Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1907 — Page 3

+♦++++*+ + + + + + <. WEATHER. Fair tonight and Friday. Warmer. ♦+++++++ + + + 4. + + E. Woods made a business trip to Warsaw this 'morning. Mike Smith made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. C. J. Lutz was attending to legal matters at Warsaw this morning. D. E. Lauferty of Fort Wayne, was a business caller to our city today. Miss Leota Gilpen went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Miss Blosser went to Fort Wayne this morning to make a short, visit with friends. Elmer Johnson returned this morning from Pittsburg, where he was conducting a horse sale. Tom Railing arrived hist evening from Little Rock, Ark., and will undoubtedly spend the summer at home. Mrs. Charles Bonham arrived this morning from Fountain City and is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rex. Mrs. John Monroe went to Decatur Tuesday to visit for a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Otto Henneford.--Bluffton News. The Rebekah’s will hold their regular business meeting this evening at seven thirty o'clock and all members are requested to be present. A New York man nearly died from swallowing a half-dollar while he was in a restaurant. We should have thought it would have been the waiter. The latest statistics as to the comparative effect of juvenile occupations on the youth of the land show the newsboys to be the healthiest boy workers. And they seldom suffer from lung complaints. Which is the less attractive color, olive drab or olive green? The answer to that question will determine the color of the new army uniform. Anything not to catch the eye of the enemy is the idea. A tourist printer who walked to this city from Decatur yesterday afternoon is ready and willing to testify to the extent of the rainfall. The man was as wet when he arrived in Bluffton as though he had been soaked In the river for an hour, but at that he was glad to get away from Decautr.— Bluffton Banner. Time,Table I ERIE RAILROAD. N KTFKCT 18 06 Decai nr. Ind EAST BOUND. No. 8, Chicago to New York Express, daily 2:38a.m. No. 10, Chicago to Buffalo Express, daily 9:55p.m. No. 12. Chicago to New York daily 5:45a.m. No. 4, Chicago to New York and Boston, daily 3:47p.m. No. 22, Chicago and Marlon accomodation, daily except Sunday 1:48p.m. WEST BOUND. No. 7, New York to Chicago Express, daily 1:50a.m. No 9, Buffalo to Chicago Express, daily 3:22a.m. No. 11, Chicago, daily 6:05p.m. No. 3 New York to Chicago fjmited, daily 12:56p.m. No 21. Marion and Chicago daily except Sunday .....10.10a.m. 0. L. ENOS, Traveling Passenger Agent JOHN FLEMING, Ag't. FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur —North Ft. Wayne South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10 =3O a.m. 12:00 noon 1 ;3(> P nL 3-. 00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p m. H:00 p.m.

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Henry Peters made a business trip I to Berne today. A. Van Camp made a business trip to Auburn this morning. Robert Elder of Rushville, was a business caller to our city today. Marvey Mygrant made a business trip to Wolcottville this morning. The Misses Center went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. M. Wertzberger went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Dorwin went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Braden. A Western bachelor, 62 years old. boasts that he never told a lie. Which ,upsets the theory that the good die young. Henry James says American women cannot talk. Henry has never shen two of the dears in the act of telling each other goedby. P. E. Chapman of Poe, passed through our city today, en route to Cincinnati, to attend the Emblamers’ convention in session there. Scientist says that the girl of 1912 will be taller than ever, and if the cost of living keeps on at this rate, the man of 1912 will be shorter than ever. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and daughter Marie of Decatur, and Dr. Fred Patterson of Terre Haute, spent Sunday with S. O. Irvin and family.—Winchester Journal. Emperor William has given permission to the crown prince to use a horn with a double note when motoring. This, like the kaiser’s own motor fanfare, will enable the public to readily recognize the approach of a royal automobile. A Spaniard who says he shot at Col. Roosevelt at San Juan hill has gone to Washington to see the president. He should have no difficulty in convincing the president that occasionally the shots that don’t hit count for something, too. Almost >40,000 worth of down-town real estate, a portion of the Ewing holdings in Fort Wayne, were sold Tuesday, subject to the approval of the court, by Judge S. R. Alden and Herman Michael, the commissioners, and the bids on the property ran >B,OOO over the appraisement. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Mrs. Amos Friend of Jackson township, DeKalb county, has just opened a can of preserves which she had put up twenty years ago. In spite of the long time the contents of the jar were canned, they were found in an excellent state of preservation and as toothsome as though they had been canned only a year ago. A New York woman, angered by a court decision against her, swept out of the room highly indignant, but returned in a few moments, hurried up to the recorder's desk and presented to the magistrate an unusually large and juicy lemon. The recorder, however, was wise in his day and generation. Instead of fining the woman for contempt of court! he accepted the lemon she offered him with a pleasant smile, remarking that good lemons cost a good deal of money nowadays. Decatur, usually late, has determined to try and brace up a bit and the 1 merchants there have shaken off their lethargy long enough to buy a strip of ground, mark it off in lots and advertise a lot sale for the purpose of raising funds for a factory they have a chance to locate. They are going after a concern that makes gas engines and expect to land it. It will work just about one-third the people that will be employed in the piano factory which is to be located here. Here is hoping the proposition works out for them, as well as it did for Bluffton. —Bluffton Banner. .

New about shoes if you will exine my Elk skin shoe. Let me show li the long fibers in the leather that not destroyed in tanning. Men’s $3.00

Miss Burkhead returned today from Fort Wayne, where she was visiting with friends. Mrs. Peters arrived today from Bluffton and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Drummond. Mrs. Hessert went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend a few days with her parents, Rev. Ruf and wife. A California man placed six sticks of dynamite in a stove to thaw and then went to bed. His going to bed was a waste of time. An Ohio man, in the penitentiary for burglary, has invented a perforating machine on which he is to got a royalty of >5,000 a year for ten ypars, and has been released 'on a promise o? reform, Washington .asserts that it is the greatest pie city in the country. Baltimore, saysj the American of that city defers to Boston in the matter of calling down this presumption but is willing to take up the cudgels in its own behalf if the New England town does not look to its laurels. Ths man who declares that the Wright brothers have solved the problem of aerial navigation and predicts that the flying machine will be accepted publicly before the end of this year says that he knows of no other sport which is so calculated to tune up the nerves, fit men to make prompt decisions and teach them confidence. As to the latter quality it may occur to the ordinary man that considerable confidence is requisite for a man to take up the pastime. Borings 1,000 feet deep in New Orleans have encountered nothing more solid than mud, sand and a little thin clay, hence the problem of making safe foundations for the piers of a giant railroad bridge which is scon to be built across the Mississippi near the city is a hard one for engineering science. The piers will rest on timber cassions, each measuring over 60x120 feet and 140 feet high. The bottoms of these cassions will be 170 feet below the surface of the river. Strange things are found among the plants and vegetables, says Chicago News. A well known student of nature once tried the growing force of a squash. When it was eighteen days old and measured twenty-seven inches in circumference he fixed a sort of harness around it, with a long lever attached. The power of the squash was measure by the weight it lifted, the weight being fixed to the lever. When it was twenty days old, two days after the harness was fixed on it, it lifted sixty pounds. On the nineteenth day it lifted 5,000 pounds. Americans are imbued with a fervent desire to get somewhere at anycost at the topmost speed. Some day we will be actuated by more sober purposes that will necessitate the elimination, not of space, but of speed. But not yet. * * * The time may come when human life may be regarded as of more value than speed, but not yet. There is no time. We are in a hurry. If we can't get from New York to Chicago in eighteen hours, and from Kalamazoo to Spodunk in forty-eight, we are unhappy, be the “butcher’s bill what it may.” The fruit said to bear the mark of Eve’s teeth is one of the botanical curiosities of Ceylon. It is known by the significant name of the "forbidden fruit,” or “Eve’s” apple.” This orange is a deep crimson within. Each fruit has the appearance of having a piece bitten out of it. This fact, together with its poisonous quality, led the Mohammedans to represent it as the forbidden fruit of the garden of Eden and to warn men against its noxious properties. The mark is attributed to Eve. Why the bite of Adam did not leave an impression is not known. As only one piece is missing, the loss is ascribed to the woman. Tom Railing, the great hope and pride of Decatur fans, failed to make good with the Boston American team and' there will now be a chance that Decatur may win a game occasionally the coming season as Railing probably will remain in that city, although too fast for such company. According to a dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., in today's papers, Railing pitched three innings yesterday in a practice game as pitcher for the scrubs against the first team. In three innings seven runs were made off his delivery and as this was his final test he was given his release last night. Many do not think Railing was given a fair trial, but the Boston manager probably sized him up to his satisfaction. —Bluffton News.

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We have made special eflort to make our Children s department attractive and we ask that mothers come and see our new line of Children's CKthing before they buy. CONFIRMATION SUITS Our Confirmation Suits range from $6 50 to sl2 00. They are made of clay worsted, unfinished worsteds and th .bets. They are all well tailored and guaranteed. We have them in all sizes. ELZEY & VANCE OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE DECATUB, INDIANA

Invitations are out announcing a meeting for men only at the Presbyterian church Friday evening at 7:15 o’clock. The nature of the meeting is not made Iqiown. All Elks are requested to be present at the hall tomorrow evening as officers for the ensuing year will be nominated. The election will take place the last Friday of this month. Work on several candidates will also be given. The St. Marys river is again raging and out of the banks, this being due to the recent heavy snow and rains. The river although out jf its banks, is not as high as it has been during the past, but bids fair to reach its high water mark should any more rain fall. The mud roads in the county are almost impassible and farmers having to travel these routes have been forced to stay at home unless they use four horses to pull an empty wagon. The heavy rain of Tuesdayput the roads in a frightful shape and it will take some time for them to dryout and get in shape again. The horse sale Friday promises to be a hummer and will far surpass any of the former sale held by the Decatur Horse Sale company. There is already stabled at their barns seven-ty-five of the prettiest draft and driving horses ever seen in Decatur, and those who are in the market to purchase a good horse should be in attendance and bid until they secure what they want. The appraisers- who were appointed by the judge of the Adams Circuit Court to examine the assessment of Erastus Fritzinger on the North Second street improvement, made an examination of the same today and reduced Fritzinger's assessment nearly $700.00. According to the city engineer's assessment some time ago, Fritzinger was assessed $1,651.51 and the appraisers reduced this to $962.69. The case may be appealed. The target board and iron supporter on the semaphore at the crossing of the Clover Leaf and Lake Erie railways were damaged and put out of commission this morning. The heavy west bound fast freight No. 54, on the Clover Leaf, crashed through the target at nine o'clock this morning. Once every- sixty days this target is damaged in such a manner and a freight on the Clover Leaf has done the work every time so far. —Bluffton News.

Spring Thoughts At the first appearance of spring every one naturally begins to think of their wardrobe. WE ARE NOW READY *to show you a complete assortment of spring Suits, Topcoats, Hats. Shirts etc. You may not be ready to buy your spring outfit yet, but it will do you good to come in and see what the styles and patterns for this spring are going to be.

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The Postoffice and K. of C. teams are scheduled to bowl this evening at the Paiace alleys and a red hot con test is expected. Here's wishing the K. of C. team success. , Mrs. Grepper of near Monroe, who was operated upon yesterday is reported to be resting easy and in a fairway to recover. The operation was for the removal of her left breast and was successful in every respect. Drs. D. D. Clark and J. M. Miller performed the operation From all appearances the managers of the interurban railway will on Sunday put on a two car system, thus enabling them to handle the Sunday traffic more readily. This w-ould make a car leave this city every hour and a half and would make it most convenient for the traveling public. If installed the extra car will only be run on Sundays until a further schedule is made. The Supreme court has declared unconstitutional the employer’s liability act except wherein it applied to railroads. The groun dfor regarding this act as unconstitutional with regard to private corporations is that it discriminates between employers engaged in the same business. With regard to railroads the act is upheld because of the peculiar character of their business and the extraordinary dangers incident to rmloading and because the law makes it practically impossible for an individual to operate a railroad if he should wish to do so by reason of lacking the powers of eminent domain and other privileges conferred on railroad companies.

A story has been sent out from Boston to the effect that a quintet of physicians there has discovered that the soul is an actual material thing that has weight. They made the assertion after having made several tests. The tests were made by placing a dying person on a balance scale. The moment death takes place the body diminishes in weight from a half to a full ounce. After making calculations for all natural losses, there is a difference that can not be accounted for on any other ground except that it is due to the leaving of the soul from the body. The stdry may- be a fake; in fact about every ordinary man will pronounce it such, until better evidence is produced. The probability is that the physicians have been trying to account for the loss in weight at death and some enterprising correspondent in Boston has furnished the senational part.

Its the truth And no mistake about the Line of SPRING GOODS that is coming in at TRUE& RUNYON’S Truly they have the prettiest line of spring goods ever shown Their line of ready made waists can’t be outdone anywhere They are the very newest and best to be had. Prices $1 to $5 be sure and see them soon Where at? TRUE & RUNYON'S

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