Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1904 — Page 8

• Country Correspondence. Magley. Frank Anan went to Fort M ayne on business last Mou.lar. William Biueke. of Huntington, was visiting relatives here last Sunday. Miss Dulday Fruehte has returned home from Decatur to remain during the summer. Quite a number of our young folks gathered at the home of Henrv Bone last Monday evening and enjoyed themselves. A number of old and young folks gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bloemker and Jim Beckton entertained them with some fine music with his gramaphone. Steele Mrs. Lee Mattax who has been sick for some time is again able to be out. Mr. and Mrs. Welshhammer were visiting with her sister Mrs. J. W. Merriman last week. Blueereek Stone quarry has opened up, aud now only need good roads to haul, to run full blast. Salem Sabbath School expects to observe Children's Day on June 12. A good time is expected. The funeral of Mrs. Hiram X anette was conducted at the Salem church last Thursday. The deceased had i beep afflicted a long time and received , the sympathv of all who knew her. I Route One. Joseph Steigmeyer raised a large "barn Friday. To do this he called on his neighbors and all resyondel. The barn was raised till noon and then the men were invited to partake of a sumptous dinner which had been prepared by the women. The barn is 36 xJ64 and is to be fixed ■with all modern conveniences. Mr. Steigmeyer is one of the prosperous farmers of Root township. Chas. Schroeder and Miss Lillian Droege two well known young people of this vicinity were united in marriage at St. Johns Lutheran church, Thursday : afternoon by Rev. Huge. After the marriage ceremony the bride and groom accompanied by several guests drove to the home of the bride s parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Droege where a supper was served. In the evening the young people enjoyed themselves dancing till the early hours of morning. We wish Mr and Mrs. Schroeder a happy life. Berne. Abe Boegle is at Fort Wayne on Business. Rudolph Schug attended to business at Decatur Monday. Dr. Franz and wife were callers at the county seat Monday. "Berne is going to have electric lights. Next will be water works. A. Hocker went to Martinville. Tuesday, to take treatment for rheumatism. T. G. Hopkins, of Winchester, formerly of this place, is seriously ill with lung trouble. More building is going on in Berne now than ever before at one time in the history of Berne. C. G. Egly is able to attend to business again, after being confined to the house for a few days. C. L. Johnson. Salem, Gvegon. who has been in our midst for several weeks, started for the west last Friday. Mr. Johnson will stop off at Munc’e for a few days and then he will take in the exposition at St. Louis, probably a week, before he resumes 'his journey homeward. Noah Wulliman. who has been sick since in the early winter, was taken to Martinville. Monday, to take baths as ■a treatment for rheumatism. We hope and believe that the treatment will do him good. As in the case of our fellowtownsman, C. W. Wright, who was in a more serious condition v>ben he left for the Springs, and returned home last week a well man. Unn Grove. Attend the band concert Friday ■evening. Masons are at work on the cellar of Albert Lindseys. (A&roi W CORN SYRUP a The Great Spread Daily

Nona M. Hoffman has gone to Marion to attend college. Edwin Heller is having his dwelling and business house repainted. Harry Meyers, of Hartford City. Sundayed with his brother, Williatn, of this place., Our two brass bands gave a united parade on our streets on the Sabbath, discoursing some of the favorite selections enroute. John Weger has sold his saloon and restaurant business, including real estate and household furniture, to Raber A Gerber, of Beine. 53,509 prompted the deal. We notice an error in the report of macadamized roads of Adams county. Hartfo-d township is reported as having two miles, while five miles of stone ' road are within her borders. Miss Katie Meshberger entertained about thirty-five of her friends at dinner and supper Friday in honor of Nona May Hoffman. The Linn Grove band was present and played some of their melodies, and a picture taken of the entire crowd. All report having a good time and Katharine a splendid entertainer. On Monday'while Andrew J. French. accompanied by his sister. Malissa, were driving to their brother. J. D. French, their team of Broncos took fright from a byeicle and became unmanagable. the later was thrown from the wagon and suffers a broken bone ■ and sprained shoulder. Andrew staved with the team and reduced them to the natural gate. The ladies of the Soraces club met at the home of Miss Bessie Baumgartner Wednesday evening and gave a farewell party in honor of Miss Nona Hoffman. Music and a general good time was the pragram: also, an old fashioned taff v pulling in which everybody participated. Those present were Misses Ethel and Stella Liddy.

Katie Meehberger. Chloe Studabaker. Bessie Baumgartner and Nona Hoffman. On Thursday evening Miss Hoffman entertained the same crowd aud a thres course supper was served. Wtrre She Bad Felt. “See here!” exclaimed Mr. Clnbb upon discovering next morning that all his “change" was gone, “During yonr talk to me when I cane in late last night I believe you remarked among other things that "woman feels where man thinks.’ ” “I did," replied his wife. "Yon have no feeling, and’’— “Well, I merely want to say you're mistaken if you suppose I do my thinking in my pockets."—Catholic Standard and Times. The Tablew Twraed. A story is told of a high Indian officer who was in the habit of soundly thrashing Lus servants when they displeased him. One day he ordered bls kfiansamah to go to a summer bouse in the compound and wait for him there, presently turning up with a heavy : horsewhip. He then addressed the offender: "Now. you scoundrel. I’ve got you tn a place where no one can hear, and I’ll : just thrash you within an inch of your lifer The servant though a man of powerful physique, squirmed, "Safa, you sure no one can bear?" “Yes, you scoundrel; I’ve brought you here on purpose 7 “Then. sah. I think I thrash you 7’ And he did it so thoroughly that his master was not visible for a week. The Humorous Suabiaaw. “Next to the Americans.” said Max Nordau. "I think that the Suabians are the most humorous people in the world. A Suabian if he has nothing funny to say keeps s ent Stupidity is unknown among this race. "One night in Suabia in my early youth I called on a Suabian maiden. She was very pretty. Perhaps I stayed longer than I should. Suddenly, at any rate, the young girl’s mother called in a loud voice from upstairs: " ’Gretchen! Gretchen? “ ‘Yes, mother.’ Gretchen answered. “ ‘Gretchen, it is very cold here. Will you ask that young man to shut the front door from the outside? ” An Unsriawh Huwband. Conjurer (pointing to his cabinet*— Ladies and gentlemen. I now call your attention to the great illusion of the evening. I will ask any lady in the audience to step on the stage and enter the cabinet. I will then close the door. When I open it again, the lady will have disappeared, leaving no trace. Husband (to his wife.—Matilda, my love, do oblige the gentleman and walk up.—London Telegraph. Alwaya Had It. “Has your husband a birthmark or anything of that kind by which be may be identified?” asked the detective. The deserted wife reflected a moment. “Yes., sir.” she said. “He has a sort ' of hangdog look on his face, and it was born with him. I guess,”—Chicago Tribune. Ready For Jfc F: ’ — - w u demonstrated beyond question that this continent is sinking. Miss De Style— Oh. well, we’re got a yacht.-New York Weekly. x

HEREDITARY RANK.’ Precedence In Knflrlntid as Struct! an Allierienu Girl. 1 knew a young Anierh; n girl who, ■ goirig to England under the care of an I ambassador's family and attending hi r first large dinner party add looking I about her. selected as the guest in the room who most interested her one man i of distinguished aspect, whom she resolved to wateh. When the guests ■ were ushered into the dining hall ncI cording to the laws of precedence she 1 found herself at the very end of the brilliant procession as one of two untitled plebeians in the room, assigned ' to the escort of the very man who had interested her and who turned out to I be Samuel Rogers, the poet and patron j of art and the recognized head of literary society in England. She always i said that she secured two things at i that entertainment—namely, the most delightful companion that she ever had at a dinner party and. moreover, a | lesson in the outcome of mere heredI itary rank that would last a lifetime. Regers’ poems are not now read so ; much as formerly, but at that time the ‘ highest literary honor a man could ■ have was to dine with Rogers. He was ! also one of the richest bankers in London aud was very possibly the only , person in the room who bad won for i himself a reputation outside of Lis own little island, but he was next to ■ nobody in that company, and the little American girl was the nobody.—Thomas Wentworth Higgi: - . in Atlantic. SEED IS NATURE S GEM. It Is the One Priceless Jewel In Her Treasure House. In nature s great treasure house the seed is the one priceless gem. Compared to it the great deposits of coal, the mines of silver and gold and of diamonds and precious stones are as ■ nothing. Man counts his wealth in } dollars and cents, in mining and rail- | road shares and in houses and lands, while his primal necessities are limited ' to food and clothing. Without these , all other tokens of affluence are void. These indeed are the sources of true wealth, and the grass of the field supplies them all directly or indirectly.

The cereal grains—wheat, rye. oats, barley, rice and Indian corn—which | are the seeds of true grasses, are convertible directly into food. The succulent leaves and culm of the wild grasses furnish sustenance to millions of cattle, sheep and goats and are transformed by them into flesh, milk, wool and hides, thus indirectly providing meat and clothing. They also protect the soil from flood and drought aud landslide. Sending their fibrous roots down among the shifting sands of the seashore, they bind the unstable particles into a mass so dense as to check the erosion of the waves. Thus grass, the synonym of frailty, is able to raise its tiny green scepter against the destructive power of the elements.—Outing. A Neat Retort. Dean Farrar soon after he went to i St Margaret’s. Westminster, was dining at Professor Jowett’s and toward dessert took up the parable against Dives. His voice rose higher and higher, he spread silence around him. and be was heard thundering out: “What I complain of as a clergyman is that I have to do what no layman has to do. I have to beg and beg in vain. Fashionable ladies come to my church glittering with precious gems and yet they will not sacrifice one dia- ' mond from their grand tiaras in order ( to save some erring sister from destruction." When be finished the silence grew sultry. All the hearers looked gloomily at their plates. Then Jowett. who had been looking as though he meant mischief, squeaked out. "What I object to as a clergyman is that I have to exaggerate sol’’—St James Gazette. Death Scene. In Poetry. Poets are. if possible, worse offenders in the matter of their death scenes than are novelists. A man pulls a two dram vial of some poison from his breast, swallows the contents, proceeds to make a 200 line speech without a pang or a gasp, staggers gracefully backward to a conveniently placed ; seat drops upon it clasps the region of the heart with both bands and dies after a little convulsive movement of the legs. Heart disease, too. carries off heroines in a fashion quite unknown to doctors, and. although it is of the variety known as “broken heart.” has characteristics which must not be generally associated with fracture of so important an organ.—British Medical Journal. Hl. First Shad. Abner Stone had lived “Inland" all i his days and knew all there was to be known about pork and beef as articles of food. His acquaintance with the products of the sea. on the other hand, was very slight Once, however, when at the seashore he was Introduced to shad and asked how he liked it “Well,” said the old farmer, with a brave attempt at a smile. “I caJc'late I shell when I get kinder wonted to it, mebbe. but it does seem, jest at fust, ye know, consid'able like trytn' to eat a paper o’ buttered pins!" Rarely Fxperleaeed. “We want s man for our informat•» bureau." said the manager, "but he must be cze who can answer ali sorts of questions and not lose his head.” “That’s me." replied the applicant. “I’m the father of eight children."— Philadelphia Ledger. The three things most difficult are to keep a secret, to forget an Injury and to make good use of leisure. One loses all the time which be might : employ to lierter purpose.—Rousseau.

| MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products, Got reeled everv day. GRAIN, BT E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow 6* . New Corn, mixed •• • b - i Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new ’’’ ’ i Wheat, No. 2 - : Wheat. No. i; ■ Barlev **' I . Rye No. 2 Flax Seed Timothy * CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. tn soday. according to J. D. Hale’s special wire service, as follows: Wheat. May 35 Wheat, July September wheat \'.l Corn, Mav 47 j Corn July 471 : Corn. September 474 i Oats, May 40 Oats, July 38 : Oats, September 301 May Pork 11 05 July Pork • 11 15 ■ Sept. Pork 11 37 \ Mav Lard, per cwt 6 30 July Lard 6 37 Sept Lard 6 55 TOLEJO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:OC o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash JI OS May wheat 1 OS July wheat, 89| September wheat;. — - Sa Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cash— 53 Corn. July 53 May Corn 50. j . September corn 4 -L Oats. Cash 43f May Oats 431 Oats, July 39| September oats 311 Rye. cash <5 OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VARIOUS GROCERS and merchants, I Eggs, fresh, per doz I 16 Lardv ‘ Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, new 1 10 Onions 75 Cabbage per 100 lb 1 50 Apples, per bu Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 STOCK. * BT PBED SCHEIMAN, DE LEB Lam ba 4tg 5 00 Hoga. per ewi f 4 OOsg 4 15 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3| 4 Calves, per lb 3| @ 4 Cows 2 @ 2j Sheep, per lb Q Beef Hides, per lb 6 Fish 8 @ 13 POULTRY. BT J. W. PLACE 00., PACKEBS. Chickens, young per lb 6i@7 Fowls, per lb 6<g6j Ducks, per lb Young Ducks Young Turkeys, per lb. 12 Geese, old per lb 5@6 Geese, young, lb s<g6 HAY TARKET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover bay (baled) WOOL AND HIDES. BT B. KALVEB k SON. Wool, unwashed 17i022 Sheep pelts 25c to 1 (0 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 08 Tallow, per pound 034 O4L .TARKET. Tiona JI.BO Pennsylvania 1.65 Corning 1.45 New Castle 1.521 North Lima 1.16 South Lima 1.11 Indiana 11l Whitehouse 1.30 Somerset 1.10 Neodasha. (Kan.) 1.25 Barkers villa 1.09 Ragland .66 COAL—Per Ton Anthracite $ 7 50 Domestic, nut 4 0C Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 80 Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 55q Railroad Notes. Chicago to St. Paul Minnneapolls four daily fast trainsjvia the Chicago & North-Western Ry. On 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 rates. Further information, call upon Erie agents or write, C. a L. Enos, T P. A., Marion Ohio. Through Pullman sleeping cars to California points via Iron Mountain route, leaving St. Louis 8:30 a. m. daily for Loe Angelee via “True Southern Route,” also tourist sleeping cars on this same train for Los Angelee and San Francisco every Wed needav and Thursday. Beet winter route to California. For further in- j on or address G. A. A Deane. Jr.. T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Bld Indianapolis, Ind. J Special excursion to St. Louis via

| the Clover Leaf Route, account es dedication of the Indiana building at World’s Fair Friday, June 3, 1904. Special ronnd trip tickets good returning seven days from date of sale at Decatm-. Ind., tor I |7.30 for all trains Thursday, June i-> 1904. Get full information of ' agents. Clover Leaf Route, or a<lI dress Geo. A. Ross, General Truffle Manager, Toledo, Ohio. A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper, 42x64 inches mounted on rollers; edged bound in clcth, showing our new island po: sessions. The Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, ( hina, Munchuria, Koorea and the Far East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern, P. T. , M., Chicago & North Western R y, Chicago, 111. Summer outings in Wisconsin ! Over a hundred summer resorts 10l l cited on the Wisconsin Central Ry. between Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ashland, offers to the : summer tourists all attractions in the way of rest, comfort and recreation. The hotels are modern and splendidly equipped for the business. Waukesha. Waupaca, Fifield i and a score of other resorts are fa- . mous. Beautifully illustrated booki lets desejipjive of this region will bi' mailed upon application to Jas. C. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt. Wis. Cent. Ry., Milwaukee. Wis. Homeseekers' excursions via Southern railroad in connection with the Queen A Cresent route to certain i points in Alabama. Georgia. Florida, I North and South Carolina, Kentucky, i Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia ■ lon the first and third Tuesdays in i | each month —May to November, 1904 I inclusive, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus S 2. Tickets are good going 15 days, and for stop-overs south of the Ohio River with final limit for return of 21 days from date of sale. On the same dates one way settlers' tickets will be sold to points in'the same territory at onehalf first-class rates, plus S 2 from Ohio River gateways. For rates, schedules and full information, call on vour nearest ticket agent, or write J. S. McCullough, N. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn street. Chicago, Ilf. For

Buckskin Bill's CONSOLIDATED WILD WEST Grand Military Tournament and Rough Riders of the World Purely Educational, Genuiely Historical. Delightfully Amusing, A Grand Inspiring Exhibition. Consisting of Cow-Boys, Indians, Mexicans. Arabs Cossacks, United States, English. German and French Cavalrymen Roosevelt's Rough Riders and Battery of Light Artillery and Streator Zouaves Requiring 1,000 MEN AND HORSES Among the many features of this Mammouth Exhibition will be feats of Marksmanship by Male and Female Crack Shots of the Vtorld, in Plain and Fancy Shooting. Wild Bronchos, herd of Buffalo and Texas Steers This enormous outfit is transported in its own Special Railroad Trains of 34 double length cars, complete in every particular, carrying all the Paraphernalia required for the largest Arena ever erected, seating 20.000 people, protecting the audience from sun or rain and being delightfully cool and so arranged as to be erected near the city in an easy accessible location. On day of arrival there will be given FREE STREET PARADE AT 10 A. M. By Cavalrymen. Artillerymen, Cowboys, Indians and Wild Horses: Buffal°> long horned Texas Cattle, Overland Mail Coach, Fraire Schooner. W agons and other relics of the west used in days gone by, all 01 which will be enlivened by Five Bands of Music, led by Col. V. F. Cody’s Famous Cowboy Band Two Exhibitions Daily, Rain or Shine. Afternoon at 2, Night at 3. Doors open I hour earlier WILL EXHIBIT AT Decatur, Tuesday May 31, ’O4

information about farm ness locations, etc. write T. B -ppi' ston. agent land and industrial? partment, 225 Dearborn St..Chicag G. R. & I. Excursions Cincinnati, Ohio, 84.35 round . ■ account May Musical Festival u P ’ 11 -14. val ’ J lay Cleveland, Ohio, 86.25 round t • S *""siß Field Meet. Vlasta Pittsburg, Pa., 88.75 round tk May 16-28, account National aIsJ tion of Manufacturers. a Take the G. R & 1.-P au Randle \ andalia route for World's Fair at Si Louis. Mo. J ust as cheap, just as quU and just as comfortable as anyotU route out of Decatur. Tickets on saU from now to November 30. For rates and information call on or address 1 Bryson, Ticket Agent, Decatur Ind ’ or C. L. Lock wood, G. P. t T Grand Rapids, Mich.

— * ...Legal AMslDg... : DOARDOF REVIEW. Notice is her by given that th<- boanUf Review of Adams county. Stat.- u indu * will meet at the Commissioner- r,, urt . *"* the city of Decatur, In said countv .!• o’clock a. rn. on ’ ' 06 Monday, June 6,1904, at which time and place all complaints of unequal or unjust valuation, for a.-essmonn of personal property will be y.i““ tlons of personal property wll r... uai ,jL and all property omitted will rt ,i ledtoti,# tax lists. A uniform valuation of all persona! pron. ertv will be made as nearly a, practices; L denned by law. Returns made by the township assessors 1 will be corrected and amended so is to make a uniform valuation ot all property a, nearir as practicable. ’ j 112 ABE BOCH, Auditor. VOTICE OF RECEIVING BIDS FOR sup. PLIES AT COUNT!’ INFIRMARY. I Notice is hereby given that estimates are on file in the auditor's office of AdamscounI ty. Indiana, for the furnishing of supplies for I the county asy um for the quarter con,m.-nc-ing July 1. J.« 4. Said estimate- 'f supplies j are divided under the following headings: i Dry Goods. Groceries. Clothing. Hardware. Drugs, Tobacco. Sealed bids are requested for each riass of i goods separately All blds must -e tiled in the auditor's office not hster than teu o'clock a. m. on Monday, June 6, 1904. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board reserves the right to reject any ana all bids. Successful bidders will be required to enter into contract lor the faithful performance of file old. Abe Bocb. 11-2 Auditor Adams Countv. m■■ aao