Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1897 — Page 3

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ALL REWS. paragraph* of Local Imortant e and Interest, North Dakota tried hard for the lynching record now held by Indiana, but could only muster three victims. An exchange says: “The land of the free and the home of the brave” is fast becoming the land of the rich and the home of the slave. The coming man for speaker of the next Indiana house of representatives seems to be the Hon. W. H. lichhorn, of Wells county. He van a member of the last house and ranked high a* a debaterand legislator. —Columbia City Post. The attorney general has rendered an opinion that is of extreme interest to everybody in Indiana that rides a weeel. In brief, it declares that it is unlawful to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk under any circumitances, no matter whether the city ordinance permits it or not. A prominent capitalist who was recently offered for 875,000, an interest in a Klondike scheme warranted to pay 8100,000 a month from the start, responded with this message: “Pay for it out of the first month’s earnings. Send the surplus at once.” The negotiations tailed to go through. The first arrest under the new game law has been made in Floyd eounty, the defendant being Perry Hunter, who is accused of shooting

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Quail ont ot season. Tne arrest was made by William Neal, road supervisor, authorized under the law to act as game warden. Mr. Hunter will have a trial on Wednesday next. An Indiana judge has decided that county commissioners haye no right to employ fee ferrets to seek out unpaid taxes. The judge goes on the theory that the various conn ties ot the state have enough officers, io do this work and there is no occasion to employ men to do the work which others are paid for doing. An entirely new idea is soon to be introduced in the Akron, 0., public schools. The pupils will nominate and elect a president, vice president, congressmen and representatives. Sessions will be held regularly at which certain measures will be introduced and discuss ed. The purpose is to give the students an insight into the manner in which national affairs are conducted. Past records have shown that it is customary in Indiana for us to have about six or seven rather severe winters and thenjone mild one. The prophets think it is time we get a mild one. The rural sages however, say that the coming winter will be severe from the fact that nature seems to be endowing animals with heavier coats than usual. The ’coon, squirrel and domestic animals, it is said, have exceptionally thick coats, this fall. This theory, be it said, is not given a great deal ot credence by naturalists who have given the subject long study.

“Stormy” Jordon, who has just reopened his famous saloon, which he christened “ The Road to Hell,” at Ottumwa, la., is at least thoroughly consistent and straightforward. Among the mottoes in the dive are “Eternal damnation sold here,” “Destruction of homes sold at the bar,” “Here is where the young are ruined.” If you s'ep up to the bar and want the best drink in the house, “Stormy” will set out a glass of water. The Wyoming supreme court has rendered a decision in the Caroon county election case, deciding that foreign-born citizens must be able to read the constitution in the English language in order to vote. There were 115 Finns who voted the republican ticket, but could not read the constitution in English Their votes were accepted, as they could read it in their own language. The decision will put the democratic candidates in office and settle a very important constitutional question. Once upon a time they say a bright fellow took a printing outfit to one of the far western states intending to start a newspaper, but finding no place to suit he took up a claim and began farming. The crop failed and be unpacked his printing material and issued a weekly paper from an imaginary town, with ficticious news and personals, breezy notices of social events, theatrical performances and court trial* —all in his mind, filled columns with ads of all kinds of imaginary business houses, until his paper attracted attention and a town was built upon his farm. This sounds like a myth, but a good paper does help make a town. Tipton has a “man hater” according to the Advocate, who is now sixty years old, was never married and has a snug sum of money laid aside. She was crossed in love forty years ago and since then she harbors the thought that no man is honest and that they are gay deceivers. She won’t look a man in the face and should one speak to her she turns up her nose and turns contemptuously from him. She has such a hatred of men that she has made a will and purchased a cemetery lot and given directions that no man shall ever be buried on the same lot. She has directed that a woman shall offer prayer at her grave, women shall act as pall bearers, a woman shall drive the hearse and women lower the body and fill the grave. No men are to be in the funeral procession and the newspapers are to say nothing of her death. She has willed a sum of money to pay all expenses. She is well known in Tipton though she is seldom seen on the streets.

The fools in this world are not all dead yet, as is seen in the account of the young German, who gaining the consent of his sweet heart, endeavored to establish a new kissing record. He entered into a contract to take 10,000 kisses from her lips in ten hours, with a brief interval for refreshments every halt hour. Umpires were appointed and the attempt to make the record commenced. The young man was a clear lap ahead in the first hour, scoring 2,000 kisses; in the second hour he only sipped 1,000 times. Had 750 in the third hour, when his lips were paralyzed and he became unconscious. After the first kiss it ia safe to say that not one of the succeeding ones were sweet, and he was a chump of the first water in entering upon such a contest. If he had taken her to the minister, married her and then entered into a contract to take from her lips 10,000 kisses in 10,000 hours, it would have been far sweeter. Here are a few dont’s that huntsmen will do well to respect while quail hunting: Don’t kick the dog because there are no birds. Don’t climb a fence without setting the safety. Don’t take your dog where there are sheep. Don’t point your gun at anything you do not intend to kill. Don’t look into the muzzle of your gun—look over the barrels. Don’t be careless in shooting in a field where there are cattle. Don’t, when hunting with a party, claim every bird that’s killed. Don’t fail to get permission from a land owner before going on to his place. Don’t overload. This only results In a lame shoulder, a bad pattern and develops a tendency to “flinch.” Don’t yell yourself blind at the dog if he’s worth taking out at all; he knows his business better than you do. Don’t shoot at a bird unless it is in the air. A bird killed in the air is worth a whole covey “potted” on the ground—that is to one’s own satisfaction.

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Governor Mount’s Thanksgiving proclamation was so flowery and teemed with pathos, that the Indianapolis sun, has reproduced anoth er which it thinks very suitable, and which reads as follows: “The past year has been marked by the manifestation of many mercies toward mankind by the Almighty, among them the making of Mount. Improved prices are put into the pockets of the people. But five citizens were lynched by lawless mobs and we are after them. Investigations have been instituted and the citizens seem satisfied. A new sheep dip has been discovered. Reeves has been routed from the corridors of the capitol. Warden Hert is humbled and the beneyolent institutions are obedient. The flag of freedom floats over fertile fields and mud holes filled with fat hogs. Ultimatums have been uttered, opinions opined, and pronunciamentos promulgated plentifully. The wheels of state are whirling and the hungry hogs are swilled. Cabel A Co. have come and the labor commissioners are laboring. The governor’s staff is stiffened and Indiana holds the high cards in the game of political chess. Presbyterianism has been pushed up a peg and the Y. M. C. A. is with us. Gas is not so gaseous and oil is not so oleaginous. “Therefore, I, Uncle Jimmy Mount, for the bountiful blessings with which we have been beset, solicitous of a senatorial seat and hopeful of continued good health of hogs, do hereby designate Thursday, Nov. 25, 1897, as a day of l thanksgiving and prayer to be spent in the realization of the renown of the author of all blessings hereinbefore enumerated.” A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Any - body can try it who has a lame back or weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electrie Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are miracle workers. Every bottle guaranteed" Only 50 c a bottle at Page Blacburn’s drug store.

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