Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1903 — Page 7

Route Two. I.lesse Hurst is os|he sick list, ■ouite a number of the fanners are K hauling corn. ■j’ p G a ult was seen the streets ■ Decatur. Monday. ■ G ;ge Martin was a business call■f u Decatur Saturday. ■ Frank Spade, of Craigville, is work- ■ f or his father this week. ■There will be services at Pleasant ■j,. next Sunday evening. EveryKjy invited to attend. ■ jlilt Hogman purchased a new ■'p.-v last Saturday. Look out boys ■ State Line. ■ Dr. P. W. Ha vice was in our burg, & Inestlav. ■ George Hindenlang was in our com■unity?Tuesday. ■ John J. Wollle was at Van Wert on Business, Wednesday. ■ Mrs. A. J. Kirkland is improving to ■me extent at this writing. ■ Benjamin Gause is the guest of | ■r< Henrietta Hindenlang on the ■ate line. ■ Lawrence Johnson, of Fort Wayne, ■ho has been visiting relatives in this ■mmunity. returned to Fort Wayne, f'jnday. Jneof the line stallions of the J. Frisinger herd bought by Frank lyeat of near Van Wert, passed ■ough our burg, Tuesday. Route Two. Peterson. 1 Protracted meeting broke up at the : I lon church, after a successful four I I peeks’ service. I On account of non-shipment of gasline, H. A. Breiner can not run his ■gine at the elevator. IR. D. Leimenstall is very sick with ■grippe. This disease seems to have lot a good hold on this community. I Arrangements are being made to I a real first-class entertainment ■ the Peterson school the last day of ■bool. I William Johnson was sawing wood lr Henry Breiner the first of the |eek at William Fruchte’s north of ■agley. I Grant Ball was helping to bale hay |: George Martin’s, last Wednesday, ■e savs they baled nearly twenty-five lons that day. I James Niblick and wife spent SunI v. the guests of William Freezner ■nd wife of Huntington. They rej Burned home Monday morning, litis said that the Ernst family ■ho live west of here and who have Been under quarantine for over a r mth. will be released next Thursr I John Weldy spent Sunday with his Barents who live at this place. His ■'ter. Sadie, who was visiting him li.d her friends at Monroe returned ■ith him. IBy good authority it has been ' Bated that the water in the creek which runs through this place was ligher last Saturday than it has been lor the last six or eight years.

I In this list there art* many good properties, offered below actual cost of Improvement, nave other properties not liste<l here for rent, sale or trade. <’a*h transactions are an to buyer and seller, and I now have a large number of cash purchasers as soon as they want is placed upon the market. If you are inter sted in the purchase or sale of [ arui Isuda, business rooms, residences, mill machinery, town or city property, w rite or call of uur recent large discriptive lists. In inquiry refer to properties by number. Ad■Phone No. 230. J. f. SNOW, Decatur, Indiana.

Builu.ug lot* on Chestnut street, I.lnn K> ' 1: Penn stn et, Madison st reel an d De-ea-ur -erect al from *ld."> to 4210 each. On ■1 ■ '"H i street. Monroe -nd Marshall streets at trout f 4, r t*» to g-cpi each. A one-acre tract In northwest Decafc. '' good dwelling stable, cribs, mmitry House, etc. jt xjo. l| ' < corporation line |of Decatur. Good *■ location, on pike road. Price f;uo. -A 3‘j acre tract in south Decatur on II „ 'if'. 1 sl reet. Plenty of good fruit and send buildings, price II tunes south on Monroe on the stone road. wack land Log buildings. 11.0. W a ii' 4 ,' A twenty-acre tract in good location. El ~ u ! ou township, tour and one-hall miles II « "i "bealur, nearly all black land, ordinal try bouse, juoo. »cre tract, 2 acres, nice timber, buildings, oil land north ol Geneva, 42100 "?►. A ' s ‘4 acre tract In west Root town.,,P- one half mile Irom school, tiireemunhs black laud, no buildings, t*>4, Thirty-acre tract two and a half “ hes northwest of Decatur, sand loam and ' «y. •> acres good young timber, tire-room «ood house, »iwo. l>U -Thirty res in south St. Mary's il;?5 ,hlp ' Black loam, no building*. ucre ,Hrtn - three miles northcast Ol Decatur. Improvements all new rair grade Os soil. Rural mail route. fMOU »l lll “~ S|1| ty-acre tract, southeast of Herne. S’, quality Os soil, fair buildings, some Umber. *n,i!S!~ An N,, ’»<-’re tract, two and one-half l' „ Oorthwest of Decatur, clay and sand «rn. fair buildings, truit ami timber 44.7 W. Ho?,' f-' lghty acres, two mile*southwest of Dam''ilSii'' '’'iprovement*, clay ami black «o acre tract southwest of Pleasnt Mills, black loam, poor buildings. ♦Hfiuo. worn J 130 afrt -’ tract near the gravel pike, "ye mile, northwestof Decatur, good '“Pruyements. one luilt black land, w.i,w. a iOS acre tract of beech ami i-uefr“I 1 1.1' 1 lw <> and a hall miles east ol De,,r - New bouse and bain. 4&uu worth of timber. Price R fsr?r A ?*’ I “' r ® ,rßet of flr,t elasH Black Mn 1 'lk land. II miles southwest of Pleasant Ings fr ,, jgn nlle froni road, small build-O'-I’i-A Macro tract four miles northeast mirtie on tree mull route, a quarter ol a

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Route One. Last Saturday evening a crowd of young people gathered at the. home Mr am M l? ,. tQ f*inind their son. Kobert.J . that it was his nineteenth birthdav, and we I never saw a person more" surprised than he, although he took it in good humor and the evening was very onjovabl} spent in music and games of various kinds, and at a late hour light refreshments were served, then I the guests departed to their homes all wishing Robert many more such such happy occasions. The following persons were present: Messrs. Jesse bungleton, Chas, Cook, Jesse Ball, Earl Butler, Warren Reed, John Singleton, David Cook. Jesse Butler, Harry Kies, Deltna Ruckman, Harmon \\ itte, Chas. Fuhrman, Harve Butler and Win. Ruckman. M isses Minnie Sheets, Nettie Mann. Tishie Singleton, Dessie Butler and Etta and Ada Mallonee. WAniiiiiui ur UAfNUtn Waters About Cairo Threaten to Do Damage. Cairo, 111., March 9.—Observer Smith I of the weather bureau has sent out 1 warnings to places south of Cairo to | prepare for at least fifty feet of water. Rain has been general over the watersheds of the Ohio, Wabash. Tennessee I and Cumberland rivers, and in many places where the rivers were falling they are rising again. A vast territory around and below Cairo is now covered with water and many families have been forced to abandon their homes. While there is no immediate ■ danger at Cairo, there is danger in the ' lowlands between Cairo and Memphis. The Cairo levees are expected to stand a stage of fifty-five feet, as they have been raised and strengthened during the last few years. The gauge today marks 45.8 feet. Another Flood on the Way. Cincinnati, March 9. —The Ohio river, which had fallen below the danger line of fifty feet, is rising here again, and it is reported rising at upper points. The rain prevailed throughout Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky, Tennessee and western Pennsylvania, so that another flood is predicted this week all along the Ohio valley. Juvenile Justice at Lafayette. Lafayette, Ind., March 9. —Three boys were flogged by their parents in a justice’s court by order of the court They had been caught stealing goods from the Lafayette Underwear company. Venezuelans Are Chilly. Caracas, March 9. —The text of the protocols with the allied powers was published in the Official Gazette Sunday. The protocols are coolly received by the Venezuelans, who say that congress is not favorable to their approval. Track Walker Killed. Indianapolis, March 9. —Mlles M. Foutz, aged forty, while walking on the tracks of the Belt railroad, was struck by a Big Four train and Instant | ly killed.

mile from the stone road, fair buildings, ", blaek land. $i,3U(). No. 216—A OOacre tract tour and one half miles northwest of Berne, a quarter ot a mile from stone road and school. N-iarly all blaek laud, ordinary buildings. $3 t o. No.--’I An HI acre tract two mill s s-mth of Decatur on stone road, good buildings aud black land. $6,400. No. 219—An 86 acre tract, one half mile west of Salem. Blue Creek township, old buildIngs, productive land, some black soil. $4.1,0, No. 166-A 102-acre tract one and a half miles east of Decatur.no buildings. 18 acres of good timber. 15 acres of sand and gravel, black and sand loam. S7OOO. No 174-Etghtv-acre tract In east Wabash township, about 50 acres blaek loam. new. 6room house, ten acres of timber, $4300. No. 180—An 184-acre tract, in east St Mary’s township, sand and light clay loam, some timber, nrlck house, frame cribs and barn. Price $14.50). No. 139 115-acre tract southwest of Berne, good Improvements, grazing farm, light, clay soil, principally. Price $4600. No. 178-A 120-acre tract, two miles southeast of Decatur, sand aud elay loam. 20 acres young timber, some saw timber, small frame buildings. $60)0. No. 177—A 142-acre tract one and a half miles east of Decatur, principally sand and clav losin, some black laud, no buildings, two young orchards, 35 seres, young timber. S7OOO. No. 163-Elghty seres, near stone mad In Wabaih township, oil land, some timber, fair buildings, some black land, balance clay loam. $3200. No. 167—An 80-acre tract, two miles east of Decatur, light clay snd sand loam, no timber. small frame buildings. S4OOO. No. 220 - For sale or trade for Decatur proper ty. three well located and desirable city I its in Anderson. Indiana,sßso. No. 207-For sale or trade, a53 acre tract of timber land In Cumberland county, Tonnesee. $650.00. No 147 For sale or trade, an 80 acre tract In Lake county. Michigan, frame buildings, some timber, $1,350. No. 211-For sale or trade, a general tnen handisc store and buildings In thriving Indiana town. Will trade for 60 or 80 acre farm, stock $2,500. No. Ill—For sale or trade for a farin-A largo five-stand flouring mill In Decatur. Indiana, capacity 75 barrels of flour dally. Roller mill. Mteam power, price IWOO for mill and grounds.

HONORS TO PRELATE Catholic Clergymen at Chicago to Greet Archbishop Quigley. Chicago, March 9. —Catholic clergymen of Chicago who will escort Archbishop Quigley from Buffalo to Chicago left for Buffalo Sanday in a special Pullman car attached to a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train. Bishop Muldoon and thirty-one priests of the Chicago archdiocese, who make

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up the party, will arrive at Buffalo today and will go at once to the residence of the archbishop, where they will pay their respects. There will be no formal ceremony at his home. Two hundred priests and 500 laymen will leave Chicago in a special train for La-Porte. Ind., Tuesday morning, where they will meet Mgr. Quigley and accompany him to Chicago. The ceremonies in Chicago on Tuesday will be simple, in accordance with the wishes of the archbishop. IN B'-IECHER’S MEMORY A Great Mass Meeting Held in New York to Promote Movement. New York, March 9. —A great mass meeting was held in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn last night for the purpose of raising funds to erect a memorial in honor of Henry Ward Beecher, the founder of Plymouth church, and tor forty years its pastor. Many hundreds who were turned away from the doors gathered at an overflow meeting in Plymouth church. Mayor Seth Low presided, and among the prominent persons w-ho paid tribute to the memory of the great preacher was ex-President Grover Cleveland, Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court, Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth church, and the Rev. Frank W. Gunsalus of Chicago. General Break Had Been Planned. Olympia, Wash., March 9.—Chris Benson, who killed Jailer Merrill, has been captured by Sheriff Mills and a posse a few miles from the city. He was hiding in a deserted mill. He offered no resistance to being handcuffed. and was brought to Olympia and lodged in jail. For the past week Benson had put in most of his time in the brush. He declares that a general jail break had been planned, and he did not intend to kill Jailer Merrill. Indication of the Pope’s Vigor. Rome, March 9.—The pope Sunday morning declared that he felt so well that he ought not to make those who had come considerable distances to pay him homage wait, and accordingly in spite of Dr. Laponi’s advice, his holiness received 5,000 pilgrims from Berlin, Vienna and Belgium and bestowed on them his blessing. Pope Leo was loudly acclaimed by the pilgr'ms. Serious Engagement in Honduras. Panama. March 9. —A cablegram from San Salvador states that the Honduran government forces under the command of General Ezequiel Ferrera and Genera! Lopez, have been defeated at Talgua by the revolutionists supporting Senor Bonilla. General Ferrera was killed and General Ixipez and his staff were taken prisoners. American Squadron's Movements. Messina. Sicily, March 9. —The American squadron, consisting of the Chicago, Cincinnati and Machias, left here Sunday bound for Naples. BRIEF DISPATCHES. Gen. William Booth. founder and head of the Salvation army hae jailed for England. Gramie Stewart was nominated for mayor by the Chicago republican city convention. Hen. .fame* H. Blount, for 10 years a’meinLir of congress from Georgia, Is dead at Macon. A bill making gambling a felony in the state of Washington. has bacome a law of that state. The Island of Dominica. B. W. 1.. Is experiencing a series of disquieting seismic disturbances. Nineteen men were drowned by the capsizing of a ferryboat used by workmen at Spier Falls on the Hudson river. Prlnco Henry of Brussel* will sail from Antwerp on the 11th for America. The prince will visit Colorado and Texas during his trip. Ten thousand miners of the Elkhorn and Flat Top coal Hehls, will be given o voluntary increase In wages of ten cents a ton, beginning April 1. Arm ur A Co. have arranged for a tost of the wireless telegraph as applied to communication bafwecn the cities where they have packing plains and Important ortleas. By the collapse of a freight shod upon which a crowd was standing watching a lire at Montreal, two persons wore killed and ft injured. some probably fatally. George I« O. Perry, the negro lad Indicted for the murder* of Agnes McPhee at Homerville and cierr. Morton, at Waverly, Mass,, commonly referred io as the ‘Jack the Slugger" oases, died at the Cambridge jail Sunday.

J. JI. L.eiiLttrt. & I3tix t J_.onlxart. LENHART&LENHART Real Estate Brokers. We are members of the Central Association of Real Estate Dealers, whose agencies extend to nearly every state in the union, and in thirty days time can place your property before 100,000 buyers. This is a good business proposition and costs you nothing unless sale is made. Here are a few bargains.- : : : : : : : :

No. B.—W acre farm on good gravel road running from Union City to Fort Recovery, Ohio, three-quarters of a mile from school, near to church, and good neighborhood. 81 x tv-five acres cleared and fifteen acres in timber—maple, oak, etc. Land well tiled, fences in fairly good repair. Frame house, one and one-halt stories, six nice rooms and cellar, ail in good shape. Frame barn, sheddrd on three sides for stables, two good wells, never failing, ard good cistern—alwavs plenty of water. Good beat Ing orchard of hI 1 varieties of fruit. This farm lies nine miles from Union City and six and onehalf miles from Fort Recovery, and one mile from postoffice with dally mall. Price, $35 00 per acre. N 0.24 Farm of 142 acres, 1-2 mile from west corporation line of Decatur. Indiana. ongoodgravelroad.au cleared but about 15 acres, which is timbered. 35 to 40 acres creek bottom, balance sandy loam, fenced with about 200 rods of wive fence, and balance of fences board and rail, over 450 rods of tile and splendid outlet, two-storv brick house of 6 rooms, large cellar with brick floor and plastered walls, summer kitchen, woodshed, smokehouse, good cistern, driven well, wnd pump, stock In barn yard, barn 40 by 58 feet, needs some repair, new’ granary 16 by 24. corn cribs, wagon shed, hog pens, young orchard of 100 trees, bearing two or three j ears, apnle, plum, pear and peach trees. This is a fine farm close to town. Price S6O per acre. $3,000 down, balance in annual payments of SSOO at 6 per cent. NO. 33—100 acre farm in section 16, Hartford township, Adams county, 34 miles southwest of Linn Grove, 7 miles northwest of Berne, on gravel road. l 4 mile from school. 1 mile from church, about 50 acres black land balance sugar tree land, all well tiled and well fenced, good frame house of 6 rooms. frame barn 3bx75. corn cribs, granary, wagon shed and implement building, outbuildings all nearly new. 2 never failing wells, excellent water: fair orchard, good fruit. This farm should be seen to be appreciated. Price <60.00 per acre: one-third cash, balance to suit at 6 per cent. No- 35 120 acre farm, three and one half miles west of s one road, onehalf mile to school, same distance to church one and one-half miles to railroad station, grain market, general store, post office, grain elevator, land mostly good black soil, well tiled, fences fair. hO acres cleared and under cultivation. 40 acres in timber, timber will sell for about <•00, all very productive land, one story frame house, small barn, corn crib and other out buildings, good dug well never fails. 40 barrel cistern, etc. This is vour chance at s>s per acre, one third cash, balance to suit buyer, at 6 peicent. NO. 36—Farm of 160 acres, two and onehalf miles north from Decatur, all cleared and cultivated but about five acres In woods pasture, small timber, about 40 acres black land, balance mostly light clay soil, flne for small grains and grass, about sixty-five acres in gruss, one half mile from gravel road, one* half mile from church three-fourths mile from post office, railroad station and trading point, fences good, about two hundred reais of wire fencing. n» w; two story frame house of eight r<M»uiß and one story kitchen, good cellar, house needs paint and some other repairs, is old fashioned heavy frame, frame barn 40xM) feet, in good repair, old hay barn, good new frame granary, wagon shed and corn crib: driven well and steel wind mill, two old orchards, grap* arl>or and other small fruits Price <45.00 per acre. Terms SJOOo cash, balasce to suit at 6 per cent.

REMEMBER, that if you want to sell your real estate we can find you a buyer, and if you want to buy real estate can sell you. NO COMMISSION OR CHARGES UNLESS SALE IS MADE. Can show you real estate at any time without cost to you. Now is the time to call and see or write us if you want to sell or buy real estate. LEINHART & LENHART, - DECATUR, INDIANA.

MAN KILLING HORSE THE WAY HE ACQUIRED HIS HATRED FOR HUMANKIND. It All Ileitnn With the Crnel Treatment He Received In Hie Colthood. Vicious Incidents That Marked Ills Downward Career. The development of a vicious horse from an innocent colt is described by Sewell Ford in one of the stories in "Horses Nine.” The colt's disposition was first spoiled by Ignorant and cruel handling on the farm of one Perkins. Then he was sold, and his subsequent career is thus pictured: In the weeks during which he trailed over the fruit district of southern Michigan in the wake of the horse buyer Blue Blazes learned nothing good and much that was ill. He finished the trip with raw hocks, a hoof print on his flank and tooth marks on neck and withers. Horses led in a bunch do not improve in disposition. Some of the scores the blue roan colt paid in kind, some lie did not, but he learned the game of give and take. Men and horses alike, lie concluded, were against him. if lie would hold his own, lie must be ready with teeth and hoofs. Especially he carried with him always a black, furious hatred of man in general. So be went about with oars laid buck, the whites of his eyes showing and a bite or a kick ready in any emergency. Day by day the hate in him deepened until It became the master passion. A quick footfall behind him was enough to send his heels flying as though they had been released by a hair trigger. He kicked first and investigated at erward. The mere sight of a man within reaching distance roused all his ferocity. Toward his own kind Blue Blazes bore himself defiantly. Double harness was something he loathed. One was not free to work his will on the despised driver It hampered by a pole and mate. In such eases lie nipped manes and kicked under the traces until released. He bad a special antipathy for gray horses and fought them on the smallest provocation or upon none at all. As a result. Blue Blazes, while knowing no masters, had many owners. Sometimes three In a single week. He began bls career by tilling a three months* engagement as a livery horse, but after he bud run away a dozen times, wrecked several carriages and disabled n hostler he was sold for half his purchase price. Then did he ent« upon ids wanderings in real earnest. He pulled street

NO. 37 160 acre farm 4 miles east from Decatur, on a good road about 7o acres black land balance sandy clay, all very productive low land well til* d, good outlet, over 1000 rods of tile, no open ditch on farm fariv fenced ell cleared hut about 5 acres, which is woods pasture house land 4 story trmie 8 rooms, goods Ory cellar house in good repair on stone foundation, driven wed ami wind mill with cement tank at barn good cistern, barn 50by HO in good repair roomy silo in barn with capacity of oo tons green fodder good orchard of apple peach pears trees blackberries and other small fruits Including large grape arbor. Also cribs granaries am! necessary out buildings. This farm will mske a nice home and is well wort h the price. <75 per acre one third down, balance on easy payments. NO. 38 .—4O acre farm 4 miles southeast from Decatur and one mile northwest from Pleasant Mills, which Is a good grain market, railroad station, etc., soil sandy clay loam. Is not yellow clay, nea-ly half black land, does not overflow and is fairly well tiled, fairly well fenced. 11,4I 1 ,4 story plank house, of II large rooms and buttery, eighty barrel cement cistern, driven well with iron force Dump new barn 20x34,18 feet to square, hay fork In barn, corn crib, wagon shed, granerv and other necessary outbuildings, buildings all tn good repair orchard ot about 50 apple trees, pear, plum peach and cherry trees, plenty of small fruit, grape arbor. Price S2OOO 00; 54 cash. balance in nine and eighteen months. NO. 40— Farm of lot acres. 154 miles northwest ot Decatur on good gravel road, about 54 black land, balance sandy loam, al' easily worked and very productive, all cleared but about six acres of small timber, fairly well fenced, and land has been kept up. Good young orchard of plum and cherry trees, beginning to bear, old orchard of apple, pear and peach trees. 1 story frame house of 0 rooms, solid frame, needs paint outside, also 1 story plank house of 3 rooms aud kitchen, comfortable; barn 30x42 feet with shed 14x42. and wagon shed and corn crib at end. in good repair, on new smne foundation, new Implement house, away trom barn. 2 good open wells, never fail, steel wind mill, water tank, near barn, excellent water, should be seen to be appreciated. Price S6O 00 per acre; 54 cash, balance on easy terms, 0 per cent. No. 41—100 acre farm. 4'4 miles south of Decatur. on gravel road, all blaek land, well tiled and ditched. 85 acres cleared and under cultivation; 15 acres small timber, all fairly fenced. One story frame house of five rooms and pantry, new and tidy; barn .10x60 feet with shed at end: barn 18 feet high; corn cribs, wagon shed and grainery and tuber out-bulldings. This farm lies withlnUtvo miles of .Monroe, which is a good grain aud stock market, postoffice, graded schools hndchurches. Price S7O qi per acre. No. 42—1(6 acre farm 554 miles north-east of QucaSur. one-half mile from gravel road which will be built past the farm soon; all black, level land, but about ten acres: all cleared but five acres which is small timber, well tiled, fence fair. Good 154 story frame house, and also a one story frame house; both need painting, both comfortable homes Barn 40x80 feet, two floors, roof needs repair; corn cribs, grainery. wagon shed. etc. Drove well and steel windmill; good orchard of apples, pears, plums and peaches. This is in excellent tarm. In gtaxl neighborhood, one-half tube from school, two miles trom church, and is a bargain at 63.00 pe acre; 4 cash, balance easy payments

cars, delivery wagons, drays am! ash 1 carts. He xxas sold to unsuspecting farmers, who, when his evil traits | cropped out, swapped him uneeremoni- ■ ously and with ingenious prevarication by the roadside. In the natural course of events he was much punished. Up and across the southern peninsula of Michigan he drifted contentiously, growing more vicious with each encounter, more daring after each victory. In Muskegon he sent the driver of a grocery wagon to the hospital with a shoulder bite requiring cauterization and four stitches. In Manistee be broke the small bones in the log of a baker's large boy. In Cadillac a boarding stable hostler struck him with an iron shovel. Blue Blazes kicked tl’.e hostler quite accurately and very suddenly through a window. Between Cadillac and Kalaska he spent several lively weeks with farmI ers. Most of them tried various tamI Ing processes. Some escaped with 1 bruises anil some suffered serious in--1 jury. At Alpena lie found an owner, ! who, having read something very coni vinclng in a horse trainer’s book, elabj oratcly strapped the roan’s legs ac--1 cording to diagram and then went into i the stull to wreak vengeance with a ; riding whip. Blue Blazes accepted one j cut. after which he crushed the avenger against the plank partition until three of the man’s ribs were broken. The Alpena man was fished from under the roan's hoofs just in time to save bis life. This incident earned Blue Blazes the name of “man killer," and it stuck. ! He even figured in the newspaper dispatches. "Blue Hinzes, the Michigan Man Killer." "The Ugliest HorA Alive," “Alpena's Equine Outlaw"— these were some of the headlines. The Perkins method had borne fruit. The Barred Road. “There is only one road to success in I life.” said the mini who had made his lucky and retired. “And bow shall I know the road?" inquired the budding young man. "Well,” reput'd the man with the lucky, “you go right along this path of adversity until you reach the first turn to the right." “Yes. yes." “And you'll find a road barred off with a gate and a sign that says ’No Trespassing.’ Well, that's It.”—Baltimore News. Iler Own Idea. “Your daughter,” said Mrs. Oldcnstle after being conducted through the newly wing of the magnificent pglacc occupied by the Bullingtons, “has

No. 43 193 acres. 6 miles northwest of Decatur on gravel road. 3 miles from Preble raiiiotd station, a good market, half milo to school, 158 acres cleared and well fenced, about two-tlurd black land, balance sandy clav loam, all well tiled. 40 acres in titnbe-, and good pasture, two-story brick house of 12 rooms, slate roof, cellar under whole house, barn 40x80 feet, caitle shed attached 18x50 teet grainery. hog pen and corn crib combined, buggy shed, wood bouse, blacksmith and carpenter shop, buildings all in good repair, fairly good orchard of 50 to 75 trees. 3 wells. 2 wind pumps, etc. Price SBS per acre, terms to Sult. NO- 100.—5 tine residence property in Decatur, Indiana, six squares from business center. on a stone street: corner lot 83x132 feet, lies high and dry. tine maple shade trees next lostreets; hearing apple and pear trees and grape vines in good bearing condition. One and one-half story frame ho ise of ten rooms, well built and in good repair, piped tor gas. well of good water with iron pump, under roof, good dry cellar, giaid barn with stable room for six horses: also a large building which has been used for a carpenter shop, can he arranged fordwelling house with small outlay. A very desirable residence property. Price. $3,000.00. one-half cash, balance in one and two years at six per cent. NO loß.—Residence property, two and a half squares trom court house. Decatur. Ind., frame hou-e of seven rooms.two closets and' pantry, house needs painting outside.ln good condition inslde.harn sixteen by twentyfour feet, wood house and other out buildings. House piped for gas. good well and cistern, pair cherry and poach trees.grano arbor ail situated on iuiot No. 277 and south halt of inlot No. 278. on a quiet street in a good neighborhood, near to business center. Price $2000.00; one half cash, balance in two equal annual payments. No. 109. -One story frame house of five rooms, buttry and closet, on Second street, one square from business center, bouse needs some repairs, lot 66x132 feet, some fruit, nicely located, good cistern. barn on lot. good sidewalk, improved street and is a very desirable location. Price $1,450. one half cash, balance in one and two years at 6 per cent. NO. 11 4-Two lots 57 by 165 feet, on south 11th street. I and *4 story frame house of 8 room*, nicely papered and In good repair needs paint outside, barn 14 by 18 and U feet high smoke house and other out buildings; 50 barrel cement cistern; 41arge pear trees. 7 (urge cherry trees app e peach and plum trees, some small fruits and good grape arbor. These lots are nicely located and the property is cheap. Price SI2OO one third cash balance to suit, or will trade tor small tarm, NO 1 1 5.—Vacant lot on west Monroe street. Lynch’s addition rSxUrt feet, fron* on Monroe street, is a nicely located lot, sjre<2 aud sewer tax paid, and is cheap Ji NO 117.— For sale. 154 story frame house on south Tenth street, four rtsims cellar, large buttery, summer kitehen. wood bouse, well and cistern, house In fairly good repair. Lot 78x180feet with lots of good bearing grape vines. cherries and other fruit. It is cheap at $550.00 one half cash, balance in one and two tears at 6 per cent. NO. 119. Fine residence property on Fornax street In Decatur one and one half sterv frame house of seven rooms, all nicely papered, house in good repair. Fine large cistern. Fruit on lot consisting of peaches cherries etc. Property Is in tine location and Isa bargain at sllllO. One halt cash balance ou easy terms at 8 per cent.

Robbed and Murdered. Bowling Green. Ohio, March 9.— The body of Mathias Biasins, a wealthy farmer, was found in a ditch Saturday near his farm at Custer, 0., by a searching party that had been scouring the country for two days. Only a few cents were found in his clothing and it is generally believed that Blasins was robbed and murdered. Venezuela Establishes Blockade. Caracas, March 9. —The government has issued a decree prohibiting navigation on the Orinoco and declaring a blockade of the ports of Barcelona and Carupano. now occupied by the rebels. The revolutionist forces have returned to Guatira. Rev. Dr. Parker’s Successor. London. March 9. —The Rev. R. ,7. Campbell has announced his acceptance of the pastorate of the City Temple In succession to the late Dr. Jos. Parker. Willinir to Try. “For the first year of our married life, dear." said the young man who was poor, but had prospects, "we shall have to live principally on love.” "Well, people cun live on spoon victuals. can't they. George?” she said, snuggling closer to him.—Chicago Tribune. ThmiKht It Mlwht Be. Mrs. Newrocks—l’m determined that Cynthia's debut shall pass off with great eclat. Mr. Newrocks—What's eclut, Maria—expense?—l’uek. “If you lire in doubt,” says Talleyrand, “whether to write a letter or not, don't!" And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.—Bulwer. such a splendid vocabulary!" "Do you think so?” her hostess repill'd. "Josiah wanted to get her one of them escritoires, but I made up my mind right nt the start that a voenliu lary would look better In 11 room furnished like hers is even if It didn't cost quite as much."—Chicago Record-Her-ald. Knew What Hr Meant. “Thnt grocer of ours speaks the most fragmentary English of tiny one I ever heard,” said Mr. Precise. “You mean ‘broken English,’ my dear,” corrected Mrs. Precise. “You know he is a German.” “I mean fragmentary.” repented Mr. Precise. “The man stutters.”—Judge.