Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1907 — Page 4

II ■ Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Cor acted every day at 2 o’clock. BUFFALO STOCK MARKET. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 28.— stcftdy EAST BUFFALO, N. Y., March 30.— Receipts, cattle, 5 cars; market Prime steers @>6.00 Medium steers @15.50 Stockers to best feeders... 4F54.25 Cows @34.25 Receipts, hogs 50 cars; market steady Mediums and heavies .... @36.75 Yorkers @56.75 pjg 3 @56.80 Receipts, sheep, 20 cars; market steady Best spring lambs @>sß.7s Wether sheep @56..5 Mixed sheep @6.50 Culls, clipped @54.50 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago markets closed today az 1:15 p. m.. according to the LtwewtiuBlock & Grain Exchange. Best spring lambs @59.00 May wheat £6% July wheat "8% May corn July corn 4*>Vi May oats 43 July oats 3'% May pork July pork 16.2. PITTSBURG MARKETS. Union stock yards. Ptrtskar*, Fa.. March 30.—Hog supply, 8 cars; mar...i steady. Heavies @56.65

Mediums @56.75 Yorkers @56..5 i IJght @56.80 • Pigs $6-70, ; , OLEOO MARKETS. Changed every day at 3 o'eioek by j J D. Hale. Decatur special wire, service. Wheat, cash May wheat 79% | 1 July wheat 80% ' May corn 46% July corn 47% I Oats, cash 44% May oats 43% Juiv oats 39 Rye 69 STOCK. Uy ITed Schelniar Lsmhs oer cwt Ou j Cattle, per cwt s2.s<><r|.:.s< ualveo. per cwt Co .vs. per cwt s3.o<i<»@sJ.»*t j Sheep, per cwt $3 se@ J4.O* i COAL— PER TON. Hocking lump $4.25; Virginia Splim 4.5"! Domestic Nut 4.0" \V ished Nut 4.5" Pittsburg lump ».<•“ 4 7r».

p.cahntitMK 4.7;> Kentucky t'.tauell 6 ■>“ Anthracite 7.6" Ch .cges bw carrytrie coal —25c pelull or fraction thereof. upctalrß. 5" C--.-1 la yer roti OTHER PPODOCTW R. Various '.■’r-iCHr- Mid Moreba'i ' Eggs, per dozen 13c, Hu ret ;ier pound ...... 1N- ■ V >rxti(e c Bit'll Laid 9c

GRAIN. I 1 Ry G. T RURK, successor tn Carroll I ’ ElevHor company. Big 4 White Seed ■ cats for sale or exchange to farinets i \\ h-at. No. 2. red $ 71 Wheal, No. 3, red 7"' , Oats. No. 3. white 3*; Barley 39 ' Rye, No. 2 55 Clover seed S.rta Al -vke 6.50 Tfmothv seed !"•'! No. 1 Timothy hay, baled 13.50 No. 1 Clover hay, baled 11.00 No. 2 Mixed hay, baled 12.00 So 1 Clover bay. baled 12.00 Corn , 5h t’oru, white, per cwl 43c@51c Machine husked corn, one cent tens ' o | ;i JA< KBON HILL COAL. j a 3 - By Oeo.g. frickef (Wholesale) al »r 2 Jackauu ilib lump t. o. .

— — — ... . anna. Jz.no. t. o. o Owamr, $2 7C-» co..* «<>«» nut, t o. b Decatur, *1.70; H<«-klng tump J,'75, f. o. b mine: 1 Him ’Ml.K lump. $3.05. f. o. b Decatur; Spilci lump. $1.55 f. u. b mine, I 3pilu: 'uuip. i. a. b. Decatur , • S sE. MARKET NOTES ijuii—S cent lowet 'ttecr-iplx at Chicago today 000'1 sSoe I )n;eat 18 cars Corn 375 cars Oats 162 cars Cattle 4500 Sheep 3,000 Ksttmaie .or rouiurro* Hogs 17.000 Oats 2i cars Wheat 236 cars

Corn 159 cars t WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC. 1 The Oak Roller Mills quota ton 1 lak Patent flour s3.6'«rs4 «•. , Bran per ton $2" »w> , Middlings. t>cr ton 20 ihi Rougb meai, per cwt 1 ><i Klin dried meal, per cwt_ 1 s‘t Screenings. No. 1, ner bu SO Screenings, No. 2. per bu 4" Cop feed, per ton 80. no Wheat. No. 2, per bushel 7o WOOL ANO HIDE*. Hr H. Kalver A Son 'Phono 442 Beef hides 8c Calf hides, B@ls lbs ©title Mink [email protected] Coon [email protected] Coon [email protected] Muskrat 4e@ .30 8k *»P PMta [email protected] ™ tow in

WITCHES AND PLANTS. | tlany Lagends and Traditions That Link Them Together. In all countries In which the witchcraft delusion now exists or In which it prevailed in former times we find folklore stories connecting those mysterious bogies with the plants of those particular regions. Even the great Shakespeare causes his witches to discourse learnedly on the diabolical properties of “hemlock digg’d 1' dark" and of “slips of yew silvered in the moon’s eclipse.” They are supposed to have had their favorite flowers as well as plants, and in England at the present time foxglove is spoken of as "witch bells" and harebells as “witch- j es’ thimbles." The common ragwort , is well known as the “witches’ horse,” the tradition being that they mounted rank growths of that species of weed and “rode the skies.” just as the dame with the pointed hat rides the broom In the familiar picture. In Germany and throughout northern Europe it is the belief that witches float from place to place on beds of hay, composed largely of witches’ blossoms aud “devil spikes," this last being a species of dwarfed slough grass. St John’s wort, I which is now so popular for shoulder and buttonhole bouquets on St John's eve, was formerly worn for the express purpose of averting the crafts and subtleties of the witches, bogies, 1 ghosts and spirits which the European peasantry believed walked abroad on "that night of witching mysteries."— London Spectator. SHAVING NAPOLEON. M Wat a Diffioutt Job For Constant, ths Emporor’a Barber. Constant, Napoleon's barber, tells of

the many difficulties be experienced in shaving tho emperor. Napoleon would take his place in the chair, conversing and gesticulating. Suddenly he would call for a paper or turn rapidly to look behind him. The utmost caution was necessary on the part of his barber to keep from cutting him. yet In spite of all these restless movements not once while Constant was shaving the emperor did he do so. Sometimes when In the chair he would sit stiff and motionless as a stone, and Constant tells that he could not get him to move his head either way tn order to facilitate the operation of shaving. Napoleon had a singular whim of having only one side of his face lathered and shaved at a time. When he shared hlm«elf. which was seldom, he invariably cut himself badly. This was due to his restless Impatience, and. though be was scrupulously neat In his person, be would, after hewing a slice from bls cheek, give up the operation tn disgust and go about with part of his face unshared until he bad found his faithful barber. The Two West Points.

The sensations of the new cadet i when, after the climb from the boat landing, he finally reaches the plain—those first sensations linger a long while. There are two West Points—the actual West Point and the overarching spiritual one, of which the cadet only becomes conscious about the time be graduates. The determinate West Point that Is to be his master for four years and the shaper of his des-

tiny meets him at the top of the slope with ominous silence. He hears no voice, he sees no portentous figure, but there is communicated In some way through some medium the presence of an invisible authority, cold, Inexorable and relentless. Time never wears away this first feeling. It comes back to every graduate on returning to West Point, let his years and his honors be what they may. And perhaps it Is just as well that It be so; that there Is one place left In our country where vanity of asserted ancestry and the too frequent arrogance of speculative and ' fortuitous commercial leadership find a chill.—General Morris Schaff in At-; lantlc. — I Endurance of Migrating Birds. I The vigor and endurance that birds display upon the wing are astonishing. Nearly all the migratory species of

Europe must cross the Mediterranean without resting. The little bluebird pays an annual visit to the Bermudas, 600 miles trom the continent, and Wilson estimated its very moderate flight at more than a mile a minute. Remarkable stories are told of the long flights of tame falcons, one going 1,300 miles In a single day. Jawel mentions carrier pigeons that flew from Rouen to Ghent, 150 miles, in an hour and a half, and a certain warbler must wing Its way from Egypt to the Baltic. 1.200 miles, in one nighL Bodily Proportions. In the man of average stature the height of the body is ten times the length of the face, the face from the chin to the hair Is as long as the hand.

the arm Is four times the length of the face, the sole of the foot is one-sixth the length of the body, and six times the thickness of the hand in the thickest part equals the thickness of the body. Discretion. He (to servant)—l understand that yon have dared to drive my automobile during my absence. Servant— Don't be vexed, sir. I was very careful. I ran over two persons, but they were very ojd.—Jugend. Os Course. “Waltet. bow long do you keep your eggs here?*' “Why. until some one eats them. str. of course."--Annales. That only Is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.— MmmAvms.

SUSPICIOUS BIRDS. tasy to Make Sparrows Show Their Foar of a Trap. One winter day I made aa experiment with sparrows to see exactly how far their natural suspicion would hold out against hunger. I had often noticed that if one put a little bit of string, a large button or any strange object among breadcrumbs the sparrows would mot touch the bread. They feared a trap. Starlings are loss suspicious in this way. If they care about the bread at all, they are more trustful and do not make any fuss about some small foreign object But I thought hard weather might make all the difference even to sparrows. So I put a long piece of apple peel among the bread. It looked quite good to oat but might be taken by a very suspicious bird for something of the nature of string or tape, which sparrows seem to regard with partloular distrust Can they regard It as an emblem of captivity? Directly the breed was thrown on the ground about fifty sparrows perched in a tree above it They looked at It very glumly, and not one ventured to come down. Generally they would be devouring ths bread within a few seconds. For a little over three hours a crowd of sparrows watched the bread with the terrible piece of apple peel lying among it but it remained untouched. Then one sparrow made up bls mind to take the risk. He was soon followed by all the others. In twenty minutes the bread was gone. But they had wasted over three hours.—St James’ Gazette. DOWN IN THE FIRE ROOM. Raking tha Ashes From tho Furnace of an Oaean Linar. My “watches,” four hours long, began at 8 In the morning and at 4 in the afternoon. The rest of the time was mine excepting when it was my turn to carry water and help clean up the mess room. The first descent into the fire room of an ocean liner Is unforgettable. Going down that series of ladders Into the bowels of the old Elbe, the heat seemed to jump 10 degrees a ladder. At last the final ladder was reached, and we were at the bottom —the bottom of ererythlng was the thought In more minds than one that afternoon. The head fireman of our watch immediately called my attention to a poker, easily an Inch and a half thick and twenty to thirty feet long. “Yours!" he screamed. “Yours!” And he threw open one of the ash doors of a furnace, pantomiming what 1 was to do with the poker. I dived for It madly, just barely raised it from the floor and got It started into the ashes and then dropped none too neatly on top of It. “Hurry up, you sow-pig!” the fireman yelled, and I struggled again with the terrible poker, finally managing to rake out the ashes.—Josiah Fly nt In Success Magazine. I

What Rules the World. Many years ago John Brougham, Lester Wallack. Artemus Ward and others used to meet after the plaj at Wlndhurst’s, In Park row, in New York. One night the question. "What rules the world?” arose, and various opinions were expressed. William Ross Wallace, who was present, retired before long and some time later called Thomas J. Leigh from the room and

handed to him a poem which he had Just written. Mr. Leigh read it aloud to the company, and Mr. Brougham made a happy little speech of acknowledgment The thing was entitled "What Rules the World,” and the first stanza ran: They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea. He wields a mighty scepter O’er lesser powers that be. But a mightier power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled. And the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. The Hiss Polite. The Japanese prince drew tn his breath with a hissing sound as he bent over the young girl’s hand. “Prince.” she said, "I have been up against a lot of Japanese, and they all hiss like that when they meet you. What’s the reason, anyway?” “The reason Is politeness,” the prince answered. “I hiss—like this—l draw In my breath —I keep on drawing It In as long as I remain near you. For If I blow any out some of it might be blown In your fair face. What an offense I Shocking! And so we Japanese always hiss in exchanging greetings. Out of politeness we hold our breath.” The Teeth. The accumulation of tartar on the teeth makes them unsightly and is often the cause Os a bad breath. If the teeth are properly brushed each day tartar will not have the chance to accumulate, but if it has already been allowed to do so it can be removed by a very simple treatment Moisten the toothbrush in warm water and dip It

Into magnesia. Rub on the teeth, and after three applications the tartar will have entirely disappeared. Well Meant Prayers. Sydney Smith declared that the children of Bishop Phillpotts used to end their usual prayers by praying for Earl Grey, explaining that "papa tells us it is our duty to pray for our greatest enemies.”—London Spectator. Where Life Is DulL The terrors of a great city are something dreadful.” "Maybe so. but they don't begin to compare with the horrors of a small hamlet'*—Washington Herald. Wanted to Keep Them. “You soem to like his attentions. 1 Why don't you marry him?" “Because I Ilka hta attentions.”— Town and Conntw.

Farmers! Attention! Life Insurance Reasonable Cost H $9,500,000.00 ■ guarantee ano reserve funds — Cost on $1,000.00 In IW6 was Age 21 $5 25 | Agt 40 $lO 00 Age 30 $7,50 I Age 50 sl2 50 Other Ages In Proportion Established in 1879 The Banker’s Life Ass’n. Des Moines, lowa J Z Brickley, Diet. Mgr. Stop and think! Be honest with Biuffi-QU, Ind. t yourself. Ton will have to say J. N. ' " ■ - — s can get you just as much for your pro- Surplus 1 perty as anybody. itonooonn 20 000 00 Thanking yon for yonr past patron- * > • ’ ! age for the last five years. I still re- FIRST J Yours for a successful sale. NATIONAL !J. N. BURKHEAD BANK ; Ind. Phone D g CATUR . INDIANA 1 Call Central at Monroe for my resl- p Smith W. A. Kiehlnr, dence. Prw.ideut Vice Pre* - O. A. Dugan, T. J. Durkin Cashier Asst. Cashier ' Bicycles Repaired FW J ”" k " ' r Deposits Resources, i And Tires in stock Guns Repaired, $490,000 $650, <K> > Lawn Mowers Ground. Baby Buggy _____________ _ ( Tires in stock and put on. A ' ' | Orders taken for Rubber f-tampe of * aiTTICrS, A-ttCDtlOn. ‘ , all kinds. Saws fitted at J. IN. BURKHEAf F. E. SMITH CORMmUVE STOC‘ ■ 131 South Second St. DECATUR AUCTIONFER ;ail central a» Monr» *•>» reeio-<» IT, ' ' ~ ' — 4I D Tl/l\|ES.n rs wr ml tee »«M of Monr<v<?i LIV I lUiNCCtv MONROE. INDIANA. _— - H R Nf) b HARHY LANIELS .... Detawr. imiians. r r 8 Eye Ear Nose Thr at GlasHee Fitted also special tr»atm->nt ■, LIVE STO K <N» 54. fc MJCMM- fo| Luugs K1 dneMJ< StMD . ttklN l ', A M'EtlAlY aud Hheumatism. Cancer treatYour hßsiiws MUicitrd. tell Thu hu. 131 jiK IF.wluf kiß** J. • Younkin DO. M D , j TOCSIN, IND. Money to loan at lowest rates of “ ■ _ interest on real estate securities. Ab A I Ilf I|TP AO stracts furnished. Schurger & Smith, jj j M fli || Q J , attorneys-at-iaw. 76-lmo * 1 FOR SALE —Rose Comb Rhode Island iTTfIOUrV IT II UM Red eggs- A setting of 15 eggs for AI luKhli Al LAW . 50 cents. Inquire of Lose & Sons. <5-tf ( >fy ce over Brock’s tin shop Go to J. H. Elick for all sizes of . Decatur, Indiana 1 drain aud building tile, from 3 to 12 laches. Factory between Clover Leal ’ ' iad Erie R. R,. west part of Deca •’ ————— Hur. 7MBt U j MVHNh Henry Meyer, the Tailor. Wool ‘ " t Lj. H f L‘• pants. $2.50 per leg—*eats free. Above | Medel Cigar Store. 7i-12t • i w■> I ,'A rt / CEMENT .YORK GUARANTEED. dritual We are ready to take contracts for y . jm-a Uant'itF ' all kinds of cement work, such as con f WAI/ * H(o W3’. 1 nullTU . . crete foundations, sidewalks, cellar ! piMMIUATIfIx EIXTIIM liovrs, etc. Where we furnish the ma- ' A ’” MI IHU terial, we guarantee the work. Send KI Phowe 33 e us your orders, or call us by phone. - | No. 556. ■ BUTLER & BUTLER, 71-*tf Decaur, Ind. CHEAP EXCURSIONS. 1 f|Pv I j Via Erie R. R. to points in the west J * » L . • and southwest On the first and third 1 ■ ■ 1 m 1 Tuesday of month, we will have J V'Aed Mid ' on sale, both one way and round trip 5 s tickets at exceedingly low rates. Call k’eß.unwuxar k*ortia»p on Erie agents for particulars, or Cersei)' , write O. L. ENOS, Traveling Passenger (jkyiteum Bock j . Agent, Marion, Ohio. Plastov il WANT YOUR WELLS. GhW’dRCT^3 GOAL that will hurt’ Am prepared to drill wells of any ______________________ a size 1% to 3 Inches. Have had many ■ wv MAIS '' P years experience and guarantee my **• zl* "* » , work. Call on or address me at De1 catur or phone 98. T JESSE O. SMITH. V- - - ■—- , , ■■ - ,-

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JOHN SPUHLER. I ■•. •• ' a- *•* S /out they go] I L >ok for a home in Southwestern North I 1 1 Da<ota. he land » here fuel, famines are | impossible, land of big crops, fat cattie, I stu shine and contented farmers; an al- I f wavs reh .b e crop country You should | 1 select 6 1< r 320 -cres of the sl7 an acre | land to ni <ur ract of 85,4x0 acres. I • W rite to [ | VTM H BROWN CO., Mandan I | North Dakota^or 131 LaSalle St , Chi- I I cage furjnaps and facts. Low excur- | sion raies April 2nd. and 16th, 1907. I Sve I L. E. kA/ TSOIN I I Dvcattr, Indiana Representative t I FARMERS ATTENTION I

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FkED K'Eb RE.RT Office over Bums’ I D>-. unr. (rd Harness Shop I ———— r———■ I *- — — - w —-»» — Prince of India Di; 'i/the veek of the popular show ‘The Prince of | Idi Tbe t. v’a e y Springfield Ry. C>. wui run an I hot, j ad’ f schedule. | CARS LEAVE DECATUR, CARS LEAVE FT. WAYNE. I 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. ■ 7:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. I 10:30 a.m. 12:00 m. I 12:00 m. 1:30 p.m. I 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. ■ 3:00 p.m. 4:30 pm. I 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. I 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. I 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. ■ Tu it:q • P \f, car will be held until after the show. | IW. H FL. DDERJO ANN, T. w’. SHELON | Pr-.vi ent and Gen. Mgr. G n Supt. I L : , = I

HOLIiS i i .Jocky Mountain Ta* ..salt 4 But! .jr y t Brtnis Goiuun Health ana Renew vigor. 0 A > SS?* flo ,orrjosd t»tlon. Indigestion. Live ” VS Idmpies. E> imp« Bart Sluggish Bor lesdsch d uwi Bsc k ache. Its Rocky Mounts , .xslntst r iSJ,",™. tog. Genuine made te “ Boiz-ix . Compact. Ma.ii.on. Wla s >nLDP 'S FOR SAL' QW PEO°L r d - “ FOR SALE—2,OOO White and Burr t, Oak fence post, bark off, cut eight feet long; 100 oak end posts; also 100 mulberry posts, sawed 4x4. Inquire of Decatur Egg Case Co., or • W. H. Gilpen.

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