Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1900 — Page 2

) i Women’s $1.50 »» Shoes... 11l * I Countermand << Sale SI Price..►< || I 90c.. | I — i I The Big Store. |||| BABY'S PORTRAIT. (Ckftehed by bit mother.) A little bead of shapely mold. Two baby eyes ao bright and bold, A dainty little note; * Tug little cheeks ao round and fair, Wish tiny dimples hiding there Like in a rose. A little mouth ao fragrant tweet, A tiny dimpling chin ao neat. And both juet made to kisa. Two cunning ear* eath in its place, A baby forehead set with grace. Whose photograph is thia? Two sturdy shoulders, broad and aouare. Two chubby hands ao fat and fair, And cunning feet ao coy; A roguish srrule for you and me. Swett baby ways; now, don't you The portrait of our boy? —Pearaun'a Weekly. TAKING IN MR. MOODY. How His Confidence Was Abuse 4 by | the Natives of Bethany. When D. L. Moody went to Bethany during bis travels in the east, he «ii very soft hearted over all the multitude of is-ggars there, not only because the place is so unusual, but because he was moved by its beautiful traditions He gave quantities of "backsheesh’ and then asked if any of the children bad the names of Mary and Martha Yes. indeed, they bad. And that open ed bis pockets again. The news of bis generosity spread through the village, and new claim ants came until bis visit seemed likely to result Id a tight for existence. The case was getting desperate, and be told the dragoman to call for silence while he made an address. Then be said: "I have come 6.000 miles to see this little village of Bethany. It was a place my Muster loved to visit, and 1 have come to tee It because be loved it. 1 am very glad to meet you all. but now 1 want to lie alone. 1 have no more backsheesh, and 1 bid you good by.” A fine looking boy of 16 replied to tht address. He spoke fluently and wit! the grace of an orator. Mr. Moody was delighted with the beginning of bis oration, but not with its conclusion "We are glad to see the gentleman and his friends who have come so far. but the gentleman must not think that Ills actions are equal to the importance of his visit. Six thousand miles !h a long way to come, and the gentleman must have sacrificed much to make tht visit. In consequence It is natural for us to expect that he would be munifl cent in !■ >cksheesh. This he has not been, and we now expect that be v.il give us a great deal more.” Mr. Moody was so disgusted that h< abandoned the situation entirely and hurried away with his friends. "I did think.” said he. "that boy had a soul alxive backsheesh.” "And did you think, too. that some of the children were named Martha and Mary?” he was asked. “Certainly. Why not?” Nothing: only they were all boys.”— Youth's Companion. A Settler. A 5 year-old l>oy went with his mother to make a call. The lady of the' house, m ho was fond of children, told him she meant to ask his mother to let i her have hint. “Don't you think your mother would let me buy you?” she asked. "No. ma'am.” answered the little fellow; “you haven't got money enough." “How much would It take?” she continued. “Three hundred dollars," said the boy promptly, as if that would settle the matter at once for all. “Oh, well, then,” said the woman, “1 think I can manage it. If I can, will you come and stay with me?" “No, ma'am." he said, with decision. “Mamma wouldn't sell me anyhow. There are five of us, and mamma wouldn’t like to break the set.”—Buffalo Enquirer. Demand For Excelsior. The present annual production in thia country of excelsior is about 60,00(1 tons. Put to a great variety of uses, excelsior Is most commonly used for packing purposes, anti In such uses it is employed for many very different kinds ot tiling. It la used, for example, In the packing of things so fragile as eggs and things so solid as iron toys. In the various uses to which It la put excelsior is most in demand where manufacturing is carried on, so that the larger part of the great quantity ot thia material now produced in this country Is used east of the Mississippi river.—Now York Hun. Like nearly all Natal rivers, the Tngela Is not navigable, and a bar of sand atretciies across its mouth.

COLENSO RECALLED RECENT BRITISH DISASTERS IN SOI TH AFRICA REVIVE MEMORIES. THE BOERS SHOW MUCH ACTIVITY BMcat of the Queen’s Arms at Mejalietberj Described as One of the Worst Setbacks of th. War From the Eritish Viewpoint at This Stage of Affairs. lasndon. Dec. 17. -The following dispatch has Is-en received by the war office from lx>rd Kitchener: Pretoria, !**-<•. 15.—Fire officers and 316 men. Msgxliesberg prisoners, bare been released. Tb» BcM-ra surrouudej and captured 120 of Brabant’s h >rse iu a defile In the Seaxtron district. Colonel noiuf.eld. moving on Vrybeidt. defeated the Boers vith heavy loss, driving them from Schepers Nek and capturing a quantity of nrm*. The Sehepers Nek movement occurred Dec. 13. The Boers who attacked Vryheldt Dec. 10 | .«t bO killed and wounded before they retired. The fighting lasted all day, the enemy drawing off at 7:30 p tn. The British loss was six killed. 19 wounded and .30 missing. Our casualties Include two officers who died of tbelr wound*. Lord Kitchener, after announcing that the released Magaliesberg prisoners have arrived at Rusleuberg. says that the Boer force divided into two portions, one moving south and the other west. General Kitchener’s supplementary dispatch referring to the disaster at the Magaliesberg demonstrates that the catastrophe is among the worst of the war. All the forebodings and criticisms which Coletmo gave rise to a year ago have been resurrected by the disaster at the Magaliesberg. The war office has nothing to do but “grin and bear It” and trust to time. Until General Kitchener's forces are transformed into mounted infantry and the mounted police get to work. Mr. Broderick sees little hope of improvement In the military situation. But whoever was responsible for the surrender at the Magalleslterg is likely to suffer, for the new war office officials are determined to make examples of generals or any other officers guilty of such grr-«s mismanagement. Lord Kitchener is reported to have sent a fresh and urgent request to the government to send out every available mounted man. With General DeWet again escajied through the British conlon In the neighborhood of Thaba N'l’hu. the serious affairs at Vryheldt and Zastron, and the Magallesberg disaster confronting the British people, they may well begin to ask. as they do. why Lord Bolstrts Is allowed to come home. ADVICES,FROM MANILA Principles of New Political Partv Have Been Outlined. Manila. Dec. 18.—Advices just received from Iloilo, Island of Panay. says that the insurgents Saturday ni.-ht burned n large part of the village of C'abatuan. Assistant Surgeon Frederick A. Washburn, Jr., of the Twenty sixth volunteer infantry, with IS men. held the principal buildings. A strong wind was blowinr at the time. The Americans sustained no casualties. The first political party under the American regime is in process of formation. Its principles have been embodied in a platform which will shortly l>e made public. The declarations of the platform give the fullest to American sovereignty, and also favor a considerable degree of native autonomy concerning internal ami local affairs. Several of the most intelligent Filipino leaders, who have been instrumental in bringing the matter to a head, have been in conference with those interested; and last evening the platform was outlined to the Philippine commission by Senor BuencamIno. former premier in the so-called government of Agnlnaldo. A MISTRIAL Jessie .Morrison's Ordeal Was All For Naught. Eldorado, Kan.. Dec. 15.—Jessie Morrison’s trial for the murder of Mrs. G. Olin Castle, whose life she is charged with having taken because of her love for Castle, ended yesterdayafternoon in a hung jury. Although the jury did not agree on a verdict, the result of their deliberations came near being an acquittal. Almost from the start, and before the case had been disco j ed by them, nine of the jurors voted for acquittal apd three for conviction. the three holding out for manslaughter in the fourth degree, the punishment for which ranges from six months in jail to two years In the penitentiary. The jurors had been out since Tuesday morning, and for the last three days, realizing that they could not reach a verdict, they bad waited patiently for their discharge.

Two Vitally Important Cases. Washington, Dec. 18.—In the United States supreme court yesterday argument was begun In two cases, the decision of which is expected to fix the status of I’ortd lUeo and the Philippine Islands and other Insular possessions acquired through the war with Spain, with respect to the United States proper: to say whether their I»eopic are eitir.ens. ami to Indicate whether the constitution follows the flag. Boers Cross the River. Cape Town, Dec. IS.—Sren hundred Boers have crossed from Orange River Colony into Cape Colony near Aliwal* north, and have reached Kaapdal.

SHORTHAND WRITING. Accuracy Is of Much More Impor. taace Thea Speed. “Speed is by no means the most necessary thing In shorthand writing,” explained an experienced stenographer. "bnt with toffie teachers It is made the great consideration, often at the expense of everything else. The big thing in shorthand is legibility, for there are many who can write fast enough, but who are unable to tell what it means after it has grown cold. I have been a stenographer, depending entirely on it for my living, for 25 years. During that time I have, of course, picked up some knowledge on the subject. I have been the stenographer for two cabinet officers, four assistant secretaries and three or four senators. Incidentally I have worked for a year as the private secretary of one of the big bank presidents in New York city. “All of This experience has proven one thing very conclusively, and that is that there Is no necessity for any stenographer who does amauueusls work to write over 120 words a minute and in 99 cases out of 100 no necessity to write over 100 words a minute. Indeed. 1 know of at least 25 stenographers who are drawing the largest kind of salaries as private secretaries who have assured me that they have never been required to average as much as 90 words. Under these circumstances It seems strange that some teachers of stenography will excite pupils to write 150 to 200 words per minute and endeavor to make them believe that such a railroad speed Is a necessity. Such a practice does actual injury, for It discourages many from even learning a moderate speed. “There have been Instances where It may have been necessary for stenog- j raphers to t>e able to write over 200 and more words a minute, and there Is a legend banging about the senate chamber that General Hawley, for 10 or 12 minutes In a speech, once spoke 227 words a minute. The average speed of senators in speeches does not reach 110 words and in dictating letters rarely reaches 100 words.”— Washington Star. SOME SURE THINGS. Beta to Be Avoided by Those Who Never Tried the Feata. Bets to be avoided by those who are i cocksure they can do all things age those relating to athletic feats. It I would seem that a go»d runner could easily give a start of 50 yards in 100 to a man who was doing the 50 yards by bopping on one leg. But few runners, If any. can afford to give that amount of start to any man who is at all strong on his legs. For the first | five yards or so they go at practically I the same pace. so that to run 95 yards i while bis opponent Is bopping 45 he I has to go more than twice as fast, and It Is a weak man indeed who cannot bop 50 yards In ten seconds. An ordinary wooden match is easily j broken In the fingers, but. although there are many who will bet they can do It none succeed in accomplishing the task If the match is laid across the nail of the middle finger of either hand and pressed upon by the first and third fingers of that hand, despite its seeming so easy at first sight No one can crush an egg placed lengthwise between his clasped hands —that is. If the egg be sound and has the ordinary shell of a ben’s egg. It is safe to bet a man that be cannot get out of a chair without bending his body forward or putting bls feet under It. if be is sitting on it not at the edge of it Another equally certain wager is that a man cannot stand at the side of a room with both of bls feet touchIng the wainscoting lengthwise. It Is safe to bet any man. save one who is blind, that be cannot stand for five minutes without moving if be Is blindfolded. How Vluran Wears the Roek. All who have been to Niagara know that the cataract Is divided by Goat island. the larger portion of the fall being on the Canadian side of the river. This part Is known as the Horseshoe fall and was so named because years ago ft was identical with a horseshoe in shape. A few years ago a V shaped break occurred toward the New York side, and since then other changes have taken place, until today the Horseshoe fall Is more like Its original form, but clearly shows the effects of the wearing of the waters. Many people fnil to see how the falls wear the rock away, and this Is a little mystery until the exact conditions are realized. The ledge of rock over which the water of both the American and Horseshoe falls flow Is of hard limestone. It Is all of 60 feet thick and naturally very heavy. Underneath thia ledge of limestone there are the shales of the Niagara locality. This soft rock is many feet thick. The rock of the Horseshoe fall is unprotected, and as the w-ater falls over the precipice and bolls In the river below It washes away the soft shale beueatu tue limestone, so that the limestone Is left in sheflfke form, projecting far out Into the gorge. Observant visitors to the falls have no doubt noticed this condition. In the course of time the shale foundation of the limestone ledge Is excavated to such a point that the unsupported ledge breaks away by its own weight, and the orest line of the Horseshoe fall recedes so much farther. Then the water attacks the newly exposed shale, and In time the process outlined Is repeated. This has been going on for centuries, and it will continue until the rails or Niagara are no more.—Philadelphia Record. « The Worm Turned. Mrs. Knpeck You let people domineer over you too much. Henry. You should learn to say "no" occasionally. Mr. Enpeck Yes; that's right, and I wish to goodness you had said It on a certain occasion Chicago News.

..To The Ladies.. WHAT TO GIVE THE MEN-FOLKS FOR CHRISTMAS. A perplexing quesrion easily solved at our store THE STORE FOR MEN-FOLKS. TF YOU want to make them happy at Christmas time, give them something •-*•1 they want, something that is practical and useful. H<>re is a store of good things for men, bought for men to wear. We have made it a study to tickle the men folks’ fancy. Ladies, we are at your service. How happy the men-folka will be when they discover you trying to hide a package BEABING OUR NAME. Not many misgivings can the lucky fellows have about their Christmas. HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS. Men’s Fancy Vests. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 up to $6.00. A great assortment of Suspenders at 25c, 50c, 75c, Magnificent assortment. sl-00 and $1.50. A beautiful line of Neckwear at 25 cents, 50 cents Silk Suspenders, handsomely boxed, 75 cents, and SI.OO. SI.OO and $1.50. _ i —— Gloves for street, dress and driving at 50c, 75c Howard Hats, guaranteed, $3.00. SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. Fine Umbrella and Cane Sets. Fancy Shirts at 50 cents, 75 cents, SI.OO, $1.50 \/ and $2.00. Beautiful Mackidtoshee. White Shirts, 50 cents, 75 cents, SI.OO, $1.50 Ji Good Umbrellas. and $2.00. Collars, per dozen $1.15 and $1.75. . Linen Handkerchiefs 25c, 50c, 75c and SI.OO. Cuffs, per dozen $2.00 and $2.50. . Silk Handkerchiefs, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $1.50. Full Dress Shields, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. Mufflers, a beautiful line, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $2.00 Nightshirts, 50c, 75c, SI.OO $1.50 and $2.00. Pajamas, $4.00 and $5.00. CLOTHINC SUGGESTIONS. Men’s Fine Trousers. $2.00, $2.50. $13.00, $4.00, up. The Overcoat from to Men’s Fine, absolutely all wool suits, at $7.50, SB, o ... . $9, $lO. sl2. sls and up. S °™ ,SterS ’ ! ° n "’ rOOtn - V BOrt ’ collars in r all fabrics. Men's Fine, absolutely all wool overcoats from $7.50 to $30.00. Prices—s7.so to $25.00. - Cus Rosenthal, The Squire AAarn. Decatur, Indiana,

livu..h WAS GRACIOUS. fnvZted the Theater Vaher to a Seal In III* Dox. “I never was much of a Republican," >ai<l a gentleman who was born and reared in Washington, "but I loved Abraham Lincoln. He was one of the most lovable ir."n i ever met. I was an usher at the National theater, and about two weeks before the assassination John Wilkes Booth and Susan Denin were playing there. Mrs. Lincoln having expressed a desire to see them in ’Romeo and Juliet,’ I was sent to the p“irident’s bouse to say that a box had been reserved In the even-, lug. Mrs Lincoln being indisposed, the ' president and little Tad Lincoln came,' and I showed them to the box. “As Tad entered he turned and said, ‘Come in, Lew.’ ‘Oh, no.' I replied; ‘that would not be right.’ Tad then turned to his father and said, ‘Pap. you have no objection to Ix>w coming in?’ Mr. Lincoln, with a smile and motioning me to a seat, replied: ‘No, Tad; certainly not for auy of your friends. We will be glad to have your company.’ “I told Tad that my business would not allow me the privilege, and, thanking both father r nd son, I returned to my duties with a light heart and with an admiration for the president I have felt for but few men. and since that incident I have often recalled it and expressed my sorrow that he met with a death so untimely.”—Washington Star. I Awkna’d Compliment, There is such a thing as being too persistently complimentary. A candid and well meaning professor who had witnessed ibe performance of a little play in a private house in which his j hostess had taken the leading part met the lady as she came from behind the curtain. “Madam,” he said, rushing up to her, “you played excellently. That part fits you to perfection.” “Oh. no, professor," said the lady modestly. “A young and pretty woman Is needed for that part." "But, madam,” persisted the professor, “you have positively proved the contrary Pearson's Weekly. In the Dumps. There was once upon a time an Egyptian king, so It is said, who built a pyramid and died of melancholy His name was Durnops, yet there are probably few persons who know that they are perpetuating the memory of his tragic history when they remark that they are “In the dumps.” Fxtrunrdlnurr Temerity. “I told that Boston girl I didn't like Emerson.” "Was she displeased?” “Displeased? ghe got nearly as mad as she did when I said that beans could be baked without salt pork.”— Chicago Record.

Character Shown by the Nose. "Here is au article in the paper that says a wcman'i character can be determined by tier nose.” “Well, there may be something in that, but there’s a surer way. No one can make a mistake concerning a woman's character If be will look at the noses of other women who meet her. The extent to which they turn up at such times shows just what she is or isn’t.”—Chicago Times-Herald. Legal Advertising, OTICE OF ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Notice la hereby to the stockholders of the Decatur National Bank of Decatur. Indiana, that there will be a meeting of said stockholders at the banking rooms of said bank Tuesday, January 8, 1901, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m and 4 o'clock p. tn. for the purpose of electing a Board or Directors for said bank for the j ear 1901. C. A. DUGAN. 3H 4 Cashier. OTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice Is hereby given that complete and detailed specific tions Including full and com plete draw Ing have been prepared, adopted and filed by the board of commissioners of Adams county. Indiana in the office of the auditor of said county for the construction of county asylum buildings on the lands Impinging to said county now occupied for asylum purposes. Sealed proposals will be received by said board ot commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, at the office of the auditor of said county until It) o'clock a. ui. shaip.oii Tuesday, January 22, 1901, for all labor and material and for the construction ot salu asylum buildings in acoordance with plans and Specifications prepared by Kune Klbte. architect, and ad< pied aud filed by sa d board and now on til" in said auditor's office. Each bld must be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond equal to the amo int ot bld, signed by at least two fteehold sureties, or a surety company, to the approval of the board In all things as provided by law. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check drawn against monies deposited In some n il able bank In Adams county, Indiana. In a sum equal to three per cent, of said bld. Said check shall be pavable to raid board of oom mlasloaers and shall be held as a guaranie-* of the performance ot raid bld. should Ihe same be accepted. Each bld shall be accomp nied with a proper affidavit as required by law 'h Each bld Is to be made on printed form furnished tri the bidder on application to the auditor, the same to be tilled out according to the schedule and In the manner and form therein described. The said board of county commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all blds. Hide will tie opened on Tuesday, January St. 14401. and contract awarded January SI, 11M»1 Hamvbp Doak, ) Johki-ii E Mass, ) County h'tir.ti RerptcKT. I t'ommlasluners. Attest-AiiK Born, Auditor. 41-2 XTOTICE OF HALR OF GRAVEL ROAD BONDS. Notice Is hereby given, that I, Jonas Neuenschwander. as treasurer ot Adams county, Indiana. will on Monday, January 7, 1901, at the room of the board of commissioners In the auditor's office In the cite of Decatur Indiana. receive sealed blds’lor the sele of certain bonds known and doslgnated as Macadamized Road Bonds” authorized and is-

sued by the board of comm Im oners of said county tor the c-netruction of the q, tir <« town-hip central macadam rigid' ami he ' Pleasant \ alley and Oak Grope macadam roan, racbof said reads being in Munroe tow nship in said county. The issue of bonds for the Mon-oe township central road i- fti. 4s-.ro amt of the Plea-ant Valley and Oak Grove roadlls fits. 29.25. Each set of bond- is divided in forty equal series, one series paynbc every si x months, aod bear interest at t..e rate oi four and one-balf per cent per annum secured by ooupnna attached Bids will be received until ten o’ck'k a. m of said d*V. SO P’ bids wi 1 l>c received for each s»-t of bonds Each bid muat be accompanied with acer Ifted check in an amour.t»q u al to three per cent of the amount of the bid drawn against mores deposited in any reliable bank in aaM county, such check shall be made pay ble or indorsed »nthe board of uuminia-ion-ers. and shall be held as a guaranty tor the Crfortnance of said bid. and should emid bid accepted the check shall be forfeited should the bidder fail to comply with ’he conditions of his bid. each of snid bonds wit’ t>ear dateot December 15. 19O». and should the bonds not be ready for deliverv on the da* said bids are received the interest at four and one half percent will be refunded by the pi rcna«er from cemi er 15, 19uo, to the dav when the purchase price ta paid to the county treasurer and the bonds delivered. The Treasurer reserves the right to reject any and ali bids. Jowas Nkukhscrw kwder. 41 - County Treasurer. \ OTICE OF FIN AL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby give to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Ix-vina Harris, deeeased, to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decat r Indiana on the 4th day of January 1901, and show cause if any. whv the final wtt ernent accounts with the estateof said deced nt should not be ppmved; aud arid heir- are notified to then and there make proof »f heir&hip. aud receive their distributive shares. BehsardP Hakris, Admr’x. Decatur, Tad Dec |0 190 Q. 40-f VOTICE OF 8 ILE OF PEBBONAL PROPERTY. State of Indiana, County of Adams. M. Notice is hereby given thst the undersigned administrator of ibe estate of Frederick Shank deceased, will >-ffer tor sale at public auction at the iat‘« real tence of said decedent in French township. Adams county. Indiana, on Friday, the 28th day of December 1900 the persona’ property of sa <1 estate. consls • Ing of 4 mlk h oows, G head of sheep, gray man*, brown man-, spring colt, 2 heifers. ‘i calves. 2 sowsand 1« pig-. 10 ami II pigs. 43 shocks corn •odder. 2 tons ot hay. 193 sh> -cks of corn, about 270 bushels of corn in crib. 45 nu“hnls of oats, pair bob sleds. 2 grain cradles. 2 perches of stone. 2 piles ot Inn, her. grain box. step ladder 3pltch forks. dung fork, curry c->mb and brmb. harness, single set of harot-o*, set of work harness.fi pa kuges of shingles, cart, two horse rig two horse wagon with trucks, large grain tm 2 ropes, eythe. bru.'b evthe, broad Ml. 3 axes, spike taaith harrow, spring tooth barrow -4 breaking plows culling hoi. mowing machine, grain drill. 2 scop .hovels, pullej and roue railing mill, 2 shovels, 2 t,linkers. tile spoilt . Wheel barrow. 2 single shovel plows t double shove! plows grub o<«-, olof seed Corn. Set of tiy i.efs.bushel Cover si ed work vice, wprav pntn , 3 corn planter-, sausage grilltier and atufier. tied 2 ba' rela. barrel of Vinegar, mu 1 lMia>. 2 iloub e trees. Iron kettle. 2 paint ean«. lot of Jara, grind atone shaving horse, 2i'oi n cutters wrench. 2 hog b'» ka. priming knife, pipe wrench, carpenter Kans, cross eul an w., ugo ra. 2drawiu gk n I ves. hoes a"d rakes, d post a' gars, buck saw. dlti'n leveler and niaiiv inner I'lri’ a not herein men,l<.tied. Mai to la-in a'K 'dock a inTkHkla or a , I.K Altair a >' llvedollars and und' r ea.h in hand. "V. r five dol'ara a ■ red II ot nine months wi 1 b ».»en. thepurebnSiT giving his note, waiving vnl atlon ana WP" Praia,ment laws, w tn aupr ved aecurttv M ARY M. HIIANK Administratrix John <i. Mohan, Worn y. „„ J. W McKean. Auctioneer.