Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1903 — Page 4

DINNER GOWN OF BLUE VOILE. Every woman admires pretty dinner gow is. and every woman should make it a point to look us c.hurminy as possible on such occasions as call for a g ithering around the festive l>oard. Our illustration shows a dinner gown fashioned of pistol-blue voile. The blouse waist is gathered to a deep yoke, embroid cred with Corticelli silo silk in a spreading Hower design, and the odd garniture that frames the yoke and extends down flu 1 front consists of black velvet diamonds edged with narrow silver braid. The vest is made of narrow folds of voile and tucked sleeves spring out into puffs ending in ruffles. The skirt is adorned with clusters of horizontal -■&A' f W A A XI• fe ■ 1 1 w tucks and completed with a Van-

dyck-pointed flounce handsomely ( embroidered with Corticelli silo silk 1 to match the yoke, falling over a j gathered under-flounce of pastel-blue ( chiffon. The belt is of a black vel- i vet fastening with a silver buckle in front. Entire lace blouses are still fashionable, though some models show a lustrous cloth or silk combined, this being noticeeable when the blouse is to be worn with a skirt made of the same material is that used with the lace, having the edges finished with the cloth or silk, are an innovation on some of these models. New Trial for Muessel. Anderson. Ind., March 30. —Walter Mnessel. South Bend brewer, has been granted a new trial by .Judge McClure in the circuit court. Muessel was convicted several weeks ago of perjury by a jury here and has since been in jail pending the hearing of the motion for a new trial It. is said that a second trial of the case will not be called. Thieves Loot a Stora. Mitchell. Ind . Mar 30.—Brohman'a department store was robbed of dry goods, clothing, shoes and suit cases. The thieves gained entrance through the front door by having a key. A reward of SSO has been offered for their captu-e. This Is the third robbery of this store within the last few weeks. General Store Destroyed. Owensville, Ind., March 30.—The •Farmers' Store," was badly damaged by lire and several other buildings destroyed Joss estimated at SIB,OOO to $20,006. with small insurance. It was with difficulty the main block of the town was saved. For Ren*.. Property on Marshal street known as the Fulk property. House newly papered and painted, sink in kitchen with city water. Large barn; room for two horses and two conveyances, also city water in barn. Would like to rent to some person who would take house and barn. To a suitable party will give fair rent. A. C. Gregory. 68d6

Lost or Stolen. Policy number "104 in the Continental insurance company, of NewYork, is either lost or stolen, and if issued was done so without the authority of the undtnigned, agent for this company. Should anyone have a policy with this number it is void, and f would appreciate its return. L. A. Graham. 64d6 Excursions. A .'lpecial train will bs run over the Ci. R. A I. Thursday, April 2. to accommodate all those who expect to attend the Teachers' Association held | at Richmond’ The train will leave here at 9:45 a. m. Round trip theatrical excursion to Toledo, Ohio, every day, March 30 to April 4, account great spectacular production of lien Hur Round trip J 1.25. Tickets good on train No. 3 leaving Decatur at 12:0M p. m. Tickets good returning on train No. 3, ktiving Toledo at 1:45 a. m. following day of sale. Get tickets and information and reserve your seats of agents of Clover Leaf route.

Weather Forecast. Threatening with rain tonight and probably east portion Tuesday. NOME MARKETS. NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new... $ 66 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) .... 48 Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed 46 Oats, new 30 Rye 40 Barley 40 Clover 5eed......... ......... 5 00 @ 6 50 Alsyke 6 50 @ 7 00 Timothy 1 60 Buckwheat — 65 Flax Seed _ 1 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, May $ 731 Wheat, July 691 Corn, May 431 Corn, July 43l Oats, May 331 Oats, July 30g May Pork .SIS 12 July Pork sl7 32 May Lard, per cwt .. 10 07 Ju[y Lard, per cwt . 9 85

TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. : Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash $ 73 : } May wheat 1 743 i July wheat, 71 : | Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 43 ■ May corn 4-3 July corn 431 Oats, cash — 35 Oats, May 33} Oats, July 31 Rye, cash — 53 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs 5 @ 51 . Hogs, per cwt $6 25 @ $7 00 j Cattle per lb. .31 (a, 41 j Calves, per lb. 5 @ 51. Cows ......................... 2 (cr 3 Sheep, per lb 21 @ 3 | I Beef Hides, per lb. 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb _ .09 . j Fowls, per lb. 08| I Ducks, per lb 10 Turkeys, per lb 10 to 11 ' Geese, per lb. .05 HAY MARKET. i ■ No. 1 timothy hay (baled) . I SIO.OO (ft $11.50 i No 1 mixed hay (baled) _ ... SB.OO @ $9.50 i No. 1 clover hay (baled) i $6.00 @57.501 Losse hay $1.50 less. II WOOL AND HIDES. r f BY B. KALVER A SON. . Wool 15c to 18 Sheep pelts 40c to $1 00 Beef hides, per pound „ 06 Calf hides 071 ’ Coon hides 40c (G 1 35 Possum hides 10c (ft 40 ’’ Skunk hides 25c (ft 1 00 3 Mink hides _ 50c (ft 200 ’ Muskrat hides 18c (ft 25 ’ Tallow, per pound 04| COAL. Anthracite $ 9 00 1 1 Domestic, lump 4 75 ■ Domestic, nut 4 50 i OIL MARKET. Tiona $1.65 I Pennsylvania 1.50 1 Corning 1.30 | New Castle 1.37 North Lima 1.14 South Lima 1.09 Indiana 1.09 Whitehouse 1.20 Somerset 95 Lacy 95 Barkersville 95 Ragland 55 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz ..._ $ 11 Butter, per pound .... 12 Potatoes, per bushel 45

MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market elosetl i cent higher on wheat. Corn closed | cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 35,000 Wheat 11 cars (’orn 41 cars Oats 90 ears Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 26,000 W heat 25 cars Corn 170 cars Oats 280 cars To Sny Nothin* of Powder. Geraldine—Women are just as honest ns men. Gerald That Isn't so. A man will put up a sign, "Ixiok Out For Paint,” but did you ever know a woman to do It?-Brooklyn Life.

1 CUI SUBMERGED Greenville, Miss., Is Suffering Acutely From Advance of the Flood. Business Is Paralyzed and People Are Moving About the City in Skiffs. Fine Delta Farms Are Also Inundated and the Loss Is Bound to Be Heavy. Greenville. Miss., March 30. —The backwater from the LaGrange crevasse is slowly rising and nearly all of the city is submerged. Business is paralyzed and people are moving about the city in the southern section in skiffs. The rise in the last twentyfour hours has been two inches. The sensational reports sent out from here that the city is in danger of destruction are highly exaggerated, and the facts do not warrant such statements, while rumors of great loss of life are absolutely without foundation so far as is known here. Relief parties with boats have been at work rescuing people in the path of the flood, and the refugees are brought here. The mayor at midnight Instructed the city engineer to cut the protection levee in the northern part of the city. It is believed this will give relief by letting the water out through Ffdes lake. The country beyond the lake is much lower than the city and the cut ting of the levee will stop the rise in Greenville and carry off much of the water now in the city. The shutdown of the electric light plant is a serious Inconvenience to the people, and lanterns in skiffs may be seen throughout the town at night. The flood situation outside of Greenville remains practically unchanged. The waters have covered thousands of acres of the fine delta farms and is sweeping south to Vicksburg. The loss will be heavy, but it is impossible to give anything like a correct estimate of the damage wrought by the flood. It is said by some of the relief parties that since Friday many of the negroes have been on the tops of houses waiting for the boats to get out, and during that time they have not had anything to eat. Large Territory Inundated. New Orleans, March 30. —The second attempt to close the crevasse at Lucy has failed, the upper end again giving way. The levee and Texas & Pacific forces have resumed work with a larger force than ever, and there is still hope of success. The crevasse is now 450 feet wide and its water is Inundating a large territory.

ON THEiR WAY Captain Coffin and His Men Getting Ready to Make Dash for Pole. t Tromsoe. Norway. March 30. —Captain Coffin and twelve men who will take part in the Zeigler Arctic expediI 1? Kr' ■ Bflfeb J ' [ tlon have arrived here. The repairs I to the expedition's steamship America I are completed. The whole of her I stores will be purchased In the United i States. ( — — — The Closing Evidence. Buffalo. N. Y.. March 30.—This morning at 10 o'clock Justice Murphy reopened the inquest into the death of Edwin L. Burdick. Three or four witnesses will be examined ami the inquest will be closed. Alexander J. Quinn and F. G. Hall King, respectively bartender and cashier of the Hotel Roland. New York, In whose presence It Is alleged Arthur Pennell threatened to kill someone, were the first witnesses called. Macedonian Band Annihilated. Vienna. March 30.—1 tls reported from Belgrade that one of the bands formed by the Macedonian leader Sarafoff, consisting of forty men. has been annihilated, twenty-nine of the fnsur gents being killed at Vladimirov and the remainder at Posareshe At Ras ' lowzf near Serres, thirteen revolution : ary Macedonians have been killed by a Turkish force. Bays It Was Self-Defense. Cumberland. I. T„ March 30.—Lnth er Mays and William Lindsay, wsll-to-: do farmers, quarreled over a quantity j sf squirrels and Lindsay shot Mays dead. Lindsay surrendered and as serts he fired In self-defense.

i WiO KNIGHTHOOD t J WAS IN FLOWER | Or, The Love Stcry of Chsrles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King’s Sister, and : Happening In the Reign of His Auguct Majesty King Henry the J Rewritten and Rendered Into Modern English From Sir Edwin Caskcden’s Mcmcir If By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] Cop>/ri£rfit, KSS and I.W.hR the Bowen-.'Merrik Company W

After a fortnight this ill humor began to soften in the glowing warmth of her heart, which was striving to reassert itself, and the desire to see Brandon began to get the better of her sense of injury. Brandon, tired of this everlasting watchfulness to keep himself out of temptation and dreading at any mo ment that lapse from strength which is apt to come to the strongest of ns had resolved to quit his place at court and go to New Spain at once. He had learned upon inquiry that a ship would sail from Bristol in about twenty days and another six weeks later. So he chose the former and was making his arrangements to leave as soon as possible. He told me of his plans and spoke of his situation. “You know the reason for my going,” lie said, “even if I have never spoken of it. I am not much of a Joseph and am very little given to running away from a beautiful woman, but in this case I am fleeing from death itself. And to think what a heaven it would be! You are right, Caskoden—no man can withstand the light of that gift's smile. I am unable to tell how 1 feel toward her. It sometimes seems that I cannot live another hour without seeing her. Yet, thank God, I have reason enough left to know that every sight of her only adds to an already incurable malady. What will It be when she is the wife of the kiug of France? Does it not look as if wild life in New Spain is my only chance?” I assented as we joined hands, and our eyes were moist as I told him how I should miss him more than any one else in all the earth—excepting Jane, In mental reservation. I told Jane what Brandon was about to do. knowing full well she would tell Mary, which she did at once. I’oor Mary! The sighs began to come now. and such small vestiges of her ill humor toward Brandon as still remained were frightened off in a hurry by the fear that she had seen the last of him. She had not before fully known that she loved him. She knew he was the most delightful companion she had ever met and that there was an exhilaration about his presence which almost Intoxicated her and made life an ecstasy, yet she did not know it was love. It needed but the thought that she was about to lose him to make her know her malady and meet it face to face. T'pon the evening when Mary learned all this she went into her chamber very early and closed the door. No one interrupted her until Jane went in to robe her for the night and to retire. She then found that Mary had robed herself and was lying in bed with her bead covered, apparently asleep. Jane quietly prepared to retire and lay down In her own bed. The girls usual ly shared one couch, but during Mary's ill temper she had forced Jane to sleep alone. After a short silence Jane heard a sob from the other bed, then another and another. "Mary, are you weeping?” she asked. “Yea.” “What is the matter, dear?” “Nothing.” with a sigh. ‘‘Do you wish me to come to your bed?” “Yes. I do.” So Jane went over and lay beside Mary, who gently put her arms about her neck. “When will ho leave?” whispered l Mary, shyly Confessing all by her ques i tion. “I do not know." responded Jane, “but he will see you before he goes.” "Do you believe he will?” ‘‘l know it." And with this consolation Mary softly wept herself to sleep. After this, for a few days, Mary was quiet enough. Her irritable mood had vanished, but Jane could see that she was .on the lookout for some one all the time, although she made the most pathetic little efforts to conceal her watchfulness. At last a meeting came about In this way: Next to the king's bedchamber was a luxuriously furnished little apartment with a well selected library. Here Brandon and I often wont after noons to rend, as we were sure to be undisturbed. Late one day Brandon had gone over to this quiet retreat and, having selected a volume, took his place in a secluded little alcove half hidden In arras draperies. There was a cushioned seat along the wall and a small diamond shaped window to furnish light. He bad not been there long when In came Mary I cannot say whether she knew Brandon was there or not, but she was there nnd he was there, which is the only thing to the point, and. finding him, she stepped Into the alcove lie fore ho was aware of her presence. Brandon was on Hlh feet In an in stunt and with a tow bow was backing himself out most deferentially to leave her In sole possession, If she wished to rest. “Master Brandon, you need not go. I will not hurt you. Besides, If this place Is 1-ot large enough for us both. I will go. I would not disturb you.’ She spoke with a tremulous voice nnd a quick, uneasy glance, nnd started to move backward out of the alcove. “Lady Mary, how enn you speak so? You know you must know oh, I beg you"— But she Interrupted him by taking his arm nnd drawing him to a

seat beside her on the cushion. She could have drawn down the Colossus of Rhodes with the look she gave Brandon, so full was it of command, entreaty and promise. “That’s it. 1 don't know, but I want to know, and I want you to sit here beside me and tell me. 1 am going to be reconciled with you despite the way you treated me when last we met. I am going to be friends with you whether you will or not. Now what do you say to that, sir?" She spoke with a fluttering little laugh of uneasy nonassurance. which showed that her heart w.-.s not nearly ss confident nor so bold as her words would make believe. Foor Brandon, usually so ready, had nothing “to say to that." but sat in helpless silence. Was this the sum total of all his wise determinations made at the cost of so much pain and effort? Was this the answer to all his prayer, Lead me not into temptation?" He had done his part, for lie find done all he could. Heaven had not helped him. since here was temptation thrust upon him when least expected and when the way was so narrow he could not escape, but must meet it face to face. Mary soon recovered her self possession—women are better skilled in this art than men- and continued: "I am not intending to say one word about your treatment of me that day over in the forest, although it was very bad and you have acted abominably ever since. Now is not that kind in me?” And she softly laughed as she peeped up at the poor fellow from beneath those sweeping lashes, with the premeditated purpose of tantalizing him, I suppose. She was beginning to know her power over him, and it was never greater than at this moment. Her beauty had its sweetest quality, for the princess was sunk and the woman was dominant, with flushed face and flashing eyes that caught a double luster from the glowing love that made her heart beat so fast. With the mood that was upon her 1 wonder Brandon maintained bis self restraint even for a moment. He felt that bis only hope lay In silence, so he sat beside her and said nothing. He told me long afterward thnt while sitting there in the intervals between her speech, the oddest, wildest thoughts ran through his brain. He wondered how lie could escape. He thought of the window and that possibly be might break away through It. and then he thought of feigning illness, and a hundred other absurd schemes, but they all came to nothing, nnd he sat there to let events take their own course, as they seemed determined to do in spite of him. After a short silence Mary continued half banteringly: "Answer me. sir! I will have no more of this. Y'ou shall treat me at least with the courtesy you would show a bourgeoise girl.” “Oh. that you were only a burgher's daughter!” "Yes, I know all that: but I nm not. It can't be helped, and you shall answer me." “There Is no answer, dear lady. I beg you—oh. do you not see” — “Yes. yes; but answer tny question. Am I not kind, more than you deserve?" “Indeed, yes; a thousand times. You have always been so kind, so gracious and so condescending to me that I can only thnuk you. thank you. thank you," answered Brandon almost shyly, not daring to lift his eyes to hers. Mary saw the manner quickly enough —what woman ever missed it. much less so keen eyed a girl as she—and it gave her confidence nnd brought back the easy banter of her old time manner. "How modest w<- have, become! Where is the boldness of which we used to have so much? Kind? Have I always been so? How about the first time I met you? Was I kind then? And as to condescension, don't—don't use that won! between us.” "No,” returned Brandon, who in his turn was recovering himself; "no, 1 can't say that you were very kind at first. How you did fly out nt me and surprise me! It was so unexpected it almost took me off my feet.” And they both laughed in remembering the scene of their first meeting. “No, I can't say your kindness showed itself very strongly In that first interview, but it was there nevertheless, nnd when Lady Jane led me back your real nature asserted Itself, as it always does, nnd you were kind to me kind as only you can be." Dint was getting very near to the sentimental—dangerously near, be thought, and he said to himself. “If this does not end quickly. I shall have to escape." « "You are easily satisfied if you call that good," laughingly returned Mary me see you try," said Brandon. ly, 1 in trying now,” nnswored Mary, with n distracting little pout, bout you know genuine out and out goodness when you see It? I'm doing my very best now. Can't you tell?" Tes, I think I recognize It. but but --be bnd again,” 1 "No, I woi/t! i W ||| llot IM> b O Please yon. 1 bnv C determined not to be bad. and I will , 10t npt even to

be good. This.” 1 placing her hand over her heart, "is just full of 'good' today." ; And her lips parted as she laughed'at her own pleasantry. "I am afraid you had better be bad. I give you fair warning,” said Brandon huskily. He felt her eyes upon him all the time, and his strength and good resolves were oozing out like wine from !an ill coopered cask. After a short silence Mary continued, regardless of the warning: “But the position is reversed with us. At first 1 was unkind to you. and you were kind to me. but now I i>ni kind to you, and you are unkind to mo.” -I can come back at you with your own words,” responded Brandon. “You don't know when I am kind to you. I should be kinder, to myself at least, were I to leave you and take myself to the other side of the world.” "Oh, that is one thing I wanted to ask you about. Jane tells me you are going to Now Spain.” She was anxious to know, but asked the question partly to turn the couver sation, which was fast becoming perilous. As a girl she loved Brandon and knew it only too well, but she knew also that she was a princess, standing next to the throne of the greatest kingdom on earth—ln fact, at that time the heir apparent, Henry having no children, for the people would not have the Scotch king's Imp, and the possibility of such a thing as a union with Bran don had never entered her head, however passionate her feelings toward him. It was not to l>e thought of between people so far apart as they. [to be continued.] ’ A HORSE IN BATTLE HCW HE FEELS WHEN IN THI. MIDST OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT. I Writer of Horse Stories Describes the Experiences of an Arab Charger In the Ranks of Stuart's Cavalry—The Gallop to Battle. Probably no one will ever know just how a horse feels when going into battle. There is tu way of finding out. So it is likely that no one will dispute the correctness of the description which Sewell Ford gives In "Horses Nine," published by Scribners. The horse in question is Pasha, a half blood Arab hunter that has been pressed into service in Stuart's Black Horse cavalry. The story runs: Early the next morning Pasha was awakened by the distant growl of heavy guns. Ry daylight be was oti the move, thousands of other horses with him. Nearer and nearer they rode to the place where the guns were growling. Sometimes they were on roads, sometimes they crossisl fields, and again they plunged into the woods where the low branches struck one's eyes mid scratched one's flanks. At last they broke clear of the trees to come suddenly upon such a scene as Pasha had never before witnessed Far across the open field he could see troop on troop of horses coming toward him. They seemed to be pouring over the erest of a low hill, as if driven onward by some unseen force behind. Instantly Pasha heard, rising from the throats of thousands of rid ers on either side and lieliind him. that tierce, wild yell which he had come to know meant the approach of trouble. High and shrill and menacing it rang as it was taken up and repeated by i those in the rear. Next the bugles began to sound, and in quick obedience the horses formed In line just ou tieedge of the woods, a line which stretched and stretched on either flank until one could hardly see where it ended. From the distant lii.e came no answering cry, but Pasha could hear the bugles blowing, and he could see the fronts massing. Then came the order to charge nt a gallop. This set Pasha to tugging eagerly at the bit. but for what reason be did not know. He knew only that he was part of a great and solid lino of men and horses sweeping furiously across a field toward that other line which he bad seen pouring over the bill crest. He could scarcely see at all now. The thousands of hoofs had raised a cloud of dust thnt not only enveloped the on rushing line, but rolled before It. Nor could Pasha hear anything save the thunderous thud of many feet. Even the shrieking of tin- shells was drowned. But for the restraining bit Pasha would have leaped forward and cleared the line. Never had lie been so stirred. The inherited memory of luutitleM desert raids made by his Arab mx-estora was doing it* work. For what seemed n long time this continued, and thou ill Hie midst of the blind and frenzied race there loomed out of the thick uir. ns If it had appeared by mugic. the opposing li**e Pasha caught n glimpse of something which seemed like a heaving wall of tossing heads and of foam whitened necks and shoulders Here and tbef gleamed red. distended nostrils a lll * straining eyes. Bending above was another wall- a wall of dusty blue i-outi* of grim faces and of dust powdered bats Bristling above nil was a threatening crest of waving blades What would happen when Hi'' Unes met? Almost before the query thought there came the answer. With an eurth jurring crash they came to getber. The lines wavered back front the shock of impact, and then the whole struggle appeared to Pasha to center about him Os course this not so. But it w«s a fact tbut the most conspicuous figure In either line had been that of the cream white charger In the very center of the Hlack Horse regiment No fewer than thirty langwtfif* spoken In the Caucasus. The Inhabit ants are Russians, Armenians, Tsrtara. Georgiana and divers Molinnimedao tribes.