Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 6, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 August 1897 — Page 7

A LOOK INTO THE GULF.

ked one night, and there Semlramis, Tth all her mourning doves about her head. It rocking on an ancient road of hell. Ithered and eyelesH. chanting to the moon hatches of Kong hi-y wont? to her of old pon th« Ii shied r»*jN of Kinoveh, nd then hr-r voi«» rang oat with rattling laugh The busies they ..*»-* crying back again— ingle* that brojeo -lie night* of Babylon ind then went crying on through Nineveh! Hand back, ye trembling messengers of illl rush out with my linir unbound to quell jwurgont citit's! L»'l the iron tread Of armies shake the earth. Look, lofty toweral Assyria goes by upon the wind!" And so sh'- lwitbl"H by the ancient road. While cities tum»tl to dust ufjon the.earth Rise through l*-r whirling brain to lire again— Babbles nil nigh', and when her voice is dead Her weary lips beat on without a sound. —Charles Edwin Slarkham in Scribner'a.

OX A PRAIRIE.

Ah, yes, do Ink' sparkle an look 'appy ©en fie sun, but dat water don* know, eet 3on' n'erst.'in

I tell you 'ow do story 'appen. One day Philippe, my 'ushan, say at mo, "JosephIne, tak' de egg an dc butter an wll ih'iii on do Angllsraen dat live roun' de lak'."

I)ow) men coin' off Anglnn an tlnk dey mak' do farm, hut dey shoot an flsh an drive on dc prairio an let delr crop grow as 'e plrnso.

My 'otise wns seex rnilo off, an dere waa do Ion' drive roun' de lak'. W'en I com noar dees plan, I see one tent, an I tlnk I fln' som' Injun. But pniysonly I me on de (trmn one w'ite woman. an Rhe af de iofcly face, an de long balr fall roun' 'er ati shine een de sun.

Wen sho 'oar do wagon, she sit up an look nt mo Den sho loan by one tree an cry an cry

I zhump from my wagon an say, "Wat ees do trnbl' of you'/" Den she cry: "I

glad,

FIE

day

HIIO

glad for see

you. I t'ink I never seo one woman son)' more. I t'ink my 'eart brak' w'en I lie 'ero all

Ion'MOID'."

I look roun' an I say: W'ero eos somebody Wy dev loovu yon

lon'som'?"

Dun who nay, "My 'ushan go way for •hoot an for li-h all day, an 'o don' un'erBtnn dat I'll be frighten an lon'som'."

After w'ilo she tell me do story of 'ersov. Slic (IId live on A ngland wid fatler, modeler, sinter, brodder, an many people coin' een deir 'ome

Hlmeliy she promise for marry wid one young man, an firs' 'o com' on Canada wid eemsev, an write jnany letter of do lofely prairio an ow she bo 'appy in dls plas wid eom

Don eom' back on Angland an marry wid 'er, an

HIIO

dein, but

leave er people. Sho miss

'-y for bo 'appy wid 'eein.

Won dry arrifo on Canada an go by do city an do town an do farm, sho t'ink sho like do co'ntry Hut dey com' far an more fur an go t'rnugh tie prairio w'oro dero's no tree, no water, an her eyo grow tire' After w'ilo (lore's no moro train, no more car, an dey drive eon do wagon far an more far, an sho seo no 'ouso, no people Don 'er 'eart fool lon'som', but sho try for Boom 'appy

At las' dey arrifo by dls pins', an she •oo som' tree an de lofoly lak', but doro 8 no-'ouso, dero'H nodding but dc tent, an one man stan noar by an smoke.

Den or uslMin say, "We stop 'ore." Sho say, "W'ero eos do 'ousc?" 'K say "D.it tontces my 'ouse, an you •ave no trobl for 'ousokoop. Sometime Tom, dat ruan. 'olp you w'en Va hot busy

She say, "W'ero eos do woman for 'elp mo?" 'K say: "No womnn llvo noar dls plas' DOHO lady dat com' from Angland an llvo on do prairio bo glad for work an olp doir 'ushan."

Sho splk not, but go eon de font Dat tent was dirty, so dirty, hacos do man, Tom, don' trobl' for wash t'lngs, an do pot and ]uin. do blanket an do ooat, lio all roun.

Sho was tiro, for dey drive far she was ool. for do frtis' was yot eon do grout) sho wns hongry. but she know sho oat *, on t'lngs look llko dat. So do ttrnr com' eon 'or eve

Dat mak" er usbnn angry, an 'esny: "I never t'ink you wns dat kin of woman. Odder men 'a' do bravo wife dat Vlpdom."

Dm sho sit on do groun an cry llko 'er 'cart brnk' Den grow moro angry an go way off on do pralt lo

Do man, Tom. fool sorry, an 'o ask or eef sho not know sho inus' llvo eon one tent An she my she never know dat. She lnk sho live con ono 'ouso w'oro odder (H'oplo llvo noar.

Don Tom mak' do fire, an fry do pork an do potares, an tnak' some ton, an 'e say. You feel hotter w'on you cat som ding

Sho try fur cat, but do pork was Tat, an do potato* swim een de gnaso. so she t'ank eom. but say sho feel too seek for cat Hut sho drink do tea an fool better

IV nex' day sho ache all over Sho cat nodding, she walk not. for do groun eea damp, do tent eos damp. An at do flrs' 'er 'uslwin ees sorry. but bimoby 'e grow tin' for tak' cam of" 'er. an 'o say. "Dero's no gtuxl een life oof ono man tnus' stay by do tent all day." An Wen she grow not strong 'o loovo 'or day by day alone wid 'crsov lMoro I go from or dat day I cook for 'cr do j«v»sh egg an do tons an sho cat llko sho

Ik'

starve, an sho say. "Dat ee*

like dey cook by my ome.' After dat I drive 'rout) do lak' an arrifo on de Httlo cotta*ho ere live de t'roe Anglismen An 1 splk wid ono of deni nhou' dat woman, an osay, Kr 'usban eos one selfish brute ." 1 like dat Anglisman, an I t'ink, "VS'y she not wo you before sho marry wid eom?' For dat mat) was so "andsome, so brnv an so strong

After dat 1 drive every day by cr tent nn wash de t'lngs an cook somdlng dat sho may eat An sho grow more strong, an himeby sho laugh an say sho don feel go lon'som'

After w'Ho doir oiw arrife Ron de prairio. ere d« r''s not wood for bull do 'ouae. dey buy »le ou«e ofti do city, an arrifo nil'pack n. nady for put togodder

Do big AngH«m,ui dat I Ilk'com' touti do odder side o? de lak'. an elp or en sho put de fumijiiur «S» ou«\ an en she laugh an «oi» »\1 watch or. an do eye of eem gT «of. an do *^?h coin from tvs e*rt Hot she don know dat

Many time coin an rvntl for "or an alng for or. an mootitoe dor sing toped der An de color com e*n er check, an sb« kwk 'appy. an smile wid do sweet smlK an 1 Ink "Ah. you would be de kin' "ostvand Yon would strixag. you would be fthcntil Hut da« wa t«o lat« now

Quo day «n arrifo sho look w'ite and at ranch An after Wile she pot er arm rotin* moan cry "Oh. Joaephe, Jowpixa. I never ink doro was any wrong w'en com' for aec m«. an I my u»ban every time com an never say I do wrong tot alng ffkl

an tvad wid

las' night w'en my 'asban' arrife from de villazhe, *e say dat de peopl' dere gossecp becM de Anglisman com' by dia 'ouse so many time, an my 'osban say, "W'en dat man arrife 'ere, you tell 'eem 'e never darken dis door again."

Den she lay 'er 'cad by me an splk no more word, bat I feel de meesairy een mj 'eart for 'er.

Bimeby she say: Josephe, I want my mod der. Eef my mod der was by me an I spik wid 'er, eet 'elp me bear all dat."

Praysonly I de Anglisman com' op from de Ink'. Den dey spik togedder, an de face of eem grow w'ite, an de black com' een ees eye, an de voice of eem tremT, but I know not 'e say.

Praysonly she say: "Goodby, good by forever. I t'ank you from my 'eart for all you |af done. I know you are good. I know you are noble. I pray you may be 'appy."

I 'ear not de word 'e say, bnt de faoe of eem look like de faoe of de dead. Den he go fast away by de lak, an she keep 'er eye on dat little canoe dat carry eem over de lak, for ebe know 'e oom' back no more.

De nex' day I go by de cottazhe of de Anglisman for sell my egg and butter, an dose odder two men tell me dat 'e leave dem an go far, far away.

Wen many week go past, she say to me, "Bimeby, Josephe, w'en I 'old de little one een my arm, an 'e learn for call me modder, I'll be not so lon'som'."

But, ah. me, w'en de day arrife, I know she'll never carry eem een 'er arm, an 'e'll never call 'er modder.

I 'ear 'er say to me een de weak voice: 'Josephe, good Josephe, bring my baby by me. I want for see de dear little face."

Den I t'ink my 'eart brak'. Praysonly de doctor, de doctor from de vlllazho, go beside 'or, an de tear ees eon 'e's eye, for 'e tell 'er very zbentil dat de life be gone out from dat little baby.

After dat she remember nodding for many day. W'on 'er sense com' to 'er once more, •ho say: "Josephe, I cannot bear eet long. I go, I mus' fco wid my baby."

Den I kiss 'er face an tell 'er, "Oh, you bo better, you be better soon," an I leave 'er wid do woman dat com'from de villazlic for tak' care of 'er.

Nex' duy, w'en I com' by de 'ouse an put my 'and on de door, somding mak' me feel cold nil shake.

An w'en I walk eon she cry not, "Josephe, good Josephe," for she lie w'ite an still on do lied, an I know she ees wid 'er baby.

But 1 go not by do bed, for 'er 'usban stan dero w'ite an still as ees de dead woman

Do man, Tom, sit een kitzhen, an 'e cry llko do child, but 'e tell me de story. Do nurse woman sleep een de night, an de lamp burn low W'en sho wake, she look on do bed, an nodding lio dere, nod ding dat llvo ees een do room wid 'er.

Sho wako every one, an doy soars!) de ouse, dey scars!) de groun. At de las' doy fln do footprint to de lak', an een dat wator sho lie dead.

An I say wid mysev, "God know dat all 'or trouble, all 'er lon'som'ness, destroy 'cr min, so she no longer un'erstan dat oot bo sin for toko 'er life so she go by 'er baby, an I know een my 'eart God novor punish 'er for dat, bacos he un'erstan.

Don I make do prayer for 'er soul. I go een de room w'ere 'er 'usban stan, an I remember dat 'e spoil 'er life, de life of dat woiuan I lofo, of dat woman dat lie doad, an I care not eef my word bo 'ard, eef my word be cruel. I want for 'urt eem eef I can. 'K draw eemsev back like de knife go t'rough eem an look een my eyo liko 'e 8tan dero for lot me pierce de 'eart of eem. But praysonly 'e cry: "Spik on, spik w'at you will Nodding you say 'urt mo more as do t'ing 1 say at mysev. 1 know at las w'at she sutfor. I know at las' w'at I 'ave dono. Kof 1 could bring 'er back, I give my life for make 'or 'appy. But, oh, my God, cot eos too late, too late!"

Den 'e groan an 'ide do faoe een de amis, an 'e say, "Do punishment ees greater dan I can bear."—New York Tribune

Aatrouoiny From Saturn.

One often sees in articles on astronomy somo reference to the grandeur of the Saturnlan heavens at night, where, in addition to the starry host familiar to us all, would bo the wonderful ring spanning the sky as an aroh of golden light and eight moons in thoir various phases. In a meas uro this is true, but it depends upon cir cuinstances During the summer hnlf of the year it) either hemisphere tho illuml nated side of the rings is, of course, visible —perhaps even faintly so in tho daytime, as as is the case with our moon—but when the twilight falls and the golden arch shines forth in all its beauty against the darkness of the sky it must certainly be a sight which for grandour surpasses any celestial phenomenon known to us, save possibly a total eclipse of the sun.

As soon as the sun has set, however, tbe shadow of tho planet, where it falls upon tho rings, rises in the east and mars the beauty of the arch as it travels across it during tho short night and disappears in tbe west at sunrise. At the an miner sol stleo, though, tbe sun rises high enough In the heavens, or, more correctly, the planet's axis is inclined far onougb toward the sun to bring the outer ring clear of tbe •hadow. which then appears somewhat conical in shape and reaches across the in ner bright ring nearly to tho outer one.— Popular Science Monthly

Uf« In Bagdad.

John Punnett Peters, in his book, "Nip pur, or Explorations on tha Kuphratea.' says: "One of the unpleasant features of life in Bagdad is tho so called Bagdad date mark." the same which is known elsewhere as the" Aleppo button. This is a boll which attacks the face or the extrem itics It appears lo two forms, known to the natives as mate and female respectively The former is a dry, scaly sor®. the latter a running open boil. It Is not painful, but leaves ugly scars Tho native* all carry somewhere on the face, neck, bands, arms or fwt tbe scars of these boils, which they have had aa children European chil drrn born In the country are apt to be dreadfully disfigured, as in their cue tbe boils Invariably appear on the faoe, and. whereas native children have as a rule bat one boll, those born of Eorof par enM are auto to have aeveral A jt for rigncrs visiting the country are liable to t» attacked, and women rarely esoapc disfigurement. The cause of tbe di*»** has never been ascertained oar a core found

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I love to sigh as I have sighed Times numbered by the aeon And realize how grand it is

To Ije a bachelor.

The man who tries to sew.

Except just what I want.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, ATTGTtTST 7, 1897.

A BACHELORiC BALLAD.

I love sew on buttons or Put neckbands on my shirts And ran the needle through my thumb—

Gee whiz, bat how it hurts I

I love to pat a patch upon My trousers and to know That life is full of trials for

I love to crawl far underneath The bureau and to swear Because my collar button's gone

And vanished in thin air.

I love to darn my socks and things— The accent on the things— I love to note the rained clothes

My washerwoman brings.

I love to come home at an hoar I do not care to state And realize no one will ask

Why I've been oat so late.

I love to eat my lonely meals At some cheap restaurant Where 1 can get all else on earth

I love to laugh as 1 have laughed So often heretofore And realize how grand it is

To be a bachelor.

L'KPTVOI.

I love—ah, me, bat she is fair, The maid that I adore! She's promised very soon I'll cease

To be a bachelor. —Baltimore News.

A TKAGEDY.

There were three of us in the churchyard—Nicodemus, Matthew and myself. It was evening, and the spent sunlight was fading along the uplands and gone altogether from tbe meadows in the valley. Nicodomus had spent the entire afternoon in digging a grave for old Naijny, who died yesterduy and is to be buried day after tomorrow. Matthew had strolled over from his cottage door to watch him give the finishing touches to it. I had joined tbom out of sheer idleness, having nothing better to do. Tho three of us now sat on tho tomb which forms a sort of table over tho ashes of some gentleman long since dead—so long indeed that his name and titles, if he had any, have disappeared from tbe stone. Nicodemus, smelling tbe tobacco which Matthew nnd I smoked in peace, produced his own pipe and lighted it. The sraoko coming freely, ho nodded toward the newly made grave. "Thesix and sixtieth," said Nicodemus, 'Whioh is to say the sixty-sixth during my Incumbency, as you may term it. Clerk and sexton of this parish have I been for two and twenty years come Trinity, and this is tbe sixty -sixth grave that I have dug." 'Tis a fair slice of death work," said Matthew, "six and sixty deaths in so short a spaco as two and twenty year. Truly, as tho good book says, 'In the midst of life we are in death.' Two and twenty Into six and sixty is—lot's seo—yes, is three. Three solemn reminders per annum, as you may say, that all flesh is grass." "They've all got to come tome, "said Nicodemus musingly. "Every one of 'em —man, woman and child. It doesn't matter how rich they are or how poor, they've got to come in the end. Six feet by three is all they get—sometimes less, but not often more—and none of 'em carries anything away with 'em." "No," said Matthew. "That's certain. Naked came they into the world and naked go they out." "Aye, even old Noddy, with all his goldpieces," said Nicodomus. "All," said Matthew, "though ho, in a way of spnaking, took 'em up to the very gates, oh? Carried 'em as far as is possible, you might say." "lie did. A curious story was that," said Nicodemus, glancing at me. "A sort of story writer's story, similar to the romancing pieces thoy priot in books, bnt nevertheless true."

After I had hinted that I should like to hear that story Matthew remarked ,fcbat there was a chilly wind coming round tho chancel corncr, and Nicodemus said that sitting on tombstones gave him a rheumatic pain in the small of the back. We therefore went over tho stile to the Three Kings nnd sat down against the fire in the kitchen, 'i'hero was nobody there but Benjamin Tripp, tho landlord, and after he had filled our mugs he leaned against the doorpost smoking his churchwarden and listening. "That old Neddy, now," said Nicodoums thoughtfully. "I can just call him to mind and that's all, for 'tis a good five and forty yoar since it happened to him, and I was then a lad of maybe 12 year old." "Six and forty year come St. Martin," said Benjamin Tripp. "I remember it as if 'twere yesterday, seeing as I were married tbe week before." "I daresay you're right." said Nicodemus. "Things have escaped lue a good deal of late on account of having so many things to keep in mind—buryings and christenings nnd weddings and suoh like"— "This being a rare parish for marrying and giving in marriage and likewiso for tbe bringing into tbe world of babies and •ticklings, as the saying is,' said Matthew. "Butabuut old Neddy," continued Nicodemus, "which was a case of burying by bis own act, and therefore remarkable. He lived, did old Neddy, at the Lone Ash farm, apd there was neither kith nor kin to look after him, and bis one idea was to get money and keep it. All his life be was the biggest old skinflint that aver lived in this parish, which oontains a multitudinous variety of human characters"— "All sorts and conditions of men, as tbe prayer book has it," interrupted Matthew. "Tbey did say," resumed Nioodemoa thoughtfully, "that tbe old chap never bought but one good coat in his life, and that be used to get bis hats off tbe scarscrows in tbe 'taty fields. However that might be"— "Gospel truth was that there," «aid Benjamin Tripp.

Well, I was going to say, whether It was or it wasn't, old Neddy was particu

larly

near in all bis dealings, and looked to every penny as if it bad been a golden pound. Used to rake tbe asbes off tbe kitchen fins after everybody bad gone to bed and count tbe candle ends to see that tit* lasses weren't extravagant with them. I've beard It said that bed spend boors bargaining aver a sixpence"— "Tbrarpeooe," said Benjamin. "And, of course sixpence or threepence —this comae of life oaosed blm

gether a deal

.. JOO

to got

money, and be became a

rich matt for these parts, and had gold •ad silver la moeh abundance Bnt then k» was always afraid of tbiavea." "Aye," said Mstthew,

"at

eoons be

would '»). A deal of uneasiness we miss, neighbors, in being poo** and lowly, for what is riches but summut that tbe moth and rust doth corrupt and thieves break through to steal, as the good book says?" "Old Neddy didn't intend thieves to break through, at any rate," said Nioodemus. "I've heard it said that yon Lone Ash farm had more bolts and bars about it than all tbe rest of the bouses in tbe parish put together. He used to go round it every night as soon as it got dark and fasten everything with bis own hands. When that was done, be used to lock himself into tbe little parlor"— "Aye," said Matthew, interrupting Nioqdemus, with an evident desire to roll some tidbit of tbe story off his own tongue. "Aye, and for wbat? For the carnal delight of oounting his gold! Used to pile up the golden sovereigns in fives and tens and twenties and fifties and hundreds! And they did say that the—well, the old gentleman—used to come to him and tell him how to get more gold." "I know one thing," said Benjamin Tripp, after the silence which followed Matthew's terrible suggestion, "that there room is haunted. If you go up there on a windy night and listen at tbe window, you can hear oltl Neddy counting bis gold—clink, clink, clink, it goes." "Aye,"said Nicodemus, "I'veheard say so, neighbor. There's curious things, of course, in life and death, though I don't hold with ghosts in general. However, I was about to tell our young friend here that old Neddy got very uneasy about his money and oast about for a safe keeping place for it. He wouldn't have aught to do with banks, because Timothy Green had put his savings in one that broke, and these safes that rich folk use nowadays to keep their money in were not in such general use then. They say that be used to hide heaps of money nbout the house in boles and corners and under the floors, but at last ho hit on a curious hiding place for it, as is now well known to all people that hereabout do dwell." "To be an example unto all," said Matthew, "that they might prolit thereby and guard themselves against greed and cupidity and tho love of money, which is the root of all evil, as tbe good book truly says." "You see," continued Nicodemus, who took advantage of Matthew's interruptions to dip his nose into his pint mug, "old Neddy had lookod about the parish for a likely hiding place, nnd he found one in tbe churchyard. How he found it is more thnn anybody knows." "I know,'' said Benjamin Tripp. "He was led to it." "Neighbor Tripp," said Nicodemus, "means that the evil one pointed it out to him." "Cert'n'y," said Benjamin. "Well, maybe he did. However, old Neddy must have been spying round the churchyard and he found a hole behind a bed of nettles—the plaoe was kept in poor order then, being considerably beforp my timo—and he discovered that that hole led to an old vault under the ohancel. Now, ho reckoned, being a sharp hand at thinking that nobody would look for money in a vault, even if they knew the vault was there"— "Whioh in this case they didn't," said Matthew. "And so he oarrled his money there— golden pounds and silver crowns"— "All tied up in little bags," said Benjamin Tripp, "same as farmers use to carry their samples of grain in to market." "And he piled 'em upon top of old Squire Topham's coffin, and no doubt thought they were as safe as if they'd been the Bank of England." "Safer—much safer," murmured Matthew. "Well," resumed Nicodemus, "and so they were. But one night when old Neddy hud crept into the vault to look at 'on) or happen to add to bis store, the earth and tho stonos fell In, and he was buried alive." "A judgment," wild Matthew. "He must have heard the stones about to fall, though," continued Nicodomus, "for they found him in this way. Nobody could make out what had got him, but ono day old Mrs. Hoppe was poking about thpfc bed of nettles and she saw a human hand Bticking out of the rubbish against tho chancel wall. So tbey dug and delved, and there was old Neddy and his gold on tho squire's coffin. And 1 think that's all, though, of course, as parson says, there's amoral in the story." "Ah. indeod," said Matthew, "and a very improving one, for he truly carried his gold to the very gates of death, as the saying goes, but nota penny beyond 'ejnl" —Collier's Weekly.

What Cat* Think of Men.

The cat was a solitary roamer whose companions were tbe trees of its native forests. It found a home In the hollow trunks nnd safety among the branches. How do we know that the cat's ancestors were dwellers In the forests? Because every kitten takes to*a tree as readily as a duck to water also because nearly all forest dwellers are mettled in color, eo that they may not be conspicuous among the light and shadow boncath the trees. While I was considering what was the probable view held by cats about human beings it was suggested by one Ingenious friend that probably they regard man as a kind of locomotive tree, pleasant to rub against, the lower limbs of which afford a pleasant seat and from whose upper branches occasionally drops tidbits of mutton and other luscious fruits. We may laugh at tbe theory, but it has quite a respectable string of facts behind it to back it op. If tbe Kanakas argued from tbe pig to the horse, why should not the cat pass from the familiar tree to the unfamiliar organization called man?

Tbe cat, in spite of tbe domestic character it has acquired, Is in reality tbe least tame of oar animal servants. As far as its duties are concerned, man has taught it practically nothing.—North American Review.

River* That Flow Backward. Near Argostoli, a town on one of the Greek islands, four little torrents of sea water, rolling on an average 55 gallons a second, penetmtc into tbe fissures of the cliffs, flow rapidly inland and finally gradually disappear into the crevices of the soiL

Two of these wafcr courses are sufficiently powerful to turn all the year round tbe wheels of two mills constructed by an enterprising Englishman. This seems at first sight absurd on tbe faoe of it, but it is quite easily explained. Tbe bills of tbe island are of soft, calcareous rock, full of fissures, and sock up water like immense •pongee. lo consequence tbe pools in tbetr subterranean caverns are always lower than tbe surrounding see, so, to restore tbe balance, tbese little brooks, fed by the waves, ere always descending inland. Tbe curious yet natural result of the constant evapocw turn of tbe esa water Is that gigantic nil sera at salt crystals ars constantly forming to

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12 Ind Llm'd*11.20 am 6N. Y. Ex*.. 3.25 a tt 4 Ind. Ac.... 7.30am 20 Atl'c Ex*.. 12.35 pir 8 Fast, Lino* 1.50

Arrive from South

5C&NLlm*. 12.01 am 3 & Ev Ex*. 6.38 a 7 NOfcFlaSpi* 2.55 pm 1 Ev & I Mall. 3.35

Leave for South.

33 Mall & Ex..9.00 am 49 Worth. Mix .8.50

6 & N Llm* 3.55 a no 2 H&E Ex*11.00 a no 8 N O& FSpl* 3.35 ir 4 & Ind Ex*11.10

EVANSVILLE & INDIANAPOLIS

Arrive from South.

48 Mixed.10.10 an 32 Mall

If you are going

2 N. Y. Llm* 5.15

MICHIGAN DIVISION.

Leave for the North. Ar. from the North

6 St Joo Mall .6.30 am 8 S. Bend Ex.4.25pm 2St.JoeSp'c'l 5.20

5 South'nEx.10.00 am 21 T. H. Mall. 11.15 3 T. H. Acc...8.30p dd

PEORIA DIVISION.

Leave for Northwest. Ar. from Northwest.

7N-W Ex ....7.10am 21 Decatur Ex 3.30

12 AtltcEx ..11.10 a tt 2 East'n Ex. 5.00

EVANSVILLE & TERRE HAUTE. NASHVILLE LINK. Leave for the South.

Ex. 2.55 cr

CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS

Leave for North.

6 O & N Lim* 4.00 a 2THACEx.ll.30 am 8 NO&FSpi* 3.«0pm 10 TH&M Loc 4.10 4 E & Ex*.11.55

Arrive from North.

3 0 & E E 5 3 0 an 9 M&TH Loc. 10.45 am 1 & Ev Ex.. .2.30 pa 50 & N Llm*. 11.55pn 7 NO&FSpl*.. 2.50pm

C. C. C. & I.—BIG FOUR. Going East.

Going West.

35 St Ex*... 1.33 a 9 Ex & Mall*10.00 a 118-WLIm*.. 1.37 p» 5 Matt'n Ac. 6.30

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