Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1898 — Page 1

ILL THE NEWS all the time.

LUME XLII.

H B A AND THE MAINE. H ier j ca Defends Her Flag P in War. !■ in Miller with Ninety Three (ia!- !■„ So |,jier.s have Marshed to the 1 ■ Front Patriotism Runs High. Bp-nr ,r tllant military organizatio:; mJL n as ('»■ 8.. Fourth Regiment, KBiuia National Guards, has boon IK'! to the front by an order from IKnulier lleiieral AlcKee. Since the information of the dostruc|K'four good ship Maine reached IWIf- of out citizens there has been IK'' "V less talk of war and the mili|K organizations of Indiana have n looking forward eagerly for a ■, lf to not only aid in freeing Cuba to avenge the death of the l ogl gallant sailors who went down K, their ship on that eventful night hands of the treacherous Sputis During the last ten days and (K j e tho " ilr wittl S P ain I,as I,eou I blown to be inevitable, there has been [Kierotts speculations as to who:: our H g should be called into service. h day it has been reported that f the state troops would lie called out K n ex t day but no orders were reHpved until Monday night. The Hnpanv had been drilling during the |l|rlv part of the evening but disHfhd about 10:00 o’clock, after havK made arrangements that should K order be received during the night. H the church bells shot Id lx> rung the factory whistles blown as a Accordingly at 11:30 o’clock the message was received by i C ’.tin Miller an uproar such as has been heard in this city irnrnebroke upon the stillness of the The din of bells ringing. blowing, bands playing and K, patriotic cheers and yells of the was kept up all night. It was a Himiful spring day that dawned upH the departure of the Northern InHma troops and the bright, warm sun ■one 011 !l hustling, excited city. In Him!reds of Decatur homes tearful ■rewells were being spoken, and ■any an erect, soldierly form, bent ■verently low at the mother’s whisHeei prayer, the father’s fervent ■essing. or the parting word of wife, K:er ur child. It was a solemn hour H Decatur, when hundreds of her ■roic sons stooped to imprint the ■nnvell kiss of love upon the brow of Hife or mother. And then they went Hrth. with the tear of parting yet upA the cheek, the tear that the bravest Ad strongest will shed, to take their Aaees in the ranks of America’s deAlders. At the G. R. &I. depot the Aowd was so dense that it was with Rfficulty that friends could reach Aem to say ferewell and many a Brong man wept u*ith his wife, inotliB or sister over the departure of their Rloved. Fully three thousand poo?ale hade farewell to the boys in blue m the train pulled out of the station Brds. ■ Ninety-three were in the line which ■M iuto the coach when Captain Miller gave the order to “board train.” Bwo members of the company, Charles Butties of this city, and J. A. Chilcoat Hf W illshire, were unable to get here ■> time to go with the company, but Rev followed Tuesday night. The Bmipany roster was as follows: Cap■iin. Edward P. Miller. First LieuRnant, John M, Lenhart. Second lieutenant. S. C. Edington. First Begrseant, C. E. Barnhart. Sergeants, ■ohu D. Andrews, Arthur R. Miller, lid Charles O. Suttles. Corporals, Menry Moyer, Adam Weis, J. \V. Wat■*ns, Charles Beery and Lewis An■rews. Privates, Leslie B. Andrews, Bohn Ault. Clad Burkhead. Ch tries Brothers, Frank Baker. Jason Baker, Bill Bushnell, Harvey Brodbeck, Ed Barnett, Roman Barthel, George lowers, George Conrad, Arte Cutting, ■ has. Chapman, George H. Everetts, Ehresman, Corvin Faulk. Will oreman, Emanuel Foust. Bert FullL John Durkin, Chas. Gordon. Frank ipspinger, John Hale, James Hudson, acob Hess, Will Hurst. Chas. Howor, Icnton Knoff, John D. Kern. Chas. iitson. Jasper Lee. Chas. Mann, Burt bine. H. E. Myers, Wade Myers, lick Myers, Andrew Moyer, Sam lover, Perry Mercer, William Noll, 'rank Peterson, Bob Peterson, Ed ’vie, Don L. Quinn, Harry Quinn, tarn Railing, Claude Railing, Jesse Soop. Auther Russell, James Ross, Silas Shroll, John Sampson, Louis Sampson, Arthur Suttles, Daniel A. Straub, Harland Steele, Isaiah Suman Arthur Shaw. Jacob Spahr, Roy Wolford. Fred Vaughn, Harry Reichert, John Good, Henry Ashbauc-her, Chas. Peterson, Edward B. Alaev. J, O. Chilcoat, Frank Aurand, Oliver West, " illiam Gault, Oliver Grim. Joseph Rich, Isaac Dickerson and Lewis Rape. Che orders for the company to move came at 11:30 Monday evening and "ere as follows: Indianapolis, Ind„ Alarch 25, 1898. Captain E. P. Aliller, Decatur, Iiul: You will report with your company hN. G. and equipped for the field, bringing all military stores, at G. R.

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A I. station in time for train 1:39, leaving at 6:29 Tuesday, 26 inst, arriving at Richmond at 9:05 thence to Indianapolis over Pennsylvania Ry. at 10:40 for the purpose of being mustered into the l . S. \ oluntoer service. Your passage for transportation will lx- accepted by train conductors as they are acquainted with them. By command of Brid’g. Gen’l. AlcKee. Govenor Mount has had his orders ready for the men to assemble for several days but he refused to issue them until he had been notified by Secretary of War Alger. This order was received by the Govenor Monday evening j and tig; order; —.'re immediately sent d. Troops arrived at Indianapolis all day Tuesday. The Decatur company was among the first as it arrived there at 12:30 and immediately went into camp. Examinations are going on now and it is thought that many of the men wiil not bo able to pass the very rigid examination that must be undergone for muster iuto the United States service. In that event Decatur will very probably bo called upon to furnish another company. The men who are able to pass the examination will be mustered into the service at once and as soon as proper arrangements are made the army will be mobilized at Evansville for instructions and service under the Major-General commanding the army. The reason for selecting Evansville as the place for rendezvous is because of the opportunity it presents in getting the army to the South by boat over the Ohio and Mississippi river. Among the boys who left, as a member of the company was Don L. Quinn, one of Decatur’s brightest and most promising young men. He is a graduate of the Decatur High Schools and had for a number of years been employed as a secretary hi the office of F. AL Schirmeyer. We are gl id to inform you that Don will act as war correspondent for the Ddmocrat and will furnish its readers with news of the camp each week. The departure of the company did not in the least dampen the ardor of our citizens, as a company of good men, most of whom have had military training was organized immediately. Decatur’s gallant sons have been called to the light for their country’s honor, for the cause of the oppressed, and for the flag, glorious emblem that their deeds will render more than ever the symbol of all that is bravest and purest and truest in the human heart. The Democrat wants to say God speed, boys, and pledge that the welcome home will be as warm as its good-bye. The exact location of Cuba and its climate has been much talked of lately, and it may be of interest just now to know that the patriotic little body of land which has caused so much commotion lately lies just south of the tropic of Cancer, and so has but two seasons- -the wet and dry. The latter begins early in June and extends through ’ September. Uncle Sam’s troops will hare to do their campaigning before the end of May, for they can do nothing after that until October. Jonas Elick, who has been here some weeks selling nursery stock, gires the following instructions for setting out young fruit trees: Before planting cut off slivered roots, lean the tree to the southwest, fill in dirt, well packed around the roots, cut out all small limbs, then cut back what limbs you leave, leaving from four to five buds on last year s growth, mulch your trees to the depth of five or six inches, do this before the ground gets dry as the mulch will retain all moisture. It is also a good plan to wrap trees with rye straw or heavy paper to protect them from sun scalls. By following the above plans you will have no trouble growing fruit trees in Indiana. Dr. D. D. Clark, coroner of Adams county, rendered his verdict last Saturday on the death of William WcVoy an account of which was published in last week’s issue of the Democrat. The coroner’s verdict was “death from eating poisonous roots. Said roots being of the ‘Sium’ groop, commonly known as -water parsnips,” There was some doubt in the minds of many who were in a position to know about the death of young MeVoy, as to whether or not his end was caused from eating roots, and Coroner C ark refused to render a verdict until an examination had txxm made, both of the stomach and the roots. Accordingly the stomach and some of the roots were taken to a well known chemist at Fort Wayne and on Saturday the following rejxirt of the analysis' was received by the coroner: Stomach: External surface normal. No punctures or perforations, inter nal surface intensely congested mucous membrane. A few spots showing extravastion of blood in the pvloric and of the stomach. Analysis: No evidence upon chemical analysis ot anv poison found. The root wild to have been eaten by the deceased was of the “Sium” group, „ commonly known as “water parsnips. Extracts from the root injected into guinea pigs produced convulsions and death in a few hours; parts of the root eaten by pigs produced death from convulsions and the stomach showed by postm'M--tem examination to be red and lughh congested.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898.

Hirman Gregg, who has been at- j tending the Philadelphia Medical College has returned to this city. He will act as city editor on the Journal, j Airs. Daniel Kelley, aged 60 years, died at her home in Jay City, Jay county, of heart trouble last Saturday | evening. The funeral occurred last Alonday with interment at the Daugherty cemetery. The deceased was well known in this county. During the past week the front of the Democrat has been crowded with people eager to hear war news. This office has received bulletins daily and the reports have all been verified by the newspapers the next day. Our’s are no “boomerang” dispatches. New cases have been filed in the Adams Circuit Court this week as follows:01d Adams Co. Bank vs Amos Gilligeta, to foreclose a mortgage demand 82,000. Laima King vsW. Drake, petition to have defendant declared of unsound mind. Town of Nappanee vs James Aladden et al, set for trial May 25.1898. Carl Alohr, Ora France and Roy Archbold left last Monday morning for Ann Arbor where they are attending college, the two former in the law department and the latter in the dental class. Air. Alohr is a resident of Sack City, lowa, and on account of the distance of his home from the school, he was prevailed upon by tho Decatur boys to spend his vacation in this city. The meeting of the grand chapterof the Order of tho Eastern Star convened in Indianapolis yesterday. The grand Alatron, Airs. Alamie Conrad tendered a largo reception to the visiting delegates at the Grand hotel last evening. There will be over 600delegatcs in attendance. The Fort Wayne delegation will make a vigorous fight to have the next meeting of the Grand Chapter held in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Dan Hensley and Airs. N. Blackburn are representing the Decatur lodge. The interesting announcement is made that Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll will make his appearance at the Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, Ind., on Friday evening, April 29. and deliver his famous lecture on “Liberty of man woman and child.” It is some time since this eloquent gentleman was heard in this part of the country, and it will probably lx; a long time before he is heard again as he is contemplating an extended lecture tourin Europe beginning early next fall. All those, irrespective of creed, who have never neard the Colonel, should embrace this opportunity and hear him, for he is recognized as the greatest master of the English tongue in existence. He will dwell some on the Spanish-Cuban question, and the attrocities of the last few years in that fair land, with all the eloquence of this truly remarkable man.

Next Sunday is first communion day at the Catholic church. The services will be at 8 o’clock. The following is the list of names of the communicants there being forty-three in all: Clarence Holthouse, Thomas Ehinger, Alartin Brunnagraff, George Hain, Joseph Smith, Charles Niblick, Jesse Niblick, Sobert Kintz. Herman Gillig, Willie Johns, Willie Bogner, Alark Bogner, John Fulis, Louis Rumslag, Frank Zesar, Edward Ervin, Willie Hackman, Leonas Aleyer, Jesse Dolliham. Casper Aliller. Leo Farot. Will Farot. Clara Terveer, Otilla Toimellier. Gertie Rademaker, Viola Ulman, Alary Gass, Mary Kohne, Anna Aliller. Vena Parent, Katio Hackman, Anna Ginley, Rosa Tonnellier, Rosa Fullenkamp, Mary Yogelwede, Katie Alylott, Bertha Deininger. Gertie Forbing, Alartha Kelley, Katie Gase. Rosa Colchin, Lena Eiting, Bertha Aliller. Another serious fire supposed to be of incendiary orierin occurred last Fridav morning. The fire broke out about two o’clock in the large stable of W. H. Baker’s, just back of bis house on Seventh street. The fire department was on the scene in a few minutes after the alarm was sent in, but for some reason the employes at the waterworks station were slow to get sufficient pressure turned on and it was fully ten minutes before a stream sufficient to have any effect on the fire could be thrown. In the meantime the fierce flames had leaped across the alley and the barns of N. Alentzor, A. Triplett and Thomas Afallonee and a woodshed belonging to Airs. Susan Glass were ignited and it looked as though the conflagration would end only with the loss of all the property in that neighlxirhooil. When the power was turned on, however, it was but the work of a few minutes for our gallant fire laddies to get the flames under their control. The barns of Baker, Triplett and Afentzer and the woodshed of Airs. Glass were entirely destroyed, and the Afallonee bam was quite badly damaged. Air. Alentzer claims his loss to be SI,OOO, with but little insurance, Triplett and Baker’s loss is estimated at S2OO each with a small amount of insurance on the latter. What the real cause at the water station was is not known, but at a special meeting of the city council last Friday evening, to investigate the affair ami report the same at the next meeting of the council.

The five year old son of Michael! Bogner living on north Eleventh St died Tuesday evening of diptheria. \ The child was sick but a short time. John Ashbaucher, of Blufftou. was in the citv Monday and while here ] made the Democrat office a pleasant call and renewed his subscription to the only paper in the state for another year. Probably the largest number of newspapers ever sold in this city was disposed of by the City Newstand Company last Sunday. It is estimated that from Saturday evening until Sunday evening over 1,000 copies of the various metropolitan newspapers were sold. Sim is a hustler. “How many people read the jokes in Puck and Judge that are not illustrated ? Watch the readers of Puck and Judge in the barber shops, the trains, anywhere for that matter, and see how they go from one illustrated joke to another, and pay no attention to tho jokes that are not illustrated.” Thus wisely speaketh Oscar Binner, and then urges advertisers to see the point. It’s there. Shaffer & Loch are building a large machinery hall on First street, just back of their large business room on ■ Second street. The building will be ninety-six feet long, twenty-four feet , wide and ten feet high. The building t will be frame with a sheet-iron cover and will be used to keep their large line of agricultural implements in. The business of this firm has increased to such an extent that more room was needed in which to place the large stock they are compelled to carry. In the case of the school town of , Winamac against Jasper N. Hess, the , supreme court held, reversing the , judgment of the Marshal circuit court ■ that a person who contracts to do [ work for a town for a price which brings the municipal indebtedness [ above the constitutional limit, and gives a bond for a failure to complete the work. Hess undertook to build a 1 school house for 817.000 giving bond for its completion. The town > indebtedness lacked about half that 1 number of being 2 per cent, of the ’ taxable property in town. Hess 1 abandoned the building when it was • partly finished and the town completed i it. The supreme court says that the I town was legally bound to pay the > contractors, whatever its indebtedness lacked of reaching the constitutional • limit, and as the contractors knew - the amount of its debt when they ' gave the bond, they are bound by the > bond acccording to its terms. i • The following cases have been disJ posed of this week in the Adams eir- [ cuit court: Sarah Yotaw vs William Votaw, divorce granted plaintiff and I custody of Bert. Clark and Yates Vo- , taw, the issue of said marriage. Frank A. Huffman vs John R. Porter, continued on motion of defendant. Wil--1 liam H. Thorn vs Samuel Denlinger, ‘ set for trial May 11. 1898. John Wagoner vs Daniel W. Aleyers, Amos Gil- - fig, jury impaneled and evidence be- • ing taken. John D. Wildman vs 1 Daniel W. Laturuer et al, title quieted > in plaintiff to real estate. Elizabeth ■ Martin et al., vs Effie A. Filler et al., 1 report of commissioners of partition i of real estate confirmed. State vs Gib '< Gooden, appeal dismissed. State vs i Henry Ashbaucher and Alva Nichols, > defendants found guilty of riotous • conspiracy and released during good 1 behavior. State vs Emil Franz, ver--1 diet of guilty of assault and battery, • fine SI and costs, amounting in all • to $48.95. State vs Chas. E. Everett, set for trial June 7, 1898. State vs Ferdinand Kessler, adjudged guilty of selling liquor without license, fine ■ $1 and cost. Grand jury return indictments 1, 2 and 3. Josiah Needham was born inGuern- > sy county, Ohio, October 27, 1823; de- : parted this life April 22 ,1898, agcd74 : years, 5 montns, and 24 days. He • was first married to Susannah P. i Teeple and to this union were born i three children all of whom are dead , excepting one son. God also saw ; fit to take from his midst his comi panion. and he was left alone. He • was again married on the 3rd eff Sept. 1871 to Sarah Francis Bunner, To l this union were born 3 children all of ; whom have proceeded him to that i heavenly land where the flowers never l fade and the sun never quenched. . About three years ago under tho i ministry of Rev. W. B. Freeman Bro. r Needham was convertet to the Christian i faith and united with the Alt. Tabor i M. E. Church. Since that time he has [ been so severely afflicted that he has . not lx>en able to attend the services often. But his heart was fixed in God, r and in His law he loved to meditate > day and night. In his last hours he . could not recognize his earthly friends, l but knew full well the shining face . the soft words and loving hand of i his Savior. Ho leaves to mourn his departure his companion, who was > constantly at his side during all his , illness, to care and do for him. One ! son, two brothers, one sister, foui f | grandchildren, and a host of other > friends. But knowing liow he suf- • j sered and how much he longed to r leave this world we can say, it is far - j better, for him to depart and lx> with - j Christ. The funeral was preached f April 23 at the Alt. Tabor church by j his pastor Rev. Barton.

G. 11. Blackwell of Syracuse, New York, arrived in the city last Friday afternoon, and spent several days as the guest of his cousin, Airs. Jennie Studabaker. Clerk Lenhart issued marriage licenses this week: Charles C. Fonts to Lizzie Lindsey, Ottis Al. Cummens to Luetta Walters, Edward Dirkson to Johanna L. Aleyers, Chauncy O. Stettler to Della May Tindall, Luther Martin to Fanna Austin, Edward Gallmeyer to Elise Zwick, Levi T. Gross to Livillia Springer. It is authoritively reported that the war department has received word from Ringling Bros, circus that on account of the war between the United States and Spain, it would place twenty-five elephants at the disposal of the government for active service in Cuba. Some of these elephants have served in the army in India, and it is believed they would be a valuable adjunct in Cuban warfare. Aliss Emma Alace of this city, and Charles Suttles of Decatur, were married in this citv Saturday evening. Aliss Mace is a highly esteemed young lady and makes her home with Win. Bixler and family on Alarshall street. Air. Suttles is said to be one of Decatur’s most popular young men. The couple have the best wishes of many friends. The above from the Huntington Herald tells why Charles was unable to leave when the militia of which he is a member, were called out. He showed his loyalty, however, by joining the company at Indianapolis as soon as possible. City council met in continued ses sion last Tuesday night. Knoff, Coverdale, Vail, Rice and Teeple answered to the roll call. Mayor Quinn presided. The following bills were presented by the finance committee and were upon motion allowed: Fire company, total bill for the fire which occurred April 22, known as Baker fire. $26.25; Nathan Andrews, setting 201 trees at the city park. 811.40; Wilson, Humphreys k Co., election material. $19.30. The matter of the Mechanical Rubber Co. of Cleveland was reported by motion to the finance committee. The Dill of L. G. Ellingham for publishing of notice of the change of voting precincts was referred back to the same to be sworn to. The committee on streets and alleys asked for further time in which to report on the proposed sewer which is in their hands. A motion was then presented to the council by J. S. Coverdale, which was as follows- I move you that the finance committee be authorized to purchase an American flag of good size and material and the same be placed on the water works building, there to remain until the suffering people of Cuba shall receive their freedom and Spain is given a good, sound threshing. The motion was carried unanimously. Council adjourned. The quart shop law has been held valid. There has been during the last year much comment as to the validity of this part of the Indiana statute', but on last Friday, the supreme court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of St. Joseph county, fining Peter Daniels, who kept a “quart shop” at South Bend, for selling beer without a license. The appellant asserted that the law passed by the legislature requiring every liquor dealer to take out a county license except wholesale dealers, who do not sell in less quantities than five gallons at a time, was inoperative on account of its failure to prescribe a penalty for its violation. But if the court should adopt the theory that the general statute prescribing a penalty for doing any act without a license applied to such sales of liquor, then he insisted that the law violated the Federal constitution by discriminating “against wholesale dealers, corporations and druggists.” The supreme court holds that the general law imposing a penalty for doing business without a license applies to illegal sales of intoxicating liquor, and that the act is constitutional. In reaching a decision of the latter question, the court finds it necessary to hold that the law does not apply to brewers, distillers and others who sell only to dealers, but only to those who sell to consumers, Judge Hackney, who wrote the opinion of the court says; I‘Provisions as to notice of application for license, as to location of room, regulations as to screen, etc., all disclose an intention to restrict the trade with consumers and to detect unauthorized salestothem. The license features under existing laws have not even a remote application to sales by the brewer, the distiller or the wholesale dealer to the retail dealer. If they did apply, the brewer, before selling and delivering less than five gallons of Ixxt or ale to the saloonkeeper, would lx> required to procure' a license authorizing him to sell beer or ale by the drink for consumption on the premises, and would lx 1 subject to all the restrictions with reference to location of business, screens, etc., as applied to the saloon.' The same would be true with reference to distillers and others who make sales to retail dealers. The scope of our laws on the subject, we have nodoubt, includes only such dealers as sell to consumers, and must be construed with reference to such class or classes.

CIRCULATION 2400 WEEKLY

NUMBER 7

As announced last week, a spwial continued session of the city council was held last Friday evening. The roll call showed Coverdale, Rice, Vail, Teeple, Niblick and Knoff as being present, Alayor Quinn being absent. Councilman Coverdale was selected as chairman pro tem. On motion an order was made that the fire committee investigate the cause of delay in furnishing water at the Baker fire last Thursday evening and report who was to blame. The finance committee then reported the following bills which were on motion allowed: William Hutchison $4.20, Henry Stevens $5.40, Nathan Andrews $18.75, Al. J. Mylott $4.50. Council then continued their session until the following Tuesday, a report of which meeting will be found elsewhere in this issue of the Democrat. The Ladies’ Shakespeare Club, one of the oldest and ablest clubs in Indiana, held its sixteenth annual banquet at the elegant home of Air. and Mrs. David Studabaker, Friday evening, April 22. The guests of the evening were the Ladies’ Historical Club and their husbands, and despite the inclemency of the weather about sixty-five guests participated in the evening’s enjoyment. The literary program prepared for the evening’s entertainment was opened by Airs. C. A. Dugan who gave a synopsis of the work of the C. L. S. C. section of the club for the past year. In an easy and interesting manner she spoke briefly of the study which both sections had devoted to the two Shakesperian plays, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, during tho first two months of the year of their separation at the end of that time for the pursuance of the work of their respective sections; of the general nature of the C. L. S. C.; of the books of the German-Roman year (97-8,) which includes Roman life in Phiny’s time. Medieval Europe, Social spirit of America, Roman and Medieval Act anil Imperial Germany. Mrs. Blossom followed with an interesting pa per entitled, “When Alarie is Elected.” She described in a most amusing manner some of the social and political reforms that will occur when woman has been granted her rights and Alarie been elected, but was somewhat in doubt as to what should be done with John while Marie was overseeing the affairs of the nation. Airs. D. D. Heller’s paper was a review of the C. L. S. C. books,“RomanLilein Phiny’s Time.,’ From her carefully prepared synopsis the guests gleaned a very clear idea of the society, education, amusements and manners of life of the Romans in the time of Phiny. A synopsis of the work accomplished by the Social Topics division of the club was given by Mrs. Dallas Trout. She spoke of the various papers that had l>eeu read before their club during the year, and of the interest manifested and the good results accruing from them. Perhaps not the least interesting part of the evening’s program was the Fete and Pommes, the company being divided into groups of ten each, each group was given an envelope containing the letters from which they were to spell some specie of apple. Airs. Dr. Holloway announced the Fete and urged them to work diligently for the prize which she as sured them they would not find it they went to Cuba. After the name o.' the apple was found, each group was to write an original poem containing the name. In a neat little speech, Aliss Alaggie Dorwin presented the prize, a huge dried apple pie to the group composing the best poem. A small pie was awarded the least successful group as a consolation prize by Airs. Tyndall. While dainty refreshments'were being served, Airs. J. D. Hale, toast mistress, of the evening, proposed toasts which were responded to bv the following ladies: The Absent'Poet, by Airs. Sprang who reminded the club that Shakespeare is their chosen poet. “The Historical Club,” Mrs. Hensley who proposed the toast “Prosperity to our Neighbor Clubs,” to which Mrs. L. C. Miller reponded. She was assisted in her response by the other members of the Historical club who joined in singing an original song composed by one of their members, by means of which they thanked the Shakespeare Club for their invitation in a manner calcula ted to call forth much applause. Mrs. True delivered an original ode to spring, in her most pleasing manner. Airs. Aloltz responded in an able manto “Why lam a Patriot,” and C. A. Dugan to “The Unconsidered Half,” by one of the “Unconsidered,” in which he gave some of the experience of a man who is the husband of a woman who belongs to various societies which she must attend while he remains with the baby. However, he expressed liis appreciation of the work accomplished by these self same ladies 1 and seemed to enjoy being tyrannied | over by them. The club song was ‘ then sung and the C. L. S. C. class I given which closed a pleasant even- ; ing’s entertainment. One of the most | enjoyable features of the evening was ; the music rendered by the mandolin club consisting of Alisses lanthnGregory, Ollie Dailey, May Niblick. Jose--1 phineNiblick and Alaste • Jesse Dailey and the vocal solo by Airs. D. E; Smith. The entire program was a success and the evening will lie long 1 remembered by those in attendance.