Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1904 — Page 4

Country Correspondence. Watt. C. W. Hitchcock and wife—a girlMay Harshman is working for Mrs. C. Trester. Will M 'CLirt' will farm .for Mrs. K utee the coining season. Rev. Storer delivered an able discourse at \V<xxi Chapel Sunday. Mrs. Campbell is slowly recover ing. after being quite sick for some time. Lewis Grossman and family spent Sunday guests of William Hitchcock and family. James Woods is hauling lumber preparatory to’ building a barn in Wte coming summer. Chas. Wisley and wife accompanied by Miss .1 me .Woods called on C. W. Hitchcock Sunday. Linn Grove. The Misses Cora an d Nellie Neaderhouser of Bluffton were home on the Sabbath. Moses Angsherger David Meschbergvr and our quill pusher were at Berne . n business Tuesday. Prof H £. Kittgers and Lawrence Oplinger attended literary at Monroe last Friday evening. George Simison and Eugene Morrow of Blufiton were oonspicuant it their parental homes on the Jaabhath The|Missse Eva Erhart. Flora Neaderhonser and Miss Blough of Berne called on numerous friends here on the Sabbath. Owing to having no mail service on Tuesday of last week our items did not appear in last weeks isaw of this paper. Miss Clara Mvschberger entertained quite a number of her lady friends on last Friday evening at the parental home. The Misses Bessie Baumgartner. Nona Hoffman Ten* Schlagenhanff, Elka and •Sthel Lktdy. Caharine Mescshbarger a l L- vine Dunbar were partici:>anrs.of the very pleasant episode Through the Berne editorial we eran that H and G. of that place have displaced a relic stove after 30 years o£.use. We propose to see them and go several better as we hava a <tove in constant use for 3» years, fire the same seven days a week and what’s more it was awcond hand stove at the time wi became the cwners and a.- yet has required no repairs Many years • •■' good vi<v i> -t THE AXTELLS. -I hn Y ting, who was f • several years trainer at Warren ParkFarni. the home of tb \ • s »s wont to renuuk. 'ter any Axtell you show me ti lt 1 car r. ‘ teach t tr't I <?>w yon a duck that •■an n n swim Tids conies very nearly Vimr tin troth Tbe Ax toils are na“arte tx-rn trotters, and e-tmld not help testing if they waafiad to. Axtell <iro~ very few iwecrs. hut when you ouue to the tr>trjng teorsws sires you will find Ax>" tl ways abc-nt n top. This news- nbe the champion sire of L -■ - .~-n be .- - the eLamp: on sire of 2:20 tr rters What > ham: n-l ije is there for him * b d that he his not some time or other pissess. -i ? N ether >ta .: n has been as per man. -t’v before ’he public as has Axtell since the time h< was & two year <AI. al wavs achanipt hand the , sure f races horses Axtell is the tsr» of Axnite. be th, sire of Grsndsire of the very L -t feed young 'l*ll ton- A N A< ker of Pleasant Mills te owner of this grandly hred h-.rst and will he pleased to show him to any one desiring to look at a fine horse Spare ribs, backbone and pigs fre-t •*. Setotman ’• Meat Market. Farm For Sate.—i&> acres m Jen ’ njfs county, only gx. per acre.

hmciffluiut aott. *■? amt* h> ttom. brw. orchard. barn '’■' TT> - water 3(i mtt* timber. tai a»oe ta ultivattan. 9 1 in* wheat. on pike.J nfa tram Pa I railroad 3 tnik* fr\«i Big 4 Call ■nor address l» A. Hendrteteww. I ytwcn«n!k, tod Thr.mg'h Folimat. akcptng cam to Cairfmia pointe ria iron Mountain r ■;»»• kiriag St Lt-t;.' an» <hulr for Lx» Ai>p»k* ria *Trur licute. ‘ ajw tour'M can <« ■*ac* train for Ixm An X»-k~ and San Frata -«c» rrrry W«d rnnaiav and Tbuwdaj. f»*t winter ronte to California For furtb*r in ft<u>ai> w cal! or or addram G. A. A , Dear Jr T T A ?'«"■<■> t . . D!g Indianapolis Ind

* THE BULLFIGHT. Weximu* 1 Leave the %reaa ilejeefed and Dinaaaied. “I was lx>ru anti reared in the republic of Mexico, and I never .vet have witness.'d a bulliiulit." said a prominent and wealthy resident of the .Mexican capital. ••This form of auius. uieut was never to my itking. and. though I have no criticism for those who go. it cannot ■ te pictuivd as an entertainment that api>eals to (avple of retinol taste and htui nt" fee'.ini. Yet it is a sport that iiiaki* people become in away devo ’ tees, and tLe bullfight habit onee cultivated is difficult to break. 1 have f heard Americans after witnessing tlie’r first exhibition declare they would never go to another, and yet these very people are apt to become the most . habitual attendants. Except on rare occasions our native women do not at--1 tend the tiglits, but now and then they go when the pnsveds are to be given to some charity. “One of the curious phases of tbeae performances is the enthusiasm with which the crowds start forth to view it and the subdued and mekmcholy way they leave w hen the fight is over. Instead of the eager looks and murmurs of expectant pleasure, most of the spectators return dejected and disgusted. The sport rarely comes up to the anticipation of the public. The matador,' erred ecreg ousiy in this [hi t." or that. und. though advice was hurled at him on all sides, he did not profit by it. Many give vent to their d sgust in angry epithets, and yet next Sunday finds them at the ring as usual M asa.ngton Tost. HIS FOOLISH REMARK. A Slate.maa Who W as SsSr and I ■- madr by Xew.paeor Srs. A certain young man w - rent to , congress He delivered a clever maxi > en speech. Th, its si him. They wrote him up m tbeir d.sH * P-.. tores were printed n the newsi'at'er*. aad aaectY :-s of h * life appeared n many journals. He was alluded to as a pro- •,< s;v ker of the bouse, and it was genera iy , agreed that he w ukl do great th:: caster he bad <>vn eiecltd for tbe •ee- ; ond term. One day a cr»rre<pandent called upon the young stat- -r... n He was engaged with rente constituents: «o tbe newspaper man sent in liis card. When it was handed to the embryo speaker bis constituents offered to excuse him. ”Oh. no " be Mid with affected care.•ftsness “It's only one of those penny a liners outside He can wait until 1 get ready to see him.” The fioM’ was ajar, and the corre- I spsvudent bee rd the remark He bad I tM such men before He bistened I back to bis offlee. aad that nigbt there I wss a mretinu to. rrespoodents. “W: at do yon waat ns to do." asked 1 one of tbe men—“roast hitnT" "Oh. no." wss tbe reply; “not that." “What. tber.T “Why <mr«ly ignore him ~ He was igm -d. And b.s fir« term . -so was bis last.—Sebotdmoa-1 ter. Falsae Family Cirele. A small town a Ba vans can boast of what may l<e d -- r;'*d as ant ;ue ■ fSU. y < ” A * ‘ ’ !>-S • his third » :e aad tour n tlieir u-n< The twelve women are reported to live on terms of the greatest utility, and tbe shopkeeper himre f wh© r * fortunately in good eirwoistascca pro:e»--» tv ue jHrf-xtiy contented no* withstanding tLit be .» thus tbe tix-r---teeutb of h.s fara ly. The inceasant ' hart, -to al-A be s subjected be phii- > orepi.wafiy wetoanres as teod:nc to- i ward tf»e i*-tter ad, erusetn- nt of his 1 twis-n,--«a I t«r* Badera < MM. Margaret's mother numtwrs amoag ; tier frierds rercrai and. • akbowgh she > not yet five. Margaret ; ha* <«“ -< n<xl some things Not long ' ago a family of kittens aaade an entree I nto Margarets boro,-, and she was rm<st ar xkvus to keep them all. Her j ax-iber edges t-M on the ground that j they were all girl pussies and would ! eventually grow np into mother cats, "No, they won’t, mother.” said Mar- | garei very earnestly. “I w,«’t let | ttMHi !«• mothers I'll train th, tn to be encts rs’ - Brooklyn Life. The stiver Briusr One <>i tbe castiois übreoed at • , Rohemiatt marr ge feast t« that of making the bride • rows a silver bridge, i Tbe bt >d, 's lather-ia-law lifts her on to :be tilde where »be walks on two rows J as «il»vr cotaa at tbe end of w Uich her ! inis!, od stands atxi receives her into h,s anus Th, silver bndgv typifies :he wealth with which her bridegroom fiorss to scooth her path in life

* < rwßtoS Itoßla* “So J dalii t !>4d bh. pnGrito: rrrj teagf" “No,” answered Mrs. <'mratassri “B«t ft wava't tto toy'* fault It wasn't | ail wveca tofoet te k*-w as tarn-b 1 rerfwv about tow to ran tto tare-are* i titae ttw swiii wte nwveil it that tb> v W*< jvatow drechargrei bias.”— , | Wre,

•ra*n» tottovrs. “Many '■«'» «•*! ttau if l«a s feUow were Bvins tatay <w «wiM rant «v<| l t i« i p-v-tn*." reraiartoi the girt yrtth tto i taek. Ta sore <4 ft.” cq-Unl tte .-.traatou | pre U by. 1 baxetet rate w-!> Mdsr**wtoxA. wt> -> *»Arti te tv’l mg sfaost F ■< tie's tto maa

THE VANITY OF MAN. niasirated by the Way He Feels About Hi» Photoxropba. H The man was alxiut fifty-five. He ? was rather ba’.d. His wrinkles were many. His mustache was gray Nevertheless lie looked vigorous ami intelligent. lie was band" ~ er. take him . altogether, than he had been at forty- , But be brought out a photograph of , himself at forty, w liieh hardly reseiuj hl.st him so much had he changed. I and "if you want to print my picture t n<e this." lie said to the re;x>rter. "But don't lose it. for it's the only one I've got of myself at that age. and I'd like to keep it, for. you know • don't grow . any younger." “I'd rather have your picture as you are today." said the reporter. "for you are haudsouier now t i than you were at forty " •’Oh. no. 1 am too old and wrinkled and bald now." said the man. "I se the forty- | year-old picture." The reporter ex- ! I claim,at. with a purxied laugh: "So many men are like you. Though they are old. they insist on having young pictures printed. They fail to realize bow much more interesting ami pleasing their face is in oki age if they have lived a fairly wire and imiusrrioim life. I've bad men of seventy actually who have given me fhr reproduction photoI graphs of tbemselv.-s at tt .riy five. ' Women don't this. I believe men I hate old igv more than wo.nen do.” “I hate it." said tbe other grimly.—Exchange. THE NATURE OF STARS. Wkz Tfiey Rance l-'rom White te Doll ReU la 10l er. The very coos tutx>n of stars implies > j the presence of reme that are dark. Ev--1 ery one of them is more or less quickly I Baing up fiery matter which is never! king at one temperature; hence their' range of caters, from incandescent i wc.te or bluish white to dull red pre ceding daram-ss, tbe ultimate gvx.l of aM. Tbe so called temporary stars, of wi. eh do fewer than twenty-seven have tsvn not.cxd in historic time, wax and wane w.th maximum and minimum brilliancy, tometimes within tbe short | period of sixteen months, as Tycho's > star in 1572. and then becvMue dark bodi ies only to be lit up afresh by tbe downfall of a vast mass of meteoric matter from *vme neighboring swarm. Many bright stars are known by the periixlii- doubling of certain spectral litres or by curious perturbations to be attended by dark companions. Tire companion of Sirius was found shortly j ssfier its exigence was ixviuted out by Beeeel: re was tbe tiny green fellow to j tire fiery red Au tares, while tbe dark ’ companion of I'roeyou still Gudes asI tronomers. Tbe absorption of light in passing I through space, especially in distances •o infinite, caaees tbe number of faint stars to exceed by mill < r.s tbe bright I ones. t’..s is ' .ipp~.>d to read, r many as -.ismdark totm. The • ream Tartly Tree Tbe eldest tree now extant is i-roba-by the to-gvab (AdaßSOßia digitata, of Afncz. abas the rear gourd or *vr.m 1 as tartar tree lAdansonia gregorio es Australia This tree a rather short asd branching trunk not more than sixty or seventy feet high. , while its girth « tbe ground is from ' «ghty-fiv< to ninety-five feet Ore of . m tias names cut Bpan it wh<ct | date hs -k te tbe fourteenth century. | the gesas its betatoe Baaw. eak-ittoted ‘ frot. ertala data that its age must * be up ward <4 Xfififi years. Tbe holtow ' trunks of these tree-, w-fcveh are capa ctocsencgt t»> bokl coßtfortztHy thirty or forty to’i-s. are u-*d ** tombs by the native Afrimw wtien- tb* msgrend)ed corps,« stvcw :»noe rt-or-.sigt.ly j MBSaifird and p-reserred. Her nestle Twra *ls tl>re any foundation f r ’be penliar to.ief tt.it tbe cotzstituot •• of maa > b<dy are renewed osxce every i never: inquired tbe female med ieal student. “1 do not know bew it is with a man.” repli,d tiie grumpy old pnCamor. wto | dcs-s not approve of haring women at- . tend his kvturex. “but I have read of a certain female wbone body underwent tiro nanplete physical changes in tbe ' • coerse of a very few m.nutes.” “How and when did such a wonder- ’ fnl thing bappenT" “It was Lot's wife. Ton rensember. she turned tn rubber and then atenet I at once turned tv suit.” — SesweHy For tto Fwtrrr Wife—lrin ing. we at the j < Squatsons ju«t <«»• week ago tonight . I\> you realue that we most make <<cr . dinner call? Honto.nd—Sapps** ** ; don't. Wouldn't they She it? Wife— Why. they never wotod forgive as I'm sure they would never ask us again. Husband—Good? Then we won't pn.— Brooklyn 1 ife. WkM He Wasted to Sos. 'Ko." d-art’Xfrd the rote . xausmmz lawyer -y<>e d>vare ts> make a cute gorecsl dr-tuai es ail ttowe charges, do j yotsr “No. or.’ answered the w -tut-w. -fiat I'll nay there ain't a worrsd of truth ja any -4 wraa." A'Wagn li-cus-d Her I tod

Wifely nelßlM*. Hastate! - Wtan I rev all tbcw* bill* I am tired «4 lilv. In. y«a tbirak tto I tiszn- will ever ,onM> wb>-D wv shall te I en: nf W<’ Wife kteerfully Wttr toC flarl.BK'- V«i know that yon are eatTTtug <n ''xrefviKwally Urge Ofc In••rs rare IL*n*er » Raaar. Wtoa *be I G>(ew« He—A Wtaaaß KMC! u * a . ? w ‘ *hat? Bto—W ta-iter «r - -a

r A NERVOUS WAIT. * Wrlrt Sensation M ben the Chnrvh Became Totally Dark. p -I went to .t Fifth avenue churvh last ? Sunday n uht." 'aid a man who is good ' onee a week, "and quite unexpected!) got a new sensatiou. The church wa* 3 brilliantly Sighted, bin s.suictlnng went wrong with the clc'tri.al aiH'arattls. f and all of a smlden most of the lights went out. Midway in the building iwo - er three benches of Imllks continued to ' shed a scp’tichral twilight, but the pul--1 pit was shrouded in darkn<-ss. and rervous memts-rs of the congregation began to fidget. "Tins condition of affairs lasted for some minutes until the choir had tinislied an anthem. Then the preacher arose ami requested the pveople to re 1 main quietly seated tor half a minute 1 io total darkness, when the church would be fully illuminated again. With the words tbe few remaining lights ‘ went out. and for a spgice darkness like that of a coal hole prevailed. “It was tbe weirdest, most uncanny 1 wait I ever had. Every man aud wo man of the SOO or 1.000 in that chun k w;s as still as death almost. I sup pose the darkness did net last a minute, 1 but it seemed to me to be an hour. When the lights again leapied out there was a sigh of relief from ev.-ry |»erson in tbe churvh I gu,-- they ail felt as queer about it as I did."—New York Preaw HORSEHAIR FOR BOWS. Oaly Black or White From Rusola or Germany Io toed. There is a vast a mon nt of horsehair | annually used in the I nitvd States for i making aud reptoring violin, vi.donI cello and bass vxd bows. All of the i , hair comes from Germany aixi Rus- ' sia. in which coentries tbe tails of horses are generally allowed to grow much longer thau here. The foreign hair is also tvarser :n texture anti tougher than that which grows on tlw American horse, and tLse qualities make the imported article more valuable than the <1 >m--stk product. There are only two kinds of boreehair suitable for making bows, ami they are of white and black varieties. Tbe former is ti<--d for violin bows, and tbe latter, which is heavier and stronger. * the lost material for making bows for v, ;-::d buss Vi..ls. beeausa it ' .-s tlie i.Tgi r strinu- better. The imported h; - i- put up iu hanks of thirty-six inche- .ng. which is five or six iD.'bes longer than tin standard , ri<'!.n bow. A hunk ~ snrh. -ent for oue violin t>.». while two hank* are required te hair a cello or hans viol bow. There arv about on,- and a half ..iinves of ha.r in a bank, which is worth from 20 to 3n rents. a<-reni:ng to the quality of the hair.—Fid Ladeiphi Record. THE ART OF BOXING. rtsrie CoeStli Were Hlsbly leleemed la ABeieal Time*. Pugilism. t!>e practi,-, of U sing ~r fighting with the fists, was a in.inly an aztd exercise highly ,'»treu>eti aiming th* ancients. In those days tbe hands ( of tbe pugilist were armed with the eestns. leather thong- loadial with | , lead or iron. This farm of athletic : •port was at first only pw-rmitted to frecLu-n among the Greeks, hut grad- , daily it wa« taken up .-a profession and lost uitJ-.h of its ptv«f.g> As an illustration of its early use we find in Virsi.'s fifth .Eneid the record of a match b« tween Dares, "with nim- ! b!e fret and confident in youth." and Enteilus. tbe vet-ranrbampioii. “strong and weighty limbed.” when tLe voidWtants— Thea.- ara« uplift it air. their heads with- I Bacx r--m tbe bi w» a i mingling hand with hand. Provoke tbe conflict. Fngilism has been a. typicsl English sport from tbe days of King Alfred, but its gca,:- n g as a profession dates from tbe a. vess:< n of the bouse of Hanover—lawwlon Standard. l.ivißS and Workia*. Few ;*-sde on'seie <4 liorxms and In dian- not taxed really live without working Those who work withsstt really liv :n< are mtxk wore numerous, ita-hxl j mg. as they Oo billionaires and ream- ■ stresses with u»r v than aix small children. In the perfect day. wbeu the ’ion and the lamb aliall w alk togetber and the ri<li shall re down to th, »-vllegv I settlrnMut* and {day bridge with tbe I iwr. we stull all tb-übtle* loth live | rial work.—Life. Fhtl May** Habits. TV all night and next day habits of lln. May. tbe artist, have fnrntsbed material for many a story. Joe Tapley, tbe singer, saxl that be <ame across May mse night and beard that tbe lat- j ter bad not teen to bed for four eights and days He remonstrated, and May said: "Never nund. Joe. we'll make a bargain I dot yisj kw- any sleep on tny aoronnt. and I proem<e that »* •.*« as I feri tired IT! go to bedT Tbe Hmiob Girl. "Will you toarrj me?” he a«ked bhzatty j "Na.” npLed the Rnston n«akk-u. But rite added coyly: “I am no* endowed ! with sererdoul power Put your qureI tion A*k me if I will tw"-ine 1 your wife **—Pliiladidptiui Pre«. ISW FI-bbvw, ow>re-ri»a. Mr* X. wlylo--ed- Rut you od»B ■ ly <hwi t <4»je**i to —<wti a wre little hatw ! ss that' datotor eto. it ain't the «tae ’ | as ewmrts. tnunt -ft's tl<e prinriple av tbe Hung' Ewfeanire- —— TB? I.IOiH I “He's a <*tgt>:y wean man ” I “la what sjyT «hj be. m- » sad far arrev tell* ito- hartow natil to is Through toavtag tom.-

ANTHONY WAYNE. The Revolutionary Hero Uhb a Soldier Even a* a B<»>. WaviH* w.is one of tbe leading spirit? | ortho American Revolutior.. He served throughout the war. most of the time with the rank of general. What he was us a boy will interest leaders, and this they may learn from his biography. written by Mr. John 11. Spienr. Wbeu be was about fifteen years old Wayne was attending a school taught by ’ his um le. Gilbert (or Gabrieli Wayne, and this uncle. exa*i>erated at the toy's cot: luet. wrote the following | letter to Anthony s father. Isaac \X aytie: • I really expiect that parental affection blinds you and that you have mistaken your son's capacity. M hut he may to best qualified for I know not. One thing lam certain of—he will never make a * holar. He may perhaps make a sohlier. He has already dstrai ted tbe brains of two thirds of the toys under my charge by rehearsals of i bnttl,'*. sieges, etc. • They exhibit more the appearance ' of Indians and harlequins than of students—this one decorated with a cap »f many colors, others habited in coats as variegated, tike Joseph s of old: some laid up with broken heads and black eyro- During noon, in place of tbe usual games of amuaement, be has the boys employed in throwing up redoubts. skirmishing, etc. -I must to candid with you. Brother Isaac. Tnleas Anthony pays more attention to bis books I shall be under I j tbe painful necessity of dismissing him from tbe school.” — BEFORE THE BREAK, trim I'aiienre Is H»ri For the I Streßuoua. Fnersrllv Mortal. We are all familiar with tbe impa . Hence which comes naturally with age | and failing health, tbe intolerance of l . little hintlrames. the iiHonscptenre in argument, tlie js'tulauiv in eonimeut. I which are ti>,' first signs of senility, i But there is another kind of impatience I which has a w holly different meaning. It comes to tin- high spirited, strenuous | man when he feet- the hand of age on i i him or that premonition of death which tbe human body in some hidden way can give to it* owner. A nun w hose soul is ceutered on a great ideal to wbi< b hi* life's w-k lias been given: chufes at tbe ttouglit that he must be j taken !« i.-r» * • _ its re ixation. A .nan. again, of fiery energy whoe days have been spent iu conflict may redonIde his efforts at the pnwpst of their <e*saii<in a'sl «tow .an ,iim--*t hysterical vitality in h * dosing years. It is a commonplace of literature. The men of tbe greatest power have the least tok-raiion for p*'tty triumphs, the most abiding »,”>*e of tbe amallm-s* of tbeit doings aid ibe magnitude of their task That line of "In Memoriam" which was w of th.- |a«t nt term, vs of Rhodes ( So little done, so mueti to do!") is a cry on the lips of all who fix their eyes <m far horizon. Haste to justify tls i: *,-’\<- either to make practical s-jme idiu or to walk a little farther ott ibv road, is the last infirmity of tie l *t and G'-t - Spectator. — CaivtiißK B Tartar. Tlie trite phrase <“.tich'L. a Tartar" 1 Is thus ,raiv,i to its origin in an oM cychtpislia • "In some totth- totwrvu the Rus-1 sian* and tl«> Tartars. wi» are a wild ■ sort of people in tbe north of Asia, a private soldier called out: ’Captain, halloo. there! I've caught a Tartar!" Fetch b.ni ahmg. then.' said the cap tain. ‘Aye. but be won't let me!' re- I plied tbe man. Tlie fact was that the . Tartar had caught him." Grose gives prnetkallj Ito same st, ' ry in his •Classical Dictionary of th,-1 Vulgar Tougne." 1755. hut credits th, uuamivefiture in an Irish «oldi,'r of the imperial Austrian service in a battle i agniust the Turks. The closing acene I he varies thus: "Bring him along ’ said iii« emu- ! rade. "He won't ,omc.' *aid Paddy. I "Ttn-n come ahmg yours- ls.” replied : the other. “Arrali." said he. “but be 1 won't let me!" siraaalr aad «<rraatl>. Rtreu.’h <i>me* only through strng ! gle—through struggle aad earnest work —never thnmgh a frantic beating! aganiM il»e tor* isw through self pity 111 health is a prison of your own baikling. a prison wherein you are' ks-ked by your own tiuMaghthxsnese I and la«-k of sell control Cireum stances have sotnething to do with it. and y»<i may have inherited a teudenI cy tow ant disease. In that case cireuntstane,* mast to altered and inherited ! weakie-ss outgrown. Both can to done I Earnest thinking aud thoughtful work j will move tuoiiuiains —Maxwell's Tai-I ism.-n S Stove Desirs,?er. "Are you veer tnmbhsl a itb insoui uia <dref»to»nesw !*“ "I «!r-ukl say I am. Seine nights 1 don't sb*p three boura" That *<.' Ct, g,»( it awfnlly had , I've toea afllieted nowalsxnt two years. ’ Tto d<«Sor call* it neon* inwnuio*! ' [uralaxiir*.'• “I’ve had it als-ut eighteen mouths. ■ ' and we • II it F.ttoL" SciH»,ima»t.v Ule<»B»B«le ntek Rob- An you total of reading. I>ii k? Itok No. I latte ft; that's tto rva»,n ! pr-trod to hk« IL IT my mother thought 1 didn’t like to read *tod: * kevß ne- at It al! tto titu. Ifavston I . Trarre-r-pt. VatrlaiMilal ' Tlsre Is ■*» dnuld that tto w<ouan : i who tores y.si forgives you inn nnu-fc. j whil> tto «,«un wto*e y-ei toe for j * ’ —*• y**o ’**» B*’|e x-*a rtr|,■nns ! TGl— laranwvwt A n-'c. in earw-rt fends r.—.na oe. if to • nteq fimi. rrvate* tir-dl - Chau i WiUk

Weather Forecast. Generally fair tonight and Friday except possibly threatening north portion; rising temperature. MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur tnerchants for various products. Cor reeled every day. GRAIN. BY K. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow J 57 New Corn, mixed Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new Wheat, No. 2 gx Wheat, No. 3 Bf> Rye 52 Barley 6fJ Clover Seed 6 fib Alsyke @ 5 Os, Buckwheat Flax Seed 80 Timothy J 'JU CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m today, according to J. D. Hale's special wire service, as follows: Wheat. May Wheat, July Hsi Corn, Mar sij Cora July | Oats, May 43$ Oats, July j May Pork 13 72 I Mav Lard, per cwt 7 62 | July Lard 7 66 TOLEJO GTAM MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3<D I (’clock I J. D. Hale, Decaiur Special wire service. Wheat, new Na 2, red, cash | 9t7| May wheat <V,J Julv wheat, ma Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cash 471 Corn. July 30$ Maj Corn 50j Oats. Cash 44J May Oats 41J < tete, J uly 39j Rye, cash 61 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY V4RIOCS GROCERS AND MEBORA.VT* Elggs. freeh, per doo | 27 Lard 9 Butter, per pound lllglh Potatoes, new 60 Onions 50 Cabbage per 100 lb EOc Apple*, per bu 50 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 7E STUCK. BT FRED SCHKIMAN, DEALER Lambe 4$ 4 50 Hogi. per cwt |l 60(tf4 75 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3J Calvea. per lb 5 ' t Cows 2 $ 4 Sheep, per lb 2 g 2j Beef Hide* per lb. POULTRY. BY J. W PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb. _6@f> Fowls, per lb. s<r'>i Ducks, per lb 6 I Young Ducks 6 Young Turkeys, per lb !• Geese, old per lb 4 Geese, young, lb 4 HAY .TARKET. No. 1 timoihv hay (baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hav (baled) WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVEB * SON. Wool, unwashed 16i020 Sheep pelts 25c to 75 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides. 08 Tallow, per pound 04 1 Coon 1 IS to 1 Jf« Skunk _H to 1— > O'poasutn 10 to 60 I Muskrat sto 22 j Mink 50 to F- < COAL Per Toa Anthracite $ 7 50 Domestic, nut 4 00 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 Os Domestic lump, Indiana. 3 HO Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 550 OIL .TARKET. Tioca |2.02 Pennsylvania 1 ■’ r < Corning 1.67 New Castle 1.74 North Lima 1.37 South Lima I-"-' Indiana 1.31 Whitehouse 1-35 Somerset 1.32 Xeodaeba. (Kan.) 121 Barkersville. 97 Rm? land .66 MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market cl*Med stead;, beat. ; cent higher. Corn, ’ cent higher Rrereipta at Chicago today: Hogs 37U00 Wheat . .19 cars Corn KM car* Oata 202 care Cattle 20000 Sheep 20 • • Estimate for lomcrrow: Hogs,. 32001 Wheat 45 cars Corn 135 car* Oats 133 ar* For Hate—A good ctesn •dock <’• Croceriea and tixturvs Will g' v ' at ooc*» or Feb. 1. Roo” 1 U’-’x* 3 with good ware room Rent rvvmnabte. . Good establish!*! tirade Revi ns for selling Ha' 1 ’ ottor busim s* to take our attenti For particular* write or trail ( Minch A- Cto , Geneva. Ind ts