fatal excitement, may force it I 2 beyond its strength, while a careful 1 supply of props and the withdrawal of : J all that tends to force a plant will sus- • t tain it in its beauty until night has | nearly set in. There are 10,000 Mormons who up- ’ hold polygamy in the Territory of Idaho i ( Chicago andjltlantic R’yl< . TIME-TABLE-EASTERN DIV. . Takes Effect Tuesday, May 1, 1883. ■ WESTWAKD. I EASTWABD. j WavYtiHunFiD Stations. N.V. ExjWay F’t 15. I Ex. 1. Ar. Lv.‘ 2. I is. j 5 45pm 6 15pm .Huntington.,ll 25am 6 OLsftu ( 525 i 5 55 ..Simpsons...ill 41 6 2') I , 505 541 ... Markle....;ll 56 645 434 '5 21 ....Union.... 12 l">pm 707 4 20 * 5 10 ..Kingsland..‘l2 27 7 30 4 00 4 58 ....Tocsin....iJ2 3» 7 45 |“ 3 48 4 47 .. Kirtland .Pl 249 7 57 340 440 ....Preble. ..*l2 56 807 - 3 20 4 23 ...Decatur../ 1 14 9 00 . , 2 30 4 WA ... ,Rivare....| 1 27 9 25 \ 2 10 4 00 . Greenwood. i 1 37 9 45 j I 48 Iv.Glenmore,. 1 48 10 10 1 135 349 : ar. Glen more.. I 15 3 37 . Enterprise..! 2 00 io 40 12 35 313 1.. Yorkville..'2 24 11 20. 12 ol 249 Iv.Spenc’ville 249 12 olpqi «. II 51am 242 lar.Snenc’ville ■ 11 35 228 ....Conant... 301 112 23 1 1115 219 ....Kemp..., 310 12 44 10 59 209 ..Shawnee... 3 21 12 58 ' 10 45 158 ar.. Lima.... 334 115 ( 10 00 1 47 ..Townsend.. 1 3 45 2 12 l 9 45 1 34 Westminster 358 2 34 928 124 ...Harrods... 409 300 ' 9 00 1 12 ... Preston... 4 19 3 25 ( 8 38 1 04 ....Scioto.... 4 28 3 36 828 12 57.. .. Oakland... 435 346 *“ 800 il2 3> ar.. .Kenton.. 455 415 i 1v... Kenton 455 722 .12 21 ...Dudley.... 511 518 | 710 112 13 ..Hepburn .. 520 535 645 ill 58Am ... Cl fton.... 535 603 16 23 ill 40 .. Espyvillc.. 548 620 Q . 614 jll 39- .... Hords....!; 555 630 6 00 11 30 .. Marion .... 6 05 6 45 — • J 1 ! 25 _ i ; Trains 15 and 18 stop at all stations and carry passengers. J. CONDIT SMITH, S. W. SNOW, Vice Pres, anti Gen. Mans. Gen. Pass. Agt. , CHICAGO. J. H. TINNEY, Sunt. IJ. Div., Huntington. TOLEDO, CINCiNNAfr&~SfTLOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln EUect Going West. Western Going East? | 7 | 5 Division. 6 I 8 I ... T. M. A. M. LV. Ar. P. M. P. M .... 830 455 Toledo 10 00 535 ...., .... 12 35 430 ....Delphos 9 10 130 ... .... 105 467 ....Venedocia. . 847 105 .... 1 15 5 08 ...Jonestown... 8 37 12 52 .... .... 126 521 Shasta 82712 40 .... .... 132 628 ...Enterprise... 82112 33 .... . 140 538 Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 645 ....Abanaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 153 560 ... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... .... 2056 05 ... .Willshire.... 76012 00 ....” .... 215 617 .Pleasant Mills. 74011 49 .... .... 235 638 ....Decatur.... 72211 30 ~..j 2 49 6 55 ....Peterson.... 7 07 11 13 .... Wk.. i w.. carry nnu ... •», u w .... .... 305 713 ....Crainville.... 65310 55 .... .... 321 732 ....Bluffton.... 63710 39 .... .... 339 762 .Liberty Centre. 62010 20 .... .... 349 804 ....Boehmer.... 60810 08 .... .... 363 808 ... .Buckeye.... 6 05110 05 .... I .... 407 823 Warren 553 951 .... , .... 432 853 ...Van Buren... 527 924 .... ... 440 9 (Si ...Landessville.. 6219 15 .... i .... 445 910 ....Hanfield.... 617 910 .... j .... 604: 930 ....Marion. 466 850 .... .... 622 943 ...Iloseburgh... 440 833 .... , .... 532 951 Herbst..... 429 829 .... .... 540 958 ... .Swazey's .... 423 823 .... ..., 56710 14 ..Sycamore..... 407 808 .... ’ .... 60710 22 ...Greentown... 3688 02 .... .... 53510 50 Kokomo 330 735 .... p. M. Ar. Lv A. 14. .... "Going West? ' F~Going East I 11 | 7 I S L 6 | 8 t 12 .... P.M.IA.M. Lv. Ar. P.M. A.M j .... 6 35h0 50 ....Kokomo .... 3120 735 .... .... 6 45'11 00 ...Tarkington.. 3'OH 725 .... .... 6 52'11 06 ...Middletons... 302 720 .... 65911 13 ...Russiaville... 252 713 .... .... 7 11'1125 Forest 240 703 .... A.M. 7 25 11 39 .Michigantown. 2 24 6 52 P. Ji. 6 15 7 45 12 00 ....Frankfort.. . 2 00 6 30 8 00 | Sil 658 .... Mi ...Clark's Hill 722 8 21 ..Veedersburg 6 55 9 45 ..Ridge Farm 4 30 10 15 Metcalf. 4 00 II 00 Oakland 3 15 1130 Maples 2 45 11 45 Charleston ».. 2 30 Lv. Ar T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent W. 8. MATTHIAS, Ass't Gen. Pass. Agent ;, . .

~ II IMT _ ~~T ~~T. I PARKER’S HAIR BAISAU. i j J TheTc*!, C’cnr.est nn<! < 9 most. to’nom.uu !ia:r. i 1 Dressing. J ; Novel fa-i-13 1 , U ‘ rt -’ ' 1 1 iz s; ‘ t t p ’ r ' l^‘,; ' l • ! Floresbu Csbe-.x | j • PARKER’S ■ sOMICj! ‘ 3 A Pure Family Uetichie that Never Intsxicatts. [ | 9 y-wi ; ‘ ,c a HFcbanis <w Gru-cr, worn out ' fii I I M orrrv ~‘i u or a mother ntu down by faintly or hou>c- • I [ u hoid diiuc-* try I’akkmkS Gisotu 1 ••«»<-. ■ 1 Ify«»«i are a lawyer. min: ter nr b •sii’cvs »:•- a er-i Yhaust*.*i t y mental Hraui <»r anxious cares <.» t : . J ti-e ints vicatinj stimulants, but ttsc Paaxkf: l 1 [ ( JGz.gi;: J.M.. i‘ I I ] Weott bnvc Dv<:»epMa. phen’tiattM Ki- '•'y I I W T'n:i .ry <.ornp:-<u:ts. or it you re tr«.i:j»’C»t v. 4 .-.: •* fl dnot’i* r n:;ne!::ags •.:<ir<6 ■>«»•.C' • :*> ' • ■ • ' • •1 ■ It von-re w»«t:i»'; w w«y ifx t age. <;»- • r?| ■ .-yvGL'-i.'COT ttu.-:!* s . ..•» i- ■•::.■ «t:;r.t. ts|V.aG k loMC.-t • it «i I n.« ’o::. : r ' I M ton t -it'ora t—: I’.: t • i :;t wi I ixver : :?uj.< :| I nlt hassavc*i buiiurc*.*<rf iac* it -'s y< u.»- • 1 li:- • >m.Ft 'V , « x-T Y i. s>. ?-r C ' ’• <tr «- »i*A wwa.. :> i» ..• -. H J giu.vt -'.’.vixG n-.!x'«; i-niL-.n r:7.r, * • • |l|| fY F" people are always on the lonkont fbr tA/ I I • I chance* to irerwse their earning*, ill/ I F" and in time become wealthy; thow 1 VVI (J I »h-»do not improve their «>p?jrtu. | I » ■ VX """dith* remain in poverty. Me.fhra great chance tn make money. Me want many men. ■ Esin. bur. and girU to work for u. right in their k f own locahtiea. Any one can do ‘be work fnxn the “ hr»t etart. Ibe bneinem "ill F»r m '7, tUn ‘ times (be ordinary wage*. outfit fumiabed ft«. So one whoetigM" Sobtv make m-wy rap1 idly. ¥■■« can dervle your wbob‘ time to the work, er only your .para moment*. »'ill inf miation and all th.t ■ needed Beat Ireo. Addreae oruteox «Co. t Fortland, Maine. ■> U lyr. .Vf«ry fitetrarl fact fair tier [ coDtttß* niinerti poison, 'in’ or »••»« 25ck * box at Drrvin *n I lloUitons- — t No. 2m3.

vnaCeA Parker’s Hair Balsam. 4a rifaa*. » I Ik Htir Ututr Fails to taMra t<W « FaM to M A ToaAfcl CeW. yx aad $« aies.

gntii»Wil, l WMfIL •I I j |j | PRINCIPAL* LINE: SHORTEST* QUICKEST and And line to St. Joseph, points In low^***^^*s^Atchi£-n, Topeka, DeniNebraska. Missouri, Dallas, Gab sa£, New Mexico, Arizona, tana and Texas. p z-a: t o a. o- o Route ha* no superior for Alben a, Minneapolis and St. Paul >auoniG!y reputed as ly conceded being the Great be the best equipped Kailroad in the World fur Lins all classes t f travel, KANSAS CITY All connections made la Union Depots. Through \ / Tickets via thiX^ 1 /\V/ “ d yOU WiU Eelebratcd Line traveling a luxury, instead the V 8. of a di "- 'Canada. comfort - S lnformatfoiny ZZOJS. Z\t*J</ribont Kates of\ri%6X - A A’/ Fare. Sleeping Cars, 'K < ' Yi< etc., ehrerfti'ly given by X 7 X T. J POTTER. PERCEVAL LOWELL, id Vice Pres't <t Gen'l Manager, Gen. Past. Agt . • Chicago, 111 Chicago. 111. GRAND RAPID? & INDIANA RAILWAY. In Eflteet October IS, 1883. COLUMBUS TIME. Gt itNG NtiltTll. ' No- I. i No. 3. ; _No. 5. No. 7. (Siu. HJfD lv: ..i. ‘s 15am ; 4‘piu KiPiiiiiond lv » o‘psu 11 10 ,10 to I Winchester 4 19 1214 pm 11 28 Ridgeville.... 4 ,12 ■ 8 It 49 } Portland .5( 8 Ith 12 l:‘»m Decatur... 613 210 125 ........ Fort Wayae.-. air 7 10 3 12 2 20 Fort Wayne lv: i 3 35 310 8 fem Kendallville..., I ,4 46 4 20 9 12 Sturgis . fi, ’ K 642 1103 Vicksburg 17 l-> «« W ®>m Kalamazoo ar: : < ■’<> 720 IbO Kalamazoo.... lv 8 05 7 40 2 23 Allegan I 9.90 350 Grand jtapids.f.... 'ar’........ 1010 950 425 tiralid.lts|,id<.....lv 713 am 10 20 5L> D.=tt M. Crossing.... iIS ' 110 37 535 Howard City. I |H7 ........ t2o6pm 053 Bigltaiiitls 110 II ......... 101 t 52 lieed City. 10 50 200 860 Cadillac arl2osi.iu 315 10 10 C'ai’.il!.:c .lv ....1... 3SO 1100 Traverse City ar 555 •;•••••• M.iilcelmia 6M 153 Bovne Falls 7 11 3 22 I'ctorke.v ~... 7 5(1 4 15 Harls.rSprings | 8 25 Mackinaw _.i...■... » ui) GOIXG~H)UTH. — Stations— •N . N'". I. No. 6. J«o. £ Jfa.iii.w lv ...... .. ~....7. ILiUzd' Springs i>loam < (W PetSskev....?. 7 20 ft>am Boyne Falls ‘ J J 52 Kalk.-ka *» 41 350 Traverse City ” 8 Cadillac ar H I* 5 v> Cadillac lv: I 00pm 12 (Bpm 6 10 lits d Citv I 613 1 1(> 710 i‘ijitapid5.....:..:.:....... r<»» i-™ »'9 Howard City . 047 246 917 D. St M. Crossing....! s (ks 411 10 37 Grand Kapitfs ar: .18 20 43, 10 55 Grand Kapltls lv: 7 t.Oani 5 00/ J*!?,!* 111 AUegan '■ ’"J J Kalamazoo ar: 900 ...... .. «|to 202 Kalamazoo lv, U 05 < la * ot Viekslmrg Il> ilo i 47 328 Sturgis .. 'lO 32 HMS 440 Kendallville Il 40 10 m 003 • Fort Wavne ar 1 «>pm H 21 7 15 Fort IVaviie lv, 120 : 6 I7am I. 1 30 am Decatur...............1 210 7 ot. :1 25 ........■ : I'ortlaii.l : tn 80s 2.31 ... ItWireville It 37 |8 31 ; e Willi lii slof ; S ..I :.. Itiilimoml 5 00 4 3a : Cincinnati I7 40 11 IQpni: i i No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mack--1 inaw City dally, except Saturday. All other trains d ilv except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 5 and 6 bo-: tween Cineinuati mid Grund Rapids, and sleep--1 big and chair cars on same trains between . n,-an.l 11-Ji.i.la Mil Pa»ouUi-y; also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 7 and 8 lietween Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET, Gen’l. Pass. Agenk_ jAasketSSVeJ aiM ''Plug ’trade W V MAR* ■ V IVr __ ¥ B BASKET PLUG TOBACCO Is the best combination of the CHOICEST LEAF, PUREST SWEETENING, DELICIOUS FLAVORING. It is uneouaUed, and is the : American CHEW

A TBIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU That the Old Favorite WIGWAM And the New Favorite Wide AwAke Are the best BMOKING TOBACCOS of the day. SPENCE BROS.» CO., Cincinnati HOW WATCHES ARE MADE. j In V Solid Gold Watch, asjdc from the necessary thickness for engraving and polishing, a large proportion of metal is needed only to stiffen and hold the engraved portions in place, and supply strength. The surplus gold is actually needless. In Jama Patent GM H aZcA Caea this 1 waste is saved, and solidity and strength increased by a simple process, at one-half the cost. A plate of solid gold is soldered on each side of a plate of hard nickel composition metal, and the three are then passed between polished steel rollers, prom this the cases, backs, centers, liezets cte., are cut and shaped by dies and formers. The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and engine turning. These ' eases have been worn perfectly smooth byuse without removing the jynld. Ri> m the anltj cate made wtda thie proeea. Earh ms? u accompanied itith a ralid guarantee •irjned l,y the manufacturer/ van-anting it to rear 20 yean. 150,000 of these Cases now carried in the I'nited States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 1354. Ask your Jeweler.

Floreston Cologne. A x*«w *<n> Paitrywa. F« »«••*» LA<r-T**. S*c.» »t Iw*’ trA ! M r axacwaav Guurs*»u<t»hevwtw«tic.Sira Giarer. Bm-ka. Saidnke. MUli.ria »nd Kxnw « the rex nassexet* bbg * a Aft c -luoed m-• Pakkbs s €- . GZt 1 >KX. »=txn eeixne oi swca ixh tx *«• V rase nt e Greatest B*_gg p-anher a- Cc-rru: .c ata tad Best JteaM asWnsctl Ru‘w Ew Uwi. Tt Dysrec’-a. Rfiesax.'-n, S'rrx- a. Seerv sad a- csseasescfuue ivesnea. bowei*.Largs L-ver, Urrarr <jrr*r*. xrd a2 Ferrjie 11 yea ire <ir -a away vtth CoesHKtNKa or ary 4BMBe.*setheTcrxt>cay. Itwxlsc-- yampyem. Tu* Tow- m V.e Be»t Faaiy Meocsae ewer nuce. aurwaenorin k-«eece» ’ c£ Gsnger aaa other Tocaca. « n I— sraars. aid c-ts Dnskcsaesa: Ary ccaxr m drags cia «vp?iT y* ird S: *«ea Nc=e • Anal wgtunse ci L>>ce Sathfo » krriM; tub Dollar Sob..

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS.' att q again xnad© a cliaxig© of base by adopting th.© CASH SYSTEM. ymrn and, after this dat© sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST selectisn in the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE COLLARS, FICHUES AND TIES, SILK HANDKERCHIFS from St to $2.50 a piece, LADIES’ FURS, In Setts and also Mutts and capes that we can sell separate. | hn eune~6Fshaw ls ■ In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Brochc. GENTS' KECK WEAR. We have something new in that line called a Lawn T< nnis, or Bicycle Tie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something 'beautiful for a Christmas Gift. I department"! fs'ccmplete, we are offering a fine line of Table Cloth’s and Napkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett each. Towels in great variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of GLASS-WARKr In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts. Fi-.’.it Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents to $1 each Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and decorated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. 1 n our ' - « CARPET DEPARTMENT, You can fintbsomething nice in the way of Ruggs, Matts and Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS- we defy competition, ranging 111 price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES Ct)Al'S, Uh STERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—now is your chance to make a bargain. Please call and see before you make your purchases as we J know that we can do you some good. 1 Niblick, Crawford & Sons.

Look Out and Don’t Forget THAT JOHN Welfley. s selling Groceries at less money than any other house and is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, SUGAR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. • ObTEES, SUGARS, TEAS. SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES, TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS, Sugars all grades; Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Tetias -Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Drind Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware, White Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce . TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Cmnc Everybody. You will find first class groceries fresh and cheap. JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court House. August 10, 'B2. No. 19 ts C. E. ALBERS & SON has open out in JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP \ fell and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stock <■ Fresh Goods, at j D; TOM PRICES an<l everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods Yo any part of the City: slivered Free.

rs h»» r«*epme** e* nnd <>•* 1)1 I I I t»W* ’cwca. tn rVy ntol"-"— I I UmXx I own Sown p trntftt It- 5- ri k. E-rytk'r. Cejiari »A twein*. WewC • r.Mb y.l enrytkiM *-■• sokxs *»•.«:.- Ladm make ee m<k m eiM co"; *’4 r h eak» rent vo Itemhr. if yot w»« sum. *t Wt ; ic* yea e*o make rant K» i’’ th. • m+. '< •. tc« partxulan W B Baum ■ c», Pwtkad, Maine.

m 7 n* ti; . Tv- caa w>rt ta emn Sen ar ffrn mr W. • -1 - -tM 1 raa <A* Mcam effl r twarty an wH<. *> a* aaa M So map IL.K: aUy. Aodnaa Tn. A Oa.