Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1903 — Page 4

Rural Route News. Steele. Janie* Frank and wife of Berne spent Sunday with A.C. Counteran. Mrs. Jesse Brurnet. who has been very low with lung trouble, is improved. Blanch Steele’of !V«am-.- Ohio Tis visi'hng*aFtfie*home of father, Sam Steele. John Meyers has purchased the 40 acre farm of Mrs. Farver Consideration *2,200. Salem Sabbath school reoragnized last Sunady and G. \V. Ray will now In- superintendent for one year. Another school teacher for the Bluecreek Township, the same came to the home of \V. P. Merriams last Sunday. Mother and babe are doing well. Watt. Mrs. Wm. Stetler’is improving nicely. Mrs. Rarrone still continues quite poorly. School commenced in Harker's district Monday morning Harrison McClemonds of Convoy is visiting friends in the vicinity. We understand that Harvey Miller will erect a new dwelling this season. W. E. Miller and family tuck dinner with Wm. Hitchcock and family i Sunday. Mrs. Lewis .Johnson visited Mrs., Barroe and daughter, Sadie last Wednesday. Farmers are busy getting in oats’ as they have been delayed by the , recent rains. Several of our young folks attended young folks meeting at Bethlehem Sunday evening The Mi-so Jane Stevens, Sadie Book. Rose Stevens and Ivy Miller spent Sunday with Mrs. Clayton

Steven*. Preaching immediately after Sun ■‘lay school, prayer meeting each Wednesday evening at Wood chajxd. i Our supervisor is out trying to j put our roads in hett<*r condition. Pleasant /Tills. "Th • Mumps are still in our midst. I Miss Mulxd Winans is working for Amo* Smith. Preaching at the Baptist church next Sunday morning Ed II x'lniek is no lietter. His conditionremains alxmt the same. The enumerator* and the as*e*sor are th ■ busiest jieople jnst now. A. M. Fuller and wife called on friends at Decatur la*t Monday. Mrs. Henry Steele is very poorly, she is liadly afflicted with erysipela*. .lames Boyd celebrated his sixty*eventh birthday Tuesday .April ’>. Irwin Carter is building a new wiwxlhouse at hi* home on Mam street. Rev. Hill delivered a temjierance lecture at the M. E. church Tuesday evening. •J. W. Hill is erecting a new fence around his residence which is quite an improvement. Adam Hower and wife, living west of town *]»'nt Sunday here with Samuel Steele and wife. Mrs. < 'harles Colter and little son •of Decatur spent Sunday here with

* t •"■•J- —■ * ' her brother W. A Btery and faily. Abner Roebuck of Michigan was c;tlle<l to see his brotef E<l Roebuck who is <jnite ill sit his home in this village. (4. W. Barnett ha-made an iin- j provement at his residence bv adfling a new kitchen and a new eoat of jiaint. Charles Winans who has been MbHent for the jaist several years, returned to the parental home at this I place last week. .Joseph Archbold of Vincennes, i Indiana, and his moi her Mrs. Dan | Wirck of near Monrae, called on < •lames Edington and family last week What ths Thrts Big Leagues Did

Yesterday. national LKAfinn. At Brooklyn. 2: Boston. 4. At New York. 12; Philadelphia. T. At Cincinnati, s. Chicago. 4. At St. lAJuia. 4; Pittaburg. 2. AMBRK'AN LKAOt’H. At Cleveland. 6; St Ixiula. 3. At Detroit. 4; Chicago. fi At Washington. 4; Boaton. 11. At Philadelphia 7; New York, 3. AMKRICAN ASSOCIATION’. At Indianapolis 4; Columbus. 8 At Louisville. 13. Toledo. 5. At Kansan City. 7; St. Paul. 18 At Milwaukee. 5; Minneapolis, L

Weather Forecast. Showers Thursday and possibly late tonight. Much cooler Thursday. HOME MARKETS. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. The amount of grain exported yesterday from this country was: Wheat and Flour, 261,070 bushels; corn 86,260 bushels; oats 14,891 bushels. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed ... 46 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 48 Oats, new 30 Wheat, new $ >'* Rye _ 40 Barlev _ 40 Timothv . 1 60 Clover Seed 5 00 6 00 Alsyke 5 50 @ 6 00 Buckwheat 65 Flax Seed 1 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat. May | 76i Wheat. J uly 71J Wheat. September 69” Corn. May 44} Corn. July 44; Corn. September 44.1 Oats. May 33| ! Oats. J ul v 31] May Pork 118 00 July Pork sl7 15 Sept. Pork sl6 75 May Lard, per cwt 9 27 Ju]y Lard, per cwt 9 40 September Lard per cwt 9 40 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 ? 74] May wheat 711 ■July wheat. 71] .Cash corn. No. 2. mixed, cash 44 j I May corn 44 Joly con 44; t *ats. cash 34 1 Gt*. May 33] Oats. July 31] Rye, cash 58

STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs 4.1 n 5 Hogs, per cwt $6 00 (a $6 SO , ■ Cattle per lb. 4| i Calves, per lb 41 (a 5 Cows 2 (p 3$ Sheep, per lb. 21 (<z 3 I Beef Hides, per lb. 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb.._ . .081 Fowls, per lb. ... .. .08.11 Ducks, per lb. 0* Turkeys, per lb. .11 i 1 Geese, per lb. 05 I ■I HAY ITARKET. No. 1 timothv hay (baled) . _ .. SIO.OO (o $11.501 No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hav ) baled) _ Loose hay $1.50 less. WOOL AMD HIDES. I ’ BY B. KALVER A SON. V\ 00l 13c to 18 . Sheep pelts —4O c to $1 00 Beef hides, per pound 06 j Calf hides 071 ; Tallow, per pound _ ... 01 1 COAL? Anthracite $ 9 00 Domestic, lump 4 75 Domestic, nut 4 50! OIL /TARKET. Tiona $1.68 Pennsylvania 1.53

('ormng 1.33 Newcastle 1.401 North Lima 1.16 South Lima 1.111 Indiana 1.11 Whitehouse 1.23 | Somerset 971 Lacy 97 Barkersville 97 Ragland 57 [ OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz $ 13 Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, [>er bushel _ 35 Liverpool market closed J cent lower on wheat. Corn closed 1 to J cent lower. -TARKET NOTES. Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 24,0001 Wheat 20cars'

Corn 110 cars Oats 120 cars I Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 25,000, j Wheat •’>! cars Cm *.tcara, (>ats 114 cars Drowned In the Tippecanoe. Delphi. Ind.. April 29. Fred Thompson. seventeen years old. while run , nlng a trotline In the Tippecanoe river, was drowned. Thompson and a com- ( panlon were in a boat, when it suddenIly capsized The companion succeed Ind in getting on top of the overturned boat, but Thompson sank from sight.

MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wh«»t—Wastnn. tie; No. 2 red. *tr*n<. TH. Corn—Steady; No. i maul. 42,e. Oau-Sleadr; No. 2 mixed. S2‘, Calua—Slow nt <S.W si.:*. H >c*-Quioi at *S*t. tn Sheep—Steady at I 2 44.5 u Lambs—Steady at <3 40*0 Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Cloaed. W heat— Mar » .t; July tiv .ns; Sept . ... ............. s» ■, CornMay o .«>, July «*' 4 ,1P; sept 4«*; .<*’ ■ PaiaMay.... ,S 8 Juiy.... Jr, .sit, Sept 2S 1 , PorkMay K.»l tr.*> July ...K.sn ;«92 Sept ...IS.SI IS..V LardMay S.SS ».2O July U.4* S.SO Sept 8 45 ».W RibaMay ».M> 8 4<> July »-45 u.St Sept ».»; Cloying eaah market —Wheat; corn, *4’,*; oata. JSc; pork 117. M: lari. W. :c; riHW.lt At Louisville. Wheat—No. 2 white. :Je ; Cora—No. 3 white. 4; ,c No. s mixed. 4.: ,« Oala—No. 2 mixel, 3:*,<-; No. 2 white, :<**,<■ 1 attle—steady at 11.7* sHogi—Steady at <7.iw> Sheep—Steady at 4-4I.SU Lamb*—■'teal T at <3.*04 *0 At Cincinnati. Wnest—Quiet; No. J red. :s' r . Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed 4nc Oala —Steady; No. 2 mixed. :i4o 1 attie-Steady at <2 •/■■<> Hogs — Active at |4.o* 4 .15 Sheep—Strong at <241.50 , Lambs—Strong at 44.4* Livestock at Chicago. Cattle-* ng. steers. <:. 4- w. .tochers and feeder*. <2.5 4‘ Hog*—Steady at <<x'A>4:.t.> Sheep—steady at <1.25 4 *—* Lambs— steady at <*.<o4: At Mew York. Cattle-Steady at «.:*<*. L Hog*—Qniet at «.754i.im) sheep—teady at tJ.15.45.M Lambs—Steady at <*•;.<* . At East Buffalo. Cattle— Steady at <275-43 40 X Hogs—Active at <s.'*4: 40 Sheep—Steady at tb :.>4n.ei lamb* —Steady at 14 75 4*V* ” A STATE OF SIEGE This Is the Condition of Things In French Monasteries. — Paris. April 29.—The dispersions of the congregations continue to be ae compani-d with violent agitation and disorder wherever they occur The Capuchins at Marseilles are unde-go Inga regular siege. The convent is now encompassed by a strong force of gendarmes and policemen to pre vent communication with the inmates

Food, blankets and mattresses are being thrown from adjoining houses into the courtyard of the convent. In side the convent a crowd numbering about 2.5'10 persons, but composed mostly of women, fills the church and the singing of hymns is mingled with prayers and shouts of “God save France.” Outside an equally large crowd of anti-clerl< als is singing revolutionary songs and shouting “Down with the priests." The monks at the abbey of Kerbeneat have barricaded themselves strongly, while the peasants of the vicinity mount guard around the convent day and night to prevent the authorities from approaching the building to execute the orders of the court to close the abbey. A similar state of affairs exists at Millau. where the Ca puchln convent is guarded by 200 peasants against the officials, while from time to time crowds assembled around the convent and expressed themselves vigorously in favor of the monks. PANIC IN CLEVELAND Jewish Quarter Visited by Destructive Flames. Cleveland. 0.. April 29. A genuine panic existed among twenty Jewish families in the vicinity of Pittsburg street late yesterday afternoon because of the destruction by fire of tbeir little homes. The fire had start ed tn a nearby cooperage shop and spread to the dwellings before it could be checked. The houses burned like tinder and many of the occupants attempted to save their possessions from the flames, but without success, for the fire spread so rapidly that many of the women had narrow escapes from being burned to death. All the fire apparatus except the last reserves was called out and the fire proved to be one of the most dangerous the city has had in years. The money loss Is placed at $50,000. Two hundred persons are temporarily homeless because of the fire.

Petition For Rehearing. Frankfort. Ky.. April 29—Attorney John W Ray has filed a petition for a rehearing by the court of appeals In the case of A. W. Young and J. C. W. Beckham. In which eligibility for reelection <s governor was at issue. Mr. Ray says that the recent decision left this question unsettled and undecided and requests that the court take up this matter and decide it. South Bend. Ind.. April 29. liar Starr. "Three 1" railway switchmn was run down and killed by the gins.

««»••««»«*•»«*«««*•**•**** •WHEN KNIGHTHOOD: S WAS IN FLOWER | V Ot, The Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King s Sister, and Hapjiening In the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth *< Rewritten a.nd Rendered Into Modern English From Sir Edwin Ciktkoden's Memoir T|* # By EDWIN CASKODEM [CHARLES MAJOR] G>pvri<|ht. and 1901, try the Brnren-Merrill Company

Rut this last passion, the flickering, sputtering flame of his dotage, was the worst of all. both subjectively and objectively. both as to his senile fondness for the English princess and her Impish tormenting of him. From the first ho evinced the most violent delight in Mary, who repaid it by holding him off and evading him ivi a manner so cool, audacious and adroit that it stamped her queen of all the arts feminine and demoniac. Pardon me, ladies. if I couple these two arts, but you must admit they arc at times some what akin Soon she eluded him so completely that for days ho would not have a glimpse of her. while she was perhaps riding, walking or coquetting with some of the court gallants, who aided and allotted her in every way they could. He became almost frantic in pursuit of Ills elusive bride, and would expostulate with her, when bo could catch her. and smile uneasily, like a man who is the victim of a practical joke of which ho does not see or enjoy the point. On such occasions she would laugh In his face, then grow angry which was so easy for her to do —and, I grieve to say. would sometimes almost swear at him in a manner to make the pious though ofttimos lax virtued court ladies shudder w ith horror. She would at other time* make sport of his youthful ardor and toil him in all seriousness that it was indecorous for him to behave so and frighten her, a poor, timid little child, with his impetuosities. Then she would manage to give him the slip, and he would go off and play a game of cards with him self, firmly convinced in bis own feeble way that woman's nature bad a tinture of the devil in it. He was the soul of conciliatory kindness to the young vixen, but nt times she would break violently into tears, accuse him of cruelly mistreating her. a helple-* woman and a stranger in his court, and threaten to go home to dear old England and tell her brother. King Henry, all about it and have him put tilings to right and redress her wrongs generally. In fact, she acted the part of Injured innocence so perfectly that the |>our old man would apologize for the wrongs she invented and try to coax her into a good humor. Thereupon she would weep more bitterly than ever, grow hysterical and require to l»e carried off by her women, when recovery and composure were usually instantaneous, of <v»ur*e the court gossi|>« soon carried stories of the quick recoveries to the king, and when lie spoke to Mary of them she put on her injured air again and turned the tables by upbraiding him for believing such calumnies about her. who was so good to him and loved him eo dearty.

Mary would often pout for days together and pretend illness. Upon one occasion she kept the king waiting at her door all the morning, while she. having slipped through the window, was riding With some of the young peo pie in the forest. When she returned —through the window - she wont to the door and scolded the poor old king for keeping her waiting penned up in her room all the morning. And he apologized: She changed the dinner hour to noon in accordance with the English custom. and had a heavy supper at night, when she would make the king gorge himself with unhealthful food and eons him “to drink as much as Brother Henry." which invariably resulted in Louis de Valois finding lodgment under the table. '1 his amused the whole I court except a few old cronies and physicians, who. of course, were scandalized beyond measure. She took the king on long rides with her on cold days, and would jolt him almost to death and freeze him until the cold i tears streamed down his poor pinched nose, making him feel like a half animated Icicle ii nd wish that he were I one. in fact. At night she would have her balls 1 and keep him up till morning, drinking and dancing, or trying to dance, with her until his poor old heels, nml Ids head. too. for that matter, were like to fall off; then she would slip away I from him anil lock herself in her room. ' 1 •eeemlier. sny I. let May alone; she | certainly will kill you. Despite which i sound advice. I doubt not December i will go on coveting May up to the end of the chapter, each old fellow being i such a fine man for his ago. you under ! stand fondly believing himself mi ex- ; ceptlou. Age in a fool is damnable. j Mary was killing Ixitiis as certainly j and deliberately as if she were feeding ' him slow |«>ison. He was very weak and decrepit at beat, being compelled frequently upon public occasions, such, i for example, ns the coronation tournn | merit of which 1 have spoken, to lie | upon a coach. Mary's conduct was really cruel, but ! then. reniemlsT the provocation, nnd , that she wns acting In self defense. ' All this wus easier for her tlinn you might suppose, for the king’s grasp of > power, never very strong, was beginI ning to relax even what little grip It I had All faces were turned toward (he rising "till, young Francis, duke of I Angoulvme. the king’s distant cousin. I who would soon he king in Lottis’ place. As this young rising sun, himself vastly smitten with Mary, openly encouraged her in what she did. the courtiers of course followed suit, and the old

king found himself surrounded by a court only too remly to bo amused by* his lively young queen nt his expense. This condition of affairs Mary welcomed Avi’li her whole soul, and to accent it and nail assurance. I fear, played ever so lightly and coyly upon the heartstrings of the young duke, which responded nil too loudly to her velvet touch .and almost frightened her to death with their volume of sound later on. This Francis d'Angoulente. the dauphin, had fallen desperately in love with Mary at first sight, something against which the fact that he was married to Claude, daughter of Louis, in no way militated. He was a very distant relative of Louis, going away back to St. Ixmis for his heirship to the French crown. The king had daughters in plenty, but. as you know, the gallant Frenchmen say. according to their law salic, "The realm of France Is so great and glorious a heritage that it may not bo taken by a woman." Too great and glorious to be taken by a woman, forsooth! France would have been vastly bettor off had she been governed by a woman now and then, for a country always prospers under a queen.

Francis had for many years lived at court as the re<s>gnize<l heir, and, ns the custom was. called his distant cousin I*onis “I'liele." "Uncle" Louis in turn called Francis "Ce Gros Gnrcon," and Queen Mary called him 'Monsieur, mon beau fils." in a nioek motherly manner that was very laughable. A mother of eighteen to a "good l«>y" of twenty-two! Ihmgerous relationship! And dangerous Indeed it would have l>cen for Mary had she not been as pure and true ns she was willful and imp 'tuous. •'Mon beau tils’’ allowed neither his wife nor the respect he owed the king to stand in the way of his very marked attention to the queen. His position ns heir ami his long residence at court, almost as son to I*ouis, gave him ample opportunities for pressing his unseemly suit. He was the first to see Mary at the meeting place this side of Ablieville, and was the king's representative on nil occasions. "Beau tils” was rather a handsome fellow, but thought himself vastly handsomer than he was. and had some talents, which be was likewise careful to estimate at their full value, to say the least. He was very well liked l>y women, and in turn considered himself irresistible. He was very impressionable to feminine charms, was at heart a lila-rtim*. and. as he grew older. I»e---came a delmm lxs* whose memory will taint France for centuries to come.

Mary saw tits weakness more dearly than his wicki-dnes*. la-ing blinde<l to the latter by the veil of her own innocence. She laughed at and with him. and permitted herself a great deal of his company so much, in fact, that I grew a little jealons for Brandon's sake.and.lt the truth must Im- told, for the first time began to have doubts of her. I seriously feared that when Louis should die Brandon might fln<l a much more dangerous rival in the new king, who. although married, would probably try to keep Mary at his court even should lie Im- driven to the extreme of divorcing Claude as Claude's father had divorced Joan I believed, in ease Mary should voluntarily prove falw and remain in Frame either ns the wife or the mis tress of Francis, that Brandon would quietly but surely contrive some means

to take her life, and 1 hoped ho would. I spoke to my wife. Jane, about the queen’s conduct, and she finally admitted that she did not like It. so I, unable to remain silent any longer, determined to put Mary on her guard, and for that purpose spoke very freely to her on the subject "Ob. you goose!" she said laughingly.

CLOSING OUT Buggies, Coni Cultivators —Riders and Walkers, Check Rowers, Breaking Plows, Harrows, Grain Drills, Lawn Mowers, Weeders and Horse Cultivators. All these goods will be sold very low, as I am going to close them out. AGENT FOR McCormick machines, white Plymouth ROCK EGG-, TRACTION ENGINES. AND THRESHING MACHINERY. J. K. NIBLICK

"He is almost as great a fool'a., nri , iy.” Thon the tears came to her eyes mid half angrily, half hysterically Blinking me hy the arm. she continued"Do you not know? Can you not that I would give this hand or my eyes almost my life, just to fall upon tny face in front of Charles Brandon at this moment? Do you not know that a woman with a hive in her heart such ns 1 have for him is safe from ever; one ami everything; that it is her sheet anchor, sure and fast? Have you not wit enough to know that?" "Yes I have." I responded, for the time completely silenced. With her fa vorite tactics she had, as usual, put tue In the wrong, though I soon came .(gain to the attack. "But he is so base that I grieve to see you with him.” "I sup[«>se he is not very good,” she responded, "but it seems to be the way if these people among whom i have fallen, and lie cannot harm me." “Ob, but he can! One does not go near smallpox, and there is a moral ■ontaglon quite as dangerous, if not so perceptible, and equally to lie avoid si. It must be a wonderfully healthy moral nature, pure and chaste to the •ore. that will Is* entirely contagion proof and safe from it.” She hung her bead in thought and then lifted her eyes appealingly to me. “Am I not that. Edwin? Tell me! T e u me frankly; am 1 not? It is the one thing of good I have always striven for. lam so full of other faults that If I have not that there is no good in me.” Her eyes and voice were full of tears, and I knew In my heart that : stood before ns pure a soul as ercr came from the hand of God. ■You are. your majesty; never doubt,” I nnsweml. "It Is piv emj. uently the one thing in woman; <>od t., ' ' ' ;-.'! ' -1 kitcels." And 1 fell upon my knee and kissexl her band with a sense of reverence, faith and trust that has never left me from that day to this. As to my estimate of bow Francis would act when Louis should die. you will see that 1 was right. Not long after this Lady Caskodei, and 1 were given permission to return to England, and imimslhitely prepared for our homeward journey. As we left. Mary placed in ray hands a letter for Brandon, whose hulk was so renssuring that I knew lie had never been out of her thoughts. 1 looked at the letter a moment mid snid. in all seriousness. "Your majesty, hail 1 not better provide an extra box fur it?" She gave a nervous little laugh, and the tears lilksl her eyes as she whisper ed huskily: “I fancy there is one who will not think it too large. Goodby, goodby!" So we left Mary. fair, sweet girl queen, all alone among those ter rible strangers. Alone with one little English maiden, seven years of age, Anne Boleyn. CHAPTER XXL LITTERS 1 ROM A ql EEN. ’ w ▼ PON our return to England I IIJ left Jane down in s iffolk fcr-mvi w * (l ‘ ' H ' r wn ‘ l, ‘- I*° r 'i IhJlingbroke. having detern. -4 never to permit her to cotne within sight of King Henry again if I e*>i.*! prevent it. I then went up to London with the twofold punioee of seeing Brandon and resigning my place a* master of the dance. When I presented myself to the king and told him of my marriage, he flew into a great passion because we had not asked his consent. One of b * whims was that eyery one must a>k his permission to do anything -to eat or slsep or «ay one’s prayers, especially to marry, it the lady was of a degree entitled to be a king's ward Jane, fortunately, bad no estate, the king* father having stolen it from her when she was an infant: so all the king could do stout our marriage was to grumble, which I let him do to his heart's con tent. ”1 wish also to thank your majesty for the thousand kindnesses you hanshown me.” 1 said. "and. although It grieves me to the heart to separate from you. circumstances compel me to tender my resignation as your master of dance.” Upon this he was kind enough to express regret and ask into reconsider, but I stood my ground firmly, and then and there ended inv official relations with Henry Tmlor tor over.

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