Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1904 — Page 2

THE_ DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■vbby avainvo. ixcipt Sunday, by * »W Q . ELLINQHAM. ■ •■SCRIPTION RATES. «v owrrler, per week 10f Barrier, per year $4 00 ty mill, per month 250 «» mall, per year*2 60 ■lngle copies. Two Cents ASYSrtlStng rates made known on application Stterad In the postoffiee at Decatur, Indi--»a. as Meond-olasa mall matter J H.HELLER. Manaosr, ~CASE APPEALED Sholtv vs Johnson Case Taken to Circuit Court. The case of B. W. Sholty vs Eleanor and Jacob C. Johnson, which was tried last week before ’Squire J. H. Smith, has been appealed to circuit court by the defendants. The complaint is one asking or judgment for an insurance policy issued July 31, 1903, and 'Squire Smith returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of sl6.2o,jthis’being the amount of the premium. The plaintiff is represented by Attorney L. C. Devoss and the defendants by Hooper & Lenhart. Linn Grove. Della Shoemaker, the merchantess of Wall, Jay county, made us a pleasant visit last Monday. Sterling P. Hoffman, who is attend ing college at Marion, spent the Sabbath here with his parents. Clancy Heller of Van Buren, arrived here last Monday for a few days' recreation. D. F. Hoffman and son Howard, Mrs. P. Hoffman and daughter. Nona, were Bluffton visitors on last Monday. Bert Heller leaves for Marion the coming Thusday, where he becomes a musical instructor. Alfrea Hilty, of Alaski*. is the guest of his parents here. He has been seeking wealth iu the Klondyke regions for the past eight years, and his efforts have terminated with success. The Junior band concert last Friday night was an ali-round success. The attendance was large, demonstrating that the title, ‘ Heller’s Famous Band" is a drawing card. We are glad to inform the many friends of Mrs. Courtney Runyon that she is gradually recovering from her long and serious spell of sickness. Lawrence Opliger, student at the Tri-State Normal school at Angola, spent a week’s vacation at the home of his parents here, and will return to his studies Wednesday. Our schools here are closed this week also, and are awaiting the arrival of then new furnaces. The I. O. O. F are installing the White's duplex air tight ‘lighting system in their new hall this week. Prof. H. E. Opliger and Musical Director Bert Heller took the third degree in Odd Fellowship on Wednesady evening of this week. We have everything yon want for presents for uncle, aunt, papa, mama, brother, sister and sweetheart. at Hensley’s. 264dtf.

Winter Robes Horse Blankets Harness We will hold our first specUl sale of Winter Robes, Horse Blankets, Harness. ’ Horse Collars and Mens Heavy Winter Cub Bear and Astrican Cloth Coats. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 1,2, 3 We will have a very large line of goods, all new, direct from the factory. No WT unnt 1 ~t ===== 1 old shop worn stuff but fresh and first class. We do not want to make any 1 WTMTPD S P eCia * men tion again of the line: Haims that wc cannot make good aud you cau be assured we mean what we ' B.OBES, HORSE BLANKETS H ARadvertise NESS - HORSE COLLARS, and HEAVY We will mark all the goods in plain figures and at prices that will sell them fast. || WINTER OVERCOAT S Schafer Hardware Co We do not advertise a Three Ring (ircus • — ai l4J*wn give a Ten Cent Side Show_

BUY A PUNCHING BAG. Put it up in your home, any room will do. Con be put up in a few minutes’ time. Punching the bag is the greatest of all exercises, and will give you strength and development. Its practice improves the appetite, accelerates circulation and aids assimilation, quickens the eye sight and improves the complexion. There should be one in every home. I will put one up free of charge and give you a starter how to use it. Prices range from $1.50 to $4.00 per bag. I also have some of the lattest syle of boxing gloves for sale. Address, P. J. Pitts, physical trainer, agent, or leave orders at G. Rosenthal’s clothing store, 127 Second street, Decatur, Ind. BAD HABITS. The Womflq Who Didn’t Want Them In Herself or Others. Mrs. Jennings looked through her glasses at her sister, Miss Sprawle, with considerable severity. “This neighborhood has got into strange ways the last few years, or else I notice it more as I get further along,” she said, "and lest I should get Into the same way I want you to remind me now and then, Mary. “If you find me backbiting like that hateful, stingy Annabel Powder or Lucy White, that had better look to her own saucy, bad mannered girl, and her boy, that’s the poorest scholar in No. 1, or If you catch me growing close fisted like the minister's wife, that has never returned the cupful of granulated sugar she borrowed that time the delegates came, or long wind' ed like Jane Larkin, who interrupted me in the very midst of my telling her about Sally's twins and went on about her spindling grandson for most fifteen minutes without stopping, I want you should tell me frankly. "And that’s not all,” said Mrs. Jennings as Miss Sprawle opened her mouth to speak. “If you find me getting inquisitive like Helen Lane, that's asked m ? three times when my birthday comes and what year I was born after my having to go to the town records to find out her age, I want you to mention it freely, and I shall do the ■ame by you. “If folks don't help each other, what’s the good of being set In families? You’ve got a little habit of interrupting. Mary, that's growing on you. and I'm going to do what I can to help you break it up.”—Youth's Companion. A TOUCH OF NATURE. Pathetic Story of a Mother of the Labrador Count. Writing of the people of the Labrador coast, ir Harper's Magazine, Norman Dunean .ells a pathetic story of a poor mother whom be met sitting with her child outside the Battle Harbor hospital: “ ’He've always been like that,’ she said. ’He's wonderful sick. I’ve fetched un out here t’ get the afc. He doos better in the air, zur,’ she added; ‘much, much better.’ “ Tie'll be getting hotter.’ said I. ‘Here in the bos'— “ ‘He'll die,' she interrupted quickly. “I was glad that he was to die. It would be better for him and for her. She would forget his deformity; she would forever have the memory of him lying warm upon her breast, warm a ad lovely; for, in this, memory is kind to women. “ 'You have—another?’ “ ‘No. zur; ‘tis me first.’ “The child stirred and complained. She lifted him from her lap, rocked him. hushed him, drew him cluse, rocking him all the time. “ ‘And does he talk?’ I asked. “She looked up in a glow of pride •nd answered me. flushing gloriously, while she turned her shining eyes once more upon the gasping babe upon her breast: “ ‘He said “mamma,” once!’ "And so the Labrador Tiveyere' is kin with the whole wide world.” No Common Hired Hnnd. Agent of Apartment House—When can you go to work? Dignified Person (who has accepted position as janitor of building)—l can enter upon the duties of my office at once, sir.—Chicago Tribune.

BIRTH OF THE BUS. Thin Claa. of Vehicle First Appeared In Pari. In 1««2. The omnibus appeared in Paris In 1662 as a “carrosse a cinq sous" (coach for twopence halfpenny), by authority of Louis XIV., under the management of Pascal, the mystic and philosopher. Whether this eminent thinker originated the idea is not clear, but there is no doubt that his influence assisted in the establishment of the service under the auspices of a royal decree. Later on these earliest omnibuses ceased to run owing to lack of support, and did not reappear in Paris until 1827, when Lafitte, the banker, who was among the largest proprietors, was credited with originating the revived service. The new coaches started to ply In London on July 4. 1829, when the first one left Paddington for the Bank of England, and another ran from the bank to the Yorkshire Stingo, New road. These first British busses were known from the man who organized them as "Shillibeers,” and the conductors of the first two are said to have been the sons of British naval officers. Three horses drew them, and they carried twenty-two passengers, all inside. —London Standard. HATS OF STRAW. China Get. the Credit For Ilavina First Made Them. The earliest makers of straw hats were unquestionably the Chinese. Their work was by no means rough In character, but plaited and sewn together with considerable skill, as may be seen today in the neighborhood of Canton. In Europe hats were first made in Paris by a Swiss so early as 1494, and we find mentioned among the entries of an Inventory of the effects of Sir John Fastolfe, 1459, "four strawer hattes,” showing them to have been great rarities. Coryatt mentions them as worn in Provence, with a hundred seams. lined with silver and curiously worked. Tuscany, with Leghorn as a center, took up the work early in the fifteenth century and has maintained it with considerable skill ever since. Bedfordshire. with Dunstable and Luton as centers, has been the headquarters of the industry in England ever since the early part of the seventeenth century. —London Mail. A Story of Matt Carpenter. Matt Carpenter, the fatuous Wisconsin senator, was pleading a case before the supreme court. Before he had got half through with his argument the judges bad made up their minds that his case was without merit, and. moreover. that he was unprepared. When he finished his argument and counsel for the other side got up to reply, the judges whispered to each other, nodded and then the chief justice said. “I don't think it will be necessary to hear from you. sir.” Carpenter’s opponent was deaf, and he could only tell that the chief justice was addressing him. He turned to Carpenter for aid. “What did the chief justice say. Matt?" he whispered. ‘He said he'd rather give you the case than listen to you,” Car penter bawled in Ins ear. lie rnderwtood the People. One of Jay Gould's campaigns as a dealer in railways was with the Wabash system of railroads. He got control and after effecting a reorganization which increased the capital stock and also the bonded debt sold them »ut. It is related of him at this time that an associate said to him, "Mr Gould, don’t you think you are bond Ing this much higher than the propertv will stand?" ‘'That may be," answered he, “but the American people are mighty partial to bonds.” Where >ne Hnd Felt. “See here!” exclaimed Mr. Cltfob upon discovering next morning that all his “change” was gone. "During your talk to me when I came in late las’ night I believe you remarked among other things that ‘woman feels where man thinks.’ ” "I did.” replied his wife. “You have no feeling, and”— "Well, I merely want to say you're mistaken if you suppose I do my thinking tn my pockets.”—Catbc-lk Standard and Times. •

. -You Can't Build a House ( ■ /-A From the Top Down \ NOR CAN YOU FASHION A SUIT From the Outside In. / Unless the foundation be true, the superstructure crumble# 11/ X. and falls. /L, A. B, & Co’s Hand-Tailored Clothes / / i / (our kind) are right from the start, and it’s their in ner g CJ J C ness that contributes largely to their outer smartness They hold their shape to the end, because they are " ’ vSI PUT ° N ’ but PUT IN ' D ° y ° U get P ° intP Don’t let the opportunity pass and share in the rare bargains. Prices not low, but moderate. The Square man GUS ROSENTHAL Decatur, l nd

CAUSTIC CARLYLE. Hl. C.ntempt For Great Men Was Subject to Modllleatlon. Carlyle’s opinion of Herbert Spencer as "the most unending ass in Christendom" must, of course, be read in con-, junction with Carlyle’s derision for mankind in general. “Mostly fools,” he cheerfully thought of us all. Darwin, we know, he would not have at any I price—not a word of him. Cardinal Newman, he estimated, had “the brain of a medium sized rabbit.” Ruskin was a bottle of soda water. “A bad young man” was his sum up of another eminent writer. But these hostile phrases were subject to considerable modification if the map against whom they were aimed came near enough to Carlyle to do him a personal favor, even to pay him a personal compliment. Disraeli, whom he had described as a mountebank dancing upon John Bull's stomach, offered Carlyle a baronetcy and elicited from him. together with a refusal of the title, many tributes to bis magnanimity. He said very little about Disraeli henceforth in print, and in private he spoke of him only as “a very tragical comical fellow.” — London Chronicle. THE ONION CURE, A Remedy Which In Claimed to Bt Infallible In Pneumonia. This remedy, which is claimed to be Infallible, was formulated many years ago by a well known physician in New England, who never lost a patient by • this scourge; Take six or ten onions according to size, and chop fine. I'ut in a large spider over a hot fire, add ing about the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar to form a stiff paste Stir thoroughly and simmer five or ten minutes. I’ut into a eotton bag large enough to cover the lungs and apply to the chest just ns hot as the patient can bear it. is about ten min utes change the poultice, and thus coif tinue reheating and applying, and in a few hours the patient will be out of danger. And just here'a word of caution. In applying this or any other hot poultice care must be exercised not to let the patient get chilled during the changing process. Have the hot one all ready to go on before the cooling one is removed, and make the exchanges so swiftly and deftly that there is not a moment's exposure of the body surface, which becomes ex ceediugly sensitive, to a chill. Cola and Dreyfus’ Book. The editor us a Paris paper, recalltn# what Zola nad done for Dreyfus, called upon the novelist to have him review the unfortunate captain's book, the history of his troubles. The visitor found him at the big table tn his library, doing his day's work. "Review Captain Dreyfus’ book!” he repeated when the proposition was made to him. He g<< up and ambled round the table—a short man. with a stomach and no presence ! —grunting at Intervals. Finally he ! •aid: "Why should i review Lis book? He never even road mine.’’ Wnll Street Proverb. "A fool and his money,” remarked the observer of events and things. ■ "soon get on the opposite sides of the market.”—Yonkers Statesman.

Public Sale. E. S Christen will offer for sale at the Riverside Livery barn Friday, November 25th three Shorthorn Durham Bulls, pure bred and eligible to registry. Also 35 head of pure bred Poland China hogs, consisting of 20 sows and 15 boars, all fancy bred, and thoroughbred. BUSINESS MENTION. Lost—A boa. beaver; lost lietween the residence of Wilda Watts and the Boston Store. Return to »his office. Found—A light lap robe near Tom Mylott's residence in the south part of the citv. Owner can have same by calling at this office and paying for this notice. 263d3 Piano and organ tuner, Wm. H. Spiegel, of Fort Wayne, will be in Decatur about Thursady, Nov. 17. Anyone wishing work done can leave order at Park hotel. 263d2 You can got “A Stolen Heart” of John Mayer at this office at 200 Saturday Evening Post, $1.25 per year or 5c per copy delivered at your door each week. Ladies’ Home Journal SI.OO per year. Frank Mills, Agent. 257dtf

CAN YOU BE CONVINCED? Do you know a good proposition when you see it ? What is easier than borrowing money on your household goods, horses or other chattel security ? We take your note and mortgage and advance you the money, giving you the most liberal terms us repayment. The loan is made the day our agent calls on you. YOU treat us RIGHT and WE will guarantee you the BEST TREATMENT to be had. YOU pay as you agree and when the account is paid out the transaction is complete—WE give you back your papers. If you pay back the loan in less time than is stipulated in the contract we wiil give you a liberal rebate. 60 cents a week for 50 weeks pays back a *25.00 loan. Please use the following blank. Our agent is in Decatur every Tuesday. Date Your 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 FORT WAYNE LOAN CO. Established >93. Fort Wayne, Ind.

Shirt waist sale this week at the , South End Bargain Store. “A Stolen Heart''can be had 20c at this office. Try it. ur 1 Insure with the Graham I nsur . I ance agency. Graham & Lower ’ Agts. 203dtf. ’ Shirt waist sale this week at the ' South End Bargain Store. For Rent—A dwelling on Third street. Inquire of Brittson & ! Myers. Shirtwaist sale this week at the i South End Bargain Store. Twenty-seven valuable presents ’ will be given away at Mat Schafer's 1 saloon, Christmas eve, to the holders ’ of lucky tickets. A ticket given 1 with every drink. 260d2wks ! We frame your cabinet pictures and pictures of all kinds 15 to 25 1 per cent cheaper titan anybody in I town. Don’t fail to see Ly. 1 man Bros. 260d6 Wood For Sale—Fine or coarse stove wood, 18 inch. Ernest Schlickm ixx, Craigville, Ind . R. R,| Private lunds to loan on city prop erty at lowest rate interest. Priviege of partial payments. The De oatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf