Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1902 — Page 2

A Fishing Trip Well, we got started ail right and took the Clover Leaf Monday, July 14th, let me see there were five of us, Allison, R. K., Sam Simison, from Berne, Henry Voglewede and the two Quinns, French and his little brother Don. We were well received at Toledo, several street cars were at the station to receive us, and we must saj that the citizens of that town treated us real niceW, considering we had money. We spent the day there and ‘Tooted - ’ for the home team at the afternoon ball game. About midnight we were ail aroused from our peaceful slumbers (?) to board the steamer Pittsburg and upon our arrival at the dock were agreeably surprised to greet an addition to our party in the person of Mr. Jos. Stix. a wholesale merchant of Cincinnati who had just arrived in town at the last minute. The boat's officers welcom ed us graciously and permitted us to carry our luggage aboard. Sleep soon claimed us and we were aroused only by loud sounds from Stix’s stateroom but were quickly reassured by the explanation that the disturbance was caused only by Stix’s bathrobe, a large and ornate affair which Stix was doning. Sleep being further impossible and the sun being high in the heavens, we all arose and followed the bathrobe to the deck amid cheers of the passengers. The day was spent uneventully as none of us play cards but the weather was delightful and the breezes deliciously cool and we enjoyed ourselves ’till evening when we encountered a northwester, shortly after leaving the beautiful St. Clair river at Sarnia and were soon wrestling with the waves of mighty Lake Huron, how they did roll that night, great billows that lifted our big steamer high in the air and then let her sink down to what many a poor land lubber aboard thought a watery grave. Only one of our party got sick, he claimed afterward it was sorely against his will, I said only one but I forgot Stix, he walked around in the big gorgeous bathrobe all night a spectacle for Gods and men, but providentially, none perished. After the storm the calm though, you know, and the next day and the next were superb and the sick quickly recovered and through the efforts of our steward, (by the way, I think of him as the most perfect lady I ever met.) we had a lovely time. This Canadian shore trip is surely immense, lovely waters, picturesque towns and fine shore views, present a continual novelty to the voyager. We arrived at Little Current, way up on . the North Channel at midnight, Wednesday night, and all our party landed including ‘ Blankets." as we affectionately called our bathrobed son of David from Cincinnati, and proceeded Indian file as is the custom in that Indian infested country to the Mansion House pf blessed memory, an unpretentious bar with hotel attachments, where we found with great pleasure the last member of our party. Major R B Allison who had joined us by coming way round by the Soo. from his summer home at Oden, Michigan. Bright and early next morning our treasurer, Rufe and the elder Quinn were up skirmishing around for guides, tents, cooking utensils and other details, including an immense jug of pure maple syrup Simison shell gamed a native out of and after holding a rigid inspection of our outfits and confiscating all the bottles, we all boarded a little steam tug called the "Thistle” and away we went for the McGregor bay country, with the liveliest fishing anticipations. Twenty odd miles bivk to the bav we went, twenty odd miles from any dwelling into as wild and desolate, yet as glorious a spot as Nature ever prepared for the eyes of men. In this delightful bay probably fifty miles long and forty wide are scattered three thousand islands some a mile or t*o long and nearly as wide, down to a tip of exposed rock the size of a wash tub, all granite roek formation with birch, pine and hemlock finding scanty sulistance between their fissures. In these little bays and inlets in the swift running channels, live the gamey bass, pickerel. the strong pike and the mighty muskellunge, an ideal spot for this kind of fishing, not excelled I believe in all the world. On a smooth rocky point Hanke:! by sturdy hemlocks we pitched our tents, one to live in and the other for cooking and for our guides and stores. To those who have never tasted of the delights of camp life, a week with us would have been a joyous revelation, the pure air, the beautiful scenery, the lusty appetites and the impertinent mosquitoes would have appealed most strongly to him "who in the love of Nature holds communion with her visible forms.” That night we slept under heavy blankets, undisturbed except by the mournful call of the loons, the quack of partridges, the queer notes of the gulls, the hoarse cry of the eagle and the gutteral tones of “ Blan kets”cursing mosquitoes in choice hebrew. Next morning commenced our fishing, we distributed ourselves in three row boats and under the care and muscle of our guides scattered in search of favorite haunts; of the gamey fish We all bad great luck averaging from 60 to 75 choice fish a dav, keeping only enough for our frying pan, leaving the others go back into the water unhurt. We had some thrilling moments too, it would have done your hearts good to have seen Henry Voglewede who with two others were trolling along iri deep water with about ninety feet of line, when sud« denly Henry felt a mighty strike at his hook, jirking quickly to sink the hook in and with a look of determination on his face as if collecting delinquent taxes from a non-resident, he commenced to reel him in, well that fish pulled hard and fought bravely

and Henrv gritted his teeth and on came the fish, suddenly into the air it went. Henry pulled* him back in | the water alright and when- it broke water we saw it was a big one. and still Henry worked, a trifle wild eyed though, wli«ii all at once that fish gave a mighty tug and away went reel and real seat aud Henry dispar ingly grabbed the line but on still came the fish, soon he had it within ten feet of the boat*and Henry and fish both glared at each other for a instant then the end came, one great surge and the line broke, tackle and everything gone to the deuce and Henry defeated. Through a sickly smile he managed to say however, 1 well boys this is one on m«, come on down to Lou’s—-I mean to the camp , and have something. He nobly retreived himself however because many a poor fish became his victim. We all caught fish and what sport we had and how we ate. whew I fried fish, bacon and maple svrup, doesn't it sound juicy, and well there is an end to all things and after each had appropriated his quoto of tan and sunburn, we broke camp and with the aid of our tug the "Thistle” sailed back to Little Current and arrived there to witness Indian pay day and subsequent wild drunks. Strange people these Canadians they are very patriotic aud love their country and don't want to be annexed to our beloved land’ thats why I call them strange, we can’t see how thev could feel that way. still however, when you take their view point you see where there could be many improvements made on our side of the fence. As we boarded our steamship for home we received word from Major Allison, who in company with “Blankets” had left two davs earliej. saying that they had arrived safely at the Soo and had reembarked for Mackinaw and home. Our return trip was delightful but uneventful and seemed a long journey for we had been where we were completely isolated from the world, no mail, no daily papers, no word from home. So we were all glad to be home again and back to work, feeling finer than silk and still hungry as bears. A Dampener. A young man bashfully approached a popular official a few days ago and said: “Judge, I have c >me to ask your advice. You have always been like a father to me, and I have now come to you in a very important matter. I am thinking of getting married"--“Well, young man.” interrupted the Judge, "if you are thinking of getting married go do it right away. Don't wait, because the girl might not be willing this time tomorrow.” “But. you,see,” protested the youth. “I’m afraid I'm not able to take care of her.” “Tut, tut,” deprecattngly retorted the judge. “Why. when I got married I was twenty-one years old and SI,BOO in debt.” “Is that so?” exclaimed the other, with happy encouragement gleaming from his eye. "And I suppose you must now be worth about”— “And now,” concluded the judge. “I’m only $3,600 in debt.” The young man has not yet married. —Paducah (Ky.i Sun. Afrivnn Snakes. The African cobra is regarded somewhat reverently by the natives of that country, who once a year kill a cobra de capello and hang its skin to the branch of a tree, tail downward. Then all the children born during the last year are brought out and made to touch the skin. This the parents think puts them under the serpent’s protection. The cobra de capello divides with the horned viper of Africa the questionable honor of being the “worm of the Nile,” to whose venomous tooth ! Cleopatra’s death was due. The Kaffirs use the venom of this snake's cousin, the puff adder, to poison their arrows, and when they have any small quantity left they swallow it. having a theory that it will protect them from the bad effects of future bites. The Snake tribe of the Punjab say that the bites of snakes do not hurt them, and if they find a dead serpent ' they dress it in clothes and give it a i superb funeral. A Simple Cure Fur Earache. “I am afraid I have greatly interfered with my own practice,” said a . celebrated aurist. "by giving the following advice to many of my friends: “At the first symptoms of earache let the patient lie on the bed with the painful ear uppermost. Fold a thick towel and tuck it around the neck; then with a teaspoon fill the ear with warm water. "Continue doing this for fifteen or twenty minutes. The water will fill the ear orifice and flow over on the towel. Afterward turn over the head, let the water run out and plug the ear with warm glycerin and cotton. “This may be done every hour until relief is obtained. It is ap almost invariable cure and has saved many cases of acute inflammation. The water should be quite warm, but not too hot.”—London Tit-Bits. Getting the Klag'i Ear, The gentle art of speeding a parting guest is not new. The story from Hertfordshire. as told in the “Victoria County History" aurios, reveals the method tried on King Janies I. Hunting had taken the place of state affairs in the monarch's affections, and one morning a favorite hound was missing. The dog appeared the next day, bearing a message tied to his neck: “Good Mr. Jowler, we pray you speak to the king for us (he hearing you every day and so doth not us) that it will please his majesty to go back to London, for else the country will be undone, all our provisions spent already.”

- A MAN AGAINST A NATION. The Most Cartoon Enropeau War That Ever Wan Waited. ; The most curious European war ever waged was that which in the sixteenth century, the period of the reformation and the renaissance, was carried on single handed for between five and six ; years between a bankrupt grocer of Betli,'i and the elector of Saxony, who : was the most powerful German prince of the period. The grocer’s name was Hans Koblhase, aud the immediate ; cause of the quarrel was the arresting ■ of two of his horses in the elector’s ! territory, he being a of the ' elector of Bramtenburg. Failing to get ■ redress, he adopted what was then a perfectly legal expedient andl declared formal war on the realm of Saxony. The declaration was accepted in due form, and the war liegan. The extraordinary part of the story is that the grocer kept the war up for nearly six years practically single handed and even went to the extremity of declaring war on his own sovereign in the meantime before he was caught. He burned farms and even villages, employed mercenaries after the fashion of the times and made himself the terror of the district. He was finally influenced to stop hostilities by Luther, and after he had taken the sacrament from his hands he was betrayed into a further act of hostility by treachery and. being captured, suffered death on the wheel after refusing an aet of grace which granted him the painless and honorable death of the sword. The story is perhaps the strangest of all the romances of that romantic age. H? Sew the Joke. Here is a true story of a curious personality well known to many professional men in London today: He is a Scot, whose business ability is above the average, but everything he does is done with the air of a man constantly wrestling with some problem of the souk He rarely speaks unless spoken to.- He never smiles, and his eyes have a fixed but intense expression. One day he was returning to London with several companions. The whole party were Scotch, but the companion* i were of genial type. One of them told a humorous tale, over which the rest ' laughed uproariously. Not so the human problem. He sat in a corner of the railway carriage glowering at his mirthful friends. Half an hour afterward. however, when all were standing I at a street corner before separating he took one aside and said solemnly and slowly: "Ye would obsairve that I did | na' laugh at yond' story. Welk I saw ' the joke. Ye might not think it. but I . have a keen sense of humor.”—London News/ An InipowAible Tank. The committee waited upon the successful man. "Your fame preceded you," they said as he entered the room. He smiled serenely. “I am rather well known.” he admitted modestly. "You have given names to sleeping cars, new cigars, health foods and games—names that have pleased the public and your patrons?” The successful man bowed. “Well." said the spokesman, "we have a new baby at our house, and we have come to you to select a irnme that will please her parents, sisters and brothers, grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts and friends of the family and herself later on." The successful man frowned sternly. "Sir." he said. “1 do not undertake the impossible!"—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Telling the Weather From Mists, The motion of mists, rapid or slow, was regarded as one of the best methods of foretelling the approach of rain or snow. When there was a mist before the rise of the full moon, if clouds were seen in the west before the sun rose or there was a mist in the fields before sunrise, wet weather was expected. When the mists vanished rapidly and the moon seemed to rise faster than usual, fine weather was sure to gladden the hearts of the merrymakers on the succeeding day. When the winds changed and the clouds flew along on "tail,” the farmers predicted a storm. Railroad Time Folders. The average person who picks up a railroad time folder does not realize the enormous amount of work which the preparation of such a publicatioif in Wives. The big Burlington system, for Instance, has a general time folder made up from sixteen different division time tables. The folder contains 2,000 names of towns, gives the schedules of over 500 trains, and whenever there is a change in time 60.000 figures have to be carefully checked and corrected. A'n Smoking. There Is one country in the world where it Is considered a crime to smoke —Abyssinia. The law forbidding tobacco dates from the year 1642. It was at first merely intended to prevent priests from smoking in the churches, but it was taken too literally, and nowadays even foreigners have to be careful not to be seen smoking. • Conceded It. “There's a burglar in the house. Benjamin," said Mrs. Frett. arousing her huxbnnd in the dead of the mornfnr "Hear that?” she continued. “It's surely the sound of a chisel. He’s a safe burglar." "You bet he is." sleepily returned Benjamin, turning over for another nap.—Richmond Dispatch. Couldn't Improve the Method. Mrs Chugwater—l'd be ashamed to sleep in church the way you do. Mr. Chugwater—l can't help it It's the only way 1 know how to sleep.— Chicago Tribune.

—SPECIAL—CUT SALE! Wash Fabrics.—Every piece goods must be sold regardless of its cost. You will be well paid to call and see this line. Tailor-Made Suits at less than cost. Nothing will be reserved. Plenty good bargains left. NIBLICK —& COMPANY— -=

< nrly tlnlr. Persons with naturally curly hair are said to be possessed of more lovable and sweet naftires than those with wiry or straight capillary adornment. Ou most occasions the tact that we are looking our best is a wonderful incentive to good behavior, and the woman with natural curls can discount her straight haired sister many a time aud oft. She knows it. Why should she not be amiable? Straight hair was considered by the ancients as a mark of the gods’ Hispleasure. Hair which was Straight before sickness will sometimes grew curly afterward. What He Wrote On. “Hello, Starveling! How is literature?” “First rate.” “Writing anything now?” “Yes, a book.” “What on?” “An empty stomach principally. You couldn't lend me the price of a dinner, could you?” Plraxant For the Lover. In Mexico the young men can show great attention to young ladles and at very little expense. They are therefore quite eager to invite them to theaters, parties, etc. And no wonder, for it is tbe.custom in that country for the lady's father to pay for the tickets and furnish the carriage, supper, etc. Piaeapple Juice. The Lancet points out that fresh pineapple juice contains a remarkably active digestive principle similar to pepsin. This principle has been termed “bromelin," and so powerful is its action upon proteids that it will digest as much as a thousand times its weight within a few hours. Figuratively Speakin*. , “Well," said young Graftsky, "I've soldiered half of the afternoon, and I guess I might as well rotted It out by loafing the other half.” “Yes," said bis friend. J! Wise. Jr., “but the rounding out will be a lot easier than squaring yourself with the boss afterward.”—Los Angeles Herald. The Home Rulero. Mrs. Krank—Yes; I'm fond of pets. 1 have five cats and four dogs that just rule my house. Mrs. McCaH—Ahi I’ve often heard of “reigning m” end doge ” These must be the ones.—Philadelphia Press. Our Lark. "What Is the national air of this country?" asked the foreigner. "This Is a republic and therefore has no national beir,” replied the native.— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. A Chinese compositor needs a type case at least sixty feet long and has to walk about twenty-five miles a day up and down it

A Roman Dinner. A Roman dinner at the liouse of a wealthy man consisted chiefly of three courses. All sorts of-stimulants to the; apiietite were first served up. and eggs were indispensable to the first course. Among the various dishes we may instance the guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale and the thrush as birds most in repute. The Roman gourmands held peacocks in great estimation, especially their tongues. Macrobills states that they were first eaten by Hortensius, the orator, and acquired such repute that a single peacock was sold for 50 denarii, the denarius being equal to about halfpenny of our money.—Chambers' Journal. Xo Teed ot Assistance. The father of the family bad stepped Into a bookstore to buy a birthday present* for bis fourteen-year-old son. “What kind of book would you like?” asked the salesman to whom he had confided his purpose. “Something that would be useful for the boy,” was his reply. “WelL here is'a very good one on •Self Help.' ” “Self help!” exclaimed the father. “Ben don't need anything of that kind. You'd ought to see him at the dinner table!" Vnnlll. For Mental Weakness. Y anilla Is one of the most powerful restoratives known in cases of weakened vitality, when a large dose is given. South America in general show's a much slighter tendency to madness than any of the countries which may be called civilized. Statistical authorities attribute this fact to the ignorance and thoughtlessness of the population, but they themselves give the credit to vanilla. At the first sign of mental disturbance they ply the sufferer therewith. The XV ay to Catch a Porcupine. The porcupine climbs the tree as readily as a squirrel would, provided you don't slip up and cut bis tail off while be is going up. Somehow or other he can’t climb the tree without his talk and he won't come down without IL If you catch one of these porcupines climbing a tree and chop his tall off, he will stop right where he Is and will stay there until he starves to death unless he is taken away. * Gnesslnic at It. “Gambler? Well, rather! Why, he's so crazy over games of chance that be patronizes a restaurant where they print the bill of fare in French, and he doesn't know a word of the language.” —Chicago Post » The greatest rest comes from freedom of mind. We can keep our minds free If we will but learn how. Let them take up one thing at a time and be content.

Niagara Falls excursion August 6th. Chicago A Erie railroad. Fare. •56.50 for the round trip. Tickets sold to Toronto and Alexandria Bay and Thousand Islands, twelve days limit, with stop-overs at Chautauqua Lake and Cambridge Springs. See Erie agents or write W. S. Morrison, T. P. A„ Marion. Ohio. ...Legal Advertising... APPOINTMENT UF ADMIXISTRATUR. Notice is bervbr riven that the undersigns! ha« been appointed adrniQi-trator ot the estate of John Biowd late of \dams count r. deceased The estate Is probably solvent. ISAAC BROWN, Administrator. I®-3 June 30. 19W. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE Notice is hereby given to the citizens * the Second Ward of the City of Adam* county, in the state of P c.;t. that I. Mattbia* Bcoaf»*r. a male .? : • ••;tant and resident of First Ward a person •■ ’ ,ll *‘ age of twenty-one years, a person n >t in th* habit of becoming intoxicated and a fit r rson s o be entrusted with the sale of Int ' -aung liquors, will make application to the of commis*ioner< of the-county of A i im« at their August »es*iou. for the year ! •'- ■ * a licenses to sell spirit uou». vinous, malt, and •»t her intoxicating liquors in h than a quart at a tin e, with th* pnvilejre of allowing the same to be drank on IM premises where sold The precise location where I desire to sell barter or give away said liquors will privilege of allowing th»* same to ■ din* thereon, is the ground floor of th- tw« *t* ry frame building on Madison street in l ,v eighty-two iwb which is me bund- :•••: thirty-two (132) fvet in length, and <*)) feet in width. Said room where saia liquors are to lie sold drank and given is twenty <2O) feet wide and furty-tive long and Is part of said lot No. Kighty-t*'’ • r‘J) as the same is designated on the r -Flea part of said city of Decatur Indiana. ♦MATTHI O SCHAFER «p; cant. X’OTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATEAx BY ADMIN'ISTiCAToK. The utfdersigned administrator of th* estate of George M.Haefllpg dec.-a-ed. J- 1 ;, notice that by virtue of an order or n, Adams Circuit Court, he will at the hour oi S o'clock p. tn. of Saturday August 16, 1902. at the east door of the court bouse In the. IJ of Decatur In Adams County Indian i o' , for sale at public sal, all the Interestsof • decedent and all the Intereeto . *’*m ri . dat.t and all the Interests of Bridget Ha the widow or said deeedwut lu a.t'■ ’, follow'ng described real estate In aus ■ county tn the Hate of Indiana, to-wlt. southwest quarter of the aoutheast qJ» and the southeast quarter of the *?*}”'j.|» quarter of section twelve (lit In *" ?7 W twenty-seven (»7) north. of range fourt ea»t contaThlng eighty acre- mon- < r upon the following terms and >'*> ( j one-third of the purchase money to f| n . cash In hand; Uteballanee In ’I” the stalnients In Six and Twelve **ontn»purchaser to exacute bls P ron ‘, l *‘l per for said defered payments N'arlng ».|vcent Interestfrom the date thereof an ierl ing relief from valuation and app™' y jO d laws, and secured by freehold sun. y mortgage on said real estate JAMES P. HAEFLING. au ’ , "’ w D, D, Heller A Son. atty 's.