Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1911 — Page 5

weather rather * !■ the tent about a f* - " 1 *I*’ 1 *’ ’ ,, ’ r * preaent at tbe Monday evening. Interest in B has steadily inereas- , nll | even so cool an evening as !Ld»y •■”‘ ulu * wIU no ' koe| ’ I ? i-vle away. Itov. Miller, ad ! y one to try to keep warm a t>le. and >f necessary to home rather than risk their health it’tlie' l'el> Rny dan * er a,ong thnt \ number of men. including th.' T eiivt. ept their hats on during r. nlng as a protection fhf * •' ’ 1 . • !he cold, with the interest so ' lasit i» n° w - “ 18 almoßt a eer nt ., t |n, t with good weather the tent L be filled every night from now " the close of the meetings next on w»v Sunday night. y, r his text Monday evening the verend gentleman selected words Ld in I'-'*'™ 142 *• " N( ‘ ,nan car( ‘ d lor my sou! " He explained thnt |hMe were the words of David, when Saul and his army were seeking to W ke Band's life A few stood by him .'neouraging him with their presence, aeeking to secure food and drink toelher with such other comforts for hi, body as they might be able. They well knew that David would be slain i. Saul’s men could get their hands on him and they did not know how ( soon that might be. yet none spake with him regarding his soul. In distress and anguish David cries out. •Xo man cares for my soul.” Continuing, the speaker said: "Is it not strange that on these days of advanced civilization, of numerous churches and of the open Bible men be permitted to live for many years with- at any one expressing concern for their soul” The merchant rarM .-. man's trade, the politkian ,ares for h:s vote, but sometimes mon are almost forced to cry out as did David One great need of the world today is that Christian men and wo-1 men show the concern they profess to fee! for the unsaved. Opportunities come to us all every day of life to say something to somebody that might help them start on the road »o heaven One great weakness in the ihunb in ’hese days is that so many | are expecting the pastor to do all the •alking on religious subjects. Good preaching is a very good thing for any community, but this world will never be won to Christ unless a larger number of Christians than ever Income personal workers. "Sometimes an unsaved man gets *o thinking about the matter and longs to have some one talk with and help him: he has not the courage to go to some Christian friend and they do not come to him about this important matter In his despair he begins to | think that maybe after all no one cares But they do. Every church I cares, every true Christian cares,' though they may not come to him and tell him so. Every dollar spent for ; foreign or home missions proves that ' the church .-ares for the souls of m>- t. Every cent that is expended to equ p mi:‘churches and maintain our serv ices is nreof that the church doe« 'are. Every ringing of rhe ehur< It bell and every announcement and :n---utation to service is an expression "f ’he churches' concern for the unsaved. Host of al! the Son of God cares for the soul that is lost. He gave His life for it; He came to seek and to. save the lost. The angels of heaven '■are so much that they always shout for joy when a sinner turns from his t'il way The best class of people on earth and the messengers of God on high all seek to encourage ami help the soul that is willing to be helped. These meetings are being carried on only because we are con’’•‘inert about your soul. We care for loti. Will you let us help you? Meetings will continue all this week h is very likely that some of the Muffton friends wild be on hand again this evening. You are cordially invittM to come and enjoy the blessing God has for us. Come! —Contributed. o — WALL STREET TALK. x ew York. N. v intv 25—(Special lo Daily Democrat) —Thai the Hines formation of the ten million ( iollar National Company, controlled , Hie National City bank is a plan 0 kunulify the effects of order of the . "Wente courts In the Standard (til and American Tobacco com®ny cases was the declaration on ] a " street today. The new company . * to be used as a holding company ( w shares of the two big indicted I , 10 ®panieB, it was stated. I, - ~ . more fast ball. 1 /fonroe, Ind., July 25—(Special to Democrat) —Monroe and Willlre also enjoyed a fast game of ball U|| day at the latter place, when Mon P defeated them by a score of 4 to I ' 11 "as a pitohers' royal battle, and t er clever twirling kept both sides I ■ Ueßs 'ng nearly the entire game. Ho"- f W ’ Sthelsher of Monroe was too ' ? wful for the Buckeyes to stand. • he Pulled his team into victory ' n ° n « score. It was fast and excitatl| l the many onlookers were well < • (

‘ h ' l,kz buDl h * n a nOt ,O *' * ltaraß ,h '« and extend a challenge to anv ■ team or organization for a contest i like to hear from Decatur BARBERS' MEETING. 1 ' b “ ,berß h,iv " issued another ‘ f 0 | ~ext evening, when they will attend to some business as- • airs in the way of the new organ|la . : tlon and promote some new rules or regulations which will be necessary > for them to observe. EASTERN STAR* All members of the Eastern Star chapter are requested to be present Friday evening in their chapter room. Business of importance. Jesse McCollum. thFGeneva horse thief, who was arrested by Sheriff Reichelderfer and who has since confessed to the theft of five horses and buggies, has been in trouble before and the sheriff learned yesterday that he is under suspended sentence from a Jay county court for a grand larceny charge brought against him morel than a year ago. Mr. McCollum claims that he has received a lull pardon on this conviction, but Sheriff King of Jay county is of the opinion that the charge still hangs over McCollum. Reading of the arrest of McCollum in the Journal-Gazette, Sheriff King was in communication with Sheriff Reichelderfer by telephone yesterday and stated that he would come to Fort Wayne Monday. Two of the horses stolen by McCollum were taken in Jay county and the authorities there are anxious to prosecute him for the thefts. Sheriff Reichelderfer has a charge ;of larceny he can prosecute against i McCollum, but is of the opinion that ' he should be punished first for the wholesale horse stealing he has indulged in during the past two years, and he will be turned over to some one of the four counties having a claim on him. | Yesterday Carl D. Huffman of Wells county came to Fort Wayne and secured the horse and buggy that had been stolen from him by McCollum and recovered by Sheriff Reichelder- • fer in his round-up of the stolen prop- ■ erty. The sheriff has three outfits ' still in his possession and he expects owners.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. It is quite likely that “Red ' McCollum. the captured horse thief, will be sent to Portland for trial, as the following article from the Portland Com-mercial-Review explains: “Another and better reason why he ' will most likely be sent here, is that j hanging over his head is a suspended sentence of from one to eight years ■ in the Indiana reformatory at Jesse •- I sonville, imposed by Judge LaFollette i on a plea of guilty entered in the Jay ' circuit court. March 12, 1910, to the theft of a bicycle from in front of the Hotel Adair annex on West Main street. McCollum one day the first of .March was standing in front, of the pool room, when in the temporary absence of the owner, he mounted the bike and rode away. He was seen before he was out of sight, and pursuit was given. McCollum fled to lhe Lake Erie & Western railroad tracks. ! where he threw the machine on a pass- ’ ing freight train, and climbing aboard himself, went eastward. At Celine. Ohio, be sold or traded the wheel, which was afterwards recovered. Me Collum was arrested a few days later at the home of his mother in Geneva.) but when she appeared at the trial in the circuit court, and made a mother's tearful appeal tor her son, the court gave him a chance. After sentence was pronounced, McCollum was paroled, and placed under the care of 0. 0. Juday of Geneva, as a special probation officer. After he had remained in the county jail until a special officer had come from the prison, and , made a note of his case, he was re- : leased. The theft of the bicycle, it has developed, was after the daring theft of the A! Sheffer racing horse, and but a few months before he took the Goodson animal. If the reformatory officials so desire, McColltim can be taken to that prison to serve the indeterminate sentence already hanging »rer him. Docal officials were Saturday in communication with those i i Allen county, informing them of the local charges against McCollum, and it is believed that he will be turned over to the custody of Sheriff King. This would dispose of the man for eight years if the authorities desire to hold him that long, after which he may be tried for many of the recent crimes. | . _ —- —o AN EXPLOSION AT GARY. (United Press Service.) Gary, Ind., July 24 -(Special to Daily Democrat)— An explosion, attributed by the police to leak ’ n ® pipes, wrecked a two story building and injured eight persons here ear y today. AH the injur'd will recovm. o—■ ——■ —" WANTED— Reliable farmer to take charge of a farm in Michigan. (Rrnd change. See Geo. Flanders.

Hrt Water Plante. In the hot springe of the Yellowstone park and in other hot spring waters water plants thrive at a temperature <*» high as 185 degrees— ouly twenty-1 •even degrees below the temperature of boiling water. Gold Shod Mulea. Nero s wife had her mulea shod with golden shoes. New Zealand. New Zealand bus been called by its inhabitants the “Fortunato Isles.” the “Star of the South" and the “Wonderland of the Pacific." The Bodleian Library. The famous Bodleian library of Oxford, England, was founded by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1598 and opened in ItiOU. It is open to the public and claims to possess a copy of every book published in England. In 1868-lt contained 250.000 volumes, in 1885 432,000 volumes, and at the present Its volumes exceed 500,000. Facial Neuralgia. Facial neuralgia, says a writer, Is always due to one of three causes—bad eyes, bad teeth or a bad nose. If you put all these three in good condition your neuralgia will disappear. Consumption of Coffee. The annual consumption of coffee per capita in the chief consuming countries is given as follows: Netherlands. 17.00 pounds; Belgium. 13.09 pounds; Sweden, 12 pounds; United States. 10.98 pounds; Germany, 7 pounds; other countries, less than Germany. Age of Maximum Strength. Experiments with thousands of subjects have shown that the average man attains his maximum strength in his thirty-first year. To Swear by and to Swear At. Llmburger cheese, so beloved by the Germans, originated in Belgium. It is extraordinarily rich, being allowed to ripen to putrefaction: hence its horrifying odor in unaccustomed nostrils. Some persons have a saying, “Gorgonxola is a cheese to swear by, Limburger to swear at.” Transparent Bodies. Perfectly transparent bodies are only visible by virtue of nonuniform illumination. and in uniform illumination they become absolutely invisible. Blindfold. Nine persons out of ten would probably give the derivation of blind as coming directly from blind and fold from the practice of folding a cloth round the eyes, as in the game of blind man's buff. The word has. however. nothing to do with fold, but means felled or struck blind and might be written bllndfelled. Old Timo Cowboys. In the Revolutionary war the "cow boys’’ were a set of Tories in Westchester county. N. Y.. popularly so called because of the brutal roughness with which they treated their Whig or rebel neighbors. Origin of Leap Year. Leap year originated with the astronomers of Julius Caesar. 40 B. C. They fixed the solar year at 365 days 6 hours, comprising, as they thought, the period from one vernal equinox to another. The six hours were set aside and at the end of four years, forming a day. (lie fourth year was made to consist of 3t»> days. The day thus added was placed a day before the 24th of February, the day with us being Feb. 29. The Flying Dragon. Only one existing reptile can sustain itself in the air. This is the flying dragon of the East Indies. It has no real wings, but can glide from tree to tree like a flying squirrel. Macbeth. Macbeth's action as outlined by Shakespeare was in the main true to the facts. After murdering bis kinsman, Duncan 1., in 1040 be succeeded in holding his usurped throne tor seventeen years. In 105 ibe was killed at Lumpbanutn. and Malcolm 111., son of Duncan, ascended the throne that had been wrested from his father. A Durable Wood. The wood of the Argentine quebracho tree, the bark of which is used for tanning leather, has a life of forty years when used as fenceposts or railroad ties. Spain Brought Us HorsetThe Spaniards were the first te bring horses to this continent, though the paleontologists tell us that the rocks abound with fossils which show that equidae were numerous all over America in the eocene period. It is a singular fact, however, that there were no horses in America when the first Europeans came hither. Queen Henrietta Maria. The first amateur actress In England . was Queen Henrietta Maria, who took | part in one of the court plays in I j Charlee I 's reign. Alchemy and Chemistry. The chemistry of today had its origin in the old time alchemy, which ),.•<! for Its ronin inspiration and object the discovery <>f the “philosopher’s stone.” by means of which the alchemists hoped they might be able to effect the transmutation of Hie base metals into gold. The great students of real chemistry were the Arabs or the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They may lie said to have created the science, and from them It was transmitted to modern times.

SI R ES AND SONS. Lord Itecies, who will marry MIM Gould, wou a medal In the < ampwlcn against the Mad Mullah in Bomallland. Henry Clay Frick, the steel millionaire. t»«guii life hr h clerk for his grandfather, who was a merchant and distiller. Chief Justice White is modest in his dress. lie ulways wears a close fitting cutaway coat and striped trousers. He generally affects soft felt hats black in color. Colonel Robert A. Thompson, now eighty-three years old, is the only survivor of the distinguished citizens of South Carolina who signed the state ordinance of secession. A vacancy in the Order of the Gar- ' ter. caused by the death of Earl Spencer. was filled when King George conferred knighthood on Lord Minto, who ; recently returned to England after J five years sis viceroy of India. J. P. Morgan has had another honor thrust upon him. A gem has been named morganite by the New York Academy of Science in appreciation of the services rendered to science—and the academy—by the financier. Mor- I ganite is a species of beryl. Hnrvey W. Wiley. M. D.. Ph. D„ i LL. D., chemist of the department of agriculture, will be presented with one of the Elliott Cresson gold medals by I the Franklin institute of Philadelphia ; for work “in the fields of agricultural - and physiological chemistry.” George W. Jackson, who is engineer- | ing a huge Chicago to New York tunnel project, is one of the most promi-1 nent engineers In the United States. , He was born in Chicago and received his education there and at Oxford. He built, among other important works, the Strickler tunnel through Pike's peak. Current Comment. Brazil reports that twenty-six of the naval mutineers died of “sunstroke.” I This is decidely the latest in capital punishment.—Chattanooga Times. Captain Peary says that the north pole is again lost as much as it ever was. But It will be a long time before any one goes to find It again.—Albany Journal. A postal savings bank may have the effect of making thrift a sort of fad that will counterbalance the tendency to whimsical extravagance. — Albuquerque Journal. China cuts off her cue. and the rest of the world—claiming to be more civilized —curls it and puffs it and wears it. Queer freak of fashion.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. — I Short Stories. A passport is still necessary to cross the boundary to Russia. Two undimmed dollars of 1804 were recently discovered in a Philadelphia lawyer's office. Chocolate, desiccated eggs and sugar comprise more than 80 per cent of the new compressed emergency ration. which has been adopted for the Unit- : ed States army. Since the laws were established restricting the sale and use of opium in China many natives have found consolation in cocaine. The usual mode of taking cocaine among Chinese is by snuffing It, as in catarrh snuffs. i Pert Personals. i ' After the latest trust company scan-. : dal in New York Mr. Carnegie must 1 feel like having his name copyrighted. ( —Boston Herald. It Is reported from Berlin that Em peror William has become interested In boxing. Perhaps he has an idea that he can regain the honor of white race.—Detroit Free Press. J. P. Morgan is declared by European critics of art to be a “mark” for venders of spurious paintings. In more serious matters, however, Mr. Morgan is not often imposed upon.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Aerial Flights. No aviator has been killed in 19H so far, but we hasten to print this para . graph.—Boston Globe. The short and simple annals «f the “bird man:" Aviation, adulation, nt-i mospheric agitation, pulverization, ere ' mation, canonization.—Louisville Cou rier-.Tournal. The Aero club officer is right—l9ll should be devoted to making the aeroplane safe instead of to exhausttag its capacities. The machines are still too frail for gymnastics-Knoxville Sentinel. ' I State Lines. lowa contains 305 coal mines. “California's daily output of oH is 191,787 barrels. New Jersey and Florida stand about equal in the production of corn. Maasacbnsetts bas more than 5.000 establishments for the manufacture of ; electrical appliances. I Pennsyivainia game farms supply I I California and other state preserves | with Htinsatian quail. Town Topics. 1 New York Is not all bad. It Is estimated that over $35.((00.000 was spent, for charity in the city last yen'.—| Knoxville Journal and Tribune. Ixmdoii has a soiiet;. to encourage people l to mind their own I . >iu<-ss. It ought Io be ihe must poptil tr organization tn the world. S lienectady Union. riltsbiirg will s’lem! x|OOOO,QOO to Improve her comp'i’xfon. but if the cosmetic does the lu:< iess it will be worth lhe u.ouey.—Omaha World-Her •

THROWN F*IOM SWING. Monro* Lad Meets With Painful Injury Sunday Evening. Monroe, Ind., July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Sunday evening, Claude, little son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lalsure, met with a very painful accident and although It is believed nothing serious will follow, he is at present quite serious. He had been swinging at his home, when one of .the ropes broke, and he was thrown' ‘ on a stake, which penetrated bis ab I domen, causing an ugly wound about, four inches long. Dr. Rayl was at once t , eummoned and administered to the injured lad, and be was stated today as j being somewhat better. i ■ o Drs. Clark made a trip to the home of Henry Kintz Monday, north .west of the city, and later performed an operation upon Mrs. Kintz for the removal of two bones from the fo< t. Eighteen years ago a horse stepped j 1 on her foot, breaking it and the bones j I tailing to properly knit, have recently i been giving her much trouble, the fractured members beginning to decay. The limb had also commenced to swell, nearly to the body, making an operation necessary. It is now I thought that the past trouble will soon , i become well by means of the pres- i ' ent ordenl. The typhoid patients seem mostly i to be balding their own satisfactorily, but in such away that there can be no encouraging hopes given out for a I day or two at least. New cases are being added to the many every day or I so, and (piite a number require care- ' ful nursing at the present time. Word from Muncie regarding the illness of Mrs. Frank Mann is that she has taken a turn tor the worse, and no hope is being extended for her re- j jeovery. Friday and Saturday she suf-. Jered hemorrhages, which had been /ought with much difficulty by tho«e, in charge to prevent their coming. This weakened her condition considerably and at present the outcome is 1 i far from being encouraging. Her brother-in-law, Harry Harrison, is also lying at the point of death with vio-' lent typhoid, and has to be kept I strapped in bed, he becoming so wild !at times that he is unmanagable. He ■ has been taken to the hospital, where . j everything Is being done, but to no' ' advantage No hope is l>eing extended. n— ■ —— — * Real estate transfers: Barclay Smith to Daniel Stucky, 4? acres. Wabash tp., »1; Joseph Kicht to Peter Rich, 40 acres, Monroe tp., S2IOO. — —• j Marriage licenses were issued Saturday afternoon to Noah Hendricks, born April 22, 1891, farmer, son of Eli , W. and Mary Ellen Hendricks, to wed Ocie Reber, born January 13, 1891,' daughter of Ezra and Mary Reber; I i also to Clyde F. sate, born October 9. 1890, carpenter, son of Peter E. and I ! Mary Fugate, to wed Marp P. Mi!!' ", j born March 3, 1888, daughter of G. W | and Caroline Miller. I B. W. Sholty has filed notarial bond in the sum of SI,OOO, with 1.. A. Graham as surety. I Real estate transfers; August Wietfeldt to Wilhelm Wietieldt, . , a-eatur, 5385. — ■ !■—-"• —- BOY LOST FIVE HOURS. i Jewel. t'ic four-yea 1 ’ Md s< > •'than Rr-p. a resident of tbi- sc ' end, was mysteriously missing for a period of some hours Sunday. He bad been last noticed at 10 o’clock and 'ter could uut '».• :v:ai.l. ««< s'-!’ ■ it : parties covert 1 the city ;'i< i’ lan effort to find hi; , m v. a'i success until Emerson Beavers te ' ! phoned that he had him. The little fellow had climbed on a passing mil’: ,wagon and had been permitted to ride to the Monroe street bridge before being "at off. from which place he wandered directly west. i Confronted with a serious felonous charge, understanding but little English. holding a two months' old baby in her arms, now pleading in a foreign tongue, then protesting her innocence, was the tragic picture displayed at the mayors court Saturday night, when Mary Mitchell, a Brazilian, was arrested on a larceny charge. i She Is a member of a band of Brt»I zilian gypsies, who struck the town about 5 o'clock Saturday night, and ( when coming in on North Second street rt seems that they bad stopped at the home of Joe T. Johnson, where the woman wanted to tell fortunes. Joe said he placed four silver dollars | in his hand, and the gypsy “pow-wow-*d" over it, “just for luck,” but it appears that Joe's luck was bad, tor when he examined his money again he was two dollars short. He telephon- , ed Marshal Peterson, and the sheriff who, accompanied by the deputy sheriff. caught the bunch on First and' Madison streets, where a crowd soon gathered He woman was arrested

and taken to the mayor'* court, where a trial was held under difficult!**, ow- ' ing to the tendency of all the crew to talk at once, and then not saying anything intelligently. Attorneys DeVoes and Smith appeared for the defense and Prosecutor Parrish for the state, and the case was well fought on both sides, the necesary facts weeded from the statements of the witnesses, mid the case brought to the consideration of the court, who at first bound her over to circuit court under | a $l5O bond. This was reduced to I SSO later, and finally the court, for the . sake of the little child, offered to ac- , cept a $25 bond, which they were able to put up. i The defendant is twenty-three years , old, and has been in this country for fifteen years, they making South Carolina their headquarters, picking cotton in its season. It is safe to say that no more will be seen of that particular band, they bidding everybody goodbye on their way to their wagons. o j Mr. Charles Chatlin, formerly of Mansfield, Ohio, now a declared citizen of Decatur, Indiana, is now the owner of the Decatur Packing plant. The deal was formally closed Saturday evening and Mr. Chatlin is already , at work with a crew of men, getting , the big factory in shape to operate. I In an interview with that gentleman I Saturday evening he stated that it 1 would be impossible for a few days Ito state just when he could open, as he could not tell exactly what repairs and improvements will be necessary, but the announcement will be made to the public in due time. The ice plan) will be put into operation at once. Mr. Chatlin will move his family here and will secure expert help to operate the plant. He believes the field here is the equal of any to be found and with the big, splendid plant he expects to make business whirl within the next j year. The deal means more for this I community than any of our readers perhaps realize. It means the employ , inent of men. an added industry, and above all a good home market for all the stock of the farm. With the best horse market in the state, and with this great market for hogs and cattle, our farmers and stockmen will be taken care of as they never have been before. We predict success for Mr. Chatlin. Work on renovating the plant began this morning. | ‘ ' The police courts had a large grist to handle Monday, there being several cases to be brought before the mayor and more for the 'squires court. The first case in the mayor's court was that of the State vs. Jamee Coverdale, on a charge of public intoxication. it seems that Coverdale imbibed a little extra and proceeded to sleep it off in the tent of the attraction which held forth on the streets Saturday. He pleaded guilty and was assessed a fine of SI.OO and costs, amounting to sll in all, and was noti- ! fied Miat the next offense would probably be punished by a jail sentence. i The second case up was that of the i State vk Dan Straub on a profanity charge. Attorney DeVoss appeared for the defense and made a motion for a jury trial. Sheriff Durkin was appointed special constable to select the venire, and they will report tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and which time the trial will be held. Otto Sji-heig. a “ested witl; tie of1 ers taken in the tent belcirn r - ' amusement stand on the street, fad- ' urday, on a charge ct gi i ll - I’" 1 '’ ! minors, was next, tried. e entered ; plea of not guilty nirl >' ’ ”<1 Attorney DeVoss to ::i ■ < ' 'or him. In the evidence it v. ■ wn that hv had given liquor tn ' ’’ Wilkin son, a young man : -• I . B .neen. ami Ils convii-tif:: ollowed. He was fined ..ml costs, amounting to nearly S4O, which he will have to lay out in jail. , j While busy handling the other cases in court a call came in from the G. R. ’ | & I. railroad for police and Night Po- ' lineman Melchi and Deputy Sheriff Merica answered, finding that Dete< tive Charles Lanz, of the railroad <1 ■ tective force, had caught three negroes, who were riding the local. They were escorted to court, where they were arraigned and given each $1 and costs, sll in all, and sent to jail to board it out. Detective Lanz said that it is the custom of some Decatur boys to ride the various trains out to the tank across the river and there alight. Providing the train did not stop they would pull the air and jump off, causing much trouble and delay so; the train crew. The crews complained : and the officer is permanently located here, and the instant arrest of ill train riders will be made. Mr. Lanz stated that he wished the parties to know that it was unlawful and that he wanted to be fair about it, but that I from now on arrests will be made tin, sight. j* — —o Miss Jeanette Steele is visiting will) her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs laipcs Steele, west of the city. •>