Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1903 — Page 3

(TIME TABLES a. r. & i. (In effect September SS, 1902) TRAINS NORTH, *N«> 5-Daily I Hnßlo A—Daily (except Sunday, . 3J7 ' MMfo T—Daily (except Sunday . s-uUani TRAINS SOUTH. & No *- Daily (except Sunday I 11 nn> St 14 -Dally (except Sunday, ;1; .. B—Daily 1~;25 a m CLOVER LEAF. EAST. KK<> K-Commercial Traveler, daliv ■. fain MBo 3 Mall, dally, except Sunday 12 Mn „ ■Nfeßo *-Day Kt pi ess, dal.y . . . ... 613 , ... E'No 3 Local Freight uoj™ ‘ WEST. HkJNo S-Day Express, dally . J . n , »-*»»• dally except Sunday 11 25 a!„ b—Commercial Traveler. Uh:!-. jr n m ■h>«-Local Freight \ CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect September 22. lilt*. WEST. ■No f Express, daily, except Sunday 2-22 atn ■No t New York anti Boston Limited through coach Columbus ami Chicago 12,2' nm ■No IS -Wells Fargo Express 12pm ■No 21- Marlon-Huntington Ace'm l . u,, m EAST ■No B—Vestibule Limited for N Y 2 -22 a rj) ■No 22- -< 'leveland and 1 'olumbu- \ n , HNn 4 New York and Boston Limited & through coaches Columbus 5 and Chicago . 3-24 tun ■No 14—Huntingl’n .Meadville Expr'x - j> t , , [

| Miss Ida Ehinger is confined to her' ■[home being veiy ill. John Yager made a business trip ■to Grand Rapids last night. Dyonis Schmitt is confined to the] ■house today with an attack of the ■ gr>PI Mrs. N. K. Todd, of Bluffton, ar- ■ rived in this city today noon for a K short visit. Dan MeCarty. otherwise known as is in the city looking up ■ old acquaintances. J. H. Weldy, who is teaching school 1 ■ at Monroe, was in the city last evenB ing transacting business. Miss Effie Brokaw left last evening ■ for Chicago to spend a couple of E weeks with her sister, Mrs. Frank I’. r, Jones. G. W. B. Foreman of Portland, ar- ■ rived here this morning to attend ■ the funeral of his grandchild. Intis, Foreman. Mrs Floyd Brittson left for Chica- | 8° yesterday morning, where she will B visit with Miss Grace Miller for a | couple of weeks. Letters reported by Postmaster | Brittson as uncalled for, belong to ■ Mrs. Littie Death, Henry Eglev, I Frank Hill, L. D. Hively, H. M. Kay p lor, Miss May Reynolds, Miss Daisy K. Phillips. Fred C. True, Joseph E. J Sunderland and William Wedgewood.

jp U B L 1 cl AUCTION SMEWSHOU II kg I SATURDAY, FEB. 28 | I B ■I Sale begins at nine o’clock sharp, and la i 1I ■ I . if yon want shoes at your own price, ' B highest and best bidder takes the «I | COME EARLY AND GET THE BEST | IG. W. ROOP | || DECATUR- ——INDIANA 11 |

* Sehirmeyer will make a trip to Van Wert tomorrow. I hris Boknecht made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. 1 red Mason of Geneva, has accepted a position at the Peoples’ bakery 1 1 as clerk. J I I Charles Carpenter went to Fort Waytie last night to look after busi ness interests. John Weber, sr., of Fort Wayne, went to Berne this morning to look after the horse market. Robert and Herman Gillig, of Ft. Recovery, Ohio, spent Sunday in this city, the guest of their parents. Pete Holthouse went to Red Key, this morning to look after his interests in a clothing establishment at that place. Miss Kate Rolfe want to Ft. Wayne last night, where she will make her home, having sold her interest in the millinery store. A. Van Camp went to Fort Wayne •his morning to have some models 1 ast for some new pieces of machin- : ery that he is making. . Miss Nettie Smith will entertain thi l Bachelor Maids at her home tonight on Mercer street. This will be the last meeting until after Lent. H. H, Burchnell, now a business i man of Monroeville, but a former , resident near here, was looking up [old friends hereabouts this week. Perry Jones and family arrived in 1 ti-is city from Kokomo, this noon. Mr. Jones intends to reside southeast of Decatur, where he has rented a I farm. Mr. and Mrs. John Evans went to I Decatur yesterday with their little' daughter for medical treatment on her left eye, which is almost blind. Berne Witness. Miss Anna Zwick and Miss Jennie I Congleton will leave for Cleveland, < )hio, tomorrow morning and buv a new stock of millinery goods for the new firm of Zwick & Lange. 1 rustee Schug of French township, will hold a public sale tomorrow and is getting ready to take up his residence in Berne, where he will assume the duties of cashier of the Peoples Bank, the new- Berne financial instituI tion. Robert Wertzberger, Albert Geesinger, Milred and Merle Johnson were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gessinger, Sunday, in honor of the third anniversary of the birth of Lewis Glenn Gessinger. \ arious kinds of games were afforded the little ones, and refreshments were served. Things were run in “kinder--1 garten" fashion, and the little fellows had a time which they will never for- >• i

Tom Dirkins transacted business at Bluffton today. A. J. Smith made a business trip to Bluffton this noon. R. E, Smith of Monroe, transacted business here today. Mrs. Clark Coverdale is sick with a severe attack of the grip. A marriage license has been issued to Charles Hockemeyer and Minnie Koeneman. John Johns and Mrs. Pete Shaffer went to Willshire this noon, after visiting in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burkhead went to Berne this afternoon to visit the latter’s parents. William Foreman of Portland, attended the funeral of his child, Inus Foreman, here today, Frank Burkhead arrived in the city today from Willshire, where he has a position as oil pumper. C. M. France said he was going to Geneva, but we believe he went to Portland this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Myers went to Geneva this afternoon to visit Jacob i Wagmiller, who is seriously ill. J. D Hale was called to Bluffton today on account of the death of his brother’s wife, Mrs. J. P. Hale. Miss Hattie Burns returned to Huntington today, after a several 1 days visit with her parents here. David Studabaker, of Bluffton, who was a witness in the case of State vs. Ward, returned home this noon. Miss Cook, musical instructor in the 1 public schools, will be at her home at! Kokomo the remainder of the week. Born to Mr.and Mrs. Heber Holmes of West Monroe street, a girl baby. Mother and babe are getting along well. The C. Y. M. S. gave an informal dance at the club rooms last night. About thirty couple were present and a good time was had. N. S. Mygart, agent for the Mutual Life Insurance company, went to Montpelier today, and from there will go to Hartford City. Amanda B. Wolfe has filed a claim against the Caroline Malonee estate. D. D. Clark, administrator. She asks for $l5O for nursing and cooking for the deceased lady for twenty weeks or at the rate of $7.50 per week. The John S. Lackey horse sales have been slated to begin March 3rd. Their sales have made Cambridge City famous, and the largest stables jin the country are annually represented. A number of horsemen of this city are expecting to attend. There is a handsome hand-painted picture of “Duke,” the blooded huntI ing dog of Charles Meibers, that was poisoned last July, on exhibition at Holtbouse, Schulte & Co.’s Clothing 1 store. The painting was done by Mrs. Will Spencer and is true to 1 life. J. Will Kelley and wife, nee Miss Hughes, of Titusville, Pa., arrived in the city Monday afternoon, after a . I short visit at Huntington, Pa. Friends 1 of the newly married couple are now | ready to offer their heartfelt congratulations. Portland Commercial Re-; view. Gus Rosenthal,the modern clothier, is arranging the furniture and fixtures j in his well known stock of clothes. 1 I The cashier’s desk has been removed to the center of the room and the for ward part of the store is being filled up with new spring and summer goods. Gus believes in keeping up I to date, and generally does so, no difference what happens. Charles F. True, of the Cash Store, lis crippling around with a sore foot this week, the result of having placed that member down too suddenly on the business end of an old nail. He . is feeling pretty well, however, and, j by the way, offers you some choice bargains in his line of business in another column of The Daily Demo crat. Don’t fail to look for it. A twenty horse power gas engine is expected to arrive in this city today’ or tomorrow for the Waring Glove! company, and it will be placet] in po-1 sition at once. A number of men were talking about this machine and ! I quite a bit of speculating was done in I regard tn what the term horse power [means. It is a unit of capacity fori 1 work that a working body can do,and [ to raise 33,(MX) pounds one fool in one minute, or S&D pounds one foot p-r second, one H. P. of strength is required. James Watt found that : the average London draft horse could ido this much work, hence the term horse power. A RELAPSE. Titus Ernst has Severe Attack While at Work. Titus Erust, the |>opular custodian of the court house, has lieen quite sick I for a week past with rheumatism. He i ' resumed his work this morning feeling considerably improved, though by no means as well ns ho might be. About noon he was taken with a billions attack while in the engine room and for two hours he was about the sickest msn on earth. Dr. J. S. Boyers was called and administered to the patient leaving him feeling pretty good again and it is believed he will l>e alright in a day or so.

lan important week. Saints Day as Observed by Catholics This Week. The Catholic calendar for this week j contains the following saints’ days and holy days: Sunday, Feb. 22 Quinquagesima Sunday, one of the Sundays preparatory for Lent. Monday, Feb. 23 St. Peter Damain, bishop of Ravenne, a doctor of the church: a great reformer and man of extraordinary holiness; a contemporary to Pope Gregory VII. Tuesday, Feb. 24 St. Mathias, the apostle chosen by lot to take the place of the twelve. Wednesday, Feb. 25. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. One of the prayers of the day is: “Bless j these ashes which we design to place 1 upon our heads in tokeu of humility,l : and to obtain forgiveness for our sins; that we should know that ne are but [dust and ashes; and our wickedness ! must return to dust.” [ Thursday, Feb. 2G- St. Margaret of Cortona; died 1297; a woman of bad life until twenty-five years old, when . she was converted, and by severe discipline and self-mortification sought to atone for her former life; called 1 “St. Margaret the Pentinent,” She . became a sister of St. Francis. Friday, Feb. 27 Celebration of the j crown of thorns placed upon the head of the Savior, who was “wounded for our sake.” Saturday, Feb. 28 St. Antherus, pope and martyr of the second !iuryNEW YORK DAY BY DAY! i The company that will present 1 “New York Day by Day” at Bosse’s I opera house on Monday', March 2, is identically the same and with the same equipment of scenery and elecTHE MELO DRAMATIC SUCCESS •'L, € Rj it Lt. ' 'M ’' L ‘ Wy 1 r Jr v v fa > A I <e '' SHE CANNOT SEE-SHE IS BLIND trical effects that is seen in the large cities. The production is an ex pen- : sive one and all that is required of the ! local theatre is a clear stage, every set I being carried complete by the organ ization. SEEKS DIVORCE. A Decatur Woman Defendant in Case at Elkhart. A case has lieen filed in the circuit court at Elkhart in which William i Longacher asks for a divorce from his ! wife, who was formerly Mrs. Gus Schlegel of this city and who resides here now. A summons for her appearance has lx»en received and served but the ease will probably go by 1 default. Desertion is the allegisj [ cause. — CLOVER LEAF CABOOSE BLRNED. This morning caboose No. NO of the : Clover Leaf was burned to the track , at Peterson and now nothing remains | but the wheels and other iron work. • The cabixise was attached to an east ! bound extra freight train and was left [ standing on the track while the engine 1 , and train pulled away t> do some 1 switching. 'I he origin of the blaze is ! not understood but it is presumed that it was caused by the explosion or a signal lamp. All rai road papers, trainmen's extra clothes, overcoats and 1 sls in money was consumed Terry 1 McGinley took a gang of section men , to Peterson this morning and cleared the track of debris. A HOG’S MOUTH. Tie Way It I'.nabltw the 4aimal tn Kat lll<*k<>r> >ut«. “People often wonder Liow it Is that II hog can yet nil the kernel out of a I hickory nut, or any other kind of nut I for tluii matter, without swallowiny I any of the shell," said a tuau from the country, "but n« a uiatter us fact there I Is nothing mysterious about the proc- ' ess. Mind you, hogs don't swallow any ! of these harder substances. They get | rid of them, and then It Is Just as easy I for them to get l td of tile shell of 11 nut us It Is for 11 man or u squirrel. You I might think lieeuuse a hog Crushes the nut Into small fragments Unit lie would iici-essarily swullow 11 good por tloli of the hull. But he doesn't do any such thing. "It Is a concedi'd fact among men j who know anything about the subject 1 that tlie horse Is the most perfectly con structisl animal In the world, considering the purposes for which the horse is used and its method and habits In life. I

JMWWWWMiI 1 UM Illi iSMiawssw New Spring Goods] ft T TRUE’S t II ■■ lien— I MS Uli ■! —taws— I Everything the market offers, yon can find at True’s, I for Spring Waists and Suitings—Silk Ginghams, Mercerized Goods of all kinds. ■ • Big new line of the latest WF|ite Goods for White Brillianteen, Albetross Wash Silk, the very best 50 cent goods on the market. As this is to be the greatest “White” season ever known, you will make no mistake in selecting early. New spring Wool Goods are in and selling very rapidly every day. TIDE’S ca-sk store I x —T~WTTI MUI ' t~7.T|-.' ll.' 11111 ~ "I—— ==r EBR UA R v== SHOE SALE! If you need Shoes, buv them now. If you haven't got the money, borrow it.

Men’s $5.00 Shoes, excepting Dr. Reed’s $3.48 Men’s $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes.... 2.98 Men’s Fine Kid Patent Tip Shoes 1.69 Men’s odd sizes in $1.75 and $2 Shoes 1.15 Men's Light Arctics 75 Men’s Rubber Overshoes 48 Men’s Leather Boots 1.00 A lot of high-cut $2.50 Shoes at 1.48 Men's s2.ooLeather Boots 1.00

NO MATTER WHAT THEY COST, WE NEED THE ROOM. Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE-SELLER But I want to put iu a good word for Bar porter wanted at Btirt House.

the hog when it comes to the thing of cracking and eating nuts without gel ting any of the harder substances into tlie stomach. The horse lias very tine teeth. The back teeth particularly are finely constructed with a view of ena- ! bling the horse to crush its food well before passing ir into the shnnadi. These heavy grinders, heavily set in the horse’s Jaw, are looked upon as i marvels. So they are. "But what's the matter with the teeth of the hog? What's the mutter ’ with that marvelous process by which they separate the kernel of the nut from the hull? It has occurred to me I that this is no small achievement, and I i nature is at least entitled to some sort j of tribute for her skill hi making this ' I result possible. In the first place the bog's tongue is more sensitive than would be supposed, and it can easily detect the harder from the softer subI stances. By some sort of process the hog Is able to work the bits of a Irtekoi ry nut hull over to the sides of its | mouth, the tongue being used for the purpose, and here they are thftiwn out at the corners Probably you have no- ' tfeed that the corners of a hog's mouth I are somewhat different from the corI tiers of the mouths other animals i The lines of the month do not end so I pointedly, and lienee It is a much easier thing for the hog to work the harder substances which he does not care to swallow out through these little open- ’ lugs.’'—New Orleans Times Democrat The weeping willow tree came to I America through th ■ medium of Alexander Pope, the poet who planted a willow twig on the banks of theThanics at his Twickenham villa. The twig cume to him In a box of tigs sent from Smyrna by a friend who had lost all lu the south sea bubble and had gone tr, that distant hind to recoup Ids fortunes. A young British otfieu* who came to Boston with the army to crush the re bellion of the American colonies brought I with him n twig from Pope'a now beautiful willow tree, intending to plant It In America when ho should comfortably settle down on lands confiscated I from the conquered Americana. The I young officer, disappointed iu these cxI pectutions. gave his willow twig, wrapped In oil silk, to John Parke t'uatla,, Mrs. Washington's sou, who planted it on his Abingdon estate, in Virginia. It thrived suit became the progenitor ot all our willow trees.

Boys’ Leather Boots $ .75 Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes 2-18 Ladies’ $3.00 Shoes 2.24 Ladies’ Kid Shoes, all sizes 98 Ladies’Calf-Skin Shoes, 4 to S. 1.00 Ladies' Storm Hubliers 39 Ladies' regular Rubbers 34 A lot of Girls’ Calf Shoes, Is and 2s 75 A lot of Girls’ $1.50 Kid Shoes .95

New spring dress goods now ready at True’s. 38tt> Big line new spring waist ginghams 8c and 10c at True’s. 3816 Many new silk waist ginghams at True’s. 38tf> A few more of those good bargains in dress goods left at True’s. 38t6 Neat and tasty sewing done by Mesdames E. A. Beavers and L. C. Aiinen. corner Eleveuth and Monroe i streets. 38t5 Are Men Int’iiivr * At Eaton Hall In the days of the late Huke of Westminster Vierc stood on the mantelpiece of the principal guest chamber, dedieati I to bachelor v isitors. a clock of remarkable d -i-.;n. Below it was placed a card hearing the words. "Please do not touch.” \ famous pollI tieinn who chanced to find himself an occupant of the room ventured to ask his noble host after dinner the reason of this prohibitory notice. "I have often contended with my daughters.” replied the duke, "that women are more curious than men. To satisfy me of tin- contrary fact they have placed the dock to which you refer in the ; bachelors' room with the notice affixed to it. The result Ims been that every man, with one notable exception. who lias occupied that room has asked me the reason of the notice." "Ami who. may I ask.' rejoined the interested guest, "was the notable exception you mention? i'lie lute Mr (•'aweett, one time postmaster general." was the reply of the duke 'Ah you know, [mor man, he was blind!” The Mtoue Houses of Easter Island. The remarkable stone house of Easter Island are built against a terrace of earth, or rock, which in aome cases forms the back wall of the dwelling. They nre built of small slabs of -trailtied basaltic risk, piled together with- ; out cement. No regularity of [dan Is shown In the ; constru'tion of a majority of them. ! The average measurement is as follows: Height from tksir to celling, 4 feet G Indies; thickness of walls, 4 feet to 10 Inches; width of rooms. 4 feet d Inches; length of rooms. 12 feet (I indies; average sine of doorways, height. 20 Inchoa; width, IV Indies.