Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. Fi i — IYXKY XVINING. BXCKI’T SUNDAY, BY l_ ■ w <a . ELLINQHAM. ■ ÜBSCAIPTION RATES. Sy carrier, per week 10c Ky carrier, per year *4.00 By mail, per xnontb 26c By mail, per year *2.60 Single copies. Two Cents. *flv»r*l»lna rates wade known on application Bmered in tbe postoffice at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mall matter “ i J. H. HELLER. Managir'. Taggart’s glad hand is still doing the business in New York From newspaper reports it seems to to a certainty that he is showing those easterners some entirely new and tip to date wrinkles in the way of doing things in a political way. The republicans of Allen comfy have formed a club with a view of organizing to defeat the republican candidate for cor ',ress in the twelfth district lies s another •(ample c >py of the g. o. p. harmony that 's un • p in Indiana and elsewhere. Hon. Hecy U. Johnson, a life long republican, a former congressman, and one of the brainiest republicans in Indiana, has anil uno .h '- desertion oi‘ Roo velt and will support Parker. There are a million more like him making it altogether too common to adorn

such news with a stud hors 3 heading and other display features. It now seem? certain th it Fintir Fait-bunks do s not p opt to t ,ke the chance of becoming a private citizen and therefor will not resign as amend i (he United S l '.tes senate This clearly shows the way the wind blow- in the estimation of the g. o. p. party managers. They have but little faith in the success o’ 'heir pi ty, an admission in Ind ; ann tha’ vill put to good account by the democrats. ____________ Republican newspapers make much over every st.ppo. 1 democrat who will vote ‘or Roosevelt. It is an old game th t is worked for advertising purposes only, and is sol o)d that but few if anv >ttach any ' signifiicmce thereto. It is easy to ’ print these maginary paragraphs, helps to fiii up the editor! 1 column, and which takes th? place of a merit nious disscession of the!

issues. C ilifornia demo t its b ijieve th it ♦hit state cm be carried for Parker and Davis. The Los Angeles Herald, alluding to an eastern trip to he takenh by the mayor of that city, savs: ‘’Mayor Snyder should carry with him on his eastward journey the emphatic announcement that Cilifo.-nii is not only “debatable’ground,hut that if every California democrat d-> s his duty this state will declare for Parker and Davis. ” It is to 1 >mp d that every California detnoe at th ■ iughout the country will d<> his dutv. The time has come when a change down at Washington is imperatively demundi <l.—S ■nonet. Wanted— oca] agent, salary <l2 I week. Apply to L Mathe vs. 101 Madison st e Isl 5t

UCAUFORNIM JEIB§SC From Chicago daily, Aug. J / to Sept. 10, inclusive. Zspondingly low rates from otherX K /points via the Chicago, Union PacificX U /and North-Western Line. \ ■ /Special Personally Conducted\l I p ra ins leave Chicago August 18 and 25 fori > ■ iSan Francisco. Stop overs at Denver, Cclo-I W I rado Springs and Salt Lake City, with side / ■ W v r jff s a minimum of expense. / W ■k yCnoice of route* returning. No extra charge on tpeclal train*. / M VUa'.olTdHlrouLh', lt ' >o< l< 0n ‘••' <l » l| r 'r»in»- The Overland Lur.ted/ K W \ Co., O« {. » 1“’ a* "'E than three dev, to the / W \ Mliwurißue? ’Th- u^'' ‘s*. ck r ‘" lw ”' between Chicago utd the / K X MJMtouri Kinr. Ibe direct transcontinental route. X est °f Everything. / n Write fur itlnerarle.. H M^u,9 < i ENFR ’I r "v»h''« Agent. I J <ll *' h Av<nu( ‘ Chicago. 111.

SAVED BY A GYPSY. \ ■ | An Incident of the Anntro-Proaaitin War of INOU. An incident of the Austro-Prussian war of 1860 was told as follows by tlie Archduke Joseph: “On our retreat before the advance of the Prussian army,” said the archduke, "we camped in the neighborhood of a Bohemian town. I was lodged in a peasant's cottage when about midnight 1 heard the sentry challenging some newcomer. My adjutant entered and reported that a gypsy wanted to see me in private. I A soldier (a gypsy) entered, and on my I asking what was the matter lie told me that tile enemy was approaching to surprise us. “ ‘The outposts have not heard anything suspicious,’ I said. ‘No, your highness, because the enemy is still a long way off.’ ‘But bow do you know this?’ I asked. ‘Come to the window, your highness,' answered the man ‘Do you see those birds flying over the wood toward the south?’ ‘Yes, I see them. What, then?’ ‘What, then? Do not birds sleep as well as men? They i certainly would not fly about if they ’ were not disturbed. The enemy is marching through the wood and has frightened all those birds.' “ ‘Very well, my lad. You can go.’ I at once ordered the outposts to be reenforced and the camp to be alarmed. An hour later the outposts were lighting with tbe enemy, and our camp was only saved by the keen observation of a simple gypsy.” AT BUENA VISTA. The Only Preparations General Taylor Unde For Defeat. Santa Anna was the greatest military leader the Mexicans have ever known. ; Santa Anna with 25,000 veterans went to the battle of Buena Vista with the avowed purpose of exterminating the ; entire army of the United States, and there was no doubt in the mind of

Santa Anna that this great feat could be accomplished with comparative ease. General Taylor, with his 5,000 men, prepared for the unequal contest, and not only defended himself successfully, but won a substantial victory from his aggressive antagonists and drove them from the battlefield of Buena Vista. Some time after the battle was fought aud the Mexican war concluded General Taylor was criticised for having I made no preparations for the retreat of his army in the event of defeat. General Taylor promptly replied: “I made every preparation necessary for ’ the battle of Buena Vista. I wrote my will, and so did nearly every man in my army. If we had not won that battle, we would have needed no lines of retreat. It was, from our standpoint, victory or annihilation. The only preparation necessary for the contingency of defeat at Buena Vista was that we should write our wills.” To en loavor to work upon the vulgar with l.’.ie sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razo..—Pope. Barn Burned.

A n w barn t ‘longing to James Kay in Wabash township caught fire. Monday, from unknown c;-.—e and burned to the ground with all I its contents. Besides a stack of i new hay and farming implements, a let of household goods and cloth ing, which ahd been stored there '-hy.Tes ‘Stevens, were consumed. There was on insurance on any of the property an I Jesse S',evens anil i family are Ipit in rather destitute cireumstan —Bu-ne Witnees. For Sale— Plenty of hr ck for sale by Herny Mayer, north west part of the city. Wanted—A tar porter at the Burt House. Inquire of Mose Krohn. j Warned—Local agent, «alery sl2 weekly. L. Matthews, 101 Madison street. ts

THE SKYLARK’S SONO AN ASTONISHING FEAT FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW. Not Alone Im It a Wonder of Melody, Tone and Quality, but Ita Volume In ANioundlufr and Itm Circumstance of Itteranee a Physical Marvel. For its music alone the song of the lark is almost the most melodious of any bird’s. The tone and quality are admirable and tbe volume of sound astonishing. It can be heard clearly when the lark has mounted, as it sometimes does, beyond recognition by normal eyesight. The volume of sound is also most noticeable when a caged lark is beard, singing as it does far nearer to the hearer than tbe bird in the sky. But apart from the quality and music of the song the circumstances in which it is uttered render it an astonishing feat. Every other considerable songster is quite aware that singing entails much physical effort. Consequently it takes ; care to secure a good platform to sing from. A thrush or a blackbird or a robin nearly always selects a top shoot or projecting bough, preferably a dead one, on which it sits and sings, never moving its position, and without any objects round it to hinder the carry of , its voice. The blackcap and nightingale and some of the warblers sit in ; a bush to sing, but the whitethroat I and even the hedge sparrow choose the topmost twig. The whitethroat sometimes sings when descending, and some of the pipits and the wood lark do the same, the meadow pipit singing I a feeble little song as it makes a short ascent and descent. But to tbe strain on its lungs of long protracted song tbe lark adds the great muscular exertion of a steady upward flight, usually carried out not by scaling the air in gentle circles, as in the soaring of tbe larger birds, but by a vertical climb made by the incessant beating of its wings. Wordsworth’s I recognition of it as the Type of the wise who soar, but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and 1 home, is often almost literally correct. After two or three spirals tbe bird goes up almost as if it were drawn heavenward by a cord, and then, closing its wings, descends like a falling stone to tbe ( very point from which it rose. Tbe ' strain upon tbe muscles and the lungs would be great if during all this time it were silent. But it chooses to add to the exertion of soaring that of pour- ] Ing forth a continuous flood of sweet | notes with no intermissions or breaks j whatever. A lark will soar and sing during a space of ten minutes consecutively. The rapidity with which the pectoral muscles are working during this period may be judged from the fact that the bird makes not less than from five to six beats of the wing per second. Tbe beats are usually in sets of from three to five, the bird pausing for a moment as if to take a fresh start after the interval. When chased by the merlin falcon, skylarks make their finest exhibitions of flight, ascending into the air to heights which have been estimated as being not less than a thousand feet Sometimes tbe bird uses the same means of ascent as when it is soaring and singing, rising vertically by incessant beats of the wing. In the language of tbe falconer, these are termed "mounting” larks, and their object is to outtiy tbe hawk directly, shaking off its pursuit during the ascent. Others prefer to rise by flying in a spiral, which the falcon imitates. Mr. E. B. Michell, in bis volume on "The Art and Practice of Hawking.” says: "The one bird may be circling from right to left and the other from left to right, and neither seems to guide the direction of its rings by any reference to those which the other is making. It is now a struggle to see which can get up fastest, and it is astonishing to see to what a height such flights will sometimes reach. As soon as a lark is B<hi feet high it can drop, almost like a stone, into any cover within a radius of 2<»o yards from the spot just under it. allowance being made for the effect of the wind. But 800 feet is not I high for a ringing flight; at least there is nothing unusual about it. A lark does not go out of sight until it is much above that height, and it is no extraordinary thing for it to do this.” Tlie lark seldom sings late in the day. It can be tempted to rise in a burst of melody for one final ascent if the evening sun breaks through the clouds after rain, but as a rule it is silent long before tlie sun has descended into the western bed of cloud. We have Milton's authority that it is up and in song before dawn. But those who have Heard the lark begin It, flight And singing startle the dull night are not easily found, though in the height of tlie pairing time it may very possibly be beforehand with aurora in greeting its mate. But ns a rule the lark slugs nt sunrise, as tbe ortolan eats. Darkness depresses It and keeps it mute, but a gleam of sun is the signal for it to ascend. Obviously rain I would make it moat difficult for it to •oar. tsith by adding to tlie weight of t.s body from the moisture caught in the feathers and by wetting the weba Os the pinions, so tlie lark only soars in tbe dry as n rule. It is one of the most sensitive and best of nature’s weather gauges, for when the larks begin to sing It Is almost certain that rain has ! ceased for some time, if not for the day. It is tlie cock lark which sings. William Cobliett noted that one was just soaring and beginning to sing when the hen flew up and evidently told him to stop, for she fetched him down again "an instance,” says Cobbett, “of that petticoat government | which is universal."—London Standard.

Ten thousand dollars private funds left with us to loan on Decatur real estate,first mortgage. Low rate of interest. Will lu.»n in sums of SSO upwards. The Decatur Abtract and Loan Co. 257dtf <27.50 Hot Springs, S. D . 30.70 Deadwood and Lead and return from Chicago daily, via the Chicago & North Western Ry. Correspondingly low rates from other points. Tlie Black Hills region the great natural sanitarium of the west, is one of the most picturesque spots in the world and well worth a visit. Infor nation and tickets can be secured from your home agent. Illustrated Black Hills booklet with valuable map mailed on receipt of J cent in stamps by W .B . Kniskern, Chicago. SPECIAL EXCURSION To Toledo. Sunday, August 21, via Clover Leaf Route. Train leaves D -atur at 8:‘ 5 am.; returning leaves Toledo at 7pm. or 11:55 p.m. $1.25 for the round flip. This includes a 25 mile boat , ide on Lake Erie. L. Miller, agent. NIAGARA FALLS Personally conducted excursion via the Clover Leaf Route and L. M. A M. S. Ry., Monday, August 29, 1904. I No transfers, no changes of care. ! $6.50 for ROUND TRIP. Tickets returning honored on Boat between Buffalo and Cleveland if desired. Extreme rete r n limit Sept. 9, 1904. For particulars see agents, or write i W. L. Ross, G. P. A., Toledo, O. [)R. P. L. FRITZ Dentist Office above Holthouse. Schulte A Co.’s clothing store. DECATUR, INDIANA. KlSraniitll CURE only remedy in the world which quickly, positively and permanently Cures every symptom, irregularity and disease of the Kidneys and Bladder and is backed up by a positive guarantee to cures Bright’s Disease,* Backache, ? Dropsy, Gout, every Urinary Disorder, Pains in Urethra«nd over the Hips and Kidneys,' Headache, “Blues,” etc. It Has Hever Failed—42 Yean of Curing. 50 CENTS PER BOX. SMil H, Y W>EK & r aLK. GOAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Rock Wall Piaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. J. D. H ALE diiou,- o Cor. Jeflerson and 2nd Sts. Weak Men Vigorous IVDjSY fSmt SKai) What PEFFER’S NERVIGOR Did! ’t act* powerfully and quickly Cures when al) Obers Can Aounir wo regain loet manhood; old jen recover > u.thfui ngor Absolutely Guar•ntee< to Cure Nervousneaa, l.uat Vitality, linnou ncy. XlKhtly EniiMlone. l.oat Power either sox. Kilting Memory. Wasting Itla- «’ • JilrfrcU "t ul/.lbvir trtmtl and <mn-. .ma Hard* < T Imanityand con.umptton. Dontiet ornptirt Impoae a worthless sulatitute on i you beeaufe it yield, a cr.-liter nr,nt. Tnsut on hav I fng PKnUt a N l-.P.V Il.iA;.tut It. Can be carried In reer pocket. I>re|«|d pum wrapper f I per bor, or «f >r F.t 'rlU- A ItiiiteiiGuarMoney. Hamphletfree rZiKEU MEI’ICaL ASS’N. Cbleaxo, HL Small sire SO cents Bold by Blackburn • Christen, Decatur Fof S3le Dr ut ifli KOENEMAN

Private funds to loan on city property at lowest rate interest. Pnviege of partial payments. Decatur Abstiact and Loan Co. 2u<dtl Everv Sunday during the continuance cf the snmmer schedule one fare foi the round trip to Wayne and intermediate points. Eleven hous in the Summit city on Sunday. A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper 42x64 inches mounted on rollers, edged bound in ok th, showing , our new island poi sessions. 'J he Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, China, Mmchuria, Koorea and tbe rat East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern, P. 1 M., Chicago & North Western R y, Chicago, 111. Summ outings in Wisconsin Over a hundred summer resorts located on the Wisconsin Central Ry. between Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ashland, offers to the summer tourists all attractions in the wav of rest, comfort and recre-: ation. The hotels are modern and splendidly equipped for the bus’ness. Waukesha, Waupaca, Flfield and a score of other resorts are fa mous. Beautifully illustrated bookJas. C. Pond. Gen. Pass. Agt. Wis. Jent. Ry. Milwaukee, Wis. Northern Michigan has never been so beautiful as it is this summer. A ’our vacation is ore and when looking, over the map for a nice cool place to rest would be pleased to have you decide that some one of the many resorts suit ' you then and talk it over” regarding rates, time of , trains, etc. You know the G. R. & is the way tofget to Northern Michigan real quick. J. Eryson, Agent. (tor vacation trips 1 from Chicago, round trip rates via Chicago ( reat Westren railway 118,.00 to St Paul or Minneapolis: $22.00 to” )uluth or Superior $30.00 | to Denver, Colorado Springs oi Pueblo Col $43.00 to Salt lake City. These rates are good any i day up to September 30th and on vny train including the” Great Wes tern Limited” finest train in the i West. For rates to other western points for any other information write J. P. Elmer GP. A. Ch cago. ’ll. Homeseekeis excursions via South ern railroad in connection with the Queen & Cresent route to certain points in Alabama. Georgia, Florida. North and South Carolina, Kentucky Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia on the first and third Tuesdays in each month- May to November. 190-1 i nelusive, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus $2. Tickets are good going 15 days, and ! for stop-overs south of the Ohio River with final limit for return of 21 days from date of sale. On the same dates one way settlers’ tickets will be sold to points in the same territory at onehalf first-class rates, plus $2 from Ohio River gateways For rates, schedules and full information, call on your nearest ticket agent, or write J. S. McCullough, N. W. P. A., 225 D ar horn street. Chicano, 111.

PUBLIC SALE! C ’tT" II — _ >1 ■ " _ ,1 „ »■■■■■ I ion ZX W Stk°k " "‘n ° fK *' '■ l >» “ F “ ,h a ion Sale Stable, in Decatur, Indiana, on : Saturday, Aug. 20 AT TEN O’CLOCK SHARP froj3 6 t»7°^nVk‘ e ? WCi ’ tl ‘ t fr °“ 900 to 1,760; SOME VERY GOQDDri VERS Will sell on six month.’ m Notea to draw six per , e nt lnt XtT m d a b t a c nkßblß McDaniel & Bates Owners FRED REPPERT. UWnerS ‘

FOR SALE. ■ I will have all varieties plums for sale for the three weeks at differe a J| prices. Inquire of S. Linn. Bl 183 lw American J 4 ining Cct]gr ; SS H I’oit’.iinl. Ore., August J.' The Cdu ago Great Western R ;i j] w . ( yH| will, ou August 15 to 18 sell tickets from Chicago to I'ctt!:,; |at only 861 for the round trip. ets limited to sixty days. For forth, r H ' nformation ap' y t J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., ■ Chicago. Il], S Schurger & Smith I Attorneys at Law ■ Abstracts of title made to order |H Farm and city property for sale H Private money to loan at the very lowest interest, with privilege of ( , r tial paym‘>nts Office in Niblick aAllison I.lock over Everett A H? . grocery store east of Court st- . t Dc atur Indiana. Give us a call M fore you invest elsewhere. B. E. LEWI Hoofing, Spouting I and all kinds of I Galvanized Iron I M ork I Lot att d in !'• my Srhleget nu.<u t._ . Street. 51.25 Round Trip Io Toledo, I Inclu licg 25 mile ride ou L ike ■ Erie, via th;- Clover Leaf aud Wu > ■ Star Line - Owana. Sun'.' : - B i Augiot 21 . 25, Visit Walbridge H Park. Lal-:. ”rie Park aud Casino w Farm Ti.eatr •, etc. A ride on Lake ■ Eri- 'a t',' St>-al Steamer Owaua ■ 'one long u remembered. Get m- ■ I furmatioi,, , g-t is, Clover L<*af r> -ut>- ■ To all Whom it May Concern. I We have formed a company. B known as the City Trucking Co . B and all business hereafter will be ■ transacted at our office two doors I east of p'isto fee— 412—offic, S , hours 7to 12 and Ito 6. Residence B phones 50 and 254. We have un t- fl ,ed our business that we may reduce | '' our expenses and at the same time I • serve our patrons more satisfach r- I . ily. Dibble & Teeple. 175d24 I - I NATIONAL I GRAND ARMY ESMMPMINT 1 i BOSTON One cen a mile via the Chi- I cago 6c Erie Railway. I