Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1904 — Page 8

Pleasant Mills. The Fourth passed off very quietly hare with a big rain in the evening. Willis Brewer of Elgin Ohio spent a Tew days here with his father. Albert Fristoe anl fi'nily of Decatur - spout Sunday whir friends here. Airs.. Chas. Battling and son of Muncie, spent the Fourth with relatives here. Mrs. Luretta Acker returned home Saturday after a visit with relatives at Marion. Mrs. Bob Peterson and children of Decatur spent the Fourth here with her parents. Albert Fulerand family of Toledo is visiting a few days _with their parents here. James Kiz?r is taking a few weeks lay off from the Ft, Wayne Business College. Chas. Peterson and family spent Sunday hare with A. M. Faller and family. Mr. Glisten Slayer of Nevada, Ohio, spent the Fourth here with his daughter Mrs. F. M asters and family. Sylvester Finkham'and family of Blue Creek tp., was cicoulatin g among relatives and friends here last Sunday. Elder Ford a Baptist divine of Delphos Ohio conducted a meeting at the home of Irvin Carter last Sunday afternoon. Freeman Walters the genial clerk at the Mauller store met with a painful accident north of this place Sunday afternoon by getting an arm and leg bekon in a runaway. Linn Grove. Amos and Samuel Plank and their wives of LaGrange Ind after a two weeks visit with relatives here returned to their homes on Tuesday. Andrew and Malissa French of West Linn Grove are about completing an extension to their residence which adds to appearance and utility. The remains of Wm. Hall jr passed through here on Wednesday to the Studabaker cemetery for burial. Arther Schaupp, Merlin Dunbar, Sterling P. Hoffman and sister Nona, studonts of the Marion Norin al College spent the 4th at their parental hones . All returned to resume their studies on Tuesday morning except Mr. Dunbar. At about ths hour of three o’clock "Sunday morning we discovered a light in the Lindsey Hardware Store and soon discovered movable sh adows in rear of counter crossing the street in our night clothes to put the supposed burglar to route, but were greatly disappointed to find Mr Lindsey the cause of our disturbance. Upon inquiring as to 1 his action at that hour of the night he stated that he was huntin’ a cheek that he had mislaid ; the evening before, which he sub- j sequently informed us he found one half hour later. The Junior Band social was a iiu anoi.al success receipts near <2B. The Misses Lenora Huffman, As try Runyon and Master Baumgartner are making an extended' trip to Chicago whoro they will be the guest of Dr. H .H . Mather and family. They probably will visit the St. Louis Fair before returning. Monroe crossed batts with Linn drove on the field of the later on the Fourth. Nine innings were played Linn Grove scoring Bto .Monroe 4. While this contest was in progress another team came ■marching in in military order, they ■were sent from Honduras to Hen Peck our boys and perhaps would have done so had it not been for the insufficiently of her back and met her defeat in a score of one to our. Five innings were played with our boys to the bat.

INight was Her Terror. •"T would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, t f Alexandria, Ind., “and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption s t bad that if I walked a block I w< u d cough frightfully and spit blood, but wthen all other medicines failed, three |IDO bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained "58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs, colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c and SI. Trial footties free at Blackburn & Christen. 164 Acre Farm for Sale Three and one half miles east of Geneva, Ind. Well.improved and in the oil belt. For terms, etc., address -Jacob Miller, Geneva, Ind. 18w3m

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WHY THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. PUSH IT. The Holthouse Drug Co. Recommend and Push Mi-o-na, the Dyspepsia Remedy. “It’s a pleasure to sell a medicine when our customers come in after-, wards and tell how much good it has done them,” said The Holthouse Drug Co. the popular druggists, to a Democrat man, “and that is why we like to sell and recommend Mi-o-na, the dyspedsia remedy. "We have so much faith in this article that we are going th guarantee it in the future, and will return the money to any purchaser of Mi-o-na whom it does not cure. That may seem rash, but our customers have said so many good words in its favor that we do not expect to have many packages returned. “Anyone who has dyspepsia, whsse food does not digest well, who has to take thought as to what he can eat, and when, can leave 50 cents deposit at our store and take home a box of Mi-o-na. and if the remedy does not regulate his digestion and cure his dyspepsia, he can withdraw his money on return of the empty box. This shows great faith in the merit of Mi-o na. It is really a most unusual medicine and the rapid increase in sales since The Holthouse Drug Co. introduced it in Decatur shows that it does all thatfit does all that it claims to do, cures dyspepsia, regulates digestion and enables those who use it to eat just what theyjwant with no fear os trouble. JAPAN'S GOD OF WAR. naehininn. Strange to Say, I« a Lover of the Peaceful Dove. nachlman. the god of war in Japan, strange to say. loves a dove, a bird symbolical in the west of peace and : ; not of war. Go to any temple or shrine where Hachiman is worshiped, and 1 you will find a great many doves cooing either on the roof of the temple or 1 on the ground below. The tablet on I which the name of the god is inscribed i begins with the idiograph of "Ilachi,” j the two strokes of which are intended to picture a pair of doves, the female ( on the right and the male on the left. Doves are Ilacbiman's favorite birds, messengers by which he sends good tidings of peace and love. Hachiman never fights merely to satiate Lis thirst for blood. lie fights battles for peace. He never makes i sacrifices of lives so that he may glory over the conquered. He Is a great enemy of tyrants and oppressors. He is ever ready to help those who are oppressed and persecuted. He fights wars of justice. He wishes to see justice done on all sides. His banners bear inscriptions conveying the thought of righteousness and justice. Miserable will be the fate of any who venture to violate the peace and welfare of the world, for Hachiman in his righteous wrath will crush down such a one under his mighty feet— Chicago News. Inconsiderate. Mabel—l do believe Miss Ponds Is tn love with that poor young lawyer. Clara-What a shame! And she would make such a good wife for some fellow who was marrying for money.—Puck. Chagrin. Little Dick—Uncle Richard, what is chagrin? Uncle Richard—Dickie, chagrin is that feeling you ought to have when you kick at the cat and fail over backward.—lndianapolis Journal. A Cough Charmer. Mr. Tyler, of the large wholesale drug house of Strong, Cobb <& Co., Cleveland, Ohio, says Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup, is a cough charmer, the merits of which have long since been realized by thousands of people. Nothing can equal the results obtsmed from the use of this great medicine, its cures are in exact ratio with the number of cases in which it has been used, and unless you give it a I trial you cannot convince yourself of i its true merits. Sold everywhere by• Druggists. Price, 25, 50, and SI. '

No Pity Shown “For years fate w>s after me con, tinuously” writes F. A. GulledgeVerbena. Ala. “I had a terrible case of Piles causing 24 tumors. When all ‘ailed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for burns and all aches and pains. Only 25c at Blackburn & Christen’s drug store. MYSTERIES OF NATURE. lome of the Many Things That Find Vo Heady Explanation. Whatever opens up new doors or windows for us into the world about us. whatever widens the field of our interests and sympathies, has some sort of value, says John Burroughs In Country Life In America. But much of the so called nature study opens no new doors or windows, it affords no mental satisfaction or illumination or aesthetic pleasure. It is mainly pottering with dry, unimportant facts and details. Do you know the edelweiss flowers or our own matchless arbutus after you have merely analyzed and classified them? No more than you know a man after having weighed and measured him. The function of things is always interesting What do they do? How do they pay their way in the rigid economy of nature? How do they survive? Why do the roots of trees flow through the ground like “runnels of molten metal,” often separating and uniting again, while the branches are thrust out in right lines or curves? Why is our common yellow birch more often than any other tree planted upon a rock? Why do oaks or chestnuts so often spring up where a pine or hemlock forest has been cleared away? Why does lightning so commonly strike a hemlock tree or a pine or an oak and rarely or never a birch ? Why does the bolt sometimes scatter the tree about and at others only plow a channel down its trunk? Why does the bumblebee complain so loudly when working upon certain flowers? Why does the honeybee lose the sting when it stings a person, while the wasp, the hornet and the bumblebee do not? How does the chimney swallow get the twigs it builds its nest with? From what does the hornet make its paper? I have never been greatly interested in spiders, but I have always wanted to know how a certain spider managed to stretch her cable squarely across ' the road in the woods about mj- height from the ground The Original Anglomaniac. Wayne had just won the battle of Stony Point. “But why,” inquired the British, “do they call you Mud Anthony?" •‘Because,” replied the doughty general. “1 am the original Anglomaniac." Putting bis statement to the test, he pressed onward, taking with him several cannon of the latest English manufacture..—New York Tribune. Special excursione to Marion, Ind. via the Clover Leaf route Sunday, July 10, 1904. Take an outing and visit your friends. Get information of agent. Brutally Tortured A case came to light that for persistant and unmerciful torture has perhaps never been equaled. Jos Golobick of Colusa, Calif., writes. “For 15 years I endured insufferable pain from rheumatism and nothing releived me though I tried everything known. I came across Electric Bitters and it’s the greatest medicine on earth for that trouble - A few bottles of it completely nlieved and cured me.” Just as good for Liver and Kidney troubles and general debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction gauranteed by Blackburn & Christen, Druggists.

Best Machine and Harness -A.t aOc jar-r Gallon 60 Degree, Fine Test CYLINDER OIL "‘V W, H. Nachtriebs.

BILLIARD CUES. The Variety ”® Styles. Wood a' lll Prices. Billiard cues vary greatly in weight and price, according to the woods umM in their making. Hie tops of all J. •• cues are made of maple wood. Hit maple is seasoned in the open air or from six to twelve months and kilt, dried to prevent warping after the cues are finished. The butts are made «. ebony, sapote. mahogany, io-- • cocoabolo. tulip, amarant and sn.rewood, the different woods being used to secure the proper weight Ebon} is the heaviest wood. Thy cost of these various woods, except the snakewood and ebony, is the same. Ebony and snakewood bring a slightly increased price. The best cues are those of natural balance—that is, that are weighted by the clear wood and are not loaded or bored, although some players prefer the loaded or bored cues and have them constructed to suit then taste. There is a large choice in cue tips—flat tips, round tips, narrow tips and broad tips—but there is no real difference between them, it being all a matter of what each player fancies. The only tip which has any advantage oyer the others is the removable tip. which can be unscrewed from the cue and teplaced when out of order without any delay or annoyance. The leather used in cue tips is calfskin taken from the head just back of the ears, where the leather is both thick and soft. No other leather would do. as it is either too thin or too hard. The French calfskin is considered slightly better than the American, but there is not much choice between them. The regular cues cost from 50 cents to $lO, the difference in price being due to the inlaid fancy woods, pearl or ivory name plates, ivory joints and tips, cord wound about the grip, ornamented butts and other similar additions. The jointed cues are made mostly for travel, and the best cues are not jointed unless so ordered, as the jointed cues are not so strong as the single piece cues. To offset the perspiration of the hands and to afford a better grip the butts of the more expensive cues are cord wound or have ornamental corrugations. The cues given for prizes at tournaments are handsome affairs, inlaid with different colored woods, with a name plate of pearl, and cost from sls to S2O. Some cues have been given for prizes at the leading clubs that have had gold name plates and have cost as much as s6o.—New York Times. Politeness of Mexican Children. In Mexico a group of lads from seven to twelve will meet, and each boy will decorously lift his hat, and salutations of extreme courtesy will be exchanged, and then come the boyish chatter, the run and the laughter, the same as anywhere. Boys there treat their elders with respect. An old man or woman is not the butt of the youth of Mexico. Rather for the old people are reserved the shadiest seats under the trees in the park. A Mexican boy or girl on entering a room walks around among the company, shaking hands with all, and on leaving the room does the same. Urbanity is taught in the public schools as arithmetic is at home. There is no one jostled on the street. The best seat in the horse ear Is promptly given up to ladies, who never fail gracefully to acknowledge the favor. I have never seen a Mexican gentleman fail to give his seat to a woman, whether she was richly or poorly dressed.—Rural Home. Crabs That Eat Cocoanuts. Crabs which live upon cocoanuts which they pick for themselves are found in the Coral islands. Nature has provided this crustacean with claws and nippers of enormous strength, and it is supposed that the crab climbs the cocoa palms and detaches the nuts. It reaches the meat of the fruit by picking and rapping with its claws at the end of the nut where the three small holes are to be found till a slight breach Is made. Then the nippers are brought into use for the rough fibers which surround the shell. These be shreds with his nippers and conveys to his burrows, where they form a comfortable bed for the crab while he is changing his coat. Some of these crabs attain a length of over two feet and live in holes which they have made in the earth at the roots of tropical trees. Unit In the Darwin tn his book upon earthworms, the “angleworms” of boyhood, gave these humble diggers the credit for making the earth fertile by softening the soil. Apparently he assumed that they are found in all parts of the world. Fishermen in the Adirondacks know that this is not the case. In that region, which is fertile enough when there is room between the trees and rocks, there are no earthworms. The guides have, however, taken pains to “plant” worms in convenient open patches of soil near good fishing country. The worms thrive, so there are always plenty to catch bait fish with, but they do not spread through the forest. Greenhorns consequently do not know how to get bait upon their own hook—and hooks. A Marriage In China. There is no loss of time about a marriage in China. The bridal party enters a temple, and there a quantity of fireworks are let off. including a large number of crackers. When sufficient noise has been made to waken the “great joss” from his sleep the priest gabbles through the service, the bride r .id bridegroom take two little glasses of wine, and the thing is done. They are as legally man and wife as if a day had been taken over the ceremony.

. FAMOUS BATTLE SONGS. Tw „ instances” <»>- Tide Was turned by Singin« Them. TP r. - are two instances on record of I a battle being won by a war song. In the fifth century Germanus, bishop of Auxe re. and Lupus, bishop of Troyes. were .ent into Britain to refute the doctrines of Pelagius. During their .tav in this island the Picts and boots nearing that the Homan legion had been withdrawn, commence I hostilities and drove the Britons from the northern to the more southern parts of the island. Germanus. at the request of the hard pressed islanders, led then, against the Piets and Scots, who had advanced as far as Mold. :n Flintshire The bishop having been a military commander in bis youth, placed bis men in an advantageous position aud then started one of the songs of the church This song began at the com mencement of the battle, and so vocif erously did the Britons sing the refrain. "Halleluiah." that the hills, ech oing with the sound terrified their en emies and caused them to flee in all di rections. This was called the ballelu iah victory. The date is fixed by ail historians at A D. 429. The second instance occurred on the 9th of November. 1792. when the French, under Dumouriez. encountered the Austrians at Jemmapes. in Belgium. The day was going dead against the French, when Dumouriez ran out to the front and raised the “Marseillaise.” Forty thousand voices instantly took up the chorus, and. inspired by the magic of the battle song, the French rallied and fell so furiously upon the Austrians that the tide of battle was completely turned and victory given for defeat.-Pearson's Weekly HAWTHORNE’S WORKS. The High Standard They Have Set For American Literature. Two things are to be remembered when Hawthorne's name is mentioned. First, the glory he reflects upon Amer lean literature. Little has been done by us in letters or art that is quite of the highest order except the works of Hawthorne. These have the clear promise of perpetuity. The themes are of supreme and universal moment. He rises to their meaning and depicts them In commensurate form. He is not a preacher to cry aloud, but an artist who paints, yet not without a heart that throbs in pity and a fancy that muses over the wonder of it and will not suffer the pall of darkness to hang over It forever. That we have in Hawthorne an author whose work in these high fields of thought is crowned with unimpeachable honor and is sure of perpetual remembrance is a constant satisfaction as years go by. But Hawthorne has a wider claim upon our gratitude—namely, the fact that he has set the seal of glorious achievement in letters upon the moral laws of our nature. The greatest things done in literature have been of this sort. They alone, from Job down, are remembered and cherished in the ages. Hawthortie is our only exponent of genius in this field, and bow superbly has he tilled it! His message Is that of Dante and St. Paul and all great moralists—whatever a man does to another be does to himself, whether it be good or evil. Men will forever dwell in this truth and will never forget those gifted souls who see it clearly and set it forth in perfect forms of literary art.—Century. At the Top of the Ladder. A woman w'mse acquaintance with the methods and opportunities of work in a modern newspaper office Is of the slightest was talking to a friend about her son’s start in life The young man bad just left college and bad secured a position as reporter on one of the important New York dailies in the humble capacity which is the usual lot of the "cub" journalist, that of a police court reporter His mother was enthu siastic over his good fortune. "Do yon know," she exclaimed, "they've given him such a splendid position. He’s the crime editor at tbs police court!”—Harper's Weekly. An Old Fashioned Salve. An old recipe used for over 10*) years in the writer's family and excellent for gatherings, cuts, chilblains, etc., is made thus: Put one-quarter of a pound of pure beeswax, one-quarter of a pound of rosin and one-quarter of a pound of mutton suet (freed from all skin) into a jar and place the jar In a saucepan of boiling water. When the mixture has thoroughly dissolved stir and pour It into little pots er jars. It is an old fashioned but most effective remedy.—New i’ork News. RecaMtflnK Hln Phraaea, “It’s curious that women are never great poets or great musicians,“ said Mr. Meek ton. "What did you say?” asked his wife. "I was merely remarking that women are too sensible to squander their energies on poetry and music to the extent that some men do."—Washington Star. Jnstlflably Jilted. Boggs— Why did Toggs break his engagement with Miss Sadbird? JoggsBecause when he took her for a walk up Fifth avenue he found that none of the men stared at her.-Prlnceton Tiger. ® Cot His Wish. Tommy — Ma, I wish you’d gimme some cake. Mother—Tommy, didn’t I tell you not to ask for any cake? Tommy-I ain't askin’. I’m jest wishla •—Philadelphia Ledger. There is no Impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

Working Night and The busiest and I thing that ever was !n a( L • lll ‘ le King’s New Life Fills j. 18 change weakness i uto strenStt lessness into energv, l)r a „,r mental power. They’re wen ln *° building up health. O n ?vfc fuliD box. Sold by Blackburn & MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by rJ. #l merchants for various products o recked every day. ' GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MEMHAXt New Corn yellow New Corn, mixed Machine shucked one cent less ° Oats, new Wheat, No. 2 * * Wheat, No. 3 Barley ~ « Rye No. 2 r Clover Seed , Buckwheat® ? Flax Seed J Timothv , ® CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:11 p m today, according to J. D. H a le’ B special wire service, as follows; Wheat, July' m. September wheat Wheat, Dec. ~ SJ ; Corn J uly Corn, September 4m Corn, December Oats, July jxj Oats, September 321 Oats, Dec. 33J July Pork 12 35' Sept. Pork 13 qq July Lard 7 25 Sept Lard 7 j; TOLEOJ GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3flo o’clock br J. D. Hale, Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash|l 03 July wheat, 31 September wheat; Corn, July 50 September corn 50 Oats, Cash h Oats, July 40 September oats 32 Rye, cash6B OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS OROCEBS AND MEBCHANH. Eggs, fresh, per doz| 15 Lard 7 Butter, per poundlo Potatoes, newl 25 Onions 75 Cabbage per 100 lbl 50 Apples, per bu 80 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DE LEB Lambs4@ 5 00 Hogs, per cwt—!l4 25@ 4 75 Cattle per lb 3 Q 3) 4 Calves, per lb @ 4 Cows 2 g; 2j Sheep, per lb @ Beef Hides, per lb. 8 F ish 8 @ 13 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb 6|@7 Fowls, per lb.Big6j Ducks, per lb6@7 Young Ducks Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb Geese, young, lb 3(g6 HAY HARKET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) — $6.00 @ 18.00 No. 1 clover hay (baled) —- WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER A SON. Wool, unwashed n Sheep pelts 25ctoli0 Beef hides, per pound £ Calf hides Tallow, per pound OIL HARKET. Pennsylvania Corning New Castle North Lima South Lima.f Whitehouse Somerset Neodasha, (Kan.) Ragland COAL—Per Ton .. Anthracite * 3 Domestic, nut k 30 Domestic, lump, Hocking—Domestic lump, Indiana. Pocahontas Smokeless, lump ...Legal APPLICATION FOR LIQVOB LI cEJ,-E of the Notice Is hereby given ‘"‘‘‘.Vcitub Second Ward, in cWr o f It M»tlua» county, and state tb e Schafer, a male iahab J 1 t ® n ,Lreon not lnt^ e twenty-one years, and a per * perhabit or twcoming intone* 1 ' son t > be Intrusted with the saw t 0 the Ing liquors, will make , s c ountJ •' board of commissioners of A> 8 “ I!tM . for a their August session for tbe yesr license to sell, barter or * uitoiie» tin s vinous and malt and „quart»t‘ liquors In lees quantilns ’,.J w i D gthe.M®. time, with the privilege ot all ‘ , h ere i to bedrank where *J” d ,_ a ..ng liquors®. desire to sell said mtoxitao®' 1 'tie bul i<iinf ground floor of the *7“ Jmber eigUV'*® on Madison street. 1 1110 . 1 gndih'.rtr-’^ O .L («) which is one hundred ,J1 feet in length and l *®“ I ii,,a.>r? ‘ width, said room where eaid i twenty . sold, drank and given away ■ t long *J feet in width ai d forty-h'® *:’■ is part of inlot number ® l -? , ’ l ed P‘« tof ' same is designated in K‘ ? * city of Decatur Indiana. • M ATHIA- -