Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1904 — Page 8

Linn GroveiRobert Landfair of Celina Ohio is working for Sherman Higgins. Charles Rolm of Warren. Ind., spent Sunday with his parents here. William Myers, of Hartford City is employed with Geo. S hlagenhauff west of Linn Grove. C. L. Johnson is at Domestic this week in the interest of the Golden Rule Mining and Milling Co. of Salem, Oregon. Arther Schaupp in answer to phone message returned from college at Marion on Friday evening and is attending the bedside of his sick brother. The incessant wet weather is retarding the farmers i n putting out of their spring cr< <ps and the outlook is such that democratic hardtimes may consort our people under republican rule which should put to silence unmerited boasting of G. O. P. prosperty. Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Schaupp died at the home of his parents one mile south east of this place Sunday morning, April 24th at the age of 16 years 2 months and 10 days. Charles was a member of the Lien Grove Junior Band and will be berried in Lis new uniform which I'.e never had worn. Interment from the Evang lical church Wednesday morning, services conduced by Rev. Leo J. Ehrhardt of Greenville._Ohio assisted by Rev. Edward Greiner of this place. The members of the band will attend the obsequies in a body in full uniform and dispense funeral marches enroute to the cemetery. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the community in the loss of a dearly beloved son and brother and the Junior band and exemplary member.

Steele Mr. Frank Porter of Geneva visited with his parents over SundayMr. R. P. Davies and Mr. Cal Wells returned from Michigan last Friday. Mr. Chester Shin and son Alfred are visiting with Mr. Shin’s parents near Balbeck. Mr. Arden Andrews and family have moved on the David Foster farm in St. Mary’s township. Mr. Arthur Stove and family and Mr. Wm. Fraizer and family spent Sunday with Mr. Finley Bryan and family. Mr. Frank Myers, wife and daughter visited over Sunday with Mr. Node Murphy and family of Union township. The drillers, who are drilling the oil well on the Fisher farm are hav. ing had luck at present but they hope to complete the well soon. Mr. Julius Haugh the proprietor of the Blue Creek stone quarry has been having a number of men at work on the grade near the quarry and fixing the buildings preparing to open the quarry for the season. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Redding on Sunday occurred the marriage of their daughter Miss Orph to Mr. A. hur Bartling, the newly married couple will leave for Muncie in a few days where Mr. Bartling is attending college. Should the proposed Toledo and Indianapolis railroad be built on the route which was surveyed through here last week it would strike Salem fair and square, but it is just what we need and would be a great benefit to the people of this community, and would also be a very good paying route as the rich land around here is a great distance from any railroad. Real Estate Transfers Joel Hirschy John A. Wheeler pt sec. 9 Wabash tp. 15 acres S6OO. W. W. Collins to D. A. Twigg lots 43 and 44 Geneva SBOO. H. H. Laisure to Harriett Michand pt lot 20 Berne |I,OOO. Emanuel Newenschwnder to E. Lehman lot 371 Berne $350. Emil Pluess to F. G. Eichenberger lot 92 Bernet 3500. C. E. Stauffer too Adams Newenschawander Jot 351 Berne 1125. Julius Haugk to Isaac Brown pt. ec. 35 Post tp. $75. W. H. Miller to Philip Schiemer 80 acres of see 4 Union tp. 1488.89. J-'mb Bzenemans to Samuel Huntz pt. lot 7 Berne 15,000. S. N. Amspaugh to Gustave Reinking pt lot 430 Decatur $350. J. R. Christen to J. M. Rice et. al. pt. lot 72 Decatur *lllO. W. J. Sprunger to Nathan Sprunger lot 96 Berne $25.

DO NOT DOSE THE STOMACH Cute Catarrh by Nature's Owa Method.—Ben Breath of Hyomei Brings Relief. Nearly every one who has catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and cure it by drugging the stomach. Temporary relief may be given, but a cure seldom comes. Until recently your physician would have said the only way to cure catarrh would be to have a change of climate; but now with Hyomei you can carry a health giving climate in your vest pocket and iby breathing it a few minutes four times a dav soon cure yourself. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but 11.00 and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not cure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can ■ e obtained for 50 cents. It is the most economical of all remedies ad vertised for the cure of catarrh, and is the only one that follows nature in her method of treating diseases of the respiraory organs. The Holthouse Drug Company have sold great many Hyomei outfits and the more they sell, the more convinced thev are that they are perfectly safe in guranteeing to refund the money if Hyomei does not cure.

Public Sale. The undersigned will c fier for sale at his residence, seven miles nonh west of Decatur, near the Sheiman bno.ge. four and a half miles north of Preble, j beginningat 10 o’clock a m .on Thurs- ! dav. Mav 5, four head of horses, consisting of one matched team of sone:?, i one brood mare wit h)fcal, one yearling : colt: seventeen head of cattie. cons:sti ing of ten head of registered Shortkcni ! cows, with calf: seven head of Yearling (calves, four of which are registereo: three head of ewes, with lamb: 19 head full-blooded Berkshire hogs, consisting of one registered boar, four sows two with pigs and two will farrow soon: 14 head of shcats, weighing about 130 pounds each; two wagons 1 as good as new : grain drill ( good as newi: shovel plow 2 cultivators, breaking plow, check rower, disc harrow. double disc plow. 1 self-binder, shredder, corn binder, bob-sleds, corn sheller. wagon box. dump board, new mower, grindstones, hay tedder, hay loader, two top buggies, iron kettle, chickens, ducks. Newfoundland dog. hav in the mow, evru in the crib, oats in the bin, household and kitchen furniture and manv other articles. Terms of Sale. —On all sums of So and under, cash: over that amount, a credit of nine months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security. Edward Dirkson. Fred Reppert. Auctioneer. 91d4t A Good Piano Opportunity. Lyon & Healy. Chicago’s largest music house, has just bought out the western house for the Weber Piano and other celebrated instruments. Hundreds of beautiful pianos that crowded the big Weber salesrooms on Wabash avenue will now be sold by Lvon & Healy. Prices will be quoted that will make it possible for almost any family to secure a Weber or other high grade piano. All pianos are selected by experts. Plan js shipped anywhere. Write today for the Bargain Lis*. It contains new oian-:* as low as $125, and second Lazzi psaaoe as low as 8100 and every sxastroraeot is an exceptional bargain. ••• r.te today to Lyon & Healy. 2 Aiaczs Smec Chicago, 111. G. R. & I. Excursicns. Cincinnati, Ohio. $135 trip, account Mav Musical Feetrra.. Hay 11-14. Cleveland, Ohio. 86.25 round trip. May 19-25, account National Baptist Anniversary. Indianapolis, Ind.. 835* round trip. May 11-12, account Knights Templar of Indiana. LaFarette; Ind., 83.90 round trip. May 20-21, account Interscholastic Field Meet. Pittsburg. Pa, $8.75 round trip, May 16-28, account National Association of Manufacturers. Take theG. R. & I.—Pan Handle— Vandalia route for World's Fair at St. Louis. Mo. Just as cheap, just as quick and just as comfortable as any other route out of Decatur. Tickets on sale from now to November 30. For rates and information call on or address J. Bryson. Ticket Agent. Decatur. Ind ; or C. L. Lock wood. G. P. & T. A.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Albert Brittscn is advertising an auction sale of a large amount of personal property to take place at the Riverside Ltfg?ry barn on Saturday, April 30. Tbe sale will include eight head of horses, twenty five buggies and surrevs, some new and some second hand, eight sets harness, two Harrison wagons, farm machinery and various other arti cles. Nine months credit will bej given. 85d6wl

THE ISLE OF NOBLES. 1 Faison Historic Site, the Cradle of Saion Liberty. The isle of Aiaetaty. or the “isle of j noLh s. :■« the n.u.«- - —*. > one of tbe m- -t famous of r.c s.’.cs A tiioi c-.nd years it w.■< a' -w Met covered with wiliuws end aid* rs and surrounded l*y fens a::.i ov.-rdowtag marsi. aitegether ina* ssll-le except by UThere K — Aifr d - —t refuge with a swineherd, and there he lay concealed from tin invading for the space of a whole year. The resort of Lis chief ta ..s to this place caused it to be known as tbe "isle of nobles." wh* h n...y l«e regarded as the cradle and -*trongl;-id of Saxon liberty. After Alfred reg lined the p"" ■ ,n of Lis throne be erected a Benedictine abbey on this spot and "endowed it with ail the lands in the isle of Atbeb ney.” The monastery has entirely disappeared. but its site s marked by a stone pillar erected in ISI by the owner of Athelney. The pillar bears this inscription: "King Alfred the Greet in the year of our Lord 8"b. laving been defeated by the Danes, fled for refuge to the forest of Athelney. where he lay concealed from his enemies for the spell of a whole year. He soon after regained possession of his throne, and in grateful remembrance of the protection ; be had received under the favor of I heaven be erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all tbe lands ’ contained in tbe isle of Athelney. To i perpetuate me memory of so remarks- ' ble an inc.dent in the life of that illustrious prin-e this edifice was founded ' by John Si de. Es ~ of Maunseil. ths proprietor of Athelney. A. D. ISOL — London News. THE MAN WITH THE ADZ. Wonderful Accuracy of Hi* Aim nt the Baicber*» Block. Outside a buteh<r > - : twenty or thirty persons stood watching a nic.n at work ’tvfrh an adz. lie stood on a large ccikeo block. stiui. as meat is chopped on. which he bad taken from gs and placed on tbe curb, sitoward th- street. The suri.-e of the block had become scarred and rough en?d from use. With clean, accurate ; strokes of tbe adz tbe man s- «:>n made . it as smooth as a mahogany table. It was tbe wonderful accuracy of his aim that made pass, rsby stop to look at him. He paid uo attention to them. A single false blow would have ruined the bkrk. When the Job was done, the man helped th* butcher mount the block, collected $5 and went off to; keep another appointment. “It has taken me twenty-three years to learn to chop like that," be said to a reporter. "My charge is from $5 to $lO. according to tbe size of the block. A block requires evening off in that way every three or four years. I bare customers now that I bad when I first began business, twenty-five years ago. In all that time I bare spoiled only two blocks, and they were during the two years of my apprenticeship. Tbe butchers can get their chopping blocks put in condition by sending them to tbe sawmill. But it is more expensive, and they can’t spare them so long from tbe shops. There is enough work of this kind in New York to keep myself sod half a dozen others busy."—New York Press.

Korea* Su'i Hat*. Tbe quaintest feamre of tbe picturesque costumes of tbe Korean men is tbeir tats. They are mc-usetrap-hke SLi " «&HiZ "xal-c n”s made from tte Lair of ; the wearer’s aoesstors. This priceless p<«w>ssion is hande-i down from father to eldest son. who reaches tbe goal of his ambition at tbe moment when tbe family hat is placed upon h.s bead. Another gr-form of Korean headdress is the niocrt.tg hat that is worn in rural districts by tbe eldest son for three years after tbe death of either of his parents. This conical shaped affair of rushes or rice straw is as large as a bnsbel lasket and extends to tie sbomders. Tke Valae of Eierelie. The bra m that never calls upon itself for work must become dull and stupid, asd .t is the same way with the musrien of the body. They are filled with blood vessels that sLooid be up and &:.nz. The blood has several purposes, and one is to carry away the waste fields of the body. Tbe langs are a sort of refiwefy, and the blood is a dis-t-ing agent. If tbe blood becomes tiack and unhealthy and sluggish the body cues -y-t keep its yuuthful state. Eyes grow dull, lips lose their redness, aid the complexion is sallow and unlovely. It is an easy and simple matter to make exercise a habitWan Cwrea. Vinegar and cooking soda in solution are saM to make a capital cure for warts. If the wart is k?pt moist with it for ten minutes several times a day it will disappear in the course of a week or so in ordinary cases. Another cure is to touch frequently with acetic acid or nitric acid, but one must be careful not to irritate the surrounding skin by dropping either acid. way They Spoke. “We had known each other slightly,” Mid Miss Evvy Waite, “but never to speak to until one day while out skating I fell down quite near him, and”— “Ah. yes!” replied Miss Peppery. “That broke the ice. of course.”—Philadelphia Press. Ckooilne a Minister. Dean Everett used to say that parish committees had no mor? anility chewing a minister than a minister showed in buying a horse. —Boston Christian Register. The man who becomes his own doctor has a fool for a patient as truly as Abe man who acts as his own lawyer nas a fool for a client.

WHY WINE FIRST TO HOST. In America a Mere Formality, but 1» Italy a Kcal Necewity. The wine was opened dextrously by the water, who before serving tbe gti « .tired a few drops into the host’s glass. -Why •I d this water give you a LtI tie wine bes? re helping the rest of us. asked a uian of curious mind. "Oh.” said the host, "thats always done.” "I ku-w it’s always done. That does not answer my quest .on. though. Heie. waiter.” tbe man persisted, "you tell me why when you open a bottle of j wine you pour a few drops mto tbe I host's glass before serving the gu"sts.” The waiter smiled and answered: “It s a matter of form, sir: an old custom. a politeness. Its , -.gm lies .n tbe fact that after tbe removal of the cork there might be left in tbe neck of tbe bottle a little dust or a few specks of cork. The first drops poured out would fin that event contain tbe dust or the cork, and thus tbe guest were he served first might get this refuse; hence tbe host is given tbe first drops. "As a matter of fact, if you know bow to open wine you have no difficulty in keeping the bottle’s neck clean. The custom, therefore, is a formality in America. In Italy, though, it is a real necessity, for over th-re they pour a little oil in tbe necks of their bottles of native wine before corking on the ground that this makes tbe wine air tight. No d >ubt it does, but it also in some esses cives to th" first - tss from the bottle a decidedly oily flavor. Therefore tbe first glass the host gallantly takes."—Pb.lad- .phia Record.

HE WON THE AUDIENCE. The Way Fred Dooala«» Got the Beat of Captain Rynders. The inexhaustible sense of humor in Frederick Douglass kept him clear of any s>-n«e of gl*>m. as was never better seen than on tbe once famous occasion when the notorious Isaiah Rynders of New Y *rk. at the head of a mob. bad interrupted an antislavery meeting, captured the platform, placed himself in the chair and bidden the meeting proceed. Douglass was speaking and. nothing loath, made his speech only keener and keener for the interference. weaving around the would be chairman’s bead a wreath of delicate sarcasm which carried audience with it. while the duller wits of the burly despot could hardly follow him. Knowing only in a general way that he was being dissected. Renders at last exclaimed. "What you abolitionists want to do is to cut all our throats!” “Oh. no.” replied Douglass in his most dulcet tones; "we would only cut your hair.” And. bending over the shaggy and frowzy head of the Bowery tyrant, he gave a suggestive motion as of scissors to his thumb and forefinger with a professional politeness that instantly brought down the house, friend and foe. while Rynders quitted the chair in wrath and the meeting dissolved itself amid genera! laughter. It was a more cheerful conclusion perhaps than that stormier one—not unknown in reformatory conventions—with which Shakespeare so oOen ends his scenes. "Exeunt fighting." — Thomas Wentworth Higginsoa in Atlantic.

Which the Larger Income? Here is an interesting problem in mathematics: Two clerks are enraged, one at a salary which begins at the rate of SIOO a year, with a yearly rise oi and the other at a salary commencing at the same rate, but with a half yearly rise of $5. In each ease payments are made half yearly. Which of them has the larger income? Who is oct tempted to say tbe former: Yet the latter is the correct answer, for in the first year tbe first clerk receives SIOO. but the second clerk receives SSO and $55. which amounts to $lO5 in the year. Tbe first clerk in the s cd year gets, to be sure, $l2O. but No. " gets SOO for the first half year and s<ls for the second, or $125 in all. Gin In UDKland In the Old Day*. Before intoxicating liquor was made dear by taxes and its sale was regulated by licenses tbe use of it in England was astonishingly common. Not only were there in London 8.000 or 7.000 regular dramshops, but cheap gin was given by masters to their work people instead of wages sold by barbers and tobacconists, hawked about the streets on barrows by men and women, openly exposed for sale on every market stall, forced on tbe maidservants and other purchasers at the ehandler's shop, until. as one contemporary writer puts it, “one-haif of the town seems set up to furnish poison to the other half.” In the Nursery. “Mamma, why do landladies object to children?” Mother—l’m’sure I don’t know. But go and see what baby is crying about and tell Johnny to st<4> throwing things at people in the street and make George and Kate cease fighting and tell Dick if he doesn’t stop blowing that tin trumpet I'll take it away from him.—TitBits. Their Celebration*. Hicks—Going to celebrate your wooden wedding, are you? Wicks—Yes. Hicks—Weil. I guess I’ll celebrate my wouldn’t wedding. It was just five years ago that that girl from Chicago said she wouldn’t marry me.—Somerville (Mass.) Journal. Properly Diaarnosed. Lushman—l’m troubled with headaches m the morning. It may be on account of my eyes. Perhaps I need stronger glasses. Dr. Shrade—No; I think you merely need weaker glasses and fewer at uight.—Ex change.

HOW TO FOLD A LETTER. Ont" u S,unll I’erc. nliige of AppH’cants Know the '•»». • I you have lots of applications,’ i said the advertising manager to the 1 business Lou- man;, ter who bad a« vertised fur a typewriter and book••From al! over New England, said ihe business man. jamming his ixwkets full "But what some of the girls who answer are thinking of 1 can’t imagine. Hen- is one girl who will eoin" fifty miles to take a place at ?’ a week. "Can you tell much as to their qualifications by their letters?” -Can I? Well, rather. For instance, there is the wirting; there is the spelling of the words; there is the way tbe letter is put together; there is even the way tbe letter is folded. Ever think that letters are folded so as to save time nowadays?" "No.” said tbe advertising man. "It’s ell 1 can do to get the stamps to put on ’em. My stenographer folds ’em ali right. I guess. How should it be done."Easy enough, simple enough, but folded wrong often enough.” said the business man sententiously. "If your typewriter knows her business she takes tbe sheet and folds it up from the bottom toward the top. lea* ing the proper width for tbe envelope, then over from right to left and ,rom left to right—so. Then when your letter is opened it is right side up. See?" "I see." murmured the advertising man. * "And bow many applicants fold their letters that way?” "Oh. three or four out of a dozen, porlmps. Quit'? a c.>m:i. ‘iiiary ■ a business as sue is taught, eb?” remarked tbe business man as be strolled away.— Springfield Republican.

FRENCH POLITENESS. It II Widespread. Oppressive nnd lime Devouring;. During one summer which I spent among exclusively French people in a hotel at Saint-Germain I estimated that I 1 st quite twenty-four hours out of each w'■ k saying good morning and good evening to the men. women, little children and dogs about me. If you encounter the same i>erson twenty-five times in the same day, you must smile rapturously, pause, at least shake bands if you do not kiss, ceremoniously inquire how he or siie is "going" and ceremoniously bid him or her "au revoir” at parting. Not only every man and woman expects this, but all the little children toddle up to you. shake hands and exact the same amount of ceremony. Then every well regulated French family has a dog that more than likely occupies a chair and eats off a plate beside you at the table, so that it is considered churlish if you do not also stop and tell tbe dog "bon jour” and "au revoir” a dozen times a day. pausing to take the paw which he is prettily taught to extend to you. When the washerwoman brings borne your iiuen. there are at least five minutes spent in ceremoniously greeting and parting from her. In the operation of receiving and paying for linen you exchange “mercis” and “pardons” not fewer than ten times. Any other serving person or tradesman who comes to do business with you throughout the day you similarly receive with "bon jour, monsieur,” and “au revoir, monsieur,” ami you thank him and beg hi« pardon as often a< you can possibly get the words into the length of time he has to stay.—Harper’s Bazar. No Place For Icemen. "I bad letters to a prominent official in Porto Rico." said a New York manufacturer of artificial ice plants, “and 1 went down to that island, thinking I had a sure grip on a big thing. I made an appointment by letter and on a certain day and hour was ushered into his office, and we had no sooner shaken hands than he turned to tbe attendant and said; “ ‘Jose, bring the gentleman a fresh glass of lemonade and see that it is good and hot.’ "It was hot enough to melt a dog, and I felt rivers of perspiration running down my back, and when that boiling hot lemonade was brought in 1 knew that I was dished. So it turned out. I might have sold red peppers or horseradish, but as for ice—they didn’t want any in theiis.”

Animal* Enjoy Racing. Little pigs are great at combined play, which generally takes the form of races. Emulation seems to form part of tbeir amusement, for their races seem always to have the winning of first place for their object and are quite different from those combined rushes for food or causeless stampedes in which little pigs are wont to indulge. Racing is an amusement natural to some animals and. being soon taught by others, becomes one of tbeir most exciting pastimes.—London Tit-Bits. Why He Did Not Tarry. The importunate lover had just proposed. “Let your answer be a vowel with a consonant on either side of it” he gently begged her. The charming girl smiled. “Very well.” she said. “Git"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Distrust of Literature. “You are always more or less skeptical about what you see In print.” “Yes.” answered the man who has bis own ideas about things. “Truth may be at the bottom of a well, but it isn t an ink well.”—Washington Star. Be good to roar neighbors. They know ali about your family skeleton and can tell some entertaining stories auout IL—New Haven Union. We earn our life by labor, and then if we spen! as the gods design we «pend our life m love.-Henry Hat-

MARKET REPORT Accurate prices paid by ik’ merchants for various produc'- i rected every dav. • Lor. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROT, Grain MERCr.m New Corn yellow / . New Corn, mixed ’ 59 Machine shucked one cent less i Oats, new Wheat, No. 2& Wheat, No. 3»1 Barlev ~ Rye No. 2 ~ ~~ W Clover Seed , ® Flax SeedS Timothy ' . ™ j CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at l : is D today, according to J. D. g-p special wire service, as follows' 68 Wheat, May Wheat, July J. September wheat Corn, May ~ Corn July Corn, September Oats, May Oats, July gd Oats, September May Pork 12 1* July Pork Jo May Lard, per cwt -j July Lard g i Sept Lard 7 01 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3'()() -•’clock b’ J. D. Hale, Decat ur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash.| 100 May wheat July wheat,g-i September wheat; gp ; Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash. 52 ; Corn, July gn May Corn jq September corn jyi Oats. Cash 43’ May Oats 421 Oats, July 39’ Soptemlier oats 321 Rye, cash ;f OTHER PRODUCTS. by various gbocebs and mebchams. Eggs, freeh, per doz| 15 Lard 7 Butter, per poundls Potatoes, newl (Q Onions 75 Cabbage per 100 lb 1 =0 Apples, per bu 90 Sweet Potaioe, per bu 75 STOCK. BY FEED SCHEIMAN, DE LEE Lambs 4@ 5 00 Hogs, per cwt J 4 50@ 4 60 Cattle per lb 3 g 3| 4 Calves, per lb4j @ 5 Cows 2 4 Sheep, per lb Beef Hides, per lb 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. FLACE 00., FACKEBS. Chickens, young per lb. Fowls, per lb. Ducks, per 1b6t87 Young Ducks Young Turkeys, per lb. 12 Geese, old per 1b5(66 Geese, young, lbsig.6 HAY fIARKET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) SB.OO @ SIO.OO No 1 mixed hay (baled) t 16.00 @ SB.OO No. 1 clover hav (baled) |6.00@7 10 WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVEB A SON. Wool, unwashedl6to2o Sheep pelts2sc to 75 Beef hides, per poundo6 Calf hides Tallow, per poundol ' Muskratls io 20 OIL HARKET. Tion* lISO PennsylvaniaL® CorningUs New Castlel-52 North Limal-16 South Limalll Indiana 1 Whitehouse SomersetLlO Neodasha, (Kan.) L 25 BarkeravilleLo9 Ragland COAL—Per Ton Anthracitel ' Domestic, nut Domestic, lump, HockingA w Domestic lump, Indiana— § SO Pocahontas Smokeless, lump saj Railroad Notes. Chicago to St. Paul'Minnneapoiis four daily fast trainsjvia the Chicago & North-Western Ry. |3.55 for round trip to InJianapolis via Clover Leaf April 25 anO 26, account republican state convention. T. L. Miller, Ag'tOn the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and ronud trip excurson tickets to the west, northwest and southwest at very low rate? Further information, call np°° Erie agents or jyrite, C. L. Enos. P. A., Marion Ohio. The North Western Line Rv»^i a Japan Atlas. Send ten cents • stamps for Russo-Japanese Atlas issued by theCMHg; &’ ‘ ” Western Ry. Three fine color maps, each 14x20; bound in CIQ The venient form for reference. Eastern situation shewm in Mleta.iwith tables showing relative nd- 1 tary and naval strength and cial resources of Russia and Ja l A. H. Waeaener. 22 Fifth Avenue. Chicago, Ills.