Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1903 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Indiana Showers this afternoon ami tonight. Fair ami cooler FridayA Man Who Knew tfvcrythinw. Thiers, the French at ..esnntn. was a victim of many whinmicx Non" had stronger hold on him. s- Mgr. Gabriel I'.anotaux in •'Contemporary France." than his desire to g t everybody to recognize his universal eompe tency. Os an applicant for the post of direct or at the Sevres manufactory Thiers Mid: "He Is no more made for that part than 1 for"— and then he stopped. “Ah, oh! M. Thiers." s-tid bis interlocutor, “you find it hard to say what you could not do." "That’s the truth! That's the truth!" cried the statesman gleefully. One day Thiers said, speaking of a man who had been raised to a high function: "He is no more suited for that office than I nm to be a druggist. And yet." he added, catching himself up. "I do know chemistry!" Some Fnmiliar Quotations. "Alliteration's artful aid" was spo ken of by the little read poet Churchill “The pink of perfla tion" was originated by Oliver Goldsmith; so were "Meas ures. not men.” and "Man wants but little here lielow, nor wants that little long.” Gray the author of the “Ele- I gy.” is responsible for many populai phrases, among them “Full many a gem of purest ray serene." "To waste its sweetness on the desert air." “This ideasing, anxious being." "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" and "When ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." Dr. Johnson gav» us “Who lives to I please must pleasi to live." He also said. "Who drives far oxen should him seif be fat." in winch there is more sound than sense. lliblen In lawn. “Not more than three times in the thirty years that I have been in business has a Bible been accepted as collateral fora loan in my establishment." said a pawnbroker whose business Is one of the largest of its kind in i’bila delphla. “On those few occasions It has been without my sanction, even without my knowledge. It isn’t that we don't have many opportunities to advance money on Bibles: it is just that we have an aversion to doing so Aside from what might t»e regarded as the sacrilege of such a transaction it always brings bnd luck." The Facts In the Cane. T’ncle John—Which is right, Willie : "I have had my boots blacked” or “1 1 have had my boots blackened?” Willie—l guess neither ain't right. I T’nele John. You should say. "My boots need blacking.”—Voaton Transcript. An accident insurance policy belonging to Walter Noack has been found and left at this office Owner can have same by calling 338d'-’

’l’ho'hes Residence 312. Office 108. Year's of ExperienceFred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. S,leaks English, German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR. INDIANA.

WANTED! 1<)() Men and 23 Teams To work on Monroe and Fourth streets paving contract. Lots of Work and Good Wages. H. P. STREICHER, Contractor. "LIL.— , ' , '2L-BJL'". II - ' '.■■BSLgiJ. U_L2! ■ ■ ■ ARE YOU SORE? USE g ’ jaraGamph Relieve! Instantly or Money Refunded. Muscular Rheumatism Sore Muscles, Sore Joint! and Neuralgia. The only External Remedy which will Sweat Out the Fever and Inflammation. Sold only In ISc., SOc. <* fl.do Bottles. At all rood Druggist*. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

THIEVES AND OMENS. Criminals u« a It tile Ire the Slaves of Superstition. Some of tl.e most notorii -is criminals j who. it would ’.rirdly be thought, paid tue slightest attention to omens, good or bad. have the greatest faith in supe:stitlous i f all kinds. Ti e burglar is a believer in the significance of dreams and Ims be n known to relinquish a big burgling feat if a dream the night bet'. re has warned { him that be will be in danger should be 1 disregard the warning. If he saw a rainbow be would consider it to portend that, however reel less he may be, he is not likely to full into the hands of til" police for a space of three months. Burghcs have been known to carry a donkey's shoe in their pocket before turning out. believing that this will protect them from danger, while others pin their faith to a piece of coal which they will carry in their pockets throughout their career and afterward bequeath it to a confederate. The pickpocket is equally superstitious. It is said lie will not rob n person who squints, this being acounted a sign of disaster. and if it lmpi>ens that tl;e purs.- he robs contains foreign coins it is believed to augur that lie will travel a good deal la the immediate future, whether in the company of a couple of officers or not there is nothing to show. Weddings and funerals are pregnant with meaning for the professional thief, j To pick a pocket at a funeral would be to court Immediate disaster, whereas if a purse stolen at a wedding contains gold it portends the best of luck for tln> thief during the ensuing six months. Some pickpockets have a favorite pair of boots that they wear as long as they can keep them on their feet, ami if they are not arrested while they are wearing them they cut the ixxits up into little square pieces and give them away as “lucky tokens" to their pals. A Late Sapper. A very steady and serious country gentleman bad joined a newly established London west end club which offered the advantage of bedrooms for country members temporarily in town. When next the squire visited the modern Babylon lie put up for the night at the club, which had in the meantime become extremely fashionable and its hours correspondingly irregular. The squire went to bed at au ‘arly hour, when all was quiet and (Reorous. If there wen l a racket in the night he slept through it. Next morning he came down to breakfast at his usual hour, 8 o'clock, but was surprised to find the room tn the middle of the dusting process and uot a cloth on the tables. While he was gazing helplessly around a sleepy eyed waiter came up to httn. "I beg your pardon, sir." he said apol ogetieally, "but no suppers can be served after half past 7.”—London Tit Bits. Read With Ease. A writer In Leslie's Monthly says: A schoolbook that Is In my possession, dated 1832, has penciled inside the front cover these lines: Puzzle written over the commandments P.KS.V R.Y.P.RF.CTM.N .V RK..PTH S PR C.PTST.N. No solution was offered, and I studied over the mysterious medley for some time before I saw that it made sense if an E was substituted for each of the dots. His Altruistic ("onsclence. Ftiddy You say yon have a very tender conscience. I notice it is wonderfully sensitive to the faults of others, but It never appears to be troubled by your own shortcomings. Buddy—No; I hope not That would be egotistical, you know.—Exchange.

ALMANACS ARE ANCIENT. They Were tlntlo b> t!ic tlr* ekn a.* Far Back as A. D. too. According to The. n, the commentator on Ptolemy, almanacs, as we understand the word, were constructed from about the year 100 A. I). by the Greeks of Alexandria, but the dates of Testi- < vals ami other events of national interest had been exposed on warble tablets in Rome 2IK) years B. C. Lalande. an authority on the subject, states that i the earliest a&ianac of which the author's name is preserved was that of Soloinun Jarchus. who lived in the middle of the twelfth century. , A primitive English calendar or almanac was called the “prime-staff,” “rein-stock” or "clog almanac.” It was made of wood, bone or horn, about i eight Inches long, like a square ruler. On this the days were marked by a series of notches, every seventh being of larger size. The festivals were indicated by symbols, as were the golden I number and the cycle of the moon. Specimens of this “clog almanac" may . be seen at the British museum and in museums or libraries at Oxford. Cain- ; bridge and Manchester. Some of larger size were hung "at one end < f the man- ■ i tie-tree of their chimneys" for general j use. and smaller ones were carried in ' the pocket or on the walking stick.— Pearson's Weekly. The D.«<t In the Air. The air of cities is impregnated with 1 dust and tilth. To combat their dele- ' terious effects the streets should be j freely ventilated and watered. Wind ' and rain are the great destroyers of i dust. From the fields the wind lifts ' the debris of vegetatioir—pollen, seeds, i spores of fungi and bacteria: the dust I of the soil—silica, silicate of' alumin- • turn, carbonate and phosphate of lime 1 and peroxide of iron. In and proceeding from vob anic regions fin. 1 particles of carbon and dried mud are taken up and wafted hundreds or even thousands of miles. In and round about cities and towns the finely ground d.’.st of the pavements. fragments of straw, hair, stable manure, debris of insects ' soot, epithelia from door sweepings or ■ shaken from rugs, carpets ami bedding. I together with gases and other volatile t emanations from factories, rendering ' establishments, abattoirs, tanyards and j ’ compost heaps of ail sorts, though not I ' of the air, are in it. in so much as to • be in some degree almost everywhere f present.—Sanitaria u. s A Canny Scot. ) A canny Scot lived in a small settle- j . inent some miles from the neighboring ) town. The distance, however, could 1 be considerably lessened by cutting : through a large estate. This practice 1 was accordingly so much resorted to that the owner gave peremptory orders for all trespassers to be turned around t and sent back the way they came. One time. how-ever, the Scot In question, having occasion to take some arti-1 eles to town in a wheelbarrow, decided to run the risk and was about half 1 way through when be saw the owner ; in the distance. Not relishing the idea ' of retracing his steps, be bethought himself of a scheme, and, promptly turning the w heelbarrow to face the j direction from which he came, he sat down upon it as if resting. Soon the owner came up and. seeing ■ him there, roughly ordered him to turn • around and go back. i As "back” was in this case his objective point, the Scot obeyed and went on his way rejoicing. Did Not Look Right. The Intelligent compositor, one of the ;, kind that figures In many an anecdote, r worked on an Arkansas paper at a period when a wqjl known novelist was 1 editor. One day the printer undertook to set up the word “doughnut.” He spelled it “donut.” ' "See here." said the novelist, “don’t you know how to spell ‘doughnut?* You've misspelled it here.” The Intelligent compositor came over I and gazed at the proof and scratched ' his head in perplexity. “Well." he admitted, “that doesn’t; look right, but it had a ’w’ in It once, and somehow that didn't look right either.” Jiet III* Own Novel. B. L. FarjeoU was one of the very few writers who set up work in type without the medium of manuscript. When the novelist first turned to fiction he was editor and publisher of the Otago Times, which was printed at his own offices at Dunedin, and many of I the chapters of his novel “Gris" were transferred direct to type by the late Mr. Farjeon. who was one of the most rapid compositors of his time. He was a firm believer in charms ami attribL uted much of bis good fortune to n New Zealand greenstone which he wore for many years on his watch chain.—Loudon Tit-Bits. The Home Product. “I should think you would be ambitions for political distinction.” “No." answered Mr. Cumrox, “I don't care for it My daughter has studied | painting and her pictures of me are ,' funny enough without calling In the aid of tiny professional cartoonist"— ” Washington Star. I The Sinale Misfortune. I “Misfortunes never come singly, you I know. Miss Priscilla.” i “Alaa," said the poor mniden. shat ing her bead, "the single misfortune i« the worst of all!"—Now Yorker. painless Operation. The oh! beau was trying to make himself look youilsful. “He is dyeing for love." they commented.—Chicago Post The kicker usually does not make ! mneu progress. n< twithstnndinc that he puts his best so >t forward.—Boston Tra n script.

THE SHIP'S PURSER. Souk of the Tlitiia* That U ike H*’ Life ut Times a Burden. The lot ><;' the pu s T is anything but a h.ipiy on.. From Lis title on.' would think that ue had only to loo'; at :>t tm* finance of the vessel, but in reality Ins office, so ixinv.tv m’.ly ::nil pictures pie ly situated ut the t< , of the grand stair ease, is really as busy a bureau as any in Capel court ... ticet. H ■' doubt legitimate l.h to expect the purser to b? quite iiu fait "‘th the monetary t:.utters, to explain to the Britisher the dififereia e between ad l Jar and a crown or to the American that the greenback is treated with scorn ami contumely in Europe, but our American friends are par exeel lonee the interrogators of the world, and to them the purser Is simply a walking em-yelopedhi He is expected to toll them all about the ship that’s right enough but they want to know all about the passengers as well, who th. y are. where they have come from and where they are goinghow much tliey are worth and any lit tie titbit of news about their social lifelie is also ask xl nlxvit every hotel, be ginning at Liverpool and ending at Homo, the best shops whereat to purchase different articles, who will gi'e the best discount for cash, where the questioner’s wife can l>est be rigged up in European fashion ami the most like ly resort at which bis daughter might run across some imi>eeunious scion of British nobility. — Harry Furness in Strand. Poultloii of Wood and Its Durability. The problem has troubled many why two pieces of wood sawed from the i same section of a tree should possess very varied characteristics when used , in diu'erent positions. For example, a gate post will be found to decay much ! faster if the butt end of the tree is uppermost than would be the case if the top were placed in this position. The reason is that the moisture of the atmosphere will permeate the |>or"; of the wood much more rapidly .be way the tris- grew than it would if in the opposite dirix'tion. Microscopical examination proves tii.t; the pores invite the .ascent of moisture, while they repel its descent. Take the familiar case of a woodeu bucket. Many may have noticed that some of the staves appear to be entirely sat urated, while others are apparently quite dry. This arises from the same cause —the dry staves are in the posi tlon in which the tree grew, while the saturated ones are reversed. A Rewtnlacence of Fanny Kemble. Fanny Kemble is remembered by old residents of Germantown and i’hilndelphia as a superb horsewoman She had a fiery temper, which matched that of her husband. Pierce Butler, and si>eedily brought about one of the most noted divorce trials reported in the law ixtoks In her youth she was remarkably I>eautiful. and in the role of Juliet site was

the personification of dazzling loveliness. She was noted for her keenness of wit even in the days of her old age. Once when an impertinent street lounger stepped up to her while she was looking in the window of a bric-a-brac store and said. As* >u fond cf antiquities?” Mrs quickly unpinned ber veil an,:, tr ning on the E man her aged face (she was then sev- : enty-three). asked, “Are you?" An Auuravating Speech. One of the wits of the parliament house is said to have observed on the occasion of Judge Deas' promotion to ( the honor of knighthood. "The quern may make George Deas a knight, but i no one will ever make him a gentle- i man." Peas was quite able, however. ] to hold his own, and he punished the | wits wiien they came to make their < maiden speeches before him. “Prig- I oner at the bar,” he once said to an i unfortunate wretch on whose behalf j nn infant advocate had been feebly • urging "extenuating circumstances." j “everything that your counsel has said ; in mitigation I consider to be an ag- , | graration of your offense." Two Way. of Doing naalaesa. i The Industrious man—the plain, ev- | erydny kind, we mean—gets to bis work early. Three hours later the man of marked executive ability drops in to ' see that the industrious man keeps 1 | steadily at work. If everything is going well the man of marked executive ability leaves for the day, for there is no need for a display of his peculiar qualities. If everything is going ill the man of marked executive ability quits at once in order that his reputation may not be compromised by bls presence.—Boston Transcript. A Slave tu Method. A medical *|ieilnllst was very much in the habit of using a notebook to as Hist lii« memory and Insure precision in course of time It happened that his aged father died. The worthy doctor attended the obsequies as chief mourner with due solemnity. At the dose he i was observed to take out Lis notebook ' •nd carefully tc erase the words "Mew Bury father."—Scottish American. Translated. “I beard her boasting that her dinner party was a success from the beginning and ended with the greatest •eclaw.' What's 'eelnw.' any way ?•• "Why—er-that was the dc«*ert. ts course Didn't you ever eat a 'choco- : late eelnw?"'—Exchange. Accidents Will llnppen. Tjindlndy — Yes. sir. two chicken* ■ went Into that soup. Boarder-Never mind, madam, never I mind. No harm done. No one would ever suspect ft. I assure you.—Town •nd Country. I —' i Narrow minds think nothing right i above their own capacity.—Rocbefou- . cauld.

PISCATORY STUPIDITY. the Fi.b-. < r ° r xr ,B “ u Fniufnlly Contracted. v„st fishes seek their fowl by sight „v- Ftof. -ser Edmund Clark Sanford tUe inter,mtional Quarterly, -nd ’ 10 not nsoally notice It by any ~r nense But those that are accu. turned to find it I’.'' Sl ' l,l< ’ n ’ any attemiou to it when they merely ’“. nttish depend principally on the sense o" t iste. and they seem to taste I al i over, not only in the mouth, but by the outer skin as far back as the tail '“‘it Is uncertain whether fishes can feel I pain or not. There is a good deal of evidence to show that they ennnot. A fish that has lost its sight may , learn to avoid an obstacle ilf,pr , rmng against it a single time, but fislie that can see will jump against the plate glass wall of an aquarium day aftei day. sometimes for a year, in the effort to catch things outside. The elements of consciousness in the | mind of a fish foot up a total “equivnlent, p 'rliaps, to the lowest idiocy when measunxl bv human standards. It is possible that the fish's capacity for learning is "about on a level with that of a man in deep steep or preoeenjaI tion.” Birds Thai Exercise Ingenuity. Binis building on high trees are ncK . so wary about the concealment of their | nests as hedge builders mid tin me that seek the springing corn or grass land I for the shelter of their homes, trusting | , to the loftiness of situation for seen I rity. A nest placed upon the ground is in constant danger of ex|>osuro. A browsing animal might destroy it. Tlien the scythe with one sweep occasionally lays bare one or more nests, thereby endangering the eggs or callow I nestlings. This renders the parent bird* very wary and causes them to practice great ingenuity in their efforts to protect tlie young birds. The skylark lias been known to carry its egg or offspring to a place of safety after an exposure of the nest, and it ; has been said its long bind claw —the use of which has puzzled many natu- I ralists—is specially adapted by nature for more easily grasping and transport- I ing its treasures from the source of danger. When the young birds are too bulky to lie thus removed the parent bird carries them on Its back, though this mode of removal is a somewhat difficult one.—London Tit-Bit*. Promoter* nf Conrflge. Spartacus—Women are a great fncen- . five to manly courage. Smart'cus—That's right. Since I've been married and had a few tilts with f my wife the prospect of a scrap with the meanest man on earth seems like mere child's play to me—Baltimore American.

' ' '■ - - = y THE MARKETS

Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. ! i GRAIN. ( BT E. L. CARBOL, GRAIN MERCHANT. < Jorn, per cwt, (new) mixed _J 011 ] Corn, per cwt, yellow 63'• lata, new 1 34 1 Wheal. No. 2 "8 Wheat. No. 3 76 Rye 51 Barlev 53 1 Clover Seed 5 50 Alsyke g 5 IX) Buckwheat 60 Flax Seed SO Timothy fl 25 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market dosed at 1:15 p. m. I today as follows: Wheat, October 7s| Wheat, December 79J Wheat. May 1 ’ th, < i.-tober 151 Corn. December |.,i Corn, Mav 4ii ' lata, (k-tober jg1 1 Data, December 3f>j j Oats, Mav _ 37a Jan. Pork 111 95 May Pork 12 10 I January Lard per cwt 6 72 — TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00' oclock by J. D. Hale, Decatur., Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash ? 853 ' Oct wheat, ggi I December wheat -5 1 May wheat.. _BS Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 18 Oct corn 45 Corn. December <4 I May Corn 45 ' Oats. Cash Oats, Oct 37 Oats, December 37 May Oats ............ qgi s Rye. cash COAL Per Ton Anthracite 17 on Domestic, nut Domestic, lump, H eking | 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 c/j 1 ocahonias Smokeless, lump 5 501 WOOL AND HIDES. »T ■ SALVER a SOM. w ool, il n washed ... 1 gst-s. rSi'iW Tallow, per pouuq. 2 „2_ 01

a i’ ij* 'T J | m Im !San Franciscojl Los Angeles I Portland I Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver. Vi;t >na | and other points in Caltfornia. Or»- ■ gon. Washington and British C Ten- I oia from Chicago daily Sep:ema. r i'th 11 to November 30th via the Chicig 4 I: North-Western Railway, O' Ft I g ■ rates in effect to points in Coloraj I Utah, Montana, Wyoming and I Jah/ B Corresponding low rates from all 1 points. N I Fast trains, convenient schedC-esl B and choice of routes. 1 I a?ESSONALL¥CONi)UGTE[i | 3 excursions in Pullman tour.-q I ■ sleeping cars on fast trains at- I 9 ford economical means of re? :h- I: i B ‘“8 Pacific Coast. D. able I I a berth from Chicago only f-jq I TbeTiest of Everything I ■ Xil kket jßent* sell tickets via this ro U t e . 9 Write for partkutars to g ■W B Kniskern. Pass’r. Traffic M(r. Chica(o 1 ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I I. O. O. F. BLOCK. « * Office, IM I Phone Ketidenoe 245. I Weak Men Made Vigorous crtuiv ngj? riTsurz rraw What PEFFER'S NERVIGOR Did! It acts powprfulty and quickly. Cure* wh*u • fail V'udk n>«*n regain loat t men recover youthful vlgi>r. Abaolutelj Goar anteed to Cure Lost vitality. I tn potency, Nhrht ly EiniMion*. l.oat Power, either mx, Fallin* M'lnory, U wiing Ih. ea«ea. <mJ allef'ctiof Mlf abute or rxcftwt j«U inrifcrrtvn Warxls off Insanity and consumptton. lk»nt let druggist impnee a worthless substitute jd you tMV-aoM :t yields a greater profit Insist n bt»in« PEFFER’S aNERVIGOK. or aencf r • ■ t** carried invest pocket. Prepaid, plain wrapper. Bl per t>i>x. or 6 for $6, with A Written Guar antee to Care nr Refund Money. Paun bictfrw ’ PEFFER MEDICAL ASS’N. Chicago, ill For sale by Blackburn & Christen.

STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAS, DEALER. Lambs 4rz 4 50 Hogs, per cwt. I - Cattle per lb 3 id Calves, per lb 4J gr Cows. 2 W Sheep, per lb 2 @ 4 Beef Hides, per lb 6 POULTRY. BT J. W. FLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb._ _ Fowls, per lb,. fyf' Ducks, per lb. 5@ 0> Young Ducks 6@P7 Young Turkeys, per lb 'dl' Old Turkeys, per lb Geese, old |>er lb. W Geese, young, lb sgr6 HAY /TARKET. No. 1 timothy hay (new) , f 75.0 @ fB.OO No 1 mixed hay (new) « • No. 1 clover hay (new) OIL HARKET. Tiona U << Pennsylvania I*’* Corning L\ Newcastle... North Lima !■** South Lima 1 ' Indiana I7* Whitohouao I-;’’ ■ Somerset I’-J Neodasha. (Kan.) I'l Barkersville ’ Ragland — OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VABIOCS CIBOCBBS AND MEIUHO'” I Eggs, fresh, per dost * ~' Butter, per pound H " Potatoes, new (Inions i Cabbage per lb " Apples, ppr bu HARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady. Wheat, J cent lower. Corn, 2 cent lower. Receipts at Ulneago today: Bon Wheat ; ; Corn .. ear I Osts' T~~ ,~n 23'1 «•(• Estimate for tome rrow: Hogs Wheat 1'” , corn .: ; Oats