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room on a table which, like everythtnR < Ue alxiut the place, was evidently of luWne manufacture. The pottery was equally rude; the display of glass scanty, and of ancient fashion and shape. The forks were wooden-handled and tivo-pronged; the knives bore a strong resemblance to butch ers’ whittles; but, strange to say, the plates were of silver, and yyb drank our Adam’s wine—Queen Mab offered us nothing stronger—out of goblets of gold. The viands were abundant and well cooked. We had soup, flsn, and fowl, yams and potatoes, savory pies and sweetmeats, with fruit in great variety and abundance; but neither beef, mutton, nor pork. Our hostess took the bead of the table; I sat at her right hand, Field at her left, and old Tom sat opposite young Fane. The boatsivaln did not seem to be enjoying himself much. He was not used to ladles’ society, poor fellow, and detested cold water. 1 am sure he would have preferred a meal of lobscouse and plum-duff on board the “Diana,” washed down with a glass of halfwater grog, to the finest refection anybody could set before him. The Queen tried in vain to set him at his ease and draw him out. She only succeeded In overawing him. But she made one more effort. “Won’t you take an orange, Mr. Bolsover 5 ”' she said, offering him one with her own hand. “It Is a very fine one, grown In my own garden, and picked by myself.” “Take it, Tom!” I said, seeing that he hesitated. “Thank you kindly, ma’am.” he exclaimed, stretching out his arm to receive the proffered gift, “My God! What is this?" she exclaimed, dropping the orange and seizing the arm. “What is this? ‘Santa Anna, 1744,’ and the figure of a ship! How, when, where— what means it? Tell me, what means it?” All looked at her in blank surprise. Old Tom seemed thunder-struck, and could answer nothing. “What means it?” repeated the queen. “Hoyv came this inscription on your arm? I want toTcnow.” The boatswain, still speechless, pointed

to me.

“This man appears to have lost his senses,” she said, turning to me. “Will you lie good enough to tell me, Mr. Erie?— at cnce. If you please.” CHAPTER XVII.—A REVELATION. Queen Mab evidently intended to be obeyed: mid as Tom’s craze and the chaplain's narrative was no secret, and I found myself in the presence of a mystery which I was as anxious to solve as herself, 1 willingly complied with her rather peremptory request. “Do you happen to have that document with you, Tom?” I asked lum. “No; it is in my locker, aboard the ‘Di-

ana.”

“Well, I have read it so carefully and so often that I know it nearly as well as I know 'Lloyd's Register.’ Su to begin at the beginning.” And then I told them of the elder Bolso ver finding the tin case at the Azores, and gave almost as full an account of Mr. life's diary as if I had read it ah-id. Out of consideration for Tom’s feelings I said no more about his craze than was necessary, only that he was fully persuaded that he should see the “Santa Anna” before he died, and find the treasure which he believed she contained. This remark concluded my second narrative, to which all had listened with bated breath. “Mr. Balsover has been cherishing an illusion, 1 am sorry to say,” said the queen, after a short silence, which she had obviously spent in deep thought. “He vvill not see the‘Santa Anna.’ She perished more than a century ago; and as for the gold and silver she had on board—well, the plates off which you have just dined, the goblets out of which you have drunk, and part of the galleon’s treasure; but the bulk of it Is still intact ami in our possession.” Tom stared at her with a dazed look; his face turned ashen gray, and his lips twitched convulsively. “You don’t mean to say,” he said, hoarsely—“you don’t mean to tell me as—as the ‘Santa Anna’ foundered hereabouts and somebody else got the treasure? I won’t believe it! It can’t be true! God! it would be too hard—too hard—after all these years* No; I won’t believe it!” “if the ‘Santa Anna’ you mean is the ‘Santa Anna’ of which Mr. Hare speaks in his diary,” said Mab, womleriagly and pityingly, “and which was captured by the ‘Hecate’ n 1744, there can be no question that she struck on the Painted Rocks in the same year; that all the efforts of the irew to get her off failed; and that she went to pieces a few weeks afterward— aot, however, before all her stores and all the treasure were taken out of her and landed on this Island.” “I don't believe it! I don’t, believe it!” reiterated the boatswain, "it cannot be true. You are making game of me! Say, pow. you are making game of me!” “What mean you? Why should I make game of you?" asked the queen, angrily. “All that I have told you is on record. We have the log-books both of the ‘Hecate’ and the‘Santa Anna.’ Mr. Hare did not die of the illness ho was suffering from when he threw his diary Into the »oa, he lived to be an old man. and died on this island I can show you his grave. And the Mr. Fane he mentions, who took the command after Captain liarnaby’s death, was my great-great-grandfather, and the founder and protector of this commonwealth.” “Then I’ve been defrauded!" cried Tom, savagely, striking his fist on the table. 'That is Yrinil it is; I've been defrauded! It’s me ns should hn\'e found that treasure! It’s me! s me! Haven’t 1 thought of it, and dreamed of if, and striven for it thfpcy years and more’ \y, they wer" right as called me Crazy Tom. I am crazy! 1 am crazy! and may God forgive them as has made me so!" And bowing his bend on his hands, the pour old fellow wept aloud. “Why does the foolish man take on so?” nske ! MmI>. w>u> seemed eqimlb' distressed and surprised. /‘He might have been visited with some terrible misfortune. It surely cannot be disappointed greed?” “It f c the shattering of long-cherished delusion,” I sale!. “The idea of finding the ‘Santa Anna' had become a part of his

life.”

And he has found her. At any rate, he has found out what became of her, and that is nil he had any right to expect; while as for the treasure, I shall be glad to give him an ingot or two of gold or a few handfuls of doubloons.” “I’ll have no gifts from nobody,” said the boatswain, in a quavering voice. “If I had found it, all would have been miue;

but I would have shared and shared alike with Mr. Erie. Ain’t I speaking the truth, now? Didn’t yvo agree to share and share

alike?"

“Say no more now, Tom,” I said, soothingly. “We will talk the matter over tomorrow, and I hope you will see it in another light. Go into the garden and sinoku your pipe.” “Ay, ay, sir!” he muttered, and without another word left the room, greatly to my relief, for 1 could see that the queen was beginning to lose patience. "These are strange stories yon have told us, Mr. Erie,” she said, turning to me, “and no less strange is the manner of your coming hither. It would almost seem as if Fate, or Fortune, or I’rovtdenco hail directed your course and sent you to the Fair Island for some purpose which Is not yet clearly discernible. And no less strange than the story you have told me is the story which I am about to tell you. 1) m’t shake your head, Waterlow Field. I shall tell Mr. Erie everything. He is a man of honor, and will neither abuse my confidence nor do aught to injure our people or compromise their safety. Besides, who knows? he may be persuaded to remain with us and give our commonwealth the benefit of his knowledge and experience; and you must admit that we are sadly lacking in many things. If isolation has great advantages, it has also serious drawbacks! But to my story. You must have already guessed. Mr. Erie, that sve are the dl'scendants of the ‘Hecate’s’ crew; indeed I just now told you that Commander Fane was my gicat-great-grand father. The ‘Santa Anna’ struck against those very Painted Rocks through which you so marvelously threaded your tvay—” “Then the inscription 1 saw—” “You saw the inscription! That is the very place, it must be well-ni fii obliterated by this time. We Yvill have it renewed. Since the wreck of the ‘Santa Anna’ several ships have been lost in the same place; for the most part they went to pieces immediately, and their crews perished to a man. Yours is the only ship that ever got through, and you are the first born Englishmen who, since 1741, has landed on the island. But if I goon at this rate I shall never finish my story, and 1 had perhaps better not attempt to finish it ;it present. Yon shall read the log-books of the ‘Hecate’ and the ‘Santa Anna,’ also our records; they have been ivell kept, and then afterward—yes, that will be the better way— Mr. Field Yvill place all the records at your disposal. Let him see everything, Mr. Field.” Mr. Field bowed acquiescence, and I said I should read the log books and records with the greatest interest. After a few further remarks had been exchanged, I inquired if the queen was still in the mind to pay her promised visit to the “Diana.” "Certainly,” she said, smiling. "I am not in the habit of changing my plans ex cept for gooil cause; and Iain most anxious to see your wonderful steam-engine, mid, above all, those books. 1 fear I shall never be able to tear myself away from them. May I bring some back with me?" “Of course. Have I not said tbfit the ‘Diana’ and all she contains are entirely at your disposal? But I shall have to precede you. It tvill take me an hour or two to get steam up; and we shall require help to heave the anchor. The boatswain and 1 cannot do It alone." “You shall have all the help you want. See to it, Mr. Field, that Mr. Erie’s orders are as implicitly obeyed as if 1 gave them myself; and give him mid the boatswain quarters in your house.” On this lie bowed again. Then the queen gave me her hand, which I kissed as before, and withdreYv with Field, leaving her alone with Fane, whom I now knew to be her kinsman; for the commander of the “Santa Anna” yy iis doubtless the common ancestor of both. CHAPTER XVIII.—DEXZIL EASE. I learned mucli about the queer race from the “Santa Anna’s” log books and the other books to which Mr. Field, by his mistress’ command, gave me access; by reading bet ween the lines, by conversation with that gentleman and YVith others, and from my own observation, I learned even more. The gist of this information I propose to embody in the present chapter, for it is essential, not only to a right understanding of the people among whom I found myself, but of the events that afterward came to pass, as also of my own personal narrative, which I shall presently

resume.

It Yvill be remembered that when Mr. Hare, the chaplain, threw tiis diary into the sea, he thought he was like to die, and that his companions would not long outlive him. As the reader already knows, the anticipations were not realized Mr. Hare lived a good deal longer than he expected, and only a proportion of the ship’s company the sick, the wounded, and neaf-y . 1 the .-,-nisi, piiaoaers—succumbed. The fittest survived, in fact; but they suffered terribly from scurvy and thirst, and were saved when almost at the last gasp by a tremendous downpour of tropical rain, followed by a succession of storms, which drove them hundreds of miles out of their course, dismasted ami damaged the ship, and left her little bettet than a wreck. For days together the officers were unable to take an observation. Before jury-masts coul 1 be rigged and damages made good, they drifted Into the fog, from Yvliich they emerged only to strike on the Painted Rocks. Fortunately, however, the ship was jammed between two reefs,and impaled on a third in such a Yvay that she could neither sink nor make much water. This happened in the night, and the joy of the harassed and weary sailors may lie Imagined when at day-break they saw before them a land of waving forests and running waters. As the island was not marked on any of their charts, they had no menus of knowing whether it was the possession of a European power or inhabited only by savages. But as the boats (which were at once got out) approached the shore, they were met by a multitude of canoes, crowded with copper-colored aborigines, whose drimntnor showed that they had never before beheld men with white skins and hairy faces. They brought fruit and other offerings, a*d made overtures of friendship which the English sailors were only too glad to reciprocate, since it was evident that, whatever else happened, they would have to remain or. the UlauJ for a considerable time; and being too few to conquer a whole people, their only chance was to rmlr ■ friends of them.

than mere shelter-huts; they had a rudimentary knowledge of gardening anil agriculture; the make of their flint and bone tools and weapons showed considerable skill; their ornaments weredeftly wrought; and they contrived, in a rude way, to spin and weave, fashion into clothing, and even t • dye, the indigenous cotton of the island. Physically well made, with senses wonderfully acute, they had a ready wit and dignified manners, and Commander Fane yvhs not long in coming to the conclusion that the islanders might easily be converted into a Christian and civilized people. The first idea of the castaways was to build a boat big enough to carry them to England or the Bahamas; to which end they lost no time in taking out of the “Santa Anna” everything likely to Bo useful to them, and that was pretty nearly nil she contained—ropes, spars, sails, tools, arms, ammunition, ami the rest. Tuey even broke up an 1 took some of the planking, an 1 strlpjied as much of the copper sheathing as they could get at. The treasure was also removed and safely stored. All this occupied two months or more, and it was barely completed when the “Santa Anna,” which had been terribly buffeted in a storm, went to pieces. So far the men had worked willingly and Yvell. obe\ ing their officers without hesitation: but when it became a question of building n boat and “affronting new dangers” (to use Commander Fane’s own words), they begun tomurmur. Why, they sai l, should they take a perilous voyage in a frail craft—a voyage of at least two thousand miles (that b-dng the distance to the nearest British possession)—with the almost certainty (if they should escape shipwreck a second time) of falling into the hands of the Spaniards and being immured for years in some horrible prison, possibly tortured and put to death by the Inquisition? Why not stay where they were? The country was fertile and beautiful, the climate genial, the people kindly. What could they do better than make the Fair Island (A name conferred on the c untry by the sailors because of its supposed resemblance to the Isle of Wight, which in the last century was generally known us the "Fair Island”) their home,

and let the world svag?

Whether this idea had already occurred to Fane does not appear, but before the suggestion could be considered an event occurred which seems to have helped him t.i a decision. He and his men were living In tents and huts near the present site of Fairliaven, when one morning several of the native chiefs made their appearance, and gave them to understand that they were threatened with a grave danger: and taking the commandant round the mountain, pointed to the west, where there was a breach in the barrier of rocks, and where

the mist occasionally lifted.

Looking through his glass, Fane saw that the sea was simply black with canoes, which were rapidly approaching the coast. It was a flotilla of invaders, and the Carib chiefs, who seemed greatly alarmed, implored him by signs to join his forces to

theirs and help them to repulse the foe. j cords, because it can hardly be supposed

ery, but that the best use to which the prisoners could lie put was to reduce them to servitude. So they were bound In twos and threes and distributed among their captors, and slavery became one of the permanent institutions of the island. The invaders, as Fane afterward ascertained, came from an island about a hundred miles east of Fair Island, and when he first saw them their appearance excited his unbounded surprise. Some were black, others copper-colored or red; but the greater part had the same s[lotted skins as the Caliban crew of Field’s boat—were, in fact, their ancestors. How African negroes had found their \ray so far west was a matter of conjecture; they were probably, as Fane surmised, the descendants of a cargo of revolted slaves, who. after killing their captors, had landed on the Island ami intermarried with the natives. Speaking for myself, I am unable to assign any cause for the peculiar hue of these people, or to decide whether it was the oubcome of some subtle evolutionary process, or a mere caprice of atavism. As the mixture of aborigines with Englishmen on the one hand, and negroes on the other, produced analogous results, the plebaldism of their progeny may be attributable either to soil or climate, or possibly to some racial peculiarity. I have heard of tribes in Central America presenting similar characteristics, and it is a well-known fact that the issue of a black and white, or a mulatto and a white, arc not always of the same typo. Their children are occasionally born with black limbs and a white face, or rice versa, and I know of no reason why the offspring of mixed races should not have variegated skins rather than skins of one uniform color throughout. Miscegenation has produced even stranger results. But as I r.• 11 simply relating my own personal adventures, it is no part of my purpose to suggest explanations of the obscure natural phenomena which have come un-

der my notice.

And now to resume my story. When the prisoners (among whom were many tvomen, the object of the invaders being to take entire possession of the island) had been disposed of, the Carib chiefs waited on Commander Fane, and, after expressing unbounded gratitude for the great service he had rendered them, begged of him to stay with them for good, and offered him the sovereignty of the country. As for his people, they might have as much land and as many slaves as they liked, and choose for themselves wives from among the most beautiful girls

of the island.

It was not like a British officer to accept such an offer as this, for doing so involved both a dereliction of duty and a breach of discipline. To remain on the island, except under compulsion, was tantamount to desertion: and desertion by a combatant officer In war time is an offense punishable with death. Yet Denzil Fane not only did accept the offer of the Carib chiefs, but constrained his brother officers to follow his example. I assume the constraint, albeit no mention of it appears in the re-

Fane, who wanted nothing better, ordered his plan of campaign on the spot. It would be impossible to reach the Yvest const before the invaders (whom, for want of a better name, the sailors christened “Cariberoes”) disembarked, the more especially as the country was thickly wooded and destitute of roads. But the creek that lies below F.iirhaveu joins a stream which sweeps round the foot of the mountain, and flows half-way across tjie island in a westerly direction, it was on the banks of this stream (navigable for small boats) that the Eoglish officer resolved to intercept the Cariberoes and give them battle. His men were summoned forthwith, and embarked on the four boats which hud once belonged to the "Santa Anna.” The crews Yvere, of course, well armed, and the long-boat carried a small carronade in her bows. A few hours sutficed to organize the expedition, which included a hundred canoes, carrying about a thousand natives, armed Yvith bows ami arrows and spears, the whole under Mr. Fane’s comrnan l. The spot lie selected for making a stand vras at a ford near an opening in the forest that the invaders must needs traverse in order to reach the eastern or Fairliaven side of the island, which was assumed to be their objective point, as thereabouts

were the principle Carib villages.

By great exertion Fane and his men succeeded in reaching the ford three or four hours before the enemy put in an appearance. Keeping his blue-jackets in reserve, he sent the greater part of the Caribs to meet the invaders in the open, with orders to full back fighting as the latter advanced, re-cross the river, and take up a position among the brushwood on the banks. At the same time, feeling himself quite strong enough, and having no doubt as to the result. be ordered two of his offi-ers to tnke a second perty of Csrlbs through ‘he 'nr est, lie in ambush near the invaders’ line of retreat, and cut them off from the boats. These dispositions made, the allied forces awaited the onset of the enemy, who came

on several thousands strong.

The Caribs, after making a show of resistance, fell back, and then pretending to be panic-stricken, made in desperate haste for the river, the foe in full cry after them. When the latter Yvere well within raius. the bine-jackets (who had been lying perdu under the bank) opened fire on them both with their muskets and the carronade. The invaders, utterly dumfoimded by this unexpected reception, retreated in great confusion; but once among the trees ngair., the rallied, and, turning to bay, showed a

most resolute front.

On this the commander ordered agencral charge, which he led in person. Then followed a desperate struggle—“the hottest thing I Yvas ever in,” wrote Fane. The blue-jackets, after giving the Cariberoes a couple of volleys point-blank, fell on them with cutlasses ami clubbed muskets, and were bravely supported by their native allies. The tight lasted fifteen minutes, and there is no telling Iioyy' it might have ended If the ambush party, hearing the firing, had not made a diversion in the rear, whereupon the invaders, being seized with a panic, threw away their arms, and made off in all directions. Many were killed; more were taken prisoners; only a very small remnant succeeded la reaching their boats and getting away. The Caribs had no idea of keeping the prisoner-, allrc, and were proceeding to make short work of them, when Commander Fane interpose* He would have nobody kilted in cold blood. The question

Thenatlt. .>, a.. Commuiidcr Fane thought j arose as to ho w the prisoners w«i o were Caribs. ot the same race as the unfor- ' ,e ‘ disposed ot. io let them go away

would never do; they might come back another day. To let them roam about the

tnnates who inhabited the Bahamas when Columbus discovered America, and Yvho

that the officers—the two lieutenants, the master’s mates, the surgeon, the chaplain, and the half dozen midshipmen—would willingly agree to expatriate themselves and renounce all hope of ever seeing England again. But the recalcitrants were a small minority, and, being too few to build a ship and get away by themselves, they had no alternative hut to throw in their lot with the others and make the best of it. And some of the officers, like the survivors of the crew, may have preferred freedom anil the Fair Island to life on the ocean wave, for the British man-of-war of that time was not exactly a paradise. As for Denzil Kane’s motives I can offer no adequate explanation. One, and p -rhaps the most powerful, may have been that since his arrival on the island he had married a wife. The Spanish captain of the “Santa Anna,” who fell on his own quarter-deck, had with him his wife and (laughter, the latter a handsome girl of nineteen. The wife (S -nor i Velasquez y Blanco) survived her husband only u feiv weeks; but Mercedes %vas among the remnant who reached the island, and a month afterward she and Eune were made one by

the Rev. Robert Hare.

If the commander had left a wife in England (and such things have happened), his reluctance to return thither would be accounted for. But, though his conduct may have been questionable, and his motives obscure, there can be no question that Denzil Fane was a man of resolute will and strong character—a born leader of men, I should say. If his people thought they were going to lead idle lives, they were very much mistaken. So soon as the decision was taken to remain on the island he assigned to every one his task, organized a government, and promulgated a code of laws. Opposition (if the i lea of it was ever conceived) would have been out of the question: the Caribs simply idolized their “White Cliief>” and rendered him the most implicit obedience. Roads were made, houses built, gardens laid out, trees cut down, and the country opened out. Sailors are always handy fellows, and among so many there were naturally some with a turn for mechanics ami engineering, and great improvements were effected in tut native ■YkctliO'i.-t of ludiruun lure, ami several iicyv industries set on foot. Intc this work Fane threw so much energy that I am disposed to think he wanted to justify himself to his own conscience by civilizing the Carib subjects, and making the island the home of a happy and thriving community. This may possibly have been his ruling motive from the first; and if so, there can be n«S doubt that with tne materials at his command ho succeeded better than might have been expected. Some of the rules he laid down are Yvorth mention. Although he acquired the Carib tongue, he made English the official language, and insisted on the Caribs learning it. The process was probably slow and puilttul in the beginning, but in the end the desired result was attained At the time of my arrival on the island there were not a hundre l men who could hold a conversation In i'>e Carib tongue. He also made them Christians—after a fashion— which was all the more easy, as their own primitive religion seems to have sat very lightly on them, and they were ready to believe pretty nearly everything the Great White Chief told them. In his own farullv t) mzH made t’-'-practice of athletics and the training of Die senses a religious duty, Yvliereby it came

!to be coxtinced.I A G-rand Feature

O ' Hood's Sarsaparilla is that while It purifim the blood and sends it coursing through

were afterward so completely wiped out by i country was equally impolitic; they would | the veins full of richness and health, it also

the Synnish Conqilistadores. They wore gentle and hospitable, and looking upon their visitors as superior beings, treated them with great deference and respect. Though for the most part liiiutersniid fishermen, the Caribs of the island Yvere not

be a chronic trouble and a permanent dan- i nparts new life and vigor to every function ger. There was only one other alterim- of the body. Hence the expression so often

j wholly uncivilized. They dwelt in vil- | mental vor a utimi ( lages; their houses were something more , only th inght there

tive, and that was adopted. They Yvere

enslaved.

Fane had many advanced Ideas, but the age in which he lived was neither a sentimental vor a humanitarian age. He not

heard: “Hood's Sarsaparilla made a new person of me.” It overcomes that tired feel-

ing so common now.

Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable, perfectly

was no wrong in shiv-^harmless, always reliable and beneficial.

No August Guessing Contest. The Weekly Courier-Journal has withdrawn its offer of $1,000 to be given to subscribers Yvho could name the hottest day in August, and guess closest to the highest temperature on that day. This action was taken because J of the serious interruptiou of mails, caused f by the great railroad strike. A simple and * liberal guessing contest on the November Congressional Elections is now being prepared, and will be announced by the Weekly Courier-Journal shortly. A pointer dog haa gotten its master, James D. Brewster of Wolcott, N. Y., in trouble by devouring vegetables belonging to neighbors. A neighboring farmer has brouget action against Brewster “for trespass and malic ous mischief by canine proxy.” Iluic to A void Farm Work in Sam mrr. It never gets so hot in the South as it does in the North. There are never any sunstrokes in the South. The hotter the weather the harder the Northern farmer has to work to save his crops, while down South the farmers do the most of their farm work during the fall, winter and spring, when the weather is cool, ami during the summer they take life easy. It is always cool in the shade down South and the nights are always cool. Thg thermometer seldom gets above 90 . The hottest day during the past five years was 97 . You can grow one crop during the winter, another during the spring, and another during the fall on the same land each year. You m will net more money from each one of these crops than you ran make from a similar crop in the North. You can get a home cheaper. It will cost you less to live. Y’ou can make more money. You will have better health, live longer, and enjoy life better in the South than in the North. A beautiful pamphlet that tells all about it sent free to all applicants. Go South now and investigate. Low rate excursions every month over the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. E. E. Posev, General Passenger Agent, Mobile, Ala. 8tl0 The most wonderful cliff dwellings in the United States are those of the Mancos, in a Southern Colorado canyon. Some of these caves are 500 to 600 feet from the bottom of the perpeodicular sides of the canyon wall, and how their occupants gained ingress is a mystery. Free Fills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure ot Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They ire guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, out by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by Albert Allen, Druggist. The popular belief that Mayisan unlucky month for marriages dates from Roman times, lincklen’/t Arnica Safer. The best 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 refmded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A'bert Allen ly51 Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.

It A IL IF A F TIME- TA HLE • BIG FOUR. EAST. tNo. 2, Ind'p’lis Accommodation . 8:42 a. m. “ 18, S. \\ . Limited.... 1:52 p.m. “ 8, Mail 4:68 p. m. “ 19, Night Express 2:39 a. m. No, 9, Mail 8:42 a. m. " 17, S. W. Limited- 12:49 p.m. t “ 3, Terre Haute Accomodation. 7:05 p. m. “ 7, Night Express 12:30 a. 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. R. R., and sleeper for Washington, D.C. viaC A O. R. R., connection for Columbus, (). No. 8 connects through to Wabash and Union City; No. 7, 9 and 17 with diverging lines at BE Louis Union Depot. F. P. HUE8TI9, Agt.

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Going North—1:20 a. m. 12:05 p. m.

Going South—2:47 a. m

1:45 p. m.

J. A. MICHAEL

12:05 p. m.; local,

2:22 p. m.; local.

Agent.

Terre Haute.

Peoria. Decatur.

VAN DAL! A LINE. »it elleci Nov. o, IHyj. trains leave Greeueaa-

tie, Ind.,

FOB THE WEST.

No. 21, Daily 1:52 p. m., for St. Louis. “ 1, Daily 12:53 p.m., “ “ “ 7, Daily 12:25 a. m., “ ‘‘

“ 5, Ex. Sun 8:56 a. m., “ 3, Ex. Sun 5:28 p. m., Trains leave Terre Haute, No. 75, Ex. Sun .. 7:05 a. m., “ 77, Ex. Bun 3:25 p.m.,

FOR THE EAST.

No. 20, Daily 1: V2 p. m., for Indianapolis. “ «. Daily 3:55 p ns., " “ 6, Daily 3:52 a. m., “ “ “ 12, Daily 2:23 a. m., “ “ “ 2, Ex. Sun 6:20 p. in., “ •• “ 4, Ex. Sun.. 8:34 a.m., “ “ For complete Time Card, giving all trains »nd stations, and for full information as to rales, through cars, etc., address J S. DOWLING, Agent,

Ureencastle, Ind.

Or J. M. Chesbbohqh, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.

Trnste’i’s Sate of Personal Property. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, trustee for the creditors of George W. LaFollette, assignor, will oiler for sale at public auction, at the residence of .said assignor, one mile west of Raccoon, in Russell township, Rutnam county, Indiana, on SATURDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1S94, The personal property of said assignor, consisting of ij head oi two*year-old steers, 1 horse, 1 two-year-old colt, 1 ( hampion evaperator, 1 tank, sugar buckets, lumber, stove wood, 11 acres ot growing corn, and many other valuable and useful articles too numerous to mention. TERMS. A'ti sums of 45.00 and under, cash in hand; over 00, a credit until January 1, 1895, will be given, the purchaser giving his note therefor waiving valuation and appraisement laws, with approved security, at 8 per cent, iuteiesl after maturity. Sale tu begin at ten o’clock a. m. JAMES U. LaFOLLETTE, 5115 Trustee.

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