Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1906 — Page 7

MEXICO’S LOST MINES] ANCIENT beds of treasure that cannot now be located. Jhe Koinnnce Which Hovers Around (I|f Faiiions Hidden Mine of Tulona. Superstition and Cunning of the Satire Indians. Os the many mines which were work,.l by the Spaniards and which gave ’them such fabulous returns for their labor scarcely one can be located today. Many romantic stories as to their whereabouts have been followed up, only to be met with defeat. One of the richest of those mines was probably Tarasca, about which Humboldt has written. It was worked long before the Spaniards arrived iu Mexico. and the gold and silver were made iut o ornaments by the aborigines. A family in Guaymas has a necklace of Avins lUh purchased from a Pima chief, who said that the metal was dug from Tarasca. Later the mine was acquired by the crown of Spain and was worked, with the exception of a period drring the Apache war, till the French intervention, when the shafts were said to have been concealed by the administrator, Don Juan Moreno, who was forced to seek safety in flight. After the restoration of peace the location of Tarasca was looked for in vain, though the mine now known as Übarbo is supposed to be the same. When rediscovered years ago Übarbo was found to have been extensively worked and the shafts concealed under earth and brush Rich pillars of ore were found in the drifts, and the mine corresponds in many respects with the descriptions of Tarasca found in the archives of the American consulate at Guaymas. The fame of Tarasca is eclipsed by the romance which hovers around the lost i ine of Taiopa. A Mexican of great wealth who was much interested in the subject made a trip to Madrid to search far data on the subject. lie found absolutely nothing to prove that such a mine had ever been worked by the crown of Spain, and there is nothing in Mexican archives to establish the facts. Quite as trustworthy as the written documents.are the traditions among the Pima Indians. They maintain that Taiopa exists and a few claim to know its whereabouts. Small quantities of very rich ore are occasionally sold at the mountain mining camps, but all attempts to follow the Indians to the spot where it is found or to bribe them to reveal it have been unavailing. Their wants are few, and I they believe that should they reveal the s. ret they would drop dead. About six years ago an old Pima chief fell ill in one of the valley pueb’fos and was cured by a Mexican lady so well known and universally respected that her stateiffent is taken without question. The old Indian returned to his tribe and from time to time sent his benefactress rich bits of ore which assayed thousands of dollars to the ton. All her efforts to get him to lead her to the mine were fruitless, for the great spirit would strike him dead for the offense. The following summer the seaora went to the mountains and lived among the Indians for three months, doctoring the sick and giving presents of ribbons and gay calico to the women. She became convinced that the spot whence the rich ore came was Taiopa. Finally the old chief admitted that the mine was worked when be I was a boy and gave permission to two I women of the tribe to lead the senora I within a few yards of the mine so that I sue might discover it for herself and I save him from the penalty of sudden I dead, for revealing it. The three wornI en traveled mostly at night, passing I through deep canyons and over lofty I mountains. I The fourth night some hours after I dark the Indian women led her into a I deep canyon and paused before a large I rock, in the dim moonlight an old arI rastra was seen and across the canyon I * large ore dump. The woman gathI weil bits of ore from the dump, but I was hurried away by the squaws, who I Mid they would be killed if they deI iayed beyond the time mentioned by I their chief. Tb&y traveled till the I ni<)o! i went down, rested a few hours I ,a d went on before daylight, completeI V bailing the Mexican woman as to I Hie route they had taken. They arI tived at the pueblo at nightfall, hav- ■ taken four days to reach the mine ■ *nd but one to return, the obvious con- ■ Oluslou being that she had been led iu I a> CirC ' e ' r>es P a ' riu S ft gaining more, ■ the woman returned to her home, but I hopes at some future time to con- j ■ tlnue the search. ■ Two other mines which are supposed I d ollaTe I>WU tlle Property of the crown ■ tiring the Spanidi occupation and of ■ w neb there ar<* many romantic tales ■ *re the Reina Mercedes and the Casa I tinea. Both have been probably re- ■ w-orered and worked under other I n neS ' le Keina Mercedes is sup- ■ osed to be one of the rich Conchena ■ MP Mid the Casa Blanca the Casitas I *' wir tlle latter is nn ancient I BatT worke d by a Mexican comI fai^'f" 11 ""' 1 as °l ,eu cuts ou the sur- ■ fc .. for more than a mile and several ■ ills* ° f Un(lor » r ound workings. Near ■ wllere once a large church Bblins' 11:13 *°ng since fallen into ■ found lV ° co^r>er bells have been ■ They bear tile name of GuadaB the |. ,e thus-leading many to Bloir»i' T t ?' at the Tajos mine is the ' ■ ost Taiopa.—New York llera.!d. B “Hl Original. B is a bright talker, but be H i’ h - v reflected light.” B ® ow *that?” B itoriX » e 'y tel!s an T but other men’s B ■ "Detroit Free Press. B good idv’ce is but to in-. ■ &Q -'« own ability.—Goethe. —v .

I HABITS OF SQUIRRELS. I How These Little Animnls of the For. Ot Survive Winter. While certain members of the squir- I el t-l < >biro tin a- winter’s Mipplv of lood In bellow trees, I think most of them hide it on the ground, under old roots, brush piles and even beneath heaps of dead leaves. Their tracks in the winter woods seem to bi-ir this out. M hiie it may be that th: ■ fre luency of the tracks indicates a scarcity of food and tiie ve” ■al -it a desire to find a supply, Il - . tbs . maiu I that these outln < ouirrels have I a definite destinati luse when ! you see them skip at. he «■ stop short and scratch a .. . the ground, bringing tip f. nuts or com., placed there i.. u ■ , j of plenty, you are apt to attrib"-, luck more to a good memory . .. any haphazard speculation. Os the squirrel family the most inent in winter is the black.* I’j I seems to be flowing over all the time with pent-up energy, which keeps bin? constant motion, and you sometimes feel that you would like him to be able to talk and tell you how pleasant it is to have the joy which flows from a glad heart. Now watch him jump from limb to limb, rush headlong down the trunk and course across the snow in long, graceful bounds, with no apparent purpose but to exhibit the hanpixess within him. His red cousin once in awhile may ■>e seen at the entrance to his home In tbs heights of seme tree, but in him no sign of exult.yjion. He looks around for spring to come and clear away the Know, and no amount of coaxing will cause him to utter a note of scolding or alarm Not nil the red squirrels, however, keep to the trees. Many of i them through want ot food have to ' take to the earth, and their track in the deep snow is a heavy floundering of labored bounds as they go from tree to tree in search of the scanty provisions hidden beneath, the surface. Here and there we And the gnmmy scales of the pine cones, the shells of the acorn, the seed cones of tiie birch and cedar, scattered about on the snow, showing the food on which they subsist. In greater contrast to the delicacies just named, often one will fl id during long and severe winters that the squirrels have attacked the hemlock trees by stripping them of their bitter seeds. When one finds this, it is evidence of great want, and a merciful act would be to bring some food and scatter it about to assuage the pangs of hunger which these little fellows are enduring.-- Recreation The Rolls of England. The metal tongue of the big bell rings out many changes to our modern ears. It speaks of disaster and death, of rejoicing and devotion. In England it often tells of old times and quaint customs. Air. Ditchfield, in a book on old England, gives some of the traditions handed down through the “tintinnabulation of the bells.” In some parts of the country the b<’l which tolls the old year out is calieo the “Old Lad's Passing Bell.” In western England the bells peal merrily on “Oak Apple Day,” to celebrate the escape of King charles at Boscobel. Another bell, rung at the beginning of Lent, is known us “Pancake Bell.” because, in old time phrase, it "summons, people away from their pancakes to confession and fasting.” A lively peal of bells is often rung at the cud of the Sunday morning service, and is called “Pudding Bell.” Perhaps its purpose is to announce to the stay at tomes that service is over and that the pudding may come out of the oven. Every night at five minutes past 9 Great Tom.” the groat bell of Christ Church college at Oxford, booms out its ponderous note yu times. This particular number was chosen in accordance with the number of students at the foundation of the college. Caterias to Carlyle. There are some interesting anecdotes of the leading r>i’iti--li Rferary lights ot the middle nineteenth century in “Mrs. Brookfield and Her Circle.” On one occasion there was great embarrassment at one of their gatherings. The majority of the party were anxious tchear Tennyson read “Maud.’’ the first copy of which had just reached him, but it was known that Carlyle could not endure to hear any one reading aloud. What teas to be dona? A plot was laid to have the reading during the time of Carlyle's morning walk, but for this be always demanded an appreciative companion. Mrs. Brookfield says: “Chaits had been arranged in a quiet sitting room. The visitors wen taking their places. Alfred was ready. So was Carlyle—in the hall, waiti" for a companion iu his walk and cdently determined not to stir withe : 1 | one. It was quite an anxious mom., ■- At length Mr. Goldwin Smith gene.’. . ly stepped forward and joined the.l - losopber, and then Mr. Brookfield je.tied them both while the rest of us re malned to listen with enthralled r.tten , tion to the new words of tlm poet.” 1

| INCUBATORS i I Farmers, whv not get} .urJOare of the > that is .A g expended in this ( w annually for poultry pro- »| S ducts? You can do it Lj Histal’mg Hoosier incubator end Frcoder g § They have proven th. r worth to : | continue to increase. They have M need no nightwatch to . . mem. L.ev a.e , • -teed .0 .<i. c h I and raise more ihicks with les • car.-than., n machines. A They pay for lhemselvi s the fir.-t h . /.’b . • cm S home dealer at a price you can ruforu igj >y <■ ■ - to ■ suit YOU. Km 9 Don’t fail to investigate. Hoosi • IrtctuLalor CLo. City, .Indiana FOR SALE BY ATz. cc SIEGLE, DEC.’ ’ IND. r L.l : L - L

Time Table ERIE RAILROAD. IN EFFECT at DECATUR. EAST BOUND I No. 8. New York Express 2:38 a. m. I No. 22. Marlon and Columbus ex a. m. c No. 4 New York. Boston Ves. lim.-3:48p. m 1 No. 14. Wells Fargo Express 8:30 p. m. No. 10. Chant auqun and Buffalo ex 9;37 p. m WEST BOUND No. 7. Chicago Express 1:50 a. m ! I No. 9. Chicano Limited 2:58 a m 7 0. 21. Ch’uairo Accomodation. ...10:10a. m f* 3, Ohiv i Vestihuled limited!2:s6 p. m 1 \ I'argo Express 6:C2p, m . -i ’ly —T llyexcept Sunday, ! -a. - u-cept Monday. John Fleming. Ticket Agent., O L. Enos. Trav. Passenger Agent, Marion, Ohio L.-l ,u RAPIDS S INDIANA R’L Pel - uur ✓ ‘‘A. I'.'OG—Now in effect. Sun Goinq So’iHi Ds ExSun ExSun Only Lv Deep/ r V’s-t 7.11 am l.Vipm 7’46pm Ar Portland.. n 8.15 am 2 13pm 8,45 pm Ar Richmond •>. i* . a 9.42 am 3.4*’pm 10 15pm ArOmclnnut, .6 , n 12.05 pm 5.55 pm 1.16 pm train •’ 12. i night i. d. luuping car to Cincinnati 7 'ally to Gome NO,!‘, Tally GJ. Rapids ExSun Lv Decatur.. . . 1.20 im 7.59 am 3 17pm Ar Ft. Wayn 2,00 am 8.40 am 4.00 pm Ar Grand Rap 6 r>am 1.50 pm 9.40 pm Ar Traverse Ciu Vzspm 7.50 pm ~..j Ar Petoskev..... . - >pm 9.30 pm. 6.05 am Ar Mackinaw L. pm 10,50 pm 7.20 am 1.20 am train ; en< ig car to Mack City. 759 am train Par;or < to G. R and Mack City. 3.17 pm tr:: or car to G. R- and sleeping car G. al. .-.'ack City. TOLEDO, ST.LOU'S WESTERN R- R-CO "CLOVER t rtftjr ROU'g*’ In eff ct 'll. 3d. 13W. 'a iNo 5-OumwcrciMllrt v ?, . sr3oam 1 J— Mia j., daily, «xc € d-i-y. .11 • a m No - —Day Itrntesf, .... .. , 22 pin No Local Fruignn.. ......... 2 35 pm 'V K ‘T S—l'.yßxprast, <J»L .. - 6-Warn <3 1-M.»l>.dally.oxcej ■ va m M *—Commercial Travu ! r 12 p-r ’—v 55 fit tn A GUARANTEET ’.J! E FOR PILES Itorung. Blind. Bleed-: l n-truding Piles Druesistsare .--uthot td to refund t ouey PAZO OInTMENT fall-, t- -i-rt- in s to U days. sdo. N'npoleon otor. Napoleon was a ’ ' . but be ciuld not spoil. 1 ; was also so bad as to ' - be rumor that he used i characters to conceal he. the master of Fur maste? French ortho ,> •- rlydays of the empire ’ t aspect presented hiir. ror. “Who are y “Sire, I had - foi fifteen raont- - - lessons to your maje “You turned ■ -'r ■ -pill" said the emperor, ■ “I congratulate you -er ssi" Nevertheless ho ■ pe-'.sioa upon hie cIJ mas5 - oa'-oRC. True cour ■ "-'I -J <-alin The bravest of i - i ■■ ive ti:>- Last of s brutal, bull g i -"hi .- ml in tbr very tin 1 " c daug r re f kind th, most serene, fleasant urn! free, liage we kiivw, cai make a coward forget himself and light, bul v . is done n fury and ar -vr j . neve; placed u the account of eon. :g. •'■<l Shatter bury. LUCKIEST . ' ■ W • ANS AS. “I’m the I > mm in Arkansas, writes H. I. ley, of Bruno, “since the resto "t m wife’s health aftea five feoi iinuous coughing and bl from the lungs; and I owe my ■ to toe world’s greatest ’ e ine. Dr. King’s New Discover ’ ansuniytion, which I know fror < . ricnee will cure consumption .in in Jme. My wife improved i ii-si buttle and twelve bottles" (d the cure.” Cures the woi n ■> jhs and colds er tneney refund” . ■' burns and Christen druggi and 1,00. Trile bottle free

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j THE YELLOW FEVER GERM has recently been discovered, it betas a close rasemblacne to malaria germ. To free the system from disease ge>ms the most effective remedy is Dr.King,s | New Life Pills. Gurananted to cure all ' disease due to malaria poison and con*stipati _ n. 25c. Blackburn& Christen,s Drug Store TAKE A TRIP WEST. Special Inducements thia Season. Spend your vacation on the Pacific Coastorin almost any of the western statesthis summer at low cost. Round trip excursion tickets via Rock Island System are on sale certain dates throout the summer. Yougoout via Colorado, visiting Yellow Stone Park and returning southern route byway of El Paso, or visa versa. A long run limit and cheap rates for side trips to every point of interest, full particulars literature and Rock Island folder, from John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Managerßocklsland System, Chicago 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 reliableble drugstore. Smitt, Yager Ji Falk. 48tf To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Drugsists will refund money if t fails to cure E.w.G KOVE's signature is ou each box 25c 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, Proserpine 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 alehohol 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 Kates, detailed medical facts, etc. address FRANK J. REED, G. P. A. The Monon Roure, 200 Cos tom'l louse. Place. CHICAGO. CORES CONSTIPATION It is just about impossible to be sick when the bowels are right and not posssible to be well when they are wrong. Through its action on the bowels, Lane’s Family Medicine cleans the body.inside and leaves no lodging placefor disease. It for once you wish to know how it fqels to be thoroughly well, give this famous laxative t-. i a trial. Sold bv all dealers at 25c. and 50c. • Revised, Shakenj eare. Shyluck—Uil h ive ' j* 3c h Ant-'-o'o—.ta.'l. . L_ 'tor sa s I’ve g t t- reduce • , ws '•Town Topics.

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LOST—Mrs. J. M. Miller lost a kid glove between her home and the the Boston store. Finder will please leave at this office or her home j?d7hale DEALER IN Seeds, f+ay, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lirrie, Cernent Fei’tilizei's. Office and retail store store southeast cor , cer of Second and Jefferson streets. oF”Your patronage solicited. 1 H C® .vr unains’inc’’*” 3 Pilt W n L ShGi’iiTiiefit wiil rure Blind i Bl H m p: and Itchini H B Efi»l J ilts. lutu .orcs the tumors MIV ■ B a day:- tb.e itching at once, acts *■*; y to'itsa poultice, ;.’ivus iu.-iu .. re M B Indian Pile Oint , ■ ■ ment is prepared for Piles and Itch HI ing Gs private parts. Every box i.* warranted. druirgi'ts, by n-ai! cn re ceipt ot price. 59 seats ■. . $2.00. WILLIAM' i MCNUFACTUSING CO.. Props. Cleveland. Ohio Nachtrieb & Euelllnu. FOR QUICK CASH SALES J, Q. Neptune. D. D.B. C. E. Neptune. D. D 8 ’Phone 23. ’Phone 236. Neptune Brothers, ; . DENTISTS.. [ Rooms 1.2, 3, 4. Spangler Building, Decatur. Indiana. . Office Phone 207. Lady Attendant English, German and Swiss spoken. I FRED RE F P.’E RT, | Sale Crier and Auctioneer. DECATUR. - - - - - . INDIANA 1 Speaks English. German. Swiss and Low German. DORE B. ERWIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. ’ Office.— Corner Monroe and Second street , General practitioner. No charge for consul tation A . AMOS P. BEATTY ATTORNEY AT LAW 5 And Notary Public. Pension claims prose 4 cuted. Oda Fellows building. 0 l , W11...1 ’■n n -I-’ —• MERRYMAN & SUTTON. J ‘ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR. IND. ’ Office—Nos. 1.2, 3, over Adams Co. Bank, We refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank SCHURGER <fc SMITH, 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Notaries, Abstracters. Real Estate Agents, i Money to Loan. Deeds and Mortgages written on short notice. Office in Allison block | second story, over Frisioe’s Smoke House, j Decatur. Indiana - " j L I N,N & PjATTO N > Carpenters. Contractors and. Builders Slate Roofers and Galvanized Gutters. Shop, Corner Rugg and Market Streets Linn As Patton ROY ARCHBOLD DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK Phones — Office 164, residence 245 i MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. Are prepared to do any kind of work in their line. Persons contemplating building can save liuits, trouble ana money by consulting them, j Office- MANN & CHRISTEN Bowers Bioek. Monroe at. Architect | Mortgage Loans. ■ Money Loaned on favoiille terms, Low Rate of Interest. Privetege of partial payments, ! Abstracts of Title carefully prepared. F M. SCrtIRMEYEff. Gor. b«cv~d * Madison 1 Decat’j!’, Indiana.

$250.000. “■ ■ ■ ■ *“** I $2 50,000 to loan on im-ij proved farms at lowest rate of interest, we can place your loan at a lower rate of interest and less expense 1 i than any other Agency ai 1 1 he city. The Decatur Abstract & Lon Comm/ Rooms 3 and 4, Studabaker Block j TIMBER WAITED 5.001 cords Linn (Basswood) be Its. Can use trees 4 inches or larger. Buy sta iding timber or cut and ricked. Giles L. Smith 750 W. Market Si India. - ‘polis. Ind D. D H 3Lj 2 J fc =) 1. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. > i ■ I! . ; >i ■ t ; < dra 1 Arkansas Texas Louisiana An idea] country for cher ’■ homes. Land at $5 $lO, sl. ■ acre; grows corn, cotto: wheat, oats, grasses, frui 5 and vegetables. » Stock ranges 10 wontl ' in the year. Southeast Missori, Aka‘ j sas. Louisiana and Texa | ! are full of opportunities--? the climate is mild, the sc I is rich, the lands are cheap. | Low home-seekers’ rates. —about half fare—via the I Cotton Belt twice a month — j • first and third Tuesday !. . . For descriptive literature, maps and excursion rates® • write to L. 0. SCHAEEER, I. P. A. Cotton Belt Route I CINCINNATI. OHIO ] 1 AUCTIONEER For Good Service See L. H. GAGE (Speaks German and English) Auctioneer and Sale Crier. Rates $4/X) Sales over SSOO 80c per SIOO. Le •s x address at Berne Witness Office, Berne, Ind The Democrat SI.OO DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley. General Practice and Surgery. But Special Attention given to Eye Ear Noee, Throat and Chronic Diseases, expert in rutiag masses. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye. Ea _ Throat and Catarrhal cases. OALLB ansT- rod. day r night. O v F CE - ovn; postofiiou. RR3IDENCE -cor.’uonrcen’ 1 N.ai i ste slice Hours— 9to L a. »n, 2to 4pm