Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1904 — Page 4

Arkansas Texas Louisiana An ideal country for cheap homes. Land at $5 $lO. sls, acre: gro» s com. cotton, wheat, oats, grasses, fruits and vegetables. Stock ranges to months in the year. Southeast Missori, Akansas. Louisiana and Texas are full of opportunities — the climate is mild, the soil is rich, the lands are cheap. Low home-seekers' rates —about half fare —via the Cotton Belt twice a month — first and third Tuesday. For descriptive literature, maps and excursion rates, write to L 0. SCHAEEER. I. P. A. Cotton Belt Route CINCINNATI. OHIO. THE THING TO DO If you are in a hurry to leave this — heat and furry. To find a nice, cool spot on mother earth Just take N< ' and as sure a s ""you’re alive She wiD land you in a moe. cool ~ berth at Traverse Qty. Mich S 9.74 Petoskey •• .. 11.12 Bay Niew. “ ..11.15 Roaring Brook. “ IL2? Harbor Springs. “ 11.36 Oden. “ .......... 11 Mackinaw City “ Ill* Tickets sold at above price will be limited to 15 days for return Season tickets to these points good until o<t 31st. at one and one-third fire. J. Bryson Eyes Examined Free and Headaches Cured -btDrs. Burke 4 Lemontree of 221 S. Michigan St. South Bend. Ind., who have been making regular visitsto Decatur every sixty days will be here soon. WATCH yon DATE B. E. LEW Roofing, NjKtuting and all kinds of Galvanized Iron Work Located la Henry 1 its Street Schurger A 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 par teal payments Office in Niblick & Allison Block over Everett A Hite grocery store east of Court street. Decatur. Indiana. Give us a call be fore you invest elsewhere. NOTICE As we bare decided to quit the f urnitare business it is necessary tor us to s-ttle all book accounts for which reason we kindly ask all knowing th.-melrea indebted to the firm call and settle by c ash or note WOODWARD & BALL ITMJw Has Moved Office Dr P- B. Thomas has removed his offi ce to Na 1024 on Second street o ver True's new store 163dm

NOISE OF BIG GFNS. FEARFUL EFFECTS OF THE TITANIC UPROAR ON THE NERVES. Eve« OU and Hardruerl Natal ’lra Dread the < eaeinahia and the Ptey»lesl M.wery II lowhea. While Amtam«>. ..arrh »«rvKe Ita LKeaaly Foret. ->| n-of-wars nx-n action are mere COL- • ’ ■ ft !> ?'<* •«* ibv sltij’S g : bj -i'.-.." - f-'.iw tbe nuns of the enemy," mi..:rk-u an vfii-vr cl the navy wlx> Las >nieit his share <rf powder in actual naval warfare. “They can in a m- - '** —vt away fiv-u. the of U-. 12 nit. be.v.use they are too busy at their stations to eoas.der that ■ Lan.v Bist there -no - tun? away treui th- n —• f own puns. That _ : ■ “ - ■ ■ men are. in fact so absorbed la waiting for tie barbarous detonations from tl. : l. i-ars.-r* . :.J in trying to neumsiiie the effect of the eonc-us-s. n that they hardly thlnfc of the projectiles frvus the guns of the enemy •‘That it is the r. —• of their own guns that they abhor, and that only, it shown by the fact that men-of-war's men do not dread a battle more than they dread target practice with the big guns. They are proud of their proficiency with the gigantic shooting irons, and seen is the ship and fleet competition at the business of sL-.cu.ng at the anchored mark. •But the keenest am ng them batea and abominates the noise. The men simply can’t help making wry faces over the announcement of ship or fleet target pr l -- with the mam batteries. This dread erf the roaring of the great guns is no indication of timidity oo > the part of the men who feel it the I- .- . ■ a shrinking of the body and not of the mind. “Few men in the sen ice ever become ready used to tl»e roar of the great guns. There are offi -“» and men in the American nary who Lave been up and down the world on m. n-of-war for a generation and who abbot the yawp of the L'.s guns as n.u .1 ' -1-; as they hated it a the first day they Lad to stand for ft. • ■ Bromed old sailor men <rf the nary, who know Tangier and Tahiti as well as they know New York and who are as easy in t. -.r minds when-combing shellac aicobol out of their mustaches with marlinspik-. s as when quaffing ale at half a yen a bottle in Nagasaki, grow gr.uchy and fine ladyisb under the strain of great gun practice and incontinently curse the big barkers from ‘all h.-uds’ to pipe down’ of a target day. ’ Many bluejackets. In fact, purposely break their liberty when they get the lianoe in order to avoid being oa I hoard of their ateipa during great gun practice. “Half civ .zed mem fellows not highly organized endure the noise of the enormous guns mu-h i—*s gamely than men of a superior order. The Chinamen. for example, go all to pieces under > the continuous uproar. Americans wuo helped to figiit the Chinamen’s naval battle erf the Yalu aaid the detonations of their own guns drove slews of the I Chinese sailors stark mad and made most of them, officers as well as men. hysterical and of no account tor flghtI ing purposes. They simply couldn’t stand the sound and th-- ctmcussion. The sa-.ors grove!--.! at the feet of the white gunners and begged them to ’ ..-ease firing. Some of them jumped overboard and perished by drowning Ito get away from the uproar. Yet a ; Chinaman hasn't half as much fear 1 of death as the normal white man. “White mem enduring the thing for i the first t me. have to keep a mighty strong dut- L upon themselves to avoid Jotng soroetLing to Men new to the titanic uproar hare a peculiar and , ilrnost unrrstrainabie desire to scream with ail tL-ir might while the big guns , are a-gotng. The oM timers who have cot nered this impu-se look dumbly and Lelplessiy at one another during -roat gun practice and say little or nothing. But they shake their beads in a queer sort of cefirvcating way after each stufiendous report These bead shakings express a good many things, hot nothing I more strongly than that the Lead shakers wish to gee-wbia that they were oomewbeve else. “There is simply no way of explaining just how it feels to be within Hose earshot of the barking of the big guns. To know the singular misery erf it each ’ man must experience it for himself. Toe mere concussion, let alone the ; strain ttt waiting tut oacb report, tells •ererely «p»n many of the MrongMff men It cat bes moot fellow* about the sp.ne and jara them all over and causes them to stay jarred for days afterward. Such attack* aometlmes pass sway with a aeries of atrotou* beadarLea. “It 1* tba nerroua aystetn that la attacked. and the hardiest and moat ragged sailor men cave in under tbeae attack* of concussion. It la to be romcmbered too. that the human being :* about the only anima) capable of surviving the concussion following the firing of big gun* Inferior animal* neap : iy always die from the effect* of the ' coocuasion "The concussion following the firing i of a big gun on a man-of-war bit* a man on deck like a sharp clap of wind, and when the full serv!<-e charges are ; uaed. as In a battle, the -.HwnwMon , win rip and tear a man's nmfortn into rags it Ms-ms marvebius that the man'* ttody is not ripped and torn in the name way. and the fact that it U not goes far toward proving that man I* about the toughest and moat feathery live thing iu ereaiiou. “But the fellow* on deck are better off than the unfortunate chap* down i Mow-the men at their fire aUUons

K v : V. J ? - ■ . ; THE MAN WITH MONEV in tbe back Las an independent, east , feeling that is unknown to those who have no such protection. An account : with us will enable you to transact ’ your business with much ea.se and facility. checks and drafu . parable anvwbere. in acv amount. TAKE CARE OF YOUR MONEY ' and it will take care of you. Let us aid you in financial matters. We. ! charge but a trifle for our services and i shall be pleased to have you call for a i chat with us, whether you ope® an ' account or not. The First National Bank DECATUR. IND. INSURE WITH THE “Graham Agency Company ’ One hundred companies failed as a result of the Chicago and Boston conflagration*, and otlaera nave fallen because of Baltimore. But the “Graham Agency Companies’’ paid in full the "loss in the above fires, and have never | failed to pay 100 cent* on the dollar. 6RIHIM & LOWER, AGTS. Office over Tague’s Shoe Store. L. E. DOLCH. Solicitor. Phone 235. Pnone*—Residence 312. Office 103. Send your dates in early. Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. — Speaks English. German. Swiss and 1 I Low German. DECATUR. INDIANA Jamestown, N. Y. and return $6.50 via Erie rai.road, on Niagara Falls Excursion. August 17.’ See agent for particulars. 3d l -L : MONEY TO IBAN J 1 THE DECATUE ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. t (isccißPoaafKD) - ' : A large sum erf PRIVATE MONEY t > has been placed with us to loan ot =i»y property and farms. No deiay . or red upe ia making loans. Lowem t rates of interest. We are able toclom ‘ all loans oo the same day of receiving a application. Will loan i* lums of (ki up. on one to five years time, with f ’ pnv„ege of partial payments. That . vwnpgny ran also furnish abstract* erf * klle on short notice *c any piece of * real estate in Adams county. IHE i DECATUR ABSTRACT <k LOAN g 00. Rooms 3 and 4, Stodab*ke» a block. 257dtf a NATIONAL : 6 RIND ARMY ENCAMPMENT * BOSTON * One cen . a mile via the Chi- •• cago & Erie Railway. * —— s NOTICE TO CONTRCTORS We will receive bids for » Store Front for Niblick & Co., store until Aug. 15,1904. John A W. H. Niblick. 176 IQt Exct ’ Louisville Ky. 9*.28 for round trip acct. Bienniai Encampment r Knights of Pythias. Aug 13£o 1«, “ reiumlimit Aug 31 subject to an * extension until Sept. 15.

Weather Forecast. Tuesday fair; scuthernly winds. MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Dro-atu’ merohAnts for various products. Co» rooted every day. GRAIN. ST K. L. CABSOL, OBAIX MEBCHAtcr New Corn yellow $ 7 New Corn, mixed 71 Irfachine shucked one cent less Oat*, new 30 Na 3, White Oats old 30 Wheat. No. 2 95 Wheat. No. 3 90 Bariev 40 Rye No. 2 55 Clover Seed 5 90 Alsyke Q 6 1 " Buckwheat 4? Flax Seed SC Timothr 11 25 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago marketclosed at 1:11 p. m today, according to National Commission Co., special wire service, ae follows: Wheat. Sept, old 1 04! September wheat new 102 J Wheat. Dec 1 02* Wheat. May 1 04$ C-orn. September 54 • ' Gora. December 5311 Cbm, May 52i ’ Ist*. September 34| Oats. Dec. 35; Oats May 371 Sept. Pork 11 67 Sept Lard 6 *2 I TOLEDO GRM’i MARKETS. Changed every afternoon st 3<K a'clock hr J. D. Hale. Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new Na 2. red. cash >1 03* 1 September wheat; 1 03| December Wheat 106 J j Corn cash 58 : September corn 57 Dereniber corn 52| "feta C*ab — _ __ 35 September oats 34; ; <>ats December 35g Rve. cash 72 OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VAXIOTS GBOCXBS AXI> MXBCHAKTS Eggs, fresh, per dox I 17 Lard Butter, per pound 10 Potatoes, new 50 0ni0n5..,.. 75! Cabbage per 100 lb 1 56 j Apples-, per bo 8C Sweet Potatoe, per bu 7; STOCK. BT FBKD BCEXIMAS. DK LKB Lambs 44£ 5 0) Hogs, per cwt 15 00 5 25 Ctittle per lb 3 Q 3} 4 Calves, per lb 3j @ 4 Cows 2 g 2j BT 3. W. PUCE CO. Chickens, young, per lb 61 n 7 Fowls, per lb 6<a6j Ducks, per lb 6p7 Young Docks 6£7 Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb 5<?6 Geese, young, per lb s<j6 HAY MARKET. Na 1 timothy havfbaled) I 58.00 @ »io.a No 1 mixed hay (baled) No 1 clover hay (baled) 1 *5.00£7 tel WOOL AND HIDES. BT B. KALVEB t SOS. Wool, unwashed i8t023 Sheep pelts 25e tc 1 10 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 08 I S Tallow, per pound 03| OIL MARKET. Lona 11.65 Pennsylvania 1.50 Corning IJO New Castle 1.37 North Lima IXO South Lima 95 Indiana 95 Whitehouse 1.23 Somerset ,94 Neodasha. (Ku.) 47 Barters v“lle 1.09 Ragland.. s>j COAL Pw Tee Anthracite | 6 75 Domestic, nut 3 «0 Domestic, lump. Ba king 3 40 Domestic lump, Indiana 8 20 Pocahontas Smckeiees. lump 400 TARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady. Wheat. 1} cents higher Corn. 1; cents higher Receipts al Chicago today: Hogs 170 QC Wheat 94 -*r* Corn 322ra<* Osts 352cnrt Cattle 15000 Sbeep 10060 Estimate for tomorrow; Hog* 19300 Wheal 261 ran Cora 191 ,- a „ Gate 511 ran I "If" ■■ ' ;■ ROY ARCHBOLD, DKMTtn I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Phones—Office, 164 residence 21'

If if ■— 1 11,1 Uli—— I—ruriin >||L Closing Out Sale A Golden Opportunity to Purchase OLOTHING Begining August 1, and continuing 30 days I will close ont my entire stock of Woolens or piece goods consisting of all the latest patterns AT COST $ 7.50 Pants for S 5.00 8.50 “ • 6.00 20.00 Suits for 15.00 25.00 “ 20.00 28.00 “ 23.00 30.00 “ 25.00 This Sale Continues Thirty Days Onlv. Leave your order at once J. H. MEYER,®™! Opposite Moser's Studio. Have you Heard of The Company in Fort Wayne that accommodates those in need of small amounts of money by quickly and quietly negotiating loans on either Furniture, Horses, Cattle or other chattel security at a nominal cost in a confidential way? If you haven’t heard before, and you need money, now is the time to get acquainted —WRITE TODAY FORT WAYNE LOAN CO. Heme Phone 833 796 Calhoun Street Established 1896 Opposite Court House Fort Wayne, Ind. I —— WE PUT MONEY in vour puree for present needs and let you pay it back a little at a time. It pays to dea ‘ with us. $lO to $ 100 or any amount can be Ixirrowed on your Furniture. Piano. Horses and wagons. Buggies, Stocks and fixtures, etc., and leave the propertv in your possession. Y'ou can pay it back in small weekly or monthly payments as you may wish, and we give you a liberal discount if paid before due. If you owe any other Loan Company and w ant to pay them off and get more, and save m oney beside, write us. If you want money, fill out the following blank, cut it out end mail it to us. Our agent will be in Decatur every Wednesday and will call «n vou Aii business or inquiries positively confidential. ' v J 1 our name Street and Number Amount Wanted Kind of Security Irk 1 cgSo r3| J w i ■■ ' I Vi i7 J C S a 11 4 n E H • r ’I 1 Room 3, Arcade, Upstairs. Home Phon® 995 FORT WAYNE INDIANA. ESTABLISHED 18951 . . 7t.

Russia-Japan war altas 10 cent* Three fine colored maps, each 14x30; bound in convenient form for reference The Estern situation shown in detail, issued by The Chicago * North A estern Ry, J mailed upon receipt of ten cen's in stamps by A. H Waggener, 32 fifth Avenue, Chicago Illa

Commencing June l*t ’ he< ’ I I. will sell 15 day round trip t' e I to northern resorts on G- h A I alaoto Frankfort Mich and Ann! Arbor and to points on the• ftrt I Marqucte R. R. from Grand h-i | at rate of one fare p.o» 50 oe ß I the round trip.