Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1903 — Page 8

Weather Forecast. Indiai'i ''/ar. colder: . uesiiiiy fair. -J.UL--JLUM ■ " r "•*•* 1 "

INK® •';.T FOR ALL AT COLCHIN'S Christinas Store. CANDIES, NUTS, ORANGES ALL OF THE BEST THE FINEST Xmas * TREES and Decorations You have ever seen. It costs nothing to see our line. Give us a call if only for friendship sake. Yours to serve, J. S. COLCHIN.

I IHBLIDAY ATTRACTIONS I I m ■ /A In Hen’s, Boys’ and I Children’s Clothing I and Furnishings.... | £ Special I ’lrHlz Holiday Offerings g ON MEN’S AND YOUTH’S J Hand - Tailored Garments g In which to Celebrate Xmas Right. They are Better Fitting, Better] Wearing and Better Looking than your tailor can furnish, for less money. O SPECIAL LOW HOLIDAY OFFERINGS I Children’s Suits and Overcoats Ilf 0 { \ ... .. fp •kJ NOTHING BETTER FOR XMAS PRESENTS U Than Fur Caps, Night Robes and Mittens, Drees Shirts, Neckwear, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs (linen and silk) Suspenders, Jewelry, Traveling Bags, Canes, Umbrellas Suit Cases, from the sold, substantial cowhide to the finest alligator skin, and many more useful articles, at , lowest prices. » r I Come in, and let us help you pick your presents. We can p.o. l<»4cJ please your friends and touch your pocketbook lightly. Premium Tickets Redeemed Be certain to call before buying Until Jan. 15, 1904. and be pleased, at jw GUS ROSENTHAL’S I The Square Man Decatur, Indiana g

ANIMALS NEVER IDLE. Tli<*> Mnnajav to Keep \ cr> Busy WIIIMHII DoiliK V<-r> Much. Uou is .1 tiiat birds and beasts man age to pass through life without sueeiinihing to ennui, or. at least, without Uei,:,g limed nearly to death? Animals, as a rale, du no loaf. It is not thus that they solve the problem. Looting is an art which lint few living creatures "j-Kyr.ul Lizards, croeifdilcs and , ; ibapras'is are the greatest authorities . vu.|hv, tjubject. Animals have acquired r *PS?rMW l< ot making much 'tide about ' n aiiipg. they have learned to lie very busy 1 without doing anything, ibis accomplishment obviously differ* from that ,of I.citing. It is one which animals have brought to perfection ami of which many human beings, chiefly women, are very able exponents. There Is, overhead a wasp busily exploring the holes in the trunk of a tree. Why he does this he probably does not know; he Ims no time to stop and think, lie is quite content to explore away as though Ids life depended upon it. Five tittles 'within the hist six minutes lie has minutely ins|»ected every portion of the same hole. All his lalsir is useless. in a sense; without it. however, the wasp would in all probability die of ennui. The wasp is not an isolated ease. Most animals are experts at frittering away time; they spend much of their lives in actively doing nothing, f Watch a canary in a cage. lie hops backward and forward between twe. perches as though he was paid Uy the distance for doing so. las>k at a butterfly. it leads an aimless e vistem e. .\,-v---ertheless it is always busy. A bee probably visits twenty times ns many liowers in the day as :i butterfly; for all that the butterfly is always on the move. I When speaking of the swift. I nolle" how long it took to find the materials for its nest, how it went afar oil to seek that which was at its feet. This, although the result of stupidity, is doubtless a blessing to the bird. Nest building affords great pleasure to the bird—the more protracted .lhe amuse menu the better for the architect. The squirrel labors from early morn til! late eve laying up a store of nuts. When one storehouse is full, the Indus triotis animal opens another and then proceeds to forget the existence of th" 1 first. Lastly. .animals spend no im-on -iderablc |>ortion of the day in play. Nearly all the higher animals indulge • in play . some go So far as to play reg )| til.ir games. Times of India. X Me. i li«-niRl iriM ii. ‘•l'ather." said the little l>oy. “what Is a mathematician?" “A mathematician, my son. is a man who can calculate the distance between the most remote stars and who is liable to be flimflammed in changing a two dollar bill." Washington Star.

ANATOMY OF AN OYSTER. ! i The titvalvi-'s Organ- Vw Viiiii-.-rouq | Bud II- lie-art Quite 11 umunl i ko. I Every oyster has a mouth, a heart, a I liver, a stomach, besides many curious- ! ly devised little intestines and oilier I organs — necessary or.aits, such as I would lie bandy to a living, moving Intelligent creature. The mouth is at th" end of tile shell, near the -hinge anti adjoining the toothed portion of the oysters pearly coveting. This tiny little apology of a month is oval in shape, and. although hardly vis ,’<• to one unused to making such anatomical examinations. it can be easily discovered bv gently pushing a bodkin or a piectj of blunt, smooth wire along the surface of the locality mentioned. When the mouth is at last, located, y ou can thrust your instrument; tli'.xWfeh between the delicate lips and a consid .■table distance toward the stoum, h without causing the oyster flie least pain whatever. From this mouth there Is of course a miniatmc canal leading to the stomach. Food passes from this canal to the stomach and from the latter organ into the intestines just as readily as though the little bivalve were as large as an elephant or a rhinoceros. Remove the shell (this operation ia rather rough on the oyster, but can be done in a comparatively painless manner by an exiH'rti. and you will see tlio crescent, which lies just over the so called heart This half moon space is the oyster's perieardiuiM. Within ia the true heart, the pulsiu.ons -as which can be readily seen without the aid of a glass, 't he heart is very humanlike, made of two part*, one of Which receives tl»<- blend from the gills through u network of real blood vessels; tie, other portion contracts and drives th* blood out through the body. The other orgaus of an oyster's anatomy ire all In their proper plm ea and pcilorm their several functions Oriatn ot the Hansom. The hansom was the Invention of Jc seph Hansom, the architect of the Birmingham town 'hall. But the twe wheeled cab which lie patented in Istl-i little ■ -semhles the vehicle which now bears his name, it had a square. sedan chair shaped Ixjdy hung betwis-n twe i wheels nearly eight feet high. The driver's seat was in front, as also vv as the door. The fare eniered the cub Is--tween the wheel and shaft. Tim mmlerti hansom was adapted from this original by Messrs. Lillet and Chap man. It is a peculiarly English vehicle. ami no foreign nation has ever compassed the dogged courage of the Briton who can sit calmly inside it.— London Cbi-oui- le. Proof Peters- What proof J the doctort have for declaring B'.apk insane?L Parr-He refused to tarn the r tnedlI cine- Baltimore America!'. . -

I Christmas Bargains | WE CERT AINLY | HAVE THEM ■ N making our selections we visited the different I markets and selected only the Latest Styles and Best Quality to be found. Therefore, we have only Good Bargains to offer, and plenty of them. Good Goods that cost you no more than inferior goods. See us early as we I have SOME SPECIAL GOOD BARGAINS that cannot be deplicated anywhere. — • ■ Well, they have simply taken a DROP. Ivvbt We want everybody to see our stock. We can convince you that we do just what we advertise. REMEMBER THE PLACE The Holthouse Drug Co. Next Door to Boston Store. . ..

The Vfalvn of BlfHm, Binis nnve very acme visiun. |..-r---hiips tl>e nibs! mute of any <-rvi titre and the sense is also more widely ilif fused over die retina than is tlie <■:>>•■ 1 with num. <'on-eqti' atty a bird cun] see sideways as well as objei ts in front ] of it. A bud sees. showing great U’l-] easiness in co,is;>,r.ie:iee, a hawk long before it is visible to man. So. too fowls and pigeons find minute scraps of food, distinguishing them from 1 what appear to us exactly similar pieces of earth or gravel. Young chickens are also able to find their own food, knowing its position ! ami how distant it is. ns soon as they j are h itched, whereas a child only very gradually learns cither to sec or to nnderst.rnd the distance of objects Several liirde apt . » fitly the yoimg ■ f ail those that nest on the ground, can mi' qidte well directly they come out’ of the shell, but the young of birds that ' nest in trei s or on roeks are Ui;;n blind » and have to be fed. -Cliitnibers' .lourlUll. Told Out of School. The infant terrible is always w ill us and in making truttble runs a eke,. riiee with the wagging tongue of sentidal. Ainuu pm lied by. her yonig liopeful a woman Was calling mi n" friend who happened to live in one of a row of houses of exactly tin- same appemaiiee ■’Tlie great objection to living in a row of houses," remarked tlie in stoss, i "is tlie liability of making a mistake. l>o you ever have any difficulty, in, dear?" "Uh. no.” replied the little flend breaking in unexpectedly. "Ma says she can always tell your house by the iMt ty windows."- New York Time.. — The It. tor' < ourteoas. A young mid (xipulur meuils-r of parIlHUteiit wits addressing a meeting at which there was a considerable rowdy element present. Like tlie other speak ! era. he win frequently Interrupted tin tti, losing pntleiicc, ho called for si lence. saying. "Don't let every ass brny at once." "You go mi. sir." said Ule ringleader, and tlie hmioralile member was left wlthotli n reply.-Liiiiilon Chronicle. A Deep Men Trnwilp. Flora Too bad about tlttssli, wasn't it? <‘larti Dear mo! I haven't heard. Tell tile, quick! Flora lie fell d -spi-ralely In love With a girl he met on mi ocean steamer, but *he threw liiiu over. Chicago Tribune. line! < onft'tmrtl, I Magistrate Dow do you know this Gorm in gomlemnn lias Is-on gtility o! passing tlie spllfior.s | .g cut pieces'; Detective— I asked Idin it 111 ever citmo m-ri.-s .111;. I.al momy, mid he ! said "some dimes" ' i lge.

MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur j merchants for various products. Cor-, ' reeled every day. GRAIN. ( BT g. L. CARROL. GRAIN MERCHANT. 1 ' New Corn yellow f 55 New ('orn, tn i xed 53 Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new 33 Wheat, N 0.2 - 83 1 I Wheat, No. 3«SO ; I Rye 50 Barlev 50 . j Clover Seed 577 ’ Alsyke @540 1 Buckwheat 48 1 Flax Seed 80 Timothy SI 26 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p.m. today, according to J. D. Hales' special wire service, as follows: Wheat, December M); [ Wheat, May , ........ 82] ; Wheat. .Inly 77! Corn. December _ 41' Corn. May ~-u 438 Corn July 13! Oats, December 31; Oats, May 37. Oats, .July 31' Jan. Pork jll 02 1 • May Pork 12 05 January Lard per cwt 6 45 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed everv afternoon at 3:00 o'clock hr J. D. Hale. Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash J ss] , December wheat 8N” 'May wheat _ s,. i Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash, 401 | Corn, December MU May Corn 44? ' >ats. Cesh 371 .Onto, December 37] May Oats _ >' Rye, cash . r,>’ OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. ! ] Eggs, fresh, per dox | 27 j Lard y! Butter, per pound Hgjilk Potatoes, new TiO Onions 50 fabbage per 100 lb |gg Apples, per bu. 50 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 WOOL AND HIDES. *T B. KALVER R SON. Wool, unwashed i 6t02 0 i 25c to 75 ~ T, l*’ !**• ** r p° uud -- — ot> i Calf hides ! Tallow, per poumi S 16 to 1.25 20 to 1.25 . Optwmm 1( ) t0 rio 1; sto 22 ' ,k 50 to $2.00

STOCK. BT FRED SCHUMAN, DEALER Lambs 4<t 4 50 Hoge, per cwt f 4 10 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3| Calves, per lb 5@ 5| Cows 2 @ 2| She«p. per lb 2 2i Beef Hides, per lb POULTRY. BT J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb Fowls, per lb . ilmt. ! Ducks, per lb. 6 Young Ducks i Young Turkeys, per lb. 12« t 13 Geese, old |ier lb Geese, young, lb 6(a,7 HAY riARKET. No. 1 timothy hsy(baled) t ?7 5C « b.. 70 No 1 mixed hay (baled) - No. 1 clover hay (baled) COAL Per Ton Anthracite f 7 M Domestic, nut 4 00 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 (0 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 O Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 550 Oil. HARKET. ITtona t 12.02 Pennsylvania l.S' Corning l.*>7 Newcastle 1.71 North Lima 1.81 South Lima 1.32 Indiana 1.33 Whitehouse 1.35 Somerset 1.32 Neodasha, (Kan.) 1-21 Barkeraviile R1 | Ragland M HARKET NOTES. Liverpool market dosed steady. W heat, J cent lower. Corn, J cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 25000 Wheal 73 cst* Corn 259 can Oats 212 ear" Cattle xkW* Sheep 'KXXIOO 1 r Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs »300<) Wheat _ „ 150 car* Corn 3 6 ‘ ,| » r * Oats ;;(10 . ar , The Baptist church ofPlett'a 1 11’ 1 ] Mills will give a supper and 1 entertainment with wutch ntv ,in " Ji on New Yuar's Eve, at Fuller 111,1 >'All nrv cordiallv invited to utter'l- ) ‘ •’•lt'.’llS