Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1912 — Page 3

| iieglnning with Ash Wednesday, of Lg week, the Catholic church enters Lon the noiy season of Lent, or a Ijine of forty days penance, extending Ltll Raster Sunday, April 7th. Durtag this time aft amusements are to Late and a more strict or penitential MigervaiK* to be hud. The following L,j the required regulations prescrlbLl for the diocese of the Fort Wayne jlstrlct, and to be carried out at the k< wary's church, this city: I m accordance with faculties grant<l by the Holy See, the following are bi,, regulations for Lent for the dioLie of Fort Wayne: Al Ithe faithful, over twent-one and itider sixty years of age, are, unless It .ritlinately dispensed, bound to observe the fast of Lent. They aie to take only one full meal I .lay. Sundays excepted. The full meal allowed on fast days U-ould be taken at noon. But If for Iny good reason, the principal meal Ln not be taken at noon, It Is permitL,l to take the collation at noon and k put off the full meal till evening. Both fish and flesh are not to be Led at the same time, not even on Lnduys. V refreshment, commonly called a L lation. is allowed in the evening. Ko general rule as to the quantity of bod permitted at this time is or can |e made; but the practice of the most . rular Christians is never to let it keeed one-fourth of an ordinary meal. 1 I On account of the existence of such lustom the church tolerates the use If bread, butter, eggs, cheese, milk Ind all kinds of fruit, salads, vegetables and fish at a collation.

For the same reason it is permitted take in the morning some warm bSh i;i:!d as tea. coffee, or thin clioifi . a little milk and a cracker, or a piece of bread. ■■ Necessity of custom lian :ii..'.iorizvd use of lard instead of butter m fish, vetgetables, etc. §gjM By dispensation th. use of meat is at any time <n Sundays, and e a day cn Mondays. Tuesdays, ami Sat-’d.r--. excep' n;' «v ond and ' st Saturdays •>' Lent. #B The following are -xempt from the of fasting: Those under ■mity-one and those over sixty years age, the sick, pregnant and nursing Monten, those who are obliged to labor and all those who. through cannot .ast without injury heir health. BBPersons disposed from the obligaOi n of fasting are not bound by the of ns'ng meat at only one cn days on • Nich it.; use is rrrantby dlspefisatlen. virtue of an it.’tilt of the Holy St . granted February 25, 1905, for years, we permit workingmen, and flßeir families the use of flesh meat a day -r.nd more than once a day the ca«e of these who are dispensfrom fasting—it all the fast days days of abstinence throughout the with the exception of all FYiAsh Wednesday, Wednesday and pie trday of the Holy Week and the of Christmas. Those w? o avail fttl emselves of this dispensation .are g* >t allowed to eat fish and flesh at ■1 same meal, and they are exhorted perform x>me other act of mortifi■L :ion. such as reciting additional (the Rosary, for example, abstaining from intoxicating drinks, |Bi>m the use of tobacco, foregoing amusements, etc.

We recommend that the faithful, if t all possible, observe the rigorous bstinence at least on good Friday. The Paschal time during which evry practical Catholic is obliged to onfess his sins and receive Holy Communion, extends from the first unday in Lent, February 25th, to 'rinity Sunday. June 2nd, both inlusive. The annual collection for the Indian nd negro missions is to be taken up n the first Sunday in Lent. A plenty indulgence is granted by the Holy ather to all that contribute, if they ecelve worthily the Sacraments of enance and the Blessed Eucharist on le Sunday on which the collection is >adt, and offer prayers according to is a'tention. W. E. M.ckelfresh of Ft. Wayne, dislet deputy o> the Ben Hurs, was here riday evening and paid the local idge a visit. Mi*. Mackelfresh gave talk for the benefit of the order and sere were also speeches by others, hiring the social period, refreshments ere served. Seventy-nine were in atfndance at this interesting meeting, arrangements were made with Mr. lackelfresh whereby the Ft. Wayne earn will be here March 7th to initiate large class of local candidates. It i thought that there will be thirty ew members to be received at that Ime. Plans were also made for a ancy drill contest to take place on the Viday before Easter. The contest will e between three teams of the local edge ,the winner to be given a Ben iur banner. The contest will not lose with this one trial, but the tree teams will continue to vie for the iclding of the banner. Those entering he contest will be an elderly ladies' earn, of which S. E. Shamp is Ifill master; a young ladies' team, of

4 ~ which Mrs. Earl Buffer Is drill mistress, and a young men's team, under the charge of Drill Master Adam Wets. The lodge Is making rapid growth, the total membership now numbering 253 (if this number 196 are beneficiary members and 57 social members. o- - The last quarterly conference of the local Evangelical church will be held over Sunday of next week, from February 23rd to 25th. '1 ae presiding eldc l, the Rev. J. J. Wise, of Fort Wayne, Mil preside. At this time there will be the rounding up and closing of the ' ork for the past y< ar .although the conference year does not close until \iril first. The annual conference will be held this year in Dayton, Ohio, the first week in April, and will be attended by the Rev. D. O. Wise, who has been pastor of the Decatur church ' for several years, and who has done! an excellent work. There is much in- 1 terest as to whether he will be return-' ed here by the conference another year, the appointments being a matter oi great interest in the conference session. The Rev. Wise is now in the midst of special evangelistic sc;vices, which are being conducted from night to night with great Interest and excelnt results. The public Is cordially invited to attend.

Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 17—The annual reports to Thomas W. Hrolley, ’ ! chief of the bureau of statistics, from ; county auditors, conc-rniug county' tax levies, shows that of the uinety- ■ • tic... o. : . ate, thirty-nine . inc i used their county levies last September over the levies made the year before. Thirty-four decreased their tax levies and nineteen made no change. The levies reported are for county purposes only and do not include the state, township, city and town levies, which are made separate ly. The levies for 1912 just reported, are those on which taxes will be paid this year. Os the counties making increases, nine increased their levies more than W cents on the SIOO taxable. These counties and the amounts of increase were as fallows: Porter, 35 cents; Huntington, 26 cents; Clay, 17 cents; Jay, 15.5 cents; Davies and Jennings, 15 cents each; Dubois, 12 cents; Franklin, 11.85 cents; Elkhart, 11 cents. Seven counties made decreases of 10 cents or more. They were as follows: Scott, 29 cents; Hamilton, 19 cents; Clark and Lawrence, 16 cents each; Pulaski, 11 cents; Dike and Wells, 10 cents each. Jennings and Spencer counties re ported the highest rates, each levying 97.15 cents. Ohio and Switzerland counties were next, each levying 93.15 cents No other counties levied a» high as 9c vents. Benina count-, with a levy of 19.15 cents, Lad the lowest rate repotted. The levies made in 1910 for 1911 and those made in 1911 for 1912, in some of the counties are as follows, the figures representing the rate in cents on the SIOO taxables: County Levy 1911 Levy 1912 Adams 53.15 57.15 Allen 47.15 48.15 Delaware . 39.15 39.15 Henry 34.15 39.15 Howard 36.15 38.15 Huntington 53.15 79.15 Jay 31.65 47.65 Madison 43.15 45.1.> Randolph 30.15 36.15 Tipton 47.15 45.15 Wabash 29.15 30.15 Wayne 45.15 46.1a Wells 60.15 40.15 TONIGHT

The Last Night for the Shannon Stock Company at Opera House.

Tonight the Shannon Stock company will close its engagement at the Bosse opera house. I-ast night's bill, "The Price He Paid," was presented to a well-filled house and the audience was delighted. Tonight, the last of their engagement in this city, the company will present, the first time in this city, "The Boy of the U. S. A." This is one of their latest and strongest bills. This company has given the best satisfaction of iny stock company ever in this city; every member an actor — no dead ones, and tonight will be your last opportunity to see them. The house should be packed to the doors. Seat sale at the drug store at the same price—10, 20, 30c.. MASONIC LODGE NOTICE. All members of the Masonic lodge arc requested to meet at the lodge room at 7:30 o’clock this evening to arrange for the funeral of Brother Albert Buhler. The services will be held Sunday afternoon and the lodge will convene promptly at 2:00. Members should be there. ———— John Bolinger, with a dozen assistants, are busy laying the brick on the first’building at the sugar factory site. The first completed building will be the lime house, the walls of which have already reached a height of perhaps ten feet. With anything like lair weather the work will now prog-

ress rapidly and a few weeks from now will see a little city of buildings erected on the site. Farmers are arranging to begin their work on the beet crop early In the spring. Those who did not plow in the fall should do so as early as possible now. The heavy frost will aid the crop, and If the soil Is properly taken care of there is no reason why every farmet in tly county who plants beets and takes care of them should not realize a handsome profit. Remember that a good crop of beets cn your farm means a big increase in the price per acre you can get if you wan: Io sell . Mr. Post of St. Ixiuis. Mich., is here arranging to start a boarding house for the workmen on the new factory. He will probably move here if he can arrange to get into the business on a scale large enough to pay hint. Julius Haugk, who is furnishing the stone for the new factory is arranging to open his quarries as soon as the ice has gone off the quarry. He hopes to be In operation by the middle of Marc!.

Arrangements are nearing completion for the Christian church district 1 convention to De held at the Central i Christian church at Huntington In a • three days' session, to be held on March 2fl. 21 and 22. The district comprices the counties of Allen, Adams, Wells. Whitley, Wabash, Huntington 1 and Grant counties, and all will lend ! their assistance in making the convention one that has not been surpassed in previous years. Rev. Dawson is on the program. The program will ue as follows: Wednesday, March 20. 5:00 p m. —Registration and Recep- : tion of Delegates. Evening Session—7:3o. Devotional. Bible Study—J. C. Todd, Bloomington. Indiana. Y. P. 3. C. E Period —Miss Ida Walters, presiding. Address—Claude E. Hill, National Superintendent Y. P. S. C. E., Valparaiso, Ind. Thursday. March 21—9:00 a. m. Devotional. Bible Study. C. W. B. M. Period. Sermon by J. P. Myers, Marion, Ind. Afternoon—l:3o. Devotional. Bible Study. Bible School Period. Address and Round Table —Gary L. Cook, State Bible School SuperintendI ent. Sermon by J. H. McCartney, Fort Wayne, Ind. Evening—7:3o. Devotional. Bible Study. Business—Appointment of Committees. ' Address—" Christian Education"— Prof. Morrow, Butler College, Irvington, Ind. Friday March 22—9:00 a m. Devotional. Bible Study. Business. "Church Problems" —L. E. Murray. State Secretary, I. C. M. A. Sermon —S. D. Coyler, Wabash, Ind. Afternoon—l:3o. Devotional. Bible Study. Church Finances. Indiana Christian Missionary Association —L. E. Murray. “A Church Brotherhood- What to do With the Men" —Earl M. Todd, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Sermon —J. M. Dawson, Detatur, Ind. Evening—7:3o. Devotional. Bible Study. Sermon. Closing with Devotional Period.

Bewailing the fact that she gave up her good widow’s pension and yielded to the beguilements of Peter Felton, j a We'ls county widower, who claimed that he was rich and could give her a i better home, if she married him. which she finally did,, Clara E. Felton, a former Allen county widow, has found that life with him is impossible and ;Is now suing for support. She wants $75 a month, and a. -eceiver appointed to sell his $12,000 eighty-acre farm, lo- | cated a mile and a third from Markle, and also asks that the receiver collect j certain notes. The transcript and papers in the case were received in the 1 Adams circuit court from Wells county on change of venue. The complainant recites that she was a widow and resided with her two sons in Allen county, that she had a pension of sl4l a year, and stock, including horses, cows, etc., and had a comfortable home. Along came Peter Felton of I Wells county, and beguiled her to give up her pension, marry him and live happily ever after as his wife, surrounded by every luxury that he, a rich farmer, could live. She did. She took him for her valentine and they wer emarrled, February 13, 1911. In four short months she fotjhd her dream of bliss a horrible nightmare,

and she could live no longer with him, so they separated June 9th. She sa.'s that when they were married he rep resented that ho had been a widower, had not been keeping house for some time, that she should bring to their home her good supply of canned goods, jellies, vegetables and her winters lard and that he would pay her for them. She took them, with chickens and other things, valued at $390. where they were eaten by her spouse aud the ditchers who were employed by him. She says, also, that she found after she married him that he owed a Idg boaid bill, owed for c'over seed, ditching, tile, etc., for his farm, and also owed his daughter a sl,l'oo mortgage on the place. She says instead of the happy life she expected, he cursed her. caller her a liar, threatened to strike and beat her. forced her to mend for a son who was not a mem ber of the household, forced her to cook for ditchers when she was not able and kept dangerous weapons about the house, on account of which she lived in great fear She also said he did not contribute to her support, and when she left him June Bth, site went to live with a son, wh<-re she now resides. o LOST IN THE FOG. Monroe Township Babe Causes Excitement in Monroe Township. Hemmed in and dazed by the heavy tog, the three-year-old son of l<tr. and Mrs. Ed Laisure of Monroe township, strayed away from home Saturday at 10 o’clock and w.-.s lost an hour. ] The frantic parents, failing to piid the babe, notified all the neighbors of the surrounding district by telephone and i all turned out in a mass to search. The mother finally located the babe through her calls, which were answered by the faithful dog. which was with the child. The babe had strayed into i a field and becoming overcome by | cold and wet, had sunk down exhaust'ed in a fence corner. Had it not been 1 for the timely rescue, the child would ' in all probability have soon died from I exposure. It is thought no ill effects will result.

All credentials for their claiming ot the estate left by their uncle, C. C. Bowen, of 1-oronto, Canada, to their deceased mother, Mrs. Mary Whipple, formerly of this city, have been obtained by Con Whipple, and his sister, Blanche, at Howe, and they passed through this city Saturday enroute from there to their home at Marion On arriving at Marion, Dr. Kimble, who is Blanche’s adopted father, will enliste dthe aid of the judge at Marion, in drawing up the necessary papers, and the Whipple heirs will then go ip Tonorto. Canada, to claim the estate. The exact amount is not definitely known, but from letters from Mr. Bow en's landlady at Toronto, it is said he left money, diamonds, and an amount of real estate. Mr. Bowen was an agent tor an express company in Toronto. He was a thirty-secend degree Mason, a Knights Templar and also an Odd Fellow, having been a member of the last xamed at Lafayette. The Whipple heirs came to this city Friday noon Ito® Marion, and then went to Howe, where they learned the secretary of the regiment in which their uncle served in the civil war, resided, and from whom they knew they could secure information regarding their long-unknown uncle. Fort Wayne, Inti. Fell. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat; —Four Fort Wayne traimneat were killed, two of them being burned to death, and ten trainmen injured whe". (he Pennsylvania, Chicago Limited, which left here it 5:15 a m. today, overrun a block and crashed mto a local wreck train one mile east of Larwill, which is thirtyfive miles west of here. No passengers on the limited were killed or in jured. The dead are F. Weigand, Frank Stiltman, E. € Stump and August Bailey. The .vreck train had been stopped at a flag station to repair a broken rail, and while doing this the limited crashed into kt It is believed that the block was nwt working, and owing to the log the engineer of the limited coni'* not get Tse heavy train under control m time t.o> prevent the crash.

Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) City police, with the county sheriff and Vandalia rail road detectives err./oined today in efforts to capture the lone bandit who attempted to hold up Vandalia mail Hain No. 11, from New York to St. Louis, last midnight at Liggett, six miles west of here. The bandit is believed to have boarded the tender at this place and as soon as the train pulled out attempted to stop it by pulling the bell rope. Failing in this he fired four shots at Engineer William Davis, one of rae shots passing through the ashes of the cigar in the engineer's mouth. The robber then escaped without attempting to enter any of the six coaches of the mail cars. Daylight revealed no trace of the robber. Railroad officials here are inclined to believe that the bandit is

insane and the same man who attempted to rob two express cars on a train between Indianapolis and Effingham, 111., shortly before Christmas. Fireman J. B. McLean, who first saw the bandit boarding theenglne, jumped when the bandit began firing and was later found in a bog trough. ■ <jr—' ——— •<• • ’■ The Bluffton high school basket ball team lost another game to the fast locals here Friday evening in tin presence of a large crowd which enjoyed the sport immensely from start to finish. Tile home boys appeared in their same excellent trim, and with their fast and clever work victory was seen early In the game. The score stood in favor of the locals by seven points at the end of the first half, and in the latter half they ran away w ith their opponents, finishing the game with forty-one points to their credit, and Bluffton had twenty-seven. Good passing was made by both sides and tho game proted to be fast, clean and interesting throughout. The work of Sherman Beery is deserving of espelai mention, his work of the evening being above the average and it was greatly to his fine playing that victoiy came their way. The next scheduled game' will be with Portland, next Fri day evening in this city, and another fast contest is assured for this time. The following is the line-up for botli teams: Decatur Bluffton Beery Forward Daily Tyndall McConnell .... Forward .... Walmer Vancll Center Ware Peterson Guard Stout Lose Guard. .Poffenberger Field goals: Dailey and Walmer, 3; Ware, 2; Beery, 10; Tyndall, 1; Vancil, 3; Peterson, 2; McConnell, 3. i Decatur fouled ten times to Bluff ten's eight. Offitials, Worthman and Faster. I * i The game between the two freshmen teams was also very interesting, the teams being captained by Earl Blackburn and Glen Staker. The la' ter kept his met? together and in the 1 wind-up the score stood 32 to 15, in favor of the Stake;- five.

Albert Buhler, a life-long resident oi this city, and for many years a promt- ' pent blacksmith, which vocation he fol • lowed, died at his home on Mercer ■ avenue Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock, > fcl'.owing a lingering illness of foui ■ year's duration, and for the past elev ' eu weeks was constantly bedfast, from tube:cuiosis of the bowels, for which ■ relief was impossible, death only re 1 licving him of his long suffering. Mon > than three years ago, when his health > began to fail, he was forced to retire 1 from active work, and since then he has been seeking improvement in va ions sanitariums and institution w here he believed a recovery might be ‘ effected. Time passed on with n change for the better, until he wa, 1 forced to take to his bed eleven week: ago, since when his strength fail'-' ■ him rapidly and the end could be seer • by those attending him to be not lai ■ distant. For the past week he hoverei between life and death and his broth i ers w ere sent for, his life being de1 .-spaired of. ’ j He was the son of Jacob and Rosan 11 na Buhler, born in Wabash county. • i this state. He was but a mere child j when his parents moved to this coun ty, and where he grew to manhood and obtained his education. Som twenty years ago he was united in l marriage to Miss Emma Ruchard of > Linn Grove, the wife dying a few years i later He was afterward married to Miss Amanda Counterman of Will . >shire, Ohio, this city being their home, . ■ with the exception of seven years. ■ vhich were sjierit in Nebraska, when- • he followed his occultation. Returning i’ltere in 1891, he, with his brother, JaI cob, conducted a shop on East Jefferson street, and later moved to Firs' . street, which was later taken over by 'his brother, upon hjs forced retiremen. ■ through broken health. He would havc : been fifty-one years of age tail he lived until June this year, and was stil in the prime of life. Two daughters are left to mourn their loss— Mabie, a’ home, and Grace, of Marion. Ind., the i latter being at the bedside o’ her fr. ther when the end came; ateo for:brothers —Jacob ,of this city; Email uel and Samuel, of Marion, ant: Ches ter. of Hammond. He was a member I of the Masonic lodge, which organiz; - t ion'’will attend the last sad rites in , a body. The funeral will be held at 3 o’clock I,Sunday afternoon from the Methadis" church, in charge of the pastor, the Rev. Semans.' Interment at the Mi . piewood cemetery. c I Bluffton papers have made a great to-do over the fact that Joseph Mendenhall has resided continuously in Liberty township, Wells county, foi seventy-one years. Adams county and Root township, in particular, can ben that. Jerry Archbold, a pioneer Root township resident, father of Wil Ham Archbold, city treasurer, and democratic nominee for county treas urer, has resided in Root township clntinuously for seventy-six years.

What Is more, he has practically liv ed that entire period on one farm, a mile and a half west of the Heckman mill. Mr. Archbold came here in 1835 with his imrents and settled on fort) acres In Root township. Later, thson, Jerry, purchased twenty acres o this forty, and later eighty acres Ij Ing across the road, he maving from the twenty acres to the eighty. Mi Archbold Is in his eighty-third yea: and blds fair to live many, man? years longer on his farm. The evidence in the Hamrick divorce case, which had been on trial since Thursday morning, was concluded this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Tin arguments of the lawyers were defer red until a later date. i ' The Andrew J. Teeple will was pr< bated this morning upon oath of J. I! Stone, who, with Simeon B. Fordyce, were subscribing witnesses. The will was executed March 21, 1908. To hit son, Charles D. Teeple, and his grand son, Oscar Teeple, he gives certali. real estate in this city, described li the will, and to the grar.Jcan, also a special bequest of a bed. All the remainder of the real and personal es tate is bequeathed to Charles D. Tei pie, who is named executor, he t serve without being required to give bond. Laura A. Van Camp, executrix of the Anson Van Camp estate, filed petition for authority to compromise a s■"'" claim of John C. Leiter against the estate, which claim is pending in a suit in Wells county. Agreement to com promise for $225 was made and the court granted the petition. ' The inventory filed by Nathan B Shepherd, guardian of Alexander Bolds, an infirm person, was approved Additional bond was ordered in th sum of $12,000.

Henry Pfeiffer vs. Herbert L. Sstu mers et al., case from Allen count. Demurrer to first paragraph of com i l.i nt sustained. Separate exception by plaintiff. Leave granted plaintiff to amend fust paragraph of complaint. Demurrer to second paragraph of com plaint overruled; exceptions by do fend Sommers. , In the Mills-Rupright partition case, final judgment and decree for partition was rendered by agreement oi the parties. Martin Miller vs. Dallas Butler . : al. Answer filed by defendants. The Brackenridge Co. vs. Pfeiffer <■! al., case has been set for trial Marc!. 26th. | William J. r>.i'i-ane vs. Hemy Knapp, foreclosure of mechanic's lie ' Demurrer overruled: exceptions defendant; answer in three para graphs filed; rule to reply to 2nd an 3rd iiaragraphs and set off in one par. graph filed; counter-claim in one pan. graph filed. Rule to answer countc. claim. Real estate transfers: James 1 ! Sales to Simeon Sales, quit claim dee;, to 40 acres, Hartford tp, S4O; Deli'.ai Hoffman to same, $35; Philip Sales tc Simeon Sales, quit claim deed to rea ty, $35; Rich Clark to Simeon Sale-, realty. , Marriage license: Opal Marie Ray born October 20, 1893, daughter of Elmer J. Ray, to wed Jennie Bevington, born January 10, 1891, merchant, so;, of Jacob C. Bevington. I The Gert Reynolds trial is set for ' Monday. POLICE COURT NEWS. I This morning when the case of Chi! , Oralor, bartender for the Murray Hotel corporation, was arraigned on ; ’charge of selling liquor to minors, ■ surprise was sprung on the prosecu--1 tion that effectually terminated any action on that case or the two in wait;;, against Charles Murray, the proprietor lof the place. In the court of inquiry * held before Mayor T-eep4e Friday, uu- ! der oath, both the mother, Mrs. Frau’.: Martz, and the boy, Joe Hunter, testified that he was only twenty years o: age last November. Upon this statement the prosecutor issued the three affidavits and caused the arrest of the parties so charged. The affidavits were filed before Justice Stone eid were at once issued upon, and the pm ties brought into court. The trial wm set for the evening, but further con tinuance set the hour for 10 this morning. At the time of trial both the mother and the boy seemed t have forgotten he exact age of Jot Hunter and were unable to state pos : tively how old he was. but that h< was twenty-one they were certain. This effectually blocked any prosecution so Prosecutor Parrish could only ask that the cases be dismissed. CURIOUS FACTCS ABOUT ANIMALS There are many strange facts about animals which no one has ever seemed able t» understand or explain. Here

are a few of them: A fly will crawl to the top of a win dow pane, fly back to the bottom and crawl up again. Hardly ever does it fly up and crawl down, it has I ven known, however, to repeat the !' liter process thirty-two times wltitont stopping. Hens scratch for food always w. h the sun behind them, so that its . "?-s will reflect on the tiny partlcio Yc a blind hen, for whom this i ••;. n does not hold, always manages to ; -t the sun behind her when she serie- in s —and will not miss a sit”'. k> mi either. Cats hardly ever lie with their le*t to the fire. In most cases they lie In stead with their left side turned li ward it. But dogs invariably lie wi'h their forepaws to the fire. A mouse overlooks a perfectly s.. e food supply, sufficient for a meal or two to enjoy the perilous pleasures of an unlimited store. It will it c .in? the food and come out to nibble hen It is hungry, for it is not true that .. mouse runs to its hole at the sirs alarm. Any one can be a snake charmer. Find a harmless little gartner sn.i . ■ or something of the sort and keep him In a box in the house, visiting • i' > and feeding him daily. In about th months he will crawl to you for < i when he sees you coming. Some queer ways of doing tiiin--are explainable, however. Do know, for instance, why a dog alv, ;r.s turns around two or three times be fore he lies down? It is because Illremote ancestors, 'way back iu t . prehistoric times, had to state, around in the leaves for a bed : tore they could find a convenient il: • tu lie in. But who will explain the homing tendency of ] igeons, the unerring sense of locality of cats, the memorv for kind or cruel deeds of elerhants? LOST—Gentleman's gold ring with ruby setting. Finder please retain to Democrat office and receive re-var'

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