Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1905 — Page 4

Weather Forecaat. Sunday Ooltter north wiwl to north wind a. MARKET REPORT. Accurate pncwu paid by Decalin tnerehant* for various producta. Oor reeled every day at 2 o'clock. URaIN. ar a. u cabhou, obain MaaosAMt Corn yellow new I 60 Corn, Mixed new 68 Machine shucked one cent Imm. Data, new 29 Wheat. No. 2 1 11 W neat, No. 8 I 0»i Barlev 40 Rye No. 2. - 72 Clover Seed_— 6 55 Alayke _ - (ft 830 Buckwheat —.- 48 Flax Seed... ■■■- - - 80 Timothy II 26 Buckwheat 40 CHICAGO MARKETS ! Chicago marketcloteil at l:lsp.tn today, according to Decatur Slock and Grain Exchange. July Wheat 9*l Wheat, Jan. Wheal. May 1 152 July Corn 45,' Corn, January Corn, May 45 July Gate Oats, Jan Data May —— 30] Jan. Pork 12 75 Jan. Lard 6 77 i TOLEDO GRAIK MARKE’S Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Ha.e, Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash—ll 171 Mar wheat; 118 J July Wheat I 01 Corn, cash 45| May corn .... 4'',‘ July corn 40; Oats, cash — . 33] May oata 33* July Gate 33’ Bye, cash — 82 STOCK. BI rate SCHUMAN, DI LBB Lambs 64 50Qti 00 Hogs, per cwt. tJ2 <(a l4’’>o Cattle per lb 2 3 Calves, per lb 3j @ 5 Cows 1 O 2 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE 00. Chickens, young, per lb 7@7 Fowls, per lb 6| Young Turkey 10 — Old Turkevs — 8 NAY MARKET. No. 1 timothy large (baled) I 8 00 No 1 ’’ small ” 7 00 No 2 ” f 1 0G lose No 1 mixed 1 50 leee N? 1 clover 1 50 less WOOL AND HIDES. bt b. kalvbb a som. Phone 442 Wocl, unwashed 18t023 Coon 10 @ 1 50 Skunk 20 1 50 Opossum IP @ 60 Mink F 0 ® 3 00 Muskrat 3 15 Beef Hides.. 08 Calf ’ 10 Sheep Pelts 25 1.25 Tallow 04 COAI Per Toe Prices of coal on and after Decern ber Ist. until further notice will lie as follows: Hix-king Lump, per ton $3 80 Virginia Splint 4 00 Indiana Lump 3 60 1» uiuatic Nut 3 60 Washed N0t.... 4 00 Pittsburg Lump 4 00 Pocahontas 4 50 Kentucky Cannell 6 00 Anthracite 7 50 Charges for carrying coal 25c per toll nr fraction thereof; up stairs 50c Iper ton. OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS OBOOBBS AND MBBOHANTB AJ'.-gs, fresh, per doi I 20 Urd <»i Butter, per pound 14 Potatoes, new 45 Onions 75 Cabbage per -JO lb 60 Apples, per bu 751 OIL MARKET. Indiana 90 Whitehouse 1.11 Somerset 53 Neodasha, (Kan.) 62 Barkenvihe 1.00 Ragland 55 T’ona >1.57 Pennsylvania 1.42 Corning.. . 1.09 New Cas m. 1.34 North Lima .95 South Lima 90 MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady Wheat, A cent lower Corn, 1 cent lower Receipts at Utucagi today Hogs ;t3OOO Wheat 15 cars Corn — 24 8 jars Oats ——7 o cars C-ttle 2000 Sheep 2500 Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs .30000 Wheat 36 mrs Corn 235 »rs Oats 89 :ais LADIES ATTENTION The Big January Bale. All departments are full of good bargains Sale closes day, January 31,1006. Tues4dtf NIBLIOK & OO

SNOWSLIDES. i ii i— The> Ar* FearFul <»t Bpeetl sad 4 MaanlSvent Spectacle. Hih>whll<l<*h ere moat frequent on steep mountain* tliut have 11 be.svy I snowfall. With a billowy train cl allow ilimt l«»lliiiK out la'lillid and over turning or crushing ulmoat everything before they make an awful ami im<g ulllecnt spectacle. Their apissl Ih aotuetliiK'H ao great that trees alongside nv overturned by the awiuiiphig fun* ot .| tli« air which the slide has violently dlH’tirlXMl. There are many well authenticated InaiaiicoM where miners have been caught on the surface of n slide and by ' dexterous use of their sk<*-« have kept , on top of the engulfing mirfaro of the slide amt come out uninjured. John Muir mice rode down from the high Sierra on n snowslide. He was swished buck down in a minute over a dis Inner that had taken nil day to climb. One day while climbing up n steep snowy slope a slide started beneath me. and for a time I was on the surface of Its upper edge, w hi re the snow was about two feet deep. Wading a torrent will give some Idea of the sweep of the coasting snow. The snow dust steamed ami ladled up around me. and each time 1 struggled to iny feet the rustling snow simply Jerked my feel from lieneatii me. At last, almost smothered. I was dropped off the back end upon Imre ground. Enos A. Mills In Harper’s Weekly. WEAPONS DECLINED. Vlrvliew'a <»,1.l Proposition Wiles < hallrnicetl h> Bismarck. Dr. Virchow, the eminent man of sei- ; ence, hud t»een sharply criticising Prince Bismarck, who was then chan cellor. At the end of a particularly severe attack Bismarck felt himself personal-

ly affronted ami sent second* to Virchow with s chnllciiue to Unfit a duel. The luan of science whs found in hi* laboratory, hard Ht work *t ex|>eriineiits which had for their object the discovery of a means of dent raying trichinae, which were making great ravages In Germany. “Ah.” said the dm-tor. "a challenge from Prince Bismarck, eh! Well, well! As 1 am the challenged party. I suppose I have the choice of weapons. Here they are!" He held up two large snusages, which seemed to be exactly alike. "One of these sausages,” he said, “is filled with trichinae; it is deadly. The other is perfectly w holesome. Externally they can't be told apart Let hi* excellency do me the honor to choose whichever of these he wishes and eat It. and I will eat the other!" Though the proposition wa* as reasonable as any dueling pr<q>oslt!on could be. Prince Bismarck's representatives refus.sl it. No duel was fought, and no one accused Virchow of cowardice. INDEXING BOOKS. The < DHtom Ih an Old One That Developed Hnther Slowly. The < uatom of indexing books developed gradually. I'k-ero used the word “index," but in the sense of a table of content*. Seneca provided some works which he sent to a friend with notes of particular passages, "so that he who only aime<l at the useful might laspared the trouble of examining them entire." This was at least a partial “index” In the modern sense. Annotated. or at least explanatory, tables of contents seem to have pre<*edixl the index proper. Such tables follow ed the order of appearance of the subjects In the book itself. Alphabetical arrangement, which wn* the beginning of the real index. appears not to have b<-en thought of until the invention of printing, and even then It spread but alowly. Erasmus was one of the first to provide ids works with alphabetical indexes. The custom did not become universal until well Into the sixtronth century. The first index to an English book is said to be Hint printed in Polydore Vergil's "Augliae Historiue,” in 1546. An edition of this work published ten years Inter has an index of thirty-seven pages. The HunicnrlHn Crown. Tile Hungarian crown worn at tlielr airesHion by tlie einperora of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen and us<-d nt his coronation over *<*• year* ago. The whole Is of pure, gold, except the settings, and weighs nine marks six ounce*. almost exactly fourteen pound*. The settings above alluded to consist of .";t sapphires, 5o rubies. 1 eni j ernld and :t‘!M pearls. It w ill be nolh-wl that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This Is aci counted for by the oft quoted story of Stephen's aversion to such gems because he considered them "uulueky.” Argil) F.yeil an<l H»drn Headed. The term “Argus eyed" meiiiis watchful. According to the Grecian fable. Argus hud H*i eyi-s, and Juno set him to WHteli all of w hom she was Jealous. When Argus was slain she trnnsphint ed his eyes Into the tail of the peacock. "Hydra headed” is a term derived from the fable of Hercules and t tin- hydra. The hydril had nine heads, and Hercules was sent to kill it. As soon ns be struck off one of its head* two shot up In its place. The Intereat la It. Plpson I wonder what there was iu the paper today about Musters? Grime* —Didn't know there was anything. Pip. son—Oh. there must have been. He wns saying to me that today's issue was usually Interesting. Happiness and misery are two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not. Locks.

NATURE A KIND MOTHER. Cortona Method* hr which Sho Mroda I Animal Injuries, How many weak and timid creatures there arc In the world, with neither teeth ami claws for their protection, armor for their defense nor spi<ed with which to escape their enemies! One can hardly underatiind why they bare not all l>c<’ii killed and eaten up lo'.’g ago. Nature Is, however, kinder to these jssir animals than she seems, for if she Ims left them defenseless against attack site has given them a marvelous power of recovery from injuries. When u tiny llxard lias to scamper for Ids life In search of a crack In the r<s It he often has "so doss a call" thst his pursuer snaps off his tall just us he wisks Into safety. A loss like thia would kill most larger animals, but n<>t the little llxard. He simply waits round quietly until a now tail grows and then Is as well off as before, ex <-ept that the new tall has a flexible rml «f cartilage where the old one had a backbone. If an earthworm happens to be re tiring to his hole when a robin Is out looking for breakfast there Is apt to In* a lively tug of war between the enter and the breakfast. Not Infrequently the bird gets the tail end of the worm, while the other half crawls away Into safety. Not even a lisard could survive HtH'li treatment as this, but the earthworm is in ability to recover from injuries almost ns mueti Nii|>erior to the llxard as the Heard is to us. He grows a new half body to replace the one which lias been devoured ami seems to mlm! his loss no more than n boy nilmls having Ills hair cut. There are beside** some snail-like water worms which quite undo the earthworm in bearing up against misfortune. If one of these chnm-es to los»» his entire head, in a w<vk or so, some tiuii-s in only four or five days, lie grows a new one. brain, eyes and all, and is as well off ns ever. Even if a hungry tish gets two bites at him. so that he loses IhiHi head ami tail, the warm can patch himself out with new memtierH nml go about his business as before. They have even l>een known to get divided into two pieces about equal in size and each piece grow a new half body, so that there were two entire worms In place of one. After this it will easily be guessed that if the head end of the worm happens to be split halfway down he will grow two new sides and become Y shaped with two heads, or if the tall end is split new sides grow and a two tailed worm is made. Sometimes one or two new heads develop close Itehiud the old one in the angle of the Y. In deed the little creature seems to have a sort of mania for making new heads and tails wherever he finds a chance. If. therefore, the worm after receiving several wounds manages to escape with bis life, from the cuts which banjien to open forward little heads grow out and from those opening backward little tails, no doubt greatly to bis embarrassment But what of the ent off heads and tails? Do they make new bodies and become whole animals again? Not usn ally. The severed head seems to become confused, so that it does not know what to do. If it lives, it is most apt to produce another head like itself and change into two heads placed neck to neck so that they look in opposite directions. So, too, the severed tail, equally foolish, doubles itself uml be conies two useless tails growing end to end. But isn't this really quite impossible? A head or a tall or even a half body cannot get food. If it cannot eat. it cannot grow*, ami that Is nil there is about it. Well, it is true that a fragment cannot eat. But still it can make the new part out of its own tissue. the animal keeps getting smaller as it becomes more nearly complete until when the new part is finished the whole body ma.v be no more than the tenth part of Its proper size. The re constructed animals are therefore forc<<<l to begin life over again like young worms. In time, however, they grow up to full size. When n head end makes a new head Instead of a tail or a tail makes a new tail Instead of a head tlie litfle erentures must necessarily waste nway ami die. St. Nicholas. Some Animal Oddities. In fishes ami tadpoles there Is a jiecullar lateral line running down each side of the body, which probably nets as a kind of ear. sensitive to movements of the water and warning them of enemies at hand. Many deep <u-a fishes have pliosplior escent organs on their flanks, which ] emit a dim. blue light and resemble . eyes in structure. Some creatures that bui e no proper head possess eyes. Thus the starfish has a somewhat complicated eye nt tile end of each of its five arms, which appears ns a bright red or ornnge spot. Insects of the grasshopper tribe. I which make musical sounds, are provided with ears in tlielr legs or on the sides of tlielr bodies. The curious little possum shrimp, which swims in large shoals, Ims n pnlr of ears in its tail. In tlielr early stages our May ; flies have organs of bearing on either side of the abdomen. Fulled ot Popularity. Steps have be<-n taken before now to popularize the British army in the provinces In some cases the martial spirit Ims been stininliitiil. But not in all. In one part of "gallant llttli- Wales” one of the Welsh regiment* perambulated its territory ami succeeded in obtaining Just one recruit all told. On the following Sunday the minister of the congregation to which the newly enlisted soldier belonged snld. "Ami now. my biethreu. we will take up a subscription to buy the dlschargs of our unfortunate young friend who racently Joined the army.”—Pal! Mall Gasette.

THE BEGG AH TRUST. A Behrme 1 hul For a Time Was • Maoersr In Mew York. Several year* ago n one leggi-d youth minimi hemptnn. who had left it com fortnhle home tn et’gsge deliberately in begging, etuweived the Idea of organlz Inga eumniunliy of luterest among panhamller* In the Park row dlatrlct. In New York He picked out strategic *|Mit« throughout the city nml *ele< t *1 a muu to beg In each. These men were tiivvny* particularly well adnptml to their |M*ta a blink (bllml mam here, a crust thrower there, u maimed youth nomew here vise. In order that the l»-a gar* might not I* molested by the po-ll<-e n lookout was appointed for ea< h. and In order that the aymllcate'* Interests might I* i-otiserviHl Kempton eui ployed roundsmen to observe how faithfully the beggar* attended to bu»l ncH* and to collect hourly the earning* of each. In cam* of nrreet each mem!>er of the band wa» assured of legal representation, to lie inild for out of the earning* of the p<*il. The m heme thrived for many month*, and nt one time there were thirty men in the combination, which Iss-nine a close corporation of profit nml power. There is no knowing to what extent It might have expanded nor bow Infill entlal It might have become at last had not the iisturv of the organization given It undue prominence and caused It to fail directly under the ban of the mendicant squad. One by one the member* were enptnrml and sent to the Is land, and in the end the gang was broken up. Theodore Waters in Every body's Magazine. AN ASPHALT LAKE. The Wag the Stuff l« Mined end l‘repnred For Market. The largest South American asphalt lake, in Venezuela, consists of a dark brownish deposit of semifluid tmd semi solid Htilntuncv surrounded by bank* from three to six feet high. In the con ter of this lake is a continual ejection of hot fluid asphalt, accompanied by large bubble* of gas. The dark skinned workmen excavate it in piece* weighing in the neighlsir j lioml of twenty-five pound*, sections forty feet in area ami about four feet j deep lieing worked at one time. As , quickly as freixl from its surroundings it i* placed In large tubs, resting upon | small flat toppeil tram ear* operated ; upon a narrow gauge road. The entire ' surface Is constantly moving, thus ue ’ eessltating a continual relaying of the ■ tracks. The freshly excavated asphalt l« con i veyed to the shore, where the tub* an- 1 lifted by hydraulic power to an aerial j tramway by which it is c iuveyed t■ I the large wharf situated on tin* <iua I nero river, about five mile* distant ■ from the hike. Here it I* weighed and dnni|H-d Into vessels which convey it to ■ the foreign lands. Upon its arrival at n factory it is i bented until the water Is expelled and ! the earthy material cast to the bottom of the large vats, am! it is poura.l through a sieve Into barrels, where it solidifies. It Is then ready for com merce. - New York Tribune. Virtue** Quirk Krunrd. “Nothing ever better illustrated to me.” remarked the doctor, "the oi<l adage, ‘Virtue is Its own reward,' than an experience I had the other day. Called for the first time to a patient who was ilesperntely 111 in ndditlon to being penniless, I gave her s.*> with whl<-h to purchase the nei-esslties of life. The next morning I ns-eivei! a note from her not to call again. Later 1 learned she had called in a homeopathic physician, to whom she paid a fee of $2. and with the remainder of I my charitable contribution she paid a monthly installment on a phonograph.” —New York Press. Whnt the Hand Hymbollaea. Look where we will, we find the hand in time and history, working. , building, inventing, bringing eiviliza , tion out of barbarism. The band symbolizes power and the excellence of work. Tin* mechanic's band, that min : ister.of elemental forces, the hand that I hews. saws, cuts, builds, is useful in i the world equally with the delicate i Imnd that paints a wild flower or | molds a Grecian urn or the hand of a statesman that writes a law. The eye cnlmot say to the hand, ”1 have no need of thee." Blessed be the hand! Tlirice blesstsl be the hands that work! I —Helen Kel!?r In Century. 0 n Payment Contracts issued by 111 the AJtnn Life Insurance Co., i «< “ of Hartford, Conn., earn profits enough to cancel six of the | a | payments, thus reducing the |/I number of payments required to • ■ , and guaranteeing a profit of more than 1 A q| upon money actually infl 11 |o 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. EDWARD LUTTMAN TRUSTEE ROOT TOVOSHIP Office Day Monday of each week JOSEPH V. PEA.BE, TRUSTEE KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP Office Day Wednesday of each week. 44 6m||

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UDIES ATTENTION The Big January Bale All department* are full rs good bargains- Salecloaea Tuesday. January 31, 190 ft 4(ltl NIBLICK & CO THE BEST MEN in town or most of them. p»y bill" by checks. It helps in busiuesa' it helps to save money] and]is the up-to-date way Come nowjand start au account. If you put off you may SPEND MONEY I that might lie saved. Your money is ' perfectly safe here and you can get it 1 any time, but it is easier to add to it am! save than.when in your pocket. The First National Bank DECATUR, IND SPECIALTY All kinds of barn and other lumber sawing. Prices right. Leave orders at the Decatur Cement Factory or see 0d 2w LENBABT A MYERS. MONEY T(i LOAN N N Y fs ; vJi ? - ’An! r c 3; l o o o N n FARM LOANS: We are | i placing farm loans at 5 per ■ cent int. with privelege of partial payments. Other companies have advanced their rates. We have not. CITY LOANS: We place desirable city loans, at 5 per cent int. Small dwelling loans . at 6 per cent int. Building loans made. All with privi- 1 lege of partial payments. ABSTRACTS: We prepare Abstracts of Title. Our books are modern, complete 1 and up to date. I INVESTMENTS: We I offer to investors choice securities bearing a fair rate of interest and as safe as gover- ’ ment bonds. If you have idle money, we ask you to iuvesti- ' gate. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Co., DECATUR, INDIANA. No. 120J4 South Second St. I Rooms 3& 4 Studabak er’s blk. 11 Special Low Excursion Rates , via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. Season 1904-05 in ‘luffing A ., r1l * 2T' h ?' «'"* | Ahn one WHV ' ’♦U’lceU rateft. rast. atoneb»q u™ Dll H^ u,h »'•«* •-uthLow Ratca to Toledo and st . /<>w round trip rat nt’!?<??? ■ r L 4? ll * s l *P**lh .-very ,Lv l.lmlt’^s^ * nd !H ' California, gov tr T owh‘fi.l,l r< < .<" ;, m T h 1 ,u 7’ "cket. Stopover privleg eHot ten <{& " mOnth '' Pulhnu 1 Palace , clinlngCbKi" «>KI free ree l«-c*ne), high n RI . k w Tvefl through train*. For rates ~n •“ W. L. Hoss Uvneral P» BWll|tPr A|f ,, nt M. A. CHAMBERS Toledo. Ohio, Treveimg l'.,^„ er A<ent T Lull I ’."!?.' ,Dd L ‘ M| SLBK, Aren. Decatur, Inp

1 K la-Jll Ikt I iHUjI Nf KVOUS Dfßlifl . 11., w.'rlff H.lmire* m-n ... ’ n>rf.lal •..J n,-r>. r.< . ~..■ , , (. .—r.el U.rlru. t . ' •|.i aitaiu u>u u>» rii.l r Hhl.-h »t-. 4,.,rl.>|.HH<nl«n>l >.<<.ll. . ...I rerrt* ■ harvioo* >«,»<.. eui.« o«« m r . r. , -... *.»•(..<.•« aieeeiM,..,., •< <■, ..ornwi.an Ci:.. , ’ M«s-orl‘-h. h-althy : t |U«ll» »•»•< • uu r. 1 ~ rri,'«ll <«• tx'i. h<t>>r<- . sn.rr to trfunj. it a.a .... .»»»»• uroiCAL a<ao< i, rc ,s Blackburn Chrii- «« LOUIS KLEINE Trustee Preble Tow J Office Day--We<!neM!a\ BOY ARCHBOLD ■ damtiht I. O. O. F. Block. 'Phon H-Offl.-r*, IH4 ■ T •* For SHe Dy KERRY NOENENM IwU I I uL I am operating my FmJ Mill nJ day and crush ear corn aud Grind all kinds ot Small Grau CHARGES REASONABLE I also have several Cyprt** si«j Tanks which 1 wtH sell at 4 t.argu F< KIRSCH Factory North Third Street, Deeita Insure Your Properly - n the Decatur Insurance Agenq Oallogly & Haetling CALL ON City Trucking Co. ron ORAYING, TRUCKING, Bl Heavy Work a Specialty ALL KaNDS OF COAL AND COKE. Phone 412 B. E. LEW Roofing, spouting and all kinds of Galvanized Iron II ork. Furnaces* Repairing* Specialty. All Work Guaranteed. lx>cit«d iu Henrv Scn.eirei Ouuu.n “ — GOAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland • Cement Gypsum Rock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of fur n ‘ lehing HIGH GRADE CLEA.n COAL that will burn. — J. D. HALE X > lx<->xx*’ > O Oor. Jefferson and 2nd Sts