Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1908 — Page 4

LEE AND M’CLELIAN. An incident of the First Meeting of the Two Soldiers. The first meeting between General George B. McClellan an<’ General Robert E. Lee happened in Mexico during the war with that country. McClellan was a lieutenant of engineers, and Lee was a major on the staff of General Winfield Scott. One day McClellan was walking across a field when he saw General Scott and his staff approaching on horseback. As they drew near Major Lee reined up his horse and asked the lieutenant if he did not know that he was disobeying orders. His tone was sharp and angry. McClellan answered that he was not aware of any disobedience and asked for an explanation. Lee replied that all officers had been told to remain in their quarters, awaiting orders, and asked for the lieutenant's name. McClellan gave his name and said that no order of that kind had reached him. But Lee in a peremptory tone ordered him to go to his quarters and remain there. Then he rode off and rejoined General Scott and the staff, who had not stopped. McClellan went to his quarters, as he had been directed to do, but was quite indignant at the way in which Lee had treated him, for he had not knowingly committed a breach of discipline. He had just finished telling his brother officers the incident when he was informed that an officer was outside the tent asking for him. On going out he was much surprised to see Major Lee, who saluted him with respect. “Lieutenant McClellan,’’ the major said, “I am afraid that I was not courteous in my manner to you a little while ago, and I have called to apologize.” “I assured him that it was all right,” said General McClellan in telling the story, “and he rode off after making a low bow, leaving me in admiration of a superior officer who so promptly and generously repaired an error.”— Chicago News. AN AERIAL HORROR. The Very Dreadful Thing That Strohschnejder Did. A group of aeronauts were talking aeronautics. “Did you ever hear of Strohschneider?” said a German. “He did a dreadful thing once. I'll tell you about it. “Strohschneider appeared in a certain village and advertised that he would take the landlord of the village inn up with him on a trapeze hanging from the car of his balloon. “Though the landlord’s wife made a kick and the authorities, upholding her, forbade the man to accompany Strohschneider, the landlord sat in state on the trapeze beside the famous aeronaut when the ascension began. “But those nearest to him noticed that he was paler than a ghost and that his arm was thrown around Strohschneider’s neck as if in terror. And, noting these things, the people nodded ominously to one another. “Up and up went the balloon, and now a murmur of horror arose among the multitude. The aeronaut and the landlord were quarreling; they -were fighting. High up there in the clouds, perched on the swaying trapeze, they struggled, thumped, kicked. “Suddenly the aeronaut, in a mad burst of rage, seized the landlord by the throat, thrust him backward and flung him into space. Down the poor fellow dropped like a stone, turning over and over. He alighted on his head. “The people, mad with horror and rage, rushed to the spot. And there, to their amazement, stood the landlord, laughing heartily. The figure that had fallen was a manikin dressed up in his clothes. “And this,” the speaker concluded, “is the only practical joke that has ever been played from a balloon.”— New Orleans Times-Democrat.

Perils of Crinoline. The dangers of the historic crinoline are illustrated by a story told by Lady Dorothy NevllJ in her “Reminiscences.” Going too near the fireplace, her voluminous skirt caught fire, and In an instant she was in a blaze. There were no men present, and the women could not help her, because it they had gone near enough to be of use their own skirts would have been ignited. Fortunately Lady Dorothy had sufficient presence of mind to roll herself tn the hearth rug and thus subdue the flames. A Judge of Land. Proud Father—Welcome back to the old farm, my boy. So you got through college all right? Farmer’s Son—Yes, father. Proud Father- -Ye know, I told ye to study up chemistry and things, 80 you’d know best what to do with different kinds of land. What do you think of that flat medder there, for inetance? Farmer’s Son—Cracky, what a place for a ball game!—Kansas City Independent Pity the Poor Wolf. “Why is it,” asked the fox, “that you always look so gaunt?” “Oh,” replied the wolf, “it's all due to the business I’m in. I always have to keep away from the door until there’s nothing left in the house to eat.”—Catholic Standard and Times. The New Yorker. “You New Yorkers don’t seem to know anything about the rest of the Country,” said the visitor. “The rest of the country?” echoed Che New Yorker. “What’s that?”-. Philadelphia Ledger. Equality may be all right, but av human power can convert It into a fact— Balzac. _ _ ;

The True Mechanic. After a man has worked in shops for ten or fifteen years there is a great desire for a change. Some want to go out on a farm, others think that the Invention of something that can be patented will solve the problem, while others want to own and run a shop themselves. is really the true mechanic, tdu hot necessarily the man who will get out the most or even the best work while working for a boss, says Charles Henry in the Work- J era’ Magazine. On the contrary, he will often be considered the lazy man by the foreman when the work is of an ever recurring character. Let, however, some difficulty arise in connection with a job or have some hard proposition to meet and he will always have a suggestion to offer that will help to solve the problem, while the ordinary’ man and the hustler will stand around helpless and often disinterested. He will have the elementary laws of mechanics and physics at his finger tips, will know enough of electricity to allow him to discourse upon the subject in an intelligent manner, and he will be well posted upon the mechanical progress of the day. A Dressmaker of Yarmouth. In the churchyard of Caister, close to Yarmouth, is the grave of the “quiet, little, gentle voiced dressmaker,” of whom at her death in October, 1,843, the then bishop of Norwich said, “I would canonize Sarah Martin if I could.” Yarmouth reveres her to this day. A stained glass window has been placed to her memory in the parish church, where her prayer book is still preserved, while her journal is one of the treasures of the public library in the tollhouse. Underneath this building was the miserable dungeon which served as the borough prison, and it was to the amelioration of the lot of the wretched prisoners that Sarah Martin devoted her life. Earning a bare subsistence of fifteen pence a day by toiling from early morning till far on into the night, she yet managed to give up one day in the week to her labor of love. She died in poverty, but the result of her life’s work was the reform of the prison system of Yarmouth.—London Chronicle. Burned It Into Memory. One of the most characteristically eccentric things ever done by Gelett Burgess (and one of the few true stories of him; was to spend three or four days in constructing of cardboard, mica and green velvet a little model of an old New England house, complete as to windows, curtains, lawn, garden, trees and even including a hammock with a tiny hat and summer novel and washing stretched out on a clothesline on the back stoop. This was for a dinner given to several llti erary friends in New York, and when ■ the coffee was served he deliberately set fire to the whole farm. His explanation was that had it been spared ' his guests might have forgotten the affair, but they would always remem- , ber the destruction of the house. No I one who ever saw the little house go up in smoke on its little hill of damp moss will ever forget it. The Misplaced Comma. “Some lawsuits of the highest importance have hinged upon the right placing of a comma,” said a judge. “When I first started to practice law a Missouri editor came to me in a peck of trouble to defend him against a threatened libel suit growing out of faulty punctuation. He had not meant to give some innocent young women the slightest offense when he wrote a story about ‘two young men who went with their girls to attend a lecture and after they left, the girls got drunk.’ Putting that miserable little comma out of its right place did the work, as it made the girls the ones who became inebriated instead of their escorts. I managed by proper diplomacy and the publication of a neat apology to stave off the damage suits, and afterward my editorial friend became an expert on punctuation.”—Baltimore American.

Taunting. Old Noah hunted up a barrel stave and started off for the stern of the ark. “Where are you going?” asked Mrs. Noah. “I am going to whale that boy Ham," replied Noah, with a frown. “But, my dear, the lad is only playing on his banjo.” “Yes, but it is the tune he is playing.” “And what is the tune?” “ ‘Wait Till the Sun Shines, Lizzie.’" —Chicago News. Angry Adjectives. ft was not a young woman novelist, but Charles Sumner, of whom the late E. L. Godkin, the New York editor, said: He works his adjectives so hard that if they ever catch him alone they will murder him. Very Steady. Farmer Haye-That Jones boy that used to work for you wants me to give turn a job. Is he steady? Farmer Seede—Well, if he was any steadier he’d be motionless.—London Express Poor Jack. Clara—Jack intends to have all hrs own way when we are married. Clara’s Mamma—Then why do you want to marry him? Clara—To relieve his mind of a false impression. Gave Him Up. Bing—Yes, that’s old Spriggins. Half a dozen doctors have given him up at various times during his life. Wing— What was the matter with him? Bing —He wouldn’t pay his bills. Bardens become light when cheerfully borne.—Ovid. |

COIN MOTTOES. Inacriptione That Were a Joy to th* Cynics and Critics. A collection of coin mottoes gathered by an Italian student, Amerigo Scarlatti, was published in Minerva, an Italian periodical. Scarlatti is of the opinion that such inscriptions, though not intended to be cynical, too often admit of such an interpretation through the irresistible habit of the public of ignoring the intention of the designer and applying the motto to the coin itself. Thus when Charles 11., king of the two Sicilies, had engraved on his silver ducat the Latin words “Unus non Sufficit,” meaning “One is not enough,” all the world insisted on forgetting that the king referred to a single scepter and enthusiastically agreed with him that one ducat wasn’t enough for any one. On the contrary, a storm of ironical apposition was aroused when Louis de Bourbon, king of Etruria, in the early part of the last century inscribed “Vldeant Pauperes et Lactentur” on his coins. The words mean “Let the poor see and rejoice,” and of course every one W’anted to know why a poor man should rejoice at merely seeing a piece of money. On the papal coinage of 1573 bearing the arms of Gregory XIII. are the words “Et Super Hanc Petram” (And upon this rock). Os course the pope and the artist who designed the coin meant the words to refer to the papacy, but the evil minded applied them so maliciously to the coin itself that the issue was speedily stopped. A similar opportunity for evil tongues was afforded when the Knights of Malta coined an issue of dollars w’ith the sign of their order, the Maltese cross, and their motto, “In Hoc Signo Militamus” (In this sign we combat). The ribald affected to take it as a confession that with them money was truly the sinew of war. A Venetian lira dated 1474 has the somewhat ambiguous motto “In Tibi Solo Gloria” (To thee alone the glory). A sequin coined by Cardinal Rezgonico in 1744 bears the words “Veni Lumen Cordium,” or “Come, thou light of hearts.” Clement XI. issued a coin with an image of the Madonna, with the legend “Caqsa Nostrae Laetitiae” (Cause of our joy), and a Venetian piece with an allegorical figure of Justice, with the words “Nostra in hac elicitas” (Our happiness in this). All of these inscriptions were irrevently diverted by contemporaries from their true object to the money’ itself.

TOMORROW’S BIRTHPLACE. Lina In the Pacific Where It Shakes Hands With Yesterday. Most people who have read Jules Verne’s “Around the World In Eighty Days” will remember how narrowly the traveler missed his bet, having forgotten that in following the sun from east to west he had gained one day. When one crosses the Atlantic from London to New York he gains rather more than half an hour each day. From New York to Chicago another hour is gained, another to Denver, another to San Francisco, which is reckoning time eight hours later than London and of course the best part of a day later than Shanghai and Yokohama. In crossing the Pacific there comes a time when the day begins, where yesterday and tomorrow shake bands and where the traveler is cheated out of a day in his life. In mid-Pacific, going west, one skips from Sunday to Tuesday. Going east he has one day of the week repeatedtwo Sundays or Tuesdays, as the case may be. The line of the changing day is not a straight one. The islands in the Pacific take their time from the continent with which they trade and from which they were discovered. Thus the line of the change zigzags down the Pacific from south to north, dodging between the islands. Hence it might easily happen that a ship which has already skipped a day would reach an island which clings to San Francisco time. In such a case it would be Monday on shore and Tuesday on the ship. If the ship’s jolly boat were lying at a wharf, it would be Monday on the wharf and Tuesday on the boat And if a person lives somewhere near the line he can get a sailboat and visit yesterday and tomorrow in the most delightful fashion. Advance Thanka. The phrase “Thanking you in anticipation” is now becoming common. I think it is one of the meanest ever invented and one of the most insulting, for it implies that however much pains the worker may take, he will get no thanks for it afterward. Why should he? He has been thanked already. It further implies an imperious and insufferable demand which must and shall have immediate attention on pain of being considered no gentleman. Surely no one who really respects a correspondent ought to employ this touting bagman’s phrase.— Professor Skeat in London Academy. Succeeded. Gaddie—You don’t seem to have made a very satisfactory impression on Borem. Cleverley—l tried very hard to do so. Gaddie —Well, he told me you didn't impress him as a man he would care to associate with very much. Cleverley—Fine. That’s very satisfactory. It’s the very Impression I wanted to make.—Philadelphia Press. All In the Family. Rector (shortsighted)—Well, Richard, hard at work, eh? Let me see, you are Richard, aren’t you ? Laborer—No, air. CM be John, sir. You ’ad the pleasure •’ buryln’ Richard last week, you reBern ber, sif!—London Punch.

MARKETS Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day at 2 o’clock. EAST BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 11 — Market steady. Prime steers $5.75 Medium steers @55.25 Stockers to best feeders .. [email protected] Receipts, hogs, 100 cars; market steady. Mediums and heavies .... @54.80 | Yorkers @s4 80 Pigs @54.80 Receipts, sheep, 100 cars; market steady. Best spring lambs @57.90 Wether sheep @55.50 Culls, slipped @54.00 CHICAGO MARKETS. July wheat 98% May wheat 105% July corn 58% May corn 60% July oats 47% May oats 53% PITTSBURG MARKETS. Jan. 11. —Hog supply, 120 cars; marget steady. Heavies @54.75 Mediums @54.75 Yorkers @54.80 Light @s4 85 Pigs @54.85 TOLEDO MARKETS. Cash wheat 102 May wheat 106% Cash corn 60% May corn 61% Cash oats 53 May oats 54% PRODUCE. By Decatur Produce Co. Eggs 23c Butter 18c Fowls 7c Chicks 7c Ducks 7c j Geese 6c ' Turkeys, young 12c Turkeys, toms 9c Turkeys, hens 9c HIDES. By B. Kalver and Son. Beef hides 4%c Calf hides 7c Tallow 4c Sheep pelts [email protected] Mink [email protected] Muskrat 4c@2oc Coon 15c@$l,00 Skunk 15c@$1.00

DEMOCRAT WANT ADVERTISING

WANTED WANTED TO BUY —A fresh cow; any one having one for sale please notify Fred Beier, R. R. 9, or call Isaac Smith by phone. 8-5 t FOR SALE FOR SALE —Duroc Jersey swine, either sex, any age. Also black Langshan cockerels. Inquire E. F. Miller, R. R. 12, Phone 14G line. 291-ts FOR SALE OR RENT —75 acre farm one and one-half miles north of Pleasant Mills and three quarters of mile south of Rivarre. Will rent for cash or sell right. Good land and well improved. Inquire of Erwin Acker, First street, near jail. 317-30 t FOR RENT—Three rooms at my home, second house south of Hower & Hower’s grocery. Prices reasonable. John Ritter. 315-6 t FOR SALE —A church organ, second hand, but as good as new; has been used two years; will sell at a bargain. Inquire of Gay & Zwick. FOR SALE —A double wagon box as good as new. Will sell at a bargain. Inquire of Girt Reynolds Coal Yard. 5-6 t LOST AND FOUND FOR RENT —Two houses for rent on Mercer ave. Call Mrs. Al Burdg, 624 Mercer Ave., or Phone 208. LOST —A baby’s kid glove dressed with fur between Crystal theater and Third street. Finder return te this office. LOST —A white bull pup, except one black eye and black spot on back of neck, on road between here and county infirmary. Finder please return to John W. Robinson, north Second street, Decatur, Indiana, or call Phone 98, and receive reward. 8-6 t A HIGHER HEALTH LEVEL. "I have reached a higher health level since 1 began using Dr. King’s New Life Pills,’’ writes Jacob Springer, of West Franklin, Maine. “Theyl keep my stomach, liver and bowels working just right.” If there pilla disappoint you on trial, money will be refunded at Blackburn drug store. 25c.

SIMPLE REMEDY FOR l-A GRIPPE La grippe coughs are dangerous as they frequently develop into pneumonia. Feley’s Honey and Tar not only sops the cough and heals and strengthens the lungs so that no serious results need be feared. The genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs and is in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. — o — When the Stomach, IJeart. or Kidney nerves get weak, then these organs always fail Don’t drug the Stomach, nor stumulate the Heart or Kidneys. That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre scription known to Druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop s Restorative. The Restorative is prepared expressly for these weak .nside nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr Shoop’s Restorative —tablets or liquid—and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on request by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health is surely worth this simple test. W. H. Nachtrieb. RANK FOOLISHNESS. “When attacked by a cough or a cold or when your throat is sore, it is rank foolishness to take any other medicine than Dr. King’s New Discovery, says C O. Eldridge, of Empire Ga. “1 have used New Discovery seven years a-p I know it is the best remedy on earth for coughs and colds, croup, and all throat and lung troubles. My children are subject to croup, but New Discovery quickly cures every attack.” Known the world over as the king of throat and lung remedies. Sold under guarantee at Blackburn drug store. 50c a-d SI.OO. Trial bottle free. DAIRY FARM FOR SALE 140 acres, 10 room house, new cow bom 38x48, horse bam 24x36, the usual outbuildings, 50 acres in plow and meadow land, 60 acres in pasture (well watered), 30 acres good timber, including some i,zoo sugar maples, with complete equipment for sugar making. No incumbrance. Possession given any time. Located 3% miles from B. and O. R. R. on gravel pike, % miles from Huntsburg, Geaugu county, one of the best trading points in northeast Ohio. Creamery, stores, churches and etc., and a No. 1 high school. Owner is retiring and will sell for one-third cash balance on time to suit purchaser. Price $45 per acre, with or without the timber. J. C. MASTICK, Agt., Chardon, Ohio.

Any 12 Year Old Girl Can make those delicious Lemon, Chocolate and Custard pies as well as the more experienced cook if she uses “OUR-PIE” preparation, which is now sold by nearly all grocers at 10 cents per package. Just the proper ingredients in each package.

A CURE FOR MISERY. “I have found a cure for the misery malaria poison produces,” says R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. “It’s called Electric Bitters, and comes in 50 cent bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or a bilious attack in almost no rime; and it puts yellow jaundice clean out of commission.” This great tonic medicine and blood purifier gives quick relief in all stomach, liver and kidney complaints and the misery of lame back. Sold under guarantee at Blackburn drug store. o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY BIG Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are proving to th e people—without a penny’s cost—the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop’s Catarrh Remedy. Sold by W’. H. Nachtrieb. o " ■ Why fool with soot in your stoves, pipes and flues when you can buy Sootless Jackson Hill coal of Tricker and MJerica that will please you. Phone 543. 5-6 t o Money to loan on farms at low rate of Interest No commission. Partialpayments allowed and interest stopped. DORE B. ERWIN, Tues & Fri Attomey-at-Law. ■ - —o DISTURBED THE CONGREGATION The person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by continually coughing is requested to buy a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o SPECIAL SALE —One hundred trimmed hats will be sold at half price and less during month of January. Mrs. Fetzer. 7-6 t When at Hoagland, call at the Midget’s Restaurant for Lunch or Meals W. STAFFORD, the Proprietor, will treat you right o In order to finish up the sales of a large consignment of choice Hocking coal, we will close it out while it lasts at the yard at >3.25 per ton. Tricker and Merica. 314-3 t I ——-— o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY BIG

After Once Tasting ytrfol no one wants an old-fash-ioned cod liver oil preparation or emulsion, because Vinol is a much better bodybuilder and strength creator for old people, weak children, and for coughs, colds, bronchitis, etc. If it does no good we will return your money. SMITH, YAGER & FALK J Young Men and Women WanivU To Learn Telegraphy. The only school in Indiana giving it’s students Actual Main Line Practice on a railroad train wire while in school. Graduates are employedonthe Chicago & Erie, Pennsylvania Lines, Lake Erie & Western and by the Western Union Telegraph Company. Send for College Journal. c. A. CARPENTER, Principal, Ossian, Ind. —— COUGH REMEIM CUBES Coughs,Colds, CROUP, This remedy can always be depended open and is pleasant to take, h contains w spinm or other harmful drug and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. Weak Women To weak and alUac women, then 1s at least oao way to help. But with that way. two treatment* must be combined. One Is local, one Is constitutional, but both are Important, both essential. Dr. Shoop's Night Cure is the Local. Dr. Shoop’s Iteetorative, ths OonsttttittoaaL The former—Dr. Bhoop’s Niehl Cure—de a topical mucous membrane suppository remedy, while Dr. Shoop's Haetoratlve is wholly aa internal treatment. The Restorative reaches throughout the entire system, seeking the repair ot all nerve, all tissue, and all Rood ailments. The "Night Cure", as its name implies. does its work while you sleep. It soothes sore and inflamed mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous excitement, gives renewed vigor and ambition, builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed strength, vigor, and energy. Take Dr. Shoop's Restorative—Tablets or Liquid—asa general tonic to the system. For positive local help, use as well Dr. tShoop’s Night Cure W. H. NACHTRIEB.

Real Estate Farm and city property to sell and buy. Call and see my list. Here is a few of our bargains: 168 acres, 1 1-2 miles of Decatur; good improvements for $75 per acre. 160 acres S7O per acre. Bank barn, good 40 acres, 2 miles of Decatur at a bargain. I also handle Michigan lands and have some at a bargain, good as Adams county can afford at S3O, S4O and SSO per acre with good buildings. And city property in all parts of city from SBOO to six thousand. Also have property to rent. I. L Babcock & Ward Decatur. Ind. IT DOES THE BUSINESS. Mr. E. E. Chamberlain, of ClintonMaine. says of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. “It does the business; I have used it for piles and it cured them. Used it for chapped hands and it cured them. Applied it to an old sore and it healed it without leaving a scar behind.” 2E; at Blackburn drag store. a DBMOCRAT WANT AES. PAY BIG

DR. J. M. MILLER Eve, Ear, Nose and Throat Treated EYES SE» AND GLASSES FITTED 220 South 2nd St. Decatur | Flower Bulbs | o —— ———— o 11 Hyacinths, , I o o ;; Tulips, ;; <► Lillies, o o and other o <> j; Bulbs for ;; ; ► fall planting ;; < > _______________ < > J. D. HALE | GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY For Spouting, Roofing Galvanized Iron and Tin Work. Copper and Galvanized Lightning Rods. See T. A. Leonard Opposite Hale’s Warehouse. FAR M S For Sale In Michigan. Ohio and Indiana Call on W. H. PARKER 212 Burt Street, Van Wert, Ohio P, J, HYUND SANITARY PLUMB N G Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Gas and Combination Fixtures 23 Monroe St. Phone 256

FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR INDIANA CAPITAL SIOO,OOO SURPLUS $20,000 INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS STOVES MENDED I am now in a position to mend and fix all kinds of stoves and can furnish all parts broken or missing. If you have anything in this line see F. E. SMITH. A SECOND HAND STORE—WiII do repairing, upholstering or specialty work. Corner of Second and Jefferson streets. Phone 433, J. C, Tindall, Prop. 3tsaw Special Announcement Regarding the National Pure Food Drug Law. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by th e National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains tjo opiates or other harmful drgua, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.