Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1901 — Page 7

joMSchureer. Dave E. Smith gCHDBOIR 4 SMITH ATTORNEYS at law. ,-nuurrt lo#ett rates of Interest Monst TO M’* t eßtate an( j collections k'wSi S a”d » Weldey block. 38 ROY ARCHBOLD, dentist. I. 0. O. F. BLOCK. , Office, MH. Phone , Hebidence. IN. '■MS?* 8 - c ' K Tfc? D ' B ' Neptune Brothers, JDENTIBTB. | c= , Booms 1, 2. 3. 4, Spangler Building. , —i Decatur. Indiana. pfflce |Phonei2U7. Lady Attendant. English, German and Swiss spoken. j. D. HALE, PKALCR is Gi'aiq, Seeds, Wool, Oil Salt, Coal, Litne, Fei'tllizei's. Fi eT tors on the Chicago & Erie and Clove Leaf railroads Office and retail store southcorner of Second and .Tefferson Streets jy"Yuuruatronage solicited. I AMOS P. BEATTY, ATTORNEY AT LAW And Notary Public. Pension claims prosecuted. odd Fellows building. I JAMES T. MERRYMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATUR. IND. Offloe-Nos. 1.2.3. over Adams Co. Bank, I refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank. ERWIN 4 ERWIN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ornes.—Corner Monroe and Second streets General practitioner. No charge for consul, tation. Harvey Harruff. John H. Lenhart. HARRUFF 4 LENHART, Attorneys at Law. We practice In all the courts ot the county. Probate practice a specialty. We loan money on improved farms at 6 per I cent interest annually, or semi-annually. Partial payments at any Interest pay dav. >b«tract» of title made with care. Brock s building, east side Second street Decatur, Indiana. ay»— — .'in EAST. No 6. The Comm'llTraveler daily. 5:33 a. m No " Mail, daily, except Sunday .10 Ssp. m No. 4. Day express, daily 7:o* p.m No. 22. Local freight 7:05 a. m WEST. No. 1 Day express, daily 10:04 a m No 1. Mail, daily exoept Sunday 2:25a. m No. 5. TheComm’l Traveler, daily.. 10:4* p. m No. 21 Local freight 8:<B p. m < ® RAILROAD WEST. No. 5. vestibule limited, dally for I Chicago I 12:88 p. tn No. 3, Pacific express, dally for I Chicago ( 3:25 a. m; No. 1. express, dally except Sun- f day for Chicago ' 10:4.3 a, m No. 31. local, dally except Sun- i d ry f 10:10 a. m> Nol3. Wells Fargo Limited Ex- | • press, dally except Monday > 8:15 p. m. and day after legal holiday 1 EAST No. 8. vestibule limited, dally for I New York and Boston.. .... f 1:61 > No.!, express, daily except Sun-1 day for New York I 1:55p.m No 12. express, dally for New I York f 2:25 a. m No. 3D. local, daily except Sun- * day f 10:10 a. m Through coaches and sleeping cars to Nes York and Boston Trains 1 and 2stop at all stations on the C 4 E. Division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars toColumbus, Circleville. Chillicothe. Waverly. Portsmouth, Ironton, and Kenova, via Columbus, Hocking Valley 4 Toledo, and Norfolk 4 Western lines •No. 13 will not carry any baggage. The G. R & I. [Effect March 8, 1901.1 TRAINS NORTH. SI AI'IONS. +No. 5. *.s:>. 4. > ".Xu < Ktcinnuuu ll:lopm 12:60 p m s.Warn Fountain City 1:08 pm 5:58 am Johnson 6:08 am Lynn 1:21 p m 6:11 a m hoowHlll ti:lii am winchester.... 12:02 am IJUpm 0:27 am Ridgeville 12:25a in 1:57 pm «:44 a m lortland 12:39* in 2:l7pm 7:osam Briant. 2:3lpm 7:2oam Geneva 2:40 pm 7:26 atn Berne.... 2:80 pm 7:35 am Monroe 3:05 pm 7:47 am DECATUR 1:30 am 3;19 p m 8:00 am '’llllams 3:33 pm 8:11am Hoagland 3:38 pm 815 am Fort Wayne.... 2,2.1 am 4.15 pm B:4"am Kendallville.... 3:15 am , 5:15 p m M:Mam "“rgis 4:10 a m <>;«J p m 10:53 a m Kslamazool .*>.2o am 8:10 pm 12:20 pm brand Rapids.. 6:45 am 9:46 pm 2:00 pm Howard City. 11:58 a m 3:28 p m "MHlac 11:40 am 2:25 a m 8:00 pm Petoskey 2:50 p m 5:35 a m 9:15 p m "!!'klnawOtty, 4:15 p m 1 8:55 a m 10 35 pm ‘Dally, except Sunday. .Daily. TRAINS SOUTH J*TATIONB.~ «No. k. 4No. 8 iNo. 12 M«oklmiw titty. o.oopm 8:10am ..* L’i'i’Key..-.. .. 10:30 pm 11:35 am - <:«atn 3:56 p m '.f r »nd Rapids ! 8:00 am 8:15 pm Milan B:4opm F, Ivlll * ••• *1:07 ain 10.48 pm rort Wayne. . 12:80 pm 12:08 am 8:56 ain &W*n<! 12:67 pm DECATUR ... 1:19 pm 12:4Tam 7:»7am S."*’* 1:63 pm B:o6am o?!!'* 1 ’?, 2:17 pm t :44 am *:»*am WiTJ’ 110 " • 28« pm 2:08 am 8:60 am w« ~ ;?:s Bh-h^ »i»Pn> 9:39 am Senmond,.... »i«Qpm B:26am 10:00am SsmVaJ' ”• Sunday. ‘Dally exoept "•turday f roin Mackinac Cltv. Or r Jtrr Burson, Agent u " 1-3CSWOOP, Gen. I’a* Agent.

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MADE HIS ESCAPEI New Insurgent Leader Developing All the Onetime Foxiness of his Predecessor, Aguinaldo. A MUCH WANTED INDIVIDUAL General Callies Gifts the Americans a Hird “Brush and Succeeds In Getting Away In Time to Save His Hide For the Present— His Bloodthirsty Record. Manila, April 29.—Captain Wilson Chase, with a detachment of the 21st infantry, on April 2t» surprised the camp of the insurgent General Callies at Dugot-Dugot, situated nine miles northeast of Cavinti, in the province ot laguna. Untiles was at his eamp at the time of the American attack, but managed to escape. Captain Chase's force captured his adjutant general, live others of his staff officers, 14 men, 20 rifles, a large amount of ammunition and stores, and all the papers and personal effects of Ibe Filipino general. The Insurgent Major Velo was killed during the engagement, as were Corporal McGill and Private Tipps, both belonging to Company A of tlie 21st. Several columns of the American troops continue vigorously to pursue General Callies. General Callies recently offered a reward of SIO,OOO for the head of Cap tain Edward N. Jones. Jr., of the Eighth infantry. For more than a year past Callies has commanded the insurgent forces operating to the east of Bay lake, not far from Manila. He is said to be a French half caste. He has a reputation for vindictiveness and cruelty, and is one of the two or three Filipino leaders still in the field who have clearly ignored the observances of honorable warfare. The society ot Mando-Ducats, whose practice It was to assassinate and bury alive those of their countrymen who accepted American sovereignty whenever the latter tell into their hands, operated with the cognizance. If not the support of General Callies. If Callies were captured it Is doubtful if he could claim im muuity for past actions under the terms of the amnesty. In January of this year Callies offered a reward of $lO apiece for the heads' of all Americans brought to him. Sitting Frauds. Manila. April 30.—The trial of Captain James C. Reed, former <l»»[H»t commissary at Manila, and who was nr rested about a fortnight ago for alleged participation in the commissary frauds, was begun here yesterday and blds fair to develop into a celebrated case. Captain Reed is charged with soliciting and receiving bribes, and with other official misconduct.

Fatal Saloon Itow. Sullivan. Ills., April 3<i In an altercation over a card game in a saloon here yesterday, Fletcher Patterson was fatally stablred by a stranger, who afterward escaped. MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Prices For Grain. Provisions and Livestock on April 2U. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon. 74c; No. 2 red. firm, 74c. Corn—Firm: No. 2 mixed, 45> 4 c. Osts—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 27%c. Cattle—Firm at s.l l*Wt,>.7s. Hogs—Lower nt ss.olX<i">.B.». She. p—Quiet at $2,254/4.25. Lambs- Quiet at *!t.7.561.*> '»• Chicago Grain and Provisions. Opened., Closed. Wheat- I April $ ... i» .72U May 73%: .72H July 7«»| .73% Corn— i April | .48% May 47% .48% July 45% .45% Oats- I April 28% July 2C%| .26 Pork- I I April | , U 47 May jl4 42 14 47 July .....................I 14 57 | 14 67 Lard— 1 I May I 807 805 July 8 oo I 7 117 Sept 7 97 | 797 Ribs— I I May I 820 I 8 17 July 7 90 I 7 92 Sept 7 00 7 s7 Closing cash market. Wheal. 72%e; corn. 48%c, oats. 26%e, pork, sl4.it. laid, $8.05; riba, $8.17 Louis, ills* Grain and Livestock. Wheat No. 2 red and b.ngborry. 75c. t'oru -No. 2 while, 41»%e. No. 2 mixed, 49c. <>ats-No. 2 mixed. 3Oe; No 2 white, 31c. Cattle Strong at »3.oU®:> 2,». Hogs—ESS)’ at $4.,50*U5 70. Sheep - Lower al $2.00913.85 Lambs Steady ut S3.OiMyS.UO. Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Firm; No 2 rod, 77c. Coro Active. No. 2 mixed, 47c. Outs-Firm: No. 2 mixed, 20c. Cuttle-Strong st 12 Wife ~25, Hogs - Quiet at »4.2.<«',.75. Sheep- St tong at $2 ,Wt 4.50 Lambs -Strong at $4.<KK((6.00 Chicago Livestock. Cattle -Lower; steers. |3 851i5.W. atsohera. |2.75(tH.T6. Hogs-Weak St *4 «WS.PO. Sheen-Steady at $300®4.70. Lambs-Weak at $4 25116.30. New York Livratook. Cattle—Dull at $3.00913 75. Hogs—Lower at $4 tliWiO 30. Sheep Weak at s4.«>'<r4 76. Lambs-Weak at $4.75843 87. East Buffalo Idvestook. Cattle-Steady at $3.25tt5.65. Hogs—Dull at $4.2506.00. Sheep—Weak at 13.50495.00. Lambs-Qtilst at $5.2306.10. Toledo Grain. Wheat-Active; cash, 75%e; May, Tft Corn-Dull; No. 2 rasa. 4 > Oats -Active, No. 2 essh. Wo.

RnreMcd Humor ot the Heckle*. High up on the Laramie range there is a little station called Sherman—a mere watering place for trains on the Union Pacific railway. Near by it is a gigantic pyramid of stone CO feet high and GO feet square at the base, which was set up by the railway as a monument to Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames. In the latter eighties there arrived at Sherman a shabby person of melancholy aspect, who put up a "shack”— western for shanty—not far from the monument. Ostensibly, he was prospecting, and lie continued to prospect for three years without accomplishing any results, so far as could be observed. At the end of that period the management of the Union Pacific received from him a communication demanding the immediate removal of the monument from the premises, which he claimed as his under the homestead law. The matter was regarded in a humorous light at first, but subsequent proceedings developed the fact that the squatter bad what lawyers call a “case.” The stranger, it seems, had located on a section of land which did not belong to the Union Pacific—the same section on t which the monument bail, by an inadvertence, been placed. He knew very well what he was about, nnd th? upshot of the affair was that the railway had to pay $5,000 for the squatter’s tract in order to make its title good. Tlie monument, by the way, is distant only about 100 yards from the station, and It is a favorite trick of experienced persons to induce green travelers to attempt a run to the pyramid and back during the two minutes of the train's wait. In nine cases out of ten they fall on the way back, bleeding at the nose, the air being so rarefied at that elevation of 8,300 feet as to forbid such exercise.—Saturday Evening Post. Making It Hather reraonnl. This is credited as one of General Lew Wallace’s Turkish jokes: There lived in Stamboul, Turkey, a well to do Turk named Ismad Ismail Hassam. He was endowed with oriental wit that stood him well in hand when he was in a tight place. A neighbor called on Ismail one day and wanted to borrow his donkey to use an hour. Ismail made a low salaam and said: "Neighbor, 1 am sorry, but my boy started on the donkey an hour ago to Scutari. By now he is gayly trotting over the hills far from the sacred precincts of Stamboul.” Just as Ismail finished bis speech a donkey’s loud bray was heard In the stable, which was under the same roof as Ismail's house. Lut in the rear. The neighbor said: "Ab, I hear your donkey bray.” Ismail protested that bls neighbor’s ears were deceived and that the noise was not a donkey’s bray. Then the donkey, which wa» supposed to be jogging along toward Scutari, brayed twice loudly. It was too much, and the neighbor cried: “Ob. that is your donkey. Ismail. Allah help me. 1 can now borrow him.” Then Ismail said: "Which do you believe is lying, the donkey or me?" The neighbor had to give Ismail the benefit of the doubt and went away.

Why Spiders Are Sot Insects. The spider Is not tre Insect, though probably nine people out of ten would class It under this term. With scorpions and mites spiders form a class in the anima) kingdom known as Arachnlda. This name is derived from a mythical personage called Arachne, the daughter of a purple dyer of Lydia, who was fabled to have challenged Minerva to a trial of skill in spinning. So Indignant was the goddess at this act of boldness that she forthwith transformed the hapless challenger Into a spider, presumably in order that she might have the best possible opportunity of practicing the art on which she prided herself so much. Spiders differ from Insects in five main particulars. Their eyes are simple Instead of compound, they have eight legs in place of six. they do not pass through the metamorphoses which are characteristic of Insects, they have no antenna? and their breathing Is accomplished by means of organs which combine the functions of lurgp and gills, instead of by tubes pervading their bodies. These points of distinction are sufficient to determine the fact that it Is Impossible to class spiders as insects. A Literal Construction. In a scb«M)l for colored children there was a little boy who would persist in saying “have went.” says a contributor to The Christian Endeavor World. The teacher kept him in one night and said: “Now while I am out of the room you aay write ’have gone’ 50 times.” When the teacher came back, be looked nt the boy's paper and there was "have gone 50 times.” On the other side was written, “1 have went borne. 1 ' Had Lost Hie Fosrth. One of Judge Howland's stories had to do with the old Maine farmer who bad been married four times. Shortly after the death of his fourth wife a neighbor stopped him and said: “Mornln, Gyrus. How’s the wife this morn In T' “Waal, to tell ye the truth.” replied Cyrus, “I’m kinder out ot wives just now."—Detroit Free Press. ■ Aa,./ Similar, bat Different. "Do yon think I am capable of acting a part?” asked the stagestruck youth. “I do." replied the busy manager, "and the farther apart we are when you act the better It will suit me.”-« Chicago News.

IT MADE HIM A HERO.' AN ACT THAT BROUGHT A LAWYER ft FAME AND FORTUNE. It Irookrd Like an Kxliibitlon ot Puri- Nerve and During, but In I Kenlity It Wu« Simply nu Outcome of His Nenraightednena. "A person who enjoys good eyesight,” said a man who most decidedly does not, "would be greatly astonished to know how little is seen by those who are nearsighted even in a moderate degree. The average shortsighted man, of whom there are hundreds in every large city, sees nothing distinctly more than a foot away from his nose. Beyond that distance the outline of objects becomes hazy nnd indistinct, growing rapidly more and more so until everything is finally merged into one general blur. The faces of people across the street are mere pink blotches, their figures are destitute of detail, signs are indecipherable 30 feet away, and the whole movement of traffic and passing show of the thoroughfare is a misty panorama, in which nothing much smaller than a cab can be definitely distinguished. “Os course a nearsighted person can see as well ns anybody through properly fitted glasses, but a great many folks regard them as such a disfigurement that they prefer to do without their aid. That kind of pride is certainly very foolish because it causes one to miss at least nine-tenths of what is going on, to say nothing of being an open invitation to accident. Yet, oddly enough, I know of a case in which it actually saved a man’s life and laid tlie foundation of a fortune. “The hero of the episode was a lawyer in a city in Ohio where I spent my boyhood. He was beyond middle age at the time, but was straight as an arrow and a decidedly handsome, soldierly looking personage. These good looks of his were his weak point, and although he was extremely nearsighted he was vain enough to deny himself glasses and kept the fact of bis infirmity a secret. The consequence of this folly was a xvlde reputation for haughtiness, as he rarely recognized anybody on the street, and it undoubtedly damaged him in bis practice. At any rate, he had never made anything more than a very modest living when the curious Incident 1 have in mind occurred.

"The elty government had been for a long time under ring rule,” continued the story teller, "and it finally became so bad that the decent people revolted and organized a reform movement. The good looking lawyer—call him Colonel Jones for convenience—was one of the reformers, and. among other things, he made himself active in securing indictments against a number of gambling house keepers. "The boss ringster of the place was a typical bully and ward politician named Harding, wfco was financially Interested in several of the games and naturally furious at any interference. He was a giant physically, he would fight at the drop of a hat. and the personal fear he inspired was really the secret of bls influence. After the gambling indictments were found he proceeded to use his ’pull’ to have them pigeonholed. and, learning what was going on. Colonel Jones was rash enough to write a newspaper card in which he scored the authorities for allowing such a ruffian to defeat the ends of justice. “The colonel looked like a soldier, he was really a very bland and peaceable gentleman, and be never dreamed that his little effusion would get him into personal difficulty. On the morning the card appeared he was’walking calmly to his office when Harding rushed out of a liar across the street, called him by name and at the same time leveled a six shooter at his bead. At that distance all coons looked alike to the nearsighted lawyer, ami, turning in the direction of the voice, he made out the vague figure of a man with outstretched arm apparently beckoning him to come over. "A little surprised, but still perfectly placid, he started to cross the street. Harding glared nt him In amazement and once or twice was on the point of pulling the trigger, but the spectacle of that serene and dignified figure calmly advancing straight on the muzzle of the gun was too much for his nerves, and before tlie colonel traversed half the distance he dropped the weapon and ignominiously fled. “Needless to say. the episode made a tremendous sensation, and Jones, who had sense enough to hold bis tongue, was the popular hero of the hour. Harding, on the contrary, was ruined, for his prestige had disappeared like a flash ot lightning, and, unable to stand the disgrace of tlie affair, he quietly sold out bls belongings and left the city. That broke the back of the ring, the reformers went into control, and the colonel was elected mayor by a tremendous majority. He served two terms, built up one of the biggest law practices in that part of the state and died worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars. "In explanation of my Inside knowledge of the case I don’t mind saying that he was a distant relative of mine, and In the family circle, where bls nearsightedness was well known, he owned up to the facts as a good joke. He said he had a vague* Idea when he started across the street that Harding was a farmer client who had promised to pay him a fee that morning.”—New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat. Not Troubled. Irate Tenant—l asked you when I rented this place if you had ever been troubled by chicken thieves, nnd you said no. Every one of my chickens was stolen last night, nnd 1 am told that thC nelgliliorhood has been Infested with chicken thieves for years. Suburban Agent—l never keep chickens.

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Did You Ever Drow n n Fly I Whatever other fate might befall it, naturalists agree that the common house fly cannot be drowned and many experiments have been made in relation thereto. Included in such tests was the immersion of a fly in a tumbler of clear cold water, with a piece of cardboard to tit the glass and floated so as to keep the insect beneath the surface. So little did the fly trouble alibut such an obstacle that it kept near the bottom of the glass, and there for a quarter of an hour ran about as freely as in the fresh air, while It at times crawled across tlie underside of the pasteboard as on the celling of a room. After being immersed for 20 minutes the fly's movements were less active, and at 25 minutes it turned over oft its side, apparently dead. It hung suspended in the water just under the pasteboard, which kept’lt from rising to the surface, ami there it remained for another 25 minutes. It was then taken out and placed on a sheet of paper, looking to all appearance dead. Its next fate was to be buried by being covered with about hall a teasi>ooiiful of Hue salt. At the end of 15 minutes the saline was shaken off, the fly having thus been completely covered either by water or by salt tor Go minutes. Immediately upon its release the Insect trimmed its wings and legs actively for awhile and then flew away.— Pearson’s Weekly. Why Monarch* Were Insane. Pathologists have often pointed out the fact that physical and mental enervation are apt to go band In hand, and the iniellectiral degeneracy of e*lquette monarchs may have a good deal to du with the Sybaritism of their palace life. The plebeian functions which media*val sovereigns were obliged to perform by proxy Included the adjustment of their gala gloves. They bad flunkies to remove their cravats nnd warm their nightshirts, unplait their pigtails and tuck up their bedclothes around their shoulders. In the morning courtiers competed for the minor of holding their washbasin. Peers of the realm waited on bended knees to buckle their shoes. If the Inheritor of a legitimate throne lifted a sjioon to break an egg, lynx eyed lackeys anticipated his needs with the agility ot trained conjurers. Like his food, his Information on current topics wns aerved ready dressed

I an<] cooked, till lie turned Into a mastiI eating machine and repeater of conI ventlonal twaddle.—Lippincott’s. Saved Each Other. A short time ago a guard on one of the Northern expresses while at a big station in the midlands had been talking to the engine driver. Presently he ; stepped aside and gave his "Right | away!” when a gentleman who was I late sprang on to the footboard while ' the train was in motion and tried to l obtain admission to one of the compart- ■ ments. As the carriage came along the guard ’ j seized him by the coat and pulled him off. remarking that he must think himself lucky, for he had practically saved I I his life. As this conversation was going on 1 , the guard's van came by, and the guard, with that gracefulness acquired ' i by constant practice, sailed majestical- ' ly on to his van. The gentleman, who had taken In the | situation, thereupon seized him by the 1 1 coat and pulled him off, saying as the ’ train sped away: ' i "One good turn deserves another. •' You saved my life; I have saved yours. Now we are quits.”—Londonlelegraph. 1 He Hot Off. The wife of a German farmhand In Ohio wis taken sick and finally died, • the husband, of course, leaving his work for several days in consequence. Two weeks later he appeared at the house of his employer and asked to be relieved from work for a couple of days, when the following conversation 1 took place: "I vould like to get off for apeut two • tays.” "I can’t spare you unless It Is abso--1 lutely necessary. You know you lost • several days two weeks ago, ami we I are behind In the work. What Is the • necessity for your getting off?” Inqulr1' ed the farmer. r “Veil, I vas to be married.” • “Why, Fritz, your wife died only two ' weeks ago, and now you are about to 1 get married again? I do not underr. stand that.” ’ | "Veil,” replied the German, “I don’t t hold spite long.” ' j The farmer dismissed the case withr out prejudice. B ; The horseshoe kt China as well as in 4 other countries is looked upon as a barblnger of good luck. For that reason .. Chinese mandarins when burled have 1 horseshoe graves.