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A STORY OF A STRANGE PEOPLE.

BY WILLIAM WESTALL.

“Whatever we take we shall give yon full value for, either iu gold or pearls,” said Mr. Field. T.is wits satisfactory, so far as it went; and it was interesting to know that the piebalds possessed gold and pearls; but how I could turn them to account in that outlandish place, or how 1 should get back to Liverpool, did not seem quite clear. Nevertheless, 1 thanked Mr. Field warmly for his obliging assurance, and added that l should leave the matter entirely in hU hards (again making a virtue of necessity). “It is not In my hands,” he observed, gravely; “I speak only as an individual member of the council; yet 1 have no doubt that my colleagues and Queen Mab will gladly profit by the opportunity which you so kindly place at their disposal. And now, my dear sir, if it be quite agreeable to you, we will get into the boat and shape our course for Fairhaven.” Desiring nothing better, I answered promptly in the affirmative. My appetite was whetted with what I had seen and heard, and I was eager to know more of the queer race to whose remote home 1 had drifted. CHAPTER XV.—FAIR ISLAND. Tom and I went down the side by a rope ladder, taking with us, at Mr. Field’s request, a rille and a revolver; Fane and he went down as they had come up. The strength and activity displayed by the younger man were really marvelous. Without apparent effort he swung himself over the bulwark by one hand, seized a rope with the other, and dropped into the boat as lightlyas amonkey. lie wasabout the finest, perhaps the very tlnest, specimen of the genus homo I had yet seen. Though I stand six feet in my stockings, he overtopped me by three inches; his chest development was quite phenomenal, and his long arms were as muscular as a horse’s leg. His features, too, were good, and but for the queerness of his complexion I should have considered him handsome; afterward, when piebald skins ceased to be a novelty, I did consider him handsome. He had a broad, though rather low forehead, short black hair, large dark eyes, the whites being singularly queer, an aquiline nose, small mouth, and square, resolute jaws. His head, albeit hardly large enough for ids broad shoulders and lofty stature, was shapely, and “well set on;” he carried himself magnificently, and his movements were as lithe, as graceful, and as unconstrained as those of any of the great felIdee. The contrast between him and the crew of the boat was both startling and painful. The six rowers were the most hideous creatures I had ever seen, even in a nightmare. Their predominating color was deep black, dabbed with red and yellow patches in a singularly arbitrary and irregular fashion. Tnus, one man had a red nose in the middle of an otherwise jetblack face. Another had a red month; another, again—and I think lie was the most horrible-looking of the lot—had red eyelids and a red upper lip, all the rest of his visor being of the deepest ebony. Add that the pupils of their eyes were indistinguishable from the iris, and the whites large and streaked with blood, their noses huge and flat, their mouths wide, with blubber, ne-gro-like lips, their foreheads narrow and tattooed, and that they wore bone rings in pendulous ears, and you may form some idea of the appearance of these Calibans (the name, as I afterward heard, actually bestowed on them by the islanders). In stature they were rather short, yet less so than might seem, owing to the great width of their shoulders and the muscularity of their frames. Every man of them was a squat Hercules; and their biceps, as they rowed, swelled out to the sizj of cocoa-

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These beauties evidently occupied a very inferior position. I observed that Field and Fane never spoke to them except to give them orders, and always in a tone ol harshness that jarred painfully on my feelings, for, ugly and degraded as the men seemed, they were at least human. With six oars and the lateen sail (for the wind now served), we went swiftly through the water; but instead of making for the nearest part of the coast, as I expected he would, Fane (who took the helm) steered the boat up the middle of the bay, and in the direction of a headland some four or five miles north of the "Diana.” The coast was thickly wooded, and the character of the vegetation—the palms, magnolias, and vines, the height and verdure of the trees, and the brilliancy of the flowers—showed that the Fair Island possessed a mild and equable climate; that it was far enough from the pole to escape severe winters, yet near enough to the tropics to enjoy long summers and plenty of sunshine, I fancied we were about thirty to forty degrees south of the equator; but this was pure conjecture, and neither Field nor Fane seemed disposed to give me much information on the subject. “What was the‘Diana's’ position when you took your last observation?” asked Field, in reply to a question I put as to our whereabouts. "Tlmt is weeks—months since,” I said. “The last observation was taken by poor Bucklnw. Neither Holsover nor I understand navigation.” “So much the better—I mean, it is probably no great loss in the circumstances. You will perhaps learn more of the geography of the Fair Island later on. We shall see. However, I may tell you this much—you are south of the equator.” “Thank you,” I said, laughing. “I guessed as much." But I failed to guess why he was so reticent on the point. What objection he could have to tell me where we were, I was unable to conceive. He was equally reserved about everything that concerned tiio history of the island and its inhabitants. To my questions on the subject he returned evasive answers, and at last shut me up by saying that if I stayed long enough 1 should doubtless get to know all about them, and that it was a very long story, which at present it was quite Impossible for him to tell. About the island and its productions he was, however, more communicative. It contained some four hundred thousand

duced maize, yams, cotton, sugar caa^., oranges, grape-vines, peaches, and pomegranates; higher up grew wheat, potatoes, apples, and cherries. Mr. Field further informed me that, with the exception of a narrow gap on the western side, the Fainted R x'ks extended all round the island, and that the mist through which we had sailed was a permanent institution. “We think it is caused by a meeting of currents—one hot and the other cold,” he said. “Anyhow, it is always there, and the mist and the rocks safeguard our island home far more effectually than a Hue of forts " "Yes,” I said; “you may bombard a fort, but you would have to shoot a long time at that fog liefore you made any impression on it; and those rocks would defy all the ironclads in Europe. By the by, what does that inscription, something about the ‘Santa Anna’ ami 1744, mean?” “Ah! you saw that, did you? It is merely the name of a vessel that was wrecked there. Some day we will have a cruise among the Fainted Rocks, and you will find other records of the same sort. Several vessels have left their bones thereabouts. As I told you, the ‘Diana’ is the only ship that ever got safely through, for which you may thank your stars; and though, ps I was saying, there is a gap on that side, pointing westward, a wide stretch of sand-banks, shoals, and hidden coral reef render navigation, except for very light craft, piloted by men who know the coast, almost impossible.” “So, one way and another, you are pretty secure from intrusion?” “So much so, that you and Mr. B ilsover will be the first strangers our people of this generation have seen." By this time we had rounded the headland. It divided the large bay from the smaller one, which seemed to run a long way inland, and terminate in a river or creek. Its sides were lofty and picturesque, with lateral openings into romantic little valleys, ami here and there a silvery stream, overarched with trees, shotarrowlike into the sea. “There! That is Fairhaven!” exclaimed Mr. Field, when we were about half-way up the inlet, at the same time pointing to a commanding eminence on the northwest side of the mountain. Looking through my binocular, I could make out a number of buildings scattered over a wide expanse of ground, and rising one above the oilier, much after the fashion of a Swiss Alpine village. “Mab is back. Field,” said Fane, gazing in the same direction. "The flag is flying, is it? Ah, your eyes are younger than mine. Amyas.” 1 glanced at them inquiringly. “Look at the large house which stands a little v ay from the others, near a grove of acacia-trees, and surrounded by agarden,” said Fane. “Yes; I have found it.” “Well, the flag you see flying above the veranda signifies that Queen Mab is at home.” “But 1 don’t see any flag,” I said, straining my eyes, and altering the focus of my binocular. “Is it possible that I see better with my naked eye than you see with your spy-glass’ May I? Thank you.” “It would seem so,” I said, handing him the binocular, and showing him how to adjust the focus. After trifling with it a few minutes, he gave it me back. “It certainly brings thing a little nearer,” he said. “All the same, I can see quite as well without it as with it. I fear I should find a spy-glass rather a useless incumbrance.” This incident set me wondering whether my conductors’keenness of vision, acuteness of hearing, strength of limb, and monkey-like agility were peculiar tothemselves, or common to all the Inhabitants of the island. After awhile, I squinted through my binocular again, albeit 1 felt that the act was a somewhat painful confession of physical inferiority. Mr. Fane was quite right. I could now, being a mile or so nearer, plainly distinguish a (lug flying from the roof of the house in which, as I presumed, dwelt the island queen. But how we were to reach the place did not seem quite clear, for shortly afterward the creek began to trend In the opposite direction. When I asked Field, he smiled and said— “Wait a few minutes, and you will see.” The few minutes brought us to a point where the stream divided into two branches one of which forked off to the right, the otliffc to the left. We followed the latter, which, after running for a mile or more between high banks, widened into a beautiful lagoon, or. rather, fairy lakelet. In shape it was oval, ami at its widest part about live miles across. Its shelving shores were laid out in orange groves and flower gardens; richly plumed birds skimmed its waters, as clear as crystal and as blue us the heavens; gayly painted boats rode lazily at anchor, while others, trimming thc!r wing like sails, floated leisurely toward a channel which seemed to wind round the base of the mountain. it had been rightly called Fairhaven. Except In Italy ami Switzerland, I had ■ ■eu nothing with which it could he compare !. It was as gracious as Como, as romant'c as the L ike of our Four Cantons; and though the landscape may have lacked the grandeur of the Alps, the richness of the flora, the proximity of the ocean, and the rugged crest of the mountain, emerging from a mass of verdure and diademed with a silvery cloud, gave this part of the Fair Island a beauty all its own.

CHARTER XVL—qUKEN MAB. We landed iu a little cove from which a steep zigzag path, winding among great cedars and towering palm-trees, led to the town—so steep, that being out of condition with our long life at sea, Tom and 1 found some difficulty in keeping up with our companions, who could hardly have walked foster if we had been competing for a prize. We two were continually lagging behind, and more than once Fane gave us a look which expressed both pity and contempt, as if lie thought us very poor creatures indeed. This riled me exceedingly, and I did my utmost to overtake him: but he was in splendid fettle; the more I strove the faster he went, and when after u fifteen minutes’ spurt we reached the town. I was completely blown and bathed with perspiration. while he was not even ifushed, and breathed ns quietly as an infant. I began to dislike Mr. Amyas Kane.

acres—that is to say, it was about four times the size of the isle of Wight The population might be twenty or thirty thousand, though, as it was a long time since there had been a count, he could not be quite sure. The soil was very fertile, as I could see; and thanks to the mountain (mountain par-exccllence, there being no other), which enabled the inhabitants to vary their climate at pleasure, they hAd a great variety both of cereals and of fruit. The valleys and plains near the sea pro-

As for poor old Tom, wo had left him half a mile behind, dead-beat, sitting on » stone, and mopping his face with gn ancient bandana pocket-handkerchief. The town—village, rather, though' it was the capital of the island and the seat of royalty—consisted of two or three hundred wooden houses. Home of them were rude I In the extreme, being little more than log I huts; others were larger and more preten- ’ tlous, built of boards, with verandas and oTr^rnni galeries, and brightly painted.

All were thatched, anil being more or less mantled with greenery and begirt with gardens, the general effect was gay and picturesque. In the center of the village was a large square, on one side of which stood the church, distinguished by a wooden tower, and on the ( ther a still larger building, known as Government House, used for meetings, public ofll ’es, and the like. All ’lie [teople we met were more or less piebald. Some bore a general resemblance to my companions, others were of t he same type as the boatmen whom 1 have already described. At last we reached the house where the flag was fl in *. It was the largest I had yet seen. Thatched, like all the rest, it had several high-pitched gables, and a wide porch with overhanging caves. An open gallery ran round the building at the level of the upper story. B 'ueath the gallery was a veranda, supported by wooden pillars and festooned with vines. A narrow path, winding between dwarf palm-trees and rhododendrons In ful'. bearing, led up to the porch. TAO or three young women, with mottled complexions, were sitting in the veranda. One was reading, another knitting, a thirl seemed to be spinning something with a distaff; but as I had neverseen anybody spin with a distaff, I could not be quite sure. These young women were all tall, well forme.:, and extremely graceful in their movements, for which their somewhat airy and easy-fitting garments off red every facility, and their sandaled feet were innocent of hose. After greeting them gravely and courteously tan example ttiat Tom and 1 were careful to foil >w), Mr. Field inquired if “she” was in. On receiving an amf-.ver In the affirmative from the maiden who seemed to be most in authority, ho requested her to announce him and his companions, and ask whether it would please the queen to receive us. The maiden bowed compliance, entered the house by the porch, and ia two minutes came back to say that her mistress had been waiting for us all the afternoon with the greatest impatience, and that we were to go in at once; whereupon our conductors, beckoning Tom and me to follow them, went in without further ceremonv. Tue porch openel into a wide vestibule, at the end of which was a door. \Ve crossed the vestibnl 1 together, and on reaching the door Mr. Field gave a sharp knock with his knuckles. “Come in!” answered a low and musical, yet, as I thought, a somewhat peremptory vole 1 . "After you,” said Field to me, opening the door. I obeyed him without hesitation, though not without trepidation, for my education In the etiquette of Courts having been somewhat neglected, I ha l not the least idea what was the right thing to do in the circumstnnces—whether I should enter on headed knee, kiss the queen’s hand, speak tlrst, or wait nmil I was spoken to. Iliad, moreover, an idea (one does get strange ideas sometimes) that her majesty was likely to be a crabbed old woman with a fat body an l a sharp tongue. However, in I went—walked into the middle of the room frather a large one) with as much composure as I could muster—and then stopped short in mute surprise. At an open casemate, which commanded a view of the mountain, the lake, and sea, sat a young wmnan reading a book with an ancient binding much the worse for wear. At her feet crouched an animal which at tlrst sight I took for a huge mastiff. but when the creature rose to its feet, showed a row of fl Tce looking teeth, and wagged a tail about a yard long, I saw that it was a wild beast, and, if not a lion or a lioness, uncommonly like one. "Don’t be alarmed,” said Q ieen Mil), pleasantly. “It is only my pet puma; he is not used to strangers. I) >wn, Cato!” Whereupon Cato resumed his recumbent position, greatly to my relief. “Mr. Erie, a passenger by the ‘Diana,’ tlic ship that anchored in the bay tills morning,” announced Mr. Field. “Welcome to Fair Island!” said the queen, rising from her chair and offering me her hand. 1 took the hand and kissed it—a proceeding which nob >dy seemed to expect, for Mr. Fi II mml • a gesture of surprise and Mr. Amy a-s Fane scowled. Thequeen. however, seemed in no way displeased. She smiled, bowed graciously, and then regarded me earnestly and curiously. I returned the look with interest; I could not help it. 1 should have done the same had she been ten royal personages rolled into one. Never was woman better worth looking at than Queen Mab. She was within two inches of my own height, beautifully proportioned an.l faultlessly shaped. Atighttltting dress of some dark glossy material setoff her form to the best advantage. Round her waist wo* a p ar! studded girdle; she Wore a necklace to match, and each of her arms was encircled with a curiously wrought bracelet of gold. Her face was, moreover, white, and her complexion pure. A mass of black curls rested like a coronet on a broad and noble brow, ami her flashing, gypsy-like eyes, slightly aquiline features, firm month, and broad chin, bespoke at once Intelligence, high courage, ami strength of will. Yet, kind as Nature had been to the island queen, she evidently b ‘longed to the same queer race as her people. Thou ;h her face was white (comparatively, for site was a decided brunette), the lower parts of her neck and throat were hned with bronze; so also were her arms, and one of her feet; for, like the maidens in the veranda, she wore neither sleeves nor stockings. But as I had already found out, there was a marked diff -renoe between the piebald of the women and the piebald of the men. As touching the latter, the copp wcolored spots were, so to speak, stamped on a wliite ground, and clearly defined: but with the women it was otherwise: the two shades blended into each other; you could not say where the one ended and the other began: and the more obtrusive color was less prominent and glaring. Hshould be observed, too, that none of liie adjectives I have used for the purpose describe tliis color exactly. I have called It “red" and “coppery;” It might with equal accuracy he defined its "cinnamon,” ns all three, In fact: for the piebalds vary as widely in the color of their epidermis ns the so-called white races of Europe and North America. As for Queen Mail, though she certainly looked bizarre, I thought then, and 1 think still, that the peculiar tint of her cheek rendered her all the more striking and picturesque At any rate, it made an admirable setting for the brilliant pearl necklace which adorned her throat and the white and crimson orchids which she wore at her breast. “Excuse me for looking at you so curiously,” she said, after our mutual Inspection had lasted a couple of minutes, “but you are the first really white man ami the tlrst Englishman I have seen.” "We are all English,” put ia Fane, ab-

ruptly—almost rudely, indeed. "We are pleased to think so, and we are of English blood: but u cannot deny that It is rather mixed. There is a good deal of difference between you and Mr. Erie, for instance.” “You are right. He is not quite so tall, nor, perhaps, quite so strong. He is nearsighted, and hard of hearing, and so short winded that it was all he could do to walk up the hill from the lake.” I was deeply stung by this insolence, all the more so as it was impossible in the circumstances to resent it as it deserved. “So would you be short-winded if you had been four months at sea, and gone through what I have gone through,” I said, warmly. “But wait—” “You forgot where yon are and to whom you are speaking, Amyas,” interposed the queen, severely. “Remember that Mr. Erie is our guest; and as for shortness of sight—well, sharp eyes are quite compatible with a shallow mind.” Mr. Fane collapsed. “I Infer from what you say, Mr. Erie, that your voyage has been an eventful one —that you have undergone great hardships. I want you to tell me all about it, and how you discovered the Fair Island, and made the passage of the Fainted Rocks. No ship ever did it before. When I saw you cast anchor In the bay this morning, I could hardly believe my eyes.” “Willingly, your majesty. It is rather a sad story, but—” Here her majesty broke Into a merry laugh, Mr. Field seemed amused, and Fane smiled sardonically. “Why do you say ‘majesty?’ ” aske 1 Mab, when she had done laughing. “Because in addressing a crowned head it is the right thing to say. At least, 1 have always supposed so, though 1 freely admit I never spoke to a crowned head before, and know nothing of the etiquette ol Courts.” "Crowned head is good,” said Mab, laughing again; “better tlian ‘majesty,’ 1 think. But you are mistaken. I am neither a crowned head nor a majesty.” “Then these gentlemen misinformed me,” I said, feeling both foolish and vexed. “They always speak of you as queenqueen Mab.” "So 1 am”—proudly—"in the sense that I am chief of the State, but that makes me neither a majesty nor a crowned head. There are neither crowns nor courtiers in Fair Island, and there is nothing I should more detest than to be addressed in terms of fulsome, and therefore insincere compliment, ‘Majesty,’ indeed! But more of this another time. Your story, Mr. Erie! I want to hear your story. Begin, please. But I am forgetting; you must be hungry. It is a long way from your ship hither.” And with that she crooked her forefinger put it between her lips, and gave a low, musical whistle. The next moment the door opened, and one of the maidens whom we had seen on the veranda appeared at the threshold. “Order a refection to be served for thess gentlemen an hour hence,” said this queer queen of a queer race. “Now, Mr. Erie, pray begin; and, if possible, make your tale last until the refection is ready.” I obeyed; and when I saw how much the account of my voyage iaterested my listeners—above all the queen, who never took her eyes off me, and I am sure missed not a word—I told it in full, from start to finish, and as I warmed to my work I think I told it effectively, keeping back nothing sr.-e tlie incident of the captain’s manuscript, which, as I thought, belonged rather to Tom’s story than mine. Once or twice the two men made as if they would have interrupted me: but Queen Mab stopped them with an imperious gesture. Until I had finished she would not suffer a word to be spoken, and then l was simply overwhelmed with ques-

tions.

What dfi I mean by an auxiliary screw and getting up steam ' How could a ship move when there was no wind? were among the first. I tried to explain; hut. as they were absolutely ignorant of the properties of steam, I had a difficulty in making my explanation clear. Mab, I could see, fully believed me; but when 1 spoke of railways, locomotives, steam-engines, and the rest. Field .and Fane smiled incredulously. On this a bright thought struck me, “Go with me on board the ‘Diana,’" I said, “and I will ship the screw and start the engine. There is coal enough in the bunker for a run round the bay. When that is done we must lire up with woo i.” “Bv all means,” exclaimed Mab. "Yes, I will go on board, and then you can show me all these wonders. Only to think that ships can be made to move and carriages to run fimply by boiling water! It seems almost—’’ “Impossible!” put in Fane. “No, not Imp* ssible: I am sure Mr. Erie tells the truth. Say, rather, incomprehensible, and most passing strange. We have no right to disbelieve things merely because they are new and startling. But pray tell fne, Mr. Erie, whether there are any books on the ‘Diana?’ ” “Yes, a good many. Two or three hundred volumes, I should think.” “Two or three hundred volumes! Oh, how glad you make me!” she exclairaei, fairly clapping her bands with joy. “Books are better than steam-engines; and we have so few bonks and those we have are almost In pieces. See this copy of \Shakspeare!’ ’’—holding up the volume she had been reading—“it will hardly hold together: my ‘Plutarch’s Lives’ and ‘Paradise Lost’ are In the same evil case, and poor ‘Robinson Crusoe’ has almost ceased to exist. We have several works in manuscript, and I am having more copied; but paper is not plentiful in Fair Island. Think you there is any on the ‘Diana?’ ” “Some, certainly; perhaps a great deal. Our cargo is miscellaneous, and paper is largely exported from England.” "England! Ah! I shall want to know much about England, Mr. Erie. I shall tire you with my questions; I am sure I shall. But here is Marian, to say the refection is served: and after so much talking yon cannot fail to he hungry.” As Mab spoke she rose from her chair. I nve also, and r ffered her my arm. which, after a momentary hesitation, she took, i guessed, from her manner and the looks of the two piebald genth livn, thntl had done something unusual. But as it did not seem that Mab took the attention amiss, I could easily dispense with their approval. TUe refection was set out in the next [to be convinced.) Homo and Abroad. It is the duty of everyone, whether at home or travelling for pleasure or businues, lo equip himself with the remedy which will keep up strength and prevent illness, and cure such ills as are liable to come upon all in every day life. Hood's Sarsaparilla keeps the blood pure and less liable to absorb the germs of disease. Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfect in proportion and appearance. 25c. per box.

Livingston, Mont., July 14.—Robert A. Anderson was hanged here yesterday for murdering Emanuel Fleming. Fort Benton, Mont., July 14.—John II. Osnes was hanged here yesterday, for the murder of Ole Lllledall.

VICTIMS OF FLOOD.

ITIve Persons Drowned In the Wreck of a

Flour Mill.

Little Rock, Ark., July K\—A cloud-

burst occurred at Lead Hill, Ark. A stream running through the town was overflowed and in a wide scope of ter-| rltory inundated. Houses, fences ttnd|

timber were washed away. Tatum roller mill was from its foundation and comple wrecked. The miller, William Tr"

living iu a cottage near the mill.iy,,]^

bis escape, but the house was wre 0

his wife and four children werys R8

ried away and drowned. A numb .

persons narrowly escaped death. ’HUg

the stores along the creek were flo ed and their goods damaged or i

stroyed.

Folffon In the ('ream.

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Marshall, 111., July Ifl.—Mrs. R. L. Donham, of West Union, died Saturday night from the effects of poisoned Icecream eaten at a church supper. Mrs. R. Ferris and Miss Mattie Handy, the latter a young school-teacher, are dangerously ill. Fifty-two persons in all were po^ijned by v'3H ll £ '■^ ie cream '

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Birmingham, Ala., July 18.—A fierce battle occurred Monday afternoon at 4:80 o'clock at No. 8 mine at Pratt’s between mobs of striking miners and deputy sheriffs In which six were killed and nearly a score wounded.

A Train Wrecked. Missoula, Mo., July 18.—A Northern Pacific locomotive attached to a passenger train was wrecked near here yesterday by dynamite which was placed on the track. Three railroad bridges were alv»o burned. A Commoiiwealcr lynched. Burlington, Ky., July 18.—Louis Laferdette was lynched near here yesterday by a mob. He was a deserter from one of the Coxey commonweal armies and tried to murder a farmer.

D.nth by Dynamite. Hazelton, Fa., July 18.—Two hundred sticks of giant powder exploded yesterday in the midst of a gang o| miners at Stockton colliery’ No. 8, and eight men were blown to atoms. ( Home Again. Chicago, July 18.—ytiss Frances E. Willard, president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance union, has returned to the city’ after an absence abroad of nearly two years. Prospect of Adjournment. Washington, July 17.—It is believed congress will adjourn not later than August 11. All important legislation, with the exception of the tariff, is out of the way’. Monument to John Brown. Washington, July 17.—Ills proposed to erect a monument to John Drown on the site of the historic engine houts nt Harper’s Ferry. A Househohl Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Dr. King’s New Discovery in the house and his family has alwayi ioundthe very best results follow its uss, i lat he would not be without it, if procurable. (3. A. Dykemnn Druggist, Catskill, N. Y .says that Dr. King’s New Discovery is undoubtedly the best Cough remedy; that he has used t in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at Albert Allens Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.

It A 1L in Y TIME- TA ULE • BIG- FOUR. EAST. fNo. 2, Ind’p’lis Accommodation .. 8:42 a. m. “ 18, S. \V. Limited 1:52 p m. ^ “ 8, Mail 4:58 p. m. “ lo, NightEzpress 2:39a.m. WEST. ’ No, 9, Mail 8:42 a. m. •* 17, S. \V. Limited 12:49 p.m. t “ 3, Terre Haute Accomodation. 7:05 p.m. 7, Night Lx press 12:30 8. m. Daily, tDaily except Sunday. No. 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 York, Boston and Benton Harbor, Mich. No. 18 is solid train to Buffalo with sleeper for New York via N. Y. C. It. R., and sleeper for Washington, D.C. via Cj & O. R. R., connection for Columbus, <>. No. s connects through to Wabash and Union City; No 7 9 and 17 with diverging lines at St. Louis Union Depot. F. F. HUE8T1S, Agt.

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Going North 1:20 a. m., 12:05 p. m.; local, 12:05 p. m. Going South—2:47 a. m., 2:22 p. m.; local, 1:45 p. m. J. A. MICHAEL, Agent.

VANDALIA LINE. In infect Nov. 5, 1893. Irani, leave Oreiiicas-

tie, Ind.,

FOB THE WEST.

No. 21, Dally... 1:52 p. m.. for 8t. Louii. “ 1, Daily 12:58 p.m., “ •• “ 7, Daily 12:25 a. m., “ “ “ 5, Ex. Hun 8:58 a.m., “ “ “ 3, Ex. Sun..... 5:28 p. m., “ Terre Haute. Trains leave Terre Haute. No. 75, Ex. Sun 7:05 a.m., “ Peoria. “ 77, Ex. Run 3:25 p.m., “ Decatur.

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No. 20, Daily 1:52 p. m., for Indianapolis. “ 8, Daily 3:35 p m., “ •< “ 6, Daily 3:52 a. ni., “ “ “ 12, Daily 2:23 a. m., “ “ “ 2, Ex. Bun 6:20p.m., “ “ “ 4, Ex. Bun.. 8:34 it. in., “ “ For cornpl—te Time r-.-i, civir.e all trains and stations, and for full information as to rates, through cars, etc., address

J S. DOWLING, Agent,

Oreenrastle Ind.

Or J M OHESBUOtTOH,

Asst. Gen. Pass. A*t.. 8t. Louis, Mo

Xotirc of Ad ministration. Notice is hereby (riven that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Putnam county, State of Indiana Administrator of the estate of Maud B. | Pix, late of Putnam county, Indiana, ; deceased. | Said estate is supposed to be solvent. | Dated this 17th day of July, 1891. WM. BRO A DSTREET, 1 3114 Administrator.