Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1899 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT = —=' i ITtRT THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0. ELLINGHAM. Publisher. ' i |1 50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered a: the Postoffice - t Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mali Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER Or ADAMS COUNTY. ' THURSDAY. MAY 4. The latest is a neanut trust with a ; capitalization of 55,000.(I\ . - ing th< 0,001 ■ Spain. thr< ugh the French Ambassador. the treasury deficit for April was S24,OSS. 137. The hint has been passed around , among the western members of the house that the Hanna McKinley candidate for speaker will be a western man. The small yield in wheat in some portions of Adams county, is a disappointment. However, in many instances the deficiency will be partially made good by turning the soil into some other use. Gravel or macadamized roads is a

matter of vast importance to the farm < ers of Adams county, and we are glad i to see them taking such qn interest in 1 this great public necessity. We ven- i ture the assertion that not many years : will elapse until ourj public thorough-1 fares will lie an ornament to the coun i ty and a blessing to mankind. Governor Mount has completed the appointments of members of the state benevolent. penal, reformatory and educational institutions. Gener- , ally where a democrat was favored, his high sense of honor leaned toward those “holier than thou" gold demo crats. Such peanutty exhibitions ; does not contain many favorble ex . tracts of the statesman. We graciously bow our thanks to the Hon. Daniel McDonald editor of the Plymouth Democrat, for a bound I volume of “Removal of the Pottawattomie Indians from Northern Indi ana." of which Bro. McDonald is the I author. It contains a complete history the only one in existence—of i this great tribe and their extinguish ment of the Indian titles to the lands of northern Indiana and southern Michigan. It is a handsome and a : valuable book. Mr. McDonald is a i noted writer and author, having also ’ written "A History of Marshall Coun ty;" "Big Four Wonders of America." and "A History on Freemasonry in: Indiana."

| I rue's Cash Store. I gs DID YOU EVER count what it costs to buy on credit? You always pay ® the long price and the very last penny. A nickle here and a dime there don t 5 t seem to be much at the time, but count it all up tor the year and see i J | you have had to pay for the privilege of credit. Compare these few prices ana 5 g see if my argument will prove out. Kg S Standard Prints. 34 cents. See our 4c brown sheeting it is a hummei. g 3 g Feather Ticking. 125 cents. Look at our 2oc and nOc fan^ sllk { ° r Sj ® All Linen Towling. 5 cents. Our line of spring dress goods can t lie bought gfe Checked towling. 24 cents. for our prices elsewhere in the city fromibc J® X The best 6c Shirting vou ever looked at. per yard to oOc. If vou look at them, vou buy. Eg XP 54 inch turkey red table cloth. 15c. Be sure you see our big line of L mbrellas and & ® Fine, heavv bleached muslin, free from dressing. Parasols 35c. oOc and inc. - en g . S? 2 J only 5 cents. steel rod, nickel trimmed, extra good quality g x 9-4 brown sheeting. 12} cents. cloth, only 75 cents. | P Ladies', Gent's ? Children's Summer Underwear p Was bought direct from the mill for CASH. 34. 5.10 and 124 cents and make your own. The || therefore lam in p<>sition to give vou the very readv made waists that cost you oOc, <oe. -IaXJ Do X best values for 5. 10. 15 and 25 cents’. and 81.25 are made from these very same goods, gi W Big selection of Ladies' and Gent’s Handker- The best assortment of summer goods ever Mg aB chiefs for 5 cents. shown here. Lawna's 32 in. wide, fast color, t»c; 08 XB Don't pay extravagant prices for ready-made All other thin goods proportionately low. SS SB Shirt Waists when you can buy the material at | China, Glass % Queensware Cheaper than ever, g n 7 inch Plates, 25 cents per set. Don t miss this chance. qk SE Cups and Saucers. 23 cents per set. One-half gallon Porcehan I itcher. decorated m 2g Sjg 5, 6 and 7 inch glass dishes. 5 cents. gold an( l colors, at 25 cents. _ J® M 8 and 9 inch glass dishes. 10c.- To see is to buy. 12 inch meat plates, same as above. 2oc. ® gB 35 barrels of 5c and 10c glassware bought direct 8 inch berry dish, same as above. 25c. from factory for cash and sold for CASH. 8 inch bakers, same as above 2.5 c. xr jjS You can buy 10c dishes for sc; 15c dishes for 10c. 1 Tin and Granite Ware. g Two quart covered pails. 5 cents. and 5 quart covered pails, 10c. 101 inch retinned washbasin, 5 cents. 14 quart milk pails. 10 cents. TO 7. 8 and 9 inch retinned pudding pan, sc. 17 quart dish pans. We. g Granite iron pie pans, 5 cents. 12x17 Russia iron dnp pans, 1) cents. gd St Granite iron wash basin, 10 cents. Three quart coffee pot, 10 cents. g g Granite iron pudding pans, 10 cents. 10 inch wood bowl. 10c. ? Granite iron two quart coffee pot. 25 cents. Pound butter prints, 10 cents. < 12 inch retinned pudding pans, 10c. 6 | Groceries. Groceries. Groceries. j & Ah, yes, this is where the shoe pinches. You ' Quaker oats, 10 cents per package. { hg see we’get the cash or trade for anything that 3 lb. can liest tomatoes.solid packed, Bc. goes out of our store, and we don't have to Sugar corn, solid packed, ic. 2 •Jr count sor 10 per cent for loss. 3 pound can gooseberries, 10 cents. 5 Sc 1 Standard granulated sugar 54 •. Rasins, 5 cents. Prunes. •> cents. < Standard A sugar. 5 cents. Xc Sugar. 44 cents. California evaporated peaches 12} cents. & b, Lion. 4-X and Levering coffee, 10 cents. Jell, 5 cents per glass. • fl X Our 10 cent Bulk is better than anv 12c package 4 ounce bottle machine oil, 5 cents. g coffee put up—try it. ‘ California hams. 7 cents. 3 Soda. 5 cents per pound. California chunks. 7 cent"ft zK Baking powder, 5 cents per pound. „ TOBACCO. gS Crackers. 5 cents per pound. “J. T. Tobacco, 18c per plug. S Honev drip svrup. verv liest. 25c. Standard Naw, 32c per piug. K Honev drip syrup in gallon pails, 28c. American Eagle, 25 cents per p.ug. ra Honev drip svrup in mason quart jars. Bc. 'I Battle Ax. 32c plug. Kylo. 8c cut. H j| CHAS. |l

The best known way to get business j is to advertise, and the best way to I hold it is to advertise. There is noi room for argument, the only way to reach the people and be alive with the public is bv systematic and thorough advertising. Adams county is now divided into councilmauic districts and is ready for the appointment of these new official?, who will serve under the county reform law. There will be seven in all. i four from that many districts, and | three at large. They will meet for orI ganization soon after appointment. Dewey Day was fittingly observed ! and the gallant soldiers of Co. B. I rightfully honored. Headed by that i master in military ethics. Major Miller. the boys marched with those old veterans of Sam Henry Post. Orations in number were listened to. appreciated i and applauded and in the meantime i the camp fire kettle was set to boiling : and a dinner served that might tempt; la King. Eveiything was enjoved. : evervbodv was happy and let us hope | for a duplication not later than next I Dewey Day. Washington specials to administration organs announce that Mr. McKinlev’s so-called “court of inquiry . will condemn General Miles and re- > I port that "the canned meat furnished | I the army was wholesome and nutri-1 tious." ’ The statement is entirely |

credible. The evidence in support of | Gen. Mile's charges which was laid before the "court." was absolutely overwhelming. But the court was organized strictly for whitewashing purposes and is cheerfullv doing the dirty work assigned to it. Algerism and' Eaganism are triumphant and I will continue to be a stench in the nostrils of the country until this administration - the most corrupt in American history with the exception of Grant’s has passed into history. Sentinel. Mr. McKinley’s friends are alarmed at reports of defections among western republicans which have reached Washington. That these reports are : not without foundation is shown by the statement of Mr. W. C. Newman, a life-long republican, who is the j agent of the Cattlemen's Protective ' Association of Montana, and who has been sent east to see if something can not be done to revive the once pros- | perous foreign cattle trade. He said: .-If the administration had come out boldly and would have allowed an i open and honest investigation of the m a at scandals, it would have created ‘.he impression abroad tnat this eountrv was sincere in its efforts to furnish the best of meat to the domestic and foreign consumer. As it is, it will require years to overcome the prejudice the administration's unwise action has 'caused."

gre* - ' *<> We Can Please You | .yiM — "ST - I — "tT - w onim ir Si A man is never at his best in , * * the old-fashioned kind ol ready- I) I I made clothes sold in most cloth- '“'V L, * ing stores. If you want to do . . yourself justice, try one of our If U Hart, Schaffner & Marx finely - H * n tailored suits. \ou can get one P- | that will fit as though made to ■ lILII measure and bring out your good , 8 points better than anything the V average tailor can make to your I order. The H. S. &M. suits are elegant, durable and not 'fe' Wm xpens e B H r iiiinrn i |j j B B -nl. i, i ' ' ' “ ajHMM four-button sack suit by Hart, bchitf-iet & Mari GUARANTEED CLOTHING. _ - - —

X patent medicine advertisement begins: - Thousands of women have kidney trouble and don t know it. Luckev women: it will be a good thing if thev never find it out. Perhapsthe advertiser would like to examine kid-; neys at so much per kid. The Evening News of Bluffton, is cutting quite a swell in a bran new (] res < which adds beauty to the other mechanical and local genius that is getting in its work on this modern daily ~ The News is one of the best papers in this part of Christendom and well deserves the success they areattaining.

GAY PARIS. Another Interesting Letter from Decatur Tourists while in France. THE FRENCH CAPITOL ALREADY MAKING PREPER ATIONS FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR TO BE HELD NEXT YEAR. •We came to Paris on the Seine, ‘Tis wonderous fair, 'tis nothing clean. Tis Europe's greatest town. So sang Richard Corbet. But we have had six days continuous rains and Paris has not looked fair to us. Parisins tells us this is very unusual weather; oh. it will clear off in a day or two. But Mr. Goudy. our American consul, and a Hoosier by the way, says thev have been having such weather for three weeks. I’ll take the Hoosier’s testimony. Paris has many attractions even in • . 1 C? L. , . - • •*I • i re TATNI.

rainv weather. She is making preperation for the great fair in 1900. It will be held in four divisions, in four parts of the city, because they cannot secure sufficient ground in any one place. Many buildings are now in process of construction, but only the gaunt bare frames are seen and one can get but little idea of what their appearance will be when completed. It seems to the uninterested that but little has been done. Relics of the last exposition are seen in the Troeadero palace, the aquarium, which has been retained and will be enlarged, and the Eiffel Tower which dominates all Paris, from whatever direction you approach. It is the loftiest monument in the world, being 984 feet high, which is nearly twice the height of the Washington monument at Washington. They also have a wheel on the same model as the Ferris wheel which is larger than that. The Palais de Justice is a handsome building.

but the room which most interested , us was the Court of Cassation, where ! i the Dreyfus case is being tried. We < visited it in the morning when the; court is not in session, when in session no one but persons connected with ; the case are admitted. The Palais de i Justice occupies the site of the ancient ! palace of the king of France and was presented by Charles VII in 1431 to Parliament. The palace chapel, new called Saint Chapelle, because it was built by Louis IX. to contain the sabred relics now in Notre Dame Cathedral, which he purchased from ! the king of Jerusalem for 3,009.000 frances ($6,000,000) is a bit of old hisi tory set back among the law courts, It narrowly escaped destruction from the commune in 1871. as it was then surrounded by a mass of burning buildings. It is two stories high, a dainty, graceful building, with arrowy spire and many pinnacles pointing their silent fingers upward. It is the most beautiful example of Gothic architecture in Paris. Its dimensions are. height 139. feet; length. 115 feet; width, 36 feet. The frescoes and i stained glass, which date from the time of its erection, 1245-1248, are I both wonderfully beautiful. The chapel is now used but once a year. When the courts assemble in the i Autumn, after the Summer vacation. the “Red Mass" is celebrated here, so I called because the judges who form | more than half the congregation (only i members of the courts admitted) wear . red robes. Notre Dame Cathedral, with its I ■ treasury of jewelled robes. St. Sul- | i pices. St. Aggustine. St. Stephens, ! : the Pantheon containing the tombs f of fifty-one of the great men of France Rm now no longer consecrated as a 4| church), St. Germain le Auxerrois. “(from the tower of which the signal

! was given for the general massacre of the Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's ; Day. August 24. 1572. were interest ing places to visit. The Madeline, which is modeler! after the Parthenon, at Athens, and is entirely constructed of stone, except the roof, which is made of iron and copper, and has no j windows but is lighted by three cupalos. a very handsome church indeed, was another very interesting place. On the southern side of the river Seine rises a gilded dome, which may be seen from all parts of Paris. This dome belongs to the church attached I to the Hotel des Invalides, or hospital | for invalid soldiers, and covers the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte. The tomb is some distance below the floor | of the church and we look down upon it from a circular railing. There we see the handsome sareopagus of red- , dish brown of inland granite, weighing sixty-seven tons, thirteen feet long, six’and a half wide and fourteen high, which covers the remains of a

£1 J 11IX Xi X V' ’ VI O - - - - man who once conquered the greater part of Europe. In a crypt, under the sareopagus. the remains were placed December 14.1840. The pavement. immediately surrounding the sareopagus, is laid in mosaics, representing a laurel wreath. On other . parts of the pavement are recorded the names of battles won bv Napoleon. Over the door the tomb are , these words taken from Napoleon's will, "I desire that my aches may re- ; pose upon the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people whom j I ever loved.” It is a magnificent , burial place, magnificent but not oppressive. We stood long and looked t down on the tomb, then after walking t about the church went back again and t took a final look. The tombs of Na- ] poleon'stwo brothers, the eldest and ] the youngest. Joseph and Jerome, are s in two of the side chapels of this . church.

The Art galleries are among the many attractions of Paris. The Luxembourg gallery contains only modern works of art. but the Louvre has the treasures of ages. Many of these were stolen by Napoleon from the countries he conquered and have not been returned. Mrs Allison and I spent a day and a half most pleasantly here. There are a good many copies of pictures and statues from other j galleries. Where we had seen the originals we did not care to see copies. But here are the great ‘‘Venus de ■ Milo” and the "Immaculate Conception" and "Holv Family of Murillo”, and other great works, almost without number. Many of the rooms of both the old and new palace of the Louvre are used as museums and a few remain furnished as when used as a residence of the kings and queens of France. The bed room of Catherine de Medices is shown, but though we looked we saw no portrait of her. Our guide assured us there was a portrait of her in the palaee. We saw many portraits of her cousin, Mary, and other queens of France, but’ in no

gallerv or palace a portrait of Catherine de Medices. I presume they exist, but France is not proud enough of her to put them out prominently. Napoleon appears everywhere, partly due to his own sense of his dignity, or the family pride of Louis Philippe or Napoleon 111, but more often his country has seen fit to honor his memory in monuments, statue or pictures. Still so much Napoleon Bonaparte and his laurel wreaths, gets a bit tiresome, especially after coming from countries which point you to the indignities they suffered from him. Saturday Mrs. Allison and I took i a guide and went out to Varsailles for the day The town and the palace I are a most interesting place on ac-

count of the beauty of the latter and the historical importance of both. | From September 1870 to March 1871, Versailles was occupied by the Prussian troops and was the headquarters of the king and Bismarck. A part of the palace was used as a military hospital, the pictures having been rare fully covered to protect them from injury. Here a most impressive seene took place, when on January Is, 1871, the Prussian king was crowned Emperor of Germany in the banquetting i hall of the king of France. As our French guide exclaimed. "The greatest dignity ever offered any nati n." ' I could not but sympathise with him. • At Versailles peace was negotiated ■ and latter the national assembly met i there, and it still meets there when • both branches meet together, because Paris contains no room large enough. • as a few months ago when President t Loubet was elected to succeed the i late President Faure. The Grand i Trianan. the Petit Trianon, the palace

and gardens are the chief things to see at Versailles. The Grand Trianon is a beautiful villa about a milenorth- • west of the palace. It was built bv Louis XIV and was a favorite residence of Napoleon I. The rooms occupied bv Napoleon remain as when last used by him. The Petit Trianon was built for the especial use of Mary Antoinette. The palace which was built by Louis XIV and cost two hundred million of dollars is the chief object of interest. The grounds once contained 100,000 acres. They are : now extensive, beautifully kept and have many handsome fountains. The i rooms of Lou’s XIV are shown and ; the little private apartments of Marie I Antoinette, the unfortunate queen. Since she and her family were taken 1 away by the furious mob in 1,89, the * palace has remained unoccupied. It > has many rooms and nearly all those shown strangers, contains paintings

representing the history ot rrance, u* rather the glory of France, for as Mark Twain says, ‘‘Remember \ersailles pictures no defeats of the French arms." Hattie Stidabaker. Speaking about the issue of is sate to say the money question "ill be well to the front in connection with other issues. Bryan writes to the New York Journal as follows: <ycumstances determine the relati'e imjxirtance of questions, and no om is able to sav at this time 1D ..I. proportion the various issues will en gross public attention. 1 h ave doubt that the Chicago platform "■ be reaffirmed. Inless the rep ll ’*■ cans withdraw their demand for increase in the standing army 1 a question will also be under discussion The issue raised by the threat of im , perialism may be settleci before campaign opens, or it may o.’cupy important position in the eani P al 5.1 The anti trust issue will doubly hold a more prominent place in •. , than in 1896, because the rapid

crease in the number of trusts 111 , last two years has aroused the pu to a realization of the viciousnes the trust principle.” ■ The county officers ■ this state, have filed suit a Pl* i from Madison county, to test m i stitutionalitv of the fee ant * . law. Thev claim to have some a ■ points upon which they base i hope of a favorable decision. j The temporary ending ■ in the Philippines now s*™ an t nent. The fighters of that , t 0 ? nexation have about cone ... o y er j throw up their hands ami ■ enough."