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A QUEER RACE. A STORY OF A STRANGE PEOPLE. BY WILLIAM WEST ALL.

QHAPTER I. —FOUL PLAT. The heat and burden of the day were over, and 1 had withdrawn to my own room to write my private letters and think over a few matters which required more consideration than 1 had yet been able to give them. My nerves were beginning to recover from the shock they had sustained by the loss of the “Niobe,”andthe cyclone at Colon; nevertheless, the outlook was still dark, the claims arising out of these two disasters being exceedingly heavy, and to meet them would tax our resources to the utmost. Another big loss and we should be “in Queer Street.” The cotnpeny would have to suspend payment and go into liquidation. The worst of it was that, as touching the “Xiotte,” I had rendered myself—in a moral sense—almost personally responsible. A brand-new ship. At at Lloyd’s, owned by a firm of repute, commanded by a captain of character, and bound only to Havana—a mere summer trip—the risk seemed as light as well could be. I felt myself quite justified in granting a voyage policy of ten thousand pounds on the body of the ship, and covering her cargo for the same amount (without particular average). In fact, 1 thought that I had done an excellent stroke of business, and when one of the directors, an over-cautious old curmudgeon, with whom I had never been able to get on, suggested the expediency of reinsuring to the extent of a third or a half, I was very much amused, and did not hesitate to tell him so. Now the laugh was on the other side— the scolding, rather, for at the last Hoard meeting I had got an awful wigging. All the directors—wondrously wise after the event, as directors are wont to be—could see how imprudently I had acted, and the very men who had chaffed old Slocum for his timidity were now the loudest in blaming my rashness. Even if the company weathered the storm, it was about even betting that I should lose my berth. As for the Colon affair, I was in no way blameworthy. Nobody can foresee a cyclone, and both actually and relatively we had been less severely hit than any of our competitors—quite hard enough, however, for onr limited capital. But the “Xiobe!” So far as I could learn she had not encountered so much as a gale of wind all the way out; yet sprung a leak, and went down in a calm sea off the coast of Cuba; all hands saved, all the cargo lost, except the master’s chronometer and sex-

tant!

“Queer—very queer! If the owners had been less honorable, and the captain less respectable, I should almost have suspected foul play. Yet even honorable people do strange things; while ns for ttie captain, did not some great authority say that every man has his price? I had reason to believe, too, that both ship and cargo were heavily overinsured, and it was being whispered on ’Change that Barnes & Brandyman would make a deuced good thing by the loss of the “Niobe.” But what could I do? The “Niobe” was not the flr-t ship which had foundered in fair weather; and to dispute the claim on grounds that might expose me to an action for slander, and lay the company under suspicion of seeking a pretext to evade payment, would be both foolish and fatal. Everything seemed to be in order; Barnes & Brandyman were an honorable firm, and that day week we must either “pay or burst.” Twenty thousand pounds! A pleasant lookout! and a nice row there would be when I asked the Board to pass the check! As likely as not old Slocum would insist on suspending payment at once: for we had contingent liabilities in the shape of unclosed risks which might exceed the whole of our uncalled capital. I had arrived at this point of my innsings, when there came a knock at the door, followed by Slocum, junior; a cheeky young rascal who, on the strength of being a volunteer and the son of a director, took liberties and gave himself airs. “VVell?”l said, tartly; for he had bounced in without waiting for an invitation. “There’s a man in the office wants to see you, and lie refuses either to give his name or state his business; only he says it is very pressing and particular—the business, I mean, not the name.” “What sort of man is he?” “Seafaring; an Ancient Mariner sort of chap.” “A skipper?” “Looks like an A. B., boatswain, coxswain, or cook, or something of that sort.” “Oh, I cannot be bother'd with ablebodied seamen at this time of day. It is nearly five o'clock, and 1 have all my letters to write. He must state his business —or stay, he can see me to-morrow morning at ten o’clock.” “All right. I’ll tell him. But he’s a stunl'l-looklng old beggar; 1 don’t think he will go away.” In two minutes Slocum, junior, was back again; came in this time without even so much as knocking. "The Ancient Mariner resolutely and not very respectfully refuses either to state his business or call to-morrow,” said the young fellow jauntily. “Does not care so d d much whether yon see him or not, out it wiiibetoyoui uAnlossIf you don’t.” I felt very much disposed tosend the Ancient Mariner to the deuce, Vmt curiosity getting the better of dignity, 1 told Slocum to show him in. “I thought that would fetch him!” muttered the young jackanapes, as lie went out to execute my commission, which lie did by going to the door and shouting, "Come In!” The “Ancient Mariner sort of a chap” came in accordingly. Though evidently of the seafaring profession, there was very little of the conventional sailor about him. He had neither hair on his face nor a quid in his cheek: neither shivered his timbers nor hitched up his trousers. His manner was quiet and self-possessed, and his voice low Ole had certainly not used the coarse expression attributed to him by Slocum); and albeit slightly grizzled, he did not look much nlnive forty. The man had, moreover, a genial, good-humored countenance, the high color of which showed that he had lately voyaged in low latitudes, and his clear, wide-open blue eyes bespoke both honesty and courage. Slocum, junior, lingered about the door as if he wanted to take part In the conversation. “You may go, Mr. Slocum,” I said, severely; and muttering sometliiug which I did not catch, he went. “That is right,” said the Ancient Mariner; “my business is very private, and”— glancing round—“I hope there’s no possibility of anybody listening?” “None. The door is thick, and fits close.

and my desk is a long way from it. Besides. nobody could listen without being seen by all the clerks in the outer olllce. What can 1 do for you? Won’t you sit down?" “Thank you kindly. I don’t know as you can do much for me; but may be I can do something for you. You are Mr. Sidney Erie, underwriter of the Oriental and Occidental Marine Insurance Company, are you not*” “I am. And you?” “Thomas Bolsover, able-bodied seaman, late a quarter-master aboard the ‘Niobe.’ ” “Ah!” “You underwrote the ‘Niobe,’didn’t you, for a biggish figure?” “I am sorry to say we did." “And I am very sorry. But this must not go any further, Mr. Erie. I am only a common seafaring man, late a quarter, master aboard the 'Niobe,' and I don't want to get myself into no trouble.” “I understand, Mr. Bolsover: and you may be sure that I shall do nothing to compromise you. What passes here will go no further without your permission.” “Well, I was going to say as 1 am sorry to say that the ‘Niobe’ did not get fair play.” "You mean that she got foul play”” *'l do.” “1 feared as much. But is it merely a case of suspicion, or do you know something?" “I know something. Leastways, if seeing is knowing, I do; but I cannot say as anybody told me anything.” “Seeing is better than hearing in a matter of this sort. Wnat did you see?” “Well, we had a fine run across, made good weather all the way out, and after touching at St. Thomas', the course was shaped for Cuba. Later on It blew three parts of a gale of wind, but nothing at all to hurt; everything was made snug, and it was over in a few hours. Well, the morning after, I was going below after my spell at the wheel In the second night-watch, when who should I see coming up out of the hold but the captain, with an auger In one hand and a lantern in the other. I said nothing, of course, and though when he saw as I’d seen him he looked a hit flustered, and slunk away to his cabin, I did not think much of it—just then. But when the bo'sun told me next day ns we had sprung a leak, I began to put two and two together. Because the ship didn’t ought to have sprung a leak; she had done nothing to make her spring a leak. But it was not for me to say anything, and I held my tongue.” “But you kept your-weather eye open, 1 suppose?” “I tried. Well, she sprung a leak—leastways, they said she did—and the leak gained on us. The carpenter, he could do no good; so the pumps was rigged, and we pumped and pumped for nigh on a week, but the more we pumped the more water she seemed to make, and at last she got so low down that the captain said that having done our duty by the ship, we must now look to ourselves. So the boats were got out, and the captain, who was the last to leave the deck, came into the dingey and ordered the others to shove < IT They were on the starboard side, we on the port. He had hardly given the order when she gave a list to starboard that nearly bared tier heel, lay for a moment on her beam-ends, and then went bodily down. As she heeled over I saw a sight 1 shall never forget— four big holes in her hull, every one of ’em spouting water.” "Who was In the dingey besides yourself?” “The captain, the carpenter, and another A. H.” “Did nobody else see the holes?” “No. All the other lionts was lying off on the starboard side of her.” "After that you went away?” “Yes; we were not more than fifty miles from the coast of Cuba, and we made land before morning.” “Who do you suppose were the captain’s confc lerates? I mean who, besides himself, do yon think was concerned in this vile plot to sink the ship?” “The carpenter and the first officer.” “And the other sailor who was in the dingey with you—what has become of him?” “Alec Tobin? Where he is just now I cannot say; but he shipped at Cuba aboard a homeward bound ship.” “Well, Mr. Bolsover, I am very much obliged for this information; it is very important. I said I would keep your secret, but I think I shall have to mention the matter to our directors. The information would be of no use to me else. However, that need not trouble you. You shall ha protected, whatever comes.” "That is all I want, sir.” “And rewarded. In the meantime, take this”—offering him a sovereign. “Not for me, thank you, sir. If I was to take m mey far my In formation it wouldn’t look rigid. You have only my word for this ’ere, and a man shouldn’t take pay for telling the truth.” “You are an honest fellow, Bolsover—as honest n« y -u look If you won’t nocept money, I must try to show my gratitude in some other way. It was very good of you to come to me. How did you happen to know my name, might ! Ilsk ,, " "Oh, I have seen you afore, sir. You may be remember breakfasting with Captain IVytou aboard the ‘Diana’ one morning when she lay in the lluskisson Dock?" “I remember It very well.” “Well, I was one of his crew, and heard him speak of you afterward, and say as you knew ‘Lloyd’s Register’ off by heart; and I heard Captain Deep, of the 'Niobe,' tell the first (Ulcer one day as the ship was insured in the Oriental ami Occidental, »u it seemed sort of natural as I should come to you.” “I am glad you dill Yes, I know Cap tain IVyton very well. A man of the rigid sort, he is.” "And a first-rate sailor. He knows hi? business, be does. You were saying just now as you would like to do something for me. Well. 1 should like nolhing better than to sail with him again: and if you would speak to him, he’d may be give me a bertli as bo’oiin or quarter-muster. 1 know a bo'.suu's duty as well us any man, sir.” ‘Til do that with pleasure, B d.xover, ns soon ns Captain IVyton cmn.-s home; and that won’t be long, I think. The ‘Diana’ is sixty days out from Montevideo, and is pretty sure to be here by the end of the month. You had better leave me your address, and then I can communicate with you about that or the other matter.” I handed him a pen, and lie putdownhls address in a sprawling but sufficiently legible hand. As he bent his arm, his coat-sleeve (which was none of the longest) ran up a little, and bared bin wrist, showing a strange device in blue Ink; a ship in full sail, above which was tattooed a name, “Santa Anna,” and below, a date, “1714.” I should have liked to ask what it all meant, but as time was going on, and my letters were still to write, I refrained, little thinking how much the device portended "or how strangely the mystery which lay

liehind it was destined to affect my for-

. tunes.

Then we shook hands, and Bolsover went away and left me to my thoughts. CHAPTER II.—MR. BRANDYMAN. I was right, then; there had been foul play. Captain Deep had committed the crime of barratry, with the connivance, and doubtless at the instance, of the ship's owner’s, Messrs. Barnes & Brnndymnn. There are a good many respectable people who would do Vven worse if they could make twenty thousand pounds thereby, this being the amount which Messrs. Barnes «.v Brandyman’s treachery was likely to bring them; for, as 1 have already observed, they had insured the "Niobe” and her cargo largely elsewhere; and to give the firm their due, they did not do things by halves. They were not the sort of people to commit a felony and run a.serious risk for an old song. But tlie question that most concerned me was my own course of action. What should I do? It was obvious that I could not bring a charge of barratry against so intensely respectable a firm as Barnes (Sc Bruudyinan without the most convincing proofs. But the only proof I could adduce was Bolsover's statement, and ns he was sure to be flatly contradicted by the captain, the mate, and the carpenter, that would not avail me much, even though I should find and produce Alec Tobin, the other sailor who had seen the holes in the “Niobo’s” hull. Moreover, no insurance company, above all a company so weak and young as ours, would venture, save on the very strongest grounds, openly to dispute a claim and tight so strong a firm ns Barnes & Brandyman; for failure would not only involve discredit, but increase the original loss by the cost of an expensive lawsuit. All the same, I was determined not to let these people reap the reward << their villainy if 1 could possibly help it, and after a long cogitation I decided on a plan of campaign which I proceeded to put into execution at the next Board meeting. When the “Niobe” claim came up for discussion, I quietly observed, to the great amaz>mant of the directors, that I did not think Barnes & Brandyman would insist on its payment. Of course I was overwhelmed by an avalanche of questions, to which 1 answered that for the moment I must keep my own counsel, but that at the next meeting they should know everything, assuring them that in the meantime they might trust me to neither compromise the company’s refutation nor involve it in any further liability. With this they were content,probably because they guessed that I had found something out, and were ready to grasp at any chance, however remote, of keeping the concern on its legs. I am a pretty good draughtsman, and when I went home in the evening I drew a little sketch, which I made as graphic and as life-like as I could. It represented the hold of a ship, a man boring holes with a big augur, another man behind him holding a lantern; and, hovering above both, a grinning devil, in his hand a well-filled bag, on which was inscribed “£20,000.” Ttie fie t mail was Captain Deep, the second Mr. Brandyman, and both, I flatter myself, were rather striking portraits. The next morning I called at Barnes eg Brandyman’s office and asked to see Mr. Bruudyinan; for though not the head of the firm, he was its gui ling spirit and presiding genius. A pleasant spoken, portly, fresh-complexioned, middle-age 1 gentleman, it seemed the most natural thing in the worl 1 that he should wear mutton-chop whiskers and a white waistcoat, sport a big bunch of seals, la? an important man in the town, and a shining light at the Uodney Street Cuapel (as 1 understand be was). ^ v __ He gave me a cordial greeting, and after inquiring, with much seeming interest, as to my own health and that of my mother, he asked how the Oriental and Occidental was getting on. “As well as can be expected for a new company,” I answered, cautiously and vaguely. "You find the ‘Niobe’papers all inorder, I hope?” “Oh, yes; the prtpers”—emphasis on “papers”—“appear lo be quite in order.” “That is all right, then. When shall we send round for our check? It is a large amount to be out of. Walkers settled yesterday, and the other companies will settle to-day, I believe. All the same, there is no hurry, and if it would be more couvenient next week—” "You can send round for the check whenever you like, Mr. Brandyman, but,"—here I paused a moment—“I am by no means sure that you will get it.” "What for, I should like to know?”—fir-

ing up.

“Look nt this, and you will see what fori” And with that I whipped out the sketch and laid it before him. He looked at it curiously, but when its meaning dawned on his mind (as it did very quickly) his countenance changed as if tie had seen a Gorgon’s head. His high color gave place to a death-like pallor, the paper dr ipped from his trembling hand, and there was a hoarse gurgle inhisthrout which made me fear that he >.mis gntng to have a fit. 'You stun f.;!nt, Mr. Brandyman; bDithis, and you will feel better,” I said, filling a tumbler of water from a carafe that stood on the table. “Thank you!" he gasped. “’Tisa sudden faintness. It must be the heat of the room, l think. A—a curious sketch this! Where—where did you get it?” “I drew it. Mr. Brandyman—from information l received," “Heallyl"—looking at it, again; "1 did not think you were so clever, Mr Erie, and—and—what can I do for you, Mr. Erie?” “Nothing at all. Only, with your permission, I should just like to give you a

hint.”

“Of course—certainly—I am sure—ves— what is it?” returned Mr. Brandyman, a little incoherently. "Well, If I were you, 1 would not send round for that check. We are a young company, and don't want litigation; but—” "I will think about it, Mr. Erie. I will speak to my partner, and think about it. And this sketch—you can perhaps leave it with me. I should not like—I mean I should like to keep it, if you will let mo. It is so very curious.” “By all means. Keep it as amementoof our interview, Mr. Brandyman—and of the ‘Niobe.’” And then I bade him goo 1-byc, and returned to the office In the full assurance that the twenty thousand pound check would never lie sent for. True, I had no evidence of the barratry worth mentioning —from a legal point of view—but conscience makes cowards of us nil. Mr. Brandyman ganged our knowledge of the

done, and I received many compliments on my smartness. 1 had saved the Oriental and Occidental from serious danger, and given it a new chance of life; which is another way of saying that 1 had saved the directors a good deal of money, for as all were shareholders, the failure of the company would have brought them both loss and discredit. A few days later Tom Bolsover called at the office to tell me (what I knew already) that the “Dinna” had arrived in the Mersey and to remind me of my promise. This was quite a work of supererogation on his part. 1 was not likely to forget either his services or my promise, and I renewed my offer of a handsome reward; but lie would accept nothing more valuable than a pound of cavendish tobacco and a box of Havana cigars. Shortly afterward 1 saw Captain Peyton and aske 1 him, as a favor to me, to grant Bolsover’s request if he possibly could. “Well,” he said, smiling, “I’ll do my best. Crazy Tom is a thorough seaman; and, yes—I dare say 1 can.” “Crazy Tom!” 1 exclaimed, in surprise. “Why crazy? I never met a saner man in

my life.”

"Oh, he is sane enough except on one point, and what is more, he’s honest. A good many folks call him ‘Honest Tom.’ It was only on my ship they called him crazy. I expect that is why he left me; and he may be thinks that If I make him boatswain he will escape being chaffed.” "But why on eartli did your people call the poor fellow crazy, and what did they

chuff him about?”

“W ell, he lias a fad; tells a yarn about a lost galleon, with a lot of treasure on board, and not only swears it Is true, but believi f the galleon is still afloat, and that one day

or another he’ll find her.”

“And why shouldn't she be still afloat?” "Well, seeing that, from his account, It’s more than a cent ury since siie disappeared, it is not very likely, I think! The idea is perfectly ridiculous and absurd—crazy, in fact,” said Captain Peyton, who was a bluff, matter-of-fact north-countryman. "But all this is second-hand. Tom never spoke to me about it in his life, and lie has been so unmercifully chaffed that I fancy he does not like to speak about it. I dare say, though, he would tell you the yarn if you have atty curiosity on the subject.” "Well, I rather think I should like to hear the story of the lost galleon: for if not true, it is pretty sure to be interesting, and that's the main point in a story, after all. Sr non c vero, c ben trovato, you

know.”

However, I did not hear Tom’s yarn Just then, nor until several tilings had happened which I little expected. Captain Peyton got fresh snilingorders soonerthan he anticipated, and made Bolsover happy by engaging him as boatswain; and the latter was so much occupied that he had barely time to call and say “good-bye” the day before the "Diana” was towed out to sea. I did not see him again for several months, in circumstances which I shall presently relate. CHAPTER III.—NIL DKSPEP.AYDPM. And now I think it is tlmj I told how it came to pass that, at an age when most young men of my years have only just left college or begun business, I was a professional underwriter, and virtually the manager of the Oriental and Occidental Insurance Company. My father was a merchant, and for many years a partner in the house of Waterhouse, Watkins, Erie & Co., who traded principally with the West Indies and South America, though being* very catholic in their commercial Ideas, they would have shipped coals to Newca.-tle, or warmingpans to Madagascar, if they had been sure about their reimbursement, and could have seen a trilling profit on the venture. My father, who was the traveling member of the firm, went about a good deal “drumming’' f ir fresh business, and atone period of his life spent several years at Maracaibo, in Venezuela—a fact which accounts for my having l>een born there. Now. anybody who goes to Maracaibo as surely gets a touch of yellow fever ns anybody who stays a winter in Loudon gets a taste of yellow fog. It is a matter of course, and new-comers make their arrangements accordingly. My parents underwent ttie ordeal the year before I came into the world, which circumstance was supposed to confer on me a complete immunity from this terrible pest of the tropics. I was acclimatized by t lie mere fact of my birth. 1 cannot say that I esteemed the privilege very highly, for I liad not the most remote intention of returning to Maracaibo, which from all accounts is a pestiferous, mosqui-to-haunted pandemonium. My poor father used to say that whatever else lie might leave me, he should at least leave me free from all fear of Yellow Jack. As it turned out, he left me little else. After his return from foreign climes he settled down in Liverpool, took a big house in Abercrombie Square, entertained largely, and lived expensively. When I was about sixteen, and a pupil at Uppingham School, my father (who had been a free liver) died suddenly of apoplexy, and an Investigation of his affairs resulted in the painful discovery that, after payment of his liabilities, the residue of ins estate would only provide my mother and myself with an income of something less than two hundred a year. So we had to give up our tine house in Abercrombie Square and go into lodgings, and I left Uppingham and began to earn my own living—literally, for after I was seventeen 1 did not cost my taoi her a iienn.. The calling T hulk up was not of my own choosing. Had my father lived a little louger, or ieii us better oil, I should have gone Into the army. I did subsequently join the volunteers, and after serving for awhile In the artillery, became first lieutenant and then captain In a rill»regiment. In the circumstances, however, I was glad to accept the offer of Mr. Comble, of the firm of Combie, Nelson & Co., ship and insurance brokers, to take me into his office and push me forward, “if 1 allowed myself smart as he was sure I would. I justified his confidence, and he kepthis word. Although I would much rather have been a soldier, I had sense enough to give my mind to the insurance business, and in a comparatively short time I became familiar with nil the intricacies of general average and particular average, the draughting of policies, and the rest; and if I did not, as Captain Peyton had told Tom Bolsover, know ‘Lloyd’s Hegis[to nr. CONTINUED.] Economy and Strength. Valueabie vegetable remedies are used in the preparation of Hood's Haraaparilla in

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Jluehleu's Arnica Sal re. Thebest salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Albert Allen. Iy51 The common horse fly has 18,000 facets on its eyes. Home Seekers’ Excursions to the South. June and July 5, Aug. 7, Sept, t, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 ami Dec. 1 the Monon Route will sell tickets at one fare for the round triy to all points in Kentucky south of Louisville and Lexington . Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida. North Carolina. South Carolina and Virginia; also to New Orleans. Tickets good returning twenty days from date of sale. Stop-overs allowed south of Ohio River. J. A. Michael, Agt. Mount Sinai, in Arabia, is 6,511 feet in height.

Sped m rn Ca ses m S. H. Clifferd, New Cassel, Wis., was troubles with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell a vn V , and he wns terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111., had a running sore on his leg of eight years’ standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters ami seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salva, a id his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O., had live large Fever sores on his leg. doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bncklen’s Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at Albert Allen's Drugstore.

ItAlLlTA r TIME-TABLE' BIG FOUR. EAST. fNo. 2, Ind’p’lis Accommodation.. . 8:42 a. m. * “ 18, 8. W. Limited.... .1:52 p.m. 8, Mail... 4:58 p. m. “ 10, Night Express 2:39a.m. W EST. * No, 9, Mail 8:42 a. m. “ w, H. w. Limited 12:49 p. m. 1 “ 3, Terre Haute Accomodation. 7:05 p. m. ^ “ 7, Night Express 12:30a.m. Daily. ( Daily except Sunday. BNo. 10 is solid vestibuled train Cincinnati with sleepers for New York via Cleveland and connects through to Columbus, O. No. 2 connects through to New Y'ork, Boston nnd Benton Harbor, Mich. No. 18 is solid train to Buffalo with sleeper for New York via N. Y. C. It. It., and sleeper for Washington, D.C. via C. A: li. R R.. connection for Columbus, O. No. 8 connects through to Wabash and Union City: No. 7. 9 and 17 with diverging lines at Ht. Louis Union Depot. F. P. HUE8TIS, Agt.

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Going North—IdO a. m., 12:05 p. m.; local, 12:05 p. m. Going South—1:20 a. ni.,;2:22 p. m.j local, 1:45 p. m. J. A. MICHAEL, Agent. , VAN DALI A LINE. In effect Not. 5, 1893. Iranis leave Greencastie, Ind., kOB THE WEST. No. 21, Daily 1:52 p. in., for St. Louis. “ 1, Daily 12:58p.m., •• “ “ 7, Daily 12:25 a.m., “ “ “ 5, Ex. Sun 8:56 a. m., “ •• “ 8. Kx. Sun... . 5:28 p.m., “ Terre Haute. I rains leave Terre Haute, No. 75, Ex. Sun 7:05 a. in., “ Peoria. " 77, Ex. Sun . 3:26 p.m., “ Decatur. FOB THE EAST. No. 20, Daily 1:52 p. m., for Indianapolis. “ 8, Daily 3:35 p in., “ “ «, Daily 8:52aim., “ “ “ 12, Daily 2:23 a.m., “ •* “ 2, Ex. Sun 6:20 p.m., “ *• “ 4, Ex. Sun 8:34 a.m., “ <• For complete Time Card, giving all trains and stat ions, au-J for full information us to rates, through cars, etc., address J S. DOWLING, Agent, OrecuCAStlO, led. Or J. M. CiiKsnnocr.H, Asst. linn. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.

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Bridge Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of County ( omnilssloners of Putnam County, Indian »viP roopive proposal* the County Auditor :* office in Greencastle, ind., THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH

DAY OF JUNE, 1804.

Up till 2:00 o'clock p. m. for the furnishing of all materials and the construction and erection ot two wrought iron highway bridges as follows: 3 One at the Mouth of Little Walnut, bridge to be of one span li» ft. long center to center of end pins ; 16 ft roadway; high truss; and proportioned to carry ICO pounds per sq. foot Safety 1 ,>i*ine ‘.v. ^orYtie « br/dge^ids will be received for u» iron substructure consisting of tubular boiler-iron columns 48 inches in diameter in clear. Iron to be 1 , inch thick and colums to be filled w ith con-

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The other bridge to he built across Rnmo Creek, on the Carpentersville nnd Fincaatle tree Gravel Road, and to be ot one span of 64 feet center to center of end pins ; 16 foot roadway, ‘‘Bony” truss, and proportioned to carry 1660 pounds per lineal fool. Factor of Safety ol flve 15.. The center line of bridge to make an angle of til) degrees to left to the center line of abutments. Parties tendering bids must furnish a clearly made-out si ruin sheet ot’their designs witn the data on which it was computed, and’ showing also the areas of material proposed to bp given to each part. At the lame time and place the Board will receiTj mus tor the stone substructure tor both the above bridges. The work to consist of good rustic ashler masonry. I be whole work to he done in accordance to plans and ipeciflcations on tile in the Auditor's office. The right to reject any and all bids is re served. JOHN S. NEWGKNT, JOHN D. HART, H AMU El. E. FARMER, Board of Commission,, rs.