Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1904 — Page 7

Ra^ N°tes. Luke Ind. tickets on K until September 30. Return ■"Jt October 31st 1904. {3.10 for ■ |iD! trip Rome City Ind. Season , ( „,d until October 31st $2.30 ticket $1 95. , ~ ..perial honieseekers’ rates, railroad. On August 23, telll ber 13 and 27 the Erie will !lOlU eseekers’ tickets, good for ays, to points in Louisiana, A rgas,’ Kansas, Indian and Okla--3& territories. A. M- DeWese. ussia-Japan war altas 10 cents, eetine colored maps, each 14x20; in convenient form for referBB The Estern situation shown issued bv The Chicago & ■, r - h Western R’y, 'mailed upon of ten cents in stamps by A. Wagener, 22 Fifth Avenue, I Bicago Ills. ■ ■s. , Homes,-ekers' Excursions r . West and Southwest via the |B- t . r L-.d Route, August 2:!. Sep*-. ■OB 71, '.104. Lowest rates ever - Seo agents Clover Leaf N. B —Don’t forget the r; Honieseekers’ excursions West and Southwest Sept. B|r - 21, 1904. I B Commencing June Ist the G. R- I|M will sell 15 day round trip tickets I Jo northern resorts on G. R. & I H]so to Frankfort Mich, and Ann If Arbor and to points on the Pere R. R. from Grand Rapids M|t rate of one fare plus 50 cents for I Jbc round trip. | On the first and third Tuesday of IM very month the Erie railroad will ■ bell one way and ronud trip excurKon tickets to the west, northwest Hnd southwest at very low rates. B'urther information, call upon IKrie agents or write, C. L. Enos, T Mp A., Marion Ohio. B £50.00 Californi and return. Send K cent stamp for itinerary of special Kersonally conducted tours to California, leaving Chicago August 18th ■and August 25th, via the Chicago ■Union Pacific & North Western ■Line, account Triennil Conclave ■Knights Templar at San Francisco. ■sso round trip from Chicago. Cor |respondingly low rates from all points. A. H. Waggener. 22 Fifth Aveaue, Chicago, Ills. $1.25 Chicago and return. Sunday, August 28th, the Erie R. R will run a special excursion to Chicago and return. $1.25 round trip. Special tain leaves Decatur at 6:00 a. m., arriving in Chicago at 10:45 a. m. Returning the special leaves Chicago at 6:30 p. m. For further information apply to Erie agents. O. L. Enos, T. P. A. Marion, Ohio.

A beautiful map, valuable for I reference, printed on heavy paper 4-'x64 inches mounted on rollers; ( euged bound in clcth, showing j our new island po sessions. The I Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific I (Lean cables, railway lines and oilier features of Japafi, China, Munchuria, Koorea and the Fai i East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kntskern, P. T M., Chicago & North Western R’y, Chi'- jp, 111. 127.50 Hot Springs, S.D . 30.70 Deadwood and Lead and return from Chicago daily, via the Chicago & North Western Ry. Correspondingly low rates * from other points. The Black Hills region the great natural sanitarium of the west, is one of the most picturesque spots in the world and well worth a visit. Information and tickets can be secured from your home agent. Illustrated Black Hills booklet with valuable map mailed on receipt of 4 cent in stamps by W .B . Kniskern, Chic Ago.

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Eyery Sunday during the continuance of the snmmer schedule one j fare for the .round trip to Fort j Wayne and intermediate points. . Eleven hous in the Summit city on Sunday. Summc- outings in Wisconsin Over a hundred summer resorts located 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 I splendidly equipped for the business. Waukesha, Waupaca, Fifield i and a score of other resorts are famous. Beautifully illustratedbookJas. C. Pond. Gen. Pass. Agt. Wis. Cent. Rv. Mi waukee, Wis. Northern Michigan has never been so beautiful as it is this snmmer. Your vacation is due and when looking ovei the map for a nice cool place to rest would be pleased to have you decide that . some one of the many resorts suit ! you then ’’look up and talk it i over” regarding rates, time of I trains, etc. You know the G. R. &I. is the way to"get to Northern Michigan real quick. J. Bryson Agent. Cheap rates tor vacation trips from Chicago, round trip rates via Chicago Great Westren railway $18,.00 to St Paul or Minneapolis $22.00 toJ.Duluth or Superior $30.00 to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo Col $43.00 to Salt Lake I City. These rates are good any day up to September 30th and on any train including the*‘Great Western Limited” finest train in the West. For rates to other western points for any other information write J. P. Elmer GP. A. Ch oago. in. Humeseekers : excursions via South ern railroad in connection with the Queen & Cresent route to certain I points in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, | North and South Carolina, Kentucky. I Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia jon the first and third Tuesdays in ■ each month —May to November, 1904 . nclusive, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus 52. 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 52 from Ohio River gateways. For rates, schedules and full information, call I on your nearest ticket agent, or write ‘J. S. McCullough, N. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn street. Chicago, 111.

Eyes Examined Free and Headaches Cured —BY — Drs. Burke & Lemontree of 221 S. Michigan St. South Bend, Ind., who have had oyer, 15 years of experience in fitting the eyes where others have failed, and have been I making regular visits to Decatur every | tjOdays, will be at the BL R1 HOL SE September 15th and 16th for TWO DAYS only. All glasses that are I fitted by us on this occasion will be I warranted for 3 years from date of purchase. Special attention to School Children. rem h er the date

HORSESHOE LUCK. A Superstition Common to Nearly All Races and Nation*. riie origin of belief in “horseshoe luck'’ is so ancient that it never has been determined with certainty, and no superstition is more universal. Ever since horses began to wear shoes those crescents of iron have been accounted lucky emblems of all peoples, races and nations that have been acquainted with their use. The Chinese, for Instance, say they nail them up over their doors as a charm against evil spirits because of the close resemblance in shape between them and the arched body of the sacred snake, Nagendra, one of their principal deities. Ask a Turkish Mohammedan for information on the subject and he will tell you that it is because they are in form like a crescent, the sacred emblem of Islam. A Polish Jew will explain that at the passover the blood sprinkled upon the lintel and doorposts, in the manner directed by their ritual, forms the chief points of an arch; hence, obviously, the value of arch shaped talismans such as horseshoes are. The stolid and unimaginative Russian peasant, on the other hand, maintains that the luck associated with the horseshoe is due chiefly to the metal, irrespective of its shape, iron being traditionally a charm wherewith to nullify the malevolent designs of evil spirits and goblins. Very different is the story by which the Irishman seeks to account for his liking for the same talismanie symbol. The name “Ironland” or “Ireland,” he will tell you, originated as follows: The whole island was once submerged in the sea, out of which it only rose once in seven years, and then only for a very short time. Many attempts bad been made to break the spell and induce the country to remain permanently above the waters, but all were vain until one day a daring adventurer threw a horseshoe from a boat on to the topmost peak of the Wicklow mountains just as they were disappearing beneath the waves. Then at last was the ban removed. The Emerald Isle began forthwith to rise again from the ocean depths into which it had sunk. And it has been dry landmore or less—ever since. In England, up to comparatively recent times, horseshoes were extensively used almost everywhere as antiwltch charms, and the custom Is not even yet an extinct one. No witch, it used to be said, could enter a building over the door of which a horseshoe — or. better still, three horseshoes—had been affixed, prongs downward. The origin of this particular belief is referable to the old legend of St. Dunstan. This versatile English ecclesiastic was a skilled farrier, and one day while at work in his forge the evil one entered in disguise and requested Dunstan to shoe his “single hoof.” The saint, although he at once recognized his malign customer, acceded, but caused him so much pain during the operation that Satan begged him to desist. This Dunstan did, but only after he had made the evil one promise that neither he nor any of the lesser evil spirits, his servants, would ever molest the inmates of a house wdiere a horseshoe was displayed.

A Dutch Fishing Village. At Marken. a fishing village of Holland, few men are to be seen, as they are nearly always out at sea in their boats. Those whom one does see are like Dutchmen in a play, in queer headgear, in the most voluminous knickerbockers that ever delighted the heart of a caricaturist and having on clattering wooden shoes, which are, as a coasting skipper once said, the surest preventive of colds and of “cold feet” (which he spoke of as if they were a disease) to be found in the world. Clumsy enough these Dutch fisher folk look, but they are handy in a boat. But there is agriculture, too, of a simple kind at Marken. Not a man usually is to be seen working in the hay harvest or at other employment in the fields. The women do the farm work. Had Tried Electricity. A New York senator relates that he was riding in a car next to a motherly old lady, who asked him a question. He answered, but found the old lady very deaf. He repeated his answer in a shout, and conversation was thus established. “You are very deaf, aren’t you. madam?” bellowed the senator. “I am so,” she replied, “and haven’t been able to do a thing for it. “Have you ever tried electricity ?” asked the senator. “Yes,” she said, nodding vigorously. "I was struck by lightning last summer.” A» His Wealth Grew. Aseum—Have you seen anything of Jiggins lately? Dr. Swellman-Yes, I just prescribed a trip to Europe for him this morning. ‘ Ascum - Indeed? He’s getting wealthy, isn’t he? Dr. Swellman-Well, I can remember when 1 used to prescribe for him simply a dose of sodium bromide for the same complaint.-Philadelphia Press. Spoiled ills Chance. “Yes, she rejected him because of a bnd break he made when he was proposing to her.” “What was that?” “He told her she was ‘one in a thousand.’ She thinks she’s one of the Four Hundred.”— Philadelphia Ledger. A Change of Dates. Mrs. Dearborn—Were you married In June? ~ Mrs. Wabash-Yes, once on the sth. once on the Sth. once on the loth and another time on the 16th; but Ive switched off to October; that’s my marrying month now.—Youkei<.3tatesman.

THE DEATH PENALTY A little thing that sometimes results in death. Thus a n ere scratch, insignificant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. It’s the lest salve on earth and will prevent fatallity when burns, sores, ulcers and piles threaten. Only 25c at Blaokburn& Christen's drug store. 51.25 Round Trip Io Toledo. Including 25 mile ride on Lake Erie, via the Clover Leaf and WhiteStar Line Steamer Owana, Sundays, August 21 and 25. Visit Walbridge Park, Lake Erie Park and Casino, Farm Theatre, etc. A ride on Lake Erie on the Steal Steamer Owana is one long to be remembered. Get information of agents, Clover Leaf route World’s Fair Route To St. Louis via Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad, Clover Leaf route. Low round trip fares from Decatur as follows: 516.00 round trip. Going any day. Return limit December 15. 513.35 round trip. Going any day. Return limit 60 days from date of sale. 512.00 round trip. Going any day. Return limit 15 days from date of sale. 87.30 round trip. Good only in coaches. Going any Tuesday or Thursday. Seven days’ limit. Commencing May 17. Pullman palace sleeping cars, case and free reclining chair cars and , through day coaches on all night I trains. Buffet and free reclining chair I cars and through day coaches on all through day trains. Meals served ala carte on through trains. See T L. Miller, agent Clover Leaf route a Decatur, or address George H. Ross General Traffic Mgr, Toledo, Ohio. NIAGARA FALLS Personally conducted excursion via the Clover Leaf Route and L. M. & M~S. Ry., Monday, August 29, 1904. No transfers, no changes of cars. 86.50 for ROUND TRIP. Tickets returning honored on Boat between Buffalo and Cleveland if desired. Extreme return limit Sept. 9, 1904. For particulars see agents, or write W. L. Ross, - G. P. A., Toledo, O. 1)R. P. L. FRITZ Dentist, Office above Holthouse, Schulte & Co.’s clothing store. DECATCB. INDIANA,

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THE GREAT SOUTHWEST. MANY SEEKING HOMES WHERE LANDS ARE CHEAP AND CLIMATE IS MILD. Low Rates for Homeseekers and Colonists Twice a Month. Many farmers in the Northern and Eastern states are selling their high priced landsand locating in the Southwest —in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Manv who have been unable to own their homes in the older country are buying land at the low prices prevailing in the new country—--55, 810, 815 per acre and up. These lands are mostly cut-over timber lands, some of them possessing a deep rich soil producing corn, wheat, oats, clover, cotton, fruit and vegetables. Well improved farms are scattered throughout this country. Many places with small clearings and some improvements can be bought very cheap. Our descriptive literature gives a fairly good idea of this country. It tells about the soil, crops, climate, people, schools, churches, water and health. It contains maps showing locations of counties, towns, lailways and streams, and gives names and addresses of real; estate dealers in the towns. Reduced rates for homeseekers and colonists are in effect first and third Tuesdays of each month, byway of St. Louis, Cairo or Memphis and the Cotton Belt Route. Let us send you our literature and quote you rates. Address E. W. Laßeaume, Gen. Pass. I and Ticket Agent, Cotton Belt Route, i St. Louis, Mo. THE THING TO DO Ifjyou are in a hurry to leave this heat and flurry, To find a nice, cool spot on mother earth Just take No. 5, and as sure as you’re alivej She will] land] you'in a nice, cool berth at Traverse City, Mich S 9.74 Petoskey “ 11.12 BayNiew, “ ’llls Roaring Brook, “ 11.29 Harbor Springs, “ 11.36 Oden, “ 11-35 Mackinaw City “ 12.18 Tickets sold at above price will be limited to 15 days for return. Season tickets to these points good until Oct. 31st. at one and one third fare. J. Bryson.

Special Low Excursion Rates Via the Clover Leaf Route Seasen 1904. ' * Homeseekers to west and soutrwest, let and 3rd Tuesday in each month. Triennial Conclave Knights Templar, San Francisco, Cal., Sept. sth to 9th. Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 19th to 25th. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World’s Fair) St. Louis, Mo., April 30th to Nov. 30th. Stop-over Privileges at St. Louis on all tickets to and from the west. Write for rates and particulars to GEO. H. ROSS, Geu’l Traffic Manager. Toledo, Ohio. T. L. Miller, Agt.

B From Chicago daily, June 1 to Sep- | tember 30. Correspondingly low n rates from all other points. I’ o Two fast trains per day. The ■ Colorado Special, solid through train, fl over the only double-track railway fl between Chicago and the Missouri fl River. Only one night from Chicago; S two nights en route from the AtlanB tic Seaboard via the B Chicago, Union Pacific 9 and North*Western Line - ■ Send two-cent stamp for folders and M booklets, with list of hotels and boardfl ing houses, rates and much valuable 9 information concerning railway fares, B scenery, climate, etc. . H All agents sell tickets via this line. ■ A. H. WAGGENER. Traveling Agent, 9 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111.