Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1904 — Page 3

—z The Celebrated High urade A. I. C. COFFEES We herewith extend to you an invitation to visit our store Wednesday, rhursdav, Friday and Saturday of thioweek and try a cup of the best coffee you ever drank. We have sold these high-grade .I. C. coffees exclusively for the past five years and have no hesitancy in saying to you they are the Best, Most Reliable and Economical Coffee Ever Offered to the Public Our trade on these high-grade A. I. C. coffees have QUADRUPLED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS Be sure and call bring your friend with you, You will like it. And TRY A CUP FREE at our store Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. lam the sole agent for the sale of these high-grade Coffees in Decatur. FRED V. MILLS —— . .’as as Sole Agent for Decatur, Indiana ’ ’ren last Thu

If a maiden loves a man. That’s her business. If a man loves a maiden. That’s his business. And if they get married That’s their business. And if they need furniture, Why that’s our business GAY & ZWICK, Furniture Dealers. Milling to Overlook It. “Denr sir." tbt general manager of tr.e tire insurance company wrote to the local agent, "a few weeks ago your negligence in failing to notify the owners of a large office building that tbe.r Insurance was about to expire, and to solicit them to reinsure, lost us a eus tomer, and we gave you a month s Botice to find another situation. Inas much, however, as that building was burned day before yesterday, we have decided to recall tbs notice. We will •verlook the offense this time, but don’t let it happen again."—Chicago Tribune. Arbor \ itw.-Flat branches; cones few scaled, and only two seeds undoeach. Wb'te Cedar.—Cones roundish, with four te eight seeds under each. Pitct* Pine.—Dark stiff needles av lenged in threes.—Boston Post.

IF YOU WANT CASH For your Farm, House, or Business we can get it If you want to tuv we can suit you. Let us List vour 1 roperty; no sale, no charges. For a complete iast 01 our Real Estate and other Information call at our office over Burns Harness shop. Phone 430 Northern Indiana Real Estate Co. Reppert, Fruchte & Litterer. Decatur, Ind.

THE MOON AND THE MICE.' CuritniM Indian Legend Fxplaininff tlir WnninK of Lunn. A curious Indian legend was told to 1 some people in Omaha by a full blooded | Sioux who lives at Pine Ridge agency. | lie said the belief was that every time a new moon appeared it was a signal for all the mice in the country to gather themselves together in one soot. When they assembled they Did separated into sou« great armies. army went to the north, another to the south, a third to the east and a fourth tn the west. These armies of mice traveled until they reached the po’nt where front the place of starting the heavens seemed to touch the earth. Then they climbed up the sky until they came to the moon, which by this time was what we caß full. All of the four armies then commenced nibbling at Luna, and when they bad eaten her all up the mice would scamper back down the lienvetM to the earth and w alt for her to show herself again, when the journey nnd the nibbling would be repeated by the mice, and this is what the Indians of early days believed was the eanse of the moon growing old and finally dtaaj>Chnirlw. Little Dirk—Fncle Richard, what U chagrin? Uncle Richard -Dickie, chagrin is that feeling you ought to hav« when you kick at the cat nnd fall ovw uaekward.-li dianapolts Journal.

THE CASPIAN SEA. One of the Remnrkable Physical Feat tires of the Globe. One of the most remarkable physical I features of the* giobe is the deep and wide depression in the nollow of which stands the Caspian sea and near to it the sea of Aral. The Caspian is m arly as large as France, and its surface is eighty four feet below the level of the Black sea. The sea if Aral is nearly as large ns Ireland nnd is verv little over 'be sea level. Within recent geological times *he vast expanse in which ' these lakes are found was sea. Its floor has been gradually raised, and the waters filling the depressions are ad that is left of an ancient Mediterranean. A strange feature of both bodies of water is that although they receive large rivers, especially the Caspian. Into which the Volga, the Ural river and. scores of streams from the Caucasus flow, both have for many years been getting shallower. Evaporation, for they have no outlet, exceeds the inflow. But, for some climatic reason probably, the sea of Aral and Its neighbor, Lake Balkhash, have since 18M been increasing in depth. Whereas the Caspian, like the Dead sea. is very salt, owing to the rate of evaporation, Aral and Balkhash are brackish only. These remnants of what was onrv a great sea opening into the ocean, as the Mediterranean does now, still contain marine fish and seals. Some of the latter survive in the Aral and Bal kal lakes, having gradually become fitted for their habitat, though it is uo longer salt, but merely brackish, and, In rtie case of Baikal, actually treat water.—London Telegraph. Personally o inducted excursions onoe a week via the Clover Leaf and 'Frisoo system to the timber and farming lands of Southwest Missouri and Northeast Arkansas. The best corn and wheat lands the great state of Missouri. The soil is black, sandy, alluvial deposit. The climate is healthy and mild, and the water pure. Thousands of acres of alfalfa, the best hay and forage crop known. Cotton I pays as high as |75 per acre, and alfalfa as high as |72 per acre. A few small tracts for sale in the Ohio colony of Lilbourn. Other colonies starting. The last great chance to buy as good corn land as Northwestern Ohio lands at a low price. Splendid railroad facilities and good drainage. Excursions shirt from Toledo over the Clover Ix'af route at 5:02 p. m. For rates and full particulars call on or address, W. L. Hoss, 828 Gardner Bldg, Toledo, O. E. L. Browne, Toledo. R. B. Hurt, 613 L'frit Blgd., St. Louis,

FURNITURE—' WE WANT to call the attention of the public to our immense and modern stock of furniture. Our line this year is complete and up to date. Any article you want, any goods at almost any price. If you need any furniture in your house or are puzzled over a Christinas present, come and see our line of CHAIRS, COUCHES, BOOK CASES, SIDE BOARDS, PICTURES and BED ROOM SI ITS. Let us save you something from our big stock. We are Agents for the Acme Couch. A Guarantee with every one. Our chairs are beautiful and the kind that wear PIANOS and ORGANS OUR Ml SIC department contains the best make of pianos, organs and other instruments on the market. WE CARRY A LARGE LINE OF SHEET MUSIC. ( ttt We want your business and will gladly show you through our stock. I GAY & ZWICK, NORTH SECOND STREET. DECATUR, - ff) ( <T ————wn, __ .