Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1915 — Page 5

■ w JF* ’., ’ \'< J; $S If you must have a low priced rubber boot don’t fail to see our Ronnoc loots. They arc at the head of the class in their grade. I Black Rubber $2.95 I Red-Rubber $3.35 I CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE

IWEATHFR FORECAST I S H I ■(;. neraliy fair tonight ami I'ri. Alder tonight. I ■Prof. V.'ithaus of Berne was h-re ■day on business. I "Mmiss Jessie Winnes is visiting 1:1 ■ort Wayne today. I Bilrs. Albert Butler, of Port Wayne |Kas a business visitor here. r ; Sgß'l he dr, uth is broken again ami :1crain looks like it hail come for tile tin tire season. | '« I, ..very person in this city and < in■Luc y would smoke Decatur made it would mean the cniploynmn; fifty more men here. Why not'.’ j | Mrs. Mina Nickey arrived from Bu:fN. Y„ today for a visit with her Mrs. Mary Christen ami other Ugglflatives. i /"■ Murray Scherer anj I. Bernst.-.r to Columbia City yesterday |Mbh< re they were guests of the latte:’.s Brother-m-law, J. O. Eox. A break in the electric line this shut this office down until tm which will explain Mic-rm : ■ I news in todays paper. Mrs. Mary Christen and tier ■lr>. Mina Nickey of Buffalo. N. Mreut to Monmouth yesterday a’ - Moen to call on Mrs. John W01f.,.-.!. is quite ill of a complication of including kidney trouble. j I Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shady and ; Mrho have been visiting in the homo of Kiirs. Shady's aunt. Mrs Nam y HellBin this city, returned to their home in Tuesday evening. Blunt n

The Home Os Quality Groceries Kraut Cabbage SI.OO Per Hundred. Cabbage will not last long. Make your kraut now. Price and quality right. If you “LAY IN” a few bbls, of flour NOW you will be pleased after WHILE. Price guaranteed for this week only. $5.75 per bbl We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 25c f Butter 18c to 25c M. E. HOWER "ierth of G. R. &I. ttepof Fho " , ‘ 108 1 rnihimim mi u n--i— IF. M. SCHIR MEYER FRENCH QUINN President Secretary Treas. g THE'BOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, I ABSTRACTS The Sch'imeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- g stract Records, Twenty years’ Experience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent. MONEY »ffii

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Carpenter went to Fort Wayne today noon. Fred Sellfarrell of Hesse Cassel wa a business visitor here today. Walt Johnson attended the republican rally at Bluffton yesterday. J. M. Gibson went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend to business. Attorney John C. Moran went to Geneva this afternoon to try a law suit. Mrs. Erwin Edwin of Butler is here visitjng with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Batenbergj, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross will go to Chicago Sunday to visit with their son. Charles Ross and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Braun returned yesterday from Massilion, Ohio, where they visited with relatives. Mrs. Fred Hoffman and daughters, Miss Edna Hoffman and Mrs. Eugene Runyon, spent the day in Ft. Wayne. Tire “Miss Decatur’’ pictures aie to be shown afternoon and evening the rest of the week at the Crystal and the little theater will be packe I all the time. The world series is over aiftl attention will again revert to such small news items as ‘'thousands killed ir battle,’’ Mayor Bell acquitted, etc. Something doing all the time. Miss Josephine Lang visited yesterday with her brother-in-law and sister, br. and Mrs. Will Kortenbn r at New Haven. Dr. Kortenbrer located in New Haven two weeks ago. Th' worst kind of a rieutral is th' feller who lets others fight his battles. “I’ll be glad when winter sets in 'cause you hain’t offeree so many jobs,” said Stew Nugent, this mornin'. —Abe Martin.

Miss Mary Deam went to Ft. Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. F. Kessler of Monroe was a shopper here today. Miss Ethel Andrews went to Roanoke this morning, T. W. Holsapple left this morning lor Gary, Ohio, on business. He will take up handles for the LaFontaine Handle company. Miss Orpha Smith, of Columbus, who has been here for two weeks at tho Howar d Moore home, left this afternoon for Fort Wayne. Mrs. Henry Worthman left this afternoon for Fort Wayne in response to word that her sister, Mrs. John Heiny, who has been Hl for some time, is at the point of death. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holsapple have received word that their grandson, Theodore, aged 19 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen of Indianapolis, is ill of acute bronchitis. Miss Lucile Vail is going to Indianapolis next Tuesday, where she will sing at tlie wedding of Miss Myla Pettis and Mr. Walter Blanke, of Detroit, which will take place on Wednesday. Miss Pettis has visited Miss Vail in this city several times.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Miss Mabel Bryan, of Linn Grove, a student in the Bluffton high school will entertain thirty or more friends from this city at her home Friday eveninf. The crowd will go from here on the regular evening B. G. & C. interurban car anj will return on a special car. While in Linn Grove they will also attend a box social as one of the evening’s entertainments. — BlufftonNpws. The estate board of pardons has filed its report with Governor Ralston for the September session of the board. The board recommended refussals for petitions for paroles and J ardons in a number oi' cases. One of these is of interest in this city, that being the case of Albert Musser. Musser was sent up from the Blackford circuit for killing a woman at Portland. He had triej several times to secure his release. Mrs ¥ H. E. Osterman of Monroe, who was badly burned last Thursday in a gasoline exi losion, is recovering and is believed to be out of danger. The accident happened when Mrs. Osterman placed a gaoline iron in a coal stove to cause it to generate faster and when she turned the gasoline on the explosion occurred. Mrs. Osterman had her face and arms badly ' timed, her face was singed and for a time it was feared the result would be serious. The windows of the kitchen were shattered, dishes broken and considerable damage done. Among some of the Decatur shoppers in the city today were: George Rodenbush of Washington township, Henry Seroder of Preble township,. J. L. Klein of Kirkland, John Schultz. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lengerich and Julia Kohne of Washington township.) Henry Knapp of Union; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Carpenter of Monroe; Andrew Seasor of Washington, C. W. Merriman of Monroe. Ernst Gallmeyer of Root and Mrs. E. E. Mitch of Union township. In most places it was too wet td work in the fields so the farmers tcck advantage of the rainy day and did their shopping.

PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned, will offer for sale at his residence, 8 miles southwest of Decatur, or 6 miles northwest of Monroe, or 4 miles east of Craigvllle, or 2% miles south of Peterson, on what s known as the Joshua Bright farm, on Tuesday. October 26, 1915, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m„ three head of gorses: Black mare, 10 years old, weighs 1500 lbs; 2-year-old colt, a good one; llyear-old bay mare. Fourteen Head of Cattle: Consisting of 5 milch cows, one 4-year-old cow, fresh Ist of August; four 2-year-old cows, on a full flow' of milk; one 1-year-old Durham bull, a good one; 2 1-year-old steers, one % Jersey heifer, will be fresh Ist of December; one 1 year old heifer, a good one; 4 spring calves. Sixty head of hogs, consisting ot 3 O. I. C. brood sows, eligible to rgeister, with pigs by side; 35 head of feeders, weighing from 100 to 175 lbs. Farming Implements: Sevenft. Osborne binder, in good shape; Ohio hay loader, in good shape; Hoosier disc drill, Osborne disc, spring tooth harrow, wooden frame spike harrow, John. Deere corn planter. Deering mower, hay tedder, carriage, buggy, 3-inch lire wagon, 1%-inch tire wagorf, Monarch cultivator, Tiger cultivator, set hay ladders, corn bed and hog rack combined; 2 sets work harness, set light driving harness, Scotch clipper walking plow, many other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of Sale—ss.oo and under, cash; over 5.00 a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving bankable note the last 6 months drawing C per cent interest; 4 per cent discount for cash. J. O. MANLEY, Owner. Noah Frauhiger. Auct. Frank Fugate, Clerk.

REASON CANNOT BE GUIDE Product of the Mind, and la Subject to„th< Will but Never Superior. Reason cannot select correct premises; she can only prove the premises you give her. “Oh, what a wonderful creature is man." exclaimed Bon Franklin; “he can find reasons for anything he wishes to do.” That is the trouble with reason as a guide. Reason cannot guide. Reason is always guided by something else behind it, which supplies the premises from which reason makes its calculations and records. Reason is a calculating machine. Give it correct premises and it will compute and record the right answer every time. But reason has no power of choice, in the matter of premises; like any well regulated calculating machine it automatically accepts the premises fed into’ it. You have but to watch your own thoughts carefully to prove this. Who, or what, then, is responsible for the choice of premises that you feed into your calculator? It is life itself which uses reason. It is life itself which creates reason, the calculator. And why does life nebd reason? Life needs reason to weigh, compute, compare and record life's institutions and experiences. Without the calculator and recorder, reason, life would endlessly duplicate its experiences and intuitions without learning anything from them. Life it the creator, reason the creature. Life is the actor, reason is acted upon. Life is positive and reason negative. To depend upon reason as guide is to exalt the machine above the mind that made it. “ALARM” THAT IS NOISELESS Yet the Invention May Be Relied Upon to Awaken Even the Soundest Sleeper. Alarm watches that signal the time for which they are set by a shrill ring ing are common, but a "noiseless” alarm watch which accomplishes the same result is entirely new. The story has been told of a married man who possessed a ringing alarm watch and who, with his wife, was awakened every morning by the silvery tinkle, of the watch under his pillow. It took this man’s wife five years, so the story goes, to discover that the alarm watch and not the neighbor's alarm clock was really awakening her every morning. The noiseless alarmX watch, however, performs its early morning task differently. The noiseless alarm consists of a cord which tightens about the wrist, the pressure gradually increasing until released by the wearer of the watch. This is accomplished by pushing a small slide and twisting the stein of the watch a half turn. —World's Advance. The Pity of Self-Pity. Self-pity is indulged in by most men. Some more, some less. The human mind is so constituted that under certain conditions of stress, it turns upon itself and says: "You poor, abused thing.” The ruination which is wrought by it appears in the fact that when a man pities himself he does so for tho very reason that ought to lead him to self-condemnation. He pities his weaknesses, rather than reforming them. He coddles his infirmities, when they need to have the punishment which pugilists give each other. No man ever pitied himself when he is doing the" hard things—we mean, really doing them. While a man is being brave the thoughts of being abused or ill treated are impossible thoughts to him. The business man who sits down, and while he holds his face in his hands, bemoans: “I am having a hard time,” needs the dash of that really cold water which adversity always uses when she W’ould make a strong man. Self-pity untwists the fiber of which manly men are builded. Hard times make great, robust, stalwart men—when the substance is there to work on. —Bloomington Journal.

Most Solid Book in the World. Consisting of but ten pages, yet laying claim to the title of the most solid book in the world, a volume recently presented to the Columbian Field museum is a unique work, says the World’s Advance. It is made up of ten slabs of the finest jade, exquisitely engraved with Chinese characters. The text is in both Chinese and Jlanchu, with the most elaborate ornamentations on the first and last pages. This queer jade volume was made at the order of Empwor Kanghsi, who lived from 1662 to 1722, and it is a family document of great historic value. It is supposed that this relic was sold on account of the finan cial stringency affecting the deposed imperial family, who lived in retirement on a limited income since the establishment of the Chinese republic. A Venetian Trait. “Our town is considered the Venice of Sagebrush county.” “A town on a prairie? Why, you have to haul your drinking water to this alkali burg.” “That may be true.” ’ "Then where does your resemblance to Venice comes in?” “We have a large floating population.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. The Parallel. “Their mother treats those boys as' if they were kittens.” “It would be better for them if she did, fSr then she would give them a licking every day." ex*-, a-

Rain Coat Weather One of the most important garments to every man is a Rain Coat that will shed the water and keep you • ' dry, thats the kind of Rain Coats we sell and our faith is so strong in these Coats that we absolutely guarantee them to be waterproof and should they fail in their purpose, we will gladly give you a new coat or your money back. That’s fair isn’t it? We sell such Rain Coats at $5 00, $6.50, SIO.OO and $12.00. Why not protect yourself in buying a Rain Coat? You can do it by buying here- • HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys TTTTT: — THE MORRIS f~ fresh Candy Stakes Special Sat. Jelly lb. 10c 5 & 10c STORE Bean Candy lb. 5c BIG SPECIAL SATURDAY A 25 cent Coal Hod for only 10 cents.

Stamped Goods in Pillow Cases. Stand Covers, Scarfs, Towels, Tray Cloths and Pillow Tops, each 10c Ladies', Men’s and Children's Hose, pair ICc Men’s and Boys’ Ties 10c Curtain Goods, yard r-. . ... 10c and 10c half yard.

The Morris 5 & 10c Store.

DR. BURNHAM'S SAN-YAK Acts as a Living Antiseptic in the! Stomach and Intestines. San-Yak prevents self poisoning, that serious illness from which so many persons of sedentary habits and advanced age suffer. San-Yak prevents clogging of the colon and caecum; hence its great value in destroying germs from undigested animal food which are a factor in the true cause of poisonous decompositions of the bowels, causing appendicitis, rheumatism, typhoid, dysentery and arterio sclerosis or hardened arteries. Heart trouble is developed through self poisoning from the kidneys and bowels. To maintain health all such poisoning must be cheeked, and you can do so with the use of. SanYak. Take San-Yak; it is the greatest medicine yet known for man, woman or child. SI.OO per bottle. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk drug store, Decatur, Ind.

I BLANKET WEEK 1 atar O Special Sale Price will be given on all 0 S Blankets This Week. = 0 Cotton Blankets in all sizes and prices, in L •K® —» «• Grey and Tan. S || Wool Nappet Blankets in ail sizes and prices || S in Grey and Tan. ■B <W || All Wool Blankets in all sizes, weights and II 0 prices, in plain and plaid colors. Remember S Special Prices this week on all Blankets. S I I , w , —, „ a.— 1,.,.. ...i. i. »■ ■■■■■ ■ I g a THE BOSTON STORE " 1 ’ Dry Goods & Groceries. jg ff

Remember Hallowe'en is 'drawing near; for Mmr.cs, Jack o’ lanterns and Novelties, don’t fail to visit our display for the prices are right. Hallowe’en Napkins, doz. 5c School Tablets, Pencil.. P.:.:0. , Book Straps, each 5 and 10c

Perfectly Satisfied That’s how you’ll feel after you £ earn how our expert service insures 2 better lights and surer starting. Tollhouse Fireproof Garage £ nos any battery at any time J HO vh SEEKER EXCURSION FARES TO SOUTHWEST VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE First and Third Tuesdays of each month. See H. J. THOMPSON, Agent. Decatur, for information.

A nice line of Children’s Knit Caps at 24c, 48c and 98c Children’s Dresses at ...,48c and 74c Ladies’ Kall Hats, just received a new shipment, for GBc A now line of Aluminum Ware in Kettles, Pans, Coffee Pots, etc., Come in and look it over.