Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. STSBY SVSKINO. XXCKPT SCNDAY. BY LHS W Q . et-UINOHAM. JUBSCRIPTION RATES. »» o.rrtar, per week lOe sarrler, per year $4.00 Ky raa.ll. per month 25C !»*U, per year $2.60 Single copies. Two Cents, IS vert-Ming rates made known on application Sneered In the postofflce at Decatur. Indl--waa. *« second-class mall matter. 1. H. HELLER, Man agbr. PEEPING TOM Frighten Women and Children in South Part of Town. '‘Peeping Tom" who several years ago had the city in an uproar, is again getting busy and on last evening nearly frightened the life out of several women about our city who telephoned for the police for protection. Most of his work last night was confined to the south end of tow a and on Sawdust Avenue and he was seen several times by different persons peeping into the windows of their neighbors and frightening them and their children beyond endurance. The police alarm rang about nine o’clock and the police hurridly left for the scene of action but in all probability the miscreant became alarmed and when the police arrived no trace of the fellow could be found although this foot prints could easily be distinguished about several windows where he was taking his peepings. The party who ever it is if caught should be given the full penalty of the law and a coat of tar and feathers would be his just dues for such actions. Going to the World's Fair? If so, send for complete guide to the citv of St. Louis and world’s fair grounds, containing maps and full information about hotels, restaurants, theatres and all points of interests. Published only by the Clover Leaf Route, Toledo, Ohio, and sent free on receipt of six (6) cents postage.

YOUR EYES Should not be neglected. Delay often means serious results. Don’t be persuaded that it is some ailment other than the eyes, for after taking medicine for a reasonable length of time and the trouble still remains, rest assured it is ONE OR MORE OF MANY REFRACTIVE DEFECTS OF THE EYES. Nothing But Glasses, and the Correct Ones, Will Give you Relief DR. JOSEPH BURKE who has been making regular visits to Decatur, will be at the Burt House, Tuesday, July 12th, for One Day Only, will Examine Eyes FREE OF CHARGE REMEMBER THE DATE Will Money Help You! I IF 80, call cn or write to us. We will loan you money in any amount from 810 to 8100, on household goods, pianos, organs, teams, fixtures, etc., without removal. You can have from one to twelve months’ time in which to pay it back, in small weekly or monthly payments as you prefer. 81.20 is the weekly payment on a 850 loan for fifty weeks; other amounts in the same proportion. If you need money fill out the following blank, cut it out and mail it to us. Our agent will be in Decatur every Tuesday to make loans and will call on you. Date Yjur Name Wife’s Name Street and Number..«... City Amount Wanted Kind of Security you have Occupation All communications are held strictly confidential. Call on or address Homs ’phone saS FORT WAYNE LOAN CO. 8 Calhoun Bt. S Established 18»6. Fort Wayne, Ind. ° UM

COURT HOUSE NEWS Guardian Appointed—Marriage Licenses—lnsanity Inquest. B. W. Sholty has been appointed guardian for Blanch and Daniel W. Elzey and filed his bond which was duly approved. —o—i Marriage licenses have been issued this week, to J.lames L. Wagner and Pearl D. Brandyberry, William W. and Malinda ■ Grace Rape. —o—- , Dr. Amos Reusser, Dr. R. D. Wilson and Town Clerk Chris Stengel of Berne formed a board of in' sanity who adjudged Mrs. Jennie McCune, of Mouroc township, of unsound mind and recommended her 1 to the East Haven hospital. She is thirty three years old and was an inmate of the hospital eight or ’ i nine years ago. » . Paul Baumgartner made a business trip to Berne today. A. Van Camp made a business trip to Ridgeville today. Mrs. Henmeyer, of Hoagland, was i shopping here today. Charles Mischaud.’of Berne, was , a business caller here today Mrs. Dee Lewton is home from a pleasant visit with relatives at Fort ’ Wayne. Miss Blanche Dibble returned to- ' day from Fort Wayne, where she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mains. The 22nd anniversary of the GL A, R. Post No. 83, of Geneva, will be celebrated at Idlewine.s grove, one-half mile west of Geneva Sunday, July 10. I earnestly desire the immediate return of all cases and bottles. ( Wm. Mersman. 14fid2w2 Take the G. R. A I.—Pan HandleVandalia route for World’s Fair at St. ’ i Louis, Mo. J ust as cheap, just as quick j and just as comfortable as any other r route out of Decatur. Tickets on sale • from now to November 30. For rates ’ and information call on or address J; f Bryson. Ticket Agent. Decatur, Ind.. ! Or C. L. Lockwood, G. P. A T. A.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

SENT BACK FOR THE PURSE. | — Salesman liked an Empty Wallet to Study Humanity. Picking up a wornout, empty pocket- - book, a salesman in one of the large ( dry goods stores the other day thought he would have a little fun with it. He therefore placed it on the counter, half concealed by the goods lying on it. Presently a shopper entered. Her eyes lighted on the wallet as by instinct, and while pricing half a score of articles she endeavored to cover it—quite artlessly, of course—now with her handkerchief, then with her satchel and again with her umbrella. The salesman, without appearing to noth e her actions, each time removed the pocketbook out of danger and into light. Finally she adopted new tactics and picked it up. with the remark: “Somebody's left a pocketbook ” “Yes?” replied the clerk interrogatively. “Thank you.” And he took the leather and disappeared with it for a moment. Upon bis return the woman asked, with a slight show of interest: "Was there much in it?” “Only $3,” replied the salesman carelessly, with the ease of one who has been used to lying all his life. "And who will get it if it isn’t called for?” asked the shopper. “The firm,” is the epigrammatical response. The woman went out. In ten or fifteen minutes a boy came in and asked: > "Was a pocketbook with $3 found here this morning?” "Yes." replied the salesman, “but it has been called for.” “Ob.” said the boy and retired. Ami the salesman smiled audibly.— ! Chicago Tribune. THE SUGAR CANE. We Have Borrowed It From India. It* Native Home. The sugar cane and its uses have been known in India, its native home, from time Immemorial. It is perhaps the earliest source from which sugar was produced, and all other modes of manufacture have been borrowed from or based on it. The early classical writers knew sugar vaguely as "honey of canes.” To the Greco-Roman world i the sugar cane was the reed which the 1 swarthy Indians delighted to chew and . from which they extracted a mysterious sweetmeat. It was the Arabs—those great car- : rlers between the east and west—who I introduced the cane in the middle ages into Egypt, Sicily and the south of Spain, where it nourished abundantly until West Indian slavery drove it out of the field for a time and sent the trade in sugar to Jamaica and Cuba. Early in the sixteenth century the cane was taken from Sicily to Madeira and the Canaries. Thence it found its way to Brazil and Mexico, to Jamaica and Haiti. Cane sugar was well known in Italy about the second century and has been common in England since the Tudor period. The strenuous days of great Elizabeth had sugar for their sack, and ginger was hot T the mouth, too, as we all well remember. — Cornhill Magazine. Borne ChlneMe Butba. A traveler in Mongolia writes: “There are some hot springs by the road about twenty miles north of Chingpeng. The place is named Tangshan. The arrangements for those anxious to benefit by their healing properties are very primitive. A row of twenty or thirty wooden boxes the size of an ordinary packing case are ranged beside the road. In these sit bathers of every age and both sexes, with their heads protruding. Attendants with buckets continuously refill the boxes from the springs. For less luxurious bathers there is accommodation in a pool which has been dug out close by. In this they squat, scooping up the water and pouring it over their heads with brass basins. It is curious I to reflect that establishments like' Homburg and Alx-les-Halns have had their origin in such beginnings.” Beetle Soldier* and Sailor*. There are beetles in England, of the family known to scientists as telephoridae, that are popularly called soldiers and sailors, the red species being called by the former name and the blue species by the latter. These beetles are among the most quarrelsome of insecta and fight to the death on the least provocation. It has long l>een the custom among English boys to catch and set them fighting with each other. They are as ready for battle as gamecocks. and the victor will both kill and eat his antagonist.—St Nicholas. Loo kin a on the Bright Side. The lesson w’hich I have learned in life, which is impressed on me dally and more deeply as I grow old. is the lesson of g<x»l will and good hope. I believe that today Is better than yesterday and that tomorrow will be better than today. I believe that In spite of so many errors and wrongs and even crimes my countrymen of all classes desire what is good and not what is evil.- Senator Hoar’s “Autobiography.” Social Advance. Mother — Are you getting on any, Gertrude? Daughter—Oh, yes, mother. We used to be lumped In with “and others." but now we have climbed up into "some of those present”— Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Occupat Inn. “Miss Callingall complains that she has too much leisure.” “Well, why doesn’t she take up something?" “She does. Rhe takes up other peo pie’s time.”—Judge. When n man has bls jA*ture taken with his family he shows on his photographic face that he was forced Into It.—Atchison Globe.

GUS ROSENTHAL'S SPECIAL TROUSER SALE This Week A new pair of Trousers will renew your spring togs and save you buying a whole suit. THESE ARE SOME MONEY SAVERS $4.50 for your choice of any up to $6.50 pants in the Mln Jl/T/T 111 finest Worsted. nrrns/l H WHL ‘ ft 1/ $3.50 for $4-00, $4-50 and $5.00 pants in Worsted, HomeI I I 111 I 11/111 / w spun and Cashmere. 1I I I lull / $2.75 for the $3.00 to $3.75 kind. ill $2.00 win buv y° u a P air of finc and substantial d:ess 01 11 ill I I V 1 ’ business trousers, worth up to $3.00. 7I W 1 11 $1.50 for good substantial trousers in Cheviots and 'ffln Cashmere - I i SI CO for your choice of 10 patterns of good wool and - part cotton trousers. too pairs of good trousers for business wear or per ’ I work, worth SI.OO, go this week atl ub pair ” ill U 50 pairs of odd trousers, odds and ends, RpP P er go at J U b pair This is the greatest array of trousers ever shown in this city and at a great saving for you. All goods guaranteed as represented or your money back and ONE PRICE TO ALL. GUS ROSENTHAL The Square Man Decatur, Ind

Balloon Ascension, Brass Band Contest, Mandolin Band Contest, Theatrical Company, Base Ball Game- Willshire vs. Chattanooga Great Big Time at Chattanooga, Ohio, on Thursday. July 14. The above amusements costs you nothing. Absolutely Free, and you are invited to come and enjoy yourself. One whole day’s fun with no charge for any of them, and Jplenty of shade to protect you from the fevered heat of the sun Refreshments will be served. Ice cream, soft drinks, fruits and lunch. No intoxicants allowed on the grounds. This will be a first-class, up-to-date out door picnic. Don’t miss it. Platform dance. Rain or shine, afternoon and evening. Colored Band of Quartette Singers. Grand Cake Walk in the Evening. Everybody cordially invited. Bring your wife, sister or someone else’s sister. L. W. Collins, Manager. NOTICE TO FARMERS and others who want stone laid. I will do your work for from 40 to 60 cents per perch, according to size of wall. Willis Grose. lOld Private funds to loan on city property at lowest rate interest. Trivi ege of partial payments. The Deoatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf 'Phones—Residence 312. Office 103. Send your dates in early. Fred Rcppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English, German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR. INDIANA. Schurger & Smith Attorneys at Law Abstracts of title made to order. Farm and city property for sale Private money to loan at the very lowest interest, with privilege of partial payments. Office in Niblick & Allison Block over Everett Ac Hite grocery store east of Court street, Decatur, Indiana. Give us a call before you invest elsewhere.

Whose Roof Are You I IM Under? J> Why not Own a Cottage and Quit Paying Rent.’ tKsr*The following are a few sample properties now offered for sale. We have many others on our lists. Call at our office and investigate before buying. 4a7R Willbuvtolot No. 545 in Linn and Wirnes. addition to Decatur. It is south * w of Adams street and one lot east of 12th stm t. Will buy a corner building lot on St. Marys and Fifth streets; let set V* W some fruit trees, a nice place for a home. CjOOOO uy twelve good building lots in south Decatur; two-story residrn . M plenty of fruit; bouse fronts on stoned stteet dt RA fl Will buy a alx room house on Linn street; stable, full lot, some fruit ti Wbrick side walks, property on stoned street. C7AA "JI 1 ? uy 51 neal five-room residence on North Twelfth street; large lor. wf vv 70x145 feet in size, summer kitchen, good garden, fruit, etc. Cl7 OS Will buy a four-room cotUge with good bric< cellar, in fair local! n. f sJ South Seventh street; fruit, cistern, stable, etc. Cj 7Ft A Wl !‘ buy a neat, modern five-room cottage 01. Jackson street, near Elev« ith *** • w W street, hardwood fii.Ui. long iul. u..;tirn, pvichvs, eU. Ct ft 7 Ri a location on North E'eventh street, large stable, brick aid- - » vJ walks, good garden, comfortable, convenient five-room cottage, fiQnn W, lL bu 7 a ? fUrht-room convenient residence property on west side of Hi street; cistern, summer kitchen, fruit, buggy shed: property on ga* an>i wuiLr lines. £Q 2 5 wnl 'i uy • ' r ;‘ ,,ll ' rn ' "•■atstory and a half five-room houae with lot f"" '*» w a# in sirs, on Madison street, near Eleventh. £IOOO Wlll i h'iy anew! y roofed s'ory and a half five-room houae on Ninth atr '' Mr IW V south of Monroe street; stable, drove well, cistern, cellar, etc £IOSO W , l “P uy » comfortable cottage near Fifth street. North ‘ M* • W V tnr; gas. water, cistern, stable, electric lights, etc. £I2OO w 'J‘^* y full altr loi-"n west side of Eleventh street, near Nutnisn «I£.VV orchard, stable, cribs, ctotern and eomfortabl-i fur room house; brick side walks, etc. £I2OO Bleventh street near Madison street with good MJlfc W story and a half, eight room residence; summer kitchen, stable, hydivnt and cistern water, plenty of fruit and good garden. £I2OO W n«?r U iu. HO ,''," 1 n ro*"" modern residence on north side of Monroe street. Melfc W near Eleventh street, cement walk, summer kitchen, cistern, etc. £1425 W win U o V«r C n o, 2ni ,r i'irf le *. lx r .°° m oottßffe on north Bern,nd street Drove Mrt-i wen,cistern and hydrant water; electric lights, cot. £1450 "10l TaiiMiAXa eh^U’ 01 ” eo t U|f '. on chm, »nut street; cement cistern, larg< '•s-vwv 10l feet, chicken perks, plenty of fruit, etc. $ I 700 w l n P u ? one o,the b "" t Oull<Hn« lots on Mon- ■ • vv roe ntroet. near Fourth street; fruit stable (rood eewnretre and mi eight room house that rents for »moo a yisr *»«ra<i. Bn " £2400 W ot!o b o7t?J'!!. I ..‘.’mJ ,u,t soi ‘ lhw, * t of the Court House on Third street ->«[krt m the city Kight room bouse Lands from 7 to 120 Acre Tracts traetVuf MdThin'XdlVrfVom fiJSn r r^’X? Ct ' tl,ree m,le ' ,wm ‘ he °** y - A «’* cr " t?££:s &y! ,n<l * n KO,,d " C “ h ' M ' th. Snow Agency Phone 230 Decatur, Ind.