Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1905 — Page 2

IE W T.GE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■ r„ ITHBT IVINING. ■ XC4PT BCSDAT, BY ■ W O. ELLINQHAM. ♦ •■SCRIPTION RATES. *sl e»nle«, per week 100 •)» Barrier, per year $4 00 4y mall, per month 26c «W mall, per year *2 60 Dingle copies. Two Cents e avarUalng rales made known on application tlnWirea In the postoftlce at Decatur. Indl- • 44, as sseond-olass mail matter J. H. HELLER, M -nasir t-’h.- . J An invitation has arrived from the committee having in charge the I 1 fayet* > Jackson dab. announcing their famous banquet for January 10. The program for this occasion includes the names of suoh party leaders as National Chairman Taggart, William J. Bryan, John W. Kern, Mayor David Rose, Mayor Carter Harrison, William R. Hearst, Owen P. Thompson. M. F. Dunlap, Elloitt G. Stevenson, M. E. Inaglls, B F. Shively. Mayor J. W. Holtzman, Mayor G. V. Menzies, Governor Joseph Falk, State Chairman O’Brien and Judge McCabe. The banquet tables will seat live hundred and the auditorium three thousand people. Berne Items. Mr. Schenck, of Salamonia, visited over Sunday with his son, Dr. C. H. and family. John Niblick, of Decatur, J. W. "Vesey, of Fort Wayne, were here Monday looking after their oil busi. ness. Sam Simison, Emil Franz and B. M. Cotrell were business callers at the county seat Monday. Adam Amstutz, ct Fort Wayne county, Ohio, who has been visiting here re- i turned home Sunday evening. The Union services being held this week are well at' mded. Rufu® Stuckey is taking a vaca lion We hope and trust that our worthy marshal will not overlook his duty the next time the opportunity affords itself. Mrs John Rly and two children of Decatur, after spending several days here with friends and relatives, returned home Monday morn ing-

“NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE” faTT When something is offered you for nothing look out for the “NIGGER.” Some ZSJZ‘' stores advertise that they are throwing money away. Gold bricks are oflfered--also YJyTpdUTI "Help Yourself Sale, ’ etc., and other full page ads showing that stores are simply >4 run to sell goods below cost. Yet how many people believe this “Tomfoolery”? When wheat is worth 81.00 a bushel does the farmer advertise to sell it for 50c a w ‘ITI f ifcV nn J ? When a man gets 82.00 a day for Lis labor does he advertise to work for //t 0 / 81.00 per day? When a merchant offers you an article marked 820 for 89 98 he LJ n B has it marked 810 too high. Is it not better to ask the right price for merchandise JP r 77 MERITS e OTR b MOTTOIS We belieTe “ SELIJ NG GOODS ON THEIR n y n One Dollar’s Worth of Goods Dora Dollar Sve’VS tor Iheb?money. Tlyo’J’.tTuX™ 8 ° Ur ° UB, ° n,era Real And Substantial Values In Men’s, Boys’ and Children's Winter Suits, Overcoats and Underwear we nnaitiwlv guarantee to sell them to you cheaper than any firm in town, and furthermore we worm rfVooa7l°“a“"la ° gS ‘° m,ke 7 ° U be!ieVe 70u “ regetttag 52 00 » r 83 00 1 ELZEY & VANCE I I ±d Comer East of Court House. . ~ x T .<• Decatur, Indiana

Trouble With the xapery. ‘■Linen kings" can make trouble easily for the housewife with their three jointed luiscroscopes for determining the number of threads to the inch in any article of table linen. One visited a friend the other night and after dinner exhibited a handkerchief worth at wholesale $1.50 apiece. It was very beautiful under the microscope. The hostess then looked upon a napkin and afterward upon a tablecloth. Now, she thought up to that moment her napery was the finest in the block, and the revelation of the wide meshes caused the most bitter disappointment. Ever since her misery lias been complete. When "linen kings" go out socially they had better leave their microscopes at home.—New York Press. Jhvh'n Boiling; l.nke of Mud. One of the greatest natural wonders in Java, "the tire island.” a large lake of boiling mud. is situated almost in the center of the plains of Grobogana, fifty “paals" to the northeast of Solo. It is almost two miles in circumference. ana in the center immense columns of soft, hot mud may be seen continually rising and falling like great black timbers thrust forth and then suddenly withdrawn by a giant's Lands. Besides the phenomenon of the columns there are two gigantic bubbles near the western edge which till up like huge balloons and explode on an average three times per minute. Kitted by Imagination. A workman on the Siberian railway was accidentally locked into a refrigerator car and was afterward found dead. Imagining that he was being slowly frozen to death, he had recorded his sufferings with a piece of chalk I on the door. The refrigerating apparatus. however, was out of order, and the temperature in the car had not fallen below 5d degrees F. throughout the Journey. The Better Way. "Positively the worst struggle I ever bad in the water." said a young man who bad been at sea. "was one night ; trying to save a man with a wooden 1 leg.” "Man.” said an old Scotchman | who was quietly listening, "if ye had ; got a bit of rope ye could hue saved the man quicker wi‘ it than ye could dae wl’ ten widden legs.” Gave the Ocean It* Xu me. “And is that the ocean out there?” gsked the visitor from the interior who j had just arrived at Atlantic City. "Yes, the Atlantic ocean," replied the native proudly; "named after our city, yon know.”—Philadelphia Press. She Can. That's n Fact. Boyce—Why does a woman give so much attention to dress? Is it because she wants to attract men or because she desires to outshine her sister women? Mrs. Boyce—Can't a woman do two things at once?—Smart Set.

An t..e Gwlde 1 nderwtood It. A party of hunters in the wilds of North Carolina, wishing to cross the lake upon the banks of which they were encamped, made the necessary preparations. Then they asked the guide if he could row. "Ro'?” he queried in answer. "Ro'l No, I reck'n not. Reck’n I never tried it.” Under these circumstances the partymade arrangements to do the rowing themselves, and were consequently astonished when the guide, stepping into the boat, seated himself at the oars and prepared to be the motive power. “Why.” exclaimed one of the party. “1 thought you said you couldn’t row?” The guide was plainly puzzled and could be heard to repeat to himself several times "Ro'l Ro'l” “I reck'n'd you all meant ro' like a Hon. 1 can't do that. But pull an o', why. I've done that all my life. I shorely can pull an o’.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Three Kind* of Men. Here is a classification of men expounded by a spinster in an article. "The Truth About Mau." "Men as a whole." she says, "may be roughly divided into three distinct specie*—the bold, the shy and the tough.” The first class includes "those self assured males” who fall in and out of love with every other woman they meet; the second class is made up of "the world's good fellows who have a great reverence for all women and silently adore one for life without telling her so,” and the third species "is concerned only with getting on and making money, is absolutely indifferent to women and marries only as a matter of expediency. The first of these we unhesitatingly condemn and find irresistible; the second we admire profoundly, praise without stint and ignore utterly; the third we dislike, despise and—marry.” Thackeray’s “Strike” For a “Halle.” I hereby give notice that I shall strike for wages (he wrote to the proprietors of Fraser's Magazine*. You pay more to otherj. I find, than to me, and so 1 intend to make some fresh conditions about Yellowplush. I shall write no more of that gentleman's remarks except at the rate of 12 guineas a sheet, and with a drawing for such number in which his story appears—the drawing 2 guineas. Pray do not be angry at this decision on my part. It is simply a bargain which it is my duty to make. Bad as he is. Mr. Yellowplusli is the most popular contributor to your magazine and ought to be paid accordingly. If be does not deserve more than the monthly nurse or the Blue Friars 1 am a Dutchman.—James Grant Wilson's "Thackeray.” tel inierms. rtuiKs .sgjnnem tells me he is going into t'atihem's law office as a partner. Jinks Doesn’t he mean as an accomplice? -Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

, Real Estate Transfers ! (Reported by Decatur Abstract and Loan Company] Jacob Colter to Henry Zwiok, ‘ inlot 49 and SC, Williams, $ 150. , Isaac Lehman to Oscar Steiner, i inlot 410, Berne, $l5O. James F. Bippus to B. W. Sholty, pt out lot 38, De- .tur, $225. John W. Sweeney to Drucilla Brrkhead, inlot 39 40, Monroe. SI2OO. Viola M. Martz to Drucilla Burkhead, in10t339 40, Monroe, S3O. Drucilla Burkhead to Jno. Sweeney, inlot 19, Monroe, SIOOO. Otto Baumgartner, pt 4, Wabash tp, $l5O. Peter J. F lumgartner to Otto Baumgartner, 23 awes sec 4, Wa- , bash tp, $125. Clinton L. Simkins to Isaac Lehman inlot 202, Biene, SI2OO. Geo. W. Pyle to Lewis Dolch, inlot 333, Geneva, $l2O. Alfred Romey to Fred Neaderhouser inlot 402, P wne, SIOO. ' Wm. B. Bebout to Samantha Huft- ' man, 20 acres sec 15, Jefferson tp, . SI4OO. A. A. Carpenter to J. W. Mar- ' shall, one-half acre sec 36 Monroe tp, S3O Henry Leullemann to Henry I [ Doehrman, lot 12, Williams, $l5O. Leulla Sullivan to Isal 11 Tin--1 dall, 15 acres seo 26. Monroe, tp, SI2OO. INTEREST GROWS Rev. White’s Subject Tonight, “All Peoples and Nations.” 1 “All Peoples and Nations” is the 1 subject of Rev, John C. White’s ' sermon for tonight, and a large crowd will no doubt hear him. j The auditorium was well filled i last night and Rev. White deiiv-i ered an eloquent and convincing | sermon. The interest is keen and; the meetings promise much in the way of good results.

GRAHAM & LOWER DECATUR, INDIANA (Phone 239 AGENTS FOR BEST INSURANCE CD’S. IN THE WORLD Farm and Gitv. Fire. Lightning and Wind Slorm.

AT TAGUE'S SHOE STORE A Great January Sale — ■■ ■’ —'' - - F *4.00 shoes go at $3.50 3.50 shoes go at . 3.00 I . A 2.50 shoes go at . 2.00 We are going to give 50c off during January. This is a great money saver. Come and take advantage of this month's sale These prices arefor cash only. |

Lost—A pair of driving mittens, i Finder return to this office. For Sale—A number one work mare at a bargain if sold soon, four miles south of Peterson and four miles west of Monroe. J. H. FULK. 299d6 Card of Thanks. We wish to {thank the neighbors and friends who sympathize with us and helped us during the time i of the sickness and death ol B our son j and grandson, F Iwin Brnnnegraff. | Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Brnnnegraff. Mr. and Mrs. James Erunnegraff Miss Laisure returned to Monroe today. While here she was the guest of relatives.

Trustee Election J Nootice is hereby given that on January 13th, 1905, a meeting of the members of the Christian ehu r oh, Decatur, Indiana, will be held for the purpose of electing three trustees for said chvch for terms of one, two and three years respectively, as provided by law 302d3 I wr te deeds, mortgages, contracts, and do all kinds of notary work, find renters, aud collect rents. Give me a trial. H. HARRUFF. Private tunes to lean on city prop arty at lowest rate interest. Priviege of partial payments. The D<>i'atur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf