Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1903 — Page 3

TIME TABLES a. r. & i. (In effect Septvnilier r.«j2» WK trains north. W *C° S~!S!! y 1:30 » m > -Hally (except »uihli\-‘ i; u u , mK;Nu 7—Hally (except Sunday. > i«> „ trains South. K*N 2—Hally <ex->'pt Sundayi 1 Vi pit, l>:ii y (ext« pt Sunday WMBW’ 1 •>—Dally 12:25 a in | CLOVER LEAF. EAST. S—Commercial Travel, r. ilal'v .. rn - Mall, dally. . x.-. pt Sunday 12 >p i ♦—bay Express, daily 6:4.3 p ni jSSKK 33—Local Freight l:10ain |k WEST. ■K 3-D»y Express, dally s:‘i’>am I-Mall, dally exe, pt Sunday 11.25 am ■Io 3—Commercial Trave., r, daily 'j-27 p m ■< 33—Local Freight 12:05 pm CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect September 22, 1902, WEST. ■>N' Express, dally,, xcept Sunday. 2.22 am K No 3— New York and Boston Limited through coach Columbus and Chicago IS:'. X n m ■No 13—Wells Cargo Express 5 12 p m ■N< 21 Marloa-lluntingtoii Acc'm 742 pm EAST F No *— Vestibule Limited for N Y .2 22 a m ■Ko 23—Cleveland and Columbus r. :5b a m ' No 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago 3:24 pm KN" 14-Hunting! n Meadv ille Expr's K :2u p m | W. Lee was a business visitor at ■ Fort Wayne this morning. Mr anil Mrs .John Hocker of Mon Bro,', spent the morning here. William Drew of Geneva, was a gßbiisin." visitor her, this morning i Dr. Aspy of Geneva, was here to- ■ dav looking alter i.q*).-. — interests Will Schlegel went to Ft. Wayne ■this morning on a short visit with Bfriends. George McKean anil I 'harles Ernts j- ■went to Williams this morning to ■ locate a ditch. Dora Gibson went to Fort Wayne ■this morning to study music at the Myers' Conservatory. Rev. Levi Stoneburner of Warsaw, ■who has lx*en here visiting relatives returned home this morning. Miss Jessie Myers of Ruth. Ind., who has I icon visiting at Geneva, is visiting relatives here today. J. W. Bucks, a former resident of | this city but now of South Bend. K ounc to this city to attend to some K important business last evening. Harve Andrews who was blood ■t* poisoned from a wound inflicted by ■ the fin of a fish, is much better and will soon lie able to go to work.

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Mrs. Harve Sprague and son went i to Fort Wayne this morning. Unclaimed letters at the postoffb*” can be had by Mr. J. Monroe, Mrs. • ora Maim r, R. D. Brown. Elmer : Crawford. I’he jury in the case of Rose A- : Bell vs Geneva and Charles Murray, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs | in the sum of $36. Mrs. Kate Marker and daughter, Hattie, have returned to this city, after a lengthy visit with relatives in Jay, Blackford and Wells counties. Tlie medical examing board held a session at the office of Dr. McMillen, the usual number of applicants being considsred and jiassed upon. James R. Smith fell and cut his face and lips so badly that the services of Dr. J. M. Miller were required to sew up the gash. He is recovering rapidly. Mrs. Johnson of Sacramento, California, jiassed through this city yesterday on her way to Willshire, where she will visit with her mother, Mrs. Henry Banta. Henry Mayer went to Indinnapolis this morning, where he will purchase some additional machinery for his brick yard in the north end which he will strut within a few weeks. Arthur Hall, of the firm of J. 11. Hall, Son & Falk, left at 9:27 lust evening over the Clover Leaf for Oklahoma City. With him was a jxirty of ten who will visit that famous country. The Ladies Aid Society will serve lunch at the home of Mrs. D. V. Steele on West Monroe street, Monday evening. Plenty to eat for ten cents. A short program consisting ' of musiejand recitations will be rendered. Come and bring your friends. Mrs. Joe Reynolds received word from her brother, Arthur Shaw, who has been stationed at Whipple i Barracks, Prescott, Arizona, for the past year, that his regiment would , leave in a few days for San Francisco, and from there they would sail for the Philippines. Arthur belongs to Co. I, eighteenth infantry. He stated that he was anxious to go and for hisrelatives not to lx* uneasy about him.

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Aaron Brickner of Geneva, recon- 1 tly appointed superintendent on i the comity line bridge abuttments, xvas in town looking after business. He said that it was expected to have the bridge completed by July L The door of the big city safe which i was sent to the Hall Company’ of Cincinnati, has been returned andi is now hung in its proper place. The safe is a good one and the city j records are now safe from burglars , or fire. Jesse E. Smith, who has been visting his brother, J. R. Smith for the last five weeks, has gone to Elliotsville, where he joins his daughter, and after a short visit there will return to their home at Colfax, Illinois. The high school will present a short comedy at Bosse’s opera house Wednesday evening, April Ist. This play will be given as a substitute for the old oratorical contest. It will lx* full of fun from first to last and entirely free from any unwholesome I features. Dr. J. L. Smith, present auditor I of Allen county and for many years | a resident of Hoagland, was here today as a witness in a circuit court case. Hi* is highly pleased with his new work and homo in Fort Wayne and from his appearance we are led I to judge that it agrees with him. Shafer Peterson went to Fort Wayne today to look up the records i of the suit that Edwards brought' against the members of the city council some years ago for mutilating his electric light poles. A suit now is pending in the circuit court against the city asking damages for the same offense. 1 William Eggerman, the county assessor of Allen county, has been in close communication with County Assessor Eli Crist, with the view of reaching equitable ground for the assessment of real estate along the Allen county line. As a matter of fact the assessments on both sides should be practically alike, and it was for that purjiose that they got together. It has been decided to piy the sewer committee which was appointed by the city council to readjust the assessments on the Elm Street sewer, from the general fund and not the sewer fluid from which that body had been paid. All orders heretofore issued for the work done have been recalled for cancellation and will be reissued for payment from the general fund. John H. Koenig, W. H Freddijohn and Theodore Clausing, representing the Fort Wayne & Springfit*eld Railway company, were before the commissioners, asking them tojvaeate ten feet of the liighway”along their route through this county. The route is not as yet definitely'settled, and after some diseussionjthe matter was postjxined for future action. The party went to Fort Wayne this afternoon.

.Tames Numan, who has lx>en sick with a kidney and liverc omplaint at the home of Rolla ('alderwood for the post few months, was taken to the St. Joseph hospital yesterday afternoon. Numan cam.' here from Lima, Ohio, and worked in this city as a sewing machine repairer. At the time he was taken sick he had but little money and it was through the generosity of the jx'ople apjiealed to that he was sent to Fort Wayne- Mr. Numan scorns a worthy man and is very thankful for the help which he rccived. MRS. JOHN STEWART. Death of Former Decatur Lady at South Bend. Mrs. John Stewart, formerly of this city, died at her home at South Bend at (5:30 o’clock this morning, after a long illness with consumption. She was about thirty years ol<l ami leaves several small children. Her former name was Mary Me Connell and her home near Wren. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart lived here several years. John lieing the agent for the Ohio Farmers Insurance company. Tile news of her death came in a telegram to James Gay this morning. n<> details of funeral arrangements Ixing given. Mrs. Stcwurt was a sister of James McConnell, who used to reside here and now lives nt Marion. Fii me •'So Amblsblous bus achieved famn baa bet" asked the philosopher. “He bus." replied the cheerful chap. •'Brilliant things Mid by other meh art now credited to him."—Cincinnati Com

THE JOKE AS A POWER. It In Rapidly Becoming; Mightier Than the Pen. Men who fear nothing else shrink from a joke upon themselves. Soldiers who do not flinch before opposing guns dread to be made ridiculous. Woe to the national hero who makes one trifling mistake which may subject him to clever caricature! His meritorious career is henceforth shadowed by one colored illustration. A comic paper will tip the scales of justice, snatch the victor's prize from his extended palm and rob the orator of choicest laurels. A brilliant satire will mar the fortunes of the greatest statesman, a laugh will turn the tide of a political convention. Indeed the joke is fast becoming mightier than the pen. The orator has learned its value, and even the clergyman resorts to It when he desires to stir the flagging interest of his flock. It furnishes sufficient excuse for the Impertinence of children, and In its name the dally papers deride the highest national dignitaries. What is the meaning of its steady growth In power and what results may we predict from its humorous tyranny? Is there a chance that our keen relish for fun may finally produce a kind of humorous dyspepsia resulting from averlndulgence, unless with epicurean discrimination we demand quality, not quantity, and stubbornly refuse to swallow other than that which should appease a wholesome, nay cultivated appetite In jokes?—Caroline Ticknor In Atlantic.

Trifle* Irritant*. We are so constituted that what is occurring at the moment interests us often out of all proportion to its importance. For example, we are thrown off our balance by the merest trifles perhaps which occur today, but which In a week’s time may have no significance whatever. Obstacles which seem like mountains when we meet them dwindle away to molehills when we get away from them. Even what seems tragedy at the moment in the future may be the most innocent comedy. Most of us are so constituted that we will make almost any sacrifice for present peace. It would seem easier to have an arm or a leg amputated two years hence than to lose a finger today! It is human nature to shrink from pain, and we purchase release at almost any cost. If we could ouly train the mind to look at today’s trouble and annoyance from ths standpoint of the future, it would be much easier to bear.- Success. Locked In With a Maniac. The writer was once closeted with a patient whom he had no suspicion of being mad until the latter got out of bed, turned the key of the door and preferred a mild request to the writer to have his throat cut. handing him at the same time an open pocketknife, which he produced from underneath his pillow. I objected to the knife as being too small for the purpose and begged to be allowed to go for my case of amputating knives, with which, I explained, the operation could be performed with greater neatness and dispatch. lie unlocked the door at once, binding me oxer to secrecy and urging me to lose no time In returning. I drove home, reported the case to the authorities and came back with assistance. He was secured xvith great difficulty and sent to the asylum.—London TitBits. Harmony In the LaatvM of * Tree. One of the remarkable characteristics of a tree is the process of leafage, and if we examine the bough upon which the leaves grow the admiration of the scientific agriculturist will become thoroughly aroused over the perfect consistency and artistic skill manifested in the arrangement of each spray and the exact number of leaves arranged with the most exquisite art and regularity. Every group of leaves forms merely long lines some short and each one different -no two alike, no two in the same position, yet all so perfect and harmoniously blended that there can be no antagonism, no sameness nud all those thousands and thousands of strange and delicate forms grouped together, neither contused nor ill arranged.

Al'aimm* Portrait Paluter*a Opinion. The famous artist Vou l.enbncli had one great dominant principle— that out of nature one should grasp and hold fast but one thing in portraiture, the head; flint this exponent of the soul must stand out in undisturbed unity; that accessories of whatever kind. <• better drees or form must distract and weaken the Impression that the head should produce; that a portrait to attain Its highest aim and significance must look out from n background of nothingness and must be shorn of every detail that interferes with this unity of purpose.—Cosmopolitan. Litrrnry Hand Me Ont. “An’ how did you fare nt the bouse on the hill?" inquired Wandering Willie of Meandering Mike. “Fine,” replied the meanderer. “The lady gave me a little of most everything you could mention.’’ “Not bash?” “No. A pocket dictionary.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. **■<!!«?*« Gurnn. Tcnclier—Cun any little girl tell me who was Columbus? Sadie (frantically snapping her fin-gers)-1 know. Tcnchcr Well. Smile? Sadie—Columbus. the gem of the ocean.—Philadelphia Press. sloth Defective. She- You make love like a novice. He- Then we're both defective. I ought to make love like nn expert, and you ought not to know the difference.— Life

CLOTHING - ===== Closing Out Our Entire Stock of Clothing, $5,000 worth of Men’s Boys’ and Children’s Suits— ALL NEW STOCK; must be sold at once, as we will quit handling clothing. Big Sale is now on and will continue until entire Clothing stock is sold. Everything goes regardless of cost. Greatest Bargain Sale ever known in Decatur. Buy early and get’choice. M. FULLENKAMP GASS & MEYERS, Mgrs.

MAKING FORTUNES. Th# Money of the Market Not For the Mau With a Theory. Fortunes have been made in the Chicago board of trade not by men who entered the market with a preconceived theory as to its course, which they attempted to make good through thick and thin, but rather by those who took things as they came, watching the drift, shaping their way from day to day, like prudent merchants, according to the current. This is confusing to the novice, for tlie novice almost always comes in with a preconceived theory. Some time ago a young man with » large hope, a moderate fortune and considerable social prestige was shown the enormous possibilities in December pork It looked absolutely convincing, but ho called upon a great packer with whom he had a personal acquaintance. Yes; the packer thought very well of pork—was buying it. in fact. Thus doubly assured the young man bought. The market went his way, and he bought more. Then the market turned, Tlie young man reviewed his convincing statistics, remembered the words of tin* packer and stixxi stubbornly upon his line. When he was getting near to the end of his margins, he was horrified to learn that ins friend tlie packer had shifted to the other side of the market two weeks before. He visited him. recalled their conversation and explained tlie situation. The packer stared. “Do you mean you've been holding 2,500 barrels of pork all this time?” he demandeil. “Yes,” said the young man, “nnd I have it yet. Now, what can I do with it?” “I don’t know.” said the packer, “unless you can eat It.”—Will Payne in Century. Vamp’re Superstition*. The prevailing belief in European countries was that vampires were the ghosts of suicides or others who had died violent deaths and were forced by the devil to leave their graves at night and feed on the blood of men and women, and any who died at the hands of these dreadful creatures also became vampires. In this way beautiful women became vampires nnd enticed young men and fed on their blood and flesh. It was believed tliat they had power to assume any shape or form desired between sunset nnd sunrise nnd thnt they committed most of their awful deeds at midnight. They were powerless In the daytime and were generally in a torpid state. Garlic and xviid rosebushes were guards against them, nnd crucifixes were feared by them. To prevent suicides from becoming vampires they were buried with a stnke driven through their hearts, nnd tlie straw they had slept on was burned. All the dogs and eats in the village were locked up. for if a dog or cat jumped over a corpse It wns sure to become the home of a vampire.— Chicago Tribune. A Narrow Eaexpr For One Xfnn. The importance of examining closely the hair found on weapons was shown in a case in which a hatchet having clotted blood and hnlr adherent to it tins produced ns evidence against n prisoner suspected of murder in a little country town. It was found under his bed. This, with other circumstantial evidence, had turned public opinion strongly against the prisoner, but when the hair was examined by n microscopist who chanced to be* In the courtroom It wns found not to bo human, but that of some animal. Thia circumstance led to a more complete sifting of the evidence, and the accused wns acquitted, it turned out thnt he had killed a dog with the hatchet auu haw carelessly thrown the weapon unue. the bed. So bis life literally hung <>u a hair. Yielded io the Inevitable. Bflson—So you have a titled son-ln-law. I supnose you consider him a high honor. Trlbbler—Well, yes, he did come rather high tut Carrie teemed sort of set Upon buying him. Boston Transcript Girl Wanted—To do house work ut A. C. Gregory'.*»on Monrcx* street. Enquire nt once. Found—A good jxiir of gold rimmed sjx'etueles. Owner can have same* by enquiring of W. 1. Rineur, on Cheatnut street.

Amusements. Smith O’Brien, in the “Game Keeper. ” is scheduled to appear in this city next Friday, March 20th. O'Brien has the reputation of being Ww 11, •„ -L. ■'' ■ *-- — * one of the best of Irish comedians on the road, and those who are struck with the comic opera can look forward to the night when he appears, for he is a star, starring in one of the lx*st of humorous pro ductions. “The Missouri Girl” was the cause of the S. R. (). sign being displayed at the Bijou yesterday. This popular theater was packed from pit to dome to witness the splendid comedy. Sadie Raymood is a bright soubrette and a clever dancer, while Fred Raymond keeps the audience in a continuous uproar of laughter. The piece is splendidly staged and the supporting company strong.—Chicago Chronicle.

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