Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1905 — Page 2

An Alabama woman who was the thirteenth child and born on the thirteenth day o the month died reoeuH/at the age of 105. She had eo-m waiting all her life *or the micortune she knew that Com oiua ion of thirteens would bring lrr and she found it it last. Mis'es Lizzie Knapp, Lena Miller, Lonu U. ling, Bertha Kna- p, Ella and Emma Mutchler Emma Reppert, Carrie Franke, Ella and Anna Bucher, Sunday drove to the home of Miss Emma Kukelhahn, three and one-half miles north of this city, the afternoon being spent in play mg lilies and other amuse■ meuis i< r which a fine supper ■was serve *. At a late hour all departed, v ting Miss Emma a fine entertain- r. The First National, Hon. J. A. M A ui.s bank at Portland, is still making a phenominal record, its resources at the close of business September 30 being $354,104.78. Tats bank is but eighteen months old, beginning April 11, 1904, with a capital of $50,C00. The growth beats anything on record and de.nuastiates Portland and Jay county has money to burn, and also that Mr. Adair is not only a prince of good fellows, but a banker that gets the business.

Tro little town of Zinesville over in Allen county, suffered a $10,009 fire Saturday night, and for a while threatened to wipe out the town. The blaze started in a gasoline tank at the rear of the Knight Bros. ’ store, spread to the warehouses, barn, poultry house and a wagon shop, totally destroying all. Luckily tne store, which by the way, is the largest in Allen county, outside of For; Wayne, was not damaged, it being saved by the efforts of the volunteer bucket brigade who did great work. Gallogly & Haefling of this city carried considerable of the insurance. The regular quarterly meeting of the Adams county branch of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ association was held in the postoffice building Saturday evening ■with a good attendance of mam bers. Much business of importance to the local branch was transacted, which included the election of officers for the ensuing year. The following officers were elected: President, Mel Butler, Decatur; vice president, Otto Franz, Berne; secretary ana treasurer. Harvey O. Davis, Pleasant Mills-/assistant secretary, J. Sutton, Geneva. It wasvoted to hold the next regular meet ing which will be January 6, at this place. Invitations to the number of one hundred and seventy-five will be sent out tomorrow, announcing the golden wedding cf Mr. and Mrs J aoob Cioss. which will occur Wednesday October 18, 1905, at the St. Mary’s church, at eight o’clock. A reception follows at twelve o'clock at the old Close hcmestead, at number twenty-six, north Third street. Mr. and Mrs. Cioss are among the pioneers of Decatur, and were married fifty years ago this month. While both the bride and groom are feeble, they are thankful for the many years they have enjoyed each others companionship. The services will be appropriate and the day should be a happy one for hosts end guests. The daughter, Miss Mary Cioss, is arranging the details and not a single thing will be left undone to complete the happy occasion.

The potato crop will not be a failure in Indiana, as was announced seme time ago. Reports received by Statistician Joseph Stubbs from 600 townships indicate that the yield will be about eightyfiva bushels per acre instead of fifty, making the crop for the state in the neighborhood of five million bushels. This estimate is about twice the yield of last year. Counties which yielded then about 100 bushels are reporting a yield of about 300 bushels. This is particularly true of Pleasant township in Porter county, and Perry township in Vanderburg county, both'reporting a yield of 300 bushels to the acre. One noticeable feature is the decrease in the potato cropj[in the last ten years, the acreage for the present year being about two third < of that in 1886, the years intervening shewing a gradual decrease. This is accounted for by the fact that there is a steady in crease in the acreage ofj'oorn, the best paying ot any crop raised"in the state of Indiana.

Carl Moses yesterday shipped one of his fine prize winning Berkshire hogs to Craig. Nebraska. Carl just returned from his trip through the west, where lie was showing his hogs &t the different fairs anc came home with many prizes and a succesful tour Two hundred and thirty-eight persons now strong and hearty will be consigned to their graves by November as a result of the typhoid epidemic in this state, according to a statement made by Dr. J. N. Hurty, seertarv of the state board of health. “If the death rate of last week continues, and there is every reason to believe that there will be no decrease in the rate, until the end of October, the number of deaths from typhoid will be 238,” he said. “One of our inspectors was sent to Etna Green.’’ continued Dr. Hurty, “during the past week, and found fifteen families affected. In one family five members had lieen stricken and two of them have died since Friday. The sanitary conditions in that place were as bad as could be imagined.”

Sheriff Butler was in Huntington county Saturday, on the trail of the man, Frank Minor, who attempted to cash foiged checks at Kalver Sons’ store here and at Robert Case’s at Magley, and who is also wanted at Van Wert for stealing a horse and buggy. Col. Fred Reppert, the well known auctioneer, came through from Hartford City on Friday a n d passed a man near Markle who answered the description of the man wanted and upon his information Sheriff Butler and Sheriff Andrews of Huntington went over the road, but falied to find their man. At one place they stopped and asked the usual questions, but the family had seen no one answering the description Sheriff Butler then asked if they had seen an automobile pass about three o'clock. Quick as a flash a young lady replied, “Yes, did they steal it. I just thought that fat fellow looked suspicious,” and now the boys think they have a huge joke on Fred.

Robert Case, the well known general merchant at Magley. telephoned the officers here Friday morning that the man who gave his name as Frank Minor, and who tried to oash a forged note of $35 at Kalver & Sons store, had also tried to do a similar trick at his store. He appeared there yesterday afternoon about three o’clock and presented a note made out to Frank Winans for thirty-five dollars, it being the other one made out Thursday morn, ing by Mr. Ehinger. To this note were signed the names of Henry Soherry and a Mr. Howe, both of whom are well known in that locality. Minor said he needed money badly and offered to sell the note for twenty-five dollars. Case offered him twenty and the fakir accepted it so promptly that Mr. Case’ suspicions were aroused and he refused to buy the note on any terms. The stranger then drove on west. He no doubt left Decatur as soon as he learned that Kalver had caught on to his scheme, and driven directly to Magley. Sheriff Butler has notified the police in surrounding towns and hopes to land the fellow, as he is undoubtedly a clever swindler.

The Wren, Ohio, oil territory has been opened by a flowing oiler which since Saturday has produced four or five hundred barrels of oil. The well is drilled on the Johnson land, near a former well a company in which several Decatur people were interested. The well began flowing Saturday and before tankage could be’plaoed on the ground, several hundred barrels had hit the earth. Since a two hundred and fifty and a one hundred barrels oil tanks have been filled to overflowing, and still the well flows on. The well] is the beet ever drilled in any territory near Decatur, and it bids fair to open up a good producing territory, especially will this be true should they find a few more duplicates of the well that came-in Saturday. The company now operating there is backed by Chicago capital, one of the interested parties being L A Holt, formerly of Geneva, who has made and lost and made again lots of money in this sort of business. He knows the oil business thoroughly and if there is any oil in that region he will be sure to find it. The company are highly elated over their prospects and predict that a good Held will be opened. Through the Willshire territory considerable oil excitement is being manifested over thisflnd in wild oat territory

ANIMAL ANIMUS. Ways In Which Wild Brutes Show Their Contempt Kor Mankind. i “Wild tnimals have a great many ways ut showing their contempt for humankind,’’ said an artist who has as; . eia'ty of modeling animals. , “Every one has an idea that eie-. phants become tame and even fond of. people, but this is altogether wrong. | They are easily trained, but are never: tamed. They are docile just so long as, the keeper has his goad in his hand or the memory of a burning endures. I had proof of this one day while modeling one of the elephants in a big animal show. I was sitting in his stall, with my modeling stand, not knowing that on certain days he was given an extra allowance of chain. Suddenly he flung his trunk around with such force that it smashed the stand to bits and sent me a dozen feet outside the stall. "He never forgot his failure to finish me. and soon afterward he expressed his dislike in a more vulgar if less dangerous manner. As I worked I heard him make a loud sucking noise, but suspected nothing. At last when he had his mouth quite full of saliva he blew it toward me.

“This is not only a trick of elephants, but of other animals as well, as I have learned to my sorrow. Camels have the same habit, and while working near a camel one day I was treated to a shower of finely chewed cud.” This sculptor and other artists agree that the cat animals have a different mode of attack. There seems less of spite and more of real hate in their method. Sculptors usually place their modeling stands as close to the bars as possible. This same one was once working close to a tiger's cage, with the beast inside lying very quiet, apparently asleep. Without even raising his eyeballs the big eat struck between the bars with Lis heavy forepaw, splintering the stand and sending the clay in wads on the floor. The artist, warned by a sixth sense developed by those who are much about animals, had jumped back just in time to escape.—New York Herald. BITS FROM THE WRITERS, The simple life does not need lentils or cellular clothing. It needs those rarer things, gratitude and humility.— G. K. Chesterton. > She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.—“ Sebastian Melmoth.” Keep your head on your shoulders. It’s bound to rest on some one else's occasionally. Still, keep it mostly on your own.—“A Pagan’s Love," by Constance Clyde. If you feel that you’ve really got to tell a secret, go somewhere where it’s dark an’ you’ll be alone. Then keep your mouth shut—“ The Middle Wall,” by Edward Marshall. Not that marriage is so beautiful, but It is necessary a girl should find that out for herself, so that she can turn her mind peacefully to other things.—“A Pagan's Love,” by Constance Clyde. The Guest and the Waitress. A dainty stranger wafted into the dining room of a hotel in Smith Centre the other day and as the chair was held back for him pulled out his handkerchief and dusted the seat carefully. Pulling up his trousers, he seated himself, wiped the knife, fork and spoon with a napkin, worried a few crumbs off the table and heaved a sigh of relief. Without hesitation the girl who stepped forward to take his order deftly wiped the stranger’s mouth, which had been drawn into a pucker of dissatisfaction at the imaginary untidiness abounding, and planted a kiss thereon that was plainly heard in all parts of the room. The dainty stranger when he recovered ordered meekly, ate hurriedly and left quickly.—Kansas City Journal.

Demean. Says a writer in the London Chronicle: “A vulgarism—one which, like ‘aggravate’ for ‘irritate,’ has come into use byway of the kitchen stairs—is ‘demean,’ with a sense of derogation or abasement; It is to be seen in many a paper and even many a book and heard in many a speech. It is the second syllable that has misled the popular understanding, but the noun ‘demeanor’ should have saved the educated from their blunder with the verb. When the cook refuses to ‘demean herself she is excusable, because ‘demeanor’ is not in her vocabulary.” The Feact of Nature. ‘The Feast of Nature” was a grand French revolutionary holiday, held Aug. 10, 1703. A plaster image of nature was erected in the Place de la Bastille, and the chief members of the convention, the public committees and all public functionaries knelt in adoration, after which came the firing of salutes, dancing and general public rejoicings. The holiday celebrated the finished constitution of the republic. A Collection of Idiots. “I want to ask for the hand of your daughter in marriage,” said the young man. “You’re an Idiot,” said the irate father. “I know it. But I didn't suppose you’d object to another one in the family!”—Yonkers Statesman. Both Annoying, “Two things make my wife awful mad.” “What are they?” “To get ready for company that don’t come and to have company come when she isn’t ready.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. Suporifle. The Author—/\re you unfamiliar with my book? The Friend—l have a nodding acquaintance with it— Life.

( Swell* of A»cient Egypt. From what has come down to us. written, painted or chiseled, the Egyp- ' tian lord must have been a great swell. The details of the twelfth dynasty i show Egyptian elegance at its best. ■ The lord has a male housekeeper, his . miat te d'hote, called “superintendent of ■ the provision house.” There was a ■ '-superintendent of the baking house, : and the mixer of drinks had the title of "scribe of the sideboard.” Perhaps he was a butler and regulated the supply of wines from the cellar. There were gardeners, porters and handicraft men, all busy in attending to the master. “A preparer of sweets” must have been a confectioner. The Egyptian when he was no longer mortal had hopes of being well fed in the hereafter, as he believed he would be nourished in bis particular heaven with abundant goose and beef. Offerings «to gods show tne variety of the Egyptian menu, and in one are included ten kinds of cooked meat, five kinds of birds or game, sixteen varieties of bread and cake, six assorted wines, four brews of beers, eleven sorts of fruits and an endless number of sweet things. THE VOICE THAT LIES. Court Stenographer*, It I* Said, Can Always Detect It. “Any shorthand reporter who has been doing court reporting for a long time can tell almost infallibly by his sense of hearing whether a witness is telling the truth,” said an old court stenographer the other day. “It comes from experience combined with abnormal development of the sense of hearing which all first rate court and parliamentary stenographers possess. The stenographer's ears become as sensitive to the slightest inflexions and intonat'ins of the human voice as a phonograph rolier. There's a certain tremulous quaver in the tone of a man or woman who's lying in court that the stenographer catches when the shrewd est judges, lawyers or jurors quite fail to catch it.

“When he’s got his head bent over his notebook be feels the jarring false note in the voice of the liar every time, no matter how plausible and convincing the testimony in itself may sound. So frequently have I tested this idea in the past fifteen years or so that 1 have come to accept it as certain when that almost indistinguishable false tremolo is absent from the tone of a witness’ voice that the witness is tell ing the truth. “A few years ago I reported the trial of a young chap who was accused of having sand clubbed a jeweler in his store and of looting the establishment. The young fellow was good looking. Intelligent, with a face as frank as an eight day clock and an easy, candid winning manner. “I looked the young chap over before the trial began, and I decided that the accusation against him was outrageous When the witnesses testified that they’d seen him coming out of the store I strained my ears to catch the false intonation in their tones, but it wasn't there. “When the defense opened the young man was permitted to go on the stand In his own behalf. I was astonished to find that his voice had the lying quaver in it right from the beginning of his statement. “His words vastly impressed the jury and as vastly chagrined the prosecution. He undertook to pro v e an alibi for himself. “In corroboration of tola a married sister testified that her brother had been at her apartment from 3 o’clock in the afternoon until 10 o'clock at night, taking dinner with her and keeping her company in the absence of her husband. Well, she wan lying too. She had that telltale false ring in her voice that convinced me of it despite her fine, frank face and her obvious respectability. “The court adjourned for luncheon at the end of her testimony. I took luncheon with the attorney for the prosecution. “‘Well, what do you think of this case? he asked me when we sat down. •I guess we don’t land him, eh?’ “ ‘He’s guilty,’ I replied briefly. ‘He was lying, and so was his sister.’ “The attorney for the prosecution looked me over out of the slits of his eyes, but I didn't say any more. “When the court reconvened he asked for an adjournment until next day, and the judge granted it. “On the following morning he had in court the janitor of the apartment house In which the prisoner's sister lived. The janitor testified that the prisoner’s sister had not been in her flat from noon until late at night on the day of the sand clubbing. “While the janitor was on the stand a detective walked into the courtroom with the loot from the jewelry shop. He had found It in a satchel in the prisoner’s sister’s apartment that morning. “That settled the case, of course. The prisoner's sister broke down and confessed that she had been endeavoring to shield her brother "—St Louis GlobeDemocrat. Don’t Borrow Trouble, It is a bad habit to borrow anything but the worst thing you can possibly borrow, is trouble. When sick, sore heavy, weary, and worn-out by the pains and poisons of dyspepsia biliousness. Bright’s disease, and similar internal disorders, don’t sit down and brood over your symptoms, but fly for relief to Electric Bitters. Here you will find sure and permanent forgetfulness of all your trouble, and your body will not be burdened bv a load of debt diseas, At Blackburn & Christen drug store. Priee 50c. Guaranteed To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxltlve Bromo Quinine Tablets , Al the money If It Ulla tc cure R, w Grove signature cn each box, »c

—■UJ— —— Plans to Get Rich ! are often furstrated by sudden breakdown due to dyspepsia or constipation Brace up and take Dr. King s New Life Pills. They take out the materials which are clogging your energies and give you a new start. Uuer headache and dizziness too. At Blackburn & Christen drug store; 25c., guaranteed. CHURCH ALES. An Old English Comom of Raising Money For Church Ise. A curious light is thrown on ancient church bazaars and charity bails by certain records kept in some of the churches in England, For instance, in the records of Yateley church, which date from 1543, are frequent references to “church ales,” the object of which was to get money for church expenses. The feast was organized by the church wardens, “who provided a good spread at so much a head, and credited the profits to the church expenditure.” It first appears as the “church ale,” then as the “king’s ale,” then later as “our banquet at Whitsuntide." It was probably held in the church and wen' on until 1043, the year after the civil war broke out, when probably th! Puritans put an end to such festivities. It was popular evidently. One enterprising churchwarden has left on record all the good things which were prepared for the Crondall “church ale” in the year 1587. They had a band, brewed a quantity of ale, and made a profit of $42. As money was then worth nearly ten times as much as now, the “church ale” may be said to have brought in about S4OO. which was just ICO per cent on the outlay. The band was hired for four days. New Cure For Cancer. All surface cancers are now known tn be curable, by Bucklen’e Arnica Salve Jas. Walters. Ya., writes: “I had a cancea on my lip for years, that seemed incurable, till Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it and now it is perfectly well.” Guaranteed cure for cuts and buens. 25c. at Blackburn Christen drug store. ~A Wealth of Health Awaits the afflicted who visit the world famous spas— French Lick West Baden

Springs WHERE THE HEALTH COMES FROM Three widely varying springs at French Lick and four at West Baden, within a radius of one mile, possess remedial and medicinal values world renowned in curing STOMACH, LIVER. KIDNEY and BOWEL AFFECTIONS, inflamation of the bile-ducts, by stimulating the bilary circulation, preventing stagnation, modifying catarrhal conditions, congestions and a number of chronic liver lesions reputed incurable. PLUTO Spring water is a natural diuretic and positive cure for chronic ailments of stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. PROSERPINE AND BOWELS Springs furnish the milder waters, ideal for the less severe cases. Because of its beneficial action on the skin, prosebpine spring is known as the “beauty spring.” SPRINGS NOS. 1,3, and 5 have thier special field in cases of uric acid,albuminuria, anemia, chlorosis, nervous debility, despepsia, etc. SPRING NO. 7 is for use in all cases in which alkaline, sulphated saline waters are indicated; as a cure for habitual constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia due to alchohol or other causes, slugish states of the liver, gall stones, catarrhal jaundice, etc The Wonderful French Lick—West Baden Springs are located in the highlands of Southern Indiana, easily accessible from all points. MONON ROUTE Palatial hotels and excellent accommodations of every class await the health seeker. Recreations of all kinds abound, indoor and out. For booklets. Railroad and Hotel Rates, detailed medical facts, etc. address FRANK J. REED, G. P. A. The Monon Route, 200 Custom House; Place. CHICAGO. LINN&PATTON Carpenters, Contractors andlßuilders Slate Roofers and Galvanized Gutters. Shop, Corner Rugg and. Market Streets Linn & Pation

SOME SECREfiNKsT - - Writing That Remain* Invlgfb] IH Exposed to Heat * Cll * Letters written with a soi atioß „ gold, silver, ci-rper, tin dissolved in aqua fortis. or s ■ . "‘ T etill, of iron or lead in vinegar P -' ;r water added until the liquor stain a wltte paper, will n •:... a ’}“* visible for two or three mouths if i- , S shut up in the dark, but on expo,!?* for some hours to the open air v -'n gradually acquire color, or wil] Instantly on being held before the g’ 0 Each of these solutions gives its own peculiar color to the writing— gold * deep violet; silver, slate; lead and per, brown, but ail possess this eoc mon disadvantage—that in time tl?v eat away the paper, leaving the ]!(. ters in the form of perforations. There are a vast number of other solutions that become visible on exposure to heat or on having a heated iron over them, the explanation being that the matter is readily burned to a sort of charcoal, simplest among which we may mention lemon juice or milk, but the one that produces t’e best result is made by dissolving a scruple of sai ammoniac in two ounces of water. Writing with rice water, to be rendered visible by the application of iodine, was practiced successfully j B the correspondence with Jelalabad is the first Afghan war. The Catain.-.ran, The catamaran, made of a hollowed log, shares the popularity of the Masspola boat with the fishermen of Madras. The rickety looking contrivance cun weather any .storm in th? skillful native hands, and letters are sent by this means to ships in the offing when other communication with the shore is impossible. The catamaran requires steering with a paddle through the raging surf, and, though the tout man may be frequently dashed out of the rude skiff by the violence of the waves, he leaps into his frail bark again with the efficiency of long practice, and the cats maran, flying over the crest of the great billows which threaten ir slant destruction, accomplishes the perilous voyage in safety. ...Legal Advertising... APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Mary M. Heath late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. Dore B. Erwin. Administrator. Septetpber 20, 1905. 30 3 APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointee administrator of the estate of Herman Kortenbrer. late of Adan-s county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. Mary Kortenbrer. Administrator. Sept. 25,1905, D. B. Erwin. Attorney. 30-3 APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given, tbs' the undersigned has been appointed a'ministr .tor-4 the estate of Sarah Cramer, lite of a is- - county deceased. The estate is prooanly solvent Gcsta Cramer. Administratrix With the will annexed. Sept. 23,1905. A. P. Beatty, Att'y, 30-3 N’OTICE OF RECEIVERS SALE OF OIL -uN P KOPEKT Y. Notice is hereby given that the underlined, eceivar appointed by the Adams circuit court, in the case of Norman F. Jacob et al vs The Cleveland-W’iHshire Oil Company, a corporation, will under order ol said court on Saturday, October 14, 1905, offer for sale at public auction at the east doorof the courthouse, iuthecityof Decatur Indiana, the following property. asseteoßaid company, to-wlt: Nine oil wells, including power, pipelines jacks, engines, surface rods, and all other ao pliances connected with the same and used in operating and pumping the same, all situate on the farms of Dye Ferguson. Oakley. Hammerick and Lake, in section nine. Blue ' reek township, Adams county, Indiana. Two rigs on the Lake farm, as above. Two rigs on the Hammerick farm, as above. Fifty feet of drive pipe, about 400 feet of casing, one set bull wheels. All leases belonging to said company, in said territory, and any and all other property belonging to said company. TERMS OF SALE: Cash in hand on date of sale. Harry R. Moltz, Receiver. Hooper A Lenhart. Attorneys, 29-3

Toledo, st. louis t western railroad COMPANY. The annual meeting of the stockholders of Toledo, St. Louis & Western Kailr ad Company for the election of directors and toe transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will oe held on Wednesday, October 25, 1905, at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon at the pnneipal office of the com pan v. in F rankion. Clinton county. Indiana. The po.is for receiving ballots will be opened as swn tne organization of the meeting shall admit, ana will remain open one hour. The t rangier books of the company will close ot. '' • . oer 14,190 ft. and will re-open October 2»>. 1 10:00 o’clock a. m. By order of the Board of Directors -of T St, Louis & Western Railroad Company. 31-3 Charles E. Spencer. Secretary. — APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. The undersigned. Joseph Knapke. a niale inhabitant of the city of Decatur. Indiana, and over the age of 21 years, a person nor i the habit of becoming intoxicated, hereof gives notice to the citizens and voters or m Second ward, in the city of Decatur. Indiana, and to the citizens and voters of M ashin gt township. Adams county. Indiana, tn-t will apply to the board of commissioner Adams county state of Indiana, at tfieir - w vember term. 1905. for a license to sell into, eating, spirituous, vinous, malt and all < tn intoxicating liquors in less qnantitie- th • quart at a time, with the privilege of allo ing the same to be drank on the P r J-“L _ where sold. My place of business wnereo said liquors are to be sold and drank is - . ated in a room on the following descr. real estate to-wit: , ..swsst Commencing 20 feet south of ibe north - corner of inlot No 56. running thence ea parallel with the north line of said ini , feet, thence south 2114 feet, thence wes feet, thence north 214 feet to the nlll j ginning, which is on the east side ot se street in the city of Decatur. Indiana, tn s county aforesaid, on the first taid building in wh'ch said room is situated. - building being a brick building, two- - fronting to the west, and front! " Second street aforesaid and kn wn - > Jacob Schafer building. All ward, in the citv of Decatur, in t'a.h- fl( township, in Adams countv, in tbest Indiana. Joseph , October 4,1905. Appl>c* nl ’