Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1905 — Page 4

THE KING GANDER. Dwu't Shoot Him or You’ll Got true, na n < •><>!. Netcr hour toll of a king gsilblCT. 1 a'|Hw? No: moat folk h.'iln'i. The sharp* that write tho bird la«»ka a.iya there ain't no atioli thing, but I know better. I've »oon oho. There ain't never but one king gun tier nt a time, sniiiv's n country never has but ou<‘ hint; ■'( n time, but n king gander'* a real king, that's what he Is. It ain't jest taniw lie's the biggest gataler of any or tin' kqowln'ioit Il's somethin' more. He’s kltwl of a aacred gamier, he I*, ami there ain't a wild gooM’ that flies but knows it. He's captain of 'em nil. an' It < only the pick of the geese that flics With him. Xcr that ain't all neither Whnt do yon s'|H'.-e l>ccnnie of that big king gun dor Hill shot? Ever hear of n <le;ld gamier Imin’ carried off by liis fl'f I; restin' on their liacfca an' them a honk In' out a reg'iar Iniryin* dirge? Well. I've said enough. Fact is l‘ve wild all I dare say. But I tell yon this: If ever yon have a chanst to sli'sit a king gander don't you do it. 'T.iln't good luck. If yon don't lielleve it look nt my brotliet Bill. He killed one leastways he shot liituand then what linittametl? duly the! Lord and Bill Huekins knows. An' i Fill 'll never tell. Why not? 'Cause i he’s iswn 1* < razy as a co >t ever since— ' yes. sir. crazy as a coot!-Outing. FOOD AND WEATHER. V Ivy People I.el More In V. Inter Than They Ito la Primmer. It has lieen shown tlrst th- <• insntnptfon of focal increases ill d:r< "t rtrettor- ■ thm to tin' decrease in temperature, i We cat more in winter than in suuntner, j and the Inhabitants of the tempera*!* > regions require more food than those of the tropic zone. This is due to several ealisesc. In the tr«t place air ir denser in colder diMates and more oxygen is taken in with each breath, so that a greater supply of carbon—derived from food- !.» receeaary in order that tlie two gss.w may combine in their proper prop *• tiona for the maintenance of Im tent. Again, the inhabitant of a climate usually has to work harti than the more fortunate southerner, whose wants decrease as nature be • vines more generous. The harder the daily labor the greater Hie amount of food re<i uired. <"lnnate not only affects the quantity but also the quality of the fixsl conMtmed. The Eskimo could not live upon the dainties of nature which load the taldes of the poorest in the tropics, for the conditions of his existence require the consumption of an enormous amount of fatty matter, so that blubber is to him a chief necessary of life. OBSCURE PASSAGES. — Lines Whose Ttennlna Uss Sot • tear tn Their Authors. A writer in I. intl.in Truth re.'alls that Frowning, when tisktd the n.eaiiiiig of a passage in "S irdclio,” replica, "‘Well. I know the poem had a meaning to me wi.en I wrote it. but whnt it was I ino'.iot now say.” The writer goes on to quote paraitvl answers of Coleridge and of atlie which comforted him long ..go, when he first transcribed them. I'oerid.e wrote the greater part of Imko. g of Soathc.i's ".loan of An " and annotated til.' long passage liegiun. "Maid lieloved of heaven.” thus: “These are icry tine J*aes. though I say it that should not. but bang me if 1 in. o- .'ver did know, tho meaning of them, thoug 1 . my own cm-ipisiition.” Lcrd I‘ratiels Egcrton. when translating- "i'l’iist.” wrote to ask Goethe's expl nation of a passage which puzzled th.i and received the reply that the ji el himself was at a loss for its m ...mg • Surely.” runs his answer to Led r.u.ris. "you nt twenty-four si uhl know bet tor tu.tn I at seventy f<: >• the inc-ining of a passage I wrote rt your ago.” A Visit From the tins levs. "..e servant at No. 1 told the servant rt No. 2 that lie" m ister expected his lid friends, the Bayleys, to pity a visit. ; cd No. 2 t dd No. ”> that No. 1 expect cd ti hove the Bayleys in the house every day. and X>. 3 told No. -4 that it v.;s all t t- w ith No. 1 and that they eoitidn't keep tile bailiffs out, wheret;i on No. 4 told No. 5 that the ofTit ere were after No 1 and that it was n« in'.;!i ns l.e could do to prevent him•elf from being taken In execution and that It was nearly killing his p , >r, dear wife, and so it went on increasing and iucn using until It got to No. 33 that the detective police had taken up the rentleman who lived nt No. 1 for killing his poor, dear wife with arsenic and that it was confidently hopial and expected that l.e would be executed, us tl • facts of the case were very clear against him. London Mail IIIn Deep, Deep Grief. The Eultou (Kan.) Gazette reports tl nt n minister of that town was moved by the grief of a husband whose wife was to be buried and sought to commiserate him In the following manner: "My brother. I know that this is a great grief that lias overtaken you. and though you are compelled to mourn the loss of this one who was your companion and partner In life I would condole you with the assurance that there Is another who sympathizes with you and seeks to embrace you in the arms of nnfniling love.” To this the beivave.l man replied by asking, as he gazed through tears into the minister's face, “What's her name?” 110 ft With Zoint. •'Going out, eli?” she sneered after Ihelr quarrel. “Yes,” replied *'er husband. ‘‘l’m going to congratulate Ned Pilklnton.” “You're slow. The engage incut was announced six weeks ago.” “Yes. but it was broken off yesterday."- rhiladelnhla r <*’><«•.

THE bLGGAK TRUST. A Scheme Thst For a Time Mos • seeerse In hew Y»rk. Se''erul yenr* co a one legged youth nnmed Lempton. who had left n comfortable home to engniri* deliberately In Iteggliig. conceived the Idea of organizing a community of interest tiinmin panhandlers in the I‘nric tv»w district. It* New \ork. He plckivl out strategic spots throughout tlie city ami selected n man to m’g In each. These men were always particularly well adapted to tnelr posts a blink tbliml mum l»re. n crust thrower there, n maimed youth soniewliere else. In order that th" beg gars might not he molested by tlie po lice a lisikont was npjioliited for eadi. and in order that the syndicate's Inter vsts might l>e con»erv<sl Kempton eng uhtyed roundsmen to otiserve bow faithfully tlie beggar* attended to business and to collect hourly tlie earnings of each. In case of arrest each memlier of tlie tamd was assured df legal representation, to Is* paid for out of the earnings of the |mhvl, The s.-heme thrived for many months and at one time then' were thirty men in the conddniithui. which Iss-amc a close corporation of profit and power, i There is no knowing to what extent I it might have expnmiisj nor how influ . cntial it might have become at last had ’ not the nature of the organization I given It undue prominence and caused it to fall directly under the ban of the mendicant squad. One by one the members were captured and sent to tlie island. and In the end the gang was broken up.-Theodore Waters in Every | 'jody’s Magazine. AN ASPHALT LAKE. — The W«> th" Staff Is Mined and Pre. pared For Market. Tlie largest Houtli American nsph-’lt lake in Venezuela, consists of a dark brownish de|«»it of semifluid and semisolid substance surrounded by banks from three to six tert high, in the center of this lake is a continual ejection of hot fluid asphalt, accompanied by large bubbhs of gas. The dark skinned workmen excavate ft in pieces weighing in tlie neighbor hood of twenty-five pounds, sections forty feet in area and about four feet deep lieing worked at one time. As quick?* »s freed from its surroundings it is placed in large tubs, resting upon small Hat topiwsl tram cars operated npou a narrow gauge road. The entire surfaue is constantly moving, thus ne cessitatlng a continual relaying of the tracks. The freshly excavated asphalt is con veyed to the shore, where the tubs are ItfteU by hydraulic power to an aeria.' tramway, by which it is conveyed to the large wharf situated on the Gua nero river, aliout five miles distant from tlie lake. Here it is weighisl and dnmped into vessels which convey it to the foreign lands. Upon its arrival at n factory ft Is heated until the water is expelled and the e.'rihy material east to the bottom of the large vats, and it is pourel through a sieve into barrels, where it solldifles. It Is then ready for coin merce. -New York Tribune. Virtue'll Quirk Reward. “Nothing ever lietter illustrntisl to me.” remarked the doctor, "tlie old adage. 'Virtue is its own reward.’ than an experience 1 had tlie other day < ailed for the first time to a patient who was desperately ill in addition to lieing ta'imiiess. I gave her $5 with which to purchase the necessities of life. Tlie next morning I received a note from her not to cnl! again. latter I learned she had called In n liomeo pat’iic physician, to whom she paid a fee of $2. and with the remainder of my i-lmritahle contribution she paid a mont! !y installment on a phonograph." —New York Press. M lint the llmid Sxmholl.es, Look where we will, we find the hand in time and history, working building, inventing, bringing civlllzn tion out of barbarism. The hand symbolizes power and the excellence of work. The inei-hnide's hand, that minister of elemental forces, the hand that hews. saws. cuts, builds, is useful In tlie world equally with the delicate hand tliat paints n wild flower or molds a Grecian urn or tlie hand of a Rtatosmau Hint writes n law. The eye cannot say to tho hand. "I have no need of tbei*." Blessed lie the hand: Thrice blessed be the hands that work! - Helen Kel!?r In Century Trouble With the Viipery. “Linen kings” can make trouble easily for tho bousi wife with their three jointed miserosc ipe.s for determining the number of threads to the inch in auy article of table linen. One visited a friend tlie other night nnd 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 has been complete. When “linen kings" go out socially they had better leave their microscopes I at home.—New York Press. Java's Boltins Lake of Mad. One of tlie greatest natural wondet* In Java, "the tire Island." a large lake of boiling mud. is situated almost In the center of the plains of Grobognna, fifty “paals" to the northeast of Solo. It is almost two miles in circumference, and 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 bands. Besides the phenomenon of the columns there are two gigantic bubbles near the western edge which fill up like huge balloons and explode on au average three times per minute. I

Weather Forecast. • Friday warmer west Winds | SUM ■ « MARKET REPCP T. “ Accurate pnoo« paid by Dmcalui " inerchanta for vanous producte. Cot (acted ovary day at 2 o’clock. BuHalo Stock Market 1 i E. Buffalo. X. Y. Feb. 22. Special - Cattle Receipts 10 cars. Xo change iu priced and the few cattle here sold i. quickly; trade strong Export steers Jo.'.'o (tt 576 •' Fair to good fat cows . 4.75 gt 5 15 ' Stockers to liest feeders 2.50 (r» 3 26 Export bulla -4.U0 g/ I 26 • Bologna bu11a....2.75g( .'< 50 Cows, fancy 4z.oogr tin <M> ' Com mon to good 22 W (fl 40 UU Ikgs-receipts, 25 cars. 5c higher: demand good. i Good mediums X heavy's 5.40 gt 550 i Yorkerss.4s gi 5 50 Pigs 5 10 gr 5 15 t Good Roughs 4.2f>g> 4 50 Common Roughs3.7sgi 4 25 I Stags 3.00 gr 3 50 1 Sheep—receipts 50cars. Market slow 1 26 c gi 40t lower all around. Choice lambs JS.SO gr S 7f Choice westernsM 00 gr M 25 Cull lambs G.sogr < 25 ' Choice yearlings7 OOgr 7 50 j Handy mixed sheep 5.75 gr ti 00 Cull and common she«p .4 00 (rr 5 00 PITTSBURG MARKETS Union Stock Yanis, Pittsburg. Pa., | Feb. 22. Hogs—receipts 10 loads, Market higher. Heavy Hogs 25.30 gr 5 85 Medium gr 5 45 Yorkerss.4o gr 6 45 Lightss.2o gr 6 25; Pigs <4 4 , ORAIN. BY B. L. CABBOL, OBAIM MCBCBAWY Corn yellow new | 60 Corn, Mixed new 59 Machine shucked one cent lew. Oats, new3o Wheal. No. 21 11 •v neat. No. 31 of> Barley 37 Rye No. k7l Clover Seed_ — 6 20 Aleyke Q 6 45 Buckwheatl* Flax Seed-— - 80 Timothy|l 2r Buckwheat 40 CHICA L MAaKEn. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p .tr today, according to Decatur Stock and Grain Exchange. May Wheat,l 181 July Wheatl Olf Sept Wheat, 92| May Corn, 4' i July Corn 47A Sept Corn47J May OataKM July Oata ?0t Sept Oats 29J May Pork 12 67 May Lard 6 82 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS Changed every afternoon at 3:OC o’clock bv J. D. H*.e, Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, caah__f 1 17 May wheat;l 181 July Wheat 102 J Sept, wheat Corn, cash 47 May corn ....47J July corn 48| Sept, corn 48J Date, cash 33 May oate 33j July Oate 33i Sept, oats 301 Bye. omH 81 i STOCK. SV FBID SOHXJMAN, DB LBB Lambs <856 00 Hogs, per cwt 4 50@ JI 75 Cattle per lb Hi (f 4 Calves, per !b5 Cowsl ft 3 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACB CO, Chickens, young, per lb Tftl Fowls, per lb ' 6j Young Turkey 10— Old Turkeys 8 MAY HARKBT. No. 1 timothy I 8 50 No 1 ’’ 1 No 1 mixed 7 25 No 1 clover 7 2E Loose hay 1 25 less WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVBB A SOB. Phone 442 Wool, unwashedlbto23 Coonlo ft 1 50 Skunk 20 ft 1 50 Opossum 1C ft 60 MinkFO ft 3 00 Muskrat 3 @ 15 i Beef Hidesoß I Calf ’lO 1 v.neep Pelts 26 ft 1.25 , Tallow 04 Tea Prices of coal on and after December Ist, until further notice will be as ' follows: Hocking Lump, per ton|3 80 i Virginia Splint 4 00 Indiana Lump 3 60 i Domestic Nut 3 60 Washed Nut.. 4 00 i Pittsburg Lump 4 00 Pocahontas 4 50 j Kentucky Camneli 6 00 Anthracite 7 50 1 Chargee for carrying coal—2sc per i

»«n rr fraction thereof: up stair* fA* •W tun. OTHER PRODUCTS r VAiioniMouses abb aiwtssat'; ’ "ggs. fresh, per doit —I 20, aid I Butirt, per pound-.— — >< t'otetoea, new 45 ’ Outona 75 Jabbage per 100 lb —— HO I Apples, per bu__..._—.— "5 oil market. Indiana Whitehouse U'9 Somerset 51 ’ Neodesha, (Kan,)... CO | Barkersville...... X. 98 Ragland.. 53 Ttous -H.55 Pennsylvania 1.4' Coming. LO7 New Cas<e. 1-32 North Lima...B3 South Lima 88 MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market clewed steady. Wheat. ; cent higher Corn, } cent higher Re'eiptsnt utucugc today: Hoys - - 3MMo Wneat 13 cais Corn 171 "Bis , Oats 2t)N er* C ttle H'oo Sheep 180U0 Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs P'kXO Wheat tictbs ("torn 522 cam Oate 236.- s I». »» j»1 onnn:ing anHf |i a l liiJMBIkU-» *-444 ■t®,; - * n I Ata ~ * ■BBSS SSL—WHAT PAYS TH ERICH MAN ought to pay the one of moderate means. Can you think cf a single rich man who does not carry a bank account? Hardly. He knows that such an institution as THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur. Ind .is a better custodian o his money than he is. He finds it pays him iu safety, time and convenience to do business by cheek. Why not fullo-v Lis example and do likewise? The First National Bank DECATUR, IND 'T. I*4• Vj f psi A ' YOUTH CURES' : AiiXWOUS DEBILITY I Tb« world admire men who are •tronir tn phytlcal, mental and Den* force; men of ambition, energy and personal ma<n<*t ism. the true type of perfect manhood. | To attain thia the flmt rejunite le food healthy Nervee. which five capacity for pfiyu-al and mental development and make life worth llYlnff. FtFFERS NERVIOOR makee ft rent Calm Rerwa Cures Nerveue DeWdity. Po.IIM Memory. Vital Wanknaee Freetrotiee ftienpieaanaaa and other trouhleadte to u*er wvrk.Miioking. drugr habits and other MMM> Makee rich, healthy tl.*od and repair* wasted nerves. F.qnally wood fur wt mra. B ooklet free. Price 11 0u a boa. R'. k for K Ou, postpaid, with a guarantee te refund. If fl«»t need or benefited •rrFFn uroiCAi association cmicaoo u. • Blackburn <Jc Christen CALL ON City Trucking Co. yort STORAGE, TRUCKING, Etc. Heavy Work a Specialty ALL YDS OF COAL AND ' OK 1. Phone 412 Dibble & Teeple. B. E L LEW Roofing, spouting mid all kinds of Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing a Specialty. All Work Guaranteed. boosted in Henrv Sonierei nui.fi.n ... Fi.r [ J2JDWARD LUTTMAN . TRUSTEE ROOT TOVOSHIP Officb Day -Monday of each week HOY AHUHBULU, DKNTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. 'Phon a—Office. 164: residence 24T

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11 m < > i ' ' - ! ) I K-' fie' J >,■.'" ;v: ”’ . Iki/ ' ■' I ■ WORTH ITS I WEIGHT IN GOLD ya Miss Carolina Strauss is treasurer of the liar- yw lem Schiller Club and resides at 289 Amsterdam M Aventx NewYorkCity. Like many young women Lg of the present day and time. Miss Strauss was troubled with poor digestion. She despaired of getting cured. iS H As it has dune in hundreds of similar cases, however, I Dr. Caldwells | (LAXATIVE) I Syrup Pepsin I brought her speedy and permanent relief. Mg Read Ml»s Strauss's s'sry. toll In hsr own strong, convincing words: Pepsin Syrup Comnany. Monticello. Ill.: ■|A Gentlemen—For several year? 1 suffered with dyspepsia, SE heartburn and insomnia, all caused by ;x>or digestion. I was I WB in despair of getting cured whin I heard of Dr. Caldwell's I Syrup Pepsin. After taking 5 bottles I was restored to health. intense heat of the summer does not prostrate me as JMAtA formerly, but I have enjoyed even- .lay, because my health Be. was good. Ido uot wonder at Syrup Pepsin finding such ready sale, as it is certainly worth its weight in gold. Yours truly, CAROLINA STRAUSS. Can be had in tho sOc and SI.OO sizes, though it is economy to buy the latter size. Ask your druggist. Sold bv Smith, Yeger Falk Pacific Coasl (Tickets on sale daily, March 1 to May 15, Chicago to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, 1| Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. Is Correspondingly low rates from other points. I! Daily and personally conducted excursions in through Pullman IJ tourist sleeping cars from Chicago to Portland, San Franc;'oo and II Los Angeles without change. Double l>erth only f, .00. Fast trains, choice of routes. Meals iu dining cars (a la carte), i Write US for information ns tn the resources and opportunities, the k wonderful climate and kindly soil of the Pacific Coast, how - > gßf W g.-t diet . h iw lona h t ikes and w) . foldera gJK scut .e.l <ju receipt of 4 cents iu stamps. All agent* sell tickets via this line. The "Best of Everything, w^

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GOAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Rock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. J. D. HALE Phon*O Oor. Jefferson and 2nd Bta.