Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1904 — Page 2

TIE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ir»«r ■▼■nitre, ixcipt an scat, bt lbw <a . ellin<a ha m . ■ •■SCRIPTION RATES. ■> nattier, per week, too By Sattler, per year 14 00 By mall, per month 2BC a» wall, per year *2.60 Single copies, Two Cents. •sailing rales made known on application JkMeied In the postoffice at Decatur, Indl(.«a, as eecond-olase mall matter J M.H E LLER. ANAQ ■i< bu STAND PAT Soon after the election certain republican newspapers which had denounced the democratic position on the tariff during the whole campaign, some of them so bitterly as to become hysterical, declared for tariff revision. They opened their batteries of venom against the Dingley tariff law with such force us to leave the impression that they had worshipped at the shrine of democracy during the campaign. They want tariff revision and want it bad and right away. With them there must be no delay—just call an extra session of congress and fix jt up so the people will forget it befojjj the elections of 1900. The president came to the front ot the stage, made a characteristic movement or two, then retired. Mr. Fairbanks went to Boston and told the Home Market club that there must be no tinkering with the Dingly law, and that he was opposed to trade relations or reciprocity with foreign countries—and especially with Canada. And here the whole mutter rests, with the big trusts in the saddle. The tariff can only be '‘revised by its friends,” and its “friends” are not going to give up a good thing. The friends of the Dingley law are the trusts and favored corporations who are gathering in millions upon millions each year from an over-taxed people. These corporations furnish campaign funds to keep the republican party in power. They get it back in tariff taxation. The people seem to enjoy the burden they bear, and they “stand pat.” Fee our prosperity. We are worth ninety billions of dollars. Ofthut sum the trusts and favored corporations under the Dingley law own twenty billions. There will be no revision, no reform of the tariff. The people gave the trusts a vote of confidence. “Stand pat.”—Sentinel. It is hinted that Governor Durbin will continue his residence in In dianapolis after retiring from the office of chief executive. Conrgessman Overstreet says that after crediting to the rural service every piece of mail collected from or delivered to patrons on the rural routes there is still an average deficit in t'-at service amounting to from <2O to <25 every month for every one of the 28,000 rural routes in the pounf rv. Albert .1. Beveridge studied law in the cilice of Butler & McDonald in its day one of the very strongest ](iw firms at Indianapolis. And in those da vs Thomas A. Hendricks. Oscar B. Hord, Conrad Biker, Albert G. Porter. David Tnrpie and others of that type practiceu law at the capital city. Since he became senator Mr. Beveridge has rejieatedly said that he regarded Joseph E. McDonald among the very strongest 'a.vvers that the s'ute of - Indiana ever produced His estimate is none too high. Mr. McDonald was t mly a lawyer if gigantic intellectual force.—South Bend Times. Route Four Sidney Shoots is on the sick lis f . William Elzey and wife Sundayed with A B Cunningham and family. E A Mallonoe and wife spent Bunday at J. D. Elzey s at Preble. Thomas J. Elzey and grandson Ora are spending the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. J. Wright, at Montpelier. Miss Ruth Kettle, of Montezuma, Ohio, is spending the holidays here with her sisters, Mrs. Dora Sheets and Mrs. Flo Elzey of Preble. Thomas Fisher and family gave a fine Xmas dinner, at which many were present. All report a good time and also a good dinner. There were about forty guests present. C. C. Sheets gave a family reunion and served a fine dinner on Imus day at which quite a number

were present, and all report a grand time and say that C. C- and family are fine entertainers. Tom Smith of this vicinity is spending the holidays at his home in Carroll county, and will visit with his old friends and relatives, after which he will return and resume his position with A. B. Cunningham for the coming year. The scholars of Districts No. 7 an<Tß were well pleased with the treat this year and take this means of returning many thanks to their teachers through the columns of this paper. The teachers were R. J. Mann for No. 7 and Miss Etta Mallonee for No. 8. The Mt. Pleasant Sunday school reorganized last Sunday and the following officers were elected: S. J. Spangler superintendent and H. E. Butler, Tissie Singleton, secretary and Miss Minnie Sheets assistant secretary. G. W. Ruckman treasurer, Miss Etta Mallonee organist, |K. [J. Mann, choirister and Misses Ruby Sheets and Dessie Butler librarians. ARE PRUNING State Institution Demands Runs High

Two Million Dollars Worth of Appropriations is Spoken For Up in one of the rooms at the state house are three bright members of the general assembly of Indiana with blue pencils in their hands and regrets in their hearts. These members are Senator Fremont Goodwine and Representatives Cantwell and Honan, the committee appointed by the governor to examine the needs of the different state institutions. They have about finished'their examinations and are now going over the requests made by the institution managers for regular and specific appropriations. The committee has not finished adding up the figures, but already they are close to] the] <2,000,000 mark, and there are more to hear from. So they regret that they can not give the institutions all they ask for is followed by the soft ‘ r-r-s-sh” of the blue pencils as the request for appropriation after appropriation is scratched out. And after the blue pencils are worn down to a stubby point the iequests figure up almost <1.000,000. So the pencils will be sharpened again and more editing done The committee is anxious to have its work finished so it may make its report and have the document in the hands of the general assembly on the day the legislature convenes, hut the members are afraid they will not be able to do so because the pruning business is taking up so much of their time. FREIGHT WRECK Clover Leaf Trains Collided at Crainville Sunday. Then was a wreck on the Clover ' Loaf nt Craigville at 5:30 o'clock I Sunday mor"ing, which badly dis- | figured engines Nos. 152 and 150, | two of the large now locomotives ! put into the service only a few weeks ago. Tne engines were both pulling heavy through freights No. 156 eastbound and No. 1.2 westbound. Both crews had orders to take a siding at Craigville for the westbound passenger train No. 3 aud the westbound train pulled onto the siding first and darkened their headlight as is the custom. The crew from the east was not watching for the other train on the siding and entered the switch st a pretty good rate of speed, and before they could be warned by a brakeman on the westbound train the engines had crashed together. Both pilots were smashed to splinters and the westbound train pushed back onto the main track Both engines were repaired so that they continued their runs two hours late. Conductor Flynn of the eastbound freight train was thrown from the oupalo of his caboose when the crash came and was unconscious for some time, but was not dangerously hurt.—Bluffton News.

WON THE SOUTHERNERS. Henry Ward Beecher’* Display at Tact Hud Serve la Richmond, One of the "nerviest" illustrations of tact is to the credit of Henry Ward Beecher. After the war he made a lecture tour of the south and appeared at Mozart hall, Richmond, with an address entitled "The North and the South.” He was rather doubtful as to the reception he should have, but he knew what he wanted and was determined to get it. No applause welcomed him as he appeared on the platform, but a few hisses were heard in the gallery. in the better rows of seats were some grim ex-Confederates — General Fitz-Hugh Lee, General Rosser, exGovernor Smith, Governor Cameron and others. Beecher fixed his eye directly on Lee and said (I quote a newspaper report of the incident): "I have seen pictures of General FitzHugh Lee, sir, and I assume you are the man. Am I right?” The general, slightly taken back by this direct address, nodded stiffly, ■while the audience bent forward, breathless with curiosity as to what was going to follow. “Then,” said Beecher, his face lighting up, "I want to offer you this right hand, which In Its own way fought against you and yours years ago, but which 1 would now wllllugly sacrifice to make the sunny south prosperous and happy. Will you take it, general?’’ There was a mofnent’e hesitation, a moment of deathlike gUJluegs in the hall, aud then Fitz-Hugh Lee was on bls feet, his hand was extended across the footlights and was quickly met by fhg warm grasp of the preacher's. At* first there was a murmur, half of surprise and half of doubtful new, froijj the audience, then tUCTewas ahesitatIng clapping of bands, and before Beecher bad tlie of Robert ST. Lee's nephew there were cheers such as were never before beard in old Mozart, though it had beeu the scene of many a war aud political meeting. But this was only the beginning of the enthusiasm. When the noise had Sufficiently subsided, Beecher continued: “When 1 go back home I shall proudly tell that I have grasped the hand of the nephew of the great southern chieftain, 1 shall tell my people that 1 went to the Confederate capital with a heart full of love for the people whom my principles once obliged me to oppose, and I was met halfway by the brave southerners, who can forgive as well as they can tight.” Five minutes of applause followed, and then Beecher, having gained the hearts of his audience, began his lecture and was applauded to the echo. That night his carriage was driven to his hotel amid shouts such as have never greeted a northern man in Richmond since the war.—Marshall P. Wilder in St. Louis Republic. Guided by Parrots. Before the eagle was selected as our national emblem Benjamin Franklin urged the claims of the turkey. It was purely American, he said, which the eagle was not. It was a proud and generous bird, and it was good eating. If Franklin had known more about our early history he might have spoken for the parrot. When Columbus sailed westward over the unknown Atlantic he expected to reach Zipangu (Japaui. After several days' sail from Gomera, one of the Canary islands, he became uneasy at not discovering Zipangu, which according to his reckoning should have been 216 nautical miles more to the east. After a long discussion he yielded to the opinion of Martin Alonzo Pinzon, the commander of the Pinta, and steered to the southwest. Pinzon was Influenced in his opinion solely r.y a flight of parrots which took wing in that direction. It was good luck to follow in the wake of a tl.s-k of birds when engaged upon a voyage of discovery. a widespread superstition among Spanish seumeu of that day, and the great navigator was thus guided to the new world. Interest In the Flamhigo. There nre larger birds than the fin mingo and birds with more brilliant plumage, but no other large bird is so brightly colored, and no other brightly colored bird is 80 large, lu brief, size and beauty of plume united reach their i maximum of development in this remarkable bird, while the open nature of its haunts aud Its gregariousness seem specially designed to display its marked characteristics of form ami color to the most striking advantage. When to these more superficial attractions is addl'd the fact that little or nothing is known of the nesting habits of this singular bird, one may In a measure nt least realize ti e Intense longing of ti e naturalist not oaly to behold s flamingo city, without question tiie most striking sight in the bird world, but at the same time to lift the veil through which the flamingo's home Ute has been but dimly seen.- Century. Lee’a Surrender. After General Robert K. Lee's last attempt was made with Gordon and Fitz Leo to I avia k through the lines of the enemy Colonel Venable Informed General Lee that It was not potulble. He said. “Then there is nothing left ine but to go and see General Grant.” when some one near him, hearing this, said: “Oh, genornl! What will history say of the surrender of the a may tn the field?” He "c- Hod “Yse. 1 know they wfll *ajr hard things of us. They will not uadorßurial how we were overwhelmed by num bers But thnt Is not the question, •olonel. The question Is. Is It right to surrender this army? If It Is right, then I take ail the responsibility.” And he did.—“ Recollections and Letters of General Lee.”

NOTICE TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS* I HVING disposed of our entire I I hardware stock to our competi- I I tors, Loch & Dirkson, of this city. 1 ( we are under contract to reduce I I the stock, and in order to dojthis I I we will sell every article at cost I 1 price, for CASH ONLY. This is I 1 no advertising scheme but we I I mean to do just as we advertise. I Big Bargains in Stoves and Ranges Brittson, Meyers & Co.

Strong Testimony. Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, Ohio Gentlemen: Having a horse with a bad bruise on one of its hind legs, I was indveed to try a bottle of your Caustic Oil, and as I got such good results from its use, I have used it for many other ailments, such as lame back, sore throat, fresh cuts, etc., and have found it just as beneficial in all cases, in fact I would not be without it, and can recommend it to anyone, either for man or beast. Yours truly, 0. O. Lentz, D. D. S., Piqua. Ohio. No 1 Golden Gleam Stove Polish, the only dustless and waterproof polish on earth. Call 'phone 445 and it will be delivered] at your house. 298d2wks uudu vinn’fii HI mirier. A blind man named Green made a curious defense at Birmingham, Eng- ■ land, to a charge ot smashing a plate 1 glass window worth tl">. He bad been ’ blind, be said, for seven years. On the night in question he cried for assistance to cross the road, hut no one came. Then he heard some one at a distance and struck at what used, when be could see, to be boards surrounding waste ground. He was astounded whan he heard the sound of broken glass. The jury uequhled him. and he was ■ dlaehnrged. Lacked the Lawyer's Facility. Lawyer (to witness!—Never mind what you think W« want tacts here. Tell us where you first met this man. Woman Witness -4'au't answer it. If the court doesn't cure to bear what I think there* uv u-e qaestfunlug tne. i for 1 am not n lawyer and can't talk without thinking. Boston Commercial Bulletin. Fraetiea Versa* PrearhlM, "You kin help de cause of honesty a heap." aald Uncle Elten, "by preachin' about It. but you kin help It a heap m«' by not danglin' roan’ chicken under a hungry liiun'a uoae." -Washington Star. A num Is not going to get a crown righteousness just Itocknae he glees torn poor fellow bls old straw bat along about Noaemlrer. -Chicago Tribune i

GRAHAM & LOWER DECATUR, INDIANA 1 (Phone 239 AGENTS FOR REST INSURANCE GO’S. IN THE WORLD Form and Gity, Fire, Lightning and wind biorm-

Special Low Excursion Rates via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. Season 1904-05 Christmas and New Years Holiday tickets sold. Dec. 24-25-Sh and Slsf: and Jan. Ist and 2d. Good to return until Jan. 4th. inclusive, at a rate of one and one-third tare for the round trip. Hom esceKcrs Rotes to West *•'<l Southwest Ist and 3rd Tuesday In each month to and in It ug April luon, greatly reduced rates, otesto Missouri. Aikansas. Jr dian. .erritorv and the Southwest dally unt’ Dec. slat gxxi3l)days. California, >ac t Coast Toi.ris- tickets nsale via ail mas. Good 1 months. St >over prlvleges of len days. Pullmu > Palace Sleeping Cars, free reclining Chair and case Cara, (Meals served a la-carte), high hack seat coaches on all through trains. For rates and information apply to nearest Ticket Agent, or address Indiana State Granger Marlon, Iml ’ Dec. 13-ltith. One fare plus 25 cents, good until i Dec. 17th; Indiana stations only. Confidential: Ifvou contemplate atr'n to asv I‘oist write is for hpeciai. infohMATION. W. L. ROSS. General Passenger Agent. Toledo, Ohio. M. A. CHAMBERS. Traveling Passenger Agent. Frankfort. Ind. T. L. MILLER. Agent. Decatur. Inp 1 write deeds, mortgages, con tracts, find do all kinds of notary work, find renters, and collect rents. Give me a trial. H. HARRUFF.

Oo you want a (arm? Let us show you someof thee. Well improved farm of 120 acres, located four miles from Decatur, near church and school, on pike road, rural route, good soil —Price •*7ti per acre. A 40 acre farm of One land in Lake county, Michigan, 20 acres under cultivation and 20 acres in beach and maplo timber. Will Hell or trade. Price Sit 1 .., per acre. A well improved RO acre farm, located two and one-half miles from Decatur, with good two story seven room house, good barn and well drained, with ten acrea of timber, price #BO per acre. A 108 acre farm with two good barns, a good eight room house, both cistern and drove well, land well drained. Price 885 per acre. A 66 acre farm; large house and barns, all kinds of fruit, both hard and soft water, good land and well drained, Price 876 per acre. Among a lot of city property we have a bargain in slot, unimproved, near thesiteof the proposed new shops, price |125; ;i*d two rental houses in ths town of Geneva that will pay 12 per cent on the feagsaarffiaa!' Northern Indiana Real Estate Company.

Holiday Rates. For the Christmas and Ne w Years holidays the G. R. & I. will sell round trip tickets to all local stations at 4c per mile, one way mileage. Fort Wayne 90c, Berne 50c, Geneva 700, Portland fl. 15, etc. Selling dates Deo. 24, 25, 26, and 31, 1901, also January 1 and 2, 1905. Will also sell to’points on connecting linesjn k C.;P. A. territory at rate of one and one-third fare. Same selling dates and limit oas for local points. J. Bryson. NOHtt Having sold our entire business to Loch, Dirkson & Co. we hereby ask all parties owing us to call at once and settle their accounts either by cash or note. 294-6 BRITTSON, MYERS & CO. We have for sale at a bargain, it taken soon, the Bottentiehl farm, 160 acres well improved, in sec 25, Kirkland township. ERWIN & ERWIN. 285de2wks