Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1896 — Page 7

Business Directory. TUB DECATUR MTIOML BASK. \ DECATUR. - INDIANA. .M CAPITAL STOCK. 8100.000. r Mill'Ll*. - - - 4,000. r'd'FFICEKS:—E. w. Smith. President: J. U. Holthouse. Vice-President: C A Dugan, Cashier; E. X. Ehingeh, Ass.stunt Cashier. DIRECTORS:—John B. Holthocsf. J. Ooi.tek, C. A. Dugan. J. H. Hobhock. P. W. Smith, H. H. MOI.TZ. J. D. Hale. Interest given on money deposited on time certificates. \ The Old Adams County Bank CAPITAL, »J3O,UUU. ESTABLISHED. 1871 Officers:-W. H. Niblick. Pres., D. Studa >.aker. Vice-pres: Hutus K. Allison. Cashier 1 Hias S. Nibliek, Ass't Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections nade in all paats of the country. County, City and Townshin orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and old. Interest paid on tune deposits. ■ I Paul G. Hooper, Attorney fit Law ISei-Htiir, Indiana. Patents a specialty. t = I R, S- PETERSON, A.ttorncy at Tjzxw IIECATI K, - - - INDIANA. lilice Rooms 1 and 2. A. Holthouse Block. = . J. H_. 8080, lASTEK COMMISSIONEK AMI ATTOKNEY-AT-LAAV. ' teal Estate and Collections. ._ I ’ - — ——l | 11. K. ERWIN. A.ttomoy-at-Ijn'vv, loom 1 and 2 Nibliek & Tonnellier Hock, Decatur, Indiana. —. ' i — ————— ( «. K. DICKEKSON, attorney and Notary X* ax Tolle. Pension claims a specialty • Real estate and 'flection agent. Geneva. - - TKS. M. L. HOLLOWAY, M. !>• Office and residence one door north of M. E. aurch. Diseases of women and children a jecialty. A. G. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Boston Store. Residence across le street from bis former home. 38-31tt FRANCE * JIEKKYJIAW. ■ I a ♦-t otc 11 o y ss-^jt.ljaw, Office:—Nos. 1. 2 ami. 3, over the Adams l juntv Bank. Code ’lions a specialty. I. \- ; ■=«=?• JT. C?. T'JJSX’TUJNJXC. , r lIKNTIST. , — j I I I - W Now located over Holl house’s shoe-.store, prepared to do all work pertaining to the jntal profession. Gold tilling a specialty, y the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to tract teeth without pain. Work guaranteed. L 1). HALE. DEALER IN teraini Oil, Seeds, Coal, Wool Lime, Salt, Eertili»ers, Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and over Leaf railroads. Office and Retail . ore southeast corner of Second and i fferson streets, •TYOUR PATRONAGE 'SOLICITED ■ Plaits, Cut Flowers, 1 ) Set Piece* for funerals w Flowers for graves. j ’namental trees for cemeteries. . ,‘uit Trees and Yines of all.jiijpds. f | All Sold at Lowest Prices. ' Will open sales room and yards April L. All stock-fresh from Springfield, | no, Troy, Ohio, "Fort Wayne, Ind. I. J. MIESSE. Notice of Trustees. [will beat jnv office on Tuesday of ■ph Week. George W. Brown, k, .1 Trustee of Kirkland township. Ij / w29-6m ■ I win" be at my office Tuesday of each |dek. L. W. Lewton, |;|wtf Trustee Boot township. 11 will be at my office on Tuesday of Ebb week. J. D. Nidlinger, K Trustee Union Tp. | ll'he office days of the trustee of Epshington township will be Tuesdays I'jtl Saturdays in the Surveyor’s office, |jjd Wednesdays at home. | John Steele. ■®2tf Trustee of Washington Tp. | Cheaper Than Ever B Hughes’Granite & Marble Works', ■fteen per cent, of a discount for the Kr 1996. All work warranted to be, ■lv and first-class. Lettering done in Klrman and English. You are invited Estop and get prices. I L; U. & Wm, Hughes. ■htf (Successors to W- S. Hughss.)

REPLYTOTAUBENECK An Address Prepared ?nd Issued In Answer to the Populist Chairman, I • MR. PATTERSON AND FOLLOWERS Agree That the Popullit Party la Necessary to the Country—Oppose the Naming of Another Ticket In Opposition to Bryan and Sewall—‘‘Silver Necessary to lli-ing Hack Prosperity.” St. Louis, July 20.—Hon. Thomas M. Patterson, chairman of the regular Colorado delegation to the Populist convention, arrived yesterday and with others immediately began a crusade in behalf | of the nomination of Messrs. Bryan and Sewall by the Populist convention. During the evening Mr. Patterson and his co-adjuators prepared and issued an address in reply to Chairman Taubei neck’s appeal to maintain the autonomy , ■ of the party by taking a position against 1 the nomination qc indorsement of the Democratic candidates. The address of j the Bryan followers as prepared by 1 Mr. Patterson is a.- follows: “We agree with Chairman Ta tibent• k that the all 1 - absorbing question with Populists is , and should be how can flm- assist in I the speedy’restoration of silver tods 1 1 former place and at tire saint' time ! maintain and advance their party ori ganization. We believe that the PeoI pie’s party is necessary to the country, land should it be disbanded or become I inconsequential for want of numbers 1 the money power wor I so n resume , complete sway over bo the old parties land the masses b< derived of a proI tcctor from the gr< 'd or corporations, I trusts and syndic:.n. . “But we emphatically disagree with 1 him as to the means by which these ! ends are to be secured. To nominate an independent ticket, one in opposition as pruch to Brain and Seyyajl as it yjould be to McKinley Slid Hobart would not only make it impossible to restore free coinage of silver during the lifetime of the youngest in Ate coming convention, but it would practi'-ally annihilate the People’s party so far as followers are necessary to make a party. The ‘lead-, ers’ might “h*4d frantically to the organization during the campaign, but at its close they would find its followers in full fellowship With the Democratic party, and having voted its ticket under the name and emblem of that party’ if Bryan should be elected, they would find little obstacle to continuing withit. Should Nominate, Not Indorse. “Instead of nominating others; the Populists convention should nominate, not indorse Bryan and Sewall: The convention should make these two men its nominees—The party nominees. ’ It I should adopt its own platform of p rinciples and place them upon it as their choice for president and vice president. Having done this delegates can return to their homes ami, looking constituents I 111 the face, 'We have made this | sacritice of party pride to make ■ I certain of the enactment into laws of I one or more of the great measures for I which onr,party has struggled. In doing this we hu,ve proven that our party Stands ready to do whatever is necessary to secure practical relief to a suffering" country, even to the extent of supporting candidates nominated by other parties.’ No greater test of party devotion to principle can be devised and, measured by that test, the People's party is preeminently worthy of the people’s coutidence and support.” Restoration of..Silver Necessary. The proposition of Mr. Taiibeneck that whenever one. party indorses the national ticket of anotlier. it has “no further use to exist” is wholly without precedent to sustain it. The chairman’s logic is simply this: “The restoration of free coinage of silver is known to be absolutely necessary to bring back the country’s departed prosperity. The Democratic and People's party are both agreed upon this and some other vital questions, but otherwise they differ. The Democratic party adopts a platform and selects presidential Candidates pledged and known to be sincere in advocacy of these vital measures. The Republican party is pledged to measures the extreme reverse of those upon which Democrats and Populists agree, and unless Democrats ami Populists unite the Republican party will win, and its policy of mini indefinitely con- - tinue. Now, because the People’s party in its organized capacity, to make certain of obtaining these measures, knowing that’they are lost, will be lost for generations, and seeing no other channel through Which their success is equally secured, adopts the Democratic candidates it‘has no further use to exist.’” It is a strange logic, indeed that the People’s party must die because it does right; .that it must die because it is great, and magnanimous and patriotic enough to go out side of its own ranks for a presidential candiate for one who, though not a Populist in name, is 111 deepest sympathy with it for its most cherished and vital measures to remove a great and blighting curse from the country. Mr. Taubeneck’s Flan. The .claim of Mr. Tdubeneek that the should be 1 an ally and not an annex of the Democratic party is an ifr.deibcent dreahi. Gonsidering the numerical strength and powerful organization of the Democratic party coupled with the plain assurance which its leader have that the Populist and free coinage Republicans will flock to Bryan and Sewall by hundreds of thousands, whatever the Populist national convention may do, it may be comlidered out of the question that the Democratic party, having already jiominated its candidates and adopted its platform, will make, the co-partnership aiTiiiigement which is.the basis of Mr. Taube* necks plans. His plan is for the Populists to nominate a ticket of their own and enter inter into an agreement with the DemoCrate to have but one set of electors in e*iah of the states. The result of this agreement is to be. that if the combination ticket is successful the Populists wiil have either the president or vice president of the United States and will

ale > be in a position to demand an equal 1 sharenf the federal patronage, includ- I ing the cabinet and foreign appointments. ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES. Only h Few I’olitirianN Have ho Far Arrived In St. Louin. | St, Louis, July 20.—Except at the I Lindell, where most of the Populists and silver men make their headquarters, 1 the hotels contain few politicians. The two conventions don't meet until Wed-; nesday and most of the delegates will [ not arrive until Tuesday. A number: of prominent leaders came in yester-) day and last night. With the exception' of Lawrence McFarlin of New York, all the members of the national executive committee of the Populist party are now here. M. C. Rnnkin. the treasurer, coming from Terre Haute, Ind., yesterday and Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota arriving last night. Hon. T. M. Patterson, chairman of the regular Populist delegation for Colorado, A. C. Dillion, a proinimmt silver man and Populist of California amt George F. Washburn of Boston arrived from Lincoln, having visited Mr. Bryan. Ex-Gov-ernor Waite, who heads the contesting 1 delegation from ‘Jolorado, is also hole. ' General Vandervoort of (Jmiiha was an 1 eqrly arrival ami General -J. S. C >xey is i another notable to arrive. The latter i met the prominent members of the two parties already here, and spent the day 1 distributing copies of ins “J-'laii of Vi ar ; Against the Goldin s.” Senator Jones of 1 Nevada, is expected today, and his arj rival is anxiously looked' iorward toby ! the Bryan supporters among the Populists and silver men. ' General Standish of North Dakota came in on an’ early train ami had been in the city but a short time before he received a telegram from one -us the members of the delegation which had not yet left home, saying: “Stand up for Bryan, he is our only salvation.” Most of the day at the .hotels was spent by the delegates quietly conversing among themselves. Several informal conferences were held, theLaClede hotel the .'‘middle of the road" Populists held a massmeeting, which was fiiitly well attended. The towering form of “Cyclone” Davis of Texas ami the better known “General” Cuxey of Ohio attracted much attention, Washburu Visits Bryan. St. Louis, July 20. —George E. Washburi'ie of Boston, chairman of the eastern division of the Populist party, returned to the city last night from Lincoln, where he went to pay a visit to Mr. Bryan. Mr. Washburne declined to reveal (he purpose of his call upon the Democratic candidate or to enter into the details of his interview with that gentleman. VENEZUELAN QUESTION. Uterature on thr Subject- Completed and Will Be Given Out Soon. Washington, July 20.—An important contribution to-the literature on the subject of the Venezuelan boundary dispute has been completed ami will be made public in this country as well as in ( treat Britain within a day or two. This addition consists of an elaborate brief drawn by Mr. Starrowa, a Boston lawyer of high-repute, who has been connected with -Sir. Scruggs in the capacity of’counsel for the government of Venezuela before the boundary commission. The document is in answer to that, portion of the British blue book which was prefaced by eminent counsel engaged by the foreign office to summarize the whole work. COUNTRY’S TEA TRADE. Effort Being Made* to Make San Francisco the Distributing Feint. San Francisco, July 20. —For the purpose of diverting the great bulk of tea trade from the route and from the Puget sound ports to San Francisco and with the idea of making this city the distributing center for the whole country, so far as the traffic in that commodity is concerned, the Southern Pacific company and its connections, the Union Pacific alone excepted, has joined in a movement which is calculated to seriously disturb the traffic conditions which have for years past enabled New York to hold the tea trade of the United States. • Didn’t See Hill or Whitney. Washington, July 20.—Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the national Democratic committee, has returned from New York. He states that bis eastern visit was a private one and had no conference nor did he see either Mr. Hill or Mr. Whitney. Senator Jones expects to issue a call for rhe meetftig of that body in New York at the time the notification committee formally informs Mr. Bryan of his nomination. Heavy License on Cigarettes. Hartford City, Iml.. July 20.—The city council has passed an ordinance requiring dealers in cigarettes to pay an annual license of SIOO, with penalties ranging from to SIOO. The ordinaiiee is' prnetic’tziy prohibitive. TICKS FROM THE WIRES. Chauncey M. Depew is on his way home from abroad on account of the illness of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Chattiinooga, and not Denver, was se- . leetedas the 11ext.4p11et.iug place of the. B. Y. P. W. convention. Dan Dicks, colored, was lynched Satur<lay >‘t Ellentown, S. for an attempted assault upon Mrs. L. W. HilE , The nonunion men of the Brown hoisting works in Cleveland are now being protected by five comparriesTsf militia. The controller of the currency has issued a call on national banks for a statement, of their conditions at the close of business Tuesday,'July 14, General Rosecrans, president of' the Society of the Army of the Cumberhlnd, anmmnees its next annual reunion at Rockford, Ills., Sept. 23 and 24. Eight men.were badly injured Saturday night during a fire in one of the Chicago street railway car barns. The barn and 554 cars were destroyed. Boss, sslMt,ooo. With the exception of fi'J.IXK) in bonds, the proeee<ls.pf the robbery of Christopher Schrage, the Chicago miser, which occurred last March, have been recovered through the confession of John McLean, one of t he robbers. A funeral service was held yesterday’for the late Marquis de. Mores at Paris, M. Edouard Drument delivered the funeral oration, in the course of which he denounced English perfidy as being«responsible for the murder of the marquis. - . .

Ambiguous. | Bridegroom—Unfortunately I shall be unable to go to the zoological garden with yon tomorrow’. Will you not go alone and look at the monkeys? Bride (tenderly)—Dear Adolph, when you are not, with me, I have no interest 1 in monkeys.—Meggendorf’s Blatter. North Carolina in colonial days was i called the..“old North Colony, ” and the 1 name, with state instead of colony, has been retained to the present time. It has also been called Turpentine State. j j In the private schools of China a ■ teacher is paid about 1 cent a day for each pupil FARMERS Wanting shingles for Shed Roof will do well to call on Jno. W. Vail, at his factory, and see his cull staves. They are very cheap, and make as good a roof as auy shingle. Call and see them. wltf Notice of Stockholders .Heeling. There will be a meeting of ti e stockholders of the Old Adams County Bank at their banking house in Decatur. Indiana, on 'Tuesday. August 4, IS*"!, at ' 9 o"block a. tn . for the purpose ot electI ing a Board of Directors for the ensuing i year, and to transact any other business I t hat, may come before timm 18w2 II K. Allison. Cashier. 2000 perch, good foundation stone i n hand. Also berciiies powder, fuse, and caps, tor extermination. •50tf John S. Bowers A Co. For Rent—A house of nine rooms, piped for gas good waler. Will rent ciieap, Cail on or address Mrs. Elsie Bollman, or this office. 730dtf 11 wtf. Smith a bell are paving the highest cash prices for Clear White Ash legs, cut 12 feet long. 12 inches and over at the top end, must be clear and staL ht 4S. i Grand Ranids & Indiana Railroad Took effect July 12. 18PG. GOING NORTH. I 'l i I STATIONS. No. 11 No. 3 | No. 6 No. 7 Cincinnati.,lve .... I 805 am; •>4spm Richmond 2 50pm 11 00 . i •- 5U Winchester. ■. • <44.12 (>0 .. 1 n2a Portland 43<.. M 2 42pm-111 11 Decatur 1 a .>5.. 145.. 10 45 Ft. Wayne.. arr •> 25 .. 235 .. 1125 “ “ ...Ivel 600 . 255 pm II 35 Slsam Kendallville... I 7 o.‘ .. 4 00.. 12 20am 92(i.. Rome City |715 .. 4in 0 45.. Wolcottville...:- 4 21.. < 9 51.. Valentine 4 33 10 02 . LaGrange 4 42 .......... 10 11 .. Lima.. 4 54 .. .... 1024 . Slurgie ! I 5(41.. 1 20.. 1051.. Vicksburg...... I 15 56-.. 2 04.. 1138.. Kalamazoo, arr -No. 11 1620 .. 2:.5.. 121-2 . “ . .Iveiexcept 640 .. 2 30.. 1210 pm Gr. Rapids. .arrlSund’yl 825.. 350 am 145.. “ “ . ivel 5 25pm11l 00 .. 400.. 200 .. D., G.H.&M.crl 540 . ;H 15 .. 213 .. Howard City... 639 .. 112 15 257 . Big Rapids .... 721 .. 112 57 ~ 522 ~ 330,. Heed City j 805.. I 1 :’•> .. 545 .. 1.0!!.. Cadil.ac.... .arr 905 2'2'' f.3>.. 4 50,. •• .. ..Ivel 2 40 .. I 6 40 .. ■ 5 10 .. CraverSe City.l > ...... I 820 .. . 700 ~ • Koikaeka ■ ■ 6 22 .. Petosket i 550 . ! si 20 ........... Mackinac Citv. I ■! 720 ■ IHJRi ~ I GOING SOUTH. ‘STATIONS. 1 No. 2 I No. 6 ; No. 4 , No. 8 Mackinac City j 9 00pm. s 25am 2 t.Opml Petoskey ’lO 20 .. 1 9 45-.. 356.. i Kalkaska < ,12 13am 11 >9 .. ) Traverse City 11 W .. 1 5(0 .. Cadillac .. ..arr 145 .. 110 pm 043 “ ....Ive. 200 ... 135 .. 1705 .. 7 :V>am Reed City 1250 . 1245 .. I 55 .. 8 3'.. Big Rapids...... i 320 .. 3 15.. 8 20.. 918 Howard City.. i 4 o'2 ..' 4.00.. 1,950.. D.. G.H.NM.cr 515 .. 500..19 45 .. ,10 55 .. Gr. Rapids .arr, 530 .. 5 15.. 10 00.. 11 10. “ “ . Ivel 725 am 600.. JO 15.. 200ptn Kalamazoo, arr; 9 20.. 7 55.. Tl 40 345 . “ ..Ive 925 11 45.. 350.. Vicksburg |9 49 .... 415. Sturgis IIU 40 12 58 .. 506 .. Lima 10 54 5 17 .. LaGrange... .11107.. 5 29.. Valentine 11l 18 .. No. 42 537 .. Wolcottville... 11 30 .. ; — 546 .. Rome City 1136.. 6 15.. 551.. Kendallville... 11 50 .. 629.. 142,. 610.. Pt. Wayne..arr 1255 .. 7 30.. 240.. 7 15.. “ “ ..Ive 115 pm 5 45am 260 Decatur 159. .* 630 .. 327 Portland 3-00 .. 730 am 4 (19 Winchester.... 3 44.. 8 00.. 444 Richmond 4 45 .. 9 15 .. 5 35 Cincinnati,,. .. 7 25.. 12 01.. 7 45.. . Trains 2 and 4 run daily -etweeu Grand Rapids and Cincinnati, C. L. LOCKWOOD. Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON Agent, Decatur Ind Erie R. R. Schedule In effect lune 14.1896. Traifis Leave Decatur as Eolloivs TRAINS WEST. No. 5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I .<> "■; p m Chicago mid the West I No. 3, Pacific Express, daily for 1 . ~s . M Chicagoaiid the West.. I No. I, Express., daily except Sun-1 11:16 A. M day lor Chicago and the West 1 No. 13, Wells Farm) Limited Ex- 1 press, daily except Monday & >. 6:43 P M day after legal holidays .I No. 3L. Local, daily, except Sun-l IO . WA M day ' trains east. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for ( - p M New York and Boston ( No. 2, Express, daily except Sun-1 p M day for Now York. i No. 12. Express, daily for New I ..... . u York I M No. 30, Local, daily except Sun- . dav t,"-...'. f 10:10 A. M. Through coaches and sleeping ears to New York and Boston. Trains 1 at d 2 stop at al stations Ou the C. & E. division. New Train added, No. 13, will carry passengers as far as JI tintington. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus. Circleville, Chillicothe. Waverly. Portsmouth. Irontor. and Kenova, via Columbus Hocking Valley & Toledo and Norfolk x Western Lines. Jj W. DZLong. Arent. W. G. Mac Edwards T P A. Huntington. CLOVER LEAF TIME. In effect June 21, 1896. WESTBOUND. No. 3 .....4:32 a. m. No. 1 ..... ....... 11748 a! m. No. 5.. •■■S:33 No. 23, local freight............'.10:1.5 a. tn. ' EASTBOUND. No. 2 ’.. .12:15 p. 111. No. 5:36 a. n . No. 4...... 7:01 p. in. "No? 22, local freight 2:1.0 p. nt. No. 3 makes direct connection with the L K S W at Kokomo for Indianapolis'getting into the City at 10-30 a. m. No. I leaving here at I:3o'g. in. is direct to Indianapolis, arriving at 6:30 p. tn. Going by No 1 you can return home at 7:3 p. ui. This is the most direct route to the state capitol. 1 A. .Mu • Tibii ii I

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BEARS AFTER GPiAXT. HOW THE CRZAT MILITARY MAN MANEUVERED FOR TIME. Threw Trout From the Wagon to Appease Bruin’s Appetite—The Bears Wanted Bigger Game, but Didn’t Get It—The Old McKane County Guide’s Story. “Gem-nil Grant Was a great lover of 1 trout fishing,” said a guide, “aud the greatest of all his outings was at Kane, McKane county, Pa., in August, 1569. I received a letter late in July of that year requesting that I get everything ready f<'. a two weeks’ fishing tour on ■ the Oswayo Crei k. "This strt am flows through the north- I western part of Potter county, one of the wildest forest sections. At that time ; I was living at Kane and spent all n:y time in the woods hunting ;md fishing. "General • Grant usually \yas aeeompanied by one wl .jnore ctnnpanions, but this time’he cdlne to Kane alone. It was then, prior to. leaving Kane for Oswayo creek, that General Grant wrote his letter to Secretary of State Fish ‘ concerning the belligerency of Cuba. We were..delayed 24 hours on account of that letter, because General Grant ■spent the whole day in thinking the situation over. The general was glad to get the subject off his’mind for the time being, as he remarked to me, ‘Well, that settles Cuban matters, with me un- ’ til I return from Jills.trout fishing.trip. ’ “I had-the general's rrfrt- and flie> in shape. We got on my old 'pri'itg wiigoti and started for a fgrmhottsl■ hear Slutwn 1 Center. The roads were rough, and by the t ime we hail covered the distance of 37 miles we were tired out, and the old horst' laydown. It was about 10 o’clock 1 at night when we reached John Habersteen’s home in the country. He had been expecting us and assisted in .putting up the horse and showed us rooms we were to occupy. We did not go to the trout stream the following day. ‘Rest is more desirable than‘trout,’ is the way the general put it. “While Habersteenwasmot acquainted with Grant prior to otir arrival, he was a fast friend of jnine, as we had gone to school together. Gem nil Grant soon made a'warm friend of Haberstet 11. “The first day's-’ti.shing along Oswayo creek was successful, and we returned with a number of trout. It was a difficult place to reach, and the country simply abounded with, wild game. The general was fond of seeing deer go through the woods and was not a bit afraid of .bears. “General Grant was an expert fisherman and could whip a stream with any of the pot fishers. He would never fish for trout with bait. But if .it.-so hap pened that he had lost all his flies, he wduld put on whatever he could find and continue to whip the stream. The J two (<f us in five days’ fishing caught . 712 trout, all good sized ones. ' We ate ! some of them, and the rest were,packed in ice to be sent to friends. "I shall never forgetAiur return front jSharon CentiT to Kam'. We had everything on file spring wagon, including the iced trout. After traveling about four miles we bassed through an exeip- 1 rionally heavy weddland, and when we | were? about 200 yards • front the woods ' two bears made thvig appearance. Tin y

Daniel Schlegel, ' DEALEKIN LIGHTNING RODS, SPOTTING, ROOFING, AW Tinware of all Kinds. SMFiiTßtt ail| i > Menfling Done Io orOe-r. Front St», near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - ■ Indiana. ■ —■————

I trotted along after us at a gait that 1 showed us that they were gaining bn tin horse. They evidently had scented the fish and w( re wishing for a good meal. did got feel much afraid until we ci’.me to discover that our guns and revolvers were- left bt hind at Haber- . stern’s house. The bears were gradually gaining on us, and it w’as time to be thinking about doing something, j “ ' What’s to be dom in a case of this kind?’’ queried the.general. I ‘‘‘The only thing I knoxv of js to I drive so fast that -they can't catch up,’ 1 I itsplied. But the faster we drove rhe more rapidly the bears ran. . - “‘1 know how to get awa’y from them, ’'exclaim* d Grant. ‘We will throw I trout to the ground, a few feet apart, and as the bears stop to pick them up we will gam so much by every fish. ’ ■ ‘‘Well, that looked like a great scheme. We began throwing the fish out. twoor three at a time. The bears began to pick them up, but I'lHw: eontwisted if, they didn't start to give the trout the go by and hasten their steps to catch upto the wagoto. AIT the .tihje' '.y ; we kept throwing choice trout- into tireroad- to coax -them bears to quit ’ther I chase. “We concluded that the old horse would have to hurry. Thewhipxvas apj plied. We lost the bears, and in the village related the story of the bears following us fio several farmers, who got , guns and started after them. r “Do'you know what those confounded bears were doing they found .them? Th y stepped ar the end of tluitrout trail and foi' a distanceof armile ’ ’ and a Fair back had .eaten nearly all the trout. They evidently wanted bigger game, and v.hen they saw they could net get it they were content to eat trout. The bears wers overtaken and killed. “At the village we looked to see how many trout we had left. To our surprise we had o.nly 250 out of the 700. ” —New York Press. . If ' ’ Lurk. "There is no "such thing as luck, ” said Colonel North once. "Everybody in this world has chances—yes, everybody, from the working collier who strikes'll seam of coal which was never thought of by the mniing engineer to . the colliery proprietor who gets information regarding that seam and resolves to work it. What people call luck simply na ans that a- man sees his • chance, holds on to it and at the right morftent work-; it for himself. Luck?•Nonsense! Luck .is simply the fa'culty of seizing passing opportunities. ” Dr. Coke, at one time chaplain of Greenwich ‘ hospital, was 4 according to James Payn, “a churchman of the tawny port wine school.” When called in to minister to one of the patients on his deathbed and finding him perturbed as to his ghostly welfare, he comforted i him by saying: “Don’t concern yourself about that, my dear fellow. That’s my affair.” The snirit ot the world indorses four kifids of spirits diametrically opposed to charity—the Spirit of resentment, the spirit of aversion, the spirit of jealousy, and the spirit of indifference. —Bossuet. A silk spinner .in Aleppo, by working from sunrise to sunset, can earn 75 cents a day.