Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1905 — Page 4

n »V • urtie.l Ve«e<nrl«n. Ao Eiikllhli eoiuiti-on who liiin tunny American filt'iolw recently became u viwtnrliin. The other .lay In a letter to New York ahe aeeoiiuteti for her itbninloniiK lit »f lleah food. "Not loiik iiuo.” she wrote, ”1 vh»iteil n slaughter hutim*. “1 can't tell you how everything waa atulneil deep with blood; how there arose from the ilretu hed, dark lioora the peculiar <*bn f I»1«hmI "Au I WM hurrying away three Itcnu tlful IninliH were led In by a mint with u long, whining knife Filled with pity mid indignation. I aald: " ‘How cun you be ho cruel u* to put those Innovent little Ihiiilih to death?' “'Why, inndnin,' mild the man, ‘you wouldn't ent them alive, would you?*" Foil of Buatnena tn the End. Courtlier. Ini Traveler (wrecked on a desert iahind to cannlbnlx) Well, since | you're determined to cut me kindly do ; me one Inst favor. V»e our brand of I must nr. I for the sauce. It Improves the ' flavor of nil meat. It never molds or nlmortie mo store. You'll find n sample box lu tny right hand coat pocket.

■ — The Key to the Situation We have placed in our window a box which contains TWENTY DOLLARS We will give a key to thia box FREE with every CASH purchase of ONE DOLLAR or over. When keys have Iteen given out you may try your key. Only TWO keys will unlock this box. Tours may be one 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 have a key. We do not know which key opens the box. We will begin giving out keys Friday Morning, January 20 WINNTS SHOE STORE DEALERS IN Ladies, Gents and Chi dren’s Shoes Boots and Rubbers of Every Descrpition A Key may be worth Dollars to you MONEY TALKSI Will Money Help You? a Tl' SO call on or write to us. We will loan you money in any amount from 510 to SIOO, on household goods, pianos, organs, teams, fixtures, etc., without removal., You can have from one to twelve months of time in which to pay it back, in small weekly or monthly payments as you prefer. $1.20 is the weekly payment on a SSO loan for fifty weeks; other amounts at the same proportion. If you need money fill out the following blank, cut it out and mail it to us. Our agent will be in Decatur every Tuesday to make loans and will call on you. Date Your Name Wife’s Name Street and Number City (Amount Wanted Kind oi Security yon have Occupation Al! communications are held strictly confidential. Call nn or address | FORT WAYSE LOAN CO. Established I •%. Fort Wayne, Ind. u’iMBKUKLTb..:, -.- j~iraiiii irnrw'~iiT-i~n ii ihiimiw i iw, iix.il.ii I BOSSE’S OPERA HOUSE * > ONE NIGHT ONLY .« .« FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27 Mr. M. A. Hunt and Miss Kate Fitzgibbons In Alexander Dumas' Great Play MONTE CRISTO I Magnificent Special Scenery! Gorgeous Costumes! | > > > Electrical Effects! v * c* > A Superb Cast of Well Known Characters! Prices : 2*5, 3*5 and 50 cents Seats at Holthuuse Drug Co.

■ Invrry In Ainerlva. "One of the common, everyday er ror» which are taught In the schools In • America I* that which relates to ths ■ hitrodu.-t'on Into the western lierol* sphere of African slavery." writes a I critic. "The s< h «>l historic* w hleh the sclioolgirl and scrnolboy study any that i It dates from It )!• or !{i'<h». when n ' luib'h sen cnptTiß sold the English soUlers the Hint African. The ytat 1301, however. Is the date of the c.t.TI oat reference In American history to negroes coming from Spain to America yetirs before Albany, N. Y., was nettled by the Dutch ami 100 years IBftore .lame-town. Ya., was settled by the English. In 13«i3 King Ferdinand of Spain wrote to Oramlo. then governor of Hispaniola. 'I will sent! more negro slaves, as you request.' In 1310 "*fty negro slaves were sent to work in the mines of Hispaniola. There Is a I record of King Ferdinand's response to a request of l.ns Casas, bishop of l a Concepcion, in Hispaniola, that more I negroes should be lmi»orted. He raid, i 'There are already many negroes on the island.’ Thia was In the year 1314."

Weather Forecast. b i.rwi ninj-i.T-i-j".--r-iL-i.-n.- -.-I-.-. " - . ix-ura --’-- ' — * W< dues lay fair, fmah northwest to 9 north winds. MARKET REPOP T. ’ Accurate prices paid by Decatut , merchants for various products. Cor , reeled every day. Tuesday Jun. 2 . DRAIN. ST B. L. CABBOL, USAIN MSS.'HANI Corn yellow new......... I 60 i Corn, Mixed new 58 i Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new - 29. I Wheal. No. 2 I H o oenl. No. 3 1 D'Barley 4<> i Rye No. 2 - i Clover Seed— - 6 40 Alsyke __ , . , rt 600 i Buckwheat ■ - 48 Flax Seed SO Timothy Il 2f Buckwheat — — — 40 CHICAGO MARKETS ! Chicago mtrketclosed at 1:15p m today, according to Decatur Stock and Grain Exchange. July Wheat Wheat. Jan. Wheal. May 1 ll] July Corn.... 45j Corn, J anuary Corn. May 41? July Oats, Oats, Jan Oats May 30|. Jan. Pork 12 S7 Jan. Lard 6 (14 TOLEDJ GRAIN MARKET. Changed every afternoon at .3KX o'clock bv J. D. Ha.e, Decatur Special wire service. Wheal, new No. 2, red, cash 11 J May wheat; 1 Ihj July Wheat 100? Corn, Cish 45.1 May corn .... M July corn 4t>£ Oats, cash 331 May oaia 82s July Oats 82| Rye, cash 83 STOCK. BT FRBD SCHKIMAN, DC LBB Lambs 14 sJfgr> 00 Hogs, per cwt 400@ II 50 Callie per lb. 2 3 Calves, per lb 3j 5 Cows 1 2 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO. Chickens, young, per lb.__ 7@7 Fowls, per lb____J Young Turkey 10— Old Turkeys 8 HAY .TARKET. No. 1 timothy large (baled) J 8 00 No 1 " small ’’ 7 00 No 2 ” $1 00 leas No 1 mixed 1 50 leas No 1 clover 1 50 leas WOOL AND HIDES. by b. SALvra k son. Phone 112 Wool, unwashed 18t< 23 Coon 10 @ 1 50 Skunk 10 I 50 Opossum 1C (<T tiO Mink f 0 (<f 3 00 Muskrat 3 @ 15 Beef Hides 08 Calf ’ 10 j Sheep Pelts 25 @ 1.25 I Tallow 01 1 COAL—Per Ton I Prices of coal on and after Decern- i 1 ber Ist, until further notice will be as 1 follows: Hocking Lump, per ton $3 80 Virginia Splint 4 00 t Indiana Lump 3 t : 0 1 Domestic Nut 3 60 1 Washed Nut 4 00 1 Pittsburg Lump 4 00 i Pocahontas 4 50 Kentucky Cannell 6 00 Anthracite 7 50 Charges for carrying coal— 25c per ton or fraction thereof; upstairs 50c - per ton. OTHER PRODUCTS. | I BY VABICUS OBOCEBS AND MBBOHANTS. i , Eggs, fresh, per doz | 20 | Lard 07 !, Butter, per pound 14 |' Potatoes, new 45 i Onions 75 1 Cabbage per 100 lb 60 1 Apples, per bu 5j OIL HARKBT. Indiana 90; Whitehouse 1.11 I Somerset 53 | Neodasha, (Ku.).... 62 i Barkerarills 1,00 j Ragland... ,55 1 Tiona 11.57 Penneylvania 1.42 j Corning.. 1,09 New Caa fa, 1,34 j North Lima 95 South Lima 90 HARKET NOTES. | Liverpool market closed ateady. 1 Wheat, | cent higher Corn, ) cent higher j Receipts at Utucagc loday: j Hogs .303C3 Wheat 43 cars | Corn s'loca<s Oats.___ 171 cars . C ttle 6000 [Sheep 18000 Estimate for tomorrow: 1 Hoga »3000 1 Wheat 23oan Corn 274t»re I Oats 89 :b!b |To Whom It May Concern. 1 I have been appointed general agent for the sale of Vitae Ore Medicine and all agents can secure their supplies from me. Jonathan Burk- • head, Monroe, Ind. 300 d

JOZ ~ Cus Rose nt hoi’s (CLEARANCE = SALE f week of our januarv sale I “^'kt' VorkCW “ wwr ‘ h $1 . 2 .’ . ‘.9oc 10c ■I 2fx^nd.J&' Boys Heavy Cheviot J Muns Suits $395 I 39 C $7.50 I~ALL s()c- (APS (j() FOR AT THIS SALI: W An abundance of high grade ClothiLg and Furnishings at ( LEARANCE SALE 1 RI( I.S to sa\«> 1 you 25 to 35 per cent on your purchases. Call and inspect my goods liefore buying and I Share In The Saving | GUS ROSENTHAL'S j Jx The Square Man Decafur, Ind. X ~ ■

LADIES ATTENTION The Big January Sale. All departments are full cf good bargains. Sale closes Tues day. January 31, 1905 4dtf N.BLICK & CO Notice To Township and City Trustees. Ye ir January, 1905, draw will b ready for your acceptance on January 28 and 30, 1905. J. H. Voglewede, Treasurer. A SPECIALTY AU kiuds of barn aud other lumliei sawing. Prii-es right. Leave orders at the Decatur Cement Factory or see 300-d 2w LENH AKT&.M Y E RS. y. ‘Xj loL/ y A taBI [ THE BEST MEN in town or most of them, pay bills by cheeks. It helps in business' it helps to save moneyj andjis the up-to-date way Come nowjaud start an account. If you put off you may SPEND .MONEY that might be saved. Your money is perfectly safe here and you can get it any time, but it is easier to add to it and save than'when iu your pocket. The First Notional Bank DECATUR, IND. ft ft Payment Contracts issued by jII the .-Etna Life Insurance Co., U of Hartford, Conn., earn profits enough to cancel six of the < t payments, thus reducing the Isl number of payments required to • * audguaranteeing a profit of more than 4ft DI u P on money actually inAII |q vested, besides the profits "V r further to accrue, in compliance with the terms of the contract For further information see Jonh Scnurger or Mrs. L. M. McEwen. v Ik hßll u® f« X JSfcfNFKTOUS DEBILITY The world admire® men who ar© «fr ntr in p' r deni mental and nerve force, men of ambition, energy and perttonui inu«ii' tl»m, the true typo of perfect niunWg]. To attain thia the tlraf r<<|Uixite is good, healthy Nerves, which fflve capacity f< r |> .7 lcal mid montid development and n>»kehie worth living. rsT'f’S* 3 R KRVICO!t make* Sbonii. Celm Harm, vuies Nervous Deb hty. Failing Mamory, Vital Waokn«aa. Prostration. Slcaplttsnaaa and other troublesdue Co over work, smoking, druir habita and other caireea. Makes rich, healthy blood and repairs waited norvea. Equally good for w< men. Booklet free. Prlcegl.ooaboM. B.x for r>.oo, poaitoaid. with a tfuajanfee to refund, if nut cured or bent ntrd RFFFER MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. U. S Blackburn & Christen EDWARD LUTTMAN TRUSTEE ROOT TOWOSHIP ; Office] Day Monday of each week

L.NAHAM <fc SLOWER inriim rnn nr- DECATUR, INDIANA (Phone SV AGENTS FOR BEST INSURANCE GO’S INTHEWORIP Fa ‘" and cw. nre. Brd Wind s lo J L ° U ’ ”

JOSEPH V. PEASE, TRUSTEE KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP 11 Office Day—Wednesday of each I week, 44-fim LOUIS KLEINE > Trustee Preble Township [ Office Day--Wednesday of each week . ’ d Imo. MONEY TO LOAi @N’ Y T ° L O A N FARM LOANS : W e are placing farm loans at 5 per cent int. with privelege of partial payments. Other companies have advanced their rates. We have noL CITY LOANS: We place j desirable city loans, at 5 per i cent int. Small dwelling loans ’ at 6 per cent int. Building i loans made. All with privilege of partial payments. ABSTRACTS : We pre-. pare Abstracts of Title. Our books are modern, complete and up to date. INVESTMENTS: We ' offer to investors choice securities bearing a fair rate of interest and as safe as gover- ■ inent bonds. If you have idle money, we ask you to investigate. :

The Decatur Abstract 4 Laan Co., DECATUR, INDIANA. No. 120%' South Second St. Rooms 3 &4 Studabaker’s blk. Special Low Eicursion Rates via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. Season 1904-05 ! '"s'.s.'fnw.v ;”;r. in ■ r.dlhF Apre gently ™ : Al«. one w.v Svttier-' t„ , l>llth aijd ' * r “, e»Ht. I*l one half 1 are nlns MJ ‘ 1 Low Ratcx to Toledc and St. Louts s-jveli,: /ow round trip rat.-, baiwen Tor ’d : Louis everyday. Limit; and | Bt opover prlvk <es of ten .lays. aiol “ h ’ j Pulhno i Palace Sleeping Cars f„. ( . « i.’X o' 'LT 1 !' ” r "' "’■‘lm wrved | n i-4'.nit), back teat ‘oiirhcH on *1: ■ througrHi'a.ns For tatea and fnfn?n atfni ; apply lon . ar ,. M Ti ,. k) ., Ap ~t.. r MO d l re“; Confidential! If vm .-out. „ „ lr „ , any roiMT wrlte VHfor M-KC.*. i MATION. ".r-lIAI. INFOH- j W. L. ROSS General PaKseneer At-cni. M. A. CHAMRERh. Toledo. Ohio. Traveling Passenger Agent, Frankfort, Ind. T. L. MILLER, Agent, Uecatur, Inp I

ROY ARCHBOLD, DINTIBT. I. O. O. F. BLOCK 'Pflon x— Office, 164: residence 21’ w For Sal. 1! HENRY KOENE MAH Insure Votir Property the Dentur Insurance Agency Gallogly & Haefiing CALL ON City Trucking Cj FOll GRAYING, TRUCKING, El| Heavy Work a Specialtl ALL KxNES OF COAL AN COKE. Phone 412

G Feed and Seeds Periasular Portland I Cement Gypsum Rock Wall | Plaster We make a specialty of fur' Ml i Ming HIGHGRADE OLE. V- IS COAL that will burn. | J. o. haC:L T’taono fl I Cor. Jefferson and 2nd S' - I b. eTlevl Roofing, Spoutiiu | and all kinds •I’ Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing« Specialty. All Work Guarani ceil. | Located In Henry Scnlegei nuna-.n. fl