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A STORY OF A STRANGE PEOPLE.

BY WILLIAM WESTALL.

Atrangely—"never more, I knew what was meant by the bitterness of death. Yes, I am glad the danger is past; and I have to thank you, and I do. But where are we*’’ "That is more than I can tell—somewhere on the Island. I suppose?” "We must he. But’’—putting her hand over her eyes and looking intently round —“I do 1 relieve—yes—this is Swamp Island.” "Swamp Island? What Is Swamp Island?” “An unwholesome swamp, at the southwestern corner of Fair Island, from which it is separated by a narrow channel, and inhabited only by snakes and alligators. Nobody ever comes here, and we are a long way from Fairhaven. We have almost made the circuit of the island; the Painted Rocks are no longer in sight. But let us go below and see how Marian and Buttercup have fared since we fastened them up.” I had already noticed that Mab looked pale and worn, amt 1 now saw that she wa» weak. As we walked aft she had to lean on me for support. "You are ill?” I asked, anxiously. "I shall be better in a few minutes. Fol the first time in my life I feel faint.” "No wonder, after all you have gone through. Any other woman would tie more dead than alive. Why, it must be twenty-four hours since you tasted food.” "You have fasted quite as long.” “Never mind me. I have been too anxious and exuited to think about eating; but now I am beginning to feel terribly peckish-” "What?” " ‘Peckish’ is a modern colloquialism. It means hungry. The one thiug needful Just now is grub.” “Grub?” "I beg your pardon; I mean foot!. I think there are a few tins of preserved meat still on board. I must look them up at once.” By this time we had reached the saloon. Marian and Buttercup were alive, but very haggard and limp, and only just recovering from the worst agonies of seasickness. They were so ill, in fact, that my announcement tiiat we were aground and out of danger did not seem to interest them in the least; all they wanted was to be quiet. As for eating! the very idea was enough to— So, in the interest of all parties, I proposed tiiat Marian should lie down in one of the berths and let Mab have her clothes while Mab's were drying in the sun, for the clouds were now dispersing, and the weather taking up. "But what will you do?’’ said the queen. "You are quite as wet as I am.” "Oh, I shall easily find a rig-out. I can don some sailor’s togs while mine dry.” “ 'Rig-out,’ ‘togs!’ repeateil Mab, with a puzzled look. “You speak in riddles, Mr. Erie. I don’t understand.” “Of course you don’t. I am always forgetting that you are not familiar with modern colloquial English. I mean clothes, garments.” "Good. ‘Rig-out’ Is expressive, I think. I will go and rig myself out in Marian’s togs. You will go and rig yourself out in some other body’s togs; and if after that you will kindly find some grub I shah be extremely obliged, for I feel awfully peckish. Is that the correct thing?” "You could not express yourself more correctly, Queen Mab, if you had been 'linished’ in a I^ondon boarding-school,” I answered, with a bow. She responded to the compliment with a gratified smile, and went away with Marian, while I betook myself to another part of the ship. I had no difficulty in finding what 1 wanted in the way of clothes, and in the way of food I was fortunate enough to unearth several tins of preserved meat ami preserved vegetables, a tin of biscuits, as well as some cbeese and salt beef. There was tea, too, and 1 told Buttercup (he could hardly crawl, poor fellow, but I thought it would do him more good than going to bed) to light the galley fire and set the kettle on; and half an hour later the queen and I were eating as only people who have fasted twenty-four hours can eat. W hen wo had taken the edge off our appetites we took to discussing our plans. Mab had only a vague idea of the distance from Swamp Island to Fairhaven. There are few roads in the remoter parts of Fair Island, and no mile-stones. She thought it was about three days’ journey. The best way would be to go by sea. As, however, we had, unfortunately, no b«at, that was out of the question. But once on the main-land we should fall in with villages ■ and plantation*, where we could obtain shelter and help. Mab, being of opinion that the channel which divided the two islands was but a few miles away, proposed to set out at once. To this I demurred. It was now the hottest time of the day. We were all very tired: we neither knew exactly how far It was to the channel, nor how far we should have to go on the other side before reaching a settlement. Belter stay ail mgni where we are,’’ 1 said, “and start at sunrise In the wornlng; the more especially as the channel being no doubt a tidal one, we may have to wait some time before we are able tocross.” "You are quite right. Let it be as you say. We shall be all the better for a good night’s rest. At the same time, l am very anxious to get back to Fairhaven as soon as possible. They are sure to think I am dead, and in Hint case there may be bad work.” “Bad work?” "Yes. Isnl work—trouble. Amyas Fans Is my natural successor, and in the ordinary course of tilings should become protector in my stead. But the Council of Nine have a right of veto, and they may reje t him in favor of my second cousin, Oliver Fane.” "I know him—he was among the sharkfighters—a very fine young fellow. SHU, I don’t quite understand why they should prefer him to the other.” “He Is better liked than the other, and I think ho is a better man. 1 like Amyas, he lias many good qualities;but, to tell the truth, he does not inspire me with implicit confidence. He is ambitious and masterful. nnd, I fear, not always sincere." "I see. You think that if the Council preferred Oliver, Amyas would refuse to accept their decision.” "I think it is very likely.” “And then?” "There might bo trouble, confusion, strife, perhaps blood-shed, all which my return would of course prevent. While we were afloat I did not think about it. My mind was too full of other things; it never occurred to me that we should be cast away so far from home, and in circumstr.nces which (would make it appear that

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we had perished. But now I see clearly tiiat the consequences may be very serious. Amyas tins friends, and Oliver has friends, and Isitli are brave and impetuous. Yes, Mr Erie, I am very anxious to get back.” "I can well believe it, and we must get ssoq.w ‘qilve.wuourtuOD aq; papunoj aur q ttzucil ejuts pe.unDDo swq n.uu.'l os sisijj o^ JolDapud jjastuiq Ituuupqoojd ojojaq qiwap jfiu jo uoyivapijeA eqi jo; )|1!av jou fii.w »q ‘jj uodn pudd.q] iqrtuoqj j utiqq vnojjas ajoiu *u sti.Ciuv utsnoa Aw— skoojus sj| iq jqoad p[tio.u oqM until .l[tio sqi tq aq pu« ‘joid v q.ius Jooau inoa jo B|qBd»o sj oq a\ .(jjunoD aqj uj unui euo inq si ajaqj, eui jo pu ja» oj Sui.Oi ojojaq ‘Awaw noA uajqJtuj oj *noA jo pu jaJi oj pa -jubav Xaqj pun tjsnjq ppioa i tuoqAv puauj v ‘puauj .watt w punoj ptiq | no.f ut i«qi Ains .iaqi—auo miq; .uuui aq a'uiu ajaqj joj ‘Xaqq Xus j—.laqx ‘jojd ajiA o sj jj 'jjpipv ,*u«ia, aqt qua qtiqj emus aqj si qj ojojai qatqAV ptiuq aqj ‘Atouq j stqq qtijj am paq ipiqs jtqXg -qno pun jijav i ‘ssejaqqjaAau ipasiulfsip sj TtujqjJAipunq aqj., tpatujnjaxa aqs ,,‘jajjaj sjqj ajoj.ii oqAi qou .wonq j„ ■qaaj jaq oj .{jpaqiaxa Jfunjdspim puvq jaq qqt.w jadnd aqj qatujs aqs uaqx ‘jnstuad Xjsas qji-w jaqjvp nut -Aiojit aanj jaq ‘satujq jvjaAas s.iuuq paqqtuq qqjjA jaqjaj aqj puaj-aj putt (in.u oqy •jaq oq qt fiujpuuq puu qaqood Xtu niojj qj Stujqvq—„;ojaH,, „jqj sj ajaq_\y jjaqqai snotu.iuouu uy,, ,,‘MOuq pjnoqt noA qnqq qqfitj Xjuo si jj aiou qnq :jt qnoqn rntqqou ppis j ‘qsajqj Xjdma tin jo ‘qsaf Ajjos v qj Xu mia.'d jaqjaj snom.tuouv un po.iiaoa.t j n?iv sqaaAl aioj y asja Smqq -atnos sj ajaqj jut] amija aqq qjj.ii utsnoa jno.{ Xujqoauuoa tuojj qa.i Xn.ii nuoj v ajn 3Ai puu uaqniatuaj ‘jocjd qou sj uojajdsng •qnjv uaanf) ‘qsnj ooq oX sn jaj q,uo(i„ ,,‘sj oq ai sAiouq aq ‘qou acj aq jj ‘jo ‘uotn aqq sj scAmy ‘sax ‘qj ut autuqamos aq qsnui ajaqq ‘noA oq ospi pajjnaao uojajd -sns aqq sh pun ‘ajqtssodtuj si Xutqqou qa p •mtq pasnjaj j Ajuo joa«j auo tuiq oq puiq os uaoq a.uiq j puu Uojiwjq « aq jqnoa aunj « qiiqq qj a.inq qou pjnoAi ipujm uaio Am jo sStujjdmojd aqq oq uaqstj jou ppiojA j ‘eui tuojj qj qstuqq j puv ‘AjanSuA qaA ‘am o j(pjj.mooo snq uojajdsus atuns aqj—noA qjjAl qjutuj aq jqnoAi j jittis j—qjtuj aqj Ijajoi ‘puy —Alajtq qonpnoo sjq ut sXuiqq Auutu ajti aaaqx —HRs jaA,, tAjjiutjiijjsaq ‘Plus aqs „‘os qjujqq oj ajjos aq jqnoqs •jiajqnojq aja.w saAa jaq pua ‘ajvd paujnj jiuti pajjtiqs q«j^ ,,i2«ju -qqXtj jo qsrjj aqq Aq am oq j ajwaAaj ajnSjj aqq xvm stq quqq—asooj .tmniQ, aqq Xujjqua qji.tt op oq XujqqAun jmq aq qnqq ajqissod qj sj ‘satujqamos sautqq ailuvjjs op uam snojndnjasun puu snojqjqtuu ‘aiox ‘snoj -ndtuas ooq qou sj aq suuam quqx ajaa -uistij puu snojqjqmu sj aq quqq aiou qsnf jittis no.\ suAmy—uisnoa noA oq jiajjajaj qj lunsqu Aja.i qt uiaap jjjai noA Aus ajup j iqjjOAi si qj jutjAi joj jj aquj—uappjqun atuua JJ—sjqj sum qqStioqj Am ‘jja^,.

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I answered, of course, in the affirmative, and fetching one of the weapons, I explained its mechanism, and showed her how to Insert the cartridges, take aim, and fire. We then went on deck, and 1 let her burn a doz'ii cartridges—1 did not think we could afford to waste more. Mab proved herself an exceeding apt pupil, and I told her—what was indeed the truth— that with a little practice she would make an excellent shot. en.VPTKr, XXV.—SAVED AOAIX. All our preparations were completed before we turned in. and so soon as it was light enough to so; our way we set out on our journey. Our burdens were pretty equally divided, I carried the cartridges (which were pretty heavy), the revolver, one of tlierifi -s, tools, cooking utensils, and some twine, rope, and nails. Mab absolutely Insisted on carrying the second rills, ami she ami Marian also carried the greater part of the provisions. Buttercup, as he proposed, carried the hooks in two bags, which he slung over his shoulder. He could have car-ied more, but. though strong, he was only a lad, after ail, an 1 I knew, from my “Xuerlcneo as a volunteer an I a jiede-trian rambler, Hint a pack weighs a good deal heavier at the aad of a march than at the beginning. My plan was to make straight for the sen-shore and follow the coast until we jan.e to Hie channel, then follow that until we found a for I. Failing a ford, I meant to extemporize a

raft.

We got on better than I expected. The tl lal wave h.id opened a broa I track down to the sea. aad the sand on the shore, being firm and hard, made very good walking. Despite the weight of literature which lie bore'ou his back, Buttercup went gayly ahead. T ic two women were splendid m irehers, walking with an even, elastic tread, heads erect, shoulders well thrown back, and lookin* as if they could go on all day long. It was all I could do to keep up with them. Wc reached the crock in about three hours. It was very full, the tide being just then at its height. Fording was out of the question; swimming with our kit, rifles, and the rest, equally so; and I could see no suitable timber for raft-making. Sj I proposed that we should strike inland for a few miles, in the hojie that by tbe lime the tide ebbed we might find a practicable crossing. Mab concurred; and after a short halt and an al-frisen breakfast, we turned our backs to the sea, and followed, as well as we could, the course of the stream; but ns its banks in many places were swampy ami covered with almost impenetrable brushwood, we had to make several detours. and for some lime we got on very slowly. Shortly after we resumed our tramp, a bird, of which I did not take particular notice, Hew out of a tree. “That is a bad sign,” said Mab, who missed nothing. "A bad sign! Why?” "Don’t you see that it is a magpie?” "Yes, it is rather like one. I did not know you had magpies in this part of the world.” “At any rate, we call it a magpie.” "Why shouldn't you? 1 am sure I have no objection. But you have not told me why it is a bad sign.” “Don’t you know that a single magpie boties evil? “ 'One for sorrow, two for mirth. Three for u wedding, four for a birth.’” "1 think I have heard something like that before,” I said, laughing. "I once heard an old woman repeat It when I was a small boy.” "You don’t believe in sign and omens?” "No, 1 don’t, ami lam surprised yon do. Yet wiiy should I be’ Superstition dies hard; and your ideas are naturally—” ! Here, feeling that I was rather jmtting my foot in it, I paused for further considera-

tion.

"Oh, don’t hesitate. I know what yon mean,” returned the queen, in a hurt voice. “We islanders are backward and ignorant—our ideas are old-fashioned. I admit it. All the same, you must acknowledge that my forebodings have so far proved only too true, and if the flight of that magpie docs not prove a presage of sorrow I shall be agreeably surprised.” “1 have not the least doubt it will. Sorrow is sure to come sooner or later—rather sooner than inter; mirth, too, whether magpies liy singly or in jiairs; so are weddings and births—at the rate of a few thousand a day.” "Djii’t talk nonsense. Mr. Erie,” returned Mab, impatiently (she was not used to lieing chaffed). "The sign is only for those by whom it is seen. The ajijiearance of tiiat magpie boded sorrow for some of us. Of that I am sure.” "Wnich of us is going to be married, then? For see, there are three of them flying over that tree!” a minute later she uttered an exclamation. "Stop! liook there!” she cried. Her sharp eyes had detected a deer browsing in a glade a few hundred yards ahead. I instinctively raised my ritle to my shoulder, and as I palled the trigger the creature bounded away. “Confound It!” I exclaimed. “I forgot that I was not loaded. What a splendid shot 1 should have had! However, I will be ready for the next.” And with that I opened the breech and inserted a cartridge. “Let me have one, too," said Mab (she was a keen sporlswoniJVn). “I wonder whether I could hit a deer?” "I have no doubt you could. There, your piece is charged. You shall have the flrst shot, if we do see another; and if you miss I will try. I thought you said Swamp Island was inhabited only by snakes and

alligators,”

“There may be also a few deer. Or perhaps the one we saw just now has crossed over from Fair Island.” "In that ease there is likely to be a track and a ford not far off. We must keep our

eyes open.”

As we went through the glade, looking carefully for the slot of the deer. Buttercup, who was just then leading the way, came to a sudden stop, like a pointer set-

ting game.

“D ) you see something?” 1 aoked. “Rather! L6ok there!” “The embers of a fire, hardly cold, and feathers and bones! Who has been cooking there, I wonder—snakes or alligators? Or jierhajis it is mu deer ivu saw a iiiuu

while since.”

“It is very strange,” said Mab. “I am -me nobody is living here, or 1 should have heard. Hunters from Fair Island? But why hunters should come here when game is so much more abundant over there. I

don’t quite see.”

"There is no accounting for taste,” I put in. “They must be hunters, and if we can find them, their coming will lie all the butter for us. Tn«y can show us the way.” j

“There they are! But—”

“Back! back! behind the trees!—for your lives, behind the trees!” I cried, as an ar-

row whistled past my head, and another grazed the queen’s shoulder. Poor Buttercup was less fortunate. As half a dozen nearly naked savages came toward us at a run, sjtears in hand, he fell to the ground without a groan, struck through the heart. “I will take the man to my right: you take the next," I said to the queen. "Now! ’ The next moment two of the black fellows jumped Into the air with a yell, and then fell forward on their faces, dead! “Charge again, quickly! Here is another cartridge.” But before we were ready for a second volley, the remaining four, 1 after staring at each other for an instant in evident consternation, disappeared into the forest. Mat) threw down her rifl», knelt lieside Buttercup, and raised his head. "My poor, poor boy! They have killed him!—they have killed him!” she cried, as the tears streamed down her cheeks. "Oh, how shall I tell his mother? Say, Mr. Erie! say, Marian! how shall 1 tell his mother? She had only him.” And then closing Buttercup's eyes and stroking his stiffening fingers, she wejit silently. I waited several minutes, and then suggested ns gently as I could that, as the poor lad was past our help, it behooved ns to think of our own safety, and the sooner we got away the better. "You are right,” she said, rising to her feet. "God has taken him; his work is done, ours is not; let us be up and doing. Pity, though, we cannot bury him! But it would be risking too much. What shall we do?” “Make straight for the creek, and get through it somehow. There may bo hundreds of these villains about, for anything we know. If we could only find that deertrack—” “Here it Is!” said Marian, who had been questing about; her eyes were, if jwssible, sharper than Mab’s. “So it is: and plainly marked! I^et us be off at> once; we have not a moment to

lose.”

The track took us past the bodies of the two men we had killed. They were very tall, with long, muscular arms and broad, square shoulders. Their skins were almost black-red, their features of n decidedly negro type, but their faces and breasts were so extensively painted nnd tattooed that it was impossible to distinguish at a glance—and we had not time for more— whether they were piebald or the reverse. “What are they?” I asked Mab, as we ran on. "Fugitive slaves?” "If they were, there would be need for us to run. No; they are Cariheroes.” "Like those who invaded the island in Denzil Fane’s time?” "Yes. I never saw any. But I have not a doubt of it. And I fearthey are invading the island a second time!” "In that case—and I am afraid yon are right—these are the first comers—the advance guard.” "Yes, and they will be followed by thousands more. They have evidently chosen Swamp Island as their base of operations. The stroke we have so long feared has fallen. The safety, nay, the very existence of the commonwealth dejietids on us. If we reach Fairhaven quickly, we shall have such time for preparation as will enable us, please God, to make head against the danger. The Cariheroes are sure to lie jbined by most of the Calibans, and if onr people are taken by surprise and overcome, not a single Christian will be left alive: and we have only ourselves to depend upon.” "But the aborigines—the Caribs—you can surely count noon them?” "On their good will, yes; hut noton their help in the field. They h ive lost their old fighting habits, and have not been trained as our young men have been trained. It was considers 1 policy n >t to train them— a mistaken jjolicv, in my opinion; but such is the fact, and this is uu time to cUexisiq illusions.” “Do you know the country on the other side of the creek?” “Very well. But yon must be very familiar with a country to find your way through a thickly wooded district, where roads arc scarce and people few. There is a hamlet callel Weston's which cannot be very far off. We must make for that, and. with the help of your pocket-compass I dare say we shall be able to get there.” In the meanwhile we were pushing on through husband brake, wading swamps, clambering over fallen trees, our clothes in tatters, our hands and faces scratched with brambles and covered with bloodstopping at nothing in our nice for life, yet all the while listening intently, and not forgetting to keeji a lookout for lurking enemies. At length our jierseveninco receives its reward. The channel is in sight. We have struck it (following iu the track of the deer) at a point where it is wide and presumably shallow. The banks on the hither side are low, marshy, and covered with reeds; on the side over against v.s, high and steep, and, for a space of several hundred yards, destitute of cover. On corning to the water’s edge we pause for a brief colloquy. The tide, though not at its lowest, is ebbing fast. Shall we wait until it ebbs further? My advice is, decidedly not. The Cariheroes may be on our trail—almost certainly are on our trail; the low reeds afford hardly any protection, and even while we stand here whispering we may be shot down by unseen foemen. “There is no fear of our drowning,” says Mab; "we can all swim.” “But if we swim we shall wet onr ammunition, and that might be fatal. We are all tall, too, nnd 1 hope we shrill be able to do It wading. Come! There is no time to lose. 1 shall fasten the cartridges round my neck, and hold my rifle and revolver over my head. You two go first, ar.fi as you cannot well wade one way and look another, 1 will stay here and protect your passage." "And wli“n wo are on the other side we will do the same service for you. Come! Marian!” And with that they plunged boldly into the stream, the queen (who had fastened a few cartridges in iier hair) bolding her rifle above her head. The tide ran very strong, and I watched their movements with anxiety: but these women were strong, active, and courageous, and though more than once up to the neck, they showed no sign of wavering, and in a few minutes had gained the opjmsite bank. Mai) raised her rifle to show that she had k ‘nf her powder dry and standing on (to nr coNTiNrF.n. I

Enlargement of the Liver.

“I was trowMed with enlargement of mr liver. The doctors could not help me except to give me relief for a short time. I have taken three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla which has done me more good than any thing I have ever taken before." Sarah J. Forbes,

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EARLY CIRCULATING L’BRARIES.

The I’opuliir Inntltution Ha* Heen In Ex-

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From time immemorial, says All the ^ Year Round, booksellers’ shops have been the favorite resort of all touched with the love of letters, and in the days gone by, when the art of advertising was practically unknown, it was only by frequenting the shops where books were sold that ;>ossible purchasers were able to learn what was going on in the publishing world, to know what new books were in course of publication and to hear and exchange the latest literary gossip. These early book lovers, one may be quite sure, would be certain to while away many a leisure hour by “sampling" the ware on their hosts' counters, and would read, or at least dip into, many volumes besides those they actually purchased for more leisurely consumj)tion ut home. And hence might arise, very naturally, the custom ! of formally lending (fut books to read \ for a monetary consideration. Thus, at the end of Kirkman’s "Thracian Won- J der,” published in 1001, the bookseller ^ makes the following announcement: “U any gentleman please to repair to

house aforesaid they may be fur-

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nished with all manner of English or French histories, romances or poetry, which are to be sold or read for reasonable consideration.” It is not quite clear from the last few words whether the books might be taken away to be read, or whether the reaihng was to be done in the bookseller's shop. But that books might be taken home is evident from the remark of a chart|cter in Nevile's "Poor Scholar,” printe’ijl in 1662. “Step to a bookseller’s,” he slays “and give him this angel, which Y^ll lend you, for the use of the many-la guaged Bibles, lately publish'!, for week. Their price is twelve pound. When you have got them to your study invite your father to your chamber, show him your library and tell him you are twelve pounds out of jmrsc for those large volumes.” This was au ingenious way of getting around the “relieving officer,” but it is doubtful, after aU, whether the lending system was put Into practice to any great extent.

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Marvelous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich , we are permitted

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Relief in Sir Honrs. Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the “New Great South American Kidney Cure." This new remedy is n great surprise on account of its exceeding jiromptness in relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, hack and every part of the urinary passage in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure tliia is yourr remedy. Sold by Albert Allen, Druggist, Greencastle, Ind- lylo

The only quadruped that lays eggs is the ornithorhynchus of Australia.

Home Seekers’ Excursions to the South. .June and July 5, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4 the Monon Route will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip to all points in Kentucky (south of Louisville and Lexington , Tennessee. Mississippi. Georgia. Alabama. Florida. Nort h Carolina. South Caroina 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.

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Dally, tDaily 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.

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..V&JSBftUA Jtt'.NE tie, Ind., FOR THE WEST. No. 21, Daily 1:52 p. m., for St. Louis. “ 1, Daily 12:53 p.m., “ “ " 7, Daily 12:25 a. m.. “ •• 6. fcx. suu K-..'>Ma. m., " •• " 3. Kx. Hun V'.'Hp. n,., •* Terre Haul Trains leave Terre Haute, No. 75, Ex. Sun 7:05 a.m., “ Peoria. " ... La. Bui, 5.25 p. in., " Decatur, FOR I tlfc. ttADT. No. 20, Daily I'. r >2 p. m., for Indisnapoli “ 3, Daily. 3:3v p iu., " " fl, Daily 3:52 a. m., “ •• “ 12, Dally 2:23 a. m., “ •• “ 2, Ex. Sun 6:20 p. m., “ •• “ 4, Ex. Hun 8:34 a. m., “ “ For complete Time Card, giving all trai and stations, and for full information as rates, through cars, etc., address J S. DOWLING, Agent, - „ Greencastle, Ind Or J. M. Chesbrovgh, , Asst. Gen. Vass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo