Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1894 — Page 7

I A FAIR WOMAN y / m JIW ' r I ( 4 wfc ,i, - In a fair dress, bought at a fair barain at one of our fair and square sales. No woman need deny herself pretty gowns when we are selling such dress goods as the following at such prices as will be appreciated by all who deal with us. MBLW’.y- j

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J. H, VOGELWEDE’S New Shoe Store, J NOTHING BUT FIRST-CLASS | I.!, FOOT-WEAR f Having opened up in the new NIB- °° LICK-TONNELLIER block; with a full =5 GS line of Mens, Ladies’ and Childrens custom-made Shoes and Oxford Ti£s co ■SEE and Slippers. Will be pleased to have all CJ call and examine my stock of ALL NEW c=2 - S GOODS, which I will sell at low prices. O*D ]. H. VOGELWEDE’S New Shoe Store. The Lyon & Healy Organ is the best and most . salable • Organ of the Day wBjM Organs sold on Installmsnt Payments at Low Figures- i SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FRED. K. SH/EFER, Agt. BERNE, IND.

Headache cured while you wait with Anidone. For sale by Hplthouse & Smith, m HOUSE BILLS printed at this office cheap. Choice Wines of all kinds at J. W. Vogelwede's at 5c per glass. 51 ts Pan candies at thiTTeoples Bakery and Rustaurant, three doors South of Post Office. * 45 ts Smokers you will find the finest line of of cigars in the city at Yager Bros. 38 ts Best bread, cakes and pies intbecity, at the New Bakery, three doors south of Poptoffice. Blackburn & Miller’s new stock of wall paper is now ready for your inspecX tion. Call and examine it whether you want to buy or not. 52 3 For* fresh reliable garden seeds, either in bulk or in packages, go to Blackburn & Miller's, successors to A. R. Pierce. 52 3 1 -L_J Try Whites Famous Homo Made Bread at the Peoples Bakery and Restaurant, three doors South of the Post Office. 45 ts Why drink water wbenUyou can “Take wine for thy stomacbe’ssake,” at J. W. Vogelwede’s “Home” at 5 cents a glass. - - 51 ts Seeing is Relieving!— It you will only call and examine Bi ( .ckburn & Miller’s new stock of wall paper, you will be convinced that they have the latest and most stylish selections in the city, while tfieir prices are the lowest. 52 3

A, Fine Dress Gingham at 7c. A Fine line of Prints, 5, l»and 7c. ~ A jine Summer Flannel 50c * line of Satteens, Shallies, Henriettas, Eh*., very' cheap. It is no trouble to find the pretty dress you are looking-for if you'll look at our line. Remember we also sell the Y. S. F. Hosiery, Underwear, Etc. Try us on GROCERIES anil s« if yon trill not buy them cheap.

Best and cheapest time of. hanging and vase lamps at Yager Bros. 38 ts Remember everything is engraved free at D. M. Hensley's jewelry store. 33tf Now is the time to subscribe for the Democrat. Best smoke in Decatur, Black Rose. W. H. Nacbtrieb. 48 8 Wanted.—Every smoker to try BlacX Rose 48 8 FOR ALL HAND MaDE harness, goto M. Burns & Patterson. 52 4 Smoke Black Rose sc. W. II Nachtrieb. 48 8 For the Best Bread. Pies and Cakes,Call at the C. & E. Bakery. Sly Alberj, Sciickgeu, Prop 20.000 rolls of wall-paper just receiv- ; ed. The greatest assortment ever sbo’A’n in Decatur, at Holthouse & I Smith, “The old drug store.” 51 4 Harness Oils. A dollar saved is a dollar earned in any business, and M. Burns & Patterson can save you the above dollar by buying a good quality of oil from them and oiling your harness. % 52-4 ■, : ; Mrs. Eliz'ibetn Bradley, agent for Burkharts medicines, takes this method I to where they can find her residence, fifth house south of Jail. ! on Market street. 43 ts II Wilf the Jelinqiietit. subscribers for h Democrat please not forget that this • I is the time of £far to square up; we q need money and’the printing business i can-not be conducted without it. x

POTOMAC MUSKRATS. QUEER HABITS OF THESE WILY AND TROUBLESOME LITTLE RODENTS. Their Depredations lu Cornflelcla and Veg. etablo Patches—They Are Easily Caught In Spite of Much Cunulng—Cndoriulued by Canal Building. Os all the queer creatures, including Crawfish, turtles, bullfrogs, etc., which infest the shores of the Pdtouiao near Washington, affording sport to small boys gifted with an appetite for the chase, not least interesting is the muskrat. Muskrats, though timid animals, seek the neighborhood of human habitations. They have learned that the presence of man assures them an abundance of food, while at the same time their natural enemies are fewer. Hereabout they flourish, being to a great extent undisturbed. They are not destroyed by farmers, though in certain regions they are dreaded enemies of agriculture. Os corn they are extravagantly fond. They will eat it at any stage of its growth—the seed from the ground, the young plant from the furrow or the “roasting ear” from the stalk. They visit the cornfield at night, cutting down the stalks and carrying away the juicy ears. At times streams flowing through “bottom lands” where this cereal is cultivated fairly covered with floating stalks—the result of the nocturnal forays of these vermin. In order to make the flinty grains tender they will sometimes deposit the ears in water for two or three days. These animals are fond of many kinds of vegetables, robbing apple orchards and patches of turnips and parsnips. In winter and early spring they subsist iu great part on the flesh of river mussels. Probably they are driven by hunger to this diet of shellfish. Records of this habit are preserved in the banks of many canals, where alternate deposits of shells cleaned by muskrats and of sediment may be seen in places reaching to a depth of some feet. The means by which the animal obtains the mussel from iU shell has teen much discussed. Probably it is often done by inserting the pfyws or teeth between the valves and tearing them apart. If the mollusk cannot be caught unawares, the edges of the shell are broken by means ot the teeth. The heavier species of mussels, it is believed, are carried out upon the bank and left until they become weak or die, when the valves can be easily separated. Muskrats, yon see, are very clever creatures. Farmers attribute to them an appetite for young ducks, but it is probable that they are wrongly credited a destruction actually committed by turtles. _ ' These rodents are very unsuspicious and are easily captured. Many of them are killed by means of poisoned apples or. turnips placed near their burrows. One'of the roost effective fur them is a barrel without ends placed upright near the bank of a stream, so as to be about bait*, filled with water. Inside of it upon the water are put grass apd weeds with some pieces, of parsnips. Every night the barrel is likely to capture from one to half a dozen muskrats. •

When a rat gets inside, it is impossible, owing to the depth of the water, for it to stand upon its hind legsand cut a hole in the staves above water line. At tiie same time it cannot get out at the top. When several are taken the same night, a fight usually ensues# resulting in the death cf all of the captives either by’ the sharp teeth of their companions or by drowning. The muskrat is very ferocious when cornered. Its worst enemy, next to man, is the dog. Hawks, owls, foxes and mink all prey upon it. These rodents have sometimes teen found in the stomachs of large catfish, but the fishes were so tainted with the flavor of the food as to be unfit to eat. With the building of canals in various parts of the country has come a change in the life of the muskrats in many localities. They have actually abandoned to a great extent the streams to take up their habitations along the banks of these artificial waterways. No doubt they’ realize the greater security afforded them from floods and other dangers. These animals will rarely occupy banks of gravel or sand, preferring loam or light clay. Advantage has been taken of this fact by railways, which so long as they construct banks of giavel and keep them free from vegetable growth are rarely bothered by the’ rodents. Otherwise great damage is done, the burrows caving'in, undermining the tracks and doing other injury. In early spring the greatest damage is done. With the alternate freeing and thawing at that time of the year the coverings of the underground passages fall in, exposing cavities of surprising extent to one who does not know the amount of subterranean work these animals are capable of doing. Much vigilance with eyes and ears is often required to prevent such eaying from causing disastrous injury to property. The burrows commonly extend into the bank for a distance of from 10 to 30 feet. There are usually two openings from which passages lead backward and upward from the stream very crookedly. They end in a large gallery, which is the home of the muskrat.—Washington Star. Tidal Waves. The question whether there be such a thing as a tidal wave I orjee asked the) captain _of .an Atlantic liner. “Oil/ yes,” he answered; “we keep a tidal wave for ’tbe passengers and the newspapers. v Jf you want to know what it really is, I will tell you. It is when a powerful strip is driven through a head sea at such speed that before she can clear herself of mie big wave she is into a secund. The second and fiist together are too much for the,ship, and she carries away a deckhouse or bridge or a boat or two. That is a ‘tidal wave.’ Cor. New York Tribune. ■ J '

The Trade |n Maine "Maine btuns more flrewopa to keep j warm winters than any other eastern ' state," says a .Maine man who has been | in the business. " Tito wood is of tetter ' quality and makes tetter ashes than can i be collected in Massachusetts or New I Hampshire, and there’s a sharp demand 1 for Maine ashes in the middle and southern states for poses. Gr«at quantities Massachusetts also. There are u number of dealers in Boston who make* business of collecting ashes through Maine for shipment. Carloads and carloads of them go out of the state by rail yearly, and shiploads are sent to Florida and Georgia, where they want the best hard wood article. They Bend north phosphate rock, and wo send them ashes, and the trade is a benefit to both sections. “Thw s a - ’ some parts of Maine denoniinr d .iriuto* by the dealers, because toey : eln hard wood, maple and birch regions and do not burn much soft wood. In some of these localities there is a sharp competition in the business. Leached ashes from the potash and soap factories used to be shipped mostly, but they’ve gons out, and dry ashes are wanted. Sc much is this the case that one potash man I knew, a dishonest fellow, dried his leached ashes and shipped them as unleached. The potashes and local soap factories of Maine are run under by the demand for dry ashes and are going out of business. Probably the day is not far distant when dealers in Portland, Bangor and other Maine towns will look after this trade and do the shipping direct from Maine ports to the southern states. There is a largo profit in it. if I am not mistaken.”— Lewiston Journal. The Snail Has Thirty Thousand Teeth. Don’t believe a word of it, do you? Well, that makes but little difference—it is on the authority of one of the most noted of the modern school of naturalists. and that is sufficient. In the peculiarity of teeth and mouth the snail is Ute must wonderful of all the created creatures, and it has been truly said that it is fortunate for mankind that some of the larger of the wild animals are not similarly constructed. The mouth of the snail is ai med with a wonderful organ in the shape of a raspliks tongue. This tongue resembles a long, narrow ribbon, coiled in such a manner that only a small portion of it is in use at any one time. Thickly distributed over the entire surface ot this ribbonlike organ are an immense number of very minute but strong and sharp teeth, designed in a manner which admirably adapts them to the purpose for which they are intended —viz, that of rasping off the edible portions of the vegetation upon which the owner of the rasp feeds. The number of these teeth, as hinted in the opening and also in the heading, is perfectly incredible, one species having teen shown by actual count under Jhe microscope to possess not less than 30,000.—5 t. Louis Republic. Bueklln'H Arnlea Salve. The test salve iu the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt, rheum, fevet sores, tetter chapped hands, chiblains, corns all skin eruptions and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to gi ve perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 25 cents a tiox. For sale by Blackburn & Miller. 22* HOf fLEI) GOODS. The justly celebrated Milwaukee and Fort Wayne Beers are exclusively bottled in this city by John W. Kleinhenz To secure either of tlwse brands of the famous foaming drought exterminator, you have only to send us a postal card or leave an order in person and it will be promptly delivered to you in either bottled or kegged packages 9-1 y John W. Kleinhenz. New Jlnslc Store. Falk & Erwin have opened a “Temple of Mus p” on Madison street, and are beadquarters for Pianos, Organs, Vio lin Fixtures, Sheet Music. Books, Etc They are also instructors in music and have already a large class under trainng. Entrance on Madison street, secund door east of Second street. Its DRESS MAKING. I have opened up Dressmaking Palors, in the rooms formerly occupied by the W. C. C., above Ehinger <Jt Meyers’ clothing store, and would be pleased to see my old customers and many new ones. Come and have vour dresses cut without darts, or seams. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Et.i.a Kellison. K Place s ice line. Oliver Jackson will fill your coMers. 1-2 r T”"HE best investment A in real estate is to keep build* ings well painted. Paint protects the house and saves repairs. You sometimes want to sell—many a good house has remained unsold for want of paint. The rule should be, though, "the best paint or none.” That means Strictly Pure White Lead You cannot afford to use cheap paints. To be sure of getting Strictly Pure White Lead, look at the brand $ any of these are safe: Anchor,’ ’ ‘ ‘ Southern,’ ’ “Eckstein,” “Red Seal ‘ ‘ Kentucky,’ ’ “ Collier. For Colors.—National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. These colors are sold in one-pound cans, each can being Sufficient to tint 25 pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead the desired shade; they are in no sense rcadv-mixed pai’.its, but a combination of perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to ■tint Strictly Pure White Lead. A good many thousand dollars have been aavetf property-owners by having our book. on painting and color-card. Send us a postal card and get both free. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. J. Cincinnati Branch, /'Seventh and. Freeman Avenue, Cincinnati.

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