Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1901 — Page 12

MERELY A HINT of the good things in our new stock of SPRING FOOTWEAR should be sufficient to bring buyers to the store. Those who are anxious to shake off the heavy shoes of winter will find us well supplied with LIGHT WEIGHT SHOES AND OXFORDS in calf, vici kid, goat, etc., both in black and russet. Prices are very like the shoes They are light weight. JOHN H. MOUGEY. Monroe Monroe is on the boom. Dennis Brandyberry is on the sick list. Miss Pearl Ray and Lorena Laisure Sundayed at Berne. Plowing and oats sowing is the farmers occupation at present. Z. O. Lewellen is very busy just now building a new tile kiln. Richard D. Andrews commenced work in Joe Haruert's shop Monday. The hub factory is running in full blast with Oliver Worst as chief mogul and foreman. Joseph Jeanloz died last Monday at 11 o’clock. He was one of Adams county's pioneers. Mrs. J. J. Mayer aud daughter.! Hattie, of Decatur, spent Easter with her sister, Mrs. Win. Scherer and I family. William Scherer has in his possesa very valuable stone. It was no doubt an Indian weapon. He will keep it as a relic. All of Monroe's citizens will be ••held-up" by the small boys and girls who have tickets for sale to the concert. Buy of the first one and save trouble.

CARPETS... ALL WOOL INGRAINS—SOc. ALL WOOL WRAP. ALL WOOL FILLING, EVERY FIBER OF THESE GOODS ALL WOOL.-*^ 25c Cotton Unions. 35c Unions. I Nice range of patterns, goods worth Hale wool fast colors, full line of I . 3 0c 25 cents. 35 cents. LACE CURTAINS. 75c SI.OO Lace Curtains. Lace Curtains. Extra wide Notttingham, elegant Nottinghams and .'Ruffles, Goods patterns, wort sroo to $1.25, our worth Si.so and we are offerj! price... this sale at... 75c per pair. SI.OO per pair. LINOLEUMS | LAID FREE OF CHARGE—AND LAID RIGHT. ■ ■ ■ - BOSTON STORE. Kuebler & Moltz Co. L O. O. F. Block.

West Root. Wheat locks good. Charles Hockemever raised his new machine shed last Tuesday. J. A Fuhrman made a business trip to trustee Boknecth's last Thursday. Rev. Chas. Spangler is visiting his brothers Edward and Samuel Spang ler. Prank Reed and wife of Cleveland. Ohio are visiting with uncle Johnuie Reed and wife. David Showers and daughters of Chicago. 111., visited with uncle Johnnie Reed and wife. Uncle Johnnie Reed celebrated his 102nd birthday last Wednesday. His children, friends and relatives all gathered at his home to remind him of the occassiou. At noon the guests were invited to seat themselves to a table loaded with a thousand good things which words cannot describe. At a late hour in the afternoon the guests departed to their homes all wishing uncle Johnnie many more

such celebrations. Pleasant Mills. Robert Boyd moved to the Payne farm last week. House cleaning and garden making is in order again. Harvey Roop is home again after an absence of several months. George Houser of Hammond, is visiting relatives here this week. Mrs. Joseph Comer is in a very critical condition at this writing. Will Hurst aud wife of Decatur, spent Easter with G. W. Barnett and wife. Prof. Smith and family moved to the Thompson property on Main street. Rev. Sberick will occupy the pulpit at the Baptist church next Sunday at 10:3H a. m. Ora. the little son of Joseph Comer is severely afflicted large tumor ou his neck. Benton Stetler pf New York, spent the past week here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stetler. Prof. C. F. W. Bartliug. who for the past six months has made Decatur his headquarters. Sundayed here with his family. Mrs. Myrtle Hubbard and little son of Colorado, have spent several w*-eks here with her sister, Mrs. B. Mathewson and family. Joel Roe is now a full-fledged farmer. He and his son Jesse have, exchanged. The former having moved to his son's farm south of town, and the latter is now located in his father’s j residence on Main street.

Mtmn. Hello! Here we are again. The farmers are sowing oats. Burt Green of Decatur, was seen in i this vicinity last Sunday. Erwin Huffman will work for Wm. Zimmerman this summer. Miss Emma Shinier was the guest of Miss Bessie Steele last week. Mrs. A lull'd a aud Miss Eva Steele ' are visiting friends at this place. Dolphus Beavers euterlaiued a ' number of Decaturites last Sunday. Mrs. Spade and Mrs. Laughrey gave our school a pleasant call Monday. Frank Baker the well-known carpenter, is building a house for I. P. Moore. John Brown has received a promotion. He will gather pulms this summer. George Martiu shipped several car loads of hay and straw to eastern markets this week.

School will close Friday, April 12. The progressive students will give > another entertainment. You are cordially invited. Linn drove. E l Liddy is building a residence r on the old site of Jamestown. Heury Staley and wife returned to ’ their home at Boundarv, Ind. Mathias Yoos sold his towu prop- j erty to Mrs. Catharine Eekroat. Harry Emick has returned from J the vetinary college of Chicago. Cortney Cronin has purchased a , new a horse, next a new buggy -then j i what! Bert Heller is at home on a week's vacation from the Yories Business college at Indianapolis. David Spehiger has sold his familj iar black team for S3OO. Yoder A: j Sullivan were the purchasers. Mrs. H. Bryon and Mrs. Wm. Leckler. after visiting relatives here for a j week returned home Monday. Lewis Neaderhouser was called by telephone to a position in the hoop manufactory at Grand Rapids. Mich. He responded early Monday morning. Our people had a mania trading horses. Eugene Van Camp exchanged twice. Frank Xusbam and Albert Crisnian also 1 lettered themselves in a swap. Peter Bxumgartner is chaugiug bis i residence from ancient style to that of modern. The house will be thoroughly overhauled and large porches added. The residence was built many; i vears ago by Father Michaud.

Bobo. Roads are muddy agaiu. Easter Sunday was cold aud damp, i Rev. Stoops was at Decatur Monday. . <9,Mrs. Bunner is quite sick at this writing. t The brick work is being pushed at the new church in Bobo. } Rev. E. H. Peters left for El wood 1 Monday to attend conference. i Charley Samples has already planted about two acres of potatoes. ? Perry Workinger and wife took - dinner with Samuel Workinger last Sunday. Jacob Shell says it was not a candy . case or a beer ease that he was with Sunday evening. According to old prophets we are to i have seven weeks of wet weather and then seven weeks of dry weather. There is one of the Bobo boys says i he wasn't feeling very well on Easter, only eat two dozen eggs for dinner. A little daughter of Seph Milkeye > fell from the porch last Friday and broke her arm just above the elbow. Dr. Vizard reduced the fracture. John Miller, Chauucy Cowan: Fred Guier, Alfred Danels, Jacob Shell aud E. 11. Hilyard called at the jail last Monday to see their friend John , Gephart but were disappoiuted. Tanglefoot made a fool of James Worden last Saturday night at Bobo. He hart better stay away and save trouble. The next time he will get taken care of. if it is a small town. Bern*. Henry Braun, of Fort Wayne, was a caller here Monday. The Evangelical conference is open with a good attendance. J. A. Anderson, of Geneva, made Berne a hurried call Monday. It is reported that Wm. Sheet has ' sold his restaurant to John Besler. Members of the democratic club are I requested to meet at their regular I meeting place Friday evening. G. G. Burry who with his brother Albert, is drilling water welis at Pan dora. Ohio, was home on a visit over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Edgerton, of Woodburn. who have beeu visiting Anthony Michaud and family return- { ed to their home Monday. The town council at their regular' meeting Monday evening passed a resolution to have Main street paved with brick this coming summer. The two daughters of Fred Mesh berger. of Fort Wayne, were visiting | tbeir sisters. Mrs. J. P. Baumgartner and Mrs. Noah Yoder, over Sunday. There will be a business meeting ,of the Reformed church Monday to decide whether or not a new pursoni age shall be built, and if so the neccessary arrangements will be made. Bob Michaud and Joe Winteregg were at Monroe, Michigan, last week where they selected their spring delivery of fruit trees. The stock will j lie here and ready by next Saturday. Bob returned home Saturday night and Joe, who was visiting some in southern Michigan, returned home i Tuesday afternoon.

MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new | 70 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 56 Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... 54 Oats, new 22 (p 25 Rye. 45 Barley 40 @ 46 Clover seed 5 50 @ 6 00 Timothy 1 50 @ 2 40 Potatoes, per bu 40 Eggs, fresh 10 Butter 14 Chickens 06 Ducks 06 Turkeys 08 G eese . ‘ 05 Wool, unwashed 15 to 18 Wool, washed 20 and 25 Hogs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS APRIL 10, 1 :30 P. M, Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash... .$ 72.4 May wheat 734 Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 44i May corn 44 Prune clover 6 50.4 Just Unking Snre. An old ariuor iu Scotland ouce went to have a troublesome tooth extracted. Sui t the 1 entist as . a, i„ e ofj fending molar: “It is a tory ugly one. I would ad 1 vise you to have it out by the painless system. It is only a shilling extra.' 1 He showed the farmer the apparatus for administering gas, remarking that ! it would cause him to fall asleep for a i minute, and before he awoke the tooth j would lie out. After a slight resistance the sufferer consented, proceeding to open his purse. “Oh. never mind paying just now!" said the dentist kindly. “Hoots”’ answered the cautious old Scot. "A’ wasn't thinking 0’ that. But If A’tn ga-on ta sleep, A’ thooht A’ wad like ta eouut mu Hiller fust.”— Clasgow Times. Swindled. "The saddest, most blighted life esse I ever knew,” said the major, “was that of a man who received a life p««« over n new railroad." "How was that?" asked the colonel. “Why. the iwss was Issued before there was a rail laid, and then the road was never built. He has felt swindled ever since."—lndiantipolls Press.

QUAINT SAM HOUSTON HIS PICTURESQUE ATTITUDE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Clnd In «n Indian Illanket. Hla Prlnripal Kmplojrm«-nt *• • Whittling Pine Sticks—Hla quitclaim Deed to One Hundred and SUt> Acre, of I.aoil. General S'hib Houston of Texas was the most picturesque figure In the sennio during my first year* of service at the capitol. Like Benton, he was very fend of young men und soon came to count me as ’‘one of his boys.” Only those who were youngsters in the forties can realize the interest people felt in Houston in the days whop his part in the struggle for the independence of Texas was still fresh in the public mind. Visitors to the senate chamber invariably asked to have hint pointed out to them, and they were never disappointed in their hero, for he was large of frame, of stately carriage and dignified demeanor and had a lionllke countenance. Always unconventional in dress, he would now and then appear at the oapitol wearing a vast and showy sombrero and a Mexican blanket, a sort of ornamental bedquilt with a slit in the middle through which the wearer's head was thrust, leaving the blanket to hang in folds around the body. His principal employment in the senate was whittling pine sticks, of which he seemed to have an unlimited supply. It was only at rare intervals that he broke silence, but when he did speak lie always proved himself capable of contributing his quota of sound and patriotic advice to the deliberations of the senate. No passage in Houston's enreer was nobler than the heroic stand agHin.->t disunion which marked its close, while of his kindliness of nature and generous helpfulness to those in distress oue could recall stories sufficient to fill a volume. Near Quincy. Ills., there was a stretch of country known as the "Indian tract.” to which Houston held title, a fact many of the settlers thereou, a careless pioneer brood, failed to search out One of them called upon William A. Richardson, long member of the house from the Quincy district and subsequently a seuator from his state, and asked If he knew Houston. Richardson said he did. whereupon his visitor confided lo him that he had inadvertently settled upon IGD acres of Houston's land and that all he was worth stood in improvements ou it. He wanted Richardson to see Houston and make liie best terms that he could. Richardson upon his return to Washington told Houston the story and asked what he would take for a quitclaim deed to the ICO acres. "What sort of a man is this constituent of yours who has blundered upon my land?” asked Houston. "A good, square, honest man,” was the reply. "When I turn him off my land, 1 reckon he and his family will be beggars?” Richardson nodded. "What's this farm worth now?” asked Houston. "Improvements and all abont $6,000,” was the response. "What was the bare place worth when you fellows went on it?” queried Houston. "About $5 an acre: SBOO in all.” answered Richardson. “Good fellow, this man of yours, Richardson?” this after a moment's thought. “Best In the world,” sajd Richardson. “Tell him to send me* SBOO. and I’ll make him a deed.” In due time the SBOO reached Washington in the shape of a New York draft. Riehirdson sought Houston, who. having executed a deed, took the draft and indorsed It. “You say this man ot yours is a good fellow?" he asked thoughtfully. "Couldn’t be a better one,” was the emphatic answer. “Send him back this draft and tell him Sam Houston has changed bis mind. What can you buy a good saddle horse for out in that country?” He was told that S2OO would do It "Well, then." said Houston, "write to your friend and tell him to buy a first class raddle horse about 4 years old and keep him for me. When congress sd Journs. I will go home with you and ride the horse down to Texas.” Without delay the man in Illinois received back his draft and bought a saddle horse, the best he could find. Just before adjournment Houston sought Richardson. “You say the fellow who’s got my horse is a tiptop good man?” Richardson again declared him oue of the best in hi* district. "Well,” said Houston, with a sigh, "I should have liked first rate to see him and also my horse, but as affairs turn out I must go straight to Texas. When you get home, go over and see this man and tell him to sell the horse and do what he pleases with the money. And, by the way, Richardson, 1 wish you would write and tell me if it was a good horse or not.”—Personal Recollections of Galusha A. Grow as Related to Rufus Rockwell Wilson In Saturday Evening Post •

Satisfaction. Brown—So you lost your lawnu t with Smith? Jones—Yea; but It’s n satisfaction to know that Smith didn't win anythin* ' dldn ’ t y° u * mve to pay him *I.OOO damages? Yes; but his lawyer got that.”— Philadelphia Record. The Intense dryness of the South As. rlcan air is very destructive of leather. Hence bools soon wear out The animat that first succumbs to extreme cold is the horse.

Ui|li»rne»« U the \ worst kind of a com- fp bl nation. - Eureka Harness Oil not only mtkntlie harness and th* I b home lock bott**r but make* tbs « leather soft and pliable, puts it in ©..n- jTI ill / -k/ j dilion to last-twice as lon* J 3 OPr,lnikr »y would. ,ln —"‘f / STANDARD ■# \ OIL CO. Give ? \ Your \ Horse a \ fj Chance ! life

OSTROPATHY DH. O. O. I)I'BGESS 109 Monroe street at Mrs. J.T. Archie We Consultation and examination lree. Rond for Circular. The GallopinK White Hearse. It was iu the dark of the evening, and the streets were thronged with men and women on their way home at the end of the day’s work. At Thirtyfourth street, whore Broadway ami Sixth avenue cross with a network of tracks, the usual clangor of gongs, the shouts of newsboys and the roar of the elevated traius filled the air, while myriad electric lights sparkled like so many stars. Suddenly out of the gloom came a little white hearse, being driven rapid ly home. Its sad day's work was over, aud the little horses were probably anxious for their dinner. Still it gave one a shock to see them galloping go. Even more pathetic it looked when empty than with its precious little burdeu. The very emptiness spoke of the vacant little chair at home, the unused toys, the unworn frocks folded away for some woman to cry over on a rainy day. Fathers hurrying home to their own little ones felt n sudden lump in the throat, mothers leading their children grasped the little hands with a quick access of tenderness, and a strange, sad sense of loneliness came to the heart of the passerby who had no child to lose. Just a little white hoarse, seen only for a moment in the gathering darkness by the hurrying throng, but what a world of pathos it suggested! New York Mail and Express. Artificial I.fKH. The most lifelike and serviceable artificial legs in tlie world are manufactured in America. Enormous quantities of these limbs are shipped to Eu tope every year. The first great boom in the artificial leg business was brought about by the civil war. Since that time railroad and trolley car accidents have kept up au ever increasing demand. Another factor has been the general use of antiseptics. The mortality among those who Lave their legs amputated is far less than formerly, aud a large proportion of the survivors la-come patrons of the wooden leg factories. The old fashioned peg leg is practically a thing of the past. The modern ar tlficial leg shows a great advance over the old forms. Every improvement has been with the idea of greater simplicity. The main object of the manufaetur ers is to improve the fit of the legs. The best models now cost SIOO. It costs from $S to $25 a year to keep one of these In cr-der. Few womou wear artificial legs. On the other hand, it is becoming more common to fit limbs to children. Legs are made for children sometimes be fore they can walk. They are fitted as soon as the child learns to stand and make It possible for It to develop symmetrically.

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