Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1910 — Page 3

The auditor’* office was crowded Monday and most of the day, the ; April session of the hoard of commieglonera being on, and there will be L much business during the session. H The first thing up was the opening of i bids for the construction of four ma- \ cadam roads, the following being the < bids: William Adler Road. Bit Bngle 17000.00 Erie Stone Co 6732.00 < L. O. Bears 6676.00 M. Miller 6600.00 B. H. Faust 6305.18 Crls Musser Merryman & Fugate 6670.00 Magley Road. Eli Engle . 19397.50 Erie Stone Co 8580.00 E. Woods & Son ......10690.00 E. H. Faust 8846.65 Julius Haugh 9159.50 Merryman & Fugate 8930.00 C. C. Beers Road. L. O. Beers ...35673.00 Michael Miller .. 6144.00 William Reppert 5922.00 Cris Musser I 5889.00 Merryman & Fugate 5636.00 C. W. R. Swartz & C 06374.75 Wheat, Sisk & Ruple 5900.00 George H. Martz Road. Ell Engle '. 45609.00 ? Erie Stone Co 5657.00 L. O. Bears 5726.00 M. Miller . .'.. 5759.00 E. H. Faust; 5536.84 Reppert 5151.00 Cris- Musser 5149.53 L Merryman & Fugate 5349.00 Wheat, Sisk & Ruple 5220.00 H. S. Miller was the lowest bidder on the Cowan bridge, Shiffery bridge, Ayers bridge, Painter bridge, Luginbill bridge, Nusbaum arch. The Bhrne Supply Co. was the only bidder on the Linn Grove bridge. They also were the low bidder on Shoaf bridge and • abutments. The viewers made a report on the i,' ; John J. Schuh petition for road. The b viewers were David Stpele, C. D. F. Bieberick and E. L. Foreman. The report of the viewers being favorable, the board granted the petition for opening of a highway, petitioned for by John J. Schuh. C. C. Ernst, as engineer, and W. W. Buckmaster and Thomas Drew, as commissioners, were appointed to report on the Aschleman and Speicher macadam road. Frank Hlsey and E. N. Busche were appointed as view-, ers on G. C. McEHhany road. Michael Miller and. John Lose, viewers for W. L. Raudenbush road, A. B. Bailey and Georger Maurer on A. J. Sipe road. The petitions for the J. W. Vizard and J. C. Cowan roads were approved. —o ■■ —■ ■ John 9. Peterson can hold his position as deputy postmaster in this city during life and good behavior, according to a recent order from President Taft, which places all the deputies in first and second class postoffices in the classified that is under the civil service. The result is not known but the order has been j made and will likely stick for some " time at' least. A Washington dispatch says: “President Taft issued an order today putting assistant postmasters at I first and second-class offices in the classified service. . “Something like 21,000 offices are affected by the order. For several years there has been a demand that assistant postmasters in the larger postoffices be transferred to the classified service, the argument in favor of the step being that assistant postmasters have confidential relations ' with the postmasters and as a rule stay on from one administration to another. | “This is the first blanket civil service order Issued by President' Taft One of the last acts of President Roosevelt was to transfer fourth-class postmasters in the territory lying east of the Mississippi river to the classified service. A year’s experience with the new arrangement with reference to fourth-class postmasters has convinced the civil service commission that the transfer was a wise one. It is understood that the administration will soon put those fourth-class postmasters, who are now attested by the Roosevelt order under civil service." 11 0 " **"" — The sale of hams conducted by the Ladies’ Mite society of the M. E. s church Saturday afternoon was a f hummer, and in about two hours ev- , ery bit of the meat —about two thou- ' said pounds, had been sold, the proceeds amounting to ssl. There was but a little expense to the society, the amount Clear of expense being *. about 347,85. The meat was that which was slightly burned in the accident at the Packing house recently when the meat which was being smoked caught fire. It was in the I S° od e a “ d the^ parts slightly

Geneva, Ind., April J—(Special to Daily'Democrat)—The last sad rites over the remains of the late George Hartman were performed at the Metnodist church here Thursday afternoon at. 1:30. "Nearer My God to Thee" was sung impressively by the choir, after which the Scripture lesson was read by the Rev. Catarr of the Reformed church of Berne, who read from the fourth chapter of Revelations, commencing at the twelfth verse, followed by prayer. “We are Going Down the Valley" was rendered by the Misses Mason, Brown and McWhlnney. Rev. C, J. Graves then delivered a very eloquent sermon, basing his remarks from the First Epistle of Peter, second chapter, twentyfirst verse. The capacity of the church was tested, all anxious to pay their last respects to a good man. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The body was laid to rest la the Studabaker cemetery, two miles northwest of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk of Orrville, Ohio, were here to attend the funeral of George Hartman, Mrs. Kirk being a sister of the deceased. Jtyrs. G. B. Fawdy has advertised a public sale of her household goods and will' Join her husband, who is employed in the oil fields at Keefer, Oklahoma. Prof. Roy Butcher is here for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. X M. Butcher, after a most successful term as principal in the schools at Decatur, 111. Mrs. Fred Eichenberger and Miss Lula Chapman of Berne attended the funeral of Mr. Hartman here. Miss Chapman was formerly a clerk in the Hartman store. Dr. A. C. Fprdand spa left Thursday for their home in Epworth, North Dakota. They came here last fall to spend, the winter, the doctor preferring this climate. Mrs. Mary Loyd, of Markleville, Ind., sister of Mrs. G. W. Cooper, of this place, in an effort to save her life, had her right arm amputated at Anderson Thursday. Mrs. Loyd scratched her arm a few weeks ago and gangrene set in, making the operation necessary. Mrs. Cooper is at the bed-, side of her sister. ,■ I ‘ The laying of steel has begun on the traction -line within the town limits. An excursion will be run over the road from here to Bluffton on Thursday, April 7th and on Sunday, April 10th on account of theM. E. conference. Edward Baird, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Baird, was quite badly burned Tuesday when he fell into a bonfire. His right hand was injured badly, causing much pain, but it is believed that no. serious results will follow. ' ;——o Gay & Ewick, whose extensive business house has included the first and second stories of two large business rooms, and the second story of a third, have found it necessary to even further enlarge their space and have rented the building located Just north of them, formerly occupied by the Brokaw saloon, which will be used by them in connection with the old. This is undergoing a course of papering, painting, revarnishing, electric wiring and other repairs that will put it into first-class shape for the display of their fine line of furnishings. It will be ready for occupancy within a few days and then will come the arranging of the large stock to much better advantage and convenience, making it one of the best equipped and complete business houses in this part of the state. . — o ■ One of the largest mortgages ever filed in this county was placed on record at the county recorder’s office at 9 o’clock Monday, it being given by the Fort Wayne & Sprigfield railway company to the Cleveland Trust company in the sum of one million dollars ,and covering all the property, real and personal, and the right-of-ways of the traction line between Fort Wayne and Portland; Recorder Steele immediately telegraphed the Cleveland Trust company that the mortgage had been received and filed as per his instructions. This is one of the steps necessary in the financing of the road and means that an issue of bonds to the amount stated will be made, v Arrangements are now on with a big financial institution to take up the bonds and furnish the money to continue the building of the road from here to Portland. Mr. Fledderjohann expects to have (he financing of the road completed this Week if possible and if this is done the work on the extension will be pushed rapidly. Miss Bula McKinney was clerking at the Steele & Weaver racket't

Indianapolis, Ind., April I—The democratic state committee met yesterday afternoon at the democratic headquarters in the Pythian building, but the session was shbrt. The only formal business transacted was a vote to authorize U. 8. Jackson, state chairman, to appoint a committee of three to cooperate with him in making the detailed plans for the conyention. Mr. Jackson appointed on this committee, Peter Kruyer of the Thirteenth district, Peter Foley of the Fifth district, and Charles Murphy of the Tenth district. Mr. Jackson said that this committee would have charge of the detailed provisions for the., convention and would act in an way in effecting the organization of the convention, including the selection of the presiding officers. F’ >1 a<son in regard to the selection presiding officers will be taken, ,of ,tee, by the committee on organiftmon. The sub-commlfttee appointed yesterday, though, is expected to make suggestions to the organization committee. Members of the committee denied that there was any discussion of a slate of officers for the convention. They said the entire matter had been left to the committee. The talk among democrats around the lobby was that Senator Shively probably would be the temporary chairman and Governor Marshall the permanent chairman. William F. Moore, secretary of the state committee, and Joseph Reilly, former secretary are talked of for the place of secretary of the convention. All of the membets of the committee attended the meeting except John Osborn of the Sixth and Francis M. Griffith of the Fourth. Both were represented by proxies. Thomas Hawkins of Shelbyville represented Mr. Osborn and Sheriff White of Dearborn county represented Mr. Griffith. There was no discussion in the committee meeting of Governor Marshall’s plan for having the convention nominate the candidate for United States senator. Indianapolis, April I—U. S. Jackson, democratic state chairman, announced that he had appointed Bert Hendren of Linton to be chairman of the speakers* bureau of the democratic state committee during the coming campaign. He had made his decision to appoint Hendren some time ago, he said, but had not made it public. Hendren is the son of Gilbert Hendren of Bloomfield, who was chairman of the speakers’ bureau during the last campaign: SUSTAINS FRACTURE OF ARM. Mrs. Oliver Steele Falls Down Flight of Steps. Mrs. Oliver Steele, a prominent woman of near Steele, Blue Creek township, met with an accident Friday noon in which both bones of her left arm were broken Just above the wrist, and her head badly bruised. Mrs. Steele, with her husband, had been in the D. B. Erwin office In this city on business, and were just descending the steps leading from the office to Second street, when she slipped in some way and fell, striking on her head and left arm. She was taken at once to a doctor’s office, where her injuries were dressed and she was able to return home in the afternoon. o . Mrs. Harriet Longenbacher,' one of the best known ladies of the city, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, passed away at noon Friday at'the home or ner daughter, Mrs. Mat Kirsch. Mrs. Longenbacher had been ailing for several months from chronic bronchitis and nephrites, and two Weeks ago last Thursday her condition became so serious as to confine her to her bed, and she has been under the care of a trained nurse. Yesterday morning she became much worse and her death has been expected- momentarily since. Mrs. Longenbacher was born in Ohio seventy-fiVe years ago, but in early youth came to this county with her parents, settling in Preble township. She was married there to Mathias Longenbacher, and lived there until 1871, when they moved to Fort Wayne. They lived there twenty years and then came to this city. Mr. Longenbacher died seven years ago, since which Mrs. Longenbacher has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mathias Kirsch. She leaves but two daughters, Mrs. August Sellemeyer being the other. Sylvester Spangler of this city and George Spangler of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Jacob Shafer of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Susan Reppert of Westpoint, Nebraska, are her surviving brothers and sisters. Jacob Spangler of this city is an uncle. She was a Christian lady of tfie highest and noblest qualities, and has proven a blessing to all who knew her. The funeral of Mrs. Longenbacher was held Sunday afternoon at 2:3C from the German Reformed church of which she was a faithful member, the Rev. L. G. Hessert in charge. Ben Garard vialtedover Sunday at I with him aimtzar* I X OIIJUUKa WIUJ. LUo Bwu&Tt

Fred Mills has been in the grocery business a good many years, but never until Thursday has he sold one hundred bushels of potatoes to one person at one sale. The purchase was made by Bud Sheline, who came here recently from Colorado and has rented the old Studabaker home farm. H 6 bought one hundred bushels of Early Rose potatoes, which he will use for seed purposes, expecting to make his chief occupation this year the raising of potatoes. He will also buy one hundred bushels of Rural New Yorkers, seed potatoes, making In all two hundred bushels which he will put into the ground. He has been in a country where they specialize in farming and he is going into the potato business here right. He is well located and will no doubt make a success of the business. That he knows his business was signified that he knew Just what he wanted. The Rural New Yorkers will be planted about a week or ten days after the Early Rose seeds are put in. l —- The funeral of George W., little son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Fisher/ of Eleventh street, whose death occurred Thursday afternoon, was held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the 'home, by the Rev. Sherman Powell. The little one will be laid to rest in the Decatur cemetery. The child was two years, four months and twelve days of age, and had been ailing for several weeks with catarrhal fever. o ——— C. K. Bell, who has been local agent for the Wells-Fargo Express company since the Fort Wayne office was established in November, 1907, will leave this evening for Akron, Ohio, to which city, he has , been transferred as agent. Mr. Bell came from Decatur to Fort Wayne and has made many friends here. His successor has not been named, but Clerk F. H. Lepper will be acting agent in Fort Wayne until an, appointment is : made —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. —■ - — ' -o ■■ ■—■ — LET THE CONTRACTS. Michael Miller has let the contract for his new and modern home which will be erected during the summer on Fifth street. The foundation will be built by John Bollinger and the house will be built by Mann & Christen. It will be one of the most ‘ fashionable homes in the city and wheh completed will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Miller, who intend to live there always, moving from their farm in Washington township. o — W. L. Lehne, the Jeweler, -who for several years has been identified with •Decatur’s leading business firms, left Sunday for Tiffin, Ohio, where on Tuesday noon he was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Heilman, one of the best young ladies of that city. The wedding took place at the home of his parents, and was solemnized by the Rev. Snyder, pastor of the English Lutheran church of that city. The wedding' was a very quiet one and only the members of the families of the contracting parties will be in attednance. Mr. and Mrs. Lehne will take a ten days' wedding trip, though they have not yet arranged their iiinary. They will be at home after April 20th in the Charles F. True property on South Winchester street Mr. Lehne is known here as a man of the highest and best qualities and the hosts who know him will welcome himself and bride to the city. - . <>■■ ———— •••; Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at the Zion German Lutheran parsonage in the west part of the city was solemnized the wedding of Mr. Oscar Lankenau and Miss Bess Wherry, two of the city’s best known young people, •the Bev. Wehmeyer officiating. The wedding was a very quiet one, the only witnesses being the bride's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wherry; her uncle, James Rabbitt of Des Moines, Iowa; her brother, Joe Wherry, of Monroeville: Mr, and Mrs. Henn 7 Lankenau, parents of the groom, and his sister, Miss Louise Lankenau. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lankenau left for a short trip and they will be at home after a few days in the Gregory property on Marshall street The bride 18 the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wherry of North Third street and is a young lady of many excellent and admirable traits. For two years she has served as assistant in the county recorder’s office, resigning only a few weeks ago. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lankenau and is one of the city’s most enterprising business men, being a member of the mercantile firm of Kuebler & Lankenau of the Boston Store. That their life may be one replete with happiness is the unanimous wish of all. W. A. Lower left Sunday noon for Indianapolis, where he will attend the republican convention to be held -there tomorrow'. He was accompanied by Misa Fanny HeHer, Who-will' visit a tew days with Mr. and Mrs.

INSTINCT AND nLASON. An Interesting Illustration of the Two Traits of Monkeys. An illustration showing the difference between instinct and reason in monkeys came under the observation of David Starr Jordan, the famous naturalist. At one time be bad two lively Macacus monkeys called Bob and Jocko. These were nut and fruit eating monkeys and instinctively knew just how to crack nuts and peel fruits. At tbe same time be bad a baby monkey. Mdno, of* a kind that had the egg eating instinct. But Mono had never yet seen an egg. To each of tbe three monkeys Dr. Jordan gave an egg, tbe first that any of them bad ever seen. Baby Mono, descended from egg eating ancestors, handled his egg with all the inherited expertuess of a long developed instinct. He cracked it with bls upper teeth, making a bole in it, and sucked out all its substance. Then, bolding the eggshell np to the light and seeing there was no longer anything in it, he threw it away. All this be did mechanically, automatically and just as well with tbe first egg as with any other he afterward bad. And all eggs since given him be has treated in tbe same way. Tbe monkey Bob took bis egg for some kind of nut. He broke it with his teeth and tried to pull off tbe shell. When tbe inside ran out and fell on the ground be looked at it for a moment in bewilderment, then with both hands scooped up the yolk and the sand mixed with it and swallowed it. Then be stuffed tbe shell into his mouth. This act was not instinct; it was reason. He was not familiar by inherited instinct With eggs. He would handle one better next time, however. Reason very often makes mistakes at first, but when It is trained it becomes a means far more valuable and powerful than instinct. The third monkey. Jocko, tried to eat bis egg in much tbe same way that Bob did; but, not liking the taste, he threw it away.—St Nicholas. 1 EASY MONEY. Picked Up by the Sharp Chap Who Bet on a Word. Just byway of showing bow easy it is for some men to pick up a few dollars by their wits a young fellow strolled into a case tbe other afternoon and. joining in conversation that was being carried on by convivial spirits., declared be was tbe most “infortunate” individual on earth. He immediately began telling a story of his personal troubles, but before he had got tbe narrative well under way there was a chorus of interruptions, and the talkative young man was politely informed that bis English needed revising, since be should bave used the word “unfortunate” instead of "infortunate.” The newcomer insisted that Infortunate was tbe correct word to use, and the argument waxed warm. Finally, with a show of beat, the young man who started tbe trouble declared that while be bad only a few dollars be would wager them that be was cor ■rect So anxious were his friends to lay wagers with him that be did not have money enough ,to meet all the de mands, but he succeeded in putting up sls in separate small bets. Tbe men who were certain that the garrulous ' young man was'wrong in tbe use of the word infortunate sent out for a dictionary only to find that they had been “stung” on a “sure thing” bet, the big, book on spelling showing that infortunate is perfectly proper and means unfortunate. “Yes.” said the winner of the bets r as he .pocketed his new portion ol wealth. ”1 have won money on that before. I collected $lO this afternoon on a similar wager.” —Philadelphia Record. . ——-i —- - ■ i;'v ! 1 Flying Fishes. dazzling silvery splendor per vades the surface of the body es tht best known species of tbe flying-fish The summit of its head, its back and its sides are of azure blue This blue becomes spotted upon the dorsal fin, the pectoral fin and the tail. This fist is the common prey of the sea birds and the more voracious fishes, suet ' as the shark. Its enemies abound ii air and water. If it succeeds in es captag the Charybdis of the water tin chances are in favor of its meeting its ' fate to tbe Scylla of the atmosphere If tt escapes the jaws of the shark 11 will probably fall to the share of the seagull. Too Honest. Woggs—Young Smith has failed it business again. I’m sorry for the boy tat too close adherence to high princi plea ruined him. Boggs —How so' Woggu—He advertised. “Our product is thoroughly tested before it leave! the fhetory.” which is a very hard thing to live up to when you are man ufactnring dynamite.—Puck. Quite at Homa. Bacon—And did you feel at home traveling in Russia? Egbert—Ob, quite at home. When the brakemen called out the stations 1 couldn’t understand them any better than I can over here —Yonkers Statesman. Thousand Dollar Illustration Income. $1,000; expenditure, $800.99 —happiness. Income, $1,000; expenditure, $1,000.90 —misery. Income, $1,000; expenditure, $1,500gay time.—Puck. - Poor Living. Madder Brown-There goes old Date tar He’s living on his roDutation. Jfeulstiek-No wonder helookJ w thin -Dhutrated Btta.

HOME FOR ECZEMA. Does it not seem strange that so many people suffer year in and year out with eczema? A 25-cent bottle of a simple wash stops the itch and will surely convince any patient; This wash is composed of mild and soothing oil of wintergreen mixed with thymol of glycerine, etc., and known as D. D. D. Prescription. We do not know how long the D. D. D. Laboratories will continue the 25c offer, as the remedy is the regularly sold only in SI.OO bottles and has never before been put on the market at any special offers. If you want relief tonight, try a bottle at 25c on our personal recommendation. Smith, 1 —e— — Asa, sixteen-year-old son of John C. Meyers, died Friday morning at 7:15 at his home near Honduras from hemorrhage of the lungs. The young man had been ailing for about three years but had been cinfined to his bed only about three days. He was born December 11, 1983, and his whole life had been spent in that community, where he was well and favorably known. His mother died about three years ago and three sisters and one brother have also preceded him in death. He is survived by his father and the following brothers: Lebabah, of Michigan; William, of Preble township; Frank, living near Honduras, and George, at home. The funeral were held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, sun time, from the Zion church by the Rev. Sagfer and burial will take place in the Zion cemetery. - U — We have enjoyed our first ride In a. Decatur utility car, 1910 pattern, and the first of the kind turned out by the Decatur Motor Car company. It is the first of a consignment of 200 cars which have been contracted for the Factory Auto Sales company of Fort Wayne, and will be delivered to them tomorrow. It’s a great little car that sells for S7OO, is made for two, three or four passengers, has two cylinders and clip off forty miles an hour. Across the front the name “Decatur” is displayed in a neat manner and before September Ist several hundred of these machines will be in use over the country. If any of the knockers think there is nothing doing at this plant they should take a walk out there. They will find twenty-six cars on the way and nearing completion. Os these about ten are trucks, from one to three tons’ capacity and the rest are pleasure cars. About twenty-five men are employed and under the direction of Mr. Meyer and Mr. Coppock are making great progress. Another year will find this the . greatest institution of the city and they will then be turning out several cars a day. A large number of “Decaturs” will be delivered at Fort Wayne within the next week or two. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for ’ Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10,000 testftnonials. They never fail. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. Foley’s Kidney Remedy wil cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. It invigorates the entire system and strengthens the kidneys so they eliminate the Impurities of the blood. Backache, rheumatism, kidney and bladder troubles are all cured by this great medicine. -a - WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. , Lear nthe Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep. ; > When urinary disorders set in Woman’s lot is a weary one. There is away to escape these woee. , Doan’s Kidney Pills cure such ills. Have cured women here in Decatur.” This is one uecatur woman's testimony. . ( hjrs,. Harriet Gilpen, 222 Patterson avenue, Decatur, Ind., says: “I do not hesitate to speak highly of Doan’s Kidney Pills, as I have found them to be a splendid remedy for kidney trouble. I was distressed by a weakness across the small of my back and rheumatism in my limbs. I was finally told that these troubles were caused by disordered kidneys and was urged to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. I procured a supply at the Holthouse Drug Co. and their use improved my condition in every way.” For sale by all dealers, Price M cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New York, sole agents for the .United States. JJpmember the name—Doan’a—and take no other. Holthouee Drue Da * ..