Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1903 — Page 4

Rural Route News. State Line. G. W. Standiford was at Decatur mouday. George R. Wood was a callerat Decatur Monday. ter Finkhouib Kiras a Mallei at Decatur Saturday. I 1 les are raving siting the state line and vicinity. Winfield Dudley sold a fine colt to J. M. Frysinger Monday for SIOO. John J. Wolfe was at Pleasant Mills ire nsaeting business Monday. J&- W. Alexander sold eleven acres of fine timlier to Moser A Co. of Wren. Ohio. William Weaver of Preble, bought a fine colt of Peter Finkhouse, near Daisie, Ohio. E. F. Roth, on the state line, who is suffering with cancer, is no better at this writing. Revival meeting at the Mt. 'Victory U. B. church on the state line, is still in progress with good attendance. Route Number Five. E. H. Clawson is suffering considerably at present on account of sore eyes. Prank Porter of Geneva, spent Sun day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Porter. Several cases of measles are report ed in this community and more to be heard from who have been exposed. The revival meetings at Steele have : resulted in thirty-six additional members to the church and more to follow. Quite a lively scene was witnessed in Steele one day last week when some enemies of long standing went to make up. Alma Gilpen and children returned home Monday after a week’s visit ' with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lian Reding. A valuable horse belonging to Finley Bryan Received a severe kick upon the leg last Saturday which will make it unfit for work for some time Two of the old landmarks in Steele leive disappeared, the same being th two oak trees on the east side of Main street. Both wore dead and were cut up into firewood. There still remains jone elm in the town. Monmouth. Monmouth is improving. L. W. Lewton spent Sunday at Decatur. Jim Watts is now getting ready to remodel his house. Louis Werts and family of Deca- ' tur have moved to our burg. • Reuben Lord purchased a fine . gasoline lamp last week with which he now illuminates his store.

Sam Krill met with a serious accident in the Melcher saw mill a fewdays ago, in which he lost two of his fingers. < Philip Sehieferstein built a fine porch to his store last jweek. A glass trout is now to make 1 the structure complete. j Charles Burr, was found standing! 1 on.his head iu a snow drift near the 1 Decatur river bridge on day last week. What seems to lie wrong Charley. The Itemizer hereby wishes to. congradulate W. A. Fonuer on his kind reply to the Elm Peeler story, and what is more we all feel proud that our little burg posessess such a poet, whose indentifieation can not be! produced. Route Number Six. Route six will eventually be the best in the county. A young man in Union township will bo married within the next fifteen ! days. , • The fore part of this month will lie ;• unusually wet, causing rheumatism

and lagrippe to be entertained by i many. There will be one or two new houses , and one barn built in Union town ship/iext spring and summer; if uot,! they had ought to be. A farmer in t’uiou township will sell his farm between now and the Ist of March. Judge Erwin, of Root! township, sold his farm before we had time to predict. There is oil, gas and other too numerous to mention in Union j ami Root townships, and we advise the Michigan Oil and Gas company that they hud better be digging or we will inform some other company about the facts. Within the next ten years Bobo will nave nice brick streets through out the business part of town, which will lie a most wonderful improvement. There is also favorable indications of a second-handed store being born there soon. -*Wot Concerned. “Why don't you try to hand an honored name down to posterity? - ’ ‘‘l don't know." answered Senator Sorghum. ".Maybe I don’t look far enough ahead. So long as my signature la honored at the bank I can’t see that my credit with posterity makes much difference.’’—Washington Star. Cynlrnl. Inquiring Young .Man—When a person says » •>«“thiug nice about another, W>»- ■ >ie Midi • pay" aco .iplliuent? < rusty Old Man Mocaiise ue expects to get something for < There Are Ot.>er>. ) Old Emdee-Well. how do ydu like your profession? ? Young Emdee-Profession Is K. It's the practice I'm kicking about.Towu and Country. / / (

HOME MARKETS. "S' ■ NOTICE TO - You tre incited to insert in this column,Tree of charge, the price you will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur , 1 merchants for various products. Corrected every day , GRAIN. BYE. L. CARROL, DRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new. i. ...... ................ $ 71 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 57 ' Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed 55 Oats, new .... ._. 33 Rye... ...: - .... 45 Barley . 15 . . ( Clover Seed. 1 §0 (a 5 571 Alsyke . L 5 50 (<7 6 60 Timothy . ..... 1 40 'Buckwheat 50 | Flax Seed 1 10 j TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 j o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. i Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash ...$ 781 : May wheat. .. 811 Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash -45.? ' May corn 44.1 flats, cash 3611 Oats, May . . 361 Rye. cash 53J | STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs 41 io 5 HogsJ per cwt. $6 00 (p $6 50 ' Cattle per lb. 3 '(a 4 I Calves, per lb 51 (a 6 Cows 2 3 ' Sheep, per lb 21 (H; 3 : Beef Hides, per lb ' .... 61 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb .09 Fowls, per lb. _OB to .081 Ducks, per lb 10' Turkeys, per lb. . :12 i Geese, per lb. . .07 * 001 AND hides. BY B. KALVER & SON. ! Wool 15c to 18 , . Sheep pelts. ..40c to $1 00 i Beef hides, per pound ...... . 061 Calf hides 07 J Coon hides 50c a, 1 50* Possum hides 15c (d 60 Skunk hides 25c (h 1 50 Mink hides 50c (c/ 225 , Muskrat bides 10c (p 16 ‘ Tallow, per pound _ 41 .

CHK4G9 MAIKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. nl. , today as follows: Wheat, May $ 782 : Wheat, July 741 , Corn, May 44jj Corn, July. 4.f‘, Oats, May 364 Oats, Julv 32| ' May Pork sl6 72 Julv Pork 416 50 Lard, per cwt ... . 9 42 HAY HARKET. No. 1 timothv hay (ba-ed) , I r -.510.00 (y $11.25 No 1 mixed hay (baled) _ SB.OO (<7 $9.25 No. 1 clover hav (baled) < ' ... $6.00 $7.25 Losse hay $1.25 less. ~ COAL. < Anthracite $ • 8 00 ] i Domestic, lump i 4 75 | Domestic, jiut . 4 50 ’

I 1 OIL MARKET. . 1 Ttona J], 67 ; Pennsylvania 1.52 i ( ! Corning 1.35 New Castle 1.29 I, North Lima 1.11 , Soufli Lima 1.06 ;i Indiana 1.06 . OTHER PRODUCTS. ( BT VABIOUS GBOCUU tvt> MUii IIWTS. I Eggs, fresh, per doz $ 16 j Batter, per pound 14 H Potatoes per bushel _ 40 ' MARKET NOTES. ' Liverpool market was *to cents! higher on wheat. Corn was Sto A i cent higher. $ Receipts at Chicago today: Wheat 81 cars • OTO 537 ears n Cats 359 cars” , Hogs 27,000 The reiefpts for tomorrow i are Hog- 36,0(ii) \\ heat 20 cars Corn 155 cars 110 cars For Sale A first-class roller-top , desk and chair, practically new. Will i sell them right. Enquire of Charles F. Walters, Stone block, 30-3 t Investigating the Delay. Sunday School Teacher—And It took Noah 100 years to build the ark. Street Arab—What was the matter? Was there a strike?—Puck. If It wasn’t for silly hens the fox would not have his reputation.—Life.

Weather Forecast. Thursday fair. MARKET QL'O’TATIONS P-evailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon, 75c; No. 2 red strong 75 Corn — V>. 2 niiV'i. 44 Oat- -Steady : N<». 2 Cattle—Slow at Hogs—Quiet at a7. Sheep—Steady al >2 $3.50 • 5375 Grain .u»d Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed. Wheat* | Feb..: S .74J53 .7*', i Jtiir- M-s • , . CornFeb .. ®’, .43 1 .. May....... .«!> .44}$ I July 43 .43)$ i ' Oats— I Feb ....34’7 - W 4 .*!•« July 32 5 8 ,89$ Pork— Feb 18.47 18.78 May i July 16..',0 18.35 j Lard—i Feb 9.12 May 9.35 9.12 July .. 9.15 9.25 Ribs— Fcb ... May 9.02 9.15 July 8.9’ 9.02 I Closing cash market— Wheat: 77c, corn 14c; oats, pork, 316.72; lard, F.i.90 ribs. 19.15 At Louisville. Wheat—No. i new. 78c Corn—Vs i«hn .I ' : N.. mixed. (So Oats—No. 8 mixed, 38 »c; No. 2 white, 39)$e Cattle—Steady at 52.75.j4,;. Hogs—Steady al •beep—Steady at .12 <t. .75 Lambs—Steady at |3.50t55.M At Cincinnati. Wheat—Quiet: No. 3 red. 79c *J Corn—steady; No. 2 mixed 47c y Oats—Steady; No. 2 mixed. SB-$ t attle- steady at 321014.50 Hogs—Active at 54.H3 d>6.H3 Sheep—strong at 32 <34.50 Lambs—Strong at Livestock at Chicago. Gat de -Slow: -leers, stockeri and feeders. S?.s<Xa,’l 60 Hogs—Steady it 36.:i'X®«.97'$ Sheep—Steady at [email protected] Lambs—Steaday t 33.50(0:6.23 At New York. Cattle—Slow at 33.75®.-,.20 Hogs—Qniet at 35.75«>',.h0 J Sheep— steady at 32.25 <61.624$ . Lambs—Steady at !2.25(56.50 • At East Buffalo.Cattle—Steady at Hogs—Active at 55.75@7. Sheep—Steady at 32 [email protected] Lamb-—-teady at 34.75g6.40 U here < obrai Are Ifeld to He Sacred. The Hindoos on account of their superstition are very loath to destroy a , cobra. It appears prominently in their ! mythology, and it is venerated both as a symbol of a malicious and destrue- i, tive power and also a beneficent one. j According to Mr. A. K. Forbes, cobras ' are looked upon as guardian angels, and there is a Bengalese tradition that i a male infant auspiciously shaded by a cobra w ill come to the throne. Hartl Work. M’S. A.—l’m surprised that your husband earns so little if he works as hard as you say. What does he do? Mrs. B.—The last thing he did was to calculate bow many times a clock ticked in the course of 1,000 years. Easy to Meet. “Have you any trouble in meeting your creditors, old chap?” "No difficulty whatever. I meet ’em everywhere, old boy,’’ PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will hold a pub lie sale at his home three and onehalf miles northeast of Decatur on Thursday, February sth, 1903. The following property to wit: Four work horses, one Durham bull, four milch cows, one with calf at her side, others will be fresh in the spring, 2 two-year-old steers, 3 brood sows, one fullbl lei; lersey, 7 head of full blooded shoats, 2 Poland China sows, one with pigs at her side, one will farrow soon, 20 head of ewes, 1 nice buck, 50 chickens, several turkeys, one , Deering binder, self dump hay rake, OsEnerne mowing machine, grain drill, •urn sheller, spring tooth harrow, disc harrow, spike tooth harrow, 2 breaking ' plows, 2 two-horse walking cultivators, fanning mill, 2 narrow tire wag ons, now one-horse corn cutter, single shovel plow, two-shovel corn plow, four runner corn marker, log J hay rack, grind stone, hav rope, pull ies, fork and carrier, bob sleds, wood , racks, one almost new, three-inch ' tire Harrison wagon, good spankey j with pole and shafts, top buggy, good double set of work harnesst 2 siugl<> 4>uggy harness, several log chains, 2 rolling cutters for plow, 2 cross cut saws, several hay forks, shovels, crow ' bars, 2 grain cradles, corn planters, ' seed sower, seed corn, a lot of good ' bright fodder, a lot of good sorted corn in enb, 12 or 15 tons of baled bay, oats in the granary, a lot of po ' totoes and other articles not mention ' tioned here. Terms of sale A credit of twelve months will be given on all sums of $5.00, purchaser giving note ' to the satisfaction of the undersigned Howard W. Shackley. Fred Reppert 1 Auctioneer- (g.g 1 UNPLANTED CORN. It Haa a Habit ot Getllng I neaay I B 1 the NgirlnK. 1 It bonis nil,” said a Bergen county farmer, "whut curious things we find in nature that wo can't explain. You kin I go over a lot of ’em, and there's yet

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(FANCY SKIRTS. I RAINY-DAY SKIRTS. I All the new and novel things, both in 1 Cloths and Weaves. YOUR MEASURE I TAKEN and the garments made to fit you. or I no sale. 1 Remember this week, Friday, Feb. 6th BOSTON STORE

one mat you can t ten me wny it is. That’s « n heatin’ up in t "You take a lot of corn 1 don t cure if it’s whole corn or • : eked corn or 'voriime.-11. SOU kl g we have on the farms, or the stone or brick buildin', like many of the grocers and feed di a it- comes coni plantin’ time, that corn of yourn 11 git oneasy. Soon's the blades start out of the >uul. then you 11 have to hustle to s.'ne your grain, i Seems as when the time comes along fur - ini h . bags, no matter what 5i,..; . ;n gins to heat up. and when the planted corn begins to grow what you’ve go| stored wiU git so hot it'll fairly smoko. You ve got to take it out of the bags and spread it out so it'll cool off or you 11 lose it all. in a few days tt't) cool down again, ami you won’t lrlV p no niore trouble’with it,lurin' the summer, no matter how hot the weather gits. It s jest when the planted corn starts; that's all. “Curious? Os course if, or I wouldn't speak of it I might und” Way. blit when it comes , ' ' u 4 cornmeal then it’s too much fw me. And I'll bet you can't tell why i "’ 'cept ft's jest nature trym’ , , '' berself.’’- X< .w York -Mail ; u„l Writing „„ thT nre of tllc "Pinion that o wl,d T ,nß r s ni,on ’ hi " Os wood. 1-rom their convenience tica7 a? PrO | l, “ bl '‘' S ' lCh were at an early period by the - 1! —■ and were f«V with wax. which was of ' , • "• readily erased by ' ' rr " ! " i w <re blunt end of the f' " llle served for a pen l " " wl) k’ii r *•- the scratched marks. reUi " :i ‘*d in Good Enough I( JinL^eans'on yon 2““* nia " D "“*« don't let him have it ’’ I,r ''’"' ri Ption “Why m>t?" ■SKjWSttrS* Fair N'leee W ""iJ. j*’* duets so strenuously i ,0 Unde Tom P '' 1 f <>m? Plf attack one inotr ’ W " '•lr “*>■■»• Ibison Globe, or * oero.~ I

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*>nt tLo r sir. rX-n I’""’’ 1 ’""’’ man. fortunately J J l| ' , "’ ! 'oi>. which un-P-oat kiH-nv X th l r "l !° ,akp th” work Ptehtpon » Mu’ out o’ -t «1J 7 •■"■• "othink to I but the ( . riPS f b T ,r ' *>'•«*• nothink - hlklo-n ln am, Wo o J M foart ’* n "» “ie. Hir-Hu, ? oukl Prevail bin to nie sir «•> ■ i'T" b 11,1 a * you've m touX; b never for *“ a P’tl'lie thorn,L-hZ"' h ’* rty - slr ' ! ° f askl ' 1 ’ ls "'>”<• moX r rk ° U ’ e? ” I Uu " instead of f, ’’’ g,ve l “"' Informs- ; ' another I *7.’ “'7 ** Profor be can g„ ... f , th " ’“"“e sort. lou ser than y„ tl „?**, that f,,r » deal °nly in the extfpn “” t ,0 “’ten. It |g nsk for money ‘7 "* tbp wlll «Jir*<t--1i» merely ca U ' ti( ‘° Ugb1 ,a »<7 that Piartod Way, is t ! ‘ lwt marks hie or if fln-UM o r j n, y ln tll ° lyric, Z'; bful iXumn'7 Blnß b * *»»e P |p a<l that he w ... ... ** r ' ftn always | Ipm " ' IUM «on. And u aSkl, ‘ g n b " ra >- 1 ?’ n, r *" variety ft q '“« lo n* are Or ' l ,h at I w . '„ 1 « lv « My solemn of thew. 7 '’’"tonboHi by ' ST" " i '" t ‘ lle '‘Uinber of* 1 ,roul 'i tell ’ lon «l flag of th,. / , t,ir ’ °n the na lne Strand. * J *° D ««l Larkin 1 D Tb « “tI?M •P"* “»h.» 1 . rj> " , * Joanna Baillie. 1

Ainiongii it was not p stl b> :i<KJ -ss , it was those over twenti ■ '1 title of Mrru. yet it v s done. The most ludicrous this ocean in the re. st.r<’ .v for V < parish of St. M r.. Va minster. The burial of .Mi u- J wife and that of hi* fant named after iter, w1... . -d at l of tive months, are .th re 'nJ • being entered us “.Mrs Katbrtk] ton." without any n of d-’ ■] ■are the letter ’ 1 '• the second name. Even in tbs rr:.'.| George 11.. as we read in "I' ter- unmarried styled Mrs. Insect VitilK?- I It is a atandittg ; ’"‘l Biologists how frail i -a ■' "* 'M l.d I the cold of an arctic v 'E tain tlielr vitality. 1 ‘'J milkweed butterfly I - ' I J to an artificial blast zero. Taken out of r . • < ficin I blizzard nntl . out” tills kame w. <

in less titan ... ■ Butterflies have 1 J ously alwtit in the I ,'l has ever penetrate t toes of Ala-!;a f known to be the h q < of that race of litt! t — ! Esssfeinriii tile-*. s The custom of g fl| rings ranks back to "'fl Christian era. With t tians engagement n-- " ,r JH of iron, to indicate the n flee of liberty of th ■ ■ ' ties. One of the very c '’t Ji M which aymboliwsl 'he "t 1 ' which drew a ma hie ,ri ' ! family circle into th .' o f ,K It is believed that t ■ f has always been the bride« r.t- - W| . , , - M Hard to Part " 111 be The man at our boardiM wi the remains of a o>"'' : . wl pocket comb, from v- !l “ eti have long since fled. tfl “Why.” we ask him ‘l° ■ en that thing around with •<!, worthless old comb?" rot And he replies: . "Well. I can't part with 8. more News. nei Mr. Blank I wi" i'"’ l " ' ' IH bear the children g. - p i l>: little playmates. Mrs. Blank The li' only keep on. how they ” , - polite society when they I' g | j . I‘its. -i———age Ideas generate Idea* which cut in pieces r. p.""J u ‘ JH • multiplied form.