Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1902 — Page 5

2 An abundance of S S "~ = " —‘AHT' ~~ E fine clothing and | ’s * B I gent’s furnishings at j B g All goods sold as ICLOSING OUT SALE Ip—•] B O F fina? wiS P nn^'n^ E - CL^ T ?^ G AND MEN ’ S AND BOYS ’ FURNISHINGS. This is the ■ this season An o^n™,? 10s ? ng . Out Sal ® of aU Winter Clothing, Underwear, Hats and Caps of I date Clothine nnd ■ bus l ness of the past year bids me carry a larger stock of fine and up-to- ■ room fora a ?S t 0 the steady increasing trade and therefore must make I SP a ng Clothin S- Hats, Caps, etc., and will sell all that is left | oi tnis and last season s goods, virtually AT YOUR OWN PRICE. ::::::: I I Men’s Overcoats. Underwear. Men’s Suits. "1 B & Moos-d. $3.50 “ d XbK:’ , . l *2^ h ”.'..lsc , a Si in . cb '. vi ‘’‘ L . c “ h $3.25 A I 1 S7.nO grades, black and blue, beaver <2/5 40c value good ribbed shirts and OA«agar $7.50 values iu all-wool cheviot, cashmere <2/1 KA \ I ■ and melton, go at tjTX.UU drawers go at <QVC m ent. and tweed go at UI.UU I Ulf] 1 bl .si bl “? “J* di ”" ™ lorß all ' Finelm»»y Beoeelioea underwear 'spun' womtS?'and “totallta! reitablo kz» I S I </ aft/ Workin<l Shirts £1 f)*ri' e8 J 0U the choice of a great variety of fine v\llaJ ft v ij tK6 sl2tosl3grades, alldesigns,high grade C’*/ 4Q * 'J* drest suits that formerly sold up to $16.50. 'OTOfjif '4 / I I goods, suitable for the best dressers. V < - ’’ B Your choice of the best overcoat in CIA f'tfl 20 dozen uulaundred white shirts, well made of «joo values ao r»z-\ *!.>.»> , .i,L ™ I < * 7 the house, sold up to $20.00 for. .. Vlv.vU good muslin, most retailers charge OCkA ' at 5>3«00 at $O«0C MIL I 50c for them, go at WUC \“. V .“ ,UC *.. S °. $4,00 And up to the finest at equally I r Bovs and Youths Overcoats. Fine Bedford cord soft bosom shirts, ATl n JT; “ ud soU b “ to of past seas “ > " “t: w “* 5n ' st * i W eape coats a* i »irister«go £.<■) nr splendid business garments, go at “UG 1,1 'i.en »t 11 Boys - knee pants. wjyMjd I B BOa ’ * ‘ UJ ® 2 -25 ; . 11.25 valueagoat $ .75 AU-wool r«e ttnules 25 dozen go V W . 1 E »3 lx,x coats 7 K , MCls-ersnndeO Ort I Kf)p for odds and ends in men S pants, heavy, «.«vrt luesKoat. SW arSßcnpnir. M ' 8 I I goht.... 911/0 coats go at. S3IOO g good to wear and worth up to $1.50, or iioo vaiuesgoat i»s canvas gloves I I All others too numerous to rnerft lon at proportionate low prices I o°° Pa'r men's pants for dress and business Wear uo'-it if: to.. , ‘ I ft >e- P ■as wholesale cost. » w«nd*b.t»vaiuesgoat.. s.so ioe grade go at jg o K I i This event of unheard of bargain selling will give our patrons and friends an opportunity to save money bv buvins for fn I ture needs. All goods are sold for CASH. One price to all and your money back if you are not pleased. CaU at o"c“ as th* ■ early bird gets first choice. •> w ’< bdo. Kt)scN 1 HAL l&welI j

■The W. C. I. U. will meet with Mrs. ■r i: dyberry Saturdny afternoon. ■ 31c per pound for best rolled oats *t the great closing out sale at the ■air store. ■ 31c per pound for the bdst hand ■died navy beans at the great closbg out sale at the Fair store. A large delegation from here will nto Portland next Tuesdey to at )nd the republican convention. Children's fleece lined union suits, Il sizes only 18c at the closing out tie. at the Fair store, of course. The Shakespeare club met with Ira. Harry Daniel Tuesday afternoon nd the session was up to the standard. £2.25 for good quality 10-4 strictly il wool blankets, former price 53.25 I the great closing out sale at the 'air store. 40e per pair for full 10 4 cotton lankets. Never sold less than 66c t the great closing out sale at the p air store. 17|c for ladies and Misses extra leavv fleece lined vests or pants, 25c nd 35e value at the great closing out ale at the Fair store. Ladies and gentlemen wanting good •tying positions, send for our big list f firms wanting help. lOe silver. — 4. Fair, B. 127, Wolcottsville, Ind. A crowd of young folks enjoyed a Weighing party Friday evening to the ■oino of Judge Erwin east of town, •nd were guests of Miss Mabell Erwin. Attend the great closing out sale at he Fair store. All winter goods must ** dosed out within the next month. "’•* guarantee to save you money on whatever you buy. The Ladies Thimble Club was cheduled to meet with Mrs. John ieller tomorrow afternoon, but the neeting has been called off on account ’f the cold weather. Mrs. Henry Wishmeyor died at her jomo seven miles north of hero Tues day morning. The funeral services w *ll be held from the St. John’s church tomorrow afternoon. Harry Quinn, who leaves today for : alifornia, was the guest of honor at a banouet given at the Peoples’ restaur •nt Monday night, by a number of his young gentlemen friends. 1° hear Father Nugent at Bosse’s opera house .Saturday night, ° r you miss the literary treat of the Wason. This is no experiment for “r. Nugent was here last year. Mrs. P. J. Hyland while doing some Wf’rk about her home Friday morning •hpped and fell ami as a result is nursing a broken wrist. Dr. Boyers was called and attended her injuries •nd she is recovering rapidly.

7c per yard for all our very best outing cloths; the handsomest patterns ever shown. Never sold less than 12.1 c and 10c at the great closing out sale at the Fair store. Clarence Wertzberger is now acting as day clerk at the Burt house in the place of H. L Counter who resigned ' recently to begin his duties as a member of The J. W. Place company. Homer Stetler. who has been conI fined in the county jail for a year past, 'became unruly Thursday night and caused Sheriff Erwin no end of trouble to quiet him and put him to bed. H. B. Stearn, a general merchant at Chicago, is in the city the guest of his cousin, Dave VanCleef ami family. He has been very faithful to business for several years and decided to get away for a few days. Fred C. LaDelle, the magician, has by request of many of his friends finally agreed to give one entertainment at Bosse’s opera house. The date, which will be about March Ist. will lie decided upon positively within a few days. Henry B. Heller has resigned his position as bead book keeper for the Decatur Egg Case Company and will form a partnership with his father, Judge D. D. Heller, in the law busi ness. Don Quinn is taking care of the books. Carl Venis, of this office, is the papa of a real baby boy, that cries and makes funny faces and Carl lias been walking on air all week. Mrs. Venis has ixsen quite ill for several days, but it is believed will get along nicely from now on. B>y number three has made his appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Coverdale, the event taking place Thursday evening. Clark say* he’s a bouncer and nothing has been too good for the boys. Everyone recovering. H. R. Moltz of the Boston store, will leave next week for New York, whore he will buy their immense stock of spring and summer goods, Harry has had many years of experience and is a pretty fair judge of a piece of dress goods. Their stock for the summer of 1002 will excell tinythingof the kind over shown in Decatur, and that’s saying considerable. Mrs. Emery Walters died at an early hour Thursday morning after a weeks illness. She was a popular young woman, kind and lovable and her death is deeply mourned by all who knew her. A devoted husband and a little daughter with many other relatives and friends remain to mourn their sad loss. Rev. E. H. Pontius conducted the funeral services from the United Brethren church Saturday afternoon. IntermonjLat Maplewood.

The Woman'.-- Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church gave a delightful social at the parsonage on Thursday evening and Rev. and Mrs. Allen were guests of honor. An inter esting program, far above the average was rendered and the 200 who attei dkl certainly got their money’s worth. About fifteen collars was realized by the society. Harry R. Moltz and David Mauller met at the clerk's office last week and did their first duties as jury commissioners, selecting the petit jurymen for the February term of court. The names selected are Henry Fuhrman, Jr., Paul Egley, David Rice, David J. Dilling, David Steele, Henry Ehrman, William B. Welty, L. C. Helm, George Martz, William H. Bruck, Daniel Rumple, Jr. and John Bucher. The Rev. George W. Stafford was found dead on the doorsteps of his home in Crawfordsville on Saturday. It is supposed that death resulted from heart disease. Rev. Stafford was born in Virginia in 1815. He began preaching in 1863, and was superannuated in 1878. having held postorates at Richmond, Frankfort, Valpariso, Greencastle. Rockville, his first pastorate having been at . Newtown. He was the senior member of the Northwest Indiana con ference and was known as '‘Father’’ Stafford. He was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ lodge and was chaplain of the 40th Indiana volunteers having been at the battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge and marched with Gen. Sherman to Atlanta. A fierce cold wave struck town Sun day and for three days past our people have suffered more than they have I for several winters. Nearly everyone i has been depending on the gas and while it was pretty tough squeezing they were trying to get through the winter without buying new stoves and fuel, but when this old February “breezer” caught them, everyone who had any m jney or credit began to stir and the result was that not a few wood and eoal burners were put in. However it has been li great inconvenience and after ten years gas luxury it goes rather hard to get up in the morning with every room in the house resembling a cold storage room. Con sequent!; about five thousand “kicks” have been registered at the gas office or somewhere •“Ise, but in the end we all have to grin and bear it. Well it will soon lie over unless our Hicks is a prevaricator and a man who would be misfolding at such a time should be ducked in the stone quarry. The mercury has hovered from ten above to ten below zero since Sunday, most below until last evening, when it actually got up to twelve above. The weather forecast for to day and the rest of the week is rising temperature.

THE ALLIGATOR. fe Ist Alwttye In Cood nnmor vvner < n'ebinjj Files. ■‘The alligator is a funny beast,’ 1 t!ie old cirrus man. “The old tel we have in the menagerie is : ss tempered chr.p. Often at feed | ig time he won't open his mouth, am ' we tickle the top of his nose. An alii gator's nose is very sensitive, and il always makes him very mad. lit throws back his upper jaw like a cel l::r door on hinges. Then we throw ir a chunk of beef, live pounds or so, and repeat the performance until we’ve filled him up with about twenty-fivt pounds, which it takes to give him s square meal. “lie's never cross when he’s fly catch ing. That always puts him in good hu inor. One would think a fly a smal tidbit for an alligator, but they eat them wholesale. Our old alligator it an expert fly catcher. lie throws bacl bis upper jaw and goes to sleep appar ently. The flies light on his undei jaw, and be waits nntii it is pretty well covered with flies—until its rec color seems about changed to black. Then suddenly be slams down his up per jaw, and he has a tine mouthful, of flies. Alligators would make excel | lent flytraps for bouses where there’ are no children, except that they arc expensive, as they consume such a vast quantity of beef.”—Houston Post. Talking Fur Buncombe. The expression was used toward the close of the famous debate on the Mis sour! compromise in the sixteenth congress (1821). Buncombe, n county In the western section of North Carolina, was then part of the congressional district represented by Felix Walker, a resident of Waynesville, In the adjacent county of Haywood. The bouse >as Impatient to bring the I long debate to an issue when old man Walker (be was then sixty-eight years of age) rose to speak, and he was greeted with loud clamors for “Ques tlon.” Several members gathered around him. I togging him to desist; oth- j ers left the hall, but he kept the floor.! declaring that the people of his district expected a speech from him. that he I was bound to talk for Buncombe (or words to that effect), nnd be did. This Felix Walker bad be«n in hh younger days the friend and companion of Daniel Boone when the latter explored Kentucky nnd founded Boonsborough. After representing North Carolina from 1817 to 1823 he was a member of the state legislature and died In 1830 n short time after removing to Mississippi. f.erninn Birthday Cake*. The custom of having a birthday cake Is widespread In Germany. I know It for certain that it Is prevalent In the province of Bnxony, In Hauovei and the mark of Brandenburg A" many lights ns the <ne wh.se birth

day it is has years are stuck around the cake, or the Torte. a thick one in the middle, called the Lebenslicbt, the light of life. For persons advanced in years one candle must do duty, ns otherwise too many would be required, or a skillful lady expresses the exact number of years in Roman figures (XX, L). When Moltke completed his seventieth year during the campaign of 1870-71. Crown Prince Frederick William, later on Emperor Frederick, presented him with a cake adorned with seventy lights. Only he or she who celebrates his or her birthday may put out the light of life. It is unlucky if done by any other member of the family.—Notes and Saved the Lamp. An amusing scene occurred at a New York dock the other night A Scotch engineer, who wished to go ashore, ordered a boy to show him the way with n lantern. As he was crossing the narrow plank that serve ! ns a gangway | the boy slipped nnd fell into the water, i The instinct of t!*e true Scot Instantly showed itself. “Hold on to the lamp, boy." the engineer shouted, leaning over toward the water “Do you hear? If it's lost, there’s a dollar gone from your wages.” After some time the hoy was rescued half drowned, but clinging to the lamp. As some compensation for bls trouble be was forgiven for losing the bottom of IL A Lottery. It happened in the county clerk's of- ( fice. “I want a lottery ticket” he said. “Certainly.” replied the polite clerk, j He knew a thing or two. did the clerk. A little thing like an old joke could not disturb him “We don’t call ’em lottery tickets, but of course they are much the same thing.” Then he filled out the marriage license aud collected s3.—Chicago Post. Dickens' Flnnncet. Dickens did not begin to save money until he wns nearly forty, and tiiftuigli- I out life he suffered acutely and Incessantly from pecuniary worries and anxieties. He was never short of ready ; money after his great crisis of 1844, I but he was never easy about the future ' until after his enormous! profitable j second American trip iu the winter of ! 1867(18. Secrets of Comfort. Though sometimes small evils, like invisible Insects, Inflict pain nnd a single hair may stop a vast machine, yet the chief secret of comfort Iles In not suffering trifles to vex one and In prudent!/ cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas, are let on long leases. The Egyptian perfumes, according to ancient authorities, were mostly made In Egypt from materials imported from Arabia, Persia nnd central Africa.

MARKH S. CORRECTED EV E. L. CARROLL, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATCR, IND. Wheat, new .« go Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 78 Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... 75 Oats, new 40 Rye 55 Barley 55 Clover seed 4 50 (• il 4 80 Alsyke (i 00 to 7 00 Timothy 2 50 Buckwheat 60 Flax seed 1 ,30 Potatoes, per bu 1 00 Eggs, fresh 20 Butter 13 Chickens 06 Ducks 06 Turkeys 08 Geese 05 Wool, unwashed 13 to 16 WOOI, washed 20 and 22 Hogs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS I'EB. 5,1 ;30 F. M. Wheat, new No. 2red,cash....? 871 May wheat 86 Cash corn No. 2 nixed, cash... 63 May corn 60 Oats, cash 46 Oats. May 43 Rye, cash 63

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