Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1904 — Page 5

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r jlcOscar returned to Ft. Wayne ■ hi v evening. He was attending to Sessional business here. He also H rte d that Frank Durkins, upon ■ n he operated last week, is get in fine shape. ■ r . Hurry Winnes of Reedley, Bfornia, is in the city the guest ■ rs . Winnes and family. She ■ remain several weeks and Har- ■-;;; arrive next month fora visit ■. relatives and old friends. ■ man has discovered the reason engines are ealled “she. and his ■ merit is: They wear a jacket, an El:i, have shoes and draw a train ■nd them; they have a lap, need ride wheels and will not turn for pedestrians, sometimes foam ■ refuse to work, they attract men, contrary and it takes a man them. I In old deacon, a sanctified lookfellow who lived in a oounand occasionally visited city “on business,” was fonud the tiger” in a St. Leu - house with an energy of that was admirable, ■hut." exclaimed the young man found him, starting backward, is it possible you are here ?” l“0 yes,” calmly renliod the old ■L evil institution.” Sunday the opponents for ■ Rosenthal # will be the Ft. Wayne s and a good game may be forward too. This team highly recommended having ■haring won five straight games this ■sea-■ >n and are earnestly working ■to Carry away the Rosenthals scalps. I Th.- team has played here before in and defeated the boys here Railing was in the box thus they have a good aggregaItio The Rosenthals however will allow the game to go by protest By 11 het contest will be in order. lost their first ga me last at Van Buren by a score of ■to 6. Os course as usual when Beated they have some excuse to ■er, and this time they endeavor I charge the loss to a fight that I stirred in the fifth inning. BluffI I is certainly a hard looser and Brays fail to give any city credit B having the best of them. If By desire a good leafing in a ball Bne and wish to be afforded fair Batment let them come to Decatur, * are always open for engageBnts, and they can also bring Mac Bbaugh along. ■A number of the citizens have not y«’; provided numbers for their I hcises and we have been requested jto say that unless they do so at they cannot receive the accomof free mail delivery. It ISapaitof the governmental requirements that the house of every I pe. iron be numbered and this must ■sitively be done or the carrier ■n not deliver at your house, from this being required by Sam it is a matter of great ■nvenience to the carriers who working hard to perfect this ■stem in away that will be per■Hly satisfactory to every one ■ncerned. The job of carrying is by no means the softest ■ a p on earth and a little courtesy ■°m patrons will be greatly apP- sciated by the boys. It is the ■esire of post office officials to sethis neccessary numbering ■ houses wthout shutting anybody but unless the numbers are put a 1 soon they will have to cut you ■*L You can ascertain your numand buy same of any agent as ■trehased them at various places jF A put them up yourself. Attend ■it at once if you want your ■ail delivered.

If the fears of his physicians are realized, Oscar Saeger, who shot Mrs. Marie Roach, the Geneva girl, two weeks ago .in Cincinnati and then sent a bullet into his own brain will escape human justice. W'ihin the last 48 hours his temperature has been going up rapidly, and Monday, suspecting that the leaden missile which he fired into his right temple had injured his brain, the City Hospital .physicians made a trephine. Then only was it apparent that the bullet hud created greater havoc than was at first supposed. Instead of merely passing between the frontal lobe and the brain it was found that the left lobe had been touched and the pains ascribed to an abscess in the frontal sinus were readily due to this injury. The next few days will decide whether Saeger will live and even then it is questionable whether the injury will not unbalance his mind. A rather sensational case will be called nr circuitcourt tomorrow when the domestic troubles of Sarah and Alfred A. Ayers will again be aired. The parties were granted a divorce about a year ago, Mrs. Ayers being given the custody of the children and the alimony being settled between the parties, amounting to about |5,000. Mrs. Ayers has moved to this city while Mr. Ayers resides in Blue Creek township. Recently Mr. Ayers had the case redocketed and asked the court to give him the custody of two of the children , girls, who it is alleged refuse to live with their mother claiming that she beats and mistreats them. Recently they ran away from their mothers house and went to their father with whom they now live. Mrs. Ayers lives in the James Niblick property her,e she will fight the case. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ayers are well known over the county, Mr. Ayers having served for several years as justice of the peace for his town ship.

Judge Smith of Portland, who will try the case of Charles Dunn, accused of murder, was in court and heard the motion of Prosecuting Attorney Dawson for continuance. Mr. Dawson stated that continuance was wanted because one of the state’s witnesses, Dr. Greenell, of Huntertown, is ill and probably will not be able to attend court and that another important witness, a woman, is in a delicate condition and will be prevented from appearing. Attorneys Colerick and Morris, on behalf of Dunn, opposed the continuance but said they would concur in the petition of the state if Mr. Dawson would file affidavits ginetst forth what he intended to prove by the absent witnesses. After considering the matter Mr. Dawson decided that he would not care to do this, and he then assented to the trial next Monday. The judge then instructed the proper officials to draw a special venire of 100 names from which to impanel jury, the panel to report on Monday morning. Dunn was in court, looking well and healthy. He has again allowed his white beard to grow and looks much the’ same as he did when he was arrested nearly three years ago.—Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Governor Durbin came near being the victim of n crazy or drunken man at Chicago Monday, where he was addressing the African M. E. Conference The man claimed that Gov Durbin had disputed The word of Father Abraham and suddenly started toward the governor, shaking his finger at him and exclaiming “Any man who dares to dispute the word of Father Abraham the father of the nation, I will kill him.“ Before he could reach the rostrum he was seized by several of the ushers and rushed through a side door into the street. After being pushed through the door the man ran off and disappeared. The usher threw him out so quickly that it was not learned whether or not the man was armed- He was white and apparently about forty years old. The ushers said, they were unable to tell whether the man was demented or had teen drinking. As stated in Mondays paper Governor Durbin 'was in Decatur about fifteen minutes transform" from the Erie to the G. R. & I- going t 0 Fort Wa vne and from there to Chicago. With the governor were Secretary of State Storms, Tax Commissioners Martin and Wingate, Deputy Auditor of State Billheimer and the official stenograher of the tax board. State Senator- Ogburn, of New Castle.

Ernest Carr, well known to our readers, has been promoted from jan office position with Davis Coal & Coke Co., of Chicago to a respon--1I sible job on the road. He makes the states of lowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He has prospered very well since ho obtained employment ‘ with this firm. For some months previous to his present raise he was i salesman for his company in a seo- ; i tion embracing a third of the city .of Chicago. He is employed at a high salary and is singulary successful.—Ossian News. Agent T. S. Miller of the Clover Leaf has received his official notice '| of the new schedule for passenger '! trains which • goes into effect on that road next Sunday. There is a very radical change in the two ’ morning west bound trains, the one ! due here now at 11:25 will after ' Sunday go at 6:43 in the morning ■ and number three which leaves now at 5:25 a. m. will go at 10:10. The Commercial Traveler will go west , about a half hour earlier than now. [ There is only a slight change in the east bound trains. The new time card will be as follows. Going East. . Present time New Card No. 2—11:50 a m. 11:42 a. m. , No 4—6:43 p. m 6:43 p. in. No 6—5:25 a. m. 6:05 a. m. Going West. No. 1—11:25 a. m. 6:43 a.m. No. 3—5:25 a.m. 10:10 a. m. No. 5—9:19 p. m. 8:50 p. m. The Commercial Traveler will be made local trains between Delphos . and Toledo so they will do little to help the road’s world's fair business. Trains one and two run only bet ween Frankfort and Delphos. i Tne B}rne News said, the coms mencement exercises of the gadu- > ates of the Berne high school, which . were held Friday night at the German Reformed church were a decided success. The church was beau- ; tifully decorated with flowers, which were placed in front of the rostrum. The class colors were hung across 3 the front part of the church. Long before the time set for the program t to commence, people began to gather at the church and by eight o’clcok the seats were pretty well taken up. A number of the advanced pupils ' occupied the first three rows of f seats and they opened the evenings’ , program by singing a few songs. 1 The orchestra, under the leadership of Dr. Reuben Sprunger, played the A “Standard” march and the graduates came marching in with the school board in the lead and the Rev. D. B. Koenig and Prof. B. A. I Winans bringing up the rear and took possession of the seats on the g rostrum. Then Rev. Koenig pro- , nounced the invocation, which was ■ followed by a waltz, entitled “Minnie,” by the orchestra. The t graduate and their themes were Adolph Lehman, “Party Politics e in Indiana during the Civil War. Albert Soldner, “Reconstruction of the South;” Asa Sprunger, “Albert , J. Beveridge;,’ O. O. Sprunge “Booker T. Washington” Song by Mrs. E. D. Engeler with piano ao g companment by Miss Mary Leh- „ man.

BEDFORD, Ind., May 17—A jury was secured today for the trial of James McDonald, charged with the murder of Sarah Schafer the school teacher. The jnry is composed of eleven farmers and one Mitchell business man. Immediately after the acceptance of the jury the twelve men were taken to the scene of the murder. Prosecuting Attorney Miller of Bloomington, opened the case. The state will endeavor to establish that the murder was committed for wanton purposes and was not committed at the mouth of the alley but in a shed. Pieces of underclothing found near the body will be introduced in evidence. The witnesses examined today were Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Nicholson at whose home Miss Schafer roomed until Christmas ; Clinton S. Norton, member, and Superintendent Alexander, of the school board; Miss Lillian Stout, teacher, and Miss Arda Knox., principal of the high school and Win. Owen, an electrician, who testified to the murder; Mrs. Mury Cook, Euphemis Cook and Sutler Harrison"! Prosecutor Miller said tonight that the state would probably conclude its case by Thursday. Miss Eva Love a room mate of Miss Schafer, will be called as a fitness tomorrow. John Schafer, father of the murdered girl, in company with his two brothers C. M. Schafer, of Elkhart, and Jacob R. Schafer, of Decatur; went over to the scene of the murder and later held a conference with Prosecutor Miller-

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“AS BOLD AS A LION.” Rather Say Bold ns n Partridge It You Would Be Exact. The only explanation of the adage, “As bold as a lion,” is that the lion’s magnificent, muscular body, his noble head, great mane, the fact that he is a wild beast and—still more probably—his deep throated roar that sounds so extraordinarily bold have made him feared for generations. But the lion belongs to the family of cats and is not bold. To those who know best he is not brftve even in the hour of danger. The lioness, who is smaller, less terrible to look upon and is withoirt a mane, is brave in defense of her young, but she, too, is not bold. She is merely bolder than the lion. In comparison with any animal that can'face danger and fight “fair” the lion is a coward. To prove it let us see for a moment how it is that the lion chooses to hunt his prey. The lion does not hunt., In the reeds and grasses near some pool in the jungle he lies hidden where he knows that other animals will go to drink. Catlike. he leaps upon his victim, striking it with his powerful paws. Then his great jaws break the neck of the unfortunate creature he has taken by surprise. and the lion boldly carries off the carcass to devour it where be will. The folk who live on the outskirts of jungles in the lion’s country sometimes lose their sheep and goats when a hungry lion can muster courage to go near a human habitation in his search for food. He goes at night and stealthily. Who knows but that his heart goes pit-a-pat and his big limbs tremble at every sudden noise? The natives of India and of Africa know, however, that they can frighten away a thieving lion by fire and torches. If cornered and forced to fight he will do battle savagely, but he doesn’t seek an open fight, and any traveler will tell you that as a rule the "king of beasts” bolts on sighting a man. To be as bold as a partridge —as brave, unselfish, daring, heroic, as a partridge—is something one might be proud to boast. No lion defends its young with the courage of a partridge. The lioness at bay will turn in defense of her cubs, will fight the enemy, will spring at him furiously: the partridge will leave its little ones quite unprotected in the nest, or wherever they may be in hiding, and will offer herself to spare them. It is not the unthinking heroism of excitement. The bird knows what she is doing and the danger. She schemes to attract attention to herself, but she manages to lead the dogs on. and she escapes. We at least have never heard anything in the life history of the partridge so sail qs that the mother bird has been taken at that supreme moment. Luder the very nose of the dogs she will flutter and limp, with drooping wing, to deceive them into the belief that she is lamed and cannot fly.—New York Mail. _

The King: and the Prencher. Dr. South on one occasion after preaching before Charles 11., who, by the way, did not eare any more than the humblest dissenter to listen to a read sermon, was twitted by the king of having read from a manuscript. “How is it, Dr. South," said bis majesty, “that you, who are so famous for preaching without book, should read your sermon when you preach before me?” "May I answer your majesty with another question?” replied the witty doctor. “How is it that your majesty always reads your speeches to your faithful commons?” “Odsfl.sh. doctor,” said Charles, “because I have asked them for money so often that by this time I am ashamed to look them in the face.” Dr. South, it must be admitted, had fairly laid himself open to the retort. He Kept His Seat. The nearsighted man, comfortablj ensconced in the corner of the car, looked up at the woman who was holding a large bundle in one hand while she clung to the strap with the other. “Madam,” said he, a wave of sudden generosity sweeping over him, “I make it a rule never to give my seat up to any woman, but I will be glad to help you. Let me hold your bundle for you.” “Oh, thank you, sir,” replied the fair passenger; “I hope you know how.” Whereupon she deposited a gurgling six-month-old infant in his lap. to the undisguised joy of the rest of the strap holders.—Cincinnati Times-Star. Monopolies In Old Enfflnnd. Monopolies were quite common in England long before the days of the Stuarts, while it was under a Stuart. James 1., that an act was passed declaring void all monopolies for the sole buying, selling and making of goods excepting patents for fourteen years for any new process or new manufacture. This indeed was the first step toward free trade. The Tudors were really the groat creators of monopolies, and Elizabeth was the greatest developer of them.—All the Year Round. Plain Enough. “What was the trouble?” “He couldn’t swim.” “What has that to do with his failure?” “He got into a company where the stock was all water.”—Automobile. The Paternal Idea. Miss Roxley—l lost my heart last night, pa. I accepted Mr. goorman Mr. Roxley—Huh! You didn’t lose your heart. Yon must have lost your head. —Philadelphia I.edger. Spnre Others. “Yon talk an awful lot about your self. Catherine.” “Well, it keeps me from talking about other people.”—Detroit Free Press.

WHY WE TREMBLE. The Nerve Actions Superinduced by Cold. Fear and Anter. Cold, by stimulating the sensory nerve endings in the skin, produces a corresponding irritation in the brain motor centers and by contracting the blood vessels in the skin produces a temporary excess of blood in the brain. This interferes with the steady flow of nerve force to the muscles, so that the spasmodic action of these nerve currents produces the trembling due to cold. Os trembling from fear or anger Darwin gives this explanation: "Men during long generations have endeavored to escape from their enemies by flight or violent struggling. These cause breathlessness and trembling of the muscles. Whenever fear is felt the same results tend to appear through the force of inheritance and association. Just as furious rage leads persons to make violent attacks on the object of their resentment, so in milder cases, though no such attack may be made, the beginning of violent exertion — namely, trembling of the muscles — tends to show itself. But the chief cause of trembling from fear or anger is, according to the same authority, the interruption or disturbance of the transmission of nerve force from the cerebro spinal system, due to mental agitation. Why or how these emotions affect the cerebro spinal system through the mind in this way is not known.” The First Ise of Napkins. A French writer who evidently was conservative and did not welcome the napkin kindly records with scorn: •■’i'lie napkin is placed under the chin and fastened in the back, as if one were going to be shaved. A person told me that he wore his that way that he might not soil his beautiful frills.” It was a difficult matter to tie the two corners in the back, and it is said that thence originated our expression for straitened circumstances, "hard to make both ends meet.” This custom led to the habit of the table waiters of carrying a napkin on the left arm. Barbnron.H Treatment of Ibo Women. The Ibos have a barbarous custom of destroying twins. A woman who gives birth to twins is regarded as something accursed; and the children are taken from her and thrown into the bush to perish, while she is proclaimed an outcast and driven from the village. To 1 ■ Ibo woman is to offer her the greatest at stitious. They worship idols of wood, mud and iron, which are regarded as protec tors t > be g: ■ ... '"s pei’fo -. ami slavery e.t&ts among all the tribes.