Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1900 — Page 8

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French To* n.*hip. Bom to Mr. aud Mrs. B. Gerlier—a girl. Henrv Klopfeustiue, of Woodbum. visited here last week. Rev. Luginbill, of Bluffton. Ohio,' visited the Alliance people Sunday. A little boy of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dubauch got one finger cut off the other day. John S. Moser moved the old company engine to Bluffton last week to get it repaired. Joe Graber lost his dog last Sunday. The dog hung himself oh the house yard fence while Mr.and Mrs. Graber attended church. Berne Peter Soldner was a business caller at Decatur Monday forenoon. Miss Nellie Simison will leave for Oden. Michigan, about July 10. Mrs. Wm. Credelu of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Daniel Shally and family. Sam A. Craig and wife are the happy parents of a boy babv. which arrived at ther home last Friday morning. Miss Taylor of Domestic, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elleuberger this week. Earl Shalley. who is taking a course in the art school at Muncie, spent the 4th at home. Charles Spencer and an assistant are busily engaged at the Berne telephone exchange. Frank Sipe has contributed SI. 00 to the Deni.-rat treasury and will from now on enjoy the good news of this the newsiest paper. The small child of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eley died last Saturday afternoon ami was buried Monday after-, noon. The remains were interred at the Crawford cemetery. The comer stone laying of the Evangelical church was well attended. Rev. Oaks of Kendallville. Presiding Elder. Rev. S. Spruuger and Rev. Vornholt assisted in the ceremonies. In the evening Rev. Oaks delivered an address at the Reformed church. I Inn Grove. Mrs. B. F. Kizer visited relatives at Van Wert the Fourth. Mrs. Lavina North aud daughter cf Bluffton, were guests of P. Hoffman last Sabbath. Miss Ida Reynolds of Muncie and Miss Hellen Mugley of Vera Cruz are guests of friends here. Joseph Messer of Vanßuren attended the annual meeting of the Hart ford ci! company at Geneva last Saturday. Henry Gentis and Henry Adler made a delivery of vehicles from the Dunbar repository to Portland on Saturday last. Robert N. Cyle of Chicago has joined his wife in her prolonged visit to her parental home Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Morrow. Mrs Eli Bierie and daughter of Blufft"” Mrs N -ah B-eler of Muncie Mes-lames M rv- Studabaker. Mary Boyd. Mts. Daniel Beeler and daughter Lillie were entertained bv D. F. Hoffman aud family last week. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Hartford Oil company ■ was held at Geneva on Saturday last ' I*. Hoffman. J. H. Hardison, L. 0. Rears, Lew Reynolds. Clifton Hood. Fred Vance and Crist Eicher were se-1 lected as directors for the ensuing year. Our Shamrock ball club donned , their new suits of steel mixed grey,I which made the boys look very come-1 ly to the eve. and in which they went forth the first of the week to do contest with the Nottingham team. But alas! owing to the absence of their catcher and other casualties they met a humiliating defeat in a score of thirty-five to five. Dobley'a Revenge. • ■‘Job’' there's a burglar trying to get In the house.” "I» there?" “Yea Aren't you going to do something about It?" "No. Maria. I’m a humane man, j but if that fellow falls over Johnny's tin wagon, and step* Into a toy drum. , and gets frightened by treading on a ' rubbeAtffl that saye |mpa.' and i>arks his shins the same an I did when I came here in the dark tonight, 'twill t,< al! his own fault. I don't feel called upon to interfere with my advice or to offer a helping hand, for it won't b<- a desorvyig case. G'nlght.” Sweden is suffering severely In the rural districts from a roarcity of foddue th<- unusually uud oats erope of last season.

Shocked Her. In an elevated train sat a dignified, severe looking lady. In her lap lay a thick book, whose manila paper cover bore the stamp of the Y. W. C. A. library. Beside lier was a bundle and beside the bundle a little fiat tin box. The seat facing her was occupied by a very young man and a white haired )old man, rather nervous but with a Vim: mid i: tifi 1 v; res.As the train slowed up for the Fifth t;. str«-t .-tatb :. t. lady leathered J ■ ’ bow her way through, the crowded aisle toward the door. The young man looked at the little tin box left on the seat, but did not budge. The old gentleman no sooner spied It than he grabbed it. stumbled over the young man's feet and gently touched the lady’s shoulder, gracefully lifting his hat as she turned around. A look at the box and then a look at him. That was all. The train had stopped, and there was no time for words, but that look she gave him was calculated to have the same effect as a right arm blow. And it did. He sank back Into his seat dumfounded. The young man laughed outright, and the other passengers grinnevi. Putting on his spectacles, the old man brought the object near bls eyes, and the look of amazement on his face gave way to a sickly smile as he read In large, gilt letters, “AU Tobacco Cigarettes."—New York Mall and Express Pay, Every Day. One New York millionaire who earned his fortune by his own efforts under rather disadvantageous circumstances conducts his business in away that is highly original in muny particulars. One of the most striking of these is his method of dealing with his employees. They are paid every night, and at the close of every business day all the expenses of running the business have been met and the manager knows just bow his affairs stand as far as that feature of his business Is concerned. But that is not his object in paying salaries every day instead of following the usual custom and waiting until the end of the week or month. He employs many men who have lostgformer situations through intemperance, although they were all men of ability In their field. If they severed their connection practically with the establishment at the close of every business day. it made no difference to the employer what happened to the man after he left his establishment By this means the millionaire is able to got the services of good men at a small salary and have no responsibility us to their conduct after they have received ftieir pay for one day's work.—New York Sun. A Single One Emraped. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in narrating the experiences of “A Missionary In the Great West" recalls In The Ladies' Home Journal his visit to a town which had been more or less abandoned for 12 years. "I could not” he says, “find a single member of the church left except one old lady who had l>een bedridden for a number of years. 'Yes.' she said in answer to my inquiry. T am still a member of the Episcopal church, I reckon. We did have about a dozen members once. There was'— And she called over a number of names. I interrupted her in each case by asking what had tiecome of them. ‘She's joined the Latter Day Saints,’ was the answer when the object of my question had neither removed nor died. ‘lt seems to me everybody has joined the Latter Day Saints,' I commented. ‘Yes.’ she replied; ‘most every one. They had a revival here and got them all except me.’ ‘Why didn't they get you?' I asked. 'I reckon because I was bedridden, and they could not get at me.’ she said frankly.” Deg Gpei For Uomen. The costume of the Pu Yuan Pen-Jen women in the Shan states is very striking. consisting of a cloth hood, an open jacket and a pair of short white trousers reaching barely to the knee. But the most Important though the least noticeable, part of their costume is their colored cloth gaiters. These the women are obliged to wear, as without them it Is believed they would be able to fly away, leaving their busbands and sweethearts sorrowful. This legend recalls a custom of ancient Carthage, where the unmarried women wore metal leg gyves, which were severed only during the marriage ceremony. The Akkas, also a Wonl tribe, wear similar gaiters, though I do not think the same importance is attached to them. It Is probably an emblem of some old custom of which the true significance has been forgotten. — Geographical Journal. Getting On. “How are you getting on with your photography?” "Well.” answered the young turn with brown finger tips. "I'm doing better. The snap shot portrait I took of Mr. Curmudge giust have been recognizable.” "You are sure of that?” "Perfectly, for as soon as Curmudge saw ft he said he could whip the man who made that picture.”—Exchange. That Crying Raby. When a baby cries at an entertainment, turn around nnd look disapprovingly at Its mother. Fhe Is not pinching it to make It cry, Is trying her best to hush it and probably had no one to leave it with at home. But that makes no difference. By no means remember you were a baby once yourself.— Atchison Globe. • Near It. Shopman—Here Is a very nice thing In revolving Ixxikcases. madam. Mrs. Ncwrich Oh. nre those revolving bookcases? I thought they called them circulating libraries. — London King.

EFFECTIVE REPROOFS. Pajion Tucker Had a Quick Eye and Pointed Methods. Two incidents in the railroad life of Payson Tucker are told that well 111 lustrate what a worker be was and his attention to the details of business. Several * ars ag he was iw ou the mountain division of the Mifftie Central road am! locked over the grounds of one of the statloi.-. Nothing more , than the usual conversation passed., and he returned to Lis cur and went ' back to Portland. Nearly a year pass- | ed before be had occasion to call at . the station again, and then be stepped j off the car aud asked pleasantly: “Do you have all the help you want , here?” "Yes, sir; all that we need.” “Gtiite sure you have enough?" "Yes, sir. There Is not much to be I done at so small a station." "Well, I feared you were rushed to ! death and could not find time to re- ' move that pile of old bricks I saw the i last time I was here.” With that the general manager of the road stooped over the pile of bricks and. without removing his kid gloves. ■ continued the work until the last one was neatly piled up. At another time a break had been ; committed at one of the stations on the back road, and the next day after the notice of the break had been wired to Portland Mr. Tucker chanced to pass that way. After looking things over, Mr. Tucker asked what had been lost, and the agent quickly ran over the amount of money and tickets stolen. "That all?" asked Mr. Tucker, when the agent bad concluded. “Yes, sir: nothing else.” "That so?" said Mr. Tucker, taking tn the untidy appearance of the room and station at a glance. "I feared some one had stolen your broom. Perhaps you have not missed IL I will send you one.”—Presque Isle (Me.) StarHerald. THE SOLDIER’S PAROLE. What I* Meant by It and How It Is Arranged. Parole, It must be understood, is a purely voluntary compact The captor Is not obliged to offer to parole his prisoner, and the prisoner Is not obliged and cannot be compelled to give his parole. If he does so. he will probably be released on pledging his word not to serve during the existing war. If be refusest. be will remain captive until the war is over or until be can make his escape. The usual parole pledge extends only to active service against the enemy. A prisoner released on parole is not breaking his contract if he drills, recruits, quells civil commotions or fights other enemies. A soldier taken prisoner has no authority to pledge himself never to serve against a particular enemy. He cannot throw off thus lightly the duty he owes ins sovereign or country, and if he makes any pledge it must be confined to a limited time. Moreover, if a prisoner should make a pledge not approved by his own government he is bound to return and surrender himself to the enemy. In the British army a soldier can only. give bis parole through a commissioned officer. Even a noncommissioned officer or an officer of inferior rank cannot give parole either for himself or for bis men without permission from bis commanding officer. The United States authorities, by the way. give greater liberty of parole than is the case with the British army. A captured prisoner who has violated his parole may be punished with death. —Pearson’s Weekly. Dr. Clarke's Wise Dog. The late Dr. James Freeman Clarke used to tell this amusing story of his dog: “At one time my dog was fond of going to the railway station to see the people, and I always ordered him to go home, fearing he would be hurt by the cars. He easily understood that If he went there it was contrary to my wishes. So whenever he was near the station, if he saw me coming, be would look the other way and pretend not to know me. If he met me anywhere else, he always bounded to meet me with great delight. But at the station it was quite different He would pay no attention to my whistle or my calb He even pretended to be another dog and would look me right in the face without apparently recognizing me. He gave me the cut direct in the most impertinent manner, the reason evidently being that he knew he was doing what was wrong and did not like to be found out. Possibly he may have relied a little on my nearsightedness in his maneu t er."—Outlook. Why It Xeeded Revision. "To whom do you intend to give the villain's part?" asked the dramatist “Walker, of course,” answered the manager. "What! That stick!” exclaimed the dramatist “He's the only one available," explained the manager. "Then give me back my play,” said the dramatist "Surely, you don’t Intend to withdraw It” protested the manager. "Uh, no," answered the dramatist. “I only want to revise it The villain isn't killed off until the last act as it etnnds now. you know.”—Chicago Post Del In the Light. Light air and sunlight are Important factors in keeping the family and the house In a healthy condition. Nothing could tie worse than the habit some people have of keeping the bouse In darkness from early morning until night The house should be flooded with light and air for several Lours each day.—Ladle*’ Home Journal.

WILD BEASTS IN BATTLE. Two Panther* and a Sea lion In • Fight to the Death. Among all fights of wild beasts perhaps the most terrible are those iu which the combatants belong to different elements. The struggle then seems peculiarly wanton aud unnatural. Not long ago two men ou a small island oft the Californian coast declare that they witnessed such a battle. The men were amusing themselves watching the antics of a number of sea lions on a reef when all at once the creatures i began to bellow in alarm and dived into the water. One huge fellow alone stood his ground and moved Ids head slowly, as If watching. A moment later the men saw creeping from the shadow of a rock two large panthers, which had evidently swum over from the mainland in search of prey. Simultaneously the panthers leaped upon their enemy aud a terrible combat ensued. For nearly 30 minutes it went on, till the reef was skirted with crimson foam. Twice the Hon struck a panther squarely with bls flipper and knocked him a dozen feet away. But the great cats kept to their work, and finally one of them buried his teeth in a flipper of the sea lion, and tore it off with a single savage tug. Bellowing hoarsely with pain and anger, the wounded bull caught the panther's throat between its jaws aud dragged him into the water, but the big brute was weak from loss of blood. The panther escaped, and. with its mate, swam off for the mainland across the narrow channel, while the sea Hon struggled out toward the ocean to die. The men went down to examine the field of battle. A hole deep enough to bury a horse had l>een dug In the soft mud. while the shore was stained blood red.—San Francisco Call. FORGET BUSINESS AT NIGHT That Is the Only Way to Be Sure of Doina Yonr Best Work. "Every business man of common sense knows, whether he chooses to acknowledge it or not that the farther away he gets in the evening from bls commercial associations during the day. so that his business associates or i thoughts of it or them cannot get at 1 him. the healthier be is, the wiser life . he leads—tn short, the better off he 13 in every respect and the abler for the duties of the morrow.” writes Edward Bok in The Ladles’ Home Journal. “Now. what does be get In the city lu the evening, even If he lives a carefully regulated life? There is no mode of life be can possibly follow which is In any way recuperative to his mental or physical being. lie has never been out of hearing of the noises of the city lor out of the range of its lights. Every night be has slept In the polluted air of the city and in the morning has looked out on the gray sidewalks which he sees all day long. What does such a man kno‘ of the exhilarating, refreshing and blood quickening experience of opening the shutters of his chamber window upon a landscape of space and sunshine? And. what Is far worse, what do his wife and children know of such a btosslug? “Yet he deludes himself Into the belief that he must live In the city, so as to lie ‘ln touch with things.' If you ask him what those "tilings' are, you invariably discover that they are of a business nature, either strictly business or some social convention which he feels has a bearing on bls business. But It is always business, usiness! Now, a man living under this pressure rarely does his best work, although he fully believes that he is doing It But be cannot be giving out the best because be does not allow the best to get within him." How- to Have Genina Rewarded. The artist was bewailing his luck. “My paintings are gems," he said. “Even the critics admit that but I can't get any prices for them." “Os course not” returned the man of business. "You see, the trouble with you is that you are alive, and genius Is rewarded only after death. Now. if y<su could arrange to die"— “But how could 1 profit by that?” I demanded the artist Let me finish," said the man of j business "If you could arrange to die temporarily, your fortune woi id be made. Just make me the executor of I your estate, drop out of sight for ' awhile aud you will have both fame and money. The trouble with you artists is that you have no head for business. Now the moment you are gone | you will be written up and lauded, and al) the pathos of your struggle for recj ognltlon will be brought out. and peo- ! pie will just fall over tbemrolvea to : get your paintings. Just give me a I chance to kill you off. and I'll l, ft i v v OU | rolling In wealth.”-Chicago Post Settled the Trap. A certain Glasgow lawyer was fond of setting traps for workmen who might happen to be working In or aliout his bouse by leaving money or I some valuable article about A workman. well aware of this fact found a half crown lying on the floor of one of the rooms. He smiled as he said himself, “I know what that's for," and. taking a brace and a bit from bis bog be drilled a hole In the coin, and, pub ! ting a large screw nail through IL he ; fastened It securely to the floor. The lawyer lias not set any traps since.- • London Telegraph. He Went. j f P“ Bt 1H Isn't that clock She—l think not e lie—Well. I guess my watch Is like . Liykelf. It Is slow. She—But It Is not exactly like you. He—lndeed? She- No. It goes.—Harlem Life.

MARKETS. ■A CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, newJ? Com, per cwt, yellow (new >.... oo Corn, per cwt Anew ‘ mixed... Oats, new " Rye “ Clover seed<« 4 TimothyW «/- 1 Eggs, fresh 11 Butter Chickens ” Ducks Turkeys J'* Wool Wool, washed2s and 2S Hogs * TOLEDO MARKETS, JUNE 27. 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red. cash... 5 S 5 July wheat Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 42., July corn 4 U Prime clover « 04 Bnt an r.mpr; nvvnm Here is a charming and touching story of the quean and Lady Roberts. When Lady Roberts was at Windsor a few weeks ago the queen han-led her a small parcel, saying: "Here is something that I have tied up with my own hands, aud that I beg you not to' open until you get home” On her return home Lady Roberts found that the parcel contained the Victoria Cross won by her dead son by his gallantry at the first battle of Colenso. Influenza, usually a malady of cold or temperate climates, is extraordinarily prevalent throughout the West Indies. In Kingston there is hardly a family without some member HL and the disease is making similar ravages in Demerar.a, Haiti. Barbados, Martinique and Dominica.

Attention, Farmers! As the wheat crop is a failure it is necessary to make hay whether the sun shines or not? This you can do with the K l/ vA I ft hi 3 fIF I K\ I / L 11 ’ <*<■ . -.- —-1 " r ~ "■* J ' ■ V OSBORNE TEDDER. Not only Tedders, but I have a full line of Osborne farm implements, the best on the market, consisting of Binders, Mowers. Rakes. Harrows, &c. Come in and see what I have to show you. and I will save you money. L. C. MILLER, At Machine Shop. Decatur, Indiana. G*PIT*L $i00,000.00. SLRPLLS $9,000.00 TftE Decatur National bank. fte.oriflqiz.d Jaqbary I. IS9*J.) DIRECTORS. P. W. Smith, President. —.- . > D E GfVTL R, E. X. Ehinoer, Assistant Cashier. J. B. Masos. . J. H. Hobrock. INDI/W. I The No. 2 <| 1 HAMMOND. | -V-. 1 “ '■ 'i I'ortabllltyY> \ , * . t.-t-n pouiiiin itupleti .»." (• • Ing caw. J , Possesses: Home Offi(“e and Fac- • tory:-The Hamm >nd ? i AUWM E!i T _P„ rwt Ml , P „ ma . I U t H'.K 88 !"?’ l uironn* Riv.r, x™ v>rk. Uh cDi't-U f *Tt. Light and Elastic. For Sale at this Office, jjj S» «•!'■■■'■* Tne OtSOCMT. I «« Th^ML 11 * F ™“ p,rt *’ - 8 ' '“'l?,' -"*•'>i- ,8 111 l w;kk F • 1r or Cards of any Home O»ce ’•« • • ' rr ,}ffl Car or on one MachihH ? HIMP of tbe world * iffl H l

A Wife Says: “We have four children, toat.. three I stifferejwdmjst unbearaM. 12 to 14 hours, and had to be the influence of chlorof onß< • bottles of Mother’s child came, which ’ 0 ’ is a strong, healthy boy, doing py housework up *' 4. to within two hours , of birth, and suf- /j; feredbutaiew hard (kJ (■ pains. This Uni / - J ment is the grand- / ; | | e»i remedy ever I >r' Mother’s y J Friend 4 wdl do for every woman what it did f„ ,x, Minnesota mether who writes the above ic ter. Not to use it during pregnancy u , mistake to be paid for in pain and suffer™ Mother’s Friend equips the patient strong bwiy and clear intellect, wiuc.turn are imparted to the child. It relaw the m-jscles and allows them to expaad. It relieves murnmg sickness and It puts all the organs concerned condition for the final hour, so that the actual labor u short and practicaUy pamto, ger of rising or hard breasts is avoided, and recovery u merely a nu:ur of a few days. DniggtaU Bell Motbar • Friend to, || , The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, eg Bead tor our tree lUtu-.rued boot