Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1896 — Page 4

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democrat JT. BLACKBURN, Proprietor. FRIDAY, JAN. 10. 1890 Bates of Subscription. »ne Year, in advance *’ 50 Six Months ™ Pour Months 60 All subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of 12.00. Office in Democrat Building, east sideof Sec ond Street— ground floor A Western man for 1896, CLAUDE MATTHEWS. - — - ~ Sound Reasoning. The editor who penned the following words knew just exactly what he was talking about. It there is any better reason foi asking a newspaper to work for nothing, than there is to ask a school teacher or preacher to give their services free, we would like to have them explain it to us. We are unable to see the point, especially where parties asking free advertisements are intent on making money out ot it. An editor who has evidently had some experience, puts it as follows: “We' have at last learned just this much about the newspaper business: Advertising of any kind should always be paid for. We have learned to not puff every jim-crow thing that comes along, free of charge, and give a lot *of free advertising to something that gets pay for everything it does. While we want to please our readers in every possible way we can, we are running this great enunciator for a living and for exactly the same reason the farmer tills the soil, for the same reason that a lawyer sells his talent to one side of a case and for the same reason that other people do various kinds of work. We do not expect anybody to work for us for fifn; neither do we expect to work for anybody else for fun only. We expect only reasonable compensation the same as other business men.”—Dixon (Ill.) Star. A certain class of suckers reside in Bluffton as well as in any other city with a population of 6000 and about all of them bit on a very thinly baited hook yesterday. A dapper individual with a grip filled with handkerchiefs canvassed the city offering in some cases sixteen handkerchiefs, in others twenty-five for a dollar. He bad numerous purchasers who afterwards realized that they had bought articles home dry' goods men are offering for two and three cents apiece. It is not necessary to state that nearly all.the buyers were of the masculine sex and therefore easily taken in on the handkerchief racket.—Bluffton News. The same racket, was worked here, but it was the new woman that bought the handkerchiefs. John W. Makon and wife have returned to their home at Lancaster after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Mason’s sister, Mrs. Samuel Slaybaugh and family. . -

An Eminent Preacher’s Opinion. Almost every man at sometime in his life is smitten with a newspaper mama, I fancy, says Talmage. He has some idea, moral or political or religious, and he induces some friend to advance the caslTTb start a paper, and gets out a prospectus which threatens to do great things. After a week or two some plain matter-of-fact stock holder finds out that there has been no special revolution in the universe, and that the sun and moon do not stand* still, and that men are just as big liars as they were before, and boodlers'are just as thick. Pretty soon a big bill for white paper comes in and absorbs all the spare cash in the business office, and the printers refuse to work unless the “strings” are cashed up; the printer bows to the managing editor, and the managing editor to the editor-in-chief, and he bows to the general public, and the subscriber in rural districts wonders why his paper does not come any more. My advice to a man who has anything 'to say in a newspaper is to say it through some paper that is already an established institution. Husbel .11 ensure. We are indebted to B. W. Snow, esq , of the Orange Jndd Farmer, for the following which is official, except at New York: :: ~ . ’rt SS _ O sc a 2 . o' S ’2 te, ■- O r- “ > ~ ® Z~£ — z Wheat 6(1 60 60 60 60 Corn, shelled 56 56 56 56 56 Corn, in ear 68 70 68 70 70 Oats 32 32 3.2 32 32 Barley 48 48 48 48 48 Bye 56 56 56 56 56 Buckwheat 50- 48 50 52 48 White Beans 60 60 60 '6O 60 Irish potatoes 60 60 60 60 60 Sweetpotatoes .... 50 56 55 55 55 Turnip 5............ 60 58 55 55 55 Onions . .... 50 54 48 57 57 Dried peaches .... 33 28 33 33 32 Dried apples 22 22 25 24 24 Bran 20 .. 20 20 Clover seed 60, 60 60 60 60 Timothy seed 45 45 45 45 44 Hungarian G. seed. 50 50 48 48 56 Hempseed 44 44 44 44 44 Flax seed 56 56 56 56 56 Stone coal 80 70 80 70 Charcoal . 22 22 22 22 22 Coarse salt domestic 56 56 56 56 56 G W Jenkins, editor of the Santa Maria Times, California, in speaking of the various ailments of children said: ‘‘When my children have croup there is only one patent medicine that I ever use, and that is Chamberlain ’sCough Remedy. Itposesses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers immediately, It is, in my opinion, the best couglit medicine in the market.” If this remedy is freely given as soon as the croupy cough appears it will prevent the attack. It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough. There is no danger in giving it to children, as it contains nothing injurious. For sale by Blackburn & Miller, druggists. J A Request. To any and all having accounts with me, I most respectfully ask you to come in and pay up and we will start 1896 with a clear record. Please remember we must have money to pay our bills, so don’t forget us. 42t|S Henry Winnes.

THE SARGASSO SEA. A MEADOW OF FLOATING WEED 3 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. What at First Thought Appears to Be a Great Mystery Xs Found to Be Very Simple When Explained—Cause of Mutiny Among the Sailors of Colnmbus. Only a bit of floating seaweed that the restless surf washed upon the beach, and yet the mere sight of it carried iny thoughts back to one of the most important events in the history of the world, for its far away ancestors well nigh prevented the discovery of America. You know the story—how the ignorant sailors of Columbus became alarmed and almost mutinied when their ships sailed intowhat appeared to be a perfect network of impenetrable weeds. They believed that, the thickening sea was a warning of Providence to turn back from their audacious undertaking, and it required all the firmness and authority of Columbus to bring them back to duty and obedience. That wonderful mass of ‘ seaweeds was something new and mysterious and therefore to be feared. Later on, when the Spaniards became familiar with its constant presence in that triangular space midway in the Atlantic between the Azores, the Canaries and the Cape de Verde islands, they called it a “marine meadow. ” The sailors, however, christened it the Sargasso sea, from the Spanish word sargazo, which means seaweed. Still, though satisfied that it was not of supernatural origin, they could not account for its existence. Science, however, long ago solved the mystery, not only of this, but of other Sargasso seas. For there are several others, and they are always found, each in almost the same spot. The diurnal motion of the earth, the never ceasing rush of the tides and the steady force of the winds create, under the. tropics, a surface current in the seas, whieh advances, from east to west, at the rate of about ten marine miles an hour. This current, which is called the equatorial current, or current of rotation, is only superficial, and extends in one vast mobile sheet, which moves between the tropics. It forms the genial waters of the Caribbean sea and feeds the gulf stream. At Cape San Roque it divides, one part flowing south to meet and be transformed into a submarine current by the north polar current; on the other side it bathes the shores of Guiana and Brazil. And then there is the “gulf stream of the east, ” which issues from the bay of Bengal. Its waters, like those of our own gulf stream, may be distinguished from the bordering waters of the great ocean by their indigo tint. The Japanese call it the black river. Leaving the bay of Bengal, this great warm current passes through the strait of Malacca, sweeps the coast of Asia, and then, north of the Philippine islands, rushes out into the ocean, describing the arc of a great circle as far as the Aleutian islands. Like the gulf stream of the Atlantic;, it moderates the rigor of the climates that it traverses.

The analogy between these two great oceanic arteries is wonderful, but it is enough for our present purpose to know that to their circuitous currents the Sargasso seas owe their existence. How? Well, this is easily explained. Drop some pieces of light moss or bits of cork or wood into a tub of water; then with jour band near its edge give the water a circular motion. In a moment you will sde that all the floating substances will hav6 collected in the center. -Continue the circular motion, and at the same time blow sharply against the floating objects, and they will change tlieiiLiinsition, but will not leave the vicinity of 1 lie center so long as the rotary niotjon of the water coritimies. Observe, too, that this center is comparatively calm. This is the explanation of the Sargasso seas. In the center of the several circuits of the great oceanic arteries vast basins of comparatively still water are formed. The currents by which they are surrounded constantly throw toward the center all floating substances, especially marine plants, and these, owing to the quiet waters, multiply with great rapidity, those that have lived their appointed time sinking out of sight, while new ones take their place. Even the action of the winds, as intimated above, serves only to shift this position slightly. The “marine meadow’’ with which we are most familiar, that of the midAtlantic, spreads over an extent of surface five or six times as large as the territory occupied bj’ France.. What a wonderful meadow on land that would be for cattle! And yet it is scarcely less so where it is for the creatures of the sea. This sargassum, or gulf weed, is rather odd lopkjng. Its frond is veity long and furnished with distinct, stalked, nervine leaves and berrylike air vessels on simple axillary stalks. It is found floating or cast on the-shores, but its true home is at the bottom of the sea, whence, becoming detached, it rises to the surface, buoyed up by its curious little air vessels. The sargasSum hardly looks “good enough to eat,’’ but that it is both palatable and nutritious is abundantly proved by the many dishes that are prepared from it, not only in China, but in other parts of the east. —Helen Harcourt in Philadelphia Times. SnobblihneM In Dora. A dog fancier once took exception to Professor Huxley’s assertion that “one of the most curious peculiarities of the dog mind was its inherent snobbishness,i ehown by the regard paid to external r> spectability. The dog who barks furiously at a beggar will let a well dressed man pass him without opposition. ’♦ He said that, in fact, only dogs pf Well dressed persons apt so. Dogs accustomed to men'in rags bark, not at beggars, but at persons clothed in sleek broadcloth,

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Royal Kffe? ABSOLUTELY PURE

Hlntoi’lCHl Uplwodc of the Revolution. In these days of the journey-tugs of the “Liberty Bell,” when It rests In its place of honor among the world’s sights, almost venerated by the multitudes, it comes fittingly to rehearse a romance of its earlier timf. The Liberty Bell, originally cast in London on the order ot the Colonial Assembly, arrived in Philadelphia, August 1752. It was put in place And the very first stroke of the clapper cracked it. greatly to the- mortification of those who had brought it over;* they were about to send it back, when two ingenious workmen of Philadelphia named Pease and Stowe, offered Jo re-cast it. and did so successfully: but when they came to sound it, it was found to contain too much copper and they again re-casteit, and that is the Bel) as it is to-day. By direction of the Assembly there had been cast on the shoulder of the bell, the prophetic inscription, “Proclaim Libertythrough all the Land, to all the inhabitant thereof.” Lev:xxv, 10. When completed it, swung in the open belfry sometime m 1753: there, for twenty-three years prior to the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, it rang curfew and call and greeting to Colonial Philadelphia: there upon tlie 4th of July, 1776. of hallowed remembrance. upon the stillness of the summer air, and the attentive ears of a waiting, solemn people, its pealing tones sped first and far and wide the announcement that the Declaration of Independence was aq accomplished matter, and that as “fre* and independent states they are absolved from all allegiance to the Brittish crown." ■ Enshrined in the affections of the people bv its prophetic motto and earliest message of liberty, its safety became the solicitude and its keeping the treasure-trove of the people. For as the war swelled, southward from Lexington to White Plains, and from White Plains towards Princeton, and the patriots get tidings of the advancing Brithish columns, they hasted to put their loved Liberty Bell in safer quarters. Under the direction of Congress, after the battle of Brandywine, while the British were approaching the city it was lowered from its stanchions, placed on a wagon and hurried away among endless baggage trains of a patriot people, fleeing under the September skies before the invaders of their homes. Ou'tlhe Qld York Road (or pike) to Trenton they pushed on and thence under the escort of Virginian and North Carolinian 'troops both horse and foot, over the hills and through the almost wilderness roads they bore ittothe peaceful Moravian Village of Bethlehem—even then overflowing with and wounded soldiers. On Rs way through the City of Bethlehem, the truck on which it was conveyed, broke with it: it bad to be picked up and carried on: it sustained a slight injury there: the stirring incident in the history of the Libeity Bell that illustrate! that the love of our people for it is no new thing. The bell was afterwards taken to Allentown and hid in a cellar until after General Washington’s victory at the battle of Mobmouth. in August, 1778, when it was brought back to Philadelphia and replaced : in.imposition. It announced ths proclamation of the war of 1812; it announced the proclamation of peace in 1815: it rang for the reception of Lafayette in 1824: it was rung, for the last time and was cracked tolling for the death of Chief Justice John Marshall on July 8, 1835. It were a seedless story to relate In these days bow the bell was brought bacfc’to its old eyrie with pageant and joy. with breeze-flying flagsof red. white and bilie and huzzas and arches of flowers and parade. and how the people kept festival upon its return. Sixth and Chestnut swayed and swung witli its multitudes of patriot men and women, girls and boys, the roofs and windows adding to the joyous throng, tearful in their gayety, as they welcomed back the Liberty Bell, guerdon of their Commonwealth, and looked on the soldiers, who were to tight and win, through famishment and tatters, from open enemies and traitors, the land of their birth and toil and establish it among the nations—“A heritage of liberty forever.” _

SANITARY HIiLBS. State Hoard of Health will Secure Rigid Quarantlue if Needed. Indianapolis, Jan. 6.—The sfat£ board of health has adopted a new set of rules relating to transportation and quarantine, which apply to every city and town in the statg, and which hereafter are to be enforced with the utmost rigor. The new regulations the outgrowth of the introduction «.f smallpox and other Infectious diseases into the state. The rules provide that no common carrier or other persons shall bring into the state any perse* ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, membraneous- croup, or any other communicable disease; that any railroad car, steamboat or other vessel coming from a locality infected with communicable diseases shall be subjected to inspection and disinfection upon entering the jurisdiction of the state and any person found ill upon such train or steamboat shall be taken charge of by the authorities, and the expenses incident to such inspection and care shall be a valid claim against the railroad or corporation, bringing such person Into the state. It is make the duty of the conductor of a train or the master of a steamboat, to notify the secretary of the board by telegraph of his proposed entrance into the state of Indiana with train or vesse). and » failure subjects him to severe penalty. HEADACHEcurodki 20 minutes by Dr. Miles Pain I’il.ls. “One cent a dose.” At d.'uggists.

Obituary. * Martin Nichols was born at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1824, and died at his home in Decatur, Ind., Jan. 5, 1856, aged 71 years. He was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Shultz in 1847, and they lived happily together nearly fifty years This union was blessed with eight children . 'five sous and three daughters. Two daughters and one* sone preceeded him to the spirit world He was a firm believer in the religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A few years ago he met with an dent which deprived him of his hearing after which he did not attend church, but lived a good life. When his wife would speak to him about his soul’s interest he would reply, ‘-Mother. I see to that. I don’t neglect it.” He was a kind and loving busband and father, a good neighbor and citizen. Funertil services were held at the family residence on Eighth street, Jan 7. conducted by Rev. Shepherd, of the U. B church. Interment in Maplewood cemetry. The family hereby tenders thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance tendered them in their sad bereavement. Hou ’» Tills! We offer one hundred dollars reward for any cnse of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. O We, the undersigned, have known F J Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfect lv honorable in all business transactions and financial I }'able to carryout any obligation made by their firm. , West*Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. ~ Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 15c per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. .1 Obeyed tb'e Command. On last Sunday evening comrade James B. Tfeeple answered to the last bugle call. Calmly and quietly he crossed the river and now he sleeps the peaceful sleep that knows no wakening, where care and trouble come no more. During the late war the deceased was a member of Company C.,Hth Indiana Cavalry. His record as a soldier was one that any man may feel proud of. Never was he know-n to flinch when duty called. Honest and true in all his dealings, what you saw of him one day you douid depend on finding him always thus. Another has been taken from our ranks and the comrades that touched elbows with him in the war of the rebellion will know .him no more in this world, but hope /Co meet him where the sound of the harp instead Os the bugle will assemble the great army. Comrade Teeple’s remains were laid away in the Geneva cemetery. His death having occurred at the home of 1 his son;Samuel, at that place.

The Top Shelf. Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup has reached the top shelf. There is nothing that equals this medicine for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis or any affection of the throat or lungs. It has been thoroughly tested for this class of diseases and stands in the front rauk and at the head. This niediciue is guaranteed to give satisfaction; Who could ask for raprr? Give Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup a trial. It has cured others and will cure you. Do not fail to use this iii time. Price 25, 50 and 81. Sold by all druggists. . J Modesty Personified. * Ex-President Harrison's naivete has been shown upon many occasions but never more cbarmingly than in the last sentence of his recent .letter to ex-gov* ernor Foster of Ohio. After declaring that he was not a canidate and would not allow his name to go before the St Louis convention, he says: — “If you can sfww me any reason why I should want the nomination, I might reconsider pay determination.” This reminds one of the young lady who, when she was offered a beautiful rose by her friend protested against robbmg*her but made a grab for it at the same moment. But everybody understands the ex-president. He has the party machine at work for him tooth and toe nail in Indiana and everywhere else in the country where he can get it to work for him. He is right, too, for some one has shown him why he should want the nomination and he get it if he can. Marriage Licenses. John II Keinbell and Viola’L Runyon. Arthur E Callow and Addie F Mayer. Aaron C Augsberger andSecilChindler. Jacob Dangsbergpr and Cdra Schindler. Ray Aughenbaugh and Amy Burkhead. C L Walters and GraceJMcConnehey. Monthly W. C. T. U. meeting to be held at the U. B. church at 2:20 p. m., Sunday, Jan., 12, 1896. Meeting will be opened by president. Singing. Choir. Responsive Bible reading. , Speaking, U; B. Elder. Solo Daisy Edwards. Essay, Joste Congleton. Singing, Choir. Speaking, Rev. Gregg. Singing’ Choir. Benediction.

■gg!—. — ■»< Lauds for Sale. We Offer for safe the following valu‘ r> able land in Adams County, Indiana: The south halt ot the northeast quarter of section sixteen (16), in Root township, known as the Magley farm; and the east half of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section sixteen (16) situate in Monroe township, known * as the vVm. Leisure farm; also the east.di halfof the northeast quarter of said 'I section, known as the Alnsley Smith Smith farm; also 30 acres off ot the north side of the southwest quarter of section thirty (30), in Union township; also the undivided one-half of in-lot No. 267, in the city of Decatur, including one-half of the livery stable thereon; also the following lots number 241 and 242 in the original plat of the town of Decatur. The above described lands will be sold on reasonable terms, with payments to suit purchasers. Fur any further information call on the Adams County Bank/ Decatur,' IndianOctober 1, 1895 * w29tf Probate Cause No. 700. William Adler administrator ol the estate of Martin in the Circuit Court Adler, deceased, of Adams county, Ind vs '■January term, ISM. Mary Adler, George Adler. Louesa Adler et al I To Mary Adler. George Adler, Louesa Adler William Adl-r, Mena Adler, Frank Adler, Henry Adler and The Aetna Lifoßnsurance Company, a corporation: You are severally hereby notified that the above named petitioner, as administrator of the estate aforestid. has filed in the Circuit Court of Adams county, Indiana a petition, malting you defendant thereto, and praying therein for an order and decree of saia court, authorizing the sale of certain real estate belonging to the estate of said decedent, and in said petition described, to make assets for • the payments of the debts and liabilities ot said estate; and that said petition, so filed and Bending, is set for hearing In sail Circuit ourt, at the Court House in'Decatur Indiana, on the ilh judicial day of the January term. 1896, of said court, the same Iteing the 23rd day of January. 1896. Witness the Clerk and seal of said Court, this Itith day of December. 1895 John H. Lenhart, Clerk. 40-4 By E. curt Lenhart, Deputy Notice to Non Residents. The State oi Indiana. Adams county, ss. In the Adams Circuit Court, January term, 1896. John Reynolds I vs - Divorce, No. 5170. Gertrude Reynolds ) 'lt appearing from affidavit, tiled in the Above entitled cause, that Gertrude Reynolds, the above named defendant H a nonresident of the State ot Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Gertrude Reynolds, that she be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court, on the 17th day of February. 1896, the same being 25th juridical • day of the regular term thereof, to be holaen at the Court House in the City ot Decatur, commencing on Mondaj-, the'SOth day of Januang A. D. 1896, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in her absence. Witness, mj- name, and the seal of said court hereto affixed, this 19th day of December, A. D., 1895. John H. Lenhart, Clerk. By E. Burt LbnharT. Deputy. Lewis C. DeVoss, Atty for pltff. 40w3 Kxecutor’s Stale. The undferslgne 6 as the executor of the estate of William Diehl, hss 189 acres of land for sale in KiHcland township, Ad-ims county, Indiana. 160 acres of which is the farm known as the William Diehl farm, being the southeastquarter of Section 23 in Kirkland township. and twenty acres of wood land near the old farm: This is one of the bekt farms in Kirkland township, and I will sell the IBOacres all in one body if desired, or will sell the same • in parcels; all this land can be purchased and at any time on very reasonable terms; any one wishing to buy land in that, locality cando so now on terms and conditions that will be reasonable. For further information call on the undersigned, or France Merryman at the law office of France A Merryman tn the city of Decatur. Indiana. John T. Francv.. Executor of the last Will of William Diehl, deceased. December 11th, 1895. 39w4 4 . ■ ■■ —— : — r ■ "■ AtlntliiiMtraior’s N»le o • Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned Administrator of the estate of Anna M. Gase. deeeased will offer for sale at Public Auction, at the late residence of the decedent, on tho Paul Gase farm one and one-half miles north of Decatur, Indiana, on Saturday, January, 18. 1-W. the personal property of the decedent, consisting of tour head of work horses, one colt, three milch cows, seven head of young cattle, three brood sows, one’fullblooded Chester white boar, I wdntv-six shoals, one two-horse wagon, two sets of work harness. one set of single harness, one top buggy, one spring wagon, a lot or farming implements, wheat, oats and corn, also all the household furniture ol tne decedent. Terms of Sale—For all amounts not exceeding five dollars, cash in hand. Foramountsof five dollars and upward, a credit of nine months will bo given. Note bearing eight per cent, interest-after maturity, with approved security. Gkoroe L. Gase, Administrator of the estate of Anna M. Case, deceased. 0 41w3 Administrators Sale. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Admlnstrators of the estate of Peter A. Sprungcr. deceased, will offer for sale at nubile auction, at the late residence of the decedent, two miles north of Berne in Monroe township. Adams county, Indiana on Saturday, January 18. 1896. the personal property of said estate consisting of twto horses. 4 years old, two Jersey calves, four brood sows, fifteen shoats. full blood China, wagon, road wagon, spring-tooth harrow, mower, hay rake, set work harness, double buggy harness, sleigh, light bob sleigh, carpenter’s tools, corn in shocks, gold filled watch, farming impleidotiLb Terms of Sale:— A credit of nine months will be given on all sales over $5; purchaser executing notes to the satisfaction of the undersigned. wavering valuation and appraisement laws, with six per cent interest after maturity. $5 and under, cash tn hand. A. A. SI'RUNGKR, I Administrator’s 41w3 Samuel Steiner, i Administiator s.

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