Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1905 — Page 3

1T IM E TABLES W - • BAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY ftr: io<H—W«wln r t « S>* • ■ i |1 If '■ ‘A | ir it •»! Wil 1-rs tn*M |ffil f TlMtUft'wHlVC JlttlM »M ’ p’ 1 Itt I 9K«. m. daily nud 3 17 p. nt. Rs M.tHluy, Daily ilv to Km Mud Cid HapttU Whvne / :<• " < ' *‘ Hhpi l* 645 ’ ito|>ni v 4** “ City 1 ••*/♦’!» ’’ >.30 ” fOS “ 6:05 n.m j*> ! uinaw 41:5 ’* ' igrtrto fitirui Rapid* an<l »Um naw Dity ?;wa.m. train parlor rar to p<l Hrtpl<l» ami M««tiiMW Chy 317 p in H p>li h>t <‘rt t to <M Hint Kbpi.l* H|c »-pihX <-m nt. ~Mil in. l;»fe p m. 7:31 p.m. f. 1 Age C. U M* ku<hwl, ('. V A j ®|| Gr. Rapid*, Mich. NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. W KAHTHOt'ND ti0.,.._ _.. «.tOp. tn. M ...„ j 4.........—............................. 4:*' p. o» J ■0 .W West BoliHb .. U:44p. m. - ... Sit* V »■ I .„. 1:01a. n>. I CLOVER LEAF. ■MjEi In rffwt June 94,1*04. •« RAST, I •:•,>- .1 Tr . e.-r. ■•>>.' »:r, •»- v»t>. hun.-iiy .11 •«>» r ; w - • fit-toe* Frelgh’ 19:10 tur. W WEST l>»» ctatlv 3 ••« w • deby except Sunday ... 11 Ont r. daily 100-ptr tcai r MCI• ‘ • ■ Lake trie « Western SO Time card from Bluffton Ind. SOUTHBOUND Ma 1— Pally exept Sunday “-"-nin Pally except. Sunday 11:M* rc Daily except Sunday . . . J Spm Jlo 41 rut_>» through to .tndlanapoila without akAnxe. Arriving 10:HO a tn <4 leaven InUlKnou'Ha at '.*ooa m Hur* Ihr-, ’i*h without change. arrlrtn* at Bluff.cn I ’O:K a m ■*> 41 and ** run via Muncie * Big 4 route ■ I W-ill Give I $15.00 ■ In Gold Ror 1903 Pennies ■ FRISTOE’S SMOKE HOUSE. ■sch is Yi.der of Berne was in our city today buying horses. Hooker, of Monroe, was a > bn« ness caller here today. *. AV..lter Kjos made a trip to Fort Wa rne this morning. Bytiry Pofors mil, a business tri, to Hoagland this morning. M :ri B Adams returned last evening from a business trip at Monroe. ®Ji>hn Hey returned to Wiliams las - evening. He tsts a business oiler here. IL Tuoker returned to Fort Wayne last evening . He was utten c ig to patients whilejnere. A D. Snydpr and family went to Vicksburg, Mich.,* last evening tp|m:ike a visit with relatives. Mrs. M. E. Marvin returned to Grat i Rapids last evening. While het<i she was a guest of friends. Mrs. Fortney, of Pie .sunt Mills, pas- 1 through hbro last evening, enr >ute to Fort, Wayne to visit, relatives. T nn and Charles R tiling went to ’ Williams this morning, where they arte painting the interior of a house for P. W. Smith. ■fchester Buhler, who was inion d •on e time ago, at the transfer house, by having his ankle broki n, isbgain able to bo oat with the aw stmee of crutches.

The hey to the Situation 1 We have placed in our w in low a box which contains B TWENTY DOLLARS We will give a key to thi* l»ox FREE with every CASH purchase i of ONE DOLLAR or over. Wbsu keys have been given out you , tuny try your key. Only TWO keys will unlock this box. Yours may Im* oue of them. The first key to unlock the box takes $15.00 The second key to unlock the box takes $5.00 No employee allowed to Lave a key. We do not know which key opens the box. We will begin giving out keys Friday Morning, January 20 WINNES SHOE STORE DEALERS IN Ladies, Gents and Chi dren’s Shoes Boots and Rubbers of Every Description A. Key may be worth Dollars to you

Mr*. W E. Smith i* on the nick list. D. C •fl’iui made a visit al Pleasant Mills Uxlay. Mr*. Jacob (Jlos*, sr.. Is vervsick, I sulfertug with pneumonia. F Frank Oldigusroturned last even ing from n hnsines* trin at Rome. | Frank France made a basin ss trip to Fort Wayne last evening. Mrs. Jaooh Spado returned to Pdxrsoa today. Shi was shopping here. Mrs. Nettie Schrock is reported today as Ndng bettor and recover ing nicely. Mrs. H. S. Peterson la reoov ring i from a several days’ battle with In-1 4jrip|s». * Dave Volz returned to Bluffton j today. While'here he was a guest I of friend*. C. K Bell, the Wells Fargo agent. |is busy fighting oft that common ' enemy lagrippe. Mrs. Bendy and daughter went to Schum, Ohio, today. They were lenronte from Foil Wayne. Harvey Smith returned last even Hng from B'>rno where he was at i tending to telephone business. ' Mr. end Mrs. Dan Sprang went to Fort Wayne last evening to visit tor n tow days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Worden and Miss Tiger went to Wilshire today to visit for a few days with relatives. Matthew Kelly, of Washington. D. C., was in our city last evening, ■ the guest of Miss Harriet Wertz ' berger. Allen B Porter returned to Washington, Ind this morning, having ;beeno\lled home by the illness of his father. Miss Elith Porter returned to Indianapolis this morning, having bw»n called hem owing to tho illness : of her father. R>v. J. C Whitfl midfl a visit at ' Marion today. From Marion he will go to Upland and visit for a few days with his father. The advance agent for Hunt's M >nte Cristo was in our city today. Tlys company will show at the I opera house Friday, January 27th.. Wall Wemhcff yesterday lost a valuable gold watch which he would desine very much to recover- Finder pleasoreturn to him and receive reward. • Mrs. Ch tries Niblick entertained a number of ladies this afternoon at her home on Third street in honor of Miss Emma Jackson and a most enjoyable time was reported. H. B Hildebrand, of Decatur, was in the city today and v: -ited his brother George, who has lx on q iite sick at 4iis home on Etna avenue.—Huntington Herald. Flannel rags and old and effective remedies ar > being called into use 'by the epidemic of tonslitis and other troubles of tho throat that is proxalnnt among the people at this time. William Stine, for twenty-eight years a resident of Ossian, fell dead | just as he was preparing to sit i down to his evening meal Mondiv’ evening. To his family and to his numerous friends, the nows of his death comes as a terrible shock Ho was an uncle of R. W. Stine of this city, and was a man universally loved and respected.—Bluffton Banner.

J, O. Beery made n busineea* trip to Berne today. Chria Sclmmerloh made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. L. C. Waring i* threatened with a case of tons ill tin, and was busy . today looking fur a doctor to apply j 1 the pressure. E/urold & nitb the g» are I today engaged in putting up u oahelving to hold tlelr now stock of. giMxla that have just arrived, and; while thns engaged will make *ev- - | oral other noticeable changes. Frank Robison returned this ' mornijig from Richmond, where ho J had been called owing to the illnaan of his father, who recently ' fell and nearly killed himself. ■ Frank states that his father is re | covering nicely and will soon be: able to be about again. The two tramps who were arrest- : od yesterday noon at the Erie depot I were given a hearing this morning before the mayor, who fined each ' 113.50 and coits. B dng unable to pay they were returned to jail and will be used to work upon tho streets tomorrow. The C. Y. M. C. clnb arc antioipating a large crowd this evening and are accordingly making the necessary arrangements today. A large number <>f tickets have been sold and the contest fur the prizes will be exciting. The admission is 500, and all are invited. Don't fail to attend. Mrs. Jdfe Eley, who last evening filed an affidavit against her husband, charging him with Assault and battery, withdrew the charge this morning stating that she and her husband had kissed and made up and that he promise! to l>e good in the future. Mayor C ffee at once dimissed that case and dis charged the prisoner. Word has been received from Will Christen, a former Daeatur boy who now reisdes at Rockford, but who is now spending tha winter in Florida, stating that he is having a tine time and enjoying himself immensely, fishing, which is now just getting good there. The climate he states is fine, it being 70 degrees, and h’S general . health is good. A man in a neighboring town who secured his wife through a matrimonial agency is trying to secure a divorce. Another instance of find i-ng that mail order bargains are noi just us represented] and that a much better grade of the sumo article could have bc<>n obtained at home. G.Mid enough |or him. He ought to patronize home industry. The home grown article is usually the best. Here are two excuses for lateness a - school: "Dear Miss: Will you bo so kind as to h.rgive Johany for being behind time this morning, as he was unable to discover his sox , which afterward ptjved to be in ■ the ashpit, where they had no doubt been deposited by tho family dog, which we intend to get til of at our earliest convenience." Tho second is even more unusual: , cannot cume to school this j afternoon as he has glued his head I to the dresser and we have not been able to septi rate him yet.” Frank E. Koehler, a nephew of W. A. Koehler of this city. > re sides in Toledo, is training much notoriety in that place by the part he is taking in the Princess Bonnie : show that! s now on at the Valeni tine theatre. The Toledo Daily 1 Blade says us follows: ‘‘Frank E. ' iflbler has a baritone v Hue of unusual power and beauty, and has been associated with u number of operatic ventures previous to his coming to Toledo, but this in his first appearance befoie Toleuo aujdienoe.” Mr.,Kaehler is Contem I plating a visit to this city in the ' I near future, and Deoaturites may l be able to hear him. ■ 11. l lia— There was an old southern negro who had been working for a cotton planter time out of mind. One morning he came to his employer and said: “I's gwine quit, ‘boss." "What’s the mutter, Mose'?” , "Well, sail, yer manager, Misbdi Winter, ain’t, kicked me in the las’ freemumfs.” "I ordered Mm not to kick you any more. I don’t want anything like that around my place. I don’t want any one to hurt your feelings. Mose.” "Es I don’t git any more kicks I’s gwine to quit. Ebery lime Mistah Winter used ter kick and cull mo when he wuz mad he always git's sh lined of hisso’fund gimme a qaa'tah. I’s done los'entiff money a’ready wif dis heah foolishness 'boat hurtin’ ma tV.elin's.”

READ THIS OTW—T "ffl'Wl'W— ■— I 11., IJL. III HUL HIM W—ntWriV Then if you know anythin '‘bout our prices, it won't be hard for you to understand that “ECONOMY MEANS SAVING.” . . Special LAMP Bargain For This- Week . ! Wehavo a four fancy d-coratoJ parlor lamps which Renjrally sell for $2 25, we offer • I’rtca of this lot for $1 48 B tt» r see them.

Plain wli>ledinner plates “I. I Handled cupa A saucers set 2lv . ; No. 20 grauil« kt tile I2e | I <|t. coffee put !<!(• . No. H granite tea kettle | Gidvannsed coal h<xi» 25c I Cabinet hair pins each I< Tooth-picks per package .'Jc ; Machibuciln bottle k

5 yards unbleached Crash Toweling 19c ■WE ARE NOT CLOSING OUT ANY GOODS, We are only selling them. Our prices demonstrate the FACT Economy Means Saving WE PEEIVER GOODS. (_. M. EPPSTEIN.

This evening the citizens of Mon-1 roe will hold a mass meeting and discuss tho advisability of inoor j . porating the village into a town. ' Thosa interested in this new tnovr , I i are working hard, while the opposition is also doing their best to ’ defeat the move, making exjumw* , their main issue. > Tile r -.Kon «>< LHsli- ne«ly. It I* ; -bin . h -- in li will pl \ ' ( with ti.e I >!*on of dliCi.r., • .ty. which is i so insidious nt th st. which intoxicate . aud stiniu'utes one. but ; tnilyzes iu. 11 kills later, if every youth were only i taught tli.-il to bo siic.t, sful a in i roust be re iter b. oi Ills occt«».l7»k that his cli.tr.K-i' t -im st i: >t be for sab nt any price, that be will always be rich so long ns be retains It : I. -1 lu prop-aril .11 ' i strength and Integrity, and weak and unhappy and •> failure, uo mal.er how nitlch rnmey lie may , have, just lu p:-uport:mi t» the weakness of 111- clnir ■•- --I I e ... ly sl.trus! out wit ! tie- • - 11 : ; >•:<• rec! f I ’r- is po' ■ <<•- and tl-. -t !:■ die loss of s. ls u.- oct, the 1 characier. . Je-r for ili ;re <>r for 1 nioaey; l» t' •• y• • : n >* old; tr.-i. t that l'.e . ~:ii -i a:’.’ -I l ■ ■ :.e <-v.u a lithe l it io the qii-.lity of a > d* he is »ellh.,’ or la i eqt l!.y of d e service be i* giving, wl t n revolution wouiu coitie to our el- <ti >;il- : -cess. > Snxeil Hu- < -ir.-is«r. In bis ••Heiuinis.s >,■ ■' of *u Irish ■ lain ) Agent” the atuli-H-. S.un Hussey. tells of <>ne the rerllc i i ri- lite c::i rhiges ti>. I in Kerry: - .’he vehicle in que i a bud just been purcli. certiiu Mss Mullins, who i .. .<--t I: ou its arrival with r.inio-i sacred aw< A dance in the neigh »rho->.l wcdc I an rt>; - date > > tunlty :>r i:n pressing the county with her i-wl.-.- acquired : - niieur: but. the n wet. site In.- iste-l on re- ■>: ■ i• a forIn .- 1 *■ i : ■ i 1 liou be’...li ’ her < b. ut. Tla- r- t was th:t sin- caught a violent ihill. wi.: I: .nrueJ to pIK-uuioniu. \V: i I r - relat:‘.-s were assembled round her , deathbed i e old I..;;, ext ;v I between her last gasps for breath, •Thunk goodn » I never took out the carriage that wet night!’ ” • I. I" "■ Humors of the Law. . 8 Law nnd,eiiulty are two things which dod hits joined tdfcetber and man has , ’ put asunder. Wi en u prisoner hi Justice Maule’s i court teas . 1 wh< a. r lie bad anything t > say why sentence should not , be pra-noiiueed upon him, lie replied, T i 1 wish God may - trike it 1 stole the ducks.” M tide waited for about n minute and then said: ‘‘Prisoner, as , Providence Iris not interfered I must. • Three months’ liard labor.” i A mayor on taking Ills seat on the I t bench for the first time infortueil the 1 bar that during his year of office he would spare no effort to be neither partial nor impartial. Address of Sir Al ’ b?rt itolllt in London. lr<- tlrolh.-rs r-vt:t<-f ] Are brothers p ilite to their sisters? • This is not a sr.-.estion for a “silly < f season” corresj ondence, but a question i of serious Import. On the answer to It ( depended a sister's reputation when she was seen liume to her Ijoan.iug , house after the the iter by a young man. ‘'Brother?" cried tho In : ;i' mt i lady wi n had sat up to open the do >r , to the late comer. “That was no brotli-; er! Why. I saw him raise his hat to you when lie walked away!" London , Chronicle. 1 The Cost of Impntlenee. i In the Im; ;.;!. u! -I we nr” ’d to • spend far more than Is required in the • I doing of our work, and tills ex'-cs-t Is , lost. We < aimot estimate the vglue of the power thus mispitu-ed. When the - i impatient mood becomes the habit of n " lifetime, you cun understand that fail- ■ ure mid perhaps loss of health and en- , ergy are inevit-iblc. -Emily 8. Ronton 1 in Magazine of Mysteries. Hln Hui - Loot. [ “This payroll is t< ■ big.” exclaimed j j the hint r«rof the “Hamlet" company. | - “Cu.i’t v.k“ get along with io- ■ people? - ' : ■ You might give up tho u'ios‘." str • ■ i gest.d one of the grave.lli t s. Ami the manager, wron y thinkmir | ( the st ■ '-otdor referred t > bin -If, «'.L- , ch .the bimtorisl in.tenter. Itichi* nave wing*, umi grnudeur i* a dream. Cooper.

i U qt. diUi pan -khj 2 qt. covered bucket &<■ ' (iInSM lamp I qt. pudding pan 6e ■ Decorated fee plates jm-i set... ...2Li llo>«e shoe Is’itotn tumblers, set. .!.'!<■! i Kid hair curlern, buuch .... L - i J'A liite met.:! toft spoons, set. . .7c ' j IJ boxes Im 11 blue 5c I

The Cruelty of Pat« de Foie Gras. To eat pate de f • s gras Is luxury, but to prepare the delicacy for tlie table is protangad torture—for tiie goose. Tii<Humanitarian league of England has iasued n pamphlet on tbe subject. “We behold," s.:ys mi eyewitness. “Innumerable go ■ hr tills torture chamber, bound fa I t > They lie oil : . I. wa * ed how tin- women prewst d « me new victims : -itnst the tables so that the binder parts should hung over the edge." Two months of torture for the goose are considered ntx-e.xsary before its I . I. sufficiently diseaMd to be marketable. The fowls are fed to repletion with salted maire. and by this mi-ans tiie liver is Increased to the abnormal weight of two or even three founds. Strassburg and Toulouse are tho* chief places of manufacture and the trade amounts to several hundred thousand dollars annually. ‘ A Forn|u bi >’<»r Marrla*e. Tbo Frankfurter Zritung has dJicovere ! a for, d i for r.uirrlage. Nothing Is more ceitain. it says, than that this f -.riimi.i Is right. The question asked is winit .-■ ”■■ should a nw.n’s bride bo? Tiie formula Is: Let x be the man's age. liiea x-r2+-7 ‘-bride’s age. For example, a man to 34; the half of tils age is 17; then 17 plus 7 is 21. The bride’s ago siioiild be 24. For n man ot 34. there fore, the proper age for ids wife is 24. Take the man of GO. x=ft) 4-2=30+7. The man of GO must marry a woman of 37. For the juvenile marriages of southern intitodes the formula is e;ii.!’.-- ■> ill' 1 The lio< Moidel • IS - '<■ < tO m rrj - . The f -ru > s \ ! 2-=o+ , 7=l'l. His • • » >t... i : year* oi l. The Erttre «»r n-. Windstorm. A enrioue ex. i.-:io of how v.i.q.ly tho edge of irii 4*iortn ii >y !>e define.! Is repo ted l y the captain of a bark. M -n uff Valpant so, the capto: > t :i’ -. -i fF.iiri lad cat • along aud pa.-y-d'ovcr the S' ‘VI of the vessel. A gre sea : niid ti.e wind, andt every s. I : nd movable thing on ti.e after part of the diip was carriel away. T' • f' rward part of the vessel was uut<. ..»•! ly the storm, which pnssol av ' . in t' e distance, leaving a ‘ train of foam In its wake. Eight Arrows In the Air at Once, j “There is a purely Indian exploit' which is recognized ’’ns a test of f j •booting,” says Mr. Ernest Thoiup- n : Sei.>n hi Cc ntry Life In .t!ivTie:i. “11l this the ‘honbi-’ is allow ed the archer who can lu:ve six arrow« in the air at once and the ‘high honor* for seven. ' The Indian reconi is eight, but not many Ind ..’is l.u-w* made it” BIG JANUARY COST SALE ST-.n CONTINUES Bargains in every department. Sale positively closes January 28, 19054<ltf NIBLICK & CO j

The Last Day TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTITTTTTTTJTT Saturday is the last day of our sale. Conic if yen don’t buy anything, We will be glad to see you. L >ts of people came this week who did not intend to buy, but went out carrying bundles of our Sale Shoes. 'Phis sale positively closes Saturday night. See Our Windows lor Prices We put on sale to-morrow about 35 pairs Mens’ SnagProof Rubber Boots 1904 make at $2.59 Everything Goes To-morrow "CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE THE SHOE SELLER Sells it for less Same 01J Place

DecoHttoti cups ami saucer*, set -'I'A 10 qt. granite water pail . . i2e No. S tea kettle 210 Tin cup* each lc [ Large white deep dish . Be ' Wash bowl nnd pitcher Me > Ironing wax 6fur .. 5o ■ Iron handlen eitel fio 18x10 looking gliiss 10c

The W. R. C will give their annual installation supper at the G. A. R. hall Thursday evening, Jun tiary 19. All members of G. A. K. nnd W. R. C. and their families are invited to come and bring well filled baskets of the tilings necessary to make a good supjier. Uy order of Secretary. 4dl. ForS ale—l6o and *0 acre farms, will sei! both either as one or separate. Large house ard barn in fair condition. Large orchard and plenty of good timber. A rich and fertile soil; a first-class title will be given. The farm will sell between this and spring. Be sure and do not miss a bargain. Write or see Samuel Houk, executor, Decatur rural route seven. Residence •-* of a mile east of Williams xtaion. Come and see mo and I will show you the farm and treat you with . due respect. -’92 14a k-

I Still in | Progress . 5E23K8& X .WXfIWB | * THE HUB’S i (Inrn n On a ’ ! 1 \J M ill) Ui iL| V. ««k V kJ V x/ Will Continue Until Inpm Ji! bi J '0 IYou can’t afford to miss this Chance :i I A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Earned