Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1904 — Page 6

A CURIOUS OLD WATCH. It Was Once the Property of Mary. Queen of ScMn. The descendants of Maty Setoun. one of the four maids of lionAr to Mary, queen of Scots, have in their possession a curious watch, which was given by that queen to her favorite. This watch, which is in the shape of a miniature skull, is about two inches and a half in diameter. It is supposed to have been purchased by Mary herself when on a visit to Blois with her husband, the dauphin of France, as it has the name Os a celebrated Blois manufacturer engraved on it. The entire skull is curiously engraved. On the forehead there is a picture of Death, with the usual scythe and hourglass and sandglass. He is depicted as standing between a palace and a hovel, to show that he is no respecter of persons, and underneath is the familiar quotation from Horace, "Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.” At the back of the skull is another representation, this one being of Time devouring everything. Time also carries a scythe, and beside him is the emblem of eternity—the serpent with its tail in its mouth. The upper section of the skull is divided into two pictures. On one side is the crucifixion, with the Marys kneeling at the foot of the cross, and on the other side are Ada n and Eve surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden. Below these pictures, running right around the skull, there is an openwork band, to allow the sound of the striking of the watch to be heard. This openwork is a series of designs cut to represent the various emblems of the crucifixion. such as scourges, the cross, swords, spears, the lantern used in the garden, etc. All of the carvings have appropriate Latin quotations. By reversing the skull and holding the lipper part in the palm of the hand and lifting the under jaw on its hinge the watch may be opened, and on the plate inside is a representation of the stable at Bethlehem, with the shepherds and their flocks in the distance. The works of the watch are in the brains of the skull, the dial plate being where the roof of the mouth would be in a real skull. This is of silver and gold, with elaborate scrolls, while the hours are marked in large Boman letters. The works are remarkably complete. even to a large silver bell with a musical sound, which holds the works in the skull when the watch is closed. This curious old watch is still in perfect order, and when wound every day keeps accurate time. It is too large to be worn, and was probably intended for a desk or private altar.—Philadelphia Ledger. HE WAS A REAL FARMER. Hen ce He Couldn’t See the Poetic Side of Farm Life. “Oh, yes.” a man in the hotel lobby was overheard to say. "rm a real farmer now. My’ farm only costs me about $75 per month now, so you can see I'm getting along.” Then the man was heard to comment upon farm labor. “It’s all right to talk about the poetry of farm life,” he said, "but if farm life is poetry I want the prosiest sort of prose in mine. Is there any poetry in greasing harness? Do you find any rhyme and rhythm in milking a double jointed, back action cow twice a day? Well. I guess not.” “But there's the scenery.” his companion interjected, "and the smell of grain”— "Yes.” said the amateur farmer, “and the chiggers, and the red bugs, and holes in the fence, and rats in the seed corn, and the potatoes sprouting. And if you are through plowing for awhile and haven't anything better to do you fix the wheelbarrow for recreation, or you can see that the petl is made bog proof, or that the water trough doesn't leak too much. Then if everything else fails and it's too rainy to do anything else you can get out a secondhand kit and fix the crupper on the harness or nail strips of boiler plate on the feed Lox so that crib eater of a plug won’t have too many splinters in him when he dies. Oh. you can bet I'm too much of a farmer to look at the poetic side of it. I'm a realist farmer; that's what 1 am.”—Dallas News. TOBACCO SALARIES. A Custom ot the American Colonies Before the Revolution. Eofc’-o ti>« Rovolntiou. ministers of

you write uvattH we trill write ijoul howto (jet Burner Sets. Toilet Sets. Hocking Chairs,Mninq •ware,Side-boards,Kitchen Cabinets, morris Ghairs, Couches, Go-Carts, Writing Bftsks.BicAjcies.Hfttchei,Seninj--Machines,Lace Gurinins, Rugland Vnrior ntc of cost by selling our Teas and Coffees to your tri ends, We are Teo importers and Coffee roftstftrj selling direct to the consume^.unto for GiffiiloipiiliJress LimuToaCornhimg, Uima Ohio

the Atighc..a c.....c>. in those America,, colonies where that church was established by law were remunerated "in kind” instead of in money. Maryland gave an incumbent forty pounds of tobacco a year for every tithe payer in the parish, whether churchman or dissenter, white or colored. These terms were handsome enough to secure the pick of the clerical market. In Virginia the stipends represented a fixed and unvarying quantity, by weight, of the manufactured leaf. These stipends were rather beggarly in quantity. In a bad year even the “sweet scented parishes,” where the minister's salary was calculated on a high priced and exceptionally fragrant tobacco, yielded only about SSOO a year. The parishioners sometimes refused to induct a clergyman unless he would consent to take one salary for serving two parishes. In 1758, when the price of tobacco had greatly risen, the house of burgesses passed a law fixing the cash equivalent of debts payable in tobacco at onethird their true value, thus wiping out two-thirds of the incomes of ministers. Patrick Henry made his first fame in defending this law when a test case was brought in behalf of the injured clergymen. A Dead Moose. When a bull moose lies dead in the forest he looks like some strange antediluvian animal, with his square prehensile muffle and horns spreading laterally, a peculiarity which he shares with the prehistoric Irish elk and the nearly extinct European elk of later times. The huge form tells of strength and swiftness, and withal the still dangerous gleam of the eye. glazed in its last stare, bids the hunter pause and feel almost guilty of a crime in the destruction of so much that is grand and weird, a feeling very different from the sentiment supposed to attend the slaughter of a deer. But the triumph of mastering the wariest aud bravest animal in the woods by fair still hunting and by grimly sticking to the track for many a weary mile amply atones for any regrets.—Century. Sneak Thieves In Churches. An old sexton was discussing the amount of stealing that is done in churches. “Scarcely a day passes, he said, “when the church is open without some distracted woman coming to me bowed down with grief because somebody has stolen her purse. Uiere are certain contemptible thieves who prey on unsuspecting women who pray so hard that they forget to look after their pocketbooks. The thief watches until the woman is deep in prayer and then leans over, grasps the purse and sneaks out.”—Philadelphia Record. Came In Handy. “The weather man said it would rain today, and I'm glad I carried my umbrella.” “Why. it didn't rain at all today.” “Os course it didn't, but 1 met the weather man on the street, and I used the umbrella to bang him good and hard.”—Catholic Standard and Times. Quite Probable. The Publisher—The insolence of these Blithers! Here's Spiffles demanding to tee the illustrations before he writes the story for them! His Partner—Absurd! First thing one knows they will be asking to have the illustrators read the stories before they draw the pictures for ’em!—Brooklyn Life. Hi. Exercise. “Excuse me, Softly,” remarked Penfiennis curiously, "how is it you always wind up your watch immediately after dinner?” “For the benefit of my health. You see, my doctor has recommended me always to take a little exercise after dinner.” The man who trusts to luck to make him rich is generally a strong believer tn bad luck by the time he is forty-five. —Somerville (Mass.) Journal. “Go On!** “Come On!** None but those who in battle have been obliged as responsible commanders to stay behind can realize the fullness of that misery. How dreadful are the words "Go on!” to the man who longs to mingle in the fray and shout “Come on!” instead. He who has never known the ecstasy of reckless daring which takes possession of the soldier in a storming party knows not the most intense excitement of which the human mind and body working together are capable.—" Life of the Duke of Marlborough.” Lord Wolseley.

Notice to the Public. Cataract and all diseases of the eyes cured without an operatihu bv Dr. G Thain. It makes no difference how long you have been blind or how sore your eves are, you can be cured; also, deafness or hard of hearing can be re. stored. Consultation and examination free. Dr. Thain will return here again and be at the Murray House, Thursday, Aug. 4. 51tf PUTS AN END TO ALL A grievous wail oftimes comes as a result of .“ unbearable pain from overtaxed organs. Dizziness, backache, liver’complaint and constipation. But 'thanks to Dr. King s New Life JPills, they put an end to it all. Try them. Only 25c Guaranteedjbyßlackburn & Christen. The Prohibitionists have completed their nominations for congress and a challenge has been issued to Secretary Sims,£ot?the republican state committee,,for a joint debate between the prohibition and republisan congroessional candidates in any Indiana district. The J republican committee probably will ignore the candidates are: First district, A. C DeForest, Evansville; Second, Alexander |P. Asbury, Farmersburg: Third, T. .1. Shrode, New Albany: Fourth, F. O. Lamoraeu, Franklin : Fifth, David D Hadley, Mooresvile; Sixth, Charles A. Johnson Greenfield; Seventh, Eljah W. Lawhoni, Indianapolis; Eighth, Aaron Worth Bryant, Ninth, A. B. Kirkpatrick, Kokomo;,Tenth, Isaac Wade, Lafayette; Eleventh, Edward H. Kennedy, Amboy; Twelfth. George C. Ulmer Lagrange; Thirteenth Charles F. Holler, South Bead. IEND7OF BITTER FIGHT. had a long and | stubborn fight with an abscess on my right lung” writes F. Hughes | DuPont. Ga.,“ and gave me up. | Everybody thought my time had j come. At last I tried Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption. I The benefit, I received was striking | and 1 was on my feet in a few i days. Now I’ve entirely regained | my health". It conquers all coughs, colds and throat and Inng troubles. Guaranteed by Blackburn A- Christen. Price 50c and sl. Trial bottles free. Marion, Ind., August I.—Clarance Reaser, aged 24, an oil worker, suffered death in the waters of the Mississinewa yesterday afterncon. The drowning occurred near the county line between Grant and Blackford counties on the John Dollor farm about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The young man's struggles brought no response and he made a desperte effort to reach the shore, he sank before the rescuers or his own efforts were availing. The body was recovered and removed to a nearby residence and a messenger was at once dispatched to notify Coroner Davis. Considerable difficulty was experienced in finding that official but he was at last located and told of the accident. An inquest wil be held but there is but little doubt tha the verdict will be that the young man met death by accidental drowning. Reaser, it is said, was young man of industrious habits and thrifty. He had been employed in the oil fields, for several months 'and was a splendid workman. It is said that he lives in Wells county, where he has been a school teacher and that he at one time the Normaljcollege here. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral, but the authorities in charge of the'remains have sent word to his people. DO IT TODAY. The time-worn injunction, “Never put off ’till tomorrow what you can do today," is now generally pre sentedin this form: “Do it today!" That is the terse advice we want tc give you about that hacking cough or demoralizing cold with which you have been struggling for several days, perhaps weeks. Take some reliable remedy for it today—and let the remedy be Dr. Boschee's German Syrup, which has been in use for over thirty-five years. A few doses of it willj undoubtedly relieve your cough or cold and its continued use will cure you completely. No matter" how deep-seated your cough, even if dread consumption has attacked your lungs, German Syrup will surely effect a cure—as it has done before in thousands j of apparenly hopeless cases of lung ! trouble. New trial bottles 25ct regular size, ~sct. At~all druggists.

For sale or irade. | I have som very good farms for sale or exchange. Also a list cf city property for sale at a bargain, Money to loan on farm or city property at five per cent. r. KKinney, the new Studabaker block, Decatur, Indiana. 48 m " Agents Wanted.—For the thrilling, sensational book and wonderful seller T'he Chicago Theatre Disaster. 4UU lages, memorial volume full of starting illustrations, stories of marvelous escapes, heoric rescues, list of bUO dead. etc. Price $1.50. Only book Tremendous seller for agents. ®i.W a day average, country or town. Sent 12 cents postage for fine outfit, terms and instructionsand make money fast C W. Stanton Co., 325'Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. 4 ‘ S THE TOP SHELF. Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup has reached the top shelf There is nothing that equals this medicine for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis or any effection of the throat or lungs. It has been thoroughly tested, for this class of diseases, and stands in the front rank at the head. This medicine is guaranteed to give satisfaction, Who could ask for more? Give Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup a trial jt has cured others and will cure vou. De not fail to use this in time. Price 25, 50, and sl. By all druggists. GOOD SPIRITS. Good spirits don’t all come from Kentucky'. Their main source is the liver—and all the fine spirits ever made in the Blue Glass State could not remedy a bad liver or the hundred - and-one ill effects it produces. You can’t have good spirits and a bad liver at the same time. Your liver must be in fine condition if you would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful, bright of eye, light of step, vigorous and successful in your pursuits. You can put your liver in fine condition by using Green’s August Flower—the greatest of all medicines for the liver and stomach and a certain cure for dyspepsia or indigestion. It has been a favorite household remedy for over thirty-five vears. August Flower will make your liver healty and active and thus insure vou a liberal supply of “good spirits.” Trial size 25c; regular bottles 75c. At all druggists. NOTICE. I am doing shoe repairing and am located in Kauffman & Smith’s harness shop, next door to Schlegel’s blacksmith shop. Bring in your hoes if they need any repairing. Peter Center. Farm Lands That Are Cheap in Dollars But Rich in Soil. Dick Townsend has completed arrangements whereby you can go to Mandon, North Dakota, for $26.65 from Chicago and return. Lands from |4 to fl per acre with free home stead adjoining. Come and see us over First National Bank Decatur Ind., We can also sell yo farms in Virignia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas. Excursion rates to North Dakota any day during the week, except Saturday and Sunday for three or more. Dick Townsend over National Bank Residence 422 Jefferson St. Phone 109. d&w Farmers Take Notice. Are your hogs and chickens healthy and in as thriving condition as you would like to have them, if not, feed them Egyptian Hog and Chicken Cholera Remedy. Put up in gallon and half gallon cans. For sale at the d reliable d ug store. Smith, Yager Falk. 48tf Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, inierest, payable annually or semi-an-nually, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial payments at any nterest paying time. ’ No delay in making loans. F. M. Schirmever, Decatur, Ind. 9tf

■■ ■?— ■■ - . EAST. No. 6. TheComm'l Traveler, daily. 5:25a. tn No. 2. Mail, daily, except Sunday.. .11-50 a. m Day express, daily. 6:43 p.m No. 22, Local freight 1:10a. tn WEST. No. 3 Day express, daily 5:25 a. m No. 1. Mail, daily except Sunday. ...11:25 p. m E°-J>- TheComm’l Traveler, daily.. 9:19 p.m No. 23. Local freight 12:05p, m ® > RAILROAD CHICAGO & ERIE. * In effect June 19, 19C4 WEST. O 7—Express, dally 2:00 a m No 9—Buffalo and Chicago limited 3:02 am •u s—New York and Chicago Limited through coach Columbus and Chicago daily 12:44n m 10 13—Wells Fargo Express except > « Monday •• 6:50 p m <o 21—M&rion-Hnntinjrton Acc’m.. 10:10 am £ A.ST No. 48- -Chicago and NY limited 11:21 n m i° t- v » el ‘ ou ‘ e Limited tor N x 2:47a m 4o 23—Marion and Columbus except sundav 6‘sßam *0 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago 4:51 pm No. 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has iteroush coach Columbus to Chicago. No. 14—8:20 Carry passengers between Hammond and Marlon.

Grand Rapids & Indiana. Tn effect June 2C>. UM TRAINS NORTH. 11:09 pm No s—Leaves ayne . ””” ll:£p m “ Kalamazoo.. tJum Arrives Grand Rapid? . ••• • y * m Mackinaw City 11:20 am •• Arrives G?ind Kapids'. i. ii p m :: :: •• •• Kalamazoo . io.'m a m Arrives Grand Rapds Visa m .. " Mackinaw City ..35am trains south No. 4—Leaves Decatur 2;® ? “ .» • Portland 1,1 “ Wincbener .m a U! •• Arrives Richmond. a “ .. Cincinnati •• “ Indianapolis •>;*' • m St. Louis 13opn. No. 14-Leaves Decatur ■ .. Portland [*.lo ■ m .■ •• Winchester ii., ra ■■ Arrives Richmond. “ •• •• Cincinnati -"P® •• Indianapolis " Louisville i ; 0P“ •• •• St. Louis 10 p m No. 2— Leaves Decatur. l-l* P “ •• •• P irtland p •• “ Win Chester lh4 p m “ Arrives Kifflmond. *• •• Cincinnati 5.5? pin “ “ IndFn.'irolis 'l'm?™ •• •• Louisville nOOam .. •• St. Louis <;•— a n> No.3o—Leaves Decatur 7:51 p m " Arrives Portland 6:55 pm No. 16—Leaves Decatur... .* ':4« ptn •• •• Portland J:4npm .. “ Winchester.. luv>pm " Arrives Richmond... 11:15pm Nos. 4, 5 and 7 daily. •• 3 and 12 daily except Sunday. No. 30 daily except Sunday io Portlacd. ■■ 16 Sunday only. No. s—Sleeping car to Grand Rapids. Travise City. Norinpor: and Mackinaa City, uining cai Gsand Rapids to Mackinaw City: No. 7—Parlor ear Grand Rapids to Mackinaw City—except Sunday. So. 3— Parlor car Richmond to Grand Rapids Sleeping car to Mackinaw Citv. No. l SleipingcartoClßClnnati, Indianapolis. Louisville and St. Louis. No. 2—Parlor car to Richmond. J. Bryson. Agt. C. L Lockwood. G. P. A. Gr. Rapids Mich.

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ROY ARCHBOLD I DENTIST J I. O. O. F. BLOCK I 'Phones —Office 164, residence 245 1 D. D. HELLER & SON ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 1 Olßca over Blackburn & Christen's drug store 1 DORR B, ERWIN, 3 ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ort ICR.— Corner Monroe and Second 3 practitloner ' Noch! ‘''Keto?con S u' I AMOS P. BEATTY I ATTORNEY AT LAW And Notary Public. Pension claims nrn«. 1 cuted. Odd Fellows building. Prose- i MERRYMAN & SUTTON. j ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR. IND. I office—Noe. 1. 2. 3. over Adams Co. Bunk i We refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank ! St BURGER & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Notaries. Abstracters. Real Estate Agents Money to Loan. Deeds and Mortgages written on short notice. Office in Allison bioek i second story, over Fristoe's Smoke House ' Decatur. Indiana. | T.Q Neptune. D. D.S. C. E. Neptune. D.D.3 'Pnvae 23. 'Phone 236. Neptune Brothers, dentists. Rooms 1.2, 3, ♦. Spangler Pudding. Decatur, Indiana. Office ’Phone 207. Lady Attendant English. German and Swiss spoken. FRED REPPERt7~ Sale Crier and Ayelicneer. DECATUR. ------ INDIANA Speaks Swiss and Low,German. MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. Are prepared to do any kind of work in their line. Persons contemplating buildltig can save times, trouble and money by consulting them. Office— MANN 4 CHRISTEN. Bowers Block. Monroe st. Aichltect LINN & PATTON Carpenters,’Contractors and Builders Slate Roofers and Galvanized Gutters. Shop, Corner Rugg and Market Streets. Linn & Patton. AUCTIONEER For Good Service See L. H. CAGE (Speaks German and English) Auctioneer and Sale Crier. Rates 54.00 Sales over ?500 80c per SIOO. Leave address at Berne Witness Office, Berne, Ind. J. D. HALE, DIALER IN Seeds, f+ay, Wool, Oit Salt, Coal, Urne, Cernent Fertilizer's. Office and retail store store southeast cor. ner of Second and Jefferson streets. patronage solicited. 1 H. O. WELLS. M. D., SPECIALIST. 723 CLINTON STREET, FORT WAYNE. Cures Piles. Fistula. Fissure. Stricture of the Rectum. I robing. Bleeding. Ulceration, Constmation and all diseases of the Rectum, Also Rupture. Dr. Wells will be at tbe Murray hotel. In the forenoon, and at the Shamrock hotel in Geneva in the afternoon, on the first Tuesday in every month. In order to introduce his painless treatment, he will give one treatment free to all who caii to see him. ■MK ■ ■ Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile E ■ I JhOintmeiit will can I I and Itc-:ng ft 1 l»Piles. It übsor;» the tumors, ■ g allays the itching at once, acts ■ ■■ as a poultice. gh< s instant re- ■ lief. Dr. Williams’lndi an I'-I’Omv ■ ment is prepared for Piles and ItcJh H ing of the private parts. Every l xis warranted. By druggists, by mail on ceipt of price. 69 cents and ii.oo. WiLLMnJJ MANUFACTURING CO.. Props . Cleveland. Oiua Nacntrieb & Fuelling. DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. But Special Attention given to Eye, Ear Nose, Throat and Chronic Diseases. Expert In Fittiag Glosses. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye, Ear Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postoffice. RESIDENCE—cor. Monroe and Ninth Sts Office Hours--# to 11 a. m. 2 to 4p. m. 1250 M $250,000j to loan on hoproved[farmsjat lowest rate of interest,® we can place your loan[at a lower rate of interest {and less expense than any’other the city. Thejecatur Abstract _ — & Loan Company Rooms 3 ard 4. Studatakf tl i c ‘